Chapter 16

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nārada uvāca |
punardaityaṃ samāyāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ savāsavāḥ |
bhayaprakaṃpitāḥ sarve viṣṇuṃ stotuṃ pracakramuḥ || 1 ||
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namo matsyakūrmādinānāsvarūpaiḥ sadābhaktakāryodyatāyā'rtihaṃtre |
vidhātrādisargasthitidhvaṃsakartre gadāśaṃkhapadmārihastāya testu || 2 ||
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ramā vallabhāyā'surāṇāṃ nihaṃtre bhujaṃgāriyānāya pītāṃbarāya |
makhādikriyāpākakartre vikartre śaraṇyāya tasmai natāḥ smo natāḥ smaḥ || 3 ||
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namo daityasaṃtāpitāmartyaduḥkhācaladhvaṃsadaṃbholaye viṣṇave te |
bhujaṃgeśatalpeśayāyārkacaṃdradvinetrāya tasmai natāḥ smo natāḥ smaḥ || 4 ||
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nārada uvāca |
saṃkaṣṭanāśanaṃnāma stotrametatpaṭhennaraḥ |
sa kadācinna saṃkaṣṭaiḥ pīḍyate kṛpayā hareḥ || 5 ||
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iti devāḥ stutiṃ yāvatkurvaṃti danujadviṣaḥ |
tāvatsurāṇāmāpattirvijñātā viṣṇunā tadā || 6 ||
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sahasotthāya daityāriḥ sakrodhaḥ khinnamānasaḥ |
ārūḍho garuḍaṃ vegāllakṣmīṃ vacanamabravīt || 7 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
jalaṃdhareṇa te bhrātrā devānāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtam |
tairāhūto gamiṣyāmi yuddhāyādya tvarānvitaḥ || 8 ||
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śrīruvāca |
ahaṃ te vallabhā nātha bhaktyā ca yadi sarvadā |
tatkathaṃ te mama bhrātā yuddhe vadhyaḥ kṛpānidhe || 9 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
rudrāṃśasaṃbhavatvācca brahmaṇo vacanādapi |
prītyā ca tava naivāyaṃ mama vadhyo jalaṃdharaḥ || 10 ||
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nārada uvāca |
ityuktvā garuḍārūḍhaḥ śaṃkhacakragadāsibhṛt |
viṣṇurvegādyayau yoddhuṃ yatra devāḥ stuvaṃti te || 11 ||
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athā'ruṇānujātyugrapakṣavātaprapīḍitāḥ |
vātyā vimarditā daityā babhramuḥ khe yathā ghanāḥ || 12 ||
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tato jalaṃdharo dṛṣṭvā daityānvātyāprapīḍitān |
udvṛttanayanaḥ krodhāttatoviṣṇuṃ samabhyayāt || 13 ||
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tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ viṣṇudaityeṃdrayormahat |
ākāśaṃ kurvatorbāṇaistadā niravakāśavat || 14 ||
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viṣṇurdaityasya bāṇaughairdhvajaṃ chatraṃ dhanurhayān |
ciccheda taṃ ca hṛdaye bāṇenaikena tāḍayat || 15 ||
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tato daityaḥ samutpatya gadāpāṇistvarānvitaḥ |
āhatya garuḍaṃ mūrdhni pātayāmāsa bhūtale || 16 ||
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viṣṇurgadāṃ svakhaṅgena ciccheda prahasanniva |
tāvatsa hṛdaye viṣṇuṃ jaghāna dṛḍhamuṣṭinā || 17 ||
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tatastau bāhuyuddhena yuyudhāte mahābalau |
bāhubhirmuṣṭibhiścaiva jānubhirnādayanmahīm || 18 ||
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evaṃ tau suciraṃ yuddhaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇuḥ pratāpavān |
uvāca daityarājānaṃ meghagaṃbhīranisvanaḥ || 19 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
varaṃ varaya daityeṃdra prīto'smi tava vikramāt |
adeyamapi te dadmi yatte manasi vartate || 20 ||
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jalaṃdhara uvāca |
yadi bhāvuka tuṣṭo'si varamenaṃ dadasva me |
madbhaginyā sahā'dya tvaṃ madgṛhe sagaṇo vasa || 21 ||
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nārada uvāca |
tathetyuktā sa bhagavānsarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha |
tadā jalaṃdharapuramagamadramayā saha || 22 ||
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jalaṃdharastu devānāmadhikāreṣu dānavān |
sthāpayitvā mahābāhuḥ punarāgānmahītalam || 23 ||
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devagaṃdharvasiddheṣu yatkiṃcidratnasaṃyutam |
tadātmavaśagaṃ kṛtvā'tiṣṭhatsāgaranaṃdanaḥ || 24 ||
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pātālabhuvane daityaṃ niśuṃbhaṃ sa mahābalam |
sthāpayitvā sa śeṣādīnānayadbhūtalaṃ balī || 25 ||
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devagaṃdharvasiddhā'dyānsarparākṣasamānuṣān |
svapure nāgarānkṛtvā śaśāsa bhuvanatrayam || 26 ||
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evaṃ jalaṃdharaḥ kṛtvā devānsvavaśavartinaḥ |
dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa prajāḥ putrānivaurasān || 27 ||
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na kaścidvyādhito naiva duḥkhī naiva kṛtastathā |
na dīno dṛśyate tasmindharmādrājyaṃ praśāsati || 28 ||
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evaṃ mahīṃ śāsati dānaveṃdre dharmeṇa samyakca didṛkṣayā'ham |
kadācidāgāmatha tasya lakṣmīṃ vilokituṃ śrīramaṇaṃ ca sevitum || 29 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye jalaṃdharasabhāyāṃ nāradāgamanaṃnāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 16 ||
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