Book 16 Chapter 2 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | kathaṃ vinaṣṭā bhagavann andhakā vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha
paśyato vāsudevasya bhojāś caiva mahārathāḥ |
2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
2 | ṣaṭtriṃśe 'tha tato varṣe vṛṣṇīnām anayo mahān
anyonyaṃ musalais te tu nijaghnuḥ kālacoditāḥ |
3 | janamejaya uvāca |
3 | kenānuśaptās te vīrāḥ kṣayaṃ vṛṣṇyandhakā yayuḥ
bhojāś ca dvijavarya tvaṃ vistareṇa vadasva me |
4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
4 | viśvāmitraṃ ca kaṇvaṃ ca nāradaṃ ca tapodhanam
sāraṇapramukhā vīrā dadṛśur dvārakāgatān |
5 | te vai sāmbaṃ puraskṛtya bhūṣayitvā striyaṃ yathā
abruvann upasaṃgamya daivadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ |
6 | iyaṃ strī putrakāmasya babhror amitatejasaḥ
ṛṣayaḥ sādhu jānīta kim iyaṃ janayiṣyati |
7 | ity uktās te tadā rājan vipralambhapradharṣitāḥ
pratyabruvaṃs tān munayo yat tac chṛṇu narādhipa |
8 | vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya musalaṃ ghoram āyasam
vāsudevasya dāyādaḥ sāmbo 'yaṃ janayiṣyati |
9 | yena yūyaṃ sudurvṛttā nṛśaṃsā jātamanyavaḥ
ucchettāraḥ kulaṃ kṛtsnam ṛte rāmajanārdanau |
10 | samudraṃ yāsyati śrīmāṃs tyaktvā dehaṃ halāyudhaḥ
jarā kṛṣṇaṃ mahātmānaṃ śayānaṃ bhuvi bhetsyati |
11 | ity abruvanta te rājan pralabdhās tair durātmabhiḥ
munayaḥ krodharaktākṣāḥ samīkṣyātha parasparam |
12 | tathoktvā munayas te tu tataḥ keśavam abhyayuḥ |
13 | athābravīt tadā vṛṣṇīñ śrutvaivaṃ madhusūdanaḥ
antajño matimāṃs tasya bhavitavyaṃ tatheti tān |
14 | evam uktvā hṛṣīkeśaḥ praviveśa punar gṛhān
kṛtāntam anyathā naicchat kartuṃ sa jagataḥ prabhuḥ |
15 | śvobhūte 'tha tataḥ sāmbo musalaṃ tad asūta vai
vṛṣṇyandhakavināśāya kiṃkarapratimaṃ mahat |
16 | prasūtaṃ śāpajaṃ ghoraṃ tac ca rājñe nyavedayan
viṣaṇṇarūpas tad rājā sūkṣmaṃ cūrṇam akārayat |
17 | prākṣipan sāgare tac ca puruṣā rājaśāsanāt
aghoṣayaṃś ca nagare vacanād āhukasya ca |
18 | adya prabhṛti sarveṣu vṛṣṇyandhakagṛheṣv iha
surāsavo na kartavyaḥ sarvair nagaravāsibhiḥ |
19 | yaś ca no 'viditaṃ kuryāt peyaṃ kaś cin naraḥ kva cit
jīvan sa śūlam ārohet svayaṃ kṛtvā sabāndhavaḥ |
20 | tato rājabhayāt sarve niyamaṃ cakrire tadā
narāḥ śāsanam ājñāya tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ |