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Chapter 22

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अश्वमेधखण्डः - द्वाविंशोऽध्यायः यादवसैन्यस्य अवन्तिकागमनम् - गर्ग उवाच - यदुप्रवीरस्य तुरंगमो वै विलोकयन्‌ राजपुरं जगाम ॥ निरिक्ष्य मार्गे सफरां नदीं च ह्यवंतिकाया विपिने स्थितोऽभूत् ॥१॥ तदैव तत्रागतवान्महात्मा सान्दीपनिः कृष्णगुरुर्द्विजेन्द्रः ॥ स्नातुं गृहाच्छ्रीतुलसीस्रजाढ्यः सधौतवस्त्रः प्रजपन्हि कृष्णम् ॥२॥ ददर्श तत्रापि जलं पिबंतं तुरंगमं वै धवलं सपत्रम् ॥ वाक्यं ब्रुवन्नेष क्रतोश्च वाजी विमोचितः केन नृपेश्वरेण ॥३॥ तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वंतं दृष्ट्वा बिंन्दु नृपात्मजम् ॥ हयस्यार्थे मुनिर्गत्वा नोदयामास तं नृप ॥४॥ ततः सवीरैर्बहुभिश्च राजन्‌ राजाधिदेवीतनयश्च शूरः ॥ जग्राह वाहं सहसा निरीक्ष्य नत्वा गुरुं तद्वचसा प्रसन्नः ॥५॥ हयं गृहीत्वा गुरवे दर्शयामास हर्षितः ॥ स पत्रं वाचयित्वाऽऽह नृपं सांदीपनिर्मुदा ॥६॥ सांदीपनिरुवाच - उग्रसेनस्य तुरगं विद्धि प्राद्युम्निपालितम् ॥ यदृच्छयाऽऽगतं राजन्कार्ष्णिजोऽत्रागमिष्यति ॥७॥ आगमिष्यंति बहवो यादवा युद्धशालिनः ॥ मित्रविंदात्मजाश्चैव पश्यंतस्ते तुरंगमम् ॥८॥ पूजनीयास्त्वया सर्वे कृष्णचन्द्रस्य नन्दनाः ॥ मद्वाक्याद्युद्धबुद्धिं त्वं त्यक्त्वा देहि तुरंगमम् ॥९॥ इति श्रुत्वा गुरोर्वाक्यं धन्वी शूरो नृपात्मजः ॥ हयं नेतुं मनो यस्य तत्र तूष्णीं बभूव ह ॥१०॥ तदैव यदुसेनायाः शब्दोऽभूल्लोकमानहा ॥ महानादं दुंदुभीनां टंकारं धनुषां तथा ॥११॥ चीत्कारं दंतिनां चैव हयानां हेषणं तथा ॥ झणत्कारं रथानां च वीराणां गर्जनं तथा ॥१२॥ शतघ्नीनां महाशब्दं लोकानां भयदायकम् ॥ श्रुत्वा राजकुमारस्तु विस्मयं परमं गतः ॥१३॥ ततः समागताः सर्वै रथिभिश्च गजैर्हयैः ॥ भोजवृष्ण्यंधकमधुशूरसेनदशार्हकाः ॥१४॥ रजोभिश्च नभो व्याप्तं कुर्वतश्चलितां महीम् ॥ केन नीतः कुत्र गतो हयः सर्वेऽब्रुवन्वचः ॥१५॥ ततश्च ददृशुः सर्वे घोटकं बद्धचामरम् ॥ महाद्‌भुते चोपवने पुष्पितद्रुमसंकुले ॥१६॥ गृहीतं लीलया तत्र नृपपुत्रेण बिंदुना ॥ दृष्ट्वानिरुद्धं निकटे गत्वा सर्वे ह्यवर्णयन् ॥१७॥ इति श्रुत्वाऽनिरुद्धस्तु विस्मितः प्रहसन्नृप ॥ उद्धवं प्रेषयामास बिन्दोः पार्श्वे च धर्मवित् ॥१८॥ ततः पुर्यां महाराज चासीत्कोलाहलो महान् ॥ भयभीता जनाः सर्वे सेनां वीक्ष्य भयंकराम् ॥१९॥ अथ वै भ्रातरं द्र्ष्टुं ह्यनुबिंदुर्भयान्वितः ॥ कोटिवीरगणैः सार्द्धं स्वपुर्या निर्ययौ बहिः ॥२०॥ दृष्ट्वा यज्ञहयं तत्र सपत्रं च पयःप्रभम् ॥ भ्रात्रा गृहीतं च भयान्निषेधं स चकार ह ॥२१॥ अनुबिंदुरुवाच - यदूनां कृष्णदेवानां भ्रातर्मोचय घोटकम् ॥ सम्बन्धस्य मिषेणापि कुलकौशलहेतवे ॥२२॥ यादवानां बलं पश्य देवदैत्यनरासुराः ॥ पुरा यज्ञे राजसूये सर्वे भ्रातर्न्विनिर्जिताः ॥२३॥ इति तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य बिन्दुर्ज्येष्ठोऽवधर्षितः ॥ आगतं ह्युद्धवं दृष्ट्वा हयस्थं प्रत्युवाच ह ॥२४॥ बिंदुरुवाच - मया गृहीतस्तुरगो मित्राणां मिलनाय च ॥ तस्मान्निमंत्रिताः सर्वे स्थितिं कुरुत चात्र वै ॥२५॥ इति श्रुत्वोद्धवो राजन्बिंदुं संश्लाघ्य हर्षितः ॥ अनिरुद्धस्य निकटे गत्वा सर्वमुवाच ह ॥२६॥ श्रुत्वानिरुद्धस्तद्वाक्यं भूत्वा राजन् प्रसन्नधीः ॥ सेनयावंतिकायां च नदीतीरेऽवसत्किल ॥२७॥ अनेके शिबिरा राजंस्तत्र वै दशयोजने ॥ नानावर्णाः सकलशा ह्यभूवन्नद्‌भुताः शुभाः ॥२८॥ भक्ष्यं भोज्यं च लेह्यं च चोष्यमेतैश्च भोजनैः ॥ आगतेभ्यश्च सर्वेभ्यो बिंदुरर्हणमाहरत् ॥२९॥ तथा चैव तृणान्नादीन्पशुभ्यो दत्तवान्नृपः ॥ ईदृग्विधं च सत्कारं वृष्णीनां स चकार ह ॥३०॥ नृपो राजाधिदेवी च द्वौ तथा नृपनंदनौ ॥ भृशं मुमुदिरे सर्वे वीक्ष्य सर्वान्हरेः सुतान् ॥३१॥ ततो निशायां किल कार्ष्णिपुत्रो विद्यागुरं च स्वपितामहस्य ॥ आहूय नत्वाऽऽसनमेव दत्त्वा प्रत्याह कृत्वा वरपूजनं च ॥३२॥ भगवन्द्वारकायां च कृष्णवाक्यात्क्रतूत्तमम् ॥ करोति हयमेधाख्यं चक्रवर्ती यदूत्तमः ॥३३॥ तस्मिन्क्रतुवरे ब्रह्मन्कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि ॥ त्वं तु गच्छ मुनिश्रेष्ठ पुत्रेण च समन्वितः ॥३४॥ अनिरुद्धस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सांदीपनिर्मुनिः ॥ कृष्णदर्शनकांक्षी च चलितुं स मनो दधे ॥३५॥ इति श्रीगर्गसंहितायां हयमेधखण्डे अवंतिकागमनं नाम द्वाविंशोऽध्यायः ॥२२॥ हरिः ॐ तत्सत् श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥

aśvamedhakhaṇḍaḥ - dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ yādavasainyasya avantikāgamanam - garga uvāca - yadupravīrasya turaṃgamo vai vilokayan‌ rājapuraṃ jagāma || nirikṣya mārge sapharāṃ nadīṃ ca hyavaṃtikāyā vipine sthito'bhūt ||1|| tadaiva tatrāgatavānmahātmā sāndīpaniḥ kṛṣṇagururdvijendraḥ || snātuṃ gṛhācchrītulasīsrajāḍhyaḥ sadhautavastraḥ prajapanhi kṛṣṇam ||2|| dadarśa tatrāpi jalaṃ pibaṃtaṃ turaṃgamaṃ vai dhavalaṃ sapatram || vākyaṃ bruvanneṣa kratośca vājī vimocitaḥ kena nṛpeśvareṇa ||3|| tatra snānaṃ prakurvaṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā biṃndu nṛpātmajam || hayasyārthe munirgatvā nodayāmāsa taṃ nṛpa ||4|| tataḥ savīrairbahubhiśca rājan‌ rājādhidevītanayaśca śūraḥ || jagrāha vāhaṃ sahasā nirīkṣya natvā guruṃ tadvacasā prasannaḥ ||5|| hayaṃ gṛhītvā gurave darśayāmāsa harṣitaḥ || sa patraṃ vācayitvā''ha nṛpaṃ sāṃdīpanirmudā ||6|| sāṃdīpaniruvāca - ugrasenasya turagaṃ viddhi prādyumnipālitam || yadṛcchayā''gataṃ rājankārṣṇijo'trāgamiṣyati ||7|| āgamiṣyaṃti bahavo yādavā yuddhaśālinaḥ || mitraviṃdātmajāścaiva paśyaṃtaste turaṃgamam ||8|| pūjanīyāstvayā sarve kṛṣṇacandrasya nandanāḥ || madvākyādyuddhabuddhiṃ tvaṃ tyaktvā dehi turaṃgamam ||9|| iti śrutvā gurorvākyaṃ dhanvī śūro nṛpātmajaḥ || hayaṃ netuṃ mano yasya tatra tūṣṇīṃ babhūva ha ||10|| tadaiva yadusenāyāḥ śabdo'bhūllokamānahā || mahānādaṃ duṃdubhīnāṃ ṭaṃkāraṃ dhanuṣāṃ tathā ||11|| cītkāraṃ daṃtināṃ caiva hayānāṃ heṣaṇaṃ tathā || jhaṇatkāraṃ rathānāṃ ca vīrāṇāṃ garjanaṃ tathā ||12|| śataghnīnāṃ mahāśabdaṃ lokānāṃ bhayadāyakam || śrutvā rājakumārastu vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ ||13|| tataḥ samāgatāḥ sarvai rathibhiśca gajairhayaiḥ || bhojavṛṣṇyaṃdhakamadhuśūrasenadaśārhakāḥ ||14|| rajobhiśca nabho vyāptaṃ kurvataścalitāṃ mahīm || kena nītaḥ kutra gato hayaḥ sarve'bruvanvacaḥ ||15|| tataśca dadṛśuḥ sarve ghoṭakaṃ baddhacāmaram || mahād‌bhute copavane puṣpitadrumasaṃkule ||16|| gṛhītaṃ līlayā tatra nṛpaputreṇa biṃdunā || dṛṣṭvāniruddhaṃ nikaṭe gatvā sarve hyavarṇayan ||17|| iti śrutvā'niruddhastu vismitaḥ prahasannṛpa || uddhavaṃ preṣayāmāsa bindoḥ pārśve ca dharmavit ||18|| tataḥ puryāṃ mahārāja cāsītkolāhalo mahān || bhayabhītā janāḥ sarve senāṃ vīkṣya bhayaṃkarām ||19|| atha vai bhrātaraṃ drṣṭuṃ hyanubiṃdurbhayānvitaḥ || koṭivīragaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ svapuryā niryayau bahiḥ ||20|| dṛṣṭvā yajñahayaṃ tatra sapatraṃ ca payaḥprabham || bhrātrā gṛhītaṃ ca bhayānniṣedhaṃ sa cakāra ha ||21|| anubiṃduruvāca - yadūnāṃ kṛṣṇadevānāṃ bhrātarmocaya ghoṭakam || sambandhasya miṣeṇāpi kulakauśalahetave ||22|| yādavānāṃ balaṃ paśya devadaityanarāsurāḥ || purā yajñe rājasūye sarve bhrātarnvinirjitāḥ ||23|| iti tadvākyamākarṇya bindurjyeṣṭho'vadharṣitaḥ || āgataṃ hyuddhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā hayasthaṃ pratyuvāca ha ||24|| biṃduruvāca - mayā gṛhītasturago mitrāṇāṃ milanāya ca || tasmānnimaṃtritāḥ sarve sthitiṃ kuruta cātra vai ||25|| iti śrutvoddhavo rājanbiṃduṃ saṃślāghya harṣitaḥ || aniruddhasya nikaṭe gatvā sarvamuvāca ha ||26|| śrutvāniruddhastadvākyaṃ bhūtvā rājan prasannadhīḥ || senayāvaṃtikāyāṃ ca nadītīre'vasatkila ||27|| aneke śibirā rājaṃstatra vai daśayojane || nānāvarṇāḥ sakalaśā hyabhūvannad‌bhutāḥ śubhāḥ ||28|| bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca lehyaṃ ca coṣyametaiśca bhojanaiḥ || āgatebhyaśca sarvebhyo biṃdurarhaṇamāharat ||29|| tathā caiva tṛṇānnādīnpaśubhyo dattavānnṛpaḥ || īdṛgvidhaṃ ca satkāraṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ sa cakāra ha ||30|| nṛpo rājādhidevī ca dvau tathā nṛpanaṃdanau || bhṛśaṃ mumudire sarve vīkṣya sarvānhareḥ sutān ||31|| tato niśāyāṃ kila kārṣṇiputro vidyāguraṃ ca svapitāmahasya || āhūya natvā''sanameva dattvā pratyāha kṛtvā varapūjanaṃ ca ||32|| bhagavandvārakāyāṃ ca kṛṣṇavākyātkratūttamam || karoti hayamedhākhyaṃ cakravartī yadūttamaḥ ||33|| tasminkratuvare brahmankṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari || tvaṃ tu gaccha muniśreṣṭha putreṇa ca samanvitaḥ ||34|| aniruddhasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sāṃdīpanirmuniḥ || kṛṣṇadarśanakāṃkṣī ca calituṃ sa mano dadhe ||35|| iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ hayamedhakhaṇḍe avaṃtikāgamanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||22|| hariḥ oṃ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||

English translation

The horse of the sacrifice goes to Avantipuri and there the Yadavas, including the army, are fully welcomed by Avanti.

Shri Gargji says - Maharaj! That horse of Yadukulatilaka Veeravar Aniruddha reached 'Rajpur' district while observing many districts. On his way, he saw the Safra (Shipra) river and stood in the grove of Avantika (Ujjain). At the same time, Lord Krishna's guru Mahatma Wiprawar Sandipani came there from home to take a bath. He was wearing a garland of Tulasi. A washcloth was put over his shoulder, and with his mouth he was chanting the name Krishna. There he saw a white and black horse drinking water, with a leaf tied in its baldness. Seeing this, he asked, 'Which Lord has left this sacrificial horse?' '. 1-3 | (Ashwamedh Khand Chapter 21 to 25)

O Lord! There, he saw Prince Bindu bathing and inspired him to learn about horses. Your Majesty! Then Bindu, the heroic son of Rajadhidevi, along with many other heroes, suddenly caught hold of the horse and, after inspecting it thoroughly, returned to pay obeisance to Guru Sandipani and told about it. Then, pleased with the Guru's order, the prince brought the horse and gladly showed it to the Guru. Sandipani read the letter and gladly informed the king. 4-6.

Hearing this statement of the Guru, the archer knight Rajkumar fell silent there. His intention was to get a hold of the horse. At the same time, the clamor of the Yadava army was heard, which was to beat the standards of all the people. The sound of thunder, the sound of bows and arrows, the howl of elephants, the howl of horses, the roar of chariots, the roar of heroes, and the roar of centenarians - all these words were terrifying to the whole world. Hearing this, Prince Bindu was taken aback. Meanwhile, Bhoja, Vrishni, Andhaka, Madhu, Shurasena, and all the Yadavas of the Dasarha dynasty arrived with chariots, elephants, and horses. They came from the dust of the army, covering the heavens and shaking the earth with the threat of the feet, and all were asking, 'Who took the sacrificial horse, where did it go?' '. 10-15 |

At that time, all the explorers saw the leather-clad horse, which Prince Bindu had accidentally caught in the most magnificent grove of flowering trees. On seeing this, everyone approached Aniruddha and informed him. Aniruddha, the theologian, was astonished at the news. He sent Uddhavji to Bindu with a smile. Your Majesty! At that time, there was a great commotion in Avantipuri. All the people were terrified when they saw the fierce army gathered there. At the same time, a frightened Anubindu came out of his Puri with 10 million heroes to seek news of his brother's discovery. He saw the sacrificial horse there, laden with milk-like dhol and jasmine leaves, being captured by his brother and rebuked him. 16-21 |

Anubindu said, "Brother! This is the horse of the Yadavas whose god is Lord Krishna. You give up this horse for the sake of our relationship with them or for the skill of your kulaki. Look at this army of Yadavas. Brother! In the first Rajasuya Yajna, these Yadavas conquered the gods, demons, humans, and demons. 22-23 |

Hearing this, Anubinduki's elder brother Bindu gives in. He came on a horse and said to Uddhavji. 24.

Bindu said - Minister! I am holding the horse for a get-together with friends. So all of you are invited. Stay right here with us today. 25.

The king! Hearing this, Uddhav was very happy to appreciate Bindu and went to Aniruddha and told him all the news. O Lord! Aniruddha's heart was filled with joy on hearing Uddhavji's statement. He camped on the banks of the Shipra River at Avantipuri with the army. Your Majesty! There were many colorful camps in the terrain up to ten yojanas away. All of them were equipped with gold earrings. Those beautiful campsites were looking amazing there. Prince Bindu hosted all the visitors with food, feasts, delicacies, and delicacies. Similarly, Avanti Naresh also provided grass-leaves and grains to the army animals. He thus welcomed the heroes of the Vrishnivamsi lineage. Rajadhi-devi, her husband, and the two princes were all very happy to see all the sons of Srihari. 26-31 | (Ashwamedh Khand Chapter 21 to 25)

Later in the night, Pradyumna's son Aniruddha called his father's guru Sandipani Muni and paid obeisance at his feet. He gave him a seat and worshipped him in the best manner and said, 'O God! Chakravarti Yadukulatilaka Maharaja Ugrasena is performing the Ashwamedha Yajna at Dwarkama at the behest of Lord Krishna. Brahman Munisreshtha! Mayst thou have mercy on me, and come with thy son to the great sacrifice. Hearing this statement of Aniruddha, Sandipani Muni, an aspirant of Krishna-darshan, decided to walk there. 32-35 |

Thus was completed the twenty-second chapter called 'Avantikavamana' in the Ashvamedha Khanda under the Srigarghasamhita. 22.

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