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Chapter 2

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बलभद्रखण्डः - द्वितीयोऽध्यायः सङ्कर्षणस्य अवतारमन्त्रणा - प्राड्‌‍विपाक उवाच - इत्युक्तः सहस्रवदनो गंतुमभ्युदितः स्वसभायां स्थितोऽभूत् ॥ तदैव सिद्धचारणगन्धर्वाः सर्वतस्तं नतकंधरा बभूवुः ॥१॥ अथ सुमतिः सारथिर्दिव्यं रथं तालांकं साश्वं समानीय सम्मुखं स्थितोऽभूत् ॥२॥ परसैन्यविदारणं मुसलं दैत्यदमनं हलं ते तूर्णं पुरस्तादुपतस्थतुः ब्रह्ममयं नाम वर्म चोपतस्थे ॥३॥ अथ तत्र श्रीबलभद्रसभायां सर्वेषां पश्यतां रमावैकुण्ठा- त्समागतः पाणीनिपतंजल्यादिभिर्मुनिभिः स्तूयमानः सहस्रफणमौलिविराजमानः सिद्धचारणचामरसंसेव्यमानः शेषस्तमनंतं संकर्षणं स्तुत्वा तद्विग्रहे संलीनोऽभूत् ॥४॥ अथाजितवैकुण्ठात्समागतोऽजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यबहुरूपमहदादिभिः संवेष्टितो घोरैः प्रेतविनायकैः संवेष्टितः शेषः सहस्रवदनः समागत्य स सभायामनंतं स्तुत्वा तस्मिन् संलीनोऽभूत् ॥५॥ अथ श्वेतद्वीपात्समागतः कुमुदकुमुदाक्षादिभिः पार्षदप्रवरैः ससेव्यमानः सहस्रफणमौलिविराजमानः सिताचलाभो नीलांबरो नीलकुंतलाभो भीमाभः सर्वेषां पश्यतामनंतविग्रहे सोऽपि संलीनोऽभूत् ॥६॥ अथ तदैवेलावृतखण्डात्समागतस्त्रीगणार्बुदसहस्रैर्भवानीनाथैः समावृत्तः शेषः सहस्रवदनमौलिमण्डलमण्डितः प्रस्फुरत्किरीटकटकांगदः सभामेत्यानंतविग्रहे संप्रलीनोऽभूत् ॥७॥ अथ पातालस्याधस्ताद्द्वात्रिंशद्योजनसहस्रांतरात्समागतो भगवतस्तामसीकलः साक्षात्सहस्रवदनकिरीटमार्तंडमण्डल- मण्डितो वेदव्यासपराशरसनकसनन्दनसनातनसनत्कुमार- नारदसांख्यायनपुलस्त्यबृहस्पतिमैत्रेयादिमहर्षिभिः संशोभितो वासुकिमहाशंखश्वेतधनंजयधृतराष्ट्रकुहक- कालियतक्षककंबलाश्वतरदेवदत्तादिभिर्नागेंद्रैश्चामरपाणिभिः संसेव्यमानो मृगमदागरुकुंकुमचंदनपङ्कावलिप्यमानाभि- र्नागकन्याभिः सिद्धचारणगंधर्वविद्याधरगणैरुपगीयमानो हाटकेश्वरत्रिपुरबलकालकेयकलिनिवातकवचैरनुयायिभिः पुरःसरै रुद्रैकादशव्यूहैर्नाभिकामधेनुवरुणैः पश्चात्प्रयायिभि- र्वीणावेणुमृदङ्गतालदुन्दुभिध्वनिशब्दायमानः फणीन्द्रो नागेंद्र इव तूर्णगतिर्विराजते यस्यैकफणे चेदं क्षितिमण्डलं सिद्धार्थ इव लक्षते सोऽप्यागत्य महानन्तविग्रहे संलीनोऽभूत् ॥८॥ तच्चित्रं दृष्ट्वा तत्सभापार्षदाः सर्वे तं परिपूर्णतमं ज्ञात्वावनता विस्मिता बभूवुः ॥९॥ अथानंतवदनो महानंतः संकर्षणो भगवान् पार्षदान् सिद्धानुवाच ॥१०॥ अहं भूमिभारहरणार्थं भुवि गमिष्यामि तस्माद्‌यूयं यादवेषु भविष्यथ ॥११॥ भोः प्रबलोद्‌भटसुमते सारथे भवतात्रैव स्थीयतां शोकं मा कुरुतात् यदा युद्धार्थी त्वत्स्मरणं करिष्यामि तदा तं दिव्यं तालांकं रथं नीत्वा मत्समीपमागमिष्यसि ॥१२॥ हे हलमुसले यदा यदा युवयोः स्मरणं करिष्यामि तदा तदा मत्पुर आविर्भूते भवतम् ॥१३॥ भो वर्म त्वमपि चाविर्भव । हे मुनयः पाणिन्यादयो हे कोटिशो रुद्रा हे भवानीनाथ हे एकादश रुद्रा हे गन्धर्वा ॥ हे वासुक्यादिनागेन्द्रा हे निवातकवचा हे वरुण हे कामधेनो भूम्यां भरतखंडे यदुकुलेऽवतरंतं मां यूयं सर्वे सर्वदा एत्य मम दर्शनं कुरुत ॥१४॥ प्राड्‌विपाक उवाच - इत्याज्ञप्ताः सर्वे स्वं स्वं धाम समाजग्मुस्तेषु गतेषु नागकन्यायूथान् भगवाननन्तः प्राह - युष्माकमभिप्रायो मया ज्ञातस्तपसा गोपालानां गृहेषु जन्मानि प्राप्य मद्दर्शनं कुरुत ॥१५॥ कदाचित्कलिंदनंदिनीकूले विहारमाधुर्य्यमूले युष्माभिः सह रासमण्डलं करिष्यामि युष्माकं मनोरथः सफलो भविष्यति ॥१६॥ अथ निवातकवचानां राजा कलिः स्वामिपादकृत- मस्तकांजलिः प्रदत्तपुष्पावलिः श्रीभगवन्तं प्रत्युवाच ॥१७॥ अहं हि करिष्यामि मय्याज्ञां कुरु ॥ भगवन् यत्र त्वं गमिष्यामि तत्राप्यहं गमिष्यामि ह वाव त्वद्वियोगेन महान् खेदो भविष्यति सहैव मां नय त्वं भक्तवत्सलोऽसि ॥१८॥ एवं संप्रार्थितो भगवाननन्तः कलिं राजानं स्वभक्तं प्रसन्नः प्रत्युवाच - सुखेन त्वं मत्सहेहागच्छ भरतखण्डे कौरवेन्द्राणां कुले धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो भूत्वा दुर्योधनो नाम चक्रवर्ती भविष्यसि त्वत्सहायमहं करिष्यामि गदाशिक्षां च दास्यामि ॥१९॥ इत्युक्तः कलिस्तं नमस्कृत्य स्वधाम गतवान् सैष कलिस्त्वं जातोऽसि विष्णुमायया स्वात्मानं न स्मरसि ॥२०॥ इति श्रीगर्गसंहितायां बलभद्रखण्डे प्राड्‌विपाकदुर्योधनसंवादे संकर्षणगमनमंत्रो नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥२॥ हरिः ॐ तत्सत् श्रीकृष्णार्पणमस्तु ॥

balabhadrakhaṇḍaḥ - dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ saṅkarṣaṇasya avatāramantraṇā - prāḍ‌‍vipāka uvāca - ityuktaḥ sahasravadano gaṃtumabhyuditaḥ svasabhāyāṃ sthito'bhūt || tadaiva siddhacāraṇagandharvāḥ sarvatastaṃ natakaṃdharā babhūvuḥ ||1|| atha sumatiḥ sārathirdivyaṃ rathaṃ tālāṃkaṃ sāśvaṃ samānīya sammukhaṃ sthito'bhūt ||2|| parasainyavidāraṇaṃ musalaṃ daityadamanaṃ halaṃ te tūrṇaṃ purastādupatasthatuḥ brahmamayaṃ nāma varma copatasthe ||3|| atha tatra śrībalabhadrasabhāyāṃ sarveṣāṃ paśyatāṃ ramāvaikuṇṭhā- tsamāgataḥ pāṇīnipataṃjalyādibhirmunibhiḥ stūyamānaḥ sahasraphaṇamaulivirājamānaḥ siddhacāraṇacāmarasaṃsevyamānaḥ śeṣastamanaṃtaṃ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ stutvā tadvigrahe saṃlīno'bhūt ||4|| athājitavaikuṇṭhātsamāgato'jaikapādahirbudhnyabahurūpamahadādibhiḥ saṃveṣṭito ghoraiḥ pretavināyakaiḥ saṃveṣṭitaḥ śeṣaḥ sahasravadanaḥ samāgatya sa sabhāyāmanaṃtaṃ stutvā tasmin saṃlīno'bhūt ||5|| atha śvetadvīpātsamāgataḥ kumudakumudākṣādibhiḥ pārṣadapravaraiḥ sasevyamānaḥ sahasraphaṇamaulivirājamānaḥ sitācalābho nīlāṃbaro nīlakuṃtalābho bhīmābhaḥ sarveṣāṃ paśyatāmanaṃtavigrahe so'pi saṃlīno'bhūt ||6|| atha tadaivelāvṛtakhaṇḍātsamāgatastrīgaṇārbudasahasrairbhavānīnāthaiḥ samāvṛttaḥ śeṣaḥ sahasravadanamaulimaṇḍalamaṇḍitaḥ prasphuratkirīṭakaṭakāṃgadaḥ sabhāmetyānaṃtavigrahe saṃpralīno'bhūt ||7|| atha pātālasyādhastāddvātriṃśadyojanasahasrāṃtarātsamāgato bhagavatastāmasīkalaḥ sākṣātsahasravadanakirīṭamārtaṃḍamaṇḍala- maṇḍito vedavyāsaparāśarasanakasanandanasanātanasanatkumāra- nāradasāṃkhyāyanapulastyabṛhaspatimaitreyādimaharṣibhiḥ saṃśobhito vāsukimahāśaṃkhaśvetadhanaṃjayadhṛtarāṣṭrakuhaka- kāliyatakṣakakaṃbalāśvataradevadattādibhirnāgeṃdraiścāmarapāṇibhiḥ saṃsevyamāno mṛgamadāgarukuṃkumacaṃdanapaṅkāvalipyamānābhi- rnāgakanyābhiḥ siddhacāraṇagaṃdharvavidyādharagaṇairupagīyamāno hāṭakeśvaratripurabalakālakeyakalinivātakavacairanuyāyibhiḥ puraḥsarai rudraikādaśavyūhairnābhikāmadhenuvaruṇaiḥ paścātprayāyibhi- rvīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgatāladundubhidhvaniśabdāyamānaḥ phaṇīndro nāgeṃdra iva tūrṇagatirvirājate yasyaikaphaṇe cedaṃ kṣitimaṇḍalaṃ siddhārtha iva lakṣate so'pyāgatya mahānantavigrahe saṃlīno'bhūt ||8|| taccitraṃ dṛṣṭvā tatsabhāpārṣadāḥ sarve taṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ jñātvāvanatā vismitā babhūvuḥ ||9|| athānaṃtavadano mahānaṃtaḥ saṃkarṣaṇo bhagavān pārṣadān siddhānuvāca ||10|| ahaṃ bhūmibhāraharaṇārthaṃ bhuvi gamiṣyāmi tasmād‌yūyaṃ yādaveṣu bhaviṣyatha ||11|| bhoḥ prabalod‌bhaṭasumate sārathe bhavatātraiva sthīyatāṃ śokaṃ mā kurutāt yadā yuddhārthī tvatsmaraṇaṃ kariṣyāmi tadā taṃ divyaṃ tālāṃkaṃ rathaṃ nītvā matsamīpamāgamiṣyasi ||12|| he halamusale yadā yadā yuvayoḥ smaraṇaṃ kariṣyāmi tadā tadā matpura āvirbhūte bhavatam ||13|| bho varma tvamapi cāvirbhava | he munayaḥ pāṇinyādayo he koṭiśo rudrā he bhavānīnātha he ekādaśa rudrā he gandharvā || he vāsukyādināgendrā he nivātakavacā he varuṇa he kāmadheno bhūmyāṃ bharatakhaṃḍe yadukule'vataraṃtaṃ māṃ yūyaṃ sarve sarvadā etya mama darśanaṃ kuruta ||14|| prāḍ‌vipāka uvāca - ityājñaptāḥ sarve svaṃ svaṃ dhāma samājagmusteṣu gateṣu nāgakanyāyūthān bhagavānanantaḥ prāha - yuṣmākamabhiprāyo mayā jñātastapasā gopālānāṃ gṛheṣu janmāni prāpya maddarśanaṃ kuruta ||15|| kadācitkaliṃdanaṃdinīkūle vihāramādhuryyamūle yuṣmābhiḥ saha rāsamaṇḍalaṃ kariṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ manorathaḥ saphalo bhaviṣyati ||16|| atha nivātakavacānāṃ rājā kaliḥ svāmipādakṛta- mastakāṃjaliḥ pradattapuṣpāvaliḥ śrībhagavantaṃ pratyuvāca ||17|| ahaṃ hi kariṣyāmi mayyājñāṃ kuru || bhagavan yatra tvaṃ gamiṣyāmi tatrāpyahaṃ gamiṣyāmi ha vāva tvadviyogena mahān khedo bhaviṣyati sahaiva māṃ naya tvaṃ bhaktavatsalo'si ||18|| evaṃ saṃprārthito bhagavānanantaḥ kaliṃ rājānaṃ svabhaktaṃ prasannaḥ pratyuvāca - sukhena tvaṃ matsahehāgaccha bharatakhaṇḍe kauravendrāṇāṃ kule dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro bhūtvā duryodhano nāma cakravartī bhaviṣyasi tvatsahāyamahaṃ kariṣyāmi gadāśikṣāṃ ca dāsyāmi ||19|| ityuktaḥ kalistaṃ namaskṛtya svadhāma gatavān saiṣa kalistvaṃ jāto'si viṣṇumāyayā svātmānaṃ na smarasi ||20|| iti śrīgargasaṃhitāyāṃ balabhadrakhaṇḍe prāḍ‌vipākaduryodhanasaṃvāde saṃkarṣaṇagamanamaṃtro nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||2|| hariḥ oṃ tatsat śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇamastu ||

English translation

Preparation for the incarnation of Sri Balabhadraji

The sage Pradvipaka said - "Thus, at the behest of Lord Krishna, a thousand-faced Ananta went to his court, ready to go." At the same time, Siddhas, Charanas and Gandharvas came and bowed their heads with utmost humility and saluted them from all sides. After this, a charioteer named Sumati appeared before them, riding horses in divine chariots adorned with cymbals. Musal, the destroyer of the enemy army, Hal, the destroyer of the demons, and a shield called Brahmamaya also appeared before them. Thereafter, in the presence of all there, Balabhadra came from Rama-Vaikuntha to the meeting of Balabhadra. A thousand of their faces were adorned with crowns. Siddha-Charanagana and sages like Panini and Patanjali were praising him. Thus, he came to Seshaji and glorified and merged with Srivigraha of Sankarshana. After that, Subhagaman of Sahasra-vadana Seshaji from Ajitavaikuntha took place there. They were surrounded by Rudras such as Ajaikapada, Ahirbudraya, Bahurupa, Mahad, etc. The terrifying ghosts and Vinayaka etc. were scattered around them. Sheshnag came to Balarama's assembly and praised him, and after praising, he was absorbed into his body. Then came Sheshji, the fierce-looking Sheshji, adorned with crowns perched on a thousand faces, blue-studded, white-clad, covered with blue kuntalki kanti, and served by chief councillors like Kumud and Kumudaksha from Svetadvipa, and they too merged into Anant's body at the sight of all. Then, at the same time, came Sheshji from the year Ilaavrita. Millions of women's youth were serving Bhagwati Parvati, her maidservant. The crowned thousand-faced Sheshji was adorned with a gleaming crown, kundal, and bajubandha. After coming to the assembly, he too entered the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Ananta. Then came Sheshji from beneath thirty-two thousand yojanas of the underworld. He was endowed with the thousand-faced Sheshji 'Tamasi of God' art. They wore crowns as bright as the everlasting sun. He was greatly ennobled by the sages Vyasa, Parashara, Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatkumara, Narada, Samkhya, Pulastya, Brihaspati, and Maitreya. Vasuki, Mahashanka, Śvēta, Dhananjaya, Dhritarashtra, Kuhaka, Kaliya, Takshaka, Kambala, Ashvatara, and Devadatta were among the Nagarajas who showered him with incense. She was served by many nagakanyas associated with Kasturi, Agar, Kesar, and Chandanke. He was being praised by Siddhas, Charanas, Gandharvas, and Vidyadharas. Daityas such as Hatakesvara, Tripur, Bal, Kalkeya, Kali, and Nivatakavacha followed him. Eleven Rudras marched ahead of them in array, and the musk deer, Kamadhenu, and Varuna followed them. The words were veena, mridangam, tala, and dundubhike. He reached there at the same speed as Phanidhar Gajaraja. On one of his faces, the entire globe looked like a grain of mustard. Thus, Sheshji came there and entered the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Maha Anant. 1 - 8.

They all went to their respective places after being ordered to say Pradwipak Muni. After their departure, Lord Anant said to the youth of the serpent girls - 'I know what you mean, all of you, by penance, to be born in the house of the Gopas and have darshan of Me. Someday I will fulfill your wish by playing with you in the beautiful Rasmandal on the banks of the Kalindi. 'Then Kalina, the king of Nivatakavachoke, with folded hands, offered floral tributes at the feet of the Lord - lotuses and bowed her head at the feet of the Lord and said, "O Lord! Give me orders, what will work for me? Wherever you come, there I will also go. Father! Your departure will cause me great sorrow; you are a devotee, so take me with you. Hearing this prayer, Lord Anant was pleased and said to his devotee Kaliraja, "May you walk with me happily in Bharatavarsha." There you become the Chakravarti king, known in the Kaurava clan as Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra. I will help you, I will teach you mace fighting. Upon saying this, King Kali went to his place, saluting him. At the same time, you are born as Duryodhana. In the delusion of Lord Vishnu, you have no memory of your form. 15-20 |

Thus, the second chapter titled 'Preparation for the Incarnation of Balabhadra' was completed in the dialogue of Sri Pradvipaka Muni and Duryodhana under the Srivallabhadra Khanda in the Srigarghasamhita. 2.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 32076, revision 146066 (2018-06-13T19:11:42Z). English was rendered from the complete Hindi chapter at https://www.mahakavya.com/shribalbhadrakhand-chapter-1-to-6/ as a transparent machine-assisted translation using the pinned IndicTrans2 Indic–English Distilled 200M model and retained without claiming verse-by-verse alignment.