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Mathurā-khaṇḍa · Chapter 2

Chapter 2

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Mathurā-khaṇḍa · Chapter 2

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श्री नारद उवाच - अथ केशी महादैत्यो हयरूपी मदोत्कटः । एत्य वृदावनं रम्यं जगर्ज्ज घनवद्‌बली ॥ १ ॥ यस्य पादप्रताडेन निपेतुः शाखिनो दृढाः । पुच्छघातेन गगने खंडं खंडं ययुर्घनाः ॥ २ ॥ तं वीक्ष्य दुःसहजवं गोपगोपीगणा भृशम् । भयातुरा मैथिलेन्द्र श्रीकृष्णं शरणं ययुः ॥ ३ ॥ मा भैष्टेत्यभयं दत्वा भगवान्वृजिनार्दनः । कटौ पीतांबरं बद्ध्वा हंतुं दैत्यं प्रचक्रमे ॥ ४ ॥ हरिं पश्चिमपादाभ्यां संतताड महासुरः । चालयन्पृथिवीं राजन्नादयन् व्योममंडलम् ॥ ५ ॥ गृहीत्वा पादयोर्दैत्यं भ्रामयित्वा भुजेन खे । चिक्षेप योजनं कृष्णो वातः पद्ममिवोद्‍धृतम् ॥ ६ ॥ पुनरागतवान् सोऽपि क्रोधपूरितविग्रहः । पुच्छेन श्रीहरिं देवं संतताड व्रजांगणे ॥ ७ ॥ पुच्छे गृहीत्वा तं कृष्णो भ्रामयित्वा भुजौजसा । योजनानां शतं राजन् चिक्षेप गगने बलात् ॥ ८ ॥ आकाशात्पतितः सोऽपि किंचिद्व्यायाकुलमानसः । समुत्थाय पुनर्दैत्यो जगर्ज घनवद्‌बली ॥ ९ ॥ सटा विधुन्वन् रोमाणि बालं खे चालयन्मुहुः । महीं विदारयन्पादैरुत्पपात हरेः पुरः ॥ १० ॥ तताड मुष्टिना तं वै भगवान्मधुसूदनः । तस्य मुष्टिप्रहारेण मूर्छितो घटिकाद्वयम् ॥ ११ ॥ मस्तकेन गलोद्देशे समुद्धृत्य हरिं हयः । भूमंडलादुत्पपात गगने लक्षयोजनम् ॥ १२ ॥ तयोर्युद्धमभूत् घोरं गगने प्रहरद्वयम् । पदैर्दद्‌भिः सटाभिश्च पुच्छतीक्ष्णखुरैर्नृप ॥ १३ ॥ गृहीत्वा तं हरिर्दोर्भ्यां भ्रामयित्वा त्वितस्ततः । आकशात्पातयामास कमंडलुमिवार्भकः ॥ १४ ॥ भुजं प्रवेशयामास तन्मुखे भगवान् हरिः । तस्योदरे गतो बाहुः ववृधे रोगवद्‌भृशम् ॥ १५ ॥ तदा तु लेंडं कृतवान् रुद्धवायुर्महासुरः । खंडीभूतोदरः सद्यो ममार हयरूपधृक् ॥ १६ ॥ देहाद्‌विनिर्गतः सद्यो मुकुटी कुंडलान्वितः । दिव्यरूपधरं कृष्णं प्रांजलिः प्रणनाम ह ॥ १७ ॥ कुमुद उवाच - शक्रस्यानुचरोऽहं वै कुमुदो नाम माधव । तेजस्वी रूपवान् वीरो जिष्णुश्छत्रभ्रमिं दधन् ॥ १८ ॥ वृत्रासुरवधे पूर्वं ब्रह्महत्याप्रशांतये । यज्ञं चक्रार नाकेशो वाजिमेधं क्रतूत्तमम् ॥ १९ ॥ अश्वमेधहयं शुभ्रं श्यामकर्णं मनोजवम् । तमारुरुक्षुर्दुष्टोऽहं चोरयित्वा तलं गतः ॥ २० ॥ ततो मरुद्‌गणैर्नीतं पाशबद्धं महाखलम् । शशाप मां बलारातिः त्वं रक्षो भव दुर्मते ॥ २१ ॥ हयाकृतिस्ते संभूयाद्‌भूमौ मन्वंतरद्वयम् । तच्छापादद्य मुक्तोऽहं सद्यस्त्वत् स्पर्शनात्प्रभो ॥ २२ ॥ किंकरं कुरु मां देव त्वदंघ्रौ लग्नमानसम् । नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते सर्वलोकैकसाक्षिणे ॥ २३ ॥ श्रीनारद उवाच - प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य हरिं परेश्वरं विमानमारुह्य महोज्ज्वलं परम् । वैकुण्ठलोकं कुमुदो ययौ त्वरं विराजयन्मैथिल मंडलं दिशाम् ॥ २४ ॥

śrī nārada uvāca - atha keśī mahādaityo hayarūpī madotkaṭaḥ | etya vṛdāvanaṃ ramyaṃ jagarjja ghanavad‌balī || 1 || yasya pādapratāḍena nipetuḥ śākhino dṛḍhāḥ | pucchaghātena gagane khaṃḍaṃ khaṃḍaṃ yayurghanāḥ || 2 || taṃ vīkṣya duḥsahajavaṃ gopagopīgaṇā bhṛśam | bhayāturā maithilendra śrīkṛṣṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || 3 || mā bhaiṣṭetyabhayaṃ datvā bhagavānvṛjinārdanaḥ | kaṭau pītāṃbaraṃ baddhvā haṃtuṃ daityaṃ pracakrame || 4 || hariṃ paścimapādābhyāṃ saṃtatāḍa mahāsuraḥ | cālayanpṛthivīṃ rājannādayan vyomamaṃḍalam || 5 || gṛhītvā pādayordaityaṃ bhrāmayitvā bhujena khe | cikṣepa yojanaṃ kṛṣṇo vātaḥ padmamivod‍dhṛtam || 6 || punarāgatavān so'pi krodhapūritavigrahaḥ | pucchena śrīhariṃ devaṃ saṃtatāḍa vrajāṃgaṇe || 7 || pucche gṛhītvā taṃ kṛṣṇo bhrāmayitvā bhujaujasā | yojanānāṃ śataṃ rājan cikṣepa gagane balāt || 8 || ākāśātpatitaḥ so'pi kiṃcidvyāyākulamānasaḥ | samutthāya punardaityo jagarja ghanavad‌balī || 9 || saṭā vidhunvan romāṇi bālaṃ khe cālayanmuhuḥ | mahīṃ vidārayanpādairutpapāta hareḥ puraḥ || 10 || tatāḍa muṣṭinā taṃ vai bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ | tasya muṣṭiprahāreṇa mūrchito ghaṭikādvayam || 11 || mastakena galoddeśe samuddhṛtya hariṃ hayaḥ | bhūmaṃḍalādutpapāta gagane lakṣayojanam || 12 || tayoryuddhamabhūt ghoraṃ gagane praharadvayam | padairdad‌bhiḥ saṭābhiśca pucchatīkṣṇakhurairnṛpa || 13 || gṛhītvā taṃ harirdorbhyāṃ bhrāmayitvā tvitastataḥ | ākaśātpātayāmāsa kamaṃḍalumivārbhakaḥ || 14 || bhujaṃ praveśayāmāsa tanmukhe bhagavān hariḥ | tasyodare gato bāhuḥ vavṛdhe rogavad‌bhṛśam || 15 || tadā tu leṃḍaṃ kṛtavān ruddhavāyurmahāsuraḥ | khaṃḍībhūtodaraḥ sadyo mamāra hayarūpadhṛk || 16 || dehād‌vinirgataḥ sadyo mukuṭī kuṃḍalānvitaḥ | divyarūpadharaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ prāṃjaliḥ praṇanāma ha || 17 || kumuda uvāca - śakrasyānucaro'haṃ vai kumudo nāma mādhava | tejasvī rūpavān vīro jiṣṇuśchatrabhramiṃ dadhan || 18 || vṛtrāsuravadhe pūrvaṃ brahmahatyāpraśāṃtaye | yajñaṃ cakrāra nākeśo vājimedhaṃ kratūttamam || 19 || aśvamedhahayaṃ śubhraṃ śyāmakarṇaṃ manojavam | tamārurukṣurduṣṭo'haṃ corayitvā talaṃ gataḥ || 20 || tato marud‌gaṇairnītaṃ pāśabaddhaṃ mahākhalam | śaśāpa māṃ balārātiḥ tvaṃ rakṣo bhava durmate || 21 || hayākṛtiste saṃbhūyād‌bhūmau manvaṃtaradvayam | tacchāpādadya mukto'haṃ sadyastvat sparśanātprabho || 22 || kiṃkaraṃ kuru māṃ deva tvadaṃghrau lagnamānasam | namastubhyaṃ bhagavate sarvalokaikasākṣiṇe || 23 || śrīnārada uvāca - pradakṣiṇīkṛtya hariṃ pareśvaraṃ vimānamāruhya mahojjvalaṃ param | vaikuṇṭhalokaṃ kumudo yayau tvaraṃ virājayanmaithila maṃḍalaṃ diśām || 24 ||

English translation

Keshi's murder

Shrinaradji says - Mithileshwar. Meanwhile, the mighty and drunken Mahadaitya Keshi, disguised as a horse, went into the picturesque Vrindavan and roared like a cloud. Even the strongest trees would be knocked down by the impact of his feet. The thick clouds in the sky were also torn apart by the tail injury. Maithilendra. His speed was unbearable. Seeing this, the community of gopas and gopis went to the shelter of Lord Krishna in a state of great fear. 1-3.

The Lord, who torments sins and sinners, gave them all refuge, saying, "Do not be afraid," and with his waist tight, they set out to kill the demon. The king. The great demon struck Sri Hari with his hind legs and, shaking the earth, began to hum the heavens with his roar. Then, just as the wind uproots the lotus and throws it away, Krishna, holding both the feet of the demon and moving it with his arms, throws it away a yojana. He also came there full of anger and hit Lord Srihari with his tail in the courtyard of Vraja. The king! Then Krishna took hold of his tail and hurled it a hundred yojanas into the sky, spinning it forcefully with his arm. He felt a sense of unease as he fell from the sky, but then rose again and roared like a mighty giant cloud. Shaking the ends of his neck and shaking the hair of his tail repeatedly in the sky, the giant leaped before Srihari, scattering the earth with his feet. Then Lord Madhusudana gave Keshi a punch. His punching left him unconscious for two hours. Then the demonic demon took hold of Sriharika's neck with his mouth and lifted him up into the sky, a hundred thousand yojanas away from the earth. There was a fierce battle between the two of them in the sky for two hours. The king! He struck Srihari repeatedly with his legs, teeth, necklaces, tail and sharp hooves. Then Srihari grabbed it with both hands and started moving it around and as soon as the boy threw the kamandalu, he dropped the demon from the sky. Then Lord Srihari put his hand in her mouth. That arm went up to his stomach and started growing very fast like an incurable disease. This blocked the great demon's oxygen supply and he began to defecate. His stomach broke open and the demonic demon immediately lost his life. On his separation from the body, he immediately assumed the divine form and bowed before Lord Krishna with folded hands, adorned with a crown and coils. 4-17 | (Mathurukund Chapter 1 to 5)

Kumud said, "Madhava! I am the follower of Indra. My name is Kumud. I was very bright, beautiful and brave and used to put an umbrella on Devaraja Indra. In the past, the lord of heaven performed the ritual of supreme sacrifice called Ashvamedha for the serenity of Brahma-killing achieved after the slaying of Vritrasura. The horse of Ashvamedha was a white varnaka. His ears were dark and he moved at a speed as fast as a bead. I felt a desire to climb on top of it. I was pleased with this wish and stole the horse and went into the abyss. Then Marudra led me to Devaraja Indra by binding Mahadushta in a trap. Devendra cursed me and said, 'Wise! You will become a monster. On the ground floor, you had a horse-like figure for two minutes. 'Oh dear! Today, having been touched by you, I am instantly free from that curse. Oh God! Now make me your kinker. My heart goes out to your feet You are the only witness of all the worlds, you are salutations to Lord Srihari. 18-23 | (Mathurukund Chapter 1 to 5)

Srinardji says - Rajan! Mithileshwar! Having said this, after circumambulating Lord Krishna, Kumud ascended on a very bright and excellent plane, moved to Vaikuntha Loka, illuminating the horizon. 24.

Thus was completed the second chapter in the Narada Bahulashva-Samvad under Srimathurakhanda in the Srigarghasamhita, titled 'Kesika Vada'. 2.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 31430, revision 146069 (2018-06-13T19:17:11Z). English was rendered from the complete Hindi chapter at https://www.mahakavya.com/mathurakhand-chapter-1-to-5/ as a transparent machine-assisted translation using the pinned IndicTrans2 Indic–English Distilled 200M model and retained without claiming verse-by-verse alignment.