Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhāgavatam 10.37

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 37 — Keśī and Vyoma Are Slain in English (IAST))

Vyasa

Also known as kesi tu kamsaprahita khurairmahim

Keśī and Vyoma Are Slain. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 10, Chapter 37 (The Life of Kṛṣṇa), 34 verses in Sanskrit with transliteration in 9 scripts.

śrī-śuka uvāca
keśī tu kaṁsa-prahitaḥ khurair mahīṁ
mahā-hayo nirjarayan mano-javaḥ
saṭāvadhūtābhra-vimāna-saṅkulaṁ
kurvan nabho heṣita-bhīṣitākhilaḥ
taṁ trāsayantaṁ bhagavān sva-gokulaṁ
tad-dheṣitair vāla-vighūrṇitāmbudam
ātmānam ājau mṛgayantam agra-ṇīr
upāhvayat sa vyanadan mṛgendra-vat
sa taṁ niśāmyābhimukho makhena khaṁ
pibann ivābhyadravad aty-amarṣaṇaḥ
jaghāna padbhyām aravinda-locanaṁ
durāsadaś caṇḍa-javo duratyayaḥ
tad vañcayitvā tam adhokṣajo ruṣā
pragṛhya dorbhyāṁ parividhya pādayoḥ
sāvajñam utsṛjya dhanuḥ-śatāntare
yathoragaṁ tārkṣya-suto vyavasthitaḥ
saḥ labdha-saṁjñaḥ punar utthito ruṣā
vyādāya keśī tarasāpatad dharim
so ’py asya vaktre bhujam uttaraṁ smayan
praveśayām āsa yathoragaṁ bile
dantā nipetur bhagavad-bhuja-spṛśas
te keśinas tapta-maya-spṛśo yathā
bāhuś ca tad-deha-gato mahātmano
yathāmayaḥ saṁvavṛdhe upekṣitaḥ
samedhamānena sa kṛṣṇa-bāhunā
niruddha-vāyuś caraṇāṁś ca vikṣipan
prasvinna-gātraḥ parivṛtta-locanaḥ
papāta laṇḍaṁ visṛjan kṣitau vyasuḥ
tad-dehataḥ karkaṭikā-phalopamād
vyasor apākṛṣya bhujaṁ mahā-bhujaḥ
avismito ’yatna-hatārikaḥ suraiḥ
prasūna-varṣair varṣadbhir īḍitaḥ
devarṣir upasaṅgamya
bhāgavata-pravaro nṛpa
kṛṣṇam akliṣṭa-karmāṇaṁ
rahasy etad abhāṣata
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇāprameyātman
yogeśa jagad-īśvara
vāsudevākhilāvāsa
sātvatāṁ pravara prabho
tvam ātmā sarva-bhūtānām
eko jyotir ivaidhasām
gūḍho guhā-śayaḥ sākṣī
mahā-puruṣa īśvaraḥ
ātmanātmāśrayaḥ pūrvaṁ
māyayā sasṛje guṇān
tair idaṁ satya-saṅkalpaḥ
sṛjasy atsy avasīśvaraḥ
sa tvaṁ bhūdhara-bhūtānāṁ
daitya-pramatha-rakṣasām
avatīrṇo vināśāya
sādhunāṁ rakṣaṇāya ca
diṣṭyā te nihato daityo
līlayāyaṁ hayākṛtiḥ
yasya heṣita-santrastās
tyajanty animiṣā divam
cāṇūraṁ muṣṭikaṁ caiva
mallān anyāṁś ca hastinam
kaṁsaṁ ca nihataṁ drakṣye
paraśvo ’hani te vibho
tasyānu śaṅkha-yavana-
murāṇāṁ narakasya ca
pārijātāpaharaṇam
indrasya ca parājayam
udvāhaṁ vīra-kanyānāṁ
vīrya-śulkādi-lakṣaṇam
nṛgasya mokṣaṇaṁ śāpād
dvārakāyāṁ jagat-pate
syamantakasya ca maṇer
ādānaṁ saha bhāryayā
mṛta-putra-pradānaṁ ca
brāhmaṇasya sva-dhāmataḥ
pauṇḍrakasya vadhaṁ paścāt
kāśi-puryāś ca dīpanam
dantavakrasya nidhanaṁ
caidyasya ca mahā-kratau
yāni cānyāni vīryāṇi
dvārakām āvasan bhavān
kartā drakṣyāmy ahaṁ tāni
geyāni kavibhir bhuvi
atha te kāla-rūpasya
kṣapayiṣṇor amuṣya vai
akṣauhiṇīnāṁ nidhanaṁ
drakṣyāmy arjuna-sāratheḥ
viśuddha-vijñāna-ghanaṁ sva-saṁsthayā
samāpta-sarvārtham amogha-vāñchitam
sva-tejasā nitya-nivṛtta-māyā-
guṇa-pravāhaṁ bhagavantam īmahi
tvām īśvaraṁ svāśrayam ātma-māyayā
vinirmitāśeṣa-viśeṣa-kalpanam
krīḍārtham adyātta-manuṣya-vigrahaṁ
nato ’smi dhuryaṁ yadu-vṛṣṇi-sātvatām
śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ yadu-patiṁ kṛṣṇaṁ
bhāgavata-pravaro muniḥ
praṇipatyābhyanujñāto
yayau tad-darśanotsavaḥ
bhagavān api govindo
hatvā keśinam āhave
paśūn apālayat pālaiḥ
prītair vraja-sukhāvahaḥ
ekadā te paśūn pālāś’
cārayanto ’dri-sānuṣu
cakrur nilāyana-krīḍāś
cora-pālāpadeśataḥ
tatrāsan katicic corāḥ
pālāś ca katicin nṛpa
meṣāyitāś ca tatraike
vijahrur akuto-bhayāḥ
maya-putro mahā-māyo
vyomo gopāla-veṣa-dhṛk
meṣāyitān apovāha
prāyaś corāyito bahūn
giri-daryāṁ vinikṣipya
nītaṁ nītaṁ mahāsuraḥ
śilayā pidadhe dvāraṁ
catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣitāḥ
tasya tat karma vijñāya
kṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇa-daḥ satām
gopān nayantaṁ jagrāha
vṛkaṁ harir ivaujasā
sa nijaṁ rūpam āsthāya
girīndra-sadṛśaṁ balī
icchan vimoktum ātmānaṁ
nāśaknod grahaṇāturaḥ
taṁ nigṛhyācyuto dorbhyāṁ
pātayitvā mahī-tale
paśyatāṁ divi devānāṁ
paśu-māram amārayat
guhā-pidhānaṁ nirbhidya
gopān niḥsārya kṛcchrataḥ
stūyamānaḥ surair gopaiḥ
praviveśa sva-gokulam
guhāpidhānaṁ nirbhidya gopānniḥsārya kṛcchrataḥ .
stūyamānaḥ surairgopaiḥ praviveśa svagokulam

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