Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhāgavatam 10.66

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10, Chapter 66 — Pauṇḍraka, the False Vāsudeva in English (IAST))

Vyasa

Also known as nandavrajam gate rame karusadhipatirnrpa

Pauṇḍraka, the False Vāsudeva. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 10, Chapter 66 (The Life of Kṛṣṇa), 43 verses in Sanskrit with transliteration in 9 scripts.

śrī-śuka uvāca
nanda-vrajaṁ gate rāme
karūṣādhipatir nṛpa
vāsudevo ’ham ity ajño
dūtaṁ kṛṣṇāya prāhiṇot
tvaṁ vāsudevo bhagavān
avatīṛno jagat-patiḥ
iti prastobhito bālair
mena ātmānam acyutam
dūtaṁ ca prāhiṇon mandaḥ
kṛṣṇāyāvyakta-vartmane
dvārakāyāṁ yathā bālo
nṛpo bāla-kṛto ’budhaḥ
dūtas tu dvārakām etya
sabhāyām āsthitaṁ prabhum
kṛṣṇaṁ kamala-patrākṣaṁ
rāja-sandeśam abravīt
vāsudevo ’vatīrno ’ham
eka eva na cāparaḥ
bhūtānām anukampārthaṁ
tvaṁ tu mithyābhidhāṁ tyaja
yāni tvam asmac-cihnāni
mauḍhyād bibharṣi sātvata
tyaktvaihi māṁ tvaṁ śaraṇaṁ
no ced dehi mamāhavam
śrī-śuka uvāca
katthanaṁ tad upākarṇya
pauṇḍrakasyālpa-medhasaḥ
ugrasenādayaḥ sabhyā
uccakair jahasus tadā
uvāca dūtaṁ bhagavān
parihāsa-kathām anu
utsrakṣye mūḍha cihnāni
yais tvam evaṁ vikatthase
mukhaṁ tad apidhāyājña
kaṅka-gṛdhra-vaṭair vṛtaḥ
śayiṣyase hatas tatra
bhavitā śaraṇaṁ śunām
iti dūtas tam ākṣepaṁ
svāmine sarvam āharat
kṛṣṇo ’pi ratham āsthāya
kāśīm upajagāma ha
pauṇḍrako ’pi tad-udyogam
upalabhya mahā-rathaḥ
akṣauhiṇībhyāṁ saṁyukto
niścakrāma purād drutam
tasya kāśī-patir mitraṁ
pārṣṇi-grāho ’nvayān nṛpa
akṣauhiṇībhis tisṛbhir
apaśyat pauṇḍrakaṁ hariḥ
śaṅkhāry-asi-gadā-śārṅga-
śrīvatsādy-upalakṣitam
bibhrāṇaṁ kaustubha-maṇiṁ
vana-mālā-vibhūṣitam
kauśeya-vāsasī pīte
vasānaṁ garuḍa-dhvajam
amūlya-mauly-ābharaṇaṁ
sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalam
dṛṣṭvā tam ātmanas tulyaṁ
veṣaṁ kṛtrimam āsthitam
yathā naṭaṁ raṅga-gataṁ
vijahāsa bhṛśaṁ harīḥ
śulair gadābhiḥ parighaiḥ
śakty-ṛṣṭi-prāsa-tomaraiḥ
asibhiḥ paṭṭiśair bāṇaiḥ
prāharann arayo harim
kṛṣṇas tu tat pauṇḍraka-kāśirājayor
balaṁ gaja-syandana-vāji-patti-mat
gadāsi-cakreṣubhir ārdayad bhṛśaṁ
yathā yugānte huta-bhuk pṛthak prajāḥ
āyodhanaṁ tad ratha-vāji-kuñjara-
dvipat-kharoṣṭrair ariṇāvakhaṇḍitaiḥ
babhau citaṁ moda-vahaṁ manasvinām
ākrīḍanaṁ bhūta-pater ivolbaṇam
athāha pauṇḍrakaṁ śaurir
bho bho pauṇḍraka yad bhavān
dūta-vākyena mām āha
tāny astraṇy utsṛjāmi te
tyājayiṣye ’bhidhānaṁ me
yat tvayājña mṛṣā dhṛtam
vrajāmi śaranaṁ te ’dya
yadi necchāmi saṁyugam
iti kṣiptvā śitair bāṇair
virathī-kṛtya pauṇḍrakam
śiro ’vṛścad rathāṅgena
vajreṇendro yathā gireḥ
tathā kāśī-pateḥ kāyāc
chira utkṛtya patribhiḥ
nyapātayat kāśī-puryāṁ
padma-kośam ivānilaḥ
evaṁ matsariṇam hatvā
pauṇḍrakaṁ sa-sakhaṁ hariḥ
dvārakām āviśat siddhair
gīyamāna-kathāmṛtaḥ
sa nityaṁ bhagavad-dhyāna-
pradhvastākhila-bandhanaḥ
bibhrāṇaś ca hare rājan
svarūpaṁ tan-mayo ’bhavat
śiraḥ patitam ālokya
rāja-dvāre sa-kuṇḍalam
kim idaṁ kasya vā vaktram
iti saṁśiśire janāḥ
rājñaḥ kāśī-pater jñātvā
mahiṣyaḥ putra-bāndhavāḥ
paurāś ca hā hatā rājan
nātha nātheti prārudan
sudakṣiṇas tasya sutaḥ
kṛtvā saṁsthā-vidhiṁ pateḥ
nihatya pitṛ-hantāraṁ
yāsyāmy apacitiṁ pituḥ
ity ātmanābhisandhāya
sopādhyāyo maheśvaram
su-dakṣiṇo ’rcayām āsa
parameṇa samādhinā
prīto ’vimukte bhagavāṁs
tasmai varam adād vibhuḥ
pitṛ-hantṛ-vadhopāyaṁ
sa vavre varam īpsitam
dakṣiṇāgniṁ paricara
brāhmaṇaiḥ samam ṛtvijam
abhicāra-vidhānena
sa cāgniḥ pramathair vṛtaḥ
sādhayiṣyati saṅkalpam
abrahmaṇye prayojitaḥ
ity ādiṣṭas tathā cakre
kṛṣṇāyābhicaran vratī
tato ’gnir utthitaḥ kuṇḍān
mūrtimān ati-bhīṣaṇaḥ
tapta-tāmra-śikhā-śmaśrur
aṅgārodgāri-locanaḥ
daṁṣṭrogra-bhru-kuṭī-daṇḍa-
kaṭhorāsyaḥ sva-jihvayā
ālihan sṛkvaṇī nagno
vidhunvaṁs tri-śikhaṁ jvalat
padbhyāṁ tāla-pramāṇābhyāṁ
kampayann avanī-talam
so ’bhyadhāvad vṛto bhūtair
dvārakāṁ pradahan diśaḥ
tam ābhicāra-dahanam
āyāntaṁ dvārakaukasaḥ
vilokya tatrasuḥ sarve
vana-dāhe mṛgā yathā
akṣaiḥ sabhāyāṁ krīḍantaṁ
bhagavantaṁ bhayāturāḥ
trāhi trāhi tri-lokeśa
vahneḥ pradahataḥ puram
śrutvā taj jana-vaiklavyaṁ
dṛṣṭvā svānāṁ ca sādhvasam
śaraṇyaḥ samprahasyāha
mā bhaiṣṭety avitāsmy aham
sarvasyāntar-bahiḥ-sākṣī
kṛtyāṁ māheśvarīṁ vibhuḥ
vijñāya tad-vighātārthaṁ
pārśva-sthaṁ cakram ādiśat
tat sūrya-koṭi-pratimaṁ sudarśanaṁ
jājvalyamānaṁ pralayānala-prabham
sva-tejasā khaṁ kakubho ’tha rodasī
cakraṁ mukundāstraṁ athāgnim ārdayat
kṛtyānalaḥ pratihataḥ sa rathānga-pāṇer
astraujasā sa nṛpa bhagna-mukho nivṛttaḥ
vārāṇasīṁ parisametya sudakṣiṇaṁ taṁ
sartvig-janaṁ samadahat sva-kṛto ’bhicāraḥ
cakraṁ ca viṣṇos tad-anupraviṣṭaṁ
vārānasīṁ sāṭṭa-sabhālayāpaṇām
sa-gopurāṭṭālaka-koṣṭha-saṅkulāṁ
sa-kośa-hasty-aśva-rathānna-śālinīm
dagdhvā vārāṇasīṁ sarvāṁ
viṣṇoś cakraṁ sudarśanam
bhūyaḥ pārśvam upātiṣṭhat
kṛṣṇasyākliṣṭa-karmaṇaḥ
ya enaṁ śrāvayen martya
uttamaḥ-śloka-vikramam
samāhito vā śṛṇuyāt
sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate

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