Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhāgavatam 11.4

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11, Chapter 4 — Drumila Recounts the Lord's Descents in English (IAST))

Vyasa

Also known as yani yaniha karmani yairyai svacchandajanmabhi

Drumila Recounts the Lord's Descents. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 11, Chapter 4 — 23 verses in Sanskrit with transliteration in 9 scripts.

śrī-rājovāca
yāni yānīha karmāṇi
yair yaiḥ svacchanda-janmabhiḥ
cakre karoti kartā vā
haris tāni bruvantu naḥ
śrī-drumila uvāca
yo vā anantasya guṇān anantān
anukramiṣyan sa tu bāla-buddhiḥ
rajāṁsi bhūmer gaṇayet kathañcit
kālena naivākhila-śakti-dhāmnaḥ
bhūtair yadā pañcabhir ātma-sṛṣṭaiḥ
puraṁ virājaṁ viracayya tasmin
svāṁśena viṣṭaḥ puruṣābhidhānam
avāpa nārāyaṇa ādi-devaḥ
yat-kāya eṣa bhuvana-traya-sanniveśo
yasyendriyais tanu-bhṛtām ubhayendriyāṇi
jñānaṁ svataḥ śvasanato balam oja īhā
sattvādibhiḥ sthiti-layodbhava ādi-kartā
ādāv abhūc chata-dhṛtī rajasāsya sarge
viṣṇuḥ sthitau kratu-patir dvija-dharma-setuḥ
rudro ’pyayāya tamasā puruṣaḥ sa ādya
ity udbhava-sthiti-layāḥ satataṁ prajāsu
dharmasya dakṣa-duhitary ajaniṣṭa mūrtyāṁ
nārāyaṇo nara ṛṣi-pravaraḥ praśāntaḥ
naiṣkarmya-lakṣaṇam uvāca cacāra karma
yo ’dyāpi cāsta ṛṣi-varya-niṣevitāṅghriḥ
indro viśaṅkya mama dhāma jighṛkṣatīti
kāmaṁ nyayuṅkta sa-gaṇaṁ sa badary-upākhyam
gatvāpsaro-gaṇa-vasanta-sumanda-vātaiḥ
strī-prekṣaṇeṣubhir avidhyad atan-mahi-jñaḥ
vijñāya śakra-kṛtam akramam ādi-devaḥ
prāha prahasya gata-vismaya ejamānān
mā bhair vibho madana māruta deva-vadhvo
gṛhṇīta no balim aśūnyam imaṁ kurudhvam
itthaṁ bruvaty abhaya-de nara-deva devāḥ
sa-vrīḍa-namra-śirasaḥ sa-ghṛṇaṁ tam ūcuḥ
naitad vibho tvayi pare ’vikṛte vicitraṁ
svārāma-dhīra-nikarānata-pāda-padme
tvāṁ sevatāṁ sura-kṛtā bahavo ’ntarāyāḥ
svauko vilaṅghya paramaṁ vrajatāṁ padaṁ te
nānyasya barhiṣi balīn dadataḥ sva-bhāgān
dhatte padaṁ tvam avitā yadi vighna-mūrdhni
kṣut-tṛṭ-tri-kāla-guṇa-māruta-jaihva-śaiṣṇān
asmān apāra-jaladhīn atitīrya kecit
krodhasya yānti viphalasya vaśaṁ pade gor
majjanti duścara-tapaś ca vṛthotsṛjanti
iti pragṛṇatāṁ teṣāṁ
striyo ’ty-adbhuta-darśanāḥ
darśayām āsa śuśrūṣāṁ
sv-arcitāḥ kurvatīr vibhuḥ
te devānucarā dṛṣṭvā
striyaḥ śrīr iva rūpiṇīḥ
gandhena mumuhus tāsāṁ
rūpaudārya-hata-śriyaḥ
tān āha deva-deveśaḥ
praṇatān prahasann iva
āsām ekatamāṁ vṛṅdhvaṁ
sa-varṇāṁ svarga-bhūṣaṇām
om ity ādeśam ādāya
natvā taṁ sura-vandinaḥ
urvaśīm apsaraḥ-śreṣṭhāṁ
puraskṛtya divaṁ yayuḥ
indrāyānamya sadasi
śṛṇvatāṁ tri-divaukasām
ūcur nārāyaṇa-balaṁ
śakras tatrāsa vismitaḥ
haṁsa-svarūpy avadad acyuta ātma-yogaṁ
dattaḥ kumāra ṛṣabho bhagavān pitā naḥ
viṣṇuḥ śivāya jagatāṁ kalayāvatīrṇas
tenāhṛtā madhu-bhidā śrutayo hayāsye
gupto ’pyaye manur ilauṣadhayaś ca mātsye
krauḍe hato diti-ja uddharatāmbhasaḥ kṣmām
kaurme dhṛto ’drir amṛtonmathane sva-pṛṣṭhe
grāhāt prapannam ibha-rājam amuñcad ārtam
saṁstunvato nipatitān śramaṇān ṛṣīṁś ca
śakraṁ ca vṛtra-vadhatas tamasi praviṣṭam
deva-striyo ’sura-gṛhe pihitā anāthā
jaghne ’surendram abhayāya satāṁ nṛsiṁhe
devāsure yudhi ca daitya-patīn surārthe
hatvāntareṣu bhuvanāny adadhāt kalābhiḥ
bhūtvātha vāmana imām aharad baleḥ kṣmāṁ
yācñā-cchalena samadād aditeḥ sutebhyaḥ
niḥkṣatriyām akṛta gāṁ ca triḥ-sapta-kṛtvo
rāmas tu haihaya-kulāpyaya-bhārgavāgniḥ
so ’bdhiṁ babandha daśa-vaktram ahan sa-laṅkaṁ
sītā-patir jayati loka-mala-ghna-kīṛtiḥ
bhūmer bharāvataraṇāya yaduṣv ajanmā
jātaḥ kariṣyati surair api duṣkarāṇi
vādair vimohayati yajña-kṛto ’tad-arhān
śūdrān kalau kṣiti-bhujo nyahaniṣyad ante
evaṁ-vidhāni janmāni
karmāṇi ca jagat-pateḥ
bhūrīṇi bhūri-yaśaso
varṇitāni mahā-bhuja

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