Gita Govinda 2.11.8

2.11.8

avatārāntaraṃ varṇayati - mleccheti | dhṛtaṃ kalkiśarīraṃ yena tādṛśa he keśava, mlecchānāṃ mūrkhāṇāṃ devabrāhmaṇabādhakānāmityarthaḥ | teṣāṃ nivahḥ samūhaḥ tasya nidhane māraṇe viṣaye karālamatibhayaṅkaramatikrūramiti yāvat | tādṛśaṃ karavālaṃ khaḍgaṃ, ¹dhūmaḥ ketuścihnaṃ yasya sa dhūmaketuḥ | pralayakālavartijvālājālamiva kimapi āścaryaṃ yathā syāttathā | kalayasi bhramayiṣyasi | ‘vartamānasāmīpye vartamānavadve’ti² bhaviṣyati laṭ ³| kimapītyetadavyayam ⁴| mlecchaiḥ dharme mandīkṛte duṣkṛte ca pravardhite sati taddhanmlecchanidhanapūrvakaṃ dharmasaṃsthāpanāya kalk‍yavatāraṃ kariṣyasīti vākyasamudāyarthaḥ | dhūmaketumivetyekaṃ padam | pūrvavat samāsaḥ | uktaṃ gītaṃ bhagavate samarpayati—śrījayadeveti | dhṛtāni bhṛtāni daśavidharūpāṇi yena sa tādṛśadhṛtadaśāvatāretyarthaḥ | he keśava, udāraṃ dhvaniguṇālaṅkārādisampattyā gambhīramityarthaḥ | ata eva sukhadaṃ sarasacittākarṣaṃ⁵ śubhadaṃ tvadaṅkitatayā⁶ śrotṝṇāṃ gātṛśca⁷ maṅgaladāyakam | ata eva bhavasya saṃsāraduḥkharūpasya sāraḥ, apasaraṇaṃ yasmāttādṛśam | saṃsāra- duḥkhāpahāramityarthaḥ | athavā janmasāphalyakaram | etādṛśaṃ śrījayadevakaveḥ idaṃ pūrvoktadaśāvatāravarṇanātmakaṃ uditaṃ gītarūpaṃ vacanamityarthaḥ | śṛṇu ākarṇaya avabodhaya ityarthaḥ | evamavatārān prastutya anantarakartavyaṃ daśāvatārarūpaṃ kṛṣṇanamaskāramācarati—vedāniti ||