Harivamsha 102.20

102.20

sa tu māṃ vrīḍitaṃ dṛṣṭvā samāśvasya ca mādhavaḥ
vinindan kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau |
mauḍhyaṃ paśyata me yo 'haṃ śraddadhe klībakatthanam ||
na pradyumno nāniruddho na rāmo na ca keśavaḥ |
yasya śaktāḥ paritrātuṃ ko 'nyas tadaviteśvaraḥ ||
dhig arjunaṃ vṛthāvādaṃ dhig ātmaślāghino dhanuḥ ||
daivopasṛṣṭo yo maurkhyād āgacchati ca durmatiḥ ||
evaṃ śapati viprarṣau vidyām āsthāya vaiṣṇavīm |
yayau saṃyaminīṃ vīro yatrāste bhagavān yamaḥ ||
viprāpatyam acakṣāṇas tata aindrīm agāt purīm |
āgneyīṃ nair ṛtīṃ saumyāṃ vāyavyāṃ vāruṇīṃ tathā ||
rasātalaṃ nākapṛṣṭhaṃ dhiṣṇyāny anyāny udāyudhaḥ ||
tato 'labdhvā dvijasutam anistīrṇapratiśravaḥ |
agniṃ vivikṣuḥ kṛṣṇena pradyumnena niṣedhitaḥ ||
darśaye dvijasūnuṃ te māvajñātmānam ātmanā |
kīrtiṃ ta ete vipulāṃ sthāpayiṣyanti mānavāḥ ||
iti saṃbhāṣya māṃ snehāt |
sāntvayitvā ca taṃ vipram idaṃ vacanam abravīt //

Seeing me ashamed, however, and consoling me, Mādhava / rebuked [him] in Kṛṣṇa's presence: / 'Behold my foolishness, in that I trusted the boasting of a weakling! / If neither Pradyumna nor Aniruddha, neither Rāma nor Keśava / are able to protect him, who else could be a lord to save him? / Fie on Arjuna, a speaker of idle words! Fie on the bow of the self-praiser! / The fool of evil mind comes here driven by fate out of stupidity!' / While the brahmin seer was thus cursing, the hero, resorting to the Vaiṣṇava lore, / went to Saṃyaminī, where the blessed Yama dwells. / Not seeing the brahmin's child, he then went to Indra's city, / to the south-east, south-west, north, north-west, and west as well, / to Rasātala, heaven's vault, and other heavenly spheres, with upraised weapons. / Then, not having obtained the twice-born's son, with his vow unfulfilled, / wishing to enter fire, he was held back by Kṛṣṇa and Pradyumna: / 'I shall show you the son of the twice-born; do not despise yourself through yourself. / These men will establish your vast fame.' / Having thus spoken to me in affection / and having consoled that brahmin, he spoke these words: