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# Brahmandapurana 2.71

Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa 2.71

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.71.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.265) — 1 part

### [2.71.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.1)

sūta uvāca  
sāttvatājjajñire putrāḥ kauśalyāyāṃ mahābalāḥ /  
bhajamāno bhajirddivyo vṛṣṇirdevāvṛdho 'ndhakaḥ //

### [2.71.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.2)

mahābhojaśca vikhyāto brahmaṇyassatyasaṃgaraḥ /  
teṣāṃ hi sargāścatvāraḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ vistareṇa vai //

### [2.71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.3)

bhajamānasya sṛṃjayyo bāhyakā copavāhyakā /  
sṛṃja yasya sute dve tu bāhyake te udāvahat //

### [2.71.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.4)

tasya bhārye bhaginyau te prasūte tu sutānbahūn /  
nimlociḥ kiṅkaṇaścaiva dhṛṣṭiḥ para purañjayaḥ //

### [2.71.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.5)

te bāhyakāyā sṛṃjayyā bhajamānādvijajñire /  
ayutājitsahasrājicchatājiditi nāmataḥ //

### [2.71.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.6)

bāhyakāyāṃ bhaginyāṃ te bhajamānādvijajñire /  
teṣāṃ devāvṛdho rājā cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ /  
putraḥ sarvaguṇopeto mama bhūyāditi sma ha //

### [2.71.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.7)

saṃyojyā tmānamevaṃ sa parṇāśajalamaspṛśat //

### [2.71.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.8)

sā copasparśanāttasya cakāra priyamāpagā /  
kalyāṇatvānnarapatestasya sā nimnagottamā //

### [2.71.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.9)

cintayābhiparītāṅgī jagāmātha viniścayam /  
nābhigacchāmi tāṃ nārīṃ yasyāmevaṃvidhaḥ sutaḥ //

### [2.71.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.10)

bhavetsarvaguṇopeto rājño devāvṛdhasya hi /  
tasmādasya svayaṃ cāhaṃ bhavāmyadya sahavratā //

### [2.71.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.11)

jajñe tasyāḥ svayaṃ hṛtstho bhāvastasya yatheritaḥ /  
atha bhūtvā kumārī tu sā cintāparameva ca //

### [2.71.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.12)

varayāmāsa rājānaṃ tāmiyeṣa sa pārthivaḥ /  
tasyāmādhatta garbhe sa tejasvinamudā radhīḥ //

### [2.71.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.13)

atha sā navame māsi suṣuve saritā varā /  
putraṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ babhruṃ devāvṛdhattadā //

### [2.71.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.14)

tatra vaṃśe purāṇajñā gāthāṃ gāyanti vai dvijāḥ /  
guṇāndevāvṛdhasyāpi kīrtayanto mahātmanaḥ //

### [2.71.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.15)

yathaiva śṛṇumo dūrātsapaṃśyāmastathāntikāt /  
babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṃ devairdevāvṛthaḥ samaḥ //

### [2.71.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.16)

puruṣāḥ pañcaṣaṣṭiśca sahasrāṇi ca saptatiḥ /  
yemṛtatvamanuprāptā babrordevāvṛdhādapi //

### [2.71.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.17)

yajvā dānapatirdhīro brahmaṇyaḥ satyavāgbudhaḥ /  
kīrttimāṃśca mahābhojaḥ sāttvatānāṃ mahārathaḥ //

### [2.71.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.18)

tasyānvavāyaḥ sumahānbhojā ye bhuvi viśrutāḥ /  
gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca dhṛṣṭairbhārye babhūvatuḥ //

### [2.71.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.19)

gāndhārī janayāmāsa sumitraṃ mitranandanam /  
sādrī yudhājitaṃ putraṃ tato mīḍhvāṃsameva ca //

### [2.71.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.20)

anamitraṃ śinaṃ caiva tābubhau puruṣottamau /  
anamitrasuto nighno nighnasya dvau babhūvatuḥ //

### [2.71.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.21)

prasenaśca mahābhāgaḥ satrājicca sutābubhau /  
tasya satrājitaḥ sūryaḥ sakhā prāṇasamo 'bhavat //

### [2.71.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.22)

sa kadācinniśāpāye rathena rathināṃ varaḥ /  
toyaṃ kūlātsamuddhartumupasthātuṃ yayauravim //

### [2.71.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.23)

tasyopatiṣṭhataḥ sūryaṃ vivasvānagrataḥ sthitaḥ /  
suspaṣṭamūrttirbhagavāṃstejomaṇḍalavānvibhuḥ //

### [2.71.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.24)

atha rājā vivasvantamuvāca sthitamagrataḥ /  
yathaiva vyomni paśyāmi tvāmahaṃ jyotiṣāṃ pate //

### [2.71.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.25)

tejomaṇḍalinaṃ caiva tathaivāpyagrataḥ sthitam /  
ko viśeṣo vivasvaṃste sakhyenopagatasya vai //

### [2.71.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.26)

etacchrutvā sa bhagavānmaṇiratnaṃ syamantakam /  
svakaṇṭhādavamucyātha babandha nṛpatestadā //

### [2.71.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.27)

tato vigrahavantaṃ taṃ dadarśa nṛpatistadā /  
prītimānatha taṃ dṛṣṭvā muhūrttaṃ kṛtavānkathām //

### [2.71.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.28)

tamabhiprasthitaṃ bhūyo vivasvantaṃ sa satrajit /  
provācāgnisavarṇaṃ tvāṃ yena lokaḥ prapaśyati //

### [2.71.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.29)

tadetanmaṇiratnaṃ me bhagavandātumarhasi /  
syamaṃ takaṃ nāmamaṇiṃ dattavāṃstasya bhāskaraḥ //

### [2.71.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.30)

sa tamāmucya nagarīṃ praviveśa mahīpatiḥ /  
vismāpayitvātha tataḥ purīmantaḥpuraṃ yayau //

### [2.71.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.31)

sa prasenāya taddivyaṃ maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam /  
dadau bhrātre narapatiḥ premṇā satrājiduttamam //

### [2.71.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.32)

syamantako nāma maṇiryasminrāṣṭre sthito bhavet /  
kāmavarṣī ca parjanyo na ca vyādhibhayaṃ tathā //

### [2.71.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.33)

lipsāṃ cakre prasenāttu maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam /  
govindo na ca taṃ lebhe śakto 'pi na jahāra ca //

### [2.71.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.34)

kadhācinmṛgayāṃ yātaḥ prasenastena bhūṣitaḥ /  
syamantakakṛte siṃhādvadhaṃ prāpa sudāruṇam //

### [2.71.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.35)

jāṃbavānṛkṣarājastu taṃ siṃhaṃ nijaghāna vai /  
ādāya ca maṇiṃ divyaṃ svabilaṃ praviveśa ha //

### [2.71.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.36)

tatkarma kṛṣṇasya tato vṛṣṇyandhakamahattarāḥ /  
maṇiṃ gṛdhnostu manvānāstameva viśaśaṅkire //

### [2.71.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.37)

mithyāpavādaṃ tebhyastaṃ balavānarisūdanaḥ /  
amṛṣyamāṇo bhagavānvanaṃ sa vicacāra ha //

### [2.71.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.38)

sa tu proseno mṛgayāmacaradyatra cāpyatha /  
prasenasya padaṃ grāhyaṃ puraṃ paurāptakāribhiḥ //

### [2.71.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.39)

ṛkṣavantaṃ girivaraṃ vindhyaṃ ca nagamuttamam /  
anveṣayatpariśrāntaḥ sa dadarśa mahāmanāḥ //

### [2.71.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.40)

sāśvaṃ hataṃ prasenaṃ taṃ nāvindattatra vai maṇim /  
atha siṃhaḥ prasenasya śarīrasyāvidūrataḥ //

### [2.71.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.41)

ṛkṣeṇa nihato dṛṣṭaḥ padairṛkṣasya sūcitaḥ /  
padairanveṣayāmāsa guhāmṛkṣasya yādavaḥ //

### [2.71.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.42)

mahatyantarbile vāṇīṃ śaśrāva pramaderitām /  
dhātryā kumāramādāya sutaṃ jāṃbavato dvijāḥ /  
krīḍayantyātha maṇinā mārodīrityudīritam //

### [2.71.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.43)

dhātryuvāca  
prasenamavadhītsiṃhaḥ siṃho jāṃbavatā hataḥ //

### [2.71.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.44)

sukumāraka māro dīstava hyeṃ syamantakaḥ /  
vyaktīkṛtaśca śabdaḥ sa tūrṇaṃ cāpi yayau bilam //

### [2.71.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.45)

apaśyacca bilābhyāśe prasena mavadāritam /  
praviśya cāpi bhagavānsa ṛkṣabilamañjasā //

### [2.71.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.46)

dadarśa ṛkṣarājānaṃ jāṃbavantamudāradhīḥ /  
yuyudhe vāsudevastu bile jāṃbavatā saha //

### [2.71.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.47)

bāhubhyāmeva govindo divasānekaviṃśatim /  
praviṣṭe ca bilaṃ kṛṣṇe vasudevāpurassarāḥ //

### [2.71.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.48)

punardvāravatīṃ caitya hataṃ kṛṣṇaṃ nyavedayan /  
vāsudevastu nirjitya jāṃbavantaṃ mahābalam //

### [2.71.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.49)

lebhe jāṃbavantīṃ kanyāmṛkṣarājasya sammanām /  
bhagavattejasā grasto jāṃbavāṃnprasabhaṃ maṇim //

### [2.71.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.50)

sutāṃ jāṃbavatīmāśu viṣvaksenāya dattavān /  
maṇiṃ syamantakaṃ caiva jagrahātmaviśuddhaye //

### [2.71.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.51)

anunīyarkṣarājaṃ taṃ niryayau ca tadā bilāt /  
evaṃ sa maṇimāhṛtya viśodhyātmānamātmanā //

### [2.71.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.52)

dadau satrājite ratnaṃ maṇiṃ sāttvatasannidhau /  
kanyāṃ punarjāṃbavatīmuvāha madhusūdanaḥ //

### [2.71.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.53)

tasmānmithyābhiśāpāttu vyaśudhyanmadhusūdanaḥ /  
imāṃ mithyābhiśaptiṃ yaḥ kṛṣṇasyeha vyapohitām //

### [2.71.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.54)

veda mithyābhiśaptiṃ sa nābhispṛśati karhicit /  
daśa tvāsansatrajito bhāryāstasyāyutaṃ sutāḥ //

### [2.71.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.55)

khyātimantastrayasteṣāṃ bhaṅgakārastu pūrvajaḥ /  
vīro vātapatiścaiva tapasvī ca bahupriyaḥ //

### [2.71.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.56)

atha vīramatī nāma bhaṅgakārasya tu prasūḥ /  
suṣuve sā kumārīstu tisro rūpaguṇānvitāḥ //

### [2.71.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.57)

satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṃ vratinī ca dṛḍhavratā /  
tathā tapasvinī caiva pitā kṛṣṇaya tāṃ dadau //

### [2.71.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.58)

na ca satrājitaḥ kṛṣṇo maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam /  
ādatta tadupaśrutya bhojena śatadhanvanā //

### [2.71.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.59)

tadā hi prārthayāmāsa satyabhāmāmaninditām /  
akrūro dhanamanvicchanmaṇiṃ caiva syamantakam //

### [2.71.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.60)

satrājitaṃ tato itvā śatadhanvā mahābalaḥ /  
rātrau taṃ maṇimādāya tato 'krūrāya dattavān //

### [2.71.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.61)

akrūrastu tadā ratnamādāya sa nararṣabhaḥ /  
samayaṃ kārayāñcakre bodhyo nānyasya cetyuta //

### [2.71.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.62)

vayamabhyupayotsyāmaḥ kṛṣṇena tvāṃ pradharṣitam /  
mama vai dvārakā sarvā veśe tiṣṭhatya saṃśayam //

### [2.71.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.63)

hate pitari duḥkhārttā satyabhāmā yaśasvinī /  
prayayau rathamāruhya nagaraṃ vāraṇāvatam //

### [2.71.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.64)

satyabhāmā tu tadvṛttaṃ bhojasya śatadhanvanaḥ /  
bharturnivedya duḥkhārttā pārśvasthāśrūṇyavarttayat //

### [2.71.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.65)

pāṇḍavānāṃ tu dagdhānāṃ hariḥ kṛtvodakakriyām /  
kalyārthe caiva bhrātṝṇāṃ nyayojayata sātyakim //

### [2.71.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.66)

tatastvaritamāgatya dvārakāṃ madhusūdanaḥ /  
pūrvajaṃ halinaṃ śrīmānidaṃ vacanamabravīt //

### [2.71.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.67)

hataḥ prasenaḥ siṃhena satrājicchatadhanvanā /  
syamantako mārgaṇīyastasya prabhurahaṃ prabho //

### [2.71.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.68)

tahāroha rathaṃ śīghraṃ bhojaṃ hatvā mahābalam /  
syamantakaṃ mahābāho sāmānyaṃ vo bhaviṣyati //

### [2.71.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.69)

tataḥ pravṛtte yuddhe tu tumule bhojakṛṣṇayoḥ /  
śatadhanvā tamakrūramavaikṣatsarvato diśam //

### [2.71.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.70)

anālabdhāvahārau tu kṛtvā bhojajanārddanau /  
śakto 'pi śāṭhyāddhārdikyo nākrūro 'bhyupapadyata //

### [2.71.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.71)

apayote tato buddhiṃ bhūyaścakre bhayānvitaḥ /  
yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ hṛdayā pratyapadyata //

### [2.71.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.72)

vikhyātā hṛdayā nāma śatayojanagāminī /  
bhojasya vaḍavā divyā yayā kṛṣṇamayodhayat //

### [2.71.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.73)

kṣīṇāṃ javena tdṛdayāmadhvanaḥ śatayojane /  
dṛṣṭvā rathasya tāṃ vṛddhiṃ śatadhanvā samudravat //

### [2.71.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.74)

tatastasyā hayāyāstu śramātkhedācca vai dvijāḥ /  
khamutpeturatha prāṇāḥ kṛṣṇo rāmamathābravīt //

### [2.71.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.75)

tiṣṭhasveha mahābāho dṛṣṭadoṣā mayā hayī /  
padbhyāṃ gatvā hariṣyāmi maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam //

### [2.71.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.76)

padbhyāmeva tato gatvā śatadhanvānamacyutaḥ /  
mithilopavane taṃ vai jaghāna paramāstravit //

### [2.71.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.77)

syamantakaṃ na cāpaśyaddhatvā bhojaṃ mahābalam /  
nivṛttaṃ cābra vītkṛṣṇaṃ ratnaṃ dehīti lāṅgalī //

### [2.71.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.78)

nāstīti kṛṣṇaścovāca tato rāmo ruṣānvitaḥ /  
dhikchabdapūrvamasakṛtpratyuvāca janārddanam //

### [2.71.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.79)

bhātṛtvānmarṣayāmveṣa svasti te 'stu vrajāmyaham /  
kṛtyaṃ na me dvārakayā na tvayā na ca vṛṣṇibhiḥ //

### [2.71.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.80)

praviveśa tato rāmo mithilāmarimarddanaḥ /  
sarvakāmairupahṛtairmaithilenaiva pūjitaḥ //

### [2.71.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.81)

etasminneva kāle tu babhrurmatimatāṃ varaḥ /  
nānārūpānkratūnsarvā nājahāra nirargalān //

### [2.71.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.82)

dīkṣāmayaṃ sakavacaṃ rakṣārthaṃ praviveśa ha /  
syamantakakṛte prājño kāndinījo mahāmanāḥ //

### [2.71.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.83)

akūra yajñā iti te khyātāstasya mahātmanaḥ /  
bahvannadakṣiṇāḥ sarve sarvakāmapradāyinaḥ //

### [2.71.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.84)

atha duryodhano rājā gatvātha mithilāṃ prabhuḥ /  
gadāśikṣāṃ tato divyāṃ balabhadrādavāptavān //

### [2.71.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.85)

prasādya tu tato rāmo vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathaiḥ /  
ānīto dvārakāmeva kṛṣṇena ca mahātmanā //

### [2.71.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.86)

akrūraścāndhakaiḥ sārddhamathāyātpuruṣarṣabhaḥ /  
yuddhe hatvā tu śatrughnaṃ saha bandhumatā balī //

### [2.71.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.87)

suyajñatanayāyāṃ tu narāyāṃ narasattamau /  
bhaṅgakārasya tanayau viśrutau sumahābalau //

### [2.71.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.88)

jajñāteṃ'dhakamukhyasya śakraghno bandhumāṃśca tau /  
vadhe ca bhaṅgakārasya kṛṣṇo na prītimānabhūt //

### [2.71.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.89)

jñātibhedabhayādbhītastamubekṣitavānatha /  
apayāte tato 'krūre nāvarṣatpākaśāsanaḥ //

### [2.71.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.90)

anāvṛṣṭyā hataṃ rāṣṭramabhavadbahudhā yataḥ /  
tataḥ prasādayāmāsurakrūraṃ kukurāndhakāḥ //

### [2.71.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.91)

punardvāravatīṃ prāpte tadā dānapatau tathā /  
pravavarṣa sahasrākṣaḥ kukṣau jalanidhestataḥ //

### [2.71.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.92)

kanyāṃ vai vāsudevāya svasāraṃ śīlasaṃmatām /  
akrūraḥ pradadau śrīmānprītyarthaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ //

### [2.71.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.93)

atha vijñāya yogena kṛṣṇo babhrugataṃ maṇim /  
sabhāmadhye tadā prāha tamakrūraṃ janārddanaḥ //

### [2.71.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.94)

yattadratnaṃ maṇivaraṃ tava hastagataṃ prabho /  
tatprayaccha svamānārha mayi mānāryakaṃ kṛthāḥ //

### [2.71.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.95)

ṣaṣṭivarṣagate kāle yadroṣo 'bhūttadā mama /  
susaṃrūḍho 'sakṛtprāptastadā kālātyayo mahān //

### [2.71.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.96)

tataḥ kṛṣṇasya vacanātsarvasāttvatasaṃsadi /  
pradadau taṃ maṇiṃ babhrurakleśena mahāmatiḥ //

### [2.71.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.97)

tatastamārjavaprāptaṃ babhrorhastādarindamaḥ /  
dadau hṛṣṭamanāstuṣṭastaṃ maṇiṃ babhrave punaḥ //

### [2.71.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.98)

sa kṛṣṇahastātsaṃprāpya maṇiratnaṃ syamantakam /  
ābadhya gāndinīputro virarājāṃśumāniva //

### [2.71.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.99)

imāṃ mithyābhiśāptiṃ yo viśuddhimapi cottamām /  
veda mithyābhiśaptiṃ sa na labheta kathañcana //

### [2.71.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.100)

anamitrācchinirjajñe kaniṣṭhādvṛṣṇinandanāt /  
satyavānsatyasaṃpannaḥ satyakastasya cātmajaḥ //

### [2.71.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.101)

sātyakiryuyudhānaśca tasya bhūtiḥ suto 'bhavat /  
bhūteryugandharaḥ putra iti bhautyaḥ prakīrttitaḥ //

### [2.71.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.102)

māḍyāḥ sutasya jajñe tu suto vṛṣṇiryudhājitaḥ /  
jajñāte tanayau vṛṣṇeḥ śvaphalkaścitrakaśca yaḥ //

### [2.71.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.103)

śvaphalkastu mahārājo dharmātmā yatra vartate /  
nāsti vyādhibhayaṃ tatra na cāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ tathā //

### [2.71.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.104)

kādācitkāśirājasya vibhostu dvijasattamāḥ /  
trīṇi varṣāṇi viṣaye nāvarṣatpākaśāsanaḥ //

### [2.71.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.105)

sa tatravāsayāmāsa śvaphalkaṃ paramārcitam /  
śvaphalkaparivāsena prāvarṣatpākaśāsanaḥ //

### [2.71.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.106)

śvaphalkaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṃ bhāryāmavindata /  
gāndinīṃnāma gāṃ sā hi dadau viprāya nityaśaḥ //

### [2.71.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.107)

sā māturudarasthā vai bahūnvarṣaśātānkila /  
nivasaṃtī na vai jajñe garbhasthāṃ tāṃ pitābravīt //

### [2.71.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.108)

jāyasva śīghraṃ bhadraṃ te kimarthaṃ vāpi tiṣṭhasi /  
provāca cainaṃ garbhasthā sā kanyā gāṃ dine dine //

### [2.71.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.109)

yadi dadyāstato garbhādbahiḥ syāṃ hāyanaistribhiḥ /  
tathetyuvāca tāṃ tasyāḥ pitā kāmamapūrayat //

### [2.71.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.110)

dātā yajvā ca śuraśca śrutavānatithipriyaḥ /  
tasyāḥ putraḥ smṛto 'krūraḥ śvāphalko bhūridakṣiṇaḥ //

### [2.71.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.111)

upamaṅgustathā maṅgurmṛduraścārimejayaḥ /  
girirakṣastato yakṣaḥ śatrughno 'thārimardanaḥ //

### [2.71.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.112)

dharmavṛddhaḥ sukarmā ca gandhamādastathāparaḥ /  
āvāhaprativāhau ca vasudevā varāṅganā //

### [2.71.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.113)

akrūrādaugrasenyāṃ tu sutau dvau kulanandinau /  
devavānupadevaśca jajñāte devasaṃnibhau //

### [2.71.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.114)

citrakasyābhavanputrāḥ pṛthurvipṛthureva ca /  
aśvagrīvo 'śvavāhaśca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau //

### [2.71.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.115)

ariṣṭanemiraśvāsyaḥ suvārmā varmabhṛttathā /  
abhūmirbahubhūmiśca śraviṣṭhāśravaṇe striyau //

### [2.71.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.116)

satyakātkāśiduhitā lebhe yā caturaḥ sutān /  
kukuraṃ bhajamānaṃ ca śuciṃ kaṃbala barhiṣam //

### [2.71.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.117)

kukurasya suto vṛṣṇirvṛṣṇestu tanayo 'bhavat /  
kapotaromā tasyātha vilomābhavadātmajaḥ //

### [2.71.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.118)

tasyāsīttuṃburusakhā vidvānputroṃ'dhakaḥ kila /  
khyāyate yasya nāmānyaccandanodakadundubhiḥ //

### [2.71.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.119)

tasyābhijittataḥ putra utpannastu punarvasuḥ /  
aśvamedhaṃ tu putrārthamājahāra narottamaḥ //

### [2.71.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.120)

tasya madhye 'tirātrasya sadomadhyātsasucchritaḥ /  
tatastu vidvāndharmajño dātā yajvā punarvasuḥ //

### [2.71.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.121)

tasyātha putramithunaṃ babhūvābhijitaḥ kila /  
āhukaścāhukī caiva khyātau matimatāṃ varau //

### [2.71.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.122)

imāṃścodā harantyatra ślokānprati tamāhukam /  
sopāsāṃgānukarṣāṇāṃ sadhvajānāṃ varūthinām //

### [2.71.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.123)

rathānāṃ meghaghoṣāṇāṃ mahasrāṇi daśaiva tu /  
nāsatyavādī cāsīttu nāyajño nāsahasradaḥ //

### [2.71.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.124)

nāśucirnāpyadharmātmā nāvidvānna kṛśo 'bhavat /  
ārdrakasya dhṛtiḥ putra ityevamanuśuśrum //

### [2.71.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.125)

sa tena parivāreṇa kiśorapratimānhayān /  
aśītimaśvaniyutānyāhuko 'pratimo vrajan //

### [2.71.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.126)

pūrvasyāṃ diśi nāgānāṃ bhojasya tvatibhāvayan /  
rūpyakāñcanakakṣāṇāṃ srahasrāṇyekaviṃśatiḥ //

### [2.71.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.127)

tāvantyeva sahasrāṇi uttarasyāṃ tathādiśi /  
bhūmipālasya bhojasya uttiṣṭetkiṅkaṇī kila //

### [2.71.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.128)

āhukaścāpyavantīṣu svasāraṃ tvāhukīṃ dadau /  
āhukātkāśyaduhiturdvai putrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ //

### [2.71.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.129)

devakaścograsenaśca devagarbhasamāvubhau /  
devakasya sutā vīrā jajñire tridaśopamāḥ //

### [2.71.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.130)

devavānupadevaśca sudevo devarakṣitaḥ /  
teṣāṃ svasāraḥ saptāsanvasudevāya tā dadau //

### [2.71.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.131)

dhṛtadevopadevā ca tathānyā devarakṣitā /  
śrīdevā śāntidevā ca sahadevā tathāparā //

### [2.71.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.132)

saptamī devakī tāsāṃ sānujā cārudarśanā /  
navograsenasya sutāḥ kaṃsasteṣāṃ tu pūrvajaḥ //

### [2.71.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.133)

nyagro daśca sunāmā ca kaṅkaśaṅkusubhūmayaḥ /  
sutanū rāṣṭrapālaśca yuddhatuṣṭaśca tuṣṭimān //

### [2.71.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.134)

teṣāṃ svasāraḥ pañcaiva kaṃsā kaṃsavatī tathā /  
sutanū rāṣṭrapālī ca kaṅkā caiva varāṅganā //

### [2.71.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.135)

ugraseno mahāpatyo vyākhyātaḥ kukurodbhavaḥ /  
kukurāṇāmimaṃ vaṃśaṃ dhārayannamitaujasām //

### [2.71.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.136)

ātmanovipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ prajāvāṃśca bhavennaraḥ /  
bhajamānasya putrastu rathimukhyo vidūrathaḥ //

### [2.71.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.137)

rājādhidevaḥ śūraśca vidūrathasuto 'bhavat /  
tasya śūrasya tu sutā jajñire balavattarāḥ //

### [2.71.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.138)

vātaścaiva nivātaśca śoṇitaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ /  
śamī ca gadavarmā ca nidāntaḥ khalu śatrujit //

### [2.71.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.139)

śamīputraḥ pratikṣatraḥ pratikṣatrasya cātmajaḥ /  
svayaṃbhojaḥ svayaṃbhojāddhṛdikaḥ saṃbabhūva ha //

### [2.71.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.140)

hṛdikasya sutāstvāsandaśa bhīmaparākramāḥ /  
kṛtavarmāgrajasteṣāṃ śatadhanvā tu madhyamaḥ //

### [2.71.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.141)

devabāhussubāhuśca bhiṣakśvetarathaśca yaḥ /  
sudāntaścādhidāntaśca kanakaḥ kanakodbhavaḥ //

### [2.71.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.142)

devabāhossuto vidvāñjajñe kaṃbalabarhiṣaḥ /  
asamaujāḥ sutastasya susamaujāśca viśrutaḥ //

### [2.71.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.143)

ajātaputrāya tataḥ pradadāvasamaujase /  
sucandraṃ vasurūpaṃ ca kṛṣṇa ityandhakāḥ smṛtāḥ //

### [2.71.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.144)

andhakānāmimaṃ vaṃśaṃ kīrttayedyastu nityaśaḥ /  
ātmano vipulaṃ vaṃśaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ //

### [2.71.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.145)

aśmakyāṃ janayāmāsa śūraṃ vai deva mīḍhuṣam /  
māriṣyāṃ jajñire śūrādbhojāyāṃ puruṣā daśa //

### [2.71.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.146)

vasudevo mahābāhuḥ pūrvamānakadundubhiḥ /  
jajñe tasya prasūtasya dundubhiḥ prāṇadaddivi //

### [2.71.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.147)

ānakānāṃ ca saṃhnādaḥ sumahānabhavaddivi /  
papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca śarasya bhavane mahat //

### [2.71.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.148)

manuṣyaloke kṛtsne 'pi rūpe nāsti samo bhuvi /  
yasyāsītpuruṣāgryasya kāntiścandramaso yathā //

### [2.71.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.149)

devabhāgastato jajñe tato devaśravāḥ punaḥ /  
anādhṛṣṭivṛkaścaiva nandanaścaiva sṛṃjayaḥ //

### [2.71.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.150)

śyāmaḥ śamīko gaṇḍūṣaḥ svasārastu varāganāḥ /  
pṛthā ca śrutadevā ca śrutakīrtiḥ śruta śravāḥ //

### [2.71.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.151)

rājādhidevī ca tathā pañcaitā vīramātaraḥ /  
pṛthāṃ duhitaraṃ śūraḥ kuntibhojāya vai dadau //

### [2.71.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.152)

tasmātsā tu smṛtā kuntī kuntibhojātmajā pṛthā /  
kuruvīraḥ pāṇḍumukhyastasmādbhāryāmavindata //

### [2.71.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.153)

puthā jajñe tataḥ putrāṃstrīnagnisamatejasaḥ /  
loke pratirathānvīrāñchakratulyaparākramān //

### [2.71.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.154)

dharmādyudhiṣṭiraṃ putraṃ mārutācca vṛkodaram /  
indrāddhanañjayaṃ caiva pṛthā putrānajīcanat //

### [2.71.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.155)

mādravatyā tu janitāvaśvināviti viśrutam /  
nakulaḥ sahadevaśca rupasattvaguṇānvitau //

### [2.71.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.156)

jajñe tu śrutadevāyāṃ tanayo vṛddhaśarmaṇaḥ /  
karūṣādhipaterṃvīro dantavakro mahābalaḥ //

### [2.71.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.157)

kaikayācchrutikīrtyaṃ tu jajñe saṃtardano balī /  
cekitānabṛhatkṣatrau tathaivānyau mahābalau //

### [2.71.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.158)

vindānuvindāvāvantyau bhrātarau sumahābalau /  
śrutaśravāyāṃ caidyastu śiśupālo babhūva ha //

### [2.71.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.159)

damaghoṣasya rājarṣeḥ putro vikhyātapauruṣaḥ /  
yaḥ purā sadaśagrīvaḥ saṃbabhūvārimardanaḥ //

### [2.71.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.160)

vaiśravāṇānujastasya kuṃbhakarṇo 'nujastathā patnyastu vasudevasya trayodaśa varāṅganāḥ //

### [2.71.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.161)

pauravī rohiṇī caiva madirā cāparā tathā /  
tathaiva bhadravaiśākhī sunāmnī pañcamī tathā //

### [2.71.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.162)

sahadevā śāntidevā śrīdevā devarakṣitā /  
dhṛtadevopadevā ca devakī saptamī tathā //

### [2.71.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.163)

sugandhā vanarājī ca dvecānye paricārike /  
rohiṇī pauravī caiva bāhlīkasyānujābhavat //

### [2.71.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.164)

jyeṣṭhā patnī mahābhāgadayitā'nakadundubheḥ /  
jyeṣṭhe lebhe sutaṃ rāmaṃ sāraṇaṃ hi śaṭhaṃ tathā //

### [2.71.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.165)

durdamaṃ damanaṃ śubhraṃ piṇḍārakakuśītakau /  
citrāṃ nāma kumārīṃ ca rohiṇyaṣṭau vyajāyata //

### [2.71.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.166)

putrau rāmasya jajñāte vijñātau niśaṭholmukau /  
pārśvī ca pārśvamardī ca śiśuḥ satyadhṛtistathā //

### [2.71.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.167)

mandabāhyo 'tha rāmaṇāṅgiriko girireva ca /  
śulkagulmo 'tigulmaśca daridrāntaka eva ca //

### [2.71.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.168)

kumāryaścāpi pañjānyā nāmatastā nibodhata /  
arciṣmatī sunandā ca surasā suvacāstathā //

### [2.71.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.169)

tathā śatabalā caiva sāraṇasya sutāstvimāḥ /  
bhadrāśvo bhadraguptiśca bhadraviṣṭastathaiva ca //

### [2.71.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.170)

bhadrabāhurbhadraratho bhadrakalpastathaiva ca /  
supārśvakaḥ kīrttimāṃśca rohitāśvaḥ śaṭhātmajāḥ //

### [2.71.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.171)

durmadasyābhibhūtaśca rohiṇyāḥ kulajāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
nandopanandau mitraśca kukṣimitrastathā balaḥ //

### [2.71.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.172)

citropacitrau kṛtakastuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirathāparaḥ /  
madirāyāḥ sutā ete vasudevāddhijajñire //

### [2.71.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.173)

upabiṃbo 'tha biṃbaśca sattvadantamahaujasau /  
catvāra ete vikhyātā bhadrāputrā mahābalāḥ //

### [2.71.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.174)

vaiśālyāmadadhācchauriḥ putraṃ kauśikamuttamam /  
devakyāṃ jajñire saureḥ suṣeṇaḥ kīrttimānapi //

### [2.71.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.175)

udarṣirbhadrasenaśca ṛjudāyaśca pañcamaḥ /  
ṣaṣṭho hi bhadradevaśca kaṃsaḥ sarvāñjaghāna tān //

### [2.71.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.176)

atha tasyā mavasthāyā āyuṣmānsaṃbabhūva ha /  
lokanāthaḥ punarviṣṇuḥ pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ //

### [2.71.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.177)

anujātābhavakṛṣṇātsubhadrā bhadrabhāṣiṇī /  
kṛṣṇā subhadreti punarvyākhyātā vṛṣṇinandinī //

### [2.71.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.178)

subhadrāyāṃ rathī pārthādabhimanyurajāyata /  
vasudevasya bhāryāsu mahābhāgāsu saptasu //

### [2.71.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.179)

ye putrā jajñire śurā nāmatastānnibodhata /  
pūrvādyāḥ sahadevāyāṃ śūrādvai jajñire sutāḥ //

### [2.71.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.180)

śāntidevā janastambaṃ śaurerjajñe kulodvaham /  
āgāvaho mahātmā ca vṛkadevyā majāyata //

### [2.71.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.181)

śrīdevāyāṃ svayaṃ jajñe mandako nāma nāmataḥ /  
upāsaṃgaṃ vasuṃ cāpi tanayau devarakṣitā //

### [2.71.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.182)

evaṃ daśa sutāstasya kaṃsastānapyaghātayat /  
vijayaṃ rocanaṃ caiva varddhamānaṃ ca devalam //

### [2.71.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.183)

etānmahātmanaḥ putrānsuṣāva śiśirāvatī /  
saptamī devakī putraṃ sunāmānamasūyata //

### [2.71.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.184)

gaveṣaṇaṃ mahābhāgaṃ saṃgrāme citrayodhinam /  
śrāddhadevyāṃ purodyāne vane tu vicarandvijāḥ //

### [2.71.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.185)

vaiśyāyāmadadhācchauriḥ putraṃ kauśikamavyayam /  
sugandhī vanarājī ca śaurerāstāṃ parigrahau //

### [2.71.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.186)

puṇḍaśca kapilaścaiva sugandhyāścātmajau tu tau /  
tayo rājābhavatpuṇḍraḥ kapilastu vanaṃ yayau //

### [2.71.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.187)

anyasyāmabhavadvīro vasudevātmajo balī /  
jarā nāma niṣādo 'sau prathamaḥ sa dhanurddharaḥ //

### [2.71.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.188)

vikhyāto devabhāgyasya mahābhāgaḥ suto 'bhavat /  
paṇḍitānāṃ mataṃ prāhurdevaśravasamudbhavam //

### [2.71.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.189)

aśmakyāṃ labhate putramanādhṛṣṭiryaśāsvinam /  
nivṛttaśatruṃ śatrughnaṃ śrāddhadevaṃ mahābalam //

### [2.71.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.190)

vyajāyata śrāddhadevo naiṣādiryaḥ pāriśrutaḥ /  
ekalavyo mahābhāgo niṣādaiḥ parivarddhitaḥ //

### [2.71.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.191)

gaṇḍūṣāyānapatyāya kṛṣṇastuṣṭo 'dadātsutau /  
cārudeṣṇaṃ ca sāṃbaṃ ca kṛtāstrau śastalakṣaṇau //

### [2.71.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.192)

rantiśca rantipālaśca dvau putrau nandanasya ca /  
vṛkāya vai tvaputrāya vasudevaḥ pratāpavān //

### [2.71.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.193)

saumiṃ dadau suta vīraṃ śauriḥ kauśikameva ca /  
sṛṃjayasya dhanuścaiva virajāśca sutāvimau //

### [2.71.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.194)

anapatyo 'bhavacchyāmaḥ śamīkastu vanaṃ yayau /  
jugupsamāno bhojatvaṃ rājarṣitvamavāptavān //

### [2.71.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.195)

ya idaṃ janma kṛṣṇasya paṭhate niyatavrataḥ /  
śrāvayedbrāhmaṇaṃvāpi sa mahātsukhamavāpnuyāt //

### [2.71.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.196)

devadevo mahātejāḥ pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ /  
vihārārthaṃ manuṣyeṣu jajñe nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ //

### [2.71.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.197)

devakyāṃ vasudevena tapasā puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ /  
caturbāhustu saṃjajñe divyarūpaśriyānvitaḥ //

### [2.71.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.198)

prakāśyo bhagavānyogī kṛṣṇo mānuṣatāṃ gataḥ /  
avyakto vyaktaliṅgaśca sa eva bhagavānprabhuḥ //

### [2.71.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.199)

nārāyaṇo yataścakre vyayaṃ caivāvyayaṃ hi yat /  
devo nārāyaṇo bhūtvā harirāsītsanātanaḥ //

### [2.71.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.71.200)

yo 'buñjāccādipuruṣaṃ purā cakre prajāpatim /  
aditerapi putratvametya yādavanandanaḥ //

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## Linked texts (11)

- [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.34.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vulgate](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*vulgate.1.37.13) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.16.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.13.35) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.69.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Mudgalapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.38.34) — Sanskrit
- [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.24.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.2.47.5) — Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (Baroda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit.2.110.5) — Sanskrit
- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.274.40) — Sanskrit
- [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.78.5) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit

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