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śrī-śuka uvāca athānyad api kṛṣṇasya śṛṇu karmādbhutaṁ nṛpa krīḍā-nara-śarīrasya yathā saubha-patir hataḥ

sārathir uvāca dharmaṁ vijānatāyuṣman kṛtam etan mayā vibho sūtaḥ kṛcchra-gataṁ rakṣed rathinaṁ sārathiṁ rathī

etad viditvā tu bhavān mayāpovāhito raṇāt upasṛṣṭaḥ pareṇeti mūrcchito gadayā hataḥ

śiśupāla-sakhaḥ śālvo rukmiṇy-udvāha āgataḥ yadubhir nirjitaḥ saṅkhye jarāsandhādayas tathā

śālvaḥ pratijñām akaroc chṛṇvatāṁ sarva-bhūbhujām ayādavāṁ kṣmāṁ kariṣye pauruṣaṁ mama paśyata

iti mūḍhaḥ pratijñāya devaṁ paśu-patiṁ prabhum ārādhayām āsa nṛpaḥ pāṁśu-muṣṭiṁ sakṛd grasan

saṁvatsarānte bhagavān āśu-toṣa umā-patiḥ vareṇa cchandayām āsa śālvaṁ śaraṇam āgatam

devāsura-manuṣyāṇāṁ gandharvoraga-rakṣasām abhedyaṁ kāma-gaṁ vavre sa yānaṁ vṛṣṇi-bhīṣaṇam

tatheti giriśādiṣṭo mayaḥ para-puraṁ-jayaḥ puraṁ nirmāya śālvāya prādāt saubham ayas-mayam

sa labdhvā kāma-gaṁ yānaṁ tamo-dhāma durāsadam yayas dvāravatīṁ śālvo vairaṁ vṛṣṇi-kṛtaṁ smaran

nirudhya senayā śālvo mahatyā bharatarṣabha purīṁ babhañjopavanān udyānāni ca sarvaśaḥ

sa-gopurāṇi dvārāṇi prāsādāṭṭāla-tolikāḥ vihārān sa vimānāgryān nipetuḥ śastra-vṛṣṭayaḥ

śilā-drumāś cāśanayaḥ sarpā āsāra-śarkarāḥ pracaṇḍaś cakravāto ’bhūd rajasācchāditā diśaḥ

ity ardyamānā saubhena kṛṣṇasya nagarī bhṛśam nābhyapadyata śaṁ rājaṁs tri-pureṇa yathā mahī

pradyumno bhagavān vīkṣya bādhyamānā nijāḥ prajāḥ ma bhaiṣṭety abhyadhād vīro rathārūḍho mahā-yaśāḥ

sātyakiś cārudeṣṇaś ca sāmbo ’krūraḥ sahānujaḥ hārdikyo bhānuvindaś ca gadaś ca śuka-sāraṇau

apare ca maheṣv-āsā ratha-yūthapa-yūthapāḥ niryayur daṁśitā guptā rathebhāśva-padātibhiḥ

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṁ śālvānāṁ yadubhiḥ saha yathāsurāṇāṁ vibudhais tumulaṁ loma-harṣaṇam

tāś ca saubha-pater māyā divyāstrai rukmiṇī-sutaḥ kṣaṇena nāśayām āsa naiśaṁ tama ivoṣṇa-guḥ

vivyādha pañca-viṁśatyā svarṇa-puṅkhair ayo-mukhaiḥ śālvasya dhvajinī-pālaṁ śaraiḥ sannata-parvabhiḥ