अध्याय ८७
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे पञ्चमे ऽंशे षष्ठो ऽध्यायः ]] एकदा तु विना रामं कृष्णो वृन्दावनं ययौ विचचार वृतो गोपैर् वन्यपुष्पस्रगुज्ज्वलः
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ ]] ekadā tu vinā rāmaṃ kṛṣṇo vṛndāvanaṃ yayau vicacāra vṛto gopair vanyapuṣpasragujjvalaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
जिनके जन्ममें विधाता और अन्तमें काल हेतु नहीं हैं तथा
English
XARASARA said :-— Once on a time Krishna went to Vrindavana, without Balarama ; and there, adorned with gar. lands of wild flowers, roamed he, encircled by the cow-herds, He then repaired to the banks of Kalindi, undulating and sparkling with foam and as if smiling when the waves dasli- éd against the banks. There he saw the pool with the dreadful serpent Kaliya, boiling with the fires of poison. By the touch of that, poison the huge trees on the banks were withered and being touched by the waters raised by the wind the birds were scorched. Beholding tliat dreadful serpent, like the second mouth of death, the illustrious Slayer of Mahdhu thought— "Forsooth, the wicked and poisonous serpent Kaliya lives here, who, being defeated by me, was constrained to leave the ocean whose waters were defiled. By him the waters of the Yamuna, flowing to the ocean, have been poisoned, and the thirsty cows and cow-herds cannot satisfy their thirst. I must slay this serpent, so that the inhabitants Of Vraja may live here happily freed from fear. I have d^seended upon the land of mortals to chastise'the wicked,