Brahma Purana — Chapter 178
BrP 178.1
तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे मुनिश्रेष्ठाः सर्वसत्त्वसुखावहे धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां फलदे पुरुषोत्तमे ॥
tasmin kṣetre muniśreṣṭhāḥ sarvasattvasukhāvahe dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ phalade puruṣottame //
In that field, O best of sages, which brings happiness to all beings, which grants the fruits of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation — in Puruṣottama —
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BrP 178.2
कण्डुर् नाम महातेजा ऋषिः परमधार्मिकः सत्यवादी शुचिर् दान्तः सर्वभूतहिते रतः ॥
kaṇḍur nāma mahātejā ṛṣiḥ paramadhārmikaḥ satyavādī śucir dāntaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ //
(There was) a seer named Kaṇḍu, of great splendor, supremely righteous, truthful, pure, self-controlled, devoted to the welfare of all beings.
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BrP 178.3
जितेन्द्रियो जितक्रोधो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः अवाप परमां सिद्धिम् आराध्य पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
jitendriyo jitakrodho vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ avāpa paramāṃ siddhim ārādhya puruṣottamam //
With senses conquered, anger conquered, and having mastered the Vedas and the auxiliary Vedic sciences, he attained the highest perfection by worshipping the Supreme Person.
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BrP 178.4
अन्ये ऽपि तत्र संसिद्धा मुनयः संशितव्रताः सर्वभूतहिता दान्ता जितक्रोधा विमत्सराः ॥
anye 'pi tatra saṃsiddhā munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ sarvabhūtahitā dāntā jitakrodhā vimatsarāḥ //
Other sages too were perfected there, of strict vows, devoted to the welfare of all beings, self-controlled, having conquered anger, free from envy.
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BrP 178.5
को ऽसौ कण्डुः कथं तत्र जगाम परमां गतिम् श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे तस्य चरितं ब्रूहि सत्तम ॥
ko 'sau kaṇḍuḥ kathaṃ tatra jagāma paramāṃ gatim śrotum icchāmahe tasya caritaṃ brūhi sattama //
"Who was that Kaṇḍu? How did he attain the highest state there? We wish to hear his story—tell it, O best of the good."
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BrP 178.6
शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूलाः कथां तस्य मनोहराम् प्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन मुनेस् तस्य विचेष्टितम् ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlāḥ kathāṃ tasya manoharām pravakṣyāmi samāsena munes tasya viceṣṭitam //
"Hear, O tigers among sages, the delightful tale of him; I shall relate in brief the doings of that sage.
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BrP 178.7
पवित्रे गोमतीतीरे विजने सुमनोहरे कन्दमूलफलैः पूर्णे समित्पुष्पकुशान्वितैः ॥
pavitre gomatītīre vijane sumanohare kandamūlaphalaiḥ pūrṇe samitpuṣpakuśānvitaiḥ //
On the holy bank of the Gomatī, solitary and most delightful, full of bulbs, roots and fruits, provided with (trees whose) firewood, flowers and kuśa grass—
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BrP 178.8
नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णे नानापुष्पोपशोभिते नानापक्षिरुते रम्ये नानामृगगणान्विते ॥
nānādrumalatākīrṇe nānāpuṣpopaśobhite nānāpakṣirute ramye nānāmṛgagaṇānvite //
—strewn with many kinds of trees and creepers, adorned with many kinds of flowers, resounding with many kinds of birds, lovely, filled with many herds of deer—
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BrP 178.9
तत्राश्रमपदं कण्डोर् बभूव मुनिसत्तमाः सर्वर्तुफलपुष्पाढ्यं कदलीखण्डमण्डितम् ॥
tatrāśramapadaṃ kaṇḍor babhūva munisattamāḥ sarvartuphalapuṣpāḍhyaṃ kadalīkhaṇḍamaṇḍitam //
there, O best of sages, was Kaṇḍu's hermitage site, rich in fruits and flowers of every season, adorned with clumps of plantain.
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BrP 178.10
तपस् तेपे मुनिस् तत्र सुमहत् परमाद्भुतम् व्रतोपवासैर् नियमैः स्नानमौनसुसंयमैः ॥
tapas tepe munis tatra sumahat paramādbhutam vratopavāsair niyamaiḥ snānamaunasusaṃyamaiḥ //
There the sage performed austerity, very great and utterly wondrous, with vows and fasts, with observances, with bathing, silence and firm restraints.
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BrP 178.11
ग्रीष्मे पञ्चतपा भूत्वा वर्षासु स्थण्डिलेशयः आर्द्रवासास् तु हेमन्ते स तेपे सुमहत् तपः ॥
grīṣme pañcatapā bhūtvā varṣāsu sthaṇḍileśayaḥ ārdravāsās tu hemante sa tepe sumahat tapaḥ //
In the hot season keeping the five fires, in the rains lying on the bare ground, and in winter wearing wet clothes, he performed very great austerity.
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BrP 178.12
दृष्ट्वा तु तपसो वीर्यं मुनेस् तस्य सुविस्मिताः बभूवुर् देवगन्धर्वाः सिद्धविद्याधरास् तथा ॥
dṛṣṭvā tu tapaso vīryaṃ munes tasya suvismitāḥ babhūvur devagandharvāḥ siddhavidyādharās tathā //
But seeing the power of that sage's austerity, the gods and gandharvas, and likewise the siddhas and vidyādharas, were greatly amazed.
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BrP 178.13
भूमिं तथान्तरिक्षं च दिवं च मुनिसत्तमाः कण्डुः संतापयाम् आस त्रैलोक्यं तपसो बलात् ॥
bhūmiṃ tathāntarikṣaṃ ca divaṃ ca munisattamāḥ kaṇḍuḥ saṃtāpayām āsa trailokyaṃ tapaso balāt //
The earth, and the mid-region, and heaven too, O best of sages—Kaṇḍu scorched the three worlds by the force of his austerity.
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BrP 178.14
अहो ऽस्य परमं धैर्यम् अहो ऽस्य परमं तपः इत्य् अब्रुवंस् तदा दृष्ट्वा देवास् तं तपसि स्थितम् ॥
aho 'sya paramaṃ dhairyam aho 'sya paramaṃ tapaḥ ity abruvaṃs tadā dṛṣṭvā devās taṃ tapasi sthitam //
"Ah, his supreme steadfastness! Ah, his supreme austerity!"—so the gods said then, seeing him established in austerity.
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BrP 178.15
मन्त्रयाम् आसुर् अव्यग्राः शक्रेण सहितास् तदा भयात् तस्य समुद्विग्नास् तपोविघ्नम् अभीप्सवः ॥
mantrayām āsur avyagrāḥ śakreṇa sahitās tadā bhayāt tasya samudvignās tapovighnam abhīpsavaḥ //
Then, unhurried, together with Śakra they took counsel, being alarmed out of fear of him and wishing for an obstruction to his austerity.
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BrP 178.16
ज्ञात्वा तेषाम् अभिप्रायं शक्रस् त्रिभुवनेश्वरः प्रम्लोचाख्यां वरारोहां रूपयौवनगर्विताम् ॥
jñātvā teṣām abhiprāyaṃ śakras tribhuvaneśvaraḥ pramlocākhyāṃ varārohāṃ rūpayauvanagarvitām //
Knowing their intention, Śakra, lord of the three worlds, (addressed) the one named Pramlocā, of beautiful hips, proud of her beauty and youth,
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BrP 178.17
सुमध्यां चारुजङ्घां तां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नां प्रोवाच फलसूदनः ॥
sumadhyāṃ cārujaṅghāṃ tāṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannāṃ provāca phalasūdanaḥ //
her of fair waist and lovely legs, with full hips and breasts, endowed with every mark (of beauty)—the slayer of Phala (Indra) spoke:
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BrP 178.18
प्रम्लोचे गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं यदासौ तप्यते मुनिः विघ्नार्थं तस्य तपसः क्षोभयस्वांशु सुप्रभे ॥
pramloce gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ yadāsau tapyate muniḥ vighnārthaṃ tasya tapasaḥ kṣobhayasvāṃśu suprabhe //
"Pramlocā, go quickly, while that sage is performing austerity; in order to obstruct his austerity, disturb him at once, O radiant one."
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BrP 178.19
तव वाक्यं सुरश्रेष्ठ करोमि सततं प्रभो किंतु शङ्का ममैवात्र जीवितस्य च संशयः ॥
tava vākyaṃ suraśreṣṭha karomi satataṃ prabho kiṃtu śaṅkā mamaivātra jīvitasya ca saṃśayaḥ //
"O best of gods, O lord, I always do your bidding; but here I have misgiving, and my life is in doubt.
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BrP 178.20
बिभेमि तं मुनिवरं ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते स्थितम् अत्युग्रं दीप्ततपसं ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभम् ॥
bibhemi taṃ munivaraṃ brahmacaryavrate sthitam atyugraṃ dīptatapasaṃ jvalanārkasamaprabham //
I fear that best of sages, established in the vow of chastity, exceedingly fierce, of blazing austerity, of splendour equal to fire and the sun.
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BrP 178.21
ज्ञात्वा मां स मुनिः क्रोधाद् विघ्नार्थं समुपागताम् कण्डुः परमतेजस्वी शापं दास्यति दुःसहम् ॥
jñātvā māṃ sa muniḥ krodhād vighnārthaṃ samupāgatām kaṇḍuḥ paramatejasvī śāpaṃ dāsyati duḥsaham //
When that sage Kaṇḍu of supreme fiery power knows that I have come to obstruct him, in anger he will lay on me a curse hard to bear.
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BrP 178.22
उर्वशी मेनका रम्भा घृताची पुञ्जिकस्थला विश्वाची सहजन्या च पूर्वचित्तिस् तिलोत्तमा ॥
urvaśī menakā rambhā ghṛtācī puñjikasthalā viśvācī sahajanyā ca pūrvacittis tilottamā //
Urvaśī, Menakā, Rambhā, Ghṛtācī, Puñjikasthalā, Viśvācī, Sahajanyā, Pūrvacitti, Tilottamā,
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BrP 178.23
अलम्बुषा मिश्रकेशी शशिलेखा च वामना अन्याश् चाप्सरसः सन्ति रूपयौवनगर्विताः ॥
alambuṣā miśrakeśī śaśilekhā ca vāmanā anyāś cāpsarasaḥ santi rūpayauvanagarvitāḥ //
Alambuṣā, Miśrakeśī, Śaśilekhā and Vāmanā—and there are other apsarases proud of their beauty and youth,
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BrP 178.24
सुमध्याश् चारुवदनाः पीनोन्नतपयोधराः कामप्रधानकुशलास् तास् तत्र संनियोजय ॥
sumadhyāś cāruvadanāḥ pīnonnatapayodharāḥ kāmapradhānakuśalās tās tatra saṃniyojaya //
"Slender-waisted, lovely-faced, with full high breasts, skilled in the arts of love — appoint them to that task there."
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BrP 178.25
तस्यास् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा पुनः प्राह शचीपतिः तिष्ठन्तु नाम चान्यास् तास् त्वं चात्र कुशला शुभे ॥
tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā punaḥ prāha śacīpatiḥ tiṣṭhantu nāma cānyās tās tvaṃ cātra kuśalā śubhe //
Hearing that speech of hers, the husband of Śacī spoke again: "Let those others indeed stay; you are the skilled one here, fair lady."
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BrP 178.26
कामं वसन्तं वायुं च सहायार्थे ददामि ते तैः सार्धं गच्छ सुश्रोणि यत्रास्ते स महामुनिः ॥
kāmaṃ vasantaṃ vāyuṃ ca sahāyārthe dadāmi te taiḥ sārdhaṃ gaccha suśroṇi yatrāste sa mahāmuniḥ //
"I give you Kāma, Vasanta and Vāyu as helpers; go with them, fair-hipped one, to where that great sage dwells."
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BrP 178.27
शक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तदा सा चारुलोचना जगामाकाशमार्गेण तैः सार्धं चाश्रमं मुनेः ॥
śakrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tadā sā cārulocanā jagāmākāśamārgeṇa taiḥ sārdhaṃ cāśramaṃ muneḥ //
Hearing Śakra's word, she of lovely eyes then went by the path of the sky, together with them, to the sage's hermitage.
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BrP 178.28
गत्वा सा तत्र रुचिरं ददर्श वनम् उत्तमम् मुनिं च दीप्ततपसम् आश्रमस्थम् अकल्मषम् ॥
gatvā sā tatra ruciraṃ dadarśa vanam uttamam muniṃ ca dīptatapasam āśramastham akalmaṣam //
Having gone there she saw the delightful, excellent forest, and the sage of blazing austerity, stainless, abiding in his hermitage.
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BrP 178.29
अपश्यत् सा वनं रम्यं तैः सार्धं नन्दनोपमम् सर्वर्तुवरपुष्पाढ्यं शाखामृगगणाकुलम् ॥
apaśyat sā vanaṃ ramyaṃ taiḥ sārdhaṃ nandanopamam sarvartuvarapuṣpāḍhyaṃ śākhāmṛgagaṇākulam //
With them she beheld the lovely forest, like Nandana, rich in the finest flowers of every season, thronged with troops of monkeys.
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BrP 178.30
पुण्यं पद्मबलोपेतं सपल्लवमहाबलम् श्रोत्ररम्यान् सुमधुराञ् शब्दान् खगमुखेरितान् ॥
puṇyaṃ padmabalopetaṃ sapallavamahābalam śrotraramyān sumadhurāñ śabdān khagamukheritān //
(She saw the forest) holy, endowed with the strength of lotuses, with great strength of shoots — and sounds sweet and delightful to the ear, uttered from the mouths of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.31
सर्वर्तुफलभाराढ्यान् सर्वर्तुकुसुमोज्ज्वलान् अपश्यत् पादपांश् चैव विहंगैर् अनुनादितान् ॥
sarvartuphalabhārāḍhyān sarvartukusumojjvalān apaśyat pādapāṃś caiva vihaṃgair anunāditān //
And she saw trees laden with the burden of fruits of all seasons, brilliant with blossoms of all seasons, resounding with birds.
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BrP 178.32
आम्रान् आम्रातकान् भव्यान् नारिकेरान् सतिन्दुकान् अथ बिल्वांस् तथा जीवान् दाडिमान् बीजपूरकान् ॥
āmrān āmrātakān bhavyān nārikerān satindukān atha bilvāṃs tathā jīvān dāḍimān bījapūrakān //
Mangoes, hog-plums, bhavya trees, coconut palms, and tinduka trees, then bilva trees and jīva trees, pomegranates and citrons;
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BrP 178.33
पनसांल् लकुचान् नीपाञ् शिरीषान् सुमनोहरान् पारावतांस् तथा कोलान् अरिमेदाम्लवेतसान् ॥
panasāṃl lakucān nīpāñ śirīṣān sumanoharān pārāvatāṃs tathā kolān arimedāmlavetasān //
jackfruits, lakuca trees, nīpas, most charming śirīṣas, pārāvatas and jujubes, arimeda and sour vetasa trees;
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BrP 178.34
भल्लातकान् आमलकाञ् शतपर्णांश् च किंशुकान् इङ्गुदान् करवीरांश् च हरीतकीविभीतकान् ॥
bhallātakān āmalakāñ śataparṇāṃś ca kiṃśukān iṅgudān karavīrāṃś ca harītakīvibhītakān //
marking-nut trees, emblic myrobalans, śataparṇas and kiṃśukas, iṅgudas and oleanders, harītakī and vibhītaka trees;
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BrP 178.35
एतान् अन्यांश् च सा वृक्षान् ददर्श पृथुलोचना तथैवाशोकपुंनागकेतकीबकुलान् अथ ॥
etān anyāṃś ca sā vṛkṣān dadarśa pṛthulocanā tathaivāśokapuṃnāgaketakībakulān atha //
these and other trees the wide-eyed woman saw, and likewise aśoka, puṃnāga, ketakī and bakula trees;
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BrP 178.36
पारिजातान् कोविदारान् मन्दारेन्दीवरांस् तथा पाटलाः पुष्पिता रम्या देवदारुद्रुमांस् तथा ॥
pārijātān kovidārān mandārendīvarāṃs tathā pāṭalāḥ puṣpitā ramyā devadārudrumāṃs tathā //
pārijātas, kovidāras, mandāras and blue lotuses too, lovely flowering pāṭalā trees, and devadāru trees as well;
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BrP 178.37
शालांस् तालांस् तमालांश् च निचुलांल् लोमकांस् तथा अन्यांश् च पादपश्रेष्ठान् अपश्यत् फलपुष्पितान् ॥
śālāṃs tālāṃs tamālāṃś ca niculāṃl lomakāṃs tathā anyāṃś ca pādapaśreṣṭhān apaśyat phalapuṣpitān //
śāla, tāla and tamāla trees, nicula and lomaka trees too, and other finest trees she saw, bearing fruit and in flower.
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BrP 178.38
चकोरैः शतपत्त्रैश् च भृङ्गराजैस् तथा शुकैः कोकिलैः कलविङ्कैश् च हारीतैर् जीवजीवकैः ॥
cakoraiḥ śatapattraiś ca bhṛṅgarājais tathā śukaiḥ kokilaiḥ kalaviṅkaiś ca hārītair jīvajīvakaiḥ //
With cakoras and śatapatra birds, with bhṛṅgarājas and parrots, with cuckoos, sparrows, hārīta pigeons and jīvajīvaka birds,
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BrP 178.39
प्रियपुत्रैश् चातकैश् च तथान्यैर् विविधैः खगैः श्रोत्ररम्यं सुमधुरं कूजद्भिश् चाप्य् अधिष्ठितम् ॥
priyaputraiś cātakaiś ca tathānyair vividhaiḥ khagaiḥ śrotraramyaṃ sumadhuraṃ kūjadbhiś cāpy adhiṣṭhitam //
with priyaputras and cātakas, and with other birds of various kinds, cooing delightfully to the ear and very sweetly — (the forest) was occupied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.40
सरांसि च मनोज्ञानि प्रसन्नसलिलानि च कुमुदैः पुण्डरीकैश् च तथा नीलोत्पलैः शुभैः ॥
sarāṃsi ca manojñāni prasannasalilāni ca kumudaiḥ puṇḍarīkaiś ca tathā nīlotpalaiḥ śubhaiḥ //
And (she saw) charming lakes with clear water, thickly covered all around with white water-lilies, white lotuses, and fine blue lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.41
कह्लारैः कमलैश् चैव आचितानि समन्ततः कादम्बैश् चक्रवाकैश् च तथैव जलकुक्कुटैः ॥
kahlāraiḥ kamalaiś caiva ācitāni samantataḥ kādambaiś cakravākaiś ca tathaiva jalakukkuṭaiḥ //
with kahlāras and lotuses too, and with kādamba geese, cakravāka birds, and likewise water-fowl,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.42
कारण्डवैर् बकैर् हंसैः कूर्मैर् मद्गुभिर् एव च एतैश् चान्यैश् च कीर्णानि समन्ताज् जलचारिभिः ॥
kāraṇḍavair bakair haṃsaiḥ kūrmair madgubhir eva ca etaiś cānyaiś ca kīrṇāni samantāj jalacāribhiḥ //
strewn all about with kāraṇḍava ducks, cranes, geese, tortoises and cormorants, and with these and other water-dwellers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.43
क्रमेणैव तथा सा तु वनं बभ्राम तैः सह एवं दृष्ट्वा वनं रम्यं तैः सार्धं परमाद्भुतम् ॥
krameṇaiva tathā sā tu vanaṃ babhrāma taiḥ saha evaṃ dṛṣṭvā vanaṃ ramyaṃ taiḥ sārdhaṃ paramādbhutam //
And so she roamed the forest step by step along with them; having thus seen with them the lovely, most wondrous forest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.44
विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयना सा बभूव वराङ्गना प्रोवाच वायुं कामं च वसन्तं च द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
vismayotphullanayanā sā babhūva varāṅganā provāca vāyuṃ kāmaṃ ca vasantaṃ ca dvijottamāḥ //
That lovely-limbed woman became wide-eyed with amazement, and she spoke to Wind, and to Desire, and to Spring, O best of brahmins:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.45
कुरुध्वं मम साहाय्यं यूयं सर्वे पृथक् पृथक् ॥
kurudhvaṃ mama sāhāyyaṃ yūyaṃ sarve pṛthak pṛthak //
"Render me your assistance, all of you, each one separately."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.46
एवम् उक्त्वा तदा सा तु तथेत्य् उक्ता सुरैर् द्विजाः प्रत्युवाचाद्य यास्यामि यत्रासौ संस्थितो मुनिः ॥
evam uktvā tadā sā tu tathety uktā surair dvijāḥ pratyuvācādya yāsyāmi yatrāsau saṃsthito muniḥ //
Having spoken thus, O brahmins, and being answered "so be it" by the gods, she replied: "I shall go now to where that sage abides."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.47
अद्य तं देहयन्तारं प्रयुक्तेन्द्रियवाजिनम् स्मरशस्त्रगलद्रश्मिं करिष्यामि कुसारथिम् ॥
adya taṃ dehayantāraṃ prayuktendriyavājinam smaraśastragaladraśmiṃ kariṣyāmi kusārathim //
"Today I shall make him—the driver of the body, whose harnessed horses are the senses—a bad charioteer, with his reins slipping away at Love's weapon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.48
ब्रह्मा जनार्दनो वापि यदि वा नीललोहितः तथाप्य् अद्य करिष्यामि कामबाणक्षतान्तरम् ॥
brahmā janārdano vāpi yadi vā nīlalohitaḥ tathāpy adya kariṣyāmi kāmabāṇakṣatāntaram //
"Even if he be Brahmā, or Janārdana, or the dark-red one (Śiva), even so I shall today make his inward parts wounded by the arrows of Love."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.49
इत्य् उक्त्वा प्रययौ साथ यत्रासौ तिष्ठते मुनिः मुनेस् तपःप्रभावेण प्रशान्तश्वापदाश्रमम् ॥
ity uktvā prayayau sātha yatrāsau tiṣṭhate muniḥ munes tapaḥprabhāveṇa praśāntaśvāpadāśramam //
Having said this she then went to where that sage was staying—to the hermitage where the beasts of prey were made peaceful by the power of the sage's austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.50
सा पुंस्कोकिलमाधुर्ये नदीतीरे व्यवस्थिता स्तोकमात्रं स्थिता तस्माद् अगायत वराप्सराः ॥
sā puṃskokilamādhurye nadītīre vyavasthitā stokamātraṃ sthitā tasmād agāyata varāpsarāḥ //
Stationed on the river bank, with the sweetness of a male cuckoo, standing only a little way off from him, that excellent apsaras sang.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.51
ततो वसन्तः सहसा बलं समकरोत् तदा कोकिलारावमधुरम् अकालिकमनोहरम् ॥
tato vasantaḥ sahasā balaṃ samakarot tadā kokilārāvamadhuram akālikamanoharam //
Then Spring at once put forth his strength, sweet with the cries of cuckoos, charming though out of season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.52
ववौ गन्धवहश् चैव मलयाद्रिनिकेतनः पुष्पान् उच्चावचान् मेध्यान् पातयंश् च शनैः शनैः ॥
vavau gandhavahaś caiva malayādriniketanaḥ puṣpān uccāvacān medhyān pātayaṃś ca śanaiḥ śanaiḥ //
And the bearer of fragrance (the wind), whose home is the Malaya mountain, blew, making pure flowers of high and low kinds fall down, little by little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.53
पुष्पबाणधरश् चैव गत्वा तस्य समीपतः मुनेश् च क्षोभयाम् आस कामस् तस्यापि मानसम् ॥
puṣpabāṇadharaś caiva gatvā tasya samīpataḥ muneś ca kṣobhayām āsa kāmas tasyāpi mānasam //
And the bearer of the flower-arrows, Desire, having gone into his presence, agitated the mind of the sage as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.54
ततो गीतध्वनिं श्रुत्वा मुनिर् विस्मितमानसः जगाम यत्र सा सुभ्रूः कामबाणप्रपीडितः ॥
tato gītadhvaniṃ śrutvā munir vismitamānasaḥ jagāma yatra sā subhrūḥ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ //
Then, hearing the sound of the singing, the sage, his mind astonished and sorely pierced by Love's arrows, went to where that fair-browed woman was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.55
दृष्ट्वा ताम् आह संदृष्टो विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः भ्रष्टोत्तरीयो विकलः पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहः ॥
dṛṣṭvā tām āha saṃdṛṣṭo vismayotphullalocanaḥ bhraṣṭottarīyo vikalaḥ pulakāñcitavigrahaḥ //
Seeing her, gazing (at her), his eyes wide with amazement, his upper garment fallen off, unsteady, his body covered with bristling hair, he said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.56
कासि कस्यासि सुश्रोणि सुभगे चारुहासिनि मनो हरसि मे सुभ्रु ब्रूहि सत्यं सुमध्यमे ॥
kāsi kasyāsi suśroṇi subhage cāruhāsini mano harasi me subhru brūhi satyaṃ sumadhyame //
"Who are you? Whose are you, fair-hipped one, lovely one of charming smiles? You steal my mind, fair-browed one; tell me the truth, slender-waisted one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.57
तव कर्मकरा चाहं पुष्पार्थम् अहम् आगता आदेशं देहि मे क्षिप्रं किं करोमि तवाज्ञया ॥
tava karmakarā cāhaṃ puṣpārtham aham āgatā ādeśaṃ dehi me kṣipraṃ kiṃ karomi tavājñayā //
"I am your servant; I have come for the sake of flowers. Give me your command quickly: what shall I do at your bidding?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.58
श्रुत्वैवं वचनं तस्यास् त्यक्त्वा धैर्यं विमोहितः आदाय हस्ते तां बालां प्रविवेश स्वम् आश्रमम् ॥
śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasyās tyaktvā dhairyaṃ vimohitaḥ ādāya haste tāṃ bālāṃ praviveśa svam āśramam //
Hearing this speech of hers, abandoning his self-command, utterly infatuated, he took that young woman by the hand and entered his own hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.59
ततः कामश् च वायुश् च वसन्तश् च द्विजोत्तमाः जग्मुर् यथागतं सर्वे कृतकृत्यास् त्रिविष्टपम् ॥
tataḥ kāmaś ca vāyuś ca vasantaś ca dvijottamāḥ jagmur yathāgataṃ sarve kṛtakṛtyās triviṣṭapam //
Then Desire and Wind and Spring, O best of brahmins, all went back the way they had come, to heaven, their task accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.60
शशंसुश् च हरिं गत्वा तस्यास् तस्य च चेष्टितम् श्रुत्वा शक्रस् तदा देवाः प्रीताः सुमनसो ऽभवन् ॥
śaśaṃsuś ca hariṃ gatvā tasyās tasya ca ceṣṭitam śrutvā śakras tadā devāḥ prītāḥ sumanaso 'bhavan //
And going (there) they reported to Hari her doings and his; hearing it, Śakra then and the gods became pleased and glad of heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.61
स च कण्डुस् तया सार्धं प्रविशन्न् एव चाश्रमम् आत्मनः परमं रूपं चकार मदनाकृति ॥
sa ca kaṇḍus tayā sārdhaṃ praviśann eva cāśramam ātmanaḥ paramaṃ rūpaṃ cakāra madanākṛti //
And that Kaṇḍu, even as he entered the hermitage with her, made his own form supreme, with the appearance of the god of love:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.62
रूपयौवनसंपन्नम् अतीव सुमनोहरम् दिव्यालंकारसंयुक्तं षोडशवत्सराकृति ॥
rūpayauvanasaṃpannam atīva sumanoharam divyālaṃkārasaṃyuktaṃ ṣoḍaśavatsarākṛti //
endowed with beauty and youth, exceedingly charming, furnished with divine ornaments, having the appearance of a sixteen-year-old,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.63
दिव्यवस्त्रधरं कान्तं दिव्यस्रग्गन्धभूषितम् सर्वोपभोगसंपन्नं सहसा तपसो बलात् ॥
divyavastradharaṃ kāntaṃ divyasraggandhabhūṣitam sarvopabhogasaṃpannaṃ sahasā tapaso balāt //
wearing divine garments, handsome, adorned with divine garlands and perfumes, provided with every enjoyment—all at once, by the power of his austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.64
दृष्ट्वा सा तस्य तद् वीर्यं परं विस्मयम् आगता अहो ऽस्य तपसो वीर्यम् इत्य् उक्त्वा मुदिताभवत् ॥
dṛṣṭvā sā tasya tad vīryaṃ paraṃ vismayam āgatā aho 'sya tapaso vīryam ity uktvā muditābhavat //
Seeing that power of his, she was filled with the greatest astonishment, and saying, "Ah, the power of his austerity!" she became delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.65
स्नानं संध्यां जपं होमं स्वाध्यायं देवतार्चनम् व्रतोपवासनियमं ध्यानं च मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
snānaṃ saṃdhyāṃ japaṃ homaṃ svādhyāyaṃ devatārcanam vratopavāsaniyamaṃ dhyānaṃ ca munisattamāḥ //
Bathing, the twilight worship, muttered prayer, oblation, private recitation, worship of the deities, vows, fasting, restraints, and meditation, O best of sages —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.66
त्यक्त्वा स रेमे मुदितस् तया सार्धम् अहर्निशम् मन्मथाविष्टहृदयो न बुबोध तपःक्षयम् ॥
tyaktvā sa reme muditas tayā sārdham aharniśam manmathāviṣṭahṛdayo na bubodha tapaḥkṣayam //
— all this he abandoned, and delighted, he took his pleasure with her day and night; his heart possessed by the god of love, he did not notice the wasting away of his austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.67
संध्यारात्रिदिवापक्षमासर्त्वयनहायनम् न बुबोध गतं कालं विषयासक्तमानसः ॥
saṃdhyārātridivāpakṣamāsartvayanahāyanam na bubodha gataṃ kālaṃ viṣayāsaktamānasaḥ //
Twilight, night, day, fortnight, month, season, half-year, year — he did not notice the time that had passed, his mind attached to the objects of sense.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.68
सा च तं कामजैर् भावैर् विदग्धा रहसि द्विजाः वरयाम् आस सुश्रोणिः प्रलापकुशला तदा ॥
sā ca taṃ kāmajair bhāvair vidagdhā rahasi dvijāḥ varayām āsa suśroṇiḥ pralāpakuśalā tadā //
And she, inflamed by feelings born of desire, in private, O twice-born ones, that fair-hipped woman, skilled in coaxing talk, then chose him (for her own).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.69
एवं कण्डुस् तया सार्धं वर्षाणाम् अधिकं शतम् अतिष्ठन् मन्दरद्रोण्यां ग्राम्यधर्मरतो मुनिः ॥
evaṃ kaṇḍus tayā sārdhaṃ varṣāṇām adhikaṃ śatam atiṣṭhan mandaradroṇyāṃ grāmyadharmarato muniḥ //
Thus Kaṇḍu remained with her more than a hundred years in a valley of Mount Mandara, the sage devoted to the way of householders (i.e., sexual pleasure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.70
सा तं प्राह महाभागं गन्तुम् इच्छाम्य् अहं दिवम् प्रसादसुमुखो ब्रह्मन्न् अनुज्ञातुं त्वम् अर्हसि ॥
sā taṃ prāha mahābhāgaṃ gantum icchāmy ahaṃ divam prasādasumukho brahmann anujñātuṃ tvam arhasi //
She said to that greatly fortunate one: "I wish to go to heaven; be gracious of countenance, O brahman, and grant me leave."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.71
तयैवम् उक्तः स मुनिस् तस्याम् आसक्तमानसः दिनानि कतिचिद् भद्रे स्थीयताम् इत्य् अभाषत ॥
tayaivam uktaḥ sa munis tasyām āsaktamānasaḥ dināni katicid bhadre sthīyatām ity abhāṣata //
Thus addressed by her, that sage, his mind attached to her, said: "Stay a few days more, good lady."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.72
एवम् उक्ता ततस् तेन साग्रं वर्षशतं पुनः बुभुजे विषयांस् तन्वी तेन सार्धं महात्मना ॥
evam uktā tatas tena sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ punaḥ bubhuje viṣayāṃs tanvī tena sārdhaṃ mahātmanā //
Being thus addressed by him, the slender one again enjoyed the pleasures of sense with that great soul for a full hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.73
अनुज्ञां देहि भगवन् व्रजामि त्रिदशालयम् उक्तस् तयेति स पुनः स्थीयताम् इत्य् अभाषत ॥
anujñāṃ dehi bhagavan vrajāmi tridaśālayam uktas tayeti sa punaḥ sthīyatām ity abhāṣata //
"Give me leave, lord; I am going to the abode of the thirty (gods)." Spoken to by her thus, he again said, "Stay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.74
पुनर् गते वर्षशते साधिके सा शुभानना याम्य् अहं त्रिदिवं ब्रह्मन् प्रणयस्मितशोभनम् ॥
punar gate varṣaśate sādhike sā śubhānanā yāmy ahaṃ tridivaṃ brahman praṇayasmitaśobhanam //
When again more than a hundred years had passed, she of the lovely face, radiant with an affectionate smile, (said), "I am going to heaven, O brahman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.75
उक्तस् तयैवं स मुनिः पुनर् आहायतेक्षणाम् इहास्यतां मया सुभ्रु चिरं कालं गमिष्यसि ॥
uktas tayaivaṃ sa muniḥ punar āhāyatekṣaṇām ihāsyatāṃ mayā subhru ciraṃ kālaṃ gamiṣyasi //
Thus addressed by her, the sage again said to the long-eyed one, "Stay here with me, fair-browed one; you shall go after a long time."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.76
तच्छापभीता सुश्रोणी सह तेनर्षिणा पुनः शतद्वयं किंचिद् ऊनं वर्षाणां समतिष्ठत ॥
tacchāpabhītā suśroṇī saha tenarṣiṇā punaḥ śatadvayaṃ kiṃcid ūnaṃ varṣāṇāṃ samatiṣṭhata //
Afraid of his curse, the fair-hipped one again remained with that seer for somewhat less than two hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.77
गमनाय महाभागो देवराजनिवेशनम् प्रोक्तः प्रोक्तस् तया तन्व्या स्थीयताम् इत्य् अभाषत ॥
gamanāya mahābhāgo devarājaniveśanam proktaḥ proktas tayā tanvyā sthīyatām ity abhāṣata //
Told again and again by that slender one that (she wished) to go to the dwelling of the king of the gods, the greatly fortunate one said, "Stay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.78
तस्य शापभयाद् भीरुर् दाक्षिण्येन च दक्षिणा प्रोक्ता प्रणयभङ्गार्तिवेदिनी न जहौ मुनिम् ॥
tasya śāpabhayād bhīrur dākṣiṇyena ca dakṣiṇā proktā praṇayabhaṅgārtivedinī na jahau munim //
Timid from fear of his curse, and courteous out of courtesy, when addressed (so), knowing the pain of a broken affection, she did not leave the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.79
तया च रमतस् तस्य परमर्षेर् अहर्निशम् नवं नवम् अभूत् प्रेम मन्मथासक्तचेतसः ॥
tayā ca ramatas tasya paramarṣer aharniśam navaṃ navam abhūt prema manmathāsaktacetasaḥ //
And as that supreme seer took his pleasure with her day and night, his love became ever new, his mind attached to the god of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.80
एकदा तु त्वरायुक्तो निश्चक्रामोटजान् मुनिः निष्क्रामन्तं च कुत्रेति गम्यते प्राह सा शुभा ॥
ekadā tu tvarāyukto niścakrāmoṭajān muniḥ niṣkrāmantaṃ ca kutreti gamyate prāha sā śubhā //
But one day the sage came out of his leaf hut in haste, and as he was going out that lovely one said, "Where are you going?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.81
इत्य् उक्तः स तया प्राह परिवृत्तम् अहः शुभे संध्योपास्तिं करिष्यामि क्रियालोपो ऽन्यथा भवेत् ॥
ity uktaḥ sa tayā prāha parivṛttam ahaḥ śubhe saṃdhyopāstiṃ kariṣyāmi kriyālopo 'nyathā bhavet //
Thus addressed by her, he said: "The day has turned, fair one; I shall perform the twilight worship, otherwise there will be a lapse in the rites."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.82
ततः प्रहस्य मुदिता सा तं प्राह महामुनिम् किम् अद्य सर्वधर्मज्ञ परिवृत्तम् अहस् तव गतम् एतन् न कुरुते विस्मयं कस्य कथ्यते ॥
tataḥ prahasya muditā sā taṃ prāha mahāmunim kim adya sarvadharmajña parivṛttam ahas tava gatam etan na kurute vismayaṃ kasya kathyate //
Then, laughing, delighted, she said to that great sage: "Is it today, O knower of all duties, that your day has turned and gone? Does this not cause astonishment — to whom can it be told?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.83
प्रातस् त्वम् आगता भद्रे नदीतीरम् इदं शुभम् मया दृष्टासि सुश्रोणि प्रविष्टा च ममाश्रमम् ॥
prātas tvam āgatā bhadre nadītīram idaṃ śubham mayā dṛṣṭāsi suśroṇi praviṣṭā ca mamāśramam //
"In the morning, good lady, you came to this lovely river bank; I saw you, fair-hipped one, and you entered my hermitage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.84
इयं च वर्तते संध्या परिणामम् अहो गतम् अवहासः किमर्थो ऽयं सद्भावः कथ्यतां मम ॥
iyaṃ ca vartate saṃdhyā pariṇāmam aho gatam avahāsaḥ kimartho 'yaṃ sadbhāvaḥ kathyatāṃ mama //
And now it is twilight — alas, (the day) has come to its close! What is this joke for? Tell me the truth of the matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.85
प्रत्यूषस्य् आगता ब्रह्मन् सत्यम् एतन् न मे मृषा किंत्व् अद्य तस्य कालस्य गतान्य् अब्दशतानि ते ॥
pratyūṣasy āgatā brahman satyam etan na me mṛṣā kiṃtv adya tasya kālasya gatāny abdaśatāni te //
"I came at daybreak, brahmin; this is true, I am not lying to you. But today a hundred years of that time have passed for you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.86
ततः ससाध्वसो विप्रस् तां पप्रच्छायतेक्षणाम् कथ्यतां भीरु कः कालस् त्वया मे रमतः सदा ॥
tataḥ sasādhvaso vipras tāṃ papracchāyatekṣaṇām kathyatāṃ bhīru kaḥ kālas tvayā me ramataḥ sadā //
Then the brahmin, alarmed, asked her of the long eyes: "Tell (me), timid one — how much time have I spent taking pleasure with you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.87
सप्तोत्तराण्य् अतीतानि नववर्षशतानि च मासाश् च षट् तथैवान्यत् समतीतं दिनत्रयम् ॥
saptottarāṇy atītāni navavarṣaśatāni ca māsāś ca ṣaṭ tathaivānyat samatītaṃ dinatrayam //
"Nine hundred years and seven more have gone by, and six months, and likewise another three days have passed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.88
सत्यं भीरु वदस्य् एतत् परिहासो ऽथवा शुभे दिनम् एकम् अहं मन्ये त्वया सार्धम् इहोषितम् ॥
satyaṃ bhīru vadasy etat parihāso 'thavā śubhe dinam ekam ahaṃ manye tvayā sārdham ihoṣitam //
"Is this the truth you speak, timid one, or is it a joke, fair lady? I reckon I have dwelt here with you a single day."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.89
वदिष्याम्य् अनृतं ब्रह्मन् कथम् अत्र तवान्तिके विशेषाद् अद्य भवता पृष्टा मार्गानुगामिना ॥
vadiṣyāmy anṛtaṃ brahman katham atra tavāntike viśeṣād adya bhavatā pṛṣṭā mārgānugāminā //
"How should I speak an untruth here in your presence, brahmin — especially when I am asked today by you, who follow the (right) path?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.90
निशम्य तद् वचस् तस्याः स मुनिर् द्विजसत्तमाः धिग् धिङ् माम् इत्य् अनाचारं विनिन्द्यात्मानम् आत्मना ॥
niśamya tad vacas tasyāḥ sa munir dvijasattamāḥ dhig dhiṅ mām ity anācāraṃ vinindyātmānam ātmanā //
Hearing that speech of hers, best of twice-born, that sage, reproaching himself by himself for his misconduct: "Shame, shame on me!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.91
तपांसि मम नष्टानि हतं ब्रह्मविदां धनम् हृतो विवेकः केनापि योषिन् मोहाय निर्मिता ॥
tapāṃsi mama naṣṭāni hataṃ brahmavidāṃ dhanam hṛto vivekaḥ kenāpi yoṣin mohāya nirmitā //
"My austerities are destroyed, the wealth of the knowers of brahman is struck down, my discernment has been carried off by someone — woman was fashioned for delusion!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.92
ऊर्मिषट्कातिगं ब्रह्म ज्ञेयम् आत्मजयेन मे गतिर् एषा कृता येन धिक् तं काममहाग्रहम् ॥
ūrmiṣaṭkātigaṃ brahma jñeyam ātmajayena me gatir eṣā kṛtā yena dhik taṃ kāmamahāgraham //
"Brahman, which passes beyond the six waves, was to be known by me through self-conquest; shame on that great seizing-demon, desire, by which this course was brought about!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.95
व्रतानि सर्ववेदाश् च कारणान्य् अखिलानि च नरकग्राममार्गेण कामेनाद्य हतानि मे ॥ ब्र्प्_१७८।९३ विनिन्द्येत्थं स धर्मज्ञः स्वयम् आत्मानम् आत्मना ब्र्प्_१७८।९४अ ताम् अप्सरसम् आसीनाम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ब्र्प्_१७८।९४ब् गच्छ पापे यथाकामं यत् कार्यं तत् त्वया कृतम् ब्र्प्_१७८।९४च् देवराजस्य यत् क्षोभं कुर्वन्त्या भावचेष्टितैः ब्र्प्_१७८।९४द् न त्वां करोम्य् अहं भस्म क्रोधतीव्रेण वह्निना सतां साप्तपदं मैत्र्यम् उषितो ऽहं त्वया सह ॥
vratāni sarvavedāś ca kāraṇāny akhilāni ca narakagrāmamārgeṇa kāmenādya hatāni me // BrP_178.93 vinindyetthaṃ sa dharmajñaḥ svayam ātmānam ātmanā brp_178.94a tām apsarasam āsīnām idaṃ vacanam abravīt brp_178.94b gaccha pāpe yathākāmaṃ yat kāryaṃ tat tvayā kṛtam brp_178.94c devarājasya yat kṣobhaṃ kurvantyā bhāvaceṣṭitaiḥ brp_178.94d na tvāṃ karomy ahaṃ bhasma krodhatīvreṇa vahninā satāṃ sāptapadaṃ maitryam uṣito 'haṃ tvayā saha //
"My vows and all the Vedas and all the (ritual) means have today been destroyed by desire, whose road leads to the village of hell." Reproaching himself thus by himself, that knower of dharma spoke this word to the apsaras who was sitting there: "Go, wicked woman, as you please; what had to be done has been done by you. Because you were making trouble(?) for the king of the gods by your amorous gestures, I do not reduce you to ashes with the fire of fierce anger — (also because) for the good, friendship comes of seven steps together, and I have dwelt with you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.96
अथवा तव दोषः कः किं वा कुर्याम् अहं तव ममैव दोषो नितरां येनाहम् अजितेन्द्रियः ॥
athavā tava doṣaḥ kaḥ kiṃ vā kuryām ahaṃ tava mamaiva doṣo nitarāṃ yenāham ajitendriyaḥ //
"Or rather, what fault is yours? Or what should I do to you? The fault is entirely my own, since I did not master my senses."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.97
यथा शक्रप्रियार्थिन्या कृतो मत्तपसो व्ययः त्वया दृष्टिमहामोहमनुनाहं जुगुप्सितः ॥
yathā śakrapriyārthinyā kṛto mattapaso vyayaḥ tvayā dṛṣṭimahāmohamanunāhaṃ jugupsitaḥ //
"Just as my austerity was squandered by you, who sought to please Śakra, so I too have been made contemptible, following the great delusion of the gaze."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.98
यावद् इत्थं स विप्रर्षिस् तां ब्रवीति सुमध्यमाम् तावत् स्खलत्स्वेदजला सा बभूवातिवेपथुः ॥
yāvad itthaṃ sa viprarṣis tāṃ bravīti sumadhyamām tāvat skhalatsvedajalā sā babhūvātivepathuḥ //
While the brahmin seer was speaking thus to the fair-waisted woman, she, her sweat breaking out and running, began to tremble violently.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.99
प्रवेपमानां स च तां स्विन्नगात्रलतां सतीम् गच्छ गच्छेति सक्रोधम् उवाच मुनिसत्तमः ॥
pravepamānāṃ sa ca tāṃ svinnagātralatāṃ satīm gaccha gaccheti sakrodham uvāca munisattamaḥ //
And the best of sages angrily said to her, trembling, virtuous, her creeper-like limbs bathed in sweat: "Go, go!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.100
सा तु निर्भर्त्सिता तेन विनिष्क्रम्य तदाश्रमात् आकाशगामिनी स्वेदं ममार्ज तरुपल्लवैः ॥
sā tu nirbhartsitā tena viniṣkramya tadāśramāt ākāśagāminī svedaṃ mamārja tarupallavaiḥ //
But she, rebuked by him, went out from that hermitage and, travelling through the air, wiped off her sweat with the leaves of the trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.101
वृक्षाद् वृक्षं ययौ बाला उदग्रारुणपल्लवैः निर्ममार्ज च गात्राणि गलत्स्वेदजलानि वै ॥
vṛkṣād vṛkṣaṃ yayau bālā udagrāruṇapallavaiḥ nirmamārja ca gātrāṇi galatsvedajalāni vai //
The young woman went from tree to tree, and with their high-standing reddish shoots she wiped her limbs, wet with dripping sweat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.102
ऋषिणा यस् तदा गर्भस् तस्या देहे समाहितः निर्जगाम सरोमाञ्चस्वेदरूपी तदङ्गतः ॥
ṛṣiṇā yas tadā garbhas tasyā dehe samāhitaḥ nirjagāma saromāñcasvedarūpī tadaṅgataḥ //
The embryo that had then been placed in her body by the seer came out of her limbs in the form of gooseflesh and sweat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.103
तं वृक्षा जगृहुर् गर्भम् एकं चक्रे च मारुतः सोमेनाप्यायितो गोभिः स तदा ववृद्धे शनैः ॥
taṃ vṛkṣā jagṛhur garbham ekaṃ cakre ca mārutaḥ somenāpyāyito gobhiḥ sa tadā vavṛddhe śanaiḥ //
The trees received that embryo; the wind made it one, and, nourished by the moon with its rays, it then grew little by little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.104
मारिषा नाम कन्याभूद् वृक्षाणां चारुलोचना प्राचेतसानां सा भार्या दक्षस्य जननी द्विजाः ॥
māriṣā nāma kanyābhūd vṛkṣāṇāṃ cārulocanā prācetasānāṃ sā bhāryā dakṣasya jananī dvijāḥ //
There arose from the trees a maiden named Māriṣā, of lovely eyes; she was the wife of the Prācetasas and the mother of Dakṣa, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.105
स चापि भगवान् कण्डुः क्षीणे तपसि सत्तमः पुरुषोत्तमाख्यं भो विप्रा विष्णोर् आयतनं ययौ ॥
sa cāpi bhagavān kaṇḍuḥ kṣīṇe tapasi sattamaḥ puruṣottamākhyaṃ bho viprā viṣṇor āyatanaṃ yayau //
And that lord Kaṇḍu too, best of the good, when his austerity was spent, went, O brahmins, to Viṣṇu's abode called Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.106
ददर्श परमं क्षेत्रं मुक्तिदं भुवि दुर्लभम् दक्षिणस्योदधेस् तीरे सर्वकामफलप्रदम् ॥
dadarśa paramaṃ kṣetraṃ muktidaṃ bhuvi durlabham dakṣiṇasyodadhes tīre sarvakāmaphalapradam //
He saw the supreme sacred field, giver of liberation, hard to obtain on earth, on the shore of the southern ocean, granting the fruit of every desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.107
सुरम्यं वालुकाकीर्णं केतकीवनशोभितम् नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णं नानापक्षिरुतं शिवम् ॥
suramyaṃ vālukākīrṇaṃ ketakīvanaśobhitam nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāpakṣirutaṃ śivam //
Most delightful, strewn with sand, adorned with groves of ketakī, thick with all kinds of trees and creepers, resounding with many birds, auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.108
सर्वत्र सुखसंचारं सर्वर्तुकुसुमान्वितम् सर्वसौख्यप्रदं नॄणां धन्यं सर्वगुणाकरम् ॥
sarvatra sukhasaṃcāraṃ sarvartukusumānvitam sarvasaukhyapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ dhanyaṃ sarvaguṇākaram //
Everywhere pleasant to move about in, furnished with flowers of every season, bestowing every happiness on men, blessed, a mine of all good qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.109
भृग्वाद्यैः सेवितं पूर्वं मुनिसिद्धवरैस् तथा गन्धर्वैः किंनरैर् यक्षैस् तथान्यैर् मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥
bhṛgvādyaiḥ sevitaṃ pūrvaṃ munisiddhavarais tathā gandharvaiḥ kiṃnarair yakṣais tathānyair mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ //
Formerly frequented by Bhṛgu and the others, and by the best of sages and siddhas, by gandharvas, kiṃnaras, yakṣas, and by others desiring liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.110
ददर्श च हरिं तत्र देवैः सर्वैर् अलंकृतम् ब्राह्मणाद्यैस् तथा वर्णैर् आश्रमस्थैर् निषेवितम् ॥
dadarśa ca hariṃ tatra devaiḥ sarvair alaṃkṛtam brāhmaṇādyais tathā varṇair āśramasthair niṣevitam //
And there he saw Hari, adorned by all the gods, and attended by the classes beginning with the brahmins, who dwell in the (four) stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.111
दृष्ट्वैव स तदा क्षेत्रं देवं च पुरुषोत्तमम् कृतकृत्यम् इवात्मानं मेने स मुनिसत्तमः ॥
dṛṣṭvaiva sa tadā kṣetraṃ devaṃ ca puruṣottamam kṛtakṛtyam ivātmānaṃ mene sa munisattamaḥ //
As soon as he saw that field and the god Puruṣottama, that best of sages considered himself as though his task were accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.112
तत्रैकाग्रमना भूत्वा चकाराराधनं हरेः ब्रह्मपारमयं कुर्वञ् जपम् एकाग्रमानसः ऊर्ध्वबाहुर् महायोगी स्थित्वासौ मुनिसत्तमः ॥
tatraikāgramanā bhūtvā cakārārādhanaṃ hareḥ brahmapāramayaṃ kurvañ japam ekāgramānasaḥ ūrdhvabāhur mahāyogī sthitvāsau munisattamaḥ //
There, becoming one-pointed in mind, he performed the worship of Hari, making the recitation called Brahmapāra with concentrated mind; that great yogin, the best of sages, stood with his arms raised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.113
ब्रह्मपारं मुने श्रोतुम् इच्छामः परमं शुभम् जपता कण्डुना देवो येनाराध्यत केशवः ॥
brahmapāraṃ mune śrotum icchāmaḥ paramaṃ śubham japatā kaṇḍunā devo yenārādhyata keśavaḥ //
"Sage, we wish to hear the Brahmapāra, supreme and auspicious, by which the god Keśava was propitiated by Kaṇḍu as he recited it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.114
पारं परं विष्णुर् अपारपारः परः परेभ्यः परमात्मरूपः स ब्रह्मपारः परपारभूतः परः पराणाम् अपि पारपारः
pāraṃ paraṃ viṣṇur apārapāraḥ paraḥ parebhyaḥ paramātmarūpaḥ sa brahmapāraḥ parapārabhūtaḥ paraḥ parāṇām api pārapāraḥ
Viṣṇu is the far shore, the supreme, the shore of the shoreless, higher than the high, having the form of the supreme Self; he is the far shore of Brahman, the very shore of the highest, higher than the highest, the shore of shores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.115
स कारणं कारणसंश्रितो ऽपि तस्यापि हेतुः परहेतुहेतुः कार्यो ऽपि चैष सह कर्मकर्तृ रूपैर् अनेकैर् अवतीह सर्वम्
sa kāraṇaṃ kāraṇasaṃśrito 'pi tasyāpi hetuḥ parahetuhetuḥ kāryo 'pi caiṣa saha karmakartṛ rūpair anekair avatīha sarvam
He is the cause, though himself resting on a cause; he is the ground even of that, the ground of the highest ground; and he is also the effect—together with act and agent he pervades all this here in his many forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.116
ब्रह्म प्रभुर् ब्रह्म स सर्वभूतो ब्रह्म प्रजानां पतिर् अच्युतो ऽसौ ब्रह्माव्ययं नित्यम् अजं स विष्णुर् अपक्षयाद्यैर् अखिलैर् असङ्गः
brahma prabhur brahma sa sarvabhūto brahma prajānāṃ patir acyuto 'sau brahmāvyayaṃ nityam ajaṃ sa viṣṇur apakṣayādyair akhilair asaṅgaḥ
Brahman is the lord; Brahman is he who has become all beings; Brahman is the lord of creatures, this Acyuta; Brahman is imperishable, eternal, unborn—he is Viṣṇu, untouched by decay and all such (states).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.117
ब्रह्माक्षरम् अजं नित्यं यथासौ पुरुषोत्तमः तथा रागादयो दोषाः प्रयान्तु प्रशमं मम ॥
brahmākṣaram ajaṃ nityaṃ yathāsau puruṣottamaḥ tathā rāgādayo doṣāḥ prayāntu praśamaṃ mama //
As Brahman is imperishable, unborn, eternal—as this Puruṣottama is—so may my faults, passion and the rest, come to quiescence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.118
श्रुत्वा तस्य मुनेर् जाप्यं ब्रह्मपारं द्विजोत्तमाः भक्तिं च परमां ज्ञात्वा सुदृढां पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
śrutvā tasya muner jāpyaṃ brahmapāraṃ dvijottamāḥ bhaktiṃ ca paramāṃ jñātvā sudṛḍhāṃ puruṣottamaḥ //
Hearing that sage's recitation, the Brahmapāra, O best of brahmins, and knowing his supreme and very firm devotion, Puruṣottama—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.119
प्रीत्या स परया देवस् तदासौ भक्तवत्सलः गत्वा तस्य समीपं तु प्रोवाच मधुसूदनः ॥
prītyā sa parayā devas tadāsau bhaktavatsalaḥ gatvā tasya samīpaṃ tu provāca madhusūdanaḥ //
then that god, fond of his devotees, with the highest affection, going near to him, Madhusūdana spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.120
मेघगम्भीरया वाचा दिशः संनादयन्न् इव आरुह्य गरुडं विप्रा विनताकुलनन्दनम् ॥
meghagambhīrayā vācā diśaḥ saṃnādayann iva āruhya garuḍaṃ viprā vinatākulanandanam //
with a voice deep as a cloud, as if making the directions resound, having mounted Garuḍa, O brahmins, the delight of Vinatā's family:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.121
मुने ब्रूहि परं कार्यं यत् ते मनसि वर्तते वरदो ऽहम् अनुप्राप्तो वरं वरय सुव्रत ॥
mune brūhi paraṃ kāryaṃ yat te manasi vartate varado 'ham anuprāpto varaṃ varaya suvrata //
"Sage, tell (me) the chief business that is in your mind. I have come as a granter of boons; choose a boon, you of good vows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.122
श्रुत्वैवं वचनं तस्य देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः चक्षुर् उन्मील्य सहसा ददर्श पुरतो हरिम् ॥
śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasya devadevasya cakriṇaḥ cakṣur unmīlya sahasā dadarśa purato harim //
Hearing this speech of his, of the god of gods, the wielder of the discus, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw Hari before him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.123
अतसीपुष्पसंकाशं पद्मपत्त्रायतेक्षणम् शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिं मुकुटाङ्गदधारिणम् ॥
atasīpuṣpasaṃkāśaṃ padmapattrāyatekṣaṇam śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ mukuṭāṅgadadhāriṇam //
resembling a flax flower, with long eyes like lotus petals, with conch, discus, and mace in his hands, wearing a crown and armlets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.124
चतुर्बाहुम् उदाराङ्गं पीतवस्त्रधरं शुभम् श्रीवत्सलक्ष्मसंयुक्तं वनमालाविभूषितम् ॥
caturbāhum udārāṅgaṃ pītavastradharaṃ śubham śrīvatsalakṣmasaṃyuktaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam //
four-armed, with noble limbs, wearing yellow garments, splendid, bearing the śrīvatsa mark, adorned with a garland of forest flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.125
सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्तं सर्वरत्नविभूषितम् दिव्यचन्दनलिप्ताङ्गं दिव्यमाल्यविभूषितम् ॥
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ sarvaratnavibhūṣitam divyacandanaliptāṅgaṃ divyamālyavibhūṣitam //
endowed with all auspicious marks, adorned with every jewel, his limbs smeared with divine sandal paste, decked with divine garlands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.126
ततः स विस्मयाविष्टो रोमाञ्चिततनूरुहः दण्डवत् प्रणिपत्योर्व्यां प्रणामम् अकरोत् तदा ॥
tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭo romāñcitatanūruhaḥ daṇḍavat praṇipatyorvyāṃ praṇāmam akarot tadā //
Then he, filled with wonder, the hairs of his body bristling, fell prostrate like a staff upon the earth and made his obeisance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.127
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः इत्य् उक्त्वा मुनिशार्दूलास् तं स्तोतुम् उपचक्रमे ॥
adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ ity uktvā muniśārdūlās taṃ stotum upacakrame //
"Today my birth has borne fruit, today my austerity has borne fruit" — so saying, O tigers among sages, he began to praise him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.128
नारायण हरे कृष्ण श्रीवत्साङ्क जगत्पते जगद्बीज जगद्धाम जगत्साक्षिन् नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
nārāyaṇa hare kṛṣṇa śrīvatsāṅka jagatpate jagadbīja jagaddhāma jagatsākṣin namo 'stu te //
Nārāyaṇa, Hari, Kṛṣṇa, bearer of the Śrīvatsa mark, lord of the world; seed of the world, abode of the world, witness of the world — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.129
अव्यक्त जिष्णो प्रभव प्रधानपुरुषोत्तम पुण्डरीकाक्ष गोविन्द लोकनाथ नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
avyakta jiṣṇo prabhava pradhānapuruṣottama puṇḍarīkākṣa govinda lokanātha namo 'stu te //
O unmanifest one, victorious one, source (of all), highest Person of primal matter, lotus-eyed Govinda, lord of the worlds — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.130
हिरण्यगर्भ श्रीनाथ पद्मनाथ सनातन भूगर्भ ध्रुव ईशान हृषीकेश नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
hiraṇyagarbha śrīnātha padmanātha sanātana bhūgarbha dhruva īśāna hṛṣīkeśa namo 'stu te //
Hiraṇyagarbha (golden-wombed), lord of Śrī, lord of the lotus, eternal one, womb of the earth, fixed one, ruler, Hṛṣīkeśa — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.131
अनाद्यन्तामृताजेय जय त्वं जयतां वर अजिताखण्ड श्रीकृष्ण श्रीनिवास नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
anādyantāmṛtājeya jaya tvaṃ jayatāṃ vara ajitākhaṇḍa śrīkṛṣṇa śrīnivāsa namo 'stu te //
O one without beginning or end, deathless, unconquerable — be victorious, you best of victors; unvanquished, undivided Śrī Kṛṣṇa, abode of Śrī — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.132
पर्जन्यधर्मकर्ता च दुष्पार दुरधिष्ठित दुःखार्तिनाशन हरे जलशायिन् नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
parjanyadharmakartā ca duṣpāra duradhiṣṭhita duḥkhārtināśana hare jalaśāyin namo 'stu te //
You who ordain the law of the rain-cloud, hard to cross, hard to withstand, destroyer of pain and affliction, Hari who lies upon the waters — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.133
भूतपाव्यक्त भूतेश भूततत्त्वैर् अनाकुल भूताधिवास भूतात्मन् भूतगर्भ नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
bhūtapāvyakta bhūteśa bhūtatattvair anākula bhūtādhivāsa bhūtātman bhūtagarbha namo 'stu te //
Protector of beings, unmanifest, lord of beings, unperturbed by the elements of beings, dwelling within beings, self of beings, womb of beings — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.134
यज्ञयज्वन् यज्ञधर यज्ञधाताभयप्रद यज्ञगर्भ हिरण्याङ्ग पृश्निगर्भ नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
yajñayajvan yajñadhara yajñadhātābhayaprada yajñagarbha hiraṇyāṅga pṛśnigarbha namo 'stu te //
Sacrificer of the sacrifice, upholder of the sacrifice, ordainer of the sacrifice, giver of fearlessness, womb of the sacrifice, golden-limbed one, Pṛśni's offspring — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.135
क्षेत्रज्ञः क्षेत्रभृत् क्षेत्री क्षेत्रहा क्षेत्रकृद् वशी क्षेत्रात्मन् क्षेत्ररहित क्षेत्रस्रष्ट्रे नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
kṣetrajñaḥ kṣetrabhṛt kṣetrī kṣetrahā kṣetrakṛd vaśī kṣetrātman kṣetrarahita kṣetrasraṣṭre namo 'stu te //
Knower of the field, bearer of the field, owner of the field, destroyer of the field, maker of the field, self-controlled one, self of the field, free of the field — homage to you, creator of the field!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.136
गुणालय गुणावास गुणाश्रय गुणावह गुणभोक्तृ गुणाराम गुणत्यागिन् नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
guṇālaya guṇāvāsa guṇāśraya guṇāvaha guṇabhoktṛ guṇārāma guṇatyāgin namo 'stu te //
Seat of the qualities, dwelling of the qualities, support of the qualities, bringer of the qualities, enjoyer of the qualities, delighting in the qualities, renouncer of the qualities — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.137
त्वं विष्णुस् त्वं हरिश् चक्री त्वं जिष्णुस् त्वं जनार्दनः त्वं भूतस् त्वं वषट्कारस् त्वं भव्यस् त्वं भवत्प्रभुः ॥
tvaṃ viṣṇus tvaṃ hariś cakrī tvaṃ jiṣṇus tvaṃ janārdanaḥ tvaṃ bhūtas tvaṃ vaṣaṭkāras tvaṃ bhavyas tvaṃ bhavatprabhuḥ //
You are Viṣṇu, you are Hari the discus-bearer, you are the victorious one, you are Janārdana; you are what has been, you are the cry "vaṣaṭ", you are what is to be, you are the lord of what is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.138
त्वं भूतकृत् त्वम् अव्यक्तस् त्वं भवो भूतभृद् भवान् त्वं भूतभावनो देवस् त्वाम् आहुर् अजम् ईश्वरम् ॥
tvaṃ bhūtakṛt tvam avyaktas tvaṃ bhavo bhūtabhṛd bhavān tvaṃ bhūtabhāvano devas tvām āhur ajam īśvaram //
You are the maker of beings, you are the unmanifest, you are Bhava, you are the sustainer of beings; you are the god who brings beings into being — they call you the unborn Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.139
त्वम् अनन्तः कृतज्ञस् त्वं प्रकृतिस् त्वं वृषाकपिः त्वं रुद्रस् त्वं दुराधर्षस् त्वम् अमोघस् त्वम् ईश्वरः ॥
tvam anantaḥ kṛtajñas tvaṃ prakṛtis tvaṃ vṛṣākapiḥ tvaṃ rudras tvaṃ durādharṣas tvam amoghas tvam īśvaraḥ //
You are the endless one, you are the grateful one, you are primal nature, you are Vṛṣākapi; you are Rudra, you are the unassailable one, you are the unfailing one, you are the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.140
त्वं विश्वकर्मा जिष्णुस् त्वं त्वं शंभुस् त्वं वृषाकृतिः त्वं शंकरस् त्वम् उशना त्वं सत्यं त्वं तपो जनः ॥
tvaṃ viśvakarmā jiṣṇus tvaṃ tvaṃ śaṃbhus tvaṃ vṛṣākṛtiḥ tvaṃ śaṃkaras tvam uśanā tvaṃ satyaṃ tvaṃ tapo janaḥ //
You are Viśvakarman, you are the victorious one, you are Śambhu, you are the one whose form is the bull; you are Śaṃkara, you are Uśanas, you are truth, you are austerity, you are the people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.141
त्वं विश्वजेता त्वं शर्म त्वं शरण्यस् त्वम् अक्षरम् त्वं शंभुस् त्वं स्वयंभूश् च त्वं ज्येष्ठस् त्वं परायणः ॥
tvaṃ viśvajetā tvaṃ śarma tvaṃ śaraṇyas tvam akṣaram tvaṃ śaṃbhus tvaṃ svayaṃbhūś ca tvaṃ jyeṣṭhas tvaṃ parāyaṇaḥ //
You are the conqueror of all, you are refuge, you are the giver of shelter, you are the imperishable; you are Śambhu, you are the self-existent, you are the eldest, you are the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.142
त्वम् आदित्यस् त्वम् ॐकारस् त्वं प्राणस् त्वं तमिस्रहा त्वं पर्जन्यस् त्वं प्रथितस् त्वं वेधास् त्वं सुरेश्वरः ॥
tvam ādityas tvam oṃkāras tvaṃ prāṇas tvaṃ tamisrahā tvaṃ parjanyas tvaṃ prathitas tvaṃ vedhās tvaṃ sureśvaraḥ //
You are the sun, you are the syllable Oṃ, you are the breath, you are the slayer of darkness; you are the rain-cloud, you are the far-famed, you are the ordainer, you are the lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.143
त्वम् ऋग् यजुः साम चैव त्वम् आत्मा संमतो भवान् त्वम् अग्निस् त्वं च पवनस् त्वम् आपो वसुधा भवान् ॥
tvam ṛg yajuḥ sāma caiva tvam ātmā saṃmato bhavān tvam agnis tvaṃ ca pavanas tvam āpo vasudhā bhavān //
You are the Ṛg, the Yajus, and the Sāman; you, sir, are the self, the honoured one; you are fire, and you are the wind, you are the waters, you are the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.144
त्वं स्रष्टा त्वं तथा भोक्ता होता त्वं च हविः क्रतुः त्वं प्रभुस् त्वं विभुः श्रेष्ठस् त्वं लोकपतिर् अच्युतः ॥
tvaṃ sraṣṭā tvaṃ tathā bhoktā hotā tvaṃ ca haviḥ kratuḥ tvaṃ prabhus tvaṃ vibhuḥ śreṣṭhas tvaṃ lokapatir acyutaḥ //
You are the creator, and likewise the enjoyer; you are the offerer, the oblation, and the rite; you are the master, you are the pervader, the best, you are the imperishable lord of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.145
त्वं सर्वदर्शनः श्रीमांस् त्वं सर्वदमनो ऽरिहा त्वम् अहस् त्वं तथा रात्रिस् त्वाम् आहुर् वत्सरं बुधाः ॥
tvaṃ sarvadarśanaḥ śrīmāṃs tvaṃ sarvadamano 'rihā tvam ahas tvaṃ tathā rātris tvām āhur vatsaraṃ budhāḥ //
You are the all-seeing, the glorious one; you are the subduer of all, the slayer of foes; you are the day and likewise the night — the wise call you the year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.146
त्वं कालस् त्वं कला काष्ठा त्वं मुहूर्तः क्षणा लवाः त्वं बालस् त्वं तथा वृद्धस् त्वं पुमान् स्त्री नपुंसकः ॥
tvaṃ kālas tvaṃ kalā kāṣṭhā tvaṃ muhūrtaḥ kṣaṇā lavāḥ tvaṃ bālas tvaṃ tathā vṛddhas tvaṃ pumān strī napuṃsakaḥ //
You are time, you are the kalā and the kāṣṭhā, you are the muhūrta, the kṣaṇas and the lavas; you are the child and likewise the old man, you are male, female, and neuter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.147
त्वं विश्वयोनिस् त्वं चक्षुस् त्वं स्थाणुस् त्वं शुचिश्रवाः त्वं शाश्वतस् त्वम् अजितस् त्वम् उपेन्द्रस् त्वम् उत्तमः ॥
tvaṃ viśvayonis tvaṃ cakṣus tvaṃ sthāṇus tvaṃ śuciśravāḥ tvaṃ śāśvatas tvam ajitas tvam upendras tvam uttamaḥ //
You are the womb of the universe, you are the eye, you are the pillar (Sthāṇu), you are of pure renown; you are the everlasting, you are the unconquered, you are Upendra, you are the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.148
त्वं सर्वविश्वसुखदस् त्वं वेदाङ्गं त्वम् अव्ययः त्वं वेदवेदस् त्वं धाता विधाता त्वं समाहितः ॥
tvaṃ sarvaviśvasukhadas tvaṃ vedāṅgaṃ tvam avyayaḥ tvaṃ vedavedas tvaṃ dhātā vidhātā tvaṃ samāhitaḥ //
You are the giver of happiness to the whole universe, you are the limb of the Veda, you are the imperishable; you are the knowledge of the Veda, you are the establisher and the ordainer, you are the composed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.149
त्वं जलनिधिर् आमूलं त्वं धाता त्वं पुनर् वसुः त्वं वैद्यस् त्वं धृतात्मा च त्वम् अतीन्द्रियगोचरः ॥
tvaṃ jalanidhir āmūlaṃ tvaṃ dhātā tvaṃ punar vasuḥ tvaṃ vaidyas tvaṃ dhṛtātmā ca tvam atīndriyagocaraḥ //
You are the ocean, the very root, you are the establisher, you are Punarvasu; you are the physician, and you are of steadfast self, you are beyond the range of the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.150
त्वम् अग्रणीर् ग्रामणीस् त्वं त्वं सुपर्णस् त्वम् आदिमान् त्वं संग्रहस् त्वं सुमहत् त्वं धृतात्मा त्वम् अच्युतः ॥
tvam agraṇīr grāmaṇīs tvaṃ tvaṃ suparṇas tvam ādimān tvaṃ saṃgrahas tvaṃ sumahat tvaṃ dhṛtātmā tvam acyutaḥ //
You are the foremost leader, you are the leader of the community, you are the fair-winged one, you are the one who has a beginning (or: the primordial); you are the gathering-together, you are the greatly great, you are of steadfast self, you are the unfallen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.151
त्वं यमस् त्वं च नियमस् त्वं प्रांशुस् त्वं चतुर्भुजः त्वम् एवान्नान्तरात्मा त्वं परमात्मा त्वम् उच्यते ॥
tvaṃ yamas tvaṃ ca niyamas tvaṃ prāṃśus tvaṃ caturbhujaḥ tvam evānnāntarātmā tvaṃ paramātmā tvam ucyate //
You are restraint and you are observance, you are the tall one, you are the four-armed; you alone are the inner self of food, you are called the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.152
त्वं गुरुस् त्वं गुरुतमस् त्वं वामस् त्वं प्रदक्षिणः त्वं पिप्पलस् त्वम् अगमस् त्वं व्यक्तस् त्वं प्रजापतिः ॥
tvaṃ gurus tvaṃ gurutamas tvaṃ vāmas tvaṃ pradakṣiṇaḥ tvaṃ pippalas tvam agamas tvaṃ vyaktas tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ //
You are the heavy one, you are the heaviest, you are the left and you are the right; you are the pippala tree, you are the unmoving, you are the manifest, you are Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.153
हिरण्यनाभस् त्वं देवस् त्वं शशी त्वं प्रजापतिः अनिर्देश्यवपुस् त्वं वै त्वं यमस् त्वं सुरारिहा ॥
hiraṇyanābhas tvaṃ devas tvaṃ śaśī tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ anirdeśyavapus tvaṃ vai tvaṃ yamas tvaṃ surārihā //
You are the god of the golden navel, you are the moon, you are Prajāpati; yours indeed is a form that cannot be pointed out, you are Yama, you are the slayer of the gods' foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.154
त्वं च संकर्षणो देवस् त्वं कर्ता त्वं सनातनः त्वं वासुदेवो ऽमेयात्मा त्वम् एव गुणवर्जितः ॥
tvaṃ ca saṃkarṣaṇo devas tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ sanātanaḥ tvaṃ vāsudevo 'meyātmā tvam eva guṇavarjitaḥ //
And you are the god Saṃkarṣaṇa, you are the maker, you are the eternal; you are Vāsudeva of immeasurable self, you alone are free of the qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.155
त्वं ज्येष्ठस् त्वं वरिष्ठस् त्वं त्वं सहिष्णुश् च माधवः सहस्रशीर्षा त्वं देवस् त्वम् अव्यक्तः सहस्रदृक् ॥
tvaṃ jyeṣṭhas tvaṃ variṣṭhas tvaṃ tvaṃ sahiṣṇuś ca mādhavaḥ sahasraśīrṣā tvaṃ devas tvam avyaktaḥ sahasradṛk //
You are the eldest, you are the most excellent, you are the patient one, and Mādhava; you are the thousand-headed god, you are the unmanifest, the thousand-eyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.156
सहस्रपादस् त्वं देवस् त्वं विराट् त्वं सुरप्रभुः त्वम् एव तिष्ठसे भूयो देवदेव दशाङ्गुलः ॥
sahasrapādas tvaṃ devas tvaṃ virāṭ tvaṃ suraprabhuḥ tvam eva tiṣṭhase bhūyo devadeva daśāṅgulaḥ //
You are the thousand-footed god, you are Virāṭ, you are the lord of the gods; you yourself, O god of gods, stand further, ten fingers' breadth (beyond).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.157
यद् भूतं तत् त्वम् एवोक्तः पुरुषः शक्र उत्तमः यद् भाव्यं तत् त्वम् ईशानस् त्वम् ऋतस् त्वं तथामृतः ॥
yad bhūtaṃ tat tvam evoktaḥ puruṣaḥ śakra uttamaḥ yad bhāvyaṃ tat tvam īśānas tvam ṛtas tvaṃ tathāmṛtaḥ //
Whatever has come to be, that you are declared to be, the mighty, highest Person; whatever is to come to be, that you are, O Īśāna; you are the true, and likewise you are the immortal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.158
त्वत्तो रोहत्य् अयं लोको महीयांस् त्वम् अनुत्तमः त्वं ज्यायान् पुरुषस् त्वं च त्वं देव दशधा स्थितः ॥
tvatto rohaty ayaṃ loko mahīyāṃs tvam anuttamaḥ tvaṃ jyāyān puruṣas tvaṃ ca tvaṃ deva daśadhā sthitaḥ //
From you this world springs up; you are the greater, the one beyond whom there is none higher; you are the elder Person, and you, O god, stand in tenfold form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.159
विश्वभूतश् चतुर्भागो नवभागो ऽमृतो दिवि नवभागो ऽन्तरिक्षस्थः पौरुषेयः सनातनः ॥
viśvabhūtaś caturbhāgo navabhāgo 'mṛto divi navabhāgo 'ntarikṣasthaḥ pauruṣeyaḥ sanātanaḥ //
Having become the universe, (you are) the fourth part; the nine parts are immortal in heaven; the nine parts stand in the mid-region, belonging to the Person, eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.160
भागद्वयं च भूसंस्थं चतुर्भागो ऽप्य् अभूद् इह त्वत्तो यज्ञाः संभवन्ति जगतो वृष्टिकारणम् ॥
bhāgadvayaṃ ca bhūsaṃsthaṃ caturbhāgo 'py abhūd iha tvatto yajñāḥ saṃbhavanti jagato vṛṣṭikāraṇam //
And two parts are set on the earth, while the fourth part came to be here; from you arise the sacrifices, the cause of rain for the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.161
त्वत्तो विराट् समुत्पन्नो जगतो हृदि यः पुमान् सो ऽतिरिच्यत भूतेभ्यस् तेजसा यशसा श्रिया ॥
tvatto virāṭ samutpanno jagato hṛdi yaḥ pumān so 'tiricyata bhūtebhyas tejasā yaśasā śriyā //
From you Virāṭ arose, the Person who is in the heart of the world; he surpassed (all) beings in energy, in fame, and in splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.162
त्वत्तः सुराणाम् आहारः पृषदाज्यम् अजायत ग्राम्यारण्याश् चौषधयस् त्वत्तः पशुमृगादयः ॥
tvattaḥ surāṇām āhāraḥ pṛṣadājyam ajāyata grāmyāraṇyāś cauṣadhayas tvattaḥ paśumṛgādayaḥ //
From you arose the food of the gods, the ghee mixed with curds; and the cultivated and wild plants (came) from you, and the domestic animals, the wild beasts, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.163
ध्येयध्यानपरस् त्वं च कृतवान् असि चौषधीः त्वं देवदेव सप्तास्य कालाख्यो दीप्तविग्रहः ॥
dhyeyadhyānaparas tvaṃ ca kṛtavān asi cauṣadhīḥ tvaṃ devadeva saptāsya kālākhyo dīptavigrahaḥ //
And you, intent on meditation on what is to be meditated upon, made the plants; you, O god of gods, are seven-mouthed, called Time, of blazing form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.164
जङ्गमाजङ्गमं सर्वं जगद् एतच् चराचरम् त्वत्तः सर्वम् इदं जातं त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ sarvaṃ jagad etac carācaram tvattaḥ sarvam idaṃ jātaṃ tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam //
All this world, moving and unmoving, animate and inanimate — all this has arisen from you, in you all is established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.165
अनिरुद्धस् त्वं माधवस् त्वं प्रद्युम्नः सुरारिहा देव सर्वसुरश्रेष्ठ सर्वलोकपरायण ॥
aniruddhas tvaṃ mādhavas tvaṃ pradyumnaḥ surārihā deva sarvasuraśreṣṭha sarvalokaparāyaṇa //
You are Aniruddha, you are Mādhava, you are Pradyumna, slayer of the gods' foes — O god, best of all gods, final refuge of all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.166
त्राहि माम् अरविन्दाक्ष नारायण नमो ऽस्तु ते नमस् ते भगवन् विष्णो नमस् ते पुरुषोत्तम ॥
trāhi mām aravindākṣa nārāyaṇa namo 'stu te namas te bhagavan viṣṇo namas te puruṣottama //
Protect me, lotus-eyed one! Nārāyaṇa, homage to you! Homage to you, Lord Viṣṇu; homage to you, highest of persons!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.167
नमस् ते सर्वलोकेश नमस् ते कमलालय गुणालय नमस् ते ऽस्तु नमस् ते ऽस्तु गुणाकर ॥
namas te sarvalokeśa namas te kamalālaya guṇālaya namas te 'stu namas te 'stu guṇākara //
Homage to you, lord of all worlds; homage to you, abode of the lotus (or: dwelling in Kamalā); homage be to you, seat of (all) qualities; homage be to you, mine of qualities!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.168
वासुदेव नमस् ते ऽस्तु नमस् ते ऽस्तु सुरोत्तम जनार्दन नमस् ते ऽस्तु नमस् ते ऽस्तु सनातन ॥
vāsudeva namas te 'stu namas te 'stu surottama janārdana namas te 'stu namas te 'stu sanātana //
Vāsudeva, homage be to you; homage be to you, best of the gods; Janārdana, homage be to you; homage be to you, eternal one!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.169
नमस् ते योगिनां गम्य योगावास नमो ऽस्तु ते गोपते श्रीपते विष्णो नमस् ते ऽस्तु मरुत्पते ॥
namas te yogināṃ gamya yogāvāsa namo 'stu te gopate śrīpate viṣṇo namas te 'stu marutpate //
Homage to you, attainable by yogins; dwelling-place of yoga, homage be to you; lord of cows, lord of Śrī, Viṣṇu, homage be to you, lord of the winds!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.170
जगत्पते जगत्सूते नमस् ते ज्ञानिनां पते दिवस्पते नमस् ते ऽस्तु नमस् ते ऽस्तु महीपते ॥
jagatpate jagatsūte namas te jñānināṃ pate divaspate namas te 'stu namas te 'stu mahīpate //
Lord of the world, begetter of the world, homage to you, lord of the knowers; lord of heaven, homage be to you; homage be to you, lord of the earth!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.171
नमस् ते मधुहन्त्रे च नमस् ते पुष्करेक्षण कैटभघ्न नमस् ते ऽस्तु सुब्रह्मण्य नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
namas te madhuhantre ca namas te puṣkarekṣaṇa kaiṭabhaghna namas te 'stu subrahmaṇya namo 'stu te //
And homage to you, slayer of Madhu; homage to you, lotus-eyed one; slayer of Kaiṭabha, homage be to you; excellent Brahman-knower (Subrahmaṇya), homage be to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.172
नमो ऽस्तु ते महामीन श्रुतिपृष्ठधराच्युत समुद्रसलिलक्षोभ पद्मजाह्लादकारिणे ॥
namo 'stu te mahāmīna śrutipṛṣṭhadharācyuta samudrasalilakṣobha padmajāhlādakāriṇe //
Homage be to you, great Fish, you who bore the Vedas on your back, Acyuta, agitator of the ocean's waters — to him who gave delight to the lotus-born (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.173
अश्वशीर्ष महाघोण महापुरुषविग्रह मधुकैटभहन्त्रे च नमस् ते तुरगानन ॥
aśvaśīrṣa mahāghoṇa mahāpuruṣavigraha madhukaiṭabhahantre ca namas te turagānana //
O horse-headed one, great-snouted one, whose form is the great Person, slayer of Madhu and Kaiṭabha — homage to you, horse-faced one!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.174
महाकमठभोगाय पृथिव्युद्धरणाय च विधृताद्रिस्वरूपाय महाकूर्माय ते नमः ॥
mahākamaṭhabhogāya pṛthivyuddharaṇāya ca vidhṛtādrisvarūpāya mahākūrmāya te namaḥ //
To the great tortoise, whose coil is the great shell, who lifted up the earth, whose form upheld the mountain — homage to you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.175
नमो महावराहाय पृथिव्युद्धारकारिणे नमश् चादिवराहाय विश्वरूपाय वेधसे ॥
namo mahāvarāhāya pṛthivyuddhārakāriṇe namaś cādivarāhāya viśvarūpāya vedhase //
Homage to the great Boar, the raiser-up of the earth; and homage to the primal Boar, whose form is the universe, the creator!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.176
नमो ऽनन्ताय सूक्ष्माय मुख्याय च वराय च परमाणुस्वरूपाय योगिगम्याय ते नमः ॥
namo 'nantāya sūkṣmāya mukhyāya ca varāya ca paramāṇusvarūpāya yogigamyāya te namaḥ //
Homage to the endless one, the subtle, the foremost and the best; homage to you whose form is the ultimate atom, who is reached by yogins!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.177
तस्मै नमः कारणकारणाय योगीन्द्रवृत्तनिलयाय सुदुर्विदाय क्षीरार्णवाश्रितमहाहिसुतल्पगाय तुभ्यं नमः कनकरत्नसुकुण्डलाय
tasmai namaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāya yogīndravṛttanilayāya sudurvidāya kṣīrārṇavāśritamahāhisutalpagāya tubhyaṃ namaḥ kanakaratnasukuṇḍalāya
Homage to him, the cause of causes, whose abode is the practice of the lords of yogins, very hard to know; homage to you who go to the couch of the great serpent's son resting on the ocean of milk, who wear fine earrings of gold and jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 178.178
इत्थं स्तुतस् तदा तेन प्रीतः प्रोवाच माधवः क्षिप्रं ब्रूहि मुनिश्रेष्ठ मत्तो यद् अभिवाञ्छसि ॥
itthaṃ stutas tadā tena prītaḥ provāca mādhavaḥ kṣipraṃ brūhi muniśreṣṭha matto yad abhivāñchasi //
Thus praised by him, Mādhava, pleased, then said: "Quickly say, best of sages, what you desire from me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.179
संसारे ऽस्मिञ् जगन्नाथ दुस्तरे लोमहर्षणे अनित्ये दुःखबहुले कदलीदलसंनिभे ॥
saṃsāre 'smiñ jagannātha dustare lomaharṣaṇe anitye duḥkhabahule kadalīdalasaṃnibhe //
"In this round of rebirth, Lord of the world, hard to cross, hair-raising, impermanent, full of suffering, like a plantain leaf,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.180
निराश्रये निरालम्बे जलबुद्बुदचञ्चले सर्वोपद्रवसंयुक्ते दुस्तरे चातिभैरवे ॥
nirāśraye nirālambe jalabudbudacañcale sarvopadravasaṃyukte dustare cātibhairave //
without refuge, without support, unsteady as a water-bubble, beset with every calamity, hard to cross and most terrifying,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.181
भ्रमामि सुचिरं कालं मायया मोहितस् तव न चान्तम् अभिगच्छामि विषयासक्तमानसः ॥
bhramāmi suciraṃ kālaṃ māyayā mohitas tava na cāntam abhigacchāmi viṣayāsaktamānasaḥ //
I wander a very long time, deluded by your māyā, and I do not reach its end, my mind attached to the objects of sense.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.182
त्वाम् अहं चाद्य देवेश संसारभयपीडितः गतो ऽस्मि शरणं कृष्ण माम् उद्धर भवार्णवात् ॥
tvām ahaṃ cādya deveśa saṃsārabhayapīḍitaḥ gato 'smi śaraṇaṃ kṛṣṇa mām uddhara bhavārṇavāt //
And now, lord of gods, tormented by the fear of saṃsāra, I have come to you for refuge, Kṛṣṇa: lift me out of the ocean of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.183
गन्तुम् इच्छामि परमं पदं यत् ते सनातनम् प्रसादात् तव देवेश पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् ॥
gantum icchāmi paramaṃ padaṃ yat te sanātanam prasādāt tava deveśa punarāvṛttidurlabham //
I wish to go to that supreme, eternal station of yours, hard to attain, from which there is no return — by your grace, lord of gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.184
भक्तो ऽसि मे मुनिश्रेष्ठ माम् आराधय नित्यशः मत्प्रसादाद् ध्रुवं मोक्षं प्राप्यसि त्वं समीहितम् ॥
bhakto 'si me muniśreṣṭha mām ārādhaya nityaśaḥ matprasādād dhruvaṃ mokṣaṃ prāpyasi tvaṃ samīhitam //
"You are devoted to me, best of sages; worship me constantly. By my grace you will surely obtain the release you desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.185
मद्भक्ताः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः स्त्रियः शूद्रान्त्यजातिजाः प्राप्नुवन्ति परां सिद्धिं किं पुनस् त्वं द्विजोत्तम ॥
madbhaktāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ striyaḥ śūdrāntyajātijāḥ prāpnuvanti parāṃ siddhiṃ kiṃ punas tvaṃ dvijottama //
Kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, women, śūdras, those born of the lowest castes, if devoted to me, attain the highest perfection — how much more you, best of the twice-born!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.186
श्वपाको ऽपि च मद्भक्तः सम्यक् श्रद्धासमन्वितः प्राप्नोत्य् अभिमतां सिद्धिम् अन्येषां तत्र का कथा ॥
śvapāko 'pi ca madbhaktaḥ samyak śraddhāsamanvitaḥ prāpnoty abhimatāṃ siddhim anyeṣāṃ tatra kā kathā //
Even a dog-cooker, if he is devoted to me and rightly endowed with faith, attains the accomplishment he desires — so what need is there to speak of others?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.187
एवम् उक्त्वा तु तं विप्राः स देवो भक्तवत्सलः दुर्विज्ञेयगतिर् विष्णुस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥
evam uktvā tu taṃ viprāḥ sa devo bhaktavatsalaḥ durvijñeyagatir viṣṇus tatraivāntaradhīyata //
Having spoken thus to him, O brahmins, that god who is fond of his devotees, Viṣṇu whose course is hard to know, vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.188
गते तस्मिन् मुनिश्रेष्ठाः कण्डुः संहृष्टमानसः सर्वान् कामान् परित्यज्य स्वस्थचित्तो भवत् पुनः ॥
gate tasmin muniśreṣṭhāḥ kaṇḍuḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ sarvān kāmān parityajya svasthacitto bhavat punaḥ //
When he had gone, O best of sages, Kaṇḍu, with delighted mind, abandoned all desires and became once more settled in himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.189
सर्वेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य निर्ममो निरहंकृतिः एकाग्रमानसः सम्यग् ध्यात्वा तं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
sarvendriyāṇi saṃyamya nirmamo nirahaṃkṛtiḥ ekāgramānasaḥ samyag dhyātvā taṃ puruṣottamam //
Restraining all the senses, free of the sense of "mine" and of ego, single-minded, having rightly meditated on that highest Person —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.190
निर्लेपं निर्गुणं शान्तं सत्तामात्रव्यवस्थितम् अवाप परमं मोक्षं सुराणाम् अपि दुर्लभम् ॥
nirlepaṃ nirguṇaṃ śāntaṃ sattāmātravyavasthitam avāpa paramaṃ mokṣaṃ surāṇām api durlabham //
— (on him who is) unstained, without qualities, at peace, established in pure being alone — he attained the supreme liberation, hard to win even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.191
यः पठेच् छृणुयाद् वापि कथां कण्डोर् महात्मनः विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः स्वर्गलोकं स गच्छति ॥
yaḥ paṭhec chṛṇuyād vāpi kathāṃ kaṇḍor mahātmanaḥ vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ svargalokaṃ sa gacchati //
Whoever recites or even hears the tale of the great-souled Kaṇḍu is freed from all sins and goes to the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.192
एवं मया मुनिश्रेष्ठाः कर्मभूमिर् उदाहृता मोक्षक्षेत्रं च परमं देवं च पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
evaṃ mayā muniśreṣṭhāḥ karmabhūmir udāhṛtā mokṣakṣetraṃ ca paramaṃ devaṃ ca puruṣottamam //
Thus by me, O best of sages, has the land of works been set forth, and the supreme field of liberation, and the god Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.193
ये पश्यन्ति विभुं स्तुवन्ति वरदं ध्यायन्ति मुक्तिप्रदं भक्त्या श्रीपुरुषोत्तमाख्यम् अजरं संसारदुःखापहम् ॥
ye paśyanti vibhuṃ stuvanti varadaṃ dhyāyanti muktipradaṃ bhaktyā śrīpuruṣottamākhyam ajaraṃ saṃsāraduḥkhāpaham //
Those who behold the mighty one, who praise the giver of boons, who meditate with devotion on the granter of release, named Śrī Puruṣottama, the unaging, the remover of the suffering of transmigration —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 178.194
ते भुक्त्वा मनुजेन्द्रभोगम् अमलाः स्वर्गे च दिव्यं सुखं पश्चाद् यान्ति समस्तदोषरहिताः स्थानं हरेर् अव्ययम् ॥
te bhuktvā manujendrabhogam amalāḥ svarge ca divyaṃ sukhaṃ paścād yānti samastadoṣarahitāḥ sthānaṃ harer avyayam //
they, stainless, having enjoyed the pleasures of a king of men and divine happiness in heaven, afterwards go, freed of every fault, to the imperishable abode of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition