Brahma Purana — Chapter 187
BrP 187.1
तस्मिन् रासभदैतेये सानुजे विनिपातिते सर्वगोपालगोपीनां रम्यं तालवनं बभौ ॥
tasmin rāsabhadaiteye sānuje vinipātite sarvagopālagopīnāṃ ramyaṃ tālavanaṃ babhau //
When that ass-demon, son of Diti, had been struck down together with his younger brothers, the palm grove became delightful for all the cowherds and cowherd women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.2
ततस् तौ जातहर्षौ तु वसुदेवसुताव् उभौ शुशुभाते महात्मानौ बालशृङ्गाव् इवर्षभौ ॥
tatas tau jātaharṣau tu vasudevasutāv ubhau śuśubhāte mahātmānau bālaśṛṅgāv ivarṣabhau //
Then those two, both sons of Vasudeva, filled with joy, the great-souled ones, shone like two young bulls with newly grown horns.
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BrP 187.3
चारयन्तौ च गा दूरे व्याहरन्तौ च नामभिः नियोगपाशस्कन्धौ तौ वनमालाविभूषितौ ॥
cārayantau ca gā dūre vyāharantau ca nāmabhiḥ niyogapāśaskandhau tau vanamālāvibhūṣitau //
Herding the cows far afield and calling them by their names, with the tethering-ropes on their shoulders, the two adorned with forest garlands,
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BrP 187.4
सुवर्णाञ्जनचूर्णाभ्यां तदा तौ भूषिताम्बरौ महेन्द्रायुधसंकाशौ श्वेतकृष्णाव् इवाम्बुदौ ॥
suvarṇāñjanacūrṇābhyāṃ tadā tau bhūṣitāmbarau mahendrāyudhasaṃkāśau śvetakṛṣṇāv ivāmbudau //
their garments then adorned with gold-dust and with powdered collyrium, the two resembling great Indra's weapon (the rainbow), like a white and a dark rain-cloud —
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BrP 187.5
चेरतुर् लोकसिद्धाभिः क्रीडाभिर् इतरेतरम् समस्तलोकनाथानां नाथभूतौ भुवं गतौ ॥
ceratur lokasiddhābhiḥ krīḍābhir itaretaram samastalokanāthānāṃ nāthabhūtau bhuvaṃ gatau //
they roamed with one another in games familiar in the world, the two who, being the lords of the lords of all the worlds, had come to earth.
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BrP 187.6
मनुष्यधर्माभिरतौ मानयन्तौ मनुष्यताम् तज्जातिगुणयुक्ताभिः क्रीडाभिश् चेरतुर् वनम् ॥
manuṣyadharmābhiratau mānayantau manuṣyatām tajjātiguṇayuktābhiḥ krīḍābhiś ceratur vanam //
Delighting in the ways of men and honouring human nature, they roamed the forest with games befitting the qualities of that (human) birth.
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BrP 187.7
ततस् त्व् आन्दोलिकाभिश् च नियुद्धैश् च महाबलौ व्यायामं चक्रतुस् तत्र क्षेपणीयैस् तथाश्मभिः ॥
tatas tv āndolikābhiś ca niyuddhaiś ca mahābalau vyāyāmaṃ cakratus tatra kṣepaṇīyais tathāśmabhiḥ //
Then the two of great strength took their exercise there with swings and with wrestling bouts, and with stones for throwing.
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BrP 187.8
तल्लिप्सुर् असुरस् तत्र उभयो रममाणयोः आजगाम प्रलम्बाख्यो गोपवेषतिरोहितः ॥
tallipsur asuras tatra ubhayo ramamāṇayoḥ ājagāma pralambākhyo gopaveṣatirohitaḥ //
While the two were playing there, an asura named Pralamba, desiring that (chance), came, concealed in the guise of a cowherd.
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BrP 187.9
सो ऽवगाहत निःशङ्कं तेषां मध्यममानुषः मानुषं रूपम् आस्थाय प्रलम्बो दानवोत्तमः ॥
so 'vagāhata niḥśaṅkaṃ teṣāṃ madhyamamānuṣaḥ mānuṣaṃ rūpam āsthāya pralambo dānavottamaḥ //
Unhesitatingly he plunged into their midst, he who was no man — Pralamba, the foremost of the Dānavas, having assumed a human form.
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BrP 187.10
तयोश् छिद्रान्तरप्रेप्सुर् अतिशीघ्रम् अमन्यत कृष्णं ततो रौहिणेयं हन्तुं चक्रे मनोरथम् ॥
tayoś chidrāntaraprepsur atiśīghram amanyata kṛṣṇaṃ tato rauhiṇeyaṃ hantuṃ cakre manoratham //
Seeking an opening between those two, he thought (it must be done) very quickly, and then set his mind on killing Kṛṣṇa and (after him) Rohiṇī's son.
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BrP 187.11
हरिणा क्रीडनं नाम बालक्रीडनकं ततः प्रक्रीडितास् तु ते सर्वे द्वौ द्वौ युगपद् उत्पतन् ॥
hariṇā krīḍanaṃ nāma bālakrīḍanakaṃ tataḥ prakrīḍitās tu te sarve dvau dvau yugapad utpatan //
Then (they played) the children's game called "playing with the deer" (hariṇā-krīḍana), and all of them, playing, leapt up two by two together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 187.12
श्रीदाम्ना सह गोविन्दः प्रलम्बेन तथा बलः गोपालैर् अपरैश् चान्ये गोपालाः सह पुप्लुवुः ॥
śrīdāmnā saha govindaḥ pralambena tathā balaḥ gopālair aparaiś cānye gopālāḥ saha pupluvuḥ //
Govinda (leapt) together with Śrīdāman, and Bala likewise with Pralamba, and the other cowherd boys leapt along with the remaining cowherds.
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BrP 187.13
श्रीदामानं ततः कृष्णः प्रलम्बं रोहिणीसुतः जितवान् कृष्णपक्षीयैर् गोपैर् अन्यैः पराजिताः ॥
śrīdāmānaṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pralambaṃ rohiṇīsutaḥ jitavān kṛṣṇapakṣīyair gopair anyaiḥ parājitāḥ //
Then Kṛṣṇa defeated Śrīdāman, and Rohiṇī's son (defeated) Pralamba; and by the other cowherds on Kṛṣṇa's side the rest were beaten.
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BrP 187.14
ते वाहयन्तस् त्व् अन्योन्यं भाण्डीरस्कन्धम् एत्य वै पुनर् निवृत्तास् ते सर्वे ये ये तत्र पराजिताः ॥
te vāhayantas tv anyonyaṃ bhāṇḍīraskandham etya vai punar nivṛttās te sarve ye ye tatra parājitāḥ //
Then, carrying one another (on their shoulders), having reached the Bhāṇḍīra tree trunk, all those who had been defeated there turned back again.
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BrP 187.15
संकर्षणं तु स्कन्धेन शीघ्रम् उत्क्षिप्य दानवः न तस्थौ प्रजगामैव सचन्द्र इव वारिदः ॥
saṃkarṣaṇaṃ tu skandhena śīghram utkṣipya dānavaḥ na tasthau prajagāmaiva sacandra iva vāridaḥ //
But the Dānava, having swiftly hoisted Saṃkarṣaṇa onto his shoulder, did not stop but went right on, like a rain-cloud with the moon.
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BrP 187.16
अशक्तो वहने तस्य संरम्भाद् दानवोत्तमः ववृधे सुमहाकायः प्रावृषीव बलाहकः ॥
aśakto vahane tasya saṃrambhād dānavottamaḥ vavṛdhe sumahākāyaḥ prāvṛṣīva balāhakaḥ //
Unable to carry him, that best of Dānavas, out of fury, grew to an enormous body, like a thundercloud in the rainy season.
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BrP 187.17
संकर्षणस् तु तं दृष्ट्वा दग्धशैलोपमाकृतिम् स्रग्दामलम्बाभरणं मुकुटाटोपमस्तकम् ॥
saṃkarṣaṇas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā dagdhaśailopamākṛtim sragdāmalambābharaṇaṃ mukuṭāṭopamastakam //
But Saṃkarṣaṇa, seeing him whose form was like a scorched mountain, whose ornament was a hanging garland-wreath, whose head was swollen with a crown—
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BrP 187.18
रौद्रं शकटचक्राक्षं पादन्यासचलत्क्षितिम् ह्रियमाणस् ततः कृष्णम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
raudraṃ śakaṭacakrākṣaṃ pādanyāsacalatkṣitim hriyamāṇas tataḥ kṛṣṇam idaṃ vacanam abravīt //
—terrible, with eyes like cart-wheels, the earth shaking at the placing of his feet—being carried off, then spoke this word to Kṛṣṇa:
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BrP 187.19
कृष्ण कृष्ण ह्रिये त्व् एष पर्वतोदग्रमूर्तिना केनापि पश्य दैत्येन गोपालच्छद्मरूपिणा ॥
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hriye tv eṣa parvatodagramūrtinā kenāpi paśya daityena gopālacchadmarūpiṇā //
"Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa! I am being carried off—look!—by some demon in the guise of a cowherd, whose body towers up like a mountain."
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BrP 187.20
यद् अत्र सांप्रतं कार्यं मया मधुनिषूदन तत् कथ्यतां प्रयात्य् एष दुरात्मातित्वरान्वितः ॥
yad atra sāṃprataṃ kāryaṃ mayā madhuniṣūdana tat kathyatāṃ prayāty eṣa durātmātitvarānvitaḥ //
"Tell me, slayer of Madhu, what is to be done by me here and now; this evil-souled one is moving off with the greatest speed."
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BrP 187.21
तम् आह रामं गोविन्दः स्मितभिन्नौष्ठसंपुटः महात्मा रौहिणेयस्य बलवीर्यप्रमाणवित् ॥
tam āha rāmaṃ govindaḥ smitabhinnauṣṭhasaṃpuṭaḥ mahātmā rauhiṇeyasya balavīryapramāṇavit //
To him, to Rāma, the great-souled Govinda, who knew the measure of Rohiṇī's son's strength and valour, said—the seam of his lips parted in a smile:
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BrP 187.22
किम् अयं मानुषो भावो व्यक्तम् एवावलम्ब्यते सर्वात्मन् सर्वगुह्यानां गुह्याद् गुह्यात्मना त्वया ॥
kim ayaṃ mānuṣo bhāvo vyaktam evāvalambyate sarvātman sarvaguhyānāṃ guhyād guhyātmanā tvayā //
"Why is this human condition being so plainly assumed by you, O Self of all, who are, by your own hidden nature, more hidden than the most hidden of all secrets?
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BrP 187.23
स्मराशेषजगदीश कारणं कारणाग्रज आत्मानम् एकं तद्वच् च जगत्य् एकार्णवे च यः ॥
smarāśeṣajagadīśa kāraṇaṃ kāraṇāgraja ātmānam ekaṃ tadvac ca jagaty ekārṇave ca yaḥ //
Remember, Lord of the entire world, the cause, you who were born before (all) causes—(remember) that you are one single Self, and likewise (remember) who it was in the world when it was a single ocean.
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BrP 187.24
भवान् अहं च विश्वात्मन्न् एकम् एव हि कारणम् जगतो ऽस्य जगत्य् अर्थे भेदेनावां व्यवस्थितौ ॥
bhavān ahaṃ ca viśvātmann ekam eva hi kāraṇam jagato 'sya jagaty arthe bhedenāvāṃ vyavasthitau //
You and I, O Self of the universe, are indeed one single cause of this world; for the world's sake we two are established as separate.
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BrP 187.25
तत् स्मर्यताम् अमेयात्मंस् त्वयात्मा जहि दानवम् मानुष्यम् एवम् आलम्ब्य बन्धूनां क्रियतां हितम् ॥
tat smaryatām ameyātmaṃs tvayātmā jahi dānavam mānuṣyam evam ālambya bandhūnāṃ kriyatāṃ hitam //
So let (this) be remembered, O immeasurable Self; slay the Dānava by your own self. Having thus taken on human form, let the good of our kinsmen be done."
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BrP 187.26
इति संस्मारितो विप्राः कृष्णेन सुमहात्मना विहस्य पीडयाम् आस प्रलम्बं बलवान् बलः ॥
iti saṃsmārito viprāḥ kṛṣṇena sumahātmanā vihasya pīḍayām āsa pralambaṃ balavān balaḥ //
Thus reminded, O brahmins, by the exceedingly great-souled Kṛṣṇa, mighty Bala laughed and crushed Pralamba.
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BrP 187.27
मुष्टिना चाहन् मूर्ध्नि कोपसंरक्तलोचनः तेन चास्य प्रहारेण बहिर् याते विलोचने ॥
muṣṭinā cāhan mūrdhni kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ tena cāsya prahāreṇa bahir yāte vilocane //
And with his fist, his eyes red with rage, he struck him on the head; and by that blow of his, his (Pralamba's) eyes came out.
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BrP 187.28
स निष्कासितमस्तिष्को मुखाच् छोणितम् उद्वमन् निपपात महीपृष्ठे दैत्यवर्यो ममार च ॥
sa niṣkāsitamastiṣko mukhāc choṇitam udvaman nipapāta mahīpṛṣṭhe daityavaryo mamāra ca //
With his brains forced out, vomiting blood from his mouth, that foremost of Daityas fell on the surface of the earth and died.
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BrP 187.29
प्रलम्बं निहतं दृष्ट्वा बलेनाद्भुतकर्मणा प्रहृष्टास् तुष्टुवुर् गोपाः साधु साध्व् इति चाब्रुवन् ॥
pralambaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā balenādbhutakarmaṇā prahṛṣṭās tuṣṭuvur gopāḥ sādhu sādhv iti cābruvan //
Seeing Pralamba slain by Bala of wondrous deeds, the cowherds, delighted, praised (him) and said, "Well done, well done!"
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BrP 187.30
संस्तूयमानो रामस् तु गोपैर् दैत्ये निपातिते प्रलम्बे सह कृष्णेन पुनर् गोकुलम् आययौ ॥
saṃstūyamāno rāmas tu gopair daitye nipātite pralambe saha kṛṣṇena punar gokulam āyayau //
But Rāma, praised by the cowherds now that the demon Pralamba had been struck down, returned again to Gokula together with Kṛṣṇa.
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BrP 187.31
तयोर् विहरतोर् एवं रामकेशवयोर् व्रजे प्रावृड्व्यतीता विकसत्सरोजा चाभवच् छरत् ॥
tayor viharator evaṃ rāmakeśavayor vraje prāvṛḍvyatītā vikasatsarojā cābhavac charat //
While those two, Rāma and Keśava, were sporting thus in Vraja, the rainy season passed, and autumn came, with its lotuses opening.
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BrP 187.32
विमलाम्बरनक्षत्रे काले चाभ्यागते व्रजम् ददर्शेन्द्रोत्सवारम्भप्रवृत्तान् व्रजवासिनः ॥
vimalāmbaranakṣatre kāle cābhyāgate vrajam dadarśendrotsavārambhapravṛttān vrajavāsinaḥ //
And when that season, with its cloudless sky and stars, had come to Vraja, he saw the dwellers of Vraja engaged in beginning the festival of Indra.
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BrP 187.33
कृष्णस् तान् उत्सुकान् दृष्ट्वा गोपान् उत्सवलालसान् कौतूहलाद् इदं वाक्यं प्राह वृद्धान् महामतिः ॥
kṛṣṇas tān utsukān dṛṣṭvā gopān utsavalālasān kautūhalād idaṃ vākyaṃ prāha vṛddhān mahāmatiḥ //
Kṛṣṇa, seeing those cowherds excited and eager for the festival, out of curiosity, great-minded as he was, spoke this word to the elders:
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BrP 187.34
को ऽयं शक्रमहो नाम येन वो हर्ष आगतः प्राह तं नन्दगोपश् च पृच्छन्तम् अतिसादरम् ॥
ko 'yaṃ śakramaho nāma yena vo harṣa āgataḥ prāha taṃ nandagopaś ca pṛcchantam atisādaram //
"What is this so-called festival of Śakra, by which joy has come to you?" And Nanda the cowherd spoke to him, who was asking most respectfully:
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BrP 187.35
मेघानां पयसाम् ईशो देवराजः शतक्रतुः येन संचोदिता मेघा वर्षन्त्य् अम्बुमयं रसम् ॥
meghānāṃ payasām īśo devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ yena saṃcoditā meghā varṣanty ambumayaṃ rasam //
"The lord of the clouds and of the waters is the king of the gods, Śatakratu; urged on by him the clouds rain down the liquid that is water.
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BrP 187.36
तद्वृष्टिजनितं सस्यं वयम् अन्ये च देहिनः वर्तयामोपभुञ्जानास् तर्पयामश् च देवताः ॥
tadvṛṣṭijanitaṃ sasyaṃ vayam anye ca dehinaḥ vartayāmopabhuñjānās tarpayāmaś ca devatāḥ //
We and other embodied beings live by consuming the grain produced by his rain, and we gratify the gods.
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BrP 187.37
क्षीरवत्य इमा गावो वत्सवत्यश् च निर्वृताः तेन संवर्धितैः सस्यैः पुष्टास् तुष्टा भवन्ति वै ॥
kṣīravatya imā gāvo vatsavatyaś ca nirvṛtāḥ tena saṃvardhitaiḥ sasyaiḥ puṣṭās tuṣṭā bhavanti vai //
These cows, rich in milk and with calves, are content; fattened by the crops grown by that (rain), they indeed become well-nourished and satisfied.
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BrP 187.38
नासस्या नानृणा भूमिर् न बुभुक्षार्दितो जनः दृश्यते यत्र दृश्यन्ते वृष्टिमन्तो बलाहकाः ॥
nāsasyā nānṛṇā bhūmir na bubhukṣārdito janaḥ dṛśyate yatra dṛśyante vṛṣṭimanto balāhakāḥ //
Where rain-bearing clouds are seen, no land is seen without crops or in debt, and no person afflicted by hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 187.39
भौमम् एतत् पयो गोभिर् धत्ते सूर्यस्य वारिदः पर्जन्यः सर्वलोकस्य भवाय भुवि वर्षति ॥
bhaumam etat payo gobhir dhatte sūryasya vāridaḥ parjanyaḥ sarvalokasya bhavāya bhuvi varṣati //
This earthly water the cloud takes up by the rays of the sun; Parjanya rains it on the earth for the welfare of all the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.40
तस्मात् प्रावृषि राजानः शक्रं सर्वे मुदान्विताः महे सुरेशम् अर्घन्ति वयम् अन्ये च देहिनः ॥
tasmāt prāvṛṣi rājānaḥ śakraṃ sarve mudānvitāḥ mahe sureśam arghanti vayam anye ca dehinaḥ //
Therefore in the rainy season all kings, filled with gladness, honor Śakra; at the festival we and other embodied beings worship the lord of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 187.41
नन्दगोपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वेत्थं शक्रपूजने कोपाय त्रिदशेन्द्रस्य प्राह दामोदरस् तदा ॥
nandagopasya vacanaṃ śrutvetthaṃ śakrapūjane kopāya tridaśendrasya prāha dāmodaras tadā //
Hearing Nanda the cowherd's words thus concerning the worship of Śakra, Dāmodara then spoke, so as to provoke the anger of the lord of the thirty gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.42
न वयं कृषिकर्तारो वणिज्याजीविनो न च गावो ऽस्मद्दैवतं तात वयं वनचरा यतः ॥
na vayaṃ kṛṣikartāro vaṇijyājīvino na ca gāvo 'smaddaivataṃ tāta vayaṃ vanacarā yataḥ //
"We are not tillers of the soil, nor do we live by trade; the cows are our deity, father, since we are forest-dwellers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.43
आन्वीक्षिकी त्रयी वार्त्ता दण्डनीतिस् तथापरा विद्याचतुष्टयं त्व् एतद् वार्त्ताम् अत्र शृणुष्व मे ॥
ānvīkṣikī trayī vārttā daṇḍanītis tathāparā vidyācatuṣṭayaṃ tv etad vārttām atra śṛṇuṣva me //
Logic, the three Vedas, economics, and, further, the science of government — these are the four sciences; among them hear from me about economics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.44
कृषिर् वणिज्या तद्वच् च तृतीयं पशुपालनम् विद्या ह्य् एता महाभागा वार्त्ता वृत्तित्रयाश्रया ॥
kṛṣir vaṇijyā tadvac ca tṛtīyaṃ paśupālanam vidyā hy etā mahābhāgā vārttā vṛttitrayāśrayā //
Agriculture, trade, and likewise, third, the tending of cattle — these, O greatly fortunate one, are the branches of knowledge; economics rests on these three livelihoods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.45
कर्षकाणां कृषिर् वृत्तिः पण्यं तु पणजीविनाम् अस्माकं गाः परा वृत्तिर् वार्त्ता भेदैर् इयं त्रिभिः ॥
karṣakāṇāṃ kṛṣir vṛttiḥ paṇyaṃ tu paṇajīvinām asmākaṃ gāḥ parā vṛttir vārttā bhedair iyaṃ tribhiḥ //
For plowmen, agriculture is the livelihood; merchandise for those who live by selling; for us cows are the supreme livelihood — such is economics with its three divisions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.46
विद्यया यो यया युक्तस् तस्य सा दैवतं महत् सैव पूज्यार्चनीया च सैव तस्योपकारिका ॥
vidyayā yo yayā yuktas tasya sā daivataṃ mahat saiva pūjyārcanīyā ca saiva tasyopakārikā //
Whatever science a man is engaged in, that is his great deity; that alone is to be revered and worshipped, that alone is what benefits him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.47
यो ऽन्यस्याः फलम् अश्नन् वै पूजयत्य् अपरां नरः इह च प्रेत्य चैवासौ तात नाप्नोति शोभनम् ॥
yo 'nyasyāḥ phalam aśnan vai pūjayaty aparāṃ naraḥ iha ca pretya caivāsau tāta nāpnoti śobhanam //
The man who, while eating the fruit of one, worships another — he, father, gains no good either here or after death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.48
पूज्यन्तां प्रथिताः सीमाः सीमान्तं च पुनर् वनम् वनान्ता गिरयः सर्वे सा चास्माकं परा गतिः ॥
pūjyantāṃ prathitāḥ sīmāḥ sīmāntaṃ ca punar vanam vanāntā girayaḥ sarve sā cāsmākaṃ parā gatiḥ //
Let the well-known boundaries be worshipped, and beyond the boundary again the forest, and at the forest's edge all the mountains — for that is our supreme recourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.49
गिरियज्ञस् त्व् अयं तस्माद् गोयज्ञश् च प्रवर्त्यताम् किम् अस्माकं महेन्द्रेण गावः शैलाश् च देवताः ॥
giriyajñas tv ayaṃ tasmād goyajñaś ca pravartyatām kim asmākaṃ mahendreṇa gāvaḥ śailāś ca devatāḥ //
Therefore let this sacrifice to the mountain and the sacrifice to the cows be set going. What have we to do with great Indra? Cows and mountains are our deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.50
मन्त्रयज्ञपरा विप्राः सीरयज्ञाश् च कर्षकाः गिरिगोयज्ञशीलाश् च वयम् अद्रिवनाश्रयाः ॥
mantrayajñaparā viprāḥ sīrayajñāś ca karṣakāḥ girigoyajñaśīlāś ca vayam adrivanāśrayāḥ //
Brahmins are devoted to sacrifices of mantras, and ploughmen to sacrifices of the plough; but we, who dwell in the mountain woods, are accustomed to sacrifices to the mountain and the cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.51
तस्माद् गोवर्धनः शैलो भवद्भिर् विविधार्हणैः अर्च्यतां पूज्यतां मेध्यं पशुं हत्वा विधानतः ॥
tasmād govardhanaḥ śailo bhavadbhir vividhārhaṇaiḥ arcyatāṃ pūjyatāṃ medhyaṃ paśuṃ hatvā vidhānataḥ //
Therefore let the mountain Govardhana be honored and worshipped by you with offerings of various kinds, after slaying, according to the rule, a beast fit for sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.52
सर्वघोषस्य संदोहा गृह्यन्तां मा विचार्यताम् भोज्यन्तां तेन वै विप्रास् तथान्ये चापि वाञ्छकाः ॥
sarvaghoṣasya saṃdohā gṛhyantāṃ mā vicāryatām bhojyantāṃ tena vai viprās tathānye cāpi vāñchakāḥ //
Let the milk-yield of the whole cow-settlement be gathered — let there be no hesitation; with it let the brahmins be fed, and likewise others too who wish for it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.53
तम् अर्चितं कृते होमे भोजितेषु द्विजातिषु शरत्पुष्पकृतापीडाः परिगच्छन्तु गोगणाः ॥
tam arcitaṃ kṛte home bhojiteṣu dvijātiṣu śaratpuṣpakṛtāpīḍāḥ parigacchantu gogaṇāḥ //
When the oblation has been made to him thus honored and the twice-born have been fed, let the herds of cows, adorned with wreaths made of autumn flowers, walk around (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.54
एतन् मम मतं गोपाः संप्रीत्या क्रियते यदि ततः कृता भवेत् प्रीतिर् गवाम् अद्रेस् तथा मम ॥
etan mama mataṃ gopāḥ saṃprītyā kriyate yadi tataḥ kṛtā bhavet prītir gavām adres tathā mama //
This is my proposal, cowherds; if it is carried out with gladness, then satisfaction will have been given to the cows and to the mountain, and so to me as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.55
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नन्दाद्यास् ते व्रजौकसः प्रीत्युत्फुल्लमुखा विप्राः साधु साध्व् इत्य् अथाब्रुवन् ॥
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā nandādyās te vrajaukasaḥ prītyutphullamukhā viprāḥ sādhu sādhv ity athābruvan //
Hearing this speech of his, Nanda and the other dwellers of the cow-station, their faces beaming with delight, and the brahmins, then said, "Well said! Well said!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.56
शोभनं ते मतं वत्स यद् एतद् भवतोदितम् तत् करिष्याम्य् अहं सर्वं गिरियज्ञः प्रवर्त्यताम् ॥
śobhanaṃ te mataṃ vatsa yad etad bhavatoditam tat kariṣyāmy ahaṃ sarvaṃ giriyajñaḥ pravartyatām //
"Excellent is your proposal, child, this that has been spoken by you; I will do all of it — let the sacrifice to the mountain be set in motion."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.57
तथा च कृतवन्तस् ते गिरियज्ञं व्रजौकसः दधिपायसमांसाद्यैर् ददुः शैलबलिं ततः ॥
tathā ca kṛtavantas te giriyajñaṃ vrajaukasaḥ dadhipāyasamāṃsādyair daduḥ śailabaliṃ tataḥ //
And so those dwellers of the cow-station performed the sacrifice to the mountain, and then gave the offering to the mountain with curds, rice-milk, meat and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.58
द्विजांश् च भोजयाम् आसुः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः गावः शैलं ततश् चक्रुर् अर्चितास् तं प्रदक्षिणम् ॥
dvijāṃś ca bhojayām āsuḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ gāvaḥ śailaṃ tataś cakrur arcitās taṃ pradakṣiṇam //
And they fed the twice-born by hundreds and by thousands; then the cows, having been honored, made their circumambulation of the mountain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.59
वृषभाश् चाभिनर्दन्तः सतोया जलदा इव गिरिमूर्धनि गोविन्दः शैलो ऽहम् इति मूर्तिमान् ॥
vṛṣabhāś cābhinardantaḥ satoyā jaladā iva girimūrdhani govindaḥ śailo 'ham iti mūrtimān //
and the bulls bellowed, like rain-laden clouds. On the summit of the mountain Govinda (appeared) in bodily form, (saying) "I am the mountain."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.60
बुभुजे ऽन्नं बहुविधं गोपवर्याहृतं द्विजाः कृष्णस् तेनैव रूपेण गोपैः सह गिरेः शिरः ॥
bubhuje 'nnaṃ bahuvidhaṃ gopavaryāhṛtaṃ dvijāḥ kṛṣṇas tenaiva rūpeṇa gopaiḥ saha gireḥ śiraḥ //
In that very form he ate food of many kinds brought by the foremost of the cowherds, O twice-born; and Krishna, together with the cowherds, (climbed) the mountain's head
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 187.61
अधिरुह्यार्चयाम् आस द्वितीयाम् आत्मनस् तनुम् अन्तर्धानं गते तस्मिन् गोपा लब्ध्वा ततो वरान् कृत्वा गिरिमहं गोष्ठं निजम् अभ्याययुः पुनः ॥
adhiruhyārcayām āsa dvitīyām ātmanas tanum antardhānaṃ gate tasmin gopā labdhvā tato varān kṛtvā girimahaṃ goṣṭhaṃ nijam abhyāyayuḥ punaḥ //
and having ascended it, he worshipped that second body of his own. When that (form) had gone into invisibility, the cowherds, having received boons from it and having performed the mountain-festival, went back again to their own cow-station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition