Brahma Purana — Chapter 191
BrP 191.1
अक्रूरो ऽपि विनिष्क्रम्य स्यन्दनेनाशुगामिना कृष्णसंदर्शनासक्तः प्रययौ नन्दगोकुले ॥
akrūro 'pi viniṣkramya syandanenāśugāminā kṛṣṇasaṃdarśanāsaktaḥ prayayau nandagokule //
Akrūra too, having set out with a swift-moving chariot, eager for the sight of Kṛṣṇa, journeyed to Nanda's Gokula.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 191.2
चिन्तयाम् आस चाक्रूरो नास्ति धन्यतरो मया यो ऽहम् अंशावतीर्णस्य मुखं द्रक्ष्यामि चक्रिणः ॥
cintayām āsa cākrūro nāsti dhanyataro mayā yo 'ham aṃśāvatīrṇasya mukhaṃ drakṣyāmi cakriṇaḥ //
And Akrūra thought: there is no one more fortunate than I, since I shall look upon the face of the discus-bearer who has descended in a portion (of himself).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 191.3
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म सुप्रभाता च मे निशा यद् उन्निद्राब्जपत्त्राक्षं विष्णोर् द्रक्ष्याम्य् अहम् मुखम् ॥
adya me saphalaṃ janma suprabhātā ca me niśā yad unnidrābjapattrākṣaṃ viṣṇor drakṣyāmy aham mukham //
Today my birth bears fruit, and my night has dawned well, in that I shall see the face of Viṣṇu, whose eyes are (like) the petals of an opened lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 191.4
पापं हरति यत् पुंसां स्मृतं संकल्पनामयम् तत् पुण्डरीकनयनं विष्णोर् द्रक्ष्याम्य् अहं मुखम् ॥
pāpaṃ harati yat puṃsāṃ smṛtaṃ saṃkalpanāmayam tat puṇḍarīkanayanaṃ viṣṇor drakṣyāmy ahaṃ mukham //
That lotus-eyed face of Viṣṇu, which when remembered takes away men's sin — even the sin that consists of mere intention — that face I shall see.
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BrP 191.5
निर्जग्मुश् च यतो वेदा वेदाङ्गान्य् अखिलानि च द्रक्ष्यामि यत् परं धाम देवानां भगवन्मुखम् ॥
nirjagmuś ca yato vedā vedāṅgāny akhilāni ca drakṣyāmi yat paraṃ dhāma devānāṃ bhagavanmukham //
I shall see that highest abode from which the Vedas and all the Vedic ancillaries issued forth — the face of the Lord of the gods.
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BrP 191.6
यज्ञेषु यज्ञपुरुषः पुरुषैः पुरुषोत्तमः इज्यते यो ऽखिलाधारस् तं द्रक्ष्यामि जगत्पतिम् ॥
yajñeṣu yajñapuruṣaḥ puruṣaiḥ puruṣottamaḥ ijyate yo 'khilādhāras taṃ drakṣyāmi jagatpatim //
He who, as the Person of the sacrifice, the highest Person, the support of all, is worshipped by men in sacrifices — him, the Lord of the world, I shall see.
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BrP 191.7
इष्ट्वा यम् इन्द्रो यज्ञानां शतेनामरराजताम् अवाप तम् अनन्तादिम् अहं द्रक्ष्यामि केशवम् ॥
iṣṭvā yam indro yajñānāṃ śatenāmararājatām avāpa tam anantādim ahaṃ drakṣyāmi keśavam //
Him by sacrificing to whom with a hundred sacrifices Indra obtained the kingship of the immortals — that Keśava, the beginningless and endless one, I shall see.
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BrP 191.8
न ब्रह्मा नेन्द्ररुद्राश्विवस्वादित्यमरुद्गणाः यस्य स्वरूपं जानन्ति स्पृशत्य् अद्य स मे हरिः ॥
na brahmā nendrarudrāśvivasvādityamarudgaṇāḥ yasya svarūpaṃ jānanti spṛśaty adya sa me hariḥ //
Neither Brahmā, nor Indra, Rudra, the Aśvins, Vasus, Ādityas, or the hosts of Maruts know his true form: that Hari touches me today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 191.9
सर्वात्मा सर्वगः सर्वः सर्वभूतेषु संस्थितः यो भवत्य् अव्ययो व्यापी स वीक्ष्यते मयाद्य ह ॥
sarvātmā sarvagaḥ sarvaḥ sarvabhūteṣu saṃsthitaḥ yo bhavaty avyayo vyāpī sa vīkṣyate mayādya ha //
He who is the Self of all, who goes everywhere, who is all, who abides in all beings, who is unchanging and all-pervading — he indeed is beheld by me today.
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BrP 191.10
मत्स्यकूर्मवराहाद्यैः सिंहरूपादिभिः स्थितम् चकार योगतो योगं स माम् आलापयिष्यति ॥
matsyakūrmavarāhādyaiḥ siṃharūpādibhiḥ sthitam cakāra yogato yogaṃ sa mām ālāpayiṣyati //
He who, abiding in the forms of fish, tortoise, boar and the rest, in the lion-form and the rest, by his yogic power worked his yoga — he will converse with me.
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BrP 191.11
सांप्रतं च जगत्स्वामी कार्यजाते व्रजे स्थितिम् कर्तुं मनुष्यतां प्राप्तः स्वेच्छादेहधृग् अव्ययः ॥
sāṃprataṃ ca jagatsvāmī kāryajāte vraje sthitim kartuṃ manuṣyatāṃ prāptaḥ svecchādehadhṛg avyayaḥ //
And now the Lord of the world, the unchanging one who takes on a body by his own will, has come to human state so as to dwell in Vraja for the sake of the whole host of tasks (to be done).
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BrP 191.12
यो ऽनन्तः पृथिवीं धत्ते शिखरस्थितिसंस्थिताम् सो ऽवतीर्णो जगत्यर्थे माम् अक्रूरेति वक्ष्यति ॥
yo 'nantaḥ pṛthivīṃ dhatte śikharasthitisaṃsthitām so 'vatīrṇo jagatyarthe mām akrūreti vakṣyati //
He, the endless one, who bears the earth resting fixed upon the tip (of his hood) — he, descended for the world's sake, will say to me, "Akrūra!"
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BrP 191.13
पितृबन्धुसुहृद्भ्रातृमातृबन्धुमयीम् इमाम् यन्मायां नालम् उद्धर्तुं जगत् तस्मै नमो नमः ॥
pitṛbandhusuhṛdbhrātṛmātṛbandhumayīm imām yanmāyāṃ nālam uddhartuṃ jagat tasmai namo namaḥ //
Homage, homage to him whose māyā — this (world) made up of fathers, kinsmen, friends, brothers, mothers and relations — the world is unable to escape.
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BrP 191.14
तरन्त्य् अविद्यां विततां हृदि यस्मिन् निवेशिते योगमायाम् इमां मर्त्यास् तस्मै विद्यात्मने नमः ॥
taranty avidyāṃ vitatāṃ hṛdi yasmin niveśite yogamāyām imāṃ martyās tasmai vidyātmane namaḥ //
When he is set in the heart, mortals cross over this outspread ignorance, this magic of illusion — to him, whose self is knowledge, homage.
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BrP 191.15
यज्वभिर् यज्ञपुरुषो वासुदेवश् च शाश्वतैः वेदान्तवेदिभिर् विष्णुः प्रोच्यते यो नतो ऽस्मि तम् ॥
yajvabhir yajñapuruṣo vāsudevaś ca śāśvataiḥ vedāntavedibhir viṣṇuḥ procyate yo nato 'smi tam //
He who is called by the sacrificers the Person of the sacrifice, and Vāsudeva by the eternal ones, and Viṣṇu by the knowers of Vedānta — to him I have bowed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 191.16
तथा यत्र जगद् धाम्नि धार्यते च प्रतिष्ठितम् सदसत्त्वं स सत्त्वेन मय्य् असौ यातु सौम्यताम् ॥
tathā yatra jagad dhāmni dhāryate ca pratiṣṭhitam sadasattvaṃ sa sattvena mayy asau yātu saumyatām //
Likewise, that abode in which the world is upheld and established, (and) being and non-being — may he, through goodness, come to graciousness toward me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 191.17
स्मृते सकलकल्याणभाजनं यत्र जायते पुरुषप्रवरं नित्यं व्रजामि शरणं हरिम् ॥
smṛte sakalakalyāṇabhājanaṃ yatra jāyate puruṣapravaraṃ nityaṃ vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ harim //
He in whom, when remembered, a receptacle of every good fortune arises — to that eternal best of persons, Hari, I go for refuge.
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BrP 191.18
इत्थं स चिन्तयन् विष्णुं भक्तिनम्रात्ममानसः अक्रूरो गोकुलं प्राप्तः किंचित् सूर्ये विराजति ॥
itthaṃ sa cintayan viṣṇuṃ bhaktinamrātmamānasaḥ akrūro gokulaṃ prāptaḥ kiṃcit sūrye virājati //
Thus meditating on Viṣṇu, his mind and self bowed down with devotion, Akrūra reached Gokula when the sun had risen somewhat.
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BrP 191.19
स ददर्श तदा तत्र कृष्णम् आदोहने गवाम् वत्समध्यगतं फुल्लनीलोत्पलदलच्छविम् ॥
sa dadarśa tadā tatra kṛṣṇam ādohane gavām vatsamadhyagataṃ phullanīlotpaladalacchavim //
Then and there he saw Kṛṣṇa at the milking of the cows, standing among the calves, with the sheen of the petal of a full-blown blue lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 191.20
प्रफुल्लपद्मपत्त्राक्षं श्रीवत्साङ्कितवक्षसम् प्रलम्बबाहुम् आयामतुङ्गोरस्थलम् उन्नसम् ॥
praphullapadmapattrākṣaṃ śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasam pralambabāhum āyāmatuṅgorasthalam unnasam //
(He saw him) with eyes like blown lotus petals, his chest marked with the śrīvatsa, his arms long, his breast broad and high, his nose prominent.
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BrP 191.21
सविलासस्मिताधारं बिभ्राणं मुखपङ्कजम् तुङ्गरक्तनखं पद्भ्यां धरण्यां सुप्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
savilāsasmitādhāraṃ bibhrāṇaṃ mukhapaṅkajam tuṅgaraktanakhaṃ padbhyāṃ dharaṇyāṃ supratiṣṭhitam //
Bearing a lotus-face that was the seat of a playful smile, his nails high and red, firmly planted with his feet upon the earth.
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BrP 191.22
बिभ्राणं वाससी पीते वन्यपुष्पविभूषितम् सान्द्रनीललताहस्तं सिताम्भोजावतंसकम् ॥
bibhrāṇaṃ vāsasī pīte vanyapuṣpavibhūṣitam sāndranīlalatāhastaṃ sitāmbhojāvataṃsakam //
Wearing yellow garments, adorned with forest flowers, with a deep-blue creeper in his hand, wearing white lotuses as ear-ornaments.
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BrP 191.23
हंसेन्दुकुन्दधवलं नीलाम्बरधरं द्विजाः तस्यानु बलभद्रं च ददर्श यदुनन्दनम् ॥
haṃsendukundadhavalaṃ nīlāmbaradharaṃ dvijāḥ tasyānu balabhadraṃ ca dadarśa yadunandanam //
And after him, O twice-born, he saw Balabhadra, the delight of the Yadus, white as a swan, the moon, and jasmine, wearing a blue garment.
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BrP 191.24
प्रांशुम् उत्तुङ्गबाहुं च विकाशिमुखपङ्कजम् मेघमालापरिवृतं कैलासाद्रिम् इवापरम् ॥
prāṃśum uttuṅgabāhuṃ ca vikāśimukhapaṅkajam meghamālāparivṛtaṃ kailāsādrim ivāparam //
Tall and with lofty arms, his lotus-face beaming, encircled by a garland of clouds like a second Mount Kailāsa.
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BrP 191.25
तौ दृष्ट्वा विकसद्वक्त्रसरोजः स महामतिः पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गस् तदाक्रूरो ऽभवद् द्विजाः ॥
tau dṛṣṭvā vikasadvaktrasarojaḥ sa mahāmatiḥ pulakāñcitasarvāṅgas tadākrūro 'bhavad dvijāḥ //
Seeing those two, that great-minded Akrūra then, O twice-born, had his lotus-face open wide and all his limbs bristling with thrill.
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BrP 191.26
य एतत् परमं धाम एतत् तत् परमं पदम् अभवद् वासुदेवो ऽसौ द्विधा यो ऽयं व्यवस्थितः ॥
ya etat paramaṃ dhāma etat tat paramaṃ padam abhavad vāsudevo 'sau dvidhā yo 'yaṃ vyavasthitaḥ //
He who is this supreme abode, this is that supreme station — that Vāsudeva has become the one who here stands in two forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 191.27
साफल्यम् अक्ष्णोर् युगपन् ममास्तु दृष्टे जगद्धातरि हासम् उच्चैः अप्य् अङ्गम् एतद् भगवत्प्रसादाद् दत्ताङ्गसङ्गे फलवर्त्म तत् स्यात्
sāphalyam akṣṇor yugapan mamāstu dṛṣṭe jagaddhātari hāsam uccaiḥ apy aṅgam etad bhagavatprasādād dattāṅgasaṅge phalavartma tat syāt
May my two eyes have their fruit at once, now that the world's upholder is seen — a loud laugh (be mine)! And by the Lord's favour, if he grants the touch of his body to this body of mine, that will be the path of its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 191.28
अद्यैव स्पृष्ट्वा मम हस्तपद्मं करिष्यति श्रीमदनन्तमूर्तिः यस्याङ्गुलिस्पर्शहताखिलाघैर् अवाप्यते सिद्धिर् अनुत्तमा नरैः
adyaiva spṛṣṭvā mama hastapadmaṃ kariṣyati śrīmadanantamūrtiḥ yasyāṅgulisparśahatākhilāghair avāpyate siddhir anuttamā naraiḥ
This very day the glorious one of endless form will touch my lotus-hand and do (this) — he by the touch of whose finger, all sins destroyed, the unsurpassed perfection is attained by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 191.29
तथाश्विरुद्रेन्द्रवसुप्रणीता देवाः प्रयच्छन्ति वरं प्रहृष्टाः चक्रं घ्नता दैत्यपतेर् हृतानि दैत्याङ्गनानां नयनान्तराणि
tathāśvirudrendravasupraṇītā devāḥ prayacchanti varaṃ prahṛṣṭāḥ cakraṃ ghnatā daityapater hṛtāni daityāṅganānāṃ nayanāntarāṇi
Likewise the gods, led by the Aśvins, Rudra, Indra, and the Vasus, delighted, grant a boon; and by him who slew the lord of the demons with his discus the eye-corners of the demon women were carried off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 191.30
यत्राम्बु विन्यस्य बलिर् मनोभ्याम् अवाप भोगान् वसुधातलस्थः तथामरेशस् त्रिदशाधिपत्यं मन्वन्तरं पूर्णम् अवाप शक्रः
yatrāmbu vinyasya balir manobhyām avāpa bhogān vasudhātalasthaḥ tathāmareśas tridaśādhipatyaṃ manvantaraṃ pūrṇam avāpa śakraḥ
He upon whom Bali, placing water with his two hands, standing on the surface of the earth, obtained enjoyments; and so the lord of the immortals, Śakra, obtained sovereignty over the thirty gods for a full manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 191.31
अथेश मां कंसपरिग्रहेण दोषास्पदीभूतम् अदोषयुक्तम् कर्ता न मानोपहितं धिग् अस्तु यस्मान् मनः साधुबहिष्कृतो यः
atheśa māṃ kaṃsaparigraheṇa doṣāspadībhūtam adoṣayuktam kartā na mānopahitaṃ dhig astu yasmān manaḥ sādhubahiṣkṛto yaḥ
Now, O Lord, he will not make me — who through being taken up by Kaṃsa have become a seat of fault, though not joined to fault — one filled with pride. Fie upon that mind which is cast out by the good!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 191.32
ज्ञानात्मकस्याखिलसत्त्वराशेर् व्यावृत्तदोषस्य सदास्फुटस्य किं वा जगत्य् अत्र समस्तपुंसाम् अज्ञातम् अस्यास्ति हृदि स्थितस्य
jñānātmakasyākhilasattvarāśer vyāvṛttadoṣasya sadāsphuṭasya kiṃ vā jagaty atra samastapuṃsām ajñātam asyāsti hṛdi sthitasya
And what in this world is unknown to him, who is of the nature of knowledge, the whole mass of being, from whom fault has turned away, ever manifest, and who dwells in the hearts of all men?
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BrP 191.33
तस्माद् अहं भक्तिविनम्रगात्रो व्रजामि विश्वेश्वरम् ईश्वराणाम् अंशावतारं पुरुषोत्तमस्य अनादिमध्यान्तम् अजस्य विष्णोः
tasmād ahaṃ bhaktivinamragātro vrajāmi viśveśvaram īśvarāṇām aṃśāvatāraṃ puruṣottamasya anādimadhyāntam ajasya viṣṇoḥ
Therefore I, my body bowed low with devotion, go to the Lord of the universe, the lord of lords, the descent as a portion of the Highest Person, of the unborn Viṣṇu who is without beginning, middle, or end.
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