Brahma Purana — Chapter 197
BrP 197.1
इत्थं स्तुतस् तदा तेन मुचुकुन्देन धीमता प्राहेशः सर्वभूतानाम् अनादिनिधनो हरिः ॥
itthaṃ stutas tadā tena mucukundena dhīmatā prāheśaḥ sarvabhūtānām anādinidhano hariḥ //
Thus praised then by that wise Mucukunda, Hari, the Lord of all beings, without beginning or end, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.2
यथाभिवाञ्छितांल् लोकान् दिव्यान् गच्छ नरेश्वर अव्याहतपरैश्वर्यो मत्प्रसादोपबृंहितः ॥
yathābhivāñchitāṃl lokān divyān gaccha nareśvara avyāhataparaiśvaryo matprasādopabṛṃhitaḥ //
Go, O lord of men, to whatever divine worlds you desire, with sovereignty unimpeded by others, magnified by my grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.3
भुक्त्वा दिव्यान् महाभोगान् भविष्यसि महाकुले जातिस्मरो मत्प्रसादात् ततो मोक्षम् अवाप्स्यसि ॥
bhuktvā divyān mahābhogān bhaviṣyasi mahākule jātismaro matprasādāt tato mokṣam avāpsyasi //
Having enjoyed great divine pleasures, you will be born in a great family, remembering your (former) births by my grace; thereafter you will attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.4
इत्य् उक्तः प्रणिपत्येशं जगताम् अच्युतं नृपः गुहामुखाद् विनिष्क्रान्तो ददृशे सो ऽल्पकान् नरान् ॥
ity uktaḥ praṇipatyeśaṃ jagatām acyutaṃ nṛpaḥ guhāmukhād viniṣkrānto dadṛśe so 'lpakān narān //
Thus addressed, the king bowed to Acyuta, the Lord of the worlds, and having come out of the mouth of the cave, he saw that men were small (in stature).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.5
ततः कलियुगं ज्ञात्वा प्राप्तं तप्तुं ततो नृपः नरनारायणस्थानं प्रययौ गन्धमादनम् ॥
tataḥ kaliyugaṃ jñātvā prāptaṃ taptuṃ tato nṛpaḥ naranārāyaṇasthānaṃ prayayau gandhamādanam //
Then, knowing that the Kali age had arrived, the king went to perform austerities at Gandhamādana, the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.6
कृष्णो ऽपि घातयित्वारिम् उपायेन हि तद्बलम् जग्राह मथुराम् एत्य हस्त्यश्वस्यन्दनोज्ज्वलम् ॥
kṛṣṇo 'pi ghātayitvārim upāyena hi tadbalam jagrāha mathurām etya hastyaśvasyandanojjvalam //
Kṛṣṇa too, having had the enemy killed by a stratagem, seized his army, and coming to Mathurā (took possession of it), splendid with elephants, horses and chariots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.7
आनीय चोग्रसेनाय द्वारवत्यां न्यवेदयत् पराभिभवनिःशङ्कं बभूव च यदोः कुलम् ॥
ānīya cograsenāya dvāravatyāṃ nyavedayat parābhibhavaniḥśaṅkaṃ babhūva ca yadoḥ kulam //
And having brought it, he presented it to Ugrasena in Dvāravatī; and the family of Yadu became free from fear of being overpowered by enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.8
बलदेवो ऽपि विप्रेन्द्राः प्रशान्ताखिलविग्रहः ज्ञातिदर्शनसोत्कण्ठः प्रययौ नन्दगोकुलम् ॥
baladevo 'pi viprendrāḥ praśāntākhilavigrahaḥ jñātidarśanasotkaṇṭhaḥ prayayau nandagokulam //
Baladeva too, O best of brahmins, all conflict now stilled, longing to see his kinsmen, went to Nanda's cow-settlement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.9
ततो गोपाश् च गोप्यश् च यथापूर्वम् अमित्रजित् तथैवाभ्यवदत् प्रेम्णा बहुमानपुरःसरम् ॥
tato gopāś ca gopyaś ca yathāpūrvam amitrajit tathaivābhyavadat premṇā bahumānapuraḥsaram //
Then the conqueror of foes addressed the cowherds and cowherd women with affection, just as before, prefacing it with much respect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.10
कैश् चापि संपरिष्वक्तः कांश्चित् स परिषस्वजे हासं चक्रे समं कैश्चिद् गोपगोपीजनैस् तथा ॥
kaiś cāpi saṃpariṣvaktaḥ kāṃścit sa pariṣasvaje hāsaṃ cakre samaṃ kaiścid gopagopījanais tathā //
Embraced by some, he embraced others, and with some of the cowherd men and women he shared laughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.11
प्रियाण्य् अनेकान्य् अवदन् गोपास् तत्र हलायुधम् गोप्यश् च प्रेममुदिताः प्रोचुः सेर्ष्यम् अथापराः ॥
priyāṇy anekāny avadan gopās tatra halāyudham gopyaś ca premamuditāḥ procuḥ serṣyam athāparāḥ //
The cowherds there spoke many affectionate words to the plough-bearer, and the cowherd women, delighted with love, spoke, while others spoke jealously.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.12
गोप्यः पप्रच्छुर् अपरा नागरीजनवल्लभः कच्चिद् आस्ते सुखं कृष्णश् चलत्प्रेमरसाकुलः ॥
gopyaḥ papracchur aparā nāgarījanavallabhaḥ kaccid āste sukhaṃ kṛṣṇaś calatpremarasākulaḥ //
Other cowherd women, overwhelmed by the flowing juice of love, asked: "Is Kṛṣṇa, the darling of the city women, dwelling happily?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.13
अस्मच्चेष्टोपहसनं न कच्चित् पुरयोषिताम् सौभाग्यमानम् अधिकं करोति क्षणसौहृदः ॥
asmacceṣṭopahasanaṃ na kaccit purayoṣitām saubhāgyamānam adhikaṃ karoti kṣaṇasauhṛdaḥ //
"Does he not, whose friendship lasts but a moment, make the pride in their good fortune all the greater for the city women by mocking our ways?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.14
कच्चित् स्मरति नः कृष्णो गीतानुगमनं कृतम् अप्य् असौ मातरं द्रष्टुं सकृद् अप्य् आगमिष्यति ॥
kaccit smarati naḥ kṛṣṇo gītānugamanaṃ kṛtam apy asau mātaraṃ draṣṭuṃ sakṛd apy āgamiṣyati //
"Does Kṛṣṇa remember us, and the following after (him) that was done at (his) song? Will he come even once to see his mother?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.15
अथवा किं तदालापैः क्रियन्ताम् अपराः कथाः यद् अस्माभिर् विना तेन विनास्माकं भविष्यति ॥
athavā kiṃ tadālāpaiḥ kriyantām aparāḥ kathāḥ yad asmābhir vinā tena vināsmākaṃ bhaviṣyati //
"Or rather, what use is talk of him? Let other stories be told—for what will become of us without him, as he is without us?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 197.16
पिता माता तथा भ्राता भर्ता बन्धुजनश् च कः न त्यक्तस् तत्कृते श्माभिर् अकृतज्ञस् ततो हि सः ॥
pitā mātā tathā bhrātā bhartā bandhujanaś ca kaḥ na tyaktas tatkṛte śmābhir akṛtajñas tato hi saḥ //
"Father, mother, brother, husband—and what kinsman—was not abandoned by us for his sake? Yet for that very reason he is ungrateful."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.17
तथापि कच्चिद् आत्मीयम् इहागमनसंश्रयम् करोति कृष्णो वक्तव्यं भवता वचनामृतम् ॥
tathāpi kaccid ātmīyam ihāgamanasaṃśrayam karoti kṛṣṇo vaktavyaṃ bhavatā vacanāmṛtam //
"Even so, does Kṛṣṇa make any promise of his own coming here? You should speak the nectar of (his) words."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.18
दामोदरो ऽसौ गोविन्दः पुरस्त्रीसक्तमानसः अपेतप्रीतिर् अस्मासु दुर्दर्शः प्रतिभाति नः ॥
dāmodaro 'sau govindaḥ purastrīsaktamānasaḥ apetaprītir asmāsu durdarśaḥ pratibhāti naḥ //
"That Dāmodara, Govinda, his mind attached to the city women, his affection for us gone, appears to us hard to see."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.19
आमन्त्रितः स कृष्णेति पुनर् दामोदरेति च जहसुः सुस्वरं गोप्यो हरिणा कृष्टचेतसः ॥
āmantritaḥ sa kṛṣṇeti punar dāmodareti ca jahasuḥ susvaraṃ gopyo hariṇā kṛṣṭacetasaḥ //
Having called out to him as "Kṛṣṇa!" and again as "Dāmodara!", the cowherd women, their minds drawn away by Hari, laughed aloud sweetly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.20
संदेशैः सौम्यमधुरैः प्रेमगर्भैर् अगर्वितैः रामेणाश्वासिता गोप्यः कृष्णस्यातिमधुस्वरैः ॥
saṃdeśaiḥ saumyamadhuraiḥ premagarbhair agarvitaiḥ rāmeṇāśvāsitā gopyaḥ kṛṣṇasyātimadhusvaraiḥ //
With Kṛṣṇa's messages—gentle and sweet, pregnant with love, free of pride, in very honeyed tones—the cowherd women were comforted by Rāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 197.21
गोपैश् च पूर्ववद् रामः परिहासमनोहरैः कथाश् चकार प्रेम्णा च सह तैर् व्रजभूमिषु ॥
gopaiś ca pūrvavad rāmaḥ parihāsamanoharaiḥ kathāś cakāra premṇā ca saha tair vrajabhūmiṣu //
And Rāma, as before, made conversation with the cowherds, charming with jesting, and with love, together with them in the pasture-lands of Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition