Brahma Purana — Chapter 198
BrP 198.1
वने विहरतस् तस्य सह गोपैर् महात्मनः मानुषच्छद्मरूपस्य शेषस्य धरणीभृतः ॥
vane viharatas tasya saha gopair mahātmanaḥ mānuṣacchadmarūpasya śeṣasya dharaṇībhṛtaḥ //
While he was roaming in the forest with the cowherds—the great-souled one, whose form was a human disguise, Śeṣa the bearer of the earth—
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BrP 198.2
निष्पादितोरुकार्यस्य कार्येणैवावतारिणः उपभोगार्थम् अत्यर्थं वरुणः प्राह वारुणीम् ॥
niṣpāditorukāryasya kāryeṇaivāvatāriṇaḥ upabhogārtham atyarthaṃ varuṇaḥ prāha vāruṇīm //
—he who had accomplished a mighty task, who had descended for that very purpose—Varuṇa spoke to Vāruṇī (the liquor goddess), for the sake of his exceeding enjoyment:
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BrP 198.3
अभीष्टां सर्वदा ह्य् अस्य मदिरे त्वं महौजसः अनन्तस्योपभोगाय तस्य गच्छ मुदे शुभे ॥
abhīṣṭāṃ sarvadā hy asya madire tvaṃ mahaujasaḥ anantasyopabhogāya tasya gaccha mude śubhe //
"O liquor, you have always been desired by this mighty one; go, auspicious one, for the enjoyment and delight of that Ananta."
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BrP 198.4
इत्य् उक्ता वारुणी तेन संनिधानम् अथाकरोत् वृन्दावनतटोत्पन्नकदम्बतरुकोटरे ॥
ity uktā vāruṇī tena saṃnidhānam athākarot vṛndāvanataṭotpannakadambatarukoṭare //
Thus addressed by him, Vāruṇī then made herself present in the hollow of a kadamba tree grown on the bank at Vṛndāvana.
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BrP 198.5
विचरन् बलदेवो ऽपि मदिरागन्धम् उद्धतम् आघ्राय मदिराहर्षम् अवापाथ पुरातनम् ॥
vicaran baladevo 'pi madirāgandham uddhatam āghrāya madirāharṣam avāpātha purātanam //
And Baladeva too, roaming about, smelled the strong scent of liquor and then felt his old delight in liquor.
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BrP 198.6
ततः कदम्बात् सहसा मद्यधारां स लाङ्गली पतन्तीं वीक्ष्य मुनयः प्रययौ परमां मुदम् ॥
tataḥ kadambāt sahasā madyadhārāṃ sa lāṅgalī patantīṃ vīkṣya munayaḥ prayayau paramāṃ mudam //
Then, O sages, the plough-bearer, seeing a stream of liquor suddenly falling from the kadamba, reached the highest joy.
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BrP 198.7
पपौ च गोपगोपीभिः समवेतो मुदान्वितः उपगीयमानो ललितं गीतवाद्यविशारदैः ॥
papau ca gopagopībhiḥ samaveto mudānvitaḥ upagīyamāno lalitaṃ gītavādyaviśāradaiḥ //
And, joined by the cowherd men and women, filled with delight, he drank, being sweetly sung to by those skilled in song and instrumental music.
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BrP 198.8
श्रमतो ऽत्यन्तघर्माम्भःकणिकामौक्तिकोज्ज्वलः आगच्छ यमुने स्नातुम् इच्छामीत्य् आह विह्वलः ॥
śramato 'tyantagharmāmbhaḥkaṇikāmauktikojjvalaḥ āgaccha yamune snātum icchāmīty āha vihvalaḥ //
Gleaming with pearl-like droplets of copious sweat from exertion, overcome, he said: "Come, Yamunā, I wish to bathe."
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BrP 198.9
तस्य वाचं नदी सा तु मत्तोक्ताम् अवमन्य वै नाजगाम ततः क्रुद्धो हलं जग्राह लाङ्गली ॥
tasya vācaṃ nadī sā tu mattoktām avamanya vai nājagāma tataḥ kruddho halaṃ jagrāha lāṅgalī //
But that river, disregarding his words as spoken by a drunken man, did not come; then the plough-bearer, angered, took up his plough.
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BrP 198.10
गृहीत्वा तां तटेनैव चकर्ष मदविह्वलः पापे नायासि नायासि गम्यताम् इच्छयान्यतः ॥
gṛhītvā tāṃ taṭenaiva cakarṣa madavihvalaḥ pāpe nāyāsi nāyāsi gamyatām icchayānyataḥ //
Seizing her by the very bank, overcome with drink, he dragged (her): "Wicked one, you do not come, you do not come—let (you) go elsewhere as you please!"
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BrP 198.11
सा कृष्टा तेन सहसा मार्गं संत्यज्य निम्नगा यत्रास्ते बलदेवो ऽसौ प्लावयाम् आस तद् वनम् ॥
sā kṛṣṭā tena sahasā mārgaṃ saṃtyajya nimnagā yatrāste baladevo 'sau plāvayām āsa tad vanam //
Dragged by him, that river suddenly abandoned her course and flooded the forest where Baladeva was standing.
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BrP 198.12
शरीरिणी तथोपेत्य त्रासविह्वललोचना प्रसीदेत्य् अब्रवीद् रामं मुञ्च मां मुशलायुध ॥
śarīriṇī tathopetya trāsavihvalalocanā prasīdety abravīd rāmaṃ muñca māṃ muśalāyudha //
Then, taking bodily form, her eyes distraught with fear, she approached and said to Rāma: "Be gracious! Release me, O wielder of the pestle!"
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BrP 198.13
सो ऽब्रवीद् अवजानासि मम शौर्यबलं यदि सो ऽहं त्वां हलपातेन नयिष्यामि सहस्रधा ॥
so 'bravīd avajānāsi mama śauryabalaṃ yadi so 'haṃ tvāṃ halapātena nayiṣyāmi sahasradhā //
He said: "If you make light of my valour and strength, then I will reduce you to a thousand parts with a blow of my plough."
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BrP 198.14
इत्य् उक्तयातिसंत्रस्तस् तया नद्या प्रसादितः भूभागे प्लाविते तत्र मुमोच यमुनां बलः ॥
ity uktayātisaṃtrastas tayā nadyā prasāditaḥ bhūbhāge plāvite tatra mumoca yamunāṃ balaḥ //
Thus addressed, greatly frightened, and appeased by that river, Bala released the Yamunā there, where the region of the earth had been flooded.
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BrP 198.15
ततः स्नातस्य वै कान्तिर् आजगाम महावने अवतंसोत्पलं चारु गृहीत्वैकं च कुण्डलम् ॥
tataḥ snātasya vai kāntir ājagāma mahāvane avataṃsotpalaṃ cāru gṛhītvaikaṃ ca kuṇḍalam //
Then Beauty (Kānti) came to him who had bathed in the great forest, bringing a lovely blue-lotus ear-ornament and a single earring.
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BrP 198.16
वरुणप्रहितां चास्मै मालाम् अम्लानपङ्कजाम् समुद्रार्हे तथा वस्त्रे नीले लक्ष्मीर् अयच्छत ॥
varuṇaprahitāṃ cāsmai mālām amlānapaṅkajām samudrārhe tathā vastre nīle lakṣmīr ayacchata //
And Lakṣmī gave him a garland with unfading lotuses, sent by Varuṇa, and likewise two blue garments worthy of the ocean.
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BrP 198.17
कृतावतंसः स तदा चारुकुण्डलभूषितः नीलाम्बरधरः स्रग्वी शुशुभे कान्तिसंयुतः ॥
kṛtāvataṃsaḥ sa tadā cārukuṇḍalabhūṣitaḥ nīlāmbaradharaḥ sragvī śuśubhe kāntisaṃyutaḥ //
Then, wearing that ear-ornament, adorned with the lovely earring, clad in blue garments and garlanded, he shone, endowed with beauty.
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BrP 198.18
इत्थं विभूषितो रेमे तत्र रामस् तदा व्रजे मासद्वयेन यातश् च पुनः स मथुरां पुरीम् ॥
itthaṃ vibhūṣito reme tatra rāmas tadā vraje māsadvayena yātaś ca punaḥ sa mathurāṃ purīm //
Adorned thus, Rāma then took his pleasure there in Vraja, and after two months he went again to the city of Mathurā.
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BrP 198.19
रेवतीं चैव तनयां रैवतस्य महीपतेः उपयेमे बलस् तस्यां जज्ञाते निशठोल्मुकौ ॥
revatīṃ caiva tanayāṃ raivatasya mahīpateḥ upayeme balas tasyāṃ jajñāte niśaṭholmukau //
And Bala married Revatī, the daughter of king Raivata; on her were born Niśaṭha and Ulmuka.
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