Brahma Purana — Chapter 203
BrP 203.1
गरुडो वारुणं छत्त्रं तथैव मणिपर्वतम् सभार्यं च हृषीकेशं लीलयैव वहन् ययौ ॥
garuḍo vāruṇaṃ chattraṃ tathaiva maṇiparvatam sabhāryaṃ ca hṛṣīkeśaṃ līlayaiva vahan yayau //
Garuḍa went bearing, as if in mere play, Varuṇa's parasol and likewise the jewel-mountain, and Hṛṣīkeśa together with his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.2
ततः शङ्खम् उपाध्माय स्वर्गद्वारं गतो हरिः उपतस्थुस् ततो देवाः सार्घपात्रा जनार्दनम् ॥
tataḥ śaṅkham upādhmāya svargadvāraṃ gato hariḥ upatasthus tato devāḥ sārghapātrā janārdanam //
Then, having blown his conch, Hari reached heaven's gate; and thereupon the gods, with vessels of welcome-water, waited upon Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.3
स देवैर् अर्चितः कृष्णो देवमातुर् निवेशनम् सिताभ्रशिखराकारं प्रविश्य ददृशे ऽदितिम् ॥
sa devair arcitaḥ kṛṣṇo devamātur niveśanam sitābhraśikharākāraṃ praviśya dadṛśe 'ditim //
Honoured by the gods, Kṛṣṇa entered the dwelling of the mother of the gods, which had the look of a white cloud-peak, and saw Aditi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.4
स तां प्रणम्य शक्रेण सहितः कुण्डलोत्तमे ददौ नरकनाशं च शशंसास्यै जनार्दनः ॥
sa tāṃ praṇamya śakreṇa sahitaḥ kuṇḍalottame dadau narakanāśaṃ ca śaśaṃsāsyai janārdanaḥ //
Bowing to her, together with Śakra, Janārdana gave her the excellent earrings and told her of the destruction of Naraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.5
ततः प्रीता जगन्माता धातारं जगतां हरिम् तुष्टावादितिर् अव्यग्रं कृत्वा तत्प्रवणं मनः ॥
tataḥ prītā jaganmātā dhātāraṃ jagatāṃ harim tuṣṭāvāditir avyagraṃ kṛtvā tatpravaṇaṃ manaḥ //
Then Aditi, the mother of the world, being pleased, made her mind bent upon him and praised without agitation Hari, the ordainer of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.6
नमस् ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष भक्तानाम् अभयंकर सनातनात्मन् भूतात्मन् सर्वात्मन् भूतभावन ॥
namas te puṇḍarīkākṣa bhaktānām abhayaṃkara sanātanātman bhūtātman sarvātman bhūtabhāvana //
"Homage to you, lotus-eyed one, who makes your devotees fearless, eternal Self, Self of beings, Self of all, bringer-into-being of beings!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.7
प्रणेतर् मनसो बुद्धेर् इन्द्रियाणां गुणात्मक सितदीर्घादिनिःशेषकल्पनापरिवर्जित ॥
praṇetar manaso buddher indriyāṇāṃ guṇātmaka sitadīrghādiniḥśeṣakalpanāparivarjita //
"Guide of mind, of intellect, of the senses, you whose nature is the qualities, yet wholly free of every construction such as 'white' or 'long'!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.8
जन्मादिभिर् असंस्पृष्टस्वप्नादिवारिवर्जितः संध्या रात्रिर् अहर् भूमिर् गगनं वायुर् अम्बु च ॥
janmādibhir asaṃspṛṣṭasvapnādivārivarjitaḥ saṃdhyā rātrir ahar bhūmir gaganaṃ vāyur ambu ca //
"Untouched by birth and the rest, free of sleep and the rest: twilight, night, day, earth, sky, wind and water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 203.9
हुताशनो मनो बुद्धिर् भूतादिस् त्वं तथाच्युत सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां कर्ता कर्तृपतिर् भवान् ॥
hutāśano mano buddhir bhūtādis tvaṃ tathācyuta sṛṣṭisthitivināśānāṃ kartā kartṛpatir bhavān //
"fire, mind, intellect, and the origin of the elements — all that is you, Acyuta; you are the maker of creation, preservation and destruction, and the lord of makers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.10
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाख्याभिर् आत्ममूर्तिभिर् ईश्वरः मायाभिर् एतद् व्याप्तं ते जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥
brahmaviṣṇuśivākhyābhir ātmamūrtibhir īśvaraḥ māyābhir etad vyāptaṃ te jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam //
"As lord, by your own embodiments named Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, by your powers of illusion this world, moving and unmoving, is pervaded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.11
अनात्मन्य् आत्मविज्ञानं सा ते माया जनार्दन अहं ममेति भावो ऽत्र यया समुपजायते ॥
anātmany ātmavijñānaṃ sā te māyā janārdana ahaṃ mameti bhāvo 'tra yayā samupajāyate //
"The perception of a self in what is not the self — that is your māyā, Janārdana, by which the notion 'I' and 'mine' arises here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.12
संसारमध्ये मायायास् तवैतन् नाथ चेष्टितम् यैः स्वधर्मपरैर् नाथ नरैर् आराधितो भवान् ॥
saṃsāramadhye māyāyās tavaitan nātha ceṣṭitam yaiḥ svadharmaparair nātha narair ārādhito bhavān //
"In the midst of the round of rebirth, this is the play of your māyā, Lord; but those men who, intent on their own duty, have worshipped you, Lord —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.13
ते तरन्त्य् अखिलाम् एतां मायाम् आत्मविमुक्तये ब्रह्माद्याः सकला देवा मनुष्याः पशवस् तथा ॥
te taranty akhilām etāṃ māyām ātmavimuktaye brahmādyāḥ sakalā devā manuṣyāḥ paśavas tathā //
"they cross over this whole māyā for the liberation of the self. Brahmā and all the other gods, human beings and beasts likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.14
विष्णुमायामहावर्ते मोहान्धतमसावृताः आराध्य त्वाम् अभीप्सन्ते कामान् आत्मभवक्षये ॥
viṣṇumāyāmahāvarte mohāndhatamasāvṛtāḥ ārādhya tvām abhīpsante kāmān ātmabhavakṣaye //
"enveloped in the blind darkness of delusion within the great whirlpool of Viṣṇu's māyā, worship you and long for objects of desire, to the ruin of their own existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.15
पदे ते पुरुषा बद्धा मायया भगवंस् तव मया त्वं पुत्रकामिन्या वैरिपक्षक्षयाय च ॥
pade te puruṣā baddhā māyayā bhagavaṃs tava mayā tvaṃ putrakāminyā vairipakṣakṣayāya ca //
"Men are bound in place by your māyā, O Blessed One; and I too, desiring a son and the destruction of the enemies' party,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 203.16
आराधितो न मोक्षाय मायाविलसितं हि तत् कौपीनाच्छादनप्राया वाञ्छा कल्पद्रुमाद् अपि ॥
ārādhito na mokṣāya māyāvilasitaṃ hi tat kaupīnācchādanaprāyā vāñchā kalpadrumād api //
"have worshipped you, not for liberation — for that is a display of māyā: a wish for a mere loincloth-covering even from the wish-granting tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.17
जायते यद् अपुण्यानां सो ऽपराधः स्वदोषजः तत् प्रसीदाखिलजगन्मायामोहकराव्यय ॥
jāyate yad apuṇyānāṃ so 'parādhaḥ svadoṣajaḥ tat prasīdākhilajaganmāyāmohakarāvyaya //
"Whatever arises for those lacking merit, that offence is born of their own fault. Therefore be gracious, you who cause the delusion of māyā for the whole world, imperishable one!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 203.18
अज्ञानं ज्ञानसद्भाव भूतभूतेश नाशय नमस् ते चक्रहस्ताय शार्ङ्गहस्ताय ते नमः ॥
ajñānaṃ jñānasadbhāva bhūtabhūteśa nāśaya namas te cakrahastāya śārṅgahastāya te namaḥ //
"Destroy ignorance, you whose being is knowledge, being and lord of beings! Homage to you with the discus in hand; homage to you with the bow in hand;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.19
गदाहस्ताय ते विष्णो शङ्खहस्ताय ते नमः एतत् पश्यामि ते रूपं स्थूलचिह्नोपशोभितम् न जानामि परं यत् ते प्रसीद परमेश्वर ॥
gadāhastāya te viṣṇo śaṅkhahastāya te namaḥ etat paśyāmi te rūpaṃ sthūlacihnopaśobhitam na jānāmi paraṃ yat te prasīda parameśvara //
"homage to you with the mace in hand, Viṣṇu; homage to you with the conch in hand. This form of yours I see, adorned with gross marks; what is higher than that in you I do not know. Be gracious, supreme Lord!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.20
अदित्यैवं स्तुतो विष्णुः प्रहस्याह सुरारणिम् ॥
adityaivaṃ stuto viṣṇuḥ prahasyāha surāraṇim //
Viṣṇu, thus praised by Aditi, laughed and spoke to her who was the kindling-wood of the gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.21
माता देवि त्वम् अस्माकं प्रसीद वरदा भव ॥
mātā devi tvam asmākaṃ prasīda varadā bhava //
"You, goddess, are our mother; be gracious, be a granter of boons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.22
एवम् अस्तु यथेच्छा ते त्वम् अशेषसुरासुरैः अजेयः पुरुषव्याघ्र मर्त्यलोके भविष्यसि ॥
evam astu yathecchā te tvam aśeṣasurāsuraiḥ ajeyaḥ puruṣavyāghra martyaloke bhaviṣyasi //
"So be it, as you wish: you, tiger among men, shall be unconquerable by all the gods and asuras in the world of mortals."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.23
ततो ऽनन्तरम् एवास्य शक्राणीसहितां दितिम् सत्यभामा प्रणम्याह प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः ॥
tato 'nantaram evāsya śakrāṇīsahitāṃ ditim satyabhāmā praṇamyāha prasīdeti punaḥ punaḥ //
Then, immediately after this, Satyabhāmā bowed to Diti (Aditi) together with Śacī and said again and again, "Be gracious."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.24
मत्प्रसादान् न ते सुभ्रु जरा वैरूप्यम् एव च भविष्यत्य् अनवद्याङ्गि सर्वकामा भविष्यसि ॥
matprasādān na te subhru jarā vairūpyam eva ca bhaviṣyaty anavadyāṅgi sarvakāmā bhaviṣyasi //
"By my favour, fair-browed one, neither old age nor loss of beauty shall come upon you, flawless-limbed one; you shall have all your desires."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.25
अदित्या तु कृतानुज्ञो देवराजो जनार्दनम् यथावत् पूजयाम् आस बहुमानपुरःसरम् ॥
adityā tu kṛtānujño devarājo janārdanam yathāvat pūjayām āsa bahumānapuraḥsaram //
But the king of the gods, having obtained Aditi's leave, honoured Janārdana in due form, showing him great respect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.26
ततो ददर्श कृष्णो ऽपि सत्यभामासहायवान् देवोद्यानानि सर्वाणि नन्दनादीनि सत्तमाः ॥
tato dadarśa kṛṣṇo 'pi satyabhāmāsahāyavān devodyānāni sarvāṇi nandanādīni sattamāḥ //
Then Kṛṣṇa too, accompanied by Satyabhāmā, saw all the gardens of the gods, Nandana and the rest, O best of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.27
ददर्श च सुगन्धाढ्यं मञ्जरीपुञ्जधारिणम् शैत्याह्लादकरं दिव्यं ताम्रपल्लवशोभितम् ॥
dadarśa ca sugandhāḍhyaṃ mañjarīpuñjadhāriṇam śaityāhlādakaraṃ divyaṃ tāmrapallavaśobhitam //
And he saw (a tree) rich in fragrance, bearing clusters of blossoms, divine, giving the delight of coolness, adorned with copper-red young shoots —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.28
मथ्यमाने ऽमृते जातं जातरूपसमप्रभम् पारिजातं जगन्नाथः केशवः केशिसूदनः तं दृष्ट्वा प्राह गोविन्दं सत्यभामा द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
mathyamāne 'mṛte jātaṃ jātarūpasamaprabham pārijātaṃ jagannāthaḥ keśavaḥ keśisūdanaḥ taṃ dṛṣṭvā prāha govindaṃ satyabhāmā dvijottamāḥ //
the Pārijāta, born when the nectar was churned, with a radiance equal to gold — (this) the Lord of the world, Keśava, slayer of Keśin (saw); and seeing it, Satyabhāmā said to Govinda, O best of brahmins:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.29
कस्मान् न द्वारकाम् एष नीयते कृष्ण पादपः यदि ते तद् वचः सत्यं सत्यात्यर्थं प्रियेति मे ॥
kasmān na dvārakām eṣa nīyate kṛṣṇa pādapaḥ yadi te tad vacaḥ satyaṃ satyātyarthaṃ priyeti me //
"Why is this tree not taken to Dvārakā, Kṛṣṇa? If that word of yours is true — that Satyā is exceedingly dear to me —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.30
मद्गृहे निष्कुटार्थाय तद् अयं नीयतां तरुः न मे जाम्बवती तादृग् अभीष्टा न च रुक्मिणी ॥
madgṛhe niṣkuṭārthāya tad ayaṃ nīyatāṃ taruḥ na me jāmbavatī tādṛg abhīṣṭā na ca rukmiṇī //
then let this tree be taken for the pleasure-grove in my house. Neither Jāmbavatī nor Rukmiṇī is so dear to me (as you say I am to you)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.31
सत्ये यथा त्वम् इत्य् उक्तं त्वया कृष्णासकृत् प्रियम् सत्यं तद् यदि गोविन्द नोपचारकृतं वचः ॥
satye yathā tvam ity uktaṃ tvayā kṛṣṇāsakṛt priyam satyaṃ tad yadi govinda nopacārakṛtaṃ vacaḥ //
"As you have said to Satyā again and again, Kṛṣṇa, 'You are the beloved one' — if that is true, Govinda, and the words were not spoken out of mere courtesy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.32
तद् अस्तु पारिजातो ऽयं मम गेहविभूषणम् बिभ्रती पारिजातस्य केशपाशेन मञ्जरीम् सपत्नीनाम् अहं मध्ये शोभेयम् इति कामये ॥
tad astu pārijāto 'yaṃ mama gehavibhūṣaṇam bibhratī pārijātasya keśapāśena mañjarīm sapatnīnām ahaṃ madhye śobheyam iti kāmaye //
then let this Pārijāta be the ornament of my house. Wearing a blossom of the Pārijāta in my braid of hair, I wish to shine among my co-wives."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.33
इत्य् उक्तः स प्रहस्यैनं पारिजातं गरुत्मति आरोपयाम् आस हरिस् तम् ऊचुर् वनरक्षिणः ॥
ity uktaḥ sa prahasyainaṃ pārijātaṃ garutmati āropayām āsa haris tam ūcur vanarakṣiṇaḥ //
Thus addressed, Hari laughed and set this Pārijāta upon Garuḍa; (then) the guardians of the grove said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.34
भोः शची देवराजस्य महिषी तत्परिग्रहम् पारिजातं न गोविन्द हर्तुम् अर्हसि पादपम् ॥
bhoḥ śacī devarājasya mahiṣī tatparigraham pārijātaṃ na govinda hartum arhasi pādapam //
"Sir! Śacī is the queen of the king of the gods, and the Pārijāta is her possession; you ought not, Govinda, to carry off this tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.35
शचीविभूषणार्थाय देवैर् अमृतमन्थने उत्पादितो ऽयं न क्षेमी गृहीत्वैनं गमिष्यसि ॥
śacīvibhūṣaṇārthāya devair amṛtamanthane utpādito 'yaṃ na kṣemī gṛhītvainaṃ gamiṣyasi //
This (tree) was produced by the gods at the churning of the nectar for the adornment of Śacī; you will not go safely if you take it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.36
मौढ्यात् प्रार्थयसे क्षेमी गृहीत्वैनं च को व्रजेत् अवश्यम् अस्य देवेन्द्रो विकृतिं कृष्ण यास्यति ॥
mauḍhyāt prārthayase kṣemī gṛhītvainaṃ ca ko vrajet avaśyam asya devendro vikṛtiṃ kṛṣṇa yāsyati //
Out of folly you desire it; and who could go off safely having taken it? Indra of the gods will certainly turn hostile over it, Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.37
वज्रोद्यतकरं शक्रम् अनुयास्यन्ति चामराः तद् अलं सकलैर् देवैर् विग्रहेण तवाच्युत विपाककटु यत् कर्म न तच् छंसन्ति पण्डिताः ॥
vajrodyatakaraṃ śakram anuyāsyanti cāmarāḥ tad alaṃ sakalair devair vigraheṇa tavācyuta vipākakaṭu yat karma na tac chaṃsanti paṇḍitāḥ //
The immortals will follow Śakra, his hand raised with the thunderbolt. So enough of a quarrel for you with all the gods, Acyuta: an act whose ripening is bitter — that the wise do not commend."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.38
इत्य् उक्ते तैर् उवाचैतान् सत्यभामातिकोपिनी ॥
ity ukte tair uvācaitān satyabhāmātikopinī //
When this had been said by them, Satyabhāmā, exceedingly angry, spoke to them:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.39
का शची पारिजातस्य को वा शक्रः सुराधिपः सामान्यः सर्वलोकानां यद्य् एषो ऽमृतमन्थने ॥
kā śacī pārijātasya ko vā śakraḥ surādhipaḥ sāmānyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ yady eṣo 'mṛtamanthane //
"Who is Śacī to the Pārijāta, and who is Śakra, lord of the gods? If this (tree) at the churning of the nectar
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.40
समुत्पन्नः पुरा कस्माद् एको गृह्णाति वासवः यथा सुरा यथा चेन्दुर् यथा श्रीर् वनरक्षिणः ॥
samutpannaḥ purā kasmād eko gṛhṇāti vāsavaḥ yathā surā yathā cendur yathā śrīr vanarakṣiṇaḥ //
arose long ago as common to all the worlds, why does Vāsava alone take possession of it? As wine, as the moon, as Śrī (are common), O guardians of the grove,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.41
सामान्यः सर्वलोकस्य पारिजातस् तथा द्रुमः भर्तृबाहुमहागर्वाद् रुणद्ध्य् एनम् अथो शची ॥
sāmānyaḥ sarvalokasya pārijātas tathā drumaḥ bhartṛbāhumahāgarvād ruṇaddhy enam atho śacī //
so the Pārijāta tree is common to the whole world; yet Śacī, out of great pride in her husband's arm, keeps it back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.42
तत् कथ्यतां द्रुतं गत्वा पौलोम्या वचनं मम सत्यभामा वदत्य् एवं भर्तृगर्वोद्धताक्षरम् ॥
tat kathyatāṃ drutaṃ gatvā paulomyā vacanaṃ mama satyabhāmā vadaty evaṃ bhartṛgarvoddhatākṣaram //
So go quickly and report my words to Paulomī: 'Satyabhāmā speaks thus, in syllables made insolent by pride in her husband:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.43
यदि त्वं दयिता भर्तुर् यदि तस्य प्रिया ह्य् असि मद्भर्तुर् हरतो वृक्षं तत् कारय निवारणम् ॥
yadi tvaṃ dayitā bhartur yadi tasya priyā hy asi madbhartur harato vṛkṣaṃ tat kāraya nivāraṇam //
If you are dear to your husband, if you are indeed his beloved, then have my husband stopped as he carries off the tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.44
जानामि ते पतिं शक्रं जानामि त्रिदशेश्वरम् पारिजातं तथाप्य् एनं मानुषी हारयामि ते ॥
jānāmi te patiṃ śakraṃ jānāmi tridaśeśvaram pārijātaṃ tathāpy enaṃ mānuṣī hārayāmi te //
I know that your husband is Śakra, I know that he is lord of the thirty (gods); nevertheless, mortal though I am, I make this Pārijāta be carried off from you.'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.45
इत्य् उक्ता रक्षिणो गत्वा प्रोच्चैः प्रोचुर् यथोदितम् शची चोत्साहयाम् आस त्रिदशाधिपतिं पतिम् ॥
ity uktā rakṣiṇo gatvā proccaiḥ procur yathoditam śacī cotsāhayām āsa tridaśādhipatiṃ patim //
Addressed thus, the guards went and announced aloud what had been said; and Śacī urged on her husband, the lord of the thirty gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.46
ततः समस्तदेवानां सैन्यैः परिवृतो हरिम् प्रवृक्तः पारिजातार्थम् इन्द्रो योधयितुं द्विजाः ॥
tataḥ samastadevānāṃ sainyaiḥ parivṛto harim pravṛktaḥ pārijātārtham indro yodhayituṃ dvijāḥ //
Then, surrounded by the armies of all the gods, Indra set out to do battle with Hari for the sake of the pārijāta, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.47
ततः परिघनिस्त्रिंशगदाशूलधरायुधाः बभूवुस् त्रिदशाः सज्जाः शक्रे वज्रकरे स्थिते ॥
tataḥ parighanistriṃśagadāśūladharāyudhāḥ babhūvus tridaśāḥ sajjāḥ śakre vajrakare sthite //
Then the thirty gods stood ready, bearing as their weapons iron clubs, swords, maces and spears, while Śakra stood with the thunderbolt in his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.48
ततो निरीक्ष्य गोविन्दो नागराजोपरि स्थितम् शक्रं देवपरीवारं युद्धाय समुपस्थितम् ॥
tato nirīkṣya govindo nāgarājopari sthitam śakraṃ devaparīvāraṃ yuddhāya samupasthitam //
Then Govinda, observing Śakra mounted upon the king of elephants, ringed about by the gods, standing ready for battle—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.49
चकार शङ्खनिर्घोषं दिशः शब्देन पूरयन् मुमोच च शरव्रातं सहस्रायुतसंमितम् ॥
cakāra śaṅkhanirghoṣaṃ diśaḥ śabdena pūrayan mumoca ca śaravrātaṃ sahasrāyutasaṃmitam //
—made a blast of his conch, filling the directions with the sound, and loosed a mass of arrows amounting to a thousand myriads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.50
ततो दिशो नभश् चैव दृष्ट्वा शरशताचितम् मुमुचुस् त्रिदशाः सर्वे शस्त्राण्य् अस्त्राण्य् अनेकशः ॥
tato diśo nabhaś caiva dṛṣṭvā śaraśatācitam mumucus tridaśāḥ sarve śastrāṇy astrāṇy anekaśaḥ //
Then, seeing the directions and the sky too thickly strewn with hundreds of arrows, all the thirty gods let fly weapons and missiles by the many.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.51
एकैकम् अस्त्रं शस्त्रं च देवैर् मुक्तं सहस्रधा चिच्छेद लीलयैवेशो जगतां मधुसूदनः ॥
ekaikam astraṃ śastraṃ ca devair muktaṃ sahasradhā ciccheda līlayaiveśo jagatāṃ madhusūdanaḥ //
Each single missile and weapon released by the gods, the lord of the worlds, the slayer of Madhu, cut into a thousand pieces, as if in play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.52
पाशं सलिलराजस्य समाकृष्योरगाशनः चचाल खण्डशः कृत्त्वा बालपन्नगदेहवत् ॥
pāśaṃ salilarājasya samākṛṣyoragāśanaḥ cacāla khaṇḍaśaḥ kṛttvā bālapannagadehavat //
The noose of the king of the waters, drawn in by the eater of serpents (Garuḍa) and cut into pieces, quivered like the body of a young snake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 203.53
यमेन प्रहितं दण्डं गदाप्रक्षेपखण्डितम् पृथिव्यां पातयाम् आस भगवान् देवकीसुतः ॥
yamena prahitaṃ daṇḍaṃ gadāprakṣepakhaṇḍitam pṛthivyāṃ pātayām āsa bhagavān devakīsutaḥ //
The staff sent by Yama, shattered by the hurling of his mace, the Lord, the son of Devakī, made fall to the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.54
शिबिकां च धनेशस्य चक्रेण तिलशो विभुः चकार शौरिर् अर्केन्दू दृष्टिपातहतौजसौ ॥
śibikāṃ ca dhaneśasya cakreṇa tilaśo vibhuḥ cakāra śaurir arkendū dṛṣṭipātahataujasau //
And the mighty Śauri with his discus reduced the palanquin of the lord of wealth to sesame-sized bits, and the sun and moon had their brilliance struck down by the fall of his glance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.55
नीतो ऽग्निः शतशो बाणैर् द्राविता वसवो दिशः चक्रविच्छिन्नशूलाग्रा रुद्रा भुवि निपातिताः ॥
nīto 'gniḥ śataśo bāṇair drāvitā vasavo diśaḥ cakravicchinnaśūlāgrā rudrā bhuvi nipātitāḥ //
Agni was carried off by arrows in hundreds; the Vasus were put to flight in all directions; the Rudras, the points of their spears severed by the discus, were felled to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.56
साध्या विश्वे च मरुतो गन्धर्वाश् चैव सायकैः शार्ङ्गिणा प्रेरिताः सर्वे व्योम्नि शाल्मलितूलवत् ॥
sādhyā viśve ca maruto gandharvāś caiva sāyakaiḥ śārṅgiṇā preritāḥ sarve vyomni śālmalitūlavat //
The Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the Maruts and the Gandharvas as well—all of them were driven off through the sky by the arrows of the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, like silk-cotton fluff.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.57
गरुडश् चापि वक्त्रेण पक्षाभ्यां च नखाङ्कुरैः भक्षयन्न् अहनद् देवान् दानवांश् च सदा खगः ॥
garuḍaś cāpi vaktreṇa pakṣābhyāṃ ca nakhāṅkuraiḥ bhakṣayann ahanad devān dānavāṃś ca sadā khagaḥ //
And Garuḍa too, the bird, devouring with his beak, his two wings and the tips of his claws, kept on slaying gods and dānavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.58
ततः शरसहस्रेण देवेन्द्रमधुसूदनौ परस्परं ववर्षाते धाराभिर् इव तोयदौ ॥
tataḥ śarasahasreṇa devendramadhusūdanau parasparaṃ vavarṣāte dhārābhir iva toyadau //
Then the king of the gods and the slayer of Madhu rained a thousand arrows upon each other, like two clouds with their torrents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.59
ऐरावतेन गरुडो युयुधे तत्र संकुले देवैः समेतैर् युयुधे शक्रेण च जनार्दनः ॥
airāvatena garuḍo yuyudhe tatra saṃkule devaiḥ sametair yuyudhe śakreṇa ca janārdanaḥ //
There in that melee Garuḍa fought with Airāvata, and Janārdana fought with the assembled gods and with Śakra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.60
छिन्नेषु शीर्यमाणेषु शस्त्रेष्व् अस्त्रेषु सत्वरम् जग्राह वासवो वज्रं कृष्णश् चक्रं सुदर्शनम् ॥
chinneṣu śīryamāṇeṣu śastreṣv astreṣu satvaram jagrāha vāsavo vajraṃ kṛṣṇaś cakraṃ sudarśanam //
When the weapons and missiles had been cut apart and were falling to pieces, Vāsava swiftly took up the thunderbolt, and Kṛṣṇa the discus Sudarśana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.61
ततो हाहाकृतं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् वज्रचक्रधरौ दृष्ट्वा देवराजजनार्दनौ ॥
tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram vajracakradharau dṛṣṭvā devarājajanārdanau //
Then the whole triple world, with all that moves and does not move, cried out in dismay, seeing the king of the gods and Janārdana holding the thunderbolt and the discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.62
क्षिप्तं वज्रम् अथेन्द्रेण जग्राह भगवान् हरिः न मुमोच तदा चक्रं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥
kṣiptaṃ vajram athendreṇa jagrāha bhagavān hariḥ na mumoca tadā cakraṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt //
Then the thunderbolt hurled by Indra the Lord Hari caught; yet he did not release the discus, and he said, "Stand, stand!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.63
प्रनष्टवज्रं देवेन्द्रं गरुडक्षतवाहनम् सत्यभामाब्रवीद् वाक्यं पलायनपरायणम् ॥
pranaṣṭavajraṃ devendraṃ garuḍakṣatavāhanam satyabhāmābravīd vākyaṃ palāyanaparāyaṇam //
To the king of the gods, his thunderbolt lost, his mount wounded by Garuḍa, intent on flight, Satyabhāmā spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.64
त्रैलोक्येश्वर नो युक्तं शचीभर्तुः पलायनम् पारिजातस्रगाभोगात् त्वाम् उपस्थास्यते शची ॥
trailokyeśvara no yuktaṃ śacībhartuḥ palāyanam pārijātasragābhogāt tvām upasthāsyate śacī //
"Lord of the three worlds, flight is not fitting for the husband of Śacī. Śacī will wait upon you (only) for the enjoyment of the pārijāta garland."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 203.65
कीदृशं देव राज्यं ते पारिजातस्रगुज्ज्वलाम् अपश्यतो यथापूर्वं प्रणयाभ्यागतां शचीम् ॥
kīdṛśaṃ deva rājyaṃ te pārijātasragujjvalām apaśyato yathāpūrvaṃ praṇayābhyāgatāṃ śacīm //
What sort of kingship is this of yours, O god, when you do not see Śacī bright with a pārijāta garland, coming to you in love as before?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.66
अलं शक्र प्रयासेन न व्रीडां यातुम् अर्हसि नीयतां पारिजातो ऽयं देवाः सन्तु गतव्यथाः ॥
alaṃ śakra prayāsena na vrīḍāṃ yātum arhasi nīyatāṃ pārijāto 'yaṃ devāḥ santu gatavyathāḥ //
Enough of the effort, Śakra; you ought not to feel shame. Let this pārijāta be taken away; let the gods be rid of their pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.67
पतिगर्वावलेपेन बहुमानपुरःसरम् न ददर्श गृहायाताम् उपचारेण मां शची ॥
patigarvāvalepena bahumānapuraḥsaram na dadarśa gṛhāyātām upacāreṇa māṃ śacī //
Out of pride and arrogance in her husband, Śacī did not receive me with honour and attention when I came to her house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.68
स्त्रीत्वाद् अगुरुचित्ताहं स्वभर्तुः श्लाघनापरा ततः कृतवती शक्र भवता सह विग्रहम् ॥
strītvād agurucittāhaṃ svabhartuḥ ślāghanāparā tataḥ kṛtavatī śakra bhavatā saha vigraham //
Being a woman, my mind was not steady, and I was intent on praising my own husband; and so, Śakra, I picked a quarrel with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.69
तद् अलं पारिजातेन परस्वेन हृतेन वा रूपेण यशसा चैव भवेत् स्त्री का न गर्विता ॥
tad alaṃ pārijātena parasvena hṛtena vā rūpeṇa yaśasā caiva bhavet strī kā na garvitā //
So enough of the pārijāta, another's property, or (a thing) carried off; what woman would not be made proud by beauty and by fame?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.70
इत्य् उक्ते वै निववृते देवराजस् तया द्विजाः प्राह चैनाम् अलं चण्डि सखि खेदातिविस्तरैः ॥
ity ukte vai nivavṛte devarājas tayā dvijāḥ prāha cainām alaṃ caṇḍi sakhi khedātivistaraiḥ //
When this had been said by her, the king of the gods turned back, O twice-born, and said to her: "Enough, fierce lady, friend, of these long-drawn-out lamentations."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.71
न चापि सर्गसंहारस्थितिकर्ताखिलस्य यः जितस्य तेन मे व्रीडा जायते विश्वरूपिणा ॥
na cāpi sargasaṃhārasthitikartākhilasya yaḥ jitasya tena me vrīḍā jāyate viśvarūpiṇā //
Nor does any shame arise in me at being defeated by him, the maker of the creation, destruction and preservation of all, whose form is the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 203.72
यस्मिञ् जगत् सकलम् एतद् अनादिमध्ये यस्माद् यतश् च न भविष्यति सर्वभूतात् तेनोद्भवप्रलयपालनकारणेन व्रीडा कथं भवति देवि निराकृतस्य
yasmiñ jagat sakalam etad anādimadhye yasmād yataś ca na bhaviṣyati sarvabhūtāt tenodbhavapralayapālanakāraṇena vrīḍā kathaṃ bhavati devi nirākṛtasya
He in whom all this world (rests), without beginning or middle, from whom (it comes) and from whom—that being who is all beings—it will cease to be: how, goddess, can there be shame for one rejected by him, the cause of arising, dissolution and protection?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 203.73
सकलभुवनमूर्तिर् अल्पा सुसूक्ष्मा विदितसकलवेदैर् ज्ञायते यस्य नान्यैः तम् अजम् अकृतम् ईशं शाश्वतं स्वेच्छयैनं जगदुपकृतिम् आद्यं को विजेतुं समर्थः
sakalabhuvanamūrtir alpā susūkṣmā viditasakalavedair jñāyate yasya nānyaiḥ tam ajam akṛtam īśaṃ śāśvataṃ svecchayainaṃ jagadupakṛtim ādyaṃ ko vijetuṃ samarthaḥ
He whose form is all the worlds, (yet who is) small and most subtle, who is known by those who know all the Vedas and not by others—that unborn, uncreated, eternal Lord, who by his own will does good to the world, the primal one: who is able to conquer him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition