Brahma Purana — Chapter 204

BrP 204.1

संस्तुतो भगवान् इत्थं देवराजेन केशवः प्रहस्य भावगम्भीरम् उवाचेदं द्विजोत्तमाः ॥

saṃstuto bhagavān itthaṃ devarājena keśavaḥ prahasya bhāvagambhīram uvācedaṃ dvijottamāḥ //

Thus praised by the king of the gods, the Lord Keśava laughed and said this, deep in meaning, O best of the twice-born:

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BrP 204.2

देवराजो भवान् इन्द्रो वयं मर्त्या जगत्पते क्षन्तव्यं भवतैवैतद् अपराधकृतं मम ॥

devarājo bhavān indro vayaṃ martyā jagatpate kṣantavyaṃ bhavataivaitad aparādhakṛtaṃ mama //

"You are Indra, the king of the gods; we are mortals, O lord of the world. This offence committed by me should be forgiven by you.

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BrP 204.3

पारिजाततरुश् चायं नीयताम् उचितास्पदम् गृहीतो ऽयं मया शक्र सत्यावचनकारणात् ॥

pārijātataruś cāyaṃ nīyatām ucitāspadam gṛhīto 'yaṃ mayā śakra satyāvacanakāraṇāt //

And let this pārijāta tree be taken back to its proper place; it was taken by me, Śakra, in order to make my word come true.

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BrP 204.4

वज्रं चेदं गृहाण त्वं यष्टव्यं प्रहितं त्वया तवैवैतत् प्रहरणं शक्र वैरिविदारणम् ॥

vajraṃ cedaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ yaṣṭavyaṃ prahitaṃ tvayā tavaivaitat praharaṇaṃ śakra vairividāraṇam //

And take back this thunderbolt, which was hurled by you and is to be honoured; this weapon, Śakra, the render of foes, is yours alone."

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BrP 204.5

विमोहयसि माम् ईश मर्त्यो ऽहम् इति किं वदन् जानीमस् त्वां भगवतो ऽनन्तसौख्यविदो वयम् ॥

vimohayasi mām īśa martyo 'ham iti kiṃ vadan jānīmas tvāṃ bhagavato 'nantasaukhyavido vayam //

"You bewilder me, Lord, by saying 'I am a mortal'—why? We know you as the Lord; we know your endless bliss.

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BrP 204.6

यो ऽसि सो ऽसि जगन्नाथ प्रवृत्तौ नाथ संस्थितः जगतः शल्यनिष्कर्षं करोष्य् असुरसूदन ॥

yo 'si so 'si jagannātha pravṛttau nātha saṃsthitaḥ jagataḥ śalyaniṣkarṣaṃ karoṣy asurasūdana //

Whatever you are, that you are, lord of the world; established in activity, O lord, you draw out the world's thorn, slayer of the asuras.

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BrP 204.7

नीयतां पारिजातो ऽयं कृष्ण द्वारवतीं पुरीम् मर्त्यलोके त्वया मुक्ते नायं संस्थास्यते भुवि ॥

nīyatāṃ pārijāto 'yaṃ kṛṣṇa dvāravatīṃ purīm martyaloke tvayā mukte nāyaṃ saṃsthāsyate bhuvi //

Let this pārijāta be taken to the city Dvāravatī, Kṛṣṇa; when you have left the world of mortals it will not remain on earth."

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BrP 204.8

तथेत्य् उक्त्वा तु देवेन्द्रम् आजगाम भुवं हरिः प्रयुक्तैः सिद्धगन्धर्वैः स्तूयमानस् त्व् अथर्षिभिः ॥

tathety uktvā tu devendram ājagāma bhuvaṃ hariḥ prayuktaiḥ siddhagandharvaiḥ stūyamānas tv atharṣibhiḥ //

Saying "so be it" to the lord of the gods, Hari came to the earth, praised by the siddhas and gandharvas who attended him, and by the seers.

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BrP 204.9

जगाम कृष्णः सहसा गृहीत्वा पादपोत्तमम् ततः शङ्खम् उपाध्माय द्वारकोपरि संस्थितः ॥

jagāma kṛṣṇaḥ sahasā gṛhītvā pādapottamam tataḥ śaṅkham upādhmāya dvārakopari saṃsthitaḥ //

Kṛṣṇa went swiftly, taking the best of trees; then, blowing his conch, he stood above Dvārakā.

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BrP 204.10

हर्षम् उत्पादयाम् आस द्वारकावासिनां द्विजाः अवतीर्याथ गरुडात् सत्यभामासहायवान् ॥

harṣam utpādayām āsa dvārakāvāsināṃ dvijāḥ avatīryātha garuḍāt satyabhāmāsahāyavān //

He caused joy in the inhabitants of Dvārakā, O twice-born; then, descending from Garuḍa together with Satyabhāmā,

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BrP 204.11

निष्कुटे स्थापयाम् आस पारिजातं महातरुम् यम् अभ्येत्य जनः सर्वो जातिं स्मरति पौर्विकीम् ॥

niṣkuṭe sthāpayām āsa pārijātaṃ mahātarum yam abhyetya janaḥ sarvo jātiṃ smarati paurvikīm //

he set the pārijāta, the great tree, in the pleasure garden—on approaching which every person remembers his former birth,

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BrP 204.12

वास्यते यस्य पुष्पाणां गन्धेनोर्वी त्रियोजनम् ततस् ते यादवाः सर्वे देवगन्धान् अमानुषान् ॥

vāsyate yasya puṣpāṇāṃ gandhenorvī triyojanam tatas te yādavāḥ sarve devagandhān amānuṣān //

— (the tree) by the fragrance of whose flowers the earth is perfumed for three yojanas. Then all those Yādavas (perceived) divine, more-than-human scents,

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BrP 204.13

ददृशुः पादपे तस्मिन् कुर्वतो मुखदर्शनम् किंकरैः समुपानीतं हस्त्यश्वादि ततो धनम् ॥

dadṛśuḥ pādape tasmin kurvato mukhadarśanam kiṃkaraiḥ samupānītaṃ hastyaśvādi tato dhanam //

and they beheld in that tree (something) that gave a sight of their own faces; and then the wealth — elephants, horses and the rest — brought up by the attendants;

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BrP 204.14

स्त्रियश् च कृष्णो जग्राह नरकस्य परिग्रहात् ततः काले शुभे प्राप्त उपयेमे जनार्दनः ॥

striyaś ca kṛṣṇo jagrāha narakasya parigrahāt tataḥ kāle śubhe prāpta upayeme janārdanaḥ //

and Kṛṣṇa took the women from Naraka's household. Then, when an auspicious time had come, Janārdana married (them).

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BrP 204.15

ताः कन्या नरकावासात् सर्वतो याः समाहृताः एकस्मिन्न् एव गोविन्दः कालेनासां द्विजोत्तमाः ॥

tāḥ kanyā narakāvāsāt sarvato yāḥ samāhṛtāḥ ekasminn eva govindaḥ kālenāsāṃ dvijottamāḥ //

Those maidens who had been gathered from every quarter out of Naraka's dwelling — Govinda, O best of brahmins, at one and the same time, in due season,

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BrP 204.16

जग्राह विधिवत् पाणीन् पृथग्देहे स्वधर्मतः षोडश स्त्रीसहस्राणि शतम् एकं तथाधिकम् ॥

jagrāha vidhivat pāṇīn pṛthagdehe svadharmataḥ ṣoḍaśa strīsahasrāṇi śatam ekaṃ tathādhikam //

took their hands according to the rule, in a separate body (for each), in accordance with his own law: sixteen thousand women and one hundred besides.

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BrP 204.17

तावन्ति चक्रे रूपाणि भगवान् मधुसूदनः एकैकशश् च ताः कन्या मेनिरे मधुसूदनम् ॥

tāvanti cakre rūpāṇi bhagavān madhusūdanaḥ ekaikaśaś ca tāḥ kanyā menire madhusūdanam //

The Lord, the slayer of Madhu, made just that many forms of himself, and each one of those maidens thought that the slayer of Madhu

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BrP 204.18

ममैव पाणिग्रहणं गोविन्दः कृतवान् इति निशासु जगतः स्रष्टा तासां गेहेषु केशवः उवास विप्राः सर्वासां विश्वरूपधरो हरिः ॥

mamaiva pāṇigrahaṇaṃ govindaḥ kṛtavān iti niśāsu jagataḥ sraṣṭā tāsāṃ geheṣu keśavaḥ uvāsa viprāḥ sarvāsāṃ viśvarūpadharo hariḥ //

had taken her hand and hers alone. At night the creator of the world, Keśava, Hari, bearing all forms, dwelt, O brahmins, in the houses of all of them.

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