Brahma Purana — Chapter 205
BrP 205.1
प्रद्युम्नाद्या हरेः पुत्रा रुक्मिण्यां कथिता द्विजाः भान्वादिकांश् च वै पुत्रान् सत्यभामा व्यजायत ॥
pradyumnādyā hareḥ putrā rukmiṇyāṃ kathitā dvijāḥ bhānvādikāṃś ca vai putrān satyabhāmā vyajāyata //
Pradyumna and the other sons of Hari by Rukmiṇī have been told of, O brahmins; and Satyabhāmā bore sons, Bhānu and the rest.
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BrP 205.2
दीप्तिमन्तः प्रपक्षाद्या रोहिण्यास् तनया हरेः बभूवुर् जाम्बवत्याश् च साम्बाद्या बाहुशालिनः ॥
dīptimantaḥ prapakṣādyā rohiṇyās tanayā hareḥ babhūvur jāmbavatyāś ca sāmbādyā bāhuśālinaḥ //
Rohiṇī's sons by Hari were Dīptimat, Prapakṣa and the others; and Jāmbavatī's were Sāmba and the rest, strong of arm.
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BrP 205.3
तनया भद्रविन्दाद्या नाग्नजित्यां महाबलाः संग्रामजित्प्रधानास् तु शैब्यायां चाभवन् सुताः ॥
tanayā bhadravindādyā nāgnajityāṃ mahābalāḥ saṃgrāmajitpradhānās tu śaibyāyāṃ cābhavan sutāḥ //
The sons by Nāgnajitī were Bhadravinda and the others, of great strength; and by Śaibyā there were sons with Saṃgrāmajit foremost.
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BrP 205.4
वृकाद्यास् तु सुता माद्री गात्रवत्प्रमुखान् सुतान् अवाप लक्ष्मणा पुत्रान् कालिन्द्याश् च श्रुतादयः ॥
vṛkādyās tu sutā mādrī gātravatpramukhān sutān avāpa lakṣmaṇā putrān kālindyāś ca śrutādayaḥ //
Mādrī's sons were Vṛka and the others; Lakṣmaṇā obtained sons headed by Gātravat; and Kālindī's sons were Śruta and the rest.
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BrP 205.5
अन्यासां चैव भार्याणां समुत्पन्नानि चक्रिणः अष्टायुतानि पुत्राणां सहस्राणि शतं तथा ॥
anyāsāṃ caiva bhāryāṇāṃ samutpannāni cakriṇaḥ aṣṭāyutāni putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi śataṃ tathā //
And of the other wives of the discus-bearer there were born eighty thousand sons, and a hundred thousand as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 205.6
प्रद्युम्नः प्रमुखस् तेषां रुक्मिण्यास् तु सुतस् ततः प्रद्युम्नाद् अनिरुद्धो ऽभूद् वज्रस् तस्माद् अजायत ॥
pradyumnaḥ pramukhas teṣāṃ rukmiṇyās tu sutas tataḥ pradyumnād aniruddho 'bhūd vajras tasmād ajāyata //
Pradyumna, Rukmiṇī's son, was the foremost of them; from Pradyumna came Aniruddha, and from him Vajra was born.
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BrP 205.7
अनिरुद्धो रणे रुद्धो बलेः पौत्रीं महाबलः बाणस्य तनयाम् ऊषाम् उपयेमे द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
aniruddho raṇe ruddho baleḥ pautrīṃ mahābalaḥ bāṇasya tanayām ūṣām upayeme dvijottamāḥ //
Aniruddha, of great strength, was held captive in battle, and married Ūṣā, Bali's granddaughter, the daughter of Bāṇa, O best of brahmins.
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BrP 205.8
यत्र युद्धम् अभूद् घोरं हरिशंकरयोर् महत् छिन्नं सहस्रं बाहूनां यत्र बाणस्य चक्रिणा ॥
yatra yuddham abhūd ghoraṃ hariśaṃkarayor mahat chinnaṃ sahasraṃ bāhūnāṃ yatra bāṇasya cakriṇā //
On which occasion there was a terrible, mighty battle between Hari and Śaṃkara, and in which the thousand arms of Bāṇa were cut off by the discus-bearer.
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BrP 205.9
कथं युद्धम् अभूद् ब्रह्मन्न् उषार्थे हरकृष्णयोः कथं क्षयं च बाणस्य बाहूनां कृतवान् हरिः ॥
kathaṃ yuddham abhūd brahmann uṣārthe harakṛṣṇayoḥ kathaṃ kṣayaṃ ca bāṇasya bāhūnāṃ kṛtavān hariḥ //
How, O brahmin, did the battle between Hara and Kṛṣṇa over Uṣā come about? And how did Hari bring about the destruction of Bāṇa's arms?
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BrP 205.10
एतत् सर्वं महाभाग वक्तुम् अर्हसि नो ऽखिलम् महत् कौतूहलं जातं श्रोतुम् एतां कथां शुभाम् ॥
etat sarvaṃ mahābhāga vaktum arhasi no 'khilam mahat kautūhalaṃ jātaṃ śrotum etāṃ kathāṃ śubhām //
All this, O greatly fortunate one, you ought to tell us in full; a great curiosity has arisen (in us) to hear this auspicious story.
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BrP 205.11
उषा बाणसुता विप्राः पार्वतीं शंभुना सह क्रीडन्तीम् उपलक्ष्योच्चैः स्पृहां चक्रे तदा स्वयम् ततः सकलचित्तज्ञा गौरी ताम् आह भामिनीम् ॥
uṣā bāṇasutā viprāḥ pārvatīṃ śaṃbhunā saha krīḍantīm upalakṣyoccaiḥ spṛhāṃ cakre tadā svayam tataḥ sakalacittajñā gaurī tām āha bhāminīm //
Uṣā, Bāṇa's daughter, O brahmins, having caught sight of Pārvatī playing with Śambhu, then of her own accord conceived an intense longing; thereupon Gaurī, who knows all minds, said to that lovely woman:
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BrP 205.12
अलम् इत्य् अनुतापेन भर्त्रा त्वम् अपि रंस्यसे ॥
alam ity anutāpena bhartrā tvam api raṃsyase //
"Enough of this pining! You too will enjoy yourself with a husband."
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BrP 205.13
इत्य् उक्ता सा तदा चक्रे कदेति मतिम् आत्मनः को वा भर्ता ममेत्य् एनां पुनर् अप्य् आह पार्वती ॥
ity uktā sā tadā cakre kadeti matim ātmanaḥ ko vā bhartā mamety enāṃ punar apy āha pārvatī //
Thus addressed, she then formed the thought in her mind, "When?"; and "Who indeed will be my husband?" — to her Pārvatī spoke again:
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BrP 205.14
वैशाखे शुक्लद्वादश्यां स्वप्ने यो ऽभिभवं तव करिष्यति स ते भर्ता राजपुत्रि भविष्यति ॥
vaiśākhe śukladvādaśyāṃ svapne yo 'bhibhavaṃ tava kariṣyati sa te bhartā rājaputri bhaviṣyati //
"In (the month of) Vaiśākha, on the twelfth of the bright fortnight, whoever in a dream shall take you by force, he, princess, will be your husband."
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BrP 205.15
तस्यां तिथौ पुमान् स्वप्ने यथा देव्या उदीरितः तथैवाभिभवं चक्रे रागं चक्रे च तत्र सा ततः प्रबुद्धा पुरुषम् अपश्यन्ती तम् उत्सुका ॥
tasyāṃ tithau pumān svapne yathā devyā udīritaḥ tathaivābhibhavaṃ cakre rāgaṃ cakre ca tatra sā tataḥ prabuddhā puruṣam apaśyantī tam utsukā //
On that lunar day a man in a dream, just as the Goddess had said, took (her) by force, and there she felt passion; then, waking and not seeing that man, she was full of longing.
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BrP 205.16
क्व गतो ऽसीति निर्लज्जा द्विजाश् चोक्तवती सखीम् बाणस्य मन्त्री कुम्भाण्डश् चित्रलेखा तु तत्सुता ॥
kva gato 'sīti nirlajjā dvijāś coktavatī sakhīm bāṇasya mantrī kumbhāṇḍaś citralekhā tu tatsutā //
Shamelessly she said to her friend, "Where have you gone?" — O brahmins, Kumbhāṇḍa was Bāṇa's minister, and Citralekhā was his daughter,
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BrP 205.17
तस्याः सख्य् अभवत् सा च प्राह को ऽयं त्वयोच्यते यदा लज्जाकुला नास्य कथयाम् आस सा सखी ॥
tasyāḥ sakhy abhavat sā ca prāha ko 'yaṃ tvayocyate yadā lajjākulā nāsya kathayām āsa sā sakhī //
and she was her friend. She said, "Who is this of whom you speak?" When, confused with shame, she did not tell of him, that friend —
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BrP 205.18
तदा विश्वासम् आनीय सर्वम् एवान्ववेदयत् विदितायां तु ताम् आह पुनर् ऊषा यथोदितम् देव्या तथैव तत्प्राप्तौ यो ऽभ्युपायः कुरुष्व तम् ॥
tadā viśvāsam ānīya sarvam evānvavedayat viditāyāṃ tu tām āha punar ūṣā yathoditam devyā tathaiva tatprāptau yo 'bhyupāyaḥ kuruṣva tam //
then, having won her trust, she told her everything. When (the matter) was known, Ūṣā again said to her, as the Goddess had declared: "Whatever means there is for obtaining him, do that."
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BrP 205.19
ततः पटे सुरान् दैत्यान् गन्धर्वांश् च प्रधानतः मनुष्यांश् चाभिलिख्यासौ चित्रलेखाप्य् अदर्शयत् ॥
tataḥ paṭe surān daityān gandharvāṃś ca pradhānataḥ manuṣyāṃś cābhilikhyāsau citralekhāpy adarśayat //
Then Citralekhā, having drawn on a cloth the gods, the daityas, the gandharvas, chiefly, and also men, showed (it to her).
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BrP 205.20
अपास्य सा तु गन्धर्वांस् तथोरगसुरासुरान् मनुष्येषु ददौ दृष्टिं तेष्व् अप्य् अन्धकवृष्णिषु ॥
apāsya sā tu gandharvāṃs tathoragasurāsurān manuṣyeṣu dadau dṛṣṭiṃ teṣv apy andhakavṛṣṇiṣu //
But she, setting aside the gandharvas and likewise the serpents, gods and asuras, cast her gaze on men, and among them on the Andhakas and Vṛṣṇis.
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BrP 205.21
कृष्णरामौ विलोक्यासीत् सुभ्रूर् लज्जायतेक्षणा प्रद्युम्नदर्शने व्रीडादृष्टिं निन्ये ततो द्विजाः ॥
kṛṣṇarāmau vilokyāsīt subhrūr lajjāyatekṣaṇā pradyumnadarśane vrīḍādṛṣṭiṃ ninye tato dvijāḥ //
Looking at Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, the fair-browed one had her eyes drawn out long with shame; at the sight of Pradyumna she withdrew her gaze out of modesty, O brahmins.
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BrP 205.22
दृष्ट्वानिरुद्धं च ततो लज्जा क्वापि निराकृता सो ऽयं सो ऽयं ममेत्य् उक्ते तया सा योगगामिनी ययौ द्वारवतीम् ऊषां समाश्वास्य ततः सखी ॥
dṛṣṭvāniruddhaṃ ca tato lajjā kvāpi nirākṛtā so 'yaṃ so 'yaṃ mamety ukte tayā sā yogagāminī yayau dvāravatīm ūṣāṃ samāśvāsya tataḥ sakhī //
And then, on seeing Aniruddha, her shame was cast off somewhere. When she had said, "This is he, this is he, he is mine," then that friend, who travelled by yoga, having comforted Ūṣā, went to Dvāravatī.
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