Brahma Purana — Chapter 95
BrP 95.1
शुक्रतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं सर्वसिद्धिकरं नृणाम् सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वव्याधिविनाशनम् ॥
śukratīrtham iti khyātaṃ sarvasiddhikaraṃ nṛṇām sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvavyādhivināśanam //
It is known as Śukratīrtha, granting all attainments to men, quelling all sins, destroying all diseases.
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BrP 95.2
अङ्गिराश् च भृगुश् चैव ऋषी परमधार्मिकौ तयोः पुत्रौ महाप्राज्ञौ रूपबुद्धिविलासिनौ ॥
aṅgirāś ca bhṛguś caiva ṛṣī paramadhārmikau tayoḥ putrau mahāprājñau rūpabuddhivilāsinau //
Aṅgiras and Bhṛgu were two supremely righteous seers; their two sons were greatly wise, resplendent in beauty and intelligence.
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BrP 95.3
जीवः कविर् इति ख्यातौ मातापित्रोर् वशे रतौ उपनीतौ सुतौ दृष्ट्वा पितराव् ऊचतुर् मिथः ॥
jīvaḥ kavir iti khyātau mātāpitror vaśe ratau upanītau sutau dṛṣṭvā pitarāv ūcatur mithaḥ //
They were known as Jīva and Kavi, devoted to obedience to their mother and father. Seeing their sons initiated, the two fathers said to each other:
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BrP 95.4
आवयोर् एक एवास्तु शास्ता नित्यं च पुत्रयोः तस्माद् एकः शासिता स्यात् तिष्ठत्व् एको यथासुखम् ॥
āvayor eka evāstu śāstā nityaṃ ca putrayoḥ tasmād ekaḥ śāsitā syāt tiṣṭhatv eko yathāsukham //
"Let there be just one of us two as the constant teacher of (our) sons; therefore let one be the instructor, and let one remain at ease."
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BrP 95.5
एतच् छ्रुत्वा ततः शीघ्रम् अङ्गिराः प्राह भार्गवम् अध्यापयिष्ये सदृशं सुखं तिष्ठतु भार्गवः ॥
etac chrutvā tataḥ śīghram aṅgirāḥ prāha bhārgavam adhyāpayiṣye sadṛśaṃ sukhaṃ tiṣṭhatu bhārgavaḥ //
Hearing this, Aṅgiras quickly said to the descendant of Bhṛgu: "I shall teach (them) alike; let Bhārgava remain at ease."
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BrP 95.6
एतच् छ्रुत्वा चाङ्गिरसो वाक्यं भृगुकुलोद्वहः तथेति मत्वाङ्गिरसे शुक्रं तस्मै न्यवेदयत् ॥
etac chrutvā cāṅgiraso vākyaṃ bhṛgukulodvahaḥ tatheti matvāṅgirase śukraṃ tasmai nyavedayat //
Having heard these words of Aṅgiras, the upholder of Bhṛgu's line agreed, "So be it," and handed Śukra over to Aṅgiras.
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BrP 95.7
उभाव् अपि सुतौ नित्यम् अध्यापयति वै पृथक् वैषम्यबुद्ध्या तौ बालौ चिराच् छुक्रो ऽब्रवीद् इदम् ॥
ubhāv api sutau nityam adhyāpayati vai pṛthak vaiṣamyabuddhyā tau bālau cirāc chukro 'bravīd idam //
He instructed both sons continually, but separately, with a discriminating (partial) mind toward the two boys; after a long time Śukra said this:
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BrP 95.8
वैषम्येण गुरो मां त्वम् अध्यापयसि नित्यशः गुरूणां नेदम् उचितं वैषम्यं पुत्रशिष्ययोः ॥
vaiṣamyeṇa guro māṃ tvam adhyāpayasi nityaśaḥ gurūṇāṃ nedam ucitaṃ vaiṣamyaṃ putraśiṣyayoḥ //
"Teacher, you instruct me constantly with partiality; this is not proper for teachers—partiality between a son and a pupil."
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BrP 95.9
वैषम्येण च वर्तन्ते मूढाः शिष्येषु देशिकाः नैषा विषमबुद्धीनां संख्या पापस्य विद्यते ॥
vaiṣamyeṇa ca vartante mūḍhāḥ śiṣyeṣu deśikāḥ naiṣā viṣamabuddhīnāṃ saṃkhyā pāpasya vidyate //
"And foolish instructors behave with partiality among their pupils; there is no reckoning of the sin of those of uneven mind."
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BrP 95.10
आचार्य सम्यग् ज्ञातो ऽसि नमस्ये ऽहं पुनः पुनः गच्छेयं गुरुम् अन्यं वै माम् अनुज्ञातुम् अर्हसि ॥
ācārya samyag jñāto 'si namasye 'haṃ punaḥ punaḥ gaccheyaṃ gurum anyaṃ vai mām anujñātum arhasi //
"Teacher, you are now fully known (to me); I bow to you again and again. I would go to another teacher; you should give me leave."
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BrP 95.11
गच्छेयं पितरं ब्रह्मन् यद्य् असौ विषमो भवेत् ततो वान्यत्र गच्छामि स्वामिन् पृष्टो ऽसि गम्यते ॥
gaccheyaṃ pitaraṃ brahman yady asau viṣamo bhavet tato vānyatra gacchāmi svāmin pṛṣṭo 'si gamyate //
"I would go to my father, brahman, (but) if he too should be partial, then I go elsewhere. Master, you have been asked; I am going."
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BrP 95.12
गुरुं बृहस्पतिं दृष्ट्वा अनुज्ञातस् त्व् अगात् ततः अवाप्तविद्यः पितरं गच्छेयं चेत्य् अचिन्तयत् ॥
guruṃ bṛhaspatiṃ dṛṣṭvā anujñātas tv agāt tataḥ avāptavidyaḥ pitaraṃ gaccheyaṃ cety acintayat //
So, having seen his teacher Bṛhaspati and been given leave, he went off; and he thought, "Not having obtained the knowledge, should I go to my father?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 95.13
तस्मात् कम् अनुपृच्छेयम् उत्कृष्टः को गुरुर् भवेत् इति स्मरन् महाप्राज्ञम् अपृच्छद् वृद्धगौतमम् ॥
tasmāt kam anupṛccheyam utkṛṣṭaḥ ko gurur bhavet iti smaran mahāprājñam apṛcchad vṛddhagautamam //
"Therefore whom should I ask: who would be a superior teacher?" Recalling this, he asked the greatly wise, aged Gautama.
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BrP 95.14
को गुरुः स्यान् मुनिश्रेष्ठ मम ब्रूहि गुरुर् भवेत् त्रयाणाम् अपि लोकानां यो गुरुस् तं व्रजाम्य् अहम् ॥
ko guruḥ syān muniśreṣṭha mama brūhi gurur bhavet trayāṇām api lokānāṃ yo gurus taṃ vrajāmy aham //
"Best of sages, who could be my teacher? Tell me who would be a teacher. He who is teacher of all three worlds—to him I go."
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BrP 95.15
स प्राह जगताम् ईशं शंभुं देवं जगद्गुरुम् क्वाराधयामि गिरिशम् इत्य् उक्तः प्राह गौतमः ॥
sa prāha jagatām īśaṃ śaṃbhuṃ devaṃ jagadgurum kvārādhayāmi giriśam ity uktaḥ prāha gautamaḥ //
He named the lord of the worlds, Śambhu, the god, the teacher of the world. "Where may I worship the mountain-dweller?"—thus asked, Gautama spoke.
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BrP 95.16
गौतम्यां तु शुचिर् भूत्वा स्तोत्रैस् तोषय शंकरम् ततस् तुष्टो जगन्नाथः स ते विद्यां प्रदास्यति ॥
gautamyāṃ tu śucir bhūtvā stotrais toṣaya śaṃkaram tatas tuṣṭo jagannāthaḥ sa te vidyāṃ pradāsyati //
"Becoming pure on the Gautamī, please Śaṃkara with hymns; then the lord of the world, pleased, will grant you the knowledge."
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BrP 95.17
गौतमस्य तु तद्वाक्यात् प्रागाद् गङ्गां स भार्गवः स्नात्वा भूत्वा शुचिः सम्यक् स्तुतिं चक्रे स बालकः ॥
gautamasya tu tadvākyāt prāgād gaṅgāṃ sa bhārgavaḥ snātvā bhūtvā śuciḥ samyak stutiṃ cakre sa bālakaḥ //
At that word of Gautama, that descendant of Bhṛgu went to the Gaṅgā; and having bathed and become quite pure, the boy made a hymn of praise.
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BrP 95.18
बालो ऽहं बालबुद्धिश् च बालचन्द्रधर प्रभो नाहं जानामि ते किंचित् स्तुतिं कर्तुं नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
bālo 'haṃ bālabuddhiś ca bālacandradhara prabho nāhaṃ jānāmi te kiṃcit stutiṃ kartuṃ namo 'stu te //
"I am a child and of a child's understanding, O lord who wears the crescent moon; I know nothing at all of how to make praise of you. Homage be to you.
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BrP 95.19
परित्यक्तस्य गुरुणा न ममास्ति सुहृत् सखा त्वं प्रभुः सर्वभावेन जगन्नाथ नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
parityaktasya guruṇā na mamāsti suhṛt sakhā tvaṃ prabhuḥ sarvabhāvena jagannātha namo 'stu te //
"I, abandoned by my teacher, have no friend or companion; you are (my) lord in every way, O lord of the world. Homage be to you.
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BrP 95.20
गुरुर् गुरुमतां देव महतां च महान् असि अहम् अल्पतरो बालो जगन्मय नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
gurur gurumatāṃ deva mahatāṃ ca mahān asi aham alpataro bālo jaganmaya namo 'stu te //
"You are the teacher of those who have teachers, O god, and the great one among the great; I am a very small child, O you who are all the world. Homage be to you.
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BrP 95.21
विद्यार्थं हि सुरेशान नाहं वेद्मि भवद्गतिम् मां त्वं च कृपया पश्य लोकसाक्षिन् नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
vidyārthaṃ hi sureśāna nāhaṃ vedmi bhavadgatim māṃ tvaṃ ca kṛpayā paśya lokasākṣin namo 'stu te //
"For the sake of knowledge, O ruler of the gods—I do not know your ways; look upon me with compassion, O witness of the worlds. Homage be to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 95.22
एवं तु स्तुवतस् तस्य प्रसन्नो ऽभूत् सुरेश्वरः ॥
evaṃ tu stuvatas tasya prasanno 'bhūt sureśvaraḥ //
As he was praising thus, the lord of the gods became well pleased.
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BrP 95.23
कामं वरय भद्रं ते यच् चापि सुरदुर्लभम् ॥
kāmaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yac cāpi suradurlabham //
"Choose the desire (you wish), blessings on you—even that which is hard for the gods to obtain."
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BrP 95.24
कविर् अप्य् आह देवेशं कृताञ्जलिर् उदारधीः ॥
kavir apy āha deveśaṃ kṛtāñjalir udāradhīḥ //
Kavi too, with palms joined, noble of mind, spoke to the lord of the gods:
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BrP 95.25
ब्रह्मादिभिश् च ऋषिभिर् या विद्या नैव गोचरा तां विद्यां नाथ याचिष्ये त्वं गुरुर् मम दैवतम् ॥
brahmādibhiś ca ṛṣibhir yā vidyā naiva gocarā tāṃ vidyāṃ nātha yāciṣye tvaṃ gurur mama daivatam //
"That knowledge which is not within the range even of Brahmā and the other seers—that knowledge, O lord, I shall ask for; you are my teacher and my deity."
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BrP 95.26
मृतसंजीविनीं विद्याम् अज्ञातां त्रिदशैर् अपि तां दत्तवान् सुरश्रेष्ठस् तस्मै शुक्राय याचते ॥
mṛtasaṃjīvinīṃ vidyām ajñātāṃ tridaśair api tāṃ dattavān suraśreṣṭhas tasmai śukrāya yācate //
The best of the gods gave to that Śukra, as he asked (for it), the knowledge that revives the dead, unknown even to the thirty (gods).
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BrP 95.27
इतरा लौकिकी विद्या वैदिकी चान्यगोचरा किं पुनः शंकरे तुष्टे विचार्यम् अवशिष्यते ॥
itarā laukikī vidyā vaidikī cānyagocarā kiṃ punaḥ śaṃkare tuṣṭe vicāryam avaśiṣyate //
Other knowledge—worldly and Vedic—belongs to a different sphere; what more, when Śaṃkara is pleased, remains to be considered?
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BrP 95.28
स तु लब्ध्वा महाविद्यां प्रायात् स्वपितरं गुरुम् दैत्यानां च गुरुश् चासीद् विद्यया पूजितः कविः ॥
sa tu labdhvā mahāvidyāṃ prāyāt svapitaraṃ gurum daityānāṃ ca guruś cāsīd vidyayā pūjitaḥ kaviḥ //
And he, having obtained the great knowledge, went to his own father, his teacher; and Kavi (Śukra), honoured for that knowledge, became the teacher of the Daityas.
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BrP 95.29
ततः कदाचित् तां विद्यां कस्मिंश्चित् कारणान्तरे कचो बृहस्पतिसुतो विद्यां प्राप्तः कवेस् तु ताम् ॥
tataḥ kadācit tāṃ vidyāṃ kasmiṃścit kāraṇāntare kaco bṛhaspatisuto vidyāṃ prāptaḥ kaves tu tām //
Then at some time, for some other reason, Kaca, the son of Bṛhaspati, obtained that knowledge from Kavi (Śukra).
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BrP 95.30
कचाद् बृहस्पतिश् चापि ततो देवाः पृथक् पृथक् अवापुर् महतीं विद्यां याम् आहुर् मृतजीविनीम् ॥
kacād bṛhaspatiś cāpi tato devāḥ pṛthak pṛthak avāpur mahatīṃ vidyāṃ yām āhur mṛtajīvinīm //
And Bṛhaspati (obtained it) from Kaca, and then the gods, each separately, obtained that great knowledge which they call the reviver of the dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 95.31
यत्र सा कविना प्राप्ता विद्यापूज्य महेश्वरम् गौतम्या उत्तरे पारे शुक्रतीर्थं तद् उच्यते ॥
yatra sā kavinā prāptā vidyāpūjya maheśvaram gautamyā uttare pāre śukratīrthaṃ tad ucyate //
Where that knowledge was obtained by Kavi (Śukra), having worshipped Maheśvara, on the northern bank of the Gautamī—that is called Śukratīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 95.32
मृतसंजीविनीतीर्थम् आयुरारोग्यवर्धनम् स्नानं दानं च यत् किंचित् सर्वम् अक्षयपुण्यदम् ॥
mṛtasaṃjīvinītīrtham āyurārogyavardhanam snānaṃ dānaṃ ca yat kiṃcit sarvam akṣayapuṇyadam //
The Mṛtasaṃjīvinī tīrtha increases lifespan and health; bathing and whatever gift (is made there)—all of it bestows imperishable merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition