Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 36
BndP 2 36.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच अवगत्य स वै सर्वं कारणं प्रीतमानसः । उवाच भार्गवं राममगस्त्यः कुंभसंभवः
vasiṣṭha uvāca avagatya sa vai sarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ prītamānasaḥ / uvāca bhārgavaṃ rāmamagastyaḥ kuṃbhasaṃbhavaḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: Having understood the whole cause, with a pleased mind Agastya, the jar-born, spoke to Rāma the Bhārgava.
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BndP 2 36.2
अगस्त्य उवाच शृणु राम महाभाग कथयामि हितं तव । मन्त्रस्य सिद्धिं येन त्वं शीघ्रमेव समाप्नुयाः
agastya uvāca śṛṇu rāma mahābhāga kathayāmi hitaṃ tava / mantrasya siddhiṃ yena tvaṃ śīghrameva samāpnuyāḥ
Agastya said: Listen, Rāma, greatly fortunate one; I shall tell you what is for your good, by which you may very quickly attain the perfection of the mantra.
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BndP 2 36.3
भक्तेस्तु लक्षणं ज्ञात्वा त्रिविधाया महामते । यो यतेत नरस्तस्य सिद्धिर्भवति सत्वरम्
bhaktestu lakṣaṇaṃ jñātvā trividhāyā mahāmate / yo yateta narastasya siddhirbhavati satvaram
Knowing the marks of devotion, which is of three kinds, O greatly wise one — the man who strives (thus), for him success comes swiftly.
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BndP 2 36.4
एकदाहमनुप्राप्तो ऽनन्तदर्शनकाङ्क्षया । पातालं नागराचैन्द्रैः शोभितं परया मुदा
ekadāhamanuprāpto 'nantadarśanakāṅkṣayā / pātālaṃ nāgarācaindraiḥ śobhitaṃ parayā mudā
Once, with the desire of seeing Ananta, I came with the greatest joy to Pātāla, adorned with the lords of the serpents.
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BndP 2 36.5
तत्र दृष्टा महाभाग मया सिद्धाः समन्ततः । सनकाद्या नारदश्च गौतमो जाजलिःक्रतुः
tatra dṛṣṭā mahābhāga mayā siddhāḥ samantataḥ / sanakādyā nāradaśca gautamo jājaliḥkratuḥ
There, O greatly fortunate one, I saw perfected ones all around: Sanaka and the rest, and Nārada, Gautama, Jājali, Kratu,
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BndP 2 36.6
ऋभुर्हंसो ऽरुणिश्चैव वाल्मीकिः शक्तिरासुरिः । एते ऽन्ये च महासिद्धा वात्स्यायनमुखा द्विज
ṛbhurhaṃso 'ruṇiścaiva vālmīkiḥ śaktirāsuriḥ / ete 'nye ca mahāsiddhā vātsyāyanamukhā dvija
Ṛbhu, Haṃsa, and Āruṇi, Vālmīki, Śakti, Āsuri — these and other great siddhas headed by Vātsyāyana, O brahmin.
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BndP 2 36.7
उपासत ह्युपा सीना ज्ञानार्थं फणिनायकम् । तं नमस्कृत्य नागैन्द्रैः सह सिद्धैर्महात्मभिः
upāsata hyupā sīnā jñānārthaṃ phaṇināyakam / taṃ namaskṛtya nāgaindraiḥ saha siddhairmahātmabhiḥ
Seated (there), they attended upon the lord of serpents for the sake of knowledge. Having bowed to him, together with the serpent-lords and the great-souled siddhas,
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BndP 2 36.8
उपविष्टः कथात्तत्र शृण्वानो वैष्णवीर्मुदा । येयं भूमिर्महाभाग भूतधात्री स्वरूपिणी
upaviṣṭaḥ kathāttatra śṛṇvāno vaiṣṇavīrmudā / yeyaṃ bhūmirmahābhāga bhūtadhātrī svarūpiṇī
I sat there, joyfully listening to the Vaiṣṇava tales. This Earth, O greatly fortunate one, the supporter of beings, in her own embodied form,
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BndP 2 36.9
निविष्टा पुरतस्तस्य शृण्वन्ती ताः कथाः सदा । यद्यत्पृच्छति सा भूमिः शेषं साक्षान्महीधरम्
niviṣṭā puratastasya śṛṇvantī tāḥ kathāḥ sadā / yadyatpṛcchati sā bhūmiḥ śeṣaṃ sākṣānmahīdharam
is seated before him, ever listening to those tales; and whatever that Earth asks, Śeṣa the bearer of the earth (answers) in person.
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BndP 2 36.10
शृण्वन्ति ऋषयः सर्वे तत्रस्था तदनुग्रहात् । मया तत्र श्रुतं वत्स कृष्णप्रेमामृतं शुभम्
śṛṇvanti ṛṣayaḥ sarve tatrasthā tadanugrahāt / mayā tatra śrutaṃ vatsa kṛṣṇapremāmṛtaṃ śubham
All the seers who are present there listen, by his favour. There I heard, my child, the auspicious nectar of love for Kṛṣṇa —
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BndP 2 36.11
स्तोत्रं तत्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि यस्यार्थं त्वमिहागतः । वाराहाद्यवताराणां चरितं पापनाशनम्
stotraṃ tatte pravakṣyāmi yasyārthaṃ tvamihāgataḥ / vārāhādyavatārāṇāṃ caritaṃ pāpanāśanam
that hymn I shall declare to you, for the sake of which you have come here: the sin-destroying deeds of the incarnations beginning with the Boar.
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BndP 2 36.12
सुखदं मोक्षदं चैव ज्ञानविज्ञान कारणम् । श्रुत्वा सर्वं धरा वत्स प्रत्दृष्टा तं धराधरम्
sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva jñānavijñāna kāraṇam / śrutvā sarvaṃ dharā vatsa pratdṛṣṭā taṃ dharādharam
(It is) bestowing happiness and bestowing liberation, and the cause of knowledge and discernment. Having heard all this, O child, the Earth looked upon him, the upholder of the earth.
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BndP 2 36.13
उवाच प्रणता भूयो ज्ञातुं कृष्णविचेष्टितम् । धरण्युवाच अलङ्कृतं जन्म पुंसामपि नन्दव्रजौकसाम्
uvāca praṇatā bhūyo jñātuṃ kṛṣṇaviceṣṭitam / dharaṇyuvāca alaṅkṛtaṃ janma puṃsāmapi nandavrajaukasām
Bowing low, she spoke again, wishing to know Kṛṣṇa's doings. The Earth said: Adorned indeed is the birth of the men who dwell in Nanda's cow-settlement.
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BndP 2 36.14
तस्य देवस्य कृष्णस्य लीलाविग्रहधारिणः । जयोपाधिनियुक्तानि संति नामान्यनेकशः
tasya devasya kṛṣṇasya līlāvigrahadhāriṇaḥ / jayopādhiniyuktāni saṃti nāmānyanekaśaḥ
Of that god Kṛṣṇa, who bears a body (assumed) for play, there are names in many kinds, attached (to him) as designations of victory.
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BndP 2 36.15
तेषु नामानि मुख्यानि श्रोतुकामा चिरादहम् । तत्तानि ब्रूहि नामानि वासुदेवस्य वासुके
teṣu nāmāni mukhyāni śrotukāmā cirādaham / tattāni brūhi nāmāni vāsudevasya vāsuke
Among them I have long wished to hear the principal names; so tell me those names of Vāsudeva, O Vāsuki.
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BndP 2 36.16
नातः परतरं पुण्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते । शेष उवाच वसुंधरे वरारोहे जनानामस्ति मुक्तिदम्
nātaḥ parataraṃ puṇyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vidyate / śeṣa uvāca vasuṃdhare varārohe janānāmasti muktidam
There is nothing more meritorious than this in the three worlds. Śeṣa said: O Vasundharā, fair-hipped one, there is (a hymn) that grants liberation to people,
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BndP 2 36.17
सर्वमङ्गलमूर्द्धन्यमणिमाद्यष्टसिद्धिदम् । महापातककोटिघ्न सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदम्
sarvamaṅgalamūrddhanyamaṇimādyaṣṭasiddhidam / mahāpātakakoṭighna sarvatīrthaphalapradam
foremost of all auspicious things, granting the eight powers beginning with aṇimā, destroying crores of great sins, bestowing the fruit of all sacred fords,
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BndP 2 36.18
समस्तजपयज्ञानां फलदं पापनाशनम् । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्नामष्टोतरं शतम्
samastajapayajñānāṃ phaladaṃ pāpanāśanam / śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi nāmnāmaṣṭotaraṃ śatam
giving the fruit of all recitations and sacrifices, destroying sin. Listen, O goddess: I shall proclaim the hundred and eight of (his) names.
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BndP 2 36.19
महस्रनाम्नां पुण्यानां त्रिरावृत्त्या तु यत्फलम् । एकावृत्त्या तु कृष्णस्य नामैकं तत्प्रयच्छति
mahasranāmnāṃ puṇyānāṃ trirāvṛttyā tu yatphalam / ekāvṛttyā tu kṛṣṇasya nāmaikaṃ tatprayacchati
Whatever fruit (comes) from a threefold repetition of the meritorious thousand names, that a single name of Kṛṣṇa bestows by one repetition.
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BndP 2 36.20
तस्मात्पुण्यतरं चैतत्स्तोत्रं पातकनाशनम् । नाम्नामष्टोत्तरशतस्याहमेव ऋषिः प्रिये
tasmātpuṇyataraṃ caitatstotraṃ pātakanāśanam / nāmnāmaṣṭottaraśatasyāhameva ṛṣiḥ priye
Therefore this hymn, destroyer of sin, is more meritorious than that. Of the hundred and eight names I myself am the seer, dear one;
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BndP 2 36.21
छन्दो ऽनुष्टुब्देवता तु योगः कृष्णप्रियावहः । श्रीकृष्णः कमलानाथो वासुदेवः सनातनः
chando 'nuṣṭubdevatā tu yogaḥ kṛṣṇapriyāvahaḥ / śrīkṛṣṇaḥ kamalānātho vāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ
the metre is anuṣṭubh, the deity (Kṛṣṇa), and the application (of it) brings Kṛṣṇa's favour. Śrīkṛṣṇa, lord of Kamalā, Vāsudeva, the eternal,
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BndP 2 36.22
वसुदेवात्मजः पुण्यो लीलामानुषविग्रहः । श्रीवत्सकौस्तभधरो यशोदावत्सलो हरिः
vasudevātmajaḥ puṇyo līlāmānuṣavigrahaḥ / śrīvatsakaustabhadharo yaśodāvatsalo hariḥ
son of Vasudeva, the pure one, having a human form for play, wearing the Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha, dear to Yaśodā, Hari,
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BndP 2 36.23
चतुर्भुजात्तचक्रासिगदाशङ्खाद्युदायुधः । देवकीनन्दनः श्रीशो नन्दगोपप्रियात्मजः
caturbhujāttacakrāsigadāśaṅkhādyudāyudhaḥ / devakīnandanaḥ śrīśo nandagopapriyātmajaḥ
four-armed, holding discus, sword, mace, conch and other lofty weapons, delight of Devakī, lord of Śrī, the beloved son of the cowherd Nanda,
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BndP 2 36.24
यमुनावेगसंहारी बलभद्रप्रियानुजः । पूतनाजीवितहरः शकटासुरभञ्जनः
yamunāvegasaṃhārī balabhadrapriyānujaḥ / pūtanājīvitaharaḥ śakaṭāsurabhañjanaḥ
restrainer of the Yamunā's current, dear younger brother of Balabhadra, taker of Pūtanā's life, breaker of the cart-demon,
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BndP 2 36.25
नन्दप्रजजनानन्दी सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहः । नवनीतविलिप्ताङ्गो नवनीतनटो ऽनघः
nandaprajajanānandī saccidānandavigrahaḥ / navanītaviliptāṅgo navanītanaṭo 'naghaḥ
gladdener of Nanda's people and offspring, whose form is being, consciousness and bliss, his limbs smeared with fresh butter, the dancer for fresh butter, the sinless one,
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BndP 2 36.26
नवनीतलवाहारी मुचुकुन्दप्रसादकृत् । षोडशस्त्रीसहस्रेशस्त्रिभङ्गी मधुराकृतिः
navanītalavāhārī mucukundaprasādakṛt / ṣoḍaśastrīsahasreśastribhaṅgī madhurākṛtiḥ
stealer of a morsel of fresh butter, who showed favour to Mucukunda, lord of sixteen thousand women, bent in three places, of sweet form,
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BndP 2 36.27
शुकवागमृताब्धीन्दुर्गोविन्दो गोविदांपतिः । वत्सपालनसंचारी धेनुकासुरमर्द्दनः
śukavāgamṛtābdhīndurgovindo govidāṃpatiḥ / vatsapālanasaṃcārī dhenukāsuramarddanaḥ
moon to the ocean of nectar that is Śuka's speech, Govinda, lord of the knowers of cows (or: of speech), roaming about tending the calves, crusher of the demon Dhenuka,
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BndP 2 36.28
तृणीकृततृणावर्त्तो यमलार्जुनभञ्जनः । उत्तालतालभेत्ता च तमालश्यामला कृतिः
tṛṇīkṛtatṛṇāvartto yamalārjunabhañjanaḥ / uttālatālabhettā ca tamālaśyāmalā kṛtiḥ
who made Tṛṇāvarta into a blade of grass, breaker of the twin arjuna trees, splitter of the towering palm trees, dark of form like the tamāla tree,
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BndP 2 36.29
गोपगोपीश्वरो योगी सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः । इलापतिः परञ्ज्योतिर्यादवेन्द्रो यदूद्वहः
gopagopīśvaro yogī sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ / ilāpatiḥ parañjyotiryādavendro yadūdvahaḥ
lord of the cowherds and cowherd women, the yogin, whose radiance equals ten million suns, lord of the earth, supreme light, chief of the Yādavas, upholder of the Yadu line,
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BndP 2 36.30
वनमाली पीतवासाः पारिजातापहरकः । गोवर्द्धनाचलोद्धर्त्ता गोपालः सर्वपालकः
vanamālī pītavāsāḥ pārijātāpaharakaḥ / govarddhanācaloddharttā gopālaḥ sarvapālakaḥ
wearing the forest garland, clad in yellow, carrier-off of the pārijāta tree, lifter of the Govardhana mountain, the cowherd, protector of all,
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BndP 2 36.31
अजो निरञ्जनः कामजनकः कञ्जलोचनः । मधुहा मथुरानाथो द्वारकानाथको बली
ajo nirañjanaḥ kāmajanakaḥ kañjalocanaḥ / madhuhā mathurānātho dvārakānāthako balī
unborn, unstained, begetter of Kāma, lotus-eyed, slayer of Madhu, lord of Mathurā, master of Dvārakā, the mighty one,
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BndP 2 36.32
वृन्दावनान्तसंचारी तुलसीदामभूषणः । स्यमन्तकमणेर्हर्त्ता नरनारायणात्मकः
vṛndāvanāntasaṃcārī tulasīdāmabhūṣaṇaḥ / syamantakamaṇerharttā naranārāyaṇātmakaḥ
(He is) the one who roams within Vṛndāvana, adorned with a garland of tulasī, the taker of the Syamantaka jewel, whose essence is Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
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BndP 2 36.33
कुब्जाकृष्टांबरधरो मायी परमपूरुषः । मुष्टिकासुरचाणूरमल्लयुद्धविशारदः
kubjākṛṣṭāṃbaradharo māyī paramapūruṣaḥ / muṣṭikāsuracāṇūramallayuddhaviśāradaḥ
Wearing the garment drawn (from him) by Kubjā, possessed of māyā, the supreme Person, expert in the wrestling-match with the demons Muṣṭika and Cāṇūra.
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BndP 2 36.34
संसारवैरी कंसारिर्मुरारिर्नरकान्तकः । अनादि ब्रह्मचारी च कृष्णाव्यसनकर्षकः
saṃsāravairī kaṃsārirmurārirnarakāntakaḥ / anādi brahmacārī ca kṛṣṇāvyasanakarṣakaḥ
Foe of transmigratory existence, enemy of Kaṃsa, slayer of Mura, ender of Naraka; beginningless, and a celibate, and the drawer-away of Kṛṣṇā's (Draupadī's) calamity.
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BndP 2 36.35
शिशुपालशिरस्छेत्ता दुर्योधनकुलान्तकृत । विदुराक्रूरवरदो विश्वरूपप्रदर्शकः
śiśupālaśiraschettā duryodhanakulāntakṛta / vidurākrūravarado viśvarūpapradarśakaḥ
Severer of Śiśupāla's head, maker of the end of Duryodhana's line, giver of boons to Vidura and Akrūra, displayer of the universal form.
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BndP 2 36.36
सत्यवाक्सत्यसंकल्पः सत्यभामारतो जयी । सुभद्रापूर्वजो विष्णुर्भीष्ममुक्तिप्रदायकः
satyavāksatyasaṃkalpaḥ satyabhāmārato jayī / subhadrāpūrvajo viṣṇurbhīṣmamuktipradāyakaḥ
Of true speech, of true resolve, delighting in Satyabhāmā, victorious; the elder brother of Subhadrā, Viṣṇu, the bestower of liberation upon Bhīṣma.
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BndP 2 36.37
जगद्गुरुर्जगन्नाथो वेणुवाद्य विशारदः । वृषभासुरविध्वंसी बकारिर्बाणबाहुकृत्
jagadgururjagannātho veṇuvādya viśāradaḥ / vṛṣabhāsuravidhvaṃsī bakārirbāṇabāhukṛt
Teacher of the world, lord of the world, skilled in playing the flute; destroyer of the bull-demon, enemy of Baka, who dealt with (i.e. cut off) the arms of Bāṇa.
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BndP 2 36.38
युधिष्टिरप्रतिष्ठाता बर्हिबर्हावतंसकः । पार्थसारथिरव्यक्तो गीतामृतमहोदधिः
yudhiṣṭirapratiṣṭhātā barhibarhāvataṃsakaḥ / pārthasārathiravyakto gītāmṛtamahodadhiḥ
The establisher of Yudhiṣṭhira, wearing a peacock's tail-feather as a crest-ornament, the charioteer of Pārtha, the unmanifest, the great ocean of the nectar of the Gītā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.39
कालीयफणिमाणिक्यरञ्जितः श्रीपदांबुजः । दामोदरो यज्ञभोक्ता दानवैद्रविनाशनः
kālīyaphaṇimāṇikyarañjitaḥ śrīpadāṃbujaḥ / dāmodaro yajñabhoktā dānavaidravināśanaḥ
Whose glorious lotus feet were tinged (red) by the gems on the hoods of Kāliya; Dāmodara, the enjoyer of the sacrifice, the destroyer of the demons' assault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 36.40
नारायणः परं ब्रह्म पन्नगाशनवाहनः । जलक्रीडासमासक्तगोपीवस्त्रापहारकः
nārāyaṇaḥ paraṃ brahma pannagāśanavāhanaḥ / jalakrīḍāsamāsaktagopīvastrāpahārakaḥ
Nārāyaṇa, the supreme Brahman, who has as his mount the eater of serpents (Garuḍa); the stealer of the clothes of the gopīs who were absorbed in water-play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.41
पुण्यश्लोकस्तीर्थपादो वेदवेद्यो दयानिधिः । सर्वतीर्थान्मकः सर्वग्रहरूपी परात्परः
puṇyaślokastīrthapādo vedavedyo dayānidhiḥ / sarvatīrthānmakaḥ sarvagraharūpī parātparaḥ
Of auspicious renown, whose feet are (themselves) holy fords, to be known through the Veda, a treasury of compassion; the very self of all sacred fords, having the form of all the planets, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.42
इत्येवं कृष्णदेवस्य नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम् । कृष्णोन कृष्णभक्तेन श्रुत्वा गीतामृतं पुरा
ityevaṃ kṛṣṇadevasya nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam / kṛṣṇona kṛṣṇabhaktena śrutvā gītāmṛtaṃ purā
Thus (are) the hundred and eight names of the god Kṛṣṇa: by Kṛṣṇa (Vyāsa), a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, having formerly heard the nectar of the Gītā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 36.43
स्तोत्रं कृष्णप्रियकरं कृतं तस्मान्मया श्रुतम् । कृष्णप्रेमामृतं नाम परमानन्ददायकम्
stotraṃ kṛṣṇapriyakaraṃ kṛtaṃ tasmānmayā śrutam / kṛṣṇapremāmṛtaṃ nāma paramānandadāyakam
a hymn that wins Kṛṣṇa's favour was composed; from him it was heard by me — (the hymn) named 'The Nectar of Love for Kṛṣṇa', bestower of the highest bliss,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.44
अत्युपद्रवदुः खघ्नं परमायुष्य वर्द्धनम् । दानं व्रतं तपस्तीर्थं यत्कृतं त्विह जन्मनि
atyupadravaduḥ khaghnaṃ paramāyuṣya varddhanam / dānaṃ vrataṃ tapastīrthaṃ yatkṛtaṃ tviha janmani
destroying grave calamity and sorrow, increasing long life to the utmost. Whatever giving, vow, austerity, or pilgrimage is performed in this birth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.45
पठतां शृण्वतां चैव कोटिकोटिगुणं भवेत् । पुत्रप्रदमपुत्राणामगती नां गतिप्रदम्
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet / putrapradamaputrāṇāmagatī nāṃ gatipradam
for those who recite and for those who hear (this) it becomes ten-million times ten-million-fold. It gives sons to the sonless, and gives a course to those without a course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.46
धनवाहं दरिद्राणां जयेच्छूनां जयावहम् । शिशूनां गोकुलानां च पुष्टिदं पुण्यवर्द्धनम्
dhanavāhaṃ daridrāṇāṃ jayecchūnāṃ jayāvaham / śiśūnāṃ gokulānāṃ ca puṣṭidaṃ puṇyavarddhanam
It brings wealth to the poor, brings victory to those who desire victory, and gives thriving to children and to herds of cattle, and increases merit;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.47
बालरोगग्रहादीनां शमनं शान्तिकारकम् । अन्ते कृष्णस्मरणदं भवतापत्रयापहम्
bālarogagrahādīnāṃ śamanaṃ śāntikārakam / ante kṛṣṇasmaraṇadaṃ bhavatāpatrayāpaham
it quells childhood illnesses, seizing-demons and the like, and works appeasement; at the end it grants remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, and takes away the threefold torment of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.48
असिद्धसाधकं भद्रे जपादिकरमात्मनाम् । कृष्णाय यादवेन्द्राय ज्ञानमुद्राय योगिने
asiddhasādhakaṃ bhadre japādikaramātmanām / kṛṣṇāya yādavendrāya jñānamudrāya yogine
It accomplishes the unaccomplished, O fair lady, for those who perform muttered recitation and the rest. "To Kṛṣṇa, to the lord of the Yādavas, to him of the knowledge-gesture, to the yogin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.49
नाथाय रुक्मिणीशाय नमो वेदान्तवेदिने । इमं मन्त्रं महादेवि जपन्नेव दिवा निशम्
nāthāya rukmiṇīśāya namo vedāntavedine / imaṃ mantraṃ mahādevi japanneva divā niśam
to the Lord, to the husband of Rukmiṇī, to the knower of Vedānta — homage." Merely by muttering this mantra day and night, O great goddess,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.50
सर्वग्रहानुग्रहभाक्सर्वप्रियतमो भवेत् । पुत्रपौत्रैः परिवृतः सर्वसिद्धिसमृद्धिमान्
sarvagrahānugrahabhāksarvapriyatamo bhavet / putrapautraiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvasiddhisamṛddhimān
one becomes a recipient of the favour of all the planets and dearest to all; surrounded by sons and grandsons, abounding in all attainments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.51
निषेव्य भोगानन्ते ऽपिकृष्णासायुज्यमाप्नुयात् । अगस्त्य उवाच एतावदुक्तो भागवाननन्तो मूर्त्तिस्तु संकर्षणसंज्ञिता विभो
niṣevya bhogānante 'pikṛṣṇāsāyujyamāpnuyāt / agastya uvāca etāvadukto bhāgavānananto mūrttistu saṃkarṣaṇasaṃjñitā vibho
and having enjoyed pleasures, in the end he would attain union with Kṛṣṇa. Agastya said: Having spoken thus much, the blessed Ananta — whose form is called Saṃkarṣaṇa, O mighty one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.52
धराधरो ऽलं जगतां धरायै निर्दिश्य भूयो विरराम मानदः । ततस्तु सर्वे सनकादयो ये समास्थितास्तत्परितः कथादृताः । आनन्द पूर्ण्णंबुनिधौ निमग्नाः सभाजयामासुरहीश्वरं तम्
dharādharo 'laṃ jagatāṃ dharāyai nirdiśya bhūyo virarāma mānadaḥ / tatastu sarve sanakādayo ye samāsthitāstatparitaḥ kathādṛtāḥ / ānanda pūrṇṇaṃbunidhau nimagnāḥ sabhājayāmāsurahīśvaraṃ tam
The bearer of the earth, the giver of honour, having sufficiently declared (this) once more for the upholding of the worlds, fell silent. Then all those, Sanaka and the rest, who sat around him, intent upon the narrative, plunged in an ocean brimming with bliss, did homage to him, the lord of serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.53
ऋषय ऊचुः नमो नमस्ते ऽखिलविश्वाभावन प्रपन्नभक्तार्त्तिहराव्ययात्मन् । धराधरायापि कृपार्णवाय शेषाय विश्वप्रभवे नमस्ते
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ namo namaste 'khilaviśvābhāvana prapannabhaktārttiharāvyayātman / dharādharāyāpi kṛpārṇavāya śeṣāya viśvaprabhave namaste
The sages said: Homage, homage to you, O maker of the entire universe, remover of the affliction of devotees who take refuge, imperishable self! Homage to you, bearer of the earth, ocean of compassion, Śeṣa, lord of the universe!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.54
कृष्णामृतं नः परिपायितं विभो विधूतपापा भवता कृता वयम् । भवादृशा दीनदयालवो विभो समुद्धरन्त्येव निजान्हि संनतान्
kṛṣṇāmṛtaṃ naḥ paripāyitaṃ vibho vidhūtapāpā bhavatā kṛtā vayam / bhavādṛśā dīnadayālavo vibho samuddharantyeva nijānhi saṃnatān
You have made us drink deep of the nectar of Kṛṣṇa, O mighty one; by you we have been made ones whose sins are shaken off. Such as you, compassionate to the wretched, O mighty one, do indeed wholly lift up their own who bow (to them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.55
एवं नमस्कृत्य फणीश पादयोर्मनो विधायाखिलकामपूरयोः । प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य धराधराधरं सर्वे वयं स्वावसथानुपागताः
evaṃ namaskṛtya phaṇīśa pādayormano vidhāyākhilakāmapūrayoḥ / pradakṣiṇīkṛtya dharādharādharaṃ sarve vayaṃ svāvasathānupāgatāḥ
Having thus bowed, O lord of serpents, and having set (our) minds on the two feet that fulfil every desire, and having circumambulated the bearer of the earth's bearer, all of us went back to our own dwellings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.56
इति ते ऽभिहितं राम स्तोत्रं प्रेमामृताभिधम् । कृष्णस्य राधाकान्तस्य सिद्धिदम्
iti te 'bhihitaṃ rāma stotraṃ premāmṛtābhidham / kṛṣṇasya rādhākāntasya siddhidam
Thus, O Rāma, the hymn called 'the nectar of love' has been told to you — bestowing success, (the hymn) of Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of Rādhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.59
इदं राम महाभाग स्तोत्रं परमदुर्लभम् । श्रुतं साक्षाद्भगवतः शेषात्कथयतः कथाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,३६।५७ ॥ यावन्ति मन्त्रजालानि स्तोत्राणि कवचानि च ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,३६।५८ ॥ त्रैलोक्ये तानि सर्वाणि सिद्ध्यन्त्येवास्य शीलनात् । वसिष्ठ उवाच एवमुक्त्वा महाराज कृष्णप्रेमामृतं स्तवम् । यावद्व्यरसींत्स मुनिस्तावत्स्वर्यानमागतम्
idaṃ rāma mahābhāga stotraṃ paramadurlabham / śrutaṃ sākṣādbhagavataḥ śeṣātkathayataḥ kathāḥ // bndp_2,36.57 // yāvanti mantrajālāni stotrāṇi kavacāni ca // bndp_2,36.58 // trailokye tāni sarvāṇi siddhyantyevāsya śīlanāt / vasiṣṭha uvāca evamuktvā mahārāja kṛṣṇapremāmṛtaṃ stavam / yāvadvyarasīṃtsa munistāvatsvaryānamāgatam
This hymn, O Rāma of great fortune, is exceedingly hard to obtain; it was heard directly from the Lord, from Śeṣa, as he related the tales. However many hosts of mantras, hymns and protective charms there are in the three worlds, all of them come to fruition merely from the practice of this. Vasiṣṭha said: Having spoken thus, O great king, the hymn that is the nectar of love for Kṛṣṇa — the moment that sage left off, at that very moment a heavenly vehicle arrived,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 36.60
चतुर्भिरद्भुतैः सिद्धैः कामरूपैर्मनोजवैः । अनुयातमथोत्प्लुत्य स्त्रीपुंसौ हरिणौ तदा । अगस्त्यचरणौ नत्वा समारुरुहतुर्मुदा
caturbhiradbhutaiḥ siddhaiḥ kāmarūpairmanojavaiḥ / anuyātamathotplutya strīpuṃsau hariṇau tadā / agastyacaraṇau natvā samāruruhaturmudā
followed by four wondrous perfected beings who could take any form at will and were swift as thought. Then the two deer, female and male, leapt up, bowed to Agastya's feet, and joyfully mounted (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 36.61
दिव्यदेहधरौ भूत्वा संखचक्रादिचिह्नितौ । गतौ च वैष्णवं लोकं सर्व देवन मस्कृतम् । पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां भार्गवागस्त्ययोस्तथा
divyadehadharau bhūtvā saṃkhacakrādicihnitau / gatau ca vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ sarva devana maskṛtam / paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhārgavāgastyayostathā
Having become bearers of divine bodies, marked with conch, discus and the rest, they went to Viṣṇu's world, which is saluted by all the gods — while all beings looked on, and likewise Bhārgava and Agastya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition