Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 43
BndP 2 43.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच एवं सुस्निग्धचित्तेषु तेषु तिष्ठत्सु भूपते । भवान्युत्संगतो रामः समुत्थाय कृताजलिः
vasiṣṭha uvāca evaṃ susnigdhacitteṣu teṣu tiṣṭhatsu bhūpate / bhavānyutsaṃgato rāmaḥ samutthāya kṛtājaliḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: While they were sitting thus with hearts full of affection, O king, Rāma, (seated) on Bhavānī's lap, rose up and with joined palms
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BndP 2 43.2
तुष्टाव प्रयतो भूत्वा निर्विशेष विशेषवत् । अद्वयं द्वैतमापन्नं निर्गुणं सगुणात्मकम्
tuṣṭāva prayato bhūtvā nirviśeṣa viśeṣavat / advayaṃ dvaitamāpannaṃ nirguṇaṃ saguṇātmakam
praised, having composed himself, the one who is without distinctions yet as though possessed of distinctions, the non-dual that has entered into duality, the attributeless whose nature is with attributes.
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BndP 2 43.3
राम उवाच प्रकृतिविकृतिजातं विश्वमेतद्विधातुं मम कियदनुभातं वैभवं तत्प्रमातुम् । अविदिततनुनामाभीष्टवस्त्वेकधामाभवदथ भव भामा पातु मां पूर्णकामा
rāma uvāca prakṛtivikṛtijātaṃ viśvametadvidhātuṃ mama kiyadanubhātaṃ vaibhavaṃ tatpramātum / aviditatanunāmābhīṣṭavastvekadhāmābhavadatha bhava bhāmā pātu māṃ pūrṇakāmā
Rāma said: To fashion this universe born of prakṛti and its modifications — how much of that majesty has shone upon me, that I should measure it? She of unknown body and name, the one abode of all desired things, came to be: may she, the lady of Bhava, whose every wish is fulfilled, protect me.
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BndP 2 43.4
प्रकटितगुणाभानं कालसंख्याविधानं सकलभवनिदानं कीर्त्यते यत्प्रधानम् । तदिह निखिलतातः संबभूवोक्षपातः कृतकृतकनिपातः पातु मामद्य मातः
prakaṭitaguṇābhānaṃ kālasaṃkhyāvidhānaṃ sakalabhavanidānaṃ kīrtyate yatpradhānam / tadiha nikhilatātaḥ saṃbabhūvokṣapātaḥ kṛtakṛtakanipātaḥ pātu māmadya mātaḥ
That which is proclaimed as pradhāna — the shining forth of the manifested guṇas, the ordainer of the reckoning of time, the cause of all becoming — here that (pradhāna) became the father of all, the falling of the bull(?), the one who effects the collapse of what is made: may that Mother protect me today.
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BndP 2 43.5
दनुजकुलविनाशीलेखपाताविनाशी प्रथमकुलविकाशी सर्वविद्याप्रकाशी । प्रसभरचितकाशी भक्तदत्ताखिलाशीरवतु विजितपाशी मांसदा षण्मुखाशी
danujakulavināśīlekhapātāvināśī prathamakulavikāśī sarvavidyāprakāśī / prasabharacitakāśī bhaktadattākhilāśīravatu vijitapāśī māṃsadā ṣaṇmukhāśī
Destroyer of the race of demons, undestroyed by the assaults of the gods(?), the one who makes the foremost lineage flourish, who illumines all knowledge, who forcibly made Kāśī(?), who grants all boons to his devotees — may the six-faced one, victorious over the noose-bearer, giver of flesh(?), protect (us).
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BndP 2 43.6
हरनिकट निवासी कृष्णसेवाविलासी प्रणतजनविभासी गोपकन्याप्रहासी । हरकृतबहुमानो गोपिकेशैकतानो विदितबहुविधानो जायतां कीर्तिहा नौ
haranikaṭa nivāsī kṛṣṇasevāvilāsī praṇatajanavibhāsī gopakanyāprahāsī / harakṛtabahumāno gopikeśaikatāno viditabahuvidhāno jāyatāṃ kīrtihā nau
He who dwells near Hara, who delights in the service of Kṛṣṇa, who shines upon those who bow to him, who smiles upon the cowherd girls; who is greatly honoured by Hara, whose whole attention is fixed on the lord of the gopīs, who is known for his manifold devices — may he become the (remover) of our disgrace(?).
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BndP 2 43.7
प्रभुनियतमाना यो नुन्नभक्तान्तरायो त्दृतदुरितनिकायो ज्ञानदातापरायोः । सकलगुणगरिष्ठो राधिकाङ्केनिविष्टो मम कृतमपराधं क्षन्तुमर्हत्वगाधम्
prabhuniyatamānā yo nunnabhaktāntarāyo tdṛtaduritanikāyo jñānadātāparāyoḥ / sakalaguṇagariṣṭho rādhikāṅkeniviṣṭo mama kṛtamaparādhaṃ kṣantumarhatvagādham
He whose honour is fixed by the Lord, who drives away the obstacles of devotees, who has borne away the mass of sins, who is the supreme giver of knowledge, who is weightiest in all virtues, who is seated on Rādhikā's lap — may he deign to forgive the deep offence I have committed.
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BndP 2 43.10
या राधा जगदुद्भवस्थितिलयेष्वाराध्यते वा जनैः शब्दं बोधयतीशवक्त्रंविगलत्प्रेमामृतास्वादनम् । रासेशी रसिकेश्वरी रमणत्दृन्निष्ठानिजानन्दिनी नेत्री सा परिपातु मामवनतं राधेति य कीर्त्यते ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४३।८ ॥ यस्या गर्भसमुद्भवो ह्यतिविराड्यस्यांशभूतो विराट् यन्नाभ्यंबुरुहोद्भवेन विधिनैकान्तोपदिष्टेन वै सृष्टं सर्वमिदं चराचरमयं विश्वं च यद्रोमसु ब्रह्माण्डानि विभान्ति तस्य जननी शश्वत्प्रसन्नास्तु सा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४३।९ ॥ पायाद्यः स चराचरस्य जगतो व्यापी विभुः सच्चिदानन्दाब्धिः प्रकटस्थितो विलसति प्रेमान्धया राधया । कृष्णः पूर्णतमो ममोपरि दयाक्लिन्नान्तरः स्तात्सदा येनाहं सुकृती भवामि च भवाम्यानन्दलीनान्तरः
yā rādhā jagadudbhavasthitilayeṣvārādhyate vā janaiḥ śabdaṃ bodhayatīśavaktraṃvigalatpremāmṛtāsvādanam / rāseśī rasikeśvarī ramaṇatdṛnniṣṭhānijānandinī netrī sā paripātu māmavanataṃ rādheti ya kīrtyate // bndp_2,43.8 // yasyā garbhasamudbhavo hyativirāḍyasyāṃśabhūto virāṭ yannābhyaṃburuhodbhavena vidhinaikāntopadiṣṭena vai sṛṣṭaṃ sarvamidaṃ carācaramayaṃ viśvaṃ ca yadromasu brahmāṇḍāni vibhānti tasya jananī śaśvatprasannāstu sā // bndp_2,43.9 // pāyādyaḥ sa carācarasya jagato vyāpī vibhuḥ saccidānandābdhiḥ prakaṭasthito vilasati premāndhayā rādhayā / kṛṣṇaḥ pūrṇatamo mamopari dayāklinnāntaraḥ stātsadā yenāhaṃ sukṛtī bhavāmi ca bhavāmyānandalīnāntaraḥ
She who is Rādhā, who is worshipped by people at the arising, continuance and dissolution of the world, who makes the word known — the tasting of the nectar of love that streams from the Lord's mouth — mistress of the rāsa, sovereign of connoisseurs, taking her stand in her lover's gaze, delighting in her own bliss, the guide: may she who is celebrated as Rādhā fully protect me, who bow low. (8) She from whose womb arose the exceedingly vast one, of whom the Virāṭ is a portion, by whom, through the Creator born of the lotus of his navel and instructed in secret, all this universe made of moving and unmoving things was created, and in whose body-hairs the world-eggs shine forth — may she, his mother, be ever gracious. (9) May he protect (me) — the pervading, mighty one of the world of moving and unmoving things, the ocean of being, consciousness and bliss, who stands manifest and sports with Rādhā, blind with love: may Kṛṣṇa, the most complete, be ever with his heart melting with compassion toward me, by which I become blessed and become one whose inner being is absorbed in bliss.
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BndP 2 43.11
वसिष्ठ उवाच स्तुत्वैवं जामदग्न्यस्तु विरराम ह तत्परम् । विज्ञाताखिलतत्त्वार्थो हृष्टरोमा कृतार्थवत्
vasiṣṭha uvāca stutvaivaṃ jāmadagnyastu virarāma ha tatparam / vijñātākhilatattvārtho hṛṣṭaromā kṛtārthavat
Vasiṣṭha said: Having praised (them) thus, the son of Jamadagni fell silent thereafter, having understood the meaning of all the truths, his body-hairs bristling, as one whose purpose was accomplished.
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BndP 2 43.12
अथोवाच प्रसन्नात्मा कृष्णः कमललोचनः । भार्गवं प्रणतं भक्त्या कृपापात्रं पुरस्थितम्
athovāca prasannātmā kṛṣṇaḥ kamalalocanaḥ / bhārgavaṃ praṇataṃ bhaktyā kṛpāpātraṃ purasthitam
Then Kṛṣṇa, the lotus-eyed, with gracious heart, spoke to the Bhārgava who stood before him, bowed down in devotion, a vessel of (his) compassion.
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BndP 2 43.13
कृष्म उवाच सिद्धो ऽसि भार्गवेन्द्र त्वं प्रसादान्मम संप्रतम् । अद्य प्रभृति वत्सास्मिंल्लोके श्रेष्ठतमो भव
kṛṣma uvāca siddho 'si bhārgavendra tvaṃ prasādānmama saṃpratam / adya prabhṛti vatsāsmiṃlloke śreṣṭhatamo bhava
Kṛṣṇa said: You are now accomplished, O lord of the Bhārgavas, by my favour. From this day on, my child, be the most excellent in this world.
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BndP 2 43.14
तुभ्यं वरो मया दत्तः पुरा विष्णुपदाश्रमे । तत्सर्वं क्रमतो भाव्यं समा बह्वीस्त्वया विभो
tubhyaṃ varo mayā dattaḥ purā viṣṇupadāśrame / tatsarvaṃ kramato bhāvyaṃ samā bahvīstvayā vibho
A boon was granted to you by me long ago at the hermitage of Viṣṇupada; all that shall come to pass for you step by step over many years, O mighty one.
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BndP 2 43.15
दया विधेया दीनेषु श्रेय उत्तममिच्छता । योगश्च सादनीयो वै शत्रूणां निग्रहस्तथा
dayā vidheyā dīneṣu śreya uttamamicchatā / yogaśca sādanīyo vai śatrūṇāṃ nigrahastathā
Compassion is to be shown toward the wretched by one who desires the highest good; and yoga is to be practised, and likewise the subduing of enemies.
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BndP 2 43.16
त्वत्समो नास्ति लोके ऽस्मिंस्तेजसा च बलेन च । ज्ञानेन यशसा वापि सर्वश्रेष्ठतमो भवान्
tvatsamo nāsti loke 'smiṃstejasā ca balena ca / jñānena yaśasā vāpi sarvaśreṣṭhatamo bhavān
There is none equal to you in this world, either in fiery energy or in strength, or in knowledge or in fame: you are the most excellent of all.
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BndP 2 43.17
अथ स्वगृहमासाद्य पित्रोः शुश्रूषणं कुरु । तपश्चर यथाकालं तेन सिद्धिः करस्थिता
atha svagṛhamāsādya pitroḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ kuru / tapaścara yathākālaṃ tena siddhiḥ karasthitā
Now, having reached your own home, render service to your parents; practise austerity at the proper time—by that, success lies in your hand.
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BndP 2 43.18
राधोत्संगात्समुत्थाप्य गणेशं राधिकेश्वरः । आलिङ्ग्य गाढं रासेण मैत्रीं तस्य चकार ह
rādhotsaṃgātsamutthāpya gaṇeśaṃ rādhikeśvaraḥ / āliṅgya gāḍhaṃ rāseṇa maitrīṃ tasya cakāra ha
Raising Gaṇeśa up from Rādhā's lap, the lord of Rādhikā embraced (him) tightly and made friendship for him with Rāma.
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BndP 2 43.19
अथोभावपि संप्रीतौ तदा रामगणेश्वरौ । कृष्णाज्ञया महाभागौ बभूवतुररिन्दम
athobhāvapi saṃprītau tadā rāmagaṇeśvarau / kṛṣṇājñayā mahābhāgau babhūvaturarindama
Then both, Rāma and the lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa), became well pleased at that time by Kṛṣṇa's command, greatly fortunate ones, O subduer of foes.
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BndP 2 43.20
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवी राधा कृष्णप्रिया सती । उभाभ्यां च वरं प्रादात्प्रसन्नास्या मुदान्विता
etasminnantare devī rādhā kṛṣṇapriyā satī / ubhābhyāṃ ca varaṃ prādātprasannāsyā mudānvitā
Meanwhile the goddess Rādhā, the virtuous beloved of Kṛṣṇa, with gracious face and filled with joy, granted a boon to them both.
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BndP 2 43.21
राधोवाच । सर्वस्य जगतो वन्द्यौ दुराधर्षौं प्रियावहौ । मद्भक्तौ च विशेषेण भवन्तौ भवतां सुतौ
rādhovāca / sarvasya jagato vandyau durādharṣauṃ priyāvahau / madbhaktau ca viśeṣeṇa bhavantau bhavatāṃ sutau
Rādhā said: You two are to be revered by the whole world, unassailable, bringing what is dear, and especially devotees of mine—you two are (like) sons to me.
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BndP 2 43.22
भवतोर्नाम चौच्चार्य यत्कार्यं यः समारभेत् । सिद्धिं प्रयातु ततसर्वं मत्प्रसादाद्धि तस्य तु
bhavatornāma cauccārya yatkāryaṃ yaḥ samārabhet / siddhiṃ prayātu tatasarvaṃ matprasādāddhi tasya tu
And whoever, having uttered the names of you two, should undertake any task—let all that attain success for him, indeed by my favour.
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BndP 2 43.23
अथोवाच जगन्माता भवानी भववल्लभा । वत्स राम प्रसन्नाहं तुभ्यं कं प्रददे वरम् । तं प्रब्रूहि महाभाग भयं त्यक्त्वा सुदूरतः । राम उवाच जन्मान्त रसहस्रेषु येषुयेषु व्रजाम्यहम्
athovāca jaganmātā bhavānī bhavavallabhā / vatsa rāma prasannāhaṃ tubhyaṃ kaṃ pradade varam / taṃ prabrūhi mahābhāga bhayaṃ tyaktvā sudūrataḥ / rāma uvāca janmānta rasahasreṣu yeṣuyeṣu vrajāmyaham
Then the mother of the world, Bhavānī, beloved of Bhava, spoke: "Child Rāma, I am pleased; what boon shall I grant you? Declare it, greatly fortunate one, casting fear far away." Rāma said: "In whatever thousands of further births I go,
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BndP 2 43.24
कृष्णयोर्भवयोर्भक्तो भविष्यामीति देहि मे । अभेदेन च पश्यामि कृष्णौ चापि भवौ तथा
kṛṣṇayorbhavayorbhakto bhaviṣyāmīti dehi me / abhedena ca paśyāmi kṛṣṇau cāpi bhavau tathā
grant me this: that I shall be a devotee of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā and of Bhava and Bhavānī, and that I may see the two Kṛṣṇas and likewise the two Bhavas as without difference."
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BndP 2 43.25
पार्वत्युवाच एवमस्तु महाभाग भक्तो ऽसि भवकृष्णयोः । चिरञ्जीवी भवाशु त्वं प्रसादान्मम सुव्रत
pārvatyuvāca evamastu mahābhāga bhakto 'si bhavakṛṣṇayoḥ / cirañjīvī bhavāśu tvaṃ prasādānmama suvrata
Pārvatī said: So be it, greatly fortunate one; you are a devotee of Bhava and Kṛṣṇa. Be long-lived at once, by my favour, O you of good vows.
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BndP 2 43.26
अथोवाच धराधीशः प्रसन्नस्तमुमापतिः । प्रणतं भार्गवेन्द्रं तु वरार्हं जगदीश्वरः
athovāca dharādhīśaḥ prasannastamumāpatiḥ / praṇataṃ bhārgavendraṃ tu varārhaṃ jagadīśvaraḥ
Then the lord of the earth, the husband of Umā, the lord of the world, being pleased, spoke to that bowing lord of the Bhārgavas, who was worthy of a boon.
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BndP 2 43.27
शिव उवाच रामभक्तो ऽसि मे वत्स यस्ते दत्तो वरो मया । स भविष्यति कार्त्स्येन सत्यमुक्तं न चान्यथा
śiva uvāca rāmabhakto 'si me vatsa yaste datto varo mayā / sa bhaviṣyati kārtsyena satyamuktaṃ na cānyathā
Śiva said: You are my devotee, child Rāma; the boon that was given to you by me shall come about in full—what is spoken is true and not otherwise.
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BndP 2 43.28
अद्यप्रभृति लोके ऽस्मिन् भवतो बलवत्तरः । न को ऽपि भवताद्वत्स तेजस्वी च भवत्परः
adyaprabhṛti loke 'smin bhavato balavattaraḥ / na ko 'pi bhavatādvatsa tejasvī ca bhavatparaḥ
From this day on in this world let no one be stronger than you, child, nor more fiery in energy than you.
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BndP 2 43.29
वसिष्ठ उवाच अथ कृष्णो ऽप्यनुज्ञाप्य शिवं च नगनन्दिनीम् । गोलोकं प्रययौ युक्तः श्रीदाम्ना चापि राधया
vasiṣṭha uvāca atha kṛṣṇo 'pyanujñāpya śivaṃ ca naganandinīm / golokaṃ prayayau yuktaḥ śrīdāmnā cāpi rādhayā
Vasiṣṭha said: Then Kṛṣṇa too, having taken leave of Śiva and the daughter of the mountain, went to Goloka, accompanied by Śrīdāman and by Rādhā.
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BndP 2 43.30
अथ रामो ऽपि धर्मात्मा भवानीं च भवं तथा । संपूज्य चाभिवाद्याथ प्रदक्षिणमुपा क्रमीत्
atha rāmo 'pi dharmātmā bhavānīṃ ca bhavaṃ tathā / saṃpūjya cābhivādyātha pradakṣiṇamupā kramīt
Then Rāma too, righteous in soul, having worshipped and saluted Bhavānī and Bhava, proceeded to circumambulate (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 43.31
गणेशं कार्त्तिकेयं च नत्वापृच्छ्य च भूपते । अकृतव्रणसंयुक्तो निश्चक्राम गृहान्तरात्
gaṇeśaṃ kārttikeyaṃ ca natvāpṛcchya ca bhūpate / akṛtavraṇasaṃyukto niścakrāma gṛhāntarāt
And having bowed to Gaṇeśa and Kārttikeya and taken leave (of them), O lord of the earth, together with Akṛtavraṇa he went out from within the house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 43.32
निष्क्रम्यमाणो रामस्तु नन्दीश्वरमुखैर्गणैः । नमस्कृतो ययौ राजन्स्वगृहं परया मुदा
niṣkramyamāṇo rāmastu nandīśvaramukhairgaṇaiḥ / namaskṛto yayau rājansvagṛhaṃ parayā mudā
But as Rāma was going out, O king, he was saluted by the hosts headed by Nandīśvara, and went to his own home with the greatest joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition