Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 1
BvP 1 1.1
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।। ।। अथ ब्रह्मवैवर्ते ब्रह्मखण्डम् ।। गणेशब्रह्मशसुरेशशेषाः सुराश्च सर्वे मनवो मुनीन्द्राः ।। सरस्वतीश्रीगिरिजादिकाश्च यं नमन्ति देव्यः प्रणमामि तं विभुम ॐ नमो भगवते वासु देवाय ।। नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।। देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत् भारते नैमिषारण्ये ऋषयः शौनकादयः ।। नित्यां नैमित्तिकीं कृत्वा क्रियामूषुः कुशासने वयमेव कलौ भीता विशिष्टज्ञानवर्जिताः ।। मुमुक्षवो भवे मग्नास्तद्धेतुस्त्वमिहागतः अंशानां च कलानां च यत्र सौते निरूपणम् ।। के प्राकृताः का प्रकृतिः क आत्मा प्रकृतेः परः यदपूर्वमुपाख्यानमश्रुतं परमाद्भुतम् ।। कृत्वा मनसि तत्सर्वं साम्प्रतं वक्तुमर्हसि देवं विप्रं गुरुं दृष्ट्वा न नमेद्यस्तु संभ्रमात् ।। स कालसूत्रं व्रजति यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ प्रकृतेर्लक्षणं तत्र कलांशानां निरूपणम् ।। कीर्त्तेरुत्कीर्तनं तासां प्रभावश्च निरूपितः निरामये च गोलोके कृष्णेन परमात्मना ।। महातीर्थे पुष्करे च दत्तं धर्माय ब्रह्मणा
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || || atha brahmavaivarte brahmakhaṇḍam || gaṇeśabrahmaśasureśaśeṣāḥ surāśca sarve manavo munīndrāḥ || sarasvatīśrīgirijādikāśca yaṃ namanti devyaḥ praṇamāmi taṃ vibhuma oṃ namo bhagavate vāsu devāya || nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam || devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet bhārate naimiṣāraṇye ṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ || nityāṃ naimittikīṃ kṛtvā kriyāmūṣuḥ kuśāsane vayameva kalau bhītā viśiṣṭajñānavarjitāḥ || mumukṣavo bhave magnāstaddhetustvamihāgataḥ aṃśānāṃ ca kalānāṃ ca yatra saute nirūpaṇam || ke prākṛtāḥ kā prakṛtiḥ ka ātmā prakṛteḥ paraḥ yadapūrvamupākhyānamaśrutaṃ paramādbhutam || kṛtvā manasi tatsarvaṃ sāmprataṃ vaktumarhasi devaṃ vipraṃ guruṃ dṛṣṭvā na namedyastu saṃbhramāt || sa kālasūtraṃ vrajati yāvaccandradivākarau prakṛterlakṣaṇaṃ tatra kalāṃśānāṃ nirūpaṇam || kīrtterutkīrtanaṃ tāsāṃ prabhāvaśca nirūpitaḥ nirāmaye ca goloke kṛṣṇena paramātmanā || mahātīrthe puṣkare ca dattaṃ dharmāya brahmaṇā
Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa. Now, in the Brahmavaivarta, the Brahma-section. Gaṇeśa, Brahmā, Śiva, the lord of the gods, Śeṣa, and all the gods, the Manus, the foremost of sages, and the goddesses beginning with Sarasvatī, Śrī and Girijā — him whom they bow to, that mighty one I salute. Om, homage to Bhagavān Vāsudeva. Having made salutation to Nārāyaṇa, and to Nara the best of men, to the goddess Sarasvatī and to Vyāsa, one should then utter "Victory!" In Bhārata, in the Naimiṣa forest, the sages headed by Śaunaka, having performed the daily and the occasional rites, were seated on kuśa-grass seats. "We indeed are frightened in the Kali age, bereft of distinguished knowledge, desirous of release, sunk in worldly existence: for that reason you have come here. Where, O Sūta, is the exposition of the portions and the parts? Who are the products of prakṛti, what is prakṛti, who is the Self beyond prakṛti? That narrative which is unprecedented, unheard, supremely wonderful — having called all that to mind, you ought now to tell it." Whoever, seeing a god, a brahmin, or a teacher, does not bow to him out of agitation, he goes to (the hell) Kālasūtra for as long as the moon and sun endure. Therein is the definition of prakṛti, and the exposition of the parts and portions; the proclamation of glory and the power of those (parts) is set forth. It was given, in flawless Goloka, by Kṛṣṇa the supreme Self, and at the great sacred place Puṣkara by Brahmā to Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.2
स्थूलास्तनूर्विदधतं त्रिगुणं विराजं विश्वानि लोमविवरेषु महान्तमाद्यम्।। सृष्ट्युन्मुखः स्वकलयाऽपि ससर्ज सूक्ष्मं नित्यं समेत्य हृदि यस्तमजं भजामि अमृतपरमपूर्वं भारतीकामधेनुं श्रुतिगणकृतवत्सो व्यासदेवो दुदोह ।। अतिरुचिरपुराणं ब्रह्मवैवर्त्तमेतत्पिबत पिबत मुग्धा दुग्धमक्षय्यमिष्टम् एतस्मिन्नन्तरे सौतिमागच्छन्तं यदृच्छया ।। प्रणतं सुविनीतं तं विलोक्य ददुरासनम्
sthūlāstanūrvidadhataṃ triguṇaṃ virājaṃ viśvāni lomavivareṣu mahāntamādyam|| sṛṣṭyunmukhaḥ svakalayā'pi sasarja sūkṣmaṃ nityaṃ sametya hṛdi yastamajaṃ bhajāmi amṛtaparamapūrvaṃ bhāratīkāmadhenuṃ śrutigaṇakṛtavatso vyāsadevo dudoha || atirucirapurāṇaṃ brahmavaivarttametatpibata pibata mugdhā dugdhamakṣayyamiṣṭam etasminnantare sautimāgacchantaṃ yadṛcchayā || praṇataṃ suvinītaṃ taṃ vilokya dadurāsanam
Him who fashions the gross bodies, the three-strand Virāj, (who bears) the universes in the pores of his hairs, the primal Great One (Mahat); who, turned toward creation, created the subtle too by his own part — him, the eternal, the unborn, coming together (with me) in my heart, I worship. Vyāsadeva, making the hosts of the Vedas his calf, milked the wish-granting cow of speech, nectar-like, supreme, unprecedented: this Brahmavaivarta, most lovely Purāṇa. Drink, drink, O bewildered ones, the imperishable, desirable milk! Meanwhile, seeing the Sūta arriving by chance, bowed low and well-mannered, they gave him a seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.3
ध्यायन्ते ध्याननिष्ठाः सुरनरमनवो योगिनो योगरूढाः सन्तः स्वप्नेऽपि सन्तं कतिकतिजनिभिर्यं न पश्यन्ति तप्त्वा ।। ध्याये स्वेच्छामयं तं त्रिगुणपरमहो निर्विकारं निरीहं भक्त्या ध्यानैकहेतोर्निरुपमरुचिरश्यामरूपं दधानम् तं सम्पूज्यातिथिं भक्त्या शौनको मुनिपुङ्गवः।। पप्रच्छ कुशलं शांतं शान्तः पौराणिकं मुदा
dhyāyante dhyānaniṣṭhāḥ suranaramanavo yogino yogarūḍhāḥ santaḥ svapne'pi santaṃ katikatijanibhiryaṃ na paśyanti taptvā || dhyāye svecchāmayaṃ taṃ triguṇaparamaho nirvikāraṃ nirīhaṃ bhaktyā dhyānaikahetornirupamaruciraśyāmarūpaṃ dadhānam taṃ sampūjyātithiṃ bhaktyā śaunako munipuṅgavaḥ|| papraccha kuśalaṃ śāṃtaṃ śāntaḥ paurāṇikaṃ mudā
Those devoted to meditation — gods, men, Manus, yogins established in yoga, and the good — meditate (on him); yet, however many births they burn with austerity, they do not see him even in a dream. Him I meditate on with devotion: made of his own will, beyond the three strands — ah! — changeless, without striving, bearing a darkly beautiful, incomparable form for the sole sake of (his devotees') meditation. Having worshipped him, the guest, with devotion, Śaunaka the bull among sages, himself at peace, joyfully asked the peaceful reciter of Purāṇas about his welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.4
वन्दे कृष्णं गुणातीतं परं ब्रह्माच्युतं यतः ।। आविर्बभूवुः प्रकृतिब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः वर्त्मायासविनिर्मुक्तं वसन्तं सुस्थिरासने ।। सस्मितं सर्वतत्त्वज्ञं पुराणानां पुराणवित्
vande kṛṣṇaṃ guṇātītaṃ paraṃ brahmācyutaṃ yataḥ || āvirbabhūvuḥ prakṛtibrahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ vartmāyāsavinirmuktaṃ vasantaṃ susthirāsane || sasmitaṃ sarvatattvajñaṃ purāṇānāṃ purāṇavit
I praise Kṛṣṇa, beyond the strands (of nature), the supreme Brahman, the unfalling, from whom prakṛti, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest came forth. — (The sage asked) him who was freed from the fatigue of the road, seated on a firm seat, smiling, knower of all truths, a knower of the ancient lore among the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.5
परं कृष्णकथोपेतं पुराणं श्रुति संमतम्।। मङ्गलं मङ्गलार्हं च मङ्गल्यं मङ्गलालयम्
paraṃ kṛṣṇakathopetaṃ purāṇaṃ śruti saṃmatam|| maṅgalaṃ maṅgalārhaṃ ca maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalālayam
the supreme Purāṇa, furnished with the story of Kṛṣṇa, agreeing with śruti, auspicious, worthy of auspicious rite, blessed, the abode of auspiciousness;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.6
सर्वमङ्गलबीजं च सर्वदा मङ्गलप्रदम् ।। सर्वामङ्गलनिघ्नं च सर्वसंपत्करं परम्
sarvamaṅgalabījaṃ ca sarvadā maṅgalapradam || sarvāmaṅgalanighnaṃ ca sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ param
the seed of all auspiciousness, at all times bestowing auspiciousness, destroying all inauspiciousness, supreme, causing all prosperity;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.7
हरिभक्तिप्रदं शश्वत्सुखदं मोक्षदं भवात् ।। तत्त्वज्ञानप्रदं दारपुत्रपौत्रविवर्द्धनम्
haribhaktipradaṃ śaśvatsukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ bhavāt || tattvajñānapradaṃ dāraputrapautravivarddhanam
granting devotion to Hari, giving unceasing happiness, giving release from worldly existence, granting knowledge of the truth, increasing wife, sons and grandsons —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.8
पप्रच्छ सुविनीतं च सुप्रीतो मुनिसंसदि ।। यथाऽऽकाशे तारकाणां द्विजराजो विराजते
papraccha suvinītaṃ ca suprīto munisaṃsadi || yathā''kāśe tārakāṇāṃ dvijarājo virājate
(this) he asked for, very courteously and greatly pleased, in the assembly of sages, where the moon shines forth as in the sky among the stars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.9
।। शौनक उवाच ।। ।। प्रस्थानं भवतः कुत्र कुत आयासि ते शिवम् ।। किमस्माकं पुण्यदिनमद्य त्वद्दर्शनेन च
|| śaunaka uvāca || || prasthānaṃ bhavataḥ kutra kuta āyāsi te śivam || kimasmākaṃ puṇyadinamadya tvaddarśanena ca
Śaunaka said: Where is your journey (bound)? From where do you come? May it be well with you. Is today a day of merit for us, through the sight of you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.11
भवान्साधुर्महाभागः पुराणेषु पुराणवित् ।। सर्वेषु च पुराणेषु निष्णातोऽतिकृपानिधिः
bhavānsādhurmahābhāgaḥ purāṇeṣu purāṇavit || sarveṣu ca purāṇeṣu niṣṇāto'tikṛpānidhiḥ
You, sir, are a good man, greatly blessed, a knower of ancient lore among the Purāṇas; you are versed in all the Purāṇas, a great treasury of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.12
श्रीकृष्णे निश्चला भक्तिर्यतो भवति शाश्वती ।। तत्कथ्यतां महाभाग पुराणं ज्ञानवर्द्धनम्
śrīkṛṣṇe niścalā bhaktiryato bhavati śāśvatī || tatkathyatāṃ mahābhāga purāṇaṃ jñānavarddhanam
That Purāṇa by which unshakable, everlasting devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa comes about — tell that, O greatly blessed one, (that Purāṇa) which increases knowledge;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.13
गरीयसी या साक्षाच्च कर्ममूलनिकृन्तनी ।। संसारसन्निबद्धानां निगडच्छेदकर्तरी
garīyasī yā sākṣācca karmamūlanikṛntanī || saṃsārasannibaddhānāṃ nigaḍacchedakartarī
which is the weightier (way), and which directly cuts away the root of karma, a blade that severs the shackles of those who are bound fast in saṃsāra;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.14
भवदावाग्निदग्धानां पीयूष वृष्टिवर्षिणी ।। सुखदाऽऽनन्ददा सौते शश्वच्चेतसि जीविनाम्
bhavadāvāgnidagdhānāṃ pīyūṣa vṛṣṭivarṣiṇī || sukhadā''nandadā saute śaśvaccetasi jīvinām
which rains a shower of nectar upon those burnt by the forest fire of worldly existence, which gives happiness and gives bliss, O Sūta, ever in the mind of living beings;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.15
यत्रादौ सर्वबीजं च परं ब्रह्मनिरूपणम् ।। तस्य सृष्ट्युन्मुखस्यापि सृष्टेरुत्कीर्त्तनं परम्
yatrādau sarvabījaṃ ca paraṃ brahmanirūpaṇam || tasya sṛṣṭyunmukhasyāpi sṛṣṭerutkīrttanaṃ param
wherein, at the beginning, is the exposition of the supreme Brahman, the seed of all; and the supreme proclamation of the creation by him when he turns toward creating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.16
साकारं वा निराकारं परमात्मस्वरूपकम् ।। किमाकारञ्च तद्ब्रह्म तद्ध्यानं किञ्च भावनम्
sākāraṃ vā nirākāraṃ paramātmasvarūpakam || kimākārañca tadbrahma taddhyānaṃ kiñca bhāvanam
Is the essential form of the supreme Self possessed of form or formless? And of what form is that Brahman, and what is meditation on it, and what its contemplation?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.17
ध्यायन्ते वैष्णवाः किंवा शान्ताश्च योगिनस्तथा ।। मतं प्रधानं केषां वा गूढं वेदे निरूपितम्
dhyāyante vaiṣṇavāḥ kiṃvā śāntāśca yoginastathā || mataṃ pradhānaṃ keṣāṃ vā gūḍhaṃ vede nirūpitam
On what do the Vaiṣṇavas meditate, and likewise the tranquil ones and the yogins? And whose doctrine is the chief one, set forth in hidden fashion in the Veda?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.18
प्रकृतेश्च य आकारो यत्र वत्सनिरूपितः ।। गुणानां लक्षणं यत्र महदादेश्च निश्चयः
prakṛteśca ya ākāro yatra vatsanirūpitaḥ || guṇānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ yatra mahadādeśca niścayaḥ
(That) in which the form of Prakṛti is set forth, my child; in which (there is) the characterization of the guṇas and the determination of the mahat and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.19
गोलोकवर्णनं यत्र यत्र वैकुण्ठवर्णनम् ।। वर्णनं शिवलोकस्य यत्रान्यत् स्वर्गवर्णनम्
golokavarṇanaṃ yatra yatra vaikuṇṭhavarṇanam || varṇanaṃ śivalokasya yatrānyat svargavarṇanam
In which (there is) the description of Goloka, in which the description of Vaikuṇṭha, the description of Śiva's world, and in which another description, of heaven;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.21
निगूढं जन्म येषां वा देवानां देवयोषिताम् ।। समुत्पत्तिः समुद्राणां शैलानां सरितामपि
nigūḍhaṃ janma yeṣāṃ vā devānāṃ devayoṣitām || samutpattiḥ samudrāṇāṃ śailānāṃ saritāmapi
whose hidden birth (is told) — of which gods and of the wives of the gods — and the arising of the oceans, of the mountains, and of the rivers too;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.22
के वांऽशाः प्रकृतेश्चापि कलाः का वा कलाकलाः ।। तासाञ्च चरितं ध्यानं पूजास्तोत्रादिकं शुभम्
ke vāṃ'śāḥ prakṛteścāpi kalāḥ kā vā kalākalāḥ || tāsāñca caritaṃ dhyānaṃ pūjāstotrādikaṃ śubham
which are the portions (aṃśas) of Prakṛti, and which the kalās, and which the kalās of kalās, and their doings, meditation, worship, hymns and the rest, all auspicious;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.23
दुर्गा सरस्वती लक्ष्मी सावित्रीणाञ्च वर्णनम् ।। यत्रैव राधिकाख्यानमत्यपूर्वं सुधोपमम्
durgā sarasvatī lakṣmī sāvitrīṇāñca varṇanam || yatraiva rādhikākhyānamatyapūrvaṃ sudhopamam
and the description of Durgā, Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī and Sāvitrī, and in which very (work) is the account of Rādhikā, wholly unprecedented, like nectar;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.24
जीवकर्मविपाकश्च नरकाणाञ्च वर्णनम् ।। कर्मणां खण्डनं यत्र यत्र तेभ्यो विमोक्षणम्
jīvakarmavipākaśca narakāṇāñca varṇanam || karmaṇāṃ khaṇḍanaṃ yatra yatra tebhyo vimokṣaṇam
and the ripening of the deeds of living beings, and the description of the hells; in which (there is) the breaking of (the bonds of) deeds, and in which the release from them;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.25
येषाञ्च जीविनां यद्यत्स्थानं यत्र शुभाशुभम्।। जीविनां कर्मणो यस्माद्यासु यासु च योनिषु
yeṣāñca jīvināṃ yadyatsthānaṃ yatra śubhāśubham|| jīvināṃ karmaṇo yasmādyāsu yāsu ca yoniṣu
and of which living beings what place (is assigned), where the auspicious and inauspicious (befalls them), and in which wombs (they are born) because of the deeds of living beings;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.26
जीविनां कर्मणो यस्माद्योयो रोगो भवेदिह ।। मोक्षणं कर्मणो यस्मात्तेषाञ्च तन्निरूपय
jīvināṃ karmaṇo yasmādyoyo rogo bhavediha || mokṣaṇaṃ karmaṇo yasmātteṣāñca tannirūpaya
and which disease arises here (for beings) from the deeds of living beings, and from what (comes) the release from (that) deed — set that forth for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.27
मनसा तुलसी काली गङ्गा पृध्वी वसुन्धरा ।। आसां यत्र शुभाख्यानमन्यासामपि यत्र वै
manasā tulasī kālī gaṅgā pṛdhvī vasundharā || āsāṃ yatra śubhākhyānamanyāsāmapi yatra vai
Manasā, Tulasī, Kālī, Gaṅgā, Pṛthvī, Vasundharā — in which (work there is) the auspicious account of these, and indeed of the others too;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.28
शालिग्रामशिलानाञ्च दानानाञ्च निरूपणम् ।। अपूर्वं यत्र वा सौते धर्माधर्मनिरूपणम्
śāligrāmaśilānāñca dānānāñca nirūpaṇam || apūrvaṃ yatra vā saute dharmādharmanirūpaṇam
and the exposition of the Śālagrāma stones and of the gifts (to be given), and in which, O Sauti, (there is) the unprecedented exposition of dharma and adharma;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.29
गणेश्वरस्य चरितं यत्र तज्जन्म कर्म च ।। कवचस्तोत्रमन्त्राणां गूढानां यत्र वर्णनम्
gaṇeśvarasya caritaṃ yatra tajjanma karma ca || kavacastotramantrāṇāṃ gūḍhānāṃ yatra varṇanam
in which (there is) the story of Gaṇeśvara, his birth and his deeds, in which the setting forth of the secret kavacas, hymns and mantras;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.31
यत्र जन्म भ्रमो विश्वे पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते ।। परिपूर्णतमस्यापि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
yatra janma bhramo viśve puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate || paripūrṇatamasyāpi kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
in which (is told) the birth and the wandering in the world and in the meritorious land of Bhārata of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, though he is the utterly complete one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.32
जन्म कस्य गृहे लब्धं पुण्ये पुण्यवतो मुने ।। सुतं प्रसूता का धन्या मान्या पुण्यवती सती
janma kasya gṛhe labdhaṃ puṇye puṇyavato mune || sutaṃ prasūtā kā dhanyā mānyā puṇyavatī satī
In whose house was his birth obtained, in a holy (place), in (the house) of a meritorious man, O sage? Who is the blessed, honoured, meritorious, virtuous woman who bore (him as) a son?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.33
आविर्भूय च तद्गेहात्क्वागतः केन हेतुना ।। गत्वा किं कृतवांस्तत्र कथं वा पुनरागतः
āvirbhūya ca tadgehātkvāgataḥ kena hetunā || gatvā kiṃ kṛtavāṃstatra kathaṃ vā punarāgataḥ
And having appeared, where did he go from that house, and for what reason? Having gone, what did he do there, and how did he come back again?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.34
भारावतरणं केन प्रार्थितो गोश्चकार सः ।। विधाय किंवा सेतुं च गोलोकं गतवान्पुनः
bhārāvataraṇaṃ kena prārthito goścakāra saḥ || vidhāya kiṃvā setuṃ ca golokaṃ gatavānpunaḥ
By whom was he entreated that he performed the removal of the earth's burden? And having established what boundary (or: having built the causeway), did he go back to Goloka?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 1.35
इतीदमन्यदाख्यानं पुराणं श्रुतिदुर्लभम् ।। दुर्विज्ञेयं मुनीनां च मनोनिर्मलकारणम्
itīdamanyadākhyānaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutidurlabham || durvijñeyaṃ munīnāṃ ca manonirmalakāraṇam
Thus this and other narrative, a Purāṇa hard to come by (even) from the Vedas, hard for the sages to understand, a cause of purity of mind —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.36
स्वज्ञानाद्यन्मया पृष्टमपृष्टं वा शुभाशुभम् ।। सद्यो वैराग्यजननं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
svajñānādyanmayā pṛṣṭamapṛṣṭaṃ vā śubhāśubham || sadyo vairāgyajananaṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi
whatever, out of your own knowledge, I have asked or not asked, auspicious or inauspicious, that which at once produces detachment — you are fit to expound to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.37
शिष्यपृष्टमपृष्टं वा व्याख्यानं कुरुते च यः ।। स सद्गुरुः सतां श्रेष्ठो योग्यायोग्ये च यः समः
śiṣyapṛṣṭamapṛṣṭaṃ vā vyākhyānaṃ kurute ca yaḥ || sa sadguruḥ satāṃ śreṣṭho yogyāyogye ca yaḥ samaḥ
And he who gives an exposition of what the pupil has asked or has not asked, he is a true teacher, best of the good, and he who is equal-minded toward the worthy and the unworthy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.38
सौतिरुवाच ।। सर्वं कुशलमस्माकं त्वत्पादपद्मदर्शनात् ।। सिद्धक्षेत्रादागतोऽहं यामि नारायणाश्रमम्
sautiruvāca || sarvaṃ kuśalamasmākaṃ tvatpādapadmadarśanāt || siddhakṣetrādāgato'haṃ yāmi nārāyaṇāśramam
Sauti said: All is well with us, from seeing your lotus feet. I have come from Siddhakṣetra and am going to the hermitage of Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.39
दृष्ट्वा विप्रसमूहं च नमस्कर्तुमिहागतः ।। द्रष्टुं च नैमिषारण्यं पुण्यदं चापि भारते
dṛṣṭvā viprasamūhaṃ ca namaskartumihāgataḥ || draṣṭuṃ ca naimiṣāraṇyaṃ puṇyadaṃ cāpi bhārate
And having seen the assembly of brahmins, I have come here to make obeisance, and to see the Naimiṣa forest, which also bestows merit, in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.41
हरिर्ब्राह्मणरूपेक्षण शश्वद् भ्रमति भूतले ।। सुकृती प्रणमेत्पुण्याद्ब्राह्मणं हरिरूपिणम्
harirbrāhmaṇarūpekṣaṇa śaśvad bhramati bhūtale || sukṛtī praṇametpuṇyādbrāhmaṇaṃ harirūpiṇam
Hari in the form of a brahmin wanders constantly upon the earth; so the meritorious man, out of his merit, should bow to a brahmin, who has Hari's form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.42
भगवन्यत्त्वया पृष्टं ज्ञातं सर्वमभीप्सितम् ।। सारभूतं पुराणेषु ब्रह्मवैवर्त्तमुत्तमम् ।।
bhagavanyattvayā pṛṣṭaṃ jñātaṃ sarvamabhīpsitam || sārabhūtaṃ purāṇeṣu brahmavaivarttamuttamam ||
"Lord, what you have asked, all that is desired, is known: the Brahmavaivarta, the best (Purāṇa), which is the essence among the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.43
पुराणोपपुराणानां वेदानां भ्रमभञ्जनम् ।। हरिभक्तिप्रदं सर्वतत्त्वज्ञानविवर्द्धनम्
purāṇopapurāṇānāṃ vedānāṃ bhramabhañjanam || haribhaktipradaṃ sarvatattvajñānavivarddhanam
It breaks the confusions of the Purāṇas, the secondary Purāṇas and the Vedas; it grants devotion to Hari and increases the knowledge of all principles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.44
कामिनां कामदं चेदं मुमुक्षूणां च मोक्षदम् ।। भक्तिप्रदं वैष्णवानां कल्पवृक्षस्वरूपकम्
kāmināṃ kāmadaṃ cedaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ ca mokṣadam || bhaktipradaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ kalpavṛkṣasvarūpakam
And this grants desires to those who desire, and liberation to those who seek liberation; it grants devotion to the Vaiṣṇavas, being in form a wish-fulfilling tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.45
ब्रह्मखण्डं सर्वबीजं परब्रह्मनिरूपणम् ।। ध्यायन्ते योगिनः सन्तो वैष्णवा यत्परात्परम्
brahmakhaṇḍaṃ sarvabījaṃ parabrahmanirūpaṇam || dhyāyante yoginaḥ santo vaiṣṇavā yatparātparam
The Brahma section is the seed of all, the exposition of the supreme Brahman, whom yogins, saints and Vaiṣṇavas meditate upon as higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.46
वैष्णवा योगिनः सन्तो न च भिन्नाश्च शौनक ।। स्वाज्ञानपरिपाकेन भवन्ति जीविनः क्रमात् ।।
vaiṣṇavā yoginaḥ santo na ca bhinnāśca śaunaka || svājñānaparipākena bhavanti jīvinaḥ kramāt ||
Vaiṣṇavas, yogins and saints are not different (from one another), Śaunaka; by the ripening of their own knowledge living beings become (these) in succession.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.47
सन्तो भवन्ति सत्सङ्गाद्योगिसंगेन योगिनः ।। वैष्णवा भक्तसंगेन क्रमात्सद्योगिनः पराः
santo bhavanti satsaṅgādyogisaṃgena yoginaḥ || vaiṣṇavā bhaktasaṃgena kramātsadyoginaḥ parāḥ
By the company of the good one becomes good, by the company of yogins a yogin, by the company of devotees a Vaiṣṇava; and in succession the true yogins are supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.48
यत्रोद्भवश्च देवानां देवीनां सर्वजीविनाम् ।। ततः प्रकृतिखण्डे च देवीनां चरितं शुभम्
yatrodbhavaśca devānāṃ devīnāṃ sarvajīvinām || tataḥ prakṛtikhaṇḍe ca devīnāṃ caritaṃ śubham
Wherein (occurs) the arising of the gods, of the goddesses, and of all living beings; then in the Prakṛti section, the auspicious deeds of the goddesses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.49
जीवकर्मविपाकश्च शालिग्रामनिरूपणम् ।। तासां च कवच स्तोत्रमन्त्रपूजानिरूपणम्
jīvakarmavipākaśca śāligrāmanirūpaṇam || tāsāṃ ca kavaca stotramantrapūjānirūpaṇam
and the ripening of the karma of living beings, and the exposition of the śālagrāma, and the exposition of the armour-hymns, praise-hymns, mantras and worship of those (goddesses),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.51
सुकृतीनां दुष्कृतीनां यद्यत्स्थानं शुभाशुभम् ।। वर्णनं नरकाणां च रोगाणां मोक्षणं ततः
sukṛtīnāṃ duṣkṛtīnāṃ yadyatsthānaṃ śubhāśubham || varṇanaṃ narakāṇāṃ ca rogāṇāṃ mokṣaṇaṃ tataḥ
and whatever place, auspicious or inauspicious, belongs to the meritorious and to the evil-doers, and the description of the hells; then the removal of diseases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.52
ततो गणेशखण्डे च तज्जन्म परिकीर्तितम् ।। अतीवापूर्वचरितं श्रुतिवेदसुदुर्लभम्
tato gaṇeśakhaṇḍe ca tajjanma parikīrtitam || atīvāpūrvacaritaṃ śrutivedasudurlabham
then in the Gaṇeśa section his birth is celebrated, an exceedingly unprecedented history, very hard to obtain in the Vedic scriptures,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.53
गणेशभृगुसंवादे सर्वतत्त्वनिरूपणम् ।। निगूढकवचस्तोत्रमन्त्रतन्त्र निरूपणम्
gaṇeśabhṛgusaṃvāde sarvatattvanirūpaṇam || nigūḍhakavacastotramantratantra nirūpaṇam
and in the dialogue of Gaṇeśa and Bhṛgu, the exposition of all principles, the exposition of the hidden armour-hymns, praise-hymns, mantras and tantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.54
श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डं च कीर्तितं च ततः परम् ।। भारते पुण्यक्षेत्रे च श्रीकृष्णजन्म कर्म च
śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍaṃ ca kīrtitaṃ ca tataḥ param || bhārate puṇyakṣetre ca śrīkṛṣṇajanma karma ca
And after that the Śrī Kṛṣṇa-birth section is proclaimed: the birth and the deeds of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Bhārata, the holy land,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.55
भुवो भारावतरणं क्रीडाकौतुकमङ्गलम् ।। सतां सेतुविधानं च जन्मखण्डे निरूपितम्
bhuvo bhārāvataraṇaṃ krīḍākautukamaṅgalam || satāṃ setuvidhānaṃ ca janmakhaṇḍe nirūpitam
the removal of the earth's burden, the auspicious sport and wonder, and the making of a bridge (of rescue) for the good—(these) are set forth in the Birth section.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.56
इदं ते कथितं विप्र पुराणप्रवरं परम् ।। चतुःखण्डैः परिमितं सर्वधर्मनिरूपणम्
idaṃ te kathitaṃ vipra purāṇapravaraṃ param || catuḥkhaṇḍaiḥ parimitaṃ sarvadharmanirūpaṇam
This has been told to you, brahmin: the supreme, foremost Purāṇa, measured out in four sections, expounding all religious duty,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.57
सर्वेषामीप्सितं श्रीदं सर्वाशापूर्णकारणम् ।। ब्रह्मवैवर्तकं नाम सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदम्
sarveṣāmīpsitaṃ śrīdaṃ sarvāśāpūrṇakāraṇam || brahmavaivartakaṃ nāma sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradam
desired by all, bestowing prosperity, the cause of the fulfilment of every hope, called the Brahmavaivarta, giving the fruit of all that is wished for,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.58
सारभूतं पुराणेषु केवलं वेदसंमितम् ।। विवृतं ब्रह्मकार्त्स्न्यं च कृष्णेन यत्र शौनक
sārabhūtaṃ purāṇeṣu kevalaṃ vedasaṃmitam || vivṛtaṃ brahmakārtsnyaṃ ca kṛṣṇena yatra śaunaka
the essence among the Purāṇas, alone equal to the Veda, wherein the whole of Brahman was expounded by Kṛṣṇa, O Śaunaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.59
ब्रह्मवैवर्तकं तेन प्रवदन्ति पुराविदः ।। इदं पुराणसूत्रं च पुरा दत्तं च ब्रह्मणे
brahmavaivartakaṃ tena pravadanti purāvidaḥ || idaṃ purāṇasūtraṃ ca purā dattaṃ ca brahmaṇe
For that reason those who know the ancient lore call it Brahmavaivarta. And this aphoristic Purāṇa was formerly given to Brahmā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.61
धर्मेण दत्तं पुत्राय प्रीत्या नारायणाय च
dharmeṇa dattaṃ putrāya prītyā nārāyaṇāya ca
by Dharma it was given, out of affection, to (his) son Nārāyaṇa;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.62
नारदो व्यासदेवाय प्रददौ जाह्नवीतटे ।। व्यासः पुराणसूत्रं तत्संव्यस्य विपुलं महत्
nārado vyāsadevāya pradadau jāhnavītaṭe || vyāsaḥ purāṇasūtraṃ tatsaṃvyasya vipulaṃ mahat
Nārada gave it to Vyāsadeva on the bank of the Jāhnavī; and Vyāsa, having arranged that aphoristic Purāṇa into a vast and great (work),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.63
मह्यं ददौ सिद्धक्षेत्रे पुण्यदेशे मनोहरम् ।। मयेदं कथितं ब्रह्मंस्तत्समग्रं निशामय
mahyaṃ dadau siddhakṣetre puṇyadeśe manoharam || mayedaṃ kathitaṃ brahmaṃstatsamagraṃ niśāmaya
(He) gave (it) to me in a field of accomplishment, in a holy region — (a work) delightful (to the mind). This has been told by me, O brahmin; hear all of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 1.64
अष्टादशसहस्रं तु व्यासेनेदं पुराणकम् ।। पुराणकार्त्स्न्यश्रवणे यत्फलं लभते नरः ।। तत्फलं लभते नूनमध्यायश्रवणेन च
aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ tu vyāsenedaṃ purāṇakam || purāṇakārtsnyaśravaṇe yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ || tatphalaṃ labhate nūnamadhyāyaśravaṇena ca
This little Purāṇa (was made) by Vyāsa in eighteen thousand (verses). Whatever fruit a man obtains from hearing a Purāṇa in its entirety, that same fruit he certainly obtains even by hearing a single chapter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition