Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 10
BvP 1 10.1
सौतिरुवाच ।। भृगोः पुत्रश्च च्यवनः शुक्रश्च ज्ञानिनां वर ।। क्रतोरपि क्रिया भार्य्या वालखिल्यानसूयत तेन विश्रवसः पुत्रः कुबेरश्च धनाधिपः ।। रावणः कुम्भकर्णश्च धार्मिकश्च विभीषणः मालाकारः शङ्खकारः कर्मकारः कुविन्दकः ।। कुम्भकारः कांस्यकारः षडेते शिल्पिनां वराः सिन्दूरबिन्दुसंयुक्तं कस्तूरीबिन्दुसंयुतम् ।। कपोलमुज्ज्वलं शश्वन्महार्हमणिकुण्डलम् कामशास्त्रं कामदेवाद्योषिद्रञ्जनकारम्।। शृङ्गारशिल्पं यत्किञ्चिल्लब्धं चन्द्राच्च दुर्लभम् मातरित्येव शब्देन यां च सम्भाषते नरः ।। स मातृतुल्या सत्येन धर्मः साक्षी सतामपि घृताची कारुमुक्त्वा च साऽगच्छत्काममन्दिरम् ।। कामेन सुरतं कृत्वा कथयामास तां कथाम् एकदा तु प्रयागे च शिल्पं कृत्वा नृपस्य च ।। स्नातुं जगाम गङ्गां स चापश्यत्तत्र कामिनीम् यो मूढो विषयासक्तो लब्धजन्मा च भारते ।। विहाय कृष्णं सर्वेशं स मुग्धो विष्णुमायया मालाकारान्कर्मकाराञ्छङ्खकारान्कुविन्दकान् ।। कुम्भकारान्सूत्रकारान्स्वर्णचित्रकरांस्तथा तीवरस्य तु बीजेन तैलकारस्य योषिति।। बभूव पतितो दस्युर्लेटश्च परिकीर्तितः क्षत्रात्करणकन्यायां राजपुत्रो बभूव ह ।। राजपुत्र्यां तु करणादागरीति प्रकीर्तितः अविद्धकर्णाः क्रूराश्च निर्भया रणदुर्जयाः ।। शौचाचारविहीनाश्च दुर्द्धर्षा धर्मवर्जिताः विप्रो रोषेण तत्याज तं च पुत्रं स्वकामिनीम् ।। सरिद्बभूव योगेन सा च गोदावरी स्मृता पितामहः पितृपिता तत्पिता प्रपितापहः ।। अत ऊर्ध्वं ज्ञातयश्च सगोत्राः परिकीर्तितः पत्नीमाता तथा श्वश्रूस्तत्पिता श्वशुरः स्मृतः ।। सगर्भः सोदरो भ्राता सगर्भा भगिनी स्मृता पुत्रस्य श्वशुरो भ्राता बन्धुर्वैवाहिकः स्मृतः।। कन्यायाः श्वशुरे चैव तत्सम्बन्धः प्रकीर्तितः तेजीयसां न दोषाय विद्यमाने युगे युगे
sautiruvāca || bhṛgoḥ putraśca cyavanaḥ śukraśca jñānināṃ vara || kratorapi kriyā bhāryyā vālakhilyānasūyata tena viśravasaḥ putraḥ kuberaśca dhanādhipaḥ || rāvaṇaḥ kumbhakarṇaśca dhārmikaśca vibhīṣaṇaḥ mālākāraḥ śaṅkhakāraḥ karmakāraḥ kuvindakaḥ || kumbhakāraḥ kāṃsyakāraḥ ṣaḍete śilpināṃ varāḥ sindūrabindusaṃyuktaṃ kastūrībindusaṃyutam || kapolamujjvalaṃ śaśvanmahārhamaṇikuṇḍalam kāmaśāstraṃ kāmadevādyoṣidrañjanakāram|| śṛṅgāraśilpaṃ yatkiñcillabdhaṃ candrācca durlabham mātarityeva śabdena yāṃ ca sambhāṣate naraḥ || sa mātṛtulyā satyena dharmaḥ sākṣī satāmapi ghṛtācī kārumuktvā ca sā'gacchatkāmamandiram || kāmena surataṃ kṛtvā kathayāmāsa tāṃ kathām ekadā tu prayāge ca śilpaṃ kṛtvā nṛpasya ca || snātuṃ jagāma gaṅgāṃ sa cāpaśyattatra kāminīm yo mūḍho viṣayāsakto labdhajanmā ca bhārate || vihāya kṛṣṇaṃ sarveśaṃ sa mugdho viṣṇumāyayā mālākārānkarmakārāñchaṅkhakārānkuvindakān || kumbhakārānsūtrakārānsvarṇacitrakarāṃstathā tīvarasya tu bījena tailakārasya yoṣiti|| babhūva patito dasyurleṭaśca parikīrtitaḥ kṣatrātkaraṇakanyāyāṃ rājaputro babhūva ha || rājaputryāṃ tu karaṇādāgarīti prakīrtitaḥ aviddhakarṇāḥ krūrāśca nirbhayā raṇadurjayāḥ || śaucācāravihīnāśca durddharṣā dharmavarjitāḥ vipro roṣeṇa tatyāja taṃ ca putraṃ svakāminīm || saridbabhūva yogena sā ca godāvarī smṛtā pitāmahaḥ pitṛpitā tatpitā prapitāpahaḥ || ata ūrdhvaṃ jñātayaśca sagotrāḥ parikīrtitaḥ patnīmātā tathā śvaśrūstatpitā śvaśuraḥ smṛtaḥ || sagarbhaḥ sodaro bhrātā sagarbhā bhaginī smṛtā putrasya śvaśuro bhrātā bandhurvaivāhikaḥ smṛtaḥ|| kanyāyāḥ śvaśure caiva tatsambandhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ tejīyasāṃ na doṣāya vidyamāne yuge yuge
Sauti said: Bhṛgu's sons were Cyavana and Śukra, O best of those who know. Kratu's wife Kriyā, too, bore the Vālakhilyas. By him (came) the son of Viśravas: Kubera, the lord of wealth; and Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, and the righteous Vibhīṣaṇa. The garland-maker, the conch-worker, the smith, the weaver, the potter, the bell-metal worker — these six are the foremost of artisans. A cheek marked with a dot of vermilion and a dot of musk, ever radiant, with a very costly jewelled earring; the science of love, made by Kāmadeva and the rest for the delighting of women; whatever craft of adornment there is — this was obtained, and is hard to obtain even from the moon. And whatever woman a man addresses with the word "mother" — she is truly the equal of a mother; dharma is witness even for the good. And Ghṛtācī, leaving the artisan, went to the house of Kāma; having made love with Kāma, she told him that tale. But once at Prayāga, having done craftwork for the king, he went to the Ganges to bathe, and there he saw a lovely woman. He who, deluded and attached to sense objects, having obtained birth in Bhārata, abandons Kṛṣṇa the lord of all, is bewildered by Viṣṇu's māyā. Garland-makers, smiths, conch-workers, weavers, potters, thread-makers, and likewise workers in gold and in painting. From the seed of a Tīvara in the wife of an oil-presser was born a fallen one, a dasyu, and he is called Leṭa. From a Kṣatriya in a Karaṇa girl a Rājaputra was born; but from a Karaṇa in a Rājaputrī, one called Āgarī. Their ears are unpierced; they are cruel, fearless, unconquerable in battle, devoid of purity and of good conduct, hard to withstand, bereft of dharma. The brahmin in anger abandoned both that son and his own woman; and she by yoga became a river, and she is known as the Godāvarī. The grandfather is the father's father; his father is the great-grandfather. Above that, kinsmen are declared to be of the same gotra. The wife's mother is the mother-in-law, and her father is held to be the father-in-law. One of the same womb is a brother; one of the same womb, a sister. The son's father-in-law is held to be a brother, a relative by marriage; and with the daughter's father-in-law too that same relationship is declared. For the mighty it is no fault, so long as (this) obtains, age after age.
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BvP 1 10.2
त्रयः पुत्राश्चाङ्गिरसो बभूवुर्मुनिसत्तमाः ।। बृहस्पतिरुतथ्यश्च शम्बरश्चापि शौनक
trayaḥ putrāścāṅgiraso babhūvurmunisattamāḥ || bṛhaspatirutathyaśca śambaraścāpi śaunaka
Aṅgiras had three sons, the best of sages: Bṛhaspati, Utathya, and also Śambara, O Śaunaka.
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BvP 1 10.3
वसिष्ठस्य सुतः शक्तिः शक्तेः पुत्रः पराशरः ।। पराशरसुतः श्रीमान्कृष्णद्वैपायनो हरिः
vasiṣṭhasya sutaḥ śaktiḥ śakteḥ putraḥ parāśaraḥ || parāśarasutaḥ śrīmānkṛṣṇadvaipāyano hariḥ
Vasiṣṭha's son was Śakti; Śakti's son was Parāśara; and Parāśara's son was the illustrious Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, (who is) Hari.
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BvP 1 10.4
व्यासपुत्रः शिवांशश्च शुकश्च ज्ञानिनां वरः ।। विश्वश्रवाः पुलस्त्यस्य यस्य पुत्रो धनेश्वरः
vyāsaputraḥ śivāṃśaśca śukaśca jñānināṃ varaḥ || viśvaśravāḥ pulastyasya yasya putro dhaneśvaraḥ
Vyāsa's son, a portion of Śiva, was Śuka, best among the knowers; Viśvaśravas was Pulastya's (son), whose son was Dhaneśvara (the lord of wealth).
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BvP 1 10.5
शौनक उवाच ।। अहो पुराण वदुषामत्यन्तं दुर्गमं वचः ।। न बुद्धं वचनं किंचिद्धनेशोत्पत्तिपूर्वकम्
śaunaka uvāca || aho purāṇa vaduṣāmatyantaṃ durgamaṃ vacaḥ || na buddhaṃ vacanaṃ kiṃciddhaneśotpattipūrvakam
Śaunaka said: Ah, the speech of those who know the Purāṇas is exceedingly hard to penetrate! Not a single word (of yours) concerning the origin of the lord of wealth has been understood.
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BvP 1 10.6
अधुना कथितं जन्म धनेशस्येश्वरादिदम् ।। पुनर्भिंन्नक्रमं जन्म ब्रवीषि कथमेव माम्
adhunā kathitaṃ janma dhaneśasyeśvarādidam || punarbhiṃnnakramaṃ janma bravīṣi kathameva mām
Just now the birth of the lord of wealth was told (by you) as (arising) from Īśvara; and again you tell me a birth in a different sequence — how (can that be)?
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BvP 1 10.7
सौतिरुवाच ।। बभूवुरेते दिक्पालाः पुरा च परमेश्वरात् ।। पुनश्च ब्रह्मशापेन स च विश्वश्रवस्सुतः
sautiruvāca || babhūvurete dikpālāḥ purā ca parameśvarāt || punaśca brahmaśāpena sa ca viśvaśravassutaḥ
The Sūta said: These guardians of the directions came into being formerly from the Supreme Lord; and again, by a brahmin's curse, he became the son of Viśvaśravas.
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BvP 1 10.8
गुरवे दक्षिणां दातुमुतथ्यश्च धनेश्वरम् ।। ययाचे कोटिसौवर्णं यत्नतश्च प्रचेतसे
gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dātumutathyaśca dhaneśvaram || yayāce koṭisauvarṇaṃ yatnataśca pracetase
And Utathya, in order to give the fee to his teacher, earnestly begged of the lord of wealth ten million gold pieces for Pracetas.
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BvP 1 10.9
धनेशो विरसो भूत्वा तस्मै तद्दातुमुद्यतः ।। चकार भस्मसाद्विप्र पुनर्जन्म ललाभ सः
dhaneśo viraso bhūtvā tasmai taddātumudyataḥ || cakāra bhasmasādvipra punarjanma lalābha saḥ
The lord of wealth, becoming disagreeable, was (yet) about to give it to him; (but) the brahmin reduced him to ashes, O brahmin, and he obtained (another) birth again.
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BvP 1 10.11
पुलहस्य सुतो वात्स्यः शाण्डिल्यश्च रुचेः सुतः ।। सावर्णिर्गौतमाज्जज्ञे मुनिप्रवर एव सः
pulahasya suto vātsyaḥ śāṇḍilyaśca ruceḥ sutaḥ || sāvarṇirgautamājjajñe munipravara eva saḥ
Vātsya was the son of Pulaha, and Śāṇḍilya the son of Ruci; Sāvarṇi was born of Gautama — he indeed was foremost among sages.
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BvP 1 10.12
काश्यपः कश्यपाज्जातो भरद्वाजो बृहस्पतेः ।। स्वयं वात्स्यश्च पुलहात्सावर्णिर्गौतमात्तथा
kāśyapaḥ kaśyapājjāto bharadvājo bṛhaspateḥ || svayaṃ vātsyaśca pulahātsāvarṇirgautamāttathā
Kāśyapa was born of Kaśyapa, Bharadvāja of Bṛhaspati, Vātsya himself of Pulaha, and Sāvarṇi likewise of Gautama.
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BvP 1 10.13
शाण्डिल्यश्च रुचेः पुत्रो मुनिस्तेजस्विनां वरः ।। बभूवुः पञ्चगोत्राश्च एतेषां प्रवरा भवे
śāṇḍilyaśca ruceḥ putro munistejasvināṃ varaḥ || babhūvuḥ pañcagotrāśca eteṣāṃ pravarā bhave
And Śāṇḍilya, son of Ruci, a sage foremost among the lustrous — these became the five lineages (gotras), the pravaras among them in the world.
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BvP 1 10.14
बभूवुर्ब्रह्मणो वक्त्रादन्या ब्राह्मणजातयः।। ताः स्थिता देशभेदेषु गोत्रशून्याश्च शौनक
babhūvurbrahmaṇo vaktrādanyā brāhmaṇajātayaḥ|| tāḥ sthitā deśabhedeṣu gotraśūnyāśca śaunaka
From Brahmā's mouth arose the other brahmin castes; they are settled in various regions and are without gotra, O Śaunaka.
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BvP 1 10.15
चन्द्रादित्यमनूनां च प्रवराः क्षत्रियाः स्मृताः ।। ब्रह्मणो बाहुदेशाच्चैवान्याः क्षत्रियजातयः
candrādityamanūnāṃ ca pravarāḥ kṣatriyāḥ smṛtāḥ || brahmaṇo bāhudeśāccaivānyāḥ kṣatriyajātayaḥ
The kṣatriyas of the lines of the Moon, the Sun, and the Manus are held to be the foremost; and from the arm-region of Brahmā (arose) the other kṣatriya castes.
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BvP 1 10.16
ऊरुदेशाच्च वैश्याश्च पादतः शूद्रजातयः ।। तासां सङ्करजातेन बभूवुर्वर्णसङ्कराः
ūrudeśācca vaiśyāśca pādataḥ śūdrajātayaḥ || tāsāṃ saṅkarajātena babhūvurvarṇasaṅkarāḥ
And from the thigh-region the vaiśyas, from the feet the śūdra castes; by the mixed birth among them arose the mixings of the classes.
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BvP 1 10.17
गोपनापितभिल्लाश्च तथा मोदककूबरौ ।। ताम्बूलिस्वर्णकारौ च वणिग्जातय एव च
gopanāpitabhillāśca tathā modakakūbarau || tāmbūlisvarṇakārau ca vaṇigjātaya eva ca
Cowherds, barbers, and Bhillas, likewise the sweet-maker and the Kūbara, the betel-seller and the goldsmith, and the merchant castes as well,
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BvP 1 10.18
इत्येवमाद्या विप्रेन्द्र सच्छूद्राः परिकीर्त्तिताः ।। शूद्राविशोस्तु करणोऽम्बष्ठो वैश्यद्विजन्मनोः
ityevamādyā viprendra sacchūdrāḥ parikīrttitāḥ || śūdrāviśostu karaṇo'mbaṣṭho vaiśyadvijanmanoḥ
— these and such as these, O chief of brahmins, are declared to be the good śūdras. From a śūdra (man) and a vaiśya (woman) comes the Karaṇa; the Ambaṣṭha from a vaiśya (woman) and a twice-born (man).
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BvP 1 10.19
विश्वकर्मा च शूद्रायां वीर्य्याधानं चकार सः ।। ततो बभूवुः पुत्राश्च नवैते शिल्पकारिणः
viśvakarmā ca śūdrāyāṃ vīryyādhānaṃ cakāra saḥ || tato babhūvuḥ putrāśca navaite śilpakāriṇaḥ
And Viśvakarman placed his seed in a śūdra woman; from that were born these nine sons, the craftsmen.
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BvP 1 10.21
सूत्रकारश्चित्रकारः स्वर्णकारस्तथैव च ।। पतितास्ते ब्रह्मशापादयाज्या वर्णसङ्कराः ।।
sūtrakāraścitrakāraḥ svarṇakārastathaiva ca || patitāste brahmaśāpādayājyā varṇasaṅkarāḥ ||
The thread-maker, the painter, and likewise the goldsmith — these three are fallen by a brahmin's curse, unfit to be officiated for, mixtures of the classes.
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BvP 1 10.22
शौनक उवाच ।। कथं देवो विश्वकर्मा वीर्य्याधानं चकार सः ।। शूद्रायामधमायां च कथं ते पतितास्त्रयः
śaunaka uvāca || kathaṃ devo viśvakarmā vīryyādhānaṃ cakāra saḥ || śūdrāyāmadhamāyāṃ ca kathaṃ te patitāstrayaḥ
Śaunaka said: How did the god Viśvakarman place his seed in a low-born śūdra woman, and how were those three fallen?
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BvP 1 10.23
कथं तेषु ब्रह्मशापो ह्यभवत्केन हेतुना ।। हे पुराणविदां श्रेष्ठ तन्नः शंसितुमर्हसि
kathaṃ teṣu brahmaśāpo hyabhavatkena hetunā || he purāṇavidāṃ śreṣṭha tannaḥ śaṃsitumarhasi
How did the brahmin's curse fall upon them, and for what reason? O best of those who know the Purāṇas, you ought to relate that to us.
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BvP 1 10.24
सौतिरुवाच ।। घृताची कामतः कामं वेषं चक्रे मनोहरम् ।। तामपश्यद्विश्वकर्मा गच्छन्तीं पुष्करे पथि
sautiruvāca || ghṛtācī kāmataḥ kāmaṃ veṣaṃ cakre manoharam || tāmapaśyadviśvakarmā gacchantīṃ puṣkare pathi
The Sūta said: Ghṛtācī, out of desire, made her attire alluring at will; Viśvakarman saw her going along the road at Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.25
आगच्छत्तद्विलोकाच्च प्रसादोत्फुल्लमानमः ।। तां ययाचे स शृङ्गारं कामेन हृतचेतनः
āgacchattadvilokācca prasādotphullamānamaḥ || tāṃ yayāce sa śṛṅgāraṃ kāmena hṛtacetanaḥ
At the sight of her he came (to her), his mind blossoming with delight; with his awareness carried off by desire, he begged her for love-making.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.26
रत्नालङ्कारभूषाढ्यां सर्वावयवकोमलाम् ।। यथा षोडशवर्षीयां शश्वत्सुस्थिरयौवनाम्
ratnālaṅkārabhūṣāḍhyāṃ sarvāvayavakomalām || yathā ṣoḍaśavarṣīyāṃ śaśvatsusthirayauvanām
(He begged) her, rich in adornment with jewelled ornaments, tender in every limb, seemingly sixteen years old, with a youth forever unchanging,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.27
बृहन्नितम्ब भारार्तां मुनिमानसमोहिनीम् ।। अतिवेगकटाक्षेण लोलां कामातिपीडिताम्
bṛhannitamba bhārārtāṃ munimānasamohinīm || ativegakaṭākṣeṇa lolāṃ kāmātipīḍitām
burdened by the weight of her broad hips, bewitching the minds of sages, unsteady with her exceedingly swift sidelong glances, sorely afflicted by desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.28
तच्छ्रोणीं कठिनां दृष्ट्वा वायुनाऽपहृतांशुकाम् ।। अतीवोच्चैः स्तनयुगं कठिनं वर्तुलं परम्
tacchroṇīṃ kaṭhināṃ dṛṣṭvā vāyunā'pahṛtāṃśukām || atīvoccaiḥ stanayugaṃ kaṭhinaṃ vartulaṃ param
Seeing her firm hips, her garment carried off by the wind, and the pair of breasts, exceedingly high, firm, round, surpassing,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.29
सुस्मितं चारु वक्त्रं च शरच्चन्द्रविनिन्दकम् ।। पक्वबिम्बफलारक्तस्वोष्ठाधरमनोहरम्
susmitaṃ cāru vaktraṃ ca śaraccandravinindakam || pakvabimbaphalāraktasvoṣṭhādharamanoharam
and her sweetly smiling, lovely face that puts the autumn moon to shame, charming with its own lips, red as a ripe bimba fruit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.31
तामुवाच प्रियां शान्तां कामशास्त्रविशारदः ।। कामाग्निवर्द्धनोद्योगि वचनं श्रुतिसुन्दरम्
tāmuvāca priyāṃ śāntāṃ kāmaśāstraviśāradaḥ || kāmāgnivarddhanodyogi vacanaṃ śrutisundaram
he, skilled in the science of love, spoke to her — his beloved, calm — words sweet to hear, tending to increase the fire of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.32
विश्वकर्मोवाच ।। अयि क्व यासि ललिते मम प्राणाधिके प्रिये ।। मम प्राणांश्चापहत्य तिष्ठ कान्ते क्षणं शुभे
viśvakarmovāca || ayi kva yāsi lalite mama prāṇādhike priye || mama prāṇāṃścāpahatya tiṣṭha kānte kṣaṇaṃ śubhe
Viśvakarman said: Ah, where are you going, lovely one, dearer to me than life? Having stolen away my life-breaths, stay a moment, beautiful, auspicious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.33
तवैवान्वेषणं कृत्वा भ्रमामि जगतीतलम् ।। स्वप्राणांस्त्यक्तुमिष्टोऽहं त्वां न दृष्ट्वा हुताशने
tavaivānveṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā bhramāmi jagatītalam || svaprāṇāṃstyaktumiṣṭo'haṃ tvāṃ na dṛṣṭvā hutāśane
Searching for you alone I wander the surface of the earth; not seeing you, I wished to give up my own life in the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.34
त्वं कामलोकं यासीति श्रुत्वा रम्भामुखोदितम् ।। आगच्छमहमेवाद्य चास्मिन्वर्त्मन्यवस्थितः
tvaṃ kāmalokaṃ yāsīti śrutvā rambhāmukhoditam || āgacchamahamevādya cāsminvartmanyavasthitaḥ
Hearing from Rambhā's mouth that you were going to the world of Kāma, I came here this very day and have been standing on this road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.35
अहो सरस्वतीतीरे पुष्पोद्याने मनोहरे ।। सुगन्धिमन्दशीतेन वायुना सुरभीकृते
aho sarasvatītīre puṣpodyāne manohare || sugandhimandaśītena vāyunā surabhīkṛte
Ah, on the bank of the Sarasvatī, in a charming flower-garden made fragrant by a soft cool breeze full of sweet scents —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.36
यभ कान्ते मया सार्द्धं यूना कान्तेन शोभने।। विदग्धाया विदग्धेन सङ्गमो गुणवान्भवेत्
yabha kānte mayā sārddhaṃ yūnā kāntena śobhane|| vidagdhāyā vidagdhena saṅgamo guṇavānbhavet
make love with me, beloved, with a young lover, O splendid one; the union of a woman of refinement with a man of refinement is full of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.37
स्थिरयौवनसंयुक्ता त्वमेव चिरजीविनी।। कामुकी कोमलाङ्गी च सुन्दरीषु च सुन्दरी
sthirayauvanasaṃyuktā tvameva cirajīvinī|| kāmukī komalāṅgī ca sundarīṣu ca sundarī
You alone are joined with unfading youth and long-lived, passionate and soft-limbed, and among beauties a beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.38
मृत्युंजयवरेणैव मृत्युकन्या जिता मया ।। कुबेरभवनं गत्वा धनं लब्धं कुबेरतः
mṛtyuṃjayavareṇaiva mṛtyukanyā jitā mayā || kuberabhavanaṃ gatvā dhanaṃ labdhaṃ kuberataḥ
By the boon of the Conqueror of Death, Death's daughter was vanquished by me; going to Kubera's house, wealth was obtained from Kubera;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.39
रत्नमाला च वरुणाद्वायोः स्त्रीरत्नभूषणम् ।। वह्निशुद्धं वस्त्रयुगं वह्नेः प्राप्तं महौजसः
ratnamālā ca varuṇādvāyoḥ strīratnabhūṣaṇam || vahniśuddhaṃ vastrayugaṃ vahneḥ prāptaṃ mahaujasaḥ
and a jewelled necklace from Varuṇa, from Vāyu an ornament that is a jewel among women's ornaments, and a pair of fire-purified garments obtained from Fire of great might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.41
रत्नमालां वस्त्रयुग्मं सर्वाण्याभरणानि च ।। तुभ्यं दातुं हृदि कृतं प्राप्तं तत्क्षणमेव च
ratnamālāṃ vastrayugmaṃ sarvāṇyābharaṇāni ca || tubhyaṃ dātuṃ hṛdi kṛtaṃ prāptaṃ tatkṣaṇameva ca
The jewelled necklace, the pair of garments, and all the ornaments — I resolved in my heart to give them to you, and that very moment they were obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.42
गृहे तानि च संस्थाप्य चागतोऽन्वेषणे भवे ।। विरामे सुखसम्भोगे तुभ्यं दास्यामि साम्प्रतम्
gṛhe tāni ca saṃsthāpya cāgato'nveṣaṇe bhave || virāme sukhasambhoge tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi sāmpratam
Having deposited them at home, I came to be in search (of you); at the end, when the pleasant enjoyment is over, I shall give them to you at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.43
कामुकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा घृताची सस्मिता मुने ।। ददौ प्रत्युत्तरं शीघ्रं नीतियुक्तं मनोहरम्
kāmukasya vacaḥ śrutvā ghṛtācī sasmitā mune || dadau pratyuttaraṃ śīghraṃ nītiyuktaṃ manoharam
Hearing the lover's words, O sage, Ghṛtācī, smiling, quickly gave a charming reply, in keeping with propriety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.44
घृताच्युवाच ।। त्वया यदुक्तं भद्रं तत्स्वीकरोम्यधुना परम् ।। । किन्तु सामयिकं वाक्यं ब्रवीष्यामि स्मरातुर
ghṛtācyuvāca || tvayā yaduktaṃ bhadraṃ tatsvīkaromyadhunā param || | kintu sāmayikaṃ vākyaṃ bravīṣyāmi smarātura
Ghṛtācī said: What you have said is good; I accept it now indeed. But I shall speak a word suited to the occasion, O you tormented by love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.45
कामदेवालयं यामि कृतवेषा च तत्कृते ।। यद्दिने यत्कृते यामो वयं तेषां च योषितः
kāmadevālayaṃ yāmi kṛtaveṣā ca tatkṛte || yaddine yatkṛte yāmo vayaṃ teṣāṃ ca yoṣitaḥ
I am going to the temple of Kāmadeva, dressed for his sake; on whatever day and for whosoever's sake we go, we are the wives of those (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.46
अद्याहं कामपत्नी च गुरुपत्नी तवाधुना ।। त्वयोक्तमधुनेदं च पठितं कामदेवतः
adyāhaṃ kāmapatnī ca gurupatnī tavādhunā || tvayoktamadhunedaṃ ca paṭhitaṃ kāmadevataḥ
Today I am Kāma's wife, and so now your guru's wife; and what you have just said was learned from Kāmadeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.47
विद्यादाता मन्त्रदाता गुरुर्लक्षगुणैः पितुः ।। मातुः सहस्रगुणवान्नास्त्यन्यस्तत्समो गुरुः
vidyādātā mantradātā gururlakṣaguṇaiḥ pituḥ || mātuḥ sahasraguṇavānnāstyanyastatsamo guruḥ
The giver of knowledge, the giver of the mantra, the guru, is a hundred thousand times (greater) than the father, and a thousand times greater than the mother; there is no other guru equal to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.48
गुरोः शतगुणैः पूज्या गुरुपत्नी श्रुतौ श्रुता।। पितुः शतगुणं पूज्या यथा माता विचक्षण
guroḥ śataguṇaiḥ pūjyā gurupatnī śrutau śrutā|| pituḥ śataguṇaṃ pūjyā yathā mātā vicakṣaṇa
The guru's wife is to be honoured a hundred times more than the guru — so it is heard in scripture — just as the mother is to be honoured a hundred times more than the father, O discerning one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.49
मात्रा समागमे सूनोर्यावान्दोषः श्रुतौ श्रुतः ।। ततो लक्षगुणो दोषो गुरुपत्नीसमागमे
mātrā samāgame sūnoryāvāndoṣaḥ śrutau śrutaḥ || tato lakṣaguṇo doṣo gurupatnīsamāgame
Whatever fault is heard of in scripture for a son in intercourse with his mother, a fault a hundred thousand times greater than that lies in intercourse with the guru's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.51
तया हि संगतो यस्स्यात्कालसूत्रं प्रयाति सः ।। तत्र घोरे वसत्येव यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
tayā hi saṃgato yassyātkālasūtraṃ prayāti saḥ || tatra ghore vasatyeva yāvaccandradivākarau
For whoever has had union with her goes to (the hell) Kālasūtra; there in that dreadful (hell) he dwells as long as the moon and sun (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.52
मात्रा सह समायोगे ततो दोषश्चतुर्गुणः ।। सार्द्धं च गुरुपत्न्या च तल्लक्षगुण एव च
mātrā saha samāyoge tato doṣaścaturguṇaḥ || sārddhaṃ ca gurupatnyā ca tallakṣaguṇa eva ca
In union with the mother the fault is four times greater than that; and with the guru's wife it is a hundred thousand times that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.53
कुम्भीपाके पतत्येव यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः ।। प्रायश्चित्तं पापिनश्च तस्य नैव श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
kumbhīpāke patatyeva yāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ || prāyaścittaṃ pāpinaśca tasya naiva śrutau śrutam
He falls into Kumbhīpāka (hell) for as long as the lifetime of Brahmā; and no expiation for that sinner is heard of in scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.54
चक्राकारं कुलालस्य तीक्ष्णधारं च खङ्गवत् ।। वसामूत्रपुरीषैश्च परिपूर्णं सुदुस्तरम्
cakrākāraṃ kulālasya tīkṣṇadhāraṃ ca khaṅgavat || vasāmūtrapurīṣaiśca paripūrṇaṃ sudustaram
Shaped like a potter's wheel, with an edge sharp as a sword, filled full with fat, urine and excrement, very hard to cross,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.55
शूलवत्कृमिसंयुक्तं तप्तमग्निसमं द्रवत् ।। पापिनां तद्विहारं च कुम्भीपाकप्रकीर्तितम्
śūlavatkṛmisaṃyuktaṃ taptamagnisamaṃ dravat || pāpināṃ tadvihāraṃ ca kumbhīpākaprakīrtitam
spike-like, swarming with worms, hot, molten like fire — that dwelling-place of sinners is proclaimed as Kumbhīpāka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.56
यावान्दोषो हि पुंसां च गुरुपत्नीसमागमे ।। तावांश्च गुरुपत्न्यां वै तत्र चेत्कामुकी यदि
yāvāndoṣo hi puṃsāṃ ca gurupatnīsamāgame || tāvāṃśca gurupatnyāṃ vai tatra cetkāmukī yadi
Whatever fault there is for men in intercourse with the guru's wife, just so much also (falls) upon the guru's wife herself, if in that matter she is the lustful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.57
अद्य यास्यामि कामस्य मन्दिरं तस्य कामिनी ।। वेषं कृत्वा गमिष्यामि त्वत्कृतेऽहं दिनान्तरे
adya yāsyāmi kāmasya mandiraṃ tasya kāminī || veṣaṃ kṛtvā gamiṣyāmi tvatkṛte'haṃ dināntare
"Today I, (his) lover, will go to the mansion of that (god) of desire; having put on my attire I shall go, and for your sake I (will come) on another day."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.58
घृताचीवचनं श्रुत्वा विश्वकर्मा रुरोष ताम् ।। शशाप शूद्रयोनिं च व्रजेति जगतीतले
ghṛtācīvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā ruroṣa tām || śaśāpa śūdrayoniṃ ca vrajeti jagatītale
Hearing Ghṛtācī's words, Viśvakarmā raged at her, and cursed her: "Go to a Śūdra womb on the surface of the earth!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.59
घृताची तद्वचः श्रुत्वा तं शशाप सुदारुणम् ।। लभ जन्म भवे त्वं च स्वर्गभ्रष्टो भवेति च
ghṛtācī tadvacaḥ śrutvā taṃ śaśāpa sudāruṇam || labha janma bhave tvaṃ ca svargabhraṣṭo bhaveti ca
Ghṛtācī, hearing that speech of his, cursed him most terribly: "You too, take birth in the world (of mortals), and become fallen from heaven!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.61
सा भारते च कामोक्त्या गोपस्य मदनस्य च ।। पत्न्यां प्रयागे नगरे लेभे जन्म च शौनक
sā bhārate ca kāmoktyā gopasya madanasya ca || patnyāṃ prayāge nagare lebhe janma ca śaunaka
By the word of Kāma she obtained birth in Bhārata, in the city of Prayāga, in the wife of the cowherd Madana, O Śaunaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.62
जातिस्मरा तत्प्रसूता बभूव च तपस्विनी ।। वरं न वव्रे धर्मिष्ठा तपस्यायां मनो दधौ
jātismarā tatprasūtā babhūva ca tapasvinī || varaṃ na vavre dharmiṣṭhā tapasyāyāṃ mano dadhau
Born of her, she remembered her (former) birth and became an ascetic; most righteous, she chose no husband but set her mind on austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.63
तपश्चकार तपसा तप्तकाञ्चनसन्निभा ।। दिव्यं च शतवर्षं सा गङ्गातीरे मनोरमे
tapaścakāra tapasā taptakāñcanasannibhā || divyaṃ ca śatavarṣaṃ sā gaṅgātīre manorame
She performed austerity, resembling heated gold through her austerity, for a hundred divine years on the delightful bank of the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.64
वीर्येण सुरकारोश्च नव पुत्रान्प्रसूय सा ।। पुनः स्वलोकं गत्वा च सा घृताची बभूव ह
vīryeṇa surakārośca nava putrānprasūya sā || punaḥ svalokaṃ gatvā ca sā ghṛtācī babhūva ha
Having borne nine sons by the seed of the artisan of the gods, she went again to her own world and became Ghṛtācī (once more).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.65
शौनक उवाच ।। कथं वीर्य्यं सा दधार सुरकारोस्तपस्विनी ।। पुत्रान्नव प्रसूता च कुत्र वा कति वासरान्
śaunaka uvāca || kathaṃ vīryyaṃ sā dadhāra surakārostapasvinī || putrānnava prasūtā ca kutra vā kati vāsarān
Śaunaka said: How did that ascetic woman receive the seed of the gods' artisan? And where, and in how many days, did she bring forth the nine sons?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.66
सौतिरुवाच ।। विश्वकर्मा तु तच्छापं समाकर्ण्य रुषाऽन्वितः ।। जगाम ब्रह्मणः स्थानं शोकेन हृतचेतनः
sautiruvāca || viśvakarmā tu tacchāpaṃ samākarṇya ruṣā'nvitaḥ || jagāma brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ śokena hṛtacetanaḥ
The Sūta's son said: But Viśvakarmā, hearing that curse, filled with anger and his senses carried away by grief, went to Brahmā's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.67
नत्वा स्तुत्वा च ब्रह्माणं कथयामास तां कथाम् ।। ललाभ जन्म ब्राह्मण्यां पृथिव्यामाज्ञया विधेः
natvā stutvā ca brahmāṇaṃ kathayāmāsa tāṃ kathām || lalābha janma brāhmaṇyāṃ pṛthivyāmājñayā vidheḥ
Having bowed to Brahmā and praised him, he related that story; and by the Creator's command he obtained birth on earth in a brahmin woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.68
स एव ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा भुवि कारुर्बभूव ह ।। नृपाणां च गृहस्थानां नानाशिल्पं चकार ह
sa eva brāhmaṇo bhūtvā bhuvi kārurbabhūva ha || nṛpāṇāṃ ca gṛhasthānāṃ nānāśilpaṃ cakāra ha
He himself, having become a brahmin, became a craftsman on earth, and did various kinds of craftwork for kings and for householders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.69
शिल्पं च कारयामास सर्वेभ्यः सर्वतः सदा । विचित्रं विविधं शिल्पमाश्चर्य्यं सुमनोहरम्
śilpaṃ ca kārayāmāsa sarvebhyaḥ sarvataḥ sadā | vicitraṃ vividhaṃ śilpamāścaryyaṃ sumanoharam
And he had craftwork made for all, everywhere, always — craftwork manifold and varied, marvellous and most delightful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.71
घृताचीं नवरूपां च युवतिं तां तपस्विनीम् ।। जातिस्मरां तां बुबुधे स च जातिस्मरो द्विज
ghṛtācīṃ navarūpāṃ ca yuvatiṃ tāṃ tapasvinīm || jātismarāṃ tāṃ bubudhe sa ca jātismaro dvija
(He saw) Ghṛtācī in her new form, that young ascetic woman; he knew her to be one who remembered her former birth, and he too, the twice-born, remembered his own birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.72
दृष्ट्वा सकामः सहसा बभूव हृतचेतनः ।। उवाच मधुरं शान्तः शान्तां तां च तपस्विनीम्
dṛṣṭvā sakāmaḥ sahasā babhūva hṛtacetanaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ śāntaḥ śāntāṃ tāṃ ca tapasvinīm
Having seen (her) he at once became filled with desire, his mind carried away; calm (again), he spoke sweetly to her, that calm ascetic woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.73
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। अहोऽधुना त्वमत्रैव घृताचि सुमनोहरे ।। मा मां स्मरसि रम्भोरु विश्वकर्माऽहमेव च
brāhmaṇa uvāca || aho'dhunā tvamatraiva ghṛtāci sumanohare || mā māṃ smarasi rambhoru viśvakarmā'hameva ca
The brahmin said: Ah, you are here even now, Ghṛtācī, most lovely one! Do you not remember me, O you with thighs like plantain stems? I am indeed Viśvakarman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.74
शापमोक्षं करिष्यामि भज मां तव सुन्दरि।। त्वत्कृतेऽतिदहत्येव मनो मे स च मन्मथः।।
śāpamokṣaṃ kariṣyāmi bhaja māṃ tava sundari|| tvatkṛte'tidahatyeva mano me sa ca manmathaḥ||
I shall bring about the release from your curse; make love to me, O beautiful one. On your account my mind, and that Love-god too, burn (me) exceedingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.75
द्विजस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा घृताची नवरूपिणी।। उवाच मधुरं शान्ता नीतियुक्तं परं वचः
dvijasya vacanaṃ śrutvā ghṛtācī navarūpiṇī|| uvāca madhuraṃ śāntā nītiyuktaṃ paraṃ vacaḥ
Hearing the twice-born's words, Ghṛtācī, who had a new form, calm, spoke sweetly a supremely fitting speech, in accord with propriety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.76
गोपिकोवाच।। तद्दिने कामकान्ताऽहमधुना च तपस्विनी ।। कथं त्वया संगता स्यां गंगातीरे च भारते
gopikovāca|| taddine kāmakāntā'hamadhunā ca tapasvinī || kathaṃ tvayā saṃgatā syāṃ gaṃgātīre ca bhārate
The cowherd woman said: On that day I was a lover of pleasure, but now I am an ascetic. How should I unite with you on the bank of the Gaṅgā, and in Bhārata?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.77
विश्वकर्मन्निदं पुण्यं कर्मक्षेत्रं च भारतम् ।। अत्र यत्क्रियते कर्म भोगोऽन्यत्र शुभाशुभम्
viśvakarmannidaṃ puṇyaṃ karmakṣetraṃ ca bhāratam || atra yatkriyate karma bhogo'nyatra śubhāśubham
O Viśvakarman, this Bhārata is the holy field of action; the deed that is done here, its enjoyment, good or bad, (is had) elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.78
धर्मी मोक्षकृते जन्म प्रलभ्य तपसः फलात् ।। निबद्धः कुरुते कर्म मोहितो विष्णुमायया
dharmī mokṣakṛte janma pralabhya tapasaḥ phalāt || nibaddhaḥ kurute karma mohito viṣṇumāyayā
A righteous man, having obtained birth for the sake of liberation by the fruit of his austerity, being bound, does (further) action, deluded by Viṣṇu's Māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.79
माया नारायणीशाना परितुष्टा च यं भवेत् ।। तस्मै ददाति श्रीकृष्णो भक्तिं तन्मन्त्रमीप्सितम्
māyā nārāyaṇīśānā parituṣṭā ca yaṃ bhavet || tasmai dadāti śrīkṛṣṇo bhaktiṃ tanmantramīpsitam
And with whomever Māyā, the ruling goddess belonging to Nārāyaṇa, becomes wholly pleased, to him Śrī Kṛṣṇa gives devotion and the desired mantra of himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.81
सर्वं स्मरामि देवाहमहो जातिस्मरा पुरा ।। घृताची सुरवेश्याऽहमधुना गोपकन्यका
sarvaṃ smarāmi devāhamaho jātismarā purā || ghṛtācī suraveśyā'hamadhunā gopakanyakā
I remember everything, O god — ah, I am one who recalls her former birth: formerly I was Ghṛtācī, a courtesan of the gods; now I am a cowherd's daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.82
तपः करोमि मोक्षार्थं गङ्गातीरे सुपुण्यदे ।। नात्र स्थलं च क्रीडायाः स्थिरस्त्वं भव कामुक
tapaḥ karomi mokṣārthaṃ gaṅgātīre supuṇyade || nātra sthalaṃ ca krīḍāyāḥ sthirastvaṃ bhava kāmuka
I am performing austerity for the sake of liberation on the bank of the Gaṅgā, the giver of great merit. This is no place for love-play; be steady, O lustful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.83
अन्यत्र यत्कृतं पापं गंगायां तद्विनश्यति ।। गंगातीरे कृतं पापं सद्यो लक्षगुणं भवेत्
anyatra yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ gaṃgāyāṃ tadvinaśyati || gaṃgātīre kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ sadyo lakṣaguṇaṃ bhavet
Whatever sin is committed elsewhere is destroyed at the Gaṅgā; but a sin committed on the bank of the Gaṅgā at once becomes a hundred thousand times (greater).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.84
तत्तु नारायणक्षेत्रे तपसा च विनश्यति ।। यद्येव कामतः कृत्वा निवृत्तश्च भवेत्पुनः
tattu nārāyaṇakṣetre tapasā ca vinaśyati || yadyeva kāmataḥ kṛtvā nivṛttaśca bhavetpunaḥ
But that (sin) is destroyed by austerity in the field of Nārāyaṇa, if, having done it out of desire, one then turns back from it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.85
घृताचीवचनं श्रुत्वा विश्वकर्माऽनिलाकृतिः ।। जगाम तां गृहीत्वा च मलयं चन्दनालयम्
ghṛtācīvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā'nilākṛtiḥ || jagāma tāṃ gṛhītvā ca malayaṃ candanālayam
Hearing Ghṛtācī's words, Viśvakarman, whose form was (swift as) the wind, took her and went to Malaya, the abode of sandalwood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.86
रम्यायां मलयद्रोण्यां पुष्पतल्पे मनोरमे ।। । पुष्पचन्दनवातेन संततं सुरभीकृते
ramyāyāṃ malayadroṇyāṃ puṣpatalpe manorame || | puṣpacandanavātena saṃtataṃ surabhīkṛte
In a lovely valley of Malaya, on a delightful bed of flowers, made continually fragrant by the breeze of flowers and sandal —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.87
चकार सुखसम्भोगं तया स विजने वने ।। पूर्णं द्वादशवर्षं च बुबुधे न दिवानिशम्
cakāra sukhasambhogaṃ tayā sa vijane vane || pūrṇaṃ dvādaśavarṣaṃ ca bubudhe na divāniśam
— he had pleasurable enjoyment with her in that solitary forest; for a full twelve years he was not aware of day or night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.88
बभूव गर्भः कामिन्याः परिपूर्णः सुदुर्वहः।। सा सुषाव च तत्रैव पुत्रान्नव मनोहरान्
babhūva garbhaḥ kāminyāḥ paripūrṇaḥ sudurvahaḥ|| sā suṣāva ca tatraiva putrānnava manoharān
The loving woman's pregnancy came to full term and was very hard to bear; and there itself she gave birth to nine handsome sons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.89
कृतशिक्षितशिल्पांश्व ज्ञानयुक्तांश्च शौनक।। पूर्णप्राक्तनतो युग्यान्बलयुक्तान्विचक्षणान्
kṛtaśikṣitaśilpāṃśva jñānayuktāṃśca śaunaka|| pūrṇaprāktanato yugyānbalayuktānvicakṣaṇān
(sons) who had crafts taught and mastered and were endowed with knowledge, O Śaunaka — fit (for their work) by reason of their full former (karma), strong and discerning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.91
तौ च तेभ्यो वरं दत्त्वा तान्संस्थाप्य महीतले ।। मानवीं तनुमुत्सृज्य जग्मतुर्निजमन्दिरम्
tau ca tebhyo varaṃ dattvā tānsaṃsthāpya mahītale || mānavīṃ tanumutsṛjya jagmaturnijamandiram
And the two of them, having granted them a boon and established them on the earth, cast off their human bodies and went to their own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.92
स्वर्णकारः स्वर्णचौर्याद्ब्राह्मणानां द्विजोत्तम ।। बभूव पतितः सद्यो ब्रह्मशापेन कर्मणा
svarṇakāraḥ svarṇacauryādbrāhmaṇānāṃ dvijottama || babhūva patitaḥ sadyo brahmaśāpena karmaṇā
O best of the twice-born, the goldsmith, because of stealing the gold of brahmins, at once became fallen through a brahmin's curse, by (that) deed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.93
सूत्रकारो द्विजानां तु शापेन पतितो भुवि ।। शीघ्रं च यज्ञकाष्ठानि न ददौ तेन हेतुना
sūtrakāro dvijānāṃ tu śāpena patito bhuvi || śīghraṃ ca yajñakāṣṭhāni na dadau tena hetunā
But the thread-maker (weaver of cords) fell upon the earth by the curse of the twice-born, and for that reason he did not quickly supply the sacrificial firewood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.94
व्यतिक्रमेण चित्राणां सद्यश्चित्रकरस्तथा ।। पतितो ब्रह्मशापेन ब्राह्मणानां च कोपतः
vyatikrameṇa citrāṇāṃ sadyaścitrakarastathā || patito brahmaśāpena brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kopataḥ
Likewise the painter, by transgression in (the making of) pictures, at once fell through the curse of the brahmins and through their anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.95
कश्चिद्वणिग्विशेषश्च संसर्गात्स्वर्णकारिणः ।। स्वर्णचौर्य्यादिदोषेण पतितो ब्रह्मशापतः
kaścidvaṇigviśeṣaśca saṃsargātsvarṇakāriṇaḥ || svarṇacauryyādidoṣeṇa patito brahmaśāpataḥ
And a certain particular merchant, through association with the goldsmith, fell by the brahmins' curse through the offence of gold-theft and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.96
कुलटायां च शूद्रायां चित्रकारस्य वीर्य्यतः ।। बभूवाट्टालिकाकारः पतितो जारदोषतः
kulaṭāyāṃ ca śūdrāyāṃ citrakārasya vīryyataḥ || babhūvāṭṭālikākāraḥ patito jāradoṣataḥ
And from the seed of the painter, in an unchaste Śūdra woman, was born the builder of mansions, fallen through the offence of adultery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.97
अट्टालिकाकारबीजात्कुम्भकारस्य योषिति ।। बभूव कोटकः सद्यः पतितो गृहकारकः
aṭṭālikākārabījātkumbhakārasya yoṣiti || babhūva koṭakaḥ sadyaḥ patito gṛhakārakaḥ
From the seed of the mansion-builder, in the potter's wife, at once was born the Koṭaka, the fallen house-builder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.98
कुम्भकारस्य बीजेन सद्यः कोटकयोषिति ।। बभूव तैलकारश्च कुटिलः पतितो भुवि।।
kumbhakārasya bījena sadyaḥ koṭakayoṣiti || babhūva tailakāraśca kuṭilaḥ patito bhuvi||
By the seed of the potter, in the Koṭaka's wife, at once was born the oil-presser, crooked, fallen upon the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.99
सद्यः क्षत्रियबीजेन राजपुत्रस्य योषिति ।। बभूव तीवरश्चैव पतितो जारदोषतः
sadyaḥ kṣatriyabījena rājaputrasya yoṣiti || babhūva tīvaraścaiva patito jāradoṣataḥ
At once, by the seed of a Kṣatriya, in the wife of a king's son, was born the Tīvara, fallen through the offence of adultery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.101
लेटस्तीवरकन्यायां जनयामास षट् सुतान् ।। माल्लं मन्त्रं मातरं च भण्डं कोलं कलन्दरम्
leṭastīvarakanyāyāṃ janayāmāsa ṣaṭ sutān || māllaṃ mantraṃ mātaraṃ ca bhaṇḍaṃ kolaṃ kalandaram
The Leṭa begot six sons in a Tīvara's daughter: Mālla, Mantra, Mātara, Bhaṇḍa, Kola and Kalandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.102
ब्राह्मण्यां शूद्रवीर्य्येण पतितो जारदोषतः ।। सद्यो बभूव चण्डालः सर्वस्मादधमोऽशुचिः ।।
brāhmaṇyāṃ śūdravīryyeṇa patito jāradoṣataḥ || sadyo babhūva caṇḍālaḥ sarvasmādadhamo'śuciḥ ||
In a brahmin woman, by a Śūdra's seed, fallen through the offence of adultery, at once was born the Caṇḍāla, lowest of all and impure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.103
तीवरेण च चण्डाल्यां चर्मकारो बभूव ह ।। चर्मकार्य्यां च चण्डालान्मांसच्छेदो बभूव ह
tīvareṇa ca caṇḍālyāṃ carmakāro babhūva ha || carmakāryyāṃ ca caṇḍālānmāṃsacchedo babhūva ha
And by a Tīvara, in a Caṇḍāla woman, the leather-worker was born; and in a leather-worker's woman, from a Caṇḍāla, the flesh-cutter was born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.104
मांसच्छेद्यां तीवरेण कोञ्चश्च परिकीर्तितः ।। कोञ्चस्त्रियां तु कैवर्त्तात्कर्त्तारः परिकीर्तितः
māṃsacchedyāṃ tīvareṇa koñcaśca parikīrtitaḥ || koñcastriyāṃ tu kaivarttātkarttāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ
In a flesh-cutter's woman, by a Tīvara, the Koñca is declared (to have been born); and in a Koñca woman, from a Kaivarta, the Karttāras are declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.105
सद्यश्चण्डालकन्यायां लेटवीर्य्येण शौनक ।। बभूवतुस्तौ द्वौ पुत्रौ दुष्टौ हड्डिडमौ तथा
sadyaścaṇḍālakanyāyāṃ leṭavīryyeṇa śaunaka || babhūvatustau dvau putrau duṣṭau haḍḍiḍamau tathā
At once, in a Caṇḍāla's daughter, by the seed of the Leṭa, O Śaunaka, those two sons were born, the wicked Haḍḍi and Ḍama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.106
क्रमेण हड्डिकन्यायां सद्यश्चण्डालवीर्य्यतः ।। बभूवुः पञ्च पुत्राश्च दुष्टा वनचराश्च ते
krameṇa haḍḍikanyāyāṃ sadyaścaṇḍālavīryyataḥ || babhūvuḥ pañca putrāśca duṣṭā vanacarāśca te
In turn, in a Haḍḍi's daughter, at once from the seed of a Caṇḍāla, five sons were born, wicked and forest-roaming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.107
लेटात्तीवरकन्यायां गङ्गातीरे च शौनक ।। बभूव सद्यो यो बालो गङ्गापुत्रः प्रकीर्तितः
leṭāttīvarakanyāyāṃ gaṅgātīre ca śaunaka || babhūva sadyo yo bālo gaṅgāputraḥ prakīrtitaḥ
From the Leṭa, in a Tīvara's daughter, on the bank of the Gaṅgā, O Śaunaka, the boy who was then born is called Gaṅgāputra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.108
गङ्गापुत्रस्य कन्यायां वीर्य्याद्वै वेषधारिणः ।। बभूव वेषधारी च पुत्रो युङ्गी प्रकीर्तितः
gaṅgāputrasya kanyāyāṃ vīryyādvai veṣadhāriṇaḥ || babhūva veṣadhārī ca putro yuṅgī prakīrtitaḥ
In the daughter of Gaṅgāputra, by the seed of a Veṣadhārin, a Veṣadhārin was born, and (his) son is called Yuṅgī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.109
वैश्यात्तीवरकन्यायां सद्यः शुण्डी बभूव ह ।। शुण्डीयोषिति वैश्यानु पौण्ड्रकश्च बभूव ह
vaiśyāttīvarakanyāyāṃ sadyaḥ śuṇḍī babhūva ha || śuṇḍīyoṣiti vaiśyānu pauṇḍrakaśca babhūva ha
From a Vaiśya, in a Tīvara's daughter, the Śuṇḍī was at once born; and in the Śuṇḍī's wife, from a Vaiśya, the Pauṇḍraka was born.
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BvP 1 10.111
क्षत्रवीर्य्येण वैश्यायां कैवर्त्तः परिकीर्तितः ।। कलौ तीवरसंसर्गाद्धीवरः पतितो भुवि
kṣatravīryyeṇa vaiśyāyāṃ kaivarttaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || kalau tīvarasaṃsargāddhīvaraḥ patito bhuvi
By a Kṣatriya's seed, in a Vaiśya woman, the Kaivarta is declared (to be born); in the Kali age, through association with a Tīvara, the Dhīvara became fallen on earth.
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BvP 1 10.112
तीवर्यां धीवरात्पुत्रो बभूव रजकः स्मृतः ।। रजक्यां तीवराच्चैव कोयालीति बभूव ह
tīvaryāṃ dhīvarātputro babhūva rajakaḥ smṛtaḥ || rajakyāṃ tīvarāccaiva koyālīti babhūva ha
In a Tīvara woman, from a Dhīvara, a son was born who is known as the Rajaka; and in a Rajaka woman, from a Tīvara, the Koyālī came to be.
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BvP 1 10.113
नापिताद्गोपकन्यायां सर्वस्वी तस्य योषिति ।। क्षत्राद्बभूव व्याधश्च बलवान्मृगहिंसकः
nāpitādgopakanyāyāṃ sarvasvī tasya yoṣiti || kṣatrādbabhūva vyādhaśca balavānmṛgahiṃsakaḥ
From a barber, in a cowherd's daughter, (was born) the Sarvasvī; in his wife, from a Kṣatriya, was born the Vyādha, strong, a killer of deer.
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BvP 1 10.114
तीवराच्छुण्डिकन्यायां बभूवुः सप्त पुत्रकाः ।। ते कलौ हड्डिसंसर्गाद्बभूवुर्दस्यवः सदा
tīvarācchuṇḍikanyāyāṃ babhūvuḥ sapta putrakāḥ || te kalau haḍḍisaṃsargādbabhūvurdasyavaḥ sadā
From a Tīvara, in a Śuṇḍī's daughter, seven sons were born; in the Kali age, through association with the Haḍḍis, they became robbers for ever.
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BvP 1 10.115
ब्राह्मण्यामृषिवीर्य्येण ऋतोः प्रथमवासरे ।। कुत्सितश्चोदरे जातः कूदरस्तेन कीर्तितः
brāhmaṇyāmṛṣivīryyeṇa ṛtoḥ prathamavāsare || kutsitaścodare jātaḥ kūdarastena kīrtitaḥ
By a sage's seed, in a brahmin woman, on the first day of her menstrual period, (a son) was born in her womb, a reviled one; therefore he is called Kūdara.
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BvP 1 10.116
तदशौचं विप्रतुल्यं पतितश्चर्तुदोषतः ।। सद्यः कोटकसंसर्गादधमो जगतीतले
tadaśaucaṃ vipratulyaṃ patitaścartudoṣataḥ || sadyaḥ koṭakasaṃsargādadhamo jagatītale
His period of impurity is equal to that of a brahmin; but through the fault of (conception at) the menses he is fallen, and at once, through association with the Koṭaka, (he became) the lowest on the face of the earth.
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BvP 1 10.117
क्षत्रवीर्य्येण वैश्यायामृतोः प्रथमवासरे ।। जातः पुत्रो महादस्युर्बलवांश्च धनुर्द्धरः
kṣatravīryyeṇa vaiśyāyāmṛtoḥ prathamavāsare || jātaḥ putro mahādasyurbalavāṃśca dhanurddharaḥ
By a kṣatriya's seed, in a vaiśya woman, on the first day of the menses, a son was born, a great brigand, strong and a bearer of the bow.
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BvP 1 10.118
चकार वागतीतं च क्षत्रियेणापि वारितः ।। तेन जात्याः स पुत्रश्च वागतीतः प्रकीर्तितः
cakāra vāgatītaṃ ca kṣatriyeṇāpi vāritaḥ || tena jātyāḥ sa putraśca vāgatītaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
And he transgressed speech (broke his word), though restrained even by the kṣatriya; therefore that son of the (mixed) caste is proclaimed Vāgatīta.
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BvP 1 10.119
क्षत्त्रवीर्य्येण शूद्रायामृतुदोषेण पापतः ।। बलवन्तो दुरन्ताश्च बभूवुर्म्लेच्छजातयः
kṣattravīryyeṇa śūdrāyāmṛtudoṣeṇa pāpataḥ || balavanto durantāśca babhūvurmlecchajātayaḥ
By a kṣatriya's seed, in a śūdra woman, through the sinful fault of (union during) the menses, there came to be the Mleccha castes, strong and hard to subdue.
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BvP 1 10.121
म्लेच्छात्कुविन्दकन्यायां जोला जातिर्बभूव ह।। । जोलात्कुविन्दकन्यायां शराङ्कः परिकीर्तितः
mlecchātkuvindakanyāyāṃ jolā jātirbabhūva ha|| | jolātkuvindakanyāyāṃ śarāṅkaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
From a Mleccha, in the daughter of a Kuvinda (weaver), the Jolā caste indeed arose; from a Jolā, in a Kuvinda's daughter, (the one) called Śarāṅka.
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BvP 1 10.122
वर्णसङ्करदोषेण बह्व्यश्चाश्रुतजातय ।। तासां नामानि संख्याश्च को वा वक्तुं क्षमो द्विज
varṇasaṅkaradoṣeṇa bahvyaścāśrutajātaya || tāsāṃ nāmāni saṃkhyāśca ko vā vaktuṃ kṣamo dvija
Through the fault of the mixing of classes there are many castes never heard of; and who is able, O twice-born, to state their names and their number?
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BvP 1 10.123
वैद्योऽश्विनीकुमारेण जातो विप्रस्य योषिति ।। वैद्यवीर्य्येण शूद्रायां बभूवुर्बहवो जनाः
vaidyo'śvinīkumāreṇa jāto viprasya yoṣiti || vaidyavīryyeṇa śūdrāyāṃ babhūvurbahavo janāḥ
The Vaidya was born of the Aśvinī-kumāra in the wife of a brahmin; by the Vaidya's seed, in a śūdra woman, many people came to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.124
ते च ग्राम्यगुणज्ञाश्च मन्त्रौषधिपरायणाः ।। तेभ्यश्च जाताः शूद्रायां ये व्यालग्राहिणो भुवि
te ca grāmyaguṇajñāśca mantrauṣadhiparāyaṇāḥ || tebhyaśca jātāḥ śūdrāyāṃ ye vyālagrāhiṇo bhuvi
And they are knowers of rustic skills, devoted to spells and herbs; and from them, in śūdra women, were born those who are snake-catchers on earth.
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BvP 1 10.125
शौनक उवाच ।। कथं ब्राह्मणपत्न्यां तु सूर्य्यपुत्रोऽश्विनीसुतः ।। अहो केनाविवेकेन वीर्य्याधानं चकार ह
śaunaka uvāca || kathaṃ brāhmaṇapatnyāṃ tu sūryyaputro'śvinīsutaḥ || aho kenāvivekena vīryyādhānaṃ cakāra ha
Śaunaka said: But how (did it happen) that the son of the Sun, the son of Aśvinī, (acted) upon a brahmin's wife? Ah, through what want of discernment did he indeed deposit his seed (there)?
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BvP 1 10.126
सौतिरुवाच ।। गच्छन्तीं तीर्थयात्रायां ब्राह्मणीं रविनन्दनः ।। ददर्श कामुकः शान्तः पुष्पोद्याने च निर्जने
sautiruvāca || gacchantīṃ tīrthayātrāyāṃ brāhmaṇīṃ ravinandanaḥ || dadarśa kāmukaḥ śāntaḥ puṣpodyāne ca nirjane
The Sūta said: The son of the Sun, lustful (though) calm, saw a brahmin woman going on a pilgrimage to a sacred place, in a deserted flower-garden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.127
तया निवारितो यत्नाद्बलेन बलवान्सुरः ।। अतीव सुन्दरीं दृष्ट्वा वीर्य्याधानं चकार सः
tayā nivārito yatnādbalena balavānsuraḥ || atīva sundarīṃ dṛṣṭvā vīryyādhānaṃ cakāra saḥ
Though warded off by her with effort, that powerful god, by force — seeing her exceedingly beautiful — deposited his seed (in her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.128
द्रुतं तत्याज गर्भं सा पुष्पोद्याने मनोहरे ।। सद्यो बभूव पुत्रश्च तप्तकाञ्चनस न्निभः
drutaṃ tatyāja garbhaṃ sā puṣpodyāne manohare || sadyo babhūva putraśca taptakāñcanasa nnibhaḥ
Quickly she cast off the foetus in that lovely flower-garden, and at once there came to be a son resembling refined gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.129
सपुत्रा स्वामिनो गेहं जगाम व्रीडिता सदा ।। स्वामिनं कथयामास यन्मार्गे दैवसङ्कटम्
saputrā svāmino gehaṃ jagāma vrīḍitā sadā || svāminaṃ kathayāmāsa yanmārge daivasaṅkaṭam
With her son she went to her husband's house, always ashamed; she told her husband of the calamity brought by fate on the road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.131
पुत्रं चिकित्साशास्त्रं च पाठयामास यत्नतः ।। नानाशिल्पं च मंत्रं च स्वयं स रविनन्दनः
putraṃ cikitsāśāstraṃ ca pāṭhayāmāsa yatnataḥ || nānāśilpaṃ ca maṃtraṃ ca svayaṃ sa ravinandanaḥ
That son of the Sun himself, with care, had the son taught the science of medicine, and the various crafts, and mantras.
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BvP 1 10.132
विप्रश्च वेतनाज्योतिर्गणनाच्च निरन्तरम् ।। वेदधर्मपरित्यक्तो बभूव गणको भुवि
vipraśca vetanājyotirgaṇanācca nirantaram || vedadharmaparityakto babhūva gaṇako bhuvi
And the brahmin, by (working for) wages and by continually calculating the stars, having abandoned the dharma of the Vedas, became a Gaṇaka (astrologer) on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.133
लोभी विप्रश्च शूद्राणामग्रे दानं गृहीतवान् ।। ग्रहणे मृतदानानामग्रादानो बभूव सः
lobhī vipraśca śūdrāṇāmagre dānaṃ gṛhītavān || grahaṇe mṛtadānānāmagrādāno babhūva saḥ
And a greedy brahmin took gifts in the presence of śūdras; in accepting the gifts (offered) for the dead he became an Agrādāna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.134
कश्चित्पुमान्ब्रह्मयज्ञे यज्ञकुण्डात्समुत्थितः ।। स सूतो धर्मवक्ता च मत्पूर्वपुरुषः स्मृतः
kaścitpumānbrahmayajñe yajñakuṇḍātsamutthitaḥ || sa sūto dharmavaktā ca matpūrvapuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
A certain man rose up from the sacrificial pit at a brahma-sacrifice; he is the Sūta, the speaker of dharma, and is remembered as my ancestor.
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BvP 1 10.135
पुराणं पाठयामास तं च ब्रह्मा कृपानिधिः ।। पुराणवक्ता सूतश्च यज्ञकुण्डसमुद्भवः
purāṇaṃ pāṭhayāmāsa taṃ ca brahmā kṛpānidhiḥ || purāṇavaktā sūtaśca yajñakuṇḍasamudbhavaḥ
And Brahmā, the treasury of compassion, had him taught the Purāṇa; so the Sūta, arisen from the sacrificial pit, is the reciter of the Purāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.136
वैश्यायां सूतवीर्य्येण पुमानेको बभूव ह ।। स भट्टो वावदूकश्च सर्वेषां स्तुतिपाठकः
vaiśyāyāṃ sūtavīryyeṇa pumāneko babhūva ha || sa bhaṭṭo vāvadūkaśca sarveṣāṃ stutipāṭhakaḥ
By a Sūta's seed, in a vaiśya woman, one man indeed came to be; he is the Bhaṭṭa, talkative, the reciter of praises for all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.137
एवं ते कथितः किंचित्पृथिव्यां जातिनिर्णय ।। वर्णसङ्करदोषेण बह्व्योऽन्याः सन्ति जातयः
evaṃ te kathitaḥ kiṃcitpṛthivyāṃ jātinirṇaya || varṇasaṅkaradoṣeṇa bahvyo'nyāḥ santi jātayaḥ
Thus the determination of castes on earth has been told to you in brief; through the fault of the mixing of the classes there are many other castes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.138
सबन्धो येषु येषां यः सर्वजातिषु सर्वतः ।। तत्त्वं ब्रवीमि वेदोक्तं ब्रह्मणा कथितं पुरा
sabandho yeṣu yeṣāṃ yaḥ sarvajātiṣu sarvataḥ || tattvaṃ bravīmi vedoktaṃ brahmaṇā kathitaṃ purā
Which relationship there is among which persons, in all the castes everywhere — I declare the truth of it as spoken in the Veda, told long ago by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.139
पिता तातस्तु जनको जन्मदाता प्रकीर्तितः ।। अम्बा माता च जननी जनयित्री प्रसूरपि
pitā tātastu janako janmadātā prakīrtitaḥ || ambā mātā ca jananī janayitrī prasūrapi
The father is called tāta, janaka, and janmadātā ("giver of birth"); and the mother (is called) ambā, mātā, jananī, janayitrī, and prasū.
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BvP 1 10.141
मातामहः पिता मातुः प्रमातामह एव च ।। मातामहस्य जनकस्तत्पिता वृद्धपूर्वकः
mātāmahaḥ pitā mātuḥ pramātāmaha eva ca || mātāmahasya janakastatpitā vṛddhapūrvakaḥ
The mother's father is the mātāmaha; and (his father) is the pramātāmaha; the mātāmaha's begetter — his father — is prefixed with "vṛddha" (vṛddhamātāmaha).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.142
पितामही पितुर्माता तच्छ्वश्रूः प्रपितामही ।। तच्छ्वश्रूश्च परिज्ञेया सा वृद्धप्रपितामही
pitāmahī piturmātā tacchvaśrūḥ prapitāmahī || tacchvaśrūśca parijñeyā sā vṛddhaprapitāmahī
The father's mother is the pitāmahī; her mother-in-law is the prapitāmahī; and her mother-in-law is to be known as the vṛddhaprapitāmahī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.143
मातामही मातृमाता मातृतुल्या च पूजिता ।। प्रमातामहीति ज्ञेया प्रमातामहकामिनी
mātāmahī mātṛmātā mātṛtulyā ca pūjitā || pramātāmahīti jñeyā pramātāmahakāminī
The mother's mother is to be known as the mātāmahī, and she is honoured as equal to the mother; the wife of the pramātāmaha is to be known as the pramātāmahī.
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BvP 1 10.144
वृद्धमातामही ज्ञेया पत्पितुः कामिनी तथा ।। पितृभ्राता पितृ व्यश्च मातृभ्राता च मातुलः
vṛddhamātāmahī jñeyā patpituḥ kāminī tathā || pitṛbhrātā pitṛ vyaśca mātṛbhrātā ca mātulaḥ
Likewise the wife of his father is to be known as the vṛddhamātāmahī; the father's brother is the pitṛvya, and the mother's brother is the mātula.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.145
पितृष्वसा पितुर्मातृष्वसा मातुस्स्वसा स्मृता ।। सूनुश्च तनयः पुत्रो दायादश्चात्मजस्तथा।।
pitṛṣvasā piturmātṛṣvasā mātussvasā smṛtā || sūnuśca tanayaḥ putro dāyādaścātmajastathā||
The father's sister is the pitṛṣvasā, the mother's sister is called the mātṛṣvasā; and (a son is called) sūnu, tanaya, putra, dāyāda, and ātmaja,
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BvP 1 10.146
धनभाग्वीर्य्यजश्चैव पुंसि जन्ये च वर्त्तते ।। जन्यायां दुहिता कन्या चात्मजा परिकीर्तिता
dhanabhāgvīryyajaścaiva puṃsi janye ca varttate || janyāyāṃ duhitā kanyā cātmajā parikīrtitā
and dhanabhāk ("heir") and vīryaja ("born of (the father's) seed") — these apply to a male offspring; in the case of a female offspring she is called duhitā, kanyā, and ātmajā.
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BvP 1 10.147
पुत्रपत्नी वधू ज्ञेया जामाता दुहितुः पतिः ।। पतिः प्रियश्च भर्ता च स्वामीकान्ते च वर्तते
putrapatnī vadhū jñeyā jāmātā duhituḥ patiḥ || patiḥ priyaśca bhartā ca svāmīkānte ca vartate
The son's wife is to be known as vadhū; the daughter's husband is the jāmātā; and (for the husband) the words pati, priya, bhartā, svāmin, and kānta apply.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.148
देवरः स्वामिनो भ्राता ननांदा स्वामिनः स्वसा ।। श्वशुरः स्वामिनस्तातः श्वश्रूश्च स्वामिनः प्रसूः
devaraḥ svāmino bhrātā nanāṃdā svāminaḥ svasā || śvaśuraḥ svāminastātaḥ śvaśrūśca svāminaḥ prasūḥ
The husband's brother is the devara, the husband's sister the nanāndā; the husband's father is the śvaśura, and the husband's mother the śvaśrū.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.149
भार्य्या जाया प्रिया कान्ता स्त्री व पत्नी प्रकीर्तिता ।। पत्नीभ्राता श्यालकश्च स्वसा पत्न्याश्च श्यालिका
bhāryyā jāyā priyā kāntā strī va patnī prakīrtitā || patnībhrātā śyālakaśca svasā patnyāśca śyālikā
The wife is called bhāryā, jāyā, priyā, kāntā, strī, and patnī; the wife's brother is the śyālaka, and the wife's sister the śyālikā.
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BvP 1 10.151
भगिनीजो भागिनेयो भ्रातृजो भ्रातृपुत्रकः ।। आवुत्तो भगिनीकान्तो भगिनीपतिरेव च
bhaginījo bhāgineyo bhrātṛjo bhrātṛputrakaḥ || āvutto bhaginīkānto bhaginīpatireva ca
A sister's son is the bhāgineya, a brother's son the bhrātṛputraka; and the sister's husband is the āvutta, the bhaginīkānta, and the bhaginīpati.
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BvP 1 10.152
श्यालीपतिस्तु भ्राता च श्वशुरैकत्वहेतुना ।। श्वशुरस्तु पिता ज्ञेयो जन्मदातुः समो मुने
śyālīpatistu bhrātā ca śvaśuraikatvahetunā || śvaśurastu pitā jñeyo janmadātuḥ samo mune
But the husband of the wife's sister is a brother, by reason of having one and the same father-in-law; and the father-in-law, O sage, is to be regarded as a father, equal to the begetter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.153
अन्नदाता भयत्राता पत्नीतातस्तथैव च ।। विद्यादाता जन्मदाता पंचैते पितरो नृणाम्
annadātā bhayatrātā patnītātastathaiva ca || vidyādātā janmadātā paṃcaite pitaro nṛṇām
The giver of food, the protector from danger, likewise the wife's father, the giver of learning, and the giver of birth — these five are the fathers of men.
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BvP 1 10.154
अन्नदातुश्च या पत्नी भगिनी गुरुकामिनी माता च तत्सपत्नी च कन्या पुत्रप्रिया तथा
annadātuśca yā patnī bhaginī gurukāminī mātā ca tatsapatnī ca kanyā putrapriyā tathā
And she who is the wife of the giver of food, a sister, the teacher's wife, the mother and her co-wife, a maiden, and likewise the son's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.155
मातुर्माता पितुर्माता श्वश्रूपित्रोः स्वसा तथा।। पितृव्यस्त्री मातुलानी मातरश्च चर्तुदश
māturmātā piturmātā śvaśrūpitroḥ svasā tathā|| pitṛvyastrī mātulānī mātaraśca cartudaśa
the mother's mother, the father's mother, the mother-in-law, the sister of (one's) parents, the father's brother's wife, and the mother's brother's wife — these are the fourteen mothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.156
पौत्रस्तु पुत्रपुत्रे च प्रपौत्रस्तत्सुतेऽपि च ।। तत्पुत्राद्याश्च ये वंश्याः कुलजाश्च प्रकीर्तिताः
pautrastu putraputre ca prapautrastatsute'pi ca || tatputrādyāśca ye vaṃśyāḥ kulajāśca prakīrtitāḥ
The pautra is (the name) for the son's son, and the prapautra for his son; and those from his son onward who belong to the line are called kulaja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.157
कन्यापुत्रश्च दौहित्रस्तत्पुत्राद्याश्च बांधवाः।। भागिनेयसुताद्याश्च पुरुषा बांधवाः स्मृताः
kanyāputraśca dauhitrastatputrādyāśca bāṃdhavāḥ|| bhāgineyasutādyāśca puruṣā bāṃdhavāḥ smṛtāḥ
The daughter's son is the dauhitra, and those from his son onward are bāndhavas; and the sons of a sister's son and so on are also reckoned as male bāndhavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.158
भ्रातृपुत्रस्य पुत्राद्यास्ते पुनर्ज्ञातयः स्मृताः ।। गुरुपुत्रस्तथा भ्राता पोष्यः परमबान्धवः
bhrātṛputrasya putrādyāste punarjñātayaḥ smṛtāḥ || guruputrastathā bhrātā poṣyaḥ paramabāndhavaḥ
The sons and so on of a brother's son are again reckoned as jñātis; the teacher's son is likewise a brother, to be supported, a most intimate kinsman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.159
गुरुकन्या च भगिनी पोष्या मातृसमा मुने।। पुत्रस्य च गुरुर्भ्राता पोष्यः सुस्निग्धबान्धवः
gurukanyā ca bhaginī poṣyā mātṛsamā mune|| putrasya ca gururbhrātā poṣyaḥ susnigdhabāndhavaḥ
The guru's daughter is a sister, to be supported, equal to a mother, O sage; and one's son's guru is a brother, to be supported, a most affectionate kinsman.
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BvP 1 10.161
गुरुश्च कन्यकायाश्च भ्राता सुस्निग्धबान्धवः ।। गुरुश्वशुरभ्रातॄणां गुरुतुल्यः प्रकीर्तितः
guruśca kanyakāyāśca bhrātā susnigdhabāndhavaḥ || guruśvaśurabhrātṝṇāṃ gurutulyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
And the guru of one's daughter is a brother, a most affectionate kinsman; and of the brothers of one's guru and of one's father-in-law he is declared equal to a guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.162
बन्धुता येन सार्द्ध च तन्मित्रं परिकीर्तितम् ।। मित्रं सुखप्रदं ज्ञेयं दुःखदो रिपुरुच्यते
bandhutā yena sārddha ca tanmitraṃ parikīrtitam || mitraṃ sukhapradaṃ jñeyaṃ duḥkhado ripurucyate
He with whom there is kinship is declared to be a friend; a friend is to be known as one who gives pleasure, while one who gives pain is called an enemy.
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BvP 1 10.163
बान्धवो दुःखदो दैवान्निस्सम्बन्धोऽसुखप्रदः ।। सम्बन्धास्त्रिविधाः पुंसां विप्रेन्द्र जगतीतले
bāndhavo duḥkhado daivānnissambandho'sukhapradaḥ || sambandhāstrividhāḥ puṃsāṃ viprendra jagatītale
A kinsman who gives pain (is such) by fate; one with no connection gives no pleasure. The connections of men on the face of the earth are of three kinds, O best of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.164
विद्याजो योनिजश्चैव प्रीतिजश्च प्रकीर्तितः ।। मित्रं तु प्रीतिजं ज्ञेयं स सम्बधः सुदुर्लभः
vidyājo yonijaścaiva prītijaśca prakīrtitaḥ || mitraṃ tu prītijaṃ jñeyaṃ sa sambadhaḥ sudurlabhaḥ
They are declared to be born of learning, born of the womb, and born of affection; a friend is to be known as (a connection) born of affection, and that connection is very hard to obtain.
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BvP 1 10.165
मित्रमाता मित्रभार्य्या मातृतुल्या न संशयः।। मित्रभ्राता मित्रपिता भ्रातृतातसमौ नृणाम्
mitramātā mitrabhāryyā mātṛtulyā na saṃśayaḥ|| mitrabhrātā mitrapitā bhrātṛtātasamau nṛṇām
A friend's mother and a friend's wife are equal to a mother — there is no doubt of it; a friend's brother and a friend's father are, for men, the same as a brother and a father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 10.166
चतुर्थं नामसम्बन्धमित्याह कमलोद्भवः।। जारश्चोपपर्तिर्बन्धुर्दुष्टा सम्भोगकर्त्तरि
caturthaṃ nāmasambandhamityāha kamalodbhavaḥ|| jāraścopapartirbandhurduṣṭā sambhogakarttari
The lotus-born said that a fourth is a connection by name (only): the paramour and the secondary husband are kinsmen of a wicked woman who engages in intercourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.167
उपपत्न्यां नवज्ञा च प्रेयसी चित्तहारिणी ।। स्वामितुल्यश्च जारश्च नवज्ञा गृहिणी समा
upapatnyāṃ navajñā ca preyasī cittahāriṇī || svāmitulyaśca jāraśca navajñā gṛhiṇī samā
In the case of a concubine: the navajñā and the beloved who steals the heart; and the paramour is equal to a husband, and the navajñā is the same as a wedded wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.168
सम्बन्धो देशभेदे च सर्वदेशे विगर्हितः ।। अवैदिको निन्दितस्तु विश्वामित्रेण निर्मितः
sambandho deśabhede ca sarvadeśe vigarhitaḥ || avaidiko ninditastu viśvāmitreṇa nirmitaḥ
This connection (exists) in certain regions, (though) it is condemned in all regions; it is non-Vedic and blamed, and was instituted by Viśvāmitra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 10.169
दुस्त्यजश्च महद्भिस्तु देशभेदे विधीयते ।। अकीर्तिजनकः पुंसां योषितां च विशेषतः
dustyajaśca mahadbhistu deśabhede vidhīyate || akīrtijanakaḥ puṃsāṃ yoṣitāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
It is hard for the great to give up, and it is sanctioned in certain regions; (yet) it produces ill fame for men, and especially for women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition