Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 12
BvP 1 12.1
शौनक उवाच ।। ऋषिवंशप्रसङ्गेन बभूवुर्विविधाः कथाः ।। उपालम्भेन प्रस्तावात्कौतुकेन श्रुता मया शिवस्य कवचं स्तोत्रं मन्त्रं च द्वादशाक्षरम् ।। ददौ गन्धर्वराजाय वसिष्ठश्च कृपानिधिः गन्धर्वस्य वचः श्रुत्वा चाह सीच्चन्द्रशेखरः ।। उवाच दीनं दीनेशो दीनबन्धुः सनातनम् वरयान्यं वरं वत्स यत्ते मनसि वांछितम्।। इन्द्रत्वममरत्वं वा ब्रह्मत्वं लभ दुर्लभम् श्रीशंकर उवाच ।। हरिभक्तिं हरेर्दास्यं पुत्रं परमवैष्णवम्।। चिरायुषं च गुणिनं शश्वत्सुस्थिरयौवनम्
śaunaka uvāca || ṛṣivaṃśaprasaṅgena babhūvurvividhāḥ kathāḥ || upālambhena prastāvātkautukena śrutā mayā śivasya kavacaṃ stotraṃ mantraṃ ca dvādaśākṣaram || dadau gandharvarājāya vasiṣṭhaśca kṛpānidhiḥ gandharvasya vacaḥ śrutvā cāha sīccandraśekharaḥ || uvāca dīnaṃ dīneśo dīnabandhuḥ sanātanam varayānyaṃ varaṃ vatsa yatte manasi vāṃchitam|| indratvamamaratvaṃ vā brahmatvaṃ labha durlabham śrīśaṃkara uvāca || haribhaktiṃ harerdāsyaṃ putraṃ paramavaiṣṇavam|| cirāyuṣaṃ ca guṇinaṃ śaśvatsusthirayauvanam
Śaunaka said: In the course of (the account of) the lineage of the sages, various tales arose; out of remonstrance, and from the occasion, and out of curiosity, I have heard them. // (Vasiṣṭha) gave Śiva's armour-hymn, the praise-hymn, and the twelve-syllabled mantra to the king of the gandharvas — Vasiṣṭha, the treasury of compassion. // And hearing the gandharva's words, the moon-crested one spoke; the lord of the wretched, the eternal friend of the wretched, spoke to the wretched one: // "Choose another boon, child, whatever is desired in your mind; obtain lordship over the gods, or immortality, or the hard-to-win state of Brahmā." // Śrī Śaṅkara said: "(Choose) devotion to Hari, servitude to Hari, a son who is a supreme Vaiṣṇava, long-lived and virtuous, with youth ever firmly enduring."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 12.2
प्रजा वा ससृजुः के वा ऊर्ध्वरेताश्च कश्चन ।। पित्रा सह विरोधेन नारदः किं चकार सः
prajā vā sasṛjuḥ ke vā ūrdhvaretāśca kaścana || pitrā saha virodhena nāradaḥ kiṃ cakāra saḥ
Or which of them begot offspring, and who were the ones of upward-flowing seed? And what did Nārada do, in his conflict with his father?
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BvP 1 12.3
पितुः शापेन पुत्रस्य किं बभूव विरोधतः ।। पितुर्वा पुत्रशापेन सौते तत्कथ्यतां शुभम्
pituḥ śāpena putrasya kiṃ babhūva virodhataḥ || piturvā putraśāpena saute tatkathyatāṃ śubham
What came about, from the conflict, by the father's curse upon the son — or (what came) to the father through the son's curse? Tell that auspicious (story), O son of the bard.
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BvP 1 12.4
सौतिरुवाच ।। हंसो यतिश्चारणिश्च वोढुः पञ्चशिखस्तथा ।। अपान्तरतमाश्चैव सनकाद्याश्च शौनक
sautiruvāca || haṃso yatiścāraṇiśca voḍhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā || apāntaratamāścaiva sanakādyāśca śaunaka
The bard's son said: Haṃsa, Yati, Āraṇi, Voḍhu, and Pañcaśikha, and Apāntaratamas, and Sanaka and the others, O Śaunaka —
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BvP 1 12.5
एतैर्विनाऽन्ये बहवो ब्रह्मपुत्राश्च सन्ततम् ।। सांसारिकाः प्रजावन्तो गुर्वाज्ञापरिपालकाः
etairvinā'nye bahavo brahmaputrāśca santatam || sāṃsārikāḥ prajāvanto gurvājñāparipālakāḥ
Besides these there were many other sons of Brahmā, continually engaged in worldly life, having offspring, obedient to their teacher's command.
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BvP 1 12.6
अपूज्यः पुत्रशापेन स्वयं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः ।। तेनैव ब्रह्मणो मन्त्रं नोपासन्ते विपश्चितः
apūjyaḥ putraśāpena svayaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ || tenaiva brahmaṇo mantraṃ nopāsante vipaścitaḥ
By his son's curse Brahmā, the lord of creatures, himself became unworthy of worship; for that very reason the wise do not practise the mantra of Brahmā.
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BvP 1 12.7
नारदो गुरुशापेन गन्धर्वश्च बभूव सः।। कथयामि सुविस्तीर्णं तद्वृत्तान्तं निशामय
nārado guruśāpena gandharvaśca babhūva saḥ|| kathayāmi suvistīrṇaṃ tadvṛttāntaṃ niśāmaya
And Nārada, by his teacher's curse, became a gandharva. I shall tell that story at full length; listen.
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BvP 1 12.8
गन्धर्वराजः सर्वेषां गन्धर्वाणां वरो महान् ।। परमैश्वर्य्यसंयुक्तः पुत्रहीनो हि कर्मणा
gandharvarājaḥ sarveṣāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ varo mahān || paramaiśvaryyasaṃyuktaḥ putrahīno hi karmaṇā
The king of the gandharvas, the great and foremost of all the gandharvas, endowed with the highest lordship, was by his karma without a son.
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BvP 1 12.9
गुर्वाज्ञया पुष्करे स परमेण समाधिना ।। तपश्चकार शम्भोश्च कृपणो दीनमानसः
gurvājñayā puṣkare sa parameṇa samādhinā || tapaścakāra śambhośca kṛpaṇo dīnamānasaḥ
By his teacher's command he, pitiable and dejected in mind, performed austerity to Śambhu at Puṣkara with the utmost concentration.
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BvP 1 12.11
जजाप परमं मन्त्रं दिव्यं वर्षशतं मुने ।। पुष्करे स निराहारः पुत्रदुःखेन तापितः
jajāpa paramaṃ mantraṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ mune || puṣkare sa nirāhāraḥ putraduḥkhena tāpitaḥ
He recited the supreme, divine mantra for a hundred years, O sage; at Puṣkara, fasting, tormented by grief for his son.
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BvP 1 12.12
विरामे शतवर्षस्य ददर्श पुरतः शिवम् ।। भासयंतं दश दिशो ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा
virāme śatavarṣasya dadarśa purataḥ śivam || bhāsayaṃtaṃ daśa diśo jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā
At the close of the hundred years he saw Śiva before him, illuminating the ten directions, blazing with brahman-splendour.
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BvP 1 12.13
महत्तेजस्स्वरूपं च भगवन्तं सनातनम् ।। ईषद्धासं प्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकारकम्
mahattejassvarūpaṃ ca bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || īṣaddhāsaṃ prasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam
(He saw) the eternal Lord, whose very form is great splendour, faintly smiling, his face gracious, the bestower of grace on devotees.
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BvP 1 12.14
तपोरूपं तपोबीजं तपस्याफलदं फलम् ।। शरणागतभक्ताय दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्
taporūpaṃ tapobījaṃ tapasyāphaladaṃ phalam || śaraṇāgatabhaktāya dātāraṃ sarvasampadām
(He saw him who is) the form of ascetic power, the seed of ascetic power, the giver of the fruit of asceticism, (himself) that fruit; the giver of all riches to the devotee who has come for refuge.
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BvP 1 12.15
त्रिशूलपट्टिशधरं वृषभस्थं दिगम्बरम् ।। शुद्ध स्फटिकसंकाशं त्रिनेत्रं चन्द्रशेखरम्
triśūlapaṭṭiśadharaṃ vṛṣabhasthaṃ digambaram || śuddha sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ trinetraṃ candraśekharam
Bearing trident and spear, seated on the bull, sky-clad, resembling pure crystal, three-eyed, moon-crested.
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BvP 1 12.16
तप्तस्वर्णप्रभाजुष्टजटाजालधरं वरम् ।। नीलकण्डं च सर्वज्ञं नागयज्ञोपवीतकम्
taptasvarṇaprabhājuṣṭajaṭājāladharaṃ varam || nīlakaṇḍaṃ ca sarvajñaṃ nāgayajñopavītakam
Wearing a mass of matted locks endowed with the sheen of molten gold, excellent; blue-throated and all-knowing, with a serpent for his sacred thread.
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BvP 1 12.17
संहर्तारं च सर्वेषां कालं मृत्युंजयं परम् ।। ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्त्तण्डकोटिसंकाशमीश्वरम्
saṃhartāraṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kālaṃ mṛtyuṃjayaṃ param || grīṣmamadhyāhnamārttaṇḍakoṭisaṃkāśamīśvaram
The destroyer of all, Time itself, the supreme conqueror of death, the Lord resembling ten million midday summer suns.
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BvP 1 12.18
तत्त्वज्ञानप्रदं शांतं मुक्तिदं हरिभक्तिदम् ।। दृष्ट्वा ननाम सहसा गन्धर्वो दण्डवद्भुवि
tattvajñānapradaṃ śāṃtaṃ muktidaṃ haribhaktidam || dṛṣṭvā nanāma sahasā gandharvo daṇḍavadbhuvi
The giver of knowledge of reality, tranquil, the giver of liberation and of devotion to Hari — seeing (him), the Gandharva at once bowed down on the ground like a staff.
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BvP 1 12.19
वसिष्ठदत्तस्तोत्रेण तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम् ।। वरं वृणुष्वेति शिवस्तमुवाच कृपानिधिः ।। स ययाचे हरे भक्तिं पुत्रं परमवैष्णवम्
vasiṣṭhadattastotreṇa tuṣṭāva parameśvaram || varaṃ vṛṇuṣveti śivastamuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ || sa yayāce hare bhaktiṃ putraṃ paramavaiṣṇavam
With the hymn given by Vasiṣṭha he praised the supreme Lord. "Choose a boon," Śiva, the treasury of compassion, said to him. He asked for devotion to Hari, and for a son who would be a supreme Vaiṣṇava.
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BvP 1 12.21
श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। कृतार्थस्त्वं वरादेकादन्यच्चर्वितचर्वणम् ।। गन्धर्वराज वृणुषे को वा तृप्तोऽतिमङ्गले
śrīmahādeva uvāca || kṛtārthastvaṃ varādekādanyaccarvitacarvaṇam || gandharvarāja vṛṇuṣe ko vā tṛpto'timaṅgale
Śrī Mahādeva said: You are made successful by a single boon; anything else is chewing the chewed. King of the Gandharvas, you ask (for more) — but who is ever satisfied when it comes to the highest good?
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BvP 1 12.22
यस्य भक्तिर्हरौ वत्स सुदृढा सर्वमङ्गला ।। स समर्थः सर्वविश्वं पातुं कर्त्तुं च लीलया
yasya bhaktirharau vatsa sudṛḍhā sarvamaṅgalā || sa samarthaḥ sarvaviśvaṃ pātuṃ karttuṃ ca līlayā
He, my child, whose devotion to Hari is firm and wholly auspicious, is able to protect and to create the whole universe in play.
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BvP 1 12.23
आत्मनः कुलकोटिं च शतं मातामहस्य च ।। पुरुषाणां समुद्धृत्य गोलोकं याति निश्चितम्
ātmanaḥ kulakoṭiṃ ca śataṃ mātāmahasya ca || puruṣāṇāṃ samuddhṛtya golokaṃ yāti niścitam
Having rescued ten million (generations of) his own line and a hundred of his maternal grandfather's — the men (of them) — he certainly goes to Goloka.
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BvP 1 12.24
त्रिविधानि च पापानि कोटिजन्मार्जितानि च ।। निहत्य पुण्यभोगं च हरिदास्यं लभेद् ध्रुवम्
trividhāni ca pāpāni koṭijanmārjitāni ca || nihatya puṇyabhogaṃ ca haridāsyaṃ labhed dhruvam
Having destroyed the threefold sins accumulated over ten million births, and (also) the enjoyment of merit, he surely attains servitude to Hari.
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BvP 1 12.25
तावत्पत्नी सुतस्तावत्तावदैश्वर्य्यमीप्सितम्।। सुखं दुःखं नृणां तावद्यावत्कृष्णे न मानसम्
tāvatpatnī sutastāvattāvadaiśvaryyamīpsitam|| sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ nṛṇāṃ tāvadyāvatkṛṣṇe na mānasam
Only so long is a wife (dear), so long a son, so long is lordship desired; only so long are men's pleasure and pain, as the mind is not (fixed) on Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 1 12.26
कृष्णे मनसि संजाते भक्तिखड्गो दुरत्ययः ।। नराणां कर्मवृक्षाणां मूलच्छेदं करोत्यहो
kṛṣṇe manasi saṃjāte bhaktikhaḍgo duratyayaḥ || narāṇāṃ karmavṛkṣāṇāṃ mūlacchedaṃ karotyaho
When Kṛṣṇa has arisen in the mind, the irresistible sword of devotion — ah! — cuts the root of men's trees of karma.
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BvP 1 12.27
भवेद्येषां सुकृतिनां पुत्राः परमवैष्णवाः ।। कुलकोटिं च तेषां ते उद्धरन्त्येव लीलया
bhavedyeṣāṃ sukṛtināṃ putrāḥ paramavaiṣṇavāḥ || kulakoṭiṃ ca teṣāṃ te uddharantyeva līlayā
Those meritorious ones whose sons are supreme Vaiṣṇavas — those (sons) indeed deliver ten million (generations) of their line in play.
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BvP 1 12.28
चरितार्थः पुमानेकाद्वरमिच्छुर्वरादहो।। किं वरेण द्वितीयेन पुंसां तृप्तिर्न मङ्गले
caritārthaḥ pumānekādvaramicchurvarādaho|| kiṃ vareṇa dvitīyena puṃsāṃ tṛptirna maṅgale
A man has attained his aim from a single boon, yet — ah! — he wants (another) boon. What (need) of a second boon? Is there no contentment for men in what is auspicious?
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BvP 1 12.29
धनं संचितमस्माकं वैष्णवानां सुदुर्लभम् ।। श्रीकृष्णे भक्तिदास्यं च न वयं दातुमुत्सुकाः
dhanaṃ saṃcitamasmākaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ sudurlabham || śrīkṛṣṇe bhaktidāsyaṃ ca na vayaṃ dātumutsukāḥ
The wealth we Vaiṣṇavas have amassed is very hard to get; devotion and servitude to Śrī Kṛṣṇa — that we are not eager to give.
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BvP 1 12.31
सर्वसिद्धिं महायोगं ज्ञानं मृत्युजयादिकम् ।। सुखेन सर्वं दास्यामि हरिदास्यं त्यज ध्रुवम्
sarvasiddhiṃ mahāyogaṃ jñānaṃ mṛtyujayādikam || sukhena sarvaṃ dāsyāmi haridāsyaṃ tyaja dhruvam
All perfections, great yoga, knowledge, conquest of death and the rest — all this I will gladly give; give up servitude to Hari, for certain.
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BvP 1 12.32
शङ्करस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः ।। उवाच दीनो दीनेशं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्
śaṅkarasya vacaḥ śrutvā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ || uvāca dīno dīneśaṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām
Hearing Śaṅkara's words, his throat, lips and palate dry, the wretched one spoke to the lord of the wretched, the giver of all riches.
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BvP 1 12.33
गन्धर्व उवाच ।। यत्पक्ष्मचालनेनैव ब्रह्मणः पतनं भवेत् ।। तद्ब्रह्मत्वं स्वप्नतुल्यं कृष्णभक्तो न चेच्छति
gandharva uvāca || yatpakṣmacālanenaiva brahmaṇaḥ patanaṃ bhavet || tadbrahmatvaṃ svapnatulyaṃ kṛṣṇabhakto na cecchati
The Gandharva said: That state of being Brahmā, by the mere movement of whose eyelashes Brahmā's fall would come about, is like a dream; a devotee of Kṛṣṇa does not desire it.
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BvP 1 12.34
इन्द्रत्वममरत्वं वा सिद्धियोगादिकं शिव ।। ज्ञानं मृत्युजयाद्यं वा न हि भक्तस्य वाञ्छितम्
indratvamamaratvaṃ vā siddhiyogādikaṃ śiva || jñānaṃ mṛtyujayādyaṃ vā na hi bhaktasya vāñchitam
Indra's rank, or immortality, or the powers of yoga and the like, O Śiva, or knowledge, or the conquest of death and so on — none of these is what a devotee wishes for.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.35
सालोक्यसार्ष्टिसामीप्यसायुज्यं श्रीहरेरपि ।। तत्र निर्वाणमोक्षं च न हि वाञ्छन्ति वैष्णवाः
sālokyasārṣṭisāmīpyasāyujyaṃ śrīharerapi || tatra nirvāṇamokṣaṃ ca na hi vāñchanti vaiṣṇavāḥ
Dwelling in the same world as Śrī Hari, equality of powers with him, nearness to him, union with him — and, further, extinction and liberation: these the Vaiṣṇavas do not desire.
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BvP 1 12.36
शश्वत्तत्र दृढा भक्तिर्हरिदास्यं सुदुर्लभम् ।। स्वप्ने जागरणे भक्ता वाञ्छन्त्येवं वरं वरम्
śaśvattatra dṛḍhā bhaktirharidāsyaṃ sudurlabham || svapne jāgaraṇe bhaktā vāñchantyevaṃ varaṃ varam
Constant firm devotion there, and the very hard-won service of Hari — this boon, the best of boons, is what devotees desire in sleep and in waking.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.37
तद्दास्यं वैष्णवसुतं देहि कल्पतरो वरम् ।। त्वां प्राप्य लभते तुष्टं वरं सर्ववरोऽवरः
taddāsyaṃ vaiṣṇavasutaṃ dehi kalpataro varam || tvāṃ prāpya labhate tuṣṭaṃ varaṃ sarvavaro'varaḥ
Grant (me) that service (of Hari) and the state of being a Vaiṣṇava's son as a boon, O wish-fulfilling tree; having reached you, one obtains a boon that satisfies — every (other) boon is inferior.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 12.38
न दास्यसीदं चेच्छम्भो वरं दुष्कृतिनं च माम् ।। कृत्वा हि स्वशिरश्छेदं प्रदास्यामि हुताशने
na dāsyasīdaṃ cecchambho varaṃ duṣkṛtinaṃ ca mām || kṛtvā hi svaśiraśchedaṃ pradāsyāmi hutāśane
If you will not grant this boon, O Śambhu, then I, an evildoer, will cut off my own head and offer it into the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.39
गन्धर्ववचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच कृपानिधिः ।। भक्तं दीनं च भक्तेशो भक्तानुग्रहकारकः
gandharvavacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ || bhaktaṃ dīnaṃ ca bhakteśo bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ
Having heard the Gandharva's words, the treasury of compassion, the lord of devotees, who bestows grace on devotees, spoke to him, a humble devotee:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.41
ज्ञानिनं सुन्दरवरं गुरुभक्तं जितेन्द्रियम् ।। गन्धर्वराजप्रवरं वरेमं लभ मा शुचः
jñāninaṃ sundaravaraṃ gurubhaktaṃ jitendriyam || gandharvarājapravaraṃ varemaṃ labha mā śucaḥ
"Receive this boon — (to be born as) a knower, best among the handsome, devoted to his guru, master of his senses, foremost of Gandharva kings. Do not grieve."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.42
इत्युक्त्वा शंकरस्तस्माज्जगाम स्वालयं मुने ।। गन्धर्वराजः सन्तुष्ट आजगाम स्वमन्दिरम्
ityuktvā śaṃkarastasmājjagāma svālayaṃ mune || gandharvarājaḥ santuṣṭa ājagāma svamandiram
Having said this, Śaṅkara went from there to his own abode, O sage; and the Gandharva king, well satisfied, came to his own palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.43
प्रफुल्लमानसाः सर्वे मानवाः सिद्धकर्मणः ।। नारदस्तस्य भार्य्यायां लेभे जन्म च भारते
praphullamānasāḥ sarve mānavāḥ siddhakarmaṇaḥ || nāradastasya bhāryyāyāṃ lebhe janma ca bhārate
All the men, their works accomplished, were of gladdened mind; and Nārada obtained birth in Bhārata, in that (king's) wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.44
सुषाव पुत्रं सा वृद्धा पर्वते गन्धमादने ।। गुरुर्वसिष्ठो भगवान्नाम चक्रे यथोचितम्
suṣāva putraṃ sā vṛddhā parvate gandhamādane || gururvasiṣṭho bhagavānnāma cakre yathocitam
That aged woman bore a son on the mountain Gandhamādana, and the venerable preceptor Vasiṣṭha gave (him) a name as was fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 12.45
बालकस्य च तस्यैव मङ्गलं मङ्गले दिने ।। उप शब्दोऽधिकार्थश्च पूज्ये च बर्हणः पुमान् ।। पूज्यानामधिको बालस्तेनोपबर्हणाभिधः
bālakasya ca tasyaiva maṅgalaṃ maṅgale dine || upa śabdo'dhikārthaśca pūjye ca barhaṇaḥ pumān || pūjyānāmadhiko bālastenopabarhaṇābhidhaḥ
And on an auspicious day (there was) the auspicious rite of that very boy. The word "upa" has the sense of "in excess," and "barhaṇa," masculine, means "worthy of honour": the boy exceeded those worthy of honour, and therefore was named Upabarhaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition