Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 17
BvP 1 17.1
सौतिरुवाच ।। दृष्ट्वा द्विजं देवसंघः प्रत्युत्थानं चकार च ।। परस्परं च सम्भाषा बभूव तत्र संसदि ब्रह्मोवाच ।। मत्पुत्रो नारदः शप्तो गन्धर्वश्चोपबर्हणः ।। योगेन प्राणांस्तत्याज पुनः शापान्ममैव हि कालः संहरते लोकान्यमः शास्ता च पापिनाम् ।। उपैति मृत्युः सर्वांश्च भिया यस्याज्ञया सदा स्वयं ब्रह्मा च जगतां विधाता सर्वकारकः ।। पादारविन्दमनिशं ध्यायते द्रष्टुमक्षमः अहं कलानामृषभः कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। परं महिम्नः को गच्छेन्न जानामि च किञ्चन तस्यात्र निष्कृतिर्नास्ति यावद्वै ब्रह्मणः शतम् ।। गुरोर्निन्दां यः करोति पितुर्निन्दां नराधमः ।। स याति कालसूत्रं च यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाद्याश्च सुरलोकाश्चराचराः ।। एवं कतिविधाः सन्ति प्रतिविश्वेषु सन्ततम् यस्य वंशोद्भवोऽहं च यस्य शिष्यश्च बालकः ।। तस्येदं वचनं ज्ञानं देवसंघा निबोधत ।।
sautiruvāca || dṛṣṭvā dvijaṃ devasaṃghaḥ pratyutthānaṃ cakāra ca || parasparaṃ ca sambhāṣā babhūva tatra saṃsadi brahmovāca || matputro nāradaḥ śapto gandharvaścopabarhaṇaḥ || yogena prāṇāṃstatyāja punaḥ śāpānmamaiva hi kālaḥ saṃharate lokānyamaḥ śāstā ca pāpinām || upaiti mṛtyuḥ sarvāṃśca bhiyā yasyājñayā sadā svayaṃ brahmā ca jagatāṃ vidhātā sarvakārakaḥ || pādāravindamaniśaṃ dhyāyate draṣṭumakṣamaḥ ahaṃ kalānāmṛṣabhaḥ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || paraṃ mahimnaḥ ko gacchenna jānāmi ca kiñcana tasyātra niṣkṛtirnāsti yāvadvai brahmaṇaḥ śatam || gurornindāṃ yaḥ karoti piturnindāṃ narādhamaḥ || sa yāti kālasūtraṃ ca yāvaccandradivākarau brahmaviṣṇuśivādyāśca suralokāścarācarāḥ || evaṃ katividhāḥ santi prativiśveṣu santatam yasya vaṃśodbhavo'haṃ ca yasya śiṣyaśca bālakaḥ || tasyedaṃ vacanaṃ jñānaṃ devasaṃghā nibodhata ||
The bard said: Seeing the twice-born, the host of gods rose up (in respect), and there in that assembly there was conversation with one another. Brahmā said: My son Nārada was cursed, and the gandharva Upabarhaṇa gave up his life-breaths by yoga — again, indeed, by my own curse. Time gathers up the worlds, and Yama is the chastiser of sinners; and Death approaches all, always out of fear, by whose command (they act). Brahmā himself, the ordainer of the worlds, the doer of all, meditates ceaselessly on (his) lotus feet, unable to see (him). I am the chief of (his) portions — of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self; who could go beyond (his) greatness? And I know nothing (of it). For him there is no expiation here for as long as a hundred (years) of Brahmā. The lowest of men who reviles his guru, who reviles his father, he goes to (the hell) Kālasūtra for as long as moon and sun (endure). Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, and the worlds of the gods with (their) moving and unmoving beings — of how many kinds such are there, continually, in each universe! He in whose line I was born, and whose pupil and child (I am) — this word of his is knowledge: hear it, you hosts of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.2
मा तं बुबुधिरे देवाः श्रीहरिं विप्ररूपिणम् ।। पौर्वापर्य्यं विस्मृताश्च मोहिता विष्णुमायया
mā taṃ bubudhire devāḥ śrīhariṃ viprarūpiṇam || paurvāparyyaṃ vismṛtāśca mohitā viṣṇumāyayā
The gods did not recognise him, Śrī Hari in the form of a brahman; and they forgot what came before and after, bewildered by Viṣṇu's māyā.
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BvP 1 17.3
सुरान्सम्बोध्य विप्रश्च वाचा मधुरया द्विज ।। उवाच सत्यं परमं प्राणिनां यच्छुभावहम्
surānsambodhya vipraśca vācā madhurayā dvija || uvāca satyaṃ paramaṃ prāṇināṃ yacchubhāvaham
And the brahman, addressing the gods with sweet speech, O twice-born, spoke the highest truth, which brings good to living beings.
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BvP 1 17.4
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। उपबर्हणभार्य्येयं कन्या चित्ररथस्य च ।। ययाचे जीवदानं च स्वामिनः शोककर्षिता
brāhmaṇa uvāca || upabarhaṇabhāryyeyaṃ kanyā citrarathasya ca || yayāce jīvadānaṃ ca svāminaḥ śokakarṣitā
The brahman said: This girl, daughter of Citraratha, is Upabarhaṇa's wife; worn down by grief, she has begged the gift of life for her husband.
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BvP 1 17.5
अधुना किमनुष्ठानमस्य कार्यस्य निश्चितम् ।। तन्मां ब्रूत सुराः सर्वे नित्यं यत्समयोचितम्
adhunā kimanuṣṭhānamasya kāryasya niścitam || tanmāṃ brūta surāḥ sarve nityaṃ yatsamayocitam
Now what course of action for this matter is settled upon? Tell me that, all you gods — what is always fitting to the occasion.
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BvP 1 17.6
शप्तुकामा सुरान्सर्वान्साध्वी तेजस्विनी वरा ।। अहं क्षेमाय युष्माकमागतो बोधिता सती
śaptukāmā surānsarvānsādhvī tejasvinī varā || ahaṃ kṣemāya yuṣmākamāgato bodhitā satī
The excellent, chaste, fiery woman was intent on cursing all the gods; being instructed, the good woman (desisted); I have come for your welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.7
स्तुतिः कृता च युष्माभिः श्वेतद्वीपे हरेरपि।। युष्माकमीशो विष्णुश्च कथमेवात्र नागतः
stutiḥ kṛtā ca yuṣmābhiḥ śvetadvīpe harerapi|| yuṣmākamīśo viṣṇuśca kathamevātra nāgataḥ
And praise was offered by you to Hari too, on Śvetadvīpa; and why has Viṣṇu, your lord, not come here?
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BvP 1 17.8
बभूवाकाशवाणीति पश्चाद्यास्यति केशव ।। विपरीतं कथं भूतं वाणीवाक्यमचञ्चलम्।।
babhūvākāśavāṇīti paścādyāsyati keśava || viparītaṃ kathaṃ bhūtaṃ vāṇīvākyamacañcalam||
There was a voice from the sky (saying) 'Keśava will come afterwards' — how has the contrary come about? The word of that voice is unwavering.
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BvP 1 17.9
ब्राह्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा स्वयं ब्रह्मा जगद्गुरुः ।। उवाच वचनं सत्यं हितं परममङ्गलम्
brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā svayaṃ brahmā jagadguruḥ || uvāca vacanaṃ satyaṃ hitaṃ paramamaṅgalam
Having heard the brahman's words, Brahmā himself, the teacher of the world, spoke a word that was true, beneficial, supremely auspicious.
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BvP 1 17.11
कालं लक्षयुगं व्याप्य स्थितिरस्य महीतले ।। शूद्रयोनिं ततः प्राप्य भविता मत्सुतः पुनः
kālaṃ lakṣayugaṃ vyāpya sthitirasya mahītale || śūdrayoniṃ tataḥ prāpya bhavitā matsutaḥ punaḥ
Filling out a span of a hundred thousand yugas, his stay is on the earth; then, attaining a śūdra womb, he will again be my son.
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BvP 1 17.12
अस्य कालावशेषस्य किञ्चिदस्ति द्विजोत्तम ।। तत्तु वर्षसहस्रं चैवायुरस्यास्ति साम्प्रतम्
asya kālāvaśeṣasya kiñcidasti dvijottama || tattu varṣasahasraṃ caivāyurasyāsti sāmpratam
Of this time of his there is some remainder, O best of the twice-born; and that lifetime of his is at present a thousand years.
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BvP 1 17.13
दास्यामि जीवदानं च स्वयं विष्णोः प्रसादतः ।। यथैनं न स्पृशेच्छापस्तत्करिष्यामि निश्चितम्
dāsyāmi jīvadānaṃ ca svayaṃ viṣṇoḥ prasādataḥ || yathainaṃ na spṛśecchāpastatkariṣyāmi niścitam
And I shall grant the gift of life, by the grace of Viṣṇu himself; I shall surely act so that the curse does not touch him.
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BvP 1 17.14
नागतो हरिरत्रेति त्वया यत्कथितं द्विज ।। हरिः सर्वत्र सर्वात्मा विग्रहः कुत आत्मनः
nāgato hariratreti tvayā yatkathitaṃ dvija || hariḥ sarvatra sarvātmā vigrahaḥ kuta ātmanaḥ
As for what you said, twice-born, that Hari has not come here — Hari is everywhere, the Self of all; how can the Self have a body?
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BvP 1 17.15
स्वेच्छामयः परं ब्रह्म भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः ।। सर्वं पश्यति सर्वज्ञः सर्वत्रास्ति सनातनः
svecchāmayaḥ paraṃ brahma bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ || sarvaṃ paśyati sarvajñaḥ sarvatrāsti sanātanaḥ
He is the supreme Brahman, acting by his own will, whose embodiment is (for) favour to his devotees; he sees everything, is all-knowing, is everywhere, is eternal.
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BvP 1 17.16
विषिश्च व्याप्तिवचनो नुश्च सर्वत्रवाचकः ।। सर्वव्यापी च सर्वात्मा तेन विष्णुः प्रकीर्त्तितः
viṣiśca vyāptivacano nuśca sarvatravācakaḥ || sarvavyāpī ca sarvātmā tena viṣṇuḥ prakīrttitaḥ
The root 'viṣ' expresses pervasion, and 'nu' denotes 'everywhere'; therefore he is proclaimed 'Viṣṇu', all-pervading and the Self of all.
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BvP 1 17.17
अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोऽपि वा ।। यः स्मरेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरः शुचिः
apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṃ gato'pi vā || yaḥ smaretpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ
Whether impure or pure, or gone into any condition whatever, he who remembers the lotus-eyed one is clean without and within.
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BvP 1 17.18
कर्मारम्भे च मध्ये वा शेषे विष्णुं च यः स्मरेत् ।। परिपूर्णं तस्य कर्म वैदिकं च भवेद्द्विज
karmārambhe ca madhye vā śeṣe viṣṇuṃ ca yaḥ smaret || paripūrṇaṃ tasya karma vaidikaṃ ca bhaveddvija
And whoever remembers Viṣṇu at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a rite — his rite, and his Vedic act, becomes complete, O twice-born one.
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BvP 1 17.19
अहं स्रष्टा च जगतां विधाता संहरो हरः ।। धर्मश्च कर्मणां साक्षी यस्याज्ञापरिपालकः
ahaṃ sraṣṭā ca jagatāṃ vidhātā saṃharo haraḥ || dharmaśca karmaṇāṃ sākṣī yasyājñāparipālakaḥ
I am the creator of the worlds, Hara the destroyer is the disposer, and Dharma is the witness of deeds — (each of these) is a keeper of whose command.
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BvP 1 17.21
सर्वेशा या च सर्वाद्या प्रकृतिः सर्वसूः पुरा ।। सा भीता यस्य पुरतो यस्याज्ञापरिपालिका
sarveśā yā ca sarvādyā prakṛtiḥ sarvasūḥ purā || sā bhītā yasya purato yasyājñāparipālikā
And she who is mistress of all, first of all, Prakṛti, who of old gave birth to all — she stands in fear before him, she who is a keeper of his command.
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BvP 1 17.22
महेश्वर उवाच ।। पुत्राणां ब्रह्मणस्तेषां कस्य वंशोद्भवो भवान् ।। वेदानधीत्य भवता ज्ञातः कः सार एव च
maheśvara uvāca || putrāṇāṃ brahmaṇasteṣāṃ kasya vaṃśodbhavo bhavān || vedānadhītya bhavatā jñātaḥ kaḥ sāra eva ca
Maheśvara said: Of which of those sons of Brahmā are you born in the line? And having studied the Vedas, what essence has been learned by you?
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BvP 1 17.23
शिष्यः कस्य मुनीन्द्रस्य कस्त्वं नाम्ना च भो द्विज ।। बिभर्त्त्यर्कातिरिक्तं च शिशुरूपोऽसि साम्प्रतम्
śiṣyaḥ kasya munīndrasya kastvaṃ nāmnā ca bho dvija || bibharttyarkātiriktaṃ ca śiśurūpo'si sāmpratam
Whose disciple are you, of which chief of sages, and who are you by name, O twice-born one? You bear a radiance exceeding the sun's, and yet at present you are in the form of a child.
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BvP 1 17.24
विडम्बयसि देवांश्च विष्णुमस्माकमीश्वरम् ।। हृदिस्थं च न जानासि परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
viḍambayasi devāṃśca viṣṇumasmākamīśvaram || hṛdisthaṃ ca na jānāsi paramātmānamīśvaram
You mock the gods and Viṣṇu, our lord; and you do not know the supreme Self, the Lord, who dwells in the heart.
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BvP 1 17.25
यस्मिन्गते पतेद्देहो देहिनां परमात्मनि ।। प्रयान्ति सर्वे तत्पश्चान्नरदेवानुगा इव
yasmingate pateddeho dehināṃ paramātmani || prayānti sarve tatpaścānnaradevānugā iva
The supreme Self, on whose going away the body of embodied beings falls, and after whom all go forth, like the retinue of a king (or: of men and gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.26
जीवस्तत्प्रतिबिम्बश्च मनो ज्ञानं च चेतना ।। प्राणाश्चेन्द्रियवर्गाश्च बुद्धिर्मेधा धृतिः स्मृतिः
jīvastatpratibimbaśca mano jñānaṃ ca cetanā || prāṇāścendriyavargāśca buddhirmedhā dhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ
The living soul, its reflection, mind, knowledge, consciousness, the vital breaths, the classes of sense-organs, intellect, mental power, steadiness, memory,
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BvP 1 17.27
निद्रा दया च तन्द्रा च क्षुत्तृष्णा पुष्टिरेव च ।। श्रद्धा संतुष्टिरिच्छा च क्षमा लज्जादिकाः स्मृताः
nidrā dayā ca tandrā ca kṣuttṛṣṇā puṣṭireva ca || śraddhā saṃtuṣṭiricchā ca kṣamā lajjādikāḥ smṛtāḥ
sleep, compassion, torpor, hunger and thirst, and nourishment, faith, contentment, desire, patience, modesty and the rest — so they are named:
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BvP 1 17.28
प्रयाति यत्पुरः शक्तिरीश्वरे गमनोन्मुखे ।। एते सर्वे च शक्तिश्च यस्याज्ञा परिपालकाः
prayāti yatpuraḥ śaktirīśvare gamanonmukhe || ete sarve ca śaktiśca yasyājñā paripālakāḥ
the power that goes before, when the Lord is set on departing — all these and the power are keepers of whose command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.29
ईश्वरे च स्थिते देही क्षमश्च सर्वकर्मसु ।। गतेऽस्पृश्यः शवस्त्याज्यः कस्तं देही न मन्यते
īśvare ca sthite dehī kṣamaśca sarvakarmasu || gate'spṛśyaḥ śavastyājyaḥ kastaṃ dehī na manyate
While the Lord abides (in it), the embodied one is capable in all acts; when he has gone, the corpse is untouchable and to be abandoned. What embodied being does not acknowledge him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.31
युगलक्षं तपस्तप्तं श्रीकृष्णस्य च वेधसा ।। तदा बभूव ज्ञानी च जगत्स्रष्टुं क्षमस्तदा
yugalakṣaṃ tapastaptaṃ śrīkṛṣṇasya ca vedhasā || tadā babhūva jñānī ca jagatsraṣṭuṃ kṣamastadā
For a hundred thousand ages austerity was performed by the creator for the sake of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; then he became a knower, and then capable of creating the world.
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BvP 1 17.32
असंख्यकालं सुचिरं तपस्तप्तं हरेर्मया ।। तृप्तिं जगाम न मनस्तृप्यते केन मङ्गले
asaṃkhyakālaṃ suciraṃ tapastaptaṃ harermayā || tṛptiṃ jagāma na manastṛpyate kena maṅgale
For a countless, very long time austerity was performed by me for Hari; my mind did not come to satiety — by what, O auspicious one, could it be satisfied?
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BvP 1 17.33
अधुना पञ्चवक्त्रेण यन्नामगुणकीर्तनम् ।। गायन्भ्रमामि सर्वत्र निस्पृहः सर्वकर्मसु
adhunā pañcavaktreṇa yannāmaguṇakīrtanam || gāyanbhramāmi sarvatra nispṛhaḥ sarvakarmasu
Now, with my five mouths, singing the recital of whose name and qualities, I wander everywhere, without craving for any works.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.34
मत्तो याति च मृत्युश्च यन्नामगुणकीर्त्तनात् ।। शश्वजपन्तं तन्नाम दृष्ट्वा मृत्युः पलायते
matto yāti ca mṛtyuśca yannāmaguṇakīrttanāt || śaśvajapantaṃ tannāma dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuḥ palāyate
And Death goes forth from me by the recital of whose name and qualities; seeing one who ceaselessly murmurs that name, Death flees away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.35
सर्वब्रह्माण्डसंहर्त्ताऽप्यहं मृत्युंजयाभिधः ।। सुचिरं तपसा यस्य गुणनामानुकीर्त्तनात्
sarvabrahmāṇḍasaṃharttā'pyahaṃ mṛtyuṃjayābhidhaḥ || suciraṃ tapasā yasya guṇanāmānukīrttanāt
Even I, the destroyer of all the world-spheres, bear the name Conqueror of Death, from long reciting, through austerity, of whose qualities and name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.36
काले तत्र विलीनोऽहमाविर्भूतस्ततः पुनः ।। न कालो मम संहर्त्ता न मृत्युर्यत्प्रसादतः
kāle tatra vilīno'hamāvirbhūtastataḥ punaḥ || na kālo mama saṃharttā na mṛtyuryatprasādataḥ
Then I was dissolved in Time, and thereafter appeared again; by whose grace Time is not my destroyer, nor Death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.37
गोलोके यः स वैकुण्ठे श्वेतद्वीपे स एव च ।। अंशांशिनोर्न भेदश्च ब्रह्मन्वह्निस्फुलिङ्गवत्
goloke yaḥ sa vaikuṇṭhe śvetadvīpe sa eva ca || aṃśāṃśinorna bhedaśca brahmanvahnisphuliṅgavat
He who is in Goloka is the very same in Vaikuṇṭha and in Śvetadvīpa; there is no difference between the part and that of which it is a part, O brahman, as with fire and its spark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.38
मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः ।। अष्टाविंशतिमे शक्रे गते च ब्रह्मणो दिनम्
manvantaraṃ tu divyānāṃ yugānāmekasaptatiḥ || aṣṭāviṃśatime śakre gate ca brahmaṇo dinam
A manvantara is seventy-one of the divine ages; and when the twenty-eighth Indra has passed, it is a day of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.39
एतत्संख्याविशिष्टस्य शतवर्षायुषो विधेः ।। पाते लोचनपातश्च यद्विष्णोः परमात्मनः
etatsaṃkhyāviśiṣṭasya śatavarṣāyuṣo vidheḥ || pāte locanapātaśca yadviṣṇoḥ paramātmanaḥ
At the falling away of the creator, whose lifespan is a hundred years measured by this reckoning, there is but the fall of an eyelid of Viṣṇu, the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.41
इत्युक्त्वा शङ्करस्तत्र विरराम च शौनक ।। धर्मश्च वक्तुमारेभे यः साक्षी सर्वकर्मणाम्
ityuktvā śaṅkarastatra virarāma ca śaunaka || dharmaśca vaktumārebhe yaḥ sākṣī sarvakarmaṇām
Having said this, Śaṅkara fell silent there, O Śaunaka; and Dharma, who is the witness of all deeds, began to speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.42
धर्म उवाच ।। यत्पाणिपादौ सर्वत्र चक्षुश्च सर्वदर्शनम् ।। सर्वान्तरात्मा प्रत्यक्षोऽप्रत्यक्षश्च दुरात्मनः
dharma uvāca || yatpāṇipādau sarvatra cakṣuśca sarvadarśanam || sarvāntarātmā pratyakṣo'pratyakṣaśca durātmanaḥ
Dharma said: He whose hands and feet are everywhere, whose eye is all-seeing, the inner Self of all, manifest (to the good) and unmanifest to the evil-souled—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.43
अधुनाऽपि सभां विष्णुर्नायात इति यद्वचः ।। त्वयोक्तं तत्कया बुद्ध्या मुनीनां च मतिभ्रमः
adhunā'pi sabhāṃ viṣṇurnāyāta iti yadvacaḥ || tvayoktaṃ tatkayā buddhyā munīnāṃ ca matibhramaḥ
—the words you spoke, that "even now Viṣṇu has not come to the assembly," with what understanding (were they said)? And (whence) this confusion of mind among the sages?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.44
महन्निन्दा भवेद्यत्र नैव साधु शृणोति ताम् ।। निन्दकः श्रोतृभिः सार्द्धं कुम्भीपाकं व्रजेद्युगम्
mahannindā bhavedyatra naiva sādhu śṛṇoti tām || nindakaḥ śrotṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ kumbhīpākaṃ vrajedyugam
Where there is reviling of the great, a good man does not listen to it at all; the reviler, together with those who listen, goes to Kumbhīpāka (hell) for an age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.45
श्रुत्वा दैवान्महन्निन्दां श्रीविष्णोः स्मरणाद् बुधः ।। मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः पुण्यं प्राप्नोति दुर्लभम्
śrutvā daivānmahannindāṃ śrīviṣṇoḥ smaraṇād budhaḥ || mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ puṇyaṃ prāpnoti durlabham
If by chance he has heard the reviling of the great, a wise man is freed from all sins by remembering Śrī Viṣṇu, and obtains merit hard to win.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.46
कामतोऽकामतो वाऽपि विष्णुनिन्दां करोति यः ।। शृणोति यो हसति वा सभामध्ये नराधमः
kāmato'kāmato vā'pi viṣṇunindāṃ karoti yaḥ || śṛṇoti yo hasati vā sabhāmadhye narādhamaḥ
Whoever, willingly or unwillingly, reviles Viṣṇu, and that lowest of men who listens to it or laughs in the midst of the assembly—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.47
कुम्भीपाके पचति स यावद्धि ब्रह्मणो वयः ।। स्थलं भवेदपूतं च सुरापात्रं यथा द्विज
kumbhīpāke pacati sa yāvaddhi brahmaṇo vayaḥ || sthalaṃ bhavedapūtaṃ ca surāpātraṃ yathā dvija
—he cooks in Kumbhīpāka as long as the lifetime of Brahmā; and the spot becomes unpurified, like a vessel that has held liquor, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.48
प्राणी च नरकं याति श्रुतं तत्रैव चेद्ध्रुवम् ।। विष्णुनिन्दा च त्रिविधा ब्रह्मणा कथिता पुरा
prāṇī ca narakaṃ yāti śrutaṃ tatraiva ceddhruvam || viṣṇunindā ca trividhā brahmaṇā kathitā purā
And a living creature goes to hell if (such reviling) has been heard right there—this is certain. Reviling of Viṣṇu was declared of three kinds by Brahmā long ago.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.49
अप्रत्यक्षं च कुरुते किं वा तं च न मन्यते।।। देवान्यसाम्यं कुरुते ज्ञानहीनो नराधमः
apratyakṣaṃ ca kurute kiṃ vā taṃ ca na manyate||| devānyasāmyaṃ kurute jñānahīno narādhamaḥ
He treats (Him) as not present, or else he does not acknowledge Him; the lowest of men, devoid of knowledge, makes (Him) equal to the other gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.51
विष्णुर्गुरुश्च सर्वेषां जनको ज्ञानदायकः ।। पोष्टा पाता भयत्राता वरदाता जगत्त्रये
viṣṇurguruśca sarveṣāṃ janako jñānadāyakaḥ || poṣṭā pātā bhayatrātā varadātā jagattraye
Viṣṇu is the guru of all, the father, the giver of knowledge, the nourisher, the protector, the rescuer from fear, the giver of boons in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.52
एषां च वचनं श्रुत्वा त्रयाणां विप्रपुङ्गव ।। प्रहस्योवाच तान्देवान्वाचा मधुरया पुनः
eṣāṃ ca vacanaṃ śrutvā trayāṇāṃ viprapuṅgava || prahasyovāca tāndevānvācā madhurayā punaḥ
And having heard the speech of these three, O best of brāhmaṇas, he laughed and spoke again to those gods with sweet words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.53
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। का कृता विष्णुनिन्दाऽहो हे देवा धर्मशालिनः ।। नागतो हरिरत्रेति व्यर्थाऽऽकाशसरस्वती
brāhmaṇa uvāca || kā kṛtā viṣṇunindā'ho he devā dharmaśālinaḥ || nāgato hariratreti vyarthā''kāśasarasvatī
The brāhmaṇa said: What reviling of Viṣṇu has been made? Ah, O gods abounding in dharma! "Hari has not come here"—so the voice in the sky (declaring his coming) is in vain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.54
इति प्रोक्तं मया भद्रं ब्रूत धर्मार्थमीश्वराः ।। सभायां पाक्षिकाः सन्तो घ्नन्ति स्म शतपूरुषम्
iti proktaṃ mayā bhadraṃ brūta dharmārthamīśvarāḥ || sabhāyāṃ pākṣikāḥ santo ghnanti sma śatapūruṣam
Thus have I spoken; speak what is good, for the sake of dharma, O lords—those who are partisan in an assembly destroy a hundred generations of their line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.55
यूयं च भावुका ब्रूत विष्णुः सर्वत्र सन्ततम् ।। इति चेत्तत्कथं याताः श्वेतद्वीपं वराय च
yūyaṃ ca bhāvukā brūta viṣṇuḥ sarvatra santatam || iti cettatkathaṃ yātāḥ śvetadvīpaṃ varāya ca
And you devoted ones say that Viṣṇu is everywhere, continually; if that is so, then how have you gone to Śvetadvīpa for a boon?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.56
अंशांशिनोर्न भेदश्चेदात्मनश्चेति निश्चितम्।। कलां हित्वा निषेवन्ते सन्तः पूर्णतमं कथम्
aṃśāṃśinorna bhedaścedātmanaśceti niścitam|| kalāṃ hitvā niṣevante santaḥ pūrṇatamaṃ katham
If it is settled that there is no difference between the part and the possessor of parts, nor of the Self (from them), how is it that the good, leaving aside the fraction, serve the most complete one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.57
कोटिजन्मदुराराध्यमसाध्यमसतामपि ।। आशा बलवती पुंसां कृष्णं सेवितुमिच्छति
koṭijanmadurārādhyamasādhyamasatāmapi || āśā balavatī puṃsāṃ kṛṣṇaṃ sevitumicchati
(He is) hard to propitiate in ten million births, unattainable even for the unworthy; hope is powerful in men—it wishes to serve Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.58
किं क्षुद्राः किं महान्तश्च वाञ्छन्ति परमं पदम् ।। लब्धुमिच्छति चन्द्रं च बाहुभ्यां वामनो यथा
kiṃ kṣudrāḥ kiṃ mahāntaśca vāñchanti paramaṃ padam || labdhumicchati candraṃ ca bāhubhyāṃ vāmano yathā
What of the small, what of the great—(all) desire the supreme station; just as a dwarf wishes to seize the moon with his arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.59
यो विष्णुर्विषयी विश्वे श्वेतद्वीपनिवासकृत्।। यूयं ब्रह्मेशधर्माश्च दिक्पालाश्च दिगीश्वराः
yo viṣṇurviṣayī viśve śvetadvīpanivāsakṛt|| yūyaṃ brahmeśadharmāśca dikpālāśca digīśvarāḥ
He who is Viṣṇu, the possessor of a domain in the universe, the dweller in Śvetadvīpa; and you—Brahmā, Śiva and Dharma, and the guardians of the quarters, the lords of the directions—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 17.61
विश्वानां च सुराणां च कः संख्यां कर्तुमीश्वरः ।। सर्वेषामीश्वरः कृष्णो भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः
viśvānāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca kaḥ saṃkhyāṃ kartumīśvaraḥ || sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ
—who is able to make a count of the universes and of the gods? Kṛṣṇa is the lord of all, whose very form is grace toward his devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.62
ऊर्ध्वं च सर्वब्रह्माण्डाद्वैकुण्ठं सत्यमीप्सितम् ।। तस्मादूर्ध्वं च गोलोकः पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनम्
ūrdhvaṃ ca sarvabrahmāṇḍādvaikuṇṭhaṃ satyamīpsitam || tasmādūrdhvaṃ ca golokaḥ pañcāśatkoṭiyojanam
Above all the world-spheres is Vaikuṇṭha, real and longed for; and above that is Goloka, fifty crore yojanas (beyond).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.63
चतुर्भुजश्च वैकुण्ठे लक्ष्मीकान्तः सनातनः ।। सुनन्दनन्दकुमुदपार्षदादिभिरावृतः
caturbhujaśca vaikuṇṭhe lakṣmīkāntaḥ sanātanaḥ || sunandanandakumudapārṣadādibhirāvṛtaḥ
And in Vaikuṇṭha (he is) four-armed, the eternal lord of Lakṣmī, surrounded by Sunanda, Nanda, Kumuda and the other attendants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.64
गोलोके द्विभुजः कृष्णो राधाकान्तः सनातनः ।। गोपाङ्गनादिभिर्युक्तो द्विभुजैर्वोपपार्षदैः
goloke dvibhujaḥ kṛṣṇo rādhākāntaḥ sanātanaḥ || gopāṅganādibhiryukto dvibhujairvopapārṣadaiḥ
In Goloka (he is) two-armed Kṛṣṇa, the eternal lord of Rādhā, accompanied by the cowherd women and others, and by two-armed subordinate attendants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.66
तज्ज्योतिर्मण्डलाकारं सूर्य्यकोटिसमप्रभम् ।। ध्यायन्ते योगिनः सन्तः सन्ततं च निरामयम्
tajjyotirmaṇḍalākāraṃ sūryyakoṭisamaprabham || dhyāyante yoginaḥ santaḥ santataṃ ca nirāmayam
That light, shaped like a disc, blazing equal to ten million suns — the good yogins meditate on it constantly, (that light which is) free from disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.67
नवीननीरदश्यामं द्विभुजं पीतवाससम् ।। कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यलीलाधाम मनोहरम्
navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ dvibhujaṃ pītavāsasam || koṭikandarpalāvaṇyalīlādhāma manoharam
Dark as a fresh rain-cloud, two-armed, clad in yellow, the abode of the beauty and play of ten million Kandarpas, captivating,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.68
किशोरनयनं शश्वच्छान्तं सस्मितमी श्वरम् ।। ध्यायन्ते वैष्णवाः सन्तः सेवन्ते सत्यविग्रहम्
kiśoranayanaṃ śaśvacchāntaṃ sasmitamī śvaram || dhyāyante vaiṣṇavāḥ santaḥ sevante satyavigraham
With youthful eyes, ever tranquil, smiling — the good Vaiṣṇavas meditate on that Lord and serve (him whose) form is real.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.69
परिपूर्णतमं ब्रह्म स चात्मा सर्वदेहिनाम् ।। स्वेच्छामयश्च विहरेद्रासे वृन्दावने सदा यूयं च वैष्णवा ब्रूत कस्य वंशोद्भवो भवान्।। शिष्यः कस्य मुनीन्द्रस्येत्येवं मां च पुनः पुनः
paripūrṇatamaṃ brahma sa cātmā sarvadehinām || svecchāmayaśca viharedrāse vṛndāvane sadā yūyaṃ ca vaiṣṇavā brūta kasya vaṃśodbhavo bhavān|| śiṣyaḥ kasya munīndrasyetyevaṃ māṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ
He is Brahman most completely full, and he is the Self of all embodied beings; and, acting by his own will, he sports forever in the rāsa dance in Vṛndāvana. And you, Vaiṣṇavas, say: 'Of whose lineage are you born? Whose disciple are you, of which chief among sages?' — thus (you ask) me again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.71
शीघ्रं जीवय गन्धर्वं देवेश्वर सुरेश्वर ।। व्यक्ते विचारे मूर्खः को वाग्युद्धे किं प्रयोजनम्
śīghraṃ jīvaya gandharvaṃ deveśvara sureśvara || vyakte vicāre mūrkhaḥ ko vāgyuddhe kiṃ prayojanam
Quickly bring the Gandharva to life, O lord of the gods, O lord of the celestials! When the matter is plain, who is the fool (to argue)? What use is a war of words?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 17.72
इत्युक्त्वा बालकस्तत्र विप्ररूपी जनार्दनः ।। विरराम सभामध्ये प्रजहास च शौनक
ityuktvā bālakastatra viprarūpī janārdanaḥ || virarāma sabhāmadhye prajahāsa ca śaunaka
Having said this, the boy there — Janārdana in brahmin form — fell silent in the midst of the assembly and laughed aloud, O Śaunaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition