Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 2
BvP 1 2.1
शौनक उवाच ।। किमपूर्वं श्रुतं सौते परमाद्भुतमीप्सितम् ।। सर्वं कथय संव्यस्य ब्रह्मखण्डमनुत्तमम् तदधो दक्षिणे सव्ये पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनान् ।। वैकुण्ठं शिवलोकं तु तत्समं सुमनोहरम् रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च वनमालाविभूषितम् ।। तदेव परमं ब्रह्म भगवन्तं सनातनम्
śaunaka uvāca || kimapūrvaṃ śrutaṃ saute paramādbhutamīpsitam || sarvaṃ kathaya saṃvyasya brahmakhaṇḍamanuttamam tadadho dakṣiṇe savye pañcāśatkoṭiyojanān || vaikuṇṭhaṃ śivalokaṃ tu tatsamaṃ sumanoharam ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca vanamālāvibhūṣitam || tadeva paramaṃ brahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
Śaunaka said: What unprecedented, utterly wondrous, longed-for thing have you heard, O Sauti? Tell it all, having arranged it — the unsurpassed Brahma-khaṇḍa. Below that, to the right and to the left, for fifty crore yojanas: Vaikuṇṭha, and Śiva's world, equal to it, most delightful; and (him) seated on a jewelled lion-throne, adorned with a forest-garland — that very supreme Brahman, the eternal Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 2.2
सौतिरुवाच ।। वन्दे गुरोः पादपद्मं व्यासस्यामिततेजसः ।। हरिं देवान्द्विजान्नत्वा धर्मान्वक्ष्ये सनातनान्
sautiruvāca || vande guroḥ pādapadmaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ || hariṃ devāndvijānnatvā dharmānvakṣye sanātanān
Sauti said: I revere the lotus-foot of the guru, Vyāsa of measureless splendour. Having bowed to Hari, to the gods and to the twice-born, I shall declare the eternal duties.
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BvP 1 2.3
यच्छ्रुतं व्यासवक्त्रेण ब्रह्मखण्डमनुत्तमम् ।। अज्ञानान्धतमोध्वंसि ज्ञानवर्त्मप्रदीपकम्
yacchrutaṃ vyāsavaktreṇa brahmakhaṇḍamanuttamam || ajñānāndhatamodhvaṃsi jñānavartmapradīpakam
(That) unsurpassed Brahma-khaṇḍa which was heard from the mouth of Vyāsa, destroyer of the blind darkness of ignorance, a lamp (lighting) the path of knowledge —
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BvP 1 2.4
ज्योतिःसमूहं प्रलये पुराऽऽसीत्केवलं द्विज ।। सूर्य्यकोटिप्रभं नित्यमसंख्यं विश्वकारणम्
jyotiḥsamūhaṃ pralaye purā''sītkevalaṃ dvija || sūryyakoṭiprabhaṃ nityamasaṃkhyaṃ viśvakāraṇam
At the dissolution, formerly, there was only a mass of light, O twice-born: eternal, with the brilliance of ten million suns, immeasurable, the cause of the universe.
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BvP 1 2.5
स्वेच्छामयस्य च विभोस्तज्ज्योतिरुज्ज्वलं महत् ।। ज्योतिरभ्यन्तरे लोकत्रयमेव मनोहरम्
svecchāmayasya ca vibhostajjyotirujjvalaṃ mahat || jyotirabhyantare lokatrayameva manoharam
And that blazing great light belonged to the Lord who acts by his own will; within the light were the three worlds themselves, delightful.
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BvP 1 2.6
तेषामुपरि गोलोकं नित्यमीश्वरवद् द्विज।। त्रिकोटियोजनायामविस्तीर्णं मण्डलाकृति
teṣāmupari golokaṃ nityamīśvaravad dvija|| trikoṭiyojanāyāmavistīrṇaṃ maṇḍalākṛti
Above them is Goloka, eternal like the Lord himself, O twice-born, three crore yojanas in extent, circular in shape,
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BvP 1 2.7
तेजःस्वरूपं सुमहद्रत्नभूमिमयं परम्।। अदृश्यं योगिभिः स्वप्ने दृश्यं गम्यं च वैष्णवैः
tejaḥsvarūpaṃ sumahadratnabhūmimayaṃ param|| adṛśyaṃ yogibhiḥ svapne dṛśyaṃ gamyaṃ ca vaiṣṇavaiḥ
whose nature is radiance, very great, made of jewelled ground, supreme; invisible to yogins (even) in dream, but visible and attainable to the Vaiṣṇavas,
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BvP 1 2.8
योगेन धृतमीशेन चान्तरिक्षस्थितं वरम् ।। आधिव्याधिजरामृत्युशोकभीतिविवर्जितम्
yogena dhṛtamīśena cāntarikṣasthitaṃ varam || ādhivyādhijarāmṛtyuśokabhītivivarjitam
held by the Lord through yoga and situated in the sky, excellent, free from mental affliction, disease, old age, death, sorrow and fear,
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BvP 1 2.9
सद्रत्नरचितासंख्यमन्दिरैः परिशोभितम् ।। लये कृष्णयुतं सृष्टौ गोपगोपीभिरावृतम्
sadratnaracitāsaṃkhyamandiraiḥ pariśobhitam || laye kṛṣṇayutaṃ sṛṣṭau gopagopībhirāvṛtam
beautified by countless mansions built of good jewels; at the dissolution joined with Kṛṣṇa (alone), and at creation surrounded by cowherds and cowherd women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 2.11
कोटियोजनविस्तीर्णं वैकुण्ठं मण्डलाकृति ।। लये शून्यं च सृष्टौ च लक्ष्मीनारायणान्वितम्
koṭiyojanavistīrṇaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ maṇḍalākṛti || laye śūnyaṃ ca sṛṣṭau ca lakṣmīnārāyaṇānvitam
Vaikuṇṭha extends a crore of yojanas, circular in shape; at the dissolution it is empty, and at creation it is attended by Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa,
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BvP 1 2.12
चतुर्भुजैः पार्षदैश्च जरामृत्य्वादिवर्जितम् ।। सव्ये च शिवलोकं च कोटियोजनविस्तृतम्
caturbhujaiḥ pārṣadaiśca jarāmṛtyvādivarjitam || savye ca śivalokaṃ ca koṭiyojanavistṛtam
and by four-armed attendants, and free from old age, death and the rest. And on the left is Śiva's world, extending a crore of yojanas,
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BvP 1 2.13
लये शून्यं च सृष्टौ च सपार्षदशिवान्वितम् ।। गोलोकाभ्यन्तरे ज्योतिरतीव सुमनोहरम्
laye śūnyaṃ ca sṛṣṭau ca sapārṣadaśivānvitam || golokābhyantare jyotiratīva sumanoharam
empty at the dissolution, and at creation attended by Śiva with his attendants. Within Goloka there is a light exceedingly delightful,
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BvP 1 2.14
परमाह्लादकं शश्वत्परमानन्दकारकम् ।। ध्यायन्ते योगिनः शश्वद्योगेन ज्ञानचक्षुषा
paramāhlādakaṃ śaśvatparamānandakārakam || dhyāyante yoginaḥ śaśvadyogena jñānacakṣuṣā
supremely gladdening, everlasting, producing the highest bliss, which the yogins meditate on constantly with the eye of knowledge through yoga.
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BvP 1 2.15
तदेवानन्दजनकं निराकारं परात्परम् ।। तज्ज्योतिरन्तरे रूपमतीव सुमनोहरम्
tadevānandajanakaṃ nirākāraṃ parātparam || tajjyotirantare rūpamatīva sumanoharam
That very (light) is the begetter of bliss, formless, higher than the highest; and within that light is a form exceedingly delightful:
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BvP 1 2.16
नवीननीरदश्यामं रक्तपङ्कजलोचनम्।। शारदीयपार्वणेन्दुशोभितं चामलाननम्
navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ raktapaṅkajalocanam|| śāradīyapārvaṇenduśobhitaṃ cāmalānanam
dark as a fresh rain-cloud, with eyes like red lotuses, its spotless face shining like the autumn full moon,
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BvP 1 2.17
कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यं लीलाधाम मनोरमम् ।। द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं सस्मितं पीतवाससम्
koṭikandarpalāvaṇyaṃ līlādhāma manoramam || dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ sasmitaṃ pītavāsasam
with the loveliness of ten million Kandarpas, an abode of play, charming, two-armed, with a flute in hand, smiling, clad in yellow,
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BvP 1 2.18
सद्रत्नभूषणौघेन भूषितं भक्तवत्सलम्।। चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमान्वितम्
sadratnabhūṣaṇaughena bhūṣitaṃ bhaktavatsalam|| candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ kastūrīkuṅkumānvitam
adorned with a mass of fine jewelled ornaments, fond of his devotees, all his limbs sprinkled with sandal paste, endowed with musk and saffron,
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BvP 1 2.19
श्रीवत्सवक्षःसंभ्राजत्कौस्तुभेन विराजितम् ।। सद्रत्नसाररचितकिरीटमुकुटोज्ज्वलम्
śrīvatsavakṣaḥsaṃbhrājatkaustubhena virājitam || sadratnasāraracitakirīṭamukuṭojjvalam
resplendent with the Kaustubha (jewel) gleaming on his Śrīvatsa-marked chest, brilliant with a crown and diadem fashioned of the finest jewels,
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BvP 1 2.21
स्वेच्छामयं सर्वबीजं सर्वाधारं परात्परम् ।। किशोरवयसं शश्वद्गोपवेषविधायकम्
svecchāmayaṃ sarvabījaṃ sarvādhāraṃ parātparam || kiśoravayasaṃ śaśvadgopaveṣavidhāyakam
(I saw him) made of his own will, the seed of all, the support of all, higher than the highest, of youthful age, forever assuming the dress of a cowherd,
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BvP 1 2.22
कोटिपूर्णेन्दुशोभाढ्यं भक्तानुग्रहकारकम् ।। निरीहं निर्विकारं च परिपूर्णतमं विभुम्
koṭipūrṇenduśobhāḍhyaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam || nirīhaṃ nirvikāraṃ ca paripūrṇatamaṃ vibhum
rich with the beauty of ten million full moons, bestowing grace on his devotees, without desire and without change, the most utterly complete, the all-pervading lord,
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BvP 1 2.23
रासमण्डलमध्यस्थं शान्तं रासेश्वरं वरम् ।। माङ्गल्यं मङ्गलार्हं च माङ्गल्यं मङ्गलप्रदम्
rāsamaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ śāntaṃ rāseśvaraṃ varam || māṅgalyaṃ maṅgalārhaṃ ca māṅgalyaṃ maṅgalapradam
standing in the middle of the rāsa circle, tranquil, the excellent lord of the rāsa, auspicious and worthy of auspicious rites, auspicious and giver of auspiciousness,
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BvP 1 2.24
परमानन्दबीजं च सत्यमक्षरमव्ययम् ।। । सर्वसिद्धेश्वरं सर्वसिद्धिरूपं च सिद्धिदम्
paramānandabījaṃ ca satyamakṣaramavyayam || | sarvasiddheśvaraṃ sarvasiddhirūpaṃ ca siddhidam
the seed of supreme bliss, true, imperishable, undecaying, the lord of all attainments, himself the form of all attainment, and the giver of attainment,
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BvP 1 2.25
प्रकृतेः परमीशानं निर्गुणं नित्यविग्रहम्।। आद्यं पुरुषमव्यक्तं पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतम्
prakṛteḥ paramīśānaṃ nirguṇaṃ nityavigraham|| ādyaṃ puruṣamavyaktaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam
the supreme ruler over primal nature, free of the qualities, whose body is eternal, the primordial Puruṣa, unmanifest, much invoked, much praised,
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BvP 1 2.26
सत्यं स्वतन्त्रमेकं च परमात्मस्वरूपकम् ।। ध्यायन्ते वैष्णवाः शान्ताः शान्तं तन्परमायणम्
satyaṃ svatantramekaṃ ca paramātmasvarūpakam || dhyāyante vaiṣṇavāḥ śāntāḥ śāntaṃ tanparamāyaṇam
true, self-dependent and one, having the nature of the Supreme Self — on that tranquil one, the highest refuge, the tranquil Vaiṣṇavas meditate.
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BvP 1 2.27
एवंरूपं परं बिभ्रद्भगवानेक एव सः ।। दिग्भिश्च नभसा सार्द्धं शून्यं विश्वं ददर्श ह
evaṃrūpaṃ paraṃ bibhradbhagavāneka eva saḥ || digbhiśca nabhasā sārddhaṃ śūnyaṃ viśvaṃ dadarśa ha
Bearing such a supreme form, that Lord, being alone, indeed beheld the universe empty, together with the directions and the sky.
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