Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 28
BvP 1 28.1
नारद उवाच ।। श्रुतं सर्वं जगन्नाथ त्वत्प्रसादाज्जगद्गुरो ।। भवान्ब्रह्मस्वरूपं च वद ब्रह्मनिरूपणम् वैकुण्ठे च पुरा पृष्टे धर्मेण ब्रह्मणा तदा ।। यदुवाच हरिः किञ्चिन्निबोध कथयामि ते वदन्ति योगिनस्तत्र परं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।। दिवानिशं च ध्यायन्ते सत्यं तत्सर्वमङ्गलम् नित्यं तत्परमं ब्रह्म नित्या च प्रकृतिः स्मृता ।। द्वयोः समं च प्राधान्यमिति केचिद्वदन्ति हि तत्तेजोमण्डलाकारे सूर्य्यकोटिसमप्रभे ।। नित्यं स्थलं च प्रच्छन्नं गोलोकाभिधमेव च नानाचित्रविचित्राढ्ये वसन्तं वरमीश्वरम् ।। नवीननीरदश्यामं किशोरवयसं शिशुम् ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवानन्तधर्माद्यैर्वन्दितं मुदा ।। भक्तप्रियं भक्तनाथं भक्तानुग्रहकारकम् एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं परब्रह्मस्वरूपकम् ।। अस्माकं चिन्तनीयं च सेव्यं वन्दितमीप्सितम्
nārada uvāca || śrutaṃ sarvaṃ jagannātha tvatprasādājjagadguro || bhavānbrahmasvarūpaṃ ca vada brahmanirūpaṇam vaikuṇṭhe ca purā pṛṣṭe dharmeṇa brahmaṇā tadā || yaduvāca hariḥ kiñcinnibodha kathayāmi te vadanti yoginastatra paraṃ brahma sanātanam || divāniśaṃ ca dhyāyante satyaṃ tatsarvamaṅgalam nityaṃ tatparamaṃ brahma nityā ca prakṛtiḥ smṛtā || dvayoḥ samaṃ ca prādhānyamiti kecidvadanti hi tattejomaṇḍalākāre sūryyakoṭisamaprabhe || nityaṃ sthalaṃ ca pracchannaṃ golokābhidhameva ca nānācitravicitrāḍhye vasantaṃ varamīśvaram || navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ kiśoravayasaṃ śiśum brahmaviṣṇuśivānantadharmādyairvanditaṃ mudā || bhaktapriyaṃ bhaktanāthaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ parabrahmasvarūpakam || asmākaṃ cintanīyaṃ ca sevyaṃ vanditamīpsitam
Nārada said: I have heard everything, Lord of the world, by your grace, O teacher of the world; and you are of the nature of Brahman — speak the exposition of Brahman. And when in Vaikuṇṭha of old Hari was asked by Dharma and by Brahmā, what he then said, hear a little of it: I shall tell you. There the yogins speak of the supreme, eternal Brahman, and day and night they meditate on it as true and wholly auspicious. That supreme Brahman is eternal, and Prakṛti too is held to be eternal; some indeed say that the primacy of the two is equal. In that mass of light, shaped like a disc, with the brightness of ten million suns, there is an eternal hidden place named Goloka, and (they meditate on) the excellent Lord dwelling in that place rich with many varied wonders, dark as a fresh raincloud, of youthful age, a child, joyfully praised by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Ananta, Dharma and the rest, dear to devotees, the lord of devotees, the bestower of grace on devotees. All this of the nature of the supreme Brahman has been told to you; it is for us the object of thought, of service, of homage, of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.2
प्रभो किं ब्रह्म साकारं किं निराकारमीश्वर ।। किं तद्विशेषणं किं वाऽप्यविशेषणमेव च
prabho kiṃ brahma sākāraṃ kiṃ nirākāramīśvara || kiṃ tadviśeṣaṇaṃ kiṃ vā'pyaviśeṣaṇameva ca
O Lord, is Brahman possessed of form, or is it formless, O Īśvara? What is its qualification, or is it rather without qualification at all?
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BvP 1 28.3
किं वा दृश्यमदृश्यं वा लिप्तं देहिषु किं न वा ।। किं वा तल्लक्षणं शास्त्रे वेदे वा किं निरूपितम्
kiṃ vā dṛśyamadṛśyaṃ vā liptaṃ dehiṣu kiṃ na vā || kiṃ vā tallakṣaṇaṃ śāstre vede vā kiṃ nirūpitam
Or is it visible or invisible? Is it attached to embodied beings or not? Or what is its defining mark — what has been set forth in scripture or in the Veda?
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BvP 1 28.4
ब्रह्मातिरिक्ता प्रकृतिः किं वा ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी ।। प्रकृतेर्लक्षणं किं वा सारभूतं श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
brahmātiriktā prakṛtiḥ kiṃ vā brahmasvarūpiṇī || prakṛterlakṣaṇaṃ kiṃ vā sārabhūtaṃ śrutau śrutam
Is Prakṛti other than Brahman, or is she of the very nature of Brahman? And what is the defining mark of Prakṛti — what essential (teaching) is heard in the Śruti?
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BvP 1 28.5
प्राधान्यं तस्य सृष्टौ च द्वयोर्मध्ये वरं परम् ।। विचार्य्य मनसा सर्वं सर्वज्ञ वद मां ध्रुवम्
prādhānyaṃ tasya sṛṣṭau ca dvayormadhye varaṃ param || vicāryya manasā sarvaṃ sarvajña vada māṃ dhruvam
And (what of) its primacy in creation? Which of the two is the higher and better? Having pondered it all in your mind, O all-knowing one, tell me for certain.
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BvP 1 28.6
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा पञ्चवक्त्रः प्रहस्य च ।। भगवान्कर्तुमारेभे परब्रह्मनिरूपणम्
nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā pañcavaktraḥ prahasya ca || bhagavānkartumārebhe parabrahmanirūpaṇam
Having heard Nārada's words, the five-faced Lord laughed and began to make an exposition of the supreme Brahman.
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BvP 1 28.7
महादेव उवाच ।। यद्यत्पृष्टं त्वया वत्स निगूढं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।। सुदुर्लभं च वेदेषु पुराणेषु च नारद
mahādeva uvāca || yadyatpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vatsa nigūḍhaṃ jñānamuttamam || sudurlabhaṃ ca vedeṣu purāṇeṣu ca nārada
Mahādeva said: Whatever you have asked, child, is deeply hidden, the highest knowledge, and very hard to come by in the Vedas and in the Purāṇas, O Nārada.
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BvP 1 28.8
अहं ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शेषो धर्मो महान्विराट्।। सर्वं निरूपितं ब्रह्मन्नस्माभिः श्रुतिभिर्मुने
ahaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuśca śeṣo dharmo mahānvirāṭ|| sarvaṃ nirūpitaṃ brahmannasmābhiḥ śrutibhirmune
I, and Brahmā, and Viṣṇu, Śeṣa, Dharma, the great Virāṭ — all this has been set forth by us, O brahman, by means of the Śrutis, O sage.
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BvP 1 28.9
यद्विशेषणयुक्तं च दृश्यं प्रत्यक्षमेव च ।। तन्निरूपितमस्माभिर्वेदे वेदविदांवर
yadviśeṣaṇayuktaṃ ca dṛśyaṃ pratyakṣameva ca || tannirūpitamasmābhirvede vedavidāṃvara
That which is joined with qualifications, visible and directly perceptible — that has been set forth by us in the Veda, O best of the knowers of the Veda.
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BvP 1 28.11
सारभूतं च तत्त्वानामज्ञानान्धकलोचनम्।। द्वैधभ्रमतमोध्वंस सुप्रकृष्टप्रदीपकम्
sārabhūtaṃ ca tattvānāmajñānāndhakalocanam|| dvaidhabhramatamodhvaṃsa suprakṛṣṭapradīpakam
(It is) the essence of the truths, the eye for one blinded by ignorance, the destroyer of the darkness of the delusion of duality, a most excellent lamp.
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BvP 1 28.12
परमात्मस्वरूपं च परं ब्रह्म सनातनम्।। सर्वदेहस्थितं साक्षिस्वरूपं देहिकर्मणाम्
paramātmasvarūpaṃ ca paraṃ brahma sanātanam|| sarvadehasthitaṃ sākṣisvarūpaṃ dehikarmaṇām
And (it is) of the nature of the supreme Self, the supreme eternal Brahman, situated in all bodies, the witness in the form of (the observer) of the deeds of embodied beings.
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BvP 1 28.13
प्राणाः पञ्च स्वयं विष्णुर्मनो ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः ।। सर्वज्ञानस्वरूपोऽहं शक्तिः प्रकृतिरीश्वरी
prāṇāḥ pañca svayaṃ viṣṇurmano brahmā prajāpatiḥ || sarvajñānasvarūpo'haṃ śaktiḥ prakṛtirīśvarī
The five vital breaths are Viṣṇu himself; the mind is Brahmā, the lord of creatures; I am of the nature of all knowledge; the power is Prakṛti, the sovereign lady.
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BvP 1 28.14
आत्माधीना वयं सर्वे स्थिते तस्मिन्वयं स्थिताः ।। गते गताश्च परमे नरदेवमिवानुगाः
ātmādhīnā vayaṃ sarve sthite tasminvayaṃ sthitāḥ || gate gatāśca parame naradevamivānugāḥ
We are all dependent on the Self; when he abides, we abide; and when the supreme one goes, we go too, like retainers with a king.
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BvP 1 28.15
जीवस्तत्प्रतिबिम्बं च सर्वभोगी हि कर्मणाम् ।। यथाऽर्कचन्द्रयो र्बिम्बं जलपूर्णघटेषु च
jīvastatpratibimbaṃ ca sarvabhogī hi karmaṇām || yathā'rkacandrayo rbimbaṃ jalapūrṇaghaṭeṣu ca
The individual soul is his reflection, and it is indeed the enjoyer of all deeds — as the reflected image of the sun and the moon (appears) in pots filled with water.
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BvP 1 28.16
बिम्बं घटेषु भग्नेषु प्रलीनं चन्द्रसूर्य्ययोः ।। तथा लयप्रसंगे स जीवो ब्रह्मणि लीयते
bimbaṃ ghaṭeṣu bhagneṣu pralīnaṃ candrasūryyayoḥ || tathā layaprasaṃge sa jīvo brahmaṇi līyate
When the pots are broken, the reflection is dissolved back into the moon and the sun; so at the occasion of dissolution that soul is dissolved into Brahman.
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BvP 1 28.17
एकमेव परं ब्रह्म शेषे वत्स भवक्षये ।। वयं प्रलीनास्तत्रैव जगदेतच्चराचरम्
ekameva paraṃ brahma śeṣe vatsa bhavakṣaye || vayaṃ pralīnāstatraiva jagadetaccarācaram
The supreme Brahman alone remains, child, at the destruction of the world; we, and this world of moving and unmoving things, are dissolved in that very (Brahman).
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BvP 1 28.18
तच्च ज्योतिःस्वरूपं च मण्डलाकारमेव च ।।। ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्त्तण्डकोटिकोटिसमप्रभम्
tacca jyotiḥsvarūpaṃ ca maṇḍalākārameva ca ||| grīṣmamadhyāhnamārttaṇḍakoṭikoṭisamaprabham
And that is of the nature of light and disc-shaped, with a brightness equal to ten million times ten million midday summer suns.
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BvP 1 28.19
आकाशमिव विस्तीर्णं सर्वव्यापकमव्ययम्।। सुखदृश्यं यथा चन्द्रबिम्बं योगिभिरेव च
ākāśamiva vistīrṇaṃ sarvavyāpakamavyayam|| sukhadṛśyaṃ yathā candrabimbaṃ yogibhireva ca
Extended like space, all-pervading, imperishable, and easily seen — like the disc of the moon — by yogins alone.
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BvP 1 28.21
निरीहं च निराकारं परमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। स्वेच्छामयं स्वतन्त्रं च सर्वकारणकारणम्
nirīhaṃ ca nirākāraṃ paramātmānamīśvaram || svecchāmayaṃ svatantraṃ ca sarvakāraṇakāraṇam
(It is) without effort and without form, the supreme Self, the Lord, made of its own will, independent, the cause of all causes.
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BvP 1 28.22
परमानन्दरूपं च परमानन्दकारणम् ।। परं प्रधानं पुरुषं निर्गुणं प्रकृतेः परम् ।। तत्रैव लीना प्रकृतिः सर्वबीजस्वरूपिणी
paramānandarūpaṃ ca paramānandakāraṇam || paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ nirguṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param || tatraiva līnā prakṛtiḥ sarvabījasvarūpiṇī
(It is) of the nature of supreme bliss and the cause of supreme bliss, supreme, the primal one, the Puruṣa, without qualities, beyond Prakṛti; and in that very one Prakṛti, who is the nature of all seeds, lies dissolved.
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BvP 1 28.23
यथाऽग्नौ दाहिका शक्तिः प्रभा सूर्य्ये यथा मुने।। यथा दुग्धे च धावल्यं जले शैत्यं यथैव च
yathā'gnau dāhikā śaktiḥ prabhā sūryye yathā mune|| yathā dugdhe ca dhāvalyaṃ jale śaityaṃ yathaiva ca
As the burning power (is) in fire, as radiance (is) in the sun, O sage, and as whiteness (is) in milk, and just as coldness (is) in water,
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BvP 1 28.24
यथा शब्दश्च गगने यथा गन्धः क्षितौ सदा ।। तथा हि निर्गुणं ब्रह्म निर्गुणा प्रकृतिस्तथा
yathā śabdaśca gagane yathā gandhaḥ kṣitau sadā || tathā hi nirguṇaṃ brahma nirguṇā prakṛtistathā
and as sound (is) in the sky, as scent is always in the earth — just so indeed is Brahman without attributes, and so too is Prakṛti without attributes.
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BvP 1 28.25
सृष्ट्युन्मुखेन तद् ब्रह्म चांशेन पुरुषः स्मृतः ।। स एव सगुणो वत्स प्राकृतो विषयी स्मृतः
sṛṣṭyunmukhena tad brahma cāṃśena puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ || sa eva saguṇo vatsa prākṛto viṣayī smṛtaḥ
That Brahman, through the portion of itself inclined toward creation, is called Puruṣa; that same one, my child, is called endowed with attributes, belonging to Prakṛti, and possessed of objects (of enjoyment).
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BvP 1 28.26
त्रिगुणा सा हि तत्रैव परा च्छायामयी स्मृता
triguṇā sā hi tatraiva parā cchāyāmayī smṛtā
She (Prakṛti), of three attributes, is held to be there itself, supreme and consisting of shadow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 28.27
यथा मृदा कुलालश्च घटं कर्तुं क्षमः सदा।। तथा प्रकृत्या तद्ब्रह्म सृष्टिं स्रष्टुं क्षमो मुने
yathā mṛdā kulālaśca ghaṭaṃ kartuṃ kṣamaḥ sadā|| tathā prakṛtyā tadbrahma sṛṣṭiṃ sraṣṭuṃ kṣamo mune
As the potter is always able to make a pot with clay, so, O sage, that Brahman is able to create the creation with Prakṛti.
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BvP 1 28.28
स्वर्णेन कुण्डलं कर्त्तुं स्वर्णकारः क्षमो यथा ।। तथा ब्रह्म तया सार्द्ध सृष्टिं कर्तुमिहेश्वरः
svarṇena kuṇḍalaṃ karttuṃ svarṇakāraḥ kṣamo yathā || tathā brahma tayā sārddha sṛṣṭiṃ kartumiheśvaraḥ
As the goldsmith is able to make an earring with gold, so here the Lord Brahman (is able) to make the creation together with her.
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BvP 1 28.29
कुलालसृष्टा न च मृन्नित्या चैव सनातनी ।। न स्वर्णकारसृष्टं तत्स्वर्णं वा नित्यमेव च
kulālasṛṣṭā na ca mṛnnityā caiva sanātanī || na svarṇakārasṛṣṭaṃ tatsvarṇaṃ vā nityameva ca
And the clay is not created by the potter, nor is it eternal and everlasting; nor is that gold created by the goldsmith, nor is it eternal.
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BvP 1 28.31
मृदं स्वर्णं समाहर्तुं कुलालस्वर्णकारकौ ।। न समर्थौ च मृत्स्वर्णं तयोराहरणे क्षमम्
mṛdaṃ svarṇaṃ samāhartuṃ kulālasvarṇakārakau || na samarthau ca mṛtsvarṇaṃ tayorāharaṇe kṣamam
The potter and the goldsmith are not able to produce clay and gold; the clay and the gold are capable of being fetched by those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 1 28.32
तस्मात्तत्प्रकृतेर्ब्रह्म परमेव च नारद ।। इति केचिद्वदन्त्येवं द्वयोर्वै नित्यता ध्रुवम्
tasmāttatprakṛterbrahma parameva ca nārada || iti kecidvadantyevaṃ dvayorvai nityatā dhruvam
Therefore that Brahman is indeed higher than Prakṛti, O Nārada; thus some speak — (while others hold that) the eternality of the two is certain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.33
केचिद्वदन्ति तद्ब्रह्म स्वयं च प्रकृतिः पुमान् ।। ब्रह्मातिरिक्ता प्रकृतिर्वदन्तीति च केचन
kecidvadanti tadbrahma svayaṃ ca prakṛtiḥ pumān || brahmātiriktā prakṛtirvadantīti ca kecana
Some say that that Brahman is itself both Prakṛti and the Male; and some say thus, that Prakṛti is distinct from Brahman.
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BvP 1 28.34
तद्ब्रह्म परमं धाम सर्वकारणकारणम् ।। तद्ब्रह्मलक्षणं ब्रह्मन्निदं किंचिच्छ्रुतौ श्रुतम्
tadbrahma paramaṃ dhāma sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || tadbrahmalakṣaṇaṃ brahmannidaṃ kiṃcicchrutau śrutam
That Brahman is the supreme abode, the cause of all causes; this much of the definition of that Brahman, O brahmin, is heard in the Veda.
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BvP 1 28.35
ब्रह्म चात्मा च सर्वेषां निर्लिप्तं साक्षिरूपि च ।। सर्वव्यापि च सर्वादि लक्षणं च श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
brahma cātmā ca sarveṣāṃ nirliptaṃ sākṣirūpi ca || sarvavyāpi ca sarvādi lakṣaṇaṃ ca śrutau śrutam
Brahman is also the Self of all, unattached and of the nature of a witness; all-pervading and the origin of all — such is the definition heard in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.36
तद्ब्रह्मशक्तिः प्रकृतिः सर्वबीजस्वरूपिणी ।। यतस्तच्छक्तिमद्ब्रह्म चेदं प्रकृतिलक्षणम्
tadbrahmaśaktiḥ prakṛtiḥ sarvabījasvarūpiṇī || yatastacchaktimadbrahma cedaṃ prakṛtilakṣaṇam
The power of that Brahman is Prakṛti, who is the very form of the seed of all; since Brahman possesses that power, this is the definition of Prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.37
तेजोरूपं च तद्ब्रह्म ध्यायन्ते योगिनः सदा ।। वैष्णवास्तन्न मन्यन्ते मद्भक्ताः सूक्ष्मबुद्धयः
tejorūpaṃ ca tadbrahma dhyāyante yoginaḥ sadā || vaiṣṇavāstanna manyante madbhaktāḥ sūkṣmabuddhayaḥ
The yogins always meditate on that Brahman as having the form of light; the Vaiṣṇavas, my devotees of subtle intellect, do not accept that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.38
तत्तेजः कस्य नाश्चर्य्यं ध्यायन्ते पुरुषं विना ।। कारणेन विना कार्य कुतो वा प्रभवेद्भुवि
tattejaḥ kasya nāścaryyaṃ dhyāyante puruṣaṃ vinā || kāraṇena vinā kārya kuto vā prabhavedbhuvi
Whose is that light? What is wondrous (about it), apart from the Person (whom they) meditate on? Or how could an effect come to be on earth without a cause?
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BvP 1 28.39
ध्यायन्ते वैष्णवास्तस्मात्तत्र रूपं मनोहरम् ।। स्वेच्छामयस्य पुंसश्च साकारस्यात्मनः सदा
dhyāyante vaiṣṇavāstasmāttatra rūpaṃ manoharam || svecchāmayasya puṃsaśca sākārasyātmanaḥ sadā
Therefore the Vaiṣṇavas always meditate there on the enchanting form of the Person who is made of his own will, of the Self possessing form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.41
लक्षकोट्या योजनानां चतुरस्रं मनोहरम् ।। रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्माणैर्गोपीभिश्चावृतं सदा
lakṣakoṭyā yojanānāṃ caturasraṃ manoharam || ratnendrasāranirmāṇairgopībhiścāvṛtaṃ sadā
(It is) four-sided, a hundred thousand times ten million yojanas (in extent), enchanting, built of the essence of the best of jewels, and always surrounded by the gopīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.42
सुदृश्यं वर्तुलाकारं यथा चन्द्रस्य मण्डलम् ।। नानारत्नैश्च खचितं निराधारं तदिच्छया
sudṛśyaṃ vartulākāraṃ yathā candrasya maṇḍalam || nānāratnaiśca khacitaṃ nirādhāraṃ tadicchayā
Fair to see, round in shape like the disc of the moon, inlaid with various jewels, without support, by his will.
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BvP 1 28.43
ऊर्ध्वं च नित्यवैकुण्ठात्पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनम् ।। गोगोपगोपीसंयुक्तं कल्पवृक्षसमन्वितम्
ūrdhvaṃ ca nityavaikuṇṭhātpañcāśatkoṭiyojanam || gogopagopīsaṃyuktaṃ kalpavṛkṣasamanvitam
And (it is) fifty crore yojanas above the eternal Vaikuṇṭha, joined with cows, cowherds and gopīs, furnished with wish-fulfilling trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.44
कामधेनुभिराकीर्णं रासमण्डलमण्डितम् ।। वृन्दावनवनाच्छत्रं विरजावेष्टितं मुने
kāmadhenubhirākīrṇaṃ rāsamaṇḍalamaṇḍitam || vṛndāvanavanācchatraṃ virajāveṣṭitaṃ mune
strewn with wish-granting cows, adorned with the circle of the rāsa dance, canopied by the Vṛndāvana forest, encircled by the Virajā (river), O sage.
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BvP 1 28.45
शतशृङ्गं शातकुम्भैः सुदीप्तं श्रीमदीप्सितम् ।। । लक्षकोट्या परिमितैराश्रमैः सुमनोहरैः
śataśṛṅgaṃ śātakumbhaiḥ sudīptaṃ śrīmadīpsitam || | lakṣakoṭyā parimitairāśramaiḥ sumanoharaiḥ
(It has) a hundred peaks, brightly ablaze with gold, coveted for its splendour, (and is furnished) with hermitages numbering a lakh of crores, each most charming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.46
शतमन्दिरसंयुक्तमाश्रमं सुमनोहरम् ।। प्राकारपरिखायुक्तं पारिजातवनान्वितम्।।
śatamandirasaṃyuktamāśramaṃ sumanoharam || prākāraparikhāyuktaṃ pārijātavanānvitam||
The hermitage, most charming, joined with a hundred mansions, provided with rampart and moat, surrounded by a grove of pārijāta trees;
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BvP 1 28.47
कौस्तुभेन्द्रेण मणिना राजितं परमोज्ज्वलम् ।। हीरसारसुसंक्लृप्तसोपानैश्चातिसुन्दरैः
kaustubhendreṇa maṇinā rājitaṃ paramojjvalam || hīrasārasusaṃklṛptasopānaiścātisundaraiḥ
gleaming with the kaustubha, chief of jewels, supremely brilliant, with exceedingly beautiful stairways well fashioned of solid diamond;
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BvP 1 28.48
मणीन्द्रसाररचितैः कपाटैर्दर्पणान्वितैः ।। नानाचित्रविचित्राढ्यैराश्रमं च सुसंस्कृतम्
maṇīndrasāraracitaiḥ kapāṭairdarpaṇānvitaiḥ || nānācitravicitrāḍhyairāśramaṃ ca susaṃskṛtam
and the hermitage was well finished with door-panels made of the finest of jewels, set with mirrors, rich in various variegated paintings;
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BvP 1 28.49
षोडशद्वारसंयुक्तं सुदीप्तं रत्नदीपकैः ।। रत्नसिंहासने रम्ये महार्घमणिनिर्मिते
ṣoḍaśadvārasaṃyuktaṃ sudīptaṃ ratnadīpakaiḥ || ratnasiṃhāsane ramye mahārghamaṇinirmite
furnished with sixteen doors, brightly lit by jewel-lamps; on a lovely jewelled lion-throne made of most precious gems (he sat)—
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BvP 1 28.51
शरन्मध्याह्नमार्त्तण्डप्रभामोचकलोचनम् ।। शरत्पार्वणपूर्णेन्दुशुभदीप्तिमदाननम्
śaranmadhyāhnamārttaṇḍaprabhāmocakalocanam || śaratpārvaṇapūrṇenduśubhadīptimadānanam
his eyes releasing the radiance of the midday autumn sun, his face bearing the auspicious brilliance of the full moon on an autumn full-moon night,
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BvP 1 28.52
कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यलीलानिन्दितमन्मथम् ।। कोटिचन्द्रप्रभाजुष्टं पुष्टं श्रीयुक्तविग्रहम्
koṭikandarpalāvaṇyalīlāninditamanmatham || koṭicandraprabhājuṣṭaṃ puṣṭaṃ śrīyuktavigraham
putting Manmatha to shame by the loveliness and play of ten million Kandarpas, endowed with the radiance of ten million moons, full-bodied, his form possessed of beauty,
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BvP 1 28.53
सस्मितं मुरलीहस्तं सुप्रशस्तं सुमङ्गलम् ।। परमोत्तमपीतांशुकयुगेन समुज्ज्वलम्
sasmitaṃ muralīhastaṃ supraśastaṃ sumaṅgalam || paramottamapītāṃśukayugena samujjvalam
smiling, with a flute in his hand, greatly praised, most auspicious, resplendent with a pair of supremely excellent yellow garments,
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BvP 1 28.54
चन्दनोक्षितसर्वांगं कौस्तुभेन विराजितम् ।। आजानु मालतीमालावनमालाविभूषितम्
candanokṣitasarvāṃgaṃ kaustubhena virājitam || ājānu mālatīmālāvanamālāvibhūṣitam
all his limbs sprinkled with sandal paste, shining with the kaustubha, adorned down to his knees with a garland of jasmine and a garland of forest flowers,
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BvP 1 28.55
त्रिभङ्गभङ्ग्या संयुक्तं मणिमाणिक्यभूषितम् ।। मयूरपुच्छचूडं च सद्रत्नमुकुटोज्ज्वलम्
tribhaṅgabhaṅgyā saṃyuktaṃ maṇimāṇikyabhūṣitam || mayūrapucchacūḍaṃ ca sadratnamukuṭojjvalam
held in a triple-bent pose, adorned with gems and rubies, with a peacock-feather crest and radiant with a crown of true jewels,
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BvP 1 28.56
रत्नकेयूरवलयरत्नमञ्जीररञ्जितम् ।। रत्नकुण्डलयुग्मेन गण्डस्थलसुशोभितम्
ratnakeyūravalayaratnamañjīrarañjitam || ratnakuṇḍalayugmena gaṇḍasthalasuśobhitam
bright with jewelled armlets, bracelets, and jewelled anklets, his cheeks beautifully set off by a pair of jewelled earrings,
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BvP 1 28.57
मुक्तापङ्क्तिसदृक्षाभदशनं सुमनोहरम् ।। पक्वबिम्बाधरोष्ठं च नासिकोन्नतिशोभनम् ।।
muktāpaṅktisadṛkṣābhadaśanaṃ sumanoharam || pakvabimbādharoṣṭhaṃ ca nāsikonnatiśobhanam ||
his teeth gleaming like a row of pearls, most charming, his lower lip like a ripe bimba fruit, beautiful with the prominence of his nose—
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BvP 1 28.58
वीक्षितं गोपिकाभिश्च वेष्टिताभिस्समन्ततः ।। स्थिरयौवनयुक्ताभिः सस्मिताभिश्च सादरम्
vīkṣitaṃ gopikābhiśca veṣṭitābhissamantataḥ || sthirayauvanayuktābhiḥ sasmitābhiśca sādaram
and gazed upon by the gopīs, who encircled (him) on all sides, endowed with unfading youth, smiling and reverent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.59
भूषिताभिश्च सद्रत्ननिर्मितैर्भूषणैः परम् ।। सुरेन्द्रैश्च मुनीन्द्रैश्च मुनिभिर्मानवेन्द्रकैः
bhūṣitābhiśca sadratnanirmitairbhūṣaṇaiḥ param || surendraiśca munīndraiśca munibhirmānavendrakaiḥ
and supremely adorned with ornaments made of true jewels; and (gazed upon) by the chief gods, the chief sages, by sages and by kings of men—
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BvP 1 28.61
रासेश्वरं सुरसिकं राधावक्षस्थलस्थितम् ।। एवंरूपमरूपं तं मुने ध्यायन्ति वैष्णवाः ।।
rāseśvaraṃ surasikaṃ rādhāvakṣasthalasthitam || evaṃrūpamarūpaṃ taṃ mune dhyāyanti vaiṣṇavāḥ ||
the lord of the rāsa, the great connoisseur, resting on Rādhā's breast: him, of such a form yet formless, O sage, the Vaiṣṇavas meditate upon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.62
सततं ध्येयमस्माकं परमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। अक्षरं परमं ब्रह्म भगवन्तं सनातनम्
satataṃ dhyeyamasmākaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram || akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
(him) who is to be meditated on by us constantly, the Supreme Self, the Lord, the imperishable, the highest Brahman, the eternal Bhagavān,
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BvP 1 28.63
स्वेच्छामयं निर्गुणं च निरीहं प्रकृतेः परम् ।। सर्वाधारं सर्वबीजं सर्वज्ञं सर्वमेव च
svecchāmayaṃ nirguṇaṃ ca nirīhaṃ prakṛteḥ param || sarvādhāraṃ sarvabījaṃ sarvajñaṃ sarvameva ca
consisting of his own will, without qualities, without striving, beyond primal nature, the support of all, the seed of all, all-knowing, and indeed all things,
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BvP 1 28.64
सर्वेश्वरं सर्वपूज्यं सर्वसिद्धिकरं प्रदम् ।। स एव भगवानादिर्गोलोके द्विभुजः स्वयम्
sarveśvaraṃ sarvapūjyaṃ sarvasiddhikaraṃ pradam || sa eva bhagavānādirgoloke dvibhujaḥ svayam
the lord of all, worthy of all worship, the giver who brings about every success. He himself, the primordial Bhagavān, is two-armed in Goloka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.65
गोपवेषश्च गोपालैः पार्षदैः परिवेष्टितः ।। परिपूर्णतमः श्रीमान् श्रीकृष्णो राधिकेश्वरः
gopaveṣaśca gopālaiḥ pārṣadaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ || paripūrṇatamaḥ śrīmān śrīkṛṣṇo rādhikeśvaraḥ
in cowherd's dress, encircled by cowherds, his attendants—the most utterly complete one, the glorious Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the lord of Rādhikā.
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BvP 1 28.66
सर्वान्तरात्मा सर्वत्र प्रत्यक्षः सर्वगः स्मृतः ।। कृषिश्च सर्ववचनो नकारश्चात्मवाचकः ।। सर्वात्मा च परं ब्रह्म तेन कृष्णः प्रकीर्तितः
sarvāntarātmā sarvatra pratyakṣaḥ sarvagaḥ smṛtaḥ || kṛṣiśca sarvavacano nakāraścātmavācakaḥ || sarvātmā ca paraṃ brahma tena kṛṣṇaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
He is the inner self of all, everywhere manifest, held to be all-pervading. The root kṛṣ denotes 'all' and the letter 'na' denotes 'self'; (he is) the Self of all and the highest Brahman—therefore he is proclaimed 'Kṛṣṇa'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.67
कृषिश्च सर्ववचनो नकारश्चादिवाचकः ।। सर्वादिपुरुषो व्यापी तेन कृष्णः प्रकीर्तितः
kṛṣiśca sarvavacano nakāraścādivācakaḥ || sarvādipuruṣo vyāpī tena kṛṣṇaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
And "kṛṣ" denotes "all," and the syllable "na" denotes "the first (or beginning)"; (he is) the primal person of all, the all-pervading — therefore he is proclaimed "Kṛṣṇa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 1 28.68
स एवांशेन भगवान्वैकुण्ठे च चतुर्भुजः ।। चतुर्भुजैः पार्षदैस्तैरावृतः कमलापतिः
sa evāṃśena bhagavānvaikuṇṭhe ca caturbhujaḥ || caturbhujaiḥ pārṣadaistairāvṛtaḥ kamalāpatiḥ
That very Lord, by a portion (of himself), is four-armed in Vaikuṇṭha, surrounded by those four-armed attendants — the husband of Kamalā.
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BvP 1 28.69
स एव कलया विष्णुः पाता च जगतां प्रभुः ।। श्वेतद्वीपे सिन्धुकन्यापतिरेव चतुर्भुजः
sa eva kalayā viṣṇuḥ pātā ca jagatāṃ prabhuḥ || śvetadvīpe sindhukanyāpatireva caturbhujaḥ
He himself, by a fraction (of himself), is Viṣṇu, the protector and lord of the worlds; in Śvetadvīpa he is the four-armed husband of the ocean's daughter.
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BvP 1 28.71
इत्युक्त्वा शङ्करस्तत्र विरराम च शौनक ।। गन्धर्वराजस्तोत्रेण तुष्टुवे तं च नारदः
ityuktvā śaṅkarastatra virarāma ca śaunaka || gandharvarājastotreṇa tuṣṭuve taṃ ca nāradaḥ
Having said this, Śaṅkara there fell silent, O Śaunaka; and Nārada praised him with the hymn of the king of gandharvas.
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BvP 1 28.72
मुनिस्तोत्रेण सन्तुष्टो भगवानादिरच्युतः ।। ज्ञानं मृत्युञ्जयस्तस्मै प्रददौ वरमीप्सितम्
munistotreṇa santuṣṭo bhagavānādiracyutaḥ || jñānaṃ mṛtyuñjayastasmai pradadau varamīpsitam
Pleased by the sage's hymn, the Lord, the primal Acyuta, the conqueror of death, gave him knowledge, the desired boon.
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BvP 1 28.73
मुनीन्द्रस्तं संप्रणम्य प्रहृष्टवदनेक्षणः ।। तदाज्ञया पुण्यरूपं ययौ नारायणाश्रमम्
munīndrastaṃ saṃpraṇamya prahṛṣṭavadanekṣaṇaḥ || tadājñayā puṇyarūpaṃ yayau nārāyaṇāśramam
The best of sages, having bowed to him, his face and eyes delighted, went by his command to the holy hermitage of Nārāyaṇa.
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