Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 29
BvP 1 29.1
सौतिरुवाच ।। ददर्शाश्रममाश्चर्य्यं देवर्षिर्नारदस्तथा ।। ऋषिर्नारायणस्यैव बदरीवनसंयुतम् ज्ञानं सम्प्राप्य योगीन्द्रान्मन्त्रं वै शङ्कराद्विभो ।। मनो मे न हि तृप्नोति दुर्निवारं च चंचलम्
sautiruvāca || dadarśāśramamāścaryyaṃ devarṣirnāradastathā || ṛṣirnārāyaṇasyaiva badarīvanasaṃyutam jñānaṃ samprāpya yogīndrānmantraṃ vai śaṅkarādvibho || mano me na hi tṛpnoti durnivāraṃ ca caṃcalam
Sauti said: And so the divine sage Nārada saw the wonderful hermitage of the sage Nārāyaṇa himself, set about with the jujube forest. (Nārada had said:) "Having obtained knowledge from the lord of yogins and the mantra from Śaṅkara, O mighty one, my mind is still not satisfied, and is restless and hard to restrain."
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BvP 1 29.2
नानावृक्षफलाकीर्णं पुंस्कोकिलरुतश्रुतम् ।। शरभेन्द्रैः केसरीन्द्रैर्व्याघ्रौघैः परिवेष्टितम्
nānāvṛkṣaphalākīrṇaṃ puṃskokilarutaśrutam || śarabhendraiḥ kesarīndrairvyāghraughaiḥ pariveṣṭitam
(The hermitage was) strewn with the fruits of many trees, where the call of the male cuckoo was heard, encircled by lordly śarabhas, lordly lions, and troops of tigers.
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BvP 1 29.3
ऋषीन्द्रस्य प्रभावेण हिंसाभयविवर्जितम् ।। महारण्यमगम्यं च स्वर्गादपि मनोहरम्
ṛṣīndrasya prabhāveṇa hiṃsābhayavivarjitam || mahāraṇyamagamyaṃ ca svargādapi manoharam
By the power of the great sage it was free of violence and fear — a great forest, inaccessible, and more delightful than heaven.
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BvP 1 29.4
सिद्धेन्द्राणां मुनीन्द्राणामाश्रमाणां त्रिकोटिभिः ।। आवृतं चन्दनारण्यैः पारिजातवनान्वितम्
siddhendrāṇāṃ munīndrāṇāmāśramāṇāṃ trikoṭibhiḥ || āvṛtaṃ candanāraṇyaiḥ pārijātavanānvitam
It was surrounded by thirty million hermitages of great siddhas and great sages, (and) by sandalwood groves, and provided with pārijāta woods.
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BvP 1 29.5
ददर्श तमृषीन्द्रं च सभामध्ये मनोहरम् ।। रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च वसन्तं योगिनां गुरुम्
dadarśa tamṛṣīndraṃ ca sabhāmadhye manoharam || ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca vasantaṃ yogināṃ gurum
And he saw that lord of sages, lovely, in the midst of the assembly, seated on a jewelled throne, dwelling (there), the teacher of yogins,
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BvP 1 29.6
जपन्तं परमं ब्रह्म कृष्णमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। प्रणनाम च तं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मपुत्रश्च शौनक
japantaṃ paramaṃ brahma kṛṣṇamātmānamīśvaram || praṇanāma ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmaputraśca śaunaka
murmuring (the name of) the supreme Brahman, Kṛṣṇa, the Self, the Lord; and seeing him the son of Brahmā bowed down, O Śaunaka.
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BvP 1 29.7
उत्थाय सहसाऽऽलिङ्ग्य युयुजे परमाशिषम् ।। पप्रच्छ कुशलं स्नेहाच्चकारातिथिपूजनम्
utthāya sahasā''liṅgya yuyuje paramāśiṣam || papraccha kuśalaṃ snehāccakārātithipūjanam
Rising up at once and embracing (him), he bestowed the highest blessing; he asked after his welfare with affection and performed the honouring of the guest.
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BvP 1 29.8
रत्नसिंहासने रम्ये वासयामास नारदम् ।। निवसन्नासने रम्ये वर्त्मश्रमविवर्जितः
ratnasiṃhāsane ramye vāsayāmāsa nāradam || nivasannāsane ramye vartmaśramavivarjitaḥ
He seated Nārada on a lovely jewelled throne; and (Nārada), sitting on the lovely seat, freed of the fatigue of the road,
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BvP 1 29.9
उवाच तमृषिश्रेष्ठं भगवन्तं सनातनम् ।। अधीत्य वेदान्सर्वांश्च पितुः स्थाने सुदुर्गमान्
uvāca tamṛṣiśreṣṭhaṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || adhītya vedānsarvāṃśca pituḥ sthāne sudurgamān
spoke to that best of sages, the eternal Lord: "Having studied all the Vedas, most difficult (to master), in my father's place —
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BvP 1 29.11
दृष्टं मया त्वत्पदाब्जं मनसा प्रेरितेन च ।। किंचिज्ज्ञानविशेषं च लब्धुमिच्छामि साम्प्रतम्
dṛṣṭaṃ mayā tvatpadābjaṃ manasā preritena ca || kiṃcijjñānaviśeṣaṃ ca labdhumicchāmi sāmpratam
your lotus-foot has been seen by me, impelled by my mind; and now I wish to obtain some special knowledge,
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BvP 1 29.12
यत्र कृष्णगुणाख्यानं जन्ममृत्युजरापहम्
yatra kṛṣṇaguṇākhyānaṃ janmamṛtyujarāpaham
in which is the telling of Kṛṣṇa's qualities, which removes birth, death, and old age.
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BvP 1 29.13
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाद्याश्च सुरेन्द्रश्च सुरा विभो ।। कं चिन्तयन्ति मुनयो मनवश्च विचक्षणाः
brahmaviṣṇuśivādyāśca surendraśca surā vibho || kaṃ cintayanti munayo manavaśca vicakṣaṇāḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, and the lord of the gods and the gods, O mighty one — whom do the sages and the discerning Manus meditate upon?
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BvP 1 29.14
कस्मात्सृष्टिश्च भवति कुत्र वा संप्रलीयते।। को वा सर्वेश्वरो विष्णुः सर्वकारणकारकः
kasmātsṛṣṭiśca bhavati kutra vā saṃpralīyate|| ko vā sarveśvaro viṣṇuḥ sarvakāraṇakārakaḥ
From what does creation come to be, and into what is it dissolved? And who is Viṣṇu, the lord of all, the maker of all causes?
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BvP 1 29.15
तस्येश्वरस्य किं रूपं कर्म वा किं जगत्पते ।। विचार्य्य मनसा सर्वं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति
tasyeśvarasya kiṃ rūpaṃ karma vā kiṃ jagatpate || vicāryya manasā sarvaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati
What is the form of that Lord, or what is his action, O lord of the world? Having considered it all with your mind, you should tell that (to me).
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BvP 1 29.16
नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य भगवानृषिः।। कथां कथितुमारेभे पुण्यां भुवनपावनीम्
nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya bhagavānṛṣiḥ|| kathāṃ kathitumārebhe puṇyāṃ bhuvanapāvanīm
Having heard Nārada's words, the venerable seer laughed and began to tell a meritorious tale that purifies the worlds.
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