Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 30

BvP 1 30.1

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। लम्बोदरो हरिरुमापतिरीशशेषा ब्रह्मादयः सुरगणा मनवो मुनीन्द्राः ।। वाणीशिवात्रिपथगा कमलादिकाश्च संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम् विश्वेषु सर्वेषु च विश्वधाम्नः सन्त्येव शश्वद्विधिविष्णुरुद्राः ।। तेषां च संख्याः श्रुतयश्च देवाः परं न जानन्ति तमीश्वरं भज नारायणप्रिया लक्ष्मीः सर्वसम्पत्स्वरूपिणी ।। रागाधिष्ठातृदेवी या सा च पूज्या सरस्वती

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || lambodaro harirumāpatirīśaśeṣā brahmādayaḥ suragaṇā manavo munīndrāḥ || vāṇīśivātripathagā kamalādikāśca saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam viśveṣu sarveṣu ca viśvadhāmnaḥ santyeva śaśvadvidhiviṣṇurudrāḥ || teṣāṃ ca saṃkhyāḥ śrutayaśca devāḥ paraṃ na jānanti tamīśvaraṃ bhaja nārāyaṇapriyā lakṣmīḥ sarvasampatsvarūpiṇī || rāgādhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā sā ca pūjyā sarasvatī

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Lambodara (Gaṇeśa), Hari, Umā's lord (Śiva), Īśa, Śeṣa, Brahmā and the rest, the hosts of gods, the Manus, the foremost of sages, Vāṇī (Sarasvatī), Śivā, the goer by three paths (Gaṅgā), Kamalā (Lakṣmī) and the others — (like them) let one meditate upon the lotus feet of the Lord. In each and every universe there are always the Brahmās, Viṣṇus and Rudras of him who is the abode of the universe; their number neither the Vedas nor the gods know — worship that supreme Lord. Lakṣmī, dear to Nārāyaṇa, is the very form of all prosperity; and Sarasvatī, who is the goddess presiding over the musical modes, she too is to be worshipped.

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BvP 1 30.2

संसारसागरमतीव गभीरघोरं दावाग्निसर्पपरिवेष्टितचेष्टिताङ्गम् ।। संलंघ्य गन्तुमभिवाञ्छति यो हि दास्यं संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम्

saṃsārasāgaramatīva gabhīraghoraṃ dāvāgnisarpapariveṣṭitaceṣṭitāṅgam || saṃlaṃghya gantumabhivāñchati yo hi dāsyaṃ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam

The ocean of worldly existence is exceedingly deep and dreadful, its limbs writhing, encircled by forest-fires and serpents; whoever wishes to cross over it and go to (the Lord's) service — let him meditate on the lotus feet of the Blessed One.

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BvP 1 30.3

गोवर्द्धनोद्धरणकीर्त्तिरतीव खिन्ना भूर्धारिता च दशनाग्रत एव चार्द्रा ।। विश्वानि लोमविवरेषु बिभर्तुरादेः संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम्

govarddhanoddharaṇakīrttiratīva khinnā bhūrdhāritā ca daśanāgrata eva cārdrā || viśvāni lomavivareṣu bibharturādeḥ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam

The fame of the lifting of Govardhana is exceedingly slight, and (so is) the earth held, still wet, upon the very tip of (his) tusk: of him, the primal one, who bears the universes in the pores of his hair — let one meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord.

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BvP 1 30.4

वेदाङ्गवेदमुखनिःसृतकीर्त्तिरंशैर्वेदाङ्गवेदजनकस्य हरेर्विधातुः।। जन्मान्तकादिभयशोकविदीर्णदेहः संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम्

vedāṅgavedamukhaniḥsṛtakīrttiraṃśairvedāṅgavedajanakasya harervidhātuḥ|| janmāntakādibhayaśokavidīrṇadehaḥ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam

Of Hari the ordainer, begetter of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, whose fame issues forth only in fragments from the mouths of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas — with his body torn by the fear and grief of birth, death and the rest, (a man) should meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord.

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BvP 1 30.5

गोपाङ्गनावदनपङ्कजषट्पदस्य रासेश्वरस्य रसिकारमणस्य पुंसः।। वृन्दावने विहरतो व्रजवेषविष्णोः संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम्

gopāṅganāvadanapaṅkajaṣaṭpadasya rāseśvarasya rasikāramaṇasya puṃsaḥ|| vṛndāvane viharato vrajaveṣaviṣṇoḥ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam

Of him who is a bee at the lotus faces of the cowherd women, of the lord of the rāsa dance, of the Person who is the lover of those who relish rasa, of Viṣṇu in the garb of Vraja sporting in Vṛndāvana — of that Blessed One one should meditate upon the lotus feet.

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BvP 1 30.6

चक्षुर्निमेषपतितो जगतां विधाता तत्कर्म वत्स कथितुं भुवि कः समर्थः।। त्वं चापि नारद मुने परमादरेण संचिन्तनं कुरु हरेश्चरणारविन्दम्

cakṣurnimeṣapatito jagatāṃ vidhātā tatkarma vatsa kathituṃ bhuvi kaḥ samarthaḥ|| tvaṃ cāpi nārada mune paramādareṇa saṃcintanaṃ kuru hareścaraṇāravindam

The creator of the worlds falls within a single blink of (his) eye — who on earth, my child, is able to recount his deeds? And you too, sage Nārada, with the highest reverence, make (your) meditation upon Hari's lotus feet.

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BvP 1 30.7

यूयं वयं तस्य कलाकलांशाः कलाकलांशा मनवो मुनीन्द्राः ।। कलाविशेषा भवपारमुख्या महान्विराड् यस्य कलाविशेषः

yūyaṃ vayaṃ tasya kalākalāṃśāḥ kalākalāṃśā manavo munīndrāḥ || kalāviśeṣā bhavapāramukhyā mahānvirāḍ yasya kalāviśeṣaḥ

You and we are parts of a part of a fraction of him; the Manus and the foremost sages are parts of a part of a fraction; (Śiva) Bhava and the other chief ones are particular fractions, and the great Virāṭ is a particular fraction of him.

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BvP 1 30.8

सहस्रशीर्षा शिरसः प्रदेशे बिभर्त्ति सिद्धार्थसमं च विश्वम् ।। कूर्मे च शेषो मशको गजे यथा कूर्मश्च कृष्णस्य कलाकलांशः

sahasraśīrṣā śirasaḥ pradeśe bibhartti siddhārthasamaṃ ca viśvam || kūrme ca śeṣo maśako gaje yathā kūrmaśca kṛṣṇasya kalākalāṃśaḥ

The thousand-headed (Śeṣa) bears upon a spot of his head the universe, which is (to him) no bigger than a mustard seed; and Śeṣa (rests) upon the tortoise, as a gnat upon an elephant; and the tortoise is (but) a fraction of a fraction of a part of Kṛṣṇa.

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BvP 1 30.9

गोलोकनाथस्य विभोर्यशोऽमलं श्रुतौ पुराणे नहि किंचन स्फुटम् ।। न पाद्ममुख्याः कथितुं समर्थाः सर्वेश्वरं तं भज पाद्ममुख्यम्

golokanāthasya vibhoryaśo'malaṃ śrutau purāṇe nahi kiṃcana sphuṭam || na pādmamukhyāḥ kathituṃ samarthāḥ sarveśvaraṃ taṃ bhaja pādmamukhyam

Of the spotless glory of the mighty Lord of Goloka nothing at all is made plain in Veda or Purāṇa; not even those headed by the lotus-born (Brahmā) are able to tell it. Worship him, the Lord of all, the foremost of the lotus-born.

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BvP 1 30.11

करोति सृष्टिं स विधेर्विधाता विधाय नित्यां प्रकृतिं जगत्प्रसूम् ।। ब्रह्मादयः प्राकृतिकाश्च सर्वे भक्तिप्रदां श्रीप्रकृतिं भजन्ति

karoti sṛṣṭiṃ sa vidhervidhātā vidhāya nityāṃ prakṛtiṃ jagatprasūm || brahmādayaḥ prākṛtikāśca sarve bhaktipradāṃ śrīprakṛtiṃ bhajanti

He, the ordainer even of the ordainer (Brahmā), performs creation, having established the eternal Prakṛti as the mother of the world. And Brahmā and the rest, and all beings born of Prakṛti, worship Śrī Prakṛti, the giver of devotion.

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BvP 1 30.12

ब्रह्मस्वरूपा प्रकृतिर्न भिन्ना यया च सृष्टिं कुरुते सनातनः ।। श्रियश्च सर्वाः कलया जगत्सु माया च सर्वे च तया विमोहिताः

brahmasvarūpā prakṛtirna bhinnā yayā ca sṛṣṭiṃ kurute sanātanaḥ || śriyaśca sarvāḥ kalayā jagatsu māyā ca sarve ca tayā vimohitāḥ

Prakṛti, whose own form is Brahman, is not separate (from him); it is by her that the eternal one performs creation. All the Śrīs in the worlds, and Māyā too, (exist) by a fraction of her, and all are bewildered by her.

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BvP 1 30.13

नारायणी सा परमा सनातनी शक्तिश्च पुंसः परमात्मनश्च ।। आत्मेश्वरश्चापि यया च शक्तिमांस्तया विना स्रष्टुमशक्त एव

nārāyaṇī sā paramā sanātanī śaktiśca puṃsaḥ paramātmanaśca || ātmeśvaraścāpi yayā ca śaktimāṃstayā vinā sraṣṭumaśakta eva

She is Nārāyaṇī, supreme and eternal, and she is the power of the Male, the Supreme Self. Even the Lord of the self is possessed of power through her; without her he is simply unable to create.

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BvP 1 30.14

गत्वा विवाहं कुरु वत्स साम्प्रतं कर्तुं प्रयुक्तश्च पितुर्निदेशः।। गुरोर्निदेशप्रतिपालको भवेः सर्वत्र पूज्यो विजयी च सन्ततम्

gatvā vivāhaṃ kuru vatsa sāmprataṃ kartuṃ prayuktaśca piturnideśaḥ|| gurornideśapratipālako bhaveḥ sarvatra pūjyo vijayī ca santatam

Go, child, and marry now; a father's instruction is (something) enjoined to be carried out. Be one who keeps the elder's instruction — (thus) honoured everywhere and ever victorious.

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BvP 1 30.15

स्वपत्नीं पूजयेद्यो हि वस्त्रालङ्कारचन्दनैः।। प्रकृतिस्तस्य सन्तुष्टा यथा कृष्णो द्विजार्च्चने

svapatnīṃ pūjayedyo hi vastrālaṅkāracandanaiḥ|| prakṛtistasya santuṣṭā yathā kṛṣṇo dvijārccane

For whoever honours his own wife with garments, ornaments and sandal-paste — Prakṛti is well pleased with him, as Kṛṣṇa is by the worship of brahmins.

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BvP 1 30.16

सा च योषित्स्वरूपा च प्रतिविश्वेषु मायया ।। योषितामपमानेन पराभूता च सा भवेत्

sā ca yoṣitsvarūpā ca prativiśveṣu māyayā || yoṣitāmapamānena parābhūtā ca sā bhavet

And she has the form of woman, in every universe, through (her) māyā; and by the dishonouring of women she becomes turned away (offended).

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BvP 1 30.17

दिव्या स्त्री पूजिता येन पतिपुत्रवती सती ।। प्रकृतिः पूजिता तेन सर्वमङ्गलदायिनी

divyā strī pūjitā yena patiputravatī satī || prakṛtiḥ pūjitā tena sarvamaṅgaladāyinī

By whom a divine woman is honoured — a virtuous wife possessing husband and sons — by him Prakṛti, the giver of all blessings, is honoured.

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BvP 1 30.18

मूलप्रकृतिरेका सा पूर्णब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी ।। सृष्टौ पञ्चविधा सा च विष्णुमाया सनातनी

mūlaprakṛtirekā sā pūrṇabrahmasvarūpiṇī || sṛṣṭau pañcavidhā sā ca viṣṇumāyā sanātanī

She, the root Nature (mūlaprakṛti), is one, having the form of the complete Brahman; and in creation she becomes fivefold, the eternal Viṣṇumāyā.

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BvP 1 30.19

प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवी या कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। सर्वासां प्रेयसी कान्ता सा राधा परिकीर्तिता

prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || sarvāsāṃ preyasī kāntā sā rādhā parikīrtitā

She who is the goddess presiding over the life-breath of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, the beloved dearest of all (his) consorts — she is proclaimed to be Rādhā.

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BvP 1 30.21

सावित्री वेदमाता च पूज्यरूपा विधेः प्रिया ।। शङ्करस्य प्रिया दुर्गा यस्याः पुत्रो गणेश्वरः

sāvitrī vedamātā ca pūjyarūpā vidheḥ priyā || śaṅkarasya priyā durgā yasyāḥ putro gaṇeśvaraḥ

Sāvitrī, the mother of the Vedas, worshipful in form, is the beloved of Vidhi (Brahmā); Durgā is the beloved of Śaṅkara, she whose son is Gaṇeśvara.

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