Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 4

BvP 1 4.1

सौतिरुवाच ।। आविर्बभूव तत्पश्चात्कृष्णस्य रसनाग्रतः ।। शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशा देवी चैका मनोहरा हरिं स्तुत्वा तया सार्द्धं स उवास हरेः पुरः ।। रत्नसिंहासने चास्य पञ्चबाणो धनुर्द्धरः जलेशस्य वामपार्श्वात्कन्या चैका बभूव सा ।। वरुणानीति विख्याता वरुणस्य प्रिया सती

sautiruvāca || āvirbabhūva tatpaścātkṛṣṇasya rasanāgrataḥ || śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśā devī caikā manoharā hariṃ stutvā tayā sārddhaṃ sa uvāsa hareḥ puraḥ || ratnasiṃhāsane cāsya pañcabāṇo dhanurddharaḥ jaleśasya vāmapārśvātkanyā caikā babhūva sā || varuṇānīti vikhyātā varuṇasya priyā satī

The son of Sūta said: After that, from the tip of Kṛṣṇa's tongue there appeared one charming goddess, resembling pure crystal; having praised Hari, he sat together with her before Hari on the jewelled throne — and (there appeared) his five-arrowed bow-bearer (Kāma). And from the left side of the lord of the waters (Varuṇa) there came to be a maiden, known as Vāruṇī, the chaste beloved of Varuṇa.

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BvP 1 4.2

शुक्लवस्त्रपरीधाना सर्वालङ्कारभूषिता ।। बिभ्रती जपमालां च सा सावित्री प्रकीर्तिता

śuklavastraparīdhānā sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitā || bibhratī japamālāṃ ca sā sāvitrī prakīrtitā

Clothed in white garments, adorned with every ornament, and holding a rosary — she is proclaimed to be Sāvitrī.

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BvP 1 4.3

सा तुष्टाव पुरः स्थित्वा परं ब्रह्म सनातनम्।। पुटांजलिपरा साध्वी भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरा

sā tuṣṭāva puraḥ sthitvā paraṃ brahma sanātanam|| puṭāṃjaliparā sādhvī bhaktinamrātmakandharā

Standing before him, she praised the eternal supreme Brahman — that virtuous one, her palms joined in a hollow, her neck and self bowed in devotion.

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BvP 1 4.4

सावित्र्युवाच ।। नमामि सर्वबीजं त्वां ब्रह्मज्योतिः सनातनम् ।। परात्परतरं श्यामं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम्

sāvitryuvāca || namāmi sarvabījaṃ tvāṃ brahmajyotiḥ sanātanam || parātparataraṃ śyāmaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam

Sāvitrī said: I salute you, the seed of all, the eternal light of Brahman, higher than the highest, dark-hued, changeless, unstained.

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BvP 1 4.5

इत्युक्त्वा सस्मिता देवी रत्नसिंहासने वरे ।। उवास श्रीहरिं नत्वा पुनरेव श्रुतिप्रसूः

ityuktvā sasmitā devī ratnasiṃhāsane vare || uvāsa śrīhariṃ natvā punareva śrutiprasūḥ

Having said this, the goddess, the mother of the Vedas, smiling, bowed to Śrī Hari once again and sat down on the excellent jewelled throne.

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BvP 1 4.6

आविर्बभूव तत्पश्चात्कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। मानसाच्च पुमानेकस्तप्तकांचनसन्निभः

āvirbabhūva tatpaścātkṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || mānasācca pumānekastaptakāṃcanasannibhaḥ

After that, from the mind of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, there appeared a single man, resembling molten gold.

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BvP 1 4.7

मनो मथ्नाति सर्वेषां पञ्चबाणेन कामिनाम् ।। तन्नाम मन्मथं तेन प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः

mano mathnāti sarveṣāṃ pañcabāṇena kāminām || tannāma manmathaṃ tena pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ

He churns the minds of all lustful beings with his five arrows; therefore the wise call his name Manmatha ('mind-churner').

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BvP 1 4.8

तस्य पुंसो वामपार्श्वात्कामस्य कामिनी वरा ।। बभूवातीव ललिता सर्वेषां मोहकारिणी

tasya puṃso vāmapārśvātkāmasya kāminī varā || babhūvātīva lalitā sarveṣāṃ mohakāriṇī

From the left side of that man, of Kāma, there came to be an excellent loving woman, exceedingly graceful, causing infatuation in all.

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BvP 1 4.9

रतिर्बभूव सर्वेषां तां दृष्ट्वा सस्मितां सतीम् ।। रतीति तेन तन्नाम प्रवदंति मनीषिणः

ratirbabhūva sarveṣāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sasmitāṃ satīm || ratīti tena tannāma pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ

Seeing that smiling chaste woman, delight (rati) arose in all; therefore the wise declare her name to be Rati.

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BvP 1 4.11

मारणं स्तम्भनं चैव जृम्भणं शोषणं तथा ।। उन्मादनं पञ्चबाणन्पञ्चबाणो बिभर्ति सः ।।

māraṇaṃ stambhanaṃ caiva jṛmbhaṇaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ tathā || unmādanaṃ pañcabāṇanpañcabāṇo bibharti saḥ ||

Killing, paralysing, causing yawning, causing withering, and maddening — these are the five arrows that he, the five-arrowed one, bears.

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BvP 1 4.12

बाणांश्चिक्षेप सर्वांश्च कामो बाणपरीक्षया ।। सद्यः सर्वे सकामाश्च बभूवुरीश्वरेच्छया

bāṇāṃścikṣepa sarvāṃśca kāmo bāṇaparīkṣayā || sadyaḥ sarve sakāmāśca babhūvurīśvarecchayā

Kāma shot all the arrows in order to test them, and at once all became filled with desire, by the will of the Lord.

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BvP 1 4.13

रतिं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मणश्च रेतः पातो वभूव ह ।। तत्र तस्थौ महायोगी वस्त्रेणाच्छाद्य लज्जया

ratiṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmaṇaśca retaḥ pāto vabhūva ha || tatra tasthau mahāyogī vastreṇācchādya lajjayā

Seeing Rati, an emission of seed occurred even in Brahmā; the great yogin stood there, covering it with his garment out of shame.

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BvP 1 4.14

वस्त्रं दग्ध्वा समुत्तस्थौ ज्वलदग्निः सुरेश्वरः ।। कोटितालप्रमाणश्च सशिखश्च समुज्ज्वलन्

vastraṃ dagdhvā samuttasthau jvaladagniḥ sureśvaraḥ || koṭitālapramāṇaśca saśikhaśca samujjvalan

Burning up the garment, blazing Fire, the lord of the gods, rose up, of the measure of ten million palm trees, crested with flame, blazing forth.

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BvP 1 4.15

कृष्णस्तद्वर्द्धनं दृष्ट्वा ससर्जापः स्वलीलया ।। निःश्वासवायुना सार्द्धं मुखबिन्दुं समुद्गिरन्

kṛṣṇastadvarddhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā sasarjāpaḥ svalīlayā || niḥśvāsavāyunā sārddhaṃ mukhabinduṃ samudgiran

Kṛṣṇa, seeing that growth (of the fire), by his own play released waters, spewing forth a drop from his mouth along with the wind of his breath.

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BvP 1 4.16

विश्वौघं प्लावयामास मुखबिंदुजलं द्विज ।। तत्र किञ्चिज्जलकणं वह्निं शान्तं चकार ह

viśvaughaṃ plāvayāmāsa mukhabiṃdujalaṃ dvija || tatra kiñcijjalakaṇaṃ vahniṃ śāntaṃ cakāra ha

The water of the drop from (his) mouth flooded the whole mass of the universe, O twice-born; there a small particle of that water made the fire quiet.

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BvP 1 4.17

ततःप्रभृति तेनाग्निस्तोयान्निर्वाणतां व्रजेत् ।। आविर्भूतः पुमानेकस्ततस्तदधिदेवता

tataḥprabhṛti tenāgnistoyānnirvāṇatāṃ vrajet || āvirbhūtaḥ pumānekastatastadadhidevatā

From then on fire comes to extinction by water. Then a single male being appeared, the presiding deity of that (water).

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BvP 1 4.18

उत्तस्थौ तज्जलादेकः पुमान्स वरुणः स्मृतः ।। जलाधिष्ठातृदेवोऽसौ सर्वेषां यादसाम्पतिः

uttasthau tajjalādekaḥ pumānsa varuṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || jalādhiṣṭhātṛdevo'sau sarveṣāṃ yādasāmpatiḥ

One male being rose up out of that water; he is known as Varuṇa. He is the god who presides over water, the lord of all sea-creatures.

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BvP 1 4.19

आविर्बभूव कन्यैका तद्वह्नेर्वामपार्श्वतः ।। सा स्वाहा वह्निपत्नी तां प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः

āvirbabhūva kanyaikā tadvahnervāmapārśvataḥ || sā svāhā vahnipatnī tāṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ

A maiden appeared from the left side of that fire; the wise declare her to be Svāhā, the wife of Fire.

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BvP 1 4.21

बभूव पवनः श्रीमान्विभोर्निश्वासवायुतः।। स च प्राणाश्च सर्वेषां निःश्वासस्तत्फलोद्भवः

babhūva pavanaḥ śrīmānvibhorniśvāsavāyutaḥ|| sa ca prāṇāśca sarveṣāṃ niḥśvāsastatphalodbhavaḥ

From the breath-wind of the Lord the glorious Wind came into being; he is the vital breaths of all (beings), and exhalation arises as its effect.

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BvP 1 4.22

तस्य वायोर्वामपार्श्वात्कन्या चैका बभूव ह।। वायोः पत्नी सा च देवी वायवी परिकीर्तिता

tasya vāyorvāmapārśvātkanyā caikā babhūva ha|| vāyoḥ patnī sā ca devī vāyavī parikīrtitā

And from the left side of that Wind a maiden came into being; she is the wife of Wind, the goddess proclaimed as Vāyavī.

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BvP 1 4.23

कृष्णस्य कामबाणेन रेतःपातो बभूव ह ।। जले तद्रेचनं चक्रे लज्जया सुर संसदि

kṛṣṇasya kāmabāṇena retaḥpāto babhūva ha || jale tadrecanaṃ cakre lajjayā sura saṃsadi

By the arrow of desire an emission of Kṛṣṇa's seed took place; out of shame, in the assembly of the gods, he discharged it into the water.

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BvP 1 4.24

सहस्रवत्सरान्ते तड्डिम्भरूपं बभूव ह ।। ततो महान्विराड् जज्ञे विश्वौघाधार एव सः

sahasravatsarānte taḍḍimbharūpaṃ babhūva ha || tato mahānvirāḍ jajñe viśvaughādhāra eva saḥ

At the end of a thousand years it took the form of an egg; from it was born the great Virāṭ, he indeed being the support of the whole mass of universes.

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BvP 1 4.25

यस्यैक लोमविवरे विश्वैकस्य व्यवस्थितिः ।। स्थूलात्स्थूलतरः सोऽपि महान्नान्यस्ततः परः

yasyaika lomavivare viśvaikasya vyavasthitiḥ || sthūlātsthūlataraḥ so'pi mahānnānyastataḥ paraḥ

In a single pore of whose hair one whole universe is situated—he too is grosser than the gross, great, and there is no other beyond him.

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BvP 1 4.26

स एव षोडशांशोऽपि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। महाविष्णुः स विज्ञेयः सर्वाधारः सनातनः

sa eva ṣoḍaśāṃśo'pi kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || mahāviṣṇuḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sarvādhāraḥ sanātanaḥ

He himself is but a sixteenth part of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self; he is to be known as Mahāviṣṇu, the support of all, the eternal one.

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BvP 1 4.27

महार्णवे शयानः स पद्मपत्रं यथा जले ।। बभूवतुस्तौ द्वौ दैत्यौ तस्य कर्णमलोद्भवौ

mahārṇave śayānaḥ sa padmapatraṃ yathā jale || babhūvatustau dvau daityau tasya karṇamalodbhavau

He lies on the great ocean like a lotus-leaf on water. Those two demons came into being, arising from the wax of his ear.

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BvP 1 4.28

तौ जलाच्च समुत्थाय ब्रह्माणं हन्तुमुद्यतौ ।। नारायणश्च भगवाञ्जघने तौ जघान ह

tau jalācca samutthāya brahmāṇaṃ hantumudyatau || nārāyaṇaśca bhagavāñjaghane tau jaghāna ha

And those two, rising up out of the water, made ready to kill Brahmā; and the Lord Nārāyaṇa struck them down on the hip.

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BvP 1 4.29

बभूव मेदिनी कृत्स्ना कार्त्स्न्येन मेदसा तया ।। तत्रैव सन्ति विश्वानि सा च देवी वसुन्धरा

babhūva medinī kṛtsnā kārtsnyena medasā tayā || tatraiva santi viśvāni sā ca devī vasundharā

The whole earth came into being from the entirety of their fat; in it the very universes exist, and she is the goddess Vasundharā.

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