Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 12
BvP 2 12.1
नारद उवाच ।। लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती गंगा तुलसी लोकपावनी ।। एता नारायणस्यैव चतस्रश्च प्रिया इति
nārada uvāca || lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī gaṃgā tulasī lokapāvanī || etā nārāyaṇasyaiva catasraśca priyā iti
Nārada said: Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Gaṅgā, and Tulasī who purifies the worlds — these four are the beloved (wives) of Nārāyaṇa alone, so (it is said).
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BvP 2 12.2
गंगा जगाम वैकुण्ठमिदमेव श्रुतं मया ।। कथं सा तस्य पत्नी च बभूव ब्रूहि केशव दत्त्वाऽस्यै राधिकामन्त्रं पूरयित्वा च गोलकम् ।। संप्रणम्य च राधेशं गृहीत्वाऽत्रागमं विभो गां पृथ्वीं च गता यस्मात्स्वस्थानं पुनरागता ।। निर्गता विष्णुपादाच्च गङ्गा विष्णुपदी स्मृता
gaṃgā jagāma vaikuṇṭhamidameva śrutaṃ mayā || kathaṃ sā tasya patnī ca babhūva brūhi keśava dattvā'syai rādhikāmantraṃ pūrayitvā ca golakam || saṃpraṇamya ca rādheśaṃ gṛhītvā'trāgamaṃ vibho gāṃ pṛthvīṃ ca gatā yasmātsvasthānaṃ punarāgatā || nirgatā viṣṇupādācca gaṅgā viṣṇupadī smṛtā
Gaṅgā went to Vaikuṇṭha — just this have I heard. How did she become his wife? Tell (me), Keśava. (You said that Brahmā,) having given her the Rādhikā mantra and having filled the sphere (of Goloka), and having bowed to the Lord of Rādhā, took (her) and came here, O mighty one; and since she had gone to the earth, the cow-like (world), she came back again to her own place; and since Gaṅgā issued forth from Viṣṇu's foot she is known as Viṣṇupadī.
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BvP 2 12.3
नारायण उवाच ।। गंगा जगाम वैकुण्ठं तत्पश्चाच्च गतो विधिः ।। गत्वोवाच तया सार्द्धं प्रणम्य जगदीश्वरम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || gaṃgā jagāma vaikuṇṭhaṃ tatpaścācca gato vidhiḥ || gatvovāca tayā sārddhaṃ praṇamya jagadīśvaram
Nārāyaṇa said: Gaṅgā went to Vaikuṇṭha, and after her went the Creator; having gone (there), and having bowed to the Lord of the world, he spoke together with her.
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BvP 2 12.4
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। राधाकृष्णागसंभूता या देवी द्रवरूपिणी ।। तदधिष्ठातृदेवीयं रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि
brahmovāca || rādhākṛṣṇāgasaṃbhūtā yā devī dravarūpiṇī || tadadhiṣṭhātṛdevīyaṃ rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi
Brahmā said: This goddess of liquid form, who arose from the body of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa — she is the presiding goddess of that (water), unequalled on earth in beauty.
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BvP 2 12.5
नवयौवनसम्पन्ना सुशीला सुन्दरी वरा ।। शुद्धसत्त्वस्वरूपा च क्रोधाहङ्कारवर्जिता
navayauvanasampannā suśīlā sundarī varā || śuddhasattvasvarūpā ca krodhāhaṅkāravarjitā
Endowed with fresh youth, of good character, beautiful, excellent, of the nature of pure sattva, and free from anger and egotism.
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BvP 2 12.6
यदङ्गसम्भवा नान्यं वृणोतीयं च तं विना ।। तत्रापि मानिनी राधा महातेजस्विनी वरा
yadaṅgasambhavā nānyaṃ vṛṇotīyaṃ ca taṃ vinā || tatrāpi māninī rādhā mahātejasvinī varā
She will choose no one other than him from whose body she arose; and there too Rādhā is proud, greatly fiery, and pre-eminent.
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BvP 2 12.7
समुद्यता पातुमिमां भीतेयं बुद्धिपूर्वकम् ।। विवेश चरणाम्भोजे कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
samudyatā pātumimāṃ bhīteyaṃ buddhipūrvakam || viveśa caraṇāmbhoje kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
When (Rādhā) was about to drink her up, she, frightened, deliberately entered the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self.
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BvP 2 12.8
सर्वं विशुष्कं गोलोकं दृष्ट्वाऽहमगमं तदा ।। गोलाकं यत्र कृष्णश्च सर्ववृत्तान्तलब्धये
sarvaṃ viśuṣkaṃ golokaṃ dṛṣṭvā'hamagamaṃ tadā || golākaṃ yatra kṛṣṇaśca sarvavṛttāntalabdhaye
Seeing all of Goloka gone dry, I then went to Goloka, where Kṛṣṇa is, to learn the whole account.
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BvP 2 12.9
सर्वान्तरात्मा सर्वं नो ज्ञात्वाऽभिप्रायमेव च ।। बहिश्चकार गंगां च पादाङ्गुष्ठनखाग्रतः
sarvāntarātmā sarvaṃ no jñātvā'bhiprāyameva ca || bahiścakāra gaṃgāṃ ca pādāṅguṣṭhanakhāgrataḥ
He, the inner Self of all, knowing everything about us and our intention as well, brought Gaṅgā out from the tip of the nail of his big toe.
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BvP 2 12.11
गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन गृहाणेमां सुरेश्वरीम् ।। सुरेश्वरस्त्वं रसिको रसिकां रसभावनः
gāndharveṇa vivāhena gṛhāṇemāṃ sureśvarīm || sureśvarastvaṃ rasiko rasikāṃ rasabhāvanaḥ
Take this goddess of the gods by a gāndharva marriage; you are the lord of the gods, a connoisseur of love, and she a woman of taste — you who are the source of delight.
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BvP 2 12.12
पुंरत्नं पुंसु देवेषु स्त्रीरत्नं स्त्रीष्वियं सती ।। विदग्धाया विदग्धेन सङ्गमो गुणवान्भवेत्
puṃratnaṃ puṃsu deveṣu strīratnaṃ strīṣviyaṃ satī || vidagdhāyā vidagdhena saṅgamo guṇavānbhavet
Among men and among the gods you are the jewel of males; this chaste one is the jewel of women among women; the union of a clever woman with a clever man would be full of merit.
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BvP 2 12.13
उपस्थितां च यः कन्यां न गृह्णाति मदेन च ।। तं विहाय महालक्षी रुष्टा याति न संशयः ।।
upasthitāṃ ca yaḥ kanyāṃ na gṛhṇāti madena ca || taṃ vihāya mahālakṣī ruṣṭā yāti na saṃśayaḥ ||
And he who, out of arrogance, does not accept a maiden who has presented herself — abandoning him, great Lakṣmī goes away angry; there is no doubt.
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BvP 2 12.14
यो भवेत्पण्डितः सोऽपि प्रकृतिं नावमन्यते ।। सर्वे प्राकृतिकाः पुंसः कामिन्यः प्रकृतेः कलाः
yo bhavetpaṇḍitaḥ so'pi prakṛtiṃ nāvamanyate || sarve prākṛtikāḥ puṃsaḥ kāminyaḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ
He who is learned — he too does not slight Nature (prakṛti); all males are products of Nature, and lovely women are parts of Nature.
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BvP 2 12.15
त्वमेव भगवा नाद्यो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः ।। अर्द्धांगो द्विभुजः कृष्णोऽप्यर्धांगेन चतुर्भुजः
tvameva bhagavā nādyo nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ || arddhāṃgo dvibhujaḥ kṛṣṇo'pyardhāṃgena caturbhujaḥ
You alone are the primal Lord, without qualities, beyond Nature; with half your body you are the two-armed Kṛṣṇa, and with (the other) half four-armed.
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BvP 2 12.16
कृष्णवामांगसम्भूता परमा राधिका पुरा ।। दक्षिणाङ्गात्स्वयं सा च वामाङ्गात्कमला यथा
kṛṣṇavāmāṃgasambhūtā paramā rādhikā purā || dakṣiṇāṅgātsvayaṃ sā ca vāmāṅgātkamalā yathā
Of old, the supreme Rādhikā arose from Kṛṣṇa's left side — she herself from his right side, as Kamalā from his left.
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BvP 2 12.17
तेन त्वां सा वृणोत्येव यतस्त्वद्देहसम्भवा ।। स्त्रीपुंसौ वै तथैकाङ्गौ यथा प्रकृतिपूरुषौ
tena tvāṃ sā vṛṇotyeva yatastvaddehasambhavā || strīpuṃsau vai tathaikāṅgau yathā prakṛtipūruṣau
Therefore she chooses you indeed, since she arose from your body; woman and man are of one body, just as Nature and Spirit are.
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BvP 2 12.18
इत्येवमुक्त्वा धाता च तां समर्प्य जगाम सः ।। गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन तां जग्राह हरिः स्वयम्
ityevamuktvā dhātā ca tāṃ samarpya jagāma saḥ || gāndharveṇa vivāhena tāṃ jagrāha hariḥ svayam
Having spoken thus, the Creator handed her over and departed; and Hari himself took her by a gāndharva marriage.
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BvP 2 12.19
शय्यां रतिकरीं कृत्वा पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिताम् ।। रेमे रमापतिस्तत्र गङ्गया सहितो मुदा
śayyāṃ ratikarīṃ kṛtvā puṣpacandanacarcitām || reme ramāpatistatra gaṅgayā sahito mudā
Having made a bed fit for love-making, smeared with flowers and sandal paste, there the Lord of Ramā took his pleasure joyfully together with Gaṅgā.
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BvP 2 12.21
मूर्च्छां सम्प्राप सा देवी नवसङ्गममात्रतः ।। रसिका सुखसम्भोगाद्रसिकेश्वरसंयुता
mūrcchāṃ samprāpa sā devī navasaṅgamamātrataḥ || rasikā sukhasambhogādrasikeśvarasaṃyutā
That goddess swooned at the mere first union — she, a woman of relish, from the happiness of the enjoyment, joined with the lord of those who relish.
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BvP 2 12.22
तद्दृष्ट्वा दुःखिता वाणी सापत्न्येर्ष्याविवर्जिता ।। नित्यमीर्ष्यति तां वाणी न च गंगा सरस्वतीम्
taddṛṣṭvā duḥkhitā vāṇī sāpatnyerṣyāvivarjitā || nityamīrṣyati tāṃ vāṇī na ca gaṃgā sarasvatīm
Seeing that, Vāṇī was pained, though free of a co-wife's jealousy; Vāṇī is constantly jealous of her, but Gaṅgā is not (jealous) of Sarasvatī.
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BvP 2 12.23
गङ्गया सहितस्यैव तिस्रो भार्या रमापतेः ।। सार्द्धं तुलस्या पश्चाच्च चतस्रो ह्यभवन्मुने
gaṅgayā sahitasyaiva tisro bhāryā ramāpateḥ || sārddhaṃ tulasyā paścācca catasro hyabhavanmune
With Gaṅgā included, the Lord of Ramā had three wives; and afterwards, along with Tulasī, they became four, O sage.
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