Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 13
BvP 2 13.1
नारद उवाच ।। नारायणप्रिया साध्वी कथं सा च बभूव ह।। तुलसी कुत्र सम्भूता का वा सा पूर्वजन्मनि
nārada uvāca || nārāyaṇapriyā sādhvī kathaṃ sā ca babhūva ha|| tulasī kutra sambhūtā kā vā sā pūrvajanmani
Nārada said: How did she, the chaste beloved of Nārāyaṇa, come to be? Where was Tulasī born, and who was she in a former birth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.2
कस्य वा सा कुले जाता कस्य कन्या तपस्विनी ।। केन वा तपसा सा च संप्राप प्रकृतेः परम् वृषध्वजश्च तत्पुत्रो वृषध्वजपरायणः ।। यस्याश्रमे स्वयं शम्भुरासीद्दैवयुगत्रयम् नारायणश्च कृपयाऽभयं तेभ्यो ददौ मुने ।। स्थिरा भवत हे भीता भयं किं वो मयि स्थिते शिवस्वरूपो भगवाञ्छिवाधिष्ठातृदेवता ।। शिवो भवति यस्माच्च शिवं तेन विदुर्बुधाः अक्रोधं सत्त्वसंसर्गात्प्रसन्नं सस्मितं मुदा ।। स्तूयमानं पञ्चवक्त्रैः परं नारायणं विभुम् किं मे भक्तस्य भविता तन्मे ब्रूहि जगत्प्रभो ।। श्रीहतस्यास्य मूढस्य सूर्य्यशापेन हेतुना
kasya vā sā kule jātā kasya kanyā tapasvinī || kena vā tapasā sā ca saṃprāpa prakṛteḥ param vṛṣadhvajaśca tatputro vṛṣadhvajaparāyaṇaḥ || yasyāśrame svayaṃ śambhurāsīddaivayugatrayam nārāyaṇaśca kṛpayā'bhayaṃ tebhyo dadau mune || sthirā bhavata he bhītā bhayaṃ kiṃ vo mayi sthite śivasvarūpo bhagavāñchivādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā || śivo bhavati yasmācca śivaṃ tena vidurbudhāḥ akrodhaṃ sattvasaṃsargātprasannaṃ sasmitaṃ mudā || stūyamānaṃ pañcavaktraiḥ paraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ vibhum kiṃ me bhaktasya bhavitā tanme brūhi jagatprabho || śrīhatasyāsya mūḍhasya sūryyaśāpena hetunā
In whose family was she born, whose daughter was that ascetic woman? And by what austerity did she attain what is beyond Prakṛti? And Vṛṣadhvaja was his son, devoted to Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva), in whose hermitage Śambhu himself stayed for three divine yugas. And Nārāyaṇa out of compassion granted them fearlessness, O sage: "Be steady, you frightened ones — what fear is there for you while I stand (by you)?" The Lord whose nature is Śiva, the deity presiding over Śiva — since he becomes auspicious (śiva), the wise therefore know him as Śiva: free of anger through his conjunction with sattva, gracious, smiling with delight, praised by the Five-faced one — the supreme, pervading Nārāyaṇa. "What will become of me, your devotee? Tell me that, O Lord of the world — of this deluded one, robbed of his fortune by the cause of the Sun's curse."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 13.3
निर्विकल्पं निरीहं च सर्वसाक्षिस्वरूपकम् ।। नारायणं परं ब्रह्म परमात्मानमीश्वरम्।।
nirvikalpaṃ nirīhaṃ ca sarvasākṣisvarūpakam || nārāyaṇaṃ paraṃ brahma paramātmānamīśvaram||
(him who is) free of differentiation and free of striving, whose form is the witness of all — Nārāyaṇa, the supreme Brahman, the supreme Self, the Lord;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.4
सर्वाराध्यं च सर्वेशं सर्वज्ञं सर्वकारणम् ।। सर्वाधारं सर्वरूपं सर्वेषां परिपालनम्
sarvārādhyaṃ ca sarveśaṃ sarvajñaṃ sarvakāraṇam || sarvādhāraṃ sarvarūpaṃ sarveṣāṃ paripālanam
to be worshipped by all, lord of all, all-knowing, the cause of all, the support of all, whose form is all, the protector of all —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.5
कथमेतादृशी देवी वृक्षत्वं समवाप ह।। कथं साऽप्यसुरग्रस्ता संबभूव तपस्विनी
kathametādṛśī devī vṛkṣatvaṃ samavāpa ha|| kathaṃ sā'pyasuragrastā saṃbabhūva tapasvinī
How did such a goddess come to be a tree? How was she, the ascetic woman, even seized by a demon?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.6
सन्दिग्धं मे मनो लोलं प्रेरयेन्मां मुहुर्मुहुः ।। छेत्तुमर्हसि सन्देहं सर्वसन्देहभञ्जना।
sandigdhaṃ me mano lolaṃ prerayenmāṃ muhurmuhuḥ || chettumarhasi sandehaṃ sarvasandehabhañjanā|
My mind is in doubt and unsteady; it drives me on again and again. You must cut off this doubt, you who shatter all doubts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.7
नारायण उवाच ।। मनुश्च दक्षसावर्णिः पुण्यवान्वैष्णवः शुचिः ।। यशस्वी कीर्तिमांश्चैव विष्णोरंशसमुद्भवः
nārāyaṇa uvāca || manuśca dakṣasāvarṇiḥ puṇyavānvaiṣṇavaḥ śuciḥ || yaśasvī kīrtimāṃścaiva viṣṇoraṃśasamudbhavaḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: There was a Manu, Dakṣasāvarṇi, meritorious, a Vaiṣṇava, pure, glorious and renowned, arisen from a portion of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.8
तत्पुत्रो धर्मसावर्णिर्धर्मिष्ठो वैष्णवः शुचिः ।। तत्पुत्रो विष्णुसावर्णिर्वैष्णवश्च जितेन्द्रियः
tatputro dharmasāvarṇirdharmiṣṭho vaiṣṇavaḥ śuciḥ || tatputro viṣṇusāvarṇirvaiṣṇavaśca jitendriyaḥ
His son was Dharmasāvarṇi, most righteous, a Vaiṣṇava, pure; his son was Viṣṇusāvarṇi, a Vaiṣṇava with senses subdued.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.9
तत्पुत्रो देवसावर्णिर्विष्णुव्रतपरायणः ।। तत्पुत्रो राजसावर्णिर्महाविष्णुपरायणः
tatputro devasāvarṇirviṣṇuvrataparāyaṇaḥ || tatputro rājasāvarṇirmahāviṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ
His son was Devasāvarṇi, devoted to the observances of Viṣṇu; his son was Rājasāvarṇi, devoted to the great Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.11
पुत्रादपि परः स्नेहो नृपे तस्मिञ्छिवस्य च ।। न च नारायणं मेने न च लक्ष्मीं सरस्वतीम्
putrādapi paraḥ sneho nṛpe tasmiñchivasya ca || na ca nārāyaṇaṃ mene na ca lakṣmīṃ sarasvatīm
Śiva's affection for that king was greater even than for a son; yet he regarded neither Nārāyaṇa nor Lakṣmī nor Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.12
पूजां च सर्वदेवानां दूरीभूतां चकार सः ।। भाद्रे मासि महालक्ष्मीपूजां मत्तोऽत्यजन्नृपः
pūjāṃ ca sarvadevānāṃ dūrībhūtāṃ cakāra saḥ || bhādre māsi mahālakṣmīpūjāṃ matto'tyajannṛpaḥ
He put away the worship of all the gods; in the month of Bhādra the king, being intoxicated (with pride), abandoned the worship of Mahālakṣmī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.13
माघे सरस्वतीपूजां दूरीभूतां चकार सः ।। यज्ञं च विष्णुपूजां च निनिन्दे न चकार सः
māghe sarasvatīpūjāṃ dūrībhūtāṃ cakāra saḥ || yajñaṃ ca viṣṇupūjāṃ ca nininde na cakāra saḥ
In Māgha he put away the worship of Sarasvatī; he reviled sacrifice and the worship of Viṣṇu and did not perform them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.14
न कोऽपि देवो भूपेन्द्रं शशाप शिवकारणात् ।। भ्रष्टश्रीर्भव भूपेति चाशपत्तं दिवाकरः
na ko'pi devo bhūpendraṃ śaśāpa śivakāraṇāt || bhraṣṭaśrīrbhava bhūpeti cāśapattaṃ divākaraḥ
No god cursed that lord of the earth, for Śiva's sake; but the Sun cursed him, saying, "King, be stripped of your fortune!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.15
शूलं गृहीत्वा तं सूर्य्यं धृतवाच्छङ्करः स्वयम् ।। पित्रा सार्द्ध दिनेशश्च ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययौ
śūlaṃ gṛhītvā taṃ sūryyaṃ dhṛtavācchaṅkaraḥ svayam || pitrā sārddha dineśaśca brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
Taking up his trident, Śaṅkara himself seized that Sun; and the lord of day, together with his father, went for refuge to Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.16
शिवस्त्रिशूलहस्तश्च ब्रह्मलोकं ययौ क्रुधा ।। ब्रह्मा सूर्य्यं पुरस्कृत्य वैकुण्ठं च ययौ भिया
śivastriśūlahastaśca brahmalokaṃ yayau krudhā || brahmā sūryyaṃ puraskṛtya vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca yayau bhiyā
And Śiva, trident in hand, went in anger to Brahmā's world; Brahmā, putting the Sun in front, went in fear to Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.17
शूलं गृहीत्वा तत्रापि धृतवाञ्छङ्करो रविम् ।। ब्रह्मकश्यपमार्त्तण्डाः संत्रस्ताः शुष्कतालुकाः
śūlaṃ gṛhītvā tatrāpi dhṛtavāñchaṅkaro ravim || brahmakaśyapamārttaṇḍāḥ saṃtrastāḥ śuṣkatālukāḥ
There too Śaṅkara, taking up his trident, seized the Sun; Brahmā, Kaśyapa and Mārtaṇḍa were terrified, their palates dry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.18
नारायणं च सर्वेशं ते ययुः शरणं भिया ।। मूर्ध्ना प्रणेमुस्ते गत्वा तुष्टुवुश्च पुनः पुनः
nārāyaṇaṃ ca sarveśaṃ te yayuḥ śaraṇaṃ bhiyā || mūrdhnā praṇemuste gatvā tuṣṭuvuśca punaḥ punaḥ
And out of fear they went for refuge to Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of all; having gone, they bowed with their heads and praised (him) again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.19
सर्वे निवेदनं चक्रुर्भियस्ते कारणं हरौ
sarve nivedanaṃ cakrurbhiyaste kāraṇaṃ harau
All of them, in fear, made their submission to Hari, (telling him) the cause (of it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.21
स्मरन्ति ये यत्र तत्र मां विपत्तौ भयान्विताः ।। तांस्तत्र गत्वा रक्षामि चक्र हस्तस्त्वरान्वितः
smaranti ye yatra tatra māṃ vipattau bhayānvitāḥ || tāṃstatra gatvā rakṣāmi cakra hastastvarānvitaḥ
(He said:) "Those who, filled with fear in calamity, remember me—wherever they are, I go there and protect them, discus in hand, in haste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.22
पाताऽहं जगतां देवः कर्त्ताऽहं सततं सदा ।। सृष्ट्वा च ब्रह्मरूपेण संहर्त्ता शिवरूपतः
pātā'haṃ jagatāṃ devaḥ karttā'haṃ satataṃ sadā || sṛṣṭvā ca brahmarūpeṇa saṃharttā śivarūpataḥ
I am the protector of the worlds, the god; I am always and forever the maker; and having created in the form of Brahmā, (I am) the destroyer in the form of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.23
शिवोऽहं त्वमहं चापि सूर्य्योऽहं त्रिगुणात्मकः ।। विधाय नानारूपं च कुर्यां सृष्ट्यादिकाः क्रियाः
śivo'haṃ tvamahaṃ cāpi sūryyo'haṃ triguṇātmakaḥ || vidhāya nānārūpaṃ ca kuryāṃ sṛṣṭyādikāḥ kriyāḥ
I am Śiva, I am you too, I am the Sun, consisting of the three qualities; and taking on manifold forms I perform the acts of creation and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.24
यूयं गच्छत भद्रं वो भविष्यति भयं कुतः ।। अद्यप्रभृति वो नास्ति मद्वराच्छङ्कराद्भयम्
yūyaṃ gacchata bhadraṃ vo bhaviṣyati bhayaṃ kutaḥ || adyaprabhṛti vo nāsti madvarācchaṅkarādbhayam
Go, you all; may it be well with you; whence should there be fear? From today onward, by my boon, you have no fear from Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.25
आशुतोषः स भगवाञ्छरण्यश्च सतां गतिः ।। भक्ताधीनश्च भक्तेशो भक्तात्मा भक्तवत्सलः
āśutoṣaḥ sa bhagavāñcharaṇyaśca satāṃ gatiḥ || bhaktādhīnaśca bhakteśo bhaktātmā bhaktavatsalaḥ
That Lord is quickly pleased, a giver of refuge, the resort of the good; he is subject to his devotees, the lord of devotees, the very self of devotees, fond of devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.26
सुदर्शनं शिवश्चैव मम प्राणाधिकप्रियौ ।। ब्रह्माण्डेषु न तेजस्वी हे ब्रह्मन्ननयोः परः
sudarśanaṃ śivaścaiva mama prāṇādhikapriyau || brahmāṇḍeṣu na tejasvī he brahmannanayoḥ paraḥ
Sudarśana and Śiva are both dearer to me than my life; O Brahmā, in (all) the world-spheres there is none more full of splendour than these two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.27
शक्तः स्रष्टुं महादेवः सूर्य्यकोटिं च लीलया ।। कोटिं च ब्रह्मणामेवं किमसाध्यं च शूलिनः
śaktaḥ sraṣṭuṃ mahādevaḥ sūryyakoṭiṃ ca līlayā || koṭiṃ ca brahmaṇāmevaṃ kimasādhyaṃ ca śūlinaḥ
Mahādeva is able to create ten million suns in sport, and likewise ten million Brahmās; what is unattainable for the trident-bearer?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.28
बाह्यज्ञानं तन्न किंचिद्ध्यायतो मां दिवानिशम् ।। मन्नाम मद्गणं भक्त्या पञ्चवक्त्रेण गीयते
bāhyajñānaṃ tanna kiṃciddhyāyato māṃ divāniśam || mannāma madgaṇaṃ bhaktyā pañcavaktreṇa gīyate
He has no outward knowledge at all, meditating on me day and night; my name and my host (of attendants) is sung by him with devotion with his five mouths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.29
अहमेव चिन्तयामि तत्कल्याणं दिवानिशम् ।। ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्
ahameva cintayāmi tatkalyāṇaṃ divāniśam || ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyaham
I myself think on his welfare day and night; as men resort to me, just so do I favour them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.31
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र चागमच्छङ्करः स्वयम् ।। शूलहस्तो वृषारूढो रक्तपङ्कजलोचनः
etasminnantare tatra cāgamacchaṅkaraḥ svayam || śūlahasto vṛṣārūḍho raktapaṅkajalocanaḥ
In the meanwhile Śaṅkara himself came there, trident in hand, mounted on his bull, his eyes (like) red lotuses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.32
अवरुह्य वृषात्तूर्णं भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। ननाम भक्त्या तं शान्तं लक्ष्मीकान्तं परात्परम्
avaruhya vṛṣāttūrṇaṃ bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || nanāma bhaktyā taṃ śāntaṃ lakṣmīkāntaṃ parātparam
Quickly dismounting from the bull, his neck bent low in devotion, he bowed with devotion to that tranquil one, the beloved of Lakṣmī, higher than the highest—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.33
रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च रत्नालङ्कारभूषितम् ।। किरीटिनं कुण्डलिनं चक्रिणं वनमालिनम्
ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca ratnālaṅkārabhūṣitam || kirīṭinaṃ kuṇḍalinaṃ cakriṇaṃ vanamālinam
—seated on a jewelled lion-throne, adorned with jewelled ornaments, wearing a diadem and earrings, holding the discus, wearing a forest garland,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.34
नवीननीरदश्यामं सुन्दरं च चतुर्भुजम् ।। चतुर्भुजैः सेवितं च श्वेतचामरवायुना
navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ sundaraṃ ca caturbhujam || caturbhujaiḥ sevitaṃ ca śvetacāmaravāyunā
dark as a fresh raincloud, beautiful and four-armed, attended by four-armed (attendants) and by the breeze of a white fly-whisk,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.35
चन्दनोक्षितसर्वांगं भूषितं पीतवाससा।। लक्ष्मीप्रदत्तताम्बूलं भुक्तवन्तं च नारद
candanokṣitasarvāṃgaṃ bhūṣitaṃ pītavāsasā|| lakṣmīpradattatāmbūlaṃ bhuktavantaṃ ca nārada
all his limbs sprinkled with sandal paste, adorned with a yellow garment, and having eaten the betel given him by Lakṣmī, O Nārada,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.36
विद्याधरीनृत्यगीतं शृण्वन्तं सस्मितं मुदा ।। ईश्वरं परमात्मानं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
vidyādharīnṛtyagītaṃ śṛṇvantaṃ sasmitaṃ mudā || īśvaraṃ paramātmānaṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham
listening with a smile and with delight to the dance and song of the Vidyādhara women—the Lord, the Supreme Self, whose very body is grace to his devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.37
तं ननाम महादेवो ब्रह्माणं च ननाम सः ।। ननाम सूर्य्यो भक्त्या च संत्रस्तश्चन्द्रशेखरम्
taṃ nanāma mahādevo brahmāṇaṃ ca nanāma saḥ || nanāma sūryyo bhaktyā ca saṃtrastaścandraśekharam
Mahādeva bowed to him, and he bowed to Brahmā; and the Sun, terrified, bowed with devotion to the moon-crested one.
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BvP 2 13.38
कश्यपश्च महाभक्त्या तुष्टाव च ननाम च ।। शिवः संस्तूय सर्वेशं समुवास सुखासने ।।
kaśyapaśca mahābhaktyā tuṣṭāva ca nanāma ca || śivaḥ saṃstūya sarveśaṃ samuvāsa sukhāsane ||
And Kaśyapa with great devotion praised (him) and bowed; Śiva, having praised the Lord of all, sat down on a comfortable seat.
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BvP 2 13.39
सुखासने सुखासीनं विश्रान्तं चन्द्रशेखरम् ।। श्वेतचामरवातेन सेवितं विष्णुपार्षदैः
sukhāsane sukhāsīnaṃ viśrāntaṃ candraśekharam || śvetacāmaravātena sevitaṃ viṣṇupārṣadaiḥ
(Viṣṇu spoke to) the moon-crested one, comfortably seated on the comfortable seat and rested, attended by Viṣṇu's attendants with the breeze of white fly-whisks—
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BvP 2 13.41
तमुवाच प्रसन्नात्मा प्रसन्नं सुरसंसदि ।। पीयूषतुल्यं मधुरं वचनं सुमनोहरम्
tamuvāca prasannātmā prasannaṃ surasaṃsadi || pīyūṣatulyaṃ madhuraṃ vacanaṃ sumanoharam
With a serene mind he spoke to him, who was serene, in the assembly of the gods, words sweet as nectar and most charming.
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BvP 2 13.42
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। अत्यन्तमुपहास्यं च शिवप्रश्नं शिवे शिवम् ।। लौकिकं वैदिकं चैव त्वां पृच्छामि तथा ऽपि शम्
śrībhagavānuvāca || atyantamupahāsyaṃ ca śivapraśnaṃ śive śivam || laukikaṃ vaidikaṃ caiva tvāṃ pṛcchāmi tathā 'pi śam
The Blessed Lord said: To ask Śiva about welfare is utterly ridiculous, O auspicious one — both by worldly and by Vedic reckoning — yet even so I ask you about (your) welfare.
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BvP 2 13.43
तपसां फलदातारं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्।। सम्पत्प्रश्नं तपःप्रश्नमयोग्यं त्वां च साम्प्रतम्
tapasāṃ phaladātāraṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām|| sampatpraśnaṃ tapaḥpraśnamayogyaṃ tvāṃ ca sāmpratam
You are the giver of the fruits of austerities, the giver of all riches; a question about riches, or a question about austerity, is unfitting for you at present.
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BvP 2 13.44
ज्ञानाधिदेवे सर्वज्ञे ज्ञानं पृच्छामि किं वृथा ।। निरापदि विपत्प्रश्नमलं मृत्युञ्जये हरे
jñānādhideve sarvajñe jñānaṃ pṛcchāmi kiṃ vṛthā || nirāpadi vipatpraśnamalaṃ mṛtyuñjaye hare
To the presiding deity of knowledge, the all-knowing one — why should I ask about knowledge in vain? To one who is free of calamity, to Hara the conqueror of death, enough of a question about calamity.
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BvP 2 13.45
त्वामेव वाग्धनं प्रश्नमलं स्वाश्रयमागमे ।। आगतोऽसि कथं वेगादित्युवाच रमापतिः
tvāmeva vāgdhanaṃ praśnamalaṃ svāśrayamāgame || āgato'si kathaṃ vegādityuvāca ramāpatiḥ
Enough of questioning you, whose wealth is speech, who are your own support in scripture: why have you come in haste? — so said the husband of Ramā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 13.46
श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। वृषध्वजं च मद्भक्तं मम प्राणाधिकप्रियम् ।। सूर्य्यः शशाप इति मे हेतुरागमकोपयोः
śrīmahādeva uvāca || vṛṣadhvajaṃ ca madbhaktaṃ mama prāṇādhikapriyam || sūryyaḥ śaśāpa iti me heturāgamakopayoḥ
Śrī Mahādeva said: Vṛṣadhvaja, my devotee, dearer to me than my life — the Sun cursed him; that is my reason for coming and for my anger.
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BvP 2 13.47
पुत्रवात्सल्यशोकेन सूर्य्यं हन्तुं समुद्यतः ।। स ब्रह्माणं प्रपन्नश्च स सूर्य्यश्च विधिस्त्वयि
putravātsalyaśokena sūryyaṃ hantuṃ samudyataḥ || sa brahmāṇaṃ prapannaśca sa sūryyaśca vidhistvayi
Out of grief from affection for (his) son he set out to kill the Sun; he took refuge with Brahmā, and so did the Sun, and Brahmā (took refuge) in you.
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BvP 2 13.48
त्वां ये शरणमापन्ना ध्यानेन वचसाऽपि वा ।। निरापदस्ते निश्शङ्का जरा मृत्युश्च तैर्जितः
tvāṃ ye śaraṇamāpannā dhyānena vacasā'pi vā || nirāpadaste niśśaṅkā jarā mṛtyuśca tairjitaḥ
Those who have gone to you for refuge, whether by meditation or even by word, they are free of calamity and free of fear, and old age and death are conquered by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 13.49
साक्षाद्ये शरणापन्नास्तत्फलं किं वदामि भोः ।। हरिस्मृतिश्चाभयदा सर्वमङ्गलदा सदा
sākṣādye śaraṇāpannāstatphalaṃ kiṃ vadāmi bhoḥ || harismṛtiścābhayadā sarvamaṅgaladā sadā
As for those who have taken refuge (in you) directly — what am I to say of that fruit, sir! The remembrance of Hari bestows fearlessness and always bestows every blessing.
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BvP 2 13.51
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। कालोऽतियातो दैवेन युगानामेकविंशतिः ।। वैकुण्ठे घटिकार्द्धेन शीघ्रं याहि नृपालयम्।।
śrībhagavānuvāca || kālo'tiyāto daivena yugānāmekaviṃśatiḥ || vaikuṇṭhe ghaṭikārddhena śīghraṃ yāhi nṛpālayam||
The Blessed Lord said: By fate a span of twenty-one yugas has passed by in half a ghaṭikā in Vaikuṇṭha; go quickly to the king's dwelling.
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BvP 2 13.52
वृषध्वजो मृतः कालाद्दुर्निवार्य्यात्सुदारुणात् ।। हंसध्वजश्च तत्पुत्रो मृतः सोऽपि श्रिया हतः
vṛṣadhvajo mṛtaḥ kālāddurnivāryyātsudāruṇāt || haṃsadhvajaśca tatputro mṛtaḥ so'pi śriyā hataḥ
Vṛṣadhvaja has died through time, which is most terrible and hard to ward off; and his son Haṃsadhvaja too has died, he too struck down as to fortune.
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BvP 2 13.53
तत्पुत्रौ च महाभागौ धर्मध्वजकुशध्वजौ ।। हतश्रियौ सूर्य्यशापात्तौ वै परमवैष्णवौ
tatputrau ca mahābhāgau dharmadhvajakuśadhvajau || hataśriyau sūryyaśāpāttau vai paramavaiṣṇavau
And his two sons, greatly blessed, Dharmadhvaja and Kuśadhvaja, have lost their fortune through the Sun's curse — those two who are indeed supreme Vaiṣṇavas.
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BvP 2 13.54
राज्यभ्रष्टौ श्रिया भ्रष्टौ कमलातापसावुभौ ।। तयोश्च भार्य्ययोर्लक्ष्मीः कलया च जनिष्यति
rājyabhraṣṭau śriyā bhraṣṭau kamalātāpasāvubhau || tayośca bhāryyayorlakṣmīḥ kalayā ca janiṣyati
Fallen from kingship, fallen from fortune, both of them practising austerity toward Kamalā; and Lakṣmī will be born by a portion (of herself) as (a daughter) of their two wives.
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BvP 2 13.55
सम्पद्युक्तौ तदा तौ च नृपश्रेष्ठौ भविष्यतः ।। मृतस्ते सेवकः शम्भो गच्छ यूयं च गच्छत
sampadyuktau tadā tau ca nṛpaśreṣṭhau bhaviṣyataḥ || mṛtaste sevakaḥ śambho gaccha yūyaṃ ca gacchata
Then those two, endowed with riches, will become the foremost of kings. Your servant is dead, O Śambhu: go, and you all go too.
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BvP 2 13.56
इत्युक्त्वा च सलक्ष्मीकः सभातोऽभ्यन्तरं गतः ।। देवा जग्मुश्च संहृष्टाः स्वाश्रमं परमं मुदा
ityuktvā ca salakṣmīkaḥ sabhāto'bhyantaraṃ gataḥ || devā jagmuśca saṃhṛṣṭāḥ svāśramaṃ paramaṃ mudā
Having said this, he went with Lakṣmī from the assembly into the inner chambers; and the gods, well pleased, went with joy to their own supreme abodes.
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BvP 2 13.57
शिवश्च तपसे शीघ्रं परिपूर्णतमो ययौ
śivaśca tapase śīghraṃ paripūrṇatamo yayau
And Śiva, the utterly complete one, went quickly to (his) austerity.
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