Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 16
BvP 2 16.1
नारायण उवाच ।। तुलसी परितुष्टा सा चास्वाप्सीद्धृष्टमानसा ।। नवयौवनसम्पन्ना प्रशंसन्ती वरांगना
nārāyaṇa uvāca || tulasī parituṣṭā sā cāsvāpsīddhṛṣṭamānasā || navayauvanasampannā praśaṃsantī varāṃganā
Nārāyaṇa said: That Tulasī, wholly satisfied, fell asleep with a delighted mind — that excellent woman, endowed with fresh youth, full of praise (for him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.2
चिक्षेप पञ्चबाणश्च पञ्च बाणांश्च तां प्रति ।। पुष्पायुधेन सा दग्धा पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिता चन्दनोक्षितसर्वांगं रत्नभूषणभूषितम्।। आगच्छन्तं माल्यवन्तं पश्यन्तं तन्मुखाम्बुजम् पारिजातप्रसूनाढ्यमाल्यवन्तं च सुस्मितम् ।। कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमयुतं सुगन्धितिलकोज्ज्वलम् आरक्तवर्णं ललितमलक्तकसमप्रभम् ।। स्थलपद्मैश्च जलजैः पद्मरागविराजिताम् इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा सकामा वामलोचना ।। सस्मिता नम्रवदना सकामं तमुवाच सा बाह्ये छलाच्छादयन्तीं स्वान्तर्मैथुनलालसाम्।। कान्तं ग्रसन्तीं रहसि बाह्येऽतीव सुलज्जिताम् नानाविण्मूत्रपूयानामाधारं मलसंयुतम् ।। दुर्गन्धि दोषसंयुक्तं रक्ताक्तं चाप्यसंस्कृतम् ।। । पुष्टिस्तुष्टिः स्मृतिर्मेधा कालिका च वसुन्धरा ।। षष्ठी मंगलचण्डी च मूर्तिर्वै धर्मकामिनी आगच्छामि त्वत्समीपमाज्ञया ब्रह्मणोऽधुना ।। गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन त्वां ग्रहीष्यामि शोभने शूद्रो मासेन वेदेषु मातृवद्वर्णसङ्करः।। अशुचिः स्त्रीजितः शुध्येच्चितादहनकालतः तदन्ते व्याधयोनौ च लभते जन्म निश्चितम् ।। विक्रीणाति मांसभारं वहत्येव दिवानिशम् यथाऽहल्या गौतमे च देवहूतिश्च कर्दमे ।। यथा बृहस्पतौ तारा शतरूपा मनौ यथा अतीव रम्येदेशे च सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिते ।। पुष्पचन्दनतल्पे च पुष्पचन्दनवायुना अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणमंगुलीयकमुत्तमम् ।। सुन्दरं च मणिवरं त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभम् ज्वलत्प्रदीपाकारं च सिन्दूरतिलकं ददौ ।। तत्पादपद्मयुगले स्थलपद्मविनिन्दिते पुष्पचन्दनतल्पे च पुंस्कोकिलरुतश्रुते ।। पुष्पचन्दनसंयुक्तः पुष्पचन्दनवायुना सुदुर्लभं परं धाम जरामृत्युहरं परम् ।। सम्प्राप च वरं द्वारमाश्रमाणां हरेरहो सोपानशतकैर्युक्तां स्यमन्तकविनिर्मितैः।। पट्टसूत्रग्रन्थियुतैश्चारुचन्दनपल्लवैः गङ्गया परया भक्त्या सेवितं श्वेतचामरैः ।। सर्वैश्च स्तूयमानं च भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरैः विरजां च नदीरूपां मां ज्ञात्वा च तिरोहितम् ।। पुनर्जगाम सा रुष्टा स्वालयं सखिभिः सह गोलोकस्य क्षणार्द्धेन चैकमन्वन्तरं भवेत् ।। पृथिव्यां जगतां धातरित्येवं वचनं ध्रुवम्
cikṣepa pañcabāṇaśca pañca bāṇāṃśca tāṃ prati || puṣpāyudhena sā dagdhā puṣpacandanacarcitā candanokṣitasarvāṃgaṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam|| āgacchantaṃ mālyavantaṃ paśyantaṃ tanmukhāmbujam pārijātaprasūnāḍhyamālyavantaṃ ca susmitam || kastūrīkuṅkumayutaṃ sugandhitilakojjvalam āraktavarṇaṃ lalitamalaktakasamaprabham || sthalapadmaiśca jalajaiḥ padmarāgavirājitām ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sakāmā vāmalocanā || sasmitā namravadanā sakāmaṃ tamuvāca sā bāhye chalācchādayantīṃ svāntarmaithunalālasām|| kāntaṃ grasantīṃ rahasi bāhye'tīva sulajjitām nānāviṇmūtrapūyānāmādhāraṃ malasaṃyutam || durgandhi doṣasaṃyuktaṃ raktāktaṃ cāpyasaṃskṛtam || | puṣṭistuṣṭiḥ smṛtirmedhā kālikā ca vasundharā || ṣaṣṭhī maṃgalacaṇḍī ca mūrtirvai dharmakāminī āgacchāmi tvatsamīpamājñayā brahmaṇo'dhunā || gāndharveṇa vivāhena tvāṃ grahīṣyāmi śobhane śūdro māsena vedeṣu mātṛvadvarṇasaṅkaraḥ|| aśuciḥ strījitaḥ śudhyeccitādahanakālataḥ tadante vyādhayonau ca labhate janma niścitam || vikrīṇāti māṃsabhāraṃ vahatyeva divāniśam yathā'halyā gautame ca devahūtiśca kardame || yathā bṛhaspatau tārā śatarūpā manau yathā atīva ramyedeśe ca sarvajantuvivarjite || puṣpacandanatalpe ca puṣpacandanavāyunā amūlyaratnanirmāṇamaṃgulīyakamuttamam || sundaraṃ ca maṇivaraṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham jvalatpradīpākāraṃ ca sindūratilakaṃ dadau || tatpādapadmayugale sthalapadmavinindite puṣpacandanatalpe ca puṃskokilarutaśrute || puṣpacandanasaṃyuktaḥ puṣpacandanavāyunā sudurlabhaṃ paraṃ dhāma jarāmṛtyuharaṃ param || samprāpa ca varaṃ dvāramāśramāṇāṃ hareraho sopānaśatakairyuktāṃ syamantakavinirmitaiḥ|| paṭṭasūtragranthiyutaiścārucandanapallavaiḥ gaṅgayā parayā bhaktyā sevitaṃ śvetacāmaraiḥ || sarvaiśca stūyamānaṃ ca bhaktinamrātmakandharaiḥ virajāṃ ca nadīrūpāṃ māṃ jñātvā ca tirohitam || punarjagāma sā ruṣṭā svālayaṃ sakhibhiḥ saha golokasya kṣaṇārddhena caikamanvantaraṃ bhavet || pṛthivyāṃ jagatāṃ dhātarityevaṃ vacanaṃ dhruvam
And the Five-Arrowed One (Kāma) shot his five arrows at her; she, smeared with flowers and sandal, was burnt by the flower-weaponed god — (as she saw) Mālyavān coming, all his limbs sprinkled with sandal, adorned with jewel ornaments, gazing at her lotus face; Mālyavān rich with pārijāta blossoms and sweetly smiling, marked with musk and saffron, radiant with a fragrant tilaka, reddish in colour, lovely, gleaming like lac-dye; (and her) resplendent like a ruby with land-lotuses and water-lotuses. Hearing this speech, the fair-eyed one, filled with desire, smiling, her face lowered, spoke to him who was full of desire. — (A woman) who outwardly conceals by deceit her inner craving for intercourse, who devours her lover in secret while outwardly exceedingly bashful; (the body) a receptacle of all kinds of dung, urine and pus, joined with filth, foul-smelling, full of defects, smeared with blood and unconsecrated. — Puṣṭi, Tuṣṭi, Smṛti, Medhā, Kālikā and Vasundharā, Ṣaṣṭhī and Maṅgalacaṇḍī, and Mūrti, indeed the wife of Dharma. I come to you now by the command of Brahmā; I shall take you by a gāndharva marriage, O beautiful one. A śūdra in a month ... in the Vedas, like a mother, a mixing of castes; impure, ruled by women, he becomes clean (only) from the time of the burning of his corpse; at the end of that he certainly obtains birth in a womb of disease. He sells a load of meat, and indeed carries it day and night. As Ahalyā (was joined) to Gautama and Devahūti to Kardama, as Tārā to Bṛhaspati, as Śatarūpā to Manu — in an exceedingly delightful place, empty of all creatures, on a bed of flowers and sandal, with a breeze of flowers and sandal. (He gave) a supreme ring fashioned of priceless jewels, beautiful, the best of gems, hard to obtain in the three worlds; and he gave a vermilion tilaka mark in the shape of a blazing lamp, upon her pair of lotus feet which put land-lotuses to shame; and on the bed of flowers and sandal, where the male cuckoo's cry was heard, joined with flowers and sandal, by a breeze of flowers and sandal. And he attained the supreme abode, most hard to win, remover of old age and death, the highest; and he reached the excellent door — ah, of Hari's hermitages — furnished with hundreds of steps made of syamantaka jewels, having knots of silk thread and lovely sandal shoots, served by Gaṅgā with supreme devotion and with white yak-tail fans, and praised by all whose necks were bowed in devotion. Knowing me, Virajā in the form of a river, and (my) having vanished, she went back again, angry, to her own dwelling together with her companions. By half a moment of Goloka one manvantara comes to be on earth, O creator of the worlds — such is the fixed saying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.3
पुलकाञ्चितसर्वांगी कम्पिता रक्तलोचना ।। क्षणं सा शुष्कतां प्राप क्षणं मूर्च्छामवाप ह
pulakāñcitasarvāṃgī kampitā raktalocanā || kṣaṇaṃ sā śuṣkatāṃ prāpa kṣaṇaṃ mūrcchāmavāpa ha
With all her limbs studded with gooseflesh, trembling, her eyes red, one moment she went dry, the next moment she indeed fell into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.4
क्षणमुद्विग्नतां प्राप क्षणं तन्द्रां सुखावहाम् ।। क्षणं सा दहनं प्राप क्षणं प्राप प्रमत्तताम्
kṣaṇamudvignatāṃ prāpa kṣaṇaṃ tandrāṃ sukhāvahām || kṣaṇaṃ sā dahanaṃ prāpa kṣaṇaṃ prāpa pramattatām
One moment she became agitated, the next (she fell into) a pleasant drowsiness; one moment she felt burning, the next moment she reached a state of intoxication.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.5
क्षणं सा चेतनां प्राप क्षणं प्राप विषण्णताम् ।। उत्तिष्ठन्ती क्षणं तल्पाद्गच्छन्ती निकटं क्षणम्
kṣaṇaṃ sā cetanāṃ prāpa kṣaṇaṃ prāpa viṣaṇṇatām || uttiṣṭhantī kṣaṇaṃ talpādgacchantī nikaṭaṃ kṣaṇam
One moment she regained consciousness, the next moment she fell into dejection; one moment rising from the bed, the next moment going near (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.6
भ्रमन्ती क्षणमुद्वेगाद्विवसन्ती क्षणं पुनः ।। क्षणमेव समुद्वेगादस्वाप्सीत्पुनरेव सा
bhramantī kṣaṇamudvegādvivasantī kṣaṇaṃ punaḥ || kṣaṇameva samudvegādasvāpsītpunareva sā
One moment wandering about out of agitation, the next moment again settling down; and one moment, out of great agitation, she fell asleep again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.7
पुष्पचन्दनतल्पं च तद्बभूवातिकण्टकम् ।। विषमाहारकं स्वादु दिव्यरूपं फलं जलम्
puṣpacandanatalpaṃ ca tadbabhūvātikaṇṭakam || viṣamāhārakaṃ svādu divyarūpaṃ phalaṃ jalam
And that bed of flowers and sandal became to her full of thorns; tasty food, and fruit and water of divine appearance, became poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.8
निलयश्च निराकारः सूक्ष्मवस्त्रं हुताशनः।। सिन्दूरपत्रकं चैव व्रणतुल्यं च दुःखदम्
nilayaśca nirākāraḥ sūkṣmavastraṃ hutāśanaḥ|| sindūrapatrakaṃ caiva vraṇatulyaṃ ca duḥkhadam
Her dwelling became formless (empty), her fine garment became fire, and the vermilion mark (or: leaf-design) became like a wound, giving pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.9
क्षणं ददर्श तन्द्रायां सुवेषं पुरुषं सती।। सुन्दरं च युवानं च सस्मितं रसिकेश्वरम्
kṣaṇaṃ dadarśa tandrāyāṃ suveṣaṃ puruṣaṃ satī|| sundaraṃ ca yuvānaṃ ca sasmitaṃ rasikeśvaram
For a moment, in her drowsiness, the chaste woman saw a well-dressed man, handsome and young, smiling, a lord of connoisseurs of love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.11
कथयन्तं रतिकथां चुम्बन्तमधरं मुहुः ।। शयानं पुष्पतल्पे च समाश्लिष्यन्तमङ्गकम्
kathayantaṃ ratikathāṃ cumbantamadharaṃ muhuḥ || śayānaṃ puṣpatalpe ca samāśliṣyantamaṅgakam
(She saw him) telling tales of love-making, kissing her lip again and again, lying on the flower-bed and embracing her body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.12
पुनरेव तु गच्छन्तमागच्छन्तं वसन्तकम् ।। कान्त क्व यासि प्राणेश तिष्ठेत्येवमुवाच सा
punareva tu gacchantamāgacchantaṃ vasantakam || kānta kva yāsi prāṇeśa tiṣṭhetyevamuvāca sā
And again (she saw) the springlike (youth) going away and coming back; 'Beloved, where are you going, lord of my life? Stay!' — thus she spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.13
पुनः स्वचेतनां प्राप्य विललाप पुनः पुनः ।। एवं तपोवने सा च तस्थौ तत्रैव नारद
punaḥ svacetanāṃ prāpya vilalāpa punaḥ punaḥ || evaṃ tapovane sā ca tasthau tatraiva nārada
Regaining her senses again, she lamented over and over. Thus she remained there in that penance-grove, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.14
शङ्खचूडो महायोगी जैगीषव्यान्मनोरमम् ।। कृष्णस्य मन्त्रं सम्प्राप्य प्राप्य सिद्धिं तु पुष्करे
śaṅkhacūḍo mahāyogī jaigīṣavyānmanoramam || kṛṣṇasya mantraṃ samprāpya prāpya siddhiṃ tu puṣkare
Śaṅkhacūḍa, the great yogī, having received from Jaigīṣavya the delightful mantra of Kṛṣṇa, and having gained success (siddhi) at Puṣkara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.15
पठन्सदा तु कवचं सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम् ।। ब्रह्मेशाच्च वरं प्राप्य यत्तन्मनसि वाञ्छितम्
paṭhansadā tu kavacaṃ sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalam || brahmeśācca varaṃ prāpya yattanmanasi vāñchitam
and constantly reciting the protective kavaca, the auspiciousness of all auspicious things, and having obtained from Brahmā the boon that was desired in his mind —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.16
आज्ञया ब्रह्मणः सोऽपि बदरीं वै समाययौ ।। आगच्छन्तं शङ्खचूडमपश्यत्तुलसी मुने
ājñayā brahmaṇaḥ so'pi badarīṃ vai samāyayau || āgacchantaṃ śaṅkhacūḍamapaśyattulasī mune
he too, by Brahmā's command, came to Badarī; and Tulasī saw Śaṅkhacūḍa coming, O sage —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.17
नवयौवनसम्पन्नं कामदेवसमप्रभम्
navayauvanasampannaṃ kāmadevasamaprabham
endowed with fresh youth, of splendour equal to Kāmadeva's,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.18
श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभं रत्नभूषणभूषितम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यं शरत्पङ्कजलोचनम्
śvetacampakavarṇābhaṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam || śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyaṃ śaratpaṅkajalocanam
with the hue of a white campaka flower, adorned with jewel ornaments, his face the full moon of autumn, his eyes autumn lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.19
महारत्नगणाक्लृप्तविमानस्थं मनोहरम् ।। रत्नकुण्डलयुग्माढ्यगण्डस्थलविराजितम्
mahāratnagaṇāklṛptavimānasthaṃ manoharam || ratnakuṇḍalayugmāḍhyagaṇḍasthalavirājitam
seated in a charming aerial car fashioned of masses of great jewels, resplendent with cheeks set off by a pair of jewelled earrings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.21
सा दृष्ट्वा सन्निधाने तं मुखमाच्छाद्य वाससा ।। सस्मिता तं निरीक्षन्ती सकटाक्षं पुनः पुनः
sā dṛṣṭvā sannidhāne taṃ mukhamācchādya vāsasā || sasmitā taṃ nirīkṣantī sakaṭākṣaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
Seeing him close by, she covered her face with her garment, and smiling, looked at him again and again with sidelong glances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.22
बभूव सा नम्रमुखी नवसङ्गमलज्जिता।। कामुकी कामबाणेन पीडिता पुलकान्विता
babhūva sā namramukhī navasaṅgamalajjitā|| kāmukī kāmabāṇena pīḍitā pulakānvitā
She became downcast-faced, bashful at this new meeting, filled with desire, tormented by love's arrow, her hair bristling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.23
पिबन्ती तन्मुखाम्भोजं लोचनाभ्यां च सन्ततम् ।। ददर्श शङ्खचूडश्च कन्यामेकां तपोवने
pibantī tanmukhāmbhojaṃ locanābhyāṃ ca santatam || dadarśa śaṅkhacūḍaśca kanyāmekāṃ tapovane
—she drinking in that lotus-face continually with her two eyes. And Śaṅkhacūḍa saw a certain maiden in the penance-grove,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.24
पुष्पचन्दनतल्पस्थां वसन्तीं वाससा वृताम् ।। पश्यन्तीं तन्मुखं शश्वत्सस्मितां सुमनोहराम्
puṣpacandanatalpasthāṃ vasantīṃ vāsasā vṛtām || paśyantīṃ tanmukhaṃ śaśvatsasmitāṃ sumanoharām
seated on a couch of flowers and sandal, dwelling wrapped in her garment, gazing at his face constantly, smiling, very lovely,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.25
सुपीनकठिनश्रोणीं पीनोन्नतपयोधराम्।। मुक्तापंक्तिप्रभाजुष्टदन्तपंक्तिं सुबिभ्रतीम्
supīnakaṭhinaśroṇīṃ pīnonnatapayodharām|| muktāpaṃktiprabhājuṣṭadantapaṃktiṃ subibhratīm
with very full, firm hips, with plump, high breasts, well bearing a row of teeth endowed with the lustre of a row of pearls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.26
पक्वबिम्बाधरोष्ठीं च सुनासां सुन्दरीं वराम् ।। तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभां शरच्चन्द्रसमप्रभाम्
pakvabimbādharoṣṭhīṃ ca sunāsāṃ sundarīṃ varām || taptakāñcanavarṇābhāṃ śaraccandrasamaprabhām
with a lower lip like a ripe bimba fruit, fine-nosed, beautiful, excellent, of the colour of heated gold, with a radiance equal to the autumn moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.27
स्वतेजसा परिवृतां सुखदृश्यां मनोरमाम् ।। कस्तूरीबिन्दुभिः सार्द्धमधश्चन्दनबिन्दुना
svatejasā parivṛtāṃ sukhadṛśyāṃ manoramām || kastūrībindubhiḥ sārddhamadhaścandanabindunā
encompassed by her own radiance, pleasant to look at, delighting the mind, (adorned) with drops of musk together with, below, a drop of sandal-paste,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.28
सिन्दूरबिन्दुना शश्वत्सीमन्ताधःस्थलोज्ज्वलाम् ।। निम्ननाभिगभीरां च तदधस्त्रिवलीयुताम्
sindūrabindunā śaśvatsīmantādhaḥsthalojjvalām || nimnanābhigabhīrāṃ ca tadadhastrivalīyutām
constantly bright on the surface below the parting (of her hair) with a dot of vermilion, deep with a sunken navel, and below that possessed of the three folds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.29
करपद्मतलारक्तां नखचन्द्रैर्विभूषिताम् ।। स्थलपद्मप्रभाजुष्टं पादपद्मं च बिभ्रतीम्
karapadmatalāraktāṃ nakhacandrairvibhūṣitām || sthalapadmaprabhājuṣṭaṃ pādapadmaṃ ca bibhratīm
red on the palms of her lotus-hands, adorned with the moons of her nails, and bearing lotus-feet endowed with the lustre of a land-lotus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.31
शरदिन्दुविनिन्द्यैकनखेन्द्वोघविराजिताम्।। अमूल्यरत्न संमिश्रयावकेन स्वलंकृताम्
śaradinduvinindyaikanakhendvoghavirājitām|| amūlyaratna saṃmiśrayāvakena svalaṃkṛtām
shining with the flood of the single moons of her nails, which put to shame the autumn moon, well adorned with lac-dye mixed with priceless gems,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.32
मणीन्द्रमुख्यखचितक्वणन्मञ्जीररञ्जिताम्
maṇīndramukhyakhacitakvaṇanmañjīrarañjitām
made lovely by tinkling anklets studded with chief among jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.33
दधतीं कबरीभारं मालतीमाल्यसंयुतम्।। अमूल्य रत्नसंक्लृप्तमकराकृतिरूपिणा
dadhatīṃ kabarībhāraṃ mālatīmālyasaṃyutam|| amūlya ratnasaṃklṛptamakarākṛtirūpiṇā
bearing the mass of her braid joined with a garland of mālatī flowers, (and) by (an ornament) having the form of a makara fashioned of priceless gems—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.34
चित्रकुण्डलयुग्मश्रीसुषुमापरिशोभिताम् ।। रत्नेन्द्रमुक्ताहारश्रीस्तनमध्यस्थलोज्ज्वलाम्
citrakuṇḍalayugmaśrīsuṣumāpariśobhitām || ratnendramuktāhāraśrīstanamadhyasthalojjvalām
beautified all over by the grace and loveliness of a pair of variegated earrings, bright on the surface between her breasts with the splendour of a pearl-necklace of chief gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.36
दृष्ट्वा तां ललितां रम्यां सुशीलां सुदतीं सतीम् ।। उवास तत्समीपे च मधुरं तामुवाच सः
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ lalitāṃ ramyāṃ suśīlāṃ sudatīṃ satīm || uvāsa tatsamīpe ca madhuraṃ tāmuvāca saḥ
Having seen her—charming, delightful, of good character, fine-toothed, chaste—he sat down near her and spoke sweetly to her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.37
शंखचूड उवाच ।। का त्वं कस्य च कन्याऽसि धन्ये मान्ये सुयोषिताम्।। का त्वं कामिनि कल्याणि सर्वकल्याणदायिनि
śaṃkhacūḍa uvāca || kā tvaṃ kasya ca kanyā'si dhanye mānye suyoṣitām|| kā tvaṃ kāmini kalyāṇi sarvakalyāṇadāyini
Śaṅkhacūḍa said: Who are you, and whose daughter are you, O fortunate one, honoured among fair women? Who are you, O loving one, auspicious one, giver of all blessings?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.38
स्वर्गभोगादिसरितिविहारे हाररूपिणि।। संसारदारसारे च मायाधारे मनोहरे।।
svargabhogādisaritivihāre hārarūpiṇi|| saṃsāradārasāre ca māyādhāre manohare||
O you who take the form of a necklace, sporting in the river of heavenly enjoyments and the rest, and the essence of wives in the round of existence, the support of illusion, captivating the mind—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.39
रत्नकंकणकेयूरशंखभूषणभूषिताम् ।। रत्नांगुलीयकैर्दिव्यैरंगुल्यावलिभिर्युताम् जगद्विलक्षणे क्षामे मुनीनां मोहकारिणि ।। मौनं त्यक्त्वा किंकरं मां सम्भाषां कुरु सुन्दरि
ratnakaṃkaṇakeyūraśaṃkhabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām || ratnāṃgulīyakairdivyairaṃgulyāvalibhiryutām jagadvilakṣaṇe kṣāme munīnāṃ mohakāriṇi || maunaṃ tyaktvā kiṃkaraṃ māṃ sambhāṣāṃ kuru sundari
—(her) adorned with the ornaments of jewelled bracelets, armlets and conch(-bangles), furnished with divine jewelled rings on the rows of her fingers— O you unlike anything in the world, slender one, bewilderer of sages: abandon silence and converse with me, your servant, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.41
तुलस्युवाच ।। धर्मध्वजसुताऽहं च तपाम्यस्यां तपोवने ।। तपस्विनीह तिष्ठामि कस्त्वं गच्छ यथासुखम्
tulasyuvāca || dharmadhvajasutā'haṃ ca tapāmyasyāṃ tapovane || tapasvinīha tiṣṭhāmi kastvaṃ gaccha yathāsukham
Tulasī said: I am the daughter of Dharmadhvaja, and I practise austerity in this penance-grove. I stay here as an ascetic woman. Who are you? Go as you please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.42
कामिनीं कुलजातां च रहस्येकाकिनीं सतीम्।। न पृच्छति कुले जात एवमेव श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
kāminīṃ kulajātāṃ ca rahasyekākinīṃ satīm|| na pṛcchati kule jāta evameva śrutau śrutam
A man born in (a good) family does not question a woman of good birth, chaste, alone in a solitary place—just so it is heard in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.43
लम्पटोऽसत्कुले जातो धर्मशास्त्रार्थवर्जितः ।। येनाश्रुतः श्रुतेरर्थः स कामीच्छति कामिनीम्
lampaṭo'satkule jāto dharmaśāstrārthavarjitaḥ || yenāśrutaḥ śruterarthaḥ sa kāmīcchati kāminīm
A lecher born in a bad family, devoid of the meaning of the dharma-treatises, by whom the sense of scripture has not been heard—such a lustful man desires a woman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.44
आपात मधुरामन्ते चान्तकां पुरुषस्य ताम् ।। विषकुम्भाकाररूपाममृतास्यां च सन्ततम्
āpāta madhurāmante cāntakāṃ puruṣasya tām || viṣakumbhākārarūpāmamṛtāsyāṃ ca santatam
her who is sweet at first and in the end the destroyer of a man, having the form and shape of a jar of poison, and always with nectar in her mouth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.45
हृदये क्षुरधाराभां शश्वन्मधुरभाषिणीम् ।। स्वकार्य्यपरिनिष्पत्तितत्परां सततं सदा
hṛdaye kṣuradhārābhāṃ śaśvanmadhurabhāṣiṇīm || svakāryyapariniṣpattitatparāṃ satataṃ sadā
like the edge of a razor in her heart, ever speaking sweetly, always and constantly intent on accomplishing her own purpose,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.46
कार्य्यार्थे स्वामिवशगामन्यथैवावशां सदा ।। स्वान्तर्मलिनरूपां च प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणाम्
kāryyārthe svāmivaśagāmanyathaivāvaśāṃ sadā || svāntarmalinarūpāṃ ca prasannavadanekṣaṇām
(a woman) who for the sake of her own purpose is submissive to her husband, but otherwise always ungovernable; who is foul in her inner self while her face and glance are cheerful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.47
श्रुतौ पुराणे यासां च चरित्रमनिरूपितम् ।। तासु को विश्वसेत्प्राज्ञो ह्यप्राज्ञ इव सर्वदा
śrutau purāṇe yāsāṃ ca caritramanirūpitam || tāsu ko viśvasetprājño hyaprājña iva sarvadā
And in Veda and Purāṇa the conduct of these (women) has not been (fully) described. What wise man would trust them, ever, as though he were a fool?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.48
तासां को वा रिपुर्मित्रं प्रार्थयन्तीं नवं नवम् ।। दृष्ट्वा सुवेशं पुरुषमिच्छन्तीं हृदये सदा
tāsāṃ ko vā ripurmitraṃ prārthayantīṃ navaṃ navam || dṛṣṭvā suveśaṃ puruṣamicchantīṃ hṛdaye sadā
And who is their enemy, who their friend—(a woman) who solicits one man after another, and, on seeing a well-dressed man, ever desires him in her heart?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.49
बाह्ये स्वात्मसतीत्वं च ज्ञापयन्तीं प्रयत्नतः ।। शश्वत्कामां च रामां च कामाधारां मनोहराम्
bāhye svātmasatītvaṃ ca jñāpayantīṃ prayatnataḥ || śaśvatkāmāṃ ca rāmāṃ ca kāmādhārāṃ manoharām
(A woman) who outwardly, with effort, makes known her own chastity; who is perpetually lustful, a pleasing woman, the seat of desire, captivating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.51
मानिनीं मैथुनाभावे कोपिनीं कलहांकुराम् ।। संभीतां भूरिसम्भोगात्स्वल्पमैथुनदुःखिताम्
māninīṃ maithunābhāve kopinīṃ kalahāṃkurām || saṃbhītāṃ bhūrisambhogātsvalpamaithunaduḥkhitām
(A woman) who sulks when there is no intercourse, prone to anger, the sprout of quarrels; who is frightened by too much enjoyment and pained by too little intercourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.52
सुमृष्टान्नं शीततोयमाकांक्षन्तीं च मानसे ।। सुन्दरं रसिकं कान्तं युवानं गुणिनं सदा
sumṛṣṭānnaṃ śītatoyamākāṃkṣantīṃ ca mānase || sundaraṃ rasikaṃ kāntaṃ yuvānaṃ guṇinaṃ sadā
And (a woman) who in her mind longs for well-cleaned food and cool water, and always for a handsome, sensual, charming, youthful, accomplished lover.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.53
सुतात्परमतिस्नेहं कुर्वन्तीं रतिकर्तरि ।। प्राणाधिकं प्रियतमं सम्भोग कुशलं प्रियम्
sutātparamatisnehaṃ kurvantīṃ ratikartari || prāṇādhikaṃ priyatamaṃ sambhoga kuśalaṃ priyam
(A woman) who bears greater affection than for her son toward the man who gives her pleasure—(one) dearer than life, most beloved, skilled in love-making, a favourite;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.54
पश्यन्तीं रिपुतुल्यं च वृद्धं वा मैथुनाक्षमम् ।। कलहं कुर्वती शश्वत्तेन सार्द्धं सुकोपनाम्
paśyantīṃ riputulyaṃ ca vṛddhaṃ vā maithunākṣamam || kalahaṃ kurvatī śaśvattena sārddhaṃ sukopanām
and who looks upon an old man, unfit for intercourse, as equal to an enemy; who, always quarrelling with him, is quick to anger;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.55
चर्चया भक्षयन्तीं तं कीनाश इव गोरजः ।। दुस्साहसस्वरूपां च सर्वदोषाश्रयां सदा
carcayā bhakṣayantīṃ taṃ kīnāśa iva gorajaḥ || dussāhasasvarūpāṃ ca sarvadoṣāśrayāṃ sadā
who devours him with backbiting as a miser (devours) the dust of the earth; whose very nature is reckless daring, ever the refuge of all faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.56
शश्वत्कपटरूपां च सर्वदोषाश्रयां सदा ।। ब्रह्म विष्णुशिवादीनां दुस्त्याज्यां मोहरूपिणीम्
śaśvatkapaṭarūpāṃ ca sarvadoṣāśrayāṃ sadā || brahma viṣṇuśivādīnāṃ dustyājyāṃ moharūpiṇīm
(A woman) whose form is perpetual deceit, ever the refuge of all faults; hard to abandon even for Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, having the form of delusion;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.57
तपोमार्गार्गलां शश्वन्मुक्तिद्वारकपाटिकाम्
tapomārgārgalāṃ śaśvanmuktidvārakapāṭikām
the bolt across the path of asceticism, ever the door-panel shutting the gate of liberation;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.58
हरेर्भक्तिव्यवहितां सर्वमाया करण्डिकाम् ।। संसारकारागारे च शश्वन्निगडरूपिणीम्
harerbhaktivyavahitāṃ sarvamāyā karaṇḍikām || saṃsārakārāgāre ca śaśvannigaḍarūpiṇīm
(she who is) the obstruction to devotion to Hari, the little basket of all illusion, and, in the prison of transmigration, ever the very shape of the fetter;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.59
इन्द्रजालस्वरूपां च मिथ्यावादिस्वरूपिणीम् ।। बिभ्रतीं बाह्य सौन्दर्यं मध्याङ्गमतिकुत्सितम्
indrajālasvarūpāṃ ca mithyāvādisvarūpiṇīm || bibhratīṃ bāhya saundaryaṃ madhyāṅgamatikutsitam
whose nature is a conjuror's trick, the very form of a liar; who bears beauty on the outside while her middle parts are utterly foul;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.61
मायारूपं मायिनां च विधिना निर्मितं पुरा ।। विषरूपां मुमुक्षूणामदृश्यांचैव सर्वदा
māyārūpaṃ māyināṃ ca vidhinā nirmitaṃ purā || viṣarūpāṃ mumukṣūṇāmadṛśyāṃcaiva sarvadā
an illusory form belonging to the deceivers, fashioned of old by the Creator; poison in form for those who seek release, and always not to be looked upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.62
इत्युक्त्वा तुलसी तं च विरराम च नारद ।। सस्मितः शंखचूडश्च प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे
ityuktvā tulasī taṃ ca virarāma ca nārada || sasmitaḥ śaṃkhacūḍaśca pravaktumupacakrame
Having said this to him, Tulasī fell silent, O Nārada; and Śaṅkhacūḍa, smiling, began to speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.63
शंखचूड उवाच ।। त्वया यत्कथितं देवि न च सर्वमलीककम् ।। किंचित्सत्यमलीकं च किंचिन्मत्तो निशामय
śaṃkhacūḍa uvāca || tvayā yatkathitaṃ devi na ca sarvamalīkakam || kiṃcitsatyamalīkaṃ ca kiṃcinmatto niśāmaya
Śaṅkhacūḍa said: What you have said, O goddess, is not all false; some is true and some false—hear it from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.64
निर्मितं द्विविधं धात्रा स्त्रीरूपं सर्वमोहनम् ।। कृत्यारूपं वास्तवं च प्रशस्यं चाप्रशंसितम्।।
nirmitaṃ dvividhaṃ dhātrā strīrūpaṃ sarvamohanam || kṛtyārūpaṃ vāstavaṃ ca praśasyaṃ cāpraśaṃsitam||
Woman's form, wholly bewitching, was fashioned by the Creator as of two kinds: the malignant (kṛtyā) kind and the real kind—the praiseworthy and the not-praised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.65
लक्ष्मी सरस्वती दुर्गा सावित्री राधिकादिकम्।। सृष्टिसूत्रस्वरूपं चाप्याद्यं स्रष्ट्वा तु निर्मितम्
lakṣmī sarasvatī durgā sāvitrī rādhikādikam|| sṛṣṭisūtrasvarūpaṃ cāpyādyaṃ sraṣṭvā tu nirmitam
Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Durgā, Sāvitrī, Rādhikā and the rest—the primordial (form), which is the very thread of creation, was fashioned by the Creator.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.66
एतासामंशरूपं यत्स्त्रीरूपं वास्तवं स्मृतम् ।। तत्प्रशंस्यं यशोरूपं सर्वमङ्गलकारणम्
etāsāmaṃśarūpaṃ yatstrīrūpaṃ vāstavaṃ smṛtam || tatpraśaṃsyaṃ yaśorūpaṃ sarvamaṅgalakāraṇam
That woman's form which is a portion of these is held to be the real one; it is praiseworthy, the form of glory, the cause of all auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.67
शतरूपा देवहूतिस्स्वधा स्वाहा च दक्षिणा ।। छायावती रोहिणी च वरुणानी शची तथा
śatarūpā devahūtissvadhā svāhā ca dakṣiṇā || chāyāvatī rohiṇī ca varuṇānī śacī tathā
Śatarūpā, Devahūti, Svadhā, Svāhā and Dakṣiṇā, Chāyāvatī and Rohiṇī, Varuṇānī and Śacī too,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.68
कुबेरवायुपत्नी साऽप्यदितिश्च दितिस्तथा ।। लोपामुद्राऽनसूया च कैटभी तुलसी तथा
kuberavāyupatnī sā'pyaditiśca ditistathā || lopāmudrā'nasūyā ca kaiṭabhī tulasī tathā
She (too) who is the wife of Kubera and (the wife) of Vāyu, and Aditi, and likewise Diti, and Lopāmudrā and Anasūyā, and Kaiṭabhī, and likewise Tulasī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.69
अहल्याऽरुन्धती मेना तारा मन्दोदरी परा ।। दमयन्ती वेदवती गंगा च यमुना तथा
ahalyā'rundhatī menā tārā mandodarī parā || damayantī vedavatī gaṃgā ca yamunā tathā
Ahalyā, Arundhatī, Menā, Tārā, Mandodarī the supreme, Damayantī, Vedavatī, and Gaṅgā, and likewise Yamunā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.71
स्वस्तिः श्रद्धा च कान्तिश्च तुष्टिः शान्तिस्तथा परा ।। निद्रा तन्द्रा क्षुत्पिपासा सन्ध्या रात्रिर्दिनानि च
svastiḥ śraddhā ca kāntiśca tuṣṭiḥ śāntistathā parā || nidrā tandrā kṣutpipāsā sandhyā rātrirdināni ca
Svasti and Śraddhā and Kānti, Tuṣṭi, and likewise the supreme Śānti, Nidrā (Sleep), Tandrā (Drowsiness), Hunger and Thirst, Twilight, Night and the Days,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.72
सम्पत्तिवृत्तिकीर्त्यश्च क्रियाशोभाप्रभांशकम् ।। यत्स्त्रीरूपं च सम्भूतमुत्तमं तद्युगे युगे
sampattivṛttikīrtyaśca kriyāśobhāprabhāṃśakam || yatstrīrūpaṃ ca sambhūtamuttamaṃ tadyuge yuge
and Sampatti (Prosperity), Vṛtti (Livelihood) and Kīrti (Fame), and the portions Kriyā (Action), Śobhā (Splendour) and Prabhā (Radiance) — whatever excellent female form has come into being, that (occurs) in age after age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.73
कृत्यास्वरूपं तद्यत्तु स्वर्वेश्यादिकमेव च ।। तदप्रशंस्यं विश्वेषु पुंश्चलीरूपमेव च
kṛtyāsvarūpaṃ tadyattu svarveśyādikameva ca || tadapraśaṃsyaṃ viśveṣu puṃścalīrūpameva ca
But that which has the nature of a Kṛtyā, and that which is the celestial courtesan and the like — that is not to be praised among the worlds, being of the nature of a wanton woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.74
सत्त्वप्रधानं यद्रूपं तच्च शुद्धं स्वभावतः ।। तदुत्तमं च विश्वेषु साध्वीरूपं प्रशंसितम्
sattvapradhānaṃ yadrūpaṃ tacca śuddhaṃ svabhāvataḥ || taduttamaṃ ca viśveṣu sādhvīrūpaṃ praśaṃsitam
That form in which sattva predominates is pure by its very nature; that is the highest, and among the worlds the form of the virtuous wife is praised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.75
तद्वास्तवं च विज्ञेयं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः।। रजोरूपं तमोरूपं कृत्यासु द्विविधं स्मृतम्
tadvāstavaṃ ca vijñeyaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ|| rajorūpaṃ tamorūpaṃ kṛtyāsu dvividhaṃ smṛtam
That is to be known as the real one — so the wise declare. Among the Kṛtyās, a twofold (nature) is recorded: the rajas-form and the tamas-form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.76
स्थानाभावात्क्षणाभावान्मध्यवृत्तेरभावतः ।। देहक्लेशेन रोगेण सत्संसर्गेण सुन्दरि
sthānābhāvātkṣaṇābhāvānmadhyavṛtterabhāvataḥ || dehakleśena rogeṇa satsaṃsargeṇa sundari
From lack of a place, from lack of an opportune moment, from the absence of a go-between, through bodily affliction, through disease, through association with the good, O lovely one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.77
बहुगोष्ठा वृतेनैव रिपुराजभयेन च ।। रजोरूपस्य साध्वीत्वमतैनैवोपजायते
bahugoṣṭhā vṛtenaiva ripurājabhayena ca || rajorūpasya sādhvītvamatainaivopajāyate
and merely by being surrounded by a large household, and through fear of an enemy or of the king — from just this the chastity of the rajas-form comes about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.78
इदं मध्यमरूपं च प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ।। तमोरूपं दुर्निवार्य्यमधमं तद्विदुर्बुधाः
idaṃ madhyamarūpaṃ ca pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ || tamorūpaṃ durnivāryyamadhamaṃ tadvidurbudhāḥ
And this the wise declare to be the middling form; the tamas-form, hard to restrain, the learned know to be the lowest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.79
न पृच्छति कुले जातः पण्डितश्च परस्त्रियम्।। निर्जने दुर्जने वाऽपि रहस्ये वचसां स्त्रियम्
na pṛcchati kule jātaḥ paṇḍitaśca parastriyam|| nirjane durjane vā'pi rahasye vacasāṃ striyam
One born in (a good) family, and a learned man, does not solicit another's wife — nor a woman (approached) in a deserted place, or in the presence of a wicked man, or in the secrecy of words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.81
अहमेव शङ्खचूडो देवविद्रावकारकः ।। दनुवंशोद्भवो विश्वे सुदामाऽहं हरेः पुरे
ahameva śaṅkhacūḍo devavidrāvakārakaḥ || danuvaṃśodbhavo viśve sudāmā'haṃ hareḥ pure
I myself am Śaṅkhacūḍa, the router of the gods, born in the world in the lineage of Danu; I am Sudāmā in Hari's city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.82
अहमष्टसु गोपेषु गोगोपीपार्षदेषु च ।। अधुना दानवेन्द्रोऽहं राधिकायाश्च शापतः
ahamaṣṭasu gopeṣu gogopīpārṣadeṣu ca || adhunā dānavendro'haṃ rādhikāyāśca śāpataḥ
I am (one) among the eight cowherds, among the cows, cowherd-women and attendants; now I am the lord of the Dānavas, by the curse of Rādhikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.83
जातिस्मरोऽहं जानामि कृष्णमन्त्रप्रभावतः ।। जातिस्मरा त्वं तुलसी संसक्ता हरिणा पुरा
jātismaro'haṃ jānāmi kṛṣṇamantraprabhāvataḥ || jātismarā tvaṃ tulasī saṃsaktā hariṇā purā
I remember my births; I know (this) by the power of the Kṛṣṇa mantra. You, Tulasī, also remember your births, you who were formerly attached to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.84
त्वमेव राधिकाकोपाज्जाताऽसि भारते भुवि ।। त्वां सम्भोक्तुमिच्छकोऽहं नालं राधाभयात्ततः
tvameva rādhikākopājjātā'si bhārate bhuvi || tvāṃ sambhoktumicchako'haṃ nālaṃ rādhābhayāttataḥ
You yourself, through Rādhikā's anger, have been born on the soil of Bhārata. I desire to enjoy you, but I am not able, out of fear of Rādhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.85
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स पुमान्विरराम महामुने ।। सस्मिता तुलसी हृष्टा प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे
ityevamuktvā sa pumānvirarāma mahāmune || sasmitā tulasī hṛṣṭā pravaktumupacakrame
Having spoken thus, that man fell silent, O great sage; and Tulasī, smiling and delighted, began to speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.86
तुलस्युवाच ।। एवंविधो बुधो विश्वे बुधेषु च प्रशंसितः ।। कान्तमेवंविधं कान्ता शश्वदिच्छति कामतः
tulasyuvāca || evaṃvidho budho viśve budheṣu ca praśaṃsitaḥ || kāntamevaṃvidhaṃ kāntā śaśvadicchati kāmataḥ
Tulasī said: Such a wise man is praised in the world and among the wise; a woman constantly desires, out of longing, a lover of just this kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.87
त्वयाऽहमधुना सत्यं विचारेण पराजिता ।। स निन्दितश्चाप्यशुचिर्यः पुमांश्च स्त्रिया जितः
tvayā'hamadhunā satyaṃ vicāreṇa parājitā || sa ninditaścāpyaśuciryaḥ pumāṃśca striyā jitaḥ
Truly, I have now been defeated by you in argument. But the man who is conquered by a woman is blamed and is impure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.88
निन्दन्ति पितरो देवा बान्धवाः स्त्रीजितं जनम् ।। स्त्रीजितं मनसा वाचा पिता भ्राता च निन्दति
nindanti pitaro devā bāndhavāḥ strījitaṃ janam || strījitaṃ manasā vācā pitā bhrātā ca nindati
The fathers, the gods and the kinsmen censure a man conquered by a woman; father and brother censure in thought and in speech the one conquered by a woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.89
शुध्येद्विप्रो दशाहेन जातके मृतके तथा ।। भूमिपो द्वादशाहेन वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहतः
śudhyedvipro daśāhena jātake mṛtake tathā || bhūmipo dvādaśāhena vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhataḥ
A brahmin becomes pure in ten days, at a birth and likewise at a death; a king in twelve days, a vaiśya after fifteen days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.91
न गृह्णन्तीच्छया तस्य पितरः पिण्डतर्पणम् ।। न गृह्णन्तीच्छया देवास्त स्य पुष्पजलादिकम्
na gṛhṇantīcchayā tasya pitaraḥ piṇḍatarpaṇam || na gṛhṇantīcchayā devāsta sya puṣpajalādikam
His ancestors do not willingly accept the rice-ball offering and libation; the gods do not willingly accept his flowers, water and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.92
किं तस्य ज्ञानतपसा जपहोमप्रपूजनैः ।। किं विद्यया वा यशसा स्त्रीभिर्यस्य मनो हृतम्
kiṃ tasya jñānatapasā japahomaprapūjanaiḥ || kiṃ vidyayā vā yaśasā strībhiryasya mano hṛtam
What use to him are knowledge and austerity, muttered prayer, oblation and worship? What use is learning, or fame, to one whose mind has been stolen by women?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.93
विद्याप्रभावज्ञानार्थं मया त्वं च परीक्षितः ।। कृत्वा परीक्षां कान्तस्य वृणोति कामिनी वरम्
vidyāprabhāvajñānārthaṃ mayā tvaṃ ca parīkṣitaḥ || kṛtvā parīkṣāṃ kāntasya vṛṇoti kāminī varam
And you have been tested by me, in order to know the power of (your) learning; a passionate woman, having made a test of her lover, chooses (him as) bridegroom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.94
वराय गुणहीनाय वृद्धायाज्ञानिने तथा ।। दरिद्राय च मूर्खाय रोगिणे कुत्सिताय च
varāya guṇahīnāya vṛddhāyājñānine tathā || daridrāya ca mūrkhāya rogiṇe kutsitāya ca
To a bridegroom devoid of virtues, and old, and ignorant, and poor, and a fool, and diseased, and despicable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.95
अत्यन्तकोपयुक्ताय चात्यन्तदुर्मुखाय च ।। पंगुलायाङ्गहीनाय चान्धाय बधिराय च
atyantakopayuktāya cātyantadurmukhāya ca || paṃgulāyāṅgahīnāya cāndhāya badhirāya ca
and exceedingly given to anger, and exceedingly foul-mouthed, and lame, and maimed, and blind, and deaf,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.96
जडाय चैव मूकाय क्लीबतुल्याय पापिने ।। ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्सोऽपि यः स्वकन्यां ददाति च।।
jaḍāya caiva mūkāya klībatulyāya pāpine || brahmahatyāṃ labhetso'pi yaḥ svakanyāṃ dadāti ca||
and dull, and dumb, equal to a eunuch, a sinner — he too who gives his own daughter (to such a one) incurs (the guilt of) brahmin-murder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.97
शान्ताय गुणिने चैव यूने च विदुषेऽपि च ।। वैष्णवाय सुतां दत्त्वा दशवाजिफलं लभेत्
śāntāya guṇine caiva yūne ca viduṣe'pi ca || vaiṣṇavāya sutāṃ dattvā daśavājiphalaṃ labhet
But having given his daughter to one who is calm and virtuous, young and learned, and a Vaiṣṇava, he obtains the fruit of ten horse-sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.98
यः कन्यापालनं कृत्वा करोति विक्रयं यदि ।। विपदा धनलोभेन कुम्भीपाकं स गच्छति
yaḥ kanyāpālanaṃ kṛtvā karoti vikrayaṃ yadi || vipadā dhanalobhena kumbhīpākaṃ sa gacchati
If a man, having raised a daughter, then makes a sale (of her) — through calamity or through greed for money — he goes to (the hell) Kumbhīpāka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.99
कन्यामूत्रपुरीषं च तत्र भक्षति पातकी ।। कृमिभिर्दशितः काकैर्यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
kanyāmūtrapurīṣaṃ ca tatra bhakṣati pātakī || kṛmibhirdaśitaḥ kākairyāvadindrāścaturdaśa
And there that sinner eats the urine and excrement of the girl, bitten by worms and by crows, for as long as fourteen Indras (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.101
इत्येवमुक्त्वा तुलसी विरराम तपोवने ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा तयोरन्तिकमाययौ
ityevamuktvā tulasī virarāma tapovane || etasminnantare brahmā tayorantikamāyayau
Having spoken thus, Tulasī fell silent in the penance-grove; in this interval Brahmā came near to the two of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.102
मूर्ध्ना ननाम तुलसी शङ्खचूडश्च नारद ।। उवास तत्र देवेशश्चोवाच च तयोर्हितम्
mūrdhnā nanāma tulasī śaṅkhacūḍaśca nārada || uvāsa tatra deveśaścovāca ca tayorhitam
Tulasī bowed with her head, and so did Śaṅkhacūḍa, O Nārada; the lord of the gods sat down there and spoke what was beneficial for the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.103
किं करोषि शङ्खचूड संवादमनया सह ।। गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन त्वमस्या ग्रहणं कुरु
kiṃ karoṣi śaṅkhacūḍa saṃvādamanayā saha || gāndharveṇa vivāhena tvamasyā grahaṇaṃ kuru
What are you doing, Śaṅkhacūḍa, holding a conversation with her? Take her by the gāndharva marriage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.104
त्वं च पुरुषरत्नं च स्त्रीरत्नं स्त्रीष्वियं सती ।। विदग्धाया विदग्धेन सङ्गमो गुणवान्भवेत्
tvaṃ ca puruṣaratnaṃ ca strīratnaṃ strīṣviyaṃ satī || vidagdhāyā vidagdhena saṅgamo guṇavānbhavet
And you are a jewel among men, and she a jewel among women, chaste among women; the union of a clever woman with a clever man would be a thing of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.105
निर्विरोधसुखं राजन्को वा त्यजति दुर्लभम् ।। योऽविरोधसुखत्यागी स पशुर्नात्र संशयः
nirvirodhasukhaṃ rājanko vā tyajati durlabham || yo'virodhasukhatyāgī sa paśurnātra saṃśayaḥ
O king, who abandons a hard-won pleasure that meets no obstacle? He who abandons unopposed pleasure is a beast — there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.106
किमुपेक्षसि त्वं कान्तमीदृशं गुणिनं सती ।। देवानामसुराणां च दानवानां विमर्दनम्
kimupekṣasi tvaṃ kāntamīdṛśaṃ guṇinaṃ satī || devānāmasurāṇāṃ ca dānavānāṃ vimardanam
Chaste woman, why do you disregard such a virtuous lover, the crusher of the gods, the asuras and the dānavas?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.107
यथा लक्ष्मीश्च लक्ष्मीशे यथा कृष्णे च राधिका।। यथा मयि च सावित्री भवानी च भवे यथा
yathā lakṣmīśca lakṣmīśe yathā kṛṣṇe ca rādhikā|| yathā mayi ca sāvitrī bhavānī ca bhave yathā
As Lakṣmī is to the lord of Lakṣmī, as Rādhikā to Kṛṣṇa, as Sāvitrī is to me, and as Bhavānī to Bhava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.108
यथा धरा वराहे च यथा मेना हिमालये ।। यथाऽत्रावनसूया च दमयन्ती नले यथा
yathā dharā varāhe ca yathā menā himālaye || yathā'trāvanasūyā ca damayantī nale yathā
as the Earth to Varāha, as Menā to Himālaya, as Anasūyā to Atri, and as Damayantī to Nala,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.109
रोहिणी च यथा चन्द्रे यथा कामे रतिः सती ।। यथा दितिः कश्यपे च वशिष्ठेऽरुन्धती यथा ।।
rohiṇī ca yathā candre yathā kāme ratiḥ satī || yathā ditiḥ kaśyape ca vaśiṣṭhe'rundhatī yathā ||
and as Rohiṇī to the Moon, as the chaste Rati to Kāma, as Diti to Kaśyapa, and as Arundhatī to Vasiṣṭha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.111
यथा च दक्षिणा यज्ञे यथा स्वाहा हुताशने ।। यथा शची महेन्द्रे च यथा पुष्टिर्गणेश्वरे
yathā ca dakṣiṇā yajñe yathā svāhā hutāśane || yathā śacī mahendre ca yathā puṣṭirgaṇeśvare
and as Dakṣiṇā to Sacrifice, as Svāhā to the Fire, as Śacī to great Indra, and as Puṣṭi to the lord of the Gaṇas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.112
देवसेना यथा स्कन्दे धर्मे मूत्तिर्यथा सती ।। सौभाग्या सुप्रिया त्वं च शङ्खचूडे तथा भव
devasenā yathā skande dharme mūttiryathā satī || saubhāgyā supriyā tvaṃ ca śaṅkhacūḍe tathā bhava
as Devasenā to Skanda, as the chaste Mūrti to Dharma — so may you too be fortunate and well-beloved in (union with) Śaṅkhacūḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.113
अनेन सार्द्धं सुचिरं सुन्दरेण च सुन्दरि ।। स्थाने स्थाने विहारं च यथेच्छं कुरु सन्ततम्
anena sārddhaṃ suciraṃ sundareṇa ca sundari || sthāne sthāne vihāraṃ ca yathecchaṃ kuru santatam
"With this handsome one, O beautiful woman, take your pleasure for a very long time, place after place, continually, as you wish."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.114
पश्चात्प्राप्स्यसि गोविन्दं गोलोके पुनरेव च ।। चतुर्भुजं च वैकुण्ठे शंखचूडे मृते सति
paścātprāpsyasi govindaṃ goloke punareva ca || caturbhujaṃ ca vaikuṇṭhe śaṃkhacūḍe mṛte sati
"Afterwards, when Śaṅkhacūḍa is dead, you will obtain Govinda again in Goloka, and the four-armed (Lord) in Vaikuṇṭha."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.115
इत्येवमाशिषं कृत्वा स्वालयं प्रययौ विधिः ।। गान्धर्वेण विवाहेन जगृहे तां च दानवः
ityevamāśiṣaṃ kṛtvā svālayaṃ prayayau vidhiḥ || gāndharveṇa vivāhena jagṛhe tāṃ ca dānavaḥ
Having given this blessing thus, Vidhi (Brahmā) went to his own abode; and the demon took her (in marriage) by the gāndharva rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.116
स्वर्गे दुन्दुभिवाद्यं च पुष्पवृष्टिर्बभूव ह ।। स रेमे रमया सार्द्धं वासगेहे मनोहरे
svarge dundubhivādyaṃ ca puṣpavṛṣṭirbabhūva ha || sa reme ramayā sārddhaṃ vāsagehe manohare
In heaven there was the sounding of drums and a rain of flowers indeed; he took his pleasure with the lovely woman in a charming bedchamber.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.117
मूर्च्छां सम्प्राप तुलसी नवसङ्गमसङ्गता ।। निमग्ना निर्जने साध्वी सम्भोगसुख सागरे
mūrcchāṃ samprāpa tulasī navasaṅgamasaṅgatā || nimagnā nirjane sādhvī sambhogasukha sāgare
Tulasī fainted, joined in this new union — the virtuous woman, in a solitary place, sunk in the ocean of the pleasure of love-making.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.118
चतुःषष्टिकलामानं चतुःषष्टिविधं सुखम् ।। कामशास्त्रं यन्निरुक्तं रसिकानां यथेप्सितम्
catuḥṣaṣṭikalāmānaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭividhaṃ sukham || kāmaśāstraṃ yanniruktaṃ rasikānāṃ yathepsitam
The sixty-four kinds of pleasure, measured by the sixty-four arts, which are set forth in the Kāmaśāstra as desired by connoisseurs of passion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.119
अङ्गप्रत्यंग संश्लेषपूर्वकं स्त्रीमनोहरम् ।। तत्सर्वं सुखशृंगारं चकार रसिकेश्वरः
aṅgapratyaṃga saṃśleṣapūrvakaṃ strīmanoharam || tatsarvaṃ sukhaśṛṃgāraṃ cakāra rasikeśvaraḥ
all that pleasurable love-play, beginning with the embracing of limb and limb, delightful to a woman's mind — the lord of connoisseurs performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.121
पुष्पोद्याने नदीतीरे पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिते ।। गृहीत्वा रसिकां रामां पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिताम् ।।
puṣpodyāne nadītīre puṣpacandanacarcite || gṛhītvā rasikāṃ rāmāṃ puṣpacandanacarcitām ||
In a flower-garden on a river bank smeared with flowers and sandal, taking hold of the passionate woman who was herself smeared with flowers and sandal —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.122
भूषितां भूषणैः सर्वैरतीव सुमनोहराम् ।। सुरतेर्विरतिर्नास्ति तयोः सुरतविज्ञयोः
bhūṣitāṃ bhūṣaṇaiḥ sarvairatīva sumanoharām || suraterviratirnāsti tayoḥ suratavijñayoḥ
— adorned with all ornaments, exceedingly charming: for those two, expert in love-making, there was no ceasing from love-making.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.123
जहार मानसं भर्तुर्लीलया तुलसी सती ।। चेतनां रसिकायाश्च जहार रसभाववित् राजा तदोष्ठपुटके ददौ दशनदंशनम् ।। तद्गण्डयुगले सा च प्रददौ तच्चतुर्गुणम्
jahāra mānasaṃ bharturlīlayā tulasī satī || cetanāṃ rasikāyāśca jahāra rasabhāvavit rājā tadoṣṭhapuṭake dadau daśanadaṃśanam || tadgaṇḍayugale sā ca pradadau taccaturguṇam
The chaste Tulasī stole her husband's mind with her play, and he, who knew the moods of passion, stole away the consciousness of the passionate woman. The king then set the bite of his teeth on the cup of her lips, and she gave him four times as much on the pair of his cheeks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.124
वक्षसश्चन्दनं बाह्वोस्तिलकं विजहार सा ।। स च जग्राह तस्याश्च सिन्दूरबिन्दुपत्रकम्
vakṣasaścandanaṃ bāhvostilakaṃ vijahāra sā || sa ca jagrāha tasyāśca sindūrabindupatrakam
She took away the sandal-paste from his chest and the mark from his arms, and he took away her vermilion dot and the (painted) leaf-design.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.125
स तद्वक्षसि तस्याश्च नखरेखां ददौ मुदा।। सा ददौ तद्वामपार्श्वे करभूषणलक्षणम्
sa tadvakṣasi tasyāśca nakharekhāṃ dadau mudā|| sā dadau tadvāmapārśve karabhūṣaṇalakṣaṇam
He joyfully set a nail-mark on her chest, and she set on his left side the imprint of her hand-ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.127
सुरतेर्विरतौ तौ च समुत्थाय परस्परम् ।। सुवेशं चक्रतुस्तत्र यत्तन्मनसि वाञ्छितम्
suraterviratau tau ca samutthāya parasparam || suveśaṃ cakratustatra yattanmanasi vāñchitam
And when the love-making ceased, the two rose up and made each other fine attire there, whatever each desired in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.128
कुङ्कुमाक्तचन्दनेन सा तस्मै तिलकं ददौ ।। सर्वाङ्गे सुन्दरे रम्ये चकार चानुलेपनम्
kuṅkumāktacandanena sā tasmai tilakaṃ dadau || sarvāṅge sundare ramye cakāra cānulepanam
With sandal-paste mixed with saffron she made a mark on his forehead, and applied the unguent over all his handsome, lovely body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.129
सुवासितं च ताम्बूलं वह्निशुद्धे च वाससी ।। पारिजातस्य कुसुमं माल्यं चैव सुशोभनम्
suvāsitaṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ vahniśuddhe ca vāsasī || pārijātasya kusumaṃ mālyaṃ caiva suśobhanam
And perfumed betel, and two fire-purified garments, and a flower of the pārijāta, and a very beautiful garland (she gave him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.131
दासी तवाहमित्येवं समुच्चार्य पुनः पुनः ।। ननाम परया भक्त्या स्वामिनं गुणशालिनम्
dāsī tavāhamityevaṃ samuccārya punaḥ punaḥ || nanāma parayā bhaktyā svāminaṃ guṇaśālinam
Uttering again and again, "I am your servant," she bowed with supreme devotion to her master, endowed with (all) virtues.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.132
सस्मिता तन्मुखांभोजं लोचनाभ्यां पपौ पुनः ।। निमेषरहिताभ्यां च सकटाक्षं च सुन्दरम्
sasmitā tanmukhāṃbhojaṃ locanābhyāṃ papau punaḥ || nimeṣarahitābhyāṃ ca sakaṭākṣaṃ ca sundaram
Smiling, she drank again with her two unblinking eyes his lotus face, handsome and with its sidelong glance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.133
स च तां च समाकृष्य चकार वक्षसि प्रियाम् ।। सस्मितं वाससाऽऽच्छन्नं ददर्श मुखपङ्कजम्
sa ca tāṃ ca samākṛṣya cakāra vakṣasi priyām || sasmitaṃ vāsasā''cchannaṃ dadarśa mukhapaṅkajam
And he drew his beloved to him and placed her on his chest, and gazed at her smiling lotus face half-covered by her garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.134
चुचुम्ब कठिने गण्डे बिम्बोष्ठे पुनरेव च ।। ददौ तस्यै वस्त्रयुग्मं वरुणादाहृतं च यत् ।। तदाहृतां रत्नमालां त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुताम्
cucumba kaṭhine gaṇḍe bimboṣṭhe punareva ca || dadau tasyai vastrayugmaṃ varuṇādāhṛtaṃ ca yat || tadāhṛtāṃ ratnamālāṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutām
He kissed her firm cheek and again her bimba-red lips, and gave her the pair of garments that had been taken from Varuṇa, and the jewel-necklace brought from him, famed in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.135
ददौ मञ्जीरयुग्मं च स्वाहायाश्च हृतं च यत् ।। केयूरयुग्मं छायाया रोहिण्याश्चैव कुण्डलम्
dadau mañjīrayugmaṃ ca svāhāyāśca hṛtaṃ ca yat || keyūrayugmaṃ chāyāyā rohiṇyāścaiva kuṇḍalam
He gave her the pair of anklets that had been taken from Svāhā, the pair of armlets of Chāyā, and the earrings of Rohiṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.136
अंगुलीयकरत्नानि रत्याश्च वरभूषणम् ।। शङ्खं सुरुचिरं चित्रं यद्दत्तं विश्वकर्मणा
aṃgulīyakaratnāni ratyāśca varabhūṣaṇam || śaṅkhaṃ suruciraṃ citraṃ yaddattaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
Jewelled finger-rings, and the excellent ornament of Rati, and a conch, most lovely and variegated, which had been given by Viśvakarman —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.137
विचित्रपीठकश्रेणीं शय्यां चापि सुदुर्लभाम् ।। भूषणानि च दत्त्वा च परीहारं चकार ह
vicitrapīṭhakaśreṇīṃ śayyāṃ cāpi sudurlabhām || bhūṣaṇāni ca dattvā ca parīhāraṃ cakāra ha
a row of variously-wrought seats, and a bed most hard to obtain — having given (these) ornaments too, he performed the attiring (of her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.138
निर्माय कबरीभारं तस्याश्च माल्यसंयुतम् ।। सुचित्रं पत्रकं गण्डे जयलेखसमं तथा
nirmāya kabarībhāraṃ tasyāśca mālyasaṃyutam || sucitraṃ patrakaṃ gaṇḍe jayalekhasamaṃ tathā
Having arranged her mass of braided hair together with a garland, and (having made) a beautifully variegated leaf-design on her cheek like a victory-mark,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.139
चन्द्रलेखात्रिभिर्युक्तं चन्दनेन सुगन्धिना ।। परितः परितश्चित्रैः सार्द्धं कुंकुमबिन्दुभिः
candralekhātribhiryuktaṃ candanena sugandhinā || paritaḥ paritaścitraiḥ sārddhaṃ kuṃkumabindubhiḥ
joined with three crescent-lines of fragrant sandal paste, together with variegated dots of saffron all around, all around;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.141
चित्रालक्तकरागं च नखरेषु ददौ मुदा ।। स्ववक्षसि मुहुर्न्यस्तं सरागं चरणाम्बुजम्
citrālaktakarāgaṃ ca nakhareṣu dadau mudā || svavakṣasi muhurnyastaṃ sarāgaṃ caraṇāmbujam
and he joyfully applied the variegated red dye of lac to (her) nails, and again and again placed her lotus-foot, red with the dye, upon his own chest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.142
हे देवि तव दासोऽहमित्युच्चार्य्य पुनः पुनः ।। रत्ननिर्माणयानेन तां च कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि
he devi tava dāso'hamityuccāryya punaḥ punaḥ || ratnanirmāṇayānena tāṃ ca kṛtvā svavakṣasi
crying out again and again, "O goddess, I am your servant!" — and setting her upon his chest by means of a vehicle made of jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.143
तपोवनं परित्यज्य राजास्थानान्तरं ययौ।। मलये देवनिलये शैले शैले वने वने
tapovanaṃ parityajya rājāsthānāntaraṃ yayau|| malaye devanilaye śaile śaile vane vane
leaving the penance-grove, he went to another region of the royal seat — on Malaya, the abode of the gods, on mountain after mountain, in wood after wood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.144
स्थाने स्थानेऽतिरम्ये च पुष्पोद्यानेऽतिनिर्जने ।। कन्दरे कन्दरे सिन्धुतीरे च सुन्दरे वने
sthāne sthāne'tiramye ca puṣpodyāne'tinirjane || kandare kandare sindhutīre ca sundare vane
in place after most delightful place, and in flower-gardens quite solitary, in cave after cave, and on the ocean's shore and in a lovely wood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.145
पुष्पभद्रानदीतीरे नीरवातमनोहरे ।। पुलिने पुलिने दिव्ये नद्यां नद्यां नदे नदे
puṣpabhadrānadītīre nīravātamanohare || puline puline divye nadyāṃ nadyāṃ nade nade
on the bank of the river Puṣpabhadrā, charming with its windless calm, on divine sandbank after sandbank, in river after river, in stream after stream,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.146
मधौ मधुकराणां च मधुरध्वनिनादिते ।। विनिस्यन्दे सुपवने नन्दने गन्धमादने
madhau madhukarāṇāṃ ca madhuradhvaninādite || vinisyande supavane nandane gandhamādane
in spring, resounding with the sweet humming of honey-bees, by the waterfall, in the fine grove, in Nandana, on Gandhamādana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.147
देवोद्याने देववने चित्रे चन्दनकानने ।। चम्पकानां केतकीनां माधवीनां च माधवे
devodyāne devavane citre candanakānane || campakānāṃ ketakīnāṃ mādhavīnāṃ ca mādhave
in the gods' garden, in the gods' wood, in the variegated sandal forest, in springtime among campakas, ketakīs and mādhavīs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.148
कुन्दानां मालतीनां च कुमुदाम्भोजकानने ।। कल्पवृक्षे कल्पवृक्षे पारिजातवने वने
kundānāṃ mālatīnāṃ ca kumudāmbhojakānane || kalpavṛkṣe kalpavṛkṣe pārijātavane vane
among kundas and mālatīs, and in the thicket of white and blue lotuses, at wishing-tree after wishing-tree, in grove after grove of pārijātas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.149
निर्जने काञ्चनीस्थाने धन्ये काञ्चनपर्वते ।। काञ्चीवने किञ्चनके कञ्चके काञ्चनाकरे
nirjane kāñcanīsthāne dhanye kāñcanaparvate || kāñcīvane kiñcanake kañcake kāñcanākare
in a solitary golden place, on the blessed golden mountain, in a Kāñcī wood, in Kiñcanaka, in Kañcaka, in a gold-mine,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.151
कामुक्या कामुकः कामात्स रेमे रामया सह ।। न तृप्तो दानवेन्द्रश्च तृप्तिं नैव जगाम सा
kāmukyā kāmukaḥ kāmātsa reme rāmayā saha || na tṛpto dānavendraśca tṛptiṃ naiva jagāma sā
there, out of desire, that lover took pleasure with the loving woman; and the lord of the Dānavas was not sated, nor did she come to satiety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.152
हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव ववृधे मदनस्तयोः ।। तया सह समागत्य स्वाश्रमं दानवस्ततः
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva vavṛdhe madanastayoḥ || tayā saha samāgatya svāśramaṃ dānavastataḥ
Their passion grew like the black-pathed one (fire) with oblations; then the Dānava, coming with her to his own hermitage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.153
रम्यं क्रीडालयं कृत्वा विजहार पुनस्ततः ।। एवं संबुभुजे राज्यं शङ्खचूडः प्रतापवान्
ramyaṃ krīḍālayaṃ kṛtvā vijahāra punastataḥ || evaṃ saṃbubhuje rājyaṃ śaṅkhacūḍaḥ pratāpavān
and having made a delightful pleasure-house, sported there again. Thus did the mighty Śaṅkhacūḍa enjoy his kingdom,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.154
एकमन्वन्तरं पूर्णं राजराजेश्वरो बली ।। देवानामसुराणां च दानवानां च सन्ततम्
ekamanvantaraṃ pūrṇaṃ rājarājeśvaro balī || devānāmasurāṇāṃ ca dānavānāṃ ca santatam
for one full manvantara, the powerful overlord of kings of kings, continually the ruler of the gods and the asuras and the dānavas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.155
गन्धर्वाणां किन्नराणां राक्षसानां च शास्तिदः ।। हताधिकारा देवाश्च चरन्ति भिक्षुका यथा
gandharvāṇāṃ kinnarāṇāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca śāstidaḥ || hatādhikārā devāśca caranti bhikṣukā yathā
the giver of commands to the gandharvas, kinnaras and rākṣasas; and the gods, their offices destroyed, wandered about like beggars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.157
निरुद्यमाः सुराः सर्वे चित्रपुत्तलिका यथा ।। ते च सर्वे विषण्णाश्च प्रजग्मुर्ब्रह्मणः सभाम्।।
nirudyamāḥ surāḥ sarve citraputtalikā yathā || te ca sarve viṣaṇṇāśca prajagmurbrahmaṇaḥ sabhām||
All the gods were without activity, like painted dolls; and all of them, dejected, went to Brahmā's assembly hall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.158
वृत्तान्तं कथयामासू रुरुदुश्च भृशं मुहुः ।। तदा ब्रह्मा सुरैः सार्द्धं जगाम शङ्करालयम्
vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsū ruruduśca bhṛśaṃ muhuḥ || tadā brahmā suraiḥ sārddhaṃ jagāma śaṅkarālayam
They told what had happened and wept bitterly again and again; then Brahmā, together with the gods, went to Śaṅkara's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.159
सर्वं संकथयामास विधाता चन्द्रशेखरम् ।। ब्रह्मा शिवश्च तैः सार्द्धं वैकुण्ठं च जगाम ह
sarvaṃ saṃkathayāmāsa vidhātā candraśekharam || brahmā śivaśca taiḥ sārddhaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca jagāma ha
The Creator told the whole matter to the Moon-crested One (Śiva); and Brahmā and Śiva, together with them, went to Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.161
ददर्श द्वारपालांश्च रत्नसिंहासनस्थितान् ।। शोभितान्पीतवस्त्रैश्च रत्नभूषणभूषितान्।।
dadarśa dvārapālāṃśca ratnasiṃhāsanasthitān || śobhitānpītavastraiśca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitān||
And (Brahmā) saw the doorkeepers seated on jewelled thrones, resplendent with yellow garments and adorned with jewelled ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.162
वनमालान्वितान्सर्वान्श्यामसुन्दरविग्रहान् ।। शंखचक्रगदापद्मधरांश्चैव चतुर्भुजान्
vanamālānvitānsarvānśyāmasundaravigrahān || śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadharāṃścaiva caturbhujān
all of them wearing forest-flower garlands, dark and beautiful in form, four-armed, bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.163
सस्मितान्पद्मवक्त्रांश्च पद्मनेत्रान्मनोहरान् ।। ब्रह्मा तान्कथयामास वृत्तान्तं गमनार्थकम्
sasmitānpadmavaktrāṃśca padmanetrānmanoharān || brahmā tānkathayāmāsa vṛttāntaṃ gamanārthakam
smiling, lotus-faced, lotus-eyed, captivating — to them Brahmā told the matter, the purpose of his coming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.164
तेऽनुज्ञां च ददुस्तस्मै प्रविवेश तदाज्ञया ।। एवं च षोडश द्वारान्निरीक्ष्य कमलोद्भवः
te'nujñāṃ ca dadustasmai praviveśa tadājñayā || evaṃ ca ṣoḍaśa dvārānnirīkṣya kamalodbhavaḥ
They gave him permission, and by their leave he entered. Thus, having looked upon sixteen gateways, the lotus-born one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.165
देवः सार्द्धं तानतीत्य प्रविवेश हरेः सभाम् ।। देवर्षिभिः परिवृतां पार्षदैश्च चतुर्भुजैः
devaḥ sārddhaṃ tānatītya praviveśa hareḥ sabhām || devarṣibhiḥ parivṛtāṃ pārṣadaiśca caturbhujaiḥ
the god, together with them, passed beyond them and entered Hari's assembly hall, thronged with divine sages and with four-armed attendants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.166
नारायणस्वरूपैश्च सर्वैः कौस्तुभभूषितैः ।। पूर्णेन्दुमण्डलाकारां चतुरस्रां मनोहराम्
nārāyaṇasvarūpaiśca sarvaiḥ kaustubhabhūṣitaiḥ || pūrṇendumaṇḍalākārāṃ caturasrāṃ manoharām
all having the form of Nārāyaṇa and adorned with the Kaustubha (Kaustubha jewel) — (the hall) shaped like the disc of the full moon, four-sided, lovely,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.167
मणीन्द्रसारनिर्माणां हीरासारसुशोभिताम् ।। अमूल्यरत्नखचितां रचितां स्वेच्छया हरेः
maṇīndrasāranirmāṇāṃ hīrāsārasuśobhitām || amūlyaratnakhacitāṃ racitāṃ svecchayā hareḥ
built of the essence of the finest gems, gleaming with masses of diamond, inlaid with priceless jewels, fashioned by Hari's own will,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.168
माणिक्यमालाजालाढ्यां मुक्तापंक्तिविभूषिताम् ।। मण्डितां मण्डलाकारै रत्नदर्पणकोटिभिः
māṇikyamālājālāḍhyāṃ muktāpaṃktivibhūṣitām || maṇḍitāṃ maṇḍalākārai ratnadarpaṇakoṭibhiḥ
rich with nets of ruby garlands, decorated with rows of pearls, adorned with tens of millions of circular jewelled mirrors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.169
विचित्रैश्चित्ररेखाभिर्नानाचित्रविचित्रिताम्।। पद्मरागेन्द्ररचितै रचितां पद्मकृत्रिमैः ।।
vicitraiścitrarekhābhirnānācitravicitritām|| padmarāgendraracitai racitāṃ padmakṛtrimaiḥ ||
variegated with manifold pictures by wondrous painted lines, fashioned with artificial lotuses made of the best rubies,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.171
इन्द्रनीलमणिस्तम्भैर्वेष्टितां सुमनोरमाम्।। सद्रत्नपूर्णकुम्भानां समूहैश्च समन्विताम्
indranīlamaṇistambhairveṣṭitāṃ sumanoramām|| sadratnapūrṇakumbhānāṃ samūhaiśca samanvitām
encircled by pillars of sapphire, most delightful, furnished with clusters of pots filled with excellent jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.172
पारिजातप्रसूनानां मालाजालैर्विराजिताम् ।। कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमाक्तैश्च सुगन्धिचन्दनद्रवैः
pārijātaprasūnānāṃ mālājālairvirājitām || kastūrīkuṅkumāktaiśca sugandhicandanadravaiḥ
shining with nets of garlands of pārijāta blossoms, and with fragrant sandal-liquids mixed with musk and saffron
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.173
सुसंस्कृतां तु सर्वत्र वासिता गन्धवायुना ।। विद्याधरीसमूहानां सङ्गीतैश्च मनोहरम्
susaṃskṛtāṃ tu sarvatra vāsitā gandhavāyunā || vidyādharīsamūhānāṃ saṅgītaiśca manoharam
well prepared everywhere, perfumed by the scent-bearing breeze, and made charming by the concerts of throngs of Vidyādhara women,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.174
सहस्रयोजनायामां परिपूर्णां च किंकरैः ।। ददर्श श्रीहरिं ब्रह्मा शङ्करैश्च सुरैः सह
sahasrayojanāyāmāṃ paripūrṇāṃ ca kiṃkaraiḥ || dadarśa śrīhariṃ brahmā śaṅkaraiśca suraiḥ saha
a thousand yojanas in extent and filled with servants — there Brahmā, together with Śiva and the gods, beheld Śrī Hari:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.175
किरीटिनं कुण्डलिनं वनमालाविभूषितम् ।। शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधारिणं च चतुर्भुजम् ।।
kirīṭinaṃ kuṇḍalinaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam || śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadhāriṇaṃ ca caturbhujam ||
crowned, wearing earrings, adorned with a forest-flower garland, bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, four-armed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.177
नवीननीरदश्यामं सुन्दरं सुमनोहरम् ।। अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणसर्वाभरणभूषितम्
navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ sundaraṃ sumanoharam || amūlyaratnanirmāṇasarvābharaṇabhūṣitam
dark as a fresh raincloud, beautiful, most charming, adorned with all ornaments made of priceless jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.178
चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं बिभ्रतं केलिपङ्कजम् ।। पुरतो नृत्यगीतं च पश्यन्तं सस्मितं मुदा
candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ bibhrataṃ kelipaṅkajam || purato nṛtyagītaṃ ca paśyantaṃ sasmitaṃ mudā
all his limbs sprinkled with sandal paste, holding a lotus for play, watching with a smile and with delight the dance and song before him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.179
वसन्तं तन्मध्यदेशे यथेन्द्रं तारकावृतम् ।। अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणचित्रसिंहासनस्थितम् शान्तं सरस्वतीकान्तं लक्ष्मीधृतपदाम्बुजम् ।। भक्तप्रदत्तताम्बूलं भुक्तवन्तं सुवासितम्
vasantaṃ tanmadhyadeśe yathendraṃ tārakāvṛtam || amūlyaratnanirmāṇacitrasiṃhāsanasthitam śāntaṃ sarasvatīkāntaṃ lakṣmīdhṛtapadāmbujam || bhaktapradattatāmbūlaṃ bhuktavantaṃ suvāsitam
dwelling in the midst of that (assembly) like Indra surrounded by the stars, seated on a wondrous throne made of priceless jewels, serene, the beloved of Sarasvatī, his lotus-feet held by Lakṣmī, having eaten the fragrant betel offered by a devotee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.181
एवं विशिष्टं तं दृष्ट्वा परिपूर्णतमं विभुम् ।। ब्रह्मादयः सुराः सर्वे प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुस्तदा
evaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā paripūrṇatamaṃ vibhum || brahmādayaḥ surāḥ sarve praṇamya tuṣṭuvustadā
Having seen him thus distinguished, the most utterly complete Lord, Brahmā and all the gods then bowed down and praised (him),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.182
पुलकाङ्कितसर्वाङ्गाः साश्रुनेत्राः सगद्गदाः ।। भक्त्या परमया भक्ता भीता नम्रात्मकन्धराः
pulakāṅkitasarvāṅgāḥ sāśrunetrāḥ sagadgadāḥ || bhaktyā paramayā bhaktā bhītā namrātmakandharāḥ
all their limbs studded with thrilled hair, their eyes tearful, their voices faltering, devoted with supreme devotion, awed, their necks and selves bowed low.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.183
पुटाञ्जलियुतो भूत्वा विधाता जगतामपि ।। वृत्तान्तं कथयामास विनयेन हरेः पुरः
puṭāñjaliyuto bhūtvā vidhātā jagatāmapi || vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa vinayena hareḥ puraḥ
The creator of the worlds too, joining his cupped palms, respectfully related the whole affair before Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.184
हरिस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वज्ञः सर्वभाववित् ।। प्रहस्योवाच ब्रह्माणं रहस्यं च मनोहरम्
haristadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarvajñaḥ sarvabhāvavit || prahasyovāca brahmāṇaṃ rahasyaṃ ca manoharam
Hearing that speech of his, Hari, the all-knowing, who knows every disposition, laughed and spoke to Brahmā a charming secret.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.185
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। शङ्खचूडस्य वृत्तान्तं सर्वं जानामि पद्मज ।। मद्भक्तस्य च गोपस्य महातेजस्विनः पुरा
śrībhagavānuvāca || śaṅkhacūḍasya vṛttāntaṃ sarvaṃ jānāmi padmaja || madbhaktasya ca gopasya mahātejasvinaḥ purā
The Blessed Lord said: O lotus-born, I know the entire story of Śaṅkhacūḍa, who formerly was a cowherd, my devotee, of great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.186
सुराः शृणुत तत्सर्वमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।। गोलोकस्यैव चरितं पापघ्नं पुण्यकारणम्
surāḥ śṛṇuta tatsarvamitihāsaṃ purātanam || golokasyaiva caritaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyakāraṇam
Gods, hear all of it, an ancient tale, the very doings of Goloka, destroyer of sin, cause of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.187
सुदामा नाम गोपश्च पार्षदप्रवरो मम ।। स प्राप दानवीं योनिं राधाशापात्सुदारुणात्
sudāmā nāma gopaśca pārṣadapravaro mama || sa prāpa dānavīṃ yoniṃ rādhāśāpātsudāruṇāt
There was a cowherd named Sudāmā, the foremost of my attendants; he obtained birth among the demons through Rādhā's most terrible curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.188
तत्रैकदाऽहमगमं स्वालयाद्रासमण्डलम् ।। विहाय मानिनीं राधां मम प्राणाधिकां पराम्
tatraikadā'hamagamaṃ svālayādrāsamaṇḍalam || vihāya māninīṃ rādhāṃ mama prāṇādhikāṃ parām
There, once, I went from my own dwelling to the circle of the rāsa dance, leaving behind the proud Rādhā, who is dearer to me than life, the supreme one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.189
सा मां विरजया सार्द्धं विज्ञाय किंकरीमुखात् ।। पश्चात्क्रुधा साऽऽजगाम मां ददर्श च तत्र च
sā māṃ virajayā sārddhaṃ vijñāya kiṃkarīmukhāt || paścātkrudhā sā''jagāma māṃ dadarśa ca tatra ca
Learning from a maidservant's mouth that I was together with Virajā, she afterwards came in anger, and there she saw me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.191
मां दृष्ट्वा मन्दिरे देवी सुदाम सहितं पुरा ।। भृशं मां भर्त्सयामास मौनीभूतं च सुस्थिरम्
māṃ dṛṣṭvā mandire devī sudāma sahitaṃ purā || bhṛśaṃ māṃ bhartsayāmāsa maunībhūtaṃ ca susthiram
Seeing me in the palace formerly in the company of Sudāmā, the goddess rebuked me sharply, while I remained silent and quite unmoved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.192
तच् त्वा च सुमहांश्च सुदामा तां चुकोप ह।। स च तां भर्त्सयामास कोपेन मम सन्निधौ
tac tvā ca sumahāṃśca sudāmā tāṃ cukopa ha|| sa ca tāṃ bhartsayāmāsa kopena mama sannidhau
(Hearing) that, the very great Sudāmā grew angry at her, and he rebuked her in anger in my presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.193
तच्छ्रुत्वा सा कोपयुक्ता रक्तपङ्कजलोचना ।। बहिष्कर्तुं चकाराज्ञां संत्रस्ता मम संसदि
tacchrutvā sā kopayuktā raktapaṅkajalocanā || bahiṣkartuṃ cakārājñāṃ saṃtrastā mama saṃsadi
Hearing that, she, filled with anger, her eyes like red lotuses, gave the order to expel (him), being terrified, in my assembly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.194
सखीलक्षं समुत्तस्थौ दुर्वारं तेजसोज्ज्वलम् ।। बहिश्चकार तं तूर्णं जल्पन्तं च पुनः पुनः
sakhīlakṣaṃ samuttasthau durvāraṃ tejasojjvalam || bahiścakāra taṃ tūrṇaṃ jalpantaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ
A hundred thousand companions rose up, irresistible, blazing with energy, and swiftly they put him outside as he kept protesting again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.195
सा च तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा समारुष्टा शशाप तम् ।। याहि रे दानवीं योनिमित्येवं दारुणं वचः
sā ca tadvacanaṃ śrutvā samāruṣṭā śaśāpa tam || yāhi re dānavīṃ yonimityevaṃ dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ
And she, hearing that speech of his, thoroughly enraged, cursed him: "Go, you, to a demon's womb!" — such were her harsh words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.196
पूजाहोमादिकं तेषां जहार विषयं बलात् ।। आश्रयं चाधिकारं च शस्त्रास्त्रभूषणादिकम् तं गच्छन्तं शपन्तं च रुदन्तं मां प्रणम्य च ।। वारयामास सा तुष्टा रुदन्ती कृपया पुनः
pūjāhomādikaṃ teṣāṃ jahāra viṣayaṃ balāt || āśrayaṃ cādhikāraṃ ca śastrāstrabhūṣaṇādikam taṃ gacchantaṃ śapantaṃ ca rudantaṃ māṃ praṇamya ca || vārayāmāsa sā tuṣṭā rudantī kṛpayā punaḥ
She forcibly took away their worship, oblation and the rest, their enjoyments, their refuge, their authority, their weapons, missiles, ornaments and so forth. Then, as he was going away, cursing and weeping, and as I bowed to her, she, satisfied, weeping again out of compassion, restrained him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.197
हे वत्स तिष्ठ मा गच्छ क्व यासीति पुनः पुनः ।। समुच्चार्य्य च तत्पश्चाज्जगाम सा च विस्मिता
he vatsa tiṣṭha mā gaccha kva yāsīti punaḥ punaḥ || samuccāryya ca tatpaścājjagāma sā ca vismitā
"O child, stay, do not go, where are you going?" — crying out thus again and again, she went after him, amazed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.198
गोप्यश्च रुरुदुः सर्वा गोपाश्चेति सुदुःखिताः ।। ते सर्वे राधिका चापि तत्पश्चाद्बोधिता मया
gopyaśca ruruduḥ sarvā gopāśceti suduḥkhitāḥ || te sarve rādhikā cāpi tatpaścādbodhitā mayā
And all the cowherd women wept, and the cowherds too, being greatly grieved; afterwards all of them and Rādhikā also were instructed by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.199
आयास्यति क्षणार्धेन कृत्वा शापस्य पालनम् ।। सुदामंस्त्वमिहागच्छेत्युवाच सा निवारिता
āyāsyati kṣaṇārdhena kṛtvā śāpasya pālanam || sudāmaṃstvamihāgacchetyuvāca sā nivāritā
"He will come back in half an instant, having fulfilled the curse." She, being restrained, said: "Sudāmā, do you come back here!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.201
स एव शंखचूडश्च पुनस्तत्रैव यास्यति ।। महाबलिष्ठो योगीशः सर्वमायाविशारदः
sa eva śaṃkhacūḍaśca punastatraiva yāsyati || mahābaliṣṭho yogīśaḥ sarvamāyāviśāradaḥ
That very one is Śaṅkhacūḍa, and he will go back there again — mighty in strength, a lord of yoga, skilled in every magic.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.202
मम शूलं गृहीत्वा च शीघ्रं गच्छत भारतम् ।। शिवः करोतु संहारं मम शूलेन रक्षसः
mama śūlaṃ gṛhītvā ca śīghraṃ gacchata bhāratam || śivaḥ karotu saṃhāraṃ mama śūlena rakṣasaḥ
Take my trident and go quickly to Bhārata; let Śiva accomplish the destruction of the demon with my trident.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.203
ममैव कवचं कण्ठे सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम् ।। बिभर्ति दानवः शश्वत्संपारविजयी ततः
mamaiva kavacaṃ kaṇṭhe sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalam || bibharti dānavaḥ śaśvatsaṃpāravijayī tataḥ
The demon constantly wears on his neck my own amulet, the auspiciousness of all auspicious things, and is therefore ever victorious in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 16.204
तत्र ब्रह्मन्स्थिते कण्ठे न कोऽपि हिंसितुं क्षमः ।। तद्याञ्चां च करिष्यामि विप्ररूपोऽहमेव च
tatra brahmansthite kaṇṭhe na ko'pi hiṃsituṃ kṣamaḥ || tadyāñcāṃ ca kariṣyāmi viprarūpo'hameva ca
O Brahmā, while that stands on his neck, no one is able to kill him; so I myself, in the form of a brahmin, will beg it of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.205
सतीत्वभङ्गस्तत्पत्न्या यत्र काले भविष्यति ।। तत्रैव काले तन्मृत्युरिति दत्तो वरस्त्वया
satītvabhaṅgastatpatnyā yatra kāle bhaviṣyati || tatraiva kāle tanmṛtyuriti datto varastvayā
"At whatever time the breaking of his wife's chastity shall occur, at that very time shall his death be" — such was the boon granted by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.206
तत्पत्न्याश्चोदरे वीर्य्यमर्पयिष्यामि निश्चितम् ।। तत्क्षणेनैव तन्मृत्युर्भविष्यति न संशयः
tatpatnyāścodare vīryyamarpayiṣyāmi niścitam || tatkṣaṇenaiva tanmṛtyurbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
I shall assuredly place (my) seed in the womb of his wife; at that very moment his death will come about, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.207
पश्चात्सा देहमुत्सृज्य भविष्यति प्रिया मम ।। इत्युक्त्वा जगतां नाथो ददौ शूलं हराय च
paścātsā dehamutsṛjya bhaviṣyati priyā mama || ityuktvā jagatāṃ nātho dadau śūlaṃ harāya ca
Afterwards she, casting off (her) body, will become my beloved. Having said this, the lord of the worlds gave the trident to Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 16.208
शूलं दत्त्वा ययौ शीघ्रं हरिरभ्यन्तरं मुदा ।। भारतं च ययुर्देवा ब्रह्मरुद्रपुरोगमाः
śūlaṃ dattvā yayau śīghraṃ harirabhyantaraṃ mudā || bhārataṃ ca yayurdevā brahmarudrapurogamāḥ
Having given the trident, Hari went swiftly and gladly within, and the gods, with Brahmā and Rudra at their head, went to Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition