Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 28
BvP 2 28.1
श्रीनारायण उवाच।। हरेरुत्कीर्त्तनं श्रुत्वा सावित्री यमवक्त्रतः ।। साश्रुनेत्रा सपुलका यमं पुनरुवाच सा
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca|| harerutkīrttanaṃ śrutvā sāvitrī yamavaktrataḥ || sāśrunetrā sapulakā yamaṃ punaruvāca sā
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard the loud praise of Hari from Yama's mouth, Sāvitrī, with tears in her eyes and her hair bristling, spoke to Yama again.
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BvP 2 28.2
सावित्र्युवाच ।। हरेरुत्कीर्त्तनं धर्म स्वकुलोद्धारकारणम् ।। श्रोतॄणां चैव वक्तॄणां जन्ममृत्युजराहरम् येनान्तश्च कृतो विश्वे सर्वेषां जीविनां परम् ।। कर्मानुरूपकालेन तं कृतान्तं नमाम्यहम्
sāvitryuvāca || harerutkīrttanaṃ dharma svakuloddhārakāraṇam || śrotṝṇāṃ caiva vaktṝṇāṃ janmamṛtyujarāharam yenāntaśca kṛto viśve sarveṣāṃ jīvināṃ param || karmānurūpakālena taṃ kṛtāntaṃ namāmyaham
Sāvitrī said: The loud praise of Hari, O Dharma, is the cause of the rescue of one's own family, and for those who hear it and those who utter it it removes birth, death and old age. He by whom an end is made in the universe for all living beings—by time in accordance with their deeds—that Kṛtānta (the Ender) I salute.
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BvP 2 28.3
दानानां च व्रतानां च सिद्धीनां तपसां परम् ।। योगानां चैव वेदानां सेवनं कीर्त्तनं हरेः
dānānāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca siddhīnāṃ tapasāṃ param || yogānāṃ caiva vedānāṃ sevanaṃ kīrttanaṃ hareḥ
The service and praise of Hari is beyond gifts, vows, attainments, austerities, yogic practices and the Vedas.
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BvP 2 28.4
मुक्तत्वममरत्वं वा सर्वसिद्धित्वमेव वा ।। श्रीकृष्णसेवनस्यैव कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
muktatvamamaratvaṃ vā sarvasiddhitvameva vā || śrīkṛṣṇasevanasyaiva kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Liberation, or immortality, or the possession of all powers—these are not worth a sixteenth part of the service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 2 28.5
भजामि केन विधिना श्रीकृष्णं प्रकृतेः परम् ।। मूढां मामबलां तात वद वेदविदांवर
bhajāmi kena vidhinā śrīkṛṣṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param || mūḍhāṃ māmabalāṃ tāta vada vedavidāṃvara
By what rule am I to worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is beyond primal nature? Tell me, dear one, best of the knowers of the Veda—for I am foolish and weak.
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BvP 2 28.6
शुभकर्म्मविपाकं च श्रुतं नृणां मनोहरम् ।। कर्म्माशुभविपाकं च तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
śubhakarmmavipākaṃ ca śrutaṃ nṛṇāṃ manoharam || karmmāśubhavipākaṃ ca tanme vyākhyātumarhasi
And I have heard the ripening of good deeds, delightful to men's minds; now please explain to me the ripening of men's evil deeds.
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BvP 2 28.7
इत्युक्त्वा सा सती ब्रह्मन्भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरा ।। तुष्टाव धर्म्मराजं च वेदोक्तेन स्तवेन च
ityuktvā sā satī brahmanbhaktinamrātmakandharā || tuṣṭāva dharmmarājaṃ ca vedoktena stavena ca
Having said this, that chaste woman, O brahmin, her neck bowed with devotion, praised the King of Dharma with a hymn declared in the Veda.
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BvP 2 28.8
सावित्र्युवाच ।। तपसा धर्ममाराध्य पुष्करे भास्करः पुरा ।। धर्मांशं यं सुतं प्राप धर्मराजं नमाम्यहम्
sāvitryuvāca || tapasā dharmamārādhya puṣkare bhāskaraḥ purā || dharmāṃśaṃ yaṃ sutaṃ prāpa dharmarājaṃ namāmyaham
Sāvitrī said: Him whom of old the Sun, having propitiated Dharma by austerity at Puṣkara, obtained as a son, a portion of Dharma—that King of Dharma I salute.
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BvP 2 28.9
समता सर्वभूतेषु यस्य सर्वस्य साक्षिणः ।। अतो यन्नाम शमनमिति तं प्रणमाम्यहम्
samatā sarvabhūteṣu yasya sarvasya sākṣiṇaḥ || ato yannāma śamanamiti taṃ praṇamāmyaham
He who is the witness of all, whose regard is equal toward all beings—therefore his name is Śamana (the Equalizer/Stiller); to him I bow.
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BvP 2 28.11
बिभर्ति दण्डं दण्ड्याय पापिनां शुद्धिहेतवे।।। नमामि तं दण्डधरं यः शास्ता सर्वकर्मणाम्
bibharti daṇḍaṃ daṇḍyāya pāpināṃ śuddhihetave||| namāmi taṃ daṇḍadharaṃ yaḥ śāstā sarvakarmaṇām
He bears the rod for punishing, for the purification of sinners; I salute him, the Rod-bearer, who is the chastiser of all deeds.
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BvP 2 28.12
विश्वे यः कलयत्येव सर्वायुश्चापि सन्ततम् ।। अतीव दुर्निवार्य्यञ्च तं कालं प्रणमाम्यहम्
viśve yaḥ kalayatyeva sarvāyuścāpi santatam || atīva durnivāryyañca taṃ kālaṃ praṇamāmyaham
He who in the universe constantly measures out the whole lifespan (of all), and is exceedingly hard to ward off—to that Kāla (Time) I bow.
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BvP 2 28.13
तपस्वी वैष्णवो धर्म्मी संयमी विजितेन्द्रियः ।। जीविनां कर्म्मफलदं तं यमं प्रणमाम्यहम्
tapasvī vaiṣṇavo dharmmī saṃyamī vijitendriyaḥ || jīvināṃ karmmaphaladaṃ taṃ yamaṃ praṇamāmyaham
An ascetic, a Vaiṣṇava, righteous, self-restrained, his senses subdued, the giver of the fruit of deeds to living beings—to that Yama I bow.
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BvP 2 28.14
स्वात्मारामञ्च सर्वज्ञो मित्रं पुण्यकृतां भवेत् ।। पापिनां क्लेशदो यश्च पुण्यं मित्रं नमाम्यहम्
svātmārāmañca sarvajño mitraṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ bhavet || pāpināṃ kleśado yaśca puṇyaṃ mitraṃ namāmyaham
He delights in his own self and is all-knowing, and becomes a friend to those who do merit, while he is the giver of pain to sinners—to that friend of merit I bow.
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BvP 2 28.15
यज्जन्म ब्रह्मणो वंशे ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा।। यो ध्यायति परं ब्रह्म ब्रह्मवंशं नमाम्यहम्
yajjanma brahmaṇo vaṃśe jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā|| yo dhyāyati paraṃ brahma brahmavaṃśaṃ namāmyaham
He whose birth is in the lineage of Brahmā, blazing with the splendour of Brahman, who meditates on the supreme Brahman—to him of Brahmā's lineage I bow.
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BvP 2 28.16
इत्युक्त्वा सा च सावित्री प्रणनाम यमं मुने ।। यमस्तां विष्षुभजनं कर्म्मपाकमुवाच ह
ityuktvā sā ca sāvitrī praṇanāma yamaṃ mune || yamastāṃ viṣṣubhajanaṃ karmmapākamuvāca ha
Having spoken thus, Sāvitrī bowed to Yama, O sage; and Yama told her of the worship of Viṣṇu and of the ripening of deeds.
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BvP 2 28.17
इदं यमाष्टकं नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् ।। यमात्तस्य भयं नास्ति सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्यते
idaṃ yamāṣṭakaṃ nityaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet || yamāttasya bhayaṃ nāsti sarvapāpātpramucyate
Whoever rises at dawn and daily recites this Yama-octet has no fear from Yama, and is wholly released from all sin.
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BvP 2 28.18
महापापी यदि पठेन्नित्यं भक्त्या च नारद ।। यमः करोति तं शुद्धं कायव्यूहेन निश्चितम्
mahāpāpī yadi paṭhennityaṃ bhaktyā ca nārada || yamaḥ karoti taṃ śuddhaṃ kāyavyūhena niścitam
If even a great sinner recites it daily and with devotion, O Nārada, Yama surely makes him pure by means of a multiplication of bodies.
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