Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 3
BvP 2 3.1
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। अथाण्डं तज्जलेऽतिष्ठद्यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः ।। ततः स्वकाले सहसा द्विधारूपो बभूव सः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || athāṇḍaṃ tajjale'tiṣṭhadyāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ || tataḥ svakāle sahasā dvidhārūpo babhūva saḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then the egg remained in that water for as long as the lifetime of Brahmā; thereafter, in its own time, it suddenly became twofold in form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.2
तन्मध्ये शिशुरेकश्च शतकोटिरविप्रभः।। क्षणं रोरूयमाणश्च स शिशुः पीडितः क्षुधा तदूर्ध्वे गोलकश्चैव पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनात् ।। नित्यः सत्यस्वरूपश्च यथा कृष्णस्तथाप्ययम् अथ कालेन स विराडूर्ध्वं दृष्ट्वा पुनः पुनः ।। डिम्भान्तरं च शून्यं च न द्वितीयं कथंचन निर्गुणस्यात्मनश्चैव परिपूर्णतमस्य च ।। नैवेद्येन च कृष्णस्य नहि किञ्चित्प्रयोजनम् इत्युक्त्वा बालकस्तत्र विरराम च नारद ।। उवाच कृष्णः प्रत्युक्तिं मधुरां श्रुतिसुन्दरीम् इत्युक्त्वा जगतां नाथो विरराम विधेः सुतः ।। जगाम नत्वा तं ब्रह्मा शिवश्च शिवदायकः क्षुद्रस्य नाभिपद्मे च ब्रह्मा विश्वं ससर्ज सः ।। स्वर्गं मर्त्यं च पातालं त्रिलोकं सचराचरम्
tanmadhye śiśurekaśca śatakoṭiraviprabhaḥ|| kṣaṇaṃ rorūyamāṇaśca sa śiśuḥ pīḍitaḥ kṣudhā tadūrdhve golakaścaiva pañcāśatkoṭiyojanāt || nityaḥ satyasvarūpaśca yathā kṛṣṇastathāpyayam atha kālena sa virāḍūrdhvaṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ punaḥ || ḍimbhāntaraṃ ca śūnyaṃ ca na dvitīyaṃ kathaṃcana nirguṇasyātmanaścaiva paripūrṇatamasya ca || naivedyena ca kṛṣṇasya nahi kiñcitprayojanam ityuktvā bālakastatra virarāma ca nārada || uvāca kṛṣṇaḥ pratyuktiṃ madhurāṃ śrutisundarīm ityuktvā jagatāṃ nātho virarāma vidheḥ sutaḥ || jagāma natvā taṃ brahmā śivaśca śivadāyakaḥ kṣudrasya nābhipadme ca brahmā viśvaṃ sasarja saḥ || svargaṃ martyaṃ ca pātālaṃ trilokaṃ sacarācaram
And within it was a single infant with the radiance of a hundred million suns; for a moment that infant wailed, tormented by hunger. Above him was the globe, at fifty crore leagues; he is eternal and of the nature of truth, just as Kṛṣṇa is. Then, in time, that Virāṭ looked upward again and again: within the egg it was empty, and there was no second at all. "For the Self who is without qualities and utterly complete there is no use whatever for a food-offering to Kṛṣṇa" — having said this, O Nārada, the boy there fell silent. Kṛṣṇa spoke a reply, sweet and lovely to the ear. Having said this, the lord of the worlds, the son of the Creator, fell silent. Brahmā, having bowed to him, went away, and Śiva too, the giver of good. And in the navel-lotus of the small one, Brahmā created the universe — heaven, the mortal world, and the underworld, the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 3.3
पितृमातृपरित्यक्तो जलमध्ये निराश्रयः ।। नैकब्रह्माण्डनाथो यो ददर्शोर्ध्वमनाथवत्
pitṛmātṛparityakto jalamadhye nirāśrayaḥ || naikabrahmāṇḍanātho yo dadarśordhvamanāthavat
Abandoned by father and mother, without support in the midst of the waters, he who is the lord of more than one universe looked upward like one without a protector.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.4
स्थूलात्स्थूलतमः सोऽपि नाम्ना देवो महाविराट् ।। परमाणुर्यथा सूक्ष्मात्परः स्थूलात्तथाऽप्यसौ
sthūlātsthūlatamaḥ so'pi nāmnā devo mahāvirāṭ || paramāṇuryathā sūkṣmātparaḥ sthūlāttathā'pyasau
He too is grosser than the gross, the god named Mahāvirāṭ; as the finest atom is beyond the subtle, so is he beyond the gross.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.5
तेजसां षोडशांशोऽयं कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। आधारोऽसंख्यविश्वानां महाविष्णुस्सुरेश्वरः
tejasāṃ ṣoḍaśāṃśo'yaṃ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || ādhāro'saṃkhyaviśvānāṃ mahāviṣṇussureśvaraḥ
He is a sixteenth part of the splendours of Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Self; he is the support of countless universes, the Mahāviṣṇu, lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.6
प्रत्येकं रोमकूपेषु विश्वानि निखिलानि च ।। अद्यापि तेषां संख्यां च कृष्णो वक्तुं न हि क्षमः
pratyekaṃ romakūpeṣu viśvāni nikhilāni ca || adyāpi teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇo vaktuṃ na hi kṣamaḥ
In each of his hair-pores are all the universes entire; even now Kṛṣṇa is not able to state their number.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.7
यथाऽस्ति संख्या रजसां विश्वानां न कदाचन ।। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनां तथा संख्या न विद्यते
yathā'sti saṃkhyā rajasāṃ viśvānāṃ na kadācana || brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāṃ tathā saṃkhyā na vidyate
Just as there is never any counting of the specks of dust (or) of the universes, so too no number of the Brahmās, Viṣṇus, Śivas and the rest is found.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.8
प्रतिविश्वेषु सन्त्येवं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः ।। पातालाद्ब्रह्मलोकान्तं ब्रह्माण्डं परिकीर्त्तितम्
prativiśveṣu santyevaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ || pātālādbrahmalokāntaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ parikīrttitam
In each universe there are thus Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the others; from the underworld up to the world of Brahmā is declared to be the (one) universe-egg.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.9
तत ऊर्ध्वे च वैकुण्ठो ब्रह्माण्डाद्बहिरेव सः ।। स च सत्यस्वरूपश्च शश्वन्नारायणो यथा
tata ūrdhve ca vaikuṇṭho brahmāṇḍādbahireva saḥ || sa ca satyasvarūpaśca śaśvannārāyaṇo yathā
Above that is Vaikuṇṭha; it is indeed outside the universe-egg, and it is of the nature of truth, everlasting, as is Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.11
सप्तद्वीपमिता पृथ्वी सप्तसागरसंयुता ।। एकोनपञ्चाशदुपद्वीपाऽसंख्यवनान्विता
saptadvīpamitā pṛthvī saptasāgarasaṃyutā || ekonapañcāśadupadvīpā'saṃkhyavanānvitā
The earth is measured as seven continents, joined with seven oceans, having forty-nine sub-continents and countless forests.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.12
ऊर्ध्वं सप्त सुवर्लोका ब्रह्मलोकसमन्विताः ।। पातालानि च सप्ताधश्चैवं ब्रह्माण्डमेव च
ūrdhvaṃ sapta suvarlokā brahmalokasamanvitāḥ || pātālāni ca saptādhaścaivaṃ brahmāṇḍameva ca
Above are the seven heavenly worlds together with the world of Brahmā, and below the seven underworlds — such indeed is the universe-egg.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.13
ऊर्ध्वं धराया भूर्लोको भुवर्लोकस्ततः परः ।। स्वर्लोकस्तु ततः पश्चान्महर्लोकस्ततो जनः
ūrdhvaṃ dharāyā bhūrloko bhuvarlokastataḥ paraḥ || svarlokastu tataḥ paścānmaharlokastato janaḥ
Above the earth is Bhūrloka, beyond that Bhuvarloka; then after that Svarloka, then Maharloka, then Janas.
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BvP 2 3.14
ततः परस्तपोलोकः सत्यलोकस्ततः परः ।। ततः परो ब्रह्मलोकस्तप्तकाञ्चननिर्मितः ।।
tataḥ parastapolokaḥ satyalokastataḥ paraḥ || tataḥ paro brahmalokastaptakāñcananirmitaḥ ||
Beyond that is Tapoloka, beyond that Satyaloka; beyond that is Brahmaloka, built of refined gold.
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BvP 2 3.15
एवं सर्वं कृत्रिमं तद्बाह्याभ्यन्तर एव च ।। तद्विनाशे विनाशश्च सर्वेषामेव नारद
evaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtrimaṃ tadbāhyābhyantara eva ca || tadvināśe vināśaśca sarveṣāmeva nārada
Thus all this is fabricated, both outside it and within; and when that perishes, Nārada, all of them perish too.
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BvP 2 3.16
जलबुदुदवत्सर्वं विश्वसंघमनित्यकम् ।। नित्यौ गोलोकवैकुण्ठौ सत्यौ शश्वदकृत्रिमौ
jalabududavatsarvaṃ viśvasaṃghamanityakam || nityau golokavaikuṇṭhau satyau śaśvadakṛtrimau
Like a bubble on water, the whole mass of universes is impermanent; (only) Goloka and Vaikuṇṭha are eternal, real, forever unfabricated.
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BvP 2 3.17
लोमकूपे च विध्यण्डं प्रत्येकं तस्य निश्चितम् ।। एषां संख्यां न जानाति कृष्णोऽन्यस्यापि का कथा
lomakūpe ca vidhyaṇḍaṃ pratyekaṃ tasya niścitam || eṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ na jānāti kṛṣṇo'nyasyāpi kā kathā
And in each pore of his (body) a universe-egg is fixed, one in each; Kṛṣṇa does not know their number — what to say of anyone else?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.18
प्रत्येकं प्रतिविध्यण्डे ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः ।। तिस्रः कोट्यः सुराणां च संख्या सर्वत्र पुत्रक
pratyekaṃ pratividhyaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ || tisraḥ koṭyaḥ surāṇāṃ ca saṃkhyā sarvatra putraka
In each single universe-egg there are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, and thirty million gods — that is the count everywhere, my son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.19
दिगीशाश्चैव दिक्पाला नक्षत्राणि ग्रहादयः ।। भुवि वर्णाश्च चत्वारोऽधो नागाश्च चराचराः
digīśāścaiva dikpālā nakṣatrāṇi grahādayaḥ || bhuvi varṇāśca catvāro'dho nāgāśca carācarāḥ
And the lords of the directions, the guardians of the directions, the lunar mansions, the planets and the rest; on earth the four classes, and below the serpents, and the moving and unmoving beings.
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BvP 2 3.21
चिन्तामवाप क्षुद्युक्तो रुरोद च पुनः पुनः ।। ज्ञानं प्राप्य तदा दध्यौ कृष्णं परमपूरुषम्
cintāmavāpa kṣudyukto ruroda ca punaḥ punaḥ || jñānaṃ prāpya tadā dadhyau kṛṣṇaṃ paramapūruṣam
Stricken with hunger he fell into worry and wept again and again; then, having obtained knowledge, he meditated on Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Person.
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BvP 2 3.22
ततो ददर्श तत्रैव ब्रह्म ज्योतिः सनातनम् ।। नवीननीरदश्यामं द्विभुजं पीतवाससम्
tato dadarśa tatraiva brahma jyotiḥ sanātanam || navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ dvibhujaṃ pītavāsasam
Then, right there, he saw the eternal light of Brahman, dark as a fresh rain-cloud, two-armed, wearing yellow garments,
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BvP 2 3.23
सस्मितं मुरलीहस्तं भक्तानुग्रहकारकम् ।। जहास बालकस्तुष्टो दृष्ट्वा जनकमीश्वरम्
sasmitaṃ muralīhastaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam || jahāsa bālakastuṣṭo dṛṣṭvā janakamīśvaram
smiling, with a flute in his hand, the bestower of grace on devotees; the child laughed, delighted, on seeing his father, the Lord.
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BvP 2 3.24
वरं तस्मै ददौ तुष्टो वरेशः समयोचितम्।। मत्समो ज्ञानयुक्तश्व क्षुत्पिपासाविवर्जितः
varaṃ tasmai dadau tuṣṭo vareśaḥ samayocitam|| matsamo jñānayuktaśva kṣutpipāsāvivarjitaḥ
Pleased, the lord of boons gave him a boon suited to the occasion: "(Be) equal to me, endowed with knowledge, free of hunger and thirst,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.25
ब्रह्माण्डासंख्यनिलयो भव वत्स लयावधि ।। निष्कामो निर्भयश्चैव सर्वेषां वरदो वरः ।। रोगमृत्युजराशोकपीडादिपरिवर्जितः
brahmāṇḍāsaṃkhyanilayo bhava vatsa layāvadhi || niṣkāmo nirbhayaścaiva sarveṣāṃ varado varaḥ || rogamṛtyujarāśokapīḍādiparivarjitaḥ
be the abode of countless universe-eggs, my child, until the dissolution; free of desire and free of fear, the best of all, a giver of boons, free of disease, death, old age, grief, pain and the rest."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.26
इत्युक्त्वा तद्दक्षकर्णे महामन्त्रं षडक्षरम् ।। त्रिः कृत्वा प्रजजापादौ वेदाङ्गमवरं परम्
ityuktvā taddakṣakarṇe mahāmantraṃ ṣaḍakṣaram || triḥ kṛtvā prajajāpādau vedāṅgamavaraṃ param
Having said this, he made the great six-syllabled mantra in his right ear, and, doing it three times, first recited it — (the mantra) the limb of the Veda, unsurpassed, supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 3.27
प्रणवादिचतुर्थ्यन्तं कृष्ण इत्यक्षरद्वयम् ।। वह्निज्वालान्तमिष्टं च सर्वविघ्नहरं परम्
praṇavādicaturthyantaṃ kṛṣṇa ityakṣaradvayam || vahnijvālāntamiṣṭaṃ ca sarvavighnaharaṃ param
Beginning with the praṇava (oṃ) and ending in the fourth case, the two syllables "kṛṣṇa", and ending with the flame of fire (svāhā) — desired, supreme, remover of all obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.28
मन्त्रं दत्त्वा तदाहारं कल्पयामास वै प्रभुः।। श्रूयतां तद्ब्रह्मपुत्र निबोध कथयामि ते
mantraṃ dattvā tadāhāraṃ kalpayāmāsa vai prabhuḥ|| śrūyatāṃ tadbrahmaputra nibodha kathayāmi te
Having given the mantra, the Lord indeed arranged his food. Let that be heard, son of Brahmā; listen, I shall tell it to you.
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BvP 2 3.29
प्रतिविश्वेषु नैवेद्यं दद्याद्वै वैष्णवो जनः ।। षोडशांशं विषयिणो विष्णोः पञ्चदशास्य वै
prativiśveṣu naivedyaṃ dadyādvai vaiṣṇavo janaḥ || ṣoḍaśāṃśaṃ viṣayiṇo viṣṇoḥ pañcadaśāsya vai
In each of the universes a Vaiṣṇava person should offer food-offering: a sixteenth part for the worldly man, and fifteen (parts) of it for Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 3.31
यद्ददाति व नैवेद्यं यस्मै देवाय यो जनः ।। स च खादति तत्सर्वं लक्ष्मीदृष्ट्या पुनर्भवेत्
yaddadāti va naivedyaṃ yasmai devāya yo janaḥ || sa ca khādati tatsarvaṃ lakṣmīdṛṣṭyā punarbhavet
Whatever food-offering a person gives, and to whichever god, that god eats it all, and by Lakṣmī's glance it comes to be again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.32
तं च मन्त्रं वरं दत्त्वा तमुवाच पुनर्विभुः ।। अन्यो वरः क इष्टस्ते तं मे ब्रूहि ददामि ते
taṃ ca mantraṃ varaṃ dattvā tamuvāca punarvibhuḥ || anyo varaḥ ka iṣṭaste taṃ me brūhi dadāmi te
And having given him that mantra as a boon, the mighty Lord spoke to him again: "What other boon is desired by you? Tell it to me, I shall give it to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.33
कृष्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच महाविराट् ।। अदन्तो बालकस्तत्र वचनं समयोचितम्
kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca mahāvirāṭ || adanto bālakastatra vacanaṃ samayocitam
Hearing Kṛṣṇa's words, the great Virāṭ — a toothless child there — said to him words suited to the occasion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.34
महाविराडुवाच ।। वरं मे त्वत्पदाम्भोजे भक्तिर्भवतु निश्चला ।। सन्ततं यावदायुर्मे क्षणं वा सुचिरं च वा
mahāvirāḍuvāca || varaṃ me tvatpadāmbhoje bhaktirbhavatu niścalā || santataṃ yāvadāyurme kṣaṇaṃ vā suciraṃ ca vā
The great Virāṭ said: Let this be my boon — that there be unwavering devotion to your lotus feet, continually, as long as my life lasts, whether a moment or a very long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.35
त्वद्भक्तियुक्तो यो लोके जीवन्मुक्तः स सन्ततम् ।। त्वद्भक्तिहीनो मूर्खश्च जीवन्नपि मृतो हि सः
tvadbhaktiyukto yo loke jīvanmuktaḥ sa santatam || tvadbhaktihīno mūrkhaśca jīvannapi mṛto hi saḥ
He in the world who is joined with devotion to you is ever liberated while living; but the fool who lacks devotion to you, though living, is indeed dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 3.36
किं तज्जपेन तपसा यज्ञेन यजनेन च ।। व्रतेनैवोपवासेन पुण्यतीर्थनिषेवया
kiṃ tajjapena tapasā yajñena yajanena ca || vratenaivopavāsena puṇyatīrthaniṣevayā
What (use) is that muttering of prayers, that austerity, sacrifice, and worship, that vow, that fasting, that frequenting of holy places —
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BvP 2 3.37
कृष्णभक्तिविहीनस्य पुंसः स्याज्जीवनं वृथा ।। येनात्मना जीवितश्च तमेव नहि मन्यते
kṛṣṇabhaktivihīnasya puṃsaḥ syājjīvanaṃ vṛthā || yenātmanā jīvitaśca tameva nahi manyate
— the life of a man devoid of devotion to Kṛṣṇa would be in vain; for he does not acknowledge that very Self by which he lives.
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BvP 2 3.38
यावदात्मा शरीरेऽस्ति तावत्स्याच्छक्तिसंयुतः ।। पश्चाद्यान्ति गते तस्मिन्न स्वतन्त्राश्च शक्तयः
yāvadātmā śarīre'sti tāvatsyācchaktisaṃyutaḥ || paścādyānti gate tasminna svatantrāśca śaktayaḥ
As long as the self is in the body, so long is (the body) possessed of powers; afterwards, when that has gone, the powers follow it and are not independent.
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BvP 2 3.39
स च त्वं च महाभाग सर्वात्मा प्रकृतेः परः ।। स्वेच्छामयश्च सर्वाद्यो ब्रह्म ज्योतिः सनातनः
sa ca tvaṃ ca mahābhāga sarvātmā prakṛteḥ paraḥ || svecchāmayaśca sarvādyo brahma jyotiḥ sanātanaḥ
And he, and you, O greatly fortunate one, are the Self of all, beyond primal nature, acting by your own will, the first of all, brahman, light, eternal.
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BvP 2 3.41
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। सुचिरं सुस्थिरं तिष्ठ यथाऽहं त्वं तथा भव ।। असंख्यब्रह्मणां पाते पातस्ते न भविष्यति
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || suciraṃ susthiraṃ tiṣṭha yathā'haṃ tvaṃ tathā bhava || asaṃkhyabrahmaṇāṃ pāte pātaste na bhaviṣyati
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Stand very long and very firm; as I am, so may you be. At the falling of countless Brahmās, no falling shall be yours.
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BvP 2 3.42
अंशेन प्रतिविध्यण्डे त्वं च पुत्र विराड् भव ।। त्वन्नाभिपद्मे ब्रह्मा च विश्वस्रष्टा भविष्यति
aṃśena pratividhyaṇḍe tvaṃ ca putra virāḍ bhava || tvannābhipadme brahmā ca viśvasraṣṭā bhaviṣyati
And by a portion (of yourself), in each single egg, become the Virāṭ, my son; and in the lotus of your navel Brahmā shall come to be, the creator of the universe.
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BvP 2 3.43
ललाटे ब्रह्मणश्चैव रुद्राश्चैकादशैव तु ।। शिवांशेन भविष्यन्ति सृष्टिसंचरणाय वै
lalāṭe brahmaṇaścaiva rudrāścaikādaśaiva tu || śivāṃśena bhaviṣyanti sṛṣṭisaṃcaraṇāya vai
And on the forehead of Brahmā the eleven Rudras shall come to be, by a portion of Śiva, for the ranging over of creation.
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BvP 2 3.44
कालाग्निरुद्रस्तेष्वेको विश्वसंहारकारकः ।। पाता विष्णुश्च विषयी क्षुद्रांशेन भविष्यति।।
kālāgnirudrasteṣveko viśvasaṃhārakārakaḥ || pātā viṣṇuśca viṣayī kṣudrāṃśena bhaviṣyati||
Among them one is Kālāgnirudra, who brings about the destruction of the universe; and Viṣṇu the preserver, the lord of objects, shall come to be by a small portion.
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BvP 2 3.45
मद्भक्तियुक्तः सततं भविष्यसि वरेण मे ।। ध्यानेन कमनीयं मां नित्यं द्रक्ष्यसि निश्चितम्
madbhaktiyuktaḥ satataṃ bhaviṣyasi vareṇa me || dhyānena kamanīyaṃ māṃ nityaṃ drakṣyasi niścitam
By my boon you shall be ever joined with devotion to me; through meditation you shall surely see me always, lovely (as I am).
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BvP 2 3.46
मातरं कमनीयां च मम वक्षःस्थलस्थिताम् ।। यामि लोकं तिष्ठ वत्सेत्युक्त्वा सोऽन्तरधीयत
mātaraṃ kamanīyāṃ ca mama vakṣaḥsthalasthitām || yāmi lokaṃ tiṣṭha vatsetyuktvā so'ntaradhīyata
And (you shall see) the lovely Mother, who abides on my breast. I am going to (my) world; stay, child — having said this, he vanished.
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BvP 2 3.47
गत्वा च नाकं ब्रह्माणं शङ्करं स उवाच ह ।। स्रष्टारं स्रष्टुमीशं च संहर्तारं च तत्क्षणम्
gatvā ca nākaṃ brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ sa uvāca ha || sraṣṭāraṃ sraṣṭumīśaṃ ca saṃhartāraṃ ca tatkṣaṇam
And having gone to heaven, he spoke at that moment to Brahmā the creator, (bidding him) create, and to Śaṅkara the lord and destroyer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 3.48
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। सृष्टिं स्रष्टुं गच्छ वत्स नाभिपद्मोद्भवो भव।। महाविराड् लोमकूपे क्षुद्रस्य च विधेः शृणु
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || sṛṣṭiṃ sraṣṭuṃ gaccha vatsa nābhipadmodbhavo bhava|| mahāvirāḍ lomakūpe kṣudrasya ca vidheḥ śṛṇu
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Go, child, to create the creation; be born from the navel-lotus. Hear about the lesser Virāṭ and creator in the pore of the great Virāṭ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 3.49
गच्छ वत्स महादेव ब्रह्मभालोद्भवो भव ।। अंशेन च महाभाग स्वयं च सुचिरं तपः
gaccha vatsa mahādeva brahmabhālodbhavo bhava || aṃśena ca mahābhāga svayaṃ ca suciraṃ tapaḥ
Go, child Mahādeva, be born from Brahmā's forehead — by a portion, O greatly fortunate one, while you yourself (perform) austerity for a very long time.
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BvP 2 3.51
महाविराड् लोमकूपे ब्रह्माण्डे गोलके जले ।। स बभूव विराट्क्षुद्रो विराडंशेन साम्प्रतम्
mahāvirāḍ lomakūpe brahmāṇḍe golake jale || sa babhūva virāṭkṣudro virāḍaṃśena sāmpratam
In a pore of the great Virāṭ, in the egg of Brahmā, in the globe, in the water, there came to be the lesser Virāṭ, by a portion of the Virāṭ, at that time.
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BvP 2 3.52
श्यामो युवा पीतवासाः शयानो जलतल्पके।। ईषद्धासः प्रसन्नास्यो विश्वरूपी जनार्दनः
śyāmo yuvā pītavāsāḥ śayāno jalatalpake|| īṣaddhāsaḥ prasannāsyo viśvarūpī janārdanaḥ
Dark, youthful, yellow-clad, lying on a couch of water, faintly smiling, with a serene face, having the universe as his form — Janārdana.
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BvP 2 3.53
तन्नाभिकमले ब्रह्मा बभूव कमलोद्भवः ।। संभूय पद्मदण्डं च बभ्राम युगलक्षकम्
tannābhikamale brahmā babhūva kamalodbhavaḥ || saṃbhūya padmadaṇḍaṃ ca babhrāma yugalakṣakam
In the lotus of his navel Brahmā came to be, lotus-born; and having come into being he roamed the stalk of the lotus for two hundred thousand (years).
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BvP 2 3.54
नान्तं जगाम दण्डस्य पद्मनाभस्य पद्मजः ।। नाभिजस्य च पद्मस्य चिन्तामाप पितामहः
nāntaṃ jagāma daṇḍasya padmanābhasya padmajaḥ || nābhijasya ca padmasya cintāmāpa pitāmahaḥ
The lotus-born one did not reach the end of the stalk of the lotus-naveled one; and the grandfather fell into worry about the lotus born of the navel.
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BvP 2 3.55
स्वस्थानं पुनरागत्य दध्यौ कृष्णपदाम्बुजम् ।। ततो ददर्श क्षुद्रं तं ध्यात्वा तद्दिव्यचक्षुषा
svasthānaṃ punarāgatya dadhyau kṛṣṇapadāmbujam || tato dadarśa kṣudraṃ taṃ dhyātvā taddivyacakṣuṣā
Coming back again to his own place, he meditated on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet; then, having meditated, with that divine eye he saw that lesser one,
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BvP 2 3.56
शयानं जलतल्पे च ब्रह्माण्डपिण्डमावृते ।। यल्लोमकूपे ब्रह्माण्डं तं च तत्परमीश्वरम्
śayānaṃ jalatalpe ca brahmāṇḍapiṇḍamāvṛte || yallomakūpe brahmāṇḍaṃ taṃ ca tatparamīśvaram
lying on the couch of water, enveloped by the mass of the world-egg; and (he saw) him in whose pore is the world-egg, that supreme lord,
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BvP 2 3.57
श्रीकृष्णं चापि गोलोकं गोपगोपीसमन्वितम् ।। तं संस्तूय वरं प्राप ततः सृष्टिं चकार सः
śrīkṛṣṇaṃ cāpi golokaṃ gopagopīsamanvitam || taṃ saṃstūya varaṃ prāpa tataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra saḥ
And also Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and Goloka together with the cowherds and cowherd women — having praised him, he obtained a boon, and thereafter he carried out creation.
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BvP 2 3.58
बभूवुर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मानसाः सनकादयः ।। ततो रुद्राः कपालाच्च शिवस्यैकादश स्मृताः
babhūvurbrahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ sanakādayaḥ || tato rudrāḥ kapālācca śivasyaikādaśa smṛtāḥ
There came to be Brahmā's mind-born sons, Sanaka and the rest; then from (his) skull the Rudras, eleven forms of Śiva, are recorded.
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BvP 2 3.59
बभूव पाता विष्णुश्च वामे क्षुद्रस्य पार्श्वतः ।। चतुर्भुजश्च भगवाञ्श्वेतद्वीपनिवासकृत्
babhūva pātā viṣṇuśca vāme kṣudrasya pārśvataḥ || caturbhujaśca bhagavāñśvetadvīpanivāsakṛt
And Viṣṇu came to be the protector, on the left side of the small (virāṭ); and the Lord, four-armed, dwelling on the White Island.
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BvP 2 3.61
एवं सर्वं लोमकूपे विश्वं प्रत्येकमेव च ।। प्रतिविश्वं क्षुद्रविराड् ब्रह्म विष्णुशिवादयः
evaṃ sarvaṃ lomakūpe viśvaṃ pratyekameva ca || prativiśvaṃ kṣudravirāḍ brahma viṣṇuśivādayaḥ
Thus in each single pore (of his hair) there is a whole universe, and in each universe a lesser virāṭ, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest.
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BvP 2 3.62
इत्येवं कथितं वत्स कृष्णसङ्कीर्त्तनं शुभम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vatsa kṛṣṇasaṅkīrttanaṃ śubham || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus, child, has the auspicious glorification of Kṛṣṇa been told — giver of happiness, giver of liberation, the essence. What further do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition