Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 32
BvP 2 32.1
सावित्र्युवाच ।। धर्मराज महाभाग वेदवेदाङ्गपारग ।। नानापुराणेतिहासपाञ्चरात्रप्रदर्शकः
sāvitryuvāca || dharmarāja mahābhāga vedavedāṅgapāraga || nānāpurāṇetihāsapāñcarātrapradarśakaḥ
Sāvitrī said: O Dharmarāja, greatly fortunate one, who have mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, expounder of the various Purāṇas, the epic histories and the Pāñcarātra —
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BvP 2 32.2
सर्वेषु सारभूतं यत्सर्वेष्टं सर्वसम्मतम् ।। कर्मच्छेदे बीजरूपं प्रशंस्यं सुखदं नृणाम् अन्येषु सर्वशास्त्रेषु वेदांगेषु च सुव्रते ।। सर्वेष्टं सारभूतं च मंगलं कृष्णसेवनम् भीताः कृष्णोपासकाच्च वैनतेयादिवोरगाः ।। स्वदूतं पाशहस्तं च गच्छन्तं तं वदाम्यहम् बिभर्ति सूक्ष्मदेहं च तद्रूपं भोगहेतवे ।। स देहो न भवेद्भस्म ज्वलदग्नौ ममालये
sarveṣu sārabhūtaṃ yatsarveṣṭaṃ sarvasammatam || karmacchede bījarūpaṃ praśaṃsyaṃ sukhadaṃ nṛṇām anyeṣu sarvaśāstreṣu vedāṃgeṣu ca suvrate || sarveṣṭaṃ sārabhūtaṃ ca maṃgalaṃ kṛṣṇasevanam bhītāḥ kṛṣṇopāsakācca vainateyādivoragāḥ || svadūtaṃ pāśahastaṃ ca gacchantaṃ taṃ vadāmyaham bibharti sūkṣmadehaṃ ca tadrūpaṃ bhogahetave || sa deho na bhavedbhasma jvaladagnau mamālaye
that which is the essence in all (of them), desired by all, approved by all, which is the seed-form for the cutting off of (the bonds of) action, praiseworthy, giving happiness to men — in all the other scriptures and in the Vedāṅgas too, O you of good vows, the thing desired by all, the essence, the auspicious thing, is the service of Kṛṣṇa. Serpents are afraid of a worshipper of Kṛṣṇa as of Garuḍa and the like; and I speak to my own messenger, noose in hand, as he goes forth. And (the soul) bears a subtle body, that form, for the sake of experiencing (its fruits); that body does not become ashes in the blazing fire in my abode.
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BvP 2 32.3
यशःप्रदं धर्मदं च सर्वमंगलमंगलम् ।। येन यामीं न ते यांति यातनां भवदुःखदाम्
yaśaḥpradaṃ dharmadaṃ ca sarvamaṃgalamaṃgalam || yena yāmīṃ na te yāṃti yātanāṃ bhavaduḥkhadām
(Tell me that) which gives fame and gives merit, the auspiciousness of all auspicious things, by which (men) do not go to Yama's torment that brings the suffering of existence,
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BvP 2 32.4
कुण्डानि च न पश्यन्ति तत्र नैव पतंति च ।। न भवेद्येन जन्मादि तत्कर्म वद सुव्रत
kuṇḍāni ca na paśyanti tatra naiva pataṃti ca || na bhavedyena janmādi tatkarma vada suvrata
and (by which) they do not see the pits (of hell), nor do they fall into them there — that deed by which there would be no birth and the rest: tell it, O you of good vows.
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BvP 2 32.5
किमाकाराणि कुण्डानि कानि तेषां मतानि च ।। केन रूपेण तत्रैव सदा तिष्ठंति पापिनः
kimākārāṇi kuṇḍāni kāni teṣāṃ matāni ca || kena rūpeṇa tatraiva sadā tiṣṭhaṃti pāpinaḥ
Of what shape are the pits, and which are the ones assigned for them? In what form do sinners remain there forever?
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BvP 2 32.6
स्वदेहे भस्मसाद्भूते यांति लोकान्तरं नराः ।। केन देहेन वा भोगं भुञ्जते वा शुभाशुभम्
svadehe bhasmasādbhūte yāṃti lokāntaraṃ narāḥ || kena dehena vā bhogaṃ bhuñjate vā śubhāśubham
When their own body has been reduced to ashes, men go to another world; with what body then do they experience the enjoyment, whether good or ill?
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BvP 2 32.7
सुचिरं क्लेशभोगेन कथं देहो न नश्यति ।। देहो वा किंविधो ब्रह्मंस्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
suciraṃ kleśabhogena kathaṃ deho na naśyati || deho vā kiṃvidho brahmaṃstanme vyākhyātumarhasi
How is it that the body is not destroyed by the long experience of torment? And of what sort is that body, O brahmin? This you ought to explain to me.
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BvP 2 32.8
नारायण उवाच ।। सावित्रीवचनं श्रुत्वा धर्मराजो हरिं स्मरन् ।। कथां कथितुमारेभे गुरुं नत्वा च नारद
nārāyaṇa uvāca || sāvitrīvacanaṃ śrutvā dharmarājo hariṃ smaran || kathāṃ kathitumārebhe guruṃ natvā ca nārada
Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Sāvitrī's words, Dharmarāja, remembering Hari and bowing to his teacher, began to tell the account, O Nārada.
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BvP 2 32.9
यम उवाच ।। वत्से चतुर्षु वेदेषु धर्मो वै संहितासु च ।। पुराणेष्वितिहासेषु पाञ्चरात्रादिकेषु च
yama uvāca || vatse caturṣu vedeṣu dharmo vai saṃhitāsu ca || purāṇeṣvitihāseṣu pāñcarātrādikeṣu ca
Yama said: My child, in the four Vedas, and in the Saṃhitās, in the Purāṇas, in the epic histories, and in the Pāñcarātra and the rest, dharma (is declared) —
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BvP 2 32.11
जन्ममृत्युजरारोगशोकसन्तापतारणम् ।। सर्वमङ्गलरूपं च परमानन्दकारणम्
janmamṛtyujarārogaśokasantāpatāraṇam || sarvamaṅgalarūpaṃ ca paramānandakāraṇam
(that which is) the deliverance from birth, death, old age, disease, grief and anguish, which is the very form of all auspiciousness and the cause of supreme bliss,
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BvP 2 32.12
कारणं सर्वसिद्धीनां नरकार्णवतारणम् ।। भक्तिवृक्षांकुरकरं कर्मवृक्षनिकृन्तनम्
kāraṇaṃ sarvasiddhīnāṃ narakārṇavatāraṇam || bhaktivṛkṣāṃkurakaraṃ karmavṛkṣanikṛntanam
(It is) the cause of all attainments, the ferry across the ocean of hell; it makes the sprout of the tree of devotion (grow) and cuts down the tree of (binding) action.
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BvP 2 32.13
गोलोकमार्गसोपानमविनाशिपदप्रदम्।। सालोक्यसार्ष्टिसारूप्यसामीप्यादिप्रदं शुभे
golokamārgasopānamavināśipadapradam|| sālokyasārṣṭisārūpyasāmīpyādipradaṃ śubhe
(It is) the stairway on the road to Goloka, the giver of the imperishable station; it grants sālokya (sharing the same world), sārṣṭi (equal power), sārūpya (the same form), sāmīpya (nearness), and the rest, O auspicious one.
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BvP 2 32.14
कुण्डानि यमदूतं च यमं च यमकिङ्करान् ।। स्वप्नेऽपि नहि पश्यन्ति सति श्रीकृष्णकिङ्कराः
kuṇḍāni yamadūtaṃ ca yamaṃ ca yamakiṅkarān || svapne'pi nahi paśyanti sati śrīkṛṣṇakiṅkarāḥ
The servants of Śrī Kṛṣṇa do not see, even in a dream, the pits (of hell), nor Yama's messenger, nor Yama, nor Yama's attendants, O chaste lady.
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BvP 2 32.15
हरिव्रतं ये कुर्वंति गृहिणः कर्मभोगिनः ।। ये स्नांति हरितीर्थे च नाश्नन्ति हरिवासरे
harivrataṃ ye kurvaṃti gṛhiṇaḥ karmabhoginaḥ || ye snāṃti haritīrthe ca nāśnanti harivāsare
Those householders who, though enjoying (the fruits of) their works, keep the vow of Hari, and those who bathe at Hari's holy ford and do not eat on Hari's day —
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BvP 2 32.16
प्रणमंति हरिं नित्यं हर्य्यर्चां पूजयन्ति च ।। न यान्ति ते च घोरां च मम संयमनीं पुरीम्
praṇamaṃti hariṃ nityaṃ haryyarcāṃ pūjayanti ca || na yānti te ca ghorāṃ ca mama saṃyamanīṃ purīm
who constantly bow to Hari and worship the image of Hari — they do not go to my dreadful city Saṃyamanī.
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BvP 2 32.17
त्रिसन्ध्यपूता विप्राश्च शुद्धाचारसमन्विताः ।। स्वधर्मनिरताः शान्ता न यान्ति यममन्दिरम्
trisandhyapūtā viprāśca śuddhācārasamanvitāḥ || svadharmaniratāḥ śāntā na yānti yamamandiram
And brahmins purified by (observance at) the three junctures of the day, endowed with pure conduct, devoted to their own duty, tranquil — they do not go to Yama's house.
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BvP 2 32.18
ते स्वर्गभोगिनोऽन्ये च शुद्धा देवान्यकिंकराः ।। यान्त्यायान्ति च मर्त्यं च स्वर्गं च नहि निर्वृताः ।। निवृत्तिं न हि लिप्सन्ति कृष्णसेवां विना नराः
te svargabhogino'nye ca śuddhā devānyakiṃkarāḥ || yāntyāyānti ca martyaṃ ca svargaṃ ca nahi nirvṛtāḥ || nivṛttiṃ na hi lipsanti kṛṣṇasevāṃ vinā narāḥ
Others, enjoyers of heaven, pure, servants of gods other (than Kṛṣṇa) — they go and come, to the mortal world and to heaven, and are not (finally) at peace; for men do not attain cessation (from rebirth) without the service of Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 2 32.19
स्वधर्म्मनिरताश्चापि स्वधर्मविरतास्तथा ।। गच्छन्तो मर्त्यलोकं च दुर्द्धर्षा यमकिङ्कराः
svadharmmaniratāścāpi svadharmaviratāstathā || gacchanto martyalokaṃ ca durddharṣā yamakiṅkarāḥ
Those devoted to their own duty and likewise those who have turned away from their own duty — Yama's attendants, hard to withstand, going to the world of mortals (say):
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BvP 2 32.21
यास्यसीति च सर्वत्र हरिभक्ताश्रमं विना ।। कृष्णमन्त्रोपासकानां नामानि च निकृन्तनम्
yāsyasīti ca sarvatra haribhaktāśramaṃ vinā || kṛṣṇamantropāsakānāṃ nāmāni ca nikṛntanam
"You shall come!" — everywhere, except the hermitage of Hari's devotees. And (there is) a cutting out of the names of those who worship the mantra of Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 2 32.22
करोति नखराञ्जल्या चित्रगुप्तश्च भीतवत् ।। मधुपर्कादिकं ब्रह्मा तेषां च कुरुते पुनः
karoti nakharāñjalyā citraguptaśca bhītavat || madhuparkādikaṃ brahmā teṣāṃ ca kurute punaḥ
And Citragupta, as if afraid, makes (obeisance) with palms joined at the nails; and Brahmā, moreover, prepares the honey-mixture offering and the rest for them.
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BvP 2 32.23
विलंघ्य ब्रह्मलोकं च गोलोके गच्छतां सताम् ।। दुरितानि च नश्यन्ति तेषां संस्पर्शमात्रतः
vilaṃghya brahmalokaṃ ca goloke gacchatāṃ satām || duritāni ca naśyanti teṣāṃ saṃsparśamātrataḥ
For the good ones who pass beyond Brahmā's world and go to Goloka, evil deeds perish by their mere touch —
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BvP 2 32.24
यथा सुप्रज्वलद्वह्नौ काष्ठानि च तृणानि च ।। प्राप्नोति मोहः संमोहं तांश्च दृष्ट्वाऽतिभीतवत्
yathā suprajvaladvahnau kāṣṭhāni ca tṛṇāni ca || prāpnoti mohaḥ saṃmohaṃ tāṃśca dṛṣṭvā'tibhītavat
as sticks of wood and grasses (perish) in a well-blazing fire. Delusion itself becomes bewildered on seeing them, as if greatly terrified.
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BvP 2 32.25
कामश्च कामिनं याति लोभ क्रोधौ ततः सति ।। मृत्युः पलायते रोगो जरा शोको भयं तथा
kāmaśca kāminaṃ yāti lobha krodhau tataḥ sati || mṛtyuḥ palāyate rogo jarā śoko bhayaṃ tathā
Desire goes off to the lustful man, and greed and anger likewise, O chaste lady; death flees, and disease, old age, sorrow, and fear as well,
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BvP 2 32.26
कालः शुभाशुभं कर्म्म हर्षो भोगस्तथैव च ।। ये ये न यान्ति यामीं च कथितास्ते मया सति
kālaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ karmma harṣo bhogastathaiva ca || ye ye na yānti yāmīṃ ca kathitāste mayā sati
(and) time, good and bad action, joy, and enjoyment too. Those who do not go to Yama's (realm) have (all) been told by me, O chaste lady.
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BvP 2 32.27
शृणु देहस्य विवृतिं कथयामि यथागमम् ।। पृथिवी वायुराकाशं तेजस्तोयमिति स्फुटम्
śṛṇu dehasya vivṛtiṃ kathayāmi yathāgamam || pṛthivī vāyurākāśaṃ tejastoyamiti sphuṭam
Hear the account of the body; I shall tell it as (it is) in the scriptures: earth, wind, ether, fire, water — thus it is clear.
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BvP 2 32.28
देहिनां देहबीजं च स्रष्टुः सृष्टिविधौ परम् ।। पृथ्व्यादिपञ्चभूतैश्च यो देहो निर्मितो भवेत्
dehināṃ dehabījaṃ ca sraṣṭuḥ sṛṣṭividhau param || pṛthvyādipañcabhūtaiśca yo deho nirmito bhavet
And the seed of the body of embodied beings is supreme in the Creator's ordinance of creation; whatever body is fashioned out of the five elements, earth and the rest,
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BvP 2 32.29
स कृत्रिमो नश्वरश्च भस्मसाच्च भवेदिह ।। वृद्धाङ्गुष्ठप्रमाणेन यो जीवः पुरुषाकृतिः
sa kṛtrimo naśvaraśca bhasmasācca bhavediha || vṛddhāṅguṣṭhapramāṇena yo jīvaḥ puruṣākṛtiḥ
that is made-up and perishable, and in this world it comes to be reduced to ashes. The living being (jīva), of the size of a large thumb, having the form of a man —
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BvP 2 32.31
जलेन नष्टो देहो वा प्रहारे सुचिरं कृते ।। न शस्त्रे च न चास्त्रे च सुतीक्ष्णे कण्टके तथा
jalena naṣṭo deho vā prahāre suciraṃ kṛte || na śastre ca na cāstre ca sutīkṣṇe kaṇṭake tathā
the body is destroyed by water, or by a blow long continued; (but the jīva is) not (destroyed) by a weapon, nor by a missile, nor by a very sharp thorn,
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BvP 2 32.32
तप्तद्रवे तप्तलौहे तप्तपाषाण एव च ।। प्रतप्तप्रतिमाश्लेषेऽप्यत्यूर्ध्वनेऽपि च ।।
taptadrave taptalauhe taptapāṣāṇa eva ca || prataptapratimāśleṣe'pyatyūrdhvane'pi ca ||
nor in boiling liquid, nor on heated iron, nor indeed on a heated stone, nor even in the embrace of a red-hot image, nor even in (being flung) very high up,
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BvP 2 32.33
न च दग्धो न भग्नश्च भुंक्ते संतापमेव च ।। कथितं देवि वृत्तान्तं कारणं च यथागमम् ।। कुण्डानां लक्षणं सर्वं निबोध कथयामि ते ।।
na ca dagdho na bhagnaśca bhuṃkte saṃtāpameva ca || kathitaṃ devi vṛttāntaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca yathāgamam || kuṇḍānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ sarvaṃ nibodha kathayāmi te ||
it is neither burnt nor broken, yet it experiences the torment. O goddess, the account and its cause have been told (by me) as (they are) in the scriptures; learn now the whole description of the pits (of hell) — I shall tell it to you.
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