Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 38
BvP 2 38.1
नारायण उवाच ।। हरिं ध्यात्वा हरिर्ब्रह्मञ्जगाम ब्रह्मणः सभाम्।। बृहस्पतिं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वैः सुरगणैः सह
nārāyaṇa uvāca || hariṃ dhyātvā harirbrahmañjagāma brahmaṇaḥ sabhām|| bṛhaspatiṃ puraskṛtya sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha
Nārāyaṇa said: Having meditated on Hari, Hari (Indra) went, O brahman, to the assembly of Brahmā, placing Bṛhaspati in front, together with all the hosts of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.2
शीघ्रं गत्वा ब्रह्मलोकं दृष्ट्वा च कमलोद्भवम् ।। प्रणेमुर्देवताः सर्वा गुरुणा सह नारद निद्रादयः शक्तयश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतेः कलाः।। आत्मनः प्रतिबिम्बं च जीवो भोगी शरीरभृत् तत्र गत्वा परं ब्रह्म भगवन्तं सनातनम् ।। दृष्ट्वा तेजःस्वरूपं च प्रज्वलन्तं स्वतेजसा यो यो रुष्टो हि मद्भक्ते मत्परे हि निरङ्कुशः ।। तद्गृहेऽहं न तिष्ठामि पद्मया सह निश्चितम् विश्वासघाती मित्रघ्नो नरघाती कृतघ्नकः ।। अगम्यां याति यो विप्रो मद्भार्य्या याति तद्गृहात् यत्र तत्र हरेरर्चा हरेरुत्कीर्त्तनं शुभम् ।। तत्र तिष्ठति सा देवी कमला सर्वमङ्गला वनमालां ददौ सा च क्षीरोदशायिने मुने ।। सर्वेश्वराय रम्याय विष्णवे वैष्णवी सती
śīghraṃ gatvā brahmalokaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca kamalodbhavam || praṇemurdevatāḥ sarvā guruṇā saha nārada nidrādayaḥ śaktayaśca tāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ|| ātmanaḥ pratibimbaṃ ca jīvo bhogī śarīrabhṛt tatra gatvā paraṃ brahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || dṛṣṭvā tejaḥsvarūpaṃ ca prajvalantaṃ svatejasā yo yo ruṣṭo hi madbhakte matpare hi niraṅkuśaḥ || tadgṛhe'haṃ na tiṣṭhāmi padmayā saha niścitam viśvāsaghātī mitraghno naraghātī kṛtaghnakaḥ || agamyāṃ yāti yo vipro madbhāryyā yāti tadgṛhāt yatra tatra harerarcā harerutkīrttanaṃ śubham || tatra tiṣṭhati sā devī kamalā sarvamaṅgalā vanamālāṃ dadau sā ca kṣīrodaśāyine mune || sarveśvarāya ramyāya viṣṇave vaiṣṇavī satī
Going quickly to Brahmā's world and seeing the lotus-born one, all the deities, together with their preceptor, bowed down, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.3
वृत्तान्तं कथयामास सुराचार्यो विधिं विभुम् ।। प्रहस्योवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा महेन्द्रं कमलोद्भवः
vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa surācāryo vidhiṃ vibhum || prahasyovāca tacchrutvā mahendraṃ kamalodbhavaḥ
The preceptor of the gods related the affair to the mighty Ordainer; hearing it, the lotus-born one laughed and spoke to great Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.4
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। वत्स मद्वंशजातोऽसि प्रपौत्रो मे विचक्षणः ।। बृहस्पतेश्च शिष्यस्त्वं सुराणामधिपः स्वयम्
brahmovāca || vatsa madvaṃśajāto'si prapautro me vicakṣaṇaḥ || bṛhaspateśca śiṣyastvaṃ surāṇāmadhipaḥ svayam
Brahmā said: Child, you are born in my lineage, my great-grandson, and discerning; you are the pupil of Bṛhaspati and yourself the ruler of the gods.
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BvP 2 38.5
मातामहस्ते दक्षश्च विष्णुभक्तः प्रतापवान् ।। कुलत्रयं यच्छुद्धं च कथं सोऽहंकृतो भवेत्
mātāmahaste dakṣaśca viṣṇubhaktaḥ pratāpavān || kulatrayaṃ yacchuddhaṃ ca kathaṃ so'haṃkṛto bhavet
Your maternal grandfather is Dakṣa, a devotee of Viṣṇu, full of might; when the three lines of descent are pure, how could he become filled with pride?
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BvP 2 38.6
माता पतिव्रता यस्य पिता शुद्धो जितेन्द्रियः ।। मातामहो मातुलश्च कथं सोऽहंकृतो भवेत्
mātā pativratā yasya pitā śuddho jitendriyaḥ || mātāmaho mātulaśca kathaṃ so'haṃkṛto bhavet
He whose mother is devoted to her husband, whose father is pure and has mastered his senses, and (likewise) his maternal grandfather and maternal uncle — how could such a one become filled with pride?
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BvP 2 38.7
जनः पैतृकदोषेण दोषान्मातामहस्य च ।। गुरोर्दाषान्नीतिदोषैर्हरिद्वेषी भवेद्ध्रुवम्
janaḥ paitṛkadoṣeṇa doṣānmātāmahasya ca || gurordāṣānnītidoṣairharidveṣī bhaveddhruvam
By a defect on the father's side, by a defect of the maternal grandfather, by defects of the teacher and by defects of conduct, a man surely becomes a hater of Hari.
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BvP 2 38.8
सर्वान्तरात्मा भगवान्सर्वदेहेष्ववस्थितः।। यस्य देहात्स प्रयाति स शवस्तत्क्षणं भवेत्
sarvāntarātmā bhagavānsarvadeheṣvavasthitaḥ|| yasya dehātsa prayāti sa śavastatkṣaṇaṃ bhavet
The Lord, the inner Self of all, abides in all bodies; from whosever body he departs, that one becomes a corpse that very instant.
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BvP 2 38.9
मनोऽहमिन्द्रियेशश्च ज्ञानरूपो हि शङ्करः ।। अस्रवः प्रकृतिर्विष्णुर्बुद्धिर्भगवती सती
mano'hamindriyeśaśca jñānarūpo hi śaṅkaraḥ || asravaḥ prakṛtirviṣṇurbuddhirbhagavatī satī
The mind am I; and the lord of the senses, whose form is knowledge, is Śaṅkara; the vital airs are Prakṛti, Viṣṇu; the intellect is the blessed goddess Satī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 38.11
आत्मनीशे गते देहात्सर्वे यान्ति ससंभ्रमात् ।। यथा वर्त्मनि गच्छन्तं नरदेवमिवानुगाः
ātmanīśe gate dehātsarve yānti sasaṃbhramāt || yathā vartmani gacchantaṃ naradevamivānugāḥ
When the Self, the lord, has gone from the body, all (the powers) depart in agitation, just as attendants (follow) a king going along the road.
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BvP 2 38.12
अहं शिवश्च शेषश्च विष्णुर्धर्मो महान्विराट् ।। वयं यदंशा भक्ताश्च तत्पुष्पं न्यक्कृतं त्वया
ahaṃ śivaśca śeṣaśca viṣṇurdharmo mahānvirāṭ || vayaṃ yadaṃśā bhaktāśca tatpuṣpaṃ nyakkṛtaṃ tvayā
I and Śiva and Śeṣa, Viṣṇu, Dharma, the great Cosmic Form — we of whom (he) is the source and whose devotees we are: that flower of his you have slighted.
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BvP 2 38.13
शिवेन पूजितं पादपद्मं पुष्पेण येन च ।। तच्च दुर्वाससा दत्तं दैवेनान्यकृतं सुर
śivena pūjitaṃ pādapadmaṃ puṣpeṇa yena ca || tacca durvāsasā dattaṃ daivenānyakṛtaṃ sura
The lotus foot that was worshipped by Śiva with that very flower — and it was given by Durvāsas — that, O god, was by fate made as nothing (by you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 38.14
तत्पुष्पं मस्तके यस्य कृष्णपादाब्जतश्च्युतम् ।। सर्वेषां वै सुराणां च तत्पूजा पुरतो भवेत्
tatpuṣpaṃ mastake yasya kṛṣṇapādābjataścyutam || sarveṣāṃ vai surāṇāṃ ca tatpūjā purato bhavet
He on whose head is that flower fallen from Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet — his worship comes before that of all the gods.
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BvP 2 38.15
दैवेन वञ्चितस्त्वं च दैवं च बलवत्तरम् ।। भाग्यहीनं जनं मूढं को वा रक्षितुमीश्वरः
daivena vañcitastvaṃ ca daivaṃ ca balavattaram || bhāgyahīnaṃ janaṃ mūḍhaṃ ko vā rakṣitumīśvaraḥ
You have been cheated by fate, and fate is the stronger; who indeed has the power to protect a man who is deluded and bereft of fortune?
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BvP 2 38.16
कृष्णं न मन्यते यो हि श्रीनाथं सर्ववन्दितम् ।। प्रयाति रुष्टा तद्दासी महालक्ष्मीर्विहाय तम्
kṛṣṇaṃ na manyate yo hi śrīnāthaṃ sarvavanditam || prayāti ruṣṭā taddāsī mahālakṣmīrvihāya tam
Whoever does not honour Kṛṣṇa, the lord of Śrī, whom all revere — his maidservant Mahālakṣmī departs in anger, abandoning him.
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BvP 2 38.17
शतयज्ञेन या लब्धा दीक्षितेन त्वया पुरा ।। सा श्रीर्गता ऽधुना कोपात्कृष्णनिर्माल्यवर्जनात्
śatayajñena yā labdhā dīkṣitena tvayā purā || sā śrīrgatā 'dhunā kopātkṛṣṇanirmālyavarjanāt
That Śrī who was won by you long ago, when consecrated, by a hundred sacrifices — she has now gone in anger, because you cast away what had been offered to Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.18
अधुना गच्छ वैकुण्ठं मया च गुरुणा सह ।। निषेव्य तत्र श्रीनाथं श्रियं प्राप्स्यसि तद्वरात्
adhunā gaccha vaikuṇṭhaṃ mayā ca guruṇā saha || niṣevya tatra śrīnāthaṃ śriyaṃ prāpsyasi tadvarāt
Now go to Vaikuṇṭha with me and with your preceptor; serving the lord of Śrī there, you will obtain Śrī by his boon.
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BvP 2 38.19
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स ब्रह्मा सर्वैः सुरगणैः सह ।। शीघ्रं जगाम वैकुण्ठं यत्र श्रीशस्तया सह
ityevamuktvā sa brahmā sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha || śīghraṃ jagāma vaikuṇṭhaṃ yatra śrīśastayā saha
Having spoken thus, that Brahmā, together with all the hosts of gods, went swiftly to Vaikuṇṭha, where the lord of Śrī dwells with her.
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BvP 2 38.21
ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्त्तण्डशतकोटिसमप्रभम् ।। शान्तं चानादिमध्यान्तं लक्ष्मीकान्तमनन्तकम्
grīṣmamadhyāhnamārttaṇḍaśatakoṭisamaprabham || śāntaṃ cānādimadhyāntaṃ lakṣmīkāntamanantakam
(They saw him) whose radiance equals a hundred crore of midday summer suns, tranquil, without beginning, middle or end, the beloved of Lakṣmī, endless,
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BvP 2 38.22
चतुर्भुजैः पार्षदैश्च सरस्वत्या स्तुतं नतम् ।। भक्त्या चतुर्भिर्वेदैश्च गङ्गया परिषेवितम्
caturbhujaiḥ pārṣadaiśca sarasvatyā stutaṃ natam || bhaktyā caturbhirvedaiśca gaṅgayā pariṣevitam
praised and bowed to by four-armed attendants and by Sarasvatī, and served with devotion by the four Vedas and by Gaṅgā.
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BvP 2 38.23
तं प्रणेमुः सुराः सर्वे मूर्ध्ना ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः ।। भक्तिनम्राः साश्रुनेत्रास्तुष्टुवुः पुरुषोत्तमम्
taṃ praṇemuḥ surāḥ sarve mūrdhnā brahmapurogamāḥ || bhaktinamrāḥ sāśrunetrāstuṣṭuvuḥ puruṣottamam
All the gods, with Brahmā at their head, bowed to him with their heads; bent low with devotion, their eyes full of tears, they praised the Supreme Person.
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BvP 2 38.24
वृत्तान्तं कथयामास स्वयं ब्रह्मा कृताञ्जलिः ।। रुरुदुर्देवताः सर्वाः स्वाधिकारच्युताश्च ताः
vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa svayaṃ brahmā kṛtāñjaliḥ || rurudurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ svādhikāracyutāśca tāḥ
Brahmā himself, with palms joined, related what had happened; and all the deities, fallen from their offices, wept.
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BvP 2 38.25
स चापश्यत्सुरगणं विपद्ग्रस्तं भयाकुलम् ।। वस्त्रभूषणशून्यं च वाहनादिविवर्जितम्
sa cāpaśyatsuragaṇaṃ vipadgrastaṃ bhayākulam || vastrabhūṣaṇaśūnyaṃ ca vāhanādivivarjitam
And he saw the host of gods overtaken by calamity and agitated with fear, devoid of garments and ornaments and deprived of their mounts and the rest.
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BvP 2 38.26
शोभाशून्यं हतश्रीकं परिवारैरनावृतम् ।। उवाच कातरं दृष्ट्वा विपन्नभयभञ्जनः
śobhāśūnyaṃ hataśrīkaṃ parivārairanāvṛtam || uvāca kātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vipannabhayabhañjanaḥ
Seeing (them) wretched, without lustre, their splendour destroyed, unattended by any retinue, he—the breaker of the fear of the afflicted—spoke.
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BvP 2 38.27
नारायण उवाच ।। मा भैर्ब्रह्मन्हे सुराश्च भयं किं वो मयि स्थिते ।। दास्यामि लक्ष्मीमचलां परमैश्वर्यवर्द्धिनीम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || mā bhairbrahmanhe surāśca bhayaṃ kiṃ vo mayi sthite || dāsyāmi lakṣmīmacalāṃ paramaiśvaryavarddhinīm
Nārāyaṇa said: Do not fear, O Brahmā, and you gods—what fear is there for you while I stand (by you)? I shall give you unwavering Lakṣmī, who increases the highest prosperity.
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BvP 2 38.28
किञ्च मद्वचनं किञ्चिच्छ्रूयतां समयोचितम् ।। हितं सत्यं सारभूतं परिणामसुखावहम्
kiñca madvacanaṃ kiñcicchrūyatāṃ samayocitam || hitaṃ satyaṃ sārabhūtaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
Moreover, let a certain word of mine be heard, fitting to the occasion: beneficial, true, of the essence, and bringing happiness in the end.
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BvP 2 38.29
जनाश्चासंख्यविश्वस्था मदधीनाश्च सन्ततम्।। यथा तथाऽहं मद्भक्तैः पराधीनः स्वतन्त्रकः
janāścāsaṃkhyaviśvasthā madadhīnāśca santatam|| yathā tathā'haṃ madbhaktaiḥ parādhīnaḥ svatantrakaḥ
Countless people dwelling in the worlds are constantly dependent on me; even so, though independent, I am dependent on others, on my devotees.
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BvP 2 38.31
दुर्वासाः शङ्करांशश्च वैष्णवो मत्परायणः ।। तच्छापादागतोऽहं च सश्रीको वो गृहादपि
durvāsāḥ śaṅkarāṃśaśca vaiṣṇavo matparāyaṇaḥ || tacchāpādāgato'haṃ ca saśrīko vo gṛhādapi
Durvāsas is a portion of Śaṅkara, a Vaiṣṇava devoted to me; by his curse I too, together with Śrī, have come away even from your house.
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BvP 2 38.32
यत्र शङ्खध्वनिर्नास्ति तुलसी च शिलार्चनम् ।। न भोजनं च विप्राणां न पद्मा तत्र तिष्ठति
yatra śaṅkhadhvanirnāsti tulasī ca śilārcanam || na bhojanaṃ ca viprāṇāṃ na padmā tatra tiṣṭhati
Where there is no sound of the conch, no tulasī, no worship of the (śālagrāma) stone, and no feeding of brahmins, there Padmā does not stay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.33
मद्भक्तानां च मे निन्दा यत्र यत्र भवेत्सुराः ।। महारुष्टा महालक्ष्मीस्ततो याति पराभवात्
madbhaktānāṃ ca me nindā yatra yatra bhavetsurāḥ || mahāruṣṭā mahālakṣmīstato yāti parābhavāt
And wherever, O gods, there is reviling of my devotees and of me, Mahālakṣmī, greatly angered, departs from there because of that offence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.34
मद्भक्तिहीनो यो मूढो यो भुङ्क्ते हरिवासरे ।। मम जन्मदिने चापि याति श्रीस्तद्गृहादपि
madbhaktihīno yo mūḍho yo bhuṅkte harivāsare || mama janmadine cāpi yāti śrīstadgṛhādapi
Whatever fool is devoid of devotion to me, and whoever eats on Hari's day (ekādaśī) and also on the day of my birth—Śrī departs even from his house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.35
मन्नामविक्रयी यश्च विक्रीणाति स्वकन्यकाम् ।। यत्रातिथिर्न भुङ्क्ते च मत्प्रिया याति तद्गृहात्
mannāmavikrayī yaśca vikrīṇāti svakanyakām || yatrātithirna bhuṅkte ca matpriyā yāti tadgṛhāt
And whoever sells my name, and whoever sells his own daughter, and (the house) where a guest does not eat—my beloved departs from that house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 38.36
पापिनां यो गृहं याति शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजिनाम् ।। महारुष्टा ततो याति मन्दिरात्कमलालया
pāpināṃ yo gṛhaṃ yāti śūdraśrāddhānnabhojinām || mahāruṣṭā tato yāti mandirātkamalālayā
Whoever goes to the house of sinners, of those who eat the food of a śūdra's śrāddha—greatly angered, she who dwells in the lotus departs from that dwelling.
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BvP 2 38.37
शूद्राणां शवदाही च भाग्यहीनश्च वाडवः ।। याति रुष्टा तद्गृहाच्च देवी कमलवासिनी
śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī ca bhāgyahīnaśca vāḍavaḥ || yāti ruṣṭā tadgṛhācca devī kamalavāsinī
And a brahmin who burns the corpses of śūdras is bereft of good fortune; the goddess who dwells in the lotus, angered, departs from his house.
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BvP 2 38.38
शूद्राणां सूपकारो यो ब्राह्मणो वृषवाहकः ।। तत्तोयपानभीता च कमला याति तद्ग्रहात्
śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakāro yo brāhmaṇo vṛṣavāhakaḥ || tattoyapānabhītā ca kamalā yāti tadgrahāt
A brahmin who is a cook for śūdras, or a driver of bulls—Kamalā, afraid of drinking his water, departs from his house.
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BvP 2 38.39
विप्रो यवनसेवी च देवलः शूद्रयाजकः ।। तत्तोयपानभीता च वैष्णवी याति तद्ग्रहात्
vipro yavanasevī ca devalaḥ śūdrayājakaḥ || tattoyapānabhītā ca vaiṣṇavī yāti tadgrahāt
A brahmin who serves yavanas, a temple-priest, one who officiates for śūdras—the consort of Viṣṇu, afraid of drinking his water, departs from his house.
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BvP 2 38.41
अशुद्धहृदयः कूरो हिंसको निन्दको द्विजः ।। ब्राह्मण्यां शूद्रजातश्च याति देवी च तद्ग्रहात्
aśuddhahṛdayaḥ kūro hiṃsako nindako dvijaḥ || brāhmaṇyāṃ śūdrajātaśca yāti devī ca tadgrahāt
A twice-born who is impure of heart, cruel, violent, a reviler, and one born of a śūdra by a brahmin woman—the goddess departs from his house.
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BvP 2 38.42
यो विप्रः पुंश्चलीपुत्रो महापापी च तत्पतिः ।। अवीरान्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते तस्माद्याति जगत्प्रसूः
yo vipraḥ puṃścalīputro mahāpāpī ca tatpatiḥ || avīrānnaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte tasmādyāti jagatprasūḥ
A brahmin who is the son of an unchaste woman, and her husband, a great sinner, and whoever eats the food of a woman without husband or son—the mother of the world departs from him.
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BvP 2 38.43
तृणं छिनत्ति नखरैस्तैर्वा यो हि लिखेन्महीम् ।। जिह्मो वा मलवासाश्च सा प्रयाति च तद्ग्रहात्
tṛṇaṃ chinatti nakharaistairvā yo hi likhenmahīm || jihmo vā malavāsāśca sā prayāti ca tadgrahāt
(He) who cuts grass with his nails, or who scratches the ground with them, or who is crooked, or who wears dirty clothes — from the house of such a one she departs.
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BvP 2 38.44
सूर्य्योदये च द्विर्भोजी दिवाशायी च वाडवः ।। दिवामैथुनकारी च तस्माद्याति हरिप्रिया ।।
sūryyodaye ca dvirbhojī divāśāyī ca vāḍavaḥ || divāmaithunakārī ca tasmādyāti haripriyā ||
The brahmin who eats twice at sunrise, who sleeps by day, and who has intercourse by day — from him Hari's beloved departs.
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BvP 2 38.46
स्निग्धपादश्च नग्नो वा यः शेते ज्ञानदुर्बलः ।। शश्वद्धर्मातिवाचालो याति वै तद्गृहात्सती
snigdhapādaśca nagno vā yaḥ śete jñānadurbalaḥ || śaśvaddharmātivācālo yāti vai tadgṛhātsatī
He who sleeps with oiled feet, or naked, who is weak in knowledge, and who is forever over-talkative about dharma — from his house the chaste (goddess) departs.
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BvP 2 38.47
शिरस्नातश्च तैलेन योऽन्यदङ्गमुपस्पृशेत् ।। स्वाङ्गे च वादयेद्वाद्यं रमा याति च तद्गृहात्
śirasnātaśca tailena yo'nyadaṅgamupaspṛśet || svāṅge ca vādayedvādyaṃ ramā yāti ca tadgṛhāt
He who, having bathed his head with oil, then touches another limb (with it), and who beats out a rhythm on his own body — Ramā departs from his house.
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BvP 2 38.48
व्रतोपवासहीनो यः सन्ध्याहीनोऽशुचिर्द्विजः ।। विष्णुभक्तिविहीनो यस्तस्माद्याति हरिप्रिया
vratopavāsahīno yaḥ sandhyāhīno'śucirdvijaḥ || viṣṇubhaktivihīno yastasmādyāti haripriyā
The twice-born who is without vows and fasting, who omits the twilight rites, who is impure, and who is devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu — from him Hari's beloved departs.
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BvP 2 38.49
आचारहीनो यो विप्रो यश्च शूद्रप्रतिग्रही ।। अदीक्षितो हि यो मूढस्तस्माल्लोला प्रयाति च ब्राह्मणं निन्दयेद्यो हि तान्वै द्वेष्टि च सन्ततम् ।। हिंसाकारी दयाहीनो याति सर्वप्रसूस्ततः
ācārahīno yo vipro yaśca śūdrapratigrahī || adīkṣito hi yo mūḍhastasmāllolā prayāti ca brāhmaṇaṃ nindayedyo hi tānvai dveṣṭi ca santatam || hiṃsākārī dayāhīno yāti sarvaprasūstataḥ
The brahmin who is without (proper) conduct, and who accepts gifts from a śūdra, and the fool who is uninitiated — from him the Fickle One departs; and he who reviles a brahmin, who constantly hates them, who does violence and is without compassion — from him the Mother of all departs.
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BvP 2 38.51
यत्र प्रशंसा कृष्णस्य तद्भक्तस्य पितामह ।। सा च कृष्णप्रिया देवी तत्र तिष्ठति सन्ततम्
yatra praśaṃsā kṛṣṇasya tadbhaktasya pitāmaha || sā ca kṛṣṇapriyā devī tatra tiṣṭhati santatam
Where there is praise of Kṛṣṇa and of his devotee, O grandfather, there that goddess, Kṛṣṇa's beloved, remains constantly.
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BvP 2 38.52
यत्र शङ्खध्वनिः शङ्खः शिला च तुलसीदलम्।। तत्सेवा वन्दनं ध्यानं तत्र सा तिष्ठति स्वयम्
yatra śaṅkhadhvaniḥ śaṅkhaḥ śilā ca tulasīdalam|| tatsevā vandanaṃ dhyānaṃ tatra sā tiṣṭhati svayam
Where there is the sound of the conch, a conch, a (śālagrāma) stone and a tulasī leaf, and service, salutation and meditation upon that — there she herself abides.
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BvP 2 38.54
विप्राणां सेवनं यत्र तेषां वै भोजनं शुभम् ।। अर्चनं सर्वदेवानां तत्र पद्ममुखी सती
viprāṇāṃ sevanaṃ yatra teṣāṃ vai bhojanaṃ śubham || arcanaṃ sarvadevānāṃ tatra padmamukhī satī
Where there is service to brahmins and the auspicious feeding of them, and worship of all the gods — there is the lotus-faced chaste one.
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BvP 2 38.55
इत्युक्त्वा च सुरान्सर्वान्रमामाह रमापतिः ।। क्षीरोदसागरे जन्म लभस्व कलया रमे
ityuktvā ca surānsarvānramāmāha ramāpatiḥ || kṣīrodasāgare janma labhasva kalayā rame
Having spoken thus to all the gods, the Lord of Ramā said to Ramā: "Take birth, O Ramā, in the ocean of milk by a portion (of yourself)."
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BvP 2 38.56
इत्युक्त्वा तां जगन्नाथो ब्रह्माणं पुनराह च ।। मथित्वा सागरं लक्ष्मीं देवेभ्यो देहि पद्मज
ityuktvā tāṃ jagannātho brahmāṇaṃ punarāha ca || mathitvā sāgaraṃ lakṣmīṃ devebhyo dehi padmaja
Having said this to her, the Lord of the world spoke again to Brahmā: "Having churned the ocean, give Lakṣmī to the gods, O lotus-born one."
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BvP 2 38.58
मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा कूर्मं कृत्वा च भाजनम् ।। रज्जुं कृत्वा वासुकिं च ममन्थुश्चैव सागरम्
manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā kūrmaṃ kṛtvā ca bhājanam || rajjuṃ kṛtvā vāsukiṃ ca mamanthuścaiva sāgaram
Making Mandara the churning-stick, and making the tortoise the vessel, and making Vāsuki the rope, they churned the ocean.
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BvP 2 38.59
धन्वन्तरिं च पीयूषमुच्चैःश्रवसमीप्सितम् ।। नानारत्नं हस्तिरत्नं प्रापुर्लक्ष्म्याश्च दर्शनम्
dhanvantariṃ ca pīyūṣamuccaiḥśravasamīpsitam || nānāratnaṃ hastiratnaṃ prāpurlakṣmyāśca darśanam
They obtained Dhanvantari, the nectar, the longed-for Uccaiḥśravas, jewels of many kinds, the jewel among elephants, and the sight of Lakṣmī.
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BvP 2 38.61
देवैः स्तुता पूजिता च ब्रह्मणा शङ्करेण च ।। ददौ दृष्टिं सुरगृहे ब्रह्मशापविमोचिकाम्
devaiḥ stutā pūjitā ca brahmaṇā śaṅkareṇa ca || dadau dṛṣṭiṃ suragṛhe brahmaśāpavimocikām
Praised by the gods and worshipped by Brahmā and by Śaṅkara, she cast upon the house of the gods a glance that released (them) from Brahmā's curse.
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BvP 2 38.62
प्रापुर्देवाः स्वविषयं दैत्यैर्ग्रस्तं भयङ्करैः।। महालक्ष्मीप्रसादेन वरदानेन नारद
prāpurdevāḥ svaviṣayaṃ daityairgrastaṃ bhayaṅkaraiḥ|| mahālakṣmīprasādena varadānena nārada
The gods regained their own realm, which had been seized by the fearsome demons, by the grace of Mahālakṣmī, through the granting of a boon, O Nārada.
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BvP 2 38.63
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं लक्ष्म्युपाख्यानमुत्तमम् ।। सुखदं सारभूतं च किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ lakṣmyupākhyānamuttamam || sukhadaṃ sārabhūtaṃ ca kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus has the whole excellent tale of Lakṣmī been told, joy-giving and full of essence. What further do you wish to hear?
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BvP 2 38.93
शिवलिङ्गार्चनं यत्र तस्य चोत्कीर्त्तनं शुभम्।। दुर्गार्चनं तद्गुणाश्च तत्र पद्मनिवासिनी
śivaliṅgārcanaṃ yatra tasya cotkīrttanaṃ śubham|| durgārcanaṃ tadguṇāśca tatra padmanivāsinī
Where there is worship of the Śiva-liṅga and auspicious loud praise of him, and worship of Durgā and (recital of) her qualities — there is she who dwells in the lotus.
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BvP 2 38.97
इत्युक्त्वा कमलाकान्तो देवश्चान्तरधान्मुने ।। देवाश्चिरेण कालेन ययुः क्षीरोदसागरम्
ityuktvā kamalākānto devaścāntaradhānmune || devāścireṇa kālena yayuḥ kṣīrodasāgaram
Having said this, the god, the beloved of Kamalā, vanished, O sage; and the gods, after a long time, went to the ocean of milk.
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