Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 41
BvP 2 41.1
नारायण उवाच ।। शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि स्वधोपाख्यानमुत्तमम् ।। पितॄणां वै तृप्तिकरं श्राद्धानां फलवर्द्धनम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi svadhopākhyānamuttamam || pitṝṇāṃ vai tṛptikaraṃ śrāddhānāṃ phalavarddhanam
Nārāyaṇa said: Listen, Nārada, I shall tell the excellent tale of Svadhā, which brings satisfaction to the ancestors and increases the fruit of śrāddha rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.2
सृष्टेरादौ पितृगणान्ससर्ज जगतां विधिः ।। चतुरो वै मूर्त्तिमतस्त्रींश्च तेजस्स्वरूपिणः विद्यावतीं गुणवतीमपि रूपवतीं सतीम् ।। श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् नारायण उवाच ।। तद्ध्यानं स्तवनं ब्रह्मन्वेदोक्तं सर्वसम्मतम् ।। सर्वं जानासि वक्ष्ये वै ज्ञातुमिच्छसि वृद्धये स्वधा स्वधा स्वधेत्येवं त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ।। प्रियां विनीतां स लभेत्साध्वीं पुत्रं गुणान्वितम् तस्याः शापेन सा ध्वस्ता गोलोकाद्विश्वमागता ।। कृष्णालिङ्गनपुण्येन समभूद्वह्निकामिनी
sṛṣṭerādau pitṛgaṇānsasarja jagatāṃ vidhiḥ || caturo vai mūrttimatastrīṃśca tejassvarūpiṇaḥ vidyāvatīṃ guṇavatīmapi rūpavatīṃ satīm || śvetacampakavarṇābhāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām nārāyaṇa uvāca || taddhyānaṃ stavanaṃ brahmanvedoktaṃ sarvasammatam || sarvaṃ jānāsi vakṣye vai jñātumicchasi vṛddhaye svadhā svadhā svadhetyevaṃ trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || priyāṃ vinītāṃ sa labhetsādhvīṃ putraṃ guṇānvitam tasyāḥ śāpena sā dhvastā golokādviśvamāgatā || kṛṣṇāliṅganapuṇyena samabhūdvahnikāminī
At the beginning of creation the Ordainer of the worlds created the hosts of ancestors: four having bodily form, and three whose nature was light. — (He created her) endowed with learning, with good qualities, and beautiful too, chaste, of the hue of the white campaka flower, adorned with jewelled ornaments. — Nārāyaṇa said: The meditation and the hymn to her, O brahman, are declared in the Veda and approved by all; you know it all, yet I shall tell it, since you wish to know it for (your) increase. — The man who recites "svadhā, svadhā, svadhā" thus at the three junctures of the day obtains a beloved, well-behaved, virtuous wife and a son endowed with good qualities. — By her curse she was ruined and came from Goloka to the world; by the merit of embracing Kṛṣṇa she became the beloved of Fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 41.3
सप्त दृष्ट्वा पितृगणान्सिद्धिरूपान्मनोहरान् ।। आहारं ससृजे तेषां श्राद्धतर्पणपूर्वकम्
sapta dṛṣṭvā pitṛgaṇānsiddhirūpānmanoharān || āhāraṃ sasṛje teṣāṃ śrāddhatarpaṇapūrvakam
Seeing the seven hosts of ancestors, perfected in form and charming, he created food for them, preceded by śrāddha and tarpaṇa offerings.
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BvP 2 41.4
स्नानं तर्पणपर्य्यन्तं श्राद्धान्तं देवपूजनम् ।। आह्निकं च त्रिसन्ध्यान्तं विप्राणां च श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
snānaṃ tarpaṇaparyyantaṃ śrāddhāntaṃ devapūjanam || āhnikaṃ ca trisandhyāntaṃ viprāṇāṃ ca śrutau śrutam
Bathing, up to and including tarpaṇa; worship of the gods, ending with śrāddha; and the daily observance up to the three junctures of the day — this is heard (as prescribed) for brahmans in scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 41.5
नित्यं न कुर्य्याद्यो विप्रस्त्रिसन्ध्यं श्राद्धतर्पणम् ।। बलिं वेदध्वनिं सोऽपि विषहीनो यथोरगः
nityaṃ na kuryyādyo viprastrisandhyaṃ śrāddhatarpaṇam || baliṃ vedadhvaniṃ so'pi viṣahīno yathoragaḥ
That brahman who does not daily perform the three-juncture rites, the śrāddha and tarpaṇa, the food-offering, and the recitation of the Veda — he too is like a snake without venom.
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BvP 2 41.6
हरिसेवाविहीनश्च श्रीहरेरनिवेद्यभुक् ।। भस्मान्तं सूतकं तस्य न कर्मार्हः स नारद
harisevāvihīnaśca śrīhareranivedyabhuk || bhasmāntaṃ sūtakaṃ tasya na karmārhaḥ sa nārada
And one devoid of service to Hari, who eats what has not been offered to blessed Hari — his impurity lasts until (he is reduced to) ashes; he is not fit for ritual acts, O Nārada.
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BvP 2 41.7
ब्रह्मा श्राद्धादिकं सृष्ट्वा जगाम पितृहेतवे ।। न प्राप्नुवन्ति पितरो ददति ब्राह्मणादयः
brahmā śrāddhādikaṃ sṛṣṭvā jagāma pitṛhetave || na prāpnuvanti pitaro dadati brāhmaṇādayaḥ
Brahmā, having created the śrāddha and the rest for the sake of the ancestors, departed; the brahmans and others give, (but) the ancestors do not receive (it).
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BvP 2 41.8
सर्वे प्रजग्मुः क्षुधिता विषण्णा ब्रह्मणः सभाम् ।। सर्वे निवेदनं चक्रुस्तमेव जगतां विधिम् ।।
sarve prajagmuḥ kṣudhitā viṣaṇṇā brahmaṇaḥ sabhām || sarve nivedanaṃ cakrustameva jagatāṃ vidhim ||
All of them, hungry and dejected, went to Brahmā's assembly; all made their representation to him, the Ordainer of the worlds.
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BvP 2 41.9
ब्रह्मा च मानसीं कन्यां ससृजे तां मनोहराम् ।। रूपयौवनसम्पन्नां शरच्चन्द्रसमप्रभाम्
brahmā ca mānasīṃ kanyāṃ sasṛje tāṃ manoharām || rūpayauvanasampannāṃ śaraccandrasamaprabhām
And Brahmā created that charming maiden from his mind, endowed with beauty and youth, with a radiance like the autumn moon.
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BvP 2 41.11
विशुद्धां प्रकृतेरंशां सस्मितां वरदां शुभाम् ।। स्वधाभिधानां सुदतीं लक्ष्मीं लक्षणसंयुताम्
viśuddhāṃ prakṛteraṃśāṃ sasmitāṃ varadāṃ śubhām || svadhābhidhānāṃ sudatīṃ lakṣmīṃ lakṣaṇasaṃyutām
(He created her) utterly pure, a portion of Prakṛti, smiling, granting boons, auspicious, named Svadhā, fair-toothed, a Lakṣmī endowed with (all) auspicious marks.
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BvP 2 41.12
शतपद्मपदन्यस्तपादपद्मं च बिभ्रतीम् ।। पत्नीं पितॄणां पद्मास्यां पद्मजां पद्मलोचनाम् ।।
śatapadmapadanyastapādapadmaṃ ca bibhratīm || patnīṃ pitṝṇāṃ padmāsyāṃ padmajāṃ padmalocanām ||
Bearing lotus feet set upon a hundred-petalled lotus, lotus-faced, lotus-born, lotus-eyed, the wife of the ancestors.
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BvP 2 41.13
पितृभ्यस्तां ददौ कन्यां तुष्टेभ्यस्तुष्टिरूपिणीम् ।। ब्राह्मणानां चोपदेशं चक्रे वै गोपनीयकम्
pitṛbhyastāṃ dadau kanyāṃ tuṣṭebhyastuṣṭirūpiṇīm || brāhmaṇānāṃ copadeśaṃ cakre vai gopanīyakam
He gave that maiden, satisfaction embodied, to the satisfied ancestors, and gave the brahmans an instruction that was to be kept secret.
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BvP 2 41.14
स्वधान्तं मन्त्रमुच्चार्य्य पितृभ्यो देहि चेति च ।। क्रमेण तेन विप्राश्च पित्रे दानं ददुः पुरा
svadhāntaṃ mantramuccāryya pitṛbhyo dehi ceti ca || krameṇa tena viprāśca pitre dānaṃ daduḥ purā
"Having pronounced the mantra ending in 'svadhā', give to the ancestors" — and by that procedure the brahmans of old made their offering to the ancestor.
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BvP 2 41.15
स्वाहा शस्ता देवदाने पितृदाने स्वधा वरा ।। सर्वत्र दक्षिणा शस्ता हतो यज्ञस्त्वदक्षिणः
svāhā śastā devadāne pitṛdāne svadhā varā || sarvatra dakṣiṇā śastā hato yajñastvadakṣiṇaḥ
"Svāhā" is commended in giving to the gods, "svadhā" is best in giving to the ancestors; everywhere the (priest's) fee is commended, for a sacrifice without a fee is destroyed.
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BvP 2 41.16
पितरो देवता विप्रा मुनयो मानवास्तथा ।। पूजां चक्रुः स्वधां शान्तां तुष्टाव परमादरम्
pitaro devatā viprā munayo mānavāstathā || pūjāṃ cakruḥ svadhāṃ śāntāṃ tuṣṭāva paramādaram
The ancestors, the gods, the brahmans, the sages, and likewise men performed worship (of her); they praised the tranquil Svadhā with the utmost reverence.
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BvP 2 41.17
देवादयश्च सन्तुष्टाः परिपूर्णमनोरथाः ।। विप्रादयश्च पितरः स्वधादेवीवरेण च
devādayaśca santuṣṭāḥ paripūrṇamanorathāḥ || viprādayaśca pitaraḥ svadhādevīvareṇa ca
And the gods and the others were satisfied, their wishes wholly fulfilled, and the brahmins and the others and the fathers too, by the boon of the goddess Svadhā.
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BvP 2 41.18
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं स्वधोपाख्यानमुत्तमम् ।। सर्वेषां वै तुष्टिकरं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ svadhopākhyānamuttamam || sarveṣāṃ vai tuṣṭikaraṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus has the whole excellent tale of Svadhā been told, which indeed gives satisfaction to all. What further do you wish to hear?
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BvP 2 41.19
नारद उवाच ।। स्वधापूजाविधानं च ध्यानं स्तोत्रं महामुने ।। श्रोतुमिच्छामि यत्नेन वद वेदविदां वर
nārada uvāca || svadhāpūjāvidhānaṃ ca dhyānaṃ stotraṃ mahāmune || śrotumicchāmi yatnena vada vedavidāṃ vara
Nārada said: The rule for the worship of Svadhā, and the meditation and the hymn, O great sage — these I wish to hear attentively; tell me, best of the knowers of the Veda.
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BvP 2 41.21
शरत्कृष्णत्रयोदश्यां मघायां श्राद्धवासरे ।। स्वधां संपूज्य यत्नेन ततः श्राद्धं समाचरेत्
śaratkṛṣṇatrayodaśyāṃ maghāyāṃ śrāddhavāsare || svadhāṃ saṃpūjya yatnena tataḥ śrāddhaṃ samācaret
On the thirteenth of the dark fortnight in autumn, under (the asterism) Maghā, on the day of the śrāddha, having carefully worshipped Svadhā, one should then perform the śrāddha.
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BvP 2 41.22
स्वधां नाभ्यर्च्य यो विप्रः श्राद्धं कुर्य्यादहंमतिः ।। न भवेत्फलभाक् सत्यं श्राद्धतर्पणयोस्तथा
svadhāṃ nābhyarcya yo vipraḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryyādahaṃmatiḥ || na bhavetphalabhāk satyaṃ śrāddhatarpaṇayostathā
The brahmin who, self-conceited, performs the śrāddha without honouring Svadhā does not, in truth, become a partaker of its fruit — and so too with the śrāddha and the libations (to the fathers).
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BvP 2 41.23
ब्रह्मणो मानसीं कन्यां शश्वत्सुस्थिरयौवनाम् ।। पूज्यां पितॄणां देवानां श्राद्धानां फलदां भजे
brahmaṇo mānasīṃ kanyāṃ śaśvatsusthirayauvanām || pūjyāṃ pitṝṇāṃ devānāṃ śrāddhānāṃ phaladāṃ bhaje
I worship the mind-born daughter of Brahmā, ever of unfading youth, to be honoured (by all), the giver of the fruit of the fathers, the gods, and the śrāddhas.
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BvP 2 41.24
इति ध्यात्वा घटे रम्ये शालग्रामेऽथवा शुभे ।। दद्यात्पाद्यादिकं तस्यै मूलेनेति श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
iti dhyātvā ghaṭe ramye śālagrāme'thavā śubhe || dadyātpādyādikaṃ tasyai mūleneti śrutau śrutam
Having meditated thus, upon a lovely water-jar or upon an auspicious śālagrāma (stone), one should offer her water for the feet and the rest with the root-mantra: so it is heard in the śruti.
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BvP 2 41.25
आं श्रीं क्लीं स्वधादेव्यै स्वाहेति च महामनुम् ।। समुच्चार्य्य च संपूज्य स्तुत्वा तां प्रणमेद्द्विजः
āṃ śrīṃ klīṃ svadhādevyai svāheti ca mahāmanum || samuccāryya ca saṃpūjya stutvā tāṃ praṇameddvijaḥ
And having uttered the great mantra, "Āṃ Śrīṃ Klīṃ, to the goddess Svadhā, svāhā," and having worshipped and praised her, the twice-born should bow to her.
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BvP 2 41.26
स्तोत्रं शृणु मुनिश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्मपुत्र विशारद ।। सर्ववाञ्छाप्रदं नॄणां ब्रह्मणा यत्कृतं पुरा
stotraṃ śṛṇu muniśreṣṭha brahmaputra viśārada || sarvavāñchāpradaṃ nṝṇāṃ brahmaṇā yatkṛtaṃ purā
Hear the hymn, best of sages, son of Brahmā, learned one — the granter of all wishes for men, which was composed of old by Brahmā.
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BvP 2 41.27
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। स्वधोच्चारणमात्रेण तीर्थस्नायी भवेन्नरः।। मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो वाजपेयफलं लभेत्
brahmovāca || svadhoccāraṇamātreṇa tīrthasnāyī bhavennaraḥ|| mucyate sarvapāpebhyo vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
Brahmā said: By the mere pronouncing of "Svadhā" a man becomes one who has bathed at the sacred fords; he is freed from all sins and obtains the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice.
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BvP 2 41.28
स्वधा स्वधा स्वधेत्येवं यदि वारत्रयं स्मरेत् ।। श्राद्धस्य फलमाप्नोति कालतर्पणयोस्तथा
svadhā svadhā svadhetyevaṃ yadi vāratrayaṃ smaret || śrāddhasya phalamāpnoti kālatarpaṇayostathā
If one calls to mind "Svadhā, Svadhā, Svadhā" thus three times, he gains the fruit of a śrāddha, and likewise of the libations at the (proper) time.
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BvP 2 41.29
श्राद्धकाले स्वधास्तोत्रं यः शृणोति समाहितः ।। लभेच्छ्राद्धशतानां च पुण्यमेव न संशयः
śrāddhakāle svadhāstotraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ || labhecchrāddhaśatānāṃ ca puṇyameva na saṃśayaḥ
He who, collected in mind, listens to the hymn of Svadhā at the time of the śrāddha gains the merit of a hundred śrāddhas — of this there is no doubt.
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BvP 2 41.31
पितॄणां प्राणतुल्या त्वं द्विजजीवनरूपिणी ।। श्राद्धाधिष्ठातृदेवी च श्राद्धादीनां फलप्रदा
pitṝṇāṃ prāṇatulyā tvaṃ dvijajīvanarūpiṇī || śrāddhādhiṣṭhātṛdevī ca śrāddhādīnāṃ phalapradā
You are equal to the life-breath of the fathers, you whose form is the life of the twice-born, the goddess presiding over the śrāddha, the bestower of the fruit of śrāddhas and the rest.
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BvP 2 41.32
बहिर्मन्मनसो गच्छ पितॄणां तुष्टिहेतवे ।। संप्रीतये द्विजातीनां गृहिणां वृद्धिहेतवे ।।
bahirmanmanaso gaccha pitṝṇāṃ tuṣṭihetave || saṃprītaye dvijātīnāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ vṛddhihetave ||
Come forth out of my mind, for the satisfaction of the fathers, for the pleasure of the twice-born, for the increase of householders.
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BvP 2 41.33
नित्या नित्यस्वरूपाऽसि गुणरूपाऽसि सुव्रते ।। आविर्भावस्तिरोभावः सृष्टौ च प्रलये तव
nityā nityasvarūpā'si guṇarūpā'si suvrate || āvirbhāvastirobhāvaḥ sṛṣṭau ca pralaye tava
You are eternal, of eternal nature; you are the form of the qualities, O you of good vows. Your manifestation and disappearance occur at creation and at dissolution.
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BvP 2 41.34
ॐ स्वस्ति च नमः स्वाहा स्वधा त्वं दक्षिणा तथा ।। निरूपिताश्चतुर्वेदे षट् प्रशस्ताश्च कर्मिणाम्
oṃ svasti ca namaḥ svāhā svadhā tvaṃ dakṣiṇā tathā || nirūpitāścaturvede ṣaṭ praśastāśca karmiṇām
Oṃ, Svasti, Namaḥ, Svāhā, Svadhā — you — and Dakṣiṇā: these six are set forth in the four Vedas and are commended for the performers of rites.
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BvP 2 41.35
पुराऽऽसीस्त्वं स्वधा गोपी गोलोके राधिका सखी ।। धृता स्वोरसि कृष्णेन यतस्तेन स्वधा स्मृता
purā''sīstvaṃ svadhā gopī goloke rādhikā sakhī || dhṛtā svorasi kṛṣṇena yatastena svadhā smṛtā
Formerly you, Svadhā, were a cowherd woman in Goloka, a companion of Rādhikā; you were held by Kṛṣṇa on his own breast (sva-uras), and for that reason you are known as Svadhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.36
ध्वस्ता त्वं राधिकाशापाद्गोलोकाद्विश्वमागता ।। कृष्णाश्लिष्टा तया दृष्टा पुरा वृन्दावने वने
dhvastā tvaṃ rādhikāśāpādgolokādviśvamāgatā || kṛṣṇāśliṣṭā tayā dṛṣṭā purā vṛndāvane vane
Cast down by Rādhikā's curse, you came from Goloka to this world; embraced by Kṛṣṇa, you were seen by her formerly in the Vṛndāvana wood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.37
कृष्णालिंगनपुण्येन भूता मे मानसी सुता ।। अतृप्तसुरते तेन चतुर्णां स्वामिनां प्रिया ।।
kṛṣṇāliṃganapuṇyena bhūtā me mānasī sutā || atṛptasurate tena caturṇāṃ svāmināṃ priyā ||
By the merit of Kṛṣṇa's embrace you became my mind-born daughter; therefore, O you unsated in love-play, you are dear to four husbands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 41.38
स्वाहा सा सुन्दरी गोपी पुराऽऽसीद्राधिकासखी ।। रतौ स्वयं कृष्णमाह तेन स्वाहा प्रकीर्त्तिता
svāhā sā sundarī gopī purā''sīdrādhikāsakhī || ratau svayaṃ kṛṣṇamāha tena svāhā prakīrttitā
That beautiful cowherd woman Svāhā was formerly a companion of Rādhikā; in love-play she herself said "svāhā" to Kṛṣṇa, and therefore she is called Svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.39
कृष्णेन सार्द्धं सुचिरं वसन्ते रासमण्डले ।। प्रयत्ता सुरते श्लिष्टा दृष्टा सा राधया पुरा
kṛṣṇena sārddhaṃ suciraṃ vasante rāsamaṇḍale || prayattā surate śliṣṭā dṛṣṭā sā rādhayā purā
Long ago, in the circle of the rāsa dance, while she was dwelling for a long while together with Kṛṣṇa, intent upon love-making and embraced (by him), she was seen by Rādhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.41
पवित्ररूपा परमा देवाद्यैर्वन्दिता नृभिः ।। यन्नामोच्चारणेनैव नरो मुच्येत पातकात्
pavitrarūpā paramā devādyairvanditā nṛbhiḥ || yannāmoccāraṇenaiva naro mucyeta pātakāt
She is of pure form, supreme, praised by the gods and others and by men — by the mere utterance of whose name a man would be freed from sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.42
या सुशीलाभिधा गोपी पुराऽऽसीद्राधिकासखी ।। उवास दक्षिणे क्रोडे कृष्णस्य च महात्मनः
yā suśīlābhidhā gopī purā''sīdrādhikāsakhī || uvāsa dakṣiṇe kroḍe kṛṣṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ
The cowherd woman named Suśīlā, who was formerly Rādhikā's companion, once sat on the right lap of Kṛṣṇa, the great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.43
प्रध्वस्ता सा च तच्छापाद्गोलोकाद्विश्वमागता ।। कृष्णालिङ्गनपुण्येन सा बभूव च दक्षिणा
pradhvastā sā ca tacchāpādgolokādviśvamāgatā || kṛṣṇāliṅganapuṇyena sā babhūva ca dakṣiṇā
And she, ruined by her (Rādhā's) curse, came from Goloka to the world; and by the merit of embracing Kṛṣṇa she became Dakṣiṇā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.44
सा प्रेयसी रतौ दक्षा प्रशस्ता सर्वकर्मसु ।। उवास दक्षिणे भर्तुर्दक्षिणा तेन कीर्त्तिता
sā preyasī ratau dakṣā praśastā sarvakarmasu || uvāsa dakṣiṇe bharturdakṣiṇā tena kīrttitā
She is beloved, skilled (dakṣā) in love-making, and commended in all rites; she sat on the right side of her husband, and therefore she is called Dakṣiṇā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.46
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मलोके च संसदि ।। तस्थौ च सहसा सद्यः स्वधा साऽऽविर्बभूव ह
ityevamuktvā sa brahmā brahmaloke ca saṃsadi || tasthau ca sahasā sadyaḥ svadhā sā''virbabhūva ha
Having spoken thus, that Brahmā stood there in the assembly in the Brahma-world; and at once, suddenly, Svadhā became manifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.47
तदा पितृभ्यः प्रददौ तामेव कमलाननाम् ।। तां संप्राप्य ययुस्ते च पितरश्च प्रहर्षिताः
tadā pitṛbhyaḥ pradadau tāmeva kamalānanām || tāṃ saṃprāpya yayuste ca pitaraśca praharṣitāḥ
Then he gave her, the lotus-faced one, to the Fathers; and the Fathers, having obtained her, went away greatly delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.48
स्वधास्तोत्रमिदं पुण्यं यः शृणोति समाहितः ।। स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु वेदपाठफलं लभेत्
svadhāstotramidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ || sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu vedapāṭhaphalaṃ labhet
Whoever, with concentrated mind, hears this meritorious hymn to Svadhā, he becomes one bathed in all the sacred fords and obtains the fruit of reciting the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 41.49
गोप्या बभूवुस्तिस्रो वै स्वधा स्वाहा च दक्षिणा ।। कर्मिणां कर्मपूर्णार्थं पुरा चैवेश्वरेच्छया
gopyā babhūvustisro vai svadhā svāhā ca dakṣiṇā || karmiṇāṃ karmapūrṇārthaṃ purā caiveśvarecchayā
Formerly, by the will of the Lord, three cowherd women came to be — Svadhā, Svāhā, and Dakṣiṇā — for the sake of the completion of the rites of those who perform rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition