Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 45
BvP 2 45.1
नारायण उवाच ।। उक्तं द्वयोरुपाख्यानं ब्रह्मपुत्र यथागमम्।। श्रूयतां मनसाख्यानं यच्छ्रुतं धर्मवक्त्रतः ०।। सिद्धं योगं हरात्प्राप तेनासौ सिद्धयोगिनी।। महाज्ञानं च गोप्यं च मृतसञ्जीविनीं पराम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || uktaṃ dvayorupākhyānaṃ brahmaputra yathāgamam|| śrūyatāṃ manasākhyānaṃ yacchrutaṃ dharmavaktrataḥ 0|| siddhaṃ yogaṃ harātprāpa tenāsau siddhayoginī|| mahājñānaṃ ca gopyaṃ ca mṛtasañjīvinīṃ parām
Nārāyaṇa said: The account of the two has been told, O son of Brahmā, as it has come down (in tradition). Now let the account of Manasā be heard, which was heard from the mouth of Dharma. She obtained the perfected yoga from Hara, and by that she became a perfected yoginī, and (obtained) the great and secret knowledge, the supreme (art of) reviving the dead.
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BvP 2 45.2
कन्या भगवती सा च कश्यपस्य च मानसी।। तेनेयं मनसादेवी मनसा या च दीव्यति नागेश्वरीति विख्याता सा नागभगिनी तथा ।। विषं संहर्त्तुमीशा सा तेन सा विषहारिणी दशलक्षजपेनैव स्तोत्रसिद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम् ।। स्तोत्रं सिद्धं भवेद्यस्य स विषं भोक्तुमीश्वरः
kanyā bhagavatī sā ca kaśyapasya ca mānasī|| teneyaṃ manasādevī manasā yā ca dīvyati nāgeśvarīti vikhyātā sā nāgabhaginī tathā || viṣaṃ saṃharttumīśā sā tena sā viṣahāriṇī daśalakṣajapenaiva stotrasiddhirbhavennṛṇām || stotraṃ siddhaṃ bhavedyasya sa viṣaṃ bhoktumīśvaraḥ
And she, the blessed maiden, was the mind-born daughter of Kaśyapa; therefore she is Manasādevī, and because she shines forth by the mind. She is renowned as Nāgeśvarī, and likewise as the sister of the serpents. She is able to withdraw poison, therefore she is Viṣahāriṇī. By ten hundred thousand recitations alone the hymn becomes effective for men; he for whom the hymn becomes effective is able to consume poison.
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BvP 2 45.3
मनसा ध्यायते या वा परमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। तेन सा मनसादेवी योगेनैतेन दीव्यति
manasā dhyāyate yā vā paramātmānamīśvaram || tena sā manasādevī yogenaitena dīvyati
Or (again), since she meditates with her mind on the Supreme Self, the Lord — for that reason she is Manasā-devī, and by this yoga she shines.
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BvP 2 45.4
आत्मारामा च सा देवी वैष्णवी सिद्धयोगिनी ।। त्रियुगं च तपस्तप्त्वा कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
ātmārāmā ca sā devī vaiṣṇavī siddhayoginī || triyugaṃ ca tapastaptvā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
And that goddess is one who delights in the Self, a devotee of Viṣṇu, an accomplished yoginī; and having performed austerity for three ages (for the sake) of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self —
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BvP 2 45.5
जरत्कारुशरीरं च दृष्ट्वा यां क्षणमीश्वरः ।। गोपीपतिर्नाम चक्रे जरत्कारुरिति प्रभुः
jaratkāruśarīraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā yāṃ kṣaṇamīśvaraḥ || gopīpatirnāma cakre jaratkāruriti prabhuḥ
And seeing her body wasted (jaratkāru) for a moment, the Lord, the husband of the gopīs, the Master, gave (her) the name Jaratkāru.
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BvP 2 45.6
वाञ्छितं च ददौ तस्यै कृपया च कृपानिधिः ।। पूजां च कारयामास चकार च पुनः स्वयम्
vāñchitaṃ ca dadau tasyai kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ || pūjāṃ ca kārayāmāsa cakāra ca punaḥ svayam
And out of compassion the treasury of compassion granted her what she wished, and had worship (of her) performed, and again himself performed (it).
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BvP 2 45.7
स्वर्गे च नागलोके च पृथिव्यां बह्मलोकतः ।। भृशं जपत्सु गौरी सा सुन्दरी च मनोहरा
svarge ca nāgaloke ca pṛthivyāṃ bahmalokataḥ || bhṛśaṃ japatsu gaurī sā sundarī ca manoharā
In heaven, and in the world of the nāgas, and on earth, and from Brahmā's world onward — among those who assiduously recite (her name) she (is) fair, beautiful and charming.
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BvP 2 45.8
जगद्गौरीति विख्याता तेन सा पूजिता सती ।। शिवशिष्या च सा देवी तेन शैवीति कीर्त्तिता
jagadgaurīti vikhyātā tena sā pūjitā satī || śivaśiṣyā ca sā devī tena śaivīti kīrttitā
For that reason she, the virtuous one, when worshipped, is known as Jagadgaurī (Fair One of the World); and that goddess is a disciple of Śiva, and for that reason she is called Śaivī.
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BvP 2 45.9
विष्णुभक्ताऽतीव रम्या वैष्णवी तेन नारद ।। नागानां प्राणरक्षित्री जनमेजययज्ञके
viṣṇubhaktā'tīva ramyā vaiṣṇavī tena nārada || nāgānāṃ prāṇarakṣitrī janamejayayajñake
She is a supreme devotee of Viṣṇu and exceedingly lovely, and therefore, Nārada, she is Vaiṣṇavī; (she is) the protectress of the lives of the nāgas at Janamejaya's sacrifice.
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BvP 2 45.12
१।। महाज्ञानयुतां तां च प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ।। आस्तीकस्य मुनीन्द्रस्य माता सा वै तपस्विनः
1|| mahājñānayutāṃ tāṃ ca pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ || āstīkasya munīndrasya mātā sā vai tapasvinaḥ
And the wise declare her to be endowed with great knowledge; she indeed is the mother of Āstīka, the best of sages, the ascetic.
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BvP 2 45.13
आस्तीकमाता विख्याता जरत्कारुरिति स्म सा ।। प्रिया मुनेर्जरत्कारोर्मुनीन्द्रस्य महात्मनः
āstīkamātā vikhyātā jaratkāruriti sma sā || priyā munerjaratkārormunīndrasya mahātmanaḥ
She is renowned as Āstīka's mother, and (called) Jaratkāru; (she was) the beloved of the sage Jaratkāru, the great-souled lord of sages —
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BvP 2 45.14
योगिनो विश्वपूज्यस्य जरत्कारोः प्रिया ततः
yogino viśvapūjyasya jaratkāroḥ priyā tataḥ
— hence (she is called) the beloved of Jaratkāru, the yogin worshipped by the whole world.
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BvP 2 45.15
ॐ नमो मनसायै ।। जरत्कारुर्जगद्गौरी मनसा सिद्धयोगिनी ।। वैष्णवी नागभगिनी शैवी नागेश्वरी तथा
oṃ namo manasāyai || jaratkārurjagadgaurī manasā siddhayoginī || vaiṣṇavī nāgabhaginī śaivī nāgeśvarī tathā
Oṃ, homage to Manasā. Jaratkāru, Jagadgaurī, Manasā, Siddhayoginī, Vaiṣṇavī, Nāgabhaginī (Sister of the Snakes), Śaivī, and likewise Nāgeśvarī (Mistress of the Snakes),
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BvP 2 45.16
जरत्कारुप्रियाऽऽस्तीकमाता विषहरीति च ।। महाज्ञानयुता चैव सा देवी विश्वपूजिता
jaratkārupriyā''stīkamātā viṣaharīti ca || mahājñānayutā caiva sā devī viśvapūjitā
Jaratkārupriyā (Beloved of Jaratkāru), Āstīkamātā (Mother of Āstīka), and Viṣaharī (Remover of Poison), and Mahājñānayutā (Endowed with Great Knowledge) — that goddess is worshipped by the whole world.
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BvP 2 45.17
द्वादशैतानि नामानि पूजाकाले च यः पठेत् ।। तस्य नागभयं नस्ति तस्य वंशोद्भवस्य च
dvādaśaitāni nāmāni pūjākāle ca yaḥ paṭhet || tasya nāgabhayaṃ nasti tasya vaṃśodbhavasya ca
Whoever recites these twelve names at the time of worship — for him there is no fear of snakes, nor for one born in his lineage.
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BvP 2 45.18
नागभीदे च शयने नागग्रस्ते च मन्दिरे ।। नागक्षते नागदुर्गे नागवेष्टितविग्रहे
nāgabhīde ca śayane nāgagraste ca mandire || nāgakṣate nāgadurge nāgaveṣṭitavigrahe
In a bed broken into by a snake, in a house seized by a snake, when wounded by a snake, in a snake-infested stronghold, when one's body is encircled by a snake —
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BvP 2 45.19
इदं स्तोत्रं पठित्वा तु मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ।। नित्यं पठेद्यस्तं दृष्ट्वा नागवर्गः पलायते
idaṃ stotraṃ paṭhitvā tu mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || nityaṃ paṭhedyastaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāgavargaḥ palāyate
— by reciting this hymn one is released; there is no doubt in this. And whoever recites it daily — on seeing him the host of snakes flees.
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BvP 2 45.21
नागौघं भूषणं कृत्वा स भवेन्नागवाहनः ।। नागासनो नागतल्पो महा सिद्धो भवेन्नरः
nāgaughaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sa bhavennāgavāhanaḥ || nāgāsano nāgatalpo mahā siddho bhavennaraḥ
Having made a multitude of snakes his ornament, he becomes one who rides snakes; with a snake for his seat and a snake for his couch, the man becomes a great adept.
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