Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 47
BvP 2 47.1
नारद उवाच ।। का वा सा सुरभी देवी गोलोका दागता च या ।। तज्जन्मचरितं ब्रह्मञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
nārada uvāca || kā vā sā surabhī devī golokā dāgatā ca yā || tajjanmacaritaṃ brahmañchrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ
Nārada said: Who was that goddess Surabhi, and who was she that came from Goloka? Brahman, I wish to hear truly of her birth and her deeds.
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BvP 2 47.2
नारायण उवाच ।। गवामधिष्ठातृदेवी गवामाद्या गवां प्रसूः ।। गवां प्रधाना सुरभी गोलोके च समुद्भवा गोपिकानां च राधायाः क्रीडावापी बभूव सा ।। रत्नेन रचिता तूर्णं भूता वापीश्वरेच्छया घटे वा धेनुशिरसि बद्धस्तंभे गवां च वा ।। शालग्रामे जलेऽग्नौ वा सुरभी पूजयेद्द्विजः दुग्धाद् घृतं ततो यज्ञस्ततः प्रीतिः सुरस्य च ।। इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं भक्तियुक्तश्च यः पठेत्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || gavāmadhiṣṭhātṛdevī gavāmādyā gavāṃ prasūḥ || gavāṃ pradhānā surabhī goloke ca samudbhavā gopikānāṃ ca rādhāyāḥ krīḍāvāpī babhūva sā || ratnena racitā tūrṇaṃ bhūtā vāpīśvarecchayā ghaṭe vā dhenuśirasi baddhastaṃbhe gavāṃ ca vā || śālagrāme jale'gnau vā surabhī pūjayeddvijaḥ dugdhād ghṛtaṃ tato yajñastataḥ prītiḥ surasya ca || idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ bhaktiyuktaśca yaḥ paṭhet
Nārāyaṇa said: The goddess who presides over cows, the first of cows, the mother of cows, the chief of cows, Surabhi, arose in Goloka; and she became the pleasure-pool of the cowherd women and of Rādhā. Made of jewels, she came into being at once by the will of the Lord of the pool. In a pot, or on a cow's head, or on a bound post of cows, or in a śālagrāma stone, or in water, or in fire, a twice-born should worship Surabhi. From milk comes ghee, from that sacrifice, and from that the pleasure of the god. And whoever, filled with devotion, recites this hymn of great merit—
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BvP 2 47.3
सर्वादिसृष्टेः कथनं कथयामि निशामय ।। बभूव तेन तज्जन्म पुरा वृन्दावने वने
sarvādisṛṣṭeḥ kathanaṃ kathayāmi niśāmaya || babhūva tena tajjanma purā vṛndāvane vane
I shall tell the account of the creation of all from the beginning; listen. By that (act) her birth took place long ago in the Vṛndāvana forest.
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BvP 2 47.4
एकदा राधिकानाथो राधया सह कौतुकात् ।। गोपांगनापरिवृतः पुण्यं वृन्दावनं ययौ
ekadā rādhikānātho rādhayā saha kautukāt || gopāṃganāparivṛtaḥ puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ yayau
Once the Lord of Rādhikā, together with Rādhā, out of playfulness, surrounded by the cowherd women, went to holy Vṛndāvana.
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BvP 2 47.5
सहसा तत्र रहसि विजहार च कौतुकात् ।। बभूव क्षीरपानेच्छा तदा स्वेच्छापरस्य च
sahasā tatra rahasi vijahāra ca kautukāt || babhūva kṣīrapānecchā tadā svecchāparasya ca
Suddenly he played there in secret out of delight; then a desire to drink milk arose in him who follows his own will.
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BvP 2 47.6
ससृजे सुरभीं देवीं लीलया वामपार्श्वतः ।। वत्सयुक्तां दुग्धवतीं वत्सानां च मनोरमाम्
sasṛje surabhīṃ devīṃ līlayā vāmapārśvataḥ || vatsayuktāṃ dugdhavatīṃ vatsānāṃ ca manoramām
In play he created from his left side the goddess Surabhi, together with a calf, full of milk, and delightful to calves.
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BvP 2 47.7
दृष्ट्वा सवत्सां सुरभीं रत्नभाण्डे दुदोह सः ।। क्षीरं सुधातिरिक्तं च जन्ममृत्युहरं परम्
dṛṣṭvā savatsāṃ surabhīṃ ratnabhāṇḍe dudoha saḥ || kṣīraṃ sudhātiriktaṃ ca janmamṛtyuharaṃ param
Seeing Surabhi with her calf, he milked into a jewelled vessel milk surpassing nectar, supreme, remover of birth and death.
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BvP 2 47.8
तदुष्णं च पयः स्वादु पपौ गोपीपतिः स्वयम् ।। सरो बभूव पयसा भाण्डविस्रंसनेन च
taduṣṇaṃ ca payaḥ svādu papau gopīpatiḥ svayam || saro babhūva payasā bhāṇḍavisraṃsanena ca
That warm, sweet milk the Lord of the cowherd women himself drank; and from the milk, by the tipping over of the vessel, a lake came to be.
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BvP 2 47.9
दीर्घे च विस्तृते चैव परितः शतयोजनम् ।। गोलोकेषु प्रसिद्धं तद्रम्यं क्षीरसरोवरम्
dīrghe ca vistṛte caiva paritaḥ śatayojanam || golokeṣu prasiddhaṃ tadramyaṃ kṣīrasarovaram
A hundred yojanas in length and in breadth all around—that is the lovely Lake of Milk, famed throughout the Goloka regions.
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BvP 2 47.11
बभूव कामधेनूनां सहसा लक्षकोटयः ।। तावत्यो हि सवत्साश्च सुरभीलोमकूपतः
babhūva kāmadhenūnāṃ sahasā lakṣakoṭayaḥ || tāvatyo hi savatsāśca surabhīlomakūpataḥ
At once there came into being hundreds of thousands of crores of wish-granting cows, and as many with their calves, from the pores of Surabhi's hair.
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BvP 2 47.12
तासां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च संबभूवुरसंख्यकाः ।। कथिता च गवां सृष्टिस्तया संपूरितं जगत्
tāsāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca saṃbabhūvurasaṃkhyakāḥ || kathitā ca gavāṃ sṛṣṭistayā saṃpūritaṃ jagat
Their sons and grandsons became countless. Thus the creation of cows has been told; by them the world was filled.
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BvP 2 47.13
पूजां चकार भगवान्सुरभ्याश्च पुरा मुने ।। ततो बभूव तत्पूजा त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभा
pūjāṃ cakāra bhagavānsurabhyāśca purā mune || tato babhūva tatpūjā triṣu lokeṣu durlabhā
The Lord performed the worship of Surabhi long ago, O sage; from that came her worship, hard to obtain in the three worlds.
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BvP 2 47.14
दीपान्विता परदिने श्रीकृष्णस्याज्ञया भवे ।। बभूव सुरभीपूजा धर्मवक्त्रादिति श्रुतम्
dīpānvitā paradine śrīkṛṣṇasyājñayā bhave || babhūva surabhīpūjā dharmavaktrāditi śrutam
On the day after Dīpānvitā, by the command of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, on earth the worship of Surabhi came about—so it is heard from the mouth of Dharma.
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BvP 2 47.15
ध्यानं स्तोत्रं मूलमन्त्रं यद्यत्पूजाविधिक्रमम् ।। वेदोक्तं च महाभाग निबोध कथयामि ते
dhyānaṃ stotraṃ mūlamantraṃ yadyatpūjāvidhikramam || vedoktaṃ ca mahābhāga nibodha kathayāmi te
The meditation, the hymn, the root mantra, and whatever is the order of the rite of worship as stated in the Veda—learn it, greatly fortunate one; I shall tell you.
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BvP 2 47.16
ॐ सुरभ्यै नम इति मन्त्रोऽयं तु षडक्षरः ।। सिद्धो लक्षजपेनैव भक्तानां कल्पपादपः
oṃ surabhyai nama iti mantro'yaṃ tu ṣaḍakṣaraḥ || siddho lakṣajapenaiva bhaktānāṃ kalpapādapaḥ
"Oṃ, homage to Surabhi"—this mantra of six syllables becomes effective by a hundred thousand recitations alone, a wish-fulfilling tree for devotees.
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BvP 2 47.17
स्थितं ध्यानं यजुर्वेदे पूजनं सर्वसम्मतम् ।। ऋद्धिदां वृद्धिदां चैव मुक्तिदो सर्वकामदाम्
sthitaṃ dhyānaṃ yajurvede pūjanaṃ sarvasammatam || ṛddhidāṃ vṛddhidāṃ caiva muktido sarvakāmadām
The meditation is set down in the Yajurveda, and the worship is approved by all: (I worship her) who gives prosperity and increase, giver of liberation, granter of all desires.
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BvP 2 47.18
लक्ष्मीस्वरूपां परमां राधासहचरीं पराम् ।। गवामधिष्ठातृदेवीं गवामाद्यां गवां प्रसूम्
lakṣmīsvarūpāṃ paramāṃ rādhāsahacarīṃ parām || gavāmadhiṣṭhātṛdevīṃ gavāmādyāṃ gavāṃ prasūm
(I worship) her who is of the nature of Lakṣmī, supreme, the companion of Rādhā, highest, the goddess presiding over cows, the first of cows, the mother of cows,
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BvP 2 47.19
पवित्ररूपां पूज्यां च भक्तानां सर्वकामदाम् ।। यया पूतं सर्वविश्वं तां देवीं सुरभीं भजे
pavitrarūpāṃ pūjyāṃ ca bhaktānāṃ sarvakāmadām || yayā pūtaṃ sarvaviśvaṃ tāṃ devīṃ surabhīṃ bhaje
of pure form, worthy of worship, granting all desires to devotees—that goddess Surabhi, by whom the whole universe is purified, I worship.
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BvP 2 47.21
दीपान्विता परदिने पूर्वाह्णे भक्तिसंयुतः ।। यः पूजयेच्च सुरभीं स च पूज्यो भवेद्भुवि
dīpānvitā paradine pūrvāhṇe bhaktisaṃyutaḥ || yaḥ pūjayecca surabhīṃ sa ca pūjyo bhavedbhuvi
He who, filled with devotion, worships Surabhi in the forenoon on the day after Dīpānvitā becomes worthy of worship on earth.
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BvP 2 47.22
एकदा त्रिषु लोकेषु वाराहे विष्णुमायया ।। क्षीरं जहार सहसा चिन्तिताश्च सुरादयः
ekadā triṣu lokeṣu vārāhe viṣṇumāyayā || kṣīraṃ jahāra sahasā cintitāśca surādayaḥ
Once, in the Vārāha (kalpa), by Viṣṇu's māyā, the milk in all three worlds was suddenly taken away, and the gods and the rest became anxious.
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BvP 2 47.23
ते गत्वा ब्रह्मणो लोकं ब्रह्माणं तुष्टुवुस्तदा ।। तदाज्ञया च सुरभीं तुष्टुवे पाकशासनः
te gatvā brahmaṇo lokaṃ brahmāṇaṃ tuṣṭuvustadā || tadājñayā ca surabhīṃ tuṣṭuve pākaśāsanaḥ
They went to Brahmā's world and then praised Brahmā; and at his command the Chastiser of Pāka (Indra) praised Surabhi.
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BvP 2 47.24
महेन्द्र उवाच ।। नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै सुरभ्यै च नमो नमः ।। गवां बीजस्वरूपायै नमस्ते जगदम्बिके
mahendra uvāca || namo devyai mahādevyai surabhyai ca namo namaḥ || gavāṃ bījasvarūpāyai namaste jagadambike
Great Indra said: Homage to the Goddess, to the Great Goddess, and homage, homage to Surabhi; to her who is the seed-form of cows, homage to you, Mother of the world.
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BvP 2 47.25
नमो राधाप्रियायै च पद्मांशायै नमो नमः ।। नमः कृष्णप्रियायै च गवां मात्रे नमो नमः ।। कल्पवृक्षस्वरूपायै प्रदात्र्यै सर्वसंपदाम्
namo rādhāpriyāyai ca padmāṃśāyai namo namaḥ || namaḥ kṛṣṇapriyāyai ca gavāṃ mātre namo namaḥ || kalpavṛkṣasvarūpāyai pradātryai sarvasaṃpadām
Homage to her who is dear to Rādhā, and homage, homage to her who is a portion of Padmā (Lakṣmī); homage to her who is dear to Kṛṣṇa, and homage, homage to the mother of cows; to her whose form is the wish-fulfilling tree, the giver of all riches —
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BvP 2 47.26
श्रीदायै धनदायै च बुद्धिदायै नमो नमः ।। शुभदायै प्रसन्नायै गोप्रदायै नमो नमः
śrīdāyai dhanadāyai ca buddhidāyai namo namaḥ || śubhadāyai prasannāyai gopradāyai namo namaḥ
— to the giver of splendour, the giver of wealth, and the giver of intelligence, homage, homage; to the giver of good fortune, to the gracious one, to the giver of cows, homage, homage.
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BvP 2 47.27
यशोदायै सौख्यदायै धर्मज्ञायै नमो नमः ।। स्तोत्रश्रवणमात्रेण तुष्टा हृष्टा जगत्प्रसूः
yaśodāyai saukhyadāyai dharmajñāyai namo namaḥ || stotraśravaṇamātreṇa tuṣṭā hṛṣṭā jagatprasūḥ
To the giver of fame, the giver of ease, the knower of dharma, homage, homage. By the mere hearing of the hymn the Mother of the world was pleased and delighted.
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BvP 2 47.28
आविर्बभूव तत्रैव ब्रह्मलोके सनातनी ।। महेन्द्राय वरं दत्त्वा वाञ्छितं सर्वदुर्लभम्
āvirbabhūva tatraiva brahmaloke sanātanī || mahendrāya varaṃ dattvā vāñchitaṃ sarvadurlabham
The eternal one became manifest right there in Brahmā's world, and having given great Indra the boon he wished for, hard for all to obtain,
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BvP 2 47.29
जगाम सा च गोलोकं ययुर्देवादयो गृहम् ।। बभूव विश्वं सहसा दुग्धपूर्णं च नारद
jagāma sā ca golokaṃ yayurdevādayo gṛham || babhūva viśvaṃ sahasā dugdhapūrṇaṃ ca nārada
she went to Goloka, and the gods and the others went home; and the world at once became full of milk, Nārada.
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BvP 2 47.31
स गोमान्धनवांश्चैव कीर्त्तिमान्पुण्यवान्भवेत् ।। सुस्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षितः
sa gomāndhanavāṃścaiva kīrttimānpuṇyavānbhavet || susnātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ
He becomes possessed of cows and of wealth, famous and meritorious, as one well bathed in all the sacred fords and consecrated in all the sacrifices.
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BvP 2 47.32
इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा यात्यन्ते कृष्णमन्दिरम् ।। सुचिरं निवसेत्तत्र कुरुते कृष्णसेवनम्
iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā yātyante kṛṣṇamandiram || suciraṃ nivasettatra kurute kṛṣṇasevanam
Having enjoyed happiness in this world, at the end he goes to Kṛṣṇa's abode; he dwells there for a very long time and performs service to Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 2 47.33
न पुनर्भवनं तस्य ब्रह्मपुत्र भवे भवेत्
na punarbhavanaṃ tasya brahmaputra bhave bhavet
There is no rebirth for him in the world (of becoming), son of Brahmā.
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