Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 5
BvP 2 5.1
नारायण उवाच ।। वाग्देवतायाः स्तवनं श्रूयतां सर्वकामदम् ।। महामुनिर्याज्ञवल्क्यो येन तुष्टाव तां पुरा
nārāyaṇa uvāca || vāgdevatāyāḥ stavanaṃ śrūyatāṃ sarvakāmadam || mahāmuniryājñavalkyo yena tuṣṭāva tāṃ purā
Nārāyaṇa said: Let the praise of the goddess of speech be heard, which grants all desires — that with which the great sage Yājñavalkya once satisfied her.
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BvP 2 5.2
गुरुशापाच्च स मुनिर्हतविद्यो बभूव ह।। तदाऽऽजगाम दुःखार्तो रविस्थानं च पुण्यदम् ब्रह्मस्वरूपा परमा ज्योतीरूपा सनातनी ।। सर्वविद्याधिदेवी या तस्यै वाण्ये नमो नमः स च तुष्टाव तां ब्रह्मा चाज्ञया परमात्मनः ।। चकार तत्प्रसादेन तदा सिद्धान्तमुत्तमम् त्वं संस्तुता पूजिता च मुनीन्द्रमनुमानवैः ।। दैत्येन्द्रैश्च सुरैश्चापि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिभिः
guruśāpācca sa munirhatavidyo babhūva ha|| tadā''jagāma duḥkhārto ravisthānaṃ ca puṇyadam brahmasvarūpā paramā jyotīrūpā sanātanī || sarvavidyādhidevī yā tasyai vāṇye namo namaḥ sa ca tuṣṭāva tāṃ brahmā cājñayā paramātmanaḥ || cakāra tatprasādena tadā siddhāntamuttamam tvaṃ saṃstutā pūjitā ca munīndramanumānavaiḥ || daityendraiśca suraiścāpi brahmaviṣṇuśivādibhiḥ
By his teacher's curse that sage became stripped of his learning; then, afflicted with grief, he came to the merit-giving abode of the Sun. — She whose nature is Brahman, the supreme, whose form is light, the eternal, who is the presiding goddess of all knowledge: to her, to Vāṇī, homage, homage. — And Brahmā too praised her; and by the command of the Supreme Self, by her grace, he then composed the highest doctrine. — You are praised and worshipped by the best of sages and by men, and by the lords of the demons, and by the gods too, and by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest.
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BvP 2 5.3
संप्राप्य तपसा सूर्य्यं कोणार्के दृष्टिगोचरे ।। तुष्टाव सूर्य्यं शोकेन रुरोद च पुनः पुनः
saṃprāpya tapasā sūryyaṃ koṇārke dṛṣṭigocare || tuṣṭāva sūryyaṃ śokena ruroda ca punaḥ punaḥ
Having reached the Sun by austerities, when (the Sun) came within his sight at Koṇārka, he praised the Sun, and with grief he wept again and again.
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BvP 2 5.4
सूर्य्यस्तं पाठयामास वेदवेदाङ्गमीश्वरः ।। उवाच स्तुहि वाग्देवीं भक्त्या च स्मृतिहेतवे
sūryyastaṃ pāṭhayāmāsa vedavedāṅgamīśvaraḥ || uvāca stuhi vāgdevīṃ bhaktyā ca smṛtihetave
The Sun, the lord of the Veda and its ancillary sciences, made him recite (them), and said: praise the goddess of speech with devotion, for the sake of memory.
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BvP 2 5.5
तमित्युक्त्वा दीननाथो ह्यन्तर्द्धानं जगाम सः ।। मुनिः स्नात्वा च तुष्टाव भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः
tamityuktvā dīnanātho hyantarddhānaṃ jagāma saḥ || muniḥ snātvā ca tuṣṭāva bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ
Having said this to him, that lord of the wretched vanished; and the sage, having bathed, praised (her), his neck and self bowed with devotion.
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BvP 2 5.6
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच ।। कृपां कुरु जगन्मातर्मामेवं हततेजसम्।। गुरुशापात्स्मृतिभ्रष्टं विद्याहीनं च दुःखितम्
yājñavalkya uvāca || kṛpāṃ kuru jaganmātarmāmevaṃ hatatejasam|| guruśāpātsmṛtibhraṣṭaṃ vidyāhīnaṃ ca duḥkhitam
Yājñavalkya said: Show mercy, mother of the world, to me thus deprived of my vigour, fallen from memory by my teacher's curse, bereft of learning, and stricken with grief.
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BvP 2 5.7
ज्ञानं देहि स्मृतिं देहि विद्यां विद्याधिदेवते ।। प्रतिष्ठां कवितां देहि शक्तिं शिष्यप्रबोधिकाम्
jñānaṃ dehi smṛtiṃ dehi vidyāṃ vidyādhidevate || pratiṣṭhāṃ kavitāṃ dehi śaktiṃ śiṣyaprabodhikām
Give knowledge, give memory, give learning, O presiding goddess of learning; give standing, give poetic skill, and the power that awakens pupils.
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BvP 2 5.8
ग्रन्थनिर्मितिशक्तिं च सच्छिष्यं सुप्रतिष्ठितम् ।। प्रतिभां सत्सभायां च विचारक्षमतां शुभाम्
granthanirmitiśaktiṃ ca sacchiṣyaṃ supratiṣṭhitam || pratibhāṃ satsabhāyāṃ ca vicārakṣamatāṃ śubhām
And the power of composing books, and a good, well-established pupil, and genius, and the auspicious capacity for reasoning in the assembly of the good.
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BvP 2 5.9
लुप्तां सर्वां दैववशान्नवां कुरु पुनः पुनः ।। यथाऽङ्कुरं जनयति भगवान्योगमायया
luptāṃ sarvāṃ daivavaśānnavāṃ kuru punaḥ punaḥ || yathā'ṅkuraṃ janayati bhagavānyogamāyayā
All that has been lost by fate — make it new again and again, as the Lord makes a sprout come forth by his yoga-māyā.
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BvP 2 5.11
यया विना जगत्सर्वं शश्वज्जीवन्मृतं सदा ।। ज्ञानाघिदेवी या तस्यै सरस्वत्यै नमो नमः
yayā vinā jagatsarvaṃ śaśvajjīvanmṛtaṃ sadā || jñānāghidevī yā tasyai sarasvatyai namo namaḥ
Without whom the whole world is forever and always as though dead while living — she who is the presiding goddess of knowledge: to her, to Sarasvatī, homage, homage.
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BvP 2 5.12
यया विना जगत्सर्वं मूकमुन्मत्तवत्सदा ।। वागधिष्ठातृदेवी या तस्यै वाण्यै नमो नमः
yayā vinā jagatsarvaṃ mūkamunmattavatsadā || vāgadhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā tasyai vāṇyai namo namaḥ
Without whom the whole world is always mute, like one deranged — she who is the goddess presiding over speech: to her, to Vāṇī, homage, homage.
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BvP 2 5.13
हिमचन्दनकुन्देन्दुकुमुदाम्भोज सन्निभा ।। वर्णाधिदेवी या तस्यै चाक्षरायै नमो नमः
himacandanakundendukumudāmbhoja sannibhā || varṇādhidevī yā tasyai cākṣarāyai namo namaḥ
She who resembles snow, sandal-paste, jasmine, the moon, the white lotus and the blue lotus, who is the presiding goddess of the letters: to her, to Akṣarā, homage, homage.
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BvP 2 5.14
विसर्गबिन्दुमात्राणां यदधिष्ठानमेव च ।। इत्थं त्वं गीयसे सद्भिर्भारत्यै ते नमो नमः
visargabindumātrāṇāṃ yadadhiṣṭhānameva ca || itthaṃ tvaṃ gīyase sadbhirbhāratyai te namo namaḥ
And that which is the very substrate of the visarga, the anusvāra and the vowel-marks: thus you are sung by the good — homage, homage to you, Bhāratī.
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BvP 2 5.15
यया विनाऽत्र संख्याकृत्संख्यां कर्त्तुं न शक्नुते ।। कालसंख्यास्वरूपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमो नमः ।।
yayā vinā'tra saṃkhyākṛtsaṃkhyāṃ karttuṃ na śaknute || kālasaṃkhyāsvarūpā yā tasyai devyai namo namaḥ ||
She without whom, in this world, the reckoner cannot make his reckoning — she who is the very form of the counting of time: to that goddess, homage, homage.
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BvP 2 5.16
व्याख्यास्वरूपा या देवी व्याख्याधिष्ठातृदेवता ।। भ्रमसिद्धान्तरूपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमो नमः
vyākhyāsvarūpā yā devī vyākhyādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā || bhramasiddhāntarūpā yā tasyai devyai namo namaḥ
The goddess who is the very form of exposition, the deity presiding over exposition, she who is (both) the form of error and of settled conclusion: to that goddess, homage, homage.
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BvP 2 5.17
स्मृतिशक्ति ज्ञानशक्ति बुद्धिशक्तिस्वरूपिणी ।। प्रतिभाकल्पनाशक्तिर्या च तस्यै नमो नमः
smṛtiśakti jñānaśakti buddhiśaktisvarūpiṇī || pratibhākalpanāśaktiryā ca tasyai namo namaḥ
(She who) has the form of the power of memory, the power of knowledge, the power of intellect, and who is the power of insight and imagination: to her, homage, homage.
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BvP 2 5.18
सनत्कुमारो ब्रह्माणं ज्ञानं पप्रच्छ यत्र वै ।। बभूव जडवत्सोऽपि सिद्धान्तं कर्त्तुमक्षमः
sanatkumāro brahmāṇaṃ jñānaṃ papraccha yatra vai || babhūva jaḍavatso'pi siddhāntaṃ karttumakṣamaḥ
When Sanatkumāra questioned Brahmā about knowledge, he, though he was (Brahmā), became like a dolt, unable to reach a conclusion.
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BvP 2 5.19
तदाऽऽजगाम भगवानात्मा श्रीकृष्ण ईश्वरः ।। उवाच सत्तमं स्तोत्रं वाण्या इति विधिं तदा
tadā''jagāma bhagavānātmā śrīkṛṣṇa īśvaraḥ || uvāca sattamaṃ stotraṃ vāṇyā iti vidhiṃ tadā
Then the Lord himself came, Śrī Kṛṣṇa the sovereign, and at that time told the Creator this most excellent hymn to Vāṇī.
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BvP 2 5.21
यदाऽप्यनन्तं पप्रच्छ ज्ञानमेकं वसुन्धरा ।। बभूव मूकवत्सोऽपि सिद्धान्तं कर्तुमक्षमः
yadā'pyanantaṃ papraccha jñānamekaṃ vasundharā || babhūva mūkavatso'pi siddhāntaṃ kartumakṣamaḥ
And when the Earth asked Ananta about a single (point of) knowledge, he too became like one mute, unable to reach a conclusion.
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BvP 2 5.22
तदा त्वां च स तुष्टाव संत्रस्तः कश्यपाज्ञया।। ततश्चकार सिद्धान्तं निर्मलं भ्रमभञ्जनम्
tadā tvāṃ ca sa tuṣṭāva saṃtrastaḥ kaśyapājñayā|| tataścakāra siddhāntaṃ nirmalaṃ bhramabhañjanam
Then he, terrified, praised you at Kaśyapa's command, and thereafter made a conclusion that was flawless and shattered error.
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BvP 2 5.23
व्यासः पुराणसूत्रं च समपृच्छत वाल्मिकिम् ।। मौनीभूतः स सस्मार त्वामेव जगदंबिकाम्
vyāsaḥ purāṇasūtraṃ ca samapṛcchata vālmikim || maunībhūtaḥ sa sasmāra tvāmeva jagadaṃbikām
And Vyāsa asked Vālmīki about the aphorism of the Purāṇa; he, become silent, remembered you alone, the Mother of the world.
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BvP 2 5.24
तदा चकार सिद्धान्तं त्वद्वरेण मुनीश्वरः ।। स प्राप निर्मलं ज्ञानं प्रमादध्वंसकारणम्
tadā cakāra siddhāntaṃ tvadvareṇa munīśvaraḥ || sa prāpa nirmalaṃ jñānaṃ pramādadhvaṃsakāraṇam
Then, by your boon, that lord of sages reached the conclusion; he obtained flawless knowledge, the cause of the destruction of error.
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BvP 2 5.25
पुराणसूत्रं श्रुत्वा स व्यासः कृष्णकलोद्भवः।। त्वां सिषेवे च दध्यौ च शतवर्षं च पुष्करे ।। तदा त्वत्तो वरं प्राप्य स कवीन्द्रो बभूव ह
purāṇasūtraṃ śrutvā sa vyāsaḥ kṛṣṇakalodbhavaḥ|| tvāṃ siṣeve ca dadhyau ca śatavarṣaṃ ca puṣkare || tadā tvatto varaṃ prāpya sa kavīndro babhūva ha
Having heard the aphorism of the Purāṇa, that Vyāsa, born of a portion of Kṛṣṇa, served you and meditated (on you) for a hundred years at Puṣkara; then, obtaining a boon from you, he became indeed the chief of poets.
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BvP 2 5.26
तदा वै वेदभागं च पुराणानि चकार ह ।। यदा महेन्द्रे पप्रच्छ तत्त्वज्ञानं शिवा शिवम्
tadā vai vedabhāgaṃ ca purāṇāni cakāra ha || yadā mahendre papraccha tattvajñānaṃ śivā śivam
Then he composed the divisions of the Veda and the Purāṇas. When on the great Indra (mountain) Śivā asked Śiva about the knowledge of reality —
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BvP 2 5.27
क्षणं त्वामेव संचिन्त्य तस्यै ज्ञानं ददौ विभुः ।। पप्रच्छ शब्दशास्त्रं च महेन्द्रश्च बृहस्पतिम्
kṣaṇaṃ tvāmeva saṃcintya tasyai jñānaṃ dadau vibhuḥ || papraccha śabdaśāstraṃ ca mahendraśca bṛhaspatim
— the mighty one, thinking of you alone for a moment, gave her that knowledge. And Mahendra asked Bṛhaspati about the science of words.
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BvP 2 5.28
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च स त्वां दध्यौ च पुष्करे ।। तदा त्वत्तो वरं प्राप्य दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम् ।। उवाच शब्दशास्त्रं च तदर्थं च सुरेश्वरम्
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca sa tvāṃ dadhyau ca puṣkare || tadā tvatto varaṃ prāpya divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam || uvāca śabdaśāstraṃ ca tadarthaṃ ca sureśvaram
And he meditated on you at Puṣkara for a thousand divine years; then, obtaining a boon from you, for a thousand divine years he expounded the science of words and its meaning to the lord of the gods.
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BvP 2 5.29
अध्यापिताश्च यैः शिष्या यैरधीतं मुनीश्वरैः ।। ते च त्वां परिसंचिन्त्य प्रवर्त्तन्ते सुरेश्वरि
adhyāpitāśca yaiḥ śiṣyā yairadhītaṃ munīśvaraiḥ || te ca tvāṃ parisaṃcintya pravarttante sureśvari
And those lords of sages by whom pupils have been taught and by whom (the texts) have been studied — they too proceed only after thinking of you, O queen of the gods.
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BvP 2 5.31
जडीभूतः सहस्रास्यः पञ्चवक्त्रश्चतुर्मुखः ।। यां स्तोतुं किमहं स्तौमि तामेकास्येन मानवः
jaḍībhūtaḥ sahasrāsyaḥ pañcavaktraścaturmukhaḥ || yāṃ stotuṃ kimahaṃ staumi tāmekāsyena mānavaḥ
The thousand-mouthed (Ananta), the five-faced (Śiva), the four-faced (Brahmā) became dull-witted (in trying to praise) her whom — how am I, a man with a single mouth, to praise her?
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BvP 2 5.32
इत्युक्त्वा याज्ञवल्क्यश्च भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। प्रणनाम निराहारो रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः
ityuktvā yājñavalkyaśca bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || praṇanāma nirāhāro ruroda ca muhurmuhuḥ
Having said this, Yājñavalkya, his neck bent in devotion, bowed down, and, taking no food, wept again and again.
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BvP 2 5.33
तदा ज्योतिस्त्वरूपा सा तेनादृष्टाऽप्युवाच तम् ।। सुकवीन्द्रो भवेत्युक्त्वा वैकुण्ठं च जगाम ह
tadā jyotistvarūpā sā tenādṛṣṭā'pyuvāca tam || sukavīndro bhavetyuktvā vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca jagāma ha
Then she, whose form is light, though unseen by him, spoke to him: saying "Become a fine chief of poets," she went to Vaikuṇṭha.
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BvP 2 5.34
याज्ञवल्क्यकृतं वाणीस्तोत्रं यः संयतः पठेत् ।। स कवीन्द्रो महावाग्मी बृहस्पतिसमो भवेत्
yājñavalkyakṛtaṃ vāṇīstotraṃ yaḥ saṃyataḥ paṭhet || sa kavīndro mahāvāgmī bṛhaspatisamo bhavet
Whoever, self-controlled, recites this hymn to Vāṇī composed by Yājñavalkya becomes a chief of poets, a great speaker, the equal of Bṛhaspati.
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BvP 2 5.35
महामूर्खश्च दुर्मेधा वर्षमेकं च यः पठेत् ।। स पण्डितश्च मेधावी सुकविश्च भवेद्ध्रुवम्
mahāmūrkhaśca durmedhā varṣamekaṃ ca yaḥ paṭhet || sa paṇḍitaśca medhāvī sukaviśca bhaveddhruvam
And even a great fool, of poor wit, who recites it for one year, will surely become learned, intelligent, and a good poet.
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