Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 59
BvP 2 59.1
नारद उवाच ।। बृहस्पतिः किं चकार तारकाहरणान्तरे।। कथं संप्राप तां साध्वीं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
nārada uvāca || bṛhaspatiḥ kiṃ cakāra tārakāharaṇāntare|| kathaṃ saṃprāpa tāṃ sādhvīṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi
Nārada said: What did Bṛhaspati do in the interval of Tārakā's abduction? How did he recover that chaste woman? That you ought to explain to me.
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BvP 2 59.2
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। दृष्ट्वा विलम्बं तारायाः स्नान्त्याश्चापि गुरुः स्वयम् ।। प्रस्थापयामास शिष्यमन्वेषार्थं च जाह्नवीम् सुशीला सुन्दरी भार्य्या गता यस्य गृहादहो ।। अरण्यं तेन गन्त व्यं यथाऽरण्यं तथा गृहम् तथा गृही न शक्तश्च सततं सर्वकर्मणि ।। गृहाधिष्ठातृदेवीं च स्वशक्तिगृहिणीं विना बृहस्पतिवचः श्रुत्वा रक्तपङ्कजलोचनः ।। तमुवाच महेन्द्रश्च कोपप्रस्फुरिताधरः गच्छ शीघ्रं ब्रह्मलोकमस्माभिः सार्द्धमेव च ।। ब्रह्मणा सह यास्यामः कैलासे शङ्करं वयम् यो हरेद्भ्रातृजायां च कामी कामादकामुकीम् ।। ब्रह्महत्यासहस्रं च लभते नात्र संशयः महेन्द्र उवाच ।। कथं वा वेदकर्त्तुश्च सिद्धानां योगिनां गुरोः ।। मृत्युञ्जयस्य शम्भोश्च गुरुपुत्रो बृहस्पतिः वरजो वीर्य्यजश्चैव क्षेत्रजः पालकस्तथा।। विद्यामन्त्रसुतौ चैव गृहीतः सप्तमः सुतः पारंपरिकमन्यं च कथयामि निशामय ।। दुर्वासा गरुडश्चैव शङ्करांशः प्रतापवान्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || dṛṣṭvā vilambaṃ tārāyāḥ snāntyāścāpi guruḥ svayam || prasthāpayāmāsa śiṣyamanveṣārthaṃ ca jāhnavīm suśīlā sundarī bhāryyā gatā yasya gṛhādaho || araṇyaṃ tena ganta vyaṃ yathā'raṇyaṃ tathā gṛham tathā gṛhī na śaktaśca satataṃ sarvakarmaṇi || gṛhādhiṣṭhātṛdevīṃ ca svaśaktigṛhiṇīṃ vinā bṛhaspativacaḥ śrutvā raktapaṅkajalocanaḥ || tamuvāca mahendraśca kopaprasphuritādharaḥ gaccha śīghraṃ brahmalokamasmābhiḥ sārddhameva ca || brahmaṇā saha yāsyāmaḥ kailāse śaṅkaraṃ vayam yo haredbhrātṛjāyāṃ ca kāmī kāmādakāmukīm || brahmahatyāsahasraṃ ca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ mahendra uvāca || kathaṃ vā vedakarttuśca siddhānāṃ yogināṃ guroḥ || mṛtyuñjayasya śambhośca guruputro bṛhaspatiḥ varajo vīryyajaścaiva kṣetrajaḥ pālakastathā|| vidyāmantrasutau caiva gṛhītaḥ saptamaḥ sutaḥ pāraṃparikamanyaṃ ca kathayāmi niśāmaya || durvāsā garuḍaścaiva śaṅkarāṃśaḥ pratāpavān
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Seeing the delay of Tārā, who had gone to bathe, the preceptor himself sent a pupil to the Jāhnavī to search for her. Alas, he whose well-behaved and beautiful wife has gone from the house — let him go to the forest: as the forest is, so is the house. So too a householder is not capable of any of his constant duties without the presiding goddess of the house, his own wife who is his power. Hearing Bṛhaspati's words, Mahendra, his eyes like red lotuses and his lip quivering with anger, said to him: "Go quickly to Brahmā's world, together with us; with Brahmā we shall go to Śaṅkara on Kailāsa. A lustful man who out of desire carries off his brother's wife, she being unwilling, obtains a thousand brahmin-murders — there is no doubt of this." Mahendra said: How indeed (could this happen) to the maker of the Vedas, the preceptor of the siddhas and yogins — Bṛhaspati, the son of the preceptor of Śambhu the conqueror of death? (Sons are:) the one born of a boon, the one born of (one's own) seed, the one born in the field (kṣetraja), the fostered one, the son by learning and the son by mantra, and the adopted one is the seventh son. I shall tell another traditional (account); listen: Durvāsas and Garuḍa, the mighty portion of Śaṅkara…
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BvP 2 59.3
शिष्यो गत्वा च तद्वत्तं ज्ञात्वा वै लोकवक्त्रतः।। रुदन्नुवाच स्वगुरुं तारकाहरणं मुने
śiṣyo gatvā ca tadvattaṃ jñātvā vai lokavaktrataḥ|| rudannuvāca svaguruṃ tārakāharaṇaṃ mune
And the pupil, having gone and learned the matter as it was from the mouths of people, weeping, told his own preceptor of Tārakā's abduction, O sage.
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BvP 2 59.4
श्रुत्वा सुरगुरुर्वार्तां शशिना च प्रियां हृताम् ।। मुहूर्त्तं प्राप मूर्च्छां च ततः संप्राप्य चेतनाम्
śrutvā suragururvārtāṃ śaśinā ca priyāṃ hṛtām || muhūrttaṃ prāpa mūrcchāṃ ca tataḥ saṃprāpya cetanām
Hearing the news that his beloved had been carried off by the Moon, the preceptor of the gods fell into a swoon for a moment; then, regaining consciousness,
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BvP 2 59.5
रुरोदोच्चैः सशिष्यश्च हदयेन विदूयता ।। शोकेन लज्जयाऽऽविष्टो विललाप मुहुर्मुहुः
rurodoccaiḥ saśiṣyaśca hadayena vidūyatā || śokena lajjayā''viṣṭo vilalāpa muhurmuhuḥ
he wept aloud together with his pupils, his heart burning; possessed by grief and shame, he lamented again and again.
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BvP 2 59.6
उवाच शिष्यान्सम्बोध्य नीतिं च श्रुतिसम्मताम् ।। साश्रुनेत्रः साश्रुनेत्राञ्छोकार्तः शोककर्शितान् यस्य नास्ति सती भार्य्या गृहेषु प्रियवादिनी ।। अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथाऽरण्यं तथा गृहम्
uvāca śiṣyānsambodhya nītiṃ ca śrutisammatām || sāśrunetraḥ sāśrunetrāñchokārtaḥ śokakarśitān yasya nāsti satī bhāryyā gṛheṣu priyavādinī || araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathā'raṇyaṃ tathā gṛham
Addressing his pupils, he spoke a maxim approved by scripture — himself with tearful eyes, to them with tearful eyes, he stricken with grief, to them wasted by grief: he who has no chaste, sweet-speaking wife in his house — let him go to the forest: as the forest is, so is the house.
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BvP 2 59.7
बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।। हे वत्साः केन शप्तोऽहं न जाने कारणं परम् ।। दुःखं धर्म्मविरुद्धो यः स प्राप्नोति न संशयः
bṛhaspatiruvāca || he vatsāḥ kena śapto'haṃ na jāne kāraṇaṃ param || duḥkhaṃ dharmmaviruddho yaḥ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ
Bṛhaspati said: O children, by whom have I been cursed? I do not know the ultimate cause. He who is opposed to dharma obtains sorrow — there is no doubt.
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BvP 2 59.9
भावानुरक्ता वनिता हृता यस्य च शत्रुणा ।। अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथाऽरण्यं तथा गृहम्
bhāvānuraktā vanitā hṛtā yasya ca śatruṇā || araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathā'raṇyaṃ tathā gṛham
He whose wife, devoted in her feelings (to him), has been carried off by an enemy — let him go to the forest: as the forest is, so is the house.
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BvP 2 59.11
दैवेनापहृता यस्य पतिसाध्या पतिव्रता ।। अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथाऽरण्यं यथा गृहम्
daivenāpahṛtā yasya patisādhyā pativratā || araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathā'raṇyaṃ yathā gṛham
He whose husband-devoted wife, attainable (only) by her husband, has been carried off by fate — let him go to the forest: as the forest is, so is the house.
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BvP 2 59.12
यस्य माता गृहे नास्ति गृहिणी वा सुशासिता ।। अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथाऽरण्यं तथा गृहम्
yasya mātā gṛhe nāsti gṛhiṇī vā suśāsitā || araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathā'raṇyaṃ tathā gṛham
He who has in his house no mother, nor a well-disciplined wife — let him go to the forest: as the forest is, so is the house.
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BvP 2 59.13
प्रियाहीनं गृहं यस्य पूर्णं द्रविणबन्धुभिः ।। अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यं यथाऽरण्यं तथा गृहम्
priyāhīnaṃ gṛhaṃ yasya pūrṇaṃ draviṇabandhubhiḥ || araṇyaṃ tena gantavyaṃ yathā'raṇyaṃ tathā gṛham
He whose house is empty of a beloved wife, though full of wealth and kinsmen — let him go to the forest; as the forest is, so is his house.
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BvP 2 59.14
भार्याशून्या वनसमाः सभार्याश्च गृहा गृहाः ।। गृहिणी च गृहं प्रोक्तं न गृहं गृहमुच्यते
bhāryāśūnyā vanasamāḥ sabhāryāśca gṛhā gṛhāḥ || gṛhiṇī ca gṛhaṃ proktaṃ na gṛhaṃ gṛhamucyate
Houses without a wife are like the woods, but houses with a wife are (truly) homes; the housewife is declared to be the home — a house is not called a home.
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BvP 2 59.15
अशुचिः स्त्रीविहीनश्च दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि ।। यदह्ना कुरुते कर्म न तस्य फलभाग्भवेत्
aśuciḥ strīvihīnaśca daive pitrye ca karmaṇi || yadahnā kurute karma na tasya phalabhāgbhavet
A man without a wife is impure in rites for the gods and for the ancestors; whatever rite he performs on a (given) day, he does not become a sharer in its fruit.
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BvP 2 59.16
दाहिकाशक्तिहीनश्च यथा मन्दो हुताशनः ।। प्रभाहीनो यथा सूर्य्यः शोभाहीनो यथा शशी
dāhikāśaktihīnaśca yathā mando hutāśanaḥ || prabhāhīno yathā sūryyaḥ śobhāhīno yathā śaśī
He is like a sluggish fire that has lost its power to burn, like the sun bereft of radiance, like the moon bereft of beauty,
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BvP 2 59.17
शक्तिहीनो यथा जीवो यथा चात्मा तनुं विना ।। विनाऽऽधारं यथाऽऽधेयो यथेशः प्रकृतिं विना
śaktihīno yathā jīvo yathā cātmā tanuṃ vinā || vinā''dhāraṃ yathā''dheyo yatheśaḥ prakṛtiṃ vinā
like a living being deprived of its power, like a soul without a body, like a thing to be supported without a support, like the Lord without Nature (prakṛti),
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BvP 2 59.18
न च शक्तो यथा यज्ञः फलदो दक्षिणां विना।। कर्मणां च फलं दातुं सामग्री मूलमेव च
na ca śakto yathā yajñaḥ phalado dakṣiṇāṃ vinā|| karmaṇāṃ ca phalaṃ dātuṃ sāmagrī mūlameva ca
and just as a sacrifice is not able to give fruit without the gift to the priests — for the materials are indeed the root of giving the fruit of rites —
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BvP 2 59.19
विना स्वर्णं स्वर्णकारो यथा शक्तः स्वकर्मणि ।। यथा शक्तः कुलालश्च मृत्तिकां च विना द्विजाः
vinā svarṇaṃ svarṇakāro yathā śaktaḥ svakarmaṇi || yathā śaktaḥ kulālaśca mṛttikāṃ ca vinā dvijāḥ
just as a goldsmith without gold is (in)capable in his own work, and as a potter is (in)capable without clay, O twice-born ones —
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BvP 2 59.21
भार्य्यामूलाः क्रियाः सर्वा भार्य्यामूला गृहास्तथा ।। भार्य्यामूलं सुखं सर्वं गृहस्थानां गृहे सदा
bhāryyāmūlāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā bhāryyāmūlā gṛhāstathā || bhāryyāmūlaṃ sukhaṃ sarvaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ gṛhe sadā
All rites have a wife as their root, and so too do households; for householders all happiness in the home always has a wife as its root.
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BvP 2 59.22
भार्य्यामूलः सदा हर्षो भार्य्यामूलं च मङ्गलम् ।। भार्य्यामूलं च संसारो भार्य्यामूलं च सौरभम्
bhāryyāmūlaḥ sadā harṣo bhāryyāmūlaṃ ca maṅgalam || bhāryyāmūlaṃ ca saṃsāro bhāryyāmūlaṃ ca saurabham
Joy always has a wife as its root, and auspiciousness has a wife as its root; worldly life has a wife as its root, and fragrance has a wife as its root.
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BvP 2 59.23
यथा रथश्च रथिनां गृहिणां च तथा गृहम् ।। सारथिस्तु यथा तेषां गृहिणां च तथा प्रिया
yathā rathaśca rathināṃ gṛhiṇāṃ ca tathā gṛham || sārathistu yathā teṣāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ ca tathā priyā
As the chariot is to charioteers, so is the house to householders; and as the driver is to them, so is the beloved wife to householders.
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BvP 2 59.24
सर्वरत्नप्रधाना च स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि ।। गृहीता सा गृहस्थेनेवेत्याह कमलोद्भवः
sarvaratnapradhānā ca strīratnaṃ duṣkulādapi || gṛhītā sā gṛhasthenevetyāha kamalodbhavaḥ
And the jewel that is a woman, foremost of all jewels, is to be taken by a householder even from a bad family — so said the lotus-born (Brahmā).
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BvP 2 59.25
यथा जलं विना पद्मं पद्मं शोभां विना यथा ।। तथैव पुंसां स्वगृहं गृहिणां गृहिणीं विना
yathā jalaṃ vinā padmaṃ padmaṃ śobhāṃ vinā yathā || tathaiva puṃsāṃ svagṛhaṃ gṛhiṇāṃ gṛhiṇīṃ vinā
As a lotus is without water, as a lotus is without beauty, just so is a man's own house for householders without a housewife.
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BvP 2 59.26
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स गुरुः प्रविवेश गृहं मुहुः ।। गृहाद्बहिर्निस्ससार भूयो भूयः शुचाऽन्वितः
ityevamuktvā sa guruḥ praviveśa gṛhaṃ muhuḥ || gṛhādbahirnissasāra bhūyo bhūyaḥ śucā'nvitaḥ
Having spoken thus, that teacher entered the house again and again, and again and again went out of the house, filled with grief.
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BvP 2 59.27
मुहुर्मुहुश्च मूर्च्छां च चेतनां समवाप सः ।। भूयोभूयो रुरोदोच्चैः स्मारंस्मारं प्रियागुणान्
muhurmuhuśca mūrcchāṃ ca cetanāṃ samavāpa saḥ || bhūyobhūyo rurodoccaiḥ smāraṃsmāraṃ priyāguṇān
Again and again he fell into a swoon and regained consciousness; again and again he wept aloud, recalling over and over the good qualities of his beloved.
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BvP 2 59.28
अथान्तरे महाज्ञानी ज्ञानिभिश्च प्रबोधितः ।। सच्छिष्यैर्मुनिभिश्चान्यैः पुरन्दरगृहं ययौ
athāntare mahājñānī jñānibhiśca prabodhitaḥ || sacchiṣyairmunibhiścānyaiḥ purandaragṛhaṃ yayau
Meanwhile that great knower, roused by (other) knowing ones, by good disciples and by other sages, went to the house of Purandara (Indra).
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BvP 2 59.29
स गुरुः पूजितस्तेन चातिथ्येन मरुत्वता ।। तमुवाच स्ववृत्तान्तं हृदि शल्यमिवाप्रियम्
sa guruḥ pūjitastena cātithyena marutvatā || tamuvāca svavṛttāntaṃ hṛdi śalyamivāpriyam
That teacher, honored by that Marutvān (Indra) with hospitality, told him his own story, unwelcome as a thorn in the heart.
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BvP 2 59.31
महेन्द्र उवाच ।। दूतानां वै सहस्रं च चारकर्मणि गच्छतु ।। अतीव निपुणं दक्षं तत्त्वप्राप्तिनिमित्तकम्
mahendra uvāca || dūtānāṃ vai sahasraṃ ca cārakarmaṇi gacchatu || atīva nipuṇaṃ dakṣaṃ tattvaprāptinimittakam
Mahendra said: Let a thousand messengers go on the work of spying — (each) exceedingly skilled and competent, for the sake of getting at the truth.
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BvP 2 59.32
यत्रास्ति पातकी चन्द्रो मन्मात्रा तारया सह ।। गच्छामि तत्र सन्नद्धः सर्वैर्देवगणैः सह
yatrāsti pātakī candro manmātrā tārayā saha || gacchāmi tatra sannaddhaḥ sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ saha
Where the sinful Moon is, together with Tārā who is a mother to me — there I go, armed, along with all the hosts of gods.
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BvP 2 59.33
त्यज चिन्तां महाभाग सर्वं भद्रं भविष्यति ।। भद्रबीजं दुर्गमिदं कस्य सम्पद्विपद्विना
tyaja cintāṃ mahābhāga sarvaṃ bhadraṃ bhaviṣyati || bhadrabījaṃ durgamidaṃ kasya sampadvipadvinā
Give up worry, greatly fortunate one; all will be well. This hardship is the seed of good fortune — whose prosperity comes without adversity?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.34
इत्युक्त्वा च शुनासीरो दूतानां च सहस्रकम् ।। तूर्णं प्रस्थाप यामास तत्कर्मनिपुणं मुने
ityuktvā ca śunāsīro dūtānāṃ ca sahasrakam || tūrṇaṃ prasthāpa yāmāsa tatkarmanipuṇaṃ mune
Having said this, Śunāsīra (Indra) quickly dispatched the thousand messengers, skilled in that task, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.35
ते दूता वै वर्षशतं ययुर्निर्जनमेव च ।। सुदुर्लंघ्यं च विश्वेषु भ्रमित्वा शक्रमाययुः
te dūtā vai varṣaśataṃ yayurnirjanameva ca || sudurlaṃghyaṃ ca viśveṣu bhramitvā śakramāyayuḥ
Those messengers travelled for a hundred years through utterly desolate country, and, having wandered through the worlds — a course most hard to traverse — they came back to Śakra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.36
चन्द्रं च शुक्रभवने तं प्रपन्नं च विज्वरम् ।। दृष्ट्वा सतारकं भीतं कथयामासुरीश्वरम्
candraṃ ca śukrabhavane taṃ prapannaṃ ca vijvaram || dṛṣṭvā satārakaṃ bhītaṃ kathayāmāsurīśvaram
Having seen the Moon in Śukra's dwelling, taken refuge (there) and free of fever, and Tāraka's (father?) — (rather) with Tārakā — frightened, they reported (it) to the lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.37
इति श्रुत्वा शुनासीरो नतवक्त्रो बृहस्पतिम् ।। उवाच शोकसन्तप्तो हदयेन विदूयता
iti śrutvā śunāsīro natavaktro bṛhaspatim || uvāca śokasantapto hadayena vidūyatā
Having heard this, Śunāsīra (Indra), his face downcast, burning with grief and with a heart in torment, spoke to Bṛhaspati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.38
महेन्द्र उवाच ।। शृणु नाथ प्रवक्ष्यामि परिणामसुखावहम् ।। भयं त्यज महाभाग सर्वं भद्रं भविष्यति
mahendra uvāca || śṛṇu nātha pravakṣyāmi pariṇāmasukhāvaham || bhayaṃ tyaja mahābhāga sarvaṃ bhadraṃ bhaviṣyati
Mahendra said: Listen, lord, I shall declare what brings happiness in the end. Abandon fear, greatly fortunate one; all will turn out well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.39
त्वया नहि जितः शुक्रो न मया दितिनन्दनः ।। एतदालोच्य चन्द्रश्च जगाम शरणं कविम्
tvayā nahi jitaḥ śukro na mayā ditinandanaḥ || etadālocya candraśca jagāma śaraṇaṃ kavim
Śukra has not been conquered by you, nor Diti's son by me. Reflecting on this, the Moon too went for refuge to Kavi (Śukra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.41
इत्युक्त्वा तु महेन्द्रश्च सन्तप्तो गुरुणा सह ।। जगाम ब्रह्मलोकं च सुखदृश्यं निरामयम्
ityuktvā tu mahendraśca santapto guruṇā saha || jagāma brahmalokaṃ ca sukhadṛśyaṃ nirāmayam
Having spoken thus, Mahendra, tormented, went with the preceptor to Brahmā's world, pleasant to behold and free of affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.42
तत्र दृष्ट्वा च ब्रह्माणं ननाम गुरुणा सह ।। प्रोवाच सर्ववृत्तान्तं देवानामीश्वरं परम्
tatra dṛṣṭvā ca brahmāṇaṃ nanāma guruṇā saha || provāca sarvavṛttāntaṃ devānāmīśvaraṃ param
There, seeing Brahmā, he bowed together with the preceptor, and told the whole affair to the supreme lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.43
महेन्द्रवचनं श्रुत्वा हसित्वा कमलोद्भवः ।। हितं तथ्यं नीतिसारमुवाच विनयान्वितः
mahendravacanaṃ śrutvā hasitvā kamalodbhavaḥ || hitaṃ tathyaṃ nītisāramuvāca vinayānvitaḥ
Hearing Mahendra's words, the lotus-born one laughed and, filled with courtesy, spoke what was beneficial, true, and the essence of statecraft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.44
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। यो ददाति परस्मै च दुःखमेव च सर्वतः ।। तस्मै ददाति दुःखं च शास्ता कृष्णः सनातनः
brahmovāca || yo dadāti parasmai ca duḥkhameva ca sarvataḥ || tasmai dadāti duḥkhaṃ ca śāstā kṛṣṇaḥ sanātanaḥ
Brahmā said: To him who gives nothing but suffering to another in every way, to him the eternal Kṛṣṇa, the chastiser, gives suffering (in turn).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.45
अहं स्रष्टा च सृष्टेश्च पाता विष्णुः सनातनः ।। यथा रुद्रश्च संहर्त्ता ददाति च शिवं शिवः
ahaṃ sraṣṭā ca sṛṣṭeśca pātā viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ || yathā rudraśca saṃharttā dadāti ca śivaṃ śivaḥ
I am the creator, and the eternal Viṣṇu is the protector of creation, just as Rudra is the destroyer; and Śiva gives what is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.46
निरन्तरं सर्वसाक्षी धर्मो वै सर्वकारणम् ।। सर्वे देवा विषयिणः कृष्णाज्ञापरिपालकाः
nirantaraṃ sarvasākṣī dharmo vai sarvakāraṇam || sarve devā viṣayiṇaḥ kṛṣṇājñāparipālakāḥ
Dharma, the constant witness of all, is indeed the cause of everything; all the gods are engaged with objects (of sense) and are upholders of Kṛṣṇa's command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.47
बृहस्पतिरुतथ्यश्च संवर्तश्च जितेन्द्रियः ।। त्रयश्चांगिरसः पुत्रा वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः
bṛhaspatirutathyaśca saṃvartaśca jitendriyaḥ || trayaścāṃgirasaḥ putrā vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ
Bṛhaspati, Utathya, and Saṃvarta of subdued senses — these three were the sons of Aṅgiras, masters of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.48
संवर्ताय कनिष्ठाय न च किञ्चिद्ददौ गुरुः ।। स बभूव तपस्वी च कृष्णं ध्यायति चेश्वरम्
saṃvartāya kaniṣṭhāya na ca kiñciddadau guruḥ || sa babhūva tapasvī ca kṛṣṇaṃ dhyāyati ceśvaram
To the youngest, Saṃvarta, the preceptor gave nothing at all; he became an ascetic and meditates on Kṛṣṇa, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.49
मध्यमस्योतथ्यकस्य सतीं भार्यां च गुर्विणीम् ।। जहार कामतस्तां च भ्रातृजायामकामुकीम्
madhyamasyotathyakasya satīṃ bhāryāṃ ca gurviṇīm || jahāra kāmatastāṃ ca bhrātṛjāyāmakāmukīm
The chaste and pregnant wife of the middle one, Utathya, he (Bṛhaspati) carried off out of desire — his brother's wife, who did not desire (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.51
स याति कुम्भीपाकं च यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरम् ।। भ्रातृजायापहारी च मातृगामी भवेन्नरः
sa yāti kumbhīpākaṃ ca yāvaccandradivākaram || bhrātṛjāyāpahārī ca mātṛgāmī bhavennaraḥ
He goes to Kumbhīpāka (hell) for as long as moon and sun endure; the man who carries off his brother's wife becomes one who has gone in to his mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.52
तस्मादुत्तीर्य्य पापी च विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः ।। वर्षकोटिसहस्राणि तत्र स्थित्वा च पातकी
tasmāduttīryya pāpī ca viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ || varṣakoṭisahasrāṇi tatra sthitvā ca pātakī
Rising up from there, the sinner is born as a worm in excrement; and the offender, having remained there thousands of ten millions of years —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.53
ततो भवेन्महापापी वर्षकोटिसहस्रकम् ।। पुंश्चलीयोनिगर्ते च कृमिश्चैव पुरन्दर ।।
tato bhavenmahāpāpī varṣakoṭisahasrakam || puṃścalīyonigarte ca kṛmiścaiva purandara ||
— then that great sinner becomes, for a thousand times ten million years, a worm in the pit of a harlot's womb, O Purandara;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.54
गृध्रः कोटिसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि कुक्कुरः ।। भ्रातृजायापहरणाच्छतजन्मानि सूकरः
gṛdhraḥ koṭisahasrāṇi śatajanmāni kukkuraḥ || bhrātṛjāyāpaharaṇācchatajanmāni sūkaraḥ
— a vulture for thousands of ten millions (of years), a dog for a hundred births; from carrying off his brother's wife, a boar for a hundred births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.56
नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि ।। अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम्
nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karmma kalpakoṭiśatairapi || avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham
Karma not undergone does not wear away, even in hundreds of ten millions of aeons; the deed done, good or bad, must inevitably be experienced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.57
जगद्गुरोः शिवस्यापि गुरुपुत्रो बृहस्पतिः ।। ज्ञातं करोतु वृत्तान्तमीश्वरं बलिनां वरम
jagadguroḥ śivasyāpi guruputro bṛhaspatiḥ || jñātaṃ karotu vṛttāntamīśvaraṃ balināṃ varama
Bṛhaspati is the son of the preceptor of even Śiva, the world's teacher; let him make the matter known to the Lord (Śiva), the best of the mighty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.58
सर्वे समूहा देवानां सन्नद्धाश्च सवाहनाः ।। मध्यस्था मुनयश्चैव सन्तु वै नर्मदातटे
sarve samūhā devānāṃ sannaddhāśca savāhanāḥ || madhyasthā munayaścaiva santu vai narmadātaṭe
Let all the hosts of the gods, armed and with their mounts, and the sages as neutral arbiters, be there on the bank of the Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.59
पश्चादहं च यास्यामि पुण्यं तन्नर्म्मदातटम् ।। गुरुस्तद्गुरुपुत्रोऽपि शीघ्रं यातु शिवालयम्
paścādahaṃ ca yāsyāmi puṇyaṃ tannarmmadātaṭam || gurustadguruputro'pi śīghraṃ yātu śivālayam
And afterwards I too shall go to that holy bank of the Narmadā; let the guru and the guru's son also go quickly to Śiva's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.61
अङ्गिरास्तव पुत्रश्च तत्पुत्रश्च बृहस्पतिः ।। त्वत्तो ज्ञानी महादेवः कथं शिष्यो गुरोः पितुः
aṅgirāstava putraśca tatputraśca bṛhaspatiḥ || tvatto jñānī mahādevaḥ kathaṃ śiṣyo guroḥ pituḥ
Aṅgiras is your son, and his son is Bṛhaspati; Mahādeva is more knowing than you — how can he be the pupil of (your) son's son?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.62
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। कथेयमतिगुप्ता च पुराणेषु पुरन्दर ।। इमां पुराप्रवृत्तिं च कथयामि निशामय
brahmovāca || katheyamatiguptā ca purāṇeṣu purandara || imāṃ purāpravṛttiṃ ca kathayāmi niśāmaya
Brahmā said: This tale is very secret in the Purāṇas, O Purandara; I shall tell you this ancient happening — listen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.63
मृतवत्सा कर्म्मदोषाद्भार्य्या चाङ्गिरसः पुरा ।। व्रतं चकार सा चैव कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
mṛtavatsā karmmadoṣādbhāryyā cāṅgirasaḥ purā || vrataṃ cakāra sā caiva kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
Formerly the wife of Aṅgiras, whose children died through the fault of (past) deeds, performed a vow to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.64
व्रतं पुंसवनं नाम वर्षमेकं चकार सा ।। सनत्कुमारो भगवान्कारयामास तां व्रतम्
vrataṃ puṃsavanaṃ nāma varṣamekaṃ cakāra sā || sanatkumāro bhagavānkārayāmāsa tāṃ vratam
She performed for one year the vow named puṃsavana; the lord Sanatkumāra had her perform that vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.65
तदाऽऽगत्य च गोलोकात्परमात्मा कृपामयः ।। स्वेच्छामयं परं ब्रह्म भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः
tadā''gatya ca golokātparamātmā kṛpāmayaḥ || svecchāmayaṃ paraṃ brahma bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ
Then the Supreme Self, full of compassion, came from Goloka — the supreme Brahman who acts by his own will, whose form is the favouring of devotees —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.66
सुव्रतां च सलक्ष्मीकां तामुवाच कृपानिधिः ।। प्रणतां साश्रुनेत्रां च विनीतां च तया स्तुतः
suvratāṃ ca salakṣmīkāṃ tāmuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ || praṇatāṃ sāśrunetrāṃ ca vinītāṃ ca tayā stutaḥ
and the treasury of compassion, praised by her, spoke to her, who kept the vow well and possessed good fortune, who bowed with tears in her eyes and was humble.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.67
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। गृहाणेदं व्रतफलं मम तेजस्समन्वितम् ।। भुंक्ष्व मद्वरतः पुत्रि भविष्यति मदंशतः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || gṛhāṇedaṃ vrataphalaṃ mama tejassamanvitam || bhuṃkṣva madvarataḥ putri bhaviṣyati madaṃśataḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Take this fruit of the vow, endowed with my own radiance; eat it, daughter — by my boon (a son) will be born from a portion of me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.68
पतिर्गुरुश्च देवानां महतां ज्ञानिनां वरः ।। पुत्रस्ते भविता साध्वि मद्वरेण बृहस्पतिः
patirguruśca devānāṃ mahatāṃ jñānināṃ varaḥ || putraste bhavitā sādhvi madvareṇa bṛhaspatiḥ
O virtuous woman, by my boon your son will be Bṛhaspati, the husband and guru of the gods, the best of the great knowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.69
मद्वरेण भवेद्यो हि स च मद्वरपुत्रकः ।। त्वद्गर्भे मम पुत्रोऽयं चिरजीवी भविष्यति
madvareṇa bhavedyo hi sa ca madvaraputrakaḥ || tvadgarbhe mama putro'yaṃ cirajīvī bhaviṣyati
Whoever comes to be by my boon, he is a son (given by) my boon; this son of mine in your womb will be long-lived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.71
इत्युक्त्वा राधिकानाथः स्वलोकं च जगाम सः ।। श्रीकृष्णवरपुत्रोऽयं ज्ञानीश्वरगुरुः स्वयम् ।। मृत्युञ्जयं महाज्ञानं शिवाय प्रददौ पुरा
ityuktvā rādhikānāthaḥ svalokaṃ ca jagāma saḥ || śrīkṛṣṇavaraputro'yaṃ jñānīśvaraguruḥ svayam || mṛtyuñjayaṃ mahājñānaṃ śivāya pradadau purā
Having said this, the lord of Rādhikā went to his own world. This son (given) by Śrī Kṛṣṇa's boon is himself the guru of the knowing and of the lord; formerly he gave to Śiva the great knowledge (called) Mṛtyuñjaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.72
दिव्यं वर्षत्रिलक्षं च तपश्चक्रे हिमालये ।। स्वयोगं ज्ञानमखिलं तेजस्स्वामसमं परम् ।। स्वशक्तिं विष्णुमायां च स्वांशं वै वाहनं वृषम्
divyaṃ varṣatrilakṣaṃ ca tapaścakre himālaye || svayogaṃ jñānamakhilaṃ tejassvāmasamaṃ param || svaśaktiṃ viṣṇumāyāṃ ca svāṃśaṃ vai vāhanaṃ vṛṣam
(Śiva) performed austerity in the Himālaya for three hundred thousand divine years; (Kṛṣṇa gave him) his own yoga, all knowledge, radiance equal to his own, the supreme, his own power Viṣṇumāyā, and a portion of himself as the bull, his mount.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.73
स्वशूलं च स्वकवचं स्वमन्त्रं द्वादशाक्षरम् ।। कृपामयः स्तुतस्तेन श्रीकृष्णश्च परात्परः ।। शिवलोके शिवा सा च विष्णुमाया शिवप्रिया
svaśūlaṃ ca svakavacaṃ svamantraṃ dvādaśākṣaram || kṛpāmayaḥ stutastena śrīkṛṣṇaśca parātparaḥ || śivaloke śivā sā ca viṣṇumāyā śivapriyā
his own trident, his own armour, his own twelve-syllabled mantra; Śrī Kṛṣṇa, full of compassion, higher than the highest, was praised by him. And in Śiva's world she, Śivā, is Viṣṇumāyā, beloved of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.74
शक्तिर्नारायणस्येयं साऽऽविर्भूता सनातनी ।। तेजस्तु सर्वदेवानां साऽऽविर्भूता सनातनी
śaktirnārāyaṇasyeyaṃ sā''virbhūtā sanātanī || tejastu sarvadevānāṃ sā''virbhūtā sanātanī
She is the eternal power of Nārāyaṇa, made manifest; she, the eternal one, became manifest as the radiance of all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.75
जघान दैत्यनिकरं देवेभ्यः प्रददौ पदम् ।। कल्पान्ते दक्षकन्या च सा मूलप्रकृतिः सती
jaghāna daityanikaraṃ devebhyaḥ pradadau padam || kalpānte dakṣakanyā ca sā mūlaprakṛtiḥ satī
She slew the throng of demons and gave the gods their station; at the end of the aeon she, the root nature, became Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.76
पितृयज्ञे तनुं त्यक्त्वा योगाद्वै सिद्धयोगिनी ।। बभूव शैलकन्या सा साध्वी वै भर्तृनिन्दया
pitṛyajñe tanuṃ tyaktvā yogādvai siddhayoginī || babhūva śailakanyā sā sādhvī vai bhartṛnindayā
Having abandoned her body at her father's sacrifice by yoga, a perfected yoginī — because of the reviling of her husband — that chaste one became the daughter of the mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.77
कालेन कृष्णतपसा शङ्करं प्राप सुन्दरी।। श्रीकृष्णो हि गुरुः शम्भोः परमात्मा परात्परः
kālena kṛṣṇatapasā śaṅkaraṃ prāpa sundarī|| śrīkṛṣṇo hi guruḥ śambhoḥ paramātmā parātparaḥ
In time, by austerity directed to Kṛṣṇa, the beautiful one obtained Śaṅkara; for Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the guru of Śambhu, the Supreme Self, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.78
कृष्णस्य वरपुत्रोऽयं स्वयमेव बृहस्पतिः ।। अतो हेतोः सुरगुरुर्गुरुपुत्रः शिवस्य च
kṛṣṇasya varaputro'yaṃ svayameva bṛhaspatiḥ || ato hetoḥ suragururguruputraḥ śivasya ca
This Bṛhaspati is himself the son (born) of Kṛṣṇa's boon; for this reason the guru of the gods is also the guru's son of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.79
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वमतिगुह्यं पुरातनम्।। इति प्रधानसम्बन्धः श्रुतश्च कथितो मया
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvamatiguhyaṃ purātanam|| iti pradhānasambandhaḥ śrutaśca kathito mayā
Thus all this most secret ancient (matter) has been told; thus the principal connection, as I heard it, has been recounted by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.81
शिष्यौ चांगिरसस्तौ द्वौ गुरुपुत्रोऽथवा ततः ।। प्राणाधिकायां सत्यां च मृतायां दक्षशापतः
śiṣyau cāṃgirasastau dvau guruputro'thavā tataḥ || prāṇādhikāyāṃ satyāṃ ca mṛtāyāṃ dakṣaśāpataḥ
(There were) those two, the disciples of Aṅgiras — or rather the guru's son — and then, when Satī, who was dearer (to him) than life, had died through Dakṣa's curse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 59.82
स्वज्ञानं स्वं च भगवान्विसस्मार स्वमोहतः ।। स्मरणं कारयामास कृष्णेन प्रेरितोऽङ्गिराः
svajñānaṃ svaṃ ca bhagavānvisasmāra svamohataḥ || smaraṇaṃ kārayāmāsa kṛṣṇena prerito'ṅgirāḥ
the Lord forgot his own knowledge and his own self through his own delusion; then Aṅgiras, impelled by Kṛṣṇa, made him remember.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.83
अतो हेतोर्गुरुश्चैवं मत्सुतस्स्याच्छिवस्य सः ।। शीघ्रं गच्छतु कैलासं स्वयमेव बृहस्पतिः
ato hetorguruścaivaṃ matsutassyācchivasya saḥ || śīghraṃ gacchatu kailāsaṃ svayameva bṛhaspatiḥ
For this reason he, my son, became in this way the guru of Śiva; let Bṛhaspati himself go quickly to Kailāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.84
त्वं गच्छ तत्र सन्नद्धः सदेवो नर्मदातटम् ।। इत्युक्त्वा जगतां धाता विरराम च नारद
tvaṃ gaccha tatra sannaddhaḥ sadevo narmadātaṭam || ityuktvā jagatāṃ dhātā virarāma ca nārada
You, armed and ready, go there to the bank of the Narmadā together with the gods. Having said this, the Maker of the worlds fell silent, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.85
गुरुर्ययौ च कैलासं महेन्द्रो नर्मदातटम्
gururyayau ca kailāsaṃ mahendro narmadātaṭam
And the guru went to Kailāsa, and great Indra to the bank of the Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 59.95
ददाति यो न दायं च बलिष्ठो दुर्बलाय च ।। स याति कुम्भीपाकं च यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरम्
dadāti yo na dāyaṃ ca baliṣṭho durbalāya ca || sa yāti kumbhīpākaṃ ca yāvaccandradivākaram
He who, being the stronger, does not give the (rightful) share to the weaker, goes to Kumbhīpāka for as long as the moon and the sun (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition