Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 63
BvP 2 63.1
नारद उवाच ।। नारायण महाभाग वद वेदविदां वर ।। राजा केन प्रकारेण सिषेवे प्रकृतिं पराम्
nārada uvāca || nārāyaṇa mahābhāga vada vedavidāṃ vara || rājā kena prakāreṇa siṣeve prakṛtiṃ parām
Nārada said: O Nārāyaṇa, greatly fortunate one, best of those who know the Vedas, tell (me): in what manner did the king serve the supreme Prakṛti?
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BvP 2 63.2
समाधिर्नाम वैश्यो वा निष्कामं निर्गुणं विभुम् ।। भेजे केन प्रकारेण प्रकृतेरुपदेशतः रुरोद कृत्वा क्रोडे तमचेष्टं श्वासवर्जितम् ।। चेतनां कुरु भो वत्सेत्युच्चार्य्य च पुनः पुनः एतदेवं वैष्णवानां नवधा भक्तिलक्षणम् ।। जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधियमताडनखण्डनम् ऊर्ध्वं च सप्त स्वर्गाश्च सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा ।। अधस्सप्त च पाताला एतद्ब्रह्माण्डमेव च दास्यदं धर्मदं चैव सर्वसिद्धिप्रदं सताम् ।। सर्वं तदतिरिक्तं च नश्वरं कृत्रिमं सदा
samādhirnāma vaiśyo vā niṣkāmaṃ nirguṇaṃ vibhum || bheje kena prakāreṇa prakṛterupadeśataḥ ruroda kṛtvā kroḍe tamaceṣṭaṃ śvāsavarjitam || cetanāṃ kuru bho vatsetyuccāryya ca punaḥ punaḥ etadevaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ navadhā bhaktilakṣaṇam || janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiyamatāḍanakhaṇḍanam ūrdhvaṃ ca sapta svargāśca saptadvīpā vasundharā || adhassapta ca pātālā etadbrahmāṇḍameva ca dāsyadaṃ dharmadaṃ caiva sarvasiddhipradaṃ satām || sarvaṃ tadatiriktaṃ ca naśvaraṃ kṛtrimaṃ sadā
And in what manner did the vaiśya named Samādhi worship the desireless, quality-less, all-pervading one, by the instruction of Prakṛti? — He wept, having placed on his lap that (child), motionless and without breath, crying out again and again, "Come to consciousness, O child!" — This, thus, is the ninefold mark of devotion of the Vaiṣṇavas, which breaks and shatters birth, death, old age, disease, and the beating of Yama. — Above are the seven heavens, the earth with its seven continents, and below the seven nether worlds: this indeed is the world-egg (brahmāṇḍa). — Granting servitude, granting dharma, and bestowing all attainments on the good; all that is beyond that is ever perishable and artificial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 63.3
किं वा पूजाविधानं च ध्यानं वा मनुरेव च ।। किं स्तोत्रं कवचं किं वा ददौ राज्ञे महामुनिः
kiṃ vā pūjāvidhānaṃ ca dhyānaṃ vā manureva ca || kiṃ stotraṃ kavacaṃ kiṃ vā dadau rājñe mahāmuniḥ
And what rule of worship, or meditation, or indeed what mantra, what hymn, or what protective formula (kavaca) did the great sage give to the king?
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BvP 2 63.4
वैश्याय प्रकृतिस्तस्मै किं वा ज्ञानं ददौ परम् ।। साक्षाद्बभूव सहसा केन वा प्रकृतिस्तयोः
vaiśyāya prakṛtistasmai kiṃ vā jñānaṃ dadau param || sākṣādbabhūva sahasā kena vā prakṛtistayoḥ
And what supreme knowledge did Prakṛti give to that vaiśya? And by what means did Prakṛti become directly present to the two of them, all at once?
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BvP 2 63.5
ज्ञानं संप्राप्य वैश्यश्च किं पदं प्राप दुर्लभम् ।। गतिर्बभूव राज्ञश्च का वा तां च शृणोम्यहम्
jñānaṃ saṃprāpya vaiśyaśca kiṃ padaṃ prāpa durlabham || gatirbabhūva rājñaśca kā vā tāṃ ca śṛṇomyaham
And having obtained knowledge, what hard-to-reach state did the vaiśya attain? And what was the destiny of the king? That too I would hear.
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BvP 2 63.6
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। राजा वैश्यश्च संप्राप्य मन्त्रं वै मेधसो मुनेः ।। स्तोत्रं च कवचं देव्या ध्यानं चैव पुरस्क्रियाम् ।। जजाप परमं मन्त्रं राजा वैश्यश्च पुष्करे
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || rājā vaiśyaśca saṃprāpya mantraṃ vai medhaso muneḥ || stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ devyā dhyānaṃ caiva puraskriyām || jajāpa paramaṃ mantraṃ rājā vaiśyaśca puṣkare
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: The king and the vaiśya, having received from the sage Medhas the mantra, and the hymn and the kavaca of the Goddess, and the meditation and the preliminary rite — the king and the vaiśya recited the supreme mantra at Puṣkara.
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BvP 2 63.7
स्नात्वा त्रिकालं वर्षं च ततः शुद्धो बभूव सः ।। साक्षाद्बभूव तत्रैव मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
snātvā trikālaṃ varṣaṃ ca tataḥ śuddho babhūva saḥ || sākṣādbabhūva tatraiva mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī
Bathing three times a day for a year, he then became pure; and right there the primordial Prakṛti, the sovereign lady, became directly manifest.
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BvP 2 63.8
राज्ञे ददौ राज्यवरं मनुत्वं वाञ्छितं सुखम् ।। ज्ञानं निगूढं वैश्याय ददौ चातिसुदुर्लभम्
rājñe dadau rājyavaraṃ manutvaṃ vāñchitaṃ sukham || jñānaṃ nigūḍhaṃ vaiśyāya dadau cātisudurlabham
To the king she gave the boon of kingdom, the rank of Manu, and the happiness he wished for; and to the vaiśya she gave the hidden and exceedingly rare knowledge.
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BvP 2 63.9
यद्दत्तं शूलिने पूर्वं कृष्णेन परमात्मना ।। निराहारमतिक्लिष्टं दृष्ट्वा वैश्यं कृपामयी
yaddattaṃ śūline pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇena paramātmanā || nirāhāramatikliṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā vaiśyaṃ kṛpāmayī
(That) which was formerly given by Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, to the Bearer of the Trident — she, full of compassion, seeing the vaiśya foodless and sorely afflicted,
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BvP 2 63.11
चेतनां च ददौ तस्मै स्वयं चैतन्यरूपिणी ।। संप्राप्य चेतनां वैश्यो रुरोद प्रकृतेः पुरः
cetanāṃ ca dadau tasmai svayaṃ caitanyarūpiṇī || saṃprāpya cetanāṃ vaiśyo ruroda prakṛteḥ puraḥ
and she, herself having the form of consciousness, gave consciousness to him. Having regained consciousness, the vaiśya wept before Prakṛti.
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BvP 2 63.12
तमुवाच प्रसन्नाऽसौ कृपयाऽतिकृपामयी
tamuvāca prasannā'sau kṛpayā'tikṛpāmayī
She, pleased, exceedingly full of compassion, said to him out of pity:
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BvP 2 63.13
श्रीप्रकृतिरुवाच ।। वरं वृणुष्व हे वत्स यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते ।। ब्रह्मत्वममरत्वं वा ततो वाऽतिसुदुर्लभम्
śrīprakṛtiruvāca || varaṃ vṛṇuṣva he vatsa yatte manasi varttate || brahmatvamamaratvaṃ vā tato vā'tisudurlabham
Śrī Prakṛti said: Choose a boon, O child, whatever is in your mind — the state of Brahmā, or immortality, or what is even harder to obtain than that.
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BvP 2 63.14
इन्द्रत्वं वा मनुत्वं वा सर्वसिद्धत्वमेव च ।। तुच्छं तुभ्यं न दास्यामि नश्वरं बालवञ्चनम्
indratvaṃ vā manutvaṃ vā sarvasiddhatvameva ca || tucchaṃ tubhyaṃ na dāsyāmi naśvaraṃ bālavañcanam
Or the state of Indra, or the state of a Manu, or the state of complete perfection — (all that is) trifling; I shall not give you what is perishable, a deceiving of children.
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BvP 2 63.15
वैश्य उवाच ।। ब्रह्मत्वममरत्वं वा मातर्मे नहि वाञ्छितम् ।। ततोऽतिदुर्लभं किं वा न जाने तदभीप्सितम्
vaiśya uvāca || brahmatvamamaratvaṃ vā mātarme nahi vāñchitam || tato'tidurlabhaṃ kiṃ vā na jāne tadabhīpsitam
The vaiśya said: Neither the state of Brahmā nor immortality is desired by me, mother; nor do I know what is harder to obtain than that, which might be the thing wished for.
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BvP 2 63.16
त्वय्येव शरणापन्नो देहि यद्वाञ्छितं तव ।। अनश्वरं सर्वसारं वरं मे दातुमर्हसि
tvayyeva śaraṇāpanno dehi yadvāñchitaṃ tava || anaśvaraṃ sarvasāraṃ varaṃ me dātumarhasi
I have taken refuge in you alone; give what is desired by you. You should give me the boon that is imperishable and the essence of all.
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BvP 2 63.17
प्रकृतिरुवाच ।। अदेयं नास्ति मे तुभ्यं दास्यामि मम वाञ्छितम् ।। यतो यास्यसि गोलोकं पदमेव सुदुर्लभम्
prakṛtiruvāca || adeyaṃ nāsti me tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi mama vāñchitam || yato yāsyasi golokaṃ padameva sudurlabham
Prakṛti said: There is nothing I may not give you; I shall give what I myself desire, whereby you will go to Goloka, that station which is very hard to attain.
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BvP 2 63.18
सर्वसारं च यज्ज्ञानं सुरर्षीणां सुदुर्लभम् ।। तद्गृह्यतां महाभाग गच्छ वत्स हरेः पदम्
sarvasāraṃ ca yajjñānaṃ surarṣīṇāṃ sudurlabham || tadgṛhyatāṃ mahābhāga gaccha vatsa hareḥ padam
And that knowledge which is the essence of all, very hard for gods and sages to obtain — let that be received, O greatly fortunate one; go, child, to the abode of Hari.
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BvP 2 63.19
स्मरणं वन्दनं ध्यानमर्चनं गुणकीर्त्तनम् ।। श्रवणं भावनं सेवा कृष्णे सर्वनिवेदनम्
smaraṇaṃ vandanaṃ dhyānamarcanaṃ guṇakīrttanam || śravaṇaṃ bhāvanaṃ sevā kṛṣṇe sarvanivedanam
Remembrance, salutation, meditation, worship, proclaiming (his) qualities, hearing, contemplation, service, and the offering of everything to Kṛṣṇa —
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BvP 2 63.21
आयुर्हरति लोकानां रविरेव हि सन्ततम् ।। नवधा भक्तिहीनानामसतां पापिनामपि
āyurharati lokānāṃ ravireva hi santatam || navadhā bhaktihīnānāmasatāṃ pāpināmapi
The sun indeed continually takes away the lifespan of the peoples — of the wicked and of sinners too, who lack the ninefold devotion.
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BvP 2 63.22
भक्तास्तद्गतचित्ताश्च वैष्णवाश्चिरजीविनः ।। जीवन्मुक्ताश्च निष्पापा जन्मादिपरिवर्जिताः
bhaktāstadgatacittāśca vaiṣṇavāścirajīvinaḥ || jīvanmuktāśca niṣpāpā janmādiparivarjitāḥ
But devotees, whose minds have gone to him, the Vaiṣṇavas, are long-lived, liberated while living, sinless, freed from birth and the rest.
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BvP 2 63.23
शिवः शेषश्च धर्मश्च ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्महान्विराट् ।। सनत्कुमारः कपिलः सनकश्च सनन्दनः
śivaḥ śeṣaśca dharmaśca brahmā viṣṇurmahānvirāṭ || sanatkumāraḥ kapilaḥ sanakaśca sanandanaḥ
Śiva, and Śeṣa, and Dharma, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the great Cosmic Form, Sanatkumāra, Kapila, and Sanaka and Sanandana,
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BvP 2 63.24
वोढुः पञ्चशिखो दक्षो नारदश्च सनातनः ।। भृगुर्मरीचिर्दुर्वासाः कश्यपः पुलहोऽङ्गिराः
voḍhuḥ pañcaśikho dakṣo nāradaśca sanātanaḥ || bhṛgurmarīcirdurvāsāḥ kaśyapaḥ pulaho'ṅgirāḥ
Voḍhu, Pañcaśikha, Dakṣa, and Nārada, Sanātana, Bhṛgu, Marīci, Durvāsas, Kaśyapa, Pulaha, Aṅgiras,
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BvP 2 63.25
मेधावी लोमशः शुक्रो वसिष्ठः क्रतुरेव च ।। बृहस्पतिः कर्दमश्च शक्तिरत्रिः पराशरः
medhāvī lomaśaḥ śukro vasiṣṭhaḥ kratureva ca || bṛhaspatiḥ kardamaśca śaktiratriḥ parāśaraḥ
Medhāvin, Lomaśa, Śukra, Vasiṣṭha, and Kratu, Bṛhaspati, and Kardama, Śakti, Atri, Parāśara,
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BvP 2 63.26
मार्कण्डेयो बलिश्चैव प्रह्लादश्च गणेश्वरः ।। यमः सूर्य्यश्च वरुणो वायुश्चन्द्रो हुताशनः
mārkaṇḍeyo baliścaiva prahlādaśca gaṇeśvaraḥ || yamaḥ sūryyaśca varuṇo vāyuścandro hutāśanaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya, and Bali, and Prahlāda, and the Lord of the Hosts (Gaṇeśa), Yama, and Sūrya, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Candra, Fire,
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BvP 2 63.27
अकूपार उलूकश्च नाडीजंघश्च वायुजः ।। नरनारायणौ कूर्म्म इन्द्रद्युम्नो विभीषणः
akūpāra ulūkaśca nāḍījaṃghaśca vāyujaḥ || naranārāyaṇau kūrmma indradyumno vibhīṣaṇaḥ
Akūpāra, Ulūka, and Nāḍījaṅgha, the son of Vāyu, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, Kūrma, Indradyumna, Vibhīṣaṇa —
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BvP 2 63.28
नवधा भक्तियुक्ताश्च कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। एते महान्तो धर्मिष्ठा भक्तानां प्रवरास्तथा
navadhā bhaktiyuktāśca kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || ete mahānto dharmiṣṭhā bhaktānāṃ pravarāstathā
these are endowed with the ninefold devotion to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self; these are the great ones, the most righteous, and the foremost among devotees.
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BvP 2 63.29
ये तद्भक्तास्ते तदंशा जीवन्मुक्ताश्च सन्ततम् ।। पापापहारास्तीर्थानां पृथिव्याश्च विशां पते
ye tadbhaktāste tadaṃśā jīvanmuktāśca santatam || pāpāpahārāstīrthānāṃ pṛthivyāśca viśāṃ pate
Those who are his devotees, they are his portions, and ever liberated while living; they are removers of the sins of the holy places and of the earth, O lord of peoples.
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BvP 2 63.31
एवंविधानां विश्वानां संख्या नास्त्येव पुत्रक ।। एवं च प्रतिविश्वेषु ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
evaṃvidhānāṃ viśvānāṃ saṃkhyā nāstyeva putraka || evaṃ ca prativiśveṣu brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ
Of universes of this kind there is simply no counting, little son; and thus in each universe there are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest,
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BvP 2 63.32
देवा देवर्षयश्चैव मनवो मानवादयः ।। सर्वाश्रमाश्च सर्वत्र सन्ति बद्धाश्च मायया
devā devarṣayaścaiva manavo mānavādayaḥ || sarvāśramāśca sarvatra santi baddhāśca māyayā
Gods and divine sages, and Manus and human beings and the rest, and all the stages of life exist everywhere, bound by māyā.
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BvP 2 63.33
महाविष्णोर्लोमकूपे सन्ति विश्वानि यस्य च ।। स षोडशांशः कृष्णस्य चात्मनश्च महाविराट् ।।
mahāviṣṇorlomakūpe santi viśvāni yasya ca || sa ṣoḍaśāṃśaḥ kṛṣṇasya cātmanaśca mahāvirāṭ ||
In a single pore of Mahāviṣṇu's hair the (whole set of) universes abides — he whose (they are); and he, the Great Virāṭ, is the sixteenth part of Kṛṣṇa, of the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 63.34
भज सत्यं परं ब्रह्म नित्यं निर्गुणमच्युतम् ।। प्रकृतेः परमीशानं कृष्णमात्मानमीप्सितम्
bhaja satyaṃ paraṃ brahma nityaṃ nirguṇamacyutam || prakṛteḥ paramīśānaṃ kṛṣṇamātmānamīpsitam
Worship the true, supreme Brahman, eternal, without qualities, imperishable, the ruler beyond primal nature, Kṛṣṇa, the Self, the one desired.
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BvP 2 63.36
स्वेच्छामयं सर्वरूपं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम् ।। तेजस्स्वरूपं परमं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्
svecchāmayaṃ sarvarūpaṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham || tejassvarūpaṃ paramaṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām
(Him who is) made of his own will, of every form, whose body is grace to devotees, whose very nature is radiance, supreme, the giver of all riches;
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BvP 2 63.37
ध्यानासाध्यं दुराराध्यं शिवादीनां च योगिनाम् ।। सर्वेश्वरं सर्वपूज्यं सर्वेषां सर्वकामदम्
dhyānāsādhyaṃ durārādhyaṃ śivādīnāṃ ca yoginām || sarveśvaraṃ sarvapūjyaṃ sarveṣāṃ sarvakāmadam
unattainable by meditation, hard to propitiate even for Śiva and the other yogins, the lord of all, worthy of all worship, granting all wishes to all;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 63.38
सर्वाधारं च सर्वज्ञं सर्वानन्दकरं परम् ।। सर्वधर्मप्रदं सर्वं सर्वज्ञं प्राणरूपिणम्
sarvādhāraṃ ca sarvajñaṃ sarvānandakaraṃ param || sarvadharmapradaṃ sarvaṃ sarvajñaṃ prāṇarūpiṇam
the support of all, all-knowing, the maker of all bliss, supreme, the bestower of every duty (or: of all merit), (who is) all, all-knowing, having the form of the life-breath;
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BvP 2 63.39
निरीहं च निराकारं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम् ।। निष्कामं निर्विरोधं च नित्यानन्दं सनातनम् सर्वधर्मस्वरूपं च सर्वकारणकारणम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं पररूपं च भक्तिदम्
nirīhaṃ ca nirākāraṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam || niṣkāmaṃ nirvirodhaṃ ca nityānandaṃ sanātanam sarvadharmasvarūpaṃ ca sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ pararūpaṃ ca bhaktidam
free of striving, formless, changeless, unstained, desireless, without opposition, eternally blissful, everlasting; whose own nature is all dharma, the cause of all causes, giver of happiness, giver of liberation, the essence, of supreme form, and the giver of devotion;
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BvP 2 63.41
परात्परतरं शुद्धं परिपूर्णतमं शिवम् ।। यथासुखं गच्छ वत्स भगवन्तमधोक्षजम्
parātparataraṃ śuddhaṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ śivam || yathāsukhaṃ gaccha vatsa bhagavantamadhokṣajam
higher than the highest, pure, most utterly complete, auspicious. Go at your ease, child, to the Lord Adhokṣaja.
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BvP 2 63.42
कृष्णेति द्व्यक्षरं मन्त्रं गृहीत्वा कृष्णदास्यदम् ।। पुष्करं दुष्करं गत्वा दशलक्षमिमं जप
kṛṣṇeti dvyakṣaraṃ mantraṃ gṛhītvā kṛṣṇadāsyadam || puṣkaraṃ duṣkaraṃ gatvā daśalakṣamimaṃ japa
Taking the two-syllabled mantra "Kṛṣṇa," which grants servitude to Kṛṣṇa, go to Puṣkara, (do) hard austerity, and recite this a million times.
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BvP 2 63.43
दशलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेत्तव ।। इत्युक्त्वा सा भगवती तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
daśalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhirbhavettava || ityuktvā sā bhagavatī tatraivāntaradhīyata
By the recitation of a million alone the mantra's fulfilment will come to you. Having said this, that blessed goddess vanished right there.
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BvP 2 63.44
वैश्यो नत्वा च तां भक्त्या चागमत्पुष्करं मुने ।। पुष्करे दुष्करं तप्त्वा स लेभे कृष्णमीश्वरम् ।। भगवत्याः प्रसादेन कृष्णदासो बभूव सः
vaiśyo natvā ca tāṃ bhaktyā cāgamatpuṣkaraṃ mune || puṣkare duṣkaraṃ taptvā sa lebhe kṛṣṇamīśvaram || bhagavatyāḥ prasādena kṛṣṇadāso babhūva saḥ
And the Vaiśya, having bowed to her with devotion, went to Puṣkara, O sage; at Puṣkara, having performed hard austerity, he obtained Kṛṣṇa the Lord; by the grace of the goddess he became a servant of Kṛṣṇa.
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