Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 65
BvP 2 65.1
नारद उवाच ।। श्रुतं सर्वं महाभाग सुधारसपरं वरम् ।। स्तोत्रं च कवचं पूजाफलं कालं वद प्रभो
nārada uvāca || śrutaṃ sarvaṃ mahābhāga sudhārasaparaṃ varam || stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ pūjāphalaṃ kālaṃ vada prabho
Nārada said: I have heard it all, greatly fortunate one — the boon surpassing the taste of nectar, both the hymn of praise and the amulet. Tell (me), lord, the fruit of the worship and its (proper) time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 65.2
नारायण उवाच ।। आर्द्रायां बोधयेद्देवीं मूलेनैव प्रवेशयेत् ।। उत्तरेणार्च्चयित्वा तां श्रवणायां विसर्जयेत् बलिदानेन विप्रेन्द्र दुर्गाप्रीतिर्भवेन्नृणाम्।। हिंसाजन्यं न पापं च लभते यज्ञकर्मणि दास्यामि तुभ्यं ज्ञानं च परिणामे नराधिप ।। भक्तिं दास्यं च परमे श्रीकृष्णे परमात्मनि असंख्यानि च तान्येव कृत्रिमाणि च मायया ।। अनित्ये नित्यबुद्धिं च सर्वे कुर्वन्ति सन्ततम् अहं यमनुगृह्णामि तस्मै दास्यामि निर्मलाम् ।। निश्चलां सुदृढां भक्तिं श्रीकृष्णे परमात्मनि
nārāyaṇa uvāca || ārdrāyāṃ bodhayeddevīṃ mūlenaiva praveśayet || uttareṇārccayitvā tāṃ śravaṇāyāṃ visarjayet balidānena viprendra durgāprītirbhavennṛṇām|| hiṃsājanyaṃ na pāpaṃ ca labhate yajñakarmaṇi dāsyāmi tubhyaṃ jñānaṃ ca pariṇāme narādhipa || bhaktiṃ dāsyaṃ ca parame śrīkṛṣṇe paramātmani asaṃkhyāni ca tānyeva kṛtrimāṇi ca māyayā || anitye nityabuddhiṃ ca sarve kurvanti santatam ahaṃ yamanugṛhṇāmi tasmai dāsyāmi nirmalām || niścalāṃ sudṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ śrīkṛṣṇe paramātmani
Nārāyaṇa said: Under (the asterism) Ārdrā one should awaken the Goddess; under Mūla one should install (her); having worshipped her under (Uttara-)phalgunī, one should dismiss her under Śravaṇā. By the giving of an offering, best of brahmins, Durgā's favour comes to men; nor does one incur the sin arising from killing in the act of sacrifice. And I shall give you knowledge in the end, O ruler of men, and devotion and servitude to the supreme Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the highest Self. Those (worlds/things) are countless and fabricated by māyā; yet all men constantly hold the impermanent to be permanent. Whomever I favour, to him I shall give pure, unwavering, firmly fixed devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the highest Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 65.3
आर्द्रायुक्तनवम्यां तु कृत्वा देव्याश्च बोधनम् ।। पूजायाः शतवार्षिक्याः फलमाप्नोति मानवः
ārdrāyuktanavamyāṃ tu kṛtvā devyāśca bodhanam || pūjāyāḥ śatavārṣikyāḥ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ
But if one performs the awakening of the Goddess on a ninth day joined with Ārdrā, a man obtains the fruit of a hundred years' worship.
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BvP 2 65.4
मूलायां तु प्रवेशे च नरमेधफलं लभेत्
mūlāyāṃ tu praveśe ca naramedhaphalaṃ labhet
And on the installation under Mūla he would obtain the fruit of a human sacrifice.
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BvP 2 65.5
कृत्वा विसर्जनं देव्याः श्रवणायां च मानवः।। लक्ष्मीं च पुत्रपौत्रांश्च लभते नात्र संशयः
kṛtvā visarjanaṃ devyāḥ śravaṇāyāṃ ca mānavaḥ|| lakṣmīṃ ca putrapautrāṃśca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
And a man who performs the dismissal of the Goddess under Śravaṇā obtains wealth and sons and grandsons — there is no doubt here.
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BvP 2 65.6
भुवः प्रदक्षिणं पुण्यं पूजायां लभते नरः ।। नक्षत्रयोगाभावे तु पार्वत्याश्चैव नारद
bhuvaḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ puṇyaṃ pūjāyāṃ labhate naraḥ || nakṣatrayogābhāve tu pārvatyāścaiva nārada
A man obtains in this worship the merit of circumambulating the earth. But in the absence of the (proper) conjunction of asterisms, O Nārada, (and) of Pārvatī('s day),
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BvP 2 65.7
नवम्यां बोधनं कृत्वा पक्षं संपूज्य मानवः।। अश्वमेधफलावाप्त्यै दशम्यां च विसर्जयेत्
navamyāṃ bodhanaṃ kṛtvā pakṣaṃ saṃpūjya mānavaḥ|| aśvamedhaphalāvāptyai daśamyāṃ ca visarjayet
having performed the awakening on the ninth and worshipped for a fortnight, a man should, to obtain the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, dismiss (her) on the tenth.
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BvP 2 65.8
सप्तम्यां पूजनं कृत्वा बलिं दद्याद्विचक्षणः ।। अष्टम्यां पूजनं शस्तं बलिदानविवर्जितम्
saptamyāṃ pūjanaṃ kṛtvā baliṃ dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ || aṣṭamyāṃ pūjanaṃ śastaṃ balidānavivarjitam
Having performed the worship on the seventh, the discerning man should give the offering; on the eighth the worship is commended, but without the giving of an animal offering.
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BvP 2 65.9
अष्टम्यां बलिदानेन विपत्तिर्जायते नृणाम् ।। दद्याद्विचक्षणो भक्त्या नवम्यां विधिवद्बलिम्
aṣṭamyāṃ balidānena vipattirjāyate nṛṇām || dadyādvicakṣaṇo bhaktyā navamyāṃ vidhivadbalim
By giving an animal offering on the eighth, calamity befalls men; the discerning man should give the offering with devotion, according to rule, on the ninth.
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BvP 2 65.11
उत्सर्गकर्त्ता दाता च च्छेत्ता पोष्टा च रक्षकः ।। अग्रे पश्चान्निबद्धा च सप्तैतेऽवधकारिणः
utsargakarttā dātā ca cchettā poṣṭā ca rakṣakaḥ || agre paścānnibaddhā ca saptaite'vadhakāriṇaḥ
The one who makes the dedication, the giver, the slayer, the feeder, the guardian, and the one who binds (the victim) in front and behind — these seven are not committing killing.
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BvP 2 65.12
यो यं हन्ति स तं हन्ति नेति वेदोक्तमेव च ।। कुर्वन्ति वैष्णवीं पूजां वैष्णवास्तेन हेतुना
yo yaṃ hanti sa taṃ hanti neti vedoktameva ca || kurvanti vaiṣṇavīṃ pūjāṃ vaiṣṇavāstena hetunā
"Whoever kills someone, he does not (really) kill him" — so it is stated in the Veda; for that reason Vaiṣṇavas perform the worship of Vaiṣṇavī.
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BvP 2 65.13
एवं संपूज्य सुरथः पूर्णं वर्षं च भक्तितः ।। कवचं च गले बद्ध्वा तुष्टाव परमेश्वरीम्
evaṃ saṃpūjya surathaḥ pūrṇaṃ varṣaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ || kavacaṃ ca gale baddhvā tuṣṭāva parameśvarīm
Having thus worshipped with devotion for a full year, Suratha, binding the amulet on his neck, praised the supreme Goddess.
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BvP 2 65.14
स्तोत्रेण परितुष्टा सा तस्य साक्षाद्बभूव ह ।। स ददर्श पुरो देवीं ग्रीष्मसूर्य्यसमप्रभाम्
stotreṇa parituṣṭā sā tasya sākṣādbabhūva ha || sa dadarśa puro devīṃ grīṣmasūryyasamaprabhām
Well pleased by the hymn, she became visible to him in person; he saw before him the Goddess, radiant as the summer sun,
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BvP 2 65.15
तेजस्वरूपां परमां सगुणां निर्गुणां वराम् ।। दृष्ट्वा तां कमनीयां च तेजोमण्डलमध्यतः
tejasvarūpāṃ paramāṃ saguṇāṃ nirguṇāṃ varām || dṛṣṭvā tāṃ kamanīyāṃ ca tejomaṇḍalamadhyataḥ
whose form is light, supreme, with qualities and without qualities, the highest — seeing her, lovely, in the midst of an orb of light,
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BvP 2 65.16
स्वेच्छामयीं कृपारूपां भक्तानुग्रहकारिणीम् ।। पुनस्तुष्टाव राजेन्द्रो भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः
svecchāmayīṃ kṛpārūpāṃ bhaktānugrahakāriṇīm || punastuṣṭāva rājendro bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ
(Seeing) her who is made of her own will, whose form is compassion, who bestows favour on her devotees, the best of kings praised (her) again, his neck bowed with devotion.
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BvP 2 65.17
स्तवेन परितुष्टा सा सस्मिता भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।। उवाच सत्यं राजेन्द्रं कृपया जगदम्बिका
stavena parituṣṭā sā sasmitā bhaktipūrvakam || uvāca satyaṃ rājendraṃ kṛpayā jagadambikā
Well pleased by the hymn, she, the Mother of the world, smiling, spoke the truth to the best of kings out of compassion, with affection (for his devotion).
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BvP 2 65.18
प्रकृतिरुवाच ।। साक्षात्संप्राप्य मां राजन्वृणोषि विभवं वरम् ।। ददामि तुभ्यं विभवं साम्प्रतं वाञ्छितं तव
prakṛtiruvāca || sākṣātsaṃprāpya māṃ rājanvṛṇoṣi vibhavaṃ varam || dadāmi tubhyaṃ vibhavaṃ sāmprataṃ vāñchitaṃ tava
Prakṛti said: Having obtained me in person, O king, you ask for a boon of wealth and power; I give you that power now, which is what you desire.
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BvP 2 65.19
निर्जित्य सर्वाञ्छत्रूंश्च लब्ध्वा राज्यमकण्टकम् ।। भविष्यसि महाराज सावर्णिर्मनुरष्टमः
nirjitya sarvāñchatrūṃśca labdhvā rājyamakaṇṭakam || bhaviṣyasi mahārāja sāvarṇirmanuraṣṭamaḥ
Having conquered all your enemies and gained a kingdom free of thorns, you shall become, great king, Sāvarṇi, the eighth Manu.
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BvP 2 65.21
वृणोति विभवं यो हि साक्षान्मां प्राप्य मन्दधीः ।। मायया वञ्चितः सोऽपि विषमत्त्यमृतं त्यजेत्
vṛṇoti vibhavaṃ yo hi sākṣānmāṃ prāpya mandadhīḥ || māyayā vañcitaḥ so'pi viṣamattyamṛtaṃ tyajet
For whoever, dull of mind, having obtained me in person, asks for wealth and power — he too is deceived by illusion: he eats poison and abandons the nectar.
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BvP 2 65.22
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं सर्वं नश्वरमेव च ।। नित्यं सत्यं परं ब्रह्म कृष्णं निर्गुणमेव च
brahmādistambaparyantaṃ sarvaṃ naśvarameva ca || nityaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ brahma kṛṣṇaṃ nirguṇameva ca
From Brahmā down to a clump of grass, all is indeed perishable; eternal, real, the supreme brahman is Kṛṣṇa, and he is without attributes.
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BvP 2 65.23
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनामहमाद्या परात्परा ।। सगुणा निर्गुणा चापि वरा स्वेच्छामयी सदा
brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāmahamādyā parātparā || saguṇā nirguṇā cāpi varā svecchāmayī sadā
I am the first of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, higher than the highest, with attributes and also without attributes, supreme, ever made of my own will.
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BvP 2 65.24
नित्या ऽनित्या सर्वरूपा सर्वकारणकारणम् ।। बीजरूपा च सर्वेषां मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
nityā 'nityā sarvarūpā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || bījarūpā ca sarveṣāṃ mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī
Eternal and non-eternal, of all forms, the cause of all causes, the seed-form of all beings, the root Nature, the sovereign lady.
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BvP 2 65.25
पुण्ये वृन्दावने रम्ये गोलोके रासमण्डले।। राधा प्राणाधिकाऽहं च कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः अहं दुर्गा विष्णुमाया बुद्ध्यधिष्ठातृदेवता ।। अहं लक्ष्मीश्च वैकुण्ठे स्वयं देवी सरस्वती
puṇye vṛndāvane ramye goloke rāsamaṇḍale|| rādhā prāṇādhikā'haṃ ca kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ ahaṃ durgā viṣṇumāyā buddhyadhiṣṭhātṛdevatā || ahaṃ lakṣmīśca vaikuṇṭhe svayaṃ devī sarasvatī
In holy, lovely Vṛndāvana, in Goloka, in the circle of the rāsa dance, I am Rādhā, dearer than life to Kṛṣṇa the supreme Self. I am Durgā, Viṣṇu's Māyā, the deity presiding over the intellect; and I am Lakṣmī, and in Vaikuṇṭha I am the goddess Sarasvatī herself.
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BvP 2 65.27
सावित्री वेदमाताऽहं ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मलोकतः ।। अहं गङ्गा च तुलसी सर्वाधारा वसुन्धरा
sāvitrī vedamātā'haṃ brahmāṇī brahmalokataḥ || ahaṃ gaṅgā ca tulasī sarvādhārā vasundharā
I am Sāvitrī, the mother of the Vedas, and Brahmāṇī in the world of Brahmā; I am Gaṅgā and Tulasī and the earth that supports all.
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BvP 2 65.28
नानाविधाऽहं कलया मायया सर्वयोषितः ।। साऽहं कृष्णेन संसृष्टा नृप भ्रूभंगलीलया
nānāvidhā'haṃ kalayā māyayā sarvayoṣitaḥ || sā'haṃ kṛṣṇena saṃsṛṣṭā nṛpa bhrūbhaṃgalīlayā
By my portions I am of many kinds; by my māyā (I am) all women. It is I, O king, whom Kṛṣṇa emitted by the play of a knitting of his brow.
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BvP 2 65.29
भ्रूभंगलीलया सृष्टो येन पुंसा महान्विराट्।। लोम्नां कूपेषु विश्वानि यस्य सन्ति हि नित्यशः
bhrūbhaṃgalīlayā sṛṣṭo yena puṃsā mahānvirāṭ|| lomnāṃ kūpeṣu viśvāni yasya santi hi nityaśaḥ
(He) by whom, that Person, the great Cosmic Form was created by the play of a knitting of the brow — in the pores of whose hairs the universes exist perpetually.
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BvP 2 65.31
सप्तसागरसंयुक्ता सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा ।। तदधः सप्त पातालाः स्वर्लोकाश्चैव सप्त च
saptasāgarasaṃyuktā saptadvīpā vasundharā || tadadhaḥ sapta pātālāḥ svarlokāścaiva sapta ca
The earth with its seven continents, joined with the seven oceans; below it the seven netherworlds, and the seven heavenly worlds as well.
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BvP 2 65.32
एवं विश्वं बहुविधं ब्रह्माण्डं ब्रह्मणा कृतम् ।। प्रत्येकं सर्वविध्यण्डे ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
evaṃ viśvaṃ bahuvidhaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ brahmaṇā kṛtam || pratyekaṃ sarvavidhyaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ
Thus the manifold universe, the cosmic egg, was made by Brahmā; in each egg of every kind there are a Brahmā, a Viṣṇu, a Śiva and the rest.
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BvP 2 65.33
सर्वेषामीश्वरः कृष्ण इति ज्ञानं परात्परम् ।। वेदानां च व्रतानां च तीर्थानां तपसां तथा
sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ kṛṣṇa iti jñānaṃ parātparam || vedānāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca tīrthānāṃ tapasāṃ tathā
That Kṛṣṇa is the lord of all — this knowledge is higher than the highest. And of the Vedas, of the vows, of the sacred fords, and of the austerities,
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BvP 2 65.34
देवानां चैव सर्वेषां सारः कृष्ण इति स्मृतः ।। तद्भक्तिहीनो यो मूढः स च जीवन्मृतो धुवम्
devānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ sāraḥ kṛṣṇa iti smṛtaḥ || tadbhaktihīno yo mūḍhaḥ sa ca jīvanmṛto dhuvam
and of all the gods, the essence is held to be Kṛṣṇa; and the fool who is without devotion to him is surely dead while living.
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BvP 2 65.36
मन्त्रग्रहणमात्रेण नरो नारायणो भवेत् ।। विना जपेन तपसा विना तीर्थेन पूजया
mantragrahaṇamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet || vinā japena tapasā vinā tīrthena pūjayā
Merely by receiving the mantra a man becomes Nārāyaṇa, without muttered recitation, without austerity, without pilgrimage or worship.
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BvP 2 65.37
मातामहानां शतकं पितॄणां च सहस्रकम् ।। पुंसामेवं समुद्धृत्य गोलोकं च स गच्छति
mātāmahānāṃ śatakaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca sahasrakam || puṃsāmevaṃ samuddhṛtya golokaṃ ca sa gacchati
Having thus rescued a hundred of his maternal ancestors and a thousand of his paternal forefathers, such a man goes to Goloka.
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BvP 2 65.38
इदं ज्ञानं सारभूतं कथितं ते नराधिप ।। मन्वन्तरान्ते भोगान्ते भक्तिं दास्यामि ते हरौ
idaṃ jñānaṃ sārabhūtaṃ kathitaṃ te narādhipa || manvantarānte bhogānte bhaktiṃ dāsyāmi te harau
This knowledge, which is the essence, has been told to you, O ruler of men; at the end of the age of the Manu, when your enjoyments are over, I will grant you devotion to Hari. And the sacred fords are purified by the wind that has touched his devotee; and one who worships with his mantra is called liberated while living. Karma not consumed does not wear away even in hundreds of millions of aeons; the deed that has been done, good or bad, must inevitably be experienced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 65.39
पवित्राणि च तीर्थानि तद्भक्तस्पर्शवायुना ।। तन्मन्त्रोपासकश्चैव जीवन्मुक्त इति स्मृतः नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि ।। अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म्म शुभाशुभम् ।।
pavitrāṇi ca tīrthāni tadbhaktasparśavāyunā || tanmantropāsakaścaiva jīvanmukta iti smṛtaḥ nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karmma kalpakoṭiśatairapi || avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karmma śubhāśubham ||
The sacred fords too are (further) purified by the wind that has touched his devotee, and one who worships his mantra is declared liberated while living. Karma not undergone does not wear away, not even in hundreds of millions of kalpas; the deed that has been done, good or bad, must inevitably be experienced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 65.41
करोमि वञ्चनां यं यं तेभ्यो दास्यामि सम्पदम् ।। प्रातः स्वप्नस्वरूपां च मिथ्येति भ्रमरूपिणीम्
karomi vañcanāṃ yaṃ yaṃ tebhyo dāsyāmi sampadam || prātaḥ svapnasvarūpāṃ ca mithyeti bhramarūpiṇīm
"Whatever deception I practise—(so it is that) I shall give them wealth that has the nature of a dream at dawn, false, and having the form of a delusion."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 65.42
इति ते कथितं ज्ञानं गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम्।। इत्युक्त्वा च महादेवी तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
iti te kathitaṃ jñānaṃ gaccha vatsa yathāsukham|| ityuktvā ca mahādevī tatraivāntaradhīyata
"Thus the knowledge has been told to you; go, child, as you please." And having said this, the Great Goddess vanished on that very spot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 65.43
राजा संप्राप्य राज्यं च नत्वा तां प्रययौ गृहम् ।। इति ते कथितं वत्स दुर्गोपाख्यानमुत्तमम्
rājā saṃprāpya rājyaṃ ca natvā tāṃ prayayau gṛham || iti te kathitaṃ vatsa durgopākhyānamuttamam
And the king, having regained his kingdom and bowed to her, went home. Thus, child, the excellent tale of Durgā has been told to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition