Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 66
BvP 2 66.1
नारद उवाच ।। श्रुतं सर्वं नावशिष्टं किञ्चिदेव हि निश्चितम् ।। प्रकृतेः कवचं स्तोत्रं ब्रूहि मे मुनिसत्तम
nārada uvāca || śrutaṃ sarvaṃ nāvaśiṣṭaṃ kiñcideva hi niścitam || prakṛteḥ kavacaṃ stotraṃ brūhi me munisattama
Nārada said: I have heard it all; nothing at all remains, that is certain. Tell me the protective armour (kavaca) and the hymn of Prakṛti, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.2
नारायण उवाच ।। पुरा स्तुता सा गोलोके कृष्णेन परमात्मना ।। संपूज्य मधुमासे च संप्रीते रासमण्डले ।। मधुकैटभयोर्युद्धे द्वितीये विष्णुना पुरा सर्वबीजस्वरूपा च सर्वपूज्या निराश्रया ।। सर्वज्ञा सर्वतोभद्रा सर्वमंगलमंगलः महायुद्धे महामारी दुष्टसंहाररूपिणी ।। रक्षास्वरूपा शिष्टानां मातेव हितकारिणी पुत्रभेदे प्रजाभेदे पत्नीभेदे च दुर्गतः ।। श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रं मासमेकं लभते नात्र संशयः
nārāyaṇa uvāca || purā stutā sā goloke kṛṣṇena paramātmanā || saṃpūjya madhumāse ca saṃprīte rāsamaṇḍale || madhukaiṭabhayoryuddhe dvitīye viṣṇunā purā sarvabījasvarūpā ca sarvapūjyā nirāśrayā || sarvajñā sarvatobhadrā sarvamaṃgalamaṃgalaḥ mahāyuddhe mahāmārī duṣṭasaṃhārarūpiṇī || rakṣāsvarūpā śiṣṭānāṃ māteva hitakāriṇī putrabhede prajābhede patnībhede ca durgataḥ || śrutvā stotraṃ māsamekaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: Formerly she was praised in Goloka by Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, after he had worshipped her in the month of Madhu in the delighted rāsa-circle; a second time, of old, by Viṣṇu in the battle with Madhu and Kaiṭabha—(she who is) the very form of all seeds, worshipped by all, without support, all-knowing, auspicious on every side, the auspiciousness of all auspicious things; in a great battle the great pestilence, taking the form of the destroyer of the wicked, the very form of protection for the good, doing them good like a mother. In estrangement from one's son, from one's people, and from one's wife, and in distress, by hearing the hymn for a single month one obtains (relief); there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 66.3
तत्रैव काले सा दुर्गा ब्रह्मणा प्राणसङ्कटे ।। चतुर्थे संस्तुता देवी भक्त्या च त्रिपुरारिणा
tatraiva kāle sā durgā brahmaṇā prāṇasaṅkaṭe || caturthe saṃstutā devī bhaktyā ca tripurāriṇā
At that very time that Durgā, the Goddess, was hymned a fourth time by Brahmā when his life was in peril, and (also) with devotion by the foe of Tripura.
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BvP 2 66.4
पुरा त्रिपुरयुद्धे च महाघोरतरे मुने ।। पञ्चमे संस्तुता देवी वृत्रासुरवधे तथा
purā tripurayuddhe ca mahāghoratare mune || pañcame saṃstutā devī vṛtrāsuravadhe tathā
Of old too in the exceedingly terrible war with Tripura, O sage; a fifth time the Goddess was hymned at the slaying of the demon Vṛtra,
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BvP 2 66.5
शक्रेण सर्वदेवैश्च घोरे च प्राणसङ्कटे ।। तदा मुनीन्द्रैर्मनुभिर्मानवैः सुरथादिभिः
śakreṇa sarvadevaiśca ghore ca prāṇasaṅkaṭe || tadā munīndrairmanubhirmānavaiḥ surathādibhiḥ
by Śakra and by all the gods, in a dreadful peril of their lives; and then by the chief sages, by the Manus, by men such as Suratha and others,
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BvP 2 66.6
संस्तुता पूजिता सा च कल्पे कल्पे परात्परा ।। स्तोत्रं च श्रूयतां ब्रह्मन्सर्वविघ्नविनाशकम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं भवसन्तारकारणम्
saṃstutā pūjitā sā ca kalpe kalpe parātparā || stotraṃ ca śrūyatāṃ brahmansarvavighnavināśakam || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ bhavasantārakāraṇam
she, higher than the highest, was hymned and worshipped in age after age. Let the hymn be heard, O Brahmin, which destroys all obstacles, gives happiness, gives liberation, is the essence, the means of crossing over worldly existence.
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BvP 2 66.7
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। त्वमेव सर्वजननी मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। त्वमेवाद्या सृष्टिविधौ स्वेच्छया त्रिगुणात्मिका
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || tvameva sarvajananī mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || tvamevādyā sṛṣṭividhau svecchayā triguṇātmikā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: You alone are the mother of all, the root Nature, the sovereign Lady; you alone are the primordial one, who in the act of creation, by your own will, become composed of the three qualities.
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BvP 2 66.8
कार्य्यार्थे सगुणा त्वं च वस्तुतो निर्गुणा स्वयम् ।। परब्रह्मस्वरूपा त्वं सत्या नित्या सनातनी
kāryyārthe saguṇā tvaṃ ca vastuto nirguṇā svayam || parabrahmasvarūpā tvaṃ satyā nityā sanātanī
For the sake of the work (of creation) you have qualities, but in reality you are yourself without qualities; you are of the nature of the supreme Brahman, real, eternal, everlasting.
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BvP 2 66.9
तेजस्स्वरूपा परमा भक्तानुग्रविग्रहा ।। सर्वस्वरूपा सर्वेशा सर्वाधारा परात्परा ।।
tejassvarūpā paramā bhaktānugravigrahā || sarvasvarūpā sarveśā sarvādhārā parātparā ||
You are of the nature of radiance, supreme, having a form that is grace to your devotees, of the form of all, ruler of all, the support of all, higher than the highest;
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BvP 2 66.11
सर्वबुद्धिस्वरूपा च सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपिणी ।। सर्वज्ञानप्रदा देवी सर्वज्ञा सर्वभाविनी
sarvabuddhisvarūpā ca sarvaśaktisvarūpiṇī || sarvajñānapradā devī sarvajñā sarvabhāvinī
of the nature of all intelligence, and having the form of all power; the Goddess who bestows all knowledge, all-knowing, becoming all things.
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BvP 2 66.12
त्वं स्वाहा देवदाने च पितृदाने स्वधा स्वयम् ।। दक्षिणा सर्वदाने च सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपिणी
tvaṃ svāhā devadāne ca pitṛdāne svadhā svayam || dakṣiṇā sarvadāne ca sarvaśaktisvarūpiṇī
You are Svāhā in offerings to the gods, and Svadhā itself in offerings to the ancestors; you are Dakṣiṇā in every gift, having the form of all powers.
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BvP 2 66.13
निद्रा त्वं च दया त्वं च तृष्णा त्वं चात्मनः प्रिया ।। क्षुत्क्षान्तिः शान्तिरीशा च शान्तिः सृष्टिश्च शाश्वती
nidrā tvaṃ ca dayā tvaṃ ca tṛṣṇā tvaṃ cātmanaḥ priyā || kṣutkṣāntiḥ śāntirīśā ca śāntiḥ sṛṣṭiśca śāśvatī
You are sleep, and you are compassion, and you are thirst, and the self's beloved; hunger, forbearance, peace, and the mistress; tranquillity, and creation, and the everlasting one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 66.14
श्रद्धा पुष्टिश्च तन्द्रा च लज्जा शोभा दया तथा ।। सतां सम्पत्स्वरूपा श्रीर्विपत्तिरसतामिह
śraddhā puṣṭiśca tandrā ca lajjā śobhā dayā tathā || satāṃ sampatsvarūpā śrīrvipattirasatāmiha
Faith, and growth, and drowsiness, and modesty, splendour, and likewise pity; you are Śrī, the very form of prosperity for the good, and here calamity for the wicked.
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BvP 2 66.15
प्रीतिरूपा पुण्यवतां पापिनां कलहाङ्कुरा ।। शश्वत्कर्ममयी शक्तिः सर्वदा सर्वजीविनाम्
prītirūpā puṇyavatāṃ pāpināṃ kalahāṅkurā || śaśvatkarmamayī śaktiḥ sarvadā sarvajīvinām
You take the form of affection for the meritorious, and the sprout of quarrels for sinners; you are the power consisting of unceasing action, always, of all living beings.
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BvP 2 66.16
देवेभ्यः स्वपदो दात्री धातुर्धात्री कृपामयी ।। हिताय सर्वदेवानां सर्वासुरविनाशिनी
devebhyaḥ svapado dātrī dhāturdhātrī kṛpāmayī || hitāya sarvadevānāṃ sarvāsuravināśinī
You are the giver to the gods of their own stations, the sustainer of the Creator, full of compassion; for the welfare of all the gods you are the destroyer of all the demons.
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BvP 2 66.17
योगिनिद्रा योगरूपा योगदात्री च योगिनाम् ।। सिद्धिस्वरूपा सिद्धानां सिद्धिदा सिद्धयोगिनी
yoginidrā yogarūpā yogadātrī ca yoginām || siddhisvarūpā siddhānāṃ siddhidā siddhayoginī
You are the yogic sleep, the form of yoga, and the giver of yoga to yogins; you are the very form of attainment for the perfected ones, giver of attainments, the perfected yoginī.
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BvP 2 66.18
ब्रह्माणी माहेश्वरी च विष्णुमाया च वैष्णवी ।। भद्रदा भद्रकाली च सर्वलोकभयंकरी
brahmāṇī māheśvarī ca viṣṇumāyā ca vaiṣṇavī || bhadradā bhadrakālī ca sarvalokabhayaṃkarī
You are Brahmāṇī and Māheśvarī, and Viṣṇu's Māyā and Vaiṣṇavī; the giver of good fortune and Bhadrakālī, and the terror of all the worlds.
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BvP 2 66.19
ग्रामे ग्रामे ग्रामदेवी गृहदेवी गृहे गृहे ।। सतां कीर्त्तिः प्रतिष्ठा च निन्दा त्वमसतां सदा
grāme grāme grāmadevī gṛhadevī gṛhe gṛhe || satāṃ kīrttiḥ pratiṣṭhā ca nindā tvamasatāṃ sadā
In every village (you are) the village goddess, in every house the household goddess; you are the fame and standing of the good, and always the reproach of the bad.
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BvP 2 66.21
वन्द्या पूज्या स्तुता त्वं च ब्रह्मादीनां च सर्वदा ।। ब्रह्मण्यरूपा विप्राणां तपस्या च तपस्विनाम्
vandyā pūjyā stutā tvaṃ ca brahmādīnāṃ ca sarvadā || brahmaṇyarūpā viprāṇāṃ tapasyā ca tapasvinām
You are ever to be saluted, worshipped and praised by Brahmā and the rest; you are the priestly nature in brahmins and the austerity in ascetics.
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BvP 2 66.22
विद्या विद्यावतां त्वं च बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतां सताम् ।। मेधा स्मृतिस्वरूपा च प्रतिभा प्रतिभावताम्
vidyā vidyāvatāṃ tvaṃ ca buddhirbuddhimatāṃ satām || medhā smṛtisvarūpā ca pratibhā pratibhāvatām
You are the learning of the learned and the intelligence of the intelligent and good; you are mental power, the very form of memory, and the ready wit of the quick-witted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.23
राज्ञां प्रतापरूपा च विशां वाणिज्यरूपिणी ।। सृष्टौ सृष्टिस्वरूपा त्वं रक्षारूपा च पालने
rājñāṃ pratāparūpā ca viśāṃ vāṇijyarūpiṇī || sṛṣṭau sṛṣṭisvarūpā tvaṃ rakṣārūpā ca pālane
You are the form of the majesty of kings, and in the form of trade for the vaiśyas; in creation you are creation's own form, and the form of protection in preserving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.24
तथाऽन्ते त्वं महामारी विश्वे विश्वैश्च पूजिते।। कालरात्रिर्महारात्रिर्मोहरात्रिश्च मोहिनी
tathā'nte tvaṃ mahāmārī viśve viśvaiśca pūjite|| kālarātrirmahārātrirmoharātriśca mohinī
And so at the end you are the great destroyer, O you who are worshipped in the world by all the worlds; you are the night of time, the great night, the night of delusion, and the deluder.
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BvP 2 66.25
दुरत्यया मे माया त्वं यया संमोहितं जगत्।। यया मुग्धो हि विद्वांश्च मोक्षमार्गं न पश्यति
duratyayā me māyā tvaṃ yayā saṃmohitaṃ jagat|| yayā mugdho hi vidvāṃśca mokṣamārgaṃ na paśyati
You are my māyā, hard to pass beyond, by which the world is bewildered — by which even a learned man, being deluded, does not see the path of release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.26
इत्यात्मना कृतं स्तोत्रं दुर्गाया दुर्गनाशनम् ।। पूजाकाले पठेद्यो हि सिद्धिर्भवति वाञ्छिता
ityātmanā kṛtaṃ stotraṃ durgāyā durganāśanam || pūjākāle paṭhedyo hi siddhirbhavati vāñchitā
Thus (is) the hymn to Durgā composed by (my)self, destroying difficulty; whoever recites it at the time of worship, the success he wishes for comes about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.27
वन्ध्या च काकवन्ध्या च मृतवत्सा च दुर्भगा।। श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रं वर्षमेकं सुपुत्रं लभते धुवम्
vandhyā ca kākavandhyā ca mṛtavatsā ca durbhagā|| śrutvā stotraṃ varṣamekaṃ suputraṃ labhate dhuvam
A barren woman, one who bears only once like a crow, one whose children die, and an unlucky woman — having heard this hymn for one year, she surely obtains a good son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.28
कारागारे महाघोरे यो बद्धो दृढबन्धने।। श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रं मासमेकं बन्धनान्मुच्यते धुवम्
kārāgāre mahāghore yo baddho dṛḍhabandhane|| śrutvā stotraṃ māsamekaṃ bandhanānmucyate dhuvam
He who is bound in tight fetters in a most dreadful prison — having heard this hymn for one month, he is surely freed from bondage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.29
यक्ष्मग्रस्तो गलत्कुष्ठी महाशूली महाज्वरी ।। श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रं वर्षमेकं सद्यो रोगात्प्रमुच्यते ।।
yakṣmagrasto galatkuṣṭhī mahāśūlī mahājvarī || śrutvā stotraṃ varṣamekaṃ sadyo rogātpramucyate ||
One seized by consumption, one with festering leprosy, one with severe colic, one with high fever — having heard this hymn for one year, he is at once released from the disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.31
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च महारण्ये रणस्थले ।। हिंस्रजन्तुसमीपे च श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रं प्रमुच्यते
rājadvāre śmaśāne ca mahāraṇye raṇasthale || hiṃsrajantusamīpe ca śrutvā stotraṃ pramucyate
At the king's gate, in a cremation ground, in a great forest, on a battlefield, and near a savage beast — by hearing this hymn one is delivered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.32
गृहदाहे च दावाग्नौ दस्युसैन्यसमन्विते ।। स्तोत्रश्रवणमात्रेण लभते नात्र संशयः
gṛhadāhe ca dāvāgnau dasyusainyasamanvite || stotraśravaṇamātreṇa labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
In a house-fire, in a forest fire, when beset by an army of robbers — merely by hearing the hymn one gains (deliverance); there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 66.33
महादरिद्रो मूर्खश्च वर्षं स्तोत्रं पठेत्तु यः ।। विद्यावान्धनवांश्चैव स भवेन्नात्र संशयः
mahādaridro mūrkhaśca varṣaṃ stotraṃ paṭhettu yaḥ || vidyāvāndhanavāṃścaiva sa bhavennātra saṃśayaḥ
He who, though very poor and a fool, recites the hymn for a year, becomes learned and wealthy; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition