Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 7
BvP 2 7.1
नारायण उवाच ।। पुण्यक्षेत्रे ह्याजगाम भारते सा सरस्वती ।। गङ्गाशापेन कलया स्वयं तस्थौ हरेः पदे
nārāyaṇa uvāca || puṇyakṣetre hyājagāma bhārate sā sarasvatī || gaṅgāśāpena kalayā svayaṃ tasthau hareḥ pade
Nārāyaṇa said: That Sarasvatī came to the holy region in Bhārata by a portion (of herself), through Gaṅgā's curse; she herself remained at Hari's feet.
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BvP 2 7.2
भारती भारतं गत्वा ब्राह्मी च ब्रह्मणः प्रिया ।। वागधिष्ठातृदेवी सा तेन वाणी च कीर्त्तिता कलेः पञ्चसहस्रं च वर्षं स्थित्वा च भारते ।। जग्मुस्ताश्च सरिद्रूपं विहाय श्रीहरेः पदम् सर्वे जनाः स्त्रीवशाश्च पुंश्चल्यश्च गृहे गृहे ।। तर्जनैर्भर्त्सनैः शश्वत्स्वामिनं ताडयन्ति च लक्षेषु पुण्यवान्कोऽपि न तिष्ठति ततः परम् ।। कुत्सिता विकृताकारा नरा नार्य्यश्च बालकाः अल्पायुषो जरायुक्ता यौवनेषु कलौ युगे ।। पलिता षोडशे वर्षे महावृद्धास्तु विंशतौ प्रजानां चैव वस्तूनां ग्रामाणां च विशेषतः।। अलीकवादिनः सर्वे सर्वे चौर्यार्थलम्पटाः निर्म्लेच्छां वसुधां कृत्वा चान्तर्द्धानं करिष्यति ।। अराजका च वसुधा दत्युग्रस्ता भविष्यति वाराः सप्त यथा विप्र तिथयः षोडश स्मृताः ।। यथा द्वादश मासाश्च ऋतवश्च षडेव हि निमेषमात्रः प्रलयो यत्र विश्वं जलप्लुतम् ।। निमेषानन्तरे काले पुनः सृष्टिः क्रमेण च करोति धाता ब्रह्माण्डं ज्ञानात्मा कम लोद्भवः ।। शिवो मृत्युञ्जयश्चैव संहर्त्ता सर्वतत्त्ववित् सर्वाधिकं च रूपं च सौभाग्यं मानगौरवम् ।। कृष्णवक्षस्थलस्थानं पत्नीत्वं प्राप सेवया लक्ष्मीर्युगशतं दिव्यं तपस्तप्त्वा च पुष्करे ।। सर्वसम्पत्प्रदात्री सा चाभवत्तस्य सेवया
bhāratī bhārataṃ gatvā brāhmī ca brahmaṇaḥ priyā || vāgadhiṣṭhātṛdevī sā tena vāṇī ca kīrttitā kaleḥ pañcasahasraṃ ca varṣaṃ sthitvā ca bhārate || jagmustāśca saridrūpaṃ vihāya śrīhareḥ padam sarve janāḥ strīvaśāśca puṃścalyaśca gṛhe gṛhe || tarjanairbhartsanaiḥ śaśvatsvāminaṃ tāḍayanti ca lakṣeṣu puṇyavānko'pi na tiṣṭhati tataḥ param || kutsitā vikṛtākārā narā nāryyaśca bālakāḥ alpāyuṣo jarāyuktā yauvaneṣu kalau yuge || palitā ṣoḍaśe varṣe mahāvṛddhāstu viṃśatau prajānāṃ caiva vastūnāṃ grāmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ|| alīkavādinaḥ sarve sarve cauryārthalampaṭāḥ nirmlecchāṃ vasudhāṃ kṛtvā cāntarddhānaṃ kariṣyati || arājakā ca vasudhā datyugrastā bhaviṣyati vārāḥ sapta yathā vipra tithayaḥ ṣoḍaśa smṛtāḥ || yathā dvādaśa māsāśca ṛtavaśca ṣaḍeva hi nimeṣamātraḥ pralayo yatra viśvaṃ jalaplutam || nimeṣānantare kāle punaḥ sṛṣṭiḥ krameṇa ca karoti dhātā brahmāṇḍaṃ jñānātmā kama lodbhavaḥ || śivo mṛtyuñjayaścaiva saṃharttā sarvatattvavit sarvādhikaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ mānagauravam || kṛṣṇavakṣasthalasthānaṃ patnītvaṃ prāpa sevayā lakṣmīryugaśataṃ divyaṃ tapastaptvā ca puṣkare || sarvasampatpradātrī sā cābhavattasya sevayā
Bhāratī, going to Bhārata — and (she is) Brāhmī, dear to Brahmā; she is the goddess presiding over speech, and for that reason she is called Vāṇī. Having stayed in Bhārata five thousand years of the Kali (age), they abandoned their river-form and went to the abode of Śrī Hari. All people are subject to women, and in house after house there are unchaste women; with threats and abuse they constantly beat their husbands. After that, among lakhs not one meritorious man remains; men and women and children are contemptible and misshapen. In the Kali age (people are) short-lived and afflicted with old age (even) in their youth: grey-haired in the sixteenth year, and very aged at twenty. Of offspring, and of goods, and especially of villages — all (men) are speakers of falsehood, all are greedy for wealth by theft. Having made the earth free of barbarians, he will vanish; and the earth, kingless, will be seized by the demons. Just as, O brahmin, the weekdays are seven, the lunar days are reckoned sixteen, just as the months are twelve and the seasons just six — the dissolution, in which the universe is flooded with water, lasts only a moment (nimeṣa); in the time immediately after that moment there is creation again, in due order. The Creator, born from the lotus, whose self is knowledge, makes the world-egg; and Śiva, the conqueror of death, is the destroyer, knower of all truths. Form surpassing all, good fortune, honour and dignity, a place on Kṛṣṇa's breast, and wifehood — Lakṣmī obtained (these) by service, having performed divine austerity for a hundred ages at Puṣkara; and by his service she became the bestower of all prosperity.
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BvP 2 7.3
सर्वं विश्वं परिव्याप्य स्रोतस्येव हि दृश्यते ।। हरिः सरस्सु तस्येयं तेन नाम्ना सरस्वती
sarvaṃ viśvaṃ parivyāpya srotasyeva hi dṛśyate || hariḥ sarassu tasyeyaṃ tena nāmnā sarasvatī
Having pervaded the whole universe, (Hari) is indeed seen as if in a stream; Hari is in the waters (saras), and she belongs to him — hence by that name she is Sarasvatī.
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BvP 2 7.4
सरस्वती नदी सा च तीर्थरूपाऽतिपावनी ।। पापिपापेध्मदाहाय ज्वलदग्निस्वरूपिणी
sarasvatī nadī sā ca tīrtharūpā'tipāvanī || pāpipāpedhmadāhāya jvaladagnisvarūpiṇī
And she, the river Sarasvatī, in the form of a place of pilgrimage, is exceedingly purifying — like blazing fire in form, for the burning up of the fuel that is sinners' sin.
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BvP 2 7.5
पश्चाद्भगीरथानीता महीं भागीरथी शुभा ।। समाजगाम कलया वाणीशापेन नारद
paścādbhagīrathānītā mahīṃ bhāgīrathī śubhā || samājagāma kalayā vāṇīśāpena nārada
Afterwards the auspicious Bhāgīrathī, brought (down) by Bhagīratha, came to the earth by a portion (of herself), through Vāṇī's curse, O Nārada.
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BvP 2 7.6
तत्रैव समये तां च दधार शिरसा शिवः ।। वेगं सोढुमशक्ताया भुवः प्रार्थनया विभुः
tatraiva samaye tāṃ ca dadhāra śirasā śivaḥ || vegaṃ soḍhumaśaktāyā bhuvaḥ prārthanayā vibhuḥ
At that very time the lord Śiva bore her on his head, at the entreaty of the earth, who was unable to withstand her force.
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BvP 2 7.7
पद्मा जगाम कलया सा च पद्मावती नदी ।। भारतं भारतीशापात्स्वयं तस्थौ हरेः पदे
padmā jagāma kalayā sā ca padmāvatī nadī || bhārataṃ bhāratīśāpātsvayaṃ tasthau hareḥ pade
Padmā went by a portion (of herself), and she is the river Padmāvatī, (going) to Bhārata by Bhāratī's curse; she herself remained at Hari's feet.
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BvP 2 7.8
ततोऽन्यया सा कलया चालभज्जन्म भारते ।। धर्मध्वजसुता लक्ष्मीर्विख्याता तुलसीति च
tato'nyayā sā kalayā cālabhajjanma bhārate || dharmadhvajasutā lakṣmīrvikhyātā tulasīti ca
Then by another portion she obtained birth in Bhārata: Lakṣmī, the daughter of Dharmadhvaja, well known as Tulasī.
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BvP 2 7.9
पुरा सरस्वतीशापात्तत्पश्चाद्धरिशापतः ।। बभूव वृक्षरूपा सा कलया विश्वपावनी
purā sarasvatīśāpāttatpaścāddhariśāpataḥ || babhūva vṛkṣarūpā sā kalayā viśvapāvanī
Formerly by Sarasvatī's curse, and thereafter by Hari's curse, she, the purifier of the world, became of the form of a tree by a portion (of herself).
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BvP 2 7.11
यानि सर्वाणि तीर्थानि काशीं वृन्दावनं विना ।। यास्यन्ति सार्द्धं ताभिश्च हरेर्वैकुण्ठमाज्ञया
yāni sarvāṇi tīrthāni kāśīṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vinā || yāsyanti sārddhaṃ tābhiśca harervaikuṇṭhamājñayā
All those places of pilgrimage, except Kāśī and Vṛndāvana, will go along with them to Hari's Vaikuṇṭha by Hari's command.
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BvP 2 7.12
शालग्रामो हरेर्मूर्त्तिर्जगन्नाथश्च भारतम्।। कलेर्दशसहस्रान्ते ययौ त्यक्त्वा हरेः पदम्
śālagrāmo harermūrttirjagannāthaśca bhāratam|| kalerdaśasahasrānte yayau tyaktvā hareḥ padam
The Śālagrāma, the image of Hari, and Jagannātha (went to?) Bhārata; at the end of ten thousand (years) of the Kali (age) it went, abandoning (that), to Hari's abode.
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BvP 2 7.13
वैष्णवाश्च पुराणानि शङ्खाश्च श्राद्धतर्पणम् ।। वेदोक्तानि च कर्माणि ययुस्तैः सार्द्धमेव च
vaiṣṇavāśca purāṇāni śaṅkhāśca śrāddhatarpaṇam || vedoktāni ca karmāṇi yayustaiḥ sārddhameva ca
And the Vaiṣṇavas, the Purāṇas, the conch shells, and the śrāddha and tarpaṇa rites, and the acts enjoined in the Veda—these too departed along with them.
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BvP 2 7.14
हरिपूजा हरेर्नाम तत्कीर्त्तिगुणकीर्त्तनम् ।। वेदाङ्गानि च शास्त्राणि ययुस्तैः सार्द्धमेव च
haripūjā harernāma tatkīrttiguṇakīrttanam || vedāṅgāni ca śāstrāṇi yayustaiḥ sārddhameva ca
The worship of Hari, the name of Hari, the singing of his fame and virtues, and the Vedāṅgas and the (other) sciences—these too departed along with them.
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BvP 2 7.15
सत्त्वं च सत्यं धर्मश्च वेदाश्च ग्राम्यदेवताः ।। व्रतं तपस्याऽनशनं ययुस्तैः सार्द्धमेव च
sattvaṃ ca satyaṃ dharmaśca vedāśca grāmyadevatāḥ || vrataṃ tapasyā'naśanaṃ yayustaiḥ sārddhameva ca
Goodness, truth, dharma, the Vedas, the village deities, vows, austerity and fasting—these too departed along with them.
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BvP 2 7.16
वामाचाररताः सर्वे मिथ्याकापट्यसंयुताः।। तुलसीवर्जिता पूजा भविष्यति ततः परम्
vāmācāraratāḥ sarve mithyākāpaṭyasaṃyutāḥ|| tulasīvarjitā pūjā bhaviṣyati tataḥ param
After that all (people) will be devoted to left-hand practice, given over to falsehood and deceit, and worship will be without tulasī.
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BvP 2 7.17
एकादशीविहीनाश्च सर्वे धर्मविवर्जिताः ।। हरिप्रसङ्गविमुखा भविष्यन्ति ततः परम्
ekādaśīvihīnāśca sarve dharmavivarjitāḥ || hariprasaṅgavimukhā bhaviṣyanti tataḥ param
After that all will be without the eleventh-day observance, devoid of dharma, and averse to any occasion of (speaking about) Hari.
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BvP 2 7.18
शठाः क्रूरा दाम्भिकाश्च महाहङ्कारसंयुताः ।। चौराश्च हिंसकाः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति ततः परम्
śaṭhāḥ krūrā dāmbhikāśca mahāhaṅkārasaṃyutāḥ || caurāśca hiṃsakāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti tataḥ param
After that all will become crooked, cruel, hypocritical, filled with great egotism, thieves and doers of violence.
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BvP 2 7.19
पुंसां भेदस्तथा स्त्रीणां विवाहो वादनिर्णयः ।। स्वस्वामिभेदो वस्तूनां न भविष्यत्यतः परम्
puṃsāṃ bhedastathā strīṇāṃ vivāho vādanirṇayaḥ || svasvāmibhedo vastūnāṃ na bhaviṣyatyataḥ param
After this there will be no distinction among men, nor among women, no marriage, no settling of disputes, and no distinction of things as one's own or another's.
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BvP 2 7.21
गृहेश्वरी च गृहिणी गृही भृत्याधिकोऽधमः ।। चेटीभृत्यासमा वध्वः श्वश्रूश्च श्वशुरस्तथा
gṛheśvarī ca gṛhiṇī gṛhī bhṛtyādhiko'dhamaḥ || ceṭībhṛtyāsamā vadhvaḥ śvaśrūśca śvaśurastathā
The mistress of the house will be the wife; the householder will be lower than a servant; the daughters-in-law will treat the mother-in-law and likewise the father-in-law as equal to maidservants and menials.
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BvP 2 7.22
कर्त्तारो बलिनो गेहे योनिसम्बन्धिबान्धवाः ।। विद्यासम्बन्धिभिः सार्द्धं सम्भाषाऽपि न विद्यते
karttāro balino gehe yonisambandhibāndhavāḥ || vidyāsambandhibhiḥ sārddhaṃ sambhāṣā'pi na vidyate
The doers (of things) in the house, the strong ones, will be relatives connected by womb (i.e. blood); with those connected by learning there will not be even conversation.
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BvP 2 7.23
यथा परिचिता लोकास्तथा पुंसश्च बान्धवाः ।। सर्वकर्माक्षमाः पुंसो योषितामाज्ञया विना
yathā paricitā lokāstathā puṃsaśca bāndhavāḥ || sarvakarmākṣamāḥ puṃso yoṣitāmājñayā vinā
As (mere) acquaintances are, so too will a man's kinsmen be; men will be incapable of any action without the command of women.
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BvP 2 7.24
ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रियविट्शूद्रा जात्या चारविनिर्णयः ।। संध्या च यज्ञसूत्रं च भावलुप्तं न संशयः
brahmakṣattriyaviṭśūdrā jātyā cāravinirṇayaḥ || saṃdhyā ca yajñasūtraṃ ca bhāvaluptaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras—the determination of conduct will be (only) by birth; the twilight prayer and the sacrificial thread will have lost their real substance, without doubt.
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BvP 2 7.25
म्लेच्छाचारा भविष्यन्ति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च ।। म्लेच्छशास्त्रं पठिष्यन्ति स्वशास्त्राणि विहाय ते ।। ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशाः शूद्राणां सेवकाः कलौ
mlecchācārā bhaviṣyanti varṇāścatvāra eva ca || mlecchaśāstraṃ paṭhiṣyanti svaśāstrāṇi vihāya te || brahmakṣatraviśāṃ vaṃśāḥ śūdrāṇāṃ sevakāḥ kalau
The four classes will take on the practices of barbarians; abandoning their own scriptures they will study the scripture of the barbarians; in the Kali age the lineages of Brahmins, Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas will be servants of Śūdras.
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BvP 2 7.26
सूपकारा भविष्यन्ति धावका वृषवाहकाः ।। सत्यहीना जनाः सर्वे सस्यहीना च मेदिनी
sūpakārā bhaviṣyanti dhāvakā vṛṣavāhakāḥ || satyahīnā janāḥ sarve sasyahīnā ca medinī
They will become cooks, runners, and drivers of bullocks; all people will be devoid of truth, and the earth devoid of crops.
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BvP 2 7.27
फलहीनाश्च तरवोऽपत्यहीनाश्च योषितः ।। क्षीरहीनास्तथा गावः क्षीरं सर्पिर्विवर्जितम्
phalahīnāśca taravo'patyahīnāśca yoṣitaḥ || kṣīrahīnāstathā gāvaḥ kṣīraṃ sarpirvivarjitam
Trees will be without fruit and women without offspring; likewise cows will be without milk, and milk will be without butter.
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BvP 2 7.28
दम्पती प्रीतिहीनौ च गृहिणः सुखवर्जिताः ।। प्रतापहीना भूपाश्च प्रजाश्च करपीडिताः
dampatī prītihīnau ca gṛhiṇaḥ sukhavarjitāḥ || pratāpahīnā bhūpāśca prajāśca karapīḍitāḥ
Husband and wife will be without affection, householders without happiness, kings without majesty, and subjects afflicted by taxes.
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BvP 2 7.29
जलहीना नदा नद्यो दीर्घिकाः कन्दरादयः ।। धर्महीना पुण्यहीना वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च
jalahīnā nadā nadyo dīrghikāḥ kandarādayaḥ || dharmahīnā puṇyahīnā varṇāścatvāra eva ca
Streams, rivers, ponds, mountain-hollows and the rest will be without water; and the four classes will be without dharma and without merit.
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BvP 2 7.31
कुवार्त्ताः कुत्सितपथा भविष्यन्ति ततः परम् ।। केचिद्ग्रामाश्च नगरा नरशून्या भयानकाः
kuvārttāḥ kutsitapathā bhaviṣyanti tataḥ param || kecidgrāmāśca nagarā naraśūnyā bhayānakāḥ
After that there will be evil rumours and despicable ways; some villages and cities will be empty of men and terrifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.32
केचित्स्वल्पकुटीरेण नरेण च समन्विताः ।। अरण्यानि भविष्यन्ति ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च
kecitsvalpakuṭīreṇa nareṇa ca samanvitāḥ || araṇyāni bhaviṣyanti grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca
Some will be provided with (only) a small hut and a single man; and forests will arise in villages and in cities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.33
अरण्यवासिनः सर्वे जनाश्च करपीडिताः ।। सस्यानि च भविष्यन्ति तडागेषु नदीषु च
araṇyavāsinaḥ sarve janāśca karapīḍitāḥ || sasyāni ca bhaviṣyanti taḍāgeṣu nadīṣu ca
All will be dwellers in the wilderness, and people afflicted by taxes; and crops will grow in tanks and in rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.34
क्षेत्राणि सस्यहीनानि प्रकृष्टान्यर्थतः परम् ।। हीनाः प्रकृष्टा धनिनो बलदर्पसमन्विताः
kṣetrāṇi sasyahīnāni prakṛṣṭānyarthataḥ param || hīnāḥ prakṛṣṭā dhanino baladarpasamanvitāḥ
Fields will be without crops, though ploughed for the sake of gain; the low will be the eminent—the rich, filled with the pride of power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.35
प्रकृष्टवंशजा हीना भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे ।। अलीकवादिनो धूर्त्ताः शठा वै सत्यवादिनः
prakṛṣṭavaṃśajā hīnā bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge || alīkavādino dhūrttāḥ śaṭhā vai satyavādinaḥ
Those born of distinguished lineages will become degraded in the Kali age; liars and rogues (will pass for) honest men, and cheats (for) truth-speakers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.36
पापिनः पुण्यवन्तश्चाप्यशिष्टः शिष्ट एव च ।। जितेन्द्रिया लम्पटाश्च पुंश्चल्यश्च पतिव्रताः
pāpinaḥ puṇyavantaścāpyaśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭa eva ca || jitendriyā lampaṭāśca puṃścalyaśca pativratāḥ
Sinners (will be reckoned) meritorious, and the ill-bred well-bred; the lustful (will pass as) those who have mastered their senses, and harlots as women devoted to their husbands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.37
तपस्विनः पातकिनो विष्णुभक्ता अवैष्णवाः ।। हिंसकाश्च दयायुक्ताश्चौराश्च नरघातिनः
tapasvinaḥ pātakino viṣṇubhaktā avaiṣṇavāḥ || hiṃsakāśca dayāyuktāścaurāśca naraghātinaḥ
Committers of sin (will pass as) ascetics, non-Vaiṣṇavas as devotees of Viṣṇu, and the violent as men endowed with compassion, and thieves and murderers (likewise).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.38
भिक्षुवेषधरा धूर्त्ता निन्दन्त्युपहसन्ति च ।। भूतादिसेवानिपुणा जनानां मोदकारिणः
bhikṣuveṣadharā dhūrttā nindantyupahasanti ca || bhūtādisevānipuṇā janānāṃ modakāriṇaḥ
Rogues wearing the garb of mendicants revile and mock (others); skilled in the service of spirits and the like, they give pleasure to people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.39
पूजितास्ते भविष्यन्ति वञ्चका ज्ञानदुर्बलाः ।। वामना व्याधियुक्ताश्च नरा नार्य्यश्च सर्वतः
pūjitāste bhaviṣyanti vañcakā jñānadurbalāḥ || vāmanā vyādhiyuktāśca narā nāryyaśca sarvataḥ
Those deceivers, feeble in knowledge, will be honoured; and men and women everywhere (will be) dwarfish and afflicted with disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.41
अष्टवर्षा च युवती रजोयुक्ता च गर्भिणी ।। वत्सरान्ते प्रसूता स्त्री षोडशेन जरान्विता
aṣṭavarṣā ca yuvatī rajoyuktā ca garbhiṇī || vatsarānte prasūtā strī ṣoḍaśena jarānvitā
A girl of eight will be a young woman, and menstruating and pregnant; the woman gives birth at the end of a year, and by sixteen is beset with old age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.42
एताः काश्चित्सहस्रेषु वन्ध्याश्चापि कलौ युगे ।। कन्याविक्रयिणः सर्वे वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च
etāḥ kāścitsahasreṣu vandhyāścāpi kalau yuge || kanyāvikrayiṇaḥ sarve varṇāścatvāra eva ca
These few among thousands (will be) barren as well in the Kali age; and all four classes will be sellers of their daughters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.43
मातृजायावधूनां च जारोपार्जनतत्पराः ।। कन्यानां भगिनीनां च जारोपार्जनजीविनः
mātṛjāyāvadhūnāṃ ca jāropārjanatatparāḥ || kanyānāṃ bhaginīnāṃ ca jāropārjanajīvinaḥ
They will be intent on making gain from lovers of their mothers, wives and daughters-in-law, and will live off the earnings from lovers of their daughters and sisters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.44
हरेर्नाम्नां विक्रयिणो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे ।। स्वयमुत्सृज्य दानं च कीर्तिवर्द्धनहेतवे
harernāmnāṃ vikrayiṇo bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge || svayamutsṛjya dānaṃ ca kīrtivarddhanahetave
In the Kali age they will be sellers of the names of Hari; and having themselves given away a gift for the sake of increasing their fame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.45
तत्पश्चान्मनसाऽऽलोच्य स्वयमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति ।। देववृत्तिं ब्रह्मवृत्तिं वृत्तिं गुरुकुलस्य च
tatpaścānmanasā''locya svayamullaṅghayiṣyati || devavṛttiṃ brahmavṛttiṃ vṛttiṃ gurukulasya ca
thereafter, reflecting in his mind, one will himself transgress (it): the endowment of the gods, the endowment of brahmins, and the endowment of the teacher's household.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.46
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा सर्वमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति ।। कन्यकागामिनः केचित्केचिच्छ्वश्र्वभिगामिनः
svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā sarvamullaṅghayiṣyati || kanyakāgāminaḥ kecitkecicchvaśrvabhigāminaḥ
Whether given by himself or given by another, he will transgress it all. Some will go with maidens, some will go with their mothers-in-law,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.47
केचिद्वधूगामिनश्च केचित्सर्वत्रगामिनः ।। भगिनीगामिनः केचित्सपत्नीमा तृगामिनः
kecidvadhūgāminaśca kecitsarvatragāminaḥ || bhaginīgāminaḥ kecitsapatnīmā tṛgāminaḥ
some will go with their daughters-in-law, and some will go with anyone at all; some will go with their sisters, some with a co-wife of their mother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.48
भ्रातृजायागामिनश्च भविष्यति कलौ युगे ।। अगम्यागमनं चैव करिष्यन्ति गृहे गहे
bhrātṛjāyāgāminaśca bhaviṣyati kalau yuge || agamyāgamanaṃ caiva kariṣyanti gṛhe gahe
and in the Kali age there will be those who go with a brother's wife; in house after house they will commit intercourse with those who may not be approached.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.49
आत्मयोनिं परित्यज्य विहरिष्यन्ति सर्वतः ।। पत्नीनां निर्णयो नास्ति भर्तॄणां च कलौ युगे
ātmayoniṃ parityajya vihariṣyanti sarvataḥ || patnīnāṃ nirṇayo nāsti bhartṝṇāṃ ca kalau yuge
Abandoning their own wombs (i.e. lawful partners), they will roam everywhere; in the Kali age there is no fixed determination of wives or of husbands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.51
परस्परं हिंसकाश्च सर्वे च नरघातिनः ।। ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशा भविष्यन्ति च पापिनः
parasparaṃ hiṃsakāśca sarve ca naraghātinaḥ || brahmakṣatraviśāṃ vaṃśā bhaviṣyanti ca pāpinaḥ
All will be harmers of one another and killers of men; and the lineages of brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas will become sinful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.53
शूद्रान्नभोजिनः सर्वे सर्वे च वृषलीरताः ।। पञ्चपर्वपरित्यक्ताः कुहूरात्रिषु भोजिनः
śūdrānnabhojinaḥ sarve sarve ca vṛṣalīratāḥ || pañcaparvaparityaktāḥ kuhūrātriṣu bhojinaḥ
All will be eaters of the food of śūdras, and all will delight in low-caste women; abandoning the five sacred junctures, they will eat on new-moon nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.54
यज्ञसूत्रविहीनाश्च सन्ध्याशौचविहीनकाः
yajñasūtravihīnāśca sandhyāśaucavihīnakāḥ
And they will be without the sacrificial thread, lacking the twilight rites and purity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.55
पुंश्चली वार्धुषाऽवीरा कुट्टिनी च रजस्वला।। विप्राणां रन्धनागारे भविष्यन्ति च पाचिकाः
puṃścalī vārdhuṣā'vīrā kuṭṭinī ca rajasvalā|| viprāṇāṃ randhanāgāre bhaviṣyanti ca pācikāḥ
A harlot, a usuress, a woman without a husband (or son), a procuress, and a menstruating woman will be the cooks in the kitchens of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.56
अन्नानां निर्णयो नास्ति योनीनां च विशेषतः ।। आश्रमाणां जनानां च सर्वे म्लेच्छाः कलौ युगे
annānāṃ nirṇayo nāsti yonīnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ || āśramāṇāṃ janānāṃ ca sarve mlecchāḥ kalau yuge
There is no discrimination of foods, and especially none of wombs (i.e. of lineages for marriage), nor of stages of life or of people: in the Kali age all are barbarians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.57
एवं कलौ संप्रवृत्ते सर्वे म्लेच्छमया भवे ।। हस्तप्रमाणे वृक्षे चाङ्गुष्ठमाने च मानवे
evaṃ kalau saṃpravṛtte sarve mlecchamayā bhave || hastapramāṇe vṛkṣe cāṅguṣṭhamāne ca mānave
Thus, when the Kali age has fully set in and everything has become filled with barbarians, when a tree measures a hand's breadth and a man the measure of a thumb,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.58
विप्रस्य विष्णुयशसः पुत्रः कल्की भविष्यति ।। नारायणकलांशश्च भगवान्बलिनां बली
viprasya viṣṇuyaśasaḥ putraḥ kalkī bhaviṣyati || nārāyaṇakalāṃśaśca bhagavānbalināṃ balī
There will be a son of the brahmin Viṣṇuyaśas, Kalkī, a portion of a fraction of Nārāyaṇa, the Lord, mightiest of the mighty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.59
दीर्घेण करवालेन दीर्घघोटकवाहनः ।। म्लेच्छशून्यां च पृथिवीं त्रिरात्रेण करिष्यति
dīrgheṇa karavālena dīrghaghoṭakavāhanaḥ || mlecchaśūnyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ trirātreṇa kariṣyati
With a long sword, riding a tall horse, in three nights he will make the earth empty of barbarians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.61
स्थूलप्रमाणं षड्रात्रं वर्षाधाराप्लुता मही ।। लोकशून्या वृक्षशून्या गृहशून्या भविष्यति
sthūlapramāṇaṃ ṣaḍrātraṃ varṣādhārāplutā mahī || lokaśūnyā vṛkṣaśūnyā gṛhaśūnyā bhaviṣyati
For six nights, in massive measure, the earth will be flooded by torrents of rain; it will be empty of people, empty of trees, empty of houses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.62
ततश्च द्वादशादित्याः करिष्यन्त्युदयं मुने ।। प्राप्नोति शुष्कतां पृथ्वी समा तेषं च तेजसा
tataśca dvādaśādityāḥ kariṣyantyudayaṃ mune || prāpnoti śuṣkatāṃ pṛthvī samā teṣaṃ ca tejasā
And then, O sage, twelve suns will rise, and by their blaze the earth becomes dry and level.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.63
कलौ गते च दुर्द्धर्षे संप्रवृत्ते कृते युगे ।। तपस्सत्यसमायुक्तो धर्मः पूर्णो भविष्यति
kalau gate ca durddharṣe saṃpravṛtte kṛte yuge || tapassatyasamāyukto dharmaḥ pūrṇo bhaviṣyati
And when the unassailable Kali has passed and the Kṛta age has begun, dharma joined with austerity and truth will be complete.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.64
तपस्विनश्च धर्मिष्ठा वेदज्ञा ब्राह्मणा भुवि ।। पतिव्रताश्च धर्मिष्ठा योषितश्च गृहे गृहे
tapasvinaśca dharmiṣṭhā vedajñā brāhmaṇā bhuvi || pativratāśca dharmiṣṭhā yoṣitaśca gṛhe gṛhe
And on earth the brahmins will be ascetics, most righteous, knowers of the Veda; and in house after house the women will be devoted to their husbands and most righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.65
राजानः क्षत्रियाः सर्वे विप्रभक्ताः स्वधर्मिणः ।। प्रतापवन्तो धर्मिष्ठाः पुण्यकर्मरताः सदा
rājānaḥ kṣatriyāḥ sarve viprabhaktāḥ svadharmiṇaḥ || pratāpavanto dharmiṣṭhāḥ puṇyakarmaratāḥ sadā
All the kings and kṣatriyas will be devoted to brahmins, following their own dharma, majestic, most righteous, always intent on meritorious deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.66
वैश्या वाणिज्यनिरता विप्रभक्ताश्च धार्मिकाः ।। शूद्राश्च पुण्यशीलाश्च धर्मिष्ठा विप्रसेविनः
vaiśyā vāṇijyaniratā viprabhaktāśca dhārmikāḥ || śūdrāśca puṇyaśīlāśca dharmiṣṭhā viprasevinaḥ
The vaiśyas will be intent on trade, devoted to brahmins and law-abiding; and the śūdras will be of meritorious conduct, most righteous, servants of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.67
विप्रक्षत्त्रविशां वंशा विष्णुयज्ञपरायणाः ।। विष्णुमन्त्ररताः सर्वे विष्णुभक्ताश्च वैष्णवाः
viprakṣattraviśāṃ vaṃśā viṣṇuyajñaparāyaṇāḥ || viṣṇumantraratāḥ sarve viṣṇubhaktāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ
The lineages of brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas will be devoted to the sacrifice to Viṣṇu, all delighting in Viṣṇu's mantra, devotees of Viṣṇu, Vaiṣṇavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.68
श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणज्ञा धर्मज्ञा ऋतुगामिनः ।। लेशो नास्ति ह्यधर्माणां धर्मपूर्णे कृते युगे
śrutismṛtipurāṇajñā dharmajñā ṛtugāminaḥ || leśo nāsti hyadharmāṇāṃ dharmapūrṇe kṛte yuge
They will know the Śruti, Smṛti and Purāṇas, know dharma, and approach (their wives) in season; for there is not a trace of the unrighteous in the Kṛta age, which is full of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.69
धर्मस्त्रिपाच्च त्रेतायां द्विपाच्च द्वापरे स्मृतः।। कलौ प्रवृत्ते पादात्मा सर्वलोपस्ततः परम्
dharmastripācca tretāyāṃ dvipācca dvāpare smṛtaḥ|| kalau pravṛtte pādātmā sarvalopastataḥ param
Dharma is held to be three-footed in the Tretā and two-footed in the Dvāpara; when Kali has begun it has the nature of one foot, and thereafter the loss of all (of it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.71
द्वौ पक्षौ चायने द्वे च चतुर्भिः प्रहरैर्दिनम् ।। चतुर्भिः प्रहरे रात्रिर्मासस्त्रिंशद्दिनैस्तथा
dvau pakṣau cāyane dve ca caturbhiḥ praharairdinam || caturbhiḥ prahare rātrirmāsastriṃśaddinaistathā
Two fortnights (make a month), and two (half-years make) the (two) solstitial courses; a day is of four watches, a night of four watches, and a month likewise of thirty days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.72
वर्षः पञ्चविधो ज्ञेयः कालसंख्यां निबोध मे ।। यथा चायान्ति यान्त्येव तथा युगचतुष्टयम्
varṣaḥ pañcavidho jñeyaḥ kālasaṃkhyāṃ nibodha me || yathā cāyānti yāntyeva tathā yugacatuṣṭayam
The year is to be known as fivefold; learn from me the reckoning of time. Just as they come and go, so too the set of four ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.73
वर्षे पूर्णे नराणां च देवानां च दिवानिशम् ।। शतत्रये षष्ट्यधिके नराणां च युगे गते ।। देवानां च युगो ज्ञेयः कालसंख्याविदां मतः
varṣe pūrṇe narāṇāṃ ca devānāṃ ca divāniśam || śatatraye ṣaṣṭyadhike narāṇāṃ ca yuge gate || devānāṃ ca yugo jñeyaḥ kālasaṃkhyāvidāṃ mataḥ
When a year of men is complete, it is a day and night of the gods; and when three hundred and sixty ages of men have passed, that is to be known as an age of the gods — so is it held by those who know the reckoning of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.74
मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः ।। मन्वतरसमं ज्ञेयं चेन्द्रायुः परिकीर्तितम्
manvantaraṃ tu divyānāṃ yugānāmekasaptatiḥ || manvatarasamaṃ jñeyaṃ cendrāyuḥ parikīrtitam
But a manvantara is seventy-one of the divine ages; and the lifespan of an Indra is declared to be known as equal to a manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.75
अष्टाविंशतिमे चेन्द्रे गते ब्राह्मं दिवानिशम् ।। अष्टोत्तरे वर्षशते गते पातो विधेर्भवेत्
aṣṭāviṃśatime cendre gate brāhmaṃ divāniśam || aṣṭottare varṣaśate gate pāto vidherbhavet
When the twenty-eighth Indra has passed, that is a day and night of Brahmā; and when a hundred and eight years have passed, the fall of the Creator occurs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.76
प्रलयः प्राकृतो ज्ञेयस्तत्रादृष्टा वसुन्धरा ।। जलप्लुतानि विश्वानि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
pralayaḥ prākṛto jñeyastatrādṛṣṭā vasundharā || jalaplutāni viśvāni brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ
That is to be known as the elemental (prākṛta) dissolution; therein the earth is not seen, the universes are flooded with water, and Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.77
ऋषयो जीविनः सर्वे लीनाः कृष्णे परात्परे ।। तत्रैव प्रकृतिर्लीना तेन प्राकृतिको लयः
ṛṣayo jīvinaḥ sarve līnāḥ kṛṣṇe parātpare || tatraiva prakṛtirlīnā tena prākṛtiko layaḥ
the sages, all living beings, are dissolved in Kṛṣṇa, higher than the highest; there too primordial nature is dissolved, and hence the dissolution is called elemental.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.78
लये प्राकृतिकेऽतीते पाते च ब्रह्मणो मुने ।। निमेषमात्रः कालश्च कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
laye prākṛtike'tīte pāte ca brahmaṇo mune || nimeṣamātraḥ kālaśca kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
When the elemental dissolution has passed and Brahmā has fallen, O sage, it is a mere eye-blink of time for Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.79
एवं नश्यन्ति सर्वाणि ब्रह्माण्डान्यखिलानि च ।। स्थितौ गोलोकवैकुण्ठौ श्रीकृष्णश्च सपार्षदः
evaṃ naśyanti sarvāṇi brahmāṇḍānyakhilāni ca || sthitau golokavaikuṇṭhau śrīkṛṣṇaśca sapārṣadaḥ
Thus all the universes without exception perish; there remain Goloka and Vaikuṇṭha, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa with his attendants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.81
एवं कतिविधा सृष्टिर्लयः कतिविधोऽपि वा ।। कतिकृत्वो गतायातः संख्यां जानाति कः पुमान्
evaṃ katividhā sṛṣṭirlayaḥ katividho'pi vā || katikṛtvo gatāyātaḥ saṃkhyāṃ jānāti kaḥ pumān
Thus, of how many kinds is creation, and of how many kinds is dissolution? How many times have they come and gone? What man knows the count?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.82
सृष्टीनां च कलानां च ब्रह्माण्डानां च नारद ।। ब्रह्मादीनां च विध्यण्डे संख्यां जानाति कः पुमान्
sṛṣṭīnāṃ ca kalānāṃ ca brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca nārada || brahmādīnāṃ ca vidhyaṇḍe saṃkhyāṃ jānāti kaḥ pumān
Of the creations, of the dissolutions, and of the universes, O Nārada, and of the Brahmās and the rest within the cosmic egg — what man knows the count?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.83
ब्रह्माण्डानां च सर्वेषामीश्वरश्चैक एव सः ।। सर्वेषां परमात्मा च श्रीकृष्णः प्रकृतेः परः
brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca sarveṣāmīśvaraścaika eva saḥ || sarveṣāṃ paramātmā ca śrīkṛṣṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ
And of all the universes he alone is the one Lord, and the supreme Self of all is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is beyond primal nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.84
ब्रह्मादयश्च तस्यांशास्तस्यांशश्च महाविराट् ।। तस्यांशश्च विराट् क्षुद्रस्तस्यांशा प्रकृतिः स्मृता
brahmādayaśca tasyāṃśāstasyāṃśaśca mahāvirāṭ || tasyāṃśaśca virāṭ kṣudrastasyāṃśā prakṛtiḥ smṛtā
Brahmā and the rest are his parts, and his part is the Great Cosmic Person (mahāvirāṭ); his part is the lesser Cosmic Person, and primal nature (prakṛti) is held to be a part of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.85
स च कृष्णो द्विधाभूतो द्विभुजश्च चतुर्भुजः ।। चतुर्भुजश्च वैकुण्ठे गोलोके द्विभुजः स्वयम्
sa ca kṛṣṇo dvidhābhūto dvibhujaśca caturbhujaḥ || caturbhujaśca vaikuṇṭhe goloke dvibhujaḥ svayam
And that Kṛṣṇa became twofold, two-armed and four-armed: four-armed in Vaikuṇṭha, and in Goloka two-armed, himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.86
ब्रह्मादितृणपर्य्यन्तं सर्वं प्राकृतिकं भवेत् ।। यद्यत्प्राकृतिकं सृष्टं सर्वं नश्वरमेव च
brahmāditṛṇaparyyantaṃ sarvaṃ prākṛtikaṃ bhavet || yadyatprākṛtikaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ naśvarameva ca
Everything from Brahmā down to a blade of grass is derived from primal nature; and whatever is created out of primal nature is all perishable indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.87
विद्ध्येकं सृष्टिमूलं तत्सत्यं नित्यं सनातनम् ।। स्वेच्छामयं परं ब्रह्म निर्लिप्तं निर्गुणं परम्
viddhyekaṃ sṛṣṭimūlaṃ tatsatyaṃ nityaṃ sanātanam || svecchāmayaṃ paraṃ brahma nirliptaṃ nirguṇaṃ param
Know that the one root of creation is that which is real, eternal, everlasting, acting by its own will, the supreme Brahman, unattached, without qualities, supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.88
निरुपाधिं निराकारं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम् ।। अतीव कमनीयं च नवीनघनसन्निभम्
nirupādhiṃ nirākāraṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham || atīva kamanīyaṃ ca navīnaghanasannibham
(Know it as) without attributes, formless, taking form to favour the devotees, exceedingly lovely and resembling a fresh raincloud,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.89
द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं गोपवेषं किशोरकम् ।। सर्वज्ञं सर्वसेव्यं च परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ gopaveṣaṃ kiśorakam || sarvajñaṃ sarvasevyaṃ ca paramātmānamīśvaram
two-armed, with a flute in hand, dressed as a cowherd, a youth, all-knowing, to be served by all, the supreme Self, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.91
यस्य ज्ञानाद्यत्तपसा सर्वेशस्तत्समो महान् ।। महाविभूतियुक्तश्च सर्वज्ञः सर्वदा स्वयम्
yasya jñānādyattapasā sarveśastatsamo mahān || mahāvibhūtiyuktaśca sarvajñaḥ sarvadā svayam
By knowledge of whom, by whose austerity, the great one becomes lord of all, equal to him, endowed with great power, all-knowing, always, of himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.92
लाक्षालोहरसानां च व्यापारं लवणस्य च ।। वृषवाहा विप्रवंशाः शूद्राणां शवदाहिनः सर्वव्यापी सर्वपाता स दाता सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। विष्णुः सर्वेश्वरः श्रीमान्यस्य ज्ञानाज्जगत्पतिः
lākṣāloharasānāṃ ca vyāpāraṃ lavaṇasya ca || vṛṣavāhā vipravaṃśāḥ śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhinaḥ sarvavyāpī sarvapātā sa dātā sarvasampadām || viṣṇuḥ sarveśvaraḥ śrīmānyasya jñānājjagatpatiḥ
And trade in lac, iron-liquids and salt; bull-riders, families of brahmins, burners of the corpses of śūdras. — He is all-pervading, the protector of all, the giver of all riches; Viṣṇu, lord of all, glorious, by knowledge of whom (one becomes) master of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.93
महामाया च प्रकृतिः सर्वशक्तिमतीश्वरी ।। यज्ज्ञानाद्यस्य तपसा यद्भक्त्या यस्य सेवया
mahāmāyā ca prakṛtiḥ sarvaśaktimatīśvarī || yajjñānādyasya tapasā yadbhaktyā yasya sevayā
And Mahāmāyā, primal nature, the sovereign lady possessed of all powers — by knowledge of whom, by austerity for him, by devotion to him, by service of him (she is what she is).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.94
सावित्री वेदमाता च वेदाधिष्ठातृदेवता ।। पूज्या द्विजानां वेदज्ञा यज्ञाद्यस्याश्च सेवया
sāvitrī vedamātā ca vedādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā || pūjyā dvijānāṃ vedajñā yajñādyasyāśca sevayā
And Sāvitrī, mother of the Vedas, the deity presiding over the Vedas, to be worshipped by the twice-born, knower of the Vedas — and she too by the sacrifice to him and the service of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 7.95
सर्वविद्याधिदेवी सा पूज्या च विदुषां पुरा ।। यत्सेवया यत्तपसा यस्य ज्ञानात्सरस्वती
sarvavidyādhidevī sā pūjyā ca viduṣāṃ purā || yatsevayā yattapasā yasya jñānātsarasvatī
She is the presiding goddess of all learning, and worshipped by the wise of old — Sarasvatī, (who is such) by service of whom, by austerity for whom, by knowledge of whom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.96
यत्सेवया यत्तपसा प्रदात्री सर्वसंपदाम् ।। धनसस्याधिदेवी सा महालक्ष्मीः सनातनी
yatsevayā yattapasā pradātrī sarvasaṃpadām || dhanasasyādhidevī sā mahālakṣmīḥ sanātanī
By service of whom, by austerity for whom, she is the bestower of all riches, the presiding goddess of wealth and grain — she, the eternal Mahālakṣmī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.97
यत्सेवया यत्तपसा सर्वविश्वेषु पूजिता ।। सर्वग्रामाधिदेवी सा सर्वसम्पत्प्रदा यिनी
yatsevayā yattapasā sarvaviśveṣu pūjitā || sarvagrāmādhidevī sā sarvasampatpradā yinī
By service of whom, by austerity for whom, she is worshipped in all the universes — she, the presiding goddess of every village, the giver of all prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.98
सर्वेश्वरी सर्ववन्द्या सर्वेशं प्राप या पतिम् ।। सर्वस्तुता च सर्वज्ञा दुर्गा दुर्गतिनाशिनी
sarveśvarī sarvavandyā sarveśaṃ prāpa yā patim || sarvastutā ca sarvajñā durgā durgatināśinī
Sovereign of all, revered by all, she who obtained the Lord of all as her husband, praised by all and all-knowing: Durgā, destroyer of misfortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.99
कृष्णवामांशसम्भूता कृष्णप्रेमाधिदेवता ।। कृष्णप्राणाधिका प्रेम्णा राधिका कृष्णसेवया
kṛṣṇavāmāṃśasambhūtā kṛṣṇapremādhidevatā || kṛṣṇaprāṇādhikā premṇā rādhikā kṛṣṇasevayā
Arisen from Kṛṣṇa's left side, the presiding deity of love for Kṛṣṇa, dearer to Kṛṣṇa than his own life through love: Rādhikā, by her service of Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.101
तपश्चकार सा पूर्वं शतशृङ्गे च पर्वते ।। दिव्यं युगसहस्रं च निराहाराऽतिकर्शिता
tapaścakāra sā pūrvaṃ śataśṛṅge ca parvate || divyaṃ yugasahasraṃ ca nirāhārā'tikarśitā
She performed austerity formerly on Mount Śataśṛṅga, for a divine thousand ages, taking no food, extremely emaciated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.102
कृशां निःश्वासरहितां दृष्ट्वा चन्द्रकलोपमाम् ।। कृष्णो वक्षःस्थले कृत्वा रुरोद कृपया विभुः ।।
kṛśāṃ niḥśvāsarahitāṃ dṛṣṭvā candrakalopamām || kṛṣṇo vakṣaḥsthale kṛtvā ruroda kṛpayā vibhuḥ ||
Seeing her wasted, breathless, like a sliver of the moon, Kṛṣṇa the mighty one placed her on his chest and wept out of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.103
वरं तस्यै ददौ सारं सर्वेषामपि दुर्लभम् ।। मम वक्षःस्थले तिष्ठ मयि ते भक्तिरस्त्विति
varaṃ tasyai dadau sāraṃ sarveṣāmapi durlabham || mama vakṣaḥsthale tiṣṭha mayi te bhaktirastviti
He gave her a boon, the essence (of all), hard for even all (others) to obtain: "Dwell on my chest, and let there be devotion to me in you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.104
सौभाग्येन च मानेन प्रेम्णा वै गौरवेण च ।। त्वं मे श्रेष्ठा परं प्रेम्णा ज्येष्ठा त्वं सर्वयोषिताम्
saubhāgyena ca mānena premṇā vai gauraveṇa ca || tvaṃ me śreṣṭhā paraṃ premṇā jyeṣṭhā tvaṃ sarvayoṣitām
"In good fortune, in honour, in love, and indeed in esteem you are the best for me; in supreme love you are the eldest of all women."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.105
वरिष्ठा च गरिष्ठा च संस्तुता पूजिता मया ।। सन्ततं तव साध्योऽहं बाध्यश्च प्राणवल्लभे
variṣṭhā ca gariṣṭhā ca saṃstutā pūjitā mayā || santataṃ tava sādhyo'haṃ bādhyaśca prāṇavallabhe
"(You are) the most excellent and the most weighty, praised and worshipped by me; constantly I am one to be won over by you and bound to you, O beloved as life."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.106
इत्युक्त्वा जगतां नाथश्चक्रे तच्चेतनां ततः ।। सपत्नीरहितां तां च चकार प्राणवल्लभाम्
ityuktvā jagatāṃ nāthaścakre taccetanāṃ tataḥ || sapatnīrahitāṃ tāṃ ca cakāra prāṇavallabhām
Having said this, the lord of the worlds then restored her consciousness, and made her, the beloved as his life, free of rivals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.107
येषां या याश्च देव्यो वै पूजितास्तस्य सेवया ।। तपस्या यादृशी यासां तासां तादृक्फलं मुने
yeṣāṃ yā yāśca devyo vai pūjitāstasya sevayā || tapasyā yādṛśī yāsāṃ tāsāṃ tādṛkphalaṃ mune
Whichever goddesses were worshipped by service to him — as the austerity of each was, such was their fruit, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.108
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च तपस्तप्त्वा हिमालये ।। दुर्गा च तत्पदं ध्यात्वा सर्वपूज्या बभूव ह
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca tapastaptvā himālaye || durgā ca tatpadaṃ dhyātvā sarvapūjyā babhūva ha
And Durgā, having performed austerity for a thousand divine years in the Himālaya and meditated on his feet, became worshipped by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.109
सरस्वती तपस्तप्त्वा पर्वते गन्धमादने ।। लक्षवर्षं च दिव्यं च सर्ववन्द्या बभूव सा
sarasvatī tapastaptvā parvate gandhamādane || lakṣavarṣaṃ ca divyaṃ ca sarvavandyā babhūva sā
Sarasvatī, having performed austerity on Mount Gandhamādana for a hundred thousand divine years, became reverenced by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.111
सावित्री मलये तप्त्वा द्विजपूज्या बभूव सा ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्रं च दिव्यं ध्यात्वा च तत्पदम्
sāvitrī malaye taptvā dvijapūjyā babhūva sā || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasraṃ ca divyaṃ dhyātvā ca tatpadam
Sāvitrī, having performed austerity on the Malaya (mountain) for sixty thousand divine years and meditated on his feet, became worshipped by the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.112
शतमन्वन्तरं तप्तं शंकरेण पुरा विभो ।। शतमन्वन्तरं चैव ब्रह्मणा तस्य भक्तितः
śatamanvantaraṃ taptaṃ śaṃkareṇa purā vibho || śatamanvantaraṃ caiva brahmaṇā tasya bhaktitaḥ
Austerity was performed for a hundred manvantaras by Śaṃkara of old, O mighty one, and for a hundred manvantaras by Brahmā, out of devotion to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 7.113
शतमन्वन्तरं विष्णुस्तप्त्वा पाता बभूव ह ।। शतमन्वन्तरं धर्मस्तप्त्वा पूज्यो बभूव ह
śatamanvantaraṃ viṣṇustaptvā pātā babhūva ha || śatamanvantaraṃ dharmastaptvā pūjyo babhūva ha
Viṣṇu, having performed austerity for a hundred manvantaras, became the protector; Dharma, having performed austerity for a hundred manvantaras, became worthy of worship.
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BvP 2 7.114
मन्वन्तरं तपस्तेपे शेषो भक्त्या च नारद ।। मन्वन्तरं च सूर्य्यश्च शक्रश्चन्द्रस्तथा गुरुः
manvantaraṃ tapastepe śeṣo bhaktyā ca nārada || manvantaraṃ ca sūryyaśca śakraścandrastathā guruḥ
Śeṣa performed austerity for a manvantara with devotion, O Nārada, and for a manvantara (so did) the Sun, Śakra, the Moon, and likewise the preceptor (Bṛhaspati).
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BvP 2 7.115
दिव्यं शतयुगं चैव वायुस्तप्त्वा च भक्तितः ।। सर्वप्राणः सर्वपूज्यः सर्वाधारो बभूव सः
divyaṃ śatayugaṃ caiva vāyustaptvā ca bhaktitaḥ || sarvaprāṇaḥ sarvapūjyaḥ sarvādhāro babhūva saḥ
And Vāyu, having performed austerity with devotion for a hundred divine yugas, became the breath of all, worshipped by all, the support of all.
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BvP 2 7.116
एवं कृष्णस्य तपसा सर्वे देवाश्च पूजिताः ।। मुनयो मानवा भूपा ब्राह्मणाश्चैव पूजिताः
evaṃ kṛṣṇasya tapasā sarve devāśca pūjitāḥ || munayo mānavā bhūpā brāhmaṇāścaiva pūjitāḥ
Thus by austerity toward Kṛṣṇa all the gods came to be worshipped; sages, men, kings and brahmins too became worshipped.
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BvP 2 7.117
एवं ते कथितं सर्वं पुराणं च तथाऽऽगमम् ।। गुरुवक्त्राद्यथा ज्ञातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
evaṃ te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ purāṇaṃ ca tathā''gamam || guruvaktrādyathā jñātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus everything has been told to you, both Purāṇa and Āgama, as it was learned from the mouth of (my) teacher. What further do you wish to hear?
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