Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 12
BvP 3 12.1
नारायण उवाच ।। दुर्गा तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सस्मार हरिमीश्वरम् ।। ईश्वरेच्छावशीभूतं जगदेवेत्युवाच ह
nārāyaṇa uvāca || durgā tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sasmāra harimīśvaram || īśvarecchāvaśībhūtaṃ jagadevetyuvāca ha
Nārāyaṇa said: Durgā, hearing his words, called to mind Hari, the Lord, and said, "The world is indeed subject to the will of the Lord."
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BvP 3 12.2
सा च देवी दैववशा शनिं प्रोवाच कौतुकात्।। पश्य मां मच्छिशुमिति निषेकः केन वार्य्यते
sā ca devī daivavaśā śaniṃ provāca kautukāt|| paśya māṃ macchiśumiti niṣekaḥ kena vāryyate
And that goddess, under the sway of fate, said to Śani out of playful curiosity: "Look at me and at my child — by whom can what has been ordained (niṣeka) be held back?"
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BvP 3 12.3
पार्वत्या वचनं श्रुत्वा शनिर्मेने हृदा स्वयम् ।। पश्यामि किं न पश्यामि पार्वतीसुतमित्यहो ।। यदि बालो मया दृष्टस्तस्य विघ्नो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
pārvatyā vacanaṃ śrutvā śanirmene hṛdā svayam || paśyāmi kiṃ na paśyāmi pārvatīsutamityaho || yadi bālo mayā dṛṣṭastasya vighno bhaveddhruvam
Hearing Pārvatī's words, Śani himself reflected in his heart: "Shall I look, or shall I not look at Pārvatī's son? Alas! If the child is looked at by me, harm to him will surely follow.
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BvP 3 12.4
अन्यथा सुप्रशस्तं च पुरतः स्वात्मरक्षणम् ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा धर्मिष्ठो धर्मं कृत्वा तु साक्षिणम्।। बालं द्रष्टुं मनश्चक्रे न तु तन्मातरं शनिः
anyathā supraśastaṃ ca purataḥ svātmarakṣaṇam || ityevamuktvā dharmiṣṭho dharmaṃ kṛtvā tu sākṣiṇam|| bālaṃ draṣṭuṃ manaścakre na tu tanmātaraṃ śaniḥ
"Otherwise (i.e. if I do not look) — and the protection of one's own self stands foremost and most commendable." Having spoken thus, that most righteous one, making dharma his witness, set his mind on seeing the child, but not his mother.
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BvP 3 12.5
विषण्णमानसः पूर्वं शुष्ककण्ठौष्ठतालुकः।। सव्यलोचनकोणेन ददर्श च शिशोर्मुखम्
viṣaṇṇamānasaḥ pūrvaṃ śuṣkakaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukaḥ|| savyalocanakoṇena dadarśa ca śiśormukham
With dejected mind, his throat, lips and palate already dry, he looked with the corner of his left eye at the child's face.
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BvP 3 12.6
शनेश्च दृष्टिमात्रेण चिच्छिदे मस्तकं मुने ।। चक्षुर्निमीलयामास तस्थौ नम्राननः शनिः
śaneśca dṛṣṭimātreṇa cicchide mastakaṃ mune || cakṣurnimīlayāmāsa tasthau namrānanaḥ śaniḥ
And by Śani's mere glance the head was severed, O sage; Śani closed his eyes and stood with bowed face.
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BvP 3 12.7
तस्थौ च पार्वतीक्रोडे तत्सर्वाङ्गं सलोहितम्।। विवेश मस्तकं कृष्णे गत्वा गोलोकमीप्सितम्
tasthau ca pārvatīkroḍe tatsarvāṅgaṃ salohitam|| viveśa mastakaṃ kṛṣṇe gatvā golokamīpsitam
The (body), all its limbs bloodied, remained in Pārvatī's lap; the head went to the longed-for Goloka and entered into Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 3 12.8
मूर्च्छा संप्राप सा देवी विलप्य च भृशं मुहुः।। मत्तेव च पृथिव्यां तु कृत्वा वक्षसि बालकम्
mūrcchā saṃprāpa sā devī vilapya ca bhṛśaṃ muhuḥ|| matteva ca pṛthivyāṃ tu kṛtvā vakṣasi bālakam
That goddess fell into a swoon, having wailed loudly again and again, and (fell) upon the ground like one crazed, holding the boy to her breast.
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BvP 3 12.9
विस्मितास्ते सुराः सर्वे चित्रपुत्तलिका यथा ।। देव्यश्च शैला गन्धर्वाः सर्वे कैलासवासिनः
vismitāste surāḥ sarve citraputtalikā yathā || devyaśca śailā gandharvāḥ sarve kailāsavāsinaḥ
All those gods stood astonished, like figures in a painting, and the goddesses, the mountains, the gandharvas, all the dwellers of Kailāsa.
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BvP 3 12.10
तान्सर्वान्मूर्च्छितान्दृष्ट्वैवारुह्य गरुडं हरिः ।। जगाम पुष्पभद्रां स चोत्तरस्यां दिशि स्थिताम्
tānsarvānmūrcchitāndṛṣṭvaivāruhya garuḍaṃ hariḥ || jagāma puṣpabhadrāṃ sa cottarasyāṃ diśi sthitām
Seeing them all swooning, Hari mounted Garuḍa and went to the Puṣpabhadrā, which lies in the northern quarter.
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BvP 3 12.11
पुष्पभद्रानदीतीरे ह्यपश्यत्कानने स्थितम् ।। गजेन्द्रं निद्रितं तत्र शयानं हस्तिनीयुतम्
puṣpabhadrānadītīre hyapaśyatkānane sthitam || gajendraṃ nidritaṃ tatra śayānaṃ hastinīyutam
On the bank of the river Puṣpabhadrā he saw, in a forest there, a lordly elephant asleep, lying together with his she-elephant,
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BvP 3 12.12
तथोदक्छिरसं रम्यं मूर्च्छितं सुरतश्रमात् ।। परितः शावकात्कृत्वा परमानन्दमानसम्
tathodakchirasaṃ ramyaṃ mūrcchitaṃ surataśramāt || paritaḥ śāvakātkṛtvā paramānandamānasam
his head thus turned northward, handsome, swooning from the fatigue of love-making, having set his young around him, his mind in the highest bliss.
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BvP 3 12.13
शीघ्रं सुदर्शनेनैव चिच्छिदे तच्छिरो मुदा ।। स्थापयामास गरुडे रुधिराक्तं मनोहरम्
śīghraṃ sudarśanenaiva cicchide tacchiro mudā || sthāpayāmāsa garuḍe rudhirāktaṃ manoharam
Swiftly, with the Sudarśana itself, he joyfully cut off that head, and set it — lovely, smeared with blood — upon Garuḍa.
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BvP 3 12.14
गजच्छिन्नाङ्गविक्षेपात्प्रबोधं प्राप्य हस्तिनी ।। शावकान्बोधयामास चाशुभं वदती तदा ।। रुरोद शावकैः सार्द्धं सा विलप्य शुचातुरा
gajacchinnāṅgavikṣepātprabodhaṃ prāpya hastinī || śāvakānbodhayāmāsa cāśubhaṃ vadatī tadā || ruroda śāvakaiḥ sārddhaṃ sā vilapya śucāturā
Roused by the jerking of the elephant's severed body, the she-elephant then woke her young, uttering ill tidings; stricken with grief she wept and lamented together with the young.
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BvP 3 12.15
तुष्टाव कमलाकान्तं शान्तं सस्मितमीश्वरम् ।। शंखचक्रगदापद्मधरं पीताम्बरं परम् ।। गरुडस्थं जगत्कान्तं भ्रामयन्तं सुदर्शनम्
tuṣṭāva kamalākāntaṃ śāntaṃ sasmitamīśvaram || śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadharaṃ pītāmbaraṃ param || garuḍasthaṃ jagatkāntaṃ bhrāmayantaṃ sudarśanam
She praised the beloved of Kamalā, the tranquil, smiling Lord, bearer of conch, discus, mace and lotus, clad in yellow, supreme, seated on Garuḍa, the beloved of the world, whirling the Sudarśana,
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BvP 3 12.16
निषेकं खण्डितुं शक्तं निषेकजनकं विभुम् ।। निषेकभोगदातारं भोगनिस्तारकारणम्
niṣekaṃ khaṇḍituṃ śaktaṃ niṣekajanakaṃ vibhum || niṣekabhogadātāraṃ bhoganistārakāraṇam
the almighty one, able to break the ordained (niṣeka), himself the begetter of the ordained, the giver of the enjoyment of the ordained, the cause of release from enjoyment.
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BvP 3 12.17
प्रभुस्तत्स्तवनात्तुष्टस्तस्यै विप्र वरं ददौ ।। मुण्डातुण्डं पृथक्कृत्य युयुजेऽन्यगजस्य च
prabhustatstavanāttuṣṭastasyai vipra varaṃ dadau || muṇḍātuṇḍaṃ pṛthakkṛtya yuyuje'nyagajasya ca
The Lord, pleased by her praise, gave her a boon, O brahmin: separating the trunk-bearing face from the head, he joined it (also) to the other elephant.
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BvP 3 12.18
जीवयामास तं तत्र ब्रह्मज्ञानेन सर्ववित् ।। सर्वांगे योजयामास गजस्य चरणाम्बुजम्
jīvayāmāsa taṃ tatra brahmajñānena sarvavit || sarvāṃge yojayāmāsa gajasya caraṇāmbujam
There the all-knowing one brought him to life by the knowledge of brahman, and applied his lotus-foot to the elephant's whole body.
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BvP 3 12.19
त्वं जीवाकल्पपर्य्यन्तं परिवारैः समं गज ।। इत्युक्त्वा च मनोयायी कैलासं ह्याजगाम सः
tvaṃ jīvākalpaparyyantaṃ parivāraiḥ samaṃ gaja || ityuktvā ca manoyāyī kailāsaṃ hyājagāma saḥ
"You, O elephant, (shall live) together with your retinue till the end of the kalpa of (your) life." And having said this, he who travels by thought went to Kailāsa.
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BvP 3 12.20
आहृत्य पार्वतीहस्ताद्बालं कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि ।। रुचिरं तच्छिरस्सम्यग्योजयामास बालके
āhṛtya pārvatīhastādbālaṃ kṛtvā svavakṣasi || ruciraṃ tacchirassamyagyojayāmāsa bālake
Having taken the child from Pārvatī's hand and placed (him) on his own chest, he fitted that beautiful head properly onto the boy.
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BvP 3 12.21
ब्रह्मस्वरूपो भगवान्ब्रह्मज्ञानेन लीलया ।। जीवयामास तं शीघ्रं हुंकारोच्चारणेन च
brahmasvarūpo bhagavānbrahmajñānena līlayā || jīvayāmāsa taṃ śīghraṃ huṃkāroccāraṇena ca
The Lord, whose form is brahman, by the knowledge of brahman, in play, quickly brought him to life, and by the utterance of the syllable "hum."
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BvP 3 12.22
पार्वतीं बोधयित्वा तु कृत्वा क्रोडे च तं शिशुम् ।। बोधयामास तां कृष्ण आध्यात्मिकविबोधनैः
pārvatīṃ bodhayitvā tu kṛtvā kroḍe ca taṃ śiśum || bodhayāmāsa tāṃ kṛṣṇa ādhyātmikavibodhanaiḥ
Having roused Pārvatī and placed that infant in (her) lap, Kṛṣṇa instructed her with teachings concerning the self.
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BvP 3 12.23
विष्णुरुवाच ।। ब्रह्मादिकीटपर्य्यन्तं फलं भुङ्क्ते स्वकर्मणः ।। जगद्बुद्धिस्वरूपाऽसि त्वं न जानासि किं शिव
viṣṇuruvāca || brahmādikīṭaparyyantaṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkte svakarmaṇaḥ || jagadbuddhisvarūpā'si tvaṃ na jānāsi kiṃ śiva
Viṣṇu said: From Brahmā down to a worm, (each) enjoys the fruit of his own action. You are yourself the very form of the world's understanding — do you not know (this), O Śivā?
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BvP 3 12.24
कल्पकोटिशतं भोगी जीविनां तत्स्वकर्मणा ।। उपस्थितो भवेन्नित्यं प्रतियोनौ शुभाशुभैः
kalpakoṭiśataṃ bhogī jīvināṃ tatsvakarmaṇā || upasthito bhavennityaṃ pratiyonau śubhāśubhaiḥ
For a hundred crores of kalpas the enjoyer among living beings, by that action of his own, comes to be present continually in birth after birth through (his) good and bad (deeds).
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BvP 3 12.25
इन्द्रः स्वकर्मणा कीटयोनौ जन्म लभेत्सति ।। कीटश्चापि भवेदिन्द्रः पूर्वकर्मफलेन वै
indraḥ svakarmaṇā kīṭayonau janma labhetsati || kīṭaścāpi bhavedindraḥ pūrvakarmaphalena vai
Indra, by his own deeds, may obtain birth in the womb of a worm, O good lady; and a worm too may become Indra, indeed by the fruit of former deeds.
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BvP 3 12.26
सिंहोऽपि मक्षिकां हन्तुमक्षमः प्राक्तनं विना ।। मशको हस्तिनं हन्तुं क्षमः स्वप्राक्तनेन च
siṃho'pi makṣikāṃ hantumakṣamaḥ prāktanaṃ vinā || maśako hastinaṃ hantuṃ kṣamaḥ svaprāktanena ca
Even a lion is unable to kill a fly without (the force of) former deeds; and a gnat is able to kill an elephant by its own former deeds.
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BvP 3 12.27
सुखं दुःख भयं शोकमानन्दं कर्मणः फलम् ।। सुकर्मणः सुखं हर्षमितरे पापकर्मणः
sukhaṃ duḥkha bhayaṃ śokamānandaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam || sukarmaṇaḥ sukhaṃ harṣamitare pāpakarmaṇaḥ
Pleasure, pain, fear, grief, joy — (these are) the fruit of action; from good action (comes) pleasure and delight, the others from evil action.
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BvP 3 12.28
इहैव कर्मणो भोगः परत्र च शुभाशुभैः ।। कर्मोपार्जनयोग्यं च पुण्यक्षेत्रं च भारतम्
ihaiva karmaṇo bhogaḥ paratra ca śubhāśubhaiḥ || karmopārjanayogyaṃ ca puṇyakṣetraṃ ca bhāratam
Here itself is the enjoyment of action, and in the other (world) too, through good and bad (deeds); and Bhārata is the field fit for the earning of karma, and a holy land.
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BvP 3 12.29
कर्मणः फलदाता च विधाता च विधेरपि ।। मृत्योर्मृत्युः कालकालो निषेकस्य निषेककृत्
karmaṇaḥ phaladātā ca vidhātā ca vidherapi || mṛtyormṛtyuḥ kālakālo niṣekasya niṣekakṛt
The giver of the fruit of action, and the ordainer even of the ordainer, the death of Death, the time of Time, the impregnator of the seed,
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BvP 3 12.30
संहर्तुरपि संहर्त्ता पातुः पाता परात्परः ।। गोलोकनाथः श्रीकृष्णः परिपूर्णतमः स्वयम्
saṃharturapi saṃharttā pātuḥ pātā parātparaḥ || golokanāthaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaḥ paripūrṇatamaḥ svayam
the destroyer even of the destroyer, the protector of the protector, higher than the highest, the lord of Goloka, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, himself the most completely full,
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BvP 3 12.31
वयं यस्य कलाः पुंसो ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ।। महाविराड्यदंशश्च यल्लोमविवरे जगत्
vayaṃ yasya kalāḥ puṃso brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || mahāvirāḍyadaṃśaśca yallomavivare jagat
the Person of whom we — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara — are parts, and of whom the Great Virāṭ is a portion, in the pores of whose hairs is the world.
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BvP 3 12.32
कलांशाः केऽपि तद्धर्मे कलाशांशाश्च केचन ।। चराचरं जगत्सर्वं तत्र तस्थौ विनायकः
kalāṃśāḥ ke'pi taddharme kalāśāṃśāśca kecana || carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ tatra tasthau vināyakaḥ
Some (are) portions of a part, and some portions of a portion of a part, in his dharma; the whole world, moving and unmoving, and there stood Vināyaka (i.e. he abides there too).
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BvP 3 12.33
श्रीविष्णोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा परितुष्टा च पार्वती ।। स्तनं ददौ च शिशवे तं प्रणम्य गदाधरम्
śrīviṣṇorvacanaṃ śrutvā parituṣṭā ca pārvatī || stanaṃ dadau ca śiśave taṃ praṇamya gadādharam
And Pārvatī, having heard Śrī Viṣṇu's words, was fully satisfied, and gave her breast to the infant, after bowing to him, the bearer of the mace.
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BvP 3 12.34
तुष्टाव पार्वती तुष्टा प्रेरिता शंकरेण च ।। कृताञ्जलिपुटा भक्त्या विष्णुं तं कमलापतिम्
tuṣṭāva pārvatī tuṣṭā preritā śaṃkareṇa ca || kṛtāñjalipuṭā bhaktyā viṣṇuṃ taṃ kamalāpatim
Satisfied, and urged on by Śaṃkara, Pārvatī praised with devotion, with her palms joined, that Viṣṇu, the husband of Kamalā.
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BvP 3 12.35
आशिषं युयुजे विष्णुः शिशुं च शिशुमातरम् ।। ददौ गले बालकस्य कौस्तुभं च स्वभूषणम्
āśiṣaṃ yuyuje viṣṇuḥ śiśuṃ ca śiśumātaram || dadau gale bālakasya kaustubhaṃ ca svabhūṣaṇam
Viṣṇu bestowed a blessing on the infant and on the infant's mother, and he gave to the boy's neck the Kaustubha, his own ornament.
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BvP 3 12.36
ब्रह्मा ददौ स्वमुकुटं धर्मो वै रत्नभूषणम्।। क्रमेण देव्यो रत्नानि ददुः सर्वे यथोचितम् दृष्ट्वा शिवाः शिवा चैव बालकं मृतजीवितम् ।। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ तत्र कोटिरत्नानि नारद
brahmā dadau svamukuṭaṃ dharmo vai ratnabhūṣaṇam|| krameṇa devyo ratnāni daduḥ sarve yathocitam dṛṣṭvā śivāḥ śivā caiva bālakaṃ mṛtajīvitam || brāhmaṇebhyo dadau tatra koṭiratnāni nārada
Brahmā gave his own crown, Dharma indeed a jewelled ornament; in turn the goddesses gave jewels, all as was fitting. Seeing the boy, dead and brought to life, the auspicious ones and Śivā (too) — she gave there crores of jewels to the brāhmaṇas, O Nārada.
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BvP 3 12.37
तुष्टाव तं महादेवश्चात्यन्तं हृष्टमानसः ।। देवाश्च मुनयः शैला गन्धर्वाः सर्वयोषितः
tuṣṭāva taṃ mahādevaścātyantaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ || devāśca munayaḥ śailā gandharvāḥ sarvayoṣitaḥ
And Mahādeva, his mind exceedingly delighted, praised him — and (so did) the gods, the sages, the mountains, the gandharvas, and all the women.
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BvP 3 12.39
अश्वानां च गजानां च सहस्राणि शतानि च ।। बन्दिभ्यः प्रददौ तत्र बालके मृतजीविते
aśvānāṃ ca gajānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi śatāni ca || bandibhyaḥ pradadau tatra bālake mṛtajīvite
And thousands and hundreds of horses and of elephants he gave there to the bards, when the boy who had died was brought to life.
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BvP 3 12.40
हिमालयश्च संतुष्टो हृष्टा देवाश्च तत्र वै ।। ददुर्दानानि विप्रेभ्यो बन्दिभ्यः सर्वयोषित
himālayaśca saṃtuṣṭo hṛṣṭā devāśca tatra vai || dadurdānāni viprebhyo bandibhyaḥ sarvayoṣita
And Himālaya was gratified, and the gods there were delighted; all the women gave gifts to the brahmins and to the bards.
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BvP 3 12.41
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास कारयामास मङ्गलम् ।। वेदांश्च पाठयामास पुराणानि रमापतिः
brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa kārayāmāsa maṅgalam || vedāṃśca pāṭhayāmāsa purāṇāni ramāpatiḥ
The husband of Ramā (Viṣṇu) had the brahmins fed, had the auspicious rites performed, and had the Vedas and the Purāṇas recited.
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BvP 3 12.42
शनिं संलज्जितं दृष्ट्वा पार्वती कोपशालिनी ।। शशाप च सभामध्येऽप्यङ्गहीनो भवेति च
śaniṃ saṃlajjitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārvatī kopaśālinī || śaśāpa ca sabhāmadhye'pyaṅgahīno bhaveti ca
Seeing Śani thoroughly shamed, Pārvatī, filled with anger, cursed (him) even in the midst of the assembly: "May you become crippled in a limb!"
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BvP 3 12.43
दृष्ट्वा शप्तं शनिं सूर्य्यः कश्यपश्च यमस्तथा ।। तेऽतिरुष्टाः समुत्तस्थुर्गामुकाः शङ्करालयात्
dṛṣṭvā śaptaṃ śaniṃ sūryyaḥ kaśyapaśca yamastathā || te'tiruṣṭāḥ samuttasthurgāmukāḥ śaṅkarālayāt
Seeing Śani cursed, Sūrya, and Kaśyapa, and Yama likewise—they, exceedingly enraged, rose up ready to depart from Śaṅkara's abode.
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BvP 3 12.44
रक्ताक्षास्ते रक्तमुखाः कोपप्रस्फुरिताधराः ।। तां धर्मसाक्षिणं कृत्वा विष्णुं संशप्तुमुद्यताः
raktākṣāste raktamukhāḥ kopaprasphuritādharāḥ || tāṃ dharmasākṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇuṃ saṃśaptumudyatāḥ
Red-eyed, red-faced, their lips trembling with rage, making Viṣṇu the witness to what was right, they were poised to curse her.
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BvP 3 12.45
ब्रह्मा तान्बोधयामास विष्णुना प्रेरितः सुरैः ।। रक्तास्यां पार्वतीं चैव कोपप्रस्फुरिताधराम्
brahmā tānbodhayāmāsa viṣṇunā preritaḥ suraiḥ || raktāsyāṃ pārvatīṃ caiva kopaprasphuritādharām
Brahmā, urged on by Viṣṇu and by the gods, brought them to their senses, and (also) Pārvatī, red-faced, her lips trembling with rage.
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BvP 3 12.46
ब्रह्माणमूचुस्ते तत्र क्रमेण समयोचितम् ।। भीरवो देवताः सर्वे मुनयः पर्वतास्तथा
brahmāṇamūcuste tatra krameṇa samayocitam || bhīravo devatāḥ sarve munayaḥ parvatāstathā
There they spoke to Brahmā in turn what suited the occasion—the gods, all fearful, and the sages, and the mountains likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 12.47
कश्यप उवाच ।। दुर्दृष्टोऽयं प्राक्तनेन पत्नीशापेन सर्वदा ।। बालं ददर्श यत्नेन तस्य वै मातुराज्ञया
kaśyapa uvāca || durdṛṣṭo'yaṃ prāktanena patnīśāpena sarvadā || bālaṃ dadarśa yatnena tasya vai māturājñayā
Kaśyapa said: "This one is evil-eyed always, by the former curse of his wife. He looked at the child with effort, indeed by the command of its mother."
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BvP 3 12.48
श्रीसूर्य्य उवाच ।। तं धर्मं साक्षिणं कृत्वा सूनोर्वै मातुराज्ञया ।। यत्पुत्रोऽतिप्रयत्नेन ह्यपश्यत्पार्वतीसुतम्
śrīsūryya uvāca || taṃ dharmaṃ sākṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā sūnorvai māturājñayā || yatputro'tiprayatnena hyapaśyatpārvatīsutam
Śrī Sūrya said: "Having made Dharma the witness to that: by the command of the mother of (her) son, my son with great effort did look at Pārvatī's son."
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BvP 3 12.49
यथा निरपराधेन मत्पुत्रं सा शशाप ह ।। तत्पुत्रस्यांगभंगश्च भविष्यति न संशयः
yathā niraparādhena matputraṃ sā śaśāpa ha || tatputrasyāṃgabhaṃgaśca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"Just as she cursed my son, who was without fault, so there will be a breaking of a limb of her son—there is no doubt."
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BvP 3 12.50
यम उवाच ।। प्रदाय स्वयमाज्ञां च शशापेयं स्वयं कथम् ।। वयं शपामः कोऽधर्मो जिघांसोश्च विहिंसने
yama uvāca || pradāya svayamājñāṃ ca śaśāpeyaṃ svayaṃ katham || vayaṃ śapāmaḥ ko'dharmo jighāṃsośca vihiṃsane
Yama said: "Having herself given the permission, how has she herself cursed (him)? We shall curse (her): what wrong is there in striking back at one who means to kill?"
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BvP 3 12.51
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शशाप पार्वती रुष्टा स्त्रीस्वभावाच्च चापलात् ।। सर्वेषां वचनेनैव क्षन्तुमर्हन्तु साधवः
brahmovāca || śaśāpa pārvatī ruṣṭā strīsvabhāvācca cāpalāt || sarveṣāṃ vacanenaiva kṣantumarhantu sādhavaḥ
Brahmā said: "Pārvatī cursed (him) in anger, out of woman's nature and out of fickleness. By the word of all (of you), let good men see fit to forgive."
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BvP 3 12.52
दुर्गे दत्त्वा त्वमाज्ञां च पुत्रदर्शनहेतवे ।। कथं शपसि निर्दोषमतिथिं त्वद्गृहागतम्
durge dattvā tvamājñāṃ ca putradarśanahetave || kathaṃ śapasi nirdoṣamatithiṃ tvadgṛhāgatam
"O Durgā, having yourself given permission for the sake of the sight of your son, how do you curse a faultless guest who has come to your house?"
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BvP 3 12.53
इत्युक्त्वा शनिमादाय बोधयित्वा च पार्वतीम् ।। तां तं समर्पणं चक्रे शाप मोचनहेतवे
ityuktvā śanimādāya bodhayitvā ca pārvatīm || tāṃ taṃ samarpaṇaṃ cakre śāpa mocanahetave
Having said this, taking Śani and bringing Pārvatī to her senses, he made him over to her for the sake of release from the curse.
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BvP 3 12.54
बभूव पार्वती तुष्टा ब्रह्मणो वचनान्मुने।। शान्ता बभूबुस्ते तत्र दिनेशयमकश्यपाः
babhūva pārvatī tuṣṭā brahmaṇo vacanānmune|| śāntā babhūbuste tatra dineśayamakaśyapāḥ
Pārvatī became satisfied by Brahmā's words, O sage; and there the Sun, Yama and Kaśyapa became calm.
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BvP 3 12.55
उवाच पार्वती तत्र सन्तुष्टा तं शनैश्चरम् ।। प्रसादिता शिवेनैव ब्रह्मणा परिसेविता
uvāca pārvatī tatra santuṣṭā taṃ śanaiścaram || prasāditā śivenaiva brahmaṇā parisevitā
There Pārvatī, well pleased, propitiated by Śiva himself and attended upon by Brahmā, spoke to that Śanaiścara.
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BvP 3 12.56
पार्वत्युवाच ।। ग्रहराजो भव शने मद्वरेण हरिप्रियः ।। चिरजीवी च योगीन्द्रो हरिभक्तस्य का विपत्
pārvatyuvāca || graharājo bhava śane madvareṇa haripriyaḥ || cirajīvī ca yogīndro haribhaktasya kā vipat
Pārvatī said: "Śani, by my boon become the king of the planets, dear to Hari, long-lived, and a lord of yogins. What calamity is there for a devotee of Hari?"
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BvP 3 12.57
अद्यप्रभृति निर्विघ्ना हरौ भक्तिर्दृढाऽस्तु ते ।। शापोऽमोघस्ततो मेऽद्य किञ्चित्खञ्जो भविष्यसि
adyaprabhṛti nirvighnā harau bhaktirdṛḍhā'stu te || śāpo'moghastato me'dya kiñcitkhañjo bhaviṣyasi
"From today on, let your devotion to Hari be unobstructed and firm. But since my curse is not in vain, from today you shall be somewhat lame."
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BvP 3 12.58
इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती तुष्टा बालं धृत्वा च वक्षसि ।। उवास योषितां मध्ये तस्मै दत्त्वा शुभाशिषः
ityuktvā pārvatī tuṣṭā bālaṃ dhṛtvā ca vakṣasi || uvāsa yoṣitāṃ madhye tasmai dattvā śubhāśiṣaḥ
Having said this, Pārvatī, pleased, holding the child to her breast, sat among the women, having given him her auspicious blessings.
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BvP 3 12.59
शनिर्जगाम देवानां समीपं हृष्टमानसः ।। प्रणम्य भक्त्या तां ब्रह्मन्नम्बिकां जगदम्बिकाम्
śanirjagāma devānāṃ samīpaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ || praṇamya bhaktyā tāṃ brahmannambikāṃ jagadambikām
Śani went into the presence of the gods with a delighted mind, having bowed with devotion, O brahmin, to that Ambikā, the mother of the world.
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