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Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 15

BvP 3 15.1

नारायण उवाच ।। पुत्रस्य वार्त्तां सम्प्राप्य पार्वत्या सह शङ्करः ।। प्रेरितो विष्णुना देवैर्मुनिभिः पर्वतैर्मुने

nārāyaṇa uvāca || putrasya vārttāṃ samprāpya pārvatyā saha śaṅkaraḥ || prerito viṣṇunā devairmunibhiḥ parvatairmune

Nārāyaṇa said: Having received news of his son, Śaṅkara, together with Pārvatī, being urged on by Viṣṇu, by the gods, by the sages and by the mountains, O sage —

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BvP 3 15.2

दूतान्प्रस्थापयामास महाबलपराक्रमान् ।। वीरभद्रं विशालाक्षं शङ्कुकर्णं कबन्धकम्

dūtānprasthāpayāmāsa mahābalaparākramān || vīrabhadraṃ viśālākṣaṃ śaṅkukarṇaṃ kabandhakam

— sent forth messengers of great strength and prowess: Vīrabhadra, Viśālākṣa, Śaṅkukarṇa, Kabandhaka,

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BvP 3 15.3

नन्दीश्वरं महाकालं वज्रदन्तं भगन्दरम् ।। गोधामुखं दधिमुखं ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमम्

nandīśvaraṃ mahākālaṃ vajradantaṃ bhagandaram || godhāmukhaṃ dadhimukhaṃ jvaladagniśikhopamam

Nandīśvara, Mahākāla, Vajradanta, Bhagandara, Godhāmukha, Dadhimukha, like a blazing tongue of fire,

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BvP 3 15.4

लक्षं च क्षेत्रपालानां भूतानां च त्रिलक्षकम् ।। वेतालानां चतुर्लक्षं यक्षाणां पञ्चलक्षकम्

lakṣaṃ ca kṣetrapālānāṃ bhūtānāṃ ca trilakṣakam || vetālānāṃ caturlakṣaṃ yakṣāṇāṃ pañcalakṣakam

and a hundred thousand of the field-guardians, and three hundred thousand of the bhūtas, four hundred thousand of the vetālas, five hundred thousand of the yakṣas,

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BvP 3 15.5

कूष्माण्डानां चतुर्लक्षं त्रिलक्षं ब्रह्मराक्षसान् ।। डाकिनीनां चतुर्लक्षं योगिनीनां त्रिलक्षकम्

kūṣmāṇḍānāṃ caturlakṣaṃ trilakṣaṃ brahmarākṣasān || ḍākinīnāṃ caturlakṣaṃ yoginīnāṃ trilakṣakam

four hundred thousand of the kūṣmāṇḍas, three hundred thousand brahma-rākṣasas, four hundred thousand of the ḍākinīs, three hundred thousand of the yoginīs,

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BvP 3 15.6

रुद्रांश्च भैरवांश्चैव शिवतुल्यपराक्रमान् ।। अन्यांश्च विकृताकारानसंख्यानपि नारद

rudrāṃśca bhairavāṃścaiva śivatulyaparākramān || anyāṃśca vikṛtākārānasaṃkhyānapi nārada

and Rudras and Bhairavas, equal to Śiva in prowess, and others of distorted form, countless too, O Nārada.

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BvP 3 15.7

ते सर्वे शिवदूताश्च नानाशस्त्रास्त्रपाणयः ।। कृत्तिकानां च भवनं वेष्टयामासुरुज्ज्वलम्

te sarve śivadūtāśca nānāśastrāstrapāṇayaḥ || kṛttikānāṃ ca bhavanaṃ veṣṭayāmāsurujjvalam

All those messengers of Śiva, with various weapons and missiles in their hands, surrounded the shining house of the Kṛttikās.

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BvP 3 15.8

दृष्ट्वा तान्कृत्तिकाः सर्वा भयविह्वलमानसाः।। कार्त्तिकेयं च जगृहुर्ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा

dṛṣṭvā tānkṛttikāḥ sarvā bhayavihvalamānasāḥ|| kārttikeyaṃ ca jagṛhurjvalantaṃ brahmatejasā

The Kṛttikās said: Child, countless armies have surrounded the dwelling; we do not know whose these fearsome (troops) are, O boy.

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BvP 3 15.9

कृत्तिका ऊचुः ।। वत्स सैन्यान्यसंख्यानि वेष्टयामासुरायलम् ।। न जानीमो वयं कस्य करालानि च बालक

kṛttikā ūcuḥ || vatsa sainyānyasaṃkhyāni veṣṭayāmāsurāyalam || na jānīmo vayaṃ kasya karālāni ca bālaka

The Kṛttikās said: Child, countless armies of the asuras have encircled (us) in force; we do not know, O boy, whose these fearsome (hosts) are.

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BvP 3 15.10

कार्त्तिकेय उवाच ।। भयं त्यजत कल्याण्यो भयं किं वो मयि स्थिते ।। दुर्निवार्य्यः कर्मपाको मातरः केन वार्य्यते

kārttikeya uvāca || bhayaṃ tyajata kalyāṇyo bhayaṃ kiṃ vo mayi sthite || durnivāryyaḥ karmapāko mātaraḥ kena vāryyate

Kārttikeya said: Give up fear, blessed ladies; what fear can you have while I am here? The ripening of karma is hard to ward off—by whom, mothers, can it be warded off?

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BvP 3 15.11

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र सेनानीर्नन्दिकेश्वरः ।। पुरतः कार्त्तिकेयस्य तिष्ठंस्तासामुवाच ह

etasminnantare tatra senānīrnandikeśvaraḥ || purataḥ kārttikeyasya tiṣṭhaṃstāsāmuvāca ha

At that moment Nandikeśvara, the general, standing there before Kārttikeya, spoke to them.

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BvP 3 15.12

नन्दिकेश्वर उवाच।। भ्रातः प्रवृत्तिं शृणु मे मातुश्चापि शुभावहाम् ।। प्रेषितस्य सुरेन्द्रस्य संहर्तुः शंकरस्य च

nandikeśvara uvāca|| bhrātaḥ pravṛttiṃ śṛṇu me mātuścāpi śubhāvahām || preṣitasya surendrasya saṃhartuḥ śaṃkarasya ca

Nandikeśvara said: Brother, hear from me the auspicious news of the lord of the gods and of the destroyer Śaṃkara, who have sent (me), and of your mother too.

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BvP 3 15.13

कैलासे सर्वदेवाश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः ।। सभायां ते वसन्तश्च गणेशोत्सवमङ्गलम्

kailāse sarvadevāśca brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ || sabhāyāṃ te vasantaśca gaṇeśotsavamaṅgalam

On Kailāsa all the gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, and Vasanta, were in the assembly (at) the auspicious festival of Gaṇeśa.

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BvP 3 15.14

शैलेन्द्रकन्या तं विष्णुं जगतां परिपालकम् ।। संबोध्य कथयामास तवान्वेषणकारणम्

śailendrakanyā taṃ viṣṇuṃ jagatāṃ paripālakam || saṃbodhya kathayāmāsa tavānveṣaṇakāraṇam

The daughter of the lord of mountains addressed that Viṣṇu, the protector of the worlds, and told (him) the reason for searching for you.

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BvP 3 15.15

पप्रच्छ देवान्विष्णुस्तान्क्रमेणावाप्तिहेतवे ।। प्रत्युत्तरं ददुस्ते तु प्रत्येकं च यथोचितम्

papraccha devānviṣṇustānkrameṇāvāptihetave || pratyuttaraṃ daduste tu pratyekaṃ ca yathocitam

Viṣṇu questioned those gods in turn in order to find (you), and they each gave a reply as was fitting.

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BvP 3 15.16

त्वमत्र कृत्तिकास्थाने कथयामासुरीश्वरम् ।। सर्वे धर्मादयो देवा धर्माधर्मस्य साक्षिणः ।। या बभूव रहःक्रीडा पार्वतीशिवयोः पुरा

tvamatra kṛttikāsthāne kathayāmāsurīśvaram || sarve dharmādayo devā dharmādharmasya sākṣiṇaḥ || yā babhūva rahaḥkrīḍā pārvatīśivayoḥ purā

They told the Lord: "You (i.e. he) are here in the place of the Kṛttikās." All the gods, Dharma and the rest, are witnesses of right and wrong: (they told of) the secret love-play that once took place between Pārvatī and Śiva.

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BvP 3 15.17

दृष्टस्य च सुरैः शम्भोवीर्य्यं भूमौ पपात ह ।। भूमिस्तदक्षिपद्वह्नौ वह्निश्च शरकानने ।। ततो लब्धः कृत्तिकाभिरमूभिर्गच्छ साम्प्रतम्

dṛṣṭasya ca suraiḥ śambhovīryyaṃ bhūmau papāta ha || bhūmistadakṣipadvahnau vahniśca śarakānane || tato labdhaḥ kṛttikābhiramūbhirgaccha sāmpratam

And the seed of Śambhu, who was seen by the gods, fell upon the earth; the earth cast it into fire, and fire into the reed-thicket. From there you were obtained by these Kṛttikās—come now.

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BvP 3 15.18

तवाभिषेकं विष्णुश्च करिष्यति सुरैः सह ।। शस्त्रं लब्ध्वाऽखिलं देव तारकं संहनिष्यति।। पुत्रस्त्वं विश्वसंहर्त्तुस्त्वां गोप्तुं न क्षमा इमाः

tavābhiṣekaṃ viṣṇuśca kariṣyati suraiḥ saha || śastraṃ labdhvā'khilaṃ deva tārakaṃ saṃhaniṣyati|| putrastvaṃ viśvasaṃharttustvāṃ goptuṃ na kṣamā imāḥ

And Viṣṇu together with the gods will perform your consecration; having received every weapon, O god, you will slay Tāraka. You are the son of the destroyer of the universe; these (women) are not able to protect you.

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BvP 3 15.19

नाग्निं गोप्तुं यथा शक्तः शुष्कवृक्षः स्वकोटरे ।। दीप्तिमांस्त्वं च विश्वेषु तासां गेहेषु शोभसे ।। यथा पतन्महाकूपे द्विजराजो न राजते

nāgniṃ goptuṃ yathā śaktaḥ śuṣkavṛkṣaḥ svakoṭare || dīptimāṃstvaṃ ca viśveṣu tāsāṃ geheṣu śobhase || yathā patanmahākūpe dvijarājo na rājate

Just as a dry tree is not able to keep fire hidden in its own hollow—so you, being full of radiance, shine out over the worlds (even) in their houses; just as the moon, falling into a great well, does not shine (there).

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BvP 3 15.20

करोषि जगदालोकं नाच्छन्नोऽस्याङ्गतेजसा ।। यथा सूर्य्यः कराच्छन्नो न भवेत्पूरुषस्य च

karoṣi jagadālokaṃ nācchanno'syāṅgatejasā || yathā sūryyaḥ karācchanno na bhavetpūruṣasya ca

You make light for the world, and you are not concealed by the radiance of your own body—just as the sun cannot be hidden by a man's hand.

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BvP 3 15.21

विष्णुस्त्वं च जगद्व्यापी नासां व्याप्योऽसि शाम्भव ।। यथा न केषां व्याप्यं च तत्सर्वं व्यापकं नभः

viṣṇustvaṃ ca jagadvyāpī nāsāṃ vyāpyo'si śāmbhava || yathā na keṣāṃ vyāpyaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ vyāpakaṃ nabhaḥ

You are Viṣṇu, pervading the world; you are not pervaded by these (women), O son of Śambhu—just as the all-pervading sky is not pervaded by anything.

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BvP 3 15.22

योगीन्द्रो नानुलिप्तस्त्वं भोगी च परिपोषणे ।। नैव लिप्तो यथाऽऽत्मा च कर्म्म भोगेषु जीविनाम्

yogīndro nānuliptastvaṃ bhogī ca paripoṣaṇe || naiva lipto yathā''tmā ca karmma bhogeṣu jīvinām

You are the lord of yogins, unsmeared (by anything), and yet an enjoyer in (their) nurturing (of you); you are not tainted at all, just as the self is not tainted by the karma and the enjoyments of living beings.

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BvP 3 15.23

विश्वाधारस्त्वमीशश्च नामृते सम्भवेत्स्थितिः ।। सागरस्य यथा नद्यां सरितामाश्रयस्य च

viśvādhārastvamīśaśca nāmṛte sambhavetsthitiḥ || sāgarasya yathā nadyāṃ saritāmāśrayasya ca

You, O Lord, are the support of the universe; without the immortal (one) there could be no subsistence—as with the ocean in relation to a river, it being the refuge of streams.

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BvP 3 15.24

नहि सर्वेश्वरावासः सम्भवेत्कृत्तिकालये ।। गरुडस्य यथा वासः क्षुद्रे च चटकोदरे

nahi sarveśvarāvāsaḥ sambhavetkṛttikālaye || garuḍasya yathā vāsaḥ kṣudre ca caṭakodare

The dwelling of the Lord of all cannot indeed be in the Kṛttikās' home—as little as Garuḍa can dwell in the tiny belly of a sparrow.

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BvP 3 15.25

त्वां च देवा न जानन्ति भक्तानुग्रह विग्रहम् ।। गुणानां तेजसां राशिं यथा ज्ञानमयोगिनः

tvāṃ ca devā na jānanti bhaktānugraha vigraham || guṇānāṃ tejasāṃ rāśiṃ yathā jñānamayoginaḥ

And the gods do not know you, whose form is grace to devotees, a mass of virtues and radiance—just as non-yogins do not know knowledge.

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BvP 3 15.26

त्वामनिर्वचनीयं च कथं जानन्ति कृत्तिकाः ।। यथा परां हरेर्भक्तिमभक्ता मूढचेतसः

tvāmanirvacanīyaṃ ca kathaṃ jānanti kṛttikāḥ || yathā parāṃ harerbhaktimabhaktā mūḍhacetasaḥ

And how can the Kṛttikās know you, who are beyond description — just as unbelievers, of deluded mind, (do not know) the supreme devotion to Hari?

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BvP 3 15.27

भ्रातर्ये यं न जानन्ति ते तं कुर्वन्त्यनादरम् ।। नाद्रियन्ते यथा भेकास्त्वेकावासं च पङ्कजम्

bhrātarye yaṃ na jānanti te taṃ kurvantyanādaram || nādriyante yathā bhekāstvekāvāsaṃ ca paṅkajam

Brother, whomever they do not know, him they treat with disrespect — just as frogs pay no regard to the lotus, though it is their only dwelling.

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BvP 3 15.28

कार्त्तिकेय उवाच।। भ्रातः सर्वं विजानामि ज्ञानं त्रैकालिकं च यत्।। ज्ञानी त्वं का प्रशंसा ते यतो मृत्युञ्जयाश्रितः

kārttikeya uvāca|| bhrātaḥ sarvaṃ vijānāmi jñānaṃ traikālikaṃ ca yat|| jñānī tvaṃ kā praśaṃsā te yato mṛtyuñjayāśritaḥ

Kārttikeya said: Brother, I know everything, and whatever knowledge pertains to the three times. You are a knower — but what praise is due to you, since you have taken refuge in the Conqueror of Death?

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BvP 3 15.29

कर्मणा जन्म येषां वा यासु यासु च योनिषु ।। तासु ते निर्वृतिं भ्रातर्नाप्नुवन्ति च सन्ततम्

karmaṇā janma yeṣāṃ vā yāsu yāsu ca yoniṣu || tāsu te nirvṛtiṃ bhrātarnāpnuvanti ca santatam

Whatever their birth may be through their karma, and in whatever wombs — in those, brother, they never attain contentment.

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BvP 3 15.30

ये यत्र सन्ति सन्तो वा मूढा वा कर्मभोगतः।। तेऽपि तं बहुमन्यन्ते मोहिता विष्णुमायया

ye yatra santi santo vā mūḍhā vā karmabhogataḥ|| te'pi taṃ bahumanyante mohitā viṣṇumāyayā

Those who dwell anywhere, whether good men or fools, by the fruition of their karma — they too hold that (birth) in high regard, being bewildered by Viṣṇu's māyā.

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BvP 3 15.31

साम्प्रतं जगतां माता विष्णुमाया सनातनी।। सर्वाद्या विष्णुमाया च सर्वदा विष्णुमङ्गला

sāmprataṃ jagatāṃ mātā viṣṇumāyā sanātanī|| sarvādyā viṣṇumāyā ca sarvadā viṣṇumaṅgalā

At present the mother of the worlds is Viṣṇumāyā, the eternal one; Viṣṇumāyā, who is prior to all, and always auspicious to Viṣṇu.

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BvP 3 15.32

शैलेन्द्रपत्नी गर्भे सा चालभज्जन्म भारते ।। दारुणं च तपस्तप्त्वा सम्प्रापच्छङ्करं पतिम्

śailendrapatnī garbhe sā cālabhajjanma bhārate || dāruṇaṃ ca tapastaptvā samprāpacchaṅkaraṃ patim

She obtained birth in Bhārata in the womb of the wife of the lord of mountains, and having performed terrible austerity she obtained Śaṅkara as her husband.

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BvP 3 15.33

ब्रह्मादितृणपर्य्यन्तं सर्वं मिथ्यैव कृत्रिमम् ।। सर्वे कृष्णोद्भवाः काले विलीनास्तत्र केवलम्

brahmāditṛṇaparyyantaṃ sarvaṃ mithyaiva kṛtrimam || sarve kṛṣṇodbhavāḥ kāle vilīnāstatra kevalam

Everything, from Brahmā down to a blade of grass, is unreal, merely fabricated; all arise from Kṛṣṇa, and in time they dissolve there alone.

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BvP 3 15.34

कल्पे कल्पे जगन्माता माता मे प्रतिजन्मनि ।। यज्जन्ममायया बद्धो नित्यः सृष्टिविधावहम्

kalpe kalpe jaganmātā mātā me pratijanmani || yajjanmamāyayā baddho nityaḥ sṛṣṭividhāvaham

In every kalpa she is the mother of the world, and my mother in every birth; bound by the māyā of that birth, I am ever (engaged) in the business of creation.

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BvP 3 15.36

प्रकृतेरुद्भवास्सत्यं जगत्यां सर्वयोषितः ।। काश्चिदंशाः कलाः काश्चित्कलांशांशेन काश्चन कृत्तिका ज्ञानवत्यश्च योगिन्यः प्रकृतेः कलाः ।। स्तनैश्च संवर्द्धितोऽहमुपहारेण सन्ततम् ।।

prakṛterudbhavāssatyaṃ jagatyāṃ sarvayoṣitaḥ || kāścidaṃśāḥ kalāḥ kāścitkalāṃśāṃśena kāścana kṛttikā jñānavatyaśca yoginyaḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ || stanaiśca saṃvarddhito'hamupahāreṇa santatam ||

Truly all women in the world arise from Prakṛti: some are portions (of her), some are parts, and some come to be by a fraction of a part of a portion. And the Kṛttikās, possessed of knowledge, yoginīs, are parts of Prakṛti; and I have been nourished by (their) breasts, constantly, as an offering.

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BvP 3 15.37

तासामहं पोष्यपुत्रो मदम्बाः पोषणादिमाः ।। तस्याश्च प्रकृतेः पुत्रो गतस्त्वत्स्वामिवीर्य्यतः

tāsāmahaṃ poṣyaputro madambāḥ poṣaṇādimāḥ || tasyāśca prakṛteḥ putro gatastvatsvāmivīryyataḥ

I am their foster-son; these, by their nurture, are my mothers. And I am the son of that Prakṛti, having come forth from the potency of your master.

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BvP 3 15.38

न गर्भजोऽहं शैलेन्द्रकन्याया नन्दिकेश्वर ।। सा च मे धर्मतो माता तथेमाः सर्वसम्मताः

na garbhajo'haṃ śailendrakanyāyā nandikeśvara || sā ca me dharmato mātā tathemāḥ sarvasammatāḥ

I was not born from the womb of the daughter of the mountain-lord, O Nandikeśvara; yet she is my mother by dharma, and so are these, as all agree.

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BvP 3 15.39

स्तनदात्री गर्भधात्री भक्ष्यदात्री गुरुप्रिया ।। अभीष्टदेवपत्नी च पितुः पत्नी च कन्यकाः

stanadātrī garbhadhātrī bhakṣyadātrī gurupriyā || abhīṣṭadevapatnī ca pituḥ patnī ca kanyakāḥ

She who gives the breast, she who bears (one) in the womb, she who gives food, the teacher's wife, the wife of one's chosen deity, the father's wife, and (his) daughters,

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BvP 3 15.40

सगर्भकन्या भगिनी पुत्रपत्नी प्रियाप्रसूः ।। मातुर्माता पितुर्माता सोदरस्य प्रिया तथा

sagarbhakanyā bhaginī putrapatnī priyāprasūḥ || māturmātā piturmātā sodarasya priyā tathā

a girl born of the same womb, a sister, a son's wife, the mother of one's wife, the mother's mother, the father's mother, and likewise the wife of one's brother,

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BvP 3 15.41

मातुः पितुश्च भगिनी मातुलानी तथैव च ।। जनानां वेदविहिता मातरः षोडश स्मृताः

mātuḥ pituśca bhaginī mātulānī tathaiva ca || janānāṃ vedavihitā mātaraḥ ṣoḍaśa smṛtāḥ

the mother's sister and the father's sister, and likewise the maternal uncle's wife: these are remembered as the sixteen mothers of men, ordained by the Veda.

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BvP 3 15.42

इमाश्च सर्वसिद्धिज्ञाः परमैश्वर्य्यसंयुताः ।। न क्षुद्रा ब्रह्मणः कन्यास्त्रिषु लोकेषु पूजिताः

imāśca sarvasiddhijñāḥ paramaiśvaryyasaṃyutāḥ || na kṣudrā brahmaṇaḥ kanyāstriṣu lokeṣu pūjitāḥ

And these women know every attainment and are endowed with the highest lordship; they are not petty — they are daughters of Brahmā, honoured in the three worlds.

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BvP 3 15.43

विष्णुना प्रेरितस्त्वं च शम्भोः पुत्रसमो महान् ।। गच्छ यामि त्वया सार्द्धं द्रक्ष्यामि सुरसंचयम्

viṣṇunā preritastvaṃ ca śambhoḥ putrasamo mahān || gaccha yāmi tvayā sārddhaṃ drakṣyāmi surasaṃcayam

And you, sent by Viṣṇu, are great, like a son to Śambhu; go — I will go with you, and I shall see the assembly of the gods.

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