Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 2
BvP 3 2.1
नारायण उवाच ।। त्यक्त्वा रतिं महादेवो ददर्श पुरतः सुरान् ।। पलायध्वमिति प्राह कृपया पार्वतीभयात्।।
nārāyaṇa uvāca || tyaktvā ratiṃ mahādevo dadarśa purataḥ surān || palāyadhvamiti prāha kṛpayā pārvatībhayāt||
Nārāyaṇa said: Abandoning love-making, Mahādeva saw the gods before (him). Out of compassion he said, "Flee!" — for fear of Pārvatī.
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BvP 3 2.2
देवाः पलायिता भीताः पार्वतीशापहेतुना ।। सर्वब्रह्माण्डसंहर्त्ता चकम्पे पार्वतीभयात्
devāḥ palāyitā bhītāḥ pārvatīśāpahetunā || sarvabrahmāṇḍasaṃharttā cakampe pārvatībhayāt
The gods fled in fear, on account of Pārvatī's curse; (even) the destroyer of all the cosmic egg trembled for fear of Pārvatī.
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BvP 3 2.3
तल्पादुत्थाय सा दुर्गा न च दृष्ट्वा पुरस्सुरान् ।। समुत्थितं कोपवह्निं स्तम्भयामास देहतः
talpādutthāya sā durgā na ca dṛṣṭvā purassurān || samutthitaṃ kopavahniṃ stambhayāmāsa dehataḥ
Rising from the couch, that Durgā, not seeing the gods before (her), checked in her body the fire of anger that had arisen.
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BvP 3 2.4
अद्यप्रभृति ते देवा व्यर्थवीर्य्या भवन्त्विति ।। शशाप देवी तान्देवानतिरुष्टा बभूव ह
adyaprabhṛti te devā vyarthavīryyā bhavantviti || śaśāpa devī tāndevānatiruṣṭā babhūva ha
"From today onward let those gods have their virility be in vain" — thus the Goddess cursed those gods, and she became exceedingly enraged.
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BvP 3 2.5
ततः शिवः शिवां दृष्ट्वा क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनाम् ।। रुदन्तीं नम्रवदनां लिखन्तीं धरणीतलम्
tataḥ śivaḥ śivāṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhasaṃraktalocanām || rudantīṃ namravadanāṃ likhantīṃ dharaṇītalam
Then Śiva, seeing Śivā, her eyes reddened with anger, weeping, her face lowered, scratching the surface of the earth,
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BvP 3 2.6
शिवस्तां दुःखितां दृष्ट्वा क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनाम् ।। हस्ते गृहीत्वा देवेशो वासयामास वक्षसि
śivastāṃ duḥkhitāṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhasaṃraktalocanām || haste gṛhītvā deveśo vāsayāmāsa vakṣasi
Śiva, seeing her aggrieved, her eyes reddened with anger, the lord of the gods took (her) by the hand and settled (her) on his breast.
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BvP 3 2.7
अतीव भीतः संत्रस्त उवाच मधुरं वचः ।। शंकर उवाच ।। कथं रुष्टा गिरिश्रेष्ठकन्ये धन्ये मनोहरे
atīva bhītaḥ saṃtrasta uvāca madhuraṃ vacaḥ || śaṃkara uvāca || kathaṃ ruṣṭā giriśreṣṭhakanye dhanye manohare
Exceedingly afraid and trembling, he spoke sweet words. Śaṃkara said: Why are you angry, O daughter of the best of mountains, O blessed, O charming one?
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BvP 3 2.8
मम सौभाग्यरूपे च प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवते ।। किं ते ऽभीष्टं करिष्यामि वद मां जगदम्बिके
mama saubhāgyarūpe ca prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevate || kiṃ te 'bhīṣṭaṃ kariṣyāmi vada māṃ jagadambike
O form of my good fortune, O deity presiding over my life-breath, what is desired by you? I will do (it) — tell me, O mother of the world.
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BvP 3 2.9
ब्रह्माण्डसंघे निखिले किमसाध्यमिहावयोः ।। अहो निरपराधं मां प्रसन्ना भव सुन्दरि।।
brahmāṇḍasaṃghe nikhile kimasādhyamihāvayoḥ || aho niraparādhaṃ māṃ prasannā bhava sundari||
In the whole assemblage of cosmic eggs, what here is unattainable for us two? Ah, be gracious to me, who am without offence, O beautiful one.
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BvP 3 2.10
दैवादज्ञातदोषस्य शान्तिं मे कर्त्तुमर्हसि ।। त्वया युक्तः शिवोऽहं च सर्वषां शिवदायकः
daivādajñātadoṣasya śāntiṃ me karttumarhasi || tvayā yuktaḥ śivo'haṃ ca sarvaṣāṃ śivadāyakaḥ
You ought to make appeasement for me, whose fault was unknown (to me), (and came) by fate. Joined with you I am Śiva (auspicious), and the giver of auspiciousness to all.
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BvP 3 2.11
त्वया विना हीश्वरश्च शवतुल्योऽशिवः सदा ।। प्रकृतिस्त्वं च बुद्धिस्त्वं शक्तिस्त्वं च क्षमा दया
tvayā vinā hīśvaraśca śavatulyo'śivaḥ sadā || prakṛtistvaṃ ca buddhistvaṃ śaktistvaṃ ca kṣamā dayā
Indeed, without you even the Lord is like a corpse, forever inauspicious. You are Nature, you are intelligence, you are power, and patience and compassion.
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BvP 3 2.12
तुष्टिस्त्वं च तथा पुष्टिः शान्तिस्त्वं क्षान्तिरेव च ।। क्षुत्त्वं छाया तथा निद्रा तन्द्रा श्रद्धा सुरेश्वरि
tuṣṭistvaṃ ca tathā puṣṭiḥ śāntistvaṃ kṣāntireva ca || kṣuttvaṃ chāyā tathā nidrā tandrā śraddhā sureśvari
You are satisfaction and likewise nourishment; you are peace and forbearance itself; you are hunger, shadow, and sleep, drowsiness, faith, O mistress of the gods.
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BvP 3 2.13
सर्वाधारस्वरूपा त्वं सर्वबीजस्वरूपिणी ।। स्मितपूर्वं वद वचः साम्प्रतं सरसं शिवे
sarvādhārasvarūpā tvaṃ sarvabījasvarūpiṇī || smitapūrvaṃ vada vacaḥ sāmprataṃ sarasaṃ śive
You are of the nature of the support of all, you have the form of the seed of all; speak now a sweet word, preceded by a smile, O Śivā.
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BvP 3 2.14
त्वत्कोपविषसंदग्धं द्रुतं जीवय मां मृतम्
tvatkopaviṣasaṃdagdhaṃ drutaṃ jīvaya māṃ mṛtam
Quickly revive me, dead, burned up by the poison of your anger.
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BvP 3 2.15
शंकरस्य वचः श्रुत्वा क्षमायुक्ता च पार्वती ।। उवाच मधुरं देवी हृदयेन विदूयता
śaṃkarasya vacaḥ śrutvā kṣamāyuktā ca pārvatī || uvāca madhuraṃ devī hṛdayena vidūyatā
Having heard Śaṃkara's words, Pārvatī became filled with forbearance, and the Goddess spoke sweetly, with an aching heart.
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BvP 3 2.16
पार्वत्युवाच ।। किं त्वाऽहं कथयिष्यामि सर्वज्ञं सर्वरूपिणम् ।। आत्मारामं पूर्णकामं सर्वदेहेष्ववस्थितम्
pārvatyuvāca || kiṃ tvā'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi sarvajñaṃ sarvarūpiṇam || ātmārāmaṃ pūrṇakāmaṃ sarvadeheṣvavasthitam
Pārvatī said: What shall I tell you, who are all-knowing, of all forms, delighting in yourself, whose desires are fulfilled, present in all bodies?
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BvP 3 2.17
कामिनी मानसं काममप्रज्ञं स्वामिनं वदेत् ।। सर्वेषां हृदयज्ञं च हृदीष्टं कथयामि किम्
kāminī mānasaṃ kāmamaprajñaṃ svāminaṃ vadet || sarveṣāṃ hṛdayajñaṃ ca hṛdīṣṭaṃ kathayāmi kim
A woman would tell her mental desire to a husband who does not know (it); but to one who knows the hearts of all, what shall I tell of what is desired in (my) heart?
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BvP 3 2.18
सुगोप्यं सर्वनारीणां लज्जाजननकारणम् ।। अकथ्यमपि सर्वासां महेश कथयामि ते
sugopyaṃ sarvanārīṇāṃ lajjājananakāraṇam || akathyamapi sarvāsāṃ maheśa kathayāmi te
What is to be well hidden by all women, the cause of the arising of shame, unspeakable for all women — yet, O Maheśa, I will tell it to you.
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BvP 3 2.19
सुखेषु मध्ये स्त्रीणां च विभवेषु सुरेश्वर ।। सत्पुंसा सह सम्भोगो निर्जनेषु परं सुखम्
sukheṣu madhye strīṇāṃ ca vibhaveṣu sureśvara || satpuṃsā saha sambhogo nirjaneṣu paraṃ sukham
Among the pleasures and enjoyments of women, O lord of the gods, union with a good man in solitary places is the highest pleasure.
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BvP 3 2.20
तद्भंगेन च यद्दुःखं तत्समं नास्ति च स्त्रियाः ।। कान्तानां कान्तविच्छेदशोकः परमदारुणः
tadbhaṃgena ca yadduḥkhaṃ tatsamaṃ nāsti ca striyāḥ || kāntānāṃ kāntavicchedaśokaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ
And the pain that comes from the breaking of that — there is nothing equal to it for a woman; for loving wives the grief of separation from the beloved is most terrible.
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BvP 3 2.21
कृष्णपक्षे यथा चन्द्रः क्षीयमाणो दिने दिने ।। तथा कान्तं विना कान्ता क्षीणा कान्त क्षणे क्षणे
kṛṣṇapakṣe yathā candraḥ kṣīyamāṇo dine dine || tathā kāntaṃ vinā kāntā kṣīṇā kānta kṣaṇe kṣaṇe
As the moon in the dark fortnight wanes day by day, so does a wife without her husband waste away moment by moment, O beloved.
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BvP 3 2.22
चिन्ताज्वरश्च सर्वेषामुपतापश्च वाससाम् ।। साध्वीनां कान्तविच्छेदस्तुरगानां च मैथुनम्
cintājvaraśca sarveṣāmupatāpaśca vāsasām || sādhvīnāṃ kāntavicchedasturagānāṃ ca maithunam
For all (people) there is the fever of anxiety, and for garments there is wear; for virtuous wives, separation from the husband, and for horses, copulation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 2.23
रतिभंगो दुःखमेकं द्वितीयं वीर्य्यपातनम् ।। दुःखातिरेकि दुःखं च तृतीयमनपत्यता
ratibhaṃgo duḥkhamekaṃ dvitīyaṃ vīryyapātanam || duḥkhātireki duḥkhaṃ ca tṛtīyamanapatyatā
The breaking off of lovemaking is one sorrow; the second is the spilling of the seed; and the third sorrow, exceeding (both) in pain, is childlessness.
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BvP 3 2.24
त्रैलोक्यकान्तं कान्तं त्वां लब्ध्वाऽपि न च मे सुतः ।। या स्त्री पुत्रविहीना च जीवनं तन्निरर्थकम्
trailokyakāntaṃ kāntaṃ tvāṃ labdhvā'pi na ca me sutaḥ || yā strī putravihīnā ca jīvanaṃ tannirarthakam
Even having obtained you, my husband, the beloved of the three worlds, I have no son; the life of a woman who is without a son is without purpose.
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BvP 3 2.25
जन्मान्तरसुखं पुण्यं तपोदानसमुद्भवम् ।। सद्वंशजातपुत्रश्च परत्रेह सुखप्रदः
janmāntarasukhaṃ puṇyaṃ tapodānasamudbhavam || sadvaṃśajātaputraśca paratreha sukhapradaḥ
Happiness in another birth, merit arising from austerity and giving, and a son born in a good lineage — (these) bestow happiness here and in the hereafter.
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BvP 3 2.26
सुपुत्रः स्वामिनोंऽशश्च स्वामितुल्यसुखप्रदः ।। कुपुत्रश्च कुलाङ्गारो मनस्तापाय केवलम्
suputraḥ svāminoṃ'śaśca svāmitulyasukhapradaḥ || kuputraśca kulāṅgāro manastāpāya kevalam
A good son is a portion of his father and gives happiness equal to (that given by) the husband; but a bad son, the firebrand of the family, is only for the torment of the mind.
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BvP 3 2.27
स्वामी स्वांशेन सुस्त्रीणां गर्भे जन्म लभेद्ध्रुवम् ।। साध्वीस्त्री मातृतुल्या च सततं हितकारिणी
svāmī svāṃśena sustrīṇāṃ garbhe janma labheddhruvam || sādhvīstrī mātṛtulyā ca satataṃ hitakāriṇī
The husband, by his own portion, surely takes birth in the womb of good wives; and a virtuous wife is like a mother, always doing what is beneficial.
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BvP 3 2.28
असाध्वी वैरितुल्या च शश्वत्सन्तापदायिनी ।। मुखदुष्टा योनिदुष्टा चासाध्वीति त्रिधा स्मृता
asādhvī vairitulyā ca śaśvatsantāpadāyinī || mukhaduṣṭā yoniduṣṭā cāsādhvīti tridhā smṛtā
An unvirtuous wife is like an enemy, forever inflicting torment; the unvirtuous woman is remembered as being of three kinds: foul of mouth, foul of womb, and (foul in both).
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BvP 3 2.29
किमुपायं करिष्यामि वद योगीश्वरेश्वर ।। उपायसिन्धो तपसां सर्वेषां च फलप्रद
kimupāyaṃ kariṣyāmi vada yogīśvareśvara || upāyasindho tapasāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca phalaprada
What means shall I employ? Tell (me), O lord of the lords of yogins, O ocean of expedients, O bestower of the fruit of all austerities.
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BvP 3 2.30
इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती देवी नम्रवक्त्रा बभूव ह ।। प्रहस्य शंकरो देवो बोधयामास पार्वतीम्
ityuktvā pārvatī devī namravaktrā babhūva ha || prahasya śaṃkaro devo bodhayāmāsa pārvatīm
Having spoken thus, the goddess Pārvatī stood with her face bowed down; and the god Śaṃkara, laughing, instructed Pārvatī.
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BvP 3 2.31
सत्पुत्रबीजं सुखदं तापनाशनकारणम् ।। मितं स्निग्धं सुरुचिरं प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे
satputrabījaṃ sukhadaṃ tāpanāśanakāraṇam || mitaṃ snigdhaṃ suruciraṃ pravaktumupacakrame
He began to declare (that which is) the seed of a good son, giving happiness, the cause of the destruction of distress — (speech) measured, affectionate, and most pleasing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain