Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 20
BvP 3 20.1
नारद उवाच ।। हरेरंशसमुत्पन्नो हरितुल्यो भवान्धिया ।। तेजसा विक्रमेणैव मत्प्रश्नं श्रोतुमर्हसि
nārada uvāca || hareraṃśasamutpanno haritulyo bhavāndhiyā || tejasā vikrameṇaiva matpraśnaṃ śrotumarhasi
Nārada said: Born from a portion of Hari, you are equal to Hari in understanding, in splendour and in valour indeed; you are fit to hear my question.
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BvP 3 20.2
विघ्ननिघ्नस्य यद्विघ्नं श्रुतं तत्परमाद्भुतम् ।। तद्विघ्नकारणं चैव विश्वकारणवक्त्रतः
vighnanighnasya yadvighnaṃ śrutaṃ tatparamādbhutam || tadvighnakāraṇaṃ caiva viśvakāraṇavaktrataḥ
The obstacle that befell the destroyer of obstacles — that most wonderful (tale) I have heard, and the cause of that obstacle too, from the mouth of the cause of the universe.
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BvP 3 20.3
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि परं सन्देहभञ्जनम् ।। त्रैलोक्यनाथतनये गजास्यायोजनार्थकम्
adhunā śrotumicchāmi paraṃ sandehabhañjanam || trailokyanāthatanaye gajāsyāyojanārthakam
Now I wish to hear the highest (matter) that breaks doubt: the reason for the joining of an elephant's face to the son of the lord of the three worlds.
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BvP 3 20.4
स्थितेष्वन्येषु बहुषु जन्तुष्वब्जभुवः पते ।। सुप्राणिनां सुरूपेषु नानारूपेषु रूपिणाम्
sthiteṣvanyeṣu bahuṣu jantuṣvabjabhuvaḥ pate || suprāṇināṃ surūpeṣu nānārūpeṣu rūpiṇām
O lord of the lotus-born, when many other creatures existed — beings well-endowed with life, of fair forms, embodied in various shapes (why an elephant's head)?
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BvP 3 20.5
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। गजास्ययोजनायाश्च कारणं शृणु नारद ।। गोप्यं सर्वपुराणेषु वेदेषु च सुदुर्लभम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || gajāsyayojanāyāśca kāraṇaṃ śṛṇu nārada || gopyaṃ sarvapurāṇeṣu vedeṣu ca sudurlabham
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Hear, Nārada, the reason for the joining of the elephant face — a thing to be kept secret in all the Purāṇas and very hard to find in the Vedas.
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BvP 3 20.6
तारणं सर्वदुःखानां कारणं सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। हारणं विपदां चैव रहस्यं पापमोचनम्
tāraṇaṃ sarvaduḥkhānāṃ kāraṇaṃ sarvasampadām || hāraṇaṃ vipadāṃ caiva rahasyaṃ pāpamocanam
It carries (one) across all sorrows, it is the cause of all prosperity, it takes away calamities; it is a secret, a release from sin.
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BvP 3 20.7
महालक्ष्म्याश्च चरितं सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं चैव चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदम्
mahālakṣmyāśca caritaṃ sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalam || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva caturvargaphalapradam
And it is the deed of Mahālakṣmī, the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, giving happiness and giving liberation, bestowing the fruit of the four aims.
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BvP 3 20.8
शृणु तात प्रवक्ष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।। रहस्यं पाद्मकल्पस्य पुरा तातमुखाच्छ्रुतम्
śṛṇu tāta pravakṣye'hamitihāsaṃ purātanam || rahasyaṃ pādmakalpasya purā tātamukhācchrutam
Listen, my son: I shall tell the ancient tale, the secret of the Pādma Kalpa, heard long ago from my father's mouth.
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BvP 3 20.9
एकदैव महेन्द्रश्च पुष्पभद्रां नदीं ययौ ।। महासम्पन्मदोन्मत्तः कामी राजश्रियाऽन्वितः
ekadaiva mahendraśca puṣpabhadrāṃ nadīṃ yayau || mahāsampanmadonmattaḥ kāmī rājaśriyā'nvitaḥ
Once great Indra went to the river Puṣpabhadrā, intoxicated with the pride of his great wealth, lustful, attended by royal splendour.
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BvP 3 20.10
तत्तीरेऽतिरहःस्थाने पुष्पोद्याने मनोहरे ।। अतीव दुर्गमेऽरण्ये सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिते
tattīre'tirahaḥsthāne puṣpodyāne manohare || atīva durgame'raṇye sarvajantuvivarjite
On its bank, in a very secluded spot, in a charming flower-garden, in a forest exceedingly hard of access, devoid of all creatures,
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BvP 3 20.11
भ्रमरध्वनिसंयुक्ते पुंस्कोकिलरुतश्रवे ।। सुगन्धिपुष्प संश्लिष्टवायुना सुरभीकृते
bhramaradhvanisaṃyukte puṃskokilarutaśrave || sugandhipuṣpa saṃśliṣṭavāyunā surabhīkṛte
filled with the humming of bees, where the cries of male cuckoos are heard, made fragrant by the wind that has clung to sweet-smelling flowers,
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BvP 3 20.12
ददर्श रम्भां तत्रैव चन्द्रलोकात्समागताम् ।। सुरतश्रमविश्रान्तिकामुकीं कामकामुकीम् ।।
dadarśa rambhāṃ tatraiva candralokātsamāgatām || surataśramaviśrāntikāmukīṃ kāmakāmukīm ||
there he saw Rambhā, come from the world of the moon, desirous of rest from the fatigue of love-making, longing for love,
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BvP 3 20.13
इच्छन्तीमीप्सितां क्रीडां गच्छन्तीं मदनाश्रमम् ।। एकाकिनीमुन्मनस्कां मन्मथोद्गतमानसाम्
icchantīmīpsitāṃ krīḍāṃ gacchantīṃ madanāśramam || ekākinīmunmanaskāṃ manmathodgatamānasām
wishing for the sport she desired, going to the hermitage of Love, alone, excited in mind, her thoughts risen up with desire,
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BvP 3 20.14
सुश्रोणीं सुदतीं श्यामां बिम्बाधरसरोरुहाम्।। बृहन्नितम्बभारार्त्तां मत्तवारणगामिनीम्
suśroṇīṃ sudatīṃ śyāmāṃ bimbādharasaroruhām|| bṛhannitambabhārārttāṃ mattavāraṇagāminīm
with fair hips, fine teeth, dark-complexioned, her lower lip a red bimba-lotus, weighed down by the burden of her broad buttocks, walking like a rutting elephant,
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BvP 3 20.15
सस्मितास्यशरच्चन्द्रां सुकटाक्षं च बिभ्रतीम्।। बिभ्रतीं कबरीं रम्यां मालतीमाल्यशोभिताम्
sasmitāsyaśaraccandrāṃ sukaṭākṣaṃ ca bibhratīm|| bibhratīṃ kabarīṃ ramyāṃ mālatīmālyaśobhitām
her face a smiling autumn moon, casting lovely sidelong glances, wearing a beautiful braid adorned with a garland of mālatī flowers,
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BvP 3 20.16
वह्निशुद्धांशुकधरां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् ।। कस्तूरीबिन्दुना सार्द्धं सिन्दूरं बिभ्रतीं मुदा ।।
vahniśuddhāṃśukadharāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām || kastūrībindunā sārddhaṃ sindūraṃ bibhratīṃ mudā ||
wearing fire-pure garments, adorned with jewel ornaments, joyfully wearing vermilion together with a dot of musk,
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BvP 3 20.17
नीलोत्पलदलश्यामकज्जलोज्जललोचनाम् ।। मणिकुण्डलयुग्माढ्यगण्डस्थलविराजिताम्
nīlotpaladalaśyāmakajjalojjalalocanām || maṇikuṇḍalayugmāḍhyagaṇḍasthalavirājitām
her eyes bright with collyrium dark as the petal of a blue lotus, resplendent with cheeks graced by a pair of jewelled earrings,
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BvP 3 20.18
अत्युन्नतं सुकठिनं पत्रराजिविराजितम् ।। सुखदं रसिकानां च स्तनयुग्मं च बिभ्रतीम्
atyunnataṃ sukaṭhinaṃ patrarājivirājitam || sukhadaṃ rasikānāṃ ca stanayugmaṃ ca bibhratīm
bearing a pair of breasts very high, very firm, marked with lines of leaf-designs, giving pleasure to men of taste,
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BvP 3 20.19
सर्वशोभां सुवेषाढ्यां सुभगां सुरतोत्सुकाम् ।। प्राणाधिकां च देवानां स्वच्छां स्वच्छन्दगामिनीम्
sarvaśobhāṃ suveṣāḍhyāṃ subhagāṃ suratotsukām || prāṇādhikāṃ ca devānāṃ svacchāṃ svacchandagāminīm
all beauty (itself), rich in fine dress, fortunate, eager for love-making, dearer than life to the gods, pure, going as she pleased,
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BvP 3 20.20
वरामप्सरसां रम्यामतीव स्थिरयौवनाम् ।। गुणरूपवतीं शान्तां मुनिमानसमोहिनीम्
varāmapsarasāṃ ramyāmatīva sthirayauvanām || guṇarūpavatīṃ śāntāṃ munimānasamohinīm
the best of the Apsarases, delightful, her youth exceedingly unchanging, possessed of virtue and beauty, calm, bewitching the minds of sages.
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BvP 3 20.21
दृष्ट्वा तामतिवेषाढ्यां तत्कटाक्षेण पीडितः ।। इन्द्रोऽतीन्द्रियचापल्यात्प्रवक्तुपचक्रमे
dṛṣṭvā tāmativeṣāḍhyāṃ tatkaṭākṣeṇa pīḍitaḥ || indro'tīndriyacāpalyātpravaktupacakrame
Seeing her so richly dressed, tormented by her sidelong glance, Indra, out of the fickleness of his overpowering senses, began to speak.
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BvP 3 20.22
इन्द्र उवाच ।। क्व गच्छसि वरारोहे क्व गताऽसि मनोहरे ।। मया दृष्टा हि सुचिरात्कल्याणि सुभगेऽधुना
indra uvāca || kva gacchasi varārohe kva gatā'si manohare || mayā dṛṣṭā hi sucirātkalyāṇi subhage'dhunā
Indra said: Where are you going, fair-hipped one? Where have you gone, heart-charmer? For after a long time I have seen you now, auspicious, lovely lady.
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BvP 3 20.23
तवान्वेषणकर्त्ताऽहं श्रुत्वा वाचिकमग्रतः ।। त्वदासक्तमनाश्चास्मि नान्यां वै गणयामि च
tavānveṣaṇakarttā'haṃ śrutvā vācikamagrataḥ || tvadāsaktamanāścāsmi nānyāṃ vai gaṇayāmi ca
I am the one searching for you, having heard word of you beforehand; my mind is attached to you, and indeed I count no other woman.
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BvP 3 20.24
सुवासितजलार्थी यः किमिच्छेत्पङ्किलं जलम् ।। पङ्कं नेच्छेच्चन्दनार्थी पङ्कजार्थी न चोत्पलम्
suvāsitajalārthī yaḥ kimicchetpaṅkilaṃ jalam || paṅkaṃ neccheccandanārthī paṅkajārthī na cotpalam
One who wants sweetly scented water—why would he want muddy water? One who wants sandal would not want mud, and one who wants a lotus would not want a blue water-lily.
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BvP 3 20.25
सुधार्थी न सुरामिच्छेद्दुग्धार्थी नाविलं जलम् ।। सुगन्धिपुष्पशायी यो ह्यस्त्रतल्पं न चेच्छति
sudhārthī na surāmiccheddugdhārthī nāvilaṃ jalam || sugandhipuṣpaśāyī yo hyastratalpaṃ na cecchati
One who wants nectar would not want liquor; one who wants milk, not turbid water; and one who sleeps on fragrant flowers does not want a bed of weapons.
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BvP 3 20.26
स्वर्गी च नरकं नेच्छेत्सुभोगी दुष्टभोजनम् ।। पण्डितैः सह संवासी नेच्छेत्स्त्रीसन्निधिं नरः ।। विहाय रत्नाभरणं कोऽपीच्छेल्लोहभूषणम्
svargī ca narakaṃ necchetsubhogī duṣṭabhojanam || paṇḍitaiḥ saha saṃvāsī necchetstrīsannidhiṃ naraḥ || vihāya ratnābharaṇaṃ ko'pīcchellohabhūṣaṇam
One in heaven would not want hell, nor one who eats well bad food; a man who dwells together with the learned would not want the company of women. Who indeed, having abandoned jewelled ornaments, would want an iron ornament?
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BvP 3 20.27
त्वां नाश्लिष्य महाविज्ञां कां मूढो गन्तुमिच्छति।। विहाय गङ्गां को विज्ञो नदीमन्यां च वांछति
tvāṃ nāśliṣya mahāvijñāṃ kāṃ mūḍho gantumicchati|| vihāya gaṅgāṃ ko vijño nadīmanyāṃ ca vāṃchati
What fool, without embracing you, greatly wise as you are, would wish to go (to another)? What discerning man, abandoning the Ganges, longs for another river?
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BvP 3 20.29
इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवानवरुह्य गजेश्वरात् ।। कामयुक्तश्च पुरतस्तस्थौ तस्याश्च नारद
ityevamuktvā bhagavānavaruhya gajeśvarāt || kāmayuktaśca puratastasthau tasyāśca nārada
Having spoken thus, the lord dismounted from the lord of elephants, and, filled with desire, stood before her, O Nārada.
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BvP 3 20.30
श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं रम्भा महाशृङ्गारलोलुपा ।। जहासानम्रवदना पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहा
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ rambhā mahāśṛṅgāralolupā || jahāsānamravadanā pulakāñcitavigrahā
Hearing that speech of his, Rambhā, greatly eager for amorous play, laughed with her face bowed down, her body bristling with thrills.
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BvP 3 20.31
स्मेरानना कटाक्षेण स्तनोर्वोर्दर्शनेन च ।। नर्मोक्तिगर्भवाक्येन चाहरत्तस्य चेतनाम्
smerānanā kaṭākṣeṇa stanorvordarśanena ca || narmoktigarbhavākyena cāharattasya cetanām
With smiling face, by a sidelong glance, by showing her breasts and thighs, and by words pregnant with jest, she stole away his consciousness.
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BvP 3 20.32
मितं सारं सुमधुरं सुस्निग्धं कोमलं प्रियम् ।। पुरुषायत्तबीजं च प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे
mitaṃ sāraṃ sumadhuraṃ susnigdhaṃ komalaṃ priyam || puruṣāyattabījaṃ ca pravaktumupacakrame
She began to speak (words) measured, substantial, very sweet, very tender, soft, dear, and containing the seed of bringing a man under her control.
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BvP 3 20.33
रम्भोवाच ।। यास्यामि वाञ्छितं यत्र प्रश्नेन तव किं फलम् ।। नाहं सन्तोषजननी धूर्त्तानां दुष्टमित्रता
rambhovāca || yāsyāmi vāñchitaṃ yatra praśnena tava kiṃ phalam || nāhaṃ santoṣajananī dhūrttānāṃ duṣṭamitratā
Rambhā said: I shall go where I wish; what is gained by your question? I am not one who gives satisfaction; friendship with rogues is bad friendship.
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BvP 3 20.34
यथा मधुकरो लोभात्सर्वपुष्पासवं लभेत् ।। स्वादु यत्रातिरिक्तं स तत्र तिष्ठति सन्ततम्
yathā madhukaro lobhātsarvapuṣpāsavaṃ labhet || svādu yatrātiriktaṃ sa tatra tiṣṭhati santatam
Just as a bee out of greed obtains the nectar of every flower, (yet) where it is exceedingly sweet, there it stays constantly,
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BvP 3 20.35
तथैव कामुकी लोके भ्रमेद्भ्रमरवत्सदा ।। चाञ्चल्यात्स हि कास्वेव वायुवद्रसमाहरेत्
tathaiva kāmukī loke bhramedbhramaravatsadā || cāñcalyātsa hi kāsveva vāyuvadrasamāharet
even so a passionate woman in the world would always wander like a bee; out of fickleness, in which women would he draw out the essence, like the wind?
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BvP 3 20.36
सुपुमानङ्गवत्स्त्रीणां यथा शाखाश्च शाखिषु ।। कामुकी काकवल्लोलः फलं भुक्त्वा प्रयाति च
supumānaṅgavatstrīṇāṃ yathā śākhāśca śākhiṣu || kāmukī kākavallolaḥ phalaṃ bhuktvā prayāti ca
A fine man is to women as a body is (to its limbs), as branches are on trees; a passionate woman, fickle like a crow, having eaten the fruit, goes away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 20.37
स्वकार्य्यमुद्धरेद्यावत्तावद्वा स प्रयोजनम् ।। स्थितिः कार्य्यानुरोधेन यथा काष्ठे हुताशनः
svakāryyamuddharedyāvattāvadvā sa prayojanam || sthitiḥ kāryyānurodhena yathā kāṣṭhe hutāśanaḥ
As long as one can accomplish one's own purpose, so long is he of use; the staying is in accordance with the task, as fire (stays) in wood.
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BvP 3 20.38
यावत्तडागे तोयानि तावद्यादांसि तेषु च ।। शोषारम्भे च तोयानां यान्ति स्थानान्तरं पुनः
yāvattaḍāge toyāni tāvadyādāṃsi teṣu ca || śoṣārambhe ca toyānāṃ yānti sthānāntaraṃ punaḥ
As long as there is water in a pond, so long are there water-creatures in it; and when the waters begin to dry up, they go off again to another place.
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BvP 3 20.39
त्वं देवानामीश्वरोऽसि कामिनीनां च वाञ्छितः ।। पुमांसं रसिकं शश्वद्वाञ्छन्ति रसिकाः सुखात्
tvaṃ devānāmīśvaro'si kāminīnāṃ ca vāñchitaḥ || pumāṃsaṃ rasikaṃ śaśvadvāñchanti rasikāḥ sukhāt
You are the lord of the gods and the desired one of passionate women; connoisseurs (of love) always desire, for the sake of pleasure, a man who is a connoisseur.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.40
युवानं रसिकं शान्तं सुवेषं सुन्दरं प्रियम् ।। गुणिनं धनिनं स्वच्छं कान्तमिच्छति कामिनी
yuvānaṃ rasikaṃ śāntaṃ suveṣaṃ sundaraṃ priyam || guṇinaṃ dhaninaṃ svacchaṃ kāntamicchati kāminī
A passionate woman wants a lover who is young, a connoisseur, calm, well-dressed, handsome, dear, endowed with virtues, wealthy, and clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.41
दुश्शीलं रोगिणं वृद्धं रतिशक्तिवियोजितम् ।। अदातारमविज्ञं च नैव वाञ्छन्ति योषितः
duśśīlaṃ rogiṇaṃ vṛddhaṃ ratiśaktiviyojitam || adātāramavijñaṃ ca naiva vāñchanti yoṣitaḥ
Women do not at all desire one who is ill-behaved, diseased, old, bereft of sexual power, ungenerous, and ignorant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.42
का मूढा न च वाञ्छन्ति त्वामेवं गुणसागरम् ।। तवाज्ञाकारिणीं दासीं गृहाणात्र यथासुखम्
kā mūḍhā na ca vāñchanti tvāmevaṃ guṇasāgaram || tavājñākāriṇīṃ dāsīṃ gṛhāṇātra yathāsukham
What foolish women would not desire you, such an ocean of virtues? Take here, as you please, this maidservant who does your bidding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.43
इत्युक्त्वा सस्मिता सा च तं पपौ वक्रचक्षुषा ।। कामाग्निदग्धा विगलल्लज्जा तस्थौ समीपतः
ityuktvā sasmitā sā ca taṃ papau vakracakṣuṣā || kāmāgnidagdhā vigalallajjā tasthau samīpataḥ
Having said this, she, smiling, drank him in with a sidelong glance, and burning with the fire of desire, her modesty slipping away, she stood close by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.44
ज्ञात्वा भावं स्मरार्त्तायाः स्मरशास्त्रविशारदः ।। गृहीत्वा तां पुष्पतल्पे विजहार तया सह
jñātvā bhāvaṃ smarārttāyāḥ smaraśāstraviśāradaḥ || gṛhītvā tāṃ puṣpatalpe vijahāra tayā saha
Knowing the mood of her who was tormented by love, he, skilled in the treatises of love, took her onto the flower-couch and made sport with her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.45
चुचुम्ब रहसि प्रौढां नग्नां च सुभगां वराम् ।। पक्वबिम्बाधरौष्ठीं च सुदत्या चुंबितस्तया
cucumba rahasi prauḍhāṃ nagnāṃ ca subhagāṃ varām || pakvabimbādharauṣṭhīṃ ca sudatyā cuṃbitastayā
In private he kissed the mature, naked, lovely, excellent woman, whose lower lip was like a ripe bimba fruit, and he was kissed by her of the fine teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.46
नानाप्रकारशृङ्गाराद्विपरीतादिकान्मुने ।। सुखी बभूव तस्यां वै शृंगारो मूर्तिमानिव
nānāprakāraśṛṅgārādviparītādikānmune || sukhī babhūva tasyāṃ vai śṛṃgāro mūrtimāniva
By many kinds of love-play, the inverted and the rest, O sage, he became happy in her — as though he were passion itself embodied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.47
तौ कामाहितचित्तौ नो बुबुधाते दिवानिशम् ।। अन्योन्यगतचित्तौ च कामार्तौ ज्ञानवर्जितौ
tau kāmāhitacittau no bubudhāte divāniśam || anyonyagatacittau ca kāmārtau jñānavarjitau
The two, their minds fixed on desire, did not notice day and night; their minds gone into each other, tormented by desire, bereft of discernment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.48
स च कृत्वा स्थले क्रीडां तया सह सुरेश्वरः।। ययौ जलविहारार्थं पुष्पभद्रानदी जलम्
sa ca kṛtvā sthale krīḍāṃ tayā saha sureśvaraḥ|| yayau jalavihārārthaṃ puṣpabhadrānadī jalam
And that lord of the gods, having made his sport with her on dry land, went for water-play to the water of the river Puṣpabhadrā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.49
स चकार जलक्रीडां तया सह मुदा क्षणम् ।। जलात्स्थले स्थलात्तोये विजहार पुनः पुनः
sa cakāra jalakrīḍāṃ tayā saha mudā kṣaṇam || jalātsthale sthalāttoye vijahāra punaḥ punaḥ
He made water-play with her joyfully for a while; from the water to the land, from the land to the water, again and again he sported.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.50
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तेन वर्त्मना मुनिपुंगवः ।। सशिष्यो याति दुर्वासा वैकुण्ठाच्छङ्करालयम्
etasminnantare tena vartmanā munipuṃgavaḥ || saśiṣyo yāti durvāsā vaikuṇṭhācchaṅkarālayam
Meanwhile, by that same road, the bull among sages, Durvāsas, was going with his disciples from Vaikuṇṭha to Śaṅkara's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.51
तं च दृष्ट्वा मुनीन्द्रं च देवेन्द्रः स्तब्धमानसः ।। ननामागत्य सहसा ददौ तस्मै स चाशिषः
taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā munīndraṃ ca devendraḥ stabdhamānasaḥ || nanāmāgatya sahasā dadau tasmai sa cāśiṣaḥ
And seeing that best of sages, the lord of the gods, his mind struck motionless, came at once and bowed; and he (the sage) gave him blessings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.52
पारिजातप्रसूनं यद्दत्तं नारायणेन वै ।। तच्च दत्तं महेन्द्राय मुनीन्द्रेण महात्मना
pārijātaprasūnaṃ yaddattaṃ nārāyaṇena vai || tacca dattaṃ mahendrāya munīndreṇa mahātmanā
The pārijāta blossom that had been given by Nārāyaṇa — that was given to great Indra by the great-souled best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.53
दत्त्वा पुष्पं महाभागस्तमुवाच कृपानिधिः।। माहात्म्यं तस्य यत्किंचिदपूर्वं मुनिसत्तमः
dattvā puṣpaṃ mahābhāgastamuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ|| māhātmyaṃ tasya yatkiṃcidapūrvaṃ munisattamaḥ
Having given the flower, the greatly blessed one, a treasury of compassion, that best of sages told him whatever unprecedented greatness belonged to it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.55
पुरःपूजा च सर्वेषां देवानामग्रणीर्भवेत्। तच्छायेव महालक्ष्मीर्न जहाति कदाऽपि तम् ज्ञानेन तेजसा बुद्ध्या विक्रमेण बलेन च ।। सर्वदेवाधिकः श्रीमान्हरितुल्यपराक्रमः
puraḥpūjā ca sarveṣāṃ devānāmagraṇīrbhavet| tacchāyeva mahālakṣmīrna jahāti kadā'pi tam jñānena tejasā buddhyā vikrameṇa balena ca || sarvadevādhikaḥ śrīmānharitulyaparākramaḥ
"(He shall have) worship before all (others), and shall become foremost of the gods; Mahālakṣmī, like his shadow, never leaves him. In knowledge, splendour, intelligence, valour and strength he is superior to all the gods, glorious, of prowess equal to Hari's."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.57
भक्त्या मूर्ध्नि न गृह्णाति योऽहंकारेण पामरः ।। नैवेद्यं च हरेरेव स भ्रष्टश्रीः स्वजातिभिः ।। इत्युक्त्वा शंकरांशश्च ह्यगमच्छंकरालयम्
bhaktyā mūrdhni na gṛhṇāti yo'haṃkāreṇa pāmaraḥ || naivedyaṃ ca harereva sa bhraṣṭaśrīḥ svajātibhiḥ || ityuktvā śaṃkarāṃśaśca hyagamacchaṃkarālayam
"But the base man who out of pride does not take it upon his head with devotion — and that too the food-offering of Hari himself — he is one whose fortune is lost, together with his kinsmen." Having said this, the portion of Śaṅkara went to Śaṅkara's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.58
तत्स रम्भांतिके तिष्ठंश्चिक्षेप गजमस्तके ।। तेन भ्रष्टश्रियं दृष्ट्वा सा जगाम सुरालयम्
tatsa rambhāṃtike tiṣṭhaṃścikṣepa gajamastake || tena bhraṣṭaśriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā sā jagāma surālayam
Then he (Indra), standing beside Rambhā, threw it on the elephant's head; and she (Lakṣmī), seeing him thereby robbed of fortune, went to the abode of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.59
पुंश्चली योग्यमिच्छन्ती नापरं चञ्चलाऽधमा ।। देवराजं परित्यज्य गजराजो महाबली
puṃścalī yogyamicchantī nāparaṃ cañcalā'dhamā || devarājaṃ parityajya gajarājo mahābalī
A wanton woman, fickle and low, desiring one who is fit and no other — abandoning the king of the gods, the mighty king of elephants
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 20.60
प्रविवेश महारण्यं तं निक्षिप्य स्वतेजसा ।। तत्रैव करिणीं प्राप्य मत्तः संबुभुजे बलात्
praviveśa mahāraṇyaṃ taṃ nikṣipya svatejasā || tatraiva kariṇīṃ prāpya mattaḥ saṃbubhuje balāt
— having flung him off by his own strength, entered the great forest; and there, finding a she-elephant, in rut he enjoyed her by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.61
साऽतो बभूव वशगा योषिज्जातिः सुखार्थिनी ।। तयोर्बभूवापत्यानां निवहस्तत्र कानने
sā'to babhūva vaśagā yoṣijjātiḥ sukhārthinī || tayorbabhūvāpatyānāṃ nivahastatra kānane
She thereupon became submissive (to him) — the female kind seeks pleasure; and of those two a multitude of offspring was born there in that forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.62
हरिस्तन्मस्तकं छित्त्वा योजयामास बालके ।। इत्येवं कथितं वत्स किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। गजास्ययोजनायाश्च कारणं पापनाशनम्
haristanmastakaṃ chittvā yojayāmāsa bālake || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vatsa kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || gajāsyayojanāyāśca kāraṇaṃ pāpanāśanam
Hari cut off the head of one of them and joined it to the boy. Thus it has been told, my child; what more do you wish to hear? — the sin-destroying reason for the joining on of the elephant's face.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.94
दुर्वासा उवाच ।। सर्वविघ्नहरं पुष्पं नारायणनिवेदितम ।। मूर्ध्नीदं यस्य देवेन्द्र जयस्तस्यैव सर्वतः
durvāsā uvāca || sarvavighnaharaṃ puṣpaṃ nārāyaṇaniveditama || mūrdhnīdaṃ yasya devendra jayastasyaiva sarvataḥ
Durvāsas said: The flower that removes all obstacles, offered to Nārāyaṇa — on whose head this (rests), O Indra of the gods, his is victory on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 20.228
इन्द्रियैश्चेन्द्रियरतिं वर्द्धयन्तीं पदे पदे ।। वरं प्रार्थयितारश्च प्राणिनश्च सुखार्थिनः
indriyaiścendriyaratiṃ varddhayantīṃ pade pade || varaṃ prārthayitāraśca prāṇinaśca sukhārthinaḥ
...(her) who at every step increases the delight of the senses through the senses; and beings who seek pleasure are petitioners for a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain