Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 25
BvP 3 25.1
नारायण उवाच ।। हरिं स्मरन्कार्तवीर्य्यो हृदयेन विदूयता ।। दूतं प्रस्थापयामास कुपितो मुनिसन्निधिम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || hariṃ smarankārtavīryyo hṛdayena vidūyatā || dūtaṃ prasthāpayāmāsa kupito munisannidhim
Nārāyaṇa said: Remembering Hari, with his heart in torment, Kārtavīrya, angered, dispatched a messenger to the sage's presence.
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BvP 3 25.2
युद्धं देहि मुनिश्रेष्ठ किं वा धेनुं च वाञ्छिताम् ।। मह्यं भृत्यायातिथये सुविचार्य्य यथोचितम्
yuddhaṃ dehi muniśreṣṭha kiṃ vā dhenuṃ ca vāñchitām || mahyaṃ bhṛtyāyātithaye suvicāryya yathocitam
(Saying:) "Give battle, best of sages, or else the cow (that is) desired — to me, a servant, a guest — having considered well what is fitting."
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BvP 3 25.3
दूतस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा जहास मुनिपुंगवः ।। हितं सत्यं नीतिसारं सर्वं दूतमुवाच ह
dūtasya vacanaṃ śrutvā jahāsa munipuṃgavaḥ || hitaṃ satyaṃ nītisāraṃ sarvaṃ dūtamuvāca ha
Hearing the messenger's words, the bull among sages laughed, and told the messenger everything — beneficial, true, the essence of policy.
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BvP 3 25.4
मुनिरुवाच ।। दृष्टो नृपो निराहारः समानीतो मया गृहम् ।। विविधं च यथाशक्त्या भोजितश्च यथोचितम्
muniruvāca || dṛṣṭo nṛpo nirāhāraḥ samānīto mayā gṛham || vividhaṃ ca yathāśaktyā bhojitaśca yathocitam
The sage said: The king was seen (by me) without food, and was brought by me to (my) house, and was fed with various things according to my ability, as was fitting.
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BvP 3 25.5
कपिलां याचते राजा मम प्राणाधिकां प्रियाम्।। तां दातुमक्षमो दूत युद्धं दास्यामि निश्चितम्
kapilāṃ yācate rājā mama prāṇādhikāṃ priyām|| tāṃ dātumakṣamo dūta yuddhaṃ dāsyāmi niścitam
The king asks for Kapilā, dearer to me than life. I am unable to give her, messenger; battle I shall certainly give.
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BvP 3 25.6
मुनेस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दूतः सर्वमुवाच ह ।। नृपेन्द्रं च सभामध्ये सन्नाहैस्संयुतं भिया
munestadvacanaṃ śrutvā dūtaḥ sarvamuvāca ha || nṛpendraṃ ca sabhāmadhye sannāhaissaṃyutaṃ bhiyā
Hearing that speech of the sage, the messenger told it all in the midst of the assembly to the lord of kings, who out of fear was equipped with armour.
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BvP 3 25.7
मुनिश्च कपिलामाह साम्प्रतं किङ्करोम्यहम् ।। कर्णधारं विना नौका तथा सैन्यं विना मया
muniśca kapilāmāha sāmprataṃ kiṅkaromyaham || karṇadhāraṃ vinā naukā tathā sainyaṃ vinā mayā
And the sage said to Kapilā: "What am I to do now? As a boat is without a helmsman, so is the army without me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 25.8
कपिला च ददौ तस्मै शस्त्राणि विविधानि च।। युद्धशास्त्रोपदेशं च सन्धानं चौपयोगिकम्
kapilā ca dadau tasmai śastrāṇi vividhāni ca|| yuddhaśāstropadeśaṃ ca sandhānaṃ caupayogikam
And Kapilā gave him weapons of many kinds, and instruction in the science of war, and the fitting (of arrows) that is useful.
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BvP 3 25.9
जयं भवतु ते विप्र युद्धे जेष्यसि निश्चितम् ।। तव मृत्युर्न भविता सत्यमस्त्रं विना मुने
jayaṃ bhavatu te vipra yuddhe jeṣyasi niścitam || tava mṛtyurna bhavitā satyamastraṃ vinā mune
"May victory be yours, brahmin; in battle you will surely conquer. Your death shall not come about — truly, sage, except by a (divine) missile."
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BvP 3 25.10
नृपेण सार्द्धं ते युद्धमयुक्तं ब्राह्मणस्य च ।। दत्तात्रेयस्य शिष्येण व्यर्थं वै शक्तिधारिणा ।। इत्युक्त्वा कपिला ब्रह्मन्विरराम मनस्विनी
nṛpeṇa sārddhaṃ te yuddhamayuktaṃ brāhmaṇasya ca || dattātreyasya śiṣyeṇa vyarthaṃ vai śaktidhāriṇā || ityuktvā kapilā brahmanvirarāma manasvinī
"Your battle with the king is unfitting for a brahmin, and futile indeed for a disciple of Dattātreya who wields power." Having said this, O brahmin, the spirited Kapilā fell silent.
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BvP 3 25.11
मुनिर्मनस्वी सैन्यं च सज्जीकृत्य ततो मुने ।। गृहीत्वा सर्वसैन्यं च स जगाम रणाजिरम्
munirmanasvī sainyaṃ ca sajjīkṛtya tato mune || gṛhītvā sarvasainyaṃ ca sa jagāma raṇājiram
The spirited sage then, O sage, having made the army ready, and taking the whole army, went to the field of battle.
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BvP 3 25.12
राजा जगाम युद्धाय ननाम मुनिपुंगवम् ।। उभयोः सैन्ययोर्युद्धं बभूव बहुदुष्करम्
rājā jagāma yuddhāya nanāma munipuṃgavam || ubhayoḥ sainyayoryuddhaṃ babhūva bahuduṣkaram
The king went to battle and bowed to the bull among sages; a very hard-fought battle took place between the two armies.
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BvP 3 25.13
राजसैन्यं जितं सर्वं कपिलासेनया बलात् ।। विचित्रं च रथं राज्ञो बभञ्जे लीलया रणे
rājasainyaṃ jitaṃ sarvaṃ kapilāsenayā balāt || vicitraṃ ca rathaṃ rājño babhañje līlayā raṇe
The whole royal army was conquered by force by Kapilā's host, and it broke the king's marvellous chariot in the battle as if in play.
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BvP 3 25.14
धनुश्चिच्छेद सज्यं तत्सा सेना कापिली मुदा।। नृपेन्द्रः कापिलेयानि जेतुं सैन्यानि चाक्षमः
dhanuściccheda sajyaṃ tatsā senā kāpilī mudā|| nṛpendraḥ kāpileyāni jetuṃ sainyāni cākṣamaḥ
That Kapila army joyfully cut through (his) strung bow; and the lord of kings was unable to conquer the armies of Kapila.
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BvP 3 25.16
किञ्चिच्छिष्टं बलं राज्ञः किंचिदेव पलायितम् ।। मुनीन्द्रो मूर्च्छितं दृष्ट्वा नृपेन्द्रमतिथिं मुने
kiñcicchiṣṭaṃ balaṃ rājñaḥ kiṃcideva palāyitam || munīndro mūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpendramatithiṃ mune
Some of the king's force was left over, and some indeed fled. The best of sages, O sage, seeing the lord of kings, his guest, fallen unconscious—
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BvP 3 25.17
कृपानिधिश्च कृपया तत्सैन्यं सञ्जहार च ।। गत्वा सैन्यं विलीनं च कपिलायां च कृत्रिमम्
kṛpānidhiśca kṛpayā tatsainyaṃ sañjahāra ca || gatvā sainyaṃ vilīnaṃ ca kapilāyāṃ ca kṛtrimam
—and being a treasury of compassion, out of pity he withdrew that army; and the army went and dissolved into Kapilā, being an artificial (creation).
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BvP 3 25.18
नृपाय मुनिना शीघ्रं दत्ताश्चरणरेणवः ।। आशीर्वादं प्रदत्तं च जयोऽस्त्विति कृपालुना ।। कमण्डलुजलं प्रोक्ष्य जीवयामास तं नृपम्
nṛpāya muninā śīghraṃ dattāścaraṇareṇavaḥ || āśīrvādaṃ pradattaṃ ca jayo'stviti kṛpālunā || kamaṇḍalujalaṃ prokṣya jīvayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam
The dust of (his) feet was quickly given to the king by the sage, and a blessing was bestowed by the compassionate one, saying "Let there be victory!"; and sprinkling water from his water-pot he revived that king.
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BvP 3 25.19
सैन्यानि तं शस्त्रवृष्ट्या न्यस्तशस्त्रं चकार ह ।। शरवृष्ट्या शस्त्रवृष्ट्या राजा मूर्च्छामवाप ह स राजा चेतनां प्राप्य समुत्थाय रणाजिरात् ।। मूर्ध्ना ननाम भक्त्या च मुनिश्रेष्ठं कृताञ्जलिः
sainyāni taṃ śastravṛṣṭyā nyastaśastraṃ cakāra ha || śaravṛṣṭyā śastravṛṣṭyā rājā mūrcchāmavāpa ha sa rājā cetanāṃ prāpya samutthāya raṇājirāt || mūrdhnā nanāma bhaktyā ca muniśreṣṭhaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ
The armies made him lay down his weapons by a rain of missiles; by the shower of arrows, by the shower of missiles, the king fell into a swoon. That king, regaining consciousness, rising up from the battlefield, bowed with his head, with devotion, palms joined, to the best of sages.
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BvP 3 25.20
मुनिः शुभाशिषं दत्त्वा राजानं त्वालिलिङ्ग सः ।। पुनस्तं स्नापयित्वा च भोजयामास यत्नतः
muniḥ śubhāśiṣaṃ dattvā rājānaṃ tvāliliṅga saḥ || punastaṃ snāpayitvā ca bhojayāmāsa yatnataḥ
The sage, having given an auspicious blessing, embraced the king; and having bathed him again, he carefully fed him.
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BvP 3 25.21
नवनीतं हि हृदयं ब्राह्मणानां तु सन्ततम् ।। अन्येषां क्षुरधाराभमसाध्यं दारुणं सदा ।। उवाच तं मुनिश्रेष्ठो गृहं गच्छ धराधिप।।
navanītaṃ hi hṛdayaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu santatam || anyeṣāṃ kṣuradhārābhamasādhyaṃ dāruṇaṃ sadā || uvāca taṃ muniśreṣṭho gṛhaṃ gaccha dharādhipa||
For the heart of brahmins is always butter, while (the hearts) of others are always like a razor's edge, intractable and cruel. The best of sages said to him: "Go home, O lord of the earth."
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BvP 3 25.22
राजोवाच ।। रणं देहि महाबाहो धेनुं किं वा मयेप्सिताम्
rājovāca || raṇaṃ dehi mahābāho dhenuṃ kiṃ vā mayepsitām
The king said: "Give me battle, O mighty-armed one, or else the cow that I desire."
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