Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 27
BvP 3 27.1
नारायण उवाच ।। हरिं स्मृत्वा गृहं गत्वा राजा विस्मितमानसः ।। आजगाम महारण्ये जमदग्न्याश्रमं पुनः
nārāyaṇa uvāca || hariṃ smṛtvā gṛhaṃ gatvā rājā vismitamānasaḥ || ājagāma mahāraṇye jamadagnyāśramaṃ punaḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: Having remembered Hari and gone home, the king, his mind amazed, came again to Jamadagni's hermitage in the great forest.
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BvP 3 27.2
रथानां च चतुर्लक्षं रथिनां दशलक्षकम् ।। अश्वेन्द्राणां गजेन्द्राणां पदा तीनामसंख्यकम्
rathānāṃ ca caturlakṣaṃ rathināṃ daśalakṣakam || aśvendrāṇāṃ gajendrāṇāṃ padā tīnāmasaṃkhyakam
Four hundred thousand chariots and a million chariot-warriors, and countless numbers of mighty horses, mighty elephants, and foot-soldiers.
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BvP 3 27.3
राजेन्द्राणां सहस्रं च महाबलपराक्रमम् ।। महासमृद्धियुक्तश्च त्रैलोक्यं जेतुमीश्वरः
rājendrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ ca mahābalaparākramam || mahāsamṛddhiyuktaśca trailokyaṃ jetumīśvaraḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 3 27.4
सर्वतो वेष्टयामास जमदग्न्याश्रमं मुदा ।। रथस्थो वर्मयुक्तश्च कार्त्तवीर्य्यार्जुनः स्वयम्
sarvato veṣṭayāmāsa jamadagnyāśramaṃ mudā || rathastho varmayuktaśca kārttavīryyārjunaḥ svayam
He surrounded the hermitage of Jamadagni on all sides with delight; Kārtavīryārjuna himself, standing in his chariot and clad in armour.
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BvP 3 27.5
सैन्यशब्दैर्वाद्यशब्दैर्महाकोलाहलैर्मुने ।। जमदग्न्याश्रमस्थाश्च मूर्च्छामापुर्भयेन च
sainyaśabdairvādyaśabdairmahākolāhalairmune || jamadagnyāśramasthāśca mūrcchāmāpurbhayena ca
By the noise of the army, the noise of the instruments, and the great uproar, O sage, those who were in Jamadagni's hermitage fainted from fear.
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BvP 3 27.6
कुटीं प्रविश्य बलवान्गृहीत्वा कपिलां शुभाम् ।। पुरं गन्तुं मनश्चक्रे दुर्बुद्धिरसदाश्रयः
kuṭīṃ praviśya balavāngṛhītvā kapilāṃ śubhām || puraṃ gantuṃ manaścakre durbuddhirasadāśrayaḥ
Entering the hut, the strong (king) seized the fine tawny cow and set his mind on going to his city — he of evil wits, whose reliance was on what is wrong.
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BvP 3 27.7
समुत्तस्थौ मुनिश्रेष्ठो गृहीत्वा सशरं धनुः ।। एकाकी मुक्तगात्रश्च धेनुं नत्वा हरिं स्मरन्
samuttasthau muniśreṣṭho gṛhītvā saśaraṃ dhanuḥ || ekākī muktagātraśca dhenuṃ natvā hariṃ smaran
The best of sages rose up, taking his bow with arrows — alone, with his limbs unbound (i.e. unarmoured), bowing to the cow and remembering Hari.
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BvP 3 27.8
आश्रमस्थाञ्जनान्सर्वान्समाश्वास्य च यत्नतः ।। आजगाम रणस्थानं निश्शङ्को नृपतेः पुरः
āśramasthāñjanānsarvānsamāśvāsya ca yatnataḥ || ājagāma raṇasthānaṃ niśśaṅko nṛpateḥ puraḥ
And having carefully reassured all the people who were in the hermitage, he came, free of fear, to the battleground, before the king.
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BvP 3 27.9
निर्ममे शरजालं च स मुनिर्मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ।। आच्छादयत्स्वाश्रमं तैर्मानवं वर्मणा यथा
nirmame śarajālaṃ ca sa munirmantrapūrvakam || ācchādayatsvāśramaṃ tairmānavaṃ varmaṇā yathā
And that sage fashioned a net of arrows with mantras, and with these he covered his own hermitage as armour covers a man.
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BvP 3 27.10
अपरं शरजालं च निर्ममे मुनिपुङ्गवः ।। तैरेव वारयामास सर्वसैन्यं यथाक्रमम्
aparaṃ śarajālaṃ ca nirmame munipuṅgavaḥ || taireva vārayāmāsa sarvasainyaṃ yathākramam
And that bull among sages fashioned another net of arrows, and with those very (arrows) he held back the whole army in due order.
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BvP 3 27.11
मुनिना शरजालेन सर्वसैन्यं समावृतम् ।। तानि सर्वाणि गुप्तानि यथा पत्राणि पञ्जरे
muninā śarajālena sarvasainyaṃ samāvṛtam || tāni sarvāṇi guptāni yathā patrāṇi pañjare
By the sage's net of arrows the whole army was enclosed; all of them were shut in as leaves (are shut) in a cage.
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BvP 3 27.12
राजा दृष्ट्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठमवरुह्य रथात्पुरः ।। सार्द्धं नृपेन्द्रैर्भक्त्या च प्रणनाम कृताज्जलिः
rājā dṛṣṭvā muniśreṣṭhamavaruhya rathātpuraḥ || sārddhaṃ nṛpendrairbhaktyā ca praṇanāma kṛtājjaliḥ
The king, seeing the best of sages, descended from his chariot and, together with the chief kings, bowed before (him) with devotion, hands folded.
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BvP 3 27.13
नत्वाऽऽरुरोह यानं स मुनेः प्राप्य शुभाशिषः ।। आरुह्य च नृपश्रेष्ठः स्वयानं हृष्टमानसः ।।
natvā''ruroha yānaṃ sa muneḥ prāpya śubhāśiṣaḥ || āruhya ca nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ svayānaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ ||
Having bowed and received the sage's auspicious blessings, he mounted his vehicle; and having mounted his own vehicle, that best of kings, with gladdened mind—
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BvP 3 27.14
नृपैः सार्द्धं नृपश्रेष्ठश्चिक्षेप मुनिपुङ्गवे।। अस्त्रं शस्त्रं गदां शक्तिं जघान क्रीडया मुनिः ।। मुनिश्चिक्षेप दिव्यास्त्रं चिच्छिदे लीलया नृपः
nṛpaiḥ sārddhaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaścikṣepa munipuṅgave|| astraṃ śastraṃ gadāṃ śaktiṃ jaghāna krīḍayā muniḥ || muniścikṣepa divyāstraṃ cicchide līlayā nṛpaḥ
—the best of kings, together with the (other) kings, hurled at the bull among sages missile, weapon, mace, spear; the sage destroyed (them) as if in play. The sage hurled a divine missile; the king cut it apart with ease.
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BvP 3 27.15
शूलं चिक्षेप नृपतिस्तञ्जघान तदा मुनिः ।। अपरं शरजालं च निर्ममे मुनिपुङ्गवः
śūlaṃ cikṣepa nṛpatistañjaghāna tadā muniḥ || aparaṃ śarajālaṃ ca nirmame munipuṅgavaḥ
The king hurled a lance; then the sage struck it down. And the bull among sages fashioned yet another net of arrows.
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BvP 3 27.16
शस्त्रौघैर्दुर्निवार्य्यैश्च खण्डं खण्डं चकार च सः ।। निबद्धाश्शरजालेन न च शक्ताः पलायितुम्
śastraughairdurnivāryyaiśca khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ cakāra ca saḥ || nibaddhāśśarajālena na ca śaktāḥ palāyitum
And he cut into pieces the floods of weapons that were hard to ward off; and (the enemies), bound by the arrow-net, were unable to flee.
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BvP 3 27.17
जृम्भणास्त्रेण मुनिना ते च सर्वे विजृम्भिताः ।। हस्त्यश्वरथपादातसहितं सर्वसैन्यकम्
jṛmbhaṇāstreṇa muninā te ca sarve vijṛmbhitāḥ || hastyaśvarathapādātasahitaṃ sarvasainyakam
And by the sage, with the yawning-missile, all of them were made to yawn — the whole army together with elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers.
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BvP 3 27.18
राजानं निद्रितं दृष्ट्वा न जघान मुनीश्वरः ।। गृहीत्वा कपिलां हृष्टो रुदन्तीं शोकमूर्च्छिताम् ।। बोधयित्वा पुरः कृत्वा स्वाश्रमं गन्तुमुद्यतः
rājānaṃ nidritaṃ dṛṣṭvā na jaghāna munīśvaraḥ || gṛhītvā kapilāṃ hṛṣṭo rudantīṃ śokamūrcchitām || bodhayitvā puraḥ kṛtvā svāśramaṃ gantumudyataḥ
Seeing the king asleep, the lord of sages did not kill (him); gladly taking the tawny cow, who was weeping and swooning with grief, and rousing (her) and putting (her) in front, he set out to go to his own hermitage.
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BvP 3 27.19
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजा चेतनां प्राप्य नारद ।। निवारयामास मुनिं गृहीत्वा सशरं धनुः
etasminnantare rājā cetanāṃ prāpya nārada || nivārayāmāsa muniṃ gṛhītvā saśaraṃ dhanuḥ
In the meantime, Nārada, the king, regaining consciousness, took up his bow with arrow and held the sage back.
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BvP 3 27.20
जगाम कपिला त्रस्ता स्वस्थानं च रणाजिरात् ।। मुनिश्च तस्थौ निश्शङ्को गृहीत्वा सशरं धनुः
jagāma kapilā trastā svasthānaṃ ca raṇājirāt || muniśca tasthau niśśaṅko gṛhītvā saśaraṃ dhanuḥ
The tawny cow, terrified, went from the battlefield to her own place; and the sage stood without fear, taking up his bow with arrow.
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BvP 3 27.21
ब्रह्मास्त्रं च नृपश्रेष्ठः स चिक्षेप मुनौ तदा ।। ब्रह्मास्त्रेण मुनीन्द्रस्य सद्यो निर्वाणतां गतम्
brahmāstraṃ ca nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ sa cikṣepa munau tadā || brahmāstreṇa munīndrasya sadyo nirvāṇatāṃ gatam
And then that best of kings hurled the brahmā-missile at the sage; by the brahmā-missile of the lord of sages it at once came to extinction.
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BvP 3 27.22
दिव्यास्त्रेण मुनिश्रेष्ठो नृपस्य सशरं धनुः ।। रथं च सारथिं चैव चिच्छिदे वर्म दुर्वहम्
divyāstreṇa muniśreṣṭho nṛpasya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ || rathaṃ ca sārathiṃ caiva cicchide varma durvaham
With a divine missile the best of sages cut apart the king's bow with its arrow, and his chariot and his charioteer as well, and his armour hard to bear.
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BvP 3 27.23
अथ राजा महाक्रुद्धो ददर्श स्वसमीपतः ।। दत्तेन दत्तां शक्तिं तामेकपूरुषघातिनीम्
atha rājā mahākruddho dadarśa svasamīpataḥ || dattena dattāṃ śaktiṃ tāmekapūruṣaghātinīm
Then the king, greatly enraged, saw near himself that spear given by Datta, the slayer of a single man.
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BvP 3 27.24
जग्राह नत्वा दत्तं तं स नत्वा शक्तिमुल्बणाम् ।। चूर्णयामास तत्रैव शतसूर्य्यसमप्रभाम्।।
jagrāha natvā dattaṃ taṃ sa natvā śaktimulbaṇām || cūrṇayāmāsa tatraiva śatasūryyasamaprabhām||
He bowed to Datta and took it; (and the sage), bowing to that fierce spear, blazing like a hundred suns, pulverized it there and then.
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BvP 3 27.25
यत्तेजः सर्वदेवानां तेजो नारायणस्य च ।। शम्भोश्च ब्रह्मणश्चैव मायायाश्चैव नारद
yattejaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tejo nārāyaṇasya ca || śambhośca brahmaṇaścaiva māyāyāścaiva nārada
That radiance which belongs to all the gods, and the radiance of Nārāyaṇa, and of Śambhu and of Brahmā, and of Māyā too, Nārada—
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BvP 3 27.26
तत्रैवावाहयामास स योगी मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ।। तेजसा द्योतयामास गगनं च दिशो दश
tatraivāvāhayāmāsa sa yogī mantrapūrvakam || tejasā dyotayāmāsa gaganaṃ ca diśo daśa
—that very (radiance) the yogin summoned there with mantras; with its brilliance he made the sky and the ten directions blaze.
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BvP 3 27.27
दृष्ट्वा क्षिपन्तीं तां देवा हाहाकारेण चुक्रुशुः।। आकाशस्थाश्च समरं पश्यन्तो दुःखिता हृदा
dṛṣṭvā kṣipantīṃ tāṃ devā hāhākāreṇa cukruśuḥ|| ākāśasthāśca samaraṃ paśyanto duḥkhitā hṛdā
Seeing her being hurled, the gods cried out with a wail of woe, and those standing in the sky, watching the battle, were grieved at heart.
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BvP 3 27.28
चिक्षेप तां चूर्णयित्वा कार्तवीर्य्यार्जुनः स्वयम् ।। सद्यः पपात सा शक्तिर्ज्वलन्ती मुनिवक्षसि
cikṣepa tāṃ cūrṇayitvā kārtavīryyārjunaḥ svayam || sadyaḥ papāta sā śaktirjvalantī munivakṣasi
Kārtavīryārjuna himself pulverized it and hurled it (back); at once that spear fell blazing upon the sage's breast.
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BvP 3 27.29
विदार्य्योरो मुनेः शक्तिर्जगाम हरिसन्निधिम् ।। दत्ताय हरिणा दत्ता शस्त्रास्त्रनिधये तदा
vidāryyoro muneḥ śaktirjagāma harisannidhim || dattāya hariṇā dattā śastrāstranidhaye tadā
Having split open the sage's breast, the spear went into Hari's presence — it had then been given by Hari to Datta, the treasury of weapons and missiles.
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BvP 3 27.30
मूर्च्छां सम्प्राप्य स मुनिः प्राणांस्तत्याज तत्क्षणम् ।। तेजोऽम्बरे भ्रमित्वा च ब्रह्मलोकं जगाम ह
mūrcchāṃ samprāpya sa muniḥ prāṇāṃstatyāja tatkṣaṇam || tejo'mbare bhramitvā ca brahmalokaṃ jagāma ha
That sage fell into a swoon and gave up his life-breaths that very moment; and his radiance, after wandering in the sky, went to Brahmaloka.
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BvP 3 27.31
युद्धे मुनिं मृतं दृष्ट्वा रुरोद कपिला मुहुः।। हे तात तातेत्युच्चार्य्य गोलोकं सा जगाम ह
yuddhe muniṃ mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā ruroda kapilā muhuḥ|| he tāta tātetyuccāryya golokaṃ sā jagāma ha
Seeing the sage dead in the battle, Kapilā wept again and again; crying out "O father, father!" she went to Goloka.
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BvP 3 27.32
सर्वं सा कथयामास गोलोके कृष्णमीश्वरम् ।। रत्नसिंहासनस्थं तं गोपैर्गोपीभिरावृतम्
sarvaṃ sā kathayāmāsa goloke kṛṣṇamīśvaram || ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ taṃ gopairgopībhirāvṛtam
She told everything in Goloka to Kṛṣṇa the Lord, who was seated on a jewelled throne, surrounded by cowherds and cowherd women.
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BvP 3 27.33
कृष्णेन ब्रह्मणे दत्ता ब्रह्मणा भृगवे पुरा ।। सा प्रीत्या पुष्करे ब्रह्मन्भृगुणा जमदग्नये
kṛṣṇena brahmaṇe dattā brahmaṇā bhṛgave purā || sā prītyā puṣkare brahmanbhṛguṇā jamadagnaye
She had been given by Kṛṣṇa to Brahmā, and by Brahmā formerly to Bhṛgu; and she, O brahman, was given with affection at Puṣkara by Bhṛgu to Jamadagni.
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BvP 3 27.34
नत्वा च कामधेनूनां समूहं सा जगाम ह ।। तदश्रुबिन्दुना मर्त्त्ये रत्नसंधो बभूव ह
natvā ca kāmadhenūnāṃ samūhaṃ sā jagāma ha || tadaśrubindunā marttye ratnasaṃdho babhūva ha
And having bowed, she went to the throng of the wish-granting cows; from her teardrop there arose on earth a mass of jewels.
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BvP 3 27.35
अथ राजा तं निहत्य बोधयित्वा स्वसैन्यकम् ।। प्रायश्चित्तं विनिर्वर्त्य जगाम स्वपुरं मुदा
atha rājā taṃ nihatya bodhayitvā svasainyakam || prāyaścittaṃ vinirvartya jagāma svapuraṃ mudā
Then the king, having slain him and roused his own army, performed the expiation and went joyfully to his own city.
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BvP 3 27.36
प्राणनाथं मृतं श्रुत्वा जगाम रेणुका सती।। मुनिं वक्षसि संस्थाप्य क्षणं मूर्च्छा मवाप सा
prāṇanāthaṃ mṛtaṃ śrutvā jagāma reṇukā satī|| muniṃ vakṣasi saṃsthāpya kṣaṇaṃ mūrcchā mavāpa sā
Hearing that the lord of her life was dead, the faithful Reṇukā went (there); placing the sage on her breast, she fell into a swoon for a moment.
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BvP 3 27.37
ततः सा चेतनां प्राप्य न रुरोद पतिव्रता ।। एहि वत्स भृगो राम राम रामेत्युवाच ह
tataḥ sā cetanāṃ prāpya na ruroda pativratā || ehi vatsa bhṛgo rāma rāma rāmetyuvāca ha
Then, regaining consciousness, that devoted wife did not weep, but said, "Come, child, Bhṛgu (descendant of Bhṛgu), Rāma, Rāma, Rāma!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.38
आजगाम भृगुस्तूर्णं क्षणाद्वै पुष्करादहो ।। ननाम मातरं भक्त्या मनोयायी च योगवित्
ājagāma bhṛgustūrṇaṃ kṣaṇādvai puṣkarādaho || nanāma mātaraṃ bhaktyā manoyāyī ca yogavit
Bhṛgu('s descendant) came swiftly in an instant from Puṣkara — ah! — and, travelling by thought and knowing yoga, he bowed to his mother with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.39
दृष्ट्वा रामो मृतं तातं शोकार्तां जननीं सतीम् ।। आकर्ण्य रणवृत्तान्तं प्रयान्तीं कपिलां शुचा
dṛṣṭvā rāmo mṛtaṃ tātaṃ śokārtāṃ jananīṃ satīm || ākarṇya raṇavṛttāntaṃ prayāntīṃ kapilāṃ śucā
Rāma, seeing his father dead and his chaste mother stricken with grief, and hearing the account of the battle and of Kapilā departing in sorrow —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.40
विललाप भृशं तत्र हे तात जननीति च ।। चितां चकार योगी न्द्रश्चन्दनैराज्यसंयुताम्
vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ tatra he tāta jananīti ca || citāṃ cakāra yogī ndraścandanairājyasaṃyutām
— he lamented greatly there, saying "O father! O mother!"; and that best of yogins made a pyre furnished with sandalwood and clarified butter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.41
रेणुका राममादाय तूर्णं कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि ।। चुचुम्ब गण्डे शिरसि रुरोदोच्चैर्भृशं मुहुः
reṇukā rāmamādāya tūrṇaṃ kṛtvā svavakṣasi || cucumba gaṇḍe śirasi rurodoccairbhṛśaṃ muhuḥ
Reṇukā quickly took Rāma and placed him on her breast, and kissed him on the cheek and on the head, and wept aloud, bitterly, again and again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.42
राम राम महाबाहो क्व यामि त्वां विहाय च ।। वत्स वत्सेति कृत्वैवं विललाप भृशं मुहुः
rāma rāma mahābāho kva yāmi tvāṃ vihāya ca || vatsa vatseti kṛtvaivaṃ vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ muhuḥ
"Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one, where shall I go, abandoning you? Child, child!" — thus she lamented bitterly, again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.43
मत्प्राणाधिक हे वत्स मदीयं वचनं शृणु ।। पित्रोः शेषक्रियां कृत्वा याया युद्धं न पुत्रक
matprāṇādhika he vatsa madīyaṃ vacanaṃ śṛṇu || pitroḥ śeṣakriyāṃ kṛtvā yāyā yuddhaṃ na putraka
"O child, dearer than my own life, hear my words: having performed the final rites for your parents, do not go to battle, my son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.44
गृहे तिष्ठ सुखं वत्स तपस्यां कुरु शाश्वतीम् ।। समरं नैव सुखदं दारुणैः क्षत्रियैः सह
gṛhe tiṣṭha sukhaṃ vatsa tapasyāṃ kuru śāśvatīm || samaraṃ naiva sukhadaṃ dāruṇaiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ saha
Stay at home in comfort, child, and practise perpetual austerity; battle with cruel kṣatriyas gives no happiness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.46
कार्तवीर्यं हनिष्यामि लीलया क्षत्रियाधमम् ।। पितॄंश्च तर्पयिष्यामि क्षत्रियक्षतजैस्तथा
kārtavīryaṃ haniṣyāmi līlayā kṣatriyādhamam || pitṝṃśca tarpayiṣyāmi kṣatriyakṣatajaistathā
"I shall slay Kārtavīrya, that lowest of kṣatriyas, in sport, and I shall satisfy the ancestors with the blood of kṣatriyas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.47
इत्युदीर्य्य पुरो मातुर्विललाप मुहुर्मुहुः ।। हितं तथ्यं नीतिसारं बोधयामास मातरम्
ityudīryya puro māturvilalāpa muhurmuhuḥ || hitaṃ tathyaṃ nītisāraṃ bodhayāmāsa mātaram
Having said this before his mother, he lamented over and over; and he instructed his mother in what was beneficial, true, and the essence of right conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.48
राम उवाच ।। पितुः शासनहन्तारं पितुर्वधविधायकम् ।। यो न हन्ति महामूढो रौरवं स व्रजेद् ध्रुवम्
rāma uvāca || pituḥ śāsanahantāraṃ piturvadhavidhāyakam || yo na hanti mahāmūḍho rauravaṃ sa vrajed dhruvam
Rāma said: He who does not kill the one who has violated his father's command and brought about his father's death — that great fool surely goes to the Raurava hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.49
मातुर्वचनमश्रुत्वा प्रतिज्ञां तां चकार ह ।। त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां करिष्यामि ध्रुवं महीम् ।। अग्निदो गरदश्चैव शस्त्रपाणिर्धनापहः ।। क्षेत्रदारापहारी च पितृबन्धुविहिंसकः
māturvacanamaśrutvā pratijñāṃ tāṃ cakāra ha || trissaptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ kariṣyāmi dhruvaṃ mahīm || agnido garadaścaiva śastrapāṇirdhanāpahaḥ || kṣetradārāpahārī ca pitṛbandhuvihiṃsakaḥ
Without heeding his mother's words he made that vow: "I will surely make the earth kingless thrice seven times over." The setter of fires, the giver of poison, the one who comes with weapon in hand, the robber of wealth, the seizer of another's field and wife, the injurer of father and kinsmen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.50
सततं मन्दकारी च निन्दकः कटुजल्पकः।। एकादशैते पापिष्ठा वधार्हा वेदसम्मताः
satataṃ mandakārī ca nindakaḥ kaṭujalpakaḥ|| ekādaśaite pāpiṣṭhā vadhārhā vedasammatāḥ
and the one who always acts sluggishly, the slanderer, the speaker of harsh words — these eleven are the most sinful, deserving of death, (so it is) agreed by the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.51
द्विजानां द्रविणादानं स्थानान्निर्वासनं सति ।। वपनं ताडनं चैव वधमाहुर्मनीषिणः
dvijānāṃ draviṇādānaṃ sthānānnirvāsanaṃ sati || vapanaṃ tāḍanaṃ caiva vadhamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
In the case of brahmins, O virtuous lady, the wise call the taking of their wealth, banishment from their place, the shaving (of the head), and beating "death."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.52
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र चाजगाम भृगुः स्वयम् ।। अतित्रस्तो मनस्वी च हृदयेन विदूयता
etasminnantare tatra cājagāma bhṛguḥ svayam || atitrasto manasvī ca hṛdayena vidūyatā
Meanwhile Bhṛgu himself came there, greatly alarmed and thoughtful, with a heart that was afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.54
भृगुरुवाच ।। मद्वंशजातो ज्ञानी त्वं कथं विलपसे सुत ।। जलबुद्बुदवत्सर्वं संसारे च चराचरम्
bhṛguruvāca || madvaṃśajāto jñānī tvaṃ kathaṃ vilapase suta || jalabudbudavatsarvaṃ saṃsāre ca carācaram
Bhṛgu said: You who are born in my lineage and are a knower — why do you lament, son? In the round of existence everything, moving and unmoving, is like a bubble on water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.55
सत्यसारं सत्यबीजं कृष्णं चिन्तय पुत्रक ।। यद् गतं तद्गतं वत्स गतं नैवागमिष्यति
satyasāraṃ satyabījaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ cintaya putraka || yad gataṃ tadgataṃ vatsa gataṃ naivāgamiṣyati
Think on Kṛṣṇa, whose essence is truth, who is the seed of truth, my little son. What is gone is gone, child; what is gone will never come back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.56
यद्भवेत्तद्भवत्येव भविता यद्भविष्यति ।। पूर्वार्जितं स्वीयकर्म फलं केन निवार्य्यते
yadbhavettadbhavatyeva bhavitā yadbhaviṣyati || pūrvārjitaṃ svīyakarma phalaṃ kena nivāryyate
What is to be simply is; what will come to be will come to be. One's own act, earned formerly — by whom is its fruit warded off?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.57
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च यत्कृष्णेन निरूपितम् ।। निरूपितं यत्तत्कर्म केन वत्स निवार्यते
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca yatkṛṣṇena nirūpitam || nirūpitaṃ yattatkarma kena vatsa nivāryate
Past, present, and future — what has been determined by Kṛṣṇa: that act which has been determined, by whom, child, is it warded off?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.58
मायाबीजं मायिनां च शरीरं पाञ्चभौतिकम् ।। संकेतपूर्वकं नाम प्रातः स्वप्नसमं सुत
māyābījaṃ māyināṃ ca śarīraṃ pāñcabhautikam || saṃketapūrvakaṃ nāma prātaḥ svapnasamaṃ suta
The body made of the five elements is the seed of illusion and belongs to those subject to illusion; its name rests on convention, and it is like a dream in the morning, son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.59
क्षुधा निद्रा दया शान्तिः क्षमा कान्त्यादयस्तथा ।। यान्ति प्राणा मनो ज्ञानं प्रयाते परमात्मनि
kṣudhā nidrā dayā śāntiḥ kṣamā kāntyādayastathā || yānti prāṇā mano jñānaṃ prayāte paramātmani
Hunger, sleep, compassion, calm, patience, beauty and the rest, the vital breaths, mind, and knowledge — they go when the Supreme Self departs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.60
बुद्धिश्च शक्तयः सर्वा राजेन्द्रमिव किंकराः ।। सर्वे तमनुगच्छन्ति तं कृष्णं भज यत्नतः
buddhiśca śaktayaḥ sarvā rājendramiva kiṃkarāḥ || sarve tamanugacchanti taṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhaja yatnataḥ
And intelligence and all the powers, like servants following the lord of kings — all of them go after him; worship that Kṛṣṇa with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.61
के वा केषां च पितरः के वा केषां सुताः सुत ।। कर्मभिः प्रेरिताः सर्वे भवाब्धौ दुस्तरे परम्
ke vā keṣāṃ ca pitaraḥ ke vā keṣāṃ sutāḥ suta || karmabhiḥ preritāḥ sarve bhavābdhau dustare param
Who indeed are the fathers of whom, and who the sons of whom, son? All are driven on by their deeds in the hard-to-cross ocean of existence, beyond (any control).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 27.62
ज्ञानिनो मा रुदन्त्येव मा रोदीः पुत्र साम्प्रतम् ।। रोदनाश्रुप्रपतनान्मृतानां नरकं धुवम्
jñānino mā rudantyeva mā rodīḥ putra sāmpratam || rodanāśruprapatanānmṛtānāṃ narakaṃ dhuvam
Knowers of truth do not weep at all; do not weep now, son. From weeping and the falling of tears, hell is certain for the dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.63
संकेताख्योच्चारणेन यद्रुदन्ति च बान्धवाः ।। शतवर्षं रुदित्वा तं प्राप्नुवन्ति न निश्चितम् ।। पार्थिवांशं च पृथिवी गृह्णात्यस्थित्वचादिकम्
saṃketākhyoccāraṇena yadrudanti ca bāndhavāḥ || śatavarṣaṃ ruditvā taṃ prāpnuvanti na niścitam || pārthivāṃśaṃ ca pṛthivī gṛhṇātyasthitvacādikam
When kinsmen weep by calling out the conventional name, even having wept for a hundred years they assuredly do not get him back. The earth takes back the earthy portion, the bones, skin and the rest;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.64
तोयांशं च तथा तोयं शून्यांशं गगनं तथा ।। वाय्वंशं च तथा वायुस्तेजस्तेजोंशकं तथा
toyāṃśaṃ ca tathā toyaṃ śūnyāṃśaṃ gaganaṃ tathā || vāyvaṃśaṃ ca tathā vāyustejastejoṃśakaṃ tathā
and water likewise the watery portion, the sky the portion of empty space, the wind likewise the windy portion, and fire the fiery portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.65
सर्वे विलीनाः सर्वेषु को वाऽऽयास्यति रोदनात् ।। नामश्रुतियशःकर्म कथामात्रावशेषितः
sarve vilīnāḥ sarveṣu ko vā''yāsyati rodanāt || nāmaśrutiyaśaḥkarma kathāmātrāvaśeṣitaḥ
All have dissolved into all — who then will come back because of weeping? He is left over as mere talk: name, report, fame, deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.66
वेदोक्तं चैव यत्कर्म कुरु तत्पारलौकिकम् ।। स च बन्धुः स पुत्रश्च परलोकहिताय यः
vedoktaṃ caiva yatkarma kuru tatpāralaukikam || sa ca bandhuḥ sa putraśca paralokahitāya yaḥ
Do that act which is enjoined in the Veda, which pertains to the other world. He is a kinsman and he is a son who works for (the departed's) welfare in the other world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.67
भृगोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा शोकं तत्याज तत्क्षणम् ।। रेणुका च महासाध्वी तं वस्तुमुपचक्रमे
bhṛgostadvacanaṃ śrutvā śokaṃ tatyāja tatkṣaṇam || reṇukā ca mahāsādhvī taṃ vastumupacakrame
Hearing that speech of Bhṛgu, he abandoned his grief that very moment; and Reṇukā, the greatly virtuous woman, began to speak to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 27.93
दृष्ट्वा तं रेणुकारामौ विनतौ संबभूवतुः ।। स तावुवाच वेदोक्तं परलोकहिताय च
dṛṣṭvā taṃ reṇukārāmau vinatau saṃbabhūvatuḥ || sa tāvuvāca vedoktaṃ paralokahitāya ca
Seeing him, Reṇukā and Rāma both became bowed down (before him); and he told them both what the Veda enjoins, for the welfare (of the dead) in the other world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition