Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 28
BvP 3 28.1
रेणुकोवाच ।। ब्रह्मन्ननुगमिष्यामि प्राणनाथस्य साम्प्रतम् । ऋतोश्चतुर्थदिवसे मृतोऽयं चाद्य मानदः
reṇukovāca || brahmannanugamiṣyāmi prāṇanāthasya sāmpratam | ṛtoścaturthadivase mṛto'yaṃ cādya mānadaḥ
Reṇukā said: Brahmin, I shall now follow after the lord of my life. On the fourth day from my menses, and today this honour-giving (husband) has died.
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BvP 3 28.2
कर्त्तव्या का व्यवस्थाऽत्र वद वेदविदां वर।। त्वमागतो मे सहसा पुण्येन कतिजन्मनाम्
karttavyā kā vyavasthā'tra vada vedavidāṃ vara|| tvamāgato me sahasā puṇyena katijanmanām
What procedure is to be followed here? Tell (me), best of those who know the Vedas. You have come to me suddenly, through the merit of how many births!
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BvP 3 28.3
भृगुरुवाच ।। अहो पुण्यवतो भर्तुरनुगच्छ महासति ।। चतुर्थदिवसं शुद्धं स्वामिनः सर्वकर्मसु
bhṛguruvāca || aho puṇyavato bharturanugaccha mahāsati || caturthadivasaṃ śuddhaṃ svāminaḥ sarvakarmasu
Bhṛgu said: Ah, follow after (your) meritorious husband, great chaste lady! The fourth day is pure for all the rites of a husband.
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BvP 3 28.4
शुद्धा भर्त्तुश्चतुर्थेऽह्नि न शुद्धा दैवपित्र्ययोः ।। दैवे कर्मणि पित्र्ये च पञ्चमेऽह्नि विशुद्ध्यति
śuddhā bharttuścaturthe'hni na śuddhā daivapitryayoḥ || daive karmaṇi pitrye ca pañcame'hni viśuddhyati
She is pure on the fourth day with regard to (her) husband, (but) not pure with regard to the rites for the gods and the ancestors; for a rite for the gods and for the ancestors she becomes wholly pure on the fifth day.
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BvP 3 28.5
व्यालग्राही यथा व्यालं बिलादुद्धरते बलात् ।। तद्वत्स्वामिनमादाय साध्वी स्वर्गं प्रयाति च
vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ bilāduddharate balāt || tadvatsvāminamādāya sādhvī svargaṃ prayāti ca
Just as a snake-catcher forcibly pulls a snake out of its hole, so a virtuous wife, taking her husband (with her), goes to heaven.
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BvP 3 28.6
मोदते स्वामिना तत्र यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। अत ऊर्ध्वं कर्मभोगं भुङ्क्ष्व साध्वि शुभाशुभम्
modate svāminā tatra yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || ata ūrdhvaṃ karmabhogaṃ bhuṅkṣva sādhvi śubhāśubham
She rejoices there with her husband for as long as fourteen Indras (endure); beyond that, O virtuous woman, you must experience the fruit of (your) deeds, good and bad.
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BvP 3 28.7
स पुत्रो भक्तिदाता यः सा च स्त्री याऽनुगच्छति ।। स बन्धुर्दानदाता यः स शिष्यो गुरुमर्चयेत्
sa putro bhaktidātā yaḥ sā ca strī yā'nugacchati || sa bandhurdānadātā yaḥ sa śiṣyo gurumarcayet
He is a son who gives devotion, and she is a wife who follows (her husband); he is a kinsman who gives gifts, he is a disciple who honours his teacher.
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BvP 3 28.8
सोऽभीष्टदेवो यो रक्षेत्स राजा पालयेत्प्रजाः ।। स च स्वामी प्रियां धर्मे मतिं दातुमिहेश्वरः
so'bhīṣṭadevo yo rakṣetsa rājā pālayetprajāḥ || sa ca svāmī priyāṃ dharme matiṃ dātumiheśvaraḥ
He is one's chosen deity who protects; he is a king who guards his subjects; and he is a husband who is here able to give his beloved a mind (set) on dharma.
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BvP 3 28.9
स गुरुर्धर्मदाता यो हरिभक्तिप्रदायकः ।। एते प्रशंस्या वेदेषु पुराणेषु च निश्चितम्
sa gururdharmadātā yo haribhaktipradāyakaḥ || ete praśaṃsyā vedeṣu purāṇeṣu ca niścitam
He is a guru who imparts dharma, who bestows devotion to Hari. These are certainly the ones praised in the Vedas and the Purāṇas.
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BvP 3 28.10
रेणुकोवाच ।। गन्तुं स्वस्वामिना सार्द्धं का शक्ता भारते मुने ।। का वाऽप्यशक्ता नारीषु तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन
reṇukovāca || gantuṃ svasvāminā sārddhaṃ kā śaktā bhārate mune || kā vā'pyaśaktā nārīṣu tanme brūhi tapodhana
Reṇukā said: Who, O sage, is able to go together with her own husband in Bhārata, and who among women is unable? Tell me that, O you rich in austerity.
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BvP 3 28.11
भृगुरुवाच ।। बालापत्याश्च गर्भिण्यो ह्यदृष्टऋतवस्तथा ।। रजस्वला च कुलटा गलितव्याधिसंयुता
bhṛguruvāca || bālāpatyāśca garbhiṇyo hyadṛṣṭaṛtavastathā || rajasvalā ca kulaṭā galitavyādhisaṃyutā
Bhṛgu said: Those with young children, pregnant women, and likewise those who have not yet seen their courses, a woman in her menses, an unchaste woman, and one afflicted with a wasting disease—
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BvP 3 28.12
पतिसेवाविहीना या ह्यभक्ता कटुभाषिणी ।। एता गच्छन्ति चेद्दैवान्न कान्तं प्राप्नुवन्ति ताः
patisevāvihīnā yā hyabhaktā kaṭubhāṣiṇī || etā gacchanti ceddaivānna kāntaṃ prāpnuvanti tāḥ
and she who lacks service to her husband, who is without devotion, who speaks harshly—if these go (with him), by fate they do not attain their husband.
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BvP 3 28.13
संस्कृताग्निं पुरो दत्त्वा चितासु शयितं पतिम् ।। कान्तास्तमनुगच्छन्ति कान्ताश्चेत्प्राप्नुवन्ति ताः
saṃskṛtāgniṃ puro dattvā citāsu śayitaṃ patim || kāntāstamanugacchanti kāntāścetprāpnuvanti tāḥ
Having first offered consecrated fire, (when) the husband lies on the pyre, if the wives follow him, they attain (him as) husband.
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BvP 3 28.14
अनुगच्छन्ति याः कान्तं तमेव प्राप्नुवन्ति ताः ।। सार्द्धं कृत्वा पुण्यभोगं दिवि जन्मनि जन्मनि
anugacchanti yāḥ kāntaṃ tameva prāpnuvanti tāḥ || sārddhaṃ kṛtvā puṇyabhogaṃ divi janmani janmani
Those women who follow their husband attain him alone, having enjoyed the fruits of merit together (with him) in heaven, birth after birth.
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BvP 3 28.15
इयं ते कथिता साध्वि व्यवस्था गृहिणां ध्रुवम् ।। तीर्थे ज्ञानमृतानां च वैष्णवानां गतिं शृणु।।
iyaṃ te kathitā sādhvi vyavasthā gṛhiṇāṃ dhruvam || tīrthe jñānamṛtānāṃ ca vaiṣṇavānāṃ gatiṃ śṛṇu||
This fixed rule for householders has been told to you, O virtuous lady; now hear the destiny of those who die at a holy place, of those (who die) in knowledge, and of the Vaiṣṇavas.
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BvP 3 28.16
या साध्वी वैष्णवं कान्तं यत्र यत्रानुगच्छति ।। प्रयाति स्वामिना सार्द्धं वैकुण्ठे हरिसन्निधिम्
yā sādhvī vaiṣṇavaṃ kāntaṃ yatra yatrānugacchati || prayāti svāminā sārddhaṃ vaikuṇṭhe harisannidhim
The virtuous wife who follows her Vaiṣṇava husband wherever (he goes) proceeds together with her husband to the presence of Hari in Vaikuṇṭha.
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BvP 3 28.17
विशेषो नास्ति भक्तानां तीर्थे वाऽन्यत्र नारद ।। मरणेन फलं तुल्यं मुक्तानां कृष्णभाविनाम्
viśeṣo nāsti bhaktānāṃ tīrthe vā'nyatra nārada || maraṇena phalaṃ tulyaṃ muktānāṃ kṛṣṇabhāvinām
For devotees there is no difference, O Nārada, whether at a holy place or elsewhere; by death the fruit is the same for the liberated ones whose thoughts are on Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 3 28.18
तयोः पातो नास्ति तस्मान्महति प्रलयं सति ।। नारायणं तं भजेत पुमान्स्त्री कमलालयाम्
tayoḥ pāto nāsti tasmānmahati pralayaṃ sati || nārāyaṇaṃ taṃ bhajeta pumānstrī kamalālayām
For those two there is no fall; therefore, O good lady, when the great dissolution comes, let a man worship that Nārāyaṇa, and a woman her who dwells in the lotus (Lakṣmī).
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BvP 3 28.19
तीर्थे ज्ञानमृतश्चापि वैकुण्ठं याति निश्चितम् ।। सभार्यो मोदते तत्र यावद्वै ब्रह्मणां शतम्
tīrthe jñānamṛtaścāpi vaikuṇṭhaṃ yāti niścitam || sabhāryo modate tatra yāvadvai brahmaṇāṃ śatam
And he who dies in knowledge at a holy place certainly goes to Vaikuṇṭha; there, with his wife, he rejoices for as long as a hundred Brahmās.
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BvP 3 28.20
इत्युक्त्वा रेणुकां तत्र जामदग्न्यमुवाच ह ।। वेदोक्तं वचनं सर्वं स भृगुः समयोचितम्
ityuktvā reṇukāṃ tatra jāmadagnyamuvāca ha || vedoktaṃ vacanaṃ sarvaṃ sa bhṛguḥ samayocitam
Having spoken thus to Reṇukā, that Bhṛgu then said to the son of Jamadagni every word declared in the Veda, suited to the occasion:
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BvP 3 28.21
एहि वत्स महाभाग त्यज शोकममङ्गलम् ।। उत्तानं कुरु तातं च दक्षिणाशिरसं भृगो
ehi vatsa mahābhāga tyaja śokamamaṅgalam || uttānaṃ kuru tātaṃ ca dakṣiṇāśirasaṃ bhṛgo
"Come, child, greatly fortunate one, give up inauspicious grief; lay your father face upwards with his head to the south, O Bhṛgu (descendant of Bhṛgu).
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BvP 3 28.22
वस्त्रयज्ञोपवीतं च नूतनं परिधापय ।। अनश्रुनयनो भूत्वा सन्तिष्ठन्दक्षिणामुखः
vastrayajñopavītaṃ ca nūtanaṃ paridhāpaya || anaśrunayano bhūtvā santiṣṭhandakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
"And have (him) clothed in a fresh garment and sacred thread; and with tearless eyes, stand facing south."
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BvP 3 28.23
अरणीसंभवाग्निं च गृहाण प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ।। पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सर्वेषां स्मरणं कुरु
araṇīsaṃbhavāgniṃ ca gṛhāṇa prītipūrvakam || pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni sarveṣāṃ smaraṇaṃ kuru
"And take up, with affection, the fire produced from the fire-sticks; and call to mind all the sacred fords that are on the earth."
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BvP 3 28.24
गयादीनि च तीर्थानि ये च पुण्याः शिलोच्चयाः ।। कुरुक्षेत्रं च गङ्गां च यमुनां च सरिद्वराम्
gayādīni ca tīrthāni ye ca puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ || kurukṣetraṃ ca gaṅgāṃ ca yamunāṃ ca saridvarām
"(Remember) the sacred fords beginning with Gayā, and the holy heaps of rock (mountains), and Kurukṣetra, and the Gaṅgā, and the Yamunā, best of rivers,"
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BvP 3 28.25
कौशिकीं चन्द्रभागां च सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् ।। गण्डकीमथ काशीं च पनसां सरयूं तथा
kauśikīṃ candrabhāgāṃ ca sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm || gaṇḍakīmatha kāśīṃ ca panasāṃ sarayūṃ tathā
"and the Kauśikī, and the Candrabhāgā that destroys all sins, and the Gaṇḍakī, and Kāśī, and the Panasā, and likewise the Sarayū,"
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BvP 3 28.26
पुष्पभद्रां च भद्रां च नर्मदां च सरस्वतीम् ।। गोदावरीं च कावेरीं स्वर्णरेखां च पुष्करम्
puṣpabhadrāṃ ca bhadrāṃ ca narmadāṃ ca sarasvatīm || godāvarīṃ ca kāverīṃ svarṇarekhāṃ ca puṣkaram
"and the Puṣpabhadrā, and the Bhadrā, and the Narmadā, and the Sarasvatī, and the Godāvarī, and the Kāverī, and the Svarṇarekhā, and Puṣkara,"
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BvP 3 28.27
रैवतं च वराहं च श्रीशैलं गन्धमादनम् ।। हिमालयं च कैलासं सुमेरुं रत्नपर्वतम्
raivataṃ ca varāhaṃ ca śrīśailaṃ gandhamādanam || himālayaṃ ca kailāsaṃ sumeruṃ ratnaparvatam
"and Raivata, and Varāha, Śrīśaila, Gandhamādana, and Himālaya, Kailāsa, Sumeru, Ratnaparvata,"
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BvP 3 28.28
वाराणसीं प्रयागं च पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् ।। हरिद्वारं च बदरीं स्मारंस्मारे पुनः पुनः
vārāṇasīṃ prayāgaṃ ca puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam || haridvāraṃ ca badarīṃ smāraṃsmāre punaḥ punaḥ
"Vārāṇasī and Prayāga, and the holy Vṛndāvana forest, and Haridvāra and Badarī — remember (them) again and again."
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BvP 3 28.29
चन्दनागरुकस्तूरीसुगन्धिकुसुमं तथा ।। प्रदाय वाससाऽऽच्छाद्य स्थापयैनं चितोपरि
candanāgarukastūrīsugandhikusumaṃ tathā || pradāya vāsasā''cchādya sthāpayainaṃ citopari
"And having offered sandal, aloe-wood, musk and fragrant flowers, and having covered (him) with a cloth, place him upon the pyre."
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BvP 3 28.30
कर्णाक्षिनासिकास्ये त्वं शलाकां च हिरण्मयीम् ।। कृत्वा निर्मन्थनं तात विप्रेभ्यो देहि सादरम्
karṇākṣināsikāsye tvaṃ śalākāṃ ca hiraṇmayīm || kṛtvā nirmanthanaṃ tāta viprebhyo dehi sādaram
"And on (his) ears, eyes, nose and mouth, my son, having made the piercing with a golden rod, give (them) respectfully to the brahmins."
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BvP 3 28.31
सतिलं ताम्रपात्रं च धेनुं च रजतं तथा ।। सदक्षिणं सुवर्णं च दत्त्वाऽग्निं देह्यकातरः
satilaṃ tāmrapātraṃ ca dhenuṃ ca rajataṃ tathā || sadakṣiṇaṃ suvarṇaṃ ca dattvā'gniṃ dehyakātaraḥ
"And having given a copper vessel with sesame, and a cow, and silver, and gold together with the priestly fee, set the fire (to the pyre) without faltering."
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BvP 3 28.32
ॐ कृत्वा दुष्कृतं कर्म्म जानता वाऽप्यजानता ।। मृत्युकालवशं प्राप्य नरं पञ्चत्वमागतम्
oṃ kṛtvā duṣkṛtaṃ karmma jānatā vā'pyajānatā || mṛtyukālavaśaṃ prāpya naraṃ pañcatvamāgatam
"Oṃ. Having done an evil deed, whether knowingly or unknowingly, this man, having fallen under the power of the time of death, having gone to dissolution,"
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BvP 3 28.33
धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तं लोभमोहसमावृतम् ।। दह सर्वाणि गात्राणि दिव्याँल्लोकान्स गच्छतु ।।
dharmādharmasamāyuktaṃ lobhamohasamāvṛtam || daha sarvāṇi gātrāṇi divyā~llokānsa gacchatu ||
"bound up with merit and demerit, enveloped in greed and delusion — burn all (his) limbs; may he go to the divine worlds."
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BvP 3 28.34
इमं मन्त्रं पठित्वा तु तातं कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् ।। मन्त्रेणानेन देह्यग्निं जनकाय हरिं स्मरन्
imaṃ mantraṃ paṭhitvā tu tātaṃ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam || mantreṇānena dehyagniṃ janakāya hariṃ smaran
"Having recited this mantra and having circumambulated (your) father, with this mantra set the fire to (your) begetter, remembering Hari."
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BvP 3 28.35
ॐ अस्मत्कुले त्वं जातोऽसि त्वदीयो जायतां पुनः ।। असौ स्वर्गाय लोकाय स्वाहेति वद साम्प्रतम्
oṃ asmatkule tvaṃ jāto'si tvadīyo jāyatāṃ punaḥ || asau svargāya lokāya svāheti vada sāmpratam
"Oṃ, you were born in our family; may one of yours be born again. May this one (go) to the world of heaven — svāhā: say (this) now."
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BvP 3 28.36
अग्निं देहि शिरःस्थाने हे भृगो भ्रातृभिः सह ।। तच्चकार भृगुः सर्वं सगोत्रैराज्ञया भृगोः
agniṃ dehi śiraḥsthāne he bhṛgo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha || taccakāra bhṛguḥ sarvaṃ sagotrairājñayā bhṛgoḥ
"Set the fire at the place of the head, O Bhṛgu, together with (your) brothers." Bhṛgu did all that, along with those of his lineage, by the command of Bhṛgu (the elder).
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BvP 3 28.37
अथ पुत्रं रेणुका सा कृत्वा तत्र स्ववक्षसि ।। उवाच किंचिद्वचनं परिणामसुखावहम्
atha putraṃ reṇukā sā kṛtvā tatra svavakṣasi || uvāca kiṃcidvacanaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
Then Reṇukā, placing her son there on her own breast, spoke some words that would bring happiness in the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.38
अविरोधो भवाब्धौ च सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम् ।। विरोधो नाशबीजं च सर्वोपद्रवकारणम्
avirodho bhavābdhau ca sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalam || virodho nāśabījaṃ ca sarvopadravakāraṇam
"Freedom from conflict, in the ocean of existence, is the auspiciousness of all auspicious things; conflict is the seed of destruction and the cause of every calamity."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.39
अकर्तव्यो विरोधो वै दारुणैः क्षत्रियैः सह ।। प्रतिज्ञा चैव कर्त्तव्या मदीये वचने श्रुते
akartavyo virodho vai dāruṇaiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ saha || pratijñā caiva karttavyā madīye vacane śrute
"Conflict with the cruel kṣatriyas is not to be undertaken; and a promise must be made (by you), now that my words have been heard."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.40
आलोच्य ब्रह्मणा सार्द्धं भृगुणा दिव्यमन्त्रिणा ।। यथोचितं च कर्तव्यं सद्भिरालोचनं शुभम्
ālocya brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ bhṛguṇā divyamantriṇā || yathocitaṃ ca kartavyaṃ sadbhirālocanaṃ śubham
"Having taken counsel with Brahmā and with Bhṛgu, the divine counsellor, what is fitting should be done; deliberation with the good is auspicious."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.41
इत्युक्त्वा तं परित्यज्य कान्तं कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि।। सा सुष्वाप चितायां च पश्यन्ती तं हरिस्मृतिः
ityuktvā taṃ parityajya kāntaṃ kṛtvā svavakṣasi|| sā suṣvāpa citāyāṃ ca paśyantī taṃ harismṛtiḥ
Having said this, she let him go, and placing her husband on her own breast, she lay down on the pyre and slept, gazing at him, her mind on Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.42
वह्निं ददौ चितायां च स रामो भ्रातृभिः सह ।। भ्रातृभिः पितृशिष्यैश्च सार्द्धं स विललाप च
vahniṃ dadau citāyāṃ ca sa rāmo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha || bhrātṛbhiḥ pitṛśiṣyaiśca sārddhaṃ sa vilalāpa ca
And that Rāma, together with his brothers, set fire to the pyre; and with his brothers and his father's disciples he lamented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.43
राम रामेति रामेति वाक्यमुच्चार्य्य सा सती ।। पुरस्ताज्जामदग्न्यस्य भस्मीभूता बभूव सा
rāma rāmeti rāmeti vākyamuccāryya sā satī || purastājjāmadagnyasya bhasmībhūtā babhūva sā
Uttering the words "Rāma, Rāma, Rāma," that chaste woman became ashes there in the presence of the son of Jamadagni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.44
भर्तुर्नाम समाकर्ण्य तत्राजग्मुर्हरेश्चराः।। रथस्थाः श्यामवर्णाश्च सर्वे चारुचतुर्भुजाः
bharturnāma samākarṇya tatrājagmurhareścarāḥ|| rathasthāḥ śyāmavarṇāśca sarve cārucaturbhujāḥ
Hearing the name of (their) Lord, the messengers of Hari came there, standing in a chariot, dark-hued, all of them beautiful and four-armed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.45
शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधारिणो वनमालिनः ।। किरीटिनः कुण्डलिनः पीतकौशेयवाससः
śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadhāriṇo vanamālinaḥ || kirīṭinaḥ kuṇḍalinaḥ pītakauśeyavāsasaḥ
Bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, wearing forest garlands, crowned, with earrings, clothed in yellow silk;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.46
रथे कृत्वा रेणुकां तां गत्वा ते ब्रह्मणः पदम् ।। जमदग्निं समादाय प्रजग्मुर्हरिसन्निधिम्
rathe kṛtvā reṇukāṃ tāṃ gatvā te brahmaṇaḥ padam || jamadagniṃ samādāya prajagmurharisannidhim
Having placed Reṇukā in the chariot and gone to the abode of Brahmā, they took up Jamadagni and went on into Hari's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.47
तौ दम्पती च वैकुण्ठे तस्थतुर्हरिसन्निधौ ।। कृत्वा दास्यं हरेः शश्वत्सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गलम्
tau dampatī ca vaikuṇṭhe tasthaturharisannidhau || kṛtvā dāsyaṃ hareḥ śaśvatsarvamaṅgalamaṅgalam
And those two, husband and wife, remained in Vaikuṇṭha in Hari's presence, performing forever the service of Hari, which is the blessing of all blessings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.48
अथ रामो ब्राह्मणैश्च भृगुणा सह नारद ।। पित्रोः शेषक्रियां कृत्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यो धनं ददौ
atha rāmo brāhmaṇaiśca bhṛguṇā saha nārada || pitroḥ śeṣakriyāṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dadau
Then, O Nārada, Rāma, together with the brāhmaṇas and with Bhṛgu, performed the remaining rites for his parents and gave wealth to the brāhmaṇas:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.49
गोभूहिरण्यवासांसि दिव्यशय्यां मनोरमाम् ।। सुवर्णाधारसहितां जलमन्नं च चन्दनम्
gobhūhiraṇyavāsāṃsi divyaśayyāṃ manoramām || suvarṇādhārasahitāṃ jalamannaṃ ca candanam
cows, land, gold and garments, a divine delightful bed, water together with a golden vessel, and food, and sandal-paste;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.50
रत्नदीपं रौप्यशैलं सुवर्णासनमुत्तमम् ।। सुवर्णाधारसहितं ताम्बूलं च सुवासितम्
ratnadīpaṃ raupyaśailaṃ suvarṇāsanamuttamam || suvarṇādhārasahitaṃ tāmbūlaṃ ca suvāsitam
a jewelled lamp, a mountain of silver, an excellent golden seat, and fragrant betel together with a golden holder;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.51
छत्रं च पादुके चैव फलं माल्यं मनोहरम् ।। फलं मूलादिकं चैव मिष्टान्नं च मनोहरम् ।। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो धनं दत्त्वा ब्रह्मलोकं जगाम सः
chatraṃ ca pāduke caiva phalaṃ mālyaṃ manoharam || phalaṃ mūlādikaṃ caiva miṣṭānnaṃ ca manoharam || brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dattvā brahmalokaṃ jagāma saḥ
an umbrella, and sandals, and fruit, and a lovely garland, and fruits, roots and the like, and delightful sweet food — having given wealth to the brāhmaṇas, he went to the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.52
ददर्श ब्रह्मलोकं स शातकुम्भविनिर्मितम् ।। स्वर्णप्राकारसंयुक्तं स्वर्णस्तम्भैर्विभूषितम्
dadarśa brahmalokaṃ sa śātakumbhavinirmitam || svarṇaprākārasaṃyuktaṃ svarṇastambhairvibhūṣitam
He saw the world of Brahmā, made of gold, provided with golden ramparts, adorned with golden pillars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.53
ददर्श तत्र ब्रह्माणं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा।। रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च रत्नभूषणभूषितम्
dadarśa tatra brahmāṇaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā|| ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam
There he saw Brahmā, blazing with the splendour of Brahman, seated on a jewelled lion-throne and adorned with jewelled ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.54
सिद्धैस्तपश्चान्द्रायणैर्ऋषीन्द्रैः परिवेष्टितम् ।। विद्याधरीणां नृत्यं च पश्यन्तं सस्मितं मुदा
siddhaistapaścāndrāyaṇairṛṣīndraiḥ pariveṣṭitam || vidyādharīṇāṃ nṛtyaṃ ca paśyantaṃ sasmitaṃ mudā
surrounded by Siddhas and by chief sages (who had performed) the cāndrāyaṇa austerities, and watching with a smile, in delight, the dance of the Vidyādharīs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.55
संगीतमुपशृण्वन्तं गीयमानं च गायकैः ।। चन्दनागरुकस्तूरीकुंकुमेन विराजितम्
saṃgītamupaśṛṇvantaṃ gīyamānaṃ ca gāyakaiḥ || candanāgarukastūrīkuṃkumena virājitam
listening to the concert being sung by the singers, resplendent with sandal, aloe-wood, musk and saffron,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.56
तपसां फलदातारं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। धातारं सर्वजगतां कर्तारं चेश्वरं परम्
tapasāṃ phaladātāraṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām || dhātāraṃ sarvajagatāṃ kartāraṃ ceśvaraṃ param
the giver of the fruits of austerities, the giver of all riches, the ordainer of all the worlds, the maker, and the supreme Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.57
परिपूर्णतमं ब्रह्म जपन्तं कृष्णमीश्वरम् ।। गुह्ययोगं प्रवोचन्तं पृच्छन्तं शिष्यमण्डलम्
paripūrṇatamaṃ brahma japantaṃ kṛṣṇamīśvaram || guhyayogaṃ pravocantaṃ pṛcchantaṃ śiṣyamaṇḍalam
muttering (the name of) the utterly complete Brahman, Kṛṣṇa the Lord, expounding the secret yoga, while the circle of disciples questioned (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.58
दृष्ट्वा तमव्ययं भक्त्या प्रणनाम भृगुः पुरः ।। उच्चैश्च रोदनं कृत्वा स्ववृत्तान्तमुवाच ह।।
dṛṣṭvā tamavyayaṃ bhaktyā praṇanāma bhṛguḥ puraḥ || uccaiśca rodanaṃ kṛtvā svavṛttāntamuvāca ha||
Seeing that imperishable one, Bhṛgu bowed before him with devotion, and weeping aloud he told his own story.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.59
भृगुरुवाच ।। ब्रह्मंस्त्वद्वंशजातोऽहं जमदग्निसुतो विधे ।। पितामहस्त्वमस्माकं सर्वज्ञं कथयामि किम्
bhṛguruvāca || brahmaṃstvadvaṃśajāto'haṃ jamadagnisuto vidhe || pitāmahastvamasmākaṃ sarvajñaṃ kathayāmi kim
Bhṛgu said: O Brahmā, I am born in your lineage, the son of Jamadagni, O ordainer; you are our grandfather; what shall I tell you, who know everything?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.60
मृगयामागतं भूपं पिता मे चोपवासिनम् ।। पारणां कारयामास कपिलादत्तवस्तुना
mṛgayāmāgataṃ bhūpaṃ pitā me copavāsinam || pāraṇāṃ kārayāmāsa kapilādattavastunā
My father made the king, who had come while hunting and was fasting, break his fast with the substance given by the (sacred) tawny cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.61
स राजा कपिलालोभात्कार्तवीर्य्यार्जुनः स्वयम् ।। घातयामास मत्तातमित्युक्त्वोच्चै रुरोद सः
sa rājā kapilālobhātkārtavīryyārjunaḥ svayam || ghātayāmāsa mattātamityuktvoccai ruroda saḥ
That king, Kārtavīryārjuna himself, out of greed for the kapilā cow, had my father killed — saying this, he wept aloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.62
निरुध्य बाष्पं स पुनरुवाच करुणानिधिः ।। माता मेऽनुगता साध्वी मां विहाय जगद्गुरो
nirudhya bāṣpaṃ sa punaruvāca karuṇānidhiḥ || mātā me'nugatā sādhvī māṃ vihāya jagadguro
Restraining his tears, that treasury of compassion spoke again: "My mother, the virtuous one, has followed (him), leaving me behind, O teacher of the world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.63
अधुनाऽहमनाथश्च त्वं मे माता पिता गुरुः ।। कर्ता पालयिता दाता पाहि मां शरणागतम्
adhunā'hamanāthaśca tvaṃ me mātā pitā guruḥ || kartā pālayitā dātā pāhi māṃ śaraṇāgatam
"Now I am without a protector, and you are my mother, father, and teacher; you are the maker, the sustainer, the giver — protect me, who have come to you for refuge."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.64
आगतोऽहं तव सभां प्रमातुर्मातुराज्ञया ।। उपायेन जगन्नाथ मद्वैरिहननं कुरु
āgato'haṃ tava sabhāṃ pramāturmāturājñayā || upāyena jagannātha madvairihananaṃ kuru
"I have come to your assembly by the command of my grandmother and my mother; by some stratagem, O Lord of the world, bring about the slaying of my enemy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.65
स राजा स च धर्मिष्ठः स दयालुर्यशस्करः ।। स पूज्यः स स्थिरश्रीश्च यो दीनं परिपालयेत्
sa rājā sa ca dharmiṣṭhaḥ sa dayāluryaśaskaraḥ || sa pūjyaḥ sa sthiraśrīśca yo dīnaṃ paripālayet
He is (truly) a king, he is most righteous, he is compassionate, he is a maker of fame; he is worthy of worship and his prosperity is steady — whoever protects the wretched.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.66
धनिदीनौ समं दृष्ट्वा यः प्रजां न च पालयेत् ।। तद्देहाद्याति रुष्टा श्रीः स भवेद्भ्रष्टराज्यकः
dhanidīnau samaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaḥ prajāṃ na ca pālayet || taddehādyāti ruṣṭā śrīḥ sa bhavedbhraṣṭarājyakaḥ
He who, looking upon the rich and the poor alike, does not protect his subjects — from his body Śrī departs in anger, and he becomes one fallen from his kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.67
श्रुत्वा विप्रबटोर्वाक्यं करुणासागरो विधिः ।। दत्त्वा शुभाशिषं तस्मै वासयामास वक्षसि
śrutvā viprabaṭorvākyaṃ karuṇāsāgaro vidhiḥ || dattvā śubhāśiṣaṃ tasmai vāsayāmāsa vakṣasi
Hearing the words of the brahmin boy, the Creator, an ocean of compassion, gave him an auspicious blessing and set him upon his breast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.68
श्रुत्वा भृगोः प्रतिज्ञां च विस्मितश्चतुराननः ।। अतीव दुष्करां घोरां बहुजीवविघातिनीम्
śrutvā bhṛgoḥ pratijñāṃ ca vismitaścaturānanaḥ || atīva duṣkarāṃ ghorāṃ bahujīvavighātinīm
And hearing the vow of Bhṛgu('s descendant), the four-faced one was amazed — (a vow) exceedingly hard to carry out, terrible, destructive of many lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.69
कर्मणा तद्भवेत्सर्वमिति कृत्वा तु मानसे ।। उवाच जामदग्न्यं तं परिणामसुखावहम्
karmaṇā tadbhavetsarvamiti kṛtvā tu mānase || uvāca jāmadagnyaṃ taṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
"All that may come about through (past) action" — thus reflecting in his mind, he spoke to that son of Jamadagni (words) bringing happiness in the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.70
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। प्रतिज्ञा दुष्करा वत्स वहुजीवविघातिनी।। सृष्टिरेषा भगवतः सम्भवेदीश्वरेच्छया
brahmovāca || pratijñā duṣkarā vatsa vahujīvavighātinī|| sṛṣṭireṣā bhagavataḥ sambhavedīśvarecchayā
Brahmā said: The vow is hard to fulfil, child, and destroys many lives. This creation is the Blessed One's; it comes to be by the Lord's will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.71
सृष्टिः सृष्टा मया पुत्र क्लेशेनैवेश्वराज्ञया ।। सृष्टिलुप्तौ प्रतिज्ञा ते दारुणाऽकरुणा परा
sṛṣṭiḥ sṛṣṭā mayā putra kleśenaiveśvarājñayā || sṛṣṭiluptau pratijñā te dāruṇā'karuṇā parā
Creation was created by me, son, only with toil, at the Lord's command; your vow, in the destruction of creation, is cruel, pitiless, extreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.72
त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां कर्तुमिच्छसि मेदिनीम् ।। एकक्षत्त्रियदोषेण तज्जातिं हन्तुमिच्छसि
trissaptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ kartumicchasi medinīm || ekakṣattriyadoṣeṇa tajjātiṃ hantumicchasi
Three times seven times you wish to make the earth free of kings; because of the fault of one kṣatriya you wish to slay that whole caste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.73
ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रियविट्छूद्रैर्नित्या सृष्टिश्चतुर्विधैः ।। आविर्भूता तिरोभूता हरेरेव पुनः पुनः
brahmakṣattriyaviṭchūdrairnityā sṛṣṭiścaturvidhaiḥ || āvirbhūtā tirobhūtā harereva punaḥ punaḥ
With the four kinds — brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras — creation is perpetual; it is manifested and withdrawn by Hari alone, again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.74
अन्यथा त्वत्प्रतिज्ञा च भविता प्राक्तनेन ते ।। बह्वायासेन ते कार्य्यसिद्धिर्भवितुमर्हति
anyathā tvatpratijñā ca bhavitā prāktanena te || bahvāyāsena te kāryyasiddhirbhavitumarhati
Otherwise your vow will come to be through your former (karma); with great effort the accomplishment of your task can come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 28.75
शिवलोकं गच्छ वत्स शङ्करं शरणं व्रज ।। पृथिव्यां बहवो भूपाः सन्ति शङ्करकिङ्कराः ।।
śivalokaṃ gaccha vatsa śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja || pṛthivyāṃ bahavo bhūpāḥ santi śaṅkarakiṅkarāḥ ||
Go to Śiva's world, child; go to Śaṅkara for refuge. On earth there are many kings who are servants of Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.76
विनाऽज्ञया महेशस्य को वा तान्हन्तुमीश्वरः ।। बिभ्रतः कवचं दिव्यं शक्तेर्वै शङ्करस्य च
vinā'jñayā maheśasya ko vā tānhantumīśvaraḥ || bibhrataḥ kavacaṃ divyaṃ śaktervai śaṅkarasya ca
Without the command of Maheśa, who indeed is able to slay them, who wear the divine armour of Śakti and of Śaṅkara?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.77
उपायं कुरु यत्नेन जयबीजं शुभावहम् ।। उपायतः समारब्धाः सर्वे सिद्ध्यन्त्युपक्रमाः
upāyaṃ kuru yatnena jayabījaṃ śubhāvaham || upāyataḥ samārabdhāḥ sarve siddhyantyupakramāḥ
Contrive with effort a means, the seed of victory, bringing good fortune; begun with a means, all undertakings succeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.78
श्रीकृष्णमन्त्रकवचग्रहणं कुरु शङ्करात् ।। दुर्लभं वैष्णवं तेजः शैवं शाक्तं विजेष्यति
śrīkṛṣṇamantrakavacagrahaṇaṃ kuru śaṅkarāt || durlabhaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ śaivaṃ śāktaṃ vijeṣyati
Receive from Śaṅkara the mantra and armour of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the hard-to-obtain Vaiṣṇava energy will conquer the Śaiva and the Śākta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.79
गुरुस्ते जगतां नाथः शिवो जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। मन्त्रो मत्तो न युक्तस्ते यो युक्तः स भवेद्विधिः
guruste jagatāṃ nāthaḥ śivo janmani janmani || mantro matto na yuktaste yo yuktaḥ sa bhavedvidhiḥ
Your guru, birth after birth, is Śiva, the lord of the worlds; a mantra from me is not fitting for you — he who is fitting, he shall be the ordainer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 28.80
कर्मणा लभ्यते मन्त्रः कर्मणा लभ्यते गुरुः ।। स्वयमेवोपतिष्ठन्ते ये येषां तेषु ते धुवम्
karmaṇā labhyate mantraḥ karmaṇā labhyate guruḥ || svayamevopatiṣṭhante ye yeṣāṃ teṣu te dhuvam
By (past) action a mantra is obtained, by action a guru is obtained; those who belong to whom present themselves of their own accord to them, certainly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 28.81
त्रैलोक्य विजयं नाम गृहीत्वा कवचं वरम् ।। त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां करिष्यसि महीं भृगो
trailokya vijayaṃ nāma gṛhītvā kavacaṃ varam || trissaptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ kariṣyasi mahīṃ bhṛgo
Having received the excellent armour named "Victory over the Three Worlds," you will make the earth free of kings three times seven times, O Bhṛgu (descendant).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 28.82
दिव्यं पाशुपतं तुभ्यं दाता दास्यति शंकरः ।। तेन दत्तेन मन्त्रेण क्षत्रसंघं विजेष्यसि
divyaṃ pāśupataṃ tubhyaṃ dātā dāsyati śaṃkaraḥ || tena dattena mantreṇa kṣatrasaṃghaṃ vijeṣyasi
Śaṅkara, as giver, will give you the divine Pāśupata; with that mantra, once given, you will conquer the host of kṣatriyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition