Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 42
BvP 3 42.1
परशुराम उवाच ।। यास्याम्यन्तःपुरं भ्रातः प्रणामं कर्तुमीश्वरम् ।। प्रणम्य मातरं भक्त्या यास्यामि त्वरितं गृहम्
paraśurāma uvāca || yāsyāmyantaḥpuraṃ bhrātaḥ praṇāmaṃ kartumīśvaram || praṇamya mātaraṃ bhaktyā yāsyāmi tvaritaṃ gṛham
Paraśurāma said: I shall go to the inner apartments, brother, to make my obeisance to the Lord; and having bowed with devotion to the Mother, I shall go quickly home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.2
त्रिस्सप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां कृत्वा पृथ्वीं च लीलया ।। कार्त्तवीर्य्यः सुचन्द्रश्च हतो यस्य प्रसादतः
trissaptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ kṛtvā pṛthvīṃ ca līlayā || kārttavīryyaḥ sucandraśca hato yasya prasādataḥ
By whose grace the earth was made free of kings twenty-one times in sport, and Kārtavīrya and Sucandra were slain —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.3
नानाविद्या यतो लब्धा नानाशस्त्रं सुदुर्लभम् ।। तं गुरुं जगतां नाथं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि साम्प्रतम् क्षणं तिष्ठ क्षणं तिष्ठ शृणु भ्रातरिदं वचः ।। रहःस्थलस्थितो नैव द्रष्टव्यः स्त्रीयुतः पुमान् सर्वरूपः शङ्करश्च सर्वारूपा च पार्वती ।। गुणातीतस्य का क्रीडा तद्भंगो वा कुतो विभो मेधाया धारणा शक्तिः स्मृतेर्वा स्मरणं कुतः ।। न दग्धः स्वप्रतापेन विवस्वानिति सम्मतः ज्योतिरभ्यन्तरे नित्यं शरीरं श्यामसुन्दरम् ।। द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं सस्मितं पीतवाससम् महाविष्णुश्च कलया ततः क्षुद्रविराडभूत् ।। तन्नाभिकमले ब्रह्मा शंकरस्तल्लाटजः बुद्ध्यधिष्ठातृदेवी या ज्ञानसूः शक्तिसंयुता ।। सा दुर्गा शूलिनः कान्ता तस्या लज्जा कुतो गता
nānāvidyā yato labdhā nānāśastraṃ sudurlabham || taṃ guruṃ jagatāṃ nāthaṃ draṣṭumicchāmi sāmpratam kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha śṛṇu bhrātaridaṃ vacaḥ || rahaḥsthalasthito naiva draṣṭavyaḥ strīyutaḥ pumān sarvarūpaḥ śaṅkaraśca sarvārūpā ca pārvatī || guṇātītasya kā krīḍā tadbhaṃgo vā kuto vibho medhāyā dhāraṇā śaktiḥ smṛtervā smaraṇaṃ kutaḥ || na dagdhaḥ svapratāpena vivasvāniti sammataḥ jyotirabhyantare nityaṃ śarīraṃ śyāmasundaram || dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ sasmitaṃ pītavāsasam mahāviṣṇuśca kalayā tataḥ kṣudravirāḍabhūt || tannābhikamale brahmā śaṃkarastallāṭajaḥ buddhyadhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā jñānasūḥ śaktisaṃyutā || sā durgā śūlinaḥ kāntā tasyā lajjā kuto gatā
from whom the various sciences were obtained, and the many weapons so hard to win: him, the teacher, the lord of the worlds, I wish to see now. — "Wait a moment, wait a moment; hear these words, brother: a man in the company of a woman, staying in a private place, is not to be looked upon at all." — "But Śaṅkara is of every form, and Pārvatī too is of every form; what play can there be for one beyond the qualities, and how, O mighty one, could there be any breaking of it? Where is the power of retention for intelligence, or the remembering of memory? The sun is not burnt by his own heat — so it is agreed. Within the light there is eternally a body dark and lovely, two-armed, with the flute in its hand, smiling, clad in yellow. From Mahāviṣṇu, by a fraction (of himself), then arose the lesser Virāṭ; in the lotus of his navel is Brahmā, and Śaṃkara is born of his forehead. The goddess who presides over the intellect, who gives birth to knowledge, joined with power — she is Durgā, the beloved of the trident-bearer: where has her modesty gone?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 42.4
सगुणं निर्गुणं चैव भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्।। सत्यं सत्यस्वरूपं च ब्रह्म ज्योतिः सनातनम्
saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ caiva bhaktānugrahavigraham|| satyaṃ satyasvarūpaṃ ca brahma jyotiḥ sanātanam
(Him who is) with qualities and also without qualities, whose form is (his) grace to devotees, the true one, whose very nature is truth, the eternal light, Brahman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.5
स्वेच्छामयं दयासिन्धुं दीनबन्धुं मुनीश्वरम्।। आत्मारामं पूर्णकामं व्यक्ताव्यक्तं परात्परम्
svecchāmayaṃ dayāsindhuṃ dīnabandhuṃ munīśvaram|| ātmārāmaṃ pūrṇakāmaṃ vyaktāvyaktaṃ parātparam
who acts by his own will, an ocean of compassion, friend of the wretched, lord of sages, delighting in himself, whose every wish is fulfilled, manifest and unmanifest, higher than the high,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.6
परापराणां स्रष्टारं पुरुहूतं पुरस्कृतम् ।। पुराणं परमात्मानमीशानं त्वादिमव्ययम्
parāparāṇāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ puruhūtaṃ puraskṛtam || purāṇaṃ paramātmānamīśānaṃ tvādimavyayam
the creator of the higher and the lower, invoked by many, set foremost, ancient, the supreme Self, the ruler, the first and the imperishable,
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BvP 3 42.7
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं सर्वमंगलकारणम् ।। सर्वमगलदं शान्तं सर्वैश्वर्य्यप्रदं वरम्
sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyaṃ sarvamaṃgalakāraṇam || sarvamagaladaṃ śāntaṃ sarvaiśvaryyapradaṃ varam
the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, the cause of all good fortune, the giver of all good fortune, tranquil, the excellent bestower of all sovereignty,
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BvP 3 42.8
आशुतोषं प्रसन्नास्यं शरणागतवत्सलम् ।। भक्ताभयप्रदं भक्तवत्सलं समदर्शनम्
āśutoṣaṃ prasannāsyaṃ śaraṇāgatavatsalam || bhaktābhayapradaṃ bhaktavatsalaṃ samadarśanam
quickly pleased, of gracious countenance, tender toward those who come for refuge, giving fearlessness to devotees, fond of devotees, looking on all alike —
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BvP 3 42.9
इत्थं परशुरामोऽस्थादुक्त्वा गणपतेः पुरः ।। वाचा मधुरया तत्र समुवाच गणेश्वरः
itthaṃ paraśurāmo'sthāduktvā gaṇapateḥ puraḥ || vācā madhurayā tatra samuvāca gaṇeśvaraḥ
Having spoken thus, Paraśurāma stood before Gaṇapati; and there the lord of the Gaṇas addressed (him) with sweet speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.11
स्त्रीसंयुक्तं च पुरुषं यः पश्यति नराधमः ।। करोति रसभङ्गं वा कालसूत्रं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम्
strīsaṃyuktaṃ ca puruṣaṃ yaḥ paśyati narādhamaḥ || karoti rasabhaṅgaṃ vā kālasūtraṃ vrajeddhruvam
Whatever lowest of men looks at a man who is joined with a woman, or breaks up the pleasure, he certainly goes to (the hell) Kālasūtra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.12
तत्र तिष्ठति पापीयान्यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरम् ।। विशेषतश्च पितरं गुरुं भूतपतिं द्विज
tatra tiṣṭhati pāpīyānyāvaccandradivākaram || viśeṣataśca pitaraṃ guruṃ bhūtapatiṃ dvija
There that great sinner stays as long as the moon and the sun (endure) — and especially (if the man seen is) his father, his teacher, or the lord of beings, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.13
रहः सुरतसंसक्तं नहि पश्येद्विचक्षणः ।।। कामतः कोपतो वाऽपि यः पश्येत्सुरतोन्मुखम्
rahaḥ suratasaṃsaktaṃ nahi paśyedvicakṣaṇaḥ ||| kāmataḥ kopato vā'pi yaḥ paśyetsuratonmukham
A discerning man should not look at one engaged in lovemaking in private; whoever, whether out of desire or out of anger, looks at one intent on lovemaking —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.14
स्त्रीविच्छेदो भवेत्तस्य ध्रुवं सप्तसु जन्मसु ।। श्रोणीवक्षस्थलं वक्त्रं यः पश्यति परस्त्रियः ।। कामतोऽपि विमूढश्च सोऽन्धो भवति निश्चितम्
strīvicchedo bhavettasya dhruvaṃ saptasu janmasu || śroṇīvakṣasthalaṃ vaktraṃ yaḥ paśyati parastriyaḥ || kāmato'pi vimūḍhaśca so'ndho bhavati niścitam
separation from women will certainly be his for seven births. And whoever, deluded, looks even out of desire at the hips, the breast, and the face of another's wife, he assuredly becomes blind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.15
गणेशस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य भृगुनन्दनः ।। तमुवाच महाकोपान्निष्ठुरं वचनं मुने
gaṇeśasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya bhṛgunandanaḥ || tamuvāca mahākopānniṣṭhuraṃ vacanaṃ mune
Hearing Gaṇeśa's words, the son of Bhṛgu laughed and, out of great anger, spoke a harsh speech to him, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.16
परशुराम उवाच ।। अहो श्रुतं किं वचनमपूर्वं नीतिसंयुतम् ।। इदमेवमहो नैवं श्रुतमीश्वरवक्त्रतः
paraśurāma uvāca || aho śrutaṃ kiṃ vacanamapūrvaṃ nītisaṃyutam || idamevamaho naivaṃ śrutamīśvaravaktrataḥ
Paraśurāma said: Aha! What speech have I heard, unprecedented and full of moral instruction! Just so — aha, never has such a thing been heard from the mouth of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.17
श्रुतं श्रुतौ वाक्यमिदं कामिनां च विकारिणाम् ।। निर्विकारस्य च शिशोर्न दोषः कश्चिदेव हि ।। यास्याम्यन्तःपुरं भ्रातस्तव किं तिष्ठ बालक
śrutaṃ śrutau vākyamidaṃ kāmināṃ ca vikāriṇām || nirvikārasya ca śiśorna doṣaḥ kaścideva hi || yāsyāmyantaḥpuraṃ bhrātastava kiṃ tiṣṭha bālaka
This statement has been heard by (my) ears: it applies to lustful men, those subject to change; but for a child free of change there is no fault at all. I am going into the inner apartments, brother — what is that to you? Stay put, boy!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.18
यथादृष्टि करिष्यामि मत्कार्य्यं समयोचितम् ।। तवैव तातो माता चेत्येवं नैव निरूपितम्
yathādṛṣṭi kariṣyāmi matkāryyaṃ samayocitam || tavaiva tāto mātā cetyevaṃ naiva nirūpitam
I shall do my business as I see fit, as befits the occasion. That he alone is your father and she your mother — this has by no means been established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.19
जगतां पितरौ तौ च पार्वतीपरमेश्वरौ ।। पार्वती स्त्री पुमाञ्छम्भुरिति कैर्न निरूपितः
jagatāṃ pitarau tau ca pārvatīparameśvarau || pārvatī strī pumāñchambhuriti kairna nirūpitaḥ
And those two, Pārvatī and the Supreme Lord, are the parents of the worlds; by whom has it not been settled that Pārvatī is the female and Śambhu the male?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.21
क्रीडा लज्जा भीतिभंगो ग्राम्यस्यैव न चेशितुः ।। स्तन्धयं च मां दृष्ट्वा पित्रोर्ल्लज्जा कुतो भवेत्
krīḍā lajjā bhītibhaṃgo grāmyasyaiva na ceśituḥ || standhayaṃ ca māṃ dṛṣṭvā pitrorllajjā kuto bhavet
Play, shame, and the breaking of fear belong only to the common man, not to the Lord; and seeing me, a suckling infant, whence should shame arise in (my) parents?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.22
लज्जायाश्च कुतो लज्जा लज्जेशस्य च सा कुतः ।। लज्जा लज्जां किमाप्नोति तापं किं वा हुताशनः
lajjāyāśca kuto lajjā lajjeśasya ca sā kutaḥ || lajjā lajjāṃ kimāpnoti tāpaṃ kiṃ vā hutāśanaḥ
Whence is there shame for Shame herself, and whence that (shame) for the lord of shame? Does Shame incur shame, or does fire (incur) burning?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.23
शीतं शैत्यमहो भ्रातर्निदाघो दाहमेव च ।। भीतिर्भीतिमवाप्नोति मृत्योर्मृत्युर्बिभेति किम्
śītaṃ śaityamaho bhrātarnidāgho dāhameva ca || bhītirbhītimavāpnoti mṛtyormṛtyurbibheti kim
Aha, brother, does the cold (feel) coldness, and the hot season burning? Does Fear meet with fear? Does the death of Death fear anything?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.24
कुतो ज्वरो ज्वरं हन्ति व्याधिं व्याधिश्च जीर्यति ।। संहर्त्ता नापि संहर्त्तुः कालः कालाद्बिभेति किम्।।
kuto jvaro jvaraṃ hanti vyādhiṃ vyādhiśca jīryati || saṃharttā nāpi saṃharttuḥ kālaḥ kālādbibheti kim||
Whence a fever (for fever)? Does fever kill fever, and does disease waste away with disease? Nor is there a destroyer of the destroyer; does Time fear Time?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.25
स्रष्टारं सृजते स्रष्टा पाता किं पाति ते मते ।। क्षुत्क्षुधं समवाप्नोति तृष्णा तृष्णां प्रयाति किम्
sraṣṭāraṃ sṛjate sraṣṭā pātā kiṃ pāti te mate || kṣutkṣudhaṃ samavāpnoti tṛṣṇā tṛṣṇāṃ prayāti kim
Does the creator create the creator; does the protector protect (anything), in your view? Does hunger meet with hunger; does thirst come upon thirst?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.26
निद्रा निद्रां च शोभां श्रीः शान्तिः शांतिं च ते मते ।। पुष्टिः पुष्टिं किमाप्नोति तुष्टिस्तुष्टिं क्षमा क्षमाम्।। आत्मनः परमात्माऽस्ति शक्तिः शक्त्या बिभेति किम्
nidrā nidrāṃ ca śobhāṃ śrīḥ śāntiḥ śāṃtiṃ ca te mate || puṣṭiḥ puṣṭiṃ kimāpnoti tuṣṭistuṣṭiṃ kṣamā kṣamām|| ātmanaḥ paramātmā'sti śaktiḥ śaktyā bibheti kim
(Does) sleep (overcome) sleep, Śrī (adorn) beauty, and peace (bring) peace, in your view? Does nourishment obtain nourishment, contentment contentment, patience patience? For the self there is the supreme Self; does power fear power?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.27
कामक्रोधौ लोभमोहौ स्वात्मनैते न बाधिताः ।। दया न बद्धा दयया नेच्छा बद्धेच्छया प्रभो
kāmakrodhau lobhamohau svātmanaite na bādhitāḥ || dayā na baddhā dayayā necchā baddhecchayā prabho
Desire and anger, greed and delusion — these are not afflicted by their own selves; compassion is not bound by compassion, nor desire bound by desire, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.28
ज्ञानबुद्ध्योः को विकारो जरां नो बाधते जरा ।। चिन्ता न चिन्तया ग्रस्ता चक्षुश्चक्षुर्न पश्यति
jñānabuddhyoḥ ko vikāro jarāṃ no bādhate jarā || cintā na cintayā grastā cakṣuścakṣurna paśyati
What alteration is there for knowledge and intelligence? Old age does not afflict old age. Anxiety is not seized by anxiety; the eye does not see the eye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.29
हर्षो मुदं किं प्राप्नोति शोकं शोको न बाधते ।। का विपत्तिर्विपत्तेश्च सम्पत्तिः सम्पदः कुतः
harṣo mudaṃ kiṃ prāpnoti śokaṃ śoko na bādhate || kā vipattirvipatteśca sampattiḥ sampadaḥ kutaḥ
Does joy attain gladness? Grief does not afflict grief. What calamity is there for calamity, and whence prosperity for prosperity?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.31
विपरीतमतो भ्रातस्त्वयैवाचरितोऽधुना ।। न श्रुतोऽयं गुरुमुखान्न दृष्टो न श्रुतौ श्रुतः
viparītamato bhrātastvayaivācarito'dhunā || na śruto'yaṃ gurumukhānna dṛṣṭo na śrutau śrutaḥ
Therefore, brother, what you have just now practised is the opposite; this has not been heard from a teacher's mouth, nor seen, nor heard in scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.32
इत्युक्त्वा चापि परशुरामश्शश्वत्प्रहस्य सः ।। शीघ्रं गन्तुं मनश्चक्रं तद्गुहाभ्यन्तरं मुदा
ityuktvā cāpi paraśurāmaśśaśvatprahasya saḥ || śīghraṃ gantuṃ manaścakraṃ tadguhābhyantaraṃ mudā
Having said this, Paraśurāma, laughing on and on, made up his mind to go quickly and joyfully into the interior of that cave.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.33
तच्च रामवचः श्रुत्वा जितक्रोधो गणेश्वरः ।। शुद्धसत्त्वस्वरूपश्च प्रहस्य तमुवाच ह
tacca rāmavacaḥ śrutvā jitakrodho gaṇeśvaraḥ || śuddhasattvasvarūpaśca prahasya tamuvāca ha
And hearing that speech of Rāma, the lord of the Gaṇas, who had conquered anger and whose nature was pure goodness, laughed and said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.34
गणपतिरुवाच ।। अज्ञानतिमिराच्छन्नो ज्ञानं प्राप्नोति तद्विदः ।। पितुर्भ्रातुर्मुखाज्ज्ञानं दुर्लभं भाग्यवाँल्लभेत्
gaṇapatiruvāca || ajñānatimirācchanno jñānaṃ prāpnoti tadvidaḥ || piturbhrāturmukhājjñānaṃ durlabhaṃ bhāgyavā~llabhet
Gaṇapati said: One shrouded by the darkness of ignorance obtains knowledge from those who know it; knowledge from the mouth of a father or a brother is hard to get — a fortunate man obtains it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 42.35
श्रुतं ज्ञानं विशिष्टं च ज्ञानिनामपि दुर्लभम् ।। किञ्चिन्मे त्वं मन्द बुद्धेः शृणु भ्रातर्निवेदनम्
śrutaṃ jñānaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ ca jñānināmapi durlabham || kiñcinme tvaṃ manda buddheḥ śṛṇu bhrātarnivedanam
Knowledge that has been heard (from such a one) is distinguished and hard to obtain even for the knowing. Hear, brother, a small submission of mine, of dull understanding.
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BvP 3 42.36
यो निर्गुणः स निर्लिप्तः शक्तिभिर्न हि संयुतः ।। सिसृक्षुराश्रितश्शक्त्या निर्गुणः सगुणो भवेत्
yo nirguṇaḥ sa nirliptaḥ śaktibhirna hi saṃyutaḥ || sisṛkṣurāśritaśśaktyā nirguṇaḥ saguṇo bhavet
He who is without qualities is untouched, and is indeed not joined with the powers; but wishing to create, having recourse to power, the qualityless one becomes possessed of qualities.
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BvP 3 42.37
यावन्ति च शरीराणि भोगार्हाणि महामुने ।। प्राकृतानि च सर्वाणि विना श्रीकृष्णविग्रहम्
yāvanti ca śarīrāṇi bhogārhāṇi mahāmune || prākṛtāni ca sarvāṇi vinā śrīkṛṣṇavigraham
And however many bodies there are that are fit for enjoyment, O great sage, they are all made of primal matter (prakṛti), except the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 3 42.38
ध्यायन्ति योगिनस्तं च शुद्धज्योतिस्स्वरूपिणम् ।। हस्तपादादिरहितं निर्गुणं प्रकृतेः परम्
dhyāyanti yoginastaṃ ca śuddhajyotissvarūpiṇam || hastapādādirahitaṃ nirguṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param
And the yogins meditate on him whose form is pure light, who is without hands, feet and the rest, without qualities, beyond primal matter;
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BvP 3 42.39
वैष्णवास्ते नमस्यन्ति भक्तानुग्रहकारकम् ।। कुतो बभूव तज्ज्योतिरहो तेजस्विनो विना
vaiṣṇavāste namasyanti bhaktānugrahakārakam || kuto babhūva tajjyotiraho tejasvino vinā
the Vaiṣṇavas bow to him who bestows favour on his devotees. Whence would that light have come to be — ah! — without one who possesses radiance?
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BvP 3 42.41
अतीवामूल्यसद्रत्नभूषणैश्च विभूषितम्।। ज्योतिरभ्यन्तरे मूर्तिं पश्यन्ति कृपया विभोः
atīvāmūlyasadratnabhūṣaṇaiśca vibhūṣitam|| jyotirabhyantare mūrtiṃ paśyanti kṛpayā vibhoḥ
By the grace of the all-pervading Lord they behold within the light a form adorned with ornaments of true, utterly priceless gems.
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BvP 3 42.42
तदा दास्ये नियुक्तास्ते भवन्त्येवेश्वरेच्छया ।। योगस्तपो वा दास्यस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
tadā dāsye niyuktāste bhavantyeveśvarecchayā || yogastapo vā dāsyasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Then, by the Lord's will, they become appointed to his service; neither yoga nor austerity is worth a sixteenth part of that service.
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BvP 3 42.43
यदा सृष्ट्युन्मुखः कृष्णः ससृजे प्रकृतिं मुदा । तद्योनौ ह्यर्पितं वीर्यं वीर्य्याड्डिम्भो बभूव ह
yadā sṛṣṭyunmukhaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sasṛje prakṛtiṃ mudā | tadyonau hyarpitaṃ vīryaṃ vīryyāḍḍimbho babhūva ha
When Kṛṣṇa, intent on creation, joyfully created prakṛti, seed was placed in her womb, and from the seed an egg came to be.
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BvP 3 42.44
दिव्येन लक्षवर्षेण गर्भाड्डिम्भो विनिर्गतः ।। तदा बभूव निश्श्वासस्ततो वायुर्बभूव ह
divyena lakṣavarṣeṇa garbhāḍḍimbho vinirgataḥ || tadā babhūva niśśvāsastato vāyurbabhūva ha
After a hundred thousand divine years the egg came out of the womb; then there arose an out-breath, and from that wind came to be.
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BvP 3 42.45
निश्श्वासेन समं भ्रातर्मुखबिन्दुर्विनिर्गतः ।। ततो बभूव सहसा जलराशिर्हरेः पुरः
niśśvāsena samaṃ bhrātarmukhabindurvinirgataḥ || tato babhūva sahasā jalarāśirhareḥ puraḥ
Along with the out-breath, brother, a drop from his mouth issued forth; from that there suddenly arose a mass of water before Hari.
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BvP 3 42.46
तज्जले च स्थितो डिम्भो दिव्यवर्षाणि लक्षकम् ।। ततो बभूव सहसा विश्वाधारो महाविराट्
tajjale ca sthito ḍimbho divyavarṣāṇi lakṣakam || tato babhūva sahasā viśvādhāro mahāvirāṭ
And the egg remained in that water for a hundred thousand divine years; then there suddenly arose the great Virāṭ, the support of the universe.
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BvP 3 42.47
यावन्ति गात्रलोमानि तस्य सन्ति महात्मनः ।। ब्रह्माण्डानि च तावन्ति विद्यमानानि निश्चितम्
yāvanti gātralomāni tasya santi mahātmanaḥ || brahmāṇḍāni ca tāvanti vidyamānāni niścitam
However many the hairs on the body of that great being are, so many are the universe-eggs (brahmāṇḍas) that exist — this is certain.
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BvP 3 42.48
तत्रैव प्रतिविध्यण्डे ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ।। देवाश्च मुनयश्चैव विद्यमानाश्चराचराः
tatraiva pratividhyaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || devāśca munayaścaiva vidyamānāścarācarāḥ
There, in each and every egg, are Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, and gods and sages, and beings moving and unmoving, all existing.
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BvP 3 42.49
महाविराडाश्रयश्च सर्वस्य च जनस्य च।। निश्श्वासवायुर्भगवान्बभूव श्रीहरेर्मुने
mahāvirāḍāśrayaśca sarvasya ca janasya ca|| niśśvāsavāyurbhagavānbabhūva śrīharermune
And the great Virāṭ is the support of all, and of every creature; he came to be, O sage, from the out-breathed wind of Śrī Hari.
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BvP 3 42.51
विष्णुस्तदंशः पाता यः श्वेतद्वीपनिवासकृत् ।। एवं ते प्रतिविध्यण्डे ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
viṣṇustadaṃśaḥ pātā yaḥ śvetadvīpanivāsakṛt || evaṃ te pratividhyaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
Viṣṇu, a portion of him, is the preserver, he who makes his dwelling on the White Island. Thus in each egg are those, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara.
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BvP 3 42.52
स्वयं च स्वांशकलया नानामूर्त्तिधरो हरिः ।। तदाऽभवच्च सगुणः सर्वशक्तियुतस्तदा
svayaṃ ca svāṃśakalayā nānāmūrttidharo hariḥ || tadā'bhavacca saguṇaḥ sarvaśaktiyutastadā
And Hari himself, by a fraction of a portion of himself, bears many forms; then he became possessed of qualities, then endowed with all powers.
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BvP 3 42.53
कथं लज्जादिरहितः स च स्वच्छामयो महान् ।। सर्वदा सर्वभोगार्हः सर्वशक्तिसमन्वितः
kathaṃ lajjādirahitaḥ sa ca svacchāmayo mahān || sarvadā sarvabhogārhaḥ sarvaśaktisamanvitaḥ
How can he, who is free of shame and the rest, and who is great and made of pure transparency, always fit for every enjoyment, endowed with all powers—(be otherwise)?
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BvP 3 42.54
लज्जा नास्त्येव लज्जाया मतोऽयं सर्वसम्मतः ।। या च लज्जावती देवी तस्य लज्जा कुतो गता
lajjā nāstyeva lajjāyā mato'yaṃ sarvasammataḥ || yā ca lajjāvatī devī tasya lajjā kuto gatā
There is no shame at all in shame; this is (his) view, agreed by all. And the goddess who is possessed of shame — where has her shame gone?
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BvP 3 42.55
सर्वशक्तिमती दुर्गा प्रकृत्या सा च शैलजा ।। तस्या लज्जादयः सन्ति सर्वदा सर्वसम्मताः
sarvaśaktimatī durgā prakṛtyā sā ca śailajā || tasyā lajjādayaḥ santi sarvadā sarvasammatāḥ
Durgā is possessed of all powers, and by her very nature she is the daughter of the mountain; in her, shame and the rest are present always, as all agree.
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BvP 3 42.56
पञ्चधा प्रकृतिर्या च श्रीकृष्णस्य बभूव ह ।। राधा पद्मा च सावित्री दुर्गा देवी सरस्वती
pañcadhā prakṛtiryā ca śrīkṛṣṇasya babhūva ha || rādhā padmā ca sāvitrī durgā devī sarasvatī
And the Prakṛti of Śrī Kṛṣṇa became fivefold: Rādhā, Padmā, Sāvitrī, Durgā, and the goddess Sarasvatī.
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BvP 3 42.57
प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवी या कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः।। प्राणाधिका प्रिया सा च राधाऽऽस्ते तस्य वक्षसि
prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ|| prāṇādhikā priyā sā ca rādhā''ste tasya vakṣasi
She who is the goddess presiding over the life-breath of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, dearer to him than his own breath — she is Rādhā, and she dwells on his breast.
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BvP 3 42.58
विद्याधिष्ठातृदेवी या सावित्री ब्रह्मणः प्रिया ।। लक्ष्मीर्नारायणस्यैव सर्वसम्पत्स्वरूपिणी
vidyādhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā || lakṣmīrnārāyaṇasyaiva sarvasampatsvarūpiṇī
She who is the goddess presiding over knowledge is Sāvitrī, the beloved of Brahmā; Lakṣmī, whose very form is all prosperity, is Nārāyaṇa's alone.
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BvP 3 42.59
सरस्वती द्विधा भूत्वा कृष्णस्य मुख निर्गता ।। सावित्री ब्रह्मणः कान्ता स्वयं नारायणस्य च
sarasvatī dvidhā bhūtvā kṛṣṇasya mukha nirgatā || sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ kāntā svayaṃ nārāyaṇasya ca
Sarasvatī, having become twofold, issued from Kṛṣṇa's mouth: Sāvitrī (became) the wife of Brahmā, and (the other) of Nārāyaṇa himself.
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BvP 3 42.61
प्रकृतिः पञ्चधा भ्रातर्गोलोके च बभूव ह।। इमाः प्रधानाः कलया बभूवुर्नैकधा यतः
prakṛtiḥ pañcadhā bhrātargoloke ca babhūva ha|| imāḥ pradhānāḥ kalayā babhūvurnaikadhā yataḥ
Prakṛti, brother, became fivefold in Goloka; these are the principal ones, since by their portions they became manifold.
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BvP 3 42.62
विप्रेन्द्र नित्यं वैकुण्ठं ब्रह्माण्डात्परमुच्यते ।। अविनाशि स्थलं शश्वल्लये प्राकृतिके ध्रुवम्
viprendra nityaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ brahmāṇḍātparamucyate || avināśi sthalaṃ śaśvallaye prākṛtike dhruvam
Best of brahmins, Vaikuṇṭha is eternal; it is said to be beyond the cosmic egg — an indestructible place, ever fixed even at the dissolution of the material world.
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BvP 3 42.63
तत्र नारायणो देवः कृष्णार्द्धांशश्चतुर्भुजः ।। वनमाली पीतवासाः शक्त्या वै पद्मया सह
tatra nārāyaṇo devaḥ kṛṣṇārddhāṃśaścaturbhujaḥ || vanamālī pītavāsāḥ śaktyā vai padmayā saha
There (dwells) the god Nārāyaṇa, a half-portion of Kṛṣṇa, four-armed, wearing a forest garland, clad in yellow, together with his power, Padmā.
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BvP 3 42.64
स्वयं कृष्णश्च गोलोके द्विभुजः श्यामसुन्दरः।। सस्मितो मुरलीहस्तो राधावक्षःस्थलस्थितः
svayaṃ kṛṣṇaśca goloke dvibhujaḥ śyāmasundaraḥ|| sasmito muralīhasto rādhāvakṣaḥsthalasthitaḥ
And Kṛṣṇa himself is in Goloka, two-armed, dark and beautiful, smiling, with the flute in his hand, resting on Rādhā's breast.
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BvP 3 42.65
शश्वद्गोगोपगोपीभिः संयुक्तो गोपरूपधृक् ।। परिपूर्णतमः श्रीमान्निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः
śaśvadgogopagopībhiḥ saṃyukto goparūpadhṛk || paripūrṇatamaḥ śrīmānnirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ
Ever accompanied by cows, cowherds, and cowherd women, taking the form of a cowherd, most complete, glorious, without qualities, beyond Prakṛti.
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BvP 3 42.66
स्वेच्छामयः स्वतन्त्रस्तु परमानन्दरूपधृक् ।। सुराः कलोद्भवा यस्य षोडशांशो महाविराट्
svecchāmayaḥ svatantrastu paramānandarūpadhṛk || surāḥ kalodbhavā yasya ṣoḍaśāṃśo mahāvirāṭ
Acting by his own will, independent, bearing the form of supreme bliss — he from whose portions the gods arise, whose sixteenth part is the Great Virāṭ.
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BvP 3 42.67
यतो भवन्ति विश्वानि स्थूलसूक्ष्मादिकानि च ।। पुनस्तत्र प्रलीयन्त एवमेव मुहुर्मुहुः
yato bhavanti viśvāni sthūlasūkṣmādikāni ca || punastatra pralīyanta evameva muhurmuhuḥ
From whom the universes, gross and subtle and the rest, come into being, and into whom they dissolve again — just so, again and again.
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BvP 3 42.68
गोलोक ऊर्ध्ववैकुण्ठात्पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनः ।। नास्ति लोकस्तदूर्ध्वं च नास्ति कृष्णात्परः प्रभुः
goloka ūrdhvavaikuṇṭhātpañcāśatkoṭiyojanaḥ || nāsti lokastadūrdhvaṃ ca nāsti kṛṣṇātparaḥ prabhuḥ
Goloka is fifty crore yojanas above Vaikuṇṭha; there is no world higher than that, and no lord greater than Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 3 42.69
इदं श्रुतं शम्भुवक्त्रान्मया ते कथितं द्विज ।। क्षणं तिष्ठाधुना भ्रातरीश्वरः सुरतोन्मुखः
idaṃ śrutaṃ śambhuvaktrānmayā te kathitaṃ dvija || kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭhādhunā bhrātarīśvaraḥ suratonmukhaḥ
This, which I heard from Śambhu's mouth, I have told you, O twice-born; wait a moment now, brother — the Lord is intent on love-making.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition