Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 43
BvP 3 43.1
नारायण उवाच ।। गणेशवचनं श्रुत्वा स तदा रागतः सुधीः ।। पर्शुहस्तस्स वै रामो निर्भयो गन्तुमुद्यतः
nārāyaṇa uvāca || gaṇeśavacanaṃ śrutvā sa tadā rāgataḥ sudhīḥ || parśuhastassa vai rāmo nirbhayo gantumudyataḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: Hearing Gaṇeśa's words, that wise one, then, out of passion — that Rāma with the axe in his hand, fearless, made ready to go in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 43.2
गणेश्वरस्तदा दृष्ट्वा शीघ्रमुत्थाय यत्नतः ।। वारयामास स प्रीत्या चकार विनयं पुनः
gaṇeśvarastadā dṛṣṭvā śīghramutthāya yatnataḥ || vārayāmāsa sa prītyā cakāra vinayaṃ punaḥ
Then the lord of the Gaṇas, seeing (this), rose up quickly and with effort held him back; he did so affectionately, and again spoke courteously.
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BvP 3 43.3
रामस्तं प्रेरयामास हुं कृत्वा तु पुनः पुनः ।। बभूव च ततस्तत्र वाग्युद्धं हस्तकर्षणैः मम भ्राता त्वमतिथिर्विद्यासम्बन्धतो ध्रुवम् ।। ईश्वरप्रियशिष्यश्च सोढं वै तेन हेतुना गौरीलोकं शम्भुलोकं दर्शयामास नारद ।। दर्शयित्वा तु विध्यण्डं स पपौ सप्त सागरान् क्षणेन चेतनां प्राप्य भुवि वेगात्पपात ह ।। बभूव दूरीभूतं च गणेशस्तम्भनं भृगोः पप्रच्छ पार्वती शीघ्रं स्कन्दं किमिति पुत्रक ।। स च तां कथयामास वार्तां पौर्वापरीं भिया
rāmastaṃ prerayāmāsa huṃ kṛtvā tu punaḥ punaḥ || babhūva ca tatastatra vāgyuddhaṃ hastakarṣaṇaiḥ mama bhrātā tvamatithirvidyāsambandhato dhruvam || īśvarapriyaśiṣyaśca soḍhaṃ vai tena hetunā gaurīlokaṃ śambhulokaṃ darśayāmāsa nārada || darśayitvā tu vidhyaṇḍaṃ sa papau sapta sāgarān kṣaṇena cetanāṃ prāpya bhuvi vegātpapāta ha || babhūva dūrībhūtaṃ ca gaṇeśastambhanaṃ bhṛgoḥ papraccha pārvatī śīghraṃ skandaṃ kimiti putraka || sa ca tāṃ kathayāmāsa vārtāṃ paurvāparīṃ bhiyā
Rāma pushed him aside, uttering 'hum!' again and again; and then there arose there a war of words along with pullings of hands. "You are surely my brother, a guest, connected to me through learning, and the Lord's dear pupil — for that reason it is to be borne." He showed him Gaurī's world and Śambhu's world, O Nārada; and having shown him the egg of Brahmā, he drank up the seven oceans. In an instant, regaining consciousness, he fell violently to the ground; and Gaṇeśa's paralysing of Bhṛgu (i.e. Rāma) was removed. Pārvatī quickly asked Skanda, "What is it, my son?" And he, in fear, told her the whole matter from beginning to end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 43.4
पर्शुनिक्षेपणं कर्तुं मनश्चक्रे भृगुस्तदा ।। हाहा कृत्वा कार्तिकेयो बोधयामास संसदि
parśunikṣepaṇaṃ kartuṃ manaścakre bhṛgustadā || hāhā kṛtvā kārtikeyo bodhayāmāsa saṃsadi
Then Bhṛgu (i.e. Paraśurāma) set his mind on hurling the axe; and Kārtikeya, crying "Alas, alas!", made (this) known in the assembly.
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BvP 3 43.6
पर्शुं क्षिपन्तं कुपितं रक्तपद्मदलेक्षणम् ।। गणेशो रोधयामास निवर्त्तस्वेत्युवाच तम्
parśuṃ kṣipantaṃ kupitaṃ raktapadmadalekṣaṇam || gaṇeśo rodhayāmāsa nivarttasvetyuvāca tam
Gaṇeśa held back that angry one, his eyes like the petals of a red lotus, as he was hurling the axe, and said to him, "Turn back!"
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BvP 3 43.7
पुनर्गणेशं रामश्च प्रेरयामास कोपतः ।। पपात पुरतो वेगान्मानहीनो गजाननः
punargaṇeśaṃ rāmaśca prerayāmāsa kopataḥ || papāta purato vegānmānahīno gajānanaḥ
And Rāma once more, out of anger, hurled (it) at Gaṇeśa; the elephant-faced one, stripped of his honour, fell forward from the force (of it).
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BvP 3 43.8
गजाननः समुत्थाय धर्मं कृत्वा तु सक्षिणम् ।। पुनस्तं बोधयामास जितक्रोधः शिवात्मजः
gajānanaḥ samutthāya dharmaṃ kṛtvā tu sakṣiṇam || punastaṃ bodhayāmāsa jitakrodhaḥ śivātmajaḥ
The elephant-faced one, having risen up and made Dharma his witness, again admonished him—the son of Śiva, who had mastered his anger.
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BvP 3 43.9
अव्यर्थमस्त्रं हे भ्रातर्गुरुपुत्रे कथं क्षिपेः ।। गुरुवद्गुरुपुत्रं च मा भवान्हन्तुमर्हति निवर्तस्व निवर्त्तस्वेत्युच्चार्य्य च पुनः पुनः ।। प्रवेशने ते का शक्तिरीश्वराज्ञां विना प्रभो
avyarthamastraṃ he bhrātarguruputre kathaṃ kṣipeḥ || guruvadguruputraṃ ca mā bhavānhantumarhati nivartasva nivarttasvetyuccāryya ca punaḥ punaḥ || praveśane te kā śaktirīśvarājñāṃ vinā prabho
"Brother, how could you hurl a weapon that never fails at your teacher's son? You ought not to kill your teacher's son, who is as your teacher (himself). Turn back, turn back!"—and crying out again and again: "What power have you to enter, without the Lord's permission, O master?"
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BvP 3 43.11
न ह्यहं कार्त्तवीर्य्यश्च भूपास्ते क्षुद्रजन्तवः ।। अतो विप्र न जानासि मां च विश्वेश्वरात्मजम्
na hyahaṃ kārttavīryyaśca bhūpāste kṣudrajantavaḥ || ato vipra na jānāsi māṃ ca viśveśvarātmajam
"For I am not Kārtavīrya, nor those kings, those petty creatures. Therefore, brahmin, you do not know me, the son of the Lord of the Universe."
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BvP 3 43.12
क्षणं तिष्ठ निवर्त्तस्व समरे ब्राह्मणातिथे ।। क्षणान्तरे त्वया सार्द्धं यास्यामीश्वरसन्निधिम्
kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha nivarttasva samare brāhmaṇātithe || kṣaṇāntare tvayā sārddhaṃ yāsyāmīśvarasannidhim
"Stand a moment, turn back, O brahmin guest at the battle; in a moment I shall go with you into the Lord's presence."
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BvP 3 43.13
नारायण उवाच ।। हेरम्बवचनं श्रुत्वा प्रजहास पुनः पुनः।। पर्शुं क्षेप्तुं मनश्चक्रे प्रणम्य हरिशङ्करौ
nārāyaṇa uvāca || herambavacanaṃ śrutvā prajahāsa punaḥ punaḥ|| parśuṃ kṣeptuṃ manaścakre praṇamya hariśaṅkarau
Nārāyaṇa said: Hearing Heramba's words he laughed again and again; and, having bowed to Hari and Śaṅkara, he set his mind on hurling the axe.
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BvP 3 43.14
पर्शुं क्षिपन्तं कोपेन तं च रामं गजाननः ।। दृष्ट्वा मुमूर्षुं देवेशो धर्मं कृत्वा तु साक्षिणम्
parśuṃ kṣipantaṃ kopena taṃ ca rāmaṃ gajānanaḥ || dṛṣṭvā mumūrṣuṃ deveśo dharmaṃ kṛtvā tu sākṣiṇam
And seeing that Rāma hurling the axe in anger and bent on dying, the elephant-faced lord of gods made Dharma his witness,
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BvP 3 43.15
योगेन वर्द्धयामास शुण्डां तां कोटियोजनाम् ।। योगीन्द्रस्तत्र सन्तिष्ठन्भ्रामयित्वा पुनः पुनः
yogena varddhayāmāsa śuṇḍāṃ tāṃ koṭiyojanām || yogīndrastatra santiṣṭhanbhrāmayitvā punaḥ punaḥ
and by yoga he made that trunk grow a crore of leagues long; the lord of yogins, standing there, whirled (him) around again and again,
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BvP 3 43.16
शतधा वेष्टयित्वा तु भ्रामयित्वा तु तत्र वै ।। ऊर्द्ध्वमुत्तोल्य वेगेन क्षुद्राहिं गरुडो यथा
śatadhā veṣṭayitvā tu bhrāmayitvā tu tatra vai || ūrddhvamuttolya vegena kṣudrāhiṃ garuḍo yathā
having coiled (him) round a hundredfold and whirled (him) about there, and lifted (him) up aloft with force, as Garuḍa does a small snake,
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BvP 3 43.17
सप्तद्वीपांश्च शैलांश्च मेरुं चाखिलसागरान् ।। क्षणेन दर्शयामास रामं योगपराहतम्
saptadvīpāṃśca śailāṃśca meruṃ cākhilasāgarān || kṣaṇena darśayāmāsa rāmaṃ yogaparāhatam
in an instant he showed Rāma—overpowered by (his) yoga—the seven continents, the mountains, Meru, and all the oceans.
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BvP 3 43.18
हस्तपादाद्यनाथं तं जडं सर्वांगकम्पितम् ।। पुनस्तं भ्रामयामास दर्पितं दर्पनाशनः
hastapādādyanāthaṃ taṃ jaḍaṃ sarvāṃgakampitam || punastaṃ bhrāmayāmāsa darpitaṃ darpanāśanaḥ
Him, helpless in hands and feet and the rest, senseless, trembling in every limb, the destroyer of pride whirled about once more, (him who had been) full of pride.
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BvP 3 43.19
भूर्लोकं च भुवर्लोकं स्वर्लोकं च सुरेश्वरः ।। जनोलोकं तपोलोकं ध्रुवलोकं च तत्परम्
bhūrlokaṃ ca bhuvarlokaṃ svarlokaṃ ca sureśvaraḥ || janolokaṃ tapolokaṃ dhruvalokaṃ ca tatparam
And the lord of gods (showed him) the Bhūr-world, the Bhuvar-world, the Svar-world, the Jana-world, the Tapas-world, and the Dhruva-world beyond that.
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BvP 3 43.21
पुनरुद्गिरणं चक्रे सनक्रमकरोदकम् ।। तत्र तं पातयामास गम्भीरे सागरोदके
punarudgiraṇaṃ cakre sanakramakarodakam || tatra taṃ pātayāmāsa gambhīre sāgarodake
Then he spat (him) out again into water full of crocodiles and sea-monsters; there he made him fall into the deep water of the ocean.
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BvP 3 43.22
मुमूर्षुं तं सन्तरन्तं पुनर्जग्राह लीलया ।। पुनस्तत्र भ्रामयित्वा ब्रह्माण्डादूर्द्ध्वमप्यमुम्
mumūrṣuṃ taṃ santarantaṃ punarjagrāha līlayā || punastatra bhrāmayitvā brahmāṇḍādūrddhvamapyamum
As he was swimming across, about to die, he seized him again in play, and whirling him there once more, (took) him even above the cosmic egg,
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BvP 3 43.23
वैकुण्ठं दर्शयामास सलक्ष्मीकं चतुर्भुजम् ।। क्षणं तत्र भ्रामयित्वा योगीन्द्रो योगमायया
vaikuṇṭhaṃ darśayāmāsa salakṣmīkaṃ caturbhujam || kṣaṇaṃ tatra bhrāmayitvā yogīndro yogamāyayā
and showed him Vaikuṇṭha, with Lakṣmī and the four-armed one; having whirled him about there a moment, the lord of yogins, by his yoga-māyā,
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BvP 3 43.24
पुनः करं च योगेन वर्द्धयामास लीलया ।। गोलोकं दर्शयामास विरजां च नदीश्वरीम्
punaḥ karaṃ ca yogena varddhayāmāsa līlayā || golokaṃ darśayāmāsa virajāṃ ca nadīśvarīm
again by yoga made his hand grow, in play, and showed him Goloka and Virajā, the queen of rivers,
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BvP 3 43.25
वृन्दावनं शृङ्गशतं शैलेन्द्रं रासमण्डलम् ।। गोपीगोपादिभिः सार्द्धं श्रीकृष्णं श्यामसुन्दरम्
vṛndāvanaṃ śṛṅgaśataṃ śailendraṃ rāsamaṇḍalam || gopīgopādibhiḥ sārddhaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ śyāmasundaram
Vṛndāvana, the hundred peaks, the lord of mountains, the circle of the rāsa dance, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa, dark and beautiful, together with the gopīs and gopas and the rest,
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BvP 3 43.26
द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं सस्मितं सुमनोहरम् ।। रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च रत्नभूषणभूषितम्
dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ sasmitaṃ sumanoharam || ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam
two-armed, with the flute in his hand, smiling, most charming, seated on a jewelled lion-throne and adorned with jewelled ornaments,
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BvP 3 43.27
तेजसा कोटिसूर्य्याभं राधावक्षःस्थलस्थितम् ।। एवं कृष्णं दर्शयित्वा प्रणमय्य पुनः पुनः
tejasā koṭisūryyābhaṃ rādhāvakṣaḥsthalasthitam || evaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ darśayitvā praṇamayya punaḥ punaḥ
in splendour shining like a crore of suns, resting on Rādhā's breast. Having thus shown him Kṛṣṇa and made him bow again and again,
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BvP 3 43.28
क्षणेन लम्बमानं च भ्रामयित्वा पुनः पुनः ।। दृष्ट्वा कृष्णं चेष्टदेवं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।। भ्रूणहत्यादिकं पापं भृगोर्दूरं चकार ह
kṣaṇena lambamānaṃ ca bhrāmayitvā punaḥ punaḥ || dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ ceṣṭadevaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || bhrūṇahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ bhṛgordūraṃ cakāra ha
in an instant, whirling him about again and again as he hung there—since he had seen Kṛṣṇa, his chosen deity, the destroyer of all sins—he made the sin of embryo-slaying and the rest go far from Bhṛgu's (descendant).
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BvP 3 43.29
न भवेद्यातना नष्टा विना भोगेन पापजा ।। स्वल्पां च बुभुजे रामो गताऽन्या कृष्णदर्शनात्
na bhavedyātanā naṣṭā vinā bhogena pāpajā || svalpāṃ ca bubhuje rāmo gatā'nyā kṛṣṇadarśanāt
The torment born of sin does not perish without being undergone; so Rāma underwent a small part of it, and the rest was gone through the sight of Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 3 43.31
सस्मार कवचं स्तोत्रं गुरुदत्तं सुदुर्लभम् ।। अभीष्टदेवं श्रीकृष्णं गुरुं शम्भुं जगद्गुरुम्
sasmāra kavacaṃ stotraṃ gurudattaṃ sudurlabham || abhīṣṭadevaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ guruṃ śambhuṃ jagadgurum
He recalled the amulet-hymn (kavaca), the very hard-to-obtain praise given by his guru, and (he recalled) his chosen deity Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and his guru Śambhu, the world's teacher.
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BvP 3 43.32
चिक्षेप पर्शुमव्यर्थं शिवतुल्यं च तेजसा ।। ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्तण्डप्रभाशतगुणं मुने
cikṣepa parśumavyarthaṃ śivatulyaṃ ca tejasā || grīṣmamadhyāhnamārtaṇḍaprabhāśataguṇaṃ mune
He hurled the axe that never fails, equal to Śiva in blazing power, O sage, a hundred times brighter than the midday sun of summer.
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BvP 3 43.33
पितुरव्यर्थमस्त्रं च दृष्ट्वा गणपतिः स्वयम् ।। जग्राह वामदन्तेन नास्त्रं व्यर्थं चकार ह
pituravyarthamastraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā gaṇapatiḥ svayam || jagrāha vāmadantena nāstraṃ vyarthaṃ cakāra ha
And seeing his father's unfailing weapon, Gaṇapati himself caught it with his left tusk, and did not let the weapon be in vain.
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BvP 3 43.34
निपात्य पर्शुर्वेगेन च्छित्त्वा दन्तं समूलकम् ।। जगाम रामहस्तं च महादेवबलेन च
nipātya parśurvegena cchittvā dantaṃ samūlakam || jagāma rāmahastaṃ ca mahādevabalena ca
The axe, striking down with force and cutting off the tusk root and all, went (back) to Rāma's hand, by the power of Mahādeva.
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BvP 3 43.35
हाहेति शब्दमाकाशे देवाश्चक्रुर्महाभिया ।। वीरभद्रः कार्त्तिकेयः क्षेत्रपालाश्च पार्षदाः ।।
hāheti śabdamākāśe devāścakrurmahābhiyā || vīrabhadraḥ kārttikeyaḥ kṣetrapālāśca pārṣadāḥ ||
In their great fear the gods made the cry "Alas! Alas!" in the sky — Vīrabhadra, Kārttikeya, the Kṣetrapālas and the attendants.
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BvP 3 43.36
पपात भूमौ दन्तश्च सरक्तः शब्दयंस्तदा ।। पपात गैरिकायुक्तो यथा स्फटिकपर्वतः
papāta bhūmau dantaśca saraktaḥ śabdayaṃstadā || papāta gairikāyukto yathā sphaṭikaparvataḥ
And the tusk fell to the ground, bloodied, making a noise then; it fell like a crystal mountain smeared with red ochre.
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BvP 3 43.37
शब्देन महता विप्र चकम्पे पृथिवी भिया ।। कैलासस्था जनाः सर्वे मूर्च्छामापुः क्षणं भिया
śabdena mahatā vipra cakampe pṛthivī bhiyā || kailāsasthā janāḥ sarve mūrcchāmāpuḥ kṣaṇaṃ bhiyā
At that great noise, O brahmin, the earth trembled with fear; all the people dwelling on Kailāsa fainted for a moment in fear.
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BvP 3 43.38
निद्रा बभञ्ज तत्काले निद्रेशस्य जगत्प्रभोः ।। आजगाम बहिः शम्भुः पार्वत्या सह सम्भ्रमात्
nidrā babhañja tatkāle nidreśasya jagatprabhoḥ || ājagāma bahiḥ śambhuḥ pārvatyā saha sambhramāt
At that moment the sleep of the lord of sleep, the master of the world, was broken; Śambhu came outside in haste together with Pārvatī.
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BvP 3 43.39
पुरो ददर्श हेरम्बं लोहितास्यं क्षतेन तम् ।। भग्नदन्तं जितक्रोधं सस्मितं लज्जितं मुने
puro dadarśa herambaṃ lohitāsyaṃ kṣatena tam || bhagnadantaṃ jitakrodhaṃ sasmitaṃ lajjitaṃ mune
Before him he saw Heramba, his face red from the wound, his tusk broken, his anger mastered, smiling, ashamed, O sage.
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BvP 3 43.41
चुकोप दुर्गा कृपया रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः ।। उवाच शम्भोः पुरतः पुत्रं कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि
cukopa durgā kṛpayā ruroda ca muhurmuhuḥ || uvāca śambhoḥ purataḥ putraṃ kṛtvā svavakṣasi
Durgā grew angry, and out of tenderness wept again and again; taking her son to her breast, she spoke before Śambhu.
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BvP 3 43.42
सम्बोध्य शम्भुं शोकेन भिया विनयपूर्वकम् ।। उवाच प्रणता साध्वी प्रणतार्तिहरं पतिम्
sambodhya śambhuṃ śokena bhiyā vinayapūrvakam || uvāca praṇatā sādhvī praṇatārtiharaṃ patim
Addressing Śambhu with grief, with fear, respectfully, the virtuous lady bowed and spoke to her husband, who removes the distress of those who bow.
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