Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 45
BvP 3 45.1
नारायण उवाच ।। पार्वतीं बोधयित्वा तु विष्णू राममुवाच ह ।। हितं सारं नीतिसारं परिणामसुखावहम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || pārvatīṃ bodhayitvā tu viṣṇū rāmamuvāca ha || hitaṃ sāraṃ nītisāraṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
Nārāyaṇa said: Having instructed Pārvatī, Viṣṇu then spoke to Rāma (Paraśurāma) words beneficial, essential, the essence of right policy, bringing happiness in their outcome.
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BvP 3 45.2
विष्णुरुवाच ।। राम त्वमधुना सत्यमपराधी श्रुतेर्म्मते ।। कोपात्कृत्वा दन्तभङ्गं गणेशस्य स्थितोऽशिवे
viṣṇuruvāca || rāma tvamadhunā satyamaparādhī śrutermmate || kopātkṛtvā dantabhaṅgaṃ gaṇeśasya sthito'śive
Viṣṇu said: Rāma, you are now truly an offender in the judgment of scripture, for having in anger broken off Gaṇeśa's tusk you stand in an inauspicious state.
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BvP 3 45.3
स्तोत्रेणैव मयोक्तेन स्तुत्वा गणपतिं परम् ।। काण्वशाखोक्तविधिना स्तुहि दुर्गां जगत्प्रसूम् शंकरस्तपसा लब्धो योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः ।। लब्धो गणपतिः पुत्रः कृष्णांशः कृष्णसेवया नवयौवनसम्पन्ना सिन्दूरारुण्यशोभिता ।। ललितं कबरीभारं मालतीमाल्यमण्डितम् रागाधिष्ठातृदेवी या शुक्लमूर्तिस्सतां प्रसूः ।। सरस्वतीं तां शास्त्रज्ञां शास्त्रज्ञाः प्रवदन्त्यहो लोपामुद्राऽप्यगस्त्यस्य देवमाताऽदितिस्तथा ।। अहल्या गौतमस्यापि सर्वाधारा वसुन्धरा मधुकैटभयोर्युद्धे त्राताऽसौ विष्णुरीश्वरीम् ।। बभूव शक्तिमान्स्तुत्वा त्वां दुर्गां प्रणमाम्यहम् सर्वान्तरात्मा भगवांस्तुष्टस्स्यात्सन्ततं हरिः ।। भक्तिर्भवतु ते कृष्णे शिवदे च शिवे गुरौ दस्युग्रस्तः फणिग्रस्तश्शत्रुग्रस्तो भयानकः ।। व्याधिग्रस्तो भवेन्मुक्तः स्तोत्रस्मरणमात्रतः ।।
stotreṇaiva mayoktena stutvā gaṇapatiṃ param || kāṇvaśākhoktavidhinā stuhi durgāṃ jagatprasūm śaṃkarastapasā labdho yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ || labdho gaṇapatiḥ putraḥ kṛṣṇāṃśaḥ kṛṣṇasevayā navayauvanasampannā sindūrāruṇyaśobhitā || lalitaṃ kabarībhāraṃ mālatīmālyamaṇḍitam rāgādhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā śuklamūrtissatāṃ prasūḥ || sarasvatīṃ tāṃ śāstrajñāṃ śāstrajñāḥ pravadantyaho lopāmudrā'pyagastyasya devamātā'ditistathā || ahalyā gautamasyāpi sarvādhārā vasundharā madhukaiṭabhayoryuddhe trātā'sau viṣṇurīśvarīm || babhūva śaktimānstutvā tvāṃ durgāṃ praṇamāmyaham sarvāntarātmā bhagavāṃstuṣṭassyātsantataṃ hariḥ || bhaktirbhavatu te kṛṣṇe śivade ca śive gurau dasyugrastaḥ phaṇigrastaśśatrugrasto bhayānakaḥ || vyādhigrasto bhavenmuktaḥ stotrasmaraṇamātrataḥ ||
Having praised the supreme Gaṇapati with the very hymn spoken by me, praise Durgā, mother of the world, by the rite declared in the Kāṇva branch. By austerity Śaṃkara was obtained, the guru of the guru of the lords of yogins; by service to Kṛṣṇa was obtained the son Gaṇapati, a portion of Kṛṣṇa. Endowed with fresh youth, shining with the redness of vermilion, her lovely mass of braided hair adorned with a garland of mālatī flowers; she who is the goddess presiding over passion, whose form is white, the mother of the good — ah, the knowers of the śāstras declare her to be Sarasvatī, knower of the śāstras. Lopāmudrā too, of Agastya, and likewise Aditi mother of the gods, and Ahalyā of Gautama, and Vasundharā the support of all. In the battle with Madhu and Kaiṭabha that Viṣṇu became protector, became possessed of power, by praising the Goddess — I bow to you, Durgā. May the Lord Hari, the inner self of all, be ever pleased; may there be devotion in you to Kṛṣṇa, and to Śiva the giver of good, the guru. One seized by robbers, seized by a serpent, seized by enemies, in terror, seized by disease, would be freed merely by remembering this hymn.
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BvP 3 45.4
श्रीकृष्णस्य परा शक्तिर्बुद्धिरूपा जगत्प्रभोः ।। अस्यां च तव रुष्टायां हता बुद्धिर्भविष्यति
śrīkṛṣṇasya parā śaktirbuddhirūpā jagatprabhoḥ || asyāṃ ca tava ruṣṭāyāṃ hatā buddhirbhaviṣyati
She is the supreme power of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, lord of the world, in the form of intelligence; and if she is angered at you, your intelligence will be destroyed.
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BvP 3 45.5
सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपेयमनया शक्तिमज्जगत्।। अनया शक्तिमान्कृष्णो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः
sarvaśaktisvarūpeyamanayā śaktimajjagat|| anayā śaktimānkṛṣṇo nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ
She is the very form of all power; by her this world is possessed of power; by her Kṛṣṇa is possessed of power, (though he is) without qualities and beyond prakṛti.
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BvP 3 45.6
सृष्टिं कर्तुं न शक्तश्च ब्रह्मा शक्त्याऽनया विना ।। वयमस्यां प्रसूताश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ na śaktaśca brahmā śaktyā'nayā vinā || vayamasyāṃ prasūtāśca brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
And Brahmā is not able to carry out creation without this Śakti; and we — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara — were brought forth from her.
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BvP 3 45.7
सुरसंघेऽसुरग्रस्ते काले घोरतरे द्विज ।। तेजस्तु सर्वदेवानामाविर्भूता पुरा सती
surasaṃghe'suragraste kāle ghoratare dvija || tejastu sarvadevānāmāvirbhūtā purā satī
When the host of the gods was seized by the asuras, in a most terrible time, O twice-born one, Satī formerly became manifest as the fiery energy of all the gods.
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BvP 3 45.8
कृष्णाज्ञयाऽसुरान्हत्वा दत्त्वा तेभ्यः पदं ततः ।। दक्षपत्न्यां जनिं लेभे दक्षस्य तपसा पुरा
kṛṣṇājñayā'surānhatvā dattvā tebhyaḥ padaṃ tataḥ || dakṣapatnyāṃ janiṃ lebhe dakṣasya tapasā purā
Having slain the asuras by Kṛṣṇa's command and then having granted them (their) station, she formerly obtained birth from Dakṣa's wife, through Dakṣa's austerity.
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BvP 3 45.9
भार्य्या भूत्वा शंकरस्य पुनः पत्युश्च निन्दया ।। देहं त्यक्त्वा शैलपत्न्यां जनिं लेभे पुरा सती
bhāryyā bhūtvā śaṃkarasya punaḥ patyuśca nindayā || dehaṃ tyaktvā śailapatnyāṃ janiṃ lebhe purā satī
Having become Śaṃkara's wife, and then, because of the reviling of her husband, having abandoned her body, Satī formerly obtained birth from the wife of the Mountain.
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BvP 3 45.11
यं ध्यायस्येव नित्यं किं तं न जानासि बालक ।। स एव भगवान्कृष्णश्चांशेन गिरिजासुतः
yaṃ dhyāyasyeva nityaṃ kiṃ taṃ na jānāsi bālaka || sa eva bhagavānkṛṣṇaścāṃśena girijāsutaḥ
The very one you constantly meditate on — do you not know him, boy? He himself is the Lord Kṛṣṇa, and by a portion (of himself) the son of the mountain-born (Pārvatī).
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BvP 3 45.12
कृताञ्जलिर्नतो भूत्वा स्तुहि दुर्गां शिवप्रियाम् ।। शिवां शिवप्रदां शैवां शिवबीजां शिवेश्वरीम्
kṛtāñjalirnato bhūtvā stuhi durgāṃ śivapriyām || śivāṃ śivapradāṃ śaivāṃ śivabījāṃ śiveśvarīm
With palms joined, become humble, praise Durgā, beloved of Śiva: the auspicious one, giver of the auspicious, belonging to Śiva, the seed of Śiva, the mistress of Śiva.
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BvP 3 45.13
शिवायाः स्तोत्रराजेन पुरा शूलिकृतेन वै ।। त्रिपुरस्य वधे घोरे ब्रह्मणा प्रेरितेन च
śivāyāḥ stotrarājena purā śūlikṛtena vai || tripurasya vadhe ghore brahmaṇā preritena ca
(Praise her) with the king of hymns to Śivā, made long ago by the trident-bearer at the terrible slaying of Tripura, when he was urged on by Brahmā.
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BvP 3 45.14
इत्युक्त्वा श्रीपदं शीघ्रं जगाम श्रीनिकेतनम् ।। गते हरौ हरिं स्मृत्वा रामस्तां स्तोतुमुद्यतः
ityuktvā śrīpadaṃ śīghraṃ jagāma śrīniketanam || gate harau hariṃ smṛtvā rāmastāṃ stotumudyataḥ
Having said this, he quickly went to the blessed place, the abode of Śrī. When Hari had gone, Rāma, remembering Hari, set about praising her.
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BvP 3 45.15
स्तोत्रेण विष्णुदत्तेन सर्वविघ्नहरेण च ।। धर्म्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां कारणेन च नारद
stotreṇa viṣṇudattena sarvavighnahareṇa ca || dharmmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ kāraṇena ca nārada
— with the hymn given by Viṣṇu, which removes all obstacles and is the cause of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation, O Nārada.
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BvP 3 45.16
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा स्नात्वा गङ्गोदके शुभे ।। गुरुं प्रणम्य भक्तेशं धृत्वा धौते च वाससी
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā snātvā gaṅgodake śubhe || guruṃ praṇamya bhakteśaṃ dhṛtvā dhaute ca vāsasī
Having made a cup of his joined palms, having bathed in the auspicious water of the Gaṅgā, having bowed to the guru, the lord of devotees, and having put on two washed garments,
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BvP 3 45.17
आचम्य नत्वा मूर्ध्ना तां भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। पुलकाञ्चितसर्वांगश्चानन्दाश्रुसमन्वितः
ācamya natvā mūrdhnā tāṃ bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || pulakāñcitasarvāṃgaścānandāśrusamanvitaḥ
having sipped water, having bowed to her with his head, his neck and body bent with devotion, all his limbs bristling with thrills, and filled with tears of joy —
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BvP 3 45.18
परशुराम उवाच ।। श्रीकृष्णस्य च गोलोके परिपूर्णतमस्य च ।। आविर्भूता विग्रहतः पुरा सृष्ट्युन्मुखस्य च
paraśurāma uvāca || śrīkṛṣṇasya ca goloke paripūrṇatamasya ca || āvirbhūtā vigrahataḥ purā sṛṣṭyunmukhasya ca
Paraśurāma said: Long ago you became manifest from the body of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the wholly complete one, in Goloka, when he was inclined toward creation;
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BvP 3 45.19
सूर्य्यकोटिप्रभायुक्ता वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषिता ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधाना सस्मिता सुमनोहरा
sūryyakoṭiprabhāyuktā vastrālaṅkārabhūṣitā || vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānā sasmitā sumanoharā
endowed with the radiance of ten million suns, adorned with garments and ornaments, clothed in fine cloth purified by fire, smiling, most charming.
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BvP 3 45.21
अहोऽनिर्वचनीया त्वं चारुमूर्त्तिं च बिभ्रती ।। मोक्षप्रदा मुमुक्षूणां महाविष्णोर्विधिः स्वयम्
aho'nirvacanīyā tvaṃ cārumūrttiṃ ca bibhratī || mokṣapradā mumukṣūṇāṃ mahāviṣṇorvidhiḥ svayam
Ah, you are indescribable, bearing a beautiful form, granting liberation to those who seek liberation, yourself the ordinance of Mahāviṣṇu.
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BvP 3 45.22
मुमोह क्षणमात्रेण दृष्ट्वा त्वां सर्वमोहिनीम् ।। बालैस्संभूय सहसा सस्मिता धाविता पुरा
mumoha kṣaṇamātreṇa dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ sarvamohinīm || bālaissaṃbhūya sahasā sasmitā dhāvitā purā
In a mere instant he was bewildered, seeing you, the enchantress of all; long ago, joining with the boys, you suddenly ran, smiling.
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BvP 3 45.23
सद्भिः ख्याता तेन राधा मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। कृष्णस्तां सहसा भीतो वीर्य्याधानं चकार ह
sadbhiḥ khyātā tena rādhā mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || kṛṣṇastāṃ sahasā bhīto vīryyādhānaṃ cakāra ha
For that reason she is called by the good 'Rādhā', the root prakṛti, the sovereign lady. Kṛṣṇa, suddenly afraid, placed his seed in her.
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BvP 3 45.24
ततो डिम्भं महज्जज्ञे ततो जातो महाविराट् ।। यस्यैव लोमकूपेषु ब्रह्माण्डान्यखिलानि च
tato ḍimbhaṃ mahajjajñe tato jāto mahāvirāṭ || yasyaiva lomakūpeṣu brahmāṇḍānyakhilāni ca
Then a great egg came into being, and from it was born the great Virāṭ, in the very pores of whose hairs are all the world-eggs.
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BvP 3 45.25
राधारतिक्रमेणैव तन्निश्वासो बभूव ह ।। स निश्श्वासो महावायुः स विराड् विश्वधारकः
rādhāratikrameṇaiva tanniśvāso babhūva ha || sa niśśvāso mahāvāyuḥ sa virāḍ viśvadhārakaḥ
By the very excess of love-play with Rādhā his breathing came about; that breath (became) the great wind, and he is the Virāṭ who upholds the universe.
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BvP 3 45.26
भयघर्म्मजलेनैव पुप्लुवे विश्वगोलकम् ।। स विराड् विश्वनिलयो जलराशिर्बभूव ह
bhayagharmmajalenaiva pupluve viśvagolakam || sa virāḍ viśvanilayo jalarāśirbabhūva ha
By the water of the sweat of fear alone the globe of the universe floated; that Virāṭ, the abode of the universe, became a mass of waters.
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BvP 3 45.27
ततस्त्वं पञ्चधाभूय पञ्च मूर्तीश्च बिभ्रती।। प्राणाधिष्ठातृमूर्तिर्या कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। कृष्णप्राणाधिकां राधां तां वदन्ति पुराविदः
tatastvaṃ pañcadhābhūya pañca mūrtīśca bibhratī|| prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛmūrtiryā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || kṛṣṇaprāṇādhikāṃ rādhāṃ tāṃ vadanti purāvidaḥ
Then you, becoming fivefold and bearing five forms — she who is the form presiding over the vital breath of Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Self, her the knowers of ancient lore call Rādhā, dearer than Kṛṣṇa's own breath.
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BvP 3 45.28
वेदाधिष्ठातृमूर्तिर्या वेदशास्त्रप्रसूरपि ।। तां सावित्रीं शुद्धरूपां प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः
vedādhiṣṭhātṛmūrtiryā vedaśāstraprasūrapi || tāṃ sāvitrīṃ śuddharūpāṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
She who is the form presiding over the Vedas, and also the mother of the Vedas and the treatises — her the wise declare to be Sāvitrī, of pure form.
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BvP 3 45.29
ऐश्वर्य्याधिष्ठातृमूर्तिः शान्तिस्त्वं शान्तरूपिणी ।। लक्ष्मीं वदन्ति सन्तस्तां शुद्धां सत्त्वस्वरूपिणीम्
aiśvaryyādhiṣṭhātṛmūrtiḥ śāntistvaṃ śāntarūpiṇī || lakṣmīṃ vadanti santastāṃ śuddhāṃ sattvasvarūpiṇīm
As the form presiding over sovereignty you are Śānti (peace), having a peaceful form; her the good call Lakṣmī, pure, whose very nature is sattva.
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BvP 3 45.31
बुद्धिर्विद्या सर्वशक्तेर्या मूर्तिरधिदेवता ।। सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गल्या सर्वमङ्गलरूपिणी
buddhirvidyā sarvaśakteryā mūrtiradhidevatā || sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalyā sarvamaṅgalarūpiṇī
She who is intelligence, knowledge, the form and presiding deity of all power, the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, having the form of all auspiciousness —
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BvP 3 45.32
सर्वमङ्गलबीजस्य शिवस्य निलयेऽधुना
sarvamaṅgalabījasya śivasya nilaye'dhunā
— now, in the abode of Śiva, who is the seed of all auspiciousness.
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BvP 3 45.33
शिवे शिवास्वरूपा त्वं लक्ष्मीर्नारायणान्तिके ।। सरस्वती च सावित्री वेदसूर्ब्रह्मणः प्रिया
śive śivāsvarūpā tvaṃ lakṣmīrnārāyaṇāntike || sarasvatī ca sāvitrī vedasūrbrahmaṇaḥ priyā
With Śiva you are of the nature of Śivā; beside Nārāyaṇa you are Lakṣmī; and (you are) Sarasvatī and Sāvitrī, mother of the Vedas, beloved of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.34
राधा रासेश्वरस्यैव परिपूर्णतमस्य च ।। परमानन्दरूपस्य परमानन्दरूपिणी
rādhā rāseśvarasyaiva paripūrṇatamasya ca || paramānandarūpasya paramānandarūpiṇī
(You are) Rādhā of the Lord of the rāsa, the utterly complete one, whose form is supreme bliss — you having the form of supreme bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.35
त्वत्कलांशांशकलया देवानामपि योषितः
tvatkalāṃśāṃśakalayā devānāmapi yoṣitaḥ
By a portion of a portion of a portion of your portion (arise) even the wives of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.36
त्वं विद्या योषितः सर्वास्सर्वेषां बीजरूपिणी ।। छाया सूर्य्यस्य चन्द्रस्य रोहिणी सर्व मोहिनी
tvaṃ vidyā yoṣitaḥ sarvāssarveṣāṃ bījarūpiṇī || chāyā sūryyasya candrasya rohiṇī sarva mohinī
You are knowledge; all women are yours; you are the seed-form of all. (You are) Chāyā of the Sun, Rohiṇī of the Moon, the beguiler of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.37
शची शक्रस्य कामस्य कामिनी रतिरीश्वरी।। वरुणानी जलेशस्य वायोः स्त्री प्राणवल्लभा
śacī śakrasya kāmasya kāminī ratirīśvarī|| varuṇānī jaleśasya vāyoḥ strī prāṇavallabhā
(You are) Śacī of Indra, Kāminī (Rati), the mistress, of Kāma; Vāruṇī of the lord of waters; the wife of Vāyu, dear as life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.38
वह्नेः प्रिया हि स्वाहा च कुबेरस्य च सुन्दरी।। यमस्य तु सुशीला च नैर्ऋतस्य च कैटभी
vahneḥ priyā hi svāhā ca kuberasya ca sundarī|| yamasya tu suśīlā ca nairṛtasya ca kaiṭabhī
(You are) Svāhā, indeed the beloved of Fire, and Sundarī of Kubera; Suśīlā of Yama, and Kaiṭabhī of Nairṛta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.39
ऐशानी स्याच्छशिकला शतरूपा मनोः प्रिया।। देवहूतिः कर्दमस्य वसिष्ठस्याप्यरुन्धती
aiśānī syācchaśikalā śatarūpā manoḥ priyā|| devahūtiḥ kardamasya vasiṣṭhasyāpyarundhatī
You would be Aiśānī (Śiva's consort), Śaśikalā, and Śatarūpā the beloved of Manu; Devahūti of Kardama, and Arundhatī of Vasiṣṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.41
गङ्गा च तुलसी चापि पृथिव्यां या सरिद्वरा ।। एताः सर्वाश्च या ह्यन्या सर्वास्त्वत्कलयाऽम्बिके
gaṅgā ca tulasī cāpi pṛthivyāṃ yā saridvarā || etāḥ sarvāśca yā hyanyā sarvāstvatkalayā'mbike
And Gaṅgā, and Tulasī too, and whatever is the best of rivers on earth — all these, and whatever others there are, are all by a portion of you, O Mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.42
गृहलक्ष्मी गृहे नॄणां राजलक्ष्मीश्च राजसु ।। तपस्विनां तपस्या त्वं गायत्री ब्राह्मणस्य च
gṛhalakṣmī gṛhe nṝṇāṃ rājalakṣmīśca rājasu || tapasvināṃ tapasyā tvaṃ gāyatrī brāhmaṇasya ca
You are the household Lakṣmī in the homes of men, and the royal Lakṣmī among kings; you are the austerity of ascetics, and the Gāyatrī of the brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.43
सतां सत्त्वस्वरूपा त्वमसतां कलहाङ्कुरा ।। ज्योतीरूपा निर्गुणस्य शक्तिस्त्वं सगुणस्य च
satāṃ sattvasvarūpā tvamasatāṃ kalahāṅkurā || jyotīrūpā nirguṇasya śaktistvaṃ saguṇasya ca
For the good you are of the nature of goodness; for the bad you are the sprout of quarrel; you are the light-form of the attributeless and the power of the one with attributes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.44
सूर्य्ये प्रभास्वरूपा त्वं दाहिका च हुताशने ।। जले शैत्यस्वरूपा च शोभारूपा निशाकरे
sūryye prabhāsvarūpā tvaṃ dāhikā ca hutāśane || jale śaityasvarūpā ca śobhārūpā niśākare
In the sun you are the form of radiance, and in fire the burning power; in water you are of the nature of coolness, and in the moon the form of beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.45
त्वं भूमौ गन्धरूपा चाप्याकाशे शब्दरूपिणी ।। क्षुत्पिपासादयस्त्वं च जीविनां सर्वशक्तयः
tvaṃ bhūmau gandharūpā cāpyākāśe śabdarūpiṇī || kṣutpipāsādayastvaṃ ca jīvināṃ sarvaśaktayaḥ
In earth you are the form of smell, and in space you have the form of sound; you are hunger, thirst and the rest, all the powers of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.46
सर्वबीजस्वरूपा त्वं संसारे साररूपिणी ।। स्मृतिर्मेधा च बुद्धिर्वा ज्ञानशक्तिर्विपश्चिताम्
sarvabījasvarūpā tvaṃ saṃsāre sārarūpiṇī || smṛtirmedhā ca buddhirvā jñānaśaktirvipaścitām
You are the very form of all seeds; in the round of existence you are the essence. You are memory, mental power, and intelligence, the power of knowledge of the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.47
कृष्णेन विद्या या दत्ता सर्वज्ञान प्रसूः शुभा ।। शूलिने कृपया सा त्वं यया मृत्युञ्जयः शिवः
kṛṣṇena vidyā yā dattā sarvajñāna prasūḥ śubhā || śūline kṛpayā sā tvaṃ yayā mṛtyuñjayaḥ śivaḥ
That auspicious knowledge which was graciously given by Kṛṣṇa to the Trident-bearer, the mother of all wisdom, by which Śiva became the conqueror of death — that (knowledge) is you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.48
सृष्टिपालनसंहारशक्तयस्त्रिविधाश्च याः ।। ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानां सा त्वमेव नमोऽस्तु ते
sṛṣṭipālanasaṃhāraśaktayastrividhāśca yāḥ || brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ sā tvameva namo'stu te
And the three powers of creation, preservation, and destruction, of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa — that (power) is you alone; homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.49
मधुकैटभभीत्या च त्रस्तो धाता प्रकम्पितः ।। स्तुत्वा मुक्तश्च यां देवीं तां मूर्ध्ना प्रणमाम्यहम्
madhukaiṭabhabhītyā ca trasto dhātā prakampitaḥ || stutvā muktaśca yāṃ devīṃ tāṃ mūrdhnā praṇamāmyaham
That Goddess whom the Creator, terrified and trembling with fear of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, praised and was freed — to her I bow with my head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.51
त्रिपुरस्य महायुद्धे सरथे पतिते शिवे ।। यां तुष्टुवुः सुराः सर्वे तां दुर्गां प्रणमाम्यहम्
tripurasya mahāyuddhe sarathe patite śive || yāṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ surāḥ sarve tāṃ durgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
In the great war with Tripura, when Śiva fell together with his chariot, she whom all the gods praised — to that Durgā I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.52
विष्णुना वृषरूपेण स्वयं शम्भुः समुत्थितः ।। जघान त्रिपुरं स्तुत्वा तां दुर्गां प्रणमाम्यहम्
viṣṇunā vṛṣarūpeṇa svayaṃ śambhuḥ samutthitaḥ || jaghāna tripuraṃ stutvā tāṃ durgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
Śambhu himself rose up again by means of Viṣṇu in the form of a bull, and slew Tripura after praising her — to that Durgā I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.53
यदाज्ञया वाति वातः सूर्यस्तपति सन्ततम् ।। वर्षतीन्द्रो दहत्यग्निस्तां दुर्गां प्रणमाम्यहम्
yadājñayā vāti vātaḥ sūryastapati santatam || varṣatīndro dahatyagnistāṃ durgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
By whose command the wind blows, the sun burns continually, Indra rains, and fire consumes — to that Durgā I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.54
यदाज्ञया हि कालश्च शश्वद्भ्रमति वेगतः ।। मृत्युश्चरति जन्तूनां तां दुर्गां प्रणमाम्यहम्।।
yadājñayā hi kālaśca śaśvadbhramati vegataḥ || mṛtyuścarati jantūnāṃ tāṃ durgāṃ praṇamāmyaham||
By whose command time revolves ever swiftly, and death moves among living creatures — to that Durgā I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.55
स्रष्टा सृजति सृष्टिं च पाता पाति यदाज्ञया ।। संहर्त्ता संहरेत्काले तां दुर्गां प्रणमाम्यहम्
sraṣṭā sṛjati sṛṣṭiṃ ca pātā pāti yadājñayā || saṃharttā saṃharetkāle tāṃ durgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
By whose command the creator creates the creation, the preserver preserves, and the destroyer destroys at the (appointed) time — to that Durgā I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.56
ज्योतिस्स्वरूपो भगवाञ्छ्रीकृष्णो निर्गुणः स्वयम् ।। यया विना न शक्तश्च सृष्टिं कर्तुं नमामि ताम्
jyotissvarūpo bhagavāñchrīkṛṣṇo nirguṇaḥ svayam || yayā vinā na śaktaśca sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ namāmi tām
The Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa himself, whose nature is light, devoid of qualities, is unable to perform creation without her — to her I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.57
रक्ष रक्ष जगन्मातरपराधं क्षमस्व मे ।। शिशूनामपराधेन कुतो माता हि कुप्यति
rakṣa rakṣa jaganmātaraparādhaṃ kṣamasva me || śiśūnāmaparādhena kuto mātā hi kupyati
Protect, protect (me), Mother of the world; forgive my offence. For how should a mother be angry at the offence of children?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.58
उक्त्वा परशुरामश्चेति नत्वा तां रुरोद ह ।। तुष्टा दुर्गा संभ्रमेण चाभयं च वरं ददौ
uktvā paraśurāmaśceti natvā tāṃ ruroda ha || tuṣṭā durgā saṃbhrameṇa cābhayaṃ ca varaṃ dadau
Having spoken thus, Paraśurāma bowed to her and wept. Durgā, pleased, in her haste gave (him) the boon of fearlessness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.59
अमरो भव हे पुत्र वत्स सुस्थिरतां व्रज ।। सर्वप्रसादात्सर्वत्र जयोऽस्तु तव सन्ततम्
amaro bhava he putra vatsa susthiratāṃ vraja || sarvaprasādātsarvatra jayo'stu tava santatam
"Be immortal, O son; child, attain firm stability. By the favour of all, may victory be yours everywhere, always."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.61
इष्टदेवे गुरौ यस्य भक्तिर्भवति शाश्वती ।। तं हन्तुं नहि शक्ता वा रुष्टा वा सर्वदेवताः
iṣṭadeve gurau yasya bhaktirbhavati śāśvatī || taṃ hantuṃ nahi śaktā vā ruṣṭā vā sarvadevatāḥ
He whose devotion to his chosen deity and to his teacher is constant — him not even all the gods, though angered, are able to slay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.62
श्रीकृष्णस्य च भक्तस्त्वं शिष्यो वै शंकरस्य च ।। गुरुपत्नीं स्तौषि यस्मात्कस्त्वां हन्तुमिहेश्वरः
śrīkṛṣṇasya ca bhaktastvaṃ śiṣyo vai śaṃkarasya ca || gurupatnīṃ stauṣi yasmātkastvāṃ hantumiheśvaraḥ
And you are a devotee of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and indeed a disciple of Śaṃkara; since you praise your teacher's wife, what lord here (could) slay you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.63
अहो न कृष्णभक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित् ।। अन्यदेवेषु ये भक्ता न भक्ता वा निरङ्कुशाः
aho na kṛṣṇabhaktānāmaśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit || anyadeveṣu ye bhaktā na bhaktā vā niraṅkuśāḥ
Ah, for Kṛṣṇa's devotees no misfortune exists anywhere; whereas those who are devoted to other gods, or not devoted (at all), are unrestrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 45.64
चन्द्रमा बलवांस्तुष्टो येषां भाग्यवतां भृगो ।। तेषां तारागणा रुष्टाः किं कुर्वंति च दुर्बलाः
candramā balavāṃstuṣṭo yeṣāṃ bhāgyavatāṃ bhṛgo || teṣāṃ tārāgaṇā ruṣṭāḥ kiṃ kurvaṃti ca durbalāḥ
For those fortunate ones with whom the powerful moon is pleased, O Bhṛgu (descendant), what can the hosts of stars do, angered but weak?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.65
यस्मै तुष्टः पालयति नरदेवो महान्सुखी ।। तस्य किं वा करिष्यन्ति रुष्टा भृत्याश्च दुर्बलाः
yasmai tuṣṭaḥ pālayati naradevo mahānsukhī || tasya kiṃ vā kariṣyanti ruṣṭā bhṛtyāśca durbalāḥ
He with whom a great and prosperous king is pleased and whom he protects — what will the servants do to him, angry but weak?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.66
इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती तुष्टा दत्त्वा रामाय चाशिषम् ।। जगामान्तःपुरं तूर्णं हर्षशब्दो बभूव ह
ityuktvā pārvatī tuṣṭā dattvā rāmāya cāśiṣam || jagāmāntaḥpuraṃ tūrṇaṃ harṣaśabdo babhūva ha
Having spoken thus, Pārvatī, pleased, and having given her blessing to Rāma, went quickly to the inner apartments; and a sound of rejoicing arose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.67
स्तोत्रं वै काण्वशाखोक्तं पूजाकाले च यः पठेत् ।। यात्राकाले तथा प्रातर्वाच्छितार्थं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
stotraṃ vai kāṇvaśākhoktaṃ pūjākāle ca yaḥ paṭhet || yātrākāle tathā prātarvācchitārthaṃ labheddhruvam
Whoever recites this hymn, declared in the Kāṇva branch (of the Veda), at the time of worship, and likewise at the time of setting out on a journey, and at dawn, will surely obtain the object he desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.68
पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रं कन्यार्थी कन्यकां लभेत् ।। विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां प्रजार्थी चाप्नुयात्प्रजाः ।। भ्रष्टराज्यो लभेद्राज्यं नष्टवित्तो धनं लभेत्
putrārthī labhate putraṃ kanyārthī kanyakāṃ labhet || vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ prajārthī cāpnuyātprajāḥ || bhraṣṭarājyo labhedrājyaṃ naṣṭavitto dhanaṃ labhet
One who wants a son obtains a son; one who wants a daughter obtains a girl; one who wants learning obtains learning; one who wants offspring gains offspring; one fallen from kingship obtains a kingdom; one whose wealth is lost obtains riches.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.69
यस्य रुष्टो गुरुर्देवो राजा वा बान्धवोऽथवा ।। तस्मै तुष्टश्च वरदः स्तोत्रराजप्रसादतः
yasya ruṣṭo gururdevo rājā vā bāndhavo'thavā || tasmai tuṣṭaśca varadaḥ stotrarājaprasādataḥ
He with whom a teacher, a god, a king, or a kinsman is angry — that one becomes pleased with him and grants him boons, by the grace of this king of hymns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.71
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च कारागारे च बन्धने ।। जलराशौ निमग्नश्च मुक्तस्तत्स्मृतिमात्रतः
rājadvāre śmaśāne ca kārāgāre ca bandhane || jalarāśau nimagnaśca muktastatsmṛtimātrataḥ
At the king's gate, in the cremation ground, in prison and in bonds, and sunk in a mass of water, one is freed merely by remembering it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.72
स्वामिभेदे पुत्रभेदे मित्रभेदे च दारुणे ।। स्तोत्रस्मरणमात्रेण वाञ्छितार्थं लभेद्ध्रुवम् नवमासं काकवन्ध्या मृतवत्सा च भक्तितः ।। स्तोत्रराजं या शृणोति सा पुत्रं लभते ध्रुवम्
svāmibhede putrabhede mitrabhede ca dāruṇe || stotrasmaraṇamātreṇa vāñchitārthaṃ labheddhruvam navamāsaṃ kākavandhyā mṛtavatsā ca bhaktitaḥ || stotrarājaṃ yā śṛṇoti sā putraṃ labhate dhruvam
In a rift with one's master, a rift with a son, or a terrible rift with a friend, merely by remembering the hymn one surely obtains the desired object. A woman barren as a crow, or one whose children die, who with devotion listens to this king of hymns for nine months, surely obtains a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.73
कृत्वा हविष्यं वर्षं च स्तोत्रराजं शृणोति या ।। भक्त्या दुर्गां च सम्पूज्य महावन्ध्या प्रसूयते
kṛtvā haviṣyaṃ varṣaṃ ca stotrarājaṃ śṛṇoti yā || bhaktyā durgāṃ ca sampūjya mahāvandhyā prasūyate
She who, keeping to sacrificial food for a year, listens to this king of hymns and with devotion duly worships Durgā — even a wholly barren woman gives birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.74
लभते सा दिव्यपुत्रं ज्ञानिनं चिरजीविनम् ।। असौभाग्या च सौभाग्यं षण्मासश्रवणाल्लभेत्
labhate sā divyaputraṃ jñāninaṃ cirajīvinam || asaubhāgyā ca saubhāgyaṃ ṣaṇmāsaśravaṇāllabhet
She obtains a divine son, wise and long-lived; and an unfortunate woman obtains good fortune by hearing it for six months.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 45.76
कन्यामाता पुत्रहीना पञ्चमासं शृणोति या ।। घटे सम्पूज्य दुर्गां च सा पुत्रं लभते ध्रुवम्
kanyāmātā putrahīnā pañcamāsaṃ śṛṇoti yā || ghaṭe sampūjya durgāṃ ca sā putraṃ labhate dhruvam
The mother of daughters who has no son, she who listens for five months and duly worships Durgā in a jar, surely obtains a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition