Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 8
BvP 3 8.1
नारायण उवाच ।। पार्वत्याः स्तवनं श्रुत्वा श्रीकृष्णः करुणानिधिः ।। स्वरूपं दर्शयामास सर्वादृश्यं सुदुर्लभम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || pārvatyāḥ stavanaṃ śrutvā śrīkṛṣṇaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ || svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa sarvādṛśyaṃ sudurlabham
Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Pārvatī's praise, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the treasury of compassion, showed (her) his own form, which is invisible to all and very hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.2
स्तुत्वा देवी व्रतपरा कृष्णसंलग्नमानसा ।। ददर्श तेजसां मध्ये स्वरूपं सर्वमोहनम्
stutvā devī vrataparā kṛṣṇasaṃlagnamānasā || dadarśa tejasāṃ madhye svarūpaṃ sarvamohanam
Having praised (him), the goddess, intent on her vow, her mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa, saw in the midst of the radiances that form which bewitches all.
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BvP 3 8.3
सद्रत्नसाररचिते हीरकेण परिष्कृते ।। युक्ते माणिक्यमालाभी रत्नपूर्णे मनोरमे
sadratnasāraracite hīrakeṇa pariṣkṛte || yukte māṇikyamālābhī ratnapūrṇe manorame
(seated) on a lovely (couch) fashioned of the finest true gems, adorned with diamond, fitted with strings of rubies, filled with jewels,
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BvP 3 8.4
पीतांशुकं वह्निशुद्धं वरं वंशकरं परम् ।। वनमालागलं श्यामं रत्नभूषणभूषितम्
pītāṃśukaṃ vahniśuddhaṃ varaṃ vaṃśakaraṃ param || vanamālāgalaṃ śyāmaṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam
(she saw him) clad in yellow silk pure as fire, excellent, holding a flute, supreme, with a forest-garland on his neck, dark-hued, adorned with jewel ornaments,
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BvP 3 8.6
मालतीमाल्यसंयुक्तं केकिपिच्छावचूडकम् ।। गोपांगनापरिवृतं राधावक्षस्थलोज्ज्वलम्
mālatīmālyasaṃyuktaṃ kekipicchāvacūḍakam || gopāṃganāparivṛtaṃ rādhāvakṣasthalojjvalam
joined with a garland of jasmine, having a peacock-feather crest, surrounded by the cowherd women, shining on Rādhā's breast.
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BvP 3 8.7
कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यलीलाधाम मनोहरम् ।। अतीव हृष्टं सर्वेष्टं भक्तानुग्रहकारकम्
koṭikandarpalāvaṇyalīlādhāma manoharam || atīva hṛṣṭaṃ sarveṣṭaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam
the abode of the beauty and play of ten million Kāmas, captivating, exceedingly delighted, desired by all, showing favour to devotees.
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BvP 3 8.8
दृष्ट्वा रूपं रूपवती पुत्रं तदनुरूपकम् ।। मनसा वरयामास वरं संप्राप्य तत्क्षणम्
dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ rūpavatī putraṃ tadanurūpakam || manasā varayāmāsa varaṃ saṃprāpya tatkṣaṇam
Seeing that form, the beautiful woman, having at that very moment obtained the boon, chose in her mind a son resembling it.
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BvP 3 8.9
किशोरवयसं चित्रवेषं वै चन्दनांकितम् ।। चारुस्मितास्यमीड्यं तच्छारदेन्दुविनिन्दकम् वरं दत्त्वा वरेशस्तु यद्यन्मनसि वाञ्छितम् ।। दत्त्वाऽभीष्टं सुरेभ्यश्च तत्तेजोऽन्तरधीयत
kiśoravayasaṃ citraveṣaṃ vai candanāṃkitam || cārusmitāsyamīḍyaṃ tacchāradenduvinindakam varaṃ dattvā vareśastu yadyanmanasi vāñchitam || dattvā'bhīṣṭaṃ surebhyaśca tattejo'ntaradhīyata
— of youthful age, in wondrous dress, marked with sandal-paste, with a face of lovely smile, praiseworthy, putting to shame the autumn moon. And the lord of boons, having granted whatever was wished in her mind, and having given to the gods what they desired, that radiance vanished.
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BvP 3 8.10
कुमारं बोधयित्वा तु देवदेव्यै दिगम्बरम् ।। ददुर्निरुपमं तत्र प्रहृष्टायै कृपान्विताः
kumāraṃ bodhayitvā tu devadevyai digambaram || dadurnirupamaṃ tatra prahṛṣṭāyai kṛpānvitāḥ
And having awakened the naked boy, they, filled with compassion, gave the incomparable (child) there to the delighted goddess of the gods.
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BvP 3 8.11
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ दुर्गा रत्नानि विविधानि च ।। सुवर्णानि च भिक्षुभ्यो बन्दिभ्यो विश्वनन्दिता
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau durgā ratnāni vividhāni ca || suvarṇāni ca bhikṣubhyo bandibhyo viśvananditā
Durgā, praised by the universe, gave various jewels to the brahmins, and gold to the mendicants and to the bards.
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BvP 3 8.12
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास देवान्वै पर्वतांस्तथा ।। शंकरं पूजयामास चोपहारैरनुत्तमैः
brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa devānvai parvatāṃstathā || śaṃkaraṃ pūjayāmāsa copahārairanuttamaiḥ
She fed the brahmins, and the gods and the mountains as well, and she worshipped Śaṃkara with unsurpassed offerings.
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BvP 3 8.13
दुन्दुभिं वादयामास कारयामास मंगलम् ।। संगीतं गापयामास हरिसम्बन्धि सुन्दरम्
dundubhiṃ vādayāmāsa kārayāmāsa maṃgalam || saṃgītaṃ gāpayāmāsa harisambandhi sundaram
She had the kettledrum sounded, had auspicious rites performed, and had beautiful song sung concerning Hari.
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BvP 3 8.14
व्रतं समाप्य सा दुर्गा दत्त्वा दानानि सस्मिता ।। सर्वांश्च भोजयित्वा तु बुभुजे स्वामिना सह
vrataṃ samāpya sā durgā dattvā dānāni sasmitā || sarvāṃśca bhojayitvā tu bubhuje svāminā saha
Having completed the vow and given the gifts, that Durgā, smiling, and having fed everyone, ate together with her husband.
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BvP 3 8.15
ताम्बूलं च वरं रम्यं कर्पूरादिसुवासितम् ।। क्रमात्प्रदाय सर्वेभ्यो बुभुजे तेन कौतुकात्
tāmbūlaṃ ca varaṃ ramyaṃ karpūrādisuvāsitam || kramātpradāya sarvebhyo bubhuje tena kautukāt
And having given out in due order to all the choice, pleasing betel, well perfumed with camphor and the rest, she enjoyed it with him out of delight.
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BvP 3 8.16
पयःफेननिभां शय्यां रम्यां सद्रत्नमञ्चके ।। पुष्पचन्दनसंयुक्तां कस्तूरीकुंकुमान्विताम् ।। रहसि स्वामिना सार्द्धं सुष्वाप परमेश्वरी ।।
payaḥphenanibhāṃ śayyāṃ ramyāṃ sadratnamañcake || puṣpacandanasaṃyuktāṃ kastūrīkuṃkumānvitām || rahasi svāminā sārddhaṃ suṣvāpa parameśvarī ||
On a bed like the foam of milk, lovely, upon a couch of true gems, furnished with flowers and sandal-paste, filled with musk and saffron, the supreme goddess slept in private together with her husband.
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BvP 3 8.17
कैलासस्यैकदेशे च रम्ये चन्दनकानने ।। सुगन्धिकुसुमाढ्येन वायुना सुरभीकृते
kailāsasyaikadeśe ca ramye candanakānane || sugandhikusumāḍhyena vāyunā surabhīkṛte
And in one region of Kailāsa, in a lovely sandalwood grove, made fragrant by the wind rich with sweet-smelling flowers,
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BvP 3 8.18
भ्रमरध्वनिसंयुक्ते पुंस्कोकिलरुताश्रये ।। व्यहार्षीत्सा सुरसिका तत्र तेन सहाम्बिका
bhramaradhvanisaṃyukte puṃskokilarutāśraye || vyahārṣītsā surasikā tatra tena sahāmbikā
filled with the humming of bees, the resort of the calls of male cuckoos, there that connoisseur of pleasure, the Mother, sported with him.
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BvP 3 8.19
रेतःपतनकाले च स विष्णुर्विष्णुमायया ।। विधाय विप्ररूपं तदाजगाम रतेर्गृहम्
retaḥpatanakāle ca sa viṣṇurviṣṇumāyayā || vidhāya viprarūpaṃ tadājagāma ratergṛham
And at the moment of the emission of the seed, that Viṣṇu, by Viṣṇu's own power of illusion, having assumed the form of a brahmin, came then to the house of love.
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BvP 3 8.20
जटावन्तं विना तैलं कुचैलं भिक्षुकं मुने ।। अतीवशुक्लदशनं तृष्णया परिपीडितम्।।
jaṭāvantaṃ vinā tailaṃ kucailaṃ bhikṣukaṃ mune || atīvaśukladaśanaṃ tṛṣṇayā paripīḍitam||
(He was) matted-haired, without oil, in wretched clothes, a mendicant, O sage, with exceedingly white teeth, sorely afflicted with thirst,
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BvP 3 8.21
अतीव कृशगात्रं च बिभ्रत्तिलकमुज्ज्वलम् ।। बहुकाकुस्वरं दीनं दैन्यात्कुत्सितमूर्तिमत्
atīva kṛśagātraṃ ca bibhrattilakamujjvalam || bahukākusvaraṃ dīnaṃ dainyātkutsitamūrtimat
and with a body extremely emaciated, wearing a bright forehead-mark, uttering many plaintive cries, pitiable, of a form made repulsive by its wretchedness.
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BvP 3 8.22
आजुहाव महादेवमतिवृद्धोऽन्नयाचकः ।। दण्डावलम्बनं कृत्वा रतिद्वारेऽतिदुर्बलः
ājuhāva mahādevamativṛddho'nnayācakaḥ || daṇḍāvalambanaṃ kṛtvā ratidvāre'tidurbalaḥ
That very aged beggar for food called upon Mahādeva, leaning upon his staff at Rati's door, exceedingly feeble.
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BvP 3 8.23
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। किं करोषि महादेव रक्ष मां शरणागतम् ।। सप्तरात्रिव्रतेऽतीते पारणाकांक्षिणं क्षुधा
brāhmaṇa uvāca || kiṃ karoṣi mahādeva rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam || saptarātrivrate'tīte pāraṇākāṃkṣiṇaṃ kṣudhā
The brahmin said: What are you doing, Mahādeva? Protect me, who have come for refuge—one who, his seven-night vow now ended, longs to break his fast, (tormented) by hunger.
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BvP 3 8.24
किं करोषि महादेव हे तात करुणानिधे ।। पश्य वृद्धं जराग्रस्तं तृषया परिपीडितम्।।
kiṃ karoṣi mahādeva he tāta karuṇānidhe || paśya vṛddhaṃ jarāgrastaṃ tṛṣayā paripīḍitam||
What are you doing, Mahādeva? O father, treasury of compassion! Look at an old man, seized by decrepitude, sorely afflicted with thirst.
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BvP 3 8.25
मातरुत्तिष्ठ मेऽन्नं त्वं प्रयच्छाद्य शिवं जलम् ।। अनन्तरत्नोद्भवजे रक्ष मां शरणागतम्
mātaruttiṣṭha me'nnaṃ tvaṃ prayacchādya śivaṃ jalam || anantaratnodbhavaje rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam
Mother, rise up! Give me food now, and pure water. O daughter born of the source of endless jewels, protect me, who have come for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.26
मातर्मातर्जगन्मातरेहि नाहं स्थितो बहिः ।। सीदामि तृषया कस्मात्स्थितायामात्ममातरि
mātarmātarjaganmātarehi nāhaṃ sthito bahiḥ || sīdāmi tṛṣayā kasmātsthitāyāmātmamātari
Mother, mother, mother of the world, come! I am not standing outside (any longer). Why should I sink down with thirst, when my own mother is present?
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BvP 3 8.27
इति काकुस्वरं श्रुत्वा शिवस्योत्तिष्ठतो मुने ।। पपात वीर्य्यं शय्यायां न योनौ प्रकृतेस्तदा
iti kākusvaraṃ śrutvā śivasyottiṣṭhato mune || papāta vīryyaṃ śayyāyāṃ na yonau prakṛtestadā
Hearing this plaintive cry, O sage, as Śiva rose up, his seed fell upon the bed and not into the womb of Prakṛti (Pārvatī).
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BvP 3 8.28
उत्तस्थौ पार्वती त्रस्ता सूक्ष्मवस्त्रं पिधाय च ।। आजगाम बहिर्द्वारं पार्वत्या सह शंकरः
uttasthau pārvatī trastā sūkṣmavastraṃ pidhāya ca || ājagāma bahirdvāraṃ pārvatyā saha śaṃkaraḥ
Pārvatī rose up, alarmed, and having covered herself with a fine garment; and Śaṃkara came out to the door together with Pārvatī.
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BvP 3 8.29
ददर्श ब्राह्मणं दीनं जरया परिपीडितम् ।। वृद्धं लुलितगात्रं च बिभ्रतं दण्डमानतम्
dadarśa brāhmaṇaṃ dīnaṃ jarayā paripīḍitam || vṛddhaṃ lulitagātraṃ ca bibhrataṃ daṇḍamānatam
(Śiva) saw the pitiable brahmin, sorely afflicted by old age, aged, with his limbs slack, carrying a staff, bent over,
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BvP 3 8.30
तपस्विनमशान्तं च शुष्ककण्ठौष्ठतालुकम् ।। कुर्वन्तं परया भक्त्या प्रणामं स्तवनं तयोः
tapasvinamaśāntaṃ ca śuṣkakaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukam || kurvantaṃ parayā bhaktyā praṇāmaṃ stavanaṃ tayoḥ
an ascetic, restless, his throat, lips and palate dry, making obeisance and praise to those two with the highest devotion.
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BvP 3 8.31
श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं तत्र नीलकण्ठः सुधोपमम् ।। उवाच परया प्रीत्या प्रसन्नस्तं प्रहस्य च
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ tatra nīlakaṇṭhaḥ sudhopamam || uvāca parayā prītyā prasannastaṃ prahasya ca
Hearing his speech there, like nectar, the Blue-throated One, pleased, spoke to him with the greatest affection, laughing:
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BvP 3 8.32
शंकर उवाच ।। गृहं ते कुत्र विप्रर्षे वद वेदविदां वर ।। किन्नाम भवतः क्षिप्रं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि साम्प्रतम्
śaṃkara uvāca || gṛhaṃ te kutra viprarṣe vada vedavidāṃ vara || kinnāma bhavataḥ kṣipraṃ jñātumicchāmi sāmpratam
Śaṃkara said: Where is your home, O brahmin sage? Tell me, best of those who know the Vedas. What is your name? I wish to know it at once, right now.
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BvP 3 8.33
पार्वत्युवाच ।। आगतोऽसि कुतो विप्र मम भाग्यादुपस्थितः ।। अद्य मे सफलं जन्म ब्राह्मणो मद्गृहेऽतिथिः
pārvatyuvāca || āgato'si kuto vipra mama bhāgyādupasthitaḥ || adya me saphalaṃ janma brāhmaṇo madgṛhe'tithiḥ
Pārvatī said: Where have you come from, brahmin, who have arrived through my good fortune? Today my birth has borne fruit: a brahmin is a guest in my house.
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BvP 3 8.34
अतिथिः पूजितो येन त्रिजगत्तेन पूजितम् ।। तत्रैवाधिष्ठिता देवा ब्राह्मणा गुरवो द्विज
atithiḥ pūjito yena trijagattena pūjitam || tatraivādhiṣṭhitā devā brāhmaṇā guravo dvija
By whom a guest is honoured, by him the three worlds are honoured; in that very place the gods, the brahmins, and the gurus are established, O twice-born one.
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BvP 3 8.35
तीर्थान्यतिथिपादेषु शश्वत्तिष्ठन्ति निश्चितम् ।। तत्पादधौततोयेन मिश्रितानि लभेद्गृही
tīrthānyatithipādeṣu śaśvattiṣṭhanti niścitam || tatpādadhautatoyena miśritāni labhedgṛhī
The sacred fords abide constantly in a guest's feet—this is certain; the householder obtains them all combined in the water that has washed those feet.
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BvP 3 8.36
स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षितः।। अतिथिः पूजितो येन स्वात्मशक्त्या यथोचितम्
sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ|| atithiḥ pūjito yena svātmaśaktyā yathocitam
He has bathed in all the sacred fords, he is consecrated in all the sacrifices, by whom a guest has been honoured, as is fitting, according to his own ability.
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BvP 3 8.37
महादानानि सर्वाणि कृतानि तेन भूतले ।। अतिथिः पूजितो येन भारते भक्तिपूर्वकम्
mahādānāni sarvāṇi kṛtāni tena bhūtale || atithiḥ pūjito yena bhārate bhaktipūrvakam
All the great gifts have been made by him on the face of the earth, by whom a guest has been honoured with devotion in Bhārata.
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BvP 3 8.38
नानाप्रकारपुण्यानि वेदोक्तानि च यानि वै ।। अन्ये चातिथिसेवायाः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
nānāprakārapuṇyāni vedoktāni ca yāni vai || anye cātithisevāyāḥ kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
The various kinds of meritorious acts that are declared in the Vedas, and the others too, do not amount to a sixteenth part of the service of a guest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.39
अपूजितोऽतिथिर्यस्य भवनाद्विनिवर्त्तते ।। पितृदेवाग्नयः पश्चाद्गुरवो यान्त्यपूजिताः
apūjito'tithiryasya bhavanādvinivarttate || pitṛdevāgnayaḥ paścādguravo yāntyapūjitāḥ
When a guest turns away unhonoured from a man's house, then afterwards the ancestors, the gods, the fires and the gurus depart unhonoured (as well).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.40
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च ।। तानि सर्वाणि लभते नाभ्यर्च्यातिथिमीप्सितम्
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca || tāni sarvāṇi labhate nābhyarcyātithimīpsitam
Whatever sins there are, beginning with the killing of a brahmin — all of these he incurs by not honouring a guest who has come wishing (for hospitality).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.41
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। जानासि वेदान्वेदज्ञे वेदोक्तं कुरु पूजनम् ।। क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां पीडितो मातर्वचनं च श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca || jānāsi vedānvedajñe vedoktaṃ kuru pūjanam || kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ pīḍito mātarvacanaṃ ca śrutau śrutam
The brahmin said: You know the Vedas, O knower of the Vedas; perform the worship as declared in the Veda. I am tormented by hunger and thirst, mother, and my words have been heard by your ears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.42
व्याधियुक्तो निराहारो यदा वाऽनशनव्रती ।। मनोरथेनोपहारं भोक्तुमिच्छति मानवः
vyādhiyukto nirāhāro yadā vā'naśanavratī || manorathenopahāraṃ bhoktumicchati mānavaḥ
When a man is afflicted with disease and without food, or is under a vow of fasting, he wishes to eat the offering (only) in his imagination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.43
पार्वत्युवाच ।। भोक्तुमिच्छसि किं विप्र त्रैलोक्ये च सुदुर्लभम्।। दास्यामि भोक्तुं त्वामद्य मज्जन्म सफलं कुरु
pārvatyuvāca || bhoktumicchasi kiṃ vipra trailokye ca sudurlabham|| dāsyāmi bhoktuṃ tvāmadya majjanma saphalaṃ kuru
Pārvatī said: What do you wish to eat, brahmin, even (what is) very hard to obtain in the three worlds? I shall give it to you to eat today; make my birth fruitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.44
ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। व्रते सुव्रतया सर्वमुपहारं समाहृतम् ।। नानाविधं मिष्टमिष्टं भोक्तुं श्रुत्वा समागतः
brāhmaṇa uvāca || vrate suvratayā sarvamupahāraṃ samāhṛtam || nānāvidhaṃ miṣṭamiṣṭaṃ bhoktuṃ śrutvā samāgataḥ
The brahmin said: In the vow all the offering has been gathered together by you of good vows — of many kinds, sweet and desirable; having heard of it I have come to eat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.45
सुव्रते तव पुत्रोऽहमग्रे मां पूजयिष्यसि ।। दत्त्वा मिष्टानि वस्तूनि त्रैलोक्ये दुर्लभानि च
suvrate tava putro'hamagre māṃ pūjayiṣyasi || dattvā miṣṭāni vastūni trailokye durlabhāni ca
O you of good vows, I am your son; you shall worship me first, giving sweet things that are hard to obtain in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.46
ताताः पञ्चविधाः प्रोक्ता मातरो विविधाः स्मृताः ।। पुत्रः पञ्चविधः साध्वि कथितो वेदवादिभिः
tātāḥ pañcavidhāḥ proktā mātaro vividhāḥ smṛtāḥ || putraḥ pañcavidhaḥ sādhvi kathito vedavādibhiḥ
Fathers are declared to be of five kinds, and mothers are held to be of various kinds; a son too is of five kinds, virtuous lady, as told by those who speak the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.47
विद्यादाताऽन्नदाता च भयत्राता च जन्मदः ।। कन्यादाता च वेदोक्ता नराणां पितरः स्मृताः
vidyādātā'nnadātā ca bhayatrātā ca janmadaḥ || kanyādātā ca vedoktā narāṇāṃ pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ
The giver of knowledge, the giver of food, the protector from danger, the giver of birth, and the giver of a bride — these are declared in the Veda, and held to be, the fathers of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.48
गुरुपत्नी गर्भधात्री स्तनदात्री पितुः स्वसा ।। स्वसा मातुः सपत्नी च पुत्रभार्य्याऽन्नदायिका
gurupatnī garbhadhātrī stanadātrī pituḥ svasā || svasā mātuḥ sapatnī ca putrabhāryyā'nnadāyikā
The guru's wife, she who bore (one) in the womb, she who gave the breast, the father's sister, the mother's sister, the co-wife (of the mother), the son's wife, and she who gives food (— these are the mothers).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.49
भृत्यः शिष्यश्च पोष्यश्च वीर्य्यजः शरणागतः ।। धर्मपुत्राश्च चत्वारो वीर्य्यजो धनभागिति
bhṛtyaḥ śiṣyaśca poṣyaśca vīryyajaḥ śaraṇāgataḥ || dharmaputrāśca catvāro vīryyajo dhanabhāgiti
A servant, a pupil, one to be supported, one born of (one's own) seed, and one who has come for refuge; four are sons by dharma, while the one born of (one's) seed is the sharer in wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.50
क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां पीडितो मातर्वृद्धोऽहं शरणागतः ।। साम्प्रतं तव वन्ध्याया अनाथः पुत्र एव च
kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ pīḍito mātarvṛddho'haṃ śaraṇāgataḥ || sāmprataṃ tava vandhyāyā anāthaḥ putra eva ca
Tormented by hunger and thirst, mother, I am old and have come to you for refuge; at present I am indeed the son, helpless, of you who are childless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.51
पिष्टकं परमान्नं च सुपक्वानि फलानि च ।। नानाविधानि पिष्टानि कालदेशोद्भवानि च
piṣṭakaṃ paramānnaṃ ca supakvāni phalāni ca || nānāvidhāni piṣṭāni kāladeśodbhavāni ca
Flour-cake and the finest rice-dish, and well-ripened fruits, and flour preparations of many kinds, produced in (their own) season and region;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.52
पक्वान्नं स्वस्तिकं क्षीरमिक्षुमिक्षुविकारजम् ।। घृतं दधि च शाल्यन्नं घृतपक्वं च व्यञ्जनम्
pakvānnaṃ svastikaṃ kṣīramikṣumikṣuvikārajam || ghṛtaṃ dadhi ca śālyannaṃ ghṛtapakvaṃ ca vyañjanam
Cooked food, svastika-cakes, milk, sugarcane and what is made from sugarcane, ghee and curds, śāli-rice food, and a savoury dish cooked in ghee;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.53
लड्डुकानि तिलानां च मिष्टान्नैः सगुडानि च ।। ममाज्ञातानि वस्तूनि सुधया तुल्यकानि च
laḍḍukāni tilānāṃ ca miṣṭānnaiḥ saguḍāni ca || mamājñātāni vastūni sudhayā tulyakāni ca
Laḍḍus, and (those) of sesame, with sweet foods and with jaggery, and things unknown to me, and things equal to the nectar of immortality;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.54
ताम्बूलं च वरं रम्यं कर्पूरादिसुवासितम् ।। चलं सुनिर्मलं स्वादु द्रव्याण्येतानि वासितम्
tāmbūlaṃ ca varaṃ ramyaṃ karpūrādisuvāsitam || calaṃ sunirmalaṃ svādu dravyāṇyetāni vāsitam
And betel, choice and pleasing, well scented with camphor and the rest — light, very clean, sweet: these perfumed substances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.55
द्रव्याणि यानि भुक्त्वा मे चारु लम्बोदरं भवेत् ।। अनन्तरत्नोद्भवजे तानि मह्यं प्रदास्यसि
dravyāṇi yāni bhuktvā me cāru lambodaraṃ bhavet || anantaratnodbhavaje tāni mahyaṃ pradāsyasi
Those substances by eating which my belly may become handsomely pendulous — O you born of the (mountain) that is the source of endless jewels, those you shall give to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.56
स्वामी ते त्रिजगत्कर्त्ता प्रदाता सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। महालक्ष्मी स्वरूपा त्वं सर्वैश्वर्य्यप्रदायिनी
svāmī te trijagatkarttā pradātā sarvasampadām || mahālakṣmī svarūpā tvaṃ sarvaiśvaryyapradāyinī
Your husband is the maker of the three worlds, the giver of all riches; you are Mahālakṣmī in your own form, the bestower of all lordly power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.57
रत्नसिंहासनं रम्यममूल्यं रत्नभूषणम् ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकं चारु प्रदास्यसि सुदुर्लभम्
ratnasiṃhāsanaṃ ramyamamūlyaṃ ratnabhūṣaṇam || vahniśuddhāṃśukaṃ cāru pradāsyasi sudurlabham
A lovely jewelled throne, priceless jewel-ornaments, and fine cloth purified by fire, very hard to obtain — these you shall give.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.58
सुदुर्लभं हरेर्मन्त्रं हरौ भक्तिं दृढां सति ।। हरिप्रिया हरेः शक्तिस्त्वमेव सर्वदा स्थिता
sudurlabhaṃ harermantraṃ harau bhaktiṃ dṛḍhāṃ sati || haripriyā hareḥ śaktistvameva sarvadā sthitā
The very hard-to-obtain mantra of Hari, and firm devotion to Hari, O virtuous one: you alone, beloved of Hari, Hari's power, abide always (as these).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.59
ज्ञानं मृत्युञ्जयं नाम दातृशक्तिं सुखप्रदाम् ।। सर्वसिद्धिं च किं मातरदेयं स्वसुताय च
jñānaṃ mṛtyuñjayaṃ nāma dātṛśaktiṃ sukhapradām || sarvasiddhiṃ ca kiṃ mātaradeyaṃ svasutāya ca
Knowledge, the (mantra) named Mṛtyuñjaya ("conqueror of death"), the power to bestow, which yields happiness, and every attainment — what, mother, is not to be given to one's own son?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.60
मनः सुनिर्मलं कृत्वा धर्मे तपसि सन्ततम् ।। श्रेष्ठे सवं करिष्यामि न कामे जन्म हेतुके
manaḥ sunirmalaṃ kṛtvā dharme tapasi santatam || śreṣṭhe savaṃ kariṣyāmi na kāme janma hetuke
Having made my mind wholly pure, (fixed) constantly on dharma and on austerity, I will make my offering in what is highest, not in desire, which causes birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.61
स्वकामात्कुरुते कर्म कर्मणो भोग एव च ।। भोगौ शुभाशुभौ ज्ञेयौ तौ हेतू सुखदुःखयोः
svakāmātkurute karma karmaṇo bhoga eva ca || bhogau śubhāśubhau jñeyau tau hetū sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
Out of one's own desire one performs action, and from action comes enjoyment (of its fruit); the two enjoyments are to be known as good and bad, and these two are the causes of pleasure and pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.62
दुःखं न कस्माद्भवति सुखं वा जगदम्बिके ।। सर्वं स्वकर्मणो भोगस्तेन तद्विरतो बुधः
duḥkhaṃ na kasmādbhavati sukhaṃ vā jagadambike || sarvaṃ svakarmaṇo bhogastena tadvirato budhaḥ
From what does pain not arise, or pleasure, O mother of the world? All of it is the enjoyment of one's own karma; therefore the wise man is detached from it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.63
कर्म निर्मूलयन्त्येव सन्तो हि सततं मुदा ।। हरिभावनबुद्ध्या तत्तपसा भक्तसङ्गतः
karma nirmūlayantyeva santo hi satataṃ mudā || haribhāvanabuddhyā tattapasā bhaktasaṅgataḥ
The good, indeed, constantly and with joy uproot karma altogether — by a mind meditating on Hari, by that austerity, through the company of devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.64
इन्द्रियद्रव्यसंयोगसुखं विध्वंसनावधि ।। हरिसंलापरूपं च सुखं तत्सर्वकालिकम्
indriyadravyasaṃyogasukhaṃ vidhvaṃsanāvadhi || harisaṃlāparūpaṃ ca sukhaṃ tatsarvakālikam
The happiness of the contact of the senses with objects lasts only until (its) destruction; but that happiness which consists of converse about Hari belongs to all times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.65
हरिस्मरणशीलानां नायुर्याति सतां सती ।। न तेषामीश्वरः कालो न च मृत्युञ्जयो ध्रुवम्
harismaraṇaśīlānāṃ nāyuryāti satāṃ satī || na teṣāmīśvaraḥ kālo na ca mṛtyuñjayo dhruvam
Of the good, whose practice is the remembrance of Hari, the lifespan does not run out, O Satī; Time is not their lord, nor is death — (for they are) surely conquerors of death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.66
चिरं जीवन्ति ते भक्ता भारते चिरजीविनः ।। सर्वसिद्धिं च विज्ञाय स्वच्छन्दं सर्वगामिनः
ciraṃ jīvanti te bhaktā bhārate cirajīvinaḥ || sarvasiddhiṃ ca vijñāya svacchandaṃ sarvagāminaḥ
Those devotees live long, being long-lived in Bhārata; and having come to know every attainment, they move everywhere at will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.67
जातिस्मरा हरेर्भक्ता जानते कोटिजन्मनः ।। कथयन्ति कथां जन्म लभन्ते स्वेच्छया मुदा
jātismarā harerbhaktā jānate koṭijanmanaḥ || kathayanti kathāṃ janma labhante svecchayā mudā
Hari's devotees, remembering their births, know crores of births; they recite the sacred story, and they obtain birth joyfully by their own wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.68
परं पुनन्ति ते पूतास्तीर्थानि स्वीयलीलया ।। पुण्यक्षेत्रेऽत्र सेवायै परार्थं च भ्रमन्ति ते
paraṃ punanti te pūtāstīrthāni svīyalīlayā || puṇyakṣetre'tra sevāyai parārthaṃ ca bhramanti te
Being themselves purified, they purify others, and (they purify) the holy fords by their own play; here in a place of merit they wander for service and for the sake of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.69
वैष्णवानां पदस्पर्शात्सद्यः पूता वसुन्धरा ।। कालं गोदोहमात्रं तु तीर्थे यत्र वसन्ति ते
vaiṣṇavānāṃ padasparśātsadyaḥ pūtā vasundharā || kālaṃ godohamātraṃ tu tīrthe yatra vasanti te
By the touch of the feet of Vaiṣṇavas the earth is at once purified; and (a place becomes) a holy ford where they dwell even for the time it takes to milk a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.70
गुरोरास्याद्विष्णुमन्त्रः श्रुतौ यस्य प्रविश्यति ।। तं वैष्णवं तीर्थपूतं प्रवदन्ति पुराविदः
gurorāsyādviṣṇumantraḥ śrutau yasya praviśyati || taṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tīrthapūtaṃ pravadanti purāvidaḥ
He into whose ear the Viṣṇu-mantra enters from the mouth of a guru — him the knowers of ancient lore declare to be a Vaiṣṇava, purified as a holy ford.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.71
पुरुषाणां शतं पूर्वमुद्धरन्ति शतं परम् ।। लीलया भारते भक्त्या सोदरान्मातरं तथा
puruṣāṇāṃ śataṃ pūrvamuddharanti śataṃ param || līlayā bhārate bhaktyā sodarānmātaraṃ tathā
They deliver a hundred men before (them) and a hundred after, effortlessly in Bhārata by their devotion, and likewise their brothers and their mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.72
मातामहानां पुरुषान्दश पूर्वान्दशापरान् ।। मातुः प्रसूमुद्धरन्ति दारुणाद्यमताडनात् ।।
mātāmahānāṃ puruṣāndaśa pūrvāndaśāparān || mātuḥ prasūmuddharanti dāruṇādyamatāḍanāt ||
Ten men of the maternal grandfathers' line before and ten after, and the mother's mother, they deliver from the terrible beating of Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.73
भक्तदर्शनमाश्लेषं मानवाः प्राप्नुवन्ति ये ।। ते याताः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षिताः
bhaktadarśanamāśleṣaṃ mānavāḥ prāpnuvanti ye || te yātāḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitāḥ
Those men who obtain the sight and the embrace of a devotee — they have (thereby) gone to all the holy fords and are consecrated in all the sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.74
न लिप्ताः पातकैर्भक्ताः सन्ततं हरिमानसाः ।। यथाऽग्नयः सर्वभक्ष्या यथा द्रव्येषु वायवः
na liptāḥ pātakairbhaktāḥ santataṃ harimānasāḥ || yathā'gnayaḥ sarvabhakṣyā yathā dravyeṣu vāyavaḥ
Devotees, whose minds are constantly on Hari, are not smeared by sins — as fires, which devour everything, (are not), as winds (are not) among substances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.75
त्रिकोटिजन्मनामन्ते प्राप्नोति जन्म मानवम् ।। प्राप्नोति भक्तसंगं स मानुषे कोटिजन्मतः
trikoṭijanmanāmante prāpnoti janma mānavam || prāpnoti bhaktasaṃgaṃ sa mānuṣe koṭijanmataḥ
At the end of three crores of births one obtains a human birth; and after a crore of births among men he obtains the company of devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.76
भक्तसङ्गाद्भवेद्भक्तेरङ्कुरो जीवितः सती ।। अभक्तदर्शनादेव स च प्राप्नोति शुष्कताम् ।।
bhaktasaṅgādbhavedbhakteraṅkuro jīvitaḥ satī || abhaktadarśanādeva sa ca prāpnoti śuṣkatām ||
From the company of devotees the sprout of devotion comes to life, O Satī; and from the mere sight of a non-devotee it becomes dry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.77
पुनः प्रफुल्लतां याति वैष्णवालापमात्रतः ।। अंकुरश्चाविनाशी च वर्द्धते प्रतिजन्मनि
punaḥ praphullatāṃ yāti vaiṣṇavālāpamātrataḥ || aṃkuraścāvināśī ca varddhate pratijanmani
Again it comes to bloom merely by conversation with a Vaiṣṇava; and the sprout, being indestructible, grows in birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.78
तत्तरोवर्द्धमानस्य हरिदास्यं फलं सति ।। परिणामे भक्तिपाके पार्षदश्च भवेद्धरेः
tattarovarddhamānasya haridāsyaṃ phalaṃ sati || pariṇāme bhaktipāke pārṣadaśca bhaveddhareḥ
Of that tree as it grows the fruit is servitude to Hari, O good lady; and in the end, when devotion ripens, one becomes an attendant of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.79
महति प्रलये नाशो न भवेत्तस्य निश्चितम् ।। सर्वसृष्टेश्च संहारे ब्रह्मलोकस्य वेधसः
mahati pralaye nāśo na bhavettasya niścitam || sarvasṛṣṭeśca saṃhāre brahmalokasya vedhasaḥ
In the great dissolution his destruction certainly does not occur, even in the destruction of the whole creation and of Brahmaloka, (the world) of the creator.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.80
तस्मान्नारायणे भक्तिं देहि मामम्बिके सदा ।। न भवेद्विष्णुभक्तिश्च विष्णुमाये त्वया विना
tasmānnārāyaṇe bhaktiṃ dehi māmambike sadā || na bhavedviṣṇubhaktiśca viṣṇumāye tvayā vinā
Therefore, O Mother, grant me devotion to Nārāyaṇa always; O Viṣṇumāyā, without you devotion to Viṣṇu does not arise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.81
तद्वन्तं लोकशिक्षार्थं स्वतपस्तव पूजनम् ।। सर्वेषां फलदात्री त्वं नित्यरूपा सनातनी
tadvantaṃ lokaśikṣārthaṃ svatapastava pūjanam || sarveṣāṃ phaladātrī tvaṃ nityarūpā sanātanī
For the instruction of the world (I performed) that (vow); my own austerity is the worship of you. You are the giver of fruits to all, of eternal form, everlasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.82
गणेशरूपः श्रीकृष्णः कल्पे कल्पे तवात्मजः ।। त्वत्क्रोडमागतः क्षिप्रमित्युक्त्वाऽन्तरधीयत
gaṇeśarūpaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaḥ kalpe kalpe tavātmajaḥ || tvatkroḍamāgataḥ kṣipramityuktvā'ntaradhīyata
Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the form of Gaṇeśa is your son in every kalpa; he has come swiftly to your lap—having said this, (the voice/he) vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.83
कृत्वाऽन्तर्धानमीशश्च बालरूपं विधाय सः ।। जगाम पार्वती तल्पं मन्दिराभ्यन्तरस्थितम्
kṛtvā'ntardhānamīśaśca bālarūpaṃ vidhāya saḥ || jagāma pārvatī talpaṃ mandirābhyantarasthitam
And the Lord, having made himself invisible and having assumed the form of a child, went to Pārvatī's bed that stood within the palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.84
तल्पस्थे शिववीर्य्ये च मिश्रितः स बभूव ह ।। ददर्श गेहशिखरं प्रसूते बालके यथा
talpasthe śivavīryye ca miśritaḥ sa babhūva ha || dadarśa gehaśikharaṃ prasūte bālake yathā
And he became mingled with Śiva's seed that was on the bed; he saw the roof of the house, as a child does when it is born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.85
शुद्धचम्पकवर्णाभः कोटिचन्द्रसमप्रभः ।। सुखदृश्यः सर्वजनैश्चक्षूरश्मिविवर्द्धकः
śuddhacampakavarṇābhaḥ koṭicandrasamaprabhaḥ || sukhadṛśyaḥ sarvajanaiścakṣūraśmivivarddhakaḥ
Having the color of a pure campaka flower, with radiance equal to ten million moons, pleasant to look upon for all people, increasing the rays of (their) eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.86
अतीव सुन्दरतनुः कामदेवविमोहनः ।। सुखं निरुपमं बिभ्रच्छारदेन्दुविनिन्दकम्
atīva sundaratanuḥ kāmadevavimohanaḥ || sukhaṃ nirupamaṃ bibhracchāradenduvinindakam
With an exceedingly beautiful body, bewitching (even) Kāmadeva, bearing an incomparable happiness (or: face) that put the autumn moon to shame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 3 8.87
सुन्दरे लोचने बिभ्रच्चारुपद्मविनिन्दके ।। ओष्ठाधरपुटं बिभ्रत्पक्वबिम्बविनिन्दकम्
sundare locane bibhraccārupadmavinindake || oṣṭhādharapuṭaṃ bibhratpakvabimbavinindakam
Bearing two beautiful eyes that put lovely lotuses to shame, bearing the pair of upper and lower lips that put ripe bimba fruit to shame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.88
कपालं च कपोलं च परमं सुमनोहरम् ।। नासाग्रं रुचिरं बिभ्रद्वीन्द्रचञ्चुविनिन्दकम्
kapālaṃ ca kapolaṃ ca paramaṃ sumanoharam || nāsāgraṃ ruciraṃ bibhradvīndracañcuvinindakam
(bearing) a skull and cheek supremely charming, bearing a lovely tip of the nose that put the beak of a parrot to shame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 3 8.89
त्रैलोक्ये वै निरुपमं सर्वांगं बिभ्रदुत्तमम् ।। शयानः शयने रम्ये प्रेरयन्हस्तपादकम्
trailokye vai nirupamaṃ sarvāṃgaṃ bibhraduttamam || śayānaḥ śayane ramye prerayanhastapādakam
bearing every limb, excellent and truly incomparable in the three worlds, he lay on the lovely bed, moving his little hands and feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition