Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda — Chapter 9
BvP 3 9.1
नारायण उवाच ।। हरौ तिरोहिते शर्वाणी दुर्गा शंकरस्तदा ।। ब्राह्मणान्वेषणं कृत्वा बभ्राम परितो मुने
nārāyaṇa uvāca || harau tirohite śarvāṇī durgā śaṃkarastadā || brāhmaṇānveṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā babhrāma parito mune
Nārāyaṇa said: When Hari had vanished, then Śarvāṇī Durgā and Śaṃkara searched for the brāhmaṇa and wandered all around, O sage.
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BvP 3 9.2
पार्वत्युवाच ।। अये विप्रेन्द्रातिवृद्ध क्व गतोऽसि क्षुधाऽऽतुरः ।। हे तात दर्शनं देहि प्राणान्वै रक्ष मे विभो
pārvatyuvāca || aye viprendrātivṛddha kva gato'si kṣudhā''turaḥ || he tāta darśanaṃ dehi prāṇānvai rakṣa me vibho
Pārvatī said: Ah, most aged best of brāhmaṇas, where have you gone, afflicted with hunger? O father, grant (me) your sight; O mighty one, preserve my life.
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BvP 3 9.3
शिव शीघ्रं समुत्तिष्ठ ब्राह्मणान्वेषणं कुरु ।। क्षणमुन्मनसोरेष गतः प्रत्यक्षमावयोः
śiva śīghraṃ samuttiṣṭha brāhmaṇānveṣaṇaṃ kuru || kṣaṇamunmanasoreṣa gataḥ pratyakṣamāvayoḥ
Śiva, rise quickly, make a search for the brāhmaṇa; for a moment we two were distracted, and he has gone from before our eyes.
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BvP 3 9.4
अगृहीत्वा गृहात्पूजां गृहिणोऽतिथिरीश्वर ।। यदि याति क्षुधाऽऽर्त्तश्च तस्य किं जीवनं वृथा
agṛhītvā gṛhātpūjāṃ gṛhiṇo'tithirīśvara || yadi yāti kṣudhā''rttaśca tasya kiṃ jīvanaṃ vṛthā
O Lord, if a guest goes away hungry and distressed, without having received the honor due from the householder's house, of what use is that (householder's) life? It is in vain.
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BvP 3 9.5
पितरस्तन्न गृह्णन्ति पिण्डदानं च तर्पणम् ।। तस्याहुतिं न गृह्णाति वह्निः पुष्पं जलं सुराः
pitarastanna gṛhṇanti piṇḍadānaṃ ca tarpaṇam || tasyāhutiṃ na gṛhṇāti vahniḥ puṣpaṃ jalaṃ surāḥ
The ancestors do not accept his offering of piṇḍa nor his libation; fire does not accept his oblation, nor the gods his flower and water.
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BvP 3 9.6
हव्यं पुष्पं जलं द्रव्यमशुचेश्च सुरासमम् ।। अमेध्यसदृशः पिण्डः स्पर्शनं पुण्यनाशनम्
havyaṃ puṣpaṃ jalaṃ dravyamaśuceśca surāsamam || amedhyasadṛśaḥ piṇḍaḥ sparśanaṃ puṇyanāśanam
The oblation, flower, water and substance of an impure man are like liquor to the gods; his piṇḍa is like filth, and touching (him) destroys merit.
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BvP 3 9.7
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र वाग् बभूवाशरीरिणी ।। कैवल्ययुक्ता सा दुर्गा तां शुश्राव शुचाऽऽतुरा
etasminnantare tatra vāg babhūvāśarīriṇī || kaivalyayuktā sā durgā tāṃ śuśrāva śucā''turā
Meanwhile a bodiless voice arose there; that Durgā, endowed with (the state of) absoluteness, stricken with grief, heard it.
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BvP 3 9.8
शान्ता भव जगन्मातस्स्वसुतं पश्य मन्दिरे ।। कृष्णं गोलोकनाथं तं परिपूर्णतमं परम्
śāntā bhava jaganmātassvasutaṃ paśya mandire || kṛṣṇaṃ golokanāthaṃ taṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ param
Be calm, Mother of the world; look at your own son in the palace—Kṛṣṇa, the lord of Goloka, the supreme, most complete one,
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BvP 3 9.9
सुपुण्यकव्रततरोः फलरूपं सनातनम् ।। यत्तेजो योगिनः शश्वद्ध्यायन्ति सन्ततं मुदा
supuṇyakavratataroḥ phalarūpaṃ sanātanam || yattejo yoginaḥ śaśvaddhyāyanti santataṃ mudā
the eternal one who is the fruit of the tree of the auspicious puṇyaka vow, whose splendor the yogins meditate on constantly and unceasingly with joy,
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BvP 3 9.10
ध्यायन्ति वैष्णवा देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः ।। यस्य पूज्यस्य सर्वाग्रे कल्पे कल्पे च पूजनम्
dhyāyanti vaiṣṇavā devā brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ || yasya pūjyasya sarvāgre kalpe kalpe ca pūjanam
The Vaiṣṇava gods — Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest — meditate (upon him), the one worthy of worship, whose worship comes before all others in kalpa after kalpa.
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BvP 3 9.11
यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण सर्वविघ्नो विनश्यति ।। पुण्यराशिस्वरूपं च स्वसुतं पश्य मन्दिरे
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa sarvavighno vinaśyati || puṇyarāśisvarūpaṃ ca svasutaṃ paśya mandire
By the mere remembering of whom every obstacle perishes — look at your own son in the house, who is the very embodiment of a mass of merit.
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BvP 3 9.12
कल्पे कल्पे ध्यायसि यं ज्योतीरूपं सनातनम् ।। पश्य त्वं मुक्तिदं पुत्रं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
kalpe kalpe dhyāyasi yaṃ jyotīrūpaṃ sanātanam || paśya tvaṃ muktidaṃ putraṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham
The one whom you meditate on in kalpa after kalpa, of the form of light, eternal — look at him as your son, the giver of liberation, whose body is grace toward the devotees.
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BvP 3 9.13
तव वाञ्छापूर्णबीजं तपःकल्पतरोः फलम्।। सुन्दरं स्वसुतं पश्य कोटिकन्दर्पनिन्दकम्
tava vāñchāpūrṇabījaṃ tapaḥkalpataroḥ phalam|| sundaraṃ svasutaṃ paśya koṭikandarpanindakam
Look at your own son, the seed that fulfils your wish, the fruit of the wish-yielding tree of your austerity, beautiful, putting ten million Kandarpas to shame.
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BvP 3 9.14
नायं विप्रः क्षुधाऽऽर्त्तश्च विप्ररूपी जनार्दनः ।। किं वा विलापं कुरुषे क्व वा वृद्धः क्व चातिथिः ।। सरस्वती त्वेवमुक्त्वा विरराम च नारद
nāyaṃ vipraḥ kṣudhā''rttaśca viprarūpī janārdanaḥ || kiṃ vā vilāpaṃ kuruṣe kva vā vṛddhaḥ kva cātithiḥ || sarasvatī tvevamuktvā virarāma ca nārada
This is no brahmin afflicted by hunger; it is Janārdana in the form of a brahmin. Why then do you lament? Where is the old man, and where the guest? — Having spoken thus, Sarasvatī fell silent, O Nārada.
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BvP 3 9.15
त्रस्ता श्रुत्वाऽऽकाशवाणीं जगाम स्वालयं सती ।। ददर्श बालं पर्य्यङ्के शयानं सस्मितं मुदा
trastā śrutvā''kāśavāṇīṃ jagāma svālayaṃ satī || dadarśa bālaṃ paryyaṅke śayānaṃ sasmitaṃ mudā
Alarmed at hearing the voice from the sky, the virtuous woman went to her own dwelling, and with joy she saw the child lying on the couch, smiling.
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BvP 3 9.16
पश्यन्तं गेहशिखरं शतचन्द्रसमप्रभम् ।। स्वप्रभापटलेनैव द्योतयन्तं महीतलम्
paśyantaṃ gehaśikharaṃ śatacandrasamaprabham || svaprabhāpaṭalenaiva dyotayantaṃ mahītalam
(She saw him) gazing at the roof of the house, radiant as a hundred moons, illuminating the surface of the earth with the very mass of his own light.
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BvP 3 9.17
कुर्वन्तं भ्रमणं तल्पे पश्यन्तं स्वेच्छया मुदा ।। उमेति शब्दं कुर्वन्तं रुदन्तं तं स्तनार्थिनम्
kurvantaṃ bhramaṇaṃ talpe paśyantaṃ svecchayā mudā || umeti śabdaṃ kurvantaṃ rudantaṃ taṃ stanārthinam
Rolling about on the bed, looking around joyfully at his own will, making the sound "Umā!", crying, wanting the breast.
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BvP 3 9.18
दृष्ट्वा तदद्भुतं रूपं त्रस्ता शंकरसन्निधिम् ।। गत्वा सोवाच गिरिशं सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गला
dṛṣṭvā tadadbhutaṃ rūpaṃ trastā śaṃkarasannidhim || gatvā sovāca giriśaṃ sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalā
Seeing that wondrous form, alarmed, she — the auspiciousness of all auspicious things — went into Śaṅkara's presence and spoke to the lord of the mountain.
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BvP 3 9.19
पार्वत्युवाच ।। गृहमागच्छ सर्वेश तपसां फलदायकम् ।। कल्पे कल्पे ध्यायसि यं तं पश्यागत्य मन्दिरम्
pārvatyuvāca || gṛhamāgaccha sarveśa tapasāṃ phaladāyakam || kalpe kalpe dhyāyasi yaṃ taṃ paśyāgatya mandiram
Pārvatī said: Come home, lord of all; come to the house and see him whom you meditate on in kalpa after kalpa, the giver of the fruit of austerities.
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BvP 3 9.20
शीघ्रं पुत्रमुखं पश्य पुण्यबीजं महोत्सवम् ।। पुन्नामनरकत्राणकारणं भवतारणम्
śīghraṃ putramukhaṃ paśya puṇyabījaṃ mahotsavam || punnāmanarakatrāṇakāraṇaṃ bhavatāraṇam
Quickly look at your son's face, the seed of merit, a great festival, the means of rescue from the hell named Put, the ferrying across of existence.
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BvP 3 9.21
स्नानं च सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दक्षिणम् ।। पुत्रसंदर्शनस्यास्य कलां नार्हति षोडशीम्
snānaṃ ca sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dakṣiṇam || putrasaṃdarśanasyāsya kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm
Bathing in all the sacred fords, and the sacrificial fee in all the sacrifices, do not amount to a sixteenth part of this sight of a son.
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BvP 3 9.22
सर्वदानेन यत्पुण्यं क्ष्माप्रदक्षिणतश्च यत् ।। पुत्रदर्शनपुण्यस्य कलां नार्हति षोडशीम्
sarvadānena yatpuṇyaṃ kṣmāpradakṣiṇataśca yat || putradarśanapuṇyasya kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm
Whatever merit comes from giving everything, and whatever from circumambulating the earth, does not amount to a sixteenth part of the merit of seeing a son.
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BvP 3 9.23
सर्वैस्तपोभिर्यत्पुण्यं देवानशनैर्व्रतैः ।। सत्पुत्रोद्भवपुण्यस्य कलां नार्हति षोडशीम्
sarvaistapobhiryatpuṇyaṃ devānaśanairvrataiḥ || satputrodbhavapuṇyasya kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm
Whatever merit comes from all austerities, from the gods, from fasts and vows, does not amount to a sixteenth part of the merit of a good son's being born.
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BvP 3 9.24
यद्विप्रभोजनैः पुण्यं यदेव सुरसेवनैः ।। सत्पुत्रप्राप्तिपुण्यस्य कलां नार्हति षोडशीम्
yadviprabhojanaiḥ puṇyaṃ yadeva surasevanaiḥ || satputraprāptipuṇyasya kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm
Whatever merit comes from feeding brahmins, and whatever from serving the gods, does not amount to a sixteenth part of the merit of obtaining a good son.
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BvP 3 9.25
पार्वत्या वचनं श्रुत्वा शिवः संहृष्टमानसः ।। आजगाम स्वभवनं क्षिप्रं वै कान्तया सह ।। ददर्श तल्पे स्वसुतं तप्तकाञ्चनसन्निभम्
pārvatyā vacanaṃ śrutvā śivaḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ || ājagāma svabhavanaṃ kṣipraṃ vai kāntayā saha || dadarśa talpe svasutaṃ taptakāñcanasannibham
Hearing Pārvatī's words, Śiva, his mind delighted, came swiftly to his own dwelling together with his beloved, and saw on the couch his son, like heated gold.
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BvP 3 9.26
हदयस्थं च यद्रूपं तदेवातिमनोहरम् ।। दुर्गातल्पात्समादाय कृत्वा वक्षसि तं सुतम्।। चुचुम्बानन्दजलधौ निमग्ना सेत्युवाच तम्
hadayasthaṃ ca yadrūpaṃ tadevātimanoharam || durgātalpātsamādāya kṛtvā vakṣasi taṃ sutam|| cucumbānandajaladhau nimagnā setyuvāca tam
That very form which dwelt in her heart was the most enchanting of all; taking that son up from the couch and placing him on her breast, Durgā kissed him, and, plunged in an ocean of bliss, she spoke to him thus:
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BvP 3 9.27
संप्राप्यामूल्यरत्नं त्वां पूर्णमेव सनातनम् ।। यथा मनो दरिद्रस्य सहसा प्राप्य सद्धनम्
saṃprāpyāmūlyaratnaṃ tvāṃ pūrṇameva sanātanam || yathā mano daridrasya sahasā prāpya saddhanam
Having obtained you, a priceless jewel, entirely full and eternal — as is the mind of a poor man on suddenly obtaining real wealth,
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BvP 3 9.28
कान्ते सुचिरमायाते प्रोषिते योषितो यथा ।। मानसं परिपूर्णं च बभूव च तथा मम
kānte suciramāyāte proṣite yoṣito yathā || mānasaṃ paripūrṇaṃ ca babhūva ca tathā mama
and as is a woman's when her beloved, long absent abroad, has come back — so has my heart become wholly full.
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BvP 3 9.29
सुचिरं गतमायातमेकपुत्रा कथा सुतम् ।। दृष्ट्वा तुष्टा यथा वत्स तथाऽहमपि साम्प्रतम्
suciraṃ gatamāyātamekaputrā kathā sutam || dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭā yathā vatsa tathā'hamapi sāmpratam
As a woman with an only son, having seen her son returned after having long been gone, is content — so am I too now, my child.
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BvP 3 9.30
सद्रत्नं सुचिरं भ्रष्टं प्राप्य हृष्टो यथा जनः ।। अनावृष्टौ सुवृष्टिं च संप्राप्याहं तथा सुतम्
sadratnaṃ suciraṃ bhraṣṭaṃ prāpya hṛṣṭo yathā janaḥ || anāvṛṣṭau suvṛṣṭiṃ ca saṃprāpyāhaṃ tathā sutam
As a person is delighted on recovering a fine jewel lost long ago, and as (one is glad) on getting good rain in a drought, so am I on regaining (my) son.
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BvP 3 9.31
यथा सुचिरमन्धानां स्थितानां च निराश्रये ।। चक्षुस्सुनिर्म्मलं प्राप्य मनः पूर्णं तथैव मे
yathā suciramandhānāṃ sthitānāṃ ca nirāśraye || cakṣussunirmmalaṃ prāpya manaḥ pūrṇaṃ tathaiva me
As the mind of those long blind and left without refuge becomes full on gaining perfectly clear sight, just so is mine.
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BvP 3 9.32
दुस्तरे सागरे घोरे पतितस्य च संकटे ।। अनौकस्य प्राप्य नौकां मनः पूर्णं तथा मम
dustare sāgare ghore patitasya ca saṃkaṭe || anaukasya prāpya naukāṃ manaḥ pūrṇaṃ tathā mama
And as the mind of one fallen into distress in the terrible, hard-to-cross ocean without a boat becomes full on getting a boat, so is mine.
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BvP 3 9.33
तृष्णया शुष्ककण्ठानां सुचिराच्च सुशीतलम्।। सुवासितं जलं प्राप्य मनः पूर्णं तथा मम
tṛṣṇayā śuṣkakaṇṭhānāṃ sucirācca suśītalam|| suvāsitaṃ jalaṃ prāpya manaḥ pūrṇaṃ tathā mama
As the mind of those whose throats have long been dry with thirst becomes full on getting cool, sweet-scented water, so is mine.
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BvP 3 9.34
दावाग्निपतितानां च स्थितानां च निराश्रये ।। निरग्निमाश्रयं प्राप्य मनः पूर्णं तथा मम
dāvāgnipatitānāṃ ca sthitānāṃ ca nirāśraye || niragnimāśrayaṃ prāpya manaḥ pūrṇaṃ tathā mama
As the mind of those fallen into a forest fire and left without refuge becomes full on gaining a shelter free of fire, so is mine.
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BvP 3 9.35
चिरं बुभुक्षितानां च व्रतोपोषणकारिणाम्
ciraṃ bubhukṣitānāṃ ca vratopoṣaṇakāriṇām
And of those long hungry, who keep vows and fasts—
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BvP 3 9.36
सदन्नं पुरतो दृष्ट्वा मनः पूर्णं तथा मम ।। इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती तत्र क्रोडे कृत्वा स्वबालकम्
sadannaṃ purato dṛṣṭvā manaḥ pūrṇaṃ tathā mama || ityuktvā pārvatī tatra kroḍe kṛtvā svabālakam
—as their mind becomes full on seeing good food set before them, so is mine." Having said this, Pārvatī, setting her own child on her lap there,
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BvP 3 9.37
प्रीत्या स्तनं ददौ तस्मै परमानन्दमानसा ।। क्रोडे चकार भगवान्बालकं हृष्टमानसः
prītyā stanaṃ dadau tasmai paramānandamānasā || kroḍe cakāra bhagavānbālakaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ
lovingly gave him the breast, her mind in the highest bliss; and the Lord, glad at heart, took the boy on his lap,
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BvP 3 9.38
चुचुम्ब गण्डे वेदोक्तं युयुजे चाशिषं मुदा
cucumba gaṇḍe vedoktaṃ yuyuje cāśiṣaṃ mudā
kissed (him) on the cheek as the Veda prescribes, and joyfully pronounced a blessing (upon him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition