Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 10
BvP 4 10.1
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। अथ कंसः सभामध्ये स्वर्णसिंहासनस्थितः ।। शुश्राव वाचं गगने सूनृतामशरीरिणीम्
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || atha kaṃsaḥ sabhāmadhye svarṇasiṃhāsanasthitaḥ || śuśrāva vācaṃ gagane sūnṛtāmaśarīriṇīm
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Now Kaṃsa, seated on a golden lion-throne in the midst of his assembly, heard a bodiless voice in the sky speaking the truth.
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BvP 4 10.2
किं करोषि महामूढ चिंतां स्वश्रेयसः कुरु ।। जातः कालो धरण्यां ते तिष्ठोपाये नराधिप
kiṃ karoṣi mahāmūḍha ciṃtāṃ svaśreyasaḥ kuru || jātaḥ kālo dharaṇyāṃ te tiṣṭhopāye narādhipa
"What are you doing, great fool? Take thought for your own good. Your death has been born on the earth — take to some means (of escape), O lord of men!"
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BvP 4 10.3
नंदाय तनयं दत्त्वा वसुदेवस्तवांतकम् ।। कन्यामादाय तुभ्यं च दत्त्वा संमायया स्थितः
naṃdāya tanayaṃ dattvā vasudevastavāṃtakam || kanyāmādāya tubhyaṃ ca dattvā saṃmāyayā sthitaḥ
Having given (his) son to Nanda, Vasudeva — (that son being) your destroyer — and having taken a girl and given (her) to you, he has remained (thus) by (his) deceit.
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BvP 4 10.4
मायांशा कन्यकेयं च वासुदेवः स्वयं हरिः ।। तव हंता गोकुले च वर्द्धते नंदमंदिरे विषाक्तं च स्तनं कृत्वा शिशवे देहि सत्वरम् ।। त्वं मनोयायिनी वत्से मायाशास्त्रविशारदा स्वर्णपात्रवटाकीर्णं गवां कोटिभिरन्वितम्।। भरणीयैः किंकरैश्च गोपलक्षैः समन्वितम् कृत्वा क्रोडे तु तं साध्वी चुचुंब च पुनः पुनः ।। स्तनं ददौ सुखासीना हरिं पुण्यवती सती ।। ददाह देहं तस्याश्च नंदः सानंदर्पूवकम् ।। चंदनागुरुकस्तूरीसमं संप्राप्य सौरभम्
māyāṃśā kanyakeyaṃ ca vāsudevaḥ svayaṃ hariḥ || tava haṃtā gokule ca varddhate naṃdamaṃdire viṣāktaṃ ca stanaṃ kṛtvā śiśave dehi satvaram || tvaṃ manoyāyinī vatse māyāśāstraviśāradā svarṇapātravaṭākīrṇaṃ gavāṃ koṭibhiranvitam|| bharaṇīyaiḥ kiṃkaraiśca gopalakṣaiḥ samanvitam kṛtvā kroḍe tu taṃ sādhvī cucuṃba ca punaḥ punaḥ || stanaṃ dadau sukhāsīnā hariṃ puṇyavatī satī || dadāha dehaṃ tasyāśca naṃdaḥ sānaṃdarpūvakam || caṃdanāgurukastūrīsamaṃ saṃprāpya saurabham
And this girl is a portion of Māyā, while Vāsudeva is Hari himself; your slayer is growing up in Gokula, in Nanda's house. Smear (your) breast with poison and give it to the infant at once; you, dear child, travel at will by thought and are skilled in the science of illusion. (Nanda's house is) strewn with golden vessels and enclosures, provided with crores of cows, and furnished with servants to be maintained and with lakhs of cowherds. Taking him on her lap, the virtuous woman kissed him again and again; sitting comfortably, that meritorious and chaste woman gave her breast to Hari. And Nanda burned her body joyfully, (its) fragrance having become like sandal, aloe-wood and musk.
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BvP 4 10.6
स्थापयामास मायो तं रोहिणीजठरे किल ।। तत्र जातश्च शेषांशो बलदेवो महाबलः
sthāpayāmāsa māyo taṃ rohiṇījaṭhare kila || tatra jātaśca śeṣāṃśo baladevo mahābalaḥ
Māyā placed him in Rohiṇī's womb, indeed; and there was born the portion of Śeṣa, Baladeva of great strength.
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BvP 4 10.7
गोकुले तौ च वर्धेते कालौ ते नंदमंदिरे ।। श्रुत्वेति वचनं राजा बभूवानम्रकंधरः
gokule tau ca vardhete kālau te naṃdamaṃdire || śrutveti vacanaṃ rājā babhūvānamrakaṃdharaḥ
And those two grow up in Gokula, in Nanda's house — those two (who are) your death. Hearing this speech, the king became bowed of neck.
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BvP 4 10.8
चिंतामवाप सहसा तत्याजाहारमुन्मनाः ।। पूतनां च समानीय प्राणेभ्यः प्रेयसीं सतीम्
ciṃtāmavāpa sahasā tatyājāhāramunmanāḥ || pūtanāṃ ca samānīya prāṇebhyaḥ preyasīṃ satīm
He suddenly fell into anxiety and, distraught, gave up food; and having summoned Pūtanā, the chaste woman dearer to him than life —
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BvP 4 10.9
देवक्याः सप्तमो गर्भो वर्द्धते नंदमंदिरे ।। देवक्याः सप्तमो गर्भो न सुस्रावामृतं सुतम् उवाच भगिनीं राजा सभामध्ये च नीतिवित् ।। ।।कंस उवाच ।। ।। पूतने गोकुलं गच्छ कार्यार्थं नंदमंदिरम्
devakyāḥ saptamo garbho varddhate naṃdamaṃdire || devakyāḥ saptamo garbho na susrāvāmṛtaṃ sutam uvāca bhaginīṃ rājā sabhāmadhye ca nītivit || ||kaṃsa uvāca || || pūtane gokulaṃ gaccha kāryārthaṃ naṃdamaṃdiram
"Devakī's seventh conception is growing up in Nanda's house; Devakī's seventh conception did not miscarry — (it was) an immortal son." The king, knowing statecraft, spoke to (his) sister in the midst of the assembly. Kaṃsa said: "Pūtanā, go to Gokula, to Nanda's house, for a task."
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BvP 4 10.11
मायामानुषरूपं च विधाय व्रज योगिनि ।। दुर्वाससो महामंत्रं प्राप्य सर्वत्रगामिनी
māyāmānuṣarūpaṃ ca vidhāya vraja yogini || durvāsaso mahāmaṃtraṃ prāpya sarvatragāminī
"And, assuming an illusory human form, go, O yoginī; having obtained the great mantra of Durvāsas, you move everywhere."
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BvP 4 10.12
सर्वरूपं विधातुं त्वं शक्तासि सुप्रतिष्ठिते ।। इत्युक्त्वा तां महाराजस्तस्थौ संसदि नारद
sarvarūpaṃ vidhātuṃ tvaṃ śaktāsi supratiṣṭhite || ityuktvā tāṃ mahārājastasthau saṃsadi nārada
"You are able to assume any form, O well-established one." Having said this to her, the great king remained in the assembly, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 10.13
जगाम पूतना कंसं प्रणम्य कामचारिणी ।। तप्तकांचनवर्णाभा नानालंकारभूषिता
jagāma pūtanā kaṃsaṃ praṇamya kāmacāriṇī || taptakāṃcanavarṇābhā nānālaṃkārabhūṣitā
Pūtanā, who moved at will, bowed to Kaṃsa and went — shining with the colour of heated gold, adorned with various ornaments,
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BvP 4 10.14
बिभ्रती कबरीभारं मालतीमाल्यसंयुतम् ।। कस्तूरीबिंदुना युक्तं सिंदूरं दधती मुदा ।।
bibhratī kabarībhāraṃ mālatīmālyasaṃyutam || kastūrībiṃdunā yuktaṃ siṃdūraṃ dadhatī mudā ||
bearing the mass of her braided hair entwined with a garland of jasmine, and joyfully wearing vermilion together with a dot of musk,
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BvP 4 10.15
मंजीररशनाभ्यां च कलशब्दं प्रकुर्वती ।। संप्राप्य गोष्ठं दुर्दर्शं नंदालयमनोहरम्
maṃjīraraśanābhyāṃ ca kalaśabdaṃ prakurvatī || saṃprāpya goṣṭhaṃ durdarśaṃ naṃdālayamanoharam
making a tinkling sound with her anklets and girdle, she reached the cow-settlement, hard to look upon, the charming dwelling of Nanda,
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BvP 4 10.16
परिखाभिर्गभीराभिर्दुर्लंघ्याभिश्च वेष्टितम् ।। रचितं प्रस्तरैर्दिव्यैर्निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा
parikhābhirgabhīrābhirdurlaṃghyābhiśca veṣṭitam || racitaṃ prastarairdivyairnirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
surrounded by deep moats hard to cross, built of divine stones, fashioned by Viśvakarman,
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BvP 4 10.17
इंद्रनीलैर्मरकतैः पद्मरागैश्च भूषितम् ।। सुवर्णकलशैर्दिव्यैश्चित्रितैः शेखरोज्ज्वलैः
iṃdranīlairmarakataiḥ padmarāgaiśca bhūṣitam || suvarṇakalaśairdivyaiścitritaiḥ śekharojjvalaiḥ
adorned with sapphires, emeralds and rubies, with divine golden pinnacle-pots, variegated and gleaming at the crest,
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BvP 4 10.18
प्राकारैर्गगनस्पर्शैश्चतुर्द्वारसमन्वितैः ।। युक्तं लोहकपाटैश्च द्वारपालसमन्वितैः
prākārairgaganasparśaiścaturdvārasamanvitaiḥ || yuktaṃ lohakapāṭaiśca dvārapālasamanvitaiḥ
joined with sky-touching ramparts furnished with four gates, and with iron door-panels attended by gatekeepers,
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BvP 4 10.19
वेष्टितं सुन्दरं रम्यं सुन्दरीगणवेष्टितम् ।। मुक्तामाणिक्यपरशैः पूर्णरत्नादिभिर्धनैः
veṣṭitaṃ sundaraṃ ramyaṃ sundarīgaṇaveṣṭitam || muktāmāṇikyaparaśaiḥ pūrṇaratnādibhirdhanaiḥ
enclosed, beautiful, delightful, surrounded by troops of lovely women, (filled) with pearls, rubies and axes(?), and with riches full of jewels and the like,
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BvP 4 10.21
दासीनां च सहस्रैश्च कर्मव्यग्रैः समन्वितम् ।। प्रविवेशाश्रमं साध्वी सस्मिता सुमनोहरा ।
dāsīnāṃ ca sahasraiśca karmavyagraiḥ samanvitam || praviveśāśramaṃ sādhvī sasmitā sumanoharā |
and provided with thousands of maidservants busy at their tasks — (into it) the chaste woman entered the dwelling, smiling and most charming.
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BvP 4 10.22
दृष्ट्वा तां प्रविशंतीं च गोप्यो दृष्ट्वानुमेनिरे ।। किं वा पद्मालया दुर्गा कृष्णं द्रष्टुं समागता
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ praviśaṃtīṃ ca gopyo dṛṣṭvānumenire || kiṃ vā padmālayā durgā kṛṣṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ samāgatā
And seeing her entering, the cowherd women, on looking, supposed: "Is this perhaps Lakṣmī, the lotus-dweller, or Durgā, come to see Kṛṣṇa?"
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BvP 4 10.23
प्रणेमुर्गोपिका गोपाः पप्रच्छुः कुशलं च ताम् ।। ददौ सिंहासनं पाद्यं वासयामास तत्र वै
praṇemurgopikā gopāḥ papracchuḥ kuśalaṃ ca tām || dadau siṃhāsanaṃ pādyaṃ vāsayāmāsa tatra vai
The cowherd women and the cowherds bowed and asked after her welfare; (one) gave her a lion-seat and water for the feet, and seated her there.
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BvP 4 10.24
पप्रच्छ कुशलं सा च गोपानां बालकस्य च ।। उवास सस्मिता साध्वी पाद्यं जग्राह सादरम्
papraccha kuśalaṃ sā ca gopānāṃ bālakasya ca || uvāsa sasmitā sādhvī pādyaṃ jagrāha sādaram
And she asked after the welfare of the cowherds and of the child; smiling, the chaste woman sat down and respectfully accepted the foot-water.
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BvP 4 10.25
तामूचुर्गोपिकाः सर्वाः का त्वमीश्वरि सांप्रतम् ।। वासस्ते कुत्र किं नाम किं वात्र कर्म नो वद
tāmūcurgopikāḥ sarvāḥ kā tvamīśvari sāṃpratam || vāsaste kutra kiṃ nāma kiṃ vātra karma no vada
All the cowherd women said to her: "Who are you, mistress, at present? Where is your dwelling, what is your name, and what is your business here? Tell us."
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BvP 4 10.26
तासां च वचनं श्रुत्वा साप्युवाच मनोहरम् ।। मथुरावसिनी गोपी सांप्रतं विप्रकामिनी
tāsāṃ ca vacanaṃ śrutvā sāpyuvāca manoharam || mathurāvasinī gopī sāṃprataṃ viprakāminī
And hearing their words, she too spoke charmingly: "(I am) a cowherd woman dwelling in Mathurā, at present in love with a brahmin."
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BvP 4 10.27
श्रुतं वाचिकवक्त्रेण तत्त्वं मंगलसूचकम् ।। बभूव स्थविरे काले नंदपुत्रो महानिति
śrutaṃ vācikavaktreṇa tattvaṃ maṃgalasūcakam || babhūva sthavire kāle naṃdaputro mahāniti
"By word of mouth I heard the truth, an announcement of good fortune: that Nanda has become the father of a great son in his old age."
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BvP 4 10.28
श्रुत्वागताहं तं द्रष्टुमाशिषं कर्तुमीप्सिताम् ।। । पुत्रमानय तं दृष्ट्वा यामि कृत्वा तमाशिषम्
śrutvāgatāhaṃ taṃ draṣṭumāśiṣaṃ kartumīpsitām || | putramānaya taṃ dṛṣṭvā yāmi kṛtvā tamāśiṣam
"Having heard (this) I have come to see him, desiring to give (him) a blessing. Bring the son; having seen him and having given him the blessing, I shall go."
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BvP 4 10.29
ब्राह्मणीवचनं श्रुत्वा यशोदा हृष्टमानसा ।। प्रणमय्य सुतं क्रोडे ददौ ब्राह्मणयोषितः
brāhmaṇīvacanaṃ śrutvā yaśodā hṛṣṭamānasā || praṇamayya sutaṃ kroḍe dadau brāhmaṇayoṣitaḥ
Hearing the brahmin woman's words, Yaśodā, delighted in mind, had her son bow (to her) and placed him in the lap of the brahmin lady.
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BvP 4 10.31
अहोद्भुतोऽयं बालस्त सुन्दरो गोपसुन्दरि ।। गुणैर्नारायणसमो बालोयमित्युवाच ह
ahodbhuto'yaṃ bālasta sundaro gopasundari || guṇairnārāyaṇasamo bāloyamityuvāca ha
"Ah, this boy of yours is extraordinary, handsome, O beautiful cowherd woman! In his qualities this boy is equal to Nārāyaṇa"—thus she said.
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BvP 4 10.32
कृष्णो विषस्तनं पीत्वा जहास वक्षसि स्थितः ।। तस्याः प्राणैः सह पपौ विषक्षीरं सुधामिव
kṛṣṇo viṣastanaṃ pītvā jahāsa vakṣasi sthitaḥ || tasyāḥ prāṇaiḥ saha papau viṣakṣīraṃ sudhāmiva
Kṛṣṇa, having drunk (at) the poisoned breast, laughed, resting on her chest; along with her life-breaths he drank the poisoned milk as though it were nectar.
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BvP 4 10.33
तत्याज बालकं साध्वी प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा पपात ह ।। विकृताकारवदना चोत्तानवदना मुने
tatyāja bālakaṃ sādhvī prāṇāṃstyaktvā papāta ha || vikṛtākāravadanā cottānavadanā mune
The (supposed) virtuous woman let the child go and, giving up her life-breaths, fell down—her face and form distorted, and her face turned upward, O sage.
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BvP 4 10.34
स्थूलदेहं परित्यज्य सृक्ष्मदेहं विवेश सा ।। आरुरोह रथं शीघ्रं रत्नसारविनिर्मितम्
sthūladehaṃ parityajya sṛkṣmadehaṃ viveśa sā || āruroha rathaṃ śīghraṃ ratnasāravinirmitam
Abandoning the gross body, she entered a subtle body, and swiftly mounted a chariot made of the finest jewels,
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BvP 4 10.35
पार्षदप्रवरैर्दिव्यैर्वेष्टितं सुमनोहरैः ।। श्वेतचामरलक्षेण शोभितं लक्षदर्पणैः
pārṣadapravarairdivyairveṣṭitaṃ sumanoharaiḥ || śvetacāmaralakṣeṇa śobhitaṃ lakṣadarpaṇaiḥ
surrounded by divine, most charming chief attendants, adorned with a hundred thousand white yak-tail fans and a hundred thousand mirrors,
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BvP 4 10.36
वह्निशौचेन वस्त्रेण सूक्ष्मेण भूषितं वरम् ।। नानाचित्रविचित्रैश्च सद्रत्नकलशैर्युतम्
vahniśaucena vastreṇa sūkṣmeṇa bhūṣitaṃ varam || nānācitravicitraiśca sadratnakalaśairyutam
decorated with a fine cloth (pure) as fire's purity—an excellent (chariot)—and furnished with jars of good jewels, variegated with many pictures,
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BvP 4 10.37
सुंदरं शतचक्रं च वलितं रत्नतेजसा ।। पार्षदास्तां रथे कृत्वा जग्मुर्गोलोकमुत्तमम्
suṃdaraṃ śatacakraṃ ca valitaṃ ratnatejasā || pārṣadāstāṃ rathe kṛtvā jagmurgolokamuttamam
beautiful and hundred-wheeled, encircled with the radiance of jewels. Placing her on the chariot, the attendants went to the highest Goloka.
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BvP 4 10.38
दृष्ट्वा तमद्भुतं लोका गोपिकाश्चातिविस्मिताः ।। कंसः श्रुत्वा च तत्सर्वं विस्मितश्च बभूव ह
dṛṣṭvā tamadbhutaṃ lokā gopikāścātivismitāḥ || kaṃsaḥ śrutvā ca tatsarvaṃ vismitaśca babhūva ha
Seeing that marvel the people and the cowherd women were greatly astonished; and Kaṃsa, hearing all that, was astonished too.
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BvP 4 10.39
यशोदा बालकं नीत्वा क्रोडे कृत्वा स्तनं ददौ ।। मंगलं कारयामास विप्रद्वारा शिशोर्मुने
yaśodā bālakaṃ nītvā kroḍe kṛtvā stanaṃ dadau || maṃgalaṃ kārayāmāsa vipradvārā śiśormune
Yaśodā took the boy, placed him in her lap and gave him the breast; and she had auspicious rites performed for the child through brahmins, O sage.
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BvP 4 10.41
नारद उवाच ।। ।। सा वा का राक्षसीरूपा कथं पुण्यवती सती ।। केन पुण्येन तं दृष्ट्वा जगाम कृष्णमंदिरम्
nārada uvāca || || sā vā kā rākṣasīrūpā kathaṃ puṇyavatī satī || kena puṇyena taṃ dṛṣṭvā jagāma kṛṣṇamaṃdiram
Nārada said: But who was she, having the form of a demoness, and how was she meritorious and virtuous? By what merit did she, having seen him, go to Kṛṣṇa's abode?
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BvP 4 10.42
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। बलियज्ञे वामनस्य दृष्ट्वा रूपं मनोहरम्।। बलिकन्या रत्नमाला पुत्रस्नेहं चकार तम्
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || baliyajñe vāmanasya dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ manoharam|| balikanyā ratnamālā putrasnehaṃ cakāra tam
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: At Bali's sacrifice, seeing the charming form of Vāmana, Bali's daughter Ratnamālā felt a mother's love for him.
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BvP 4 10.43
मनसा मानसं चक्रे पुत्रस्य सदृशो मम ।। पिबेद्यदि स्तनं कृष्णः करोमि तं च वक्षसि
manasā mānasaṃ cakre putrasya sadṛśo mama || pibedyadi stanaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ karomi taṃ ca vakṣasi
In her mind she made this thought: "He is like a son of mine. If Kṛṣṇa were to drink my breast, I would hold him to my bosom."
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BvP 4 10.44
हरिस्तन्मानसं ज्ञात्वा पपौ जन्मांतरे स्तनम् ।। ददौ मातृगतिं तस्यै कामपूरः कृपानिधिः
haristanmānasaṃ jñātvā papau janmāṃtare stanam || dadau mātṛgatiṃ tasyai kāmapūraḥ kṛpānidhiḥ
Hari, knowing that thought of hers, drank her breast in another birth; the fulfiller of desires, the treasury of compassion, gave her the status of (his) mother.
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BvP 4 10.45
दत्त्वा विषस्तनं कृष्णं पूतना राक्षसी मुने ।। भक्त्या मातृगतिं प्राप कं भजाम विना हरिम्
dattvā viṣastanaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ pūtanā rākṣasī mune || bhaktyā mātṛgatiṃ prāpa kaṃ bhajāma vinā harim
Having given Kṛṣṇa her poisoned breast, the demoness Pūtanā, O sage, by devotion attained the status of (his) mother. Whom should we worship other than Hari?
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BvP 4 10.46
इत्येवं कथितं विप्र श्रीकृष्ण गुणकीर्तनम् ।। पदेपदे सुमधुरं प्रवरं कथयामि ते
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vipra śrīkṛṣṇa guṇakīrtanam || padepade sumadhuraṃ pravaraṃ kathayāmi te
Thus, O brahmin, has the praise of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's qualities been told; at every step (of it) I shall recount to you what is most sweet and excellent.
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