Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 100
BvP 4 100.1
नारायण उवाच अथादितिर्दितिश्चैव देवकी रोहिणी रतिः । सरस्वती च सावित्री यशोदा च पतिव्रता
nārāyaṇa uvāca athāditirditiścaiva devakī rohiṇī ratiḥ | sarasvatī ca sāvitrī yaśodā ca pativratā
Nārāyaṇa said: Then Aditi and Diti, Devakī, Rohiṇī, Rati, and Sarasvatī and Sāvitrī, and Yaśodā devoted to her husband,
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BvP 4 100.2
लोबामुद्राऽरुन्धती च अहल्या तारका तथा । ययुस्ताः पार्वतीं दृष्टवा वेगेन मन्दिरादपि
lobāmudrā'rundhatī ca ahalyā tārakā tathā | yayustāḥ pārvatīṃ dṛṣṭavā vegena mandirādapi
and Lopāmudrā and Arundhatī, and Ahalyā and Tārakā — these, having seen Pārvatī, went swiftly out from the palace too.
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BvP 4 100.3
परस्परं च संभाष्य समाश्लिष्य पुनः पुनः । प्रणम्य वेशयामासुर्मन्दिरं रत्ननिर्मितम्
parasparaṃ ca saṃbhāṣya samāśliṣya punaḥ punaḥ | praṇamya veśayāmāsurmandiraṃ ratnanirmitam
And having conversed with one another and embraced again and again, and bowed, they had (her) enter the palace made of jewels.
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BvP 4 100.4
रत्नसिहासने रम्ये वासयामासुरीश्वरीम् । वरयामासुर्माल्येन वाससा रत्नभूषणैः
ratnasihāsane ramye vāsayāmāsurīśvarīm | varayāmāsurmālyena vāsasā ratnabhūṣaṇaiḥ
On a lovely jewelled throne they seated the Goddess; they honoured her with a garland, a garment, and jewelled ornaments.
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BvP 4 100.5
पारिजातस्य पुष्पं च शक्रानीतं मनोहरम् । ददौ तत्पादपद्मे च देवकी भक्तिपूर्वकम्
pārijātasya puṣpaṃ ca śakrānītaṃ manoharam | dadau tatpādapadme ca devakī bhaktipūrvakam
And a lovely pārijāta flower, brought by Śakra, Devakī laid at her lotus feet with devotion.
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BvP 4 100.6
सिन्दूरबिन्दुं सीमन्ते भाले चन्दनबिन्दुकम् । कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमादींश्च प्रददौ परितस्तयोः
sindūrabinduṃ sīmante bhāle candanabindukam | kastūrīkuṅkumādīṃśca pradadau paritastayoḥ
A dot of vermilion on the parting of her hair, a dot of sandal on her forehead, and musk, saffron and the rest she offered all around the two of them.
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BvP 4 100.7
मिष्टान्नं भोजयामास शीततोयं सुवासितं । ताम्बूलं च वरं रम्यं कर्पूरादिसुवासितम्
miṣṭānnaṃ bhojayāmāsa śītatoyaṃ suvāsitaṃ | tāmbūlaṃ ca varaṃ ramyaṃ karpūrādisuvāsitam
She fed (her) sweet food and cool, well-scented water, and excellent, pleasing betel, well perfumed with camphor and the rest.
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BvP 4 100.8
अलक्तकं च प्रददौ नखेषु पादपद्मयोः । कुङ्कुमस्यापि रागं च सिषेवे श्वेतचामरैः
alaktakaṃ ca pradadau nakheṣu pādapadmayoḥ | kuṅkumasyāpi rāgaṃ ca siṣeve śvetacāmaraiḥ
And she applied red lac to the nails of her lotus feet, and the dye of saffron too, and served (her) with white yak-tail fans.
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BvP 4 100.9
मंपुज्य पार्वतीं देवीं मुनिपत्नीः क्रमेण च । पूजयामास विधिवत्पतिपुत्रवतीः सतीः
maṃpujya pārvatīṃ devīṃ munipatnīḥ krameṇa ca | pūjayāmāsa vidhivatpatiputravatīḥ satīḥ
Having thus worshipped the goddess Pārvatī, she duly worshipped in turn the sages' wives, chaste women possessed of husbands and sons.
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BvP 4 100.10
राजकन्या देवकन्या नागकन्या मनोहराः । मुनिकन्या बन्धुकन्याः पूजयामास सुव्रता
rājakanyā devakanyā nāgakanyā manoharāḥ | munikanyā bandhukanyāḥ pūjayāmāsa suvratā
The good-vowed lady worshipped the lovely daughters of kings, daughters of gods, daughters of nāgas, daughters of sages and daughters of kinsfolk.
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BvP 4 100.11
वाद्य नानाविधं रम्यं वादयामास कौतुकात् । मङ्गलं कारयामास भोजयामास ब्रह्मणान्
vādya nānāvidhaṃ ramyaṃ vādayāmāsa kautukāt | maṅgalaṃ kārayāmāsa bhojayāmāsa brahmaṇān
She had various pleasing music played out of festive joy; she had auspicious rites performed, and fed the brahmins.
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BvP 4 100.12
भैरवीं पूजयामास मथुराग्रामदेवताम् । उपचारैः षोडशभिः षष्ठीं मङ्गलचण्डिकाम्
bhairavīṃ pūjayāmāsa mathurāgrāmadevatām | upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ ṣaṣṭhīṃ maṅgalacaṇḍikām
She worshipped Bhairavī, the village deity of Mathurā, and with sixteen articles of service Ṣaṣṭhī and Maṅgalacaṇḍikā.
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BvP 4 100.13
पुण्यं स्वस्त्ययनं शुद्धं वारयामास मङ्गलम् । वेदांश्च पाठयामास वसुदेवास्य वल्लभा
puṇyaṃ svastyayanaṃ śuddhaṃ vārayāmāsa maṅgalam | vedāṃśca pāṭhayāmāsa vasudevāsya vallabhā
The beloved of Vasudeva had the auspicious, pure, holy rite of blessing (svastyayana) performed, and had the Vedas recited.
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BvP 4 100.14
स्वर्गङ्गासुजलेनैव सुवर्मकलशेन च । स्नापयामास सबलं श्रीकृष्णं पुत्रवत्सला
svargaṅgāsujalenaiva suvarmakalaśena ca | snāpayāmāsa sabalaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ putravatsalā
With the fine water of the heavenly Ganges and with a jar of good gold, she, fond of her sons, bathed Śrī Kṛṣṇa together with Bala.
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BvP 4 100.15
वस्त्रचन्दनमाल्यैश्च तयोर्वेषं चकार सा । रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्माणभूषणैश्च मनोहरैः
vastracandanamālyaiśca tayorveṣaṃ cakāra sā | ratnendrasāranirmāṇabhūṣaṇaiśca manoharaiḥ
With garments, sandal paste and garlands she made their dress, and with charming ornaments fashioned from the essence of the finest jewels.
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BvP 4 100.16
मातृभूषणभूषाढ्यः सबलः कृष्ण एव च । आययौ च सभां देवमुनीन्द्राणां च नारद
mātṛbhūṣaṇabhūṣāḍhyaḥ sabalaḥ kṛṣṇa eva ca | āyayau ca sabhāṃ devamunīndrāṇāṃ ca nārada
And Kṛṣṇa, rich in the adornment of his mother's ornaments, together with Bala, came to the assembly of the gods and the chief sages, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 100.17
दृष्ट्वा तं जगतां राथमुत्तस्थौ प्रजवेन च । स्वयं विधाता शंभुश्च शेषो धर्मश्च भास्करः
dṛṣṭvā taṃ jagatāṃ rāthamuttasthau prajavena ca | svayaṃ vidhātā śaṃbhuśca śeṣo dharmaśca bhāskaraḥ
Seeing him, the lord of the worlds, they rose up in haste: the Creator himself, Śambhu, Śeṣa, Dharma, and the Sun.
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BvP 4 100.18
देवाश्च मुनयश्चैव कार्तिकेयो गणेश्वरः । पृथक्पृथक् क्रमेणैव तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
devāśca munayaścaiva kārtikeyo gaṇeśvaraḥ | pṛthakpṛthak krameṇaiva tuṣṭāva parameśvaram
And the gods and the sages, Kārtikeya and the Lord of the Gaṇas, each separately and in order praised the Supreme Lord.
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BvP 4 100.19
ब्रह्मोवाच नाथानिर्वचनोयोऽसि भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः । वेदानिर्वचनीयं च कस्त्वां स्तोतुमिहेश्वरः
brahmovāca nāthānirvacanoyo'si bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ | vedānirvacanīyaṃ ca kastvāṃ stotumiheśvaraḥ
Brahmā said: O Lord, you are inexpressible, you whose form is grace to devotees; you are not to be described (even) by the Vedas — what lord here could praise you?
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BvP 4 100.20
महादेव उवाच देहेषु देहिनां शश्वत्स्थितं निर्लिप्तमेव च । कर्मिणां कर्मणां शुद्धं साक्षिणां साक्षतं विभुम् ।। किं स्तौमि रूपशून्यं च गुणशून्यं च निर्गुणम्
mahādeva uvāca deheṣu dehināṃ śaśvatsthitaṃ nirliptameva ca | karmiṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ śuddhaṃ sākṣiṇāṃ sākṣataṃ vibhum || kiṃ staumi rūpaśūnyaṃ ca guṇaśūnyaṃ ca nirguṇam
Mahādeva said: (You who are) ever present in the bodies of embodied beings and yet unattached; pure among doers and among deeds; the witness of witnesses, all-pervading — how shall I praise (you) who are without form, without qualities, devoid of attributes?
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BvP 4 100.21
अनन्त उवाच किंवा जानाम्यहं नाथ त्वामज्ञोऽनन्तमीश्वरम् । अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डकारणं दुःखतारणम्
ananta uvāca kiṃvā jānāmyahaṃ nātha tvāmajño'nantamīśvaram | anantakoṭibrahmāṇḍakāraṇaṃ duḥkhatāraṇam
Ananta said: What indeed do I know, O Lord — I, an ignorant one — of you, the endless Lord, the cause of endless crores of universes, the deliverer from sorrow?
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BvP 4 100.22
महाविष्णोश्च लोम्नां च विवरेषु जलेषु च । सन्ति विश्वान्यसंख्यानि चित्राणि कृत्रिमाणि च
mahāviṣṇośca lomnāṃ ca vivareṣu jaleṣu ca | santi viśvānyasaṃkhyāni citrāṇi kṛtrimāṇi ca
And in the pores of Mahāviṣṇu's hairs and in the waters there are countless universes, varied and fabricated.
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BvP 4 100.23
सन्ति सन्तश्च देवाश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मकाः । त्वदंशाः प्रतिबिम्बेषु तीर्थानि भारतं तथा
santi santaśca devāśca brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakāḥ | tvadaṃśāḥ pratibimbeṣu tīrthāni bhārataṃ tathā
There are saints and gods consisting of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva — portions of you in the reflected images — and holy places, and Bhārata likewise.
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BvP 4 100.24
ब्रह्माण्डैकस्थितोऽहं च सूक्ष्मनागस्वरूपकः । स्थापितश्च त्वया कूर्मे गजेन्द्रे मशको यथा
brahmāṇḍaikasthito'haṃ ca sūkṣmanāgasvarūpakaḥ | sthāpitaśca tvayā kūrme gajendre maśako yathā
And I, dwelling in a single universe, having the form of a minute serpent, have been set by you (there) as a gnat upon a tortoise or upon a lordly elephant.
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BvP 4 100.25
परमाणुपरं सूक्ष्मं विश्वेषु नास्ति कुत्रचित् । महाविष्णोः परं स्थूलं समो नास्ति च कुत्रचित्
paramāṇuparaṃ sūkṣmaṃ viśveṣu nāsti kutracit | mahāviṣṇoḥ paraṃ sthūlaṃ samo nāsti ca kutracit
Nowhere in the universes is there anything subtler than the smallest atom; nowhere is there anything grosser than Mahāviṣṇu, nor any equal (to him).
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BvP 4 100.26
महाविष्णोः परस्त्वं च त्वत्परो नास्ति कश्चन । स्थूलात्स्थूलतरो देवः मूक्ष्मात्सूक्ष्मतमो महान्
mahāviṣṇoḥ parastvaṃ ca tvatparo nāsti kaścana | sthūlātsthūlataro devaḥ mūkṣmātsūkṣmatamo mahān
But you are beyond Mahāviṣṇu, and there is none beyond you; the God grosser than the gross, the Great One subtler than the subtle.
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BvP 4 100.27
आधारश्च महाविष्णो जलरूपो भवान्स्वयम् । जलाधारो हि गोलोकस्त्वं च स्थावररूपधृक्
ādhāraśca mahāviṣṇo jalarūpo bhavānsvayam | jalādhāro hi golokastvaṃ ca sthāvararūpadhṛk
And the support of Mahāviṣṇu is you yourself, in the form of water; for Goloka has water as its support, and it is you who bear the form of the immovable.
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BvP 4 100.28
मर्वाधारो महान्वायुः श्वासनिः श्वासरूपकः । भक्तानुग्रहदेहस्य नित्यस्य भवतो दिभो
marvādhāro mahānvāyuḥ śvāsaniḥ śvāsarūpakaḥ | bhaktānugrahadehasya nityasya bhavato dibho
The support of that is the great wind, in the form of breath and inbreath — of you, the eternal one, whose body is (assumed for) grace to devotees, (O) lord.
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BvP 4 100.29
वक्त्रैर्बहुतरैर्वांऽथ त्वया दत्तैः पुरैव च । स्तोतुमिच्छामि त्वद्योगं न दत्तं ज्ञानमैश्वरम्
vaktrairbahutarairvāṃ'tha tvayā dattaiḥ puraiva ca | stotumicchāmi tvadyogaṃ na dattaṃ jñānamaiśvaram
With the many mouths given to me by you long ago, I wish now to praise you; (but) your yoga, the lordly knowledge, has not been given (to me).
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BvP 4 100.30
देवा ऊचुः त्वामनन्तं यदि स्तोतुं देवोऽनन्तो न हीश्वरः । न हि स्वयं विधाता च न हि ज्ञानात्मकः शिवः ।। सरस्वती जडीभूता किं कुर्मः स्तवनं वयम्
devā ūcuḥ tvāmanantaṃ yadi stotuṃ devo'nanto na hīśvaraḥ | na hi svayaṃ vidhātā ca na hi jñānātmakaḥ śivaḥ || sarasvatī jaḍībhūtā kiṃ kurmaḥ stavanaṃ vayam
The gods said: If Ananta the god is not able (to praise) you, the endless one, nor the Lord himself, nor the Creator, nor Śiva whose nature is knowledge — (then) Sarasvatī has become dumb; what praise can we make?
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BvP 4 100.31
मुनीन्द्रा ऊचुः वेदा न शक्ताः स्तोतुं चेत्त्वां चैव ज्ञातुमीश्वरम् । वयं वेदविदः सन्तः किं कुर्मः स्तवनं तव
munīndrā ūcuḥ vedā na śaktāḥ stotuṃ cettvāṃ caiva jñātumīśvaram | vayaṃ vedavidaḥ santaḥ kiṃ kurmaḥ stavanaṃ tava
The chief sages said: If the Vedas are unable to praise you or to know you, the Lord, then we who are knowers of the Veda — what praise of you can we make?
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BvP 4 100.32
इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं देवैश्च मुनिमिः कृतम् । यः पठेत्संयतः शुद्धः पूजाकाले च भक्तितः
idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ devaiśca munimiḥ kṛtam | yaḥ paṭhetsaṃyataḥ śuddhaḥ pūjākāle ca bhaktitaḥ
This hymn of great merit, made by the gods and the sages — whoever, restrained and pure, recites it with devotion at the time of worship,
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BvP 4 100.33
इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा लब्ध्वा ज्ञानं निरञ्जनम् । रत्नायानं समारुह्य गोलोकं स च गच्छति
iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā labdhvā jñānaṃ nirañjanam | ratnāyānaṃ samāruhya golokaṃ sa ca gacchati
Having enjoyed happiness in this world and having obtained spotless knowledge, he mounts a jewelled vehicle and goes to Goloka.
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BvP 4 100.100
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवदुपनयने शाततमोऽयायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavadupanayane śātatamo'yāyaḥ
Thus the one-hundredth chapter, on the investiture (with the sacred thread) of the Lord, in the Nārada narrative, in the latter part of the Śrī-Kṛṣṇa-birth section of the great Purāṇa Śrī Brahmavaivarta.
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