Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 102
BvP 4 102.1
नारायण उवाच कृण्णः सांदीपनेर्गेहं गत्वा च सबलो मुदा । नमश्चकार स्वगुरुं गुरुपत्नीं पतिव्रताम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca kṛṇṇaḥ sāṃdīpanergehaṃ gatvā ca sabalo mudā | namaścakāra svaguruṃ gurupatnīṃ pativratām
Nārāyaṇa said: And Kṛṣṇa, going with Bala(rāma) in joy to the house of Sāndīpani, made obeisance to his own teacher and to the teacher's wife, devoted to her husband.
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BvP 4 102.2
शुभाशिषं गृहीत्वा च दत्त्वा रत्नमणिं हरिः । गुरवे तस्य भार्यायै तमुवाच यथोचितम्
śubhāśiṣaṃ gṛhītvā ca dattvā ratnamaṇiṃ hariḥ | gurave tasya bhāryāyai tamuvāca yathocitam
And having received (their) auspicious blessing, and having given a jewel-gem to the teacher and to his wife, Hari spoke to him as was fitting.
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BvP 4 102.3
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच त्वत्तो विद्यां लभिष्यामि वाञ्छितां वाञ्छितं मम । कृत्वा शुभक्षणं विप्र मां पाठय यथोचितम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca tvatto vidyāṃ labhiṣyāmi vāñchitāṃ vāñchitaṃ mama | kṛtvā śubhakṣaṇaṃ vipra māṃ pāṭhaya yathocitam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: From you I shall obtain the learning I desire — that is my wish. Fixing an auspicious moment, O brahmin, teach me as is fitting.
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BvP 4 102.4
ओमित्युक्त्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठः पूजयामास तं मुदा । मधुपर्कप्राशनेन गवा वस्त्रेण चन्दनैः
omityuktvā muniśreṣṭhaḥ pūjayāmāsa taṃ mudā | madhuparkaprāśanena gavā vastreṇa candanaiḥ
Having said "Om," the best of sages worshipped him with joy — with the offering of the honey-mixture to taste, with a cow, with a garment, and with sandal-pastes.
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BvP 4 102.5
मिष्टान्नं भोजयामास ताम्बूलं च सुवासितं । सुप्रियं कथयामास तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
miṣṭānnaṃ bhojayāmāsa tāmbūlaṃ ca suvāsitaṃ | supriyaṃ kathayāmāsa tuṣṭāva parameśvaram
He fed (him) sweet food and well-perfumed betel, spoke very kindly (to him), and praised the Supreme Lord.
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BvP 4 102.6
सांदीपनिरुवाच परं ब्रह्म परं धाम परमीश परात्पर । स्वेच्छामयं स्वयंज्योतिर्निलिप्तैको निरङ्कुशः
sāṃdīpaniruvāca paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma paramīśa parātpara | svecchāmayaṃ svayaṃjyotirniliptaiko niraṅkuśaḥ
Sāṃdīpani said: O supreme Brahman, supreme abode, supreme Lord, higher than the highest, whose nature is your own will, self-luminous, unattached, one, unconstrained;
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BvP 4 102.7
भक्तैकनाथ भक्तेष्ट भक्तानुग्रहविग्रह । भक्तवाञ्छाकल्पतरो भक्तानां प्राणवल्लभ
bhaktaikanātha bhakteṣṭa bhaktānugrahavigraha | bhaktavāñchākalpataro bhaktānāṃ prāṇavallabha
(Sāṃdīpani said:) O sole lord of the devotees, O beloved of the devotees, O you whose very body is grace toward the devotees; O wish-fulfilling tree for the devotees' desires, O you dearer than life to the devotees!
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BvP 4 102.8
मायया बालरूपोऽसि ब्रह्मेशशेषवन्दितः । मायया भुवि भूपाल भुवो भारक्षयाय च
māyayā bālarūpo'si brahmeśaśeṣavanditaḥ | māyayā bhuvi bhūpāla bhuvo bhārakṣayāya ca
By your māyā you have taken the form of a child, you who are saluted by Brahmā, Śiva and Śeṣa; by māyā (you dwell) on earth, O guardian of the earth, and for the removal of earth's burden.
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BvP 4 102.9
योगिनो यं विदन्त्येवं ब्रह्मज्योतिः सनातनम् । ध्यायन्ते भक्तनिवहा ज्योतिरभ्यन्तरे मुदा
yogino yaṃ vidantyevaṃ brahmajyotiḥ sanātanam | dhyāyante bhaktanivahā jyotirabhyantare mudā
Whom the yogins know thus as the eternal light of Brahman; (yet) the hosts of devotees meditate with joy, within that light, (upon a form)
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BvP 4 102.10
द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं सुन्दरं श्यामहुपकम् । चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं सस्मितं भक्तवत्सलम्
dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ sundaraṃ śyāmahupakam | candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ sasmitaṃ bhaktavatsalam
(They meditate on him as) two-armed, with a flute in his hand, beautiful, dark of form, all his limbs anointed with sandal paste, smiling, tender toward his devotees.
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BvP 4 102.11
पीताम्बरधरं देवं वनमालविभूषितम् । लीलापाङ्गतरङ्गैश्च निन्दितानङ्गमूर्च्छितम्
pītāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ vanamālavibhūṣitam | līlāpāṅgataraṅgaiśca ninditānaṅgamūrcchitam
(I saw) the god clad in yellow garments, adorned with a garland of forest flowers, who by the waves of his playful sidelong glances put to shame the swooning (charm) of Kāma.
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BvP 4 102.12
अलक्तभवनं तद्वत्पादपद्मं सुशोभनम् । कौस्तुभोद्भासिताङ्गं च दिव्यमूर्तिं मनोहरम्
alaktabhavanaṃ tadvatpādapadmaṃ suśobhanam | kaustubhodbhāsitāṅgaṃ ca divyamūrtiṃ manoharam
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BvP 4 102.13
ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नं च सुवेषं प्रस्तुतं सुरैः । देवदेवं जगन्नाथं त्रेलोक्यमोहनं परम्
īṣaddhāsyaprasannaṃ ca suveṣaṃ prastutaṃ suraiḥ | devadevaṃ jagannāthaṃ trelokyamohanaṃ param
(He was) serene with a slight smile, finely attired, praised by the gods — god of gods, lord of the world, supreme, enchanter of the three worlds.
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BvP 4 102.14
कोटिकन्दर्पलीलाभं कमनीयमनीश्वरम् । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणभूषणौघेन भूषितम्
koṭikandarpalīlābhaṃ kamanīyamanīśvaram | amūlyaratnanirmāṇabhūṣaṇaughena bhūṣitam
(He) shone with the playful grace of ten million Kandarpas, lovely, having no lord above him, adorned with a mass of ornaments fashioned of priceless gems.
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BvP 4 102.15
वरं वरण्यं वरदं वरदानामभीप्सितम् । चतुर्णामपि वेदानां कारणानां च कारणम्
varaṃ varaṇyaṃ varadaṃ varadānāmabhīpsitam | caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam
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BvP 4 102.16
पाठार्थ मत्प्रियस्थानमागतोऽसि च मायया । पाठं ते लोकशिक्षार्थं रमणं गमनं रणम् ।। स्वात्मारामस्य च विभोः परिपूर्णतमस्य च
pāṭhārtha matpriyasthānamāgato'si ca māyayā | pāṭhaṃ te lokaśikṣārthaṃ ramaṇaṃ gamanaṃ raṇam || svātmārāmasya ca vibhoḥ paripūrṇatamasya ca
For the sake of study you have come, by your magic power, to my beloved dwelling. Your studying is for the instruction of the world, as are your sporting, your going, your fighting — you who take delight in your own self, who are the all-pervading and the utterly complete one.
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BvP 4 102.17
गुरुपत्न्युवाच अद्य मे सफलं जन्म सफलं जीवनं मम । पातिव्रत्यं च सफलं सफलं च तपोवनम्
gurupatnyuvāca adya me saphalaṃ janma saphalaṃ jīvanaṃ mama | pātivratyaṃ ca saphalaṃ saphalaṃ ca tapovanam
The guru's wife said: Today my birth has borne fruit, my life has borne fruit; my fidelity to my husband has borne fruit, and the penance-grove has borne fruit.
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BvP 4 102.18
मद्दक्षहस्तः सफलो दत्तं येनान्नमीप्सितम् । तदाश्रमं तीर्थपरं तीर्थपादपदाङ्कितम्
maddakṣahastaḥ saphalo dattaṃ yenānnamīpsitam | tadāśramaṃ tīrthaparaṃ tīrthapādapadāṅkitam
My right hand has borne fruit, by which the desired food was given; that hermitage (has borne fruit), the foremost of holy places, marked by the footprints of him whose feet are the (true) holy place.
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BvP 4 102.19
त्वत्पादरजसा पूता गृहाः प्राङ्गणमुत्तमम् । त्वत्पादपद्मं दृष्ट्वा चैवाऽऽवयोर्जन्मखण्डनम्
tvatpādarajasā pūtā gṛhāḥ prāṅgaṇamuttamam | tvatpādapadmaṃ dṛṣṭvā caivā''vayorjanmakhaṇḍanam
By the dust of your feet the house and the excellent courtyard are purified; and by seeing your lotus feet, the (round of) births of the two of us is cut off.
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BvP 4 102.20
तावद्दुःखं च शोकश्च तावद्भोगश्च रोगकः । तावज्जन्मानि कर्माणि क्षुत्पिपासादिकानि च
tāvadduḥkhaṃ ca śokaśca tāvadbhogaśca rogakaḥ | tāvajjanmāni karmāṇi kṣutpipāsādikāni ca
So long there is pain and grief, so long enjoyment and disease, so long births and (binding) actions, and hunger, thirst and the rest —
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BvP 4 102.21
यावत्त्वत्पादपद्मस्य भजनं नास्ति दर्शनम् । हे कालकाल भगवन्स्रष्टुः संहर्तुरीश्वर
yāvattvatpādapadmasya bhajanaṃ nāsti darśanam | he kālakāla bhagavansraṣṭuḥ saṃharturīśvara
— as long as there is no worship, no sight, of your lotus feet. O Time of time, O Lord, O ruler of the creator and of the destroyer,
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BvP 4 102.22
कृपां कुरु कृपानाथ मायामोहनिकृन्तन । इत्युक्त्वा साश्रुनेत्रा सा क्रोडे कृत्वा हरिं पुनः स्वस्तनं पाययामास प्रेम्णा च देवकी यथा
kṛpāṃ kuru kṛpānātha māyāmohanikṛntana | ityuktvā sāśrunetrā sā kroḍe kṛtvā hariṃ punaḥ svastanaṃ pāyayāmāsa premṇā ca devakī yathā
show mercy, O lord of mercy, O cutter-away of the delusion of māyā! Having said this, with tears in her eyes she again took Hari on her lap and made him drink at her breast with love, as Devakī (did).
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BvP 4 102.23
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच मातस्त्वं मां कथं स्तौषि बालं दुग्धमुखं सुतम् । गच्छ गोलोकमिष्टं च स्वामिना सहसाप्रतम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca mātastvaṃ māṃ kathaṃ stauṣi bālaṃ dugdhamukhaṃ sutam | gaccha golokamiṣṭaṃ ca svāminā sahasāpratam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Mother, why do you praise me, a child, a milk-mouthed son? Go at once, together with your husband, to the beloved Goloka,
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BvP 4 102.24
त्यक्त्वा प्राकृतिकं मिथ्या नश्वरं च कलेवरम् । विधाय निर्मलं देहं जन्ममृत्युजराहरम्
tyaktvā prākṛtikaṃ mithyā naśvaraṃ ca kalevaram | vidhāya nirmalaṃ dehaṃ janmamṛtyujarāharam
having abandoned the material, false and perishable body, and having taken on a spotless body that removes birth, death and old age.
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BvP 4 102.25
इत्युक्तवा चतुरो वेदान्पठित्वा मुनिपुंगवात् । मासेन परया भक्त्या दत्त्वा पुत्रं मृतं पुरा
ityuktavā caturo vedānpaṭhitvā munipuṃgavāt | māsena parayā bhaktyā dattvā putraṃ mṛtaṃ purā
Having said this, having studied the four Vedas from that best of sages within a month with supreme devotion, and having (earlier) given (back) the son who had died,
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BvP 4 102.26
रत्नानां च त्रिलक्षं च मणीनां पञ्चलक्षणम् । हीरकाणां चतुर्लक्षं मुक्तानां पञ्चलक्षकम्
ratnānāṃ ca trilakṣaṃ ca maṇīnāṃ pañcalakṣaṇam | hīrakāṇāṃ caturlakṣaṃ muktānāṃ pañcalakṣakam
three hundred thousand gems and five hundred thousand jewels, four hundred thousand diamonds and five hundred thousand pearls,
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BvP 4 102.27
माणिक्यानां द्विलक्षं च वस्त्रं त्रैलोक्यदुर्लभम् । हारं च दुर्गया दतं हस्तरत्नाङ्गुलीयकम्
māṇikyānāṃ dvilakṣaṃ ca vastraṃ trailokyadurlabham | hāraṃ ca durgayā dataṃ hastaratnāṅgulīyakam
two hundred thousand rubies, and a garment hard to obtain in the three worlds, and a necklace given by Durgā, and a jewelled ring for the hand,
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BvP 4 102.28
दशकोटिं सुवर्णानां गुरवे दक्षिणां ददौ । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं नारीसर्वाङ्गभूषणमा
daśakoṭiṃ suvarṇānāṃ gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dadau | amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ nārīsarvāṅgabhūṣaṇamā
and ten crores of gold pieces — (all this) he gave to the teacher as his fee; and an ornament for all the limbs of a woman, fashioned of priceless gems,
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BvP 4 102.29
गुरुप्रियायै प्रददौ वह्निशुद्धांशुकं वरम् । मुनिर्दत्त्वा च पुत्राय तःसर्वं प्रियया सह
gurupriyāyai pradadau vahniśuddhāṃśukaṃ varam | munirdattvā ca putrāya taḥsarvaṃ priyayā saha
and an excellent garment purified by fire he gave to the teacher's wife. And the sage, having given all that to his son, together with his wife,
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BvP 4 102.30
सद्रत्नरथमारुह्य ययौ गोलोकमुत्तमम् । तमद्भूतं हरिं दृष्ट्वा प्रययौ स्वालयं मुदा
sadratnarathamāruhya yayau golokamuttamam | tamadbhūtaṃ hariṃ dṛṣṭvā prayayau svālayaṃ mudā
mounting a chariot set with jewels, went to the highest Goloka. Having seen that wondrous Hari, he went joyfully to his own abode.
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BvP 4 102.31
एवं ब्रह्मण्यदेवस्य चरित्रं शृणु नारद । इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं यः पठेद्भक्तिपूर्वकम्
evaṃ brahmaṇyadevasya caritraṃ śṛṇu nārada | idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhedbhaktipūrvakam
Thus, Nārada, hear the deed of the god who favours brahmins. Whoever recites this greatly meritorious hymn with devotion
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BvP 4 102.32
श्रीकृष्णे निश्चलां भक्तिं लभते नात्र संशयः । अस्पष्टकीर्तिः सुयशा मूर्खो भवति पण़्डितः
śrīkṛṣṇe niścalāṃ bhaktiṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | aspaṣṭakīrtiḥ suyaśā mūrkho bhavati paṇa़ḍitaḥ
obtains unwavering devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa — there is no doubt of this. One of obscure fame becomes well-renowned, a fool becomes learned.
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BvP 4 102.33
इह लोके सुखं प्राप्य यात्यन्ते श्रीहरेः पदम् । तत्र नित्यं हरेर्दास्यं लभते नात्र संशयः
iha loke sukhaṃ prāpya yātyante śrīhareḥ padam | tatra nityaṃ harerdāsyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Having obtained happiness in this world, at the end he goes to the abode of Śrī Hari; there he obtains eternal servitude to Hari — there is no doubt of this.
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BvP 4 102.102
इतिo श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo मुनिपत्नीस्तोत्रं नाम
itio śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo munipatnīstotraṃ nāma
Thus (ends) in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrī Kṛṣṇa Birth Section, the latter part, in the discourse of Nārāyaṇa to Nārada, (the chapter) called the Hymn of the Sages' Wives.
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