Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 103
BvP 4 103.1
नारायण उवाच अथाऽऽगत्य मधुपुरीं प्रणम्य पितरं विभुः । सबलो वटमूले च सस्मार गरुडं हरिः
nārāyaṇa uvāca athā''gatya madhupurīṃ praṇamya pitaraṃ vibhuḥ | sabalo vaṭamūle ca sasmāra garuḍaṃ hariḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: Then, having come to Madhupurī and bowed to his father, the mighty Hari, together with Bala, at the foot of a banyan tree called Garuḍa to mind,
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BvP 4 103.2
सादरं लवणोदं च विश्वकर्माणमीप्सितम् । तत्याज गोपवेषं च नृपवेषं दधार सः
sādaraṃ lavaṇodaṃ ca viśvakarmāṇamīpsitam | tatyāja gopaveṣaṃ ca nṛpaveṣaṃ dadhāra saḥ
and respectfully (called to mind) the ocean of salt water and Viśvakarman, as he wished. He gave up his cowherd's dress and put on the dress of a king.
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BvP 4 103.3
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चक्रमाजगाम् हरिं स्वयम् । परं सुदर्शनं नाम सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्
etasminnantare cakramājagām hariṃ svayam | paraṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma sūryakoṭisamaprabham
In the meanwhile the discus itself came to Hari — the supreme one named Sudarśana, whose radiance equalled ten million suns,
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BvP 4 103.4
तेजसा हरिणा तुल्यं परं वैरिविमर्दनम् । अव्यर्थमस्त्रमस्त्राणां प्रवरं परमं परम्
tejasā hariṇā tulyaṃ paraṃ vairivimardanam | avyarthamastramastrāṇāṃ pravaraṃ paramaṃ param
equal in fiery power to Hari, supreme, a crusher of foes, never missing its mark, the foremost of weapons, highest, beyond the highest.
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BvP 4 103.5
रत्नयानं पुरः कृत्वा गरुडो हरिसंनिधिम् । विश्वकर्मा सशिष्यश्च जलधिः कम्पितस्तथा
ratnayānaṃ puraḥ kṛtvā garuḍo harisaṃnidhim | viśvakarmā saśiṣyaśca jaladhiḥ kampitastathā
Placing the jewelled vehicle in front, Garuḍa (approached) Hari's presence, and Viśvakarmā with his pupils, and the ocean, trembling.
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BvP 4 103.6
हरिं प्रणेमुस्ते सर्वे मूर्ध्ना च भक्तिपूर्वकम् । सस्मितः सादरं यत्नात्तानुवाच क्रमाद्विभुः
hariṃ praṇemuste sarve mūrdhnā ca bhaktipūrvakam | sasmitaḥ sādaraṃ yatnāttānuvāca kramādvibhuḥ
They all bowed with their heads to Hari, with devotion; and the Lord, smiling, addressed them respectfully and attentively, each in turn.
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BvP 4 103.7
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच हे समुद्र महाभाग स्थलं च शातयोजनम् । देहि मे नगरार्थं च पश्चाद्दास्यामि निश्चितम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca he samudra mahābhāga sthalaṃ ca śātayojanam | dehi me nagarārthaṃ ca paścāddāsyāmi niścitam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O ocean, greatly blessed one, give me a hundred yojanas of dry land for the sake of a city; afterwards I shall certainly give it (back).
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BvP 4 103.8
नगरं कुरु हे कारो त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभम् । रमणीयं च सर्वेषां कमनीयं च योषिताम्
nagaraṃ kuru he kāro triṣu lokeṣu durlabham | ramaṇīyaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kamanīyaṃ ca yoṣitām
Make a city, O craftsman, such as is hard to find in the three worlds, delightful to all and alluring to women,
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BvP 4 103.9
वाञ्छितं चापि भक्तानां वैकुण्ठसदृशं परम् । सर्वेषामपि स्वर्गाणां परं पारमभीप्सितम्
vāñchitaṃ cāpi bhaktānāṃ vaikuṇṭhasadṛśaṃ param | sarveṣāmapi svargāṇāṃ paraṃ pāramabhīpsitam
and longed for by the devotees, supreme, like Vaikuṇṭha, the highest goal, desired even beyond all the heavens.
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BvP 4 103.10
दिवानिशं खगश्रेष्ठ संनिधौ विश्वकर्मणः । स्थितिं कुरु महाभाग यावन्निर्माति द्वारकाम्
divāniśaṃ khagaśreṣṭha saṃnidhau viśvakarmaṇaḥ | sthitiṃ kuru mahābhāga yāvannirmāti dvārakām
Day and night, O best of birds, remain in the presence of Viśvakarmā, O greatly blessed one, until he builds Dvārakā.
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BvP 4 103.11
दिवानिशं च मत्पार्श्वे चक्रश्रेष्ठ स्थितिं कुरु । ओमित्युक्त्वा तु प्रययुः सर्वे चक्रं विना मुने
divāniśaṃ ca matpārśve cakraśreṣṭha sthitiṃ kuru | omityuktvā tu prayayuḥ sarve cakraṃ vinā mune
And you, O best of discuses, stay day and night at my side. Saying "So be it," they all departed except the discus, O sage.
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BvP 4 103.12
कंसस्य पितरं भद्रमुग्रसेनं महाबलम् । नृपं चकार नगरे क्षत्रियाणां सतामपि
kaṃsasya pitaraṃ bhadramugrasenaṃ mahābalam | nṛpaṃ cakāra nagare kṣatriyāṇāṃ satāmapi
Kaṃsa's father, the auspicious Ugrasena of great strength, he made king in the city over the kṣatriyas and over the good people too.
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BvP 4 103.13
विजित्य च जरासंधं निहत्य यवनं तथा । उपायेन महाभाग निर्माणक्रममीश्वरः
vijitya ca jarāsaṃdhaṃ nihatya yavanaṃ tathā | upāyena mahābhāga nirmāṇakramamīśvaraḥ
And having conquered Jarāsandha and likewise slain the Yavana by a stratagem, the Lord (undertook) the sequence of the building, O greatly blessed one.
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BvP 4 103.14
श्रीभगवानुवाच शतयोजनपर्यन्तं नगरं सुमनोहरम् । पद्मरागैर्मरकतैरिन्द्रनीलैरनुत्तमैः
śrībhagavānuvāca śatayojanaparyantaṃ nagaraṃ sumanoharam | padmarāgairmarakatairindranīlairanuttamaiḥ
The Blessed Lord said: (make) a most charming city extending a hundred yojanas, with rubies, emeralds, and finest sapphires,
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BvP 4 103.15
रुचकैः पारिभद्रैश्च पलङ्कैश्च स्यमन्तकैः । गन्धकैर्गालिमैश्चैव चन्द्रकान्तादिभिस्तथा
rucakaiḥ pāribhadraiśca palaṅkaiśca syamantakaiḥ | gandhakairgālimaiścaiva candrakāntādibhistathā
with rucaka, pāribhadra, palaṅka and syamantaka stones, with gandhaka and gālima gems, and with moonstones and the rest,
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BvP 4 103.16
सूर्यकान्तादिभिश्चैव पुत्रैश्च स्फटिकाकृतैः । हरिद्वर्णैश्च मणिभिः श्यामैर्गौरमुखैश्चषैः
sūryakāntādibhiścaiva putraiśca sphaṭikākṛtaiḥ | haridvarṇaiśca maṇibhiḥ śyāmairgauramukhaiścaṣaiḥ
and with sunstones and the rest, and with putra gems of crystalline form, with green gems, with dark ones, and with white-faced caṣa stones,
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BvP 4 103.17
गोरोचनाभिः पीतैश्च दाडिमीबीजरूपकैः । पद्मबीजनिभैश्चैव नीलैः कमलवर्णकैः
gorocanābhiḥ pītaiśca dāḍimībījarūpakaiḥ | padmabījanibhaiścaiva nīlaiḥ kamalavarṇakaiḥ
with yellow ones the colour of gorocanā, with ones shaped like pomegranate seeds, with ones resembling lotus seeds, and with blue ones of the hue of the lotus,
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BvP 4 103.18
मणिभिः कज्जलाकारैरुज्ज्वलैश्च परिष्कृतैः । श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभैस्तप्तकाञ्चनसंनिभैः
maṇibhiḥ kajjalākārairujjvalaiśca pariṣkṛtaiḥ | śvetacampakavarṇābhaistaptakāñcanasaṃnibhaiḥ
with gems in the form of lampblack, brilliant and polished, with ones the colour of white campaka, with ones resembling molten gold,
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BvP 4 103.19
स्वर्णमूल्यशतगुणैरीषद्रक्तैः सुशोभनैः । गरिष्ठैश्च वरिष्ठैश्च मणिश्रेष्ठैश्च पूजितैः
svarṇamūlyaśataguṇairīṣadraktaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ | gariṣṭhaiśca variṣṭhaiśca maṇiśreṣṭhaiśca pūjitaiḥ
with ones worth a hundred times their weight in gold, slightly red and very lovely, with the weightiest and the finest, honoured as the best of gems.
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BvP 4 103.20
यथाविधानं यद्योगं यत्र यन्मुक्तमीप्सितम् । मणीनां हरणं चैव यक्षसंघा हिमालयात्
yathāvidhānaṃ yadyogaṃ yatra yanmuktamīpsitam | maṇīnāṃ haraṇaṃ caiva yakṣasaṃghā himālayāt
According to rule, whatever suits, wherever whatever pearl is desired — and the fetching of the gems: troops of yakṣas from the Himālaya
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BvP 4 103.21
दिवानिशं करिष्यन्ति यावन्निर्माणपूर्वकम् । यक्षैश्च सप्तभिर्लक्षैः कुबेरप्रेरितैरपि
divāniśaṃ kariṣyanti yāvannirmāṇapūrvakam | yakṣaiśca saptabhirlakṣaiḥ kuberapreritairapi
will do it day and night until the building is completed — by seven lakhs of yakṣas dispatched by Kubera,
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BvP 4 103.22
वेताललक्षैः कूष्माण्डलक्षैः शंकरयोजितैः । दानवैर्ब्रह्मरक्षोभिः शैलकन्यानियोजितैः
vetālalakṣaiḥ kūṣmāṇḍalakṣaiḥ śaṃkarayojitaiḥ | dānavairbrahmarakṣobhiḥ śailakanyāniyojitaiḥ
by lakhs of vetālas and lakhs of kūṣmāṇḍas assigned by Śaṃkara, by dānavas and brahma-rākṣasas appointed by the mountain's daughter.
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BvP 4 103.23
कुरु दिव्यं च पत्नीनां सहस्राणां च षोडश । अन्यपत्नीजनस्यापि चाष्टाधिकशतस्य च
kuru divyaṃ ca patnīnāṃ sahasrāṇāṃ ca ṣoḍaśa | anyapatnījanasyāpi cāṣṭādhikaśatasya ca
And make a divine (camp) for the sixteen thousand wives, and also for the other body of wives, one hundred and eight (in number).
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BvP 4 103.24
शिबिरं परिखायुक्तमुच्चैः प्राकारवेष्टितम् । युक्तद्वादशशालं च सिंहद्वारपरिष्कृतम्
śibiraṃ parikhāyuktamuccaiḥ prākāraveṣṭitam | yuktadvādaśaśālaṃ ca siṃhadvārapariṣkṛtam
a camp furnished with a moat, encircled by high ramparts, provided with twelve halls, adorned with a lion-gate,
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BvP 4 103.25
युक्तं चित्रैर्विचित्रैश्च कृत्रिमैश्च कपाटकैः । निषिद्धवृक्षरहितं प्रसिद्धैश्च परिष्कृतम्
yuktaṃ citrairvicitraiśca kṛtrimaiśca kapāṭakaiḥ | niṣiddhavṛkṣarahitaṃ prasiddhaiśca pariṣkṛtam
equipped with door-panels variegated and manifold and artfully made, free of forbidden trees and adorned with the approved ones,
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BvP 4 103.26
सुलक्षणं चन्द्रवेधं प्राङ्गणं च तथैव च । यदूनामाश्रमं दिव्यं किंकराणां तथैव च
sulakṣaṇaṃ candravedhaṃ prāṅgaṇaṃ ca tathaiva ca | yadūnāmāśramaṃ divyaṃ kiṃkarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca
of good marks, with the 'moon-piercing' (aspect) and likewise a forecourt; and a divine dwelling-place for the Yadus, and likewise for the servants;
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BvP 4 103.27
सर्वत्र सिद्धं निलयमुग्रसेनस्य भूभृतः । आश्रमं सर्वतोभद्रं वसुदेवस्य मत्पितुः
sarvatra siddhaṃ nilayamugrasenasya bhūbhṛtaḥ | āśramaṃ sarvatobhadraṃ vasudevasya matpituḥ
a residence for king Ugrasena, perfect in every respect, and a hermitage auspicious on all sides for Vasudeva, my father.
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BvP 4 103.28
विश्वकर्मोवाच के ते वृक्षाः प्रशस्ताश्च निषिद्धाश्चापि केचन । भद्राभद्रप्रदाश्चापि तान्वदस्व जगद्गुरो
viśvakarmovāca ke te vṛkṣāḥ praśastāśca niṣiddhāścāpi kecana | bhadrābhadrapradāścāpi tānvadasva jagadguro
Viśvakarman said: Which trees are the commended ones, and which are the forbidden ones, and which give good and ill fortune? Tell me these, O teacher of the world.
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BvP 4 103.29
केषामस्थिनियुक्तं च शिबिरं च शुभाशुभम् । दिशि कुत्र जलं भद्रमभद्रं च वद प्रभो
keṣāmasthiniyuktaṃ ca śibiraṃ ca śubhāśubham | diśi kutra jalaṃ bhadramabhadraṃ ca vada prabho
With whose bones is a camp (built) that is auspicious or inauspicious? In which direction is water good, and in which bad? Tell (me), O lord.
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BvP 4 103.30
भद्रप्रदश्च को वृक्षो दिशि कृत्र प्रवर्तते । किं प्रमाणं गृहाणां च प्राङ्गणानां सुरेश्वर
bhadrapradaśca ko vṛkṣo diśi kṛtra pravartate | kiṃ pramāṇaṃ gṛhāṇāṃ ca prāṅgaṇānāṃ sureśvara
And which tree gives good fortune, and in which direction does it thrive? What is the measure of the houses and of the forecourts, O lord of the gods?
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BvP 4 103.31
मङ्गलं कुसुमोद्यानं दिशि कुत्र तरोस्तथा । प्राकाराणां किं प्रमाणं परिखाणां सुरेश्वर
maṅgalaṃ kusumodyānaṃ diśi kutra tarostathā | prākārāṇāṃ kiṃ pramāṇaṃ parikhāṇāṃ sureśvara
In which direction is a flower-garden auspicious, and likewise (that) of a tree? What is the measure of the ramparts and of the moats, O lord of the gods?
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BvP 4 103.32
द्वाराणां च गृहाणां च प्राकाराणां प्रमाणकम् । कस्य कस्य तरोः काष्ठं प्रशस्तं शिबिरे प्रभो
dvārāṇāṃ ca gṛhāṇāṃ ca prākārāṇāṃ pramāṇakam | kasya kasya taroḥ kāṣṭhaṃ praśastaṃ śibire prabho
(What is) the measurement of the gates and the houses and the ramparts? The wood of which tree is commended for a camp, O lord,
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BvP 4 103.33
अमङ्गलं वा केषां च सर्वं मां वक्तुमर्हसि
amaṅgalaṃ vā keṣāṃ ca sarvaṃ māṃ vaktumarhasi
or (the wood) of which ones is inauspicious? You ought to tell me all of it.
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BvP 4 103.34
श्रीभगवानुवाच आश्रमे नारिकेलश्च गृहिणां च धनप्रदः । शिबिरस्य यदीशाने पूर्वे पुत्रप्रदस्तरुः
śrībhagavānuvāca āśrame nārikelaśca gṛhiṇāṃ ca dhanapradaḥ | śibirasya yadīśāne pūrve putrapradastaruḥ
The Blessed Lord said: In a hermitage the coconut palm gives wealth to householders; if it is in the northeast or the east of the camp, the tree gives sons.
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BvP 4 103.35
सर्वत्र मङ्गलार्हश्च तरुराजो मनोहरः । रसालवृक्षः पूर्वस्मिन्नृणां संपत्प्रदस्तथा
sarvatra maṅgalārhaśca tarurājo manoharaḥ | rasālavṛkṣaḥ pūrvasminnṛṇāṃ saṃpatpradastathā
And the king of trees, the charming mango, deserves to be auspicious everywhere; in the east it likewise bestows prosperity on men.
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BvP 4 103.36
शुभप्रदश्च सर्वत्र सुरकारो निशामय । बिल्वश्च पनसश्चैव जम्बीरो बदरी तथा
śubhapradaśca sarvatra surakāro niśāmaya | bilvaśca panasaścaiva jambīro badarī tathā
And hear which is the giver of good everywhere — the surakāra; and the bilva, the jackfruit, the citron and likewise the jujube:
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BvP 4 103.37
प्रजाप्रदश्च पूर्वस्मिन्दक्षिणे धनदस्तथा । संपत्प्रदश्च सर्वत्र यतो हि वर्धते गृही
prajāpradaśca pūrvasmindakṣiṇe dhanadastathā | saṃpatpradaśca sarvatra yato hi vardhate gṛhī
(each) gives offspring in the east, and wealth in the south, and gives prosperity everywhere, whereby indeed the householder thrives.
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BvP 4 103.38
जम्बूवृक्षश्च दाडिम्बः कदल्याम्रातकस्तथा । बन्धुप्रदश्च पूर्वस्मिन्दक्षिणे मित्रदस्तथा
jambūvṛkṣaśca dāḍimbaḥ kadalyāmrātakastathā | bandhupradaśca pūrvasmindakṣiṇe mitradastathā
And the rose-apple tree, the pomegranate, the plantain and the hog-plum: (each) gives kinsmen in the east, and in the south gives friends,
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BvP 4 103.39
सर्वत्र शुभदश्चैव धनपुत्रशुभप्रदः । हर्षप्रदो गुवाकश्च दक्षिणे पश्चिमे तथा
sarvatra śubhadaścaiva dhanaputraśubhapradaḥ | harṣaprado guvākaśca dakṣiṇe paścime tathā
and gives good everywhere, bestowing wealth, sons and welfare. And the areca palm gives joy in the south and likewise in the west,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.40
ईशाने सुखदश्चैव सर्वत्रैव निशामय । सर्वत्र चम्पकः शुद्धो भुवि भद्रप्रदस्तथा
īśāne sukhadaścaiva sarvatraiva niśāmaya | sarvatra campakaḥ śuddho bhuvi bhadrapradastathā
and in the northeast it gives happiness — hear that it does so in every quarter. Everywhere the campaka is pure and gives good fortune on the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.41
अलाबुश्चापि कूष्माण्डमायाम्बुश्च सकिंशुकः । खर्जूरी कर्कटी चापि शिबिरे मङ्गलप्रदा
alābuścāpi kūṣmāṇḍamāyāmbuśca sakiṃśukaḥ | kharjūrī karkaṭī cāpi śibire maṅgalapradā
The bottle-gourd too, the pumpkin, the āyāmbu and the kiṃśuka, the date palm and the cucumber as well are givers of auspiciousness in a camp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.42
वास्तूककारबिल्वश्च वार्ताकश्च शुभप्रदः । लताफलं च शुभदं सर्वं सर्वत्र निश्चितम्
vāstūkakārabilvaśca vārtākaśca śubhapradaḥ | latāphalaṃ ca śubhadaṃ sarvaṃ sarvatra niścitam
The vāstūka, the kāra, the bilva and the eggplant give good; and every creeper-fruit is certainly a giver of good in every quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.43
प्रशस्तं कथितं कारो निषिद्धं च निशामय । वन्यवृक्षो निषिद्धश्च शिबिरे नगरेऽपि च
praśastaṃ kathitaṃ kāro niṣiddhaṃ ca niśāmaya | vanyavṛkṣo niṣiddhaśca śibire nagare'pi ca
(What is) commended has been told, O Kāra; now hear what is prohibited. A forest tree is prohibited, both in a camp and in a city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.44
वटो निषिद्धः शिबिरे नित्यं चोरभयं यतः । नगरेषु प्रसिद्धश्च दर्शनात्पुण्यदस्तथा
vaṭo niṣiddhaḥ śibire nityaṃ corabhayaṃ yataḥ | nagareṣu prasiddhaśca darśanātpuṇyadastathā
The banyan is prohibited in a camp, since (there is) constant danger of thieves; but in cities it is well known, and gives merit by (its very) sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.45
निषिद्धः शाल्मलिश्चैव शिबिरे नगरे पुरे । दुःखप्रदश्च सततं भूमिपानां सदाऽपि च
niṣiddhaḥ śālmaliścaiva śibire nagare pure | duḥkhapradaśca satataṃ bhūmipānāṃ sadā'pi ca
The silk-cotton tree (śālmali) is prohibited in a camp, in a town, in a city; and it always, at all times, brings suffering to rulers of the land.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.46
न निषिद्धः प्रसिद्धश्च ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । विद्यामतिनिषिद्धस्तु सततं दुःखदस्तदा
na niṣiddhaḥ prasiddhaśca grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca | vidyāmatiniṣiddhastu satataṃ duḥkhadastadā
(But elsewhere) it is not prohibited and is well established in villages and cities; yet as regards learning it is utterly prohibited, and then it is a constant giver of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.47
हे कारो तिन्तिडीवृक्षो यत्नात्तं परिवर्जयेत् । शतेन धनहानिः स्यात्प्रजाहानिर्भवेद्ध्रुवम्
he kāro tintiḍīvṛkṣo yatnāttaṃ parivarjayet | śatena dhanahāniḥ syātprajāhānirbhaveddhruvam
O Kāra, the tamarind tree — one should avoid it with effort; by a hundred (of them) there would be loss of wealth, and loss of offspring would surely occur.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.48
शिबिरेऽतिनिषिद्धश्च नगरे किंचिदेव च । न निषिद्धः प्रसिद्धश्च ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च
śibire'tiniṣiddhaśca nagare kiṃcideva ca | na niṣiddhaḥ prasiddhaśca grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca
In a camp it is utterly prohibited, and in a city somewhat so; (but) it is not prohibited and is well established in villages and cities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.49
विद्यामतिनिषिद्धश्च प्राज्ञस्तं परिवर्जयेत् । खर्जूरश्च गहुश्चैव निषिद्धः शिबिरे तथा
vidyāmatiniṣiddhaśca prājñastaṃ parivarjayet | kharjūraśca gahuścaiva niṣiddhaḥ śibire tathā
And with respect to learning it is utterly prohibited; the wise man should avoid it. The date palm and the gahu are likewise prohibited in a camp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.50
न निषिद्धः प्रसिद्धश्च ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । वृक्षश्च चणकादीनां धान्यं च मङ्गलप्रदम्
na niṣiddhaḥ prasiddhaśca grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca | vṛkṣaśca caṇakādīnāṃ dhānyaṃ ca maṅgalapradam
(But) it is not prohibited and is well established in villages and cities. And the plant of chickpeas and the like, and grain, bring auspiciousness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.51
ग्रामेषु नगरे चापि शिबिरे च तथैव च । इक्षुवृक्षश्च शुभदः संततं शुभदस्तथा
grāmeṣu nagare cāpi śibire ca tathaiva ca | ikṣuvṛkṣaśca śubhadaḥ saṃtataṃ śubhadastathā
in villages and in a city and likewise in a camp too. And the sugarcane plant is auspicious, continually giving good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.52
अशोकश्च शिरीषश्च कदम्बश्च शुभप्रदः । कच्चिद्धरिद्रा शुभदा शुभदश्चाऽऽर्द्रकस्तथा
aśokaśca śirīṣaśca kadambaśca śubhapradaḥ | kacciddharidrā śubhadā śubhadaścā''rdrakastathā
The aśoka, the śirīṣa, and the kadamba bring auspiciousness; turmeric is somewhat auspicious, and so is ginger auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.53
हरीतकी च शुभदा ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । न वाद्या भद्रदा नित्यं तथा चाऽऽमलकी घ्रुवम्
harītakī ca śubhadā grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca | na vādyā bhadradā nityaṃ tathā cā''malakī ghruvam
And the myrobalan (harītakī) is auspicious in villages and cities; not to be spoken against, it always gives good fortune, and so too the emblic myrobalan (āmalakī), assuredly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.54
गजानामस्थि शुभदमश्वानां च तथैव च । कल्याणमुच्चैःश्रवसां वास्तौ स्थापनकारिणाम्
gajānāmasthi śubhadamaśvānāṃ ca tathaiva ca | kalyāṇamuccaiḥśravasāṃ vāstau sthāpanakāriṇām
The bone of elephants is auspicious, and likewise that of horses; it is a blessing (to have) those of high-eared (noble steeds) in the building-site of those who install (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.55
न शुभप्रदमन्येषामुच्छिन्नकारणं परम् । वानराणां नराणां च गर्दभानां गवामपि
na śubhapradamanyeṣāmucchinnakāraṇaṃ param | vānarāṇāṃ narāṇāṃ ca gardabhānāṃ gavāmapi
For others it is not auspicious; it is a supreme cause of ruin — (the bones) of monkeys, of men, of donkeys, and of cows too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.56
कुक्कुराणां शृगालानां मार्जाराणामभद्रकम् । भेटकानां सूकराणां सर्वेषां च शुभप्रदम्
kukkurāṇāṃ śṛgālānāṃ mārjārāṇāmabhadrakam | bheṭakānāṃ sūkarāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca śubhapradam
Those of dogs, jackals, and cats are inauspicious; those of rams and of pigs are auspicious for all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.57
ईशाने चापि पूर्वस्मिन्पश्चिमे च तथोत्तरे । शिबिरस्य जलं भद्रमन्यत्राशुभमेव च
īśāne cāpi pūrvasminpaścime ca tathottare | śibirasya jalaṃ bhadramanyatrāśubhameva ca
In the northeast, and in the east, and in the west, and likewise in the north, water is auspicious for a camp; elsewhere it is inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.58
दीर्घे प्रस्थे समानं च न कुर्यान्मन्दिरे बुधः । चतुरस्रे गृहे कारो गृहिणां धननाशनम्
dīrghe prasthe samānaṃ ca na kuryānmandire budhaḥ | caturasre gṛhe kāro gṛhiṇāṃ dhananāśanam
The wise man should not make length and breadth equal in a dwelling; in a four-cornered (square) house the making (of it) destroys the wealth of the householders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.59
दीर्घप्रस्थः परिमितो नेत्राङ्केनापि संहृतम् । शून्येन रहितं भद्रं शून्यं शून्यप्रदं नृणाम्
dīrghaprasthaḥ parimito netrāṅkenāpi saṃhṛtam | śūnyena rahitaṃ bhadraṃ śūnyaṃ śūnyapradaṃ nṛṇām
Length and breadth are measured, and it is reckoned by the number two (netra = eyes); what is free of zero is auspicious, (whereas) zero gives emptiness to men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.60
प्रस्थे हस्तद्वयात्पूर्वं दीर्घे हस्तत्रयं तथा । गृहाणां शुभदं द्वारं प्राकारस्य गृहस्य च
prasthe hastadvayātpūrvaṃ dīrghe hastatrayaṃ tathā | gṛhāṇāṃ śubhadaṃ dvāraṃ prākārasya gṛhasya ca
In breadth from two cubits onward, and in length three cubits — such a door is auspicious for houses, for the enclosing wall and for the house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.61
न मध्यदेशे कर्तव्यं किंचिन्न्यूनाधिके शुभम् । चतुरस्रं चन्द्रवेधं शिबिरं मङ्गलप्रदम्
na madhyadeśe kartavyaṃ kiṃcinnyūnādhike śubham | caturasraṃ candravedhaṃ śibiraṃ maṅgalapradam
Nothing should be made in the middle region; what is slightly less or more is auspicious. A square camp with a 'moon-piercing' (orientation) brings good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.62
अभद्रदं सूर्यवेधं शिबिरं मङ्गलप्रदम् । अभद्रदं सूर्यवेधं प्राङ्गणं च तथैव च
abhadradaṃ sūryavedhaṃ śibiraṃ maṅgalapradam | abhadradaṃ sūryavedhaṃ prāṅgaṇaṃ ca tathaiva ca
A sun-pierced camp is inauspicious; (a moon-pierced) camp brings good fortune. Sun-pierced is inauspicious, and likewise so with the courtyard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.63
शिबिराभ्यन्तरे भद्रा स्थापिता तुलसी नृणाम् । धनपुत्रप्रदात्री च पुण्यदा हरिभक्तिदा
śibirābhyantare bhadrā sthāpitā tulasī nṛṇām | dhanaputrapradātrī ca puṇyadā haribhaktidā
Tulasī planted within the encampment is auspicious for men, a giver of wealth and sons, a bestower of merit and of devotion to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.64
प्रभाते तुलसीं दृष्ट्वा स्वर्णदानफलं लभेत् । मालती यूथिका कुन्दं माधवी केतकी तथा
prabhāte tulasīṃ dṛṣṭvā svarṇadānaphalaṃ labhet | mālatī yūthikā kundaṃ mādhavī ketakī tathā
By seeing tulasī at dawn one obtains the fruit of a gift of gold. So too mālatī, yūthikā, kunda, mādhavī and ketakī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.65
नागेश्वरं मल्लिकां च काञ्चनं बकुलं शुभम् । अपराजिता च शुभदा तेषामुद्यानमीप्सितम्
nāgeśvaraṃ mallikāṃ ca kāñcanaṃ bakulaṃ śubham | aparājitā ca śubhadā teṣāmudyānamīpsitam
nāgeśvara and mallikā, kāñcana and the auspicious bakula, and aparājitā which bestows good — a garden of these is desirable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.66
पूर्वे च दक्षिणे चैव शुभदं नात्र संशयः । ऊर्ध्वं षोडशहस्तेभ्यो नैव कुर्याद्गृहं गृही
pūrve ca dakṣiṇe caiva śubhadaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | ūrdhvaṃ ṣoḍaśahastebhyo naiva kuryādgṛhaṃ gṛhī
In the east and in the south it is auspicious; there is no doubt of this. A householder should not build a house above sixteen cubits (in height).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.67
उर्ध्वं विंशतिहस्तेभ्यः प्राकारं न शुभप्रदम् । सूत्रधारं तैलाकारं स्वर्णकारं च हीरकम्
urdhvaṃ viṃśatihastebhyaḥ prākāraṃ na śubhapradam | sūtradhāraṃ tailākāraṃ svarṇakāraṃ ca hīrakam
A surrounding wall higher than twenty cubits is not a giver of good fortune. A carpenter, an oil-maker, a goldsmith, and a diamond(-cutter) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.68
वाटीमूले ग्राममध्ये न कुर्यात्स्थापनं बुधः । ब्राह्मणं क्षत्त्रियं वैश्यं सच्छूद्रं गणकं शुभम्
vāṭīmūle grāmamadhye na kuryātsthāpanaṃ budhaḥ | brāhmaṇaṃ kṣattriyaṃ vaiśyaṃ sacchūdraṃ gaṇakaṃ śubham
the wise man should not settle (them) at the foot of the garden-plot or in the middle of the village. A brāhmaṇa, a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, a good śūdra, an astrologer — (these are) auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.69
भट्टं वैद्यं पुष्पकारं स्थापयेच्छिबिरान्तिके । प्रस्थे च परिखामानं शतहस्तं प्रशस्तकम्
bhaṭṭaṃ vaidyaṃ puṣpakāraṃ sthāpayecchibirāntike | prasthe ca parikhāmānaṃ śatahastaṃ praśastakam
He should settle a bhaṭṭa, a physician, and a garland-maker near the encampment. On level ground the measure of the moat, a hundred cubits, is commended.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.70
परितः शिबिराणां च गम्भीरं दशहस्तकम् । संकेतपूर्वकं चैव परिखाद्वारमीप्सितम्
paritaḥ śibirāṇāṃ ca gambhīraṃ daśahastakam | saṃketapūrvakaṃ caiva parikhādvāramīpsitam
And all around the encampments (a moat) ten cubits deep; and a moat-gate made with a prearranged signal is desirable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.71
शत्रोरगम्यं मित्रस्य गम्यमेव सुखेन च । शाल्मलीनां तिन्तिडीनां हिन्तालानां तथैव च
śatroragamyaṃ mitrasya gamyameva sukhena ca | śālmalīnāṃ tintiḍīnāṃ hintālānāṃ tathaiva ca
inaccessible to an enemy but easily accessible to a friend. Of silk-cotton trees, tamarinds, and likewise hintāla palms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.72
निम्बाणां सिन्धुवाराणां बदरीणामभद्रकम् । धत्तूराणां वटानां चाप्येरण्डानामवाञ्छितम्
nimbāṇāṃ sindhuvārāṇāṃ badarīṇāmabhadrakam | dhattūrāṇāṃ vaṭānāṃ cāpyeraṇḍānāmavāñchitam
of nimba trees, sindhuvāras, and jujubes — (the wood) is inauspicious; of dhattūras, banyans, and also castor-plants it is not wanted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.73
एतेषामतिरिक्तानां शिबिरे काष्ठमीप्सितम् । वृक्षं च वज्रहस्तं च भूधरो वर्जयेदधः
eteṣāmatiriktānāṃ śibire kāṣṭhamīpsitam | vṛkṣaṃ ca vajrahastaṃ ca bhūdharo varjayedadhaḥ
Wood other than these is desirable in an encampment. And the landholder should avoid a tree and a vajrahasta below (the house).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 103.74
पुत्रदारधनं हन्यादित्याह कमलोद्भवः । कथितं लोकशिक्षार्थं कुरु काष्ठं विना पुरीम्
putradāradhanaṃ hanyādityāha kamalodbhavaḥ | kathitaṃ lokaśikṣārthaṃ kuru kāṣṭhaṃ vinā purīm
"It would destroy son, wife and wealth" — thus said the lotus-born. This has been told for the instruction of the world; make the city without wood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.75
शुभक्षणं चाप्यधुना गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम् । विश्वकर्मा हरिं नत्वा जगाम् पक्षिणा सह
śubhakṣaṇaṃ cāpyadhunā gaccha vatsa yathāsukham | viśvakarmā hariṃ natvā jagām pakṣiṇā saha
And now the moment is auspicious; go, child, as you please. Viśvakarmā, having bowed to Hari, went off together with the bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.76
समुद्रस्य समीपं च वटमूलं मनोहरम् । सुष्वाप तत्र नक्तं च कारुश्च पक्षिणा सह
samudrasya samīpaṃ ca vaṭamūlaṃ manoharam | suṣvāpa tatra naktaṃ ca kāruśca pakṣiṇā saha
(They went) to the vicinity of the ocean, to a lovely banyan root; and there the artisan slept by night together with the bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 103.77
स्वप्ने द्वारवतीं रम्यां ददर्श गरुडस्तथा । यत्किंचित्कथितं कारुं कृष्णेन परमात्मना
svapne dvāravatīṃ ramyāṃ dadarśa garuḍastathā | yatkiṃcitkathitaṃ kāruṃ kṛṣṇena paramātmanā
Garuḍa too saw in a dream the delightful Dvāravatī; whatever had been told to the artisan by Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Self —
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BvP 4 103.78
तदेव लक्षणं सर्वं ददर्श नगरे मुने । कारुं हसन्ति स्वप्ने च सर्वे ते शिल्पकारिणः
tadeva lakṣaṇaṃ sarvaṃ dadarśa nagare mune | kāruṃ hasanti svapne ca sarve te śilpakāriṇaḥ
all that very mark he saw in the city, O sage. And in the dream all those craftsmen were laughing at the artisan,
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BvP 4 103.79
गरुडं गरुडाश्चान्ये बलवन्तश्च पक्षिणः । बुद्धो ददर्श गरुडो विश्वकर्मा च लज्जितः
garuḍaṃ garuḍāścānye balavantaśca pakṣiṇaḥ | buddho dadarśa garuḍo viśvakarmā ca lajjitaḥ
and other Garuḍas and mighty birds (laughed at) Garuḍa. Garuḍa awoke and saw, and Viśvakarmā was abashed.
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BvP 4 103.80
अतीव द्वारकां रम्यां शतयोजनविस्तृताम् । ब्रह्मादीनां च नगरं विजित्य च विराजिताम् ।। तेजसाऽऽच्छादितां सूर्यं रत्नानां च परिष्कृताम्
atīva dvārakāṃ ramyāṃ śatayojanavistṛtām | brahmādīnāṃ ca nagaraṃ vijitya ca virājitām || tejasā''cchāditāṃ sūryaṃ ratnānāṃ ca pariṣkṛtām
(He saw) Dvārakā, exceedingly delightful, extending a hundred yojanas, shining, having surpassed the city of Brahmā and the others, veiling the sun with its radiance, and adorned with jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition