Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 11
BvP 4 11.1
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। एकदा गोकुले साध्वी यशोदा नंदगेहिनी ।। गृहकर्मणि संसक्ता कृत्वा बालं स्ववक्षसि
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ekadā gokule sādhvī yaśodā naṃdagehinī || gṛhakarmaṇi saṃsaktā kṛtvā bālaṃ svavakṣasi
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Once in Gokula the virtuous Yaśodā, Nanda's wife, being engaged in household work, having placed the boy on her own breast—
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BvP 4 11.2
वात्यारूपं तृणावर्तमागच्छंतं च गोकुलम् ।। श्रीहरिर्मनसा ज्ञात्वा भारयुक्तो बभूव ह
vātyārūpaṃ tṛṇāvartamāgacchaṃtaṃ ca gokulam || śrīharirmanasā jñātvā bhārayukto babhūva ha
And Śrī Hari, knowing in his mind that Tṛṇāvarta was coming to Gokula in the form of a whirlwind, became heavy indeed.
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BvP 4 11.3
भाराक्रांता यशोदा च तत्याज बालकं तदा ।। शयनं कारयित्वा च जगाम यमुनां मुने
bhārākrāṃtā yaśodā ca tatyāja bālakaṃ tadā || śayanaṃ kārayitvā ca jagāma yamunāṃ mune
And Yaśodā, weighed down by the heaviness, then set the child down, and having laid him on a bed, she went to the Yamunā, O sage.
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BvP 4 11.4
एतस्मिन्नंतरे त वात्यारूपधरोऽसुरः ।। आदाय तं भ्रामयित्वा गत्वा च शतयोजनम् अन्वेषणं प्रकुर्वंतो ददृशुर्बालकं व्रजे ।। धूलिधूसरसर्वांगं पुष्पोद्यानांतरस्थितम् नार्यो विवसनाः सर्वा नग्नाश्च नृपयोषितः ।। विजह्रुश्च पुष्पभद्रानदीतीरे मनोहरे शरच्चंद्रप्रभामुष्टं न द्रक्ष्यामो मुखं तव ।। प्रसारिताभ्यां बाहुभ्यां नानयिष्याम इत्यतः
etasminnaṃtare ta vātyārūpadharo'suraḥ || ādāya taṃ bhrāmayitvā gatvā ca śatayojanam anveṣaṇaṃ prakurvaṃto dadṛśurbālakaṃ vraje || dhūlidhūsarasarvāṃgaṃ puṣpodyānāṃtarasthitam nāryo vivasanāḥ sarvā nagnāśca nṛpayoṣitaḥ || vijahruśca puṣpabhadrānadītīre manohare śaraccaṃdraprabhāmuṣṭaṃ na drakṣyāmo mukhaṃ tava || prasāritābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ nānayiṣyāma ityataḥ
Meanwhile the demon, wearing the form of a whirlwind, took him up, whirled him about, and went a hundred yojanas. — Making a search, they saw the boy in Vraja, all his limbs grey with dust, standing within a flower garden. — All the women were unclothed, and the king's wives were naked, and they played on the lovely bank of the Puṣpabhadrā river. — "We shall not see your face, which has stolen the radiance of the autumn moon; with arms outstretched we shall not bring (you)" — so (they said).
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BvP 4 11.5
बभंज वृक्षशाखाश्च ह्यंधीभूतं च गोकुलम् ।। चकार सद्यो मायावी पुनस्तत्र पपात ह
babhaṃja vṛkṣaśākhāśca hyaṃdhībhūtaṃ ca gokulam || cakāra sadyo māyāvī punastatra papāta ha
And he broke the branches of the trees, and the master of illusion at once made Gokula blind (with dust); then he fell down there again.
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BvP 4 11.6
असुरोऽपि हरिस्पर्शाज्जगाम हरिमंदिरम् ।। सुंदरं रथमारुह्य कृत्वा कर्मक्षयं स्वकम्
asuro'pi harisparśājjagāma harimaṃdiram || suṃdaraṃ rathamāruhya kṛtvā karmakṣayaṃ svakam
And the demon too, through Hari's touch, went to Hari's abode, mounting a beautiful chariot, his own karma being destroyed.
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BvP 4 11.7
पांड्यदेशोद्भवो राजा शापाद्दुर्वाससोऽसुरः ।। श्रीकृष्णचरणस्पर्शाद्गोलोकं स जगाम ह
pāṃḍyadeśodbhavo rājā śāpāddurvāsaso'suraḥ || śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇasparśādgolokaṃ sa jagāma ha
He was a king born in the Pāṇḍya country, a demon through Durvāsas' curse; by the touch of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's feet he went to Goloka indeed.
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BvP 4 11.8
वात्यारूपे गते गोपा गोप्यश्च भयविह्वलाः ।। न दृष्ट्वा बालकं तत्र शयानं शयने मुने
vātyārūpe gate gopā gopyaśca bhayavihvalāḥ || na dṛṣṭvā bālakaṃ tatra śayānaṃ śayane mune
When the whirlwind form had gone, the cowherd men and the cowherd women were overwhelmed with fear, not seeing the child lying there on the bed, O sage.
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BvP 4 11.9
सर्वे निजघ्नुः स्वं वक्षस्थलं शोकाकुला भयात् ।। केचिन्मूर्छामवापुश्च रुरुदुश्चापि केचन
sarve nijaghnuḥ svaṃ vakṣasthalaṃ śokākulā bhayāt || kecinmūrchāmavāpuśca ruruduścāpi kecana
All of them, stricken with grief, beat their own breasts out of fear; some fainted, and some wept.
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BvP 4 11.11
बाह्यैकदेशे सरसस्तीरे नीरसमन्विते ।। पश्यंतं गगनं शश्वद्वदंतं भयकातरम्
bāhyaikadeśe sarasastīre nīrasamanvite || paśyaṃtaṃ gaganaṃ śaśvadvadaṃtaṃ bhayakātaram
(They saw him) in an outlying spot, on the bank of a pond filled with water, gazing up at the sky continually, speaking, and distressed with fear.
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BvP 4 11.12
गृहीत्वा बालकं नंदः कृत्वा वक्षसि सत्वरम् ।। दर्शं दर्शं मुखं तस्य रुरोद च शुचाऽन्वितः
gṛhītvā bālakaṃ naṃdaḥ kṛtvā vakṣasi satvaram || darśaṃ darśaṃ mukhaṃ tasya ruroda ca śucā'nvitaḥ
Nanda quickly took up the child and placed him on his breast, and gazing again and again at his face, he wept, filled with sorrow.
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BvP 4 11.13
यशोदा रोहिणी शीघ्रं दृष्ट्वा बालं रुरोद च ।। कृत्वा वक्षसि तद्वक्त्रं चुचुंब च मुहुर्मुहुः
yaśodā rohiṇī śīghraṃ dṛṣṭvā bālaṃ ruroda ca || kṛtvā vakṣasi tadvaktraṃ cucuṃba ca muhurmuhuḥ
Yaśodā and Rohiṇī, seeing the boy at once, wept, and placing his face against her breast, she kissed it again and again.
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BvP 4 11.14
मंगलं कारयामास स्नापयामास बालकम् ।। स्तनं ददौ यशोदा च प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणा
maṃgalaṃ kārayāmāsa snāpayāmāsa bālakam || stanaṃ dadau yaśodā ca prasannavadanekṣaṇā
She had the auspicious rites performed, she had the child bathed, and Yaśodā, her face and eyes glad, gave him her breast.
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BvP 4 11.15
।। नारद उवाच ।। ।। कथं शशाप दुर्वासाः पांड्यदेशोद्भवं नृपम् ।। सुविचार्य वद ब्रह्मन्नितिहासं पुरातनम्
|| nārada uvāca || || kathaṃ śaśāpa durvāsāḥ pāṃḍyadeśodbhavaṃ nṛpam || suvicārya vada brahmannitihāsaṃ purātanam
Nārada said: How did Durvāsas curse the king born in the Pāṇḍya country? Consider well and tell (me), O brahmin, the ancient story.
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BvP 4 11.16
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। पांड्यदेशाधिपो राजा सहस्राक्षः प्रतापवान् ।। स्त्रीसहस्रं समादाय कामबाणप्रपीडितः
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || pāṃḍyadeśādhipo rājā sahasrākṣaḥ pratāpavān || strīsahasraṃ samādāya kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: The king Sahasrākṣa, lord of the Pāṇḍya country, mighty, tormented by the arrows of desire, took a thousand women (with him),
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BvP 4 11.17
मनोहरे निर्जने च पर्वते गंधमादने ।। विजहार नदीतीरे पुष्पोद्याने मनोरमे
manohare nirjane ca parvate gaṃdhamādane || vijahāra nadītīre puṣpodyāne manorame
and sported on the lovely, deserted mountain Gandhamādana, on a river bank, in a delightful flower garden.
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BvP 4 11.18
नानाप्रकारशृगारं विपरीतादिकं नृपः ।। नखदंतक्षतांगं च कामिनीनां चकार सः
nānāprakāraśṛgāraṃ viparītādikaṃ nṛpaḥ || nakhadaṃtakṣatāṃgaṃ ca kāminīnāṃ cakāra saḥ
The king performed many kinds of love-play, the inverted posture and the rest, and marked the limbs of the passionate women with nails and teeth.
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BvP 4 11.19
कृत्वा मूर्तिसहस्रं च योगींद्रो नृपतीश्वरः ।। कृत्वा स्थलविहारं च जलक्रीडां चकार ह
kṛtvā mūrtisahasraṃ ca yogīṃdro nṛpatīśvaraḥ || kṛtvā sthalavihāraṃ ca jalakrīḍāṃ cakāra ha
And that lord of kings, a master of yoga, made a thousand bodies (for himself), and having sported on land, he then played in the water.
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BvP 4 11.21
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र समायातो महामुनिः ।। शिष्यलक्षैः परिवृतो गच्छन्वै शंकरं प्रति
etasminnaṃtare tatra samāyāto mahāmuniḥ || śiṣyalakṣaiḥ parivṛto gacchanvai śaṃkaraṃ prati
Meanwhile the great sage came there, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of disciples, as he was going toward Śaṅkara.
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BvP 4 11.22
दृष्ट्वा मुनिं महामत्तो नोत्तस्थौ न ननाम ह ।। वाचा हस्तेन राजा च संभाषां न चकार ह
dṛṣṭvā muniṃ mahāmatto nottasthau na nanāma ha || vācā hastena rājā ca saṃbhāṣāṃ na cakāra ha
Seeing the sage, the greatly intoxicated (king) neither rose up nor bowed; and the king held no converse (with him), neither by word nor by hand.
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BvP 4 11.23
दृष्ट्वा चुकोप नृपतिं शशाप स्फुरिताधरः ।। असुरो भव पापिष्ठ योगाद्भ्रष्टो भुवं व्रज
dṛṣṭvā cukopa nṛpatiṃ śaśāpa sphuritādharaḥ || asuro bhava pāpiṣṭha yogādbhraṣṭo bhuvaṃ vraja
Seeing (this), he grew angry at the king and, his lip trembling, cursed (him): "Become a demon, most sinful one; fallen from yoga, go to the earth!"
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BvP 4 11.24
भारते लक्षवर्षं च स्थातव्यं ते नराधम ।। ततो हरिपदस्पर्शाद्गोलोकं यास्यसि ध्रुवम्
bhārate lakṣavarṣaṃ ca sthātavyaṃ te narādhama || tato haripadasparśādgolokaṃ yāsyasi dhruvam
"And you must remain in Bhārata for a hundred thousand years, O lowest of men; then, by the touch of Hari's foot, you will surely go to Goloka."
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BvP 4 11.25
स्थानेस्थाने हे महिष्यो जनिं लभत भारते ।। राजेंद्रगेहे राजेंद्राद्भविष्यथ मनोहराः
sthānesthāne he mahiṣyo janiṃ labhata bhārate || rājeṃdragehe rājeṃdrādbhaviṣyatha manoharāḥ
"O queens, take birth in Bhārata, each in her own place; in the house of a great king you shall be born of a great king, lovely ones."
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BvP 4 11.26
इत्युक्त्वा तु मुनींद्रस्तु जगाम शंकरालयम् ।। हा हा शब्दं विचक्रुश्च शिष्यसंघाः कृपालवः
ityuktvā tu munīṃdrastu jagāma śaṃkarālayam || hā hā śabdaṃ vicakruśca śiṣyasaṃghāḥ kṛpālavaḥ
Having said this, the best of sages went to Śaṃkara's abode; and the compassionate groups of disciples cried out "Alas, alas!"
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BvP 4 11.27
गते मुनींद्रे राजेंद्रो रुरोद च सरित्तटे ।। रुरुदू रमणीयाश्च रमण्यो विरहातुराः ।।
gate munīṃdre rājeṃdro ruroda ca sarittaṭe || rurudū ramaṇīyāśca ramaṇyo virahāturāḥ ||
When the great sage had gone, the great king wept on the riverbank, and the lovely women too wept, stricken by the coming separation.
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BvP 4 11.28
हे नाथ रमणश्रेष्ठेत्युच्चार्य च पुनः पुनः ।। त्वां विना वा क्व यास्यामो वयं त्वं वा क्व यास्यसि
he nātha ramaṇaśreṣṭhetyuccārya ca punaḥ punaḥ || tvāṃ vinā vā kva yāsyāmo vayaṃ tvaṃ vā kva yāsyasi
Crying out again and again, "O lord, O best of lovers! Where shall we go without you, or where will you go?"
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BvP 4 11.29
वयं नो विहरिष्यामस्त्वया सार्द्धं सुनिर्जने ।। न करिष्यसि राज्यं त्वं न यास्यामो गृहं वयम्
vayaṃ no vihariṣyāmastvayā sārddhaṃ sunirjane || na kariṣyasi rājyaṃ tvaṃ na yāsyāmo gṛhaṃ vayam
"We will sport with you in a place quite solitary; you will not rule a kingdom, and we will not go home."
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BvP 4 11.31
इत्युक्त्वा रुरुदुः सर्वाः पुरस्कृत्य नराधिपम् ।। मूर्छामवापुश्चरणं धृत्वा राज्ञः सरित्तटे
ityuktvā ruruduḥ sarvāḥ puraskṛtya narādhipam || mūrchāmavāpuścaraṇaṃ dhṛtvā rājñaḥ sarittaṭe
Having said this they all wept, placing the king before them, and they fainted, clasping the king's feet on the riverbank.
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BvP 4 11.32
राजाऽग्निकुण्डमाधाय नारीभिः सह नारद ।। स्मृत्वा हरिपदांभोजं ज्वलदग्निं विवेश ह
rājā'gnikuṇḍamādhāya nārībhiḥ saha nārada || smṛtvā haripadāṃbhojaṃ jvaladagniṃ viveśa ha
The king, O Nārada, having set up a fire-pit, together with the women, and remembering the lotus feet of Hari, entered the blazing fire.
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BvP 4 11.33
हाहाकारं सुराः सर्वे विचक्रुर्गगने स्थिताः।। इत्यूचुर्मुनयश्चैव दैवं च बलवत्तरम्
hāhākāraṃ surāḥ sarve vicakrurgagane sthitāḥ|| ityūcurmunayaścaiva daivaṃ ca balavattaram
All the gods, standing in the sky, raised a cry of "Alas!", and the sages too said this: "Fate is the stronger."
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BvP 4 11.34
स च राजा तृणावर्तो जगाम हरिमंदिरम्।। महिष्यो भारते वर्षे लेभिरे जन्म वाञ्छितम्
sa ca rājā tṛṇāvarto jagāma harimaṃdiram|| mahiṣyo bhārate varṣe lebhire janma vāñchitam
And that king Tṛṇāvarta went to the abode of Hari; the queens obtained the birth they desired in the land of Bhārata.
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BvP 4 11.35
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं हरेर्माहात्म्य मुत्तमम् ।। माक्षणं नृपतेश्चैव मुनींद्रशापहेतुकम्
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ harermāhātmya muttamam || mākṣaṇaṃ nṛpateścaiva munīṃdraśāpahetukam
Thus has all been told — the supreme greatness of Hari, and the destruction of the king, caused by the curse of the great sage.
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