Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 110
BvP 4 110.1
नारायण उवाच आगतेषु गतेष्वेवं साङ्गे मङ्गलकर्मणि । नन्दो यशोदया सार्ध पुत्राभ्याशं समाययौ
nārāyaṇa uvāca āgateṣu gateṣvevaṃ sāṅge maṅgalakarmaṇi | nando yaśodayā sārdha putrābhyāśaṃ samāyayau
Nārāyaṇa said: When those who had come had thus departed, the auspicious ceremony being complete in all its parts, Nanda together with Yaśodā came into his son's presence.
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BvP 4 110.2
यशोदोवाच ज्ञानं च भवता दत्तं पित्रे नन्दाय माधव । मां चापि मातरं वत्स कृपां कुरु कृपानिधे
yaśodovāca jñānaṃ ca bhavatā dattaṃ pitre nandāya mādhava | māṃ cāpi mātaraṃ vatsa kṛpāṃ kuru kṛpānidhe
Yaśodā said: Knowledge has been given by you to (your) father Nanda, Mādhava; to me too, your mother, show grace, O child, O treasury of grace.
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BvP 4 110.3
मामुद्धर महाभाग धरोद्धारणकारण । भवाब्धितरणे भीमौ भीतां च पतितामपि
māmuddhara mahābhāga dharoddhāraṇakāraṇa | bhavābdhitaraṇe bhīmau bhītāṃ ca patitāmapi
Rescue me, O greatly fortunate one, O cause of the earth's deliverance—me who am afraid, and fallen, in the crossing of the fearful ocean of existence.
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BvP 4 110.4
मायामयी सा प्रकृतिर्भवाब्धितरणे तरिः । त्वमेव कर्णधारश्च भक्तोत्तीर्णे कृपामय
māyāmayī sā prakṛtirbhavābdhitaraṇe tariḥ | tvameva karṇadhāraśca bhaktottīrṇe kṛpāmaya
That Nature made of illusion is the boat for crossing the ocean of existence, and you alone are the helmsman when devotees are ferried across, O compassionate one.
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BvP 4 110.5
यशोदावचनं श्रुत्वा जहास पुरुषोत्तमः । उवाच मातरं भक्त्या ज्ञानिनां च गुरोर्गुरुः
yaśodāvacanaṃ śrutvā jahāsa puruṣottamaḥ | uvāca mātaraṃ bhaktyā jñānināṃ ca gurorguruḥ
Hearing Yaśodā's words, the Supreme Person laughed, and, the teacher of the teachers of knowers, spoke to (his) mother with devotion.
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BvP 4 110.6
श्रीभगवानुवाच ज्ञानं योगात्मकं मातर्ज्ञानं च विषयात्मकम् । ज्ञानं भक्त्यात्मकं श्रेष्ठं मद्दास्यकारणं शुभम्
śrībhagavānuvāca jñānaṃ yogātmakaṃ mātarjñānaṃ ca viṣayātmakam | jñānaṃ bhaktyātmakaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ maddāsyakāraṇaṃ śubham
The Blessed Lord said: Knowledge, mother, is of the nature of yoga; and there is knowledge of the nature of sense-objects; the knowledge that consists of devotion is the highest, auspicious, the cause of becoming my servant.
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BvP 4 110.7
ज्ञानं पञ्चविधं प्रोक्तं सर्ववेदेषु संमतम् । भक्त्यात्मकं सर्वपरं तेषां च लक्षणं शृणु
jñānaṃ pañcavidhaṃ proktaṃ sarvavedeṣu saṃmatam | bhaktyātmakaṃ sarvaparaṃ teṣāṃ ca lakṣaṇaṃ śṛṇu
Knowledge is declared to be of five kinds, as agreed in all the Vedas; that which consists of devotion is highest of all. Hear now their characteristics.
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BvP 4 110.8
क्षुत्पिपासादिकानां च खण्डनं स्वान्तशोधनम् । नाडीनां शोधनं चैव चक्राणामपि भेदनम्
kṣutpipāsādikānāṃ ca khaṇḍanaṃ svāntaśodhanam | nāḍīnāṃ śodhanaṃ caiva cakrāṇāmapi bhedanam
The suppression of hunger, thirst and the like; the purification of one's inner self; the cleansing of the channels (nāḍīs), and also the piercing of the cakras;
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BvP 4 110.9
शक्तिकुण्डलिनीयुक्तमीश्वरं चिन्तयेत्ततः । इन्द्रियाणां च दमनं लौभादीनां च वर्जनम्
śaktikuṇḍalinīyuktamīśvaraṃ cintayettataḥ | indriyāṇāṃ ca damanaṃ laubhādīnāṃ ca varjanam
then one should meditate on the Lord joined with the power Kuṇḍalinī; and the taming of the senses, and the abandonment of greed and the rest —
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BvP 4 110.10
मूलाधारं स्वधिष्ठानं मणिपूरमनाहतम् । विशुद्धं च तथा ज्ञाख्यं चक्रषट्कं प्रकीर्तितम्
mūlādhāraṃ svadhiṣṭhānaṃ maṇipūramanāhatam | viśuddhaṃ ca tathā jñākhyaṃ cakraṣaṭkaṃ prakīrtitam
Mūlādhāra, Svadhiṣṭhāna, Maṇipūra, Anāhata, Viśuddha, and likewise that called Ājñā: these are proclaimed as the six cakras.
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BvP 4 110.11
नारीणामपि दुर्बोधं मुर्खाणां च विशेषतः । ज्ञानं योगात्मकं साध्वि सिद्धानां साध्यमीप्सितम्
nārīṇāmapi durbodhaṃ murkhāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | jñānaṃ yogātmakaṃ sādhvi siddhānāṃ sādhyamīpsitam
Hard to grasp even for women, and especially for the foolish, is knowledge of the nature of yoga, O virtuous one — the desired goal to be attained by the adepts.
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BvP 4 110.12
जन्तूनामपि सर्वेषां ज्ञानं स्वविषये तथा । सन्तः सर्वे विजानन्ति स्वेच्छया च मदीयया
jantūnāmapi sarveṣāṃ jñānaṃ svaviṣaye tathā | santaḥ sarve vijānanti svecchayā ca madīyayā
All creatures likewise have knowledge in their own sphere; all the good ones know (it) by their own will, which is mine.
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BvP 4 110.13
सिद्ध्यात्मकं च सिद्धानां नियुक्तं सर्वकर्मसु । चतुस्त्रिंशत्सु सिद्धानां साधनं बोधनं तथा
siddhyātmakaṃ ca siddhānāṃ niyuktaṃ sarvakarmasu | catustriṃśatsu siddhānāṃ sādhanaṃ bodhanaṃ tathā
And (the knowledge) consisting of occult powers belongs to the adepts, applied in all their acts; it is the means and the awakening for the adepts with respect to the thirty-four attainments.
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BvP 4 110.14
ज्ञानं मौक्षात्मकं सिद्धं परं निर्वाणकारणम् । निवृत्तिमार्गमारूढं भक्तस्तत्रैव वाञ्छति
jñānaṃ maukṣātmakaṃ siddhaṃ paraṃ nirvāṇakāraṇam | nivṛttimārgamārūḍhaṃ bhaktastatraiva vāñchati
The established knowledge that consists of liberation is supreme, the cause of extinction; the devotee, having mounted the path of cessation, desires precisely that.
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BvP 4 110.15
भक्त्यात्मकं च यज्ज्ञानं तुभ्यं राधा प्रदास्यति । तस्यां च मानवं भावं त्यक्त्वा ज्ञानं करिष्यति
bhaktyātmakaṃ ca yajjñānaṃ tubhyaṃ rādhā pradāsyati | tasyāṃ ca mānavaṃ bhāvaṃ tyaktvā jñānaṃ kariṣyati
And the knowledge that consists of devotion Rādhā will bestow upon you; abandoning her human disposition, she will impart knowledge.
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BvP 4 110.16
नन्दाय दत्तं यज्ज्ञानं तच्च तुभ्यं प्रदास्यति । गच्छ नन्दव्रजं मातर्नन्देन सह सादरम्
nandāya dattaṃ yajjñānaṃ tacca tubhyaṃ pradāsyati | gaccha nandavrajaṃ mātarnandena saha sādaram
And the knowledge that was given to Nanda, that too she will bestow on you; go, mother, respectfully together with Nanda to Nanda's Vraja.
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BvP 4 110.17
इत्युक्त्वा विनयं कृत्वा जगामाभ्यन्तरं हरिः । नन्दो यशोदया सार्धं प्रययौ कदलीवनम्
ityuktvā vinayaṃ kṛtvā jagāmābhyantaraṃ hariḥ | nando yaśodayā sārdhaṃ prayayau kadalīvanam
Having said this and made a courteous gesture, Hari went inside; Nanda together with Yaśodā set out for the plantain grove.
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BvP 4 110.18
ददर्श राधां तत्रैव निद्रितां त्यक्तभूषणम् । दधानां शुक्लवस्त्रं च निराहारां कृशोदरीम्
dadarśa rādhāṃ tatraiva nidritāṃ tyaktabhūṣaṇam | dadhānāṃ śuklavastraṃ ca nirāhārāṃ kṛśodarīm
There he saw Rādhā asleep, her ornaments cast off, wearing white cloth, fasting, with a wasted belly,
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BvP 4 110.19
पङ्कस्थे पङ्कजदले सजले चन्दनार्चिते । शयानां शुष्कितौष्ठीं च साश्रुनेत्रां च मूर्च्छिताम्
paṅkasthe paṅkajadale sajale candanārcite | śayānāṃ śuṣkitauṣṭhīṃ ca sāśrunetrāṃ ca mūrcchitām
lying on a lotus leaf set in the mud, moist with water and honoured with sandal paste, her lips dried, her eyes tearful, and swooning,
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BvP 4 110.20
ध्यायमानां पदाम्भोजं कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः । बाह्यज्ञानपरित्यक्तां तन्नि विष्टैकमानसाम्
dhyāyamānāṃ padāmbhojaṃ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ | bāhyajñānaparityaktāṃ tanni viṣṭaikamānasām
meditating on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Self, wholly bereft of outward awareness, her mind fixed solely on him,
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BvP 4 110.21
पश्यन्तीं सस्मितं कान्तं पश्यन्तीं तन्मुखाम्बुजम् । हसन्तीं च रुदन्तीं च स्वप्ने कान्तसमीपतः
paśyantīṃ sasmitaṃ kāntaṃ paśyantīṃ tanmukhāmbujam | hasantīṃ ca rudantīṃ ca svapne kāntasamīpataḥ
seeing her beloved smiling, seeing his lotus face, laughing and weeping, in a dream, close beside her beloved,
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BvP 4 110.22
सखीभिः परितः शश्वत्सेवितां श्चेतचामरैः । दिवानिशं रक्षितां च गोपीभिः शतकोटिभिः
sakhībhiḥ paritaḥ śaśvatsevitāṃ ścetacāmaraiḥ | divāniśaṃ rakṣitāṃ ca gopībhiḥ śatakoṭibhiḥ
attended all around constantly by her companions with white yak-tail fans, and guarded day and night by ten billion gopīs,
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BvP 4 110.23
सावधानपराभिश्च वेत्रहस्ताभिरीश्वरीम् । सप्तद्वारेषु युक्ताभिः परितः प्राङ्गणेषु च
sāvadhānaparābhiśca vetrahastābhirīśvarīm | saptadvāreṣu yuktābhiḥ paritaḥ prāṅgaṇeṣu ca
(guarded) as their sovereign lady by those most vigilant, with staves in hand, posted at the seven gates and all around in the courtyards.
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BvP 4 110.24
तां दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं प्राप्य सभार्यो नन्द एव च । ननाम परया भक्त्या दण्डवत्प्रणिपत्य च
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ prāpya sabhāryo nanda eva ca | nanāma parayā bhaktyā daṇḍavatpraṇipatya ca
Seeing her and being filled with wonder, Nanda together with his wife bowed with supreme devotion, falling prostrate like a rod.
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BvP 4 110.25
निद्रां त्याक्त्वा च सहसा बुबुधे सेश्वरेच्छया । क्षणेन चेतनां प्राप विषयज्ञानवर्चिताम्
nidrāṃ tyāktvā ca sahasā bubudhe seśvarecchayā | kṣaṇena cetanāṃ prāpa viṣayajñānavarcitām
And she, casting off sleep, suddenly awoke by the Lord's will; in a moment she regained consciousness, (though) devoid of knowledge of external objects.
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BvP 4 110.26
पुरतो दंपती दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छ सादरं सती । उवाच मधुरं चैवं तत्रैव सखिसंसदि
purato daṃpatī dṛṣṭvā papraccha sādaraṃ satī | uvāca madhuraṃ caivaṃ tatraiva sakhisaṃsadi
Seeing the couple before her, the virtuous lady asked (them) respectfully, and spoke sweetly thus, right there in the assembly of her companions.
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BvP 4 110.27
राधिकोवाच कस्त्वं चात्र समायातो ब्रूहि वा किं प्रयोजनम् । न च मे विषयज्ञानं न जानामि नरं पशुम्
rādhikovāca kastvaṃ cātra samāyāto brūhi vā kiṃ prayojanam | na ca me viṣayajñānaṃ na jānāmi naraṃ paśum
Rādhikā said: Who are you, and why have you come here? Tell me, or (tell me) what your purpose is. I have no knowledge of objects; I do not know a man from a beast.
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BvP 4 110.28
किं जलं वा स्थलं किंवा नक्तं तिनं श्रुणु । स्त्रियं पुमांसं क्लीबं वा नाहं जानामि भेदाकम्
kiṃ jalaṃ vā sthalaṃ kiṃvā naktaṃ tinaṃ śruṇu | striyaṃ pumāṃsaṃ klībaṃ vā nāhaṃ jānāmi bhedākam
(I do not know) whether it is water or dry land, whether it is night or day — listen! Woman, man, or neuter, I do not know the distinction.
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BvP 4 110.29
राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा नन्दश्च विस्मयं ययौ । भीता यशोदा निकटं गोपीसंभाषिता ययौ
rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā nandaśca vismayaṃ yayau | bhītā yaśodā nikaṭaṃ gopīsaṃbhāṣitā yayau
Hearing Rādhikā's words, Nanda too was struck with amazement; and Yaśodā, afraid, addressed by the gopīs, went near (her).
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BvP 4 110.30
उवास निकटे तस्याः समुवाच प्रियं वचः । उवास तत्र नन्दश्च गोपीदत्तासनेन च
uvāsa nikaṭe tasyāḥ samuvāca priyaṃ vacaḥ | uvāsa tatra nandaśca gopīdattāsanena ca
She sat down beside her and spoke kind words; and Nanda too sat there, on a seat given by the gopīs.
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BvP 4 110.31
यशोदोवाच चेतनं कुरु राधे त्वमात्मानं रक्ष यत्नतः । द्रक्ष्यसि प्राणनाथं च संप्राप्ते मङ्गले दिने
yaśodovāca cetanaṃ kuru rādhe tvamātmānaṃ rakṣa yatnataḥ | drakṣyasi prāṇanāthaṃ ca saṃprāpte maṅgale dine
Yaśodā said: Come to your senses, Rādhā; guard yourself with care. You shall see the lord of your life when the auspicious day arrives.
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BvP 4 110.32
त्वत्तो विश्वं पवित्रं च स्वकुलं च सुरेश्वरि । गोप्यश्च पुण्यवत्यश्च त्वत्पादाम्बुजसेवया
tvatto viśvaṃ pavitraṃ ca svakulaṃ ca sureśvari | gopyaśca puṇyavatyaśca tvatpādāmbujasevayā
Through you the world is made pure, and your own family too, O queen of the gods; and the gopīs have become meritorious by serving your lotus feet.
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BvP 4 110.33
लोका गास्यन्ति त्वत्कीर्तितीर्थपूतां सुमङ्गलाम् । सन्तो वेदाश्च चत्वारः पुराणानि पुरातनीम्
lokā gāsyanti tvatkīrtitīrthapūtāṃ sumaṅgalām | santo vedāśca catvāraḥ purāṇāni purātanīm
The worlds will sing (of you), most auspicious, purified by the sacred water of your fame — (so will) the good, the four Vedas, and the Purāṇas, the ancient one.
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BvP 4 110.34
अहं यशोदा नन्दोऽयं बुद्धिरूपे निबोध माम् । वृषभानसुता त्वं च मां निशामय सुव्रते
ahaṃ yaśodā nando'yaṃ buddhirūpe nibodha mām | vṛṣabhānasutā tvaṃ ca māṃ niśāmaya suvrate
I am Yaśodā, this is Nanda; know me, O you whose form is intelligence. And you are the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu — hear me, O you of good vows.
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BvP 4 110.35
द्वारकानगराद्भद्रे श्रीकृष्णसंनिधानतः । तवान्तिकमागताऽहं प्रेरिता हरिणा सति
dvārakānagarādbhadre śrīkṛṣṇasaṃnidhānataḥ | tavāntikamāgatā'haṃ preritā hariṇā sati
From the city of Dvārakā, O gracious one, from the presence of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, I have come to you, sent by Hari, O virtuous lady.
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BvP 4 110.36
शृणु मङ्गलवार्तां च मङ्गलं च गदाभृतः । आराद्द्रक्ष्यसि कृष्णं तं हे देवि चेतनं कुरु
śṛṇu maṅgalavārtāṃ ca maṅgalaṃ ca gadābhṛtaḥ | ārāddrakṣyasi kṛṣṇaṃ taṃ he devi cetanaṃ kuru
Hear the auspicious news, and the well-being of the bearer of the mace. Soon you shall see that Kṛṣṇa — O goddess, come to your senses!
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BvP 4 110.37
भक्त्या त्मकं परिज्ञानं देहि मह्यं च सांप्रतम् । त्वद्भर्तुरुपदेशेन त्वत्समीपं समागतौ
bhaktyā tmakaṃ parijñānaṃ dehi mahyaṃ ca sāṃpratam | tvadbharturupadeśena tvatsamīpaṃ samāgatau
And grant me now full knowledge whose essence is devotion; by the instruction of your husband we two have come near you.
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BvP 4 110.38
पश्चदायास्यति हरिस्त्वां मुहूर्तं वरानने । भविष्यत्यचिरेणैव श्रीदाम्नः शापमोचनम्
paścadāyāsyati haristvāṃ muhūrtaṃ varānane | bhaviṣyatyacireṇaiva śrīdāmnaḥ śāpamocanam
Afterwards Hari will come to you in a moment, O fair-faced one; before long the release of Śrīdāman from the curse will come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 110.39
यशोदावचनं श्रुत्वा वार्तां प्राप्य गदाभृतः । श्रीकृष्णनामस्मरणाद्दूरिभूतममङ्गलम्
yaśodāvacanaṃ śrutvā vārtāṃ prāpya gadābhṛtaḥ | śrīkṛṣṇanāmasmaraṇāddūribhūtamamaṅgalam
Hearing Yaśodā's words and receiving news of the mace-bearer — by the remembering of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's name the misfortune was driven far off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 110.40
संप्राप चेतनं राधा संभाव्य कृष्णमातरम् । उवाच मधुरं शान्ता लौकिकीं भक्तिमुत्तमाम्
saṃprāpa cetanaṃ rādhā saṃbhāvya kṛṣṇamātaram | uvāca madhuraṃ śāntā laukikīṃ bhaktimuttamām
Rādhā regained consciousness, and honouring Kṛṣṇa's mother, calmed, she spoke sweetly of worldly (custom) and of the highest devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain