Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 115
BvP 4 115.1
नारायण उवाच अथ भीता रक्षकास्ते समूतुर्बाणमीश्वरम् । स्कन्दं गणेशं दुर्गां च दण्डवत्प्रणिपत्य च
nārāyaṇa uvāca atha bhītā rakṣakāste samūturbāṇamīśvaram | skandaṃ gaṇeśaṃ durgāṃ ca daṇḍavatpraṇipatya ca
Nārāyaṇa said: Then those frightened guards spoke to lord Bāṇa, after prostrating themselves full length (before him), and to Skanda, Gaṇeśa and Durgā.
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BvP 4 115.2
रक्षका ऊचुः अहो दुष्टश्च कालोऽयमतीव दुरतिक्रमः । स्वतन्त्रा बालिका प्रौढा पतिमिच्छति सांप्रतम्
rakṣakā ūcuḥ aho duṣṭaśca kālo'yamatīva duratikramaḥ | svatantrā bālikā prauḍhā patimicchati sāṃpratam
The guards said: Ah, this time is evil and exceedingly hard to get past! The girl, grown up, acting on her own, now wants a husband.
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BvP 4 115.3
असङ्गसंगमं नाथ साधूनां दुःखकारणम् । संसर्गजा गुणा दोषा भवन्ति सततं नृणाम्
asaṅgasaṃgamaṃ nātha sādhūnāṃ duḥkhakāraṇam | saṃsargajā guṇā doṣā bhavanti satataṃ nṛṇām
Association with the unfit, lord, is a cause of sorrow to the good; for men's virtues and faults are always born of their contacts.
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BvP 4 115.4
चित्रलेखा स्वयं दूती समानीय परं वरम् । रणशूरं महावीरं नृपेन्द्रं च महारथम्
citralekhā svayaṃ dūtī samānīya paraṃ varam | raṇaśūraṃ mahāvīraṃ nṛpendraṃ ca mahāratham
Citralekhā, acting herself as messenger, brought an excellent bridegroom, a champion in battle, a great hero, a chief among kings, a mighty chariot-fighter,
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BvP 4 115.5
युवानं व्याधिहीनं च कन्दर्पादपि सुन्दरम् । संभोगं कारयामास बुबुधे न दिवानिशम्
yuvānaṃ vyādhihīnaṃ ca kandarpādapi sundaram | saṃbhogaṃ kārayāmāsa bubudhe na divāniśam
young, free of disease, and more beautiful even than Kandarpa, and she brought about their enjoyment; he knew neither day nor night.
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BvP 4 115.6
सांप्रतं तव कन्या साऽप्यूषागर्भवती सती । कुलजा कुलयोश्चैव तप्ताङ्गारस्वरूपिणी
sāṃprataṃ tava kanyā sā'pyūṣāgarbhavatī satī | kulajā kulayoścaiva taptāṅgārasvarūpiṇī
Now that daughter of yours, Ūṣā, is with child, though a chaste woman; a girl born of good family is, for both families, of the very nature of a live coal.
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BvP 4 115.7
दौहित्रो वाऽपि दौहित्री बभुव सांप्रतं तव। कन्यां पश्य महाप्रौढां नगरीं नागरान्विताम्
dauhitro vā'pi dauhitrī babhuva sāṃprataṃ tava| kanyāṃ paśya mahāprauḍhāṃ nagarīṃ nāgarānvitām
Now you have a grandson or a granddaughter. Look at your fully grown daughter, and at the city with its townsfolk!
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BvP 4 115.8
नखविक्षतसर्वाङ्गीं वराधीनां च चञ्चलाम् । पुंसश्च सङ्गिरीं शश्वद्रहस्ये रतिसङ्गिनीम्
nakhavikṣatasarvāṅgīṃ varādhīnāṃ ca cañcalām | puṃsaśca saṅgirīṃ śaśvadrahasye ratisaṅginīm
(Look at her,) all her limbs scratched by nails, subject to her lover, unsteady, forever talking of the man, ever joined in love-play with him in secret,
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BvP 4 115.9
सस्मितां सकटाक्षां च च़ञ्चलेक्षणवीक्षताम् । एवं श्रुत्वा लज्जितश्च बाणस्तत्र चुकोप ह
sasmitāṃ sakaṭākṣāṃ ca ca़ñcalekṣaṇavīkṣatām | evaṃ śrutvā lajjitaśca bāṇastatra cukopa ha
“(and she was) smiling and casting side-glances, gazed at with darting eyes.” Hearing this, Bāṇa was ashamed and grew furious there.
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BvP 4 115.10
युद्धाय च मतिं चक्रे वारितः शभुना भृशम् । वारितश्च गणेशेन स्कन्देन शिवया तथा
yuddhāya ca matiṃ cakre vāritaḥ śabhunā bhṛśam | vāritaśca gaṇeśena skandena śivayā tathā
And he set his mind on war; (but) he was strongly restrained by Śambhu, and restrained too by Gaṇeśa, by Skanda, and by Śivā,
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BvP 4 115.11
भैरव्या भद्रकाल्या च योगिनीभिश्च संततम् । अष्टभिर्भैरवैश्चैव रुद्रैरेकादशात्मकैः
bhairavyā bhadrakālyā ca yoginībhiśca saṃtatam | aṣṭabhirbhairavaiścaiva rudrairekādaśātmakaiḥ
and continually by Bhairavī and Bhadrakālī and by the Yoginīs, and by the eight Bhairavas and by the Rudras who are eleven in nature,
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BvP 4 115.12
भूतैः प्रेतैश्च कूष्माण्डैर्वेतालैर्ब्रह्मराक्षसैः । योसीन्द्रैरपि सिद्धेन्द्रै रुद्रैश्चण्डादिभिस्तथा
bhūtaiḥ pretaiśca kūṣmāṇḍairvetālairbrahmarākṣasaiḥ | yosīndrairapi siddhendrai rudraiścaṇḍādibhistathā
by the Bhūtas and Pretas and Kūṣmāṇḍas, by the Vetālas and Brahmarākṣasas, by the chief Yoṣīs (?) and the chief Siddhas, and by the Rudras beginning with Caṇḍa,
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BvP 4 115.13
कोटर्या प्रामदेव्या च यथा मात्रा हिताय च । उवाच शंकरो बाणं मूढं पण्डितमानिनम् हितं सत्यं नीतिशास्त्रं परिणामसुखावहम्
koṭaryā prāmadevyā ca yathā mātrā hitāya ca | uvāca śaṃkaro bāṇaṃ mūḍhaṃ paṇḍitamāninam hitaṃ satyaṃ nītiśāstraṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
and by Koṭarī and by Prāmadevī (?), as by a mother, for his good. Śaṃkara spoke to Bāṇa, a fool who thought himself learned, (words that were) beneficial, true, in accord with the science of statecraft, and bringing happiness in the end.
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BvP 4 115.14
महादेव उवाच शृणु बाण प्रवक्ष्यामि कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । भुवो भारावतरणे भारते स्वयमीश्वरः
mahādeva uvāca śṛṇu bāṇa pravakṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm | bhuvo bhārāvataraṇe bhārate svayamīśvaraḥ
Mahādeva said: Listen, Bāṇa, I shall relate this ancient story. For the removal of the earth's burden, the Lord himself, in Bhārata,
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BvP 4 115.15
निहत्य सर्वान्राजेन्द्रान्द्वारकायां विराजते । यस्य लोमसु विश्वानि तस्य वासः सदीश्वरः
nihatya sarvānrājendrāndvārakāyāṃ virājate | yasya lomasu viśvāni tasya vāsaḥ sadīśvaraḥ
having slain all the foremost kings, shines in Dvārakā. He in whose body-hairs the universes (abide) — his dwelling is ever the Lord (?),
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BvP 4 115.16
वासुदेव इति ख्यातः कथ्यते तेन कोविदैः । धातुर्विधाता भगवांश्चक्रपाणिः स्वयं भुवि
vāsudeva iti khyātaḥ kathyate tena kovidaiḥ | dhāturvidhātā bhagavāṃścakrapāṇiḥ svayaṃ bhuvi
and thereby he is called and known by the wise as "Vāsudeva." (He is) the ordainer of the ordainer, the Blessed One, himself discus-in-hand upon the earth,
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BvP 4 115.17
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनामीश्वरः प्रकृतेः परः । निर्गुणश्च निरीहश्च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः
brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāmīśvaraḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ | nirguṇaśca nirīhaśca bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ
the lord of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, beyond Prakṛti, without qualities and without striving, whose embodiment is (for) grace to his devotees,
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BvP 4 115.18
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम परमात्मा च देहिनः । यस्मिन्गते शवो जीवो संग्रामस्तेन संभवेत्
paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma paramātmā ca dehinaḥ | yasmingate śavo jīvo saṃgrāmastena saṃbhavet
the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, and the supreme Self of the embodied one — when he has gone, the living being is a corpse. How could there be battle with him?
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BvP 4 115.19
शस्त्रविद्धो महाकाशो यथा मूढ दिशस्तथा । तथाऽऽत्मा च निराकारो देही च ध्यानहेतुना
śastraviddho mahākāśo yathā mūḍha diśastathā | tathā''tmā ca nirākāro dehī ca dhyānahetunā
As the great sky, O fool, is (unharmed when) pierced by weapons, and so too the directions, just so the Self is formless — and (becomes) embodied by reason of meditation.
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BvP 4 115.20
तस्य पुत्रोऽनिरुद्धश्च महाबलपराक्रमः । त्रैलोक्यमपि संहर्तुं क्षणेन च क्षमः स्वयम्
tasya putro'niruddhaśca mahābalaparākramaḥ | trailokyamapi saṃhartuṃ kṣaṇena ca kṣamaḥ svayam
And his son is Aniruddha, of great strength and prowess, himself able to destroy even the three worlds in a moment.
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BvP 4 115.21
सर्वे वेवाश्च दैत्याश्च बलवन्तो महारथाः । ते सर्वे चानिरुद्धस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
sarve vevāśca daityāśca balavanto mahārathāḥ | te sarve cāniruddhasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
All the gods and the Daityas, powerful, great chariot-warriors — all of them do not match a sixteenth part of Aniruddha.
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BvP 4 115.22
ययोरेव समं वित्तं ययोरेव समं बलम् । तयोर्विवाहो मैत्री च न तु पुष्टविपुष्टयोः
yayoreva samaṃ vittaṃ yayoreva samaṃ balam | tayorvivāho maitrī ca na tu puṣṭavipuṣṭayoḥ
Only between those whose wealth is equal, only between those whose strength is equal, is there marriage and friendship — not between the strong and the weak.
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BvP 4 115.23
बलिः पिता ते दैत्यानां सारभूतो महारथः । क्षणेन येन नीतश्च सुतलं स हरेः कला
baliḥ pitā te daityānāṃ sārabhūto mahārathaḥ | kṣaṇena yena nītaśca sutalaṃ sa hareḥ kalā
Your father Bali, the very essence of the Daityas, a great chariot-warrior, was in a moment led down to Sutala by him — and he (who did it) was (only) a portion of Hari.
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BvP 4 115.24
सर्वे चांशकलाः पुंसः परिपूर्णतमस्य च । वृन्दावनेश्वरस्यापि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
sarve cāṃśakalāḥ puṃsaḥ paripūrṇatamasya ca | vṛndāvaneśvarasyāpi kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
And all (these) are portions and parts of the Person, of the wholly complete one, of Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Self, the lord of Vṛndāvana.
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BvP 4 115.25
पार्वत्युवाच ध्यायते ध्याननिष्ठश्च हृत्पद्मे च दिवानिश्म् । ब्रह्मा महेशः मेषश्च भगवन्तं सनातनम्
pārvatyuvāca dhyāyate dhyānaniṣṭhaśca hṛtpadme ca divāniśm | brahmā maheśaḥ meṣaśca bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
Pārvatī said: Fixed in meditation, day and night, in the lotus of the heart, Brahmā and Maheśa and Śeṣa (?) meditate on the eternal Blessed One.
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BvP 4 115.26
दिनेशश्च गणेशश्च योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः । ध्यायते परमात्मानं भगवन्तं सनातनम्
dineśaśca gaṇeśaśca yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ | dhyāyate paramātmānaṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
And the Sun and Gaṇeśa, and the guru of the gurus of the chief yogins, meditate on the Supreme Self, the eternal Blessed One.
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BvP 4 115.27
सनत्कुमारः कपिलो नरो नारायणस्तथा । ध्यायते हृदयाम्भोजे भगवन्तं सo
sanatkumāraḥ kapilo naro nārāyaṇastathā | dhyāyate hṛdayāmbhoje bhagavantaṃ sao
Sanatkumāra, Kapila, Nara and likewise Nārāyaṇa meditate in the lotus of the heart on the eternal Blessed One.
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BvP 4 115.28
मनवश्च मुनीन्द्राश्च सिद्धेन्द्रा योगिनां वराः । ध्यानासाध्यं च ध्यायन्ते भगवन्तं सo
manavaśca munīndrāśca siddhendrā yogināṃ varāḥ | dhyānāsādhyaṃ ca dhyāyante bhagavantaṃ sao
The Manus and the chief sages, the chief Siddhas, the best of yogins, meditate on the eternal Blessed One, who is unattainable by meditation.
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BvP 4 115.29
सर्वादिं सर्वबीजं च सर्वेशं च परात्परम् । ध्यायन्ते ज्ञानिनः सर्वे भगवन्तं सo
sarvādiṃ sarvabījaṃ ca sarveśaṃ ca parātparam | dhyāyante jñāninaḥ sarve bhagavantaṃ sao
The origin of all, the seed of all, the lord of all, higher than the highest — all the knowers meditate on him, the Blessed One, Sanātana (the Eternal).
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BvP 4 115.30
गणेश उवाच अभाग्यं च बलेश्चापि वैष्णवस्य महात्मनः । मूढोऽयमीदृशः पुत्रः प्रह्लादस्य च धीमतः
gaṇeśa uvāca abhāgyaṃ ca baleścāpi vaiṣṇavasya mahātmanaḥ | mūḍho'yamīdṛśaḥ putraḥ prahlādasya ca dhīmataḥ
Gaṇeśa said: And what a misfortune, too, for Bali, the great-souled Vaiṣṇava! This fool is such a son of the wise Prahlāda!
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BvP 4 115.31
स्कन्द उवाच अये भ्रातर्न श्रुता च हिरण्यकशिपोः कथा । हिरण्याक्षस्य च मधोः कैटभस्य महात्मनः
skanda uvāca aye bhrātarna śrutā ca hiraṇyakaśipoḥ kathā | hiraṇyākṣasya ca madhoḥ kaiṭabhasya mahātmanaḥ
Skanda said: Ah, brother, have you not heard the story of Hiraṇyakaśipu, and of Hiraṇyākṣa, and of Madhu and the great Kaiṭabha?
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BvP 4 115.32
पूर्वजास्तेऽपि ते दैत्या महाबलपराक्रमाः । क्रमेण विष्णुना नीता लीलया यमसादनम्
pūrvajāste'pi te daityā mahābalaparākramāḥ | krameṇa viṣṇunā nītā līlayā yamasādanam
Those Daityas too, your forebears, of great strength and prowess, were led one after another by Viṣṇu, in play, to the house of Yama.
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BvP 4 115.33
भगवान्यस्य संहर्ता स्वयं नारायणः प्रभुः । तस्य को रक्षिता भ्रातर्निवर्तस्व शुभायच
bhagavānyasya saṃhartā svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | tasya ko rakṣitā bhrātarnivartasva śubhāyaca
He whose destroyer is the Lord himself, Nārāyaṇa the master — who is there to protect him? Turn back, brother, and (do so) for (your own) good.
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BvP 4 115.34
तेषां च वचनं श्रुत्वा तानुवाचासुरेश्वरः । कोपरक्तास्यनयनो धनुष्पाणिर्यथाऽन्तकः
teṣāṃ ca vacanaṃ śrutvā tānuvācāsureśvaraḥ | koparaktāsyanayano dhanuṣpāṇiryathā'ntakaḥ
And having heard their speech, the lord of the Asuras replied to them, his face and eyes red with anger, bow in hand, like Death (himself).
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BvP 4 115.35
बाण उवाच शृणु मातः प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु तात महेश्वर । शृणु भ्रातर्गणपते शृणु भ्रातश्च कार्तिक
bāṇa uvāca śṛṇu mātaḥ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu tāta maheśvara | śṛṇu bhrātargaṇapate śṛṇu bhrātaśca kārtika
Bāṇa said: Listen, mother, I shall speak; listen, father Maheśvara; listen, brother Gaṇapati; and listen, brother Kārtika.
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BvP 4 115.36
शुभशुभं प्राक्तनेन प्राणिनां कर्मिणां तथा । कृतकर्मातिरिक्तं च कार्य केषां च वर्तते
śubhaśubhaṃ prāktanena prāṇināṃ karmiṇāṃ tathā | kṛtakarmātiriktaṃ ca kārya keṣāṃ ca vartate
Good and ill come to living beings, who are doers of deeds, in accordance with (their) former (karma); and for whom does any effect occur in excess of the deeds (they have) done?
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BvP 4 115.37
नाप्राप्तकालो म्रियते विद्धः शरशतैरपि । तृणाग्रेणापि संस्पृष्टः प्राप्तकालो न जीवति
nāprāptakālo mriyate viddhaḥ śaraśatairapi | tṛṇāgreṇāpi saṃspṛṣṭaḥ prāptakālo na jīvati
One whose time has not come does not die, even if pierced by hundreds of arrows; one whose time has come does not live, even if merely touched by the tip of a blade of grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.38
यस्माच्च यस्य निर्वाणं विधात्रा लिखितं पुरा । तदेव नित्यं सत्यं च निषेकः केन वार्यते
yasmācca yasya nirvāṇaṃ vidhātrā likhitaṃ purā | tadeva nityaṃ satyaṃ ca niṣekaḥ kena vāryate
And from whatever cause, and for whomever, death was written down of old by the Ordainer — that alone is fixed and true; by whom can the pouring-out (of it) be held back?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.39
संग्रामे कातरो यो हि निष्फलं तस्य जीवनम् । जयी यशस्च लभते मृतः स्वर्गं च गच्छति
saṃgrāme kātaro yo hi niṣphalaṃ tasya jīvanam | jayī yaśasca labhate mṛtaḥ svargaṃ ca gacchati
For he who is a coward in battle — his life is fruitless; the victor gains glory, and if slain he goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.40
प्रविश्य कन्यां गृह्णाति नगरं शिवरक्षितम् । पार्वत्या च गणेशेन युद्धेन बलिना तथा
praviśya kanyāṃ gṛhṇāti nagaraṃ śivarakṣitam | pārvatyā ca gaṇeśena yuddhena balinā tathā
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 115.41
को वा गृह्णाति कन्यां च कस्य वा जीवितस्य च । सगर्भा तव कन्येति सभायां रक्षको वदेत्
ko vā gṛhṇāti kanyāṃ ca kasya vā jīvitasya ca | sagarbhā tava kanyeti sabhāyāṃ rakṣako vadet
"Or who (could) take the girl, and (at the cost) of whose life? 'Your daughter is pregnant' — so would a guard say in the assembly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.42
इति मे वज्रतुल्यं च श्रुतिकौटं परं वचः । अतोऽनिरुद्वं हत्वा च घातयिष्यामि कन्यकाम् अन्यथा ज्वलदग्नौ च त्यक्ष्यामि च कलेवरम्
iti me vajratulyaṃ ca śrutikauṭaṃ paraṃ vacaḥ | ato'nirudvaṃ hatvā ca ghātayiṣyāmi kanyakām anyathā jvaladagnau ca tyakṣyāmi ca kalevaram
Such a speech would be for me like a thunderbolt, and utterly harsh to the ear. Therefore, having killed Aniruddha, I shall have the girl killed too; otherwise I shall cast this body of mine into blazing fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.43
कोटर्युवाच शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि माताऽहं तेऽपि धर्मतः । तुरन्तेनापि पृत्रेण पित्रोर्दुःर्ख पदे पदे
koṭaryuvāca śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi mātā'haṃ te'pi dharmataḥ | turantenāpi pṛtreṇa pitrorduḥrkha pade pade
Koṭarī said: Listen, child, I shall tell (you): by dharma I too am your mother. From an unruly son there is grief for the parents at every step.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.44
कन्या परगृहीता साऽप्यन्यस्मै दातुमक्षमा । श्रीकृष्णस्यापि पौत्राय प्रद्युम्नस्य सुताय च
kanyā paragṛhītā sā'pyanyasmai dātumakṣamā | śrīkṛṣṇasyāpi pautrāya pradyumnasya sutāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 115.45
अनिरुद्धाय महते स्वेच्छया देहि कन्यकाम् । पूतोऽसि भारते वर्षे सप्तभिः पितृभिः सह
aniruddhāya mahate svecchayā dehi kanyakām | pūto'si bhārate varṣe saptabhiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha
Give the girl of your own free will to the great Aniruddha, son of Pradyumna; (thus) you will be purified in the land of Bhārata, together with seven (generations of) ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.46
यौतुकं देहि सर्वस्वं यशसे महसे भुवि । अन्यथा रणमध्ये च त्वां हनिष्यति माधवः
yautukaṃ dehi sarvasvaṃ yaśase mahase bhuvi | anyathā raṇamadhye ca tvāṃ haniṣyati mādhavaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 115.47
सुदशंनेन चकेण को वा त्वां रक्षितुं क्षमः । कोटरीवचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोप दैत्यपुंगवः
sudaśaṃnena cakeṇa ko vā tvāṃ rakṣituṃ kṣamaḥ | koṭarīvacanaṃ śrutvā cukopa daityapuṃgavaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 115.48
प्रययौ रथमारुह्य यत्र पौत्रो हरेर्मुने । स्कन्दः सेनापतिर्भूत्वा प्रययौ शंकराज्ञया
prayayau rathamāruhya yatra pautro harermune | skandaḥ senāpatirbhūtvā prayayau śaṃkarājñayā
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 115.49
बाणः स्वस्त्ययनं चक्रे गणेशश्च शिवः स्वयम् । बाणं शुभाशिषं चक्रे पार्वती कोटरी तथा
bāṇaḥ svastyayanaṃ cakre gaṇeśaśca śivaḥ svayam | bāṇaṃ śubhāśiṣaṃ cakre pārvatī koṭarī tathā
Bāṇa performed the rite for well-being, and so did Gaṇeśa and Śiva himself; Pārvatī and Koṭarī bestowed an auspicious blessing on Bāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.50
अष्टौ च भैरवाश्चैव रुद्राश्चैकादशैव ते । सर्वे युद्धाय हन्तारो बभूवुः शस्त्रपाणयः
aṣṭau ca bhairavāścaiva rudrāścaikādaśaiva te | sarve yuddhāya hantāro babhūvuḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ
And the eight Bhairavas, and the eleven Rudras—all of them, slayers, weapons in hand, stood ready for battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.51
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दूतोऽप्यनिरुद्धमुवाच ह । पार्वत्या प्रेरितश्चैव बाणपत्न्या च सत्वरम्
etasminnantare dūto'pyaniruddhamuvāca ha | pārvatyā preritaścaiva bāṇapatnyā ca satvaram
Meanwhile a messenger, sent by Pārvatī and by Bāṇa's wife, spoke in haste to Aniruddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.52
दूत उवाच अनिरुद्धोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं पार्वतीवचनं शृणु । भव सांनाहिको वत्स कुरु युद्धं बहिर्भव
dūta uvāca aniruddhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ pārvatīvacanaṃ śṛṇu | bhava sāṃnāhiko vatsa kuru yuddhaṃ bahirbhava
The messenger said: Aniruddha, rise, good fortune (to you); hear Pārvatī's word. Put on your armour, child, come out, do battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.53
भीतोषा रुदती त्रस्ता सस्मार पार्वतीं सतीम् । रक्ष रक्ष महामाये मत्प्रणेश्वरमीप्सितम्
bhītoṣā rudatī trastā sasmāra pārvatīṃ satīm | rakṣa rakṣa mahāmāye matpraṇeśvaramīpsitam
Frightened Ūṣā, weeping and trembling, called to mind the chaste Pārvatī: "Protect, protect, O Great Māyā, my beloved husband, my heart's desire!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.54
अभेयेऽप्यभयं देहि संग्रामे घोरदारुणे । त्वमेव जगतां माता स्नेहस्ते सर्वतः समः
abheye'pyabhayaṃ dehi saṃgrāme ghoradāruṇe | tvameva jagatāṃ mātā snehaste sarvataḥ samaḥ
"Grant safety even where there is no safety, in the dreadful, cruel battle. You alone are the mother of the worlds; your love is the same toward all."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.55
अथानिरुद्धः संनाही शस्त्रपाणिर्बभूव ह । ऊषादत्तं रथं प्राप्य चकाराऽऽरोहणं मुदा
athāniruddhaḥ saṃnāhī śastrapāṇirbabhūva ha | ūṣādattaṃ rathaṃ prāpya cakārā''rohaṇaṃ mudā
Then Aniruddha put on armour and took weapons in hand; obtaining the chariot given by Ūṣā, he mounted it joyfully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.56
बहिः संभूय शिबिराद्ददर्श बाणमीश्वरः । सांनाहिकं शस्त्रपाणिं रक्तास्यलोचनं परम्
bahiḥ saṃbhūya śibirāddadarśa bāṇamīśvaraḥ | sāṃnāhikaṃ śastrapāṇiṃ raktāsyalocanaṃ param
Coming out from the camp, the lord (Aniruddha) saw Bāṇa, armoured, weapon in hand, his face and eyes red, formidable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.57
दृष्ट्वाऽनिरुद्धं बाणश्च तमुवाच रुषाऽन्वितः । घोरसंग्राममध्ये च विषोक्तिं प्रज्वलन्निव
dṛṣṭvā'niruddhaṃ bāṇaśca tamuvāca ruṣā'nvitaḥ | ghorasaṃgrāmamadhye ca viṣoktiṃ prajvalanniva
And Bāṇa, seeing Aniruddha, filled with rage, spoke poisonous words to him in the midst of the terrible battle, as if ablaze.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.58
बाण उवाच अये वीर महादुष्ट नीतिशास्त्रविवर्जित । चन्द्र वंशकुलाङ्गार पुण्यक्षेत्रेऽयशस्कर
bāṇa uvāca aye vīra mahāduṣṭa nītiśāstravivarjita | candra vaṃśakulāṅgāra puṇyakṣetre'yaśaskara
Bāṇa said: Ho, hero, utterly wicked one, devoid of the science of statecraft—O charcoal (that blackens) the family of the lunar line, bringer of disgrace in a holy field!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.59
पिता ते शम्बरं हत्वा जग्राह तस्य कामिनीम् । ततो जातो भवनेव निरोधं स्वकुलक्षमम्
pitā te śambaraṃ hatvā jagrāha tasya kāminīm | tato jāto bhavaneva nirodhaṃ svakulakṣamam
Your father, having killed Śambara, seized his wife; and from that were you born—a confinement fitting for your own family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.60
पितामहो वासुदेवो मथुरायां च क्षत्रियः । गोकुले वैश्यपुत्रश्च नाम्ना च नन्दनन्दनः
pitāmaho vāsudevo mathurāyāṃ ca kṣatriyaḥ | gokule vaiśyaputraśca nāmnā ca nandanandanaḥ
Your grandfather Vāsudeva was a kṣatriya in Mathurā, but in Gokula a vaiśya's son, and by name Nanda's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.61
वृन्दावने च गोपस्य नन्दस्य पशुरक्षकः । साक्षाज्जारश्च गोपीनां दुष्टः परमलम्पटः
vṛndāvane ca gopasya nandasya paśurakṣakaḥ | sākṣājjāraśca gopīnāṃ duṣṭaḥ paramalampaṭaḥ
And in Vṛndāvana he was the cattle-keeper of the cowherd Nanda, and plainly the paramour of the cowherd women, wicked, utterly lecherous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.62
जघान पूतनां सद्यो नारीघाती ह्यधार्मिकः । आगत्य मथुरां कुब्जां जघान मैथुनेन च
jaghāna pūtanāṃ sadyo nārīghātī hyadhārmikaḥ | āgatya mathurāṃ kubjāṃ jaghāna maithunena ca
He killed Pūtanā at once—a killer of women, indeed unrighteous; and coming to Mathurā he killed the hunchbacked woman by intercourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.63
दुर्बलं नरकं हत्वा स्त्रीसमूहं मनोहरम् । जग्राह योनिलुब्धश्च स्वपुत्रमतिनिष्ठुरः
durbalaṃ narakaṃ hatvā strīsamūhaṃ manoharam | jagrāha yonilubdhaśca svaputramatiniṣṭhuraḥ
Having killed the weak Naraka, he seized the charming throng of women—lusting after wombs, and utterly harsh toward his own son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.64
भीष्मकं मानवं जित्वा तत्पुत्रं चापि दुर्बलम् । जग्राह कन्यकां तस्य देवयोग्यां च रुक्मिणीम्
bhīṣmakaṃ mānavaṃ jitvā tatputraṃ cāpi durbalam | jagrāha kanyakāṃ tasya devayogyāṃ ca rukmiṇīm
Having defeated Bhīṣmaka, a mere man, and his son too, who was weak, he seized his daughter Rukmiṇī, who was fit for a god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.65
सत्राजितः सूर्यभृत्यो देवात्प्राप मणीश्वरम् । घातयित्वा ह्युपायेन जग्राह मणिकन्यकाम्
satrājitaḥ sūryabhṛtyo devātprāpa maṇīśvaram | ghātayitvā hyupāyena jagrāha maṇikanyakām
Satrājit, a servant of the Sun, obtained the lord of jewels from the god; having had him killed by a stratagem, he took the jewel and the girl.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.66
कुरुपाण्डवयुद्धं च कारयित्वा च दारुणम् । युधिष्ठिरस्य यज्ञे च शिशुपालं जघान सः
kurupāṇḍavayuddhaṃ ca kārayitvā ca dāruṇam | yudhiṣṭhirasya yajñe ca śiśupālaṃ jaghāna saḥ
And having brought about the cruel war of the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, he killed Śiśupāla at Yudhiṣṭhira's sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.67
दन्तवक्त्रं च शाल्बं च जरासंधं च दारुणः । संजहार भुवो भूपसमूहमतिदारुणम्
dantavaktraṃ ca śālbaṃ ca jarāsaṃdhaṃ ca dāruṇaḥ | saṃjahāra bhuvo bhūpasamūhamatidāruṇam
And that cruel one destroyed Dantavaktra, Śālba and Jarāsandha, and the exceedingly terrible host of the earth's kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.68
उपायान्नरकं हत्वा सर्वस्वं तज्जहार सः । दुर्बलो राजभीतश्चसमुद्रं शरणं गतः
upāyānnarakaṃ hatvā sarvasvaṃ tajjahāra saḥ | durbalo rājabhītaścasamudraṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
By a stratagem he killed Naraka and took away all his wealth; being weak and afraid of kings, he went to the ocean for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.69
जित्वा च भ्रातरं शक्रं भार्याया वचनेन च । जग्राह पारिजातं च पुष्पं च स्वर्गदुर्लभम्
jitvā ca bhrātaraṃ śakraṃ bhāryāyā vacanena ca | jagrāha pārijātaṃ ca puṣpaṃ ca svargadurlabham
And having conquered his (own) brother Śakra, at his wife's word, he seized the pārijāta flower, hard to obtain (even) in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.70
कंसं निहत्याधर्मिष्ठो भ्रातरं मातुरेव च । जग्राह तस्य सर्वस्वं परं किं कथयामि ते
kaṃsaṃ nihatyādharmiṣṭho bhrātaraṃ mātureva ca | jagrāha tasya sarvasvaṃ paraṃ kiṃ kathayāmi te
That most unrighteous one, having slain Kaṃsa, his own mother's brother, seized all his property — what more shall I tell you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.71
जत्वा च भल्लुकं युद्धे जग्राह तस्य कन्यकाम् । तत्पितुर्भगिनी कुन्ती चतुर्णां कामिनी भुवि
jatvā ca bhallukaṃ yuddhe jagrāha tasya kanyakām | tatpiturbhaginī kuntī caturṇāṃ kāminī bhuvi
And having conquered Bhalluka in battle, he took his daughter; that one's father's sister Kuntī was on earth the lover of four (men).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.72
द्रौपदी भ्रातृपत्नी च प़ञ्चानां कामिनी तथा । गोष्ठीनो योनिलुब्धश्च शश्वत्परमलम्पटः
draupadī bhrātṛpatnī ca pa़ñcānāṃ kāminī tathā | goṣṭhīno yonilubdhaśca śaśvatparamalampaṭaḥ
And Draupadī, a brother's wife, was likewise the lover of five; (he is) one of the herdsmen's assembly, greedy for wombs, forever an utter debauchee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.73
तज्ज्येष्ठो बरदेवश्च शश्वत्पिबति वारुणीम् । यमुनां भ्रातृपत्नीं च करोत्याह्वानमीप्सितम्
tajjyeṣṭho baradevaśca śaśvatpibati vāruṇīm | yamunāṃ bhrātṛpatnīṃ ca karotyāhvānamīpsitam
And his elder brother Baladeva constantly drinks liquor, and summons the Yamunā, his brother's wife, at his pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.74
जहार भगिनीं तस्य कौःतेयः शक्रनन्दनः । सुभद्रां मातुलसुतां संनिबोध कुलक्रमम्
jahāra bhaginīṃ tasya kauḥteyaḥ śakranandanaḥ | subhadrāṃ mātulasutāṃ saṃnibodha kulakramam
The son of Kuntī, Śakra's delight (Arjuna), carried off his sister Subhadrā, his own maternal uncle's daughter — take note of the family custom!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.75
बाणस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोप कामनन्दनः । उवाच परमार्थं च योग्यं प्रत्युत्तरं मुने
bāṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā cukopa kāmanandanaḥ | uvāca paramārthaṃ ca yogyaṃ pratyuttaraṃ mune
Hearing Bāṇa's speech, the son of Kāma grew angry, and spoke the highest truth, a fitting reply, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.76
अनिरुद्ध उवाच पिता मे कामदेवश्च ब्रह्मपुत्रः पुरा शुचिः । यस्यास्त्रेण वशीभूतं त्रैलोक्यं सततं शृणु
aniruddha uvāca pitā me kāmadevaśca brahmaputraḥ purā śuciḥ | yasyāstreṇa vaśībhūtaṃ trailokyaṃ satataṃ śṛṇu
Aniruddha said: My father is Kāmadeva, formerly the pure son of Brahmā, by whose weapon the three worlds were constantly brought under control — listen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.77
शिवकोपानलेनैव भस्मीभूतः स्वकर्मतः । कृष्णस्य पुत्रोऽप्यधुना सर्वेषां परमात्मनः
śivakopānalenaiva bhasmībhūtaḥ svakarmataḥ | kṛṣṇasya putro'pyadhunā sarveṣāṃ paramātmanaḥ
By the very fire of Śiva's wrath he was reduced to ashes, through his own deed; and now he is the son of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.78
पतिव्रता रतिर्माता पतिशोकेन सांप्रतम् । शम्बरस्य गृहे तस्थौ हृता तेन बलेन च
pativratā ratirmātā patiśokena sāṃpratam | śambarasya gṛhe tasthau hṛtā tena balena ca
(My) mother Rati, devoted to her husband, out of grief for her husband, then dwelt in Śambara's house, having been carried off by him by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.79
छायां मायावतीं दत्त्वा मायया शयनेन च । रतिं स्वधर्म संरक्ष्य धर्मसाक्षी च तद्गृहे
chāyāṃ māyāvatīṃ dattvā māyayā śayanena ca | ratiṃ svadharma saṃrakṣya dharmasākṣī ca tadgṛhe
Giving over a shadow (form), Māyāvatī, by illusion and by (her) bed, (she) preserved Rati's own duty — and Dharma was witness in that house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.80
निहत्य शम्बरं शत्रुं गृहीत्वा स्वप्रियां सतीम् । आजगाम द्वारकां च चन्द्रसुर्यौ च साक्षिणौ
nihatya śambaraṃ śatruṃ gṛhītvā svapriyāṃ satīm | ājagāma dvārakāṃ ca candrasuryau ca sākṣiṇau
Having slain the enemy Śambara and taken his own beloved, the chaste one, he came to Dvārakā; and the moon and sun were witnesses.
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BvP 4 115.81
पितामहं वासुदेवं त्वं किं जानामि मूढवत् । यं च सन्तोन जानन्ति वेदाश्चत्वार एव च
pitāmahaṃ vāsudevaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ jānāmi mūḍhavat | yaṃ ca santona jānanti vedāścatvāra eva ca
Do I know my grandfather Vāsudeva at all, like a fool? — him whom the good do not know, nor the four Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.82
वासुः सर्वनिवासश्च विश्वानि यस्य लोमसु । तस्य देवः परं ब्रह्म वासुदेव इति स्मृतः
vāsuḥ sarvanivāsaśca viśvāni yasya lomasu | tasya devaḥ paraṃ brahma vāsudeva iti smṛtaḥ
'Vāsu' means the dwelling-place of all, in whose hairs the universes (rest); that god, the supreme Brahman, is remembered as 'Vāsudeva'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.83
शंकरं पृच्छ साक्षाच्च यस्य भृत्योऽधुना भवान् । कृष्णभृत्यस्य च बलेः पुत्रोऽसि किंकरात्मजः
śaṃkaraṃ pṛccha sākṣācca yasya bhṛtyo'dhunā bhavān | kṛṣṇabhṛtyasya ca baleḥ putro'si kiṃkarātmajaḥ
Ask Śaṃkara himself, whose servant you now are; and you are the son of Bali, Kṛṣṇa's servant — a servant's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.84
गोकुले वैश्यपुत्रत्वं ब्रूहि त्वं ज्ञानदुर्बल । भोजनं वेदविहितं शश्वत्क्षत्त्रियवैश्ययोः
gokule vaiśyaputratvaṃ brūhi tvaṃ jñānadurbala | bhojanaṃ vedavihitaṃ śaśvatkṣattriyavaiśyayoḥ
You speak, weak in knowledge, of (his) being a vaiśya's son in Gokula! Eating together is ever prescribed by the Veda for kṣatriyas and vaiśyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.85
द्रोणः प्रजापतिः श्रेष्ठा धरा तस्य प्रिया सती । पुत्रं च तपसा लेभे परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
droṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ śreṣṭhā dharā tasya priyā satī | putraṃ ca tapasā lebhe paramātmānamīśvaram
Droṇa was the foremost Prajāpati; Dharā was his dear, faithful wife; and by austerity she obtained as son the Supreme Self, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.86
द्रोणो नन्दो वैश्यराजो यशोदा सा धरा सती । वृषभानसुता राधा सुदाम्नः शापकारणात्
droṇo nando vaiśyarājo yaśodā sā dharā satī | vṛṣabhānasutā rādhā sudāmnaḥ śāpakāraṇāt
Droṇa (became) Nanda, king of vaiśyas; that Dharā, the faithful one, (became) Yaśodā; Rādhā (became) Vṛṣabhānu's daughter, on account of Sudāman's curse.
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BvP 4 115.87
त्रिंशत्कोटिं च गोपीनां गृहीत्वा भर्तुराज्ञया । पुण्यं च भारतं क्षेत्रं गोलोकादाजगामसा
triṃśatkoṭiṃ ca gopīnāṃ gṛhītvā bharturājñayā | puṇyaṃ ca bhārataṃ kṣetraṃ golokādājagāmasā
And taking thirty crores of gopīs, at her husband's command, she came from Goloka to the holy field of Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.88
ताभिः सार्ध स रेमे च स्वपत्नीभिर्मुदाऽन्वितः । पाणिं जग्राह राधायाः स्वयं ब्रह्मा पुरोहितः
tābhiḥ sārdha sa reme ca svapatnībhirmudā'nvitaḥ | pāṇiṃ jagrāha rādhāyāḥ svayaṃ brahmā purohitaḥ
He took delight together with them, his own wives, filled with joy; and Brahmā himself, as officiating priest, gave Rādhā's hand (in marriage).
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BvP 4 115.89
गोपकोटिश्च गोलोकादाजगाम् मृदाऽन्विता । तेजसा हरितुल्यास्ते पार्षदप्रवरा हरेः
gopakoṭiśca golokādājagām mṛdā'nvitā | tejasā haritulyāste pārṣadapravarā hareḥ
And a crore of cowherds came from Goloka, filled with joy; equal to Hari in radiance, they are the foremost attendants of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.90
गोरक्षणं हरेरेव गोपवेषस्य चाऽऽत्मनः । गोपानां शिशुरक्षार्थं मायेशस्यापि मायया
gorakṣaṇaṃ harereva gopaveṣasya cā''tmanaḥ | gopānāṃ śiśurakṣārthaṃ māyeśasyāpi māyayā
(This was) for the guarding of the cows by Hari himself, who had taken cowherd's guise, and for the sake of protecting the cowherds' children — (done) by the māyā of him who is himself the lord of māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.91
पूतना बलिकन्या च भगिनी च तवासुर । दृष्ट्वा च वामनं विन्ध्या चकार पुत्रमानसम्
pūtanā balikanyā ca bhaginī ca tavāsura | dṛṣṭvā ca vāmanaṃ vindhyā cakāra putramānasam
And Pūtanā (was) the daughter of Bali and your sister, O asura; and Vindhyā, having seen the Dwarf (Vāmana), set her mind on (having such) a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.92
एवंभूतो यदि मम पुत्रो भवति सांप्रतम् । स्तनं ददामि तनयं कृत्वा वक्षसि सुन्दरम्
evaṃbhūto yadi mama putro bhavati sāṃpratam | stanaṃ dadāmi tanayaṃ kṛtvā vakṣasi sundaram
"If such a one were to become my son now, I would give him my breast, placing the beautiful boy upon my bosom."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.93
तस्याःपूर्णं मानसं च चकार भगवान्प्रभुः । स्तनं दत्त्वा च गोलोकं ययौ सा रत्नयानतः
tasyāḥpūrṇaṃ mānasaṃ ca cakāra bhagavānprabhuḥ | stanaṃ dattvā ca golokaṃ yayau sā ratnayānataḥ
And the Lord, the Master, fulfilled her wish; and having given (him) her breast, she went to Goloka on a jewelled vehicle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.94
कुब्जा सा भगिनी पूर्वं रावणस्य दुरात्मनः । श्रीरामं चकमे कामान्नाम्ना शूर्पणखा सती
kubjā sā bhaginī pūrvaṃ rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ | śrīrāmaṃ cakame kāmānnāmnā śūrpaṇakhā satī
That hunchbacked woman (Kubjā) was formerly the sister of the evil-souled Rāvaṇa; the woman named Śūrpaṇakhā desired Śrī Rāma out of lust.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.95
नासां चिच्छेद तस्याश्च लक्ष्मणो धार्मिकेश्वरः । तपसा च वरं लेभे ब्रह्मणः प्रियमीश्वरम्
nāsāṃ ciccheda tasyāśca lakṣmaṇo dhārmikeśvaraḥ | tapasā ca varaṃ lebhe brahmaṇaḥ priyamīśvaram
Lakṣmaṇa, the lord of the righteous, cut off her nose; and by austerities she obtained from Brahmā a boon, dear and sovereign.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.96
तेन पुण्येन तंलब्ध्वा गोलोकं सा जगाम ह । गोपी बभूव गोलोके कृष्णस्याऽऽलिङ्गनेन च
tena puṇyena taṃlabdhvā golokaṃ sā jagāma ha | gopī babhūva goloke kṛṣṇasyā''liṅganena ca
By that merit, having obtained it, she went to Goloka; and in Goloka she became a gopī through Kṛṣṇa's embrace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.97
नरको हरिवध्यश्च स्वपूर्वप्राक्तनेन च । पाणिं जग्राह कन्यानां साक्षिणौ शशिभास्करौ
narako harivadhyaśca svapūrvaprāktanena ca | pāṇiṃ jagrāha kanyānāṃ sākṣiṇau śaśibhāskarau
And Naraka, who was to be slain by Hari, on account of his own earlier former (deeds), took the hands of maidens (in marriage), with the moon and the sun as witnesses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.98
भीष्मकन्या महालक्ष्मीः शीकृष्णस्य प्रिया सती । वैकुण्ठादागता साध्वी ब्रह्मणोऽनृमतेन च
bhīṣmakanyā mahālakṣmīḥ śīkṛṣṇasya priyā satī | vaikuṇṭhādāgatā sādhvī brahmaṇo'nṛmatena ca
Bhīṣma's daughter was Mahālakṣmī, the dear and faithful (consort) of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the virtuous woman came from Vaikuṇṭha with Brahmā's consent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.99
सत्राजितस्य कन्या सा सत्यभामा वसुंधर । ददौ कृष्णाय राजा स तं मणिं यौतुकेन च
satrājitasya kanyā sā satyabhāmā vasuṃdhara | dadau kṛṣṇāya rājā sa taṃ maṇiṃ yautukena ca
That daughter of Satrājit, Satyabhāmā, was the Earth; the king gave her to Kṛṣṇa, and that jewel too as a dowry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.100
भुवो भारावतरणहेतुना गमनं हरेः । संजहार भुवो भारं कुरुपाण्डवयुद्धतः
bhuvo bhārāvataraṇahetunā gamanaṃ hareḥ | saṃjahāra bhuvo bhāraṃ kurupāṇḍavayuddhataḥ
Hari's coming (to earth) was for the purpose of removing the earth's burden; he took away the earth's burden by means of the war of the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.101
शिशुपालो दन्तवक्त्रो जयो विजय एव च । द्वारिणौ द्वारषट्के च वैकुण्ठे श्रीहरेरपि
śiśupālo dantavaktro jayo vijaya eva ca | dvāriṇau dvāraṣaṭke ca vaikuṇṭhe śrīharerapi
Śiśupāla and Dantavaktra were Jaya and Vijaya, the two gatekeepers at the sixfold gate in the Vaikuṇṭha of Śrī Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.102
कुमारशापात्पतितौ प्राप्य जन्मत्रयं ध्रुवम् । हिरण्यकशिपुश्चैव तवैव पूर्वपूरुषः
kumāraśāpātpatitau prāpya janmatrayaṃ dhruvam | hiraṇyakaśipuścaiva tavaiva pūrvapūruṣaḥ
The two, fallen by the curse of the Kumāra(s), surely obtaining three births — and Hiraṇyakaśipu was indeed your own former person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.103
तस्य भ्राता हिरण्याक्षस्तेनैव वरुणो जितः । हरिर्नृसिंहरूपेण तं जघानावलीलया
tasya bhrātā hiraṇyākṣastenaiva varuṇo jitaḥ | harirnṛsiṃharūpeṇa taṃ jaghānāvalīlayā
His brother was Hiraṇyākṣa, by whom Varuṇa himself was conquered; Hari, in the form of the Man-Lion, slew him with ease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.104
सूकरेण हतोऽन्यश्च पूर्वजन्मकथां शृणु । द्वितीये जन्मनि पुरा रावणः कुम्भकर्णकः
sūkareṇa hato'nyaśca pūrvajanmakathāṃ śṛṇu | dvitīye janmani purā rāvaṇaḥ kumbhakarṇakaḥ
The other was slain by the Boar. Hear the account of the former births: in the second birth, of old, (they were) Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa.
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BvP 4 115.105
श्रीरामेण हतौ तौ द्वौ शेषजन्म कलौ तयोः । श्रीकृष्णेन हतौ तौ द्वौ धर्मपुत्रावुभौ तथा
śrīrāmeṇa hatau tau dvau śeṣajanma kalau tayoḥ | śrīkṛṣṇena hatau tau dvau dharmaputrāvubhau tathā
Those two were slain by Śrī Rāma; their remaining birth (fell) in the Kali (age); those two were slain by Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and both were likewise sons of Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.106
जरासंधश्च शाल्वश्च दुरात्मा कंस एव च । प्राक्तनात्तस्य वध्यास्ते भुवो भारजिहीर्षया
jarāsaṃdhaśca śālvaśca durātmā kaṃsa eva ca | prāktanāttasya vadhyāste bhuvo bhārajihīrṣayā
And Jarāsandha, and Śālva, and the evil-souled Kaṃsa — because of his former (deeds) they were to be slain by him, out of the wish to remove the earth's burden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.107
मांधातुः सुतमध्ये च यवनश्चापि प्राक्तनात् । लक्ष्मीश्वरस्य कृष्णस्य धनेन किं प्रयोजनमा
māṃdhātuḥ sutamadhye ca yavanaścāpi prāktanāt | lakṣmīśvarasya kṛṣṇasya dhanena kiṃ prayojanamā
And (so it was) among the sons of Māndhātā, and with the Yavana too, because of former (karma). What need does Kṛṣṇa, the lord of Lakṣmī, have of wealth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.108
प्रतिज्ञया च सत्यायाः पुण्यकव्रतकारणात् । पारिजातं समनीय चकार स्वात्मनो व्रतम्
pratijñayā ca satyāyāḥ puṇyakavratakāraṇāt | pārijātaṃ samanīya cakāra svātmano vratam
And because of his promise to Satyā, for the sake of the puṇyaka vow, having brought the pārijāta tree he performed the vow for himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.109
स्वयं जाम्बवती देवी दुर्गांशा भल्लुकात्मजा । पाणिं जग्राह तस्याश्च तपसा भारते हरिः
svayaṃ jāmbavatī devī durgāṃśā bhallukātmajā | pāṇiṃ jagrāha tasyāśca tapasā bhārate hariḥ
The goddess Jāmbavatī herself, a portion of Durgā, born of the bear — and Hari took her hand in marriage in Bhārata, by (her) austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.110
कुन्त्याश्च क्षेत्रजाः पुत्राः केवलं भर्तुराज्ञया । कलौ निषिद्धं त्रियुगे प्रसिद्धं पलपैतृकम्
kuntyāśca kṣetrajāḥ putrāḥ kevalaṃ bharturājñayā | kalau niṣiddhaṃ triyuge prasiddhaṃ palapaitṛkam
Kuntī's sons too were kṣetraja (begotten on her by another), solely at her husband's bidding; (such a practice) is forbidden in the Kali age, though it was established in the three (earlier) ages, like the use of meat in the rites for the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 115.111
युधिष्ठिरो धर्मपुत्रो भीमश्च पवनात्मजः । महेन्द्रपुत्रो धर्मिष्ठः फाल्गुनो विजयी भुवि
yudhiṣṭhiro dharmaputro bhīmaśca pavanātmajaḥ | mahendraputro dharmiṣṭhaḥ phālguno vijayī bhuvi
Yudhiṣṭhira (was) the son of Dharma, and Bhīma the son of the Wind; the most righteous Phālguna (Arjuna), son of great Indra, was victorious on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.112
यस्मै पाशुपतं शंभुः प्रददौ च स्वयं पुरा । अश्वमेधं गवालम्भं संन्यासं पलपैतृकम्
yasmai pāśupataṃ śaṃbhuḥ pradadau ca svayaṃ purā | aśvamedhaṃ gavālambhaṃ saṃnyāsaṃ palapaitṛkam
To him Śambhu himself gave the Pāśupata (weapon) long ago. The horse-sacrifice, the slaying of a cow, renunciation, the offering of flesh to the ancestors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.113
देवरेण सुतोत्पत्तिं कलौ पञ्च विवर्जयेत् । द्रौपद्याः पञ्च भर्तारः शंकरस्य वरेण च
devareṇa sutotpattiṃ kalau pañca vivarjayet | draupadyāḥ pañca bhartāraḥ śaṃkarasya vareṇa ca
— and the begetting of a son by the husband's brother: these five one should avoid in the Kali age. And Draupadī had five husbands by Śaṃkara's boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.114
बलदेवः पुष्पमधु पूतं पिबति नित्यशः । चकार यमुनाह्वानं स्नानार्थं धार्मिकः शुचिः
baladevaḥ puṣpamadhu pūtaṃ pibati nityaśaḥ | cakāra yamunāhvānaṃ snānārthaṃ dhārmikaḥ śuciḥ
Baladeva drinks purified flower-honey (mead) constantly; (yet) righteous and pure, he summoned the Yamunā for the sake of bathing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 115.115
सुभद्रां च ददौ कृष्णः फाल्गुनाय महात्मने । कन्यकां मातुलानां च दाक्षिणात्यः परिग्रहः इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo वाणानिरुद्धसंo
subhadrāṃ ca dadau kṛṣṇaḥ phālgunāya mahātmane | kanyakāṃ mātulānāṃ ca dākṣiṇātyaḥ parigrahaḥ iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo vāṇāniruddhasaṃo
And Kṛṣṇa gave Subhadrā (in marriage) to the great-souled Phālguna (Arjuna); the taking (in marriage) of the daughters of maternal uncles is a southern (custom). — Thus (ends) in the Śrī Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa, in the latter (portion), in Nārada's narration, the section on Bāṇa and Aniruddha.
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BvP 4 115.116
देशेष्वन्येषु दोषोऽयमित्याह कमलोद्भवः
deśeṣvanyeṣu doṣo'yamityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
"In other regions this is a fault" — so said the lotus-born (Brahmā).
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