Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 118
BvP 4 118.1
नारायण उवाच गणेशं बोधयित्वा तु शंभुरम्यन्तरं ययौ । तत्र सिंहासने रम्ये दुर्गा दुर्गतिनाशिनी
nārāyaṇa uvāca gaṇeśaṃ bodhayitvā tu śaṃbhuramyantaraṃ yayau | tatra siṃhāsane ramye durgā durgatināśinī
Nārāyaṇa said: Having awakened Gaṇeśa, Śambhu went into the lovely inner chamber. There, on a beautiful lion-throne, (sat) Durgā, destroyer of distress,
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BvP 4 118.2
भैरवी भद्रकाली च उग्रचण्डा च कोटरी । ताः समुत्थाय सहसा प्रणेमुर्जगदीश्वम्
bhairavī bhadrakālī ca ugracaṇḍā ca koṭarī | tāḥ samutthāya sahasā praṇemurjagadīśvam
And Bhairavī and Bhadrakālī, and Ugracaṇḍā and Koṭarī — these, rising up at once, bowed down to the Lord of the world.
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BvP 4 118.3
तत्राऽऽययौ गणेशश्च कार्तिकेयश्च वीर्यवान् । बाणश्च वीरभद्रश्च स्वयं नन्दी सुनन्दकः
tatrā''yayau gaṇeśaśca kārtikeyaśca vīryavān | bāṇaśca vīrabhadraśca svayaṃ nandī sunandakaḥ
And there came Gaṇeśa, and the valiant Kārtikeya, and Bāṇa and Vīrabhadra, and Nandī himself, and Sunandaka.
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BvP 4 118.4
महाकालो महामन्त्री ह्यथाष्टौं भैरवास्तथा । सिद्धेन्द्राश्चापि योगीन्द्रा रुद्राश्चैकादशैव ते
mahākālo mahāmantrī hyathāṣṭauṃ bhairavāstathā | siddhendrāścāpi yogīndrā rudrāścaikādaśaiva te
Mahākāla, the great counsellor, and then also the eight Bhairavas; and the lords of the Siddhas and the lords of the Yogins, and those Rudras, eleven in number.
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BvP 4 118.5
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र मणिभद्रः समाययौ । सिहद्वारे स्वयं द्वारी तभीश्वरमुवाच सः
etasminnantare tatra maṇibhadraḥ samāyayau | sihadvāre svayaṃ dvārī tabhīśvaramuvāca saḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 118.6
मणिभद्र उवाच असंख्यानि च सैन्यानि यादवानां महेश्वर । बलदेवश्च प्रद्युम्नः साम्बश्च सात्यकिस्तथा
maṇibhadra uvāca asaṃkhyāni ca sainyāni yādavānāṃ maheśvara | baladevaśca pradyumnaḥ sāmbaśca sātyakistathā
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 118.7
राजा महोग्रसेनश्च भीमश्च स्वयमर्जुनः । अक्रूनश्चोद्यवश्चैव जयन्तः शक्रनन्दनः
rājā mahograsenaśca bhīmaśca svayamarjunaḥ | akrūnaścodyavaścaiva jayantaḥ śakranandanaḥ
And King Mahograsena, and Bhīma, and Arjuna himself, and Akrūra and Uddhava too, and Jayanta the son of Śakra (Indra),
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BvP 4 118.8
रत्नेनद्रसारनिर्माणरथेन्द्रे सुमनोहरे । विधेर्विधाता भगवाञ्छ्रीकृष्णः परमेश्वरः
ratnenadrasāranirmāṇarathendre sumanohare | vidhervidhātā bhagavāñchrīkṛṣṇaḥ parameśvaraḥ
In a most lovely chief of chariots fashioned of the essence of the best of jewels (sat) Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Lord, the ordainer of the ordainer (Brahmā);
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BvP 4 118.9
सप्तभिः पार्षदैगोंपैः सेवितः श्वेतयामरैः । कन्दर्पकोटिलीलाभो वनमालाविभूषितः
saptabhiḥ pārṣadaigoṃpaiḥ sevitaḥ śvetayāmaraiḥ | kandarpakoṭilīlābho vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ
(He was) attended by seven cowherd companions bearing white chowries, with the grace of ten million Kandarpas, adorned with a garland of forest flowers.
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BvP 4 118.10
दधार चक्रमतुलं कोटिसूर्यसमप्रभम् । गदां कौमोदकीं शूलमव्यर्थं संनिधाय च
dadhāra cakramatulaṃ koṭisūryasamaprabham | gadāṃ kaumodakīṃ śūlamavyarthaṃ saṃnidhāya ca
He bore the incomparable discus, whose radiance equalled ten million suns, and, having set beside (himself) the mace Kaumodakī and the never-failing spear,
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BvP 4 118.11
रथमध्ये महाशङ्खं विश्वसंहारकारणम् । महारथानां लक्षैश्च रथानां च त्रिकोटिभिः
rathamadhye mahāśaṅkhaṃ viśvasaṃhārakāraṇam | mahārathānāṃ lakṣaiśca rathānāṃ ca trikoṭibhiḥ
In the middle of the chariot (he placed) the great conch, the cause of the world's destruction; and with hundreds of thousands of great chariots and with three crores of chariots—
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BvP 4 118.12
त्रिकोटिभिर्गजेन्द्राणां मल्लानां च त्रिकोटिमिः । शतकोटिभिरश्वानां चर्मिणां तच्चतुर्गुणैः
trikoṭibhirgajendrāṇāṃ mallānāṃ ca trikoṭimiḥ | śatakoṭibhiraśvānāṃ carmiṇāṃ taccaturguṇaiḥ
With three crores of lordly elephants and three crores of wrestlers, with a hundred crores of horses and four times that many shield-bearers,
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BvP 4 118.13
खड्गिनां तत्सप्तगुणैर्द्विगुणैस्तद्धनुष्मताम् । एभिः सार्ध च त्वरितमाययौ शोणितं पुरम्
khaḍgināṃ tatsaptaguṇairdviguṇaistaddhanuṣmatām | ebhiḥ sārdha ca tvaritamāyayau śoṇitaṃ puram
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BvP 4 118.14
परितो वेष्टयामास लङ्कां दाशरथिर्यथा । सहस्रतालमानां च ज्वलदग्निशिखोज्ज्वलाम्
parito veṣṭayāmāsa laṅkāṃ dāśarathiryathā | sahasratālamānāṃ ca jvaladagniśikhojjvalām
He surrounded (the city) on all sides, as the son of Daśaratha did Laṅkā — (a city) a thousand palm-trees in measure, blazing with the flames of burning fire,
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BvP 4 118.15
ऊर्ध्वे च परिखायुक्तां दुर्लङ्ध्यामसुरैः सुरैः । स्वर्गगङ्गाम्बुराशीनां समूहैर्वृष्टिभिस्तथा
ūrdhve ca parikhāyuktāṃ durlaṅdhyāmasuraiḥ suraiḥ | svargagaṅgāmburāśīnāṃ samūhairvṛṣṭibhistathā
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BvP 4 118.16
पक्षीन्द्रो गरुडः साक्षान्निर्वाणं च चकार सः । मणीन्द्रसारनिर्माणं प्राकाराभ्रंलिहं पुरम्
pakṣīndro garuḍaḥ sākṣānnirvāṇaṃ ca cakāra saḥ | maṇīndrasāranirmāṇaṃ prākārābhraṃlihaṃ puram
And Garuḍa, lord of birds, himself brought about the annihilation of that city, which was built of the finest jewels and whose ramparts licked the clouds.
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BvP 4 118.17
बभञ्ज लक्षं मल्लानां बलदेवश्च लाङ्गलैः । उद्यानानां त्रिलक्षं च चकारोत्पाटनं प्रभो
babhañja lakṣaṃ mallānāṃ baladevaśca lāṅgalaiḥ | udyānānāṃ trilakṣaṃ ca cakārotpāṭanaṃ prabho
And Baladeva shattered a hundred thousand wrestlers with his plough, and, O lord, he uprooted three hundred thousand pleasure-gardens.
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BvP 4 118.18
प्रविवेश महाद्वारं द्वारपालान्निपत्य च । एवं श्रुत्वा महादेवश्चोवाच सुरसंसदि
praviveśa mahādvāraṃ dvārapālānnipatya ca | evaṃ śrutvā mahādevaścovāca surasaṃsadi
And, having struck down the gatekeepers, he entered the great gate. Hearing of this, Mahādeva spoke in the assembly of the gods:
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BvP 4 118.19
पार्वती भद्रकाली च स्कन्दं गणपतिं तथा । अष्टौ च भैरवांश्चैव रुद्राश्च वीरभद्रकम् महाकालं नन्दिनं च सर्वान्सेनापतीन्नव
pārvatī bhadrakālī ca skandaṃ gaṇapatiṃ tathā | aṣṭau ca bhairavāṃścaiva rudrāśca vīrabhadrakam mahākālaṃ nandinaṃ ca sarvānsenāpatīnnava
(He summoned) Pārvatī and Bhadrakālī, and Skanda and Gaṇapati likewise, and the eight Bhairavas and the Rudras and Vīrabhadra, Mahākāla and Nandin, and all the nine army-commanders.
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BvP 4 118.20
महादेव उवाच गोलोकनाथो भगवांश्चक्रपाणिः समागतः । विश्वौघं भङ्क्तुमीशो यः क्षणेन नगरं च किम्
mahādeva uvāca golokanātho bhagavāṃścakrapāṇiḥ samāgataḥ | viśvaughaṃ bhaṅktumīśo yaḥ kṣaṇena nagaraṃ ca kim
Mahādeva said: The Lord of Goloka, the Blessed One who bears the discus, has come—he who is able to shatter the whole mass of the universe in an instant; what then of a city?
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BvP 4 118.21
सर्वोपायैश्च सर्वे ते बाणं रक्षन्तु यत्नतः । बाणो गच्छतु संग्रामं स्मृत्वा लम्बोदरं परम्
sarvopāyaiśca sarve te bāṇaṃ rakṣantu yatnataḥ | bāṇo gacchatu saṃgrāmaṃ smṛtvā lambodaraṃ param
Let all of them guard Bāṇa with effort, by every means; let Bāṇa go to battle, calling to mind the supreme Pot-bellied One (Gaṇeśa).
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BvP 4 118.22
बाणस्य दक्षिणो स्कन्दः पुरतश्च गणेश्वरः । वामे च भैरवा रुद्राः स्वयं नन्दी सहारथः
bāṇasya dakṣiṇo skandaḥ purataśca gaṇeśvaraḥ | vāme ca bhairavā rudrāḥ svayaṃ nandī sahārathaḥ
To Bāṇa's right, Skanda; in front, the Lord of the Gaṇas; on the left, the Bhairavas and the Rudras, and Nandin himself with his chariot;
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BvP 4 118.23
महाकालो वीरभद्रो ये चान्यो सैनिकास्तथा । ऊर्ध्वे दुर्गा भद्रकाली ह्यग्रण्डा च कोटरी
mahākālo vīrabhadro ye cānyo sainikāstathā | ūrdhve durgā bhadrakālī hyagraṇḍā ca koṭarī
Mahākāla, Vīrabhadra, and whatever other soldiers there are; above, Durgā, Bhadrakālī, and Agraṇḍā and Koṭarī.
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BvP 4 118.24
बाणं रक्ष महाभागे दुर्गे दुर्गतिनाशिनि । कृष्णस्य भवती शक्तिस्तेन नारायणी स्मृता
bāṇaṃ rakṣa mahābhāge durge durgatināśini | kṛṣṇasya bhavatī śaktistena nārāyaṇī smṛtā
Guard Bāṇa, O greatly fortunate one, O Durgā, destroyer of misfortune! You are Kṛṣṇa's own power, and therefore you are called Nārāyaṇī.
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BvP 4 118.25
विष्णुमाये जगन्मातः सर्वमङ्गलमङ्गले । अव्यर्थाच्चक्रसारच्च रक्ष बाणं सुदर्शनात्
viṣṇumāye jaganmātaḥ sarvamaṅgalamaṅgale | avyarthāccakrasāracca rakṣa bāṇaṃ sudarśanāt
O Viṣṇumāyā, mother of the world, auspiciousness of all auspicious things! Guard Bāṇa from the unerring, adamantine discus Sudarśana.
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BvP 4 118.26
बाणः प्रियो मे सर्वेम्यो गणेशात्कार्तिकादपि । बाणमूर्ध्नि करं धेहि पादाब्जरजसा सह
bāṇaḥ priyo me sarvemyo gaṇeśātkārtikādapi | bāṇamūrdhni karaṃ dhehi pādābjarajasā saha
Bāṇa is dearer to me than all, even than Gaṇeśa and than Kārtika. Place your hand upon Bāṇa's head, together with the dust of your lotus feet.
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BvP 4 118.27
शिवस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा दुर्गा दुर्गतिनाशिनी । प्रहस्योवाच मधुरं याथार्थ्यं समयोचितम्
śivasya vacanaṃ śrutvā durgā durgatināśinī | prahasyovāca madhuraṃ yāthārthyaṃ samayocitam
Hearing Śiva's words, Durgā, destroyer of misfortune, laughed and spoke sweetly what was true and fitting to the occasion.
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BvP 4 118.28
पार्वत्युवाच मणिरत्नादिकं यद्यन्मुक्तामाणिक्यहीरकम् । सर्वस्वं कन्यकामूषां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम्
pārvatyuvāca maṇiratnādikaṃ yadyanmuktāmāṇikyahīrakam | sarvasvaṃ kanyakāmūṣāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām
Pārvatī said: Whatever there is of gems and jewels and the rest, of pearls, rubies and diamonds—the whole of his wealth, and the girl Ūṣā adorned with jewelled ornaments,
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BvP 4 118.29
रत्नभूषणभूषाढ्यमनिरुद्धं परं वरम् । पुरस्कृत्य देहि बाण कृष्णाय परमात्मने
ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣāḍhyamaniruddhaṃ paraṃ varam | puraskṛtya dehi bāṇa kṛṣṇāya paramātmane
and Aniruddha, rich in jewelled adornments, the best and supreme one—putting him first, let Bāṇa give (them) to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self.
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BvP 4 118.30
राज्यं कुरुष्व निर्विघ्नं किं युद्धमात्मना सह । यस्मिन्गते गताः प्राणाः क जीवश्चैन्द्रियैः सह । शक्तिश्चाहं मनो ब्रह्मा स्वयं ज्ञानात्मकं शिवः
rājyaṃ kuruṣva nirvighnaṃ kiṃ yuddhamātmanā saha | yasmingate gatāḥ prāṇāḥ ka jīvaścaindriyaiḥ saha | śaktiścāhaṃ mano brahmā svayaṃ jñānātmakaṃ śivaḥ
Rule your kingdom unhindered; what is this fighting with your own self? When he departs, the vital breaths depart, and the living self along with the senses. I am the power, mind is Brahmā, Śiva himself is that whose essence is knowledge.
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BvP 4 118.31
सद्यः पतति देहश्च शिवं त्यक्त्वा शवो भवेत् । को वा तिष्ठति संग्रामे चक्रस्य तेजसा शिव
sadyaḥ patati dehaśca śivaṃ tyaktvā śavo bhavet | ko vā tiṣṭhati saṃgrāme cakrasya tejasā śiva
The body falls at once, and, having left Śiva (the auspicious/the living principle), it becomes a corpse (śava). Who indeed can stand in battle before the blazing energy of the discus, O Śiva?
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BvP 4 118.32
नाऽऽत्माऽऽकाशो बाणविद्धो युद्धं किं स्वात्मना सह । परमात्मा च सर्वेषां भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः
nā''tmā''kāśo bāṇaviddho yuddhaṃ kiṃ svātmanā saha | paramātmā ca sarveṣāṃ bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ
The Self, like space, is not pierced by an arrow (or: by Bāṇa)—what is this fighting with one's own self? He is the Supreme Self of all, whose bodily form is the favouring of his devotees.
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BvP 4 118.33
नित्यः सत्यो हि कृष्णश्च परिबूर्णतमः प्रभुः । गणेशः कार्तिकेयश्च भवानपि तयोः परः
nityaḥ satyo hi kṛṣṇaśca paribūrṇatamaḥ prabhuḥ | gaṇeśaḥ kārtikeyaśca bhavānapi tayoḥ paraḥ
For Kṛṣṇa is eternal, real, the most perfectly complete Lord; Gaṇeśa and Kārtikeya—and you too—are beyond those two.
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BvP 4 118.34
किंकरेषु प्रियो बाणो न हि कृष्णात्परः प्रियः । वैकुण्ठेऽहं महालक्ष्मीर्गोलोके राधिका स्वयम्
kiṃkareṣu priyo bāṇo na hi kṛṣṇātparaḥ priyaḥ | vaikuṇṭhe'haṃ mahālakṣmīrgoloke rādhikā svayam
Among servants Bāṇa is dear, but none is dearer than Kṛṣṇa. In Vaikuṇṭha I am Mahālakṣmī, in Goloka Rādhikā herself,
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BvP 4 118.35
शिवाऽहं शिवलोकेऽपि ब्रह्मलोके सरस्वती । अहं निहत्य दैत्यांश्च दक्षकन्या सती पुरा
śivā'haṃ śivaloke'pi brahmaloke sarasvatī | ahaṃ nihatya daityāṃśca dakṣakanyā satī purā
I am Śivā in Śivaloka, and Sarasvatī in Brahmaloka; it was I who, having slain the demons, was formerly Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa,
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BvP 4 118.36
त्वन्निन्दया त्यक्तदेहा सा चाहं शैलकन्यका । रक्तबीजस्य युद्धे च कानी च मूर्तिभेदतः
tvannindayā tyaktadehā sā cāhaṃ śailakanyakā | raktabījasya yuddhe ca kānī ca mūrtibhedataḥ
she who gave up her body because of the slighting of you—and I am the daughter of the mountain; and in the battle with Raktabīja I was Kālī, by a difference of form.
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BvP 4 118.37
सावित्री वेदमाताऽहं सीता जनककन्यका । रुक्मिणी द्वारवत्यां च भारते भीष्मकन्यका
sāvitrī vedamātā'haṃ sītā janakakanyakā | rukmiṇī dvāravatyāṃ ca bhārate bhīṣmakanyakā
I am Sāvitrī, the mother of the Vedas; I am Sītā, the daughter of Janaka; and Rukmiṇī in Dvāravatī, the daughter of Bhīṣmaka, in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 118.38
सुदाम्नः शापतो दैवाद्वृषभानसुताऽधुना । धर्मपत्नी च कृष्णस्य पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने
sudāmnaḥ śāpato daivādvṛṣabhānasutā'dhunā | dharmapatnī ca kṛṣṇasya puṇye vṛndāvane vane
By the curse of Sudāmā, through fate, (I am) now the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, and the lawful wife of Kṛṣṇa in the holy forest of Vṛndāvana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 118.39
भगवन्तं च सर्वज्ञं त्वां शिवं च सनातम् । किं वाऽहं कथयामीति कर्तव्यं समयोचितम्
bhagavantaṃ ca sarvajñaṃ tvāṃ śivaṃ ca sanātam | kiṃ vā'haṃ kathayāmīti kartavyaṃ samayocitam
And what should I say to you, who are the Lord, all-knowing, auspicious and eternal? Let what is fitting to the occasion be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 118.118
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo बाणयुद्धेऽष्टाद-
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bāṇayuddhe'ṣṭāda-
Thus, in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-janma section, in the latter part, in the narration of Nārada, the one hundred eighteenth (chapter) on the battle with Bāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition