Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 12
BvP 4 12.1
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। एकदा मंदिरे नन्दपत्नी साऽऽनंदपूर्वकम् ।। कृत्वा वक्षसि गोविंदं क्षुधितं च स्तनं ददौ
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || ekadā maṃdire nandapatnī sā''naṃdapūrvakam || kṛtvā vakṣasi goviṃdaṃ kṣudhitaṃ ca stanaṃ dadau
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Once, in the house, Nanda's wife, filled with joy, placed Govinda on her breast and gave the suck to him, who was hungry.
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BvP 4 12.2
एतस्मिन्नंतरे गोप्य आजग्मुर्नंदमंदिरम् ।। स्थविराश्च वयस्याश्च बालिका बालकान्विताः
etasminnaṃtare gopya ājagmurnaṃdamaṃdiram || sthavirāśca vayasyāśca bālikā bālakānvitāḥ
At that very moment the cowherd women came to Nanda's house — the old women and the young companions, and girls together with boys.
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BvP 4 12.3
अतृप्तं बालकं शीघ्रं संन्यस्य शयने सती ।। प्रणनाम समुत्थाय कर्मण्यौत्थानिके मुदा
atṛptaṃ bālakaṃ śīghraṃ saṃnyasya śayane satī || praṇanāma samutthāya karmaṇyautthānike mudā
The good woman quickly laid the unsatisfied child down on the bed, and rising, bowed with joy for the rite of the child's first outing.
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BvP 4 12.4
तैलसिंदूरतांबूलं ददौ ताभ्यो मुदाऽन्विता।। मिष्टवस्तूनि वस्त्राणि भूषणानि च गोपिका मायारक्षितसर्वांगं रुदितं क्षुधितं क्षुधा।। स्तनं ददौ यशोदा तं रुरोद च भृशं शुचा अधरोष्ठं हृषीकेशो दंतपंक्तिं गदाग्रजः ।। रासेश्वरश्च रसनां तालुकं वामनो विभुः कवचस्य प्रभावेण धरण्यां पतितो मृतः।। पूर्वं वर्षशतं खे च कृत्वा युद्धं भयावहम् आवां सनत्कुमारश्च धर्मसाक्षी च कर्मणाम् ।। कवचस्य प्रभावेण सर्वत्र जयिनो वयम्
tailasiṃdūratāṃbūlaṃ dadau tābhyo mudā'nvitā|| miṣṭavastūni vastrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni ca gopikā māyārakṣitasarvāṃgaṃ ruditaṃ kṣudhitaṃ kṣudhā|| stanaṃ dadau yaśodā taṃ ruroda ca bhṛśaṃ śucā adharoṣṭhaṃ hṛṣīkeśo daṃtapaṃktiṃ gadāgrajaḥ || rāseśvaraśca rasanāṃ tālukaṃ vāmano vibhuḥ kavacasya prabhāveṇa dharaṇyāṃ patito mṛtaḥ|| pūrvaṃ varṣaśataṃ khe ca kṛtvā yuddhaṃ bhayāvaham āvāṃ sanatkumāraśca dharmasākṣī ca karmaṇām || kavacasya prabhāveṇa sarvatra jayino vayam
Filled with joy the cowherd woman gave them oil, vermilion and betel, sweet things, garments and ornaments. — His whole body guarded by Māyā, (the child), weeping and famished with hunger — Yaśodā gave him the breast, and he wept much in distress. — Hṛṣīkeśa (took) the lower lip, Gadāgraja the row of teeth, and the Lord of the Rāsa the tongue, the dwarf-form Lord the palate. — By the power of the amulet he fell to the ground dead, after formerly making fearful war in the sky for a hundred years. — "We two, and Sanatkumāra, and the witness of dharma of (all) deeds — by the power of the amulet we are victorious everywhere."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 12.5
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे कृष्णो रुरोद क्षुधितस्तदा ।। प्रेरयित्वा स चरणं मायेशो मायया विभुः
etasminnantare kṛṣṇo ruroda kṣudhitastadā || prerayitvā sa caraṇaṃ māyeśo māyayā vibhuḥ
Meanwhile Kṛṣṇa, being hungry, cried then; and the almighty Lord of Māyā, by his māyā, thrust out his foot.
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BvP 4 12.6
पपात चरणं तस्य प्रवीणे शकटे मुने ।। विश्वंभरपदाघातात्तच्च चूर्णं बभूव ह
papāta caraṇaṃ tasya pravīṇe śakaṭe mune || viśvaṃbharapadāghātāttacca cūrṇaṃ babhūva ha
His foot fell upon the sturdy cart, O sage, and from the blow of the foot of the Sustainer of the world it was reduced to powder.
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BvP 4 12.7
बभंज शकटं पेतुर्भग्नकाष्ठानि तत्र वै ।। पपात दधि दुग्धं च नवनीतं घृतं मधु
babhaṃja śakaṭaṃ peturbhagnakāṣṭhāni tatra vai || papāta dadhi dugdhaṃ ca navanītaṃ ghṛtaṃ madhu
He broke the cart; the broken timbers fell there, and curds and milk, fresh butter, ghee and honey spilled out.
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BvP 4 12.8
दृष्ट्वाऽऽश्चर्यं गोपिकाश्च दुद्रुवुर्बालकं भयात्।। ददृशुर्भग्नशकटमिंधनाभ्यंतरे शिशुम्
dṛṣṭvā''ścaryaṃ gopikāśca dudruvurbālakaṃ bhayāt|| dadṛśurbhagnaśakaṭamiṃdhanābhyaṃtare śiśum
Seeing the marvel, the cowherd women ran to the child out of fear; they saw the broken cart, and the infant inside the firewood.
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BvP 4 12.9
भग्नभांडसमूहं च पतितं बहुगोरसम् ।। प्रेरयित्वा तु काष्ठानि जग्राह बालकं भिया
bhagnabhāṃḍasamūhaṃ ca patitaṃ bahugorasam || prerayitvā tu kāṣṭhāni jagrāha bālakaṃ bhiyā
And the heap of broken pots and the much spilled milk-produce; pushing away the timbers, (one of them) seized the child in fear.
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BvP 4 12.11
पप्रच्छुर्बालकान्गोपा बभंज शकटं कथम् ।। किंचिद्धेतुं न पश्यामः सहसेति किमद्भुतम्
papracchurbālakāngopā babhaṃja śakaṭaṃ katham || kiṃciddhetuṃ na paśyāmaḥ sahaseti kimadbhutam
The cowherds asked the boys: "How did the cart break? We see no cause whatever — (it happened) all at once; what a marvel!"
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BvP 4 12.12
इत्यूचुर्बालकाः सर्वे गोपाः शृणुत मद्वचः ।। श्रीकृष्णस्य पदाघाताद्बभंज शकटं ध्रुवम्
ityūcurbālakāḥ sarve gopāḥ śṛṇuta madvacaḥ || śrīkṛṣṇasya padāghātādbabhaṃja śakaṭaṃ dhruvam
The boys all said this: "Cowherds, hear my word: it was by Śrī Kṛṣṇa's kick that the cart broke, for certain."
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BvP 4 12.13
श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं गोपा गोप्यश्च जहसुर्मुदा ।। न हि जग्मुः प्रतीतिं च मिथ्येत्यूचुर्व्रजे प्रजाः
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ gopā gopyaśca jahasurmudā || na hi jagmuḥ pratītiṃ ca mithyetyūcurvraje prajāḥ
Hearing that speech of theirs, the cowherds and the cowherd-women laughed with delight; they did not come to believe (it), and the folk in Vraja said, "It is false."
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BvP 4 12.14
शिशोः स्वस्त्ययनं कार्यं चक्रुर्ब्राह्मणपुंगवाः ।। हस्तं दत्त्वा शिशोर्गात्रे पपाठ कवचं द्विजः
śiśoḥ svastyayanaṃ kāryaṃ cakrurbrāhmaṇapuṃgavāḥ || hastaṃ dattvā śiśorgātre papāṭha kavacaṃ dvijaḥ
The rite of blessing for the child had to be done, (and) the foremost of brahmins performed it; laying his hand on the child's body, a twice-born recited a protective charm (kavaca).
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BvP 4 12.15
वदामि तत्ते विप्रेन्द्र कवचं सर्वरक्षणम् ।। यद्दत्तं मायया पूर्वं ब्रह्मणे नाभिपंकजे
vadāmi tatte viprendra kavacaṃ sarvarakṣaṇam || yaddattaṃ māyayā pūrvaṃ brahmaṇe nābhipaṃkaje
"I declare to you, O chief of brahmins, that armour which protects from everything, which was given long ago by Māyā to Brahmā on the navel-lotus,
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BvP 4 12.16
निद्रिते जगतीनाथे जले च जलशायिनि ।। भीताय स्तुतिकर्त्रे च मधुकैटभयोर्भयात्
nidrite jagatīnāthe jale ca jalaśāyini || bhītāya stutikartre ca madhukaiṭabhayorbhayāt
when the Lord of the world slept in the water, lying upon the water — (given) to him who was afraid and was uttering praise, out of fear of Madhu and Kaiṭabha.
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BvP 4 12.17
योगनिद्रोवाच ।। दूरीभूतं कुरु भयं भयं किं ते हरौ स्थिते ।। स्थितायां मयि च ब्रह्मन्सुखी तिष्ठ जगत्पते
yoganidrovāca || dūrībhūtaṃ kuru bhayaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃ te harau sthite || sthitāyāṃ mayi ca brahmansukhī tiṣṭha jagatpate
Yoganidrā said: Put your fear far away. What fear can you have while Hari abides? And while I abide, O Brahmā, remain happy, O lord of the world.
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BvP 4 12.18
श्रीहरिः पातु ते वक्त्रं मस्तकं मधुसूदनः ।। श्रीकृष्णश्चक्षुषी पातु नासिकां राधिकापतिः
śrīhariḥ pātu te vaktraṃ mastakaṃ madhusūdanaḥ || śrīkṛṣṇaścakṣuṣī pātu nāsikāṃ rādhikāpatiḥ
May Śrī Hari protect your face, Madhusūdana your head; may Śrī Kṛṣṇa protect your two eyes, the husband of Rādhikā your nose.
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BvP 4 12.19
कर्णयुग्मं च कण्ठं च कपालं पातु माधवः ।। कपोलं पातु गोविन्दः केशांश्च केशवः स्वयम्
karṇayugmaṃ ca kaṇṭhaṃ ca kapālaṃ pātu mādhavaḥ || kapolaṃ pātu govindaḥ keśāṃśca keśavaḥ svayam
May Mādhava protect the pair of ears, the throat, and the skull; may Govinda protect the cheek, and Keśava himself the hair.
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BvP 4 12.21
वक्षः पातु मुकुन्दश्च जठरं पातु दैत्यहा ।। जनार्दनः पातु नाभिं पातु विष्णुश्च मेहनम्
vakṣaḥ pātu mukundaśca jaṭharaṃ pātu daityahā || janārdanaḥ pātu nābhiṃ pātu viṣṇuśca mehanam
And may Mukunda protect the chest, the slayer of the demons protect the belly; may Janārdana protect the navel, and Viṣṇu the genitals.
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BvP 4 12.22
नितंबयुग्मं गुह्यं च पातु ते पुरुषोत्तमः ।। जानुयुग्मे जानकीशः पातु ते सर्वदा विभुः
nitaṃbayugmaṃ guhyaṃ ca pātu te puruṣottamaḥ || jānuyugme jānakīśaḥ pātu te sarvadā vibhuḥ
May Puruṣottama protect your two buttocks and your private parts; may the mighty lord of Jānakī always protect your two knees.
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BvP 4 12.23
हस्तयुग्मं नृसिंहश्च पातु सर्वत्र संकटे ।। पादयुग्मं वराहश्च पातु ते कमलोद्भवः
hastayugmaṃ nṛsiṃhaśca pātu sarvatra saṃkaṭe || pādayugmaṃ varāhaśca pātu te kamalodbhavaḥ
And may Nṛsiṃha protect the pair of hands in every danger; may Varāha, the lotus-born, protect your two feet.
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BvP 4 12.24
ऊर्ध्वं नारायणः पातु ह्यधस्तात्कमलापतिः ।। पूर्वस्यां पातु गोपालः पातु वह्नौ दशास्यहा
ūrdhvaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ pātu hyadhastātkamalāpatiḥ || pūrvasyāṃ pātu gopālaḥ pātu vahnau daśāsyahā
Above may Nārāyaṇa protect, and below the husband of Kamalā; in the east may Gopāla protect, in the fire-quarter (southeast) may the slayer of the ten-faced one protect.
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BvP 4 12.25
वनमाली पातु याम्यां वैकुंठः पातु नैर्ऋतौ ।। वारुण्यां वासुदेवश्च सतो रक्षाकरः स्वयम्
vanamālī pātu yāmyāṃ vaikuṃṭhaḥ pātu nairṛtau || vāruṇyāṃ vāsudevaśca sato rakṣākaraḥ svayam
May Vanamālī protect in the south, Vaikuṇṭha protect in the southwest; in the west Vāsudeva, himself the maker of protection for the good.
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BvP 4 12.26
पातु ते संततमजो वायव्यां विष्टरश्रवाः ।। उत्तरे च सदा पातु तेजसा जलजासनः
pātu te saṃtatamajo vāyavyāṃ viṣṭaraśravāḥ || uttare ca sadā pātu tejasā jalajāsanaḥ
May the unborn one protect you constantly, may Viṣṭaraśravas (protect) in the northwest; and in the north may the lotus-seated one always protect with his splendour.
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BvP 4 12.27
ऐशान्यामीश्वरः पातु पातु सर्वत्र शत्रुजित् ।। जले स्थले चांतरिक्षे निद्रायां पातु राघवः
aiśānyāmīśvaraḥ pātu pātu sarvatra śatrujit || jale sthale cāṃtarikṣe nidrāyāṃ pātu rāghavaḥ
In the northeast may Īśvara protect, may the conqueror of foes protect everywhere; in water, on land, in the sky, and in sleep may Rāghava protect.
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BvP 4 12.28
इत्येवं कथितं ब्रह्मन्कवचं परमाद्भुतम् ।। कृष्णेन कृपया दत्तं स्मृतेनैव पुरा मया
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ brahmankavacaṃ paramādbhutam || kṛṣṇena kṛpayā dattaṃ smṛtenaiva purā mayā
Thus, O Brahmā, has this supremely marvellous armour been told — given in grace by Kṛṣṇa, (and) merely by my remembering it long ago,
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BvP 4 12.29
शुंभेन सह संग्रामे निर्लक्ष्ये घोरदारुणे ।। गगने स्थितया सद्यः प्राप्तिमात्रेण सो जितः
śuṃbhena saha saṃgrāme nirlakṣye ghoradāruṇe || gagane sthitayā sadyaḥ prāptimātreṇa so jitaḥ
in the battle with Śumbha, unwitnessed, ghastly and cruel, as I stood in the sky — at once, by the mere obtaining (of it), he was conquered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 12.31
मृते शुंभे च गोविन्दः कृपालुर्गगनस्थितः ।। मालां च कवचं दत्त्वा गोलोकं स जगाम ह
mṛte śuṃbhe ca govindaḥ kṛpālurgaganasthitaḥ || mālāṃ ca kavacaṃ dattvā golokaṃ sa jagāma ha
And when Śumbha was dead, compassionate Govinda, standing in the sky, having given the garland and the armour, went to Goloka.
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BvP 4 12.32
कल्पांतरस्य वृत्तांतं कृपया कथितं मुने ।। अभ्यंतरभयं नास्ति कवचस्य प्रभावतः
kalpāṃtarasya vṛttāṃtaṃ kṛpayā kathitaṃ mune || abhyaṃtarabhayaṃ nāsti kavacasya prabhāvataḥ
The account of another kalpa has been graciously related, O sage; through the power of the armour there is no inner fear.
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BvP 4 12.33
कोटिशः कोटिशो नष्टा मया दृष्टाश्च वेधसः ।। अहं च हरिणा सार्द्धं कल्पेकल्पे स्थिरा सदा
koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo naṣṭā mayā dṛṣṭāśca vedhasaḥ || ahaṃ ca hariṇā sārddhaṃ kalpekalpe sthirā sadā
By the tens of millions, by the tens of millions, creators (Brahmās) have perished, and I have seen them; but I, together with Hari, remain firm always in kalpa after kalpa.
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BvP 4 12.34
इत्युक्त्वा कवचं दत्त्वा साऽन्तर्धानं चकार ह ।। निःशङ्को नाभिकमले तस्थौ स कमलोद्भवः
ityuktvā kavacaṃ dattvā sā'ntardhānaṃ cakāra ha || niḥśaṅko nābhikamale tasthau sa kamalodbhavaḥ
Having said this and given the armour, she vanished away; and that lotus-born one, free of misgiving, remained upon the lotus of (Viṣṇu's) navel.
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BvP 4 12.35
सुवर्णगुटिकायां च कृत्वेदं कवचं परम् ।। कण्ठे वा दक्षिणे बाहौ बध्नीयाद्यः सुधीः सदा
suvarṇaguṭikāyāṃ ca kṛtvedaṃ kavacaṃ param || kaṇṭhe vā dakṣiṇe bāhau badhnīyādyaḥ sudhīḥ sadā
Whatever wise man, having placed this supreme armour in a golden capsule, should always bind it on his neck or on his right arm—
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BvP 4 12.36
विषाग्निजलशत्रुभ्यो भयं तस्य न जायते ।। जले स्थले चांतरिक्षे निद्रायां रक्षतीश्वरः
viṣāgnijalaśatrubhyo bhayaṃ tasya na jāyate || jale sthale cāṃtarikṣe nidrāyāṃ rakṣatīśvaraḥ
—for him no fear arises from poison, fire, water, or enemies; in water, on land, in mid-air, and in sleep the Lord protects (him).
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BvP 4 12.37
संग्रामे वज्रपाते च विपत्तौ प्राणसंकटे ।। कवचस्मरणादेव सद्यो निःशङ्कतां व्रजेत्
saṃgrāme vajrapāte ca vipattau prāṇasaṃkaṭe || kavacasmaraṇādeva sadyo niḥśaṅkatāṃ vrajet
In battle, in the fall of a thunderbolt, in calamity, in danger to life, merely by remembering the armour one at once attains freedom from fear.
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BvP 4 12.38
बद्ध्वेदं कवचं कण्ठे शंकरस्त्रिपुरं पुरा ।। जघान लीलामात्रेण दुरंतमसुरेश्वरम्
baddhvedaṃ kavacaṃ kaṇṭhe śaṃkarastripuraṃ purā || jaghāna līlāmātreṇa duraṃtamasureśvaram
Having bound this armour on his neck, Śaṅkara long ago slew Tripura, the hard-to-end lord of the demons, as mere play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 12.39
बद्ध्वेदं कवचं काली रक्तबीजं चखाद सा ।। सहस्रशीर्षा धृत्वेदं विश्वं धत्ते तिलं यथा
baddhvedaṃ kavacaṃ kālī raktabījaṃ cakhāda sā || sahasraśīrṣā dhṛtvedaṃ viśvaṃ dhatte tilaṃ yathā
Having bound this armour on, Kālī devoured Raktabīja; and the thousand-headed one, wearing this, upholds the universe as (it were) a sesame seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 12.41
तस्य नन्दशिशोः कण्ठे चकार कवचं द्विजः ।। आत्मनः कवचं कण्ठे दधार च स्वयं हरिः
tasya nandaśiśoḥ kaṇṭhe cakāra kavacaṃ dvijaḥ || ātmanaḥ kavacaṃ kaṇṭhe dadhāra ca svayaṃ hariḥ
The brahmin placed the armour on the neck of that child of Nanda; and Hari himself wore his own armour on his neck.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 12.42
प्रभावः कथितः सर्वः कवचस्य हरेस्तथा ।। अनन्तस्याच्युतस्यैव प्रभावमतुलं मुने
prabhāvaḥ kathitaḥ sarvaḥ kavacasya harestathā || anantasyācyutasyaiva prabhāvamatulaṃ mune
The whole power of the armour has been told, and likewise of Hari—the incomparable power, O sage, of the endless, unfallen one himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition