Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 121
BvP 4 121.1
नारायण उवाच अथ कृष्णः सुधर्मायां निवसन्सगणस्तथा । तत्राऽऽजगाम् विप्रश्च प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा
nārāyaṇa uvāca atha kṛṣṇaḥ sudharmāyāṃ nivasansagaṇastathā | tatrā''jagām vipraśca prajvalanbrahmatejasā
Nārāyaṇa said: Then Kṛṣṇa, dwelling in (the hall) Sudharmā together with his company, — and there a brahmin came, blazing with brahminical splendour.
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BvP 4 121.2
आगत्य दृष्टाव तुष्टाव भक्त्या च पुरुषोत्तमम् । उवाच मधुरं शान्तो भीतो विनयपूर्वकम्
āgatya dṛṣṭāva tuṣṭāva bhaktyā ca puruṣottamam | uvāca madhuraṃ śānto bhīto vinayapūrvakam
Having come and seen (him), he praised the Supreme Person with devotion, and, calm yet afraid, spoke sweetly and with deference:
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BvP 4 121.3
ब्राह्मण उवाच श्रृगालो वासुदेवश्च राजेशो मण्डलेश्वरः । त्वामुवाच स यद्वाक्यं सावधानं निशामय
brāhmaṇa uvāca śrṛgālo vāsudevaśca rājeśo maṇḍaleśvaraḥ | tvāmuvāca sa yadvākyaṃ sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya
The brahmin said: Śṛgāla Vāsudeva, the lord of kings, ruler of the (whole) region — hear attentively the words which he spoke to you.
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BvP 4 121.4
श्रृगाल उवाच वैकुण्ठे वासुदेवोऽहं देवेशश्च चतुर्भुजः । लक्ष्मीपतिश्च जगतां धाता धातुश्च पालकः
śrṛgāla uvāca vaikuṇṭhe vāsudevo'haṃ deveśaśca caturbhujaḥ | lakṣmīpatiśca jagatāṃ dhātā dhātuśca pālakaḥ
Śṛgāla said: I am Vāsudeva in Vaikuṇṭha, the four-armed lord of the gods, the husband of Lakṣmī, the establisher of the worlds and the protector of the establisher (Brahmā).
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BvP 4 121.5
ब्रह्मणा प्रार्थितोऽहं च भारावतरणाय च । भुवो भारतवर्ष च तदर्थ गमनं मम
brahmaṇā prārthito'haṃ ca bhārāvataraṇāya ca | bhuvo bhāratavarṣa ca tadartha gamanaṃ mama
And I was entreated by Brahmā to remove the burden of the earth, and of Bhāratavarṣa; for that purpose is my going (there).
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BvP 4 121.6
वसुदेवसुतो वैश्यः क्षत्रियश्चाप्यहंकृतः । आत्मानं भक्तविष्णुश्च मायावी च प्रतारकः
vasudevasuto vaiśyaḥ kṣatriyaścāpyahaṃkṛtaḥ | ātmānaṃ bhaktaviṣṇuśca māyāvī ca pratārakaḥ
The son of Vasudeva is a vaiśya, yet he presumes himself a kṣatriya; (he calls) himself Viṣṇu (worshipped) by devotees, and he is a wielder of illusion and a deceiver.
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BvP 4 121.7
जनं जनेन निर्जित्य दुर्बलं बलिना सह । जोधयित्वा महाधूर्तो घातयामास भूपतीन्
janaṃ janena nirjitya durbalaṃ balinā saha | jodhayitvā mahādhūrto ghātayāmāsa bhūpatīn
Conquering one man by means of another, setting the weak against the strong to fight, that great rogue had kings killed.
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BvP 4 121.8
दुर्योधनं जरासंधं भूपमन्यं च दुर्बलम् । भीमेन घातयामास बलिनाऽल्पेन भूतले
duryodhanaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ bhūpamanyaṃ ca durbalam | bhīmena ghātayāmāsa balinā'lpena bhūtale
Duryodhana, Jarāsandha, and whatever other king was weak, he had killed on earth by Bhīma, who was strong (though) small.
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BvP 4 121.9
द्रोणं भीष्मं च कर्ण च यं यमन्यं च भूतले । बलीयसाऽर्जुनेनैव घातयामास मायया
droṇaṃ bhīṣmaṃ ca karṇa ca yaṃ yamanyaṃ ca bhūtale | balīyasā'rjunenaiva ghātayāmāsa māyayā
Droṇa, Bhīṣma and Karṇa, and whoever else there was on earth, he had killed by trickery through the mightier Arjuna.
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BvP 4 121.10
यं यमन्यं दुर्बलं च प्रसिद्धमप्रसिद्धकम् । प्रसिद्धेन बलवता घातयामास मायया
yaṃ yamanyaṃ durbalaṃ ca prasiddhamaprasiddhakam | prasiddhena balavatā ghātayāmāsa māyayā
And whoever else was weak, famous or unknown, he had killed by trickery through one famous and strong.
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BvP 4 121.11
शिशुपालं दन्तवक्त्रं कंसं च चिररोगिणम् । मत्पुत्रं नरकं चैव दुर्बलं केशिनं मुरम्
śiśupālaṃ dantavaktraṃ kaṃsaṃ ca cirarogiṇam | matputraṃ narakaṃ caiva durbalaṃ keśinaṃ muram
Śiśupāla, Dantavaktra, and Kaṃsa who was long diseased, and my son Naraka, and the weak Keśin and Mura —
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BvP 4 121.12
स्वयं जघान संकेताच्छलेन सहसा बत । न धर्मयुद्धे कपटी स च बालो ह्यधार्मिकः
svayaṃ jaghāna saṃketācchalena sahasā bata | na dharmayuddhe kapaṭī sa ca bālo hyadhārmikaḥ
these he slew himself, suddenly, by a prearranged trap, by deceit — alas! The cheat (fought) not in righteous battle; he is a child and indeed unrighteous.
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BvP 4 121.13
जघान पूतनां कुब्जां स्त्रीघाती वस्त्रहेतुना । जघान रजकं शिष्टमशिष्टश्च प्रतारकः
jaghāna pūtanāṃ kubjāṃ strīghātī vastrahetunā | jaghāna rajakaṃ śiṣṭamaśiṣṭaśca pratārakaḥ
He slew Pūtanā and the hunchbacked woman — a slayer of women; for the sake of clothes he slew the washerman, a decent man — he, the indecent deceiver.
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BvP 4 121.14
हिरण्यकशिपुं दैत्यं हिरण्याक्षं महाबलम् । मधुं च कैटभं चैव हत्वाऽहं सुष्टिरक्षकः
hiraṇyakaśipuṃ daityaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ mahābalam | madhuṃ ca kaiṭabhaṃ caiva hatvā'haṃ suṣṭirakṣakaḥ
Having slain the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa (Hiraṇyākṣa/Hiraṇyākṣa=Hiraṇyakṣa), and Madhu and Kaiṭabha, I am the protector of the good.
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BvP 4 121.15
अहमेव स्वयं ब्रह्मा ह्यहमेव स्वयं शिवः । अहं विष्णुश्च जगतां पाता दुष्टापहारकः
ahameva svayaṃ brahmā hyahameva svayaṃ śivaḥ | ahaṃ viṣṇuśca jagatāṃ pātā duṣṭāpahārakaḥ
I myself am Brahmā, I myself am Śiva; I am Viṣṇu, the protector of the worlds, the remover of the wicked.
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BvP 4 121.16
अंशेन कलया सर्वे मनवो मुनयस्तथा । स्वयं नारायणोऽहं च मिर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः
aṃśena kalayā sarve manavo munayastathā | svayaṃ nārāyaṇo'haṃ ca mirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ
All the Manus and the sages (exist) by a portion, by a fraction (of me); I myself am Nārāyaṇa, free of qualities, beyond primordial nature.
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BvP 4 121.17
लज्जया कृपया चैव मित्रबुद्ध्या ङमा कृता । यद्गतं तद्गतं भद्र युद्धं कुरु मया सह
lajjayā kṛpayā caiva mitrabuddhyā ṅamā kṛtā | yadgataṃ tadgataṃ bhadra yuddhaṃ kuru mayā saha
Out of shame, out of pity, and out of a friendly disposition, forbearance was shown. What is past is past; good sir, do battle with me.
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BvP 4 121.18
श्रृणोमि दूतद्वारेण ह्यतीवोच्चैरहंकृतम् । उचितं दमनं तस्याप्युन्नतानां निपातनम्
śrṛṇomi dūtadvāreṇa hyatīvoccairahaṃkṛtam | ucitaṃ damanaṃ tasyāpyunnatānāṃ nipātanam
I hear through a messenger of (his) exceedingly lofty arrogance. It is fitting that he be subdued: the casting down of the lofty (is proper).
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BvP 4 121.19
राज्ञश्च परमो धर्मोऽप्यहं शास्ता भुवोऽधुना । शङ्खं चक्रं गदां पद्मं गृहीत्वाऽहं चतुर्भुजः
rājñaśca paramo dharmo'pyahaṃ śāstā bhuvo'dhunā | śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ padmaṃ gṛhītvā'haṃ caturbhujaḥ
And this is the highest duty of a king; I am now the ruler of the earth. Taking conch, discus, mace and lotus, I am four-armed.
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BvP 4 121.20
द्वारकां ता गमिष्यामि युद्धाय सगणः स्वयं । युद्धं कुरु यदीच्छाऽस्ति मा मां च शरणं व्रज
dvārakāṃ tā gamiṣyāmi yuddhāya sagaṇaḥ svayaṃ | yuddhaṃ kuru yadīcchā'sti mā māṃ ca śaraṇaṃ vraja
I shall go myself to Dvārakā with my host for battle. Fight, if you have the wish; or else come to me for refuge.
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BvP 4 121.21
यदि मा यास्यति मम शरणं शरणागतः । भस्मीभूतां करिष्यामि द्वारकां च क्षणेन च
yadi mā yāsyati mama śaraṇaṃ śaraṇāgataḥ | bhasmībhūtāṃ kariṣyāmi dvārakāṃ ca kṣaṇena ca
If he will not come to my refuge as one seeking shelter, I shall reduce Dvārakā to ashes in a single moment.
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BvP 4 121.22
सबलं च सपुत्रं त्वां सगणं च सबान्धवम् । क्षणेन दग्धुं शक्तोऽहमसहायेन लीलया
sabalaṃ ca saputraṃ tvāṃ sagaṇaṃ ca sabāndhavam | kṣaṇena dagdhuṃ śakto'hamasahāyena līlayā
You, together with your army, your sons, your retinue and your kinsmen — I am able to burn (you all) in an instant, unaided, as a mere sport.
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BvP 4 121.23
तपस्विनं च वृद्धं च जित्वा युद्धे च शंकरम् । शक्रं भगाङ्गं जित्वा च रोगिणं ब्रह्मशापतः
tapasvinaṃ ca vṛddhaṃ ca jitvā yuddhe ca śaṃkaram | śakraṃ bhagāṅgaṃ jitvā ca rogiṇaṃ brahmaśāpataḥ
Having conquered in battle Śaṃkara, an ascetic and an old man, and having conquered Indra, who bore the mark of the vulva (on his body) and was diseased by a brahmin's curse —
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BvP 4 121.24
मत्तोऽसि वीरमात्मानं मन्यमानस्त्वमेव च । स्त्रीजितो हि वृथार्थ च पारिजातस्य हेतुना
matto'si vīramātmānaṃ manyamānastvameva ca | strījito hi vṛthārtha ca pārijātasya hetunā
you are drunk (with pride), thinking yourself a hero; and indeed you were conquered by a woman, and for nothing, on account of the pārijāta tree.
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BvP 4 121.25
लमपटो योनिलुब्धश्च राधादीनश्च गोकुले । अधुना किंकरसमः सत्यादीनां च योषिताम्
lamapaṭo yonilubdhaśca rādhādīnaśca gokule | adhunā kiṃkarasamaḥ satyādīnāṃ ca yoṣitām
(You were) a lecher and greedy for women in Gokula, and subservient to Rādhā and the others; now you are like a servant of Satyā (Satyabhāmā) and the other women.
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BvP 4 121.26
इत्येवमुक्त्वा विप्रश्च तूष्णींभूय स्थितो मुने । शीकुष्णः सगणः श्रुत्वा भृशसुच्छैर्जहास सः
ityevamuktvā vipraśca tūṣṇīṃbhūya sthito mune | śīkuṣṇaḥ sagaṇaḥ śrutvā bhṛśasucchairjahāsa saḥ
Having spoken thus, O sage, the brahmin fell silent and stood there; and Śrī Kṛṣṇa, with his retinue, having heard (this), laughed very loudly.
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BvP 4 121.27
भोजयित्वा च संपूज्य ब्राह्मणं च चतुर्विधम् । निनाय रजनीं दुःखाद्वाक्शल्यमान ज्वरात्
bhojayitvā ca saṃpūjya brāhmaṇaṃ ca caturvidham | nināya rajanīṃ duḥkhādvākśalyamāna jvarāt
Having fed and duly honoured the brahmin with the fourfold (offering), he passed the night in sorrow, from the fever (caused) by the arrow of those words.
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BvP 4 121.28
प्रभाते रथमारुह्य सगणः सत्वरं मुदा । लीलामात्रेण प्रययौ श्रृगालो नृपतिर्यतः
prabhāte rathamāruhya sagaṇaḥ satvaraṃ mudā | līlāmātreṇa prayayau śrṛgālo nṛpatiryataḥ
At dawn, mounting his chariot with his retinue, swiftly and gladly, he set out as if in mere play to where king Śṛgāla was.
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BvP 4 121.29
श्रुत्वा श्रृगालो वार्तां तां कृत्रिमश्च चतुर्भुजः । आजगाम हरेः स्थानं युद्धाय सगणः स्वयम्
śrutvā śrṛgālo vārtāṃ tāṃ kṛtrimaśca caturbhujaḥ | ājagāma hareḥ sthānaṃ yuddhāya sagaṇaḥ svayam
Hearing that news, Śṛgāla, the counterfeit four-armed one, himself came with his retinue to Hari's place for battle.
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BvP 4 121.30
कृष्णश्चक्रे च संभाषां मित्रबुद्ध्या च लौकिकीम् । आश्लेषं मधुरालापं स्निग्धनेत्रश्च सस्मितः
kṛṣṇaścakre ca saṃbhāṣāṃ mitrabuddhyā ca laukikīm | āśleṣaṃ madhurālāpaṃ snigdhanetraśca sasmitaḥ
And Kṛṣṇa made ordinary worldly conversation with him in the spirit of a friend — an embrace, sweet talk, with affectionate eyes and a smile.
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BvP 4 121.31
राजा निमन्त्रणं चक्रे कृष्णो न स्वीचकार तत् । उवाच कृष्णभीतश्चत्यक्त्वा दम्भं च दर्शनात्
rājā nimantraṇaṃ cakre kṛṣṇo na svīcakāra tat | uvāca kṛṣṇabhītaścatyaktvā dambhaṃ ca darśanāt
The king made an invitation, (but) Kṛṣṇa did not accept it. Frightened of Kṛṣṇa, and having abandoned his pretence at (the mere) sight (of him), he said:
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BvP 4 121.32
श्रृगाल उवाच चक्रेण मच्छिरश्छित्त्वा सुशीघ्रं द्वारकां व्रज । पापः पततु देहोऽयमनित्यो नश्वरस्तथा
śrṛgāla uvāca cakreṇa macchiraśchittvā suśīghraṃ dvārakāṃ vraja | pāpaḥ patatu deho'yamanityo naśvarastathā
Śṛgāla said: Cut off my head with your discus and go very quickly to Dvārakā; let this sinful body fall, impermanent and perishable as it is.
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BvP 4 121.33
अहं सुभद्रस्ते द्वारि जयश्च विजयो यथा । सर्व जानासि सर्वज्ञ मा विलम्बं कुरु प्रभो
ahaṃ subhadraste dvāri jayaśca vijayo yathā | sarva jānāsi sarvajña mā vilambaṃ kuru prabho
I shall be (a doorkeeper) auspicious at your door, like Jaya and Vijaya. You know everything, O all-knowing one; make no delay, O Lord.
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BvP 4 121.34
लक्ष्मीशापेन भ्रष्टोऽहं कालः पूर्णो बभूव मे । शतवर्षेण शापान्ते यास्यमि भवनं तव
lakṣmīśāpena bhraṣṭo'haṃ kālaḥ pūrṇo babhūva me | śatavarṣeṇa śāpānte yāsyami bhavanaṃ tava
By Lakṣmī's curse I have fallen; my time has now been completed. After a hundred years, at the curse's end, I shall go to your abode.
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BvP 4 121.35
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच पूर्व मां मित्र प्रहर पश्चाद्युद्धं करोभ्यहम् । सर्व जानामि वैकुण्ठं गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca pūrva māṃ mitra prahara paścādyuddhaṃ karobhyaham | sarva jānāmi vaikuṇṭhaṃ gaccha vatsa yathāsukham
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Strike me first, friend; afterwards I shall do battle. I know everything; go to Vaikuṇṭha, child, at your ease.
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BvP 4 121.36
श्रृगालो दशबाणांश्च चिक्षेप माधवं प्रति । ते प्रणभ्य ययुः शीघ्रमाकाशं कालरूपिमः
śrṛgālo daśabāṇāṃśca cikṣepa mādhavaṃ prati | te praṇabhya yayuḥ śīghramākāśaṃ kālarūpimaḥ
Śṛgāla hurled ten arrows at Mādhava; but they, bowing (to him), went swiftly up into the sky, they that had the form of Time.
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BvP 4 121.37
गदां चिक्षेप राजा स प्रलयाग्निशिखोपमाम् । कृष्णाङ्गस्पर्शमात्रेण बभञ्ज च क्षणेन च
gadāṃ cikṣepa rājā sa pralayāgniśikhopamām | kṛṣṇāṅgasparśamātreṇa babhañja ca kṣaṇena ca
That king hurled a mace like the flame of the fire of dissolution; by the mere touch of Kṛṣṇa's body it broke in an instant.
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BvP 4 121.38
शूलं चिक्षेप मुसलं च परशुं तथा । कृष्णाङ्गस्पर्शमात्रेण बभञ्ज च क्षणेन च
śūlaṃ cikṣepa musalaṃ ca paraśuṃ tathā | kṛṣṇāṅgasparśamātreṇa babhañja ca kṣaṇena ca
He hurled a spear, and a club, and likewise an axe; by the mere touch of Kṛṣṇa's body they broke in an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.39
धनुश्चिक्षेप खङ्गं च कालरूपं सुदारुपाम् । कृष्णाङ्गस्पर्शमात्रेण बभञ्ज च क्षणेन च
dhanuścikṣepa khaṅgaṃ ca kālarūpaṃ sudārupām | kṛṣṇāṅgasparśamātreṇa babhañja ca kṣaṇena ca
He hurled a bow and a sword, terrible, having the form of Time; by the mere touch of Kṛṣṇa's body they broke in an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.40
दृप्ट्वा निरस्त्रं राजनमित्युवाच कृपानिधिः । गृहं गत्वा सुतीक्ष्णं च मित्रास्त्रमानयेति च
dṛpṭvā nirastraṃ rājanamityuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ | gṛhaṃ gatvā sutīkṣṇaṃ ca mitrāstramānayeti ca
Seeing the king weaponless, the treasury of compassion said this: "Go home and fetch a very sharp weapon, given by a friend."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 121.41
श्रृगाल उवाच नाऽऽत्माऽऽकाशोऽस्त्रविद्धश्च किं युद्धमात्मना सह । मामुद्धर भवाब्धेश्च धरोद्धारणकारण
śrṛgāla uvāca nā''tmā''kāśo'straviddhaśca kiṃ yuddhamātmanā saha | māmuddhara bhavābdheśca dharoddhāraṇakāraṇa
Śṛgāla said: The self, like space, is not pierced by weapons — what battle can there be with the self? Lift me out of the ocean of existence, O cause of the lifting-up of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 121.42
भवार्ब्धि विषमं नाथ विषयं च विषाधिकम् । छिन्धि मे निगडं मायां मोहजालं स्वकर्मणः
bhavārbdhi viṣamaṃ nātha viṣayaṃ ca viṣādhikam | chindhi me nigaḍaṃ māyāṃ mohajālaṃ svakarmaṇaḥ
The ocean of worldly existence is perilous, O Lord, and sense-objects are worse than poison; cut away my fetter — the māyā, the net of delusion (born) of my own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.43
कर्मणामीश्वरस्त्वं च विधाता घातुरेव च । दाता शुभफलानां च प्रदाता सर्वसंपदाम्
karmaṇāmīśvarastvaṃ ca vidhātā ghātureva ca | dātā śubhaphalānāṃ ca pradātā sarvasaṃpadām
And you are the lord of (all) actions, their ordainer and indeed their destroyer; the giver of auspicious fruits and the bestower of all riches.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 121.44
कारणं प्राक्तनानां च तेषां च खण्डने क्षमः । यामि गेहं च वैकुण्ठं तवैव द्वारसप्तमम्
kāraṇaṃ prāktanānāṃ ca teṣāṃ ca khaṇḍane kṣamaḥ | yāmi gehaṃ ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ tavaiva dvārasaptamam
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 121.45
त्यक्त्वा च नशवरं देहं प्राकृतं पाञ्चभौतिकम् । मित्रस्य स्तवनं श्रुत्वा वचनं च सुधोपमम्
tyaktvā ca naśavaraṃ dehaṃ prākṛtaṃ pāñcabhautikam | mitrasya stavanaṃ śrutvā vacanaṃ ca sudhopamam
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 121.46
रुरोद समरे तत्र कृपया च कृपानिधिः । बभूव तत्र सहसा कृष्णनेत्राश्रुबिन्दुना
ruroda samare tatra kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ | babhūva tatra sahasā kṛṣṇanetrāśrubindunā
There on the battlefield he wept out of pity, he who is the treasure-house of compassion; and there, all at once, from the drops of tears from Kṛṣṇa's eyes there came to be—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.47
दिव्यं बिन्दुसरो नाम् तीर्थानां प्रवरं परम् । तत्तोयस्पर्शमात्रेण जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः ।। सप्तजन्मर्जितात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
divyaṃ bindusaro nām tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ param | tattoyasparśamātreṇa jīvanmukto bhavennaraḥ || saptajanmarjitātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
(There arose) the divine (lake) named Bindusaras, the best and highest of holy places. By the mere touch of its water a man becomes liberated while still living; he is freed from the sin amassed through seven births — of this there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.48
श्रीभगवानुवाच कथमेतादृशी बुद्धिर्मित्र ते निर्मलं मनः । दूतद्वारा कथं चौक्तं निष्ठुरं दारुणं वचः
śrībhagavānuvāca kathametādṛśī buddhirmitra te nirmalaṃ manaḥ | dūtadvārā kathaṃ cauktaṃ niṣṭhuraṃ dāruṇaṃ vacaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: How, friend, (came) such a thought to you, whose mind is pure? And how was so harsh and cruel a speech spoken (by you) through a messenger?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.49
शृगाल उवाच एवमुक्तो मया त्वं च तेन क्रोधादिहाऽऽगतः । अन्यथा दुर्लभं नाथ स्वप्नेऽपि तव दर्शनम्
śṛgāla uvāca evamukto mayā tvaṃ ca tena krodhādihā''gataḥ | anyathā durlabhaṃ nātha svapne'pi tava darśanam
The jackal said: I spoke to you thus, and because of that you came here in anger; otherwise, O Lord, the sight of you would be hard to obtain even in a dream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.50
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे योगाद्देहं त्यक्त्वा च प्राकृतम् । दृष्ट्वा कृष्णं च यानेन वैकुष्ठं प्रययौ मुदा
etasminnantare yogāddehaṃ tyaktvā ca prākṛtam | dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ ca yānena vaikuṣṭhaṃ prayayau mudā
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 121.51
सप्ततालप्रमाणं च ज्योतिस्तत्र महोल्बणम् । पद्मैः पद्मार्चितं पादपद्मं नत्वा जगाम ह
saptatālapramāṇaṃ ca jyotistatra maholbaṇam | padmaiḥ padmārcitaṃ pādapadmaṃ natvā jagāma ha
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 121.52
गत्वा च द्वारकां कृष्णो नत्वा च पितरं प्रसूम् । श्रीकृष्णः सगणः शीघ्रं दृष्ट्वा च परमाद्भुतम्
gatvā ca dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇo natvā ca pitaraṃ prasūm | śrīkṛṣṇaḥ sagaṇaḥ śīghraṃ dṛṣṭvā ca paramādbhutam
And Kṛṣṇa, having gone to Dvārakā and bowed to his father and his mother — Śrī Kṛṣṇa, with his retinue, having swiftly seen that most wondrous (sight) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 121.53
प्रफुल्लवदनः श्रीमान्द्वारकाभिमुखं ययौ । जगाम रुक्मणीगेहं पुष्पजन्दनवासितम्
praphullavadanaḥ śrīmāndvārakābhimukhaṃ yayau | jagāma rukmaṇīgehaṃ puṣpajandanavāsitam
With a beaming face the glorious one went toward Dvārakā; he entered Rukmiṇī's house, perfumed with flowers and sandal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.54
पुष्पचन्दनतल्पे च नक्तं रेमे तया सह । मूर्च्छं संप्राप स भैष्मी कृष्णं कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि
puṣpacandanatalpe ca naktaṃ reme tayā saha | mūrcchaṃ saṃprāpa sa bhaiṣmī kṛṣṇaṃ kṛtvā svavakṣasi
And on a couch of flowers and sandal paste he took his pleasure with her through the night; she, the daughter of Bhīṣma(ka), fell into a swoon, having laid Kṛṣṇa upon her own breast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 121.121
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo शृगालवासुदेव- मोक्षणं नामैकविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo śṛgālavāsudeva- mokṣaṇaṃ nāmaikaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the glorious Brahmavaivarta, the great Purāṇa, in the Book of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Birth, in the latter part, in the dialogue of Nārada (and Nārāyaṇa), the one hundred twenty-first chapter, called "The Slaying of the Jackal-Vāsudeva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition