Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 122
BvP 4 122.1
नारद उवाच सर्वासां रमणीनां च कृष्णेन परमात्मना । समुद्वाहश्च कथितस्त्वया भगवता मुदा
nārada uvāca sarvāsāṃ ramaṇīnāṃ ca kṛṣṇena paramātmanā | samudvāhaśca kathitastvayā bhagavatā mudā
Nārada said: The marriage of all the beautiful women with Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, has been told by you, revered one, with delight.
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BvP 4 122.2
स्यमन्तकस्य च मणेरुपाख्यानमभीप्सितम् । तन्न श्रुतं महाभाग तन्मां व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
syamantakasya ca maṇerupākhyānamabhīpsitam | tanna śrutaṃ mahābhāga tanmāṃ vyākhyātumarhasi
And the tale of the Syamantaka jewel is what (I) desire (to hear); that I have not heard, O greatly fortunate one — you ought to expound it to me.
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BvP 4 122.3
नारायण उवाच भाद्रशुक्लचतुर्थ्यां च तारकां हृत्वाञ्छशी । तां तत्याज स कृष्णायां गुरुस्तां च गृहीतवान्
nārāyaṇa uvāca bhādraśuklacaturthyāṃ ca tārakāṃ hṛtvāñchaśī | tāṃ tatyāja sa kṛṣṇāyāṃ gurustāṃ ca gṛhītavān
Nārāyaṇa said: On the fourth day of the bright fortnight of Bhādra the moon carried off Tārā; on the (fourth day of the) dark fortnight he abandoned her, and (her husband) the preceptor took her back.
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BvP 4 122.4
गुरुणा भर्त्सिता तारा मगर्भा लज्जिता सती । शशाप लज्जया कोपाच्चन्द्रं कामातुरं पुरा
guruṇā bhartsitā tārā magarbhā lajjitā satī | śaśāpa lajjayā kopāccandraṃ kāmāturaṃ purā
Tārā, rebuked by her husband (Bṛhaspati), pregnant and ashamed, the chaste woman, out of shame and anger once cursed the Moon, who was sick with desire.
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BvP 4 122.5
तारोवाच भव शापकलंकी त्वं यस्त्वां पश्यति देहभृत् । पापं दृष्ट्वा स पापी च कलंकी च भविष्यति
tārovāca bhava śāpakalaṃkī tvaṃ yastvāṃ paśyati dehabhṛt | pāpaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa pāpī ca kalaṃkī ca bhaviṣyati
Tārā said: "Be you marked with the stain of (this) curse; and whatever embodied being looks upon you — having looked upon (you who are) sinful, he too shall become a sinner and stained."
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BvP 4 122.6
इति श्रुत्वा स चन्द्रश्च नारायणसरोवरे । नारायणतपस्तप्त्वा मुमोच कृतपातकात्
iti śrutvā sa candraśca nārāyaṇasarovare | nārāyaṇatapastaptvā mumoca kṛtapātakāt
Having heard this, that Moon, in the lake of Nārāyaṇa, performed austerity to Nārāyaṇa and was released from the sin he had committed.
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BvP 4 122.7
तपःक्लिष्टं च तं दृष्ट्वा भगवान्पुरुषोत्तमः । तमुवाच महाभीतं कृपया च कृपानिधिः
tapaḥkliṣṭaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ | tamuvāca mahābhītaṃ kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ
And seeing him worn out by austerity and greatly afraid, the Lord, the Supreme Person, the treasury of compassion, spoke to him out of pity.
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BvP 4 122.8
श्रीभगवानुवाच मुक्तो भव कलंकी त्वं सर्वकालं कलानिधे । शापस्थानं तारकाया भाद्रे मासि सितासिते
śrībhagavānuvāca mukto bhava kalaṃkī tvaṃ sarvakālaṃ kalānidhe | śāpasthānaṃ tārakāyā bhādre māsi sitāsite
The Blessed Lord said: Be released, O treasury of digits — you who bear the stain for all time; the place of Tārā's curse shall be in the month of Bhādra, in the bright and the dark (fortnight).
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BvP 4 122.9
चतुर्थ्यामुदितं चन्द्रं यस्तु पश्यति कामतः । तं याति तत्कलङ्कश्च स कलंकी भविष्यति
caturthyāmuditaṃ candraṃ yastu paśyati kāmataḥ | taṃ yāti tatkalaṅkaśca sa kalaṃkī bhaviṣyati
Whoever willfully looks at the moon risen on the fourth (day) — that stain of his goes to him, and he will become stained.
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BvP 4 122.10
हरिणा दीयते ताले भाद्रे मासि सितासिते । चतुर्थ्यामुदितश्चन्द्रो नेक्षितव्यः कदाचन
hariṇā dīyate tāle bhādre māsi sitāsite | caturthyāmuditaścandro nekṣitavyaḥ kadācana
By Hari it is given as a prohibition(?): in the month of Bhādra, in the bright and the dark (fortnight), the moon risen on the fourth must never be looked at.
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BvP 4 122.11
स्वयं दृष्ट्वा स्ववाक्यं च पालनं कर्तुमर्हति । भाद्रे चन्द्रं चतुर्थ्यां तु स कलंकी बभूव ह
svayaṃ dṛṣṭvā svavākyaṃ ca pālanaṃ kartumarhati | bhādre candraṃ caturthyāṃ tu sa kalaṃkī babhūva ha
Having himself looked (at it), he must also keep his own word; so, having (seen) the moon on the fourth in Bhādra, he indeed became stained.
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BvP 4 122.12
कलंकी येन रूपेण तद्वक्ष्यामि निशामय । स मुमोच कलंकाच्च लोकशिक्षार्थमीश्वरः
kalaṃkī yena rūpeṇa tadvakṣyāmi niśāmaya | sa mumoca kalaṃkācca lokaśikṣārthamīśvaraḥ
In what form he became stained, that I shall tell; listen. And the Lord was freed from the stain, for the instruction of the world.
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BvP 4 122.13
सत्राजितः सूर्यभक्तस्तपस्तब्त्वा च पुष्करे । स्यमन्तकं मणिश्रेष्ठं संप्राप भास्करादपि
satrājitaḥ sūryabhaktastapastabtvā ca puṣkare | syamantakaṃ maṇiśreṣṭhaṃ saṃprāpa bhāskarādapi
Satrājit, a devotee of the Sun, having performed austerity at Puṣkara, obtained Syamantaka, the best of jewels, even from the Sun.
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BvP 4 122.14
अष्टौ भारान्सुवर्णानां प्रसूते नित्यमेव च । विष्गोर्मणावधिष्ठानं महापूते च पुण्यदे
aṣṭau bhārānsuvarṇānāṃ prasūte nityameva ca | viṣgormaṇāvadhiṣṭhānaṃ mahāpūte ca puṇyade
And it constantly produces eight loads of gold; and it is Viṣṇu's seat in the jewel, greatly purifying and merit-bestowing.
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BvP 4 122.15
सत्राजितः सत्यभामां दत्त्वा कृष्णाय भक्तितः । यौतुकार्थे मणिं दातुमुद्यतो महते महान्
satrājitaḥ satyabhāmāṃ dattvā kṛṣṇāya bhaktitaḥ | yautukārthe maṇiṃ dātumudyato mahate mahān
Satrājit, having devotedly given Satyabhāmā to Kṛṣṇa, the great (man) was ready to give the jewel to the great (Lord) as a dowry.
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BvP 4 122.16
तं निषिध्य प्रसेनश्च दुर्मतिः कालपीडितः । मणिं गृहीत्वा प्रययौ पुण्यां वाराणसीं पुरीम्
taṃ niṣidhya prasenaśca durmatiḥ kālapīḍitaḥ | maṇiṃ gṛhītvā prayayau puṇyāṃ vārāṇasīṃ purīm
But Prasena, evil-minded and afflicted by fate, forbade him, and taking the jewel he went to the holy city of Vārāṇasī.
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BvP 4 122.17
निहत्य तं पथि बलात्सिंहः सबल एव च । मणिं जग्राह रुचिरं सूत्रबद्धं गले दधौ
nihatya taṃ pathi balātsiṃhaḥ sabala eva ca | maṇiṃ jagrāha ruciraṃ sūtrabaddhaṃ gale dadhau
Having killed him on the road by force, a lion — indeed a strong one — took the lovely jewel, bound with a thread, and put it on its neck.
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BvP 4 122.18
कलिङ्गराजपुत्रश्च ब्रह्मशापात्सुदारुणात् । विप्रेणाम्युदितस्तेन पशुयोनिं जगाम् सः
kaliṅgarājaputraśca brahmaśāpātsudāruṇāt | vipreṇāmyuditastena paśuyoniṃ jagām saḥ
And he was a son of the king of Kaliṅga; through a most terrible brahmin's curse — being (thus) addressed by that brahmin — he went to an animal birth.
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BvP 4 122.19
निहत्य सिंहं गहने भल्लूको जाम्बवान्बली । मणिं गृहीत्वा प्रययौ स्वपुरं रत्ननिर्मितम्
nihatya siṃhaṃ gahane bhallūko jāmbavānbalī | maṇiṃ gṛhītvā prayayau svapuraṃ ratnanirmitam
Having killed the lion in the thicket, the mighty bear Jāmbavān took the jewel and went to his own city, made of gems.
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BvP 4 122.20
ऊचुः सर्वे द्वारकायां मणिं जगाह माधवः । तस्य बुद्धिं न जानीमः केनोपायेन वेति च
ūcuḥ sarve dvārakāyāṃ maṇiṃ jagāha mādhavaḥ | tasya buddhiṃ na jānīmaḥ kenopāyena veti ca
In Dvārakā all said: Mādhava has seized the jewel; we do not know his mind, nor by what device (he did it).
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BvP 4 122.21
इति श्रुत्वा तु भगवान्कलंककृन्तनाय च । प्रययौ काननं घोरं चौरचिह्नेन वर्त्मना
iti śrutvā tu bhagavānkalaṃkakṛntanāya ca | prayayau kānanaṃ ghoraṃ cauracihnena vartmanā
Having heard this, the Lord, in order to cut away the stain (on his name), went to the terrible forest by the path (marked) with the thief's tracks.
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BvP 4 122.22
मृतं प्रसेनं दृष्ट्वा च दुःखी सिहं ददर्श सः । मणिशून्यं च तं दृष्ट्वा विषसाद च माधवः
mṛtaṃ prasenaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca duḥkhī sihaṃ dadarśa saḥ | maṇiśūnyaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣasāda ca mādhavaḥ
And seeing Prasena dead, grieving, he saw the lion; and seeing it without the jewel, Mādhava was dejected.
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BvP 4 122.23
सर्वंज्ञात्वा च सर्वज्ञो भल्लूकभवनं ययौ । रुदन्तं बालकं तत्र धात्रीक्रोडे ददर्श सः
sarvaṃjñātvā ca sarvajño bhallūkabhavanaṃ yayau | rudantaṃ bālakaṃ tatra dhātrīkroḍe dadarśa saḥ
And knowing everything, the all-knowing one went to the bear's dwelling; there he saw a child crying in the lap of its nurse.
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BvP 4 122.24
बालकं बोधयामास सा धात्री करुणान्विता । मणिं गृहाण बालेति तव ह्येष स्यमन्तकः
bālakaṃ bodhayāmāsa sā dhātrī karuṇānvitā | maṇiṃ gṛhāṇa bāleti tava hyeṣa syamantakaḥ
That nurse, filled with compassion, was coaxing the child: "Take the jewel, child — this Syamantaka is indeed yours!"
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BvP 4 122.25
सिंहः प्रसेनमवधीत्सिंहो जाम्बवता हतः । सुकुमारक मा रोदीस्तव ह्येष स्यमन्तकः
siṃhaḥ prasenamavadhītsiṃho jāmbavatā hataḥ | sukumāraka mā rodīstava hyeṣa syamantakaḥ
"The lion killed Prasena; the lion was slain by Jāmbavān. Do not cry, tender little one — this Syamantaka is indeed yours!"
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BvP 4 122.26
इति धात्र्युक्तसुश्लोकं यश्च स्मृत्वा जलं पिबेत् । दैवदृष्टनष्टचन्द्रद्रोषादेव प्रमृच्यते
iti dhātryuktasuślokaṃ yaśca smṛtvā jalaṃ pibet | daivadṛṣṭanaṣṭacandradroṣādeva pramṛcyate
And whoever, recalling this fine verse spoken by the nurse, drinks water is freed from the very fault of having, by chance, looked upon the moon that had vanished.
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BvP 4 122.27
कामतो यदि पश्यन्ति दाम्भिका वेदनिन्दकाः । कलङ्किनो भवन्त्येवमित्याह कमलोद्भवः
kāmato yadi paśyanti dāmbhikā vedanindakāḥ | kalaṅkino bhavantyevamityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
But if hypocrites who revile the Veda look (at it) deliberately, they become stained — so said the lotus-born (Brahmā).
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BvP 4 122.28
कृष्णो धात्रीवचः श्रुत्वा मणिं जग्राह बालकात् । धात्री गत्वा च भल्लूकं कथयामास कोपतः
kṛṣṇo dhātrīvacaḥ śrutvā maṇiṃ jagrāha bālakāt | dhātrī gatvā ca bhallūkaṃ kathayāmāsa kopataḥ
Kṛṣṇa, hearing the nurse's words, took the gem from the boy; and the nurse went and in anger told the bear.
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BvP 4 122.29
जाम्बवांश्च समागत्य तुष्टाव प्रणिपत्य सः । कन्यां जाम्बवतीं तस्मै यौतुकार्थं मणिं ददौ
jāmbavāṃśca samāgatya tuṣṭāva praṇipatya saḥ | kanyāṃ jāmbavatīṃ tasmai yautukārthaṃ maṇiṃ dadau
And Jāmbavān, having come, bowed down and praised him; he gave him his daughter Jāmbavatī, and the gem as her dowry.
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BvP 4 122.30
द्वारकां मणिमानीय दर्शयामास यादवान् । प्रभुश्च सर्वतः शुद्धो निष्कलङ्को बभूव सः
dvārakāṃ maṇimānīya darśayāmāsa yādavān | prabhuśca sarvataḥ śuddho niṣkalaṅko babhūva saḥ
Bringing the gem to Dvārakā, he showed it to the Yādavas; and the Lord became wholly pure and free of stain.
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BvP 4 122.31
एतत्ते कथितं वत्स मणेराख्यानमुत्तमम् । अध्यायश्रवणादेव निष्कलंको भवेन्नरः
etatte kathitaṃ vatsa maṇerākhyānamuttamam | adhyāyaśravaṇādeva niṣkalaṃko bhavennaraḥ
This excellent tale of the gem has been told to you, child; merely by hearing this chapter a man becomes stainless.
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BvP 4 122.32
यच्छ्रु तं धर्मवक्त्रेण तदुक्तं च यथागमम् । सुदुर्लभमुपाख्यानं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
yacchru taṃ dharmavaktreṇa taduktaṃ ca yathāgamam | sudurlabhamupākhyānaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
What was heard from the mouth of Dharma, that has been told as it came down (in tradition) — a most rare narrative. What further do you wish to hear?
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BvP 4 122.122
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदानाo स्यमन्तकमणिः हरणं नाम द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradānāo syamantakamaṇiḥ haraṇaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus (ends) the one hundred twenty-second chapter, called 'The Carrying Off of the Syamantaka Gem', in the dialogue of Nārada, in the latter part of the Kṛṣṇa-birth section of the great Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa.
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