Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 127
BvP 4 127.1
नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णवचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहृष्टा गोपिका मुदा । मन्दिरं प्रययुः सर्वाः प्रणम्य राधिकां प्रभुम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca śrīkṛṣṇavacanaṃ śrutvā prahṛṣṭā gopikā mudā | mandiraṃ prayayuḥ sarvāḥ praṇamya rādhikāṃ prabhum
Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, the cowherd women, delighted, went joyfully all of them to the house, after bowing to Rādhikā (and to) the Lord.
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BvP 4 127.2
राधाशृङ्गारभावं च कलाषोडशपूर्वकम् । चकार सस्मिता साध्वी वक्रचञ्चललोचना
rādhāśṛṅgārabhāvaṃ ca kalāṣoḍaśapūrvakam | cakāra sasmitā sādhvī vakracañcalalocanā
And the virtuous woman, smiling, with sidelong restless eyes, performed the amorous adornment of Rādhā, preceded by the sixteen arts.
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BvP 4 127.3
दत्त्वा च चन्दनं माल्यं स्वामिने पुनरेव च । रहस्यं च परीहास्यं पुनरेव चकार सः
dattvā ca candanaṃ mālyaṃ svāmine punareva ca | rahasyaṃ ca parīhāsyaṃ punareva cakāra saḥ
And having given sandal paste and a garland to her husband, again he made secret (love-play) and joking, once more.
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BvP 4 127.4
आकृष्य राधिकां कृष्णः समानीय स्ववक्षसि । ओष्ठाधरं कपोलं च गण्डयुग्मं चुचुम्ब च
ākṛṣya rādhikāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ samānīya svavakṣasi | oṣṭhādharaṃ kapolaṃ ca gaṇḍayugmaṃ cucumba ca
Kṛṣṇa, drawing Rādhikā and bringing (her) onto his own chest, kissed her lips, her cheek, and both her cheeks.
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BvP 4 127.5
राधा चुचुम्ब कृष्णस्य मुखचन्द्रं मनोहरम् । चकार कृष्णं प्राणेशं बाहुभ्यां च स्ववक्षसि
rādhā cucumba kṛṣṇasya mukhacandraṃ manoharam | cakāra kṛṣṇaṃ prāṇeśaṃ bāhubhyāṃ ca svavakṣasi
Rādhā kissed the charming moon-face of Kṛṣṇa, and with her two arms held Kṛṣṇa, the lord of her life, upon her own breast.
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BvP 4 127.6
शृङ्गारं षोडशविर्धं कामशास्त्रोक्तमीप्सितम् । स्त्रीपुंसोस्तोषजनकं चकार भगवान्प्रभुः
śṛṅgāraṃ ṣoḍaśavirdhaṃ kāmaśāstroktamīpsitam | strīpuṃsostoṣajanakaṃ cakāra bhagavānprabhuḥ
The Lord, the blessed one, performed the sixteenfold love-making, as taught in the treatise on desire, desired (by both), producing satisfaction in woman and man.
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BvP 4 127.7
नखविक्षतसर्वाङ्गा दशनेनाधरक्षता । पुलकाञ्चितदेहा स तन्द्रिता वामनस्तनी
nakhavikṣatasarvāṅgā daśanenādharakṣatā | pulakāñcitadehā sa tandritā vāmanastanī
All her limbs scratched by his nails, her lower lip bitten by his teeth, her body covered with bristling hair, she was languid, her breasts small.
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BvP 4 127.8
मीर्च्छिता सुखसंभोगाद्विलग्ना हतचेतना । श्वासमात्रावशेषा च निद्रामुद्रितलोचना
mīrcchitā sukhasaṃbhogādvilagnā hatacetanā | śvāsamātrāvaśeṣā ca nidrāmudritalocanā
Swooned from the pleasurable enjoyment, clinging (to him), her awareness gone, with only her breathing left, her eyes sealed by sleep;
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BvP 4 127.9
रतिशूरा कोमलाङ्गी कान्तावक्षः स्यलस्थिता । शीते सुखोष्णसर्वाङ्गी ग्रीष्मे सा सुखशीतला
ratiśūrā komalāṅgī kāntāvakṣaḥ syalasthitā | śīte sukhoṣṇasarvāṅgī grīṣme sā sukhaśītalā
valiant in love-making, tender-limbed, resting on her lover's chest, all her limbs pleasantly warm in the cold, and she pleasantly cool in the summer heat;
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BvP 4 127.10
शृङ्गारकाले सुखदा सान्द्रश्रोणिपयोधरा । नितम्बभारानम्रा च प्रसङ्गे सुखदायिका
śṛṅgārakāle sukhadā sāndraśroṇipayodharā | nitambabhārānamrā ca prasaṅge sukhadāyikā
giving pleasure at the time of love-play, with full hips and breasts, bent by the weight of her buttocks, and a giver of pleasure in intercourse;
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BvP 4 127.11
विदग्धा रसिका श्रेष्ठा कामुकी च वराङ्गना । सहसा चेतनं प्राप्य शुश्राव कोकिलध्वनिम्
vidagdhā rasikā śreṣṭhā kāmukī ca varāṅganā | sahasā cetanaṃ prāpya śuśrāva kokiladhvanim
clever, full of relish, the finest, amorous, a lovely woman — suddenly regaining consciousness, she heard the cuckoo's cry. / Having heard it she was greatly afraid, and wretched with a wretched apprehension; and she, the supreme one, spoke to the Supreme Lord, higher than the highest, binding him again and again with her arms and with her two hips.
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BvP 4 127.12
श्रुत्वा परमभीता सा दीना दीनविशङ्कया । उवाच परमा सा च परमेशं परात्परम् बाहुश्रोणियुगाम्यां च निबध्य च पुनः पुनः
śrutvā paramabhītā sā dīnā dīnaviśaṅkayā | uvāca paramā sā ca parameśaṃ parātparam bāhuśroṇiyugāmyāṃ ca nibadhya ca punaḥ punaḥ
Rādhikā said: Go to the rāsa, greatly fortunate one, to the holy forest of Vṛndāvana; there I shall play, in the water and on the land.
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BvP 4 127.13
राधिकोवाच रासं गच्छ महाभाग पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् । तत्र क्रीडां करिष्यामि जलेन च स्थलेन च
rādhikovāca rāsaṃ gaccha mahābhāga puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam | tatra krīḍāṃ kariṣyāmi jalena ca sthalena ca
Again I shall go to Malaya, to the beautiful jewelled palace; or to whatever other secret place I have not heard of in (all my) births —
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BvP 4 127.14
पुनर्यास्यामि मलयं सुन्दरं मणिमन्दिरम् । अपरं यद्रहस्यं वा जन्मला न श्रुतं मया
punaryāsyāmi malayaṃ sundaraṃ maṇimandiram | aparaṃ yadrahasyaṃ vā janmalā na śrutaṃ mayā
there I go together with you: such is my great longing. With mutual conversation the auspicious night passed away.
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BvP 4 127.15
तत्र यामि त्वया सार्धमिति मे लालसा परा । परस्परैकालापेन प्रययौ रजनी शुभा
tatra yāmi tvayā sārdhamiti me lālasā parā | parasparaikālāpena prayayau rajanī śubhā
Even at the time of dawn's rising the faithful woman would not let Mādhava go; Mādhava with affectionate words awakened (her) forcefully.
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BvP 4 127.16
अरुणोदयकालेऽपि न त्यजेन्माधवं सती । माधवः प्रीतिवचसा बोधयामास साघनात्
aruṇodayakāle'pi na tyajenmādhavaṃ satī | mādhavaḥ prītivacasā bodhayāmāsa sāghanāt
Then, having done the morning rites, Hari — lotus-eyed as in autumn — mounted his own chariot together with the cowherd women and with Rādhā.
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BvP 4 127.17
प्रातः कृत्यं ततः कृत्वा स्वारुरोह रथं हरिः । गोपीभी राधया सार्धं शरत्कमललोचनः
prātaḥ kṛtyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā svāruroha rathaṃ hariḥ | gopībhī rādhayā sārdhaṃ śaratkamalalocanaḥ
(The chariot,) extending a yojana in breadth, with three hundred crore chambers, adorned with blazing constructions of the finest of jewels;
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BvP 4 127.18
योजनायतविस्तीर्ण गृहेस्त्रिशतकोटिभिः । मणीन्द्रसारनिर्माणैर्ज्वलद्भिरुपशोभितम्
yojanāyatavistīrṇa gṛhestriśatakoṭibhiḥ | maṇīndrasāranirmāṇairjvaladbhirupaśobhitam
come there from Goloka, going at will, charming, fitted with a thousand wheels, drawn by a thousand horses;
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BvP 4 127.19
गोलोकादागतं तत्र मनोयायि मनोहरम् । सहस्रचक्रसंयुक्तं महस्राश्वैः प्रचालितम्
golokādāgataṃ tatra manoyāyi manoharam | sahasracakrasaṃyuktaṃ mahasrāśvaiḥ pracālitam
There (was) a delightful (chariot) come from Goloka, travelling at will, fitted with a thousand wheels, drawn by a thousand horses.
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BvP 4 127.20
मणिस्तम्भैश्त्रिकोटीभी रत्नराजिविराजितम् । मुक्तामाणिक्यपरमैर्हीरहारैः सुशोभितम्
maṇistambhaiśtrikoṭībhī ratnarājivirājitam | muktāmāṇikyaparamairhīrahāraiḥ suśobhitam
(It was) resplendent with rows of jewels, with three crores of gem-pillars, beautifully adorned with the finest pearls and rubies and with diamond-necklaces.
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BvP 4 127.21
नानाचित्रैर्विचित्रैश्च श्वेतचामरदर्पणैः । वह्निशुद्धांशुकैर्दीप्तैर्मालाजालैर्विभूषितम्
nānācitrairvicitraiśca śvetacāmaradarpaṇaiḥ | vahniśuddhāṃśukairdīptairmālājālairvibhūṣitam
And decorated with various pictures, manifold, with white yak-tail whisks and mirrors, with shining cloth purified by fire, and with networks of garlands.
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BvP 4 127.22
रत्निर्माणतल्पैश्च पुष्पचन्दनचर्चितम् । समानरूपवेषैश्च गोपीलक्षैः समावृतम्
ratnirmāṇatalpaiśca puṣpacandanacarcitam | samānarūpaveṣaiśca gopīlakṣaiḥ samāvṛtam
And with couches made of jewels, smeared with flowers and sandal-paste, surrounded by lakhs of gopīs of like form and dress.
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BvP 4 127.23
रथेन तेन भगवान्पुनर्वृन्दावनं ययौ । तत्र गत्वा निशाकाले विजहार जले स्थले
rathena tena bhagavānpunarvṛndāvanaṃ yayau | tatra gatvā niśākāle vijahāra jale sthale
By that chariot the Lord went again to Vṛndāvana; having gone there, in the night-time he played in water and on land.
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BvP 4 127.24
शृङ्गारं सुचिरं कृत्वा वनेषूपवनेषु च । राधिकां दर्शयामास यथासर्व च नूतनम्
śṛṅgāraṃ suciraṃ kṛtvā vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca | rādhikāṃ darśayāmāsa yathāsarva ca nūtanam
Having made love-play for a long while in the woods and groves, he showed Rādhikā everything, just as it was, and all of it new.
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BvP 4 127.25
विस्पन्दके सुरसने माहेन्द्रे नन्दने वने । सुमेरुशिखरे रम्ये पर्वते गन्धमादने
vispandake surasane māhendre nandane vane | sumeruśikhare ramye parvate gandhamādane
In Vispandaka, in Surasana, in the Mahendra (mountain), in the Nandana wood, on the lovely peak of Sumeru, on the mountain Gandhamādana,
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BvP 4 127.26
शैले शैले सुन्दरे च कन्दरे कन्दरे वने । पुष्पोद्याने सुरहसि नद्यां नद्यां नदे नदे
śaile śaile sundare ca kandare kandare vane | puṣpodyāne surahasi nadyāṃ nadyāṃ nade nade
On every mountain, and in every lovely cave, in the forest, in a flower-garden, in a place secret (even) to the gods, in river after river, in stream after stream,
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BvP 4 127.27
समुद्रपुलिने रम्ये पारिजातवने वने । सुभद्रे पुष्पभद्रे च नारायणसरोवरे
samudrapuline ramye pārijātavane vane | subhadre puṣpabhadre ca nārāyaṇasarovare
On the lovely seashore, in grove after grove of pārijāta trees, in Subhadra and in Puṣpabhadra, and in the Nārāyaṇa lake,
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BvP 4 127.28
पवनस्यैव निलये मलये च सुरालये । त्रिकूटे भद्रकूटे च पञ्चकूटे सुकूटके
pavanasyaiva nilaye malaye ca surālaye | trikūṭe bhadrakūṭe ca pañcakūṭe sukūṭake
In the very abode of the Wind, and in Malaya, and in the dwelling of the gods, in Trikūṭa and in Bhadrakūṭa, in Pañcakūṭa and in Sukūṭaka,
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BvP 4 127.29
देवानां कमनीयायां काञ्चन्यां च तथैव च । समुद्रे च समुद्रे च द्वीपे द्वीपे मनोहरे
devānāṃ kamanīyāyāṃ kāñcanyāṃ ca tathaiva ca | samudre ca samudre ca dvīpe dvīpe manohare
And likewise in (the city) Kamanīyā of the gods, and in Kāñcanī, and in sea after sea, in every charming island,
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BvP 4 127.30
खर्वटे प्रवरे रम्ये पुण्यचन्द्रसरोवरे । सुपार्श्वे मुनिपार्श्वे च स रेमे राधया सह
kharvaṭe pravare ramye puṇyacandrasarovare | supārśve munipārśve ca sa reme rādhayā saha
In Kharvaṭa, in the excellent and lovely Puṇyacandra lake, in Supārśva and in Munipārśva — (there) he sported together with Rādhā.
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BvP 4 127.31
शीघ्रं च पुनरागत्य जम्बूद्वीपं च पुण्यदम् । द्वारकां दर्शयामास पर्वतं रैवतं तथा
śīghraṃ ca punarāgatya jambūdvīpaṃ ca puṇyadam | dvārakāṃ darśayāmāsa parvataṃ raivataṃ tathā
And quickly coming back again to Jambūdvīpa, the giver of merit, he showed (her) Dvārakā and likewise the Raivata mountain.
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BvP 4 127.32
गोकुलं पुनरागत्य गोपगोकुलसंकुलम् । तत्र दृष्ट्वा च भाण्डीरं पुण्यं वृन्दावनं ययौ
gokulaṃ punarāgatya gopagokulasaṃkulam | tatra dṛṣṭvā ca bhāṇḍīraṃ puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ yayau
Coming again to Gokula, crowded with cowherds and cattle-pens, and having seen the Bhāṇḍīra (tree) there, he went to holy Vṛndāvana.
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BvP 4 127.33
श्रीकृण्णागमनं श्रुत्वा यशोदा नन्द एव च । गोपा गोप्यश्च वृद्धाश्चाप्यश्रुनेत्रा निराकुलाः
śrīkṛṇṇāgamanaṃ śrutvā yaśodā nanda eva ca | gopā gopyaśca vṛddhāścāpyaśrunetrā nirākulāḥ
Hearing of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's arrival, Yaśodā and Nanda too, and the cowherds and cowherd-women and the elders, with tears in their eyes, free of agitation,
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BvP 4 127.34
वारणेन्द्रं पुरस्कृत्य वेश्यां च नटनर्तकाः । पतिपुत्रवतीं साध्वीं ब्राह्मणीं ब्राह्मणं तथा
vāraṇendraṃ puraskṛtya veśyāṃ ca naṭanartakāḥ | patiputravatīṃ sādhvīṃ brāhmaṇīṃ brāhmaṇaṃ tathā
Placing in front the lordly elephant and a courtesan, and actors and dancers, and a virtuous woman having husband and sons, a brahmin woman and a brahmin too,
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BvP 4 127.35
यथा देवाश्च वह्निं च दृष्ट्वा नन्दं च मातरम् । आययुर्बालकृष्णश्च राधया सह माधवः
yathā devāśca vahniṃ ca dṛṣṭvā nandaṃ ca mātaram | āyayurbālakṛṣṇaśca rādhayā saha mādhavaḥ
As the gods (do), and (seeing) the fire — and seeing Nanda and his mother, they came; and the child Kṛṣṇa, Mādhava, (came) together with Rādhā.
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BvP 4 127.36
मातुः क्रोडमारुरोह प्रहस्य मधुसूदनः । नन्दो यशोदया सार्ध चुचुम्ब मुखपङ्कजम्
mātuḥ kroḍamāruroha prahasya madhusūdanaḥ | nando yaśodayā sārdha cucumba mukhapaṅkajam
Madhusūdana, laughing, climbed onto his mother's lap; Nanda together with Yaśodā kissed his lotus-face.
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BvP 4 127.37
आश्लिश्य भृशमुच्चैश्च सिषेच नेत्रजैर्जलैः । स्वयं च भगवान्कृष्णो यशोदायाः स्तनं पपौ
āśliśya bhṛśamuccaiśca siṣeca netrajairjalaiḥ | svayaṃ ca bhagavānkṛṣṇo yaśodāyāḥ stanaṃ papau
Embracing (him) tightly and loudly (weeping), she bathed (him) with the water born of her eyes; and the Lord Kṛṣṇa himself drank at Yaśodā's breast.
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BvP 4 127.38
तादृशं ददृशुः सर्वे यादृशो मथुरां ययौ । मुरलीहस्तविन्यस्तं रत्नभूषणभूषितम्
tādṛśaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve yādṛśo mathurāṃ yayau | muralīhastavinyastaṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam
They all saw him just such as he was when he went to Mathurā: with the flute placed in his hand, adorned with jewel-ornaments,
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BvP 4 127.39
यथैकादशवर्षीयं शोभितं पीतवाससा । मयूरपिच्छचूडं च मालतीमाल्यमण्डितम्
yathaikādaśavarṣīyaṃ śobhitaṃ pītavāsasā | mayūrapicchacūḍaṃ ca mālatīmālyamaṇḍitam
As if eleven years old, made beautiful by a yellow garment, with a crest of peacock feathers, decked with a garland of mālatī flowers.
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BvP 4 127.40
मन्दिरं वेशयामास राधया सह माधवम् । यशोदा मङ्गलं कृत्वा भोजयामास ब्राह्मणान्
mandiraṃ veśayāmāsa rādhayā saha mādhavam | yaśodā maṅgalaṃ kṛtvā bhojayāmāsa brāhmaṇān
(She) brought Mādhava into the house together with Rādhā; and Yaśodā, having performed the auspicious rite, fed the brāhmaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 127.41
पूजां चकार गोपीनां मुनीनां च यथा जनः । मणिरत्नं प्रवालं च सुवर्ण परमं तथा
pūjāṃ cakāra gopīnāṃ munīnāṃ ca yathā janaḥ | maṇiratnaṃ pravālaṃ ca suvarṇa paramaṃ tathā
(She) performed worship of the gopīs and of the sages, as people do; likewise (she gave) gems and jewels and coral, and the finest gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 127.42
भुक्तामाणिक्यहीरं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा । गजरत्नं गवां रत्नमश्वरत्नं मनोहरम्
bhuktāmāṇikyahīraṃ ca brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā | gajaratnaṃ gavāṃ ratnamaśvaratnaṃ manoharam
And pearls, rubies and diamonds she gave gladly to the brāhmaṇas, and a jewel of an elephant, a jewel among cows, and a delightful jewel of a horse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 127.43
आसनानि च पात्राणि भूषणानि तथैव च । धान्यान्यपि च सस्यानि वस्त्राणि च तथा ददौ
āsanāni ca pātrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni tathaiva ca | dhānyānyapi ca sasyāni vastrāṇi ca tathā dadau
And seats and vessels and likewise ornaments; and grains too, and crops, and garments — thus she gave.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 127.44
अपूर्व दर्शयामास राधया सह माधवम् । गोपीगणं च मिष्टान्नं सादरेणापि नारद
apūrva darśayāmāsa rādhayā saha mādhavam | gopīgaṇaṃ ca miṣṭānnaṃ sādareṇāpi nārada
(She) displayed the unprecedented — Mādhava together with Rādhā — and the throng of gopīs, and sweet food, and that with reverence, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 127.45
दुन्दुभीन्वादयामास कारयामास मङ्गलम् । देवांश्च भोजयामास सानन्दं च मनोहरम्
dundubhīnvādayāmāsa kārayāmāsa maṅgalam | devāṃśca bhojayāmāsa sānandaṃ ca manoharam
(She) had the kettledrums sounded and had the auspicious rites performed, and joyfully and pleasingly she fed the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 127.127
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo
Thus (ends the chapter) in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section, the latter part, in the dialogue of Nārada (and Nārāyaṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition