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Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 128

BvP 4 128.1

नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णश्च समाह्वानं गोपांश्चापि चकार सः। भाण्डीरे वटमूले च तत्र स्वयमुवास ह

nārāyaṇa uvāca śrīkṛṣṇaśca samāhvānaṃ gopāṃścāpi cakāra saḥ| bhāṇḍīre vaṭamūle ca tatra svayamuvāsa ha

Nārāyaṇa said: And Śrīkṛṣṇa made a summoning of the cowherds as well; and there, at the foot of the Bhāṇḍīra banyan, he himself sat down.

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BvP 4 128.2

पुराऽन्नं च ददौ तस्मै यत्रैव ब्राह्मणीगणः। उवास राधिका देवी वामपार्श्वे हरेरपि

purā'nnaṃ ca dadau tasmai yatraiva brāhmaṇīgaṇaḥ| uvāsa rādhikā devī vāmapārśve harerapi

And first he gave food to him, there where the company of brāhmaṇa women (was); and the goddess Rādhikā sat at Hari's left side.

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BvP 4 128.3

दक्षिणे नन्दगोपश्च यशोदासहितस्तथा । तद्दक्षिणो वृषभानस्तद्वामे सा कलावती

dakṣiṇe nandagopaśca yaśodāsahitastathā | taddakṣiṇo vṛṣabhānastadvāme sā kalāvatī

On the right (sat) Nanda the cowherd, together with Yaśodā; to his right Vṛṣabhānu, and to his left that Kalāvatī.

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BvP 4 128.4

अन्ये गोपाश्च गोप्यश्च बान्धवाः सुहृदस्तथा । तानुवाच स गोविन्दो यथार्थ्यं समयोचितम्

anye gopāśca gopyaśca bāndhavāḥ suhṛdastathā | tānuvāca sa govindo yathārthyaṃ samayocitam

And the other cowherds and cowherd women, kinsmen and friends as well — to them Govinda spoke what was fitting and suited to the occasion.

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BvP 4 128.5

श्रीभगवानुवाच शृणु नन्द प्रवक्ष्यामि सांप्रतं समयोचितम्। सत्यं च परमार्थं च परलोकसुखावहम्

śrībhagavānuvāca śṛṇu nanda pravakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ samayocitam| satyaṃ ca paramārthaṃ ca paralokasukhāvaham

The Blessed Lord said: Listen, Nanda, I shall now declare what is suited to the occasion, what is true and the highest purpose, and what brings happiness in the world beyond.

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BvP 4 128.6

आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं भ्रमं सर्वं निशामय। विद्युद्दीप्तिर्जले रेषा यथा तोयस्य बुद्बुदम्

ābrahmastambaparyantaṃ bhramaṃ sarvaṃ niśāmaya| vidyuddīptirjale reṣā yathā toyasya budbudam

Hear how all, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, is delusion — like the flash of lightning, like a streak in water, like a bubble of water.

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BvP 4 128.7

मथुरायां सर्वमुक्तं नावशेषं च किंचन। यशोदां बोधयामास राधिका कदलीवने

mathurāyāṃ sarvamuktaṃ nāvaśeṣaṃ ca kiṃcana| yaśodāṃ bodhayāmāsa rādhikā kadalīvane

In Mathurā all was told; nothing whatever remains. Rādhikā instructed Yaśodā in the plantain grove.

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BvP 4 128.8

तदेव सत्यं परमं भ्रमध्वान्तप्रदीपकम्। विहाय मिथ्यामायां च स्मर तत्परमं पदम्

tadeva satyaṃ paramaṃ bhramadhvāntapradīpakam| vihāya mithyāmāyāṃ ca smara tatparamaṃ padam

That alone is the highest truth, the lamp (dispelling) the darkness of delusion; abandoning false māyā, remember that supreme state.

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BvP 4 128.9

जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिहरं हर्षकरं परम्। शोकसंतापहरणं कर्ममूलनिकृन्तनम्

janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiharaṃ harṣakaraṃ param| śokasaṃtāpaharaṇaṃ karmamūlanikṛntanam

(That which) removes birth, death, old age and disease, and gives supreme joy; which takes away grief and torment and cuts away the root of karma —

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BvP 4 128.10

मामेव परमं ब्रह्म भगवन्तं सनातनम् । ध्यायंध्यायं पुत्रबुद्धिं त्यक्त्वा लभ परंपदम्

māmeva paramaṃ brahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam | dhyāyaṃdhyāyaṃ putrabuddhiṃ tyaktvā labha paraṃpadam

meditating again and again on me alone as the supreme Brahman, the eternal Lord, give up the notion that (I am your) son and attain the highest state.

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BvP 4 128.11

गोलोकं गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं सार्धं गोकुलवासिभिः। आरात्कलेरागमनं कर्ममूलनिकृन्तनम्

golokaṃ gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ sārdhaṃ gokulavāsibhiḥ| ārātkalerāgamanaṃ karmamūlanikṛntanam

Go quickly to Goloka, you together with the dwellers of Gokula; the coming of the Kali (age) is near, which cuts away the root of (right) action.

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BvP 4 128.12

स्त्रीपुंसोर्नियमो नास्ति जातीनां च तथैव च । विप्रेसन्ध्यादिकंनास्ति चिह्नं यज्ञोपवीतकम्

strīpuṃsorniyamo nāsti jātīnāṃ ca tathaiva ca | vipresandhyādikaṃnāsti cihnaṃ yajñopavītakam

There is no rule (of conduct) for women and men, nor likewise for the castes; for the brāhmaṇa there is no twilight worship and the rest, nor the mark, nor the sacred thread.

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BvP 4 128.13

यज्ञसूत्रं च तिलकं शेषं लुप्तं सुनिश्चितम् । दिवाव्यवायनिरतं विरतं धर्मकर्मणि

yajñasūtraṃ ca tilakaṃ śeṣaṃ luptaṃ suniścitam | divāvyavāyanirataṃ virataṃ dharmakarmaṇi

The sacrificial thread and the forehead mark and the rest are certainly abolished; (people are) devoted to intercourse by day and turned away from righteous action.

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BvP 4 128.14

यज्ञानां च व्रतानां च तपसां लुप्तमेव च। केदारकन्याशापेनधर्मो नास्त्येव केवलम्

yajñānāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca tapasāṃ luptameva ca| kedārakanyāśāpenadharmo nāstyeva kevalam

Sacrifices, vows, and austerities too are simply abolished; by the curse of the maiden of Kedāra there is no dharma at all.

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BvP 4 128.15

स्वच्छन्दगामिनीस्त्रीर्णा पतिश्च सततं वशे । ताडयेत्सततंतं च भर्त्सयेच्छ दिवानिशम्

svacchandagāminīstrīrṇā patiśca satataṃ vaśe | tāḍayetsatataṃtaṃ ca bhartsayeccha divāniśam

Women go as they please, and the husband is always under (their) control; she would strike (him) constantly and revile (him) day and night.

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BvP 4 128.16

प्राधान्यं स्त्रीकुटुम्बानां स्त्रीणां च सततं व्रज। स्वामीचभक्तस्तासां च पराभूतो निरन्तरम्

prādhānyaṃ strīkuṭumbānāṃ strīṇāṃ ca satataṃ vraja| svāmīcabhaktastāsāṃ ca parābhūto nirantaram

Pre-eminence belongs to the households of women, and always to women, O Vraja; and their master is their devotee, continually humiliated.

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BvP 4 128.17

कलौ च योषितः सर्वा जारसेवासु तत्पराः। शतपुत्रसमः स्नेहस्तासां जारे भविष्यति

kalau ca yoṣitaḥ sarvā jārasevāsu tatparāḥ| śataputrasamaḥ snehastāsāṃ jāre bhaviṣyati

And in the Kali age all women are intent on serving paramours; their affection for a paramour will be equal to (that for) a hundred sons.

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BvP 4 128.18

ददाति तस्मै भक्ष्यं च यथा भृत्याय कोपतः। सस्मिता सकटाक्षा साऽमृतदृष्ट्या निरन्तरम्

dadāti tasmai bhakṣyaṃ ca yathā bhṛtyāya kopataḥ| sasmitā sakaṭākṣā sā'mṛtadṛṣṭyā nirantaram

And she gives him food as (one gives) to a servant, out of anger; (but to the paramour) she is smiling, with sidelong glances, gazing continually with nectar-like looks.

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BvP 4 128.19

जारं पश्यति कामेन विषदृष्ट्या पतिं सदा। सततं गौरवं तासां स्नेहं च जारबान्धवे

jāraṃ paśyati kāmena viṣadṛṣṭyā patiṃ sadā| satataṃ gauravaṃ tāsāṃ snehaṃ ca jārabāndhave

She looks at the paramour with desire, at the husband always with a poisonous gaze; their respect is constant and their affection is for the paramour-kinsman.

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BvP 4 128.20

पत्यौ करप्रहारं च नित्यं नित्यं करोति च। मिष्टान्नं श्रद्धया भक्त्या जाराय प्रददाति च

patyau karaprahāraṃ ca nityaṃ nityaṃ karoti ca| miṣṭānnaṃ śraddhayā bhaktyā jārāya pradadāti ca

And she strikes her husband with her hand again and again, and gives sweet food to the paramour with faith and devotion.

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BvP 4 128.21

वेषयुक्ता च सततं जारसेवनतत्परा। प्राणा बन्धुर्गतिश्चाऽऽत्मा कलौ जारश्चयौषिताम्

veṣayuktā ca satataṃ jārasevanatatparā| prāṇā bandhurgatiścā''tmā kalau jāraścayauṣitām

Adorned in finery, always intent on attending upon her paramour — for women in the Kali age the paramour is (their) life-breath, kinsman, refuge, and very self.

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BvP 4 128.22

लुप्ता चातिथिसेवा च प्रलुप्तं विष्णुसेवनम्। पितृणामर्चनं चैव देवानां च तथैव च

luptā cātithisevā ca praluptaṃ viṣṇusevanam| pitṛṇāmarcanaṃ caiva devānāṃ ca tathaiva ca

The service of guests is abolished, the service of Viṣṇu is quite gone, and likewise the worship of the ancestors and of the gods.

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BvP 4 128.23

विष्णुवैष्णवयोर्द्वेषी सततं च नरो भवेत्। वाममन्त्रोपासकाश्च चतुर्वर्णाश्च तत्पराः

viṣṇuvaiṣṇavayordveṣī satataṃ ca naro bhavet| vāmamantropāsakāśca caturvarṇāśca tatparāḥ

And a man will be constantly a hater of Viṣṇu and of Viṣṇu's devotees; and (people of) the four classes become worshippers of left-hand mantras, devoted to that.

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BvP 4 128.24

शालग्रामं च तुलसीं कुशं गङ्गोदकं तथा। नस्पृशेन्मानवो धूर्तो म्लेच्छाचाररतः सदा

śālagrāmaṃ ca tulasīṃ kuśaṃ gaṅgodakaṃ tathā| naspṛśenmānavo dhūrto mlecchācārarataḥ sadā

The śālagrāma stone, tulasī, kuśa grass, and Ganges water — a crafty man will not touch (them), being always devoted to the practices of barbarians.

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BvP 4 128.25

कारणं कारणानां च सर्वेषां सर्वबीजकम्। सुखदं मोक्षदं शश्वद्दातारं सर्वसंपदाम्

kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ sarvabījakam| sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ śaśvaddātāraṃ sarvasaṃpadām

(Me,) the cause of causes, the seed of all things, the giver of happiness, the giver of liberation, the eternal bestower of all prosperity —

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BvP 4 128.26

त्यक्त्वा मां परया भक्त्या क्षुद्रसंपत्प्रदायिनम्। वेदनिघ्नं वाममन्त्रं जपेद्विप्रश्च मायया

tyaktvā māṃ parayā bhaktyā kṣudrasaṃpatpradāyinam| vedanighnaṃ vāmamantraṃ japedvipraśca māyayā

— abandoning me with supreme devotion, a brahmin, through delusion, will mutter a left-hand mantra that destroys the Veda and grants petty wealth.

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BvP 4 128.27

सनातनी विष्णुमाया वञ्चितं तं करिष्यति। ममाऽऽज्ञयाभगवती जगतां च दुरत्यया

sanātanī viṣṇumāyā vañcitaṃ taṃ kariṣyati| mamā''jñayābhagavatī jagatāṃ ca duratyayā

The eternal Viṣṇu-māyā will make him deluded — by my command, she who is divine and hard for the worlds to overcome.

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BvP 4 128.28

कलेर्दशसहस्राणि मदर्चा भुवि तिष्ठति । तदर्धानि च वर्षाणि गङ्गा भुवनपावनी

kalerdaśasahasrāṇi madarcā bhuvi tiṣṭhati | tadardhāni ca varṣāṇi gaṅgā bhuvanapāvanī

For ten thousand (years) of the Kali age my image remains on earth, and for half that many years the Ganges, purifier of the world.

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BvP 4 128.29

तुलसी विष्णुभक्ताश्च यावद्गङ्गा च कीर्तनम् । पुराणानि च स्वल्पानि तावदेव महीतले

tulasī viṣṇubhaktāśca yāvadgaṅgā ca kīrtanam | purāṇāni ca svalpāni tāvadeva mahītale

Tulasī and the devotees of Viṣṇu (last) as long as the Ganges and the singing (of my name); and the Purāṇas are few — just that long they remain on the face of the earth.

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BvP 4 128.30

मम चोत्कीर्तनं नास्ति एतदन्ते कलौ व्रज । एकवर्णा भविष्यन्तिकिराता बलिनःशठाः

mama cotkīrtanaṃ nāsti etadante kalau vraja | ekavarṇā bhaviṣyantikirātā balinaḥśaṭhāḥ

And the loud singing of my name is not there; at the end of this, in the Kali age, O Vraja, (people) will become of a single class, mountain-tribesmen, strong and deceitful.

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BvP 4 128.31

पित्रोः सेवा गुरोः सेवा सेवा च देवविप्रयोः । विवर्जिता नराः सर्वे चातिथीनां तथैव च

pitroḥ sevā guroḥ sevā sevā ca devaviprayoḥ | vivarjitā narāḥ sarve cātithīnāṃ tathaiva ca

Service to parents, service to the teacher, service to the gods and to brahmins — all men have abandoned (these), and likewise (service) to guests.

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BvP 4 128.32

सस्यहीना भवेत्पृथ्वी साऽनावृष्ट्या निरन्तरम् । फलहीनोऽपि वृक्षश्च जलहीना सरित्तथा

sasyahīnā bhavetpṛthvī sā'nāvṛṣṭyā nirantaram | phalahīno'pi vṛkṣaśca jalahīnā sarittathā

The earth will be without crops, being continually without rain; the tree too will be without fruit, and the river likewise without water.

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BvP 4 128.33

वेदहीनो ब्राह्मणश्च बलहीनश्च भूपतिः। जातिहीनाजनाःसर्वे म्लेच्छोभूपोभविष्यति

vedahīno brāhmaṇaśca balahīnaśca bhūpatiḥ| jātihīnājanāḥsarve mlecchobhūpobhaviṣyati

And the brahmin will be without the Veda, and the king without strength; all people will be without caste, and a barbarian will become king.

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BvP 4 128.34

भृत्यवत्ताडयेत्तातं पुत्रः शिष्यस्तथा गुरुम् । कान्तं च ताडयेत्कान्ता लुब्धकुक्कुटवद्गृही

bhṛtyavattāḍayettātaṃ putraḥ śiṣyastathā gurum | kāntaṃ ca tāḍayetkāntā lubdhakukkuṭavadgṛhī

A son would strike his father as though (he were) a servant, and likewise a pupil his teacher; a wife would strike her husband, and the householder (would be) like a greedy cock.

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BvP 4 128.35

नश्यन्ति सकला लोकाः कलौ शेषे च पापिनः। सूर्याणामातपात्केचिज्जलौघेनापि केचन

naśyanti sakalā lokāḥ kalau śeṣe ca pāpinaḥ| sūryāṇāmātapātkecijjalaughenāpi kecana

All the worlds perish, and the sinners, at the end of the Kali age — some from the heat of (many) suns, and some by a flood of water.

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BvP 4 128.36

हे गोपेन्द्र प्रतिकलौ न नश्यति वसुंधरा । पुनःसृष्टौ भवेत्सत्यं सत्यबीजं निरन्तरम्

he gopendra pratikalau na naśyati vasuṃdharā | punaḥsṛṣṭau bhavetsatyaṃ satyabījaṃ nirantaram

O lord of the cowherds, the earth does not perish at each Kali age; at the renewed creation truth would come to be, for the seed of truth is unceasing.

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BvP 4 128.37

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्र रथमेव मनोहरम् । चतुर्योजनविस्तीर्णमूर्ध्वे च पञ्चयोजनम्

etasminnantare vipra rathameva manoharam | caturyojanavistīrṇamūrdhve ca pañcayojanam

At that very moment, O brahmin, a chariot, most lovely, four yojanas broad and five yojanas high (appeared);

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BvP 4 128.38

शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्मितम्। अम्लानपारिजातानां मालाजालविराजितम्

śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ ratnendrasāranirmitam| amlānapārijātānāṃ mālājālavirājitam

resembling pure crystal, fashioned from the substance of the finest jewels, brilliant with a network of garlands of unfading pārijāta flowers,

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BvP 4 128.39

मणीनां कौस्तुभानां च भूषणेन विभूषितम् । अमूल्यरत्नकलशं हीरहारविलम्बितम्

maṇīnāṃ kaustubhānāṃ ca bhūṣaṇena vibhūṣitam | amūlyaratnakalaśaṃ hīrahāravilambitam

adorned with an ornamentation of gems and kaustubha jewels, having pinnacles of priceless jewels, hung with strings of diamonds,

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BvP 4 128.40

मनोहरैः परिष्वक्तं सहस्रकोटिमन्दिरैः । सहस्रद्वयचक्रं च सहस्रद्वयघोटकम्

manoharaiḥ pariṣvaktaṃ sahasrakoṭimandiraiḥ | sahasradvayacakraṃ ca sahasradvayaghoṭakam

encompassed by a thousand crore lovely chambers, with two thousand wheels and two thousand horses,

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BvP 4 128.41

सूक्ष्मवस्त्राच्छादितं च गोपीकोटीभिरावृतम् । गोलोकादागतं तूर्णं ददृशुः सहसा व्रजे

sūkṣmavastrācchāditaṃ ca gopīkoṭībhirāvṛtam | golokādāgataṃ tūrṇaṃ dadṛśuḥ sahasā vraje

covered with fine cloth and surrounded by crores of gopīs — come swiftly from Goloka: (this) they suddenly saw in Vraja.

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BvP 4 128.42

कृष्णाज्ञया तमारुह्य ययुर्गोलोकमुत्तमम् । राधा कलावती देवीधन्या चायोनिसंभवा

kṛṣṇājñayā tamāruhya yayurgolokamuttamam | rādhā kalāvatī devīdhanyā cāyonisaṃbhavā

By Kṛṣṇa's command, mounting it they went to supreme Goloka: Rādhā, the goddess Kalāvatī, and the blessed one not born from a womb,

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BvP 4 128.43

गोलोकाद गता गोप्यश्चायोनिसंभवाश्च ताः । श्रुतिपत्न्यश्च ताः सर्वाः स्वशरीरेण नारद

golokāda gatā gopyaścāyonisaṃbhavāśca tāḥ | śrutipatnyaśca tāḥ sarvāḥ svaśarīreṇa nārada

the gopīs who had come from Goloka and who were not born from a womb, and those wives of the Vedas — all of them, with their own bodies, O Nārada.

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BvP 4 128.44

सर्वे त्यक्त्वा शरीराणि नश्वराणि सुनिश्चितम् । गोलोकं च ययौ राधा सार्घं गोकुलवासिभिः

sarve tyaktvā śarīrāṇi naśvarāṇi suniścitam | golokaṃ ca yayau rādhā sārghaṃ gokulavāsibhiḥ

All (the others), assuredly having abandoned their perishable bodies — and Rādhā went to Goloka together with the dwellers of Gokula.

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BvP 4 128.45

ददर्श विरजातीर्र नानारत्नविभूषितम् । तदुत्तीर्य ययौ विप्र शतशृङ्गं च पर्वतम्

dadarśa virajātīrra nānāratnavibhūṣitam | taduttīrya yayau vipra śataśṛṅgaṃ ca parvatam

She saw the bank of the Virajā, adorned with various jewels; having crossed it she went, O brahmin, to the mountain Śataśṛṅga,

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BvP 4 128.46

नानामणिगणाकीर्णं रासमण्डलमण्डितम् । ततो ययौ कियद्दूरं पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम्

nānāmaṇigaṇākīrṇaṃ rāsamaṇḍalamaṇḍitam | tato yayau kiyaddūraṃ puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam

strewn with hosts of various gems and graced by the rāsa-circle; from there she went some distance to the holy forest Vṛndāvana.

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BvP 4 128.47

सा ददर्शाक्षयवटमूर्ध्वे त्रिशतयोजनम् । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं शाखाकोटिसमावृतम्

sā dadarśākṣayavaṭamūrdhve triśatayojanam | śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ śākhākoṭisamāvṛtam

She saw the imperishable banyan tree, three hundred yojanas in height, a hundred yojanas in breadth, covered over with crores of branches,

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BvP 4 128.48

रक्तवर्णैः फलौघैश्च स्थूलैरपि विभूषितम् । गोपीकोटिसहस्रैश्च सार्धं वृन्दा मनोहरा

raktavarṇaiḥ phalaughaiśca sthūlairapi vibhūṣitam | gopīkoṭisahasraiśca sārdhaṃ vṛndā manoharā

adorned also with masses of large red-coloured fruits; and with thousands of crores of gopīs, the lovely Vṛndā

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BvP 4 128.49

अनुव्रजं सादरं च सस्मिता सा समाययौ । अवरुङ्य रथात्तूर्णं राधां सा प्रणनाम च

anuvrajaṃ sādaraṃ ca sasmitā sā samāyayau | avaruṅya rathāttūrṇaṃ rādhāṃ sā praṇanāma ca

came following (them), respectfully and smiling; and quickly descending from her chariot she bowed to Rādhā.

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BvP 4 128.50

रासेश्वरीं तां संभाष्य प्रविवेश स्वमालयम् । रत्नसिंहासने रम्ये हीरहारसमन्विते

rāseśvarīṃ tāṃ saṃbhāṣya praviveśa svamālayam | ratnasiṃhāsane ramye hīrahārasamanvite

Having addressed her, the mistress of the rāsa, she entered her own dwelling; upon a lovely jewelled throne fitted with strings of diamonds

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BvP 4 128.51

वृन्दा तां वासयामास पादसेवनतत्परा । सप्तभिश्च सखीभिश्च सेवितां श्वेतचामरैः

vṛndā tāṃ vāsayāmāsa pādasevanatatparā | saptabhiśca sakhībhiśca sevitāṃ śvetacāmaraiḥ

Vṛndā seated her, devoted to the service of her feet — (Rādhā) attended by seven companions with white yak-tail fans.

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BvP 4 128.52

आययुर्गोपिकाः सर्वा द्रष्टुं तां परमेश्वरीम् । नन्दादिकं प्रकल्प्यैतद्राधा वासं पृथकपृथक्

āyayurgopikāḥ sarvā draṣṭuṃ tāṃ parameśvarīm | nandādikaṃ prakalpyaitadrādhā vāsaṃ pṛthakapṛthak

All the gopīs came to see her, the supreme mistress; and Rādhā, having appointed a separate dwelling for each — for Nanda and the rest —

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BvP 4 128.53

परमानन्दरूपा सा परमानन्दपूर्वकम् । स्ववेश्मनि महारम्ये प्रतस्थे गोपिका सह

paramānandarūpā sā paramānandapūrvakam | svaveśmani mahāramye pratasthe gopikā saha

she whose form is supreme bliss, with supreme bliss set out, together with the gopīs, for her own most delightful abode.

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BvP 4 128.128

इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त महापुराण श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्ड उत्तरार्द्ध नारदनारायणो संवाद भांडीरवने व्रजजनसमक्षं नन्दं बोधयता कृष्णेन कलिदोषाणां निरूपणम्, अकस्मात्प्राप्तेनाद्भुतरथेन राधादिसर्वगोपीनां गोलोके गमनं च

iti śrībrahmavaivarta mahāpurāṇa śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍa uttarārddha nāradanārāyaṇo saṃvāda bhāṃḍīravane vrajajanasamakṣaṃ nandaṃ bodhayatā kṛṣṇena kalidoṣāṇāṃ nirūpaṇam, akasmātprāptenādbhutarathena rādhādisarvagopīnāṃ goloke gamanaṃ ca

Thus in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa, second half, in the dialogue of Nārada and Nārāyaṇa: the setting forth of the faults of the Kali age by Kṛṣṇa, instructing Nanda in the Bhāṇḍīra grove in the presence of the people of Vraja, and the going of Rādhā and all the gopīs to Goloka by a marvellous chariot that arrived unexpectedly.

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