Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 13
BvP 4 13.1
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। अपरं कृष्णमाहात्म्यं शृणु किंचिन्महामुने ।। विघ्ननिघ्नं पापहरं महापुण्यकरं परम्
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || aparaṃ kṛṣṇamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇu kiṃcinmahāmune || vighnanighnaṃ pāpaharaṃ mahāpuṇyakaraṃ param
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Hear yet another (portion) of Kṛṣṇa's greatness, some little of it, O great sage—destroyer of obstacles, remover of sin, supremely productive of great merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.2
एकदा नन्दपत्नी च कृत्वा कृष्णं स्ववक्षसि ।। स्वर्णसिंहासनस्था च क्षुधितं तं स्तनं ददौ
ekadā nandapatnī ca kṛtvā kṛṣṇaṃ svavakṣasi || svarṇasiṃhāsanasthā ca kṣudhitaṃ taṃ stanaṃ dadau
Once Nanda's wife, having placed Kṛṣṇa on her breast, seated on a golden lion-throne, gave the hungry (child) her breast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.3
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र विप्रेंद्रैकः समागतः ।। वृतः शिष्यसमूहैश्च प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा
etasminnantare tatra vipreṃdraikaḥ samāgataḥ || vṛtaḥ śiṣyasamūhaiśca prajvalanbrahmatejasā
In this interval a certain foremost of brahmins arrived there, surrounded by throngs of pupils, blazing with brahminical splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.4
प्रजपन्परमं ब्रह्म शुद्धस्फटिकमालया ।। दण्डी छत्री शुक्लवासा दन्तपंक्तिविराजितः तं दृष्ट्वा सा समुत्तस्थौ यशोदा प्रणनाम च ।। पाद्यं गां मधुपर्कं च स्वर्णसिंहासनं ददौ विश्वामित्रोऽथ वाल्माको वामदेवोऽथ कश्यपः।। संवर्तः किमुतथ्यो वा किं कचो वा बृहस्पतिः नंदो यस्त्वं च या भद्रे बालो यो येन वा गतः।। जानामि निर्जने सर्वं वक्ष्यामि नंदसन्निधिम् कपिलोऽन्ये तदंशाश्च नरनारायणावृषी ।। सर्वेषां तेजसां राशिर्मूर्तिमानागतः किमु अकारो दातृवचनस्तेन कृष्ण इति स्मृतः ।। कृषिर्निश्चेष्टवचनो नकारो भक्तिवाचकः रथं गृहीत्वा धावंति गोलोकात्कृष्णकिंकराः ।। पृथिव्या रजसः संख्यां कर्तुं शक्ता विपश्चितः जन्ममृत्युहराण्येव रक्ष नंद शुभेक्षण ।। कृतं निरूपणं नाम्नां कनिष्ठस्य यथा श्रुतम् ।। श्रीगर्ग उवाच ।। ।। शृणु नंद प्रवक्ष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम् रचिता साऽस्य प्राणैश्च तत्प्राणैर्मूर्तिमानयम् ।। अस्य राधानुसारेण गोकुलागमनं परम् योगशक्तिं योगमतिं सर्वकालं हरिस्मृतिम् ।। श्रुत्युक्तिस्मरणाद्योगान्मोहजालं च किल्बिषम् गोपालैर्गोपिकाभिश्च भविता राधया सह ।। मथुरागमनं तत्र गोपीनां शोकवर्द्धनम् सौभाग्यवर्धनं तासां पुत्रपौत्रादिकस्य च ।। मणिसंबंधिनो मिथ्याकलंकस्य च मोक्षणम् गुरुवारे च रेवत्यां विशुद्धे चंद्रतारके ।। चंद्रस्थे मीनलग्ने च लग्नेशपूर्णदर्शने हृदि पूजां प्रणामं च कुर्वंतं योगचर्यया ।। मूर्ध्ना प्रणेमुस्ते तं च स च तानाशिषं ददौ मुक्ताफलानि रम्याणि प्रवालानि मुदाऽन्वितः ।। नानाविधानि चारूणि वासांसि भूषणानि च अश्वस्थाश्च गजस्थाश्च रथस्थाश्चेति सत्वरम् ।। आजग्मू राजपुत्राश्च रत्नालङ्कारभूषिताः उवास पादौ प्रक्षाल्य स्वर्णपीठे मनोहरे ।। गर्गस्य च मुनीन्द्राणां गृहीत्वाऽऽज्ञां व्रजेश्वरः शिष्येभ्यः स्वर्णभाराणि प्रददौ विनयान्वितः ।। द्विजेभ्योऽप्यवशिष्टेभ्यः परिपूर्णानि नारद कृपां कुरु कृपासिन्धो दीनबन्धो पदाम्बुजे ।। रक्ष मामभयं दत्त्वा मृत्युर्मे किं करिष्यति ।। क्षमा जगद्विभर्तुं च रत्नगर्भा वसुन्धरा ।। प्रसूतिः सर्वसस्यानां त्वत्पादपद्मसेवया अहो विचित्रं संसारो मोहजालेन वेष्टितः ।। संमीलनं च विरहो नराणां सिन्धुफेनवत् केचिद्बहुविधा गाथाः कथयन्तः पुरातनाः ।। मरुत्तश्वेतसगरमांधातॄणां च भूभृताम् गर्गो जगाम मथुरां वसुदेवाश्रमं मुने ।। स तं ननाम पप्रच्छ पुत्रयोः कुशलं तयोः
prajapanparamaṃ brahma śuddhasphaṭikamālayā || daṇḍī chatrī śuklavāsā dantapaṃktivirājitaḥ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sā samuttasthau yaśodā praṇanāma ca || pādyaṃ gāṃ madhuparkaṃ ca svarṇasiṃhāsanaṃ dadau viśvāmitro'tha vālmāko vāmadevo'tha kaśyapaḥ|| saṃvartaḥ kimutathyo vā kiṃ kaco vā bṛhaspatiḥ naṃdo yastvaṃ ca yā bhadre bālo yo yena vā gataḥ|| jānāmi nirjane sarvaṃ vakṣyāmi naṃdasannidhim kapilo'nye tadaṃśāśca naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī || sarveṣāṃ tejasāṃ rāśirmūrtimānāgataḥ kimu akāro dātṛvacanastena kṛṣṇa iti smṛtaḥ || kṛṣirniśceṣṭavacano nakāro bhaktivācakaḥ rathaṃ gṛhītvā dhāvaṃti golokātkṛṣṇakiṃkarāḥ || pṛthivyā rajasaḥ saṃkhyāṃ kartuṃ śaktā vipaścitaḥ janmamṛtyuharāṇyeva rakṣa naṃda śubhekṣaṇa || kṛtaṃ nirūpaṇaṃ nāmnāṃ kaniṣṭhasya yathā śrutam || śrīgarga uvāca || || śṛṇu naṃda pravakṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam racitā sā'sya prāṇaiśca tatprāṇairmūrtimānayam || asya rādhānusāreṇa gokulāgamanaṃ param yogaśaktiṃ yogamatiṃ sarvakālaṃ harismṛtim || śrutyuktismaraṇādyogānmohajālaṃ ca kilbiṣam gopālairgopikābhiśca bhavitā rādhayā saha || mathurāgamanaṃ tatra gopīnāṃ śokavarddhanam saubhāgyavardhanaṃ tāsāṃ putrapautrādikasya ca || maṇisaṃbaṃdhino mithyākalaṃkasya ca mokṣaṇam guruvāre ca revatyāṃ viśuddhe caṃdratārake || caṃdrasthe mīnalagne ca lagneśapūrṇadarśane hṛdi pūjāṃ praṇāmaṃ ca kurvaṃtaṃ yogacaryayā || mūrdhnā praṇemuste taṃ ca sa ca tānāśiṣaṃ dadau muktāphalāni ramyāṇi pravālāni mudā'nvitaḥ || nānāvidhāni cārūṇi vāsāṃsi bhūṣaṇāni ca aśvasthāśca gajasthāśca rathasthāśceti satvaram || ājagmū rājaputrāśca ratnālaṅkārabhūṣitāḥ uvāsa pādau prakṣālya svarṇapīṭhe manohare || gargasya ca munīndrāṇāṃ gṛhītvā''jñāṃ vrajeśvaraḥ śiṣyebhyaḥ svarṇabhārāṇi pradadau vinayānvitaḥ || dvijebhyo'pyavaśiṣṭebhyaḥ paripūrṇāni nārada kṛpāṃ kuru kṛpāsindho dīnabandho padāmbuje || rakṣa māmabhayaṃ dattvā mṛtyurme kiṃ kariṣyati || kṣamā jagadvibhartuṃ ca ratnagarbhā vasundharā || prasūtiḥ sarvasasyānāṃ tvatpādapadmasevayā aho vicitraṃ saṃsāro mohajālena veṣṭitaḥ || saṃmīlanaṃ ca viraho narāṇāṃ sindhuphenavat kecidbahuvidhā gāthāḥ kathayantaḥ purātanāḥ || maruttaśvetasagaramāṃdhātṝṇāṃ ca bhūbhṛtām gargo jagāma mathurāṃ vasudevāśramaṃ mune || sa taṃ nanāma papraccha putrayoḥ kuśalaṃ tayoḥ
muttering the supreme Brahman with a rosary of pure crystal, bearing a staff and a parasol, white-robed, resplendent with his rows of teeth. Seeing him, Yaśodā rose up and bowed, and gave water for his feet, a cow, the honey-mixture, and a golden lion-throne. "Is it Viśvāmitra, or Vālmīki, or Vāmadeva, or Kaśyapa? Is it Saṃvarta, or Utathya, or Kaca, or Bṛhaspati?" "Who you are, Nanda, and who you are, good lady, and who the child is, or by whom he has come—all this I know; in a solitary place, in Nanda's presence, I shall tell it. Is it Kapila, or others who are his portions, or the two seers Nara and Nārāyaṇa? Has the mass of all splendours come embodied? The syllable 'a' denotes a giver; by that he is known as 'Kṛṣṇa'; 'kṛṣ' denotes what is motionless, and the letter 'na' expresses devotion. Taking a chariot, Kṛṣṇa's servants come running from Goloka. The learned are able to count the dust-motes of the earth (but not this). These indeed remove birth and death; protect (them), Nanda of auspicious gaze. The determination of the names of the younger one has been made, as it was heard." Śrī Garga said: Hear, Nanda, I shall declare an ancient story. She was fashioned from his life-breaths, and he, embodied, from her life-breaths; his coming to Gokula in the wake of Rādhā is supreme; (I shall grant) yogic power, a yogic mind, and remembrance of Hari at all times; through the yoga of hearing, uttering and remembering, the net of delusion and sin (is destroyed). He will be with the cowherds and the cowherd women and with Rādhā; then the going to Mathurā, which increases the grief of the gopīs; the increase of their good fortune and of their sons, grandsons and the rest; and the release from the false stain connected with the jewel. On a Thursday, in (the asterism) Revatī, when moon and star are wholly pure, the moon standing (there) and the ascendant Pisces, the lord of the ascendant being in full aspect—(seeing him) making worship and obeisance in his heart by the practice of yoga, they bowed to him with their heads, and he gave them a blessing; filled with joy, (he gave) lovely pearls and corals, and manifold beautiful garments and ornaments. Mounted on horses, on elephants, and in chariots, the king's sons too came swiftly, adorned with jewelled ornaments. Having washed his feet, he sat upon a charming golden seat. And the lord of Vraja, having taken the permission of Garga and of the chief sages, humbly gave loads of gold to the pupils, and full (gifts) to the remaining brahmins too, O Nārada. "Show mercy, ocean of mercy, friend of the wretched, at your lotus feet; protect me, granting fearlessness—what will death do to me? The earth, jewel-wombed, is able to bear the world and is the bringer forth of all crops, through service to your lotus feet. Ah, strange is this round of existence, wrapped in the net of delusion: men's meeting and parting are like the foam of the sea." Some were reciting manifold ancient ballads of the kings Marutta, Śveta, Sagara and Māndhātṛ. Garga went to Mathurā, to Vasudeva's hermitage, O sage; he bowed to him and asked after the welfare of those two sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.5
ज्योतिर्ग्रंथो मूर्तिमांश्च वेदवेदांगपारगः ।। परिबिभ्रज्जटाजालं तप्तकांचनसन्निभम्
jyotirgraṃtho mūrtimāṃśca vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ || paribibhrajjaṭājālaṃ taptakāṃcanasannibham
He was, as it were, the science of the stars embodied, one who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and their ancillary sciences, wearing all about him a mass of matted hair resembling molten gold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.6
शरत्पार्वणचंद्रास्यो गौरांगः पद्मलोचनः ।। योगीन्द्रो धूर्जटेः शिष्यः शुद्धभक्तो गदाभृतः
śaratpārvaṇacaṃdrāsyo gaurāṃgaḥ padmalocanaḥ || yogīndro dhūrjaṭeḥ śiṣyaḥ śuddhabhakto gadābhṛtaḥ
his face like the autumn full-moon, fair-limbed, lotus-eyed, a chief of yogins, a pupil of Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva), a pure devotee, bearing a club.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.7
व्याख्यामुद्राकरः श्रीमाञ्छिष्यानध्यापयन्मुदा ।। वेदव्याख्यां कतिविधां प्रकुर्वन्निव लीलया
vyākhyāmudrākaraḥ śrīmāñchiṣyānadhyāpayanmudā || vedavyākhyāṃ katividhāṃ prakurvanniva līlayā
With his hand in the gesture of exposition, the illustrious one taught his pupils gladly, as though effortlessly making explanations of the Veda of ever so many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.8
एकीभूय चतुर्वेदास्तेजसा मूर्तिमानिव।। साक्षात्सरस्वतीकण्ठः सिद्धांतैकविशारदः
ekībhūya caturvedāstejasā mūrtimāniva|| sākṣātsarasvatīkaṇṭhaḥ siddhāṃtaikaviśāradaḥ
(He was) as it were the four Vedas become one and embodied in splendour, the very throat of Sarasvatī, uniquely skilled in doctrine,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.9
ध्यानैकनिष्ठः श्रीकृष्णपादांभोजे दिवानिशम् ।। जीवन्मुक्तो हि सिद्धेशः सर्वज्ञः सर्वदर्शनः
dhyānaikaniṣṭhaḥ śrīkṛṣṇapādāṃbhoje divāniśam || jīvanmukto hi siddheśaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadarśanaḥ
fixed single-mindedly in meditation on Śrī Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet day and night, liberated while living, a lord among the perfected, all-knowing, seeing all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.11
बालकं वंदयामास मुनीन्द्रं सस्मितं मुदा ।। मुनिश्च मनसा चक्रे प्रणामशतकं हरिम्
bālakaṃ vaṃdayāmāsa munīndraṃ sasmitaṃ mudā || muniśca manasā cakre praṇāmaśatakaṃ harim
The child, smiling, gladly saluted the chief of sages; and the sage in his mind made a hundred obeisances to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.12
आशिषं प्रददौ प्रीत्या वेदमंत्रोपयोगिकम् ।। प्रणनाम च शिष्यांश्च ते तां युयुजुराशिषम्
āśiṣaṃ pradadau prītyā vedamaṃtropayogikam || praṇanāma ca śiṣyāṃśca te tāṃ yuyujurāśiṣam
He lovingly bestowed a blessing suited to the Vedic mantras, and he bowed to the pupils as well; and they joined in that blessing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.13
शिष्यान्पाद्यादिकं भक्त्या प्रददौ च पृथक्पृथक् ।। साशिष्यांघ्री च प्रक्षाल्य समुवास सुखासने
śiṣyānpādyādikaṃ bhaktyā pradadau ca pṛthakpṛthak || sāśiṣyāṃghrī ca prakṣālya samuvāsa sukhāsane
To the pupils she devotedly gave water for the feet and the rest, to each one separately; and having washed the feet of (the sage) together with his pupils, she sat down on a comfortable seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.14
समुद्यता सा प्रष्टुं च पुटाञ्जलियुता सती ।। स्वक्रोडे बालकं कृत्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधरा
samudyatā sā praṣṭuṃ ca puṭāñjaliyutā satī || svakroḍe bālakaṃ kṛtvā bhaktinamrātmakaṃdharā
That virtuous woman, with hands folded in a cup, made ready to ask, having placed the boy in her own lap, her body and neck bowed with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.15
स्वात्मारामं मंगलं च प्रष्टुं यद्यपि न क्षमा ।। तथाऽपि भवतो नाम शिवं पृच्छामि सांप्रतम्
svātmārāmaṃ maṃgalaṃ ca praṣṭuṃ yadyapi na kṣamā || tathā'pi bhavato nāma śivaṃ pṛcchāmi sāṃpratam
"Though I am not competent to ask one who delights in his own self about his welfare, still I now ask your name and your well-being."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.16
अबला बुद्धिहीनाया दोषं क्षंतुं सदाऽर्हसि ।। मूढस्य सततं दोषं क्षमां कुर्वंति साधवः
abalā buddhihīnāyā doṣaṃ kṣaṃtuṃ sadā'rhasi || mūḍhasya satataṃ doṣaṃ kṣamāṃ kurvaṃti sādhavaḥ
"You should always forgive the fault of a weak, witless woman; the good ever grant forgiveness for the fault of a fool."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.17
अंगिरा वाऽथ वाऽत्रिर्वा मरीचिर्गौतमोऽथ वा ।। क्रतुः किं वा प्रचेता वा पुलस्त्यः पुलहोऽथवा
aṃgirā vā'tha vā'trirvā marīcirgautamo'tha vā || kratuḥ kiṃ vā pracetā vā pulastyaḥ pulaho'thavā
"Are you Aṅgiras, or Atri, or Marīci, or Gautama, or Kratu, or Pracetas, or Pulastya, or Pulaha?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.18
दुर्वासाः कर्दमस्त्वं वा वशिष्ठो गर्ग एव वा ।। जैगीषव्यो देवलो वा कपिलो वा स्वयं विभुः
durvāsāḥ kardamastvaṃ vā vaśiṣṭho garga eva vā || jaigīṣavyo devalo vā kapilo vā svayaṃ vibhuḥ
"Are you Durvāsas, Kardama, or Vasiṣṭha, or indeed Garga, or Jaigīṣavya, or Devala, or Kapila the all-pervading lord himself?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.19
सनत्कुमारः सनकः सनन्दो वा सनातनः ।। वोढुः पंचशिखो वा त्वमासुरिः सौभरिः किमु
sanatkumāraḥ sanakaḥ sanando vā sanātanaḥ || voḍhuḥ paṃcaśikho vā tvamāsuriḥ saubhariḥ kimu
"Are you Sanatkumāra, Sanaka, Sananda, or Sanātana, Voḍhu or Pañcaśikha — or are you Āsuri, or Saubhari?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.21
भृगुः शुक्रश्च च्यवनो नरनारायणोऽथवा ।। सक्थिनः पराशरो व्यासः शुकदेवोऽथ जैमिनिः
bhṛguḥ śukraśca cyavano naranārāyaṇo'thavā || sakthinaḥ parāśaro vyāsaḥ śukadevo'tha jaiminiḥ
"Bhṛgu, and Śukra, and Cyavana, or Nara-Nārāyaṇa, Sakthin, Parāśara, Vyāsa, Śukadeva, or Jaimini?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.22
मार्कण्डेयो लोमशश्च कण्वः कात्यायनस्तथा ।। आस्तीको वा जरत्कारुर्ऋष्यशृंगो विभांडकः
mārkaṇḍeyo lomaśaśca kaṇvaḥ kātyāyanastathā || āstīko vā jaratkārurṛṣyaśṛṃgo vibhāṃḍakaḥ
"Mārkaṇḍeya, and Lomaśa, Kaṇva, and likewise Kātyāyana, or Āstīka, or Jaratkāru, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga (son of) Vibhāṇḍaka?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.23
पौलस्त्यस्त्वमगस्त्यो वा शरद्वान्गिरिरेव च ।। शमीकोऽरिष्टनेमिश्च माण्डव्यः पैल एव च
paulastyastvamagastyo vā śaradvāngirireva ca || śamīko'riṣṭanemiśca māṇḍavyaḥ paila eva ca
"Are you Paulastya, or Agastya, or Śaradvān, and Giri too, and Śamīka, and Ariṣṭanemi, Māṇḍavya, and Paila?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.24
पाणिनिर्वा कणादो वा शाकल्यः शाकटायनः ।। अष्टावक्रो भागुरिर्वा सुमन्तुर्वत्स एव वा
pāṇinirvā kaṇādo vā śākalyaḥ śākaṭāyanaḥ || aṣṭāvakro bhāgurirvā sumanturvatsa eva vā
"Or Pāṇini, or Kaṇāda, or Śākalya, Śākaṭāyana, Aṣṭāvakra, or Bhāguri, or Sumantu, or Vatsa?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.25
जाबालो याज्ञवल्क्यश्च वैशंपायन एव च ।। यतिर्हंसी पिप्पलादो मैत्रेयः करुषस्तथा
jābālo yājñavalkyaśca vaiśaṃpāyana eva ca || yatirhaṃsī pippalādo maitreyaḥ karuṣastathā
"Jābāla, and Yājñavalkya, and Vaiśampāyana too, Yati, Haṃsī, Pippalāda, Maitreya, and likewise Karuṣa?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.26
उपमन्युर्गौरमुखोऽरुणिरौर्वोऽथ कक्षिवान् ।। भरद्वाजो वेदशिरा शंकुकर्णोऽथ शौनकः
upamanyurgauramukho'ruṇiraurvo'tha kakṣivān || bharadvājo vedaśirā śaṃkukarṇo'tha śaunakaḥ
"Upamanyu, Gauramukha, Āruṇi, Aurva, then Kakṣīvān, Bharadvāja, Vedaśirā, Śaṅkukarṇa, then Śaunaka?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.27
एतेषां पुण्यश्लोकानां को भवान्वद मे प्रभो ।। प्रत्युत्तरार्हा नाहं चेत्तथाऽपि वक्तुमर्हसि
eteṣāṃ puṇyaślokānāṃ ko bhavānvada me prabho || pratyuttarārhā nāhaṃ cettathā'pi vaktumarhasi
"Which of these, whose praise is holy, are you? Tell me, O lord. Even if I am not worthy of an answer, still you ought to speak."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.28
किंकरः किंकरी वाऽपि समर्था प्रभुमीश्वरम् ।। यो यस्य सेवानियतः स कं पृच्छति तं विना
kiṃkaraḥ kiṃkarī vā'pi samarthā prabhumīśvaram || yo yasya sevāniyataḥ sa kaṃ pṛcchati taṃ vinā
"Is a servant, or even a maidservant, capable (of questioning) the lord, the master? He who is bound to the service of another — whom does he ask, apart from him?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.29
धन्याऽहं कृतकृत्याहं सफलं जीवितं मम ।। त्वत्पादाब्जरजःस्पर्शाज्जन्मकोट्यंहसा क्षयः
dhanyā'haṃ kṛtakṛtyāhaṃ saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ mama || tvatpādābjarajaḥsparśājjanmakoṭyaṃhasā kṣayaḥ
"I am blessed, I have accomplished my purpose, my life has borne fruit; by the touch of the dust of your lotus feet the sins of ten million births are destroyed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.31
त्वत्पादोदकसंस्पर्शात्सद्यः पूता वसुंधरा ।। तवागमनमात्रेण तीर्थीभूतो ममाश्रमः 4.13.३० ।। येये श्रुताः श्रुतौ ब्रह्मञ्च्छ्रुतिसारा महाजनाः ।। तेषामेको मया दृष्टः पूर्वपुण्यफलोदयात्
tvatpādodakasaṃsparśātsadyaḥ pūtā vasuṃdharā || tavāgamanamātreṇa tīrthībhūto mamāśramaḥ 4.13.30 || yeye śrutāḥ śrutau brahmañcchrutisārā mahājanāḥ || teṣāmeko mayā dṛṣṭaḥ pūrvapuṇyaphalodayāt
"By the touch of the water from your feet the earth is at once purified; by your mere coming my hermitage has become a place of pilgrimage. (4.13.30) Of all those great men, the essence of the Veda, O brahmin, whom I have heard of in scripture, one has been seen by me through the ripening of the fruit of former merit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.32
शिष्या वेदा मूर्तिमंतो ग्रीष्म मध्याह्नभास्कराः ।। गोकुलं मत्कुलं सद्यः पुनंति पादरेणुना
śiṣyā vedā mūrtimaṃto grīṣma madhyāhnabhāskarāḥ || gokulaṃ matkulaṃ sadyaḥ punaṃti pādareṇunā
"(Your) pupils are the Vedas embodied, suns of a summer noon; with the dust of their feet they at once purify the cow-station and my family."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.33
आशिषं कर्तुमर्हंति प्रसन्नमनसा शिशुम् ।। पूर्णस्वस्त्ययनं सद्यो विप्राशीर्वचनं ध्रुवम्
āśiṣaṃ kartumarhaṃti prasannamanasā śiśum || pūrṇasvastyayanaṃ sadyo viprāśīrvacanaṃ dhruvam
"With gracious mind they should bestow a blessing on the child; a brahmin's word of blessing is at once a complete rite of benediction, assuredly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.34
इत्येवमुक्त्वा नंदस्त्री भक्त्या तस्थौ मुनेः पुरः ।। नरं प्रस्थापयामास नंदमानयितुं सती
ityevamuktvā naṃdastrī bhaktyā tasthau muneḥ puraḥ || naraṃ prasthāpayāmāsa naṃdamānayituṃ satī
Having spoken thus, Nanda's wife stood devotedly before the sage; and the good woman sent a man off to bring Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.35
यशोदावचनं श्रुत्वा जहास मुनिपुंगवः ।। जहसुः शिष्यसंघाश्च भासयंतो दिशो दश
yaśodāvacanaṃ śrutvā jahāsa munipuṃgavaḥ || jahasuḥ śiṣyasaṃghāśca bhāsayaṃto diśo daśa
Hearing Yaśodā's words, the bull among sages laughed; and the throngs of his disciples laughed too, illuminating the ten directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.36
हितं तथ्यं नीतियुक्तं महत्पुण्यकरं परम् ।। तामुवाच मुदा युक्तः शुद्धबुद्धिर्महामुनिः
hitaṃ tathyaṃ nītiyuktaṃ mahatpuṇyakaraṃ param || tāmuvāca mudā yuktaḥ śuddhabuddhirmahāmuniḥ
The great sage of pure understanding, filled with delight, spoke to her (words) beneficial, true, in accord with right conduct, productive of great merit, supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.37
श्रीगर्ग उवाच ।। ।। सुधामयं ते वचनं लौकिकं च कुलोचितम् ।। यस्य यत्र कुले जन्म स एव तादृशो भवेत्
śrīgarga uvāca || || sudhāmayaṃ te vacanaṃ laukikaṃ ca kulocitam || yasya yatra kule janma sa eva tādṛśo bhavet
Śrī Garga said: Your speech is full of nectar, and worldly, and befitting your family; whatever family a person is born in, just such does he become.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.38
सर्वेषां गोपपद्मानां गिरिभानुश्च भास्करः ।। पत्नी पद्मासमा तस्य नाम्ना पद्मावती सती
sarveṣāṃ gopapadmānāṃ giribhānuśca bhāskaraḥ || patnī padmāsamā tasya nāmnā padmāvatī satī
And Giribhānu was the sun to all the lotuses that are the cowherds; his wife, equal to a lotus, was the virtuous woman named Padmāvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.39
तस्याः कन्या यशोदा त्वं यशोवर्द्धनकारिणी ।। बल्लवानां च प्रवरो लब्धो नंदश्च वल्लभः
tasyāḥ kanyā yaśodā tvaṃ yaśovarddhanakāriṇī || ballavānāṃ ca pravaro labdho naṃdaśca vallabhaḥ
You are Yaśodā, her daughter, who increases (her) fame; and Nanda, the foremost of the cowherds, was obtained (by you) as husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.41
गर्गोऽहं यदुवंशानां चिरकालं पुरोहितः ।। प्रस्थापितोऽहं वसुना नान्यसाध्ये च कर्मणि
gargo'haṃ yaduvaṃśānāṃ cirakālaṃ purohitaḥ || prasthāpito'haṃ vasunā nānyasādhye ca karmaṇi
I am Garga, for a long time the family priest of the Yadu lineages; I have been sent by Vasu(deva) on a task not achievable by another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.42
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे नंदः श्रुतमात्रं जगाम ह ।। ननाम दंडवद्भूमौ मूर्ध्ना तं मुनिपुंगवम्
etasminnantare naṃdaḥ śrutamātraṃ jagāma ha || nanāma daṃḍavadbhūmau mūrdhnā taṃ munipuṃgavam
In this interval Nanda, as soon as he heard, came indeed; he bowed with his head to the ground like a rod before that bull among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.43
शिष्यान्ननाम मूर्ध्ना च ते तं युयुजुराशिषम्।। समुत्थायासनात्तूर्ण यशोदानंद एव च
śiṣyānnanāma mūrdhnā ca te taṃ yuyujurāśiṣam|| samutthāyāsanāttūrṇa yaśodānaṃda eva ca
And he bowed with his head to the disciples, and they bestowed a blessing on him; and Yaśodā and Nanda quickly rose from their seats.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.44
गृहीत्वाऽभ्यंतरं रम्यं जगाम विदुषां वरः ।। गर्गो नंदो यशोदा च सपुत्रा सा मुदाऽन्विता ।। वाक्यं गर्गस्तदोवाच निगूढं निर्जने मुने
gṛhītvā'bhyaṃtaraṃ ramyaṃ jagāma viduṣāṃ varaḥ || gargo naṃdo yaśodā ca saputrā sā mudā'nvitā || vākyaṃ gargastadovāca nigūḍhaṃ nirjane mune
Taking (them) along, the best of the learned went into the pleasant inner chamber — Garga, Nanda, and Yaśodā with her son, she filled with joy; and then, O sage, Garga spoke a secret word in that solitary place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.45
श्रीगर्ग उवाच ।। अयि नंद प्रवक्ष्यामि वचनं ते सुखावहम् ।। प्रस्थापितोऽहं वसुना येन तच्छ्रूयतामिति
śrīgarga uvāca || ayi naṃda pravakṣyāmi vacanaṃ te sukhāvaham || prasthāpito'haṃ vasunā yena tacchrūyatāmiti
Śrī Garga said: Ah, Nanda, I shall tell you a word that brings happiness; let that be heard, for which purpose I have been sent by Vasu(deva).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.46
वसुना सूतिकागारे शिशुः प्रत्यर्पणं कृतः ।। पुत्रोऽयं वसुदेवस्य ज्येष्ठश्च तस्य च ध्रुवम्
vasunā sūtikāgāre śiśuḥ pratyarpaṇaṃ kṛtaḥ || putro'yaṃ vasudevasya jyeṣṭhaśca tasya ca dhruvam
By Vasu(deva) the infant was handed over in the birth-chamber; this is Vasudeva's son, and assuredly his eldest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.47
कन्या ते तेन या नीता मथुरां कंसभीरुणा ।। अस्यान्नप्राशनायाहं नामानुकरणाय च ।। गूढेन प्रेषितस्तेन तस्योद्योगं कुरु द्विज
kanyā te tena yā nītā mathurāṃ kaṃsabhīruṇā || asyānnaprāśanāyāhaṃ nāmānukaraṇāya ca || gūḍhena preṣitastena tasyodyogaṃ kuru dvija
The daughter of yours whom he, in fear of Kaṃsa, took away to Mathurā — for this (child's) first feeding of rice and for the performance of the naming, I have been sent secretly by him; make the preparation for that, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.48
पूर्णब्रह्मस्वरूपोऽयं शिशुस्ते मायया महीम् ।। आगत्य भारहरणं कर्ता धात्रा च सेवितः ।। गोलोकनाथो भगवाञ्छ्रीकृष्णो राधिकापतिः
pūrṇabrahmasvarūpo'yaṃ śiśuste māyayā mahīm || āgatya bhāraharaṇaṃ kartā dhātrā ca sevitaḥ || golokanātho bhagavāñchrīkṛṣṇo rādhikāpatiḥ
This infant of yours is the form of the complete Brahman; having come to the earth by (his) māyā he will remove its burden, and he is served by the Creator: he is the lord of Goloka, the Blessed Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the husband of Rādhikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.49
नारायणो यो वैकुंठे कमलाकांत एव च ।। श्वेतद्वीपनिवासी यः पिता विष्णुश्च सोऽप्यजः
nārāyaṇo yo vaikuṃṭhe kamalākāṃta eva ca || śvetadvīpanivāsī yaḥ pitā viṣṇuśca so'pyajaḥ
He who is Nārāyaṇa in Vaikuṇṭha and the beloved of Kamalā, and he who dwells in Śvetadvīpa, the father, Viṣṇu — he too is the unborn one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.51
तं वसुं दर्शयित्वा च शिशुरूपो बभूव ह ।। सांप्रतं सूतिकागारादाजगाम तवालयम्
taṃ vasuṃ darśayitvā ca śiśurūpo babhūva ha || sāṃprataṃ sūtikāgārādājagāma tavālayam
And having shown himself to that Vasu(deva), he took on the form of an infant; now he has come from the birth-chamber to your house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.52
अयोनिसंभवश्चायमाविर्भूतो महीतले ।। वायुपूर्णं मातृगर्भे कृत्वा च मायया हरिः
ayonisaṃbhavaścāyamāvirbhūto mahītale || vāyupūrṇaṃ mātṛgarbhe kṛtvā ca māyayā hariḥ
And this one, not born from a womb, has become manifest on the surface of the earth; Hari, by his māyā, having made the mother's womb full of wind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.53
आविर्भूय वसुं मूर्तिं दर्शयित्वा जगाम ह ।। युगेयुगे वर्णभेदो नामभेदोऽस्य बल्लव
āvirbhūya vasuṃ mūrtiṃ darśayitvā jagāma ha || yugeyuge varṇabhedo nāmabhedo'sya ballava
having become manifest and shown his form to Vasu(deva), he went (there). From age to age there is a difference of his colour and a difference of his name, O cowherd.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.54
शुक्लः पीतस्तथा रक्त इदानीं कृष्णतां गतः ।। शुक्लवर्णः सत्ययुगे सुतीव्रतेजसा वृतः
śuklaḥ pītastathā rakta idānīṃ kṛṣṇatāṃ gataḥ || śuklavarṇaḥ satyayuge sutīvratejasā vṛtaḥ
White, yellow, and red, and now he has attained blackness: in the Satya age he was white in colour, endowed with very fierce radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.55
त्रेतायां रक्तवर्णोऽयं पीतोऽयं द्वापरे विभुः ।। कृष्णवर्णः कलौ श्रीमांस्तेजसां राशिरेव च
tretāyāṃ raktavarṇo'yaṃ pīto'yaṃ dvāpare vibhuḥ || kṛṣṇavarṇaḥ kalau śrīmāṃstejasāṃ rāśireva ca
In the Tretā he was red in colour, in the Dvāpara this lord was yellow; in the Kali he is black in colour, glorious, and indeed a mass of radiances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.56
परिपूर्णतमं ब्रह्म तेन कृष्ण इति स्मृतः ।। ब्रह्मणो वाचकः कोऽयमृकारोऽनंतवाचकः
paripūrṇatamaṃ brahma tena kṛṣṇa iti smṛtaḥ || brahmaṇo vācakaḥ ko'yamṛkāro'naṃtavācakaḥ
He is the utterly complete Brahman, and therefore he is called "Kṛṣṇa": this "ka" denotes Brahman, the "ṛ" sound denotes the infinite,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.57
शिवस्य वाचकः षश्च नकारो धर्मवाचकः ।। अकारो विष्णुवचनः श्वेतद्वीपनिवासिनः
śivasya vācakaḥ ṣaśca nakāro dharmavācakaḥ || akāro viṣṇuvacanaḥ śvetadvīpanivāsinaḥ
And ṣa signifies Śiva; the letter na signifies Dharma; the letter a is a word for Viṣṇu, the dweller in Śvetadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.58
नरनारायणार्थस्य विसर्गो वाचकः स्मृतः ।। सर्वेषां तेजसां राशिः सर्वमूर्तिस्वरूपकः
naranārāyaṇārthasya visargo vācakaḥ smṛtaḥ || sarveṣāṃ tejasāṃ rāśiḥ sarvamūrtisvarūpakaḥ
The visarga is held to signify the meaning "Nara-Nārāyaṇa." (He is) the mass of all radiances, whose own form is every form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.59
सर्वाधारः सर्वबीजस्तेन कृष्ण इति स्मृतः ।। कर्मनिर्मूलवचनः कृषिर्नो दास्यवाचकः
sarvādhāraḥ sarvabījastena kṛṣṇa iti smṛtaḥ || karmanirmūlavacanaḥ kṛṣirno dāsyavācakaḥ
(He is) the support of all, the seed of all — therefore he is called Kṛṣṇa. kṛṣ is a word for the uprooting of karma, ṇa signifies servitude,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.61
अकारः प्राप्तिवचनस्तेन कृष्ण इति स्मृतः ।। कृषिर्निर्वाणवचनो नकारो मोक्षवाचकः ।।
akāraḥ prāptivacanastena kṛṣṇa iti smṛtaḥ || kṛṣirnirvāṇavacano nakāro mokṣavācakaḥ ||
and the letter a is a word for attainment — therefore he is called Kṛṣṇa. kṛṣ is a word for nirvāṇa, ṇa signifies liberation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.62
अकारो दातृवचनस्तेन कृष्ण इति स्मृतः ।। नाम्नां भगवतो नंद कोटीनां स्मरणेन यत्
akāro dātṛvacanastena kṛṣṇa iti smṛtaḥ || nāmnāṃ bhagavato naṃda koṭīnāṃ smaraṇena yat
and the letter a is a word for the giver — therefore he is called Kṛṣṇa. Nanda, whatever (fruit comes) from the remembrance of ten million names of the Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.63
तत्फलं लभते नूनं कृष्णेति स्मरणे नरः ।। यद्विधं स्मरणात्पुण्यं वचनाच्छ्रवणात्तथा
tatphalaṃ labhate nūnaṃ kṛṣṇeti smaraṇe naraḥ || yadvidhaṃ smaraṇātpuṇyaṃ vacanācchravaṇāttathā
that fruit a man surely obtains in remembering "Kṛṣṇa." Such merit as (comes) from remembering (it), and likewise from uttering and from hearing (it) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.64
कोटिजन्मांहसो नाशो भवेद्यत्स्मरणादिकात् ।। विष्णोर्नाम्नां च सर्वेषां सारात्सारं परात्परम्
koṭijanmāṃhaso nāśo bhavedyatsmaraṇādikāt || viṣṇornāmnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ sārātsāraṃ parātparam
by whose remembrance and the rest the sin of ten million births is destroyed — (this name is) the essence of the essence of all the names of Viṣṇu, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.66
ऋकाराद्दास्यमतुलं षकाराद्भक्तिमीप्सिताम् ।। नकारात्सहवासं च तत्समं कालमेव च
ṛkārāddāsyamatulaṃ ṣakārādbhaktimīpsitām || nakārātsahavāsaṃ ca tatsamaṃ kālameva ca
From the letter (k)ṛ, incomparable servitude; from the letter ṣa, the devotion one desires; from the letter ṇa, dwelling together (with him), and a duration equal to his;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.67
तत्सारूप्यं विसर्गाच्च लभते नात्र संशयः ।। ककारोच्चारणादेव वेपंते यमकिंकराः
tatsārūpyaṃ visargācca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ || kakāroccāraṇādeva vepaṃte yamakiṃkarāḥ
and from the visarga, likeness of form with him — one obtains (these); there is no doubt here. Merely from the pronouncing of the letter ka, Yama's servants tremble;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.68
ऋकारोक्तेर्न तिष्ठंति षकारात्पातकानि च ।। नकारोच्चारणाद्रोगा अकारान्मृत्युरेव च
ṛkārokterna tiṣṭhaṃti ṣakārātpātakāni ca || nakāroccāraṇādrogā akārānmṛtyureva ca
from the uttering of (k)ṛ they do not remain, and from ṣa the sins (do not remain); from the pronouncing of ṇa, diseases (do not remain), and from the letter a, death itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.69
कृष्णेति सुंदरं नाम मंगलं भक्तिदायकम् ।। ककारोच्चारणाद्भक्तः कैवल्यं मृत्युजन्महम् ध्रुवं सर्वे पलायंते नामोच्चारणभीरवः ।। स्मृत्युक्तिश्रवणोद्योगात्कृष्णनाम्नो व्रजेश्वर
kṛṣṇeti suṃdaraṃ nāma maṃgalaṃ bhaktidāyakam || kakāroccāraṇādbhaktaḥ kaivalyaṃ mṛtyujanmaham dhruvaṃ sarve palāyaṃte nāmoccāraṇabhīravaḥ || smṛtyuktiśravaṇodyogātkṛṣṇanāmno vrajeśvara
"Kṛṣṇa" is a beautiful name, auspicious, bestowing devotion. From pronouncing the letter ka the devotee (gains) absolute liberation; birth and death — surely they all flee, being afraid of the pronouncing of the name — through the effort of remembering, uttering, and hearing the name of Kṛṣṇa, O lord of Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.71
नाम्नः प्रभावसंख्यानं संतो वक्तुं न च क्षमाः ।। पुरा शंकरवक्त्रेण नाम्नोऽस्य महिमा श्रुतः
nāmnaḥ prabhāvasaṃkhyānaṃ saṃto vaktuṃ na ca kṣamāḥ || purā śaṃkaravaktreṇa nāmno'sya mahimā śrutaḥ
The good are not able to state the reckoning of the name's power. Formerly the greatness of this name was heard from Śaṅkara's mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.72
गुणान्नामप्रभावं च किंचिज्जानाति मद्गुरुः ।। ब्रह्माऽनंतश्च धर्मश्च सुरर्षिमनुमानवाः
guṇānnāmaprabhāvaṃ ca kiṃcijjānāti madguruḥ || brahmā'naṃtaśca dharmaśca surarṣimanumānavāḥ
My teacher knows a little of the qualities and of the power of the name. Brahmā, Ananta, Dharma, the gods, the seers, Manu and men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.73
वेदाः संतो न जानंति महिम्नः षोडशीं कलाम् ।। इत्येवं कथितो नंद महिमा च सुतस्य च
vedāḥ saṃto na jānaṃti mahimnaḥ ṣoḍaśīṃ kalām || ityevaṃ kathito naṃda mahimā ca sutasya ca
the Vedas, the good — (they) do not know a sixteenth part of (its) greatness. Thus, Nanda, the greatness of your son has been told,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.74
यथामति यथाज्ञानं गुरुवक्त्राद्यथा श्रुतम् ।। कृष्णः पीतांबरः कंसध्वंसी च विष्टरश्रवाः
yathāmati yathājñānaṃ guruvaktrādyathā śrutam || kṛṣṇaḥ pītāṃbaraḥ kaṃsadhvaṃsī ca viṣṭaraśravāḥ
according to (my) understanding, according to (my) knowledge, as it was heard from the teacher's mouth: Kṛṣṇa, the yellow-robed, the destroyer of Kaṃsa, the one whose fame is widespread,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.75
देवकीनंदनः श्रीशो यशोदानंदनो हरिः ।। सनातनोऽच्युतोऽनंतः सर्वेशः सर्वरूपधृक्
devakīnaṃdanaḥ śrīśo yaśodānaṃdano hariḥ || sanātano'cyuto'naṃtaḥ sarveśaḥ sarvarūpadhṛk
the delight of Devakī, the lord of Śrī, the delight of Yaśodā, Hari, the eternal, the unfallen, the endless, the lord of all, the bearer of all forms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.76
सर्वाधारः सर्वगतिः सर्वकारणकारणम् ।। राधाबंधू राधिकात्मा राधिकाजीवनं स्वयम्
sarvādhāraḥ sarvagatiḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || rādhābaṃdhū rādhikātmā rādhikājīvanaṃ svayam
the support of all, the goal of all, the cause of all causes, Rādhā's kinsman, the self of Rādhikā, himself the life of Rādhikā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.77
राधाप्राणो राधिकेशो राधिकारमणः स्वयम् ।। राधिकासहचारी च राधामानसपूरणः
rādhāprāṇo rādhikeśo rādhikāramaṇaḥ svayam || rādhikāsahacārī ca rādhāmānasapūraṇaḥ
Rādhā's breath, the lord of Rādhikā, himself Rādhikā's lover, Rādhikā's companion, the fulfiller of Rādhā's mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.78
राधाधनो राधिकांगो राधिकासक्तमानसः ।। राधिकाचित्तचोरश्च राधाप्राणाधिकः प्रभुः
rādhādhano rādhikāṃgo rādhikāsaktamānasaḥ || rādhikācittacoraśca rādhāprāṇādhikaḥ prabhuḥ
whose wealth is Rādhā, Rādhikā's body, whose mind is attached to Rādhikā, the thief of Rādhikā's thought, the master dearer than Rādhā's life,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.79
परिपूर्णतमं ब्रह्म गोविंदो गरुडध्वजः ।। नामान्येतानि कृष्णस्य श्रुतानि मन्मुखाद्धृदि
paripūrṇatamaṃ brahma goviṃdo garuḍadhvajaḥ || nāmānyetāni kṛṣṇasya śrutāni manmukhāddhṛdi
the utterly complete Brahman, Govinda, the one whose banner is Garuḍa — these names of Kṛṣṇa, heard from my mouth, (keep) in (your) heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.81
ज्येष्ठस्य हलिनो नाम्नः संकेतं शृणु मन्मुखात् ।। गर्भसंकर्षणादेव नाम्ना संकर्षणः स्मृतः
jyeṣṭhasya halino nāmnaḥ saṃketaṃ śṛṇu manmukhāt || garbhasaṃkarṣaṇādeva nāmnā saṃkarṣaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
Hear from my mouth the reason for the name of the elder one, the plough-bearer: precisely because he was drawn out of the womb (garbha-saṃkarṣaṇa) he is known by the name Saṃkarṣaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.82
नास्त्यंतोऽस्यैव वेदेषु तेनानंत इति स्मृतः ।। बलदेवो बलोद्रेकाद्धली च हलधारणात्
nāstyaṃto'syaiva vedeṣu tenānaṃta iti smṛtaḥ || baladevo balodrekāddhalī ca haladhāraṇāt
There is no end of him even in the Vedas, therefore he is known as Ananta; (he is) Baladeva from his abundance of strength, and Halī from his bearing the plough.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.83
शितिवासा नीलवासान्मुसली मुसलायुधात् ।। रेवत्या सह संभोगाद्रेवतीरमणः स्वयम्
śitivāsā nīlavāsānmusalī musalāyudhāt || revatyā saha saṃbhogādrevatīramaṇaḥ svayam
(He is) Śitivāsas from his dark-blue garment, Musalī from the club as his weapon, and Revatīramaṇa himself from his enjoyment together with Revatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.84
रोहिणीगर्भवासात्तु रौहिणेयो महामतिः ।। इत्येवं ज्येष्ठपुत्रस्य श्रुतं नाम निवेदितम्
rohiṇīgarbhavāsāttu rauhiṇeyo mahāmatiḥ || ityevaṃ jyeṣṭhaputrasya śrutaṃ nāma niveditam
But from his dwelling in Rohiṇī's womb, the greatly wise one (is called) Rauhiṇeya. Thus has the name of the elder son, as I have heard it, been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.85
यास्याम्यहं गृहं नंद सुखं तिष्ठ स्वमंदिरे ।। ब्राह्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नंदः स्तब्धो बभूव ह
yāsyāmyahaṃ gṛhaṃ naṃda sukhaṃ tiṣṭha svamaṃdire || brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā naṃdaḥ stabdho babhūva ha
"I shall go home, Nanda; stay happily in your own house." Having heard the brahmin's words, Nanda became stunned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.86
निश्चेष्टा नंदपत्नी च जहास बालकः स्वयम् ।। प्रणम्योवाच नंदस्तं वाक्यं विनयपूर्वकम्
niśceṣṭā naṃdapatnī ca jahāsa bālakaḥ svayam || praṇamyovāca naṃdastaṃ vākyaṃ vinayapūrvakam
And Nanda's wife was motionless, while the boy himself laughed. Bowing, Nanda spoke to him words prefaced with humility,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.87
पुटांजलियुतो भूत्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधरः ।। नंद उवाच ।। गतश्चेत्त्वं तदा कर्म करिष्यत्येव को महान्
puṭāṃjaliyuto bhūtvā bhaktinamrātmakaṃdharaḥ || naṃda uvāca || gataścettvaṃ tadā karma kariṣyatyeva ko mahān
having joined his cupped hands, his neck and self bent low with devotion. Nanda said: If you have gone, then what great man will perform the rite?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.88
स्वयं शुभेक्षणं कृत्वा कुरु नाम्नाऽन्नप्राशनम् ।। यन्नामौघश्च कथितो राधाप्राणादिको दश ।।
svayaṃ śubhekṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā kuru nāmnā'nnaprāśanam || yannāmaughaśca kathito rādhāprāṇādiko daśa ||
Having yourself made the auspicious inspection, perform the first feeding of food with the name; and as for the multitude of names that was told, the ten beginning with Rādhāprāṇa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.89
तस्यापि का वा राधेति कन्यका कस्य च ध्रुवम्।। नंदस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा जहास मुनिपुंगवः।। निगूढं परमं तत्त्वं रहस्यं कथयामि ते
tasyāpi kā vā rādheti kanyakā kasya ca dhruvam|| naṃdasya vacanaṃ śrutvā jahāsa munipuṃgavaḥ|| nigūḍhaṃ paramaṃ tattvaṃ rahasyaṃ kathayāmi te
who indeed is that Rādhā of his, and whose daughter, for certain? Hearing Nanda's words, the best of sages laughed: I will tell you the hidden supreme truth, the secret.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.91
पुरा गोलोकवृत्तांतं श्रुतं शंकरवक्त्रतः।। श्रीदाम्नो राधया सार्द्धं बभूव कलहो महान्
purā golokavṛttāṃtaṃ śrutaṃ śaṃkaravaktrataḥ|| śrīdāmno rādhayā sārddhaṃ babhūva kalaho mahān
Formerly the account of Goloka was heard from Śaṅkara's mouth: a great quarrel arose between Śrīdāman and Rādhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.92
श्रीदामशापाद्दैवेन गोपी राधा च गोकुले ।। वृषभानुसुता सा च माता तस्याः कलावती
śrīdāmaśāpāddaivena gopī rādhā ca gokule || vṛṣabhānusutā sā ca mātā tasyāḥ kalāvatī
By Śrīdāman's curse, by fate, Rādhā (became) a cowherd woman in Gokula; she is the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu, and her mother is Kalāvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.93
कृष्णस्यार्द्धांगसंभूता नाथस्य सदृशी सती ।। गोलोकवासिनी सेयमत्र कृष्णाज्ञयाऽधुना
kṛṣṇasyārddhāṃgasaṃbhūtā nāthasya sadṛśī satī || golokavāsinī seyamatra kṛṣṇājñayā'dhunā
Born from half the body of Kṛṣṇa, equal to her lord, the chaste one, a dweller in Goloka — she is this one here now, by Kṛṣṇa's command,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.94
अयोनिसंभवा देवी मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। मातुर्गर्भं वायुपूर्णं कृत्वा च मायया सती
ayonisaṃbhavā devī mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || māturgarbhaṃ vāyupūrṇaṃ kṛtvā ca māyayā satī
the goddess born not from a womb, the root Nature, the sovereign lady; having by her māyā filled her mother's womb with air, the chaste one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.95
वायुनिःसरणे काले धृत्वा च शिशुविग्रहम् ।। आविर्बभूव मायेयं पृथ्व्यां कृष्णोपदेशतः
vāyuniḥsaraṇe kāle dhṛtvā ca śiśuvigraham || āvirbabhūva māyeyaṃ pṛthvyāṃ kṛṣṇopadeśataḥ
at the time of the air's going out, taking on an infant's body, this Māyā became manifest on earth at Kṛṣṇa's instruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.96
वर्धते सा व्रजे राधा शुक्ले चंद्रकला यथा ।। श्रीकृष्णतेजसोऽर्द्धेन सा च मृर्तिमती सती
vardhate sā vraje rādhā śukle caṃdrakalā yathā || śrīkṛṣṇatejaso'rddhena sā ca mṛrtimatī satī
She, Rādhā, grows in Vraja as the moon's crescent does in the bright fortnight; and she, the chaste one, is the embodiment of half of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.97
एका मूर्तिर्द्विधाभूता भेदो वेदे निरूपितः ।। इयं स्त्री सा पुमान् किंवा सा वा कांता पुमानयम्
ekā mūrtirdvidhābhūtā bhedo vede nirūpitaḥ || iyaṃ strī sā pumān kiṃvā sā vā kāṃtā pumānayam
One form became twofold; the distinction is set forth in the Veda. Is this one the woman and that one the man, or is she the beloved and he the man?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.98
द्वे रूपे तेजसा तुल्ये रूपेण च गुणेन च ।। पराक्रमेण बुद्ध्या वा ज्ञानेन संपदाऽपि च
dve rūpe tejasā tulye rūpeṇa ca guṇena ca || parākrameṇa buddhyā vā jñānena saṃpadā'pi ca
The two forms are equal in splendour, in beauty, in quality, in valour, in intelligence, in knowledge, and also in wealth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.99
पुरतो गमनेनैव किंतु सावयसाधिका ।। ध्यायते तामयं शश्वदिमं सा स्मरति प्रियम्
purato gamanenaiva kiṃtu sāvayasādhikā || dhyāyate tāmayaṃ śaśvadimaṃ sā smarati priyam
only by going in front (is she greater), that is, she is greater in age. He constantly meditates on her, and she remembers him, her beloved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.101
स्वीकारं सार्थकं कर्तुं गोकुले यत्कृतं पुरा ।। कंसभीतिच्छलेनैव गोकुलागमनं हरेः
svīkāraṃ sārthakaṃ kartuṃ gokule yatkṛtaṃ purā || kaṃsabhīticchalenaiva gokulāgamanaṃ hareḥ
In order to make his acceptance (of her) meaningful, what was formerly done in Gokula — Hari's coming to Gokula under the pretext of fear of Kaṃsa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.102
प्रतिज्ञापालनार्थाय भयेशस्य भयं कुतः ।। राधाशब्दस्य व्युत्पत्तिः सामवेदे निरूपिता
pratijñāpālanārthāya bhayeśasya bhayaṃ kutaḥ || rādhāśabdasya vyutpattiḥ sāmavede nirūpitā
(was) for the sake of keeping his promise; for whence should there be fear for the lord of fear? The derivation of the word "Rādhā" is set forth in the Sāmaveda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.103
नारायणस्तामुवाच ब्रह्माणं नाभिपंकजे ।। ब्रह्मा तां कथयामास ब्रह्मलोके च शंकरम्
nārāyaṇastāmuvāca brahmāṇaṃ nābhipaṃkaje || brahmā tāṃ kathayāmāsa brahmaloke ca śaṃkaram
Nārāyaṇa told it to Brahmā in the lotus of his navel, and Brahmā told it to Śaṃkara in Brahmaloka.
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BvP 4 13.104
पुरा कैलासशिखरे मामुवाच महेश्वरः ।। देवानां दुर्लभां नंद निशामय वदामि ते
purā kailāsaśikhare māmuvāca maheśvaraḥ || devānāṃ durlabhāṃ naṃda niśāmaya vadāmi te
Long ago, on the peak of Kailāsa, Maheśvara said to me: "It is hard for the gods to obtain, Nanda; listen, I shall tell it to you—
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BvP 4 13.105
सुरासुरमुनींद्राणां वांछितां मुक्तिदां पराम् ।। रेफो हि कोटिजन्माघं कर्मभोगं शुभाशुभम्
surāsuramunīṃdrāṇāṃ vāṃchitāṃ muktidāṃ parām || repho hi koṭijanmāghaṃ karmabhogaṃ śubhāśubham
(that name) which is longed for by gods, asuras and the chief of sages, and which gives supreme liberation. For the letter 'r' (removes) the sin of ten million births and the experiencing of karma, good and bad;
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BvP 4 13.106
आकारो गर्भवासं च मृत्युं च रोगमुत्सृजेत् ।। धकार आयुषो हानिमाकारो भवबंधनम्
ākāro garbhavāsaṃ ca mṛtyuṃ ca rogamutsṛjet || dhakāra āyuṣo hānimākāro bhavabaṃdhanam
the letter 'ā' would cast off dwelling in the womb, and death, and disease; the letter 'dh' the loss of lifespan, the letter 'ā' the bondage of worldly existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.107
श्रवणस्मरणोक्तिभ्यः प्रणश्यति न संशयः ।। रेफो हि निश्चलां भक्तिं दास्यं कृष्णपदांबुजे
śravaṇasmaraṇoktibhyaḥ praṇaśyati na saṃśayaḥ || repho hi niścalāṃ bhaktiṃ dāsyaṃ kṛṣṇapadāṃbuje
By hearing, remembering and uttering (the name), (all that) perishes—there is no doubt. The letter 'r' (gives) unshakable devotion and servitude at Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.108
सर्वेप्सितं सदानंदं सर्वसिद्धौघमीश्वरम् ।। धकारः सहवासं च तत्तुल्यकालमेव च
sarvepsitaṃ sadānaṃdaṃ sarvasiddhaughamīśvaram || dhakāraḥ sahavāsaṃ ca tattulyakālameva ca
which is desired by all, ever blissful, the whole mass of perfections, and lordly; and the letter 'dh' (gives) dwelling together with him and a lifespan equal to his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.109
ददाति सार्ष्टिसारूप्यं तत्त्वज्ञानं हरेः समम्।। आकारस्तेजसां राशिं दानशक्तिं हरौ यथा
dadāti sārṣṭisārūpyaṃ tattvajñānaṃ hareḥ samam|| ākārastejasāṃ rāśiṃ dānaśaktiṃ harau yathā
It gives equality of dominion and of form, and knowledge of truth equal to Hari's; the letter 'ā' (gives) a mass of splendours and the power of giving, as in Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.111
रोगशोकमृत्युयमा वेपंते नात्र संशयः ।। राधामाधवयोः किंचिद्व्याख्यानं च यतः श्रुतम्
rogaśokamṛtyuyamā vepaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ || rādhāmādhavayoḥ kiṃcidvyākhyānaṃ ca yataḥ śrutam
Disease, sorrow, death and Yama tremble (at it)—there is no doubt here. And whatever exposition of Rādhā and Mādhava has been heard (by me),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.112
तदुक्तं च यथाज्ञानं साकल्यं वक्तुमक्षमः।। आराद् वृंदावने नंद विवाहो भविताऽनयोः
taduktaṃ ca yathājñānaṃ sākalyaṃ vaktumakṣamaḥ|| ārād vṛṃdāvane naṃda vivāho bhavitā'nayoḥ
that I have spoken according to my knowledge; I am unable to tell it in its fullness. Soon, Nanda, in Vṛndāvana the marriage of these two will take place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.113
पुरोहितो जगद्धाता कृत्वाऽग्निं साक्षिणं मुदा ।। कुबेरपुत्रमोक्षं च गव्यस्याहृत्य भक्षणम् ।।
purohito jagaddhātā kṛtvā'gniṃ sākṣiṇaṃ mudā || kuberaputramokṣaṃ ca gavyasyāhṛtya bhakṣaṇam ||
The Maker of the world (will be) the officiating priest, joyfully making fire the witness; and (there will be) the release of Kubera's son, and the taking and eating of the milk-products,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.114
हिंसनं धेनुकस्यैव कानने तालभोजनम् ।। बककेशिप्रलंबानां हिंसनं चाथ लीलया
hiṃsanaṃ dhenukasyaiva kānane tālabhojanam || bakakeśipralaṃbānāṃ hiṃsanaṃ cātha līlayā
the killing of Dhenuka, the eating of palm fruit in the forest, and then the killing of Baka, Keśin and Pralamba, in sport,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.115
मोक्षणं द्विजपत्नीनां मिष्टान्नपानभोजनम् ।। भंजनं शक्रयागस्य शक्राद्गोकुलरक्षणम्
mokṣaṇaṃ dvijapatnīnāṃ miṣṭānnapānabhojanam || bhaṃjanaṃ śakrayāgasya śakrādgokularakṣaṇam
the releasing of the brahmins' wives, the eating of sweet food and drink, the breaking of Indra's sacrifice, the protection of Gokula from Indra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.116
गोपीनां वस्त्रहरणं व्रतसंपादनं तथा ।। ताभ्यः पुनर्वस्त्रदानं वरदानं यथेप्सितम्
gopīnāṃ vastraharaṇaṃ vratasaṃpādanaṃ tathā || tābhyaḥ punarvastradānaṃ varadānaṃ yathepsitam
the carrying off of the gopīs' clothes, and likewise the completion of their vow, the giving back of the clothes to them, and the granting of boons as they wished,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.117
चेतसां हरणं तासामयं वश्याः करिष्यति ।। रासोत्सवं महारम्यं सर्वेषां हर्षवर्द्धनम्
cetasāṃ haraṇaṃ tāsāmayaṃ vaśyāḥ kariṣyati || rāsotsavaṃ mahāramyaṃ sarveṣāṃ harṣavarddhanam
the stealing of their hearts—he will make them subject to him—the rāsa festival, greatly delightful, increasing the joy of all,
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BvP 4 13.118
पूर्णचन्द्रोदये नक्तं वसंते रासमंडले ।। गोपीनां नवसंभोगात्कृत्वा पूर्णं मनोरथम्
pūrṇacandrodaye naktaṃ vasaṃte rāsamaṃḍale || gopīnāṃ navasaṃbhogātkṛtvā pūrṇaṃ manoratham
at night, at the rising of the full moon, in spring, in the rāsa circle; having fulfilled the gopīs' desire by fresh enjoyment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.119
ताभिः सह जलक्रीडां करिष्यति कुतूहलात् ।। विच्छेदोऽस्य वर्षशतं श्रीदामशापहेतुकम्
tābhiḥ saha jalakrīḍāṃ kariṣyati kutūhalāt || vicchedo'sya varṣaśataṃ śrīdāmaśāpahetukam
he will play in the water together with them out of eagerness. His separation (from them) will last a hundred years, caused by Śrīdāmā's curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.121
पुनः प्रबोधनं तासां दानमाध्यात्मिकस्य च ।। स्यंदनाक्रूरयो रक्षां सद्यस्ताभ्यां करिष्यति
punaḥ prabodhanaṃ tāsāṃ dānamādhyātmikasya ca || syaṃdanākrūrayo rakṣāṃ sadyastābhyāṃ kariṣyati
Then again the awakening of them and the gift of spiritual knowledge; and he will at once give protection to the chariot and to Akrūra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.122
रथमारोहणं कृत्वा मथुरागमनं पुनः ।। पितृभ्रातृव्रजैः सार्द्धं विलंघ्य यमुनां व्रजे
rathamārohaṇaṃ kṛtvā mathurāgamanaṃ punaḥ || pitṛbhrātṛvrajaiḥ sārddhaṃ vilaṃghya yamunāṃ vraje
Having mounted the chariot, again the journey to Mathurā, together with his father and the hosts of his brothers, crossing the Yamunā at Vraja;
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BvP 4 13.123
अक्रूराय ज्ञानदानं दर्शयित्वा स्वकं जले ।। कौतुकेन च सायाह्ने नगरात्सर्वदर्शनम्
akrūrāya jñānadānaṃ darśayitvā svakaṃ jale || kautukena ca sāyāhne nagarātsarvadarśanam
the gift of knowledge to Akrūra, showing him his own (form) in the water, and, out of curiosity, in the evening the viewing of everything of the city;
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BvP 4 13.124
मालाकारतंतुवायकुब्जानां बंधमोक्षणम् ।। धनुर्भंगं शंकरस्य यागस्थान प्रदर्शनम्
mālākārataṃtuvāyakubjānāṃ baṃdhamokṣaṇam || dhanurbhaṃgaṃ śaṃkarasya yāgasthāna pradarśanam
the release from bondage of the garland-maker, the weaver, and the hunchbacked woman; the breaking of Śaṃkara's bow, the viewing of the sacrificial ground;
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BvP 4 13.125
हिंसनं गजमल्लानां दर्शनं नृपतेः पुरः।। कंसस्य हिंसनं सद्यः पित्रोर्निगडमोक्षणम्
hiṃsanaṃ gajamallānāṃ darśanaṃ nṛpateḥ puraḥ|| kaṃsasya hiṃsanaṃ sadyaḥ pitrornigaḍamokṣaṇam
The slaying of the elephant and the wrestlers, the appearance before the king; the killing of Kaṃsa at once, the release of (his) parents from their fetters.
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BvP 4 13.126
प्रबोधनं च युष्माकमुग्रसेनाभिषेचनम् ।। तस्यतस्य वधूनां च ज्ञानाच्छोकापनोदनम्
prabodhanaṃ ca yuṣmākamugrasenābhiṣecanam || tasyatasya vadhūnāṃ ca jñānācchokāpanodanam
And the awakening of you (all), the consecration of Ugrasena; and the dispelling, by knowledge, of the grief of the wives of each of them (the slain).
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BvP 4 13.127
भ्रातुः स्वस्योपनयनं विद्यादानं गुरोर्मुखात् ।। गुरुपुत्रप्रदानं च पुनरागमनं गृहे
bhrātuḥ svasyopanayanaṃ vidyādānaṃ gurormukhāt || guruputrapradānaṃ ca punarāgamanaṃ gṛhe
The investiture with the sacred thread of (his) brother and of himself, the receiving of learning from the mouth of the teacher; the giving back of the teacher's son, and the return home again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.128
छलनं नृपसैन्यानां यवनस्य दुरात्मनः ।। निर्माणं द्वारकायाश्च मुचुकुंदस्य मोक्षणम् ।।
chalanaṃ nṛpasainyānāṃ yavanasya durātmanaḥ || nirmāṇaṃ dvārakāyāśca mucukuṃdasya mokṣaṇam ||
The deceiving of the kings' armies and of the evil-souled Yavana; the building of Dvārakā, and the release of Mucukunda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.129
द्वारकागमनं चैव यादवैः सह कौतुकात् ।। स्त्रीसंघानां विहरणं ताभिः सार्द्धं च क्रीडनम्
dvārakāgamanaṃ caiva yādavaiḥ saha kautukāt || strīsaṃghānāṃ viharaṇaṃ tābhiḥ sārddhaṃ ca krīḍanam
And the going to Dvārakā together with the Yādavas out of eagerness; the roaming of the throngs of women, and the sport with them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.131
साहाय्यं पांडवानां च भारावतरणादिकम् ।। निष्पन्नं राजसूयस्य धर्मपुत्रस्य लीलया
sāhāyyaṃ pāṃḍavānāṃ ca bhārāvataraṇādikam || niṣpannaṃ rājasūyasya dharmaputrasya līlayā
And the aid given to the Pāṇḍavas, the removing of the (earth's) burden and the rest; the completion of the Rājasūya of Dharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira) by (his) play.
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BvP 4 13.132
पारिजातस्य हरणं शक्राहंकारमर्दनम् ।। व्रतपूर्णं च सत्याया बाणस्य भुजकृन्तनम्
pārijātasya haraṇaṃ śakrāhaṃkāramardanam || vratapūrṇaṃ ca satyāyā bāṇasya bhujakṛntanam
The carrying off of the Pārijāta, the crushing of Śakra's pride; the fulfilment of Satyā's vow, the cutting off of Bāṇa's arms.
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BvP 4 13.133
मर्दनं शिवसैन्यानां हरस्य जृंभणं परम्।। हरणं बाणपुत्र्याश्चैवानिरुद्धस्य मोक्षणम्
mardanaṃ śivasainyānāṃ harasya jṛṃbhaṇaṃ param|| haraṇaṃ bāṇaputryāścaivāniruddhasya mokṣaṇam
The crushing of Śiva's armies, and further the making of Hara to yawn (i.e. grow languid); the carrying off of Bāṇa's daughter, and the freeing of Aniruddha.
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BvP 4 13.134
वाराणस्याश्च दहनं विप्रदारिद्र्यभंजनम् ।। विप्रपुत्रप्रदानं च दुष्टानां दमनादिकम्
vārāṇasyāśca dahanaṃ vipradāridryabhaṃjanam || vipraputrapradānaṃ ca duṣṭānāṃ damanādikam
And the burning of Vārāṇasī, the breaking of a brahmin's poverty; the giving (back) of the brahmin's son, and the subduing of the wicked and so forth.
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BvP 4 13.135
तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन युष्माभिः सह दर्शनम् ।। कृत्वा च राधया सार्धं व्रजमागमिता पुनः
tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena yuṣmābhiḥ saha darśanam || kṛtvā ca rādhayā sārdhaṃ vrajamāgamitā punaḥ
On the occasion of a pilgrimage to the holy places, the meeting with you (all); and having done (this), she was brought back again to Vraja together with Rādhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.136
प्रस्थापयित्वा द्वारां च परं नारायणांशकम् ।। सर्वं निष्पादनं कृत्वा गोलोकं राधया सह
prasthāpayitvā dvārāṃ ca paraṃ nārāyaṇāṃśakam || sarvaṃ niṣpādanaṃ kṛtvā golokaṃ rādhayā saha
And having sent forth to Dvārakā the supreme portion of Nārāyaṇa, having brought all to completion, (he will go) to Goloka together with Rādhā—
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BvP 4 13.137
गमिष्यत्येव गोलोकं नाथोऽयं जगतां पतिः।। नारायणश्च वैकुंठं गमिता स्म त्वया सह
gamiṣyatyeva golokaṃ nātho'yaṃ jagatāṃ patiḥ|| nārāyaṇaśca vaikuṃṭhaṃ gamitā sma tvayā saha
indeed this lord, the master of the worlds, will go to Goloka; and Nārāyaṇa (will go) to Vaikuṇṭha, and I shall go along with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.138
धर्मगेहमृषी द्वौ च विष्णुः क्षीरोदमेव च ।। इत्येवं कथितं नंद भविष्यं वेदनिर्णयम्
dharmagehamṛṣī dvau ca viṣṇuḥ kṣīrodameva ca || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ naṃda bhaviṣyaṃ vedanirṇayam
(and) to Dharma's house, the two sages, and Viṣṇu to the ocean of milk. Thus, Nanda, has the future been told (to you), the settled conclusion of the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.139
श्रूयतां सांप्रतं कर्म यदर्थं गमनं मम ।। माघशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां कुरु कर्म शुभे क्षणे
śrūyatāṃ sāṃprataṃ karma yadarthaṃ gamanaṃ mama || māghaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ kuru karma śubhe kṣaṇe
Now let the rite be heard, for the sake of which I have come: on the fourteenth of the bright half of Māgha perform the rite, at an auspicious moment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.141
वणिजे करणोत्कृष्टे शुभयोगे मनोहरे ।। सुदुर्लभे दिने तत्र सर्वोत्कृष्टोपयोगिके
vaṇije karaṇotkṛṣṭe śubhayoge manohare || sudurlabhe dine tatra sarvotkṛṣṭopayogike
in the Vaṇij karaṇa, the most excellent (one), in an auspicious and delightful conjunction, on that most hard-to-obtain day, fit for every supreme purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.142
आलोच्य पंडितैः सार्द्धं कुरु कर्म मुदाऽन्वितः ।। इत्युक्त्वा बहिरागत्य स उवाच मुनीश्वरः
ālocya paṃḍitaiḥ sārddhaṃ kuru karma mudā'nvitaḥ || ityuktvā bahirāgatya sa uvāca munīśvaraḥ
Having taken counsel with the learned, perform the rite filled with joy." Having said this, coming outside, that lord of sages spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.143
हृष्टो नंदो यशोदा च कर्मोद्योगं चकार ह ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे द्रष्टुं गर्गं गोपाश्च गोपिकाः
hṛṣṭo naṃdo yaśodā ca karmodyogaṃ cakāra ha || etasminnaṃtare draṣṭuṃ gargaṃ gopāśca gopikāḥ
Delighted, Nanda and Yaśodā made preparation for the rite. Meanwhile, to see Garga, the cowherds and the cowherd women,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.144
बालका बालिकाश्चैव आजग्मुर्नंदमंदिरम् ।। ददृशुस्ते मुनिश्रेष्ठं ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नभास्करम्
bālakā bālikāścaiva ājagmurnaṃdamaṃdiram || dadṛśuste muniśreṣṭhaṃ grīṣmamadhyāhnabhāskaram
and the boys and girls too, came to Nanda's house. They beheld that best of sages, (who was like) the midday sun of summer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.145
शिष्यसंघैः परिवृतं ज्वलंतं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। गूढयोगं प्रवोचंतं सिद्धाय पृच्छते मुदा ।।
śiṣyasaṃghaiḥ parivṛtaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ brahmatejasā || gūḍhayogaṃ pravocaṃtaṃ siddhāya pṛcchate mudā ||
surrounded by throngs of disciples, blazing with brahminical splendour, expounding the hidden yoga, gladly, to a siddha who was asking (about it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.146
पश्यंतं सस्मितं नंदभवनानां परिच्छदम् ।। स्वर्णसिंहासनस्थं च योगमुद्राधरं वरम्
paśyaṃtaṃ sasmitaṃ naṃdabhavanānāṃ paricchadam || svarṇasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca yogamudrādharaṃ varam
smilingly surveying the furnishings of Nanda's dwellings, seated on a golden lion-throne, the excellent one holding the yoga-mudrā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.147
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च पश्यंतं ज्ञानचक्षुषा ।। हृदीश्वरं प्रपश्यन्तं सिद्धं मंत्रप्रभावतः
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca paśyaṃtaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā || hṛdīśvaraṃ prapaśyantaṃ siddhaṃ maṃtraprabhāvataḥ
(him) seeing the past, the present and the future with the eye of knowledge, beholding the Lord within the heart, perfected by the power of the mantra;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.148
बहिर्यशोदाक्रोडस्थं तादृशं सस्मितं शिशुम् ।। महेशदत्तध्यानेन यद्रूपं च निरूपितम्
bahiryaśodākroḍasthaṃ tādṛśaṃ sasmitaṃ śiśum || maheśadattadhyānena yadrūpaṃ ca nirūpitam
the child of just such a form, smiling, seated outside on Yaśodā's lap — the very form that had been determined by Maheśa's (i.e. Śiva's) meditation;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.149
तं दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीत्या पूर्णभूतमनोरथम् ।। साश्रुनेत्रं पुलकितं निमग्नं भक्तिसागरे
taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaprītyā pūrṇabhūtamanoratham || sāśrunetraṃ pulakitaṃ nimagnaṃ bhaktisāgare
having seen him, with the highest delight, his desire fulfilled, his eyes full of tears, his hair bristling, sunk in the ocean of devotion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.151
आसनस्थो मुनिस्तस्थौ ते जग्मुः स्वालयं मुदा ।। नंदः स्वानंदयुक्तश्च बंधून्मंगलपत्रिकाः
āsanastho munistasthau te jagmuḥ svālayaṃ mudā || naṃdaḥ svānaṃdayuktaśca baṃdhūnmaṃgalapatrikāḥ
the sage remained seated on his seat; they went joyfully to their own homes. And Nanda, filled with his own joy, (sent) auspicious invitation-letters to his kinsmen —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.152
प्रस्थापयामास शीघ्रमाराद्दूरस्थितान्मुदा ।। दधिकुल्यां दुग्धकुल्यां घृतकुल्यां प्रपूरिताम्
prasthāpayāmāsa śīghramārāddūrasthitānmudā || dadhikulyāṃ dugdhakulyāṃ ghṛtakulyāṃ prapūritām
— he had (them) sent off quickly and gladly to those who dwelt near and far: a stream of curds, a stream of milk, a stream of ghee brimming full,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.153
गुडकुल्यां तैलकुल्यां मधुकुल्यां च विस्तृताम् ।। नवनीतकुल्यां पूर्णां च तक्रकुल्यां यदृच्छया
guḍakulyāṃ tailakulyāṃ madhukulyāṃ ca vistṛtām || navanītakulyāṃ pūrṇāṃ ca takrakulyāṃ yadṛcchayā
a stream of raw sugar, a stream of oil, a broad stream of honey, a full stream of fresh butter, and a stream of buttermilk at will,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.155
पृथुकानां शैलशतं लवणानां च सप्त च ।। सप्तशैलाच्छर्कराणां लड्डुकानां च सप्त च
pṛthukānāṃ śailaśataṃ lavaṇānāṃ ca sapta ca || saptaśailāccharkarāṇāṃ laḍḍukānāṃ ca sapta ca
a hundred mountains of flattened rice, and seven of salt, seven mountains of sugar, and seven of laḍḍus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.156
परिपक्वफलानां च तत्र षोडशपर्वतान् ।। यवगोधूमचूर्णानां पक्वलड्डुकपिंडकान्
paripakvaphalānāṃ ca tatra ṣoḍaśaparvatān || yavagodhūmacūrṇānāṃ pakvalaḍḍukapiṃḍakān
and there sixteen mountains of fully ripened fruits, and cooked laḍḍu-balls of barley and wheat flour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.158
कर्पूरादिकयुक्तानां तांबूलानां च मंदिरम् ।। विस्तृतं द्वारहीनं च वासितोदकसंयुतम्
karpūrādikayuktānāṃ tāṃbūlānāṃ ca maṃdiram || vistṛtaṃ dvārahīnaṃ ca vāsitodakasaṃyutam
and a house of betel-rolls prepared with camphor and the rest — spacious and doorless — together with perfumed water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.159
चंदनागुरुकस्तूरीकंकुमेन समन्वितम् ।। नानाविधानि रत्नानि स्वर्णानि विविधानि च
caṃdanāgurukastūrīkaṃkumena samanvitam || nānāvidhāni ratnāni svarṇāni vividhāni ca
furnished with sandal, aguru, musk and kuṅkuma; and jewels of many kinds and gold of various sorts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.161
पुत्रान्नप्राशने नन्दः कारयामास कौतुकात् ।। संस्कारयुक्तं रुचिरं चन्दनद्रवचर्चितम् संस्मृत्य विष्णुमाचांतः स्वस्तिवाचनपूर्वकम् ।। कृत्वा कर्म च वेदोक्तं भोजयामास बालकम्
putrānnaprāśane nandaḥ kārayāmāsa kautukāt || saṃskārayuktaṃ ruciraṃ candanadravacarcitam saṃsmṛtya viṣṇumācāṃtaḥ svastivācanapūrvakam || kṛtvā karma ca vedoktaṃ bhojayāmāsa bālakam
At the son's first feeding of rice Nanda had prepared, out of festive delight, a lovely (food) accompanied by the sacrament and smeared with liquid sandal; and recalling Viṣṇu, having rinsed his mouth, preceded by the recitation of blessings, and having performed the rite stated in the Veda, he fed the child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.162
प्राङ्गणं कदलीस्तम्भै रसालनवपल्लवैः ।। ग्रथितैः सूक्ष्मवस्त्रेण वेष्टयामास कौतुकात्
prāṅgaṇaṃ kadalīstambhai rasālanavapallavaiḥ || grathitaiḥ sūkṣmavastreṇa veṣṭayāmāsa kautukāt
Out of festive delight he had the courtyard wrapped with plantain trunks and fresh mango shoots bound together, and with fine cloth;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.163
युक्तं मङ्गलकुम्भैश्च फलपल्लवसंयुतैः ।। चन्दनाऽगुरुकस्तूरीपुष्पमालाविराजितैः
yuktaṃ maṅgalakumbhaiśca phalapallavasaṃyutaiḥ || candanā'gurukastūrīpuṣpamālāvirājitaiḥ
(the courtyard) provided with auspicious jars accompanied by fruits and sprouts, resplendent with sandal, aguru, musk and flower garlands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.164
माल्यानां वरवस्त्राणां राशिभिश्च विराजितम् ।। गवां च मधुपर्काणामासनानां च नारद
mālyānāṃ varavastrāṇāṃ rāśibhiśca virājitam || gavāṃ ca madhuparkāṇāmāsanānāṃ ca nārada
gleaming with heaps of garlands and excellent garments, and with cows, madhuparka-offerings and seats, O Nārada,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.165
फलानां जलकुम्भानां समूहैश्च समन्वितम् ।। नानाप्रकारैर्वाद्यैश्च दुर्लभैः सुमनोहरैः
phalānāṃ jalakumbhānāṃ samūhaiśca samanvitam || nānāprakārairvādyaiśca durlabhaiḥ sumanoharaiḥ
and furnished with masses of fruits and water-jars, and with musical instruments of many kinds, rare and most charming:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.166
ढक्कानां दुन्दुभीनां च पटहानां तथैव च ।। मृदङ्गमुरजादीनामानकानां समूहकैः
ḍhakkānāṃ dundubhīnāṃ ca paṭahānāṃ tathaiva ca || mṛdaṅgamurajādīnāmānakānāṃ samūhakaiḥ
with clusters of ḍhakkās and kettledrums and likewise paṭahas, of mṛdaṅgas, murajas and the rest, and of ānakas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.167
वंशीसन्नहनीकांस्यशरयन्त्रैश्च शब्दितम् ।। विद्याधरीणां नृत्येन भृङ्गिमाभ्रमणेन च
vaṃśīsannahanīkāṃsyaśarayantraiśca śabditam || vidyādharīṇāṃ nṛtyena bhṛṅgimābhramaṇena ca
resounding with flutes, sannahanīs, cymbals and śara-instruments, and with the dancing of the Vidyādharīs and with graceful circling,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.168
गंधर्वनायकानां च संगीतैर्मूर्च्छनायुतैः ।। स्वर्णसिंहासनानां च रथानां निःस्वनैर्युतम्
gaṃdharvanāyakānāṃ ca saṃgītairmūrcchanāyutaiḥ || svarṇasiṃhāsanānāṃ ca rathānāṃ niḥsvanairyutam
and joined with the songs of the Gandharva chiefs, full of mūrcchanās, and with the sounds of golden thrones and chariots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.169
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे नन्दमुवाच वाचको मुदा ।। आजग्मुर्बल्लवेन्द्राश्च बान्धवा बल्लवास्तथा
etasminnantare nandamuvāca vācako mudā || ājagmurballavendrāśca bāndhavā ballavāstathā
Meanwhile a herald said gladly to Nanda: "The lords of the cowherds have come, and the kinsmen and the cowherds too;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.171
आगतो गिरिभानुश्च सस्त्रीकश्च सकिङ्करः ।। रथानां च चतुर्लक्षं गजानां च तथैव च
āgato giribhānuśca sastrīkaśca sakiṅkaraḥ || rathānāṃ ca caturlakṣaṃ gajānāṃ ca tathaiva ca
Giribhānu too has come, with his wife and with his attendants, and four hundred thousand chariots, and likewise of elephants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.172
तुरङ्गमाणां कोटिश्च शिबिकानां तथैव च ।। ऋषीन्द्राणां मुनीन्द्राणां विप्राणां च विपश्चिताम्
turaṅgamāṇāṃ koṭiśca śibikānāṃ tathaiva ca || ṛṣīndrāṇāṃ munīndrāṇāṃ viprāṇāṃ ca vipaścitām
and a crore of horses, and likewise of palanquins; and of chief seers, chief sages, and learned brahmins—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.173
बन्दिनां भिक्षुकाणां च समूहैश्च समीपतः ।। गोपानां गोपिकानां च संख्या कर्तुं च कः क्षमः
bandināṃ bhikṣukāṇāṃ ca samūhaiśca samīpataḥ || gopānāṃ gopikānāṃ ca saṃkhyā kartuṃ ca kaḥ kṣamaḥ
and with the throngs of bards and beggars close by, and of cowherds and cowherd women—who is able to make a count?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.174
पश्यागत्य बहिर्भूयेत्युवाच प्राङ्गणे स्थितः ।। श्रुत्वैवं तानुपव्रज्य समानीय व्रजेश्वरः
paśyāgatya bahirbhūyetyuvāca prāṅgaṇe sthitaḥ || śrutvaivaṃ tānupavrajya samānīya vrajeśvaraḥ
"Come, look, go outside!"—so said (one) standing in the courtyard; hearing this, the lord of the cowherd station went up to them and brought them in,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.175
प्राङ्गणे वासयामास पूजयामास सत्वरम् ।। ऋष्यादिकसमूहं च प्रणम्य शिरसा भुवि ।। पाद्यादिकं च तेभ्यश्च प्रददौ सुसमाहितः
prāṅgaṇe vāsayāmāsa pūjayāmāsa satvaram || ṛṣyādikasamūhaṃ ca praṇamya śirasā bhuvi || pādyādikaṃ ca tebhyaśca pradadau susamāhitaḥ
and quickly lodged them in the courtyard and honoured them; and bowing his head to the ground before the assembly of seers and the rest, with full attention he gave them water for the feet and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.176
वस्तुभिर्बन्धुभिः पूर्णं बभूव नन्दगोकुलम् ।। न कोऽपि कस्य शब्दं च श्रोतुं शक्तश्च तत्र वै
vastubhirbandhubhiḥ pūrṇaṃ babhūva nandagokulam || na ko'pi kasya śabdaṃ ca śrotuṃ śaktaśca tatra vai
Nanda's cow-station became filled with goods and with kinsmen; there no one at all was able to hear anyone's speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.177
त्रिमुहूर्तं कुबेरश्च श्रीकृष्णप्रीतये मुदा ।। चकार स्वर्णवृष्ट्या च परिपूर्णं च गोकुलम्
trimuhūrtaṃ kuberaśca śrīkṛṣṇaprītaye mudā || cakāra svarṇavṛṣṭyā ca paripūrṇaṃ ca gokulam
For three muhūrtas Kubera, gladly, for Śrī Kṛṣṇa's pleasure, made the cow-station wholly filled by a rain of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.178
कौतुकापह्नवं चक्रुर्बन्धुवर्गाश्च क्रीडया ।। आनम्रकन्धराः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा नन्दस्य सम्पदम्
kautukāpahnavaṃ cakrurbandhuvargāśca krīḍayā || ānamrakandharāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā nandasya sampadam
The bands of kinsmen concealed their astonishment with play; all of them, their necks bent down, seeing Nanda's wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.179
नन्दः कृताह्निकः पूतो धृत्वा धौते च वाससी।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरी कुङ्कुमेनैव भूषितः
nandaḥ kṛtāhnikaḥ pūto dhṛtvā dhaute ca vāsasī|| candanāgurukastūrī kuṅkumenaiva bhūṣitaḥ
Nanda, having performed his daily rites, purified, having put on a pair of washed garments, adorned with sandal, aguru, musk and saffron,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.182
गर्गवाक्यानुसारेण बालकस्य मुदाऽन्वितः ।। कृष्णेति मङ्गलं नाम ररक्ष च शुभे क्षणे
gargavākyānusāreṇa bālakasya mudā'nvitaḥ || kṛṣṇeti maṅgalaṃ nāma rarakṣa ca śubhe kṣaṇe
in accordance with Garga's word, filled with joy, at an auspicious moment fixed for the child the auspicious name "Kṛṣṇa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.183
सघृतं भोजयित्वा च कृत्वा नाम जगत्पतेः ।। वाद्यानि वादयामास कारयामास मङ्गलम्
saghṛtaṃ bhojayitvā ca kṛtvā nāma jagatpateḥ || vādyāni vādayāmāsa kārayāmāsa maṅgalam
Having fed (the guests) food with ghee, and having made the name of the Lord of the world, he had instruments played and had the auspicious rites performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.184
नानाविधानि स्वर्णानि धनानि विविधानि च ।। भक्ष्यद्रव्याणि वासांसि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा
nānāvidhāni svarṇāni dhanāni vividhāni ca || bhakṣyadravyāṇi vāsāṃsi brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā
Gold pieces of many kinds, riches of various sorts, foodstuffs and garments he gladly gave to the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.185
बन्दिभ्यो भिक्षुकेभ्यश्च सुवर्णं विपुलं ददौ ।। भाराक्रान्ताश्च ते सर्वे न शक्ता गन्तुमेव च
bandibhyo bhikṣukebhyaśca suvarṇaṃ vipulaṃ dadau || bhārākrāntāśca te sarve na śaktā gantumeva ca
To the bards and the beggars he gave abundant gold; and all of them, weighed down by the load, were not even able to go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.186
ब्राह्मणान्बन्धुवर्गांश्च भिक्षुकांश्च विशेषतः ।। मिष्टान्नं भोजयामास परिपूर्णं मनोहरम्
brāhmaṇānbandhuvargāṃśca bhikṣukāṃśca viśeṣataḥ || miṣṭānnaṃ bhojayāmāsa paripūrṇaṃ manoharam
The brahmins, the throngs of kinsmen, and especially the beggars, he fed with sweet food, abundant and delightful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.187
दीयतां दीयतां चैव खाद्यतां खाद्यतामिति ।। बभूव शब्दोऽत्युच्चैश्च सततं नन्दगोकुले
dīyatāṃ dīyatāṃ caiva khādyatāṃ khādyatāmiti || babhūva śabdo'tyuccaiśca satataṃ nandagokule
"Let it be given, let it be given! Let it be eaten, let it be eaten!"—such was the very loud sound, continuously, in Nanda's cow-station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.188
रत्नानि परिपूर्णानि वासांसि भूषणानि च ।। प्रवालानि सुवर्णानि मणिसाराणि यानि च
ratnāni paripūrṇāni vāsāṃsi bhūṣaṇāni ca || pravālāni suvarṇāni maṇisārāṇi yāni ca
Jewels in abundance, garments and ornaments, corals, gold pieces, and whatever choice gems there were,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.189
चारूणि स्वर्णपात्राणि कृतानि विश्वकर्मणा ।। गत्वा गर्गाय विनयं चकार व्रजपुंगवः
cārūṇi svarṇapātrāṇi kṛtāni viśvakarmaṇā || gatvā gargāya vinayaṃ cakāra vrajapuṃgavaḥ
and beautiful golden vessels made by Viśvakarman—going (with these), the bull of the cowherds made his respectful offering to Garga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.191
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। गृहीत्वा श्रीहरिं गर्गो जगाम निभृतं मुदा ।। तुष्टाव परया भक्त्या प्रणम्य च तमीश्वरम्
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || gṛhītvā śrīhariṃ gargo jagāma nibhṛtaṃ mudā || tuṣṭāva parayā bhaktyā praṇamya ca tamīśvaram
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Taking Śrī Hari, Garga went joyfully to a secluded place, and bowing to him, the Lord, he praised (him) with supreme devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.192
साश्रुनेत्रः सपुलको भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। पुटाञ्जलियुतो भूत्वोवाच कृष्णपदांबुजे
sāśrunetraḥ sapulako bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || puṭāñjaliyuto bhūtvovāca kṛṣṇapadāṃbuje
With tears in his eyes, with hair bristling, his neck and self bent in devotion, becoming one with hollowed palms joined, he spoke at Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.193
गर्ग उवाच ।। हे कृष्ण जगतां नाथ भक्तानां भयभञ्जन ।। प्रसन्नो भव मामीश देहि दास्यं पदाम्बुजे
garga uvāca || he kṛṣṇa jagatāṃ nātha bhaktānāṃ bhayabhañjana || prasanno bhava māmīśa dehi dāsyaṃ padāmbuje
Garga said: O Kṛṣṇa, lord of the worlds, breaker of the fear of the devotees, be pleased with me, O Lord; grant (me) servitude at your lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.194
शर्करोदककुल्यां च परिपूर्णां च लीलया ।। तंडुलानां च शालीनामुच्चैश्च शतपर्वतान् त्वत्पित्रा मे धनं दत्तं तेन मे किं प्रयोजनम् ।। देहि मे निश्चलां भक्तिं भक्तानामभयप्रद
śarkarodakakulyāṃ ca paripūrṇāṃ ca līlayā || taṃḍulānāṃ ca śālīnāmuccaiśca śataparvatān tvatpitrā me dhanaṃ dattaṃ tena me kiṃ prayojanam || dehi me niścalāṃ bhaktiṃ bhaktānāmabhayaprada
And a canal of sugar-water, brimming full, made in play, and high heaps—a hundred hills—of rice grains and śāli rice: wealth has been given me by your father, but what use is it to me? Give me unwavering devotion, O giver of fearlessness to the devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.195
अणिमादिकसिद्धिषु योगेषु मुक्तिषु प्रभो ।। ज्ञानतत्त्वेऽमरत्वे वा किञ्चिन्नास्ति स्पृहा मम
aṇimādikasiddhiṣu yogeṣu muktiṣu prabho || jñānatattve'maratve vā kiñcinnāsti spṛhā mama
In the powers beginning with aṇimā, in the yogas, in the liberations, O Lord, in the truth of knowledge or in immortality — I have not the least desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.196
इन्द्रत्वे वा मनुत्वे वा स्वर्गलोकफले चिरम् ।। नास्ति मे मनसो वाञ्छा त्वत्पादसेवनं विना
indratve vā manutve vā svargalokaphale ciram || nāsti me manaso vāñchā tvatpādasevanaṃ vinā
For the rank of Indra or the rank of Manu, or for the long-lasting fruit that is the world of heaven — my mind has no longing, apart from the service of your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.197
मोदकानां च शैलं च स्वस्तिकानां च पर्वतान् ।। कपर्दकानामत्युच्चैः शैलान्सप्त च नारद सालोक्यं सार्ष्टिसारूप्ये सामीप्यैकत्वमीप्सितम् ।। नाहं गृह्णामि ते ब्रह्मंस्त्वत्पादसेवनं विना
modakānāṃ ca śailaṃ ca svastikānāṃ ca parvatān || kapardakānāmatyuccaiḥ śailānsapta ca nārada sālokyaṃ sārṣṭisārūpye sāmīpyaikatvamīpsitam || nāhaṃ gṛhṇāmi te brahmaṃstvatpādasevanaṃ vinā
A mountain of sweetmeats, and hills of svastika-cakes, and seven exceedingly lofty mountains of cowrie-shells, O Nārada; (and) the desired dwelling in your world, equal lordship, equal form, nearness, and oneness — I do not accept these from you, O brahmin, (I want nothing) apart from the service of your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.198
गोलोके वापि पाताले वासे नास्ति मनोरथः ।। किन्तु ते चरणाम्भोजे सन्ततं स्मृतिरस्तु मे
goloke vāpi pātāle vāse nāsti manorathaḥ || kintu te caraṇāmbhoje santataṃ smṛtirastu me
I have no wish for a dwelling in Goloka, nor in the nether world; rather, let there be for me continual remembrance of your lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.199
त्वन्मन्त्रं शङ्करात्प्राप्य कतिजन्मफलोदयात् ।। सर्वज्ञोऽहं सर्वदर्शी सर्वत्र गतिरस्तु मे
tvanmantraṃ śaṅkarātprāpya katijanmaphalodayāt || sarvajño'haṃ sarvadarśī sarvatra gatirastu me
Having obtained your mantra from Śaṅkara, through the arising of the fruit of several births, I am all-knowing and all-seeing; let me have access everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.201
सर्वेषामीश्वरः सर्वस्त्वत्पादाम्भोजसेवया ।। मृत्युञ्जयोऽन्तकालश्च बभूव योगिनां गुरुः
sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ sarvastvatpādāmbhojasevayā || mṛtyuñjayo'ntakālaśca babhūva yogināṃ guruḥ
By service of your lotus feet he (Śiva) became the lord of all, the all, the conqueror of death and of the final hour, the teacher of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.202
ब्रह्मा विधाता जगतां त्वत्पादाम्भोजसेवया ।। यस्यैकदिवसे ब्रह्मन्पतन्तीन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
brahmā vidhātā jagatāṃ tvatpādāmbhojasevayā || yasyaikadivase brahmanpatantīndrāścaturdaśa
By service of your lotus feet Brahmā (became) the ordainer of the worlds — he in whose single day, O brahmin, fourteen Indras fall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.203
त्वत्पादसेवया धर्मः साक्षी च सर्वकर्मणाम्।। पाता च फलदाता च जित्वा कालं सुदुर्जयम्
tvatpādasevayā dharmaḥ sākṣī ca sarvakarmaṇām|| pātā ca phaladātā ca jitvā kālaṃ sudurjayam
By service of your feet Dharma (became) the witness of all deeds, and the protector and giver of fruits, having conquered Time, so hard to conquer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.204
सहस्रवदनः शेषो यत्पादाम्बुजसेवया ।। धत्ते सिद्धार्थवद्विश्वं शिवः कण्ठे विषं यथा ।।
sahasravadanaḥ śeṣo yatpādāmbujasevayā || dhatte siddhārthavadviśvaṃ śivaḥ kaṇṭhe viṣaṃ yathā ||
Śeṣa of a thousand mouths, by service of whose lotus feet he bears the universe as though it were a mustard seed, as Śiva (bears) the poison in his throat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.205
सर्वसंपद्विधात्री या देवीनां च परात्परा।। करोति सततं लक्ष्मीः केशैस्त्वत्पादमार्जनम्
sarvasaṃpadvidhātrī yā devīnāṃ ca parātparā|| karoti satataṃ lakṣmīḥ keśaistvatpādamārjanam
She who is the bestower of all riches and higher than the high among goddesses — Lakṣmī — constantly wipes your feet with her hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.206
प्रकृतिर्बीजरूपा सा सर्वेषां शक्तिरूपिणी ।। स्मारंस्मारं त्वत्पदाब्जं बभूव तत्परावरा
prakṛtirbījarūpā sā sarveṣāṃ śaktirūpiṇī || smāraṃsmāraṃ tvatpadābjaṃ babhūva tatparāvarā
Prakṛti, she who is in the form of the seed, the power-form of all beings, by remembering your lotus foot again and again became higher and lower than that (or: the highest of all).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 13.207
पार्वती सर्वरूपा सा सर्वेषां बुद्धिरूपिणी।। त्वत्पादसेवया कान्तं ललाभ शिवमीश्वरम्
pārvatī sarvarūpā sā sarveṣāṃ buddhirūpiṇī|| tvatpādasevayā kāntaṃ lalābha śivamīśvaram
Pārvatī, she of all forms, the intelligence-form of all beings, by service of your feet obtained as her husband Śiva the lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.208
विद्याधिष्ठात्री देवी या ज्ञानमाता सरस्वती ।। पूज्या बभूव सर्वेषां संपूज्य त्वत्पदाम्बुजम्
vidyādhiṣṭhātrī devī yā jñānamātā sarasvatī || pūjyā babhūva sarveṣāṃ saṃpūjya tvatpadāmbujam
The goddess who presides over learning, the mother of knowledge, Sarasvatī, became worthy of worship by all by worshipping your lotus foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.209
सावित्री वेदजननी पुनाति भुवनत्रयम् ।। ब्रह्मणो ब्राह्मणानां च गतिस्त्वत्पादसेवया
sāvitrī vedajananī punāti bhuvanatrayam || brahmaṇo brāhmaṇānāṃ ca gatistvatpādasevayā
Sāvitrī, the mother of the Vedas, purifies the three worlds and is the refuge of Brahmā and of the brahmins — by service of your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.211
राधा ममांशसंभूता तव तुल्या च तेजसा ।। स्थित्वा वक्षसि ते पादं सेवतेऽन्यस्य का कथा
rādhā mamāṃśasaṃbhūtā tava tulyā ca tejasā || sthitvā vakṣasi te pādaṃ sevate'nyasya kā kathā
Rādhā, arisen from a portion of me and equal to you in splendour, resting on your breast serves your foot — what then to say of anyone else?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.212
यथा शर्वादयो देवा देव्यः पद्मादयो यथा ।। सनाथं कुरु मामीश ईश्वरस्य समा कृपा
yathā śarvādayo devā devyaḥ padmādayo yathā || sanāthaṃ kuru māmīśa īśvarasya samā kṛpā
As the gods Śarva and the rest, as the goddesses Padmā and the rest (are), so make me one who has a master, O Lord; the Lord's grace is impartial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.213
न यास्यामि गृहं नाथ न गृह्णामि धनं तव ।। कृत्वा मां रक्ष पादाब्जसेवायां सेवकं रतम्
na yāsyāmi gṛhaṃ nātha na gṛhṇāmi dhanaṃ tava || kṛtvā māṃ rakṣa pādābjasevāyāṃ sevakaṃ ratam
I will not go home, O Lord, nor do I accept your wealth; make me a servant devoted to the service of your lotus feet, and protect me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.214
इति स्तुत्वा साश्रुनेत्रः पपात चरणे हरेः ।। रुरोद च भृशं भक्त्या पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहः
iti stutvā sāśrunetraḥ papāta caraṇe hareḥ || ruroda ca bhṛśaṃ bhaktyā pulakāñcitavigrahaḥ
Having praised (him) thus, with tears in his eyes he fell at Hari's feet, and wept much out of devotion, his body covered with thrilling hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.215
गर्गस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा जहास भक्तवत्सलः ।। उवाच तं स्वयं कृष्णो मयि ते भक्तिरस्त्विति
gargasya vacanaṃ śrutvā jahāsa bhaktavatsalaḥ || uvāca taṃ svayaṃ kṛṣṇo mayi te bhaktirastviti
Hearing Garga's words, he who is fond of his devotees laughed, and Kṛṣṇa himself said to him, "Let devotion to me be yours."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.216
इदं गर्गकृतं स्तोत्रं त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ।। दृढां भक्तिं हरेर्दास्यं स्मृतिं च लभते ध्रुवम् ।।
idaṃ gargakṛtaṃ stotraṃ trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || dṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ harerdāsyaṃ smṛtiṃ ca labhate dhruvam ||
The man who recites this hymn made by Garga at the three junctures of the day surely gains firm devotion, servitude to Hari, and remembrance (of him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.217
जन्ममृत्युजरारोगशोकमोहादिसंकटात् ।। तीर्णो भवति श्रीकृष्णदाससेवनतत्परः
janmamṛtyujarārogaśokamohādisaṃkaṭāt || tīrṇo bhavati śrīkṛṣṇadāsasevanatatparaḥ
He crosses beyond the peril of birth, death, old age, disease, grief, delusion and the rest, being devoted to the service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.218
कृष्णस्य सहकालं च कृष्णसार्द्धं च मोदते ।। कदाचिन्न भवेत्तस्य विच्छेदो हरिणा सह
kṛṣṇasya sahakālaṃ ca kṛṣṇasārddhaṃ ca modate || kadācinna bhavettasya vicchedo hariṇā saha
He rejoices in Kṛṣṇa's company for all time and together with Kṛṣṇa; never does his separation from Hari come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.219
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। हरिं मुनिः स्तवं कृत्वा ददौ नन्दाय तं मुदा ।। उवाच तं गृहं यामि कुर्वाज्ञामिति बल्लव
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || hariṃ muniḥ stavaṃ kṛtvā dadau nandāya taṃ mudā || uvāca taṃ gṛhaṃ yāmi kurvājñāmiti ballava
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having composed the hymn to Hari, the sage joyfully gave it to Nanda, and said to him: "I am going home; give (me) leave, O cowherd."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.221
गर्गस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा रुरोद नन्द एव च ।। सद्विच्छेदो हि साधूनां मरणादतिरिच्यते
gargasya vacanaṃ śrutvā ruroda nanda eva ca || sadvicchedo hi sādhūnāṃ maraṇādatiricyate
Hearing Garga's words, Nanda too wept; for separation from the good is, for good men, worse than death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.222
सर्वशिष्यैः परिवृतं मुनीन्द्रं गन्तुमुद्यतम् ।। सर्वे नन्दादयो गोपा रुदन्तौ गोपिकास्तदा
sarvaśiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ munīndraṃ gantumudyatam || sarve nandādayo gopā rudantau gopikāstadā
Then, as the lord of sages, surrounded by all his pupils, was setting out to go, all the cowherds headed by Nanda, and the cowherd women, weeping,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.223
प्रणेमुः परमप्रीत्या चक्रुस्तं विनयं मुने ।। दत्त्वाऽऽशिषं मुनिश्रेष्ठो जगाम मथुरां मुदा
praṇemuḥ paramaprītyā cakrustaṃ vinayaṃ mune || dattvā''śiṣaṃ muniśreṣṭho jagāma mathurāṃ mudā
bowed to him with the utmost affection and made their entreaty to him, O sage. Having given his blessing, the best of sages went joyfully to Mathurā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.224
ऋषयो मुनयश्चैव बन्धुवर्गाश्च बल्लवाः ।। सर्वे जग्मुर्धनैः पूर्णाः स्वालयं हृष्टमानसाः
ṛṣayo munayaścaiva bandhuvargāśca ballavāḥ || sarve jagmurdhanaiḥ pūrṇāḥ svālayaṃ hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
The seers and the sages, and the kinsfolk and the cowherds—all went to their own homes filled with riches, with gladdened minds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 13.225
प्रजग्मुर्बन्दिनः सर्वे परिपूर्णमनोरथाः ।। मिष्टद्रव्यांशुकोत्कृष्टतुरगस्वर्णभूषणैः
prajagmurbandinaḥ sarve paripūrṇamanorathāḥ || miṣṭadravyāṃśukotkṛṣṭaturagasvarṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ
All the bards went off with their desires wholly fulfilled, with sweets, fine cloths, excellent horses, gold and ornaments.
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BvP 4 13.226
आकण्ठपूर्णा भुक्त्या च भिक्षुका गन्तुमक्षमा।। स्वर्णवस्त्रभरोद्रेकपरिश्रान्ता मुदाऽन्विताः
ākaṇṭhapūrṇā bhuktyā ca bhikṣukā gantumakṣamā|| svarṇavastrabharodrekapariśrāntā mudā'nvitāḥ
And the beggars, filled to the throat with food, were unable to walk, worn out by the excessive weight of gold and cloth, (yet) full of joy.
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BvP 4 13.227
सुमन्दगामिनः केचित्केचिद्भूमौ च शेरते।। केचिद्वर्त्मनि तिष्ठन्तश्चोत्तिष्ठन्तश्च केचन
sumandagāminaḥ kecitkecidbhūmau ca śerate|| kecidvartmani tiṣṭhantaścottiṣṭhantaśca kecana
Some walked very slowly, and some lay down on the ground; some stood on the road and some were getting up.
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BvP 4 13.228
केचिदूषुः प्रमुदिता हसन्तस्तत्र केचन ।। कपर्दकानां वस्तूनां शेषांश्चोर्वरितान्बहून्
kecidūṣuḥ pramuditā hasantastatra kecana || kapardakānāṃ vastūnāṃ śeṣāṃścorvaritānbahūn
Some sat there greatly delighted, some laughing; and the many remaining leftovers of cowries and goods—
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BvP 4 13.229
केचित्तानाददुः स्थित्वा दर्शयन्तश्च केचन ।। केचिन्नृत्यं प्रकुर्वन्तो गायन्तस्तत्र केचन
kecittānādaduḥ sthitvā darśayantaśca kecana || kecinnṛtyaṃ prakurvanto gāyantastatra kecana
some took them, standing still, and some displayed them; some there were dancing and some singing.
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BvP 4 13.231
उत्तानपादनहुषनलादीनां च याः कथाः ।। श्रीरामस्याश्वमेधस्य रन्तिदेवस्य कर्मणाम्
uttānapādanahuṣanalādīnāṃ ca yāḥ kathāḥ || śrīrāmasyāśvamedhasya rantidevasya karmaṇām
And the stories that there are of Uttānapāda, Nahuṣa, Nala and the rest, of Śrī Rāma's horse-sacrifice, of the deeds of Rantideva—
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BvP 4 13.232
येषांयेषां नृपाणां च श्रुता वृद्धमुखात्कथाः।। कथयन्तश्च ताः केचिच्छ्रुतवन्तश्च केचन
yeṣāṃyeṣāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ ca śrutā vṛddhamukhātkathāḥ|| kathayantaśca tāḥ kecicchrutavantaśca kecana
and the stories of whatever kings had been heard from the mouth of an elder—some were telling those, and some were listening.
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BvP 4 13.233
स्थायंस्थायं गताः केचित्स्वापंस्वापं च केचन ।। एवं सर्वे प्रमुदिताः प्रजग्मुः स्वालयं मुदा
sthāyaṃsthāyaṃ gatāḥ kecitsvāpaṃsvāpaṃ ca kecana || evaṃ sarve pramuditāḥ prajagmuḥ svālayaṃ mudā
Some went stopping again and again, and some sleeping again and again; thus all, greatly delighted, went joyfully to their own homes.
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BvP 4 13.234
हृष्टो नन्दो यशोदा च बालं कृत्वा च वक्षसि ।। तस्थौ स्वमन्दिरे रम्ये कुबेरभवनोपमे
hṛṣṭo nando yaśodā ca bālaṃ kṛtvā ca vakṣasi || tasthau svamandire ramye kuberabhavanopame
Delighted, Nanda and Yaśodā, holding the child to their breast, remained in their own lovely house, like the mansion of Kubera.
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BvP 4 13.235
एवं प्रवर्द्धितौ बालौ शुक्लचन्द्रकलोपमौ ।। गवां पुच्छं च भित्तिं च धृत्वा चोत्तस्थतुर्मुदा
evaṃ pravarddhitau bālau śuklacandrakalopamau || gavāṃ pucchaṃ ca bhittiṃ ca dhṛtvā cottasthaturmudā
Thus the two boys grew, resembling the crescent of the bright-fortnight moon; and they stood up joyfully, holding on to the tails of cows and to the wall.
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BvP 4 13.236
शब्दार्द्धं वा तदर्द्धं वा क्षमौ वक्तुं दिनेदिने।। पित्रोर्हर्षं च वर्द्धन्तौ गच्छन्तौ प्राङ्गणे मुने
śabdārddhaṃ vā tadarddhaṃ vā kṣamau vaktuṃ dinedine|| pitrorharṣaṃ ca varddhantau gacchantau prāṅgaṇe mune
Day by day they were able to utter half a word, or half of that, increasing their parents' joy and moving about in the courtyard, O sage.
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BvP 4 13.237
बालो द्विपादं पादं वा गन्तुं शक्तो बभूव ह।। गन्तुं शक्तो हि जानुभ्यां प्राङ्गणे वा गृहे हरिः
bālo dvipādaṃ pādaṃ vā gantuṃ śakto babhūva ha|| gantuṃ śakto hi jānubhyāṃ prāṅgaṇe vā gṛhe hariḥ
The child became able to walk two steps, or one step; indeed Hari was able to move on his knees in the courtyard or in the house.
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BvP 4 13.238
वर्षाधिको हि वयसा कृष्णात्संकर्षणः स्वयम् ।। ततो मुदं वर्द्धयन्तौ वर्द्धितौ च दिनेदिने
varṣādhiko hi vayasā kṛṣṇātsaṃkarṣaṇaḥ svayam || tato mudaṃ varddhayantau varddhitau ca dinedine
Saṃkarṣaṇa himself was older than Kṛṣṇa by a year in age; thereafter the two, increasing (their parents') joy, grew day by day.
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BvP 4 13.239
व्रजन्तौ गोकुले बालौ प्रहृष्टगमने क्षमौ ।। उक्तवन्तौ स्फुटं वाक्यं माया बालकविग्रहौ
vrajantau gokule bālau prahṛṣṭagamane kṣamau || uktavantau sphuṭaṃ vākyaṃ māyā bālakavigrahau
The two boys, moving about in Gokula, capable of walking with delight, spoke clear speech — (they who were) illusory in the form of children.
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BvP 4 13.241
मुनिस्तं कथयामास कुशलं सुमहोत्सवम् ।। आनन्दाश्रुनिमग्नश्च श्रुतमात्राद्बभूव ह
munistaṃ kathayāmāsa kuśalaṃ sumahotsavam || ānandāśrunimagnaśca śrutamātrādbabhūva ha
The sage told him of their well-being and of the great festival; and (he) was drowned in tears of joy the moment he heard it.
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BvP 4 13.242
देवकी परमप्रीत्या पप्रच्छ च पुनःपुनः ।। आनन्दाश्रुनिमग्ना सा रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः
devakī paramaprītyā papraccha ca punaḥpunaḥ || ānandāśrunimagnā sā ruroda ca muhurmuhuḥ
And Devakī with utmost affection asked again and again; drowned in tears of joy, she wept over and over.
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BvP 4 13.243
गर्गस्तावाशिषं दत्त्वा जगाम स्वालयं मुदा ।। स्वगृहे तस्थतुस्तौ च कुबेरभवनोपमे
gargastāvāśiṣaṃ dattvā jagāma svālayaṃ mudā || svagṛhe tasthatustau ca kuberabhavanopame
Garga, having given them his blessing, went joyfully to his own dwelling; and those two remained in their own house, which was like the mansion of Kubera.
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BvP 4 13.244
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। यत्र कल्पे कथा चेयं तत्र त्वमुपबर्हणः ।। पञ्चाशत्कामिनीनां च पतिर्गन्धर्वपुङ्गवः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || yatra kalpe kathā ceyaṃ tatra tvamupabarhaṇaḥ || pañcāśatkāminīnāṃ ca patirgandharvapuṅgavaḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In the kalpa in which this narrative (occurs), there you were Upabarhaṇa, a bull among Gandharvas, husband of fifty passionate women.
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BvP 4 13.245
तासां प्राणाधिकस्त्वं च शृङ्गारनिपुणो युवा ।। ततोऽभूद्ब्रह्मणः शापाद्दासीपुत्रो द्विजस्य च
tāsāṃ prāṇādhikastvaṃ ca śṛṅgāranipuṇo yuvā || tato'bhūdbrahmaṇaḥ śāpāddāsīputro dvijasya ca
And you were dearer than life to them, a youth skilled in love-play; thereafter, by the curse of a brāhmaṇa, you became the son of a twice-born's maidservant.
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BvP 4 13.246
ततोऽधुना ब्रह्मपुत्रो वैष्णवोच्छिष्टभोजनात् ।। सर्वदर्शी च सर्वज्ञः स्मारको हरिसेवया
tato'dhunā brahmaputro vaiṣṇavocchiṣṭabhojanāt || sarvadarśī ca sarvajñaḥ smārako harisevayā
Then now you are Brahmā's son, and through eating the remnants of Vaiṣṇavas' food you see all and know all, a rememberer (of past lives) through service to Hari.
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BvP 4 13.247
कथितं कृष्णचरितं नामान्नप्राशनादिकम् ।। जन्ममृत्युजरातिघ्नमपरं कथायामि ते
kathitaṃ kṛṣṇacaritaṃ nāmānnaprāśanādikam || janmamṛtyujarātighnamaparaṃ kathāyāmi te
Kṛṣṇa's deeds have been told — the name-giving, the first feeding of rice, and the rest; I shall tell you another (story) that destroys the pain of birth, death and old age.
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