Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 130
BvP 4 130.1
नारद उवाच सर्वं श्रुतं महाभाग नारशेषमभीप्सितम् । किमपूर्व पुराणं च ब्रह्मवैवर्तमिष्टदम्
nārada uvāca sarvaṃ śrutaṃ mahābhāga nāraśeṣamabhīpsitam | kimapūrva purāṇaṃ ca brahmavaivartamiṣṭadam
Nārada said: All that I desired has been heard, O greatly fortunate one, without remainder. What is unprecedented, and (what is) the Purāṇa Brahmavaivarta, the giver of what is dear?
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BvP 4 130.2
अधुना किं करिष्यामि तन्मां ब्रूहि जगद्गुरो । आज्ञां कुरु तपस्यां च कर्तु यामि हिमालयम्
adhunā kiṃ kariṣyāmi tanmāṃ brūhi jagadguro | ājñāṃ kuru tapasyāṃ ca kartu yāmi himālayam
What shall I do now? Tell me that, O teacher of the world. Give me your command; I shall go to the Himālaya to perform austerity.
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BvP 4 130.3
नारायण उवाच उवबर्हणगन्धर्दः पञ्चशत्कामिनीपतिः । जन्मान्तरे भवानासीदधुना ब्रह्मपुत्रकः
nārāyaṇa uvāca uvabarhaṇagandhardaḥ pañcaśatkāminīpatiḥ | janmāntare bhavānāsīdadhunā brahmaputrakaḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: In another birth you were the gandharva Upabarhaṇa, husband of five hundred lovely women; now you are a son of Brahmā.
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BvP 4 130.4
तास्वेका च सती रम्या तपसा शंकरं परम् । आराध्य च वरं लेभे वाञ्छितं नारदं पतिम्
tāsvekā ca satī ramyā tapasā śaṃkaraṃ param | ārādhya ca varaṃ lebhe vāñchitaṃ nāradaṃ patim
Among them one virtuous, lovely woman, by propitiating the supreme Śaṃkara with austerity, obtained the boon she wished for: Nārada as her husband.
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BvP 4 130.5
सा च सृञ्जयकन्या च स्वर्णष्ठीवीसहोदरा । तां विवाहं कुरुष्वेति शंकराज्ञा कथं वृथा
sā ca sṛñjayakanyā ca svarṇaṣṭhīvīsahodarā | tāṃ vivāhaṃ kuruṣveti śaṃkarājñā kathaṃ vṛthā
And she is the daughter of Sṛñjaya, sister of Svarṇaṣṭhīvin. "Marry her" — how could Śaṃkara's command be in vain?
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BvP 4 130.6
सुन्दरी सुन्दरीष्वेवं कोमलां कमलाकलाम् । पतिव्रतां महाभगां रम्यां सुप्रियवादिनीम्
sundarī sundarīṣvevaṃ komalāṃ kamalākalām | pativratāṃ mahābhagāṃ ramyāṃ supriyavādinīm
Thus (marry) her, a beauty among beauties, tender, a portion of Kamalā, devoted to her husband, greatly blessed, lovely, sweet-spoken,
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BvP 4 130.7
कामुकीं कमनीयां च शश्वत्सुस्थिरयौवनाम् । विधात्रा लिखितं कर्म प्राक्तनं केन वार्यते
kāmukīṃ kamanīyāṃ ca śaśvatsusthirayauvanām | vidhātrā likhitaṃ karma prāktanaṃ kena vāryate
passionate, desirable, and forever of unfading youth. Who can ward off the deed of a former (birth) as written down by the Ordainer?
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BvP 4 130.8
नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि । अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं शुभाशुभम्
nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karma kalpakoṭiśatairapi | avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ śubhāśubham
Karma not consumed does not perish even in hundreds of millions of kalpas; what has been done, good or bad, must without fail be experienced.
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BvP 4 130.9
सूत उवाच नारायणवचः श्रुत्वा हृदयेन विदूयता । प्रणम्य प्रययौ शीघ्रं नारदः सृञ्जयालयम्
sūta uvāca nārāyaṇavacaḥ śrutvā hṛdayena vidūyatā | praṇamya prayayau śīghraṃ nāradaḥ sṛñjayālayam
Sūta said: Having heard Nārāyaṇa's words, with a heart sore with grief, Nārada bowed and quickly went to the house of Sṛñjaya.
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BvP 4 130.10
शौनक उवाच अहो सूत महाभाग श्रुतं किं परमाद्भुतम् । किमपूर्वं रहस्यं च सरसं च पुरातनम्
śaunaka uvāca aho sūta mahābhāga śrutaṃ kiṃ paramādbhutam | kimapūrvaṃ rahasyaṃ ca sarasaṃ ca purātanam
Śaunaka said: Ah, Sūta, greatly blessed one! What supremely marvellous thing has been heard—what unprecedented, secret, delightful, ancient (tale)!
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BvP 4 130.11
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि विवाहं नारदस्य च । अतीन्द्रियस्य च मुनेर्ब्रह्मपुत्रस्य सांप्रतम्
adhunā śrotumicchāmi vivāhaṃ nāradasya ca | atīndriyasya ca munerbrahmaputrasya sāṃpratam
Now I wish to hear at once of the marriage of Nārada, the sage beyond the senses, the son of Brahmā.
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BvP 4 130.12
सूत उवाच नारदो मू(गु)ढरुपश्च दृष्टावा सृञ्जयकन्यकाम् । तपस्विनीं महाभागां विष्णुव्रतपरायणाम्
sūta uvāca nārado mū(gu)ḍharupaśca dṛṣṭāvā sṛñjayakanyakām | tapasvinīṃ mahābhāgāṃ viṣṇuvrataparāyaṇām
Sūta said: And Nārada, of dull(/ugly) form, having seen Sṛñjaya's daughter, an ascetic woman, greatly blessed, devoted to the vow of Viṣṇu,
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BvP 4 130.13
ययौ ब्रह्मसभां रम्यां सर्वदेवैः समावृताम् । प्रणम्य पितरं शान्तः सर्वं तत्त्वमुवाच तम्
yayau brahmasabhāṃ ramyāṃ sarvadevaiḥ samāvṛtām | praṇamya pitaraṃ śāntaḥ sarvaṃ tattvamuvāca tam
went to Brahmā's lovely assembly, thronged with all the gods, and having bowed to his father, calm, he told him the whole truth of the matter.
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BvP 4 130.14
ब्रह्मा प्रहृष्टवदनः श्रुत्वा वार्तां शुभावहाम् । तपस्विनं च पुत्रं च संप्राप्य जगतां पतिः
brahmā prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrutvā vārtāṃ śubhāvahām | tapasvinaṃ ca putraṃ ca saṃprāpya jagatāṃ patiḥ
Brahmā, the lord of the worlds, his face delighted on hearing the auspicious news, and having got his son (settled) as an ascetic,
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BvP 4 130.15
रत्ननिर्माणयानेन सार्धं देवैः शुभे क्षणे । पुत्रं कृत्वा च पुरतो ययौ सृञ्जयमन्दिरम्
ratnanirmāṇayānena sārdhaṃ devaiḥ śubhe kṣaṇe | putraṃ kṛtvā ca purato yayau sṛñjayamandiram
with a chariot made of jewels, together with the gods, at an auspicious moment, placing his son in front, went to Sṛñjaya's palace.
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BvP 4 130.16
तच्छ्रुत्वा सृञ्जयो राजा रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् । गृहीत्वा कन्यकां रम्यां नारदाय ददौ मुदा
tacchrutvā sṛñjayo rājā ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām | gṛhītvā kanyakāṃ ramyāṃ nāradāya dadau mudā
Hearing that, King Sṛñjaya took his lovely daughter, adorned with jewelled ornaments, and gladly gave her to Nārada.
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BvP 4 130.17
सर्वस्वं दक्षिणां दत्त्वा मणिमुक्तादिकं तथा । पुटाञ्जलियुतो भूत्वा परिहारे चकार सः
sarvasvaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā maṇimuktādikaṃ tathā | puṭāñjaliyuto bhūtvā parihāre cakāra saḥ
Having given all he had as the marriage-gift—gems, pearls and the rest—and standing with cupped palms joined, he made (his) plea (of insufficiency).
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BvP 4 130.18
कन्यां समर्प्य ब्रह्माणं राजा च योगिनां वरः । रुरोद भृशमुच्चैश्च वत्से वत्स इतीरितम्
kanyāṃ samarpya brahmāṇaṃ rājā ca yogināṃ varaḥ | ruroda bhṛśamuccaiśca vatse vatsa itīritam
And the king, best of yogins, having handed the girl over to Brahmā, wept exceedingly loudly, and this was uttered: 'My child, my child!'
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BvP 4 130.19
क्व यासि त्यक्त्वा मद्गेहं शून्यं क मललोचने । अहं यामि वनं घोरं त्वां त्यक्त्वा जीवितो मृतः
kva yāsi tyaktvā madgehaṃ śūnyaṃ ka malalocane | ahaṃ yāmi vanaṃ ghoraṃ tvāṃ tyaktvā jīvito mṛtaḥ
Where are you going, lotus-eyed one, leaving my house empty? I shall go to the terrible forest; having left you, though alive I am dead.
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BvP 4 130.20
प्रणम्य पितरं कन्या रुदन्तं मातरं तथा । रुदतीं तां रुदन्ती साऽप्यारुरोह रथं विधेः
praṇamya pitaraṃ kanyā rudantaṃ mātaraṃ tathā | rudatīṃ tāṃ rudantī sā'pyāruroha rathaṃ vidheḥ
The girl, bowing to her weeping father and likewise to her weeping mother, herself weeping, mounted Brahmā's chariot.
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BvP 4 130.21
गृहीत्वा च सभार्यं च पुत्रं धाता मुदाऽन्वितः । प्रययौ ब्रह्मलोकं च देवन्द्रैर्मुनिभिः सह
gṛhītvā ca sabhāryaṃ ca putraṃ dhātā mudā'nvitaḥ | prayayau brahmalokaṃ ca devandrairmunibhiḥ saha
And the Creator, filled with joy, took his son together with his wife and went to Brahmaloka with the chiefs of the gods and the sages.
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BvP 4 130.22
ब्राह्मणान्बोजयामास साङ्गे मङ्गलकर्मणि । देवानपि च सिद्धांश्च वादयामास दुंदुभिम्
brāhmaṇānbojayāmāsa sāṅge maṅgalakarmaṇi | devānapi ca siddhāṃśca vādayāmāsa duṃdubhim
He fed the brāhmaṇas at the auspicious rite with its appendages, and the gods too and the Siddhas, and he had the drum sounded.
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BvP 4 130.23
नारदस्तु मुनिश्रेष्ठो बाधितः पूर्वकर्मणा । यस्य यत्प्राक्तनं विप्र दुर्लङ्ध्य केन वार्यते
nāradastu muniśreṣṭho bādhitaḥ pūrvakarmaṇā | yasya yatprāktanaṃ vipra durlaṅdhya kena vāryate
But Nārada, best of sages, was hindered by his former deeds — whatever a man's past deed is, O brahmin, it is hard to escape; by whom can it be warded off?
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BvP 4 130.24
सुरम्ये पुष्पतल्पे च सुगन्धिचन्दनार्चिते । स रेमे रामया सार्ध बुबुधे न दिवानिशम्
suramye puṣpatalpe ca sugandhicandanārcite | sa reme rāmayā sārdha bubudhe na divāniśam
On a most lovely couch of flowers, honoured with fragrant sandal paste, he took his pleasure with his wife, and knew neither day nor night.
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BvP 4 130.25
एवं कृत्वा विवाहं च विरतो मुनिसत्तमः । उवास ब्रह्मलोकेषु वटमूले मनोहरे
evaṃ kṛtvā vivāhaṃ ca virato munisattamaḥ | uvāsa brahmalokeṣu vaṭamūle manohare
Having thus made his marriage, the best of sages turned away (from it) and dwelt in the worlds of Brahmā, at the foot of a charming banyan tree.
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BvP 4 130.26
तत्राऽऽजगाम नग्नश्च प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा । सनत्कुमारो भगवान्साक्षाच्च बालको यथा
tatrā''jagāma nagnaśca prajvalanbrahmatejasā | sanatkumāro bhagavānsākṣācca bālako yathā
There came, naked and blazing with the splendour of Brahman, the Lord Sanatkumāra in person, like a small boy,
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BvP 4 130.27
सृष्टेः पूर्वश्च वयसा यथैव पञ्चहायनः । अयूडोऽनुपनीतश्च वेदसंध्याविहीनकः
sṛṣṭeḥ pūrvaśca vayasā yathaiva pañcahāyanaḥ | ayūḍo'nupanītaśca vedasaṃdhyāvihīnakaḥ
prior to creation, yet in age just like a five-year-old, unmarried and uninitiated, without the Veda and the twilight prayers,
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BvP 4 130.28
कृष्णेति मन्त्रं जपति यस्य नारायणो गुरुः । अनन्तकालकल्पं च भ्रातृभिश्च त्रिभिः सह
kṛṣṇeti mantraṃ japati yasya nārāyaṇo guruḥ | anantakālakalpaṃ ca bhrātṛbhiśca tribhiḥ saha
He whose guru is Nārāyaṇa recites the mantra "Kṛṣṇa," for an endless span of time, together with his three brothers.
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BvP 4 130.29
वैष्णवानामग्रणीशो ज्ञानिनां च गुरोर्गुरुः । आराद्दृष्ट्वा नारादस्तं भ्रातरं च सतां वरम्
vaiṣṇavānāmagraṇīśo jñānināṃ ca gurorguruḥ | ārāddṛṣṭvā nārādastaṃ bhrātaraṃ ca satāṃ varam
He is the foremost of the Vaiṣṇavas and the guru of the gurus of the knowers. Nārada, seeing him from a distance—his brother, the best of the good—
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BvP 4 130.30
सहसा शिरसा भूमौ दण्डवत्प्रणनाम तम् । उवाच नारदं बालः प्रहस्य परमार्थकम्
sahasā śirasā bhūmau daṇḍavatpraṇanāma tam | uvāca nāradaṃ bālaḥ prahasya paramārthakam
—at once bowed down to him on the ground with his head, prostrate like a staff. And the boy, laughing, spoke to Nārada of the highest matter.
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BvP 4 130.31
सनत्कुमार उवाच अये भ्रातः किं करोषि कुशलं युवतीपतेः । स्त्रीपुंसोर्वर्धते प्रेम नित्यं तन्नित्यनूतनम्
sanatkumāra uvāca aye bhrātaḥ kiṃ karoṣi kuśalaṃ yuvatīpateḥ | strīpuṃsorvardhate prema nityaṃ tannityanūtanam
Sanatkumāra said: Well, brother! What are you doing? Is it well with the husband of a young woman? Between a woman and a man love grows, and it is constantly new.
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BvP 4 130.32
अर्गलं ज्ञानमार्गस्य भक्तिद्वारकपाटकम् । मोक्षमार्गव्यवहितं चिरं बन्धनकारणम्
argalaṃ jñānamārgasya bhaktidvārakapāṭakam | mokṣamārgavyavahitaṃ ciraṃ bandhanakāraṇam
(That love is) the bolt across the path of knowledge, the door-panel shutting the door of devotion, an obstruction on the road to liberation, a long-lasting cause of bondage,
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BvP 4 130.33
गर्भवासस्य बीजं च परं नरककारणम् । पीयूषबुद्ध्या गरलं भुङ्क्ते पापी नराधमः
garbhavāsasya bījaṃ ca paraṃ narakakāraṇam | pīyūṣabuddhyā garalaṃ bhuṅkte pāpī narādhamaḥ
the seed of dwelling in a womb, the chief cause of hell. The sinner, lowest of men, eats poison in the belief that it is nectar.
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BvP 4 130.34
परं नारायणं त्यक्त्वा यस्याऽऽस्ते विषये मनः । स वञ्चितो मायया चामृतं त्यक्त्वा विषं भजेत्
paraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ tyaktvā yasyā''ste viṣaye manaḥ | sa vañcito māyayā cāmṛtaṃ tyaktvā viṣaṃ bhajet
He whose mind, having abandoned the supreme Nārāyaṇa, rests on sense-objects—he is deceived by māyā, and, abandoning nectar, he would resort to poison.
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BvP 4 130.35
सर्वेषां कर्मभोगेऽस्ति कर्मिणामीश्वरं विना । वयं विधातुः पुत्राश्च सा बुद्धिरिति देहिनाम्
sarveṣāṃ karmabhoge'sti karmiṇāmīśvaraṃ vinā | vayaṃ vidhātuḥ putrāśca sā buddhiriti dehinām
For all doers of deeds there is the experiencing of their deeds, except for the Lord; "we are sons of the Creator"—such is the notion of embodied beings.
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BvP 4 130.36
यदि ते नास्ति भोगश्च कथं गन्धर्वजन्म च ।कथं दासीसुतस्त्वं च मुक्तश्च भक्तसङ्गतः
yadi te nāsti bhogaśca kathaṃ gandharvajanma ca |kathaṃ dāsīsutastvaṃ ca muktaśca bhaktasaṅgataḥ
If you have no enjoyment (of sense pleasures), how then your birth as a Gandharva? And how were you the son of a maidservant, and then liberated through the company of devotees?
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BvP 4 130.37
निर्गच्छ तपसे भ्रातस्त्यज मयामयीं प्रियाम् । सुपुण्ये भारते वर्षे तपसा भज माधवम्
nirgaccha tapase bhrātastyaja mayāmayīṃ priyām | supuṇye bhārate varṣe tapasā bhaja mādhavam
Go forth for austerity, brother; abandon your beloved who is made of māyā. In the greatly holy land of Bhārata, worship Mādhava with austerity.
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BvP 4 130.38
स्थिते नारायणे स्वेशे परे स्वपददातरि । विषयी विषयान्धश्च वञ्चितो मायया ध्रुवम्
sthite nārāyaṇe sveśe pare svapadadātari | viṣayī viṣayāndhaśca vañcito māyayā dhruvam
Though Nārāyaṇa, one's own lord, the supreme, the giver of his own abode, stands (at hand), the sensualist, blinded by sense-objects, is surely deceived by māyā.
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BvP 4 130.39
गृहाण मम मन्त्रं च कृष्ण इत्यक्षरद्वयम् । सर्वेषामेव सन्त्राणां सारात्सारं परात्परम्
gṛhāṇa mama mantraṃ ca kṛṣṇa ityakṣaradvayam | sarveṣāmeva santrāṇāṃ sārātsāraṃ parātparam
Take my mantra, the two syllables "Kṛṣṇa," the essence of the essence of all mantras, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 130.40
सर्वेषु च पुराणेषु वेदेषु च चतुर्षु च । धर्मशास्त्रैषु तन्त्रैषु नास्त्येवास्मात्परो मनुः
sarveṣu ca purāṇeṣu vedeṣu ca caturṣu ca | dharmaśāstraiṣu tantraiṣu nāstyevāsmātparo manuḥ
In all the Purāṇas, in the four Vedas, in the dharma-treatises and in the Tantras, there is simply no mantra higher than this one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 130.41
नारायणेन दत्तो मे पुष्करे सूर्यपर्वणि । असंख्यकल्प जप्त्वाऽहं भ्रमामि सर्वपूजितः
nārāyaṇena datto me puṣkare sūryaparvaṇi | asaṃkhyakalpa japtvā'haṃ bhramāmi sarvapūjitaḥ
It was given to me by Nārāyaṇa at Puṣkara on a solar festival day; having recited it for countless kalpas, I wander about honoured by all.
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BvP 4 130.42
इत्युक्त्वा स्नापयित्वा तं ददौ दस्मै परं मनुम् । दिवानिशं स जपति पूतया मणिमालया
ityuktvā snāpayitvā taṃ dadau dasmai paraṃ manum | divāniśaṃ sa japati pūtayā maṇimālayā
Having said this and having bathed him, he gave him the supreme mantra. Day and night he recites it with a purified string of beads.
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BvP 4 130.43
तस्मै शुभाशिषं दत्त्वा मन्त्रं च वैष्णवाग्रणीः । गोलोकं प्रययौ द्रष्टुं भगवन्तं सनातनम्
tasmai śubhāśiṣaṃ dattvā mantraṃ ca vaiṣṇavāgraṇīḥ | golokaṃ prayayau draṣṭuṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
Having given him an auspicious blessing and the mantra, that foremost of Vaiṣṇavas went off to Goloka to see the eternal Lord.
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BvP 4 130.44
नारदस्तु मनु प्राप्य सर्वसिद्धिप्रदं वरम् । श्रीकृष्णे निश्चलां भक्तिं पूर्वकर्मनिकृन्तनीम्
nāradastu manu prāpya sarvasiddhipradaṃ varam | śrīkṛṣṇe niścalāṃ bhaktiṃ pūrvakarmanikṛntanīm
But Nārada, having obtained the mantra, the boon that bestows every attainment, and unwavering devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, which cuts away former karma,
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BvP 4 130.45
त्यक्त्वा मायामयीं भार्यां भारतं तपसे ययौ । कृतमालानदीतीरे ददर्श शंकरं परम्
tyaktvā māyāmayīṃ bhāryāṃ bhārataṃ tapase yayau | kṛtamālānadītīre dadarśa śaṃkaraṃ param
abandoning his wife made of māyā, went to Bhārata for austerity. On the bank of the Kṛtamālā river he saw the supreme Śaṃkara.
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BvP 4 130.46
दृष्ट्वा च सहसा मूर्ध्ना प्रणनाम शिवं मुनिः । तमुवाच जगन्नाथो भक्तं च भक्तवत्सलः
dṛṣṭvā ca sahasā mūrdhnā praṇanāma śivaṃ muniḥ | tamuvāca jagannātho bhaktaṃ ca bhaktavatsalaḥ
And on seeing (him) the sage at once bowed his head to Śiva; and the Lord of the world, fond of his devotees, spoke to him, his devotee.
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BvP 4 130.47
महादेव उवाच अहो नारद दृष्ट्वा त्वां प्रसन्नोऽहं स्वतेजसा । भक्तानां दर्शनं यत्र सुदिनं तच्छरीरिणाम्
mahādeva uvāca aho nārada dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ prasanno'haṃ svatejasā | bhaktānāṃ darśanaṃ yatra sudinaṃ taccharīriṇām
Mahādeva said: Ah, Nārada, on seeing you I am pleased by your own radiance. That day is a good day for embodied beings on which there is the sight of devotees.
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BvP 4 130.48
अयं हि परमो लाभो देहिनां बक्तसंगमः । स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु यो ददर्श च वैष्णवाम्
ayaṃ hi paramo lābho dehināṃ baktasaṃgamaḥ | sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu yo dadarśa ca vaiṣṇavām
For this is the highest gain for embodied beings — the company of the devotees. He has bathed in all the sacred fords who has beheld a Vaiṣṇava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 130.49
अपि प्राप्तो महामन्त्रः सर्वतन्त्रसुदुर्लभः । मया दत्तो गणेशाय स्कन्दाय स्वात्मजाय च
api prāpto mahāmantraḥ sarvatantrasudurlabhaḥ | mayā datto gaṇeśāya skandāya svātmajāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 130.50
मह्यं दत्तश्च कृष्णेन गोलोके रासमण्डले । ब्रह्मणे चापि धर्माय धर्मो नारायणाय च
mahyaṃ dattaśca kṛṣṇena goloke rāsamaṇḍale | brahmaṇe cāpi dharmāya dharmo nārāyaṇāya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 130.51
ब्रह्मा सनत्कुमाराय तुम्यं दत्तश्च तेन वै । मन्त्रग्रहणमात्रेण जनो नारायणो भवेत्
brahmā sanatkumārāya tumyaṃ dattaśca tena vai | mantragrahaṇamātreṇa jano nārāyaṇo bhavet
Brahmā (gave it) to Sanatkumāra, and by him indeed it was given to you. Merely by receiving this mantra a man would become Nārāyaṇa.
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BvP 4 130.52
विचारणं च नास्त्यत्र कालाकालं शुभाशुभम् । पञ्चलक्षजपेनैव पुरश्चरणमस्य च
vicāraṇaṃ ca nāstyatra kālākālaṃ śubhāśubham | pañcalakṣajapenaiva puraścaraṇamasya ca
And here there is no considering of (proper) time or wrong time, of auspicious or inauspicious; and the preliminary observance of this (mantra) is (accomplished) by the muttering of five hundred thousand (repetitions) alone.
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BvP 4 130.53
ध्यानं च सामवेदोक्तं तेन ध्यायेच्च वैष्णवः । ध्यानं च पापदहनं कर्ममूलनिकृन्तनम्
dhyānaṃ ca sāmavedoktaṃ tena dhyāyecca vaiṣṇavaḥ | dhyānaṃ ca pāpadahanaṃ karmamūlanikṛntanam
And the meditation is that stated in the Sāmaveda; by it let the Vaiṣṇava meditate. And the meditation burns away sin and cuts out the root of (past) actions.
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BvP 4 130.54
कृष्णं नवघनश्यामं किशोरं पीतवाससम् । शतकोटीन्दुसौन्दर्यं दधानमतुलं परम्
kṛṣṇaṃ navaghanaśyāmaṃ kiśoraṃ pītavāsasam | śatakoṭīndusaundaryaṃ dadhānamatulaṃ param
Kṛṣṇa, dark as a fresh raincloud, a youth clad in yellow, bearing the incomparable, supreme beauty of a hundred million moons —
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BvP 4 130.55
भूषितं भूषणौघैस्तैरमूल्यरत्ननिर्मितैः । चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं कौस्तुभेन विराजितम्
bhūṣitaṃ bhūṣaṇaughaistairamūlyaratnanirmitaiḥ | candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ kaustubhena virājitam
(He was) adorned with those masses of ornaments made of priceless gems, all his limbs anointed with sandal paste, resplendent with the Kaustubha jewel.
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BvP 4 130.56
मयूरपिच्छचूडं च मालतीमाल्यमण्डितम् । ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं नित्योपास्यं शिवादिभिः
mayūrapicchacūḍaṃ ca mālatīmālyamaṇḍitam | īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ nityopāsyaṃ śivādibhiḥ
(He was) crested with a peacock's feather and adorned with a garland of jasmine, his face serene with a slight smile, ever to be worshipped by Śiva and the others.
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BvP 4 130.57
ध्यानासाध्यं दुराराध्यं निर्गुणं प्रकृतेः परम् । सर्वेषां परमात्मानं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
dhyānāsādhyaṃ durārādhyaṃ nirguṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param | sarveṣāṃ paramātmānaṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 130.58
वेदानिर्वचनीयं त वरं सर्वेश्वरं भजे । ध्यानेनानेन तं ध्यात्वा भगवन्तं सनातनम्
vedānirvacanīyaṃ ta varaṃ sarveśvaraṃ bhaje | dhyānenānena taṃ dhyātvā bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 130.59
भज तं परमानन्दं सत्यं नित्यं परात्परम् । इत्युक्त्वा स्वपदं शंभूर्जगाम् परमेश्वरः
bhaja taṃ paramānandaṃ satyaṃ nityaṃ parātparam | ityuktvā svapadaṃ śaṃbhūrjagām parameśvaraḥ
"Worship him, the supreme bliss, the true, the eternal, higher than the highest." Having spoken thus, Śambhu, the supreme lord, went to his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 130.60
तं प्रणम्य जगन्नाथं नारदस्तपसे ययौ । नारदः श्रीहरिं स्मृत्वा योगात्त्यक्त्वा कलेवरम् निलीनः पादपद्मे च पाद (पद्मा) पद्मार्चिते हरेः
taṃ praṇamya jagannāthaṃ nāradastapase yayau | nāradaḥ śrīhariṃ smṛtvā yogāttyaktvā kalevaram nilīnaḥ pādapadme ca pāda (padmā) padmārcite hareḥ
Having bowed to that Lord of the world, Nārada went off to (perform) austerity. Nārada, remembering Śrī Hari, abandoned his body by yoga and became merged in the lotus-feet of Hari, feet worshipped by Padmā (Lakṣmī).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 130.130
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo नारदविवाहादिप्रकरणं नाम त्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo nāradavivāhādiprakaraṇaṃ nāma triṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrī-Kṛṣṇa-Birth Section, in the latter (part), in the dialogue of Nārada (and Nārāyaṇa), the one hundred and thirtieth chapter, called "The Account of Nārada's Marriage and So Forth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition