Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 133
BvP 4 133.1
शौनक उवाच अध्य मे सफलं जन्म चीवितं च सुजीवितम् । यत्फलं ब्रह्मवैवर्ते निर्विघ्नं मोक्षकारणम्
śaunaka uvāca adhya me saphalaṃ janma cīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam | yatphalaṃ brahmavaivarte nirvighnaṃ mokṣakāraṇam
Śaunaka said: Today my birth is fruitful and my life well lived, since the fruit (contained) in the Brahmavaivarta is unobstructed and a cause of liberation.
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BvP 4 133.2
अभयं देहि हे वत्स हे तात मह्यमेव च । तदा निवेदनं किंचिदस्तीति च करोम्यहम्
abhayaṃ dehi he vatsa he tāta mahyameva ca | tadā nivedanaṃ kiṃcidastīti ca karomyaham
Grant me freedom from fear, O child, O dear one — grant it to me; then I shall make a certain request that I have.
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BvP 4 133.3
सूत उवाच त्यज भीतिं महाभाग प्रश्नं कुरु यदिच्छसि । सर्वं ते कथयिष्यामि यद्यद्गोप्यं मनोहरम्
sūta uvāca tyaja bhītiṃ mahābhāga praśnaṃ kuru yadicchasi | sarvaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi yadyadgopyaṃ manoharam
Sūta said: Abandon fear, O greatly fortunate one; ask the question you wish. I shall tell you everything, whatever is secret and delightful.
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BvP 4 133.4
शौनक उवाच अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि पुराणानां च लक्षणम् । संख्यानमपि तेषां च फलमस्यैव पुत्रक
śaunaka uvāca adhunā śrotumicchāmi purāṇānāṃ ca lakṣaṇam | saṃkhyānamapi teṣāṃ ca phalamasyaiva putraka
Śaunaka said: Now I wish to hear the defining marks of the Purāṇas, and also their enumeration, and the fruit of this (very Purāṇa), O son.
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BvP 4 133.5
सूत उवाच विस्तराणि पुराणानि चेतिहासश्च शौनक । संहितां पञ्चरात्राणि कथयामि यथागतम्
sūta uvāca vistarāṇi purāṇāni cetihāsaśca śaunaka | saṃhitāṃ pañcarātrāṇi kathayāmi yathāgatam
Sūta said: The Purāṇas in detail, and the epic narratives, O Śaunaka, the Saṃhitā and the Pañcarātras — I shall tell (them) as they have come down.
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BvP 4 133.6
सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च । वंशानुचरितं विप्र पुराणं पञ्चलक्षणम्
sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca | vaṃśānucaritaṃ vipra purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam
Creation, and secondary creation, lineage, the Manu-periods, and the accounts of the lineages — the Purāṇa has (these) five marks, O brahmin.
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BvP 4 133.7
एतदुपपुराणानां लक्षणं च विदुर्बुधाः । महतां च पुराणानां लक्षणं कथयामि ते
etadupapurāṇānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca vidurbudhāḥ | mahatāṃ ca purāṇānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ kathayāmi te
The wise know this to be the mark of the secondary Purāṇas (upapurāṇas); (now) I shall tell you the mark of the great Purāṇas.
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BvP 4 133.8
सृष्टिश्चापि विसृष्टिश्च स्थितिस्तेषां च पालनम् । कर्मणां वासना वार्तामनूनां चाक्रमेण च
sṛṣṭiścāpi visṛṣṭiśca sthitisteṣāṃ ca pālanam | karmaṇāṃ vāsanā vārtāmanūnāṃ cākrameṇa ca
Creation and dissolution, subsistence and the protection of these (beings), the latent impressions of actions, and the account of the Manus in order,
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BvP 4 133.9
वर्णनं प्रलयानां च मौक्षस्य च निरूपणम् । उत्कीर्तनं हरेरेव वेदानां च पृथक्पृथक्
varṇanaṃ pralayānāṃ ca maukṣasya ca nirūpaṇam | utkīrtanaṃ harereva vedānāṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak
the description of the dissolutions and the exposition of liberation, the glorification of Hari alone, and of the Vedas each separately —
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BvP 4 133.10
दशाधिकं लक्षणं च महतां परिकीर्तितम् । संख्यानं च पुराणानां निबोध कथयामि ते
daśādhikaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca mahatāṃ parikīrtitam | saṃkhyānaṃ ca purāṇānāṃ nibodha kathayāmi te
the marks of the great (Purāṇas) are declared to be more than ten. Now learn the enumeration of the Purāṇas; I shall tell you.
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BvP 4 133.11
परं ब्रह्मपुराणं च सहस्राणां दशैव तु । पञ्चोनषष्टिसाहस्रं पाद्ममेव प्रकीर्तितम्
paraṃ brahmapurāṇaṃ ca sahasrāṇāṃ daśaiva tu | pañconaṣaṣṭisāhasraṃ pādmameva prakīrtitam
The supreme Brahma Purāṇa is ten thousand (verses); the Pādma is declared to be fifty-five thousand.
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BvP 4 133.12
त्रयोविंशतिसाहस्रं वैष्णवं च विदुर्बुधाः । चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्रं शैवं चैव निरूपितम्
trayoviṃśatisāhasraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca vidurbudhāḥ | caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ śaivaṃ caiva nirūpitam
The wise know the Vaiṣṇava to be twenty-three thousand; the Śaiva is stated to be twenty-four thousand.
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BvP 4 133.13
ग्रन्थोऽष्टादशसाहस्रं श्रीमद्भागवतं विदुः । पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रं नारदीयं प्रकीर्तितम्
grantho'ṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ śrīmadbhāgavataṃ viduḥ | pañcaviṃśatisāhasraṃ nāradīyaṃ prakīrtitam
They know the text of the glorious Bhāgavata to be eighteen thousand; the Nāradīya is declared to be twenty-five thousand.
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BvP 4 133.14
मार्कण्डं नवसाहस्रं पुराणं पण्डिता विदुः । चतुःशताधिकं पञ्चदशसाहस्रमेव च
mārkaṇḍaṃ navasāhasraṃ purāṇaṃ paṇḍitā viduḥ | catuḥśatādhikaṃ pañcadaśasāhasrameva ca
The learned know the Mārkaṇḍa Purāṇa to be nine thousand; and (the next is) fifteen thousand plus four hundred —
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BvP 4 133.15
परमग्निपुराणं च रुचिरं परिसीर्तितम् । चतुर्दशसहस्राणि परं पञ्चशताधिकम्
paramagnipurāṇaṃ ca ruciraṃ parisīrtitam | caturdaśasahasrāṇi paraṃ pañcaśatādhikam
that supreme and lovely Agni Purāṇa is (so) declared. Next, fourteen thousand plus five hundred —
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BvP 4 133.16
पुराणप्रवरं चैव भविष्यं परिकीर्तितम् । अष्टादशसहस्रं च ब्रह्मवैवर्तमीप्सितम्
purāṇapravaraṃ caiva bhaviṣyaṃ parikīrtitam | aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ ca brahmavaivartamīpsitam
the Bhaviṣya, foremost of Purāṇas, is so declared; and eighteen thousand is the desirable Brahmavaivarta,
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BvP 4 133.17
सर्वेषां च पुराणानां सारमेव विदुर्बुधाः । एकादशसहस्रं तु परं लिङ्गपुराणकम्
sarveṣāṃ ca purāṇānāṃ sārameva vidurbudhāḥ | ekādaśasahasraṃ tu paraṃ liṅgapurāṇakam
And the wise know it to be the very essence of all the Purāṇas. The excellent Liṅga Purāṇa, however, is eleven thousand (verses).
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BvP 4 133.18
चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्रं वाराहं परिकीर्तितम् । एकाशीतिसहस्रं च परमेव शताधिकम्
caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ vārāhaṃ parikīrtitam | ekāśītisahasraṃ ca parameva śatādhikam
The Vārāha is declared to be twenty-four thousand; and the excellent (Skanda) is eighty-one thousand and a hundred more.
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BvP 4 133.19
वरं स्कन्दपुराणं च सद्भिरेवं निरूपितम् । वामनं दशसाहस्रं कौर्म सप्तदशैव तु
varaṃ skandapurāṇaṃ ca sadbhirevaṃ nirūpitam | vāmanaṃ daśasāhasraṃ kaurma saptadaśaiva tu
And the excellent Skanda Purāṇa has thus been determined by the good. The Vāmana is ten thousand, the Kūrma seventeen (thousand).
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BvP 4 133.20
मात्स्यं चतुर्दश प्रोक्तं पुराणं पण्डितैस्तथा । ऊनविशतिसाहस्रं गारुडं परिकीर्तितम्
mātsyaṃ caturdaśa proktaṃ purāṇaṃ paṇḍitaistathā | ūnaviśatisāhasraṃ gāruḍaṃ parikīrtitam
The Matsya Purāṇa is said by the learned to be fourteen (thousand); the Garuḍa is declared to be nineteen thousand.
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BvP 4 133.21
परं द्वादशसाहस्रं ब्रह्माढं परिकीर्तितम् । एवं पुराणसंख्यानं चतुर्लक्षमुदाहृतम्
paraṃ dvādaśasāhasraṃ brahmāḍhaṃ parikīrtitam | evaṃ purāṇasaṃkhyānaṃ caturlakṣamudāhṛtam
Further, the Brahmāṇḍa is declared to be twelve thousand. Thus the reckoning of the Purāṇas is stated to be four hundred thousand.
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BvP 4 133.22
अष्टादशपुराणानामेवमेव विदुर्बुधाः । एवं चोपपुराणानामष्टादश प्रकीर्तिता
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāmevameva vidurbudhāḥ | evaṃ copapurāṇānāmaṣṭādaśa prakīrtitā
The wise know just this (to be the extent) of the eighteen Purāṇas; and in the same way the Upapurāṇas are proclaimed to be eighteen.
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BvP 4 133.23
इतिहासो भारतं च वान्मीकं काव्यमेव च । पञ्चकं पञ्चरात्राणां कृष्णमाहात्म्यपूर्वकम्
itihāso bhārataṃ ca vānmīkaṃ kāvyameva ca | pañcakaṃ pañcarātrāṇāṃ kṛṣṇamāhātmyapūrvakam
And (there is) the epic history, the Bhārata, and Vālmīki's poem, and the group of five Pañcarātras, headed by the "Greatness of Kṛṣṇa."
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BvP 4 133.24
वसिष्ठं नारदीयं च कापिलं गौतमीयकम् । परं सनत्कुमारीयं पञ्चरात्रं च पञ्चकम्
vasiṣṭhaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca kāpilaṃ gautamīyakam | paraṃ sanatkumārīyaṃ pañcarātraṃ ca pañcakam
The Vāsiṣṭha, the Nāradīya, the Kāpila, the Gautamīya, and further the Sanatkumārīya — and the Pañcarātra is (this) group of five.
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BvP 4 133.25
पञ्चकं सहितानां च कृष्णभक्तिसमन्वितम् । ब्रह्मणाश्च शिवस्यापि प्रह्लादस्य तथैव च
pañcakaṃ sahitānāṃ ca kṛṣṇabhaktisamanvitam | brahmaṇāśca śivasyāpi prahlādasya tathaiva ca
And the group of five Saṃhitās, endowed with devotion to Kṛṣṇa: of Brahmā, and of Śiva too, and likewise of Prahlāda,
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BvP 4 133.26
गौतमस्य कुमारस्य संहिताः परिकीर्तिताः । इति ते कथितं सर्व क्रमेण च पृथक्पृथक्
gautamasya kumārasya saṃhitāḥ parikīrtitāḥ | iti te kathitaṃ sarva krameṇa ca pṛthakpṛthak
of Gautama, and of Kumāra — these Saṃhitās are proclaimed. Thus everything has been told to you in order, each separately.
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BvP 4 133.27
अस्त्येवं विपुलं शास्त्रं ममापि च यथागमम् । उवाचेदं पुराणं च गोलोके रासमण्डले
astyevaṃ vipulaṃ śāstraṃ mamāpi ca yathāgamam | uvācedaṃ purāṇaṃ ca goloke rāsamaṇḍale
Thus extensive is the scripture, and mine too, according to tradition. And this Purāṇa was spoken in Goloka, in the circle of the Rāsa (dance),
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BvP 4 133.28
श्रीकृष्णो भगवान्साक्षाद्ब्रह्माणं च स्वभक्तकम् । ब्रह्मा धर्म च धर्मिष्ठं धर्मो नारायणं मुनिम्
śrīkṛṣṇo bhagavānsākṣādbrahmāṇaṃ ca svabhaktakam | brahmā dharma ca dharmiṣṭhaṃ dharmo nārāyaṇaṃ munim
by Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Lord himself, to Brahmā, his own devotee; and Brahmā (told it) to Dharma, the most righteous; Dharma to the sage Nārāyaṇa;
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BvP 4 133.29
नारायणो नारदं च नारदो मां च भक्तकम् । अहं त्वां च मुनिश्रेष्ठ वरिष्ठं कथयामि तत्
nārāyaṇo nāradaṃ ca nārado māṃ ca bhaktakam | ahaṃ tvāṃ ca muniśreṣṭha variṣṭhaṃ kathayāmi tat
Nārāyaṇa to Nārada, and Nārada to me, his devotee; and I tell that most excellent (Purāṇa) to you, O best of sages —
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BvP 4 133.30
सुदर्लभं पुराणं च ब्रह्मवैवर्तमीप्सितम् । यद्वृणोत्येव विश्वौघं जीविनां परमात्मकम्
sudarlabhaṃ purāṇaṃ ca brahmavaivartamīpsitam | yadvṛṇotyeva viśvaughaṃ jīvināṃ paramātmakam
the very hard-to-obtain and much-desired Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, which indeed encompasses the whole mass of the universe (and) is the Supreme Self of living beings.
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BvP 4 133.31
तद्ब्रह्म साक्षिरूपं च कर्मणामेव कर्मिणाम् । तद्ब्रह्म विवृतं यत्र तद्विभूतिमनुत्तमाम्
tadbrahma sākṣirūpaṃ ca karmaṇāmeva karmiṇām | tadbrahma vivṛtaṃ yatra tadvibhūtimanuttamām
That Brahman is the witness-form of the acts of those who act; where that Brahman is unfolded, (there is) that unsurpassed manifestation of power.
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BvP 4 133.32
तेनेदं ब्रह्मवैवर्तमित्येवं च बिदुर्बुधाः । पुण्यप्रदं पुराणं च मङ्गलं मङ्गलप्रदम्
tenedaṃ brahmavaivartamityevaṃ ca bidurbudhāḥ | puṇyapradaṃ purāṇaṃ ca maṅgalaṃ maṅgalapradam
For that reason the wise know this to be the "Brahmavaivarta." (It is) a Purāṇa that bestows merit, auspicious, and granting auspiciousness,
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BvP 4 133.33
सुगोप्यं च रहस्यं च यत्र रम्यं नवं नवम् । हरिभक्तिप्रदं चैव दुर्लभं हरिदास्यदम्
sugopyaṃ ca rahasyaṃ ca yatra ramyaṃ navaṃ navam | haribhaktipradaṃ caiva durlabhaṃ haridāsyadam
well to be kept secret and hidden, in which what is delightful is ever new; bestowing devotion to Hari, hard to obtain, granting servitude to Hari,
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BvP 4 133.34
सुखदं ब्रह्मदं सारं शोकसंतापनाशनम् । सरितां च यथा गङ्गा सद्यो मुक्तिप्रदा शुभा
sukhadaṃ brahmadaṃ sāraṃ śokasaṃtāpanāśanam | saritāṃ ca yathā gaṅgā sadyo muktipradā śubhā
giving happiness, giving Brahman, the essence, destroying grief and torment — as among rivers the Gaṅgā is the auspicious one that grants liberation at once,
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BvP 4 133.35
तिर्थातां पुष्करं शुद्धं यथा काशी पुरीषु च । सर्वेषु भारतं वर्षं सद्यो मुक्तिप्रदं शुभम्
tirthātāṃ puṣkaraṃ śuddhaṃ yathā kāśī purīṣu ca | sarveṣu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ sadyo muktipradaṃ śubham
as among sacred places Puṣkara is pure, as Kāśī among cities, as among all (regions) Bhārata-varṣa is the auspicious one granting liberation at once,
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BvP 4 133.36
यथा सुमेरुः शैलेषु पारिजातं च पुष्पतः । पत्रेषु तुलसीपत्रं व्रतेष्वेकादशीव्रतम्
yathā sumeruḥ śaileṣu pārijātaṃ ca puṣpataḥ | patreṣu tulasīpatraṃ vrateṣvekādaśīvratam
as Sumeru among mountains, and the Pārijāta among flowers, the tulasī leaf among leaves, the Ekādaśī vow among vows,
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BvP 4 133.37
वृक्षेषु कल्पवृक्षश्च श्रीकृष्णश्च सुरेषु च । ज्ञानीन्द्रेषु महादेवो योगीन्द्रेषु गणेश्वरः
vṛkṣeṣu kalpavṛkṣaśca śrīkṛṣṇaśca sureṣu ca | jñānīndreṣu mahādevo yogīndreṣu gaṇeśvaraḥ
And as the wish-granting tree among trees, and as Śrī Kṛṣṇa among the gods; as Mahādeva among the lords of knowledge, as Gaṇeśvara among the lords of yoga —
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BvP 4 133.38
सिद्धेन्द्रेष्वेव कपिलः सूर्यस्तेजस्विनां यथा । सनत्कुमारो भगवान्वैष्णवेषु यथाऽग्रणीः
siddhendreṣveva kapilaḥ sūryastejasvināṃ yathā | sanatkumāro bhagavānvaiṣṇaveṣu yathā'graṇīḥ
As Kapila indeed among the lords of the perfected, as the sun among the shining ones; as the lord Sanatkumāra is foremost among the Vaiṣṇavas —
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BvP 4 133.39
भूपेषु च यथा रामो लक्ष्मणश्च धनुष्मताम् । देवीषु च यथा दुर्गा महापुण्यवती सती
bhūpeṣu ca yathā rāmo lakṣmaṇaśca dhanuṣmatām | devīṣu ca yathā durgā mahāpuṇyavatī satī
And as Rāma among kings, and Lakṣmaṇa among bowmen; and as Durgā among goddesses, the greatly meritorious, chaste one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.40
प्राणाधिका यथा राधा कृष्णस्य प्रेयसीषु च । ईश्वरीषु यथा लक्ष्मीः पण्डितेषु सरस्वती
prāṇādhikā yathā rādhā kṛṣṇasya preyasīṣu ca | īśvarīṣu yathā lakṣmīḥ paṇḍiteṣu sarasvatī
As Rādhā, dearer than life, among the beloved women of Kṛṣṇa; as Lakṣmī among sovereign ladies, as Sarasvatī among the learned —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.41
तथा सर्वपुराणेषु ब्रह्मवैवर्तमेव च । नातो दिशिष्टं सुखदं मधुरं च सुपुण्यदम्
tathā sarvapurāṇeṣu brahmavaivartameva ca | nāto diśiṣṭaṃ sukhadaṃ madhuraṃ ca supuṇyadam
So too is the Brahmavaivarta among all the Purāṇas. There is nothing beyond this that is (so) excellent, joy-giving, sweet, and richly merit-bestowing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.42
संदेहभञ्जनं चैव पुराणं परिकीर्तितम् । इह लोके च सुखदं सुप्रदं सर्वसंपदाम्
saṃdehabhañjanaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ parikīrtitam | iha loke ca sukhadaṃ supradaṃ sarvasaṃpadām
And this Purāṇa is proclaimed to be the breaker of doubts, and in this world a giver of happiness and a good bestower of all riches;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.43
शुभदं पुण्यदं चैव विघ्ननिघ्नकरं परम् । हरिदास्यप्रदं चैव परलोके प्रहर्षदम्
śubhadaṃ puṇyadaṃ caiva vighnanighnakaraṃ param | haridāsyapradaṃ caiva paraloke praharṣadam
Granting welfare and merit, and supremely destroying obstacles, and bestowing the servitude of Hari, and giving great delight in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.44
यज्ञानामपि तीर्थानां व्रतानां तपसां तथा । भुवः प्रदक्षिणस्यापि फलं नास्य समानकम्
yajñānāmapi tīrthānāṃ vratānāṃ tapasāṃ tathā | bhuvaḥ pradakṣiṇasyāpi phalaṃ nāsya samānakam
The fruit of sacrifices, of pilgrimage places, of vows, and likewise of austerities, and even of circumambulating the earth, is not equal to that of this (Purāṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.45
चतुर्णामपि वेदानां पाठादपि वरं फलम् । श्रृणोतीदं पुराणं च संयतश्चेह पुत्रक
caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ pāṭhādapi varaṃ phalam | śrṛṇotīdaṃ purāṇaṃ ca saṃyataśceha putraka
Its fruit is better even than the recitation of all four Vedas. Whoever, self-restrained, hears this Purāṇa here, my son,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.46
गुणवन्तं च विद्वांसं वैष्णवं पुत्रमालभेत् । श्रृणोति दुर्भगा चेत्तु सौभाग्यं स्वामिनो लभेत्
guṇavantaṃ ca vidvāṃsaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ putramālabhet | śrṛṇoti durbhagā cettu saubhāgyaṃ svāmino labhet
he would obtain a son who is virtuous, learned, and a Vaiṣṇava; and if an unfortunate woman hears it, she would obtain the good favour of her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.47
मृतवत्सा काकवन्ध्या महावन्ध्या च पापिनी । पुराणश्रवणाल्लेभे पुत्रं च चिरचीविनम्
mṛtavatsā kākavandhyā mahāvandhyā ca pāpinī | purāṇaśravaṇāllebhe putraṃ ca ciracīvinam
A woman whose children have died, one barren like a crow, one utterly barren and sinful — by hearing the Purāṇa she obtained a long-lived son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.48
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रमभार्यो लभते प्रियाम् । अस्पष्टकीर्तिः सुयशा मूर्खो भवति पण्डितः
aputro labhate putramabhāryo labhate priyām | aspaṣṭakīrtiḥ suyaśā mūrkho bhavati paṇḍitaḥ
One without a son obtains a son, one without a wife obtains a beloved; one of unclear renown becomes well-famed, a fool becomes learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.49
रोगार्तो मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात् । भयान्मुच्येत भीतस्तु मुच्येतापन्न आपदः
rogārto mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt | bhayānmucyeta bhītastu mucyetāpanna āpadaḥ
One afflicted by disease is freed from disease, one bound would be freed from bondage; the frightened one would be freed from fear, and one in distress would be freed from distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.50
अरण्ये ब्रान्तरे भीतो दावाग्नो मुच्यते ध्रुवम् । अघं कुष्ठं च दारिद्र्यं रोगं शोकं च दारुणम्
araṇye brāntare bhīto dāvāgno mucyate dhruvam | aghaṃ kuṣṭhaṃ ca dāridryaṃ rogaṃ śokaṃ ca dāruṇam
One frightened, wandering in the forest, is surely freed from a forest fire; (and it removes) sin, leprosy, poverty, disease, and terrible grief —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.51
पुण्यवान्श्रवणादेव नैव जानात्यपुण्यवान् । श्लोकार्ध श्लोकपादं वा यः शृणोति सुसंयतः
puṇyavānśravaṇādeva naiva jānātyapuṇyavān | ślokārdha ślokapādaṃ vā yaḥ śṛṇoti susaṃyataḥ
the meritorious man (is freed) simply by hearing; the man without merit does not even know (of this). Whoever, well restrained, hears half a verse or a quarter of a verse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 133.52
गोलक्षदानपुण्यं च लभते नात्र संशयः । युतुःखडं पुराणं च शुद्धकाले जितेन्द्रियः
golakṣadānapuṇyaṃ ca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | yutuḥkhaḍaṃ purāṇaṃ ca śuddhakāle jitendriyaḥ
he obtains the merit of giving a hundred thousand cows — there is no doubt here. And (he who hears) the Purāṇa ... section at a pure time, with senses conquered,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 133.53
संकल्पतो यः शृणोति भक्त्या दत्त्वा च दक्षिणाम् । यद्बाल्ये यच्चकौमारे वार्धके यच्च यौवने
saṃkalpato yaḥ śṛṇoti bhaktyā dattvā ca dakṣiṇām | yadbālye yaccakaumāre vārdhake yacca yauvane
whoever hears it with devotion, by (formal) resolve, and gives the priest's fee — whatever (sin was committed) in childhood, in boyhood, in old age, and in youth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.54
कोटिजन्मार्जितात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । रत्ननिर्माणयानेन धृत्वा श्रीकृष्णरूपकम्
koṭijanmārjitātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | ratnanirmāṇayānena dhṛtvā śrīkṛṣṇarūpakam
he is freed from the sin accumulated in ten million births — there is no doubt here. By a vehicle made of jewels, bearing a form like Śrī Kṛṣṇa's,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.55
नित्यं गत्वा च गोलोकं कृष्णदास्यं लभेद्भूवम् । असंख्यब्रह्मणां पाते न भवेत्तस्य पातनम्
nityaṃ gatvā ca golokaṃ kṛṣṇadāsyaṃ labhedbhūvam | asaṃkhyabrahmaṇāṃ pāte na bhavettasya pātanam
having gone forever to Goloka, he would surely obtain the servitude of Kṛṣṇa; at the fall of countless Brahmās there would be no falling for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.56
समीपे पार्षदो भूत्वा सेवां च कुरुते चिरम् । श्रुत्वा च ब्रह्मखण्डं च सुस्नातः संयतः शुचिः
samīpe pārṣado bhūtvā sevāṃ ca kurute ciram | śrutvā ca brahmakhaṇḍaṃ ca susnātaḥ saṃyataḥ śuciḥ
Becoming an attendant in (Kṛṣṇa's) presence, he performs service for a long time. And having heard the Brahmakhaṇḍa, well bathed, restrained, and pure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.57
पायसं पिष्टकं चैव फलं ताम्बूलमेव च । भोजयित्वा वाचकं च तस्मै दद्यात्सुवर्णकम्
pāyasaṃ piṣṭakaṃ caiva phalaṃ tāmbūlameva ca | bhojayitvā vācakaṃ ca tasmai dadyātsuvarṇakam
Milk-rice, cakes, fruit, and betel — having fed the reciter (with these), (the hearer) should give him gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.58
चन्दनं शुक्लमाल्यं च सूक्ष्मवस्त्रं मनोहरम् । निवेद्य वासुदेवं च वाचकाय प्रदीयते
candanaṃ śuklamālyaṃ ca sūkṣmavastraṃ manoharam | nivedya vāsudevaṃ ca vācakāya pradīyate
Sandal paste, a white garland, and a fine, lovely cloth — having first offered (them) to Vāsudeva, (they) are given to the reciter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.59
श्रुत्वा च प्रकृतेः खण्डं सुश्राव्यं च सुधोपमम् । भोजयित्वा च दध्यन्नं तस्मै दद्याच्च ।। काञ्चनम्
śrutvā ca prakṛteḥ khaṇḍaṃ suśrāvyaṃ ca sudhopamam | bhojayitvā ca dadhyannaṃ tasmai dadyācca || kāñcanam
And having heard the Prakṛti-khaṇḍa, which is pleasant to hear and like nectar, and having fed (the reciter) rice with curds, one should give him gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.60
सवत्सां सुरभिं रम्यां दद्याद्वै भक्तिपूर्वकम् । श्रुत्वा गणपतेः खण्डं विघ्ननाशाय संयतः
savatsāṃ surabhiṃ ramyāṃ dadyādvai bhaktipūrvakam | śrutvā gaṇapateḥ khaṇḍaṃ vighnanāśāya saṃyataḥ
He should give, with devotion, a fine, pleasing cow together with her calf; and, self-controlled, having heard the Gaṇapati-khaṇḍa for the destruction of obstacles —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.61
स्वर्णयज्ञोपवीतं च श्वेताश्वच्छत्रमाल्यकम् । प्रदीयते वायकाय स्वस्तिकं तिललड्डुकम्
svarṇayajñopavītaṃ ca śvetāśvacchatramālyakam | pradīyate vāyakāya svastikaṃ tilalaḍḍukam
a golden sacred thread, a white horse, a parasol and a garland are given to the reciter, (also) a svastika-cake and sesame sweetballs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.62
परिपक्वफलान्येव कालदेशोद्भवानि च । श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डं च श्रुत्वा भक्तश्च भक्तितः
paripakvaphalānyeva kāladeśodbhavāni ca | śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍaṃ ca śrutvā bhaktaśca bhaktitaḥ
And fully ripened fruits, such as grow in that season and place; and the devotee, having heard the Śrīkṛṣṇajanma-khaṇḍa, out of devotion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.63
वाचकाय प्रदद्याच्च परं रत्नाङ्गुलीयकम् । सूक्ष्मवस्त्रं च माल्यं च स्वर्णकुण्डलमुत्तमम्
vācakāya pradadyācca paraṃ ratnāṅgulīyakam | sūkṣmavastraṃ ca mālyaṃ ca svarṇakuṇḍalamuttamam
— should give to the reciter a superb jewelled ring, a fine cloth, a garland, and an excellent golden earring,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.64
माल्यं च वरदोलां च सुपक्वं क्षीरमेव च । सर्वस्वं दक्षिणां दद्यात्स्तवनं कुरुते ध्रुवम्
mālyaṃ ca varadolāṃ ca supakvaṃ kṣīrameva ca | sarvasvaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadyātstavanaṃ kurute dhruvam
a garland, and a fine swing, and well-cooked milk; he should give all he has as the fee, and he assuredly performs the praise (of the Lord).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 133.65
शतकं ब्राह्मणानां च भोजयेत्परमादरात् । ब्रह्मणं वैष्णवं शास्त्रनिष्णातं पण्डितं वरम्
śatakaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojayetparamādarāt | brahmaṇaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śāstraniṣṇātaṃ paṇḍitaṃ varam
And he should feed a hundred brāhmaṇas with the greatest respect; a brāhmaṇa who is a Vaiṣṇava, versed in the scriptures, an excellent scholar —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.66
कुरुते वाचकं शुद्धमन्यथा निष्फलं भवेत् । श्रीकृष्ण विमुखाद्दुष्टान्नोपदिष्टाच्च ब्राह्मणात्
kurute vācakaṃ śuddhamanyathā niṣphalaṃ bhavet | śrīkṛṣṇa vimukhādduṣṭānnopadiṣṭācca brāhmaṇāt
(such a) pure one he should make the reciter; otherwise it becomes fruitless. From a brāhmaṇa who is averse to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, wicked, and not (properly) instructed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.67
श्रीकृष्णभक्तियुक्तं च पुराणं यः शृणोति च । भक्तिं पुण्यं न लभते हन्ति पुण्यं पुराकृतम्
śrīkṛṣṇabhaktiyuktaṃ ca purāṇaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti ca | bhaktiṃ puṇyaṃ na labhate hanti puṇyaṃ purākṛtam
whoever hears a Purāṇa endowed with devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa (from such a one) does not obtain devotion or merit; (rather) it destroys the merit earned before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.68
श्रीकृष्णभक्तियुक्ताच्च पुराणं यः शृणोति च । भक्तिं पुण्यं च लभते यात्यन्ते श्रोहरेः पदम्
śrīkṛṣṇabhaktiyuktācca purāṇaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti ca | bhaktiṃ puṇyaṃ ca labhate yātyante śrohareḥ padam
But whoever hears the Purāṇa from one endowed with devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa obtains devotion and merit, and at the end goes to the abode of Śrī Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.69
एतत्ते कथितं सर्व यच्छ्रु तं गुरुवक्त्रतः । बिदायं देहि विप्रेन्द्र यामि नारायणाश्रमम्
etatte kathitaṃ sarva yacchru taṃ guruvaktrataḥ | bidāyaṃ dehi viprendra yāmi nārāyaṇāśramam
All this that I heard from my teacher's mouth has been told to you. Grant me leave, best of brāhmaṇas; I am going to Nārāyaṇa's hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.70
दृष्ट्वा विप्रसमूहं च नमस्कर्तुं समागतः । कथितं ब्रह्मवैवर्तं भवतामाज्ञया परम्
dṛṣṭvā viprasamūhaṃ ca namaskartuṃ samāgataḥ | kathitaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ bhavatāmājñayā param
Having seen the assembly of brāhmaṇas, I came to make obeisance; the supreme Brahmavaivarta has been recited by your command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.71
नमोऽस्तु ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च कृष्णाय परमात्मने । शिवाय ब्रह्मणे नित्यं गणेशाय नमो नमः
namo'stu brāhmaṇebhyaśca kṛṣṇāya paramātmane | śivāya brahmaṇe nityaṃ gaṇeśāya namo namaḥ
Homage be to the brāhmaṇas, and to Kṛṣṇa the supreme Self, to Śiva, to Brahmā ever, and to Gaṇeśa homage again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.72
कायेन मनसा वाचा परं भक्त्या दिवानिशम् । भज सत्यं परं ब्रह्म राधेशं त्रिगुणात्परम्
kāyena manasā vācā paraṃ bhaktyā divāniśam | bhaja satyaṃ paraṃ brahma rādheśaṃ triguṇātparam
With body, mind, and speech, with the highest devotion, day and night, worship the true supreme Brahman, Rādhā's lord, who is beyond the three qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.73
नमो देव्यै सरस्वत्यै पुराणगुरवे नमः । सर्वविघ्नविनाशिन्यै दुर्गादेव्यै नमो नमः
namo devyai sarasvatyai purāṇagurave namaḥ | sarvavighnavināśinyai durgādevyai namo namaḥ
Homage to the goddess Sarasvatī, homage to the guru of the Purāṇa; to her who destroys all obstacles, to the goddess Durgā, homage again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.74
युष्माकं पादद्मानि दृष्ट्वा पुण्यानि शौनक । अद्य सिद्धाश्रमं यामि यत्र देवो गणेश्वरः
yuṣmākaṃ pādadmāni dṛṣṭvā puṇyāni śaunaka | adya siddhāśramaṃ yāmi yatra devo gaṇeśvaraḥ
Having seen your holy lotus-feet, Śaunaka, today I go to the Siddha hermitage, where the god Gaṇeśvara dwells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 133.133
सूतशौनकसंवादे त्रयस्त्रिंदशधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
sūtaśaunakasaṃvāde trayastriṃdaśadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
In the dialogue of Sūta and Śaunaka, the one hundred thirty-third chapter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition