Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 19
BvP 4 19.1
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। एकदा बालकैः सार्धं बलदेवं विना हरिः ।। जगाम यमुनातीरं यत्र कालियमन्दिरम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ekadā bālakaiḥ sārdhaṃ baladevaṃ vinā hariḥ || jagāma yamunātīraṃ yatra kāliyamandiram
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Once Hari, together with the boys but without Baladeva, went to the bank of the Yamunā, where the dwelling of Kāliya was.
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BvP 4 19.2
परिपक्वफलं भुक्त्वा यमुनातीरजे वने ।। स्वेच्छामयस्तृट्परीतः पपौ च निर्मलं जलम्
paripakvaphalaṃ bhuktvā yamunātīraje vane || svecchāmayastṛṭparītaḥ papau ca nirmalaṃ jalam
Having eaten fully ripened fruit in the grove growing on the Yamunā's bank, he whose will is his own, seized with thirst, drank the clear water.
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BvP 4 19.3
गोकुलं चारयामास शिशुभिः सह कानने ।। विजहार च तैः सार्द्धं स्थापयामास गोकुलम्
gokulaṃ cārayāmāsa śiśubhiḥ saha kānane || vijahāra ca taiḥ sārddhaṃ sthāpayāmāsa gokulam
He pastured the cow-herd in the forest along with the boys, and he played with them and settled the herd (in one place).
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BvP 4 19.4
क्रीडानिमग्नचित्तोऽयं बालकाश्च मुदाऽन्विताः ।। भुक्त्वा नवतृणं गावो विषतोयं पपुर्मुने सर्पो नराकृतिं दृष्ट्वा कालियः क्रोधविह्वलः ।। जग्राह श्रीहरिं तूर्णं तप्तलोहं यथा नरः कुमतिरहमधिज्ञा योषितां क्वाधमा वा क्व भुवनगतिरीशश्चक्षुषोऽगोचराऽपि।। विधिहरिहरशेषैः स्तूयमानश्च यस्त्वमतनुमनुजमीशं स्तोतुमिच्छामि तं त्वाम् ।। हे कृष्ण हे कृष्ण सुरासुरेश ब्रह्मेश शेषेश प्रजापतीश।। मुनीश मन्वीश चराचरेश सिद्धीश सिद्धेश गणेश पाहि भर्त्रा सगोष्ठ्या सार्द्धं च गच्छ वत्से सुखी भव ।। अद्य प्रभृति नागेशि भूता कन्या च त्वं मम उवाच पुनरेवेदं भक्त्युद्रेकपरिप्लुता ।। न यास्यामि रमणकं तत्र नास्ति प्रयोजनम् पुटाञ्जलियुतां साश्रुपूर्णां च सुरसां सतीम् ।। प्रणनाम हरिं सद्यो रुरोद प्रेमविह्वलः प्रणमिष्यन्ति भक्त्या ते मुच्यन्ते सर्वपातकात् ।। गच्छ शीघ्रं रमणकं त्यज भीतिं खगाधिपात् वाञ्छा नास्त्येव भक्तानां त्वत्पादसेवनं विना ।। सुजीर्णपटखण्डस्य समं नूतनमेव च स्तोतुं यमीशं ते जाड्याः सर्पः स्तोष्यति तं विभुम् ।। हे नाथ करुणासिंधो दीनबंधो क्षमाधमम् श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। गच्छ त्वं च रमणकं यथेन्द्रनगरं परम् ।। यच्छ्रुतं धर्मवक्त्रान्मे मलये सूर्यपर्वणि ।। कृष्णाख्यानप्रसङ्गेन सुप्रभा पश्चिमे तटे मुहूर्तं च तयोर्युद्धं बभूवातीव दारुणम् ।। पराजितश्च नागेन्द्रस्तेजसा गरुडस्य च का योग्यता मत्पुरस्ते ग्रहीतुं जीवमुल्बणम्।। श्रीकृष्णवाहनं ज्ञात्वा चात्मानं बहु मन्यसे तेषां केचिज्ज्ञानवन्तो रक्षां चक्रुः प्रयत्नतः ।। केचिदूचुश्च हाहेति कृष्ण कृष्णेति केचन भूयोऽपि रोदनं कृत्वा भूयो मूर्च्छामवाप ह ।। विलपन्तं भृशं नन्दं यशोदां शोककर्शिताम् न तथाऽपि तदीशं तं ग्रस्तुं सर्पः क्षमो भवेत् ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वमाध्यात्मिकमनुत्तमम् दावाग्निर्वेष्टयामास तैः सर्वैः सह गोकुलम् ।। दृष्ट्वा शैलप्रमाणाग्निं परितः काननान्तरे सर्वापदः प्रणश्यन्ति हरिस्मरणमात्रतः ।। इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत्
krīḍānimagnacitto'yaṃ bālakāśca mudā'nvitāḥ || bhuktvā navatṛṇaṃ gāvo viṣatoyaṃ papurmune sarpo narākṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā kāliyaḥ krodhavihvalaḥ || jagrāha śrīhariṃ tūrṇaṃ taptalohaṃ yathā naraḥ kumatirahamadhijñā yoṣitāṃ kvādhamā vā kva bhuvanagatirīśaścakṣuṣo'gocarā'pi|| vidhihariharaśeṣaiḥ stūyamānaśca yastvamatanumanujamīśaṃ stotumicchāmi taṃ tvām || he kṛṣṇa he kṛṣṇa surāsureśa brahmeśa śeṣeśa prajāpatīśa|| munīśa manvīśa carācareśa siddhīśa siddheśa gaṇeśa pāhi bhartrā sagoṣṭhyā sārddhaṃ ca gaccha vatse sukhī bhava || adya prabhṛti nāgeśi bhūtā kanyā ca tvaṃ mama uvāca punarevedaṃ bhaktyudrekapariplutā || na yāsyāmi ramaṇakaṃ tatra nāsti prayojanam puṭāñjaliyutāṃ sāśrupūrṇāṃ ca surasāṃ satīm || praṇanāma hariṃ sadyo ruroda premavihvalaḥ praṇamiṣyanti bhaktyā te mucyante sarvapātakāt || gaccha śīghraṃ ramaṇakaṃ tyaja bhītiṃ khagādhipāt vāñchā nāstyeva bhaktānāṃ tvatpādasevanaṃ vinā || sujīrṇapaṭakhaṇḍasya samaṃ nūtanameva ca stotuṃ yamīśaṃ te jāḍyāḥ sarpaḥ stoṣyati taṃ vibhum || he nātha karuṇāsiṃdho dīnabaṃdho kṣamādhamam śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || gaccha tvaṃ ca ramaṇakaṃ yathendranagaraṃ param || yacchrutaṃ dharmavaktrānme malaye sūryaparvaṇi || kṛṣṇākhyānaprasaṅgena suprabhā paścime taṭe muhūrtaṃ ca tayoryuddhaṃ babhūvātīva dāruṇam || parājitaśca nāgendrastejasā garuḍasya ca kā yogyatā matpuraste grahītuṃ jīvamulbaṇam|| śrīkṛṣṇavāhanaṃ jñātvā cātmānaṃ bahu manyase teṣāṃ kecijjñānavanto rakṣāṃ cakruḥ prayatnataḥ || kecidūcuśca hāheti kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti kecana bhūyo'pi rodanaṃ kṛtvā bhūyo mūrcchāmavāpa ha || vilapantaṃ bhṛśaṃ nandaṃ yaśodāṃ śokakarśitām na tathā'pi tadīśaṃ taṃ grastuṃ sarpaḥ kṣamo bhavet || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvamādhyātmikamanuttamam dāvāgnirveṣṭayāmāsa taiḥ sarvaiḥ saha gokulam || dṛṣṭvā śailapramāṇāgniṃ paritaḥ kānanāntare sarvāpadaḥ praṇaśyanti harismaraṇamātrataḥ || idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet
His mind absorbed in play, and the boys filled with delight — (meanwhile), O sage, the cows, having eaten fresh grass, drank the poisoned water.
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BvP 4 19.5
विषाक्तं च जलं पीत्वा दारुणान्तकचेष्टया ।। ज्वालाभिः कालकूटानां सद्यः प्राणांश्च तत्यजुः
viṣāktaṃ ca jalaṃ pītvā dāruṇāntakaceṣṭayā || jvālābhiḥ kālakūṭānāṃ sadyaḥ prāṇāṃśca tatyajuḥ
And having drunk the water tainted with poison, by the cruel action of death, through the flames of the deadly venom they at once gave up their lives.
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BvP 4 19.6
दृष्ट्वा मृतं गोसमूहं गोपाश्चिन्ताकुला भिया ।। विषण्णवदनाः सर्वे तमूचुमर्धुसूदनम्
dṛṣṭvā mṛtaṃ gosamūhaṃ gopāścintākulā bhiyā || viṣaṇṇavadanāḥ sarve tamūcumardhusūdanam
Seeing the herd of cows dead, the cowherds, agitated with anxiety out of fear, all with downcast faces, spoke to him, the slayer of Madhu.
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BvP 4 19.7
ज्ञात्वा सर्वं जगन्नाथो जीवयामास गोकुलम् ।। उत्तस्थुस्तत्क्षणं गावो ददृशुः श्रीहरेर्मुखम्
jñātvā sarvaṃ jagannātho jīvayāmāsa gokulam || uttasthustatkṣaṇaṃ gāvo dadṛśuḥ śrīharermukham
Knowing all this, the Lord of the world brought the herd back to life; that very moment the cows rose up and beheld the face of Śrī Hari.
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BvP 4 19.8
कृष्णः कदम्बमारुह्य यमुनानीरतीरजम् ।। पपात सर्पभवने नागमध्ये नराकृतिः
kṛṣṇaḥ kadambamāruhya yamunānīratīrajam || papāta sarpabhavane nāgamadhye narākṛtiḥ
Kṛṣṇa climbed a kadamba tree growing on the water's edge of the Yamunā and, in human form, fell into the serpent's abode, into the midst of the snakes.
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BvP 4 19.9
शतहस्तप्रमाणं च जलोत्थानं बभूव ह ।। बाला हर्षं विषादं च मेनिरे तत्र नारद
śatahastapramāṇaṃ ca jalotthānaṃ babhūva ha || bālā harṣaṃ viṣādaṃ ca menire tatra nārada
And the water rose up to the measure of a hundred hands; the boys there felt both joy and dismay, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 19.11
दग्धकण्ठोदरो नागश्चोद्विग्नो ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। प्राणा यान्त्येवमुक्त्वा च चकारोद्वमनं पुनः
dagdhakaṇṭhodaro nāgaścodvigno brahmatejasā || prāṇā yāntyevamuktvā ca cakārodvamanaṃ punaḥ
The serpent, his throat and belly burnt, terrified by the Brahman-splendour, saying "My life is going!", vomited again.
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BvP 4 19.12
भग्नदन्तो रक्तमुखः कृष्णवज्राङ्गचर्वणात् ।। रक्तवक्त्रस्य भगवानुत्तस्थौ मस्तकोपरि
bhagnadanto raktamukhaḥ kṛṣṇavajrāṅgacarvaṇāt || raktavaktrasya bhagavānuttasthau mastakopari
His teeth broken, his mouth bloody from chewing on Kṛṣṇa's adamantine limbs — the Lord rose up upon the head of the blood-mouthed (serpent).
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BvP 4 19.13
नागो विश्वंभराक्रान्तः स प्राणांस्त्यक्तुमुद्यतः ।। चकार रक्तोद्वमनं पपात मूर्च्छितो मुने
nāgo viśvaṃbharākrāntaḥ sa prāṇāṃstyaktumudyataḥ || cakāra raktodvamanaṃ papāta mūrcchito mune
The serpent, trampled by the Bearer of the universe, ready to give up his life, vomited blood and fell down senseless, O sage.
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BvP 4 19.14
दृष्ट्वा तं मूर्छितं नागा रुरुदुः प्रेमविह्वलाः
dṛṣṭvā taṃ mūrchitaṃ nāgā ruruduḥ premavihvalāḥ
Seeing him fallen senseless, the serpents wept, overcome with affection.
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BvP 4 19.15
केचित्पलायिता भीताः केचित्प्रविविशुर्बिलम् ।। मरणाभिमुखं कान्तं दृष्ट्वा सा सुरसा सती
kecitpalāyitā bhītāḥ kecitpraviviśurbilam || maraṇābhimukhaṃ kāntaṃ dṛṣṭvā sā surasā satī
Some fled in fear, some crept into their holes; and seeing her husband facing death, that chaste Surasā —
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BvP 4 19.16
नागिनीभिः सह प्रेम्णा रुरोद पुरतो हरेः ।। पुटाञ्जलियुता तूर्णं प्रणम्य श्रीहरिं भिया।। धृत्वा पादारविन्दे च तमुवाच भियाऽऽकुला
nāginībhiḥ saha premṇā ruroda purato hareḥ || puṭāñjaliyutā tūrṇaṃ praṇamya śrīhariṃ bhiyā|| dhṛtvā pādāravinde ca tamuvāca bhiyā''kulā
— wept lovingly before Hari together with the female serpents; with palms joined she quickly bowed in fear to Śrī Hari, and grasping his lotus feet she spoke to him, distraught with fear.
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BvP 4 19.17
सुरसोवाच ।। ।। हे जगत्कान्त मे कान्तं देहि मानं च मानद ।। पतिः प्राणाधिकः स्त्रीणां नास्ति बन्धुश्च तत्परः
surasovāca || || he jagatkānta me kāntaṃ dehi mānaṃ ca mānada || patiḥ prāṇādhikaḥ strīṇāṃ nāsti bandhuśca tatparaḥ
Surasā said: O beloved of the world, give me back my husband, and give me honour, O giver of honour; for women a husband is dearer than life, and there is no kinsman beyond him.
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BvP 4 19.18
सकलभुवननाथ प्राणनाथं मदीयं न कुरु वधमनन्त प्रेमसिन्धो सुबन्धो ।। अखिलभुवनबन्धो राधिकाप्रेमसिन्धो पतिमिह कुरु दानं मे विधातुर्विधातः
sakalabhuvananātha prāṇanāthaṃ madīyaṃ na kuru vadhamananta premasindho subandho || akhilabhuvanabandho rādhikāpremasindho patimiha kuru dānaṃ me vidhāturvidhātaḥ
O Lord of all the worlds, do not slay the lord of my life, O endless one, O ocean of love, O good kinsman; O friend of all the worlds, O ocean of love for Rādhikā, make here a gift of my husband to me, O ordainer of the ordainer.
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BvP 4 19.19
त्रिनयनविधिशेषाः षण्मुखश्चास्यसंघैः स्तवनविषयजाड्यात्स्तोतुमीशा न वाणी।। खलु निखिलवेदाःस्तोतुमन्येऽपि देवाः स्तवनविषयशक्ताः सन्ति सन्तस्तवैव
trinayanavidhiśeṣāḥ ṣaṇmukhaścāsyasaṃghaiḥ stavanaviṣayajāḍyātstotumīśā na vāṇī|| khalu nikhilavedāḥstotumanye'pi devāḥ stavanaviṣayaśaktāḥ santi santastavaiva
The three-eyed one, Brahmā and Śeṣa, and the six-faced one with his host of mouths, are not able to praise (you), nor is Vāṇī, from dullness in the matter of praise; nor indeed all the Vedas, nor the other gods; those who are capable in the matter of praising you are yours alone.
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BvP 4 19.21
स्तवनविषयभीता पार्वती कस्य पद्मा श्रुतिगणजनयित्री स्तोतुमीशा न यं त्वाम् ।। कलिकलुषनिमग्ना वेदवेदाङ्गशास्त्र श्रवणविषयमूढा स्तोतुमिच्छामि किं त्वाम्
stavanaviṣayabhītā pārvatī kasya padmā śrutigaṇajanayitrī stotumīśā na yaṃ tvām || kalikaluṣanimagnā vedavedāṅgaśāstra śravaṇaviṣayamūḍhā stotumicchāmi kiṃ tvām
Pārvatī is afraid of the task of praising; whose (is the power)? Padmā, the mother of the host of Vedas, is not able to praise you; and I, sunk in the filth of Kali, dull as to the hearing of the Vedas, Vedāṅgas and śāstras — how can I wish to praise you?
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BvP 4 19.22
शयानो रत्नपर्यङ्के रत्नभूषणभूषितः ।। रत्नभूषणभूषाङ्गो राधावक्षसि संस्थितः।।
śayāno ratnaparyaṅke ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ || ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣāṅgo rādhāvakṣasi saṃsthitaḥ||
Lying on a jewelled couch, adorned with jewelled ornaments, his limbs decorated with jewelled ornaments, resting on Rādhā's breast —
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BvP 4 19.23
चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः स्मेराननसरोरुहः ।। प्रोद्यत्प्रेमरसाम्भोधौ निमग्नः सततं सुखात्
candanokṣitasarvāṅgaḥ smerānanasaroruhaḥ || prodyatpremarasāmbhodhau nimagnaḥ satataṃ sukhāt
(He whose) every limb is anointed with sandal paste, whose lotus-face is smiling, ever plunged, out of bliss, in the swelling ocean of the nectar of love.
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BvP 4 19.24
मल्लिकामालतीमालाजालैः शोभितशेखरः ।। पारिजातप्रसूनानां गन्धामोदितमानसः
mallikāmālatīmālājālaiḥ śobhitaśekharaḥ || pārijātaprasūnānāṃ gandhāmoditamānasaḥ
His crest adorned with clusters of jasmine and mālatī garlands, his mind delighted by the fragrance of the pārijāta blossoms.
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BvP 4 19.25
पुंस्कोकिलकलध्वानैर्भ्रमरध्वनिसंयुतैः ।। कुसुमेषु विकारेण पुलकाङ्कितविग्रहः
puṃskokilakaladhvānairbhramaradhvanisaṃyutaiḥ || kusumeṣu vikāreṇa pulakāṅkitavigrahaḥ
(His) body marked with thrilling hair (of rapture) at the transformation (wrought) among the flowers by the sweet notes of the male cuckoos joined with the humming of bees.
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BvP 4 19.26
प्रियाप्रदत्तताम्बूलं भुक्तवान्यः सदा मुदा ।। वेदा अशक्ता यं स्तोतुं जडीभूता विचक्षणाः
priyāpradattatāmbūlaṃ bhuktavānyaḥ sadā mudā || vedā aśaktā yaṃ stotuṃ jaḍībhūtā vicakṣaṇāḥ
He who has ever eaten with delight the betel given by his beloved; whom the Vedas are unable to praise, the wise ones having become dumb —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.27
तमनिर्वचनीयं च किं स्तौमि नागवल्लभा ।। वन्देऽहं त्वत्पदाम्भोजं ब्रह्मेशशेषसेवितम्
tamanirvacanīyaṃ ca kiṃ staumi nāgavallabhā || vande'haṃ tvatpadāmbhojaṃ brahmeśaśeṣasevitam
and how shall I, the beloved of the Nāga (king), praise him who is beyond utterance? I bow to your lotus-feet, served by Brahmā, Śiva and Śeṣa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.28
लक्ष्मीसरस्वतीदुर्गा जाह्नवी वेदमातृभिः ।। सेवितं सिद्धसंघैश्च मुनीन्द्रैर्मनुभिः सदा
lakṣmīsarasvatīdurgā jāhnavī vedamātṛbhiḥ || sevitaṃ siddhasaṃghaiśca munīndrairmanubhiḥ sadā
served always by Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Durgā, Jāhnavī and the mothers of the Vedas, and by hosts of Siddhas, by the best of sages and by the Manus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.29
निष्कारणायाखिलकारणाय सर्वेश्वरायापि परात्पराय ।। स्वयंप्रकाशाय परावराय परावराणामधिपाय ते नमः
niṣkāraṇāyākhilakāraṇāya sarveśvarāyāpi parātparāya || svayaṃprakāśāya parāvarāya parāvarāṇāmadhipāya te namaḥ
Homage to you, who are without a cause yet the cause of all, the lord of all, higher than the high, self-luminous, (both) higher and lower, the sovereign of (all) higher and lower beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.31
धर्मेश धर्मीश शुभाशुभेश वेदेश वेदेष्वनिरूपितश्च।। सर्वेश सर्वात्मक सर्वबन्धो जीवीश जीवेश्वर पाहि मत्प्रभुम्
dharmeśa dharmīśa śubhāśubheśa vedeśa vedeṣvanirūpitaśca|| sarveśa sarvātmaka sarvabandho jīvīśa jīveśvara pāhi matprabhum
O lord of dharma, lord of the righteous, lord of the auspicious and inauspicious, lord of the Vedas and (yet) not defined in the Vedas, lord of all, self of all, kinsman of all, lord of living beings, God of the living — protect my husband!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.32
इत्येवं स्तवनं कृत्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरा ।। विधृत्य चरणाम्भोजं तस्थौ नागेशवल्लभा
ityevaṃ stavanaṃ kṛtvā bhaktinamrātmakandharā || vidhṛtya caraṇāmbhojaṃ tasthau nāgeśavallabhā
Having thus made her praise, her neck and self bowed in devotion, the wife of the Nāga lord stood clasping his lotus-feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.33
नागपत्नीकृतं स्तोत्रं त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ।। सर्वपापात्प्रमुक्तस्तु यात्यन्ते श्रीहरेः पदम्
nāgapatnīkṛtaṃ stotraṃ trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || sarvapāpātpramuktastu yātyante śrīhareḥ padam
The man who recites at the three junctures of the day this hymn made by the Nāga's wife is freed from all sin and at the end goes to the abode of Śrī Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.34
इह लोके हरेर्भक्तिमन्ते दास्यं लभेद्ध्रुवम् ।। लभते पार्षदो भूत्वा सालोक्यादिचतुष्टयम्
iha loke harerbhaktimante dāsyaṃ labheddhruvam || labhate pārṣado bhūtvā sālokyādicatuṣṭayam
In this world he surely obtains devotion to Hari, and at the end servitude (to him); becoming a member of his retinue he obtains the four (states) beginning with dwelling in the same world (as the Lord).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.36
कथयस्व महाभाग रहस्यं परमाद्भुतम् ।। सूत उवाच ।। नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा भगवान्सर्वदर्शनः
kathayasva mahābhāga rahasyaṃ paramādbhutam || sūta uvāca || nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhagavānsarvadarśanaḥ
"Tell (it), greatly fortunate one — the supremely wonderful secret." Sūta said: Having heard Nārada's words, the Lord who sees all,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.37
उवाच परमात्मानं मधुवृन्दं पदेपदे ।। नारायण उवाच ।। नागपत्नीवचः श्रुत्वा श्रीकृष्णस्तमुवाच ह
uvāca paramātmānaṃ madhuvṛndaṃ padepade || nārāyaṇa uvāca || nāgapatnīvacaḥ śrutvā śrīkṛṣṇastamuvāca ha
spoke of the Supreme Self, sweetness abounding at every step. Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard the words of the Nāga's wife, Śrī Kṛṣṇa said to her,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.38
पुटाञ्जलियुतां पादे पतितां भयविह्वलाम् ।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ नागेशे वरं वृणु भयं त्यज
puṭāñjaliyutāṃ pāde patitāṃ bhayavihvalām || śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha nāgeśe varaṃ vṛṇu bhayaṃ tyaja
(to her) who, with hollowed palms joined, had fallen at his feet, overwhelmed with fear. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Rise, rise, O queen of the Nāgas; choose a boon, give up fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.39
नारद उवाच ।। नागपत्नीवचः श्रुत्वा भगवान्सर्वनन्दनः ।। प्रहृष्टोत्फुल्लनयनः किमुवाच हरिः स्वयम् गृहाण कान्तं हे मातर्मद्वरादजरामरम् ।। कालिन्दीह्रदमुत्सृज्य स्वकीयं भवनं व्रज
nārada uvāca || nāgapatnīvacaḥ śrutvā bhagavānsarvanandanaḥ || prahṛṣṭotphullanayanaḥ kimuvāca hariḥ svayam gṛhāṇa kāntaṃ he mātarmadvarādajarāmaram || kālindīhradamutsṛjya svakīyaṃ bhavanaṃ vraja
Nārada said: Having heard the words of the Nāga's wife, what did the Lord who gladdens all, Hari himself, with eyes wide open in delight, say? — "Take back your husband, O mother, free from old age and death by my boon; leaving the pool of the Kālindī, go to your own dwelling."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.41
त्वत्प्राणाधिक एवायं जामाता च न संशयः ।। मत्पादपद्मचिह्नेन गरुडस्त्वत्पतिं शुभे
tvatprāṇādhika evāyaṃ jāmātā ca na saṃśayaḥ || matpādapadmacihnena garuḍastvatpatiṃ śubhe
"This son-in-law of yours is indeed dearer to you than your own life, no doubt; by the mark of my lotus-foot, O fair one, Garuḍa (will know) your husband,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.42
कृत्वा च स्तवनं भक्त्या प्रणमिष्यति मत्पदम् ।। त्यज त्वं गरुडाद्भीतिं शीघ्रं रमणकं व्रज त्वत्पादाब्जे दृढां भक्तिं निश्चलां दातुमर्हसि ।। मन्मनस्त्वत्पदात्म्भोजे भ्रमतु भ्रमरो यथा
kṛtvā ca stavanaṃ bhaktyā praṇamiṣyati matpadam || tyaja tvaṃ garuḍādbhītiṃ śīghraṃ ramaṇakaṃ vraja tvatpādābje dṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ niścalāṃ dātumarhasi || manmanastvatpadātmbhoje bhramatu bhramaro yathā
and having praised (me) with devotion he will bow to my feet. Give up your fear of Garuḍa; go quickly to Ramaṇaka." — "You should grant (me) firm, unwavering devotion to your lotus-feet; let my mind hover at your lotus-feet as a bee (hovers)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.43
ह्रदान्निर्गच्छ वत्से त्वं वरं वृणु यथेप्सितम् ।। श्रीकृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणा
hradānnirgaccha vatse tvaṃ varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam || śrīkṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā prasannavadanekṣaṇā
"Come out from the pool, child; choose a boon as you wish." Having heard Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, she, her face and eyes made glad,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.44
उवाच साश्रुनेत्रा सा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरा ।। सुरसोवाच ।। वरं दास्यसि चेदानीं वरदेश्वर मेऽपि च
uvāca sāśrunetrā sā bhaktinamrātmakandharā || surasovāca || varaṃ dāsyasi cedānīṃ varadeśvara me'pi ca
spoke with tearful eyes, her neck and self bowed in devotion. Surasā said: If you will now give a boon to me too, O lord of boon-givers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.46
तव स्मृतर्विस्मृतिर्न कदाऽपि न भविष्यति ।। स्वकान्ते मम सौभाग्यं कान्तोऽयं ज्ञानिनां वरः
tava smṛtarvismṛtirna kadā'pi na bhaviṣyati || svakānte mama saubhāgyaṃ kānto'yaṃ jñānināṃ varaḥ
(then let it be that) forgetting of the remembrance of you shall never occur (to me); and (that) my good fortune (be) in my own husband — this husband, the best of the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.47
इत्येवं प्रार्थनीयं च परिपूर्णं कुरु प्रभो ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा सर्पस्त्री प्रतस्थौ पुरतो हरेः
ityevaṃ prārthanīyaṃ ca paripūrṇaṃ kuru prabho || ityevamuktvā sarpastrī pratasthau purato hareḥ
"Fulfil this my prayer completely, O Lord." Having spoken thus, the serpent's wife went forward before Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.48
शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यं ददर्श श्रीहरेर्मुखम्।। लोचनाभ्यां पपौ वक्त्रं निमेषरहितं सती
śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyaṃ dadarśa śrīharermukham|| locanābhyāṃ papau vaktraṃ nimeṣarahitaṃ satī
She saw the face of Śrī Hari, whose countenance was like the full moon of autumn; the chaste woman drank in his face with her two eyes, without blinking.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.49
सर्वाङ्गपुलकोद्भिन्ना सानंदाश्रुपरिप्लुता ।। सुन्दरं बालकं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्नेहं प्रकुर्वती।।
sarvāṅgapulakodbhinnā sānaṃdāśrupariplutā || sundaraṃ bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā putrasnehaṃ prakurvatī||
With the hair on all her limbs bristling up, bathed in tears of joy, seeing the beautiful boy she felt a mother's love (for him) as for a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.51
सर्पः करोतु संसारं कुरु मां निजकिङ्करीम् ।। न वाञ्छा मम हे कृष्ण सालोक्यादिचतुष्टये
sarpaḥ karotu saṃsāraṃ kuru māṃ nijakiṅkarīm || na vāñchā mama he kṛṣṇa sālokyādicatuṣṭaye
"Let the serpent carry on with worldly life; make me your own servant. I have no desire, O Kṛṣṇa, for the set of four (liberations) beginning with sālokya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.52
त्वत्पदाम्भोजसेवायाः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ।। विना त्वत्पादसेवां च यो वाञ्छति वरान्तरम्
tvatpadāmbhojasevāyāḥ kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm || vinā tvatpādasevāṃ ca yo vāñchati varāntaram
They are not worth a sixteenth part of the service of your lotus feet. And whoever, apart from service to your feet, desires some other boon—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.53
भारते दुर्लभं जन्म लब्ध्वाऽसौ वञ्चितः स्वयम्।। नागपत्न्या वचः श्रुत्वा स्मेराननसरोरुहः
bhārate durlabhaṃ janma labdhvā'sau vañcitaḥ svayam|| nāgapatnyā vacaḥ śrutvā smerānanasaroruhaḥ
—he, having obtained a birth in Bhārata which is hard to get, has himself been cheated." Hearing the words of the Nāga's wife, he whose lotus face was smiling,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.54
प्रसन्नमानसः श्रीमानोमित्येवमुवाच ह ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे दिव्यः सद्रत्नसारनिर्मितः
prasannamānasaḥ śrīmānomityevamuvāca ha || etasminnaṃtare divyaḥ sadratnasāranirmitaḥ
with a well-pleased mind, the glorious one, said "Om" (i.e., "so be it"). At that moment a divine (chariot), fashioned of the essence of excellent jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.55
आजगाम रथस्तूर्णमुद्दीप्तस्तेजसा मुने ।। पार्षदप्रवरैर्युक्तो वस्त्रमालापरिच्छदः ब्रह्महत्यासमं पापं भविता तस्य निश्चितम् ।। मत्पादपद्मचिह्ने यः करोति दण्डताडनम्
ājagāma rathastūrṇamuddīptastejasā mune || pārṣadapravarairyukto vastramālāparicchadaḥ brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ bhavitā tasya niścitam || matpādapadmacihne yaḥ karoti daṇḍatāḍanam
a chariot came swiftly, blazing with splendour, O sage, accompanied by the foremost attendants, furnished with garments and garlands. "Sin equal to the killing of a brahmin will certainly be his, who strikes with a rod (the head) marked with the print of my lotus feet."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.56
शतचक्रो वायुवेगो मनोयायी मनोहरः ।। अवरुह्य रथात्तूर्णं श्यामलाः श्याम किङ्कराः
śatacakro vāyuvego manoyāyī manoharaḥ || avaruhya rathāttūrṇaṃ śyāmalāḥ śyāma kiṅkarāḥ
(It had) a hundred wheels, the speed of the wind, travelled at will, and was captivating; descending swiftly from the chariot, the dark-hued attendants of the dark one (came down).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.58
स च किंचिन्न बुबुधे मोहितो विष्णुमायया।। अवरुह्य सर्पमूर्ध्नः श्रीकृष्णः करुणानिधिः
sa ca kiṃcinna bubudhe mohito viṣṇumāyayā|| avaruhya sarpamūrdhnaḥ śrīkṛṣṇaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ
And he understood nothing at all, deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā; descending from the serpent's head, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the treasury of compassion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.59
ददौ हस्तं च कृपया शीघ्रं कालियमस्तके ।। संप्राप्य चेतनां सद्यो ददर्श पुरतो हरिम्
dadau hastaṃ ca kṛpayā śīghraṃ kāliyamastake || saṃprāpya cetanāṃ sadyo dadarśa purato harim
out of compassion quickly laid his hand on Kāliya's head; regaining consciousness at once, he saw Hari before him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.61
भक्त्युद्रेकात्साश्रुनेत्रां पुलकाङ्कितविग्रहाम् ।। तूष्णींभूतां च तां दृष्ट्वा समुवाच कृपानिधिः ।। यदीश्वरस्य सततं योग्यायोग्ये समा कृपा
bhaktyudrekātsāśrunetrāṃ pulakāṅkitavigrahām || tūṣṇīṃbhūtāṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā samuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ || yadīśvarasya satataṃ yogyāyogye samā kṛpā
Seeing her—her eyes tearful from the surge of devotion, her body marked with bristling hair, and fallen silent—the treasury of compassion spoke: since the Lord's grace is always equal toward the worthy and the unworthy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.62
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। वरं वृणु त्वं कालीय यस्ते मनसि वर्तते
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || varaṃ vṛṇu tvaṃ kālīya yaste manasi vartate
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Choose a boon, Kālīya, whatever is in your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.63
त्वं मे प्राणाधिको वत्स सुखं तिष्ठ भयं त्यज ।। तस्याहमनुगृह्णाणि योऽतिभक्तो ममांशजः
tvaṃ me prāṇādhiko vatsa sukhaṃ tiṣṭha bhayaṃ tyaja || tasyāhamanugṛhṇāṇi yo'tibhakto mamāṃśajaḥ
You are dearer to me than life, child; abide in happiness, give up fear. I show favour to him who is greatly devoted (and) born of a portion of me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.64
किंचित्तद्दमनं कृत्वा त्वत्प्रसादं करोम्यहम् ।। त्वद्वंशजातान्सर्पांश्च हन्ति यो मानवाधमः
kiṃcittaddamanaṃ kṛtvā tvatprasādaṃ karomyaham || tvadvaṃśajātānsarpāṃśca hanti yo mānavādhamaḥ
Having done that chastising a little, I grant you my grace. And whatever lowest of men kills the serpents born in your lineage—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.66
द्विगुणं ब्रह्महत्याया भविता तस्य किल्बिषम्।। लक्ष्मीर्यास्यति तद्गेहाच्छापं दत्त्वा सुदारुणम्
dviguṇaṃ brahmahatyāyā bhavitā tasya kilbiṣam|| lakṣmīryāsyati tadgehācchāpaṃ dattvā sudāruṇam
—his sin will be twice that of killing a brahmin; Lakṣmī will depart from his house, leaving a most terrible curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.67
वंशायुर्यशसा हानिर्भविता तस्य निश्चितम् ।। ध्रुवं वर्षशतं कालसूत्रे यास्यति मद्गिरा
vaṃśāyuryaśasā hānirbhavitā tasya niścitam || dhruvaṃ varṣaśataṃ kālasūtre yāsyati madgirā
Loss of lineage, lifespan and fame will certainly be his; assuredly, by my word, he will go to Kālasūtra for a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.68
त्वत्प्रमाणाः कीटसंघा दंशिष्यन्ति च संततम् ।। भोगान्ते जन्म लब्ध्वा च तन्मृत्युस्तस्य दंशनात्
tvatpramāṇāḥ kīṭasaṃghā daṃśiṣyanti ca saṃtatam || bhogānte janma labdhvā ca tanmṛtyustasya daṃśanāt
Swarms of worms of your size will bite (him) continually; and at the end of that suffering, obtaining birth (again), his death will come from their bite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.69
तस्य वंशोद्भवानां च त्वद्वंशाद्भविता भयम् ।। ये च त्वद्वंशजान्दृष्ट्वा सुपदाङ्कं मदीयकम्
tasya vaṃśodbhavānāṃ ca tvadvaṃśādbhavitā bhayam || ye ca tvadvaṃśajāndṛṣṭvā supadāṅkaṃ madīyakam
And for those born in his lineage there will be fear from your lineage. And those who, seeing serpents born of your line (bearing) that fair footprint of mine—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.71
मत्पदाङ्कं मूर्ध्नि दृष्ट्वा त्वां भक्त्या प्रणमिष्यति ।। तव त्वद्वंशजानां च गरुडान्न भयं क्वचित्
matpadāṅkaṃ mūrdhni dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ bhaktyā praṇamiṣyati || tava tvadvaṃśajānāṃ ca garuḍānna bhayaṃ kvacit
—seeing the mark of my foot on the head, will bow to you with devotion: for you and for those born in your lineage there will never be any fear from Garuḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.72
सर्वेषां ज्ञातिसर्पाणां वरोऽद्य भव मद्वरात् ।। वरं किं परमं वत्स वाञ्छितं वरयाधुना
sarveṣāṃ jñātisarpāṇāṃ varo'dya bhava madvarāt || varaṃ kiṃ paramaṃ vatsa vāñchitaṃ varayādhunā
By my boon, be today the best of all your kinsmen serpents. What supreme boon do you wish, child? Choose it now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.73
भयं त्यक्त्वा कथय मां त्वदीयं दुःखभञ्जनम् ।। श्रीकृष्णवचनं श्रुत्वा कालियः कम्पितो भिया ।। पुटाञ्जलियुतो भूत्वा तमुवाच भुजङ्गमः
bhayaṃ tyaktvā kathaya māṃ tvadīyaṃ duḥkhabhañjanam || śrīkṛṣṇavacanaṃ śrutvā kāliyaḥ kampito bhiyā || puṭāñjaliyuto bhūtvā tamuvāca bhujaṅgamaḥ
Abandoning fear, tell me your sorrow-breaker (i.e., what will end your grief). Hearing Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, Kāliya, trembling with fear, folded his palms together and, becoming (composed), the serpent spoke to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.74
कालिय उवाच ।। वरेऽन्यस्मिन्मम विभो वाञ्छा नास्ति वरप्रद ।।
kāliya uvāca || vare'nyasminmama vibho vāñchā nāsti varaprada ||
Kāliya said: In no other boon, O Lord, is there any desire of mine, O giver of boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.75
भक्तिं स्मृतिं त्वत्पदाब्जे देहि जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। जन्म ब्रह्मकुले वाऽपि तिर्यग्योनिषु वा समम्
bhaktiṃ smṛtiṃ tvatpadābje dehi janmani janmani || janma brahmakule vā'pi tiryagyoniṣu vā samam
Grant (me) devotion and remembrance at your lotus feet in birth after birth; birth in a brahmin family or among animal wombs is the same (to me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.76
तद्भवेत्सफलं यत्र स्मृतिस्त्वच्चरणाम्बुजे ।। तन्निष्फलः स्वर्गवासो नास्ति चेत्त्वत्पदस्मृतिः
tadbhavetsaphalaṃ yatra smṛtistvaccaraṇāmbuje || tanniṣphalaḥ svargavāso nāsti cettvatpadasmṛtiḥ
That (birth) becomes fruitful in which there is remembrance of your lotus feet; fruitless is dwelling in heaven if there is no remembrance of your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.77
त्वत्पादध्यानयुक्तस्य यत्तत्स्थानं च तत्परम् ।। क्षणं वा कोटिकल्पं वा पुरुषायुः क्षयोऽस्तु वा
tvatpādadhyānayuktasya yattatsthānaṃ ca tatparam || kṣaṇaṃ vā koṭikalpaṃ vā puruṣāyuḥ kṣayo'stu vā
Whatever place belongs to one joined to meditation on your feet, that is supreme. Whether a moment, or ten million kalpas, or the span of a man's life — let it pass away,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.78
यदि त्वत्सेवया याति सफलो निष्कलोऽथवा ।। तेषां चायुर्व्ययो नास्ति ये त्वत्पादाब्जसेवकाः
yadi tvatsevayā yāti saphalo niṣkalo'thavā || teṣāṃ cāyurvyayo nāsti ye tvatpādābjasevakāḥ
if it passes in service to you, it is fruitful, otherwise fruitless. And for those who are servants of your lotus feet there is no wasting of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.79
न सन्ति जन्ममरणरोगशोकार्तिभीतयः ।। इन्द्रत्वे वाऽमरत्वे वा ब्रह्मत्वे चातिदुर्लभे
na santi janmamaraṇarogaśokārtibhītayaḥ || indratve vā'maratve vā brahmatve cātidurlabhe
They have no birth, death, disease, grief, pain or fears. In the rank of Indra, or immortality, or the very hard-to-obtain rank of Brahmā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.81
पश्यन्ति भक्ताः किं चान्यत्सालोक्यादिचतुष्टयम् ।। संप्राप्तस्त्वन्मनुर्ब्रह्मन्ननंताद्यावदेव हि
paśyanti bhaktāḥ kiṃ cānyatsālokyādicatuṣṭayam || saṃprāptastvanmanurbrahmannanaṃtādyāvadeva hi
and in the fourfold (liberation) beginning with sālokya — what else do the devotees see (in these)? Your mantra was obtained (by me), O Brahman, from Ananta, from as long ago as ever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.82
तावत्त्वद्भावनेनैव त्वद्वर्णोऽहमनुग्रहात् ।। मां च भक्तमपक्वं वा विज्ञाय गरुडः स्वयम् ।।
tāvattvadbhāvanenaiva tvadvarṇo'hamanugrahāt || māṃ ca bhaktamapakvaṃ vā vijñāya garuḍaḥ svayam ||
So long, merely by meditating on you, I have become of your color by (your) grace. And Garuḍa himself, knowing me to be a devotee, though unripe,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.83
देशाद् दूरं च न्यक्कारं चकार दृढभक्तिमान् ।। भवता च दृढां भक्तिं दत्त्वा मे वरदेश्वर
deśād dūraṃ ca nyakkāraṃ cakāra dṛḍhabhaktimān || bhavatā ca dṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ dattvā me varadeśvara
drove (me) far from (my) country and humiliated (me), he being firm in devotion. And you, O lord of boon-givers, having given me firm devotion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.84
स च उक्तश्च भक्तोऽहं न मां त्यक्तुं क्षमोऽधुना ।। त्वत्पादपद्मचिह्नाक्तं दृष्ट्वा श्रीमस्तकं मम
sa ca uktaśca bhakto'haṃ na māṃ tyaktuṃ kṣamo'dhunā || tvatpādapadmacihnāktaṃ dṛṣṭvā śrīmastakaṃ mama
and he too was told: "I am a devotee; he is now unable to abandon me." Seeing my glorious head marked with the sign of your lotus foot,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.85
सदोषं गुणयुक्तं मां सोऽधुना त्यक्तुमक्षमः ।। ममाराध्याश्च नागेंद्रा न तद्वध्योऽहमीश्वर
sadoṣaṃ guṇayuktaṃ māṃ so'dhunā tyaktumakṣamaḥ || mamārādhyāśca nāgeṃdrā na tadvadhyo'hamīśvara
he is now unable to abandon me, faulty though I am, yet endowed with (that) merit. And the lords of serpents are to be worshipped by me; I am not to be slain by him, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.86
भयं न केभ्यः सर्वत्र तमनंतं गुरुं विना ।। यं देवेन्द्राश्च देवाश्च मुनयो मनवो नराः
bhayaṃ na kebhyaḥ sarvatra tamanaṃtaṃ guruṃ vinā || yaṃ devendrāśca devāśca munayo manavo narāḥ
There is nowhere fear from anyone, except from that Ananta, (my) guru — whom the Indras of gods, the gods, the sages, the Manus and men
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.87
स्वप्ने ध्यानेन पश्यंति चक्षुषोर्गोचरः स मे ।। भक्तानुरोधात्साकारः कुतस्ते विग्रहो विभो
svapne dhyānena paśyaṃti cakṣuṣorgocaraḥ sa me || bhaktānurodhātsākāraḥ kutaste vigraho vibho
see in dream by meditation; he is (now) within range of my two eyes. In compliance with (your) devotees you are with form — whence is your body, O Lord?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.88
सगुणत्वं च साकारो निराकारश्च निर्गुणः ।। स्वेच्छामयः सर्वधाम सर्वबीजं सनातनम्
saguṇatvaṃ ca sākāro nirākāraśca nirguṇaḥ || svecchāmayaḥ sarvadhāma sarvabījaṃ sanātanam
Possessed of qualities and with form, and also formless and without qualities, consisting of your own will, the abode of all, the eternal seed of all,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.89
सर्वेषामीश्वरः साक्षी सर्वात्मा सर्वरूपधृक् ।। ब्रह्मेशशेषधर्मेन्द्रा वेदवेदांगपारगाः
sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ sākṣī sarvātmā sarvarūpadhṛk || brahmeśaśeṣadharmendrā vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ
the lord of all, the witness, the self of all, bearer of all forms — Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa, Dharma and Indra, who have mastered the Vedas and their auxiliaries (do not know you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.91
खलस्वभावादज्ञानात्कृष्ण त्वं चर्वितो मया ।। नास्त्रलक्ष्यो यथाकाशो न दृश्यांतो न लंघ्यकः
khalasvabhāvādajñānātkṛṣṇa tvaṃ carvito mayā || nāstralakṣyo yathākāśo na dṛśyāṃto na laṃghyakaḥ
Out of my wicked nature, out of ignorance, O Kṛṣṇa, you were chewed by me. You are no target for weapons, like the sky; you have no visible end, you cannot be overstepped,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.92
न स्पृश्यो हि न चावर्यस्तथा तेजस्त्वमेव च ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा नागेन्द्रः पपात चरणाम्बुजे
na spṛśyo hi na cāvaryastathā tejastvameva ca || ityevamuktvā nāgendraḥ papāta caraṇāmbuje
indeed you cannot be touched nor obstructed, and so you are radiance itself. Having spoken thus, the lord of serpents fell at (his) lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.93
ओमित्युक्त्वा हरिस्तुष्टः सर्वं तस्मै वरं ददौ ।। नागराजकृतं स्तोत्रं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत्
omityuktvā haristuṣṭaḥ sarvaṃ tasmai varaṃ dadau || nāgarājakṛtaṃ stotraṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet
Saying "Om," Hari, pleased, gave him every boon: whoever, rising at dawn, recites the hymn made by the serpent king —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.94
तद्वंश्यानां च तस्यैव नागेभ्यो न भयं भवेत् ।। स नागशय्यां कृत्वैव स्वप्तुं शक्तः सदा भुवि
tadvaṃśyānāṃ ca tasyaiva nāgebhyo na bhayaṃ bhavet || sa nāgaśayyāṃ kṛtvaiva svaptuṃ śaktaḥ sadā bhuvi
And for his descendants too there will be no fear from serpents. Having made a bed of serpents, he is always able to sleep upon it on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.96
स्तोत्रस्मरणमात्रेण सुस्थो भवति मानवः ।। भूर्जे कृत्वा स्तोत्रमिदं कण्ठे वा दक्षिणे करे
stotrasmaraṇamātreṇa sustho bhavati mānavaḥ || bhūrje kṛtvā stotramidaṃ kaṇṭhe vā dakṣiṇe kare
Merely by remembering this hymn a man becomes well. Having written this hymn on birch-bark (and worn it) on the neck or on the right arm—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.97
प्रणम्य कृष्णं तां नीत्वा जग्मुर्गोलोकमुत्तमम् ।। हरिश्छायां विनिर्माय ददौ सर्पाय तेजसा बिभर्ति यो भक्तियुक्तो नागेभ्योऽपि न तद्भयम् ।। यत्र गेहे स्तोत्रमिदं नागस्तत्र न तिष्ठति
praṇamya kṛṣṇaṃ tāṃ nītvā jagmurgolokamuttamam || hariśchāyāṃ vinirmāya dadau sarpāya tejasā bibharti yo bhaktiyukto nāgebhyo'pi na tadbhayam || yatra gehe stotramidaṃ nāgastatra na tiṣṭhati
Having bowed to Kṛṣṇa, taking her they went to the highest Goloka. And Hari, having fashioned a reflection (of himself), gave (it) to the serpent by his power. Whoever, full of devotion, wears (it), for him there is no fear even from serpents; in whatever house this hymn is, there a serpent does not stay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.98
विषाग्निवज्रभीतिश्च न भवेत्तत्र निश्चितम् ।। इह लोके हरेर्भक्तिं स्मृतिं च सततं लभेत् ।। अन्ते च स्वकुलं पूत्वा दास्यं च लभते ध्रुवम्
viṣāgnivajrabhītiśca na bhavettatra niścitam || iha loke harerbhaktiṃ smṛtiṃ ca satataṃ labhet || ante ca svakulaṃ pūtvā dāsyaṃ ca labhate dhruvam
And there, assuredly, there will be no fear of poison, fire, or the thunderbolt. In this world he obtains devotion to Hari and constant remembrance (of him); and at the end, having purified his own family, he surely obtains servitude (to the Lord).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.99
विषपीयूषयोर्भेदो नास्त्येव तस्य भक्षणे ।। नागग्रस्ते नागघाते प्राणान्ते विषभोजनात् श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। नागेन्द्राय वरं दत्त्वा पुनस्तं जगदीश्वरः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं परिणामसुखावहम्
viṣapīyūṣayorbhedo nāstyeva tasya bhakṣaṇe || nāgagraste nāgaghāte prāṇānte viṣabhojanāt śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || nāgendrāya varaṃ dattvā punastaṃ jagadīśvaraḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
For him there is no difference at all between poison and nectar in the eating (of them)—when seized by a serpent, when struck by a serpent, at the end of life from eating poison. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having granted the boon to the lord of serpents, the Lord of the world again spoke to him a sweet speech, bringing happiness in its outcome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.101
सार्द्धं स्वगोष्ठ्या नागेन्द्र यमुनाजलवर्त्मना।। श्रुत्वा नागो हरेराज्ञां रुरोद प्रेमविह्वलः
sārddhaṃ svagoṣṭhyā nāgendra yamunājalavartmanā|| śrutvā nāgo harerājñāṃ ruroda premavihvalaḥ
"(Go), O lord of serpents, together with your own company, by the way of the Yamunā's waters." Hearing Hari's command, the serpent wept, overwhelmed with love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.102
कदा द्रक्ष्यामि त्वत्पादपद्मं नाथेत्युवाच ह ।। प्रणम्य शतकृत्वश्च स्त्रिया गोष्ठ्या सहेश्वरम्
kadā drakṣyāmi tvatpādapadmaṃ nāthetyuvāca ha || praṇamya śatakṛtvaśca striyā goṣṭhyā saheśvaram
"When shall I see your lotus feet, O Lord?" he said. And having bowed a hundred times to the Lord together with his wife and his company,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.103
जगाम जलमार्गेण नागेन्द्रो विरहातुरः ।। यमुना ह्रदतोयं च बभूवामृतकल्पकम्
jagāma jalamārgeṇa nāgendro virahāturaḥ || yamunā hradatoyaṃ ca babhūvāmṛtakalpakam
the lord of serpents, afflicted by separation, went by the water-route. And the water of the Yamunā's pool became like nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.104
प्रसन्ना जन्तवः सर्वे बभूवुस्तेन नारद ।। गत्वा ददर्श भवनं यथेन्द्रनगरं परम्
prasannā jantavaḥ sarve babhūvustena nārada || gatvā dadarśa bhavanaṃ yathendranagaraṃ param
By that, all creatures became pleased, O Nārada. Having gone, he saw a dwelling supreme, like the city of Indra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.105
आज्ञया च कृपासिन्धोर्निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा ।। तत्र तस्थौ च नागेन्द्रः स्त्रिया पुत्रगणैः सह
ājñayā ca kṛpāsindhornirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā || tatra tasthau ca nāgendraḥ striyā putragaṇaiḥ saha
built by Viśvakarman at the command of the ocean of compassion. There the lord of serpents dwelt together with his wife and his throng of sons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.106
निःशङ्को हर्षयुक्तश्च हरिभावन तत्परः ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं हरेश्चरितमद्भुतम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं परं किं श्रोतुमिच्छसि
niḥśaṅko harṣayuktaśca haribhāvana tatparaḥ || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ hareścaritamadbhutam || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ paraṃ kiṃ śrotumicchasi
free of fear, filled with joy, and intent on meditation on Hari. Thus has all the wondrous deed of Hari been told, giving happiness, giving liberation, the essence—what more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.107
सूत उवाच ।। महर्षेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदो हर्षविह्वलः ।। ऋषिं पप्रच्छ संदेहं सर्वसंदेहभञ्जनम्
sūta uvāca || maharṣervacanaṃ śrutvā nārado harṣavihvalaḥ || ṛṣiṃ papraccha saṃdehaṃ sarvasaṃdehabhañjanam
Sūta said: Having heard the great sage's words, Nārada, overwhelmed with joy, asked the sage—the destroyer of all doubts—his doubt.
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BvP 4 19.108
नारद उवाच ।। कथं विहाय कालीयः स्वपूर्वभवनं परम् ।। जगाम यमुनातीरं तन्मे ब्रूहि जगद्गुरो
nārada uvāca || kathaṃ vihāya kālīyaḥ svapūrvabhavanaṃ param || jagāma yamunātīraṃ tanme brūhi jagadguro
Nārada said: How did Kālīya abandon his own former excellent dwelling and go to the bank of the Yamunā? Tell me that, O teacher of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.109
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। शृणु नारद वक्ष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || śṛṇu nārada vakṣye'hamitihāsaṃ purātanam
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Listen, Nārada, I shall tell an ancient tale.
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BvP 4 19.111
पप्रच्छ धर्मं पुलहः कथितं मुनिसंसदि ।। इदमाख्यानमाश्चर्यमुवाच तं कृपानिधिः
papraccha dharmaṃ pulahaḥ kathitaṃ munisaṃsadi || idamākhyānamāścaryamuvāca taṃ kṛpānidhiḥ
Pulaha asked Dharma (about it), and it was told in the assembly of sages; the treasury of compassion told him this wonderful story.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.112
तत्र श्रुतं मया विप्र निबोध कथयामि ते ।। शेषाज्ञया नागगणा प्रतिसंवत्सरं भिया
tatra śrutaṃ mayā vipra nibodha kathayāmi te || śeṣājñayā nāgagaṇā pratisaṃvatsaraṃ bhiyā
There it was heard by me, O brāhmaṇa; listen, I shall tell it to you. By Śeṣa's command the hosts of serpents, out of fear, every year
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BvP 4 19.113
कार्तिकीपूर्णिमायां तु कुर्वन्ति गरुडार्चनम् ।। पुष्पैर्धूपैश्च दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैर्बलिभिर्मुदा
kārtikīpūrṇimāyāṃ tu kurvanti garuḍārcanam || puṣpairdhūpaiśca dīpaiśca naivedyairbalibhirmudā
perform the worship of Garuḍa on the full-moon of Kārttika, with flowers, incense, lamps, food-offerings and oblations, joyfully,
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BvP 4 19.114
पुष्करे च महातीर्थे सुस्नाता भक्तिसंयुताः ।। तस्य पूजां च कालीयो न चकारात्यहंकृतः
puṣkare ca mahātīrthe susnātā bhaktisaṃyutāḥ || tasya pūjāṃ ca kālīyo na cakārātyahaṃkṛtaḥ
well bathed at the great holy place Puṣkara, filled with devotion. But Kālīya, being exceedingly arrogant, did not perform his worship;
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BvP 4 19.115
नागपूजोपकरणं बलाद्भक्षितुमुद्यतः ।। चक्रुर्निवारणं नागा नीतिमूचुर्मदोद्धतम्
nāgapūjopakaraṇaṃ balādbhakṣitumudyataḥ || cakrurnivāraṇaṃ nāgā nītimūcurmadoddhatam
he set out to devour by force the materials of the serpents' worship. The serpents made a prevention (of it) and spoke words of propriety to the one puffed up with pride.
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BvP 4 19.116
न शक्ता वारणे ते चेत्याविर्भूतः खगेश्वरः ।। दृष्ट्वा खगेश्वरं नागाः कालीयप्राणरक्षया
na śaktā vāraṇe te cetyāvirbhūtaḥ khageśvaraḥ || dṛṣṭvā khageśvaraṃ nāgāḥ kālīyaprāṇarakṣayā
And when they were not able to restrain (him), the lord of birds appeared. Seeing the lord of birds, the serpents, to protect Kālīya's life,
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BvP 4 19.117
प्राणशक्त्या च युयुधुर्यावत्सूर्योदयं मुने ।। पक्षीन्द्रतेजसा सर्वे समुद्विग्नाः पलायिताः
prāṇaśaktyā ca yuyudhuryāvatsūryodayaṃ mune || pakṣīndratejasā sarve samudvignāḥ palāyitāḥ
And they fought with all their vital strength until sunrise, O sage; but by the splendour of the lord of birds all of them, terrified, fled.
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BvP 4 19.118
अनन्तं शरणं जग्मुः सर्वेषामभयप्रदम् ।। पलायनपरान्दृष्ट्वा नागांश्च करुणानिधिः
anantaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ sarveṣāmabhayapradam || palāyanaparāndṛṣṭvā nāgāṃśca karuṇānidhiḥ
They went for refuge to Ananta, who grants safety to all; and (Ananta,) the treasury of compassion, seeing the serpents intent on flight—
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BvP 4 19.119
तत्र तस्थौ च निःशङ्कः कालीयस्तं ददर्श ह ।। स्मृत्वा हरिपदाम्भोजं कालीयो युयुधे मुने
tatra tasthau ca niḥśaṅkaḥ kālīyastaṃ dadarśa ha || smṛtvā haripadāmbhojaṃ kālīyo yuyudhe mune
And there (Kālīya) stood without fear, and Kālīya indeed saw him; remembering the lotus feet of Hari, Kālīya fought, O sage.
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BvP 4 19.121
भिया पलायनं कृत्वा जगाम यमुना ह्रदम् ।। न तं सौभरिशापेन खगेन्द्रो गन्तुमीश्वरः ।। तत्र तस्थौ भिया नागो जग्मुः पश्चाच्च तद्गणाः
bhiyā palāyanaṃ kṛtvā jagāma yamunā hradam || na taṃ saubhariśāpena khagendro gantumīśvaraḥ || tatra tasthau bhiyā nāgo jagmuḥ paścācca tadgaṇāḥ
Out of fear he took flight and went to the pool of the Yamunā; because of Saubhari's curse the lord of birds was not able to go there. There the serpent stood, out of fear, and afterwards his retinue came too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.122
नारद उवाच ।। कथं तु सौभरेः शापो बभूव गरुडाय वै ।। कथं न शक्तो गन्तुं तं ह्रदमीश्वरवाहनः
nārada uvāca || kathaṃ tu saubhareḥ śāpo babhūva garuḍāya vai || kathaṃ na śakto gantuṃ taṃ hradamīśvaravāhanaḥ
Nārada said: But how did Saubhari's curse come upon Garuḍa? How was the vehicle of the Lord unable to go to that pool?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.123
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च वर्षाणां तत्र सौभरिः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca varṣāṇāṃ tatra saubhariḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: For a thousand divine years, Saubhari there—
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BvP 4 19.124
तपस्तप्त्वा महासिद्धो दध्यौ कृष्णपदाम्बुजम् ।। समीपे ध्यायमानस्य कूले च यमुना जले
tapastaptvā mahāsiddho dadhyau kṛṣṇapadāmbujam || samīpe dhyāyamānasya kūle ca yamunā jale
—having performed austerity, the greatly accomplished one meditated on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet; and near him as he meditated, on the bank and in the water of the Yamunā,
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BvP 4 19.125
गणेन सार्धं निःशंकः करोति भ्रमणं मुदा ।। पुच्छमुत्फाल्य बहुधा परितः परमेच्छया
gaṇena sārdhaṃ niḥśaṃkaḥ karoti bhramaṇaṃ mudā || pucchamutphālya bahudhā paritaḥ paramecchayā
together with his flock, fearlessly and joyfully (the lord of birds) roamed about, flapping his tail this way and that all around, entirely as he pleased,
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BvP 4 19.126
मुनिं प्रदक्षिणी कृत्य यात्यायाति मुदाऽन्वितः ।। सकुलं सुमहात्मानं दर्शंदर्शं खगाधिपः
muniṃ pradakṣiṇī kṛtya yātyāyāti mudā'nvitaḥ || sakulaṃ sumahātmānaṃ darśaṃdarśaṃ khagādhipaḥ
and, circling the sage to the right, the lord of birds went and came again, filled with delight, gazing again and again with his brood upon that great soul.
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BvP 4 19.127
जग्राह चञ्चुना मीनं मुनीन्द्रस्य समीपतः ।। गच्छन्तं तं मीनमुखं ददर्श कोपचक्षुषा
jagrāha cañcunā mīnaṃ munīndrasya samīpataḥ || gacchantaṃ taṃ mīnamukhaṃ dadarśa kopacakṣuṣā
With his beak he seized a fish close by the best of sages; and (the sage) saw with angry eyes that fish, held in the beak, as it was being carried off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.128
प्रकोपितो मुनेर्दृष्ट्या मीनस्तोये पपात ह ।। तमुवाच मुनीन्द्रश्च पुनरादातुमुद्यतम् ।। मीनश्च गरुडत्रासात्तस्थौ मुनिसमीपतः
prakopito munerdṛṣṭyā mīnastoye papāta ha || tamuvāca munīndraśca punarādātumudyatam || mīnaśca garuḍatrāsāttasthau munisamīpataḥ
Enraged by the sage's gaze, the fish fell into the water; and the lord of sages spoke to (the bird) as he made ready to take it again; and the fish, out of terror of Garuḍa, stayed close to the sage.
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BvP 4 19.129
सौभरिरुवाच ।। गच्छ दूरं गच्छ दूरं खगेन्द्र मत्समीपतः
saubhariruvāca || gaccha dūraṃ gaccha dūraṃ khagendra matsamīpataḥ
Saubhari said: Go far away, go far away from my presence, O lord of birds!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.131
त्वद्विधान्कोटिशः कृष्णः स्रष्टुं शक्तश्च वाहकान् ।। करोमि भस्मसात्तूर्णं त्वां च भ्रूभङ्गलीलया
tvadvidhānkoṭiśaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sraṣṭuṃ śaktaśca vāhakān || karomi bhasmasāttūrṇaṃ tvāṃ ca bhrūbhaṅgalīlayā
Kṛṣṇa is able to create carriers like you by the crore; and I could reduce you to ashes at once by the mere play of a knitting of my brows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.132
वाहनं च त्वमीशस्य न वयं तव किंकराः ।। अद्य प्रभृति पक्षीन्द्र यद्यागच्छसि मे ह्रदम्
vāhanaṃ ca tvamīśasya na vayaṃ tava kiṃkarāḥ || adya prabhṛti pakṣīndra yadyāgacchasi me hradam
You are the Lord's vehicle, but we are not your servants. From today on, O lord of birds, if you come to my pool,
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BvP 4 19.133
मदीयशापात्तूर्णं च भस्मसाद्भविता ध्रुवम् ।। मुनीन्द्रस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रचचाल खगेश्वरः
madīyaśāpāttūrṇaṃ ca bhasmasādbhavitā dhruvam || munīndrasya vacaḥ śrutvā pracacāla khageśvaraḥ
by my curse you will surely at once be reduced to ashes. Hearing the words of the best of sages, the lord of birds trembled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.134
स्मारंस्मारं कृष्णपादं तं प्रणम्य जगाम ह ।। अद्यप्रभृति विप्रेन्द्र पतगेन्द्रस्य संततम्
smāraṃsmāraṃ kṛṣṇapādaṃ taṃ praṇamya jagāma ha || adyaprabhṛti viprendra patagendrasya saṃtatam
Remembering again and again Kṛṣṇa's feet, he bowed to him and went away. From that day on, O best of brahmins, the lord of birds constantly—
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BvP 4 19.135
ह्रदस्य श्रुतिमात्रेण कम्पो भवति निश्चितम् ।। इतिहासश्च कथितो यः श्रुतो धर्मवक्त्रतः
hradasya śrutimātreṇa kampo bhavati niścitam || itihāsaśca kathito yaḥ śruto dharmavaktrataḥ
—at the mere mention of that pool, is certainly seized with trembling. And the old tale that was heard from the mouth of Dharma has been told.
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BvP 4 19.136
सरहस्यं श्रुतिसुखं प्रकृतं शृणु मङ्गलम् ।। विज्ञाय सुचिरं बाला नोत्तस्थौ तज्जलाद्धरिः
sarahasyaṃ śrutisukhaṃ prakṛtaṃ śṛṇu maṅgalam || vijñāya suciraṃ bālā nottasthau tajjalāddhariḥ
Hear now the auspicious main narrative, with its secret, pleasing to the ear: when the boys realised that Hari had not risen from that water for a long time,
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BvP 4 19.137
चक्रुर्विषादं मोहाच्च रुरुदुर्यमुनातटे ।। स्ववक्षोघातनं चक्रुः केचिद्बालाः शुचाऽऽकुलाः
cakrurviṣādaṃ mohācca ruruduryamunātaṭe || svavakṣoghātanaṃ cakruḥ kecidbālāḥ śucā''kulāḥ
they gave way to despair, and in their bewilderment they wept on the bank of the Yamunā; some of the boys, overwhelmed with grief, beat their own breasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.138
केचिन्निपत्य भूमौ च मूर्च्छां प्रापुहरिं विना ।। ह्रदं प्रवेष्टुं केचिच्च विरहेण समन्विताः
kecinnipatya bhūmau ca mūrcchāṃ prāpuhariṃ vinā || hradaṃ praveṣṭuṃ kecicca viraheṇa samanvitāḥ
Some, falling to the ground, fainted, being without Hari; and some, filled with the pain of separation, (made ready) to enter the pool.
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BvP 4 19.139
केचिद्गोपालबालाश्च चक्रुश्च तन्निवारणम् ।। कृत्वा विलापं केचिच्च प्राणांस्त्यक्तुं समुद्यताः
kecidgopālabālāśca cakruśca tannivāraṇam || kṛtvā vilāpaṃ kecicca prāṇāṃstyaktuṃ samudyatāḥ
And some cowherd boys tried to stop that; and some, having lamented, were ready to give up their lives.
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BvP 4 19.141
केचिद्वक्तुं प्रवृत्तिं च प्रययुर्नन्दसन्निधिम् ।। केचित्संमीलितास्तत्र शोकमोहभयातुराः
kecidvaktuṃ pravṛttiṃ ca prayayurnandasannidhim || kecitsaṃmīlitāstatra śokamohabhayāturāḥ
And some went into Nanda's presence to report the news; some (stayed) there gathered together, afflicted by grief, bewilderment and fear.
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BvP 4 19.142
इत्यूचुः किं करिष्यामः कुतोऽस्माकं गतो हरिः ।। हे नन्दसूनो हे कृष्ण प्राणेभ्योऽप्यधिकप्रिय
ityūcuḥ kiṃ kariṣyāmaḥ kuto'smākaṃ gato hariḥ || he nandasūno he kṛṣṇa prāṇebhyo'pyadhikapriya
They spoke thus: "What shall we do? Where has our Hari gone? O son of Nanda, O Kṛṣṇa, dearer even than our life-breaths!"
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BvP 4 19.143
हे बन्धो दर्शनं देहीत्यूचुः प्राणाः प्रयान्ति हि ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे केचिद्बालका नन्दसन्निधिम्
he bandho darśanaṃ dehītyūcuḥ prāṇāḥ prayānti hi || etasminnantare kecidbālakā nandasannidhim
"O friend, grant (us) a sight (of you)!" they said — indeed their life-breaths were departing. Meanwhile some of the boys (came) into Nanda's presence.
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BvP 4 19.144
संप्रापुरतिलोलाश्च रुदन्तः शोकविह्वलाः ।। प्रवृत्तिमूचुस्तं शीघ्रं यशोदां मूलतो बलम्
saṃprāpuratilolāśca rudantaḥ śokavihvalāḥ || pravṛttimūcustaṃ śīghraṃ yaśodāṃ mūlato balam
They arrived, extremely agitated, weeping, overwhelmed with grief; they quickly told the news to him, to Yaśodā, and to Bala, from the beginning.
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BvP 4 19.145
गोपान्गोपालिकाश्चैव रक्तपङ्कजलोचनाः ।। श्रुत्वा वार्तां च ते सर्वे शीघ्रं जग्मुः शुचाऽन्विताः
gopāngopālikāścaiva raktapaṅkajalocanāḥ || śrutvā vārtāṃ ca te sarve śīghraṃ jagmuḥ śucā'nvitāḥ
And the cowherd men and cowherd women, their eyes (like) red lotuses — all of them, having heard the report, went quickly, filled with sorrow.
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BvP 4 19.146
कलिन्दनन्दिनीतीरं रुरुदुर्बालकैर्युताः ।। गत्वा संमीलिताः सर्वे रुरुदुः शोकमूर्च्छिताः
kalindanandinītīraṃ rurudurbālakairyutāḥ || gatvā saṃmīlitāḥ sarve ruruduḥ śokamūrcchitāḥ
They wept (on the way) to the bank of Kalinda's daughter (the Yamunā), together with the boys; having gone, all assembled and wept, fainting with grief.
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BvP 4 19.147
ह्रदं विशन्तीमम्बां तां केचिच्चक्रुर्निवारणम् ।। गोपा गोपालिकाश्चैव जघ्नुरङ्गानि शोकतः
hradaṃ viśantīmambāṃ tāṃ keciccakrurnivāraṇam || gopā gopālikāścaiva jaghnuraṅgāni śokataḥ
Some restrained the mother (Yaśodā) as she was entering the pool; and the cowherd men and women beat their limbs out of grief.
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BvP 4 19.148
केचिद्विललपुस्तत्र मूर्च्छां प्रापुश्च केचन ।। ह्रदं विशन्तीं तां राधां वारयामास काचन
kecidvilalapustatra mūrcchāṃ prāpuśca kecana || hradaṃ viśantīṃ tāṃ rādhāṃ vārayāmāsa kācana
Some lamented there, and some fainted; and some woman held back Rādhā as she was entering the pool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.149
मूर्च्छां च प्राप सा शोकान्मृतेव च सरित्तटे ।। विलप्यातिभृशं नन्दो मूर्च्छां प्राप पुनः पुनः
mūrcchāṃ ca prāpa sā śokānmṛteva ca sarittaṭe || vilapyātibhṛśaṃ nando mūrcchāṃ prāpa punaḥ punaḥ
And she fainted from grief on the river bank, as if dead; and Nanda, having lamented most bitterly, fainted again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.151
गोपाश्च गोपिकाश्चैव राधिकामतिमूर्च्छिताम् ।। रुदतो बालकान्सर्वान्बालिकाश्च शुचाऽन्विताः ।। सर्वांश्च बोधयामास बलश्च ज्ञानिनां वरः
gopāśca gopikāścaiva rādhikāmatimūrcchitām || rudato bālakānsarvānbālikāśca śucā'nvitāḥ || sarvāṃśca bodhayāmāsa balaśca jñānināṃ varaḥ
And Bala, best of the wise, brought back to (their) senses all of them — the cowherd men and the cowherd women, Rādhikā who had utterly fainted, and all the weeping boys and the girls, (who were) filled with sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.152
श्रीबलदेव उवाच ।। गोपा गोपालिका बालाः सर्वे शृणुत मद्वचः
śrībaladeva uvāca || gopā gopālikā bālāḥ sarve śṛṇuta madvacaḥ
Śrī Baladeva said: Cowherd men, cowherd women, boys — all of you, hear my words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.153
हे नन्द ज्ञानिनां श्रेष्ठ गर्गवाक्यस्मृतिं कुरु ।। जगद्बिभर्तुः शेषस्य संहर्तुः शंकरस्य च
he nanda jñānināṃ śreṣṭha gargavākyasmṛtiṃ kuru || jagadbibhartuḥ śeṣasya saṃhartuḥ śaṃkarasya ca
O Nanda, best of the wise, call to mind Garga's words: of him who bears the world, of Śeṣa, and of Śaṃkara the destroyer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.154
विधातुः संविधातुश्च भुवि कस्मात्पराजयः ।। परमाणुः परो व्यूहः स्थूलात्स्थूलः परात्परः
vidhātuḥ saṃvidhātuśca bhuvi kasmātparājayaḥ || paramāṇuḥ paro vyūhaḥ sthūlātsthūlaḥ parātparaḥ
of the creator and the disposer — how can there be defeat on earth? (He is) the finest atom, the supreme aggregate, grosser than the gross, higher than the high.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.155
विद्यमानोऽप्यविदृश्यः संयोगो योगिनामपि ।। दिशां नास्ति समाहारः स्पृश्यो नाकाश एव च अपि सर्वेश्वरो बाध्य इत्यूचुः श्रुतयः स्फुटम् ।। नात्मा दृश्यो नास्त्रलक्ष्यो न वध्यो न हि दृश्यकः
vidyamāno'pyavidṛśyaḥ saṃyogo yogināmapi || diśāṃ nāsti samāhāraḥ spṛśyo nākāśa eva ca api sarveśvaro bādhya ityūcuḥ śrutayaḥ sphuṭam || nātmā dṛśyo nāstralakṣyo na vadhyo na hi dṛśyakaḥ
Though existing, he is not to be seen; he is the union even of yogins. There is no aggregate of the directions, nor is space (something) to be touched. "Can the Lord of all be thwarted?" — thus the scriptures have clearly said: the Self is not seen, is not a target for weapons, is not to be slain, is indeed not visible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.157
नाग्निग्रस्तो न हिंस्यश्चापीदमाध्यात्मिका विदुः ।। विग्रहोऽस्यैव कृष्णस्य भक्तध्यानार्थमेव च
nāgnigrasto na hiṃsyaścāpīdamādhyātmikā viduḥ || vigraho'syaiva kṛṣṇasya bhaktadhyānārthameva ca
He is not consumed by fire nor to be harmed — this the knowers of the inner self understand. And this very Kṛṣṇa's bodily form is only for the sake of the devotees' meditation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.158
ज्योतिःस्वरूपस्य विभोर्नाद्यन्तमध्यमात्मनः ।। जलप्लुते च ब्रह्माण्डे जलशायी जनार्दनः
jyotiḥsvarūpasya vibhornādyantamadhyamātmanaḥ || jalaplute ca brahmāṇḍe jalaśāyī janārdanaḥ
of the Lord whose nature is light, whose self has no beginning, end, or middle. And when the cosmic egg is flooded with water, Janārdana lies upon the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.159
यन्नाभिपद्मजो ब्रह्मा तस्येशस्य ह्रदे विपत् ।। मशकश्चेत्क्षमो ग्रस्तुं ब्रह्माण्डमखिलं पितः पपुश्चक्षुश्चकोरैश्च मुखचन्द्रं च गोपिकाः ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र सहसा काननांतरम्
yannābhipadmajo brahmā tasyeśasya hrade vipat || maśakaścetkṣamo grastuṃ brahmāṇḍamakhilaṃ pitaḥ papuścakṣuścakoraiśca mukhacandraṃ ca gopikāḥ || etasminnantare tatra sahasā kānanāṃtaram
Brahmā was born from his navel-lotus — can there be calamity for that Lord in a pool? Father, if a mosquito were able to swallow the entire cosmic egg (then perhaps)! And the cowherd women drank in his moon-like face with their cakora-bird eyes. Meanwhile, there, suddenly, the interior of the forest...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 19.161
निगूढं योगिनां सारं संशयच्छेदकारणम् ।। बलदेववचः श्रुत्वा गर्गवाक्यमनुस्मरन्
nigūḍhaṃ yogināṃ sāraṃ saṃśayacchedakāraṇam || baladevavacaḥ śrutvā gargavākyamanusmaran
Having heard Baladeva's words — hidden, the essence of the yogins, the means of cutting off doubt — and recalling Garga's saying,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.162
तत्याज शोकं नन्दश्च व्रजश्च व्रजयोषितः ।। प्रबोधं मेनिरे सर्वे न यशोदा न राधिका
tatyāja śokaṃ nandaśca vrajaśca vrajayoṣitaḥ || prabodhaṃ menire sarve na yaśodā na rādhikā
Nanda gave up his grief, and Vraja, and the women of Vraja; all considered themselves enlightened — but not Yaśodā, not Rādhikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.163
बन्धुविच्छेदविषये प्रबोधे न स्थितं मनः ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे कृष्णमुत्पतन्तं जलान्मुने
bandhuvicchedaviṣaye prabodhe na sthitaṃ manaḥ || etasminnantare kṛṣṇamutpatantaṃ jalānmune
When it is a matter of separation from a loved one, the mind does not hold to consolation. Meanwhile, O sage, (they saw) Kṛṣṇa rising up out of the water —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.164
ददृशुस्तं सुप्रसन्ना व्रजाश्च व्रजयोषितः ।। शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यं सस्मितं सुमनोहरम्
dadṛśustaṃ suprasannā vrajāśca vrajayoṣitaḥ || śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyaṃ sasmitaṃ sumanoharam
the people of Vraja and the women of Vraja, greatly delighted, saw him — his face like the full moon of autumn, smiling, most enchanting,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.165
अस्निग्धवस्त्रमस्निग्धमलुप्तचन्दनाञ्जनम् ।। सर्वाभरणसंयुक्तं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा
asnigdhavastramasnigdhamaluptacandanāñjanam || sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā
his garment not wet, himself not wet, his sandal-paste and eye-black not washed away, adorned with all his ornaments, blazing with brahman-splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.166
मयूरपिच्छचूडं च वंशीवदनमच्युतम् ।। यशोदा बालकं दृष्ट्वा कृत्वा वक्षसि सस्मिता
mayūrapicchacūḍaṃ ca vaṃśīvadanamacyutam || yaśodā bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtvā vakṣasi sasmitā
crested with a peacock feather, the flute at his mouth, Acyuta. Yaśodā, seeing the boy, pressed (him) to her breast, smiling,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.167
चुचुम्ब वदनाम्भोजं प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणा ।। क्रोडे चकार नन्दश्च बलश्च रोहिणी मुदा
cucumba vadanāmbhojaṃ prasannavadanekṣaṇā || kroḍe cakāra nandaśca balaśca rohiṇī mudā
and, her face and eyes bright, she kissed his lotus face; and Nanda took (him) into his lap, and so did Bala and Rohiṇī, with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.168
निमेषरहिताः सर्वे ददृशुः श्रीमुखं हरेः ।। प्रेमान्धा बालकाः सर्वे चक्रुरालिङ्गनं हरेः
nimeṣarahitāḥ sarve dadṛśuḥ śrīmukhaṃ hareḥ || premāndhā bālakāḥ sarve cakrurāliṅganaṃ hareḥ
All of them, without blinking, gazed at the beautiful face of Hari; and all the boys, blind with love, embraced Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.171
प्रणाशं मेनिरे सर्वे भयमापुश्च संकटे ।। श्रीकृष्णं तुष्टुवुः सर्वे संपुटाञ्जलयो व्रजाः ।। बाला गोप्यश्च संत्रस्ता भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धराः
praṇāśaṃ menire sarve bhayamāpuśca saṃkaṭe || śrīkṛṣṇaṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ sarve saṃpuṭāñjalayo vrajāḥ || bālā gopyaśca saṃtrastā bhaktinamrātmakandharāḥ
All had thought (him) lost and had felt fear in the crisis. All the Vraja folk, their hands joined in a hollow cup, praised Śrī Kṛṣṇa — the boys and the gopīs too, terrified, their bodies and necks bent in devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.172
बाला ऊचुः ।। यथा संरक्षितं ब्रह्मन्सर्वापत्स्वेव नः कुलम् ।।
bālā ūcuḥ || yathā saṃrakṣitaṃ brahmansarvāpatsveva naḥ kulam ||
The boys said: As, O Brahman, our family has been protected in every calamity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.173
तथा रक्षां कुरु पुनर्दावाग्नेर्मधुसूदन ।। त्वमिष्टदेवताऽस्माकं त्वमेव कुलदेवता
tathā rakṣāṃ kuru punardāvāgnermadhusūdana || tvamiṣṭadevatā'smākaṃ tvameva kuladevatā
so again grant protection from the forest fire, O Madhusūdana. You are our chosen deity, you alone are our family deity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.174
स्रष्टा पाता च संहर्ता जगतां च जगत्पते ।। वह्निर्वा वरुणो वाऽपि चन्द्रो वा सूर्य एव च
sraṣṭā pātā ca saṃhartā jagatāṃ ca jagatpate || vahnirvā varuṇo vā'pi candro vā sūrya eva ca
the creator, preserver and destroyer of the worlds, O lord of the world. Whether fire, or Varuṇa, or the moon, or the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.175
यमः कुबेरः पवन ईशानाद्याश्च देवताः ।। ब्रह्मेशशेषधर्मेन्द्रा मुनीन्द्रा मनवः स्मृताः
yamaḥ kuberaḥ pavana īśānādyāśca devatāḥ || brahmeśaśeṣadharmendrā munīndrā manavaḥ smṛtāḥ
Yama, Kubera, the wind, Īśāna and the other gods, Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa, Dharma and Indra, the chief sages, the Manus as they are known,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.176
मानवाश्च तथा दैत्या यक्षराक्षसकिंनराः ।। ये ये चराचराश्चैव सर्वे तव विभूतयः
mānavāśca tathā daityā yakṣarākṣasakiṃnarāḥ || ye ye carācarāścaiva sarve tava vibhūtayaḥ
and humans, and likewise the Daityas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Kiṃnaras — whatever moving and unmoving things there are, all are your manifestations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.177
आविर्भावस्तिरोभावः सर्वेषां च तथेच्छया।। अभयं देहि गोविंद वह्निसंहरणं कुरु
āvirbhāvastirobhāvaḥ sarveṣāṃ ca tathecchayā|| abhayaṃ dehi goviṃda vahnisaṃharaṇaṃ kuru
The appearance and the disappearance of all is likewise by your will. Grant (us) freedom from fear, Govinda; make the fire cease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.178
वयं त्वां शरणं यामो रक्ष नः शरणागतान् ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा ते सर्वे तस्थुर्ध्यात्वा पदाम्बुजम्
vayaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmo rakṣa naḥ śaraṇāgatān || ityevamuktvā te sarve tasthurdhyātvā padāmbujam
We go to you for refuge; protect us who have come for refuge. Having spoken thus, they all stood meditating on his lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.179
दूरीभूतस्तु दावाग्निः श्रीकृष्णामृतदृष्टितः ।। दूरीभूते च दावाग्नौ ननृतुस्ते मुदाऽन्विताः
dūrībhūtastu dāvāgniḥ śrīkṛṣṇāmṛtadṛṣṭitaḥ || dūrībhūte ca dāvāgnau nanṛtuste mudā'nvitāḥ
And the forest fire was driven far off by the nectar-glance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; and when the forest fire was gone they danced, filled with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.181
वह्नितो न भवेत्तस्य भयं जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। शत्रुग्रस्ते च दावाग्नौ विपत्तौ प्राणसङ्कटे
vahnito na bhavettasya bhayaṃ janmani janmani || śatrugraste ca dāvāgnau vipattau prāṇasaṅkaṭe
He shall have no fear from fire, birth after birth. When seized by enemies, in a forest fire, in disaster, in peril of life,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.182
स्तोत्रमेतत्पठित्वा तु मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ।। शत्रुसैन्यं क्षयं याति सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत् ।। इह लोके हरेर्भक्तिमन्ते दास्यं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
stotrametatpaṭhitvā tu mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || śatrusainyaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti sarvatra vijayī bhavet || iha loke harerbhaktimante dāsyaṃ labheddhruvam
by reciting this hymn one is freed — there is no doubt here. The enemy's army goes to ruin; one becomes victorious everywhere; in this world (one gains) devotion to Hari, and at the end one surely attains servitude (to him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.183
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। दावाग्निमोक्षणं कृत्वा तैः सार्द्धं शृणु नारद ।। जगाम श्रीहरिर्गेहं कुबेरभवनोपमम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || dāvāgnimokṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā taiḥ sārddhaṃ śṛṇu nārada || jagāma śrīharirgehaṃ kuberabhavanopamam
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having accomplished the deliverance from the forest fire, Śrī Hari went, together with them — listen, Nārada — to the house that was like Kubera's mansion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.184
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो धनं नन्दः परिपूर्णं ददौ मुदा ।। भोजनं कारयामास ज्ञातिवर्गांश्च बान्धवान्
brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ nandaḥ paripūrṇaṃ dadau mudā || bhojanaṃ kārayāmāsa jñātivargāṃśca bāndhavān
Nanda gladly gave abundant wealth to the brāhmaṇas, and had his kinsfolk and relatives fed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.185
नानाविधं मङ्गलं च हरेर्नामानुकीर्तनम्।। वेदांश्च पाठयामास विप्रद्वारा मुदाऽन्वितः
nānāvidhaṃ maṅgalaṃ ca harernāmānukīrtanam|| vedāṃśca pāṭhayāmāsa vipradvārā mudā'nvitaḥ
And (he had performed) auspicious rites of many kinds and the repeated chanting of Hari's name, and, filled with joy, he had the Vedas recited through the brāhmaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.186
एवं मुमुदिरे सर्वे वृन्दारण्ये गृहेगृहे ।। श्रीकृष्णचरणाम्भोजध्यानैकतानमानसाः
evaṃ mumudire sarve vṛndāraṇye gṛhegṛhe || śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇāmbhojadhyānaikatānamānasāḥ
Thus all rejoiced in the Vṛndā forest, in house after house, their minds one-pointedly (fixed) in meditation on Śrī Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 19.187
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं हरेश्चरितमङ्गलम् ।। कलिकिल्बिषकाष्ठानां दहने दहनोपमम्
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ hareścaritamaṅgalam || kalikilbiṣakāṣṭhānāṃ dahane dahanopamam
Thus has all the auspicious deed-story of Hari been told, which is like fire in the burning up of the firewood that is the sin of the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition