Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 2
BvP 4 2.1
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। येन वा प्रार्थितः कृष्ण आजगाम महीतलम्।। यं यं विधाय भूमौ स जगाम स्वालयं विभुः
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || yena vā prārthitaḥ kṛṣṇa ājagāma mahītalam|| yaṃ yaṃ vidhāya bhūmau sa jagāma svālayaṃ vibhuḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: By whom Kṛṣṇa was entreated so that he came to the surface of the earth, and what things he accomplished on earth before that mighty one went to his own abode —
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BvP 4 2.2
भारावतरणोपायं दुष्टानां च वधोद्यमम् ।। सर्वं ते कथयिष्यामि सुविचार्य विधानतः
bhārāvataraṇopāyaṃ duṣṭānāṃ ca vadhodyamam || sarvaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi suvicārya vidhānataḥ
the means of removing the (earth's) burden, and the undertaking of slaying the wicked — all this I shall recount to you, duly and with careful consideration.
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BvP 4 2.3
अधुना गोपवेषं च गोकुलागमनं हरेः ।। राधा गोपालिका येन निबोध कथयामि ते
adhunā gopaveṣaṃ ca gokulāgamanaṃ hareḥ || rādhā gopālikā yena nibodha kathayāmi te
Now (learn of) Hari's cowherd guise and his coming to Gokula, and how Rādhā (became) a cowherd girl: learn it, I shall tell it to you.
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BvP 4 2.4
शंखचूडवधं पूर्वं संक्षेपात्कथितं श्रुतम् ।। अधुना तत्सुविस्तार्य निबोध कथयामि ते ।। शरत्पार्वणचंद्राभं क्षुधापूर्णाननं तव ।। नाथ चक्षुञ्चकोराभ्यां पिबाम्यहमहर्निशम् नारद उवाच ।। श्रीदाम्नः कलहश्चैव कथं वा राधया सह ।। संक्षेपात्कथितं पूर्वं संव्यस्य कथयाधुना तया सक्तं श्रीहरिं च रत्नमंडपसंस्थितम् ।। दृष्ट्वा च राधिकाल्यश्च चक्रुस्तां च निवेदनम् राजितं चित्रराजीभिर्वैजयंतीविराजितम् ।। लक्षचक्रसमायुक्तं मनोयायि मनोहरम् पारिजातप्रसूनानां मालाकोटिविराजितम् ।। कुंदाना करवीराणां यूथिकानां तथैव च द्वारे नियुक्तं ददृशे द्वारपालं मनोहरम् ।। लक्षगोपैः परिवृतं स्मेराननसरोरुहम्
śaṃkhacūḍavadhaṃ pūrvaṃ saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ śrutam || adhunā tatsuvistārya nibodha kathayāmi te || śaratpārvaṇacaṃdrābhaṃ kṣudhāpūrṇānanaṃ tava || nātha cakṣuñcakorābhyāṃ pibāmyahamaharniśam nārada uvāca || śrīdāmnaḥ kalahaścaiva kathaṃ vā rādhayā saha || saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ pūrvaṃ saṃvyasya kathayādhunā tayā saktaṃ śrīhariṃ ca ratnamaṃḍapasaṃsthitam || dṛṣṭvā ca rādhikālyaśca cakrustāṃ ca nivedanam rājitaṃ citrarājībhirvaijayaṃtīvirājitam || lakṣacakrasamāyuktaṃ manoyāyi manoharam pārijātaprasūnānāṃ mālākoṭivirājitam || kuṃdānā karavīrāṇāṃ yūthikānāṃ tathaiva ca dvāre niyuktaṃ dadṛśe dvārapālaṃ manoharam || lakṣagopaiḥ parivṛtaṃ smerānanasaroruham
The slaying of Śaṅkhacūḍa was told before in brief, and you heard it; now learn it fully expanded, I shall tell it to you. — "Your face, radiant as the full autumn moon, filled with longing: O lord, with my two eyes as cakora birds I drink it day and night." — Nārada said: And how did Śrīdāman's quarrel with Rādhā come about? It was told before in brief; now tell it in detail. And seeing Śrī Hari attached to her, seated in the jewelled pavilion, the other companions of Rādhikā made their petition to her. — Shining with rows of pictures, resplendent with a Vaijayantī banner, fitted with a hundred thousand wheels, moving at will, delightful; resplendent with tens of millions of garlands of pārijāta blossoms, and likewise of kunda, karavīra and yūthikā flowers. — He saw the delightful gatekeeper appointed at the door, surrounded by a hundred thousand cowherds, his lotus face smiling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 2.5
श्रीदाम्नः कलहश्चैव बभूव राधया सह ।। श्रीदामा शंखचूडश्च शापात्तस्या बभूव ह
śrīdāmnaḥ kalahaścaiva babhūva rādhayā saha || śrīdāmā śaṃkhacūḍaśca śāpāttasyā babhūva ha
And Śrīdāman's quarrel with Rādhā took place; and Śrīdāman became Śaṅkhacūḍa through her curse.
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BvP 4 2.6
राधां शशाप श्रीदामा याहि योनिं च मानवीम् ।। व्रजे व्रजांगना भूत्वा विचरस्व महीतले
rādhāṃ śaśāpa śrīdāmā yāhi yoniṃ ca mānavīm || vraje vrajāṃganā bhūtvā vicarasva mahītale
Śrīdāman cursed Rādhā: "Go to a human womb; becoming a woman of Vraja, wander on the earth in Vraja."
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BvP 4 2.7
भीता श्रीदामशापात्सा श्रीकृष्णं समुवाच ह ।। गोपीरूपा भविष्यामि श्रीदामा मां शशाप ह
bhītā śrīdāmaśāpātsā śrīkṛṣṇaṃ samuvāca ha || gopīrūpā bhaviṣyāmi śrīdāmā māṃ śaśāpa ha
Frightened by Śrīdāman's curse, she spoke to Śrī Kṛṣṇa: "I shall become one in the form of a cowherd woman; Śrīdāman has cursed me.
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BvP 4 2.8
कमुपायं करिष्यामि वद मां भयभंजन ।। त्वया विना कथमहं धरिष्यामि स्वजीवनम्
kamupāyaṃ kariṣyāmi vada māṃ bhayabhaṃjana || tvayā vinā kathamahaṃ dhariṣyāmi svajīvanam
What remedy shall I make? Tell me, O destroyer of fear. Without you, how shall I keep my own life?
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BvP 4 2.9
क्षणमेकं युगशतं कालनाथ त्वया विना ।। चक्षुर्निमेषविरहाद्भवेदंधं मनो मम
kṣaṇamekaṃ yugaśataṃ kālanātha tvayā vinā || cakṣurnimeṣavirahādbhavedaṃdhaṃ mano mama
A single moment without you is a hundred ages, O lord of time; from the separation of an eye's blink my mind would become blind.
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BvP 4 2.11
त्वमात्मा मे मनः प्राणा देहमात्रं वहाम्यहम् ।। दृष्टिशक्तिश्च चक्षुस्त्वं जीवनं परमं धनम्
tvamātmā me manaḥ prāṇā dehamātraṃ vahāmyaham || dṛṣṭiśaktiśca cakṣustvaṃ jīvanaṃ paramaṃ dhanam
You are my self, my mind, my life-breaths; I carry only a body. You are my eye and the power of seeing, my life, my highest wealth.
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BvP 4 2.12
स्वप्ने ज्ञाने त्वयि मनः स्मरामि त्वत्पदांबुजम् ।। तव दास्यं विना नाथ न जीवामि क्षणं विभो
svapne jñāne tvayi manaḥ smarāmi tvatpadāṃbujam || tava dāsyaṃ vinā nātha na jīvāmi kṣaṇaṃ vibho
In dream and in waking knowledge my mind is on you; I remember your lotus feet. Without service to you, O lord, I do not live a moment, O mighty one."
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BvP 4 2.13
कृष्णस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा बोधयामास सुंदरीम् ।। वक्षसि प्रेयसीं कृत्वा चकार निर्भयां च ताम्
kṛṣṇastadvacanaṃ śrutvā bodhayāmāsa suṃdarīm || vakṣasi preyasīṃ kṛtvā cakāra nirbhayāṃ ca tām
Kṛṣṇa, hearing her words, instructed the beautiful woman; placing his beloved on his breast, he made her free of fear.
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BvP 4 2.14
महीतलं गमिष्यामि वाराहे च वरानने ।। मया सार्धं भूगमनं जन्म तेऽपि निरूपितम्
mahītalaṃ gamiṣyāmi vārāhe ca varānane || mayā sārdhaṃ bhūgamanaṃ janma te'pi nirūpitam
"I shall go to the surface of the earth in the Vārāha (kalpa), O fair-faced one; your going to earth along with me, and your birth, have also been ordained.
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BvP 4 2.15
व्रजं गत्वा व्रजे देवि विहरिष्यामि कानने ।। मम प्राणाधिका त्वं च भयं किं ते मयि स्थिते तामित्युक्त्वा हरिस्तत्र विरराम जगत्पतिः ।। अतो हेतोर्जगन्नाथो जगाम नंदगोकुलम्
vrajaṃ gatvā vraje devi vihariṣyāmi kānane || mama prāṇādhikā tvaṃ ca bhayaṃ kiṃ te mayi sthite tāmityuktvā haristatra virarāma jagatpatiḥ || ato hetorjagannātho jagāma naṃdagokulam
"Having gone to Vraja, O goddess, I shall play in the forest of Vraja; you are dearer to me than life — what fear can there be for you while I stand by?" Having said this to her, Hari, the lord of the world, fell silent there. For this reason the Lord of the world went to Nanda's Gokula.
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BvP 4 2.17
किं वा तस्य भयं कंसाद्भयांतकारकस्य च ।। माया भयच्छलेनैव जगाम राधिकांतिकम्
kiṃ vā tasya bhayaṃ kaṃsādbhayāṃtakārakasya ca || māyā bhayacchalenaiva jagāma rādhikāṃtikam
Or what fear had he of Kaṃsa, he who is the ender of fear? By the mere pretext of fear (his) Māyā (led him to) go to Rādhikā's side.
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BvP 4 2.18
विजहार तया सार्धं गोपवेषं विधाय सः ।। सह गोपांगनाभिश्च प्रतिज्ञापालनाय च
vijahāra tayā sārdhaṃ gopaveṣaṃ vidhāya saḥ || saha gopāṃganābhiśca pratijñāpālanāya ca
Having assumed the dress of a cowherd, he played with her, and with the cowherd women too, in order to keep his promise.
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BvP 4 2.19
ब्रह्मणा प्रार्थितः कृष्णः समागत्य महीतलम् ।। भारावतरणं कृत्वा जगाम स्वालयं विभुः
brahmaṇā prārthitaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ samāgatya mahītalam || bhārāvataraṇaṃ kṛtvā jagāma svālayaṃ vibhuḥ
Entreated by Brahmā, Kṛṣṇa came to the surface of the earth, and having removed its burden, the mighty one went to his own abode.
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BvP 4 2.21
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। एकदा राधया सार्धं गोलोके श्रीहरिः स्वयम् ।। विजहार महारण्ये निर्जने रासमंडले ।।
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ekadā rādhayā sārdhaṃ goloke śrīhariḥ svayam || vijahāra mahāraṇye nirjane rāsamaṃḍale ||
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Once, in Goloka, Śrī Hari himself played together with Rādhā in the great forest, in a deserted place, in the circle of the rāsa dance.
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BvP 4 2.22
राधिकासुखसंभोगाद् बुबुधे न स्वकं परम्।। कृत्वा विहारं श्रीकृष्णस्तामपृष्ट्वा विहाय च
rādhikāsukhasaṃbhogād bubudhe na svakaṃ param|| kṛtvā vihāraṃ śrīkṛṣṇastāmapṛṣṭvā vihāya ca
From the pleasurable enjoyment of Rādhikā he did not know his own from another's. Having done his sporting, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, without asking her and leaving her behind,
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BvP 4 2.23
गोपिकां विरजामन्यां शृङ्गारार्थं जगाम ह ।। वृंदारण्ये च विरजा सुभगा राधिकासमा
gopikāṃ virajāmanyāṃ śṛṅgārārthaṃ jagāma ha || vṛṃdāraṇye ca virajā subhagā rādhikāsamā
went, for the sake of love-making, to another cowherd woman, Virajā. And in the Vṛndā forest Virajā was fortunate, the equal of Rādhikā.
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BvP 4 2.24
तस्या वयस्याः सुंदर्यो गोपीनां शतकोटयः ।। कृष्णप्राणाधिका गोपी धन्या मान्या च योषिताम्
tasyā vayasyāḥ suṃdaryo gopīnāṃ śatakoṭayaḥ || kṛṣṇaprāṇādhikā gopī dhanyā mānyā ca yoṣitām
Her companions were beautiful — a thousand million of cowherd women. (She was) a gopī dearer to Kṛṣṇa than life, blessed and honoured among women.
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BvP 4 2.25
रत्नसिंहासनस्था सा ददर्श हरिमन्तिके।। ददर्श श्रीहरिस्तां च शरच्चंद्रनिभाननाम्
ratnasiṃhāsanasthā sā dadarśa harimantike|| dadarśa śrīharistāṃ ca śaraccaṃdranibhānanām
Seated on a jewelled throne, she saw Hari close by; and Śrī Hari saw her, whose face was like the autumn moon,
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BvP 4 2.26
मनोहरां सस्मितां च पश्यंतीं वक्रचक्षुषा ।। सदा षोडशवर्षीयां प्रोद्भिन्ननवयौवनाम्
manoharāṃ sasmitāṃ ca paśyaṃtīṃ vakracakṣuṣā || sadā ṣoḍaśavarṣīyāṃ prodbhinnanavayauvanām
captivating, smiling, looking (at him) with a sidelong eye, forever sixteen years old, her fresh youth just budded forth,
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BvP 4 2.27
रत्नालंकारशोभाढ्यां भूषितां शुक्लवाससा ।। पुलकांकितसर्वांगीं कामबाणप्रपीडिताम्
ratnālaṃkāraśobhāḍhyāṃ bhūṣitāṃ śuklavāsasā || pulakāṃkitasarvāṃgīṃ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitām
richly resplendent with jewelled ornaments, adorned with a white garment, her whole body marked with thrilling hair, sorely afflicted by the arrows of love.
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BvP 4 2.28
दृष्ट्वा तां श्रीहरिस्तूर्णं विजहार तया सह ।। पुष्पतल्पे महारण्ये निर्जने रत्नमंडपे
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ śrīharistūrṇaṃ vijahāra tayā saha || puṣpatalpe mahāraṇye nirjane ratnamaṃḍape
Seeing her, Śrī Hari at once played with her on a bed of flowers, in the great forest, in a deserted jewelled pavilion.
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BvP 4 2.29
मूर्च्छामवाप विरजा कृष्णशृंगारकौतुकात् ।। कृत्वा वक्षसि प्राणेशं कोटिकंदर्पसन्निभम्
mūrcchāmavāpa virajā kṛṣṇaśṛṃgārakautukāt || kṛtvā vakṣasi prāṇeśaṃ koṭikaṃdarpasannibham
Virajā fell into a swoon from the delight of love-making with Kṛṣṇa, having held upon her breast the lord of her life, who resembled ten million Kāmas.
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BvP 4 2.31
तासां च वचनं श्रुत्वा सुष्वाप च चुकोप ह ।। भृशं रुरोद सा देवी रक्तपंकजलोचना
tāsāṃ ca vacanaṃ śrutvā suṣvāpa ca cukopa ha || bhṛśaṃ ruroda sā devī raktapaṃkajalocanā
And having heard their words, she slept and grew angry; that goddess wept greatly, her eyes (red) like red lotuses.
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BvP 4 2.32
ता उवाच महादेवी मां तं दर्शयितुं क्षमाः ।। यदि सत्यं ब्रूत यूयं मया सार्धं प्रगच्छत
tā uvāca mahādevī māṃ taṃ darśayituṃ kṣamāḥ || yadi satyaṃ brūta yūyaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ pragacchata
She said (to them): "O great ladies, (if) you are able to show him to me — if it is true, speak, (and) come along with me.
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BvP 4 2.33
करिष्यामि फलं गोप्याः कृष्णस्य च यथोचितम् ।। को रक्षिताऽद्य तस्याश्च मयि शास्तिं प्रकुर्वति
kariṣyāmi phalaṃ gopyāḥ kṛṣṇasya ca yathocitam || ko rakṣitā'dya tasyāśca mayi śāstiṃ prakurvati
I shall give the gopī and Kṛṣṇa the fruit they deserve. Who now will protect her, when I inflict punishment upon (them)?
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BvP 4 2.34
शीघ्रमानयताल्यश्च तया सार्द्धं हरिं प्रियम् ।। अंतर्वक्त्रं सस्मितं च विषकुंभं सुधामुखम्
śīghramānayatālyaśca tayā sārddhaṃ hariṃ priyam || aṃtarvaktraṃ sasmitaṃ ca viṣakuṃbhaṃ sudhāmukham
Quickly bring here, friends, my beloved Hari along with her — inwardly (two-)faced and smiling, a pot of poison with a mouth of nectar.
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BvP 4 2.35
मदाश्रयं समागंतुं यूयं दासं न दास्यथ ।। तमेव मंडपं रम्यं यात संरक्षतेश्वरम्
madāśrayaṃ samāgaṃtuṃ yūyaṃ dāsaṃ na dāsyatha || tameva maṃḍapaṃ ramyaṃ yāta saṃrakṣateśvaram
You will not give (me) a servant to come to my shelter. Go to that very lovely pavilion; protect the Lord!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 2.36
राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा काश्चिद्गोप्यो भयान्विताः ।। ताः सर्वाः संपुटांजल्यो भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधराः ।। तामूचुः पुरतः स्थित्वा सर्वा एव प्रियां सतीम्
rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā kāścidgopyo bhayānvitāḥ || tāḥ sarvāḥ saṃpuṭāṃjalyo bhaktinamrātmakaṃdharāḥ || tāmūcuḥ purataḥ sthitvā sarvā eva priyāṃ satīm
Hearing Rādhikā's words, some of the gopīs became filled with fear. All of them, with hollowed palms joined, their necks and selves bowed in devotion, standing before her, all spoke to her, the beloved, the chaste one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.37
।। आल्य ऊचुः ।। वयं तं दर्शयिष्यामो विरजासहितं विभुम्
|| ālya ūcuḥ || vayaṃ taṃ darśayiṣyāmo virajāsahitaṃ vibhum
The companions said: "We will show you the mighty Lord together with Virajā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.38
तासां च वचनं श्रुत्वा रथमारुह्य सुंदरी ।। जगाम सार्धं गोपीभिस्त्रिषष्टिशतकोटिभिः
tāsāṃ ca vacanaṃ śrutvā rathamāruhya suṃdarī || jagāma sārdhaṃ gopībhistriṣaṣṭiśatakoṭibhiḥ
And having heard their words, the beautiful one mounted her chariot and went, together with six thousand three hundred million (63 hundred-crore) gopīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.39
रत्नेंद्रसाररचितं कोटिसूर्यसमप्रभम् ।। मणींद्रसाररचितं कलशानां त्रिकोटिभिः
ratneṃdrasāraracitaṃ koṭisūryasamaprabham || maṇīṃdrasāraracitaṃ kalaśānāṃ trikoṭibhiḥ
(The chariot was) fashioned of the finest of the best jewels, with a radiance equal to ten million suns, made of the finest of the best gems, with three crore (thirty million) pinnacle-pots,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.41
मणिसारविकारैश्च कोटिस्तंभैः सुशोभितम् ।। नानाचित्रविचित्रैश्च सहितैः सुमनोहरैः
maṇisāravikāraiśca koṭistaṃbhaiḥ suśobhitam || nānācitravicitraiśca sahitaiḥ sumanoharaiḥ
and beautifully adorned with a crore of pillars wrought of the finest gems, and (with figures) of many various kinds, variegated, well fitted together and most charming,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.42
सिंदूराकारमणिभिर्मध्यदेशे विभूषितैः ।। रत्नकृत्रिमसिंहैश्च रथचक्रोर्ध्वसंस्थितैः
siṃdūrākāramaṇibhirmadhyadeśe vibhūṣitaiḥ || ratnakṛtrimasiṃhaiśca rathacakrordhvasaṃsthitaiḥ
decorated in the middle region with gems the colour of vermilion, and with artificial lions of jewels set above the chariot-wheels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.43
चतुर्लक्षपरिमितैश्चित्रघंटासमन्वितैः ।। चित्रपुत्तलिशोभाढ्यैर्विचित्रैश्च विराजितम्
caturlakṣaparimitaiścitraghaṃṭāsamanvitaiḥ || citraputtaliśobhāḍhyairvicitraiśca virājitam
resplendent with four hundred thousand (of them), furnished with variegated bells, rich in the beauty of painted dolls, and manifold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 2.44
रतिमंदिरलक्षैश्च रत्नसारविनिर्मितैः ।। मणिसारकपाटैश्च शोभितैश्चित्रवाजिभिः
ratimaṃdiralakṣaiśca ratnasāravinirmitaiḥ || maṇisārakapāṭaiśca śobhitaiścitravājibhiḥ
(furnished) with a hundred thousand pleasure-chambers made of the finest jewels, and with door-panels of the finest gems, adorned with variegated horses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.45
मणींद्रसारकलशैः शेखरोज्ज्वलितैर्युतम् ।। भोगद्रव्यसमायुक्तं वेषद्रव्यसमन्वितम्
maṇīṃdrasārakalaśaiḥ śekharojjvalitairyutam || bhogadravyasamāyuktaṃ veṣadravyasamanvitam
provided with pinnacle-pots of the finest of the best gems, blazing at their crests; supplied with articles of enjoyment and furnished with articles of adornment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.46
शोभितं रत्नशय्याभी रत्नपात्रघटान्वितम् ।। हरिन्मणीनां वेदीनां समूहेन समन्वितम्
śobhitaṃ ratnaśayyābhī ratnapātraghaṭānvitam || harinmaṇīnāṃ vedīnāṃ samūhena samanvitam
adorned with jewelled couches, furnished with jewelled vessels and jars, provided with a multitude of altars of emeralds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.47
कुंकुमाभमणीनां च सोपानैः कोटिभिर्युतम् ।। स्यमंतकैः कौस्तुभैश्च रुचकैः प्रवरैस्तथा
kuṃkumābhamaṇīnāṃ ca sopānaiḥ koṭibhiryutam || syamaṃtakaiḥ kaustubhaiśca rucakaiḥ pravaraistathā
provided with crores of steps of gems the colour of saffron, and with syamantaka, kaustubha and rucaka gems, the choicest ones,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.48
पद्मकृत्रिमकोटीनां शतकैश्च सुशोभितम् ।। चित्रकाननवापीभि र्विशिष्टाभिर्विराजितम्
padmakṛtrimakoṭīnāṃ śatakaiśca suśobhitam || citrakānanavāpībhi rviśiṣṭābhirvirājitam
beautifully adorned with hundreds of crores of artificial lotuses, resplendent with excellent variegated groves and pools,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.49
रत्नेंद्रसाररचितकलशोज्ज्वलशेखरम् ।। शतयोजनमूर्ध्वं च दशयोजनविस्तृतम्
ratneṃdrasāraracitakalaśojjvalaśekharam || śatayojanamūrdhvaṃ ca daśayojanavistṛtam
its crest ablaze with pinnacle-pots fashioned of the finest of the best jewels, a hundred yojanas high and ten yojanas broad,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.51
सुचारुचंपकानां च नागेशानां मनोहरैः ।। मल्लिकानां मालतीनां माधवीनां सुगंधिनाम्
sucārucaṃpakānāṃ ca nāgeśānāṃ manoharaiḥ || mallikānāṃ mālatīnāṃ mādhavīnāṃ sugaṃdhinām
and with the charming (garlands) of very lovely campaka and nāgeśvara flowers, of jasmine, mālatī and fragrant mādhavī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.52
कदंबानां च मालानां कदंबैश्च विराजितम् ।। सहस्रदलपद्मानां मालाभिश्च विराजितम्
kadaṃbānāṃ ca mālānāṃ kadaṃbaiśca virājitam || sahasradalapadmānāṃ mālābhiśca virājitam
resplendent with garlands of kadamba flowers and with clusters of kadamba, and resplendent with garlands of thousand-petalled lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.53
चित्रपुष्पोद्यानसरः काननैश्च विभूषितम् ।। सर्वेषां स्यंदनानां च श्रेष्ठं वायुवहं परम्
citrapuṣpodyānasaraḥ kānanaiśca vibhūṣitam || sarveṣāṃ syaṃdanānāṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ vāyuvahaṃ param
adorned with gardens, ponds and groves of variegated flowers — the best of all chariots, borne by the wind, supreme,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.54
तत्सूक्ष्मवस्त्रसाराणां वरैराच्छादितं परम् ।। रत्नदर्पणलक्षाणां शतकैश्च समन्वितम्
tatsūkṣmavastrasārāṇāṃ varairācchāditaṃ param || ratnadarpaṇalakṣāṇāṃ śatakaiśca samanvitam
covered over with the choicest of those finest fine cloths, and furnished with hundreds of thousands (i.e., hundred-lakh sets) of jewelled mirrors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.55
श्वेतचामरकोटीभिर्वज्रकोटिभिरन्वितम् ।। चन्दनागरुकस्तूरीकुंकुमद्रवचर्चितैः
śvetacāmarakoṭībhirvajrakoṭibhiranvitam || candanāgarukastūrīkuṃkumadravacarcitaiḥ
provided with crores of white yak-tail fans and crores of diamonds, (and with things) smeared with the liquids of sandal, aloe-wood, musk and saffron,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.56
पारिजातप्रसूनानां कोटितल्पविराजितम् ।। कोटिघंटासमायुक्तं पताकाकोटिभिर्युतम्
pārijātaprasūnānāṃ koṭitalpavirājitam || koṭighaṃṭāsamāyuktaṃ patākākoṭibhiryutam
resplendent with a crore of couches of pārijāta blossoms, furnished with a crore of bells, provided with a crore of banners,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.57
रत्नशय्याकोटिभिश्च चित्रवज्रपरिच्छदैः ।। चंदनाक्तैश्चंपकानां कुंकुमैश्च विचित्रितैः
ratnaśayyākoṭibhiśca citravajraparicchadaiḥ || caṃdanāktaiścaṃpakānāṃ kuṃkumaiśca vicitritaiḥ
and with crores of jewelled beds with variegated diamond coverings, made variegated with campaka flowers anointed with sandal and with saffron,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.58
पुष्पोपधानसंयुक्तैः शृंगारार्हाभिरन्वितम् ।। अदृश्यैरश्रुतैर्द्रव्यैः सुंदरैश्च विभूषितम्
puṣpopadhānasaṃyuktaiḥ śṛṃgārārhābhiranvitam || adṛśyairaśrutairdravyaiḥ suṃdaraiśca vibhūṣitam
furnished with flower-pillows, provided with (things) fit for love-making, and adorned with unseen, unheard-of, beautiful articles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.59
एवंभूताद्रथात्तूर्णमवरुह्य हरिप्रिया ।। जगाम सहसा देवी तं रत्नमंडपं मुने
evaṃbhūtādrathāttūrṇamavaruhya haripriyā || jagāma sahasā devī taṃ ratnamaṃḍapaṃ mune
Swiftly descending from such a chariot, the goddess beloved of Hari went at once to that jewelled pavilion, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.61
गोपं श्रीदामनामानं श्रीकृष्णप्रियकिंकरम् ।। तमुवाच रुषा देवी रक्तपंकजलोचना
gopaṃ śrīdāmanāmānaṃ śrīkṛṣṇapriyakiṃkaram || tamuvāca ruṣā devī raktapaṃkajalocanā
To the cowherd named Śrīdāman, the servant dear to Śrī Kṛṣṇa — to him the goddess, her eyes like red lotuses, spoke in anger:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.62
गच्छ दूरं गच्छ दूरं रतिलंपटकिंकर ।। कीदृशीं मत्परां कांतां द्रक्ष्यामि त्वत्प्रभोरहम्
gaccha dūraṃ gaccha dūraṃ ratilaṃpaṭakiṃkara || kīdṛśīṃ matparāṃ kāṃtāṃ drakṣyāmi tvatprabhoraham
"Go away, go far off, you servant greedy for love-play! What sort of mistress, devoted to me, of your master, am I about to see?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 2.63
राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा निःशंकः पुरतः स्थितः ।। तामेव न ददौ गंतुं वेत्रपाणिर्महाबलः
rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā niḥśaṃkaḥ purataḥ sthitaḥ || tāmeva na dadau gaṃtuṃ vetrapāṇirmahābalaḥ
Having heard Rādhikā's words, he stood before (her) unafraid; staff in hand, of great strength, he did not let her go (in).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.64
तूर्णं च राधिकाल्यश्च श्रीदामानं सकिंकरम् ।। बलेन प्रेरयामासुः कोपेन स्फुरिताधराः
tūrṇaṃ ca rādhikālyaśca śrīdāmānaṃ sakiṃkaram || balena prerayāmāsuḥ kopena sphuritādharāḥ
And at once Rādhikā's companions, their lips trembling with rage, forcibly pushed away Śrīdāman together with (the other) servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.65
श्रुत्वा कोलाहलं शब्दं गोपिकानां हरिः स्वयम् ।। ज्ञात्वा च कोपितां राधामंतर्धानं चकार ह
śrutvā kolāhalaṃ śabdaṃ gopikānāṃ hariḥ svayam || jñātvā ca kopitāṃ rādhāmaṃtardhānaṃ cakāra ha
Hearing the clamorous noise of the cowherd women, and knowing that Rādhā was angered, Hari himself vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.66
विरजा राधिकाशब्दादंतर्धानं हरेरपि ।। दृष्ट्वा राधां भयार्ता सा जहौ प्राणांश्च योगतः
virajā rādhikāśabdādaṃtardhānaṃ harerapi || dṛṣṭvā rādhāṃ bhayārtā sā jahau prāṇāṃśca yogataḥ
Virajā, from the sound of Rādhikā and from Hari's disappearing too, seeing Rādhā, was stricken with fear and gave up her life-breaths by yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.67
सद्यस्तत्र सरिद्रूपं तच्छरीरं बभूव ह ।। व्याप्तं च वर्तुलाकारं तया गोलोकमेव च
sadyastatra saridrūpaṃ taccharīraṃ babhūva ha || vyāptaṃ ca vartulākāraṃ tayā golokameva ca
At once, there, that body of hers became the form of a river, and by her Goloka itself was pervaded, in a circular shape.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 2.68
कोटियोजनविस्तीर्णं प्रस्थेऽतिनिम्नमेव च ।। दैर्घ्ये दशगुणं चारु नानारत्नाकरं परम्
koṭiyojanavistīrṇaṃ prasthe'tinimnameva ca || dairghye daśaguṇaṃ cāru nānāratnākaraṃ param
Extending ten million yojanas, exceedingly deep in its bed, and ten times that in length — lovely, a supreme mine of many jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition