Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 20

BvP 4 20.1

4.20 श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। एकदा बालकैः सार्द्धं बलेन सह माधवः।। भुक्त्वा पीत्वाऽनुलिप्तश्च वृन्दारण्यं जगाम ह

4.20 śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ekadā bālakaiḥ sārddhaṃ balena saha mādhavaḥ|| bhuktvā pītvā'nuliptaśca vṛndāraṇyaṃ jagāma ha

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Once Mādhava, together with the boys and with Bala, having eaten and drunk and been anointed, went to the Vṛndā forest.

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BvP 4 20.2

क्रीडां चकार भगवान्कौतुकेन च तैः सह ।। क्रीडानि मग्नचित्तानां दूरं तद्गोकुलं ययौ

krīḍāṃ cakāra bhagavānkautukena ca taiḥ saha || krīḍāni magnacittānāṃ dūraṃ tadgokulaṃ yayau

The Lord played with them out of delight; and while their minds were absorbed in the games, that Gokula went far away.

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BvP 4 20.3

तस्य प्रभावं विज्ञातुं विधाता जगतां पतिः ।। चकार निह्नुतिं गाश्च वत्सांश्च बालकानपि

tasya prabhāvaṃ vijñātuṃ vidhātā jagatāṃ patiḥ || cakāra nihnutiṃ gāśca vatsāṃśca bālakānapi

In order to learn his power, the Creator, lord of the worlds, made a concealment of the cows, the calves, and the boys as well.

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BvP 4 20.4

विज्ञाय तदभिप्रायं सर्वज्ञः सर्वकारकः ।। पुनश्चकार तत्सर्वं योगीन्द्रो योगमायया रत्नकेयूरवलयरत्नमञ्जीररञ्जितम्।। रत्नकुण्डलयुग्माभ्यां स्वकपोलस्थलोज्ज्वलम् गावो वत्साश्च बालाश्च लतागुल्माश्च वीरुधः ।। सर्वं वृन्दावनं ब्रह्मा श्यामरूपं ददर्श ह निबध्य वायुं मध्यां तामानीय हृदयाम्बुजम्।। तं वायुं भ्रामयित्वा च योजयामास मध्यया सर्वाधारं सर्ववरं सर्वशक्तिसमन्वितम् ।। सर्वाराध्यं सर्वगुरुं सर्वमङ्गलकारणम् योगीशं योगसाध्यं च नमामि शिवसेवितम्।। मन्त्रबीजं मन्त्रराजं मन्त्रदं फलदं फलम् ।।

vijñāya tadabhiprāyaṃ sarvajñaḥ sarvakārakaḥ || punaścakāra tatsarvaṃ yogīndro yogamāyayā ratnakeyūravalayaratnamañjīrarañjitam|| ratnakuṇḍalayugmābhyāṃ svakapolasthalojjvalam gāvo vatsāśca bālāśca latāgulmāśca vīrudhaḥ || sarvaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ brahmā śyāmarūpaṃ dadarśa ha nibadhya vāyuṃ madhyāṃ tāmānīya hṛdayāmbujam|| taṃ vāyuṃ bhrāmayitvā ca yojayāmāsa madhyayā sarvādhāraṃ sarvavaraṃ sarvaśaktisamanvitam || sarvārādhyaṃ sarvaguruṃ sarvamaṅgalakāraṇam yogīśaṃ yogasādhyaṃ ca namāmi śivasevitam|| mantrabījaṃ mantrarājaṃ mantradaṃ phaladaṃ phalam ||

Knowing his intention, the all-knowing, all-doing lord of yogins made all that (appear) again by his yoga-māyā — adorned with jewelled armlets, bracelets and jewelled anklets, radiant on his own cheek-surfaces with a pair of jewelled earrings. The cows and calves and boys, the creepers, bushes and plants — Brahmā saw the whole Vṛndāvana in dark (Kṛṣṇa-)form. Having restrained the breath, and having brought it to the middle (channel) and to the heart-lotus, and having circulated that breath, he joined (it) with the middle (channel). (I bow to him,) the support of all, the best of all, endowed with all power, worshipped by all, teacher of all, cause of all auspiciousness; I bow to the lord of yoga, attainable by yoga, served by Śiva, the seed of mantras, the king of mantras, the giver of mantras, the giver of fruit, the fruit (itself).

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BvP 4 20.5

जगाम श्रीहरिर्गेहं कालयित्वा च गोकुलम् ।। बलेन बालकैः सार्धं क्रीडाकौतुकमानसः

jagāma śrīharirgehaṃ kālayitvā ca gokulam || balena bālakaiḥ sārdhaṃ krīḍākautukamānasaḥ

Śrī Hari, having driven (the cows) to Gokula, went home together with Bala and the boys, his mind delighted with play.

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BvP 4 20.6

एवं चकार भगवान्वर्षमेकं च प्रत्यहम् ।। यमुनागमनं गोभिर्बलेन सह बालकैः

evaṃ cakāra bhagavānvarṣamekaṃ ca pratyaham || yamunāgamanaṃ gobhirbalena saha bālakaiḥ

Thus the Lord did this every day for one year: going to the Yamunā with the cows, together with Bala and the boys.

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BvP 4 20.7

ब्रह्मा प्रभावं विज्ञाय लज्जानम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। आजगाम हरेःस्थानं भाण्डीरवटमूलके

brahmā prabhāvaṃ vijñāya lajjānamrātmakandharaḥ || ājagāma hareḥsthānaṃ bhāṇḍīravaṭamūlake

Brahmā, having recognized (his) power, his neck bowed down with shame, came to Hari's place at the foot of the Bhāṇḍīra banyan.

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BvP 4 20.8

ददर्श कृष्णं तत्रैव गोपालगणवेष्टितम् ।। यथा पार्वणचन्द्रं च विभान्तं स्वगणैः सह

dadarśa kṛṣṇaṃ tatraiva gopālagaṇaveṣṭitam || yathā pārvaṇacandraṃ ca vibhāntaṃ svagaṇaiḥ saha

There he saw Kṛṣṇa surrounded by the host of cowherds, shining like the full moon with its own host (of stars).

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BvP 4 20.9

रत्नसिंहासनस्थं च हसन्तं सस्मितं मुदा।। पीतवस्त्रपरीधानं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा

ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca hasantaṃ sasmitaṃ mudā|| pītavastraparīdhānaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā

(He saw him) seated on a jewelled lion-throne, laughing with a smile, in joy, wearing yellow cloth, blazing with brahman-splendour;

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BvP 4 20.11

कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यं लीलाधाममनोहरम् ।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमार्चितविग्रहम्

koṭikandarpalāvaṇyaṃ līlādhāmamanoharam || candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumārcitavigraham

(having) the loveliness of ten million Kandarpas, charming as the abode of play, his body worshipped with sandal, aloe, musk and saffron;

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BvP 4 20.12

पारिजातप्रसूनानां मालाजालैर्विभूषितम् ।। नवीननीरदश्यामं प्रोद्भिन्ननवयौवनम्

pārijātaprasūnānāṃ mālājālairvibhūṣitam || navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ prodbhinnanavayauvanam

adorned with networks of garlands of pārijāta blossoms, dark as a fresh raincloud, with new youth just burst forth;

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BvP 4 20.13

मालतीमाल्यसंयुक्तं मयूरपिच्छचूडकम् ।। स्वाङ्गसौन्दर्यदीप्त्या च कृतभूषणभूषितम्

mālatīmālyasaṃyuktaṃ mayūrapicchacūḍakam || svāṅgasaundaryadīptyā ca kṛtabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

joined with a garland of mālatī, with a peacock-feather crest, adorned with ornaments made (only) by the radiance of his own body's beauty;

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BvP 4 20.14

शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रस्य प्रभामुष्टास्यसुन्दरम् ।। पक्वबिम्बाधरौष्ठं च खगेन्द्रचञ्चुनासिकम्

śaratpārvaṇacandrasya prabhāmuṣṭāsyasundaram || pakvabimbādharauṣṭhaṃ ca khagendracañcunāsikam

his face beautiful, having stolen the brilliance of the autumn full moon; his lower lip a ripe bimba fruit, his nose the beak of the king of birds;

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BvP 4 20.15

शरन्मध्याह्नपद्मानां प्रभामोचनलोचनम्।। मुक्तापङ्क्तिविनिन्द्यैकदन्तपङ्क्तिमनोहरम्

śaranmadhyāhnapadmānāṃ prabhāmocanalocanam|| muktāpaṅktivinindyaikadantapaṅktimanoharam

his eyes releasing the brilliance of midday autumn lotuses, charming with the single row of teeth that puts to shame a row of pearls;

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BvP 4 20.16

कौस्तुभेन मणीन्द्रेण वक्षःस्थलसमुज्ज्वलम्।। शान्तं च राधिकाकान्तं परिपूर्णतमं परम्

kaustubhena maṇīndreṇa vakṣaḥsthalasamujjvalam|| śāntaṃ ca rādhikākāntaṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ param

his chest brightly gleaming with the Kaustubha, the chief of jewels; tranquil, the beloved of Rādhikā, the most complete, the supreme.

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BvP 4 20.17

एवंभूतं प्रभुं दृष्ट्वा प्रणनामातिविस्मितः।। दर्शंदर्शमीश्वरं तं प्रणनाम पुनःपुनः

evaṃbhūtaṃ prabhuṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇanāmātivismitaḥ|| darśaṃdarśamīśvaraṃ taṃ praṇanāma punaḥpunaḥ

Seeing the Lord to be of such a form, he bowed down, greatly astonished; looking and looking again at that Lord, he bowed down again and again.

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BvP 4 20.18

यद्दृष्टं हृदयाम्भोजे तद्रूपं बहिरेव च ।। या मूर्तिः पुरतो दृष्टा सा पश्चात्परितस्ततः

yaddṛṣṭaṃ hṛdayāmbhoje tadrūpaṃ bahireva ca || yā mūrtiḥ purato dṛṣṭā sā paścātparitastataḥ

What form he had seen in the lotus of his heart, that (was) also outside; and the figure that was seen in front, that (was) behind and all around on every side.

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BvP 4 20.19

तत्र वृन्दावने सर्वं दृष्ट्वा कृष्णसमं मुने ।। ध्यायंध्यायं च तद्रूपं तत्र तस्थौ जगद्गुरुः

tatra vṛndāvane sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇasamaṃ mune || dhyāyaṃdhyāyaṃ ca tadrūpaṃ tatra tasthau jagadguruḥ

There in Vṛndāvana, O sage, seeing everything as the same as Kṛṣṇa, and meditating again and again on that form, the world's teacher stood there.

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BvP 4 20.21

दृष्ट्वैवं परमाश्चर्यं पुनर्ध्यानं चकार ह ।। ददर्श त्रिजगद्ब्रह्मा नान्यत्कृष्णं विना मुने

dṛṣṭvaivaṃ paramāścaryaṃ punardhyānaṃ cakāra ha || dadarśa trijagadbrahmā nānyatkṛṣṇaṃ vinā mune

Having seen this supreme wonder, he again entered into meditation; and Brahmā saw nothing in the three worlds, O sage, apart from Kṛṣṇa.

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BvP 4 20.22

क्व च वृक्षः क्व वा शैलः क्व मही क्व च सागराः ।। क्व देवाः क्व च गन्धर्वा मुनीन्द्राः क्व च मानवाः

kva ca vṛkṣaḥ kva vā śailaḥ kva mahī kva ca sāgarāḥ || kva devāḥ kva ca gandharvā munīndrāḥ kva ca mānavāḥ

Where now is a tree, where a mountain, where the earth, where the oceans? Where the gods, where the gandharvas, where the chief sages, and where men?

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BvP 4 20.23

क्व चात्मा क्व जगद्बीजं क्व स्वर्गः क्वायमेव च।। सर्वं च स्वदृशा ब्रह्मा ददर्श मायया हरेः

kva cātmā kva jagadbījaṃ kva svargaḥ kvāyameva ca|| sarvaṃ ca svadṛśā brahmā dadarśa māyayā hareḥ

Where the self, where the seed of the world, where heaven, and where this (world) itself? Brahmā saw it all with his own eye, (as being) through the māyā of Hari.

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BvP 4 20.24

क्व कृष्णो जगतां नाथः क्व वा मायाविभूतयः ।। सर्वं कृष्णमयं दृष्ट्वा किंचिन्निर्वक्तुमक्षमः

kva kṛṣṇo jagatāṃ nāthaḥ kva vā māyāvibhūtayaḥ || sarvaṃ kṛṣṇamayaṃ dṛṣṭvā kiṃcinnirvaktumakṣamaḥ

Where is Kṛṣṇa, lord of the worlds, and where the manifestations of māyā? Seeing everything as made of Kṛṣṇa, he was unable to utter anything.

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BvP 4 20.25

किं स्तौमि किं करोमीति मनसैवं प्रगृह्य च ।। तत्र स्थित्वा जगद्धाता जपं कर्तुं समुद्यतः

kiṃ staumi kiṃ karomīti manasaivaṃ pragṛhya ca || tatra sthitvā jagaddhātā japaṃ kartuṃ samudyataḥ

"What shall I praise, what shall I do?" — thus resolving in his mind, the world's upholder, remaining there, set about performing recitation (japa).

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BvP 4 20.26

सुखं योगासनं कृत्वा बभूव संपुटाञ्जलिः ।। पुलकाङ्कितसर्वाङ्गः साश्रुनेत्रोऽतिदीनवत्

sukhaṃ yogāsanaṃ kṛtvā babhūva saṃpuṭāñjaliḥ || pulakāṅkitasarvāṅgaḥ sāśrunetro'tidīnavat

Having comfortably assumed the yogic posture, he became one with hollowed, joined palms, all his limbs marked with bristling hair, his eyes tearful, as though utterly abject.

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BvP 4 20.27

इडां सुषुम्नां मध्यां च पिङ्गलां नलिनीं धुराम् ।। नाडीषट्कं च योगेन निबद्ध्य च प्रयत्नतः

iḍāṃ suṣumnāṃ madhyāṃ ca piṅgalāṃ nalinīṃ dhurām || nāḍīṣaṭkaṃ ca yogena nibaddhya ca prayatnataḥ

Having with effort bound by yoga the six channels — iḍā, suṣumnā, madhyā, piṅgalā, nalinī and dhurā —

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BvP 4 20.28

मूलाधारं स्वाधिष्ठानं मणिपूरं मनोहरम् ।। विशुद्धं परमाज्ञाख्यं षट्चक्रं च निबद्ध्य च

mūlādhāraṃ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ maṇipūraṃ manoharam || viśuddhaṃ paramājñākhyaṃ ṣaṭcakraṃ ca nibaddhya ca

and having bound the six wheels: mūlādhāra, svādhiṣṭhāna, the charming maṇipūra, viśuddha, and that called the supreme ājñā —

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BvP 4 20.29

लङ्घनं कारयित्वा च तत्षट्चक्रं क्रमाद्विधिः।। ब्रह्मरन्ध्रं समानीय वायुबन्धं चकार ह

laṅghanaṃ kārayitvā ca tatṣaṭcakraṃ kramādvidhiḥ|| brahmarandhraṃ samānīya vāyubandhaṃ cakāra ha

and having caused (the breath) to pass over those six wheels in order, Vidhi (Brahmā), bringing it to the brahma-aperture, made the retention of breath.

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BvP 4 20.31

एवं कृत्वा तु निष्पन्दो यो दत्तो हरिणा पुरा ।। जजाप परमं मन्त्रं तस्यैव च दशाक्षरम्

evaṃ kṛtvā tu niṣpando yo datto hariṇā purā || jajāpa paramaṃ mantraṃ tasyaiva ca daśākṣaram

Having done so, motionless, he recited that supreme ten-syllabled mantra of his (Hari's) own, which had formerly been given by Hari.

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BvP 4 20.32

मुहूर्तं च जपं कृत्वा ध्यायंध्यायं पदाम्बुजम् ।। ददर्श हृदयाम्भोजे सर्वतेजोमयं मुने

muhūrtaṃ ca japaṃ kṛtvā dhyāyaṃdhyāyaṃ padāmbujam || dadarśa hṛdayāmbhoje sarvatejomayaṃ mune

Having performed the recitation for a muhūrta, meditating again and again on the lotus feet, he saw in the lotus of his heart, O sage, (a form) wholly made of light.

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BvP 4 20.33

तत्तेजसोऽन्तरे रूपमतीव सुमनोहरम् ।। द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं भूषितं पीतवाससा

tattejaso'ntare rūpamatīva sumanoharam || dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ bhūṣitaṃ pītavāsasā

Within that light, an exceedingly lovely form, two-armed, with a flute in hand, adorned with yellow garments,

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BvP 4 20.34

श्रुतिमूलस्थलन्यस्तज्वलन्मकरकुण्डलम् ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम्

śrutimūlasthalanyastajvalanmakarakuṇḍalam || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram

with gleaming makara-shaped earrings set at the roots of the ears, its face bright with a slight smile, eager to show favour to devotees —

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BvP 4 20.35

यद्दृष्टं ब्रह्मरन्ध्रे च हृदि तद्बहिरेव च ।। दृष्ट्वा च परमाश्चर्यं तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्

yaddṛṣṭaṃ brahmarandhre ca hṛdi tadbahireva ca || dṛṣṭvā ca paramāścaryaṃ tuṣṭāva parameśvaram

What was seen in the brahma-aperture and in the heart, that too (was seen) outside; and seeing that supreme wonder, he praised the supreme Lord.

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BvP 4 20.36

यत्स्तोत्रं च पुरा दत्तं हरिणैकार्णवे मुने ।। तमीशं तेन विधिना भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः

yatstotraṃ ca purā dattaṃ hariṇaikārṇave mune || tamīśaṃ tena vidhinā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ

With the hymn that had formerly been given by Hari in the single ocean, O sage, (he praised) that Lord by that prescribed manner, his neck and self bowed in devotion.

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BvP 4 20.37

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सर्वस्वरूपं सर्वेशं सर्वकारणकारणम् ।। सर्वानिर्वचनीयं तं नमामि शिवरूपिणम्

brahmovāca || sarvasvarūpaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || sarvānirvacanīyaṃ taṃ namāmi śivarūpiṇam

Brahmā said: I bow to him whose form is all things, the lord of all, the cause of all causes, wholly indescribable, having the form of the auspicious (Śiva).

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BvP 4 20.38

नवीनजलदाकारं श्यामसुन्दरविग्रहम् ।। स्थितं जन्तुषु सर्वेषु निर्लिप्तं साक्षिरूपिणम्

navīnajaladākāraṃ śyāmasundaravigraham || sthitaṃ jantuṣu sarveṣu nirliptaṃ sākṣirūpiṇam

(I bow to him) whose shape is like a fresh cloud, whose body is dark and beautiful, who stands in all creatures unattached, in the form of the witness.

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BvP 4 20.39

स्वात्मारामं पूर्णकामं जगद्व्यापिजगत्परम् ।। सर्वस्वरूपं सर्वेषां बीजरूपं सनातनम्

svātmārāmaṃ pūrṇakāmaṃ jagadvyāpijagatparam || sarvasvarūpaṃ sarveṣāṃ bījarūpaṃ sanātanam

Delighting in his own self, whose desires are fulfilled, pervading the world and beyond the world, whose form is all things, the eternal seed-form of all beings.

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BvP 4 20.41

सर्वमंत्रस्वरूपं च सर्वसंपत्करं वरम् ।। शक्तियुक्तमयुक्तं च स्तौमि स्वेच्छामयं विभुम्

sarvamaṃtrasvarūpaṃ ca sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ varam || śaktiyuktamayuktaṃ ca staumi svecchāmayaṃ vibhum

I praise the excellent one whose form is all mantras, the giver of all prosperity, joined with Śakti and yet unjoined, the mighty lord who acts by his own will.

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BvP 4 20.42

शक्तीशं शक्तिबीजं च शक्तिरूपधरं वरम् ।। संसारसागरे घोरे शक्तिनौकासमन्वितम्

śaktīśaṃ śaktibījaṃ ca śaktirūpadharaṃ varam || saṃsārasāgare ghore śaktinaukāsamanvitam

The lord of Śakti, the seed of Śakti, the excellent one who bears the form of Śakti, who in the terrible ocean of saṃsāra is furnished with the boat of Śakti,

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BvP 4 20.43

कृपालुं कर्णधारं च नमामि भक्तवत्सलम् ।। आत्मस्वरूपमेकांतं लिप्तं निर्लिप्तमेव च

kṛpāluṃ karṇadhāraṃ ca namāmi bhaktavatsalam || ātmasvarūpamekāṃtaṃ liptaṃ nirliptameva ca

Compassionate, the helmsman (of the boat) — I bow to (him) who is tender to devotees; (he who is) the very nature of the Self, solitary/absolute, both smeared (with attachment) and unsmeared.

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BvP 4 20.44

सगुणं निर्गुणं ब्रह्म स्तौमि स्वेच्छास्वरूपिणम्।। सर्वेन्द्रियादिदेवं तमिन्द्रियालयमेव च

saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ brahma staumi svecchāsvarūpiṇam|| sarvendriyādidevaṃ tamindriyālayameva ca

I praise Brahman, with qualities and without qualities, whose form is (assumed) at his own will; (I praise) him, the god who is the first cause of all the senses, and the resting-place of the senses.

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BvP 4 20.45

सर्वेन्द्रियस्वरूपं च विराड्रूपं नमाम्यहम् ।। वेदं च वेदजनकं सर्ववेदाङ्गरूपिणम्

sarvendriyasvarūpaṃ ca virāḍrūpaṃ namāmyaham || vedaṃ ca vedajanakaṃ sarvavedāṅgarūpiṇam

And I bow to (him) whose form is all the senses and whose form is the Cosmic Body (virāṭ); (who is) the Veda and the begetter of the Veda, and embodied in all the limbs of the Veda.

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BvP 4 20.46

सर्वमन्तस्वरूपं च नमामि परमेश्वरम् ।। सारात्सारतरं द्रव्यमपूर्वमनिरूपिणम्

sarvamantasvarūpaṃ ca namāmi parameśvaram || sārātsārataraṃ dravyamapūrvamanirūpiṇam

And I bow to the Supreme Lord whose form is the inmost (self) of all; (who is) a substance more essential than the essence, unprecedented, indescribable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 20.47

स्वतन्त्रमस्वतन्त्रं च यशोदानन्दनं भजे ।। सन्तं सर्वशरीरेषु तमदृष्टमनूहकम्

svatantramasvatantraṃ ca yaśodānandanaṃ bhaje || santaṃ sarvaśarīreṣu tamadṛṣṭamanūhakam

I worship the son of Yaśodā, (who is) independent and (yet) dependent; existing in all bodies, unseen, not to be reasoned out.

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BvP 4 20.48

ध्यानासाध्यं विद्यमानं योगीन्द्राणां गुरुं भजे ।। रासमण्डलमध्यस्थं रासोल्लाससमुत्सुकम्

dhyānāsādhyaṃ vidyamānaṃ yogīndrāṇāṃ guruṃ bhaje || rāsamaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ rāsollāsasamutsukam

I worship (him who is) unattainable by meditation yet present, the teacher of the foremost yogins; standing in the middle of the rāsa circle, eager for the delight of the rāsa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 20.49

गोपीभिः सेव्यमानं च तं धरेशं नमाम्यहम् ।। सतां सदैव सन्तं तमसन्तमसतामपि

gopībhiḥ sevyamānaṃ ca taṃ dhareśaṃ namāmyaham || satāṃ sadaiva santaṃ tamasantamasatāmapi

And I bow to him, the lord of the earth, who is attended by the gopīs; who is ever present for the good, and absent for the wicked.

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BvP 4 20.51

मन्त्रसिद्धिस्वरूपं तं नमामि च परात्परम् ।। सुखं दुःखं च सुखदं दुःखदं पुण्यमेव च

mantrasiddhisvarūpaṃ taṃ namāmi ca parātparam || sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca sukhadaṃ duḥkhadaṃ puṇyameva ca

And I bow to him whose form is the fulfilment of mantras, higher than the highest; (who is) pleasure and pain, the giver of pleasure and the giver of pain, and merit itself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 20.53

निपत्य दण्डवद्भूमौ रुरोद प्रणनाम च ।। ददर्श चक्षुरुन्मील्य विधाता जगतां मुने

nipatya daṇḍavadbhūmau ruroda praṇanāma ca || dadarśa cakṣurunmīlya vidhātā jagatāṃ mune

Having fallen on the ground like a staff he wept and made obeisance; and opening his eyes the Ordainer of the worlds looked, O sage.

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BvP 4 20.54

ब्रह्मणा च कृतं स्तोत्रं नित्यं भक्त्या च यः पठेत् ।। इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा यात्यन्ते श्रीहरेः पदम्

brahmaṇā ca kṛtaṃ stotraṃ nityaṃ bhaktyā ca yaḥ paṭhet || iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā yātyante śrīhareḥ padam

And whoever should recite daily with devotion the hymn made by Brahmā, having enjoyed happiness in this world, at the end he goes to the abode of Śrī Hari.

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BvP 4 20.55

लभते दास्यमतुलं स्थानमीश्वरसन्निधौ ।। लब्ध्वा च कृष्णसान्निध्यं पार्षदप्रवरो भवेत्

labhate dāsyamatulaṃ sthānamīśvarasannidhau || labdhvā ca kṛṣṇasānnidhyaṃ pārṣadapravaro bhavet

He obtains incomparable servitude, a place in the presence of the Lord; and having obtained nearness to Kṛṣṇa, he becomes the foremost of (his) attendants.

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BvP 4 20.56

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। गते जगत्कारणे च ब्रह्मलोकं च ब्रह्मणि ।। श्रीकृष्णो बालकैः सार्धं जगाम स्वालयं विभुः

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || gate jagatkāraṇe ca brahmalokaṃ ca brahmaṇi || śrīkṛṣṇo bālakaiḥ sārdhaṃ jagāma svālayaṃ vibhuḥ

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: When the cause of the world, Brahmā, had gone to Brahmaloka, the all-pervading Śrī Kṛṣṇa went to his own dwelling together with the boys.

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BvP 4 20.57

गावो वत्साश्च बालाश्च जग्मुर्वर्षान्तरे गृहम् ।। श्रीकृष्णमायया सर्वे मेनिरे ते दिनान्तरम्

gāvo vatsāśca bālāśca jagmurvarṣāntare gṛham || śrīkṛṣṇamāyayā sarve menire te dināntaram

The cows and the calves and the boys went home after a year had passed; by Śrī Kṛṣṇa's māyā they all supposed it (only) another day.

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BvP 4 20.58

गोपा गोपालिका किंचित्तत्कर्तुं न क्षमास्तदा ।। योगिनः कृत्रिमं सर्वं किं नूत्नं वा पुरातनम्

gopā gopālikā kiṃcittatkartuṃ na kṣamāstadā || yoginaḥ kṛtrimaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ nūtnaṃ vā purātanam

The cowherd men and cowherd women were then unable to do anything about that; for a yogin everything is fabricated — what is new or what is old?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 20.59

इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं श्रीकृष्णचरितं शुभम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं पुण्यं सर्वकालसुखावहम्

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ śubham || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakālasukhāvaham

Thus has all the auspicious deed-story of Śrī Kṛṣṇa been told — giver of happiness, giver of liberation, meritorious, bringing happiness at all times.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 20.92

पुण्यप्रदं च शुभदं शुभबीजं नमाम्यहम् ।। इत्येवं स्तवनं कृत्वा दत्त्वा गाश्च स बालकान्

puṇyapradaṃ ca śubhadaṃ śubhabījaṃ namāmyaham || ityevaṃ stavanaṃ kṛtvā dattvā gāśca sa bālakān

I bow to (him who is) the bestower of merit and the bestower of good, the seed of good. Having thus made his praise, and having given (back) the cows and the boys...

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition