Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 21

BvP 4 21.1

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। एकदाऽऽनन्दयुक्तश्च नन्दो गोपव्रजे मुने ।। दुन्दुभिं वादयामास शक्रयागकृतोद्यमः प्रीत्या तस्मै वरं दत्त्वा स्थापयामास पर्वतम् ।। प्रणम्य च हरिं शक्रः प्रययौ स्वगणैः सह

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ekadā''nandayuktaśca nando gopavraje mune || dundubhiṃ vādayāmāsa śakrayāgakṛtodyamaḥ prītyā tasmai varaṃ dattvā sthāpayāmāsa parvatam || praṇamya ca hariṃ śakraḥ prayayau svagaṇaiḥ saha

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Once, O sage, Nanda, filled with joy, in the cowherds' Vraja had the drum sounded, having undertaken the sacrifice to Śakra. Having with affection given him a boon, he set the mountain (back) in place; and Śakra, having bowed to Hari, went away with his hosts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 21.2

दधि क्षीरं घृतं तक्रं नवनीतं गुडं मधु ।। एतान्यादाय शक्रस्य पूजां कुर्वन्त्विति ब्रुवन् श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। अहो श्रुतं विचित्रं ते वचनं परमाद्भुतम् ।। उपहास्यं लोकशास्त्रं वेदेष्वेव विगर्हितम् गह्वरस्था जनाः सर्वे प्रजग्मुर्गह्वराद्गृहम् ।। ते सर्वे मेनिरे कृष्णं परिपूर्णतमं विभुम्

dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ takraṃ navanītaṃ guḍaṃ madhu || etānyādāya śakrasya pūjāṃ kurvantviti bruvan śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || aho śrutaṃ vicitraṃ te vacanaṃ paramādbhutam || upahāsyaṃ lokaśāstraṃ vedeṣveva vigarhitam gahvarasthā janāḥ sarve prajagmurgahvarādgṛham || te sarve menire kṛṣṇaṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ vibhum

"Curds, milk, ghee, buttermilk, fresh butter, molasses, honey — taking these, let them perform the worship of Śakra," so he said. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Ah, I have heard your strange, most astonishing speech — a laughable worldly doctrine, indeed censured in the Vedas. All the people who were in the cave went home from the cave; they all regarded Kṛṣṇa as the wholly complete, all-pervading one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 21.3

येये सन्त्यत्र नगरे गोपा गोप्यश्च बालकाः ।। बालिकाश्च द्विजा भूयो वैश्याः शूद्राश्च भक्तितः निरूपणं नास्ति कुत्र शक्राद्वृष्टिः प्रजायते ।। अपूर्वं नीतिवचनं श्रुतमद्य मुखात्तव पुरस्कृत्य व्रजस्थांश्च प्रययौ स्वालयं हरिः ।। तुष्टाव नंदः पुत्रं तं पूर्णब्रह्म सनातनम् ।। पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गो भक्तिपूर्णाश्रुलोचनः

yeye santyatra nagare gopā gopyaśca bālakāḥ || bālikāśca dvijā bhūyo vaiśyāḥ śūdrāśca bhaktitaḥ nirūpaṇaṃ nāsti kutra śakrādvṛṣṭiḥ prajāyate || apūrvaṃ nītivacanaṃ śrutamadya mukhāttava puraskṛtya vrajasthāṃśca prayayau svālayaṃ hariḥ || tuṣṭāva naṃdaḥ putraṃ taṃ pūrṇabrahma sanātanam || pulakāñcitasarvāṅgo bhaktipūrṇāśrulocanaḥ

Whoever are here in this town, cowherds and cowherd women and boys, and girls, and twice-born, and further vaiśyas and śūdras, with devotion — (let them worship). There is no demonstration anywhere that rain arises from Śakra; an unprecedented maxim have I heard today from your mouth. Putting the dwellers of Vraja in front, Hari went to his own house; and Nanda praised that son of his, the full, eternal Brahman, all his limbs bristling with thrill, his eyes filled with tears of devotion.

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

BvP 4 21.4

इत्येवं श्रावयामास स्वयमेव मुदाऽन्वितः ।। यष्टिमारोपयामास रम्यस्थाने सुविस्तृते गर्गश्च गालवश्चैव शाकल्यः शाकटायनः ।। गौतमः करुषः कण्वो वात्स्यः कात्यायनस्तथा कलशानां सहस्रं च पूर्णं शर्करया मुने ।। यवगोधूमचूर्णानां लड्डुकैर्मधुरैर्वरैः बालकानां बालिकानां वृक्षाणां वृक्षयोषिताम् ।। यूनां च युवतीनां च संख्यां कर्तुं च कः क्षमः शशाङ्केन यथाऽऽकाशं भालमध्यविराजितम् ।। मालतीमालया श्यामकण्ठवक्षःस्थलोज्ज्वलम् देवे रुष्टे भवेत्किं वा पूजायाः प्रतिबन्धके ।। तुष्टो देवः किं ददाति फलमत्र परत्रकम् प्रशस्तं सर्वदेवेषु विष्णुनैवेद्यभोजनम्।। अन्नं विष्ठा जलं मूत्रं यद्विष्णोरनिवेदितम् प्रियाः प्राणाधिका विष्णोर्ये विप्रा हरिसेविनः ।। द्विजानां हरिभक्तानां प्रभावो दुर्लभः श्रुतौ दत्त्वा विशिष्टजीवेभ्यो विशिष्टं फलमाप्नुयात् ।। अतो दत्त्वा मानुषेभ्यो लभतेऽष्टगुणं फलम् भुवः पर्यटने यत्तु सर्ववाक्येषु यद्भवेत् ।। यत्पुण्यं सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षायां च लभेन्नरः पूजयन्ति व्रजस्थाश्च महेन्द्रं पुरुषक्रमात्।। महोत्सवं वत्सरान्ते निर्विघ्नाय शिवाय च इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा बलेन सह माधवः ।। उच्चैर्जहास स पुनरुवाच पितरं मुदा श्रुणु नीतिं श्रुतिमतां हे तात नानयं वदेः ।। वचनं सामवेदोक्तं सन्तो जानन्ति सर्वत हस्ती समुद्रादादाय करेण जलमीप्सितम् ।। दद्याद्घनाय तद्दद्याद्वातेन प्रेरितो घनः यस्याज्ञया सदा वाति जगत्प्राणो जगत्त्रये ।। तपति भ्रमणं कृत्वा भूगोलं सुप्रभाकरः पर्वतस्यमुनींद्राणां चकार पूजनं तदा ।। बुधानां ब्राह्मणानां च गवां वह्नेश्च सादरम् स्तुत्वा नत्वा रामकृष्णौ मुनयो ब्राह्मणा ययुः ।। ययुरप्सरसः सर्वा गन्धर्वाः किंनरास्तथा नन्द उवाच ।। इन्द्रः सुरपतिः शक्रो दितिजः पवनाग्रजः श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। स्तोत्रं नंदमुखाच्छ्रुत्वा चुकोप मधुसूदनः सहामरगणं मोघं चकारस्तंभनं विभुः।। सर्वे तस्थुर्निश्चलास्ते भित्तौ पुत्तलिका यथा कुत्रचिद्राधया सार्धं गच्छन्तं रासमंडलम् ।। राधादत्तां गले मालां धृतवन्तं च कुत्रचित् नारायण उवाच ।। इन्द्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रसन्नः श्रीनिकेतनः नन्द उवाच ।। नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च शुक्लरक्तपीतश्यामाभिधानगुणशालिने ।। योगिने योगरूपाय गुरवे योगिनामपि राजत्वं चिरजीवित्वं सुधियो गणयन्ति किम् ।। एतद्यत्कथितं सर्वं ब्रह्मत्वादिकमीश्वर स्तोत्रं तस्मै पुरा दत्तं ब्रह्मणा तत्सुदुर्लभम् ।। हरेः षडक्षरो मन्त्रः कवचं सर्वरक्षणम्

ityevaṃ śrāvayāmāsa svayameva mudā'nvitaḥ || yaṣṭimāropayāmāsa ramyasthāne suvistṛte gargaśca gālavaścaiva śākalyaḥ śākaṭāyanaḥ || gautamaḥ karuṣaḥ kaṇvo vātsyaḥ kātyāyanastathā kalaśānāṃ sahasraṃ ca pūrṇaṃ śarkarayā mune || yavagodhūmacūrṇānāṃ laḍḍukairmadhurairvaraiḥ bālakānāṃ bālikānāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ vṛkṣayoṣitām || yūnāṃ ca yuvatīnāṃ ca saṃkhyāṃ kartuṃ ca kaḥ kṣamaḥ śaśāṅkena yathā''kāśaṃ bhālamadhyavirājitam || mālatīmālayā śyāmakaṇṭhavakṣaḥsthalojjvalam deve ruṣṭe bhavetkiṃ vā pūjāyāḥ pratibandhake || tuṣṭo devaḥ kiṃ dadāti phalamatra paratrakam praśastaṃ sarvadeveṣu viṣṇunaivedyabhojanam|| annaṃ viṣṭhā jalaṃ mūtraṃ yadviṣṇoraniveditam priyāḥ prāṇādhikā viṣṇorye viprā harisevinaḥ || dvijānāṃ haribhaktānāṃ prabhāvo durlabhaḥ śrutau dattvā viśiṣṭajīvebhyo viśiṣṭaṃ phalamāpnuyāt || ato dattvā mānuṣebhyo labhate'ṣṭaguṇaṃ phalam bhuvaḥ paryaṭane yattu sarvavākyeṣu yadbhavet || yatpuṇyaṃ sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣāyāṃ ca labhennaraḥ pūjayanti vrajasthāśca mahendraṃ puruṣakramāt|| mahotsavaṃ vatsarānte nirvighnāya śivāya ca ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā balena saha mādhavaḥ || uccairjahāsa sa punaruvāca pitaraṃ mudā śruṇu nītiṃ śrutimatāṃ he tāta nānayaṃ vadeḥ || vacanaṃ sāmavedoktaṃ santo jānanti sarvata hastī samudrādādāya kareṇa jalamīpsitam || dadyādghanāya taddadyādvātena prerito ghanaḥ yasyājñayā sadā vāti jagatprāṇo jagattraye || tapati bhramaṇaṃ kṛtvā bhūgolaṃ suprabhākaraḥ parvatasyamunīṃdrāṇāṃ cakāra pūjanaṃ tadā || budhānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca gavāṃ vahneśca sādaram stutvā natvā rāmakṛṣṇau munayo brāhmaṇā yayuḥ || yayurapsarasaḥ sarvā gandharvāḥ kiṃnarāstathā nanda uvāca || indraḥ surapatiḥ śakro ditijaḥ pavanāgrajaḥ śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || stotraṃ naṃdamukhācchrutvā cukopa madhusūdanaḥ sahāmaragaṇaṃ moghaṃ cakārastaṃbhanaṃ vibhuḥ|| sarve tasthurniścalāste bhittau puttalikā yathā kutracidrādhayā sārdhaṃ gacchantaṃ rāsamaṃḍalam || rādhādattāṃ gale mālāṃ dhṛtavantaṃ ca kutracit nārāyaṇa uvāca || indrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā prasannaḥ śrīniketanaḥ nanda uvāca || namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca śuklaraktapītaśyāmābhidhānaguṇaśāline || yogine yogarūpāya gurave yogināmapi rājatvaṃ cirajīvitvaṃ sudhiyo gaṇayanti kim || etadyatkathitaṃ sarvaṃ brahmatvādikamīśvara stotraṃ tasmai purā dattaṃ brahmaṇā tatsudurlabham || hareḥ ṣaḍakṣaro mantraḥ kavacaṃ sarvarakṣaṇam

Thus, filled with joy, he himself had it announced, and he set up a (festival) pole in a lovely, very spacious place. Garga and Gālava, Śākalya, Śākaṭāyana, Gautama, Karuṣa, Kaṇva, Vātsya and likewise Kātyāyana (came); and a thousand pots full of sugar, O sage, with excellent sweet laddus of barley- and wheat-flour. Who is able to make a count of the boys, the girls, the trees, the tree-women, the young men and the young women? As the sky is graced by the moon, so was the middle of his brow; his dark throat and chest were resplendent with a garland of jasmine. If the god is angry, what indeed will he do, when the worship is obstructed? And if pleased, what fruit does the god give here or in the next world? Among all the gods the eating of food offered to Viṣṇu is commended; food not offered to Viṣṇu is excrement, and water is urine. Dearer than life to Viṣṇu are those brahmins who serve Hari; the greatness of Hari-devoted twice-born is hard to find (even) in scripture. By giving to distinguished living beings one would obtain a distinguished fruit; therefore by giving to human beings one obtains eightfold fruit. Whatever (merit) there is in circumambulating the earth, whatever there is in all utterances, whatever merit a man may obtain in all sacrifices and in initiation (— that he obtains). And the dwellers of Vraja worship great Indra, generation after generation, with a great festival at the year's end, for the removal of obstacles and for well-being. Having heard such speech, Mādhava together with Bala laughed aloud, and joyfully spoke again to his father: Listen to the maxim of those learned in the Vedas, father; do not speak what is improper; the good know everywhere the utterance spoken in the Sāmaveda. The elephant, taking with his trunk the desired water from the ocean, gives it to the cloud, and the cloud, driven by the wind, gives it (as rain). By whose command the world's breath (the wind) blows always in the three worlds, and the bright-rayed sun burns, making its circuit of the earth-globe. Then he performed the worship of the mountain and of the chief sages, and reverently of the wise, of brahmins, of cows and of fire. Having praised and bowed to Rāma and Kṛṣṇa the sages and brahmins departed; all the apsarases departed, and the gandharvas and the kinnaras likewise. Nanda said: Indra, the lord of the gods, Śakra, born of Diti(?), elder brother of the wind... Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Hearing the hymn from Nanda's mouth, the slayer of Madhu grew angry; the mighty one made the host of gods futile and paralysed them. They all stood motionless, like figures painted on a wall. Somewhere (they saw him) going with Rādhā to the rāsa circle, and somewhere wearing on his neck the garland given by Rādhā. Nārāyaṇa said: Hearing Indra's words, the abode of Śrī was pleased. Nanda said: Obeisance to the god devoted to brahmins, and to (him who is) the benefactor of cows and brahmins; to him who bears the names and qualities white, red, yellow and dark; to the yogin, whose form is yoga, the teacher even of yogins. Kingship and long life — do the wise reckon them as anything? All this that has been told, brahminhood and the rest, O Lord — that hymn, very hard to obtain, was given to him formerly by Brahmā; (as also) Hari's six-syllabled mantra, an armour that protects all.

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

BvP 4 21.5

ददौ तत्र क्षौमवस्त्रं मालाजालं मनोहरम् ।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमद्रवमेव च प्रश्नं कुरुष्व मन्त्रांश्च विविधानपि संसदि।। ब्रुवन्तु परमार्थं च किमिन्द्राद्वृष्टिरेव च जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविन्दाय नमोनमः ।। नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने

dadau tatra kṣaumavastraṃ mālājālaṃ manoharam || candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumadravameva ca praśnaṃ kuruṣva mantrāṃśca vividhānapi saṃsadi|| bruvantu paramārthaṃ ca kimindrādvṛṣṭireva ca jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namonamaḥ || namo brahmaṇyadevāya brahmaṇe paramātmane

There he gave a linen garment and a lovely mass of garlands, and sandal paste, aloe-wood, musk and liquid saffron. — Put your question in the assembly, and also the various formulas; let them declare the highest truth, and whether rain indeed (comes) from Indra. Homage, homage to Kṛṣṇa, to Govinda, who acts for the world's welfare; homage to the god who favours brahmins, to Brahman, to the Supreme Self.

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BvP 4 21.6

स्नातः कृताह्निको भक्त्या धृत्वा धौते च वाससी।। उवास स्वर्णपीठे च प्रक्षालितपदाम्बुजः सूर्याद्धि जायते तोयं तोयात्सस्यानि शाखिनः ।। तेभ्योऽन्नानि फलान्येव तेभ्यो जीवन्ति जीविनः अनन्तकोटिब्रह्माण्डधामधाम्ने नमोऽस्तु ते ।। नमो मत्स्यादिरूपाणां जीवरूपायसाक्षिणे

snātaḥ kṛtāhniko bhaktyā dhṛtvā dhaute ca vāsasī|| uvāsa svarṇapīṭhe ca prakṣālitapadāmbujaḥ sūryāddhi jāyate toyaṃ toyātsasyāni śākhinaḥ || tebhyo'nnāni phalānyeva tebhyo jīvanti jīvinaḥ anantakoṭibrahmāṇḍadhāmadhāmne namo'stu te || namo matsyādirūpāṇāṃ jīvarūpāyasākṣiṇe

Bathed, having performed the daily rite with devotion, and having put on two washed garments, with his lotus-feet washed, he sat upon a golden seat. — From the sun indeed water is born; from water, crops and trees; from them come food and fruits; on these living beings live. — Homage be to you, the abode of the abodes of endless crores of universes; homage to the witness who has the form of living beings, (the source) of the forms of the Fish and the rest.

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

BvP 4 21.7

नानाप्रकारपात्रैश्च ब्राह्मणैश्च पुरोहितैः ।। गोपालैर्गोपिकाभिश्च बालाभिः सह बालकैः सूर्यग्रस्तं च नीरं च काले तस्मात्समुद्भवः।। सूर्यो मेघादयः सर्वे विधात्रा ते निरूपिताः निर्लिप्ताय निर्गुणाय निराकाराय ते नमः।। अतिसूक्ष्मस्वरूपाय स्थूलात्स्थूलतमाय च

nānāprakārapātraiśca brāhmaṇaiśca purohitaiḥ || gopālairgopikābhiśca bālābhiḥ saha bālakaiḥ sūryagrastaṃ ca nīraṃ ca kāle tasmātsamudbhavaḥ|| sūryo meghādayaḥ sarve vidhātrā te nirūpitāḥ nirliptāya nirguṇāya nirākārāya te namaḥ|| atisūkṣmasvarūpāya sthūlātsthūlatamāya ca

With vessels of many kinds, with brahmins and household priests, with cowherds and cowherd women, with girls together with boys — and the water swallowed by the sun: from that, in time, arises (rain); the sun, the clouds and all the rest have been ordained by the Creator. — Homage to you, the unattached, the quality-less, the formless; to him whose nature is exceedingly subtle, and who is grosser than the gross.

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BvP 4 21.8

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्राजग्मुर्नगरवासिनः ।। महासंभृतसंभारा नानोपायनसंयुताः यत्राब्दे यो जलधरो गजश्च सागरो मतः ।। सस्याधिपो नृपो मन्त्री विधात्रा ते निरूपिताः सर्वेश्वराय सर्वाय तेजोरूप नमोऽस्तु ते।। अतिप्रत्यक्षरूपाय ध्यानासाध्याय योगिनाम्

etasminnantare tatrājagmurnagaravāsinaḥ || mahāsaṃbhṛtasaṃbhārā nānopāyanasaṃyutāḥ yatrābde yo jaladharo gajaśca sāgaro mataḥ || sasyādhipo nṛpo mantrī vidhātrā te nirūpitāḥ sarveśvarāya sarvāya tejorūpa namo'stu te|| atipratyakṣarūpāya dhyānāsādhyāya yoginām

Meanwhile the city-dwellers came there, bringing great heaps of provisions and furnished with various gifts. — Whatever rain-cloud, whatever elephant and ocean is reckoned for a given year, and the lord of the crops, the king, the minister — these have been ordained by the Creator. — Homage be to you, lord of all, the All, whose form is radiance; to him whose form is most manifest, yet unattainable by the meditation of yogins.

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BvP 4 21.9

आजग्मुर्मुनयः सर्वे ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। शान्ताः शिष्यगणैः सार्धं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः जलादिकानां सस्यानां तृणानां च निरूपितम् ।। अब्देऽब्देऽस्त्येव तत्सर्वं कल्पे कल्पे युगेयुगे वायुशब्दैर्मेघशब्दैः सैन्यशब्दैर्भयानकैः ।। चकम्पे नगरं सर्वं नन्दो भयमवाप ह ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानां वन्द्याय नित्यरूपिणे ।। धाम्ने चतुर्ण्णां वर्णानां युगेष्वेव चतुर्षु च

ājagmurmunayaḥ sarve jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā || śāntāḥ śiṣyagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ jalādikānāṃ sasyānāṃ tṛṇānāṃ ca nirūpitam || abde'bde'styeva tatsarvaṃ kalpe kalpe yugeyuge vāyuśabdairmeghaśabdaiḥ sainyaśabdairbhayānakaiḥ || cakampe nagaraṃ sarvaṃ nando bhayamavāpa ha brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ vandyāya nityarūpiṇe || dhāmne caturṇṇāṃ varṇānāṃ yugeṣveva caturṣu ca

All the sages came, blazing with brahminical splendour, tranquil, together with their throngs of pupils, masters of the Vedas and the Vedic auxiliaries. — What has been ordained concerning water and the rest, crops and grasses — all that exists year after year, aeon after aeon, age after age. — With the noise of winds, the noise of clouds, and the fearful noise of armies the whole city trembled, and Nanda was seized with fear. — To him who is to be revered by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, whose form is eternal, the abode of the four classes throughout the four ages.

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BvP 4 21.11

सौभरिर्वामदेवश्च याज्ञवल्क्यश्च पाणिनिः ।। ऋष्यशृङ्गो गौरमुखो भरद्वाजश्च वामनः स्थानेस्थाने पृथिव्यां च कालेकाले यथोचितम्।। ईशेच्छयाऽऽविर्भूतं च न भवेत्प्रतिबन्धकम् सिद्धेश्वराय सिद्धाय सिद्धानां गुरवे नमः ।। यं स्तोतुमक्षमो ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्यं स्तोतुमक्षमः

saubharirvāmadevaśca yājñavalkyaśca pāṇiniḥ || ṛṣyaśṛṅgo gauramukho bharadvājaśca vāmanaḥ sthānesthāne pṛthivyāṃ ca kālekāle yathocitam|| īśecchayā''virbhūtaṃ ca na bhavetpratibandhakam siddheśvarāya siddhāya siddhānāṃ gurave namaḥ || yaṃ stotumakṣamo brahmā viṣṇuryaṃ stotumakṣamaḥ

Saubhari and Vāmadeva, and Yājñavalkya and Pāṇini, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Gauramukha, and Bharadvāja and Vāmana — In place after place on earth, and at time after time as is fitting, what has appeared by the Lord's will can have no obstruction. — Homage to the lord of the perfected, to the perfected one, to the teacher of the perfected; whom Brahmā is unable to praise, whom Viṣṇu is unable to praise.

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BvP 4 21.12

कृष्णद्वैपायनः शृङ्गी सुमन्तुर्जैमिनिः कचः ।। पराशरश्च मैत्रेयो वैशम्पायन एव च भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च महत्क्षुद्रं च मध्यमम् ।। धात्रा निरूपितं कर्म केन तात निवार्यते यं स्तोतुमक्षमो रुद्रः शेषो यं स्तोतुमक्षमः ।। यं स्तोतुमक्षमो धर्मो यं स्तोतुमक्षमो रविः

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ śṛṅgī sumanturjaiminiḥ kacaḥ || parāśaraśca maitreyo vaiśampāyana eva ca bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca mahatkṣudraṃ ca madhyamam || dhātrā nirūpitaṃ karma kena tāta nivāryate yaṃ stotumakṣamo rudraḥ śeṣo yaṃ stotumakṣamaḥ || yaṃ stotumakṣamo dharmo yaṃ stotumakṣamo raviḥ

Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, Śṛṅgī, Sumantu, Jaimini, Kaca, and Parāśara and Maitreya, and Vaiśampāyana too — Past, present and future, great, small and middling — the action ordained by the Creator, by whom, my son, can it be prevented? — Whom Rudra is unable to praise, whom Śeṣa is unable to praise, whom Dharma is unable to praise, whom the Sun is unable to praise.

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BvP 4 21.13

ब्राह्मणाश्च कतिविधा भिक्षुका बन्दिनस्तथा ।। भूपा वैश्याश्च शूद्राश्च समाजग्मुर्महोत्सवे जगच्चराचरं सर्वं कृतं तेनेश्वराज्ञया ।। आदौ विनिर्मितं भक्ष्यं पश्चाज्जीव इति स्मृतः यं स्तोतुमक्षमो लम्बोदरश्चापि षडाननः ।। यं स्तोतुमक्षमाः सर्वे मुनयः सनकादयः

brāhmaṇāśca katividhā bhikṣukā bandinastathā || bhūpā vaiśyāśca śūdrāśca samājagmurmahotsave jagaccarācaraṃ sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ teneśvarājñayā || ādau vinirmitaṃ bhakṣyaṃ paścājjīva iti smṛtaḥ yaṃ stotumakṣamo lambodaraścāpi ṣaḍānanaḥ || yaṃ stotumakṣamāḥ sarve munayaḥ sanakādayaḥ

Brahmins of how many kinds, and beggars and bards, kings and vaiśyas and śūdras came together at the great festival. — The whole world, moving and unmoving, was made by him at the Lord's command; in the beginning food was created, afterwards, it is taught, the living being. — Whom the Pot-bellied one (Gaṇeśa) and the Six-faced one (Skanda) too are unable to praise, whom all the sages, Sanaka and the rest, are unable to praise.

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BvP 4 21.14

दृष्ट्वा मुनीन्द्रान्नन्दश्च ब्राह्मणान्भूमिपांस्तथा ।। स्वर्णपीठात्समुत्तस्थौ व्रजाश्चोत्तस्थुरेव च अभ्यासात्स स्वभावो हि स्वभावात्कर्म एव च ।। जायते कर्मणां भोगो जीविनां सुखदुःखयोः कपिलो न क्षमः स्तोतुं सिद्धेन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः।। न शक्तौ स्तवनं कर्तुं नरनारायणावृषी

dṛṣṭvā munīndrānnandaśca brāhmaṇānbhūmipāṃstathā || svarṇapīṭhātsamuttasthau vrajāścottasthureva ca abhyāsātsa svabhāvo hi svabhāvātkarma eva ca || jāyate karmaṇāṃ bhogo jīvināṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ kapilo na kṣamaḥ stotuṃ siddhendrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ|| na śaktau stavanaṃ kartuṃ naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī

And Nanda, seeing the chief sages, the brahmins and the kings, rose up from his golden seat, and the men of Vraja rose up too. — From repeated practice comes that (fixed) nature, and from nature comes action; from actions is born the experience of pleasure and pain for living beings. — Kapila, the teacher of the teachers of the lords of the perfected, is not able to praise (him); the two seers Nara and Nārāyaṇa are not able to compose a hymn.

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BvP 4 21.15

प्रणम्य वासयामास मुनीन्द्रान्विप्रभूमिपान् ।। तेषामनुमतिं प्राप्य तत्रोवास पुनर्मुदा यातनाजन्ममरणरोगशोकभयानि च ।। समुत्पत्तिर्विपद्विद्या कविता वा यशोऽयशः अन्ये जडधियः के वा स्तोतुं शक्ताः परात्परम्।। वेदा न शक्ता नो वाणी न च लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती

praṇamya vāsayāmāsa munīndrānviprabhūmipān || teṣāmanumatiṃ prāpya tatrovāsa punarmudā yātanājanmamaraṇarogaśokabhayāni ca || samutpattirvipadvidyā kavitā vā yaśo'yaśaḥ anye jaḍadhiyaḥ ke vā stotuṃ śaktāḥ parātparam|| vedā na śaktā no vāṇī na ca lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī

Having bowed, he seated the chief sages, the brahmins and the kings; and having obtained their permission he sat down there again with joy. — Torments, birth, death, disease, sorrow and fears, origination, calamity, learning, poetic skill, fame and infamy — Who else, of dull wit, are able to praise the one higher than the highest? The Vedas are not able, nor Vāṇī, nor Lakṣmī, nor Sarasvatī.

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BvP 4 21.16

पाकं च यष्टिनिकटे कर्तुमाज्ञां चकार ह ।। पाकप्राज्ञं ब्राह्मणानां शतमानीय सादरम् पुण्यं च स्वर्गवासश्च पापं नरकसंस्थितिः ।। भुक्तिर्मुक्तिर्हरेर्दास्यं कर्मणा घटते नृणाम् न राधा स्तवने शक्ता किं स्तुवन्ति विपश्चितः ।। क्षमस्व निखिलं ब्रह्मन्नपराधं क्षणेक्षणे

pākaṃ ca yaṣṭinikaṭe kartumājñāṃ cakāra ha || pākaprājñaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ śatamānīya sādaram puṇyaṃ ca svargavāsaśca pāpaṃ narakasaṃsthitiḥ || bhuktirmuktirharerdāsyaṃ karmaṇā ghaṭate nṛṇām na rādhā stavane śaktā kiṃ stuvanti vipaścitaḥ || kṣamasva nikhilaṃ brahmannaparādhaṃ kṣaṇekṣaṇe

And he gave the order for the cooking to be done near the staff, respectfully bringing a hundred brahmins skilled in cooking. — Merit and dwelling in heaven, sin and residence in hell, enjoyment, liberation, servitude to Hari — for men these come about through action. — Rādhā is not able in praising him; what then do the learned praise? Forgive, O Brahman, every offence, moment by moment.

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BvP 4 21.17

तत्र रत्नप्रदीपाश्च जज्वलुः परितस्तथा ।। अन्धीभूतं च धूपेन स्थानं तत्सुरभीकृतम् सर्वेषां जनको हीशश्चाभ्यासः शीलकर्मणाम् ।। धातुश्च फलदाता च सर्वं तस्येच्छया भवेत् रक्ष मां करुणा सिन्धो दीनबन्धो भवार्णवे ।। पुरा तीर्थे तपस्तप्त्वा पुत्रः प्राप्तः सनातनः

tatra ratnapradīpāśca jajvaluḥ paritastathā || andhībhūtaṃ ca dhūpena sthānaṃ tatsurabhīkṛtam sarveṣāṃ janako hīśaścābhyāsaḥ śīlakarmaṇām || dhātuśca phaladātā ca sarvaṃ tasyecchayā bhavet rakṣa māṃ karuṇā sindho dīnabandho bhavārṇave || purā tīrthe tapastaptvā putraḥ prāptaḥ sanātanaḥ

There jewel-lamps blazed all around, and the place, blinded (with smoke) by the incense, was made fragrant. — The Lord is the begetter of all, and practice (the begetter) of conduct and deeds; the Creator too is the giver of fruits; everything comes about by his will. — Protect me, ocean of compassion, friend of the wretched, in the sea of worldly existence; formerly, having performed austerity at a holy place, an eternal son was obtained.

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BvP 4 21.18

नानाविधानि पुष्पाणि माल्यानि विविधानि च ।। नैवेद्यं च बहुविधमपूर्वं सुमनोहरम् विनिर्मितो विराड्येन तत्त्वानि प्रकृतिर्जगत् ।। कूर्मश्च शेषधरणी चाब्रह्मस्तम्ब एव च स्वकीयचरणाम्भोजे भक्तिं दास्यं च देहि मे ।। ब्रह्मत्वममरत्वं वा सालोक्यादिकमेव वा

nānāvidhāni puṣpāṇi mālyāni vividhāni ca || naivedyaṃ ca bahuvidhamapūrvaṃ sumanoharam vinirmito virāḍyena tattvāni prakṛtirjagat || kūrmaśca śeṣadharaṇī cābrahmastamba eva ca svakīyacaraṇāmbhoje bhaktiṃ dāsyaṃ ca dehi me || brahmatvamamaratvaṃ vā sālokyādikameva vā

Flowers of many kinds and garlands of various sorts, and food-offerings of many kinds, unprecedented and most lovely. — By that Cosmic Being were fashioned the principles, primal matter, the world, the Tortoise, Śeṣa and the earth, and (all) from Brahmā down to a tuft of grass. — Grant me devotion and servitude at your own lotus feet — whether brahmāhood, or immortality, or dwelling in your world and the rest.

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BvP 4 21.19

तिललड्डुकपूर्णं च मण्डकानां सहस्रकम् ।। स्वस्तिकैः परिपूर्णं च यष्टिस्थानं च नारद यस्याज्ञया मरुत्कूर्मं धक्ते शेषं बिभर्ति सः ।। शेषो वसुन्धरां मूर्ध्ना सा च सर्वं चराचरम् त्वत्पदाम्भोजदास्यस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ।। इन्द्रत्वं वा सुरत्वं वा संप्राप्तिं सिद्धिस्वर्गयोः

tilalaḍḍukapūrṇaṃ ca maṇḍakānāṃ sahasrakam || svastikaiḥ paripūrṇaṃ ca yaṣṭisthānaṃ ca nārada yasyājñayā marutkūrmaṃ dhakte śeṣaṃ bibharti saḥ || śeṣo vasundharāṃ mūrdhnā sā ca sarvaṃ carācaram tvatpadāmbhojadāsyasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm || indratvaṃ vā suratvaṃ vā saṃprāptiṃ siddhisvargayoḥ

Full of sesame sweets, and a thousand cakes, and filled with svastika-cakes was the place of the staff, O Nārada. — By whose command the wind supports the Tortoise, and he bears Śeṣa; Śeṣa (bears) the earth on his head, and she all that moves and does not move. — Indrahood, or godhood, or the attainment of the powers and of heaven, are not worth a sixteenth part of servitude at your lotus feet.

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BvP 4 21.21

घृतपक्वैर्विप्रकृतैः पूर्णानि कलशानि च ।। वृक्षपक्वानि रम्याणि चारुरम्भाफलानि च दहत्यग्निः संचरते मृत्युश्च सर्वजन्तुषु ।। उत्पत्तिः शाखिनां काले पुष्पाणि च फलानि च भक्तसङ्गक्षणार्द्धस्य नोपमा ते किमर्हति ।। त्वद्भक्तो यस्त्वत्सदृशः कस्त्वां तर्कितुमीश्वरः

ghṛtapakvairviprakṛtaiḥ pūrṇāni kalaśāni ca || vṛkṣapakvāni ramyāṇi cārurambhāphalāni ca dahatyagniḥ saṃcarate mṛtyuśca sarvajantuṣu || utpattiḥ śākhināṃ kāle puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca bhaktasaṅgakṣaṇārddhasya nopamā te kimarhati || tvadbhakto yastvatsadṛśaḥ kastvāṃ tarkitumīśvaraḥ

And pots filled with things cooked in ghee, prepared by brahmins, and lovely tree-ripened fruits, and beautiful plantains. — Fire burns, and death moves among all creatures; in season comes the growth of trees, and flowers and fruits. — There is no comparison for half a moment's company with a devotee — what could equal it for you? He who is your devotee is like you; who is master enough to reason you out?

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BvP 4 21.22

फलानि परिपक्वानि कालदेशोद्भवानि च।। क्षीराणां कुम्भलक्षाणि दध्नां तावन्ति नारद स्वेस्वे स्थाने समुद्राश्च तूर्णं मज्जन्त्यधोऽधुना ।। तमीशं भज भक्त्या च शक्रः किं कर्तुमीश्वरः क्षणार्द्धालापमात्रेण पारं कर्तुं स चेश्वरः ।। भक्तसङ्गाद्भवत्येव भक्तिं कर्तुमनेकधा

phalāni paripakvāni kāladeśodbhavāni ca|| kṣīrāṇāṃ kumbhalakṣāṇi dadhnāṃ tāvanti nārada svesve sthāne samudrāśca tūrṇaṃ majjantyadho'dhunā || tamīśaṃ bhaja bhaktyā ca śakraḥ kiṃ kartumīśvaraḥ kṣaṇārddhālāpamātreṇa pāraṃ kartuṃ sa ceśvaraḥ || bhaktasaṅgādbhavatyeva bhaktiṃ kartumanekadhā

Fruits fully ripe, arisen from the (right) time and place; a hundred thousand pots of milk, and as many of curd, O Nārada. — And now the oceans, each in its own place, are swiftly sinking downward; worship that Lord with devotion — what is Śakra master enough to do? — And that Lord (is able) to carry (one) across by a mere half-moment's converse; from the company of devotees devotion arises in many ways.

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BvP 4 21.23

मधूनां कुम्भशतकं सर्पिष्कुम्भ सहस्रकम् ।। कलशानां त्रिलक्षाणि तक्रपूर्णानि निश्चितम् ब्रह्माण्डं च कतिविधमाविर्भूतं तिरोहितम् ।। विधयश्च कतिविधा यस्य भ्रूभङ्गलीलया त्वद्भक्तजलदालापजलसेकेन वर्द्धते ।। अभक्तालापतापात्तु शुष्कतां याति तत्क्षणम् ।।

madhūnāṃ kumbhaśatakaṃ sarpiṣkumbha sahasrakam || kalaśānāṃ trilakṣāṇi takrapūrṇāni niścitam brahmāṇḍaṃ ca katividhamāvirbhūtaṃ tirohitam || vidhayaśca katividhā yasya bhrūbhaṅgalīlayā tvadbhaktajaladālāpajalasekena varddhate || abhaktālāpatāpāttu śuṣkatāṃ yāti tatkṣaṇam ||

A hundred jars of honey, a thousand jars of clarified butter, and assuredly three hundred thousand pitchers filled with buttermilk. And how many kinds of cosmic egg have come forth and vanished, and how many kinds of creators, by the mere sport of the knitting of whose brows? (Devotion) grows by the sprinkling of the water of talk with your devotees, who are (rain-)clouds; but from the heat of talk with non-devotees it goes dry that very instant.

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BvP 4 21.24

घटानां पञ्चलक्षाणि गुडपूर्णानि निश्चितम् ।। तिलतैलेन पूर्णं च कलशानां सहस्रकम् मृत्योर्मृत्युः कालकालो विधातुर्विधिरेव स. ।। भज तं शरणं तात स ते रक्षां करिष्यति त्वद्गुणस्मृतिसेकाच्च वर्द्धते तत्क्षणे स्फुटम् ।। त्वद्भक्त्यङ्कुरमुद्भूतं स्फीतं मानसजं परम्

ghaṭānāṃ pañcalakṣāṇi guḍapūrṇāni niścitam || tilatailena pūrṇaṃ ca kalaśānāṃ sahasrakam mṛtyormṛtyuḥ kālakālo vidhāturvidhireva sa. || bhaja taṃ śaraṇaṃ tāta sa te rakṣāṃ kariṣyati tvadguṇasmṛtisekācca varddhate tatkṣaṇe sphuṭam || tvadbhaktyaṅkuramudbhūtaṃ sphītaṃ mānasajaṃ param

Assuredly five hundred thousand pots filled with molasses, and a thousand pitchers filled with sesame oil. He is the death of Death, the Time of Time, the very ordainer of the Ordainer. Worship him, take refuge (in him), dear one; he will make protection for you. And by the sprinkling of the remembrance of your qualities it grows that very moment, manifestly — the sprout of devotion to you, sprung up, swollen, born of the mind, supreme.

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BvP 4 21.25

स्वर्णपीठानि च ब्रह्मन्नाजग्मुर्यष्टिसन्निधिम् ।। वस्त्राणि वरणार्हाणि चारूणि भूषणानि च अहोऽष्टाविंशदिन्द्राणां पतने यदहर्निशम् ।। विधातुरेव जगतामष्टोत्तरशताधिकः न नश्यं वर्द्धनीयं च नित्यंनित्यं क्षणेक्षणे ।। ततः संप्राप्य ब्रह्मत्वं भक्तस्य जीवनाय च

svarṇapīṭhāni ca brahmannājagmuryaṣṭisannidhim || vastrāṇi varaṇārhāṇi cārūṇi bhūṣaṇāni ca aho'ṣṭāviṃśadindrāṇāṃ patane yadaharniśam || vidhātureva jagatāmaṣṭottaraśatādhikaḥ na naśyaṃ varddhanīyaṃ ca nityaṃnityaṃ kṣaṇekṣaṇe || tataḥ saṃprāpya brahmatvaṃ bhaktasya jīvanāya ca

And golden seats, O brahman, came into the presence of the staff, and garments worthy of being chosen, and lovely ornaments. Ah, in the falling of twenty-eight Indras, which (occurs) day and night — of the Ordainer of the worlds indeed (the number is) more than a hundred and eight. (It is) not to be destroyed but to be increased, constantly, constantly, moment by moment. Then, having attained the state of Brahmā, and for the devotee's living...

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BvP 4 21.26

निमेषाद्यस्य पतनं निर्गुणस्यात्मनः प्रभोः ।। एवंभूते तिष्ठतीशे शक्रपूजा विडम्बनम् ददात्येव फलं तस्मै हरिदास्यमनुत्तमम् ।। संप्राप्य दुर्लभं दास्यं यदि दासो बभूव ह

nimeṣādyasya patanaṃ nirguṇasyātmanaḥ prabhoḥ || evaṃbhūte tiṣṭhatīśe śakrapūjā viḍambanam dadātyeva phalaṃ tasmai haridāsyamanuttamam || saṃprāpya durlabhaṃ dāsyaṃ yadi dāso babhūva ha

He, of whom the fall (of empires) is (but) the blink of an eye — of the attributeless Self, the Lord: when the Lord who is of such a nature abides (thus), the worship of Śakra is a mockery. He indeed gives him the fruit: the unsurpassed servitude of Hari. Having obtained that hard-won servitude, if he has (truly) become a servant...

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BvP 4 21.27

नानाविधानि वाद्यानि चारूणि मधुराणि च ।। वादकाः स्वरयन्त्राणि वादयामासुरुत्सवे इत्येवमुक्त्वा श्रीकृष्णो विरराम च नारद।। प्रशशंसुश्च मुनयो भगवन्तं सभासदः सुनिश्चयेन तेनैव जितं सर्वं भयादिकम् ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा भक्त्या च नन्दस्तस्थौ हरेः पुरः

nānāvidhāni vādyāni cārūṇi madhurāṇi ca || vādakāḥ svarayantrāṇi vādayāmāsurutsave ityevamuktvā śrīkṛṣṇo virarāma ca nārada|| praśaśaṃsuśca munayo bhagavantaṃ sabhāsadaḥ suniścayena tenaiva jitaṃ sarvaṃ bhayādikam || ityevamuktvā bhaktyā ca nandastasthau hareḥ puraḥ

Musical instruments of many kinds, lovely and sweet — the players sounded their tuneful instruments at the festival. Having spoken thus, Śrī Kṛṣṇa fell silent, O Nārada. And the sages, the members of the assembly, praised the Lord: "By him alone, with firm certainty, has everything, fear and the rest, been conquered." Having spoken thus and with devotion, Nanda stood before Hari.

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BvP 4 21.28

छागलानां सहस्राणि महिषाणां शतानि च ।। मेषकाणां च लक्षाणि ह्यानयामास तत्र वै नन्दः सपुलको हृष्टः सभायां साश्रुलोचनः ।। आनन्दयुक्ता मनुजा यदि पुत्रैः परा जिताः प्रसन्नवदनः कृष्णो ददौ तस्मै तदीप्सितम् ।। एवं नन्दकृतं स्तोत्रं नित्यं भक्त्या च यः पठेत्

chāgalānāṃ sahasrāṇi mahiṣāṇāṃ śatāni ca || meṣakāṇāṃ ca lakṣāṇi hyānayāmāsa tatra vai nandaḥ sapulako hṛṣṭaḥ sabhāyāṃ sāśrulocanaḥ || ānandayuktā manujā yadi putraiḥ parā jitāḥ prasannavadanaḥ kṛṣṇo dadau tasmai tadīpsitam || evaṃ nandakṛtaṃ stotraṃ nityaṃ bhaktyā ca yaḥ paṭhet

Thousands of goats and hundreds of buffaloes, and hundreds of thousands of rams he had brought there. Nanda, bristling with joy and delighted, in the assembly with tears in his eyes — men are filled with joy when they are surpassed by their sons. With a pleased face Kṛṣṇa gave him what he desired. Thus, whoever daily and with devotion recites the hymn made by Nanda...

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BvP 4 21.29

वृषेन्द्राश्च बहुविधा भोगार्हद्रव्यवाहकाः ।। नानाविधानि पात्राणि सौवर्णराजतानि च शतान्येव गण्डकानामाजग्मुर्यष्टिसंनिधिम् ।। प्रेक्षितानि च सर्वाणि रक्षितानि च रक्षकैः श्रीकृष्णाज्ञां समाज्ञाय चकार स्वस्तिवाचनम् ।। क्रमेण वरणं तत्र सर्वेषां च चकार ह सुदृढां भक्तिमाप्नोति सद्यो दास्यं लभेद्धरेः ।। तपस्तप्त्वा यदा द्रोणस्तीर्थे च धरया सह

vṛṣendrāśca bahuvidhā bhogārhadravyavāhakāḥ || nānāvidhāni pātrāṇi sauvarṇarājatāni ca śatānyeva gaṇḍakānāmājagmuryaṣṭisaṃnidhim || prekṣitāni ca sarvāṇi rakṣitāni ca rakṣakaiḥ śrīkṛṣṇājñāṃ samājñāya cakāra svastivācanam || krameṇa varaṇaṃ tatra sarveṣāṃ ca cakāra ha sudṛḍhāṃ bhaktimāpnoti sadyo dāsyaṃ labheddhareḥ || tapastaptvā yadā droṇastīrthe ca dharayā saha

And bulls of many kinds, carriers of goods fit for enjoyment, and vessels of many sorts, of gold and of silver; and hundreds of rhinoceroses came into the vicinity of the staff. All were inspected and guarded by guards. Having learned Śrī Kṛṣṇa's command, he performed the recitation of benediction, and in order he made the choosing of them all. (Such a one) obtains very firm devotion, and at once gains the servitude of Hari. When Droṇa, together with Dharā, had performed austerity at the sacred ford...

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BvP 4 21.31

गायकानां च संगीतं नर्तकानां च नर्तनम् ।। श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा जनाः सर्वे मुमुहुः सुमहोत्सवे नानाप्रकारवाद्यानां बभूव शब्द उल्बणः इह सौभरिणा दत्तं तस्मै तुष्टेन पुष्करे ।। तदेव कवचं स्तोत्रं स च मन्त्रः सुदुर्लभः।।

gāyakānāṃ ca saṃgītaṃ nartakānāṃ ca nartanam || śrutvā dṛṣṭvā janāḥ sarve mumuhuḥ sumahotsave nānāprakāravādyānāṃ babhūva śabda ulbaṇaḥ iha saubhariṇā dattaṃ tasmai tuṣṭena puṣkare || tadeva kavacaṃ stotraṃ sa ca mantraḥ sudurlabhaḥ||

Hearing the singing of the singers and seeing the dancing of the dancers, all the people were bewildered at that very great festival. There arose a tremendous noise of instruments of many kinds. Here, in Puṣkara, it was given to him by the pleased Saubhari — that very amulet-hymn (kavaca), the praise-hymn, and that mantra, most hard to obtain.

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BvP 4 21.32

रंभोर्वशी मेनका च घृताची मोहिनी रतिः ।। प्रभावती भानुमती विप्रचित्तिस्तिलोत्तमा जयशब्दः शङ्खशब्दो हरिशब्दो बभूव ह ।। वेदमङ्गलकाण्डं च .पपाठ मुनिपुङ्गवः ब्रह्मणोंऽशेन मुनिना नन्दाय च तपस्यते ।। मन्त्रः स्तोत्रं च कवचमिष्टदेवो गुरुस्तथा

raṃbhorvaśī menakā ca ghṛtācī mohinī ratiḥ || prabhāvatī bhānumatī vipracittistilottamā jayaśabdaḥ śaṅkhaśabdo hariśabdo babhūva ha || vedamaṅgalakāṇḍaṃ ca .papāṭha munipuṅgavaḥ brahmaṇoṃ'śena muninā nandāya ca tapasyate || mantraḥ stotraṃ ca kavacamiṣṭadevo gurustathā

Rambhā, Urvaśī, and Menakā, Ghṛtācī, Mohinī, Rati, Prabhāvatī, Bhānumatī, Vipracitti, Tilottamā — there arose the cry of "Victory!", the sound of conches, the cry of "Hari!" And the bull among sages recited the auspicious section of the Veda. By the sage who is a portion of Brahmā, to Nanda who was practising austerity, (were given) the mantra, the hymn, the amulet-hymn, the chosen deity, and the teacher as well.

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BvP 4 21.33

चन्द्रप्रभा सुप्रभा च रत्नमाला मदालसा ।। रेणुका रमणी ब्रह्मन्नेता आजग्मुरुत्सवे बन्दिनां प्रवरो डिण्डी कंसस्य सचिवः प्रियः ।। उच्चैः पपाठ पुरतो मङ्गलं मङ्गलाष्टकम्

candraprabhā suprabhā ca ratnamālā madālasā || reṇukā ramaṇī brahmannetā ājagmurutsave bandināṃ pravaro ḍiṇḍī kaṃsasya sacivaḥ priyaḥ || uccaiḥ papāṭha purato maṅgalaṃ maṅgalāṣṭakam

Candraprabhā and Suprabhā, Ratnamālā, Madālasā, Reṇukā, Ramaṇī — these, O brahmin, came to the festival. Ḍiṇḍī, the foremost of bards, the dear counsellor of Kaṃsa, recited aloud in front (of him) the auspicious eight-versed benediction.

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BvP 4 21.34

तासां नृत्येन गीतेन स्तनास्यश्रोणिदर्शनात् ।। रूपेण वक्रदृष्ट्या च मूर्च्छां प्रापुश्च मानवाः कृष्णः शैलान्तिकं गत्चा भिन्नां मूर्तिं विधाय च ।। वस्तु खादामि शैलोऽस्मि वरं वृण्वित्युवाच ह

tāsāṃ nṛtyena gītena stanāsyaśroṇidarśanāt || rūpeṇa vakradṛṣṭyā ca mūrcchāṃ prāpuśca mānavāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śailāntikaṃ gatcā bhinnāṃ mūrtiṃ vidhāya ca || vastu khādāmi śailo'smi varaṃ vṛṇvityuvāca ha

By their dancing and singing, by the sight of their breasts, faces and hips, by their beauty and their sidelong glances, men fell into a swoon. Kṛṣṇa, having gone near the hill and having assumed a separate form, said: "I eat the substance, I am the hill; choose a boon."

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BvP 4 21.35

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शीघ्रमाजगाम हरिः स्वयम् ।। गोपालबालकैः सार्धं बलेन बलशालिना उवाच नन्दं श्रीकृष्णः पश्य शौलं पितः पुरः।। वरं प्रार्थय भद्रं ते भविता चेत्युवाच ह

etasminnantare śīghramājagāma hariḥ svayam || gopālabālakaiḥ sārdhaṃ balena balaśālinā uvāca nandaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaḥ paśya śaulaṃ pitaḥ puraḥ|| varaṃ prārthaya bhadraṃ te bhavitā cetyuvāca ha

In this interval Hari himself came quickly, together with the cowherd boys and with mighty Bala. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said to Nanda: "Look, father, at the hill before (you); ask for a boon, and it will be well with you" — thus he spoke.

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BvP 4 21.36

दृष्ट्वा तं च जनाः सर्वे संभ्रान्ता हर्षविह्वलाः ।। उत्तस्थुराराद्भीताश्च पुलकाङ्कितविग्रहाः हरेर्दास्यं हरेर्भक्तिं वरं वव्रे स बल्लवः ।। द्रव्यं भुक्त्वा वरं दत्त्वा सोऽन्तर्धानं चकार ह।।

dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca janāḥ sarve saṃbhrāntā harṣavihvalāḥ || uttasthurārādbhītāśca pulakāṅkitavigrahāḥ harerdāsyaṃ harerbhaktiṃ varaṃ vavre sa ballavaḥ || dravyaṃ bhuktvā varaṃ dattvā so'ntardhānaṃ cakāra ha||

And seeing him, all the people, agitated and overwhelmed with joy, rose up, frightened, at a distance, their bodies marked with bristling hair. That cowherd chose as his boon servitude to Hari and devotion to Hari. Having eaten the offering and given the boon, he vanished.

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BvP 4 21.37

क्रीडास्थानात्समायान्तं शान्तं सुन्दरविग्रहम्।। विनोदमुरलीवेणुशृङ्गशब्दसमन्वितम् मुनीन्द्रान्ब्राह्मणांश्चैव भोजयित्वा च गोपपाः ।। बन्दिभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च मुनिभ्यश्च धनं ददौ

krīḍāsthānātsamāyāntaṃ śāntaṃ sundaravigraham|| vinodamuralīveṇuśṛṅgaśabdasamanvitam munīndrānbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva bhojayitvā ca gopapāḥ || bandibhyo brāhmaṇebhyaśca munibhyaśca dhanaṃ dadau

(They saw him) coming from the place of play, calm, of beautiful form, accompanied by the sounds of the playful flute, the reed-pipe and the horn. And the cowherd chiefs, having fed the great sages and the brahmins, gave wealth to the bards, to the brahmins and to the sages.

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BvP 4 21.38

सद्रत्नसारभूषाभिर्भूषितं कौस्तुभेन च ।। चन्दनागुरुपङ्केन चर्चितं श्यामविग्रहम् मुनिभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽपि दत्त्वा नन्दो मुदाऽन्वितः ।। रामकृष्णौ पुरस्कृत्य सगणः स्वालयं ययौ

sadratnasārabhūṣābhirbhūṣitaṃ kaustubhena ca || candanāgurupaṅkena carcitaṃ śyāmavigraham munibhyo brāhmaṇebhyo'pi dattvā nando mudā'nvitaḥ || rāmakṛṣṇau puraskṛtya sagaṇaḥ svālayaṃ yayau

(Him) adorned with ornaments of the finest true jewels and with the Kaustubha, smeared with paste of sandal and aloe, dark of body — Nanda, filled with joy, having given (gifts) to the sages and to the brahmins too, placing Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in front, went with his company to his own dwelling.

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BvP 4 21.39

शरन्मध्याह्नपद्मास्यं पश्यन्तं रत्नदर्पणे ।। चारुचन्दनचन्द्रेण कस्तूरीबिन्दुना सह रौप्यं वस्त्रं सुवर्णं च वरमश्वं मणिं तथा ।। भक्ष्यं द्रव्यं बहुविधं बंदिने डिंडिने ददौ

śaranmadhyāhnapadmāsyaṃ paśyantaṃ ratnadarpaṇe || cārucandanacandreṇa kastūrībindunā saha raupyaṃ vastraṃ suvarṇaṃ ca varamaśvaṃ maṇiṃ tathā || bhakṣyaṃ dravyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ baṃdine ḍiṃḍine dadau

(Him) whose face was a lotus of an autumn midday, gazing into a jewelled mirror, with a lovely crescent of sandal paste together with a dot of musk — silver, cloth, gold, an excellent horse and a gem, and food and goods of many kinds he gave to the bard Ḍiṇḍi.

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BvP 4 21.41

बकपङ्क्त्या यथाऽऽकाशं शारदीयं सुनिर्मलम्।। चारुणा पीतवस्त्रेण शोभितं श्यामविग्रहम् राजानो बल्लवाः सर्वे चाहूता ये महोत्सवे ।। सर्वे प्रणम्य श्रीकृष्णं ययुः सादरपूर्वकम्

bakapaṅktyā yathā''kāśaṃ śāradīyaṃ sunirmalam|| cāruṇā pītavastreṇa śobhitaṃ śyāmavigraham rājāno ballavāḥ sarve cāhūtā ye mahotsave || sarve praṇamya śrīkṛṣṇaṃ yayuḥ sādarapūrvakam

As the autumn sky, quite spotless, (is adorned) by a line of cranes, so was his dark body made beautiful by a lovely yellow garment. All the kings and cowherds who had been invited to the great festival, all bowed to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and went away respectfully.

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BvP 4 21.42

विभान्तं विद्युता शश्वन्नवनिं नीरदं यथा ।। कुन्दप्रसूनैर्गुञ्जाभिर्बद्धवक्रिमचूडकम् एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शक्रः कोपप्रस्फुरिताधरः ।। मखभंगे बहुविधां निंदां श्रुत्वा सुरेश्वरः

vibhāntaṃ vidyutā śaśvannavaniṃ nīradaṃ yathā || kundaprasūnairguñjābhirbaddhavakrimacūḍakam etasminnantare śakraḥ kopaprasphuritādharaḥ || makhabhaṃge bahuvidhāṃ niṃdāṃ śrutvā sureśvaraḥ

(Him) shining continually like a cloud with lightning over the earth, with a crest bound crookedly with jasmine blossoms and guñjā berries — in this interval Śakra, the lord of the gods, his lip quivering with anger, having heard manifold blame at the breaking-off of the sacrifice...

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BvP 4 21.43

यथेन्द्रधनुषा भाति विभातं भगणैर्नभः ।। रत्नकुण्डलदीप्त्या च स्मितवक्त्रसुशोभितम् मरुद्भिर्वारिदैः सार्धं रथमारुह्य सत्वरम्।। जगाम नंदनगरं वृन्दारण्यं मनोहरम्

yathendradhanuṣā bhāti vibhātaṃ bhagaṇairnabhaḥ || ratnakuṇḍaladīptyā ca smitavaktrasuśobhitam marudbhirvāridaiḥ sārdhaṃ rathamāruhya satvaram|| jagāma naṃdanagaraṃ vṛndāraṇyaṃ manoharam

As the sky, lit up by the host of stars, shines with the rainbow, so was he made beautiful with his smiling face by the radiance of his jewelled earrings. Together with the Maruts and the rain-clouds, mounting his chariot in haste, he went to Nanda's town, the lovely Vṛndā forest.

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BvP 4 21.44

शरत्प्रफुल्लपद्मं च द्युमणेः किरणैर्यथा ।। विप्रक्षत्त्रियवैश्याश्च मुनयो बल्लवा मुने सर्वे देवा ययुः पश्चाद्युद्धशास्त्रविशारदाः ।। शस्त्रास्त्रपाणयः कोपाद्रथमारुह्य नारद

śaratpraphullapadmaṃ ca dyumaṇeḥ kiraṇairyathā || viprakṣattriyavaiśyāśca munayo ballavā mune sarve devā yayuḥ paścādyuddhaśāstraviśāradāḥ || śastrāstrapāṇayaḥ kopādrathamāruhya nārada

And (his face) was like an autumn lotus in full bloom under the rays of the sun. Brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, sages and cowherds, O sage — all the gods went after (him), skilled in the science of war, weapons and missiles in their hands, in anger, mounted on chariots, O Nārada.

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BvP 4 21.45

प्रणम्य वासयामासू रत्नसिंहासने शुभे ।। उवास रत्नपीठे स तेषां मध्ये जगत्पतिः

praṇamya vāsayāmāsū ratnasiṃhāsane śubhe || uvāsa ratnapīṭhe sa teṣāṃ madhye jagatpatiḥ

Having bowed, they seated (him) on an auspicious jewelled lion-throne; he, the Lord of the world, sat on the jewelled seat in their midst.

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BvP 4 21.46

यथा बभौ शरच्चन्द्रो ज्योतिषामन्तरे च खे ।। श्रुत्वा तमूचुस्ते सर्वे जगतामीश्वरं परम् भार्यां संबोध्य स्वगणमुवाच शोककातरः ।। रहः स्थलं समानीय नीतिशास्त्रविशारदः

yathā babhau śaraccandro jyotiṣāmantare ca khe || śrutvā tamūcuste sarve jagatāmīśvaraṃ param bhāryāṃ saṃbodhya svagaṇamuvāca śokakātaraḥ || rahaḥ sthalaṃ samānīya nītiśāstraviśāradaḥ

As the autumn moon shines among the stars in the sky (so he shone). Having heard that, they all spoke to him, the supreme Lord of the worlds. Addressing his wife, he, distressed with grief, skilled in the science of policy, brought (them) to a private place and spoke to his own people.

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BvP 4 21.47

स्वेच्छामयं गुणातीतं ज्योतीरूपं सनातनम् ।। दृष्ट्वा महोत्सवं शीघ्रमुवाच पितरं हरिः ।। सर्वेषां दुर्लभां नीतिं नीतिशास्त्रविशारदः नन्द उवाच ।। हे यशोदे समागच्छ वचनं शृणु रोहिणि ।। रामकृष्णौ समादाय व्रज दूरं व्रजात्प्रिये ।। बालका बालिका नार्यो यान्तु दूरं भयाकुलाः

svecchāmayaṃ guṇātītaṃ jyotīrūpaṃ sanātanam || dṛṣṭvā mahotsavaṃ śīghramuvāca pitaraṃ hariḥ || sarveṣāṃ durlabhāṃ nītiṃ nītiśāstraviśāradaḥ nanda uvāca || he yaśode samāgaccha vacanaṃ śṛṇu rohiṇi || rāmakṛṣṇau samādāya vraja dūraṃ vrajātpriye || bālakā bālikā nāryo yāntu dūraṃ bhayākulāḥ

(Him who is) made of his own will, beyond the qualities, of the form of light, eternal — seeing the great festival, Hari quickly said to his father, (declaring) a policy hard for all to grasp, he being skilled in the science of policy. Nanda said: "O Yaśodā, come here; hear my word, Rohiṇī. Taking Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, go far from Vraja, dear one. Let the boys, the girls and the women, alarmed with fear, go far away."

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BvP 4 21.48

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। भोभो बल्लवराजेंद्र किं करोषीह सुव्रत बलवन्तश्च गोपालास्तिष्ठंतु मत्समीपतः ।। पश्चाच्च निर्गमिष्यामो वयं च प्राणसंकटात्

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || bhobho ballavarājeṃdra kiṃ karoṣīha suvrata balavantaśca gopālāstiṣṭhaṃtu matsamīpataḥ || paścācca nirgamiṣyāmo vayaṃ ca prāṇasaṃkaṭāt

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: "Ho, ho, great king of cowherds, what are you doing here, O man of good vows? Let the strong cowherds stand near me; and afterwards we shall come out of the danger to life."

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BvP 4 21.49

आराध्यः कश्च का पूजा किं फलं पूजने भवेत् ।। फलेन साधनं किं वा कः सख्यः साधनेन च इत्युक्त्वा बल्लवश्रेष्ठः सस्मार श्रीहरिं भिया ।। पुटाञ्जलियुतो भूत्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। काण्वशाखोक्तस्तोत्रेण तुष्टाव ह शचीपतिम्

ārādhyaḥ kaśca kā pūjā kiṃ phalaṃ pūjane bhavet || phalena sādhanaṃ kiṃ vā kaḥ sakhyaḥ sādhanena ca ityuktvā ballavaśreṣṭhaḥ sasmāra śrīhariṃ bhiyā || puṭāñjaliyuto bhūtvā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || kāṇvaśākhoktastotreṇa tuṣṭāva ha śacīpatim

"Who is to be worshipped? What is the worship? What fruit would come from worshipping? Or what is the means to that fruit, and who becomes an ally by that means?" Having said this, the foremost of the cowherds, out of fear, called Śrī Hari to mind; with his palms cupped together, his neck bent low in devotion, he praised the lord of Śacī with the hymn declared in the Kāṇva branch.

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BvP 4 21.51

काचिद्ददात्यत्र फलं परत्रेह न काचन ।। काचिच्च नोभयत्रापि चोभयत्रापि काचन सहस्राक्षो भगाङ्गश्च कश्यपाङ्गज एव च ।। बिडौजाश्च सुनासीरो मरुत्वान्पाकशासनः

kāciddadātyatra phalaṃ paratreha na kācana || kācicca nobhayatrāpi cobhayatrāpi kācana sahasrākṣo bhagāṅgaśca kaśyapāṅgaja eva ca || biḍaujāśca sunāsīro marutvānpākaśāsanaḥ

Some (worship) gives fruit here, some none hereafter; some (gives) in neither of the two, and some in both. Thousand-eyed, Bhaga's kinsman(?), and son of Kaśyapa, Biḍaujas, Sunāsīra, Marutvān, chastiser of Pāka —

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BvP 4 21.52

अवेदविहिता पूजा सर्वहानिकरण्डिका ।। पूजेयमधुना वा ते किमु वा पुरुषक्रमात् जयन्तजनकः श्रीमाञ्छचीशो दैत्यसूदनः ।। वज्रहस्तः कामसखो गौतमीव्रतनाशनः

avedavihitā pūjā sarvahānikaraṇḍikā || pūjeyamadhunā vā te kimu vā puruṣakramāt jayantajanakaḥ śrīmāñchacīśo daityasūdanaḥ || vajrahastaḥ kāmasakho gautamīvratanāśanaḥ

Worship not enjoined by the Veda is a casket of every loss. Is this worship of yours (fitting) now, or is it (merely) from the succession of men? Father of Jayanta, glorious, lord of Śacī, slayer of demons, thunderbolt in hand, friend of Kāma, destroyer of Gautamī's vow —

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BvP 4 21.53

दृष्टो देवस्त्वया कस्मिन्पूजेयं चानुसारिणी ।। साक्षात्खादति देवस्ते साक्षात्किं वा न खादति वृत्रहा वासवश्चैव दधीचिदेहभिक्षुकः ।। विष्णुश्च वामनभ्राता पुरुहूतः पुरन्दरः

dṛṣṭo devastvayā kasminpūjeyaṃ cānusāriṇī || sākṣātkhādati devaste sākṣātkiṃ vā na khādati vṛtrahā vāsavaścaiva dadhīcidehabhikṣukaḥ || viṣṇuśca vāmanabhrātā puruhūtaḥ purandaraḥ

In what (form) has the god been seen by you, and (is) this worship in accordance (with that)? Does your god eat visibly, or does he not eat visibly? Slayer of Vṛtra and Vāsava, beggar of Dadhīci's body, Viṣṇu, brother of Vāmana, Puruhūta, Purandara —

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BvP 4 21.54

साक्षाद्भुङ्क्ते च यो देवः सुप्रशस्तं तदर्चनम् ।। साक्षात्खादति नैवेद्यं विप्ररूपी जनार्दनः दिवस्पतिः शतमखः सुत्रामा गोत्रभिद्विभुः ।। लेखर्षभो बलारातिर्जम्भभेदी सुराश्रयः

sākṣādbhuṅkte ca yo devaḥ supraśastaṃ tadarcanam || sākṣātkhādati naivedyaṃ viprarūpī janārdanaḥ divaspatiḥ śatamakhaḥ sutrāmā gotrabhidvibhuḥ || lekharṣabho balārātirjambhabhedī surāśrayaḥ

And the god who eats visibly — his worship is highly commended: Janārdana, in the form of a brahmin, visibly eats the food-offering. Lord of heaven, of a hundred sacrifices, Sutrāman, splitter of the mountain, the mighty one, bull among the gods, foe of Bala, breaker of Jambha, refuge of the gods —

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BvP 4 21.55

ब्राह्मणे परितुष्टे च संतुष्टाः सर्वदेवताः ।। किं तस्य देवपूजायां यो नियुक्तो द्विजार्चने संक्रन्दनो दुश्च्यवनस्तुराषाण्मेघवाहनः ।। आखण्डलो हरिहयो नमुचिप्राणनाशनः

brāhmaṇe parituṣṭe ca saṃtuṣṭāḥ sarvadevatāḥ || kiṃ tasya devapūjāyāṃ yo niyukto dvijārcane saṃkrandano duścyavanasturāṣāṇmeghavāhanaḥ || ākhaṇḍalo harihayo namuciprāṇanāśanaḥ

And when a brahmin is well pleased, all the deities are satisfied. What (need) has he of worship of the gods who is engaged in honouring the twice-born? Saṃkrandana, Duścyavana, Turāṣāṭ, borne on the clouds, Ākhaṇḍala, whose horses are tawny, destroyer of Namuci's life —

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BvP 4 21.56

पूजिता ब्राह्मणा येन पूजिताः सर्वदेवताः ।। देवाय दत्त्वा नैवेद्यं द्विजाय न प्रयच्छति वृद्धश्रवा वृषश्चैव दैत्यदर्पनिषूदनः ।। षट्चत्वारिंशन्नामानि पापघ्नानि विनिश्चितम्

pūjitā brāhmaṇā yena pūjitāḥ sarvadevatāḥ || devāya dattvā naivedyaṃ dvijāya na prayacchati vṛddhaśravā vṛṣaścaiva daityadarpaniṣūdanaḥ || ṣaṭcatvāriṃśannāmāni pāpaghnāni viniścitam

By whom brahmins are worshipped, by him all the deities are worshipped. (But) if, after giving the food-offering to the god, one does not present it to a twice-born — Of ancient fame, and Vṛṣa, crusher of the demons' pride: these forty-six names are, it is determined, destroyers of sin.

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BvP 4 21.57

भस्मीभूतं च नैवेद्यं पूजनं निष्फलं भवेत्।। विप्राय देवनैवेद्यदानाद्ध्रुवमनन्तकम् स्तोत्रमेतत्कौथुमोक्तं नित्यं यदि पठेन्नरः ।। महाविपत्तौ शक्रस्तं वज्रहस्तश्च रक्षति

bhasmībhūtaṃ ca naivedyaṃ pūjanaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet|| viprāya devanaivedyadānāddhruvamanantakam stotrametatkauthumoktaṃ nityaṃ yadi paṭhennaraḥ || mahāvipattau śakrastaṃ vajrahastaśca rakṣati

— then the offering has become mere ash and the worship turns out fruitless; whereas from giving the god's food-offering to a brahmin (the fruit is) surely endless. If a man constantly recites this hymn spoken by Kauthuma, Śakra, the thunderbolt-handed, protects him in great calamity.

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BvP 4 21.58

तुष्टो देवो वरं दत्त्वा प्रयाति च स्वमन्दिरम् ।। दत्त्वा देवाय नैवेद्यं मूढो भुङ्क्ते स्वयं यदि अतिवृष्टिशिलावृष्टिवज्रपाताच्च दारुणात् ।। कदाचिन्न भयं तस्य रक्षिता वासवः स्वयम्

tuṣṭo devo varaṃ dattvā prayāti ca svamandiram || dattvā devāya naivedyaṃ mūḍho bhuṅkte svayaṃ yadi ativṛṣṭiśilāvṛṣṭivajrapātācca dāruṇāt || kadācinna bhayaṃ tasya rakṣitā vāsavaḥ svayam

The god, pleased, grants a boon and goes to his own abode. If a fool, having given the food-offering to the god, eats it himself — From excessive rain, from hail of stones, and from the terrible fall of the thunderbolt he never has any fear; Vāsava himself is his protector.

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BvP 4 21.59

यत्र गेहे स्तोत्रमिदं यश्च जानाति पुण्यवान् ।। न तत्र वज्रपतनं शिलावृष्टिश्च नारद

yatra gehe stotramidaṃ yaśca jānāti puṇyavān || na tatra vajrapatanaṃ śilāvṛṣṭiśca nārada

In whatever house this hymn is, and whatever meritorious man knows it, there is no falling of a thunderbolt there, nor hail of stones, O Nārada.

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BvP 4 21.61

सर्वेषां च क्रममिदं ब्राह्मणानां विशेषतः ।। न दत्त्वा वस्तु देवाय दत्तं विप्राय चेत्सुधीः उवाच पितरं नीतिं प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। कं स्तौषि भीरो को वेन्द्रस्त्यज भीतिं ममान्तिके

sarveṣāṃ ca kramamidaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ || na dattvā vastu devāya dattaṃ viprāya cetsudhīḥ uvāca pitaraṃ nītiṃ prajvalanbrahmatejasā || kaṃ stauṣi bhīro ko vendrastyaja bhītiṃ mamāntike

And this is the rule for all, and especially for brahmins: if a wise man, without having given a thing to the god, gives it to a brahmin — Blazing with brahminical splendour, he spoke this counsel to his father: "Whom do you praise, coward, and who is Indra? Give up fear while I am at your side."

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BvP 4 21.62

भुक्त्वा विप्रमुखे देवास्तुष्टाः स्वर्गं प्रयान्ति च ।। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन विप्राणामर्चनं कुरु क्षणार्द्धे भस्मसात्कर्तुं क्षमोऽहमवलीलया।। गाश्च वत्सांश्च बालांश्च योषितो हि भयातुराः

bhuktvā vipramukhe devāstuṣṭāḥ svargaṃ prayānti ca || tasmātsarvaprayatnena viprāṇāmarcanaṃ kuru kṣaṇārddhe bhasmasātkartuṃ kṣamo'hamavalīlayā|| gāśca vatsāṃśca bālāṃśca yoṣito hi bhayāturāḥ

Having eaten in the mouth of a brahmin, the gods are satisfied and go to heaven; therefore with every effort perform the honouring of brahmins. "In half an instant I am able to reduce (them) to ashes, and that in mere play; and the cows, the calves, the children and the women are indeed stricken with fear."

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BvP 4 21.63

प्रशस्तफलदातॄणामिह लोके परत्र च।। जपस्तपश्च पूजा वा यज्ञदानं महोत्सवम् गोवर्धनस्य कुहरे संस्थाप्य तिष्ठ निर्भयम् ।। बालस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तच्चकार मुदाऽन्वितः

praśastaphaladātṝṇāmiha loke paratra ca|| japastapaśca pūjā vā yajñadānaṃ mahotsavam govardhanasya kuhare saṃsthāpya tiṣṭha nirbhayam || bālasya vacanaṃ śrutvā taccakāra mudā'nvitaḥ

— of those who bestow excellent fruit in this world and in the next; muttering of prayers, austerity, or worship, sacrifice, giving, great festival — "Having settled (them) in a cave of Govardhana, stay there without fear." Hearing the boy's word, he did that, filled with joy.

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BvP 4 21.64

सर्वेषां कर्मणां सारं विप्रतुष्टिश्च दक्षिणा ।। दक्षिणानां शरीरेषु तिष्ठन्ति सर्वदेवताः ।। हरिर्दधार शैलं तं वामहस्तेन दण्डवत् ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र दीप्तोऽपि रत्नतेजसा

sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ sāraṃ vipratuṣṭiśca dakṣiṇā || dakṣiṇānāṃ śarīreṣu tiṣṭhanti sarvadevatāḥ || harirdadhāra śailaṃ taṃ vāmahastena daṇḍavat || etasminnantare tatra dīpto'pi ratnatejasā

The essence of all rites is the satisfaction of brahmins, and the sacrificial fee; in the bodies of the fees all the deities abide. Hari held up that mountain with his left hand as if it were a staff. Meanwhile there, though (the region was) lit up by the radiance of jewels,

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BvP 4 21.65

पादेषु सर्वतीर्थानि पुण्यानि पादधूलिषु ।। पादोदके च विप्राणां तीर्थतोयानि सन्ति च अन्धीभूतश्च सहसा बभूव रजसाऽऽवृतः ।। सवातो मेघनिकरश्चच्छाद गगनं मुने

pādeṣu sarvatīrthāni puṇyāni pādadhūliṣu || pādodake ca viprāṇāṃ tīrthatoyāni santi ca andhībhūtaśca sahasā babhūva rajasā''vṛtaḥ || savāto meghanikaraścacchāda gaganaṃ mune

In (their) feet are all the sacred fords, in the dust of (their) feet are the merits, and in the water from brahmins' feet the waters of the tīrthas are present. And suddenly (he) became blinded, enveloped in dust; the mass of clouds, with wind, covered the sky, O sage.

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BvP 4 21.66

तत्स्पर्शात्सर्वतीर्थेषु स्नानजन्यफलं लभेत् ।। नश्यंति भक्षणाद्रोगा भक्तिभावेन बल्लव वृन्दावने बभूवातिवृष्टिरेव निरन्तरम्।। शिलावृष्टिर्वज्रवृष्टिरुल्कापातः सुदारुणः

tatsparśātsarvatīrtheṣu snānajanyaphalaṃ labhet || naśyaṃti bhakṣaṇādrogā bhaktibhāvena ballava vṛndāvane babhūvātivṛṣṭireva nirantaram|| śilāvṛṣṭirvajravṛṣṭirulkāpātaḥ sudāruṇaḥ

By touching that one gains the fruit that comes of bathing in all the tīrthas; by consuming it, diseases perish, when there is a devotional attitude, O cowherd. In Vṛndāvana there was unceasing torrential rain, hail of stones, rain of thunderbolts, and a most terrible falling of meteors.

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BvP 4 21.67

सप्तजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः ।। पापं पञ्चविधं कृत्वा यो विप्रं प्रणमेद्व्रजे समस्तं पर्वतस्पर्शात्पतितं दूरतस्ततः ।। विफलस्तत्समारम्भो यथाऽनीशोद्यमो मुने

saptajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ || pāpaṃ pañcavidhaṃ kṛtvā yo vipraṃ praṇamedvraje samastaṃ parvatasparśātpatitaṃ dūratastataḥ || viphalastatsamārambho yathā'nīśodyamo mune

They are freed from the sin committed in seven births — there is no doubt of this. Whoever, having committed the fivefold sin, bows to a brahmin in Vraja — the whole of it, by the touch of the mountain, fell away far off from there. That undertaking of his was fruitless, like the exertion of one who has no power, O sage.

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BvP 4 21.68

स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्यते ।। ब्राह्मणस्पर्शमात्रेण मुक्तो भवति पातकी दृष्ट्वा मोघं च तत्सर्वं सद्यः शक्रश्चुकोप ह ।। जग्राहामोघकुलिशं दधीच्यस्थिविनिर्मितम् ।।

sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvapāpātpramucyate || brāhmaṇasparśamātreṇa mukto bhavati pātakī dṛṣṭvā moghaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ sadyaḥ śakraścukopa ha || jagrāhāmoghakuliśaṃ dadhīcyasthivinirmitam ||

He is (as if) bathed in all the tīrthas, he is released from all sin; by the mere touch of a brahmin the sinner becomes freed. And seeing all that come to nothing, Śakra at once grew angry; he seized the unfailing thunderbolt fashioned from Dadhīci's bones.

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BvP 4 21.69

दर्शनान्मुच्यते पापादिति वेदे निरूपितम् ।। अप्राज्ञो वाऽथ प्राज्ञो वा ब्राह्मणो विष्णुविग्रहः दृष्ट्वा तं वज्रहस्तं च जहास मधुसूदनः ।। सहस्तं स्तम्भयामास वज्रमेवातिदारुणम्

darśanānmucyate pāpāditi vede nirūpitam || aprājño vā'tha prājño vā brāhmaṇo viṣṇuvigrahaḥ dṛṣṭvā taṃ vajrahastaṃ ca jahāsa madhusūdanaḥ || sahastaṃ stambhayāmāsa vajramevātidāruṇam

"By the sight (of a brahmin) one is freed from sin" — thus it is laid down in the Veda; whether unlearned or learned, a brahmin is the very body of Viṣṇu. And seeing him with the thunderbolt in hand, the slayer of Madhu laughed; he froze that most terrible thunderbolt together with the hand.

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BvP 4 21.71

येषां पादाब्जरजसा सद्यः पूता वसुन्धरा।। तेषां च पादचिह्नं यत्तीर्थं तत्परिकीर्तितम् हरिणा जृम्भितः शक्रः सद्यस्तंद्रामवाप ह ।। ददर्श सर्वं तन्द्रायां तत्र कृष्णमयं जगत्

yeṣāṃ pādābjarajasā sadyaḥ pūtā vasundharā|| teṣāṃ ca pādacihnaṃ yattīrthaṃ tatparikīrtitam hariṇā jṛmbhitaḥ śakraḥ sadyastaṃdrāmavāpa ha || dadarśa sarvaṃ tandrāyāṃ tatra kṛṣṇamayaṃ jagat

Those by the dust of whose lotus-feet the earth is instantly purified — whatever is the imprint of their feet, that is proclaimed a tīrtha. Made to yawn by Hari, Śakra at once fell into stupor; in that stupor he saw the whole world there as made of Kṛṣṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 21.72

तेषां च स्पर्शमात्रेण तीर्थपापं प्रणश्यति ।। आलिङ्गनात्सदालापात्तेषामुच्छिष्टभोजनात् ।। द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं रत्नालंकारभूषितम् ।। पीतवस्त्रपरीधानं रत्नसिंहासनस्थितम्

teṣāṃ ca sparśamātreṇa tīrthapāpaṃ praṇaśyati || āliṅganātsadālāpātteṣāmucchiṣṭabhojanāt || dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ ratnālaṃkārabhūṣitam || pītavastraparīdhānaṃ ratnasiṃhāsanasthitam

And by the mere touch of them the sin (of/at) a holy place perishes; (so too) by embracing (them), by constant conversation (with them), by eating their leftover food. || (He saw him) two-armed, with the flute in his hand, decked with jewelled ornaments, clad in a yellow garment, seated on a jewelled lion-throne.

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BvP 4 21.73

दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाच्चैव सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्यते ।। भ्रमणे सर्वतीर्थानां यत्पुण्यं स्नानतो भवेत् ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम् ।। चन्दनोक्षितसर्वांगमेतत्सर्वं चराचरम्

darśanātsparśanāccaiva sarvapāpātpramucyate || bhramaṇe sarvatīrthānāṃ yatpuṇyaṃ snānato bhavet īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram || candanokṣitasarvāṃgametatsarvaṃ carācaram

By seeing and also by touching (them) one is released from all sin. The merit that would arise from bathing when making the round of all the holy places — || (his) face gracious with a slight smile, all eagerness to show favour to devotees, all his limbs sprinkled with sandal paste — all this, moving and unmoving.

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BvP 4 21.74

हरिदासस्य विप्रस्य तत्पुण्यं दर्शनाल्लभेत् ।। ये विप्रा हरये दत्त्वा नित्यमन्नं च भुञ्जते दृष्ट्वाऽद्भुततमं तत्र सद्यो मूर्च्छामवाप ह ।। जजाप मन्त्रं तत्रैव प्रदत्तं गुरुणा पुरा

haridāsasya viprasya tatpuṇyaṃ darśanāllabhet || ye viprā haraye dattvā nityamannaṃ ca bhuñjate dṛṣṭvā'dbhutatamaṃ tatra sadyo mūrcchāmavāpa ha || jajāpa mantraṃ tatraiva pradattaṃ guruṇā purā

that merit one may obtain merely by the sight of a brahmin who is Hari's servant. Those brahmins who eat only after daily giving food to Hari — || Seeing there that most marvellous (sight), he at once fell into a swoon; and there itself he muttered the mantra formerly given (him) by his teacher.

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BvP 4 21.75

उच्छिष्टभोजनात्तेषां हरेर्दास्यं लभेन्नरः ।। न दत्त्वा हरये भक्त्या भुञ्जते चेद्भ्रमादपि सहस्रदलपद्मस्थं ददर्श ज्योतिरुल्बणम् ।। तत्रान्तरे दिव्यरूपमतीव सुमनोहरम् ।।

ucchiṣṭabhojanātteṣāṃ harerdāsyaṃ labhennaraḥ || na dattvā haraye bhaktyā bhuñjate cedbhramādapi sahasradalapadmasthaṃ dadarśa jyotirulbaṇam || tatrāntare divyarūpamatīva sumanoharam ||

By eating their leftover food a man attains servantship to Hari. But if they eat without first giving to Hari with devotion, even by mistake — || He saw a blazing light resting on a thousand-petalled lotus, and within it a divine form, exceedingly beautiful.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 21.76

पुरीषसदृशं वस्तु जलं मूत्रसमं भवेत् ।। शूद्रश्चेद्धरिभक्तश्च नैवेद्यभोजनोत्सुकः नवीनजलदोत्कर्षं श्यामसुन्दरविग्रहम् ।। सद्रत्नसारनिर्माणज्वलन्मकरकुण्डलम्

purīṣasadṛśaṃ vastu jalaṃ mūtrasamaṃ bhavet || śūdraśceddharibhaktaśca naivedyabhojanotsukaḥ navīnajaladotkarṣaṃ śyāmasundaravigraham || sadratnasāranirmāṇajvalanmakarakuṇḍalam

the substance becomes like excrement and the water like urine. And if a śūdra is a devotee of Hari, eager to eat the food offered (to him) — || (he saw) a dark and lovely form surpassing a fresh raincloud, with blazing makara earrings fashioned of the finest true gems.

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BvP 4 21.77

(तु. ब्रह्मवैवर्त २.१०.४९) आमान्नं हरये दत्त्वा कृत्वा पाकं च खादति ।। विप्रक्षत्रियवैश्यानां शालग्रामशिलार्चने ज्वलन्मणीन्द्रमकरकिरीटोज्ज्वल शेखरम् ।। ज्वलता कौस्तुभेंद्रेण कण्ठवक्षःस्थलोज्ज्वलम्

(tu. brahmavaivarta 2.10.49) āmānnaṃ haraye dattvā kṛtvā pākaṃ ca khādati || viprakṣatriyavaiśyānāṃ śālagrāmaśilārcane jvalanmaṇīndramakarakirīṭojjvala śekharam || jvalatā kaustubheṃdreṇa kaṇṭhavakṣaḥsthalojjvalam

Having given uncooked food to Hari and then cooking, he eats (it) — for brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, in the worship of the śālagrāma stone: || (him) whose crest was brilliant with a diadem of blazing chief gems and makaras, whose throat and breast were radiant with the blazing king of jewels, the Kaustubha.

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BvP 4 21.78

अधिकारो न शूद्राणां हरेरप्यर्चने तथा ।। द्रव्याण्येतानि गोपेन्द्र विप्रेभ्यश्चेन्न दास्यति मणिकेयूरवलयमणिमञ्जीररंजितम् ।। अन्तर्बहिः समं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्

adhikāro na śūdrāṇāṃ harerapyarcane tathā || dravyāṇyetāni gopendra viprebhyaścenna dāsyati maṇikeyūravalayamaṇimañjīraraṃjitam || antarbahiḥ samaṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭāva parameśvaram

Śūdras have no entitlement, likewise not even in the worship of Hari. O lord of the cowherds, if he will not give these goods to the brahmins — || (him) bright with jewelled armlets, bracelets and jewelled anklets; seeing (him) to be the same within and without, he praised the Supreme Lord.

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BvP 4 21.79

भस्मीभूतानि सर्वाणि भविष्यन्ति न संशयः ।। अन्नं च सर्वजीवेभ्यः पुण्यार्थं दातुमर्हति इन्द्र उवाच ।। अक्षरं परमं ब्रह्म ज्योतीरूपं सनातनम् ।। गुणातीतं निराकारं स्वेच्छामयमनंतकम् ।।

bhasmībhūtāni sarvāṇi bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ || annaṃ ca sarvajīvebhyaḥ puṇyārthaṃ dātumarhati indra uvāca || akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma jyotīrūpaṃ sanātanam || guṇātītaṃ nirākāraṃ svecchāmayamanaṃtakam ||

they will all become ashes, there is no doubt. And he ought to give food to all living beings for the sake of merit. Indra said: The imperishable, supreme Brahman, whose form is light, everlasting, beyond the qualities, without form, moving by its own will, without end —

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BvP 4 21.81

शूद्राणां द्विगुणं पुण्यं वैश्येभ्योऽन्नं प्रदाय च।। दत्त्वाऽन्नं क्षत्रियेभ्योऽपि वैश्यानां द्विगुणं भवेत्।। क्षत्त्रियाणां शतगुणं विप्रेभ्योऽन्नं प्रदाय च शुक्लतेजःस्वरूपं च सत्ये सत्यस्वरूपिणम्।। त्रेतायां कुंकुमाकारं ज्वलंतं ब्रह्मतेजसा

śūdrāṇāṃ dviguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ vaiśyebhyo'nnaṃ pradāya ca|| dattvā'nnaṃ kṣatriyebhyo'pi vaiśyānāṃ dviguṇaṃ bhavet|| kṣattriyāṇāṃ śataguṇaṃ viprebhyo'nnaṃ pradāya ca śuklatejaḥsvarūpaṃ ca satye satyasvarūpiṇam|| tretāyāṃ kuṃkumākāraṃ jvalaṃtaṃ brahmatejasā

(is) double the merit (gained) from śūdras, when one gives food to vaiśyas; and by giving food to kṣatriyas it becomes double that of the vaiśyas; and by giving food to brahmins, a hundred times that of the kṣatriyas — || and whose nature is white radiance, in the Satya (age) having truth for his form; in the Tretā, saffron-coloured, blazing with the splendour of brahman.

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BvP 4 21.82

विप्राणां च शतगुणं शास्त्रज्ञे ब्राह्मणे फलम् ।। शास्त्रज्ञानां शतगुणं भक्ते विप्रे लभेद्ध्रुवम् द्वापरे पीतवर्णं च शोभितं पीतवाससा ।। कृष्णवर्णं कलौ कृष्णं परिपूर्णतमं प्रभुम्

viprāṇāṃ ca śataguṇaṃ śāstrajñe brāhmaṇe phalam || śāstrajñānāṃ śataguṇaṃ bhakte vipre labheddhruvam dvāpare pītavarṇaṃ ca śobhitaṃ pītavāsasā || kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ kalau kṛṣṇaṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ prabhum

and a hundred times that of (ordinary) brahmins is the fruit in the case of a brahmin who knows the scriptures; and in the case of a brahmin who is a devotee he assuredly obtains a hundred times that of the scripture-knowers. || In the Dvāpara, yellow in colour and resplendent with a yellow garment; in the Kali, black in colour, Kṛṣṇa, the wholly complete Lord.

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BvP 4 21.83

स चान्नं हरये दत्त्वा भुङ्क्ते भक्त्या च सादरम् ।। विष्णवे विप्रभक्ताय दत्त्वा दातुश्च यत्फलम् नवधाराधरोत्कृष्टश्यामसुन्दरविग्रहम् ।। नन्दैकनन्दनं वन्दे यशोदानन्दनं प्रभुम्

sa cānnaṃ haraye dattvā bhuṅkte bhaktyā ca sādaram || viṣṇave viprabhaktāya dattvā dātuśca yatphalam navadhārādharotkṛṣṭaśyāmasundaravigraham || nandaikanandanaṃ vande yaśodānandanaṃ prabhum

And he, having given food to Hari, eats it with devotion and with reverence. The fruit that belongs to the giver who gives to Viṣṇu and to a brahmin devotee — || (I praise) the dark, lovely form surpassing a fresh rain-bearing cloud; I salute the one delight of Nanda, the Lord who is Yaśodā's joy.

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BvP 4 21.84

तत्फलं लभते नूनं भक्तब्राह्मणभोजने ।। भक्ते तुष्टे हरिस्तुष्टो हरौ तुष्टे च देवताः गोपिकाचेतनहरं राधाप्राणाधिकं परम् ।। विनोदमुरलीशब्दं कुर्वन्तं कौतुकेन च

tatphalaṃ labhate nūnaṃ bhaktabrāhmaṇabhojane || bhakte tuṣṭe haristuṣṭo harau tuṣṭe ca devatāḥ gopikācetanaharaṃ rādhāprāṇādhikaṃ param || vinodamuralīśabdaṃ kurvantaṃ kautukena ca

that fruit he certainly obtains by feeding a brahmin who is a devotee. When the devotee is pleased Hari is pleased, and when Hari is pleased the gods (are pleased) — || (him) who carries away the gopīs' senses, dearer to Rādhā than life, supreme, playfully making the sound of his sportive flute.

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BvP 4 21.85

भवन्ति सिद्धाः शाखाश्च यथा मूलनिषेचनात् ।। द्रव्याण्येतानि देवाय यद्येकस्मै प्रयच्छति

bhavanti siddhāḥ śākhāśca yathā mūlaniṣecanāt || dravyāṇyetāni devāya yadyekasmai prayacchati

and the branches too become thriving, just as from watering the root. If he offers these goods to one god (alone) —

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BvP 4 21.86

सर्वे देवाश्च रुष्टाश्चेद्देवैः कः किं करिष्यति ।। अथवाऽर्द्धं च वस्तूनां देहि गोवर्धनाय च क्रीडन्तं राधया सार्धं वृन्दारण्ये च कुत्रचित् ।। कुत्रचिन्निर्जनेऽरण्ये राधावक्षःस्थलस्थितम्

sarve devāśca ruṣṭāśceddevaiḥ kaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati || athavā'rddhaṃ ca vastūnāṃ dehi govardhanāya ca krīḍantaṃ rādhayā sārdhaṃ vṛndāraṇye ca kutracit || kutracinnirjane'raṇye rādhāvakṣaḥsthalasthitam

and all the (other) gods are angered, then who will accomplish what by means of the gods? Or else give half of the goods to Govardhana as well. || (Him) playing with Rādhā, now in the Vṛndā forest, now in a lonely wood, resting on Rādhā's breast.

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BvP 4 21.87

गा वर्धयति नित्यं यस्तेन गोवर्धनः स्मृतः ।। गोवर्धनसमस्तात पुण्यवान्न महीतले जलक्रीडां प्रकुर्वन्तं राधया सह कुत्रचित् ।। राधिकाकबरीभारं कुर्वन्तं कुत्रचिद्वने

gā vardhayati nityaṃ yastena govardhanaḥ smṛtaḥ || govardhanasamastāta puṇyavānna mahītale jalakrīḍāṃ prakurvantaṃ rādhayā saha kutracit || rādhikākabarībhāraṃ kurvantaṃ kutracidvane

He who constantly makes the cows increase — by that he is called Govardhana. Father, there is none on the face of the earth so full of merit as Govardhana. || (Him) sometimes playing in the water together with Rādhā, sometimes in the forest arranging the mass of Rādhikā's braided hair.

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BvP 4 21.88

नित्यं ददाति गोभ्यो यो नवीनानि तृणानि च ।। तीर्थस्थानेषु यत्पुण्यं यत्पुण्यं विप्रभोजने कुत्रचिद्राधिकापादे दत्तवन्तमलक्तकम्।। सदा चर्वितताम्बूलं गृह्णन्तं कुत्रचिन्मुदा

nityaṃ dadāti gobhyo yo navīnāni tṛṇāni ca || tīrthasthāneṣu yatpuṇyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ viprabhojane kutracidrādhikāpāde dattavantamalaktakam|| sadā carvitatāmbūlaṃ gṛhṇantaṃ kutracinmudā

He who daily gives fresh grasses to the cows — whatever merit there is at holy places, whatever merit in feeding brahmins — || (him) who sometimes applied red lac to Rādhikā's feet, and sometimes gladly took the betel she had chewed.

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BvP 4 21.89

सर्वव्रतोपवासेषु सर्वेष्वेव तपःसु च ।। यत्पुण्यं च महादाने यत्पुण्यं हरिसेवने रूपेणाप्रतिमेनैव रत्नभूषणभूषितम् ।। कन्दर्पकोटिसौन्दर्यं बिभ्रतं शान्तमीश्वरम् पश्यन्तं कुत्रचिद्राधां पश्यन्तीं वक्रचक्षुषा।। दत्तवन्तं च राधायै कृत्वा मालां च कुत्रचित्

sarvavratopavāseṣu sarveṣveva tapaḥsu ca || yatpuṇyaṃ ca mahādāne yatpuṇyaṃ harisevane rūpeṇāpratimenaiva ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam || kandarpakoṭisaundaryaṃ bibhrataṃ śāntamīśvaram paśyantaṃ kutracidrādhāṃ paśyantīṃ vakracakṣuṣā|| dattavantaṃ ca rādhāyai kṛtvā mālāṃ ca kutracit

in all vows and fasts, and in all austerities, whatever merit there is in a great gift, whatever merit in serving Hari — || (him) of matchless beauty, adorned with jewel ornaments, bearing the loveliness of ten million Kāmas, the tranquil Lord; sometimes gazing at Rādhā as she gazes with sidelong eyes; and sometimes, having made a garland, giving it to Rādhā.

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BvP 4 21.91

तत्पुण्यं लभते प्राज्ञो गोभ्यो दत्त्वा तृणानि च ।। भुक्तवन्तीं तृणं यश्च गां वारयति कामतः सार्धं गोपालिकाभिश्च विहरन्तं च कुत्रचित् ।। राधां गृहीत्वा गच्छन्तं विहाय तां च कुत्रचित्

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate prājño gobhyo dattvā tṛṇāni ca || bhuktavantīṃ tṛṇaṃ yaśca gāṃ vārayati kāmataḥ sārdhaṃ gopālikābhiśca viharantaṃ ca kutracit || rādhāṃ gṛhītvā gacchantaṃ vihāya tāṃ ca kutracit

that merit the wise man obtains by giving grasses to the cows. And he who at his own pleasure drives off a cow that is eating grass — || (him) sometimes roaming about together with the cowherd girls; sometimes going off taking Rādhā with him, and sometimes leaving her behind.

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BvP 4 21.92

ब्रह्महत्या भवेत्तस्य प्रायश्चित्ताद्विशुध्यति।। सर्वे देवा गवा मङ्गे तीर्थानि तत्पदेषु च विप्रपत्नीदत्तमन्नं भुक्तवन्तं च कुत्रचित्।। भुक्तवन्तं तालफलं बालकैः सह कुत्रचित्

brahmahatyā bhavettasya prāyaścittādviśudhyati|| sarve devā gavā maṅge tīrthāni tatpadeṣu ca viprapatnīdattamannaṃ bhuktavantaṃ ca kutracit|| bhuktavantaṃ tālaphalaṃ bālakaiḥ saha kutracit

he incurs (the guilt of) brahmin-murder; he is purified by expiation. All the gods are in the body of the cow, and the holy places in her feet. || (Him) who somewhere ate the food given by the brahmin's wife, and somewhere ate palm fruit together with the boys.

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BvP 4 21.93

तद्गुह्येषु स्वयं लक्ष्मीस्तिष्ठत्येव सदा पितः ।। गोष्पदाक्तमृदा यो हि तिलकं कुरुते नरः वस्त्रं गोपालिकानां च हरन्तं कुत्रचिन्मुदा ।। गवां गणं व्याहरन्तं कुत्रचिद्बालकैः सह

tadguhyeṣu svayaṃ lakṣmīstiṣṭhatyeva sadā pitaḥ || goṣpadāktamṛdā yo hi tilakaṃ kurute naraḥ vastraṃ gopālikānāṃ ca harantaṃ kutracinmudā || gavāṃ gaṇaṃ vyāharantaṃ kutracidbālakaiḥ saha

In her secret parts Lakṣmī herself always dwells, father. The man who makes a tilaka mark with earth moistened in a cow's hoof-print — || (him) somewhere gladly carrying off the garments of the cowherd girls, somewhere calling the herd of cows together with the boys.

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BvP 4 21.94

तीर्थस्नातो भवेत्सद्यो जयस्तस्य पदेपदे ।। गावस्तिष्ठंति यत्रैव तत्तीर्थं परिकीर्तितम् कालीयमूर्ध्नि पादाब्जं दत्तवन्तं च कुत्रचित् ।। विनोदमुरलीशब्दं कुर्वन्तं कुत्रचिन्मुदा

tīrthasnāto bhavetsadyo jayastasya padepade || gāvastiṣṭhaṃti yatraiva tattīrthaṃ parikīrtitam kālīyamūrdhni pādābjaṃ dattavantaṃ ca kutracit || vinodamuralīśabdaṃ kurvantaṃ kutracinmudā

He at once becomes one bathed at a holy ford, and victory is his at every step. Wherever cows stand, that place is declared to be a holy ford. — And (they saw him) somewhere setting his lotus-foot on Kāliya's head, and somewhere joyfully making the playful sound of the flute.

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BvP 4 21.95

प्राणांस्त्यक्ता नरस्तत्र सद्यो मुक्तो भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।। ब्राह्मणानां गवामङ्गं यो हन्ति मानवाधमः गायन्तं रम्यसङ्गीतं कुत्रचिद्बालकैः सह।। स्तुत्वा शक्रः स्तवेन्द्रेण प्रणनाम हरिं भिया

prāṇāṃstyaktā narastatra sadyo mukto bhaveddhruvam || brāhmaṇānāṃ gavāmaṅgaṃ yo hanti mānavādhamaḥ gāyantaṃ ramyasaṅgītaṃ kutracidbālakaiḥ saha|| stutvā śakraḥ stavendreṇa praṇanāma hariṃ bhiyā

A man who gives up his life-breaths there surely becomes liberated at once. Whatever lowest of men strikes the body of brahmins or of cows — (and they saw him) somewhere singing lovely song together with the boys; having praised (him) with the best of hymns, Śakra bowed to Hari in fear.

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BvP 4 21.96

ब्रह्महत्यासमं पापं भवेत्तस्य न संशयः ।। नारायणांशान्विप्रांश्च गाश्च ये घ्नन्ति मानवाः पुरा दत्तेन गुरुणा रणे वृत्रासुरेण च।। कृष्णेन दत्तं कृपया ब्रह्मणे च तपस्यते

brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ bhavettasya na saṃśayaḥ || nārāyaṇāṃśānviprāṃśca gāśca ye ghnanti mānavāḥ purā dattena guruṇā raṇe vṛtrāsureṇa ca|| kṛṣṇena dattaṃ kṛpayā brahmaṇe ca tapasyate

His sin becomes equal to the killing of a brahmin, there is no doubt of it. Those men who kill brahmins, who are portions of Nārāyaṇa, and cows — ... given formerly by the guru (Bṛhaspati), and in battle by the demon Vṛtra; given by Kṛṣṇa out of compassion to Brahmā when he was practising austerity.

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BvP 4 21.97

कालसूत्रं च ते यान्ति यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा श्रीकृष्णो विरराम च नारद एकादशाक्षरो मन्त्रः कवचं सर्वलक्षणम् ।। दत्तमेतत्कुमाराय पुष्करे ब्रह्मणा पुरा

kālasūtraṃ ca te yānti yāvaccandradivākarau || ityevamuktvā śrīkṛṣṇo virarāma ca nārada ekādaśākṣaro mantraḥ kavacaṃ sarvalakṣaṇam || dattametatkumārāya puṣkare brahmaṇā purā

And they go to (the hell) Kālasūtra for as long as the moon and the sun (endure). Having spoken thus, Śrī Kṛṣṇa fell silent, O Nārada. The eleven-syllabled mantra and the armour with all its features — this was given to Kumāra by Brahmā at Puṣkara long ago.

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BvP 4 21.98

आनन्दयुक्तो नन्दश्च तमुवाच स्मिताननः ।। नन्द उवाच ।। पौर्वापरीयं पूजेति महेन्द्रस्य महात्मनः कुमारोऽङ्गिरसे दत्तं गुरवेऽङ्गिरसा मुने ।। इदमिन्द्रकृतं स्तोत्रं नित्यं भक्त्या च यः पठेत्

ānandayukto nandaśca tamuvāca smitānanaḥ || nanda uvāca || paurvāparīyaṃ pūjeti mahendrasya mahātmanaḥ kumāro'ṅgirase dattaṃ gurave'ṅgirasā mune || idamindrakṛtaṃ stotraṃ nityaṃ bhaktyā ca yaḥ paṭhet

And Nanda, filled with joy, his face smiling, said to him. Nanda said: The worship of the great-souled Mahendra is (a matter of) what came before and after. — Kumāra gave it to Aṅgiras, and Aṅgiras to the guru (Bṛhaspati), O sage. Whoever should recite daily and with devotion this hymn composed by Indra —

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BvP 4 21.99

दत्तापहारी देवस्वं भुक्त्वा च नरकं व्रजेत् ।। देवदत्तं न भोक्तव्यं नैवेद्यं च विना हरेः सुवृष्टिसाधनी साध्यं सर्वसस्यमनोहरम् ।। सस्यानि प्राणिनां प्राणाः सस्याज्जीवन्ति जीविनः स हि प्राप्य दृढां भक्तिमन्ते दास्यं लभेद्ध्रुवम्।। जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिशोकेभ्यो मुच्यते नरः ।। न हि पश्यति स्वप्नेऽपि यमदूतं यमालयम्

dattāpahārī devasvaṃ bhuktvā ca narakaṃ vrajet || devadattaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ naivedyaṃ ca vinā hareḥ suvṛṣṭisādhanī sādhyaṃ sarvasasyamanoharam || sasyāni prāṇināṃ prāṇāḥ sasyājjīvanti jīvinaḥ sa hi prāpya dṛḍhāṃ bhaktimante dāsyaṃ labheddhruvam|| janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiśokebhyo mucyate naraḥ || na hi paśyati svapne'pi yamadūtaṃ yamālayam

One who steals what has been given, having consumed the property of a god, goes to hell. What has been given to a god must not be eaten, nor food-offering, apart from Hari's. — She is the means of good rain, the thing to be attained, delighting in all crops; crops are the life-breath of living beings, and living creatures live from crops. — He indeed, having obtained firm devotion, will surely obtain servitude (to the Lord) at the end; a man is freed from birth, death, old age, disease and sorrow, and he does not see, even in a dream, the messenger of Yama or Yama's abode.

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BvP 4 21.180

भक्तध्यानाय सेवायै नानारूपधरं वरम् ।। शुक्लरक्तपीतश्यामं युगानुक्रमणेन च

bhaktadhyānāya sevāyai nānārūpadharaṃ varam || śuklaraktapītaśyāmaṃ yugānukramaṇena ca

For the devotees' meditation and for their service, (he is) the excellent one who assumes various forms — white, red, yellow and dark, according to the succession of the yugas.

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BvP 4 21.233

या यस्य विद्या प्राचीना न तां त्यजति निश्चितम् ।। इत्येवं कथितं स्तोत्रं श्रीकृष्णाख्यानमद्भुतम् ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं भवबन्धविमोचनम्

yā yasya vidyā prācīnā na tāṃ tyajati niścitam || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ stotraṃ śrīkṛṣṇākhyānamadbhutam || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ bhavabandhavimocanam

Whatever knowledge a man has from a former (life), that certainly does not abandon him. Thus has the hymn been told, the wondrous narrative of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, which gives happiness, gives liberation, is the essence, and releases from the bondage of worldly existence.

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