Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 25
BvP 4 25.1
।। नारद उवाच ।। ।। श्रुतं किमद्भुतं ब्रह्मन् हरेश्चरितमङ्गलम् ।। विशेषतस्तव मुखे ह्यतीव सुमनोहरम्
|| nārada uvāca || || śrutaṃ kimadbhutaṃ brahman hareścaritamaṅgalam || viśeṣatastava mukhe hyatīva sumanoharam
Nārada said: What a wondrous thing I have heard, O brahmin — the auspicious deeds of Hari, and especially from your mouth exceedingly delightful to the mind!
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BvP 4 25.2
मृतायां मुनिकन्यायां शापाद्दुर्वाससो मुनेः ।। किं चकार समागत्य तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन
mṛtāyāṃ munikanyāyāṃ śāpāddurvāsaso muneḥ || kiṃ cakāra samāgatya tanme brūhi tapodhana
When the sage's daughter was dead by the curse of the sage Durvāsas, what did he do when he came (there)? Tell me that, O you rich in austerity.
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BvP 4 25.3
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। सरस्वतीनदीतीरे तपस्यां कुर्वतो मुनेः ।। पपात धौतमूर्ध्वाच्च धार्यमाणं च वायुना
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || sarasvatīnadītīre tapasyāṃ kurvato muneḥ || papāta dhautamūrdhvācca dhāryamāṇaṃ ca vāyunā
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: On the bank of the Sarasvatī river, while the sage was performing austerity, the washed (garment), borne by the wind, fell from above.
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BvP 4 25.4
पृथिव्यां पतिते वस्त्रे तपस्त्यक्त्वा मुनीश्वरः ।। ध्यानेन बुबुधे सर्वं कन्यासंबन्धि संकटम् मृतं दृष्ट्वा स दुर्वासा मुने मनसि संकटम् ।। चेतनां कारयामास प्रयत्नेन महामुनेः महतां क्षुद्रजन्तूनां सर्वेषां जीविनां सदा ।। स्रष्टा पाता च शास्ता च भगवान्करुणानिधिः एकादशी व्रतरतः कृष्णपूजासु तत्परः ।। सर्वकर्मस्वलिप्तश्च कर्ता कृष्णार्पितेषु च किंत्वघमर्षणमन्त्रं तु जप्त्वाऽऽयाम्यचिरेण वै ।। क्षणं प्रतीक्षतां राजन्नित्युक्त्वा च गतो मुनिः उपवासफलं रक्ष कृष्णस्य चरणोदकम् ।। भुक्त्वा शीघ्रमपो राजंस्तद्भक्षणमभक्षणम् क्षुद्राणां महतां चैव भक्तानां रक्षणाय च ।। ररक्ष संततं चक्रं श्रीहरिर्भक्तवत्सलः आविर्भूतास्तिरोभूता यस्य भ्रूभङ्गलीलया ।। तस्य प्राणाधिकं भक्तं हंसि त्वं कस्य तेजसा व्रज शीघ्रं च वैकुण्ठं वैकुण्ठः शरणं तव ।। दास्यत्येवाभयं तुभ्यं करुणासागरो विभुः ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम् ।। सद्रत्नसाररचितं किरीटोज्ज्वलशेखरम् श्रुतयः स्मृतिकर्तारो वाणी चेत्स्तोतुमक्षमा ।। कोऽहं विप्रश्च वेदज्ञः शिष्यः किं स्तौमि मानद अन्येषां च भवेज्ज्ञानं श्रुत्वा शास्त्रं सतां मुखात् ।। स्वमूर्तिमन्ति शास्त्राणि भवेत्सन्तश्चरन्ति हि प्रभावोऽहं च सर्वेषामीश्वरः परिपालकः।। न च व्यापी स्वतन्त्रोऽहं भक्ताधीनो दिवानिशम् महादेव उवाच ।। दीनबन्धो जगन्नाथ नायं विप्रो जगद्बहिः ।। कृतापराधं दीनं च पाहीमं शरणागतम् सरस्वत्युवाच ।। बोधयिष्यामि देवानां जनकं कामदं श्रुतिम् ।। भगवन्स्वामी सर्वेषां सर्वांश्च पातुमर्हसि अहमेवाद्य निश्चिन्तः सुखं भोक्ष्यामि निश्चितम् ।। भक्तदत्तं च यद्वस्तु प्रीत्या कृत्वा सुधोपमम्
pṛthivyāṃ patite vastre tapastyaktvā munīśvaraḥ || dhyānena bubudhe sarvaṃ kanyāsaṃbandhi saṃkaṭam mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa durvāsā mune manasi saṃkaṭam || cetanāṃ kārayāmāsa prayatnena mahāmuneḥ mahatāṃ kṣudrajantūnāṃ sarveṣāṃ jīvināṃ sadā || sraṣṭā pātā ca śāstā ca bhagavānkaruṇānidhiḥ ekādaśī vratarataḥ kṛṣṇapūjāsu tatparaḥ || sarvakarmasvaliptaśca kartā kṛṣṇārpiteṣu ca kiṃtvaghamarṣaṇamantraṃ tu japtvā''yāmyacireṇa vai || kṣaṇaṃ pratīkṣatāṃ rājannityuktvā ca gato muniḥ upavāsaphalaṃ rakṣa kṛṣṇasya caraṇodakam || bhuktvā śīghramapo rājaṃstadbhakṣaṇamabhakṣaṇam kṣudrāṇāṃ mahatāṃ caiva bhaktānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca || rarakṣa saṃtataṃ cakraṃ śrīharirbhaktavatsalaḥ āvirbhūtāstirobhūtā yasya bhrūbhaṅgalīlayā || tasya prāṇādhikaṃ bhaktaṃ haṃsi tvaṃ kasya tejasā vraja śīghraṃ ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ vaikuṇṭhaḥ śaraṇaṃ tava || dāsyatyevābhayaṃ tubhyaṃ karuṇāsāgaro vibhuḥ īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram || sadratnasāraracitaṃ kirīṭojjvalaśekharam śrutayaḥ smṛtikartāro vāṇī cetstotumakṣamā || ko'haṃ vipraśca vedajñaḥ śiṣyaḥ kiṃ staumi mānada anyeṣāṃ ca bhavejjñānaṃ śrutvā śāstraṃ satāṃ mukhāt || svamūrtimanti śāstrāṇi bhavetsantaścaranti hi prabhāvo'haṃ ca sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ paripālakaḥ|| na ca vyāpī svatantro'haṃ bhaktādhīno divāniśam mahādeva uvāca || dīnabandho jagannātha nāyaṃ vipro jagadbahiḥ || kṛtāparādhaṃ dīnaṃ ca pāhīmaṃ śaraṇāgatam sarasvatyuvāca || bodhayiṣyāmi devānāṃ janakaṃ kāmadaṃ śrutim || bhagavansvāmī sarveṣāṃ sarvāṃśca pātumarhasi ahamevādya niścintaḥ sukhaṃ bhokṣyāmi niścitam || bhaktadattaṃ ca yadvastu prītyā kṛtvā sudhopamam
When the garment fell to the ground, the lord of sages left off his austerity and by meditation understood the whole calamity concerning his daughter. Seeing (her) dead, Durvāsas — with distress in his mind, O sage — with effort brought the great sage back to consciousness. Of the great and of the tiny creatures, of all living beings always, the Lord, the treasury of compassion, is the creator, the protector and the ruler. (He was) devoted to the Ekādaśī vow, intent upon the worship of Kṛṣṇa, unstained in all his acts, and a doer of what is offered to Kṛṣṇa. "But I shall mutter the aghamarṣaṇa mantra and come back very soon; wait a moment, O king" — saying this the sage went away. "Guard the fruit of the fast, the water from Kṛṣṇa's feet; having quickly eaten, O king, the water — the eating of that is no eating." And for the protection of his devotees, small and great, Śrī Hari, fond of his devotees, kept his discus continually. "He by whose playful knitting of the brows (beings) appear and disappear — his devotee, dearer to him than life, you are slaying: by whose power? Go quickly to Vaikuṇṭha; Vaikuṇṭha is your refuge. The Lord, an ocean of compassion, will surely grant you freedom from fear" — (him) whose face is gracious with a slight smile, who is eager to show favour to his devotees, (whose crown) is wrought of the finest of true jewels, with a diadem for its blazing crest. If the Vedic texts, the makers of the smṛtis, and Speech herself are unable to praise (him), who am I — a brahmin who knows the Veda, a pupil? What can I praise, O giver of honour? "And knowledge would arise for others by hearing scripture from the mouth of the good; the scriptures are my own embodiment, and the good indeed move about (as such). And I am the might of all, the lord, the sustainer; yet I am not (only) all-pervading nor independent — I am subject to my devotees day and night." Mahādeva said: O friend of the wretched, lord of the world, this brahmin is not outside the world; protect this wretched man who has committed an offence and has come for refuge. Sarasvatī said: I shall instruct the father of the gods, the wish-granting scripture. O Lord, you are the master of all and are able to protect all. This very day, free from care, I shall surely eat in happiness, making with affection whatever thing a devotee gives to be like nectar.
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BvP 4 25.5
जगाम शोकाविष्टोऽपि तूर्णं जामातुराश्रमम्।। सिषेच पृथिवीरेणूच्छश्वन्नयनबिन्दुना
jagāma śokāviṣṭo'pi tūrṇaṃ jāmāturāśramam|| siṣeca pṛthivīreṇūcchaśvannayanabindunā
Though overcome with grief, he went at once to his son-in-law's hermitage, sprinkling the dust of the earth continually with the drops from his eyes.
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BvP 4 25.6
गत्वाऽऽलयसमीपं च विप्रः कातरमानसः ।। हे वत्से कन्दलीत्येवमुवाच च पुनःपुनः।।
gatvā''layasamīpaṃ ca vipraḥ kātaramānasaḥ || he vatse kandalītyevamuvāca ca punaḥpunaḥ||
Having come near the dwelling, the brahmin, distressed in mind, said again and again: "O child, Kandalī!"
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BvP 4 25.7
श्वशरस्य स्वरं ज्ञात्वा दुर्वासा भयविह्वलः ।। बहिर्बभूव शीघ्रं च पपात चरणाम्बुजे
śvaśarasya svaraṃ jñātvā durvāsā bhayavihvalaḥ || bahirbabhūva śīghraṃ ca papāta caraṇāmbuje
Recognising his father-in-law's voice, Durvāsas, overwhelmed with fear, quickly came out and fell at his lotus feet.
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BvP 4 25.8
प्रणम्य श्वशुरं शोकाद्विललाप भृशं पुनः ।। प्रवृत्तिं कथयामास मूलतो मुनिसत्तमम्
praṇamya śvaśuraṃ śokādvilalāpa bhṛśaṃ punaḥ || pravṛttiṃ kathayāmāsa mūlato munisattamam
Bowing to his father-in-law, he lamented greatly again out of grief, and told that best of sages the course of events from the beginning.
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BvP 4 25.9
श्रुत्वा वार्तां शुचाऽऽविष्टः पपात धरणीतले ।। मूर्च्छामाप महाज्ञानी निश्चेष्टो हि यथा मृतः
śrutvā vārtāṃ śucā''viṣṭaḥ papāta dharaṇītale || mūrcchāmāpa mahājñānī niśceṣṭo hi yathā mṛtaḥ
Hearing the news, seized by sorrow, he fell to the ground; that man of great knowledge swooned, motionless, as if dead.
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BvP 4 25.11
संप्राप्य चेतनां शीघ्रमुवाच तं पुरः स्थितम् ।। जामातरं शोकयुतं भीतं प्रणतकन्धरम्
saṃprāpya cetanāṃ śīghramuvāca taṃ puraḥ sthitam || jāmātaraṃ śokayutaṃ bhītaṃ praṇatakandharam
Quickly regaining consciousness, he spoke to him standing before him — his son-in-law, filled with grief, frightened, his neck bowed —
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BvP 4 25.12
महाशोकादश्रुपूर्णं रक्तपङ्कजलोचनम् ।। कोपात्कम्पितवाञ्छश्वत्संत्रस्तः स्फुरिताधरः
mahāśokādaśrupūrṇaṃ raktapaṅkajalocanam || kopātkampitavāñchaśvatsaṃtrastaḥ sphuritādharaḥ
(his eyes) full of tears from great grief, eyes like red lotuses; he trembled constantly with anger, terrified, his lower lip quivering.
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BvP 4 25.13
और्व उवाच ।। अये ब्रह्मन्नत्रिवंश पौत्रस्त्वं जगतीपतेः ।। स्वल्पदोषे बहुतरः कृतो दण्डस्त्वया कथम्
aurva uvāca || aye brahmannatrivaṃśa pautrastvaṃ jagatīpateḥ || svalpadoṣe bahutaraḥ kṛto daṇḍastvayā katham
Aurva said: Ah, brahmin, (born) in Atri's line, you are the grandson of the lord of the earth! How is it that so great a punishment has been inflicted by you for so slight a fault?
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BvP 4 25.14
त्वज्जन्म शंकरांशेन शिष्यस्तस्य जगद्गुरोः ।। वेदवेदाङ्गविज्ञश्च सर्वज्ञो गुणवान्स्वयम्
tvajjanma śaṃkarāṃśena śiṣyastasya jagadguroḥ || vedavedāṅgavijñaśca sarvajño guṇavānsvayam
Your birth is from a portion of Śaṃkara; you are the pupil of that teacher of the world; you know the Vedas and the branches of the Veda, and you are yourself omniscient and full of virtues.
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BvP 4 25.15
अनसूया महासाध्वी कमलांशा तव प्रसूः ।। न जाने केन दोषेण तव चैतादृशी मतिः
anasūyā mahāsādhvī kamalāṃśā tava prasūḥ || na jāne kena doṣeṇa tava caitādṛśī matiḥ
Anasūyā, the great chaste lady, a portion of Kamalā, is your mother; I do not know by what fault such a mind (as this) has come to be yours.
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BvP 4 25.16
गुणवाञ्जनको यस्य माता गुणवती सती ।। तयोः पुत्रो दयाहीनो गतिः सूक्ष्मा श्रुतेरहो
guṇavāñjanako yasya mātā guṇavatī satī || tayoḥ putro dayāhīno gatiḥ sūkṣmā śruteraho
He whose father is virtuous and whose mother is a virtuous, faithful woman — and the son of those two is devoid of compassion! Alas, the way of scripture is subtle.
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BvP 4 25.17
मम प्राणाधिका कन्या मुदा त्वयि समर्पिता।। महागुणान्विता स्वल्पदोषेण परिमिश्रिता
mama prāṇādhikā kanyā mudā tvayi samarpitā|| mahāguṇānvitā svalpadoṣeṇa parimiśritā
My daughter, dearer to me than life, was gladly given over to you — endowed with great virtues, (though) mixed with a slight fault.
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BvP 4 25.18
वाग्दुष्टायाश्च दण्डो हि परित्यागः श्रुतौ श्रुतः ।। त्वया क्रोधाद्यदि त्यक्ता पित्रा यत्नेन पालिता
vāgduṣṭāyāśca daṇḍo hi parityāgaḥ śrutau śrutaḥ || tvayā krodhādyadi tyaktā pitrā yatnena pālitā
For a woman who has offended in speech the punishment heard of in scripture is abandonment; if she, whom her father reared with effort, had (only) been abandoned by you in anger—
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BvP 4 25.19
मदपत्यं स्वल्पदोषे यतो भस्मीकृतं त्वया ।। पराभवस्तव महान्भविष्यति न संशयः
madapatyaṃ svalpadoṣe yato bhasmīkṛtaṃ tvayā || parābhavastava mahānbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Since my child has been reduced to ashes by you for a slight fault, a great humiliation will befall you — there is no doubt.
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BvP 4 25.21
इत्युक्त्वा च मुनिश्रेष्ठो विलप्य च पुनः पुनः ।। हेऽम्ब वत्से ह्ययीत्युक्त्वा जगाम स्वालयं रुषा
ityuktvā ca muniśreṣṭho vilapya ca punaḥ punaḥ || he'mba vatse hyayītyuktvā jagāma svālayaṃ ruṣā
Having said this, and having lamented again and again, the best of sages, crying out "O mother! O child! Alas!", went to his own dwelling in anger.
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BvP 4 25.22
गते मुनीन्द्रे दुर्वासा विललाप भृशं पुनः ।। ज्ञानेन विस्मृतः शोको बभूव द्विगुणः पुनः
gate munīndre durvāsā vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ punaḥ || jñānena vismṛtaḥ śoko babhūva dviguṇaḥ punaḥ
When the chief of sages had gone, Durvāsas again lamented bitterly; the grief that had been forgotten through (his) knowledge became twice as great again.
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BvP 4 25.23
शोकानलो हि कालेन विच्छिन्नो ज्ञानभस्मना ।। बन्धुदर्शनशुष्केन्धदानेन वर्धते पुनः ।।
śokānalo hi kālena vicchinno jñānabhasmanā || bandhudarśanaśuṣkendhadānena vardhate punaḥ ||
For the fire of grief, quenched in time by the ashes of knowledge, flares up again through the offering of the dry fuel of the sight of kinsmen.
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BvP 4 25.24
स्मारंस्मारं प्रियां तत्र विलप्य च पुनःपुनः ।। बोधयित्वा स्वमात्मानं तपस्यायां मनो दधौ
smāraṃsmāraṃ priyāṃ tatra vilapya ca punaḥpunaḥ || bodhayitvā svamātmānaṃ tapasyāyāṃ mano dadhau
Remembering and remembering his beloved (daughter) there, and lamenting again and again, he brought himself to awareness and set his mind on austerity.
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BvP 4 25.25
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं मुनेः शापस्य कारणम् ।। बभूव तस्य कालेन दुःसहश्च पराभवः
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ muneḥ śāpasya kāraṇam || babhūva tasya kālena duḥsahaśca parābhavaḥ
Thus the whole cause of the sage's curse has been told; in time there came upon him a humiliation hard to bear.
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BvP 4 25.26
नारद उवाच ।। दुर्वासाः शंकरस्यांशः शिवतुल्यश्च तेजसा ।। तेजस्वी को महानेव चकार तत्पराभवम्
nārada uvāca || durvāsāḥ śaṃkarasyāṃśaḥ śivatulyaśca tejasā || tejasvī ko mahāneva cakāra tatparābhavam
Nārada said: Durvāsas is a portion of Śaṃkara, and equal to Śiva in fiery power. Who indeed was so great and fiery as to bring about his humiliation?
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BvP 4 25.27
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। अम्बरीषो हि राजेन्द्रः सूर्यवंशसमुद्भवः ।। श्रीकृष्णचरणाम्भोजे तन्मनाः संततं मुने
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ambarīṣo hi rājendraḥ sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ || śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇāmbhoje tanmanāḥ saṃtataṃ mune
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Ambarīṣa, the foremost of kings, sprung from the solar line, had his mind fixed constantly on the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, O sage.
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BvP 4 25.28
न राज्येषु न भार्यासु न पुत्रेषु प्रजासु च ।। न संपत्सु क्षणं चित्तं पुण्यकर्मार्जिंतासु च
na rājyeṣu na bhāryāsu na putreṣu prajāsu ca || na saṃpatsu kṣaṇaṃ cittaṃ puṇyakarmārjiṃtāsu ca
Not in kingdoms, not in wives, not in sons and subjects, and not in riches gained by meritorious deeds, was his mind (fixed) for a moment.
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BvP 4 25.29
ध्यायतेऽहर्निशं धर्मी स्वन्ते ज्ञाने हरिं मुदा ।। महाजितेन्द्रियः शान्तो विष्णुव्रतपरायणः
dhyāyate'harniśaṃ dharmī svante jñāne hariṃ mudā || mahājitendriyaḥ śānto viṣṇuvrataparāyaṇaḥ
Being righteous, he meditated day and night with joy on Hari, (who dwells) within, in his own knowledge; greatly master of his senses, tranquil, devoted to the observance of Viṣṇu's vow.
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BvP 4 25.31
सुतीक्ष्णं षोडशारं च हरेश्चक्रं सुदर्शनम् ।। तेजसा हरितुल्यं च सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्
sutīkṣṇaṃ ṣoḍaśāraṃ ca hareścakraṃ sudarśanam || tejasā haritulyaṃ ca sūryakoṭisamaprabham
(He also worshipped) Hari's discus Sudarśana, very sharp, sixteen-spoked, equal to Hari in blazing power, with the radiance of ten million suns,
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BvP 4 25.32
ब्रह्मादिभिः स्तूयमानं पूजितं च सुरासुरैः ।। प्रभुणा रक्षितं शश्वद्रक्षायै नृपसन्निधौ ।।
brahmādibhiḥ stūyamānaṃ pūjitaṃ ca surāsuraiḥ || prabhuṇā rakṣitaṃ śaśvadrakṣāyai nṛpasannidhau ||
praised by Brahmā and the others, worshipped by gods and demons, kept ever by the Lord near the king for his protection.
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BvP 4 25.33
एकादशीव्रतं कृत्वा द्वादशीदिवसे सति ।। स्नात्वा विधाय पूजां च कालेन विधिपूर्वकम्
ekādaśīvrataṃ kṛtvā dvādaśīdivase sati || snātvā vidhāya pūjāṃ ca kālena vidhipūrvakam
Having performed the vow of the eleventh day, when the twelfth day had come, having bathed and performed the worship at the (proper) time according to the rule,
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BvP 4 25.34
दत्त्वा दानं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुवर्णरजतादिकम् ।। ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वा च भोजनार्थमुवास ह
dattvā dānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ suvarṇarajatādikam || brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā ca bhojanārthamuvāsa ha
and having given gifts of gold, silver and the rest to the brahmins, and having fed the brahmins, he sat down to eat.
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BvP 4 25.35
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्रस्तपस्वी क्षुधितो मुने ।। दण्डी छत्री शुक्लवासा बिभ्रत्तिलकमुत्तमम्
etasminnantare viprastapasvī kṣudhito mune || daṇḍī chatrī śuklavāsā bibhrattilakamuttamam
Meanwhile, O sage, a brahmin ascetic, hungry, bearing a staff and a parasol, dressed in white, wearing an excellent forehead-mark,
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BvP 4 25.36
जटिलोऽतिकृशस्त्रस्तः शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः ।। तत्राजगाम भगवान्दुर्वासा नृपतेः पुरः
jaṭilo'tikṛśastrastaḥ śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ || tatrājagāma bhagavāndurvāsā nṛpateḥ puraḥ
matted-haired, extremely emaciated, agitated, with throat, lips and palate dry — the venerable Durvāsas came there, before the king.
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BvP 4 25.37
स च दृष्ट्वा मुनीन्द्रं तमुत्थाय च प्रणम्य च ।। दत्त्वा पाद्यं च संप्रीत्या स्वर्णसिंहासनं ददौ
sa ca dṛṣṭvā munīndraṃ tamutthāya ca praṇamya ca || dattvā pādyaṃ ca saṃprītyā svarṇasiṃhāsanaṃ dadau
And he, seeing that best of sages, rose up and bowed, and having with great affection given water for (his) feet, he offered a golden lion-throne.
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BvP 4 25.38
तस्मै दत्त्वा ऽऽशिषं विप्रः समुवास सुखासने ।। पप्रच्छ राजा तं प्रीतः काऽऽज्ञा ते वद कामितम्
tasmai dattvā ''śiṣaṃ vipraḥ samuvāsa sukhāsane || papraccha rājā taṃ prītaḥ kā''jñā te vada kāmitam
Having given him a blessing, the brahmin sat down on the comfortable seat; the king, pleased, asked him: "What is your command? Tell (me) what is desired."
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BvP 4 25.39
नृपेन्द्रवचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच महामुनिः।। बुभुक्षितस्य मे राजन्देह्यन्नं विधिपूर्वकम्
nṛpendravacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca mahāmuniḥ|| bubhukṣitasya me rājandehyannaṃ vidhipūrvakam
Hearing the words of the lord of kings, the great sage said to him: "O king, I am hungry; give (me) food according to the prescribed rule."
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BvP 4 25.41
गते विप्रे तु राजर्षिश्चिन्तां प्राप दुरत्ययाम् ।। विलोक्य विगतप्रायां द्वादशीं भयसंयुतः
gate vipre tu rājarṣiścintāṃ prāpa duratyayām || vilokya vigataprāyāṃ dvādaśīṃ bhayasaṃyutaḥ
But when the brahmin had gone, the royal seer fell into inescapable worry, seeing that the twelfth day was nearly past, and he was filled with fear.
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BvP 4 25.42
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र समायान्तं गुरुं मुदा ।। नत्वा निवेद्य सर्वं तु नृपतिः समुवाच ह
etasminnantare tatra samāyāntaṃ guruṃ mudā || natvā nivedya sarvaṃ tu nṛpatiḥ samuvāca ha
Meanwhile the king, having joyfully bowed to (his) preceptor who was arriving there, and having reported everything, said:
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BvP 4 25.43
नायाति मुनिशार्दूलः प्रयाति द्वादशी तिथिः ।। संकटेऽस्मिन्विधेयं च विविच्य विधिपूर्वकम् ।। शीघ्रं वद मुनिश्रेष्ठ भद्राभद्रं च मामिति
nāyāti muniśārdūlaḥ prayāti dvādaśī tithiḥ || saṃkaṭe'sminvidheyaṃ ca vivicya vidhipūrvakam || śīghraṃ vada muniśreṣṭha bhadrābhadraṃ ca māmiti
"The tiger among sages does not come, and the twelfth lunar day is passing. In this crisis, having considered according to rule what should be done, tell me quickly, O best of sages, what is good and what is not good for me."
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BvP 4 25.44
श्रुत्वा नृपोक्तिं त्वरितमुवाच मुनिपुंगवः ।। हितं तथ्यं च वेदोक्तं परिणामसुखावहम्
śrutvā nṛpoktiṃ tvaritamuvāca munipuṃgavaḥ || hitaṃ tathyaṃ ca vedoktaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
Hearing the king's speech, the bull among sages quickly spoke what was beneficial, true, declared in the Veda, and bringing happiness in its outcome.
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BvP 4 25.45
वशिष्ठ उवाच ।। द्वादश्यां समतीतायां त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् ।। उपवासफलं हत्वा व्रतिनं हन्ति निश्चितम्
vaśiṣṭha uvāca || dvādaśyāṃ samatītāyāṃ trayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇam || upavāsaphalaṃ hatvā vratinaṃ hanti niścitam
Vasiṣṭha said: When the twelfth day has fully passed, the breaking of the fast on the thirteenth destroys the fruit of the fast and surely destroys the observer of the vow.
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BvP 4 25.46
ब्रह्महत्यासमं पापं भवेत्तस्य श्रुतौ श्रुतम्।। भक्ष्यद्रव्यं सुरातुल्यमित्याह कमलोद्भवः
brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ bhavettasya śrutau śrutam|| bhakṣyadravyaṃ surātulyamityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
His sin would be equal to the killing of a brahmin — so it is heard in scripture; and the food to be eaten is equal to liquor: so said the lotus-born (Brahmā).
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BvP 4 25.47
न भोजयित्वा मूढश्चेदतिथिं समुपस्थितम् ।। स त्रस्तः क्षुधितो भुङ्क्ते कुम्भीपाके व्रजेद्धुवम्
na bhojayitvā mūḍhaścedatithiṃ samupasthitam || sa trastaḥ kṣudhito bhuṅkte kumbhīpāke vrajeddhuvam
If a fool, without feeding a guest who has arrived, he being frightened and hungry, eats, he will surely go to the Kumbhīpāka hell.
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BvP 4 25.48
शतवर्षं तत्र तिष्ठन्नरश्चाण्डालतां व्रजेत् ।। व्याधियुक्तो दरिद्रश्च भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि
śatavarṣaṃ tatra tiṣṭhannaraścāṇḍālatāṃ vrajet || vyādhiyukto daridraśca bhavejjanmani janmani
Remaining there a hundred years, the man will then become an outcaste, and birth after birth he will be diseased and poor.
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BvP 4 25.49
अतोऽतिसूक्ष्मं किं ब्रूमोऽधुना परम संकटे ।। रक्षां कुरु द्वयोर्धर्मं समालोक्य वदामि ते
ato'tisūkṣmaṃ kiṃ brūmo'dhunā parama saṃkaṭe || rakṣāṃ kuru dvayordharmaṃ samālokya vadāmi te
Therefore what extremely subtle thing shall we say now, O supreme one, in this crisis? Provide protection; considering the duty of both, I tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.51
इत्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो विरराम महामुने ।। बुभुजे तज्जलं किंचित्कृष्णपादाम्बुजं स्मरन्
ityuktvā brahmaṇaḥ putro virarāma mahāmune || bubhuje tajjalaṃ kiṃcitkṛṣṇapādāmbujaṃ smaran
Having said this, the son of Brahmā fell silent, O great sage; (the king) consumed a little of that water, remembering the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 4 25.52
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मन्नाजगाम मुनीश्वरः ।। चिच्छेद कोपात्सर्वज्ञः स्वजटां नृपतेः पुरः
etasminnantare brahmannājagāma munīśvaraḥ || ciccheda kopātsarvajñaḥ svajaṭāṃ nṛpateḥ puraḥ
Meanwhile, O brahmin, the lord of sages arrived; the all-knowing one, out of anger, cut off his own matted lock before the king.
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BvP 4 25.53
ततः समुत्थितः शीघ्रं पुरुषोऽग्निशिखोपमः ।। खड्ग हस्तो महाभीमो राजेन्द्रं हन्तुमुद्यतः
tataḥ samutthitaḥ śīghraṃ puruṣo'gniśikhopamaḥ || khaḍga hasto mahābhīmo rājendraṃ hantumudyataḥ
Then there arose at once a man like a flame of fire, sword in hand, exceedingly terrible, ready to kill the lord of kings.
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BvP 4 25.54
हरेश्चक्रं च तं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्।। चिच्छेद कृत्यापुरुषं ब्राह्मणं छेत्तुमुद्यतम्
hareścakraṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryakoṭisamaprabham|| ciccheda kṛtyāpuruṣaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ chettumudyatam
And Hari's discus, seeing him, blazing like ten million suns, cut down the Kṛtyā-man who was ready to cut down the brahmin (i.e. the king?).
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BvP 4 25.55
दृष्ट्वा सुदर्शनं विप्रो दुद्राव भयविह्वलः ।। द्विजः पश्चात्तं ददर्श ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमम्
dṛṣṭvā sudarśanaṃ vipro dudrāva bhayavihvalaḥ || dvijaḥ paścāttaṃ dadarśa jvaladagniśikhopamam
Seeing the Sudarśana, the brahmin fled, overwhelmed with fear; the twice-born then saw it behind him, like a blazing flame of fire.
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BvP 4 25.56
ब्रह्माण्डक्रमणं कृत्वा निर्विण्णोऽति भयाकुलः ।। तं च मत्वा जगन्नाथं ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययौ
brahmāṇḍakramaṇaṃ kṛtvā nirviṇṇo'ti bhayākulaḥ || taṃ ca matvā jagannāthaṃ brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
Having ranged over the (whole) egg of Brahmā, despondent and greatly agitated with fear, and considering him to be the Lord of the world, he went to Brahmā for refuge.
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BvP 4 25.57
त्राहित्राहीत्येवमुक्त्वा विवेश ब्रह्मणः सभाम् ।। उत्थाय ब्रह्मा विप्रेन्द्रं पप्रच्छ कुशलं मुने
trāhitrāhītyevamuktvā viveśa brahmaṇaḥ sabhām || utthāya brahmā viprendraṃ papraccha kuśalaṃ mune
Crying "Save me, save me!" he entered Brahmā's assembly hall. Brahmā rose and asked the best of brahmins after his welfare, O sage.
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BvP 4 25.58
सर्वं स कथयामास वृत्तान्तं मूलतो विधिम् ।। श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा निशश्वास तमुवाच भयाकुलः
sarvaṃ sa kathayāmāsa vṛttāntaṃ mūlato vidhim || śrutvā brahmā niśaśvāsa tamuvāca bhayākulaḥ
He told the whole affair from its root to the Ordainer (Brahmā). Having heard it, Brahmā sighed and, filled with fear, said to him:
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BvP 4 25.59
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। हरिदासं वत्स शप्तुं गतोऽसि कस्य तेजसा ।। रक्षिता यस्य भगवांस्तं को हन्ता जगत्त्रये
brahmovāca || haridāsaṃ vatsa śaptuṃ gato'si kasya tejasā || rakṣitā yasya bhagavāṃstaṃ ko hantā jagattraye
Brahmā said: Child, by whose power have you gone to curse a servant of Hari? He whose protector is the Lord — who in the three worlds can slay him?
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BvP 4 25.61
यो मूढो वैष्णवं द्वेष्टि विष्णुप्राणसमं द्विज ।। तस्य संहारकर्तारं संहर्तुमीश्वरो हरिः
yo mūḍho vaiṣṇavaṃ dveṣṭi viṣṇuprāṇasamaṃ dvija || tasya saṃhārakartāraṃ saṃhartumīśvaro hariḥ
O twice-born, the fool who hates a Vaiṣṇava, one who is dear to Viṣṇu as his own life — Hari the Lord is (ready) to destroy the one who would destroy him.
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BvP 4 25.62
शीघ्रं स्थानान्तरं गच्छ वत्स त्राणं न वाऽधुना ।। अन्यथा त्वां मया सार्धं हनिष्यति सुदर्शनम्
śīghraṃ sthānāntaraṃ gaccha vatsa trāṇaṃ na vā'dhunā || anyathā tvāṃ mayā sārdhaṃ haniṣyati sudarśanam
Go quickly to another place, child; there is no protection here now. Otherwise the Sudarśana (discus) will slay you together with me.
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BvP 4 25.63
किं ब्रह्मलोकं ब्रह्माण्डं दग्धुं शक्तं क्षणेन यत् ।। तेजसा विष्णुतुल्यं यत्केनान्येन निवार्यते
kiṃ brahmalokaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ dagdhuṃ śaktaṃ kṣaṇena yat || tejasā viṣṇutulyaṃ yatkenānyena nivāryate
What of the world of Brahmā — it is able to burn the whole cosmic egg in a moment; being equal to Viṣṇu in fiery power, by whom else can it be warded off?
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BvP 4 25.64
ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा ततो दुद्राव ब्राह्मणः ।। त्रस्तो जगाम कैलासं शंकरं शरणं भिया
brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā tato dudrāva brāhmaṇaḥ || trasto jagāma kailāsaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ bhiyā
Having heard Brahmā's words, the brahmin then fled; terrified, out of fear he went to Kailāsa for refuge with Śaṃkara.
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BvP 4 25.65
कृपानिधान मां रक्षेत्युवाच शंकरं भिया ।। न प्रच्छ कुशलं सर्वज्ञो ब्राह्मणं शिवः
kṛpānidhāna māṃ rakṣetyuvāca śaṃkaraṃ bhiyā || na praccha kuśalaṃ sarvajño brāhmaṇaṃ śivaḥ
In fear he said to Śaṃkara, "O treasury of compassion, protect me!" Śiva, the all-knowing, did not ask the brahmin after his welfare.
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BvP 4 25.66
उवाच दीनदीनेशः संहर्ता जगतां क्षणात् ।। स्थिरो भव द्विजश्रेष्ठ मदीयं वचनं शृणु
uvāca dīnadīneśaḥ saṃhartā jagatāṃ kṣaṇāt || sthiro bhava dvijaśreṣṭha madīyaṃ vacanaṃ śṛṇu
The lord of the wretched among the wretched, the destroyer of the worlds in an instant, said: "Be steady, best of the twice-born; hear my words."
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BvP 4 25.67
शंकर उवाच ।। पौत्रस्त्वं जगतां धातुरत्रेश्च तनयो मुने ।। वेदज्ञाताऽसि सर्वज्ञ मूर्खतुल्यं तु कर्म ते
śaṃkara uvāca || pautrastvaṃ jagatāṃ dhāturatreśca tanayo mune || vedajñātā'si sarvajña mūrkhatulyaṃ tu karma te
Śaṃkara said: You are the grandson of the Maker of the worlds and the son of Atri, O sage; you are a knower of the Vedas, all-knowing — yet your deed is like a fool's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.68
वेदेषु च पुराणेषु सेतिहासेषु सर्वतः ।। निरूपितो यः सर्वेशस्तं न जानासि मूढवत्
vedeṣu ca purāṇeṣu setihāseṣu sarvataḥ || nirūpito yaḥ sarveśastaṃ na jānāsi mūḍhavat
He who is set forth everywhere in the Vedas, in the Purāṇas and along with the epics as the Lord of all — him you do not know, like a dullard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.69
अहं ब्रह्मा च इन्द्रश्च आदित्या वसवस्तथा ।। धर्मेन्द्रौ च सुराः सर्वे मुनीन्द्रा मनवस्तथा
ahaṃ brahmā ca indraśca ādityā vasavastathā || dharmendrau ca surāḥ sarve munīndrā manavastathā
I and Brahmā and Indra, the Ādityas and likewise the Vasus, Dharma and Indra, and all the gods, the chief sages and the Manus —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.71
अहं ब्रह्मा च कमला दुर्गा वाणी च राधिका ।। न हि भक्तात्पराः प्रेम्णा भक्ताश्च सर्वतः प्रियाः
ahaṃ brahmā ca kamalā durgā vāṇī ca rādhikā || na hi bhaktātparāḥ premṇā bhaktāśca sarvataḥ priyāḥ
I and Brahmā, and Kamalā, Durgā, Vāṇī and Rādhikā — none of us are higher than a devotee in (his) love; and devotees are dear (to him) above all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.72
क्षुद्रांश्च महतो भक्ताञ्छश्वद्रक्षति यत्नतः ।। सर्वान्तरात्मा भगवांश्चक्रेण दुःसहेन च ।।
kṣudrāṃśca mahato bhaktāñchaśvadrakṣati yatnataḥ || sarvāntarātmā bhagavāṃścakreṇa duḥsahena ca ||
The Lord, the inner self of all, constantly and with effort protects his devotees, the small and the great, with his discus that is hard to withstand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.73
नियुज्य चक्रं दुर्वार्यं स्वात्मतुल्यं च तेजसा ।। तथाऽपि न प्रतीतिश्च स्वयं गच्छति रक्षितुम्
niyujya cakraṃ durvāryaṃ svātmatulyaṃ ca tejasā || tathā'pi na pratītiśca svayaṃ gacchati rakṣitum
Having appointed the discus, which cannot be checked and is equal to his own self in fiery power — even so he has no confidence, and goes himself to protect (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.74
स्वकीयगुण नाम्नां च श्रवणादतिसंभ्रमः ।। भक्तसङ्गे भ्रमत्येव छायेव सततं हरिः
svakīyaguṇa nāmnāṃ ca śravaṇādatisaṃbhramaḥ || bhaktasaṅge bhramatyeva chāyeva satataṃ hariḥ
From hearing his own qualities and names (recited) he becomes greatly excited; Hari constantly wanders about in the company of his devotees, like a shadow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.75
कान्ता प्राणाधिका शश्वन्न हि कोऽपि ततोऽधिकः ।। भक्तान्द्वेष्टि स्वयं सा चेत्तूर्णं त्यजति तां प्रभुः
kāntā prāṇādhikā śaśvanna hi ko'pi tato'dhikaḥ || bhaktāndveṣṭi svayaṃ sā cettūrṇaṃ tyajati tāṃ prabhuḥ
His beloved is always dearer to him than life, and there is none dearer than she; yet if she herself hates his devotees, the Lord abandons her at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.76
सर्वेषां च प्रिया विप्राः स्वशरीरादपि द्विज ।। ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रिया भक्ताः प्राणेभ्यश्च हरेरपि
sarveṣāṃ ca priyā viprāḥ svaśarīrādapi dvija || brāhmaṇebhyaḥ priyā bhaktāḥ prāṇebhyaśca harerapi
And brahmins are dear to all, O twice-born, even more than one's own body; but devotees are dearer than brahmins, and dearer even than Hari's own life-breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.77
ईश्वरस्य प्रियः को वाऽप्रियः को वा जगत्त्रये ।। यः शिष्टस्तं भजेच्छश्वद्ध्यायते सततं सदा
īśvarasya priyaḥ ko vā'priyaḥ ko vā jagattraye || yaḥ śiṣṭastaṃ bhajecchaśvaddhyāyate satataṃ sadā
Who indeed is dear to the Lord, and who not dear, in the three worlds? Whoever is well-behaved should worship him constantly and meditate on him always, forever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.78
महति प्रलये ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मण्डौघे जलप्लुते ।। न तत्र नाशो भक्तानां सर्वेषां च भविष्यति
mahati pralaye brahmanbrahmaṇḍaughe jalaplute || na tatra nāśo bhaktānāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca bhaviṣyati
In the great dissolution, O brahmin, when the mass of cosmic eggs is flooded with water, even then there will be no destruction of any of the devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.79
भज ब्राह्मण गोविन्दं स्मर तस्य पदाम्बुजम् ।। सर्वापदो विनश्यन्ति श्रीहरेः स्मरणादपि
bhaja brāhmaṇa govindaṃ smara tasya padāmbujam || sarvāpado vinaśyanti śrīhareḥ smaraṇādapi
Worship Govinda, brahmin; remember his lotus feet. All calamities perish merely by remembering Śrī Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.81
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे व्याप्तं कैलासं चक्रतेजसा ।। यथा च सूर्यकिरणैः सुप्रदीप्तं महीतलम्
etasminnantare vyāptaṃ kailāsaṃ cakratejasā || yathā ca sūryakiraṇaiḥ supradīptaṃ mahītalam
Meanwhile Kailāsa was pervaded by the radiance of the discus, as the surface of the earth is brightly lit by the rays of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.82
दग्धा ज्वालाकरालैश्च सर्वे कैलासवासिनः ।। त्राहि त्राहीत्येवमुक्त्वा शंकरं शरणं ययुः
dagdhā jvālākarālaiśca sarve kailāsavāsinaḥ || trāhi trāhītyevamuktvā śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ
And all the dwellers of Kailāsa, burned by the terrible flames, crying "Save us, save us!", went to Śaṃkara for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.83
दृष्ट्वा चक्रं दुर्विषहं शंकरः करुणानिधिः ।। पार्वत्या सह संप्रीत्या ब्राह्मणायाशिषं ददौ
dṛṣṭvā cakraṃ durviṣahaṃ śaṃkaraḥ karuṇānidhiḥ || pārvatyā saha saṃprītyā brāhmaṇāyāśiṣaṃ dadau
Seeing the unbearable discus, Śaṃkara, the treasury of compassion, together with Pārvatī, lovingly gave a blessing to the brahmin:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.84
तेजः सत्यं तपः सत्यं यदि चेच्चिरसंचितम् ।। कृतापराधो भीतश्च द्विजो भवतु विज्वरः
tejaḥ satyaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ yadi ceccirasaṃcitam || kṛtāparādho bhītaśca dvijo bhavatu vijvaraḥ
"If (my) splendour is true, if (my) austerity, long accumulated, is true, let this brahmin, who has committed an offence and is afraid, become free of fever (i.e. distress)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.85
पार्वत्युवाच ।। यत्प्रभोर्मम पुण्येषु ब्राह्मणः शरणागतः ।। ममाशिषा महाभीत्या शीघ्रं भवतु विज्वरः
pārvatyuvāca || yatprabhormama puṇyeṣu brāhmaṇaḥ śaraṇāgataḥ || mamāśiṣā mahābhītyā śīghraṃ bhavatu vijvaraḥ
Pārvatī said: By whatever merits of mine there are, my lord, since this brahmin has come for refuge, let him by my blessing be quickly freed from his great terror and from fever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.86
इत्येवमुक्त्वा कृपया विरराम शिवा शिवः ।। मुनिः प्रणम्य देवेशं वैकुण्ठं शरणं ययौ
ityevamuktvā kṛpayā virarāma śivā śivaḥ || muniḥ praṇamya deveśaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
Having spoken thus out of compassion, Śivā and Śiva fell silent; and the sage, bowing to the lord of gods, went to Vaikuṇṭha for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.87
गत्वा वैकुण्ठभवनं मनोयायी मुनीश्वरः ।। दृष्ट्वा सुदर्शनं पश्चाद्विवेशान्तःपुरं हरेः
gatvā vaikuṇṭhabhavanaṃ manoyāyī munīśvaraḥ || dṛṣṭvā sudarśanaṃ paścādviveśāntaḥpuraṃ hareḥ
Having gone to the palace of Vaikuṇṭha—that best of sages who travelled by thought—and having seen Sudarśana, he afterwards entered the inner apartments of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.88
ददर्श श्रीहरिं विप्रो रत्नसिंहासनस्थितम् ।। शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधरं पीताम्बरं परम्
dadarśa śrīhariṃ vipro ratnasiṃhāsanasthitam || śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadharaṃ pītāmbaraṃ param
The brahmin beheld Śrī Hari seated on a jewelled lion-throne, bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, clad in yellow, supreme;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.89
श्यामं चतुर्भुजं शान्तं लक्ष्मीकान्तं मनोहरम् ।। रत्नालंकारशोभाढ्यं रत्नमालाविभूषितम्
śyāmaṃ caturbhujaṃ śāntaṃ lakṣmīkāntaṃ manoharam || ratnālaṃkāraśobhāḍhyaṃ ratnamālāvibhūṣitam
dark-hued, four-armed, tranquil, the beloved of Lakṣmī, captivating, resplendent with the beauty of jewelled ornaments, adorned with a necklace of jewels;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.91
पार्षदप्रवरेन्द्रैश्च सेवितं श्वेतचामरैः ।। पद्मासेवितपादाब्ज सरस्वत्या स्तुतं पुरः
pārṣadapravarendraiśca sevitaṃ śvetacāmaraiḥ || padmāsevitapādābja sarasvatyā stutaṃ puraḥ
attended by the foremost chiefs among his companions with white fly-whisks, his lotus feet served by Padmā, praised by Sarasvatī before him;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.92
सुनन्दनन्दकुमुदप्रचण्डादिभिरावृतम् ।। गुणानुवादं गायन्तं तन्त्रैः पश्यन्तमीप्सितम्
sunandanandakumudapracaṇḍādibhirāvṛtam || guṇānuvādaṃ gāyantaṃ tantraiḥ paśyantamīpsitam
surrounded by Sunanda, Nanda, Kumuda, Pracaṇḍa and the rest, singing the recital of his qualities, (and Hari) looking with favour upon the desired one by means of the tantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.93
एवंभूतं प्रभुं दृष्ट्वा दण्डवत्प्रणनाम च ।। तुष्टाव सामवेदोक्तस्तोत्रेण परमेश्वरम्
evaṃbhūtaṃ prabhuṃ dṛṣṭvā daṇḍavatpraṇanāma ca || tuṣṭāva sāmavedoktastotreṇa parameśvaram
Seeing the Lord in such a state, he bowed like a rod (prostrate), and praised the supreme Lord with a hymn declared in the Sāmaveda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.94
।। दुर्वासा उवाच ।। ।। त्राहि मां कमलाकान्त त्राहि मां करुणानिधे ।। दीनबन्धोऽतिदीनेश करुणासागर प्रभो
|| durvāsā uvāca || || trāhi māṃ kamalākānta trāhi māṃ karuṇānidhe || dīnabandho'tidīneśa karuṇāsāgara prabho
Durvāsas said: Save me, beloved of Kamalā; save me, treasury of compassion; friend of the wretched, lord of the most wretched, ocean of mercy, O Lord!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.95
वेदवेदाङ्गसंस्रष्टुर्विधातुश्च स्वयं विधे ।। मृत्योर्मृत्युः कालकाल त्राहि मां संकटार्णवे
vedavedāṅgasaṃsraṣṭurvidhātuśca svayaṃ vidhe || mṛtyormṛtyuḥ kālakāla trāhi māṃ saṃkaṭārṇave
O ordainer of the very Ordainer (Brahmā), the creator of the Vedas and their auxiliaries; O death of Death, O time of Time, save me in the ocean of danger!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.96
संहारकर्तुः संहारः सर्वेशः सर्वकारणः ।। महाविष्णुतरोर्बीजं रक्ष मां भवसागरे
saṃhārakartuḥ saṃhāraḥ sarveśaḥ sarvakāraṇaḥ || mahāviṣṇutarorbījaṃ rakṣa māṃ bhavasāgare
You are the destruction of the destroyer, the lord of all, the cause of all, the seed of the tree that is Mahāviṣṇu—protect me in the ocean of worldly existence!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.97
शरणागतशोकार्तभयत्राणपरायण ।। भगवन्नव मां भीतं नारायण नमोऽस्तु ते वेदेष्वाद्यं च यद्वस्तु वेदाः स्तोतुं न च क्षमाः ।। सरस्वती जडीभूता किं स्तुवन्ति विपश्चितः ।।
śaraṇāgataśokārtabhayatrāṇaparāyaṇa || bhagavannava māṃ bhītaṃ nārāyaṇa namo'stu te vedeṣvādyaṃ ca yadvastu vedāḥ stotuṃ na ca kṣamāḥ || sarasvatī jaḍībhūtā kiṃ stuvanti vipaścitaḥ ||
O you devoted to rescuing from grief, pain and fear those who come for refuge—O Blessed One, protect me who am afraid; Nārāyaṇa, homage be to you! That Reality which is first among the Vedas the Vedas are not able to praise; Sarasvatī has become dumb—how then can the learned praise (him)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.99
शेषः सहस्रवक्त्रेण यं स्तोतुं जडतां व्रजेत् ।। पञ्चवक्त्रो जडीभूतो जडीभूतश्चतुर्मुखः
śeṣaḥ sahasravaktreṇa yaṃ stotuṃ jaḍatāṃ vrajet || pañcavaktro jaḍībhūto jaḍībhūtaścaturmukhaḥ
He whom Śeṣa, with a thousand mouths, would become dumb in praising; the five-faced one (Śiva) became dumb, and the four-faced one (Brahmā) became dumb;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.101
मनूनां च महेन्द्राणामष्टाविंशतिमे गते ।। दिवानिशं यस्य विधेरष्टोत्तरशतायुषः
manūnāṃ ca mahendrāṇāmaṣṭāviṃśatime gate || divāniśaṃ yasya vidheraṣṭottaraśatāyuṣaḥ
when the twenty-eighth (round) of Manus and great Indras has passed, that is one day and night of that Ordainer, whose lifespan is a hundred and eight (such years);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.102
तस्य पातो भवेद्यस्य चक्षुरुन्मीलनेन च ।। तमनिर्वचनीयं च किं स्तौमि पाहि मां प्रभो
tasya pāto bhavedyasya cakṣurunmīlanena ca || tamanirvacanīyaṃ ca kiṃ staumi pāhi māṃ prabho
and whose fall comes about by the mere opening of his (the Lord's) eye—him, the indescribable one, how shall I praise? Protect me, O Lord!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.103
इत्येवं स्तवनं कृत्वा पपात चरणाम्बुजे ।। नयनाम्बुजनीरेण सिषेच भयविह्वलः
ityevaṃ stavanaṃ kṛtvā papāta caraṇāmbuje || nayanāmbujanīreṇa siṣeca bhayavihvalaḥ
Having made this praise in this way, he fell at (the Lord's) lotus feet, and, overcome with fear, bathed them with the water of his lotus eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.104
दुर्वाससा कृतं स्तोत्रं हरेश्च परमात्मनः ।। पुण्यदं सामवेदोक्तं जगन्मङ्गलनामकम्
durvāsasā kṛtaṃ stotraṃ hareśca paramātmanaḥ || puṇyadaṃ sāmavedoktaṃ jaganmaṅgalanāmakam
The hymn made by Durvāsas to Hari, the Supreme Self, bestows merit, is declared in the Sāmaveda, and bears the name "Blessing of the World."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.105
यः पठेत्संकटग्रस्तो भक्तियुक्तश्च संयतः ।। नारायणस्तं कृपया शीघ्रमागत्य रक्षति
yaḥ paṭhetsaṃkaṭagrasto bhaktiyuktaśca saṃyataḥ || nārāyaṇastaṃ kṛpayā śīghramāgatya rakṣati
Whoever, caught in distress, recites (it) with devotion and self-restraint — Nārāyaṇa comes quickly out of compassion and protects him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.106
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च कारागारे भयाकुले ।। शत्रुग्रस्ते दस्युभीतौ हिंस्रजन्तुसमन्विते ।।
rājadvāre śmaśāne ca kārāgāre bhayākule || śatrugraste dasyubhītau hiṃsrajantusamanvite ||
At a king's gate, in a cremation ground, in a prison, in a place full of terror, when seized by enemies, in fear of robbers, in a place infested with predatory beasts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.107
वेष्टिते राजसैन्येन मग्ने पोते महार्णवे।। स्तोत्रस्मरणमात्रेण मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
veṣṭite rājasainyena magne pote mahārṇave|| stotrasmaraṇamātreṇa mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
when surrounded by a king's army, when the ship has sunk in the great ocean — merely by remembering the hymn one is freed; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.108
नारायण उवाच ।। मुनेश्च स्तवनं श्रुत्वा भगवान्भक्तवत्सलः ।। प्रहस्योवाच मधुरं पीयूषवृष्टिवन्मुदा
nārāyaṇa uvāca || muneśca stavanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ || prahasyovāca madhuraṃ pīyūṣavṛṣṭivanmudā
Nārāyaṇa said: Hearing the sage's praise, the Lord, fond of his devotees, laughed and spoke sweetly and gladly, like a shower of nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.109
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते भविष्यति वरेण मे ।। किं तु मे वचनं नित्यं शृणु सत्यं सुखावहम्
śrībhagavānuvāca || uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te bhaviṣyati vareṇa me || kiṃ tu me vacanaṃ nityaṃ śṛṇu satyaṃ sukhāvaham
The Blessed Lord said: Rise, rise; it shall go well with you by my boon. But hear my word, ever true and bringing happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.111
कर्म वेदविरुद्धं च सर्वेषामतिगर्हितम् ।। करोति विद्वांश्चेज्ज्ञात्वा स च जीवन्मृताधिकः
karma vedaviruddhaṃ ca sarveṣāmatigarhitam || karoti vidvāṃścejjñātvā sa ca jīvanmṛtādhikaḥ
An act contrary to the Veda and utterly condemned by all — if a learned man does it knowingly, he is worse than one dead while living.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.112
पुराणेषु च वेदेषु चेतिहासेषु ब्राह्मण ।। वैष्णवानां च महिमा श्रुतः सर्वैश्च सर्वतः
purāṇeṣu ca vedeṣu cetihāseṣu brāhmaṇa || vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca mahimā śrutaḥ sarvaiśca sarvataḥ
In the Purāṇas, in the Vedas, and in the epic histories, O brahmin, the greatness of the Vaiṣṇavas has been heard by all, everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.113
अहं प्राणा वैष्णवानां मम प्राणाश्च वैष्णवाः ।। तानेव द्वेष्टि यो मूढो ममासूनां च हिंसकः
ahaṃ prāṇā vaiṣṇavānāṃ mama prāṇāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ || tāneva dveṣṭi yo mūḍho mamāsūnāṃ ca hiṃsakaḥ
I am the life-breath of the Vaiṣṇavas, and the Vaiṣṇavas are my life-breaths; whatever fool hates them is an injurer of my very breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.114
पुत्रान्पौत्रान्कलत्रांश्च राज्यं लक्ष्मीं विहाय च ।। ध्यायन्ते सततं ये मां को मे तेभ्यः परः प्रियः ।।
putrānpautrānkalatrāṃśca rājyaṃ lakṣmīṃ vihāya ca || dhyāyante satataṃ ye māṃ ko me tebhyaḥ paraḥ priyaḥ ||
Those who, abandoning sons, grandsons, wives, kingdom and wealth, meditate on me constantly — who is dearer to me than they?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.115
परा भक्तान्न मे प्राणा न च लक्ष्मीर्न शङ्करः ।। न भारती न च ब्रह्मा न दुर्गा न गणेश्वरः
parā bhaktānna me prāṇā na ca lakṣmīrna śaṅkaraḥ || na bhāratī na ca brahmā na durgā na gaṇeśvaraḥ
Nothing is higher than my devotees for me: not my own life-breaths, nor Lakṣmī, nor Śaṅkara, nor Bhāratī, nor Brahmā, nor Durgā, nor the lord of the Gaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.116
न ब्राह्मणा न वेदाश्च न वेदजननी परा ।। न गोपी न च गोपाला न राधा प्रणतः प्रियाः
na brāhmaṇā na vedāśca na vedajananī parā || na gopī na ca gopālā na rādhā praṇataḥ priyāḥ
Not the brahmins, not the Vedas, not the mother of the Vedas is higher, not a gopī, not the cowherds, not Rādhā: those who bow (to me) are dear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.117
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं सत्यं सारं च वास्तवम् ।। न प्रशंसापरं तेषां ते च प्राणाधिकाः प्रियाः
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ satyaṃ sāraṃ ca vāstavam || na praśaṃsāparaṃ teṣāṃ te ca prāṇādhikāḥ priyāḥ
All this that has been told is true, essential, and real; it is no mere exaggerated praise of them — they are dear to me beyond my own life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.118
मां द्विषन्ति च ये मूढा ज्ञानहीनाश्च वञ्चिताः ।। आत्मानं ये न जानन्ति ते यान्ति निरयं चिरम्
māṃ dviṣanti ca ye mūḍhā jñānahīnāśca vañcitāḥ || ātmānaṃ ye na jānanti te yānti nirayaṃ ciram
Those fools who hate me, devoid of knowledge and deluded, who do not know the Self — they go to hell for a long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.119
ये द्विषन्ति च मद्भक्तान्प्राणानामधिकं प्रियान्।। तेषां शास्ता त्वहं तूर्णं परत्र निरयं चिरम्
ye dviṣanti ca madbhaktānprāṇānāmadhikaṃ priyān|| teṣāṃ śāstā tvahaṃ tūrṇaṃ paratra nirayaṃ ciram
But those who hate my devotees, dearer to me than my own life — I am their chastiser at once, and hereafter (they dwell) long in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.121
गोलोके वाऽथ वैकुण्ठे द्विभुजं च चतुर्भुजम् ।। रूपमात्रमिदं शश्वत्प्राणा मे भक्तसन्निधौ
goloke vā'tha vaikuṇṭhe dvibhujaṃ ca caturbhujam || rūpamātramidaṃ śaśvatprāṇā me bhaktasannidhau
In Goloka or in Vaikuṇṭha, two-armed or four-armed — this is mere form; my life-breaths are always in the presence of my devotee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.122
यदुक्तं भक्तदत्तं च भक्षणीयं च तन्मम ।। अभक्ष्यं द्रव्यमन्येन दत्तं चेदमृतोपमम्
yaduktaṃ bhaktadattaṃ ca bhakṣaṇīyaṃ ca tanmama || abhakṣyaṃ dravyamanyena dattaṃ cedamṛtopamam
Whatever is said to be given by a devotee, that is fit for me to eat; but a substance given by another is not to be eaten, even if it be like nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.123
अंबरीषं नृपश्रेष्ठं निरीहं तमहिंसकम् ।। कथं हंसि दयाशीलं सर्वप्राणिहिते रतम्
aṃbarīṣaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ nirīhaṃ tamahiṃsakam || kathaṃ haṃsi dayāśīlaṃ sarvaprāṇihite ratam
Ambarīṣa, best of kings, free of self-interest, doing harm to none, compassionate by nature, devoted to the welfare of all beings — how can you strike him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.124
दयां कुर्वंति ये सन्तः सततं सर्वजन्तुषु ।। तान्द्विषन्ति च ये मूढास्तेषां हन्ताऽहमेव च
dayāṃ kurvaṃti ye santaḥ satataṃ sarvajantuṣu || tāndviṣanti ca ye mūḍhāsteṣāṃ hantā'hameva ca
Those good men who constantly show compassion to all creatures — the fools who hate them, of those I myself am the slayer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.125
भक्तानां हिंसकं शत्रुमहं रक्षितुमक्षमः।। अम्बरीषालयं गच्छ स त्वां रक्षितुमीश्वरः
bhaktānāṃ hiṃsakaṃ śatrumahaṃ rakṣitumakṣamaḥ|| ambarīṣālayaṃ gaccha sa tvāṃ rakṣitumīśvaraḥ
“I am unable to protect an enemy who does violence to my devotees. Go to Ambarīṣa's house; he is the lord able to protect you.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.126
नारायण उवाच ।। इदं वाक्यं च तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणो भयविह्वलः ।। विषण्णमानसस्तस्थौ स्मरन्कृष्णपदाम्बुजम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || idaṃ vākyaṃ ca tacchrutvā brāhmaṇo bhayavihvalaḥ || viṣaṇṇamānasastasthau smarankṛṣṇapadāmbujam
Nārāyaṇa said: And hearing that speech, the brahmin, overcome with fear, stood with dejected mind, remembering Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.127
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा भवान्या सह शंकरः ।। धर्मश्चेन्द्रादयो देवा आजग्मुर्मुनिपुङ्गवाः।।।
etasminnantare brahmā bhavānyā saha śaṃkaraḥ || dharmaścendrādayo devā ājagmurmunipuṅgavāḥ|||
In this interval Brahmā, and Śaṃkara together with Bhavānī, and Dharma, and the gods beginning with Indra, and the foremost of sages came.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.128
प्रणम्य तुष्टुवुः सर्वे परमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गा भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधराः
praṇamya tuṣṭuvuḥ sarve paramātmānamīśvaram || pulakāñcitasarvāṅgā bhaktinamrātmakaṃdharāḥ
Having bowed, they all praised the Supreme Self, the Lord, all their limbs studded with thrills of joy, their necks bent low with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.129
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। स्वात्मस्वरूप निर्लिप्त भक्तानुग्रहकातर ।। भक्तापराधजनकं रक्ष ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवम्
brahmovāca || svātmasvarūpa nirlipta bhaktānugrahakātara || bhaktāparādhajanakaṃ rakṣa brāhmaṇapuṅgavam
Brahmā said: “O you whose form is your own self, unattached, O you who are anxious to show favour to devotees — protect the foremost of brahmins, who has caused offence to a devotee.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.131
पार्वत्युवाच ।। भक्त एवांबरीषस्ते न द्विजा न सुरा वयम् ।। सर्वेषामीश्वरस्त्वं च रक्ष विप्रं कृतागसम्
pārvatyuvāca || bhakta evāṃbarīṣaste na dvijā na surā vayam || sarveṣāmīśvarastvaṃ ca rakṣa vipraṃ kṛtāgasam
Pārvatī said: “Ambarīṣa alone is your devotee — not the twice-born, nor we gods. And you are the Lord of all: protect the brahmin who has done wrong.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.132
धर्म उवाच ।। सर्वेषां जनकस्त्वं च पाता दण्डकृदीश्वरः।। शिशुहेतोः शिशुं हन्ति पितेत्येवं कुतः प्रभो
dharma uvāca || sarveṣāṃ janakastvaṃ ca pātā daṇḍakṛdīśvaraḥ|| śiśuhetoḥ śiśuṃ hanti pitetyevaṃ kutaḥ prabho
Dharma said: “You are the father of all, the protector, the Lord who inflicts punishment. How, O Lord, can it be that a father kills his child for the sake of a child?”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.133
इंद्र उवाच ।। कृपया समता शश्वत्सर्वेषु जीविषु प्रभो ।। अपराधफलं भूतमधुना पातुमर्हसि
iṃdra uvāca || kṛpayā samatā śaśvatsarveṣu jīviṣu prabho || aparādhaphalaṃ bhūtamadhunā pātumarhasi
Indra said: “Out of compassion there is always equality (of regard) toward all living beings, O Lord. The fruit of the offence has now come about; you ought to protect (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.134
रुद्र उवाच ।। शान्तिं कर्तुं समुचितमुचितं सांप्रतं कुरु ।। कृतकुण्ठस्य मूलस्य पालनं कर्तुमर्हसि
rudra uvāca || śāntiṃ kartuṃ samucitamucitaṃ sāṃprataṃ kuru || kṛtakuṇṭhasya mūlasya pālanaṃ kartumarhasi
Rudra said: “It is fitting to make peace; do now what is proper. You ought to grant protection to the root that has been blunted.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.135
दिक्पाल उवाच ।। कृतापराधं विप्रं च छेत्तुमर्हसि न श्रुतौ ।। अपराधशमं कृत्वा सदा पाति सदीश्वरः
dikpāla uvāca || kṛtāparādhaṃ vipraṃ ca chettumarhasi na śrutau || aparādhaśamaṃ kṛtvā sadā pāti sadīśvaraḥ
The guardian of the quarter said: “You ought not, according to scripture, to cut down a brahmin who has committed an offence. Having made the offence subside, the true Lord always protects.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.136
ग्रहा ऊचुः ।। यो द्वेष्टि वैष्णवं मूढस्तं रुष्टा सर्वदेवताः ।। पीडां कुर्मो वयं शश्वत्पश्चात्त्वं पातुमर्हसि
grahā ūcuḥ || yo dveṣṭi vaiṣṇavaṃ mūḍhastaṃ ruṣṭā sarvadevatāḥ || pīḍāṃ kurmo vayaṃ śaśvatpaścāttvaṃ pātumarhasi
The planets said: “Whatever fool hates a Vaiṣṇava, all the deities are angry with him. We always inflict affliction; afterwards you ought to protect (him).”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.137
मुनय ऊचुः ।। नाथ विप्रे पराभूते सर्वे जीवन्मृता वयम् ।। दण्डं विधातुमेकस्य भवेल्लज्जा स्वजातिषु
munaya ūcuḥ || nātha vipre parābhūte sarve jīvanmṛtā vayam || daṇḍaṃ vidhātumekasya bhavellajjā svajātiṣu
The sages said: “O Lord, when a brahmin is humiliated, we are all as dead while living. To decree punishment for one man would be a shame among his own kinsmen.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.138
अत्रिरुवाच ।। त्वयैव दत्तः पुत्रो मे क्रोधी त्वत्सेवकः सदा ।। न कं बिभेति त्रैलोक्ये तेजस्वी तेजसा तव
atriruvāca || tvayaiva dattaḥ putro me krodhī tvatsevakaḥ sadā || na kaṃ bibheti trailokye tejasvī tejasā tava
Atri said: “By you yourself was a son given to me, wrathful, always your servant. Whom does he fear in the three worlds, being fiery with your own fiery power?”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.139
लक्ष्मीरुवाच ।। क्षमापराधं भगवन् ब्राह्मणं शरणागतम् ।। स्तुवन्ति देव विप्राश्च न विप्रं हन्तुमर्हसि
lakṣmīruvāca || kṣamāparādhaṃ bhagavan brāhmaṇaṃ śaraṇāgatam || stuvanti deva viprāśca na vipraṃ hantumarhasi
Lakṣmī said: “Forgive the offence, O Blessed One; the brahmin has come for refuge. O God, brahmins also praise (you); you ought not to kill a brahmin.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.141
पार्षदा ऊचुः ।। भवतः स्मृतिमात्रेण सर्वेषां सर्वमङ्गलम् ।। भवेत्सर्वापदो यान्ति पाहीमं शरणागतम्
pārṣadā ūcuḥ || bhavataḥ smṛtimātreṇa sarveṣāṃ sarvamaṅgalam || bhavetsarvāpado yānti pāhīmaṃ śaraṇāgatam
The attendants said: “By the mere remembering of you there is every blessing for all; all calamities depart. Protect this man who has come for refuge.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.142
नर्तका ऊचुः ।। दारिद्र्यभंजन वयं भिक्षुकास्तव संततम् ।। भिक्षां नः सांप्रतं देहि परित्राणं द्विजस्य च
nartakā ūcuḥ || dāridryabhaṃjana vayaṃ bhikṣukāstava saṃtatam || bhikṣāṃ naḥ sāṃprataṃ dehi paritrāṇaṃ dvijasya ca
The dancers said: “O breaker of poverty, we are your beggars always. Give us alms now: the deliverance of the brahmin.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.143
एतेषां स्तवनं श्रुत्वा प्रभुः शरणवत्सलः ।। प्रहस्योवाच वचनं सर्वसन्तोषकारणम्
eteṣāṃ stavanaṃ śrutvā prabhuḥ śaraṇavatsalaḥ || prahasyovāca vacanaṃ sarvasantoṣakāraṇam
Hearing their praise, the Lord, fond of those who take refuge, laughed and spoke words that were the cause of everyone's satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.144
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। सर्वे शृणुत मद्वाक्यं नीतियुक्तं सुखावहम्।। विप्ररक्षां करिष्यामि युष्माकमाज्ञया ध्रुवम्
śrībhagavānuvāca || sarve śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ nītiyuktaṃ sukhāvaham|| viprarakṣāṃ kariṣyāmi yuṣmākamājñayā dhruvam
The Blessed Lord said: “All of you, hear my word, in accord with right conduct and bringing happiness. I will surely grant protection to the brahmin at your command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.145
किं त्वयं यातु वैकुण्ठादम्बरीषालयं पुनः ।। करोतु पारणं तत्र राज्ञः सुप्रीतये मुनिः
kiṃ tvayaṃ yātu vaikuṇṭhādambarīṣālayaṃ punaḥ || karotu pāraṇaṃ tatra rājñaḥ suprītaye muniḥ
But let him go back from Vaikuṇṭha to Ambarīṣa's house; let the sage there break his fast, for the king's full satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.146
विप्रस्तस्यातिथिर्भूत्वा निर्दोषं शप्तुमुद्यतः ।। सुदर्शनं तु तं रक्ष्यं ब्राह्मणं हन्तुमुद्यतम्
viprastasyātithirbhūtvā nirdoṣaṃ śaptumudyataḥ || sudarśanaṃ tu taṃ rakṣyaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ hantumudyatam
The brahmin, having become his guest, was bent on cursing him though he was faultless; but that Sudarśana is to be protected — (he who was) bent on killing the brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.147
पूर्णं वर्षमयं भीतो भ्रमत्येव भुवं मुदा ।। उपवासी स राजेन्द्रः सस्त्रीकश्च शुचाऽन्वितः
pūrṇaṃ varṣamayaṃ bhīto bhramatyeva bhuvaṃ mudā || upavāsī sa rājendraḥ sastrīkaśca śucā'nvitaḥ
For a full year, frightened, he keeps wandering the earth with joy; that lord of kings, fasting together with his wife, was filled with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.148
ततोऽहमुपवासी च भक्तोपवासकारणात् ।। स्तनान्धं बालकं दृष्ट्वा न भुङ्क्ते जननी यथा
tato'hamupavāsī ca bhaktopavāsakāraṇāt || stanāndhaṃ bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā na bhuṅkte jananī yathā
Therefore I too am fasting, because of my devotee's fasting — just as a mother does not eat when she sees her breast-suckling infant (unfed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.149
ममाशिषा मुनिश्रेष्ठः सद्यो भवतु विज्वरः ।। पथि तत्रास्य हिंसां च मच्चक्रं न करिष्यति
mamāśiṣā muniśreṣṭhaḥ sadyo bhavatu vijvaraḥ || pathi tatrāsya hiṃsāṃ ca maccakraṃ na kariṣyati
By my blessing let the best of sages at once become free of fever; and on the road my discus will do him no harm there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.151
लक्ष्मीदत्तं च यद्द्रव्यं न चाहं भोक्तुमीश्वरः ।। विना भक्तप्रदानेन न तृप्तिं दातुमीश्वरः ।।
lakṣmīdattaṃ ca yaddravyaṃ na cāhaṃ bhoktumīśvaraḥ || vinā bhaktapradānena na tṛptiṃ dātumīśvaraḥ ||
And whatever substance is given by Lakṣmī, I am not able to enjoy it; without giving (it) to my devotees I am not able to derive satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 25.152
हे मुनीन्द्र महाप्राज्ञ गच्छ वत्स नृपालयम् ।। सर्वे देवाश्च देव्यश्च गच्छन्तु मुनयो गृहम्
he munīndra mahāprājña gaccha vatsa nṛpālayam || sarve devāśca devyaśca gacchantu munayo gṛham
O lord of sages, greatly wise one, go, my child, to the king's dwelling; and let all the gods and goddesses and the sages go home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.153
इत्युक्त्वा श्रीहरिस्तूर्णं ययौ स्वान्तःपुरं मुदा ।। ययुः सर्वे मुदा युक्ताः प्रणम्य जगदीश्वरम्
ityuktvā śrīharistūrṇaṃ yayau svāntaḥpuraṃ mudā || yayuḥ sarve mudā yuktāḥ praṇamya jagadīśvaram
Having said this, Śrī Hari went quickly and gladly to his own inner apartments; and all, filled with joy, went (away) after bowing to the Lord of the world.
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BvP 4 25.154
ब्राह्मणश्च मनोयायी जगाम नृपमन्दिरम् ।। सुदर्शनं च तच्चक्रं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्
brāhmaṇaśca manoyāyī jagāma nṛpamandiram || sudarśanaṃ ca taccakraṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham
And the brahmin, travelling at the speed of thought, went to the king's palace, and so did that discus Sudarśana, whose splendour equalled ten million suns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.155
उपोष्य वत्सरं राजा शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः ।। सिंहासनस्थः पुरतो ददर्श मुनिपुङ्गवम्
upoṣya vatsaraṃ rājā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ || siṃhāsanasthaḥ purato dadarśa munipuṅgavam
The king, having fasted for a year, his throat, lips and palate dry, seated on his lion-throne, saw the bull among sages before him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 25.156
उत्थाय संभ्रमात्सद्यः प्रणम्य सादरं मुदा ।। भोजयित्वा तु मिष्टान्नं ब्राह्मणं बुभुजे स्वयम्
utthāya saṃbhramātsadyaḥ praṇamya sādaraṃ mudā || bhojayitvā tu miṣṭānnaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ bubhuje svayam
Rising at once in agitation, bowing respectfully and joyfully, and having fed the brahmin sweet food, he ate himself.
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BvP 4 25.157
भुक्त्वा तुष्टो द्विजश्रेष्ठो युयुजे परमाशिषम् ।। जगाम स्वालयं तूर्णं प्रशशंस पुनःपुनः
bhuktvā tuṣṭo dvijaśreṣṭho yuyuje paramāśiṣam || jagāma svālayaṃ tūrṇaṃ praśaśaṃsa punaḥpunaḥ
Having eaten and being pleased, the best of the twice-born bestowed a supreme blessing, went quickly to his own dwelling, and praised (him) again and again.
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BvP 4 25.158
उवाच पथि विप्रेन्द्रो मनसा विस्मयाकुलः।। माहात्म्यं दुर्लभमहो वैष्णवानामिति द्विजः
uvāca pathi viprendro manasā vismayākulaḥ|| māhātmyaṃ durlabhamaho vaiṣṇavānāmiti dvijaḥ
On the road the chief of brahmins spoke, his mind overwhelmed with wonder: "Ah, hard to attain is the greatness of the Vaiṣṇavas!" — so said the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition