Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 27

BvP 4 27.1

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि श्रीकृष्णचरितं पुनः ।। गोपीनां वस्त्रहरणं वरदानं मनीषितम्

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi śrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ punaḥ || gopīnāṃ vastraharaṇaṃ varadānaṃ manīṣitam

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Listen, Nārada, I shall tell again the deeds of Śrī Kṛṣṇa — the carrying off of the gopīs' garments, and the granting of the boon they wished for.

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BvP 4 27.2

हेमन्ते प्रथमे मासि गोपिकाः काममोहिताः ।। कृत्वा हविष्यं भक्त्या च यावन्मासं सुसंयुताः

hemante prathame māsi gopikāḥ kāmamohitāḥ || kṛtvā haviṣyaṃ bhaktyā ca yāvanmāsaṃ susaṃyutāḥ

In the first month of the cold season the cowherd women, bewildered by desire, having taken sacrificial food with devotion, well restrained for a whole month,

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BvP 4 27.3

स्नात्वा सूर्यसुतातीरे पार्वतीं वालुकामयीम् ।। कृत्वाऽवाह्य च मन्त्रेण पूजां कुर्वन्ति नित्यशः

snātvā sūryasutātīre pārvatīṃ vālukāmayīm || kṛtvā'vāhya ca mantreṇa pūjāṃ kurvanti nityaśaḥ

having bathed on the bank of the Sun's daughter (the Yamunā), having made Pārvatī out of sand and invoked (her) with a mantra, perform worship daily.

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BvP 4 27.4

चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमैश्च मनोहरैः ।। नानाप्रकारपुष्पैश्च माल्यैर्बहुविधैरपि प्रवालमालया भक्त्या चेमं मन्त्रं सहस्रधा ।। जपं कृत्वा च स्तुत्वा च प्रणेमुः शिरसा भुवि स्मृत्युक्ति स्मरणाद्यस्या एते नश्यन्ति निश्चितम् ।। अतो दुर्गा हरेः शक्तिर्हरिणा परिकीर्तिता निर्गुणस्य च नित्यस्य वाचकश्च सनातनः ।। सदा नित्या निर्गुणा या कीर्तिता सा सनातनी स्तोत्रस्यैव प्रभावेण संप्राप्य कवचं विधिः ।। वरं च कवचं प्राप्य निर्भयं प्राप निश्चितम् इह लोके हरेर्भक्तिं दृढां च सततं स्मृतिम् ।। अन्ते दास्यं च लभते पार्वत्याश्च प्रसादतः चन्द्रभानो वीरभानः सूर्यभानस्तथैव च ।। वसुभानो रत्नभानो गोपाला द्वादश स्मृताः कथं व्रतफलं सा वा दातुं शक्ता सुरेश्वरी ।। फलं प्रदातुं या शक्ता सा शक्ता सर्वकर्मणि हे पद्ममुखि सावित्रि पारिजाते च जाह्नवि।। सुधामुखि शुभे पद्मे हे गौरि हे स्वयंप्रभे वस्त्राणां पुंजिकाः सर्वाः स्कन्धेषु विनिधाय च ।। उवाच गोपिकाः कृष्णः परिहासपरं वचः ।। राधिकोवाच ।। ।। गोलोकनाथ गोपीश मदीश प्राणवल्लभ ।। हे दीनबन्धो दीनेश सर्वेश्वर नमोऽस्तु ते राधाकृतं हरेः स्तोत्रं त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ।। हरिभक्तिं च दास्यं च लभेद्राधागतिं ध्रुवम् व्रतान्ते किं रहस्यं च बभूव सुमनोहरम् ।। व्यासं कृत्वा महाभाग वद नारायणीं कथाम् ।। हे गौरि शंकरार्धाङ्गि यथा त्वं शंकरप्रिया ।। तथा मां कुरु कल्याणि कान्तकान्तां सुदुर्लभाम् मुक्तापङ्क्तिविनिन्द्यैकदन्तराजिविराजिताम् ।। मुक्तिकामप्रदां देवीं शरच्चन्द्रमुखीं भजे।। पार्वतीवचनं श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा तां हृष्टमानसाम् ।। पुटाञ्जलियुता साध्वी प्रणम्योवाच नारद इत्युक्त्वा तां समालिङ्ग्य पार्वती स्वालयं ययौ।। गत्वा सा मिथिलां साध्वी शिशुरूपं विधाय च कण्वशाखोक्तस्तोत्रेण तुष्टुवुः परमेश्वरीम् दृष्टादृष्टस्वरूपे च तयोर्बीजफलप्रदे ।। सर्वानिर्वचनीये च महामाये नमोऽस्तु ते दृष्ट्वा गोपाङ्गना देवीं प्रणेमुश्च मुदाऽन्विताः ।। आशिषं युयुजे दुर्गा वाञ्छासिद्धिर्भविष्यति त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां चकार पृथिवीं भृगुः ।। तव मन्त्रेण कवचात्कथं त्वं मानुषी सती यथा सौभाग्ययुक्ताऽहं हरस्य श्रीहरिप्रिये ।। तथा सौभाग्ययुक्ता त्वं भव कृष्णस्य सुन्दरि शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यं सद्रत्नमुकुटोज्ज्वलम् ।। पक्वदाडिमबीजाभदशनं सुमनोहरम् मदीय प्राणनाथस्त्वं भव जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। त्वदीयचरणाम्भोजे देहि भक्तिं सुदुर्लभाम् इत्युक्त्वा श्रीहरिस्तत्र तस्थौ सूर्यसुतातटे ।। तस्थुर्गोपालिकाः सर्वा वीक्ष्य कृष्णं पुनःपुनः

candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumaiśca manoharaiḥ || nānāprakārapuṣpaiśca mālyairbahuvidhairapi pravālamālayā bhaktyā cemaṃ mantraṃ sahasradhā || japaṃ kṛtvā ca stutvā ca praṇemuḥ śirasā bhuvi smṛtyukti smaraṇādyasyā ete naśyanti niścitam || ato durgā hareḥ śaktirhariṇā parikīrtitā nirguṇasya ca nityasya vācakaśca sanātanaḥ || sadā nityā nirguṇā yā kīrtitā sā sanātanī stotrasyaiva prabhāveṇa saṃprāpya kavacaṃ vidhiḥ || varaṃ ca kavacaṃ prāpya nirbhayaṃ prāpa niścitam iha loke harerbhaktiṃ dṛḍhāṃ ca satataṃ smṛtim || ante dāsyaṃ ca labhate pārvatyāśca prasādataḥ candrabhāno vīrabhānaḥ sūryabhānastathaiva ca || vasubhāno ratnabhāno gopālā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ kathaṃ vrataphalaṃ sā vā dātuṃ śaktā sureśvarī || phalaṃ pradātuṃ yā śaktā sā śaktā sarvakarmaṇi he padmamukhi sāvitri pārijāte ca jāhnavi|| sudhāmukhi śubhe padme he gauri he svayaṃprabhe vastrāṇāṃ puṃjikāḥ sarvāḥ skandheṣu vinidhāya ca || uvāca gopikāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ parihāsaparaṃ vacaḥ || rādhikovāca || || golokanātha gopīśa madīśa prāṇavallabha || he dīnabandho dīneśa sarveśvara namo'stu te rādhākṛtaṃ hareḥ stotraṃ trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || haribhaktiṃ ca dāsyaṃ ca labhedrādhāgatiṃ dhruvam vratānte kiṃ rahasyaṃ ca babhūva sumanoharam || vyāsaṃ kṛtvā mahābhāga vada nārāyaṇīṃ kathām || he gauri śaṃkarārdhāṅgi yathā tvaṃ śaṃkarapriyā || tathā māṃ kuru kalyāṇi kāntakāntāṃ sudurlabhām muktāpaṅktivinindyaikadantarājivirājitām || muktikāmapradāṃ devīṃ śaraccandramukhīṃ bhaje|| pārvatīvacanaṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ hṛṣṭamānasām || puṭāñjaliyutā sādhvī praṇamyovāca nārada ityuktvā tāṃ samāliṅgya pārvatī svālayaṃ yayau|| gatvā sā mithilāṃ sādhvī śiśurūpaṃ vidhāya ca kaṇvaśākhoktastotreṇa tuṣṭuvuḥ parameśvarīm dṛṣṭādṛṣṭasvarūpe ca tayorbījaphalaprade || sarvānirvacanīye ca mahāmāye namo'stu te dṛṣṭvā gopāṅganā devīṃ praṇemuśca mudā'nvitāḥ || āśiṣaṃ yuyuje durgā vāñchāsiddhirbhaviṣyati triḥsaptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ cakāra pṛthivīṃ bhṛguḥ || tava mantreṇa kavacātkathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī yathā saubhāgyayuktā'haṃ harasya śrīharipriye || tathā saubhāgyayuktā tvaṃ bhava kṛṣṇasya sundari śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyaṃ sadratnamukuṭojjvalam || pakvadāḍimabījābhadaśanaṃ sumanoharam madīya prāṇanāthastvaṃ bhava janmani janmani || tvadīyacaraṇāmbhoje dehi bhaktiṃ sudurlabhām ityuktvā śrīharistatra tasthau sūryasutātaṭe || tasthurgopālikāḥ sarvā vīkṣya kṛṣṇaṃ punaḥpunaḥ

With sandal, aloe-wood, musk and saffron, delightful; with flowers of many kinds and with garlands of many sorts; with a coral garland, and devotedly, having muttered this mantra a thousand times and having praised (her), they bowed with their heads to the ground. — By the mere utterance and remembrance of her, these (evils) certainly perish; therefore Durgā has been proclaimed by Hari as Hari's power. And the word "sanātana" denotes the qualityless and eternal one; she who is proclaimed as ever eternal and qualityless is Sanātanī. — By the power of this very hymn the Ordainer obtained the armour, and having obtained the boon and the armour he certainly attained fearlessness. — In this world he obtains firm devotion to Hari and constant remembrance, and at the end servitude (to him), by the grace of Pārvatī. — Candrabhānu, Vīrabhānu, and likewise Sūryabhānu, Vasubhānu, Ratnabhānu — twelve cowherds are recorded. — How is she, the mistress of the gods, able to give the fruit of the vow? She who is able to grant the fruit is able in every action. — O lotus-faced one, O Sāvitrī, O Pārijātā, O Jāhnavī, O nectar-faced one, O auspicious one, O Padmā, O Gaurī, O self-luminous one! — And having placed all the heaps of garments upon (his) shoulders, Kṛṣṇa spoke to the gopīs words full of jest. Rādhikā said: O lord of Goloka, lord of the gopīs, my lord, beloved of (my) life, O friend of the wretched, lord of the wretched, lord of all, homage be to you. — The man who recites at the three junctures of the day this hymn to Hari made by Rādhā obtains devotion to Hari and servitude, and surely Rādhā's state. — At the end of the vow what secret, most delightful, came about? Making an elaboration of it, O greatly blessed one, tell the story of Nārāyaṇa. — O Gaurī, half-bodied consort of Śaṃkara, as you are dear to Śaṃkara, so make me, O auspicious one, the very hard-to-win beloved of (my) lover. — I worship the goddess whose single row of teeth, outshining a row of pearls, gleams, who grants liberation and desire, whose face is the autumn moon. — Having heard Pārvatī's words and seen her glad of heart, the virtuous woman, with hands joined in a cup, bowed and spoke, O Nārada. — Having said this and embraced her, Pārvatī went to her own abode; and that virtuous woman went to Mithilā and assumed the form of an infant. — With the hymn stated in the Kāṇva branch they praised the supreme Goddess: "O you who are of both seen and unseen form, granter to those two of seed and fruit, O you who are in all ways indescribable, O Mahāmāyā, homage be to you." — Seeing the goddess, the cowherd women bowed, filled with joy; Durgā bestowed a blessing: "The fulfilment of your wish shall come to pass." — Thrice seven times Bhṛgu made the earth free of kings; by your mantra, from the armour — how are you a human woman, though chaste? — "As I am endowed with the good fortune of Hara, O you dear to Śrī Hari, so may you be endowed with the good fortune of Kṛṣṇa, O beautiful one." — (His) face the full moon of autumn, bright with a crown of good jewels, his teeth like ripe pomegranate seeds, most charming — "Be you the lord of my life birth after birth; grant me the very hard-to-win devotion at your lotus feet." — Having said this, Śrī Hari stood there on the bank of the Sun's daughter; and all the cowherd girls stood gazing again and again at Kṛṣṇa.

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

BvP 4 27.5

धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैर्वस्त्रैर्नानाफलैर्मुने ।। मणिमुक्ताप्रवालैश्च वाद्यैर्नानाविधैरपि

dhūpairdīpaiśca naivedyairvastrairnānāphalairmune || maṇimuktāpravālaiśca vādyairnānāvidhairapi

With incense, lamps, food-offerings, garments, and various fruits, O sage, and with gems, pearls and corals, and with instrumental music of many kinds —

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BvP 4 27.6

हे देवि जगतां मातः सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारिणि ।। नन्दगोपसुतं कान्तमस्मभ्यं देहि सुव्रते

he devi jagatāṃ mātaḥ sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇi || nandagopasutaṃ kāntamasmabhyaṃ dehi suvrate

"O Goddess, mother of the worlds, you who bring about creation, maintenance and end: give us the son of Nanda the cowherd as (our) husband, O you of good vows."

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BvP 4 27.7

मन्त्रेणानेन देवेशीं परिहारं विधाय च ।। ततः कृत्वा तु संकल्पं पूजयन् मूलमन्त्रतः

mantreṇānena deveśīṃ parihāraṃ vidhāya ca || tataḥ kṛtvā tu saṃkalpaṃ pūjayan mūlamantrataḥ

With this mantra, having performed the dismissal of the goddess of gods, and then having made the formal resolve, they worshipped with the root-mantra.

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BvP 4 27.8

मन्त्रस्तु सामवेदोक्तोऽयातयामः सबीजकः ।। ॐ श्रीदुर्गायै सर्वविघ्नविनाशिन्यै नम इति

mantrastu sāmavedokto'yātayāmaḥ sabījakaḥ || oṃ śrīdurgāyai sarvavighnavināśinyai nama iti

And the mantra, stated in the Sāmaveda, potent (not "stale") and together with its seed-syllable, is: "Oṃ, homage to Śrī Durgā, destroyer of all obstacles."

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BvP 4 27.9

पुष्पं माल्यं च नैवेद्यं धूपं दीपं तथा शुभम् ।। मन्त्रेणानेन तद्भक्त्या ददुः सर्वा मुदान्विताः

puṣpaṃ mālyaṃ ca naivedyaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ tathā śubham || mantreṇānena tadbhaktyā daduḥ sarvā mudānvitāḥ

Flower, garland, food-offering, incense, and likewise the auspicious lamp — with this mantra all of them, filled with joy, offered these with devotion to her.

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BvP 4 27.11

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये सर्वकामप्रदे शिवे ।। देहि मे वाञ्छितं देवि नमस्ते शंकरप्रिये

sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye sarvakāmaprade śive || dehi me vāñchitaṃ devi namaste śaṃkarapriye

"O auspiciousness of all auspicious things, O granter of every desire, O Śivā! Grant me what I wish, O Goddess; homage to you, beloved of Śaṃkara."

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BvP 4 27.12

इत्युक्त्वा च नमस्कारं कृत्वा दत्त्वा च दक्षिणाम्।। नैवेद्यानि च सर्वाणि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ययुर्गृहम्

ityuktvā ca namaskāraṃ kṛtvā dattvā ca dakṣiṇām|| naivedyāni ca sarvāṇi brāhmaṇebhyo yayurgṛham

Having said this, and having made obeisance and given the sacrificial fee, and (having given) all the food-offerings to the brāhmaṇas, they went home.

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BvP 4 27.13

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। स्तवराजं शृणु मुने तुष्टुवुर्येन पार्वतीम् ।। भक्त्या गोपाङ्गनाः सर्वाः सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदाम्

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || stavarājaṃ śṛṇu mune tuṣṭuvuryena pārvatīm || bhaktyā gopāṅganāḥ sarvāḥ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradām

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Hear, O sage, the king of hymns by which all the cowherd women, with devotion, praised Pārvatī, the giver of every wished-for fruit.

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BvP 4 27.14

जगत्येकार्णवे घोरे रुद्रसूर्यविवर्जिते ।। अञ्जनाकारतोयेन संप्लुते च चराचरे

jagatyekārṇave ghore rudrasūryavivarjite || añjanākāratoyena saṃplute ca carācare

When the world was one dreadful ocean, devoid of Rudra and the sun, and all moving and unmoving things were flooded with water black as collyrium—

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BvP 4 27.15

दत्तं पुरा ब्रह्मणे च हरिणा जलशायिना ।। तस्मै दत्त्वा सर्वमिदं निद्रां भेजे जगत्पतिः

dattaṃ purā brahmaṇe ca hariṇā jalaśāyinā || tasmai dattvā sarvamidaṃ nidrāṃ bheje jagatpatiḥ

—it was given of old to Brahmā by Hari, who lay upon the waters; having given him all this, the Lord of the world took to sleep.

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BvP 4 27.16

नाभिपद्मे जगत्स्रष्टा मधुना कैटभेन च ।। पीडितः परितुष्टाव मूलप्रकृतिमीश्वरीम्

nābhipadme jagatsraṣṭā madhunā kaiṭabhena ca || pīḍitaḥ parituṣṭāva mūlaprakṛtimīśvarīm

On the navel-lotus the creator of the world, oppressed by Madhu and Kaiṭabha, fully praised the Primordial Nature, the Sovereign Goddess.

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BvP 4 27.17

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। दुर्गे शिवेऽभये माये नारायणि सनातनि ।। जये मे मङ्गलं देहि नमस्ते सर्वमङ्गले

brahmovāca || durge śive'bhaye māye nārāyaṇi sanātani || jaye me maṅgalaṃ dehi namaste sarvamaṅgale

Brahmā said: O Durgā, Śivā, Abhayā, Māyā, Nārāyaṇī, Eternal One, Jayā—grant me welfare; homage to you, O all-auspicious one.

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BvP 4 27.18

दैत्यनाशार्थवचनो दकारः परिकीर्तितः ।। उकारो विघ्ननाशार्थं वाचको वेदसंमतः

daityanāśārthavacano dakāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ || ukāro vighnanāśārthaṃ vācako vedasaṃmataḥ

The letter "da" is declared to denote the destruction of demons; the "u" is, by the Veda's consent, the sound denoting the destruction of obstacles.

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BvP 4 27.19

रेफो रोगघ्नवचनो गश्च पापघ्नवाचकः ।। भयशत्रुघ्नवचनश्चाकारः परिकीर्तितः

repho rogaghnavacano gaśca pāpaghnavācakaḥ || bhayaśatrughnavacanaścākāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ

The "r" denotes the killing of disease, and "ga" denotes the destroying of sin; and the letter "ā" is declared to denote the destroying of fear and of enemies.

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BvP 4 27.21

विपत्तिवाचको दुर्गश्चाकारो नाशवाचकः ।। दुर्गं नश्यति या नित्यं सा दुर्गा परिकीर्तिता।

vipattivācako durgaścākāro nāśavācakaḥ || durgaṃ naśyati yā nityaṃ sā durgā parikīrtitā|

"Durga" denotes calamity, and the letter "ā" denotes destruction: she who constantly destroys calamity is therefore called Durgā.

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BvP 4 27.22

दुर्गो दैत्येन्द्रवचनोऽप्याकारो नाशवाचकः ।। तं ननाश पुरा तेन बुधैर्दुर्गा प्रकीर्तिता

durgo daityendravacano'pyākāro nāśavācakaḥ || taṃ nanāśa purā tena budhairdurgā prakīrtitā

Also "Durga" denotes the chief of the demons, and the letter "ā" denotes destruction; since she destroyed him of old, she is called Durgā by the wise.

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BvP 4 27.23

शश्च कल्याणवचन इकारोत्कृष्टवाचकः ।। समूहवाचकश्चैव वाकारो दातृवाचकः

śaśca kalyāṇavacana ikārotkṛṣṭavācakaḥ || samūhavācakaścaiva vākāro dātṛvācakaḥ

"Śa" denotes well-being, the letter "i" denotes what is excellent, and the letter "vā" denotes a multitude and denotes a giver.

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BvP 4 27.24

श्रेयःसङ्घोत्कृष्टदात्री शिवा तेन प्रकीर्तिता ।। शिवराशिर्मूर्त्तिमती शिवा तेन प्रकीर्तिता

śreyaḥsaṅghotkṛṣṭadātrī śivā tena prakīrtitā || śivarāśirmūrttimatī śivā tena prakīrtitā

Because she is the giver of an excellent mass of blessings, she is called Śivā; because she is a heap of good embodied, she is called Śivā.

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BvP 4 27.25

शिवो हि मोक्षवचनश्चाकारो दातृवाचकः ।। स्वयं निर्वाणदात्री या सा शिवा परिकीर्तिता

śivo hi mokṣavacanaścākāro dātṛvācakaḥ || svayaṃ nirvāṇadātrī yā sā śivā parikīrtitā

For "śiva" denotes liberation, and the letter "ā" denotes a giver: she who herself is the giver of nirvāṇa is called Śivā.

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BvP 4 27.26

अभयो भयनाशोक्तश्चाकारो दातृवाचकः ।। प्रददात्यभयं सद्यः साऽभया परिकीर्तिता

abhayo bhayanāśoktaścākāro dātṛvācakaḥ || pradadātyabhayaṃ sadyaḥ sā'bhayā parikīrtitā

"Abhaya" is said to mean the destruction of fear, and the letter "ā" denotes a giver: since she at once grants fearlessness, she is called Abhayā.

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BvP 4 27.27

राज्यश्रीवचनो माश्च याश्च प्रापणवाचकः ।। तां प्रापयति या सद्यः सा माया परिकीर्तिता

rājyaśrīvacano māśca yāśca prāpaṇavācakaḥ || tāṃ prāpayati yā sadyaḥ sā māyā parikīrtitā

"Mā" denotes the splendour of kingship, and "yā" denotes causing to obtain: she who at once makes one obtain it is called Māyā.

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BvP 4 27.28

माश्च मोक्षार्थवचनो याश्च प्रापणवाचकः ।। तं प्रापयति या नित्यं सा माया परिकीर्तिता

māśca mokṣārthavacano yāśca prāpaṇavācakaḥ || taṃ prāpayati yā nityaṃ sā māyā parikīrtitā

And "mā" denotes liberation, and "yā" denotes causing to obtain: she who constantly makes one obtain it is called Māyā.

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BvP 4 27.29

नारायणार्धाङ्गभूता तेन तुल्या च तेजसा।। सदा तस्य शरीरस्था तेन नारायणी स्मृता

nārāyaṇārdhāṅgabhūtā tena tulyā ca tejasā|| sadā tasya śarīrasthā tena nārāyaṇī smṛtā

She has become half the body of Nārāyaṇa, and is equal to him in splendour; she always dwells in his body, and therefore she is known as Nārāyaṇī.

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BvP 4 27.31

जयः कल्याणवचनो याकारो दातृवाचकः ।। जयं ददाति या नित्यं सा जया परिकीर्तिता

jayaḥ kalyāṇavacano yākāro dātṛvācakaḥ || jayaṃ dadāti yā nityaṃ sā jayā parikīrtitā

"Jaya" denotes well-being, and the letter "yā" denotes a giver: she who constantly gives victory is called Jayā.

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BvP 4 27.32

सर्व मङ्गलशब्दश्च संपूणैश्वर्यवाचकः ।। आकारो दातृवचनस्तद्दात्री सर्वमङ्गला

sarva maṅgalaśabdaśca saṃpūṇaiśvaryavācakaḥ || ākāro dātṛvacanastaddātrī sarvamaṅgalā

And the word "sarvamaṅgala" denotes complete sovereignty; the letter "ā" denotes a giver: as the giver of that, she is Sarvamaṅgalā.

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BvP 4 27.33

नामाष्टकमिदं सारं नामार्थसहसंयुतम् ।। नारायणेन यद्दत्तं ब्रह्मणे नाभिपङ्कजे

nāmāṣṭakamidaṃ sāraṃ nāmārthasahasaṃyutam || nārāyaṇena yaddattaṃ brahmaṇe nābhipaṅkaje

This set of eight names is the essence, joined with the meaning of the names — which was given by Nārāyaṇa to Brahmā upon the navel-lotus.

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BvP 4 27.34

तस्मै दत्त्वा निद्रितश्च बभूव जगतां पतिः ।। मधुकैटभौ दुर्गां तौ ब्रह्माणं हन्तुमुद्यतौ

tasmai dattvā nidritaśca babhūva jagatāṃ patiḥ || madhukaiṭabhau durgāṃ tau brahmāṇaṃ hantumudyatau

Having given it to him, the lord of the worlds fell asleep; and Madhu and Kaiṭabha were then set upon killing Brahmā, (who invoked) Durgā.

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BvP 4 27.35

स्तोत्रेणानेन स ब्रह्मा स्तुतिं नत्वा चकार ह ।। साक्षात्स्तुता तदा दुर्गा ब्रह्मणे कवचं ददौ

stotreṇānena sa brahmā stutiṃ natvā cakāra ha || sākṣātstutā tadā durgā brahmaṇe kavacaṃ dadau

With this hymn that Brahmā, bowing, made his praise; and then Durgā, praised, appeared in person and gave Brahmā a protective armour (kavaca).

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BvP 4 27.36

श्रीकृष्णकवचं दिव्यं सर्वरक्षणनामकम् ।। दत्त्वा तस्मै महामाया साऽन्तर्धानं चकार ह

śrīkṛṣṇakavacaṃ divyaṃ sarvarakṣaṇanāmakam || dattvā tasmai mahāmāyā sā'ntardhānaṃ cakāra ha

Having given him the divine armour of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, called "All-Protection," that Mahāmāyā vanished.

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BvP 4 27.37

स्तोत्रं कुर्वन्ति निद्रां च संरक्ष्य कवचेन वै ।। निद्रानुग्रहतः सद्यः स्तोत्रस्यैव प्रभावतः

stotraṃ kurvanti nidrāṃ ca saṃrakṣya kavacena vai || nidrānugrahataḥ sadyaḥ stotrasyaiva prabhāvataḥ

(Those) make the hymn, and having guarded Sleep with the armour indeed, at once by the favour of Sleep and by the power of the hymn itself —

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BvP 4 27.38

तत्राजगाम भगवान्वृषरूपी जनार्दनः ।। शक्त्या च दुर्गया सार्धं शंकरस्य जयाय च

tatrājagāma bhagavānvṛṣarūpī janārdanaḥ || śaktyā ca durgayā sārdhaṃ śaṃkarasya jayāya ca

There came the Lord Janārdana in the form of a bull, together with his power Durgā, for the victory of Śaṃkara.

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BvP 4 27.39

सरथं शंकरं मूर्ध्नि कृत्वा च निर्भयं ददौ।। अत्यूर्ध्वं प्रापयामास जया तस्मै जयं ददौ

sarathaṃ śaṃkaraṃ mūrdhni kṛtvā ca nirbhayaṃ dadau|| atyūrdhvaṃ prāpayāmāsa jayā tasmai jayaṃ dadau

Placing Śaṃkara with his chariot upon (his) head, he made him fearless; he carried (him) very high up, and Jayā gave him victory.

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BvP 4 27.41

ब्रह्मा ददौ महेशाय स्तोत्रं च कवचं वरम्।। त्रिपुरस्य च संग्रामे सरथे पतिते हरौ

brahmā dadau maheśāya stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ varam|| tripurasya ca saṃgrāme sarathe patite harau

Brahmā gave to Maheśa the hymn and the excellent armour, when in the battle with Tripura Hari had fallen with his chariot.

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BvP 4 27.42

ब्रह्मास्त्रं च गृहीत्वा स सनिद्रं श्रीहरिं स्मरन् ।। स्तोत्रं च कवचं प्राप्य जघान त्रिपुरं हरः

brahmāstraṃ ca gṛhītvā sa sanidraṃ śrīhariṃ smaran || stotraṃ ca kavacaṃ prāpya jaghāna tripuraṃ haraḥ

And taking up the Brahmā-weapon, remembering Śrī Hari together with Sleep, and having obtained the hymn and the armour, Hara slew Tripura.

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BvP 4 27.43

स्तोत्रेणानेन तां दुर्गां कृत्वा गोपालिका स्तुतिम्।। लेभिरे श्रीहरिं कान्तं स्तोत्रस्यास्य प्रभावतः

stotreṇānena tāṃ durgāṃ kṛtvā gopālikā stutim|| lebhire śrīhariṃ kāntaṃ stotrasyāsya prabhāvataḥ

With this hymn the cowherd girls made their praise of that Durgā, and by the power of this hymn they obtained Śrī Hari as their beloved.

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BvP 4 27.44

गोपकन्या कृतं स्तोत्रं सर्वमङ्गलनामकम् ।। वांछितार्थप्रदं सद्यः सर्वविघ्नविनाशनम्

gopakanyā kṛtaṃ stotraṃ sarvamaṅgalanāmakam || vāṃchitārthapradaṃ sadyaḥ sarvavighnavināśanam

The hymn made by the cowherd girls, called "All-Auspicious," grants at once the desired object and destroys all obstacles.

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BvP 4 27.45

त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नित्यं भक्तियुक्तश्च मानवः।। शैवो वा वैष्णवो वाऽपि शाक्तो दुर्गात्प्रमुच्यते

trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennityaṃ bhaktiyuktaśca mānavaḥ|| śaivo vā vaiṣṇavo vā'pi śākto durgātpramucyate

The man who, filled with devotion, recites it constantly at the three junctures of the day — whether Śaiva or Vaiṣṇava or Śākta — is released from difficulty.

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BvP 4 27.46

राजद्वारे श्मशाने च दावाग्नौ प्राणसंकटे ।। हिंस्रजन्तुभयग्रस्तो मग्नः पोते महार्णवे

rājadvāre śmaśāne ca dāvāgnau prāṇasaṃkaṭe || hiṃsrajantubhayagrasto magnaḥ pote mahārṇave

At a king's gate, in a cremation ground, in a forest fire, in peril of life, seized by fear of predatory beasts, sunk with (one's) ship in the great ocean,

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BvP 4 27.47

शत्रुग्रस्ते च संग्रामे कारागारे विपद्गते ।। गुरुशापे ब्रह्मशापे बन्धुभेदे च दुस्तरे

śatrugraste ca saṃgrāme kārāgāre vipadgate || guruśāpe brahmaśāpe bandhubhede ca dustare

when seized by enemies, in battle, in prison, fallen into calamity, under a teacher's curse, under a brahmin's curse, and in a hard-to-cross breach with kinsmen,

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BvP 4 27.48

स्थानभ्रष्टे धनभ्रष्टे जातिभ्रष्टे शुचाऽन्विते ।। पतिभेदे पुत्रभेदे खलसर्पविषान्विते

sthānabhraṣṭe dhanabhraṣṭe jātibhraṣṭe śucā'nvite || patibhede putrabhede khalasarpaviṣānvite

when fallen from position, fallen from wealth, fallen from caste, overcome by grief, in estrangement from husband, in estrangement from son, when afflicted by the poison of a villain or a snake —

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BvP 4 27.49

स्तोत्रस्मरणमात्रेण सद्यो मुच्येत निर्भयः ।। वांछितं लभते सद्यः सर्वैश्वर्यमनुत्तमम्

stotrasmaraṇamātreṇa sadyo mucyeta nirbhayaḥ || vāṃchitaṃ labhate sadyaḥ sarvaiśvaryamanuttamam

merely by remembering the hymn one would at once be freed and fearless; at once he obtains what he wishes, and unsurpassed complete dominion.

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BvP 4 27.51

इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते गोपकन्याकृतं सर्वमंगलास्तोत्रम् ।। अनेन स्तवराजेन तुष्टुवुर्नित्यमीश्वरीम् ।। प्रणेमुः परया भक्त्या यावन्मासं व्रजाङ्गनाः

iti śrībrahmavaivarte gopakanyākṛtaṃ sarvamaṃgalāstotram || anena stavarājena tuṣṭuvurnityamīśvarīm || praṇemuḥ parayā bhaktyā yāvanmāsaṃ vrajāṅganāḥ

Thus, in the Śrī Brahmavaivarta, the All-Auspicious hymn made by the cowherd girls. With this king of praises the women of Vraja praised the Goddess daily and bowed down with the highest devotion for a whole month.

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BvP 4 27.52

स्नातुं प्रजग्मुर्गोप्यश्च वस्त्राण्याधाय तत्तटे

snātuṃ prajagmurgopyaśca vastrāṇyādhāya tattaṭe

And the cowherd women went to bathe, having laid their garments on that bank.

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BvP 4 27.53

नानाविधानि द्रव्याणि रत्नमूल्यानि नारद ।। पीतलोहितशुक्लानि चारूणि मिश्रितानि च

nānāvidhāni dravyāṇi ratnamūlyāni nārada || pītalohitaśuklāni cārūṇi miśritāni ca

Goods of many kinds, worth jewels, Nārada — yellow, red, and white, and beautiful, and mixed —

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BvP 4 27.54

तीरावृतान्यसंख्यानि तैश्च तीरं सुशोभनम् ।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरी वायुना सुरभीकृतम्

tīrāvṛtānyasaṃkhyāni taiśca tīraṃ suśobhanam || candanāgurukastūrī vāyunā surabhīkṛtam

countless (things) covering the bank, and by them the bank was made very lovely; it was made fragrant by the breeze with sandal, aloewood, and musk.

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BvP 4 27.55

नैवेद्यैश्च बहुविधैः कालदेशोद्भवैः फलैः ।। धूपैः प्रदीपैः सिन्दूरैः कुङ्कुमैश्च विराजितम्

naivedyaiśca bahuvidhaiḥ kāladeśodbhavaiḥ phalaiḥ || dhūpaiḥ pradīpaiḥ sindūraiḥ kuṅkumaiśca virājitam

(It was) resplendent with offerings of many kinds, with fruits produced in that season and region, with incense, lamps, vermilion and saffron powder.

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BvP 4 27.56

जले क्रीडोन्मुखा गोप्यो बभूवुः कौतुकेन च ।। नग्नाः क्रीडाभिरासक्ताः श्रीकृष्णार्पितमानसाः

jale krīḍonmukhā gopyo babhūvuḥ kautukena ca || nagnāḥ krīḍābhirāsaktāḥ śrīkṛṣṇārpitamānasāḥ

Out of curiosity the cowherd women became eager to play in the water; naked, absorbed in their play, their minds offered up to Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

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BvP 4 27.57

दृष्ट्वा कृष्णश्च वस्त्राणि द्रव्याणि विविधानि च ।। वासांस्यादाय वस्तूनि चखाद शिशुभिः सह

dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaśca vastrāṇi dravyāṇi vividhāni ca || vāsāṃsyādāya vastūni cakhāda śiśubhiḥ saha

And Kṛṣṇa, having seen the garments and the various articles, took the clothes and ate the articles together with the boys.

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BvP 4 27.58

गत्वा दूरं च गोपालास्तस्थुः सर्वे मुदाऽन्विताः।। वस्त्राणि पुंजीकृत्यादावूचुः स्कन्धेऽतिलोलुपाः

gatvā dūraṃ ca gopālāstasthuḥ sarve mudā'nvitāḥ|| vastrāṇi puṃjīkṛtyādāvūcuḥ skandhe'tilolupāḥ

And the cowherd boys, having gone far off, all stood there filled with delight; having first heaped the garments up (and put them) on their shoulders, exceedingly eager, they spoke.

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BvP 4 27.59

श्रीदामा च सुदामा च वसुदामा तथैव च ।। सुबलश्च सुपार्श्वश्च शुभाङ्गः सुन्दरस्तथा

śrīdāmā ca sudāmā ca vasudāmā tathaiva ca || subalaśca supārśvaśca śubhāṅgaḥ sundarastathā

Śrīdāmā and Sudāmā and likewise Vasudāmā, and Subala and Supārśva, Śubhāṅga and likewise Sundara—

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BvP 4 27.61

श्रीकृष्णो बलदेवश्च प्रधानाश्च चतुर्दश ।। गोपा हरेर्वयस्याश्च कोटिशः कोटिशो मुने

śrīkṛṣṇo baladevaśca pradhānāśca caturdaśa || gopā harervayasyāśca koṭiśaḥ koṭiśo mune

Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Baladeva and the fourteen chief ones, and the cowherds, Hari's playmates, by tens of millions upon tens of millions, O sage.

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BvP 4 27.62

वस्त्राण्यादाय ते सर्वे तस्थुरेकत्र दूरतः ।। शतशः पुञ्जिकास्तत्र स्थापयामासुरुन्मुखाः

vastrāṇyādāya te sarve tasthurekatra dūrataḥ || śataśaḥ puñjikāstatra sthāpayāmāsurunmukhāḥ

All of them, having taken the garments, stood together at a distance; eagerly they set down heaps there by the hundreds.

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BvP 4 27.63

किंचिद्वस्त्रं समादाय कृत्वा च पुञ्जिकां मुदा ।। समारुह्य कदम्बाग्रमुवाच गोपिका हरिः

kiṃcidvastraṃ samādāya kṛtvā ca puñjikāṃ mudā || samāruhya kadambāgramuvāca gopikā hariḥ

Having taken some cloth and joyfully made a heap of it, Hari climbed to the top of a kadamba tree and said to the cowherd girls:

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BvP 4 27.64

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। भोभो गोपालिकाः सर्वा विनष्टा व्रतकर्मणि ।। कृत्वा विधानं मद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा क्रीडत मन्मथात्

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || bhobho gopālikāḥ sarvā vinaṣṭā vratakarmaṇi || kṛtvā vidhānaṃ madvākyaṃ śrutvā krīḍata manmathāt

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Ho, ho, all you cowherd girls, you are ruined in the observance of your vow! Having (only) gone through the procedure, you play out of lust—hear my word.

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BvP 4 27.65

संकल्पिते व्रतार्हे च मासे मङ्गलकर्मणि ।। यूयं नग्नाः कथं तोये व्रताङ्गहानिकारिकाः

saṃkalpite vratārhe ca māse maṅgalakarmaṇi || yūyaṃ nagnāḥ kathaṃ toye vratāṅgahānikārikāḥ

In the month fit for the vow, when the resolve has been made, in the auspicious rite—how is it that you are naked in the water, bringing loss to the parts of the vow?

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BvP 4 27.66

परिधेयानि वासांसि पुष्पमाल्यानि यानि च ।। व्रतार्हाणि च वस्तूनि केन नीतानि वोऽधुना

paridheyāni vāsāṃsi puṣpamālyāni yāni ca || vratārhāṇi ca vastūni kena nītāni vo'dhunā

The garments to be worn, and the flower garlands, and the articles required for the vow—by whom have they now been carried off from you?

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BvP 4 27.67

व्रते तु नग्ना या स्नाति तां रुष्टो वरुणः स्वयम्।। वरुणानुचराश्चक्रुर्वासोवस्तूपनिर्हृतिम्

vrate tu nagnā yā snāti tāṃ ruṣṭo varuṇaḥ svayam|| varuṇānucarāścakrurvāsovastūpanirhṛtim

Whoever bathes naked during a vow, at her Varuṇa himself is angered; Varuṇa's attendants have carried away the clothes and the articles.

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BvP 4 27.68

कथं यास्यथ नग्नाश्च न व्रतस्या भविष्यति।। व्रताराध्या कथं सा च वस्तूनि किं न रक्षति

kathaṃ yāsyatha nagnāśca na vratasyā bhaviṣyati|| vratārādhyā kathaṃ sā ca vastūni kiṃ na rakṣati

How will you go, naked? And there will be nothing (gained) of the vow. And she who is to be worshipped by the vow—how is it that she does not protect the articles?

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

BvP 4 27.69

चिन्तां कुरुत तां पूज्यां तुष्टाव बलिरीश्वरीम् ।। युष्माकमीदृशी देवी न शक्ता वस्तुरक्षणे

cintāṃ kuruta tāṃ pūjyāṃ tuṣṭāva balirīśvarīm || yuṣmākamīdṛśī devī na śaktā vasturakṣaṇe

Consider this: Bali praised that worshipful goddess as sovereign—such a goddess of yours is not able to protect articles!

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BvP 4 27.71

श्रीकृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा चिन्तामापुर्व्रजस्त्रियः ।। ददृशुर्यमुनातीरं वस्त्रवस्तुविहीनकम्

śrīkṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā cintāmāpurvrajastriyaḥ || dadṛśuryamunātīraṃ vastravastuvihīnakam

Hearing Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, the women of Vraja fell into anxiety; they saw the bank of the Yamunā stripped of garments and articles.

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BvP 4 27.72

चक्रुर्विषादं तोये च नग्नास्ता रुरुदुर्भृशम् ।। क्व गतानि च वस्त्राणि वस्तूनीत्यूचुरत्र नः

cakrurviṣādaṃ toye ca nagnāstā rurudurbhṛśam || kva gatāni ca vastrāṇi vastūnītyūcuratra naḥ

They grieved in the water, and naked they wept bitterly, saying, "Where have our garments and articles here gone?"

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BvP 4 27.73

कृत्वा विषादं तत्रैव तमूचुर्गोपकन्यकाः ।। पुटाञ्जलियुताः सर्वा भक्त्या विनयपूर्वकम्

kṛtvā viṣādaṃ tatraiva tamūcurgopakanyakāḥ || puṭāñjaliyutāḥ sarvā bhaktyā vinayapūrvakam

Having lamented right there, the cowherd girls all spoke to him with hollowed palms joined, with devotion and with deference.

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BvP 4 27.74

गोपालिका ऊचुः ।। परिधेयानि वस्त्राणि किंकरीणां सदीश्वर ।। निबोधयात्मानमेव स्पर्शं कर्तुं त्वमर्हसि

gopālikā ūcuḥ || paridheyāni vastrāṇi kiṃkarīṇāṃ sadīśvara || nibodhayātmānameva sparśaṃ kartuṃ tvamarhasi

The cowherd girls said: O eternal Lord, (give) the garments to be worn by (your) servant-girls; make yourself known—it is you who are fit to touch (them).

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BvP 4 27.75

व्रतार्हाणि च वस्तूनि देवस्वानि च साम्प्रतम् ।। अदत्तानि मोचितानि ग्रहीतुं वेदविद्वद

vratārhāṇi ca vastūni devasvāni ca sāmpratam || adattāni mocitāni grahītuṃ vedavidvada

And the articles required for the vow are now the god's property; they have not been given, (yet) they have been released—say, O knower of the Veda, whether they may be taken.

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

BvP 4 27.76

देहि धौतानि धृत्वा च करिष्यामो व्रतं वयम्।। वस्तुनाऽन्येन गोविन्द वस्तूनां भक्षणं कुरु

dehi dhautāni dhṛtvā ca kariṣyāmo vrataṃ vayam|| vastunā'nyena govinda vastūnāṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ kuru

Give them washed, and having put them on we shall perform our vow; with some other stuff, Govinda, do your eating of things.

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BvP 4 27.77

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र श्रीदामा वस्त्रपुञ्जिकाम् ।। दर्शयित्वा च ताः सर्वा दूरं दुद्राव तत्पुरः

etasminnantare tatra śrīdāmā vastrapuñjikām || darśayitvā ca tāḥ sarvā dūraṃ dudrāva tatpuraḥ

Meanwhile, Śrīdāmā, having shown them the bundle of clothes there, ran far away in front of them all.

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BvP 4 27.78

दृष्ट्वा सवस्त्रं गोपालं सर्वासामीश्वरी परा ।। सर्वा वयस्याश्चाववाच कोपयुक्ता जलप्लुता

dṛṣṭvā savastraṃ gopālaṃ sarvāsāmīśvarī parā || sarvā vayasyāścāvavāca kopayuktā jalaplutā

Seeing the cowherd boy with the clothes, she, the supreme mistress of them all, filled with anger and immersed in the water, spoke to all her companions.

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BvP 4 27.79

श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। हे सुशीले शशिकले हे चन्द्रमुखि माधवि ।। कदम्बमाले हे कुन्ति यमुने सर्वमङ्गले

śrīrādhikovāca || he suśīle śaśikale he candramukhi mādhavi || kadambamāle he kunti yamune sarvamaṅgale

Śrī Rādhikā said: O Suśīlā, Śaśikalā, O Candramukhī, Mādhavī, Kadambamālā, O Kuntī, Yamunā, Sarvamaṅgalā!

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BvP 4 27.81

कालिके कमले दुर्गे हे सरस्वति भारति ।। अपूर्णे रति हे गंगे चाम्बिके सति सुन्दरि

kālike kamale durge he sarasvati bhārati || apūrṇe rati he gaṃge cāmbike sati sundari

Kālikā, Kamalā, Durgā, O Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, Apūrṇā, Rati, O Gaṅgā, and Ambikā, Satī, Sundarī!

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BvP 4 27.82

कृष्णप्रिये मधुमति चम्पे चन्दननन्दिनि ।। यूयं सर्वाः समुत्थाय बद्ध्वाऽऽनयत बल्लवम्

kṛṣṇapriye madhumati campe candananandini || yūyaṃ sarvāḥ samutthāya baddhvā''nayata ballavam

Kṛṣṇapriyā, Madhumatī, Campā, Candananandinī — all of you, rise up, bind the cowherd and bring him here!

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BvP 4 27.83

सर्वा राधाज्ञया तूर्णं समुत्थाय जलात्क्रुधा ।। प्रजग्मुर्गोपिका नग्ना योनिमाच्छाद्य पाणिना

sarvā rādhājñayā tūrṇaṃ samutthāya jalātkrudhā || prajagmurgopikā nagnā yonimācchādya pāṇinā

At Rādhā's command all the cowherd women quickly rose out of the water in anger and went forth naked, covering their genitals with a hand.

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BvP 4 27.84

एतासां सहचारिण्यो गोप्यस्तूर्णं सहस्रशः ।। प्रजग्मुस्तेन रूपेण कोपादारक्तलोचनाः

etāsāṃ sahacāriṇyo gopyastūrṇaṃ sahasraśaḥ || prajagmustena rūpeṇa kopādāraktalocanāḥ

Their companions, the cowherd women, quickly went forth by the thousands in that same fashion, their eyes reddened with anger.

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BvP 4 27.85

वेगेन दुद्रुवुः सर्वाः श्रीदामानं च बालिकाः ।। वेगेन च प्रधावन्तं बिभ्रतं वस्त्रपुंजिकाम्

vegena dudruvuḥ sarvāḥ śrīdāmānaṃ ca bālikāḥ || vegena ca pradhāvantaṃ bibhrataṃ vastrapuṃjikām

All the girls ran swiftly after Śrīdāmā, who was running off at speed carrying the bundle of clothes.

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BvP 4 27.86

जगाम शीघ्रं श्रीदामा यत्र गोपाः सहांशुकाः ।। जवेन दुद्रुवुर्गोप्यस्तत्पश्चाद्बलसंयुताः

jagāma śīghraṃ śrīdāmā yatra gopāḥ sahāṃśukāḥ || javena dudruvurgopyastatpaścādbalasaṃyutāḥ

Śrīdāmā went quickly to where the cowherd boys were with the garments; the cowherd women ran after him at a dash, gathered in force.

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BvP 4 27.87

वस्त्रचोरांश्च गोपांश्च वेष्टयामासुराशु ताः ।। भिया प्रदुद्रुवुर्बाला यत्र कृष्णः सहांशुकः

vastracorāṃśca gopāṃśca veṣṭayāmāsurāśu tāḥ || bhiyā pradudruvurbālā yatra kṛṣṇaḥ sahāṃśukaḥ

They at once surrounded the clothes-thieves and the cowherd boys; the boys ran off in fear to where Kṛṣṇa was with the garments.

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BvP 4 27.88

श्रीकृष्णसहितान्बालान्वरयामासुराशु च ।। गोपिकानां भिया गोपा ददुर्वस्त्राणि माधवम्

śrīkṛṣṇasahitānbālānvarayāmāsurāśu ca || gopikānāṃ bhiyā gopā dadurvastrāṇi mādhavam

And at once they hemmed in the boys together with Śrī Kṛṣṇa; out of fear of the cowherd women the cowherds gave the clothes to Mādhava.

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BvP 4 27.89

माधवः स्थापयामास स्कन्धे स्कन्धे तरोस्तथा।। कदम्बवृक्षः शुशुभे वस्त्रैर्नानाविधैरपि

mādhavaḥ sthāpayāmāsa skandhe skandhe tarostathā|| kadambavṛkṣaḥ śuśubhe vastrairnānāvidhairapi

Mādhava then placed (them) on branch after branch of the tree; and the kadamba tree shone with the garments of many kinds.

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BvP 4 27.91

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। भो भो गोपालिका नग्ना इदानीं किं करिष्यथ ।। वस्त्रयाञ्चां प्रकर्तुं च कुरुताशु पुटाञ्जलिम्

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || bho bho gopālikā nagnā idānīṃ kiṃ kariṣyatha || vastrayāñcāṃ prakartuṃ ca kurutāśu puṭāñjalim

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Ho, ho, naked cowherd girls! What will you do now? To make your request for the clothes, quickly make a cupped-hands gesture.

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BvP 4 27.92

गत्वा वदत युष्माकमीश्वरीमथ राधिकाम् ।। करोतु शीघ्रं वस्त्राणां याञ्चां कृत्वा पुटाञ्जलिम्

gatvā vadata yuṣmākamīśvarīmatha rādhikām || karotu śīghraṃ vastrāṇāṃ yāñcāṃ kṛtvā puṭāñjalim

Go and tell your mistress Rādhikā: let her quickly make the request for the clothes, making the cupped hands.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.93

अन्यथाऽहं न दास्यामि युष्मभ्यमंशुकानि च ।। युष्माकमीश्वरी राधा किं करिष्यति मेऽधुना

anyathā'haṃ na dāsyāmi yuṣmabhyamaṃśukāni ca || yuṣmākamīśvarī rādhā kiṃ kariṣyati me'dhunā

Otherwise I will not give you your garments. What will your mistress Rādhā do to me now?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.94

व्रताराध्या च या देवी सा वा मे किं करिष्यति।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं ब्रूत यूयं च राधिकाम्

vratārādhyā ca yā devī sā vā me kiṃ kariṣyati|| ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ brūta yūyaṃ ca rādhikām

And that goddess who is worshipped by the vow — what will she do to me? Tell Rādhikā all this that has been said in just this way.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.95

श्रीकृष्णवचनं श्रुत्वा ताः सर्वा गोपकन्यकाः ।। वीक्ष्य लोचनकोणेन प्रजग्मू राधिकान्तिकम्

śrīkṛṣṇavacanaṃ śrutvā tāḥ sarvā gopakanyakāḥ || vīkṣya locanakoṇena prajagmū rādhikāntikam

Having heard Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, all those cowherd girls, glancing at him from the corners of their eyes, went to Rādhikā.

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BvP 4 27.96

चक्रुर्निवेदनं गत्वा यदुवाच हरिः स्वयम् ।। श्रुत्वा जहास सा राधा बभूव कामपीडिता

cakrurnivedanaṃ gatvā yaduvāca hariḥ svayam || śrutvā jahāsa sā rādhā babhūva kāmapīḍitā

Going, they reported what Hari himself had said; hearing it, that Rādhā laughed and became afflicted with desire.

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BvP 4 27.97

श्रुत्वा तासां च वचनं पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहा ।। न जगाम हरेः स्थानं व्रीडया सस्मिता सती

śrutvā tāsāṃ ca vacanaṃ pulakāñcitavigrahā || na jagāma hareḥ sthānaṃ vrīḍayā sasmitā satī

And hearing their words, her body bristling with thrills, the chaste one, smiling, did not go to Hari's place out of shyness.

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BvP 4 27.98

जले योगासनं कृत्वा दध्यौ कृष्णपदाम्बुजम् ।। ब्रह्मेशानन्तधर्माणां वन्द्यमीप्सितदं परम्

jale yogāsanaṃ kṛtvā dadhyau kṛṣṇapadāmbujam || brahmeśānantadharmāṇāṃ vandyamīpsitadaṃ param

Taking a yogic posture in the water, she meditated on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet — to be revered by Brahmā, Śiva, Ananta and Dharma, granting what is desired, supreme.

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BvP 4 27.99

स्मारंस्मारं पदाम्भोजं साऽश्रुसंपूर्णलोचना ।। भावातिरेकात्प्राणेशं तुष्टाव निर्गुणं परम्

smāraṃsmāraṃ padāmbhojaṃ sā'śrusaṃpūrṇalocanā || bhāvātirekātprāṇeśaṃ tuṣṭāva nirguṇaṃ param

Remembering again and again (his) lotus feet, her eyes filled with tears, from an excess of emotion she praised the lord of her life, the attributeless, supreme (one).

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BvP 4 27.101

गोपेश गोसमूहेश यशोदानन्दवर्धन ।। नन्दात्मज सदानन्द नित्यानन्द नमोऽस्तु ते

gopeśa gosamūheśa yaśodānandavardhana || nandātmaja sadānanda nityānanda namo'stu te

O lord of the cowherds, lord of the herds of cows, increaser of Yaśodā's joy, son of Nanda, ever-blissful, eternally blissful one — homage be to you!

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BvP 4 27.102

शतमन्योर्मन्युभग्न ब्रह्मदर्पविनाशक।। कालीयदमन प्राणनाथ कृष्ण नमोऽस्तु ते

śatamanyormanyubhagna brahmadarpavināśaka|| kālīyadamana prāṇanātha kṛṣṇa namo'stu te

O breaker of the wrath of him of a hundred sacrifices (Indra), destroyer of Brahmā's pride, subduer of Kāliya, lord of my life, Kṛṣṇa — homage be to you!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.103

शिवानन्तेश ब्रह्मेश ब्राह्मणेश परात्पर ।। ब्रह्मस्वरूप ब्रह्मज्ञ ब्रह्मबीज नमोऽस्तु ते

śivānanteśa brahmeśa brāhmaṇeśa parātpara || brahmasvarūpa brahmajña brahmabīja namo'stu te

O lord of Śiva and Ananta, lord of Brahmā, lord of the brāhmaṇas, higher than the highest, whose form is Brahman, knower of Brahman, seed of Brahman — homage be to you!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.104

चराचरतरोर्बीज गुणातीत गुणात्मक ।। गुणबीज गुणाधार गुणेश्वर नमोऽस्तु ते

carācaratarorbīja guṇātīta guṇātmaka || guṇabīja guṇādhāra guṇeśvara namo'stu te

O seed of the tree of moving and unmoving things, transcending the qualities, having the qualities as your self, seed of the qualities, support of the qualities, lord of the qualities — homage be to you!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.105

अणिमादिकसिद्धीश सिद्धेः सिद्धिस्वरूपक ।। तपस्तपस्विंस्तपसा बीजरूप नमोऽस्तु ते

aṇimādikasiddhīśa siddheḥ siddhisvarūpaka || tapastapasviṃstapasā bījarūpa namo'stu te

O lord of the powers beginning with aṇimā, whose very form is the accomplishment of accomplishment, O austerity, O ascetic, the seed-form of austerity — homage be to you!

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

BvP 4 27.106

यदनिर्वचनीयं च वस्तु निर्वचनीयकम् ।। तत्स्वरूप तयोर्बीजं सर्वबीज नमोऽस्तु ते

yadanirvacanīyaṃ ca vastu nirvacanīyakam || tatsvarūpa tayorbījaṃ sarvabīja namo'stu te

Whatever thing is inexpressible and whatever is expressible, you are the form of that, the seed of both, the seed of all — homage be to you!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.107

अहं सरस्वती लक्ष्मीर्दुर्गा गङ्गा श्रुतिप्रसूः ।। यस्य पादार्चनान्नित्यं पूज्या तस्मै नमोनमः ।।

ahaṃ sarasvatī lakṣmīrdurgā gaṅgā śrutiprasūḥ || yasya pādārcanānnityaṃ pūjyā tasmai namonamaḥ ||

I, Sarasvatī, Lakṣmī, Durgā, Gaṅgā, and the mother of the Vedas are ever worthy of worship through the worship of whose feet — to him homage, homage!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.108

स्पर्शने यस्य भृत्यानां ध्यानेन च दिवानिशम् ।। पवित्राणि च तीर्थानि तस्मै भगवते नमः

sparśane yasya bhṛtyānāṃ dhyānena ca divāniśam || pavitrāṇi ca tīrthāni tasmai bhagavate namaḥ

By the touch of whose servants and by (their) meditation day and night the sacred fords (become) pure — to that Blessed One, homage!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.109

इत्येवमुक्त्वा सा देवी जले संन्यस्य विग्रहम् ।। मनः प्राणांश्च श्रीकृष्णे तस्थौ स्थाणुसमा सती

ityevamuktvā sā devī jale saṃnyasya vigraham || manaḥ prāṇāṃśca śrīkṛṣṇe tasthau sthāṇusamā satī

Having spoken thus, that goddess, giving up her body in the water, and (fixing) her mind and life-breaths on Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the virtuous one stood like a post.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.111

विपत्तौ यः पठेद्भक्त्या सद्यः संपत्तिमाप्नुयात् ।। चिरकालगतं द्रव्यं हृतं नष्टं च लभ्यते

vipattau yaḥ paṭhedbhaktyā sadyaḥ saṃpattimāpnuyāt || cirakālagataṃ dravyaṃ hṛtaṃ naṣṭaṃ ca labhyate

Whoever recites (this) with devotion in calamity would at once obtain prosperity; property gone long ago, stolen, or lost is recovered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.112

वस्तुवृद्धिर्भवेत्तस्य प्रसन्नं मानसं परम् ।। चिन्ताग्रस्तः पठेद्भक्त्या परां निर्वृतिमाप्नुयात्

vastuvṛddhirbhavettasya prasannaṃ mānasaṃ param || cintāgrastaḥ paṭhedbhaktyā parāṃ nirvṛtimāpnuyāt

There will be increase of his goods, and his mind (will be) supremely serene; one seized by anxiety, if he recites with devotion, would attain the highest peace.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.113

पतिभेदे पुत्रभेदे मित्रभेदे च संकटे ।। मासं भक्त्या यदि पठेत्सद्यः संदर्शनं लभेत्

patibhede putrabhede mitrabhede ca saṃkaṭe || māsaṃ bhaktyā yadi paṭhetsadyaḥ saṃdarśanaṃ labhet

In separation from a husband, from a son, or from a friend, and in danger, if one recites with devotion for a month, one would at once obtain (their) sight again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.114

भक्त्या कुमारी स्तोत्रं च शृणुयाद्वत्सरं यदि ।। श्रीकृष्णसदृशं कान्तं गुणवन्तं लभेद्ध्रुवम्

bhaktyā kumārī stotraṃ ca śṛṇuyādvatsaraṃ yadi || śrīkṛṣṇasadṛśaṃ kāntaṃ guṇavantaṃ labheddhruvam

If a maiden should hear this hymn with devotion for a year, she will surely obtain a virtuous husband like Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.115

जलस्था राधिका ध्यात्वा श्रीकृष्णचरणाम्बुजम् ।। स्तुत्वैवं चक्षुरुन्मील्य दृष्ट्वा कृष्णमयं जगत्

jalasthā rādhikā dhyātvā śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇāmbujam || stutvaivaṃ cakṣurunmīlya dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇamayaṃ jagat

Rādhikā, standing in the water, having meditated on the lotus feet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and praised (him) thus, opening her eyes, saw the world as filled with Kṛṣṇa,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.116

ददर्श यमुनातीरं वस्त्रद्रव्यमयं मुने ।। दृष्ट्वा तन्द्राऽथवा स्वप्नमिति मेने च राधिका

dadarśa yamunātīraṃ vastradravyamayaṃ mune || dṛṣṭvā tandrā'thavā svapnamiti mene ca rādhikā

(and) she saw the bank of the Yamunā full of clothes and goods, O sage; seeing (it), Rādhikā thought it was drowsiness or a dream.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.117

यत्र स्थाने यदाधारे यद्द्रव्यं संस्थितं पुरा ।। वस्त्रैश्च सहितं सर्वं तत्प्रापुर्गोपकन्यकाः

yatra sthāne yadādhāre yaddravyaṃ saṃsthitaṃ purā || vastraiśca sahitaṃ sarvaṃ tatprāpurgopakanyakāḥ

In whatever place, on whatever support, whatever article had been placed before — all that, together with the clothes, the cowherd girls recovered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.118

जलादुत्थाय ताः सर्वा व्रतं कृत्वा मनीषितम् ।। संप्राप्य च वरं देव्यस्ता सर्वाः स्वालयं ययुः

jalādutthāya tāḥ sarvā vrataṃ kṛtvā manīṣitam || saṃprāpya ca varaṃ devyastā sarvāḥ svālayaṃ yayuḥ

All of them, rising from the water, having performed the desired vow and having obtained a boon, those goddesses all went to their own homes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.119

नारद उवाच ।। व्रतस्य किं विधानं च किं नाम किं फलं प्रभो ।। कानि द्रव्याणि देयानि का देया तत्र दक्षिणा

nārada uvāca || vratasya kiṃ vidhānaṃ ca kiṃ nāma kiṃ phalaṃ prabho || kāni dravyāṇi deyāni kā deyā tatra dakṣiṇā

Nārada said: What is the procedure of that vow, what is its name, what its fruit, O lord? What articles are to be given, and what fee is to be given there?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.121

सूत उवाच ।। नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मुनिपुंगवः ।। कथां कथितुमारेभे कवीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः

sūta uvāca || nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya munipuṃgavaḥ || kathāṃ kathitumārebhe kavīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ

Sūta said: Hearing Nārada's words, the bull among sages, the teacher of the teachers of the best of poets, smiled and began to tell the story.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.122

नारायण उवाच ।। सर्वं व्रतविधानं च मत्तो वत्स निशामय ।। ख्यातं गौरीव्रतं नाम मार्गे मासि कृतं स्त्रिया ।।

nārāyaṇa uvāca || sarvaṃ vratavidhānaṃ ca matto vatsa niśāmaya || khyātaṃ gaurīvrataṃ nāma mārge māsi kṛtaṃ striyā ||

Nārāyaṇa said: Hear from me, child, the whole rule of the vow. There is one famed by the name of the Gaurī-vow, performed by a woman in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.123

पुंसां च धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदं कृष्णभक्तिदम्।। देशभेदे प्रसिद्धं च व्रतं पौर्वापरं स्मृतम्

puṃsāṃ ca dharmakāmārthamokṣadaṃ kṛṣṇabhaktidam|| deśabhede prasiddhaṃ ca vrataṃ paurvāparaṃ smṛtam

And for men it gives dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation, and gives devotion to Kṛṣṇa. It is well known in different regions, and the vow is remembered as (being observed) earlier or later (in the month).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.124

कामदं कामुकानां च फलं कान्तनिमित्तकम् ।। उपोष्य पूर्वदिवसे वस्त्रं प्रक्षाल्य संयता

kāmadaṃ kāmukānāṃ ca phalaṃ kāntanimittakam || upoṣya pūrvadivase vastraṃ prakṣālya saṃyatā

It grants desires to the desirous, and its fruit has a husband for its object. Having fasted on the previous day, having washed her garment, being restrained—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.125

प्रातश्च मार्गसंक्रान्त्यां भक्त्या गत्वा सरित्तटम् ।। धृत्वा धौते च स्नात्वा च नानाद्रव्येण कन्यका

prātaśca mārgasaṃkrāntyāṃ bhaktyā gatvā sarittaṭam || dhṛtvā dhaute ca snātvā ca nānādravyeṇa kanyakā

—and in the morning, at the Mārga solstice-transit, having gone with devotion to the river bank, having put on the washed (garments) and bathed, the maiden, with various substances,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.126

देवषट्कं च संपूज्य कृत्वा चावाहनं घटे ।। गणेशं च दिनेशं च वह्निं नारायणं शिवम्

devaṣaṭkaṃ ca saṃpūjya kṛtvā cāvāhanaṃ ghaṭe || gaṇeśaṃ ca dineśaṃ ca vahniṃ nārāyaṇaṃ śivam

having fully worshipped the set of six gods and having performed the invocation into the pot—Gaṇeśa, the sun, fire, Nārāyaṇa, Śiva,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.127

दुर्गां पंचोपचारैश्च संपूज्य व्रतमारभेत् ।। घटाधः पिण्डिकां कृत्वा चतुरस्रां सुविस्तृताम् ।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमैश्च सुसंस्कृताम्

durgāṃ paṃcopacāraiśca saṃpūjya vratamārabhet || ghaṭādhaḥ piṇḍikāṃ kṛtvā caturasrāṃ suvistṛtām || candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumaiśca susaṃskṛtām

and Durgā—with the five offerings, and having worshipped (them), she should begin the vow. Below the pot she should make a platform, four-cornered and very broad, well prepared with sandal, aloewood, musk and saffron;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.128

निर्माय बालुकानां च दुर्गां दशभुजां पराम् ।। धृत्वा कपाले सिन्दूरं तदधश्चन्दनेन्दुकम्

nirmāya bālukānāṃ ca durgāṃ daśabhujāṃ parām || dhṛtvā kapāle sindūraṃ tadadhaścandanendukam

and having fashioned out of sand the supreme Durgā with ten arms, having placed vermilion on the forehead and below that a sandal-paste crescent,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.129

तां ध्यात्वाऽऽवाहयेद्देवीं ततो भूत्वा पुटाञ्जलिः ।। इमं मन्त्रं पठित्वाऽऽदौ ततः पूजां समारभेत्

tāṃ dhyātvā''vāhayeddevīṃ tato bhūtvā puṭāñjaliḥ || imaṃ mantraṃ paṭhitvā''dau tataḥ pūjāṃ samārabhet

having meditated on her, she should invoke the goddess; then, becoming (one) with hollowed hands joined, having first recited this mantra, she should thereupon begin the worship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.131

इमं मन्त्रं पठित्वा तु ध्यायेद्देवीं जगत्प्रसूम् ।। ध्यानं तत्सामवेदोक्तं निगूढं सर्वकामदम्

imaṃ mantraṃ paṭhitvā tu dhyāyeddevīṃ jagatprasūm || dhyānaṃ tatsāmavedoktaṃ nigūḍhaṃ sarvakāmadam

But having recited this mantra, she should meditate on the goddess, the mother of the world. That meditation is declared in the Sāma Veda, secret, granting all desires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.132

शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि मुनीन्द्राणां च दुर्लभम् ।। ध्यायन्त्यनेन सिद्धाश्च दुर्गां दुर्गतिनाशिनीम्

śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi munīndrāṇāṃ ca durlabham || dhyāyantyanena siddhāśca durgāṃ durgatināśinīm

Listen, Nārada, I shall tell (it), hard to obtain even for the chief of sages. By this the perfected ones meditate on Durgā, destroyer of misfortune:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.133

शिवां शिवप्रियां शैवां शिववक्षःस्थलस्थिताम् ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां सुप्रतिष्ठां सुलोचनाम्

śivāṃ śivapriyāṃ śaivāṃ śivavakṣaḥsthalasthitām || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ supratiṣṭhāṃ sulocanām

(as) Śivā, dear to Śiva, belonging to Śiva, resting on Śiva's breast, her face bright with a slight smile, well established, fair-eyed,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.135

नवयौवनसंपन्नां रत्नाभरणभूषिताम् ।। रत्नकङ्कणकेयूररत्ननूपुरभूषिताम्।ा१३४।। रत्नकुण्डलयुग्मेन गण्डस्थलविराजिताम्।। मालती माल्यसंसक्तकबरभ्रमरान्विताम्

navayauvanasaṃpannāṃ ratnābharaṇabhūṣitām || ratnakaṅkaṇakeyūraratnanūpurabhūṣitām|ā134|| ratnakuṇḍalayugmena gaṇḍasthalavirājitām|| mālatī mālyasaṃsaktakabarabhramarānvitām

endowed with fresh youth, adorned with jewel ornaments, adorned with jewelled bangles, armlets and jewelled anklets, [134] her cheeks made radiant by a pair of jewelled earrings, with bees clinging to the braid bound with a garland of jasmine,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.136

सिन्दूरतिलकं चारुकस्तूरीबिन्दुना सह ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकां रत्नकिरीटां सुमनोहराम् ।।

sindūratilakaṃ cārukastūrībindunā saha || vahniśuddhāṃśukāṃ ratnakirīṭāṃ sumanoharām ||

(bearing) a vermilion mark together with a lovely dot of musk, clad in fire-purified cloth, with a jewelled diadem, most captivating,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.137

मणीन्द्रसारसंसक्तरत्नमालासमुज्ज्वलाम् ।। पारिजातप्रसूनानां मालाजालानुलम्बिताम्

maṇīndrasārasaṃsaktaratnamālāsamujjvalām || pārijātaprasūnānāṃ mālājālānulambitām

blazing with a jewel-necklace strung on a thread of the best of gems, hung about with a network of garlands of pārijāta blossoms,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.138

सुपीनकठिनश्रोणीं बिभ्रतीं च स्तनानताम् ।। नवयौवनभारौघादीषन्नम्रां मनोहराम्

supīnakaṭhinaśroṇīṃ bibhratīṃ ca stanānatām || navayauvanabhāraughādīṣannamrāṃ manoharām

having very full firm hips and bearing (a form) bent by her breasts, slightly bowed by the mass and weight of fresh youth, captivating,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.139

ब्रह्मादिभिः स्तूयमानां सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभाम् ।। पक्वबिम्बाधरोष्ठीं च चारुचम्पकसन्निभाम्

brahmādibhiḥ stūyamānāṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabhām || pakvabimbādharoṣṭhīṃ ca cārucampakasannibhām

praised by Brahmā and the others, with radiance equal to ten million suns, her lower lip like a ripe bimba fruit, resembling a lovely campaka flower.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.141

ध्यात्वैवं मस्तके पुष्पं विन्यस्य च व्रती मुदा ।। पुष्पं गृहीत्वा भक्त्या च पुनर्ध्यात्वा च पूजयेत्

dhyātvaivaṃ mastake puṣpaṃ vinyasya ca vratī mudā || puṣpaṃ gṛhītvā bhaktyā ca punardhyātvā ca pūjayet

Having thus meditated, the observer of the vow should joyfully set a flower on (her) head; and taking a flower with devotion and meditating again, she should worship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.142

दत्त्वा षोडशोपचारान्प्रहृष्टं तत्र नित्यशः ।। पूर्वोक्तेनैव मन्त्रेण मुदा भक्त्या व्रते व्रती

dattvā ṣoḍaśopacārānprahṛṣṭaṃ tatra nityaśaḥ || pūrvoktenaiva mantreṇa mudā bhaktyā vrate vratī

Having given the sixteen services there, gladly, every day, with the very mantra stated before, with joy and devotion, the votary in the vow—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.143

पूर्वोक्तेनैव स्तोत्रेण स्तुत्वा च प्रणमेत्तदा ।। कृत्वा प्रणामं भक्त्या च संयतः शृणुयात्कथाम्

pūrvoktenaiva stotreṇa stutvā ca praṇamettadā || kṛtvā praṇāmaṃ bhaktyā ca saṃyataḥ śṛṇuyātkathām

having praised (her) with the very hymn stated before, should then bow down; and having made obeisance with devotion, restrained, she should listen to the story.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.144

नारद उवाच ।। व्रतं व्रतविधानं च फलं च स्तोत्रमद्भुतम् ।। अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि गौरीव्रतकथां शुभाम्

nārada uvāca || vrataṃ vratavidhānaṃ ca phalaṃ ca stotramadbhutam || adhunā śrotumicchāmi gaurīvratakathāṃ śubhām

Nārada said: The vow, the rule of the vow, the fruit, and the wonderful hymn (I have heard); now I wish to hear the auspicious story of the Gaurī-vow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.145

व्रतं केन कृतं पूर्वं भूमौ केन प्रकाशितम् ।। एतत्सर्वं सुविस्तार्य वद संदेहभञ्जन ।।

vrataṃ kena kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ bhūmau kena prakāśitam || etatsarvaṃ suvistārya vada saṃdehabhañjana ||

"By whom was this vow first performed, and by whom was it made known on earth? Tell all this at full length, O breaker of doubts."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.146

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। कुशध्वजस्य हि सुता नाम्ना वेदवती सती ।। तया कृतं व्रतमिदं महातीर्थे च पुष्करे

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || kuśadhvajasya hi sutā nāmnā vedavatī satī || tayā kṛtaṃ vratamidaṃ mahātīrthe ca puṣkare

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Kuśadhvaja indeed had a daughter, Vedavatī by name, a chaste woman; by her this vow was performed at the great holy place Puṣkara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.147

योगिनीलक्षसंयुक्ता सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभा

yoginīlakṣasaṃyuktā sūryakoṭisamaprabhā

(Then Pārvatī appeared,) accompanied by a hundred thousand yoginīs, with a radiance equal to ten million suns,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.148

शातकुम्भविनिर्माणरथस्था परमेश्वरी ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्या तामुवाच सुसंयुताम्

śātakumbhavinirmāṇarathasthā parameśvarī || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyā tāmuvāca susaṃyutām

the supreme Goddess, seated on a chariot fashioned of gold, her face bright with a slight smile; she spoke to her, who was well composed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.149

पार्वत्युवाच ।। हे वेदवति भद्रं ते वरं वृणु यथेप्सितम् ।। तव व्रतेन तुष्टाऽहं तुभ्यं दास्यामि वाञ्छितम्

pārvatyuvāca || he vedavati bhadraṃ te varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam || tava vratena tuṣṭā'haṃ tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi vāñchitam

Pārvatī said: O Vedavatī, blessings on you; choose a boon as you wish. I am pleased with your vow; I shall give you what you desire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.151

वेदवत्युवाच ।। देवि नारायणं कान्तं मह्यं देहि मनीषितम् ।। वरेऽन्यस्मिन्स्पृहा नास्ति दृढां भक्तिं च तत्पदे

vedavatyuvāca || devi nārāyaṇaṃ kāntaṃ mahyaṃ dehi manīṣitam || vare'nyasminspṛhā nāsti dṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ ca tatpade

Vedavatī said: O Goddess, give me Nārāyaṇa as husband, whom I long for; I have no wish for any other boon — and (give me) firm devotion at his feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.152

श्रुत्वा वेदवतीवाक्यं प्रहस्य जगदम्बिका ।। अवरुह्य रथात्तूर्णं तामुवाच हरिप्रियाम्

śrutvā vedavatīvākyaṃ prahasya jagadambikā || avaruhya rathāttūrṇaṃ tāmuvāca haripriyām

Hearing Vedavatī's words, the Mother of the world laughed aloud, and quickly descending from the chariot she said to her, the beloved of Hari:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.153

पार्वत्युवाच ।। ज्ञातं सर्वं जगन्मातस्त्वं च लक्ष्मीः स्वयं सती ।। भारतं पादरजसा पूतं कर्तुं समागता ।। त्वत्पादरजसा साध्वि सद्यः पूता वसुंधरा

pārvatyuvāca || jñātaṃ sarvaṃ jaganmātastvaṃ ca lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ satī || bhārataṃ pādarajasā pūtaṃ kartuṃ samāgatā || tvatpādarajasā sādhvi sadyaḥ pūtā vasuṃdharā

Pārvatī said: All is known (to me), O Mother of the world: you yourself are Lakṣmī, the chaste one, come to make Bhārata pure with the dust of your feet. By the dust of your feet, O virtuous woman, the earth has at once been purified,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.154

निखिलानि च तीर्थानि पूतानि परमेश्वरी ।। व्रतं ते लोकशिक्षार्थं तपश्चर तपस्विनि

nikhilāni ca tīrthāni pūtāni parameśvarī || vrataṃ te lokaśikṣārthaṃ tapaścara tapasvini

and all the holy places have been purified, O supreme Goddess. Your vow is for the instruction of the world; practise austerity, O ascetic woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.155

नारायणस्य कान्ता त्वं प्रिया जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। भारावतरणे विष्णुर्वसुधामागमिष्यति

nārāyaṇasya kāntā tvaṃ priyā janmani janmani || bhārāvataraṇe viṣṇurvasudhāmāgamiṣyati

You are the wife of Nārāyaṇa, his beloved birth after birth. To remove the burden (of the earth) Viṣṇu will come to the earth,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.156

रामो दाशरथिः पूर्णः कर्तुं दस्युविनिग्रहम् ।। ब्रह्मशापाच्च च्युतयोर्मोक्षणाय च भक्तयोः

rāmo dāśarathiḥ pūrṇaḥ kartuṃ dasyuvinigraham || brahmaśāpācca cyutayormokṣaṇāya ca bhaktayoḥ

(as) Rāma the son of Daśaratha, the complete (Lord), to accomplish the suppression of the robbers, and for the release of the two devotees fallen through Brahmā's curse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.157

अयोध्यायां च त्रेतायामाविर्भावो हरेरपि ।। त्वमेव मिथिलां गच्छ विधाय शिशुविग्रहम्

ayodhyāyāṃ ca tretāyāmāvirbhāvo harerapi || tvameva mithilāṃ gaccha vidhāya śiśuvigraham

And in the Tretā age the manifestation of Hari will be in Ayodhyā; you yourself, assuming the form of an infant, go to Mithilā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.158

त्वामिमां प्राप्य जनकोऽप्ययोनिसंभवां सुताम् ।। पालयिष्यति यत्नेन सीता त्वं च भविष्यसि

tvāmimāṃ prāpya janako'pyayonisaṃbhavāṃ sutām || pālayiṣyati yatnena sītā tvaṃ ca bhaviṣyasi

Janaka too, getting you, this daughter born from no womb, will rear (you) with care, and you will be Sītā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.159

गत्वा रामोऽपि मिथिलां त्वद्विवाहं करिष्यति ।। नारायणस्य कान्ता त्वं कल्पे कल्पे भविष्यसि

gatvā rāmo'pi mithilāṃ tvadvivāhaṃ kariṣyati || nārāyaṇasya kāntā tvaṃ kalpe kalpe bhaviṣyasi

And Rāma too, going to Mithilā, will make his marriage with you; you will be the wife of Nārāyaṇa in every kalpa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.161

लाङ्गलस्य च रेखायां सुखात्तस्थौ च मायया ।। विलोक्य जनकस्तां च नग्नां मुद्रितलोचनाम्

lāṅgalasya ca rekhāyāṃ sukhāttasthau ca māyayā || vilokya janakastāṃ ca nagnāṃ mudritalocanām

And by her magic power she lay comfortably in the furrow of the plough; and Janaka, seeing her naked, with eyes closed,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.162

तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णां च रुदन्तीं तेजसाऽन्विताम् ।। दृष्ट्वा तां च गृहीत्वा च कृत्वा वक्षसि नारद

taptakāñcanavarṇāṃ ca rudantīṃ tejasā'nvitām || dṛṣṭvā tāṃ ca gṛhītvā ca kṛtvā vakṣasi nārada

of the colour of molten gold, crying, endowed with splendour — having seen her and taken her up and placed her on his breast, O Nārada,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.163

गच्छन्तं प्रति तत्रैव वाग्बभूवाशरीरिणी ।। अयोनिसंभवां कन्यां कमलां ग्रहणं कुरु

gacchantaṃ prati tatraiva vāgbabhūvāśarīriṇī || ayonisaṃbhavāṃ kanyāṃ kamalāṃ grahaṇaṃ kuru

as he was going, there and then a bodiless voice arose: "Take this maiden born from no womb, (who is) Kamalā (Lakṣmī);

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.164

नारायणस्ते जामाता भवितेत्येव मे वचः ।। श्रुत्वा तदा देववाणीं गृहीत्वा कन्यकामृषिः

nārāyaṇaste jāmātā bhavitetyeva me vacaḥ || śrutvā tadā devavāṇīṃ gṛhītvā kanyakāmṛṣiḥ

Nārāyaṇa will be your son-in-law — such is my word." Then, hearing that divine speech, the sage took the girl,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.165

गत्वा ददौ स्वकान्तायै पालनाय मुदाऽन्वितः ।। सा लब्धयौवना प्राप रामं दाशरथिं सती

gatvā dadau svakāntāyai pālanāya mudā'nvitaḥ || sā labdhayauvanā prāpa rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ satī

and going (home) gave her, filled with joy, to his own wife to be reared. Having attained youth, that chaste woman won Rāma the son of Daśaratha,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.166

व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावेण कान्तं त्रिजगतां पतिम् ।। प्रकाशितं वशिष्ठेन पृथिव्यां भक्तिभावतः

vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa kāntaṃ trijagatāṃ patim || prakāśitaṃ vaśiṣṭhena pṛthivyāṃ bhaktibhāvataḥ

by the power of this vow, as her husband, the lord of the three worlds. It was made known on earth by Vasiṣṭha out of devotion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.167

राधा कृत्वा व्रतमिदं श्रीकृष्णं प्राणवल्लभम् ।। गोपाङ्गनाश्च तं प्रापुर्व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावतः

rādhā kṛtvā vratamidaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ prāṇavallabham || gopāṅganāśca taṃ prāpurvratasyāsya prabhāvataḥ

Rādhā, having performed this vow, (obtained) Śrī Kṛṣṇa, dearer than life; and the gopī women too obtained him, by the power of this vow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.168

इत्येवं कथिता विप्र कथा गौरीव्रतस्य च ।। भारते च व्रतमिदं या करोति कुमारिका ।। स्वामिनं कृष्णतुल्यं च सा प्राप्नोति न संशयः

ityevaṃ kathitā vipra kathā gaurīvratasya ca || bhārate ca vratamidaṃ yā karoti kumārikā || svāminaṃ kṛṣṇatulyaṃ ca sā prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ

Thus, O brahmin, the story of Gaurī's vow has been told. And whatever maiden performs this vow in Bhārata, she obtains a husband equal to Kṛṣṇa — there is no doubt of it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.169

श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। एवं व्रतं च चक्रुस्ता यावन्मासं च गोपिकाः ।। पूर्वस्तोत्रेण तां देवीं तुष्टुवुश्च दिनेदिने

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || evaṃ vrataṃ ca cakrustā yāvanmāsaṃ ca gopikāḥ || pūrvastotreṇa tāṃ devīṃ tuṣṭuvuśca dinedine

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Thus those gopīs performed the vow for a full month, and day after day they praised that goddess with the hymn (given) before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.171

येन स्तोत्रेण तां स्तुत्वा सीता सत्यपरायणा ।। सद्यः संप्राप कान्तं च रामं राजीवलोचनम्

yena stotreṇa tāṃ stutvā sītā satyaparāyaṇā || sadyaḥ saṃprāpa kāntaṃ ca rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam

(That is) the hymn by which Sītā, devoted to truth, having praised her, at once obtained as her husband Rāma of the lotus eyes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.172

जानक्युवाच ।। शक्तिस्वरूपे सर्वेषां सर्वाधारे गुणाश्रये ।। सदा शंकरयुक्ते च पतिं देहि नमोऽस्तु ते

jānakyuvāca || śaktisvarūpe sarveṣāṃ sarvādhāre guṇāśraye || sadā śaṃkarayukte ca patiṃ dehi namo'stu te

Jānakī said: O you whose nature is Power, support of all, refuge of the qualities, ever joined with Śaṅkara — grant (me) a husband; homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.173

सृष्टिस्थित्यंतरूपेण सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तरूपिणी ।। सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तबीजानां बीजरूपे नमोऽस्तु ते

sṛṣṭisthityaṃtarūpeṇa sṛṣṭisthityantarūpiṇī || sṛṣṭisthityantabījānāṃ bījarūpe namo'stu te

You who take the form of creation, preservation and dissolution — by (your) form as creation, preservation and dissolution — you who are the seed-form of the seeds of creation, preservation and dissolution: homage be to you.

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

BvP 4 27.174

हे गौरि पतिमर्मज्ञे पतिव्रतपरायणे ।। पतिव्रते पतिरते पतिं देहि नमोस्तु ते

he gauri patimarmajñe pativrataparāyaṇe || pativrate patirate patiṃ dehi namostu te

O Gaurī, knower of a husband's inmost heart, devoted to the vow of fidelity to a husband, faithful wife, delighting in your husband — grant (me) a husband; homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.175

सर्वमंगलमाङ्गल्ये सर्वमंगलसंयुते ।। सर्वमंगलबीजे च नमस्ते सर्वमंगले

sarvamaṃgalamāṅgalye sarvamaṃgalasaṃyute || sarvamaṃgalabīje ca namaste sarvamaṃgale

O auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, endowed with all auspiciousness, seed of all auspiciousness — homage to you, O all-auspicious one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.176

सर्वप्रिये सर्वबीजे सर्वाशुभविनाशिनि ।। सर्वेशे सर्वजनके नमस्ते शंकरप्रिये

sarvapriye sarvabīje sarvāśubhavināśini || sarveśe sarvajanake namaste śaṃkarapriye

O you dear to all, seed of all, destroyer of all that is inauspicious, mistress of all, mother of all — homage to you, beloved of Śaṅkara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.177

परमात्मस्वरूपे च नित्यरूपे सनातनि ।। साकारे च निराकारे सर्वरूपे नमोऽस्तु ते

paramātmasvarūpe ca nityarūpe sanātani || sākāre ca nirākāre sarvarūpe namo'stu te

O you whose nature is the supreme Self, whose form is eternal, everlasting one, with form and without form, you whose form is all — homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.178

क्षुत्तृष्णेच्छा दया श्रद्धा निद्रा तन्द्रा स्मृतिः क्षमा ।। एतास्तव कलाः सर्वा नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते

kṣuttṛṣṇecchā dayā śraddhā nidrā tandrā smṛtiḥ kṣamā || etāstava kalāḥ sarvā nārāyaṇi namo'stu te

Hunger, thirst, desire, compassion, faith, sleep, drowsiness, memory, patience — all these are your portions; O Nārāyaṇī, homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.179

लज्जा मेधा तुष्टिपुष्टी शान्तिसंपत्तिवृद्धयः ।। एतास्तव कलाः सर्वाः सर्वरूपे नमोऽस्तु ते

lajjā medhā tuṣṭipuṣṭī śāntisaṃpattivṛddhayaḥ || etāstava kalāḥ sarvāḥ sarvarūpe namo'stu te

Modesty, intelligence, contentment and nourishment, peace, prosperity and increase — all these are your portions; O you whose form is all, homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.181

शिवे शंकरसौभाग्ययुक्ते सौभाग्यदायिनि ।। हरिं कान्तं च सौभाग्यं देहि देवि नमोऽस्तु ते

śive śaṃkarasaubhāgyayukte saubhāgyadāyini || hariṃ kāntaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ dehi devi namo'stu te

O Śivā, joined with the marital good fortune of Śaṅkara, giver of marital good fortune — grant (me) Hari as husband, and that good fortune; O goddess, homage be to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.182

नमन्ति परया भक्त्या ता लभन्ते हरिं पतिम्

namanti parayā bhaktyā tā labhante hariṃ patim

Those (women) who bow (to her) with supreme devotion obtain Hari as husband.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.183

इह कान्तसुखं भुक्त्वा पतिं प्राप्य परात्परम्।। दिव्यं स्यन्दनमारुह्य यात्यन्ते कृष्णसन्निधिम्

iha kāntasukhaṃ bhuktvā patiṃ prāpya parātparam|| divyaṃ syandanamāruhya yātyante kṛṣṇasannidhim

Having enjoyed here the pleasure of a husband, and having obtained a husband higher than the highest, at the end she mounts a divine chariot and goes to the presence of Kṛṣṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.184

इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते सीताकृतं पार्वतीस्तोत्रम् ।। देवीं प्रणम्य स्तुत्वा च व्रतं पूर्णं चकार ह

iti śrībrahmavaivarte sītākṛtaṃ pārvatīstotram || devīṃ praṇamya stutvā ca vrataṃ pūrṇaṃ cakāra ha

Such is, in the Śrī Brahmavaivarta, the hymn to Pārvatī made by Sītā. Having bowed to the goddess and praised her, she indeed completed the vow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.186

ब्राह्मणानां सहस्रं च भोजयामास सादरम् ।। वाद्यानि वादयामास भिक्षुकाय धनं ददौ

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasraṃ ca bhojayāmāsa sādaram || vādyāni vādayāmāsa bhikṣukāya dhanaṃ dadau

And she respectfully fed a thousand brahmins, had musical instruments played, and gave wealth to a beggar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.187

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र दुर्गा दुर्गार्तिनाशिनी ।। आविर्बभूव गगनाज्ज्वलन्ती ब्रह्मतेजसा

etasminnantare tatra durgā durgārtināśinī || āvirbabhūva gaganājjvalantī brahmatejasā

In the meantime, there Durgā, destroyer of grievous affliction, appeared out of the sky, blazing with brahminical splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.188

ईषद्धास्यप्रसनास्या योगिनीशतसंयुता ।। सिंहस्था च दशभुजा रत्नालंकारभूषिता

īṣaddhāsyaprasanāsyā yoginīśatasaṃyutā || siṃhasthā ca daśabhujā ratnālaṃkārabhūṣitā

Her face bright with a slight smile, attended by a hundred yoginīs, seated on a lion, ten-armed, adorned with jewel ornaments.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.189

गोसहस्रं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुवर्णशतकं मुदा ।। विप्राय दक्षिणां दत्त्वा स्वगृहं गन्तुमुद्यता शातकुम्भमयाद्दिव्याद्रत्नसारपरिच्छदात् ।। अवरुह्य रथात्तूर्णमालिङ्ग्योरसि राधिकाम्

gosahasraṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ suvarṇaśatakaṃ mudā || viprāya dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā svagṛhaṃ gantumudyatā śātakumbhamayāddivyādratnasāraparicchadāt || avaruhya rathāttūrṇamāliṅgyorasi rādhikām

Having gladly given a thousand cows to the brahmins and a hundred (pieces of) gold, and having given the sacrificial fee to the brahmin, she was about to go to her own house; (then Durgā), swiftly descending from her divine chariot made of gold and covered with the finest jewels, embraced Rādhikā to her breast.

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

BvP 4 27.191

गोपिकाभ्यो वरं दत्त्वा ताः संभाष्य च सादरम् ।। उवाच राधिकां दुर्गा स्मेराननसरोरुहा

gopikābhyo varaṃ dattvā tāḥ saṃbhāṣya ca sādaram || uvāca rādhikāṃ durgā smerānanasaroruhā

Having granted a boon to the cowherd women, and having spoken with them respectfully, Durgā, her lotus face smiling, said to Rādhikā:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.192

पार्वत्युवाच ।। राधे सर्वेश्वरप्राणादधिके जगदम्बिके ।। व्रतं ते लोकशिक्षार्थं मायामानुषरूपिणि

pārvatyuvāca || rādhe sarveśvaraprāṇādadhike jagadambike || vrataṃ te lokaśikṣārthaṃ māyāmānuṣarūpiṇi

Pārvatī said: O Rādhā, dearer than the life of the Lord of all, O mother of the world, your vow is for the instruction of the world, O you who take a human form by māyā—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.193

गोलोकनाथं गोलोकं श्रीशैलं गिरिजातटम् ।। श्रीरासमण्डलं दिव्यं वृन्दावनमनोहरम्

golokanāthaṃ golokaṃ śrīśailaṃ girijātaṭam || śrīrāsamaṇḍalaṃ divyaṃ vṛndāvanamanoharam

Goloka and Goloka's lord, the holy mountain, the slope of the mountain-born (goddess), the divine circle of the rāsa dance, the enchanting Vṛndāvana—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.194

चरितं रतिचोरस्य स्त्रीणां मानसहारकम् ।। विदुषः कामशास्त्राणां किंस्वित्स्मरसि सुन्दरि

caritaṃ raticorasya strīṇāṃ mānasahārakam || viduṣaḥ kāmaśāstrāṇāṃ kiṃsvitsmarasi sundari

the deeds of that thief of love-play, who steals the hearts of women, who knows the treatises on desire—do you remember (any of it), O beautiful one?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.195

श्रीकृष्णार्धाङ्गसंभूता कृष्णतुल्या च तेजसा ।। तवांशकलया देव्यः कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

śrīkṛṣṇārdhāṅgasaṃbhūtā kṛṣṇatulyā ca tejasā || tavāṃśakalayā devyaḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

You who arose from half of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's body, equal to Kṛṣṇa in splendour—the goddesses are (but) portions of a portion of you: how can you be a mortal woman?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.196

भवती च हरेः प्राणा भवत्याश्च हरिः स्वयम् ।। वेदे नास्ति द्वयोर्भेदः कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

bhavatī ca hareḥ prāṇā bhavatyāśca hariḥ svayam || vede nāsti dvayorbhedaḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

You are Hari's very life, and Hari himself is yours; in the Veda there is no difference between the two: how can you be a mortal woman?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.197

षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि ब्रह्मा तप्त्वा तपः पुरा ।। न ते ददर्श पादाब्जं कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi brahmā taptvā tapaḥ purā || na te dadarśa pādābjaṃ kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

Long ago Brahmā performed austerity for sixty thousand years and did not see your lotus feet: how can you be a mortal woman?

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BvP 4 27.198

कृष्णाज्ञया च त्वं देवि गोपीरूपं विधाय च ।। आगताऽसि महीं शान्ते कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

kṛṣṇājñayā ca tvaṃ devi gopīrūpaṃ vidhāya ca || āgatā'si mahīṃ śānte kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

By Kṛṣṇa's command, O goddess, you assumed the form of a cowherd woman and have come to the earth, O peaceful one: how can you be a mortal woman?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.199

सुयज्ञो हि नृपश्रेष्ठो मनुवंशसमुद्भवः ।। त्वत्तो जगाम गोलोकं कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

suyajño hi nṛpaśreṣṭho manuvaṃśasamudbhavaḥ || tvatto jagāma golokaṃ kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

Suyajña, best of kings, born in Manu's line, went to Goloka through you: how can you be a mortal woman?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.201

शंकरात्प्राप्य त्वन्मन्त्रं सिद्धं कृत्वा च पुष्करे ।। जघान कार्तवीर्यं च कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

śaṃkarātprāpya tvanmantraṃ siddhaṃ kṛtvā ca puṣkare || jaghāna kārtavīryaṃ ca kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

Having received your mantra from Śaṃkara and made it effective at Puṣkara, he slew Kārtavīrya: how can you be a mortal woman?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.202

बभञ्ज दर्पाद्दन्तं च गणेशस्य महात्मनः ।। त्वत्तो नाम भयं चक्रे कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

babhañja darpāddantaṃ ca gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ || tvatto nāma bhayaṃ cakre kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

Out of pride he broke the tusk of the great-souled Gaṇeśa; yet he feared you: how can you be a mortal woman?

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

BvP 4 27.203

मय्युद्धतायां कोपेन भस्मसात्कर्तुमीश्वरः ।। ररक्षागत्य मत्प्रीत्या कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

mayyuddhatāyāṃ kopena bhasmasātkartumīśvaraḥ || rarakṣāgatya matprītyā kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

When I rose up in anger and the Lord (was about) to reduce (me?) to ashes, you came and protected (me) out of affection for me: how can you be a mortal woman?

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

BvP 4 27.204

कल्पे कल्पे तव पतिः कृष्णो जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। व्रतं लोकहितार्थाय जगन्मातस्त्वया कृतम्

kalpe kalpe tava patiḥ kṛṣṇo janmani janmani || vrataṃ lokahitārthāya jaganmātastvayā kṛtam

In every kalpa, in birth after birth, Kṛṣṇa is your husband; the vow has been performed by you, O mother of the world, for the good of the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.205

अहो श्रीदामशापेन भारावतरणेन च ।। भूमौ तवाधिष्ठानं च कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

aho śrīdāmaśāpena bhārāvataraṇena ca || bhūmau tavādhiṣṭhānaṃ ca kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

Ah, by Śrīdāma's curse and for the removal of (the earth's) burden, you have taken your station on the earth: how can you be a mortal woman?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.206

अयोनिसंभवा त्वं च जन्ममृत्युजरापहा ।। कलावतीसुता पुण्या कथं त्वं मानुषी सती

ayonisaṃbhavā tvaṃ ca janmamṛtyujarāpahā || kalāvatīsutā puṇyā kathaṃ tvaṃ mānuṣī satī

You are born from no womb, remover of birth, death, and old age, the holy daughter of Kalāvatī: how can you be a mortal woman?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.207

त्रिषु मासेष्वतीतेषु मधुमासे मनोहरे ।। निर्जने निर्मले रात्रौ सुयोग्ये रासमण्डले

triṣu māseṣvatīteṣu madhumāse manohare || nirjane nirmale rātrau suyogye rāsamaṇḍale

When three months have passed, in the delightful month of Madhu, in a solitary spot, on a cloudless night, in the well-suited rāsa circle,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.208

सर्वाभिर्गोपिकाभिश्च सार्धं वृन्दावने वने ।। हर्षेण हरिणा सार्धं क्रीडा ते भविता सति

sarvābhirgopikābhiśca sārdhaṃ vṛndāvane vane || harṣeṇa hariṇā sārdhaṃ krīḍā te bhavitā sati

together with all the cowherd women, in the Vṛndāvana forest, your play with Hari will take place in joy, O virtuous one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.209

विधात्रा लिखिता क्रीडा कल्पे कल्पे महीतले ।। तव श्रीहरिणा सार्धं केन राधे निवार्यते

vidhātrā likhitā krīḍā kalpe kalpe mahītale || tava śrīhariṇā sārdhaṃ kena rādhe nivāryate

The play written by the Creator, kalpa after kalpa on the surface of the earth—your play with Śrī Hari—by whom, Rādhā, can it be prevented?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.211

यथा क्षीरेषु धावल्यं यथा वह्नौ च दाहिका ।। भुवि गन्धो जले शैत्यं तथा कृष्णे स्थितिस्तव

yathā kṣīreṣu dhāvalyaṃ yathā vahnau ca dāhikā || bhuvi gandho jale śaityaṃ tathā kṛṣṇe sthitistava

As whiteness is in milk, as the burning power is in fire, as scent is in earth and coolness in water, so is your abiding in Kṛṣṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.212

देवी वा मानुषी वाऽपि गान्धर्वी राक्षसी तथा ।। त्वत्तः परा च सौभाग्या न भूता न भविष्यति

devī vā mānuṣī vā'pi gāndharvī rākṣasī tathā || tvattaḥ parā ca saubhāgyā na bhūtā na bhaviṣyati

Whether goddess or human woman, gandharva woman or demoness—none more fortunate than you has been or will be.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.213

परात्परो गुणातीतो ब्रह्मादीनां च वन्दितः ।। स्वयं कृष्णस्तवाधीनो मद्वरेण भविष्यति

parātparo guṇātīto brahmādīnāṃ ca vanditaḥ || svayaṃ kṛṣṇastavādhīno madvareṇa bhaviṣyati

(He who is) higher than the highest, beyond the qualities, praised by Brahmā and the rest — Kṛṣṇa himself will, by my boon, become subject to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.214

ब्रह्मानन्तशिवाराध्यो भविता त्वद्वशः सति ।। ध्यानासाध्यो दुराराध्यः सर्वेषामपि योगिनाम्

brahmānantaśivārādhyo bhavitā tvadvaśaḥ sati || dhyānāsādhyo durārādhyaḥ sarveṣāmapi yoginām

He who is worshipped by Brahmā, Ananta and Śiva will come under your control, O virtuous one — he who is unattainable by meditation and hard for even all the yogins to propitiate.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.215

त्वं च भाग्यवती राधे स्त्रीजातिषु न ते परा ।। कृष्णेन सार्धं पश्चात्त्वं गोलोकं च गमिष्यसि

tvaṃ ca bhāgyavatī rādhe strījātiṣu na te parā || kṛṣṇena sārdhaṃ paścāttvaṃ golokaṃ ca gamiṣyasi

And you are fortunate, Rādhā; among the classes of women there is none superior to you. Afterwards you will go together with Kṛṣṇa to Goloka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.216

इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती सद्यस्तत्रैवान्तर्दधे मुने ।। सार्धं गोपालिकाभिश्च राधिका गन्तुमुद्यता

ityuktvā pārvatī sadyastatraivāntardadhe mune || sārdhaṃ gopālikābhiśca rādhikā gantumudyatā

Having said this, Pārvatī at once vanished right there, O sage; and Rādhikā, together with the cowherd women, made ready to go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.217

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे कृष्णो जगाम राधिकापुरः।। राधा ददर्श श्रीकृष्णं किशोरं श्यामसुन्दरम्

etasminnantare kṛṣṇo jagāma rādhikāpuraḥ|| rādhā dadarśa śrīkṛṣṇaṃ kiśoraṃ śyāmasundaram

In this interval Kṛṣṇa went before Rādhikā; Rādhā beheld Śrī Kṛṣṇa, a youth, dark and beautiful,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.218

पीतवस्त्रपरीधानं नानालंकारभूषितम् ।। आजानुमालतीमालावनमालाविभूषितम्

pītavastraparīdhānaṃ nānālaṃkārabhūṣitam || ājānumālatīmālāvanamālāvibhūṣitam

clad in a yellow garment, adorned with various ornaments, decorated with a jasmine garland and a forest-garland (reaching) down to his knees,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.219

ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम्।। चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं शरत्पङ्कजलोचनम्

īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram|| candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ śaratpaṅkajalocanam

his face bright with a slight smile, eager to show favour to his devotees, all his limbs sprinkled with sandal paste, his eyes (like) autumn lotuses,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.221

विनोदमुरलीहस्तन्यस्तलीलासरोरुहम् ।। कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यं लीलाधाममनोहरम्

vinodamuralīhastanyastalīlāsaroruham || koṭikandarpalāvaṇyaṃ līlādhāmamanoharam

with a play-lotus laid in the hand (that holds) the flute of amusement, having the beauty of ten million Kāmas, charming as the abode of (divine) play,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.222

गुणातीतं स्तूयमानं ब्रह्मानन्तशिवादिभिः।। ब्रह्मस्वरूपं ब्रह्मण्यं श्रुतिभिश्चानिरूपितम्

guṇātītaṃ stūyamānaṃ brahmānantaśivādibhiḥ|| brahmasvarūpaṃ brahmaṇyaṃ śrutibhiścānirūpitam

beyond the qualities, praised by Brahmā, Ananta, Śiva and the others, whose nature is Brahman, dear to brahmins, and not defined even by the Vedas,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.223

अव्यक्तमक्षराव्यक्तं ज्योतीरूपं सनातनम् ।। माङ्गल्यं मङ्गलाधारं मङ्गलं मङ्गलप्रदम्

avyaktamakṣarāvyaktaṃ jyotīrūpaṃ sanātanam || māṅgalyaṃ maṅgalādhāraṃ maṅgalaṃ maṅgalapradam

unmanifest, imperishable and unmanifest, whose form is light, eternal, auspicious, the support of auspiciousness, auspiciousness itself, the giver of auspiciousness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 27.224

दृष्ट्वा तदद्भुतं रूपं संभ्रमात्प्रणनाम तम् ।। तं दृष्ट्वा मूर्च्छिता राधा कामबाणप्रपीडिता

dṛṣṭvā tadadbhutaṃ rūpaṃ saṃbhramātpraṇanāma tam || taṃ dṛṣṭvā mūrcchitā rādhā kāmabāṇaprapīḍitā

Seeing that wondrous form, in confusion she bowed down to him; and seeing him Rādhā swooned, sorely stricken by the arrow of desire.

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BvP 4 27.225

दर्शंदर्शं मुखाम्भोजं सस्मिता वक्रलोचना ।। मुखस्याच्छादनं चक्रे व्रीडया च पुनः पुनः

darśaṃdarśaṃ mukhāmbhojaṃ sasmitā vakralocanā || mukhasyācchādanaṃ cakre vrīḍayā ca punaḥ punaḥ

Gazing again and again at his lotus face, smiling, with sidelong eyes, she covered her face out of shyness over and over.

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BvP 4 27.226

दृष्ट्वा हरिस्तामुवाच प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणः ।। गोपालिकासमूहानां सर्वेषां पुरतः स्थितः

dṛṣṭvā haristāmuvāca prasannavadanekṣaṇaḥ || gopālikāsamūhānāṃ sarveṣāṃ purataḥ sthitaḥ

Seeing (this), Hari, with pleased face and eyes, standing before all the throngs of cowherd women, said to her:

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BvP 4 27.227

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। ।। प्राणाधिके राधिके त्वं वरं वृणु मनीषितम् ।। भो भो गोपालिका सर्वा वरं वृणुत वाञ्छितम्

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || || prāṇādhike rādhike tvaṃ varaṃ vṛṇu manīṣitam || bho bho gopālikā sarvā varaṃ vṛṇuta vāñchitam

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Rādhikā, dearer than life, choose the boon you desire; and you, all you cowherd women, choose the boon you wish.

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BvP 4 27.228

कृष्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा वरं वव्रे च राधिका ।। गोपालिकाः प्रहृष्टाश्च सर्वसंकल्पपादपात्

kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā varaṃ vavre ca rādhikā || gopālikāḥ prahṛṣṭāśca sarvasaṃkalpapādapāt

Hearing Kṛṣṇa's words, Rādhikā chose a boon, and the cowherd women, delighted, (chose) from (him who is) the wish-tree of all desires.

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BvP 4 27.229

राधिकोवाच ।। त्वत्पादाब्जे मन्मनोलिः सततं भ्रमतु प्रभो ।। पातुं भक्तिरसं पद्मे मधुपश्च यथा मधु

rādhikovāca || tvatpādābje manmanoliḥ satataṃ bhramatu prabho || pātuṃ bhaktirasaṃ padme madhupaśca yathā madhu

Rādhikā said: Let the bee of my mind hover forever at your lotus feet, O Lord, to drink the nectar of devotion, as a bee (drinks) honey in a lotus.

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BvP 4 27.231

तव स्मृतौ गुणे चित्तं स्वप्ने ज्ञाने दिवानिशम् ।। भवेन्निमग्नं सततमेतन्मम मनीषितम्

tava smṛtau guṇe cittaṃ svapne jñāne divāniśam || bhavennimagnaṃ satatametanmama manīṣitam

Let my mind be forever immersed, day and night, in the memory of you, in your qualities, in dreaming of you, in knowledge of you — this is my desire.

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BvP 4 27.232

गोपालिका ऊचुः ।। यथा राधां तथा नश्च प्राणबन्धो दिवानिशम् ।। भविष्यसि प्राणनाथः पास्यसि प्रतिजन्मनि

gopālikā ūcuḥ || yathā rādhāṃ tathā naśca prāṇabandho divāniśam || bhaviṣyasi prāṇanāthaḥ pāsyasi pratijanmani

The cowherd women said: As with Rādhā, so with us too, day and night, O friend of our life; you will be the lord of our life, and will protect (us) in every birth.

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BvP 4 27.233

आसां च वचनं श्रुत्वा तथाऽस्त्वेवमुवाच ह ।। प्रसन्नवदनः श्रीमान्यशोदानन्दवर्धनः

āsāṃ ca vacanaṃ śrutvā tathā'stvevamuvāca ha || prasannavadanaḥ śrīmānyaśodānandavardhanaḥ

And hearing their words, the glorious one who increases Yaśodā's joy, with pleased face, said, "So be it."

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BvP 4 27.234

क्रीडापद्मं राधिकायै सहस्रदलसंयुतम् ।। ललितां मालतीमालां ददौ प्रीत्या जगत्पतिः

krīḍāpadmaṃ rādhikāyai sahasradalasaṃyutam || lalitāṃ mālatīmālāṃ dadau prītyā jagatpatiḥ

The Lord of the world lovingly gave to Rādhikā a play-lotus with a thousand petals and a lovely jasmine garland.

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BvP 4 27.236

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। त्रिषु मासेष्वतीतेषु यूयं क्रीडां मया सह ।। रासमण्डलरम्ये च वृन्दारण्ये करिष्यथ

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || triṣu māseṣvatīteṣu yūyaṃ krīḍāṃ mayā saha || rāsamaṇḍalaramye ca vṛndāraṇye kariṣyatha

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: When three months have passed, you will make play together with me in the Vṛndā forest, lovely with the rāsa-circle.

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BvP 4 27.237

यथाऽहं च तथा यूयं नाहं भेदः श्रुतौ श्रुतः ।। प्राणोऽहं चैव युष्माकं यूयं प्राणा मम प्रभोः

yathā'haṃ ca tathā yūyaṃ nāhaṃ bhedaḥ śrutau śrutaḥ || prāṇo'haṃ caiva yuṣmākaṃ yūyaṃ prāṇā mama prabhoḥ

As I am, so are you; no difference (between me and you) is heard of in the Veda. I am your life-breath, and you are the life-breath of me, the Lord.

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BvP 4 27.238

व्रतं वो लोकरक्षार्थं न हि स्वार्थमिदं प्रियाः ।। सहागताश्च गोलोकाद्गमनं च मया सह

vrataṃ vo lokarakṣārthaṃ na hi svārthamidaṃ priyāḥ || sahāgatāśca golokādgamanaṃ ca mayā saha

Your vow is for the protection of the world, dear ones, not for your own sake; you came together from Goloka, and (you will) go together with me.

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BvP 4 27.239

मालासमूहं पुष्पाणि गोपीभ्यो गोपिकापतिः ।। प्रहस्य परमप्रीत्या प्रददावित्युवाच ह गच्छत स्वालयं शीघ्रं वोऽहं जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयस्यो यूयं मे नात्र संशयः

mālāsamūhaṃ puṣpāṇi gopībhyo gopikāpatiḥ || prahasya paramaprītyā pradadāvityuvāca ha gacchata svālayaṃ śīghraṃ vo'haṃ janmani janmani || prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasyo yūyaṃ me nātra saṃśayaḥ

The lord of the gopīs, laughing, with utmost affection gave the mass of garlands and the flowers to the gopīs and spoke thus: "Go quickly to your own homes; I am yours birth after birth; you are weightier to me than my life-breaths — of this there is no doubt."

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BvP 4 27.241

सर्वाः प्रहृष्टवदनाः सस्मिता वक्रलोचनाः ।। प्रीत्या चक्षुश्चकोराभ्यां मुखचन्द्रं पपुर्हरेः

sarvāḥ prahṛṣṭavadanāḥ sasmitā vakralocanāḥ || prītyā cakṣuścakorābhyāṃ mukhacandraṃ papurhareḥ

All of them, with delighted faces, smiling, with sidelong eyes, lovingly drank in the moon of Hari's face with the two cakora-birds of their eyes.

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BvP 4 27.242

ताः शीघ्रं प्रययुर्गेहं जयं दत्त्वा पुनःपुनः ।। हरिश्च शिशुभिः सार्द्धं प्रसन्नः स्वालयं ययौ

tāḥ śīghraṃ prayayurgehaṃ jayaṃ dattvā punaḥpunaḥ || hariśca śiśubhiḥ sārddhaṃ prasannaḥ svālayaṃ yayau

They went quickly home, uttering "victory!" again and again; and Hari, well pleased, went with the boys to his own house.

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BvP 4 27.243

इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं हरेश्चरितमङ्गलम् ।। गोपीनां वस्त्रहरणं सर्वलोकसुखावहम्

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ hareścaritamaṅgalam || gopīnāṃ vastraharaṇaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham

Thus has been told in full the auspicious deed of Hari, the carrying off of the gopīs' garments, which brings happiness to all the worlds.

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