Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 29
BvP 4 29.1
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। अथ गोपाङ्गनाः सर्वाः काममत्ततया मुने ।। अतिप्रौढाश्च मानिन्यो नेश्वरं मेनिरे पतिम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || atha gopāṅganāḥ sarvāḥ kāmamattatayā mune || atiprauḍhāśca māninyo neśvaraṃ menire patim
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then, O sage, all the cowherd women, through their intoxication with desire, being over-bold and proud, did not regard the Lord as (their) husband.
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BvP 4 29.2
काश्चिदूचुरहो कृष्ण सस्मिता वक्रलोचनाः ।। मालतीपुष्पमुत्तोल्य देहि मे मालिकामिति
kāścidūcuraho kṛṣṇa sasmitā vakralocanāḥ || mālatīpuṣpamuttolya dehi me mālikāmiti
Some said, "Ah, Kṛṣṇa!" — smiling, with sidelong eyes — "Pluck a mālatī flower and give me a garland of them."
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BvP 4 29.3
काश्चिदूचुरये कृष्ण स्वक्रोडेऽस्मांश्च कुर्विति ।। गृहीत्वाश्रीहरेः स्कन्धमारुरोह च काचन
kāścidūcuraye kṛṣṇa svakroḍe'smāṃśca kurviti || gṛhītvāśrīhareḥ skandhamāruroha ca kācana
Some said, "O Kṛṣṇa, take us too into your lap!" And one of them, seizing Śrī Hari's shoulder, climbed up (on him).
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BvP 4 29.4
उवाच काचिद्दर्पेण प्रमत्ता प्राणवल्लभम् ।। स्वकीयपीतवसनं परिधारय मामिति अलक्तकद्रवं देहि पादयोर्नखरेषु च ।। उवाच काचित्प्रेम्णा तं गण्डयोः स्तनयोर्मम चेतनां कारयामास कृत्वा वक्षसि तन्द्रिताम् ।। वासयामास वसनं राधायामेखलाम्बरम् ततो गच्छंस्तया सार्द्धं ददर्श पुरतो वटम् ।। अतीवोत्तुङ्गशाखाग्रमतिविस्तृतमेव च अष्टावक्र उवाच ।। गुणातीत गुणाधार गुणबीज गुणात्मक ।। गुणीश गुणिनां बीज गुणायन नमोऽस्तु ते पपात तत्र तद्देहः पादपद्मसमीपतः ।। तत्तेजश्च समुत्तस्थौ ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमम्
uvāca kāciddarpeṇa pramattā prāṇavallabham || svakīyapītavasanaṃ paridhāraya māmiti alaktakadravaṃ dehi pādayornakhareṣu ca || uvāca kācitpremṇā taṃ gaṇḍayoḥ stanayormama cetanāṃ kārayāmāsa kṛtvā vakṣasi tandritām || vāsayāmāsa vasanaṃ rādhāyāmekhalāmbaram tato gacchaṃstayā sārddhaṃ dadarśa purato vaṭam || atīvottuṅgaśākhāgramativistṛtameva ca aṣṭāvakra uvāca || guṇātīta guṇādhāra guṇabīja guṇātmaka || guṇīśa guṇināṃ bīja guṇāyana namo'stu te papāta tatra taddehaḥ pādapadmasamīpataḥ || tattejaśca samuttasthau jvaladagniśikhopamam
One, intoxicated with pride, said to the beloved of her life: "Dress me in your own yellow garment." And one said to him lovingly, "Give me lac-dye on my feet and on my nails, and on my cheeks and my breasts." She made him (lie) drowsy upon her breast and brought him to his senses; and he clothed Rādhā in a garment and a girdle-cloth. Then, going along with her, he saw a banyan tree before him, its branch-tips exceedingly lofty and it very widely spread. Aṣṭāvakra said: "O you beyond the qualities, support of the qualities, seed of the qualities, essence of the qualities, lord of the qualified, seed of those possessing qualities, abode of the qualities—homage be to you!" There his body fell down near the lotus feet, and his radiance rose up like a blazing tongue of fire.
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BvP 4 29.5
उवाच काचिदीशं तं सिन्दूरं देहि मामिति ।। उवाच काचित्प्राणेशं शीघ्रमागत्य साम्प्रतम्
uvāca kācidīśaṃ taṃ sindūraṃ dehi māmiti || uvāca kācitprāṇeśaṃ śīghramāgatya sāmpratam
One said to that Lord, "Give me vermilion." One said to the lord of her life, "Come quickly, right now,
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BvP 4 29.6
कृत्वा कुन्तलसंस्कारं कुरु मे कबरीमिति ।। काश्चित्संप्रेरयामासुः श्रीखण्डं बल्लवाय च
kṛtvā kuntalasaṃskāraṃ kuru me kabarīmiti || kāścitsaṃprerayāmāsuḥ śrīkhaṇḍaṃ ballavāya ca
and, having dressed my hair, make my braid." And some sent sandal-paste to the cowherd (boy),
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BvP 4 29.7
स्वांगवेषविधायिन्यो भूषार्थं श्रुतिमूलयोः ।। उवाच काचित्कामेन परं संकेतपूर्वकम्
svāṃgaveṣavidhāyinyo bhūṣārthaṃ śrutimūlayoḥ || uvāca kācitkāmena paraṃ saṃketapūrvakam
they who were adorning their own bodies and dress, for ornament at the roots of their ears. One, out of desire, spoke to him further, making an assignation,
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BvP 4 29.8
पश्यन्ती तन्मुखाम्भोजं सस्मिता मैथुनाय च ।। काचिज्जग्राह मुरलीं बलादाकृष्य माधवम्
paśyantī tanmukhāmbhojaṃ sasmitā maithunāya ca || kācijjagrāha muralīṃ balādākṛṣya mādhavam
gazing at his lotus face, smiling, and (inviting him) to union. One seized his flute, dragging Mādhava by force.
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BvP 4 29.9
जहार पीतवसनं कृत्वा नग्नं च कामिनी ।। कामिन्यः काश्चिदित्यूचुर्मानिन्यो मधुसूदनम्
jahāra pītavasanaṃ kṛtvā nagnaṃ ca kāminī || kāminyaḥ kāścidityūcurmāninyo madhusūdanam
And one passionate woman took away his yellow garment and made him naked. Some amorous, proud women spoke thus to Madhusūdana:
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BvP 4 29.11
नानाचित्रविचित्राढ्यां करु पत्रावलीमिति ।। कृत्वाऽनुमानं मनसा दृष्ट्वा तासां प्रमत्तताम्
nānācitravicitrāḍhyāṃ karu patrāvalīmiti || kṛtvā'numānaṃ manasā dṛṣṭvā tāsāṃ pramattatām
"Make a leaf-design (on me), rich with many varied pictures." Having made an inference in his mind, seeing their intoxication,
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BvP 4 29.12
माधवो राधया सार्द्धमन्तर्धानं चकार ह ।। अतीव निर्जने स्थाने मुदा स्वेच्छामयो विभुः
mādhavo rādhayā sārddhamantardhānaṃ cakāra ha || atīva nirjane sthāne mudā svecchāmayo vibhuḥ
Mādhava vanished together with Rādhā — the all-pervading one who acts by his own will, joyfully, into a very solitary place.
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BvP 4 29.13
कलामानप्रकारं च शृंगारं च चकार ह ।। पर्वते पर्वते रम्ये द्वीपेद्वीपे सुनिर्जने ।।
kalāmānaprakāraṃ ca śṛṃgāraṃ ca cakāra ha || parvate parvate ramye dvīpedvīpe sunirjane ||
And he performed the various modes of the arts of love and the love-play: on mountain after lovely mountain, on island after well-secluded island,
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BvP 4 29.14
तटे तटे नदीनां च सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिते ।। श्रीगोष्ठे रत्नशैले च वेलागङ्गातटेऽपि च
taṭe taṭe nadīnāṃ ca sarvajantuvivarjite || śrīgoṣṭhe ratnaśaile ca velāgaṅgātaṭe'pi ca
on bank after bank of rivers, in places free of all creatures, in the holy cow-pasture, on the jewel-mountain, and also on the shore of the Gaṅgā,
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BvP 4 29.15
कालिन्दे च पुलिन्दे च मन्दिरे गन्धमादने ।। मनोहरे कुन्दवने कावेरीतीरनीरजे
kālinde ca pulinde ca mandire gandhamādane || manohare kundavane kāverītīranīraje
in the Kālinda (region) and in the Pulinda (region), in a dwelling, on Gandhamādana, in the lovely jasmine grove, in the lotus-pools on the bank of the Kāverī,
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BvP 4 29.16
पुष्पभद्रापुलिनजे पुष्पोद्याने सुपुष्पिते ।। सर्वत्र रमणं कृत्वा राधावेषं विधाय च
puṣpabhadrāpulinaje puṣpodyāne supuṣpite || sarvatra ramaṇaṃ kṛtvā rādhāveṣaṃ vidhāya ca
on the sandbank of the Puṣpabhadrā, in a flower-garden in full bloom — having taken his pleasure everywhere, and having arranged Rādhā's dress,
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BvP 4 29.17
जगाम मलयद्रोणीं रम्यां चन्दनवायुना ।। शय्यां पुष्पमयीं कृत्वा तत्र रेमे तया सह
jagāma malayadroṇīṃ ramyāṃ candanavāyunā || śayyāṃ puṣpamayīṃ kṛtvā tatra reme tayā saha
he went to a Malaya valley, lovely with sandal-scented breezes; and having made a bed of flowers, he took his pleasure there with her.
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BvP 4 29.18
अतीव सुखसंभोगान्मूर्च्छां संप्राप्य राधिका ।। कृत्वा वक्षसि गोविन्दं पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहा
atīva sukhasaṃbhogānmūrcchāṃ saṃprāpya rādhikā || kṛtvā vakṣasi govindaṃ pulakāñcitavigrahā
From the exceedingly delightful union Rādhikā fell into a swoon, holding Govinda on her breast, her body bristling with thrills.
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BvP 4 29.19
दृष्ट्वा तां मूर्च्छितां कृष्णो घनश्रोणिपयोधराम् ।। विलुप्तवेषां कामार्तां नग्नां शिथिलकुन्तलाम्
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ mūrcchitāṃ kṛṣṇo ghanaśroṇipayodharām || viluptaveṣāṃ kāmārtāṃ nagnāṃ śithilakuntalām
Kṛṣṇa, seeing her swooning, with heavy hips and breasts, her dress disarranged, afflicted with desire, naked, her hair loosened —
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BvP 4 29.21
कबरीं रचयामास किंचिद्वामेन वक्रताम् ।। मालतीमाल्यसंयुक्तां कुन्दपुष्पैश्च वेष्टिताम्।।
kabarīṃ racayāmāsa kiṃcidvāmena vakratām || mālatīmālyasaṃyuktāṃ kundapuṣpaiśca veṣṭitām||
— he arranged her braid, curved a little to the left, joined with a mālatī garland and wound about with jasmine flowers.
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BvP 4 29.22
तस्याः कपाले सिंदूरतिलकं सुन्दरं ददौ ।। गण्डयोः स्तनयोश्चित्रां चकार पत्रिकां मुदा
tasyāḥ kapāle siṃdūratilakaṃ sundaraṃ dadau || gaṇḍayoḥ stanayościtrāṃ cakāra patrikāṃ mudā
On her forehead he set a beautiful vermilion mark, and joyfully made a decorative leaf-design on her cheeks and breasts.
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BvP 4 29.23
सालक्तकांश्च नखरांश्चित्रितान्पादपद्मयोः ।। नखैः कृत्रिमपद्मानि निर्ममे श्रोणिवक्षसोः
sālaktakāṃśca nakharāṃścitritānpādapadmayoḥ || nakhaiḥ kṛtrimapadmāni nirmame śroṇivakṣasoḥ
And (he made) her nails, dyed with lac, painted on her lotus feet; with his nails he fashioned artificial lotuses on her hips and breast.
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BvP 4 29.24
उत्थायाथ तया सार्द्धं जगाम हि सरोवरम् ।। नानाप्रकारपद्मानां राजिभिश्च विराजितम्
utthāyātha tayā sārddhaṃ jagāma hi sarovaram || nānāprakārapadmānāṃ rājibhiśca virājitam
Then, rising up, (he) went together with her to the lake, which was resplendent with rows of lotuses of many kinds.
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BvP 4 29.25
निर्मलस्फटिकाकारजलपूर्णं मनोहरम् ।। हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णं जलकुक्कुटकूजितम् मधुलुब्धमधुघ्राणां पद्मस्थानं सुपद्मजम् ।। चारुणा कलशब्देन शब्दितं शश्वदेव हि
nirmalasphaṭikākārajalapūrṇaṃ manoharam || haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ jalakukkuṭakūjitam madhulubdhamadhughrāṇāṃ padmasthānaṃ supadmajam || cāruṇā kalaśabdena śabditaṃ śaśvadeva hi
(It was) filled with water clear as flawless crystal, delightful, thronged with geese and karaṇḍava ducks, resounding with the calls of water-fowl; a place of lotuses producing fine lotuses, (frequented) by honey-greedy (bees) that scent the nectar, and ever sounding with the sweet murmur of their humming.
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BvP 4 29.27
तत्र स्नात्वा जलक्रीडां चकार ह तया सह ।। जलं ददौ राधिकायै मुदा सा माधवाय च
tatra snātvā jalakrīḍāṃ cakāra ha tayā saha || jalaṃ dadau rādhikāyai mudā sā mādhavāya ca
Having bathed there, (he) played in the water together with her; he gave water to Rādhikā, and she joyfully to Mādhava.
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BvP 4 29.28
सहस्रदलपद्मे च गृहीत्वा माधवः स्वयम्।। एकं ददौ राधिकायै ररक्ष स्वार्थमेककम्
sahasradalapadme ca gṛhītvā mādhavaḥ svayam|| ekaṃ dadau rādhikāyai rarakṣa svārthamekakam
And Mādhava himself, taking two thousand-petalled lotuses, gave one to Rādhikā and kept one for his own use.
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BvP 4 29.29
चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमद्रवमीप्सितम् ।। स्वाङ्गं दत्त्वा राधिकायै लिलेप राधिकेश्वरः
candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumadravamīpsitam || svāṅgaṃ dattvā rādhikāyai lilepa rādhikeśvaraḥ
Giving to Rādhikā the desired liquid of sandal, aloe-wood, musk and saffron, the lord of Rādhikā smeared his own body (with it).
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BvP 4 29.31
मूले योजनपर्यन्तं छायया परिवेष्टितम् ।। उवास तत्र गोविन्दः केतकीवनसन्निधौ
mūle yojanaparyantaṃ chāyayā pariveṣṭitam || uvāsa tatra govindaḥ ketakīvanasannidhau
Govinda sat down there near the ketakī grove, (under a tree) encircled at its base by shade extending for a yojana.
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BvP 4 29.32
पुष्पाक्तेन सुशीतेन वायुना सुरभीकृते ।। चित्रं रहस्यं सुचिरं पुराणं च पुरातनम् ।।
puṣpāktena suśītena vāyunā surabhīkṛte || citraṃ rahasyaṃ suciraṃ purāṇaṃ ca purātanam ||
In (that place) made fragrant by a very cool breeze touched with flowers, (he told) a wonderful secret, long-standing, ancient and of old.
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BvP 4 29.33
प्रहर्षितश्च श्रीकृष्णः कथयामास राधिकाम्।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र ददर्श मुनिपुंगवम्
praharṣitaśca śrīkṛṣṇaḥ kathayāmāsa rādhikām|| etasminnantare tatra dadarśa munipuṃgavam
And Śrī Kṛṣṇa, greatly delighted, told (it) to Rādhikā; and in this interval he saw there a bull among sages.
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BvP 4 29.34
आगच्छन्तं च तं दृष्ट्वा प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणम् ।। न दृष्ट्वा हृदये रूपमीशस्य परमात्मनः
āgacchantaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā prasannavadanekṣaṇam || na dṛṣṭvā hṛdaye rūpamīśasya paramātmanaḥ
And seeing him coming, with serene face and eyes, not seeing in his heart the form of the Lord, the Supreme Self,
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BvP 4 29.35
ध्यानाद्विरतमग्रे च पश्यन्तं बहिरेव तत् ।। सर्वावयववक्रं च कृष्णं सर्वदिगम्बरम्
dhyānādviratamagre ca paśyantaṃ bahireva tat || sarvāvayavavakraṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ sarvadigambaram
(and seeing him) turned away from meditation and beholding that (form) outwardly, right before (him) — crooked in every limb, and (seeing) Kṛṣṇa, naked in all directions,
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BvP 4 29.36
नाम्नाऽष्टवक्रं जटिलं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। मुखतोऽग्निमुद्गिरन्तं तपोराशिमिवोत्थितम्
nāmnā'ṣṭavakraṃ jaṭilaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā || mukhato'gnimudgirantaṃ taporāśimivotthitam
(him) named Aṣṭāvakra, matted-haired, blazing with the splendour of brahman, spewing fire from his mouth, like a heap of austerity risen up (in bodily form)—
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BvP 4 29.37
अहो किं वा ब्रह्मतेजो मूर्तिमन्तमिह स्वयम् ।। नखश्मश्रुसुदीर्घं च शांतं तेजस्विनं परम्
aho kiṃ vā brahmatejo mūrtimantamiha svayam || nakhaśmaśrusudīrghaṃ ca śāṃtaṃ tejasvinaṃ param
"Ah, is this perhaps the splendour of brahman itself, embodied here?" — (he was) long of nail and beard, calm, supremely full of radiance,
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BvP 4 29.38
पुटाञ्जलियुतं भक्त्या भीतं प्रणतकंधरम् ।। दृष्ट्वा हसन्तीं राधां तां वारयामास माधवः
puṭāñjaliyutaṃ bhaktyā bhītaṃ praṇatakaṃdharam || dṛṣṭvā hasantīṃ rādhāṃ tāṃ vārayāmāsa mādhavaḥ
with palms joined in devotion, awed, his neck bowed. Seeing (him), Mādhava restrained Rādhā, who was laughing.
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BvP 4 29.39
प्रभावं कथयामास मुनीन्द्रस्य महात्मनः ।। अथ प्रणम्य गोविन्दं तुष्टाव मुनिपुंगवः ।। यत्स्तोत्रं च पुरा दत्तं शंकरेण महात्मना
prabhāvaṃ kathayāmāsa munīndrasya mahātmanaḥ || atha praṇamya govindaṃ tuṣṭāva munipuṃgavaḥ || yatstotraṃ ca purā dattaṃ śaṃkareṇa mahātmanā
He told (her) the power of the great-souled best of sages. Then the bull among sages, having bowed to Govinda, praised (him) with that hymn which had formerly been given by the great-souled Śaṃkara.
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BvP 4 29.41
सिद्धिस्वरूप सिद्ध्येश सिद्धिबीज परात्पर ।। सिद्धिसिद्धिगुणाधीश सिद्धानां गुरवे नमः
siddhisvarūpa siddhyeśa siddhibīja parātpara || siddhisiddhiguṇādhīśa siddhānāṃ gurave namaḥ
"O you whose very nature is perfection, lord of perfection, seed of perfection, higher than the highest, sovereign over perfection and the qualities of perfection — homage to the guru of the perfected ones.
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BvP 4 29.42
हे वेदबीज वेदज्ञ वेदिन्वेदविदां वर ।। वेदाज्ञाताद्यरूपेश वेदाज्ञेश नमोऽस्तु ते
he vedabīja vedajña vedinvedavidāṃ vara || vedājñātādyarūpeśa vedājñeśa namo'stu te
O seed of the Veda, knower of the Veda, O wise one, best of those who know the Veda, lord of the primal form unknown to the Veda, lord of the Veda's command — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 29.43
ब्रह्मानन्तेश शेषेन्द्र धर्मादीनामधीश्वर ।। सर्व सर्वेश शर्वेश बीजरूप नमोऽस्तु ते
brahmānanteśa śeṣendra dharmādīnāmadhīśvara || sarva sarveśa śarveśa bījarūpa namo'stu te
O Brahman, lord of Ananta, chief of Śeṣa, overlord of Dharma and the rest, O All, lord of all, lord of Śarva (Śiva), O you whose form is the seed — homage be to you.
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BvP 4 29.44
प्रकृते प्राकृत प्रज्ञ प्रकृतीश परात्पर ।। संसारवृक्ष तद्बीज फलरूप नमोऽस्तु ते
prakṛte prākṛta prajña prakṛtīśa parātpara || saṃsāravṛkṣa tadbīja phalarūpa namo'stu te
O Nature, O you who are of nature, O knowing one, lord of nature, higher than the highest, O tree of saṃsāra, its seed, and its fruit in form — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 29.45
सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तबीजेश सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारण ।। महाविराट्तरोर्बीज राधिकेश नमोऽस्तु ते
sṛṣṭisthityantabījeśa sṛṣṭisthityantakāraṇa || mahāvirāṭtarorbīja rādhikeśa namo'stu te
O lord of the seed of creation, maintenance and dissolution, O cause of creation, maintenance and dissolution, O seed of the tree that is the great Virāṭ, O lord of Rādhikā — homage be to you.
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BvP 4 29.46
अहो यस्य त्रयः स्कन्धा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ।। शाखाप्रशाखा वेदाद्यास्तपांसि कुसुमानि च
aho yasya trayaḥ skandhā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || śākhāpraśākhā vedādyāstapāṃsi kusumāni ca
Ah, of whom the three trunks are Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, whose branches and twigs are the Vedas and the rest, and whose blossoms are the austerities,
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BvP 4 29.47
संसारविफला एव प्रकृत्यंकुरमेव च ।। तदाधार निराधार सर्वाधार नमोऽस्तु ते
saṃsāraviphalā eva prakṛtyaṃkurameva ca || tadādhāra nirādhāra sarvādhāra namo'stu te
(You are) the very fruitlessness of transmigration, and the very sprout of primordial nature; O support of that, O one without support, O support of all, homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 29.48
तेजोरूप निराकार प्रत्यक्षानूहमेव च ।। सर्वाकारातिप्रत्यक्ष स्वेच्छामय नमोऽस्तु ते
tejorūpa nirākāra pratyakṣānūhameva ca || sarvākārātipratyakṣa svecchāmaya namo'stu te
O you whose form is light, formless, directly perceptible and yet beyond inference; O you beyond all direct perception in any form, O you made of your own will, homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 29.49
इत्युक्त्वा स मुनिश्रेष्ठो निपत्य चरणाम्बुजे ।। प्राणांस्तत्याज योगेन तयोः प्रत्यक्ष एव च
ityuktvā sa muniśreṣṭho nipatya caraṇāmbuje || prāṇāṃstatyāja yogena tayoḥ pratyakṣa eva ca
Having said this, that best of sages fell at the lotus feet and gave up his life-breaths by yoga, right in the presence of the two of them.
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BvP 4 29.51
सप्ततालप्रमाणं तु चोत्थाय च पपात ह।। भ्रामं भ्रामं च परितो लीनं चाभूत्पदाम्बुजे
saptatālapramāṇaṃ tu cotthāya ca papāta ha|| bhrāmaṃ bhrāmaṃ ca parito līnaṃ cābhūtpadāmbuje
Rising up to the height of seven palm trees, he fell down indeed; and whirling round and round he became merged in the lotus feet.
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BvP 4 29.52
अष्टावक्रकृतं स्तोत्रं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् ।। परं निर्वाण मोक्षं च समाप्नोति न संशयः
aṣṭāvakrakṛtaṃ stotraṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet || paraṃ nirvāṇa mokṣaṃ ca samāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ
Whoever, rising at dawn, recites the hymn composed by Aṣṭāvakra, attains supreme extinction and liberation — there is no doubt.
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BvP 4 29.53
प्राणाधिको मुमुक्षूणां स्तोत्रराजश्च नारद ।। हरिणाऽहो पुरा दत्तो वैकुण्ठे शंकराय च
prāṇādhiko mumukṣūṇāṃ stotrarājaśca nārada || hariṇā'ho purā datto vaikuṇṭhe śaṃkarāya ca
It is dearer than life to those who seek liberation, and it is the king of hymns, O Nārada; indeed, formerly it was given by Hari to Śaṃkara in Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition