Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 30
BvP 4 30.1
।। नारद उवाच ।। ।। महामुने रहस्यं च श्रुतं ब्रह्मन्किमद्भुतम् ।। मृते मुनौ किं चकार श्रीकृष्णो भक्तवत्सलः हे वक्रचित्त ते विप्र सर्वावयववक्रिमम् ।। शरीरमञ्जनाकारं रूपयौवनवर्जितम्
|| nārada uvāca || || mahāmune rahasyaṃ ca śrutaṃ brahmankimadbhutam || mṛte munau kiṃ cakāra śrīkṛṣṇo bhaktavatsalaḥ he vakracitta te vipra sarvāvayavavakrimam || śarīramañjanākāraṃ rūpayauvanavarjitam
Nārada said: O great sage, a secret and wonderful thing has been heard, O brahman. When the sage had died, what did Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is fond of his devotees, do? — "O brahman of crooked mind, (may) your body (be) crooked in every limb, of the colour of collyrium, devoid of beauty and youth."
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BvP 4 30.2
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। दृष्ट्वा मृतं मुनिं कृष्णः संस्कारं कर्तुमुद्यतः ।। कृत्वा वक्षसि तद्देहं रुरोदोच्चैर्यथा नरः अतीवविकृताकारं त्रिषु लोकेषु गर्हितम् ।। पुरातनं तपो नष्टं सद्यो भवतु निश्चितम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || dṛṣṭvā mṛtaṃ muniṃ kṛṣṇaḥ saṃskāraṃ kartumudyataḥ || kṛtvā vakṣasi taddehaṃ rurodoccairyathā naraḥ atīvavikṛtākāraṃ triṣu lokeṣu garhitam || purātanaṃ tapo naṣṭaṃ sadyo bhavatu niścitam
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Seeing the sage dead, Kṛṣṇa made ready to perform the funeral rites; placing that body on his breast, he wept aloud as a man does. — "Exceedingly deformed in shape, despised in the three worlds; let your former austerity be destroyed at once, assuredly."
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BvP 4 30.3
बाहुभ्यां च समाश्लिष्य पिपेषोद्रिक्तमोहतः ।। निर्गतं भस्मनिकरं शवाद्वज्रांगघर्षणात् इत्युक्त्वा पुंश्चली कामात्कामलोकं जगाम ह ।। अचिरेण मुनीन्द्रश्च न ददर्श हरेः पदम्
bāhubhyāṃ ca samāśliṣya pipeṣodriktamohataḥ || nirgataṃ bhasmanikaraṃ śavādvajrāṃgagharṣaṇāt ityuktvā puṃścalī kāmātkāmalokaṃ jagāma ha || acireṇa munīndraśca na dadarśa hareḥ padam
And embracing (the body) with both arms, he crushed it in his overwhelming bewilderment; a mass of ashes came out of the corpse from the rubbing of his adamantine limbs. — Having said this, the wanton woman went out of desire to the world of desire; and before long the lord of sages no longer saw the (lotus) feet of Hari.
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BvP 4 30.4
रक्तमांसास्थिहीनं तच्छरीरं च महात्मनः ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि निराहारः कृतो मुने पार्षदप्रवरैर्युक्तं श्रीकृष्णसदृशैर्वरैः ।। आविर्बभूव गोलोकात्सुन्दरं पुरतो हरेः अष्टावक्रो मुनीन्द्रोऽपि विख्यातो भुवनत्रये ।। परिपूर्णं यद्यशसा जन्मना तज्जगत्त्रयम् तानुवाच जगद्धाता सृष्टिं कुरुत पुत्रकाः ।। ते न तस्थुः पितुर्वाक्ये प्रययुस्तपसे मम मन्त्राधिष्ठातृदेवीं ते सद्यः साक्षाद्भविष्यति ।। वरेणाभीष्टदेव्याश्च पुत्रस्ते भविता धुवम् स लभेद्वै ष्णवं पुत्रं ज्ञानिनं चिरजीविनम् ।। भवेदनाढ्यो दुःखी च मूको भवति पण्डितः कालेन च सुतस्तस्य शिवांशेन बभूव ह ।। ब्रह्मिष्ठो देवलो नाम्ना कन्दर्पसमसुन्दरः सा च तं कथयामास निर्जने समुपस्थिता ।। विधाय वेषं यत्नेन त्रैलोक्यचित्तमोहिनी परं प्रियं च सर्वेषां जारं जानाति पुंश्चली ।। यदि तेन परित्यक्ता तं हन्तुं सा तु दक्षिणा स्वभार्यां च परित्यज्य यो गृह्णाति परस्त्रियम् ।। यशोधनायुषां हानिर्भवेज्जीवन्मृतस्य च द्विजो रम्भावचः श्रुत्वा बभूव ध्यानतत्परः ।। नोवाच किंचिन्मौनस्थः सा तं कोपाच्छशाप ह पदारविन्दविरहात्समुद्विग्नो बभूव ह।। स्वाङ्गं च दृष्ट्वा विकृतं पूर्वपुण्यविवर्जितम् त्यक्ताहारस्यान्तरं च भस्मपूर्णं ततो मुनेः ।। आगतं मलयद्रोणीं मुनिहेतोर्मया प्रिये
raktamāṃsāsthihīnaṃ taccharīraṃ ca mahātmanaḥ || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi nirāhāraḥ kṛto mune pārṣadapravarairyuktaṃ śrīkṛṣṇasadṛśairvaraiḥ || āvirbabhūva golokātsundaraṃ purato hareḥ aṣṭāvakro munīndro'pi vikhyāto bhuvanatraye || paripūrṇaṃ yadyaśasā janmanā tajjagattrayam tānuvāca jagaddhātā sṛṣṭiṃ kuruta putrakāḥ || te na tasthuḥ piturvākye prayayustapase mama mantrādhiṣṭhātṛdevīṃ te sadyaḥ sākṣādbhaviṣyati || vareṇābhīṣṭadevyāśca putraste bhavitā dhuvam sa labhedvai ṣṇavaṃ putraṃ jñāninaṃ cirajīvinam || bhavedanāḍhyo duḥkhī ca mūko bhavati paṇḍitaḥ kālena ca sutastasya śivāṃśena babhūva ha || brahmiṣṭho devalo nāmnā kandarpasamasundaraḥ sā ca taṃ kathayāmāsa nirjane samupasthitā || vidhāya veṣaṃ yatnena trailokyacittamohinī paraṃ priyaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ jāraṃ jānāti puṃścalī || yadi tena parityaktā taṃ hantuṃ sā tu dakṣiṇā svabhāryāṃ ca parityajya yo gṛhṇāti parastriyam || yaśodhanāyuṣāṃ hānirbhavejjīvanmṛtasya ca dvijo rambhāvacaḥ śrutvā babhūva dhyānatatparaḥ || novāca kiṃcinmaunasthaḥ sā taṃ kopācchaśāpa ha padāravindavirahātsamudvigno babhūva ha|| svāṅgaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā vikṛtaṃ pūrvapuṇyavivarjitam tyaktāhārasyāntaraṃ ca bhasmapūrṇaṃ tato muneḥ || āgataṃ malayadroṇīṃ munihetormayā priye
That body of the great soul was without blood, flesh or bone: for sixty thousand years he had been made to go without food, O sage. — Accompanied by the foremost attendants, excellent ones resembling Śrī Kṛṣṇa, a beautiful (chariot) appeared from Goloka before Hari. — Aṣṭāvakra too, the lord of sages, is renowned in the three worlds, that triple world which was filled by his fame and by his birth. — The world-maker said to them: "Sons, carry out creation!" They did not abide by their father's word, but went off to perform austerity for me. — "The goddess who presides over the mantra will at once become manifest to you; by the boon of the desired goddess a son will surely be yours. He would obtain a Vaiṣṇava son, a knower of truth, long-lived; he would be without wealth and unhappy; (though) mute, he becomes learned." — And in time a son was born to him from a portion of Śiva, devoted to brahman, Devala by name, as beautiful as Kandarpa. — And she, having carefully arranged her dress, bewitching the minds of the three worlds, approached him in a lonely place and spoke to him. — A wanton woman knows her paramour to be dearer than all; if she is abandoned by him, she is ready to kill him. — He who abandons his own wife and takes another man's wife suffers loss of fame, wealth and lifespan, and is dead while living. — The brahmin, hearing Rambhā's words, became absorbed in meditation; keeping silence he said nothing, and she cursed him in anger. — From being separated from the lotus feet he became greatly distressed, seeing his own body deformed and bereft of his former merit. — Then the inside of the sage, who had given up food, was full of ashes; he came to the Malaya valley — for the sage's sake, by me, O beloved.
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BvP 4 30.5
दग्धं लोहितमांसास्थि ज्वलता जठराग्निना ।। बाह्यज्ञानविहीनस्य हरिपादाब्जचेतसः कृत्वाऽग्निकुण्डं शोकेन प्राणांस्त्यक्तुं समुद्यतः ।। मया दृष्टो वरो दत्तो दिव्यज्ञानेन बोधितः
dagdhaṃ lohitamāṃsāsthi jvalatā jaṭharāgninā || bāhyajñānavihīnasya haripādābjacetasaḥ kṛtvā'gnikuṇḍaṃ śokena prāṇāṃstyaktuṃ samudyataḥ || mayā dṛṣṭo varo datto divyajñānena bodhitaḥ
The blood, flesh and bone of him who was without outward consciousness, whose mind was on Hari's lotus feet, were burnt up by the blazing fire of his belly. Out of grief he made a fire-pit and was about to give up his life-breaths; he was seen by me, was given a boon, and was awakened with divine knowledge.
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BvP 4 30.6
चितां चन्दनकाष्ठेन निर्माय मधुसूदनः ।। कृत्वाऽग्निकार्यं तत्रैव स्थापयामास शोकतः आश्वासश्च कृतः प्रीत्या ततः शान्तो बभूव ह ।। अङ्गान्यष्टौ च वक्राणि दृष्ट्वा तूर्णं महामुनेः
citāṃ candanakāṣṭhena nirmāya madhusūdanaḥ || kṛtvā'gnikāryaṃ tatraiva sthāpayāmāsa śokataḥ āśvāsaśca kṛtaḥ prītyā tataḥ śānto babhūva ha || aṅgānyaṣṭau ca vakrāṇi dṛṣṭvā tūrṇaṃ mahāmuneḥ
Having built a pyre of sandalwood, Madhusūdana performed the fire-rite and, out of grief, laid (the body) down there itself. And consolation was given with affection, whereupon he became calm; and seeing at once the eight crooked limbs of the great sage...
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BvP 4 30.7
ददौ चितायामग्निं च काष्ठं दत्त्वा शवोपरि ।। ज्वलितायां चिता यां च मूर्च्छामाप क्षणं विभुः अष्टावक्रेति तन्नाम कौतुकेन मया कृतम् ।। मद्वाक्यान्मलयद्रोणीमयमागम्य सत्वरः
dadau citāyāmagniṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ dattvā śavopari || jvalitāyāṃ citā yāṃ ca mūrcchāmāpa kṣaṇaṃ vibhuḥ aṣṭāvakreti tannāma kautukena mayā kṛtam || madvākyānmalayadroṇīmayamāgamya satvaraḥ
He set fire to the pyre, having laid wood upon the corpse; and when the pyre was ablaze the Lord swooned for a moment. — That name of his, "Aṣṭāvakra," was made by me in play; at my word he came in haste to the Malaya valley.
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BvP 4 30.8
तद्देहे भस्मसाद्भूते नेदुर्दुन्दुभयो दिवि ।। बभूव पुष्पवृष्टिश्च तत्क्षणाद्गगनादहो षष्टि वर्षसहस्राणि चकार परमं तपः ।। तपोऽवसाने मद्भक्तो मया युक्तः कृतः प्रिये
taddehe bhasmasādbhūte nedurdundubhayo divi || babhūva puṣpavṛṣṭiśca tatkṣaṇādgaganādaho ṣaṣṭi varṣasahasrāṇi cakāra paramaṃ tapaḥ || tapo'vasāne madbhakto mayā yuktaḥ kṛtaḥ priye
When his body had been reduced to ashes, kettledrums sounded in heaven, and at that very moment, lo, there was a rain of flowers from the sky. — For sixty thousand years he performed supreme austerity; at the end of the austerity my devotee was made one with me, O beloved.
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BvP 4 30.9
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र रत्नसारविनिर्मितम् ।। स्यन्दनं च मनोयायि वस्त्रमाल्यपरिच्छदम् सर्वस्मिन्प्रलये नष्टे न मद्भक्तः प्रणश्यति।। सुचिरेणैव तपसा ज्वलता जठराग्निना
etasminnantare tatra ratnasāravinirmitam || syandanaṃ ca manoyāyi vastramālyaparicchadam sarvasminpralaye naṣṭe na madbhaktaḥ praṇaśyati|| sucireṇaiva tapasā jvalatā jaṭharāgninā
Meanwhile there (appeared) a chariot fashioned of the finest jewels, travelling at will, furnished with garments, garlands and trappings. — When all has perished in the dissolution, my devotee does not perish. — By long austerity, with the fire of the belly blazing...
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BvP 4 30.11
अष्टावक्राच्च मद्भक्तो न भूतो न भविष्यति ।। एवंभूतस्तपोनिष्ठः प्रपौत्रो ब्रह्मणो मुनिः
aṣṭāvakrācca madbhakto na bhūto na bhaviṣyati || evaṃbhūtastaponiṣṭhaḥ prapautro brahmaṇo muniḥ
And there has not been, nor will there be, a devotee of mine (greater) than Aṣṭāvakra; such was that sage, steadfast in austerity, the great-grandson of Brahmā.
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BvP 4 30.12
अवरुह्य रथात्तूर्णं पार्षदप्रवरा हरेः ।। सर्वे समानरूपास्ते प्रणम्य राधिकेश्वरौ ११ ।। धृतवन्तं सूक्ष्मदेहं प्रणमय्य मुनीश्वरम् ।। रथे कृत्वा तु तं देहं जम्मुर्गोलोकमुत्तमम्
avaruhya rathāttūrṇaṃ pārṣadapravarā hareḥ || sarve samānarūpāste praṇamya rādhikeśvarau 11 || dhṛtavantaṃ sūkṣmadehaṃ praṇamayya munīśvaram || rathe kṛtvā tu taṃ dehaṃ jammurgolokamuttamam
Descending quickly from the chariot, the foremost attendants of Hari, all of them alike in form, bowed to Rādhikā and her lord; and having made the lord of sages, who had taken on a subtle body, bow down, and having placed that body in the chariot, they went to the highest Goloka.
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BvP 4 30.13
गते मुनीन्द्रे गोलोकं वृन्दावनविनोदिनी ।। बभूव विस्मिता साध्वी पप्रच्छ जगदीश्वरम्
gate munīndre golokaṃ vṛndāvanavinodinī || babhūva vismitā sādhvī papraccha jagadīśvaram
When the lord of sages had gone to Goloka, she who takes delight in Vṛndāvana, the virtuous lady, was amazed, and asked the Lord of the world.
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BvP 4 30.14
श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। कोऽयं नाथ मुनिश्रेष्ठः सर्वावयवव क्रिमः ।। अतिखर्वजनाकारस्तेजीयानतिकुत्सितः
śrīrādhikovāca || ko'yaṃ nātha muniśreṣṭhaḥ sarvāvayavava krimaḥ || atikharvajanākārastejīyānatikutsitaḥ
Śrī Rādhikā said: Who is this, O Lord, this best of sages, crooked in every limb, in shape a very dwarfish man, most radiant (yet) most repulsive?
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BvP 4 30.15
कथं वा निर्गतं भस्म देहादस्य किमद्भुतम् ।। साक्षाद्विलीनं यत्तेज स्त्वत्पादाब्जेऽनलोपमम्
kathaṃ vā nirgataṃ bhasma dehādasya kimadbhutam || sākṣādvilīnaṃ yatteja stvatpādābje'nalopamam
And how did ashes come out of his body — what a marvel is this? — and that radiance, like fire, which visibly dissolved into your lotus foot?
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BvP 4 30.16
रथस्थः पुण्यवान्सद्यो गोलकं च जगाम ह ।। स्वात्मारामस्य यद्धेतो रोदनं ते बभूव ह
rathasthaḥ puṇyavānsadyo golakaṃ ca jagāma ha || svātmārāmasya yaddheto rodanaṃ te babhūva ha
That meritorious man, seated in the chariot, went at once to the sphere (of Viṣṇu). But for what reason did weeping come upon you, who take delight in your own Self?
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BvP 4 30.17
त्वया कृतं च सत्कारमश्रुपूर्णेन चक्षुषा ।। सर्वं विवरणं तूर्णं संव्यस्य कथय प्रभो
tvayā kṛtaṃ ca satkāramaśrupūrṇena cakṣuṣā || sarvaṃ vivaraṇaṃ tūrṇaṃ saṃvyasya kathaya prabho
And honour was done by you, with eyes filled with tears. Set it all forth and tell the whole account at once, O Lord.
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BvP 4 30.18
राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मधुसूदनः कथां कथितुमारेभे युगान्तरगतामपि
rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya madhusūdanaḥ kathāṃ kathitumārebhe yugāntaragatāmapi
Having heard Rādhikā's words, Madhusūdana laughed and began to tell the story, though it belonged to another age.
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BvP 4 30.19
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। रहस्यमष्टावक्रीयं विख्यातं सर्वतः प्रिये ।। पश्चाच्छ्रोष्यसि कालेन प्रसङ्गे विदुषां मुखात्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || rahasyamaṣṭāvakrīyaṃ vikhyātaṃ sarvataḥ priye || paścācchroṣyasi kālena prasaṅge viduṣāṃ mukhāt
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: The secret concerning Aṣṭāvakra is famed everywhere, dear one; later, in due time, you will hear it from the mouths of the learned when the occasion arises.
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BvP 4 30.21
कृष्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा विमनस्का हरिप्रिया ।। उवाच मधुरं यत्नाच्छुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुका
kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vimanaskā haripriyā || uvāca madhuraṃ yatnācchuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukā
Hearing Kṛṣṇa's words, Hari's beloved became downcast, and with throat, lips and palate gone dry she spoke sweetly, with effort:
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BvP 4 30.22
राधिकोवाच ।। यत्तृषालोर्मनः पूर्ण न बभूव सुधाम्बुधौ ।। स वितृप्तो भवति किं गोष्पदोदकपानतः
rādhikovāca || yattṛṣālormanaḥ pūrṇa na babhūva sudhāmbudhau || sa vitṛpto bhavati kiṃ goṣpadodakapānataḥ
Rādhikā said: He whose thirsty mind was not filled even in the ocean of nectar—will he be satisfied by drinking the water in a cow's hoofprint?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.23
वेदानां वेदवक्तॄणां विधातुर्जनकस्य च ।। महाविष्णोरीश्वरस्त्वं कोऽन्यो वक्ताऽस्ति त्वत्परः
vedānāṃ vedavaktṝṇāṃ vidhāturjanakasya ca || mahāviṣṇorīśvarastvaṃ ko'nyo vaktā'sti tvatparaḥ
You are the lord of the Vedas, of the speakers of the Vedas, of the Creator and of his father, and of Mahāviṣṇu; who else is there, superior to you, to tell it?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.24
राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा तुष्टः कृष्णो बभूव ह ।। उवाच गोपनीयं च रहस्यं परमाद्भुतम्
rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā tuṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇo babhūva ha || uvāca gopanīyaṃ ca rahasyaṃ paramādbhutam
Hearing Rādhikā's words, Kṛṣṇa was pleased, and he told the secret that was to be kept hidden, most wondrous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.25
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। शृणु कान्ते प्रवक्ष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।। श्रवणात्कथनाद्यस्य सर्वं पापं प्रणश्यति
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || śṛṇu kānte pravakṣye'hamitihāsaṃ purātanam || śravaṇātkathanādyasya sarvaṃ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen, beloved, I shall relate an ancient tale; from hearing and telling it all sin is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.26
महाविष्णोर्नाभिपद्माद्बभूव जगतां विधिः ।। ममांशस्य मत्कलया जलाकीर्णे जगत्त्रये
mahāviṣṇornābhipadmādbabhūva jagatāṃ vidhiḥ || mamāṃśasya matkalayā jalākīrṇe jagattraye
From the lotus of the navel of Mahāviṣṇu, who is a portion of me, there arose by my power the Creator of the worlds, when the triple world was covered with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.27
पुत्रा बभूवुश्चत्वारो ब्रह्मणो मानसात्पुरा ।। नारायणपराः सर्वे ज्वलन्तो ब्रह्मतेजसा
putrā babhūvuścatvāro brahmaṇo mānasātpurā || nārāyaṇaparāḥ sarve jvalanto brahmatejasā
Of Brahmā there were formerly four sons, born of his mind, all of them devoted to Nārāyaṇa, blazing with the splendour of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.28
शिशवः पञ्चवर्षीया नग्ना अज्ञानिनो यथा ।। बाह्यज्ञानविहीनाश्च ब्रह्मतत्त्वविशारदाः
śiśavaḥ pañcavarṣīyā nagnā ajñānino yathā || bāhyajñānavihīnāśca brahmatattvaviśāradāḥ
They were children of five years, naked, like ignorant ones, and devoid of outward knowledge, yet skilled in the truth of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.29
सनकश्च सनन्दश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः ।। सनत्कुमारो भगवानेते चत्वार एव च
sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ || sanatkumāro bhagavānete catvāra eva ca
Sanaka, and Sananda, and third Sanātana, and the lord Sanatkumāra—these indeed are the four.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.31
विधाता विमनस्कश्च तनयेषु गतेषु च ।। पितुर्दुःखाय प्रभवेत्पुत्रश्चेदवचस्करः
vidhātā vimanaskaśca tanayeṣu gateṣu ca || piturduḥkhāya prabhavetputraścedavacaskaraḥ
And the Creator became downcast when his sons had gone away; for a son, if he does not obey the word, becomes a source of sorrow to his father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.32
ज्ञानेन निर्ममे पुत्रान्स्वाङ्गेषु च तपोधनान् ।। वेदवेदाङ्गविज्ञांश्च ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा
jñānena nirmame putrānsvāṅgeṣu ca tapodhanān || vedavedāṅgavijñāṃśca jvalato brahmatejasā
By his knowledge he fashioned sons in his own limbs, rich in austerity, knowers of the Vedas and the Vedic auxiliaries, blazing with the splendour of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.33
अत्रिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहो मरीचिर्भृगुरङ्गिराः ।। क्रतुर्वसिष्ठो वोढुश्च कपिलश्चासुरिः कविः
atriḥ pulastyaḥ pulaho marīcirbhṛguraṅgirāḥ || kraturvasiṣṭho voḍhuśca kapilaścāsuriḥ kaviḥ
Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Marīci, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Voḍhu, Kapila, Āsuri, Kavi,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.34
शङ्कुः शङ्खः पञ्चशिखः प्रचेतास्ते तपोधनाः ।। बहुकालं तपस्तप्त्वा चक्रुः सृष्टिं तदाज्ञया
śaṅkuḥ śaṅkhaḥ pañcaśikhaḥ pracetāste tapodhanāḥ || bahukālaṃ tapastaptvā cakruḥ sṛṣṭiṃ tadājñayā
Śaṅku, Śaṅkha, Pañcaśikha, Pracetas—these, rich in austerity, practised austerity for a long time and carried out creation by his command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.36
तदस्तु च कथा बह्वी मुनिवंशानुकीर्तनी ।। चार्वी पुण्यस्वरूपा च प्रकृतं शृणु सुन्दरि
tadastu ca kathā bahvī munivaṃśānukīrtanī || cārvī puṇyasvarūpā ca prakṛtaṃ śṛṇu sundari
Let that be; the tale recounting the lineages of sages is long—it is charming and holy in nature. Hear the matter at hand, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.37
प्रचेतसः सुतः श्रीमानसितो मुनिपुङ्गवः ।। सकलत्रस्तपस्तेपे दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम्
pracetasaḥ sutaḥ śrīmānasito munipuṅgavaḥ || sakalatrastapastepe divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam
Pracetas' son was the illustrious Asita, the foremost of sages; together with his wife he practised austerity for a thousand divine years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.38
न बभूव सुतस्तस्य प्राणांस्त्यक्तुं समुद्यतः ।। तं सम्बोद्धुं बभूवाथ सत्या वागशरीरिणी
na babhūva sutastasya prāṇāṃstyaktuṃ samudyataḥ || taṃ samboddhuṃ babhūvātha satyā vāgaśarīriṇī
No son was born to him, and he made ready to give up his life; then, to instruct him, there came a true voice without a body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.39
कलत्रवन्तस्ते सर्वे संसारं कर्तुमु न्मुखाः ।। बभूवुः पुत्रपौत्राश्च सर्वेषां च तपस्विनाम् कथं त्यजसि प्राणांस्त्वं गच्छ शङ्करसन्निधिम् ।। सिद्धं कुरु गृहीत्वा च मन्त्रं शङ्करवक्त्रतः
kalatravantaste sarve saṃsāraṃ kartumu nmukhāḥ || babhūvuḥ putrapautrāśca sarveṣāṃ ca tapasvinām kathaṃ tyajasi prāṇāṃstvaṃ gaccha śaṅkarasannidhim || siddhaṃ kuru gṛhītvā ca mantraṃ śaṅkaravaktrataḥ
"All those (sages) possessed wives and were intent on carrying on worldly life; and to all those ascetics there came sons and grandsons. Why do you give up your life? Go into Śaṅkara's presence, and having received the mantra from Śaṅkara's mouth, make it effective (siddha)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.41
श्रुत्वैतच्चरितं विप्रो जगाम शिवसन्निधिम् ।। योगिनामप्यगम्यं च शिवलोकं निरामयम्
śrutvaitaccaritaṃ vipro jagāma śivasannidhim || yogināmapyagamyaṃ ca śivalokaṃ nirāmayam
Having heard this utterance, the brahmin went into Śiva's presence — to the disease-free world of Śiva, unreachable even by yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.42
सकलत्रो यथा योगी तुष्टाव योगिनां गुरुम् ।। पुटाञ्जलियुतो भूत्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः
sakalatro yathā yogī tuṣṭāva yogināṃ gurum || puṭāñjaliyuto bhūtvā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ
Together with his wife, the yogin praised the teacher of yogins, with hands joined in a cup and his neck bent low with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.43
असित उवाच ।। जगद्गुरो नमस्तुभ्यं शिवाय शिवदाय च ।। योगीन्द्राणां च योगीन्द्र गुरूणां गुरवे नमः
asita uvāca || jagadguro namastubhyaṃ śivāya śivadāya ca || yogīndrāṇāṃ ca yogīndra gurūṇāṃ gurave namaḥ
Asita said: Teacher of the world, homage to you, to Śiva, the giver of good; O lord of the lords of yoga, homage to the teacher of teachers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.44
मृत्योमृर्त्युस्वरूपेण मृत्युसंसारखण्डन।। मृत्योरीश मृत्युबीज मृत्युञ्जय नमोऽस्तु ते
mṛtyomṛrtyusvarūpeṇa mṛtyusaṃsārakhaṇḍana|| mṛtyorīśa mṛtyubīja mṛtyuñjaya namo'stu te
You who are death's death in your very form, breaker of the round of death, O lord of death, seed of death, conqueror of death — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.45
कालरूपं कलयतां कालकालेश कारण ।। कालादतीत कालस्य कालकाल नमोऽस्तु ते
kālarūpaṃ kalayatāṃ kālakāleśa kāraṇa || kālādatīta kālasya kālakāla namo'stu te
You who are the form of time for those who reckon time, lord of the death of Time, cause, you who are beyond time, O Time of time itself — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.46
गुणातीत गुणाधार गुणबीज गुणात्मक ।। गुणीश गुणिनां बीज गुणिनां गुरवे नमः
guṇātīta guṇādhāra guṇabīja guṇātmaka || guṇīśa guṇināṃ bīja guṇināṃ gurave namaḥ
You beyond the qualities, support of the qualities, seed of the qualities, having the qualities as your self; lord of those endowed with qualities, seed of those endowed with qualities — homage to the teacher of those endowed with qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.47
ब्रह्मस्वरूप ब्रह्मज्ञ ब्रह्मभावे च तत्पर ।। ब्रह्मबीजस्वरूपेण ब्रह्मबीज नमोस्तु ते
brahmasvarūpa brahmajña brahmabhāve ca tatpara || brahmabījasvarūpeṇa brahmabīja namostu te
You whose form is brahman, knower of brahman, intent upon the state of brahman; being yourself the form of the seed of brahman, O seed of brahman — homage be to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.48
इति स्तुत्वा शिवं नत्वा पुरस्तस्थौ मुनीश्वरः ।। दीनवत्साश्रुनेत्रश्च पुलकां चितविग्रहः
iti stutvā śivaṃ natvā purastasthau munīśvaraḥ || dīnavatsāśrunetraśca pulakāṃ citavigrahaḥ
Having praised Śiva thus and bowed to him, the lord of sages stood before him, wretched, with tears in his eyes, his body covered with bristling hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.49
असितेन कृतं स्तोत्रं भक्तियुक्तश्च यः पठेत् ।। वर्षमेकं हविष्याशी शङ्करस्य महात्मनः
asitena kṛtaṃ stotraṃ bhaktiyuktaśca yaḥ paṭhet || varṣamekaṃ haviṣyāśī śaṅkarasya mahātmanaḥ
Whoever, filled with devotion, recites the hymn composed by Asita — the hymn of the great-souled Śaṅkara — for one year, eating only sacrificial food,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.51
अभार्यो लभते भार्यां सुशीलां च पतिव्र ताम् ।। इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा यात्यन्ते शिवसन्निधिम्
abhāryo labhate bhāryāṃ suśīlāṃ ca pativra tām || iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā yātyante śivasannidhim
he who has no wife obtains a wife of good character and devoted to her husband; having enjoyed happiness in this world, at the end he goes into Śiva's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.52
इदं स्तोत्रं पुरा दत्तं ब्रह्मणा च प्रचेतसे ।। प्रचेतसा स्वपुत्रायासिताय दत्तमुत्तमम्
idaṃ stotraṃ purā dattaṃ brahmaṇā ca pracetase || pracetasā svaputrāyāsitāya dattamuttamam
This hymn was given long ago by Brahmā to Pracetas, and by Pracetas this excellent (hymn) was given to his own son Asita.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.54
शंकर उवाच ।। स्थिरो भव मुनिश्रेष्ठ जानामि तव वाञ्छितम् ।। पुत्रस्ते भविता सत्यं मदंशेन च मत्समः
śaṃkara uvāca || sthiro bhava muniśreṣṭha jānāmi tava vāñchitam || putraste bhavitā satyaṃ madaṃśena ca matsamaḥ
Śaṅkara said: Be firm, best of sages; I know what you desire. Truly you shall have a son, by a portion of myself, equal to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.55
दास्यामि मन्त्रमतुलं सर्वेषां च सुदुर्लभम् ।। इत्युक्त्वा च ददौ मन्त्रं तवैव षोडशाक्षरम्
dāsyāmi mantramatulaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca sudurlabham || ityuktvā ca dadau mantraṃ tavaiva ṣoḍaśākṣaram
"I shall give you an unequalled mantra, very hard for all to obtain." Having said this, he gave the sixteen-syllable mantra of you (the Goddess) yourself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.56
स्तोत्रं पूजाविधानं च कवचं परमाद्भुतम् ।। संसारविजयं नाम पुरश्चरणपूर्वकम्
stotraṃ pūjāvidhānaṃ ca kavacaṃ paramādbhutam || saṃsāravijayaṃ nāma puraścaraṇapūrvakam
(He gave also) the hymn, the rules of worship, and the utterly wondrous armour called "Victory over Worldly Existence," together with the preliminary observances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.57
वरं दातुमिष्टदेवी प्रत्यक्षा भवितेति च ।। इत्युक्त्वा विरतो रुद्रः स तं नत्वा जगाम ह
varaṃ dātumiṣṭadevī pratyakṣā bhaviteti ca || ityuktvā virato rudraḥ sa taṃ natvā jagāma ha
"And your chosen goddess will become visible before you to grant a boon." Having said this Rudra fell silent, and he (Asita), bowing to him, departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.58
जजाप परमं मन्त्रं सोऽसितः शतवत्सरम् ।। साक्षाद्भूत्वा वरस्तस्मै त्वया दत्तः पुरा सति
jajāpa paramaṃ mantraṃ so'sitaḥ śatavatsaram || sākṣādbhūtvā varastasmai tvayā dattaḥ purā sati
That Asita muttered the supreme mantra for a hundred years, and you, O virtuous lady, appearing in person, gave him a boon long ago:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.59
पुत्रस्ते भविता सत्यं महाज्ञानी सुतेति च ।। वरं दत्त्वा त्वमगमो गोलोकं मम सन्निधिम्
putraste bhavitā satyaṃ mahājñānī suteti ca || varaṃ dattvā tvamagamo golokaṃ mama sannidhim
"Truly you shall have a son, and that son will be a great knower." Having granted the boon, you went to Goloka, into my presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.61
सुयज्ञनृपतेः कन्यां रत्नमालावतीं मुदा ।। तां सुन्दरीं विवाहेन जगृहे सर्वमोहिनीम्
suyajñanṛpateḥ kanyāṃ ratnamālāvatīṃ mudā || tāṃ sundarīṃ vivāhena jagṛhe sarvamohinīm
With joy he took in marriage the daughter of king Suyajña, Ratnamālāvatī, that beautiful woman who bewitched everyone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.62
स्थाने स्थाने च रहसि शतवर्षं तया सह ।। स रेमे निपुणः श्रेष्ठः स्त्रीणां रमणकर्मणि
sthāne sthāne ca rahasi śatavarṣaṃ tayā saha || sa reme nipuṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ strīṇāṃ ramaṇakarmaṇi
In place after place, in private, for a hundred years he took pleasure with her — he who was skilled and foremost in the act of pleasing women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.63
कालान्तरे स विरतो बभूव मुनिपुंगवः ।। सुखं सर्वं परित्यज्य धर्मिष्ठः श्रीहरिं स्मरन्
kālāntare sa virato babhūva munipuṃgavaḥ || sukhaṃ sarvaṃ parityajya dharmiṣṭhaḥ śrīhariṃ smaran
In the course of time that bull among sages became detached; abandoning all pleasure, most devoted to dharma, he remembered Śrī Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.64
उत्थाय रात्रौ शयनाद्विरक्तश्च तपोधनः ।। स ययौ तपसे कान्ते गन्धमादनपर्वते
utthāya rātrau śayanādviraktaśca tapodhanaḥ || sa yayau tapase kānte gandhamādanaparvate
Rising from his bed at night, detached, his wealth being austerity, he went to perform austerities on the lovely Gandhamādana mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.65
निद्रां त्यक्त्वा च तत्कान्ता न दृष्ट्वा स्वामिनं सती ।। विललाप भृशं शोकात्प्रदग्धा विरहाग्निना
nidrāṃ tyaktvā ca tatkāntā na dṛṣṭvā svāminaṃ satī || vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ śokātpradagdhā virahāgninā
And when his wife, giving up sleep, did not see her husband, the faithful woman lamented greatly out of grief, scorched by the fire of separation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.66
उत्तिष्ठन्ती निर्विशन्ती रुरोदोच्चैर्मुहुर्मुहुः ।। तप्तपात्रे यथा धान्यं बभूव तन्मनस्तदा
uttiṣṭhantī nirviśantī rurodoccairmuhurmuhuḥ || taptapātre yathā dhānyaṃ babhūva tanmanastadā
Rising up and sinking down, she wept aloud again and again; her mind then became like grain in a heated pan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.67
आहारं च परित्यज्य प्राणांस्तत्याज सुन्दरी ।। चकार तत्सुतस्तस्याः कर्म निर्हरणादिकम्
āhāraṃ ca parityajya prāṇāṃstatyāja sundarī || cakāra tatsutastasyāḥ karma nirharaṇādikam
And giving up food, the beautiful woman gave up her life-breaths; her son performed for her the rites of carrying out the body and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.68
तपश्चकार स मुनिर्गन्धमादनगह्वरे ।। दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च मम भक्तो जितेन्द्रियः
tapaścakāra sa munirgandhamādanagahvare || divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca mama bhakto jitendriyaḥ
That sage performed austerity in a cave of Gandhamādana for a thousand divine years, my devotee, his senses conquered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.69
तं ददर्श ह दैवेन रम्भा शृंगारलोलुपा।। अतीवसुन्दरं शान्तं कन्दर्पमिव सुन्दरम्
taṃ dadarśa ha daivena rambhā śṛṃgāralolupā|| atīvasundaraṃ śāntaṃ kandarpamiva sundaram
By fate Rambhā, greedy for love-play, saw him — exceedingly handsome, calm, as beautiful as Kandarpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.71
रम्भोवाच ।। निबोध साधो मद्वाक्यं कामिनीनां मनोहरम् ।। त्यक्त्वा कठोरं रहसि भज मां सुखदायिकाम्
rambhovāca || nibodha sādho madvākyaṃ kāminīnāṃ manoharam || tyaktvā kaṭhoraṃ rahasi bhaja māṃ sukhadāyikām
Rambhā said: Hear, good sir, my words, charming to passionate women: give up harshness, and in private enjoy me, the giver of pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.72
त्वं वरेषु वरः पृथ्व्यां वरारोहा स्वयंवरा ।। विदग्धाया विदग्धस्य दुर्लभो नव संगमः
tvaṃ vareṣu varaḥ pṛthvyāṃ varārohā svayaṃvarā || vidagdhāyā vidagdhasya durlabho nava saṃgamaḥ
You are the choicest of the choice on earth; I am fair-hipped and choose (you) of my own accord. A fresh union of a clever woman with a clever man is hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.73
यज्ञं कुर्वन्ति भूपाला भारते स्वर्गहेतुकम् ।। स्वर्गभोगनिमित्तं च भोगसारा वयं मुने
yajñaṃ kurvanti bhūpālā bhārate svargahetukam || svargabhoganimittaṃ ca bhogasārā vayaṃ mune
Kings in Bhārata perform sacrifice for the sake of heaven, and for the sake of heavenly enjoyments; and we, O sage, are the very essence of enjoyment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.74
स्तनयोर्युग्ममूर्वोर्मे सुन्दरं मुखपंकजम् ।। हास्यभ्रूभंगसहितं दृष्ट्वा को न लभेत्सुखम्
stanayoryugmamūrvorme sundaraṃ mukhapaṃkajam || hāsyabhrūbhaṃgasahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā ko na labhetsukham
Seeing my pair of breasts, my thighs, my beautiful lotus-face together with its laughter and the arching of the brows — who would not obtain pleasure?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.75
स्त्रीरसः सुखसारश्च मुनीनामभिवाञ्छितः ।। रसिकासुखसंभोगो निर्जने चातिदुर्लभः
strīrasaḥ sukhasāraśca munīnāmabhivāñchitaḥ || rasikāsukhasaṃbhogo nirjane cātidurlabhaḥ
The savour of woman is the essence of pleasure, longed for even by sages; and the enjoyment of pleasure with a woman of taste, in a lonely place, is exceedingly hard to get.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.76
देवो वा मानवो वाऽपि गन्धर्वो वाऽथ राक्षसः ।। स्त्रीसुखेष्वप्यविज्ञेयो रम्भाया रतिवञ्चितः
devo vā mānavo vā'pi gandharvo vā'tha rākṣasaḥ || strīsukheṣvapyavijñeyo rambhāyā rativañcitaḥ
Whether god, or man, or gandharva, or rākṣasa — one cheated of love-making with Rambhā knows nothing even of the pleasures of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 30.77
रहस्युपस्थितां कान्तां न भजेद्यो जितेन्द्रियः ।। गात्रलोमप्रमाणाब्दं कुम्भीपाके वसेद्ध्रुवम् इहातिनिन्द्यः सर्वत्र नाधिकारी स्वकर्मसु ।। परत्रैवान्धकूपे च यावद्वर्षशतं वसेत् ।
rahasyupasthitāṃ kāntāṃ na bhajedyo jitendriyaḥ || gātralomapramāṇābdaṃ kumbhīpāke vaseddhruvam ihātinindyaḥ sarvatra nādhikārī svakarmasu || paratraivāndhakūpe ca yāvadvarṣaśataṃ vaset |
Whoever, with senses subdued, does not enjoy a woman who has presented herself in private, will surely dwell in the Kumbhīpāka hell for as many years as the hairs on his body; here he is utterly blameworthy everywhere and has no fitness for his own rites, and in the next world he dwells in a blind well for a full hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.78
सत्यं तस्याश्च वधभाक्तच्छापेन प्रणश्यति ।। विधाता मोहिनीशापादपूज्यो भुवनत्रये
satyaṃ tasyāśca vadhabhāktacchāpena praṇaśyati || vidhātā mohinīśāpādapūjyo bhuvanatraye
Truly he incurs (the guilt of) killing her, and by her curse he perishes; the Creator, through Mohinī's curse, became unworthy of worship in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.79
येन त्यक्तोपस्थिता तं यथा पश्यति पुंश्चली ।। स्वामिपुत्रस्वबन्धूनां न तथा घातकं रुषा
yena tyaktopasthitā taṃ yathā paśyati puṃścalī || svāmiputrasvabandhūnāṃ na tathā ghātakaṃ ruṣā
As a wanton woman, having presented herself, looks upon the man who rejected her, so she does not look in anger even upon the killer of her husband, son and kin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.81
पुंश्चली हिंस्रजन्तुभ्यो नवघातिभ्य एव च।। दुष्टा शश्वद्दयाहीना दुरन्ता प्रतिजन्मनि
puṃścalī hiṃsrajantubhyo navaghātibhya eva ca|| duṣṭā śaśvaddayāhīnā durantā pratijanmani
A wanton woman is worse than predatory beasts and than fresh murderers: wicked, ever without pity, incorrigible in every birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 30.82
त्यज ध्यानं मुनिश्रेष्ठ भुंक्ष्वेदं तपसः फलम् ।। रहस्युपस्थितां मां च गृहीत्वा सुचिरं सुखम्
tyaja dhyānaṃ muniśreṣṭha bhuṃkṣvedaṃ tapasaḥ phalam || rahasyupasthitāṃ māṃ ca gṛhītvā suciraṃ sukham
Give up meditation, best of sages; enjoy this fruit of your austerity: take me, who have presented myself in private, and (enjoy) pleasure for a very long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.83
स रम्भावचनं श्रुत्वा तामुवाच भयाकुलः ।। हितं तथ्यं नीतिसारं परिणामसुखावहम्
sa rambhāvacanaṃ śrutvā tāmuvāca bhayākulaḥ || hitaṃ tathyaṃ nītisāraṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham
He, having heard Rambhā's speech, agitated with fear, spoke to her what was beneficial, true, the essence of right conduct, and bringing happiness in the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.84
देवल उवाच ।। शृणु रम्भे प्रवक्ष्यामि वेदसारं परं वचः ।। कुलधर्मोचितं सत्यं ब्राह्मणानां तपस्विनाम्
devala uvāca || śṛṇu rambhe pravakṣyāmi vedasāraṃ paraṃ vacaḥ || kuladharmocitaṃ satyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām
Devala said: Listen, Rambhā, I shall declare the supreme word, the essence of the Veda, true and fitting to the family duty of brāhmaṇas who practise austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.85
धर्मोऽयं युक्तकाले च स्वयोषिति रतो द्विजः ।। सर्वत्र पूजितः शश्वदिह लोके परत्र च
dharmo'yaṃ yuktakāle ca svayoṣiti rato dvijaḥ || sarvatra pūjitaḥ śaśvadiha loke paratra ca
This is the (proper) law: a twice-born man who takes pleasure in his own wife at the fitting season is honoured everywhere, always, in this world and in the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.86
ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यो यो रतः परयोषिति ।। याति तस्यापूजितस्य रुष्टा लक्ष्मीर्गृहादपि
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyo yo rataḥ parayoṣiti || yāti tasyāpūjitasya ruṣṭā lakṣmīrgṛhādapi
A brahmin, a kshatriya, or a vaishya who takes pleasure in another man's wife — he goes unhonoured, and Lakshmi, angered, departs even from his house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.88
ग्राह्या चोपस्थिता स्त्री च गृहिणा न तपस्विना ।। त्यागे दोषः कामिनीनां शापभाक्पापभाग्गृही
grāhyā copasthitā strī ca gṛhiṇā na tapasvinā || tyāge doṣaḥ kāminīnāṃ śāpabhākpāpabhāggṛhī
And a woman who presents herself is to be accepted by a householder, not by an ascetic; in rejecting (them) there is fault, (for) the householder incurs the curse of amorous women and incurs sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 30.89
ब्रह्मा जगद्विधाताऽपि न विरक्तः कलत्रवान् ।। त्यागे दोषस्तत्कदाचिन्नास्माकं त्यक्तयोषिताम्
brahmā jagadvidhātā'pi na viraktaḥ kalatravān || tyāge doṣastatkadācinnāsmākaṃ tyaktayoṣitām
Even Brahma, the maker of the world, is not detached, but has a wife; the fault in rejecting (a woman) is therefore never ours, who have renounced women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 30.91
भुवि नास्ति यशो यस्य जीवनं तस्य निष्फलम् ।। सुसंपदा किं राज्येन सुखेन च तपस्विनः
bhuvi nāsti yaśo yasya jīvanaṃ tasya niṣphalam || susaṃpadā kiṃ rājyena sukhena ca tapasvinaḥ
He who has no fame on earth — his life is fruitless; what use to an ascetic are fine wealth, kingship, and pleasure?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.92
निष्कामेन च वृद्धेन मया किं ते प्रयोजनम्।। सुवेषं सुन्दरं मातर्युवानं पश्य सुन्दरि
niṣkāmena ca vṛddhena mayā kiṃ te prayojanam|| suveṣaṃ sundaraṃ mātaryuvānaṃ paśya sundari
What use am I to you, an old man free of desire? Look, lady, at a well-dressed, handsome youth, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.93
इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोपाप्सरसां वरा ।। उवाच भूयो वाक्यं तं त्रस्ता प्रस्फुरिताधरा
ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā cukopāpsarasāṃ varā || uvāca bhūyo vākyaṃ taṃ trastā prasphuritādharā
Hearing this speech, the best of the apsarases grew angry, and, trembling, her lip quivering, she spoke to him again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.94
रम्भोवाच ।। चारुचम्पकवर्णाभः कन्दर्पसमसुन्दरः ।। तपःप्रभावात्सश्रीकः सुवेषः संमतः स्त्रियाः
rambhovāca || cārucampakavarṇābhaḥ kandarpasamasundaraḥ || tapaḥprabhāvātsaśrīkaḥ suveṣaḥ saṃmataḥ striyāḥ
Rambha said: Of the lovely hue of the champaka, as handsome as Kandarpa, radiant through the power of your austerity, well-attired — you are acceptable to a woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.95
त्वया विनाऽन्यं कं यामि को वास्ति त्वत्परः पुमान्।। पुंश्चली त्वां परित्यज्य का जीवति स्मरा तुरा
tvayā vinā'nyaṃ kaṃ yāmi ko vāsti tvatparaḥ pumān|| puṃścalī tvāṃ parityajya kā jīvati smarā turā
Without you, to what other man should I go? Or what man is superior to you? What wanton woman, tormented by desire, lives after abandoning you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.96
शीघ्रं मां भज विप्रेन्द्र दग्धां कामाग्निना सदा ।। कामो नश्यति मां त्वत्तो यथा रम्भां मतंगजः
śīghraṃ māṃ bhaja viprendra dagdhāṃ kāmāgninā sadā || kāmo naśyati māṃ tvatto yathā rambhāṃ mataṃgajaḥ
Quickly make love to me, lord of brahmins, for I am ever burnt by the fire of desire; desire destroys me (in longing) for you, as a great elephant destroys a plantain tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 30.97
न चेच्छापं प्रदास्यामि वद वेदविदां वर ।। मां वा दारुणशापं वा सत्वरं ग्रहणं कुरु
na cecchāpaṃ pradāsyāmi vada vedavidāṃ vara || māṃ vā dāruṇaśāpaṃ vā satvaraṃ grahaṇaṃ kuru
If not, I shall lay a curse (on you) — speak, best of the knowers of the Veda! Take, and quickly: either me, or a terrible curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.98
दग्धाः प्राणा मनोदग्धं स्वात्मा वा इति संततम्।। नवशृङ्गारपीयूषपाननिर्वाणतां व्रजेत्
dagdhāḥ prāṇā manodagdhaṃ svātmā vā iti saṃtatam|| navaśṛṅgārapīyūṣapānanirvāṇatāṃ vrajet
My breaths are burnt, my mind is burnt, and my very self as well, continually; (only) by drinking the nectar of fresh love-making would it reach extinction (of that burning).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 30.99
स्वान्तर्दुःखेन दुःखार्तो यो यं शपति निश्चितम्।। तं शापं खण्डितुं शक्तो न विधाता जगत्पतिः
svāntarduḥkhena duḥkhārto yo yaṃ śapati niścitam|| taṃ śāpaṃ khaṇḍituṃ śakto na vidhātā jagatpatiḥ
Whomever one who is stricken with grief curses out of inward sorrow, that curse is certainly (fixed): not even the Creator, the lord of the world, is able to break it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 30.112
निष्कलः पुंश्चली शापाद्ब्रह्माऽपूज्यो यथा पुरा ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं रहस्यं च महात्मनः ।। सुखदं पुण्यदं गूढं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
niṣkalaḥ puṃścalī śāpādbrahmā'pūjyo yathā purā || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ rahasyaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ || sukhadaṃ puṇyadaṃ gūḍhaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Brahma became powerless and, by the curse of a wanton woman, not to be worshipped, as (happened) formerly. Thus has the whole secret of the great soul been told — pleasure-giving, merit-giving, hidden. What further do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 30.513
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। समाकर्ण्य मुनेः स्तोत्रं भगवाञ्छंकरः स्वयम् ।। उवाच ब्रह्मणः पुत्रं स्वभक्तं भक्तव त्सलः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || samākarṇya muneḥ stotraṃ bhagavāñchaṃkaraḥ svayam || uvāca brahmaṇaḥ putraṃ svabhaktaṃ bhaktava tsalaḥ
Shri Krishna said: Having heard the sage's hymn of praise, the Lord Shankara himself, fond of his devotees, spoke to Brahma's son, his own devotee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition