Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 33
BvP 4 33.1
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। कृत्वा ब्रह्मा हरेः स्तोत्रं तस्थौ तस्याः समीपतः ।। मनोमत्तगजेन्द्रं च कामासक्तं निवारयन्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || kṛtvā brahmā hareḥ stotraṃ tasthau tasyāḥ samīpataḥ || manomattagajendraṃ ca kāmāsaktaṃ nivārayan
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having made his hymn of praise to Hari, Brahmā stood near her, restraining his mind — a rutting lord of elephants attached to desire —
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BvP 4 33.2
दिव्यज्ञानांकुशे नैव मया दत्तेन राधिके ।। उवाच मोहिनी तं च परिहासपरं वचः
divyajñānāṃkuśe naiva mayā dattena rādhike || uvāca mohinī taṃ ca parihāsaparaṃ vacaḥ
— with no goad of divine knowledge at all given by me, O Rādhikā. And Mohinī spoke to him words full of mockery.
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BvP 4 33.3
मोहिन्युवाच ।। इङ्गितेनैव नारीणां सद्यो मत्तं भवेन्मनः ।। करोत्याकृष्य संभोगं यः स एवोत्तमो विभो
mohinyuvāca || iṅgitenaiva nārīṇāṃ sadyo mattaṃ bhavenmanaḥ || karotyākṛṣya saṃbhogaṃ yaḥ sa evottamo vibho
Mohinī said: He who, by a mere hint from women, whose mind at once becomes intoxicated, and who draws (her) to himself and enjoys union — he alone is the best, O lord.
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BvP 4 33.4
ज्ञात्वा स्फुटमभिप्रायं नार्या संप्रेषितो हि यः ।। पश्चात्करोति शृङ्गारं पुरुषः स च मध्यमः सततं त्वन्मनस्कां मां दासीं जन्मनि जन्मनि ।। क्रीणीहि रतिपण्येनामूल्यरत्नेन सत्वरम् आसुरिश्च प्रचेताश्च स्वयं शुक्रो बृहस्पतिः ।। उतथ्यः करकः कण्वः कश्यपो गौतमस्तथा जहसुर्मुनयः सर्वे सर्वज्ञास्तत्र राधिके ।। सर्वं रहस्यं विज्ञाय जगत्स्रष्टुश्च मानसम् तव माघ्यां च संक्रान्त्यां न भविष्यति सा पुनः ।। कल्पान्तरेऽत्र कल्पे वा देहे देहांतरेऽत्र वा त्वया कृतं च यत्कर्म इह केन न तत्कृतम् ।। स्त्रीजातिः प्रकृतेरंशा जगतां बीजरूपिणी एतस्मिन्नंतरे कश्चिदाजगाम हरेः पुरः ।। द्वारपालः शीघ्रगामीत्युवाच नतकन्धरः वार्ता विषयिणां चैव सुराणां च क्रमेण च।। चतुर्मुखस्य तान्दृष्ट्वा दर्पभङ्गो बभूव ह
jñātvā sphuṭamabhiprāyaṃ nāryā saṃpreṣito hi yaḥ || paścātkaroti śṛṅgāraṃ puruṣaḥ sa ca madhyamaḥ satataṃ tvanmanaskāṃ māṃ dāsīṃ janmani janmani || krīṇīhi ratipaṇyenāmūlyaratnena satvaram āsuriśca pracetāśca svayaṃ śukro bṛhaspatiḥ || utathyaḥ karakaḥ kaṇvaḥ kaśyapo gautamastathā jahasurmunayaḥ sarve sarvajñāstatra rādhike || sarvaṃ rahasyaṃ vijñāya jagatsraṣṭuśca mānasam tava māghyāṃ ca saṃkrāntyāṃ na bhaviṣyati sā punaḥ || kalpāntare'tra kalpe vā dehe dehāṃtare'tra vā tvayā kṛtaṃ ca yatkarma iha kena na tatkṛtam || strījātiḥ prakṛteraṃśā jagatāṃ bījarūpiṇī etasminnaṃtare kaścidājagāma hareḥ puraḥ || dvārapālaḥ śīghragāmītyuvāca natakandharaḥ vārtā viṣayiṇāṃ caiva surāṇāṃ ca krameṇa ca|| caturmukhasya tāndṛṣṭvā darpabhaṅgo babhūva ha
But he who, clearly understanding (her) intention, is sent for by a woman and only afterwards makes love — that man is the middling one.
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BvP 4 33.5
पुनःपुनः प्रेषितश्च स्त्रिया कामार्तया च यः ।। तया न लिप्तो रहसि स क्लीबो न पुमानहो
punaḥpunaḥ preṣitaśca striyā kāmārtayā ca yaḥ || tayā na lipto rahasi sa klībo na pumānaho
And he who, though sent for again and again by a woman afflicted with desire, is not united with her in private — he is a eunuch, not a man at all!
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BvP 4 33.6
गृही तपस्वी कामी वा त्यजेत्स्त्रियमुपस्थिताम् ।। व्रजेत्परत्र नरकमपूज्यश्च भवेदिह
gṛhī tapasvī kāmī vā tyajetstriyamupasthitām || vrajetparatra narakamapūjyaśca bhavediha
A householder, an ascetic, or a lustful man who rejects a woman who has presented herself goes to hell in the next world and becomes unworthy of honour here.
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BvP 4 33.7
नष्टश्रीर्भ्रष्टरूपश्च भ्रष्टबुद्धिर्भवेद् ध्रुवम्।। स सद्यः क्लीबतां याति ब्रह्मञ्छापेन योषितः
naṣṭaśrīrbhraṣṭarūpaśca bhraṣṭabuddhirbhaved dhruvam|| sa sadyaḥ klībatāṃ yāti brahmañchāpena yoṣitaḥ
He certainly becomes one whose fortune is lost, whose beauty is ruined, and whose intelligence is ruined; and he at once attains impotence, O Brahmā, by the curse of a woman.
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BvP 4 33.8
उत्तिष्ठ जगतीनाथ पारं कुरु स्मरार्णवे ।। निमग्नां दुस्तरे घोरे कर्णधार भयानके
uttiṣṭha jagatīnātha pāraṃ kuru smarārṇave || nimagnāṃ dustare ghore karṇadhāra bhayānake
Rise, lord of the world! Carry (me) to the far shore — sunk in the ocean of love, hard to cross, dreadful and terrifying — O helmsman!
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BvP 4 33.9
अतीव निर्जनस्थाने सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिते ।। सुगन्धिवायुना रम्ये पुंस्कोकिलरुतश्रुते
atīva nirjanasthāne sarvajantuvivarjite || sugandhivāyunā ramye puṃskokilarutaśrute
In an utterly solitary place, devoid of all creatures, delightful with fragrant breezes, where the call of the male cuckoo is heard —
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BvP 4 33.11
इत्युक्त्वा मोहिनी सद्यो जगत्स्रष्टुश्च ब्रह्मणः ।। विचकर्ष वरं वस्त्रं सस्मिता कामविह्वला
ityuktvā mohinī sadyo jagatsraṣṭuśca brahmaṇaḥ || vicakarṣa varaṃ vastraṃ sasmitā kāmavihvalā
Having said this, Mohinī, smiling and overwhelmed by desire, at once pulled at the fine garment of Brahmā, the creator of the world.
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BvP 4 33.12
विज्ञाय समयं धाता तामुवाच भयातुरः ।। पीयूषतुल्यं वचनं वरं विनयपूर्वकम्
vijñāya samayaṃ dhātā tāmuvāca bhayāturaḥ || pīyūṣatulyaṃ vacanaṃ varaṃ vinayapūrvakam
Understanding the situation, the Creator, stricken with fear, spoke to her excellent words like nectar, prefaced with courtesy.
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BvP 4 33.13
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शृणु मोहिनि मद्वाक्यं सत्यसारं हितं स्फुटम् ।। न कुरु त्वं च त्रैलोक्ये स्त्रीजातीनामपत्रपाम्
brahmovāca || śṛṇu mohini madvākyaṃ satyasāraṃ hitaṃ sphuṭam || na kuru tvaṃ ca trailokye strījātīnāmapatrapām
Brahmā said: Hear my words, Mohinī — true in substance, beneficial, plain. Do not you bring shamelessness upon womankind in the three worlds.
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BvP 4 33.14
त्यज मामम्बिके पुत्रं वृद्धं निष्काममेव च ।। त्वत्कर्मयोग्यरसिकं युवानं पश्य सुस्मिते
tyaja māmambike putraṃ vṛddhaṃ niṣkāmameva ca || tvatkarmayogyarasikaṃ yuvānaṃ paśya susmite
Let me go, mother — (I am) a son, old, and free of desire. Look for a young man, a connoisseur fit for your business, O fair-smiling one.
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BvP 4 33.15
निषेकाल्लभते पत्नी गुरुं भर्तुः शुभाशुभम् ।। मन्त्रशिल्पमपत्यं च सर्वमेतन्न यत्नतः
niṣekāllabhate patnī guruṃ bhartuḥ śubhāśubham || mantraśilpamapatyaṃ ca sarvametanna yatnataḥ
From the insemination a wife obtains the great good and ill of her husband, and mantra, craft and offspring — all this is not (got) by effort.
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BvP 4 33.16
त्वया सह मम रते निबन्धो नास्ति सुव्रते ।। क्षुद्रं महद्वा यत्कर्म सर्वदैवनिबन्धकम्
tvayā saha mama rate nibandho nāsti suvrate || kṣudraṃ mahadvā yatkarma sarvadaivanibandhakam
In sexual union with you there is no bond for me, O you of good vows; whether an act be trifling or great, it is always fate that binds.
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BvP 4 33.17
इत्युक्तवन्तं ब्रह्माणं स्मरन्तं मत्पदाम्बुजम्।। विचकर्ष पुनर्वेश्या कामेन हतचेतना
ityuktavantaṃ brahmāṇaṃ smarantaṃ matpadāmbujam|| vicakarṣa punarveśyā kāmena hatacetanā
While Brahmā was speaking thus and remembering my lotus feet, the courtesan, her mind destroyed by desire, pulled at him again.
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BvP 4 33.18
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शीघ्रं स्थानं तत्सुमनोहरम्।। आजग्मुर्मुनयः सर्वे ज्वलन्तो ब्रह्मतेजसा
etasminnantare śīghraṃ sthānaṃ tatsumanoharam|| ājagmurmunayaḥ sarve jvalanto brahmatejasā
At that moment all the sages, blazing with brahminical splendour, quickly came to that most charming place.
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BvP 4 33.19
अत्रिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहो वसिष्ठः क्रतुरंगिराः।। भृगुर्मरीचिः कपिलो वोढुः पञ्चशिखो रुचिः
atriḥ pulastyaḥ pulaho vasiṣṭhaḥ kraturaṃgirāḥ|| bhṛgurmarīciḥ kapilo voḍhuḥ pañcaśikho ruciḥ
Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Vasiṣṭha, Kratu, Aṅgiras, Bhṛgu, Marīci, Kapila, Voḍhu, Pañcaśikha, Ruci,
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BvP 4 33.21
सनकश्च सनन्दश्च कर्दमश्च सनातनः ।। सनत्कुमारो भगवान्योगिनां परमो गुरुः
sanakaśca sanandaśca kardamaśca sanātanaḥ || sanatkumāro bhagavānyogināṃ paramo guruḥ
Sanaka and Sananda and Kardama and Sanātana, and the lord Sanatkumāra, the supreme teacher of yogins,
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BvP 4 33.22
शातातपः पिप्पलश्च शंकुः शुक्रः पराशरः ।। मार्कण्डेयो लोमशश्च मृकण्डुश्च्यवनस्तथा
śātātapaḥ pippalaśca śaṃkuḥ śukraḥ parāśaraḥ || mārkaṇḍeyo lomaśaśca mṛkaṇḍuścyavanastathā
Śātātapa and Pippala, Śaṃku, Śukra, Parāśara, Mārkaṇḍeya and Lomaśa, Mṛkaṇḍu and likewise Cyavana,
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BvP 4 33.23
दुर्वासाश्च जरत्कारुरास्तीकश्च विभाण्डकः ।। ऋष्यशृङ्गो भरद्वाजो वामदेवश्च कौशिकः
durvāsāśca jaratkārurāstīkaśca vibhāṇḍakaḥ || ṛṣyaśṛṅgo bharadvājo vāmadevaśca kauśikaḥ
and Durvāsas, Jaratkāru, Āstīka and Vibhāṇḍaka, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Bharadvāja, and Vāmadeva and Kauśika —
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BvP 4 33.24
दृष्ट्वैतांश्च तपोनिष्ठानागतांश्च मुनीश्वरान् ।। तत्याज मोहिनी शीघ्रं व्रीडया कमलोद्भवम्
dṛṣṭvaitāṃśca taponiṣṭhānāgatāṃśca munīśvarān || tatyāja mohinī śīghraṃ vrīḍayā kamalodbhavam
and seeing these lords of sages, devoted to asceticism, arrived (there), Mohinī quickly, out of shame, let go of the lotus-born (Brahmā).
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BvP 4 33.25
तत्रोवास जगद्धाता तद्धामपार्श्वतश्च सा ।। प्रणेमुर्मुनयस्तं च भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धराः
tatrovāsa jagaddhātā taddhāmapārśvataśca sā || praṇemurmunayastaṃ ca bhaktinamrātmakandharāḥ
There the maker of the world took his seat, and she (sat) at the side of his abode; and the sages bowed to him, their necks and selves bent in devotion.
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BvP 4 33.26
आशिषं युयुजे ब्रह्मा वासयामास तान्विभुः ।। तेषु मध्ये प्रजज्वाल यथा तारासु चन्द्रमाः
āśiṣaṃ yuyuje brahmā vāsayāmāsa tānvibhuḥ || teṣu madhye prajajvāla yathā tārāsu candramāḥ
Brahmā bestowed a blessing, and the mighty one had them seated; in their midst he blazed forth as the moon among the stars.
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BvP 4 33.27
पप्रच्छुर्मुनयो देवं कथमेषा तवान्तिके।। स्वर्वेश्यानां च प्रवरा मोहिनीत्येवमेव च
papracchurmunayo devaṃ kathameṣā tavāntike|| svarveśyānāṃ ca pravarā mohinītyevameva ca
The sages asked the god: "How is it that she is beside you — and this Mohinī, the foremost of the courtesans of heaven, in just this way?"
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BvP 4 33.28
श्रुत्वा मुनीनां वचनमुवाच तान्प्रजापतिः ।। स्त्रीजातीनां च वचनं लज्जाच्छादनमेव च
śrutvā munīnāṃ vacanamuvāca tānprajāpatiḥ || strījātīnāṃ ca vacanaṃ lajjācchādanameva ca
Hearing the sages' words, the Lord of creatures spoke to them — and the speech of the female kind is nothing but a covering for shame.
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BvP 4 33.29
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। अपूर्वं नृत्यगीतं च चिरं कृत्वा शुभावहा ।। उवासेयं परिश्रान्ता यथा कन्या पितुः पुरः ।। इत्युक्त्वा जगतां धाता जहास मुनि संसदि
|| brahmovāca || apūrvaṃ nṛtyagītaṃ ca ciraṃ kṛtvā śubhāvahā || uvāseyaṃ pariśrāntā yathā kanyā pituḥ puraḥ || ityuktvā jagatāṃ dhātā jahāsa muni saṃsadi
Brahmā said: Having performed for a long time an unprecedented dance and song, this auspicious one sat down exhausted, as a daughter (would) before her father. Having said this, the maker of the worlds laughed in the assembly of the sages.
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BvP 4 33.31
सद्यश्चुकोप कुलटा हास्यव्याजेन संसदि ।। सर्वाङ्गकम्पमाना सा कुलटा कुटिलानना
sadyaścukopa kulaṭā hāsyavyājena saṃsadi || sarvāṅgakampamānā sā kulaṭā kuṭilānanā
At once the wanton woman grew angry at the laughter under that pretext in the assembly; that wanton woman, her face twisted, trembling in every limb,
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BvP 4 33.32
रक्तपङ्कजनेत्रा च कोपप्रस्फुरिताधरा ।। उत्थाय च सभामध्ये तेषां च पुरतः स्थिता ।। संबोध्योवाच ब्रह्माणं मृत्युकन्या यथा रुषा
raktapaṅkajanetrā ca kopaprasphuritādharā || utthāya ca sabhāmadhye teṣāṃ ca purataḥ sthitā || saṃbodhyovāca brahmāṇaṃ mṛtyukanyā yathā ruṣā
her eyes red lotuses and her lip quivering with rage, rose and stood in the middle of the hall before them, and addressing Brahmā she spoke in wrath, like the daughter of Death:
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BvP 4 33.33
मोहिन्युवाच ।। अये ब्रह्मञ्जगन्नाथ वेदकर्ता त्वमेव च
mohinyuvāca || aye brahmañjagannātha vedakartā tvameva ca
Mohinī said: Ah, Brahmā, lord of the world, you yourself are the maker of the Vedas!
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BvP 4 33.34
किं वा वेदप्रणिहितं कर्म किं तद्विपर्ययम् ।। विचारं मनसा स्वेन कुरु वेदविदां गुरो
kiṃ vā vedapraṇihitaṃ karma kiṃ tadviparyayam || vicāraṃ manasā svena kuru vedavidāṃ guro
What act is enjoined by the Veda, and what is the opposite of it? Consider it with your own mind, O teacher of the knowers of the Veda.
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BvP 4 33.35
स्वकन्यायां यत्स्पृहा स कथं हससि नर्तकीम् ।। निर्मिताऽहमीश्वरेण स्वर्वेश्या सर्वगामिनी
svakanyāyāṃ yatspṛhā sa kathaṃ hasasi nartakīm || nirmitā'hamīśvareṇa svarveśyā sarvagāminī
You who had desire for your own daughter — how is it that you laugh at a dancing-girl? I was created by the Lord as a heaven-courtesan who goes to all.
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BvP 4 33.36
सतां कर्म विरुद्धं यत्तदत्यन्तविडम्बनम् ।। दासीतुल्यां विनीतां च दैवेन शरणागताम्
satāṃ karma viruddhaṃ yattadatyantaviḍambanam || dāsītulyāṃ vinītāṃ ca daivena śaraṇāgatām
An act contrary to that of the good is an utter mockery — (to laugh at) one who is like a slave-girl, humble, and come for refuge by fate's decree.
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BvP 4 33.37
यतो हससि गर्वेण ततोऽपूज्यो भवाचिरम् ।। अचिराद्दर्पभङ्गं ते करिष्यति हरिः स्वयम्
yato hasasi garveṇa tato'pūjyo bhavāciram || acirāddarpabhaṅgaṃ te kariṣyati hariḥ svayam
Because you laugh (at me) out of pride, therefore be unworshipped for a long time; before long Hari himself will break your pride.
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BvP 4 33.38
निबोध वचनं ब्रह्मन्वेश्यायाश्च तु सांप्रतम् ।। तवैव वचनं स्तोत्रं गृह्णाति यो नरः सदा
nibodha vacanaṃ brahmanveśyāyāśca tu sāṃpratam || tavaiva vacanaṃ stotraṃ gṛhṇāti yo naraḥ sadā
Hear now, Brahmā, the word of a courtesan too: whatever man ever takes up your very name as a hymn of praise —
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BvP 4 33.39
भविता तस्य विघ्नश्च स यास्यत्युपहास्यताम् ।। भविता वार्षिकी पूजा देवतानां युगेयुगे
bhavitā tasya vighnaśca sa yāsyatyupahāsyatām || bhavitā vārṣikī pūjā devatānāṃ yugeyuge
there will be an obstacle for him, and he will fall into ridicule. There will be a yearly worship of the gods in age after age,
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BvP 4 33.41
पुनः पूजा न भविता या गता सा गतैव च ।। इत्युक्त्वा मोहिनी शीघ्रं जगाम मदनालयम्
punaḥ pūjā na bhavitā yā gatā sā gataiva ca || ityuktvā mohinī śīghraṃ jagāma madanālayam
but for you there will be no worship again; what has gone is simply gone. Having said this, Mohinī swiftly went to the abode of Madana.
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BvP 4 33.42
तेन सार्द्धं रतिं कृत्वा बभूव विज्वरा पुनः ।। पश्चात्सा चेतनां प्राप्य विललाप भृशं पुनः
tena sārddhaṃ ratiṃ kṛtvā babhūva vijvarā punaḥ || paścātsā cetanāṃ prāpya vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ punaḥ
Having made love with him, she became free of fever again; afterwards, regaining her senses, she lamented greatly once more:
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BvP 4 33.43
अयं कथं मया शप्तो जगद्विधिरतिप्रियः ।। स्वर्वेश्यायां गतायां च मुनयो दुःखिता भृशम्
ayaṃ kathaṃ mayā śapto jagadvidhiratipriyaḥ || svarveśyāyāṃ gatāyāṃ ca munayo duḥkhitā bhṛśam
"How was he cursed by me — the ordainer of the world, so very dear (to me)!" And when the heaven-courtesan had gone, the sages were greatly grieved.
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BvP 4 33.44
स्वयं विधाता जगतां चकम्पे नतकन्धरः ।। उपायं मुनयस्तस्मै ददुः कल्याणकारिणः
svayaṃ vidhātā jagatāṃ cakampe natakandharaḥ || upāyaṃ munayastasmai daduḥ kalyāṇakāriṇaḥ
The maker of the worlds himself trembled, his neck bowed; and the sages, workers of welfare, offered him a means (of remedy).
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BvP 4 33.45
शरणं व्रज वैकुण्ठमित्युक्त्वा ते गृहान्ययुः ।। ब्रह्मा जगाम शरणं मम मूर्त्यन्तरं परम्
śaraṇaṃ vraja vaikuṇṭhamityuktvā te gṛhānyayuḥ || brahmā jagāma śaraṇaṃ mama mūrtyantaraṃ param
Saying, "Go for refuge to Vaikuṇṭha," they went to their homes; and Brahmā went for refuge to that other, supreme form of mine.
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BvP 4 33.46
शान्तं तं कमलाकान्तं श्यामं नारायणाभिधम्।। गत्वा विषष्णवदनः प्रणम्य च चतुर्भुजम्
śāntaṃ taṃ kamalākāntaṃ śyāmaṃ nārāyaṇābhidham|| gatvā viṣaṣṇavadanaḥ praṇamya ca caturbhujam
Having gone to him — the tranquil, dark-hued, four-armed beloved of Kamalā, called Nārāyaṇa — and having bowed, with dejected face,
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BvP 4 33.47
तत्रोवास जगत्कर्ता नातिदूरे समीपतः ।। रहस्यं कथयामास शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः
tatrovāsa jagatkartā nātidūre samīpataḥ || rahasyaṃ kathayāmāsa śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ
there the world-maker sat down, near (him), not too far off, and, his throat, lips and palate dry, told (his) secret.
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BvP 4 33.48
दीनबन्धुं दयासिन्धुं विपत्तारणकारणम् ।। श्रुत्वा रहस्यं तत्सर्वं प्रहस्योवाच तं विभुः ।। सत्यं सारं हितं वाक्यं जगतां च सुखावहम्
dīnabandhuṃ dayāsindhuṃ vipattāraṇakāraṇam || śrutvā rahasyaṃ tatsarvaṃ prahasyovāca taṃ vibhuḥ || satyaṃ sāraṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ jagatāṃ ca sukhāvaham
Having heard all that secret, the Lord — friend of the lowly, ocean of compassion, the cause of deliverance from calamity — laughed and spoke to him words true, essential, beneficial, and bringing happiness to the worlds.
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BvP 4 33.49
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। स्वयं त्वं वेदविदसि विदुषां च गुरोर्गुरुः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || svayaṃ tvaṃ vedavidasi viduṣāṃ ca gurorguruḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: You yourself are a knower of the Veda, and the teacher of the teachers of the learned.
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BvP 4 33.51
स्त्रीणां विडम्बनेनैव प्रकृतेश्च विडम्बनम् ।। न तद्भारतवर्षं च पुण्यक्षेत्रमनुत्तमम्
strīṇāṃ viḍambanenaiva prakṛteśca viḍambanam || na tadbhāratavarṣaṃ ca puṇyakṣetramanuttamam
Precisely by the mocking of women comes the mocking of Prakṛti; and this is not Bhāratavarṣa, that unsurpassed field of merit.
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BvP 4 33.52
क्रीडाक्षेत्रे ब्रह्मलोके कस्तवेन्द्रियनिग्रहः ।। यदि तद्भारते दैवात्कामिनी समुपस्थिता
krīḍākṣetre brahmaloke kastavendriyanigrahaḥ || yadi tadbhārate daivātkāminī samupasthitā
In Brahmaloka, a field of play, what restraint of the senses is there for you? If in that Bhārata, by fate, a lustful woman were to present herself —
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BvP 4 33.53
स्वयं रहसि कामार्ता न सा त्याज्या जितेन्द्रियैः ।। त्यक्त्वा परत्र नरकं व्रजेदतिविडम्बितः
svayaṃ rahasi kāmārtā na sā tyājyā jitendriyaiḥ || tyaktvā paratra narakaṃ vrajedativiḍambitaḥ
of her own accord, in private, tormented by desire — she is not to be rejected by those who have conquered their senses; having rejected (her), one would go to hell in the world beyond, greatly humiliated.
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BvP 4 33.54
भवेदेव हि दुःखार्ता शापं दद्याच्च तं ध्रुवम् ।। विहाय स्वकलत्रं च यो गृह्णाति परस्त्रियम्
bhavedeva hi duḥkhārtā śāpaṃ dadyācca taṃ dhruvam || vihāya svakalatraṃ ca yo gṛhṇāti parastriyam
For she would indeed become stricken with grief and would surely lay a curse on him. And he who, abandoning his own wife, takes another man's wife,
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BvP 4 33.55
लोभात्कामसुखाद्वाऽपि सोऽधमो नात्र संशयः ।। पातयित्वा स च पतेद्दश पूर्वान्दशापरान्
lobhātkāmasukhādvā'pi so'dhamo nātra saṃśayaḥ || pātayitvā sa ca pateddaśa pūrvāndaśāparān
whether from greed or from the pleasure of lust, he is base — there is no doubt in this; and having made them fall, he too falls, (together with) ten ancestors and ten descendants.
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BvP 4 33.56
त्यक्त्वा स्वस्वामिनं या च परं गच्छति कामतः ।। न पुमान्न च वेश्या च कुलस्त्री तत्र दुष्यति ।।
tyaktvā svasvāminaṃ yā ca paraṃ gacchati kāmataḥ || na pumānna ca veśyā ca kulastrī tatra duṣyati ||
And as for her who, abandoning her own husband, goes to another out of lust — neither the man nor a courtesan (is thereby defiled); it is a woman of good family who is defiled in that case.
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BvP 4 33.57
उपायेन च या साध्यं करोति परपूरुषम् ।। तिष्ठत्येवान्धकूपे सा यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
upāyena ca yā sādhyaṃ karoti parapūruṣam || tiṣṭhatyevāndhakūpe sā yāvaccandradivākarau
And she who by contrivance makes another's husband her object remains in a blind well for as long as the moon and the sun (endure).
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BvP 4 33.58
स्वर्वेश्या च दिवं याति सततं कुलधर्मतः ।। ध्रुवं भवेत्सोऽपराधी तस्या अप्यवमानतः
svarveśyā ca divaṃ yāti satataṃ kuladharmataḥ || dhruvaṃ bhavetso'parādhī tasyā apyavamānataḥ
And a courtesan of heaven goes constantly to heaven by the dharma of her class; surely he becomes an offender by slighting even her.
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BvP 4 33.59
तमुपायं करिष्यामि शप्तो यत्र विशुद्ध्यति ।। क्षणं तिष्ठ जगन्नाथ पापिनश्च भवार्णवे
tamupāyaṃ kariṣyāmi śapto yatra viśuddhyati || kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha jagannātha pāpinaśca bhavārṇave
I shall bring about that means by which one who is cursed is purified, and sinners too, in the ocean of worldly existence. Wait a moment, Lord of the world.
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BvP 4 33.61
द्वारपाल उवाच ।। अन्यब्रह्माण्डाधिपतिर्ब्रह्मा दशमुखः स्वयम् ।। द्वारे तिष्ठन्महाभक्तस्त्वां द्रष्टुं स्वयमागतः
dvārapāla uvāca || anyabrahmāṇḍādhipatirbrahmā daśamukhaḥ svayam || dvāre tiṣṭhanmahābhaktastvāṃ draṣṭuṃ svayamāgataḥ
The doorkeeper said: The lord of another cosmic egg, Brahmā the ten-faced himself, a great devotee, stands at the door, having come himself to see you.
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BvP 4 33.62
द्वारपालवचः श्रुत्वा स चैवानुमतिं ददौ ।। द्वारपालाज्ञया ब्रह्मा तुष्टावागत्य भक्तितः
dvārapālavacaḥ śrutvā sa caivānumatiṃ dadau || dvārapālājñayā brahmā tuṣṭāvāgatya bhaktitaḥ
Hearing the doorkeeper's words, he gave his consent; and at the doorkeeper's word Brahmā came in and praised (him) with devotion,
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BvP 4 33.63
स्तोत्रैरतिविचित्रैश्च चतुर्वक्त्राऽश्रुतैरहो ।। स्तुत्वोवासाज्ञया विष्णोः कृत्वा पश्चाच्चतुर्मुखम्
stotrairativicitraiśca caturvaktrā'śrutairaho || stutvovāsājñayā viṣṇoḥ kṛtvā paścāccaturmukham
with hymns most wondrous and — ah! — never heard by the four-faced one; and having praised (him), by Viṣṇu's command he sat down, having placed the four-faced one behind (him).
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BvP 4 33.64
नारायणो द्वारपालानित्युवाच चतुर्भुजान् ।। आगन्तुकं जनमपि प्रवेशयत सादरम्
nārāyaṇo dvārapālānityuvāca caturbhujān || āgantukaṃ janamapi praveśayata sādaram
Nārāyaṇa spoke thus to the four-armed doorkeepers: "Admit respectfully even a person who comes as a visitor."
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BvP 4 33.65
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र वृन्दावनविनोदिनि ।। आजगामातिप्रणतो ब्रह्मा शतमुखः स्वयम् ।।
etasminnantare tatra vṛndāvanavinodini || ājagāmātipraṇato brahmā śatamukhaḥ svayam ||
In this interval there, in the pleasure-grove of Vṛndāvana, Brahmā the hundred-faced himself arrived, bowing very low.
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BvP 4 33.66
दिव्यैः स्तोत्रैश्च तुष्टाव निगूढमतिसुन्दरैः ।। स्तुत्वोवास वरैः स्तोत्रैः सर्वेषामश्रुतैरहो
divyaiḥ stotraiśca tuṣṭāva nigūḍhamatisundaraiḥ || stutvovāsa varaiḥ stotraiḥ sarveṣāmaśrutairaho
And he praised (him) with divine hymns, deeply hidden (in meaning) and most beautiful; having praised (him) with excellent hymns unheard by all — ah! — he sat down.
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BvP 4 33.67
तदनन्तरयोरग्रे भक्तस्य शतमुखः स्वयम् ।। जगद्विधौ सभायां च तत्र तिष्ठति तत्क्षणे
tadanantarayoragre bhaktasya śatamukhaḥ svayam || jagadvidhau sabhāyāṃ ca tatra tiṣṭhati tatkṣaṇe
Immediately after that, the hundred-faced (Brahmā) himself, the maker of the world, stood there in that assembly at that very moment before the two, (before) the devotee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 33.68
आजगामान्यब्रह्माण्डाधिपो ब्रह्मा हरेः पुरः ।। सहस्रवदनः श्रीमान्भक्त्या नम्रात्मकन्धरः
ājagāmānyabrahmāṇḍādhipo brahmā hareḥ puraḥ || sahasravadanaḥ śrīmānbhaktyā namrātmakandharaḥ
There came before Hari a Brahmā, lord of another cosmic egg, thousand-faced, glorious, his neck bent with devotion.
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BvP 4 33.69
स्तुत्वोवास वरैः स्तोत्रैः सर्वेषामश्रुतैरहो ।। तं च पप्रच्छ सर्वेषां ब्रह्माण्डानां च ब्रह्मणाम् ।।
stutvovāsa varaiḥ stotraiḥ sarveṣāmaśrutairaho || taṃ ca papraccha sarveṣāṃ brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca brahmaṇām ||
Having praised (him) with excellent hymns unheard by all — ah! — he sat down; and (Hari) asked him about all the cosmic eggs and (their) Brahmās.
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BvP 4 33.71
आत्मानं विष्णुसदृशं मन्यमानस्य दर्पतः ।। अन्यान्न दर्शयामास ब्रह्माण्डस्थान्विधीन्हरिः
ātmānaṃ viṣṇusadṛśaṃ manyamānasya darpataḥ || anyānna darśayāmāsa brahmāṇḍasthānvidhīnhariḥ
Since out of pride he thought himself equal to Viṣṇu, Hari did not show him the other Brahmās situated in (other) cosmic eggs.
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BvP 4 33.72
दृष्ट्वा च कृपया तत्र मृततुल्यं चतुर्मुखम्।। यावन्ति गात्रलोमानि सन्ति नारायणस्य मे
dṛṣṭvā ca kṛpayā tatra mṛtatulyaṃ caturmukham|| yāvanti gātralomāni santi nārāyaṇasya me
And seeing there the four-faced one as if dead, out of compassion (he said:) "As many body-hairs as there are on me, Nārāyaṇa —"
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BvP 4 33.73
तत्प्रमाणाश्च ब्रह्माण्डा ब्रह्माणः सन्ति सन्ततम्।। नारायणं प्रणम्याशु जग्मुस्ते स्वालयं प्रति
tatpramāṇāśca brahmāṇḍā brahmāṇaḥ santi santatam|| nārāyaṇaṃ praṇamyāśu jagmuste svālayaṃ prati
"— so many in number are the cosmic eggs and the Brahmās, existing perpetually." Having quickly bowed to Nārāyaṇa, they went off toward their own abodes.
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BvP 4 33.74
स मेने विधिरात्मानमत्यल्पविषयाधिपम् ।। पप्रच्छ प्रणतं विष्णुर्लज्जानम्रचतुर्मुखम्
sa mene vidhirātmānamatyalpaviṣayādhipam || papraccha praṇataṃ viṣṇurlajjānamracaturmukham
That Brahmā considered himself the lord of a very small domain; Viṣṇu questioned the four-faced one who had bowed down, his head lowered with shame.
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BvP 4 33.75
वद तत्किमिदं दृष्टं स्वप्नवद्भवताऽधुना ।। नारायणवचः श्रुत्वा विधिरित्युक्तवांस्तदा
vada tatkimidaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ svapnavadbhavatā'dhunā || nārāyaṇavacaḥ śrutvā vidhirityuktavāṃstadā
"Tell (me), what is this that has now been seen by you as in a dream?" Having heard Nārāyaṇa's words, Brahmā then spoke thus:
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BvP 4 33.76
भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च तव मायासमुद्भवम् ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा स विधिस्तस्थौ संसदि लज्जया ।। सर्वान्तर्यामी भगवांस्तस्योपायं विनिर्ममे
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca tava māyāsamudbhavam || ityevamuktvā sa vidhistasthau saṃsadi lajjayā || sarvāntaryāmī bhagavāṃstasyopāyaṃ vinirmame
"The past, the present, and the future arise from your māyā." Having spoken thus, that Brahmā stood in the assembly out of shame; the Lord, the inner controller of all, devised a means for him.
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