Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 34
BvP 4 34.1
।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र शंकरः समुपस्थितः ।। सस्मितो वृषभेन्द्रस्थो विभूतिभूषणः स्वयम्
|| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || || etasminnantare tatra śaṃkaraḥ samupasthitaḥ || sasmito vṛṣabhendrastho vibhūtibhūṣaṇaḥ svayam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Meanwhile Śaṃkara himself arrived there, smiling, seated on the lord of bulls, adorned with ashes,
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BvP 4 34.2
व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरधरो नागयज्ञोपवीतकः ।। स्वर्णाकारजटाधारमर्धचन्द्रं च सन्दधत्
vyāghracarmāmbaradharo nāgayajñopavītakaḥ || svarṇākārajaṭādhāramardhacandraṃ ca sandadhat
wearing a tiger-skin garment, with a serpent for a sacred thread, bearing gold-coloured matted locks and holding the half-moon (upon them),
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BvP 4 34.3
त्रिशूलपट्टिशकरो बिभ्रत्खट्वाङ्गमुत्तमम् ।। सद्रत्नसाररचितस्वरयन्त्रकरो मुदा
triśūlapaṭṭiśakaro bibhratkhaṭvāṅgamuttamam || sadratnasāraracitasvarayantrakaro mudā
with trident and spear in hand, carrying an excellent staff (khaṭvāṅga), joyfully holding in his hand a stringed instrument fashioned of the finest jewels.
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BvP 4 34.4
वाहनादवरुह्याशु भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। प्रणम्य कमलाकान्तं वामे चोवास भक्तितः गमकेनातिदीर्घेण मदेन मधुरेण च ।। भवेऽतिदुर्लभं सृष्टं प्रीत्या स्वेन विनिर्मितम् वेदोक्तं च तदेवास्याः कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् ।। भगीरथेन चानीता तेन भागीरथी स्मृता गङ्गासोपानमारुह्य सन्तो यान्ति निरामयम् ।। आब्रह्मलोकं संलंघ्य रथस्थाश्च निरापदः ।। कलौ दशसहस्राणि वर्षाणि प्रतिमा मम।। तिष्ठन्ति च पुराणानि प्रभावस्तत्र कः कलेः
vāhanādavaruhyāśu bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || praṇamya kamalākāntaṃ vāme covāsa bhaktitaḥ gamakenātidīrgheṇa madena madhureṇa ca || bhave'tidurlabhaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ prītyā svena vinirmitam vedoktaṃ ca tadevāsyāḥ kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm || bhagīrathena cānītā tena bhāgīrathī smṛtā gaṅgāsopānamāruhya santo yānti nirāmayam || ābrahmalokaṃ saṃlaṃghya rathasthāśca nirāpadaḥ || kalau daśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇi pratimā mama|| tiṣṭhanti ca purāṇāni prabhāvastatra kaḥ kaleḥ
Quickly dismounting from his mount, his neck bowed with devotion, having saluted the beloved of Kamalā, he sat down at (his) left out of devotion — with a very long grace-note and with sweet exhilaration, (a music) most hard to obtain in the world, created and fashioned by himself with affection. Even what is declared in the Veda is not worth a sixteenth part of hers; and because she was brought down by Bhagīratha she is called Bhāgīrathī. Ascending the stairway of the Gaṅgā the good go to the state free of affliction, passing beyond even Brahmā's world, and, seated in chariots, free of danger. In the Kali age my images and the Purāṇas remain for ten thousand years; what power has Kali there?
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BvP 4 34.5
आजग्मुर्मुनयः सर्वे सुराः शक्रादयस्तथा।। आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा मनवः सिद्धचारणाः
ājagmurmunayaḥ sarve surāḥ śakrādayastathā|| ādityā vasavo rudrā manavaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ
All the sages came, and the gods with Śakra at their head, the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Manus, the Siddhas and Cāraṇas.
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BvP 4 34.6
पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गास्तुष्टुवुः पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। प्रणम्य तं शिवं सर्वे सुराश्च नम्रकन्धराः
pulakāñcitasarvāṅgāstuṣṭuvuḥ puruṣottamam || praṇamya taṃ śivaṃ sarve surāśca namrakandharāḥ
With all their limbs thrilled with bristling hair they praised the Supreme Person; and all the gods, their necks bent, bowed to that Śiva.
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BvP 4 34.7
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र संगीतं शंकरो जगौ ।। कृत्वाऽतीव सुतालं च स्वरयन्त्रसमन्वितः
etasminnantare tatra saṃgītaṃ śaṃkaro jagau || kṛtvā'tīva sutālaṃ ca svarayantrasamanvitaḥ
Meanwhile Śaṃkara sang a song there, keeping most excellent time, accompanied by his stringed instrument —
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BvP 4 34.8
आवयोश्च गुणाख्यानं राससंबन्धि सुन्दरम् ।। समयोचितरागेण मनोमोहनकारिणा
āvayośca guṇākhyānaṃ rāsasaṃbandhi sundaram || samayocitarāgeṇa manomohanakāriṇā
a beautiful recital of the virtues of us two, concerning the rāsa, in a melody suited to the occasion and enchanting to the mind,
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BvP 4 34.9
यत्र कण्ठैकमानेन चैकतानेन चारुणा।। पदभेदविरामेण गुरुणा लघुना क्रमात्।।
yatra kaṇṭhaikamānena caikatānena cāruṇā|| padabhedavirāmeṇa guruṇā laghunā kramāt||
wherein, by a single measure of the voice and by a lovely single sustained tone, with pauses marking the divisions of the words, heavy and light in due order —
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BvP 4 34.11
पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गः साश्रुनेत्रः पुनःपुनः ।। तदेव श्रुतिमात्रेण मूर्च्छां प्रापुर्विचेतनाः
pulakāñcitasarvāṅgaḥ sāśrunetraḥ punaḥpunaḥ || tadeva śrutimātreṇa mūrcchāṃ prāpurvicetanāḥ
with all his limbs thrilled with bristling hair and eyes full of tears again and again — merely from hearing that, they lost consciousness and fainted.
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BvP 4 34.12
बभूवु रुद्ररूपाश्च मुनयः पुरतः प्रिये ।। रुद्ररूपाः सुराः सर्वे विधातृहरिपार्षदाः
babhūvu rudrarūpāśca munayaḥ purataḥ priye || rudrarūpāḥ surāḥ sarve vidhātṛharipārṣadāḥ
And before (them), dear one, the sages became Rudra in form; all the gods too were Rudra in form, and (so were) the attendants of Brahmā and of Hari.
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BvP 4 34.13
नारायणश्च लक्ष्मीश्च गायकश्च शिवः स्वयम् ।। जलपूर्णं च वैकुण्ठं दृष्ट्वा त्रस्तोऽहमीश्वरि
nārāyaṇaśca lakṣmīśca gāyakaśca śivaḥ svayam || jalapūrṇaṃ ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ dṛṣṭvā trasto'hamīśvari
And Nārāyaṇa, and Lakṣmī, and the singer, and Śiva himself; and seeing Vaikuṇṭha filled with water, I was terrified, O Goddess.
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BvP 4 34.14
गत्वा मूर्तीर्विनिर्माय सर्वाश्च तादृशीरिति ।। तत्स्वरूपास्तदस्त्राश्च तत्स्ववाहनभूषणाः
gatvā mūrtīrvinirmāya sarvāśca tādṛśīriti || tatsvarūpāstadastrāśca tatsvavāhanabhūṣaṇāḥ
Going (there and) fashioning images, all of them of just such a kind — having his form, his weapons, his own vehicles and ornaments,
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BvP 4 34.15
तत्स्वभावास्तन्मनस्कास्तत्तद्विषयमानसाः ।। स्थानं निर्माय परितो वैकुण्ठस्य चतुर्दिशि
tatsvabhāvāstanmanaskāstattadviṣayamānasāḥ || sthānaṃ nirmāya parito vaikuṇṭhasya caturdiśi
having his nature, having his mind, their minds set each upon its respective object — and having made a place all around, on the four sides of Vaikuṇṭha,
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BvP 4 34.16
तदधिष्ठातृदेवी च आजगाम स्वमालयम् ।। शरीरजा सुराणां सा बभूव सुरनिम्नगा
tadadhiṣṭhātṛdevī ca ājagāma svamālayam || śarīrajā surāṇāṃ sā babhūva suranimnagā
and the goddess who presides over that came to her own abode; born from the body of the gods, she became the celestial river.
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BvP 4 34.17
मुक्तिदा च मुमुक्षूणां भक्तानां हरिभक्तिदा ।। कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं विविधं पापिनामहो
muktidā ca mumukṣūṇāṃ bhaktānāṃ haribhaktidā || koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ vividhaṃ pāpināmaho
And she gives liberation to those who seek release, and to the devotees she gives devotion to Hari; ah, the manifold sin of sinners accumulated over ten million births —
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BvP 4 34.18
यस्याश्च स्पर्शवायोश्च संपर्केण विनश्यति ।। किं वा न जाने प्राणेशि स्पर्शदर्शनयोः फलम्
yasyāśca sparśavāyośca saṃparkeṇa vinaśyati || kiṃ vā na jāne prāṇeśi sparśadarśanayoḥ phalam
which perishes by contact with the very breeze that touches her; nor do I know, O mistress of my life, the fruit of touching and seeing her,
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BvP 4 34.19
किमुत स्नानजन्यं च कथयामि निरूपणम् ।। सर्वतीर्थात्परं पृथ्व्यां पुष्करं परिकीर्तितम्
kimuta snānajanyaṃ ca kathayāmi nirūpaṇam || sarvatīrthātparaṃ pṛthvyāṃ puṣkaraṃ parikīrtitam
how much less can I state a determination of what arises from bathing (in her). On earth Puṣkara is celebrated as the highest of all sacred places.
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BvP 4 34.21
गामागता स्रोतसोंऽशाद्गङ्गा तेन प्रकीर्तिता ।। जानुद्वारा पुरा दत्ता जह्नुनाऽऽपीय कोपतः
gāmāgatā srotasoṃ'śādgaṅgā tena prakīrtitā || jānudvārā purā dattā jahnunā''pīya kopataḥ
Having come to the earth from a portion of the streams, she is thereby proclaimed 'Gaṅgā'; formerly she was released through the knee by Jahnu, who had drunk her up in anger.
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BvP 4 34.22
तस्य कन्यास्वरूपा सा जाह्नवी तेन कीर्तिता ।। भीष्मः स्वयं वसुर्जातस्तस्यांशात्तेन भीष्मसूः
tasya kanyāsvarūpā sā jāhnavī tena kīrtitā || bhīṣmaḥ svayaṃ vasurjātastasyāṃśāttena bhīṣmasūḥ
Being in the form of his daughter, she is thereby called Jāhnavī; Bhīṣma himself was born a Vasu, and from her portion (came) the mother of Bhīṣma.
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BvP 4 34.23
धाराभिस्तिसृभिः स्वर्गं पृथिवीमतलं तथा ।। ममाज्ञया च गच्छन्ती तेन त्रिपथगामिनी
dhārābhistisṛbhiḥ svargaṃ pṛthivīmatalaṃ tathā || mamājñayā ca gacchantī tena tripathagāminī
Going by my command with her three streams to heaven, to earth, and likewise to the nether region, she is thereby 'she who travels the three paths'.
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BvP 4 34.24
प्रधानधारया स्वर्गे सा च मन्दाकिनी स्मृता ।। योजनायुतविस्तीर्णा प्रस्थे च योजना स्मृता
pradhānadhārayā svarge sā ca mandākinī smṛtā || yojanāyutavistīrṇā prasthe ca yojanā smṛtā
With her principal stream in heaven, she is known as Mandākinī; she is reckoned ten thousand yojanas broad, and one yojana in expanse.
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BvP 4 34.25
क्षीरतुल्यजला शश्वदत्युत्तुङ्गतरङ्गिणी ।। वैकुण्ठाद्ब्रह्मलोकं च ततः स्वर्गं समागता
kṣīratulyajalā śaśvadatyuttuṅgataraṅgiṇī || vaikuṇṭhādbrahmalokaṃ ca tataḥ svargaṃ samāgatā
Her water is like milk, her waves forever exceedingly high; from Vaikuṇṭha she came to Brahmā's world, and from there to heaven.
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BvP 4 34.26
स्वर्गाद्धिमाद्रिमार्गेण पृथिवीमागता मुदा ।। सा धाराऽलकनंदाख्या लवणोदेन मिश्रिता ।।
svargāddhimādrimārgeṇa pṛthivīmāgatā mudā || sā dhārā'lakanaṃdākhyā lavaṇodena miśritā ||
From heaven she came joyfully to earth by the way of the Snowy Mountain; that stream, named Alakanandā, was mingled with the salt sea.
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BvP 4 34.27
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशा बहुवेगवती सती ।। पापिनां पापशुष्केन्धं दग्धुं पावकरूपिणी
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśā bahuvegavatī satī || pāpināṃ pāpaśuṣkendhaṃ dagdhuṃ pāvakarūpiṇī
Resembling pure crystal, being very swift, she takes the form of fire to burn up the dry fuel of the sinners' sin.
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BvP 4 34.28
अहो सगरवंशेभ्यो निर्वाणमुक्तिदायिनी ।। वैकुण्ठगामिगी सा च सोपानरूपिणी वरा
aho sagaravaṃśebhyo nirvāṇamuktidāyinī || vaikuṇṭhagāmigī sā ca sopānarūpiṇī varā
Ah, she gave the release of nirvāṇa to the line of Sagara; and she, going to Vaikuṇṭha, is the excellent one having the form of a stairway.
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BvP 4 34.29
अतोऽपि मृत्युसमये सतां पुण्यस्वरूपिणाम् ।। आदौ पादौ च संन्यस्य मुखे तोयं प्रदीयते
ato'pi mṛtyusamaye satāṃ puṇyasvarūpiṇām || ādau pādau ca saṃnyasya mukhe toyaṃ pradīyate
For this reason too, at the time of the death of the good, whose nature is merit, the feet are set down first and water is given into the mouth.
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BvP 4 34.31
दैवात्पुरा प्राक्तनेन मग्नं चेत्कृतपातकैः ।। लोमप्रमाणवर्षं च मोदन्ते हरिमन्दिरे
daivātpurā prāktanena magnaṃ cetkṛtapātakaiḥ || lomapramāṇavarṣaṃ ca modante harimandire
If by fate (one is) sunk by sins committed formerly, in a previous (life) — (still) they rejoice in Hari's abode for as many years as (they have) hairs.
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BvP 4 34.32
ततो भोगो भवेत्तेषां निश्चितं पापपुण्ययोः ।। अतिस्वल्पेन कालेन कालव्यूहं च बिभ्रताम्
tato bhogo bhavetteṣāṃ niścitaṃ pāpapuṇyayoḥ || atisvalpena kālena kālavyūhaṃ ca bibhratām
Thereafter there would certainly be for them the experiencing of (their) sin and merit, in a very short time, since they bear the array of time.
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BvP 4 34.33
ततः पुण्यवतां गेहे लब्ध्वा जन्म च भारते ।। संप्राप्य निश्चलां भक्तिं भवन्ति हरिरूपिणः
tataḥ puṇyavatāṃ gehe labdhvā janma ca bhārate || saṃprāpya niścalāṃ bhaktiṃ bhavanti harirūpiṇaḥ
Then, obtaining birth in the house of the meritorious in Bhārata, and attaining unwavering devotion, they become of the form of Hari.
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BvP 4 34.34
मृतद्विजानां देहांश्च दैवाच्छूद्रा वहन्ति चेत् ।। पदप्रमाणवर्षं च तेषां च नरके स्थितिः
mṛtadvijānāṃ dehāṃśca daivācchūdrā vahanti cet || padapramāṇavarṣaṃ ca teṣāṃ ca narake sthitiḥ
And if by chance śūdras carry the bodies of dead twice-born men, their stay in hell lasts a year for each step (they take).
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BvP 4 34.35
ततस्तेषां च साहाय्यं करोति हरिरूपिणी।। ददाति मुक्तिं तेभ्योऽपि क्रमेण च कृपामयी
tatasteṣāṃ ca sāhāyyaṃ karoti harirūpiṇī|| dadāti muktiṃ tebhyo'pi krameṇa ca kṛpāmayī
Then she who has Hari's own form gives them help; being full of compassion, she grants liberation even to them, in due course.
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BvP 4 34.36
जन्म पुण्यवतां गेहे कारयित्वा च भारते।। स्थलं ददाति वैकुण्ठे निश्चितं जन्मभिस्त्रिभिः
janma puṇyavatāṃ gehe kārayitvā ca bhārate|| sthalaṃ dadāti vaikuṇṭhe niścitaṃ janmabhistribhiḥ
Having caused (them) to be born in the house of the meritorious in Bhārata, she gives (them) a place in Vaikuṇṭha, assuredly within three births.
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BvP 4 34.37
यात्रां कृत्वा तु यः शुद्धौ स्नातुं याति सुरेश्वरीम् ।। पदप्रमाणवर्षं च वैकुण्ठे मोदते ध्रुवम्
yātrāṃ kṛtvā tu yaḥ śuddhau snātuṃ yāti sureśvarīm || padapramāṇavarṣaṃ ca vaikuṇṭhe modate dhruvam
But he who, having made the pilgrimage, goes to bathe in the goddess of the gods (Gaṅgā) in purity, surely rejoices in Vaikuṇṭha for a year for each step.
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BvP 4 34.38
गङ्गां प्राप्यानुषङ्गेण स्नाति चेत्समलो नरः ।। मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः पुनर्यदि न लिप्यते
gaṅgāṃ prāpyānuṣaṅgeṇa snāti cetsamalo naraḥ || mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ punaryadi na lipyate
If a stained man, having reached the Gaṅgā, bathes even incidentally, he is freed from all sins, provided he is not defiled again.
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BvP 4 34.39
कलौ पञ्च सहस्राब्दं स्थितिस्तस्याश्च भारते ।। तस्यां च विद्यमानायां कः प्रभावः कलेरहो
kalau pañca sahasrābdaṃ sthitistasyāśca bhārate || tasyāṃ ca vidyamānāyāṃ kaḥ prabhāvaḥ kaleraho
In the Kali age her stay in Bhārata is for five thousand years; and while she is present, what power has Kali? Alas!
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BvP 4 34.41
अतलं याति या धारा सा च भोगवती स्मृता ।। पयःफेननिभा शश्वदतिवेगवती सदा
atalaṃ yāti yā dhārā sā ca bhogavatī smṛtā || payaḥphenanibhā śaśvadativegavatī sadā
The stream that goes to Atala is known as Bhogavatī; it resembles the foam of milk and is always exceedingly swift, forever.
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BvP 4 34.42
आकरामूल्यरत्नानां मणीन्द्राणां च संततम् ।। नागकन्याश्च यत्तीरे क्रीडन्ति स्थिरयौवनाः
ākarāmūlyaratnānāṃ maṇīndrāṇāṃ ca saṃtatam || nāgakanyāśca yattīre krīḍanti sthirayauvanāḥ
(It is) a perpetual mine of priceless jewels and of the finest gems; and on its bank the serpent-maidens, whose youth does not fade, play.
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BvP 4 34.43
स्वयं देवी च वैकुण्ठं वेष्टयित्वा च संततम् ।। सहस्रयोजना प्रस्थे दैर्घ्ये च लक्षयोजना
svayaṃ devī ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ veṣṭayitvā ca saṃtatam || sahasrayojanā prasthe dairghye ca lakṣayojanā
And the goddess herself, encircling Vaikuṇṭha continually, is a thousand yojanas in breadth and a hundred thousand yojanas in length.
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BvP 4 34.44
अस्या विनाशः प्रलये नास्त्येव दुहितुर्मम ।। नानारत्नाकरं दिव्यं तत्तीरं सुमनोहरम्
asyā vināśaḥ pralaye nāstyeva duhiturmama || nānāratnākaraṃ divyaṃ tattīraṃ sumanoharam
For her, my daughter, there is no destruction at all, even at the dissolution; that bank of hers is divine, a mine of many jewels, and most delightful.
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BvP 4 34.45
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं जाह्नवीजन्म पुण्यदम् ।। ब्रह्मणश्च प्रतीकारो मोहिनीशापता शृणु
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ jāhnavījanma puṇyadam || brahmaṇaśca pratīkāro mohinīśāpatā śṛṇu
Thus the whole merit-giving birth of Jāhnavī has been told; now hear of Brahmā's remedy and of the cursing by Mohinī.
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