Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 35
BvP 4 35.1
।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। नारायणश्च ब्रह्माणमुवाच कृपया पुनः ।। दृष्ट्वा गङ्गां च सर्वे तां मम मायां च मेनिरे
|| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || nārāyaṇaśca brahmāṇamuvāca kṛpayā punaḥ || dṛṣṭvā gaṅgāṃ ca sarve tāṃ mama māyāṃ ca menire
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: And Nārāyaṇa spoke again to Brahmā out of compassion; and all of them, seeing the Gaṅgā, took her to be my Māyā.
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BvP 4 35.2
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। उत्तिष्ठ गच्छ भद्रं ते भविष्यति चतुर्मुख ।। अत्र स्नात्वाऽभिशप्तस्त्वं पूतो भव ममाज्ञया
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || uttiṣṭha gaccha bhadraṃ te bhaviṣyati caturmukha || atra snātvā'bhiśaptastvaṃ pūto bhava mamājñayā
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Rise, go; it will be well with you, four-faced one. Having bathed here, you who were cursed, become pure by my command.
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BvP 4 35.3
त्वं चेत्सत्यं स्वयं पूतः स्पर्शं वाञ्छन्ति तानि ते ।। वैष्णवेशस्य तीर्थानि सर्वाणि सततं मुने
tvaṃ cetsatyaṃ svayaṃ pūtaḥ sparśaṃ vāñchanti tāni te || vaiṣṇaveśasya tīrthāni sarvāṇi satataṃ mune
If in truth you are pure of yourself, then all those holy places of him who wears the Vaiṣṇava garb long constantly for your touch, O sage.
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BvP 4 35.4
तथापि शापमुक्तस्त्वमत्र प्रकृतिहेलनात् ।। अहंकारश्च सर्वेषां पापबीजममङ्गलम् ते देवा मुनयः सर्वे प्रजग्मुः स्वालयं मुदा ।। सुनिर्मलं मम यशो गायन्तश्च पुनःपुनः मुक्तापङ्क्तिविनिन्द्यैकदन्तपङ्क्तिमनोहराम्।। रत्नकेयूरवलयरत्ननूपुरशोभिताम् श्रीकृष्ण उवाच।। शृणु कान्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि पुरावृत्तान्तमीप्सितम् ।। अकथ्यं गोपनीयं च महतामभिनिन्दितम् उवाच पुत्रं स विधिः सुदीप्तं पुरतः स्थितम् ।। दुर्निवार्यं मत्कलांशं स्वात्मारामं मनोहरम् ऋषय ऊचुः ।। अहो किमेतज्जनक कर्म तेऽतिविगर्हितम् ।। नीचानां चरितं यत्तत्करोषि त्वं जगद्विधे त्वमेव विश्वकर्ता च शास्ता वै शमनस्य च ।। वयं विधाता जगतां तेन गृह्णासि कन्यकाम् प्राणत्यागात्परं दुःखमयशश्च यशस्विनाम् ।। बभूव हृदि कृत्वैकं ब्रह्मा लीनश्च ब्रह्मणि।। कुकर्मणश्चापकीर्तिस्ततो लज्जा भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।। सुकर्मणः सुप्रतिष्ठा सर्वत्र निर्मलं यशः दुःखबीजं सुखं मत्वा मूढाश्च दैवदोषतः ।। परस्त्रीसेवनं प्रीत्या कुर्वन्ति संततं मुदा मदीयविषये बाह्ये मया दत्तं कुरु प्रियम् ।। अन्तरा मत्पदाम्भोजचिन्तां विघ्नविनाशिनीम्
tathāpi śāpamuktastvamatra prakṛtihelanāt || ahaṃkāraśca sarveṣāṃ pāpabījamamaṅgalam te devā munayaḥ sarve prajagmuḥ svālayaṃ mudā || sunirmalaṃ mama yaśo gāyantaśca punaḥpunaḥ muktāpaṅktivinindyaikadantapaṅktimanoharām|| ratnakeyūravalayaratnanūpuraśobhitām śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca|| śṛṇu kānte pravakṣyāmi purāvṛttāntamīpsitam || akathyaṃ gopanīyaṃ ca mahatāmabhininditam uvāca putraṃ sa vidhiḥ sudīptaṃ purataḥ sthitam || durnivāryaṃ matkalāṃśaṃ svātmārāmaṃ manoharam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || aho kimetajjanaka karma te'tivigarhitam || nīcānāṃ caritaṃ yattatkaroṣi tvaṃ jagadvidhe tvameva viśvakartā ca śāstā vai śamanasya ca || vayaṃ vidhātā jagatāṃ tena gṛhṇāsi kanyakām prāṇatyāgātparaṃ duḥkhamayaśaśca yaśasvinām || babhūva hṛdi kṛtvaikaṃ brahmā līnaśca brahmaṇi|| kukarmaṇaścāpakīrtistato lajjā bhaveddhruvam || sukarmaṇaḥ supratiṣṭhā sarvatra nirmalaṃ yaśaḥ duḥkhabījaṃ sukhaṃ matvā mūḍhāśca daivadoṣataḥ || parastrīsevanaṃ prītyā kurvanti saṃtataṃ mudā madīyaviṣaye bāhye mayā dattaṃ kuru priyam || antarā matpadāmbhojacintāṃ vighnavināśinīm
Nevertheless you are released from the curse here, (which came) from slighting Prakṛti; and egoism is for all the inauspicious seed of sin. Those gods and all the sages went joyfully to their own abodes, singing again and again my utterly spotless glory. (Her) charming with a single row of teeth that put a string of pearls to shame, adorned with jewelled armlets, bracelets and jewelled anklets. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen, beloved, I shall relate the ancient tale you desire, which is not to be told, to be kept secret, and censured by the great. That Creator spoke to his son, radiantly blazing, standing before him, hard to restrain, a portion of my portion, delighting in his own self, charming. The seers said: Ah, what is this deed of yours, O father, so utterly reprehensible! You, O ordainer of the world, do what is the conduct of base men. You yourself are the maker of the universe and the ruler even of the restrainer (Yama); we are the ordainer of the worlds — and by that (right) you take the girl? For the glorious, ill-fame is a greater misery than the giving up of life. Brahmā, having fixed it in his heart as one, became absorbed in Brahman. From an evil deed comes disgrace, and from that shame surely follows; from a good deed comes good standing, and spotless fame everywhere. Deeming pleasure, which is the seed of sorrow, (to be pleasure), fools, through the fault of fate, resort with delight and affection to other men's wives, constantly. In my outer domain, do what is dear (to me), as granted by me; and inwardly (keep) meditation on my lotus feet, which destroys obstacles.
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BvP 4 35.5
शीघ्रं त्वं गच्छ गोलोकं ममालयं परात्परम् ।। प्रकृत्यंशां मङ्गलदां तत्र प्राप्स्यसि भारतीम्
śīghraṃ tvaṃ gaccha golokaṃ mamālayaṃ parātparam || prakṛtyaṃśāṃ maṅgaladāṃ tatra prāpsyasi bhāratīm
Go quickly to Goloka, my abode, higher than the highest; there you will obtain Bhāratī, a portion of Prakṛti, the giver of blessings.
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BvP 4 35.6
प्रकृतिं भज कल्याण सृष्टिबीजस्वरूपिणीम् ।। अहो कल्पान्तपर्यन्तं तपस्तप्तं त्वयाऽधुना
prakṛtiṃ bhaja kalyāṇa sṛṣṭibījasvarūpiṇīm || aho kalpāntaparyantaṃ tapastaptaṃ tvayā'dhunā
Worship Prakṛti, O blessed one, who is the very form of the seed of creation; ah, you have now performed austerity lasting until the end of a kalpa.
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BvP 4 35.7
तव मन्त्रं न गृह्णन्ति केऽपि वेश्याऽभिशापतः ।। यदन्यदेवपूजायां तव पूजा भविष्यति
tava mantraṃ na gṛhṇanti ke'pi veśyā'bhiśāpataḥ || yadanyadevapūjāyāṃ tava pūjā bhaviṣyati
No one will accept your mantra, because of the courtesan's curse; but in the worship of other gods your worship shall (also) take place.
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BvP 4 35.8
त्वमेव जगतां धाता स्वात्मारामश्च योषितः ।। सर्वरूपी च पूजः च सर्वदेहेषु सर्वतः
tvameva jagatāṃ dhātā svātmārāmaśca yoṣitaḥ || sarvarūpī ca pūjaḥ ca sarvadeheṣu sarvataḥ
You alone are the establisher of the worlds, delighting in your own self, and (you are) the woman; you have all forms and are to be worshipped in all bodies, everywhere.
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BvP 4 35.9
तदा ममाज्ञया ब्रह्मा स्नात्वा च जाह्नवीजले ।। शीघ्रं जगाम गोलोकं मां प्रणम्य जगद्गुरुः
tadā mamājñayā brahmā snātvā ca jāhnavījale || śīghraṃ jagāma golokaṃ māṃ praṇamya jagadguruḥ
Then, by my command, Brahmā bathed in the water of Jāhnavī and, bowing to me, the world's teacher swiftly went to Goloka.
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BvP 4 35.11
विधिरागत्य गोलोकं संप्राप्य भारतीं सतीम् ।। सर्वविद्याधिदेवीं तां मद्वक्त्राब्जविनिर्मिताम्
vidhirāgatya golokaṃ saṃprāpya bhāratīṃ satīm || sarvavidyādhidevīṃ tāṃ madvaktrābjavinirmitām
Brahmā, having come to Goloka, obtained the chaste Bhāratī, the presiding goddess of all learning, produced from the lotus of my mouth,
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BvP 4 35.12
वागीश्वरीं च संप्राप्य ब्रह्मा प्रमुदितः स्वयम् ।। कामास्त्राणां च व्यापारमनुमेने स्वयं विभुः
vāgīśvarīṃ ca saṃprāpya brahmā pramuditaḥ svayam || kāmāstrāṇāṃ ca vyāpāramanumene svayaṃ vibhuḥ
and having obtained Vāgīśvarī, Brahmā, himself delighted, the mighty one himself approved the working of the arrows of desire.
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BvP 4 35.13
तत आगत्य मां नत्वा प्राप्य त्रैलोक्यमोहिनीम् ।। क्रीडां चकार भगवान्स्थानेस्थानेऽतिनिर्जने
tata āgatya māṃ natvā prāpya trailokyamohinīm || krīḍāṃ cakāra bhagavānsthānesthāne'tinirjane
Then, having come and bowed to me, having obtained her who bewitches the three worlds, the Lord made love-play in place after place, in utter solitude.
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BvP 4 35.14
रतिं चिरतरं कृत्वा विरराम स्वयं विधिः ।। वागीश्वरीमुवाचेदं त्वं वै ब्रह्मा च कर्मणा
ratiṃ cirataraṃ kṛtvā virarāma svayaṃ vidhiḥ || vāgīśvarīmuvācedaṃ tvaṃ vai brahmā ca karmaṇā
Having made love for a very long time, Vidhi himself stopped, and said this to Vāgīśvarī: "You indeed are Brahmā too, by your work;
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BvP 4 35.15
काचित्स्वकर्मणा साध्वी पूज्या च स्थिरयौवना ।। तवैव कर्मयोगं च युवानं पश्य सुन्दरि
kācitsvakarmaṇā sādhvī pūjyā ca sthirayauvanā || tavaiva karmayogaṃ ca yuvānaṃ paśya sundari
some (woman) by her own work is a chaste one, worthy of worship, of unfading youth. Look, fair one, upon the yoga of works that is yours, and (look upon) a young man.
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BvP 4 35.16
विदग्धाया विदग्धेन संगमो गुणवान्भवेत् ।। जरातुरोऽहं वृद्धश्च तपस्वी वैष्णवो द्विजः
vidagdhāyā vidagdhena saṃgamo guṇavānbhavet || jarāturo'haṃ vṛddhaśca tapasvī vaiṣṇavo dvijaḥ
For a clever woman, union with a clever man would be worthwhile; I am worn out with age and old, an ascetic, a Vaiṣṇava, a twice-born,
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BvP 4 35.17
अस्वतन्त्रः पराधीनः का रतिः पुंश्चलीषु मे ।। आजगाम ब्रह्मलोकं पुनरेव निजालयम्
asvatantraḥ parādhīnaḥ kā ratiḥ puṃścalīṣu me || ājagāma brahmalokaṃ punareva nijālayam
not independent, dependent on another — what pleasure have I in wanton women?" (Then) he came again to Brahmaloka, his own abode.
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BvP 4 35.18
ददृशुब्रर्ह्मलोकस्थास्तां देवीं कौतुकान्विताः ।। अतीव सुन्दरीं रम्यां शुभ्रवर्णां च सस्मिताम्
dadṛśubrarhmalokasthāstāṃ devīṃ kautukānvitāḥ || atīva sundarīṃ ramyāṃ śubhravarṇāṃ ca sasmitām
Those dwelling in Brahmaloka, filled with wonder, beheld that goddess, exceedingly beautiful, delightful, of bright complexion, and smiling,
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BvP 4 35.19
शरच्छीतांशुवदनां शरत्पङ्कजलोचनाम् ।। पक्वबिम्बप्रभामुष्टदीप्तौष्ठाधरपल्लवाम्
śaracchītāṃśuvadanāṃ śaratpaṅkajalocanām || pakvabimbaprabhāmuṣṭadīptauṣṭhādharapallavām
her face the cool-rayed autumn moon, her eyes autumn lotuses, her shining lip and lower lip like tender shoots that stole the luster of a ripe bimba fruit,
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BvP 4 35.21
रत्नकुण्डलयुग्मेन कर्णमूलविराजिताम् ।। रत्नेन्द्रसारहारेण वक्षःस्थलसमुज्ज्वलाम्
ratnakuṇḍalayugmena karṇamūlavirājitām || ratnendrasārahāreṇa vakṣaḥsthalasamujjvalām
resplendent at the roots of the ears with a pair of jeweled earrings, her breast brilliant with a necklace of the finest of gems,
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BvP 4 35.22
वह्निशुद्धांशुकं सूक्ष्मं बिभ्रतीं नवयौवनाम् ।। अतीव कमनीयां च पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम्
vahniśuddhāṃśukaṃ sūkṣmaṃ bibhratīṃ navayauvanām || atīva kamanīyāṃ ca pīnaśroṇipayodharām
wearing a fine garment purified by fire, in fresh youth, exceedingly desirable, with full hips and breasts,
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BvP 4 35.23
वीणापुस्तकहस्तां च व्याख्यामुद्राकरां वराम् ।। ते च निर्मञ्छनं कृत्वा चक्रुः परममङ्गलम्
vīṇāpustakahastāṃ ca vyākhyāmudrākarāṃ varām || te ca nirmañchanaṃ kṛtvā cakruḥ paramamaṅgalam
with lute and book in her hands, one hand in the gesture of exposition, the excellent one; and they, performing the waving of lights, made a supremely auspicious rite.
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BvP 4 35.24
पुरीं प्रवेशयामासुर्ब्रह्माणं भारतीं मुदा ।। ब्रह्मा तया सह क्रीडां चकार स दिवानिशम्
purīṃ praveśayāmāsurbrahmāṇaṃ bhāratīṃ mudā || brahmā tayā saha krīḍāṃ cakāra sa divāniśam
With joy they led Brahmā and Bhāratī into the city; and Brahmā made love-play with her day and night.
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BvP 4 35.26
।।श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। प्राणेशवचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य परमेश्वरी ।। भूयोऽपि परिपप्रच्छ कौतुकान्मानसं पुरा
||śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || prāṇeśavacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya parameśvarī || bhūyo'pi paripapraccha kautukānmānasaṃ purā
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard the words of the lord of her life, the supreme goddess laughed and, out of curiosity, asked again about the mind (Mānasa?) of old.
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BvP 4 35.27
श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। ब्रह्मा कथं न जग्राह वेश्यां स्वयमुपस्थिताम् ।। न कर्मक्षेत्रे रहसि फलदाता च कर्मणाम्
śrīrādhikovāca || brahmā kathaṃ na jagrāha veśyāṃ svayamupasthitām || na karmakṣetre rahasi phaladātā ca karmaṇām
Śrī Rādhikā said: How did Brahmā not take the courtesan who presented herself of her own accord — and that in a field of action, in secret, he being the giver of the fruits of actions?
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BvP 4 35.28
उपस्थितायास्त्यागे च महान्दोषो हि योषितः ।। ज्ञात्वा देवो विधाता स कथं तत्याज मोहिनीम्
upasthitāyāstyāge ca mahāndoṣo hi yoṣitaḥ || jñātvā devo vidhātā sa kathaṃ tatyāja mohinīm
For in abandoning a woman who has presented herself there is great fault; knowing this, how did the god, the Creator, forsake that enchantress?
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BvP 4 35.29
अतीव सुखसंभोगे निमग्नः सततं मुदा ।। गूढे सर्वपुराणेषु किं पुनः श्रोतुमिच्छसि श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मधुसूदनः ।। पाद्मकल्पस्य वृत्तान्तमुवाच परमेश्वरीम्
atīva sukhasaṃbhoge nimagnaḥ satataṃ mudā || gūḍhe sarvapurāṇeṣu kiṃ punaḥ śrotumicchasi śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya madhusūdanaḥ || pādmakalpasya vṛttāntamuvāca parameśvarīm
He is constantly sunk with delight in the most pleasurable enjoyment. (Śrī Nārāyaṇa said:) What further, hidden in all the Purāṇas, do you wish to hear? Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Rādhikā's words, Madhusūdana laughed and told the supreme goddess the story of the Pādma Kalpa.
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BvP 4 35.31
एकदा च प्रजाः स्रष्टुं विधाता प्रेरितो मया ।। ससर्ज मनसा पुत्राञ्ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा
ekadā ca prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ vidhātā prerito mayā || sasarja manasā putrāñjvalato brahmatejasā
Once, urged by me to create creatures, the Creator brought forth by his mind sons blazing with brahman-splendor:
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BvP 4 35.32
सनकं च सनन्दं च सनातनमनुत्तमम् ।। सनत्कुमारं वोढुं च कविं पञ्चशिखं विभुम्
sanakaṃ ca sanandaṃ ca sanātanamanuttamam || sanatkumāraṃ voḍhuṃ ca kaviṃ pañcaśikhaṃ vibhum
Sanaka, Sananda, the unsurpassed Sanātana, Sanatkumāra, and Voḍhu, Kavi, and the mighty Pañcaśikha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.33
असितं कपिलं सिद्धं सिद्धान्मम कुलोद्भवान्।। तान्नग्नान्पञ्चवर्षीयान्पिता स्रष्टुं जगाद ह
asitaṃ kapilaṃ siddhaṃ siddhānmama kulodbhavān|| tānnagnānpañcavarṣīyānpitā sraṣṭuṃ jagāda ha
Asita, Kapila, Siddha — perfected ones born of my lineage; those naked ones, of five years (in appearance), the father bade to create.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.34
प्रजाः स्रष्टुं प्रेरकं च जनकं तेऽवमन्य च ।। प्रजग्मुस्तपसे तूर्णं ममार्चनपरायणाः
prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ prerakaṃ ca janakaṃ te'vamanya ca || prajagmustapase tūrṇaṃ mamārcanaparāyaṇāḥ
But they, slighting their father who urged them to bring forth offspring, went off at once to austerity, intent upon worshipping me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.35
तदा रुष्टो जगद्धाता पुनः पुत्रान्विनिर्ममे ।। रुद्रानेकादश वरान्रुदतो भीमविग्रहान्
tadā ruṣṭo jagaddhātā punaḥ putrānvinirmame || rudrānekādaśa varānrudato bhīmavigrahān
Then the world's creator, angered, fashioned sons again — the eleven excellent Rudras, weeping, of terrible form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.36
तस्मिन्प्रयुज्य तरसा पुनः पुत्रान्विनिर्ममे ।। योगी योगेन मां ध्यात्वा स्वात्मारामः स्वविग्रहे
tasminprayujya tarasā punaḥ putrānvinirmame || yogī yogena māṃ dhyātvā svātmārāmaḥ svavigrahe
Having quickly set them to that (task), he fashioned sons again — the yogin, meditating on me by yoga, delighting in his own self, (drawing them) from his own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 35.37
वसिष्ठं पुलहं चैव क्रतुमङ्गिरसं तथा ।। भृगुमत्रिं पुलस्त्यं च दक्षं कर्दममेव च
vasiṣṭhaṃ pulahaṃ caiva kratumaṅgirasaṃ tathā || bhṛgumatriṃ pulastyaṃ ca dakṣaṃ kardamameva ca
Vasiṣṭha, Pulaha, and Kratu, Aṅgiras likewise, Bhṛgu, Atri, Pulastya, Dakṣa, and Kardama too,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.38
मरीचिं च विनिर्माय प्रजाः स्रष्टुं नियुज्य च ।। प्रहृष्टमानसः पुत्रं कन्यैका च ससर्ज ह
marīciṃ ca vinirmāya prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ niyujya ca || prahṛṣṭamānasaḥ putraṃ kanyaikā ca sasarja ha
and having fashioned Marīci, and having appointed (them) to bring forth offspring, with a delighted mind he brought forth a son and one daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.39
कृष्णस्य कामिनः पुत्रः कामदेवो बभूव ह ।। कन्या षोडशवर्षीया रत्नभूषणभूषिता
kṛṣṇasya kāminaḥ putraḥ kāmadevo babhūva ha || kanyā ṣoḍaśavarṣīyā ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā
The son became Kāmadeva, (son) of Kṛṣṇa the desirous one; the daughter was sixteen years old, adorned with jewel-ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.41
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। स्त्रीपुंसोः क्रीडनार्थाय मुदा त्वं च विनिर्मितः ।। हृष्टियोगेन सर्वेषामधिष्ठानं करिष्यसि
brahmovāca || strīpuṃsoḥ krīḍanārthāya mudā tvaṃ ca vinirmitaḥ || hṛṣṭiyogena sarveṣāmadhiṣṭhānaṃ kariṣyasi
Brahmā said: You have been fashioned with joy for the sake of the play of woman and man; by the application of delight you will be the presiding power of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.42
संमोहनं समुद्वेगं बीजस्तंभितकारणम् ।। उन्मत्तबीजं ज्वलदं शश्वच्चेतनहारकम्
saṃmohanaṃ samudvegaṃ bījastaṃbhitakāraṇam || unmattabījaṃ jvaladaṃ śaśvaccetanahārakam
(These arrows are:) the bewilderer, the agitator, the cause of the seed's arresting, the maddening seed, the burner, and the perpetual stealer of consciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 35.43
प्रगृह्यैतान्मया दत्तान्सर्वान्संमोहनं कुरु ।। दुर्निवार्यो मम वराद्भव वत्स भवेषु च
pragṛhyaitānmayā dattānsarvānsaṃmohanaṃ kuru || durnivāryo mama varādbhava vatsa bhaveṣu ca
Taking up all these given by me, work bewilderment; by my boon, child, be hard to ward off among (all) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.44
बाणान्दत्त्वैवमुक्त्वा च प्रहृष्टश्च जगद्विधिः ।। दृष्ट्वोवाच दुहितरं वरं दातुं समुद्यतः
bāṇāndattvaivamuktvā ca prahṛṣṭaśca jagadvidhiḥ || dṛṣṭvovāca duhitaraṃ varaṃ dātuṃ samudyataḥ
Having given the arrows and spoken thus, the ordainer of the world, delighted, looked upon his daughter and spoke, ready to grant a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.45
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे कामो मनसाऽऽलोच्य मन्त्रणाम् ।। कर्तुं शस्त्रपरीक्षां च बाणांश्चिक्षेप ब्रह्मणि
etasminnantare kāmo manasā''locya mantraṇām || kartuṃ śastraparīkṣāṃ ca bāṇāṃścikṣepa brahmaṇi
Meanwhile Kāma, having pondered the counsel in his mind, and to make a test of his weapons, loosed his arrows upon Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.46
मंत्रपूतैश्च बाणैश्च दुर्वार्यैः स्मरणेन च ।। अतिविद्धो महायोगी मूर्च्छितो हतचेतनः
maṃtrapūtaiśca bāṇaiśca durvāryaiḥ smaraṇena ca || atividdho mahāyogī mūrcchito hatacetanaḥ
Pierced through by the arrows consecrated with mantras, hard to ward off, and by remembrance (of desire), the great yogin swooned, his awareness destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.47
क्षणेन चेतनां प्राप्य ददर्शाग्रे च कन्यकाम् ।। तां संभोक्तुं मनश्चक्रे सा दुद्राव भिया सती
kṣaṇena cetanāṃ prāpya dadarśāgre ca kanyakām || tāṃ saṃbhoktuṃ manaścakre sā dudrāva bhiyā satī
Regaining consciousness in a moment, he saw the maiden before him, and set his mind on enjoying her; she, being chaste, fled in fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.48
दृष्ट्वा पश्चाच्च पितरं धावन्तं हतचेतनम् ।। जगाम शरणं शीघ्रं भ्रातॄणां च तपस्विनाम्
dṛṣṭvā paścācca pitaraṃ dhāvantaṃ hatacetanam || jagāma śaraṇaṃ śīghraṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ ca tapasvinām
And seeing her father running behind her, his awareness destroyed, she went quickly for refuge to her brothers, the ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.49
ते तां समीपे संस्थाप्य तमूचुः पितरं क्रुधा ।। हितं तथ्यं च वेदोक्तं नीतिसारं परं वचः
te tāṃ samīpe saṃsthāpya tamūcuḥ pitaraṃ krudhā || hitaṃ tathyaṃ ca vedoktaṃ nītisāraṃ paraṃ vacaḥ
They, placing her near them, spoke to their father in anger words beneficial, true, declared in the Veda, the essence of right conduct, supreme:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.51
पश्यन्ति सततं सन्तः प्रसूमिव परस्त्रियम् ।। ये ते सर्वत्र पूज्याश्च परत्रेह जितेन्द्रियाः
paśyanti satataṃ santaḥ prasūmiva parastriyam || ye te sarvatra pūjyāśca paratreha jitendriyāḥ
The good always look upon another's wife as upon their mother; those men, of conquered senses, are honoured everywhere, here and in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.52
त्वं स्वयं वेदकर्ता च कन्यां संभोक्तुमिच्छसि ।। कन्या च मातृवर्गेषु प्रविष्टा च श्रुतौ श्रुता
tvaṃ svayaṃ vedakartā ca kanyāṃ saṃbhoktumicchasi || kanyā ca mātṛvargeṣu praviṣṭā ca śrutau śrutā
You yourself are the maker of the Veda, and you wish to enjoy a maiden — and a maiden is included among the class of mothers, as is heard in scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.53
गुरोः पत्नी राजपत्नी विप्रपत्नी च या सती ।। पत्नी च भ्रातृसुतयोर्मित्रपत्नी च तत्प्रसूः
guroḥ patnī rājapatnī viprapatnī ca yā satī || patnī ca bhrātṛsutayormitrapatnī ca tatprasūḥ
The wife of a teacher, the wife of a king, and a brahmin's wife who is chaste; the wife of a brother and of a son, a friend's wife and her mother;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.54
प्रसूः पित्रोस्तथा भ्रातुः पत्नी श्वश्रूः स्वकन्यकाः ।। जननी तत्सपत्नी च भगिनी सुरभी तथा
prasūḥ pitrostathā bhrātuḥ patnī śvaśrūḥ svakanyakāḥ || jananī tatsapatnī ca bhaginī surabhī tathā
the mother of one's parents, likewise a brother's wife, the mother-in-law, one's own daughters, the mother, her co-wife, a sister, and likewise the cow;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.55
स्वाभीष्टसुरपत्नी च धात्रिकाऽन्नप्रदायिका ।। गर्भधात्री स्वनाम्ना च भयात्त्रातुश्च कामिनी
svābhīṣṭasurapatnī ca dhātrikā'nnapradāyikā || garbhadhātrī svanāmnā ca bhayāttrātuśca kāminī
the wife of one's own chosen deity, a nurse, a giver of food, one who has borne (one) in the womb, a woman of the same name (as oneself), and the beloved of one who has rescued (one) from danger;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 35.56
एता वेदप्रणीताश्च सर्वेषां मातरः स्मृताः।। एतास्वपि च सर्वासु न्यूनता नास्ति कासु च
etā vedapraṇītāśca sarveṣāṃ mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ|| etāsvapi ca sarvāsu nyūnatā nāsti kāsu ca
These, as taught by the Veda, are held to be the mothers of all; and among all of these there is no inferiority in any one of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.57
कन्यादाताऽन्नदाता च ज्ञानदाताऽभयप्रदः ।। जन्मदो मन्त्रदो ज्येष्ठभ्राता च पितरः स्मृताः
kanyādātā'nnadātā ca jñānadātā'bhayapradaḥ || janmado mantrado jyeṣṭhabhrātā ca pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ
The giver of a bride, the giver of food, the giver of knowledge, the granter of safety, the begetter, the giver of mantra, and the eldest brother — these are held to be fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.58
एता वहन्ति ये मूढा य एताञ्जनकानपि ।। पच्यन्ते नरके ते च यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः
etā vahanti ye mūḍhā ya etāñjanakānapi || pacyante narake te ca yāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ
Those fools who assail these (mothers), and those who assail these fathers too, are cooked in hell for as long as the lifetime of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.59
तानन्धकूपे संस्थाप्य दूरतो यमकिङ्कराः।। कुर्वन्ति ताडनं शश्वत्पुरीषं पाययन्ति च
tānandhakūpe saṃsthāpya dūrato yamakiṅkarāḥ|| kurvanti tāḍanaṃ śaśvatpurīṣaṃ pāyayanti ca
Yama's servants, setting them in a blind well, beat them from a distance and continually make them drink excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.61
अस्माकं पुरतो दूरं गच्छ कामार्तमानस।। न कुर्मो भस्मसात्कर्तुं शक्ताश्च जनकं वयम्
asmākaṃ purato dūraṃ gaccha kāmārtamānasa|| na kurmo bhasmasātkartuṃ śaktāśca janakaṃ vayam
"Go far away from before us, you whose mind is stricken with lust! We are not able to reduce a father to ashes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.62
गुरोर्दोषसहस्राणि क्षन्तुमर्हन्ति पण्डिताः ।। सर्वघ्नं तं विनिघ्नन्ति नीतिज्ञाः स्वगुरुं विना
gurordoṣasahasrāṇi kṣantumarhanti paṇḍitāḥ || sarvaghnaṃ taṃ vinighnanti nītijñāḥ svaguruṃ vinā
The learned should forgive a thousand faults of a teacher; those who know right conduct slay one who destroys everything, except their own teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.63
गृह्णन्ति यदि सर्वस्वं शपन्तं निष्ठुरं गुरुम् ।। साधवस्तं न निन्दन्ति प्रणमन्ति स्वभक्तितः
gṛhṇanti yadi sarvasvaṃ śapantaṃ niṣṭhuraṃ gurum || sādhavastaṃ na nindanti praṇamanti svabhaktitaḥ
If (teachers) seize all one's property, if a teacher is harsh and curses, the good do not revile him but bow to him out of their own devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.64
ये द्विषन्ति च निन्दति गुरुमिष्टं सुरात्परम् ।। पच्यन्ते तेऽन्धकूपे च यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
ye dviṣanti ca nindati gurumiṣṭaṃ surātparam || pacyante te'ndhakūpe ca yāvaccandradivākarau
Those who hate and revile a teacher, who is dear and higher than the gods, are cooked in the blind well as long as moon and sun (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.65
पुरीषं भुञ्जते नित्यं क्षुभिता यमताडनैः ।। सर्पप्रमाणकीटैश्च दंशिताश्च दिवानिशम्
purīṣaṃ bhuñjate nityaṃ kṣubhitā yamatāḍanaiḥ || sarpapramāṇakīṭaiśca daṃśitāśca divāniśam
They constantly eat excrement, tormented by Yama's beatings, and are bitten day and night by worms the size of snakes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.66
इत्येवमुक्त्वा मुनयः प्रणेमुस्तत्पदाम्बुजम् ।। सर्वं भवति दैवेन प्रशान्तमनसा ध्रुवम्
ityevamuktvā munayaḥ praṇemustatpadāmbujam || sarvaṃ bhavati daivena praśāntamanasā dhruvam
Having spoken thus, the sages bowed to his lotus feet: everything surely happens by fate — (so they thought) with mind grown calm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.67
उन्मुखा मुनयः सर्वे बभूवुश्च स्वकर्मणि।। ब्रह्मा शरीरं संत्यक्तुं व्रीडया च समुद्यतः
unmukhā munayaḥ sarve babhūvuśca svakarmaṇi|| brahmā śarīraṃ saṃtyaktuṃ vrīḍayā ca samudyataḥ
All the sages became intent upon their own duties; and Brahmā, out of shame, made ready to abandon his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.68
योगेन भित्त्वा षट्चक्रं सर्वान्प्राणान्निरुद्ध्य च।। ब्रह्मरन्ध्रं समानीय तत्याज स्वेन वर्त्मना
yogena bhittvā ṣaṭcakraṃ sarvānprāṇānniruddhya ca|| brahmarandhraṃ samānīya tatyāja svena vartmanā
By yoga, piercing the six wheels and restraining all the breaths, bringing (them) to the aperture of Brahman, he gave (the body) up by his own path.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.69
मनसा श्रीहरिं स्मृत्वा नमस्कारं चकार ह ।। न मे मनः परद्रव्ये भविता स्तोकमीश्वर
manasā śrīhariṃ smṛtvā namaskāraṃ cakāra ha || na me manaḥ paradravye bhavitā stokamīśvara
Remembering Śrī Hari in his mind, he made obeisance: "O Lord, my mind shall not, even a little, be set on another's property."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.71
कन्या तातं मृतं दृष्ट्वा विलप्य च भृशं मुहुः।। योगेन देहं तत्याज सा प्रलीना च ब्रह्मणि
kanyā tātaṃ mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā vilapya ca bhṛśaṃ muhuḥ|| yogena dehaṃ tatyāja sā pralīnā ca brahmaṇi
The maiden, seeing her father dead and lamenting bitterly again and again, gave up her body by yoga, and she was dissolved into Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.72
मृतं तातं च भगिनीं दृष्ट्वा च मुनिपुंगवाः ।। सस्मरुः श्रीहरिं कोपात्स्वात्मारामं विलप्य च
mṛtaṃ tātaṃ ca bhaginīṃ dṛṣṭvā ca munipuṃgavāḥ || sasmaruḥ śrīhariṃ kopātsvātmārāmaṃ vilapya ca
Seeing their father dead and their sister (dead), the foremost of sages, lamenting, in anger remembered Śrī Hari who delights in his own Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.73
नारायणो मदंशश्च कृपयाऽऽगत्य सत्वरम् ।। ब्रह्माणं जीवयामास ब्रह्मज्ञानात्सुतां च ताम्
nārāyaṇo madaṃśaśca kṛpayā''gatya satvaram || brahmāṇaṃ jīvayāmāsa brahmajñānātsutāṃ ca tām
And Nārāyaṇa, my portion, coming swiftly out of compassion, restored Brahmā to life, and that daughter of his, by the knowledge of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.74
ब्रह्मा पुरो हरिं दृष्ट्वा वरं वव्रे स्म वाञ्छितम् ।। भक्तिं त्वच्चरणे शश्वन्निश्चलामनपायिनीम्
brahmā puro hariṃ dṛṣṭvā varaṃ vavre sma vāñchitam || bhaktiṃ tvaccaraṇe śaśvanniścalāmanapāyinīm
Brahmā, seeing Hari before him, chose the boon he desired: "Devotion at your feet, ever unwavering and unfailing."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.75
ब्रह्माणं विरसं दृष्ट्वा तमुवाच कृपानिधिः ।। प्रबोधवचनं सत्यं नीतिसारं मनोहरम्
brahmāṇaṃ virasaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ || prabodhavacanaṃ satyaṃ nītisāraṃ manoharam
Seeing Brahmā dispirited, the treasury of compassion spoke to him a word of awakening — true, the essence of right conduct, and charming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.76
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। शृणु ब्रह्मन्प्रवक्ष्येऽहं मुखमुत्तोल्य सांप्रतम् ।। त्यज लज्जां जगन्नाथ हृदयज्वररूपिणीम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || śṛṇu brahmanpravakṣye'haṃ mukhamuttolya sāṃpratam || tyaja lajjāṃ jagannātha hṛdayajvararūpiṇīm
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Listen, Brahmā, I shall now speak; lift up your face. Give up shame, O lord of the world, which takes the form of a fever of the heart.
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BvP 4 35.77
सत्कीर्तिरपकीर्तिर्वा सुप्रतिष्ठाप्युपद्रवः ।। क्षुद्राणां चैव महतां भवत्येव स्वकर्मणा
satkīrtirapakīrtirvā supratiṣṭhāpyupadravaḥ || kṣudrāṇāṃ caiva mahatāṃ bhavatyeva svakarmaṇā
Good fame or ill fame, high standing or calamity — for the small and for the great alike, it comes about by one's own deeds.
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BvP 4 35.78
सर्वेषामपि सर्वेभ्यः स्वकर्म बलवत्तरम् ।। तस्मात्सन्तः प्रकुर्वन्ति नित्यं सत्कर्म संततम्
sarveṣāmapi sarvebhyaḥ svakarma balavattaram || tasmātsantaḥ prakurvanti nityaṃ satkarma saṃtatam
For all (beings), one's own action is more powerful than all (else); therefore the good always perform good deeds without break.
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BvP 4 35.79
केचित्कुर्वन्ति निर्मूलं सर्वेषामपि कर्मणाम् ।। कृतं कर्म परं भुक्त्वा हरिपादाब्जचेतसः
kecitkurvanti nirmūlaṃ sarveṣāmapi karmaṇām || kṛtaṃ karma paraṃ bhuktvā haripādābjacetasaḥ
Some make all their actions rootless, having fully consumed the action already done, their minds (fixed) on Hari's lotus feet.
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BvP 4 35.81
कालेन रजसा देहो बलं रूपं शुभाशुभम् ।। कीर्तिर्या त्रिगुणा चैव मोहश्चापयशो विधे
kālena rajasā deho balaṃ rūpaṃ śubhāśubham || kīrtiryā triguṇā caiva mohaścāpayaśo vidhe
Through time and through rajas, the body, strength, beauty, good and ill, the fame that is of three kinds, and delusion and disrepute, O Vidhi (Brahmā) —
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BvP 4 35.82
ऋणव्रणापवादाश्च जन्तूनां यान्ति कालतः ।। महतां तौ च पूर्वोक्तौ नेतरश्च कदाचन
ṛṇavraṇāpavādāśca jantūnāṃ yānti kālataḥ || mahatāṃ tau ca pūrvoktau netaraśca kadācana
— and debts, wounds and slanders of living beings pass away with time; but for the great those two spoken of before (do not), nor ever the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 35.83
सदाऽपकीर्तिर्वसति परस्त्रीषु च वस्तुषु।। तस्मात्ते नैव गृह्णन्ति सन्तः स्वक्लेशकारणे
sadā'pakīrtirvasati parastrīṣu ca vastuṣu|| tasmātte naiva gṛhṇanti santaḥ svakleśakāraṇe
Infamy always dwells in others' wives and others' possessions; therefore the good do not take hold of them at all, (they being) the cause of one's own affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.84
स्मर मामन्तरे ब्राह्मे मदीयं विषयं कुरु।। अतस्ते न मनो लोलं भविता परवस्तुषु
smara māmantare brāhme madīyaṃ viṣayaṃ kuru|| ataste na mano lolaṃ bhavitā paravastuṣu
Remember me in the interval (of Brahmā's day); make what is mine your object; hence your mind will not be unsteady toward others' possessions.
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BvP 4 35.85
योषिद्रूपा च मे माया सर्वेषां मोहकारिणी ।। लीलया कुरुते मोहं स्वात्मारामस्य संततम्
yoṣidrūpā ca me māyā sarveṣāṃ mohakāriṇī || līlayā kurute mohaṃ svātmārāmasya saṃtatam
And my māyā, in the form of woman, deludes all; in sport she continually produces delusion even in one who delights in his own self.
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BvP 4 35.86
नानामुद्राश्रये देशे रागिणो संततं रतिः।। स्तनाभिधे मांसपिण्डेऽधरे लालालयेऽशुचौ
nānāmudrāśraye deśe rāgiṇo saṃtataṃ ratiḥ|| stanābhidhe māṃsapiṇḍe'dhare lālālaye'śucau
The passionate man's delight is constantly in a region that is the seat of various marks — in the lump of flesh called a breast, in the lip, the impure abode of saliva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 35.87
श्रोणिवक्त्रस्तनं तासां कामदेवालयं सदा ।। तस्मात्ते न हि पश्यन्ति सन्तो हि धर्मभीरवः
śroṇivaktrastanaṃ tāsāṃ kāmadevālayaṃ sadā || tasmātte na hi paśyanti santo hi dharmabhīravaḥ
Their hips, face and breasts are always the temple of Kāmadeva; therefore the good, being afraid for dharma, do not look (at them).
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BvP 4 35.88
को धर्मः किं यशस्तेषां का प्रतिष्ठा च किं तपः।। किं बुद्धिर्विद्या दानं च परस्त्रीषु च यन्मनः
ko dharmaḥ kiṃ yaśasteṣāṃ kā pratiṣṭhā ca kiṃ tapaḥ|| kiṃ buddhirvidyā dānaṃ ca parastrīṣu ca yanmanaḥ
What dharma, what renown have they, what standing, what austerity, what intelligence, learning or giving — those whose mind is on others' wives?
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BvP 4 35.89
इहाप्यपयशो दुःखं नरकेषु परत्र च ।। वासः प्रहारस्तेषां च ताडनैः कृमिभक्षणैः
ihāpyapayaśo duḥkhaṃ narakeṣu paratra ca || vāsaḥ prahārasteṣāṃ ca tāḍanaiḥ kṛmibhakṣaṇaiḥ
Here, disrepute and suffering; and in the other (world), dwelling in the hells; and for them striking, with beatings and with being devoured by worms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.91
उत्तमा मत्पदाम्भोजं सत्कर्म मध्यमाः सदा ।। स्मरन्ति शश्वदधमाः परस्त्रीसेवनं मुदा
uttamā matpadāmbhojaṃ satkarma madhyamāḥ sadā || smaranti śaśvadadhamāḥ parastrīsevanaṃ mudā
The best always remember my lotus feet, the middling good works, and the lowest constantly, with delight, the enjoyment of others' wives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.92
विपत्तिः संततं तस्य परवस्तुषु यन्मनः ।। विशेषतः परस्त्रीषु सुवर्णेषु च भूमिषु
vipattiḥ saṃtataṃ tasya paravastuṣu yanmanaḥ || viśeṣataḥ parastrīṣu suvarṇeṣu ca bhūmiṣu
Calamity is unceasing for him whose mind is on others' possessions — especially on others' wives, on gold, and on lands.
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BvP 4 35.93
दैवात्परस्त्रियं दृष्ट्वा विरमेद्यो हरिं स्मरन् ।। दृष्ट्वा परसुवर्णं च हस्तप्रक्षालनाच्छुचिः
daivātparastriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā viramedyo hariṃ smaran || dṛṣṭvā parasuvarṇaṃ ca hastaprakṣālanācchuciḥ
He who, having by chance seen another's wife, turns away, remembering Hari; and who, having looked at another's gold, is (made) pure by washing his hands —
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BvP 4 35.94
सततं नैव संसक्ताः सन्तः स्वस्त्रीषु कामतः ।। यक्ष्मव्याधिज्ञानहानिलोकनिन्दाभयेन च
satataṃ naiva saṃsaktāḥ santaḥ svastrīṣu kāmataḥ || yakṣmavyādhijñānahānilokanindābhayena ca
The good are never constantly attached even to their own wives out of desire, from fear of consumption, disease, loss of knowledge, and the world's censure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.95
तपस्विनस्तपस्यायां शास्त्रचिन्तासु पण्डिताः।। योगिनो योगचिन्तासु वेदार्थेषु च वैदिकाः
tapasvinastapasyāyāṃ śāstracintāsu paṇḍitāḥ|| yogino yogacintāsu vedārtheṣu ca vaidikāḥ
Ascetics (are engaged) in austerity, the learned in reflection on the scriptures, yogins in contemplation of yoga, and the Vedic (brahmins) in the meanings of the Vedas;
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BvP 4 35.96
साध्यश्च पतिसेवासु गृहस्था गृहकर्मसु ।। विषयेषु विषयिणो मद्भक्ता मम सेवने
sādhyaśca patisevāsu gṛhasthā gṛhakarmasu || viṣayeṣu viṣayiṇo madbhaktā mama sevane
and the virtuous women in the service of their husbands, householders in household duties, sensualists in objects of sense, and my devotees in service of me.
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BvP 4 35.97
एते नियुक्ता एतेषु सभासु च प्रशंसिताः।।। वेदोक्ताचरणेनैव तद्विरुद्धेन निन्दिताः
ete niyuktā eteṣu sabhāsu ca praśaṃsitāḥ||| vedoktācaraṇenaiva tadviruddhena ninditāḥ
These, being appointed to these (duties), are praised in the assemblies just for acting as the Veda declares; by what is contrary to it they are censured.
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BvP 4 35.98
सर्वे नित्यं प्रशंसन्ति शश्वत्सन्मार्गगामिनम् ।। हालिका अपि निन्दन्ति कुवर्त्मगामिनं विधे
sarve nityaṃ praśaṃsanti śaśvatsanmārgagāminam || hālikā api nindanti kuvartmagāminaṃ vidhe
All men ever praise him who always walks the good path; even ploughmen censure one who goes by an evil road, O Vidhi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 35.99
भविता न परस्त्रीषु परवस्तुषु ते मनः ।। अद्यप्रभृति जीवन्तं निविष्टं मद्वरेण च
bhavitā na parastrīṣu paravastuṣu te manaḥ || adyaprabhṛti jīvantaṃ niviṣṭaṃ madvareṇa ca
Your mind will not be (set) on others' wives or others' possessions; from today on, as long as you live, (it will be) settled (thus) by my boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 35.101
कन्या भवतु मे ब्रह्मन्कामदेवस्य कामिनी ।। रतिर्नाम परित्याज्या रत्यधिष्ठातृदेवता
kanyā bhavatu me brahmankāmadevasya kāminī || ratirnāma parityājyā ratyadhiṣṭhātṛdevatā
"Let a daughter be born to me, O Brahmā, a lover for Kāmadeva, named Rati; she is to be given up (by you), the goddess presiding over sexual pleasure."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 35.102
इत्येवमुक्त्वा ब्रह्माणमाश्वास्य कमलापतिः ।। जगाम नित्यं वैकुण्ठं वृन्दावनविनोदनः
ityevamuktvā brahmāṇamāśvāsya kamalāpatiḥ || jagāma nityaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ vṛndāvanavinodanaḥ
Having spoken thus and consoled Brahmā, the husband of Kamalā, who takes his delight in Vṛndāvana, went to eternal Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition