Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 36
BvP 4 36.1
।। श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। ।। एतेन नियमेनैव ब्रह्मा तत्याज मोहिनीम् ।। कथं स कुलटाशापादपूज्यः संबभूव ह वाहनं वृषरूपोऽहमन्यस्तं वोढुमक्षमः ।। त्रिपुरस्य वधे पूर्वं मत्कलांशसमुद्भवः
|| śrīrādhikovāca || || etena niyamenaiva brahmā tatyāja mohinīm || kathaṃ sa kulaṭāśāpādapūjyaḥ saṃbabhūva ha vāhanaṃ vṛṣarūpo'hamanyastaṃ voḍhumakṣamaḥ || tripurasya vadhe pūrvaṃ matkalāṃśasamudbhavaḥ
Śrī Rādhikā said: "By this very rule Brahmā abandoned the enchantress. How then did he become unworthy of worship through the curse of the unchaste woman? — 'As a vehicle in the form of a bull, I myself; another is unable to carry him; formerly, at the slaying of Tripura, (he was) born from a portion of my portion.'"
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BvP 4 36.2
कथं तस्य दर्पभङ्गं चकार कमलापतिः ।। कथयस्व सर्वबीजं सर्वेषामीश्वरः स्वयम् पारिजातादिकं पुष्पसुगन्धि चन्दनादिकम्।। मयि संन्यस्य तेष्वेवं प्रीतिर्नास्ति कदाचन
kathaṃ tasya darpabhaṅgaṃ cakāra kamalāpatiḥ || kathayasva sarvabījaṃ sarveṣāmīśvaraḥ svayam pārijātādikaṃ puṣpasugandhi candanādikam|| mayi saṃnyasya teṣvevaṃ prītirnāsti kadācana
"How did the husband of Kamalā break his pride? Tell (me), O seed of all, who art thyself the Lord of all. — 'Having consigned to me the pārijāta and other fragrant flowers, sandal paste and the like, there is never any delight for him in these.'"
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BvP 4 36.3
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। रासेश्वरीवचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य रसिकेश्वरः ।। निगूढमितिहासं च तां वक्तुमुपचक्रमे धत्तूरे तत्सदा प्रीतिर्बिल्वपत्रानुलेपने ।। गन्धहीने सुगन्धे च योगीष्टे व्याघ्रचर्मणि
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || rāseśvarīvacaḥ śrutvā prahasya rasikeśvaraḥ || nigūḍhamitihāsaṃ ca tāṃ vaktumupacakrame dhattūre tatsadā prītirbilvapatrānulepane || gandhahīne sugandhe ca yogīṣṭe vyāghracarmaṇi
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard the words of the Mistress of the Rāsa, the Lord of connoisseurs laughed and began to tell her the deeply hidden tale: — "His delight is ever in the thorn-apple, in the smearing with bilva leaves, in the scentless and the fragrant alike, and in the tiger-skin dear to yogins."
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BvP 4 36.4
।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। ।। ब्रह्मा चिरं तपस्तप्त्वा मत्तो लब्ध्वा वरं वरम् ।। सृष्टिं नानाविधां कृत्वा विधाता स बभूव ह क्षुद्राणां महतां चैव येषां गर्वो भवेत्प्रिये ।। एवंविधमहं तेषां चूर्णीभूतं करोमि च शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं पञ्चवक्त्रं त्रिलोचनम् ।। त्रिशूलपट्टिशकरं व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरं वरम् अतीव रोदनात्तस्य ध्यानभङ्गो बभूव ह ।। ददर्श पुरतः साक्षाद्दातारं सर्वसंपदाम् तदा सिद्धाः सुरेन्द्राश्च मुनीन्द्रा मनवो मुदा ।। तुष्टुवुर्मां सुभक्त्या च लज्जया लज्जितः शिवः सरथे पातिते रुद्रे देवा देवर्षयो भिया ।। तुष्टुवुर्मां परित्राहि कृष्णेत्युक्त्वा पुनःपुनः मम कल्याणाधिदेवो हर्षरूपो गणेश्वरः ।। परमार्थः स्वयं धर्मो मम भक्तो हुताशनः श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। भगवन्सर्वतत्त्वज्ञ सर्वबीज सनातन ।। वद मे वाञ्छितं प्रश्नं सर्वसंदेहभञ्जनम् एतस्मिन्नन्तरे मां च ददर्श पुरतः स्थितम् ।। अतीव कमनीयाङ्गं किशोरं श्यामसुन्दरम्।। चक्षुषस्तामसात्पश्चाल्ललाटस्थाद्धरस्य च ।। संहारकाले संहर्तुरग्निराविर्भवेत्क्रुधा गरुडद्वेषिणो नागाः शंकरं शरणं ययुः ।। बिभर्ति कृपया स्वाङ्गे तानेव शरणागतान् दिव्यलोके दिव्यतल्पे जनतायां न तन्मनः।। श्मशानेऽतीवरहसि ध्यायते मामहर्निशम् न संवसामि गोलोके वैकुण्ठे तव वक्षसि ।। सदा शिवस्य हृदये निबद्धः प्रेमपाशतः
|| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || || brahmā ciraṃ tapastaptvā matto labdhvā varaṃ varam || sṛṣṭiṃ nānāvidhāṃ kṛtvā vidhātā sa babhūva ha kṣudrāṇāṃ mahatāṃ caiva yeṣāṃ garvo bhavetpriye || evaṃvidhamahaṃ teṣāṃ cūrṇībhūtaṃ karomi ca śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ pañcavaktraṃ trilocanam || triśūlapaṭṭiśakaraṃ vyāghracarmāmbaraṃ varam atīva rodanāttasya dhyānabhaṅgo babhūva ha || dadarśa purataḥ sākṣāddātāraṃ sarvasaṃpadām tadā siddhāḥ surendrāśca munīndrā manavo mudā || tuṣṭuvurmāṃ subhaktyā ca lajjayā lajjitaḥ śivaḥ sarathe pātite rudre devā devarṣayo bhiyā || tuṣṭuvurmāṃ paritrāhi kṛṣṇetyuktvā punaḥpunaḥ mama kalyāṇādhidevo harṣarūpo gaṇeśvaraḥ || paramārthaḥ svayaṃ dharmo mama bhakto hutāśanaḥ śrīrādhikovāca || bhagavansarvatattvajña sarvabīja sanātana || vada me vāñchitaṃ praśnaṃ sarvasaṃdehabhañjanam etasminnantare māṃ ca dadarśa purataḥ sthitam || atīva kamanīyāṅgaṃ kiśoraṃ śyāmasundaram|| cakṣuṣastāmasātpaścāllalāṭasthāddharasya ca || saṃhārakāle saṃharturagnirāvirbhavetkrudhā garuḍadveṣiṇo nāgāḥ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || bibharti kṛpayā svāṅge tāneva śaraṇāgatān divyaloke divyatalpe janatāyāṃ na tanmanaḥ|| śmaśāne'tīvarahasi dhyāyate māmaharniśam na saṃvasāmi goloke vaikuṇṭhe tava vakṣasi || sadā śivasya hṛdaye nibaddhaḥ premapāśataḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: "Brahmā, having long practised austerity and obtained from me the best of boons, made creation of many kinds and became the Ordainer. — Of whichever beings, small or great, pride arises, my dear, such (pride) of theirs I grind to powder. — (Śiva,) resembling pure crystal, five-faced, three-eyed, holding trident and spear, clothed in the excellent tiger-skin. — By its violent weeping his meditation was broken, and he saw before him, in person, the giver of all riches. — Then the Siddhas, the chiefs of the gods, the chief sages and the Manus praised me with joy and true devotion, while Śiva stood abashed with shame. — When Rudra was thrown down together with his chariot, the gods and divine sages in fear praised me, saying again and again, 'Protect (us), O Kṛṣṇa!' — My presiding deity of well-being, whose form is joy, is Gaṇeśvara; the highest good, Dharma himself, and the fire-god are my devotees. — Śrī Rādhikā said: O Lord, knower of all truths, seed of all, eternal one, answer the question I desire, which breaks all doubts. — Meanwhile he saw me standing before him, a youth of exceedingly lovely limbs, dark and beautiful. — Afterwards, from the dark (tāmasic) eye of Hara set in his forehead, at the time of destruction the destroyer's fire appears in wrath. — The serpents, enemies of Garuḍa, went to Śaṃkara for refuge; out of compassion he bears those very refuge-seekers on his own body. — His mind is not on the divine world, on a divine couch, or among people; in the cremation ground, in utter solitude, he meditates on me day and night. — I do not dwell in Goloka, nor in Vaikuṇṭha, nor on your breast (so much as) I am ever bound in Śiva's heart by the cord of love."
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BvP 4 36.5
तपसां फलदाता च सर्वेषां शास्तिकृत्प्रभुः ।। आत्मानमीश्वरं ज्ञात्वा महागर्वो बभूव ह आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं समं च मन्यते शिवः।। ममानिर्वचनीयेऽत्र रूपे तन्मग्नमानसम्
tapasāṃ phaladātā ca sarveṣāṃ śāstikṛtprabhuḥ || ātmānamīśvaraṃ jñātvā mahāgarvo babhūva ha ābrahmastambaparyantaṃ samaṃ ca manyate śivaḥ|| mamānirvacanīye'tra rūpe tanmagnamānasam
"(He is) the giver of the fruits of austerities and the lord who chastises all; knowing himself to be the Lord, he became greatly proud. — Śiva regards all alike, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass; his mind is sunk in this indescribable form of mine."
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BvP 4 36.6
ब्रह्माण्डेषु च सर्वेषु गर्वपर्यन्तमुन्नतिः ।। इति मत्वा ब्रह्मणश्च दर्पभङ्गः कृतो मया ब्रह्मणः पतनेनापि शूलपाणेः क्षणो भवेत् ।। तस्यायुषः प्रमाणं च नाहं जानामि का श्रुतिः
brahmāṇḍeṣu ca sarveṣu garvaparyantamunnatiḥ || iti matvā brahmaṇaśca darpabhaṅgaḥ kṛto mayā brahmaṇaḥ patanenāpi śūlapāṇeḥ kṣaṇo bhavet || tasyāyuṣaḥ pramāṇaṃ ca nāhaṃ jānāmi kā śrutiḥ
"In all the world-spheres, exaltation lasts only up to (the point of) pride: thinking thus, I broke Brahmā's arrogance. — Even by the falling of a Brahmā only a moment passes for the trident-bearer; I do not know the measure of his lifespan — what scripture (could tell it)?"
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BvP 4 36.7
येषां येषां भवेद्दर्पो ब्रह्माण्डेषु परात्परः ।। विज्ञाय सर्वं सर्वात्मा तेषां शास्ताऽहमेव च ज्ञानं मृत्युंजयः शूलं धत्ते मत्तेजसा समम् ।। विना मया न कश्चित्तं शंकरं जेतुमीश्वरः
yeṣāṃ yeṣāṃ bhaveddarpo brahmāṇḍeṣu parātparaḥ || vijñāya sarvaṃ sarvātmā teṣāṃ śāstā'hameva ca jñānaṃ mṛtyuṃjayaḥ śūlaṃ dhatte mattejasā samam || vinā mayā na kaścittaṃ śaṃkaraṃ jetumīśvaraḥ
"Whoever in the world-spheres has pride surpassing the highest — the Self of all, knowing everything, I alone am their chastiser. — Mṛtyuñjaya bears knowledge and the trident equal to my own splendour; without me no lord is able to conquer that Śaṃkara."
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BvP 4 36.8
प्रथमे ब्रह्मणो गर्वो मया चूर्णीकृतः श्रुतः ।। शङ्करस्य च पार्वत्याश्चन्द्रस्य च रवेस्तथा शंकरः परमात्मा मे प्राणेभ्योऽपि परः शिवः।। त्र्यम्बके मन्मनः शश्वन्न प्रियो मे भवात्परः
prathame brahmaṇo garvo mayā cūrṇīkṛtaḥ śrutaḥ || śaṅkarasya ca pārvatyāścandrasya ca ravestathā śaṃkaraḥ paramātmā me prāṇebhyo'pi paraḥ śivaḥ|| tryambake manmanaḥ śaśvanna priyo me bhavātparaḥ
"First, Brahmā's pride was ground to powder by me, as you have heard; (then) that of Śaṃkara, of Pārvatī, of the moon, and likewise of the sun. — Śaṃkara is my highest Self; Śiva is dearer to me than my own breaths; my mind is ever on the three-eyed one — none is dearer to me than Bhava."
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BvP 4 36.9
वह्नेर्दुर्वाससश्चैव तथा धन्वन्तरेः प्रिये।। क्रमेण दर्पभङ्गं च कथयामि निशामय ब्रह्माण्डनिकरं छन्नं मया मन्मायया सदा ।। स कम्पति हरं शश्वन्न च तं मोहितुं क्षमः
vahnerdurvāsasaścaiva tathā dhanvantareḥ priye|| krameṇa darpabhaṅgaṃ ca kathayāmi niśāmaya brahmāṇḍanikaraṃ channaṃ mayā manmāyayā sadā || sa kampati haraṃ śaśvanna ca taṃ mohituṃ kṣamaḥ
"And of Fire, of Durvāsas, and likewise of Dhanvantari, dear one — I shall relate the breaking of their pride in order; listen. — The whole mass of world-spheres is always veiled by me with my māyā; it trembles, but is never able to delude Hara continually."
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BvP 4 36.11
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। श्रीकृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुका ।। पप्रच्छ राधा यत्नेन संत्रस्ता भयविह्वला स्वरसिद्धं सुतानेन पञ्चवक्त्रेण शंकरः ।। शश्वद्गायति मद्गाथां तेनाहं तत्समीपतः
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || śrīkṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukā || papraccha rādhā yatnena saṃtrastā bhayavihvalā svarasiddhaṃ sutānena pañcavaktreṇa śaṃkaraḥ || śaśvadgāyati madgāthāṃ tenāhaṃ tatsamīpataḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, with throat, lips and palate gone dry, Rādhā, terrified and overcome with fear, asked with effort: — "With his five faces, perfect in tone and melody, Śaṃkara ever sings the songs about me; therefore I am close to him."
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BvP 4 36.12
।। श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। ।। कस्य केन प्रभावेण महादर्पो बभूव ह ।। त्वया केन प्रभावेण तस्य भङ्गः कृतः पुरा स्रष्टुं शक्तो हि नष्टुं च भ्रूभङ्गलीलयाऽपि यः।। ब्रह्माण्डनिकरं योगान्न योगी शंकरात्परः
|| śrīrādhikovāca || || kasya kena prabhāveṇa mahādarpo babhūva ha || tvayā kena prabhāveṇa tasya bhaṅgaḥ kṛtaḥ purā sraṣṭuṃ śakto hi naṣṭuṃ ca bhrūbhaṅgalīlayā'pi yaḥ|| brahmāṇḍanikaraṃ yogānna yogī śaṃkarātparaḥ
Śrī Rādhikā said: "Whose great pride arose, and by what power? And by what power was it broken by you formerly? — He who is able, by the mere play of a knitting of his brows, to create and to destroy the mass of world-spheres: in yoga there is no yogin greater than Śaṃkara."
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BvP 4 36.13
कथयस्व प्राणनाथ सर्वेषां दर्पभञ्जन ।। दर्पदो भयदः प्राणदानैककारणेश्वर दिव्यज्ञानेन यः स्रष्टुं नष्टुं भ्रूभङ्गलीलया ।। मृत्युं कालादिकं भक्तो न ज्ञानी शंकरात्परः
kathayasva prāṇanātha sarveṣāṃ darpabhañjana || darpado bhayadaḥ prāṇadānaikakāraṇeśvara divyajñānena yaḥ sraṣṭuṃ naṣṭuṃ bhrūbhaṅgalīlayā || mṛtyuṃ kālādikaṃ bhakto na jñānī śaṃkarātparaḥ
"Tell (me), Lord of my life, breaker of the pride of all, giver of pride and giver of fear, sole Lord who is the cause of the gift of life. — He who by divine knowledge can create and destroy by the play of a knitting of his brows, (and can conquer) death, time and the rest: among devotees and knowers there is none greater than Śaṃkara."
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BvP 4 36.14
।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। ।। येन भूतं गर्वचूर्णं श्रुतं त्रिजगतां विधेः ।। अन्येषां श्रूयतां राधे व्यासेन कथयामि ते मम भक्तिं च दास्यं च मुक्तिं च सर्वसंपदः।। सर्वसिद्धिं दातुमीशो न दाता शंकरात्परः
|| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || || yena bhūtaṃ garvacūrṇaṃ śrutaṃ trijagatāṃ vidheḥ || anyeṣāṃ śrūyatāṃ rādhe vyāsena kathayāmi te mama bhaktiṃ ca dāsyaṃ ca muktiṃ ca sarvasaṃpadaḥ|| sarvasiddhiṃ dātumīśo na dātā śaṃkarātparaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: "By what means the pride of the Ordainer of the three worlds was pulverized, you have heard; hear of the others, Rādhā — I shall tell you in detail. — There is no giver greater than Śaṃkara, able to give devotion to me, servitude to me, liberation, all riches and every attainment."
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BvP 4 36.15
पञ्चवक्त्रेण मन्नाम यो हि गायत्यहर्निशम् ।। मद्रूपं ध्यायते शश्वन्न भक्तः शंकरात्परः
pañcavaktreṇa mannāma yo hi gāyatyaharniśam || madrūpaṃ dhyāyate śaśvanna bhaktaḥ śaṃkarātparaḥ
"He who with his five faces sings my name day and night and constantly meditates on my form — there is no devotee greater than Śaṃkara."
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BvP 4 36.16
ध्यायन्ति योगिनो यं स योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः ।। ज्ञानानन्दस्वरूपोऽयं तस्याख्यानं शृणु प्रिये अहं सुदर्शनं शंभुस्तेजसा च वयं समाः ।। ब्रह्मा स्रष्टा च योगेन नास्माभिस्तेजसा समः
dhyāyanti yogino yaṃ sa yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ || jñānānandasvarūpo'yaṃ tasyākhyānaṃ śṛṇu priye ahaṃ sudarśanaṃ śaṃbhustejasā ca vayaṃ samāḥ || brahmā sraṣṭā ca yogena nāsmābhistejasā samaḥ
"He on whom yogins meditate, he is the teacher of the teachers of the lords of yoga; his nature is knowledge and bliss. Hear his story, dear one. — I, Sudarśana, and Śambhu are equal in splendour; Brahmā the creator, by yoga, is not equal to us in splendour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 36.17
युगषष्टिसहस्राणि तपस्तप्त्वा दिवानिशम् ।। भूत्वा च मत्कलापूर्णो बभूव मत्समो विभुः
yugaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi tapastaptvā divāniśam || bhūtvā ca matkalāpūrṇo babhūva matsamo vibhuḥ
"Having practised austerity day and night for sixty thousand ages, and having become filled with a portion of me, the mighty one became equal to me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.18
तपसा तेजसा शश्वत्तेजोराशिर्बभूव ह ।। सूर्यकोटिप्रभावश्च भक्तानां कल्पपादपः
tapasā tejasā śaśvattejorāśirbabhūva ha || sūryakoṭiprabhāvaśca bhaktānāṃ kalpapādapaḥ
"By his austerity and his splendour he became a perpetual mass of light, with the brilliance of ten million suns, a wish-fulfilling tree for his devotees."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.19
स्वयं शिवो मदंशश्च संहर्ता जगतां च यः ।। तेजसा मत्समः पूर्णो ज्ञानेन च गुणेन च ध्यायंध्यायं च योगीन्द्रास्तत्तेजो बहुकालतः ।। तदन्तरे च पश्यन्ति स्वरूपमतिसुन्दरम्
svayaṃ śivo madaṃśaśca saṃhartā jagatāṃ ca yaḥ || tejasā matsamaḥ pūrṇo jñānena ca guṇena ca dhyāyaṃdhyāyaṃ ca yogīndrāstattejo bahukālataḥ || tadantare ca paśyanti svarūpamatisundaram
"Śiva himself is a portion of me and the destroyer of the worlds; he is equal to me in splendour, complete in knowledge and in quality. — And the lords of yogins, meditating and meditating on that splendour for a long time, see within it a form exceedingly beautiful."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.21
जपन्तं स्वात्मनाऽऽत्मानं श्वेताब्जबीजमालया ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं चन्द्रचूडं परात्परम्
japantaṃ svātmanā''tmānaṃ śvetābjabījamālayā || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ candracūḍaṃ parātparam
(They see him) muttering (the name of) the Self by his own self with a rosary of white lotus seeds, his face serene with a faint smile, moon-crested, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.22
स्वर्णाकारं जटाभारं दधतं शिरसा मुदा।। शान्तं कान्तं त्रिजगतां भक्तानुऽग्रहकातरम्
svarṇākāraṃ jaṭābhāraṃ dadhataṃ śirasā mudā|| śāntaṃ kāntaṃ trijagatāṃ bhaktānu'grahakātaram
gold-colored, bearing gladly on his head a mass of matted hair, tranquil, lovely, eager to show favor to the devotees of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.23
अथ स्वमीश्वरं मत्वा प्रदाता सर्वसंपदाम्।। ददाति सर्वं सर्वेभ्यो वाञ्छितं कल्पपादपः
atha svamīśvaraṃ matvā pradātā sarvasaṃpadām|| dadāti sarvaṃ sarvebhyo vāñchitaṃ kalpapādapaḥ
Then, thinking himself the Lord, a bestower of all riches, he gives everything desired to everyone, (like) a wish-granting tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.24
यो यं वाञ्छति तं तस्मै वरं दत्त्वा वरेश्वरः ।। बभूव गर्वसंयुक्तः स्वात्मारामः स्वलीलया
yo yaṃ vāñchati taṃ tasmai varaṃ dattvā vareśvaraḥ || babhūva garvasaṃyuktaḥ svātmārāmaḥ svalīlayā
Whoever wishes for whatever, to him that lord of boons gave that boon, and he became filled with pride, delighting in himself by his own play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.25
एकदा च वृको दैत्यस्तपस्तेपे शिवस्य च ।। केदारे च कठोरेण वर्षमेकं दिवानिशम्
ekadā ca vṛko daityastapastepe śivasya ca || kedāre ca kaṭhoreṇa varṣamekaṃ divāniśam
Once the demon Vṛka performed austerity to Śiva — a harsh (austerity) at Kedāra for one year, day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.26
नित्यं याति तत्समीपं कृपया च कृपानिधिः ।। वरं दातुं यथाऽभीष्टं न जग्राहासुरो वरम्
nityaṃ yāti tatsamīpaṃ kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ || varaṃ dātuṃ yathā'bhīṣṭaṃ na jagrāhāsuro varam
Daily that treasury of compassion goes near him out of compassion, to grant a boon as desired; (but) the demon did not accept the boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.27
वर्षान्ते शङ्करः शश्वत्तस्थौ तत्पुरतः स्वयम् ।। वरदो भक्तिपाशेन क्षणं गन्तुं न स क्षमः
varṣānte śaṅkaraḥ śaśvattasthau tatpurataḥ svayam || varado bhaktipāśena kṣaṇaṃ gantuṃ na sa kṣamaḥ
At the end of the year Śaṅkara himself stood constantly before him; the boon-giver, bound by the noose of devotion, was not able to go for even a moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.28
सर्वैश्वर्यं सर्वसिद्धिं भुक्तिं मुक्तिं हरः पदम् ।। दैत्यः किंचिन्न गृह्णाति परितः शूलपाणिनः
sarvaiśvaryaṃ sarvasiddhiṃ bhuktiṃ muktiṃ haraḥ padam || daityaḥ kiṃcinna gṛhṇāti paritaḥ śūlapāṇinaḥ
Hara (offered) all lordship, all supernatural power, enjoyment, liberation, (his own) station; the demon accepts nothing, (remaining) all around the trident-bearer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.29
ध्यायमानं तत्पदाब्जं दृष्ट्वा त्रस्तो महेश्वरः ।। अयाचितारं निश्चेष्टं रुरोद प्रेमविह्वलः
dhyāyamānaṃ tatpadābjaṃ dṛṣṭvā trasto maheśvaraḥ || ayācitāraṃ niśceṣṭaṃ ruroda premavihvalaḥ
Seeing (the demon) meditating on his lotus feet, asking for nothing, motionless, the Great Lord was alarmed and wept, overcome with love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.31
यन्मायया वरं वव्रे दैत्येन्द्रो भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।। हस्तं दधे च यन्मूर्ध्नि स भस्म भवितेति च
yanmāyayā varaṃ vavre daityendro bhaktipūrvakam || hastaṃ dadhe ca yanmūrdhni sa bhasma bhaviteti ca
By whose māyā the demon-king chose a boon with devotion: "On whosoever's head I place my hand, let him become ash" —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.32
ओमित्युक्त्वा प्रयान्तं तं दुद्राव दैत्यपुंगवः।। मृत्युञ्जयो मृत्युभयाद्दुद्राव त्रासविह्वलः
omityuktvā prayāntaṃ taṃ dudrāva daityapuṃgavaḥ|| mṛtyuñjayo mṛtyubhayāddudrāva trāsavihvalaḥ
Having said "Om," as he was departing the bull among demons ran at him; and the Conqueror of Death, from fear of death, fled overcome with terror.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.33
पपात डमरुस्तस्य व्याघ्रचर्म मनोहरम् ।। दिगम्बरो दशदिशो भेजे दानवभीतये
papāta ḍamarustasya vyāghracarma manoharam || digambaro daśadiśo bheje dānavabhītaye
His drum fell, and his lovely tiger-skin; naked, he resorted to the ten directions out of fear of the demon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.34
न हन्ति तं च कृपया भक्तं च भक्तवत्सलः ।। दुष्टानुसारं साधुश्च न करोति कदाचन
na hanti taṃ ca kṛpayā bhaktaṃ ca bhaktavatsalaḥ || duṣṭānusāraṃ sādhuśca na karoti kadācana
And out of compassion he does not kill him, (being) a devotee and (Śiva being) fond of devotees; and a good man never acts in the manner of the wicked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.35
साधवो घ्नन्ति घ्नन्तं च भृत्यं पुत्रं प्रियां विना ।। प्रबोधितुं न शक्तश्च स्वात्मानं कृपया समम्
sādhavo ghnanti ghnantaṃ ca bhṛtyaṃ putraṃ priyāṃ vinā || prabodhituṃ na śaktaśca svātmānaṃ kṛpayā samam
The good kill one who is killing (them) — except a servant, a son, a beloved wife; and he was not able, out of equal compassion, to bring his own self to understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 36.36
शिवः स्वमृत्युं मत्वा च भीतश्च निरहंकृतः ।। स्मारंस्मारं च मां भद्रे मामेव शरणं ययौ
śivaḥ svamṛtyuṃ matvā ca bhītaśca nirahaṃkṛtaḥ || smāraṃsmāraṃ ca māṃ bhadre māmeva śaraṇaṃ yayau
Śiva, thinking (this) his own death, afraid and stripped of pride, remembering me again and again, went for refuge to me alone, O good lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.37
दृष्ट्वा स्वाश्रममायान्तं शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकम् ।। हे हरे रक्ष रक्षेति जपन्तं भयविह्वलम्
dṛṣṭvā svāśramamāyāntaṃ śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukam || he hare rakṣa rakṣeti japantaṃ bhayavihvalam
Seeing (him) coming to my hermitage, his throat, lips and palate dry, muttering "O Hari, protect me, protect me!", overcome with fear —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.38
संस्थाप्य तत्समीपे च स दैत्यो बोधितो मया ।। पृष्टश्च सर्ववृत्तान्तमुवाच मां क्रमेण च
saṃsthāpya tatsamīpe ca sa daityo bodhito mayā || pṛṣṭaśca sarvavṛttāntamuvāca māṃ krameṇa ca
having settled (him) nearby, that demon was instructed by me; and being asked, he told me the whole account in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.39
तदा ममाज्ञया तूर्णं वञ्चितो माययाऽसुरः ।। दत्त्वा स्वमूर्ध्नि हस्तं च सद्यो भस्म बभूव ह
tadā mamājñayā tūrṇaṃ vañcito māyayā'suraḥ || dattvā svamūrdhni hastaṃ ca sadyo bhasma babhūva ha
Then, at my command, the demon was quickly deceived by (my) māyā, and having placed his hand on his own head, he at once became ash.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.41
बभूव चूर्णस्तद्गर्वो जगाम बोधितो मया ।। वरं ददाति वरदस्ततो बोध्यो ह्यहं शिवः
babhūva cūrṇastadgarvo jagāma bodhito mayā || varaṃ dadāti varadastato bodhyo hyahaṃ śivaḥ
That pride of his was pulverized; instructed by me, he went (away). The boon-giver grants boons — hence I, Śiva, must indeed be brought to understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 36.42
अथ गर्वान्वितो रुद्रो हन्तुं त्रिपुरमुल्बणम् ।। मत्वा मनसि संहर्ता सर्वेषां जगतामिति
atha garvānvito rudro hantuṃ tripuramulbaṇam || matvā manasi saṃhartā sarveṣāṃ jagatāmiti
Then Rudra, filled with pride, (set out) to destroy the terrible Tripura, thinking in his mind, "I am the destroyer of all the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.43
कोऽयं पतङ्गवद्दैत्य इति मत्वा ययौ रणम् ।। विहाय शूलं मद्दत्तं मदीयकवचं परम्
ko'yaṃ pataṅgavaddaitya iti matvā yayau raṇam || vihāya śūlaṃ maddattaṃ madīyakavacaṃ param
"Who is this demon, (no more) than a moth?"—thinking thus, he went to battle, leaving behind the trident given by me and my supreme armor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.44
चिरं बभूव समरं वर्षमेकं दिवानिशम् ।। न कोऽपि जेतुं कं शक्तो द्वौ समौ समरे तदा
ciraṃ babhūva samaraṃ varṣamekaṃ divāniśam || na ko'pi jetuṃ kaṃ śakto dvau samau samare tadā
The battle went on long, for one year, day and night; neither of them was able to conquer the other—the two were then equal in combat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.45
पृथिव्यां चरणं कृत्वा दैत्येन्द्रो मायया प्रिये ।। अत्यूर्ध्वं च समुत्तस्थौ पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनम्
pṛthivyāṃ caraṇaṃ kṛtvā daityendro māyayā priye || atyūrdhvaṃ ca samuttasthau pañcāśatkoṭiyojanam
Setting (one) foot on the earth, the lord of the demons, by (his) magic, O dear one, rose up very high, fifty crore leagues.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.46
उत्तस्थौ शंकरस्तूर्णं हन्तुं दैत्यं जगत्प्रभुः ।। बभूव तत्र युद्धं च मासमेकं निराश्रये ।।
uttasthau śaṃkarastūrṇaṃ hantuṃ daityaṃ jagatprabhuḥ || babhūva tatra yuddhaṃ ca māsamekaṃ nirāśraye ||
Śaṃkara, the lord of the world, at once rose up to slay the demon; and there, in that supportless (space), the fight went on for one month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.47
अस्त्राणि चापं चिच्छेद शङ्करस्यासुरो बली ।। रथं बभञ्ज दैत्येन्द्रश्चापमस्त्राणि शङ्करात्
astrāṇi cāpaṃ ciccheda śaṅkarasyāsuro balī || rathaṃ babhañja daityendraścāpamastrāṇi śaṅkarāt
The mighty demon cut apart Śaṅkara's weapons and his bow; the lord of the demons broke his chariot, and (took) bow and weapons from Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.48
जघान मुष्टिना रुद्रो दानवेन्द्रं प्रकोपतः ।। वज्रमुष्टिप्रहारेण सद्यो मूर्च्छामवाप सः
jaghāna muṣṭinā rudro dānavendraṃ prakopataḥ || vajramuṣṭiprahāreṇa sadyo mūrcchāmavāpa saḥ
Rudra in fury struck the lord of the Dānavas with his fist; by the blow of that thunderbolt-fist he at once fell into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.49
क्षणेन चेतनां प्राप्य कोपाद्दानवपुंगवः ।। शिवं शयानमुत्तोल्य पातयामास भूतले
kṣaṇena cetanāṃ prāpya kopāddānavapuṃgavaḥ || śivaṃ śayānamuttolya pātayāmāsa bhūtale
Regaining consciousness in a moment, the bull among Dānavas, out of anger, lifted up Śiva as he lay there and threw him down on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.51
हरः सस्मार मामेव निर्भयो भयकारणम् ।। तुष्टाव भक्त्या स्तोत्रेण मया दत्तेन संकटे
haraḥ sasmāra māmeva nirbhayo bhayakāraṇam || tuṣṭāva bhaktyā stotreṇa mayā dattena saṃkaṭe
Hara, (himself) fearless, remembered me alone, the cause of fear; in his straits he praised (me) with devotion, with the hymn given by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.52
तदाऽहं कलया शीघ्रं वृषरूपं विधाय च ।। शयानं शंकरं धृत्वा विषाणाभ्यामुरुक्रमम्
tadā'haṃ kalayā śīghraṃ vṛṣarūpaṃ vidhāya ca || śayānaṃ śaṃkaraṃ dhṛtvā viṣāṇābhyāmurukramam
Then I, quickly making with a portion (of myself) the form of a bull, holding the reclining Śaṃkara of great stride upon my two horns—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.53
ददौ तस्मै स्वकवचं स्वशूलमरिमर्दनम् ।। प्राप्य तद्दानवस्थानमत्यूर्ध्वं च निराश्रयम्
dadau tasmai svakavacaṃ svaśūlamarimardanam || prāpya taddānavasthānamatyūrdhvaṃ ca nirāśrayam
—gave him my own armor and my own foe-crushing trident, and reached that place of the demon, very high up and without support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.54
मया दत्तेन शूलेन जघान त्रिपुरं हरः ।। मामेव दर्पहन्तारं तुष्टाव व्रीडितः पुनः
mayā dattena śūlena jaghāna tripuraṃ haraḥ || māmeva darpahantāraṃ tuṣṭāva vrīḍitaḥ punaḥ
With the trident given by me Hara slew Tripura; abashed, he praised me again, the destroyer of pride.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.55
सद्यः पपात दैत्येन्द्रश्चूर्णीभूतश्च भूतले ।। देवता मुनयः सर्वे तुष्टुवुः शङ्करं मुदा
sadyaḥ papāta daityendraścūrṇībhūtaśca bhūtale || devatā munayaḥ sarve tuṣṭuvuḥ śaṅkaraṃ mudā
At once the lord of the demons fell and was ground to dust on the ground; all the gods and sages joyfully praised Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.56
तत्याज शङकरो दर्पं विघ्नबीजं ततो विभुः ।। ज्ञानानन्दस्वरूपश्च निर्लिप्तः सर्वकर्मसु
tatyāja śaṅakaro darpaṃ vighnabījaṃ tato vibhuḥ || jñānānandasvarūpaśca nirliptaḥ sarvakarmasu
Then the mighty Śaṅkara gave up pride, the seed of obstruction, and (became) of the nature of knowledge and bliss, unattached in all actions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.57
ततोऽहं वृषरूपेण वहामि तेन तं प्रियम् ।। मम प्रियतमो नास्ति त्रैलोक्येषु शिवात्परः
tato'haṃ vṛṣarūpeṇa vahāmi tena taṃ priyam || mama priyatamo nāsti trailokyeṣu śivātparaḥ
Since then I carry him, my dear one, in the form of a bull; there is none dearer to me in the three worlds than Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.58
मनःस्वरूपो ब्रह्मा मे ज्ञानरूपो महेश्वरः ।। बुद्धिर्भगवती दुर्गा मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
manaḥsvarūpo brahmā me jñānarūpo maheśvaraḥ || buddhirbhagavatī durgā mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī
Brahmā is of the nature of my mind, Maheśvara of the nature of my knowledge; the intellect is the goddess Durgā, the primal Nature, the sovereign lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.59
निद्रादयः शक्तयो यास्ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतेः कलाः ।। वागधिष्ठातृदेवी या सा स्वयं च सरस्वती
nidrādayaḥ śaktayo yāstāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ || vāgadhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā sā svayaṃ ca sarasvatī
Those powers that are sleep and the rest are all portions of Nature; the goddess who presides over speech is Sarasvatī herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.61
सर्वैश्वर्याधिदेवी मे सर्वगोलोकवासिनः ।। प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवी त्वं सदा प्राणाघिका मम
sarvaiśvaryādhidevī me sarvagolokavāsinaḥ || prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevī tvaṃ sadā prāṇāghikā mama
You are the presiding goddess of all the sovereignty of me, who dwell in the whole of Goloka; you are the goddess presiding over (my) breath, always dearer to me than life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.62
गोपाङ्गनास्तव कला अत एव मम प्रियाः ।। मल्लोमकूपजा गोपाः सर्वे गोलोकवासिनः
gopāṅganāstava kalā ata eva mama priyāḥ || mallomakūpajā gopāḥ sarve golokavāsinaḥ
The cowherd women are your portions, and for that very reason dear to me; the cowherds, all the dwellers in Goloka, are born from the pores of my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.63
तेजःस्वरूपः सूर्यश्च प्राणा मे वायवः स्मृताः ।। जलाधिदेवो वरुणः पृथिवी मे मलोद्भवा
tejaḥsvarūpaḥ sūryaśca prāṇā me vāyavaḥ smṛtāḥ || jalādhidevo varuṇaḥ pṛthivī me malodbhavā
The sun is of the nature of my radiance, and the winds are known as my breaths; Varuṇa is the god presiding over water, and the earth arose from my bodily dirt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.64
मम शून्यो महाकाशो मदनो मानसोद्भवः ।। इन्द्रादयः सुराः सर्वे मत्कलांशांशसंभवाः
mama śūnyo mahākāśo madano mānasodbhavaḥ || indrādayaḥ surāḥ sarve matkalāṃśāṃśasaṃbhavāḥ
The great ether is my void, and Madana (Love) arose from my mind; all the gods, Indra and the rest, came into being from portions of portions of my portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.65
एतानि सृष्टिबीजानि महदादीनि चैव हि ।। सर्वेषां बीजरूपोऽहं स्वयमात्मा निराश्रयः
etāni sṛṣṭibījāni mahadādīni caiva hi || sarveṣāṃ bījarūpo'haṃ svayamātmā nirāśrayaḥ
These are the seeds of creation, namely the great principle (mahat) and the rest; and I am the seed-form of them all, myself the Self, dependent on nothing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.66
जीवो मे प्रतिबिम्बश्च कर्मभोगाधिकारकः ।। अहं साक्षी निरीहश्च न भोगी सर्वकर्मसु
jīvo me pratibimbaśca karmabhogādhikārakaḥ || ahaṃ sākṣī nirīhaśca na bhogī sarvakarmasu
The living being (jīva) is my reflection, the one entitled to the fruits of action; I am the witness, without any striving, not the enjoyer amid all actions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.67
भक्तध्यानार्थदेहोऽयं मम स्वेच्छामयस्य च ।। प्रकृतिः पुरुषोऽहं च एक एव परात्परः
bhaktadhyānārthadeho'yaṃ mama svecchāmayasya ca || prakṛtiḥ puruṣo'haṃ ca eka eva parātparaḥ
This body of mine, whose will is its own, exists for the sake of the devotees' meditation; nature (prakṛti) and I, the puruṣa, are but one, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.68
इत्येवं कथितं राधे शिवदर्पविमोचनम् ।। सृष्टिबीजं च शृणु मे पार्वतीदर्पमोचनम्
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ rādhe śivadarpavimocanam || sṛṣṭibījaṃ ca śṛṇu me pārvatīdarpamocanam
Thus has it been told, Rādhā, this removal of Śiva's pride; and hear from me the seed of creation, the removal of Pārvatī's pride.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.69
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। इत्युक्तवन्तं श्रीकृष्णं परमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। पप्रच्छ राधिका देवी निगूढमभिवाञ्छितम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ityuktavantaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram || papraccha rādhikā devī nigūḍhamabhivāñchitam
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: When Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, the Lord, had spoken thus, the goddess Rādhikā asked him about a hidden matter she desired (to know).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.71
सर्वज्ञानाधिदेवश्च शंकरः सर्वतत्त्ववित् ।। मृत्युंजयः कालकालो भगवांस्त्वत्समो महान्
sarvajñānādhidevaśca śaṃkaraḥ sarvatattvavit || mṛtyuṃjayaḥ kālakālo bhagavāṃstvatsamo mahān
Śaṃkara is the presiding deity of all knowledge, the knower of all principles, the conqueror of death, the death of Time, a great lord, equal to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.72
कथं विभूतिगात्रश्च पञ्चवक्त्रस्त्रिलोचनः ।। दिगम्बरो जटाधारी नागसंघातभूषणः
kathaṃ vibhūtigātraśca pañcavaktrastrilocanaḥ || digambaro jaṭādhārī nāgasaṃghātabhūṣaṇaḥ
Why then is his body smeared with ashes, why five-faced and three-eyed, sky-clad, wearing matted locks, adorned with a mass of serpents?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.73
वृषेणाटति देवेन्द्रो विहाय वरवाहनम् ।। न बिभर्ति कथं रत्नसारनिर्माणभूषणम्
vṛṣeṇāṭati devendro vihāya varavāhanam || na bibharti kathaṃ ratnasāranirmāṇabhūṣaṇam
Why does that lord of gods roam about on a bull, having given up an excellent mount, and not wear ornaments fashioned of the finest gems?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.74
वह्निशुद्धांशुकं त्यक्त्वा धत्ते शार्दूलचर्मकम् ।। धत्ते धत्तूरकुसुमं पारिजातं विहाय च
vahniśuddhāṃśukaṃ tyaktvā dhatte śārdūlacarmakam || dhatte dhattūrakusumaṃ pārijātaṃ vihāya ca
Abandoning cloth purified by fire, he wears a tiger's skin; and passing over the pārijāta, he wears the dhattūra blossom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.75
नास्ति रत्नकिरीटेच्छा जटायां प्रीतिरुत्तमा ।। दिव्यलोकं परित्यज्य श्मशानेषु स्पृहा विभोः
nāsti ratnakirīṭecchā jaṭāyāṃ prītiruttamā || divyalokaṃ parityajya śmaśāneṣu spṛhā vibhoḥ
He has no desire for a jewelled crown; his highest delight is in matted hair; forsaking the divine world, the mighty one's longing is for cremation grounds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.76
चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीसुगंधिकुसुमानि च ।। त्यक्त्वा स्पृहा बिल्वपत्रे बिल्वकाष्ठानुलेपने
candanāgurukastūrīsugaṃdhikusumāni ca || tyaktvā spṛhā bilvapatre bilvakāṣṭhānulepane
Forsaking sandal, aloe-wood, musk and fragrant flowers, his longing is for the bilva leaf and for anointing with bilva wood (paste).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.77
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि व्यासेन कथय प्रभो ।। श्रोतुं कौतूहलं नाथ वर्द्धते मे मनःस्पृहा
etadveditumicchāmi vyāsena kathaya prabho || śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ nātha varddhate me manaḥspṛhā
This I wish to know; tell it in detail, O Lord. My curiosity to hear grows, O master, and the longing of my mind (increases).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.78
राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मधुसूदनः।। कथां कथितुमारेभे कृत्वा राधां स्ववक्षसि
rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya madhusūdanaḥ|| kathāṃ kathitumārebhe kṛtvā rādhāṃ svavakṣasi
Hearing Rādhikā's words, Madhusūdana laughed and, placing Rādhā on his own breast, began to tell the story.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.79
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। युगषष्टिसहस्राणि तपः कृत्वा महेश्वरः ।। विरराम पूर्णतमो ध्यात्वा मां मनसा मुदा
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || yugaṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi tapaḥ kṛtvā maheśvaraḥ || virarāma pūrṇatamo dhyātvā māṃ manasā mudā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having performed austerity for sixty thousand ages, Maheśvara, wholly fulfilled, desisted, having meditated on me in his mind with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.81
.।। अहोनिर्वचनीयं च दृष्ट्वा रूपमनुत्तमम् ।। न बभूव वितृष्णश्च लोचनाभ्यां त्रिलोचनः
.|| ahonirvacanīyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā rūpamanuttamam || na babhūva vitṛṣṇaśca locanābhyāṃ trilocanaḥ
Ah! Having seen (my) unsurpassed form, which cannot be described, the three-eyed one did not become sated through his eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.82
पश्यन्निमेषरहित इति मत्वा स्वमानसे ।। भक्त्युद्रेकान्महाभक्तो रुरोद प्रेमविह्वलः
paśyannimeṣarahita iti matvā svamānase || bhaktyudrekānmahābhakto ruroda premavihvalaḥ
Gazing without blinking, thinking thus in his own mind, that great devotee, from the surge of devotion, wept, overwhelmed with love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.83
सहस्रवदनोऽनन्तो भाग्यवांश्च चतुर्मुखः ।। बहुभिर्लोचनैर्दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाव बहुभिर्मुखैः
sahasravadano'nanto bhāgyavāṃśca caturmukhaḥ || bahubhirlocanairdṛṣṭvā tuṣṭāva bahubhirmukhaiḥ
The thousand-mouthed Ananta and the fortunate four-faced one, having seen (me) with their many eyes, praised (me) with their many mouths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.84
पश्यामि किं वा किं स्तौमि संप्राप्य नाथमीदृशम् ।। आस्यैकेन लोचनाभ्यां चतुर्द्धा स पुनः पुनः
paśyāmi kiṃ vā kiṃ staumi saṃprāpya nāthamīdṛśam || āsyaikena locanābhyāṃ caturddhā sa punaḥ punaḥ
"What shall I look upon, or what shall I praise, having obtained such a Lord?" — (thinking this) with one mouth and two eyes, (whereas he) fourfold (does so), again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 36.85
स्व मानसे कुर्वतीदं शंकरे च तपस्विनि ।। तद्बभूव चतुर्वक्त्रं पूर्वेण सह पञ्चमम्
sva mānase kurvatīdaṃ śaṃkare ca tapasvini || tadbabhūva caturvaktraṃ pūrveṇa saha pañcamam
While Śaṃkara, the ascetic, was doing this in his own mind, there came to be four faces, and with the former one a fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.86
एकैकवक्त्रं शुशुभे लोचनैश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः। बभूव तेन तन्नाम पञ्चवक्त्रस्त्रिलोचनः
ekaikavaktraṃ śuśubhe locanaiśca tribhistribhiḥ| babhūva tena tannāma pañcavaktrastrilocanaḥ
Each single face shone with three eyes apiece; thus that name of his came about: the five-faced, three-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.87
स्तवनादधिकप्रीतिः शिवस्य दर्शने मम ।। तेनाधिकानि तस्यैवं बभूवुर्लोचनानि च।।
stavanādadhikaprītiḥ śivasya darśane mama || tenādhikāni tasyaivaṃ babhūvurlocanāni ca||
"From (this) praising Śiva's delight in seeing me becomes greater" — and thereby his eyes too became more numerous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 36.88
चक्षूंषि गुणरूपाणि तस्य ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणः ।। सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति तस्य हेतुं निशामय
cakṣūṃṣi guṇarūpāṇi tasya brahmasvarūpiṇaḥ || sattvaṃ rajastama iti tasya hetuṃ niśāmaya
The eyes of him whose very nature is brahman have the forms of the qualities: sattva, rajas, tamas — hear the reason for this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.89
सत्त्वांशेन दृशा शंभुः पश्यन्पाति च सात्त्विकान् ।। राजसेन राजसिकांस्तामसेन च तामसान्
sattvāṃśena dṛśā śaṃbhuḥ paśyanpāti ca sāttvikān || rājasena rājasikāṃstāmasena ca tāmasān
With the eye of the sattva portion Śambhu looks upon and protects the sāttvika; with the rājasa (eye) the rājasika, and with the tāmasa (eye) the tāmasika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.91
कोटितालप्रमाणश्च सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः ।। लेलिहानो दीर्घशिखस्त्रैलोक्यं दग्धुमीश्वरः
koṭitālapramāṇaśca sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ || lelihāno dīrghaśikhastrailokyaṃ dagdhumīśvaraḥ
He measures a crore of palm trees (in height) and his radiance equals a crore of suns; licking (his lips), with a long flame-crest, the Lord (ready) to burn up the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.92
विभूतिगात्रः स विभुः सतीसंस्कारभस्मना ।। धत्ते तस्या अस्थिमालां प्रेमभावेन भस्म च
vibhūtigātraḥ sa vibhuḥ satīsaṃskārabhasmanā || dhatte tasyā asthimālāṃ premabhāvena bhasma ca
His limbs are (smeared) with ash: that pervading Lord, out of a feeling of love, wears the ash from Satī's funeral rites and her garland of bones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.93
स्वात्मारामो यद्यपीशस्तथाऽपि पूर्णमब्दकम् ।। सतीशवं गृहीत्वा च भ्रामंभ्रामं रुरोद ह
svātmārāmo yadyapīśastathā'pi pūrṇamabdakam || satīśavaṃ gṛhītvā ca bhrāmaṃbhrāmaṃ ruroda ha
Though the Lord takes delight in his own self, still for a full year he held Satī's corpse and, wandering and wandering, wept.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.94
प्रत्यङ्गं चापि तस्याश्च पपात यत्र यत्र ह ।। सिद्धपीठस्तत्र तत्र बभूव मन्त्रसिद्धिकृत्
pratyaṅgaṃ cāpi tasyāśca papāta yatra yatra ha || siddhapīṭhastatra tatra babhūva mantrasiddhikṛt
And wherever each limb of hers fell, there and there arose a siddha-seat that brings success in mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.95
तदा शवावशेषं च कृत्वा वक्षसि शंकरः ।। पपात मूर्च्छितो भूत्वा सिद्धिक्षेत्रे च राधिके
tadā śavāvaśeṣaṃ ca kṛtvā vakṣasi śaṃkaraḥ || papāta mūrcchito bhūtvā siddhikṣetre ca rādhike
Then Śaṅkara, placing what was left of the corpse upon his breast, fainted and fell in the field of siddhi, O Rādhikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.96
तदा गत्वा महेशं तं कृत्वा क्रोडे प्रबोध्य च ।। अददां दिव्यतत्त्वं च तस्मै शोकहरं परम्
tadā gatvā maheśaṃ taṃ kṛtvā kroḍe prabodhya ca || adadāṃ divyatattvaṃ ca tasmai śokaharaṃ param
Then I went and took that Maheśa on my lap and roused him, and I gave him the divine truth, the supreme remover of grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.97
तदा शिवश्च संतुष्टः स्वं लोकं च जगाम ह ।। मूर्त्यन्तरेण कालेन तां संप्राप प्रियां सतीम्
tadā śivaśca saṃtuṣṭaḥ svaṃ lokaṃ ca jagāma ha || mūrtyantareṇa kālena tāṃ saṃprāpa priyāṃ satīm
Then Śiva, well satisfied, went to his own world; and in the course of time, in another embodiment, he obtained again that beloved Satī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.98
दिव्यस्रग्धारियोगेन नेच्छा नित्ये परे विभोः ।। जटां तपस्याकालीनां धत्तेऽद्यापि विवेकतः
divyasragdhāriyogena necchā nitye pare vibhoḥ || jaṭāṃ tapasyākālīnāṃ dhatte'dyāpi vivekataḥ
Because of his practice of wearing divine garlands, the Lord has no desire in what is eternal and supreme(?); out of discernment he wears even today the matted locks of the time of his austerities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 36.99
न चेच्छा केशसंस्कारे स्वाङ्गवेषेण योगिनः ।। समता चन्दने पङ्के लोष्टे रत्ने मणीश्वरे
na cecchā keśasaṃskāre svāṅgaveṣeṇa yoginaḥ || samatā candane paṅke loṣṭe ratne maṇīśvare
Nor has the yogin any desire to dress his hair, his own body being his (only) attire; he is the same toward sandal paste and mud, toward a clod and a jewel, the king of gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 36.117
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वे शंकरस्य यशोऽमलम् ।। तथाऽप्यस्य दर्पभङ्गं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarve śaṃkarasya yaśo'malam || tathā'pyasya darpabhaṅgaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus has the whole spotless glory of Śaṅkara been told; even so, do you wish to hear further about the breaking of his pride?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition