Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 38
BvP 4 38.1
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। दर्पभङ्गः श्रुतो देवि शङ्करस्य जगद्गुरोः ।। अधुना श्रूयतां मत्तो दुर्गादर्पविमोचनम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || darpabhaṅgaḥ śruto devi śaṅkarasya jagadguroḥ || adhunā śrūyatāṃ matto durgādarpavimocanam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: You have heard, O goddess, of the breaking of the pride of Śaṅkara, the world's teacher; now let the release of Durgā from pride be heard from me.
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BvP 4 38.2
तेजसा सर्वदेवानामाविर्भूय जगत्प्रसूः ।। दधार कामिनीरूपं कमनीयं मनोहरम्
tejasā sarvadevānāmāvirbhūya jagatprasūḥ || dadhāra kāminīrūpaṃ kamanīyaṃ manoharam
Having become manifest through the energy of all the gods, the mother of the world assumed the form of a lovely woman, desirable and enchanting.
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BvP 4 38.3
निहत्य दानवेन्द्रांश्च ररक्ष देवताकुलम् ।। लेभे जन्म ततो देवी जठरे दक्षयोषितः
nihatya dānavendrāṃśca rarakṣa devatākulam || lebhe janma tato devī jaṭhare dakṣayoṣitaḥ
And having slain the chiefs of the Dānavas, she protected the host of the gods; thereafter the goddess took birth in the womb of Dakṣa's wife.
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BvP 4 38.4
पिनाकपाणिं जग्राह सा देवी सुरसाधनम् ।। शश्वत्परमभक्त्या च सिषेवे स्वामिनं सती न हि संभाषणं चक्रे वाङ्मात्रेण पिता च ताम् ।। श्रुत्वा च निन्दां भर्तुश्च देहं तत्याज मानतः यो विदग्धश्च ब्रह्माण्डं बभ्राम मम शोकतः ।। स कथं मां न गृह्णाति दृष्ट्वा परमसुन्दरीम् सिद्धिस्वरूपं सिद्धेशं योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुम् ।। मृत्युञ्जयं कालकालं ब्रह्मज्योतिः सनातनम् अत्यनिर्वचनीयं च दन्तपंक्तिमनोहरम् ।। यथा मुक्तासमूहं च सजलं जलदागमे बिभ्रत्सद्रत्नमुकुरं लीलाकमलमुज्ज्वलम्।। रत्नाङ्गुलीयमतुलं दधतं सुमनोहरम् जैगीषव्यं देवलं च काणादं गौतमं तथा ।। पिप्पलादं कणखनं वोढुं पञ्चशिखं कठम् मृत्युञ्जयो मृत्युमृत्युः कालकालो यमान्तकः
pinākapāṇiṃ jagrāha sā devī surasādhanam || śaśvatparamabhaktyā ca siṣeve svāminaṃ satī na hi saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ cakre vāṅmātreṇa pitā ca tām || śrutvā ca nindāṃ bhartuśca dehaṃ tatyāja mānataḥ yo vidagdhaśca brahmāṇḍaṃ babhrāma mama śokataḥ || sa kathaṃ māṃ na gṛhṇāti dṛṣṭvā paramasundarīm siddhisvarūpaṃ siddheśaṃ yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorgurum || mṛtyuñjayaṃ kālakālaṃ brahmajyotiḥ sanātanam atyanirvacanīyaṃ ca dantapaṃktimanoharam || yathā muktāsamūhaṃ ca sajalaṃ jaladāgame bibhratsadratnamukuraṃ līlākamalamujjvalam|| ratnāṅgulīyamatulaṃ dadhataṃ sumanoharam jaigīṣavyaṃ devalaṃ ca kāṇādaṃ gautamaṃ tathā || pippalādaṃ kaṇakhanaṃ voḍhuṃ pañcaśikhaṃ kaṭham mṛtyuñjayo mṛtyumṛtyuḥ kālakālo yamāntakaḥ
That goddess took as (husband) him whose hand holds the Pināka, the means of the gods' (success); and Satī, with constant supreme devotion, served her lord. Her father did not converse with her, not even by a mere word; and hearing the abuse of her husband she abandoned her body out of self-regard. "He who, when burnt, wandered the universe out of grief for me — how does he not take me, seeing me supremely beautiful?" — (him who is) the very form of attainment, the lord of the attainments, the teacher of the teacher of the best of yogins, the conqueror of death, the Time of time, the eternal light of Brahman, utterly indescribable, charming with his row of teeth, like a cluster of pearls, moist at the coming of the rain-clouds; bearing a mirror set with true gems and a bright lotus (held) in play, wearing an incomparable, most lovely jewelled ring; (and there were) Jaigīṣavya and Devala and Kāṇāda and Gautama, Pippalāda, Kaṇakhana, Voḍhu(?), Pañcaśikha, Kaṭha — the conqueror of death, the death of death, the Time of time, the ender of Yama.
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BvP 4 38.5
दक्षेण सार्द्धं देवेन बभूव शिवशत्रुता ।। निरर्थकं दैवयोगात्पुरा वै सुरसंसदि
dakṣeṇa sārddhaṃ devena babhūva śivaśatrutā || nirarthakaṃ daivayogātpurā vai surasaṃsadi
With the god Dakṣa there arose enmity toward Śiva, pointlessly, by the working of fate, long ago in the assembly of the gods.
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BvP 4 38.6
दक्षश्चकार यज्ञं च तत आगत्य कोपतः ।। सर्वान्विज्ञापयामास तत्रैव शंकरं विना
dakṣaścakāra yajñaṃ ca tata āgatya kopataḥ || sarvānvijñāpayāmāsa tatraiva śaṃkaraṃ vinā
And Dakṣa performed a sacrifice; coming from there in anger, he invited all of them to that very place, except Śaṅkara.
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BvP 4 38.7
सस्त्रीका देवताः सर्वा आजग्मुर्दक्षमन्दिरम् ।। सगणः शङ्करः कोपान्नाजगामाभिमानतः
sastrīkā devatāḥ sarvā ājagmurdakṣamandiram || sagaṇaḥ śaṅkaraḥ kopānnājagāmābhimānataḥ
All the gods came with their wives to Dakṣa's house; Śaṅkara, with his hosts, did not come, out of anger and injured pride.
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BvP 4 38.8
सती पतिं च मोहेन बोधयामास यत्नतः ।। न तं चालयितुं शक्ता बभूव चञ्चला स्वयम्
satī patiṃ ca mohena bodhayāmāsa yatnataḥ || na taṃ cālayituṃ śaktā babhūva cañcalā svayam
And Satī tried hard, with coaxing, to persuade her husband; she was not able to move him, though she herself was restless.
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BvP 4 38.9
आजगाम पितुर्गेहं दर्पात्तस्य विनाऽऽज्ञया ।। तस्य शापेन तस्याश्च दर्पभङ्गो बभूव ह
ājagāma piturgehaṃ darpāttasya vinā''jñayā || tasya śāpena tasyāśca darpabhaṅgo babhūva ha
Out of pride she went to her father's house without his permission; and by his curse the breaking of her pride came about.
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BvP 4 38.11
एवं प्रिये निगदितं सतीदर्पविमोचनम् ।। तस्या जन्मान्तरं नित्यं दर्पभङ्गश्च श्रूयताम्
evaṃ priye nigaditaṃ satīdarpavimocanam || tasyā janmāntaraṃ nityaṃ darpabhaṅgaśca śrūyatām
Thus, dear one, the release of Satī from pride has been told; now let her next birth and the constant(?) breaking of her pride be heard.
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BvP 4 38.12
लेभे जन्म सती शीघ्रं जठरे शैलयोषितः ।। शिवस्तस्याश्चिताभस्म चास्थि जग्राह भक्तितः
lebhe janma satī śīghraṃ jaṭhare śailayoṣitaḥ || śivastasyāścitābhasma cāsthi jagrāha bhaktitaḥ
Satī quickly took birth in the womb of the mountain's wife; Śiva devotedly took up the ashes of her funeral pyre and her bones.
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BvP 4 38.13
चकार मालामस्थ्नां च भस्मना तनुलेपनम् ।। स्मारंस्मारं सतीं प्रेम्णा भ्रामंभ्रामं पुनःपुनः
cakāra mālāmasthnāṃ ca bhasmanā tanulepanam || smāraṃsmāraṃ satīṃ premṇā bhrāmaṃbhrāmaṃ punaḥpunaḥ
He made a garland of the bones and smeared his body with the ashes, remembering Satī again and again with love, and wandering again and again.
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BvP 4 38.14
सुषाव मेना तां देवीमतीव सुमनोहराम् ।। सृष्टौ विधातुस्तस्याश्च ह्युपमा नास्ति कुत्र च
suṣāva menā tāṃ devīmatīva sumanoharām || sṛṣṭau vidhātustasyāśca hyupamā nāsti kutra ca
Menā gave birth to that goddess, exceedingly lovely; in the Creator's creation there is nowhere any likeness to her.
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BvP 4 38.15
गुणप्रसूर्गुणान्सर्वान्सर्वरूपान्बिभर्त्ति सा ।। सर्वाश्च देवपत्न्यस्तत्कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
guṇaprasūrguṇānsarvānsarvarūpānbibhartti sā || sarvāśca devapatnyastatkalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Being the mother of the qualities, she bears all the qualities in all forms; and all the wives of the gods are not worth a sixteenth part of her.
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BvP 4 38.16
बभूव वर्द्धमाना सा शुक्ले चन्द्रकला यथा ।। अतीव यौवनस्था च शैलगेहे दिनेदिने
babhūva varddhamānā sā śukle candrakalā yathā || atīva yauvanasthā ca śailagehe dinedine
She went on growing, like the moon's crescent in the bright fortnight, and day by day, in the mountain's house, came fully into her youth.
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BvP 4 38.17
बभूवाकाशवाणी च तां संबोध्य जगत्प्रसूम् ।। शिवे शिवं च तपसा कठोरेण लभेति च
babhūvākāśavāṇī ca tāṃ saṃbodhya jagatprasūm || śive śivaṃ ca tapasā kaṭhoreṇa labheti ca
And there arose a voice from the sky, addressing her, the mother of the world: "O Śivā, obtain Śiva by severe austerity."
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BvP 4 38.18
विनेश्वरं न तपसा प्राप्ता हि गर्भसम्भवम् ।। प्रहस्य तस्थौ श्रुत्वेति सा च यौवनगर्विता
vineśvaraṃ na tapasā prāptā hi garbhasambhavam || prahasya tasthau śrutveti sā ca yauvanagarvitā
"Without the Lord I did not attain, by austerity, birth from a womb(?)" — hearing this she laughed and remained (where she was), proud of her youth.
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BvP 4 38.19
मम जन्मान्तरीयं च भस्मास्थि च बिभर्ति यः ।। स मां प्रौढां कथं दृष्ट्वा न गृह्णात्यत्र जन्मनि
mama janmāntarīyaṃ ca bhasmāsthi ca bibharti yaḥ || sa māṃ prauḍhāṃ kathaṃ dṛṣṭvā na gṛhṇātyatra janmani
"He who bears my bones and ashes from a former birth — how, upon seeing me now grown up, does he not take me in this birth?"
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BvP 4 38.21
दक्षयज्ञं यो बभञ्ज मम हेतोः कृपानिधिः ।। स कथं मां न गृह्णाति पत्नीं जन्मनिजन्मनि
dakṣayajñaṃ yo babhañja mama hetoḥ kṛpānidhiḥ || sa kathaṃ māṃ na gṛhṇāti patnīṃ janmanijanmani
"He, the treasury of compassion, who shattered Dakṣa's sacrifice for my sake — how does he not take me as his wife, birth after birth?"
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BvP 4 38.22
या यस्य पत्नी यो यस्या भर्ता प्राक्तनतः पुरा ।। कुतो विश्वे तयोर्भेदो निषेको नान्यथा भवेत्
yā yasya patnī yo yasyā bhartā prāktanataḥ purā || kuto viśve tayorbhedo niṣeko nānyathā bhavet
"She who is someone's wife, he who is her husband from of old, from a former (birth) — whence, in (all) the universe, could there be separation of those two? The seed-placing could not be otherwise."
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BvP 4 38.23
सर्वरूपगुणाधारं मत्वा स्वमतिमानतः ।। न चकार तपः साध्वी न विज्ञाय तमीश्वरम्
sarvarūpaguṇādhāraṃ matvā svamatimānataḥ || na cakāra tapaḥ sādhvī na vijñāya tamīśvaram
Thinking (him) the support of all beauty and virtue, out of pride in her own judgment, the virtuous woman did not perform austerity, not recognizing him as the Lord.
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BvP 4 38.24
सुन्दरीषु च सर्वासु मत्तो नास्त्येव सुन्दरी ।। हृदीति मत्वा गर्वेण न चकार तपः शिवा
sundarīṣu ca sarvāsu matto nāstyeva sundarī || hṛdīti matvā garveṇa na cakāra tapaḥ śivā
"Among all beautiful women there is none more beautiful than I" — thinking thus in her heart, out of pride Śivā did not perform austerity.
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BvP 4 38.26
हृदीति मत्वा गिरिजा तस्थौ हिमगिरेर्गृहे ।। शश्वत्सहचरीमध्ये क्रीडोन्मत्ता दिवानिशम्
hṛdīti matvā girijā tasthau himagirergṛhe || śaśvatsahacarīmadhye krīḍonmattā divāniśam
Thinking thus in her heart, the mountain's daughter remained in the house of the Himālaya, day and night mad with play amid her constant companions.
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BvP 4 38.27
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तूर्णं दूतः शैलेन्द्रसंसदि ।। उवाचागत्य मधुरं तत्पुरः संपुटाञ्जलिः
etasminnantare tūrṇaṃ dūtaḥ śailendrasaṃsadi || uvācāgatya madhuraṃ tatpuraḥ saṃpuṭāñjaliḥ
In the meantime a messenger came swiftly into the assembly of the lord of mountains and, with cupped hands joined, spoke sweetly before him.
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BvP 4 38.28
दूत उवाच ।। उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ शैलेन्द्र गच्छाक्षयवटान्तिकम् ।। आजगाम महादेवः सगणो वृषवाहनः
dūta uvāca || uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha śailendra gacchākṣayavaṭāntikam || ājagāma mahādevaḥ sagaṇo vṛṣavāhanaḥ
The messenger said: Rise up, rise up, lord of mountains, go to the vicinity of the imperishable banyan tree! Mahādeva, borne on the bull, has come with his host.
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BvP 4 38.29
रूपयौवनवेषाणां पुमान्ग्राही स्वयोषिताम् ।। शिवो मच्छ्रुतिमात्रेण मां गृह्णाति विना तपः मधुपर्कादिकं दत्त्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः ।। पूजनं कुरु शैलेन्द्रं देवेन्द्रं तमतीन्द्रियम्
rūpayauvanaveṣāṇāṃ pumāngrāhī svayoṣitām || śivo macchrutimātreṇa māṃ gṛhṇāti vinā tapaḥ madhuparkādikaṃ dattvā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ || pūjanaṃ kuru śailendraṃ devendraṃ tamatīndriyam
"Shiva is a man who takes to himself his own women (who possess) beauty, youth and adornment; at the mere hearing of me he takes me without austerity." — Offering the honey-mixture and the rest, with your neck and self bowed in devotion, perform worship of him, O lord of mountains, the lord of gods, who is beyond the senses.
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BvP 4 38.31
परमात्मस्वरूपं च सगुणं निर्गुणं विभुम् ।। भक्तध्यानार्थममलं दधानं देहमीश्वरम् ।।
paramātmasvarūpaṃ ca saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ vibhum || bhaktadhyānārthamamalaṃ dadhānaṃ dehamīśvaram ||
(Worship him,) whose own form is the supreme Self, with qualities and without qualities, the all-pervading, the Lord who assumes a spotless body for the sake of his devotees' meditation.
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BvP 4 38.32
शैलो दूतवचः श्रुत्वा समुत्तस्थौ मुदाऽन्वितः ।। मधुपर्कादिकं नीत्वा जगाम शङ्करान्तिकम्
śailo dūtavacaḥ śrutvā samuttasthau mudā'nvitaḥ || madhuparkādikaṃ nītvā jagāma śaṅkarāntikam
The mountain, having heard the messenger's words, rose up filled with joy, and taking the honey-mixture and the rest, he went into Śaṅkara's presence.
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BvP 4 38.33
देवी दूतवचः श्रुत्वा प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणा ।। हृदीति मेने मद्धेतोराजगाम महेश्वरः
devī dūtavacaḥ śrutvā prasannavadanekṣaṇā || hṛdīti mene maddhetorājagāma maheśvaraḥ
The Goddess, having heard the messenger's words, her face and eyes brightened, thought thus in her heart: "It is for my sake that Maheśvara has come."
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BvP 4 38.34
चकार वेषमतुलं दधार वस्त्रमुत्तमम्।। रत्नेन्द्रसारालंकारान्रत्नमालां मनोहराम्
cakāra veṣamatulaṃ dadhāra vastramuttamam|| ratnendrasārālaṃkārānratnamālāṃ manoharām
She made an incomparable toilette and put on excellent garments, ornaments of the finest of chief gems, and a lovely necklace of jewels.
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BvP 4 38.35
पारिजातप्रसूनानां मालां चन्दनसंयुताम् ।। चकार शङ्करार्थं च मत्वा मालां मनोहराम्
pārijātaprasūnānāṃ mālāṃ candanasaṃyutām || cakāra śaṅkarārthaṃ ca matvā mālāṃ manoharām
And she made a garland of pārijāta blossoms together with sandal paste for Śaṅkara's sake, thinking the garland lovely.
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BvP 4 38.36
रत्नसिंहासनस्था सा ददर्श दर्पणे मुखम् ।। कस्तूरीबिन्दुना सार्द्धं सिन्दूरबिन्दुभूषितम्
ratnasiṃhāsanasthā sā dadarśa darpaṇe mukham || kastūrībindunā sārddhaṃ sindūrabindubhūṣitam
Seated on a jewelled lion-throne, she looked at her face in a mirror, adorned with a dot of vermilion together with a dot of musk,
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BvP 4 38.37
आरक्त नेत्रयुगलं निर्मलाञ्जनसंयुतम्।। शरन्मध्याह्नममलं यथालिपंक्तिवेष्टितम्
ārakta netrayugalaṃ nirmalāñjanasaṃyutam|| śaranmadhyāhnamamalaṃ yathālipaṃktiveṣṭitam
(and with) a pair of reddish eyes fitted with clear collyrium, spotless as an autumn midday, as if encircled by a row of bees;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 38.38
सुकोमलौष्ठयुगुलं ताम्बूलरागसंयुतम्।। अतीव सुन्दरं रम्यपक्वबिंबफलं यथा
sukomalauṣṭhayugulaṃ tāmbūlarāgasaṃyutam|| atīva sundaraṃ ramyapakvabiṃbaphalaṃ yathā
(and with) a pair of very soft lips reddened by betel, exceedingly beautiful, like a lovely ripe bimba fruit;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.39
रत्नकुंडलदीप्त्या च गंडस्थलविराजितम् ।। सूर्योदयेन ज्वलितं सुमेरुशिखरं यथा
ratnakuṃḍaladīptyā ca gaṃḍasthalavirājitam || sūryodayena jvalitaṃ sumeruśikharaṃ yathā
and (a face) whose cheek-region shone with the radiance of jewelled earrings, like the peak of Sumeru blazing at sunrise;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.41
गजमुक्तासमायुक्तं सुचारुनासिकोत्तमम् ।। सुशोभितं यथा मेरुं स्वर्णदीजलधारया
gajamuktāsamāyuktaṃ sucārunāsikottamam || suśobhitaṃ yathā meruṃ svarṇadījaladhārayā
(a face) with a most lovely, excellent nose set with an elephant-pearl, beautifully resplendent as Meru with the flowing water of the celestial river;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.42
मालतीमाल्यसंयुक्तकबरीभारसंयुतम्।। बकपंक्तिसुशोभाढ्यं नवीनं जलदं यथा
mālatīmālyasaṃyuktakabarībhārasaṃyutam|| bakapaṃktisuśobhāḍhyaṃ navīnaṃ jaladaṃ yathā
(a face) framed by the mass of her braid entwined with a garland of mālatī flowers, like a fresh raincloud richly adorned with a row of herons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.43
तप्तकाञ्चन वर्णाभं चारुवक्षःस्थलोज्ज्वलम् ।। रत्नेन्द्रसारहाराक्तं कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमान्वितम्
taptakāñcana varṇābhaṃ cāruvakṣaḥsthalojjvalam || ratnendrasārahārāktaṃ kastūrīkuṅkumānvitam
(Her body) had the hue of refined gold, and was radiant with a lovely breast, marked with a necklace of the finest of choice jewels, and smeared with musk and saffron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.44
चारुचम्पकवर्णाभं स्तनयुग्मं मनोहरम् ।। बदरीफलतुल्यं च चारुपत्रकशोभितम्
cārucampakavarṇābhaṃ stanayugmaṃ manoharam || badarīphalatulyaṃ ca cārupatrakaśobhitam
The pair of breasts, charming, had the colour of the lovely campaka flower, like badarī fruits, and was adorned with beautiful leaf-designs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.45
मध्यं मनोहरं क्षीणं निम्ननाभिस्थलोज्ज्वलम्।। अतीव सुन्दरं रम्यमुदरं वर्तुलाकृति
madhyaṃ manoharaṃ kṣīṇaṃ nimnanābhisthalojjvalam|| atīva sundaraṃ ramyamudaraṃ vartulākṛti
The waist was charming and slender, radiant with the hollow of the deep navel; the belly, exceedingly beautiful and delightful, was round in shape.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.46
रम्भास्तंभविनिंद्यैकमूरुयुग्मं मनोहरम् ।। कामालयं सुकठिनं निगूढमंशुकेन च
rambhāstaṃbhaviniṃdyaikamūruyugmaṃ manoharam || kāmālayaṃ sukaṭhinaṃ nigūḍhamaṃśukena ca
The charming pair of thighs alone put to shame the plantain trunk; the seat of desire was very firm and well hidden by the garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.47
स्थलपद्मप्रभामुष्टपदयुग्मं मनोहरम्।। रत्नपाशकसंयुक्तं सिद्धालक्तकभूषितम्
sthalapadmaprabhāmuṣṭapadayugmaṃ manoharam|| ratnapāśakasaṃyuktaṃ siddhālaktakabhūṣitam
The charming pair of feet stole away the radiance of the land-lotus, fitted with jewelled anklet-cords and adorned with prepared lac-dye,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.48
दधतं रत्नमञ्जीरं राजहंसानुकारि च।। रत्नेन्द्रसाराभरणं निर्मितं विश्वकर्मणा
dadhataṃ ratnamañjīraṃ rājahaṃsānukāri ca|| ratnendrasārābharaṇaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
bearing jewelled anklets and rivalling (the gait of) a royal goose — an ornament of the finest of choice jewels, fashioned by Viśvakarman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.49
करं सुकोमलतरं सुन्दरं कनकप्रभम् ।। रत्नकङ्कणकेयूरशंखभूषणभूषितम्
karaṃ sukomalataraṃ sundaraṃ kanakaprabham || ratnakaṅkaṇakeyūraśaṃkhabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam
The hand was exceedingly soft, beautiful, with the sheen of gold, adorned with the ornaments of jewelled bracelets, armlets and conch-bangles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.51
दृष्ट्वा स्वरूपमतुलं दध्यौ शङ्करमीश्वरम् ।। विशिष्य मनसा शश्वद्भर्तुश्चरणपङ्कजम्
dṛṣṭvā svarūpamatulaṃ dadhyau śaṅkaramīśvaram || viśiṣya manasā śaśvadbhartuścaraṇapaṅkajam
Seeing (her own) incomparable beauty, she meditated on Śaṅkara the Lord, holding constantly in her mind, above all, the lotus feet of (her) husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.52
पितरं मातरं बन्धुं साध्वीवर्गं सहोदरम् ।। अन्तरे सा न सस्मार किंचिदेव शिवं विना
pitaraṃ mātaraṃ bandhuṃ sādhvīvargaṃ sahodaram || antare sā na sasmāra kiṃcideva śivaṃ vinā
Her father, mother, kinsman, the company of virtuous women, her brother — inwardly she remembered nothing at all except Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.53
अथ शैलेश्वरस्तत्र ददर्श चन्द्रशेखरम् ।। स्वर्णदीपुलिनाद्रम्यादुत्पतन्तं च सस्मितम्
atha śaileśvarastatra dadarśa candraśekharam || svarṇadīpulinādramyādutpatantaṃ ca sasmitam
Then the lord of the mountains saw there the Moon-crested one flying up, smiling, from the delightful sandbank of the celestial Ganges,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.54
दधतं संस्कृतां मालां जपन्तं मम नामकम् ।। तप्तस्वर्णप्रभाजुष्टजटाराशि विराजितम्
dadhataṃ saṃskṛtāṃ mālāṃ japantaṃ mama nāmakam || taptasvarṇaprabhājuṣṭajaṭārāśi virājitam
bearing a well-made rosary, murmuring my name, resplendent with a mass of matted locks that had the sheen of refined gold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.55
वृषभस्थं शूलपाणिं सर्वभूषणराजितम् ।। नागयज्ञोपवीतं च सर्पभूषणभूषितम्
vṛṣabhasthaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ sarvabhūṣaṇarājitam || nāgayajñopavītaṃ ca sarpabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam
seated on the bull, trident in hand, resplendent with every ornament, with a serpent for a sacred thread and adorned with serpent-ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.56
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं व्याघ्रचर्मधरं परम् ।। विभूतिभूषिताङ्गं तमस्थिमालं दिगम्बरम्
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ vyāghracarmadharaṃ param || vibhūtibhūṣitāṅgaṃ tamasthimālaṃ digambaram
resembling pure crystal, wearing a tiger-skin, supreme, his limbs adorned with ash, wearing a garland of bones, sky-clad,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.57
पञ्चवक्त्रं त्रिनयनं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम् ।। ददर्श रुद्रान्परितो ज्वलतो ब्रह्मतेजसा
pañcavaktraṃ trinayanaṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham || dadarśa rudrānparito jvalato brahmatejasā
five-faced, three-eyed, with a radiance equal to ten million suns; and he saw the Rudras all around, blazing with the splendour of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.58
शिववामे महाकालं दक्षिणे नन्दिकेश्वरम् ।। भूतप्रेतपिशाचांश्च कूष्माण्डान्ब्रह्मराक्षसान्
śivavāme mahākālaṃ dakṣiṇe nandikeśvaram || bhūtapretapiśācāṃśca kūṣmāṇḍānbrahmarākṣasān
On Śiva's left Mahākāla, on his right Nandikeśvara, and the Bhūtas, Pretas and Piśācas, the Kūṣmāṇḍas and Brahmarākṣasas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.59
वेतालान्क्षेत्रपालांश्च भैरवान्भीमविक्रमान् ।। सनकं च सनन्दं च कुमारं च सनातनम्
vetālānkṣetrapālāṃśca bhairavānbhīmavikramān || sanakaṃ ca sanandaṃ ca kumāraṃ ca sanātanam
the Vetālas and Kṣetrapālas, and the Bhairavas of terrible valour, and Sanaka, Sananda, Kumāra (Sanatkumāra) and Sanātana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.61
जाजलिं करखं कर्णं लोमशं सूर्यवर्चसम् ।। कात्यायनं पाणिनिं च शंखं दुर्वाससं ततः
jājaliṃ karakhaṃ karṇaṃ lomaśaṃ sūryavarcasam || kātyāyanaṃ pāṇiniṃ ca śaṃkhaṃ durvāsasaṃ tataḥ
Jājali, Karakha, Karṇa, Lomaśa, Sūryavarcas, Kātyāyana and Pāṇini, Śaṅkha, then Durvāsas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.62
शातातपं पारिभद्रमष्टावक्रं मरुद्भवम् ।। एतान्पुरोगमान्नत्वा प्रणनाम शिवं गिरिः
śātātapaṃ pāribhadramaṣṭāvakraṃ marudbhavam || etānpurogamānnatvā praṇanāma śivaṃ giriḥ
Śātātapa, Pāribhadra, Aṣṭāvakra, Marudbhava — having bowed to these who went before (him), the mountain made obeisance to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.63
मूर्ध्ना निपत्य भूमौ स दण्डवत्संपुटाञ्जलिः ।। अथो अनल्पया भक्त्या धृत्वा तच्चरणाम्बुजम् ।। ननाम चाश्रुनेत्रः स पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहः
mūrdhnā nipatya bhūmau sa daṇḍavatsaṃpuṭāñjaliḥ || atho analpayā bhaktyā dhṛtvā taccaraṇāmbujam || nanāma cāśrunetraḥ sa pulakāñcitavigrahaḥ
Falling head foremost to the ground like a staff, with his palms joined together, then with no small devotion he grasped his lotus feet and bowed, his eyes full of tears, his body thrilled with bristling hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.64
धर्मदत्तेन स्तोत्रेण तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम् ।। तुष्टे ब्राह्मे दिनेऽतीते पुष्करे सूर्यपर्वणि
dharmadattena stotreṇa tuṣṭāva parameśvaram || tuṣṭe brāhme dine'tīte puṣkare sūryaparvaṇi
With the hymn given by Dharma he praised the Supreme Lord — (the Lord) being pleased, when a day of Brahmā had passed, at Puṣkara on the solar festival.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 38.65
हिमालय उवाच ।। त्वं ब्रह्मा सृष्टिकर्ता च त्वं विष्णुः परिपालकः
himālaya uvāca || tvaṃ brahmā sṛṣṭikartā ca tvaṃ viṣṇuḥ paripālakaḥ
Himālaya said: You are Brahmā, the maker of creation; you are Viṣṇu, the preserver.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.66
त्वं शिवः शिवदोऽनन्तः सर्वसंहारकारकः ।। त्वमीश्वरो गुणातीतो ज्योतीरूपः सनातनः
tvaṃ śivaḥ śivado'nantaḥ sarvasaṃhārakārakaḥ || tvamīśvaro guṇātīto jyotīrūpaḥ sanātanaḥ
You are Śiva, the giver of good, the endless one, the effecter of the destruction of all; you are the Lord, beyond the qualities, whose form is light, everlasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.67
प्रकृतः प्रकृतीशश्च प्राकृतः प्रकृतेः परः ।। नानारूपविधाता त्वं भक्तानां ध्यानहेतवे ।। येषु रूपेषु यत्प्रीतिस्तत्तद्रूपं बिभर्षि च
prakṛtaḥ prakṛtīśaśca prākṛtaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ || nānārūpavidhātā tvaṃ bhaktānāṃ dhyānahetave || yeṣu rūpeṣu yatprītistattadrūpaṃ bibharṣi ca
(You are) natural and the lord of nature, made of nature and beyond nature; you are the ordainer of manifold forms, for the sake of your devotees' meditation; in whichever forms their love lies, that very form you assume.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.68
सूर्यस्त्वं सृष्टिजनक आधारः सर्वतेजसाम् ।। सोमस्त्वं सस्यपाता च सततं शीतरश्मिना
sūryastvaṃ sṛṣṭijanaka ādhāraḥ sarvatejasām || somastvaṃ sasyapātā ca satataṃ śītaraśminā
You are the sun, begetter of creation, the support of all radiances; you are the moon, and the protector of the crops constantly by your cool rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.69
वायुस्त्वं वरुणस्त्वं च त्वमग्निः सर्वदाहकः ।। इन्द्रस्त्वं देवराजश्च कालो मृत्युर्यमस्तथा ।।
vāyustvaṃ varuṇastvaṃ ca tvamagniḥ sarvadāhakaḥ || indrastvaṃ devarājaśca kālo mṛtyuryamastathā ||
You are the wind, you are Varuṇa, you are fire that burns everything; you are Indra and the king of the gods, and Time, Death, and Yama likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.71
वेदस्त्वं वेदकर्ता च वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ।। विदुषां जनकस्त्वं च विद्वांश्च विदुषां गुरुः
vedastvaṃ vedakartā ca vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ || viduṣāṃ janakastvaṃ ca vidvāṃśca viduṣāṃ guruḥ
You are the Veda and the maker of the Veda, and one who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas and their ancillary sciences; you are the begetter of the learned, and learned yourself, the teacher of the learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.72
मन्त्रस्त्वं हि जपस्त्वं हि तपस्त्वं तत्फलप्रदः ।। वाक् त्वं वागधिदेवी त्वं तत्कर्ता तद्गुरुः स्वयम्
mantrastvaṃ hi japastvaṃ hi tapastvaṃ tatphalapradaḥ || vāk tvaṃ vāgadhidevī tvaṃ tatkartā tadguruḥ svayam
You indeed are the mantra, you indeed are the muttered recitation, you are the austerity and the giver of its fruit; you are speech, you are the presiding goddess of speech, its maker and its teacher yourself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.73
अहो सरस्वतीबीजं कस्त्वां स्तोतुमिहेश्वरः ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा शैलेन्द्रस्तस्थौ धृत्वा पदाम्बुजम्
aho sarasvatībījaṃ kastvāṃ stotumiheśvaraḥ || ityevamuktvā śailendrastasthau dhṛtvā padāmbujam
Ah, (you are) the seed-syllable of Sarasvatī! Who here is capable of praising you? Having spoken thus, the lord of mountains stood holding (his) lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.74
तत्रोवास तमाबोध्य चावरुह्य वृषाच्छिवः ।। स्तोत्रमेतन्महापुण्यं त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः
tatrovāsa tamābodhya cāvaruhya vṛṣācchivaḥ || stotrametanmahāpuṇyaṃ trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ
After rousing him and dismounting from the bull, Śiva took his seat there. This hymn is of great merit; the man who recites it at the three junctures of the day
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.75
मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो भयेभ्यश्च भवार्णवे ।। अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं मासमेकं पठेद्यदि
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo bhayebhyaśca bhavārṇave || aputro labhate putraṃ māsamekaṃ paṭhedyadi
is freed from all sins and from the fears in the ocean of worldly existence; one without a son obtains a son, if he should recite it for one month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.76
भार्याहीनो लभेद्भार्यां सुशीलां सुमनोहराम्।। चिरकालगतं वस्तु लभते सहसा ध्रुवम्
bhāryāhīno labhedbhāryāṃ suśīlāṃ sumanoharām|| cirakālagataṃ vastu labhate sahasā dhruvam
One without a wife would obtain a wife of good character and most charming; the thing lost long ago he certainly obtains at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.77
राज्यभ्रष्टो लभेद्राज्यं शंकरस्य प्रसादतः ।। कारागारे श्मशाने च शत्रुग्रस्तेऽतिसंकटे
rājyabhraṣṭo labhedrājyaṃ śaṃkarasya prasādataḥ || kārāgāre śmaśāne ca śatrugraste'tisaṃkaṭe
One fallen from kingship would obtain a kingdom by Śaṃkara's grace; in prison, in a cremation ground, when seized by enemies, in extreme distress,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.78
गभीरेऽतिजलाकीर्णे भग्नपोते विषादने ।। रणमध्ये महाभीते हिंस्रजन्तुसमन्विते
gabhīre'tijalākīrṇe bhagnapote viṣādane || raṇamadhye mahābhīte hiṃsrajantusamanvite
in a deep (water) covered over with much water, in a wrecked boat, in despair, in the midst of battle, in great terror, when beset by predatory creatures —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 38.79
सर्वतो मुच्यते स्तुत्वा शंकरस्य प्रसादतः
sarvato mucyate stutvā śaṃkarasya prasādataḥ
from all (these) one is freed by praising (him), by Śaṃkara's grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition