Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 40
BvP 4 40.1
श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। अहो विचित्रं चरितमपूर्वं किं श्रुतं विभो ।। सुन्दरं श्रुतिपीयूषं निगूढं ज्ञानकारणम् जपन्तं श्रीहरेर्नाम स्वच्छस्फटिकमालया ।। क्षणं सूर्य स्वरूपं च ददर्श त्रिगुणात्मकम्
śrīrādhikovāca || aho vicitraṃ caritamapūrvaṃ kiṃ śrutaṃ vibho || sundaraṃ śrutipīyūṣaṃ nigūḍhaṃ jñānakāraṇam japantaṃ śrīharernāma svacchasphaṭikamālayā || kṣaṇaṃ sūrya svarūpaṃ ca dadarśa triguṇātmakam
Śrī Rādhikā said: Ah, what a wondrous, unprecedented tale I have heard, O mighty one! — lovely, nectar for the ears, hidden, a cause of knowledge. / (He was) reciting Śrī Hari's name with a rosary of clear crystal; for a moment (he) saw the form of the sun, made of the three qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.2
न विशेषं समासं च श्रुतं न व्यासमीप्सितम् ।। अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि विस्तीर्णं कथय प्रभो ददर्श तमतीव्रं तु ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। क्षणमग्निस्वरूपं च ज्वलन्तमतितेजसा
na viśeṣaṃ samāsaṃ ca śrutaṃ na vyāsamīpsitam || adhunā śrotumicchāmi vistīrṇaṃ kathaya prabho dadarśa tamatīvraṃ tu jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā || kṣaṇamagnisvarūpaṃ ca jvalantamatitejasā
Neither the detailed account nor the summary has been heard, nor the full exposition I desired; now I wish to hear it — tell it at length, O lord. / And (he) saw him exceedingly fierce, blazing with the splendour of brahman; for a moment (he saw him) in the form of fire, blazing with immense brilliance.
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BvP 4 40.3
किं किं तपः कठोरं च चकार पार्वती स्वयम् ।। कं कं वरं वा संप्राप्य कथमाप महेश्वरम् क्षणमाह्लादजनकं चन्द्ररूपं ददर्श ह ।। क्षणं तेजःस्वरूपं च निराकारं निरञ्जनम्
kiṃ kiṃ tapaḥ kaṭhoraṃ ca cakāra pārvatī svayam || kaṃ kaṃ varaṃ vā saṃprāpya kathamāpa maheśvaram kṣaṇamāhlādajanakaṃ candrarūpaṃ dadarśa ha || kṣaṇaṃ tejaḥsvarūpaṃ ca nirākāraṃ nirañjanam
What harsh austerities did Pārvatī perform herself? And what boons did she obtain, and how did she win Maheśvara? / For a moment he saw the moon-form that produces delight; for a moment the form of pure light, without shape, without stain.
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BvP 4 40.4
रतिः केन प्रकारेण जीवयामास मन्मथम् ।। पार्वतीशिवयोः कृष्ण विवाहं वर्णय प्रभो इत्येवं मानसे कृत्वा मायेशो माययाऽन्वितः ।। कृपासिन्धुश्च कृपया कथां कथितुमुद्यतः अतीव वामनो बालो विप्ररूपी स्वतेजसा ।। प्रज्वलन्मनसा हृष्टो दण्डी छत्री जटाधरः किं वाम्बिका त्वं देवानां स्वयं मूर्तिमती सती ।। सावित्री भारते जन्म स्वेच्छया लब्धुमागता तपः कृत्वा कठोरं च सुचिरं प्राणवल्लभम् ।। अप्राप्याग्निं प्रवेष्टुं च त्वां च दृष्ट्वा क्षणं स्थिता शिवं कल्याणरूपं च भर्तारं कर्तुमिच्छसि।। अविग्रहं पतिं कृत्वा किं वा ते वाञ्छितं भवेत् पट्टसूत्रसन्निबद्धरसालपल्लवान्वितैः ।। परितः परितो रम्भास्तम्भवृन्दसमन्विते सुखेन वसतौ तौ हि हर्षनिर्भरमानसौ ।। एकदा च तपः कर्तुं जगाम स्वर्णदीं गिरिः हृदयस्थं हरं दृष्ट्वा मनसा तं ननाम सा ।। वरं वव्रे मानसे सा त्वं पतिर्मे भवेति च न शशाक बहिः कर्तुं समीपं गन्तुमक्षमः।। ददर्श भिक्षुकं शैलः क्षणं चारुचतुर्भुजम् स्वतेजसा प्रज्वलन्तं पञ्चवक्त्रं त्रिलोचनम् ।। क्षणं ददर्श जगतां स्रष्टारं च चतुर्मुखम् निर्लिप्तं च निरीहं च परमात्मस्वरूपिणम् ।। एवं स्वेच्छामयं दृष्ट्वा नानारूपधरं परम् तदा बभूव ज्ञानं च मेनकाशैलयोः प्रिये ।। अहो दृष्टो जगन्नाथ आवाभ्यां स्वप्नवद्दिने शठाय संध्याहीनाय वाप्यैकफलदा सुता ।। सर्वसंध्यास्वगायत्रीविहीनाय शठाय च अनन्तरत्नाधारं च त्वमेव रक्ष भारते ।। देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रददौ कर्णयोः करौ विष्णुभक्तिप्रदं चैव पुराणं च श्रुतेः परम् ।। राधा तदङ्गजा गोपी ब्राह्मणांश्च सदार्चितान् अनिच्छया सुतां दत्त्वा सुखं तिष्ठतु भारते ।। तस्मै भक्त्या सुतां दत्त्वा मोक्षं प्राप्स्यति निश्चितम्
ratiḥ kena prakāreṇa jīvayāmāsa manmatham || pārvatīśivayoḥ kṛṣṇa vivāhaṃ varṇaya prabho ityevaṃ mānase kṛtvā māyeśo māyayā'nvitaḥ || kṛpāsindhuśca kṛpayā kathāṃ kathitumudyataḥ atīva vāmano bālo viprarūpī svatejasā || prajvalanmanasā hṛṣṭo daṇḍī chatrī jaṭādharaḥ kiṃ vāmbikā tvaṃ devānāṃ svayaṃ mūrtimatī satī || sāvitrī bhārate janma svecchayā labdhumāgatā tapaḥ kṛtvā kaṭhoraṃ ca suciraṃ prāṇavallabham || aprāpyāgniṃ praveṣṭuṃ ca tvāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā kṣaṇaṃ sthitā śivaṃ kalyāṇarūpaṃ ca bhartāraṃ kartumicchasi|| avigrahaṃ patiṃ kṛtvā kiṃ vā te vāñchitaṃ bhavet paṭṭasūtrasannibaddharasālapallavānvitaiḥ || paritaḥ parito rambhāstambhavṛndasamanvite sukhena vasatau tau hi harṣanirbharamānasau || ekadā ca tapaḥ kartuṃ jagāma svarṇadīṃ giriḥ hṛdayasthaṃ haraṃ dṛṣṭvā manasā taṃ nanāma sā || varaṃ vavre mānase sā tvaṃ patirme bhaveti ca na śaśāka bahiḥ kartuṃ samīpaṃ gantumakṣamaḥ|| dadarśa bhikṣukaṃ śailaḥ kṣaṇaṃ cārucaturbhujam svatejasā prajvalantaṃ pañcavaktraṃ trilocanam || kṣaṇaṃ dadarśa jagatāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ ca caturmukham nirliptaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca paramātmasvarūpiṇam || evaṃ svecchāmayaṃ dṛṣṭvā nānārūpadharaṃ param tadā babhūva jñānaṃ ca menakāśailayoḥ priye || aho dṛṣṭo jagannātha āvābhyāṃ svapnavaddine śaṭhāya saṃdhyāhīnāya vāpyaikaphaladā sutā || sarvasaṃdhyāsvagāyatrīvihīnāya śaṭhāya ca anantaratnādhāraṃ ca tvameva rakṣa bhārate || devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā pradadau karṇayoḥ karau viṣṇubhaktipradaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ ca śruteḥ param || rādhā tadaṅgajā gopī brāhmaṇāṃśca sadārcitān anicchayā sutāṃ dattvā sukhaṃ tiṣṭhatu bhārate || tasmai bhaktyā sutāṃ dattvā mokṣaṃ prāpsyati niścitam
By what means did Rati bring Manmatha to life? Describe, O Kṛṣṇa, the marriage of Pārvatī and Śiva, O lord. / Having thus reflected in his mind, the lord of māyā, attended by māyā, an ocean of compassion, out of compassion set about telling the tale. / A very dwarfish boy in brahmin form, blazing with his own splendour, glad in mind, bearing a staff, an umbrella, wearing matted hair. / "Or are you Ambikā, or the gods' own Satī grown embodied, or Sāvitrī, come of her own will to take birth in Bhārata? Having done harsh austerity for a long time and not obtained the beloved of your life, you stood a moment (ready) to enter the fire — and having seen you (thus)... You wish to make Śiva, of auspicious form, your husband; but by making a bodiless one your husband, what desire of yours could be fulfilled?" / (In a place) filled all around with clusters of plantain trunks, with mango shoots tied on with silk threads, those two dwelt happily, their hearts brimming with joy; and once the Mountain went to the golden river to perform austerity. / Seeing Hara present in her heart, she bowed to him in her mind, and in her mind chose the boon: "May you become my husband." / He could not bring (it) out, and was unable to come near; the Mountain saw the mendicant, for a moment with four lovely arms, blazing with his own splendour, five-faced, three-eyed; for a moment he saw the four-faced creator of the worlds, untainted and without craving, in the form of the supreme Self. Seeing thus the supreme one, acting by his own will and assuming many forms, then knowledge arose in Menakā and the Mountain, O dear one: "Ah, the Lord of the world has been seen by us two today, as in a dream." / A daughter (given) to a cheat, to one who neglects the twilight rites, yields but a single fruit; and to a cheat who omits the gāyatrī at all the twilight hours... "You alone, protect the support of endless jewels in Bhārata" — hearing the gods' words, he put his hands over his ears. / And the Purāṇa that bestows devotion to Viṣṇu, higher than śruti; Rādhā born of his body, the cowherd woman, and brahmins ever worshipped. / Having given his daughter unwillingly, let him dwell happily in Bhārata; giving his daughter to him with devotion, he will certainly attain liberation.
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BvP 4 40.5
तयो रहसि संभोगं पापिनां पापमोचनम् ।। कथ्यतां करुणासिन्धो दुःखिनां दुःखमोचनम् हर्षाश्रुपुलकः शैलो दण्डवत्प्रणनाम तम् ।। भक्त्या प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः
tayo rahasi saṃbhogaṃ pāpināṃ pāpamocanam || kathyatāṃ karuṇāsindho duḥkhināṃ duḥkhamocanam harṣāśrupulakaḥ śailo daṇḍavatpraṇanāma tam || bhaktyā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ
Their union in private, which releases sinners from sin — let it be told, O ocean of mercy, (it) which releases the sorrowful from sorrow. / With tears of joy and hair bristling, the Mountain bowed to him full-length, devotedly circling him to the right and bowing again and again.
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BvP 4 40.6
दम्पतीविरहोक्तिश्च कर्णज्वाला च योषितः ।। श्रोतुं कौतूहलं कृष्ण पुनः संमेलनं तयोः समुत्पत्य हर्षयुक्तो ददर्श पुनरेव तम्।। वास्तवं भिक्षुकं दृष्ट्वा शैलेन्द्रो विष्णुमायया
dampatīvirahoktiśca karṇajvālā ca yoṣitaḥ || śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ kṛṣṇa punaḥ saṃmelanaṃ tayoḥ samutpatya harṣayukto dadarśa punareva tam|| vāstavaṃ bhikṣukaṃ dṛṣṭvā śailendro viṣṇumāyayā
Talk of a married pair's separation is a burning of a woman's ears; yet there is eagerness, O Kṛṣṇa, to hear of their coming together again. / Springing up, filled with joy, he saw him once more; the lord of mountains, by Viṣṇu's māyā, seeing (him as) an actual mendicant.
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BvP 4 40.7
अग्निज्वाला विषज्वाला क्षमा सोढुं च योषितः ।। दम्पतीविरहज्वाला न श्रोतुं च क्षणं क्षमा विसस्मार च तत्सर्वं नानारूपधरं परम् ।। भिक्षां ययाचे भिक्षुस्तं भिक्षास्थालीस्वपार्श्वकम्
agnijvālā viṣajvālā kṣamā soḍhuṃ ca yoṣitaḥ || dampatīvirahajvālā na śrotuṃ ca kṣaṇaṃ kṣamā visasmāra ca tatsarvaṃ nānārūpadharaṃ param || bhikṣāṃ yayāce bhikṣustaṃ bhikṣāsthālīsvapārśvakam
A flame of fire, a flame of poison — a woman is able to bear these; but the flame of a married pair's separation she cannot bear to hear even for a moment. / And he forgot all that — the supreme one bearing many forms; the mendicant begged alms of him, with his alms-bowl at his side.
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BvP 4 40.8
राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा विस्मितश्चकिताननः ।। विस्तीर्णं वक्तुमारेभे हृदयेन विदूयता रक्ताम्बरः शृङ्गवाद्यविचित्रडमरुः करे ।। आदातुमुत्सुको दुर्गां नान्यां भिक्षुः कदाचन
rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā vismitaścakitānanaḥ || vistīrṇaṃ vaktumārebhe hṛdayena vidūyatā raktāmbaraḥ śṛṅgavādyavicitraḍamaruḥ kare || ādātumutsuko durgāṃ nānyāṃ bhikṣuḥ kadācana
Hearing Rādhikā's words, astonished and with startled face, he began to speak at length, his heart aching. / Clad in red, with a horn to blow and a strange little drum in his hand, the mendicant eager to take Durgā and never another.
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BvP 4 40.9
दम्पतीविरहोक्तिं च यां राधा श्रोतुमक्षमा ।। विच्छेदे शतवर्षीये किमस्या भविता मम न स्वीचकार शैलेन्द्रो मोहितो विष्णुमायया ।। भिक्षुः किंचिन्न जग्राह तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
dampatīvirahoktiṃ ca yāṃ rādhā śrotumakṣamā || vicchede śatavarṣīye kimasyā bhavitā mama na svīcakāra śailendro mohito viṣṇumāyayā || bhikṣuḥ kiṃcinna jagrāha tatraivāntaradhīyata
And the talk of the couple's separation, which Rādhā was unable to hear — "In a hundred-year parting, what will become of me?" The lord of mountains, deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā, did not consent; the mendicant took nothing and vanished on that very spot.
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BvP 4 40.11
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। प्राणाधिके राधिके त्वं श्रूयतां प्राणवल्लभे ।। प्राणाधिदेवि प्राणेशि प्राणाधारे मनोहरे आवां शिवौ वञ्चयित्वा स्वस्थानं गतवान्विभुः ।। तयोर्भक्तिं शिवे दृष्ट्वा सर्वे देवाश्च चिन्तिताः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || prāṇādhike rādhike tvaṃ śrūyatāṃ prāṇavallabhe || prāṇādhidevi prāṇeśi prāṇādhāre manohare āvāṃ śivau vañcayitvā svasthānaṃ gatavānvibhuḥ || tayorbhaktiṃ śive dṛṣṭvā sarve devāśca cintitāḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O Rādhikā, dearer than life, beloved of my life, listen — O presiding goddess of my life, mistress of my life, support of my life, enchanter of my mind: having deceived us two, Śiva, the mighty one, went to his own abode; and seeing the devotion of those two toward Śiva, all the gods grew anxious.
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BvP 4 40.12
वटमूलाद्गते रुद्रे पार्वती तपसे ययौ ।। पुनः पुनः स्वमात्रा च पित्रा च विनिवारिता चक्रुः शक्रादयो युक्तिं सुमेरो रक्षणे भरात् ।। एकान्तभक्त्या शैलश्चेत्कन्यां तस्मै प्रदास्यति
vaṭamūlādgate rudre pārvatī tapase yayau || punaḥ punaḥ svamātrā ca pitrā ca vinivāritā cakruḥ śakrādayo yuktiṃ sumero rakṣaṇe bharāt || ekāntabhaktyā śailaścetkanyāṃ tasmai pradāsyati
When Rudra had departed from the foot of the banyan, Pārvatī went off to perform austerity, though restrained again and again by her own mother and father. Śakra and the others devised a plan for the diligent guarding of Sumeru: "If the mountain, out of single-minded devotion, will give his daughter to him..."
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BvP 4 40.13
गत्वा सा स्वर्णदीतीरं स्नात्वा त्रिषवणं मुदा ।। संदेशे च मया दत्तं जजाप तं मनुं मुदा ध्रुवं निर्वाणतां सद्यः संप्राप्नोत्येव भारते ।। अनन्तरत्नाधारश्चेत्पृथ्वी त्यक्त्वा प्रयास्यति
gatvā sā svarṇadītīraṃ snātvā triṣavaṇaṃ mudā || saṃdeśe ca mayā dattaṃ jajāpa taṃ manuṃ mudā dhruvaṃ nirvāṇatāṃ sadyaḥ saṃprāpnotyeva bhārate || anantaratnādhāraścetpṛthvī tyaktvā prayāsyati
Going to the bank of the golden river, bathing joyfully at the three junctures of the day, she joyfully muttered that mantra which had been given by me in the message. — "Surely he at once attains liberation in Bhārata; if the support of endless jewels abandons the earth and departs..."
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BvP 4 40.14
वर्षमेकं च संपूर्णमनाहारा स्वभक्तितः।। तप्त्वा तपः कठोरं च चकार जगदम्बिका रत्नगर्भाभिधा भूमेर्मिथ्यैव भविता ध्रुवम् ।। स्थावरत्वं परित्यज्य दिव्यरूपं विधाय सः
varṣamekaṃ ca saṃpūrṇamanāhārā svabhaktitaḥ|| taptvā tapaḥ kaṭhoraṃ ca cakāra jagadambikā ratnagarbhābhidhā bhūmermithyaiva bhavitā dhruvam || sthāvaratvaṃ parityajya divyarūpaṃ vidhāya saḥ
For one full year, taking no food, out of her own devotion, the Mother of the world practised harsh austerity. — "The earth's name 'jewel-wombed' will surely become false; abandoning his immobile condition and assuming a divine form, he..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.15
ग्रीष्मे च परितो वह्निं प्रज्वलन्तं दिवानिशम्।। ।। कृत्वा प्रतस्थौ तन्मध्ये संततं जपती मनुम् कन्यां शूलभृते दत्त्वा विष्णुलोकं गमिष्यति ।। नारायणस्य सारूप्यं भविष्यत्येव लीलया
grīṣme ca parito vahniṃ prajvalantaṃ divāniśam|| || kṛtvā pratasthau tanmadhye saṃtataṃ japatī manum kanyāṃ śūlabhṛte dattvā viṣṇulokaṃ gamiṣyati || nārāyaṇasya sārūpyaṃ bhaviṣyatyeva līlayā
In the hot season, having made fire blazing all around her day and night, she took her stand in the midst of it, continually muttering the mantra. — "Having given his daughter to the trident-bearer, he will go to Viṣṇu's world; he will surely, in sport, attain a form like Nārāyaṇa's."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.16
शश्वत्स्मशाने वर्षासु कृत्वा योगासनं शिवा।। शिलां दृष्ट्वा च संसिक्ता बभूव जलधारया संप्राप्य पार्षदत्वं च हरिदासो भविष्यति ।। दशवापीसमा कन्या दीयते ब्राह्मणाय ताम्
śaśvatsmaśāne varṣāsu kṛtvā yogāsanaṃ śivā|| śilāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca saṃsiktā babhūva jaladhārayā saṃprāpya pārṣadatvaṃ ca haridāso bhaviṣyati || daśavāpīsamā kanyā dīyate brāhmaṇāya tām
In the rains, taking her yogic seat perpetually in a cremation ground, the auspicious lady, gazing at a stone, became drenched by torrents of water. — "And attaining the state of an attendant he will become a servant of Hari. A girl (given) is equal to ten step-wells when she is given to a brahmin — her..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.17
शीते जलान्तरे शश्वत्प्रतस्थौ भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।। अनाहारा शरद्रौद्रनीहारासु दिशासु च वेदज्ञाय पवित्राय चाप्रतिग्रहशालिने ।। संध्यायज्ञवेदपाठकारिणे सत्यवादिने
śīte jalāntare śaśvatpratasthau bhaktipūrvakam || anāhārā śaradraudranīhārāsu diśāsu ca vedajñāya pavitrāya cāpratigrahaśāline || saṃdhyāyajñavedapāṭhakāriṇe satyavādine
In the cold she stood constantly in the water, full of devotion, without food, in autumn amid the harsh mists in every direction. — "...to one who knows the Veda, who is pure and takes no gifts, who performs the twilight rites, sacrifice and Veda-recitation, and speaks the truth,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.18
एवं कृत्वा परं वर्षमप्राप्य शंकरं सती।। शुचा कृत्वाऽग्निकुण्डं च प्रवेष्टुं सा समुद्यता अस्यै प्रदत्ता कन्या च दशवापीफलप्रदा ।। त्रिसंध्याकारिणे सत्यवादिने गृहशालिने
evaṃ kṛtvā paraṃ varṣamaprāpya śaṃkaraṃ satī|| śucā kṛtvā'gnikuṇḍaṃ ca praveṣṭuṃ sā samudyatā asyai pradattā kanyā ca daśavāpīphalapradā || trisaṃdhyākāriṇe satyavādine gṛhaśāline
Having done so, and in the next year still not obtaining Śaṃkara, the chaste lady in grief made a fire-pit and was ready to enter it. — "To such a one a girl is given who bestows the fruit of ten step-wells: to one who performs the three daily twilight rites, who speaks the truth, who keeps a household."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.19
तामग्निकुण्डं विशतीं तपसाऽतिकृशां सतीम्।। दृष्ट्वा शिवः कृपासिन्धुः कृपया तां जगाम ह वेदज्ञाय सुविप्राय दत्त्वा सुफलदायिनी ।। परदारगृहीताय याजकाय द्विजातये
tāmagnikuṇḍaṃ viśatīṃ tapasā'tikṛśāṃ satīm|| dṛṣṭvā śivaḥ kṛpāsindhuḥ kṛpayā tāṃ jagāma ha vedajñāya suviprāya dattvā suphaladāyinī || paradāragṛhītāya yājakāya dvijātaye
Seeing her, the chaste one, exceedingly emaciated by austerity, as she was entering the fire-pit, Śiva, the ocean of compassion, out of compassion went to her. — "Given to a good brahmin who knows the Veda she yields good fruit; (but given) to a sacrificing twice-born who has taken another man's wife..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.21
शुक्लयज्ञोपवीती च शुक्लवासाश्च सस्मितः ।। श्वेताब्जबीजमालां च बिभ्रत्तिलकमुज्ज्वलम् वैश्योद्भवाय दत्ता या वाप्यर्द्धफलदा स्मृता ।। पापिने शूद्रजाताय विप्रक्षत्रोद्भवाय च
śuklayajñopavītī ca śuklavāsāśca sasmitaḥ || śvetābjabījamālāṃ ca bibhrattilakamujjvalam vaiśyodbhavāya dattā yā vāpyarddhaphaladā smṛtā || pāpine śūdrajātāya viprakṣatrodbhavāya ca
Wearing a white sacred thread and white garments, smiling, bearing a rosary of white lotus seeds and a brilliant forehead mark — "She who is given to one of vaiśya birth is held to yield the fruit of half a step-well; (and if given) to a sinner, one of śūdra birth, or to one born of a brahmin and a kṣatriya..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.22
निर्जने बालकं दृष्ट्वा स्निग्धा सापि जगाद ह ।। तत्तेजसाऽतिप्रच्छन्ना तत्याज च तपः स्वयम् दत्त्वा चाण्डालतुल्याय कन्या सा नरकप्रदा ।। विष्णुभक्ताय विदुषे विप्राय सत्यवादिने
nirjane bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā snigdhā sāpi jagāda ha || tattejasā'tipracchannā tatyāja ca tapaḥ svayam dattvā cāṇḍālatulyāya kanyā sā narakapradā || viṣṇubhaktāya viduṣe viprāya satyavādine
Seeing the boy in that solitary place, she too, grown tender, spoke; and overpowered by his radiance she herself abandoned her austerity. — "Given to one equal to a cāṇḍāla, that girl brings hell; (but given) to a devotee of Viṣṇu, a learned brahmin who speaks the truth,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.23
को भवानिति पप्रच्छ तं शिशुं पुरतः स्थितम् ।। मनसाऽलिङ्गनं कर्तुमिच्छन्ती परमादरम् जितेन्द्रियाय दत्ता या विंशद्वापीफलप्रदा ।। षष्टि वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यरूपं विधाय च
ko bhavāniti papraccha taṃ śiśuṃ purataḥ sthitam || manasā'liṅganaṃ kartumicchantī paramādaram jitendriyāya dattā yā viṃśadvāpīphalapradā || ṣaṣṭi varṣasahasrāṇi divyarūpaṃ vidhāya ca
"Who are you?" she asked that child who stood before her, wishing in her mind to embrace him with the utmost reverence. — "She who is given to one who has conquered his senses yields the fruit of twenty step-wells; and for sixty thousand years, having assumed a divine form..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.24
श्रुत्वा शैलसुता प्रश्नं प्रहस्य परमेश्वरः ।। उवाचातीव मधुरं कर्णपीयूषमीश्वरीम् एवंभूताय दत्ता चेन्मोदते विष्णुमंदिरे ।। दत्त्वा कन्यां सुशीलां च हराय हरयेऽथ वा
śrutvā śailasutā praśnaṃ prahasya parameśvaraḥ || uvācātīva madhuraṃ karṇapīyūṣamīśvarīm evaṃbhūtāya dattā cenmodate viṣṇumaṃdire || dattvā kanyāṃ suśīlāṃ ca harāya haraye'tha vā
Hearing the mountain's daughter's question, the Supreme Lord laughed and spoke most sweetly to the goddess, nectar to her ears. — "If she is given to such a man, she rejoices in Viṣṇu's abode; having given a well-conducted girl to Hara or else to Hari,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.25
शंकर उवाच ।। इच्छागामी बटुरहं तपस्वी विप्रबालकः ।। का त्वं कान्ताऽतिकान्तारे तपश्चरसि सुन्दरि नारायणस्वरूपं च भवेदेव श्रुतौ श्रुतम् ।। विष्णुभक्तो यदा कन्यां ददाति विष्णुप्रीतये
śaṃkara uvāca || icchāgāmī baṭurahaṃ tapasvī viprabālakaḥ || kā tvaṃ kāntā'tikāntāre tapaścarasi sundari nārāyaṇasvarūpaṃ ca bhavedeva śrutau śrutam || viṣṇubhakto yadā kanyāṃ dadāti viṣṇuprītaye
Śaṃkara said: I am a young student who goes where he wills, an ascetic, a brahmin boy; who are you, lady, practising austerity in this vast wilderness, O beautiful one? — "And he would surely become of the very form of Nārāyaṇa; it is heard in scripture: when a devotee of Viṣṇu gives a girl for Viṣṇu's pleasure,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.26
वद कस्य कुले जाता कस्य कन्या च काऽभिधा ।। तपसः फलदात्री त्वं कस्माद्धेतोस्तपस्तव स लभेद्धरिदास्यं च ध्रुवं विप्रोद्भवाय च ।। इत्यालोच्य सुराः सर्वे कृत्वा च मन्त्रणां प्रिये
vada kasya kule jātā kasya kanyā ca kā'bhidhā || tapasaḥ phaladātrī tvaṃ kasmāddhetostapastava sa labheddharidāsyaṃ ca dhruvaṃ viprodbhavāya ca || ityālocya surāḥ sarve kṛtvā ca mantraṇāṃ priye
Tell me, in whose family were you born, whose daughter are you, and what is your name? You are the bestower of the fruit of austerities — for what purpose, then, is this austerity of yours? — "he surely gains the service of Hari, and (so too the girl given) to one of brahmin birth." Having considered thus, all the gods took counsel together, O dear one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.27
अहो वा तपसां राशिः स्वयं मूर्तिमती सती।।। तपो वा लोकशिक्षार्थं करोषि कमलेक्षणे गुरुं प्रस्थापितुं जग्मुर्हिमालयगृहं प्रति ।। गत्वा प्रणम्य च गुरुं सर्वे चक्रुर्निवेदनम्
aho vā tapasāṃ rāśiḥ svayaṃ mūrtimatī satī||| tapo vā lokaśikṣārthaṃ karoṣi kamalekṣaṇe guruṃ prasthāpituṃ jagmurhimālayagṛhaṃ prati || gatvā praṇamya ca guruṃ sarve cakrurnivedanam
Ah, are you the very heap of austerities, embodied of itself, the chaste one? Or do you practise austerity for the instruction of the world, O lotus-eyed lady? — They went toward Himālaya's house in order to send the preceptor; and having gone and bowed to the preceptor, they all made their petition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.28
स्वयं तेजःस्वरूपा वा मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। विधाय भक्तध्यानार्थं विग्रहं भारते जनुः हिमालयगृहं गत्वा कुरु निन्दां च शूलिनः ।। पिनाकिनं विना दुर्गा वरं नान्यं वरिष्यति
svayaṃ tejaḥsvarūpā vā mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || vidhāya bhaktadhyānārthaṃ vigrahaṃ bhārate januḥ himālayagṛhaṃ gatvā kuru nindāṃ ca śūlinaḥ || pinākinaṃ vinā durgā varaṃ nānyaṃ variṣyati
Or are you yourself of the nature of radiance, the primordial Prakṛti, the sovereign Goddess, who, making a body for her devotees' meditation, took birth in Bhārata? — "Go to Himālaya's house and speak censure of the trident-bearer; Durgā will choose no other bridegroom than the bearer of the Pināka."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.29
किं वा त्रिलोके लक्ष्मीस्त्वं संपद्रूपा सनातनी ।। रक्षां विधातुं जगतामागता धातुरन्तिके अनिच्छया सुतां दत्त्वा फलं तूर्णं लभिष्यति ।। कालेन यातु शैलेन्द्रश्चेदानीं भुवि तिष्ठतु
kiṃ vā triloke lakṣmīstvaṃ saṃpadrūpā sanātanī || rakṣāṃ vidhātuṃ jagatāmāgatā dhāturantike anicchayā sutāṃ dattvā phalaṃ tūrṇaṃ labhiṣyati || kālena yātu śailendraścedānīṃ bhuvi tiṣṭhatu
Or are you Lakṣmī in the three worlds, the eternal one of the form of prosperity, come into the Creator's presence to arrange the protection of the worlds? — "Giving his daughter unwillingly, he will quickly gain the fruit; let the lord of mountains go in due time, but for now let him remain on earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.31
रागाधिष्ठातृदेवी वा स्वयं साक्षात्सरस्वती ।। सर्वविद्याः प्रकटितुं स्वेच्छया जन्म भारते न स्वीचकार स्वगुरुः स्मरन्नारायणेति च ।। उवाच देववर्गांश्च संभर्त्स्य च पुनः पुनः
rāgādhiṣṭhātṛdevī vā svayaṃ sākṣātsarasvatī || sarvavidyāḥ prakaṭituṃ svecchayā janma bhārate na svīcakāra svaguruḥ smarannārāyaṇeti ca || uvāca devavargāṃśca saṃbhartsya ca punaḥ punaḥ
Or are you the goddess who presides over passion, or Sarasvatī herself in person, who by her own will took birth in Bhārata to make manifest all the branches of knowledge? — Their own preceptor did not agree, remembering "Nārāyaṇa"; and he spoke to the company of gods, rebuking them again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.32
एतासु मध्ये का वा त्वं नाहं तर्कितुमीश्वरः ।। या सा भवति कल्याणि परितुष्टा च मां भव वेदवेदान्तविज्ञाता महाभक्तो हरौ हरे ।। बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।। श्रूयतां मद्वचः सत्यं हे देवाः स्वार्थसाधकाः
etāsu madhye kā vā tvaṃ nāhaṃ tarkitumīśvaraḥ || yā sā bhavati kalyāṇi parituṣṭā ca māṃ bhava vedavedāntavijñātā mahābhakto harau hare || bṛhaspatiruvāca || śrūyatāṃ madvacaḥ satyaṃ he devāḥ svārthasādhakāḥ
"Which of these are you? I am not able to work it out. Whoever you may be, auspicious lady, be pleased with me, a knower of the Vedas and Vedānta, a great devotee of Hari, O Hari!" || Bṛhaspati said: || Hear my true word, O gods, you who accomplish your own purposes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.33
सति त्वयि प्रसन्नायां प्रसन्नः परमेश्वरः ।। पतिव्रतायां तुष्टायां तुष्टो नारायणः स्वयम् नीतिसारं च वेदोक्तं परिणामसुखावहम् ।। हरकेशवयोर्भक्तं ये च निन्दन्ति पापिनः
sati tvayi prasannāyāṃ prasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ || pativratāyāṃ tuṣṭāyāṃ tuṣṭo nārāyaṇaḥ svayam nītisāraṃ ca vedoktaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham || harakeśavayorbhaktaṃ ye ca nindanti pāpinaḥ
When you, virtuous lady, are gracious, the supreme Lord is gracious; when a wife devoted to her husband is satisfied, Nārāyaṇa himself is satisfied. || And (this is) the essence of policy stated in the Veda, which brings happiness in the end: those sinners who revile one devoted to Hara and Keśava —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.34
तुष्टे नारायणे देवे शश्वत्तुष्टं जगत्त्रयम् ।। तरुमूलेषु सिक्तेषु शाखाः सिक्ता यथा प्रिये भूदेवान्ब्राह्मणांश्चैव स्वगुरुं च पतिव्रताः।। पतिभिक्षुब्रह्मचारिसृष्टिबीजान्सुरांस्तथा
tuṣṭe nārāyaṇe deve śaśvattuṣṭaṃ jagattrayam || tarumūleṣu sikteṣu śākhāḥ siktā yathā priye bhūdevānbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva svaguruṃ ca pativratāḥ|| patibhikṣubrahmacārisṛṣṭibījānsurāṃstathā
When the god Nārāyaṇa is pleased the three worlds are constantly pleased, just as when the roots of trees are watered the branches are watered, dear one. || Wives devoted to their husbands (should honour) the earth-gods, that is the brahmins, and their own guru, and the husband, the mendicant, the brahmacārin, the seeds of creation, and the gods likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.35
शिशोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य परमेश्वरी ।। उवाच वचनं चारु कर्णपीयूषमीश्वरी पच्यन्ते कालसूत्रे ते यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ।। श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषेषु शेरते ते दिवानिशम्
śiśostadvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya parameśvarī || uvāca vacanaṃ cāru karṇapīyūṣamīśvarī pacyante kālasūtre te yāvaccandradivākarau || śleṣmamūtrapurīṣeṣu śerate te divāniśam
Hearing that speech of the boy, the supreme goddess laughed and spoke a lovely word, nectar to the ears. || They are cooked in (the hell) Kālasūtra as long as the moon and the sun (endure); they lie among phlegm, urine and excrement day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.36
पार्वत्युवाच ।। नाहं वेदप्रसूर्लक्ष्मीर्वागधिष्ठातृदेवता ।। जन्म मे भारते वर्षे साम्प्रतं शैलकन्यका भक्षिताः कीटनिकरैः शब्दं कुर्वंति कातराः ।। ये निन्दन्ति च ब्रह्माणं स्रष्टारं जगतां गुरुम्
pārvatyuvāca || nāhaṃ vedaprasūrlakṣmīrvāgadhiṣṭhātṛdevatā || janma me bhārate varṣe sāmprataṃ śailakanyakā bhakṣitāḥ kīṭanikaraiḥ śabdaṃ kurvaṃti kātarāḥ || ye nindanti ca brahmāṇaṃ sraṣṭāraṃ jagatāṃ gurum
Pārvatī said: || I am not the mother of the Vedas, nor Lakṣmī, nor the deity presiding over speech; my present birth in the land of Bhārata is as the daughter of the mountain. || Devoured by swarms of worms, in distress they cry out — those who revile Brahmā, the creator, the guru of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.37
पूर्वं जन्म दक्षगेहे सती शंकरकामिनी ।। योगेन त्यक्तदेहाऽहं तातभर्तृविनिन्दया शिवं सुराणां प्रवरं दुर्गां लक्ष्मीं सरस्वतीम् ।। गीतां च तुलसीं गङ्गां वेदांश्च वेदमातरम्
pūrvaṃ janma dakṣagehe satī śaṃkarakāminī || yogena tyaktadehā'haṃ tātabhartṛvinindayā śivaṃ surāṇāṃ pravaraṃ durgāṃ lakṣmīṃ sarasvatīm || gītāṃ ca tulasīṃ gaṅgāṃ vedāṃśca vedamātaram
In a former birth, in Dakṣa's house, I was Satī, the beloved of Śaṃkara; I gave up my body by yoga because my father reviled my husband. || (Those who revile) Śiva, the foremost of gods, Durgā, Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, the Gītā, Tulasī, Gaṅgā, the Vedas and the mother of the Vedas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.38
अत्र जन्मनि पुण्येन सम्प्राप्ते शंकरे द्विज ।। मां त्यक्त्वा भस्मसात्कृत्वा मन्मथं स जगाम ह व्रतं तपस्यां पूजां च मन्त्रं मंत्रप्रदं गुरुम्।। ते पच्यन्तेऽन्धकूपे वै चायुषोऽर्धं विधेरहो
atra janmani puṇyena samprāpte śaṃkare dvija || māṃ tyaktvā bhasmasātkṛtvā manmathaṃ sa jagāma ha vrataṃ tapasyāṃ pūjāṃ ca mantraṃ maṃtrapradaṃ gurum|| te pacyante'ndhakūpe vai cāyuṣo'rdhaṃ vidheraho
In this birth, when by merit Śaṃkara had been obtained, O twice-born one, he abandoned me and went away, having reduced Manmatha to ashes. || (Those who revile) vow, austerity, worship, mantra, and the guru who bestows the mantra — they are cooked in a blind well for half the lifespan of the Creator, alas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.39
प्रयाते शंकरे तापाद्व्रीडयाऽहं पितुर्गृहात् ।। आगमत्तपसे चित्तं ममेदं स्वर्णदीतटे भक्षिताः सर्पसंघैश्च शब्दं कुर्वन्ति संततम् ।। ये निन्दन्ति हृषीकेशं देवसाम्यं विधाय च
prayāte śaṃkare tāpādvrīḍayā'haṃ piturgṛhāt || āgamattapase cittaṃ mamedaṃ svarṇadītaṭe bhakṣitāḥ sarpasaṃghaiśca śabdaṃ kurvanti saṃtatam || ye nindanti hṛṣīkeśaṃ devasāmyaṃ vidhāya ca
When Śaṃkara had gone, out of anguish and shame I (came) from my father's house; this mind of mine turned to austerity on the bank of the golden river (Gaṅgā). || Devoured by hosts of serpents they cry out continually — those who revile Hṛṣīkeśa, treating him as equal to the (other) gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.41
गच्छ त्वं प्रविशाम्यग्नौ प्रलयाग्निशिखोपमे ।। कृत्वा स्वकामनां विप्र हरप्राप्तिमनीषितम् ते पच्यन्तेऽवटे देवा विधातुरायुषा समम् ।। अधोमुखा ऊर्ध्वजङ्घाः सर्पसंघैश्च वेष्टिताः
gaccha tvaṃ praviśāmyagnau pralayāgniśikhopame || kṛtvā svakāmanāṃ vipra haraprāptimanīṣitam te pacyante'vaṭe devā vidhāturāyuṣā samam || adhomukhā ūrdhvajaṅghāḥ sarpasaṃghaiśca veṣṭitāḥ
"Go; I shall enter the fire that is like the flame of the fire of dissolution, having formed my own wish, O brahmin — the desired attainment of Hara." || Those gods are cooked in a pit for a time equal to the lifespan of the Creator, heads downward, shanks upward, wrapped about by hosts of serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.42
यत्र यत्र जनुर्लब्ध्वा लभिष्यामि शिवं परम् ।। प्राणाधिकं प्रियं कान्तं विभुं जन्मनि जन्मनि भक्षिता विकृताकारैः कीटैः सर्पसमाकृतैः ।। अतीव कातरा भीताः शब्दं कुर्वन्ति संततम्
yatra yatra janurlabdhvā labhiṣyāmi śivaṃ param || prāṇādhikaṃ priyaṃ kāntaṃ vibhuṃ janmani janmani bhakṣitā vikṛtākāraiḥ kīṭaiḥ sarpasamākṛtaiḥ || atīva kātarā bhītāḥ śabdaṃ kurvanti saṃtatam
In whatever birth I obtain, I shall win supreme Śiva, dearer than life, the beloved lord, birth after birth. || Devoured by misshapen worms formed like serpents, utterly wretched and terrified, they cry out continually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.43
सर्वा हि स्वप्रियं लब्धुं लभन्ति जन्म वाञ्छितम् ।। तज्जन्म पतिलाभार्थं सर्वासां च श्रुतौ श्रुतम् श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि ध्रुवं भक्षन्ति क्षोभिताः ।। उल्कां ददति रुष्टाश्च तन्मुखे यमकिंकराः
sarvā hi svapriyaṃ labdhuṃ labhanti janma vāñchitam || tajjanma patilābhārthaṃ sarvāsāṃ ca śrutau śrutam śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi dhruvaṃ bhakṣanti kṣobhitāḥ || ulkāṃ dadati ruṣṭāśca tanmukhe yamakiṃkarāḥ
For all women obtain the birth they wish in order to gain their own beloved; that birth is for the sake of gaining a husband — so it is heard in the śruti for all of them. || Tormented, they surely eat phlegm, urine and excrement, and Yama's servants in anger thrust a firebrand into their mouths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.44
प्राक्तनीयो हि यो भर्ता स तासां प्रतिजन्मनि ।। या स्त्री येषां सुनियता सा तेषां जन्मजन्मनि त्रिसन्ध्यं तर्जनं कृत्वा कुर्वन्ति दण्डताडनम् ।। कुर्वन्ति मूत्रपानं च प्रहारैस्तृषितान्भिया
prāktanīyo hi yo bhartā sa tāsāṃ pratijanmani || yā strī yeṣāṃ suniyatā sā teṣāṃ janmajanmani trisandhyaṃ tarjanaṃ kṛtvā kurvanti daṇḍatāḍanam || kurvanti mūtrapānaṃ ca prahāraistṛṣitānbhiyā
He who was the husband before is theirs in each birth; the woman who is well devoted to them is theirs birth after birth. || At the three junctures of the day they threaten them and beat them with rods, and out of fear of blows they make the thirsty ones drink urine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.45
तद्देहमिह न प्राप्य कृत्वा घोरतरं तपः ।। कृत्वाऽग्निकुण्डे काम्यं च लभिष्यामि परत्र तम् तदा कल्पान्तरे स्रष्टुं सृष्टिं च प्रथमे पुनः ।। तेषां भवेत्प्रतीकार इत्याह कमलोद्भवः
taddehamiha na prāpya kṛtvā ghorataraṃ tapaḥ || kṛtvā'gnikuṇḍe kāmyaṃ ca labhiṣyāmi paratra tam tadā kalpāntare sraṣṭuṃ sṛṣṭiṃ ca prathame punaḥ || teṣāṃ bhavetpratīkāra ityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
Not obtaining that body here, having performed most terrible austerity, and having made my desire in the fire-pit, I shall obtain him in the next world. || Then, in another kalpa, when creation is to be created anew at the beginning, there may be a remedy for them — so said the lotus-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.46
इत्युक्त्वा पार्वती तत्र तत्पुरः प्रविवेश ह ।। निषिध्यमाना पुरतो ब्राह्मणेन पुनः पुनः कृत्वा हि शिवनिन्दां च यास्यन्ति नरकं सुराः ।। इममेवोपकारं च कर्तुमिच्छथ पुत्रकाः
ityuktvā pārvatī tatra tatpuraḥ praviveśa ha || niṣidhyamānā purato brāhmaṇena punaḥ punaḥ kṛtvā hi śivanindāṃ ca yāsyanti narakaṃ surāḥ || imamevopakāraṃ ca kartumicchatha putrakāḥ
Having said this, Pārvatī entered there before him, though again and again forbidden by the brahmin standing in front of her. || Having reviled Śiva, the gods will go to hell; you wish, my sons, to do just this service.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.47
वह्निप्रवेशं कुर्वन्त्याः पार्वत्याः परमेश्वरि ।। बभूव तपसा सद्यो वह्निश्चन्दनवद्ध्रुवम्।। ब्रह्मणा प्रेरितो दक्षो दत्त्वा शूलभृते सुताम् ।। न पापं परमैश्वर्यं संप्राप हरनिन्दकः
vahnipraveśaṃ kurvantyāḥ pārvatyāḥ parameśvari || babhūva tapasā sadyo vahniścandanavaddhruvam|| brahmaṇā prerito dakṣo dattvā śūlabhṛte sutām || na pāpaṃ paramaiśvaryaṃ saṃprāpa haranindakaḥ
As Pārvatī entered the fire, O supreme goddess, by her austerity the fire at once surely became like sandal paste. || Dakṣa, urged by Brahmā, gave his daughter to the trident-bearer; (yet) as a reviler of Hara he did not obtain supreme sovereignty free of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.48
क्षणं तदन्तरे स्थित्वा चोत्पतन्तीं शिवां शिवः ।। पुनः प्रपच्छ सहसा वृन्दावनविनोदिनि अनिच्छया सुतां दत्त्वा तुर्यपुण्यं ललाभ सः ।। अहो विहाय सारूप्यं तुच्छं स्वर्गं ललाभ सः
kṣaṇaṃ tadantare sthitvā cotpatantīṃ śivāṃ śivaḥ || punaḥ prapaccha sahasā vṛndāvanavinodini anicchayā sutāṃ dattvā turyapuṇyaṃ lalābha saḥ || aho vihāya sārūpyaṃ tucchaṃ svargaṃ lalābha saḥ
Having remained within it a moment, Śiva suddenly questioned Śivā again as she rose up, O you who delight in Vṛndāvana. || Having given his daughter unwillingly, he obtained a fourth of the merit; alas, giving up (the state of) having the Lord's form, he obtained only paltry heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.49
श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। अहो तपस्ते किं भद्रे न बुद्धं किंचिदेव हि ।। न दग्धो वह्निना देहो न च प्राप्तो मनीषितः कश्चिन्मध्ये च युष्माकं गत्वा शैलगृहं सुराः ।। संपादयतु स्वमतं शैलेन्द्रस्य प्रयत्नतः
śrīmahādeva uvāca || aho tapaste kiṃ bhadre na buddhaṃ kiṃcideva hi || na dagdho vahninā deho na ca prāpto manīṣitaḥ kaścinmadhye ca yuṣmākaṃ gatvā śailagṛhaṃ surāḥ || saṃpādayatu svamataṃ śailendrasya prayatnataḥ
Śrī Mahādeva said: || Alas, good lady, what of your austerity? Nothing at all has been understood: the body has not been burnt by the fire, nor has the desired thing been obtained. || Let someone among you, gods, go to the mountain's house and with effort bring the lord of mountains round to his own view.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.51
संहर्तारं च भर्तारं यदीच्छसि शुचिस्मिते ।। कान्तमिच्छति का वा स्त्री सर्वसंहारकारणम् पश्चात्सप्तर्षयः सर्वे गृहीत्वा तामरुन्धतीम् ।। ध्रुवं तस्य गृहं गत्वा बोधयिष्यन्ति पर्वतम्
saṃhartāraṃ ca bhartāraṃ yadīcchasi śucismite || kāntamicchati kā vā strī sarvasaṃhārakāraṇam paścātsaptarṣayaḥ sarve gṛhītvā tāmarundhatīm || dhruvaṃ tasya gṛhaṃ gatvā bodhayiṣyanti parvatam
If, O bright-smiling one, you desire as husband the destroyer — what woman desires as her lover the cause of the destruction of all? || Afterwards all the seven sages, taking Arundhatī with them, will surely go to his house and instruct the mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.52
मोक्षं वाञ्छसि चेद्देवि कृत्वा कान्तं स्वरूपिणम् ।। सर्वमुक्तिप्रदा त्वं च तपस्या विफला तव।। विना पिनाकिनं दुर्गा वरं नान्यं वरिष्यति ।। अनिच्छया सुतां तस्मै प्रदास्यति सुताज्ञया
mokṣaṃ vāñchasi ceddevi kṛtvā kāntaṃ svarūpiṇam || sarvamuktipradā tvaṃ ca tapasyā viphalā tava|| vinā pinākinaṃ durgā varaṃ nānyaṃ variṣyati || anicchayā sutāṃ tasmai pradāsyati sutājñayā
If you desire liberation, O goddess, by making him, who has his own (true) form, your husband — you yourself are the giver of all liberation; your austerity is fruitless. || Durgā will choose no other groom than the Pināka-bearer; unwillingly he will give his daughter to him, at his daughter's bidding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.53
शिवश्च मङ्गले मोक्षे संहर्ता न च दृश्यते ।। शिवशब्दस्य चान्योऽर्थो न हि वेदे निरूपितः
śivaśca maṅgale mokṣe saṃhartā na ca dṛśyate || śivaśabdasya cānyo'rtho na hi vede nirūpitaḥ
And "śiva" means the auspicious, means liberation; a destroyer is not to be seen (in the word). No other meaning of the word "śiva" is set forth in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.54
तं च संहारकर्तारं यदि वाञ्छसि सुन्दरि ।। लभिष्यसे रतं रुद्रं सर्वलोकभयंकरम्
taṃ ca saṃhārakartāraṃ yadi vāñchasi sundari || labhiṣyase rataṃ rudraṃ sarvalokabhayaṃkaram
And if, fair lady, you desire that destroyer, you will get Rudra as your husband, the terror of all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.55
न भविष्यति मोक्षस्ते स्वाभीष्टं देवसेवनम् ।। हरिस्मृतिरमोघा च सर्वमंगलदा सदा
na bhaviṣyati mokṣaste svābhīṣṭaṃ devasevanam || harismṛtiramoghā ca sarvamaṃgaladā sadā
There will be no liberation for you, (nor) the service of the god you long for; and the remembrance of Hari is never fruitless and always bestows every blessing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.56
शीघ्रं पितुर्गृहं गच्छ तत्र द्रक्ष्यसि शंकरम् ।। ममाशिषा स्वतपसां फलेन च सुदुर्लभम्
śīghraṃ piturgṛhaṃ gaccha tatra drakṣyasi śaṃkaram || mamāśiṣā svatapasāṃ phalena ca sudurlabham
Go quickly to your father's house; there you will see Śaṃkara, (who is) very hard to obtain, by my blessing and by the fruit of your own austerities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.57
इत्युक्त्वा पार्वतीं विप्रस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ।। दुर्गा ययौ पितुर्गेहं महादेवेति वादिनी
ityuktvā pārvatīṃ viprastatraivāntaradhīyata || durgā yayau piturgehaṃ mahādeveti vādinī
Having said this to Pārvatī, the brahmin vanished right there; and Durgā went to her father's house, saying "Mahādeva!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.58
पार्वत्यागमनं श्रुत्वा मेनका च हिमालयः ।। दिव्यं यानं पुरस्कृत्य प्रययौ हर्षविह्वलः
pārvatyāgamanaṃ śrutvā menakā ca himālayaḥ || divyaṃ yānaṃ puraskṛtya prayayau harṣavihvalaḥ
Hearing of Pārvatī's coming, Menakā and Himālaya, sending a divine vehicle ahead, set out, overwhelmed with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.59
संस्थाप्य मंगलघटान्राजवर्त्मनि राधिके ।। चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीफलशाखासमन्वितान्
saṃsthāpya maṃgalaghaṭānrājavartmani rādhike || candanāgurukastūrīphalaśākhāsamanvitān
Having set up auspicious jars on the royal road, O Rādhikā, (jars) furnished with sandal, aloe-wood, musk, fruits and branches —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.61
पतिपुत्रवतीयोषित्समूहैर्दीपहस्तकैः ।। पूर्णैर्लाजाधान्यदूर्वाफलपुष्पसमन्वितैः
patiputravatīyoṣitsamūhairdīpahastakaiḥ || pūrṇairlājādhānyadūrvāphalapuṣpasamanvitaiḥ
— with throngs of women who had husbands and sons, lamps in their hands, full (vessels) furnished with parched grain, grain, dūrvā grass, fruits and flowers —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.62
सुपुण्यैर्ब्राह्मणैश्चापि मुनिभिर्ब्रह्मचारिभिः ।। नटीभिर्नर्तकीभिश्च गजेन्द्रैः परिशोभिते
supuṇyairbrāhmaṇaiścāpi munibhirbrahmacāribhiḥ || naṭībhirnartakībhiśca gajendraiḥ pariśobhite
— and with very meritorious brahmins, with sages, with celibate students, with actresses and dancing-girls, and with lordly elephants, (the road) was made resplendent —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.64
पुरोहितैश्च संयुक्तैः कुर्वद्भिर्मङ्गलध्वनिम् ।। सुचारुमालतीमालाहस्तैः शस्तैः प्रशंसितैः ६३ ।। नानाप्रकारवाद्यैश्च शंखध्वनिसुनादितैः।। सिन्दूररेणुभिश्चारुचन्दनद्रवपङ्किलम्
purohitaiśca saṃyuktaiḥ kurvadbhirmaṅgaladhvanim || sucārumālatīmālāhastaiḥ śastaiḥ praśaṃsitaiḥ 63 || nānāprakāravādyaiśca śaṃkhadhvanisunāditaiḥ|| sindūrareṇubhiścārucandanadravapaṅkilam
— and joined by priests making the auspicious sound, with lovely jasmine garlands in their hands, excellent and praised; and with musical instruments of many kinds resounding well with the note of conches; and (the road was) muddy with vermilion powder and with the fluid of fine sandal-paste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.65
प्रविश्य नगरं दुर्गा ददर्श पितरौ पुरः ।। सुप्रसन्नौ प्रधावन्तौ हर्षाश्रुपुलकान्वितौ
praviśya nagaraṃ durgā dadarśa pitarau puraḥ || suprasannau pradhāvantau harṣāśrupulakānvitau
Entering the city, Durgā saw her parents before her, greatly delighted, running forward, with tears of joy and bristling hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 40.66
प्रसन्नवदना देवी चालिभिः प्रणनाम तौ ।। संयुज्याथाशिषं तौ च चक्रतुस्तां च वक्षसि ।।
prasannavadanā devī cālibhiḥ praṇanāma tau || saṃyujyāthāśiṣaṃ tau ca cakratustāṃ ca vakṣasi ||
With cheerful face the goddess, together with her companions, bowed to them both; and having embraced her, the two gave her their blessing (and pressed her) to their breasts.
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BvP 4 40.67
हे वत्से वत्सेत्युच्चार्य रुदन्तौ प्रेमविह्वलौ।। तदा तां च रथे कृत्वा जग्मतुर्निजमन्दिरम्
he vatse vatsetyuccārya rudantau premavihvalau|| tadā tāṃ ca rathe kṛtvā jagmaturnijamandiram
Crying out "O child, child!", the two weeping, overcome with love, then set her on the chariot and went to their own palace.
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BvP 4 40.68
स्त्रियो निर्मंच्छनं चक्रुर्विप्रा युयुजुराशिषम्।। ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च बन्दिभ्यः पर्वतेन्द्रो धनं ददौ
striyo nirmaṃcchanaṃ cakrurviprā yuyujurāśiṣam|| brāhmaṇebhyaśca bandibhyaḥ parvatendro dhanaṃ dadau
The women performed the averting of ill omens, the brahmins pronounced blessings; and the lord of mountains gave wealth to the brahmins and to the bards.
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BvP 4 40.69
मङ्गलं कारयामास पाठयामास छान्दसम् ।। एवं स्वकन्यया सार्द्धं तस्थतुस्तौ स्वमन्दिरे
maṅgalaṃ kārayāmāsa pāṭhayāmāsa chāndasam || evaṃ svakanyayā sārddhaṃ tasthatustau svamandire
He had the auspicious rites performed and had the Vedic (texts) recited; thus the two of them stayed in their own palace together with their daughter.
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BvP 4 40.71
मेनकाकन्यया सार्द्धमुवास प्राङ्गणे मुदा ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे भिक्षुर्नर्तकश्च सुगायनः
menakākanyayā sārddhamuvāsa prāṅgaṇe mudā || etasminnantare bhikṣurnartakaśca sugāyanaḥ
Menakā sat joyfully in the courtyard with her daughter. Meanwhile a mendicant, a dancer and a fine singer,
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BvP 4 40.72
सहसैक आजगाम मेनकासन्निधिं मुदा ।। शृङ्गवाद्यं वामहस्ते डमरुं दक्षिणे तथा
sahasaika ājagāma menakāsannidhiṃ mudā || śṛṅgavādyaṃ vāmahaste ḍamaruṃ dakṣiṇe tathā
came all at once, alone, joyfully into Menakā's presence, with a horn-instrument in his left hand and a ḍamaru drum in his right,
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BvP 4 40.73
कृत्वा विभूतिगात्रोऽतिवृद्धोऽतीव जरातुरः ।। पृष्ठकन्थो रक्तवासाः सुकण्ठोऽतिमनोहरः
kṛtvā vibhūtigātro'tivṛddho'tīva jarāturaḥ || pṛṣṭhakantho raktavāsāḥ sukaṇṭho'timanoharaḥ
his limbs (smeared) with ashes, extremely old, greatly afflicted with age, bent-necked, clad in red, sweet-voiced and most charming.
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BvP 4 40.74
जगौ मम गुणाख्यानं कृत्वा नृत्यं मनोहरम् ।। वादयामास शृङ्गं च क्षणं डमरुकं तथा
jagau mama guṇākhyānaṃ kṛtvā nṛtyaṃ manoharam || vādayāmāsa śṛṅgaṃ ca kṣaṇaṃ ḍamarukaṃ tathā
He sang the recital of my qualities, performing a charming dance, and for a moment he sounded the horn and the ḍamaru.
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BvP 4 40.75
आजग्मुर्नागरा बाला बालिका हर्षविह्वलाः ।। वृद्धा युवानो युवतीसमूहो वृद्धयोषितः
ājagmurnāgarā bālā bālikā harṣavihvalāḥ || vṛddhā yuvāno yuvatīsamūho vṛddhayoṣitaḥ
The townspeople came, boys and girls overwhelmed with joy, the old, young men, a crowd of young women, and old women,
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BvP 4 40.76
श्रुत्वा तु सुन्दरं गीतं सुतानस्वरसंयुतम् ।। सहसा मुमुहुः सर्वे तेन मूर्च्छामवाप्नुवन्
śrutvā tu sundaraṃ gītaṃ sutānasvarasaṃyutam || sahasā mumuhuḥ sarve tena mūrcchāmavāpnuvan
and hearing that beautiful song joined with fine melody and notes, all at once swooned; by it they fell into a faint.
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BvP 4 40.77
मूर्छां संप्राप सा दुर्गा ददर्श हृदि शङ्करम् ।। त्रिशूलपट्टिशकरं व्याघ्रचर्मधरं परम्
mūrchāṃ saṃprāpa sā durgā dadarśa hṛdi śaṅkaram || triśūlapaṭṭiśakaraṃ vyāghracarmadharaṃ param
That Durgā fell into a swoon, (and) beheld Śaṅkara in her heart: with trident and spear in hand, wearing a tiger skin, supreme;
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BvP 4 40.78
विभूतिभूषणं रम्यमस्थिमालां सुनिर्मलाम् ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं सुप्रसन्नं त्रिलोचनम्
vibhūtibhūṣaṇaṃ ramyamasthimālāṃ sunirmalām || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ suprasannaṃ trilocanam
adorned with ashes, lovely, (wearing) a very bright garland of bones, his face gracious with a slight smile, most serene, three-eyed;
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BvP 4 40.79
मालाहस्तं पंचवक्त्रं नागयज्ञोपवीतकम्।। वरं वृण्वित्युक्तवन्तं सुन्दरं चन्द्रशेखरम्
mālāhastaṃ paṃcavaktraṃ nāgayajñopavītakam|| varaṃ vṛṇvityuktavantaṃ sundaraṃ candraśekharam
with a rosary in hand, five-faced, with a serpent for a sacred thread, the beautiful one crowned with the moon, who had said, "Choose a boon."
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BvP 4 40.81
एवं दत्त्वा शिवस्तस्य चान्तर्धानं चकार सः ।। न दृष्ट्वा हृदि तं दुर्गा संप्राप्य चेतनां पुनः
evaṃ dattvā śivastasya cāntardhānaṃ cakāra saḥ || na dṛṣṭvā hṛdi taṃ durgā saṃprāpya cetanāṃ punaḥ
Having thus granted (a boon) to her, Śiva vanished; not seeing him in her heart, Durgā, regaining consciousness again,
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BvP 4 40.82
ददर्श चक्षुरुन्मील्य भिक्षुकं गायकं पुरः ।। नृत्यसंगीततः सा तु भिक्षुकस्य च मेनका
dadarśa cakṣurunmīlya bhikṣukaṃ gāyakaṃ puraḥ || nṛtyasaṃgītataḥ sā tu bhikṣukasya ca menakā
opened her eyes and saw before her the mendicant, the singer; and Menakā, because of the mendicant's dancing and singing,
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BvP 4 40.83
दातुं ययौ सा रत्नानि स्वर्णपात्रस्थितानि च ।। भिक्षां ययाचे भिक्षुस्तां दुर्गां नान्यां गृहीतवान्
dātuṃ yayau sā ratnāni svarṇapātrasthitāni ca || bhikṣāṃ yayāce bhikṣustāṃ durgāṃ nānyāṃ gṛhītavān
went to give him jewels placed in a golden dish; (but) the mendicant begged alms of that Durgā, and would take no other (giver).
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BvP 4 40.84
पुनश्च नर्तनं कर्तुमुद्यतः कौतुकेन च ।। मेना तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोप विस्मयं ययौ
punaśca nartanaṃ kartumudyataḥ kautukena ca || menā tadvacanaṃ śrutvā cukopa vismayaṃ yayau
And out of playfulness he made ready to dance again; Menā, hearing that speech of his, grew angry and was astonished.
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BvP 4 40.85
भिक्षुकं भर्त्सयामास बहिः कर्तुमुवाच तम् ।। पत्नी त्रिलोकनाथस्य शिवस्य परमात्मनः
bhikṣukaṃ bhartsayāmāsa bahiḥ kartumuvāca tam || patnī trilokanāthasya śivasya paramātmanaḥ
She rebuked the mendicant and ordered that he be put out: "(As if I were) the wife of the lord of the three worlds, Śiva, the supreme self—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 40.86
याञ्चामिमां प्रकुर्वन्तं दूरं कुरु सुभाषिणम्।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तप्त्वा गिरिः स्वालयमाययौ
yāñcāmimāṃ prakurvantaṃ dūraṃ kuru subhāṣiṇam|| etasminnantare taptvā giriḥ svālayamāyayau
drive far off this eloquent fellow who makes such a request!" Meanwhile the Mountain (Himālaya), having performed his austerities, came to his own dwelling.
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BvP 4 40.87
ददर्श पुरतो भिक्षुं प्राङ्गणस्थं मनोहरम्।। कृत्वा नारायणार्चां च गङ्गातीरे मनोहरे
dadarśa purato bhikṣuṃ prāṅgaṇasthaṃ manoharam|| kṛtvā nārāyaṇārcāṃ ca gaṅgātīre manohare
Having performed the worship of Nārāyaṇa on the lovely bank of the Gaṅgā, he saw before him the charming mendicant standing in the courtyard—
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BvP 4 40.88
तन्मूर्तिध्यानविश्लेषशोकादुद्विग्नमानसः ।। श्रुत्वा मेनामुखाद्वार्तां जहास च चुकोप सः
tanmūrtidhyānaviśleṣaśokādudvignamānasaḥ || śrutvā menāmukhādvārtāṃ jahāsa ca cukopa saḥ
his mind agitated with grief at being parted from the meditation on that (god's) form; and hearing the news from Menā's mouth, he laughed and grew angry.
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BvP 4 40.89
आज्ञां चकार स्वचरं बहिः कर्तुं च भिक्षुकम् ।। आकाशामिव दुःस्पर्शं प्रज्वलन्तं स्वतेजसा ।
ājñāṃ cakāra svacaraṃ bahiḥ kartuṃ ca bhikṣukam || ākāśāmiva duḥsparśaṃ prajvalantaṃ svatejasā |
He ordered his own servant to put the mendicant out—(one) untouchable like the sky, blazing with his own splendour,
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BvP 4 40.91
किरीटिनं कुण्डलिनं पीताम्बरधरं परम्।। सुवेषं सुन्दरश्याममीषद्धास्यं मनोहरम्
kirīṭinaṃ kuṇḍalinaṃ pītāmbaradharaṃ param|| suveṣaṃ sundaraśyāmamīṣaddhāsyaṃ manoharam
crowned, with earrings, wearing a yellow garment, supreme, well-dressed, beautifully dark, charming with a slight smile,
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BvP 4 40.92
चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम् ।। यद्यत्पुष्पं प्रदत्तं च पूजाकाले गदाभृते
candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram || yadyatpuṣpaṃ pradattaṃ ca pūjākāle gadābhṛte
all his limbs sprinkled with sandal paste, eager to show favour to devotees—and whatever flower had been offered at the time of worship to the bearer of the mace,
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BvP 4 40.93
गात्रे शिरसि तत्सर्वं भिक्षुकस्य ददर्श ह ।। धूपः प्रदीपो यो दत्तो नैवेद्यं वा मनोहरम्
gātre śirasi tatsarvaṃ bhikṣukasya dadarśa ha || dhūpaḥ pradīpo yo datto naivedyaṃ vā manoharam
all that he saw on the body and head of the mendicant; and whatever incense, lamp, or lovely food-offering had been given,
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BvP 4 40.94
ददर्श शैलस्तत्सर्वं भिक्षुकस्य पुरः स्थितम्।। क्षणं ददर्श द्विभुजं विनोदमुरलीकरम्
dadarśa śailastatsarvaṃ bhikṣukasya puraḥ sthitam|| kṣaṇaṃ dadarśa dvibhujaṃ vinodamuralīkaram
all that the Mountain saw placed before the mendicant. For a moment he saw him two-armed, with the playful flute in his hand,
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BvP 4 40.95
गोपवेषं किशोरं च सस्मितं श्यामसुन्दरम् ।। मयूरपिच्छचूडं च रत्नालंकारभूषितम् ।।
gopaveṣaṃ kiśoraṃ ca sasmitaṃ śyāmasundaram || mayūrapicchacūḍaṃ ca ratnālaṃkārabhūṣitam ||
in cowherd dress, a youth, smiling, dark and beautiful, with a peacock-feather crest, adorned with jewelled ornaments,
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BvP 4 40.96
चन्दनोक्षितसर्वाङ्गं वनमालाविभूषितम् ।। क्षणं ददर्श स्वच्छं च शंकरं चंद्रशेखरम्
candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam || kṣaṇaṃ dadarśa svacchaṃ ca śaṃkaraṃ caṃdraśekharam
all his limbs sprinkled with sandal, adorned with a garland of forest flowers; and for a moment he saw him as the pure Śaṅkara, crowned with the moon,
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BvP 4 40.97
त्रिशूलपट्टिशकरं व्याघ्रचर्माम्बरं परम् ।। विभूतिगात्रममलमस्थिमालाविभूषितम्
triśūlapaṭṭiśakaraṃ vyāghracarmāmbaraṃ param || vibhūtigātramamalamasthimālāvibhūṣitam
with trident and spear in hand, clothed in a tiger skin, supreme, his body (smeared) with ashes, spotless, adorned with a garland of bones,
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BvP 4 40.98
नागयज्ञोपवीतं च तप्तस्वर्णजटाधरम् ।। डमरुशृंगहस्तं च सुप्रशस्तं मनोहरम्
nāgayajñopavītaṃ ca taptasvarṇajaṭādharam || ḍamaruśṛṃgahastaṃ ca supraśastaṃ manoharam
with a serpent for a sacred thread, wearing matted locks like molten gold, with a drum and horn in his hands, most excellent, charming,
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BvP 4 40.99
प्रजपन्तं हरेर्नाम श्वेताब्जबीजमालया ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम्
prajapantaṃ harernāma śvetābjabījamālayā || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram
(He was) muttering Hari's name with a rosary of white lotus-seeds, his face serene with a faint smile, eager to show favour to (his) devotees.
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BvP 4 40.153
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं देवा गच्छन्तु मन्दिरम् ।। इत्युक्त्वा वाक्पतिः शीघ्रं तपसे स्वर्णदीं गतः
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ devā gacchantu mandiram || ityuktvā vākpatiḥ śīghraṃ tapase svarṇadīṃ gataḥ
"Thus everything has been told; let the gods go to (their own) dwellings." Having said this, the lord of speech went quickly to the golden river (Gaṅgā) for austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition