Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 41
BvP 4 41.1
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। तदा देवाः समालोच्य जग्मुस्ते ब्रह्मणोऽन्तिकम् ।। सर्वे निवेदनं चक्रुर्ब्रह्माणं जगतां पतिम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || tadā devāḥ samālocya jagmuste brahmaṇo'ntikam || sarve nivedanaṃ cakrurbrahmāṇaṃ jagatāṃ patim
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Then the gods, having taken counsel, went into Brahmā's presence; all of them made their petition to Brahmā, the lord of the worlds.
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BvP 4 41.2
देवा ऊचुः ।। ।। तव सृष्टौ जगत्स्रष्टा रत्नाधारो हिमालयः ।। स चेत्प्राप्स्यति मोक्षं च रत्नगर्भा कुतो मही
devā ūcuḥ || || tava sṛṣṭau jagatsraṣṭā ratnādhāro himālayaḥ || sa cetprāpsyati mokṣaṃ ca ratnagarbhā kuto mahī
The gods said: In your creation, O maker of the world, Himālaya is the receptacle of jewels. If he is going to attain liberation, from where will the earth (still) have jewels in her womb?
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BvP 4 41.3
सुतां शूलभृते दत्त्वा भक्त्या शैलेश्वरः स्वयम् ।। नारायणस्य सारूप्यं संप्राप्स्यति न संशयः
sutāṃ śūlabhṛte dattvā bhaktyā śaileśvaraḥ svayam || nārāyaṇasya sārūpyaṃ saṃprāpsyati na saṃśayaḥ
The lord of mountains himself, having given his daughter with devotion to the trident-bearer, will attain a form like Nārāyaṇa's — there is no doubt of it.
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BvP 4 41.4
त्वं तस्य निन्दनं कृत्वा विमतिं प्रतिपादय ।। त्वया विना क्षमो नान्यो गच्छ शैलगृहे प्रभो देवा मुमुदिरे सर्वे शीघ्रं गत्वा स्वमन्दिरम् ।। इष्टसिद्धिर्मुदे शश्वदसिद्धिर्दुःखवर्धिनी निराश्रयायासङ्गयारूपाय निर्गुणाय च।। श्मशानगामिने सर्वभूतनाथाय योगिने पृच्छ शैलवरानस्मै न दास्यामि सुतामहम् ।। त्यक्ष्यामि सर्वान्विषयान्भक्ष्यामि विषमेव च ईश्वरी जगतां स्रष्टुरागता बहुपुण्यतः ।। पाद्यं दत्त्वा स्वर्णपीठे वासयामास तां सतीम् नानुरूपाय पुत्राय पिता कन्या ददाति चेत् ।। कालाल्लोभाद्भयान्मोहाच्छताब्दं नरकं व्रजेत् गृही ददाति स्वसुतां राज्यसंपत्तिशालिने ।। कन्यां विद्वेषिणे दत्त्वा कन्याघाती भवेत्पिता नाभिपद्मोद्भवो ब्रह्मा तस्यैव जलशायिनः ।। भालोद्भवस्तस्य स्रष्टुः शंकरश्चन्द्रशेखरः देहि त्वं स्वेच्छया कन्यां देहि भद्र शिवाय च ।। अथवा सा स्वयं कांतस्थानं यास्यति द्रक्ष्यति आगमिष्यति देवो यो नारायणसहायवान् ।। रत्नसाररथे कृत्वा देवानां प्रवरं वरम् त्वमेव शैलराजेंद्र सुतां दत्त्वा शिवाय च ।। रक्ष सर्वान्बंधुवर्गान्वशे कुरु सुरानपि एकादशो मनुश्रेष्ठो धर्मसावर्णिरुच्यते ।। ततश्च रुद्रसावर्णिर्विष्णुभक्तो जितेन्द्रियः अपुत्रको नृपश्रेष्ठस्तपसे पुष्करं गतः ।। सुचिरं च तपस्तप्त्वा वरं लब्ध्वा महेश्वरात् ।। ददर्श पद्मां युवती पद्मामिव मनोरमाम् ।। केयं कस्येति पप्रच्छ समीपस्थाञ्जनान्मुनिः सुतां दत्त्वा च मुनये रक्षस्व सर्वसंपदम् ।। राजकन्यानिमित्तेन सर्वसंपत्प्रणश्यति
tvaṃ tasya nindanaṃ kṛtvā vimatiṃ pratipādaya || tvayā vinā kṣamo nānyo gaccha śailagṛhe prabho devā mumudire sarve śīghraṃ gatvā svamandiram || iṣṭasiddhirmude śaśvadasiddhirduḥkhavardhinī nirāśrayāyāsaṅgayārūpāya nirguṇāya ca|| śmaśānagāmine sarvabhūtanāthāya yogine pṛccha śailavarānasmai na dāsyāmi sutāmaham || tyakṣyāmi sarvānviṣayānbhakṣyāmi viṣameva ca īśvarī jagatāṃ sraṣṭurāgatā bahupuṇyataḥ || pādyaṃ dattvā svarṇapīṭhe vāsayāmāsa tāṃ satīm nānurūpāya putrāya pitā kanyā dadāti cet || kālāllobhādbhayānmohācchatābdaṃ narakaṃ vrajet gṛhī dadāti svasutāṃ rājyasaṃpattiśāline || kanyāṃ vidveṣiṇe dattvā kanyāghātī bhavetpitā nābhipadmodbhavo brahmā tasyaiva jalaśāyinaḥ || bhālodbhavastasya sraṣṭuḥ śaṃkaraścandraśekharaḥ dehi tvaṃ svecchayā kanyāṃ dehi bhadra śivāya ca || athavā sā svayaṃ kāṃtasthānaṃ yāsyati drakṣyati āgamiṣyati devo yo nārāyaṇasahāyavān || ratnasārarathe kṛtvā devānāṃ pravaraṃ varam tvameva śailarājeṃdra sutāṃ dattvā śivāya ca || rakṣa sarvānbaṃdhuvargānvaśe kuru surānapi ekādaśo manuśreṣṭho dharmasāvarṇirucyate || tataśca rudrasāvarṇirviṣṇubhakto jitendriyaḥ aputrako nṛpaśreṣṭhastapase puṣkaraṃ gataḥ || suciraṃ ca tapastaptvā varaṃ labdhvā maheśvarāt || dadarśa padmāṃ yuvatī padmāmiva manoramām || keyaṃ kasyeti papraccha samīpasthāñjanānmuniḥ sutāṃ dattvā ca munaye rakṣasva sarvasaṃpadam || rājakanyānimittena sarvasaṃpatpraṇaśyati
Do you revile him and bring about a change of mind (in the mountain); apart from you no other is capable — go, O lord, to the mountain's house. All the gods rejoiced and quickly went to their own abodes. The fulfilment of a wish is for joy; its non-fulfilment ever increases sorrow. — to (him who is) without support, without attachment, without form and without qualities, who frequents the cremation-ground, the lord of all beings, the yogin. Ask the best of mountains: "I will not give my daughter to him; I will renounce all objects of pleasure and will even eat poison." "The mistress of the worlds has come to the creator through much merit"; having given water for (her) feet, he seated that chaste one on a golden seat. If a father gives his daughter to an unsuitable son (bridegroom) — out of (the pressure of) time, of greed, of fear, of delusion — he goes to hell for a hundred years. A householder gives his own daughter to one endowed with kingdom and wealth; but having given his daughter to one who is hateful (to her), the father becomes a slayer of the girl. Brahmā arose from the navel-lotus of that very one who lies upon the water; from the forehead of that creator arose Śaṃkara, the moon-crested. Give the girl of your own accord; give her, good sir, to Śiva. Or else she herself will go to her lover's abode and will see (him). The god who has Nārāyaṇa for his helper will come, having placed the foremost, the best of the gods, upon a chariot of the finest jewels. You yourself, O great king of mountains, by giving your daughter to Śiva, protect all your circle of kinsmen and bring the gods too under your sway. The eleventh, best of Manus, is called Dharmasāvarṇi; and after that Rudrasāvarṇi, a devotee of Viṣṇu, with senses subdued. The best of kings, being sonless, went to Puṣkara for austerity; and having practised austerity for a long time and obtained a boon from Maheśvara, he saw Padmā, a young woman, charming like a lotus. "Who is she, whose is she?" the sage asked the people standing nearby. "And having given the daughter to the sage, guard all (your) wealth; on account of a king's daughter all wealth perishes."
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BvP 4 41.5
देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा तानुवाच विधिः स्वयम् ।। वचनं नीतिसारं च कर्णपीयूषमुत्तमम्
devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā tānuvāca vidhiḥ svayam || vacanaṃ nītisāraṃ ca karṇapīyūṣamuttamam
Having heard the gods' words, Vidhi (Brahmā) himself spoke to them a speech that was the essence of policy, excellent, nectar to the ears.
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BvP 4 41.6
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। नाहं कर्तुं क्षमो वत्साः शिवनिन्दां सुदुष्कराम् ।। संपद्विनाशरूपां च विपदो बीजरूपिणीम् मनुर्बभूव तत्पश्चात्स्वयं स्वारोचिषो महान् ।। स्वारोचिषे गते शैल बभूव मनुरुत्तमः
|| brahmovāca || nāhaṃ kartuṃ kṣamo vatsāḥ śivanindāṃ suduṣkarām || saṃpadvināśarūpāṃ ca vipado bījarūpiṇīm manurbabhūva tatpaścātsvayaṃ svārociṣo mahān || svārociṣe gate śaila babhūva manuruttamaḥ
Brahmā said: I am not able, my sons, to perform the very hard thing, the reviling of Śiva, which has the form of the destruction of prosperity and is the very seed of calamities. — After that there arose the great Manu Svārociṣa himself; when Svārociṣa had passed on, O mountain, there arose the Manu Uttama.
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BvP 4 41.7
भूतेशं प्रस्थापयत स्वात्मनिन्दां करोति सः ।। परनिन्दा विनाशाय स्वनिन्दा यशसे परम् उत्तमे निर्गते धर्मी तामसो मनुरेव च ।। ततो मनुर्बभूवात्र रैवतो ज्ञानिनां वरः
bhūteśaṃ prasthāpayata svātmanindāṃ karoti saḥ || paranindā vināśāya svanindā yaśase param uttame nirgate dharmī tāmaso manureva ca || tato manurbabhūvātra raivato jñānināṃ varaḥ
Send the lord of beings (Śiva): he (himself) practises self-reproach. Reviling another leads to ruin, self-reproach rather to fame. — When Uttama had departed, the righteous Tāmasa Manu (came); then here arose the Manu Raivata, the best of the knowers.
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BvP 4 41.8
ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा तं प्रणम्य सुराः प्रिये।। शीघ्रं ययुस्ते कैलासं गत्वा च तुष्टुवुः शिवम् चाक्षुषश्च ततो ज्ञेयः श्राद्धदेवश्च सप्तमः ।। सावर्णिरष्टमो ज्ञेयः श्रीसूर्यतनयो महान्
brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā taṃ praṇamya surāḥ priye|| śīghraṃ yayuste kailāsaṃ gatvā ca tuṣṭuvuḥ śivam cākṣuṣaśca tato jñeyaḥ śrāddhadevaśca saptamaḥ || sāvarṇiraṣṭamo jñeyaḥ śrīsūryatanayo mahān
Hearing Brahmā's word and bowing to him, the gods, O beloved, quickly went to Kailāsa, and having gone they praised Śiva. — Then Cākṣuṣa is to be known, and Śrāddhadeva as the seventh; the eighth is to be known as Sāvarṇi, the great son of the Sun.
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BvP 4 41.9
सर्वे निवेदनं चक्रुः शंकरं करुणालयम् ।। स ययौ शैलमूलं च तानाश्वास्य प्रहस्य च चैत्रवंशोद्भवो राजा पुराऽऽसीत्सुरथो भुवि ।। नवमो दक्षसावर्णिर्ब्रह्मसावर्णिको दश
sarve nivedanaṃ cakruḥ śaṃkaraṃ karuṇālayam || sa yayau śailamūlaṃ ca tānāśvāsya prahasya ca caitravaṃśodbhavo rājā purā''sītsuratho bhuvi || navamo dakṣasāvarṇirbrahmasāvarṇiko daśa
All made their petition to Śaṃkara, the abode of compassion; and he, having reassured them and laughed, went to the foot of the mountain. — Formerly there was on earth a king Suratha, born in the line of Caitra; the ninth is Dakṣasāvarṇi, the tenth Brahmasāvarṇika.
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BvP 4 41.11
अथ शैलः सभामध्ये समुवास मुदाऽन्वितः ।। बन्धुवर्गैः परिवृतः पार्वतीसहितः स्वयम् तत्परो देवसावर्णिरिंद्रसावर्णिकस्ततः ।। इत्येवं कथिता बंधो मनवश्च चतुर्दश
atha śailaḥ sabhāmadhye samuvāsa mudā'nvitaḥ || bandhuvargaiḥ parivṛtaḥ pārvatīsahitaḥ svayam tatparo devasāvarṇiriṃdrasāvarṇikastataḥ || ityevaṃ kathitā baṃdho manavaśca caturdaśa
Then the mountain, filled with joy, sat down in the midst of the assembly, himself surrounded by his kinsmen and together with Pārvatī. — After him Devasāvarṇi, and then Indrasāvarṇika: thus, O friend, the fourteen Manus have been told.
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BvP 4 41.12
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र विप्ररूपी शिवः स्वयम् ।। समाजगाम सहसा प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणः एतेषु समतीतेषु बभूव ब्रह्मणो दिनम्।। इन्द्रसावर्णिवृत्तातं सर्वं मत्तो निशामय
etasminnantare tatra viprarūpī śivaḥ svayam || samājagāma sahasā prasannavadanekṣaṇaḥ eteṣu samatīteṣu babhūva brahmaṇo dinam|| indrasāvarṇivṛttātaṃ sarvaṃ matto niśāmaya
Meanwhile Śiva himself, in the form of a brāhmaṇa, suddenly arrived there, with gracious face and eyes. — When these have passed, a day of Brahmā has elapsed; hear from me the whole account of Indrasāvarṇi.
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BvP 4 41.13
दण्डी छत्री दीर्घवासा बिभ्रत्तिलकमुत्तमम् ।। करे स्फटिकमालां च शालग्रामं गले दधत् मनूनां प्रवरो धर्मी शुद्धभक्तो गदाभृतः ।। चकार राज्यं धर्मेण युगानामेकसप्ततिम्
daṇḍī chatrī dīrghavāsā bibhrattilakamuttamam || kare sphaṭikamālāṃ ca śālagrāmaṃ gale dadhat manūnāṃ pravaro dharmī śuddhabhakto gadābhṛtaḥ || cakāra rājyaṃ dharmeṇa yugānāmekasaptatim
Bearing a staff and a parasol, in a long robe, wearing an excellent forehead-mark, with a crystal rosary in his hand and a śālagrāma placed on his neck — the foremost of Manus, righteous, a pure devotee, bearing a mace, ruled the kingdom by dharma for seventy-one yugas.
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BvP 4 41.14
तं च दृष्ट्वा समुत्तस्थौ सगणश्च हिमालयः ।। ननाम दण्डवद्भूमौ भक्त्याऽतिथिमपूर्वकम् राज्यं दत्त्वा सुरेंद्राय जगाम तपसे वनम्।। सुरद्रेंस्य सुतः श्रीमाञ्छ्रीनिकेतुर्महाबलः
taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā samuttasthau sagaṇaśca himālayaḥ || nanāma daṇḍavadbhūmau bhaktyā'tithimapūrvakam rājyaṃ dattvā sureṃdrāya jagāma tapase vanam|| suradreṃsya sutaḥ śrīmāñchrīniketurmahābalaḥ
Seeing him, Himālaya rose up together with his attendants, and bowed like a rod (prostrate) upon the ground with devotion (before) the unprecedented guest. — Having given the kingdom to the lord of gods he went to the forest for austerity; the son of the lord of gods was the glorious Śrīniketu of great strength.
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BvP 4 41.15
ननाम पार्वती भक्त्या प्राणेशं विप्ररूपिणम् ।। आशिषं युयुजे विप्रः सर्वेषां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् तस्य पुत्रो महायोगी पुरीषतरुरेव च ।। तस्य पुत्रोऽतितेजस्वी गोकामुख इति स्मृतः
nanāma pārvatī bhaktyā prāṇeśaṃ viprarūpiṇam || āśiṣaṃ yuyuje vipraḥ sarveṣāṃ prītipūrvakam tasya putro mahāyogī purīṣatarureva ca || tasya putro'titejasvī gokāmukha iti smṛtaḥ
Pārvatī bowed with devotion to the lord of her life who had the form of a brāhmaṇa; the brāhmaṇa affectionately bestowed his blessing upon all. — His son was the great yogin Purīṣataru; his son, of great splendour, is remembered as Gokāmukha.
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BvP 4 41.16
शैलदत्तासने शीघ्रमुवास ब्राह्मणः स्वयम् ।। मधुपर्कादिकं सर्वं जग्राह प्रीतिपूर्वकम् वृद्धश्रवाः सुतस्तस्य तत्पुत्रो भानुरेव च ।। पुण्डरीकः सुतस्तस्य तत्पुत्रो जिह्वलस्तथा ।।
śailadattāsane śīghramuvāsa brāhmaṇaḥ svayam || madhuparkādikaṃ sarvaṃ jagrāha prītipūrvakam vṛddhaśravāḥ sutastasya tatputro bhānureva ca || puṇḍarīkaḥ sutastasya tatputro jihvalastathā ||
The brāhmaṇa himself sat down at once on the seat given by the mountain, and accepted with pleasure everything, the honey-mixture and the rest. — His son was Vṛddhaśravas, and his son Bhānu; his son was Puṇḍarīka, and his son Jihvala.
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BvP 4 41.17
पप्रच्छ कुशलं शैलो ब्राह्मणं को भवानिति ।। उवाच सर्वं विप्रेन्द्रो गिरीन्द्रं सादरेण च जिह्वलस्य सुतः शृङ्गी तत्पुत्रो भीम एव च ।। तत्पुत्रोऽपि यशश्चन्द्रो यशसा च शशी जितः
papraccha kuśalaṃ śailo brāhmaṇaṃ ko bhavāniti || uvāca sarvaṃ viprendro girīndraṃ sādareṇa ca jihvalasya sutaḥ śṛṅgī tatputro bhīma eva ca || tatputro'pi yaśaścandro yaśasā ca śaśī jitaḥ
The mountain asked the brāhmaṇa after his welfare, (saying) "Who are you?"; and the best of brāhmaṇas told the lord of mountains everything, respectfully. — Jihvala's son was Śṛṅgī, and his son Bhīma; and his son was Yaśaścandra, by whose fame the moon was outdone.
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BvP 4 41.18
।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। घाटिकां वृत्तिमाश्रित्य भ्रमामि धरणीतले ।। मनोयायी सर्वगामी सर्वज्ञोऽहं गुरोर्वरात् तत्कीर्तिं निर्मलां सन्तो गायन्ति संततं सुराः ।। तस्य पुत्रो वरेण्यश्च पुरारण्यश्च तत्सुतः
|| brāhmaṇa uvāca || ghāṭikāṃ vṛttimāśritya bhramāmi dharaṇītale || manoyāyī sarvagāmī sarvajño'haṃ gurorvarāt tatkīrtiṃ nirmalāṃ santo gāyanti saṃtataṃ surāḥ || tasya putro vareṇyaśca purāraṇyaśca tatsutaḥ
The brāhmaṇa said: Taking up the livelihood of a ghāṭika, I wander over the surface of the earth; I go where I will, go everywhere, and am all-knowing, by my teacher's boon. — The good and the gods ever sing his stainless fame; his son was Vareṇya, and his son Purāraṇya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.19
मया ज्ञातं शंकराय सुतां दातुं त्वमिच्छसि ।। इमां पद्मासमां दिव्यामज्ञातकुलशीलिने तत्पुत्रो धार्मिकः श्रीमान्धरारण्यश्च एव च ।। तत्पुत्रो मंगलारण्यस्तपस्वी ज्ञानिनां वरः
mayā jñātaṃ śaṃkarāya sutāṃ dātuṃ tvamicchasi || imāṃ padmāsamāṃ divyāmajñātakulaśīline tatputro dhārmikaḥ śrīmāndharāraṇyaśca eva ca || tatputro maṃgalāraṇyastapasvī jñānināṃ varaḥ
I have learnt that you wish to give (your) daughter to Śaṃkara — this divine girl, the equal of Padmā, to one whose family and conduct are unknown. — His son was the righteous, glorious Dharāraṇya; his son was Maṃgalāraṇya, an ascetic, the best of the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.21
दिग्वाससेऽहिगात्राय विभूतिभूषणाय च ।। व्यालग्राहिस्वरूपाय कालव्यापादनाय च संप्राप्य वैष्णवं पुत्रमनरण्यं जितेंद्रियम् ।। दत्त्वा तस्मै च राज्यं च जगाम तपसे वनम्
digvāsase'higātrāya vibhūtibhūṣaṇāya ca || vyālagrāhisvarūpāya kālavyāpādanāya ca saṃprāpya vaiṣṇavaṃ putramanaraṇyaṃ jiteṃdriyam || dattvā tasmai ca rājyaṃ ca jagāma tapase vanam
To him whose garment is the directions, whose limbs are snakes, whose ornament is ashes, whose form is that of a snake-catcher, and who destroys Time — Having obtained a Vaiṣṇava son, Anaraṇya, master of his senses, and having given him the kingdom, he went to the forest for austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.22
अज्ञातमृत्यवेऽज्ञायानाथायाबन्धवे भवे।। तप्तस्वर्णजटाभारधारिणे निर्धनाय च अनरण्यो नृपश्रेष्ठः सप्तद्वीपमहीपतिः ।। चकार यज्ञशतकं भृगुणा च पुरोधसा
ajñātamṛtyave'jñāyānāthāyābandhave bhave|| taptasvarṇajaṭābhāradhāriṇe nirdhanāya ca anaraṇyo nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ saptadvīpamahīpatiḥ || cakāra yajñaśatakaṃ bhṛguṇā ca purodhasā
To Bhava, whose death is unknown, unknowable, without protector, without kinsman, who wears a burden of matted locks like refined gold, and who is without wealth — Anaraṇya, best of kings, lord of the earth of seven continents, performed a hundred sacrifices with Bhṛgu as his officiating priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.23
अज्ञातवयसेऽतीव वृद्धाय चाविकारिणे।। सर्वाश्रयाय भ्रमिणे नागहाराय भिक्षवे तुच्छं मत्वाशु शक्रत्वं न लेभे नश्वरं सुधीः ।। लीलया च जितः शक्रो लीलया च जितो बलिः
ajñātavayase'tīva vṛddhāya cāvikāriṇe|| sarvāśrayāya bhramiṇe nāgahārāya bhikṣave tucchaṃ matvāśu śakratvaṃ na lebhe naśvaraṃ sudhīḥ || līlayā ca jitaḥ śakro līlayā ca jito baliḥ
To him whose age is unknown, exceedingly aged, unchanging, the refuge of all, the wanderer, who wears snakes as his necklace, the mendicant — Thinking it trifling, the wise one did not at once accept the perishable rank of Indra; and in sport Indra was conquered, and in sport Bali was conquered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.24
निबोध ज्ञानिनां श्रेष्ठं नारायणं कुलोद्भवम् ।। स ते पात्रानुरूपश्च पार्वतीदातृकर्मणि जिताश्च दानवेंद्रा वै ज्वलता स्वेन तेजसा ।। बभूवुः शतपुत्राश्च राज्ञस्तस्य हिमालय
nibodha jñānināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ kulodbhavam || sa te pātrānurūpaśca pārvatīdātṛkarmaṇi jitāśca dānaveṃdrā vai jvalatā svena tejasā || babhūvuḥ śataputrāśca rājñastasya himālaya
Know Nārāyaṇa, best of the knowers, as born of (that) family; he is a suitable recipient for you in the business of giving away Pārvatī. Indeed the lords of the Dānavas were conquered by his own blazing splendour; and that king had a hundred sons, O Himālaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.25
महाजनः स्मेरमुखः श्रुतिमात्राद्भविष्यति ।। लक्षशैलाधिपस्त्वं च न तस्यैकोऽस्ति बान्धवः कन्यैका सुंदरी रम्या पद्मा पद्मालयासमा।। सा कन्या यौवनस्था च बभूव पितृमंदिरे
mahājanaḥ smeramukhaḥ śrutimātrādbhaviṣyati || lakṣaśailādhipastvaṃ ca na tasyaiko'sti bāndhavaḥ kanyaikā suṃdarī ramyā padmā padmālayāsamā|| sā kanyā yauvanasthā ca babhūva pitṛmaṃdire
A great man, with a smiling face, he will come to be by mere hearing (of him); and you are the lord of a hundred thousand mountains — he has not a single kinsman. (He has) one daughter, beautiful and lovely, Padmā, equal to her who dwells in the lotus; that girl, come to youth, remained in her father's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.26
बान्धवान्मेनकां प्रश्नं कुरु शीघ्रं प्रयत्नतः।। सर्वान्पृच्छ च यत्नेन हे बन्धो पार्वतीं विना चारं प्रस्थापयमास वराय नृपतीश्वरः ।। एकदा पिप्पलादश्च गंतुं स्वाश्रममुत्सुकः
bāndhavānmenakāṃ praśnaṃ kuru śīghraṃ prayatnataḥ|| sarvānpṛccha ca yatnena he bandho pārvatīṃ vinā cāraṃ prasthāpayamāsa varāya nṛpatīśvaraḥ || ekadā pippalādaśca gaṃtuṃ svāśramamutsukaḥ
Question Menakā about the kinsmen quickly and with effort; ask them all carefully, O friend, except Pārvatī. The lord of kings sent out a spy in search of a bridegroom. Once Pippalāda was eager to go to his own hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.27
रोगिणे नौषधं शश्वत्कुपथ्यं रोचते सदा ।। इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणः शीघ्रं स्नात्वा भुक्त्वा मुदाऽन्वितः तपःस्थाने निर्जने च गन्धर्वं स ददर्श ह ।। स्त्रीषु निर्मग्नचित्तं च शृङ्गाररससागरे
rogiṇe nauṣadhaṃ śaśvatkupathyaṃ rocate sadā || ityuktvā brāhmaṇaḥ śīghraṃ snātvā bhuktvā mudā'nvitaḥ tapaḥsthāne nirjane ca gandharvaṃ sa dadarśa ha || strīṣu nirmagnacittaṃ ca śṛṅgārarasasāgare
For a sick man medicine is never (pleasing); what is harmful always pleases him. Having said this, the brāhmaṇa quickly bathed and ate, and, full of joy, in a solitary place of austerity he saw a Gandharva, his mind sunk among women, in the ocean of the erotic mood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.28
जगाम स्वालयं शान्तो वृन्दावनविनोदिनि ।। ब्राह्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मेनोवाच हिमालयम् ।। शोकेन साश्रुनयना हृदयेन विदूयता कामादतीव मत्तं च न जानन्तं दिवानिशम्।। दृष्ट्वा तं मुनिशार्दूलः सकामश्च बभूव ह
jagāma svālayaṃ śānto vṛndāvanavinodini || brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā menovāca himālayam || śokena sāśrunayanā hṛdayena vidūyatā kāmādatīva mattaṃ ca na jānantaṃ divāniśam|| dṛṣṭvā taṃ muniśārdūlaḥ sakāmaśca babhūva ha
Calmed, he went to his own dwelling, O you who delight in Vṛndāvana. Having heard the brāhmaṇa's words, Menā spoke to Himālaya, her eyes tearful with grief, her heart tormented. And seeing him (the Gandharva) exceedingly drunk with desire and unaware of day and night, that tiger among sages became filled with desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.29
मेनकोवाच ।। शृणु शैलेन्द्र मद्वाक्यं परिणामसुखावहम् ततः सुभग्नचित्तः सञ्चिन्तयन्दारसंग्रहम् ।। एकदा पुष्पभद्रायां स्नातुं गच्छन्मुनीश्वरः
menakovāca || śṛṇu śailendra madvākyaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham tataḥ subhagnacittaḥ sañcintayandārasaṃgraham || ekadā puṣpabhadrāyāṃ snātuṃ gacchanmunīśvaraḥ
Menakā said: Hear my words, lord of mountains, words that bring happiness in their outcome. Then, his mind quite broken, pondering the taking of a wife, one day the lord of sages went to bathe in the Puṣpabhadrā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.31
गले बद्ध्वाऽम्बिकां पश्य यास्यामि घोरकाननम् ।। गृहीत्वा पार्वतीं मेना गत्वा कोपालयं रुषा जना निवेदनं चक्रुः पद्माऽनरण्यकन्यका ।। मुनिः स्नात्वाऽभीष्टदेवं संपूज्य राधिकेश्वरम्
gale baddhvā'mbikāṃ paśya yāsyāmi ghorakānanam || gṛhītvā pārvatīṃ menā gatvā kopālayaṃ ruṣā janā nivedanaṃ cakruḥ padmā'naraṇyakanyakā || muniḥ snātvā'bhīṣṭadevaṃ saṃpūjya rādhikeśvaram
Look — I shall tie Ambikā by the neck and go to the terrible forest. Menā, taking Pārvatī, went in anger to the house of wrath. People reported: "Padmā, the daughter of Anaraṇya!" The sage, having bathed and duly worshipped his chosen deity, the lord of Rādhikā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.32
त्यक्त्वाऽऽहारं रुदन्ती च चकार शयनं भुवि।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र वसिष्ठो भ्रातृभिः सह जगाम कामी भिक्षार्थमनरण्यसभाजिरे ।। राजा शीघ्रं मुनिं दृष्ट्वा प्रणनाम भयाकुलः
tyaktvā''hāraṃ rudantī ca cakāra śayanaṃ bhuvi|| etasminnantare tatra vasiṣṭho bhrātṛbhiḥ saha jagāma kāmī bhikṣārthamanaraṇyasabhājire || rājā śīghraṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma bhayākulaḥ
Abandoning food and weeping, she made her bed on the ground. Meanwhile Vasiṣṭha, together with his brothers, came there. The lustful one went to Anaraṇya's assembly hall to beg. The king, seeing the sage, at once bowed down, stricken with fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.33
आजगाम पुनस्तैश्च युक्ता पश्चादरुन्धती ।। प्रणम्य शैलस्तान्सर्वान्स्वर्णसिंहासनं ददौ मधुपर्कादिकं दत्त्वा पूजयामास भक्तितः ।। कामात्सर्वं गृहीत्वा च ययाचे कन्यकां मुनिः
ājagāma punastaiśca yuktā paścādarundhatī || praṇamya śailastānsarvānsvarṇasiṃhāsanaṃ dadau madhuparkādikaṃ dattvā pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ || kāmātsarvaṃ gṛhītvā ca yayāce kanyakāṃ muniḥ
And afterwards Arundhatī too came again, joined with them. The mountain, having bowed to them all, gave (them) a golden lion-throne; giving the honey-mixture and the rest, he worshipped (them) with devotion. And the sage, accepting everything, out of desire asked for the girl.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.34
दत्त्वा षोडशोपचारान्पूजयामास भक्तितः ।। ऋषयश्च सभामध्ये सुखमूषुः सुखासने मौनी बभूव नृपतिः किंचिन्निर्वक्तुमक्षमः ।। मुनिः पुनर्ययाचे तं कन्या देहीति मे नृप
dattvā ṣoḍaśopacārānpūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ || ṛṣayaśca sabhāmadhye sukhamūṣuḥ sukhāsane maunī babhūva nṛpatiḥ kiṃcinnirvaktumakṣamaḥ || muniḥ punaryayāce taṃ kanyā dehīti me nṛpa
Having offered the sixteen services, he worshipped (them) with devotion; and the sages sat comfortably in the midst of the assembly on easy seats. The king became silent, unable to utter anything. The sage asked him again: "Give me the girl, O king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.35
जगामारुन्धती तूर्णं यत्र मेना च पार्वती।। गत्वा ददर्श मेनां च शयानां शोकमूर्च्छिताम् अथवा भस्मसात्सर्वं करिष्यामि क्षणेन च ।। सर्वे बभूवुराच्छन्ना गणाश्च तेजसा मुनेः
jagāmārundhatī tūrṇaṃ yatra menā ca pārvatī|| gatvā dadarśa menāṃ ca śayānāṃ śokamūrcchitām athavā bhasmasātsarvaṃ kariṣyāmi kṣaṇena ca || sarve babhūvurācchannā gaṇāśca tejasā muneḥ
Arundhatī went at once to where Menā and Pārvatī were; going, she saw Menā lying down, swooning with grief. "Otherwise I shall reduce everything to ashes in an instant" — all, and the attendants too, were overwhelmed by the sage's fiery power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.36
उवाच मधुरं साध्वी सावधानां हितं वचः ।। अरुन्धत्युवाच ।। उत्तिष्ठ मेनके साध्वि त्वद्गृहेऽहमरुन्धती रुरोद राजा सगणो दृष्ट्वा वृद्धं जरातुरम् ।। महिष्यो रुरुदुः सर्वा इति कर्त्तव्यमक्षमाः
uvāca madhuraṃ sādhvī sāvadhānāṃ hitaṃ vacaḥ || arundhatyuvāca || uttiṣṭha menake sādhvi tvadgṛhe'hamarundhatī ruroda rājā sagaṇo dṛṣṭvā vṛddhaṃ jarāturam || mahiṣyo ruruduḥ sarvā iti karttavyamakṣamāḥ
The virtuous woman spoke sweetly a beneficial word to her as she attended. Arundhatī said: Rise, Menakā, virtuous one; I, Arundhatī, am in your house. The king with his retinue wept, seeing the old man afflicted with age; all the queens wept, unable (to decide) what should be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.37
पितॄणां मानसी कन्या मां जानीहि विधेर्वधूम् ।। अरुन्धत्याः स्वरं श्रुत्वा शीघ्रमुत्थाय मेनका ।। उवाच शिरसा नत्वा तां पद्मामिव तेजसा मूर्च्छां प्राप महाराज्ञी कन्यामाता शुचाकुला ।। पण्डितो नीतिशास्त्रज्ञो बोधयामास भूमिपम्
pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā māṃ jānīhi vidhervadhūm || arundhatyāḥ svaraṃ śrutvā śīghramutthāya menakā || uvāca śirasā natvā tāṃ padmāmiva tejasā mūrcchāṃ prāpa mahārājñī kanyāmātā śucākulā || paṇḍito nītiśāstrajño bodhayāmāsa bhūmipam
Know me as the mind-born daughter of the Fathers, the bride of the Creator('s son). Hearing Arundhatī's voice, Menakā rose quickly and, bowing her head, spoke to her who was like Padmā in splendour. The great queen, the girl's mother, overcome with sorrow, fell into a swoon; a learned man, knowing the science of polity, instructed the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.38
मेनकोवाच ।। अहोऽद्य किमिदं पुण्यमस्माकं पुण्यजन्मनाम् महिषीं च नृपसुतान्कन्यकानीतिमुत्तमाम् ।। अद्य वापि दिनान्ते वा दातव्या कन्यका नृप
menakovāca || aho'dya kimidaṃ puṇyamasmākaṃ puṇyajanmanām mahiṣīṃ ca nṛpasutānkanyakānītimuttamām || adya vāpi dinānte vā dātavyā kanyakā nṛpa
Menakā said: Ah, what merit is this today for us, born with merit! — the queen, the king's sons, and the excellent conduct of the girl. "Today, or at the day's end, the girl must be given, O king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.39
वधूर्जगद्विधेः पत्नी वसिष्ठस्य ममालये ।। संभ्रमेणेदमेवोक्ते गृहं तेऽहं च किंकरी ।। पराय विप्रादन्यस्मै कस्मै वा दातुमर्हसि ।। सत्पात्रं ब्राह्मणादन्यं न पश्यामि जगत्त्रये
vadhūrjagadvidheḥ patnī vasiṣṭhasya mamālaye || saṃbhrameṇedamevokte gṛhaṃ te'haṃ ca kiṃkarī || parāya viprādanyasmai kasmai vā dātumarhasi || satpātraṃ brāhmaṇādanyaṃ na paśyāmi jagattraye
The bride of the world's ordainer, the wife of Vasiṣṭha, is in my house! When just this had been said in haste: "The house is yours, and I am your servant." "To what other person than a brāhmaṇa could you fittingly give her? I see no worthy recipient other than a brāhmaṇa in the three worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.41
भोजयामास मिष्टान्नं बुभुजे कन्यया सह ।। शिवस्य हेतोर्नीतिं च बोधयामास मेनकाम् सर्वं रक्षति तत्त्यक्त्वा विना तं शरणागतम् ।। राजा प्राज्ञवचः श्रुत्वा विलप्य च मुहुर्मुहुः
bhojayāmāsa miṣṭānnaṃ bubhuje kanyayā saha || śivasya hetornītiṃ ca bodhayāmāsa menakām sarvaṃ rakṣati tattyaktvā vinā taṃ śaraṇāgatam || rājā prājñavacaḥ śrutvā vilapya ca muhurmuhuḥ
She fed (them) sweet food and ate together with the girl; and for Śiva's sake she instructed Menakā in policy. "(A man) protects everything, abandoning that, except one who has come for refuge." The king, hearing the wise man's words, and lamenting again and again —
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BvP 4 41.42
अरुन्धती प्रसङ्गेन संबन्धयोजनानि च ।। अथ शैलमृषीन्द्राश्च नीतिसारं परं वचः ।। बोधयामासुः संबन्धयोजनानि प्रसङ्गतः कन्यां सालंकृतां कृत्वा मुनीन्द्राय ददौ किल ।। कान्तां गृहीत्वा स मुनिर्मुदितः स्वालयं ययौ
arundhatī prasaṅgena saṃbandhayojanāni ca || atha śailamṛṣīndrāśca nītisāraṃ paraṃ vacaḥ || bodhayāmāsuḥ saṃbandhayojanāni prasaṅgataḥ kanyāṃ sālaṃkṛtāṃ kṛtvā munīndrāya dadau kila || kāntāṃ gṛhītvā sa munirmuditaḥ svālayaṃ yayau
And Arundhatī, in the course of conversation, (spoke of) the making of the marriage connection. Then the best of sages instructed the mountain with supreme words, the essence of policy, and incidentally about the making of the connection. Having adorned the girl, he gave her, it is said, to the best of sages; and that sage, taking his beloved, went joyfully to his own dwelling.
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BvP 4 41.43
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। शैलेन्द्र श्रूयतां वाक्यमस्माकं शुभकारकम् राजा सर्वान्परित्यज्य जगाम तपसे शुचा ।। भर्तुश्च दुहितुः शोकात्प्राणांस्तत्याज सुन्दरी
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || śailendra śrūyatāṃ vākyamasmākaṃ śubhakārakam rājā sarvānparityajya jagāma tapase śucā || bhartuśca duhituḥ śokātprāṇāṃstatyāja sundarī
The sages said: Lord of mountains, let our word, which brings good, be heard. The king abandoned everyone and went to (do) austerity out of grief; and the beautiful woman gave up her life-breaths from sorrow for her husband and her daughter.
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BvP 4 41.44
शिवाय पार्वतीं देहि संहर्तुः श्वशुरो भव ।। अयाचितारं देवेशं बोधयाशु प्रयत्नतः पुत्राः पौत्राश्च भृत्याश्च मूर्च्छां प्रापुर्नृपं विना ।। अनरण्यस्तपस्तप्त्वा चिन्तयन्राधिकेश्वरम्
śivāya pārvatīṃ dehi saṃhartuḥ śvaśuro bhava || ayācitāraṃ deveśaṃ bodhayāśu prayatnataḥ putrāḥ pautrāśca bhṛtyāśca mūrcchāṃ prāpurnṛpaṃ vinā || anaraṇyastapastaptvā cintayanrādhikeśvaram
Give Pārvatī to Śiva; become the father-in-law of the Destroyer. Quickly, with effort, make the lord of the gods aware (of it), (though) he does not ask (for her). Sons and grandsons and servants fell into a swoon, bereft of the king. Anaraṇya, having performed austerity, meditating on the Lord of Rādhikā—
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BvP 4 41.45
तव शङ्काविनाशाय ब्रह्मसंबन्धकर्मणि ।। नेच्छको दारसंयोगे शंकरो योगिनां वरः
tava śaṅkāvināśāya brahmasaṃbandhakarmaṇi || necchako dārasaṃyoge śaṃkaro yogināṃ varaḥ
—for the removal of your doubt in the matter of the marriage-alliance (arranged) by Brahmā: Śaṃkara, best of yogins, has no wish for union with a wife.
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BvP 4 41.46
विधेः प्रार्थनया देव तव कन्यां ग्रहीष्यति।। दुहितुस्ते तपस्यान्ते प्रतिज्ञानं चकार सः
vidheḥ prārthanayā deva tava kanyāṃ grahīṣyati|| duhituste tapasyānte pratijñānaṃ cakāra saḥ
But at Brahmā's request, O god, he will take your daughter; he made that promise at the end of your daughter's austerity.
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BvP 4 41.47
हेतुद्वयेन योगीन्द्रो विवाहं च करिष्यति ।। ऋषीणां वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य च हिमालयः ।। उवाच किंचिद्भीतश्च परं विनयपूर्वकम्
hetudvayena yogīndro vivāhaṃ ca kariṣyati || ṛṣīṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya ca himālayaḥ || uvāca kiṃcidbhītaśca paraṃ vinayapūrvakam
For these two reasons the lord of yogins will indeed perform the marriage. Hearing the sages' speech, Himālaya laughed, and, somewhat afraid, spoke with the greatest courtesy.
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BvP 4 41.48
हिमालय उवाच ।। शिवस्य राजसामग्रीं न हि पश्यामि कांचन ।। किंचिदाश्रममैश्वर्यं किं वा स्वजनबान्धवम्
himālaya uvāca || śivasya rājasāmagrīṃ na hi paśyāmi kāṃcana || kiṃcidāśramamaiśvaryaṃ kiṃ vā svajanabāndhavam
Himālaya said: I do not see any royal appurtenance whatever belonging to Śiva—neither any lordship of a hermitage, nor kinsmen and relatives.
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BvP 4 41.49
न कन्यामतिनिर्लिप्तयोगिने दातुमर्हति ।। यूयं विधातुः पुत्राश्च सत्यं वदत निश्चितम्
na kanyāmatinirliptayogine dātumarhati || yūyaṃ vidhātuḥ putrāśca satyaṃ vadata niścitam
One ought not to give a daughter to a yogin who is utterly detached. You are the sons of the Creator—speak the truth with certainty.
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BvP 4 41.51
न हि दास्याम्यहं कन्यामिच्छया शूलपाणिने ।। यद्विधानं भवेद्योग्यमृषयस्तद्विधीयताम्
na hi dāsyāmyahaṃ kanyāmicchayā śūlapāṇine || yadvidhānaṃ bhavedyogyamṛṣayastadvidhīyatām
I shall not give my daughter to the Trident-bearer willingly. Whatever procedure would be fitting, sages, let that be prescribed.
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BvP 4 41.52
हिमालयवचः श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठो विधिनन्दनः ।। वेदवेदाङ्गविज्ञाता वेदोक्तं वक्तुमुद्यतः
himālayavacaḥ śrutvā vasiṣṭho vidhinandanaḥ || vedavedāṅgavijñātā vedoktaṃ vaktumudyataḥ
Hearing Himālaya's words, Vasiṣṭha, son of the Creator, knower of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, made ready to speak what the Veda declares.
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BvP 4 41.53
वसिष्ठ उवाच ।। वचनं विविधं शैल लौकिके वैदिके तथा ।। सर्वं जानाति शास्त्रज्ञो निर्मलज्ञानचक्षुषा
vasiṣṭha uvāca || vacanaṃ vividhaṃ śaila laukike vaidike tathā || sarvaṃ jānāti śāstrajño nirmalajñānacakṣuṣā
Vasiṣṭha said: Speech is of various kinds, O mountain, in worldly matters and likewise in Vedic ones; one who knows the scriptures knows it all with the eye of spotless knowledge.
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BvP 4 41.54
असत्यमहितं पश्चात्साम्प्रतं श्रुतिसुन्दरम् ।। सुबुद्धं शत्रुर्वदति न हितं च कदाचन
asatyamahitaṃ paścātsāmprataṃ śrutisundaram || subuddhaṃ śatrurvadati na hitaṃ ca kadācana
An enemy speaks what is untrue, harmful in the end, agreeable at present, lovely to hear, well-devised—and never what is beneficial.
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BvP 4 41.55
आपातप्रीतिजनकं परिणामसुखावहम् ।। दयालुर्धर्मशीलश्च बोधयत्येव बान्धवम् ।।
āpātaprītijanakaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham || dayālurdharmaśīlaśca bodhayatyeva bāndhavam ||
One who is compassionate and of righteous character instructs his kinsman (with speech) that produces pleasure at once and brings happiness in its outcome.
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BvP 4 41.56
श्रुतिमात्रात्सुधातुल्यं सर्वकाले सुखावहम् ।। सत्यसारं हितकरं वचसां श्रेष्ठमीप्सितम्
śrutimātrātsudhātulyaṃ sarvakāle sukhāvaham || satyasāraṃ hitakaraṃ vacasāṃ śreṣṭhamīpsitam
(Speech) that is like nectar at the mere hearing, bringing happiness at all times, whose essence is truth, doing good—that is the best and most desirable of utterances.
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BvP 4 41.57
एवं च त्रिविधं शैल नीतिशास्त्रनिरूपितम् ।। कथ्यतां त्रिषु मध्ये किं वदामि वाक्यमीप्सितम्
evaṃ ca trividhaṃ śaila nītiśāstranirūpitam || kathyatāṃ triṣu madhye kiṃ vadāmi vākyamīpsitam
Thus speech is threefold, O mountain, as determined by the treatises on conduct. Let it be said: which among the three shall I speak, the utterance you desire?
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BvP 4 41.58
बाह्यसंपद्विहीनश्च शंकरस्त्रिदशेश्वरः ।। तत्त्वज्ञानसमुद्रेषु सन्निमग्नैकमानसः
bāhyasaṃpadvihīnaśca śaṃkarastridaśeśvaraḥ || tattvajñānasamudreṣu sannimagnaikamānasaḥ
Śaṃkara, lord of the thirty (gods), is indeed without external wealth: his mind is single and wholly immersed in the oceans of knowledge of reality.
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BvP 4 41.59
आपातभ्रमसंपत्तिर्विद्युच्छ्रीरिव नाशिनी ।। सदानन्दस्येश्वरस्य स्वात्मारामस्य का स्पृहा
āpātabhramasaṃpattirvidyucchrīriva nāśinī || sadānandasyeśvarasya svātmārāmasya kā spṛhā
Wealth is a momentary delusion, perishable like the splendour of lightning. What longing has the Lord, who is eternal bliss and takes delight in his own self?
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BvP 4 41.61
को वदेच्छंकरो दुःखी कुबेरो यस्य किंकरः।। भ्रूभङ्गलीलया सृष्टिं स्रष्टुं नष्टुं क्षमो हि यः
ko vadecchaṃkaro duḥkhī kubero yasya kiṃkaraḥ|| bhrūbhaṅgalīlayā sṛṣṭiṃ sraṣṭuṃ naṣṭuṃ kṣamo hi yaḥ
Who would say that Śaṃkara is wretched, whose servant is Kubera—who is able, by the play of a knitting of his brows, to create and destroy the creation?
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BvP 4 41.62
निर्गुणः परमात्मा च य ईशः प्रकृतेः परः ।। सर्वेशः स च निर्लिप्तो लिप्तश्च सर्वजन्तुषु
nirguṇaḥ paramātmā ca ya īśaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ || sarveśaḥ sa ca nirlipto liptaśca sarvajantuṣu
He who is without qualities, the supreme Self, the Lord beyond primal nature, the lord of all—he is both unattached and attached (present) in all creatures.
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BvP 4 41.63
स एकः सृष्टिसंहारे स सर्वः सृष्टिकर्मणि ।। निराकारश्च साकारो विभुः स्वेच्छामयः स्वयम्
sa ekaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhāre sa sarvaḥ sṛṣṭikarmaṇi || nirākāraśca sākāro vibhuḥ svecchāmayaḥ svayam
He is one in the dissolution of creation; he is all in the work of creation; he is formless and having form, all-pervading, himself made of his own will.
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BvP 4 41.64
य ईशस्त्रिविधां मूर्तिं विधत्ते सृष्टिकर्मणि ।। सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तजननीं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाभिधाम्
ya īśastrividhāṃ mūrtiṃ vidhatte sṛṣṭikarmaṇi || sṛṣṭisthityantajananīṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivābhidhām
The Lord who, in the work of creation, fashions a threefold form, the begetter of creation, maintenance and end, named Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva—
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BvP 4 41.65
ब्रह्मा च ब्रह्मलोकस्थो विष्णुः क्षीरोदवासकृत् ।। शिवः कैलासवासी च सर्वाः कृष्णविभूतयः
brahmā ca brahmalokastho viṣṇuḥ kṣīrodavāsakṛt || śivaḥ kailāsavāsī ca sarvāḥ kṛṣṇavibhūtayaḥ
And Brahmā abiding in Brahmaloka, Viṣṇu who dwells in the ocean of milk, and Śiva who dwells on Kailāsa — all (these) are manifestations of Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 4 41.66
श्रीकृष्णश्च द्विधाभूतो द्विभुजश्च चतुर्भुजः ।। चतुर्भुजश्च वैकुण्ठे गोलोके द्विभुजः स्वयम्
śrīkṛṣṇaśca dvidhābhūto dvibhujaśca caturbhujaḥ || caturbhujaśca vaikuṇṭhe goloke dvibhujaḥ svayam
And Śrī Kṛṣṇa became twofold: two-armed and four-armed — four-armed in Vaikuṇṭha, and in Goloka two-armed, himself.
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BvP 4 41.67
तस्य देवस्य तेंऽशाश्च ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ।। केचिद्देवाः कलास्तस्य कलांशाश्चैव केचन
tasya devasya teṃ'śāśca brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || keciddevāḥ kalāstasya kalāṃśāścaiva kecana
And Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara are portions of that God; some gods are his parts (kalās), and some are parts of his parts.
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BvP 4 41.68
कृष्णः सृष्ट्युन्मुखश्चापि प्रकृतिं तत्र निर्ममे ।। निर्माय तां च तद्योनौ वीर्याधानं चकार ह
kṛṣṇaḥ sṛṣṭyunmukhaścāpi prakṛtiṃ tatra nirmame || nirmāya tāṃ ca tadyonau vīryādhānaṃ cakāra ha
And Kṛṣṇa, intent upon creation, fashioned Prakṛti there; and having fashioned her, he placed his seed in her womb.
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BvP 4 41.69
ततो डिम्भः समुद्भूतस्तन्मध्ये च महाविराट् ।। महाविष्णुः स विज्ञेयो श्रीकृष्णषोडशांशकः
tato ḍimbhaḥ samudbhūtastanmadhye ca mahāvirāṭ || mahāviṣṇuḥ sa vijñeyo śrīkṛṣṇaṣoḍaśāṃśakaḥ
Thereupon an egg arose, and within it the Great Cosmic Form (mahāvirāṭ); he is to be known as Mahāviṣṇu, a sixteenth part of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 4 41.71
महाविष्णुर्वामपार्श्वात्संभूतो विष्णुरेव च ।। सर्वे प्राकृतिकाः शैल ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
mahāviṣṇurvāmapārśvātsaṃbhūto viṣṇureva ca || sarve prākṛtikāḥ śaila brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ
And Viṣṇu himself came into being from the left side of Mahāviṣṇu; O mountain, all of them — Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest — belong to Prakṛti.
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BvP 4 41.72
धत्ते चतुर्विधां मूर्तिं प्रकृतिः कृष्णसंभवा ।। अंशेन लीलया सृष्ट्यै कलया बहुधा तया
dhatte caturvidhāṃ mūrtiṃ prakṛtiḥ kṛṣṇasaṃbhavā || aṃśena līlayā sṛṣṭyai kalayā bahudhā tayā
Prakṛti, arisen from Kṛṣṇa, assumes a fourfold form: by a portion, in play, for the sake of creation, and manifoldly by that (her) kalā.
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BvP 4 41.73
कृष्णवामांगसंभूता राधा रासेश्वरी स्वयम् ।। मुखोद्भवा स्वयं वाणी रागाधिष्ठातृदेवता
kṛṣṇavāmāṃgasaṃbhūtā rādhā rāseśvarī svayam || mukhodbhavā svayaṃ vāṇī rāgādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā
Rādhā, arisen from Kṛṣṇa's left limb, is herself the mistress of the Rāsa; arisen from his mouth is Vāṇī herself, the deity presiding over passion (or: over melody).
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BvP 4 41.74
वक्षःस्थलोद्भवा लक्ष्मीः सर्वसंपत्स्वरूपिणी ।। शिवा तेजःसु देवानामाविर्भावं चकार सा
vakṣaḥsthalodbhavā lakṣmīḥ sarvasaṃpatsvarūpiṇī || śivā tejaḥsu devānāmāvirbhāvaṃ cakāra sā
Arisen from his breast is Lakṣmī, whose form is all wealth; and she, Śivā, came forth in the energies of the gods.
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BvP 4 41.76
नाम्ना सती शिवं प्राप दक्षस्तस्मै ददौ च ताम् ।। योगेन देहं तत्याज श्रुत्वा सा भर्तृनिंदनम्
nāmnā satī śivaṃ prāpa dakṣastasmai dadau ca tām || yogena dehaṃ tatyāja śrutvā sā bhartṛniṃdanam
By name Satī she obtained Śiva, and Dakṣa gave her to him; hearing the reviling of her husband, she abandoned her body by yoga.
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BvP 4 41.77
पितॄणां मानसी कन्या मेनका तव गेहिनी ।। ललाभ तस्या जठरे जन्म सा जगदंबिका
pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā menakā tava gehinī || lalābha tasyā jaṭhare janma sā jagadaṃbikā
Menakā, the mind-born daughter of the Fathers, is your wife; she, the Mother of the world, took birth in her womb.
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BvP 4 41.78
शिवा शिवस्य पत्नीयं शैल जन्मनिजन्मनि ।। कल्पे कल्पे बुद्धिरूपा ज्ञानिनां जननी परा
śivā śivasya patnīyaṃ śaila janmanijanmani || kalpe kalpe buddhirūpā jñānināṃ jananī parā
O mountain, this Śivā is Śiva's wife in birth after birth; in every kalpa she is the form of intelligence, the supreme mother of the knowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.79
निहत्य दानवान्सर्वान्देवेभ्यश्च श्रियं ददौ ।। प्राप्य कल्पांतरे जन्म जठरे दक्षयोषितः जतिस्मरा च सर्वज्ञा सिद्धिदा सिद्धिरूपिणी ।। अस्या अस्थिचिताभस्म भक्त्या धत्ते शिवः स्वयम
nihatya dānavānsarvāndevebhyaśca śriyaṃ dadau || prāpya kalpāṃtare janma jaṭhare dakṣayoṣitaḥ jatismarā ca sarvajñā siddhidā siddhirūpiṇī || asyā asthicitābhasma bhaktyā dhatte śivaḥ svayama
Having slain all the demons, she gave prosperity to the gods; and at the end of a kalpa, having obtained birth in the womb of Dakṣa's wife, she remembered her (former) births and was all-knowing, the giver of powers, the very form of attainment; Śiva himself, out of devotion, wears the ash from her bones' pyre.
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BvP 4 41.81
प्राक्तनाद्यस्य या कांता सा तं प्राप्नोति वल्लभम् ।। प्रजापतेर्निबंधं च न कोऽपि खंडितुं क्षमः
prāktanādyasya yā kāṃtā sā taṃ prāpnoti vallabham || prajāpaternibaṃdhaṃ ca na ko'pi khaṃḍituṃ kṣamaḥ
Whoever was the wife (of a man) from a former time, she obtains him as her husband; and no one is able to break the ordinance of the Lord of creatures.
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BvP 4 41.82
विवाहे नोत्सुकः शंभुः स्वात्मारामश्च तत्त्ववित् ।। तुष्टुवुस्तं सुराः सर्वे तारकाख्येन पीडिताः
vivāhe notsukaḥ śaṃbhuḥ svātmārāmaśca tattvavit || tuṣṭuvustaṃ surāḥ sarve tārakākhyena pīḍitāḥ
Śambhu was not eager for marriage, delighting in his own self and knowing the truth; all the gods, afflicted by the one named Tāraka, praised him.
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BvP 4 41.83
देवानां पीडनं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मणा प्रार्थितो विभुः ।। कृपया स्वीचकाराशु कृपालुर्देवसंसदि
devānāṃ pīḍanaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmaṇā prārthito vibhuḥ || kṛpayā svīcakārāśu kṛpālurdevasaṃsadi
Seeing the affliction of the gods and entreated by Brahmā, the Lord, being compassionate, at once consented out of mercy in the assembly of the gods.
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BvP 4 41.84
कृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां योगींद्रो दृष्ट्वा क्लेशमसंख्यकम् ।। दुहितुस्ते तपःस्थानमाजगाम द्विजात्मकः
kṛtvā pratijñāṃ yogīṃdro dṛṣṭvā kleśamasaṃkhyakam || duhituste tapaḥsthānamājagāma dvijātmakaḥ
Having made his promise, the lord of yogins, seeing (their) countless distress, came in the form of a brahmin to the place of your daughter's austerities.
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BvP 4 41.85
तामाश्वास्य वरं दत्त्वा जगाम निजमंदिरम् ।। तच्छ्रुत्वैवाययुः सर्वे सुराः शक्रादयो मुदा
tāmāśvāsya varaṃ dattvā jagāma nijamaṃdiram || tacchrutvaivāyayuḥ sarve surāḥ śakrādayo mudā
Having comforted her and granted a boon, he went to his own abode; and just on hearing that, all the gods, Śakra and the rest, came with joy.
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BvP 4 41.86
नारायणश्च भगवान्ब्रह्मा धर्मश्च सांप्रतम् ।। ऋषयो मुनयः सर्वे गंधर्वा यक्षराक्षसाः
nārāyaṇaśca bhagavānbrahmā dharmaśca sāṃpratam || ṛṣayo munayaḥ sarve gaṃdharvā yakṣarākṣasāḥ
And the Lord Nārāyaṇa, and Brahmā, and Dharma are now (here), the seers, all the sages, the Gandharvas, Yakṣas and Rākṣasas.
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BvP 4 41.87
तत्र सर्वे मुदा युक्तैः समालोचनकर्तृभिः ।। प्रस्थापिता वयं शीघ्रमनृणा सा अरुंधती
tatra sarve mudā yuktaiḥ samālocanakartṛbhiḥ || prasthāpitā vayaṃ śīghramanṛṇā sā aruṃdhatī
There all (of them), joyfully, by those who held the consultation, we were quickly sent forth; she, Arundhatī, is free of debt.
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BvP 4 41.88
तव प्रबोधने प्रीतिर्वर्द्धते महती सदा ।। संप्राप्तं शुभकार्यं च सर्वकालसुखावहम्
tava prabodhane prītirvarddhate mahatī sadā || saṃprāptaṃ śubhakāryaṃ ca sarvakālasukhāvaham
In awakening you (to this) my great delight ever increases; and an auspicious matter has come about, one that brings happiness for all time.
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BvP 4 41.89
शिवां शिवाय शैलेंद्र स्वेच्छया चेन्न दास्यसि ।। । भविता वा विवाहश्च भवितव्यबलेन च
śivāṃ śivāya śaileṃdra svecchayā cenna dāsyasi || | bhavitā vā vivāhaśca bhavitavyabalena ca
O lord of mountains, if you will not give Śivā to Śiva of your own free will, the marriage will come about even so, by the force of what is destined.
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BvP 4 41.91
योगींद्राणां वरेण्यं तं ज्ञानिनां च गुरोर्गुरुम् ।। आदिमध्यांतरहितमविकारमजं परम्
yogīṃdrāṇāṃ vareṇyaṃ taṃ jñānināṃ ca gurorgurum || ādimadhyāṃtarahitamavikāramajaṃ param
him, the chosen one of the lords of yogins and the guru of the gurus of the knowers, free of beginning, middle and end, changeless, unborn, supreme —
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BvP 4 41.92
वरं ददौ शिवायै स शिवश्च तपसः स्थले ।। न हीश्वरप्रतिज्ञातं दुर्लभं विफलं भवेत्
varaṃ dadau śivāyai sa śivaśca tapasaḥ sthale || na hīśvarapratijñātaṃ durlabhaṃ viphalaṃ bhavet
That Śiva gave a boon to Śivā at the site of her austerities; for what the Lord has promised does not become unattainable or fruitless.
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BvP 4 41.93
ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यतं सर्वं नश्वरमस्थिरम् ।। अहो प्रतिज्ञा दुर्लङ्घ्या साधूनामविनाशिनी
brahmādistaṃbaparyataṃ sarvaṃ naśvaramasthiram || aho pratijñā durlaṅghyā sādhūnāmavināśinī
Everything, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, is perishable and unstable; ah, but the promise of the good is hard to overstep, and does not perish.
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BvP 4 41.94
एको महेंद्रः शैलानां पक्षांश्चिच्छेद लीलया ।। पवनो लीलया मेरोः शृंगभंगं चकार ह ।।
eko maheṃdraḥ śailānāṃ pakṣāṃściccheda līlayā || pavano līlayā meroḥ śṛṃgabhaṃgaṃ cakāra ha ||
Great Indra alone cut off the wings of the mountains in play; the wind in play broke the peak of Meru.
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BvP 4 41.95
के वा शैलेषु योद्धारः सुरैः सह हिमालय ।। पतिष्यंति समुद्रेषु पवनैः प्रेरिताः क्षणात्
ke vā śaileṣu yoddhāraḥ suraiḥ saha himālaya || patiṣyaṃti samudreṣu pavanaiḥ preritāḥ kṣaṇāt
And who among mountains are fighters against the gods, O Himālaya? Driven by the winds they will fall into the oceans in an instant.
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BvP 4 41.96
एकार्थे यदि शैलेन्द्र सर्वसंपद्विनश्यति ।। सर्वान्रक्षति तद्दत्त्वा विना च शरणागतम्
ekārthe yadi śailendra sarvasaṃpadvinaśyati || sarvānrakṣati taddattvā vinā ca śaraṇāgatam
If, O lord of mountains, for the sake of one thing all one's wealth is destroyed — (still) by giving that up one protects everything, except in the case of one who has come for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 41.97
शरणागतरक्षार्थं प्राणांश्च दातुमर्हति ।। पुत्रदारधनं सर्वानिति नीतिविदो विदुः
śaraṇāgatarakṣārthaṃ prāṇāṃśca dātumarhati || putradāradhanaṃ sarvāniti nītivido viduḥ
For the sake of protecting one who has come for refuge one ought to give up even one's life-breaths, and sons, wife, wealth, everything — so the knowers of polity know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 41.98
दत्त्वा विप्राय स्वसुतामनरण्यो नृपेश्वर ।। ब्रह्मशापाद्विमुक्तश्च ररक्ष सर्वसंपदम्
dattvā viprāya svasutāmanaraṇyo nṛpeśvara || brahmaśāpādvimuktaśca rarakṣa sarvasaṃpadam
Having given his own daughter to a brahmin, Anaraṇya, that lord of kings, was released from the brahmin's curse and preserved all his wealth.
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BvP 4 41.99
तमाशु बोधयामासुर्नीतिशास्त्रविदो जनाः ।। ब्रह्मशापनिमग्नं च ब्रह्मण्यमतिकातरम्
tamāśu bodhayāmāsurnītiśāstravido janāḥ || brahmaśāpanimagnaṃ ca brahmaṇyamatikātaram
Men versed in the treatises on polity quickly instructed him, who was sunk in a brahmin's curse, devoted to brahmins, and exceedingly distressed.
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BvP 4 41.101
वसिष्ठस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य पर्वतेश्वरः ।। पप्रच्छ नृपवृत्तांतं हृदयेन विदूयता
vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya parvateśvaraḥ || papraccha nṛpavṛttāṃtaṃ hṛdayena vidūyatā
Hearing Vasiṣṭha's words, the lord of mountains laughed and, with an aching heart, asked about the king's story.
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BvP 4 41.102
हिमालय उवाच ।। कस्य वंशोद्भवो ब्रह्मन्ननरण्यो नृपेश्वरः ।। सुतां दत्त्वा स च कथमरक्षत्सर्वसंपदम्
himālaya uvāca || kasya vaṃśodbhavo brahmannanaraṇyo nṛpeśvaraḥ || sutāṃ dattvā sa ca kathamarakṣatsarvasaṃpadam
Himālaya said: In whose lineage was Anaraṇya, that lord of kings, born, O brahmin? And how, by giving away his daughter, did he preserve all his wealth?
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BvP 4 41.103
वसिष्ठ उवाच ।। मनुवंशोद्भवो राजा सोऽनरण्यो नृपेश्वरः ।। चिंरजीवी धर्मशीलो वैष्णवो विजितेंद्रियः
vasiṣṭha uvāca || manuvaṃśodbhavo rājā so'naraṇyo nṛpeśvaraḥ || ciṃrajīvī dharmaśīlo vaiṣṇavo vijiteṃdriyaḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: That king Anaraṇya, lord of kings, was born in Manu's lineage — long-lived, of righteous character, a Vaiṣṇava, with his senses conquered.
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BvP 4 41.104
स्वायंभुवो मनुः पूर्वं ब्रह्मपुत्रोऽतिधार्मिकः ।। राज्यं चकार धर्मेण युगानामेकसप्ततिम्
svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ brahmaputro'tidhārmikaḥ || rājyaṃ cakāra dharmeṇa yugānāmekasaptatim
Formerly Manu Svāyambhuva, son of Brahmā, exceedingly righteous, exercised kingship according to dharma for seventy-one yugas.
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BvP 4 41.105
ततो जगाम वैकुण्ठं सहितः शतरूपया ।। संप्राप्य दास्यं सान्निध्यं हरेर्दासो बभूव ह
tato jagāma vaikuṇṭhaṃ sahitaḥ śatarūpayā || saṃprāpya dāsyaṃ sānnidhyaṃ harerdāso babhūva ha
Then he went to Vaikuṇṭha together with Śatarūpā, and having obtained the state of a servant and nearness (to the Lord), he became Hari's servant.
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BvP 4 41.145
गोलोकनाथं संसेव्य गोलोकं च जगाम ह ।। बभूव कीर्तिमान्राजा ज्येष्ठपुत्रो नृपस्य च ।। पुत्रवत्पालयामास प्रजाः सर्वा महीतले
golokanāthaṃ saṃsevya golokaṃ ca jagāma ha || babhūva kīrtimānrājā jyeṣṭhaputro nṛpasya ca || putravatpālayāmāsa prajāḥ sarvā mahītale
Having served the Lord of Goloka, he went to Goloka. (Then) Kīrtimān, the king's eldest son, became king; he protected all the subjects on earth as if they were his sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition