Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 47
BvP 4 47.1
नारद उवाच ।। अथ क्रीडांतरे राधा किं पप्रच्छ हरिं विभुम् ।। कां कथां कथयामास कथ्यतां करुणानिधे नाभिपद्मोद्भवं विष्णोः स्तुत्वा तं विधिमीश्वरम् ।। रक्षितारं च तं विष्णुं परं सत्त्वगुणान्वितम्
nārada uvāca || atha krīḍāṃtare rādhā kiṃ papraccha hariṃ vibhum || kāṃ kathāṃ kathayāmāsa kathyatāṃ karuṇānidhe nābhipadmodbhavaṃ viṣṇoḥ stutvā taṃ vidhimīśvaram || rakṣitāraṃ ca taṃ viṣṇuṃ paraṃ sattvaguṇānvitam
Nārada said: Now, in an interval of their play, what did Rādhā ask Hari the mighty lord? What story did he tell? Let it be told, O treasury of compassion. — Having praised Vidhi (Brahmā) the lord, arisen from the navel-lotus of Viṣṇu, and that Viṣṇu the protector, supreme, endowed with the quality of sattva.
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BvP 4 47.2
।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ।। उत्थाय सुखसंभोगाद्राधां कृत्वा पुरो हरिः ।। उवास मलयद्रोणीं वटमूले मनोहरे एकार्णवं च प्रलयं सत्त्वशून्यं भयानकम् ।। सृष्टिं कतिविधां शक्र कल्पं कतिविधं ध्रुवम्
|| śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || || utthāya sukhasaṃbhogādrādhāṃ kṛtvā puro hariḥ || uvāsa malayadroṇīṃ vaṭamūle manohare ekārṇavaṃ ca pralayaṃ sattvaśūnyaṃ bhayānakam || sṛṣṭiṃ katividhāṃ śakra kalpaṃ katividhaṃ dhruvam
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Rising from the pleasant enjoyment, Hari, placing Rādhā before him, sat in a valley of the Malaya (hills) at the foot of a charming banyan tree. — And the single ocean, and the dissolution, empty of being, terrible; of how many kinds is creation, O Śakra, and of how many kinds the kalpa, surely?
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BvP 4 47.3
राधा तं परिपप्रच्छ सस्मितं सुमनोहरम् ।। दर्पभङ्गः वज्रभृतो निगूढं श्रुतिसुन्दरम् ब्रह्मांडं च कतिविधं ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरान् ।। ब्रह्माण्डेषु कतिविधानिन्द्रान्को गन्तुमीश्वरः
rādhā taṃ paripapraccha sasmitaṃ sumanoharam || darpabhaṅgaḥ vajrabhṛto nigūḍhaṃ śrutisundaram brahmāṃḍaṃ ca katividhaṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarān || brahmāṇḍeṣu katividhānindrānko gantumīśvaraḥ
Rādhā questioned him, smiling and most charming — (about) the breaking of the thunderbolt-bearer's pride, a secret thing, lovely to hear. — And of how many kinds is the cosmic egg? (What of) Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara? How many Indras are there in the cosmic eggs, and who is able to go (to them)?
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BvP 4 47.4
।। श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। श्रुतं यशः शूलभृतो दर्पभङ्गश्च दैवतः ।। पार्वत्या दर्पभङ्गश्च विवाहश्च तयोरहो ब्रह्मस्वरूपां प्रकृतिं संपन्मूढो न मन्यते ।। सा तं शशाप स्वगुरोः शापं लेभेऽतिकोपतः।। सस्मितां सकटाक्षां तामहल्यां गौतमप्रियाम् ।। दृष्ट्वा च विपुलश्रोणीं स्तनयुग्मं मनोहरम् कर्मसाध्यः स्वभावश्च कुलधर्मं प्रबाधते ।। वेदं विज्ञाय ज्ञानी त्वं योनिलुब्धोऽसि कर्मणा कामभोगेन त्याज्या सा कर्मभोगेन शुद्ध्यति ।। पितृपाके दैवपाके पूजायां नाधिकारिणी विश्वरूपपिता त्वष्टा श्रुत्वा सद्यश्चुकोप ह ।। इंद्रशत्रो विवर्द्धस्वेत्युक्त्वा यज्ञं चकार ह शचीमाश्वास्य स्वगुरुर्जगाम तत्सरो मुदा ।। आजुहाव शुनासीरं कातरं हतचेतनम् गुरुरुवाच ।। स्थिरो भव महाभाग निश्चलां कमलां लभ योजयामास सत्कारं निर्मातुममरावतीम् ।। पूर्णमब्दशतं शिल्पी निर्ममे त्वमरावतीम् बालकानां बालिकानां समूहैः परिवेष्टितम् ।। हसद्भिश्च महोत्साहात्सस्मितं तेजसाऽन्वितम् ।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। जानामि कश्यपं तात तव तातं प्रजापतिम् ।। मुनिं मरीचिनामानं तत्रालं च तपोनिधिम् यदि संख्याऽस्ति रेणूनां धरायां च सुराधिप ।। तथापि संख्या शक्राणां नास्त्येवेति विदुर्बुधाः पिपीलिकासमूहं च व्यायतं धनुषां शतम् ।। क्रमशस्तान्संनिरीक्ष्य जहासोच्चैर्द्विजार्भकः ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। सृष्टः पिपीलिकासंघ एकैकः क्रमशो मया सुखदं पुण्यदं सारं नरकार्णवतारकम् ।। संसारः स्वप्नवत्सर्वं देवेन्द्र सचराचरम् कटं कथं मस्तके ते लोमचक्रं च वक्षसि ।। अत्युन्नतं मध्यदेशे किंचिदुत्पाटितं मुने ।। दुर्लभं श्रीहरेर्दास्यं भक्तिर्मुक्तिर्गरीयसी ।। स्वप्नवत्सर्वमैश्वर्यं तद्भक्तिव्यवधायकम् इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं शक्रदर्पविमोचनम् ।। साक्षाद्दृष्टो दर्पभङ्गो नन्दयज्ञे सुरेश्वरि
|| śrīrādhikovāca || śrutaṃ yaśaḥ śūlabhṛto darpabhaṅgaśca daivataḥ || pārvatyā darpabhaṅgaśca vivāhaśca tayoraho brahmasvarūpāṃ prakṛtiṃ saṃpanmūḍho na manyate || sā taṃ śaśāpa svaguroḥ śāpaṃ lebhe'tikopataḥ|| sasmitāṃ sakaṭākṣāṃ tāmahalyāṃ gautamapriyām || dṛṣṭvā ca vipulaśroṇīṃ stanayugmaṃ manoharam karmasādhyaḥ svabhāvaśca kuladharmaṃ prabādhate || vedaṃ vijñāya jñānī tvaṃ yonilubdho'si karmaṇā kāmabhogena tyājyā sā karmabhogena śuddhyati || pitṛpāke daivapāke pūjāyāṃ nādhikāriṇī viśvarūpapitā tvaṣṭā śrutvā sadyaścukopa ha || iṃdraśatro vivarddhasvetyuktvā yajñaṃ cakāra ha śacīmāśvāsya svagururjagāma tatsaro mudā || ājuhāva śunāsīraṃ kātaraṃ hatacetanam gururuvāca || sthiro bhava mahābhāga niścalāṃ kamalāṃ labha yojayāmāsa satkāraṃ nirmātumamarāvatīm || pūrṇamabdaśataṃ śilpī nirmame tvamarāvatīm bālakānāṃ bālikānāṃ samūhaiḥ pariveṣṭitam || hasadbhiśca mahotsāhātsasmitaṃ tejasā'nvitam || brāhmaṇa uvāca || jānāmi kaśyapaṃ tāta tava tātaṃ prajāpatim || muniṃ marīcināmānaṃ tatrālaṃ ca taponidhim yadi saṃkhyā'sti reṇūnāṃ dharāyāṃ ca surādhipa || tathāpi saṃkhyā śakrāṇāṃ nāstyeveti vidurbudhāḥ pipīlikāsamūhaṃ ca vyāyataṃ dhanuṣāṃ śatam || kramaśastānsaṃnirīkṣya jahāsoccairdvijārbhakaḥ brāhmaṇa uvāca || sṛṣṭaḥ pipīlikāsaṃgha ekaikaḥ kramaśo mayā sukhadaṃ puṇyadaṃ sāraṃ narakārṇavatārakam || saṃsāraḥ svapnavatsarvaṃ devendra sacarācaram kaṭaṃ kathaṃ mastake te lomacakraṃ ca vakṣasi || atyunnataṃ madhyadeśe kiṃcidutpāṭitaṃ mune || durlabhaṃ śrīharerdāsyaṃ bhaktirmuktirgarīyasī || svapnavatsarvamaiśvaryaṃ tadbhaktivyavadhāyakam ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śakradarpavimocanam || sākṣāddṛṣṭo darpabhaṅgo nandayajñe sureśvari
Śrī Rādhikā said: I have heard the glory of the trident-bearer, and the breaking of the pride of the god; and Pārvatī's breaking of pride, and ah, the marriage of the two. — A fool endowed with wealth does not acknowledge Prakṛti, whose nature is Brahman; she cursed him, and in extreme anger he received the curse of his own teacher. — Seeing her, Ahalyā, Gautama's beloved, smiling and casting sidelong glances, with broad hips and a charming pair of breasts — one's nature is brought about by (past) action, and it obstructs the family duty; though you are a knower who has understood the Veda, by your act you are greedy for a womb. — She is to be abandoned because of (this) enjoyment of desire; she is purified by undergoing (the fruit of) the act; she has no right to the offering to the ancestors, the offering to the gods, or to worship. — Tvaṣṭā, the father of Viśvarūpa, hearing (this), at once grew angry; saying, "Grow, O foe of Indra!" he performed the sacrifice. — Having comforted Śacī, her teacher went gladly to that lake; he summoned Śunāsīra (Indra), downcast and out of his senses. — The teacher said: Be steady, greatly fortunate one, obtain the unwavering Kamalā. — With honour he set (the craftsman) to build Amarāvatī; for a full hundred years the craftsman built Amarāvatī. — Surrounded by throngs of boys and girls, laughing with great high spirits, smiling, endowed with splendour — the brahmin said: I know Kaśyapa, dear friend, your father, the Prajāpati, and the sage named Marīci there, and the ample treasury of austerity. — If there is a count of the dust-grains on the earth, O lord of the gods, still there is simply no count of the Śakras: so the wise know. — And (seeing) a swarm of ants extending a hundred bow-lengths, looking at them one after another, the brahmin boy laughed aloud. — The brahmin said: This host of ants was created by me one by one in succession — giving happiness, giving merit, the essence, a means of crossing the ocean of hell; all this world, O Indra of the gods, with its moving and unmoving beings, is like a dream. — Why the matted hair on your head, and the circle of hair on your chest, very raised, somewhat torn out in the middle, O sage? — Servitude to Śrī Hari is hard to win; devotion and liberation are weightier; all lordship is like a dream, an obstruction to that devotion. — Thus has all been told, the release of Śakra from his pride; the breaking of pride was seen directly at Nanda's sacrifice, O queen of the gods.
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BvP 4 47.5
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि दर्पभङ्गं हरेर्हरे ।। शेषाणां च क्रमेणैव वद व्यस्य जगद्गुरो शक्रस्यायुश्चाधिकारो युगानामेकसप्ततिः ।। अष्टाविंशतिशक्राणां पतनेऽहर्निशं विधेः
adhunā śrotumicchāmi darpabhaṅgaṃ harerhare || śeṣāṇāṃ ca krameṇaiva vada vyasya jagadguro śakrasyāyuścādhikāro yugānāmekasaptatiḥ || aṣṭāviṃśatiśakrāṇāṃ patane'harniśaṃ vidheḥ
Now, O Hari, I wish to hear the breaking of Hari's (Indra's) pride; and tell of the rest in due order, expounding it, O teacher of the world. — Śakra's lifespan and tenure is seventy-one yugas; at the falling of twenty-eight Śakras there is a day and night of Vidhi (Brahmā).
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BvP 4 47.6
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। दर्पभंगं सुरपतेस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् ।। कर्णपीयूषमतुलं सुन्दरं शृणु सुन्दरि विधेरष्टोत्तरशतमायुरेव प्रमाणतः।। सुरेंद्राणां च का संख्या नास्ति संख्या विधेरपि
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || darpabhaṃgaṃ surapatestriṣu lokeṣu viśrutam || karṇapīyūṣamatulaṃ sundaraṃ śṛṇu sundari vidheraṣṭottaraśatamāyureva pramāṇataḥ|| sureṃdrāṇāṃ ca kā saṃkhyā nāsti saṃkhyā vidherapi
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: The breaking of the pride of the lord of the gods, famed in the three worlds, incomparable nectar for the ears, beautiful — hear it, beautiful one. — Brahmā's lifespan is a hundred and eight by measure; what count is there of the Indras of the gods? There is no count even of the Brahmās.
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BvP 4 47.7
पुरा शतमखो दर्पात्कृत्वा शतमखान्मुदा ।। बभूव सर्वदेवानामध्यक्षः संपदा युतः ब्रह्मांडसंख्या यत्र क्व ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ।। महाविष्णोर्लोमकूपोद्भवे तोये सुनिर्मले
purā śatamakho darpātkṛtvā śatamakhānmudā || babhūva sarvadevānāmadhyakṣaḥ saṃpadā yutaḥ brahmāṃḍasaṃkhyā yatra kva brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ || mahāviṣṇorlomakūpodbhave toye sunirmale
Formerly the performer of a hundred sacrifices, out of pride having gladly performed a hundred sacrifices, became the overlord of all the gods, endowed with prosperity. — Where there is a counting of the cosmic eggs, where are Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara? — in the very pure water arisen from the pores of Mahāviṣṇu's hairs.
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BvP 4 47.8
दिनेदिने तदैश्वर्यं वर्द्धते तपसां फलात् ।। दीक्षां तं कारयामास सिद्धमन्नं बृहस्पतिः ब्रह्मांडेऽस्ति यथा नौका भवतोये च कृत्रिमा ।। एवं लोम्नः प्रमाणेन ब्रह्मांडाः संत्यसंख्यकाः
dinedine tadaiśvaryaṃ varddhate tapasāṃ phalāt || dīkṣāṃ taṃ kārayāmāsa siddhamannaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ brahmāṃḍe'sti yathā naukā bhavatoye ca kṛtrimā || evaṃ lomnaḥ pramāṇena brahmāṃḍāḥ saṃtyasaṃkhyakāḥ
Day by day that lordship of his increased from the fruit of the austerities; Bṛhaspati had him undergo the consecration, the food being made ready. — As in a cosmic egg there is a made boat upon the water of existence, so by the measure of (a single) hair the cosmic eggs are countless.
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BvP 4 47.9
स जजाप महामन्त्रं पुष्करे शतवत्सरम् ।। बभूव मन्त्रसिद्धश्च परिपूर्णमनोरथः ब्रह्मांडे च कतिविधाः सुराः संत्येव त्वत्समाः ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र ददर्श पुरुषोत्तमः
sa jajāpa mahāmantraṃ puṣkare śatavatsaram || babhūva mantrasiddhaśca paripūrṇamanorathaḥ brahmāṃḍe ca katividhāḥ surāḥ saṃtyeva tvatsamāḥ || etasminnaṃtare tatra dadarśa puruṣottamaḥ
He muttered the great mantra at Puṣkara for a hundred years, and he became perfected in the mantra, his wish wholly fulfilled. "And in the cosmic egg, how many kinds of gods are there that are equal to you?" Meanwhile the Supreme Person saw (him) there.
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BvP 4 47.11
एकदा प्रकृतेः शापाद्धतबुद्धिः स्वसंसदि।। गुरुं दृष्ट्वा समुत्थाय न ननाम मुदाऽन्वितः नोवाच किंचिन्मौनी च गंभीरः सगणो यथा।। दृष्ट्वा हास्यं विप्रवटोर्गाथां श्रुत्वाऽतिविस्मितः ।। पप्रच्छ च पुनर्विप्रं शुष्ककंठोष्ठतालुकः
ekadā prakṛteḥ śāpāddhatabuddhiḥ svasaṃsadi|| guruṃ dṛṣṭvā samutthāya na nanāma mudā'nvitaḥ novāca kiṃcinmaunī ca gaṃbhīraḥ sagaṇo yathā|| dṛṣṭvā hāsyaṃ vipravaṭorgāthāṃ śrutvā'tivismitaḥ || papraccha ca punarvipraṃ śuṣkakaṃṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ
Once, through the curse of Prakṛti, his understanding destroyed, he did not rise up in his own assembly on seeing the guru, nor bow to him with joy; he said nothing, silent and grave, as though (absorbed) with his retinue. Having seen the laughter of the brahmin boy and heard his verse, he was greatly astonished, and with throat, lips and palate dry he questioned the brahmin again.
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BvP 4 47.12
बृहस्पतिस्ततः कोपान्नोवास गृहमाययौ ।। न तस्थौ तारकाभ्याशे तपसे काननं ययौ इंद्र उवाच ।। कथं हससि विप्रेंद्रं मां शीघ्रं कारणं वद ।। त्वं वा को मायया च्छन्नः शिशुरूपी गुणार्णवः
bṛhaspatistataḥ kopānnovāsa gṛhamāyayau || na tasthau tārakābhyāśe tapase kānanaṃ yayau iṃdra uvāca || kathaṃ hasasi vipreṃdraṃ māṃ śīghraṃ kāraṇaṃ vada || tvaṃ vā ko māyayā cchannaḥ śiśurūpī guṇārṇavaḥ
Then Bṛhaspati, out of anger, did not stay but went home; he did not remain near Tārakā, and went to the forest for austerity. Indra said: Why do you laugh at me, the lord of brahmins? Tell the reason quickly. Or who are you, hidden by māyā, in the form of a child, an ocean of virtues?
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BvP 4 47.13
उवाच मनसा दीनो यातु संपद्धरेरिति ।। अथ शक्रो मतिं प्राप्य क्व गतोऽतो मदीश्वरः इंद्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच द्विजार्भकः ।। आध्यात्मिकं नीतिसारं ज्ञानबीजं परं वरम्
uvāca manasā dīno yātu saṃpaddhareriti || atha śakro matiṃ prāpya kva gato'to madīśvaraḥ iṃdrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca dvijārbhakaḥ || ādhyātmikaṃ nītisāraṃ jñānabījaṃ paraṃ varam
Dejected, he said in his mind, "Let prosperity go, let it be taken away." Then Śakra, regaining his wits (thought), "Where has my preceptor gone from here?" Hearing Indra's words, the brahmin boy spoke to him the essence of statecraft concerning the self, the seed of knowledge, the highest boon.
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BvP 4 47.14
इत्युक्त्वा वेगतः पीठाज्जगाम तारकान्तिकम्।। प्रणम्य मातरं भक्त्या नतस्कन्धः पुटाञ्जलिः ।। ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। दृष्टः पिपीलिकासंघो हेतुरस्य निगूढकः
ityuktvā vegataḥ pīṭhājjagāma tārakāntikam|| praṇamya mātaraṃ bhaktyā nataskandhaḥ puṭāñjaliḥ || brāhmaṇa uvāca || dṛṣṭaḥ pipīlikāsaṃgho heturasya nigūḍhakaḥ
Having said this he went swiftly from his seat to Tārakā's presence, and bowed to his mother with devotion, shoulders bent, palms joined. The brahmin said: The host of ants has been seen; the reason for this is hidden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.15
सर्वं निवेदनं कृत्वा रुरोदोच्चैर्मुहुर्मुहुः ।। पुत्रस्य रोदनं दृष्ट्वा रुरोद तारका भृशम् मा मां पृच्छ शोकबीजं तवान्यज्ञानकारणम् ।। सांसारिकाणां संसारवृक्षमूलनिकृंतनम्
sarvaṃ nivedanaṃ kṛtvā rurodoccairmuhurmuhuḥ || putrasya rodanaṃ dṛṣṭvā ruroda tārakā bhṛśam mā māṃ pṛccha śokabījaṃ tavānyajñānakāraṇam || sāṃsārikāṇāṃ saṃsāravṛkṣamūlanikṛṃtanam
Having reported everything, he wept aloud again and again; seeing her son's weeping, Tārakā too wept greatly. "Do not ask me about the seed of sorrow, which for you is the cause of a different knowledge, which cuts off at the root the tree of worldly existence for the worldly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.16
वत्स गच्छ गृहं नैव गुरुं द्रक्ष्यसि साम्प्रतम् ।। दुर्दिनान्ते गुरुं प्राप्य पुनर्लक्ष्मीमवाप्स्यसि अज्ञानतमसिच्छन्नं ज्ञानदीपमनुत्तमम् ।। निगूढं सर्ववेदेषु सिद्धानामपि दुर्लभम्
vatsa gaccha gṛhaṃ naiva guruṃ drakṣyasi sāmpratam || durdinānte guruṃ prāpya punarlakṣmīmavāpsyasi ajñānatamasicchannaṃ jñānadīpamanuttamam || nigūḍhaṃ sarvavedeṣu siddhānāmapi durlabham
"Child, go home; you will not see the guru at present. When the bad days end you will get the guru back and regain prosperity again." (It is) the unsurpassed lamp of knowledge, covered over by the darkness of ignorance, hidden in all the Vedas, hard to obtain even for the perfected ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.17
अधुना कर्मणां भोगं भुङ्क्ष्व मूढ दुराशय।। दुर्दिने स्वगुरौ दोषः सुदिने परितोषणम् योगिनां प्राणतुल्यं च मूढाहंकारभंजनम् ।। इत्युक्त्वा तत्र संतस्थौ सस्मितो द्विजपुंगवः ।। पुनः पप्रच्छ शक्रस्तं शुष्ककंठोष्ठतालुकः
adhunā karmaṇāṃ bhogaṃ bhuṅkṣva mūḍha durāśaya|| durdine svagurau doṣaḥ sudine paritoṣaṇam yogināṃ prāṇatulyaṃ ca mūḍhāhaṃkārabhaṃjanam || ityuktvā tatra saṃtasthau sasmito dvijapuṃgavaḥ || punaḥ papraccha śakrastaṃ śuṣkakaṃṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ
"Now, you fool of evil intent, enjoy the fruition of (your) deeds: in a bad day the fault lies with one's own guru, in a good day (comes) satisfaction." (It is) equal to the very breath of yogins, and the breaker of the pride of fools. Having said this, the best of brahmins remained there smiling; and Śakra, with throat, lips and palate dry, questioned him again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.18
सुदिनं दुर्दिनं शक्र कारणं सुखदुःखयोः ।। इत्युक्त्वा तारका देवी विरराम पतिव्रता शक्र उवाच ।। ब्रूहि विप्रबटो शीघ्रं ज्ञानदीपं पुरातनम् ।। न जानामि शिशुः कस्त्वं ज्ञानराशिः स्वमूर्तिमान्
sudinaṃ durdinaṃ śakra kāraṇaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ || ityuktvā tārakā devī virarāma pativratā śakra uvāca || brūhi viprabaṭo śīghraṃ jñānadīpaṃ purātanam || na jānāmi śiśuḥ kastvaṃ jñānarāśiḥ svamūrtimān
"A good day and a bad day, Śakra, are the cause of pleasure and pain." Having said this, the devoted wife, the goddess Tārakā, fell silent. Śakra said: Brahmin boy, tell me quickly the ancient lamp of knowledge; I do not know who you are, a child, a mass of knowledge embodied in itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.19
जगाम शक्रः स्नानार्थं स्वर्णदीं सुमनोहराम् ।। ददर्श तत्र रुचिरां मार्जन्तीं च नितम्बिनीम् इंद्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा विप्ररूपी जनार्दनः ।। ज्ञानं भाषितुमारेभे योगींद्राणां सुदुर्लभम्
jagāma śakraḥ snānārthaṃ svarṇadīṃ sumanoharām || dadarśa tatra rucirāṃ mārjantīṃ ca nitambinīm iṃdrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viprarūpī janārdanaḥ || jñānaṃ bhāṣitumārebhe yogīṃdrāṇāṃ sudurlabham
Śakra went to the lovely heavenly river to bathe, and there he saw a beautiful, full-hipped woman washing (clothes). Hearing Indra's words, Janārdana in the form of a brahmin began to speak the knowledge that is very hard for the best of yogins to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.21
स तस्याः शक्रः संपश्यन्मुमोह काममोहितः ।। पुनः स चेतनां प्राप्य विहाय स्नानमीश्वरि सर्वे स्वकर्मणा शक्र शक्रीभूताः सुरालये ।। अधुना कर्मणा सर्वे क्रमशो भूतजन्मनाम्
sa tasyāḥ śakraḥ saṃpaśyanmumoha kāmamohitaḥ || punaḥ sa cetanāṃ prāpya vihāya snānamīśvari sarve svakarmaṇā śakra śakrībhūtāḥ surālaye || adhunā karmaṇā sarve kramaśo bhūtajanmanām
Gazing at her, Śakra was bewildered, overcome by desire; then, regaining his senses, abandoning the bath, O Goddess— "All, Śakra, have become Śakra in the abode of the gods by their own deeds; and now all, by deeds, successively (pass) through the births of beings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.22
मूर्तिं विधाय तद्भर्तुस्तत्समीपं जगाम ह ।। गत्वा तु स्निग्धवस्त्रां तां समाकृष्य स्मरातुरः अतीतकाले संप्राप्ता भूतजातिं पिपीलिकाम् ।। कर्मणा जीविनो यांति वैकुंठं च निरामयम्
mūrtiṃ vidhāya tadbhartustatsamīpaṃ jagāma ha || gatvā tu snigdhavastrāṃ tāṃ samākṛṣya smarāturaḥ atītakāle saṃprāptā bhūtajātiṃ pipīlikām || karmaṇā jīvino yāṃti vaikuṃṭhaṃ ca nirāmayam
Assuming the form of her husband, he went into her presence; and going there, afflicted with love, he pulled at her, whose garment was wet. "In a past age she attained the ant, a class of being; by their deeds living creatures go even to the flawless Vaikuṇṭha."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.23
चकार विविधं तत्र शृंगारं सुमनोहरम् ।। मूर्च्छां संप्राप कामेन तन्द्रां च मुनिकामिनी कर्मणा ब्रह्मलोकं च शिवलोकं च कर्मणा ।। स्वर्गं स्वर्गसमास्थानं पातालं च स्वकर्मणा
cakāra vividhaṃ tatra śṛṃgāraṃ sumanoharam || mūrcchāṃ saṃprāpa kāmena tandrāṃ ca munikāminī karmaṇā brahmalokaṃ ca śivalokaṃ ca karmaṇā || svargaṃ svargasamāsthānaṃ pātālaṃ ca svakarmaṇā
There he made various delightful love-play; and the sage's wife came, through desire, to swooning and drowsiness. "By deeds (one attains) the world of Brahmā, and by deeds the world of Śiva; heaven and the station equal to heaven, and the netherworld too, by one's own deeds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.24
निश्चेष्टा सुखसंभोगान्निश्चेष्टस्त्रिदशाधिपः ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तप्त्वा समागत्य मुनीश्वरः कर्मणा नरकं घोरं स्वात्मदुःखैककारणम् ।। कर्मणा सूकरीगर्भं कर्मणा क्षुद्रजीवनम्
niśceṣṭā sukhasaṃbhogānniśceṣṭastridaśādhipaḥ || etasminnantare taptvā samāgatya munīśvaraḥ karmaṇā narakaṃ ghoraṃ svātmaduḥkhaikakāraṇam || karmaṇā sūkarīgarbhaṃ karmaṇā kṣudrajīvanam
She lay motionless from the enjoyment of pleasure, and the lord of the thirty (gods) lay motionless. Meanwhile the lord of sages, having performed austerity, arrived. "By deeds (one attains) dreadful hell, the sole cause of one's own suffering; by deeds the womb of a sow, by deeds a mean existence."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.25
ददर्श गेहे मिथुनं मैथुने च रतिप्रिये ।। दृष्ट्वा चुकोप स मुनिर्ज्वलन्निव हुताशनः कर्मणा पशुपत्नीनां कर्मणा पक्षियोषिताम् ।। कर्मणा कीटयोनिं च वृक्षत्वं च स्वकर्मणा
dadarśa gehe mithunaṃ maithune ca ratipriye || dṛṣṭvā cukopa sa munirjvalanniva hutāśanaḥ karmaṇā paśupatnīnāṃ karmaṇā pakṣiyoṣitām || karmaṇā kīṭayoniṃ ca vṛkṣatvaṃ ca svakarmaṇā
In the house he saw the pair engaged in intercourse and delighting in love; seeing (this), the sage grew angry, blazing like the sacrificial fire. "By deeds (one becomes) the mates of beasts, by deeds the females of birds, by deeds a worm's womb, and treehood by one's own deeds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.26
विज्ञानेनातिरोषेण बभञ्ज सुरतिक्षणम् ।। शक्रः स चेतनां प्राप्य दृष्ट्वा च मुनिपुंगवम् स्वकर्मणा सुखी दुःखी सेव्यः सेवक एव च ।। कर्मणा ब्राह्मणत्वं च दैवं चापि स्वकर्मणा
vijñānenātiroṣeṇa babhañja suratikṣaṇam || śakraḥ sa cetanāṃ prāpya dṛṣṭvā ca munipuṃgavam svakarmaṇā sukhī duḥkhī sevyaḥ sevaka eva ca || karmaṇā brāhmaṇatvaṃ ca daivaṃ cāpi svakarmaṇā
With his (yogic) knowledge and with great rage he broke off the moment of their lovemaking. Śakra, regaining his senses and seeing the foremost of sages— "By one's own deeds one is happy or miserable, one to be served or a servant; by deeds brahminhood, and by one's own deeds divinity too."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.27
कालस्वरूपं त्रासेन दधार चरणाम्बुजम् ।। कोपरक्तास्यनयनो देवं पादानतं भिया ।। उवाच नीतिवचनं गौतमः शरणागतम् स्वकर्मणा च प्रेतत्वं ब्रह्मत्वं च स्वकर्मणा ।। कर्मणा व्याधियुक्तश्च कर्मणेवातिसुन्दरः
kālasvarūpaṃ trāsena dadhāra caraṇāmbujam || koparaktāsyanayano devaṃ pādānataṃ bhiyā || uvāca nītivacanaṃ gautamaḥ śaraṇāgatam svakarmaṇā ca pretatvaṃ brahmatvaṃ ca svakarmaṇā || karmaṇā vyādhiyuktaśca karmaṇevātisundaraḥ
In terror he grasped the lotus feet of him who was Time's very form; his face and eyes red with anger, Gautama spoke words of instruction to the god who had bowed at his feet in fear and come for refuge. "By one's own deeds the state of a ghost, and by one's own deeds brahmanhood; by deeds one is afflicted with disease, and by deeds alone exceedingly beautiful."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.28
गौतम उवाच ।। धिक् त्वामिन्द्र सुरश्रेष्ठ कश्यपात्मज पण्डित कर्मणा स्वाङ्गहीनश्च स्वाङ्गवृद्धश्च कर्मणा ।। विधाता कर्मसूत्रेण फलदाता च जीविनाम्
gautama uvāca || dhik tvāmindra suraśreṣṭha kaśyapātmaja paṇḍita karmaṇā svāṅgahīnaśca svāṅgavṛddhaśca karmaṇā || vidhātā karmasūtreṇa phaladātā ca jīvinām
Gautama said: Shame on you, Indra, best of gods, son of Kaśyapa, learned one! "By deeds one is deficient in his limbs, and by deeds full-grown in his limbs; the Ordainer, by the thread of karma, is the giver of fruits to living beings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.29
प्रपौत्र जगतां स्रष्टुर्बुद्धिस्ते कथमीदृशी ।। मातामहः स्वयं दक्षोऽदितिर्माता पतिव्रता कर्म स्वभावसाध्यं च स्वभावोऽभ्यासजीवकः ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वमाध्यात्मिकपरं वचः
prapautra jagatāṃ sraṣṭurbuddhiste kathamīdṛśī || mātāmahaḥ svayaṃ dakṣo'ditirmātā pativratā karma svabhāvasādhyaṃ ca svabhāvo'bhyāsajīvakaḥ || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvamādhyātmikaparaṃ vacaḥ
Great-grandson of the creator of the worlds, how has your mind become like this? Your maternal grandfather is Dakṣa himself, your mother is Aditi, a devoted wife. "Action is accomplished by one's own nature, and nature lives by practice." Thus was told the whole teaching devoted to the inner self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.31
योनीनां च सहस्रं च तव गात्रे भवत्विह ।। पूर्णवर्षं च सततं योनिगन्धं त्वमाप्नुहि मृत्युश्च मस्तकस्थायी सर्वेषां कालयोगतः ।। जलबुद्बुदवत्सर्वं जीविनां च शुभाशुभम्
yonīnāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca tava gātre bhavatviha || pūrṇavarṣaṃ ca satataṃ yonigandhaṃ tvamāpnuhi mṛtyuśca mastakasthāyī sarveṣāṃ kālayogataḥ || jalabudbudavatsarvaṃ jīvināṃ ca śubhāśubham
"Let a thousand vulvas appear on your body here; for a full year continually may you have the smell of the vulva!" "And death stands upon the heads of all through the working of time; all the good and ill of living beings is like a bubble on water."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.32
ततः सूर्यं समाराध्य योनिश्चक्षुर्भविष्यति ।। मम प्राणेश्वरी दुष्टा येन मूढ त्वया कृता शक्र शश्वद्भ्रमत्येव नाविष्टस्तत्र पण्डितः ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा विप्रश्च तत्र तस्थौ च सस्मितः
tataḥ sūryaṃ samārādhya yoniścakṣurbhaviṣyati || mama prāṇeśvarī duṣṭā yena mūḍha tvayā kṛtā śakra śaśvadbhramatyeva nāviṣṭastatra paṇḍitaḥ || ityevamuktvā vipraśca tatra tasthau ca sasmitaḥ
Then, having propitiated the Sun, the vulvas will become eyes. — "My beloved wife, the mistress of my life, has been corrupted by you, fool! Śakra wanders about ceaselessly; no learned man is possessed (by lust) there." Having said this, the brāhmaṇa stood there smiling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.33
मच्छापेन गुरोः कोपाद्भ्रष्टश्रीर्भव साम्प्रतम् ।। गुरोरपेक्षया मूढ प्राणा नापहृतास्तव विस्मितास्त्रैदशाध्यक्षो नात्मानं बहु मन्यते ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शीघ्रमाजगाम मुनीश्वरः
macchāpena guroḥ kopādbhraṣṭaśrīrbhava sāmpratam || gurorapekṣayā mūḍha prāṇā nāpahṛtāstava vismitāstraidaśādhyakṣo nātmānaṃ bahu manyate || etasminnantare śīghramājagāma munīśvaraḥ
By my curse, and by the guru's anger, be now stripped of your splendour. Out of regard for the guru, fool, your life-breaths were not taken from you. Astonished, the overlord of the thirty gods no longer thinks much of himself. In the meantime the lord of sages came quickly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.34
तेजस्विनोऽतिबन्धोर्मे बंधुभेदभिया सुर ।। उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ देवेन्द्र गच्छ वत्स स्वमन्दिरम् अतिवृद्धो महायोगी ज्ञानेन वयसा महान् ।। कृष्णाजिनी जटाधारी बिभ्रत्तिलकमुज्ज्वलम् ।।
tejasvino'tibandhorme baṃdhubhedabhiyā sura || uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha devendra gaccha vatsa svamandiram ativṛddho mahāyogī jñānena vayasā mahān || kṛṣṇājinī jaṭādhārī bibhrattilakamujjvalam ||
O god, out of fear of causing a rift among kinsmen, (for the sake) of my very brilliant kinsman: rise up, rise up, Devendra; go, child, to your own house. Extremely old, a great yogin, great in knowledge and in years, wearing a black antelope hide, bearing matted locks, wearing a brilliant tilaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.35
शुभाशुभं च यत्किंचित्सर्वं कर्मोद्भवं भवेत् ।। महामुनीन्द्रवचनाद्गतः शक्रश्च पुष्करम् । वक्षःस्थले रोमचक्रं बिभर्ति मस्तके कटम् ।। स्थितं सर्वं मध्यदेशे किंचिदुत्पाटितं स्फुटम्
śubhāśubhaṃ ca yatkiṃcitsarvaṃ karmodbhavaṃ bhavet || mahāmunīndravacanādgataḥ śakraśca puṣkaram | vakṣaḥsthale romacakraṃ bibharti mastake kaṭam || sthitaṃ sarvaṃ madhyadeśe kiṃcidutpāṭitaṃ sphuṭam
Whatever there is, good or bad, all of it arises from karma. At the word of the great lord of sages Śakra went to Puṣkara. On his chest he bears a circle of hairs, on his head a mat; all of them remain, but in the middle region some are plainly plucked out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.36
चकाराराधनं भक्त्या नैष्कृत्यं च चकार ह ।। पादानतामहल्यां तामुवाच मुनिपुंगवः समागत्य द्वयोर्मध्ये तस्थौ स्थाणुवदेव सः ।। महेन्द्रो ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा प्रणनाम मुदाऽन्वितः
cakārārādhanaṃ bhaktyā naiṣkṛtyaṃ ca cakāra ha || pādānatāmahalyāṃ tāmuvāca munipuṃgavaḥ samāgatya dvayormadhye tasthau sthāṇuvadeva saḥ || mahendro brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma mudā'nvitaḥ
He performed worship with devotion, and he performed the expiation. The bull among sages spoke to Ahalyā, who had bowed at his feet. Having arrived, he stood between the two like a post. Great Indra, seeing the brāhmaṇa, bowed down filled with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.37
वनं गत्वा चिरं तिष्ठ विधाय मूर्तिमश्मनः ।। ।। अकामां चकमे शक्रः सर्वं जानाम्यहं प्रिये मधुपर्कादिकं दत्त्वा पूजयामास भक्तितः ।। पप्रच्छ कुशलं विप्रं चकार विनयं पुनः
vanaṃ gatvā ciraṃ tiṣṭha vidhāya mūrtimaśmanaḥ || || akāmāṃ cakame śakraḥ sarvaṃ jānāmyahaṃ priye madhuparkādikaṃ dattvā pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ || papraccha kuśalaṃ vipraṃ cakāra vinayaṃ punaḥ
Go to the forest and remain there a long time, having assumed a form of stone. — Śakra made love to her against her will; I know it all, dear one. Having offered the madhuparka and the rest, he worshipped him with devotion; he asked the brāhmaṇa after his welfare and again showed him courtesy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.38
तथा च परभोग्या मे न भोग्या व्रजाधमे ।। परवीर्यं यदुदरे कामतोऽकामतोऽपि वा तुष्टावातिथिभावेन मुदा सादरपूर्वकम् ।। विप्रार्भकस्तेन सार्द्धं संभाषां च चकार सः ।। स्ववाञ्छितं परं प्राह सर्वं विनयपूर्वकम्
tathā ca parabhogyā me na bhogyā vrajādhame || paravīryaṃ yadudare kāmato'kāmato'pi vā tuṣṭāvātithibhāvena mudā sādarapūrvakam || viprārbhakastena sārddhaṃ saṃbhāṣāṃ ca cakāra saḥ || svavāñchitaṃ paraṃ prāha sarvaṃ vinayapūrvakam
And so, having been enjoyed by another, you are not to be enjoyed by me; go, base woman! Another's seed is in your womb, whether willingly or unwillingly. He praised him joyfully and respectfully, treating him as a guest; and the brahmin boy conversed with him, and told the other his own wish, all of it, courteously.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.39
अहल्ये याति दैवेन तदुपायं निशामय ।। अकामतो न च दुष्टा सा प्रायश्चित्तेन शुद्ध्यति बालक उवाच ।। कुतस्त्वमागतो विप्र किन्नाम तव वा वद ।। को वाऽत्रागमने हेतुर्निवासः केन हेतुना
ahalye yāti daivena tadupāyaṃ niśāmaya || akāmato na ca duṣṭā sā prāyaścittena śuddhyati bālaka uvāca || kutastvamāgato vipra kinnāma tava vā vada || ko vā'trāgamane heturnivāsaḥ kena hetunā
Ahalyā, it happens by fate; hear the remedy for it. If unwilling, she is not defiled; she becomes pure through expiation. The boy said: From where have you come, brahmin, and what is your name — tell me. What is the reason for your coming here, and for what reason your dwelling (here)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.41
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि कालसूत्रं प्रयाति सा।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि क्षयं कृत्वा स्वकर्मणः मां चेत्कृपाऽस्ति ते विप्र सर्वं संव्यस्य कथ्यताम् ।। अत्यद्भुतमिदं सर्वं श्रोतुं कौतूहलं मम
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi kālasūtraṃ prayāti sā|| ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi kṣayaṃ kṛtvā svakarmaṇaḥ māṃ cetkṛpā'sti te vipra sarvaṃ saṃvyasya kathyatām || atyadbhutamidaṃ sarvaṃ śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
For sixty thousand years she goes to Kālasūtra (hell); for sixty thousand years, having worn away her own karma. — If you have compassion for me, brahmin, let it all be told in detail; all this is most wondrous, and I am curious to hear it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.42
स्वामिनो वचनात्सा तु प्रणम्य स्वामिनं भिया ।। नाथ नाथेति कुर्वन्ती रुदन्ती वनमाप सा स शिशोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच महामुनिः ।। सर्वं स्वकीयवृत्तान्तं शक्रस्य पुरतो मुदा
svāmino vacanātsā tu praṇamya svāminaṃ bhiyā || nātha nātheti kurvantī rudantī vanamāpa sā sa śiśorvacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca mahāmuniḥ || sarvaṃ svakīyavṛttāntaṃ śakrasya purato mudā
At her husband's word she, bowing to her husband in fear, crying "My lord, my lord!" and weeping, reached the forest. Having heard the child's words, the great sage joyfully told him his whole own history in Śakra's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.43
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा भोगं मुनिप्रिया ।। श्रीरामचरणस्पर्शात्सद्यः शुद्धा बभूव ह मुनिरुवाच ।। अल्पायुषा मया विप्र कुत्रापि न कृता गृहाः ।। न विवाहश्चोपजीव्यं भिक्षोपजीविनाऽधुना
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi bhuktvā bhogaṃ munipriyā || śrīrāmacaraṇasparśātsadyaḥ śuddhā babhūva ha muniruvāca || alpāyuṣā mayā vipra kutrāpi na kṛtā gṛhāḥ || na vivāhaścopajīvyaṃ bhikṣopajīvinā'dhunā
For sixty thousand years the sage's beloved enjoyed (that) suffering, and by the touch of Śrī Rāma's feet she at once became pure. The sage said: Being short-lived, brahmin, I have built houses nowhere; nor is there marriage, nor a means of living, for one who now lives on alms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.44
त्रैलोक्यमोहनं रूपं विधाय मुनिकामिनी ।। जगाम गौतमाभ्याशं मुनिः संप्राप्य सुन्दरीम् लोमशेति च मन्नाम हेतुर्विप्रस्य दर्शनम् ।। वर्षणातपशान्त्यर्थं मस्तकस्थं कटं मम
trailokyamohanaṃ rūpaṃ vidhāya munikāminī || jagāma gautamābhyāśaṃ muniḥ saṃprāpya sundarīm lomaśeti ca mannāma heturviprasya darśanam || varṣaṇātapaśāntyarthaṃ mastakasthaṃ kaṭaṃ mama
The sage's beloved, having taken on a form that bewitches the three worlds, went into Gautama's presence, and the sage obtained the beautiful woman. — Lomaśa is my name, and the reason is the sight of the brahmin; the mat on my head is for warding off rain and heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.45
अथ शक्रस्य वृत्तांतं परमं शृणु सुन्दरि ।। पापघ्नं पुण्यबीजं तत्संव्यस्य कथयामि ते वक्षस्थलस्थितं रोमचक्रं तत्कारणं शृणु ।। सांसारिकाणां भयदं विवेकजननं परम्
atha śakrasya vṛttāṃtaṃ paramaṃ śṛṇu sundari || pāpaghnaṃ puṇyabījaṃ tatsaṃvyasya kathayāmi te vakṣasthalasthitaṃ romacakraṃ tatkāraṇaṃ śṛṇu || sāṃsārikāṇāṃ bhayadaṃ vivekajananaṃ param
Now hear, fair one, the supreme story of Śakra, which destroys sin and is a seed of merit; I shall tell it to you in full. — Hear the reason for the circle of hair on my chest: it gives fear to worldly people and produces the highest discrimination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.46
एकदा च गुरोः कोपात्प्रकृतेरवहेलनात् ।। ब्रह्महत्या वज्रभृतो बभूव हतचेतसः आयुःसंख्याप्रमाणं मे लोमचक्रं च वक्षसि ।। शक्रैकपतनं विप्र लोमैकोत्पाटनं मम
ekadā ca guroḥ kopātprakṛteravahelanāt || brahmahatyā vajrabhṛto babhūva hatacetasaḥ āyuḥsaṃkhyāpramāṇaṃ me lomacakraṃ ca vakṣasi || śakraikapatanaṃ vipra lomaikotpāṭanaṃ mama
Once, through the guru's anger, because of a slight to Prakṛti, the slaying of a brahmin befell the wielder of the thunderbolt, whose mind was undone. The circle of hairs on my chest is the measure of the count of my lifespan: at each fall of an Indra, brahmin, one hair of mine is plucked out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.47
शक्रस्त्यक्तगुरुर्दैवग्रस्तो दैत्यनिपीडितः ।। जगाम शरणं भीतो ब्रह्माणं जगतां गुरुम् ।। उत्पादितानि लोमानि तेन मध्ये स्थितानि च ।। ब्रह्मणो द्विपरार्धे च मम मृत्युर्निरूपितः
śakrastyaktagururdaivagrasto daityanipīḍitaḥ || jagāma śaraṇaṃ bhīto brahmāṇaṃ jagatāṃ gurum || utpāditāni lomāni tena madhye sthitāni ca || brahmaṇo dviparārdhe ca mama mṛtyurnirūpitaḥ
Śakra, having abandoned his guru, seized by fate and oppressed by the demons, went in fear for refuge to Brahmā, the guru of the worlds. — The hairs produced by that are the ones standing in the middle; and my death is appointed at Brahmā's two parārdhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.48
तदाज्ञया विश्वरूपं चकार च पुरोहितम् ।। बभूव तत्र विश्वस्तो दैवाद्बुद्धिहतो हरिः असंख्यविधयो ब्रह्मन्मरिष्यन्ति मृता अपि ।। कलत्रेण च पुत्रेण गृहेण किं प्रयोजनम्
tadājñayā viśvarūpaṃ cakāra ca purohitam || babhūva tatra viśvasto daivādbuddhihato hariḥ asaṃkhyavidhayo brahmanmariṣyanti mṛtā api || kalatreṇa ca putreṇa gṛheṇa kiṃ prayojanam
By his command he made Viśvarūpa his priest; there he became trusting, his judgement destroyed by fate. — Countless Brahmās, O brahmin, will die, and have died too; what use then is a wife, a son, a house?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.49
दैत्यदौहित्रस्य भावं विज्ञाय च विचक्षणः ।। प्रचिच्छेद शिरस्तस्य तीक्ष्णबाणेन लीलया ब्रह्मणः पतने चक्षुर्निमेषश्च हरेर्भवेत् ।। तत्पादपद्ममतुलं चिन्तयामि निरंतरम्
daityadauhitrasya bhāvaṃ vijñāya ca vicakṣaṇaḥ || praciccheda śirastasya tīkṣṇabāṇena līlayā brahmaṇaḥ patane cakṣurnimeṣaśca harerbhavet || tatpādapadmamatulaṃ cintayāmi niraṃtaram
And the discerning one, understanding the inclination of the demon's daughter's son, playfully cut off his head with a sharp arrow. — At the fall of a Brahmā there is (only) one blink of Hari's eye; I meditate constantly on his incomparable lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.51
यज्ञकुंडात्समुत्तस्थौ वृत्रो नाम महासुरः ।। चकार निग्रहं कोपाद्देवानामवलीलया इदं मद्गुरुणा दत्तं शंभुना ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।। विना भक्तिं न गृह्णामि सालोक्यादिचतुष्टयम्
yajñakuṃḍātsamuttasthau vṛtro nāma mahāsuraḥ || cakāra nigrahaṃ kopāddevānāmavalīlayā idaṃ madguruṇā dattaṃ śaṃbhunā jñānamuttamam || vinā bhaktiṃ na gṛhṇāmi sālokyādicatuṣṭayam
From the sacrificial pit there rose up a great demon named Vṛtra; in anger he effortlessly subdued the gods. — This supreme knowledge was given me by my guru Śambhu; without devotion I do not accept the four states beginning with sālokya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.52
शक्रो महामुनेरस्थ्नां वज्रं कृत्वा सुदारुणम् ।। जघान वृत्रं देवानां कंटकं दैत्यमर्दनः इत्येवमुक्त्वा स मुनिर्जगाम शिवसन्निधिम् ।। शिशुरूपी हरिस्तत्रैवान्तर्धानं चकार ह
śakro mahāmunerasthnāṃ vajraṃ kṛtvā sudāruṇam || jaghāna vṛtraṃ devānāṃ kaṃṭakaṃ daityamardanaḥ ityevamuktvā sa munirjagāma śivasannidhim || śiśurūpī haristatraivāntardhānaṃ cakāra ha
Śakra, the crusher of demons, having made a most fearsome thunderbolt from the great sage's bones, slew Vṛtra, the thorn of the gods. — Having spoken thus, the sage went into Śiva's presence, and Hari in the form of a child vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.53
ब्रह्महत्या शुनासीरं दुद्राव हतचेतनम् ।। रक्तवस्त्रपरीधाना वृत्रस्त्रीवेषधारिणी इन्द्रस्तु स्वप्नवद्दृष्ट्वा बभूव तत्र विस्मितः ।। तृष्णामात्रं च संपत्तौ नास्त्येव परमेश्वरे
brahmahatyā śunāsīraṃ dudrāva hatacetanam || raktavastraparīdhānā vṛtrastrīveṣadhāriṇī indrastu svapnavaddṛṣṭvā babhūva tatra vismitaḥ || tṛṣṇāmātraṃ ca saṃpattau nāstyeva parameśvare
Brahmin-murder, clothed in red garments and wearing the guise of Vṛtra's wife, ran after Śunāsīra (Indra), whose mind was undone. But Indra, seeing it as though in a dream, was astonished there; in wealth there is nothing but thirst, whereas in the supreme Lord there is none at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.54
विश्वकर्माणमानीय प्रियमुक्त्वा शतक्रतुः ।। दत्त्वा रत्नानि संपूज्य तं प्रस्थापितवान्गृहम्
viśvakarmāṇamānīya priyamuktvā śatakratuḥ || dattvā ratnāni saṃpūjya taṃ prasthāpitavāngṛham
Having brought Viśvakarman and spoken kindly (to him), the Lord of a Hundred Sacrifices gave (him) jewels, honoured him, and sent him home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.55
धावंतं परिधावंती बलिष्ठा हतचेतनम् ।। खड्गहस्ता दयाहीना वेगेन परिधावति सर्वं विन्यस्य पुत्रे च शरणं गन्तुमुद्यतः ।। शचीं राज्यश्रियं त्यक्त्वा विवेकी क्षयकामुकः दृष्ट्वा विवेकिनं कान्तं हृदयेन विदूयता ।। शची जगाम शोकार्ता संत्रस्ता शरणं गुरोः
dhāvaṃtaṃ paridhāvaṃtī baliṣṭhā hatacetanam || khaḍgahastā dayāhīnā vegena paridhāvati sarvaṃ vinyasya putre ca śaraṇaṃ gantumudyataḥ || śacīṃ rājyaśriyaṃ tyaktvā vivekī kṣayakāmukaḥ dṛṣṭvā vivekinaṃ kāntaṃ hṛdayena vidūyatā || śacī jagāma śokārtā saṃtrastā śaraṇaṃ guroḥ
The mighty one, sword in hand and devoid of pity, running after him as he ran, senseless as he was, chased (him) at speed. Setting everything upon his son, (Indra) prepared to go for refuge; abandoning Śacī and the royal splendour, discerning and longing for (his own) destruction. Seeing her husband, discerning (thus), with a heart that was tormented, Śacī, stricken with grief and terrified, went for refuge to the guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.56
इंद्रो दृष्ट्वा च तां घोरां स्मारंस्मारं गुरोः पदम् ।। विवेश मानससरो मृणालसूक्ष्मसूत्रतः
iṃdro dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ ghorāṃ smāraṃsmāraṃ guroḥ padam || viveśa mānasasaro mṛṇālasūkṣmasūtrataḥ
And Indra, seeing that terrible (form), remembering again and again the feet of the guru, entered the Mānasa lake by way of the fine thread of a lotus stalk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.57
तत्र गंतुं न शक्ता सा ब्रह्मणः शापकारणात् ।। सा तस्थौ वटशाखायां सरसस्तटसन्निधौ सर्वं निवेदनं कृत्वा समानीय बृहस्पतिम् ।। बोधयामास शक्रं तं नीतिसारेण कामिनी
tatra gaṃtuṃ na śaktā sā brahmaṇaḥ śāpakāraṇāt || sā tasthau vaṭaśākhāyāṃ sarasastaṭasannidhau sarvaṃ nivedanaṃ kṛtvā samānīya bṛhaspatim || bodhayāmāsa śakraṃ taṃ nītisāreṇa kāminī
She was unable to go there, because of Brahmā's curse; she stayed on a branch of a banyan tree near the shore of the lake. Having made the whole report and having brought Bṛhaspati, the loving lady (Śacī) instructed Śakra with the essence of statecraft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.58
अथात्र नहुषो भूपस्त्रिलोकेशो बभूव ह ।। स ययाचे शचीं देवान्बलिष्ठो दुर्बलानपि गुरोः शास्त्रविशेषं च दम्पतीरससंयुतम्।। विधाय च स्वयं प्रीत्या पाठयामास तं मुदा
athātra nahuṣo bhūpastrilokeśo babhūva ha || sa yayāce śacīṃ devānbaliṣṭho durbalānapi guroḥ śāstraviśeṣaṃ ca dampatīrasasaṃyutam|| vidhāya ca svayaṃ prītyā pāṭhayāmāsa taṃ mudā
Then Nahuṣa, a king, became lord of the three worlds here; being strong, he demanded Śacī from the gods, who were weak. And having himself composed, out of affection, a particular treatise of the guru joined with the flavour of husband and wife, he had him recite it with delight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.59
शची श्रुत्वा महाभीता तारकां शरणं ययौ ।। तारा निर्भर्त्स्य स्वपतिं भृत्यपत्नीं ररक्ष च मुनिः शास्त्रविशेषं च बोधयामास वाक्पतिः ।। स चकार तदा राज्यं वृन्दावन विनोदिनि
śacī śrutvā mahābhītā tārakāṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau || tārā nirbhartsya svapatiṃ bhṛtyapatnīṃ rarakṣa ca muniḥ śāstraviśeṣaṃ ca bodhayāmāsa vākpatiḥ || sa cakāra tadā rājyaṃ vṛndāvana vinodini
Śacī, hearing (this), greatly afraid, went for refuge to Tārā; and Tārā, rebuking her own husband, protected the wife of (his) servant. And the sage, the lord of speech, taught (her) the particular treatise; he then exercised the kingship, O you who delight in Vṛndāvana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.61
बृहस्पतिरुवाच ।। उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ हे वत्स भयं किं ते मयि स्थिते ।। त्वदीश्वरं स्वरेणैव निशामय भयं त्यज ।। स्वरं बृहस्पतेर्ज्ञात्वा सर्वसिद्धीश्वरो हरिः
bṛhaspatiruvāca || uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha he vatsa bhayaṃ kiṃ te mayi sthite || tvadīśvaraṃ svareṇaiva niśāmaya bhayaṃ tyaja || svaraṃ bṛhaspaterjñātvā sarvasiddhīśvaro hariḥ
Bṛhaspati said: Rise, rise, O child; what fear is there for you while I stand (by)? Hear your lord by his very voice; give up fear. — Recognising the voice of Bṛhaspati, Hari, the lord of all attainments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.62
सूक्ष्मरूपं परित्यज्य स्वरूपं च दधार सः ।। उत्थाय सद्यः संभ्रातो गुरुं तं सूर्यवर्चसम्
sūkṣmarūpaṃ parityajya svarūpaṃ ca dadhāra saḥ || utthāya sadyaḥ saṃbhrāto guruṃ taṃ sūryavarcasam
abandoned the subtle form and took on his own form; and rising at once, agitated, (he saw) that guru, radiant as the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.63
दृष्ट्वा ननाम संप्रीत्या संप्रीतं त्यक्तकोपकम् ।। पदांबुजे निपतितं रुदंतं भयविह्वलम्
dṛṣṭvā nanāma saṃprītyā saṃprītaṃ tyaktakopakam || padāṃbuje nipatitaṃ rudaṃtaṃ bhayavihvalam
and having seen (him) he bowed with great affection to (the guru), who was well pleased and had let go of anger. (The guru saw him) fallen at his lotus feet, weeping, overcome with fear,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.64
निधाय वक्षसि प्रेम्णा रुरोद प्रेमविह्वलः ।। रुदंतं वाक्पतिं तुष्टं तुष्टाव त्रिदशेश्वरः ।। पुटांजलिः पुलकितो भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधरः
nidhāya vakṣasi premṇā ruroda premavihvalaḥ || rudaṃtaṃ vākpatiṃ tuṣṭaṃ tuṣṭāva tridaśeśvaraḥ || puṭāṃjaliḥ pulakito bhaktinamrātmakaṃdharaḥ
and placing (him) on his breast with love, he wept, overcome with love. The lord of the thirty (gods) praised the weeping, pleased lord of speech, with hands cupped in salutation, hair bristling, his neck and self bowed in devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.65
इंद्र उवाच ।। क्षमस्व भगवन्दोषं कृपां कुरु कृपानिधे
iṃdra uvāca || kṣamasva bhagavandoṣaṃ kṛpāṃ kuru kṛpānidhe
Indra said: Forgive the fault, O lord; show mercy, O treasury of mercy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.66
भृत्यापराधं सततं न गृह्णाति सदीश्वरः ।। स्वभार्यासु स्वशिष्येषु स्वभृत्येषु सुतेषु च
bhṛtyāparādhaṃ satataṃ na gṛhṇāti sadīśvaraḥ || svabhāryāsu svaśiṣyeṣu svabhṛtyeṣu suteṣu ca
A true master never takes up the offence of a servant. Toward one's own wives, one's own pupils, one's own servants, and sons —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.67
दुर्बलः सबलो वाऽपि को दंडं कर्तुमक्षमः ।। त्रिषु कोटिषु देवेषु देवकोऽहमपंडितः
durbalaḥ sabalo vā'pi ko daṃḍaṃ kartumakṣamaḥ || triṣu koṭiṣu deveṣu devako'hamapaṃḍitaḥ
whether weak or strong, who is unable to inflict punishment? Among the three crores of gods I am a petty god, unlearned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.68
त्वत्प्रसादात्सुरश्रेष्ठ कृपया वर्द्धितस्त्वया ।। संहर्तुमीशस्त्वं सर्वमहं को वापि कीटवत्
tvatprasādātsuraśreṣṭha kṛpayā varddhitastvayā || saṃhartumīśastvaṃ sarvamahaṃ ko vāpi kīṭavat
By your favour, O best of gods, I have been made to grow by your grace. You are able to destroy everything; who am I, no more than a worm?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.69
स्वयं विधातुः पौत्रश्च पुनः स्रष्टुं स्वयं क्षमः ।। इति तस्य स्तवं श्रुत्वा परितुष्टो गुरुः स्वयम् ।। उवाच वचनं प्रीत्या प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणः
svayaṃ vidhātuḥ pautraśca punaḥ sraṣṭuṃ svayaṃ kṣamaḥ || iti tasya stavaṃ śrutvā parituṣṭo guruḥ svayam || uvāca vacanaṃ prītyā prasannavadanekṣaṇaḥ
You are yourself the grandson of the Creator, and yourself capable of creating again. — Hearing this praise of his, the guru himself, well pleased, spoke words with affection, his face and eyes serene:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.71
संप्राप्य परमैश्वर्यं पूर्वस्माच्च चतुर्गुणम् ।। गच्छामरावतीं वत्स राज्यं कुरु पुरंदर
saṃprāpya paramaiśvaryaṃ pūrvasmācca caturguṇam || gacchāmarāvatīṃ vatsa rājyaṃ kuru puraṃdara
Having obtained supreme sovereignty, fourfold greater than before, go to Amarāvatī, my child; exercise the kingship, O Purandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.72
हतशत्रुर्मत्प्रसादाद्गत्वा पश्य शचीं सतीम् ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा स गुरुः सशिष्यो गंतुमुद्यतः
hataśatrurmatprasādādgatvā paśya śacīṃ satīm || ityevamuktvā sa guruḥ saśiṣyo gaṃtumudyataḥ
Your enemy slain by my favour, go and behold the chaste Śacī. — Having spoken thus, that guru, together with his pupil, made ready to go,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.73
ददर्श पुरतो घोरां ब्रह्महत्यां सुदुःसहाम् ।। दृष्ट्वा शक्रो महाभीतस्तं गुरुं शरणं ययौ
dadarśa purato ghorāṃ brahmahatyāṃ suduḥsahām || dṛṣṭvā śakro mahābhītastaṃ guruṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
(and) saw before (him) the terrible, most unbearable Brahmā-slaughter. Seeing (her), Śakra, greatly afraid, went for refuge to that guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.74
बृहस्पतिर्महाभीतः सस्मार मधुसूदनम् ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र वाग्बभूवाशरीरिणी
bṛhaspatirmahābhītaḥ sasmāra madhusūdanam || etasminnaṃtare tatra vāgbabhūvāśarīriṇī
Bṛhaspati, greatly afraid, called to mind the slayer of Madhu. At that moment a bodiless voice arose there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.75
स्वल्पाक्षरा च बह्वर्था तां शुश्राव बृहस्पतिः ।। संसारविजयं नाम सर्वाशुभविनाशनम्
svalpākṣarā ca bahvarthā tāṃ śuśrāva bṛhaspatiḥ || saṃsāravijayaṃ nāma sarvāśubhavināśanam
of few syllables and much meaning; Bṛhaspati heard it — (the hymn) named 'Victory over Saṃsāra', the destroyer of all that is inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.76
राधिके वचनं श्रुत्वा शिष्यं रक्षाधुनेति च।। तदा त्वत्कवचं दत्त्वा शिष्याय शिष्यवत्सलः
rādhike vacanaṃ śrutvā śiṣyaṃ rakṣādhuneti ca|| tadā tvatkavacaṃ dattvā śiṣyāya śiṣyavatsalaḥ
"O Rādhikā, having heard (that) word—'protect the disciple now!'—then, giving your armor-hymn (kavaca) to the disciple, he who is fond of his disciples
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.77
चकार भस्मसात्तां च हुंकारेणैव लीलया ।। तदा शिष्यं गृहीत्वा च गत्वा ताममरावतीम्
cakāra bhasmasāttāṃ ca huṃkāreṇaiva līlayā || tadā śiṣyaṃ gṛhītvā ca gatvā tāmamarāvatīm
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 47.78
ददर्श च्छिन्नभग्नां च शत्रुणा वचनाद्गुरोः ।। भर्तुरागमनं श्रुत्वा शची संहृष्टमानसा
dadarśa cchinnabhagnāṃ ca śatruṇā vacanādguroḥ || bharturāgamanaṃ śrutvā śacī saṃhṛṣṭamānasā
And (he) saw (the city) cut up and shattered by the enemy, at the word of (his) teacher. Hearing of her husband's coming, Śacī, with delighted mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.79
प्रणम्य च गुरुं भक्त्या स्वकांतं प्रणनाम सा ।। श्रुत्वाऽऽगमनमिंद्रस्य समाजग्मुः सुराः प्रिये ।। ऋषयो मुनयश्चैव हर्षगद्गदमानसाः
praṇamya ca guruṃ bhaktyā svakāṃtaṃ praṇanāma sā || śrutvā''gamanamiṃdrasya samājagmuḥ surāḥ priye || ṛṣayo munayaścaiva harṣagadgadamānasāḥ
And having bowed with devotion to the guru, she bowed to her own husband. Hearing of Indra's arrival, the gods assembled, O beloved, and the seers and sages too, their minds choked with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.81
नानारत्नविचित्राढ्यां मणिरत्नेंद्रनिर्मिताम् ।। मनोहरां निरुपमां न हि तुष्टो यया हरिः
nānāratnavicitrāḍhyāṃ maṇiratneṃdranirmitām || manoharāṃ nirupamāṃ na hi tuṣṭo yayā hariḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 47.82
विश्वकर्मा गृहं गंतुं न शशाक विनाऽऽज्ञया।। परमोद्विग्नचित्तश्च ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययौ
viśvakarmā gṛhaṃ gaṃtuṃ na śaśāka vinā''jñayā|| paramodvignacittaśca brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
Viśvakarmā was unable to go home without (Hari's) permission; and with his mind extremely distressed he went to Brahmā for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.83
विज्ञाय तदभिप्रायं तमुवाच विधिः स्वयम् ।। तव कर्मक्षयादेव तावच्छ्वो भवितेति च
vijñāya tadabhiprāyaṃ tamuvāca vidhiḥ svayam || tava karmakṣayādeva tāvacchvo bhaviteti ca
Knowing his intention, Vidhi (Brahmā) himself said to him: "Only by the completion of your work will that come about — tomorrow, then."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.84
श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं कारुः शीघ्रं प्रापामरावतीम् ।। ब्रह्मा जगाम वैकुण्ठे प्रणम्योवाच मातरम्
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ kāruḥ śīghraṃ prāpāmarāvatīm || brahmā jagāma vaikuṇṭhe praṇamyovāca mātaram
Hearing those words, the artisan quickly reached Amarāvatī; and Brahmā went to Vaikuṇṭha, and having bowed, he spoke to the mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.85
हरिर्ब्रह्माणमाश्वास्य प्रस्थाप्य स्वगृहं च तम् ।। विप्ररूपं समास्थाय चाजगामामरावतीम्
harirbrahmāṇamāśvāsya prasthāpya svagṛhaṃ ca tam || viprarūpaṃ samāsthāya cājagāmāmarāvatīm
Hari, having consoled Brahmā and sent him off to his own abode, took on the form of a brahmin and came to Amarāvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.86
दण्डी छत्त्री शुक्लवासा बिभ्रत्तिलकमुज्ज्वलम् ।। अतिखर्वः शुक्लदंतः सस्मितः सुमनोहरः
daṇḍī chattrī śuklavāsā bibhrattilakamujjvalam || atikharvaḥ śukladaṃtaḥ sasmitaḥ sumanoharaḥ
Bearing a staff and a parasol, dressed in white, wearing a brilliant forehead-mark, extremely short of stature, with white teeth, smiling, very charming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.87
वयसाऽतिशिशुर्बुद्ध्या ज्ञानवृद्ध्या विचक्षणः ।। स्वयं विधातुर्धाता च दाता च सर्वसंपदाम्
vayasā'tiśiśurbuddhyā jñānavṛddhyā vicakṣaṇaḥ || svayaṃ vidhāturdhātā ca dātā ca sarvasaṃpadām
In years a mere infant, but by intellect discerning through maturity of knowledge; himself the ordainer of the Ordainer, and the giver of all wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.88
इंद्रद्वारे समुत्तिष्ठन्द्वारपालमुवाच ह ।। ब्रूहीदं ब्रह्मणो द्वारे शीघ्रं त्वां द्रष्टुमागतः
iṃdradvāre samuttiṣṭhandvārapālamuvāca ha || brūhīdaṃ brahmaṇo dvāre śīghraṃ tvāṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ
Standing up at Indra's gate, he said to the gatekeeper: "Announce this — a brahmin is at the gate, come to see you; be quick."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.89
इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा द्वारि ज्ञानं चकार तम् ।। स च शीघ्रं समागम्य ददर्श ब्राह्मणार्भकम्
ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā dvāri jñānaṃ cakāra tam || sa ca śīghraṃ samāgamya dadarśa brāhmaṇārbhakam
Having heard this speech, (the doorkeeper) made him known (to Indra as standing) at the door; and he (Indra), coming quickly, saw the brahmin boy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.91
प्रणनाम हरिर्भक्त्या तं हरिं शिशुरूपिणम् ।। आशिषं युयुजे प्रीत्या तं हरिर्भक्तवत्सलः
praṇanāma harirbhaktyā taṃ hariṃ śiśurūpiṇam || āśiṣaṃ yuyuje prītyā taṃ harirbhaktavatsalaḥ
Hari (Indra) bowed with devotion to that Hari who had the form of a child; and Hari, tender to his devotees, affectionately bestowed a blessing upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.92
मधुपर्कादिकं दत्त्वा शक्रः पूजां चकार तम् ।। पप्रच्छागमनं कस्माद्वदेति विप्रबालकम्
madhuparkādikaṃ dattvā śakraḥ pūjāṃ cakāra tam || papracchāgamanaṃ kasmādvadeti viprabālakam
Having given the honey-mixture (madhuparka) and the rest, Śakra performed worship of him, and he asked the brahmin boy: "Tell (me), why (this) coming?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.93
इंद्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच द्विजार्भकः ।। मेघ गम्भीरया वाचा बृहस्पतिगुरोर्गुरुः
iṃdrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca dvijārbhakaḥ || megha gambhīrayā vācā bṛhaspatigurorguruḥ
Having heard Indra's words, the brahmin boy spoke to him in a voice deep as a thundercloud—he who was the teacher of the teacher of Bṛhaspati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.94
सप्ततालप्रमाणा सा शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुका ।। ईषाप्रमाणदशना महाभीतं चकार तम् ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। समागतोऽहं त्वां द्रष्टुं प्रष्टुं वचनमीप्सितम् ।। चित्रं नगरनिर्माणं समाकर्ण्याद्भुतं हरे
saptatālapramāṇā sā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukā || īṣāpramāṇadaśanā mahābhītaṃ cakāra tam brāhmaṇa uvāca || samāgato'haṃ tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ praṣṭuṃ vacanamīpsitam || citraṃ nagaranirmāṇaṃ samākarṇyādbhutaṃ hare
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 4 47.95
कतिवर्षं च निर्माणे भवान्संकल्पितो यथा ।। कतिचित्तां विश्वकर्मा निर्माणं वा करिष्यति ।।
kativarṣaṃ ca nirmāṇe bhavānsaṃkalpito yathā || katicittāṃ viśvakarmā nirmāṇaṃ vā kariṣyati ||
And for how many years have you determined the construction to be, as you have planned it? And in how many (years) will Viśvakarman carry out the construction?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.96
एवंभूतं च निर्माणं न केनैंद्रेण निर्मितम् ।। नैवंविधं सुनिर्माणे विश्वकर्मा परः क्षमः
evaṃbhūtaṃ ca nirmāṇaṃ na kenaiṃdreṇa nirmitam || naivaṃvidhaṃ sunirmāṇe viśvakarmā paraḥ kṣamaḥ
"And a building of this sort was never built by any Indra; nor is Viśvakarman himself, the greatest, capable of so fine a construction of this kind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 47.97
बालकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा जहास स सुरेश्वरः ।। संपन्मदातिमत्तश्च पुनः पप्रच्छ बालकम्
bālakasya vacaḥ śrutvā jahāsa sa sureśvaraḥ || saṃpanmadātimattaśca punaḥ papraccha bālakam
Having heard the boy's words, that lord of the gods laughed; and, drunk with the pride of his prosperity, he questioned the boy again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.98
कतींद्राणां समूहश्च त्वया दृष्टः श्रुतोऽथवा ।। विश्वकर्मा कतिविधस्तं मे ब्रूहि शिशोऽधुना
katīṃdrāṇāṃ samūhaśca tvayā dṛṣṭaḥ śruto'thavā || viśvakarmā katividhastaṃ me brūhi śiśo'dhunā
"And how many hosts of Indras have you seen or heard of? Of how many kinds is Viśvakarman? Tell me that now, child."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 47.99
शक्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य विप्रबालकः ।। तमुवाच श्रुतिसुखं पीयूषसदृशं वचः
śakrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya viprabālakaḥ || tamuvāca śrutisukhaṃ pīyūṣasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ
Hearing Śakra's words, the brahmin boy laughed and spoke to him words pleasant to the ear and like nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition