Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 50
BvP 4 50.1
।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। दुर्वाससो दर्पभङ्गं कथयामि शृणु प्रिये ।। महामुनेर्योगतश्च रुद्रांशस्यातितेजसः
|| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || durvāsaso darpabhaṅgaṃ kathayāmi śṛṇu priye || mahāmuneryogataśca rudrāṃśasyātitejasaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I shall tell of the breaking of Durvāsas's pride — listen, dear one — of the great sage of great fiery energy, a portion of Rudra, (proud) of his yoga.
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BvP 4 50.2
एकदा चाम्बरीषश्च कृत्वा च द्वादशीव्रतम् ।। पारणं कर्तुमारेभे भोजयित्वा द्विजान्बहून्
ekadā cāmbarīṣaśca kṛtvā ca dvādaśīvratam || pāraṇaṃ kartumārebhe bhojayitvā dvijānbahūn
Once Ambarīṣa, having performed the vow of the twelfth day, began to break his fast, after feeding many brahmins.
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BvP 4 50.3
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र चाजगाम मुनिः स्वयम् ।। क्षुधार्तश्च तृषार्त्तश्च विष्णुव्रतपरायणः
etasminnantare tatra cājagāma muniḥ svayam || kṣudhārtaśca tṛṣārttaśca viṣṇuvrataparāyaṇaḥ
In the meantime the sage himself came there, hungry and thirsty, devoted to the vow of Viṣṇu.
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BvP 4 50.4
मां भोजय महाभागेत्येवं स नृपमुक्तवान् ।। राजा भक्त्या ददौ तस्मै परमान्नं सुधोपमम् आविर्बभूव सहसा सभामध्ये च घूर्णितम् ।। निकृत्य कृत्यापुरुषं दुद्राव मुनिपुङ्गवम् गोपाङ्गनाश्च गोपाश्च सर्वे प्रियतमा मम।। तेभ्यः प्रियाः परा भक्ताः प्रियो भक्तान्न कश्चन
māṃ bhojaya mahābhāgetyevaṃ sa nṛpamuktavān || rājā bhaktyā dadau tasmai paramānnaṃ sudhopamam āvirbabhūva sahasā sabhāmadhye ca ghūrṇitam || nikṛtya kṛtyāpuruṣaṃ dudrāva munipuṅgavam gopāṅganāśca gopāśca sarve priyatamā mama|| tebhyaḥ priyāḥ parā bhaktāḥ priyo bhaktānna kaścana
"Feed me, greatly fortunate one" — thus he said to the king; and the king with devotion gave him excellent food like nectar. Suddenly, in the midst of the assembly, whirling, (a being) appeared; having cut (it), the kṛtyā-man ran at the best of sages. The cowherd women and the cowherds are all most dear to me; dearer than they are the supreme devotees — none is dearer than the devotees.
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BvP 4 50.5
सकेशं पायसं दृष्ट्वा राजानं शप्तुमुद्यतः ।। जटां निकृत्य शिरसः स्थापयामास भूतले
sakeśaṃ pāyasaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānaṃ śaptumudyataḥ || jaṭāṃ nikṛtya śirasaḥ sthāpayāmāsa bhūtale
Seeing a hair in the milk-rice, he was about to curse the king; cutting off a lock of matted hair from his head, he set it on the ground.
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BvP 4 50.6
जटामध्यात्समुद्भूतो ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमः ।। सप्ततालप्रमाणश्च पुरुषः प्रलयांतकः
jaṭāmadhyātsamudbhūto jvaladagniśikhopamaḥ || saptatālapramāṇaśca puruṣaḥ pralayāṃtakaḥ
From the middle of the matted lock there arose a man like a blazing flame of fire, seven palm-trees in height, destructive as the dissolution.
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BvP 4 50.7
नृपश्रेष्ठं स राजानं कोपेन हन्तुमुद्यतः ।। भयेन कम्पिताः सर्वे शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकाः
nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ sa rājānaṃ kopena hantumudyataḥ || bhayena kampitāḥ sarve śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukāḥ
He rose up to slay in his anger that king, the best of kings; all (present) were made to tremble with fear, their throats, lips and palates dry.
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BvP 4 50.8
सस्मार च महाभीतो राजा मम पदाम्बुजम् ।। सर्वविघ्रस्योपशमः स्मृतिमात्राद्बभूव ह
sasmāra ca mahābhīto rājā mama padāmbujam || sarvavighrasyopaśamaḥ smṛtimātrādbabhūva ha
And the king, greatly terrified, remembered my lotus feet; by the mere remembering, the quelling of every obstacle came about.
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BvP 4 50.9
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चक्रं दुर्निवार्यं सुदर्शनम् ।। तेजसा मम तुल्यं च कोटिसूर्यप्रभोपमम्
etasminnantare cakraṃ durnivāryaṃ sudarśanam || tejasā mama tulyaṃ ca koṭisūryaprabhopamam
At that very moment (there appeared) the Sudarśana discus, impossible to ward off, equal to me in blazing energy, like the light of ten million suns.
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BvP 4 50.11
सशैल सागरां पृथ्वीं काञ्चनीं भूमिमुत्तमाम् ।। भ्रामयित्वा महीं सर्वां पुनर्दुद्राव तं मुनिम्
saśaila sāgarāṃ pṛthvīṃ kāñcanīṃ bhūmimuttamām || bhrāmayitvā mahīṃ sarvāṃ punardudrāva taṃ munim
Having made the earth with its mountains and oceans, that finest golden ground — the whole world — spin round, it rushed once more at that sage.
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BvP 4 50.12
धावन्तं मुक्तकेशं तं भीतं कातरमातुरम्।। तेजसाऽऽच्छाद्य सूर्यं तं दीप्तिं कुर्वन्तमुत्तमाम्
dhāvantaṃ muktakeśaṃ taṃ bhītaṃ kātaramāturam|| tejasā''cchādya sūryaṃ taṃ dīptiṃ kurvantamuttamām
(It pursued) him as he ran with his hair loose, frightened, faint and distressed, having covered the sun with its blazing energy and producing a surpassing brilliance.
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BvP 4 50.13
कैलासं सप्तवर्गं च ब्रह्मलोकमनामयम् ।। विप्रेन्द्रो भ्रमणं कृत्वा वैकुण्ठं शरणं ययौ
kailāsaṃ saptavargaṃ ca brahmalokamanāmayam || viprendro bhramaṇaṃ kṛtvā vaikuṇṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
Having roamed to Kailāsa, to the seven spheres, and to the ailment-free Brahmaloka, the chief of brahmins went to Vaikuṇṭha for refuge.
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BvP 4 50.14
पादपद्मे पतन्तं च ददर्श विप्रपुङ्गवम् ।। कृपया च कृपासिन्धुर्ददौ विप्राय निर्भयम्
pādapadme patantaṃ ca dadarśa viprapuṅgavam || kṛpayā ca kṛpāsindhurdadau viprāya nirbhayam
And (the Lord) saw the foremost of brahmins falling at (His) lotus feet; and out of pity the ocean of pity granted the brahmin freedom from fear.
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BvP 4 50.15
नारायणवरेणैव बभूव विज्वरो द्विजः।। पुनर्ययौ हरिं स्तुत्वा नृपगेहं तदाज्ञया
nārāyaṇavareṇaiva babhūva vijvaro dvijaḥ|| punaryayau hariṃ stutvā nṛpagehaṃ tadājñayā
By Nārāyaṇa's boon alone the twice-born became free of his fever of distress; having praised Hari, he went again, by His command, to the king's house.
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BvP 4 50.16
राजा मुनीन्द्रं संप्राप्य भोजयामास पायसम् ।। स्वयं च पारणं चक्रे सस्त्रीकः सहबान्धवः
rājā munīndraṃ saṃprāpya bhojayāmāsa pāyasam || svayaṃ ca pāraṇaṃ cakre sastrīkaḥ sahabāndhavaḥ
The king, having received the chief of sages, fed him the milk-rice; and he himself, together with his wife and his kinsmen, broke his fast.
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BvP 4 50.17
राजानमाशिषं कृत्वा भुक्त्वा विप्रो गृहं ययौ ।। मया नियोजितं चक्रं भक्तानां रक्षणाय च
rājānamāśiṣaṃ kṛtvā bhuktvā vipro gṛhaṃ yayau || mayā niyojitaṃ cakraṃ bhaktānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca
Having blessed the king and eaten, the brahmin went home. The discus was appointed by me for the protection of my devotees.
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BvP 4 50.18
नश्यन्ति सर्वे प्रलये न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति।। सर्वे देवा मम प्राणा भक्ताः प्राणाधिका मम
naśyanti sarve pralaye na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati|| sarve devā mama prāṇā bhaktāḥ prāṇādhikā mama
All perish at the dissolution, (but) my devotee does not perish; all the gods are my life-breaths, (yet) my devotees are more to me than my life-breath.
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BvP 4 50.19
त्वं च लक्ष्मीर्महामाया सावित्री वा सरस्वती।। ब्रह्मा शंभुरनन्तश्च धर्मश्च ब्राह्मणास्तथा
tvaṃ ca lakṣmīrmahāmāyā sāvitrī vā sarasvatī|| brahmā śaṃbhuranantaśca dharmaśca brāhmaṇāstathā
And you are Lakṣmī, Mahāmāyā, Sāvitrī, or Sarasvatī; (so too) Brahmā, Śambhu, Ananta, Dharma, and likewise the brahmins.
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BvP 4 50.21
दत्त्वा सुदर्शनं चक्रं भक्तानां रक्षणाय च।। तथापि न प्रतीतिर्मे स्वयं द्रष्टुं प्रयामि तान्
dattvā sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ bhaktānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca|| tathāpi na pratītirme svayaṃ draṣṭuṃ prayāmi tān
Even though I have given the Sudarśana discus for the protection of my devotees, still I am not satisfied: I go myself to look after them.
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BvP 4 50.22
दुर्वाससो दर्पभङ्गः श्रुतो मत्तः सुरेश्वरि ।। आज्ञापय महाभागे किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
durvāsaso darpabhaṅgaḥ śruto mattaḥ sureśvari || ājñāpaya mahābhāge kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
The breaking of Durvāsas' pride has been heard by you from me, O mistress of the gods; command me, greatly blessed one, what further you wish to hear.
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BvP 4 50.23
श्रीराधिकोवाच ।। धन्वन्तरेर्दर्पभङ्गं कथयस्व जगद्गुरो ।। पुराणे गोपनीयं च श्रोतुं कौतूहलं मम
śrīrādhikovāca || dhanvantarerdarpabhaṅgaṃ kathayasva jagadguro || purāṇe gopanīyaṃ ca śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
Śrī Rādhikā said: Tell (me) the breaking of Dhanvantari's pride, O teacher of the world; it is to be kept secret in the Purāṇa, and I am curious to hear it.
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BvP 4 50.24
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। राधिकावचनं श्रुत्वा जहास मधुसूदनः ।। कथां कथितुमारेभे श्रुतिरम्यां पुरातनीम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || rādhikāvacanaṃ śrutvā jahāsa madhusūdanaḥ || kathāṃ kathitumārebhe śrutiramyāṃ purātanīm
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Hearing Rādhikā's words, Madhusūdana laughed, and he began to tell an ancient tale, delightful to hear.
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