Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 52
BvP 4 52.1
।। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।। सर्वेषां दर्पभङ्गश्च कथितश्च श्रुतस्त्वया ।। क्षुद्राणां महतां चैव कृत एव न संशयः चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमाक्तं चकार तम् ।। मुहुर्मुहुर्मुखं वीक्ष्य चुचुम्ब परमादरम्
|| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca || sarveṣāṃ darpabhaṅgaśca kathitaśca śrutastvayā || kṣudrāṇāṃ mahatāṃ caiva kṛta eva na saṃśayaḥ candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumāktaṃ cakāra tam || muhurmuhurmukhaṃ vīkṣya cucumba paramādaram
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: The breaking of the pride of them all has been told (by me) and heard by you — of the small and of the great alike it has indeed been done; there is no doubt. He smeared her with sandal, aloe-wood, musk and saffron, and again and again, gazing on her face, he kissed (her) with the utmost affection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 52.2
अधुना च समुत्तिष्ठ गच्छ वृन्दावनं वनम् ।। गोपिका विरहार्ताश्च शीघ्रं पश्यामि सुन्दरि
adhunā ca samuttiṣṭha gaccha vṛndāvanaṃ vanam || gopikā virahārtāśca śīghraṃ paśyāmi sundari
And now rise up and go to the Vṛndāvana forest; the cowherd women are stricken with separation — let me see (them) quickly, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 52.3
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा मानिनी रसिकेश्वरी ।। उवाच कृष्णं नय मां न शक्ता गंतुमीश्वर
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā māninī rasikeśvarī || uvāca kṛṣṇaṃ naya māṃ na śaktā gaṃtumīśvara
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard this speech, the proud mistress of delight said to Kṛṣṇa: "Carry me, O Lord; I am not able to go."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 52.4
राधिका वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मधुसूदनः ।। मामारुहेत्येवमुक्त्वा सोऽन्तर्धानं चकार ह विनिन्द्य कृष्णं कोपेन तर्जयामास च क्षणम् ।। क्षणं शरीरमुत्स्रष्टुं कोपात्सर्वाः समुद्यताः ।। काश्चिदूचुः प्राणचोरं पश्य रक्षेति संततम् ।। एवं पुनर्न कर्त्तव्य मनेनेति च काश्चन नानाप्रकारशृङ्गारं कामशास्त्रविशारदः ।। चकार कामी क्रीडां च कामिन्या सह कौतुकी स भवेन्मातृघाती च वेदातिक्रमणे मुने ।। त्रैलोक्ये भारतं धन्यं कर्मक्षेत्रं च पुण्यदम्
rādhikā vacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya madhusūdanaḥ || māmāruhetyevamuktvā so'ntardhānaṃ cakāra ha vinindya kṛṣṇaṃ kopena tarjayāmāsa ca kṣaṇam || kṣaṇaṃ śarīramutsraṣṭuṃ kopātsarvāḥ samudyatāḥ || kāścidūcuḥ prāṇacoraṃ paśya rakṣeti saṃtatam || evaṃ punarna karttavya maneneti ca kāścana nānāprakāraśṛṅgāraṃ kāmaśāstraviśāradaḥ || cakāra kāmī krīḍāṃ ca kāminyā saha kautukī sa bhavenmātṛghātī ca vedātikramaṇe mune || trailokye bhārataṃ dhanyaṃ karmakṣetraṃ ca puṇyadam
Hearing Rādhikā's words, Madhusūdana laughed and, saying "Mount upon me," he vanished. Reviling Kṛṣṇa, in anger she threatened (him) for a moment; for a moment all (the women), out of anger, were ready to give up their bodies. Some said, "Look at the thief of our lives — protect (us)!" continually; and some (said), "This should not be done again by him." Skilled in the treatise of love, the passionate one, full of playfulness, performed love-play of many kinds with his beloved. He would become a matricide too, sage, in transgressing the Veda. In the three worlds Bhārata is blessed, the field of action, granting merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 52.6
विवेश चन्दनवनं रुदन्ती शोककातरा ।। ददर्श गोपिकास्तत्र शोकार्ता भयविह्वलाः।।
viveśa candanavanaṃ rudantī śokakātarā || dadarśa gopikāstatra śokārtā bhayavihvalāḥ||
Weeping, distressed with grief, she entered the sandal grove; there she saw the cowherd women, pained with sorrow and overcome with fear.
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BvP 4 52.7
ताम्रास्या पूर्णनयना भ्रमन्ती सर्वकाननम् ।। नाथ नाथेति कुर्वन्तीर्निराहारा रुषाऽन्विताः
tāmrāsyā pūrṇanayanā bhramantī sarvakānanam || nātha nātheti kurvantīrnirāhārā ruṣā'nvitāḥ
With copper-red face and eyes brimming, she wandered through the whole forest, (and saw them) crying "Lord, O Lord!", taking no food, filled with anger.
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BvP 4 52.8
ता दृष्ट्वा राधिका सा च प्रेमविच्छेदकातरा ।। कथयामास वृत्तान्तं मलयभ्रमणादिकम्
tā dṛṣṭvā rādhikā sā ca premavicchedakātarā || kathayāmāsa vṛttāntaṃ malayabhramaṇādikam
Seeing them, Rādhikā too, distressed at the breaking-off of love, related the whole story, the wandering to Malaya and the rest.
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BvP 4 52.9
सा मनोयायिनी राधा कृत्वा च रोदनं क्षणम्।। इतस्ततस्तमन्वेष्य वृन्दारण्यं जगाम सा ताभिः सार्धं च सा राधा रुरोद विरहातुरा ।। हा नाथनाथेत्युच्चार्य विलप्य च मुहुर्मुहुः
sā manoyāyinī rādhā kṛtvā ca rodanaṃ kṣaṇam|| itastatastamanveṣya vṛndāraṇyaṃ jagāma sā tābhiḥ sārdhaṃ ca sā rādhā ruroda virahāturā || hā nāthanāthetyuccārya vilapya ca muhurmuhuḥ
That Rādhā, who travels by thought, having wept for a while, and having searched for him here and there, went to the Vṛndā forest. And together with them Rādhā wept, tormented by separation, crying "Alas, my Lord, my Lord!" and lamenting again and again.
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BvP 4 52.11
एतस्मिन्नंतरे कृष्णस्तत्र चन्दनकानने ।। स्वात्मानं दर्शयामास राधिकां गोपिकागणम्
etasminnaṃtare kṛṣṇastatra candanakānane || svātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa rādhikāṃ gopikāgaṇam
Meanwhile Kṛṣṇa there in the sandal grove showed himself to Rādhikā and to the throng of cowherd women.
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BvP 4 52.12
राधा गोपाङ्गनाभिश्च दृष्ट्वा प्राणेश्वरं मुदा ।। सस्मिता च प्रदुद्राव पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहा
rādhā gopāṅganābhiśca dṛṣṭvā prāṇeśvaraṃ mudā || sasmitā ca pradudrāva pulakāñcitavigrahā
Rādhā, along with the cowherd women, seeing the lord of her life, with joy and smiling ran forward, her body thrilled with gooseflesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 52.13
तूर्णं कृष्णं समाश्लिष्य जहार मुरलीं रुषा ।। मालां च पीतवसनं भग्नं कृत्वा च मानिनी
tūrṇaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ samāśliṣya jahāra muralīṃ ruṣā || mālāṃ ca pītavasanaṃ bhagnaṃ kṛtvā ca māninī
Swiftly embracing Kṛṣṇa, the proud woman in anger snatched away his flute, and his garland and yellow garment, and broke (them).
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BvP 4 52.14
पुनः संधारयामास वस्त्रं मालां मनोहराम् ।। विनोदमुरलीं तुष्टा वृन्दावनविनोदिनी
punaḥ saṃdhārayāmāsa vastraṃ mālāṃ manoharām || vinodamuralīṃ tuṣṭā vṛndāvanavinodinī
Then, pleased, she who takes her pleasure in Vṛndāvana put back on (him) the garment, the lovely garland, and the flute of delight.
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BvP 4 52.16
५।। क्षणं संतर्जयामास क्षणं स्तोत्रं चकार ह।। सकर्पूरं च ताम्बूलं क्षणं तस्मै मुदा ददौ
5|| kṣaṇaṃ saṃtarjayāmāsa kṣaṇaṃ stotraṃ cakāra ha|| sakarpūraṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ kṣaṇaṃ tasmai mudā dadau
For a moment she scolded (him), for a moment she praised (him); for a moment she gladly gave him betel with camphor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 52.17
अथ गोपाङ्गनाः सर्वा रुरुदुः प्रेमविह्वलाः ।। सर्वं निवेदनं चक्रुः स्वदुःखं विरहोद्भवम्
atha gopāṅganāḥ sarvā ruruduḥ premavihvalāḥ || sarvaṃ nivedanaṃ cakruḥ svaduḥkhaṃ virahodbhavam
Then all the cowherd women wept, overwhelmed with love, and made full report of all their own suffering, born of separation:
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BvP 4 52.18
देहत्यागं च स्नानं च स्वाहारस्य विसर्जनम् ।। वनेवनेऽहर्निशं च शश्वद्भ्रमणमेव च
dehatyāgaṃ ca snānaṃ ca svāhārasya visarjanam || vanevane'harniśaṃ ca śaśvadbhramaṇameva ca
the giving up of the body, the bathing, the abandoning of their own food, and the ceaseless wandering, day and night, from forest to forest.
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BvP 4 52.19
क्षणं तं भर्त्सयामासुः स्तोत्रं चक्रुः क्षणं मुदा।। क्षणं ददुर्भूषणं च क्षणं तस्मै च चन्दनम्
kṣaṇaṃ taṃ bhartsayāmāsuḥ stotraṃ cakruḥ kṣaṇaṃ mudā|| kṣaṇaṃ dadurbhūṣaṇaṃ ca kṣaṇaṃ tasmai ca candanam
For a moment they reproached him, for a moment they gladly praised him; for a moment they gave him ornaments, and for a moment sandal paste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 52.21
काश्चिदूचुरिमं मध्ये यूयं कुरुत सत्वरम् ।। निबद्धं प्रेमपाशेन हृदये चेति काश्चन
kāścidūcurimaṃ madhye yūyaṃ kuruta satvaram || nibaddhaṃ premapāśena hṛdaye ceti kāścana
Some said, "Put him quickly in the middle (among us)!" and some, "(Keep him) bound in the heart with the noose of love."
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BvP 4 52.22
काश्चिदूचुरयं नास्ति प्रतीतिर्न कदाचन।। यत्नाच्चेतनचोरं च पश्य पश्येति काश्चन
kāścidūcurayaṃ nāsti pratītirna kadācana|| yatnāccetanacoraṃ ca paśya paśyeti kāścana
Some said, "He is nothing; there is never any trusting (him)"; and some, "Watch, watch this thief of consciousness carefully!"
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BvP 4 52.23
काश्चिदूचुर्निष्ठुरोऽयं नरघातीति कोपतः।। न पुनर्वदते मां च काश्चनेति च नारद
kāścidūcurniṣṭhuro'yaṃ naraghātīti kopataḥ|| na punarvadate māṃ ca kāścaneti ca nārada
Some said in anger, "He is cruel, a killer of men"; and some, "He does not speak to me again," O Nārada.
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BvP 4 52.24
निर्जनानि च रम्याणि यानि यानि वनानि च ।। भ्रमेयुर्गोपिकास्तानि कृष्णेन सह कौतुकात्
nirjanāni ca ramyāṇi yāni yāni vanāni ca || bhrameyurgopikāstāni kṛṣṇena saha kautukāt
And whatever solitary and delightful forests there were, the cowherd women would roam through them together with Kṛṣṇa out of playfulness.
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BvP 4 52.26
रासं गत्वा स्वर्णपीठे तस्थौ स रसिकेश्वरः ।। निशि भाति यथाऽऽकाशे चन्द्रस्तारागणैः सह
rāsaṃ gatvā svarṇapīṭhe tasthau sa rasikeśvaraḥ || niśi bhāti yathā''kāśe candrastārāgaṇaiḥ saha
Having gone to the rāsa, that lord of connoisseurs took his place on a golden seat, as the moon shines in the sky at night together with the host of stars.
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BvP 4 52.27
नानामूर्तीर्विधायात्र सह ताभिर्जनार्दनः ।। चकार च पुनः क्रीडां कामुकीनां मनोहराम्
nānāmūrtīrvidhāyātra saha tābhirjanārdanaḥ || cakāra ca punaḥ krīḍāṃ kāmukīnāṃ manoharām
There Janārdana, making manifold forms, again carried on with them a play that charmed the minds of the love-stricken women.
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BvP 4 52.28
स्वयं राधां करे धृत्वा पूर्वोक्तं रतिमन्दिरम् ।। विश्वकर्मविनिर्माणमारुरोह स्मरातुरः
svayaṃ rādhāṃ kare dhṛtvā pūrvoktaṃ ratimandiram || viśvakarmavinirmāṇamāruroha smarāturaḥ
He himself, taking Rādhā by the hand, afflicted with desire, ascended the aforesaid pleasure-house that was fashioned by Viśvakarman.
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BvP 4 52.29
एवं तं गोपिकाः सर्वा मध्ये कृत्वा सदीश्वरम् ।। ययुर्वनान्तरे यत्र सुरम्यं रासमण्डलम् चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरीकुङ्कुमाक्तं सुवासितम् ।। तत्र चम्पकतल्पे स सुष्वाप च तया सह
evaṃ taṃ gopikāḥ sarvā madhye kṛtvā sadīśvaram || yayurvanāntare yatra suramyaṃ rāsamaṇḍalam candanāgurukastūrīkuṅkumāktaṃ suvāsitam || tatra campakatalpe sa suṣvāpa ca tayā saha
Thus all the cowherd women, placing him, the Lord, together (with Rādhā) in their midst, went into the interior of the forest where the very lovely rāsa-circle was; there, on a couch of campaka smeared with sandal, aloe, musk and saffron and sweetly perfumed, he lay down together with her.
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BvP 4 52.31
बभूव सुरतिस्तत्र सुचिरं च तयोर्मुने ।। रतिनिष्ठा तयो रम्या विरतिर्नास्ति तत्क्षणम्
babhūva suratistatra suciraṃ ca tayormune || ratiniṣṭhā tayo ramyā viratirnāsti tatkṣaṇam
There, O sage, their lovemaking went on for a very long time; the two of them were absorbed in delightful love-play, and there was no cessation of it for a moment.
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BvP 4 52.32
एवं तौ तस्थतुस्तत्र राधाकृष्णौ रसोत्सुकौ ।। तस्थुस्ता गोपिकाभिश्च सुरतौ कृष्णमूर्तयः
evaṃ tau tasthatustatra rādhākṛṣṇau rasotsukau || tasthustā gopikābhiśca suratau kṛṣṇamūrtayaḥ
Thus the two of them, Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, eager for love's savour, remained there; and those forms of Kṛṣṇa remained in lovemaking with the cowherd women.
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BvP 4 52.33
नारद उवाच ।। आदौ राधां समुच्चार्य पश्चात्कृष्णं विदुर्बुधाः ।। निमित्तमस्य मां भक्तं वद भक्तजनप्रिय
nārada uvāca || ādau rādhāṃ samuccārya paścātkṛṣṇaṃ vidurbudhāḥ || nimittamasya māṃ bhaktaṃ vada bhaktajanapriya
Nārada said: The wise know (the practice of) uttering Rādhā first and Kṛṣṇa afterwards. Tell me, your devotee, the reason for this, O you who are dear to devoted folk.
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BvP 4 52.34
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। निमित्तमस्य त्रिविधं कथयामि निशामय ।। जगन्माता च प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्च जगत्पिता
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || nimittamasya trividhaṃ kathayāmi niśāmaya || jaganmātā ca prakṛtiḥ puruṣaśca jagatpitā
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: I shall tell the threefold reason for this; listen. Prakṛti is the mother of the world, and Puruṣa is the world's father.
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BvP 4 52.35
गरीयसी त्रिजगतां माता शतगुणैः पितुः ।। राधाकृष्णेति गौरीशेत्येवं शब्दः श्रुतौ श्रुतः
garīyasī trijagatāṃ mātā śataguṇaiḥ pituḥ || rādhākṛṣṇeti gaurīśetyevaṃ śabdaḥ śrutau śrutaḥ
The mother of the three worlds is a hundred times weightier than the father; thus the words "Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa" and "Gaurī-Īśa" are heard in scripture.
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BvP 4 52.36
कृष्णराधेशगौरीति लोके न च कदा श्रुतः ।। प्रसीद रोहिणीचन्द्र गृहाणार्घ्यमिदं मम
kṛṣṇarādheśagaurīti loke na ca kadā śrutaḥ || prasīda rohiṇīcandra gṛhāṇārghyamidaṃ mama
"Kṛṣṇa-Rādhā" and "Īśa-Gaurī" have never been heard in the world. Be gracious, O moon, lord of Rohiṇī, accept this water-offering of mine.
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BvP 4 52.37
गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं संज्ञया सह भास्कर ।। प्रसीद कमलाकान्त गृहाण मम पूजनम्
gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ saṃjñayā saha bhāskara || prasīda kamalākānta gṛhāṇa mama pūjanam
Accept the offering given by me, O Bhāskara, together with Saṃjñā; be gracious, O beloved of Kamalā, accept my worship.
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BvP 4 52.38
इति दृष्टं सामवेदे कौथुमे मुनिसत्तम ।। राशब्दोच्चारणादेव स्फीतो भवति माधवः
iti dṛṣṭaṃ sāmavede kauthume munisattama || rāśabdoccāraṇādeva sphīto bhavati mādhavaḥ
Thus it is seen in the Kauthuma (recension of the) Sāmaveda, O best of sages: merely from the utterance of the syllable "rā", Mādhava becomes expansive with joy;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 52.39
धाशब्दोच्चारतः पश्चाद्धावत्येव ससंभ्रमः ।। आदौ पुरुषमुच्चार्य पश्चात्प्रकृतिमुच्चरेत्
dhāśabdoccārataḥ paścāddhāvatyeva sasaṃbhramaḥ || ādau puruṣamuccārya paścātprakṛtimuccaret
and then, from the utterance of the syllable "dhā", he runs at once in eager haste. (Yet) one should utter Puruṣa first and Prakṛti afterwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 52.41
ततो वृन्दावनं पुण्यं राधापादाब्जरेणुना ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्तं च वेधसा ।। राधिका चरणाम्भोजपादरेणूपलब्धये
tato vṛndāvanaṃ puṇyaṃ rādhāpādābjareṇunā || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi tapastaptaṃ ca vedhasā || rādhikā caraṇāmbhojapādareṇūpalabdhaye
Hence Vṛndāvana is holy by reason of the dust of Rādhā's lotus feet; and for sixty thousand years austerity was performed by the Creator in order to obtain the dust of the feet, the lotus-feet of Rādhikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition