Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 54
BvP 4 54.1
नारद उवाच ।। अतः परं किं रहस्यं बभूव मुनिसत्तम ।। कथं जगाम भगवान्मथुरां नन्दमन्दिरात्
nārada uvāca || ataḥ paraṃ kiṃ rahasyaṃ babhūva munisattama || kathaṃ jagāma bhagavānmathurāṃ nandamandirāt
Nārada said: What secret came after this, best of sages? How did the Lord go to Mathurā from Nanda's house?
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BvP 4 54.2
नन्दो दधार प्राणांश्च विच्छेदेन हरेः कथम् ।। गोपाङ्गना यशोदा वा कृष्णैकतानमानसाः
nando dadhāra prāṇāṃśca vicchedena hareḥ katham || gopāṅganā yaśodā vā kṛṣṇaikatānamānasāḥ
And how did Nanda keep his life-breaths at the separation from Hari? Or the cowherd women, or Yaśodā, whose minds were fixed on Kṛṣṇa alone?
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BvP 4 54.3
चक्षुर्निमेषविच्छेदाद्या राधा न हि जीवति ।। कथं दधार सा देवी प्राणान्प्राणेश्वरं विना
cakṣurnimeṣavicchedādyā rādhā na hi jīvati || kathaṃ dadhāra sā devī prāṇānprāṇeśvaraṃ vinā
That Rādhā who does not live through even the break of an eye's blink — how did that goddess keep her life-breaths without the lord of her life?
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BvP 4 54.4
येये तत्सङ्गिनो गोपाः शयनासनभोगतः ।। कथं विसस्मरुस्ते च तादृशं बांधवं व्रजे कुब्जया सह शृङ्गारं कृत्वा च कौतुकेन च ।। तं च प्रस्थापयामास गोलोकं गोपिकापतिः पूर्णे च शतवर्षे च सुदाम्नः शापमोक्षणे ।। पुनर्ययौ तया सार्द्धं पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् निर्गुणं च निरीहं च निराकारं निरञ्जनम्
yeye tatsaṅgino gopāḥ śayanāsanabhogataḥ || kathaṃ visasmaruste ca tādṛśaṃ bāṃdhavaṃ vraje kubjayā saha śṛṅgāraṃ kṛtvā ca kautukena ca || taṃ ca prasthāpayāmāsa golokaṃ gopikāpatiḥ pūrṇe ca śatavarṣe ca sudāmnaḥ śāpamokṣaṇe || punaryayau tayā sārddhaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam nirguṇaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca nirākāraṃ nirañjanam
And whatever cowherds were his companions in lying down, sitting, and enjoyment — how did they forget such a kinsman in Vraja? And having, out of playfulness, made love with Kubjā, the husband of the gopīs sent her off to Goloka. And when a full hundred years had passed, at the release of Sudāman from his curse, he went again with her to the holy forest of Vṛndāvana. Free of qualities, free of striving, formless, unstained —
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BvP 4 54.5
श्रीकृष्णो मथुरां गत्वा किं किं कर्म चकार सः ।। स्वर्गारोहणपर्यन्तं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति
śrīkṛṣṇo mathurāṃ gatvā kiṃ kiṃ karma cakāra saḥ || svargārohaṇaparyantaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati
Having gone to Mathurā, what deeds did Śrī Kṛṣṇa do? That, up to his ascent to heaven, you ought to tell.
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BvP 4 54.6
श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। कंसश्चकार यज्ञं च समाहूतो धनुर्मखम् ।। जगाम तत्र भगवांस्तेन राज्ञा निमन्त्रितः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || kaṃsaścakāra yajñaṃ ca samāhūto dhanurmakham || jagāma tatra bhagavāṃstena rājñā nimantritaḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Kaṃsa performed a sacrifice, the bow-sacrifice, and being invited, the Lord went there, summoned by that king.
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BvP 4 54.7
राजा प्रस्थापयामास चाक्रूरं भगवत्प्रियम् ।। अक्रूरः प्रेरितो राज्ञा गत्वा च नन्दमन्दिरम्
rājā prasthāpayāmāsa cākrūraṃ bhagavatpriyam || akrūraḥ prerito rājñā gatvā ca nandamandiram
The king sent off Akrūra, who was dear to the Lord; and Akrūra, dispatched by the king, went to Nanda's house,
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BvP 4 54.8
श्रीकृष्णं च गृहीत्वा स सगणं मथुरां गतः ।। कृष्णः श्रीमथुरां गत्वा जघान नृपतिं मुने
śrīkṛṣṇaṃ ca gṛhītvā sa sagaṇaṃ mathurāṃ gataḥ || kṛṣṇaḥ śrīmathurāṃ gatvā jaghāna nṛpatiṃ mune
and taking Śrī Kṛṣṇa along with his company, he went to Mathurā. Kṛṣṇa, having gone to holy Mathurā, killed the king, O sage.
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BvP 4 54.9
जघान रजकं चैव चाणूरं मुष्टिकं गजम् ।। चकार पित्रोरुद्धारं बान्धवानां च बान्धवः
jaghāna rajakaṃ caiva cāṇūraṃ muṣṭikaṃ gajam || cakāra pitroruddhāraṃ bāndhavānāṃ ca bāndhavaḥ
He killed the washerman, and Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, and the elephant; and that kinsman brought about the deliverance of his parents and of his relatives.
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BvP 4 54.11
चकार कृपया विष्णुर्मालाकारस्य मोक्षणम् ।। कृपया चोद्धवद्वारा बोधयामास गोपिकाः
cakāra kṛpayā viṣṇurmālākārasya mokṣaṇam || kṛpayā coddhavadvārā bodhayāmāsa gopikāḥ
Out of compassion Viṣṇu granted release to the garland-maker; and out of compassion, by means of Uddhava, he brought understanding to the gopīs.
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BvP 4 54.12
तदोपनीतो भगवानवन्तीनगरं ययौ ।। चकार विद्याग्रहणं मुनेः सांदीपनेर्गुरोः
tadopanīto bhagavānavantīnagaraṃ yayau || cakāra vidyāgrahaṇaṃ muneḥ sāṃdīpanerguroḥ
Then the Lord, having been invested (with the sacred thread), went to the city of Avantī and received learning from the sage Sāndīpani, his teacher.
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BvP 4 54.13
ततो जित्वा जरासन्धं निहत्य यवनेश्वरम् ।। उग्रसेनं च नृपतिं चकार विधिपूर्वकम्
tato jitvā jarāsandhaṃ nihatya yavaneśvaram || ugrasenaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ cakāra vidhipūrvakam
Then, having defeated Jarāsandha and slain the lord of the Yavanas, he made Ugrasena king according to the rules.
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BvP 4 54.14
गत्वा समुद्रनिकटं निर्माय द्वारकां पुरीम् ।। जहार रुक्मिणीं देवीं जित्वा नृपतिसंघकम्
gatvā samudranikaṭaṃ nirmāya dvārakāṃ purīm || jahāra rukmiṇīṃ devīṃ jitvā nṛpatisaṃghakam
Going to the seashore and building the city of Dvārakā, he carried off the goddess Rukmiṇī, having defeated the host of kings.
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BvP 4 54.15
कालिंदीं लक्ष्मणां शैब्यां सत्यां जांबवतीं सतीम् ।। मित्रविंदां नाग्नजितीं समुद्वाहं चकार सः
kāliṃdīṃ lakṣmaṇāṃ śaibyāṃ satyāṃ jāṃbavatīṃ satīm || mitraviṃdāṃ nāgnajitīṃ samudvāhaṃ cakāra saḥ
Kālindī, Lakṣmaṇā, Śaibyā, Satyā, the faithful Jāmbavatī, Mitravindā and Nāgnajitī — he married them.
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BvP 4 54.16
निहत्य नरकं भूपं रणेन दारुणेन च ।। पत्नीषोडशसाहस्रं विहारं च चकार सः
nihatya narakaṃ bhūpaṃ raṇena dāruṇena ca || patnīṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ vihāraṃ ca cakāra saḥ
Having slain the king Naraka in a terrible battle, he took his pleasure with sixteen thousand wives.
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BvP 4 54.17
जहार पारिजातं च जित्वा शक्रं च लीलया ।। चिच्छेद बाणहस्तांश्च जित्वा च चन्द्रशेखरम्
jahāra pārijātaṃ ca jitvā śakraṃ ca līlayā || ciccheda bāṇahastāṃśca jitvā ca candraśekharam
He carried off the pārijāta tree, defeating Indra in sport; and he cut off Bāṇa's hands, having defeated the moon-crested one (Śiva).
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BvP 4 54.18
पौत्रस्य मोक्षणं कृत्वा पुनरागत्य द्वारकाम् ।। आत्मानं दर्शयामास लोकांश्च प्रतिमन्दिरम्
pautrasya mokṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā punarāgatya dvārakām || ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa lokāṃśca pratimandiram
Having freed his grandson, he came back again to Dvārakā and showed himself to the people in each house.
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BvP 4 54.19
योगे च वसुदेवस्य तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः ।। प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवीं च ददर्श तत्र राधिकाम्
yoge ca vasudevasya tīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ || prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevīṃ ca dadarśa tatra rādhikām
And on the occasion of Vasudeva's pilgrimage to the holy places, at (the place of) union, he saw there Rādhikā, the goddess who presides over (his) life-breath.
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BvP 4 54.21
पुनश्चतुर्दशाब्दं च तया सार्धं जगत्पतिः ।। चकार रासं रासे च पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते
punaścaturdaśābdaṃ ca tayā sārdhaṃ jagatpatiḥ || cakāra rāsaṃ rāse ca puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate
And again for fourteen years the Lord of the world performed the rāsa dance together with her, in the rāsa (circle) and in the holy land of Bhārata.
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BvP 4 54.22
पूर्णमेकादशाब्दं च निवृत्य नन्दमंदिरे ।। मथुरायां द्वारकायां पूर्णमब्दशतं विभुः
pūrṇamekādaśābdaṃ ca nivṛtya nandamaṃdire || mathurāyāṃ dvārakāyāṃ pūrṇamabdaśataṃ vibhuḥ
And having returned to Nanda's house for a full eleven years, the mighty one (dwelt) in Mathurā and in Dvārakā a full hundred years.
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BvP 4 54.23
चकार भारहरणं पृथिव्यां पृथुविक्रमः।। पंचविंशतिवर्षे च शतवर्षाधिकं मुने
cakāra bhāraharaṇaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthuvikramaḥ|| paṃcaviṃśativarṣe ca śatavarṣādhikaṃ mune
He of wide stride accomplished the removal of the (earth's) burden upon the earth; and in the twenty-fifth year beyond a hundred years, O sage,
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BvP 4 54.24
तिष्ठञ्जगाम गोलोकं पृथिव्यां च पुरातनः ।। यशोदायै च नन्दाय वृषभानाय धीमते
tiṣṭhañjagāma golokaṃ pṛthivyāṃ ca purātanaḥ || yaśodāyai ca nandāya vṛṣabhānāya dhīmate
while yet remaining on earth, the Ancient One went to Goloka; and to Yaśodā, to Nanda, to the wise Vṛṣabhānu,
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BvP 4 54.25
राधामात्रे कलावत्यै ददौ सामीप्यमोक्षणम् ।। कृष्णेन सार्द्धं गोपी च राधिका च कुतूहलात्
rādhāmātre kalāvatyai dadau sāmīpyamokṣaṇam || kṛṣṇena sārddhaṃ gopī ca rādhikā ca kutūhalāt
and to Kalāvatī, Rādhā's mother, he granted the liberation of nearness (to himself); and the cowherd woman together with Kṛṣṇa, and Rādhikā, out of eagerness,
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BvP 4 54.26
निबध्य धर्मसेतुं च वेदोक्तं च युगे युगे ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं समासेन महामुने
nibadhya dharmasetuṃ ca vedoktaṃ ca yuge yuge || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ samāsena mahāmune
having bound fast the dyke of dharma, as declared in the Veda, in age after age — thus has all been told in summary, O great sage,
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BvP 4 54.27
श्रीकृष्णचरितं रम्यं चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदम् ।। ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं सर्वं नश्वरमेव च
śrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ ramyaṃ caturvargaphalapradam || brahmādistambaparyantaṃ sarvaṃ naśvarameva ca
the delightful deeds of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, which bestow the fruit of the four goals (of life). Everything from Brahmā down to a clump of grass is indeed perishable.
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BvP 4 54.28
भज तं परमानन्दं सानन्दं नन्दनन्दनम् ।। स्वेच्छामयं परं ब्रह्म परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
bhaja taṃ paramānandaṃ sānandaṃ nandanandanam || svecchāmayaṃ paraṃ brahma paramātmānamīśvaram
Worship him, the supreme bliss, the joyful son of Nanda, whose being is his own will, the supreme Brahman, the highest Self, the Lord,
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BvP 4 54.29
परमव्ययमव्यक्तं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम् ।। सत्य नित्यं स्वतंत्रं च सर्वेशं प्रकृतेः परम्
paramavyayamavyaktaṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham || satya nityaṃ svataṃtraṃ ca sarveśaṃ prakṛteḥ param
the supreme, the imperishable, the unmanifest, whose form is grace toward his devotees, the real, the eternal, the independent, the lord of all, beyond primal nature.
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