Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 55
BvP 4 55.1
ॐ तत्सद्ब्रह्मणे नमः। श्रीमद्द्वैपायनमुनीप्रणीतं- ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणम्। अथ श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डस्योत्तरार्धः। नारायण उवाच स एव भगवान्कृष्णः सर्वात्मा पुरुषः परः । दुराराध्योऽतिसाध्यश्च सर्वाराध्यः सुखप्रदः
oṃ tatsadbrahmaṇe namaḥ| śrīmaddvaipāyanamunīpraṇītaṃ- brahmavaivartapurāṇam| atha śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍasyottarārdhaḥ| nārāyaṇa uvāca sa eva bhagavānkṛṣṇaḥ sarvātmā puruṣaḥ paraḥ | durārādhyo'tisādhyaśca sarvārādhyaḥ sukhapradaḥ
Om, That is the Real; homage to Brahman. The Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, composed by the venerable sage Dvaipāyana. Now the latter half of the Book of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Birth. Nārāyaṇa said: That very Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Self of all, the supreme Person; hard to propitiate and very easy to attain, worshipped by all, the giver of happiness.
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BvP 4 55.2
निजभक्तातिसाघ्यश्चाभक्तस्यासाध्य एव च । शश्वद्दृश्यः स्वभक्तस्याभक्तस्यादृश्य एव च
nijabhaktātisāghyaścābhaktasyāsādhya eva ca | śaśvaddṛśyaḥ svabhaktasyābhaktasyādṛśya eva ca
He is very easy of attainment for his own devotee, and utterly unattainable for the non-devotee; he is ever visible to his own devotee, and invisible to the non-devotee.
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BvP 4 55.3
दुर्ज्ञेयं तस्य चरितं कार्यं हृदयमेव च । बद्धास्तन्मायया सर्वे मोहिताश्च दुरन्तया
durjñeyaṃ tasya caritaṃ kāryaṃ hṛdayameva ca | baddhāstanmāyayā sarve mohitāśca durantayā
His conduct, his action, and his heart are hard to know; all are bound by his māyā and deluded by it, (that māyā) which is hard to pass beyond.
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BvP 4 55.4
यद्भयाद्वाति वातोऽयं कूर्मं धत्ते निराश्रयः । कूर्मोऽनन्तं विधत्ते च यद्भयेन निरन्तरम्
yadbhayādvāti vāto'yaṃ kūrmaṃ dhatte nirāśrayaḥ | kūrmo'nantaṃ vidhatte ca yadbhayena nirantaram
Out of fear of whom this wind blows and, itself without support, upholds the tortoise; and out of fear of whom the tortoise unceasingly supports Ananta;
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BvP 4 55.5
बिभर्ति शेषो विश्वं च यद्भयेन च नारद । सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः शिरमश्चैकदेशतः
bibharti śeṣo viśvaṃ ca yadbhayena ca nārada | sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ śiramaścaikadeśataḥ
and out of fear of whom Śeṣa bears the universe, O Nārada — the thousand-headed Person (bears it) upon a single spot of his head.
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BvP 4 55.6
सप्तसागरसंयुक्ता सप्तद्वीपा वसुंधरा । शैलकाननसंयुक्ता पातालाः सप्त एव च
saptasāgarasaṃyuktā saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā | śailakānanasaṃyuktā pātālāḥ sapta eva ca
The earth with its seven continents, joined with the seven oceans, together with mountains and forests, and the seven nether worlds,
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BvP 4 55.7
सप्तस्वर्गाश्च विविधा ब्रह्मलोकसमन्विताः । एवं विश्वं त्रिभुवनं कृत्रिमं परिकीर्तितम्
saptasvargāśca vividhā brahmalokasamanvitāḥ | evaṃ viśvaṃ tribhuvanaṃ kṛtrimaṃ parikīrtitam
and the seven heavens of various kinds together with the world of Brahmā — thus the universe, the triple world, is declared to be a fabricated thing.
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BvP 4 55.8
यद्भयेन विधात्राच प्रतिसृष्टौ च निर्मितम् । एवं विश्वान्यसंरव्यानि लोमकूपैर्महान्विराट्
yadbhayena vidhātrāca pratisṛṣṭau ca nirmitam | evaṃ viśvānyasaṃravyāni lomakūpairmahānvirāṭ
and out of fear of whom it is fashioned anew by the Creator at each new creation. Thus the innumerable universes (are) in the hair-pores of the great Virāṭ.
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BvP 4 55.9
यद्भयेन विधत्ते च यदन्नो ध्यायते हि यम् । विष्णुः पाति च संसारं यद्भयेन कृपानिधिः
yadbhayena vidhatte ca yadanno dhyāyate hi yam | viṣṇuḥ pāti ca saṃsāraṃ yadbhayena kṛpānidhiḥ
Out of fear of whom he creates, and on whom, whose food he is, he meditates; and out of fear of whom Viṣṇu, the treasury of compassion, protects the world.
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BvP 4 55.10
कालाग्निरुद्रो यद्भीतः कालः संहरते प्रजाः । मृत्युंजयो महादेवो यद्भयाद्ध्यायते च यम्
kālāgnirudro yadbhītaḥ kālaḥ saṃharate prajāḥ | mṛtyuṃjayo mahādevo yadbhayāddhyāyate ca yam
Frightened of whom, Kālāgnirudra, (that is) Time, destroys creatures; and out of fear of whom Mahādeva, the conqueror of death, meditates upon him —
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BvP 4 55.11
षड्गुणैरनुरागैश्च विरागी विरतः सदा । यद्भयेन दहत्यग्निः सूर्यस्तपति यद्भयात्
ṣaḍguṇairanurāgaiśca virāgī virataḥ sadā | yadbhayena dahatyagniḥ sūryastapati yadbhayāt
(He is) ever without passion, ever withdrawn from the six qualities and from attachments; through fear of whom fire burns and through fear of whom the sun gives heat.
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BvP 4 55.12
यद्भयाद्वर्षतीन्द्रश्च मृत्युश्चरति जन्तुषु । यद्भयेन यमः शास्ता पापिनीं धर्म एव च
yadbhayādvarṣatīndraśca mṛtyuścarati jantuṣu | yadbhayena yamaḥ śāstā pāpinīṃ dharma eva ca
Through fear of whom Indra rains, and death moves among living creatures; through fear of whom Yama is the chastiser of sinful (women/beings), and Dharma likewise.
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BvP 4 55.13
धत्ते च धरणी लोकान्यद्भयेन चराचरान् । सूयते प्रकृतिः सृष्टौ यद्भयान्महदादिकम्
dhatte ca dharaṇī lokānyadbhayena carācarān | sūyate prakṛtiḥ sṛṣṭau yadbhayānmahadādikam
And through fear of whom the earth bears the worlds, moving and unmoving; through fear of whom prakṛti brings forth, at creation, mahat and the rest.
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BvP 4 55.14
दुर्ज्ञेयं तदभिप्रायं को वा जानाति पुत्रक । यत्प्रभावं न जानन्ति ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
durjñeyaṃ tadabhiprāyaṃ ko vā jānāti putraka | yatprabhāvaṃ na jānanti brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
His intent is hard to know — who indeed knows it, little son? Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara do not know his power.
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BvP 4 55.15
कथं जानामि तच्चेष्टामहं वत्स सुमन्दधीः । कथं जगाम मथुरां त्यक्त्वा वृन्दावनं वनम्
kathaṃ jānāmi tacceṣṭāmahaṃ vatsa sumandadhīḥ | kathaṃ jagāma mathurāṃ tyaktvā vṛndāvanaṃ vanam
How am I, dull-witted as I am, to know his doings, child? How did he go to Mathurā, leaving the forest of Vṛndāvana?
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BvP 4 55.16
कथं तत्याज गोपीश्च राधां प्राणाधिकां प्रियाम् । यशोदां बान्धवादींश्च नन्दं व नन्दनन्दनः
kathaṃ tatyāja gopīśca rādhāṃ prāṇādhikāṃ priyām | yaśodāṃ bāndhavādīṃśca nandaṃ va nandanandanaḥ
How did the son of Nanda abandon the gopīs, and Rādhā, his beloved dearer than life, and Yaśodā and his kinsmen and Nanda?
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BvP 4 55.17
दर्पहा दर्पदः सोऽपि सर्वेषां सर्वदः सदा । बभञ्ज राधादर्पं च सुदाम्नः शापकारणात्
darpahā darpadaḥ so'pi sarveṣāṃ sarvadaḥ sadā | babhañja rādhādarpaṃ ca sudāmnaḥ śāpakāraṇāt
He too is the destroyer of pride and the giver of pride, ever the giver of all things to all; and he broke Rādhā's pride because of Sudāman's curse.
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BvP 4 55.18
अन्येषां भावनाहेतोर्ब्रह्मप्राप्तिस्तथा भवेत् । एवं किंचिद्वितर्कं च कुरुते कमलोद्भवः
anyeṣāṃ bhāvanāhetorbrahmaprāptistathā bhavet | evaṃ kiṃcidvitarkaṃ ca kurute kamalodbhavaḥ
For others, by reason of (their) meditation, attainment of Brahman would likewise come about. Thus the lotus-born (Brahmā) engages in some reasoning.
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BvP 4 55.19
चकार दर्पभङ्गं च महाविष्णुः पुरा विभुः । ब्रह्मणश्चतथा विष्णोः शषेस्य च शिवस्य च
cakāra darpabhaṅgaṃ ca mahāviṣṇuḥ purā vibhuḥ | brahmaṇaścatathā viṣṇoḥ śaṣesya ca śivasya ca
And the mighty Mahāviṣṇu formerly broke the pride of Brahmā, and likewise of Viṣṇu, and of Śeṣa, and of Śiva,
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BvP 4 55.20
धर्मस्य च यमस्यापि साम्बस्य चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । गरुडस्य च वह्नेश्च गुरोर्दुर्वाससस्तथा
dharmasya ca yamasyāpi sāmbasya candrasūryayoḥ | garuḍasya ca vahneśca gurordurvāsasastathā
and of Dharma and of Yama too, of Sāmba, of the moon and the sun, and of Garuḍa and of Fire, of the preceptor (Bṛhaspati), and likewise of Durvāsas,
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BvP 4 55.21
दौवारिकस्य भक्तस्य जयस्य विजयस्य च। सुराणमसुराणां च भवतः कामशक्रयोः
dauvārikasya bhaktasya jayasya vijayasya ca| surāṇamasurāṇāṃ ca bhavataḥ kāmaśakrayoḥ
of the doorkeepers, his devotees, Jaya and Vijaya, and of the gods and of the demons, and of you, and of Kāma and Indra,
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BvP 4 55.22
लक्ष्मणस्यार्जुनस्यापि बाणस्य च भृगोस्तथा । सुमेरोश्च समुद्राणां वायोश्च वरुणस्य च
lakṣmaṇasyārjunasyāpi bāṇasya ca bhṛgostathā | sumerośca samudrāṇāṃ vāyośca varuṇasya ca
of Lakṣmaṇa and of Arjuna too, and of Bāṇa and likewise of Bhṛgu, and of Sumeru and of the oceans, and of Vāyu and of Varuṇa,
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BvP 4 55.23
सरस्वत्याश्च दुर्गायाः पद्मायाश्च भुवस्तथा । सावित्र्याश्चैव गङ्गाया मनसायास्तथैव च
sarasvatyāśca durgāyāḥ padmāyāśca bhuvastathā | sāvitryāścaiva gaṅgāyā manasāyāstathaiva ca
and of Sarasvatī, of Durgā, of Padmā, and likewise of Earth, and of Sāvitrī, of Gaṅgā, and just so of Manasā,
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BvP 4 55.24
प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेव्यश्च प्रियायाः प्राणतोऽपि च । प्राणाधिकाया राधाया अन्येषामपि का कथा
prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevyaśca priyāyāḥ prāṇato'pi ca | prāṇādhikāyā rādhāyā anyeṣāmapi kā kathā
and of the goddesses presiding over the vital breaths, and of his beloved dearer than breath, of Rādhā who is more than life — what then to say of the others?
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BvP 4 55.25
ह्रत्वा दर्पं च सर्वेषां प्रसादं च चकार सः । कर्ता हर्ता पालयिता स्रष्टा स्रष्टुश्च सर्वतः
hratvā darpaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ prasādaṃ ca cakāra saḥ | kartā hartā pālayitā sraṣṭā sraṣṭuśca sarvataḥ
And having taken away the pride of all, he showed them favour; he is the maker, the destroyer, the protector, the creator, and the creator of the creator, in every way.
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BvP 4 55.26
यं स्तोतुमीशो नालं च पञ्चवक्त्रैस्तु शंकरः । स्तोतुं नालं चतुर्वक्त्रो विधाता जगतामपि
yaṃ stotumīśo nālaṃ ca pañcavaktraistu śaṃkaraḥ | stotuṃ nālaṃ caturvaktro vidhātā jagatāmapi
Whom Śaṃkara, the lord, is not able to praise even with his five mouths; the four-faced one, the ordainer of the worlds, is also not able to praise him;
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BvP 4 55.27
स्तोतुं नालमनन्तश्च सहस्रवदनैरहो । स्वयं विष्णुर्विश्वव्यापी नालं स्तोतुं जनार्दनः
stotuṃ nālamanantaśca sahasravadanairaho | svayaṃ viṣṇurviśvavyāpī nālaṃ stotuṃ janārdanaḥ
and Ananta is not able to praise (him) with his thousand mouths — ah! Viṣṇu himself, Janārdana who pervades the universe, is not able to praise (him);
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BvP 4 55.28
महाविराण्न शक्तोऽपि यं स्तोतुं परमेश्वरम् । कम्पिता यस्य पुरतः प्रकृतिः परमात्मनः
mahāvirāṇna śakto'pi yaṃ stotuṃ parameśvaram | kampitā yasya purataḥ prakṛtiḥ paramātmanaḥ
even the great Cosmic Form is not able to praise him, the Supreme Lord; before whom, the Supreme Self, prakṛti trembles;
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BvP 4 55.29
सरस्वती जडीभूता यं स्तोतुं परमेश्वरम् । महिमानं न जानन्ति वेदा यस्य च नारद
sarasvatī jaḍībhūtā yaṃ stotuṃ parameśvaram | mahimānaṃ na jānanti vedā yasya ca nārada
Sarasvatī becomes dumb (when it comes) to praising him, the Supreme Lord; and the Vedas do not know his greatness, Nārada.
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BvP 4 55.30
इत्येवं कथितो ब्रह्मन्प्रभावः परमात्मनः । निर्गुणस्य च कृष्णस्य किं भुयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ityevaṃ kathito brahmanprabhāvaḥ paramātmanaḥ | nirguṇasya ca kṛṣṇasya kiṃ bhuyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus, O brahmin, has the power of the Supreme Self been told, of Kṛṣṇa who is without qualities. What more do you wish to hear?
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BvP 4 55.55
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तरार्धे नारदनाo श्रीकृष्णप्रभाव- वर्णनं नाम पञ्चपञ्चशात्तमोऽध्यायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttarārdhe nāradanāo śrīkṛṣṇaprabhāva- varṇanaṃ nāma pañcapañcaśāttamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the glorious Brahmavaivarta, the great Purāṇa, in the Śrī-Kṛṣṇa-Janma section, in the latter half, in the Nārada narrative, the fifty-fifth chapter, called "The Description of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Majesty."
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