Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 58
BvP 4 58.1
नारायण उवाच बभूव दर्पः पृथ्व्याश्च सर्पाधाराऽहमेव च । पृथृद्वारा च तद्दर्पं जघान चैव तत्प्रभुः
nārāyaṇa uvāca babhūva darpaḥ pṛthvyāśca sarpādhārā'hameva ca | pṛthṛdvārā ca taddarpaṃ jaghāna caiva tatprabhuḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: Pride arose in the Earth: "I alone am the support of the serpent"; and her Lord destroyed that pride by means of Pṛthu.
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BvP 4 58.2
बभूव दर्पः साविञ्या वेदमाताऽहमेव च । काले चकार तस्याश्च सपुत्राया अदर्शनम्
babhūva darpaḥ sāviñyā vedamātā'hameva ca | kāle cakāra tasyāśca saputrāyā adarśanam
Pride arose in Sāvitrī: "I alone am the mother of the Vedas"; and in time he brought about her disappearance, together with her son.
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BvP 4 58.3
बभूव दर्पं गङ्गया अहं निवणिदेति च । जह्नुद्वारा च तद्दर्प जहार जगतां पतिः
babhūva darpaṃ gaṅgayā ahaṃ nivaṇideti ca | jahnudvārā ca taddarpa jahāra jagatāṃ patiḥ
Pride arose in Gaṅgā: "I am the giver of liberation"; and the lord of the worlds took away that pride by means of Jahnu.
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BvP 4 58.4
जहार मनसादर्प दुर्गाद्वारा पुरा मुने । विरजोपगतं कृष्णं भर्त्सयामास कोपतः
jahāra manasādarpa durgādvārā purā mune | virajopagataṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhartsayāmāsa kopataḥ
Formerly, O sage, he took away Manasā's pride by means of Durgā; (she) in anger rebuked Kṛṣṇa when he had gone to Virajā.
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BvP 4 58.5
प्रविशन्तं रासगुहं गोपीभिर्विनिवारितम् । दौवारिकाभिर्वेत्रैश्च ताडितं तं च दर्पतः
praviśantaṃ rāsaguhaṃ gopībhirvinivāritam | dauvārikābhirvetraiśca tāḍitaṃ taṃ ca darpataḥ
As he was entering the secret place of the rāsa dance he was barred by the gopīs, and out of pride he was struck with canes by the doorkeeper-women.
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BvP 4 58.6
सुदाम्ना निजभक्तेन राधा शप्ता बभूव ह । देवेन सहसा ध्वस्ता गोलोकादागता धराम्
sudāmnā nijabhaktena rādhā śaptā babhūva ha | devena sahasā dhvastā golokādāgatā dharām
Rādhā was indeed cursed by Sudāman, his own devotee; suddenly crushed by the god, she came from Goloka to the earth.
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BvP 4 58.7
वृषभानुस्त्रियां जाता कलावत्यां च नारद । कृष्णस्तदनुरौधेन कंसभीतिच्छलेन च
vṛṣabhānustriyāṃ jātā kalāvatyāṃ ca nārada | kṛṣṇastadanuraudhena kaṃsabhīticchalena ca
She was born of Vṛṣabhānu's wife Kalāvatī, O Nārada; and Kṛṣṇa, at her insistence and on the pretext of fear of Kaṃsa,
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BvP 4 58.8
समागतो नन्दगेहं तेनाहं नन्दनन्दनः । सुदाम्नः शापवीच्छैदपालनार्थ जगत्पतिः
samāgato nandagehaṃ tenāhaṃ nandanandanaḥ | sudāmnaḥ śāpavīcchaidapālanārtha jagatpatiḥ
came to Nanda's house; thereby I, the lord of the world, became Nanda's son, in order to keep up and to cut short Sudāman's curse.
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BvP 4 58.9
पुनर्जगाम मथुरामित्याह कमलोद्भवः । अस्यापरमभिप्रायं को वा जनाति नारद
punarjagāma mathurāmityāha kamalodbhavaḥ | asyāparamabhiprāyaṃ ko vā janāti nārada
"Then he went again to Mathurā" — so said the lotus-born one. But who knows his further intention, O Nārada?
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BvP 4 58.10
कथं जातः समायाते सथुरायाश्च गोकुलम् । इत्येवं कथितं सर्वमपरं श्रूयतामिति
kathaṃ jātaḥ samāyāte sathurāyāśca gokulam | ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvamaparaṃ śrūyatāmiti
"How was (he) born, when (he) had come from Mathurā to Gokula?" — thus all this has been told; let the rest now be heard.
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BvP 4 58.11
यथा जगाम मथुरां नन्दान्स नन्दनन्दनः । शोकं नन्दो यशोदा च यथा संप्रप दैवतः
yathā jagāma mathurāṃ nandānsa nandanandanaḥ | śokaṃ nando yaśodā ca yathā saṃprapa daivataḥ
How the son of Nanda went to Mathurā, (leaving) Nanda; and how Nanda and Yaśodā came to grief by fate.
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BvP 4 58.12
यथा गोपाश्च गोप्यश्च गावो वृन्दावने वने । वने वने का वन्यास्ते वन्या जानन्ति किंचन
yathā gopāśca gopyaśca gāvo vṛndāvane vane | vane vane kā vanyāste vanyā jānanti kiṃcana
How the cowherds and the cowherd women and the cows (fared) in the forest of Vṛndāvana — in forest after forest, what forest-women are there? The forest-dwellers know something (of it).
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BvP 4 58.13
वनं रम्यं वन्यपदमपि त्यक्तवा वने वने । श्मशाने वाऽश्मशाने वा बभ्राम भामिनी मुने
vanaṃ ramyaṃ vanyapadamapi tyaktavā vane vane | śmaśāne vā'śmaśāne vā babhrāma bhāminī mune
Abandoning the lovely forest and even the forest dwelling-place, from forest to forest, in a cremation-ground or where there was none, the lady wandered, O sage.
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BvP 4 58.14
ग्रमं त्यक्त्वा च बभ्रम चेतनाऽचेतना क्षणम् । क्षणेन वर्जिता सा च प्रार्थयान्ती प्रतिक्षणम्
gramaṃ tyaktvā ca babhrama cetanā'cetanā kṣaṇam | kṣaṇena varjitā sā ca prārthayāntī pratikṣaṇam
And leaving the village she wandered, for a moment conscious, for a moment unconscious; and she, deprived (of consciousness) in an instant, entreating at every instant.
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BvP 4 58.15
क्षणं क्षणं सा श्वसिति चिन्तनं कुर्वती क्षणम् । क्षणं विशन्ती तल्पे च क्षणम्त्थाय तिष्ठति
kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇaṃ sā śvasiti cintanaṃ kurvatī kṣaṇam | kṣaṇaṃ viśantī talpe ca kṣaṇamtthāya tiṣṭhati
Moment by moment she sighs, for a moment engaging in thought; for a moment sinking onto the bed, and for a moment she rises and stands.
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BvP 4 58.58
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo
Thus (ends the chapter) in the glorious great Purāṇa Brahmavaivarta, in the Section on the Birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the dialogue of Nārada (with Nārāyaṇa).
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