Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 59
BvP 4 59.1
नारायण उवाच इत्येवं कथितं सर्व सर्वेषां दर्पभञ्जनम् । इन्द्रस्य दर्पभङ्गं च विस्तरेण निशामज
nārāyaṇa uvāca ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarva sarveṣāṃ darpabhañjanam | indrasya darpabhaṅgaṃ ca vistareṇa niśāmaja
Nārāyaṇa said: Thus has all this been told — the breaking of the pride of all. Now hear in detail also the breaking of Indra's pride.
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BvP 4 59.2
इन्दो दर्पात्सभायां च रत्नसिंहासनाद्वरात् । नोत्तस्यौ स्वगुरुं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मिष्ठं च बृहस्पतिम्
indo darpātsabhāyāṃ ca ratnasiṃhāsanādvarāt | nottasyau svaguruṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmiṣṭhaṃ ca bṛhaspatim
Indra, out of pride, in the assembly did not rise from his excellent jewelled throne when he saw his own teacher, Bṛhaspati, devoted to the Absolute.
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BvP 4 59.3
गुरुर्जगामातिरुष्टः स्वापमाने समत्मरः । तथापि कृपया धर्मे स्नेहाच्च न शशाप तम्
gururjagāmātiruṣṭaḥ svāpamāne samatmaraḥ | tathāpi kṛpayā dharme snehācca na śaśāpa tam
The teacher went away, greatly angered, remembering his own dishonour; yet out of compassion, in accordance with dharma, and out of affection, he did not curse him.
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BvP 4 59.4
विना शपेन तद्दर्वश्चूर्णीभूतो बभूव ह । अन्यश्चेन्न शपेद्धर्मात्प्रेम्णा वा चातिकिल्विषम्
vinā śapena taddarvaścūrṇībhūto babhūva ha | anyaścenna śapeddharmātpremṇā vā cātikilviṣam
Even without a curse that pride of his was ground to powder. If another, out of dharma or out of love, does not curse (even) a very great offence —
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BvP 4 59.5
त्थाऽपि तं च फलति धर्मस्तं हन्ति नारद । यो यं हिंस्रं सापराधं शपेत्कोपेने धार्मिकः
tthā'pi taṃ ca phalati dharmastaṃ hanti nārada | yo yaṃ hiṃsraṃ sāparādhaṃ śapetkopene dhārmikaḥ
— even so it bears fruit for him: dharma itself destroys him, O Nārada. (But) whoever, being righteous, curses in anger a violent offender —
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BvP 4 59.6
विनाशः सापराधस्य धर्मो नष्टश्च धर्मिणः । तेनाधर्मेण शक्रस्य ब्रह्महत्या बभूव ह
vināśaḥ sāparādhasya dharmo naṣṭaśca dharmiṇaḥ | tenādharmeṇa śakrasya brahmahatyā babhūva ha
— the offender is destroyed, and the righteous man's dharma is lost. By that unrighteousness the guilt of brahmin-slaying came upon Śakra.
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BvP 4 59.7
भीतस्त्यक्त्वा स्वराज्यं च प्रययौ सरोवरम् । सरसः बद्मसूत्रे च निवासं च चकार सः
bhītastyaktvā svarājyaṃ ca prayayau sarovaram | sarasaḥ badmasūtre ca nivāsaṃ ca cakāra saḥ
Terrified, he abandoned his own kingdom and went to a lake, and he made his dwelling in a lotus-stalk of that lake.
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BvP 4 59.8
गन्तुं न शक्ता हन्या च पुण्यं विष्णुसरोवरम् । श्रेष्ठं भरतवर्षेच तपःस्थानं तपस्विनाम्
gantuṃ na śaktā hanyā ca puṇyaṃ viṣṇusarovaram | śreṣṭhaṃ bharatavarṣeca tapaḥsthānaṃ tapasvinām
Unable to go (elsewhere) and (unable) to be slain, (he went to) the holy lake of Viṣṇu, the best in Bharatavarṣa, a place of austerity for ascetics.
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BvP 4 59.9
तदेव पुष्करं तीर्थं प्रवदन्ति पुराविदः । राज्यभ्रष्टं हरीं दृष्ट्वा हरिभक्तो नराधिपः
tadeva puṣkaraṃ tīrthaṃ pravadanti purāvidaḥ | rājyabhraṣṭaṃ harīṃ dṛṣṭvā haribhakto narādhipaḥ
That very place the knowers of ancient lore call the Puṣkara tīrtha. Seeing Hari (Indra) fallen from his kingdom, a lord of men devoted to Hari —
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BvP 4 59.10
बलाज्जहार तद्राज्यं नहुषो नाम धार्मिकः । दृष्ट्वा शचीं वरारोहा मनपत्यां च सुन्दरीम्
balājjahāra tadrājyaṃ nahuṣo nāma dhārmikaḥ | dṛṣṭvā śacīṃ varārohā manapatyāṃ ca sundarīm
— a righteous man named Nahuṣa, took that kingdom by force. And seeing Śacī, beautiful of hips, childless and lovely,
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BvP 4 59.11
स्वर्गगङ्गं च गच्छन्तीं हृदयेन विदूयता । नवयौवनसंपन्नां रत्नालंकारभूषिताम्
svargagaṅgaṃ ca gacchantīṃ hṛdayena vidūyatā | navayauvanasaṃpannāṃ ratnālaṃkārabhūṣitām
going to the heavenly Gaṅgā with a heart tormented (with grief), endowed with fresh youth, adorned with jewelled ornaments,
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BvP 4 59.12
सुकोमलं तां सुदतीं वदन्तीं च महासतीम् । मूर्च्छां संप्राप राजान्द्रः कामेन यौवनेन च ।। उवाच तत्पुरः स्थित्वा सुविनीतश्च दासवत्
sukomalaṃ tāṃ sudatīṃ vadantīṃ ca mahāsatīm | mūrcchāṃ saṃprāpa rājāndraḥ kāmena yauvanena ca || uvāca tatpuraḥ sthitvā suvinītaśca dāsavat
her, very delicate, fair-toothed, speaking, a woman of great chastity — that lord of kings fell into a swoon from desire and from youth. Standing before her, very humble, like a servant, he said:
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BvP 4 59.13
नहुष उवाच थातुर्गतिर्विचित्राऽहोन बौध्या च सतामपि
nahuṣa uvāca thāturgatirvicitrā'hona baudhyā ca satāmapi
Nahuṣa said: The course of the Creator is strange — alas, it is not to be understood even by the good.
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BvP 4 59.14
ईदृशी स्त्री भगाङ्गस्य लुब्धस्य परयोषिति । ईदृशी सुन्दरी यस्य परभार्यासु तन्मनः
īdṛśī strī bhagāṅgasya lubdhasya parayoṣiti | īdṛśī sundarī yasya parabhāryāsu tanmanaḥ
Such a wife has (this) lecher, greedy for another's woman — such a beauty has he whose mind is set on others' wives!
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BvP 4 59.15
अस्या अग्रे च का रम्भा कोर्वशी का तिलोत्तमा। का वा मेना घृताची वा रत्नमाला कलावती
asyā agre ca kā rambhā korvaśī kā tilottamā| kā vā menā ghṛtācī vā ratnamālā kalāvatī
And before her, what is Rambhā? What Urvaśī? What Tilottamā? Or what Menā, or Ghṛtācī, Ratnamālā, Kalāvatī?
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BvP 4 59.16
कालिका सुन्दरी भद्रावती चम्पावती तथा । एदाश्चाप्सरसश्चान्याः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
kālikā sundarī bhadrāvatī campāvatī tathā | edāścāpsarasaścānyāḥ kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Kālikā, Sundarī, Bhadrāvatī and Campāvatī — these and the other apsarases are not worth a sixteenth part (of her).
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BvP 4 59.17
इमां विहाय मूढोऽन्यां कथं गच्छति मन्दधीः । अस्माकं योबितोऽस्याश्च चेटितुल्याश्च निश्चितम्
imāṃ vihāya mūḍho'nyāṃ kathaṃ gacchati mandadhīḥ | asmākaṃ yobito'syāśca ceṭitulyāśca niścitam
How does the fool, the dull-witted one, abandon her and go to another? Certainly our women are but equal to her maidservants.
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BvP 4 59.18
मां भजस्व वरारोहे सुप्रीत भव किंकरम् । यथा राधा च गोलोके कृष्णवक्षसि राजते
māṃ bhajasva varārohe suprīta bhava kiṃkaram | yathā rādhā ca goloke kṛṣṇavakṣasi rājate
Love me, O fair-hipped one; be well pleased, (and make me) your servant — just as Rādhā shines on Kṛṣṇa's breast in Goloka,
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BvP 4 59.19
वैकुण्ठोरसि वैकुण्ठे यथा लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती । ब्रह्मलोके च ब्रह्माणी यथैव ब्रह्मवक्षसि
vaikuṇṭhorasi vaikuṇṭhe yathā lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī | brahmaloke ca brahmāṇī yathaiva brahmavakṣasi
as Lakṣmī (shines) on Vaikuṇṭha's breast in Vaikuṇṭha, and as Sarasvatī, and Brahmāṇī in Brahmaloka, just so on Brahmā's breast,
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BvP 4 59.20
यथा मूर्तिर्महासाध्वी धर्मवक्षःस्थलस्थिता । पातालतललक्ष्मीर्वा यथैवाऽनन्तवक्षसि
yathā mūrtirmahāsādhvī dharmavakṣaḥsthalasthitā | pātālatalalakṣmīrvā yathaivā'nantavakṣasi
as Mūrti, the greatly virtuous one, stationed on Dharma's chest, or as Lakṣmī of the nether world on Ananta's breast,
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BvP 4 59.21
यथा पुष्टिर्गणेणे च देवसेना च कार्तिके ।। वरुणे वरुणानी च यथा स्वाहा हताशने
yathā puṣṭirgaṇeṇe ca devasenā ca kārtike || varuṇe varuṇānī ca yathā svāhā hatāśane
as Puṣṭi (rests) on Gaṇeśa and Devasenā on Kārtikeya, and Vāruṇī on Varuṇa, as Svāhā on Fire,
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BvP 4 59.22
यथारतिःकामदेवे यथा संज्ञा दिनेश्क्रे । वायोःपत्नी यथा वायौ यथा चन्द्रे च रोहिणी
yathāratiḥkāmadeve yathā saṃjñā dineśkre | vāyoḥpatnī yathā vāyau yathā candre ca rohiṇī
as Rati on Kāmadeva, as Saṃjñā on the Sun, as the wife of Vāyu on Vāyu, and as Rohiṇī on the Moon,
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BvP 4 59.23
यथाऽदितिर्देवमाता तव श्वश्रूश्च कश्यपे । यथा हिमालये मेना पितृकन्या च मानसी
yathā'ditirdevamātā tava śvaśrūśca kaśyape | yathā himālaye menā pitṛkanyā ca mānasī
as Aditi, the mother of the gods and your mother-in-law, (rests) on Kaśyapa, as Menā, the mind-born daughter of the ancestors, on Himālaya,
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BvP 4 59.24
लोपामुद्रा यथाऽगस्त्ये यथा तारा बृहस्पतौ । कर्दमे देवहूतिश्च वसिष्ठेऽरुन्धती यथा
lopāmudrā yathā'gastye yathā tārā bṛhaspatau | kardame devahūtiśca vasiṣṭhe'rundhatī yathā
as Lopāmudrā on Agastya, as Tārā on Bṛhaspati, and Devahūti on Kardama, as Arundhatī on Vasiṣṭha,
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BvP 4 59.25
मनौ च शतरुपेव दमयन्ती नले यथा । तथा भव त्वं सौभाग्या मम वक्षसि सुन्दरि
manau ca śatarupeva damayantī nale yathā | tathā bhava tvaṃ saubhāgyā mama vakṣasi sundari
as Śatarūpā on Manu, as Damayantī on Nala — so be you, blessed with good fortune, on my breast, O beautiful one.
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BvP 4 59.26
लीलया च सहस्रेन्द्राञ्छेतुं शक्तोऽहमीश्वरः । नारी वाञ्छति जारं च स्वामिनो बलवत्तरम्
līlayā ca sahasrendrāñchetuṃ śakto'hamīśvaraḥ | nārī vāñchati jāraṃ ca svāmino balavattaram
And I, a lord, am able to bind a thousand Indras in play; a woman desires as her lover one stronger than her husband.
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BvP 4 59.27
सुमेरुगिरिकूटे च दुर्गमेति रहःस्यले । अथवा मलये रम्ये रम्ये चन्दनवायुना
sumerugirikūṭe ca durgameti rahaḥsyale | athavā malaye ramye ramye candanavāyunā
On the peak of Mount Sumeru, in an inaccessible, secret place, or on the lovely Malaya, made lovely by the sandal-scented wind,
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BvP 4 59.28
विश्रम्भके सुरसने किंवा नन्दनकानने । निकटे शतश्रृङ्गस्य पुष्पभद्रानदीतटे
viśrambhake surasane kiṃvā nandanakānane | nikaṭe śataśrṛṅgasya puṣpabhadrānadītaṭe
in a place of intimacy, delightful (to the senses), or in the Nandana grove, near Śataśṛṅga, on the bank of the Puṣpabhadrā river,
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BvP 4 59.29
गोदावरीतीरनीरे समीपे शीतवायुना । चम्पावतीनदीतीरे रम्ये चम्पककानने
godāvarītīranīre samīpe śītavāyunā | campāvatīnadītīre ramye campakakānane
in the water at the bank of the Godāvarī, beside the cool breeze, on the shore of the Campāvatī river, in a lovely campaka grove,
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BvP 4 59.30
श्मशानेऽतिश्मशाने च रम्येऽतिनिर्जने वने । शैले शैलेऽतिरहसि कंदरे कंदरे वने
śmaśāne'tiśmaśāne ca ramye'tinirjane vane | śaile śaile'tirahasi kaṃdare kaṃdare vane
in a cremation ground, in a deep cremation ground, in a lovely wholly deserted forest, on mountain after mountain in utter secrecy, in cave after cave, in forest (after forest),
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BvP 4 59.31
द्वीपे द्वीपे दुर्गदुर्गै नद्यां नद्यां नदे नदे । समुद्रपुलिने रम्ये सर्वजन्तुविवर्जिते
dvīpe dvīpe durgadurgai nadyāṃ nadyāṃ nade nade | samudrapuline ramye sarvajantuvivarjite
on island after island, in the most inaccessible places, in river after river (feminine), in stream after stream (masculine), on a lovely seashore free of all creatures —
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BvP 4 59.32
विदग्धाया विदग्धेन संगमो निर्जने सुखः । पुष्पचन्दनशय्यायां पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिते
vidagdhāyā vidagdhena saṃgamo nirjane sukhaḥ | puṣpacandanaśayyāyāṃ puṣpacandanacarcite
the union of a clever woman with a clever man in a solitary place is pleasant, on a couch of flowers and sandal, (with her) anointed with flowers and sandal.
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BvP 4 59.33
मां गृहीत्वी कुरु रतिं पुष्पचन्दनचर्चितम् । ब्रह्मणश्च वरैर्देवि जरामृत्युविवर्जितम्
māṃ gṛhītvī kuru ratiṃ puṣpacandanacarcitam | brahmaṇaśca varairdevi jarāmṛtyuvivarjitam
Take me and make love (with me), (me) who am anointed with flowers and sandal, and who by Brahmā's boons, O goddess, am free of old age and death.
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BvP 4 59.34
मां कुरुष्व पतिं भद्रे नित्यं सुस्थिरयौवनम् । सुवेषं सुन्दरं धीरं कामशास्त्रविशारदम्
māṃ kuruṣva patiṃ bhadre nityaṃ susthirayauvanam | suveṣaṃ sundaraṃ dhīraṃ kāmaśāstraviśāradam
“Make me your husband, good lady — one whose youth is ever firm, well-dressed, handsome, steady, and skilled in the science of love;
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BvP 4 59.35
शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यं चन्द्रवंशसमुद्भवम् । आगतामृर्वशीं मह्यां त्यक्तवन्तं च याचातीम्
śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyaṃ candravaṃśasamudbhavam | āgatāmṛrvaśīṃ mahyāṃ tyaktavantaṃ ca yācātīm
with a face like the full autumn moon, sprung from the lunar dynasty, and one who turned away Urvaśī when she came to me and begged.
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BvP 4 59.36
न मेस्पृहा परस्त्रीषु त्वां दृष्ट्वा लोलुपं मनः । त्यक्ता मया स्वभायश्चि रत्नभूषणभूषिताः
na mespṛhā parastrīṣu tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā lolupaṃ manaḥ | tyaktā mayā svabhāyaści ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ
I have no craving for other men's wives; (only) on seeing you has my mind become greedy. My own wives, adorned with jewel-ornaments, have been abandoned by me.
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BvP 4 59.37
अथावा रक्षिताःसर्वा दासीः कृत्वा वहानने । रत्नेन्द्रसारां मालां ते दास्यामि वरुणस्य च
athāvā rakṣitāḥsarvā dāsīḥ kṛtvā vahānane | ratnendrasārāṃ mālāṃ te dāsyāmi varuṇasya ca
Or else, O fair-faced one, I shall keep them all, having made them your maidservants; and I shall give you a garland of the finest of jewels, and Varuṇa's (garland) too.
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BvP 4 59.38
निर्जित्य वरुणं युद्धे ब्रह्मस्त्रेणातितेजसा । वह्निशुद्धंवस्त्रयुगं जित्वा वह्निं सुदुर्बलम्
nirjitya varuṇaṃ yuddhe brahmastreṇātitejasā | vahniśuddhaṃvastrayugaṃ jitvā vahniṃ sudurbalam
Having conquered Varuṇa in battle with the exceedingly fiery brahmā-weapon, and having conquered the very feeble Fire, (I shall bring) the fire-purified pair of garments;
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BvP 4 59.39
दास्याम्यद्यैव ते देवि नियोज्यं मां नियोज्य । मणीन्द्रसारनिर्माणमकानाकानकुण्डले
dāsyāmyadyaiva te devi niyojyaṃ māṃ niyojya | maṇīndrasāranirmāṇamakānākānakuṇḍale
this very day I shall give (them) to you, O goddess — command me, appoint me (to it) — and a pair of earrings made of the finest of gems;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.40
दास्यामि देवान्निर्जित्य देवमातुश्च सुन्दरि । करभूषणयुग्मं चात्यमूल्यरत्ननिर्मितम्
dāsyāmi devānnirjitya devamātuśca sundari | karabhūṣaṇayugmaṃ cātyamūlyaratnanirmitam
I shall give (them), having conquered the gods and the mother of the gods, O beautiful one; and a pair of hand-ornaments made of priceless jewels
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.41
दास्याम्यद्यैव रोहिण्याश्चन्द्रं जित्वाऽतिदुर्लमम् । यक्ष्मग्रस्तमतिकृशं ममैव पूर्वपूरुषम्
dāsyāmyadyaiva rohiṇyāścandraṃ jitvā'tidurlamam | yakṣmagrastamatikṛśaṃ mamaiva pūrvapūruṣam
I shall give you this very day, having conquered Rohiṇī's most inaccessible Moon — consumption-stricken and very emaciated — who is indeed my own ancestor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.42
विना युद्धेन भीतो मां कृपया वा प्रदास्यति । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं क्तणन्मञ्जीरयुग्मकम्
vinā yuddhena bhīto māṃ kṛpayā vā pradāsyati | amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ ktaṇanmañjīrayugmakam
Even without a battle he will give (it) to me out of fear, or out of kindness: a pair of jingling anklets made of priceless jewels
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BvP 4 59.43
दास्याम्यद्यैव पार्वत्या भिक्षां कृत्वा महेश्वरम् । आशुतोषं स्तुतिवशं भक्तेशं चे कृबामयम्
dāsyāmyadyaiva pārvatyā bhikṣāṃ kṛtvā maheśvaram | āśutoṣaṃ stutivaśaṃ bhakteśaṃ ce kṛbāmayam
I shall give this very day, having begged from Pārvatī — (from) Maheśvara, who is quickly pleased, swayed by praise, lord of devotees, and an ocean of compassion,
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BvP 4 59.44
सर्वसंपत्तिदातारं परं कल्पतरुं शुभे । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणकेयूरयुगुलं प्रिये
sarvasaṃpattidātāraṃ paraṃ kalpataruṃ śubhe | amūlyaratnanirmāṇakeyūrayugulaṃ priye
the giver of all wealth, the supreme wishing-tree, O auspicious one; and a pair of armlets made of priceless jewels, my dear,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.45
दास्यामि तेऽद्य गङ्गाया युद्धं कृत्वा सुदुर्लभम् । बहुलीयुगुलं चारु सूर्यपत्न्या मनोहरम्
dāsyāmi te'dya gaṅgāyā yuddhaṃ kṛtvā sudurlabham | bahulīyugulaṃ cāru sūryapatnyā manoharam
I shall give you today, having fought with Gaṅgā a most difficult (fight); and the lovely, charming pair of bracelets of the Sun's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.46
सद्रत्नसारनिर्माणं दास्याम्यद्य सुशोभने । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं दर्पणां चातिनिर्मलम्
sadratnasāranirmāṇaṃ dāsyāmyadya suśobhane | amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ darpaṇāṃ cātinirmalam
made of the finest of good jewels, I shall give today, O lovely one; and a mirror made of priceless jewels and exceedingly spotless
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BvP 4 59.47
दास्यामि ते कामपत्न्याः कामं जित्वा च लीलया । क्रीडाकमलमम्लानं कमलायाश्च सुन्दरि
dāsyāmi te kāmapatnyāḥ kāmaṃ jitvā ca līlayā | krīḍākamalamamlānaṃ kamalāyāśca sundari
I shall give you, (taken) from Kāma's wife, having conquered Kāma in play; and Kamalā's unfading play-lotus, O beautiful one,
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BvP 4 59.48
भिक्षां कृत्वा च दास्यामि स्तुत्वा च कमलापतिम् । अङ्गुलीयकरत्नानि विश्वेषु दुर्लभानि च
bhikṣāṃ kṛtvā ca dāsyāmi stutvā ca kamalāpatim | aṅgulīyakaratnāni viśveṣu durlabhāni ca
I shall give, having begged for it and having praised the lord of Kamalā; and jewel rings that are hard to obtain in (all) the worlds
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BvP 4 59.49
सावित्र्याश्च प्रदास्यामि कृत्वा च ब्रह्मणस्तपः । स्वयं गीतं प्रगायन्तीं मूर्च्छनाश्रुतिसंयुताम्
sāvitryāśca pradāsyāmi kṛtvā ca brahmaṇastapaḥ | svayaṃ gītaṃ pragāyantīṃ mūrcchanāśrutisaṃyutām
I shall give, (taken) from Sāvitrī, having performed austerity for Brahmā; and (Vāṇī's) lute, which of itself sings out song complete with modulations and tones,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.50
वाणीवीणां प्रदास्यामि कृत्वा नारायणव्रतम् । रत्नपाशकसंधं च विश्वकर्मविनिर्मितम्
vāṇīvīṇāṃ pradāsyāmi kṛtvā nārāyaṇavratam | ratnapāśakasaṃdhaṃ ca viśvakarmavinirmitam
I shall give — Vāṇī's lute — having performed the Nārāyaṇa vow; and a set of jewelled dice fashioned by Viśvakarman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.51
कुबेरपत्न्या दास्यामि पादाङ्गुलिविभूषणम । इत्येवमुक्त्वा नहुषः पपात तत्पदाम्बुजे
kuberapatnyā dāsyāmi pādāṅgulivibhūṣaṇama | ityevamuktvā nahuṣaḥ papāta tatpadāmbuje
and a toe-ornament of Kubera's wife, I shall give.” Having spoken thus, Nahuṣa fell at her lotus feet.
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BvP 4 59.52
उवाच तं शची त्रस्ता राजमार्गगतं नृपम् । उत्थाप्य तं करे धूत्वा शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुका ।। स्मारं स्मारं पदाम्भोजं महासाध्वी हरेर्गुरोः
uvāca taṃ śacī trastā rājamārgagataṃ nṛpam | utthāpya taṃ kare dhūtvā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukā || smāraṃ smāraṃ padāmbhojaṃ mahāsādhvī harerguroḥ
Śacī, terrified, her throat, lips and palate dry, raising him up and shaking him by the hand, spoke to that king who stood on the royal road — she, the greatly chaste woman, remembering again and again the lotus feet of Hari, the guru.
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BvP 4 59.53
शच्युवाच शृणु वत्स महाराज हे तात भयभञ्जन
śacyuvāca śṛṇu vatsa mahārāja he tāta bhayabhañjana
Śacī said: Listen, child, great king, O father, breaker of fear!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.54
भयत्राता च राजा च सर्वेषां पालकः पिता । भ्रष्टश्रीश्च महेन्द्रोऽद्य त्वं च स्वर्गे नृपोऽधुना
bhayatrātā ca rājā ca sarveṣāṃ pālakaḥ pitā | bhraṣṭaśrīśca mahendro'dya tvaṃ ca svarge nṛpo'dhunā
A king is a protector from fear, and the guardian and father of all; and Mahendra has now lost his splendour, and you are now the king in heaven.
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BvP 4 59.55
यो राजा स पिता पाता प्रजानामेव निश्चितम् । गुरुपत्नी राजपत्नी देवपत्नी तथा वधूः
yo rājā sa pitā pātā prajānāmeva niścitam | gurupatnī rājapatnī devapatnī tathā vadhūḥ
He who is king is certainly the father and protector of the subjects. The teacher's wife, the king's wife, the god's wife, and likewise the son's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.56
पित्रोः स्वसा शिष्यपत्नी भृत्यपली च मातुली । पितृपत्नी भ्रातृपत्नी श्वश्रूश्च भगिनी सुता
pitroḥ svasā śiṣyapatnī bhṛtyapalī ca mātulī | pitṛpatnī bhrātṛpatnī śvaśrūśca bhaginī sutā
the sister of one's parents, the pupil's wife, the servant's wife, the maternal uncle's wife, the father's wife, the brother's wife, the mother-in-law, the sister, the daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.57
गर्भधात्रीष्टदेवी च पुंसः षोडश मातरः । त्वं नरो देवभार्याऽहं माता ते देवसंमता
garbhadhātrīṣṭadevī ca puṃsaḥ ṣoḍaśa mātaraḥ | tvaṃ naro devabhāryā'haṃ mātā te devasaṃmatā
the woman who bore (one) in her womb, and one's chosen deity — these are a man's sixteen mothers. You are a man, I am a god's wife: I am your mother, so agreed by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.58
गच्छ वत्सादितिं रन्तुं यदि चेच्छसि मातरम् । सर्वेषां निष्कृतिश्चास्तिन वत्स मातृगामिनाम्
gaccha vatsāditiṃ rantuṃ yadi cecchasi mātaram | sarveṣāṃ niṣkṛtiścāstina vatsa mātṛgāminām
Go, child, to Aditi to make love, if you desire a mother; for all those who go to their mothers there is no expiation, child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.59
कुम्भीपाके ने पचन्ति यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः । ततो भवन्ति कृमयः कल्पाः स्पत भवन्ति ते इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo महेन्द्रदर्पभङ्गप्रकरणे शचीशोकापनोदने शचीकृतगुरुस्तोत्रकथनं नामैकोनषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
kumbhīpāke ne pacanti yāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ | tato bhavanti kṛmayaḥ kalpāḥ spata bhavanti te iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo mahendradarpabhaṅgaprakaraṇe śacīśokāpanodane śacīkṛtagurustotrakathanaṃ nāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
They cook (such men) in the Kumbhīpāka (hell) for as long as Brahmā's lifetime; then they become worms, and they remain so for seven kalpas. — Thus the fifty-ninth chapter, called "the telling of the hymn to the guru made by Śacī," in the dispelling of Śacī's grief, in the section on the breaking of Mahendra's pride, in Nārada's narration, in the latter part of the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section of the great Śrī Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.60
ततश्च कुष्ठिनो म्लेच्छा भवन्ति सप्तजन्मसु । नास्तयेव निष्कृतिस्तेषामित्याह कमलोद्भवः
tataśca kuṣṭhino mlecchā bhavanti saptajanmasu | nāstayeva niṣkṛtisteṣāmityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
And after that they become lepers and barbarians for seven births; for them there is no expiation at all — so said the Lotus-born (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.61
एवं विट्क्षत्त्रशूद्राणां ब्रह्मणीगमने नृप । वैदेषु निष्कृतिर्नास्ति चेत्याङ्गिरसभाषितम्
evaṃ viṭkṣattraśūdrāṇāṃ brahmaṇīgamane nṛpa | vaideṣu niṣkṛtirnāsti cetyāṅgirasabhāṣitam
So too, O king, when Vaiśyas, Kṣatriyas and Śūdras go to a Brahmin woman, there is no expiation in the Vedas — so it is stated by Āṅgirasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.62
स्वर्गसंपत्तिभोगश्च सुखं संसारिणां ध्रुवम् । मुमुक्षूणां च मोक्षण्च तपश्चैव तवस्विनाम्
svargasaṃpattibhogaśca sukhaṃ saṃsāriṇāṃ dhruvam | mumukṣūṇāṃ ca mokṣaṇca tapaścaiva tavasvinām
Enjoyment of the wealth of heaven is surely the happiness of those bound to worldly life; but for those who seek release, release (is their happiness), and austerity for ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.63
ब्राह्मणानां च ब्रह्मण्यं मुनीनां मौनमेव च । वेदाभ्यासो वैदिकानां कवीनां काव्यवर्णनम्
brāhmaṇānāṃ ca brahmaṇyaṃ munīnāṃ maunameva ca | vedābhyāso vaidikānāṃ kavīnāṃ kāvyavarṇanam
For Brahmins, Brahminhood; for sages, silence; for the Vedic scholars, the study of the Veda; for poets, the composing of poetry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.64
विष्णुदास्यं वैष्णवानां विष्णुभक्तिरसं परम् । विष्णुभक्तिं विना नैव मुक्तिं वाञ्छन्ति वैष्णवाः
viṣṇudāsyaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ viṣṇubhaktirasaṃ param | viṣṇubhaktiṃ vinā naiva muktiṃ vāñchanti vaiṣṇavāḥ
For Vaiṣṇavas, servitude to Viṣṇu, the supreme savour of devotion to Viṣṇu; without devotion to Viṣṇu, Vaiṣṇavas do not desire even liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.65
मलाढचेषु च क्लेदेषु दुर्गन्धिनिलयेषु च । साधूनां किं सुकं साधो स्त्रीणां योनिषु मां वद
malāḍhaceṣu ca kledeṣu durgandhinilayeṣu ca | sādhūnāṃ kiṃ sukaṃ sādho strīṇāṃ yoniṣu māṃ vada
In things filled with filth, in slimy places, in abodes of foul smell — in the wombs of women — what pleasure is there for the good, O good man? Tell me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.66
कुलप्रदीब राजेन्द्र राज्ञं मण्डलवर्तिनाम् । लब्धं च भारते जन्म पुण्येन बहुजन्मनाम्
kulapradība rājendra rājñaṃ maṇḍalavartinām | labdhaṃ ca bhārate janma puṇyena bahujanmanām
O lamp of your lineage, O foremost of kings, of kings who rule whole regions! Birth in Bhārata is obtained by the merit of many births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.67
पद्मानां चन्द्रवंश्यानां नृपाणां दीप्तिहेतवे । त्वमाविरासीस्तेजस्वी ग्रूष्ममध्याह्नभास्करः
padmānāṃ candravaṃśyānāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ dīptihetave | tvamāvirāsīstejasvī grūṣmamadhyāhnabhāskaraḥ
For the shining forth of the lotuses (that are) the kings of the lunar line, you appeared, blazing, a sun at midday in summer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.68
सर्वेषामश्रमाणां च स्वधर्मश्च यशः परम् । स्वधर्महीना नरके पतन्ति मूढयेतसः
sarveṣāmaśramāṇāṃ ca svadharmaśca yaśaḥ param | svadharmahīnā narake patanti mūḍhayetasaḥ
For all the stages of life, one's own duty is the highest glory; those devoid of their own duty fall into hell, their minds deluded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.69
ब्राह्मणस्या स्वधर्मश्च त्रिसंध्यमर्चनं हरेः । तत्पादोदकनैवेद्यभक्षणं च सुधाधिकम्
brāhmaṇasyā svadharmaśca trisaṃdhyamarcanaṃ hareḥ | tatpādodakanaivedyabhakṣaṇaṃ ca sudhādhikam
And the Brahmin's own duty is the worship of Hari at the three junctures of the day, and the eating of the water from his feet and of the food offered to him, which is better than nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.70
अन्नं विष्ठा जलं मूत्रमनिवेद्य हरेर्नृप । भवन्ति सूकराःसर्वे ब्राह्मणा यदिभुञ्जते
annaṃ viṣṭhā jalaṃ mūtramanivedya harernṛpa | bhavanti sūkarāḥsarve brāhmaṇā yadibhuñjate
Food not offered to Hari is excrement and water is urine, O king; all Brahmins become pigs if they eat (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.71
आजीवं भुञ्जते विप्रा एकादश्यां न भुञ्जते । कृष्णजन्मदिने चैव शिवरात्रौ सुनिश्चेतम्
ājīvaṃ bhuñjate viprā ekādaśyāṃ na bhuñjate | kṛṣṇajanmadine caiva śivarātrau suniścetam
Brahmins eat all their life long, (but) on the eleventh day they do not eat, nor on the day of Kṛṣṇa's birth, nor on Śiva's night — this is certain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.72
तथा रामनवभ्यां च यत्नतः पुण्यवासरे । ब्राह्मणानां स्वधर्मश्च कथितो ब्रह्मणा नृप
tathā rāmanavabhyāṃ ca yatnataḥ puṇyavāsare | brāhmaṇānāṃ svadharmaśca kathito brahmaṇā nṛpa
and likewise on Rāma's ninth, carefully, on that holy day. Thus the Brahmins' own duty has been told by Brahmā, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.73
व्रतं पतिव्रतानां च पतिसेवा परं तपः । यथा पुत्रः परपतिरेष धर्मश्च योषिताम्
vrataṃ pativratānāṃ ca patisevā paraṃ tapaḥ | yathā putraḥ parapatireṣa dharmaśca yoṣitām
The vow of faithful wives is service to the husband, the highest austerity; as a son (regards) another's husband — such is the duty of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.74
पालयन्ति यथा भूपाः प्रजाः पुत्रानिवौरसान् । प्रजास्त्रियं च पश्यन्ति राजानो मातरं यथा
pālayanti yathā bhūpāḥ prajāḥ putrānivaurasān | prajāstriyaṃ ca paśyanti rājāno mātaraṃ yathā
As kings protect their subjects like sons born of their own body, and the subjects too look upon a woman as kings look upon a mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.75
यज्ञं कुर्वन्ति विष्णोश्च सेवनं देवविप्रयोः । निवारणं च दुष्टानां शिष्टानां प्रतिपालनम्
yajñaṃ kurvanti viṣṇośca sevanaṃ devaviprayoḥ | nivāraṇaṃ ca duṣṭānāṃ śiṣṭānāṃ pratipālanam
They perform sacrifice and service to Viṣṇu, to the gods and to the brahmins; and (they undertake) the restraining of the wicked and the protection of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.76
इति धर्मः क्षत्रियाणां कथितो ब्रह्मणा पुरा । वाणिज्यं चैव वैश्यानां स्वधर्मो धर्मसंचयः
iti dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ kathito brahmaṇā purā | vāṇijyaṃ caiva vaiśyānāṃ svadharmo dharmasaṃcayaḥ
Thus the duty of kṣatriyas was declared of old by Brahmā. And trade is the vaiśyas' own duty, an accumulation of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.77
शूद्राणां विप्रसेवा च परो धर्में विधीयते । सर्वन्यासो हरौ भूव धर्मः संन्यासिनां ध्रुवम्
śūdrāṇāṃ viprasevā ca paro dharmeṃ vidhīyate | sarvanyāso harau bhūva dharmaḥ saṃnyāsināṃ dhruvam
For śūdras, service to brahmins is enjoined as the highest duty. The renouncing of all things into Hari is certainly the duty of ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.78
रक्तैकवासा दण्डी च बिभर्ति मृत्कमण्डलुम् । सर्वत्र समदर्शो च स्मरेन्नानायणं सदा
raktaikavāsā daṇḍī ca bibharti mṛtkamaṇḍalum | sarvatra samadarśo ca smarennānāyaṇaṃ sadā
Wearing a single red garment and carrying a staff, he bears an earthen water-pot; and looking upon all alike, he should always remember Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.79
करोति भ्रमणं नित्यं गेहे गेहे न तिष्ठति । विद्यामन्त्रं च कस्मैचिन्न ददाति च लोभतः
karoti bhramaṇaṃ nityaṃ gehe gehe na tiṣṭhati | vidyāmantraṃ ca kasmaicinna dadāti ca lobhataḥ
He wanders about constantly; he does not stay in any house; and out of greed he does not give the learning and the mantra to anyone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.80
करोति नाऽऽश्रमं भिक्षुः करोति नान्यवासनाम् । करोति नान्यसङ्गं च निर्मोह सङ्गवर्जितः
karoti nā''śramaṃ bhikṣuḥ karoti nānyavāsanām | karoti nānyasaṅgaṃ ca nirmoha saṅgavarjitaḥ
The mendicant makes no hermitage, forms no other attachment of desire, makes no association with others—free from delusion, devoid of company.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.81
न स्वादुभुङ्क्ते लोभाच्चा स्त्रीमुखं न हि पश्यति । न वाञ्छितं भक्ष्यवस्तु याचते गुहिणां व्रती
na svādubhuṅkte lobhāccā strīmukhaṃ na hi paśyati | na vāñchitaṃ bhakṣyavastu yācate guhiṇāṃ vratī
He does not eat tasty food out of greed, nor does he look at a woman's face; the observer of the vow does not beg from householders any food he desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.82
इति संन्यासिनां धर्म इत्याह कमलोद्भवः । इति ते कथितं पुत्र गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम्
iti saṃnyāsināṃ dharma ityāha kamalodbhavaḥ | iti te kathitaṃ putra gaccha vatsa yathāsukham
Thus is the duty of ascetics, so said the lotus-born (Brahmā). Thus it has been told to you, son; go, child, as you please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.83
इत्युक्त्वा च महेन्द्राणी विरराम च वर्त्मनि । उवाच नहुषो राजा शचीं वक्रप्रकंधरः
ityuktvā ca mahendrāṇī virarāma ca vartmani | uvāca nahuṣo rājā śacīṃ vakraprakaṃdharaḥ
Having spoken thus, the great Indra's wife fell silent on the road; and king Nahuṣa, his neck bent aside, said to Śacī:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.84
नहुष उवाच त्वया यत्कथितं देवी सर्व ततु विपर्ययम् । यथार्थधर्मं वेदोक्तं निबोध कथायामि ते
nahuṣa uvāca tvayā yatkathitaṃ devī sarva tatu viparyayam | yathārthadharmaṃ vedoktaṃ nibodha kathāyāmi te
Nahuṣa said: What you have said, O goddess, is all the very opposite. Learn the true duty as stated in the Veda; I shall tell it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.85
कर्मणां फलभोगश्च सर्वेषां सुरसुन्दरि । नैव स्वर्गे न पाताले नान्यद्वीपे श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
karmaṇāṃ phalabhogaśca sarveṣāṃ surasundari | naiva svarge na pātāle nānyadvīpe śrutau śrutam
The enjoyment of the fruits of the deeds of all beings, O beauty of the gods, is not in heaven, nor in the underworld, nor in another continent—so it is heard in scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.86
कृत्वा शुभाशुभं कर्म पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते । अन्यत्र तत्फलं भुङ्क्ते कर्मी कर्मनिबन्धनात्
kṛtvā śubhāśubhaṃ karma puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate | anyatra tatphalaṃ bhuṅkte karmī karmanibandhanāt
Having done a good or bad deed in Bhārata, the meritorious land, the doer enjoys its fruit elsewhere, by the binding force of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.87
हिमालयादासमुद्रं पुण्यक्षेत्रं च भारतम् । श्रेष्ठं सर्वस्थलानां च मुनीनां च तपःस्थलम्
himālayādāsamudraṃ puṇyakṣetraṃ ca bhāratam | śreṣṭhaṃ sarvasthalānāṃ ca munīnāṃ ca tapaḥsthalam
From the Himālaya to the ocean is Bhārata, the meritorious land, best of all places, and the place of the sages' austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.88
तत्र लब्ध्वा जन्म जीवी वञ्चितो विष्णुमायया । शश्वत्करोति विषयं विहाय सेवनं हरेः
tatra labdhvā janma jīvī vañcito viṣṇumāyayā | śaśvatkaroti viṣayaṃ vihāya sevanaṃ hareḥ
Having obtained birth there, the living being, deceived by Viṣṇu's illusion, continually pursues sense-objects, abandoning the service of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.89
कृत्वा तत्र महत्पुण्यं स्वर्ग गच्छति पुण्यवान् । गृहीत्वा सर्वकन्याश्च चिरं स्वर्गे प्रमोदते
kṛtvā tatra mahatpuṇyaṃ svarga gacchati puṇyavān | gṛhītvā sarvakanyāśca ciraṃ svarge pramodate
Having done great merit there, the meritorious man goes to heaven; and taking all the maidens, he delights long in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.90
स्वर्गमागच्छति नरो विहाय मानवीं तनुम् । स्वशरीरेणाऽऽगतोऽहं मत्पुण्यं पश्य सुन्दरि
svargamāgacchati naro vihāya mānavīṃ tanum | svaśarīreṇā''gato'haṃ matpuṇyaṃ paśya sundari
A man comes to heaven leaving behind his human body; I have come with my own body—see my merit, O lovely one!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.91
अनेकजन्मपुण्येन चाऽऽगतः स्वर्गमीप्सितम् । ततः किं केन पुण्येन दर्शनं मे त्वया सह
anekajanmapuṇyena cā''gataḥ svargamīpsitam | tataḥ kiṃ kena puṇyena darśanaṃ me tvayā saha
By the merit of many births one comes to the desired heaven; then what—by what merit is this meeting of mine with you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.92
न हि कर्मस्थलमिदं स्वभोगस्थलमेव च । सारं च सर्वभोगानां वरस्त्रीभोगमेव च
na hi karmasthalamidaṃ svabhogasthalameva ca | sāraṃ ca sarvabhogānāṃ varastrībhogameva ca
This is not a place of works but a place of one's own enjoyment; and the essence of all enjoyments is the enjoyment of an excellent woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.93
भोगस्थले भोगवस्तु न हि त्यक्तुं प्रशस्यते । भावानुरक्ता रसिका भोग्या त्वं भोगिनामिह
bhogasthale bhogavastu na hi tyaktuṃ praśasyate | bhāvānuraktā rasikā bhogyā tvaṃ bhogināmiha
In a place of enjoyment it is not commended to give up an object of enjoyment; you, passionate with feeling and full of relish, are here to be enjoyed by those who enjoy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.94
द्रव्यमस्वामिकं भोग्यं सुखं त्यजति सन्दधीः । अविरोधसुखत्यागी पशुरेव न संशयः
dravyamasvāmikaṃ bhogyaṃ sukhaṃ tyajati sandadhīḥ | avirodhasukhatyāgī paśureva na saṃśayaḥ
A man of settled mind gives up (only) a pleasure that is property belonging to no owner and (thus) enjoyable; one who renounces a pleasure to which there is no obstacle is nothing but a beast — there is no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.95
गच्छ कान्ते गुहं गत्वा कुरु तल्पं मनोहरम् । रमणीयं च रहसि वरं रतिकरं परम्
gaccha kānte guhaṃ gatvā kuru talpaṃ manoharam | ramaṇīyaṃ ca rahasi varaṃ ratikaraṃ param
Go, beloved, and having gone into the cave, make a lovely bed, delightful and in a secret place, excellent, most conducive to love-making.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.96
त्यज द्वैधं च मनसो निश्चितं वरवर्णिरि । वरानने मया सार्धं मोदस्व वरमन्दिरे
tyaja dvaidhaṃ ca manaso niścitaṃ varavarṇiri | varānane mayā sārdhaṃ modasva varamandire
And give up the doubleness of your mind, (which is now) resolved, O you of excellent complexion; O fair-faced one, take your pleasure with me in that excellent chamber.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.97
अमूल्यरत्नमालां च मणिराजविराजिताम् । भिक्षां कृत्वा च दास्यामि लक्ष्मीवक्षसि शोभिताम्
amūlyaratnamālāṃ ca maṇirājavirājitām | bhikṣāṃ kṛtvā ca dāsyāmi lakṣmīvakṣasi śobhitām
And a priceless jewelled necklace, gleaming with the best of gems, which shines on Lakṣmī's breast — I will beg for it and give it (to you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.98
मणिं चानन्तशिरसः सर्वेषामतिदुर्लभम् । दुष्प्राप्यं त्रिषुलोकेषु तुभ्यं दास्यामि सुन्दरि
maṇiṃ cānantaśirasaḥ sarveṣāmatidurlabham | duṣprāpyaṃ triṣulokeṣu tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi sundari
And the gem from Ananta's head, exceedingly hard for all to get, unobtainable in the three worlds — I will give it to you, beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.99
मणिरत्नं कौस्तुभं च यो नारायणवक्षसि । भिक्षां कृत्वा तु दास्यामि कृत्वा नारायणव्रतम्
maṇiratnaṃ kaustubhaṃ ca yo nārāyaṇavakṣasi | bhikṣāṃ kṛtvā tu dāsyāmi kṛtvā nārāyaṇavratam
And the jewel-gem Kaustubha, which (rests) on Nārāyaṇa's breast — having performed the vow to Nārāyaṇa, I will beg for it and give it (to you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.100
चन्द्रशेखरमौलेश्च यदर्धं चन्द्रभूषणम् । जरामृत्युव्याधिहरं शक्तं क्रीडाकरं वरम्
candraśekharamauleśca yadardhaṃ candrabhūṣaṇam | jarāmṛtyuvyādhiharaṃ śaktaṃ krīḍākaraṃ varam
And that half-moon ornament on the crown of the Moon-crested one (Śiva), which removes old age, death and disease, potent, excellent, a maker of delight —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.101
अतीव विश्वदुष्प्राप्यं विश्ववन्द्यं च सुन्दरम् । विश्वनाथव्रतं कृत्वा तुभ्यं दास्यामि निश्चितम्
atīva viśvaduṣprāpyaṃ viśvavandyaṃ ca sundaram | viśvanāthavrataṃ kṛtvā tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi niścitam
exceedingly hard for the world to obtain, worshipped by the world, and beautiful: having performed the vow to the Lord of the world, I will assuredly give it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.102
दास्यामि ते श्रीसूर्यस्य मणिश्रेष्ठं स्यमन्तकम् । भक्त्या सूर्यव्रतं कृत्वा त्रिषु लोकेषु दुर्लभम्
dāsyāmi te śrīsūryasya maṇiśreṣṭhaṃ syamantakam | bhaktyā sūryavrataṃ kṛtvā triṣu lokeṣu durlabham
I will give you the best of gems, Syamantaka, belonging to the glorious Sun, hard to obtain in the three worlds, having performed the Sun's vow with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.103
अष्टौ भारान्सुवर्णं च यश्च नित्यं प्रसूयते । जरासृत्युहरं चव परं क्रीडाकरं प्रिये
aṣṭau bhārānsuvarṇaṃ ca yaśca nityaṃ prasūyate | jarāsṛtyuharaṃ cava paraṃ krīḍākaraṃ priye
And eight bhāras of gold, which is produced (anew) every day, and which removes old age and death, supreme, a maker of delight, my dear —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.104
अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं पात्ररत्नं मनोहरम् । संततं मधृपूर्णं च दास्यामि मदनस्य च
amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ pātraratnaṃ manoharam | saṃtataṃ madhṛpūrṇaṃ ca dāsyāmi madanasya ca
and the lovely jewel-vessel made of priceless gems, ever full of honey (or: of wine), belonging to Madana — that too I will give (you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.105
अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं सुर्यतुल्यं च तेजसा । नानचित्रविचित्राढ्यं निर्माणमीश्वरेच्छया
amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ suryatulyaṃ ca tejasā | nānacitravicitrāḍhyaṃ nirmāṇamīśvarecchayā
Made of priceless gems, equal to the sun in radiance, rich with many varied pictures, a construction (made) by the Lord's will —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.106
निर्मलं मण्डलाकारं सणिराजविराजितम् । हस्तलक्षपरिमितं चतुरस्रं च सुन्दरि
nirmalaṃ maṇḍalākāraṃ saṇirājavirājitam | hastalakṣaparimitaṃ caturasraṃ ca sundari
spotless, disc-shaped, gleaming with the best of gems, measuring a hundred thousand hastas, and four-cornered, O beautiful one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.107
पद्मापद्मासनं श्रेष्ठं प्रेष्ठं तस्या सुदुर्लभम् । ध्रुवं तुम्यं प्रदास्यामि कृत्वा पद्मालयाव्रतम्
padmāpadmāsanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ preṣṭhaṃ tasyā sudurlabham | dhruvaṃ tumyaṃ pradāsyāmi kṛtvā padmālayāvratam
Padmā's lotus-seat, the finest, dearest to her and very hard to get — that I will certainly give you, having performed the vow to her who dwells in the lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.108
इत्येवमुक्त्वा नहुषः कृत्वा वर्त्मनिरौधनम् । पुनः पपात चरणे महेन्द्राण्या मुहुर्मुहुः
ityevamuktvā nahuṣaḥ kṛtvā vartmaniraudhanam | punaḥ papāta caraṇe mahendrāṇyā muhurmuhuḥ
Having spoken thus, Nahuṣa blocked her way and again fell at Mahendra's wife's feet, over and over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.109
नृपस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा शुष्ककण्ठौष्ठतालुका । तमुवाच महेन्द्राणी स्मारं स्मारं गुरुं हरिम्
nṛpasya vacanaṃ śrutvā śuṣkakaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukā | tamuvāca mahendrāṇī smāraṃ smāraṃ guruṃ harim
Hearing the king's words, Mahendra's wife, her throat, lips and palate dry, spoke to him, calling to mind again and again the guru (Bṛhaspati) and Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.110
शच्युवाच अचेतनस्य मूढस्य कार्याकार्यमजानतः । श्रोष्याम्यद्य कतिविधां कथां कामातुरस्य च
śacyuvāca acetanasya mūḍhasya kāryākāryamajānataḥ | śroṣyāmyadya katividhāṃ kathāṃ kāmāturasya ca
Śacī said: How many kinds of talk from a senseless fool who does not know what should and should not be done, and who is sick with lust, must I listen to today?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.111
मधुमत्तः सुरासत्तः काममत्तो दिचेतनः । मृत्युं न गणचेत्कामी कामेन हृतमानसः
madhumattaḥ surāsattaḥ kāmamatto dicetanaḥ | mṛtyuṃ na gaṇacetkāmī kāmena hṛtamānasaḥ
A man drunk with honey-wine, addicted to liquor, mad with lust, without sense — a lustful man whose mind is carried off by desire does not reckon death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.112
त्यज मामध हे मत्त मातृतुल्यां रजक्वलाम् । ऋतोः प्रथामो दिवसो ह्यद्य हे नृप मे ध्रुवम्
tyaja māmadha he matta mātṛtulyāṃ rajakvalām | ṛtoḥ prathāmo divaso hyadya he nṛpa me dhruvam
Let go of me now, O drunken one — one like your mother, and in her menses. For today, O king, is surely the first day of my period.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.113
प्रथमे दिवसे स्त्री च चाण्डाली सा रजस्वला । द्वितीये दिवसे म्लेच्छा तृतीये रजकी तथा
prathame divase strī ca cāṇḍālī sā rajasvalā | dvitīye divase mlecchā tṛtīye rajakī tathā
On the first day a woman in her menses is a Cāṇḍālī; on the second day a Mlecchā; and on the third, likewise, a washerwoman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.114
शुद्धा भर्तुश्चतुर्येऽह्नि न शुद्धा दैवपै ययौः । असच्छूद्रासमा सा च तद्दिने च परं प्रति
śuddhā bhartuścaturye'hni na śuddhā daivapai yayauḥ | asacchūdrāsamā sā ca taddine ca paraṃ prati
(She becomes) pure for her husband on the fourth day, (but) she is not pure for the rites of the gods and the ancestors; and on that day she is, toward another (man), like a low śūdra woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.115
प्रथमे दिवसे कान्तां यो हि गच्छेद्रजस्वलाम् । ब्रह्महत्याचतुर्थाशं लभते नात्र संशयः
prathame divase kāntāṃ yo hi gacchedrajasvalām | brahmahatyācaturthāśaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
He who goes to his beloved on the first day (of her period), while she is menstruating, obtains a fourth part of the guilt of killing a brahmin — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.116
स पुमान्न रि कर्मार्हों दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि । अधमः स च सर्वेषां निन्दितश्च यशस्करः
sa pumānna ri karmārhoṃ daive pitrye ca karmaṇi | adhamaḥ sa ca sarveṣāṃ ninditaśca yaśaskaraḥ
That man is not fit for rites, neither in the rite for the gods nor in that for the ancestors; he is the lowest of all, blamed, and (brings himself) no fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.117
द्वितीये दिवसे नारीं यो व्रजेच्च रजस्वलाम् । कामतः परिपूर्णाञ्च गोहत्यां लभते ध्रुवम्
dvitīye divase nārīṃ yo vrajecca rajasvalām | kāmataḥ paripūrṇāñca gohatyāṃ labhate dhruvam
He who, out of desire, approaches a woman on the second day while she is menstruating, in full (union), surely obtains (the guilt of) killing a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.118
आजीवनं नाधिकारी पितृविप्रसुरार्चने । अमनुष्योऽयशस्यः स्यादित्याङ्गिरसभाषितम्
ājīvanaṃ nādhikārī pitṛviprasurārcane | amanuṣyo'yaśasyaḥ syādityāṅgirasabhāṣitam
For his whole life he has no right to the worship of the ancestors, the brahmins, and the gods; he would be no (true) man and without fame — thus it was said by Aṅgiras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.119
दृतीये दिवसे जायां यो हि गच्छेद्रजस्वलाम् । स मूढो भ्रूणहत्यां च लभते नात्र संशयाः
dṛtīye divase jāyāṃ yo hi gacchedrajasvalām | sa mūḍho bhrūṇahatyāṃ ca labhate nātra saṃśayāḥ
He who goes to his wife on the third day while she is menstruating, that fool obtains (the guilt of) killing an embryo — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.120
पूर्ववत्पतितः सोऽपि न चार्हः सर्वकर्मसु । असच्छूद्रा चतुर्थेऽह्नि न गच्छेत्तां विचक्षणः ।। यदि मां मातरं मूढ ग्रहीष्यसि बलेन च
pūrvavatpatitaḥ so'pi na cārhaḥ sarvakarmasu | asacchūdrā caturthe'hni na gacchettāṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ || yadi māṃ mātaraṃ mūḍha grahīṣyasi balena ca
He too is fallen as before, and unfit for all rites; she is a low śūdra woman, (so) on the fourth day the discerning man should not go to her. "If, fool, you take me, (who am like) a mother, by force —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.121
ऋतावतीते दिवसे गमनं च करिष्यसि । शच्याश्च वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य नहुषस्तया
ṛtāvatīte divase gamanaṃ ca kariṣyasi | śacyāśca vacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya nahuṣastayā
— you shall (only) have intercourse on a day when the menstrual period has passed." And hearing Śacī's words, Nahuṣa laughed, and (spoke) to her,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.122
उवाच मधुरं शान्तः शक्रकान्तां च सुव्रताम् । देवपत्नी सदा शुद्धा तन्न्यूनं मानवं प्रति
uvāca madhuraṃ śāntaḥ śakrakāntāṃ ca suvratām | devapatnī sadā śuddhā tannyūnaṃ mānavaṃ prati
Calmed, he spoke sweetly to Śakra's beloved, the woman of good vows: "A god's wife is always pure; that (impurity) is less (i.e. applies) with regard to a human being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.123
शयने भोजने देवी नाशुद्धा मानवं प्रति । रजस्वलायाः संभोगे कर्मक्षेत्रे च भारते
śayane bhojane devī nāśuddhā mānavaṃ prati | rajasvalāyāḥ saṃbhoge karmakṣetre ca bhārate
O goddess, in lying down and in eating she is not impure with regard to a human being; (the fault) in intercourse with a menstruating woman (holds) in Bhārata, the field of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.124
त्वयोक्तं च भवेत्पा पं नात्र दु (स्व)र्गे च सुन्दरि । कर्मक्षेत्रेऽपि तत्कर्म यद्वेदोक्तं शुभाशुभम्
tvayoktaṃ ca bhavetpā paṃ nātra du (sva)rge ca sundari | karmakṣetre'pi tatkarma yadvedoktaṃ śubhāśubham
What you have said would be a sin — but not here in heaven, O lovely one; even in the field of action, that act (is sinful) which the Veda declares good or bad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.125
न भवेद्वैष्णवानां च ज्वलतां ब्रह्मतेजसा । यथा प्रदीप्ते वह्नौ च शुष्काणि च तृणानि च
na bhavedvaiṣṇavānāṃ ca jvalatāṃ brahmatejasā | yathā pradīpte vahnau ca śuṣkāṇi ca tṛṇāni ca
It would not (be a sin) for the Vaiṣṇavas, who blaze with the splendour of Brahman; just as dry blades of grass, when the fire is kindled,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.126
भवन्ति भस्मीभूतानि तथा पापानि वैष्णपे । वह्निसूर्यब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तेजयान्वैष्णपः सदा
bhavanti bhasmībhūtāni tathā pāpāni vaiṣṇape | vahnisūryabrāhmaṇebhyastejayānvaiṣṇapaḥ sadā
become reduced to ashes, so do sins in the case of a Vaiṣṇava; a Vaiṣṇava is always more splendid than fire, the sun, and the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.127
रक्षितो विष्णुचक्रेण स्वतन्त्रो मत्तकुंजरः । न विचारो न भोगश्च पैष्मवानां स्वकर्मणाम्
rakṣito viṣṇucakreṇa svatantro mattakuṃjaraḥ | na vicāro na bhogaśca paiṣmavānāṃ svakarmaṇām
Protected by Viṣṇu's discus, independent, (like) a maddened elephant — for Vaiṣṇavas there is no judgment and no (retributive) experience of their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.128
निखितं साम्नि कौथुम्यां कुरु प्रश्नं बृहस्पतीम् । अस्मांश्च सर्वे जानन्ति चन्द्रवंश्यांश्च वैष्णवान्
nikhitaṃ sāmni kauthumyāṃ kuru praśnaṃ bṛhaspatīm | asmāṃśca sarve jānanti candravaṃśyāṃśca vaiṣṇavān
It is laid down in the Kauthuma (recension) of the Sāman; put the question to Bṛhaspati. And all know us, the descendants of the Moon, to be Vaiṣṇavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.129
देवमन्यं न सेवन्ते चन्द्रवंश्या हरिं विना । सद्वंशप्रभवो यो हि ब्रह्मणः क्षत्रियोऽथवा
devamanyaṃ na sevante candravaṃśyā hariṃ vinā | sadvaṃśaprabhavo yo hi brahmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo'thavā
The lunar dynasty serves no other god than Hari. Whoever, born of a good lineage, whether brahmin or kṣatriya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.130
विष्णुमन्त्रं न गृण्हाति वञ्चितो देवमायया । को वा मन्त्रश्च के देवा न हि शास्ता यमो मम
viṣṇumantraṃ na gṛṇhāti vañcito devamāyayā | ko vā mantraśca ke devā na hi śāstā yamo mama
does not receive the mantra of Viṣṇu, is deceived by the god's illusion. Or what mantra, and which gods? Yama is no ruler over me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.131
सर्वाञ्छास्तुं समर्थोऽहं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवान्विना । शय्यां कृरु गुहं गत्वा शीघ्रं यास्यामि ते गृहम्
sarvāñchāstuṃ samartho'haṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivānvinā | śayyāṃ kṛru guhaṃ gatvā śīghraṃ yāsyāmi te gṛham
I am able to rule all, except Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva. Prepare the bed; going into the inner chamber, I shall come quickly to your house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.132
ऋतुपापं मयि भवेत्तव किं गच्छ शोभने । इत्युक्त्वा नहुषो राजा प्रफुल्लवदनेक्षणः
ṛtupāpaṃ mayi bhavettava kiṃ gaccha śobhane | ityuktvā nahuṣo rājā praphullavadanekṣaṇaḥ
Let the sin of (violating) the menstrual period be upon me — what is it to you? Go, O beautiful one." Having said this, King Nahuṣa, his face and eyes beaming,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.133
रत्नयानं समारुह्य ययौ नन्दनकाननम् । न ययौ सा शची गेहं प्रजगाम गुरोर्गृहम्
ratnayānaṃ samāruhya yayau nandanakānanam | na yayau sā śacī gehaṃ prajagāma gurorgṛham
mounted his jewelled chariot and went to the Nandana grove. But Śacī did not go to her house; she went to the house of the preceptor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.134
गत्व कूशासनस्यं च ददर्श च बृहस्पतिम् । तारासेवितपादाब्जं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा
gatva kūśāsanasyaṃ ca dadarśa ca bṛhaspatim | tārāsevitapādābjaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā
Having gone (there), she saw Bṛhaspati seated on a kuśa-grass seat, his lotus feet attended by Tārā, blazing with brahminical splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.135
जपमालाकरं शश्वज्जपन्तं कृष्णमीप्सितम् । परमं परमानन्दं परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
japamālākaraṃ śaśvajjapantaṃ kṛṣṇamīpsitam | paramaṃ paramānandaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram
(She saw him) with a rosary in his hand, ceaselessly reciting (the name of) the desired Kṛṣṇa — the supreme one, supreme bliss, the supreme Self, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.136
निर्गुणं च निरीहं च स्वतन्त्रं प्रकृतेः परम् । स्वेच्छामयं परं ब्रह्म भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
nirguṇaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca svatantraṃ prakṛteḥ param | svecchāmayaṃ paraṃ brahma bhaktānugrahavigraham
Without qualities, without striving, independent, beyond primal nature, acting by his own will, the supreme Brahman, whose body is (his) favour to devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.137
तमानन्दाश्रुनेत्रं च ननाम शिनका भुवि । रुदती साश्रुनेत्रा का मज्जन्ती भक्तिसागरे
tamānandāśrunetraṃ ca nanāma śinakā bhuvi | rudatī sāśrunetrā kā majjantī bhaktisāgare
Him, his eyes (full) of tears of bliss, Śacī bowed to on the ground; and she, weeping, her eyes full of tears, sank in the ocean of devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.138
शोकार्णवे निमज्जन्ती हृदयेन विदूयता । तुष्टाव भीता स्वगुरुं ब्रह्मिष्ठं च कृपानिधिम्
śokārṇave nimajjantī hṛdayena vidūyatā | tuṣṭāva bhītā svaguruṃ brahmiṣṭhaṃ ca kṛpānidhim
Sinking in the sea of sorrow, with an aching heart, frightened, she praised her own guru, the one most devoted to Brahman, the treasury of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.139
शच्युवाच रक्ष रक्ष महाभाग मां भीतां शरणागताम् । त्वमीश्वरः स्वदासीं च निमग्नां शोकसागरे
śacyuvāca rakṣa rakṣa mahābhāga māṃ bhītāṃ śaraṇāgatām | tvamīśvaraḥ svadāsīṃ ca nimagnāṃ śokasāgare
Śacī said: Protect, protect me, O greatly fortunate one, frightened and come for refuge; you are the lord — (protect) your own servant-woman, sunk in the ocean of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.140
अनीश्वरश्चेश्वरो वा बरवान्वा सुदुर्बलः । स्वशिष्यभार्यां पुत्रांश्च शासितुं च सदा क्षमः
anīśvaraśceśvaro vā baravānvā sudurbalaḥ | svaśiṣyabhāryāṃ putrāṃśca śāsituṃ ca sadā kṣamaḥ
Whether not a lord or a lord, whether strong or very weak, (one) is always competent to chastise his own pupil's wife and (his) sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.141
दूरीभूतः स्वराज्याच्च स्वशिष्यश्च कृतस्त्वया । शान्तिर्बभूव दोषस्य चाधुनाऽनुग्रहं कुरु
dūrībhūtaḥ svarājyācca svaśiṣyaśca kṛtastvayā | śāntirbabhūva doṣasya cādhunā'nugrahaṃ kuru
Your own pupil has been made by you to be far from his kingdom; there has been an appeasing of the fault — now show favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.142
अनाथां सर्वशून्यां मां शुन्यां ताममरावतीम् । संपच्छून्यमाश्रमं मे पश्य रक्ष कृणानिधे
anāthāṃ sarvaśūnyāṃ māṃ śunyāṃ tāmamarāvatīm | saṃpacchūnyamāśramaṃ me paśya rakṣa kṛṇānidhe
See me without a protector, wholly bereft, and that Amarāvatī bereft, and my hermitage bereft of prosperity; protect (me), O treasury of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.143
दस्युग्रस्तां च मां रक्ष देशं किंकरमानय । दत्तवा चरणरेणूंस्तं शुभाशीर्वचनं कुरु
dasyugrastāṃ ca māṃ rakṣa deśaṃ kiṃkaramānaya | dattavā caraṇareṇūṃstaṃ śubhāśīrvacanaṃ kuru
Protect me, seized by robbers, and bring back the realm to (your) servant; giving the dust of your feet, utter that auspicious word of blessing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.144
सर्वेषां च सुरुणां च जन्मदाता परो गुरुः । पितुः शतगुणा माता पूज्या वन्द्या गरीयसी
sarveṣāṃ ca suruṇāṃ ca janmadātā paro guruḥ | pituḥ śataguṇā mātā pūjyā vandyā garīyasī
For all the gods too the giver of birth is the highest guru; the mother is a hundred times (more than) the father — to be worshipped, to be saluted, weightier.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.145
विद्यादाता मन्त्रदाता ज्ञानदो हरिभक्तिदः । पूज्यो वन्द्यश्च सेव्यश्च मातुः शतगुणो गुरुः
vidyādātā mantradātā jñānado haribhaktidaḥ | pūjyo vandyaśca sevyaśca mātuḥ śataguṇo guruḥ
The giver of learning, the giver of the mantra, the bestower of knowledge, the bestower of devotion to Hari — the guru is to be worshipped, saluted and served, a hundred times (more than) the mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.146
मन्त्राद्युद्गिरणेनैव गुरुरित्युच्यते बुधैः । अन्यो वन्द्यो गुरुरयमन्यश्चारोपितो गुरुः
mantrādyudgiraṇenaiva gururityucyate budhaiḥ | anyo vandyo gururayamanyaścāropito guruḥ
Merely by the uttering of a mantra and the like one is called 'guru' by the wise; but another is the guru who is to be saluted, and another the guru (merely) appointed (as such).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.147
अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जनशलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः
ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā | cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ
By whom the eye of one blinded by the darkness of ignorance was opened with the needle (dipped in) the salve of knowledge — to that revered guru, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.148
अदीक्षितस्य मूर्खस्य निष्कृतिर्नास्ति नि श्चितम् । सर्वकर्मस्वनर्हस्य नरके तत्पशोः स्थितिः
adīkṣitasya mūrkhasya niṣkṛtirnāsti ni ścitam | sarvakarmasvanarhasya narake tatpaśoḥ sthitiḥ
For the uninitiated fool there is certainly no expiation; unfit for all rites, that beast's station is in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.149
जन्मदाताऽन्नदाता च माताऽन्ये गुरवास्तथा । पारं कर्तुं न शक्तास्ते घोरसंसारसागरे
janmadātā'nnadātā ca mātā'nye guravāstathā | pāraṃ kartuṃ na śaktāste ghorasaṃsārasāgare
The giver of birth, the giver of food, the mother, and other gurus likewise — they are not able to carry (one) across the dreadful ocean of transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.150
विद्यामन्त्रज्ञानदाता निपुणः पारकर्मणि । स शक्तः शिष्यमुद्धर्तुमीश्वरश्चेश्वरात्परः
vidyāmantrajñānadātā nipuṇaḥ pārakarmaṇi | sa śaktaḥ śiṣyamuddhartumīśvaraśceśvarātparaḥ
The giver of learning, mantra and knowledge, skilled in the work of ferrying across — he is able to lift up his pupil, a lord and higher than a lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.151
गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुर्धर्मो गुरुः शेषः सर्वात्मा निर्गुणो गुरुः
gururviṣṇurgururbrahmā gururdevo maheśvaraḥ | gururdharmo guruḥ śeṣaḥ sarvātmā nirguṇo guruḥ
The guru is Viṣṇu, the guru is Brahmā, the guru is the god Maheśvara; the guru is dharma, the guru is Śeṣa, the guru is the Self of all, devoid of qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.152
सर्वतीर्थाश्रयश्चैव कर्वदेवाश्रयो गुरुः । सर्ववेदस्वरुपश्च गुरुरूपी हरिः स्वयम्
sarvatīrthāśrayaścaiva karvadevāśrayo guruḥ | sarvavedasvarupaśca gururūpī hariḥ svayam
The guru is the resting-place of all sacred fords and the resting-place of all gods; he is the very form of all the Vedas, Hari himself in the form of the guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.153
अभीष्टदेवे रुष्टे च गुरुःशक्तो हि रक्षितुम् । गुरौ रुष्टेऽभीष्टदेवो न हि शक्तश्च रक्षितुम्
abhīṣṭadeve ruṣṭe ca guruḥśakto hi rakṣitum | gurau ruṣṭe'bhīṣṭadevo na hi śaktaśca rakṣitum
When the chosen deity is angry, the guru is indeed able to protect; but when the guru is angry, the chosen deity is not able to protect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.154
सर्वे ग्रहाश्च यं रुष्टा यं रुष्टा देवब्राह्मणाः । त्वमेव रुष्टो भवसि गुरुरेव हि देवताः
sarve grahāśca yaṃ ruṣṭā yaṃ ruṣṭā devabrāhmaṇāḥ | tvameva ruṣṭo bhavasi gurureva hi devatāḥ
When all the planets are angry with someone, when the gods and brahmins are angry with him — it is you alone who has become angry; for the guru is indeed (all) the deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.155
न गुरोश्च प्रियश्चाऽऽत्मा न गुरोश्च प्रियः सुतः । धनं प्रियं च न गुरोर्न च भार्या प्रिया तथा
na gurośca priyaścā''tmā na gurośca priyaḥ sutaḥ | dhanaṃ priyaṃ ca na gurorna ca bhāryā priyā tathā
Not even his own self is dearer to the guru (than his duty as guru), nor is a son dear to the guru; wealth is not dear to the guru, nor likewise is a wife dear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.156
न गुरोश्च प्रियो धर्मो न गुरोश्च प्रियं तपः । न गुरोश्च प्रियं सत्यं न पुण्यं च गुरोः परम्
na gurośca priyo dharmo na gurośca priyaṃ tapaḥ | na gurośca priyaṃ satyaṃ na puṇyaṃ ca guroḥ param
Neither is dharma dear to the guru, nor is asceticism dear to the guru; truth is not dear to the guru, and there is no merit higher than the guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.157
गुरोः परो न शास्ता च न हि बन्धुर्गुरोः परः । देवो राजा च शास्ता च शिष्याणां च सदा गुरुः
guroḥ paro na śāstā ca na hi bandhurguroḥ paraḥ | devo rājā ca śāstā ca śiṣyāṇāṃ ca sadā guruḥ
There is no ruler higher than the guru, nor indeed any kinsman higher than the guru; the guru is always the god, the king, and the ruler of his disciples.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.158
यावच्छक्तो दातुमन्नं तावच्छास्ता तदन्नदः । गुरुः शास्ता च शिष्याणां प्रतिजन्मनि जन्मनि
yāvacchakto dātumannaṃ tāvacchāstā tadannadaḥ | guruḥ śāstā ca śiṣyāṇāṃ pratijanmani janmani
So long as one is able to give food, so long is the giver of that food a ruler; but the guru is the ruler of his disciples in birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.159
मन्त्रो विद्या गुरुर्देवः पूर्वलब्धो यथा पतिः । प्रतिजन्मनि बन्धेन सर्वेषामुपरि स्थितः
mantro vidyā gururdevaḥ pūrvalabdho yathā patiḥ | pratijanmani bandhena sarveṣāmupari sthitaḥ
Mantra, learning, guru, god — like a husband, whichever is obtained first stands, by that bond, above all others in every birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.160
पिता गुरुश्च वन्द्यश्च यत्र जन्मनि जन्मदः । गुरवोऽन्ये तथा माता गुरुश्च प्रतिजन्मनि
pitā guruśca vandyaśca yatra janmani janmadaḥ | guravo'nye tathā mātā guruśca pratijanmani
A father is a guru and to be revered, as the giver of birth in that (one) birth; likewise the mother and others are gurus, but the guru is a guru in every birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.161
विप्राणां त्वं वरिष्ठश्च गरिष्ठश्च तपस्तिनाम् । ब्रह्मिष्ठौ ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मन् धर्मिष्ठः सर्वधर्मिणाम्
viprāṇāṃ tvaṃ variṣṭhaśca gariṣṭhaśca tapastinām | brahmiṣṭhau brahmavidbrahmavidbrahman dharmiṣṭhaḥ sarvadharmiṇām
You are the foremost of brahmins and the weightiest of ascetics, most devoted to brahman, a knower of brahman, O brahman, the most righteous of all who follow dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 59.162
तुष्टो भव मुनिश्रेष्ठ मां च शक्रं च संप्रतम् । त्वयि तुष्टे सदा तुष्टा भवन्ति ग्रहदेवताः
tuṣṭo bhava muniśreṣṭha māṃ ca śakraṃ ca saṃpratam | tvayi tuṣṭe sadā tuṣṭā bhavanti grahadevatāḥ
Be pleased, best of sages, with me and with Śakra now; when you are pleased, the planets and the gods are always pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.163
इत्युक्त्वा का शची ब्रह्मन्पुनरुच्चौ रुरोद ह । दृष्ट्वा तद्रोदनं तारा रुरोदोच्चैर्मुहुर्मुहुः
ityuktvā kā śacī brahmanpunaruccau ruroda ha | dṛṣṭvā tadrodanaṃ tārā rurodoccairmuhurmuhuḥ
Having spoken thus, O brahman, Śacī wept aloud again; and seeing that weeping, Tārā too wept aloud again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.164
पपात चरणे तारा रुरोद च पुनः पुनः । अपराधं क्षमेत्युक्त्वा गुरुस्तुष्टोऽप्युवाच ताम्
papāta caraṇe tārā ruroda ca punaḥ punaḥ | aparādhaṃ kṣametyuktvā gurustuṣṭo'pyuvāca tām
Tārā fell at (his) feet and wept over and over, saying, 'Forgive my offence'; and the guru, though pleased, said to her:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.165
गुरुरुवाच उत्तिष्ठ तारे शच्याश्च सर्व भद्रं भविष्यति । सद्यः प्राप्स्यति भर्तारं महेन्द्रं च मदाशिषा
gururuvāca uttiṣṭha tāre śacyāśca sarva bhadraṃ bhaviṣyati | sadyaḥ prāpsyati bhartāraṃ mahendraṃ ca madāśiṣā
The guru said: Rise, Tārā; and all will be well for Śacī. By my blessing she will at once regain her husband, the great Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.166
इत्युक्त्वा स गुरुस्तत्र विरराम च नारद । पपात चरणे तारा पुनरेव रुरोद च
ityuktvā sa gurustatra virarāma ca nārada | papāta caraṇe tārā punareva ruroda ca
Having said this, that guru fell silent there, O Nārada; and Tārā fell at (his) feet and wept once again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.167
गुहीत्वा च शचीं तारा संस्थाप्य च स्ववक्षकि । बोधयामास विविधमाध्यात्मिकमनुत्तमम्
guhītvā ca śacīṃ tārā saṃsthāpya ca svavakṣaki | bodhayāmāsa vividhamādhyātmikamanuttamam
And Tārā, taking Śacī and placing her on her own breast, instructed her in many kinds of unsurpassed spiritual (teaching).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.168
शचीकृतं गुरुस्तोत्रं पूजाकाले च यः पठेत् । गुरुश्चाभीष्टदेवश्च संतुष्टः प्रतिजन्मनि
śacīkṛtaṃ gurustotraṃ pūjākāle ca yaḥ paṭhet | guruścābhīṣṭadevaśca saṃtuṣṭaḥ pratijanmani
Whoever recites at the time of worship this hymn to the guru made by Śacī — for him the guru and his chosen deity are well pleased in every birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.169
ग्रहदेवद्विजास्तं च परितुष्टाश्च संततम् । राजानो बान्धवाश्चैव संतुष्टाः सर्वतः सदा
grahadevadvijāstaṃ ca parituṣṭāśca saṃtatam | rājāno bāndhavāścaiva saṃtuṣṭāḥ sarvataḥ sadā
And the planets, the gods and the twice-born are constantly well pleased with him, and kings and kinsmen too are always pleased with him in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.170
गुरुभक्तिं विष्णुभक्तिं वाञ्छितं लभते ध्रुवम् । सदा हर्षो भवेत्तस्य न च शोकः कदाचन
gurubhaktiṃ viṣṇubhaktiṃ vāñchitaṃ labhate dhruvam | sadā harṣo bhavettasya na ca śokaḥ kadācana
He surely obtains devotion to the guru, devotion to Viṣṇu, and what he desires; there is always joy for him and never grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.171
पुत्रार्थो लभते पुत्रं भार्यार्थो लभते प्रियम् । सुस्वरुपां गुणवतीं सतीं पुत्रवतीं ध्रुवम्
putrārtho labhate putraṃ bhāryārtho labhate priyam | susvarupāṃ guṇavatīṃ satīṃ putravatīṃ dhruvam
One who wants a son obtains a son; one who wants a wife obtains a beloved one — beautiful, virtuous, faithful, and blessed with sons, assuredly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.172
रोगार्तों मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्योत बन्धनात् । अस्पष्टकीर्तिः सुयशा मूर्खोभवति पण्डितः
rogārtoṃ mucyate rogādbaddho mucyota bandhanāt | aspaṣṭakīrtiḥ suyaśā mūrkhobhavati paṇḍitaḥ
One afflicted by disease is freed from disease; one bound is freed from bondage; one of obscure fame becomes famous, and a fool becomes learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.173
कदाचिद्बन्धुविच्छेदो न भवेत्तस्य निश्चितम् । नित्यं तद्वर्धते धर्मों विपुलं निर्मलं यशः
kadācidbandhuvicchedo na bhavettasya niścitam | nityaṃ tadvardhate dharmoṃ vipulaṃ nirmalaṃ yaśaḥ
Certainly there will never be separation from his kinsmen; his dharma constantly increases, and his fame becomes ample and spotless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.174
लभते परमैश्वर्यं पुत्रपौत्रधनान्वितम् । इह सर्वसुखं भुक्त्वा प्राप्यते श्रीहरेः पदम्
labhate paramaiśvaryaṃ putrapautradhanānvitam | iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā prāpyate śrīhareḥ padam
(He) obtains supreme lordship together with sons, grandsons and wealth; having enjoyed every happiness here, the abode of Śrī Hari is attained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.175
न भवेत्तत्पुनर्जन्म हरिदास्यं लभेद्ध्रुवम् । विष्णुभक्तिनमाब्धौ च निमग्नश्च भवेद्ध्रुवम्
na bhavettatpunarjanma haridāsyaṃ labheddhruvam | viṣṇubhaktinamābdhau ca nimagnaśca bhaveddhruvam
For him there will be no rebirth; he surely obtains servitude to Hari, and he will surely be immersed in the ocean of devotion to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 59.176
शाश्वत्पिबति शान्तिश्च विष्णुभक्तिरसामृतम् । जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिशोकसंतापनाशनम्
śāśvatpibati śāntiśca viṣṇubhaktirasāmṛtam | janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiśokasaṃtāpanāśanam
And, at peace, he forever drinks the nectar of the essence of devotion to Viṣṇu, which destroys birth, death, old age, disease, grief and torment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition