Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 63
BvP 4 63.1
अथ त्रिषष्टितमोध्यायः नारायण उवाच अथ कंसो विचिन्त्यैवं दृष्ट्वा दुःस्वप्नमेव च । समुद्विग्नो महाभीतो निराहारो निरुत्सुकः
atha triṣaṣṭitamodhyāyaḥ nārāyaṇa uvāca atha kaṃso vicintyaivaṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥsvapnameva ca | samudvigno mahābhīto nirāhāro nirutsukaḥ
Now the sixty-third chapter. Nārāyaṇa said: Then Kaṃsa, having reflected thus and having seen indeed the evil dream, was greatly agitated, terribly frightened, without food and without any zest.
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BvP 4 63.2
पुत्रं मित्रं बन्धुगणं बान्धवं च पुरोहितम् । समानीय सभामध्ये तानुवाच सुदुःखितः
putraṃ mitraṃ bandhugaṇaṃ bāndhavaṃ ca purohitam | samānīya sabhāmadhye tānuvāca suduḥkhitaḥ
Having assembled his son, his friend, the throng of kinsmen, his relative and his household priest in the midst of the assembly hall, he, deeply distressed, said to them:
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BvP 4 63.3
कंस उवाच मया दृष्टो निशीथे यो दुःस्वप्नो हि भयप्रदः । निबोधत बुधाः सर्वे बान्धवाश्च पुरोहिताः
kaṃsa uvāca mayā dṛṣṭo niśīthe yo duḥsvapno hi bhayapradaḥ | nibodhata budhāḥ sarve bāndhavāśca purohitāḥ
Kaṃsa said: The evil dream that I saw at midnight, which indeed brings fear — hear of it, all you wise ones, kinsmen and priests.
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BvP 4 63.4
बिभ्रती रक्तपुष्पाणां मालां सा रक्तचन्दनम् । रक्ताम्बनं खड्गतीक्ष्णं खर्परं च भयंकरम्
bibhratī raktapuṣpāṇāṃ mālāṃ sā raktacandanam | raktāmbanaṃ khaḍgatīkṣṇaṃ kharparaṃ ca bhayaṃkaram
She, wearing a garland of red flowers and red sandal paste, red garments, a sharp sword and a fearsome skull-bowl —
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BvP 4 63.5
प्रकृत्याट्टाट्टहासं च लोलजिह्वा भयंकरी । अतीव वृद्धा कृष्णाङ्गी नगरे मम नृत्यति
prakṛtyāṭṭāṭṭahāsaṃ ca lolajihvā bhayaṃkarī | atīva vṛddhā kṛṣṇāṅgī nagare mama nṛtyati
and by nature (given to) loud, roaring laughter, with lolling tongue, terrifying, exceedingly old, with black limbs — she dances in my city.
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BvP 4 63.6
मुक्तकेशी छिन्ननासा कृष्णा कृष्णाम्बारप्रिया । विधवा सा महाशूद्री मामालिङ्गितुमिच्छति
muktakeśī chinnanāsā kṛṣṇā kṛṣṇāmbārapriyā | vidhavā sā mahāśūdrī māmāliṅgitumicchati
With loosened hair, her nose cut off, black, fond of black garments, that widow, a great Śūdra woman, wishes to embrace me.
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BvP 4 63.7
मलिनं चैलखण्डं च बिभ्रती रूक्षमूर्धजान् । दधती चूर्णतिलकं कपोलै मम वक्षसि
malinaṃ cailakhaṇḍaṃ ca bibhratī rūkṣamūrdhajān | dadhatī cūrṇatilakaṃ kapolai mama vakṣasi
Wearing a dirty piece of cloth, with rough hair, she places a powder-mark with her palms(?) on my chest.
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BvP 4 63.8
कृष्णवर्णानि पक्वानि च्छिन्नभिन्नानि सत्यक । पतन्ति कृत्वा शब्दांश्च शश्वत्तालफलानि च
kṛṣṇavarṇāni pakvāni cchinnabhinnāni satyaka | patanti kṛtvā śabdāṃśca śaśvattālaphalāni ca
Black-coloured, ripe, cut and split, O Satyaka, palm fruits fall continually, making noises.
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BvP 4 63.9
कुचैलो विकृताकारो म्लेच्छो हि रूक्षमूर्धजः । ददाति मह्यं भूषायां छिन्नभिन्नकपर्दकान्
kucailo vikṛtākāro mleccho hi rūkṣamūrdhajaḥ | dadāti mahyaṃ bhūṣāyāṃ chinnabhinnakapardakān
A badly clothed man of deformed shape, a barbarian with rough hair, gives me broken and cracked cowrie shells for ornament.
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BvP 4 63.10
महारुष्टा च दिव्या स्त्री पतिपुत्रवती सती । बभञ्ज पूर्णकुम्भं च साऽभिशप्य पुनः पुनः
mahāruṣṭā ca divyā strī patiputravatī satī | babhañja pūrṇakumbhaṃ ca sā'bhiśapya punaḥ punaḥ
And a divine woman, greatly enraged, possessed of husband and sons, a virtuous wife, broke a full water-jar, cursing me again and again.
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BvP 4 63.11
अम्लानामोंडूमालां च रक्तचन्दनचर्चिताम् । ददाति मङ्यं विप्रश्च महारुष्टोऽतिशप्य च
amlānāmoṃḍūmālāṃ ca raktacandanacarcitām | dadāti maṅyaṃ vipraśca mahāruṣṭo'tiśapya ca
And a brahmin, greatly enraged, having cursed me hard, gives me an unwithered garland of oṃḍū(?) flowers smeared with red sandal paste.
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BvP 4 63.12
क्षणमङ्गारवृष्टिश्च भस्मवृष्टिः क्षणं क्षणम् । क्षणं क्षणं रक्तवृष्टिर्भवेच्च नगरे मम
kṣaṇamaṅgāravṛṣṭiśca bhasmavṛṣṭiḥ kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇam | kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇaṃ raktavṛṣṭirbhavecca nagare mama
Moment by moment there is a rain of live coals, moment by moment a rain of ashes, and moment by moment a rain of blood occurs in my city.
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BvP 4 63.13
वानरं वायसं श्वानं भल्लूकं सूकरं खरम् । पश्यामि विकटाकारं शब्दं कुर्वन्तमुल्बणम्
vānaraṃ vāyasaṃ śvānaṃ bhallūkaṃ sūkaraṃ kharam | paśyāmi vikaṭākāraṃ śabdaṃ kurvantamulbaṇam
A monkey, a crow, a dog, a bear, a boar, an ass — of hideous form, making a violent noise — I see (them).
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BvP 4 63.14
पश्यामि शुष्ककाष्ठानां राशिमम्लानकज्जलम् । अरुणोदयवेलायां कपींश्चिन्ननखानि च
paśyāmi śuṣkakāṣṭhānāṃ rāśimamlānakajjalam | aruṇodayavelāyāṃ kapīṃścinnanakhāni ca
I see a heap of dry sticks and unfaded lampblack, and, at the hour of dawn, monkeys with their claws cut off.
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BvP 4 63.15
पीतवस्त्रपरिधाना शुक्लचन्दनचर्चिता । बिभ्रती मालतीमालां रत्नभूषणभूषिता
pītavastraparidhānā śuklacandanacarcitā | bibhratī mālatīmālāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā
Clad in yellow cloth, smeared with white sandal paste, wearing a garland of jasmine, adorned with jewel ornaments,
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BvP 4 63.16
क्रीडाकमलहस्ता सा सिन्दूरबिन्दुशोभिता । कृत्वाऽभिशापं मां रुषटा याति मन्मन्दिरात्सती
krīḍākamalahastā sā sindūrabinduśobhitā | kṛtvā'bhiśāpaṃ māṃ ruṣaṭā yāti manmandirātsatī
with a lotus for play in her hand, resplendent with a dot of vermilion — that virtuous woman, having cursed me, goes angrily out of my palace.
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BvP 4 63.17
पाशहस्तांश्च पुरुषान्मुक्तकेशान्भयंकरान् । अतिरूक्षांश्च पश्यामि विशातो नगरं मम
pāśahastāṃśca puruṣānmuktakeśānbhayaṃkarān | atirūkṣāṃśca paśyāmi viśāto nagaraṃ mama
And I see men with nooses in their hands, with loosened hair, terrifying and exceedingly harsh, entering(?) my city.
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BvP 4 63.18
नग्ननारी सुक्तकेशी नृत्यन्ती च गृहे गृहे । अतीव विकृताकारां पश्यामि सस्मितां सदा
nagnanārī suktakeśī nṛtyantī ca gṛhe gṛhe | atīva vikṛtākārāṃ paśyāmi sasmitāṃ sadā
A naked woman with loosened hair, dancing in house after house, exceedingly deformed in shape — I see her always smiling.
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BvP 4 63.19
छिन्ननासा च विधवा महाशूद्री दिगम्बरा । सा तैलाभ्यङ्गितं मां च करोत्यतिभयंकरी
chinnanāsā ca vidhavā mahāśūdrī digambarā | sā tailābhyaṅgitaṃ māṃ ca karotyatibhayaṃkarī
And a widow with her nose cut off, a great Śūdra woman, naked, that most terrifying one, rubs me over with oil.
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BvP 4 63.20
निर्वाणाङ्गारयुक्ताश्च भस्मबूर्णा दिगम्बरा । अतिप्रभातसमये चित्राः पश्यामि सस्मिताः
nirvāṇāṅgārayuktāśca bhasmabūrṇā digambarā | atiprabhātasamaye citrāḥ paśyāmi sasmitāḥ
And I see, at the time of full dawn, strange (women), naked, smeared with ash and holding extinguished coals, smiling.
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BvP 4 63.21
पश्यामि च विवाहं च नृत्यगीतमनोहरम् । रक्तवस्त्रपरीधानान्पुरिषान्रक्तमीर्धजान्
paśyāmi ca vivāhaṃ ca nṛtyagītamanoharam | raktavastraparīdhānānpuriṣānraktamīrdhajān
And I see a wedding too, charming with dance and song; (I see) men clad in red garments, with red hair.
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BvP 4 63.22
रक्तं वमन्तं पुरुषं नृत्यन्तं नग्नमुल्बणम् । धावन्तं च शयानं च पश्यामि सस्मितं सदा
raktaṃ vamantaṃ puruṣaṃ nṛtyantaṃ nagnamulbaṇam | dhāvantaṃ ca śayānaṃ ca paśyāmi sasmitaṃ sadā
A man vomiting blood, dancing, naked and hideous, running and lying down — I see (him) always smiling.
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BvP 4 63.23
राहुग्रस्तं च गगने मण्डलं चन्द्रसूर्ययौः । एककालेच पश्यामि सर्वग्रासं च बान्धवाः
rāhugrastaṃ ca gagane maṇḍalaṃ candrasūryayauḥ | ekakāleca paśyāmi sarvagrāsaṃ ca bāndhavāḥ
And in the sky the disk of the moon and the sun seized by Rāhu — at one and the same time I see (it), and the total devouring, O kinsmen.
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BvP 4 63.24
उल्कापातं धूमकेतुं भूकम्पं राष्ट्रविप्लवम् । झञ्झावातं महोत्पातं पश्यामि च पुरोहित
ulkāpātaṃ dhūmaketuṃ bhūkampaṃ rāṣṭraviplavam | jhañjhāvātaṃ mahotpātaṃ paśyāmi ca purohita
A falling meteor, a comet, an earthquake, upheaval of the kingdom, a violent storm-wind, a great portent — these too I see, O household priest.
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BvP 4 63.25
वायुना घूर्णमानांश्च च्छिन्नस्कन्धान्महीरुहान् । पतितान्पर्वताश्चैव पश्यामि पृथिवीतले
vāyunā ghūrṇamānāṃśca cchinnaskandhānmahīruhān | patitānparvatāścaiva paśyāmi pṛthivītale
And trees whirled about by the wind, their trunks broken, and mountains fallen — I see (them) on the face of the earth.
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BvP 4 63.26
पुरुषं छिन्नशिरसं रृत्यन्तं नग्नमुच्छ्रितम् । मुण्डमालाकरं घोरं पश्यामि च गृहे गृहे
puruṣaṃ chinnaśirasaṃ rṛtyantaṃ nagnamucchritam | muṇḍamālākaraṃ ghoraṃ paśyāmi ca gṛhe gṛhe
A man with his head cut off, dancing, naked and erect, terrible, holding a garland of skulls — I see (him) in house after house.
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BvP 4 63.27
दग्थं सर्वाश्रमं भक्मपूर्णमङ्गारसंकुलम् । हाहाकारं च कुर्वन्तं सर्वं पश्यामि सर्वतः
dagthaṃ sarvāśramaṃ bhakmapūrṇamaṅgārasaṃkulam | hāhākāraṃ ca kurvantaṃ sarvaṃ paśyāmi sarvataḥ
Every hermitage burnt, filled with ashes, strewn with embers, and everyone crying out 'alas, alas' — I see (this) on all sides.
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BvP 4 63.28
इत्येवमुक्त्वा राजा स विरराम सभातले । दृषद्वा (श्रृत्वा) स्वप्तं बान्धवाश्च न तमुक्त्वानिशश्वसुः
ityevamuktvā rājā sa virarāma sabhātale | dṛṣadvā (śrṛtvā) svaptaṃ bāndhavāśca na tamuktvāniśaśvasuḥ
Having spoken thus, the king fell silent in the assembly hall; and the kinsmen, having seen (heard) the dream, did not speak of it, but sighed.
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BvP 4 63.29
जहार चेतनां सद्यः सत्यकश्च पुरोहितः । मत्वा विनाशं कंसस्य यजमानस्य नारद
jahāra cetanāṃ sadyaḥ satyakaśca purohitaḥ | matvā vināśaṃ kaṃsasya yajamānasya nārada
And Satyaka the household priest at once lost consciousness, thinking of the destruction of Kaṃsa, the sacrificer, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 63.30
रुरोद नारीवर्गश्च पिता माता च शोकतः । मेने विनाशकालं च सद्यः स्वयमुपस्थितम्
ruroda nārīvargaśca pitā mātā ca śokataḥ | mene vināśakālaṃ ca sadyaḥ svayamupasthitam
The company of women wept, and his father and mother, out of grief; and (he) thought that the time of destruction had of itself arrived at once.
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BvP 4 63.63
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo कंसदुःखप्न- कथनं नाम त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo kaṃsaduḥkhapna- kathanaṃ nāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus (ends) the sixty-third chapter, called the Telling of Kaṃsa's Evil Dream, in the Nārada narrative, in the latter part of the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section of the glorious great Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa).
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