Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 65
BvP 4 65.1
नारायम उवाच कंसस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सोऽक्रूरो धर्मिणां वरः । उवाच चौद्धवं शान्तं शान्तः प्रहृष्टमानसः
nārāyama uvāca kaṃsasya vacanaṃ śrutvā so'krūro dharmiṇāṃ varaḥ | uvāca cauddhavaṃ śāntaṃ śāntaḥ prahṛṣṭamānasaḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Kaṃsa's words, that Akrūra, best of the righteous, being himself calm and delighted in mind, spoke to the calm Uddhava.
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BvP 4 65.2
अक्रूर उवाच सुप्रभाताऽद्य रजनी बभूव मे शुभं दिनम् । तुष्टाश्च गुरवो विब्रा देवा मामिति निश्चितम्
akrūra uvāca suprabhātā'dya rajanī babhūva me śubhaṃ dinam | tuṣṭāśca guravo vibrā devā māmiti niścitam
Akrūra said: Today the night has dawned well; the day has become auspicious for me; and my teachers, the brāhmaṇas and the gods are pleased with me — this is certain.
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BvP 4 65.3
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पुण्यं मम स्वयमुपस्थितम् । बभूव मे समुत्पन्नं यद्यत्कर्म शुभाशुभम्
koṭijanmārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ mama svayamupasthitam | babhūva me samutpannaṃ yadyatkarma śubhāśubham
The merit accumulated over ten million births has of itself come to me; whatever deeds, good or bad, arose for me, (this) has come about for me.
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BvP 4 65.4
चिच्छेद बन्धनिगडं मम बद्धस्य कर्मणा । कारागाराश्च संसारान्मुक्तो यामि हरेःपदम्
ciccheda bandhanigaḍaṃ mama baddhasya karmaṇā | kārāgārāśca saṃsārānmukto yāmi hareḥpadam
(It) has cut the fetter of bondage of me who was bound by (my) karma; released from the prison and from the round of rebirth, I go to the abode of Hari.
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BvP 4 65.5
सुहृदर्थो कृतोऽहं च कंसेन विदुषा रुषा । वरेण तुल्यो देवस्य क्रोधो मम बभूव ह
suhṛdartho kṛto'haṃ ca kaṃsena viduṣā ruṣā | vareṇa tulyo devasya krodho mama babhūva ha
And I have been made (to serve) the purpose of a friend by Kaṃsa, who acted knowingly out of anger; his anger has become for me equal to a boon from the god.
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BvP 4 65.6
व्रजराज समाहर्तुं व्रजं यास्यामि सांप्रतम् । द्रक्ष्यामि परमं पूज्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनम्
vrajarāja samāhartuṃ vrajaṃ yāsyāmi sāṃpratam | drakṣyāmi paramaṃ pūjyaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyinam
To fetch the king of Vraja I shall now go to Vraja; I shall see the supremely worshipful one, the giver of enjoyment and liberation,
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BvP 4 65.7
नवीनजलदश्यामं नीलेन्दीवरनोचनम् । पीतवस्त्रसमायुक्तकटिदेशविराजितम्
navīnajaladaśyāmaṃ nīlendīvaranocanam | pītavastrasamāyuktakaṭideśavirājitam
dark as a fresh raincloud, with eyes like blue lotuses, resplendent about the hips, which are girt with yellow cloth,
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BvP 4 65.8
धूलिधूसरिताङ्गं च किंवा चन्दनचर्चितम् । अथाव नवनीताक्तमङ्गं द्रक्ष्यामि सस्मितम्
dhūlidhūsaritāṅgaṃ ca kiṃvā candanacarcitam | athāva navanītāktamaṅgaṃ drakṣyāmi sasmitam
with his limbs grey with dust, or else smeared with sandal paste; or rather I shall see his body anointed with fresh butter, and (him) smiling,
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BvP 4 65.9
किंवा विनोदमुरलीं वादयन्तं मनोहरम् । किंवा गवां समूहं च चारजन्तमितस्ततः
kiṃvā vinodamuralīṃ vādayantaṃ manoharam | kiṃvā gavāṃ samūhaṃ ca cārajantamitastataḥ
or else playing the delightful flute charmingly, or else driving the herd of cows here and there,
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BvP 4 65.10
किंवा वसन्तं गच्छन्तं शयानं वा सुनिश्चितम् । निद्रेशं कीदृशं चाद्य सुदृष्ट्वा च शुभे क्षणो
kiṃvā vasantaṃ gacchantaṃ śayānaṃ vā suniścitam | nidreśaṃ kīdṛśaṃ cādya sudṛṣṭvā ca śubhe kṣaṇo
or else staying, or walking, or lying asleep — quite certainly; and what sort of sleeper (will he be)? Today, having seen (him) well, in an auspicious moment...
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BvP 4 65.11
यत्पादपद्मं ध्यायन्ते ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । न हि जानाति यस्यान्तमनन्तोऽनन्तविग्रहः
yatpādapadmaṃ dhyāyante brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | na hi jānāti yasyāntamananto'nantavigrahaḥ
Whose lotus feet Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest meditate upon; whose end even Ananta of endless form does not know—
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BvP 4 65.12
यत्प्रभावं न जानन्ति देवाः सन्तश्च संततम् । स्य स्तोत्रे जडीभूता भीता देवी सरस्वती
yatprabhāvaṃ na jānanti devāḥ santaśca saṃtatam | sya stotre jaḍībhūtā bhītā devī sarasvatī
whose power the gods and the good never know; in praising whom the goddess Sarasvatī became dumb and afraid—
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BvP 4 65.13
दासीनियुक्ता यद्दास्यो महालक्षमीश्च लक्षीता । गङ्मा यस्य पदाम्भोजान्निःसृता सत्तव रूमिणी
dāsīniyuktā yaddāsyo mahālakṣamīśca lakṣītā | gaṅmā yasya padāmbhojānniḥsṛtā sattava rūmiṇī
whose maidservants have (their own) maidservants appointed (to them), and among whom great Lakṣmī is (but) counted; from whose lotus feet the Gaṅgā issued forth, and truly Rukmiṇī—
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BvP 4 65.14
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिहरा त्रिभुवनात्परा । दर्शनस्पर्शनाभ्यां च नृणां पातकनाशिनी
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiharā tribhuvanātparā | darśanasparśanābhyāṃ ca nṛṇāṃ pātakanāśinī
(the Gaṅgā), remover of birth, death, old age and disease, higher than the three worlds, destroying men's sins by their seeing and touching (her)—
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BvP 4 65.15
ध्यायते यत्पदाम्भोजं दुर्गा दुर्गविनाशिनी । त्रेलोक्यजननी देवी मुलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
dhyāyate yatpadāmbhojaṃ durgā durgavināśinī | trelokyajananī devī mulaprakṛtirīśvarī
whose lotus feet Durgā, destroyer of difficulties, meditates upon—she, the mother of the three worlds, the goddess, the root Nature, the sovereign lady—
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BvP 4 65.16
लोम्नां कूपेषु विश्वानि महाविष्णोश्च यस्य च । असंख्यानि विचित्राणि स्थूलात्स्थूलतरस्य च
lomnāṃ kūpeṣu viśvāni mahāviṣṇośca yasya ca | asaṃkhyāni vicitrāṇi sthūlātsthūlatarasya ca
in the pores of whose body-hairs—of Mahāviṣṇu, grosser than the gross—are countless and various universes;
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BvP 4 65.17
स च यत्षोडशांशश्च यस्य सर्वेश्वरस्य च । तं द्रष्टुं यामि हे बन्धो मायामानुषरूपिणम्
sa ca yatṣoḍaśāṃśaśca yasya sarveśvarasya ca | taṃ draṣṭuṃ yāmi he bandho māyāmānuṣarūpiṇam
and he (Mahāviṣṇu) is a sixteenth part of whom, the Lord of all—him I go to see, friend, him who bears a human form by (his) māyā.
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BvP 4 65.18
सर्व सर्वान्तरात्मानं सर्वज्ञं प्रकृतेः परम् । ब्रह्मज्योतिःस्वरूपं च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
sarva sarvāntarātmānaṃ sarvajñaṃ prakṛteḥ param | brahmajyotiḥsvarūpaṃ ca bhaktānugrahavigraham
(I go to see) the all, the inner Self of all, the all-knowing, beyond Nature, whose own form is the light of Brahman, whose body is (his) grace to devotees;
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BvP 4 65.19
निर्गुणं च निरीहं च निरानन्दं निराश्रयम् । परमं परमानन्दं सानन्दं नन्दनन्दनम्
nirguṇaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca nirānandaṃ nirāśrayam | paramaṃ paramānandaṃ sānandaṃ nandanandanam
without qualities, without effort, without joy, without support—yet supreme, of supreme bliss, full of joy, the son of Nanda;
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BvP 4 65.20
स्वेच्छामयं सर्वपरं सर्वबीजं सनातनम् । वदन्ति योगिनः शश्वद्ध्यायन्तेऽहर्निशं शिशुम्
svecchāmayaṃ sarvaparaṃ sarvabījaṃ sanātanam | vadanti yoginaḥ śaśvaddhyāyante'harniśaṃ śiśum
made of his own will, higher than all, the seed of all, everlasting—so the yogins constantly declare, and day and night they meditate on (him as) a child.
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BvP 4 65.21
मन्वन्तरसहस्रं च निराहारः कृशोदरः । पद्मे पाद्मस्तपस्तेपे पुरा पाद्मं तु यत्कृते
manvantarasahasraṃ ca nirāhāraḥ kṛśodaraḥ | padme pādmastapastepe purā pādmaṃ tu yatkṛte
For a thousand manvantaras, foodless and lean-bellied, the lotus-born (Brahmā) practised austerity on the lotus in the past—for whose sake indeed the lotus (came to be).
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BvP 4 65.22
पुनः कुरु तपस्यां च तदा द्रक्ष्यसि मामिति । सकृच्छब्दं च शुश्राव न ददर्श तथाऽपि तम्
punaḥ kuru tapasyāṃ ca tadā drakṣyasi māmiti | sakṛcchabdaṃ ca śuśrāva na dadarśa tathā'pi tam
"Practise austerity again; then you shall see me"—this word he heard once, yet even so he did not see him.
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BvP 4 65.23
तावत्कालं पुनस्तप्त्वा वरं प्राप ददर्श तम् । ईदृशं परमेशं च द्रक्ष्याम्यद्य तमुद्धव
tāvatkālaṃ punastaptvā varaṃ prāpa dadarśa tam | īdṛśaṃ parameśaṃ ca drakṣyāmyadya tamuddhava
Having practised austerity again for that same length of time, he obtained the boon and saw him. Such a supreme Lord shall I see today, Uddhava.
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BvP 4 65.24
पुरा शंभुस्तपस्तेपे यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः । ज्योतिर्मण्डलमध्ये च गोलोके तं ददर्श सः
purā śaṃbhustapastepe yāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ | jyotirmaṇḍalamadhye ca goloke taṃ dadarśa saḥ
In the past Śambhu practised austerity for as long as Brahmā's lifetime, and he saw him in Goloka, in the midst of the orb of light.
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BvP 4 65.25
सर्वतत्तवं सर्वसिद्धं ममतत्वं परं वरम् । संप्राप तत्पदाम्भोजे भक्तिं च निर्मलां पराम्
sarvatattavaṃ sarvasiddhaṃ mamatatvaṃ paraṃ varam | saṃprāpa tatpadāmbhoje bhaktiṃ ca nirmalāṃ parām
He obtained all truth, all attainment, the supreme excellent principle of "mine-ness" (?), and pure supreme devotion at his lotus feet.
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BvP 4 65.26
चकाराऽत्मसमं तं च यो भक्तो(क्तं)भक्तवत्सलः । ईदृशं परमेशं च द्रक्ष्याम्यद्य तमुद्धव
cakārā'tmasamaṃ taṃ ca yo bhakto(ktaṃ)bhaktavatsalaḥ | īdṛśaṃ parameśaṃ ca drakṣyāmyadya tamuddhava
And he who is fond of his devotees made that devotee equal to himself. Such a supreme Lord shall I see today, Uddhava.
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BvP 4 65.27
सहस्रशक्रपातान्तं निराहारः कृशोदरः । यस्यानन्तस्तपस्तेपे भक्त्या च परमात्मनः
sahasraśakrapātāntaṃ nirāhāraḥ kṛśodaraḥ | yasyānantastapastepe bhaktyā ca paramātmanaḥ
Foodless and lean-bellied, until a thousand Indras had fallen, Ananta practised austerity with devotion for that Supreme Self.
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BvP 4 65.28
तदा चाऽऽत्मसमं ज्ञानंददौ तस्मै य ईश्वाः । ईदृशं परमेशं च द्रक्ष्याo
tadā cā''tmasamaṃ jñānaṃdadau tasmai ya īśvāḥ | īdṛśaṃ parameśaṃ ca drakṣyāo
Then the Lord gave him knowledge equal to his own. Such a supreme Lord (shall I see today...)
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BvP 4 65.29
सहस्रशक्रपातान्तं धर्मस्तेपे च यत्तपः । तदा बभूव साक्षी स धर्मिणां सर्वकर्मिणाम्
sahasraśakrapātāntaṃ dharmastepe ca yattapaḥ | tadā babhūva sākṣī sa dharmiṇāṃ sarvakarmiṇām
Dharma performed austerity until a thousand Indras had fallen; then he became the witness of all the righteous and all doers of deeds.
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BvP 4 65.30
शास्ता च फलदाता च यत्प्रसादान्नृणामिह । सर्वेशमीदृशमहो द्रक्ष्याo
śāstā ca phaladātā ca yatprasādānnṛṇāmiha | sarveśamīdṛśamaho drakṣyāo
and by whose grace (Dharma became) the chastiser and the giver of fruits to men here. Ah, such a Lord of all (shall I see today...)
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BvP 4 65.31
अष्टाविंशतिरिन्द्राणां पतने यद्दिवानिशम् । एवं क्रमेण मासाब्दैः शताब्दं ब्रह्मणो वयः
aṣṭāviṃśatirindrāṇāṃ patane yaddivāniśam | evaṃ krameṇa māsābdaiḥ śatābdaṃ brahmaṇo vayaḥ
What is a day and a night (for him) is the falling of twenty-eight Indras; by this reckoning, in months and years, a hundred years is the life-span of Brahmā.
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BvP 4 65.32
अहो यस्य निमेषेण ब्रह्मणः पतनं भवेत् । ईदृशं परमात्मानं द्रक्ष्याo
aho yasya nimeṣeṇa brahmaṇaḥ patanaṃ bhavet | īdṛśaṃ paramātmānaṃ drakṣyāo
Ah, by whose (single) blink Brahmā's falling comes about — such a Supreme Self shall (I) see!
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BvP 4 65.33
नास्ति भूरजसा संख्या यथैव ब्रह्मणां तथा । तथैव बन्धो विश्वानां तदाधारो महाविराट्
nāsti bhūrajasā saṃkhyā yathaiva brahmaṇāṃ tathā | tathaiva bandho viśvānāṃ tadādhāro mahāvirāṭ
There is no counting of the dust-motes of the earth, and just so none of the Brahmās; and just so (there is no counting) of the multitude of universes — their support is the Great Virāṭ.
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BvP 4 65.34
विशवे विश्वे च प्रत्येकं ब्रह्म विष्णुशिवादयः । मुनयो मनवः मिद्धा मानवाद्याश्चराचराः
viśave viśve ca pratyekaṃ brahma viṣṇuśivādayaḥ | munayo manavaḥ middhā mānavādyāścarācarāḥ
And in each and every universe (there are) Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, sages, Manus, the perfected ones, and humans and the other moving and unmoving beings.
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BvP 4 65.35
यत्षोडशांशः स विराट् सृष्टो नष्टश्च लीलया । ईदृशं सर्वशास्तारं द्रक्ष्याo
yatṣoḍaśāṃśaḥ sa virāṭ sṛṣṭo naṣṭaśca līlayā | īdṛśaṃ sarvaśāstāraṃ drakṣyāo
That Virāṭ, who is a sixteenth part (of him), is created and destroyed in sport; such a Ruler of all shall (I) see!
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BvP 4 65.36
इत्योवमुक्त्वाऽक्रूरश्च पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहः । मूर्च्छां प्राप साश्रुनेत्रोदध्यो तच्चरणाम्बुजम्
ityovamuktvā'krūraśca pulakāñcitavigrahaḥ | mūrcchāṃ prāpa sāśrunetrodadhyo taccaraṇāmbujam
Having spoken thus, Akrūra too, his body bristling with thrilled hair, fell into a swoon, with tear-filled eyes (bathing) his lotus-feet.
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BvP 4 65.37
बभूव भक्तिपूर्णश्च स्मारं स्मारं पदाम्बुजम् । कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं वाऽपि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
babhūva bhaktipūrṇaśca smāraṃ smāraṃ padāmbujam | kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ vā'pi kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
And he became filled with devotion, remembering and remembering the lotus-feet; and having also made a circumambulation of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self —
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BvP 4 65.38
उद्धवश्च तमाश्लिष्य प्रशशंक पुनः पुनः । स च शीघ्रं ययौ गेहमकूरोऽपि स्वमन्दिरम्
uddhavaśca tamāśliṣya praśaśaṃka punaḥ punaḥ | sa ca śīghraṃ yayau gehamakūro'pi svamandiram
And Uddhava, embracing him, praised him again and again; and he went swiftly to his house, and Akrūra too to his own dwelling.
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BvP 4 65.65
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo अक्रूरहर्षोत्कर्षकथनं नाम पञ्चषष्टि,मोऽध्यायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo akrūraharṣotkarṣakathanaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭi,mo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa, in the latter part, in Nārada's narrative, the sixty-fifth chapter, called "The Account of Akrūra's Surpassing Joy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition