Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 67
BvP 4 67.1
अथा सप्तषष्टितमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच विरहव्याकुलां दृष्ट्वा मामिनीं काममोहनः । कृत्वा वक्षसि तां कृष्णो ययौ क्रीडासरोवरम्
athā saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ nārāyaṇa uvāca virahavyākulāṃ dṛṣṭvā māminīṃ kāmamohanaḥ | kṛtvā vakṣasi tāṃ kṛṣṇo yayau krīḍāsarovaram
Now the sixty-seventh chapter. Nārāyaṇa said: Seeing his beloved distressed by separation, Kṛṣṇa, the bewilderer of desire, placed her on his breast and went to the lake of play.
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BvP 4 67.2
राजराजेश्वरी राधा कृष्णवक्षसि राजते । सौदामिनीव जलदे नदीने गगने मुने
rājarājeśvarī rādhā kṛṣṇavakṣasi rājate | saudāminīva jalade nadīne gagane mune
Rādhā, sovereign mistress of the king of kings, shines upon Kṛṣṇa's breast, like lightning on a raincloud, O sage, in a sky full of thunder.
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BvP 4 67.3
रेमे स रमया सार्धं कृपया च कृपानिधिः । द्वयोर्द्वयोर्यथा स्वर्णंमण्योर्मारकतो मणिः
reme sa ramayā sārdhaṃ kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ | dvayordvayoryathā svarṇaṃmaṇyormārakato maṇiḥ
He, the treasury of compassion, took delight together with Ramā and with Kṛpā, as, of each of the two pairs, the emerald is (the gem) among gold and gem.
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BvP 4 67.4
रत्ननिर्माणपर्यङ्के रत्नेन्द्रसारनिर्मिते । नत्नप्रदीपे ज्वलति रत्नभूषणभूषितः
ratnanirmāṇaparyaṅke ratnendrasāranirmite | natnapradīpe jvalati ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ
On a couch fashioned of jewels, made of the finest of the best gems, while a jewel-lamp burned, he, adorned with jewel ornaments —
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BvP 4 67.5
रत्नभूषाभूषितया रासरत्नश्च कौतुकात् । रसरत्नाकरे रम्ये निमग्नो रसिकेश्वरः
ratnabhūṣābhūṣitayā rāsaratnaśca kautukāt | rasaratnākare ramye nimagno rasikeśvaraḥ
— with her who was adorned with jewel ornaments, and with the jewel of the rāsa, out of delight, the lord of connoisseurs sank into the lovely jewel-mine of rasa.
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BvP 4 67.6
रासे रासेश्वरी राधा रामेश्वरमुवाच सा । सुरतौ विरतौ सत्यां विरते न मनोरथे
rāse rāseśvarī rādhā rāmeśvaramuvāca sā | suratau viratau satyāṃ virate na manorathe
In the rāsa, Rādhā, mistress of the rāsa, said this to the lord of Ramā, when the lovemaking had ended but desire had not ended.
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BvP 4 67.7
राधिकोवाच प्रफुल्लाऽहं त्वया नाथ मृता म्लाना च त्वां विना । यथा महौषधिगणः प्रभाते भाति भास्करे
rādhikovāca praphullā'haṃ tvayā nātha mṛtā mlānā ca tvāṃ vinā | yathā mahauṣadhigaṇaḥ prabhāte bhāti bhāskare
Rādhikā said: With you, my lord, I am in full bloom; without you I am dead and withered — as the host of great herbs shines at dawn when the sun (has risen).
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BvP 4 67.8
नक्तं दीपशिखेवाहं त्वया सार्धं त्वया विना । दिने दिने यथा क्षीणा कृष्णपक्षे विधोः कला
naktaṃ dīpaśikhevāhaṃ tvayā sārdhaṃ tvayā vinā | dine dine yathā kṣīṇā kṛṣṇapakṣe vidhoḥ kalā
At night, together with you, I am like the flame of a lamp; without you I am like the moon's crescent, waning day by day in the dark fortnight.
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BvP 4 67.9
तव वक्षसि मे दीप्तिः पूर्णंचन्द्रप्रभासमा । सद्यो मृता त्वया त्यक्ता कुह्वां चन्द्रकला यथा
tava vakṣasi me dīptiḥ pūrṇaṃcandraprabhāsamā | sadyo mṛtā tvayā tyaktā kuhvāṃ candrakalā yathā
Upon your breast my brightness is like the radiance of the full moon; abandoned by you I am dead at once, like the moon's crescent on the new-moon night.
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BvP 4 67.10
ज्वलदग्निशिखेवाहं घृताहुत्या त्वया सह । त्वया विनाऽहं निर्वाणा शिशिरे पद्मिनी यथा
jvaladagniśikhevāhaṃ ghṛtāhutyā tvayā saha | tvayā vinā'haṃ nirvāṇā śiśire padminī yathā
With you I am like a blazing flame of fire fed with an offering of ghee; without you I am extinguished, like a lotus plant in the cold season.
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BvP 4 67.11
चिन्ताज्वरजराग्रस्ता मत्तस्त्वयि गतेऽप्यहम् । अस्तंगते रवौ चन्द्रे ध्वान्दग्रस्ता धरा यथा
cintājvarajarāgrastā mattastvayi gate'pyaham | astaṃgate ravau candre dhvāndagrastā dharā yathā
When you have gone from me I am seized by the fever of anxiety and by decay, as the earth is seized by darkness when the sun and the moon have set.
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BvP 4 67.12
भ्रष्टो वेषस्त्वां विना मे रुपयौवनचेतनम् । तारावली परिभ्रष्टा सूर्यसूतोदये यथा
bhraṣṭo veṣastvāṃ vinā me rupayauvanacetanam | tārāvalī paribhraṣṭā sūryasūtodaye yathā
Without you my attire is ruined, and my beauty, my youth, my consciousness — as the array of stars falls away at the rising of the sun's offspring.
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BvP 4 67.13
त्वमेवाऽऽत्मा च सर्वेषां मम नाथो विशेषतः । तनुर्यथाऽऽत्मना त्यक्ता तथाऽहं च त्वया विना
tvamevā''tmā ca sarveṣāṃ mama nātho viśeṣataḥ | tanuryathā''tmanā tyaktā tathā'haṃ ca tvayā vinā
You alone are the Self of all, and especially my lord; as the body is when abandoned by the self, so am I without you.
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BvP 4 67.14
पञ्चप्राणात्मकस्त्वं मे मृताऽहं च त्वया विना । दृष्टेश्च गोलकौ जद्वद्दृष्टिः पुत्तलिकां विना
pañcaprāṇātmakastvaṃ me mṛtā'haṃ ca tvayā vinā | dṛṣṭeśca golakau jadvaddṛṣṭiḥ puttalikāṃ vinā
You are for me the very substance of my five vital breaths, and without you I am dead; the two eyeballs are as if inert without the pupil.
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BvP 4 67.15
स्थलं यथा चित्रयुक्तं त्वया सार्धमहं तथा । असंस्कृता त्वया हीना तृणाच्छन्ना यथा मही
sthalaṃ yathā citrayuktaṃ tvayā sārdhamahaṃ tathā | asaṃskṛtā tvayā hīnā tṛṇācchannā yathā mahī
As a wall-surface is when furnished with painting, so am I together with you; deprived of you I am unadorned, like the earth covered over with weeds.
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BvP 4 67.16
त्वया सार्धमहं कृष्ण चित्रयुक्तेव मृन्मयी । त्वां विना जलधौताऽहं विरूपा मृन्मयीव च
tvayā sārdhamahaṃ kṛṣṇa citrayukteva mṛnmayī | tvāṃ vinā jaladhautā'haṃ virūpā mṛnmayīva ca
Together with you, Kṛṣṇa, I am like a clay figure fitted with painting; without you I am like a clay figure washed away by water, misshapen.
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BvP 4 67.17
गोपाङ्गनानां शोभा च त्वया रासेश्वरेण च । हारे स्वर्णविकारे च श्वेतेन मणिना सह
gopāṅganānāṃ śobhā ca tvayā rāseśvareṇa ca | hāre svarṇavikāre ca śvetena maṇinā saha
And the beauty of the cowherd women is with you, the lord of the rāsa — as (the beauty) in a necklace, a work of gold, is with a white gem.
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BvP 4 67.18
व्रजराज त्वया सार्ध राजन्ते राजराजयः । यथा चन्द्रेण नभसि ताराराजिर्विराजते
vrajarāja tvayā sārdha rājante rājarājayaḥ | yathā candreṇa nabhasi tārārājirvirājate
King of Vraja, together with you the rows of kings shine, as in the sky the array of stars shines with the moon.
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BvP 4 67.19
त्वया शोभा यशोदाया नन्दस्य नन्दनन्दन । यथा शाखाफलस्कन्धैस्तरुराजिर्विराजते
tvayā śobhā yaśodāyā nandasya nandanandana | yathā śākhāphalaskandhaistarurājirvirājate
Through you is the splendour of Yaśodā and of Nanda, O son of Nanda, as a row of trees shines with its branches, fruits and trunks.
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BvP 4 67.20
त्वया कार्ध गोकुलेश सोभा गोकुलवासिनाम् । यथा सर्वा लोकराजी राजेन्द्रेण विराजते
tvayā kārdha gokuleśa sobhā gokulavāsinām | yathā sarvā lokarājī rājendreṇa virājate
Together with you, lord of Gokula, is the splendour of Gokula's dwellers, as a whole array of people shines through the sovereign of kings.
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BvP 4 67.21
रामस्यापि च रासेश त्वया शोभा मनोहरा । राजते देवराजेन यथा स्वर्गेऽमरावती
rāmasyāpi ca rāseśa tvayā śobhā manoharā | rājate devarājena yathā svarge'marāvatī
And of Rāma too, lord of the rāsa, the charming splendour is through you, as Amarāvatī in heaven shines through the king of the gods.
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BvP 4 67.22
वृन्दावनस्य वृक्षाणां त्वं च शोभा पतिर्गतिः । अन्योषां च वनानां च बलवान्केसरी यथा
vṛndāvanasya vṛkṣāṇāṃ tvaṃ ca śobhā patirgatiḥ | anyoṣāṃ ca vanānāṃ ca balavānkesarī yathā
And you are the beauty, the lord, the recourse of Vṛndāvana's trees, and of other forests too, as the mighty lion is.
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BvP 4 67.23
त्वया विना यशोदा य निमग्ना शोकसागरे । अप्राप्य वत्सं मुरभिः क्रोशन्ती व्याकुला यथा
tvayā vinā yaśodā ya nimagnā śokasāgare | aprāpya vatsaṃ murabhiḥ krośantī vyākulā yathā
Without you Yaśodā is sunk in an ocean of grief, as a cow that has not found her calf, lowing, is distraught.
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BvP 4 67.24
आन्दोलयन्ति नन्दस्य प्राणा दग्धं च मानसम् । त्वया विना तप्तपात्रे यथा धान्यसमूहकः
āndolayanti nandasya prāṇā dagdhaṃ ca mānasam | tvayā vinā taptapātre yathā dhānyasamūhakaḥ
Nanda's vital breaths are tossed about and his mind is scorched without you, as a heap of grain in a heated pan.
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BvP 4 67.25
इत्युक्त्वा परमप्रेम्णा सा पतन्ती हरेः पदे । पुनराध्यात्मिकेनैव बोधयामास तां विभुः
ityuktvā paramapremṇā sā patantī hareḥ pade | punarādhyātmikenaiva bodhayāmāsa tāṃ vibhuḥ
Having spoken thus out of the highest love, she fell at Hari's feet; and the mighty Lord again instructed her by means of the teaching concerning the Self.
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BvP 4 67.26
आध्यात्मिको महायोगी मोहसंछेदकारणम् । यथा पर्शुश्च वृक्षाणां तीक्ष्णधारश्च नारद
ādhyātmiko mahāyogī mohasaṃchedakāraṇam | yathā parśuśca vṛkṣāṇāṃ tīkṣṇadhāraśca nārada
The spiritual (teaching) is the great yoga, the means of cutting through delusion, just as an axe with a sharp edge (is) for trees, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 67.27
नारद उवाच आध्यात्मिकं महायोगं वद वेदविदां वर । शोकच्छेदं च लोकानां श्रोतुं कौतुहलं मम
nārada uvāca ādhyātmikaṃ mahāyogaṃ vada vedavidāṃ vara | śokacchedaṃ ca lokānāṃ śrotuṃ kautuhalaṃ mama
Nārada said: Speak of the spiritual great yoga, O best of the knowers of the Veda, which cuts off the sorrow of the worlds; I am eager to hear it.
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BvP 4 67.28
नारायण उवाच आध्यात्मिको महायोगो न ज्ञातो योगिनामवि । स च नानाप्रकारश्च सर्वं वेत्ति हरिः स्वयम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca ādhyātmiko mahāyogo na jñāto yogināmavi | sa ca nānāprakāraśca sarvaṃ vetti hariḥ svayam
Nārāyaṇa said: The spiritual great yoga is not known even to yogins; and it is of many kinds — Hari himself knows it all.
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BvP 4 67.29
किंचिदाध्यात्मिकं चैव गोनोके राधिकेश्वरः । सुप्रीतः कथायामास त्रिपुरारिं यथा मुने
kiṃcidādhyātmikaṃ caiva gonoke rādhikeśvaraḥ | suprītaḥ kathāyāmāsa tripurāriṃ yathā mune
Something of the spiritual (teaching) the Lord of Rādhikā (spoke) in Goloka; well pleased, he told it to the enemy of Tripura, O sage.
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BvP 4 67.30
सहस्रेन्द्रनिपातान्तं तपः कुर्वन्तमीश्वरम् । श्रेष्ठं ज्येष्ठं वैष्णवानां वरिष्ठं च तपस्विनाम्
sahasrendranipātāntaṃ tapaḥ kurvantamīśvaram | śreṣṭhaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ ca tapasvinām
(He told it to) the Lord (Śiva), who was performing austerity lasting to the end of a thousand Indras, the best and eldest of the Vaiṣṇavas and the foremost of ascetics.
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BvP 4 67.31
पुष्करे दुष्करं तप्त्वा पाद्मे पाद्मं च पद्मजः । दृष्ट्वा तं सादरं कृष्ण उवाच किंचिदेवतम्
puṣkare duṣkaraṃ taptvā pādme pādmaṃ ca padmajaḥ | dṛṣṭvā taṃ sādaraṃ kṛṣṇa uvāca kiṃcidevatam
When the lotus-born (Brahmā) had performed hard austerity at Puṣkara for a Pādma (period), Kṛṣṇa, seeing him, respectfully spoke something (of it) to him.
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BvP 4 67.32
शतेन्द्रपातपर्यन्तं कठोरेण कृशोदरम् । निश्चेष्टमस्थिसारं च कृपया च कृपानिधिः
śatendrapātaparyantaṃ kaṭhoreṇa kṛśodaram | niśceṣṭamasthisāraṃ ca kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ
(Seeing him) thin-bellied from harsh (austerity) continuing up to the fall of a hundred Indras, motionless and reduced to bones, the treasury of compassion, out of compassion (spoke to him).
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BvP 4 67.33
सिंहक्षेत्रे पुरा धर्मं मत्तातं धर्मिणां वरम् । चतुर्दशेन्द्रावच्छिन्नं तपस्तप्त्वा कृशोदरम्
siṃhakṣetre purā dharmaṃ mattātaṃ dharmiṇāṃ varam | caturdaśendrāvacchinnaṃ tapastaptvā kṛśodaram
Formerly, in Siṃhakṣetra, (he spoke to) Dharma, the best of the righteous, who was thin-bellied from performing austerity extending over fourteen Indras.
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BvP 4 67.34
पपाठाऽऽयात्मिकं किंचित्कृपया च कृपानिधिः । किचिच्छतेन्द्रावच्छिन्नं मां तपन्तमुवाच सः
papāṭhā''yātmikaṃ kiṃcitkṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ | kicicchatendrāvacchinnaṃ māṃ tapantamuvāca saḥ
And the treasury of compassion, out of compassion, recited something spiritual; and to me too, performing austerity extending over a hundred Indras, he spoke something.
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BvP 4 67.35
किंचित्सनत्कुमारं च तपन्तं सुचिरं परम् । सुतपन्तमनन्तं च किंचिच्चोवाच नारद
kiṃcitsanatkumāraṃ ca tapantaṃ suciraṃ param | sutapantamanantaṃ ca kiṃciccovāca nārada
And (he spoke) something to Sanatkumāra, who was performing supreme austerity for a very long time, and something to Ananta, who was performing great austerity, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 67.36
चिरं तपन्तं कपिलं हिमशैले तपस्विनम् । पुष्करे भास्करे किंचित्तपन्तं दुष्करं तपः
ciraṃ tapantaṃ kapilaṃ himaśaile tapasvinam | puṣkare bhāskare kiṃcittapantaṃ duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ
(And to) Kapila, long performing austerity, the ascetic on the snowy mountain; and something at Puṣkara to Bhāskara (the Sun), who was performing hard austerity.
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BvP 4 67.37
उवाच किंचित्प्रह्लादं किंचिद्दुर्वाससं भृगुम् । एवं निगूढं भक्तं च कृप्या भक्तवत्सलः
uvāca kiṃcitprahlādaṃ kiṃciddurvāsasaṃ bhṛgum | evaṃ nigūḍhaṃ bhaktaṃ ca kṛpyā bhaktavatsalaḥ
He spoke something to Prahlāda, something to Durvāsas and to Bhṛgu; thus (he spoke) the hidden (teaching), he who is fond of his devotees, out of compassion for a devotee.
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BvP 4 67.38
क्रीडाकनोवरे रम्ये यदुवाच कृपानिधिः । शोकार्तां राधिकां तच्च कथायामि निशामय
krīḍākanovare ramye yaduvāca kṛpānidhiḥ | śokārtāṃ rādhikāṃ tacca kathāyāmi niśāmaya
What the treasury of compassion said in the lovely, choice pleasure-grove to Rādhikā, stricken with grief — that I shall relate; listen.
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BvP 4 67.39
विरसं रसिकां दृष्ट्वा वासयित्वा च वक्षसि । उवाचाऽऽध्यात्मिकं किंचिद्योगिनीं योगिनां गुरुः
virasaṃ rasikāṃ dṛṣṭvā vāsayitvā ca vakṣasi | uvācā''dhyātmikaṃ kiṃcidyoginīṃ yogināṃ guruḥ
Seeing the woman of feeling grown joyless, and having seated her on his breast, the teacher of yogins spoke something spiritual to the yoginī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.40
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच जातिस्मरे स्मराऽऽत्मानं कथं विस्मरसि प्रिये । सर्वं गोलोकवृत्तान्तं सुदाम्नः शापमेव च
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca jātismare smarā''tmānaṃ kathaṃ vismarasi priye | sarvaṃ golokavṛttāntaṃ sudāmnaḥ śāpameva ca
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: You who remember your births, remember yourself — how do you forget, beloved, the whole account of Goloka and Sudāman's curse?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.41
शापात्किंचिद्दिनं दीने त्वद्विच्छेदो मया सह । भविष्यति महाभागे मेलनं पुनरावयोः
śāpātkiṃciddinaṃ dīne tvadvicchedo mayā saha | bhaviṣyati mahābhāge melanaṃ punarāvayoḥ
By the curse, poor one, your separation from me will last some days; but there will again be a meeting of us two, O greatly fortunate one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.42
पुनरेव गमिष्यामि गोलोकं तं निजालयम् । गत्वा गोपाङ्गनाभिश्च गोपैर्गोलोकवासिभिः
punareva gamiṣyāmi golokaṃ taṃ nijālayam | gatvā gopāṅganābhiśca gopairgolokavāsibhiḥ
I shall go again to Goloka, that abode of mine, and having gone (I shall dwell) with the cowherd women and the cowherds who dwell in Goloka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.43
अधुनाऽऽध्यात्मिकं किंचित्तवां वदामि निशामय । शोकध्नं हर्षदं सारं सुखदं मानसस्य च
adhunā''dhyātmikaṃ kiṃcittavāṃ vadāmi niśāmaya | śokadhnaṃ harṣadaṃ sāraṃ sukhadaṃ mānasasya ca
Now I shall tell you something spiritual; listen — it destroys sorrow, gives joy, is the essence, and gives happiness to the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.44
अहं सर्वान्तरात्मा च निर्लिप्तः सर्वकर्मसु । विद्यमानश्च सर्वेषु सर्वत्रादृष्ट एव च
ahaṃ sarvāntarātmā ca nirliptaḥ sarvakarmasu | vidyamānaśca sarveṣu sarvatrādṛṣṭa eva ca
I am the inner self of all, unstained in all actions; present in all beings, yet everywhere unseen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.45
वायुश्चरति सर्वत्र यथैव सर्ववस्तुषु । न च लिप्तस्तथैवाहं साक्षी च सर्वकर्मणाम्
vāyuścarati sarvatra yathaiva sarvavastuṣu | na ca liptastathaivāhaṃ sākṣī ca sarvakarmaṇām
Just as the wind moves everywhere, in all things, and yet is not stained, so am I, the witness of all actions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.46
जीवो मत्प्रतिबिम्बश्च सर्वत्र सर्वजीविषु । भोक्ता शुभाशुभानां च कर्ता च कर्मणां सदा
jīvo matpratibimbaśca sarvatra sarvajīviṣu | bhoktā śubhāśubhānāṃ ca kartā ca karmaṇāṃ sadā
And the individual soul is my reflection, everywhere, in all living beings; it is the enjoyer of good and evil things and always the doer of deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.47
यथा चलघटेष्वेव मण्डलं चन्द्रमुर्ययोः । भग्नेषु तेषु संश्लिष्टस्तयोरेव तथा मयि
yathā calaghaṭeṣveva maṇḍalaṃ candramuryayoḥ | bhagneṣu teṣu saṃśliṣṭastayoreva tathā mayi
Just as the disc of the moon (appears) in moving water-pots — in the two (moon and disc?) — and when those (pots) are broken it is joined back to those two, so (the soul is joined) in me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 67.48
जीवः श्लिष्टस्तथा काले मृतेषु जीविषु प्रिये । आवां च विद्यमानौ च सततं सर्वजन्तुषु
jīvaḥ śliṣṭastathā kāle mṛteṣu jīviṣu priye | āvāṃ ca vidyamānau ca satataṃ sarvajantuṣu
Just so, dear one, the soul is joined (to me) at the (proper) time when living beings die; and we two exist perpetually in all creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.49
आधारश्चाहमाधेयं कार्य च कारणं विना । अये सर्वाणि द्रव्याणि नश्वराणि च सुन्दरि
ādhāraścāhamādheyaṃ kārya ca kāraṇaṃ vinā | aye sarvāṇi dravyāṇi naśvarāṇi ca sundari
I am the support and the supported, the effect and the cause, without (another). Lo, all substances are perishable, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.50
आविर्भावाधिकाः कुत्र कुत्रचिन्न्यूनमेव च । ममांशाः केऽपि देवाश्च केचिद्देवाःकलास्तथा
āvirbhāvādhikāḥ kutra kutracinnyūnameva ca | mamāṃśāḥ ke'pi devāśca keciddevāḥkalāstathā
By manifestation (they are) greater in one place and lesser in another; some gods too are my portions, and some gods are (my) parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 67.51
केचित्कलाः कलांशांशास्तदंशांशाश्च केचन । मदंशा प्रकृतिः सूक्ष्मा साच मूर्त्याच पञ्चधा
kecitkalāḥ kalāṃśāṃśāstadaṃśāṃśāśca kecana | madaṃśā prakṛtiḥ sūkṣmā sāca mūrtyāca pañcadhā
Some are parts, (some) parts of portions of parts, and some are portions of portions of those; my portion is the subtle Prakṛti, and she is fivefold by (her) embodied forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 67.52
सरस्वती च कमला दुर्गा त्वं चापि वेदसूः । सर्वे देवाः प्राकृतिका यावन्तो मूर्तिधारिणः
sarasvatī ca kamalā durgā tvaṃ cāpi vedasūḥ | sarve devāḥ prākṛtikā yāvanto mūrtidhāriṇaḥ
Sarasvatī, Kamalā, Durgā, and you as well, and the mother of the Vedas — all the gods who bear bodies belong to Prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.53
अहमात्मा नित्यदेही भक्तध्यानानुरोधतः । ये ये प्रकृतिका राधे ते नष्टाः प्राकृते लये
ahamātmā nityadehī bhaktadhyānānurodhataḥ | ye ye prakṛtikā rādhe te naṣṭāḥ prākṛte laye
I am the Self, eternally embodied, in accordance with the meditation of (my) devotees; but whoever are of Prakṛti, Rādhā, they perish at the dissolution of Prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.54
अहमेवाऽऽसमेवाग्रे पश्चादप्यहमेव च । यथाऽहं च तथा त्वं च यथा धावल्यदुग्धयोः
ahamevā''samevāgre paścādapyahameva ca | yathā'haṃ ca tathā tvaṃ ca yathā dhāvalyadugdhayoḥ
I alone existed in the beginning, and afterwards too it is I alone; and as I am, so are you — as with whiteness and milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.55
भेदः कदाऽपि न भवेन्निश्चितं च तथाऽऽवयोः । अहं महान्विराट् सुषटौ विश्वानि यस्य लोमसु
bhedaḥ kadā'pi na bhavenniścitaṃ ca tathā''vayoḥ | ahaṃ mahānvirāṭ suṣaṭau viśvāni yasya lomasu
Between them (whiteness and milk) there can never be a distinction — and so it is, assuredly, between us two. I am the great Virāṭ, in whose body-hairs the universes are (contained) at creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.56
अंशस्त्वं तत्र महती स्वांशेन तस्य कामिनी । आहं क्षुद्रविराट् सृष्टौ विश्वं यन्नाभिपद्मतः
aṃśastvaṃ tatra mahatī svāṃśena tasya kāminī | āhaṃ kṣudravirāṭ sṛṣṭau viśvaṃ yannābhipadmataḥ
There you are a portion, the great (goddess), his beloved by your own portion. I am the lesser Virāṭ at creation, from whose navel-lotus the universe (arises).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.57
अयं विष्णोर्लोमकूपे वासो मे चांशतः सति । तस्य स्त्री त्वं च बृहती स्वाशने सुभगा तथा
ayaṃ viṣṇorlomakūpe vāso me cāṃśataḥ sati | tasya strī tvaṃ ca bṛhatī svāśane subhagā tathā
This Viṣṇu's dwelling is in a hair-pore, and mine too by a portion, O good lady; and you are his wife, the mighty one, the auspicious one by your own portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 67.58
तस्य विश्वे च प्रत्येकं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवा अंशाश्चान्ये चापि च मत्कलाः
tasya viśve ca pratyekaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | brahmaviṣṇuśivā aṃśāścānye cāpi ca matkalāḥ
And in each of his universes there are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest; Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva are (my) portions, and the others too are my parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.59
मत्कलांशांशकलया सर्वे देवि चराचराः । वैकुण्ठे त्वं महालक्ष्मीरहं तत्र चतुर्भुजः
matkalāṃśāṃśakalayā sarve devi carācarāḥ | vaikuṇṭhe tvaṃ mahālakṣmīrahaṃ tatra caturbhujaḥ
By a part of a portion of a portion of my part, O goddess, are all things moving and unmoving. In Vaikuṇṭha you are Mahālakṣmī, and there I am four-armed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.60
स च विश्वाद्बहिश्चोर्ध्वं यथा गोलोक एव च । सरस्वती त्वं सत्ये च सावित्री ब्रह्मणः प्रियाः
sa ca viśvādbahiścordhvaṃ yathā goloka eva ca | sarasvatī tvaṃ satye ca sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ priyāḥ
And that (Vaikuṇṭha) is outside and above the universe, just as Goloka is. You are Sarasvatī, and in Satya(loka) Sāvitrī — the beloveds of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.61
शिवलोके शिवा त्व्रं च मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी । विनाश्य दुर्गं दुर्गा च सर्वदुर्गतिनाशिनी
śivaloke śivā tvraṃ ca mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī | vināśya durgaṃ durgā ca sarvadurgatināśinī
In Śivaloka you are Śivā, the root Prakṛti, the sovereign lady; and having destroyed (the demon) Durga you are Durgā, destroyer of all misfortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.62
स एव दक्षकन्या च सा एव शैलकन्यका । कैलासे पार्वती तेन सौभाग्या शिववक्षसि
sa eva dakṣakanyā ca sā eva śailakanyakā | kailāse pārvatī tena saubhāgyā śivavakṣasi
She indeed is the daughter of Dakṣa, and she indeed the daughter of the mountain; on Kailāsa she is Pārvatī, thereby blessed with good fortune on Śiva's breast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.63
स्वांशेन त्वं सिन्धुकन्या क्षीरोदे विष्णुवक्षसि । अहं स्वाशेन सृष्टौ च ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
svāṃśena tvaṃ sindhukanyā kṣīrode viṣṇuvakṣasi | ahaṃ svāśena sṛṣṭau ca brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
By your own portion you are the daughter of the ocean, on Viṣṇu's breast in the Ocean of Milk; and I by my own portion at creation am Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.64
त्वं च लक्ष्मी शिवा धात्री सावित्री च पृथक्पृथक् । गोलोके च स्वयं राधा रासे रासेश्वरी सदा
tvaṃ ca lakṣmī śivā dhātrī sāvitrī ca pṛthakpṛthak | goloke ca svayaṃ rādhā rāse rāseśvarī sadā
And you are Lakṣmī, Śivā, Dhātrī and Sāvitrī, each separately; and in Goloka you are Rādhā herself, ever the mistress of the rāsa in the rāsa (dance).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.65
वृन्दा दृन्दावने रम्ये विरजा विरजातटे । सा त्वं सुदामशापेन भारतं पुण्यमागता
vṛndā dṛndāvane ramye virajā virajātaṭe | sā tvaṃ sudāmaśāpena bhārataṃ puṇyamāgatā
(You are) Vṛndā in lovely Vṛndāvana, Virajā on Virajā's bank; and you, being she, have come to holy Bhārata through Sudāman's curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.66
पूतं कर्तुं भारतं च वृन्दारण्यं च सुन्दरि । त्वत्कलांशांशकलया विश्वेषु सर्वयोषितः
pūtaṃ kartuṃ bhārataṃ ca vṛndāraṇyaṃ ca sundari | tvatkalāṃśāṃśakalayā viśveṣu sarvayoṣitaḥ
(This was) in order to purify Bhārata and the Vṛndā forest, O lovely one. By a fraction of a portion of a portion of your fraction (exist) all women in the universes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.67
यायोषित्सा च भवती यः पुमान्सोऽहमेव च । अहं च कलया वह्निस्त्वं स्वाहा दाहिका प्रिया इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo आध्यत्मिक- योगकथनं नाम सप्तषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
yāyoṣitsā ca bhavatī yaḥ pumānso'hameva ca | ahaṃ ca kalayā vahnistvaṃ svāhā dāhikā priyā iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo ādhyatmika- yogakathanaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
Whatever woman there is, she is you; whatever man there is, he is myself alone. And I by a fraction am Fire, and you are Svāhā, the burning one, (my) beloved. — Thus (ends) the sixty-seventh chapter, called the Exposition of the Spiritual Yoga, in Nārada's narrative, in the latter part of the Section on Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Birth, in the great Śrī Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.68
त्वया सह समर्थोऽहं नालं दग्धुं च त्वां विना । अहं दीप्तिमतां सूर्यः कलया त्वं प्रभाकरी
tvayā saha samartho'haṃ nālaṃ dagdhuṃ ca tvāṃ vinā | ahaṃ dīptimatāṃ sūryaḥ kalayā tvaṃ prabhākarī
Together with you I am capable; without you I am not able to burn. I am the sun among the shining ones; by a fraction you are Prabhā, the maker of light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.69
संज्ञा त्वं च त्वया भामि त्वां विनाऽहं न दीप्तिमान् । अहं च कलया चन्द्रस्त्वं च शोभा च रोहिणी
saṃjñā tvaṃ ca tvayā bhāmi tvāṃ vinā'haṃ na dīptimān | ahaṃ ca kalayā candrastvaṃ ca śobhā ca rohiṇī
You are Saṃjñā; by you I shine; without you I am not radiant. And I by a fraction am the moon, and you are its beauty, and Rohiṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.70
मनोहरस्त्वया सार्धं त्वां न च सुन्दरः । अहमिन्द्रश्च कलया स्वर्गलक्ष्मीश्च त्वं शची
manoharastvayā sārdhaṃ tvāṃ na ca sundaraḥ | ahamindraśca kalayā svargalakṣmīśca tvaṃ śacī
(I am) charming together with you; without you I am not handsome. And I by a fraction am Indra, and you are the Lakṣmī of heaven, Śacī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.71
त्वया सार्धं देवराजो हतश्रीश्च त्वया विना । अहंधर्मश्च कलया त्वं च मूर्तिश्च धर्मिणी
tvayā sārdhaṃ devarājo hataśrīśca tvayā vinā | ahaṃdharmaśca kalayā tvaṃ ca mūrtiśca dharmiṇī
Together with you (I am) the king of the gods; without you (I am) robbed of splendour. And I by a fraction am Dharma, and you are Mūrti, the righteous one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.72
नाहं शक्तो धर्मकृत्यो त्वां च धर्मक्रियां विना । अहं यज्ञश्च कलया त्वं च स्वांशेन दक्षिणा
nāhaṃ śakto dharmakṛtyo tvāṃ ca dharmakriyāṃ vinā | ahaṃ yajñaśca kalayā tvaṃ ca svāṃśena dakṣiṇā
I am not able for the works of dharma without you, who are the performance of dharma. I am the sacrifice by a fraction, and you by your own portion are Dakṣiṇā (the sacrificial fee).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.73
त्वया सार्धं च फलदोऽप्यकमर्थस्त्वया विना । कलया पिदृलोकोऽहं स्वांशेन त्वं स्वधा सती
tvayā sārdhaṃ ca phalado'pyakamarthastvayā vinā | kalayā pidṛloko'haṃ svāṃśena tvaṃ svadhā satī
Together with you (I am) a giver of fruit, but without you (I am) purposeless. By a fraction I am the world of the fathers; by your own portion you are the chaste Svadhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.74
त्वयाऽलं कव्यदाने च सदा नालं त्वया विना । अहं पुमांस्त्वं प्रकृतिर्न स्रष्टाऽहं त्वया विना
tvayā'laṃ kavyadāne ca sadā nālaṃ tvayā vinā | ahaṃ pumāṃstvaṃ prakṛtirna sraṣṭā'haṃ tvayā vinā
With you I suffice for the giving of the ancestral offering; without you I am never able. I am the male, you are nature; I am no creator without you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.75
त्वं च संवत्स्वरूपाऽहमीश्वरश्च त्वया सह । लक्ष्मीयुक्तस्त्वया लक्ष्मया निः श्रीकश्च त्वया दिना
tvaṃ ca saṃvatsvarūpā'hamīśvaraśca tvayā saha | lakṣmīyuktastvayā lakṣmayā niḥ śrīkaśca tvayā dinā
And you are of the form of consciousness; I am the Lord (only) together with you. Endowed with fortune through you, O Lakṣmī; without you (I am) devoid of fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 67.76
यथा नालं कुलालश्च घटं कर्तुं मृदा विना । अहं शेषश्च कलया स्वांशेन त्वं वसुंधरा
yathā nālaṃ kulālaśca ghaṭaṃ kartuṃ mṛdā vinā | ahaṃ śeṣaśca kalayā svāṃśena tvaṃ vasuṃdharā
Just as a potter is unable to make a pot without clay (so am I without you). I by a fraction am Śeṣa; by your own portion you are the earth, the treasure-bearer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.77
त्वां सस्यरत्नाधारां च बिभर्मि मूर्ध्नि सुन्दरि । त्वं च कान्तिश्च शान्तिश्च भूतिर्मूर्तिमती सती
tvāṃ sasyaratnādhārāṃ ca bibharmi mūrdhni sundari | tvaṃ ca kāntiśca śāntiśca bhūtirmūrtimatī satī
And you, the support of grain and gems, I bear upon my head, O lovely one. And you are loveliness and peace and well-being, embodied, the chaste one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.78
तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्षमा लज्जा क्षुधा तृष्णा परा दया । निद्रा श्रद्धा च तन्द्रा च मूर्च्छा च संनतिः क्रिया
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣamā lajjā kṣudhā tṛṣṇā parā dayā | nidrā śraddhā ca tandrā ca mūrcchā ca saṃnatiḥ kriyā
(You are) contentment, nourishment, patience, modesty, hunger, thirst, supreme compassion, sleep, faith, drowsiness, swooning, submission, action;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.79
मूर्तिरूपा भक्तिरूपा देहिनां देहरूपिणी । ममाऽऽधारा सदा त्वं च तवाऽत्माऽहं परस्परम्
mūrtirūpā bhaktirūpā dehināṃ deharūpiṇī | mamā''dhārā sadā tvaṃ ca tavā'tmā'haṃ parasparam
having the form of embodiment, having the form of devotion, taking the form of the bodies of embodied beings. You are always my support, and I am your self — each to the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.80
यथा त्वं च तथाऽहं च समौ प्रकृतिपूरुषौ । न हि सृष्टिर्भवेद्देवि द्वयोरेकतरं विना
yathā tvaṃ ca tathā'haṃ ca samau prakṛtipūruṣau | na hi sṛṣṭirbhaveddevi dvayorekataraṃ vinā
As you are, so am I: nature and the male are equal. For there can be no creation, O goddess, without either one of the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.81
इत्युक्त्वा परमात्मा च राधां प्राणाधिकां प्रियाम् । कृत्वा वक्षसि सुप्रीतो बोधयामास नारद
ityuktvā paramātmā ca rādhāṃ prāṇādhikāṃ priyām | kṛtvā vakṣasi suprīto bodhayāmāsa nārada
Having said this, the Supreme Self, holding Rādhā, dearer to him than life, on his breast, well pleased, awakened (her), Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 67.82
स च कीडानियुक्तश्च बभूव रत्नमन्दिरे । तथा च राधाया सार्धं कामुक्या सह कामुकः
sa ca kīḍāniyuktaśca babhūva ratnamandire | tathā ca rādhāyā sārdhaṃ kāmukyā saha kāmukaḥ
And he became engaged in play in the palace of jewels, and so too together with Rādhā — a lover with a lover.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition