Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 68
BvP 4 68.1
नारायण उवाच कृत्वा क्रीडां समुत्थाय पुष्पतल्पात्पुरातनः । निद्रितां प्राणसदृशीं बोधयामास तत्क्षणम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca kṛtvā krīḍāṃ samutthāya puṣpatalpātpurātanaḥ | nidritāṃ prāṇasadṛśīṃ bodhayāmāsa tatkṣaṇam
Nārāyaṇa said: Having made love and risen from the bed of flowers, the ancient one at that moment awakened her who was asleep, who was like his own life-breath.
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BvP 4 68.2
वस्त्राञ्चलेन संस्कृत्य कृत्वा तन्निर्मलं मुखम् । उवाच मधुरं शान्तं शान्तां च मधुसूदनः
vastrāñcalena saṃskṛtya kṛtvā tannirmalaṃ mukham | uvāca madhuraṃ śāntaṃ śāntāṃ ca madhusūdanaḥ
Having tidied her with the hem of his garment, having made her face clean, Madhusūdana, calm, spoke sweetly to the calm one.
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BvP 4 68.3
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच अयि तिष्ठक्षणं राधे रासेश्वरि शुचिस्मिते । व्रज बृन्दावनं वाऽपि व्रजं व्रज व्रजेश्वरि
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca ayi tiṣṭhakṣaṇaṃ rādhe rāseśvari śucismite | vraja bṛndāvanaṃ vā'pi vrajaṃ vraja vrajeśvari
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Ah, stay a moment, Rādhā, mistress of the rāsa, bright of smile. Go to Vṛndāvana, or else go to Vraja, O mistress of Vraja.
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BvP 4 68.4
रासाधिष्ठातृतेवि त्वं रासं रासे कुरु क्षणम् । ग्रामे ग्रामे यथा सन्ति सर्वत्र ग्रामदेवताः
rāsādhiṣṭhātṛtevi tvaṃ rāsaṃ rāse kuru kṣaṇam | grāme grāme yathā santi sarvatra grāmadevatāḥ
You are the goddess who presides over the rāsa: make the rāsa in the rāsa-circle for a moment, just as in village after village there are village deities everywhere.
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BvP 4 68.5
प्रियारलिनिवहैः सार्धं क्षणं चन्दनकाननम् । क्षणं वा चम्पकवनं घच्छ वा तिष्ठ सुन्दरि
priyāralinivahaiḥ sārdhaṃ kṣaṇaṃ candanakānanam | kṣaṇaṃ vā campakavanaṃ ghaccha vā tiṣṭha sundari
For a moment (go) with the throngs of your dear companions to the sandal grove, or for a moment to the campaka wood; go, O beautiful one, or stay.
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BvP 4 68.6
क्षणं गृहं च यास्यामि विशिष्टं कार्यमस्ति मे । विदायं देहि मे प्रीत्या क्षणं मां प्राणवल्लभे
kṣaṇaṃ gṛhaṃ ca yāsyāmi viśiṣṭaṃ kāryamasti me | vidāyaṃ dehi me prītyā kṣaṇaṃ māṃ prāṇavallabhe
And I shall go home for a moment; I have a particular matter (to attend to). Grant me leave affectionately for a moment, O you dearer to me than life.
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BvP 4 68.7
प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवी त्वं प्राणाश्च त्वयि सन्ति मे । प्राणी विहाय प्रणांश्च कुत्र स्थातुं क्षमः प्रिये
prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevī tvaṃ prāṇāśca tvayi santi me | prāṇī vihāya praṇāṃśca kutra sthātuṃ kṣamaḥ priye
You are the goddess presiding over (my) life-breaths, and my life-breaths reside in you. Where, O dear one, is a living being able to remain, having abandoned its life-breaths?
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BvP 4 68.8
त्वयि मे मानसं शश्वत्तवं मे संसारवासना । त्वत्तो मम प्रिया नास्ति त्वमेव शंकरात्प्रिया
tvayi me mānasaṃ śaśvattavaṃ me saṃsāravāsanā | tvatto mama priyā nāsti tvameva śaṃkarātpriyā
My mind is ever in you; you are my longing for worldly life. There is no woman dear to me apart from you; you alone are dearer (to me) than Śaṅkara.
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BvP 4 68.9
प्राणा मे शंकरः सत्यं त्वं च प्राणाधिका सति । इत्युक्त्वा तां समाश्लिष्य भगवान् गन्तुसुद्यतः
prāṇā me śaṃkaraḥ satyaṃ tvaṃ ca prāṇādhikā sati | ityuktvā tāṃ samāśliṣya bhagavān gantusudyataḥ
Truly Śaṅkara is my life-breath, and you, good lady, are more than life to me. Having said this and embraced her, the Lord made ready to go.
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BvP 4 68.10
अक्रूरागमनं ज्ञात्वा सर्वज्ञः सर्वसाधनः । आत्मा पाता च सर्वेषां सर्वोपकारकारकः
akrūrāgamanaṃ jñātvā sarvajñaḥ sarvasādhanaḥ | ātmā pātā ca sarveṣāṃ sarvopakārakārakaḥ
Knowing of Akrūra's coming—he who knows all, who accomplishes all, the Self and the protector of all, the doer of good to all—
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BvP 4 68.11
दृष्ट्वा तमेव गच्छन्तमुत्सुकं भिन्नमानसम् । उवाच राधिका देवी हृदयेन विदूयता
dṛṣṭvā tameva gacchantamutsukaṃ bhinnamānasam | uvāca rādhikā devī hṛdayena vidūyatā
Seeing him about to go, eager, his mind (already) turned away, the goddess Rādhikā spoke with a burning heart.
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BvP 4 68.12
राधिकोवाच हे नाथ रमणप्रेष्ठ श्रेष्ठश्च प्रेयसां मम । हे कृष्ण हे रमानाथ व्रजेश मा द्रज व्रजम्
rādhikovāca he nātha ramaṇapreṣṭha śreṣṭhaśca preyasāṃ mama | he kṛṣṇa he ramānātha vrajeśa mā draja vrajam
Rādhikā said: O lord, dearest lover, best of my beloveds, O Kṛṣṇa, O husband of Ramā, O lord of Vraja, do not go to Vraja.
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BvP 4 68.13
अधुना त्वां प्राणनाथ पश्यामि भिन्नमानसम् । गते त्वयि मम प्रेम गतं सौभाग्यमेव च
adhunā tvāṃ prāṇanātha paśyāmi bhinnamānasam | gate tvayi mama prema gataṃ saubhāgyameva ca
Now, O lord of my life, I see that your mind is turned away; when you have gone, my love is gone, and my good fortune too.
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BvP 4 68.14
क्व यासि मां विनिक्षिप्य गम्भीरे शोकसागरे । विरहव्याकुलां दीनां त्वय्येव शरणागताम्
kva yāsi māṃ vinikṣipya gambhīre śokasāgare | virahavyākulāṃ dīnāṃ tvayyeva śaraṇāgatām
Where are you going, casting me into the deep ocean of grief—me, distraught with separation, wretched, who have taken refuge in you alone?
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BvP 4 68.15
न यास्यामि पुनर्गेहं यास्यामि काननान्तरम् । कृष्ण कृष्णेति कृष्णेति गायं गायं दिवानिशम्
na yāsyāmi punargehaṃ yāsyāmi kānanāntaram | kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇeti kṛṣṇeti gāyaṃ gāyaṃ divāniśam
I shall not go home again; I shall go into the depths of the forest, singing and singing 'Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa' day and night.
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BvP 4 68.16
न यास्याम्यथवाऽरण्यं यास्यामि कामसागरे । तत्र त्वत्कामनां कृत्वा त्यक्ष्यामि च कलेवरम्
na yāsyāmyathavā'raṇyaṃ yāsyāmi kāmasāgare | tatra tvatkāmanāṃ kṛtvā tyakṣyāmi ca kalevaram
Or rather I shall not go to the forest; I shall go into the ocean of desire, and there, having made you my desire, I shall abandon my body.
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BvP 4 68.17
यथाऽऽकाशो यथाऽऽत्मा च यथा चन्द्रो था रविः । तथा त्वं यासि मत्पार्श्वे निबद्धो वसनाञ्चले
yathā''kāśo yathā''tmā ca yathā candro thā raviḥ | tathā tvaṃ yāsi matpārśve nibaddho vasanāñcale
Like the sky, like the self, like the moon and like the sun—so do you go at my side, bound to the hem of my garment.
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BvP 4 68.18
अधुना यासि नैराश्यं कृत्वा मे दीनवत्सल । न युक्तं हि परित्यक्तुं दीनां मां शरणागताम्
adhunā yāsi nairāśyaṃ kṛtvā me dīnavatsala | na yuktaṃ hi parityaktuṃ dīnāṃ māṃ śaraṇāgatām
Now you go, having reduced me to despair, O you who are kind to the wretched; for it is not right to abandon me, wretched and come to you for refuge.
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BvP 4 68.19
यत्पादपद्मं धयायन्ते ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । त्वां मायया गोपवेषं कथं जानामि मत्सरी
yatpādapadmaṃ dhayāyante brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | tvāṃ māyayā gopaveṣaṃ kathaṃ jānāmi matsarī
You, whose lotus feet Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest meditate upon—how should I, a jealous woman, recognize you in the cowherd's guise (assumed) by your māyā?
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BvP 4 68.20
कृतं यद्देव दुर्नीतमपराधसहस्रकम् । यदुक्तं पतिभावेन चाभिमानेन तत्क्षम
kṛtaṃ yaddeva durnītamaparādhasahasrakam | yaduktaṃ patibhāvena cābhimānena tatkṣama
Whatever ill conduct, O god, I have done, my thousand offences, and whatever I have said treating you as (my) husband and out of pride—forgive that.
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BvP 4 68.21
चूर्णोभूतश्च मद्गर्वो दूरीभूतो मनोरथः । विज्ञातुमात्मसौभाग्यं किमन्यत्कथयामि ते
cūrṇobhūtaśca madgarvo dūrībhūto manorathaḥ | vijñātumātmasaubhāgyaṃ kimanyatkathayāmi te
My pride has been ground to powder and my (fond) hope driven far away; as for knowing my own good fortune—what else shall I tell you?
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BvP 4 68.22
ज्ञात्वा गर्गमुखच्छ्रुत्वा मोहिता तव मायया । त्वां च वक्तुं न शक्नोमि प्रेम्णा वा भक्तिपाशतः
jñātvā gargamukhacchrutvā mohitā tava māyayā | tvāṃ ca vaktuṃ na śaknomi premṇā vā bhaktipāśataḥ
Though I knew (who you are), having heard it from Garga's mouth, I was bewildered by your māyā; and I cannot speak (freely) to you, because of love, or because of the bond of devotion.
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BvP 4 68.23
यासि चेन्मां परित्यज्य सकलङ्को भविष्यसि । त्वत्पुत्रपौत्रा नश्यन्ति ब्रह्ममोपानलेन च
yāsi cenmāṃ parityajya sakalaṅko bhaviṣyasi | tvatputrapautrā naśyanti brahmamopānalena ca
If you go, forsaking me, you will become stained (with blame), and your sons and grandsons will perish by the fire of a brahmin's curse.
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BvP 4 68.24
क्षणं युगशतं मन्ये त्वां विना प्राणवल्लभम् । कथं शताब्दं त्वां त्यक्त्वा बिभर्मि जीवनं प्रभी
kṣaṇaṃ yugaśataṃ manye tvāṃ vinā prāṇavallabham | kathaṃ śatābdaṃ tvāṃ tyaktvā bibharmi jīvanaṃ prabhī
“Without you, beloved of my life, I count a moment as a hundred ages. How, lord, having left you, shall I sustain my life for a hundred years?”
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BvP 4 68.25
इत्युक्त्वा राधिका मोपात्पपात धरणीतले । मूर्च्छं संप्राप सहसा जहार चेतनां मुने
ityuktvā rādhikā mopātpapāta dharaṇītale | mūrcchaṃ saṃprāpa sahasā jahāra cetanāṃ mune
Having said this, Rādhikā suddenly fell to the ground; she at once swooned, and consciousness left her, O sage.
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BvP 4 68.26
कुष्णस्तां मूर्च्छितां दृष्ट्वा कृपया च कृपानिधिः । चेतनां कारयित्वा च वासयामास वक्षसि
kuṣṇastāṃ mūrcchitāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ | cetanāṃ kārayitvā ca vāsayāmāsa vakṣasi
Kṛṣṇa, the treasury of compassion, seeing her fainted, out of compassion had her brought back to consciousness and settled her on his chest.
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BvP 4 68.27
बोधयामास विविधं योगैःशोकविखण्डनैः । तथाऽपि शोकं त्यक्तुं च न शशाक शुचिस्मिता
bodhayāmāsa vividhaṃ yogaiḥśokavikhaṇḍanaiḥ | tathā'pi śokaṃ tyaktuṃ ca na śaśāka śucismitā
He instructed (her) in many ways with means that break sorrow; yet the bright-smiling one could not let go of her grief.
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BvP 4 68.28
सामान्यवस्तुविश्लेषीनृणां शोकाय केवलम्। देहात्मनोश्च विच्छेदः क्व सुखाय प्रकल्पते
sāmānyavastuviśleṣīnṛṇāṃ śokāya kevalam| dehātmanośca vicchedaḥ kva sukhāya prakalpate
Separation from ordinary things serves men only for sorrow; how then should the parting of body and soul be reckoned as happiness?
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BvP 4 68.29
न ययौ तत्र दिवसे व्रजराजो व्रजं पति । क्रीडासरोवराभ्याशं प्रययौ राधाया सह
na yayau tatra divase vrajarājo vrajaṃ pati | krīḍāsarovarābhyāśaṃ prayayau rādhāyā saha
On that day the king of Vraja did not go to Vraja; he went with Rādhā to the vicinity of the pleasure-lake.
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BvP 4 68.30
तत्र गत्वा पुनः क्रीडां चकार च तया सह । विजहौ क्रिहज्वालां रासे रासेश्वरी मुदा
tatra gatvā punaḥ krīḍāṃ cakāra ca tayā saha | vijahau krihajvālāṃ rāse rāseśvarī mudā
Having gone there, he again made love-play with her; the mistress of the rāsa joyfully cast off the flame of grief in the rāsa.
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BvP 4 68.31
राधा सा स्वामिना सार्धं पुष्पचन्दनचर्चिता । पुष्पचन्दनतल्पे च तस्थौ रहसि नारद
rādhā sā svāminā sārdhaṃ puṣpacandanacarcitā | puṣpacandanatalpe ca tasthau rahasi nārada
That Rādhā, together with her lord, smeared with flowers and sandal paste, remained in secret on a couch of flowers and sandal, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 68.68
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्माखo उत्तo नारदनाo राधाशोक- विमोचनं नामाष्टषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmākhao uttao nāradanāo rādhāśoka- vimocanaṃ nāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus the sixty-eighth chapter, called "The Release of Rādhā from Sorrow," in the dialogue of Nārada, in the latter part of the Book named after the Birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in the great Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa.
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