Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 72
BvP 4 72.1
नारायण उवाच अथ कृष्णो गुरुं नत्वा निर्गम्य शिबिरान्मुने । आरुह्य स्वर्गयानं च शुभां मधुपुरीं ययौ
nārāyaṇa uvāca atha kṛṣṇo guruṃ natvā nirgamya śibirānmune | āruhya svargayānaṃ ca śubhāṃ madhupurīṃ yayau
Nārāyaṇa said: Then Kṛṣṇa, having bowed to (his) elder, and having gone out from the camp, O sage, and having mounted the heavenly conveyance, went to the fair city of Madhu.
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BvP 4 72.2
विवेश मथुरां रम्यां सहाक्रूरगणैः समम् । निर्जित्य शक्रनगरी शोभायुक्तां मनोहराम्
viveśa mathurāṃ ramyāṃ sahākrūragaṇaiḥ samam | nirjitya śakranagarī śobhāyuktāṃ manoharām
He entered lovely Mathurā together with Akrūra's company — (a city) surpassing Indra's town, endowed with splendour and captivating,
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BvP 4 72.3
रत्नश्रेष्ठेन खचितां रचितां विश्वकर्मणा । अमूल्यरत्नकलशो राजितैश्च विराजनाम्
ratnaśreṣṭhena khacitāṃ racitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā | amūlyaratnakalaśo rājitaiśca virājanām
inlaid with the finest jewels, built by Viśvakarman, resplendent with shining pinnacles of priceless gems,
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BvP 4 72.4
राजमर्गशतैरिष्टैर्वैष्टितां रुचिरैर्वरैः । चन्द्राकारैश्चन्द्रसारैर्मणिमिः परिसंस्कृतैः
rājamargaśatairiṣṭairvaiṣṭitāṃ rucirairvaraiḥ | candrākāraiścandrasārairmaṇimiḥ parisaṃskṛtaiḥ
surrounded by hundreds of fine royal roads, bright and excellent, well finished with moonstone gems shaped like the moon,
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BvP 4 72.5
विचित्रैर्मणिसारैश्च वीथीशतविनिर्मितैः । शोभितैर्वणिजैः श्रेष्ठैः पुण्यवस्तुसमन्वितैः
vicitrairmaṇisāraiśca vīthīśatavinirmitaiḥ | śobhitairvaṇijaiḥ śreṣṭhaiḥ puṇyavastusamanvitaiḥ
and with hundreds of streets built of variegated choice gems, adorned with excellent merchants furnished with meritorious wares,
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BvP 4 72.6
सरोवरसहस्रैश्च परितः परिशोभितम् । शुध्धस्फटिसंकाशैः पद्मरागविराजितैः
sarovarasahasraiśca paritaḥ pariśobhitam | śudhdhasphaṭisaṃkāśaiḥ padmarāgavirājitaiḥ
and beautified all around by thousands of lakes, clear as pure crystal, shining with rubies,
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BvP 4 72.7
रत्नालंकारभूषाढ्यैः शोभितां पद्मिनीगणैः । स्यिरयौवनसंयुक्तैर्निमेषरहितैः परैः
ratnālaṃkārabhūṣāḍhyaiḥ śobhitāṃ padminīgaṇaiḥ | syirayauvanasaṃyuktairnimeṣarahitaiḥ paraiḥ
(and he saw the city) made lovely by throngs of lotus-women rich in jewelled ornaments and adornments, possessed of unfading youth, unblinking, surpassing (others),
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BvP 4 72.8
शाक्षरैरूर्ध्ववदनैः कृष्णदर्शनलालसैः । भ्रूभङ्गलीलालोलैश्च शश्वच्चञ्चललोचनैः
śākṣarairūrdhvavadanaiḥ kṛṣṇadarśanalālasaiḥ | bhrūbhaṅgalīlālolaiśca śaśvaccañcalalocanaiḥ
(women) with (fair) syllables/speech, their faces upturned, longing for the sight of Kṛṣṇa, playfully restless with the arching of their brows, their eyes forever moving,
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BvP 4 72.9
शश्वत्कामसमायुक्तैः पीनश्रोणिपयोधरेः । कोमलाङ्गैर्मध्यकूपै रतिरासविशारदैः
śaśvatkāmasamāyuktaiḥ pīnaśroṇipayodhareḥ | komalāṅgairmadhyakūpai ratirāsaviśāradaiḥ
forever filled with desire, with full hips and breasts, with soft limbs and deep navels, expert in the play of love,
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BvP 4 72.10
रत्ननिर्माणयानानां कोटिभिः परिशोभिताम् । भूषणैर्भूषिताभिश्च चित्रेताभिश्च चित्रकैः
ratnanirmāṇayānānāṃ koṭibhiḥ pariśobhitām | bhūṣaṇairbhūṣitābhiśca citretābhiśca citrakaiḥ
(the city) made resplendent by tens of millions of jewel-wrought vehicles, and by (women) adorned with ornaments and with variegated paintings,
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BvP 4 72.11
नानाप्रकारश्रीयुक्तां पुष्पोद्यानत्रिकोटिभिः । नानापुष्पैः पुष्पिताभिर्युक्ताभिर्मधुसूदनैः
nānāprakāraśrīyuktāṃ puṣpodyānatrikoṭibhiḥ | nānāpuṣpaiḥ puṣpitābhiryuktābhirmadhusūdanaiḥ
(the city) endowed with splendour of many kinds by three crores of flower-gardens, blossoming with manifold flowers, thronged with bees,
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BvP 4 72.12
माधुर्यमधुसंयुक्तैर्मधुलुब्धैर्मुदाऽन्वितैः । माध्वीकमधुमत्तैश्च युक्तैर्मंधुकरीचयैः
mādhuryamadhusaṃyuktairmadhulubdhairmudā'nvitaiḥ | mādhvīkamadhumattaiśca yuktairmaṃdhukarīcayaiḥ
(gardens) filled with sweet honey, thronged with swarms of honey-bees greedy for honey, full of joy, drunk on the honey of mādhvīka liquor,
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BvP 4 72.13
नानाप्रकारदुर्गेश्च दुर्गम्यां वैरिणां गणैः । रणितां रणकैः शाश्चद्रक्षाशास्त्रविशारदैः
nānāprakāradurgeśca durgamyāṃ vairiṇāṃ gaṇaiḥ | raṇitāṃ raṇakaiḥ śāścadrakṣāśāstraviśāradaiḥ
(the city) hard for hosts of enemies to reach, with fortifications of many kinds, resounding with warriors ever expert in the weapons of defence,
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BvP 4 72.14
त्रिकोट्ट्याट्टालिकाभिश्च संयुक्तां सुमनोहराम् । रचितां किल सद्रत्नैर्विचित्रैर्विश्वकर्मणा
trikoṭṭyāṭṭālikābhiśca saṃyuktāṃ sumanoharām | racitāṃ kila sadratnairvicitrairviśvakarmaṇā
provided with three crores of watchtowers, most charming, indeed built by Viśvakarman out of fine and variegated jewels.
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BvP 4 72.15
एवंभूतां च मथुरां दृष्ट्वा कमललोचनः । ददर्श पथि कुब्जां तां वृद्धामतियरादुराम्
evaṃbhūtāṃ ca mathurāṃ dṛṣṭvā kamalalocanaḥ | dadarśa pathi kubjāṃ tāṃ vṛddhāmatiyarādurām
And having seen Mathurā to be of such a kind, the lotus-eyed one saw on the road that hunchbacked woman, aged and very decrepit,
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BvP 4 72.16
यान्तों दण्डसहायेन चातिनम्रां नमद्वलीम् । रूक्षितां विकृताकारां बिभ्रतीं चन्दनद्रवम्
yāntoṃ daṇḍasahāyena cātinamrāṃ namadvalīm | rūkṣitāṃ vikṛtākārāṃ bibhratīṃ candanadravam
walking with the help of a staff, very bent, her skin sagging in folds, dried up, of distorted form, carrying liquid sandal-paste,
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BvP 4 72.17
कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमाक्तं च स्पर्शमात्रेण नारद । सुगन्धिमकरन्देन गन्धाढ्यं सुमनोहरम्
kastūrīkuṅkumāktaṃ ca sparśamātreṇa nārada | sugandhimakarandena gandhāḍhyaṃ sumanoharam
(sandal-paste) smeared with musk and saffron, and by mere touch, O Nārada, made rich in fragrance and most delightful by sweet-smelling nectar.
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BvP 4 72.18
सादृष्ट्वा सस्मिता वृद्धा श्रीकान्तं शान्तमीश्वरम् । श्रीयुक्तं श्रीनिवासं तं श्रीबीजं श्रीनिकेतनम्
sādṛṣṭvā sasmitā vṛddhā śrīkāntaṃ śāntamīśvaram | śrīyuktaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ taṃ śrībījaṃ śrīniketanam
Having seen him — the beloved of Śrī, the tranquil Lord, endowed with splendour, the abode of Śrī, the seed of Śrī, the dwelling-place of Śrī — the old woman smiled,
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BvP 4 72.19
प्रणम्य सहसा मूधर्ना भक्तिनम्रा पुटाञ्जलिः । प्रददौ चन्दनं तस्य गात्रेश्यामलसुन्दरे
praṇamya sahasā mūdharnā bhaktinamrā puṭāñjaliḥ | pradadau candanaṃ tasya gātreśyāmalasundare
and bowing at once with her head, humbled by devotion, her hands cupped in salutation, she gave that sandal-paste for his dark and beautiful body,
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BvP 4 72.20
गात्रेषु तद्गणानां च स्वर्णपात्रकरा वरा । कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं कृष्णं प्रणनाम पुनः पुनः
gātreṣu tadgaṇānāṃ ca svarṇapātrakarā varā | kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ praṇanāma punaḥ punaḥ
and for the bodies of his companions; the excellent woman, with the golden vessel in her hand, made a circumambulation and bowed to Kṛṣṇa again and again.
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BvP 4 72.21
श्रीकृष्णदृष्टिमात्रेण श्रीयुक्ता सा बभूव ह । सहसा श्रीसमा रम्या रूपेण यौवनेन च
śrīkṛṣṇadṛṣṭimātreṇa śrīyuktā sā babhūva ha | sahasā śrīsamā ramyā rūpeṇa yauvanena ca
By the mere glance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa she became endowed with beauty, at once lovely and equal to Śrī in form and in youth,
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BvP 4 72.22
वहिशुद्धांशुवसना रत्नभूषणभूषिता । यथा द्वादशवर्षोया कन्या धन्या मनोहरा
vahiśuddhāṃśuvasanā ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā | yathā dvādaśavarṣoyā kanyā dhanyā manoharā
wearing a garment of pure (moon-)light, adorned with jewelled ornaments, like a maiden of twelve years, blessed and captivating,
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BvP 4 72.23
बिम्बोष्ठी सस्मिता श्यामा तप्तकाञ्चनसंनिभा । सुश्रोणी सुदती बिल्वफलतुल्यपयोधरा
bimboṣṭhī sasmitā śyāmā taptakāñcanasaṃnibhā | suśroṇī sudatī bilvaphalatulyapayodharā
her lips like bimba fruit, smiling, dark-complexioned, resembling molten gold, with fair hips and fine teeth, her breasts like bilva fruits,
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BvP 4 72.24
अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणहारसारविराजिता । गजेन्द्रराजगमना रत्नमञ्जीररञ्जिता
amūlyaratnanirmāṇahārasāravirājitā | gajendrarājagamanā ratnamañjīrarañjitā
resplendent with the finest necklace fashioned of priceless jewels, walking like a lordly elephant, graced with jewelled anklets,
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BvP 4 72.25
बिभ्रती कबरीभारं मालतीमाल्यवेष्टितम् । रक्षितं वामभागेन रुचिरं वर्तुलाकृतिम्
bibhratī kabarībhāraṃ mālatīmālyaveṣṭitam | rakṣitaṃ vāmabhāgena ruciraṃ vartulākṛtim
bearing the mass of her braid wound about with a garland of mālatī flowers, kept on the left side, lovely and rounded in shape,
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BvP 4 72.26
सिन्दूरबिन्दुं दधतों दाडिमीकुसुमाकृतिम् । कस्तूरी बिन्दुमुपरि सार्ध चन्दनबिन्दुभिः
sindūrabinduṃ dadhatoṃ dāḍimīkusumākṛtim | kastūrī bindumupari sārdha candanabindubhiḥ
bearing a dot of vermilion shaped like a pomegranate blossom, and above it a dot of musk together with dots of sandal-paste,
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BvP 4 72.27
रन्नदर्पणाहस्ता च प्रशस्ता रतिकर्मसु । श्रीकृष्णं वरयामास लोललोचनकोणतः
rannadarpaṇāhastā ca praśastā ratikarmasu | śrīkṛṣṇaṃ varayāmāsa lolalocanakoṇataḥ
And she, with a jewelled mirror in her hand, renowned in the arts of love, chose Śrī Kṛṣṇa (for her own) with a sidelong glance from the corner of her restless eyes.
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BvP 4 72.28
श्रीवासस्तां समाश्वस्य ययौ स्थानान्तरं परम् । कृतार्थरूपा सा प्रीत्या ययौ पद्मयथाऽऽलयम्
śrīvāsastāṃ samāśvasya yayau sthānāntaraṃ param | kṛtārtharūpā sā prītyā yayau padmayathā''layam
Śrīvāsa, having consoled her, went off to another place; and she, her purpose accomplished, went joyfully to her dwelling, as Padmā (would).
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BvP 4 72.29
स ददर्श स्वभवनं यया पद्यालयालयम् । रत्नशय्याविरचितं सद्रत्नसारनिर्मितम्
sa dadarśa svabhavanaṃ yayā padyālayālayam | ratnaśayyāviracitaṃ sadratnasāranirmitam
He saw his own dwelling, by which (path) she (went) to Padmā's abode — furnished with a jewelled couch, built of the finest of good gems.
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BvP 4 72.30
रत्नप्रदीपराजीभी राजिताभिश्च राजितम् । रत्नदर्पणराजैश्च राजितं परितस्ततः
ratnapradīparājībhī rājitābhiśca rājitam | ratnadarpaṇarājaiśca rājitaṃ paritastataḥ
(It was) resplendent with rows of jewelled lamps that shone, and made splendid all around by lines of jewelled mirrors.
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BvP 4 72.31
सिन्दूरवस्त्रताम्बूलं श्चेतचामरमाल्यकम् । बिभ्रतीभिश्च दासीभिर्वेष्टितं दाससंघकैः
sindūravastratāmbūlaṃ ścetacāmaramālyakam | bibhratībhiśca dāsībhirveṣṭitaṃ dāsasaṃghakaiḥ
(It was) surrounded by maidservants carrying vermilion, cloth, betel, white yak-tail fans and garlands, and by throngs of servants.
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BvP 4 72.32
तत्र गत्वा च भुक्त्वा च मिष्टान्नं परमं मुदा । सुष्वाप रत्नपर्यङ्के सा दासीभिश्च सेविता
tatra gatvā ca bhuktvā ca miṣṭānnaṃ paramaṃ mudā | suṣvāpa ratnaparyaṅke sā dāsībhiśca sevitā
Having gone there and eaten sweet food with the greatest delight, she slept on a jewelled bed, attended by her maidservants.
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BvP 4 72.33
सकर्पूरं च ताम्बूलं कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमान्वितम् । चन्दनं स्थापयामास स्वतल्पे हरये सती
sakarpūraṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ kastūrīkuṅkumānvitam | candanaṃ sthāpayāmāsa svatalpe haraye satī
The good woman placed on her own couch, for Hari, betel with camphor, and sandal paste mixed with musk and saffron.
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BvP 4 72.34
मालतीमाल्ययुगलं कर्पूरादिसुवासितम् । शीतलं सलिलं स्वादु मिष्टान्नं स्वसमीपतः
mālatīmālyayugalaṃ karpūrādisuvāsitam | śītalaṃ salilaṃ svādu miṣṭānnaṃ svasamīpataḥ
(And she placed) near herself a pair of jasmine garlands well perfumed with camphor and the rest, cool water, and sweet, tasty food.
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BvP 4 72.35
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा चिन्तयन्ती हरेः पदम् । हरेरागमनं चापि मुखचन्द्रं मनोहरम्
karmaṇā manasā vācā cintayantī hareḥ padam | harerāgamanaṃ cāpi mukhacandraṃ manoharam
By deed, mind and speech contemplating Hari's feet, and Hari's coming, and his heart-stealing moon-like face —
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BvP 4 72.36
जगत्कृष्णमयं शश्वत्पश्यन्ती कामुकी मुने । कोटिकन्दर्पलीलाभं कामसक्तं च कामुकम्
jagatkṛṣṇamayaṃ śaśvatpaśyantī kāmukī mune | koṭikandarpalīlābhaṃ kāmasaktaṃ ca kāmukam
— that lovesick woman, O sage, seeing the world as constantly filled with Kṛṣṇa, (thought of him as) shining with the play of ten million Kandarpas, attached to love and amorous.
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BvP 4 72.37
ततो तदर्श श्रीकृष्णो मालाकारं मनोहरम् । मालासमूहं बिभ्रन्तं गच्छन्तं राजमन्दिरम्
tato tadarśa śrīkṛṣṇo mālākāraṃ manoharam | mālāsamūhaṃ bibhrantaṃ gacchantaṃ rājamandiram
Then Śrī Kṛṣṇa saw a charming garland-maker, carrying a heap of garlands and going to the king's palace.
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BvP 4 72.38
सोऽपि दृष्ट्वा च श्रीकान्तं प्रणम्य शिरशा भुवि । ददौ माल्यसमूहं च कृष्णाय परमात्मने
so'pi dṛṣṭvā ca śrīkāntaṃ praṇamya śiraśā bhuvi | dadau mālyasamūhaṃ ca kṛṣṇāya paramātmane
He too, on seeing the beloved of Śrī, bowed with his head to the ground and gave the heap of garlands to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self.
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BvP 4 72.39
कृष्णस्तस्मै वरं दत्तवा स्वदास्यमतिदुर्लभम् । माल्यं गृहीत्वा प्रययौ राजमार्गे वरं वरः
kṛṣṇastasmai varaṃ dattavā svadāsyamatidurlabham | mālyaṃ gṛhītvā prayayau rājamārge varaṃ varaḥ
Kṛṣṇa gave him a boon, service to himself, exceedingly hard to obtain; and taking the garlands, that best (of beings) went on along the royal road, choicest (of all).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 72.40
ततो ददर्श रजकं बिभ्रतं वस्त्रपुञ्जकम् । अहंकृतिबलिष्ठं च सततं योवनोद्वतम्
tato dadarśa rajakaṃ bibhrataṃ vastrapuñjakam | ahaṃkṛtibaliṣṭhaṃ ca satataṃ yovanodvatam
Then he saw a washerman carrying a bundle of clothes, mighty in his arrogance and ever puffed up with youth.
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BvP 4 72.41
वस्त्रं ययाचे तं कृष्णो विनयेन महामुने । स तस्मै न ददौ वस्त्रं तमुवाच च निष्ठुरम्
vastraṃ yayāce taṃ kṛṣṇo vinayena mahāmune | sa tasmai na dadau vastraṃ tamuvāca ca niṣṭhuram
Kṛṣṇa asked him for a garment courteously, O great sage; but he did not give him the garment, and spoke harshly to him:
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BvP 4 72.42
गोरक्षकाणां त्वद्योग्यं वस्त्रमेतत्सुदुर्लभम् । राजयोग्यं च हे मूढ हे गोपजनवल्लभ
gorakṣakāṇāṃ tvadyogyaṃ vastrametatsudurlabham | rājayogyaṃ ca he mūḍha he gopajanavallabha
"This cloth, very hard to come by, is not fit for cowherds; it is fit for a king, you fool, O darling of the cowherd folk!
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BvP 4 72.43
गृहीत्वा गोपकन्याश्च कन्यालोलुप लम्पट । यद्विहारः कृतस्तत्र वृन्दारण्येऽप्यराजके
gṛhītvā gopakanyāśca kanyālolupa lampaṭa | yadvihāraḥ kṛtastatra vṛndāraṇye'pyarājake
"Whatever sport you carried on there in the Vṛndā forest, where there is no king, taking hold of the cowherds' daughters, you girl-craving lecher —
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BvP 4 72.44
न चात्र तादृशं कर्म राज्ञः कंसस्य वर्त्मंनि । विद्यमानोऽत्र राजेन्द्रः शास्ता दुष्टस्य तत्क्षणम्
na cātra tādṛśaṃ karma rājñaḥ kaṃsasya vartmaṃni | vidyamāno'tra rājendraḥ śāstā duṣṭasya tatkṣaṇam
"such a deed (has) no (place) here, on the road of King Kaṃsa; the lord of kings is present here, who punishes a wicked man that very moment."
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BvP 4 72.45
रजकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा जहास मधुसूदनः । जहास बलदेवश्च साक्रूरो गोपवर्गकः
rajakasya vacaḥ śrutvā jahāsa madhusūdanaḥ | jahāsa baladevaśca sākrūro gopavargakaḥ
Hearing the washerman's words, Madhusūdana laughed; Baladeva laughed too, and Akrūra along with the company of cowherds.
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BvP 4 72.46
तं निहत्य चपेटेन जग्राह वस्त्रपुञ्जकम् । वस्त्रं संधारयामास श्रीकृष्णः सगणस्तथा
taṃ nihatya capeṭena jagrāha vastrapuñjakam | vastraṃ saṃdhārayāmāsa śrīkṛṣṇaḥ sagaṇastathā
Having struck him dead with a slap of the palm, he took the bundle of clothes; and Śrī Kṛṣṇa, together with his companions, put the garments on.
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BvP 4 72.47
रत्नयानेन गोनोकं पार्षदेर्वेष्टितेन च । ययौ रजकराजश्च धृत्वा दिव्यकलेवरम्
ratnayānena gonokaṃ pārṣaderveṣṭitena ca | yayau rajakarājaśca dhṛtvā divyakalevaram
By a jewelled vehicle, surrounded by (Kṛṣṇa's) attendants, the king of the washermen too went to Goloka, having assumed a divine body —
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BvP 4 72.48
शश्वद्यौवनयुक्तं च जरामृत्युहरं वरम् । पीतवस्त्रसमायुक्तं सस्मितं श्यामसुन्दरम्
śaśvadyauvanayuktaṃ ca jarāmṛtyuharaṃ varam | pītavastrasamāyuktaṃ sasmitaṃ śyāmasundaram
— (a body) possessed of unending youth, excellent, taking away old age and death, clad in yellow cloth, smiling, dark and lovely.
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BvP 4 72.49
बभूव सोऽपि गोलोके पार्षदेषु च पार्षदः । कृष्णस्याऽऽगमनं तत्र सस्मार सततं वशी
babhūva so'pi goloke pārṣadeṣu ca pārṣadaḥ | kṛṣṇasyā''gamanaṃ tatra sasmāra satataṃ vaśī
He too became, in Goloka, an attendant among the attendants; self-controlled, he constantly remembered Kṛṣṇa's coming there.
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BvP 4 72.50
अस्तं गतो दिनकरोऽप्यक्रूरः स्वगृहं ययौ । कृष्णस्यानुमतिं प्राप्य कृष्णोऽपि कस्यचिद्गृहम्
astaṃ gato dinakaro'pyakrūraḥ svagṛhaṃ yayau | kṛṣṇasyānumatiṃ prāpya kṛṣṇo'pi kasyacidgṛham
The sun having set, Akrūra too went to his own house, having received Kṛṣṇa's permission; and Kṛṣṇa too (went) to a certain person's house —
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BvP 4 72.51
वैष्णवस्य कुविन्दस्य तस्मिन्नस्तधनस्य च । सानन्दो नन्दसहितो बलदेवादिभिर्युतः
vaiṣṇavasya kuvindasya tasminnastadhanasya ca | sānando nandasahito baladevādibhiryutaḥ
— (the house) of a Vaiṣṇava weaver there whose wealth was gone; (Kṛṣṇa went) joyful, together with Nanda and accompanied by Baladeva and the others.
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BvP 4 72.52
स भक्तः पूजयामास प्रणम्य श्रीनिकेतनम् । तस्मै ददौ स्वदास्यं च वरं ब्रह्मादिदुर्लभम्
sa bhaktaḥ pūjayāmāsa praṇamya śrīniketanam | tasmai dadau svadāsyaṃ ca varaṃ brahmādidurlabham
That devotee bowed and worshipped him, the abode of Śrī; and (Kṛṣṇa) gave him service of himself, a boon hard to obtain for Brahmā and the rest.
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BvP 4 72.53
पर्यङ्के सुषुपुः सर्वे भुक्त्वा मिष्टान्नसुत्तमम् । निद्रां च लेभे सा कुब्जा निद्रेशोऽपिययौ मुदा
paryaṅke suṣupuḥ sarve bhuktvā miṣṭānnasuttamam | nidrāṃ ca lebhe sā kubjā nidreśo'piyayau mudā
All of them slept on couches after eating the finest sweet food; and that hunchbacked woman fell asleep, and the lord of sleep too came upon her gladly.
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BvP 4 72.54
गत्वा ददर्श कुब्जां तां रत्नतल्पे च निद्रिताम् । दासीगणैः परिवृतां सुन्दरीं कमलामिव
gatvā dadarśa kubjāṃ tāṃ ratnatalpe ca nidritām | dāsīgaṇaiḥ parivṛtāṃ sundarīṃ kamalāmiva
Having gone (there), he saw that hunchbacked woman asleep on a jewelled bed, surrounded by her throng of maidservants, beautiful like Kamalā.
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BvP 4 72.55
बोधयामास तां कृष्णो न दासीस्वपि निद्रिताः । तामुवाच जगन्नाथो जगन्नाथप्रियां सतीम्
bodhayāmāsa tāṃ kṛṣṇo na dāsīsvapi nidritāḥ | tāmuvāca jagannātho jagannāthapriyāṃ satīm
Kṛṣṇa woke her; the maidservants, though, were not woken from their sleep. The Lord of the world spoke to her, the chaste woman dear to the Lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 72.56
श्रीभगवानुवाच त्यज निद्रां महाभागे शृङ्गारं देहि सुन्दरि । पुरा शूर्पणखा त्वं च भगिनीं रावणस्य च
śrībhagavānuvāca tyaja nidrāṃ mahābhāge śṛṅgāraṃ dehi sundari | purā śūrpaṇakhā tvaṃ ca bhaginīṃ rāvaṇasya ca
The Blessed Lord said: Give up sleep, greatly fortunate one; give (me) love-adornment, beautiful one. Formerly you were Śūrpaṇakhā, and the sister of Rāvaṇa.
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BvP 4 72.57
रामजन्मनि मद्धेतोस्त्वया कान्ते तपः कृतम् । तपःप्रभावान्मां कान्तं भज श्रीकृष्णजन्मनि
rāmajanmani maddhetostvayā kānte tapaḥ kṛtam | tapaḥprabhāvānmāṃ kāntaṃ bhaja śrīkṛṣṇajanmani
In (my) birth as Rāma you performed austerity for my sake, beloved; by the power of that austerity, enjoy me as your lover in (my) birth as Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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BvP 4 72.58
अधुना सुखसंयोगं कृत्वा गच्छ ममाऽऽलयम् । सुदुर्लभं च गोलोकं जरासृत्युहरं परम्
adhunā sukhasaṃyogaṃ kṛtvā gaccha mamā''layam | sudurlabhaṃ ca golokaṃ jarāsṛtyuharaṃ param
Now, having made this happy union, go to my abode, Goloka, very hard to attain, supreme, which takes away old age and death.
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BvP 4 72.59
इत्युकत्वा श्रीनिवासश्च कृत्वातामेव वक्षसि । नग्नां चकार शृङ्गारं चुम्बनं चापि कामुकीम्
ityukatvā śrīnivāsaśca kṛtvātāmeva vakṣasi | nagnāṃ cakāra śṛṅgāraṃ cumbanaṃ cāpi kāmukīm
Having said this, Śrīnivāsa placed her upon his chest, made her naked, and performed the love-adornment and the kissing of the passionate woman.
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BvP 4 72.60
स सस्मिता च श्रीकृष्णं नवसंगमलज्जिता । चुचुम्ब गण्डे क्रोडे तं चकार कमला यथा
sa sasmitā ca śrīkṛṣṇaṃ navasaṃgamalajjitā | cucumba gaṇḍe kroḍe taṃ cakāra kamalā yathā
She, smiling and shy at the new union, kissed Śrī Kṛṣṇa on the cheek and set him on her lap, as Kamalā does.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 72.61
सुरतेर्विरतिर्नास्ति दंपती रतिपण्डितौ । नानाप्रकारसुरतं बभूव तत्र नारद
suraterviratirnāsti daṃpatī ratipaṇḍitau | nānāprakārasurataṃ babhūva tatra nārada
There was no ceasing of the lovemaking; the two partners were adepts in love; lovemaking of many kinds took place there, Nārada.
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BvP 4 72.62
स्तनश्रोणियुगं तस्या विक्षतं च चकार ह । भगवान्नखरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्दशनैरधरं वरम्
stanaśroṇiyugaṃ tasyā vikṣataṃ ca cakāra ha | bhagavānnakharaistīkṣṇairdaśanairadharaṃ varam
The Lord made her pair of breasts and hips torn with his sharp nails, and her fine lower lip with his teeth.
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BvP 4 72.63
निशावसानसमये वीर्याधानं चकार सः । सुखसंभोगभोगेन मूर्च्छामाप च सुन्दरी
niśāvasānasamaye vīryādhānaṃ cakāra saḥ | sukhasaṃbhogabhogena mūrcchāmāpa ca sundarī
At the time of the night's ending he placed his seed (in her); and the beautiful woman fainted from the enjoyment of that happy union.
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BvP 4 72.64
तत्राऽऽजगामतां तन्द्रा कृष्णवक्षःस्थलस्थिताम् । बुबुधे न दिवारात्रं स्वर्ग मर्त्य जलं स्थलम्
tatrā''jagāmatāṃ tandrā kṛṣṇavakṣaḥsthalasthitām | bubudhe na divārātraṃ svarga martya jalaṃ sthalam
Then drowsiness came over her as she lay on Kṛṣṇa's chest; she was not aware of day or night, heaven or the mortal world, water or land.
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BvP 4 72.65
सुप्रभाता च रजनी बभूव रजनीपतिः । पत्युर्व्यतिक्रमेणैव लज्जयेव मलीमसः
suprabhātā ca rajanī babhūva rajanīpatiḥ | patyurvyatikrameṇaiva lajjayeva malīmasaḥ
The night turned into fair dawn, and the lord of the night (the moon) became dim, as if from shame at being surpassed by (her) lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 72.66
अथाजगाम गोलोकाद्रथो रत्नविनिर्मितः । जगाम तेन तं लोकं धृत्वा दिव्यकलेवरम्
athājagāma golokādratho ratnavinirmitaḥ | jagāma tena taṃ lokaṃ dhṛtvā divyakalevaram
Then a chariot made of jewels came from Goloka; by it she went to that world, having assumed a divine body —
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BvP 4 72.67
वह्निशुद्धां शुकाधानं रत्नभूषणभूषितम् । प्रतप्तकाञ्चनाभासं नित्यं जन्मादिवर्जितम्
vahniśuddhāṃ śukādhānaṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam | prataptakāñcanābhāsaṃ nityaṃ janmādivarjitam
(Clad) in fire-purified garments, adorned with jewelled ornaments, with the sheen of refined gold, eternal, free from birth and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 72.68
सा बभूव च तत्रैव गोपी चन्द्रमुखी मुने । गोप्यः कतिविधास्तस्या बभूवुः परिचारिकाः
sā babhūva ca tatraiva gopī candramukhī mune | gopyaḥ katividhāstasyā babhūvuḥ paricārikāḥ
And there she became a gopī with a moon-like face, O sage; and gopīs of many kinds became her attendants.
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BvP 4 72.69
भगवानपि तत्रैव क्षणं स्थित्वा स्वमन्दिरम् । जगाम यत्र नन्दश्च सानन्दो नन्दनन्दनः
bhagavānapi tatraiva kṣaṇaṃ sthitvā svamandiram | jagāma yatra nandaśca sānando nandanandanaḥ
The Lord too, having stayed there a moment, went to his own dwelling, where Nanda was, and Nanda's son (Kṛṣṇa) full of joy.
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BvP 4 72.70
अथ कंसो निशायां च निद्रायां भयविह्वलः । ददर्श दुःखदुःस्वप्नमात्मनो मृत्युसूचकम्
atha kaṃso niśāyāṃ ca nidrāyāṃ bhayavihvalaḥ | dadarśa duḥkhaduḥsvapnamātmano mṛtyusūcakam
Then Kaṃsa, at night, in sleep, overwhelmed with fear, saw a painful, evil dream that foretold his own death.
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BvP 4 72.71
ददर्श सूर्यं भूमिस्थं चतुःखण्डं नभश्च्युतम् । दशखण्डे चन्द्रबिम्बं भूमिस्थं खाच्च्युतं मुने
dadarśa sūryaṃ bhūmisthaṃ catuḥkhaṇḍaṃ nabhaścyutam | daśakhaṇḍe candrabimbaṃ bhūmisthaṃ khāccyutaṃ mune
He saw the sun on the ground, in four pieces, fallen from the sky; and the disc of the moon in ten pieces, on the ground, fallen from the sky, O sage.
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BvP 4 72.72
पुरुषान्विकृताकारान्रज्जुहस्तान्दिगम्बरान् । विधवां शूद्रपत्नीं च नग्नां च च्छिन्ननासिकाम् इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo कंसवधवसुदेव- देवकीमोक्षणं नाम द्विसप्ततितमोध्यायः
puruṣānvikṛtākārānrajjuhastāndigambarān | vidhavāṃ śūdrapatnīṃ ca nagnāṃ ca cchinnanāsikām iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo kaṃsavadhavasudeva- devakīmokṣaṇaṃ nāma dvisaptatitamodhyāyaḥ
(He saw) men of misshapen form, with ropes in their hands, naked; and a widow, a śūdra's wife, naked and with her nose cut off. — Thus the seventy-second chapter, called the slaying of Kaṃsa and the release of Vasudeva and Devakī, in Nārada's narration, in the latter part of the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section of the great Śrī Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa).
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BvP 4 72.73
हसन्तीं चूर्णतिलकां श्वेतकृष्णोच्चमूर्धजाम् । खड्गखर्परहस्तां च लोलजिह्वां च बिभ्रतीम्
hasantīṃ cūrṇatilakāṃ śvetakṛṣṇoccamūrdhajām | khaḍgakharparahastāṃ ca lolajihvāṃ ca bibhratīm
(He saw) a woman laughing, with a tilaka of powder(-ash), with white and black hair standing high, holding a sword and a skull-bowl in her hands, and lolling out her tongue,
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BvP 4 72.74
रुण्डमालासमायुक्तां गर्दभं महिषं वृषम् । भल्लूकं सूकरं काकं गृध्रं कह्कं च वानरम्
ruṇḍamālāsamāyuktāṃ gardabhaṃ mahiṣaṃ vṛṣam | bhallūkaṃ sūkaraṃ kākaṃ gṛdhraṃ kahkaṃ ca vānaram
joined with a garland of headless trunks; (and he saw) a donkey, a buffalo, a bull, a bear, a boar, a crow, a vulture, a heron, and a monkey,
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BvP 4 72.75
विरजं कुक्कुरं नक्रं शृगालं भस्मपुञ्जकम् । अस्थिराशिं तालफलं केशं कार्पासमुल्बणम्
virajaṃ kukkuraṃ nakraṃ śṛgālaṃ bhasmapuñjakam | asthirāśiṃ tālaphalaṃ keśaṃ kārpāsamulbaṇam
a dusty(?) dog, a crocodile, a jackal, a heap of ashes, a pile of bones, a palm fruit, hair, and a mass of cotton,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 72.76
निर्वाणाङ्गारमिल्कां च शवं सर्त्यं चिताश्रितम् । कुलालतैलकाराणां चक्रं वक्रं कपर्दकम्
nirvāṇāṅgāramilkāṃ ca śavaṃ sartyaṃ citāśritam | kulālatailakārāṇāṃ cakraṃ vakraṃ kapardakam
and an extinguished coal(-heap), and a corpse lying on a funeral pyre, and the wheel of potters and oil-pressers, something crooked, and a cowrie shell,
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BvP 4 72.77
श्मशानं दग्धकाष्ठं च शुष्ककाष्ठं कुणं तृणाम् । गच्छन्तं च कबन्धं च नदन्तं मृतमस्तकम्
śmaśānaṃ dagdhakāṣṭhaṃ ca śuṣkakāṣṭhaṃ kuṇaṃ tṛṇām | gacchantaṃ ca kabandhaṃ ca nadantaṃ mṛtamastakam
a cremation ground, burnt wood, dry wood, ... grass, and a headless trunk walking, and a dead man's head crying out,
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BvP 4 72.78
दग्धस्थानं भस्मयुतं तडागं जलवर्जितम् । दग्धमत्स्यं च लोहं च निर्वाणदग्धकाननम्
dagdhasthānaṃ bhasmayutaṃ taḍāgaṃ jalavarjitam | dagdhamatsyaṃ ca lohaṃ ca nirvāṇadagdhakānanam
a burnt place full of ashes, a pond without water, a burnt fish, and iron, and a forest burnt out and extinguished,
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BvP 4 72.79
गलत्कुष्ठं च वृषलं नग्नं च सुक्तसूर्धचम् । अतीव रूपटं विप्रं च शपन्तं गुरुमीदृशाम्
galatkuṣṭhaṃ ca vṛṣalaṃ nagnaṃ ca suktasūrdhacam | atīva rūpaṭaṃ vipraṃ ca śapantaṃ gurumīdṛśām
and a low-caste man with oozing leprosy, and one naked ..., and a brahmin exceedingly ... and a teacher cursing such (people),
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BvP 4 72.80
अतीवरुष्टं भिक्षुं च योगिनं वैष्णवं नरम् । एवं दृष्ट्वा समुत्थाय कथयामास मातरम्
atīvaruṣṭaṃ bhikṣuṃ ca yoginaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ naram | evaṃ dṛṣṭvā samutthāya kathayāmāsa mātaram
and an exceedingly angry mendicant, and a yogin, and a Vaiṣṇava man. Having seen this, he got up and told his mother,
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BvP 4 72.81
पितरं भ्रातरं पत्नीं रुदतीं प्रेमविह्वलम् ।। मञ्चकान्कारयामस स्थापयामास हस्तिनम्
pitaraṃ bhrātaraṃ patnīṃ rudatīṃ premavihvalam || mañcakānkārayāmasa sthāpayāmāsa hastinam
his father, his brother, and his wife, who was weeping, overcome with love. He had viewing-platforms made and had the elephant stationed.
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BvP 4 72.82
मल्लसैन्यं च योद्धारं कारयामास मङ्गलम् । सभां च कारयामास पुण्यं स्वस्त्ययनं शिवम्
mallasainyaṃ ca yoddhāraṃ kārayāmāsa maṅgalam | sabhāṃ ca kārayāmāsa puṇyaṃ svastyayanaṃ śivam
He had the wrestler-troops and the fighter (made ready), and had auspicious rites performed; and he had an assembly hall made, holy, blessing-bringing and benign.
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BvP 4 72.83
यत्नेन योजयामास योगे युक्तं पुरोहितम् । उवास मञ्चके रम्ये धृत्वा खड्गं विलक्षणम्
yatnena yojayāmāsa yoge yuktaṃ purohitam | uvāsa mañcake ramye dhṛtvā khaḍgaṃ vilakṣaṇam
With effort he engaged a priest skilled in the rite; he sat on a lovely platform, holding an extraordinary sword.
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BvP 4 72.84
रणे नियोजयामास योद्धारं युद्धकोविदम् । वासयामास राजेन्द्रान्ब्राह्मणांश्च मुनीश्वरान्
raṇe niyojayāmāsa yoddhāraṃ yuddhakovidam | vāsayāmāsa rājendrānbrāhmaṇāṃśca munīśvarān
He appointed to the fight a warrior expert in battle; he seated the great kings and the brahmins and the chief sages,
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BvP 4 72.85
ब्राह्मणाश्च सुहृद्वर्गान्धर्मिष्ठान्रणकोविदान् । अथाऽऽजगम गोविन्दो रामेण सह नारद
brāhmaṇāśca suhṛdvargāndharmiṣṭhānraṇakovidān | athā''jagama govindo rāmeṇa saha nārada
and brahmins and the company of his friends, most righteous men skilled in battle. Then Govinda came together with Rāma, O Nārada.
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BvP 4 72.86
महेशस्य धनुर्मध्यं बभञ्ज तत्र लीलया । शब्देन तस्य मथुरा बधिरा च बभूव ह
maheśasya dhanurmadhyaṃ babhañja tatra līlayā | śabdena tasya mathurā badhirā ca babhūva ha
There he broke the middle of Maheśa's bow in play, and by its sound Mathurā was deafened.
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BvP 4 72.87
विषादं प्राप कंसश्च मुदं च देवकीसुतः । उपस्थितः सभामद्धे गजं मल्लं निहत्य च ।। योगी ददर्श तं देवं परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
viṣādaṃ prāpa kaṃsaśca mudaṃ ca devakīsutaḥ | upasthitaḥ sabhāmaddhe gajaṃ mallaṃ nihatya ca || yogī dadarśa taṃ devaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram
Kaṃsa fell into despair, and Devakī's son into joy; having slain the elephant and the wrestler, he stood in the midst of the assembly. The yogī beheld him, the God, the Supreme Self, the Lord.
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BvP 4 72.88
यथा हृत्पद्ममध्यस्थं तादृशं बहिरेव च । राजेन्द्ररूपं राजानः शास्तारं दण्डधारिणा म्
yathā hṛtpadmamadhyasthaṃ tādṛśaṃ bahireva ca | rājendrarūpaṃ rājānaḥ śāstāraṃ daṇḍadhāriṇā m
Just as (he dwells) within the lotus of the heart, so (they saw him) outwardly too; the kings (saw him) in the form of an emperor, a chastiser bearing the rod.
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BvP 4 72.89
पिता माता दुग्धमुखं स्तनान्धं बालकं यथा । कामिन्यः कोटिकन्दर्पलीलालावप्यधारिणम्
pitā mātā dugdhamukhaṃ stanāndhaṃ bālakaṃ yathā | kāminyaḥ koṭikandarpalīlālāvapyadhāriṇam
His father and mother (saw him) as a milk-mouthed child sucking at the breast; the passionate women, as one bearing the sportive charm and beauty of ten million Kandarpas.
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BvP 4 72.90
कंसश्च कालपुरुषं वैरिणं तस्य बान्धवाः । मल्ला मृत्युप्रदं चैव प्राणतुल्यं च यादवाः
kaṃsaśca kālapuruṣaṃ vairiṇaṃ tasya bāndhavāḥ | mallā mṛtyupradaṃ caiva prāṇatulyaṃ ca yādavāḥ
And Kaṃsa (saw him) as the Man of Death, an enemy; his kinsmen and the wrestlers, as the giver of death; and the Yādavas, as dear as their own life.
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BvP 4 72.91
नमस्कृत्य मुनीन्विप्रान्पितरं मातरं गुरुम् । जगाम मञ्चकाम्याशं हस्ते कृत्वा सुदर्शनम्
namaskṛtya munīnviprānpitaraṃ mātaraṃ gurum | jagāma mañcakāmyāśaṃ haste kṛtvā sudarśanam
Having bowed to the sages, the brahmins, his father, his mother and his teacher, he went toward the platform, taking the Sudarśana in his hand.
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BvP 4 72.92
दृष्टावा भक्तं भक्तबन्धुः कृपया च कृपानिधिः । आकृष्य मञ्चकात्कंकं जघान लीलया मुने
dṛṣṭāvā bhaktaṃ bhaktabandhuḥ kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ | ākṛṣya mañcakātkaṃkaṃ jaghāna līlayā mune
Seeing his devotee, the friend of devotees, the treasury of compassion, out of compassion dragged Kaṃsa down from the platform and slew him in play, O sage.
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BvP 4 72.93
राजा ददर्श विश्वं च सर्वं कृष्णमयं परम् । पुरतो रत्नयानं च हीरकाहारभूषितम्
rājā dadarśa viśvaṃ ca sarvaṃ kṛṣṇamayaṃ param | purato ratnayānaṃ ca hīrakāhārabhūṣitam
The king saw the whole universe, supreme, as consisting of Kṛṣṇa, and before him a jewelled vehicle adorned with garlands of diamonds.
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BvP 4 72.94
ययौ विष्णुपदं स्फीतो दिब्यरूपं विधाय च । तेजो विवेश परमं कृष्णपादाम्बुजे मुने
yayau viṣṇupadaṃ sphīto dibyarūpaṃ vidhāya ca | tejo viveśa paramaṃ kṛṣṇapādāmbuje mune
Grown resplendent, having assumed a divine form, he went to Viṣṇu's abode; and his supreme radiance entered into Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, O sage.
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BvP 4 72.95
निवृत्य तस्य सत्कारं ब्राह्मणेम्यो धरं ददौ । ददौ राज्यं राजछत्रमुग्रसेनाय धीमते
nivṛtya tasya satkāraṃ brāhmaṇemyo dharaṃ dadau | dadau rājyaṃ rājachatramugrasenāya dhīmate
Having turned back, (Kṛṣṇa) performed his funeral honours and gave the earth to the brahmins; he gave the kingdom and the royal parasol to wise Ugrasena.
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BvP 4 72.96
स बभूव नृपेन्द्रश्च चन्द्रवंशसमुद्भवः । विललाप कंसमाता पत्नीवर्गश्च तत्पिता
sa babhūva nṛpendraśca candravaṃśasamudbhavaḥ | vilalāpa kaṃsamātā patnīvargaśca tatpitā
And he, sprung from the lunar dynasty, became lord of kings. Kaṃsa's mother lamented, and the company of his wives, and his father,
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BvP 4 72.97
बान्धवा मातृवर्गश्च भगिनी भ्रातृकामिनी । दर्शनं देहि राजेन्द्र समुत्तिष्ठ नृपासने
bāndhavā mātṛvargaśca bhaginī bhrātṛkāminī | darśanaṃ dehi rājendra samuttiṣṭha nṛpāsane
his kinsmen and the company of mothers, his sister and his brother's wife: "Grant us the sight of you, O king of kings; rise up onto the royal seat.
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BvP 4 72.98
राज्यं रक्ष धनं रक्ष बान्धवं बलमेव च । क्व यासि बान्धवान्हित्वा त्वमनाथान्महाबल
rājyaṃ rakṣa dhanaṃ rakṣa bāndhavaṃ balameva ca | kva yāsi bāndhavānhitvā tvamanāthānmahābala
Protect the kingdom, protect the wealth, the kinsmen and the army too. Where do you go, O mighty one, leaving your kinsmen without a protector?"
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BvP 4 72.99
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तमसंख्यं विश्वमेव च । सर्वं चराचराधारं यः सृजत्येव लीलया
brahmādistambaparyantamasaṃkhyaṃ viśvameva ca | sarvaṃ carācarādhāraṃ yaḥ sṛjatyeva līlayā
He who in mere play creates the countless universe, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, the whole of it, the support of all that moves and does not move;
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BvP 4 72.100
ब्रह्मेशशेषधर्माश्च दिनेशश्च गणेश्वरः । मुनीन्द्रवर्गो देवेन्द्रो ध्यायते यमहर्निशम्
brahmeśaśeṣadharmāśca dineśaśca gaṇeśvaraḥ | munīndravargo devendro dhyāyate yamaharniśam
whom Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa and Dharma, and the Sun and the lord of the Gaṇas, the host of the foremost sages and the king of the gods meditate upon day and night;
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BvP 4 72.101
वेदाः स्तुपन्ति यं कृष्णं स्तौति भीता सरस्वती । स्तौति यं प्रकृतिर्हृष्टा प्राकृतं प्रकृतेः परम्
vedāḥ stupanti yaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ stauti bhītā sarasvatī | stauti yaṃ prakṛtirhṛṣṭā prākṛtaṃ prakṛteḥ param
whom the Vedas praise, that Kṛṣṇa, whom Sarasvatī praises in awe, whom Prakṛti praises in delight — (himself) of nature yet beyond Prakṛti;
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BvP 4 72.102
स्वेच्छामयं निरीहं च निर्गुणं च निरञ्जनम् । परात्परतरं ब्रह्म परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
svecchāmayaṃ nirīhaṃ ca nirguṇaṃ ca nirañjanam | parātparataraṃ brahma paramātmānamīśvaram
who consists of his own will, is without striving, without qualities, without taint, higher than the highest, Brahman, the Supreme Self, the Lord;
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BvP 4 72.103
नित्यं ज्योतिःस्वरूपं च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम् । नित्यानन्दं च नित्यं च नित्यमक्षरविग्रहम्
nityaṃ jyotiḥsvarūpaṃ ca bhaktānugrahavigraham | nityānandaṃ ca nityaṃ ca nityamakṣaravigraham
eternal, whose very nature is light, whose form is grace toward devotees, eternal bliss, eternal, whose form is eternally imperishable —
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BvP 4 72.104
सोऽवतीर्णों हि भगवान्भारावतरणाय च । गोपालबालवेषश्च मायेशो मायया प्रभुः
so'vatīrṇoṃ hi bhagavānbhārāvataraṇāya ca | gopālabālaveṣaśca māyeśo māyayā prabhuḥ
that Lord has indeed descended, to remove the burden (of the earth); in the guise of a cowherd boy, the master of illusion, the Lord, by his own illusion.
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BvP 4 72.105
स यं हन्ति च सर्वेशो रक्षिता तस्य कः पुमान् । स यं रक्षति सर्वात्मा तस्य हन्ता न कोऽपि च
sa yaṃ hanti ca sarveśo rakṣitā tasya kaḥ pumān | sa yaṃ rakṣati sarvātmā tasya hantā na ko'pi ca
Whom he, the Lord of all, slays — what man can protect him? And whom he, the Self of all, protects — of him there is no slayer at all.
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BvP 4 72.106
इत्येवमुक्त्वा सर्वश्च विरराम महामुने । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास तेभ्यः सर्वं धनं ददौ
ityevamuktvā sarvaśca virarāma mahāmune | brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa tebhyaḥ sarvaṃ dhanaṃ dadau
Having spoken thus, everyone fell silent, O great sage. He fed the brahmins and gave them all the wealth.
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BvP 4 72.107
भगवानपि सर्वात्मा जगाम पितुरन्तिकम् । छित्तवा च लोहनिगडं तयोर्मोक्षं चकार सः
bhagavānapi sarvātmā jagāma piturantikam | chittavā ca lohanigaḍaṃ tayormokṣaṃ cakāra saḥ
The Lord too, the Self of all, went to his father; and having cut the iron fetters, he set the two of them free.
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BvP 4 72.108
ननाम दण्डवद्भमौ मातरं पितरं तथा । तुष्टाव भक्त्तया देवेशो भक्तिनम्रात्मकंधरः
nanāma daṇḍavadbhamau mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā | tuṣṭāva bhakttayā deveśo bhaktinamrātmakaṃdharaḥ
He bowed like a staff (prostrate) to the ground before his mother and his father; the Lord of the gods praised (them) with devotion, his neck bent low with devotion.
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BvP 4 72.109
श्रीभगवानुवाच पितरं मातरं विद्यामन्त्रदं गुरुमेव च । यो न पुष्णाति पुरुषो यावज्जीवं च सोऽशुचिः
śrībhagavānuvāca pitaraṃ mātaraṃ vidyāmantradaṃ gurumeva ca | yo na puṣṇāti puruṣo yāvajjīvaṃ ca so'śuciḥ
The blessed Lord said: The man who does not support father, mother, and the guru who gives learning and mantra, as long as he lives — he is impure.
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BvP 4 72.110
सर्वेषामपि पूज्यानां पिता वन्द्यो महान् गुरुः । पितुः शतगुणैर्माता गर्भधारणपोषणात्
sarveṣāmapi pūjyānāṃ pitā vandyo mahān guruḥ | pituḥ śataguṇairmātā garbhadhāraṇapoṣaṇāt
Of all who are worthy of worship, the father is to be revered, the great teacher; but the mother is a hundred times (greater) than the father, because she bears (the child) in the womb and nourishes it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 72.111
माता च पृथिवीरूपा सर्वेभ्यश्च हिरैषिणी । नास्ति मातुः परो बन्धुः सर्वेषां जगतीतले
mātā ca pṛthivīrūpā sarvebhyaśca hiraiṣiṇī | nāsti mātuḥ paro bandhuḥ sarveṣāṃ jagatītale
And the mother has the nature of the earth, and is the well-wisher of all; there is no kinsman higher than the mother for anyone on the face of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 72.112
विद्यामन्त्रप्रदः कत्यं मातुः परतनो गुरुः । न हि तस्मात्परः कौऽपि वन्द्यः पूज्यश्च वेदतः
vidyāmantrapradaḥ katyaṃ mātuḥ paratano guruḥ | na hi tasmātparaḥ kau'pi vandyaḥ pūjyaśca vedataḥ
The guru who bestows learning and mantra is said to be beyond even the mother; indeed there is no one higher than he to be revered and worshipped, according to the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 72.113
इत्येवमुक्त्वा श्रीकृष्णो बलभद्रो ननाम च । माता चकारतौ क्रोडे पिता च सादरं मुने
ityevamuktvā śrīkṛṣṇo balabhadro nanāma ca | mātā cakāratau kroḍe pitā ca sādaraṃ mune
Having spoken thus, Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Balabhadra bowed down; and the mother, and the father too, took the two of them respectfully onto their lap, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 72.114
मिष्टान्नं परमं तौ च भोजयामास ब्राह्मणान् । वसुर्वसुसमूहं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा
miṣṭānnaṃ paramaṃ tau ca bhojayāmāsa brāhmaṇān | vasurvasusamūhaṃ ca brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā
And those two fed the brahmins with the finest sweet food; and Vasu (Nanda) gladly gave a heap of wealth to the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition