Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 74
BvP 4 74.1
नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णः परमानन्दः परिपूर्णतमः प्रभुः । परमात्मा च परमो भक्तानुग्रहकारकः
nārāyaṇa uvāca śrīkṛṣṇaḥ paramānandaḥ paripūrṇatamaḥ prabhuḥ | paramātmā ca paramo bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ
Nārāyaṇa said: Śrī Kṛṣṇa is supreme bliss, the most completely full, the lord, the supreme Self, the highest, the bestower of grace on devotees;
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BvP 4 74.2
भुवो भारावतरणो निर्गुणः प्रकृतेः परः । परात्पनस्तु भगवान्ब्रह्मेशशेषवन्दितः
bhuvo bhārāvataraṇo nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ | parātpanastu bhagavānbrahmeśaśeṣavanditaḥ
the remover of the earth's burden, without qualities, beyond primal nature, higher than the highest, the Lord, worshipped by Brahmā, Śiva and Śeṣa.
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BvP 4 74.3
तुष्टो नन्दस्तवं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच जगत्पतिः । आगच्छन्तं गोकुलाच्च विरहज्वरकातरम्
tuṣṭo nandastavaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca jagatpatiḥ | āgacchantaṃ gokulācca virahajvarakātaram
Pleased at hearing Nanda's praise, the lord of the world spoke to him — to him who had come from Gokula, afflicted with the fever of separation.
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BvP 4 74.4
श्रीभगवानुवाच गच्छ नन्दव्रजं नन्द त्यज शोकं भ्रमं भुवि । शृणु सत्यं परं ज्ञानं शोकग्रन्थिनिकृन्तनम्
śrībhagavānuvāca gaccha nandavrajaṃ nanda tyaja śokaṃ bhramaṃ bhuvi | śṛṇu satyaṃ paraṃ jñānaṃ śokagranthinikṛntanam
The Blessed Lord said: Go to Nanda's Vraja, Nanda; give up grief and delusion on earth. Hear the true, supreme knowledge that cuts the knot of sorrow.
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BvP 4 74.5
वायुश्च भूमिराकाशो जलं तेजश्च पञ्चमम् । उक्तः श्रुतिगणैरेतैः पञ्चभूतैश्च नित्यशः
vāyuśca bhūmirākāśo jalaṃ tejaśca pañcamam | uktaḥ śrutigaṇairetaiḥ pañcabhūtaiśca nityaśaḥ
Air, earth, space, water, and fire as the fifth — these are constantly called the five elements by the hosts of the Vedas.
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BvP 4 74.6
सर्वैषां देहिनां तात देहश्च पाञ्चभौतिकः । मिथ्याभ्रमः कृत्रिमश्च स्वप्नवन्माययाऽन्वितः
sarvaiṣāṃ dehināṃ tāta dehaśca pāñcabhautikaḥ | mithyābhramaḥ kṛtrimaśca svapnavanmāyayā'nvitaḥ
For all embodied beings, dear one, the body is made of the five elements; it is a false delusion, artificial, and accompanied by māyā like a dream.
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BvP 4 74.7
देहं गृह्णन्ति सर्वैषां पञ्चभूतानि नित्यशः । मायासंकेतरूपं तदभिज्ञानं भ्रमात्मकम्
dehaṃ gṛhṇanti sarvaiṣāṃ pañcabhūtāni nityaśaḥ | māyāsaṃketarūpaṃ tadabhijñānaṃ bhramātmakam
The five elements constantly take on the body of all these; that (body) has the form of a convention of māyā, and the recognition of it is of the nature of delusion.
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BvP 4 74.8
को वा कस्य सुनस्तात का स्त्री कस्य पतिस्तु वा । कर्मणा भ्रमणं शश्वत्सर्वेषां भूरिजन्मनि
ko vā kasya sunastāta kā strī kasya patistu vā | karmaṇā bhramaṇaṃ śaśvatsarveṣāṃ bhūrijanmani
Who indeed is whose son, dear one? Who is a wife, or whose husband? By karma there is perpetual wandering for all through many births.
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BvP 4 74.9
कर्मणा जायन्ते जन्तुः कर्मणैव प्रलीयते । सुखं दुःखं भयं शोकं कर्मणा च प्रपद्यते
karmaṇā jāyante jantuḥ karmaṇaiva pralīyate | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ karmaṇā ca prapadyate
By karma a creature is born, by karma alone it perishes; and by karma it meets with pleasure, pain, fear and grief.
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BvP 4 74.10
केषां वा जन्म स्वर्गेषु केषां वा ब्रह्मणो गृहे । केषां विप्रेषु क्षत्रेषु केषां वा बैश्यशूद्रयोः
keṣāṃ vā janma svargeṣu keṣāṃ vā brahmaṇo gṛhe | keṣāṃ vipreṣu kṣatreṣu keṣāṃ vā baiśyaśūdrayoḥ
"And whose is birth in the heavens, and whose in the house of a brahmin? Whose among brahmins, whose among kshatriyas, and whose among vaishyas and shudras?
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BvP 4 74.11
अतिनीचेषु केषां वा केषां कृमिषु विट्सु च । पशुपक्षिषु केषां वा केषां वा क्षुद्रजन्तुषु
atinīceṣu keṣāṃ vā keṣāṃ kṛmiṣu viṭsu ca | paśupakṣiṣu keṣāṃ vā keṣāṃ vā kṣudrajantuṣu
"And whose among the very low-born, whose among worms and among filth? Whose among cattle and birds, and whose among the tiny creatures?
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BvP 4 74.12
पुनः पुनर्भ्रमन्त्येव सर्वे तात स्वकर्मणा । करोति कर्म निर्मूलं मद्भक्तो मत्पियः सदा
punaḥ punarbhramantyeva sarve tāta svakarmaṇā | karoti karma nirmūlaṃ madbhakto matpiyaḥ sadā
All wander again and again, dear one, by their own karma; (but) my devotee, ever dear to me, makes his karma rootless.
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BvP 4 74.13
सत्यं त्रेता द्वापरश्च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । पञ्चविंशत्सहस्राणां युगान्ते निधनं मनोः
satyaṃ tretā dvāparaśca kaliśceti caturyugam | pañcaviṃśatsahasrāṇāṃ yugānte nidhanaṃ manoḥ
Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali—these are the four ages; at the end of twenty-five thousand of these ages comes the death of a Manu.
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BvP 4 74.14
मनोः समं महेन्द्रस्य परमायुर्विनिर्मितम् । चतुर्दशेन्द्रविच्छित्तौ ब्रह्मणो दिनमुच्यते
manoḥ samaṃ mahendrasya paramāyurvinirmitam | caturdaśendravicchittau brahmaṇo dinamucyate
The maximum lifespan of great Indra is ordained equal to that of Manu; at the passing away of fourteen Indras, a day of Brahmā is said (to elapse).
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BvP 4 74.15
एवं परिमिता रात्रिः कालविद्भर्विनिर्मिता । एवं परिमिता मासा वर्षं च परिनिश्चितम्
evaṃ parimitā rātriḥ kālavidbharvinirmitā | evaṃ parimitā māsā varṣaṃ ca pariniścitam
His night is measured out the same way, as ordained by the knowers of time; the months are measured the same way, and the year is likewise determined.
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BvP 4 74.16
ब्रह्मणश्च वर्षशतं परमायुर्विनिर्मितम् । निमेषमात्रं कालोऽयं ब्रह्मणो निधने मम
brahmaṇaśca varṣaśataṃ paramāyurvinirmitam | nimeṣamātraṃ kālo'yaṃ brahmaṇo nidhane mama
And a hundred (such) years is ordained as Brahmā's maximum lifespan; at Brahmā's death this stretch of time is a mere blink (of my eye).
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BvP 4 74.17
ब्रह्मादितृणपर्यन्तं सर्वं विश्वे विनिर्मितम् । सत्योऽहं परमात्मा च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः
brahmāditṛṇaparyantaṃ sarvaṃ viśve vinirmitam | satyo'haṃ paramātmā ca bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ
Everything in the universe, from Brahmā down to a blade of grass, has been fashioned; I am the real (one), the supreme Self, whose form is grace toward the devotees.
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BvP 4 74.18
मन्मन्त्रोपासकः सत्यो देहं त्यक्त्वा धरासु च । यास्यत्येव हि गोलोकं छित्वा कर्म पुरातनम्
manmantropāsakaḥ satyo dehaṃ tyaktvā dharāsu ca | yāsyatyeva hi golokaṃ chitvā karma purātanam
One who worships with my mantra is real; leaving his body on the earths, he goes indeed to Goloka, having cut off his ancient karma.
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BvP 4 74.19
असंख्यब्रह्मणां पाते न भवेत्तस्य पातनम् । गृह्णति नित्यं स्वं देहं जन्ममृत्युजरापहम्
asaṃkhyabrahmaṇāṃ pāte na bhavettasya pātanam | gṛhṇati nityaṃ svaṃ dehaṃ janmamṛtyujarāpaham
At the fall of countless Brahmās there would be no falling for him; he takes always his own body, which is free of birth, death, and old age.
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BvP 4 74.20
न नन्द मम भक्तानामशुभं विद्यते क्वचित् । नित्यं सुदर्शनं तं च परिरक्षति मर्वतः
na nanda mama bhaktānāmaśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit | nityaṃ sudarśanaṃ taṃ ca parirakṣati marvataḥ
For my devotees, Nanda, no misfortune exists anywhere; and Sudarśana always guards him on all sides.
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BvP 4 74.21
मत्तो हि बलवान्भक्तश्चिन्तितोऽहं न चिन्तितः । अहं स्वामी च तस्यैव न मे स्वामी पिता प्रसूः
matto hi balavānbhaktaścintito'haṃ na cintitaḥ | ahaṃ svāmī ca tasyaiva na me svāmī pitā prasūḥ
The devotee is indeed stronger than I: (he) is thought of (by me), while I am not thought of (by him). And I am his master, but I have no master—no father, no mother.
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BvP 4 74.22
पुत्रबुद्धिं परित्यज्य भज मां ब्रह्मरूपिणम् । छित्तवा च ब्रह्मनिगडं गोलोकं तद्व्रज स्वयम्
putrabuddhiṃ parityajya bhaja māṃ brahmarūpiṇam | chittavā ca brahmanigaḍaṃ golokaṃ tadvraja svayam
Giving up the notion that (I am your) son, worship me whose form is Brahman; and having cut the fetter of (rebirth in) Brahmā's world, go yourself then to Goloka.
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BvP 4 74.23
कथयस्व यशोदां च गोपीं गोपगणां व्रज । तैश्च सर्वैर्जनैः शोकं त्यज स्वमन्दिरं व्रज
kathayasva yaśodāṃ ca gopīṃ gopagaṇāṃ vraja | taiśca sarvairjanaiḥ śokaṃ tyaja svamandiraṃ vraja
Tell Yaśodā, and the gopīs and the host of cowherds—go; and with all those people give up grief; go to your own house.
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BvP 4 74.24
इत्येवमुक्त्वा भगवान्विरराम च संसदि । पप्रच्छ पुनरेवं तं नन्दश्चाऽऽनन्दसंप्लुतः
ityevamuktvā bhagavānvirarāma ca saṃsadi | papraccha punarevaṃ taṃ nandaścā''nandasaṃplutaḥ
Having spoken thus, the Lord fell silent in the assembly; and Nanda, flooded with bliss, asked him again thus.
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BvP 4 74.25
नन्द उवाच वद सांसारिकं ज्ञानं येन यास्यामि त्वत्पदम् । मूढोऽहं परमानन्द श्रुतीनां जनको भवान्
nanda uvāca vada sāṃsārikaṃ jñānaṃ yena yāsyāmi tvatpadam | mūḍho'haṃ paramānanda śrutīnāṃ janako bhavān
Nanda said: Tell (me) the knowledge concerning worldly existence, by which I shall reach your abode. I am a fool, O supreme bliss; you are the begetter of the Vedas.
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BvP 4 74.26
नन्दस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वज्ञो भगवान्स्वयम् । आह्निकं कथयायास श्रुतिभिर्न श्रुतं हि यत्
nandasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sarvajño bhagavānsvayam | āhnikaṃ kathayāyāsa śrutibhirna śrutaṃ hi yat
Hearing Nanda's words, the omniscient Lord himself related the daily observance, which had not been heard by the Vedas.
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BvP 4 74.74
इतिo श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारादनाo भगवन्नन्दसंवादे चतुः सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
itio śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nārādanāo bhagavannandasaṃvāde catuḥ saptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
Thus (ends) in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-Birth Section, in the latter part, in the Nārāyaṇa narration, the seventy-fourth chapter, in the dialogue of the Lord and Nanda.
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