Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 75
BvP 4 75.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच शृणु नन्द प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानं च परमाद्भुतम् । सुगोपनीयं वेदेषु पुराणेषु च दुर्लभम्
śrībhagavānuvāca śṛṇu nanda pravakṣyāmi jñānaṃ ca paramādbhutam | sugopanīyaṃ vedeṣu purāṇeṣu ca durlabham
The blessed Lord said: Listen, Nanda, I shall declare knowledge that is utterly wondrous, well to be kept secret, and hard to obtain in the Vedas and the Purāṇas.
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BvP 4 75.2
न विश्वासो हि नारीषु संततं कुलटासु च । मोक्षमार्गार्गलास्वेव भ्रममायास्वमूषु च
na viśvāso hi nārīṣu saṃtataṃ kulaṭāsu ca | mokṣamārgārgalāsveva bhramamāyāsvamūṣu ca
There is no trusting women, ever, nor unchaste ones—they are the very bolt on the door of the path to liberation, deluding illusions, these (women).
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BvP 4 75.3
हरिभक्तेरसाध्वीनां विरुद्धासु युतासु च । बीजरूपासु नाशानां प्रमदासु व्रजेश्वर
haribhakterasādhvīnāṃ viruddhāsu yutāsu ca | bījarūpāsu nāśānāṃ pramadāsu vrajeśvara
(There is no trust) in women who are unvirtuous, who are hostile to devotion to Hari and (yet) joined (to men), who are the very seed of ruinations — in women, O lord of Vraja.
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BvP 4 75.4
नित्यं च प्रातरुत्थाय रात्रिवासो विहाय च । अभीष्टदेवं हृत्पद्मे ब्रह्मरन्ध्रे गृरुं परम्
nityaṃ ca prātarutthāya rātrivāso vihāya ca | abhīṣṭadevaṃ hṛtpadme brahmarandhre gṛruṃ param
And daily, rising at dawn and putting off the night-garment, (one should place) the chosen deity in the lotus of the heart and the supreme guru in the brahma-aperture (of the head),
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BvP 4 75.5
विचिन्त्य मनसा प्रातःकृत्यं कृत्वा सुनिश्चितम् । स्नानं करोति सुप्राज्ञो निर्मलेषु जलेषु च
vicintya manasā prātaḥkṛtyaṃ kṛtvā suniścitam | snānaṃ karoti suprājño nirmaleṣu jaleṣu ca
having meditated (on them) with the mind, and having performed the morning duties with full resolve, the very wise one performs his bathing in clean waters.
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BvP 4 75.6
न संकल्पं च कुरुते भक्तः कर्मनिकृन्तनः । स्नात्वा हरिं स्मरेत्संध्यां कृत्वा याति गृहं प्रति
na saṃkalpaṃ ca kurute bhaktaḥ karmanikṛntanaḥ | snātvā hariṃ smaretsaṃdhyāṃ kṛtvā yāti gṛhaṃ prati
And the devotee who cuts off (the bonds of) karma makes no formal resolve (saṃkalpa); having bathed he should remember Hari, and having performed the twilight rite he goes toward his house.
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BvP 4 75.7
प्रक्षाल्य पादौ प्रविशेन्निधाय धौतवाससी । पूजयोत्परमात्मानं मामेव मुक्तिकारणम्
prakṣālya pādau praviśennidhāya dhautavāsasī | pūjayotparamātmānaṃ māmeva muktikāraṇam
Having washed his feet he should enter, and having laid aside the two washed garments he should worship the Supreme Self, none other than me, the cause of liberation —
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BvP 4 75.8
शालग्रामे मणौ यन्त्रे प्रतिमायां जलेऽपि च । तथा च विप्रे गवि च गुरुष्वेवं विशेषतः
śālagrāme maṇau yantre pratimāyāṃ jale'pi ca | tathā ca vipre gavi ca guruṣvevaṃ viśeṣataḥ
in a śālagrāma stone, in a jewel, in a yantra, in an image, and also in water, and likewise in a brahmin, in a cow, and thus especially in gurus.
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BvP 4 75.9
घटिऽष्टदलपद्मे च पात्रे चन्दननिर्मिते । आवाहनं च सर्वत्र शालग्रामे जलेन च
ghaṭi'ṣṭadalapadme ca pātre candananirmite | āvāhanaṃ ca sarvatra śālagrāme jalena ca
And (also) in a jar, in an eight-petalled lotus, in a vessel made of sandalwood; and the invocation is everywhere (done) with water in the case of the śālagrāma.
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BvP 4 75.10
मन्त्रानुरूपध्यानेन ध्यात्वा मां पूजयेद्व्रती । षोडशोपचारद्रव्याणि दद्यान्मूलेन भक्तितः
mantrānurūpadhyānena dhyātvā māṃ pūjayedvratī | ṣoḍaśopacāradravyāṇi dadyānmūlena bhaktitaḥ
Having meditated on me with a meditation conforming to the mantra, the observer of the vow should worship me; he should offer the sixteen articles of service with the root-mantra, devoutly.
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BvP 4 75.11
श्रीदामानं मुदामानं वसुदामानमेव च । वीरभानुं शूरभानुं गोपान्पञ्च प्रपूजयेत्
śrīdāmānaṃ mudāmānaṃ vasudāmānameva ca | vīrabhānuṃ śūrabhānuṃ gopānpañca prapūjayet
He should worship the five cowherds: Śrīdāman, Mudāman, and Vasudāman, Vīrabhānu and Śūrabhānu;
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BvP 4 75.12
सुनन्दनन्दकुमुदं पार्षदं मे सुदर्शनम् । लक्ष्मीं सरस्वतीं दुर्गां राधां गङ्गां वसुंधराम्
sunandanandakumudaṃ pārṣadaṃ me sudarśanam | lakṣmīṃ sarasvatīṃ durgāṃ rādhāṃ gaṅgāṃ vasuṃdharām
Sunanda, Nanda, Kumuda, and my attendant Sudarśana; Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Durgā, Rādhā, Gaṅgā, the Earth;
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BvP 4 75.13
गुरुं च तुलसीं शंभुं कार्तिकेयं विनायकम् । नवग्रहांश्च दिक्पालान्परितः पूजयेत्सुधीः
guruṃ ca tulasīṃ śaṃbhuṃ kārtikeyaṃ vināyakam | navagrahāṃśca dikpālānparitaḥ pūjayetsudhīḥ
and the guru, Tulasī, Śambhu, Kārtikeya, Vināyaka; and the wise one should worship the nine planets and the guardians of the directions all around.
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BvP 4 75.14
देवषट्कं च संपूज्य सर्वादौ विघ्नविघ्नतः । गणेशं च दिनेशं च वह्निं विष्णुं शिवं शिवम्
devaṣaṭkaṃ ca saṃpūjya sarvādau vighnavighnataḥ | gaṇeśaṃ ca dineśaṃ ca vahniṃ viṣṇuṃ śivaṃ śivam
And having worshipped the group of six gods at the very beginning, for the obstruction of obstacles — Gaṇeśa, the sun, fire, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and the auspicious (Goddess) —
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BvP 4 75.15
श्रुतौ विनिर्मितान्देवान्मोक्षदान्कर्मकृन्तनान् । गणेशं विघ्ननाशाय सूर्यं व्याधिविनाशिने
śrutau vinirmitāndevānmokṣadānkarmakṛntanān | gaṇeśaṃ vighnanāśāya sūryaṃ vyādhivināśine
the gods ordained in the Veda, givers of liberation, cutters-off of karma: Gaṇeśa for the destruction of obstacles, the Sun for the destroyer of disease,
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BvP 4 75.16
वह्निं प्राप्तिनिमित्तेन शान्तौ शुद्धौ भवेद्ध्रुवम् । विष्णुं मोक्षनिमित्तेन ज्ञानदानाय शंकरम्
vahniṃ prāptinimittena śāntau śuddhau bhaveddhruvam | viṣṇuṃ mokṣanimittena jñānadānāya śaṃkaram
fire on account of attainment — one surely becomes tranquil and pure; Viṣṇu on account of liberation, Śaṃkara for the giving of knowledge,
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BvP 4 75.17
बुद्धिमुक्तिनिमित्तेन पार्वतीं पूजयेत्सुधीः । पुष्पाञ्जलित्रयं दत्त्वा स्वस्तोत्रं कवचं पठेत्
buddhimuktinimittena pārvatīṃ pūjayetsudhīḥ | puṣpāñjalitrayaṃ dattvā svastotraṃ kavacaṃ paṭhet
and the wise one should worship Pārvatī on account of intelligence and release; having offered three handfuls of flowers, he should recite the (deity's) own hymn and armour-mantra.
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BvP 4 75.18
गुरुं प्रणम्य संपूज्य तत्पश्चात्प्रणमेत्सुरम् । कृत्वाऽऽह्रिकं च संपूज्य यथासुखमुदीरितम्
guruṃ praṇamya saṃpūjya tatpaścātpraṇametsuram | kṛtvā''hrikaṃ ca saṃpūjya yathāsukhamudīritam
Having bowed to the guru and worshipped (him), thereafter he should bow to the god; and having done the daily rite and worshipped as has been declared, at his ease,
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BvP 4 75.19
समाचरेत्स्वकर्मैतद्वेदोक्तं स्वात्मशुद्धये । विष्ठां न पश्येत्प्राज्ञश्च व्याधिबीजस्वरूपिणीम्
samācaretsvakarmaitadvedoktaṃ svātmaśuddhaye | viṣṭhāṃ na paśyetprājñaśca vyādhibījasvarūpiṇīm
he should carry out this his own duty, spoken in the Veda, for the purification of his own self. And the wise one should not look at excrement, which is the very seed of disease,
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BvP 4 75.20
मूत्रं च व्याधिबीजं च परं नरककारणम् । लिङ्गंयोनिं पापदुःखव्याधिदारिद्र्यदायिनीम्
mūtraṃ ca vyādhibījaṃ ca paraṃ narakakāraṇam | liṅgaṃyoniṃ pāpaduḥkhavyādhidāridryadāyinīm
nor urine, which is a seed of disease and a chief cause of hell; nor the penis, nor the vulva, which gives sin, suffering, disease and poverty,
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BvP 4 75.21
उरुं मुखं स्तनं स्त्रीणां कटाक्षं हास्यमेव च । विनाशबीजं रूपं च विपदां कारणं सदा
uruṃ mukhaṃ stanaṃ strīṇāṃ kaṭākṣaṃ hāsyameva ca | vināśabījaṃ rūpaṃ ca vipadāṃ kāraṇaṃ sadā
nor the thigh, face, or breast of women, nor their sidelong glance nor their laughter, nor their beauty, which is the seed of destruction and ever the cause of calamities.
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BvP 4 75.22
दिवाभोगं च स्वस्त्रीणां स्वालापं परिवर्जयेत् । रोगाणो कारणं चैव चक्षुषोः कर्णयोस्तथा
divābhogaṃ ca svastrīṇāṃ svālāpaṃ parivarjayet | rogāṇo kāraṇaṃ caiva cakṣuṣoḥ karṇayostathā
And he should avoid enjoyment by day even of his own wives, and intimate talk with them — it is a cause of diseases, of the eyes and likewise of the ears.
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BvP 4 75.23
एकतारं च गगनं न पश्येत्तु रुजां भयात् । दैवाद्दृष्ट्वा हरिं स्मृत्वा सप्तधा नारदं जपेत्
ekatāraṃ ca gaganaṃ na paśyettu rujāṃ bhayāt | daivāddṛṣṭvā hariṃ smṛtvā saptadhā nāradaṃ japet
And one should not look at the sky when (only) a single star (is visible), for fear of illness; if by chance one has seen it, one should remember Hari and mutter (the name of) Nārada seven times.
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BvP 4 75.24
अस्तकाले रविं चन्द्रं न पश्येद् व्याधिकारणम् । खण्डं मसुदितं चन्द्रं न पश्येद् व्याधिकारणम्
astakāle raviṃ candraṃ na paśyed vyādhikāraṇam | khaṇḍaṃ masuditaṃ candraṃ na paśyed vyādhikāraṇam
At the time of setting one should not look at the sun or the moon — (that is) a cause of disease; one should not look at the moon when it is a crescent or blotted over — (that is) a cause of disease.
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BvP 4 75.25
जलस्थं च रविं चन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा शोकं लभेन्नरः । बन्धुविच्छेदहेतुं च न पश्येत्परमैथुनम्
jalasthaṃ ca raviṃ candraṃ dṛṣṭvā śokaṃ labhennaraḥ | bandhuvicchedahetuṃ ca na paśyetparamaithunam
Having seen the sun or the moon (reflected) in water, a man obtains sorrow, and (it is) a cause of separation from kinsmen; one should not look upon others' sexual union.
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BvP 4 75.26
एकत्र शयनं स्थानं भोजनं च गतिं तथा । न कुर्यात्पापिना सार्धं सर्वं नाशस्य लक्षणम्
ekatra śayanaṃ sthānaṃ bhojanaṃ ca gatiṃ tathā | na kuryātpāpinā sārdhaṃ sarvaṃ nāśasya lakṣaṇam
Sleeping, staying, eating, and likewise going in one place together with a sinner one should not do: all (that) is a mark of ruin.
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BvP 4 75.27
आलापाद्गात्रसंस्पर्शाच्छयनाश्रयभोजनात् । संचरन्ति ध्रुवं पापास्तैलविन्दुरिवाम्भसा
ālāpādgātrasaṃsparśācchayanāśrayabhojanāt | saṃcaranti dhruvaṃ pāpāstailavindurivāmbhasā
Through conversation, through bodily contact, through sleeping, dwelling, and eating (together), sins surely pass over, like a drop of oil on water.
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BvP 4 75.28
हिंस्रजन्तुसमीपं च न गच्छेद्दुःखकारणम् । खलेन सार्ध मिलनं न कुर्याच्छोककारणम्
hiṃsrajantusamīpaṃ ca na gacchedduḥkhakāraṇam | khalena sārdha milanaṃ na kuryācchokakāraṇam
And one should not go near a harmful creature — (it is) a cause of pain; one should not make a meeting with a scoundrel — (it is) a cause of grief.
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BvP 4 75.29
ब्राह्मणानां गवां चैव वैष्णवानां विशेषतः । न कुर्याद्धिंसनं हानिं सर्वनाशस्य कारणम्
brāhmaṇānāṃ gavāṃ caiva vaiṣṇavānāṃ viśeṣataḥ | na kuryāddhiṃsanaṃ hāniṃ sarvanāśasya kāraṇam
Of brahmins and of cows, and especially of Vaiṣṇavas, one should not do injury or damage — (it is) a cause of total ruin.
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BvP 4 75.30
देवदेवलविप्राणां वैष्णवानां तथैव च । वित्तं धनं च नहरेत्सर्वनाशस्य कारणम्
devadevalaviprāṇāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ tathaiva ca | vittaṃ dhanaṃ ca naharetsarvanāśasya kāraṇam
Of gods, temple-priests, and brahmins, and likewise of Vaiṣṇavas, one should not carry off goods or wealth — (it is) a cause of total ruin.
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BvP 4 75.31
स्वदत्तं परदत्तं वा ब्रह्मवित्तं हरेत्तु यः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः
svadattaṃ paradattaṃ vā brahmavittaṃ harettu yaḥ | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ
Whoever steals brahmin property, whether given by himself or given by another, is born as a worm in excrement for sixty thousand years,
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BvP 4 75.32
गृध्रः कोटिसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरः । श्वापदः शतजन्मानि गण्डकः सप्तजन्मनि
gṛdhraḥ koṭisahasrāṇi śatajanmāni sūkaraḥ | śvāpadaḥ śatajanmāni gaṇḍakaḥ saptajanmani
(then) a vulture for a thousand crores (of years), a boar for a hundred births, a beast of prey for a hundred births, a rhinoceros for seven births,
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BvP 4 75.33
घोटकः सप्तजन्मानि कुम्भीरः पञ्चजन्मसु । पुंश्चलीनां योनिकीटं शतजन्मसु निश्चितम्
ghoṭakaḥ saptajanmāni kumbhīraḥ pañcajanmasu | puṃścalīnāṃ yonikīṭaṃ śatajanmasu niścitam
a horse for seven births, a crocodile for five births, and certainly a worm in the vaginas of harlots for a hundred births,
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BvP 4 75.34
व्रणकीटं च तेषां शतजन्मसु नारद । गोधिका सप्तजन्मानि गर्दभः सप्तजन्मसु
vraṇakīṭaṃ ca teṣāṃ śatajanmasu nārada | godhikā saptajanmāni gardabhaḥ saptajanmasu
and a worm in their sores for a hundred births, Nārada; a small lizard for seven births, an ass for seven births,
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BvP 4 75.35
सप्तजन्मानि मार्जारो नकुलश्त्रेषु जन्मसु । उच्चैःश्रवा जन्मशतं खरश्चापि तथैव च
saptajanmāni mārjāro nakulaśtreṣu janmasu | uccaiḥśravā janmaśataṃ kharaścāpi tathaiva ca
a cat for seven births, a mongoose for three births, a horse (uccaiḥśravas) for a hundred births, and likewise a donkey,
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BvP 4 75.36
क्रूरसर्पश्च शार्दूलो महिषः सप्तजन्मसु । भेकश्च शतजन्मानि च्छागलः सप्तजन्मसु
krūrasarpaśca śārdūlo mahiṣaḥ saptajanmasu | bhekaśca śatajanmāni cchāgalaḥ saptajanmasu
and a cruel snake, a tiger, a buffalo for seven births, and a frog for a hundred births, a goat for seven births,
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BvP 4 75.37
भल्लूकः शतजन्मानि शृगालो लक्षजन्मसु । ततो जलौका भवति ब्रह्मस्वहरणाद्ध्रुवम्
bhallūkaḥ śatajanmāni śṛgālo lakṣajanmasu | tato jalaukā bhavati brahmasvaharaṇāddhruvam
a bear for a hundred births, a jackal for a hundred thousand births; thereafter he becomes a leech — surely, from stealing brahmin property.
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BvP 4 75.38
कुम्भीपाके च पच्यन्ते पापिनो ब्रह्मणः शतम् । दक्षिणां विप्रमुद्दिश्य तत्कालं चैन्न दीयते
kumbhīpāke ca pacyante pāpino brahmaṇaḥ śatam | dakṣiṇāṃ vipramuddiśya tatkālaṃ cainna dīyate
And sinners are cooked in Kumbhīpāka for a hundred (lifetimes) of Brahmā, (if,) having designated a sacrificial fee for a brahmin, it is not given at that time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.39
एकरात्रे व्यतीते तु तद्दानं द्विगुणं भवेत् । मासे शतगुणं प्रोक्तं द्विमासे तु सहस्रकम्
ekarātre vyatīte tu taddānaṃ dviguṇaṃ bhavet | māse śataguṇaṃ proktaṃ dvimāse tu sahasrakam
When one night has passed, that gift becomes doubled; in a month it is said to be a hundredfold, and in two months a thousandfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.40
संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु स दाता नरकं व्रजेत् । दात्रा न दीयते मूर्खो ग्रहीता च न याचते
saṃvatsare vyatīte tu sa dātā narakaṃ vrajet | dātrā na dīyate mūrkho grahītā ca na yācate
But when a year has passed, that giver goes to hell. The fool is not given (his due) by the giver, and the receiver does not ask.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.41
उभौ तौ नरकं यातो दाता व्याधियुतो भवेत् । विप्राणां हिसनं कृत्वा वंशहानिं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
ubhau tau narakaṃ yāto dātā vyādhiyuto bhavet | viprāṇāṃ hisanaṃ kṛtvā vaṃśahāniṃ labheddhruvam
Both of them go to hell; the giver becomes afflicted with disease. Having done injury to brahmins, he surely obtains the destruction of his lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.42
धनं लक्ष्मीं परित्यज्य भिक्षुकश्च भवेद्व्रजन् । देवं च ब्रह्मणं दृष्ट्वा न नमेद्यो लभेच्छुचम्
dhanaṃ lakṣmīṃ parityajya bhikṣukaśca bhavedvrajan | devaṃ ca brahmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā na namedyo labhecchucam
Abandoning wealth and prosperity, he becomes a beggar, wandering. And whoever, seeing a god or a brahmin, does not bow, obtains grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.43
न कुर्याद्गुरुभक्तिं यो लभते रौरवं शुचम् । य स्त्री मूढा दुराचारा स्वपतिं हरिरूपिणम्
na kuryādgurubhaktiṃ yo labhate rauravaṃ śucam | ya strī mūḍhā durācārā svapatiṃ harirūpiṇam
He who does not practise devotion to his teacher obtains the grief of Raurava. And that woman, foolish and of evil conduct, who (does not see) her own husband as having the form of Hari—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.44
न पश्येत्तर्जनं कृत्वा कुम्भीपाके व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । वाक्तर्जनाद्भवेत्काको हिंसनात्सूकरो भवेत्
na paśyettarjanaṃ kṛtvā kumbhīpāke vrajeddhruvam | vāktarjanādbhavetkāko hiṃsanātsūkaro bhavet
—who does not look upon (him), but threatens (him), goes to Kumbhīpāka for certain. By threatening with speech one becomes a crow; by doing harm one becomes a pig.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.45
सर्पो भवति कोपैन दर्पेण गर्दभो भवेत् । कुक्कुरी च कुवाक्येनाप्यन्धश्च विषदर्शनात्
sarpo bhavati kopaina darpeṇa gardabho bhavet | kukkurī ca kuvākyenāpyandhaśca viṣadarśanāt
By anger one becomes a snake; by arrogance one would become a donkey; by foul speech a bitch; and blind from a poisonous look.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.46
पतिव्रता च वैकुण्ठं पत्या सह व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । शिवं दुर्गां गणपतिं सूर्य विप्रं च वैष्णवम्
pativratā ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ patyā saha vrajeddhruvam | śivaṃ durgāṃ gaṇapatiṃ sūrya vipraṃ ca vaiṣṇavam
But the wife devoted to her husband goes with her husband to Vaikuṇṭha for certain. Śiva, Durgā, Gaṇapati, the Sun, a brahmin, a Vaiṣṇava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.47
विष्णुं निन्दति यो मूढः स महारौरवं व्रजेत् । पितरं मातरं पुत्रं सतीं भार्यां गुरुं तथा
viṣṇuṃ nindati yo mūḍhaḥ sa mahārauravaṃ vrajet | pitaraṃ mātaraṃ putraṃ satīṃ bhāryāṃ guruṃ tathā
and Viṣṇu—the fool who reviles (them) goes to Mahāraurava. Father, mother, son, a chaste wife, and likewise the teacher,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.48
अनाथां भगिनीं कन्यां विनिन्द्य नरकं व्रजेत् । विप्रभक्तिविहीनाश्च क्षत्रविट्शूद्रयोनिजा
anāthāṃ bhaginīṃ kanyāṃ vinindya narakaṃ vrajet | viprabhaktivihīnāśca kṣatraviṭśūdrayonijā
a helpless woman, a sister, a maiden—having reviled (them) one goes to hell. And those born of Kṣatriya, Vaiśya and Śūdra wombs who are devoid of devotion to brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.49
हरिभक्तिविहीनाश्च पच्यन्ते नरमे ध्रुवम् । पतिभक्तिविहीनाश्च युवत्यश्च नराधमाः
haribhaktivihīnāśca pacyante narame dhruvam | patibhaktivihīnāśca yuvatyaśca narādhamāḥ
and who are devoid of devotion to Hari, are cooked in hell for certain; and young women devoid of devotion to their husbands, and the lowest of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.50
शालग्रामजलं विष्णुप्रसादं ये च भुञ्जते । तीर्य पुनन्ति ते विप्राः शतं पुंसां वसुंधराम्
śālagrāmajalaṃ viṣṇuprasādaṃ ye ca bhuñjate | tīrya punanti te viprāḥ śataṃ puṃsāṃ vasuṃdharām
Those who consume the water of the śālagrāma (and) Viṣṇu's prasāda—those brahmins, (themselves) crossing over, purify a hundred men (and) the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.51
पितृन्देवान्समम्यर्च्य खादन्मासं द्विजः शुचिः । यो भक्षति वृथा मांसं स महारौरवं व्रजेत्
pitṛndevānsamamyarcya khādanmāsaṃ dvijaḥ śuciḥ | yo bhakṣati vṛthā māṃsaṃ sa mahārauravaṃ vrajet
Having duly worshipped the ancestors and the gods, a twice-born who eats meat is pure; but he who eats meat to no purpose goes to Mahāraurava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.52
मत्स्यांश्च कामतो जग्ध्वा चोपवासं वसेद्द्विजः । प्रायश्चित्तं ततः कुर्याद्व्रतं चान्द्रायणं चरेत्
matsyāṃśca kāmato jagdhvā copavāsaṃ vaseddvijaḥ | prāyaścittaṃ tataḥ kuryādvrataṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret
And a twice-born who has eaten fish out of desire should keep a fast; then he should perform expiation and observe the cāndrāyaṇa vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.53
कामतो ब्राह्मणो मत्स्यं भुङ्क्ते यो ज्ञानदुर्बलः । सोऽशुचिः सततं नन्द हन्ति पुण्यं पुराकृतम्
kāmato brāhmaṇo matsyaṃ bhuṅkte yo jñānadurbalaḥ | so'śuciḥ satataṃ nanda hanti puṇyaṃ purākṛtam
A brahmin, weak in knowledge, who eats fish out of desire—he is perpetually impure, Nanda, and destroys the merit he has previously made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.54
विष्णोरुच्चिष्टभोजी यो मत्स्यं मांसं न खादति । पदे पदेऽश्वमेधस्य लभते निश्चितं फलम्
viṣṇorucciṣṭabhojī yo matsyaṃ māṃsaṃ na khādati | pade pade'śvamedhasya labhate niścitaṃ phalam
He who eats the leavings of Viṣṇu's food and does not eat fish or meat obtains, at every step, the assured fruit of a horse-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.55
एकादशीं ये कुर्वन्ति कृष्णजन्माष्टमीव्रतम् । शतजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
ekādaśīṃ ye kurvanti kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīvratam | śatajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
Those who observe the eleventh day and the vow of Kṛṣṇa's birth on the eighth are freed from the sin committed in a hundred births—there is no doubt of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.56
यद्बालये यच्च कौमारे वार्धके यच्च यौवने । भस्मीभूतानि कुर्वन्ति पातकानि कृतानि च
yadbālaye yacca kaumāre vārdhake yacca yauvane | bhasmībhūtāni kurvanti pātakāni kṛtāni ca
Whatever (was done) in infancy, whatever in boyhood, whatever in old age and in youth—the sins committed they reduce to ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.57
एकादशीदिने भुङ्क्ते कृष्णजन्माष्टमीव्रते । त्रैलोक्यजनितं पापं सोऽपि भुङ्क्ते न संशयः
ekādaśīdine bhuṅkte kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīvrate | trailokyajanitaṃ pāpaṃ so'pi bhuṅkte na saṃśayaḥ
He who eats on the day of the eleventh, (or) during the vow of Kṛṣṇa's birth on the eighth—he eats the sin produced by the three worlds, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.58
आतुरे नियमो न स्यादपि वृद्धे च बालके । भक्तस्य द्विगुणं दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणाय शुचिर्भवेत्
āture niyamo na syādapi vṛddhe ca bālake | bhaktasya dviguṇaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇāya śucirbhavet
For one who is sick there would be no rule, and also for an aged person and a child; by giving a double portion of cooked food to a brahmin one becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.59
यो भुङ्क्ते शिवरात्रौ च श्रीरामनवमीदिने । उपवासे समर्थश्च स महारौरवं व्रजेत्
yo bhuṅkte śivarātrau ca śrīrāmanavamīdine | upavāse samarthaśca sa mahārauravaṃ vrajet
He who eats on Śiva's night and on the day of Śrī Rāma's ninth, though capable of fasting, goes to Mahāraurava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.60
कुहूपूर्णेन्दुसंक्रान्तिचतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च । नरश्चाण्डालयोनिः स्यात्स्त्रीतैलमांससेवनात्
kuhūpūrṇendusaṃkrānticaturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca | naraścāṇḍālayoniḥ syātstrītailamāṃsasevanāt
And on the new moon, the full moon, the solstitial passage, the fourteenth and the eighth days, a man would come to a caṇḍāla birth through indulging in women, oil and meat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.61
मत्स्यं मांसं मसूरं च कांस्यपात्रे च भोजनम् । आर्द्रकं रक्तशाकं च रवौ च परिवर्जयेत्
matsyaṃ māṃsaṃ masūraṃ ca kāṃsyapātre ca bhojanam | ārdrakaṃ raktaśākaṃ ca ravau ca parivarjayet
Fish, meat, lentils, eating from a bronze vessel, ginger and red greens—these one should avoid on a Sunday.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.62
अन्यथा नरकं याति कुम्भीपाकं न संशयः । रजस्वरान्नं वेश्यान्नं मदिरान्नं व्रजेश्वर
anyathā narakaṃ yāti kumbhīpākaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | rajasvarānnaṃ veśyānnaṃ madirānnaṃ vrajeśvara
Otherwise he goes to the hell Kumbhīpāka, without doubt. The food of a menstruating woman, the food of a prostitute, the food of a liquor-seller, O lord of Vraja—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.63
यो भुङ्क्ते ब्राङ्मणो दैवाद्विड्भोजी स भवेद्ध्रुवम् । यदह्ना कुरुते कर्म न तस्य फलभाग्भवेत्
yo bhuṅkte brāṅmaṇo daivādviḍbhojī sa bhaveddhruvam | yadahnā kurute karma na tasya phalabhāgbhavet
A brahmin who eats (such food), even by accident, will surely become an eater of excrement; whatever rite he performs on that day, he will not share in its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.64
स भवेदशुचिर्नित्यं भस्मान्तं तस्य सूतकम् । नारी वेश्या प्रतिज्ञेया चतुष्पुरुषगामिनी
sa bhavedaśucirnityaṃ bhasmāntaṃ tasya sūtakam | nārī veśyā pratijñeyā catuṣpuruṣagāminī
He becomes permanently impure; his (state of) birth-impurity lasts until (he is reduced to) ashes. A woman who goes with four men is to be declared a prostitute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.65
पाके च पितृदेवानामधिकारो न तद्भवेत् । यद्ग्रामयाजिनामन्नं शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजनम्
pāke ca pitṛdevānāmadhikāro na tadbhavet | yadgrāmayājināmannaṃ śūdraśrāddhānnabhojanam
And he has no fitness for cooking (offerings) for the ancestors and the gods. The food of those who serve as village priests, and the eating of food at a śūdra's śrāddha —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.66
भुक्त्वा च नरकं याति यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । शूद्राणां श्राद्धदिवसे तदन्नं भुञ्जते द्धिजाः
bhuktvā ca narakaṃ yāti yāvaccandradivākarau | śūdrāṇāṃ śrāddhadivase tadannaṃ bhuñjate ddhijāḥ
having eaten (that), one goes to hell for as long as the moon and sun (endure). Those twice-born who eat that food on the śrāddha-day of śūdras
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.67
कुम्भीपाके च पच्यन्ते यावद्वै ब्रह्मणः शतम् । यः शूद्रेणाभ्यनुज्ञातो भुङ्क्ते श्राद्धदिनेऽन्यतः
kumbhīpāke ca pacyante yāvadvai brahmaṇaḥ śatam | yaḥ śūdreṇābhyanujñāto bhuṅkte śrāddhadine'nyataḥ
are cooked in Kumbhīpāka for a hundred (years) of Brahmā. He who, invited by a śūdra, eats elsewhere on the śrāddha day —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.68
सुरापीति स विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः । असिजीवी मषीजीवी देवलो वृषवाहकः
surāpīti sa vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ | asijīvī maṣījīvī devalo vṛṣavāhakaḥ
he is to be known as a liquor-drinker, excluded from all religious duties. One who lives by the sword, one who lives by ink, a temple-priest, a driver of bulls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.69
शूद्राणां शवदाही च यो हि शूद्रापतिद्धिजः । स शूद्रवद्वहिष्कार्यस्तदन्नं विट्समं सताम्
śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī ca yo hi śūdrāpatiddhijaḥ | sa śūdravadvahiṣkāryastadannaṃ viṭsamaṃ satām
and one who burns the corpses of śūdras, and the twice-born who has a śūdra woman for a wife — he is to be cast out like a śūdra, and to good men his food is equal to excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.70
नोपतिष्ठति यः पूर्वां नोपास्ते यस्तु पश्चिमाम् । स शूद्रवद्बहिष्कार्यः सवंस्माद्द्विजकर्मणः
nopatiṣṭhati yaḥ pūrvāṃ nopāste yastu paścimām | sa śūdravadbahiṣkāryaḥ savaṃsmāddvijakarmaṇaḥ
He who does not attend upon the morning (twilight) and does not worship at the evening one is to be cast out like a śūdra from every rite of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.71
संध्याहीनोऽशुचिर्नित्यमनर्हः सर्वकर्मसु । यदह्नाकुरुते कर्म न तस्य फलभाग्भवेत्
saṃdhyāhīno'śucirnityamanarhaḥ sarvakarmasu | yadahnākurute karma na tasya phalabhāgbhavet
One who omits the twilight worship is permanently impure and unfit for all rites; whatever rite he performs on that day, he does not share in its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.72
वाममन्त्रोपासकश्च ब्राह्माणो नरकं व्रजेत् । नदीगर्भे च गर्ते च दृक्षमूले जलान्तिके
vāmamantropāsakaśca brāhmāṇo narakaṃ vrajet | nadīgarbhe ca garte ca dṛkṣamūle jalāntike
And a brahmin who worships with left-hand mantras goes to hell. In the bed of a river, in a pit, at the root of a tree, near water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.73
देवान्तिके सस्यभूमौ पुरीषं नोत्सृजेद्बुधः । वल्मीकमूषकोत्खातां मृदमन्तर्जलां तथा
devāntike sasyabhūmau purīṣaṃ notsṛjedbudhaḥ | valmīkamūṣakotkhātāṃ mṛdamantarjalāṃ tathā
near a temple, on cultivated ground — the wise man should not void excrement. Likewise (he should not take) earth dug up by an anthill or by mice, or earth from under water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.74
शौचावशिष्टां गेहाच्च नाऽऽदद्याल्लेपसंभवाम् । अन्तःप्राणिपिपील्यां च हलोत्खातां व्रजेश्वर
śaucāvaśiṣṭāṃ gehācca nā''dadyāllepasaṃbhavām | antaḥprāṇipipīlyāṃ ca halotkhātāṃ vrajeśvara
nor should he take what is left over from (another's) cleansing, nor from a house, nor what comes from plaster, nor that which has creatures or ants within it, nor that dug up by a plough, O lord of Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.75
आलवालोत्थितां चैव सस्यक्षेत्रोत्थितां तथा । वृक्षमूलोत्थितां नन्द नदीगर्भोत्थितां तथा इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भसवन्नन्दसंo पञ्चसप्ततितमोध्यायः
ālavālotthitāṃ caiva sasyakṣetrotthitāṃ tathā | vṛkṣamūlotthitāṃ nanda nadīgarbhotthitāṃ tathā iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhasavannandasaṃo pañcasaptatitamodhyāyaḥ
And (not) that raised from a tree-basin, nor likewise that from a grainfield, nor that from the root of a tree, O Nanda, nor likewise that from a river-bed. — Thus the seventy-fifth chapter, the conversation of Bhagavān (Nārāyaṇa?) with Nanda, in the Nārada section, the latter part of the Śrīkṛṣṇa-Birth Book of the great Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.76
परित्यजेन्मृदस्त्वेताः सकलाः शौचसाधने । कूष्माण्डघातिका या स्त्री दीवनिर्वाणकः पुमान्
parityajenmṛdastvetāḥ sakalāḥ śaucasādhane | kūṣmāṇḍaghātikā yā strī dīvanirvāṇakaḥ pumān
He should reject all these kinds of earth in performing purification. The woman who destroys a pumpkin, and the man who puts out a lamp,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.77
सप्तजन्म भवेद्रोगी दरिद्रो जन्मजन्मनि । प्रदीपं शिवलिङ्गंच शालग्रामं मणिंतथा
saptajanma bhavedrogī daridro janmajanmani | pradīpaṃ śivaliṅgaṃca śālagrāmaṃ maṇiṃtathā
will be diseased for seven births and poor birth after birth. A lamp, a Śiva-liṅga, a śālagrāma, and a gem,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.78
प्रतिमां यज्ञसूत्रं च सुवर्ण शङ्खमेव च । हीरकं च तथा मुक्तां गोमूत्रं गोमयं घृतम्
pratimāṃ yajñasūtraṃ ca suvarṇa śaṅkhameva ca | hīrakaṃ ca tathā muktāṃ gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ ghṛtam
an image, a sacrificial thread, gold, and a conch, a diamond and likewise a pearl, cow's urine, cow-dung, ghee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.79
शालग्रामशिलातोयं भूमौ त्यक्त्वा व्रजेदधः । दरिद्रः कृपणः कुष्ठी वंशहीनोऽप्यभार्यकः
śālagrāmaśilātoyaṃ bhūmau tyaktvā vrajedadhaḥ | daridraḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kuṣṭhī vaṃśahīno'pyabhāryakaḥ
and the water of the śālagrāma stone — having let (these) fall on the ground, one goes below (to hell): poor, wretched, leprous, without lineage, and without a wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.80
भूमिहीनः प्रजाहीनो बन्धुहीनश्च कुत्सितः । अन्धः पङ्गुर्वा खर्वश्च खञ्जश्चैवाङ्गहीनकः
bhūmihīnaḥ prajāhīno bandhuhīnaśca kutsitaḥ | andhaḥ paṅgurvā kharvaśca khañjaścaivāṅgahīnakaḥ
landless, childless, without kinsmen, despised, blind or lame, dwarfish, limping, and defective in limb —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.81
भवेत्कमेण पापी स ह्येतान्भूमौ त्यजेतु यः । दिवसे संध्ययोर्निद्रां स्त्रीसंभोगं करोति यः
bhavetkameṇa pāpī sa hyetānbhūmau tyajetu yaḥ | divase saṃdhyayornidrāṃ strīsaṃbhogaṃ karoti yaḥ
that sinner becomes (these) in turn, whoever drops these things on the ground. He who sleeps by day or at the two twilights, or has intercourse with a woman (then),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.82
सप्तजन्म भवेद्रोगी दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु । उदिते जगतीनाथे यः कुर्याद्दन्तधावनम्
saptajanma bhavedrogī daridraḥ saptajanmasu | udite jagatīnāthe yaḥ kuryāddantadhāvanam
becomes diseased for seven births and poor for seven births. He who cleans his teeth after the lord of the world has risen —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.83
स पापिष्ठः कथं ब्रूते पूजयामि जनार्दनम् । मृद्भस्मगोसकृत्विण्डैस्तथा बालुकयाऽपि वा
sa pāpiṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ brūte pūjayāmi janārdanam | mṛdbhasmagosakṛtviṇḍaistathā bālukayā'pi vā
How can that most sinful man say, "I worship Janārdana"? With clay, ashes, cow dung, lumps (of earth), or even with sand—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.84
कृत्वा लिङ्कं सकृत्पूजय वसेत्कल्पशतं दिवि । सहस्रपूजनात्सोऽपि लभते वाञ्छितं फलम्
kṛtvā liṅkaṃ sakṛtpūjaya vasetkalpaśataṃ divi | sahasrapūjanātso'pi labhate vāñchitaṃ phalam
—having made a liṅga, worship (it) once: one dwells in heaven a hundred kalpas; and by a thousand worships he too obtains the fruit he desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.85
लक्षं च पूजयेद्यस्तु शिवत्वं लभते ध्रुवम् । जीवन्मुक्तो भवेद्विप्रो लिङ्गमभ्यर्चयेतु यः
lakṣaṃ ca pūjayedyastu śivatvaṃ labhate dhruvam | jīvanmukto bhavedvipro liṅgamabhyarcayetu yaḥ
And whoever worships a hundred thousand (times) surely attains Śiva-hood; the brahmin who worships the liṅga becomes liberated while living.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.86
शिवपूजाविहीनश्च ब्राह्मणो नरकं व्रजेत् । मत्पूजितं प्रियतमं शिवं निन्दन्ति ये नराः
śivapūjāvihīnaśca brāhmaṇo narakaṃ vrajet | matpūjitaṃ priyatamaṃ śivaṃ nindanti ye narāḥ
And a brahmin devoid of the worship of Śiva goes to hell; those men who revile Śiva, worshipped by me and dearest (to me),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.87
पच्यन्ते निरये तावद्यावद्वै ब्रह्मणः शतम् । पूजिते शिवलिङ्गे च यदि स्यात्केशवालुका
pacyante niraye tāvadyāvadvai brahmaṇaḥ śatam | pūjite śivaliṅge ca yadi syātkeśavālukā
are cooked in hell as long as a hundred (lifetimes) of Brahmā. And if, when the Śiva-liṅga has been worshipped, there should be a hair or a grain of sand (on it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.88
स महान्धो वालुकया केशेन यवनो भवेत् । क्षुद्रो दरिद्रः कृपणो व्याधिः स्यात्कुत्सिते यथा
sa mahāndho vālukayā keśena yavano bhavet | kṣudro daridraḥ kṛpaṇo vyādhiḥ syātkutsite yathā
by the sand he becomes very blind, by the hair he becomes a yavana; he becomes petty, poor, wretched, and diseased, as (happens) to a despised man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.89
सर्वेभ्यो मानहानिः स्याज्जायते नीचयोनिषु । सर्वेषु प्रियपात्रेषु ब्रह्मणश्च मम प्रियः
sarvebhyo mānahāniḥ syājjāyate nīcayoniṣu | sarveṣu priyapātreṣu brahmaṇaśca mama priyaḥ
There would be loss of honour from everyone, and he is born in low wombs. Among all objects of affection, the brahmin is dear to me;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.90
ब्रह्मणाच्च प्रिया लक्ष्मीः सततं वक्षसि स्थिता । ततोऽधिका प्रिया राधा प्रिया भक्तास्ततोऽधिकाः
brahmaṇācca priyā lakṣmīḥ satataṃ vakṣasi sthitā | tato'dhikā priyā rādhā priyā bhaktāstato'dhikāḥ
and dearer than the brahmin is Lakṣmī, who abides constantly on my breast; dearer than her is Rādhā; dearer than her are the devotees;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.91
ततोऽधिकः शंकरो मे नास्ति मे शंकरात्प्रियः । महादेव महादेव महादेवेति वादिरः
tato'dhikaḥ śaṃkaro me nāsti me śaṃkarātpriyaḥ | mahādeva mahādeva mahādeveti vādiraḥ
dearer than them is Śaṃkara to me—there is none dearer to me than Śaṃkara. "Mahādeva, Mahādeva, Mahādeva!"—so speaking...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.92
पश्चाद्यामि च संतृप्तो नामश्रवणलोभतः । मनो मे भक्तमूले च प्राणा राधात्मका ध्रुवम्
paścādyāmi ca saṃtṛpto nāmaśravaṇalobhataḥ | mano me bhaktamūle ca prāṇā rādhātmakā dhruvam
and afterwards I go, satisfied, out of eagerness to hear (his) name. My mind is at the root of the devotees, and my life-breaths consist of Rādhā, assuredly;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.93
आत्मा मे शंकरस्थानं शिवः प्राणाधिकश्च यः । आद्या नारायणी शक्तिः सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकानिणी
ātmā me śaṃkarasthānaṃ śivaḥ prāṇādhikaśca yaḥ | ādyā nārāyaṇī śaktiḥ sṛṣṭisthityantakāniṇī
my very self is the seat of Śaṃkara, who is Śiva, dearer than life. The primordial Nārāyaṇī Śakti, who makes creation, preservation, and destruction—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.94
कनोमि च यथा सृष्टिं यया ब्रह्मादिदेवताः । यया जयति विश्वं च यया सृष्टिःप्रजायते
kanomi ca yathā sṛṣṭiṃ yayā brahmādidevatāḥ | yayā jayati viśvaṃ ca yayā sṛṣṭiḥprajāyate
by whom I make creation, by whom (there are) Brahmā and the other gods, by whom the universe prevails, by whom creation is brought forth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.95
यया विना जगन्नाश्ति मया दत्ता शिवाय सा । दया निद्रा च क्षुत्तृप्तिस्तृष्ण श्रद्धा क्षमा धृतिः
yayā vinā jagannāśti mayā dattā śivāya sā | dayā nidrā ca kṣuttṛptistṛṣṇa śraddhā kṣamā dhṛtiḥ
without whom the world does not exist—she has been given by me to Śiva. Compassion, sleep, hunger, satiety, thirst, faith, patience, steadfastness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.96
तुष्टिः पुष्टिस्तथा शान्तिर्लज्जाधिदेवता हि सा । वैसुण्ठे सा महालक्ष्मीर्गोलोके राधिका सती
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭistathā śāntirlajjādhidevatā hi sā | vaisuṇṭhe sā mahālakṣmīrgoloke rādhikā satī
contentment, nourishment, and peace, and modesty—she is indeed their presiding deity. In Vaikuṇṭha she is Mahālakṣmī, in Goloka the chaste Rādhikā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.97
मर्त्ये लक्ष्मीश्च क्षीरोदे दक्षकन्या सती य सा । सा दुर्गा मेनकाकन्या दैत्यदुर्गतिनाशिनी
martye lakṣmīśca kṣīrode dakṣakanyā satī ya sā | sā durgā menakākanyā daityadurgatināśinī
on earth Lakṣmī, and in the ocean of milk; she who is Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa; she is Durgā, the daughter of Menakā, destroyer of the misery (caused) by the demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.98
स्वर्गलक्ष्मीश्च दुर्गा सा शक्रादीनां गृहे गृहे । सा वाणी सा च सावित्री विद्याधिष्ठातृदेवता
svargalakṣmīśca durgā sā śakrādīnāṃ gṛhe gṛhe | sā vāṇī sā ca sāvitrī vidyādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā
She is the Lakṣmī of heaven, and she is Durgā in the house of Indra and the rest, house by house; she is Vāṇī and she is Sāvitrī, the deity presiding over knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.99
वह्नौ स दाहिकाशक्तिः प्रभाशक्तिश्च भास्करे । शोभाशक्तिः पूर्णचन्द्रे जले शक्तिश्च शीतता
vahnau sa dāhikāśaktiḥ prabhāśaktiśca bhāskare | śobhāśaktiḥ pūrṇacandre jale śaktiśca śītatā
In fire she is the burning power, and in the sun the power of radiance; in the full moon the power of beauty, and in water the power (that is) coolness;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.100
सस्यप्रसूता शक्तिश्च धारणा च धरासु सा । ब्राह्मण्यशक्तिर्विप्रेषु देवशक्तिःसुरेषु सा
sasyaprasūtā śaktiśca dhāraṇā ca dharāsu sā | brāhmaṇyaśaktirvipreṣu devaśaktiḥsureṣu sā
and (she is) the power that brings forth crops, and in the earths she is the power of support; in brahmins she is the power of brahminhood, among the gods she is divine power;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.101
तपस्विनां तपस्या का गृहिणां गृहदेवता । मुक्तिशक्तिश्च मुक्तानामाशा सांसारिकस्य सा
tapasvināṃ tapasyā kā gṛhiṇāṃ gṛhadevatā | muktiśaktiśca muktānāmāśā sāṃsārikasya sā
she is the austerity of ascetics, the household deity of householders, the power of liberation for the liberated, and hope for the worldly man;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.102
मद्भक्तानां भक्तिशक्तिर्मयि भक्तिप्रदा सदा । नृपाणां राज्यलक्ष्मीश्च वणिजां लभ्यरूपिणी
madbhaktānāṃ bhaktiśaktirmayi bhaktipradā sadā | nṛpāṇāṃ rājyalakṣmīśca vaṇijāṃ labhyarūpiṇī
for my devotees she is the power of devotion, ever granting devotion to me; for kings she is the royal fortune, for merchants she has the form of gain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.103
परि संसारसिन्धूनां त्रयीतत्त्वा तु तारिणी । सत्सु सद्बुद्धिरूपा सा मेधाशक्तिस्वरूपिणी
pari saṃsārasindhūnāṃ trayītattvā tu tāriṇī | satsu sadbuddhirūpā sā medhāśaktisvarūpiṇī
She is the one who carries (beings) wholly across the oceans of transmigration, being the essence of the threefold Veda; in the good she has the form of good understanding, being the very embodiment of the power of intelligence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 75.104
व्याख्याशक्तिः श्रुतौ शास्त्रे दातृशक्तिश्च दातृषु । क्षत्त्रादीनां विप्रभक्तिः पतिभक्तिः सतीसु च
vyākhyāśaktiḥ śrutau śāstre dātṛśaktiśca dātṛṣu | kṣattrādīnāṃ viprabhaktiḥ patibhaktiḥ satīsu ca
(She is) the power of exposition in Vedic recitation and in the treatises, the power of giving in givers, the devotion to brahmins in the kshatriyas and the rest, and devotion to the husband in chaste wives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 75.105
एवं रूपा च या शक्तिर्मया दत्ता शिवाय सा । एवं ते कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। प्रश्नं करोषि यद्यन्मां तत्सर्वं कथयामि ते
evaṃ rūpā ca yā śaktirmayā dattā śivāya sā | evaṃ te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || praśnaṃ karoṣi yadyanmāṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi te
Such in form is that power which was given by me to Śiva. Thus all has been told to you; what more do you wish to hear? Whatever question you put to me, all that I shall tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition