Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 78
BvP 4 78.1
नन्द उवाच श्रीक़ष्ण जगतां नाथ सुस्वप्नश्च श्रुतो मया । वेदसारो नीतिसारो लौकिको वैदिकस्तथा
nanda uvāca śrīka़ṣṇa jagatāṃ nātha susvapnaśca śruto mayā | vedasāro nītisāro laukiko vaidikastathā
Nanda said: O Śrī Kṛṣṇa, lord of the worlds, I have heard the auspicious dream — the essence of the Veda, the essence of right conduct, both worldly and Vedic.
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BvP 4 78.2
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि पापं येषां च दर्शने । यस्मिन्कर्मणि वा वत्स तन्मां कथितुमर्हसि
adhunā śrotumicchāmi pāpaṃ yeṣāṃ ca darśane | yasminkarmaṇi vā vatsa tanmāṃ kathitumarhasi
Now I wish to hear (about) those upon the seeing of whom there is sin, or in what act (there is sin); that, my child, you ought to tell me.
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BvP 4 78.3
वचनं वेदशाश्रोक्तं तथा वेदानुयायिनः । श्रोतुमिच्छन्ति संतप्ता लोकास्त्वन्मुखतस्तथा
vacanaṃ vedaśāśroktaṃ tathā vedānuyāyinaḥ | śrotumicchanti saṃtaptā lokāstvanmukhatastathā
The word spoken in the Vedas and scriptures, and (that of) the followers of the Veda — the people, being afflicted, wish to hear it from your mouth.
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BvP 4 78.4
वेदानां जनकस्त्वं च वैदिकानां सतामपि । प्रह्मादीनां सुराणां च मुनीनां जगतामपि
vedānāṃ janakastvaṃ ca vaidikānāṃ satāmapi | prahmādīnāṃ surāṇāṃ ca munīnāṃ jagatāmapi
You are the begetter of the Vedas, and of the Vedic ones, and of the good, and of Brahmā and the other gods, and of the sages, and of the worlds too.
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BvP 4 78.5
श्रुतं यत्त्वन्मुखाम्भोजात्प्रमाणं वचनामृतम् । तेन देहोऽभिषिक्तो मे वत्सविच्छेददाहनः
śrutaṃ yattvanmukhāmbhojātpramāṇaṃ vacanāmṛtam | tena deho'bhiṣikto me vatsavicchedadāhanaḥ
What I have heard from the lotus of your mouth — the authoritative nectar of speech — by that my body has been anointed, (a nectar) that burns away the separation from (my) child.
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BvP 4 78.6
स्वप्ने यच्छरणाम्भोजं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् । ब्रह्मादयो न पश्यन्ति तदद्य दृष्टिगोचरम्
svapne yaccharaṇāmbhojaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam | brahmādayo na paśyanti tadadya dṛṣṭigocaram
That lotus of (your) feet, which grants the fruit of every desire, which Brahmā and the others do not see even in a dream — that is today within the range of my sight.
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BvP 4 78.7
अतः परं त्वत्पदाब्जं क्व पश्यामि च पातकी । विण्मूत्रधारी देहो मे निबद्धश्च स्वकर्मणा
ataḥ paraṃ tvatpadābjaṃ kva paśyāmi ca pātakī | viṇmūtradhārī deho me nibaddhaśca svakarmaṇā
After this, where shall I, a sinner, see the lotus of your feet? My body carries excrement and urine, and is bound by its own deeds.
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BvP 4 78.8
ईदृशं च दिनं वत्स कदा मम भविष्यति । त्वया ब्रह्मादिनाथेन संवादो मम पापिनः
īdṛśaṃ ca dinaṃ vatsa kadā mama bhaviṣyati | tvayā brahmādināthena saṃvādo mama pāpinaḥ
And when, my child, will such a day be mine — the conversation of me, a sinner, with you, the lord of Brahmā and the rest?
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BvP 4 78.9
कृपां कुरु कृपानाथ मम दोषं क्षमस्व च । वत्सबुद्ध्या च दुर्नीतं यत्कृतं च महेश्वर
kṛpāṃ kuru kṛpānātha mama doṣaṃ kṣamasva ca | vatsabuddhyā ca durnītaṃ yatkṛtaṃ ca maheśvara
Show mercy, O lord of mercy, and forgive my fault — whatever ill conduct was done (by me) thinking (of you) as a child, O great lord.
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BvP 4 78.10
ब्रह्मेशशेषमुनयो ध्यायन्ते त्वत्पदाम्बुजम् । सरस्वती श्रुतिर्यस्य स्तवने जडतां व्रजेत्
brahmeśaśeṣamunayo dhyāyante tvatpadāmbujam | sarasvatī śrutiryasya stavane jaḍatāṃ vrajet
Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa and the sages meditate on the lotus of your feet — (you) in praising whom Sarasvatī, (who is) the Veda (itself), would become dumb.
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BvP 4 78.11
इत्येवमुक्त्वा नन्दश्च निरानन्दः शुचाऽऽकुलः । मूर्च्छामाप रुदित्वा च पुत्रविच्छेदविह्वलः
ityevamuktvā nandaśca nirānandaḥ śucā''kulaḥ | mūrcchāmāpa ruditvā ca putravicchedavihvalaḥ
Having spoken thus, Nanda, joyless and overwhelmed with grief, wept and fell into a swoon, distraught at the separation from his son.
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BvP 4 78.12
संत्रस्तो भगवान्कृष्णो बोधयामास यत्नतः । परमाध्यात्मिकं ज्ञानं ददौ तस्मै जगत्पतिः
saṃtrasto bhagavānkṛṣṇo bodhayāmāsa yatnataḥ | paramādhyātmikaṃ jñānaṃ dadau tasmai jagatpatiḥ
The Blessed Lord Kṛṣṇa, alarmed, revived him with effort, and the Lord of the world gave him the highest knowledge of the Self.
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BvP 4 78.13
श्रीभगवानुवाच हे नन्द जनकश्रेष्ठ सर्वश्रेष्ठ व्रजेश्वर । चेतनं कुरु कल्याम ज्ञानं च परमं श्रृणु
śrībhagavānuvāca he nanda janakaśreṣṭha sarvaśreṣṭha vrajeśvara | cetanaṃ kuru kalyāma jñānaṃ ca paramaṃ śrṛṇu
The Blessed Lord said: O Nanda, best of fathers, best of all, lord of Vraja, become conscious, O auspicious one, and hear the supreme knowledge.
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BvP 4 78.14
परमाध्यात्मिकं ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनां च सुदुल्रभम् । वेदशास्त्रे गोपनीयं तुभ्यमेव ददाम्यहम्
paramādhyātmikaṃ jñānaṃ jñānināṃ ca sudulrabham | vedaśāstre gopanīyaṃ tubhyameva dadāmyaham
The highest knowledge of the Self, very hard for the knowers to obtain, to be kept secret in the Vedas and scriptures — that I give to you alone.
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BvP 4 78.15
निबोध श्रूयतां नन्द सानन्दः सुसमाहितः । जन्ममृत्युचराव्याधिर्यदभ्यासान्न जायते
nibodha śrūyatāṃ nanda sānandaḥ susamāhitaḥ | janmamṛtyucarāvyādhiryadabhyāsānna jāyate
Understand, let it be heard, Nanda, joyfully and with full attention: (that) by the practice of which birth, death, old age and disease do not arise.
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BvP 4 78.16
स्थिरो भव महाराज व्रजनाथ व्रजं व्रज । ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा सदानन्दः शोकमोहविवर्जितः
sthiro bhava mahārāja vrajanātha vrajaṃ vraja | jñānaṃ labdhvā sadānandaḥ śokamohavivarjitaḥ
Be steady, great king, lord of Vraja; go to Vraja, having obtained the knowledge, ever joyful, free of sorrow and delusion.
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BvP 4 78.17
जलबुद्बुदवत्सर्वं संसारं सचराचरम् । प्रभाते स्वप्नवन्मिथ्या मोहकारणमेव च
jalabudbudavatsarvaṃ saṃsāraṃ sacarācaram | prabhāte svapnavanmithyā mohakāraṇameva ca
All this transmigratory world, with its moving and unmoving (beings), is like a water-bubble; like a dream at daybreak it is false, and is only the cause of delusion.
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BvP 4 78.18
मिथ्याकृत्रिमनिर्माणहेतुश्च पाञ्चभौतिकः । मायया सत्यबुद्ध्या च प्रतीतिं जायते नरः
mithyākṛtrimanirmāṇahetuśca pāñcabhautikaḥ | māyayā satyabuddhyā ca pratītiṃ jāyate naraḥ
And the cause of the false, artificial fabrication is the fivefold-elemental (body); through māyā, and by taking it to be real, a man comes to be convinced (of it).
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BvP 4 78.19
कामक्रोधरोभमोहैर्वेष्टितः सर्वकर्मसु । मायया मोहितः शश्वज्ज्ञानहीनश्च दुर्बलः
kāmakrodharobhamohairveṣṭitaḥ sarvakarmasu | māyayā mohitaḥ śaśvajjñānahīnaśca durbalaḥ
He is enveloped by desire, anger, greed and delusion in all his actions; deluded by māyā, he is ever devoid of knowledge and weak.
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BvP 4 78.20
निद्रातन्द्राक्षुत्पिपासाक्षमाश्रद्धादयादिभिः । लज्जा शान्तिर्धृतिः पुष्टिस्तुष्टिश्चाऽऽभिश्च वेष्टितः
nidrātandrākṣutpipāsākṣamāśraddhādayādibhiḥ | lajjā śāntirdhṛtiḥ puṣṭistuṣṭiścā''bhiśca veṣṭitaḥ
He is wrapped about by sleep, torpor, hunger, thirst, forbearance, faith, compassion and the rest, and by modesty, calm, steadiness, nourishment, contentment and radiance.
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BvP 4 78.21
मनोबुद्धिचेतनाभिः प्राणज्ञानात्मभिः सह । संसक्तः सर्वदेवैश्च यथा वृक्षश्च वायसैः
manobuddhicetanābhiḥ prāṇajñānātmabhiḥ saha | saṃsaktaḥ sarvadevaiśca yathā vṛkṣaśca vāyasaiḥ
He is bound together with mind, intellect and consciousness, along with breath, knowledge and the self, and with all the gods — as a tree is (beset) with crows.
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BvP 4 78.22
अहमात्मा च सर्वेशः सर्वज्ञानात्मकः स्मृतः । मनो ब्रह्मा च प्रकृतिर्बुद्धिरुपा सनातनी
ahamātmā ca sarveśaḥ sarvajñānātmakaḥ smṛtaḥ | mano brahmā ca prakṛtirbuddhirupā sanātanī
I am the self, the lord of all, held to consist of all knowledge; the mind is Brahmā, and the intellect is the eternal Prakṛti in the form of buddhi.
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BvP 4 78.23
प्राणा विष्णुश्चेतना सा पद्मा तु चाधिदेवता । मयि स्थिते स्थिताः सर्वे गतास्तेऽपिगते मयि
prāṇā viṣṇuścetanā sā padmā tu cādhidevatā | mayi sthite sthitāḥ sarve gatāste'pigate mayi
The vital breaths are Viṣṇu, and consciousness — that is Padmā, the presiding deity. When I abide, all abide; when I have gone, they too are gone.
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BvP 4 78.24
अस्माभिश्च विना देहः सद्यः पतति निश्चितम् । पाञ्चभूतो विलीनश्च पञ्चभूतेषु तत्क्षणम्
asmābhiśca vinā dehaḥ sadyaḥ patati niścitam | pāñcabhūto vilīnaśca pañcabhūteṣu tatkṣaṇam
Without us the body assuredly falls at once, and, being made of the five elements, it dissolves that very moment into the five elements.
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BvP 4 78.25
नामसंकेतरूपं च निष्फलं मोहकारणम् । शोकश्चाज्ञानिनां तात ज्ञानितां नास्ति किंचन
nāmasaṃketarūpaṃ ca niṣphalaṃ mohakāraṇam | śokaścājñānināṃ tāta jñānitāṃ nāsti kiṃcana
Name and designated form are fruitless, a cause of delusion; and grief belongs to the ignorant, dear one — for the knowing there is none at all.
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BvP 4 78.26
निद्रादयः शक्तयश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रकृते कलाः । लोभादयो ह्यधर्माशास्तथाऽहंकारपञ्चमः
nidrādayaḥ śaktayaśca tāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛte kalāḥ | lobhādayo hyadharmāśāstathā'haṃkārapañcamaḥ
Sleep and the rest are powers, all of them portions of Prakṛti; greed and the rest are indeed unrighteous inclinations, with egoism as the fifth.
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BvP 4 78.27
ते ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राशा गुणाः सत्त्वादयस्त्रयः । ज्ञानात्मकः शिवो ज्योतिरहमात्मा च निर्गुणः
te brahmaviṣṇurudrāśā guṇāḥ sattvādayastrayaḥ | jñānātmakaḥ śivo jyotirahamātmā ca nirguṇaḥ
Those are the portions of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra — the three qualities beginning with sattva; but Śiva, consisting of knowledge, is light, and I am the self, without qualities.
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BvP 4 78.28
यदा विशामि प्रकृतौ तदाऽहं सगुणः स्मृतः । सगुणा विषया विष्णुप्रह्मरुद्रादयस्तथा
yadā viśāmi prakṛtau tadā'haṃ saguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ | saguṇā viṣayā viṣṇuprahmarudrādayastathā
When I enter into Prakṛti, then I am said to be possessed of qualities; and possessed of qualities are the objects, and Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Rudra and the rest.
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BvP 4 78.29
धर्मो मदंशो विषयी शोषः सूर्यः कलानिधिः । एवं सर्वे सत्कलांशा मुनिमन्वादयःसुराः
dharmo madaṃśo viṣayī śoṣaḥ sūryaḥ kalānidhiḥ | evaṃ sarve satkalāṃśā munimanvādayaḥsurāḥ
Dharma is my portion, the enjoyer of objects; so are Śoṣa, the Sun, and the moon (the repository of digits). Thus all are portions of my true parts — the sages, the Manus and the other gods.
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BvP 4 78.30
सर्वदेहे प्रविष्टोऽहं न लिप्तः सर्वकर्मसु । जीवन्मुक्तश्च मद्भक्तो जन्ममृत्युजराहरः
sarvadehe praviṣṭo'haṃ na liptaḥ sarvakarmasu | jīvanmuktaśca madbhakto janmamṛtyujarāharaḥ
I have entered into every body, yet I am not smeared by any of the deeds; and my devotee, liberated while living, removes birth, death and old age.
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BvP 4 78.31
सर्वसिद्धेश्वरः श्रीमान्कीर्तिमान्पण़्डितः कविः । चतुर्स्त्रिशद्विधः सिद्धः सर्वकर्मोपहारकः
sarvasiddheśvaraḥ śrīmānkīrtimānpaṇa़ḍitaḥ kaviḥ | caturstriśadvidhaḥ siddhaḥ sarvakarmopahārakaḥ
Lord of all perfections, glorious, renowned, learned, a poet — perfected in the thirty-four kinds, and one who offers up all his deeds —
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BvP 4 78.32
तमुपैमि स्वयं सिद्धं भक्तस्त्वन्यन्न वाञ्छति । द्वाविंशतिविधं सिद्धं सिद्धिसाधनकारणम्
tamupaimi svayaṃ siddhaṃ bhaktastvanyanna vāñchati | dvāviṃśatividhaṃ siddhaṃ siddhisādhanakāraṇam
— to him, who is perfected of himself, I go; but the devotee desires nothing else. There is a perfection of twenty-two kinds, the cause and means of attaining siddhi.
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BvP 4 78.33
मन्मुखाच्छूयतां नन्द सिद्धमन्त्रं गृहाण च । अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिः प्राकाम्यं महिमा तथा
manmukhācchūyatāṃ nanda siddhamantraṃ gṛhāṇa ca | aṇimā laghimā prāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā
Let it be heard from my mouth, Nanda, and receive the siddhi-mantra: aṇimā, laghimā, prāpti, prākāmya, and mahimā,
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BvP 4 78.34
ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च तथा कामावसायिता । दूरश्रवणमेवेति परकायप्रवेशनम्
īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca tathā kāmāvasāyitā | dūraśravaṇameveti parakāyapraveśanam
and īśitva and vaśitva, and likewise kāmāvasāyitā, hearing at a distance, and entering another's body,
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BvP 4 78.35
मनोयायित्वमेवेति सर्वज्ञत्वमभीप्सितम् । वह्निस्तम्भं जलस्तम्भं चिरंजीवित्वमेव च
manoyāyitvameveti sarvajñatvamabhīpsitam | vahnistambhaṃ jalastambhaṃ ciraṃjīvitvameva ca
and travelling at the speed of thought, and the coveted omniscience, arresting fire, arresting water, and long life,
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BvP 4 78.36
वायुस्तम्भं क्षुत्पिपासानिद्रास्तम्भनमेव च । कायव्यूहं च वाक्सिद्धिं मृतानयनमौप्सितम्
vāyustambhaṃ kṣutpipāsānidrāstambhanameva ca | kāyavyūhaṃ ca vāksiddhiṃ mṛtānayanamaupsitam
arresting wind, and the stopping of hunger, thirst and sleep, the multiplication of bodies, the power of speech, and the desired raising of the dead,
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BvP 4 78.37
सृष्टीनां करणं चैव प्राणाकर्षणमेव च । ॐ सर्वेश्वरेश्वराय सर्वदिघ्नविनाशिने मधुसूदनाय स्वाहेति
sṛṣṭīnāṃ karaṇaṃ caiva prāṇākarṣaṇameva ca | oṃ sarveśvareśvarāya sarvadighnavināśine madhusūdanāya svāheti
and the making of creations, and the drawing off of the vital breath. Oṃ, to the Lord of all lords, to the destroyer of every obstacle, to Madhusūdana, svāhā — thus (runs the mantra).
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BvP 4 78.38
अयं सन्त्रो महागूढः सर्वेषां कल्पपादपः । सामवेदे च कथितः मिद्धानां सर्वमिद्धिदः
ayaṃ santro mahāgūḍhaḥ sarveṣāṃ kalpapādapaḥ | sāmavede ca kathitaḥ middhānāṃ sarvamiddhidaḥ
This mantra is greatly secret, a wish-granting tree for all; it is declared in the Sāmaveda, giving every perfection to the perfected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.39
अनेन योगिनः सिद्धा मुनीन्द्राश्च सुरास्तथा । शतलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेत्सताम्
anena yoginaḥ siddhā munīndrāśca surāstathā | śatalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhirbhavetsatām
By this (mantra) yogins have become perfected, and so too the foremost of sages and the gods; by ten million recitations alone the mantra's power is attained by the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.40
यदि नारायणक्षेत्रे हविष्यान्नरतो जपेत् । गत्वा कुरु जपं तातकाशिकां मणिकर्णिकाम्
yadi nārāyaṇakṣetre haviṣyānnarato japet | gatvā kuru japaṃ tātakāśikāṃ maṇikarṇikām
If one should recite in the field of Nārāyaṇa, keeping to sacrificial food — go, dear one, and perform the recitation at Kāśī, at Maṇikarṇikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.41
श्रृशु नारायणक्षेत्रै जलाधस्तच्चतुष्टयम् । अत्र नारायणः स्वामी नान्यः स्वामी कदाचन
śrṛśu nārāyaṇakṣetrai jalādhastaccatuṣṭayam | atra nārāyaṇaḥ svāmī nānyaḥ svāmī kadācana
Hear: the four Nārāyaṇa-fields (are) beneath the water. Here Nārāyaṇa is the lord; no other is ever lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.42
ज्ञानं चात्र मृते लोके मूर्तिर्भवति तस्य वै । व्रतं विनाऽपि मन्त्रेण जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः
jñānaṃ cātra mṛte loke mūrtirbhavati tasya vai | vrataṃ vinā'pi mantreṇa jīvanmukto na saṃśayaḥ
And (there is) knowledge here; for one who has died in this place a (divine) form indeed comes to be. Even without a vow, by means of the mantra he is liberated while living — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.43
व्रजं कुरु पवित्रं च व्रजनाथ व्रजं व्रज । पापं यद्दर्शने तात कथयामि निशामय
vrajaṃ kuru pavitraṃ ca vrajanātha vrajaṃ vraja | pāpaṃ yaddarśane tāta kathayāmi niśāmaya
Make Vraja pure, O lord of Vraja; go to Vraja, go! The sin that lies in the sight (of certain persons), dear one, I shall tell — listen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.44
दुःस्वप्नं पापबौजं च केवलं विघ्नकारणम् । गोघ्नं च ब्राह्मणघ्नं वा कृतघ्नं कृटिलं तथा
duḥsvapnaṃ pāpabaujaṃ ca kevalaṃ vighnakāraṇam | goghnaṃ ca brāhmaṇaghnaṃ vā kṛtaghnaṃ kṛṭilaṃ tathā
A bad dream, and a seed of sin, nothing but a cause of obstruction: (namely the sight of) a cow-killer, or a brahmin-killer, an ingrate, and likewise a crooked man,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.45
देवघ्नं पितृमातृघ्नं पापं विश्ववासघातिनम् । मिथ्यासाक्षिप्रदातारं यं चाऽऽतिथ्यविवञ्चनम्
devaghnaṃ pitṛmātṛghnaṃ pāpaṃ viśvavāsaghātinam | mithyāsākṣipradātāraṃ yaṃ cā''tithyavivañcanam
a slayer of gods, a slayer of father or mother, a sinner, one who destroys the dwelling of all; a giver of false testimony, and one who cheats a guest of hospitality,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.46
ग्रामयाजिनमेवेति देवविप्रस्वहारिणम् । अश्वत्थघातिनं दुष्टं शिवविष्णुविनिन्दकम्
grāmayājinameveti devaviprasvahāriṇam | aśvatthaghātinaṃ duṣṭaṃ śivaviṣṇuvinindakam
just so the village-priest, one who steals the property of gods and brahmins; the destroyer of an aśvattha tree, the wicked reviler of Śiva and Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.47
अदीक्षितमनाचारं संध्याहीनं द्विजं तथा । देवलं वृषवाहं च शूद्राणां सूपकारकम्
adīkṣitamanācāraṃ saṃdhyāhīnaṃ dvijaṃ tathā | devalaṃ vṛṣavāhaṃ ca śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakārakam
the uninitiated, the man of bad conduct, and likewise the twice-born who omits the twilight rites; the temple-priest, the rider of a bull, and the cook for śūdras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.48
शवदाहं च शूद्राणां शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजिनम् । अवीरां छिन्ननासां च देवब्राह्मणनिन्दकाम्
śavadāhaṃ ca śūdrāṇāṃ śūdraśrāddhānnabhojinam | avīrāṃ chinnanāsāṃ ca devabrāhmaṇanindakām
and the cremator of the corpses of śūdras, the eater of food from a śūdra's śrāddha; the woman without husband or son, the woman whose nose is cut off, and she who reviles gods and brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.49
पदिभक्तिविङीनां च विष्णुभक्तिविहीनकाम् । शूद्राणां विधवां चैव चाण्डालीं व्यभिचारिणीम्
padibhaktiviṅīnāṃ ca viṣṇubhaktivihīnakām | śūdrāṇāṃ vidhavāṃ caiva cāṇḍālīṃ vyabhicāriṇīm
and the woman devoid of devotion to her husband, and her who lacks devotion to Viṣṇu; the widow of śūdras, the cāṇḍāla woman, the adulteress,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.50
शश्वत्कोपयुतं दुष्टमृणग्रस्तं च जारजम् । चौरं मिथ्यावादिनं च शरणागतयायिनम्
śaśvatkopayutaṃ duṣṭamṛṇagrastaṃ ca jārajam | cauraṃ mithyāvādinaṃ ca śaraṇāgatayāyinam
the wicked man given to perpetual anger, the man consumed by debt, and one born of adultery; a thief, a speaker of falsehood, and one who assails those who have come for refuge,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.51
मांसापहारिणं चैव ब्रह्मणं वृषलीपतिम् । ब्राह्मणीगामिरं शूद्र द्विजं वाधुर्षिकं तथा
māṃsāpahāriṇaṃ caiva brahmaṇaṃ vṛṣalīpatim | brāhmaṇīgāmiraṃ śūdra dvijaṃ vādhurṣikaṃ tathā
and the stealer of meat, and a brahmin who is the husband of a śūdra woman; a śūdra who goes to a brahmin woman, and likewise a twice-born who lends at interest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.52
अगम्यामामिनं दुष्टं चतुर्वणं नराधमम् । माता सपत्नीमाता च श्वश्रूश्च भगिनी सुता
agamyāmāminaṃ duṣṭaṃ caturvaṇaṃ narādhamam | mātā sapatnīmātā ca śvaśrūśca bhaginī sutā
the wicked, lowest of men, of any of the four classes, who goes to a woman forbidden to him. Mother, stepmother, and mother-in-law, sister, daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.53
गुरुपत्नी पुत्रपत्नी सोदरस्य प्रिया सती । मातृष्वसा पितृष्वसा भामिनेयप्रिया तथा
gurupatnī putrapatnī sodarasya priyā satī | mātṛṣvasā pitṛṣvasā bhāmineyapriyā tathā
the guru's wife, the son's wife, the chaste wife dear to one's own brother, mother's sister, father's sister, and likewise the wife of a sister's son,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.54
मातुलानी नवोढा य पितृव्यस्त्री रजस्वला । पितृमातृप्रसूश्चैव चागम्याष्टादश स्मृताः
mātulānī navoḍhā ya pitṛvyastrī rajasvalā | pitṛmātṛprasūścaiva cāgamyāṣṭādaśa smṛtāḥ
the maternal uncle's wife, a newly wedded bride, the paternal uncle's wife, a menstruating woman, and she who gave birth to one's father or mother — these are known as the eighteen forbidden women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.55
कीर्तिताः सामवेदे च परिपाल्याः सतां व्रज । एता दृष्ट्वा च स्पृष्ट्वा च ब्रह्महत्यां लभेन्नरः
kīrtitāḥ sāmavede ca paripālyāḥ satāṃ vraja | etā dṛṣṭvā ca spṛṣṭvā ca brahmahatyāṃ labhennaraḥ
They are declared in the Sāmaveda and are to be guarded by the good, O Vraja(nātha). Having seen and having touched these, a man incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.56
तस्माद्दैवेन ता दृष्ट्वा सूर्यं दृष्ट्वा हरिं स्मरेत् । कामतो यदि पश्यन्ति विनिन्द्यास्ते भवन्ति वै
tasmāddaivena tā dṛṣṭvā sūryaṃ dṛṣṭvā hariṃ smaret | kāmato yadi paśyanti vinindyāste bhavanti vai
Therefore, if one has seen them by chance, he should look at the sun and remember Hari; but if men look at them out of desire, they surely become blameworthy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.57
तस्मात्सन्तो न पश्यन्ति शापभीता व्रजेश्वर । राहुग्रस्तं रविं सोभं न पश्यन्ति विपश्चितः
tasmātsanto na paśyanti śāpabhītā vrajeśvara | rāhugrastaṃ raviṃ sobhaṃ na paśyanti vipaścitaḥ
Therefore the good do not look, fearing the curse, O lord of Vraja; the wise do not look at the sun seized by Rāhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.58
जन्माष्टसप्तरिः फाङ्कदशमस्थे दिवाकरे । जन्मर्क्षे निधने चापि चतुर्थेऽपि कलानिधौ
janmāṣṭasaptariḥ phāṅkadaśamasthe divākare | janmarkṣe nidhane cāpi caturthe'pi kalānidhau
When the sun stands in the eighth, seventh, fifth or tenth (place) from the birth-star, and when the moon (stands) in the birth-asterism, in the eighth, or also in the fourth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.59
सर्वैरंशैर्न पश्यन्ति कम्पितं चन्द्रभास्करम् । नेष्टचन्द्रो न दृश्यश्य भाद्रे मासि सितासिते
sarvairaṃśairna paśyanti kampitaṃ candrabhāskaram | neṣṭacandro na dṛśyaśya bhādre māsi sitāsite
They do not look upon the trembling moon and sun with all (their) rays (i.e. in their whole orb); the moon is not desirable, not to be looked at in the month of Bhādra, in the bright and the dark (fortnight).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.60
चतुर्थ्यामुदितश्चन्द्रः परित्यक्तो मनीषिमिः । चन्द्रस्तारापहरणं कलङ्गमतिदुष्करम्
caturthyāmuditaścandraḥ parityakto manīṣimiḥ | candrastārāpaharaṇaṃ kalaṅgamatiduṣkaram
The moon risen on the fourth (lunar day) is shunned by the wise; the moon's carrying off of the star(-jewel) is a most grievous blemish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.61
तस्मै ददाति हे नन्द कामतो दि पश्यति । अकामतो नरो दृष्ट्वा मन्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत्
tasmai dadāti he nanda kāmato di paśyati | akāmato naro dṛṣṭvā mantrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet
To him (one) gives, O Nanda, if one looks (at the moon) deliberately; but a man who has seen it unintentionally should drink water purified by a mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 78.62
तदा शुद्धो भवेत्सद्यो निष्कलङ्की महीतले । सिंहः प्रसेनमवधीत्सिंहो जाम्बवता हतः
tadā śuddho bhavetsadyo niṣkalaṅkī mahītale | siṃhaḥ prasenamavadhītsiṃho jāmbavatā hataḥ
Then he becomes at once pure, free of blemish upon the earth: "A lion killed Prasena; the lion was slain by Jāmbavat."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.63
सुकुमारक मा रोदीस्तव ह्येष स्यमन्तकः । इति मन्त्रेण पूतं च जलं साधुः पिबेद्ध्रुवम् ।। इति ते कथितं सर्वमपरं कथयामि ते
sukumāraka mā rodīstava hyeṣa syamantakaḥ | iti mantreṇa pūtaṃ ca jalaṃ sādhuḥ pibeddhruvam || iti te kathitaṃ sarvamaparaṃ kathayāmi te
"O tender boy, do not weep; this Syamantaka is indeed yours" — with this mantra the good man should surely drink purified water. Thus all has been told to you; I shall tell you something further.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 78.78
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखण्डo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo
Thus (ends) in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section, the latter (part), the dialogue between Nārada (and Nārāyaṇa), the conversation of the Lord with Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain