Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 82
BvP 4 82.1
नन्द उवाच श्रुतं सर्वं महाभाग दुःस्वप्नं कथय प्रभो । उवाच तं वै भगवाञ्छ्रूयतामिति तद्वचः
nanda uvāca śrutaṃ sarvaṃ mahābhāga duḥsvapnaṃ kathaya prabho | uvāca taṃ vai bhagavāñchrūyatāmiti tadvacaḥ
Nanda said: I have heard it all, greatly fortunate one; now tell (me) of the bad dream, O lord. And the Blessed One said to him, "Let this speech be heard":
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BvP 4 82.2
श्रीभगवानुवाच स्वप्ने हसति यो हर्षाद्विवाहं यदि पश्यति । नर्तनं गीतमिष्टं च विपत्तिस्तस्य निश्चितम्
śrībhagavānuvāca svapne hasati yo harṣādvivāhaṃ yadi paśyati | nartanaṃ gītamiṣṭaṃ ca vipattistasya niścitam
The Blessed Lord said: If in a dream someone laughs out of joy, or sees a wedding, or dancing, singing and a sacrifice, calamity is certain for him.
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BvP 4 82.3
दन्ता यस्य विबीड्यन्ते विचरन्तं च पश्यति । धनहानिर्भवेत्तस्य पीडा चापि शरीरजा
dantā yasya vibīḍyante vicarantaṃ ca paśyati | dhanahānirbhavettasya pīḍā cāpi śarīrajā
He whose teeth are broken (in a dream), and (who) sees (himself) wandering about — for him there will be loss of wealth, and bodily affliction as well.
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BvP 4 82.4
अम्यङ्गितस्तु तैलेन यो गच्छेद्दक्षिणां दिशम् । खरोष्ट्रमहिषारूढो मृत्युस्तस्य न संशयः
amyaṅgitastu tailena yo gaccheddakṣiṇāṃ diśam | kharoṣṭramahiṣārūḍho mṛtyustasya na saṃśayaḥ
But he who, anointed with oil, goes toward the southern direction, mounted on a donkey, a camel, or a buffalo — his death is beyond doubt.
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BvP 4 82.5
स्वपने कर्णे जपापुष्पमशोकं करवीरकम् । विपत्तिस्तस्य तैलं च लवणं यदि पश्यति
svapane karṇe japāpuṣpamaśokaṃ karavīrakam | vipattistasya tailaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ yadi paśyati
(If) in a dream (one sees) on his ear a japā (hibiscus) flower, an aśoka blossom, or oleander — that is calamity for him; likewise if he sees oil and salt.
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BvP 4 82.6
नग्नां कृष्णां छिन्ननासां शूद्रस्य विधवां तथा । कपर्दकं तालफलं दृष्ट्वा शोकमवाप्नुयात्
nagnāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ chinnanāsāṃ śūdrasya vidhavāṃ tathā | kapardakaṃ tālaphalaṃ dṛṣṭvā śokamavāpnuyāt
Having seen a naked, black woman with her nose cut off, and a Śūdra's widow, and a cowrie shell and a palm fruit, he would come to grief.
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BvP 4 82.7
स्वप्ने रुष्टं ब्राह्मणं च ब्राह्मणीं कोपसंयुताम् । विपत्तिश्च भवेत्तस्य लक्ष्मीर्याति गृहाद्ध्रुवम्
svapne ruṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ca brāhmaṇīṃ kopasaṃyutām | vipattiśca bhavettasya lakṣmīryāti gṛhāddhruvam
(Seeing) in a dream an angry Brahmin and a Brahmin woman filled with wrath — calamity will befall him, and prosperity will surely leave his house.
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BvP 4 82.8
वनपुष्पं रक्तपुष्पं पलाशं च सुपुष्पितम् । कार्पासं शुक्लवस्त्रं च दृष्ट्वा दुःखमवाप्नुयात्
vanapuṣpaṃ raktapuṣpaṃ palāśaṃ ca supuṣpitam | kārpāsaṃ śuklavastraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā duḥkhamavāpnuyāt
Having seen a forest flower, a red flower, a palāśa tree in full bloom, cotton, and a white garment, he would come to sorrow.
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BvP 4 82.9
गायन्तीं च हसन्तीं च कृष्णाम्बरधरां स्त्रियम् । दृष्ट्वा कृष्णां च विधवां नरो मृत्युमवाप्नुयात्
gāyantīṃ ca hasantīṃ ca kṛṣṇāmbaradharāṃ striyam | dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāṃ ca vidhavāṃ naro mṛtyumavāpnuyāt
Having seen a woman singing and laughing and wearing black garments, and a black widow, a man would meet with death.
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BvP 4 82.10
देवता यत्र नृत्यन्ति गायन्ति च हसन्ति च । आस्फोटयन्ति धावन्ति तस्य देहो मरिष्यति
devatā yatra nṛtyanti gāyanti ca hasanti ca | āsphoṭayanti dhāvanti tasya deho mariṣyati
Where the gods dance and sing and laugh, and slap (their arms) and run about — that man's body will die.
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BvP 4 82.11
वान्तं मूत्रं पुरीषं च वैद्यं रौप्यं सुवर्णकम् । प्रत्यक्षमथवा स्वप्ने जीवितं दशमावधि
vāntaṃ mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ ca vaidyaṃ raupyaṃ suvarṇakam | pratyakṣamathavā svapne jīvitaṃ daśamāvadhi
Vomit, urine and excrement, a physician, silver and gold — (seen) either directly or in a dream, (his) life lasts only up to the tenth (day).
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BvP 4 82.12
कृष्णाम्बरधरां नारीं कृष्णमाल्यानुलेपनाम् । उपगूहति यः स्वप्ने तस्य मृत्युर्भविष्यति
kṛṣṇāmbaradharāṃ nārīṃ kṛṣṇamālyānulepanām | upagūhati yaḥ svapne tasya mṛtyurbhaviṣyati
He who in a dream embraces a woman clad in black garments, with black garlands and black unguents — his death will come about.
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BvP 4 82.13
मृतवत्सं च मुण्डं च मृगस्य च नरस्य च । यः प्राप्तोत्यस्थिमालां च विपत्तिस्तस्य निश्चितम्
mṛtavatsaṃ ca muṇḍaṃ ca mṛgasya ca narasya ca | yaḥ prāptotyasthimālāṃ ca vipattistasya niścitam
He who obtains a dead calf, a shaven head, and a garland of the bones of a deer or of a man — calamity for him is certain.
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BvP 4 82.14
रथं खरोष्ट्रसंयुक्तमेकाकी योऽधिरोहयेत् । तत्रस्थोऽपि च जागर्ति मृत्युरेव न संशयः
rathaṃ kharoṣṭrasaṃyuktamekākī yo'dhirohayet | tatrastho'pi ca jāgarti mṛtyureva na saṃśayaḥ
He who all alone mounts a chariot yoked with a donkey and a camel, and even while sitting there stays awake — that is death indeed, without doubt.
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BvP 4 82.15
अम्यङ्गिस्तु हविषा क्षीरेण मधुनाऽपि च । तक्रेणापि गुडेनैव पीडा तस्य विनिश्चितम्
amyaṅgistu haviṣā kṣīreṇa madhunā'pi ca | takreṇāpi guḍenaiva pīḍā tasya viniścitam
But (he who is) anointed with clarified butter, with milk, or with honey, or with buttermilk, or with molasses — affliction for him is certain.
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BvP 4 82.16
रक्ताम्बरधरां नारीं रक्तमाल्यानुलेपराम् । उपगूहति यः स्वप्ने तस्य व्याधिर्विनिश्चितम्
raktāmbaradharāṃ nārīṃ raktamālyānuleparām | upagūhati yaḥ svapne tasya vyādhirviniścitam
He who in a dream embraces a woman clad in red garments, with red garlands and red unguents — sickness for him is certain.
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BvP 4 82.17
पतितान्नखरेशांश्च निर्वाणाङ्गारमेव च । भस्मबूर्णां चितां दृष्ट्वा लभते मृत्युमेव च
patitānnakhareśāṃśca nirvāṇāṅgārameva ca | bhasmabūrṇāṃ citāṃ dṛṣṭvā labhate mṛtyumeva ca
Having seen fallen food and donkeys' (dung?), and extinguished charcoal, and a pyre filled with ashes, he obtains death itself.
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BvP 4 82.18
श्मशानं शुष्ककाष्ठं च तृणानि लोहमेव च । शमीं च किं चित्कृष्णाश्वं दृष्ट्वा दुःखं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
śmaśānaṃ śuṣkakāṣṭhaṃ ca tṛṇāni lohameva ca | śamīṃ ca kiṃ citkṛṣṇāśvaṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhaṃ labheddhruvam
Having seen a cremation ground, dry wood, grasses, and iron, and a śamī tree, and some black horse, he surely comes to sorrow.
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BvP 4 82.19
पादुकां फलकं रक्तं पुष्पमाल्यं भयानकम् । माषं मसूरं मुद्गं वा दृष्ट्वा सद्यो व्रणं लभेत्
pādukāṃ phalakaṃ raktaṃ puṣpamālyaṃ bhayānakam | māṣaṃ masūraṃ mudgaṃ vā dṛṣṭvā sadyo vraṇaṃ labhet
Having seen a sandal, a plank, a red flower-garland (that is) frightful, or beans, lentils or mung, one would at once get a sore.
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BvP 4 82.20
कटकं सरठं काकं भल्लूकं वानरं गवम् । पूयं गात्रमलं स्वप्ने केवलं व्याधिकारणम्
kaṭakaṃ saraṭhaṃ kākaṃ bhallūkaṃ vānaraṃ gavam | pūyaṃ gātramalaṃ svapne kevalaṃ vyādhikāraṇam
A bracelet, a lizard, a crow, a bear, a monkey, an ox, pus, filth of the body (seen) in a dream — (this) is purely a cause of illness.
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BvP 4 82.21
भग्नभाण्डं क्षतं शूद्रं गलत्कुष्ठं च रोगिणम् । रक्ताम्बरं च जटिलं सूकरं महिषं खरम्
bhagnabhāṇḍaṃ kṣataṃ śūdraṃ galatkuṣṭhaṃ ca rogiṇam | raktāmbaraṃ ca jaṭilaṃ sūkaraṃ mahiṣaṃ kharam
A broken vessel, a wounded Śūdra, a sick man with running leprosy, one clad in red with matted hair, a boar, a buffalo, a donkey —
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BvP 4 82.22
अन्धकारं महाघोरं मृतजीवं भयंकरम् । दृष्ट्वा स्वप्ने योनिलिङ्ग विपत्तिं लभतेध्रुवम्
andhakāraṃ mahāghoraṃ mṛtajīvaṃ bhayaṃkaram | dṛṣṭvā svapne yoniliṅga vipattiṃ labhatedhruvam
Having seen in a dream darkness, something greatly horrible, a corpse come alive, something terrifying, and the female and male organs, one surely meets with calamity.
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BvP 4 82.23
कुवेषरुपं मलेच्छं च यमदूतं भयंकरम् । पाशहस्तं पाशशस्त्रं दृष्ट्वा मृत्युं लभेन्नरः
kuveṣarupaṃ malecchaṃ ca yamadūtaṃ bhayaṃkaram | pāśahastaṃ pāśaśastraṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuṃ labhennaraḥ
Seeing a frightful messenger of Yama, of hideous shape and a barbarian (mleccha), with a noose in his hand and the noose as his weapon, a man meets death.
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BvP 4 82.24
ब्रह्मणो ब्राह्मणी बाला बालको वा सुतः सुता । विलापं कुरुते कोपाद्दृष्ट्वा दुःखमवाप्नुयात्
brahmaṇo brāhmaṇī bālā bālako vā sutaḥ sutā | vilāpaṃ kurute kopāddṛṣṭvā duḥkhamavāpnuyāt
If a brahmin, or a brahmin woman, a girl, or a boy, or a son or daughter, out of anger makes lamentation—seeing (this), one obtains sorrow.
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BvP 4 82.25
कृष्णं पुष्पं च तन्माल्यं सस्यं शस्त्रास्त्रधारिणम् । म्लेच्छां च विकृताकारं दृष्ट्वा मृत्युंलभेद्ध्रुवम्
kṛṣṇaṃ puṣpaṃ ca tanmālyaṃ sasyaṃ śastrāstradhāriṇam | mlecchāṃ ca vikṛtākāraṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuṃlabheddhruvam
Seeing a black flower and a garland of such, grain, one bearing sword and missile, and a barbarian of distorted form, one surely meets death.
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BvP 4 82.26
त्यक्तप्राणं मृतं दृष्ट्वा मृत्युं च लभते ध्रुवम् । मत्स्यादि धारयेद्यो हि तद्भ्रातुर्मरणं ध्रुवम्
tyaktaprāṇaṃ mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuṃ ca labhate dhruvam | matsyādi dhārayedyo hi tadbhrāturmaraṇaṃ dhruvam
Seeing one dead, whose life-breath has departed, one surely meets death; and whoever holds fish and the like—the death of his brother is certain.
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BvP 4 82.27
वाद्यं च नर्तनं गीतं गायनं रक्तवाससम् । मृदङ्गवाद्यमानं तं दृष्ट्वा दुःखं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
vādyaṃ ca nartanaṃ gītaṃ gāyanaṃ raktavāsasam | mṛdaṅgavādyamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhaṃ labheddhruvam
Music and dancing and song, a singer clad in red, and one playing the mṛdaṅga drum—seeing him, one surely obtains sorrow.
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BvP 4 82.28
छिन्नं वाऽपि कबन्धं वा विकृतं मुक्तकेशिनम् । क्षिपं नृत्यं च कुर्वन्तं दृष्ट्वा मृत्युं लभेन्नरः
chinnaṃ vā'pi kabandhaṃ vā vikṛtaṃ muktakeśinam | kṣipaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca kurvantaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuṃ labhennaraḥ
Seeing one cut apart, or a headless trunk, or a deformed one with loosened hair, hurling (himself?) about and dancing, a man meets death.
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BvP 4 82.29
मृतो वाऽपि मृता वाऽपि कृष्णा म्लेच्छा भयानका । उपगूहति यं स्वप्ने तस्य मृत्युर्विनिश्चितम्
mṛto vā'pi mṛtā vā'pi kṛṣṇā mlecchā bhayānakā | upagūhati yaṃ svapne tasya mṛtyurviniścitam
Whomever in a dream a dead man, or a dead woman, black, barbarian and terrifying, embraces—his death is certain.
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BvP 4 82.30
येषां दन्ताश्च भग्नाश्च केशाश्चापि पतन्ति हि । धनहानिर्भवेत्तस्य पीडा वा तच्छरीरजा
yeṣāṃ dantāśca bhagnāśca keśāścāpi patanti hi | dhanahānirbhavettasya pīḍā vā taccharīrajā
Those whose teeth are broken and whose hair too falls out—such a one will suffer loss of wealth, or a pain arising in his body.
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BvP 4 82.31
उपद्रवन्ति यं स्वप्ने श्रृङ्गिणो दंष्ट्रिणोऽपि वा । बालका मानवाश्चैव तस्य राजकुलाद्भयम्
upadravanti yaṃ svapne śrṛṅgiṇo daṃṣṭriṇo'pi vā | bālakā mānavāścaiva tasya rājakulādbhayam
Whomever in a dream horned or tusked beasts assail, or children and men (assail)—for him there is danger from the king's household.
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BvP 4 82.32
छिन्नवृङं पतन्तं च शिलावृष्टिं तुषंक्षुरम् । रक्ताङ्गारं भस्मवृष्टिं दृष्ट्वा दुःखमावाप्नुयात्
chinnavṛṅaṃ patantaṃ ca śilāvṛṣṭiṃ tuṣaṃkṣuram | raktāṅgāraṃ bhasmavṛṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhamāvāpnuyāt
Seeing a tree with its top cut off falling, a rain of stones, chaff and razors, red-hot coals and a rain of ashes, one obtains sorrow.
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BvP 4 82.33
गृहं पतन्तं शैलं वा धूमकेतुं भयानकम् । भग्नस्कन्धं तरोर्वाऽपि दृष्ट्वा दुःखमवाप्नुयात्
gṛhaṃ patantaṃ śailaṃ vā dhūmaketuṃ bhayānakam | bhagnaskandhaṃ tarorvā'pi dṛṣṭvā duḥkhamavāpnuyāt
Seeing a house or a mountain falling, or a terrifying comet, or the broken trunk of a tree, one obtains sorrow.
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BvP 4 82.34
रथगेहशैलवृक्षगोहस्तितुरगाम्बरात् । भूमौ पतति यः स्वप्ने विपत्तिस्तस्य निश्चितम्
rathagehaśailavṛkṣagohastituragāmbarāt | bhūmau patati yaḥ svapne vipattistasya niścitam
Whoever in a dream falls to the ground from a chariot, a house, a mountain, a tree, a cow, an elephant, a horse, or the sky—for him misfortune is certain.
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BvP 4 82.35
उच्चैः पतन्ति गर्तेषु भस्माङ्गारयुतेषु च । क्षारकुण्डेषु चूर्णेषु मृत्युस्तेषां न संशयः
uccaiḥ patanti garteṣu bhasmāṅgārayuteṣu ca | kṣārakuṇḍeṣu cūrṇeṣu mṛtyusteṣāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Those who fall from a height into pits filled with ashes and coals, into vats of lye or into (heaps of) powder—their death is beyond doubt.
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BvP 4 82.36
बलाद्गृह्णाति दुष्टश्चच्छत्रं च यस्य मस्तकात् । पितुर्नाशो भवेत्तस्य गुरोर्वाऽपि नृपस्य वा
balādgṛhṇāti duṣṭaścacchatraṃ ca yasya mastakāt | piturnāśo bhavettasya gurorvā'pi nṛpasya vā
Whoever's parasol a wicked man seizes by force from his head—for him there will occur the loss of his father, or of his teacher, or of the king.
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BvP 4 82.37
सुरभिर्यस्य गेहाच्च याति त्रस्ता सवत्मिका । प्रयाति पापिनस्तस्य लक्ष्मीरपि वसुंधरा
surabhiryasya gehācca yāti trastā savatmikā | prayāti pāpinastasya lakṣmīrapi vasuṃdharā
He from whose house the cow goes away frightened, together with her calf—from that sinner Lakṣmī too departs, and the earth.
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BvP 4 82.38
पाशेन कृत्वा बद्वं च यं गृहीत्वा प्रयान्ति च । यमदूताश्च ये म्लेच्छास्तस्य मृत्युर्विनिश्चितम्
pāśena kṛtvā badvaṃ ca yaṃ gṛhītvā prayānti ca | yamadūtāśca ye mlecchāstasya mṛtyurviniścitam
Whomever they bind with a noose and, having seized him, go away—those messengers of Yama who are barbarians—his death is certain.
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BvP 4 82.39
गणको ब्राह्मणो वाऽपि ब्राह्मणी वा गुरुस्तथा । परिरुष्टः शपति यं विपत्तिस्तस्य निश्चितम्
gaṇako brāhmaṇo vā'pi brāhmaṇī vā gurustathā | pariruṣṭaḥ śapati yaṃ vipattistasya niścitam
Whomever an astrologer, or a brahmin, or a brahmin woman, or likewise a teacher, greatly enraged, curses—his misfortune is certain.
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BvP 4 82.40
विरोधिनश्य काकाश्च कुक्कुटा भल्लुकास्तथा । पतन्त्यागत्य यद्गात्रे तस्य मृत्युर्न संशयः
virodhinaśya kākāśca kukkuṭā bhallukāstathā | patantyāgatya yadgātre tasya mṛtyurna saṃśayaḥ
Enemies, and crows, and cocks, and bears likewise—on whose body they come and fall, his death is beyond doubt.
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BvP 4 82.41
महिषा भल्लुका उष्ट्रा सूकरा गर्दभास्तथा । रुष्टा धावन्ति यं स्वप्ने स रोगी निश्चितं भवेत्
mahiṣā bhallukā uṣṭrā sūkarā gardabhāstathā | ruṣṭā dhāvanti yaṃ svapne sa rogī niścitaṃ bhavet
Buffaloes, bears, camels, boars and likewise donkeys—whomever in a dream they run at in fury, he will certainly become diseased.
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BvP 4 82.42
रक्तचन्दनकाष्ठानि घृताक्तानि जुहोति यः । गायत्र्याश्च महस्रेण तेन शान्तिर्विधीयते
raktacandanakāṣṭhāni ghṛtāktāni juhoti yaḥ | gāyatryāśca mahasreṇa tena śāntirvidhīyate
Whoever offers pieces of red sandalwood smeared with ghee, with a thousand (recitations) of the Gāyatrī—by that appeasement is effected.
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BvP 4 82.43
सहस्रधा चपेद्यो हि भक्त्यैनं मधुसूदनम् । निष्पाणो हि भवेत्सोऽपि दुःस्वप्नः सुस्वप्नो भवेत्
sahasradhā capedyo hi bhaktyainaṃ madhusūdanam | niṣpāṇo hi bhavetso'pi duḥsvapnaḥ susvapno bhavet
And whoever, with devotion, (recites) this (name) Madhusūdana a thousand times — he too becomes free of sin, and (his) bad dream becomes a good dream.
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BvP 4 82.44
अच्युतं केशवं विष्णुं हरिं सत्यं जनार्दनम् । हंसं नारायणं चैव ह्येतन्नामाष्टकं शुभम्
acyutaṃ keśavaṃ viṣṇuṃ hariṃ satyaṃ janārdanam | haṃsaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ caiva hyetannāmāṣṭakaṃ śubham
Acyuta, Keśava, Viṣṇu, Hari, Satya, Janārdana, Haṃsa, and Nārāyaṇa — this is the auspicious set of eight names.
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BvP 4 82.45
शुचिः पूर्वमुखः प्राज्ञो दशकृत्वश्च यो जपेत् । निष्पापोऽपि भवेत्सोऽपि दुःस्वप्नः शुभवान्भवेत्
śuciḥ pūrvamukhaḥ prājño daśakṛtvaśca yo japet | niṣpāpo'pi bhavetso'pi duḥsvapnaḥ śubhavānbhavet
The wise man who, being pure and facing east, recites (them) ten times — he too becomes free of sin, and his bad dream becomes one bearing good fortune.
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BvP 4 82.46
विष्णुं नारायणं कृष्णं माधवं मधुमूदनम् । हरिं नरहरिं रामं गोविन्दं दधिवामनम्
viṣṇuṃ nārāyaṇaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ mādhavaṃ madhumūdanam | hariṃ narahariṃ rāmaṃ govindaṃ dadhivāmanam
Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Mādhava, Madhusūdana, Hari, Narahari, Rāma, Govinda, Dadhivāmana —
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BvP 4 82.47
भक्त्या चेमानि नामानि दश भद्राणियो जपेत् । शतकृत्यो भक्तियुक्तो जप्त्वा नीरोगतां व्रजेत्
bhaktyā cemāni nāmāni daśa bhadrāṇiyo japet | śatakṛtyo bhaktiyukto japtvā nīrogatāṃ vrajet
and whoever with devotion recites these ten auspicious names — he who, joined with devotion, recites them a hundred times, having recited (them), attains freedom from disease.
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BvP 4 82.48
लक्षधा हि जपेद्यो हि बन्धनान्मुच्यते ध्रुवम् । जप्त्वा च दशलक्षं च महावन्ध्या प्रसूयते
lakṣadhā hi japedyo hi bandhanānmucyate dhruvam | japtvā ca daśalakṣaṃ ca mahāvandhyā prasūyate
Indeed, he who recites (them) a hundred thousand times is certainly released from bondage; and having recited ten hundred thousand times, even a wholly barren woman bears a child.
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BvP 4 82.49
हविष्याशी यतः शुद्धो दरिद्रो धनवान्भवेत् । शतलक्षं च जप्त्वा च जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः
haviṣyāśī yataḥ śuddho daridro dhanavānbhavet | śatalakṣaṃ ca japtvā ca jīvanmukto bhavennaraḥ
Eating (only) sacrificial food, restrained and pure, a poor man becomes wealthy; and having recited (them) ten million times, a man becomes liberated while living.
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BvP 4 82.50
ओं नमः शिवं दुर्गां गणपतिं कार्तिकेयं दिनेश्वनम् । धर्मं गङ्गां च तुलसीं राधां लक्ष्मीं सरस्वतीम्
oṃ namaḥ śivaṃ durgāṃ gaṇapatiṃ kārtikeyaṃ dineśvanam | dharmaṃ gaṅgāṃ ca tulasīṃ rādhāṃ lakṣmīṃ sarasvatīm
Oṃ, homage: Śiva, Durgā, Gaṇapati, Kārtikeya, the Lord of Day (the Sun), Dharma, Gaṅgā, Tulasī, Rādhā, Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī —
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BvP 4 82.51
नामान्येतानि भद्राणि जले स्नात्वा च यो जपेत् । वाञ्छितं च लभेत्सोऽपि दुःस्वप्नः शुभवान्भवेत्
nāmānyetāni bhadrāṇi jale snātvā ca yo japet | vāñchitaṃ ca labhetso'pi duḥsvapnaḥ śubhavānbhavet
whoever, having bathed in water, recites these auspicious names, he too obtains what he wishes, and (his) bad dream turns to good fortune.
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BvP 4 82.52
ओं ह्रीं क्लीं पूर्वदूर्गतिनाशिन्यै महामायायै स्वाहा । कल्पवृक्षो हि लोकानां सन्त्रः सप्तदशाक्षरः
oṃ hrīṃ klīṃ pūrvadūrgatināśinyai mahāmāyāyai svāhā | kalpavṛkṣo hi lokānāṃ santraḥ saptadaśākṣaraḥ
"Oṃ hrīṃ klīṃ, to her who destroys former misfortune, to Mahāmāyā, svāhā" — this seventeen-syllabled mantra is indeed a wish-fulfilling tree for the worlds.
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BvP 4 82.53
शुचिश्च दशधा जप्त्वा दुःस्वप्नः सुखवान्भवेत् । शतलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
śuciśca daśadhā japtvā duḥsvapnaḥ sukhavānbhavet | śatalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhirbhavennṛṇām
And a pure man, having recited it ten times, (though having had) a bad dream, becomes happy; and by reciting it ten million times men attain mastery of the mantra.
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BvP 4 82.54
सिद्धमन्त्रस्तु लभते सर्वसिद्धिं च वाञ्छितम् । ओं नमो मृत्युंजयायेति स्वाहान्तं लक्षधा जपेत्
siddhamantrastu labhate sarvasiddhiṃ ca vāñchitam | oṃ namo mṛtyuṃjayāyeti svāhāntaṃ lakṣadhā japet
And one who has mastered the mantra obtains all attainment and what he desires. He should recite "Oṃ, homage to the Conqueror of Death," ending in svāhā, a hundred thousand times.
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BvP 4 82.55
दृष्ट्वा च मरणं स्वप्ने शतायुश्च भवेन्नरः । पूर्वोत्तरमुखो भूत्वा स्वप्नं प्राज्ञे प्रकाशयेत्
dṛṣṭvā ca maraṇaṃ svapne śatāyuśca bhavennaraḥ | pūrvottaramukho bhūtvā svapnaṃ prājñe prakāśayet
And having seen (his own) death in a dream, a man becomes one with a lifespan of a hundred years. Facing east or north, he should disclose the dream to a wise man.
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BvP 4 82.56
काश्यपे दुर्गते नीचे देवब्राह्मणनिन्दके । मूर्खे चैवानभिज्ञे च न च स्वप्नं प्रकाशयेत्
kāśyape durgate nīce devabrāhmaṇanindake | mūrkhe caivānabhijñe ca na ca svapnaṃ prakāśayet
To a niggardly man, to one in misfortune, to a low person, to one who reviles the gods and brahmins, to a fool and to an ignorant man, he should not disclose the dream.
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BvP 4 82.57
अश्वत्थे गणके विप्रे पितृदेवासनेषु च । आर्ये च वैष्णवे मित्रे दिवा स्वप्नं प्रकाशयेत्
aśvatthe gaṇake vipre pitṛdevāsaneṣu ca | ārye ca vaiṣṇave mitre divā svapnaṃ prakāśayet
Before an aśvattha tree, an astrologer, a brahmin, and before the seats of the ancestors and gods, before a noble man, a Vaiṣṇava, or a friend, he should disclose the dream by day.
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BvP 4 82.58
इति ते पुण्यमाख्यातं कथितं पापनाशनम् । धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
iti te puṇyamākhyātaṃ kathitaṃ pāpanāśanam | dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus the meritorious (account), destroying sin, has been declared and told to you — bringing wealth, fame, and long life. What further do you wish to hear?
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BvP 4 82.82
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo
Thus (ends) in the great Śrī Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa), in the Śrī Kṛṣṇa-birth section, in the latter part, the dialogue of Nārada and the blessed Nanda (chapter 82).
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