Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 83
BvP 4 83.1
नन्द उवाच वेदानां कारणं त्वं च ब्रह्मादीनां च पुत्रक । सर्वं कथय भद्रं ते कं पृच्छामि त्वया विना
nanda uvāca vedānāṃ kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ ca brahmādīnāṃ ca putraka | sarvaṃ kathaya bhadraṃ te kaṃ pṛcchāmi tvayā vinā
Nanda said: You are the cause of the Vedas and of Brahmā and the rest, my son. Tell me everything — blessings on you — whom should I ask, if not you?
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BvP 4 83.2
विप्राणां यो हि धर्मश्च क्षत्रविद्शूद्रकर्मणाम् । संन्यासिनां च यो धर्मो यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम्
viprāṇāṃ yo hi dharmaśca kṣatravidśūdrakarmaṇām | saṃnyāsināṃ ca yo dharmo yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām
The duty that belongs to brahmins, and the duties of kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras; and the duty of renouncers, of ascetics, of celibate students;
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BvP 4 83.3
विप्राणां विधवास्त्रीणां वैष्णवानां सतामपि । पतिव्रतानां स्त्रीणां च तत्सर्व वक्तुमर्हसि
viprāṇāṃ vidhavāstrīṇāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ satāmapi | pativratānāṃ strīṇāṃ ca tatsarva vaktumarhasi
and of brahmins, of widowed women, of Vaiṣṇavas, and of the good, and of women devoted to their husbands — all that you are fit to declare.
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BvP 4 83.4
गृहिणां गृहिणीनां च शिष्याणां च विशेषतः । पुत्राणां चापि कन्यानां पितरं मातरं प्रति
gṛhiṇāṃ gṛhiṇīnāṃ ca śiṣyāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | putrāṇāṃ cāpi kanyānāṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ prati
Of householders and housewives, and especially of disciples, and also of sons and daughters toward father and mother (— tell all that).
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BvP 4 83.5
स्त्रीजातिश्च कतिविधा भक्तः कतिविधः प्रभो । ब्रह्माण्डं च कतिविधं वदनं च किमात्मकम् ।। किं नित्यं कृत्रिमं किं च ब्रूहि सर्वं क्रमेण च
strījātiśca katividhā bhaktaḥ katividhaḥ prabho | brahmāṇḍaṃ ca katividhaṃ vadanaṃ ca kimātmakam || kiṃ nityaṃ kṛtrimaṃ kiṃ ca brūhi sarvaṃ krameṇa ca
Of how many kinds is the class of women, and of how many kinds is a devotee, O Lord? Of how many kinds is the cosmic egg, and of what nature is speech? What is eternal and what is made? Tell it all in order.
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BvP 4 83.6
श्रीभगवानुवाच संध्यापूतः सदा विप्रः कुरुते मम सेवनम् । नित्यं भुङ्कते मत्प्रसादमनिवेद्य कदा च न
śrībhagavānuvāca saṃdhyāpūtaḥ sadā vipraḥ kurute mama sevanam | nityaṃ bhuṅkate matprasādamanivedya kadā ca na
The Blessed Lord said: A brahmin, ever purified by the twilight rites, performs my service; he daily eats what is left from my grace, and never (eats anything) unoffered.
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BvP 4 83.7
अन्नं विष्ठा जलं यद्विष्णोरनिवेदितम् । विष्णुप्रसादभोजी च जीवन्मुक्तश्च ब्राह्मणः
annaṃ viṣṭhā jalaṃ yadviṣṇoraniveditam | viṣṇuprasādabhojī ca jīvanmuktaśca brāhmaṇaḥ
Food that has not been offered to Viṣṇu is excrement, and (such) water (is urine); but the brahmin who eats Viṣṇu's prasāda is liberated while living.
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BvP 4 83.8
नित्यं तपस्यानिरतः शुचिः शान्तश्च शास्त्रवित् । व्रततीर्थाश्रितो धर्मी नानाध्यापनसंयुतः
nityaṃ tapasyānirataḥ śuciḥ śāntaśca śāstravit | vratatīrthāśrito dharmī nānādhyāpanasaṃyutaḥ
Ever devoted to ascetic practice, pure, calm, knowing the scriptures, keeping to vows and holy places, righteous, engaged in teaching various (subjects) —
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BvP 4 83.9
विष्णुमन्त्रं गृहीत्वा च कृत्वा च गुरुसेवनम् । गुहीत्वा तदनुज्ञां च पश्चाद्भवति स गृही
viṣṇumantraṃ gṛhītvā ca kṛtvā ca gurusevanam | guhītvā tadanujñāṃ ca paścādbhavati sa gṛhī
— and having received the Viṣṇu mantra and performed service to the guru, and having obtained his permission, he then becomes a householder.
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BvP 4 83.10
दक्षिणां नित्यबूजानां गुरवे च निवेदयेत् । गुरूणां पोषणं नित्यं कर्तव्यं नात्र संशयः
dakṣiṇāṃ nityabūjānāṃ gurave ca nivedayet | gurūṇāṃ poṣaṇaṃ nityaṃ kartavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
He should present to the guru the fee for his daily worship; the maintenance of the gurus must be done constantly — there is no doubt here.
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BvP 4 83.11
सर्वेषामपि वन्द्यानां पिता चैव महान् गुरुः । पितुः शतगुणैर्माता मातुः शतगुणैः सुरः
sarveṣāmapi vandyānāṃ pitā caiva mahān guruḥ | pituḥ śataguṇairmātā mātuḥ śataguṇaiḥ suraḥ
Among all who are worthy of reverence, the father indeed is a great guru; the mother is a hundred times (greater) than the father, and the god a hundred times greater than the mother.
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BvP 4 83.12
मन्त्रदस्तन्त्रदश्चैव सृराणां च चतुर्गुणः । नारायणाश्च भगवान्गुरुः प्रत्यक्ष ईश्वरः
mantradastantradaścaiva sṛrāṇāṃ ca caturguṇaḥ | nārāyaṇāśca bhagavānguruḥ pratyakṣa īśvaraḥ
And the giver of the mantra and giver of the tantra is fourfold greater than the gods; the guru is the Lord Nārāyaṇa, God made visible.
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BvP 4 83.13
उद्देशे दीयते तस्मै सुरायेति श्रुतौ श्रुतम् । प्रत्यक्षभोक्ता स्वगुरुः स्वयं देही जनार्दनः
uddeśe dīyate tasmai surāyeti śrutau śrutam | pratyakṣabhoktā svaguruḥ svayaṃ dehī janārdanaḥ
It is heard in scripture that (an offering) is given to that god only by designation, (saying) 'for the god'; but one's own guru is a visible enjoyer, Janārdana himself embodied.
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BvP 4 83.14
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुरेव स्वयं शिवः । गुरौ च सर्वदेवाश्च तिष्ठन्ति सततं मुदा
gururbrahmā gururviṣṇurgurureva svayaṃ śivaḥ | gurau ca sarvadevāśca tiṣṭhanti satataṃ mudā
The guru is Brahmā, the guru is Viṣṇu, the guru is Śiva himself; and in the guru all the gods dwell constantly with joy.
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BvP 4 83.15
गुरौ तुष्टे हरिस्तुष्टो यस्मिंस्तुष्टे च देवता । गुरुः पुत्रसमं स्नेहं शिष्येषु न करिष्यति
gurau tuṣṭe haristuṣṭo yasmiṃstuṣṭe ca devatā | guruḥ putrasamaṃ snehaṃ śiṣyeṣu na kariṣyati
When the guru is pleased Hari is pleased, and when he is pleased the deities (are pleased). (But if) a guru will not show his disciples affection like that for a son —
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BvP 4 83.16
लभते ब्रह्महत्यां च भुङ्क्ते कृत्वा च नाऽऽशिषम् । स्वधर्मनिरतो विप्रो ब्राह्मणश्च सदा शुचिः
labhate brahmahatyāṃ ca bhuṅkte kṛtvā ca nā''śiṣam | svadharmanirato vipro brāhmaṇaśca sadā śuciḥ
— he incurs the guilt of brahmin-murder, and he eats without having given a blessing. A brahmin devoted to his own duty is a brāhmaṇa and is always pure.
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BvP 4 83.17
विष्णुसेवी सदा विप्रस्तदन्योऽप्यशुचिः सदा । ब्राह्मणो वृषवाहश्च शूद्राणां सूपकारकः
viṣṇusevī sadā viprastadanyo'pyaśuciḥ sadā | brāhmaṇo vṛṣavāhaśca śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakārakaḥ
A brahmin who serves Viṣṇu is always (pure); one other than him is always impure. A brahmin who rides a bull, who is a cook for śūdras,
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BvP 4 83.18
ब्राह्मणो देवलश्चैव संध्याहीनश्च दुर्बलः । ब्राह्मणश्च दिवाशायी शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजनः
brāhmaṇo devalaścaiva saṃdhyāhīnaśca durbalaḥ | brāhmaṇaśca divāśāyī śūdraśrāddhānnabhojanaḥ
a brahmin who is a temple priest, one who omits the twilight rites and is feeble, a brahmin who sleeps by day, one who eats the śrāddha food of śūdras,
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BvP 4 83.19
शूद्राणां शवदाही च ते च शूद्रसमा द्विजाः । शालग्राममहामन्त्रं कृत्वा पूजां विधानतः
śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī ca te ca śūdrasamā dvijāḥ | śālagrāmamahāmantraṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ vidhānataḥ
and one who burns the corpses of śūdras — those twice-born are equal to śūdras. Having performed worship of the śālagrāma with the great mantra according to rule,
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BvP 4 83.20
भुङ्क्ते नंवेद्यशेषं च तत्पादोदकमेव च । हरेः पादोदकं पीत्वा तीर्थस्नायी भवेन्नरः
bhuṅkte naṃvedyaśeṣaṃ ca tatpādodakameva ca | hareḥ pādodakaṃ pītvā tīrthasnāyī bhavennaraḥ
he eats the remnant of the offering and the water from its feet. Having drunk the foot-water of Hari, a man becomes one who has bathed in the sacred fords;
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BvP 4 83.21
मुच्यते सर्वपापेम्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षितः
mucyate sarvapāpemyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ
he is freed from all sins and goes to Viṣṇu's world; he has bathed in all fords and is consecrated in all sacrifices.
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BvP 4 83.22
शालग्रामशिलातोयैर्योऽभिषेकं समाचरेत् । गङ्गाजलाद्दशगुणं शालग्रामजलं व्रज
śālagrāmaśilātoyairyo'bhiṣekaṃ samācaret | gaṅgājalāddaśaguṇaṃ śālagrāmajalaṃ vraja
Whoever performs the ablution with the water of the śālagrāma stone — śālagrāma water is ten times (greater) than Ganges water.
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BvP 4 83.23
नित्यं भुङ्क्ते च यो विप्रो जीवन्मुक्तः सुरैः समः । विप्राणां नित्यकृत्यं च विष्णोर्नैवेद्यभोजनम्
nityaṃ bhuṅkte ca yo vipro jīvanmuktaḥ suraiḥ samaḥ | viprāṇāṃ nityakṛtyaṃ ca viṣṇornaivedyabhojanam
And the brahmin who daily eats (it) is liberated while living, equal to the gods; the daily duty of brahmins is the eating of Viṣṇu's offered food.
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BvP 4 83.24
यत्नेन पूजनं तस्य तत्पाजोदकमेवनम् । नित्यं त्रिसंध्यं कुरुते भक्त्या च मम पूजनम्
yatnena pūjanaṃ tasya tatpājodakamevanam | nityaṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ kurute bhaktyā ca mama pūjanam
(He performs) worship of him with effort, and (drinks) the water of that worship; three times daily he constantly performs my worship too, with devotion.
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BvP 4 83.25
एकादश्यां न भुङ्क्ते च मम वै जन्मवासरे । शिवरात्रौ च हे तात श्रीरामनवमीदिने
ekādaśyāṃ na bhuṅkte ca mama vai janmavāsare | śivarātrau ca he tāta śrīrāmanavamīdine
And he does not eat on the eleventh day, nor on the day of my birth, nor on Śiva's night, and, O father, on the day of Śrī Rāma's ninth.
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BvP 4 83.26
न च भुङ्क्ते व्रती यो हि जीवन्मुक्तो हि स द्विजः । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि तस्य पादे च तानि च
na ca bhuṅkte vratī yo hi jīvanmukto hi sa dvijaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni tasya pāde ca tāni ca
That twice-born who, keeping the vow, does not eat, is indeed liberated while living; whatever holy fords are on earth, those are in his feet.
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BvP 4 83.27
विप्रपादोदकं पीत्वा तीर्थस्नायी भवेन्नरः । विप्रपादोदकक्लिन्ना यावत्तिष्ठति मेदिनी
viprapādodakaṃ pītvā tīrthasnāyī bhavennaraḥ | viprapādodakaklinnā yāvattiṣṭhati medinī
By drinking the water of a brahmin's feet a man becomes one who has bathed at the holy fords; as long as the earth remains moistened by the water of a brahmin's feet,
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BvP 4 83.28
तावत्पुष्करपात्रेषु पिवन्ति पितरो जलम् । विष्णुप्रसादभोजी च पवित्रां कुरुते महीम्
tāvatpuṣkarapātreṣu pivanti pitaro jalam | viṣṇuprasādabhojī ca pavitrāṃ kurute mahīm
so long do the ancestors drink water from lotus-cups. And he who eats what has been offered to Viṣṇu makes the earth pure,
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BvP 4 83.29
तीर्थानि च नरांश्चैव जीवन्मुक्तो हि स द्विजः । सर्वतीर्थेषु स स्नातो व्रतानां च फलं लभेत्
tīrthāni ca narāṃścaiva jīvanmukto hi sa dvijaḥ | sarvatīrtheṣu sa snāto vratānāṃ ca phalaṃ labhet
and (makes pure) the holy fords and men; that twice-born is indeed liberated while living. He has bathed in all the fords and would obtain the fruit of (all) vows.
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BvP 4 83.30
पदे पदेऽश्वमेधस्य लभते निश्चितं फलम् । वह्निवायुसमः पूतस्तेजसा भास्करोपमः
pade pade'śvamedhasya labhate niścitaṃ phalam | vahnivāyusamaḥ pūtastejasā bhāskaropamaḥ
At every step he certainly obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice; purified, he is equal to fire and wind, and in radiance like the sun.
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BvP 4 83.31
यमदूतं यमं चैव स च स्वप्ने न पश्यति । वैकुण्ठे मोदते सोऽपि पार्षदो हरिणा सह
yamadūtaṃ yamaṃ caiva sa ca svapne na paśyati | vaikuṇṭhe modate so'pi pārṣado hariṇā saha
He does not see Yama's messenger nor Yama even in a dream; he too rejoices in Vaikuṇṭha as an attendant together with Hari.
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BvP 4 83.32
न भवेत्तस्य पातो हि विप्रस्य हरिसेविनः । विष्णुमन्त्रोपासकश्य स एव वैष्णवो द्विजः
na bhavettasya pāto hi viprasya harisevinaḥ | viṣṇumantropāsakaśya sa eva vaiṣṇavo dvijaḥ
There would be no fall for that brahmin who serves Hari; he who practises the Viṣṇu mantra — he alone is a Vaiṣṇava twice-born.
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BvP 4 83.33
ब्राह्मणो वैष्णवः प्राज्ञो न हि तस्मात्परः पुमात् । वेदोक्तो वा पुराणोक्स्तन्त्रोक्तो वा ।। मनुः शुचिः
brāhmaṇo vaiṣṇavaḥ prājño na hi tasmātparaḥ pumāt | vedokto vā purāṇokstantrokto vā || manuḥ śuciḥ
A brahmin who is a Vaiṣṇava and wise — there is no man higher than he. Whether declared in the Veda, or in the Purāṇas, or in the Tantras, the mantra is pure.
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BvP 4 83.34
विचारतो गृहीत्वा तं शैवः शाक्तश्च वैष्णवः । गुरुवक्त्राद्विष्णुमन्त्रोयस्य कर्णे विशत्ययम्
vicārato gṛhītvā taṃ śaivaḥ śāktaśca vaiṣṇavaḥ | guruvaktrādviṣṇumantroyasya karṇe viśatyayam
Having taken it after deliberation, one becomes a Śaiva, a Śākta, or a Vaiṣṇava; he into whose ear this Viṣṇu mantra enters from the mouth of a guru —
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BvP 4 83.35
तं वैष्णवं महापूतं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः । मन्त्रग्रहणमात्रेण जीवन्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः
taṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ mahāpūtaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | mantragrahaṇamātreṇa jīvanmukto bhavennaraḥ
him the wise declare a Vaiṣṇava, greatly purified; by the mere receiving of the mantra a man becomes liberated while living.
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BvP 4 83.36
भीत्तवा ब्रह्मण्डमखिलं यास्यत्येव हरेः पदम् । पूर्वान्सप्त परान्सप्त सप्त मातामहादिकान्
bhīttavā brahmaṇḍamakhilaṃ yāsyatyeva hareḥ padam | pūrvānsapta parānsapta sapta mātāmahādikān
Having broken through the whole egg of Brahmā, he goes straight to Hari's abode; seven ancestors before, seven after, and seven on the maternal grandfather's side,
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BvP 4 83.37
सोदरानृद्धरेद्भक्तस्तत्प्रसूं तत्प्रसूं तथा । जपेन्नारायणक्षेत्रे पुरश्चरणपूर्वकम्
sodarānṛddharedbhaktastatprasūṃ tatprasūṃ tathā | japennārāyaṇakṣetre puraścaraṇapūrvakam
and his brothers the devotee would rescue, and their mother, and her mother likewise, if he recites (the mantra) in the field of Nārāyaṇa, preceded by the preliminary observance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.38
पुरुषाणां सहस्रं च लीलयाऽ।त्मानमुद्वरेत् । मन्त्रग्रहणमात्रेण फलमेतद्व्रजेश्वर
puruṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ ca līlayā'|tmānamudvaret | mantragrahaṇamātreṇa phalametadvrajeśvara
And effortlessly he would raise up a thousand generations of men along with himself; this is the fruit of the mere receiving of the mantra, O lord of Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.39
पुरश्चरणसंपर्कात्पुरुषाणां शतं शतम् । ऐकान्तिको वैष्णवश्चपुंसां लक्षं समुद्धरेत्
puraścaraṇasaṃparkātpuruṣāṇāṃ śataṃ śatam | aikāntiko vaiṣṇavaścapuṃsāṃ lakṣaṃ samuddharet
Through contact with the preliminary observance, a hundred hundreds of men (are raised); and the single-minded Vaiṣṇava would raise up a hundred thousand men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.40
क्रिया विष्णुपदे यस्य संकल्पाश्च बहिःकृता । द्विजाः सुरा मम प्राणा भक्तः प्राणत्परः प्रियः
kriyā viṣṇupade yasya saṃkalpāśca bahiḥkṛtā | dvijāḥ surā mama prāṇā bhaktaḥ prāṇatparaḥ priyaḥ
He whose acts are (placed) at Viṣṇu's feet and whose (selfish) intentions are cast out — brahmins and gods are my very life-breaths, but a devotee is dearer to me than my breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.41
विश्वेषु प्रियपात्रेषु न मे भक्तात्परः प्रियः । तेजीयांसं गुरुं दृष्ट्वा सर्वत्र रक्षितुं क्षमम्
viśveṣu priyapātreṣu na me bhaktātparaḥ priyaḥ | tejīyāṃsaṃ guruṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvatra rakṣituṃ kṣamam
Among all objects of affection in the worlds there is none dearer to me than a devotee. Having seen a guru of great power, able to protect everywhere,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.42
कनोति मन्त्रग्रहणं तस्माद्भूयाद्विचक्षणः । वयोहीनाज्ज्ञानहीनाद्विद्याहीनात्तथैव च ।। जातिहीनाद्गुरोर्मन्त्रं गृह्णीयान्न कदाचन
kanoti mantragrahaṇaṃ tasmādbhūyādvicakṣaṇaḥ | vayohīnājjñānahīnādvidyāhīnāttathaiva ca || jātihīnādgurormantraṃ gṛhṇīyānna kadācana
he performs the receiving of the mantra; therefore let him be discerning. From a guru deficient in age, deficient in knowledge, and likewise deficient in learning, or deficient in birth, one should never receive a mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.43
अशास्त्रार्थ क्षतं मन्त्रं न गुह्णीयात्कदाचन । मूर्खादाश्रमहीनाच्च पितुः संन्यासिनस्तथा
aśāstrārtha kṣataṃ mantraṃ na guhṇīyātkadācana | mūrkhādāśramahīnācca pituḥ saṃnyāsinastathā
One should never receive a mantra damaged as to its scriptural meaning, nor from a fool, nor from one without a proper stage of life, nor from one's father, nor from a renunciant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.44
रोगिणो वंशहीनाच्च भार्याहीनात्तथैव च । मन्त्रक्षिप्तात्तथा मन्त्रं न गृह्णीयात्कदाचन
rogiṇo vaṃśahīnācca bhāryāhīnāttathaiva ca | mantrakṣiptāttathā mantraṃ na gṛhṇīyātkadācana
And from one who is diseased, from one without lineage, and likewise from one without a wife, and from one who has lost (the power of) the mantra — from such a one let (a man) never take a mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.45
विष्णुमन्त्रं न गृह्णीयाद्विष्णुभक्ति विहीनतः । न च शैवान्न शाक्ताच्च गृह्णीयाद्वैष्णवाद्द्विजात्
viṣṇumantraṃ na gṛhṇīyādviṣṇubhakti vihīnataḥ | na ca śaivānna śāktācca gṛhṇīyādvaiṣṇavāddvijāt
One should not take the Viṣṇu mantra from one devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu; nor from a Śaiva, nor from a Śākta — one should take it from a Vaiṣṇava brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.46
वयोहीनात्तथाऽल्पायुर्ज्ञानहीनादपण्डितः । विद्याहीनाद्भवेन्मूढो जातिहीनात्क्षयो भवेत्
vayohīnāttathā'lpāyurjñānahīnādapaṇḍitaḥ | vidyāhīnādbhavenmūḍho jātihīnātkṣayo bhavet
From one deficient in age (one becomes) short-lived; likewise from one lacking knowledge, unlearned; from one lacking sacred learning one becomes a fool; from one of low birth there would be ruin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.47
मूर्खान्मूर्खो भवेत्सद्यो दुःखी स्वाश्रमहीनतः । यशोहानिः पितुश्चैव मृत्युः संन्यासिनस्तथा
mūrkhānmūrkho bhavetsadyo duḥkhī svāśramahīnataḥ | yaśohāniḥ pituścaiva mṛtyuḥ saṃnyāsinastathā
From a fool one at once becomes a fool; from one who lacks his own proper stage of life, (one becomes) miserable; from a father, loss of fame; and likewise from a renouncer, death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.48
रोगिणो व्याधियुक्तश्च निर्वंशो वंशहीनतः । भार्याहीनोऽपि स्त्रीहीनान्मन्त्रक्षिप्ताद्गुरो समः
rogiṇo vyādhiyuktaśca nirvaṃśo vaṃśahīnataḥ | bhāryāhīno'pi strīhīnānmantrakṣiptādguro samaḥ
From a diseased man one becomes afflicted with disease; from one without lineage, without lineage; from one lacking a wife one becomes wifeless too; from one who has lost the mantra, (one becomes) like the guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.49
विष्णुभक्तिविहीनाच्च भक्तिहीनो भवेन्नरः । शैवाच्छाक्ताद्गृहीत्वा च हरौ भक्तिर्न वर्धते
viṣṇubhaktivihīnācca bhaktihīno bhavennaraḥ | śaivācchāktādgṛhītvā ca harau bhaktirna vardhate
And from one devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu a man becomes devoid of devotion; and having taken (it) from a Śaiva or a Śākta, devotion to Hari does not increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.50
ब्राह्मणो वैष्णवः शुद्धः पक्वान्नं दातुमीश्वरः । पक्वान्नं हरये दातुमक्षमश्चेतरो जनः
brāhmaṇo vaiṣṇavaḥ śuddhaḥ pakvānnaṃ dātumīśvaraḥ | pakvānnaṃ haraye dātumakṣamaścetaro janaḥ
A brahmin who is a Vaiṣṇava and pure is competent to offer cooked food; any other person is unfit to offer cooked food to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.51
ओंकारोच्चारणाद्धोमाच्छालग्रामशिलार्चनात् । मह्यं पक्वान्नदानाच्च विप्रादन्यो व्रजेदधः
oṃkāroccāraṇāddhomācchālagrāmaśilārcanāt | mahyaṃ pakvānnadānācca viprādanyo vrajedadhaḥ
Because of the utterance of Om, because of the fire-oblation, because of the worship of the śālagrāma stone, and because of the giving of cooked food to me — one other than a brahmin (who does these) would go downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.52
उदासीनाद्दूराचारान्न गृङ्णीयान्मनुं सुधीः । दैवाद्यदि च गृह्णीयाद्धनहीनो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
udāsīnāddūrācārānna gṛṅṇīyānmanuṃ sudhīḥ | daivādyadi ca gṛhṇīyāddhanahīno bhaveddhruvam
The wise man should not take a mantra from one who is indifferent (to religion) or of remote (i.e. deviant) conduct; and if by mischance he should take it, he will certainly become destitute of wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.53
ब्राह्मणानां सदा भक्ष्यं हविष्यं च निरामिषम् । आमिषस्य परित्यागात्सूर्यंवत्तेजसा भवेत्
brāhmaṇānāṃ sadā bhakṣyaṃ haviṣyaṃ ca nirāmiṣam | āmiṣasya parityāgātsūryaṃvattejasā bhavet
For brahmins the food is always to be sacrificial fare and free of flesh; by the complete abandonment of flesh one becomes like the sun in splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.54
नित्यं नूतनभाण्डेन कर्तव्यः पाक एव च । अथवा पक्षपर्यन्तं ततस्त्याज्यं मनीथिभि।
nityaṃ nūtanabhāṇḍena kartavyaḥ pāka eva ca | athavā pakṣaparyantaṃ tatastyājyaṃ manīthibhi|
And the cooking is to be done always with a new vessel; or else (the same vessel may be used) up to a fortnight, after which it should be discarded by the thoughtful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.55
स्थानं सुसंस्कृतं कृत्वा पाकं निर्वृ त्य पूजकः । स्थाने परिष्कृते विप्रो दत्त्वा मह्यं च भक्तितः
sthānaṃ susaṃskṛtaṃ kṛtvā pākaṃ nirvṛ tya pūjakaḥ | sthāne pariṣkṛte vipro dattvā mahyaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ
Having made the place well prepared and having completed the cooking, the worshipper — the brahmin — in the cleansed place, having offered (it) to me with devotion...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.56
तदा निवेद्य भुङ्क्ते च दत्त्वा विप्राय सादरम् । अनिवेद्य च भुक्त्त्वा च सुरापीतिर्भवेद्द्विजः
tadā nivedya bhuṅkte ca dattvā viprāya sādaram | anivedya ca bhukttvā ca surāpītirbhaveddvijaḥ
...then, having presented (it) and having given (it) respectfully to a brahmin, he eats; but a twice-born who eats without having offered (it) becomes a drinker of liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.57
चन्द्रसूर्येपरागे वै चाऽऽशौचे मृतजातयोः । स्पृष्टेनाशुचिना सद्याः पाकभाण़्डं परित्यजेत्
candrasūryeparāge vai cā''śauce mṛtajātayoḥ | spṛṣṭenāśucinā sadyāḥ pākabhāṇa़ḍaṃ parityajet
At an eclipse of the moon or the sun, and during the impurity of a death or a birth, and when it has been touched by an unclean person, one should at once discard the cooking vessel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.58
भृष्टं द्रव्यं तथाऽन्नं च धृत्वा धौते च वाससी । पादप्रक्षालनं कृत्वा भुङ्कते स्थानो परिष्कृते
bhṛṣṭaṃ dravyaṃ tathā'nnaṃ ca dhṛtvā dhaute ca vāsasī | pādaprakṣālanaṃ kṛtvā bhuṅkate sthāno pariṣkṛte
Having taken up the fried food and the boiled rice, and wearing the two washed garments, and having washed his feet, he eats in a cleansed place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.59
द्विर्भोजनं न कर्तव्यं स्थिते सूर्ये द्विजातिभिः । निष्फलं तद्भवेत्कर्म भुक्त्वा च नरकं व्रजेत्
dvirbhojanaṃ na kartavyaṃ sthite sūrye dvijātibhiḥ | niṣphalaṃ tadbhavetkarma bhuktvā ca narakaṃ vrajet
Eating twice while the sun stands (in the sky) is not to be done by the twice-born; that rite of his would become fruitless, and having eaten (so) he goes to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.60
यात्रां युद्वं नदीतीरं पुनर्भोजनमैथुने । वर्जंयेच्छ्राद्धदिवसे हविष्याशी च संयमी
yātrāṃ yudvaṃ nadītīraṃ punarbhojanamaithune | varjaṃyecchrāddhadivase haviṣyāśī ca saṃyamī
On the day of a śrāddha the man who eats sacrificial fare and is self-restrained should avoid travel, battle, a river bank, eating a second time, and sexual intercourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.61
द्विजाय विष्णुभक्ताय पात्रं दद्याद्वुधाय च । वृषलीपतये चैव न दद्याय्छूद्रयाजिने
dvijāya viṣṇubhaktāya pātraṃ dadyādvudhāya ca | vṛṣalīpataye caiva na dadyāychūdrayājine
He should give the vessel to a twice-born who is devoted to Viṣṇu and learned; but he should not give it to the husband of a low-caste woman, nor to one who officiates for śūdras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.62
संध्याहीनाय दुष्टाय वृषवाहाय यत्नतः । शुक्रविक्रयिणे चैव देवलाय कदाचन
saṃdhyāhīnāya duṣṭāya vṛṣavāhāya yatnataḥ | śukravikrayiṇe caiva devalāya kadācana
(Nor) carefully to one who neglects the twilight rites, to a wicked man, to one who rides on a bull, nor ever to a seller of semen, nor to a temple-priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.63
प्रदत्तं पात्रमेतेभ्यो ब्राह्मणं नरकं नयेत् । पात्रे भुक्तवा तद्दिवसे मैथुनान्नरकं व्रजेतु
pradattaṃ pātrametebhyo brāhmaṇaṃ narakaṃ nayet | pātre bhuktavā taddivase maithunānnarakaṃ vrajetu
A vessel given to these leads the brahmin to hell; and having eaten from the vessel, on that same day he goes to hell through sexual intercourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.64
सर्वेभ्यः पातकी तात कन्याविक्रयकारकः । मून्यं गृहीत्वा यो दद्यात्स महारौरवं व्रजेत्
sarvebhyaḥ pātakī tāta kanyāvikrayakārakaḥ | mūnyaṃ gṛhītvā yo dadyātsa mahārauravaṃ vrajet
More sinful than all (others), dear one, is he who sells a maiden; he who gives (her) away after taking a price goes to the Mahāraurava (hell).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.65
कन्यालोमप्रमाणान्तं वर्षं च पितृभिः सह । कुम्भीपाके पच्यते च पुत्रश्चापि पुरोहितः
kanyālomapramāṇāntaṃ varṣaṃ ca pitṛbhiḥ saha | kumbhīpāke pacyate ca putraścāpi purohitaḥ
And for years to the measure of the maiden's hairs, together with the (ancestral) fathers, he is boiled in Kumbhīpāka, and the son too, and the family priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.66
तस्मात्कन्यां सुपात्राय दानं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः । शूद्रवद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च नैव तद्वंशचाय च
tasmātkanyāṃ supātrāya dānaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ | śūdravadbrāhmaṇebhyaśca naiva tadvaṃśacāya ca
Therefore let the discerning man make the gift of a maiden to a worthy recipient, and (give) to brahmins as (one gives) to a śūdra — never to ... of that lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.67
विप्रवैष्णवयोर्धर्मः कथितश्च व्रजेश्वरः । यदुक्तं च पुराणैश्च चतुर्भिः श्रुतिभिस्तथा
vipravaiṣṇavayordharmaḥ kathitaśca vrajeśvaraḥ | yaduktaṃ ca purāṇaiśca caturbhiḥ śrutibhistathā
The dharma of brahmins and of Vaiṣṇavas has been told, O lord of Vraja — that which is stated by the four Purāṇas and likewise by the Vedic texts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.68
द्विजार्चनं क्षत्रियाणां तथा नारायणार्चनम् । राज्यानां पालनं चैव रणे निर्भयता तथा
dvijārcanaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tathā nārāyaṇārcanam | rājyānāṃ pālanaṃ caiva raṇe nirbhayatā tathā
The honouring of twice-born ones is (the duty) of kṣatriyas, and likewise the worship of Nārāyaṇa, and the protection of kingdoms, and fearlessness in battle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.69
नित्यं दानं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः शरणागतरक्षणम् । पुत्रतुल्यं प्रजानां च दुःखिनां परिपालनम्
nityaṃ dānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śaraṇāgatarakṣaṇam | putratulyaṃ prajānāṃ ca duḥkhināṃ paripālanam
constant giving to brahmins, the protection of those who come for refuge, and the guarding of subjects as if they were (one's own) sons, and of the afflicted,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.70
शस्त्रास्त्राणां च नैपुण्यं रणे शौण्डीर्यमेव च । तपश्च धर्मकृत्यं च यत्नतः कुरुते मुदा
śastrāstrāṇāṃ ca naipuṇyaṃ raṇe śauṇḍīryameva ca | tapaśca dharmakṛtyaṃ ca yatnataḥ kurute mudā
and skill in weapons and missiles, and prowess in battle; and he gladly performs austerity and acts of dharma with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.71
पण्डितं नीतिज्ञास्त्रज्ञं नित्यं च परिपालयेत् । नियोजयेत्सभामध्ये नित्यं सद्भिश्च संयुते
paṇḍitaṃ nītijñāstrajñaṃ nityaṃ ca paripālayet | niyojayetsabhāmadhye nityaṃ sadbhiśca saṃyute
And he should constantly maintain a learned man who knows statecraft and the scriptures, and should constantly appoint (him) in the midst of the assembly, which is filled with good men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.72
हस्त्यश्वरथपादातं सेनाङ्गं च चतुष्टयम् । पालयेद्यत्नतो नित्यं यशस्वी च प्रतापवान्
hastyaśvarathapādātaṃ senāṅgaṃ ca catuṣṭayam | pālayedyatnato nityaṃ yaśasvī ca pratāpavān
And the fourfold division of the army — elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers — the glorious and mighty (king) should constantly guard with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.73
रणे निमन्त्रितश्चैव दाने न विमुखो भवेत् । रणे वा यस्त्यजेत्प्राणांस्तस्य स्वर्गो यशस्करः
raṇe nimantritaścaiva dāne na vimukho bhavet | raṇe vā yastyajetprāṇāṃstasya svargo yaśaskaraḥ
And when challenged to battle, or (asked) for a gift, he should not turn away; and he who gives up his life in battle — for him heaven is glory-making.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.74
वैश्यानामपि वाणिज्यमीश्वरः कृषिपालने । विप्रदेवार्चनं दानं तपस्या व्रतसेवनम्
vaiśyānāmapi vāṇijyamīśvaraḥ kṛṣipālane | vipradevārcanaṃ dānaṃ tapasyā vratasevanam
For vaiśyas too, trade, (and being) master in the tending of agriculture, the worship of brahmins and gods, giving, austerity, and the observance of vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.75
विप्राणामर्चनं नित्यं शूद्रधर्मो विधीयते । तत्कृषी तद्धनग्राही शूद्रश्चाण्डालतां व्रजेत्
viprāṇāmarcanaṃ nityaṃ śūdradharmo vidhīyate | tatkṛṣī taddhanagrāhī śūdraścāṇḍālatāṃ vrajet
The constant honouring of brahmins is laid down as the dharma of the śūdra; a śūdra who farms that (brahmin's land) or takes that (brahmin's) wealth becomes a caṇḍāla.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.76
गृध्रः कोटिसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरः । श्वापदः शतजन्मानि शूदो विप्रधनापहः
gṛdhraḥ koṭisahasrāṇi śatajanmāni sūkaraḥ | śvāpadaḥ śatajanmāni śūdo vipradhanāpahaḥ
A śūdra who takes away a brahmin's wealth becomes a vulture for thousands of crores (of births), a boar for a hundred births, a beast of prey for a hundred births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.77
यः शूद्रो ब्राह्मणीगामी मातृगामी स पातकी । कृम्भीपाके पच्यते स यावद्वै ब्रह्मणः शातम्
yaḥ śūdro brāhmaṇīgāmī mātṛgāmī sa pātakī | kṛmbhīpāke pacyate sa yāvadvai brahmaṇaḥ śātam
The śūdra who goes to a brahmin woman is one who goes to his mother — he is a sinner; he is cooked in Kumbhīpāka as long as Brahmā's hundred (years last).
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BvP 4 83.78
कुम्भीपाके तप्रतैले भुक्तः सर्पैरहर्निशम् । शब्दं च विकृताकारं कुरुते यमताडनात्
kumbhīpāke taprataile bhuktaḥ sarpairaharniśam | śabdaṃ ca vikṛtākāraṃ kurute yamatāḍanāt
In Kumbhīpāka, in boiling oil, he is eaten by serpents day and night, and he utters a distorted cry from the beating by Yama('s servants).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.79
ततश्चाण्डालयोनिः स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु पातकी । सप्तजन्मसु सर्पश्च जलौकाः सप्तजन्मसु
tataścāṇḍālayoniḥ syātsaptajanmasu pātakī | saptajanmasu sarpaśca jalaukāḥ saptajanmasu
Then the sinner is (born) in a caṇḍāla womb for seven births, and a serpent for seven births, and a leech for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.80
जन्मकोटिसहत्रं च विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः । पुंश्चलीनां योनिकृमिः स भवेत्सप्तजन्मसु
janmakoṭisahatraṃ ca viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ | puṃścalīnāṃ yonikṛmiḥ sa bhavetsaptajanmasu
And for a thousand crores of births he is born as a worm in excrement; he becomes a worm in the womb of harlots for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.81
गर्वा व्रणकृमिः स्याच्च पातकी सप्तजन्मसु । योनौ योनौ भ्रमत्येवं न पुनर्जायते नरः
garvā vraṇakṛmiḥ syācca pātakī saptajanmasu | yonau yonau bhramatyevaṃ na punarjāyate naraḥ
And the sinner becomes a worm in a foul sore for seven births; thus he wanders from womb to womb, and the man is not born as a human again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.82
संन्यासिनां च यो धर्मो मन्मुखाच्च निशामय। दण्डग्रहणमात्रेण नरो नारायणो भवेत्
saṃnyāsināṃ ca yo dharmo manmukhācca niśāmaya| daṇḍagrahaṇamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet
And hear from my mouth what the dharma of renunciants is: merely by taking up the staff a man becomes Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.83
पूर्वकर्माणि दग्ध्वा च परकर्मनिकृन्तनम् । कुरुते चिन्तयेन्मां च ह्यायाति मम मन्दिरम् इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तंo नारदानाo भगवन्नन्दसंo
pūrvakarmāṇi dagdhvā ca parakarmanikṛntanam | kurute cintayenmāṃ ca hyāyāti mama mandiram iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttaṃo nāradānāo bhagavannandasaṃo
Having burnt up his former deeds and cut off the deeds to come, he acts, and thinks of me, and indeed comes to my abode. — Thus (ends the section) in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section, in the last part, the conversation of Nārada, the conversation of the Lord and Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.84
संन्यासिनां पदस्पर्शात्सद्यः पूता वसुंधरा । सद्यः पुनन्ति तीर्थानि वैष्णवस्य यथा व्रज
saṃnyāsināṃ padasparśātsadyaḥ pūtā vasuṃdharā | sadyaḥ punanti tīrthāni vaiṣṇavasya yathā vraja
By the touch of the feet of renunciants the earth is at once purified; the sacred fords are at once purified, as (they are) by a Vaiṣṇava, O Vraja(-dweller).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.85
संन्यासिनश्च स्पर्शेन निष्पापो जायते नरः । संन्यासिनं भोजयित्वा चाश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
saṃnyāsinaśca sparśena niṣpāpo jāyate naraḥ | saṃnyāsinaṃ bhojayitvā cāśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
And by the touch of a renunciant a man becomes free of sin; having fed a renunciant, one obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.86
नत्वा च कामतो दृष्ट्वा राजसूयफलं लभेत् । फलं संन्यासिनां तुन्यं यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम्
natvā ca kāmato dṛṣṭvā rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet | phalaṃ saṃnyāsināṃ tunyaṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām
And having bowed to (one) and seen (one) at will, one obtains the fruit of the Rājasūya. The fruit (of honouring) renunciants, ascetics, and celibate students is equal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.87
संन्याची याति सायाह्ने क्षुधितो गृहिणां गृहम् । सदन्नं वा कदन्नं वा तद्दत्तं नैव वर्जयेत्
saṃnyācī yāti sāyāhne kṣudhito gṛhiṇāṃ gṛham | sadannaṃ vā kadannaṃ vā taddattaṃ naiva varjayet
A renunciant, hungry, goes at evening to the house of householders; whether the food be good food or bad food, he should not refuse what is given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.88
न याचते च मिष्टान्नं न कुर्यात्कोपमेव च । न धनग्रहणं कुर्यादेकवासा निरीहतः
na yācate ca miṣṭānnaṃ na kuryātkopameva ca | na dhanagrahaṇaṃ kuryādekavāsā nirīhataḥ
He does not beg for sweet food, nor should he give way to anger; he should not accept money, (but live) with a single garment, free of striving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.89
शीतग्रीष्मसमानश्च लोभमोहविवर्जितः । तत्र स्थित्वैकरात्रं च प्रातरन्यत्स्थलं व्रजेत्
śītagrīṣmasamānaśca lobhamohavivarjitaḥ | tatra sthitvaikarātraṃ ca prātaranyatsthalaṃ vrajet
Alike in cold and heat, free of greed and delusion, having stayed there for a single night, in the morning he should go to another place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.90
यानमानोहणं कृत्वा गृहीत्वा गृहिणो धनम् । गृहं कृत्वा गृही रम्यात्स्वधर्मात्पतितो भवेत्
yānamānohaṇaṃ kṛtvā gṛhītvā gṛhiṇo dhanam | gṛhaṃ kṛtvā gṛhī ramyātsvadharmātpatito bhavet
Mounting a vehicle, taking a householder's wealth, making himself a house, he becomes a householder fallen from his own pleasant duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.91
कृत्वा चकृषिवाणिज्यं कुवृत्तिं कुरुते च यः । स संन्यासी हृताचारः स्वधर्मात्वतितो भवेत्
kṛtvā cakṛṣivāṇijyaṃ kuvṛttiṃ kurute ca yaḥ | sa saṃnyāsī hṛtācāraḥ svadharmātvatito bhavet
And whoever, taking up ploughing and trade, follows a base livelihood — that renunciant, his conduct destroyed, becomes fallen from his own duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.92
अशुभं च शुभं वाऽपि स्वकर्म कुरुते यदि । बहिष्कृतः स्वधर्मो वाऽप्युपहास्यश्च वै भवेत्
aśubhaṃ ca śubhaṃ vā'pi svakarma kurute yadi | bahiṣkṛtaḥ svadharmo vā'pyupahāsyaśca vai bhavet
If he performs his own (former, householder's) rites, whether inauspicious or auspicious, he is expelled from his own duty and becomes an object of ridicule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.93
ब्राह्मणी पतिहीना या भवेन्निष्कामिनी सदा । एकभुक्ता दिनान्ते सा हविष्यान्नरता सदा
brāhmaṇī patihīnā yā bhavenniṣkāminī sadā | ekabhuktā dinānte sā haviṣyānnaratā sadā
A brahmin woman who has lost her husband should be always without desire; she eats but once, at the end of the day, and is always devoted to sacrificial food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.94
न धत्ते दिव्यवस्त्रं च गन्धद्रव्यं सुतैलकम् । स्रजं च चन्दनं चैव शङ्खसिन्दूरभूषणम्
na dhatte divyavastraṃ ca gandhadravyaṃ sutailakam | srajaṃ ca candanaṃ caiva śaṅkhasindūrabhūṣaṇam
She does not put on fine clothing, or perfume, or good oil, or a garland, or sandal-paste, or the ornaments of conch(-bangles) and vermilion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.95
त्यक्त्वा मलिनवस्त्रा स्यान्नित्यं नारायणं स्मरेत् । नारायणस्य सेवां च कुरुते नित्यमेव च
tyaktvā malinavastrā syānnityaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ smaret | nārāyaṇasya sevāṃ ca kurute nityameva ca
Having given these up, she should be clad in a plain garment and should constantly remember Nārāyaṇa; and she performs the service of Nārāyaṇa every day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.96
तन्नामोच्चारणं शश्वत्कुरुते नान्यभक्तितः । पुत्रतुल्यं च पुरुषं सदा पश्यति धर्मतः
tannāmoccāraṇaṃ śaśvatkurute nānyabhaktitaḥ | putratulyaṃ ca puruṣaṃ sadā paśyati dharmataḥ
She continually utters his name, with no devotion to another; and by rule she always looks upon a man as equal to a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.97
मिष्टान्नं न च भुङ्क्ते सा न कुर्याद्विभवं व्रज । एकादश्यां न भोक्तव्यं कृष्णजन्माष्टमीदिने
miṣṭānnaṃ na ca bhuṅkte sā na kuryādvibhavaṃ vraja | ekādaśyāṃ na bhoktavyaṃ kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīdine
She does not eat sweet food, nor should she make display, O Vraja(-dweller). On the eleventh day one must not eat, nor on the day of Kṛṣṇa's birth, the eighth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.98
श्रीरामस्य नवम्यां तु शिवरात्रौ पवित्रया । अघोरायां च प्रेतायां चन्द्रसूर्योपरागयोः
śrīrāmasya navamyāṃ tu śivarātrau pavitrayā | aghorāyāṃ ca pretāyāṃ candrasūryoparāgayoḥ
nor on the ninth of Śrī Rāma, nor on Śiva's night, nor on the pure (day), nor on the Aghorā, nor on the Pretā, nor at eclipses of the moon and the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.99
भृष्टं द्रव्यं परित्यज्य भुज्यते परमेव च । ताम्बूलं विधवास्त्रीणां यतीनां ब्रह्मचानिणाम्
bhṛṣṭaṃ dravyaṃ parityajya bhujyate parameva ca | tāmbūlaṃ vidhavāstrīṇāṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāniṇām
Having wholly given up fried food, other (food) alone is eaten. Betel for widowed women, for ascetics, for celibate students,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.100
संन्यासिनां च सौमांससुरातुल्यं श्रुतौ श्रुतम् । रक्तशाकं मसूरं च जम्बीरं पर्णमेव च
saṃnyāsināṃ ca saumāṃsasurātulyaṃ śrutau śrutam | raktaśākaṃ masūraṃ ca jambīraṃ parṇameva ca
and for renunciants is declared in scripture to be equal to meat and liquor; (likewise) red greens, lentils, citron, and betel-leaf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.101
अलाबुर्वर्तुलाकारा वर्जनीया च तैरवि । पर्यङ्कशायिनी नारी विधवा पातयेत्पतिम्
alāburvartulākārā varjanīyā ca tairavi | paryaṅkaśāyinī nārī vidhavā pātayetpatim
The round-shaped gourd is also to be avoided by them. A widowed woman who sleeps on a couch makes her husband fall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.102
यानमारोहणं कृत्वा विधवा नरकं व्रजेत् । न कुर्यात्केशसंस्कारं गात्रसंस्कारमेव च
yānamārohaṇaṃ kṛtvā vidhavā narakaṃ vrajet | na kuryātkeśasaṃskāraṃ gātrasaṃskārameva ca
By mounting a vehicle a widow goes to hell. She should not dress her hair, nor adorn her body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.103
केशवेणी जटारूपे तत्क्षौरं तीर्थकं विना । तैलाभ्यङ्गंन कुर्वीत नहि पश्यति दर्पणम्
keśaveṇī jaṭārūpe tatkṣauraṃ tīrthakaṃ vinā | tailābhyaṅgaṃna kurvīta nahi paśyati darpaṇam
Her braid of hair (should be) in the form of matted locks; there is no shaving of it except at a sacred ford. She should not anoint herself with oil, and she does not look into a mirror.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.104
मुखं च परपुंसां च यात्रां नृत्यं महोत्सवम् । नर्तनं गायनं चैव सुवेषं पुरुषं शुभम्
mukhaṃ ca parapuṃsāṃ ca yātrāṃ nṛtyaṃ mahotsavam | nartanaṃ gāyanaṃ caiva suveṣaṃ puruṣaṃ śubham
(Nor should she look at) the face of other men, nor at a procession, a dance, a great festival, nor at dancing and singing, nor at a handsome, well-dressed man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.105
शृणुयाच्च सतां धर्म सामवेदनिरूपितम् । परमार्थ परं चैव निबोध कथयामि ते
śṛṇuyācca satāṃ dharma sāmavedanirūpitam | paramārtha paraṃ caiva nibodha kathayāmi te
And she should listen to the dharma of the good, as set forth in the Sāmaveda. Learn too the highest supreme goal; I shall tell it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.106
अध्यापनमध्यानं शिष्याणां परिपालनम् । गुरुणां सेवनं नित्यं द्विचदेवार्चनं तथा
adhyāpanamadhyānaṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ paripālanam | guruṇāṃ sevanaṃ nityaṃ dvicadevārcanaṃ tathā
Teaching and study, the care of pupils, constant service to teachers, and likewise the worship of gods by the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.107
सिद्धान्तशास्त्रनैपुण्यं भावनं स्वात्मतोषणम् । व्याख्यानं परिशुद्धं च ग्रन्थाभ्यस्तं च संततम्
siddhāntaśāstranaipuṇyaṃ bhāvanaṃ svātmatoṣaṇam | vyākhyānaṃ pariśuddhaṃ ca granthābhyastaṃ ca saṃtatam
skill in the treatises on doctrine, meditation, satisfying of one's own self, wholly pure exposition, and continual practice of the texts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.108
प्यवस्थापरिशुद्ध्यर्थ विचारो वेदसंमतः । शास्त्रार्थाचरणं चैव कतध्यं स्वयमेव च
pyavasthāpariśuddhyartha vicāro vedasaṃmataḥ | śāstrārthācaraṇaṃ caiva katadhyaṃ svayameva ca
reflection approved by the Veda for the sake of purifying the (established) rules, and the carrying out of what the treatises enjoin, and speaking of it oneself —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.109
देवाह्निकेषु नैपुण्यं वेदाचरणमीप्सितम् । वेदोक्तभक्षणं चैव पवित्राचरणं सदा
devāhnikeṣu naipuṇyaṃ vedācaraṇamīpsitam | vedoktabhakṣaṇaṃ caiva pavitrācaraṇaṃ sadā
skill in the daily rites for the gods, the desired performance of Vedic observance, eating what the Veda prescribes, and always pure conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.110
पतिव्रतानां यं धर्म तं निबोध व्रजेश्वर । नित्यंतु भर्तर्यौत्सुक्यात्तत्पादोदकमीप्सितम्
pativratānāṃ yaṃ dharma taṃ nibodha vrajeśvara | nityaṃtu bhartaryautsukyāttatpādodakamīpsitam
Learn now, lord of Vraja, what is the dharma of women devoted to their husbands: daily, out of eagerness for her husband, the water from his feet is to be desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.111
भक्तिभावेन सततं भोक्तव्यं तदनुज्ञया । व्रतं तपस्यां देवार्चां परित्यज्य प्रयत्नतः
bhaktibhāvena satataṃ bhoktavyaṃ tadanujñayā | vrataṃ tapasyāṃ devārcāṃ parityajya prayatnataḥ
With a feeling of devotion she should always eat by his permission, deliberately giving up vow, austerity, and worship of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.112
कुर्याच्चरणसेवां च स्तवनं परितोषणम् । तदाज्ञारहितं कर्म न कुयद्विरैतः सती
kuryāccaraṇasevāṃ ca stavanaṃ paritoṣaṇam | tadājñārahitaṃ karma na kuyadviraitaḥ satī
She should do service to his feet, praise him, and please him; a virtuous wife should not do any act devoid of his command.
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BvP 4 83.113
नारायणात्परं कान्तं ध्यायते सततं सती । परपुंसां मुखं चैव सुवेषपुरुषं परम्
nārāyaṇātparaṃ kāntaṃ dhyāyate satataṃ satī | parapuṃsāṃ mukhaṃ caiva suveṣapuruṣaṃ param
A virtuous wife constantly meditates on her husband as higher than Nārāyaṇa (himself); the face of other men, and a well-dressed man above all,
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BvP 4 83.114
यात्रामहोत्सवं नृत्यं नर्तनं गायनं व्रज । परक्रीडां च सततं न हि पश्यति सुव्रता
yātrāmahotsavaṃ nṛtyaṃ nartanaṃ gāyanaṃ vraja | parakrīḍāṃ ca satataṃ na hi paśyati suvratā
processions and great festivals, dance, dancing, singing, O Vraja(-lord), and other people's amusements — a woman of good vows never looks at these.
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BvP 4 83.115
यद्भक्ष्यं स्वामिनो नित्यं तदेवमपि योषिताम् । नहि त्यजेत्तु तत्सङ्गं क्षणमेव च सुव्रता
yadbhakṣyaṃ svāmino nityaṃ tadevamapi yoṣitām | nahi tyajettu tatsaṅgaṃ kṣaṇameva ca suvratā
Whatever is always the food of the husband, that alone is also the women's; a woman of good vows should not give up his company even for a moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.116
उत्तरे नोत्तरं दद्यात्स्वामिनश्य पतिव्रता । न कोपं कुरुते शुद्वा ताडिता चापि कोपतः
uttare nottaraṃ dadyātsvāminaśya pativratā | na kopaṃ kurute śudvā tāḍitā cāpi kopataḥ
A wife devoted to her husband should not give an answer back to her husband's answer; even when beaten in anger, she, being pure, does not grow angry.
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BvP 4 83.117
क्षुधितं भोजयेत्कान्तं दद्यात्पानं च भोजनम् । न बोधयेत्तं निद्रालुं प्ररेयेन्नैव कर्मसु
kṣudhitaṃ bhojayetkāntaṃ dadyātpānaṃ ca bhojanam | na bodhayettaṃ nidrāluṃ prareyennaiva karmasu
She should feed her husband when he is hungry, and give him drink and food; she should not wake him when he is sleepy, nor urge him to any tasks.
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BvP 4 83.118
पुत्राणां च शतगुणं स्नेहं कुर्यात्पतीं सती । पतिर्बन्धुर्गतिर्भर्ता दैवतं कुलयोषितः
putrāṇāṃ ca śataguṇaṃ snehaṃ kuryātpatīṃ satī | patirbandhurgatirbhartā daivataṃ kulayoṣitaḥ
A virtuous wife should show her husband a hundred times the affection (she shows) her sons; for a woman of good family the husband is kinsman, refuge, sustainer, and deity.
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BvP 4 83.119
शुभं दृष्ट्वा सुधातुल्यं कान्तं पश्यति सुन्दरी । सस्मितं वदनं कृत्वा भक्तिभावेन यत्नतः
śubhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sudhātulyaṃ kāntaṃ paśyati sundarī | sasmitaṃ vadanaṃ kṛtvā bhaktibhāvena yatnataḥ
Seeing an auspicious (thing), the lovely woman looks at her husband, who is like nectar (to her), making her face smiling, with a feeling of devotion and with care.
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BvP 4 83.120
पुरुषाणां सहस्रं च सती स्त्री च समुद्धरेत् । पतिः पतिव्रतानां च मुच्यते सर्वपातकात्
puruṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ ca satī strī ca samuddharet | patiḥ pativratānāṃ ca mucyate sarvapātakāt
And a virtuous woman may rescue a thousand men; and the husband of women devoted to their husbands is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.121
नास्ति तेषां कर्मभोगः सतीनां व्रततेजसा । तया सार्धं च निष्कर्मी मोदते हरिमन्दिरे
nāsti teṣāṃ karmabhogaḥ satīnāṃ vratatejasā | tayā sārdhaṃ ca niṣkarmī modate harimandire
For them there is no undergoing of (the fruits of) karma, through the power of the virtuous women's vow; free of karma, he rejoices together with her in the house of Hari.
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BvP 4 83.122
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सतीपादेषु तान्यपि । तेजश्च सर्वदेवानां मुनीनां च सतीषु च
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni satīpādeṣu tānyapi | tejaśca sarvadevānāṃ munīnāṃ ca satīṣu ca
Whatever holy fords there are on earth, they are also in the feet of a virtuous woman; and the splendour of all the gods and of the sages is in virtuous women.
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BvP 4 83.123
तपस्विनां तपः सर्वं व्रतिनां यत्फलं व्रज । दाने फलं यद्दातणां तत्सर्व तासु संततम्
tapasvināṃ tapaḥ sarvaṃ vratināṃ yatphalaṃ vraja | dāne phalaṃ yaddātaṇāṃ tatsarva tāsu saṃtatam
All the austerity of ascetics, and whatever fruit belongs to those who keep vows, O Vraja(-lord), and the fruit in giving that belongs to givers — all that is in them perpetually.
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BvP 4 83.124
स्वयं नारायणः शंभुर्विधाता जगतामपि । सुराः सर्वे च मुनयो भीतास्ताभ्यां च संततम्
svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ śaṃbhurvidhātā jagatāmapi | surāḥ sarve ca munayo bhītāstābhyāṃ ca saṃtatam
Nārāyaṇa himself, Śaṃbhu, and the Creator of the worlds too, all the gods and the sages, are constantly afraid of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 83.125
सतीनां पादरजसा सद्यः पूता वसुंधरा । पतिव्रतां नमस्कृत्वा मुच्यते पातकान्नरः
satīnāṃ pādarajasā sadyaḥ pūtā vasuṃdharā | pativratāṃ namaskṛtvā mucyate pātakānnaraḥ
By the dust of the feet of chaste wives the earth is at once purified; having bowed to a woman devoted to her husband, a man is released from sin.
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BvP 4 83.126
त्रैलोक्यं भस्मसात्कर्तुं क्षणेनैव पतिव्रता । स्वतेजसा समर्था सा महापुण्यवती सदा
trailokyaṃ bhasmasātkartuṃ kṣaṇenaiva pativratā | svatejasā samarthā sā mahāpuṇyavatī sadā
A wife devoted to her husband is able, by her own fiery power, to reduce the three worlds to ashes in a mere instant; she is ever of great merit.
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BvP 4 83.127
सतीनां च पतिः साधुः पुत्रो निःशंक एव च । न हि तस्य भयं किंचिद्देवेभ्यश्च यमादपि
satīnāṃ ca patiḥ sādhuḥ putro niḥśaṃka eva ca | na hi tasya bhayaṃ kiṃciddevebhyaśca yamādapi
The husband of chaste wives is virtuous, and their son too is without fear; indeed he has no fear whatever, neither from the gods nor even from Yama.
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BvP 4 83.128
शतजन्मपुण्यवतां गेहे जाता पतिव्रता । पतिव्रताप्रसूः पूता जीवन्मुक्तः पिता तथा
śatajanmapuṇyavatāṃ gehe jātā pativratā | pativratāprasūḥ pūtā jīvanmuktaḥ pitā tathā
A wife devoted to her husband is born in the house of those who have merit (accumulated over) a hundred births; she who gives birth to such a wife is purified, and her father likewise is liberated while living.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.129
सती स्त्री प्रातरुत्थाय त्यक्त्वा च रात्रिवाससम् । भर्तारं च नमस्कृत्य करोति स्तवनं मुदा
satī strī prātarutthāya tyaktvā ca rātrivāsasam | bhartāraṃ ca namaskṛtya karoti stavanaṃ mudā
A chaste woman, rising at dawn and putting off her night garment, bows to her husband and joyfully makes his praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.130
गृहकार्यं ततः कृत्वा स्नात्वा धौते च वाससी । गृहीत्वा शुक्लपुष्पं च भक्तितः पूजयेत्पतिम्
gṛhakāryaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā snātvā dhaute ca vāsasī | gṛhītvā śuklapuṣpaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ pūjayetpatim
Then, having done the household work, having bathed and (put on) two washed garments, and having taken a white flower, she should worship her husband with devotion.
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BvP 4 83.131
स्नापयित्वा सुपूतेन जलेन निर्मलेन च । तस्मै दत्त्वा धौतवस्त्रं तत्पादौ क्षालयेन्मुदा
snāpayitvā supūtena jalena nirmalena ca | tasmai dattvā dhautavastraṃ tatpādau kṣālayenmudā
Having bathed (him) with well-purified and clear water, and having given him a washed garment, she should joyfully wash his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.132
आसने वासयित्वा च दत्त्वा भाले च चन्दनम् । सर्वाङ्गलेपनं कृत्वा दत्त्वा माल्यं गलेऽपि च
āsane vāsayitvā ca dattvā bhāle ca candanam | sarvāṅgalepanaṃ kṛtvā dattvā mālyaṃ gale'pi ca
And having seated (him) on a seat and put sandal paste on his forehead, having made an anointing of all his limbs and put a garland on his neck too—
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BvP 4 83.133
सामवेदोक्तमन्त्रेण भोगद्रव्यैः सुधोपमैः । संपूज्य भक्तितः कान्तं स्तुत्वा च प्रणमेन्मुदा
sāmavedoktamantreṇa bhogadravyaiḥ sudhopamaiḥ | saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ kāntaṃ stutvā ca praṇamenmudā
having worshipped her beloved with devotion, with a mantra declared in the Sāmaveda and with enjoyable substances like nectar, she should praise him and joyfully bow down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.134
ओं नमः कान्ताय शान्ताय सर्वदेवाश्रयाय स्वाहा । इत्यनेनैव मन्त्रेण दत्त्वा पुष्पं च चन्दनम्
oṃ namaḥ kāntāya śāntāya sarvadevāśrayāya svāhā | ityanenaiva mantreṇa dattvā puṣpaṃ ca candanam
"Oṃ, homage to the beloved, the tranquil one, the refuge of all the gods, svāhā"—with just this mantra having offered flower and sandal paste,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.135
पाद्यार्ध्यं धूपदीपौ च वस्त्रं नैवेद्यमुत्तमम् । जलं सुवासितं शुद्धं ताम्बूलं च सुवासितम्
pādyārdhyaṃ dhūpadīpau ca vastraṃ naivedyamuttamam | jalaṃ suvāsitaṃ śuddhaṃ tāmbūlaṃ ca suvāsitam
(and) foot-water and offering-water, incense and lamp, a garment, excellent food-offering, pure perfumed water, and perfumed betel—
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BvP 4 83.136
दत्त्वा स्तोत्रं पठेद्यद्यत्कृतं वै पाठ्यमेव च । ओं नमः कान्ताय भर्त्रे च शिरश्चन्द्रस्वरूपिणे
dattvā stotraṃ paṭhedyadyatkṛtaṃ vai pāṭhyameva ca | oṃ namaḥ kāntāya bhartre ca śiraścandrasvarūpiṇe
having offered (these), she should recite the hymn—whatever has been composed is indeed to be recited: "Oṃ, homage to the beloved, to the husband, whose form is the moon on the head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.137
नमः शान्ताय दान्ताय सर्वदेवाश्रयाय च । नमो ब्रह्मस्वरूपाय सतीप्राणपराय च
namaḥ śāntāya dāntāya sarvadevāśrayāya ca | namo brahmasvarūpāya satīprāṇaparāya ca
homage to the tranquil, the self-controlled, the refuge of all the gods; homage to him whose form is brahman, who is dearer than life to a chaste wife;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.138
नमस्याय च पूज्याय हृदाधाराय ते नमः । पञ्चप्राणाधिदेवाय चक्षुषस्तारकाय च
namasyāya ca pūjyāya hṛdādhārāya te namaḥ | pañcaprāṇādhidevāya cakṣuṣastārakāya ca
homage to you, who are to be saluted, to be worshipped, the support of (my) heart, the presiding deity of the five breaths, the pupil of (my) eye,
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BvP 4 83.139
ज्ञानाधाराय पत्नीनां परमानन्दरूपिणे । पतिर्ब्रह्मा पतिर्विष्णुः पतिरेव महेश्वरः
jñānādhārāya patnīnāṃ paramānandarūpiṇe | patirbrahmā patirviṣṇuḥ patireva maheśvaraḥ
the support of knowledge, the very form of supreme bliss for wives. The husband is Brahmā, the husband is Viṣṇu, the husband is Maheśvara himself;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 83.140
पतिश्च निर्गुणाधारो ब्रह्मरूप नमोऽस्तु ते । क्षमस्व भगवन् दोषं ज्ञानाज्ञानकृतं च यत्
patiśca nirguṇādhāro brahmarūpa namo'stu te | kṣamasva bhagavan doṣaṃ jñānājñānakṛtaṃ ca yat
and the husband is the support of the qualityless (brahman); O you whose form is brahman, homage be to you. Forgive, O Lord, whatever fault has been done knowingly or unknowingly.
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BvP 4 83.141
पत्नीबन्धो दयासिन्धो दासीदोषं क्षमस्व मे । इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं सृष्ट्यादौ पद्मया कृतम्
patnībandho dayāsindho dāsīdoṣaṃ kṣamasva me | idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sṛṣṭyādau padmayā kṛtam
O kinsman of your wife, ocean of compassion, forgive the fault of me, your servant." This hymn, of great merit, was composed at the beginning of creation by Padmā (Lakṣmī);
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BvP 4 83.142
सरस्वत्या च धरया गङ्गया च पुरा व्रज । सावित्र्या च कृतं पूर्वं ब्रह्मणे चापि नित्यशः
sarasvatyā ca dharayā gaṅgayā ca purā vraja | sāvitryā ca kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇe cāpi nityaśaḥ
and by Sarasvatī and by Dharā and by Gaṅgā long ago, O Vraja (i.e. lord of Vraja); and formerly it was made by Sāvitrī for Brahmā, and constantly.
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BvP 4 83.143
पार्वत्या च कृतं भक्त्या कैलासे शंकराय च । मुनीनां च सुराणां च पत्नीभिश्च कृतं पुरा
pārvatyā ca kṛtaṃ bhaktyā kailāse śaṃkarāya ca | munīnāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca patnībhiśca kṛtaṃ purā
And it was made with devotion by Pārvatī for Śaṃkara on Kailāsa, and it was made of old by the wives of the sages and of the gods.
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BvP 4 83.144
पतिव्रतानां सर्वासां स्तोत्रमेतच्छुभावहम् । इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं या श्रृणोति पतिव्रता
pativratānāṃ sarvāsāṃ stotrametacchubhāvaham | idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ yā śrṛṇoti pativratā
This hymn brings blessing to all wives devoted to their husbands. Whatever husband-devoted woman hears this hymn of great merit —
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BvP 4 83.145
नरोऽन्यो वाऽपि नारी वा लभते सर्ववाञ्छितम् । अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं निर्धनो लभते धनम्
naro'nyo vā'pi nārī vā labhate sarvavāñchitam | aputro labhate putraṃ nirdhano labhate dhanam
— or any other man, or a woman, obtains all that is wished for: the sonless obtains a son, the poor man obtains wealth.
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BvP 4 83.146
रौगी च मुच्यते रोगाद्बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात् । पतिव्रता च स्तुत्वा च तीर्थस्नानफलं लभेत्
raugī ca mucyate rogādbaddho mucyeta bandhanāt | pativratā ca stutvā ca tīrthasnānaphalaṃ labhet
The sick man is freed from sickness, the bound would be freed from bondage; and a devoted wife, by praising (with it), would obtain the fruit of bathing at holy fords,
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BvP 4 83.147
फलं च सर्वं तपसां व्रतानां च व्रजेश्वर । इदं स्तुत्वा नमस्कृत्वा भुङ्क्ते सा तदनुज्ञया ।। उक्तः पतिव्रताधर्मो गृहिणां श्रुयतां व्रज
phalaṃ ca sarvaṃ tapasāṃ vratānāṃ ca vrajeśvara | idaṃ stutvā namaskṛtvā bhuṅkte sā tadanujñayā || uktaḥ pativratādharmo gṛhiṇāṃ śruyatāṃ vraja
and all the fruit of austerities and of vows, O lord of Vraja. Having praised with this and made obeisance, she eats with his (her husband's) permission. The duty of the devoted wife has been told; hear (now) that of householders, O Vraja(-lord).
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