Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 84
BvP 4 84.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच द्विजदेवार्चनं चैव करोति सततं गृही । स्वधर्माचरणं चैव चातुर्वर्ण्यं च नित्यणः
śrībhagavānuvāca dvijadevārcanaṃ caiva karoti satataṃ gṛhī | svadharmācaraṇaṃ caiva cāturvarṇyaṃ ca nityaṇaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: The householder constantly performs worship of the twice-born and of the gods, and the practice of his own duty, and (that of) the four classes, daily.
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BvP 4 84.2
कुर्वन्ति गृहिणामाशां सर्वे देवादयस्तथा । अकृत्वाऽतिथिपूजां च गृहस्थश्च सदाऽशुचिः
kurvanti gṛhiṇāmāśāṃ sarve devādayastathā | akṛtvā'tithipūjāṃ ca gṛhasthaśca sadā'śuciḥ
All the gods and the rest place their hope in householders; and a householder who has not performed the honouring of a guest is always impure.
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BvP 4 84.3
पितरः कर्मकाले चातिथिकाले च देवताः । सर्वे गृहस्थमायान्ति निपानमिव धेनवः
pitaraḥ karmakāle cātithikāle ca devatāḥ | sarve gṛhasthamāyānti nipānamiva dhenavaḥ
At the time of rites, the ancestors, and at the time of a guest's arrival, the deities — all come to the householder as cows come to a watering trough.
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BvP 4 84.4
समायाति प्रयत्नेन सयाह्ने क्षुधितोऽतिथिः । पूजां लब्ध्वाऽऽशिषं कृत्वा प्रयाति गृहिणो गृहात्
samāyāti prayatnena sayāhne kṣudhito'tithiḥ | pūjāṃ labdhvā''śiṣaṃ kṛtvā prayāti gṛhiṇo gṛhāt
With effort a hungry guest arrives at day's end; having received honour and given a blessing, he departs from the householder's house.
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BvP 4 84.5
अकृत्वाऽतिथिपूजां च गृही भवति पातकी । त्रैलोक्यजनितं पापं लभते नात्र संशयः
akṛtvā'tithipūjāṃ ca gṛhī bhavati pātakī | trailokyajanitaṃ pāpaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
But by not performing the honouring of a guest the householder becomes a sinner; he incurs the sin produced in the three worlds — there is no doubt here.
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BvP 4 84.6
अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात्प्रतिनिर्वते । पितरस्तस्य देवाश्च वह्नयश्च तथैव च
atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātpratinirvate | pitarastasya devāśca vahnayaśca tathaiva ca
He whose guest, his hope broken, turns back from the house — that man's ancestors and gods and likewise the fires
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BvP 4 84.7
निराशाः प्रतिगच्छन्ति गृहिणोऽतिथयो गृहात् । स्त्रीध्नैर्गोघ्नैः कृतघ्नैश्च ब्राह्मणैर्गुरुतल्पगैः
nirāśāḥ pratigacchanti gṛhiṇo'tithayo gṛhāt | strīdhnairgoghnaiḥ kṛtaghnaiśca brāhmaṇairgurutalpagaiḥ
go back without hope, (as) guests (go) from a householder's house. With killers of women, killers of cows, the ungrateful, and brahmins who violate the teacher's bed,
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BvP 4 84.8
तुल्यदोषो भवत्येव येनातिथिरनर्चितः । स्वात्मनः पातकं दत्त्वा पुण्यमादाय गच्छति
tulyadoṣo bhavatyeva yenātithiranarcitaḥ | svātmanaḥ pātakaṃ dattvā puṇyamādāya gacchati
he by whom a guest was left unhonoured becomes indeed of equal guilt; (the guest,) giving his own sin (to him) and taking away (his) merit, departs.
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BvP 4 84.9
तस्मात्कृत्वा सर्वसेवां देवादींश्च शुभाशयः । पोष्याणां भरणं कृत्वा पश्चाद्भुङ्क्ते स धर्मवित्
tasmātkṛtvā sarvasevāṃ devādīṃśca śubhāśayaḥ | poṣyāṇāṃ bharaṇaṃ kṛtvā paścādbhuṅkte sa dharmavit
Therefore, having done all service to the gods and the rest, of auspicious intent, and having provided maintenance for those he must support, he eats afterwards — he is the knower of dharma.
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BvP 4 84.10
यस्य माता गृहे नास्ति भार्या च पुंश्चली तथा । अरण्यं तेन गन्तव्यमरण्याद्दुःखदं गृहम्
yasya mātā gṛhe nāsti bhāryā ca puṃścalī tathā | araṇyaṃ tena gantavyamaraṇyādduḥkhadaṃ gṛham
He in whose house there is no mother, and whose wife is unchaste — he should go to the forest; (his) house is more painful than the forest.
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BvP 4 84.11
पतीं द्वेष्टि सदा दुष्टा विषतुन्यं च पश्यति । ददाति तस्मै नाऽऽहारं भर्त्सनं कुरुते सदा
patīṃ dveṣṭi sadā duṣṭā viṣatunyaṃ ca paśyati | dadāti tasmai nā''hāraṃ bhartsanaṃ kurute sadā
The wicked woman always hates her husband and looks (on him) as on poison; she does not give him food and always reviles (him).
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BvP 4 84.12
पूजितं मुनितुल्यं च सा च पापीयसी परम् । संततं तृणवन्मत्वा न्यक्कारं कुरुते सदा
pūjitaṃ munitulyaṃ ca sā ca pāpīyasī param | saṃtataṃ tṛṇavanmatvā nyakkāraṃ kurute sadā
And she, exceedingly sinful, (treats) him who is honoured and equal to a sage — reckoning (him) constantly as a straw — she always shows contempt.
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BvP 4 84.13
दुर्वाक्यावह्निना दग्धो मृततुल्यश्च जीवति । यावज्जीवनपर्यन्तं संप्राप्य दुष्टवंशजाम्
durvākyāvahninā dagdho mṛtatulyaśca jīvati | yāvajjīvanaparyantaṃ saṃprāpya duṣṭavaṃśajām
Burnt by the fire of (her) evil words he lives as one dead, as long as his life lasts, having got a woman born of a wicked family.
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BvP 4 84.14
गृहिणीनां सदाचारं श्रूयतां तच्छ्रु तौ श्रुतम् । गृहिणी पतिभक्ता च देवब्राह्मणबूजिता
gṛhiṇīnāṃ sadācāraṃ śrūyatāṃ tacchru tau śrutam | gṛhiṇī patibhaktā ca devabrāhmaṇabūjitā
Let the good conduct of housewives be heard; that (which was) heard has been heard by you. The housewife is devoted to her husband and honours gods and brahmins.
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BvP 4 84.15
सा शुद्धा प्रातरुत्थाय नमस्कृत्य पतिं सुरम् । प्राङ्गणे मङ्गलं दद्याद्गोमयेन जलेन च
sā śuddhā prātarutthāya namaskṛtya patiṃ suram | prāṅgaṇe maṅgalaṃ dadyādgomayena jalena ca
She, purified, rising at dawn, having bowed to her husband and to the god, should make an auspicious (offering/plastering) in the courtyard with cow-dung and water.
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BvP 4 84.16
गृहकृत्यं च कृत्वा च स्नात्वाऽऽगत्य गृहं सती । सुरं विप्रं पतिं नत्वा पूजयेद्गृहदेवताम्
gṛhakṛtyaṃ ca kṛtvā ca snātvā''gatya gṛhaṃ satī | suraṃ vipraṃ patiṃ natvā pūjayedgṛhadevatām
And having done the household work, and having bathed and come (back) to the house, the good wife, having bowed to the god, the brahmin, and her husband, should worship the household deity.
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BvP 4 84.17
गृहकृत्यं सुनिर्वृत्य भोजयित्वा पतिं सती । अतिथिं पूजयित्वा च स्वयं भुङ्कते सुखंसती
gṛhakṛtyaṃ sunirvṛtya bhojayitvā patiṃ satī | atithiṃ pūjayitvā ca svayaṃ bhuṅkate sukhaṃsatī
Having thoroughly finished the housework and fed her husband, the virtuous wife, and having honoured the guest, herself eats in comfort, chaste.
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BvP 4 84.18
पुत्रैश्च पूजितस्तातः शिष्यैश्च पूजितो गुरुः । आज्ञया कुरुते कर्म पुत्रः शिष्यश्च भृत्यवत्
putraiśca pūjitastātaḥ śiṣyaiśca pūjito guruḥ | ājñayā kurute karma putraḥ śiṣyaśca bhṛtyavat
The father is honoured by his sons, and the teacher is honoured by his pupils; by (their) command the son and the pupil do their work like servants.
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BvP 4 84.19
न प्रेरयेद्गुरुं तातं पुत्रः शिष्यश्च कर्मसु । पित्रे च गुरवे नित्यं सर्वस्वं च समर्पयेत्
na prerayedguruṃ tātaṃ putraḥ śiṣyaśca karmasu | pitre ca gurave nityaṃ sarvasvaṃ ca samarpayet
A son and a pupil should not urge on the teacher or the father in tasks; and to father and teacher one should always surrender everything one has.
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BvP 4 84.20
न कुर्यान्नरबुद्धिं च गुरौ पितरि संततम् । कृत्वा च नरबुद्धिं च ब्रह्महत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
na kuryānnarabuddhiṃ ca gurau pitari saṃtatam | kṛtvā ca narabuddhiṃ ca brahmahatyāṃ labheddhruvam
And one should never think of the teacher or the father as (mere) men; having thought of them as men, one surely incurs (the guilt of) brahmin-murder.
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BvP 4 84.21
मातरं पूजयेद्भक्त्या पितुश्चाप्यधिकां तथा । मातुः परं गुरुं चैव पूजयेद्भक्तियोगतः
mātaraṃ pūjayedbhaktyā pituścāpyadhikāṃ tathā | mātuḥ paraṃ guruṃ caiva pūjayedbhaktiyogataḥ
One should worship the mother with devotion, and even more than the father; and the teacher (one should worship) beyond the mother, worshipping him through devotion.
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BvP 4 84.22
पिता माता गुरुर्भार्या शिष्यः पुत्रः सदाऽक्षमः । अनाथा भगिनी कन्या नित्यं पोष्या गुरुप्रिया
pitā mātā gururbhāryā śiṣyaḥ putraḥ sadā'kṣamaḥ | anāthā bhaginī kanyā nityaṃ poṣyā gurupriyā
Father, mother, teacher, wife, pupil, son, one always incapable, one without protector, a sister, a maiden, and the teacher's beloved (wife) — these are always to be maintained.
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BvP 4 84.23
एवं च कथितं तात सर्वेषां धर्ममुत्तमम् । श्त्रीजातिर्वास्तपीशुद्धा ताश्च सर्वाः पतिव्रताः
evaṃ ca kathitaṃ tāta sarveṣāṃ dharmamuttamam | śtrījātirvāstapīśuddhā tāśca sarvāḥ pativratāḥ
Thus, my dear, the highest duty of all has been declared. The class of women is in truth pure, and all of them are devoted to their husbands.
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BvP 4 84.24
सर्वा जातिरेकविधा चाऽऽदौ सृष्टा च ब्रह्मणा । ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतेरंशाः पवित्राः पण्डिताधिकाः
sarvā jātirekavidhā cā''dau sṛṣṭā ca brahmaṇā | tāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛteraṃśāḥ pavitrāḥ paṇḍitādhikāḥ
The whole class was of one kind, and in the beginning was created by Brahmā; all of them are portions of Prakṛti, pure, superior to the learned.
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BvP 4 84.25
केदारकन्याशापेन स हि धर्मः क्षयं गतः । तदा कोपेन धात्रा च कृत्या स्त्री च विनिर्मिता
kedārakanyāśāpena sa hi dharmaḥ kṣayaṃ gataḥ | tadā kopena dhātrā ca kṛtyā strī ca vinirmitā
By the curse of the maiden of Kedāra that dharma indeed came to destruction; then, in anger, by the Creator an artificial woman was fashioned.
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BvP 4 84.26
कृत्या स्त्री त्रिविधा जातिर्ब्रह्मणा निर्मिता पुरा । उत्तमा प्रथमा सा च मध्यमा चाधमा व्रज
kṛtyā strī trividhā jātirbrahmaṇā nirmitā purā | uttamā prathamā sā ca madhyamā cādhamā vraja
The artificial woman was of three kinds, fashioned of old by Brahmā: the first is the highest, and (then) the middling and the lowest — learn (of them), Vraja(-lord).
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BvP 4 84.27
उत्तमा पतिभक्ता सा किंचिद्धर्मसमन्विता । प्राणान्तेऽपि न कुरुते तं जारमयशकरम्
uttamā patibhaktā sā kiṃciddharmasamanvitā | prāṇānte'pi na kurute taṃ jāramayaśakaram
The highest is devoted to her husband, endowed with some measure of dharma; even at the point of death she does not take a lover, who brings disgrace.
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BvP 4 84.28
पूजयेत्सा यथा कान्तं तथा देवद्विजातिथीन् । व्रतानि चोपवासांश्च कुरुते सर्वपूजनम्
pūjayetsā yathā kāntaṃ tathā devadvijātithīn | vratāni copavāsāṃśca kurute sarvapūjanam
As she honours her husband, so (she honours) gods, brahmins and guests; she performs vows and fasts and all acts of worship.
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BvP 4 84.29
गुरुणा रक्षिता यत्नाज्जारं च न भजेद्भयात् । स कृत्रिमा मध्यमा च यथाकिंचित्पतिं भजेत्
guruṇā rakṣitā yatnājjāraṃ ca na bhajedbhayāt | sa kṛtrimā madhyamā ca yathākiṃcitpatiṃ bhajet
Guarded with effort by her elders, out of fear she does not resort to a lover: she is the artificial, middling one, and she serves her husband only somewhat.
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BvP 4 84.30
स्थानं नास्तिक्षणं नास्ति नास्ति प्रार्थयिता नरः । तेन हे नन्द तासां च सतीत्वमुपजायते
sthānaṃ nāstikṣaṇaṃ nāsti nāsti prārthayitā naraḥ | tena he nanda tāsāṃ ca satītvamupajāyate
There is no place, there is no opportunity, there is no man to solicit her — by that, O Nanda, chastity comes about in such women.
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BvP 4 84.31
अधमा परमा दुष्टाऽत्यन्तासद्वंशजा तथा । अधर्मशीला दुःशीला दुर्मुखा कलहान्विता
adhamā paramā duṣṭā'tyantāsadvaṃśajā tathā | adharmaśīlā duḥśīlā durmukhā kalahānvitā
The lowest is utterly wicked, and born of a thoroughly base lineage, of unrighteous character, ill-natured, foul-mouthed, given to quarrels.
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BvP 4 84.32
पतिं भर्त्सयते नित्यं जारं च सेवते सदा । दुःशं ददाति कान्ताय विषतुल्यं च पश्यति
patiṃ bhartsayate nityaṃ jāraṃ ca sevate sadā | duḥśaṃ dadāti kāntāya viṣatulyaṃ ca paśyati
She constantly reviles her husband and always attends upon a lover; she gives sorrow to her spouse and looks upon (him) as equal to poison.
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BvP 4 84.33
जारद्वारमुपायेन हन्ति कान्तं मनोहरम् । धर्मिष्ठं च वरिष्ठं च गरिष्ठं च महीतले
jāradvāramupāyena hanti kāntaṃ manoharam | dharmiṣṭhaṃ ca variṣṭhaṃ ca gariṣṭhaṃ ca mahītale
By the lover's agency she kills, through a stratagem, her handsome husband — though he be most righteous, most excellent, and most weighty on earth.
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BvP 4 84.34
कामदेवसमं चापि जारं पश्यति कामतः । शुभदृष्ट्या कटाक्षेण शरवत्पापीयसी मुदा
kāmadevasamaṃ cāpi jāraṃ paśyati kāmataḥ | śubhadṛṣṭyā kaṭākṣeṇa śaravatpāpīyasī mudā
And she looks with desire upon her lover as though he were the god of love; the very sinful woman (looks) with joy, with a favourable gaze, with a sidelong glance like an arrow.
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BvP 4 84.35
सुवेषं पुरुषं द्रष्ट्वा युवानं रतिशूकरम् । योनिः क्लिद्यति नारीणां कामिनीनां निरन्तरम्
suveṣaṃ puruṣaṃ draṣṭvā yuvānaṃ ratiśūkaram | yoniḥ klidyati nārīṇāṃ kāminīnāṃ nirantaram
Seeing a well-dressed man, young and adept in lovemaking, the womb of lustful women grows moist continually.
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BvP 4 84.36
ददाति भर्त्रे नाऽऽहारं विषोक्तिं वक्ति संततम् । अधर्मं चिन्तयेच्छश्वज्जारं च परमं मुदा
dadāti bhartre nā''hāraṃ viṣoktiṃ vakti saṃtatam | adharmaṃ cintayecchaśvajjāraṃ ca paramaṃ mudā
She gives her husband no food, she constantly speaks poisonous words; she thinks ever of unrighteousness, and of her lover with the greatest delight.
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BvP 4 84.37
गुरुभिर्भर्त्सिता सा च रक्षिता च शतेन च । तथाऽपि जारं कुरुते नापि साध्या नृपेरपि
gurubhirbhartsitā sā ca rakṣitā ca śatena ca | tathā'pi jāraṃ kurute nāpi sādhyā nṛperapi
Though rebuked by her elders and guarded by a hundred (watchmen), she still takes a lover; she cannot be mastered even by kings.
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BvP 4 84.38
नास्ति तस्याः प्रियं किंचित्सर्वं कार्यवशेन च । गावस्तृणमिवारण्ये प्रार्थयन्ती नवं नवम्
nāsti tasyāḥ priyaṃ kiṃcitsarvaṃ kāryavaśena ca | gāvastṛṇamivāraṇye prārthayantī navaṃ navam
Nothing is dear to her; everything (she does is) for the sake of her own advantage. Like cows (craving) grass in the forest, she seeks one new (man) after another.
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BvP 4 84.39
विद्युदाभा जले रेखा तस्या प्रीतिस्तथैव च । अधर्मयुक्ता सततं कपटं वक्ति निश्चितम्
vidyudābhā jale rekhā tasyā prītistathaiva ca | adharmayuktā satataṃ kapaṭaṃ vakti niścitam
Her affection is like the flash of lightning, like a line (drawn) on water; always joined to unrighteousness, she assuredly speaks deceit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.40
व्रते तपसि धर्मे च न मनो गृहकर्मणि । न गुरौ न च देवेषु जारे स्निग्धं च चञ्चलम्
vrate tapasi dharme ca na mano gṛhakarmaṇi | na gurau na ca deveṣu jāre snigdhaṃ ca cañcalam
(Her) mind is not on vows, on austerity, on dharma, or on household work, nor on the elders, nor on the gods; toward a lover (alone) it is tender — and fickle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.41
स्त्रीजातित्रिविधानां च कथा च कथिता मया । भक्तानां त्रिविधानां च लक्षणं श्रूयतामिति
strījātitrividhānāṃ ca kathā ca kathitā mayā | bhaktānāṃ trividhānāṃ ca lakṣaṇaṃ śrūyatāmiti
And the account of the three classes of women has been told by me; now let the marks of the three kinds of devotees be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.42
तृणशय्यारतो भक्तो मन्नामगुणकीर्तिषु । मनो निवेशयेत्त्यक्त्वा संसारसुखकारणम्
tṛṇaśayyārato bhakto mannāmaguṇakīrtiṣu | mano niveśayettyaktvā saṃsārasukhakāraṇam
The devotee who is content with a bed of grass should fix his mind on the proclaiming of my names and qualities, abandoning whatever causes worldly pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.43
व्यायते मत्पदाब्जं च पूजयेद्भक्तिभावतः । अहैतुकीं तस्य देवाः संकल्परहितस्य च
vyāyate matpadābjaṃ ca pūjayedbhaktibhāvataḥ | ahaitukīṃ tasya devāḥ saṃkalparahitasya ca
...and he should worship my lotus feet with a devotional disposition. (Such devotion) is motiveless in him, O gods, who is free of (selfish) intention.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.44
सर्वसिद्धिंन वाञ्छन्ति तेऽणिमादिकमीप्सितम् । ब्रह्मत्वममरत्वं वा सुरत्वं सुखकारणम्
sarvasiddhiṃna vāñchanti te'ṇimādikamīpsitam | brahmatvamamaratvaṃ vā suratvaṃ sukhakāraṇam
They do not desire any of the powers, nor the coveted aṇimā and the rest, nor the state of Brahmā, nor immortality, nor godhood, the source of pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.45
दास्यं विना नहीच्छन्ति सालोक्यादिचतुष्टयम् । नैव निर्वाणमुक्तिं च सुधापानमभीप्सितम्
dāsyaṃ vinā nahīcchanti sālokyādicatuṣṭayam | naiva nirvāṇamuktiṃ ca sudhāpānamabhīpsitam
Apart from servitude (to me) they do not wish for the fourfold (goal) beginning with sālokya, nor for liberation as extinction, nor for the coveted drinking of nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.46
वाञ्छन्ति निश्चिलां भक्तिं मदीयामतुलामपि । स्त्रीपुंविभेदो नास्त्येव सर्वजीवेषु भिन्नता
vāñchanti niścilāṃ bhaktiṃ madīyāmatulāmapi | strīpuṃvibhedo nāstyeva sarvajīveṣu bhinnatā
They desire unwavering devotion to me, incomparable (as it is); there is no distinction at all of female and male, (no) difference among all living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.47
तेषां सिद्धेश्वराणां च प्रवराणां व्रजेश्वर । क्षुत्पिपासादिकं निद्रालोभमोहादिकं रिपुम्
teṣāṃ siddheśvarāṇāṃ ca pravarāṇāṃ vrajeśvara | kṣutpipāsādikaṃ nidrālobhamohādikaṃ ripum
Of these foremost lords of the perfected ones, O lord of Vraja, — hunger, thirst and the like, sleep, greed, delusion and the rest, the enemy —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.48
त्पक्त्वा दिवानिशं मां च ध्यायन्ते च दिगम्बराः । समद्भक्तोत्तमो नन्द श्रूयतां मध्यमादिकम्
tpaktvā divāniśaṃ māṃ ca dhyāyante ca digambarāḥ | samadbhaktottamo nanda śrūyatāṃ madhyamādikam
— having abandoned (these), they, naked, meditate on me day and night. Such is the highest devotee, O Nanda; now let (the description) of the middling and so on be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.49
नाऽऽसक्तः कर्मसु गृही पूर्वप्राक्तनतः शुचिः । करोति सततं चैव पूर्वकर्मनिकृन्तनम्
nā''saktaḥ karmasu gṛhī pūrvaprāktanataḥ śuciḥ | karoti satataṃ caiva pūrvakarmanikṛntanam
A householder unattached to actions, pure by reason of what came before, constantly works at the cutting away of his former karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.50
न करोत्यपरं वत्नात्संकल्परहितः स च । सर्वं कृष्णस्य यत्किंचिन्नाहं कर्ता च कर्मणः
na karotyaparaṃ vatnātsaṃkalparahitaḥ sa ca | sarvaṃ kṛṣṇasya yatkiṃcinnāhaṃ kartā ca karmaṇaḥ
He does not undertake any further (action) with effort, being free of (self-willed) intention: "Whatever there is, all is Kṛṣṇa's, and I am not the doer of the deed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.51
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सततं चिन्तयेदिति । न्यूनभक्तश्च तन्न्यूनः स च प्राकृतिकः श्रुतौ
karmaṇā manasā vācā satataṃ cintayediti | nyūnabhaktaśca tannyūnaḥ sa ca prākṛtikaḥ śrutau
By deed, by mind, and by speech he should think thus continually. Lower than him is the lesser devotee, and in scripture he is called 'of the natural sort' (prākṛtika).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.52
यमं वा यमदूतं वा स्वप्नेऽपि न च पश्यति । पुरुषाणां सहस्रं च पूर्वभक्तः सुद्धरेत्
yamaṃ vā yamadūtaṃ vā svapne'pi na ca paśyati | puruṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ ca pūrvabhaktaḥ suddharet
He does not see Yama or Yama's messenger even in a dream; the first (kind of) devotee can deliver a thousand men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.53
पुंसां शतं मध्यमश्च तच्चतुर्थं च प्राकृतः । भक्तश्च त्रिविधस्तात कथितश्च तवाऽऽज्ञया
puṃsāṃ śataṃ madhyamaśca taccaturthaṃ ca prākṛtaḥ | bhaktaśca trividhastāta kathitaśca tavā''jñayā
The middling one, a hundred men; and the ordinary one a fourth of that. So the devotee of three kinds has been described, dear one, at your command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.54
ब्रह्माण्डरचनाख्यानं श्रूयतां सावधानतः । ब्रह्माण्डरचनार्थं च भक्ता जानन्ति यत्नतः
brahmāṇḍaracanākhyānaṃ śrūyatāṃ sāvadhānataḥ | brahmāṇḍaracanārthaṃ ca bhaktā jānanti yatnataḥ
Let the account of the fashioning of the cosmic egg be heard attentively; devotees know the purpose of the cosmic egg's fashioning (only) with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.55
मुनयश्च सुराः सन्तः किंचिज्जानन्ति दुःखतः । जानामि विश्वं सर्वार्थ ब्रह्माऽऽनन्तो ।। महेश्वरः
munayaśca surāḥ santaḥ kiṃcijjānanti duḥkhataḥ | jānāmi viśvaṃ sarvārtha brahmā''nanto || maheśvaraḥ
Sages, gods and holy men know a little of it, and with difficulty. I know the universe and all its matters, (and so do) Brahmā, Ananta, and Maheśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.56
धर्मः सनत्कुमारश्च नरनारायणावृषी । कपिलश्च गणेशश्च दुर्गा लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती
dharmaḥ sanatkumāraśca naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī | kapilaśca gaṇeśaśca durgā lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī
Dharma, Sanatkumāra, the seers Nara and Nārāyaṇa, Kapila, Gaṇeśa, Durgā, Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.57
वेदाश्च वेदमाता च सर्वज्ञा राधिका स्वयम् । एते जानन्ति विश्वार्थ नान्यो जानाति कश्चन
vedāśca vedamātā ca sarvajñā rādhikā svayam | ete jānanti viśvārtha nānyo jānāti kaścana
The Vedas, and the Mother of the Vedas, and the all-knowing Rādhikā herself — these know the meaning of the universe; no one else knows it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.58
वैषम्यार्थ च सुधियः सर्वे विज्ञातुमक्षमाः । नित्याकाशो यथाऽऽत्मा च तथा नित्या दिशो दश
vaiṣamyārtha ca sudhiyaḥ sarve vijñātumakṣamāḥ | nityākāśo yathā''tmā ca tathā nityā diśo daśa
And all the wise are incapable of understanding the matter of (this) disparity. As space is eternal, and the self, so too the ten directions are eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.59
यथा नित्या च प्रकृतिस्तथैव विश्वगोलकः । गोलोकश्च यथा नित्यस्तथा वैकुण्ठ एव च
yathā nityā ca prakṛtistathaiva viśvagolakaḥ | golokaśca yathā nityastathā vaikuṇṭha eva ca
As prakṛti is eternal, just so is the globe of the universe; and as Goloka is eternal, so too is Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.60
एकदा मयि गोलोके रासे नित्यं प्रकुर्वति । आविर्भूता च वामाङ्गाद्बाला षोढशवार्षिकी
ekadā mayi goloke rāse nityaṃ prakurvati | āvirbhūtā ca vāmāṅgādbālā ṣoḍhaśavārṣikī
Once, while I was carrying on the eternal rāsa dance in Goloka, a girl of sixteen years appeared from my left side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.61
श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभा शरच्चन्द्रसमप्रभा । अतीव सुन्दरी रामा रमणीनां परावरा
śvetacampakavarṇābhā śaraccandrasamaprabhā | atīva sundarī rāmā ramaṇīnāṃ parāvarā
Her radiance was the colour of a white campaka flower, her lustre equal to the autumn moon; exceedingly beautiful, a lovely woman, higher and lower (i.e. the utmost) among charming women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.62
ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्या कौमलाङ्गी मनोहरा । वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधाना रत्नाभरणभूषिता
īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyā kaumalāṅgī manoharā | vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānā ratnābharaṇabhūṣitā
Her face bright with a slight smile, her limbs tender, captivating; wearing a garment purified by fire, adorned with jewelled ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.63
यथा जलदपङ्क्तिश्च बलाकाभिर्तिभूषिता । सिन्दूरबिन्दूना चारुचन्द्रचन्दनबिन्दुभिः
yathā jaladapaṅktiśca balākābhirtibhūṣitā | sindūrabindūnā cārucandracandanabindubhiḥ
As a row of rain clouds is adorned with cranes, (so was she) with dots of vermilion and with lovely moon-shaped dots of sandal paste,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.64
कस्तूरीबिन्दुभिः सार्धं सीमन्तान्धःस्यलोज्ज्वला । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणसुस्निग्धकिरणोज्ज्वला
kastūrībindubhiḥ sārdhaṃ sīmantāndhaḥsyalojjvalā | amūlyaratnanirmāṇasusnigdhakiraṇojjvalā
together with dots of musk, gleaming at the place below the parting of her hair; bright with the very smooth rays coming from the setting of priceless gems,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.66
विचित्रैश्च सुचित्रैश्च सुकपोलस्थलोज्ज्वला । खमेन्द्रचञ्चुविजितनासामौक्तिकशोभिता
vicitraiśca sucitraiśca sukapolasthalojjvalā | khamendracañcuvijitanāsāmauktikaśobhitā
her fair cheek-region gleaming with varied and beautiful (marks); graced with a nose-pearl that outdid the beak of the lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.67
गजेन्द्रगण़्डनिर्मुक्तमुक्ताभूषणभूषिता । शुक्त्या विमुक्तमुक्ताभदन्तपङ्क्तिमनोहरा
gajendragaṇa़ḍanirmuktamuktābhūṣaṇabhūṣitā | śuktyā vimuktamuktābhadantapaṅktimanoharā
Adorned with an ornament of pearls loosed from the temples of the lord of elephants; charming with a row of teeth like pearls released from an oyster.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.68
वलिताकलिताऽतीव पक्वबिम्बाधरा वरा । शश्वत्पूर्णेन्दुनिन्दास्या पद्मनिन्दितलोचना
valitākalitā'tīva pakvabimbādharā varā | śaśvatpūrṇendunindāsyā padmaninditalocanā
Endowed with exceeding curves, excellent, her lower lip like a ripe bimba fruit; her face a perpetual reproach to the full moon, her eyes putting the lotus to shame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.69
कृष्णसारनिभोद्भिन्नसुचारुकज्जलोज्ज्वला । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणकेयूरकङ्कणोज्ज्वला
kṛṣṇasāranibhodbhinnasucārukajjalojjvalā | amūlyaratnanirmāṇakeyūrakaṅkaṇojjvalā
Bright with lovely collyrium spread (on her eyes), resembling the black antelope's; gleaming with armlets and bracelets fashioned of priceless gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.70
मणीन्द्रराजराजीभिः शङ्खयुग्मकरोज्जवला । रत्नाङ्गुलीयकैरेभिरमृताङ्गुलिभूषिता
maṇīndrarājarājībhiḥ śaṅkhayugmakarojjavalā | ratnāṅgulīyakairebhiramṛtāṅgulibhūṣitā
With rows of the finest jewels her pair of conch-like hands shone; with these jewelled rings her nectar-like fingers were adorned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.71
रत्नेन्द्रराजराजेन क्वणन्मञ्जीररञ्जिता । रत्नपाशकराजीभिः पादाङ्गुलिविराजिता
ratnendrarājarājena kvaṇanmañjīrarañjitā | ratnapāśakarājībhiḥ pādāṅgulivirājitā
Delighted by tinkling anklets set with the choicest rows of jewels; her toes resplendent with rows of jewelled dice-shaped rings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.72
सुन्दरालक्तरागेण चरणाधःस्थलोज्ज्वला । गजेन्द्रगामिनी रामा कामिनी वामलोचना
sundarālaktarāgeṇa caraṇādhaḥsthalojjvalā | gajendragāminī rāmā kāminī vāmalocanā
The soles of her feet bright with beautiful lac-dye; walking like a lordly elephant, lovely, amorous, with charming eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.73
मां ददर्श कटाक्षेण रमणी रमणोत्सुका । रासे संभूय रामा सा दधार पुरतो मम
māṃ dadarśa kaṭākṣeṇa ramaṇī ramaṇotsukā | rāse saṃbhūya rāmā sā dadhāra purato mama
That lovely woman, eager for love-making, looked at me with a sidelong glance; having come into being in the rāsa dance, she took her stand before me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.74
तेन राधा समाख्याता बुराविद्भिः प्रपूजिता । प्रहृष्टा प्रकृतिश्चास्यास्तेन प्रकृतिरीश्वरी
tena rādhā samākhyātā burāvidbhiḥ prapūjitā | prahṛṣṭā prakṛtiścāsyāstena prakṛtirīśvarī
For that reason she is named Rādhā, worshipped by those who know the ancient lore; and her nature (prakṛti) was delighted, wherefore she is Prakṛti, the sovereign lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.75
शक्ता स्यात्सर्वकार्येषु तेन शक्तिः प्रकीर्तिता । सर्वाधारा सर्वरूपा मङ्गलार्हा च सर्वतः
śaktā syātsarvakāryeṣu tena śaktiḥ prakīrtitā | sarvādhārā sarvarūpā maṅgalārhā ca sarvataḥ
She is capable (śaktā) in all undertakings, therefore she is proclaimed Śakti; the support of all, of all forms, and in every way deserving of auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.76
सर्वमङ्गलदक्षा सा तेन स्यात्सर्वमङ्गला । वैकुण्ठे सा महालक्ष्मीर्मूर्तिभेदे सरस्वती
sarvamaṅgaladakṣā sā tena syātsarvamaṅgalā | vaikuṇṭhe sā mahālakṣmīrmūrtibhede sarasvatī
She is skilled in every auspicious thing, therefore she is Sarvamaṅgalā; in Vaikuṇṭha she is Mahālakṣmī, and in another form-division Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.77
प्रसूय वेदान्विदिता वेदमाता च सा सदा । सावित्री स च गायत्री धात्री त्रिजगतामपि
prasūya vedānviditā vedamātā ca sā sadā | sāvitrī sa ca gāyatrī dhātrī trijagatāmapi
Having brought forth the Vedas, she is always known as the Mother of the Vedas; she is Sāvitrī and Gāyatrī, and the sustainer of the three worlds as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.78
पुरा संहृत्य दुर्गं च सा दुर्गा च प्रकीर्तिता । तेजसः सर्वदेवानामाविर्भूता पुरा सती
purā saṃhṛtya durgaṃ ca sā durgā ca prakīrtitā | tejasaḥ sarvadevānāmāvirbhūtā purā satī
Having in ancient times destroyed (the demon) Durga, she is proclaimed Durgā; of old the chaste one became manifest out of the fiery power of all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.79
तेनाऽऽद्या प्रकृतिर्ज्ञेया सर्वासुरविमर्दिती । सर्वानन्दा च सानन्दा दुःखदारिद्रयनाशिनी
tenā''dyā prakṛtirjñeyā sarvāsuravimarditī | sarvānandā ca sānandā duḥkhadāridrayanāśinī
Therefore she is to be known as the primordial Nature, the crusher of all demons; she is all-bliss and full of bliss, the destroyer of sorrow and poverty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.80
शत्रुणां भयदात्रौ च भक्तानां भयहारिणौ । दक्षकन्या सती का च शैलजातेति पार्वती
śatruṇāṃ bhayadātrau ca bhaktānāṃ bhayahāriṇau | dakṣakanyā satī kā ca śailajāteti pārvatī
(She is) the giver of fear to enemies and the remover of fear for devotees; she is Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, and, as born of the mountain, Pārvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.81
सर्वाधारस्वरूपा सा कलया सा वसुंधरा । कलया तुलसी गङ्गा कलया सर्वयोषितः
sarvādhārasvarūpā sā kalayā sā vasuṃdharā | kalayā tulasī gaṅgā kalayā sarvayoṣitaḥ
She is the one whose very form is the support of all; by a portion (of herself) she is the earth; by a portion, Tulasī and Gaṅgā; by portions, all women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.82
सृष्टिं करोमि च यया तात शक्त्या पुनः पुनः । दृष्ट्वा तां रासमध्यस्थां मम क्रीडा ।। तया सह
sṛṣṭiṃ karomi ca yayā tāta śaktyā punaḥ punaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tāṃ rāsamadhyasthāṃ mama krīḍā || tayā saha
And it is by that power, dear one, that I make the creation again and again. Seeing her standing in the midst of the rāsa dance, my play with her
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.83
बभूव सुचिरं तात यावद्वै ब्रह्मणः शतम् । अत्यद्भुतं कौतुकं च महाश्रृङ्गारमीप्सितम्
babhūva suciraṃ tāta yāvadvai brahmaṇaḥ śatam | atyadbhutaṃ kautukaṃ ca mahāśrṛṅgāramīpsitam
went on for a very long time, dear one, as long as a hundred (years) of Brahmā — most wondrous, delightful, a great love-making, and desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.84
तयोर्द्वयोर्धर्मराशिः सुस्राव रासमण़्डले । तस्मान्मनोहरं जज्ञे नामनाकारसरोवरम् इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo चतुरशीतितमोऽध्यायः
tayordvayordharmarāśiḥ susrāva rāsamaṇa़ḍale | tasmānmanoharaṃ jajñe nāmanākārasarovaram iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo caturaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ
From those two a mass of dharma flowed forth in the rāsa circle; from it there arose a lovely lake in the shape of the syllable A(?) by name. — Thus the eighty-fourth chapter, in the conversation with Nanda, in the Nārada dialogue, in the latter part of the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section of the great Śrī Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.85
पपात धर्मधाराऽधो वेगेन विश्वगोलके । बभूव जलबूर्णं च ब्रह्माण्डानां च गोलकम्
papāta dharmadhārā'dho vegena viśvagolake | babhūva jalabūrṇaṃ ca brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca golakam
The stream of dharma fell down with force into the globe of the universe, and the globe of the world-eggs became filled with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.86
जलपूर्ण पुरा सर्व शृष्टिशून्यं व्रजेश्वर । श्रुङ्गारान्ते च तस्यां च वीर्याधानं मया कृतम्
jalapūrṇa purā sarva śṛṣṭiśūnyaṃ vrajeśvara | śruṅgārānte ca tasyāṃ ca vīryādhānaṃ mayā kṛtam
Formerly all was filled with water and empty of creation, O lord of Vraja; and at the end of the love-making the placing of (my) seed in her was done by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.87
दधार गर्भ सा राधा यावद्वै ब्रह्मणाः शतम् । सुस्राव सा तदन्ते च डिम्भं च परमाद्भुतम्
dadhāra garbha sā rādhā yāvadvai brahmaṇāḥ śatam | susrāva sā tadante ca ḍimbhaṃ ca paramādbhutam
That Rādhā bore the embryo for as long as a hundred (years) of Brahmā, and at the end of that she brought forth an exceedingly wondrous child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.88
चुकोप देवी तं दृष्ट्वा रुरोद विषसाद सा । पादेन प्रेरयामास तमधो विश्वगोलके
cukopa devī taṃ dṛṣṭvā ruroda viṣasāda sā | pādena prerayāmāsa tamadho viśvagolake
The goddess grew angry on seeing it; she wept and became dejected, and with her foot she thrust it down into the globe of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.89
स पपात जले तात सर्वाधारो महान्विराट् । दृष्ट्वाऽपत्यं जलस्थं च मया शप्ता च सा पुरा
sa papāta jale tāta sarvādhāro mahānvirāṭ | dṛṣṭvā'patyaṃ jalasthaṃ ca mayā śaptā ca sā purā
He fell into the water, dear one — the great Virāṭ, the support of all; and seeing (her) offspring lying in the water, of old she was cursed by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.90
अनपत्या च सा राथा मच्छापेन पुरा विभो । तेन प्रसूताः क्रमतो दुर्गा लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती
anapatyā ca sā rāthā macchāpena purā vibho | tena prasūtāḥ kramato durgā lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī
And so that Rādhā was of old childless by my curse, O mighty one; through that (curse) there were born of her, in order, Durgā, Lakṣmī, and Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.91
चतस्रः परिबूर्णास्ताः प्रसूताश्च सुनिश्चितम् । देव्योऽन्याश्चापि कामिन्यस्ताः प्रसूता व्रजेश्वर
catasraḥ paribūrṇāstāḥ prasūtāśca suniścitam | devyo'nyāścāpi kāminyastāḥ prasūtā vrajeśvara
Those four were complete (goddesses) and were brought forth, this is quite certain; and other goddesses too, and lovely women, were brought forth (by her), O lord of Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.92
कलया प्रभवो यासां कलांशांशेन वा व्रज । जज्ञे महान्विराड्येन डिम्भेन कलयाऽऽश्रयः
kalayā prabhavo yāsāṃ kalāṃśāṃśena vā vraja | jajñe mahānvirāḍyena ḍimbhena kalayā''śrayaḥ
(Those) whose origin is from a portion (of her), or from a portion of a portion of a portion, O Vraja (chief) — by which child the great Virāṭ was born, the support (of all) by a portion (of himself).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.93
अमृताङ्गुष्ठपीयूषं मया दत्तं पपौ च सः । जले स्थावररूपश्च शेते च निजकर्मणः
amṛtāṅguṣṭhapīyūṣaṃ mayā dattaṃ papau ca saḥ | jale sthāvararūpaśca śete ca nijakarmaṇaḥ
He drank the nectar-ambrosia of (my) thumb, given by me; and in the water, in immobile form, he lies down as a result of his own past acts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.94
उपधानं जलं तल्पं तस्य योगबलेन च । तस्य लोम्नां च कूपानि जलपूर्णानि संततम्
upadhānaṃ jalaṃ talpaṃ tasya yogabalena ca | tasya lomnāṃ ca kūpāni jalapūrṇāni saṃtatam
By the power of yoga the water is his pillow and his bed; and the pores of his body-hairs are constantly filled with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.95
प्रत्येकं क्रमतस्तेषु शेते क्षुद्रविराट् पुनः । सहस्रपत्रं कमलं जज्ञे क्षुद्रस्य नाभितः
pratyekaṃ kramatasteṣu śete kṣudravirāṭ punaḥ | sahasrapatraṃ kamalaṃ jajñe kṣudrasya nābhitaḥ
In each of them in turn a lesser Virāṭ lies in his turn; and from the navel of the lesser (Virāṭ) a thousand-petalled lotus was born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.96
तत्र जज्ञे वरो ब्रह्मा तेनायं कमलोद्भवः । तत्राऽऽविर्भूय स विधिश्चिन्ताग्रस्तो बभूव सः
tatra jajñe varo brahmā tenāyaṃ kamalodbhavaḥ | tatrā''virbhūya sa vidhiścintāgrasto babhūva saḥ
There the excellent Brahmā was born — hence he is 'the lotus-born'; and having become manifest there, that creator was seized by anxiety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.97
कस्माद्देहःक्वा माता मे पिता वा क्व च बान्धवः । दिव्यं त्रिलक्षवर्षञ्च बभ्राम कमलान्तरे
kasmāddehaḥkvā mātā me pitā vā kva ca bāndhavaḥ | divyaṃ trilakṣavarṣañca babhrāma kamalāntare
"From what has this body come? Where is my mother, or my father, and where a kinsman?" And for three hundred thousand divine years he wandered within the lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.98
ततो दिव्यं पञ्चलक्षं सस्मार तपसा च माम् । तदा मया दत्तमन्त्रं जजाप कमलान्तरे
tato divyaṃ pañcalakṣaṃ sasmāra tapasā ca mām | tadā mayā dattamantraṃ jajāpa kamalāntare
Then for five hundred thousand divine (years) he remembered me with austerity; then he recited the mantra given by me within the lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.99
दिव्यवर्षसप्तलक्षं नियतं संयतः शुचिः । तदा मत्तो वरं लब्ध्वा स्रष्टा सृष्टिं चकार सः
divyavarṣasaptalakṣaṃ niyataṃ saṃyataḥ śuciḥ | tadā matto varaṃ labdhvā sraṣṭā sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra saḥ
For seven hundred thousand divine years, restrained, controlled and pure — then, having obtained a boon from me, he as creator carried out the creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.100
मायया प्रति ब्रह्माण्डे ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मकाः । दिक्पाला द्वादशादित्या रुद्राश्चैकादशापि च
māyayā prati brahmāṇḍe brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakāḥ | dikpālā dvādaśādityā rudrāścaikādaśāpi ca
By (my) māyā, in each cosmic egg (there are beings) of the nature of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, the guardians of the directions, the twelve Ādityas, and the eleven Rudras as well,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.101
नवग्रहाष्टौ वसवो देवाः कोटित्रयं तथा । ब्राह्मणाक्षत्रविट्शूद्रा यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नराः
navagrahāṣṭau vasavo devāḥ koṭitrayaṃ tathā | brāhmaṇākṣatraviṭśūdrā yakṣagandharvakinnarāḥ
the nine planets, the eight Vasus, and likewise the thirty million gods, brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, yakṣas, gandharvas and kinnaras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.102
भूतादयो राङसाश्चाप्येवं सर्वं चराचरम् । विश्वे विश्वे विनिर्माणाः स्वर्गाः सप्त क्रमेण च
bhūtādayo rāṅasāścāpyevaṃ sarvaṃ carācaram | viśve viśve vinirmāṇāḥ svargāḥ sapta krameṇa ca
the spirits and the rest, and the demons too — thus everything moving and unmoving; in world after world the seven heavens are fashioned in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.103
सप्तसागरसंयुक्ता सप्तद्वीपा वसुंधरा । काञ्चनीभूमिसंयुक्ता तमोयुक्तं स्थलं तथा
saptasāgarasaṃyuktā saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā | kāñcanībhūmisaṃyuktā tamoyuktaṃ sthalaṃ tathā
The earth, joined with the seven oceans and having seven continents, joined with the golden ground, and likewise the region filled with darkness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.104
पातालाश्च तथा सप्त ब्रह्माण्डमेभिरेव च । विश्वे विश्वे चन्द्रसूयो पुण्यक्षेत्रं च भारतम्
pātālāśca tathā sapta brahmāṇḍamebhireva ca | viśve viśve candrasūyo puṇyakṣetraṃ ca bhāratam
and likewise the seven nether worlds — the cosmic egg consists just of these; in world after world (there are) moon and sun, and Bhārata, the field of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.105
तीर्थान्येतानि सर्वत्र गङ्गादीति व्रजेश्वर । यावन्ति लोमकूपानि महाविष्णोः क्रमेण च
tīrthānyetāni sarvatra gaṅgādīti vrajeśvara | yāvanti lomakūpāni mahāviṣṇoḥ krameṇa ca
These sacred fords, the Gaṅgā and the rest, are everywhere, O lord of Vraja; as many as are the pores of the hairs of the great Viṣṇu, in order,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.106
विश्वान्येव ही तावन्ति ह्यमंख्यातानि च ध्रुवम् । विश्वेषासूर्ध्वाभामे च वैकुण्ठश्च निराश्रयः
viśvānyeva hī tāvanti hyamaṃkhyātāni ca dhruvam | viśveṣāsūrdhvābhāme ca vaikuṇṭhaśca nirāśrayaḥ
just so many are the worlds, and they are indeed innumerable, for certain; and above the worlds is Vaikuṇṭha, which rests on no support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.107
मदिच्छया विनिर्माणा वेदाः कथितुमक्षमाः । कुयोगिनाम दृष्टश्चामभक्तानां विनिश्चितम्
madicchayā vinirmāṇā vedāḥ kathitumakṣamāḥ | kuyogināma dṛṣṭaścāmabhaktānāṃ viniścitam
Fashioned by my will, (it is such that) the Vedas are unable to describe (it); and it is certainly not seen by bad yogins nor by non-devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.108
तस्मादुपरि गोलोकः पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनः । वायुना धार्यमाणश्च विचित्रः परमाश्रमः
tasmādupari golokaḥ pañcāśatkoṭiyojanaḥ | vāyunā dhāryamāṇaśca vicitraḥ paramāśramaḥ
Above that is Goloka, five hundred million yojanas (in extent), upheld by the wind, marvellous, the highest abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.109
अतीव रम्यनिर्माणो नित्यरूपो मदिच्छया । शतश्रृङ्गेण शैलेन पुण्यवृन्दावनेन च
atīva ramyanirmāṇo nityarūpo madicchayā | śataśrṛṅgeṇa śailena puṇyavṛndāvanena ca
Exceedingly beautifully made, everlasting in form by my will, with the mountain Śataśṛṅga and with the holy Vṛndāvana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.110
सुरासमण्डलेनापि नद्या विरजया युतः । कोटियोजनविस्तीर्णा प्रस्थेन विरजा व्रज
surāsamaṇḍalenāpi nadyā virajayā yutaḥ | koṭiyojanavistīrṇā prasthena virajā vraja
and also with the circle of the rāsa dance, endowed with the river Virajā; the Virajā is ten million yojanas broad across, O Vraja(-lord).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.111
दैर्ध्यं तस्याः शतगुणं परितः परमा शुभा । अमूल्यरत्ननिकरैर्हीरमाणिक्ययोस्तथा
dairdhyaṃ tasyāḥ śataguṇaṃ paritaḥ paramā śubhā | amūlyaratnanikarairhīramāṇikyayostathā
Her length is a hundred times that; all around (she is) supremely auspicious, with heaps of priceless jewels, of diamonds and rubies,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.112
मणीनां कौस्तुभादीनामसंख्यानां मनोहरा । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं तत्रावि प्रतिमन्दिरम्
maṇīnāṃ kaustubhādīnāmasaṃkhyānāṃ manoharā | amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ tatrāvi pratimandiram
and of countless gems, the kaustubha and the rest — lovely; there each single mansion is built of priceless jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 84.113
मनोहरं च प्राकारमदृष्टं विश्वकर्मणा । गोपीभिर्गोपनिकरैर्वैष्टितं कामधेनुभिः
manoharaṃ ca prākāramadṛṣṭaṃ viśvakarmaṇā | gopībhirgopanikarairvaiṣṭitaṃ kāmadhenubhiḥ
And (there is) a lovely rampart, never seen (even) by Viśvakarman, surrounded by cowherd women, by throngs of cowherds, and by wish-granting cows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.114
कल्पवृक्षैः पारिजातैरसंख्यैश्च सरोवरैः । पुष्पोद्यानैःकोटिभिश्च संवृतं रासमण्डलम्
kalpavṛkṣaiḥ pārijātairasaṃkhyaiśca sarovaraiḥ | puṣpodyānaiḥkoṭibhiśca saṃvṛtaṃ rāsamaṇḍalam
by wish-fulfilling trees, by pārijātas, by countless lakes; and the rāsa circle is enclosed by ten million flower gardens,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.115
वेष्टितं वेष्टितैर्गोपैर्मन्दिरैः शतकोटिभिः । रत्नप्रदीपयुक्तैश्च पुष्पतल्पसमन्वितैः
veṣṭitaṃ veṣṭitairgopairmandiraiḥ śatakoṭibhiḥ | ratnapradīpayuktaiśca puṣpatalpasamanvitaiḥ
encircled by encircling cowherds and by a thousand million mansions, furnished with jewel-lamps and provided with couches of flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 84.116
सुगन्धिचन्दनामोदैः कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमान्वितैः । क्रीडोपयुक्तैर्भोगेश्च ताम्बूलैर्वासितैर्जलैः
sugandhicandanāmodaiḥ kastūrīkuṅkumānvitaiḥ | krīḍopayuktairbhogeśca tāmbūlairvāsitairjalaiḥ
with the fragrances of sweet-smelling sandal, with musk and saffron, with enjoyments fit for play, with betel and with perfumed waters,
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BvP 4 84.117
धूपैः सुरभिरम्यैश्च माल्यैश्च रत्नदर्पणैः । रक्षकै रक्षितं शश्वद्राधादासीत्रिकोटिभिः
dhūpaiḥ surabhiramyaiśca mālyaiśca ratnadarpaṇaiḥ | rakṣakai rakṣitaṃ śaśvadrādhādāsītrikoṭibhiḥ
with incense fragrant and pleasing, with garlands and with jewelled mirrors; it is guarded perpetually by thirty million guards who are Rādhā's servants,
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BvP 4 84.118
अमूल्यरत्नाभरणैर्वह्निशुद्धांशुकैरपि । लक्षणत्तगजेन्द्राणां वेष्टितं च बलैः क्रमात्
amūlyaratnābharaṇairvahniśuddhāṃśukairapi | lakṣaṇattagajendrāṇāṃ veṣṭitaṃ ca balaiḥ kramāt
(Encircled) too with priceless jewel-ornaments and with fire-purified garments, and surrounded in due order by troops of lordly elephants bearing (auspicious) marks.
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BvP 4 84.119
नवयौवनसंपन्नै रूपैर्निरुपमैरपि । रम्यं च वर्तुलाकारं चन्द्रबिम्बं यथा व्रज
navayauvanasaṃpannai rūpairnirupamairapi | ramyaṃ ca vartulākāraṃ candrabimbaṃ yathā vraja
(Guarded also) by those endowed with fresh youth and with incomparable beauty; and it is lovely and round in shape, like the orb of the moon, O (lord of) Vraja.
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BvP 4 84.120
अमूल्यरत्नरचितं दशयोजनविस्तृतम् । कस्तूरीकुङ्कुमै रभ्यैः सुगन्धिचन्दनार्चितम्
amūlyaratnaracitaṃ daśayojanavistṛtam | kastūrīkuṅkumai rabhyaiḥ sugandhicandanārcitam
Made of priceless gems, ten yojanas broad, honoured with musk, saffron, and lovely fragrant sandal paste.
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BvP 4 84.121
आवृतं मङ्गलघटैः फलपल्लवसंयुतैः । दधिलाजैश्च पर्णैश्च स्निग्धदूर्वाङ्कुरैः फलैः
āvṛtaṃ maṅgalaghaṭaiḥ phalapallavasaṃyutaiḥ | dadhilājaiśca parṇaiśca snigdhadūrvāṅkuraiḥ phalaiḥ
Encompassed by auspicious jars together with fruits and sprouts, and with curds and parched grain, and with leaves, and with glossy dūrvā shoots and fruits.
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BvP 4 84.122
श्रीरामकदलीस्तम्भैरसंख्यैश्च मनोहरैः । पट्टसूत्रनिबद्धैश्च स्निग्धैश्चन्दनपल्लवैः
śrīrāmakadalīstambhairasaṃkhyaiśca manoharaiḥ | paṭṭasūtranibaddhaiśca snigdhaiścandanapallavaiḥ
With countless charming plantain trunks of the śrī-rāma kind, and with glossy sandal sprouts bound with silken thread.
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BvP 4 84.123
चन्दनासक्तमाल्यैश्च भूषणैश्च विभूषितम् । अमूल्यरत्नरचितं शतशृङ्गमनोहरम्
candanāsaktamālyaiśca bhūṣaṇaiśca vibhūṣitam | amūlyaratnaracitaṃ śataśṛṅgamanoharam
Adorned with garlands fastened with sandal and with ornaments; made of priceless gems, charming with a hundred peaks.
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BvP 4 84.124
कोटियोजनमूर्ध्वं च दैर्ध्यं शतगुणोत्तरम् । शैलप्रस्थपरिमितं पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनम्
koṭiyojanamūrdhvaṃ ca dairdhyaṃ śataguṇottaram | śailaprasthaparimitaṃ pañcāśatkoṭiyojanam
A crore of yojanas in height, and its length a hundred times greater; measuring, like a mountain tableland, fifty crore yojanas.
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BvP 4 84.125
अतीव कमनीयं य वेदानिर्वचनीयकम् । प्राकारमिव तस्यापि गोललोकस्य मनोहरम्
atīva kamanīyaṃ ya vedānirvacanīyakam | prākāramiva tasyāpi golalokasya manoharam
Exceedingly desirable, indescribable even by the Vedas; charming, like a rampart of that very Goloka.
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BvP 4 84.126
परितो वेष्टितं रम्यं हीरहारसमन्वितम् । तत्र वृन्दावनं रम्यं युक्तं चन्दनपादपैः
parito veṣṭitaṃ ramyaṃ hīrahārasamanvitam | tatra vṛndāvanaṃ ramyaṃ yuktaṃ candanapādapaiḥ
Lovely, encircled all around, furnished with strings of diamonds; there (lies) the lovely Vṛndāvana, set with sandal trees.
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BvP 4 84.127
कल्पवृक्षैश्च नम्यैश्च मन्दारैः कामधेनुभिः । शोभितं शोभनाढ्यैश्च पुष्पोद्यानैर्मनोहरैः
kalpavṛkṣaiśca namyaiśca mandāraiḥ kāmadhenubhiḥ | śobhitaṃ śobhanāḍhyaiśca puṣpodyānairmanoharaiḥ
And with bending wish-fulfilling trees, with mandāra trees, with wish-yielding cows; made splendid with charming flower-gardens rich in beauty.
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BvP 4 84.128
क्रीडासरोवरै रम्यैः सुरम्यै रतिमन्दिरैः । अतीव रम्यं रहसि रासयोग्यस्थलान्वितम्
krīḍāsarovarai ramyaiḥ suramyai ratimandiraiḥ | atīva ramyaṃ rahasi rāsayogyasthalānvitam
With lovely pleasure-lakes, with most delightful love-chambers; exceedingly lovely, provided with places fit for the rāsa in secret.
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BvP 4 84.129
रक्षितं रक्षकै रम्यैरसंख्यैर्गोपिकागणैः । परितो वर्तुलाकारं त्रिलक्षयोजनं वनम्
rakṣitaṃ rakṣakai ramyairasaṃkhyairgopikāgaṇaiḥ | parito vartulākāraṃ trilakṣayojanaṃ vanam
Guarded by lovely guards, by countless bands of cowherd women; the forest is round in shape all around, three lakh yojanas (in extent).
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BvP 4 84.130
षट्पदध्वनिसंयुक्तं पुंस्कोकिलरुतान्वितम् । तत्राक्षयो वटो रम्यो रहस्ये बहृविस्तृतः
ṣaṭpadadhvanisaṃyuktaṃ puṃskokilarutānvitam | tatrākṣayo vaṭo ramyo rahasye bahṛvistṛtaḥ
Filled with the humming of bees, accompanied by the calls of male cuckoos; there in a secret spot (stands) the lovely, widely spreading imperishable banyan.
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BvP 4 84.131
सहस्रयोजनोर्ध्वश्च परितश्च चतुर्गुणः । गोपीनां कल्पवृक्षश्च सर्ववाञ्छाफलप्रदः
sahasrayojanordhvaśca paritaśca caturguṇaḥ | gopīnāṃ kalpavṛkṣaśca sarvavāñchāphalapradaḥ
A thousand yojanas high, and four times that in circumference; it is the wish-fulfilling tree of the gopīs, granting the fruit of every desire.
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BvP 4 84.132
क्रीडान्वितैरावृतश्च राधादासीत्रिलक्षकैः । विरजातीरनिराणां वायुना शीतलेन च
krīḍānvitairāvṛtaśca rādhādāsītrilakṣakaiḥ | virajātīranirāṇāṃ vāyunā śītalena ca
And it is surrounded by Rādhā's three lakh maidservants engaged in play, and by the cool wind ... on the bank of the Virajā.
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BvP 4 84.133
पुष्पान्वितेन मन्देन पवित्रश्च सुगन्धिना । दासीगणैरसंख्यैश्च वृन्दावनविनोदिनी
puṣpānvitena mandena pavitraśca sugandhinā | dāsīgaṇairasaṃkhyaiśca vṛndāvanavinodinī
(Made) pure by the gentle, fragrant (breeze) laden with flowers; with countless troops of maidservants she takes her pleasure in Vṛndāvana.
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BvP 4 84.134
तत्र क्रीडति राधा सा मम प्राणाधिदेवता । सेयं श्रीदामशापेन वृषभानसुताऽधुना
tatra krīḍati rādhā sā mama prāṇādhidevatā | seyaṃ śrīdāmaśāpena vṛṣabhānasutā'dhunā
There plays that Rādhā, the presiding deity of my life-breath; she it is who now, through Śrīdāman's curse, is the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu.
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BvP 4 84.135
ब्रह्मादिदेवैः सिद्धेन्द्रैर्मुनीन्द्रैः पूजिता व्रज । सिद्धैर्गुणैर्बलैर्बुद्ध्या ज्ञानयोगैश्च विद्यया
brahmādidevaiḥ siddhendrairmunīndraiḥ pūjitā vraja | siddhairguṇairbalairbuddhyā jñānayogaiśca vidyayā
She is worshipped by the gods beginning with Brahmā, by the chiefs of the siddhas, by the foremost of sages, O (lord of) Vraja — by the perfected ones, by (their) virtues, powers, intellect, by knowledge and yoga and learning.
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BvP 4 84.136
तात सर्वप्रकारेण वन्द्या सत्सदृशी प्रिया । इत्येवं कथितं नन्द ब्रह्माण्डानां च वर्णनम् ।। यथोचितं परिमितं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
tāta sarvaprakāreṇa vandyā satsadṛśī priyā | ityevaṃ kathitaṃ nanda brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca varṇanam || yathocitaṃ parimitaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Dear one, she is in every way to be revered, the equal of the good, the beloved. Thus, Nanda, has the description of the universes been told, as is fitting and in due measure. What more do you wish to hear?
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