Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 87
BvP 4 87.1
अथ सप्ताशीतितमोध्यायः नन्द उवाच त्वां ज्ञातुं नहि शक्ताश्च वेदा वेदप्रभुं स्वयम् । सुरा ब्रह्मेशसेषाद्या मुनिसिद्धादयस्तथा
atha saptāśītitamodhyāyaḥ nanda uvāca tvāṃ jñātuṃ nahi śaktāśca vedā vedaprabhuṃ svayam | surā brahmeśaseṣādyā munisiddhādayastathā
Then the eighty-seventh chapter. Nanda said: The Vedas themselves are not able to know you, the lord of the Vedas, nor the gods — Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa and the rest — nor the sages, the siddhas and the others.
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BvP 4 87.2
को भवानिति विज्ञातुं परं कौतूहलं मम । तत्सर्व स्वात्मयाथार्थ्यं निर्जने कथय प्रभो
ko bhavāniti vijñātuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama | tatsarva svātmayāthārthyaṃ nirjane kathaya prabho
I have the greatest curiosity to know who you are. Therefore tell me all that, the truth about yourself, in a solitary place, O Lord.
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BvP 4 87.3
नारायण उवाच एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र कृष्णं द्रष्टुं मुनीश्वराः । आजग्मुः सहसा वत्स ज्वलन्तो ब्रह्मतेजसा
nārāyaṇa uvāca etasminnantare tatra kṛṣṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ munīśvarāḥ | ājagmuḥ sahasā vatsa jvalanto brahmatejasā
Nārāyaṇa said: In the meantime, child, the great sages came there suddenly to see Kṛṣṇa, blazing with Brahmic splendour:
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BvP 4 87.4
पुलहश्च पुलस्त्यश्च क्रतुश्च भृगुरङ्गिराः । प्रचेताश्च वसिष्ठश्च दुर्वासाः कण्व एव च
pulahaśca pulastyaśca kratuśca bhṛguraṅgirāḥ | pracetāśca vasiṣṭhaśca durvāsāḥ kaṇva eva ca
Pulaha and Pulastya and Kratu, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, and Pracetas and Vasiṣṭha, Durvāsas and Kaṇva too,
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BvP 4 87.5
कात्यायनः पाणिनिश्च कणादो गौतमस्तथा । सनकश्च सनन्दश्च दृतीयश्च सनातनः
kātyāyanaḥ pāṇiniśca kaṇādo gautamastathā | sanakaśca sanandaśca dṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ
Kātyāyana and Pāṇini, Kaṇāda and Gautama, Sanaka and Sananda and, third, Sanātana,
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BvP 4 87.6
कपिलश्चाऽऽसुरिश्चैव वायुः पञ्चशिखस्तथा । विश्वामित्रो वाल्मीकिश्च कश्यपश्च पराशरः
kapilaścā''suriścaiva vāyuḥ pañcaśikhastathā | viśvāmitro vālmīkiśca kaśyapaśca parāśaraḥ
Kapila and Āsuri, Vāyu and Pañcaśikha, Viśvāmitra and Vālmīki, Kaśyapa and Parāśara,
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BvP 4 87.7
विभाण्डको मरीचिश्च शुक्रौऽत्रिश्च बृहस्पतिः । गार्ग्यश्यापि तथा वात्स्यो व्यासश्च जैमिनिस्तथा
vibhāṇḍako marīciśca śukrau'triśca bṛhaspatiḥ | gārgyaśyāpi tathā vātsyo vyāsaśca jaiministathā
Vibhāṇḍaka and Marīci, Śukra, Atri and Bṛhaspati, and Gārgya likewise, Vātsya, Vyāsa and Jaimini,
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BvP 4 87.8
मितवागृष्यशृङ्गश्च याज्ञवल्क्यः शुकस्तथा । सौभरिः शुद्धजटिलो भरद्वाजः सुभद्रकः
mitavāgṛṣyaśṛṅgaśca yājñavalkyaḥ śukastathā | saubhariḥ śuddhajaṭilo bharadvājaḥ subhadrakaḥ
Mitavāc, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Yājñavalkya and Śuka, Saubhari, Śuddhajaṭila, Bharadvāja, Subhadraka,
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BvP 4 87.9
मार्कण्डेयो लोमशश्च आसुरिश्च विटङ्कणः । अष्टावक्र शतानन्दो वामदेश्च भासुरिः
mārkaṇḍeyo lomaśaśca āsuriśca viṭaṅkaṇaḥ | aṣṭāvakra śatānando vāmadeśca bhāsuriḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya and Lomaśa, and Āsuri and Viṭaṅkaṇa, Aṣṭāvakra, Śatānanda, Vāmadeva and Bhāsuri,
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BvP 4 87.10
संवर्तश्चाप्युतथ्यश्च नरोऽहं चापि नारद । जाबालिः पर्शुरामश्चाप्यगस्त्यः पैल एव च
saṃvartaścāpyutathyaśca naro'haṃ cāpi nārada | jābāliḥ parśurāmaścāpyagastyaḥ paila eva ca
Saṃvarta and Utathya, Nara, and I too, O Nārada, Jābāli and Paraśurāma, and Agastya and Paila,
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BvP 4 87.11
युधामन्युर्गौ रमुखोऽप्युपमन्युः श्रृतश्रवाः । मैत्रेयश्च्यवनश्चैव वररुच्यर्षिरेव च
yudhāmanyurgau ramukho'pyupamanyuḥ śrṛtaśravāḥ | maitreyaścyavanaścaiva vararucyarṣireva ca
Yudhāmanyu, Gauramukha, and Upamanyu, Śrutaśravas, Maitreya and Cyavana, and the sage Vararuci too.
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BvP 4 87.12
तान्दृष्ट्वा सहसोत्थाय नमस्कृत्य पुटाञ्जलिः । सिंहासनेषु रम्येषु वासयामास सादरम्
tāndṛṣṭvā sahasotthāya namaskṛtya puṭāñjaliḥ | siṃhāsaneṣu ramyeṣu vāsayāmāsa sādaram
Seeing them, he rose at once, made obeisance with joined palms, and respectfully seated (them) on lovely lion-thrones.
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BvP 4 87.13
पूजयामास विधिवत्कुशलप्रश्नपूर्वकम् । परस्परं च संभाष्य मध्ये कृष्ण उवास सः
pūjayāmāsa vidhivatkuśalapraśnapūrvakam | parasparaṃ ca saṃbhāṣya madhye kṛṣṇa uvāsa saḥ
He worshipped (them) according to rule, beginning with inquiries after their welfare; and after they had conversed with one another, Kṛṣṇa took his seat in the midst (of them).
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BvP 4 87.14
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे कृष्णस्तेजोराशिं ददर्श सः । ददुशुस्ते च मुनयोऽप्याकाशे च समुज्ज्वलम्
etasminnantare kṛṣṇastejorāśiṃ dadarśa saḥ | daduśuste ca munayo'pyākāśe ca samujjvalam
In the meantime that Kṛṣṇa saw a mass of light, and those sages too saw it blazing in the sky —
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BvP 4 87.15
तेजसोऽभ्यन्तरे वत्स कुमारं कनकप्रभाम् । यथैव पञ्चवर्षीयं नग्नं बालकमीप्सितम्
tejaso'bhyantare vatsa kumāraṃ kanakaprabhām | yathaiva pañcavarṣīyaṃ nagnaṃ bālakamīpsitam
and within the light, child, a boy of golden lustre, just like a five-year-old, naked and lovely.
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BvP 4 87.16
आविर्बभूव सहसा समामध्ये च नारद । उत्तिष्टमानं सहसा तं दृष्ट्वा मुनपुंगवाः
āvirbabhūva sahasā samāmadhye ca nārada | uttiṣṭamānaṃ sahasā taṃ dṛṣṭvā munapuṃgavāḥ
He appeared suddenly in the midst of the assembly, O Nārada; and the bulls among sages, seeing him rising up all at once,
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BvP 4 87.17
प्रणेमुर्मुनयः सर्वे शौरिश्च प्रणनाम तम् । सस्मितं स्निग्धनेत्रं चकृत्वा युक्तिं च सादरम्
praṇemurmunayaḥ sarve śauriśca praṇanāma tam | sasmitaṃ snigdhanetraṃ cakṛtvā yuktiṃ ca sādaram
All the sages bowed down, and Śauri (Kṛṣṇa) too bowed to him; and (he), smiling and with tender eyes, respectfully made a fitting greeting.
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BvP 4 87.18
स सर्वानाशिषं कृत्वा समुवास च संसदि । उवाच तांश्च शौरिं च भगवन्तं सनातनम्
sa sarvānāśiṣaṃ kṛtvā samuvāsa ca saṃsadi | uvāca tāṃśca śauriṃ ca bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
He, having pronounced a blessing on all, sat down in the assembly, and spoke to them and to Śauri, the eternal Lord.
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BvP 4 87.19
सनत्कुमार उवाच भद्रं वो मुनयः शश्वत्तपसां फलमीप्सितम् । कृष्णस्य कुशलप्रश्नं सिवबीजस्य निष्फलम्
sanatkumāra uvāca bhadraṃ vo munayaḥ śaśvattapasāṃ phalamīpsitam | kṛṣṇasya kuśalapraśnaṃ sivabījasya niṣphalam
Sanatkumāra said: Welfare to you, sages, ever — the desired fruit of (your) austerities! To ask after the well-being of Kṛṣṇa, who is the seed of all good, is pointless.
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BvP 4 87.20
सांप्रतं कुशुलं वश्च दर्शनं परमात्मनः । भक्तानुरोधाद्देहस्य परस्य प्रकृतेरपि
sāṃprataṃ kuśulaṃ vaśca darśanaṃ paramātmanaḥ | bhaktānurodhāddehasya parasya prakṛterapi
At present it is well with you, and (you have) the sight of the Supreme Self, who, out of compliance with (his) devotees, (has taken) a body, though he is beyond even primordial nature.
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BvP 4 87.21
निर्गुणास्य निरीहस्य सर्वबीजस्य तेयसा । भारावतरणायैव चाऽऽविर्भूतस्य सांप्रतम्
nirguṇāsya nirīhasya sarvabījasya teyasā | bhārāvataraṇāyaiva cā''virbhūtasya sāṃpratam
— of him who is without qualities, without striving, the seed of all, who now by his own power has become manifest just for the removing of the (earth's) burden.
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BvP 4 87.22
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच शरीरधारिणश्चापि कुशलप्रश्नमीप्सितम् । तत्कथं कुशलप्रश्नं मयि विप्र न विद्यते
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca śarīradhāriṇaścāpi kuśalapraśnamīpsitam | tatkathaṃ kuśalapraśnaṃ mayi vipra na vidyate
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: For one who bears a body, an inquiry after well-being is indeed appropriate. Then how, brahmin, does an inquiry after well-being not apply to me?
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BvP 4 87.23
सनत्कुमार उवाच शरीरे प्राकृते नाथ संततं च शुभाशुभम् । नित्यदेहे क्षेमबीजे शिवप्रश्नमनर्थकम्
sanatkumāra uvāca śarīre prākṛte nātha saṃtataṃ ca śubhāśubham | nityadehe kṣemabīje śivapraśnamanarthakam
Sanatkumāra said: In a body made of primordial nature, O Lord, there is constantly good and ill; but in an eternal body, which is the source of well-being, a question about welfare is meaningless.
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BvP 4 87.24
श्रीभगवानुवाच यो यो विग्रहधारी च स च प्राकृतिकः स्मृताः । देहो न विद्यते विप्र तां नित्यां प्राकृतिं विना
śrībhagavānuvāca yo yo vigrahadhārī ca sa ca prākṛtikaḥ smṛtāḥ | deho na vidyate vipra tāṃ nityāṃ prākṛtiṃ vinā
The Blessed Lord said: Whoever bears a form, he too is held to be born of primordial nature; no body exists, brahmin, apart from that eternal nature.
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BvP 4 87.25
सनत्कुमार उवाच रक्तबिन्दूद्भवा देहास्ते च प्राकृतिका स्मृताः । कथं प्रकृतिनाथस्य बीजस्य प्राकृतं वपुः
sanatkumāra uvāca raktabindūdbhavā dehāste ca prākṛtikā smṛtāḥ | kathaṃ prakṛtināthasya bījasya prākṛtaṃ vapuḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Those bodies that arise from a drop of blood are held to be born of primordial nature; how can the Lord of nature, the (primal) seed, have a body made of nature?
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BvP 4 87.26
सर्वबीजस्य सर्वादिर्भवांश्च भगवान्स्वयम् । सर्वेषामवतारणां प्रधानं बीजमव्ययम्
sarvabījasya sarvādirbhavāṃśca bhagavānsvayam | sarveṣāmavatāraṇāṃ pradhānaṃ bījamavyayam
You are yourself the Lord, the seed of all, the beginning of all; the chief, imperishable seed of all the incarnations.
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BvP 4 87.27
कृत्वा वदन्ति वेदाश्च नित्यं सत्यं सनातनम् । ज्योतिःस्वरूपं प्रधानं बीजमव्ययम्
kṛtvā vadanti vedāśca nityaṃ satyaṃ sanātanam | jyotiḥsvarūpaṃ pradhānaṃ bījamavyayam
And the Vedas, having (so) declared, call (you) eternal, real, everlasting, of the nature of light, the chief, imperishable seed.
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BvP 4 87.28
मायया सगुणं चैव मायेशं निर्गुणं परम् । प्रवदन्ति च वेदाङ्गास्तथा वेदविदः प्रभो
māyayā saguṇaṃ caiva māyeśaṃ nirguṇaṃ param | pravadanti ca vedāṅgāstathā vedavidaḥ prabho
The ancillary sciences of the Veda and likewise those who know the Veda declare (you), O Lord, to be endowed with qualities through māyā, and yet the Lord of māyā, qualityless, supreme.
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BvP 4 87.29
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच संप्रतं वासुदेवोऽहं रक्तपीर्याश्रितं वपुः । कथं न प्रकृतो विप्र शिवप्रश्नमभीप्सितम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca saṃprataṃ vāsudevo'haṃ raktapīryāśritaṃ vapuḥ | kathaṃ na prakṛto vipra śivapraśnamabhīpsitam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: At present I am Vāsudeva, a body dependent on blood and semen; how then am I not born of nature, brahmin, so that an inquiry after (my) welfare is (not) fitting?
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BvP 4 87.30
सनत्कुमार उवाच वासुः सर्वनिवासश्च विश्वानि यस्य लोमसु । तस्य देवः परं ब्रह्म वासुदेव इतीरितः
sanatkumāra uvāca vāsuḥ sarvanivāsaśca viśvāni yasya lomasu | tasya devaḥ paraṃ brahma vāsudeva itīritaḥ
Sanatkumāra said: 'Vāsu' is the dwelling-place of all, in whose body-hairs the universes (abide); that god, the supreme Brahman, is therefore called Vāsudeva.
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BvP 4 87.31
वासुदेवेति तन्नाम वेदेषु च चतुर्षु च । पुराणेष्वितिहासेषु यात्रादिषु च दृश्यते
vāsudeveti tannāma vedeṣu ca caturṣu ca | purāṇeṣvitihāseṣu yātrādiṣu ca dṛśyate
That name 'Vāsudeva' is found in the four Vedas, in the Purāṇas, in the epics, and in (accounts of) pilgrimages and the like.
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BvP 4 87.32
रक्तवीर्याश्रितो देहः क्व ते वेदे निरूपितः । साक्षिणो मुनयश्चैव धर्मः सर्वत्र एव च
raktavīryāśrito dehaḥ kva te vede nirūpitaḥ | sākṣiṇo munayaścaiva dharmaḥ sarvatra eva ca
But where in the Veda is a body of yours dependent on blood and semen laid down? The sages are witnesses, and dharma too, everywhere.
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BvP 4 87.33
साक्षिणो मम वेदाश्च रविचन्दौ च संप्रतम्
sākṣiṇo mama vedāśca ravicandau ca saṃpratam
The Vedas are my witnesses, and the sun and moon at present.
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BvP 4 87.34
भृगुरुवाच सत्यं वदसि त्वमेव वैष्णवाग्रणीः । स्वागतं कुशलं शश्वत्किंनिमित्तमिहाऽऽगतः
bhṛguruvāca satyaṃ vadasi tvameva vaiṣṇavāgraṇīḥ | svāgataṃ kuśalaṃ śaśvatkiṃnimittamihā''gataḥ
Bhṛgu said: You speak the truth, you who are foremost among the Vaiṣṇavas. Welcome! May it always be well (with you). For what reason have you come here?
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BvP 4 87.35
सनत्कुमार उवाच श्रूयतां मुनयः सर्वे श्रूयतां कृष्ण सांप्रतम् । अहो येन निमित्तेन चातिशीघ्रमिहाऽऽगतः
sanatkumāra uvāca śrūyatāṃ munayaḥ sarve śrūyatāṃ kṛṣṇa sāṃpratam | aho yena nimittena cātiśīghramihā''gataḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Let all the sages hear, let Kṛṣṇa hear now — ah, the reason for which I have come here so very swiftly.
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BvP 4 87.36
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच भगवन्मर्वधर्मज्ञ किंनिमित्तमिहाऽऽगतः । सर्वं जानासि सर्वज्ञ त्वमेव विदुषां वरः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca bhagavanmarvadharmajña kiṃnimittamihā''gataḥ | sarvaṃ jānāsi sarvajña tvameva viduṣāṃ varaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O Lord, knower of all dharmas, for what reason have you come here? You know everything, O all-knowing one; you alone are the best of the learned.
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BvP 4 87.37
सनत्कुमार उवाच धन्योऽसि भगवञ्छश्वन्मान्योऽसि जगतामपि । सर्वेश्वरेश्वरोऽसि त्वं तत्परो नास्ति विश्वतः
sanatkumāra uvāca dhanyo'si bhagavañchaśvanmānyo'si jagatāmapi | sarveśvareśvaro'si tvaṃ tatparo nāsti viśvataḥ
Sanatkumāra said: You are blessed, Lord, ever worthy of honour even to the worlds. You are the lord of the lords of all; there is none higher than that anywhere in the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.38
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच यज्ञानां च व्रतानां च तपस्यानां द्विजेश्वर। सततं फलदाताऽहं दक्षिणाभिः सहेति य
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca yajñānāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca tapasyānāṃ dvijeśvara| satataṃ phaladātā'haṃ dakṣiṇābhiḥ saheti ya
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O best of the twice-born, I am always the giver of the fruit of sacrifices, of vows, and of austerities, together with their (ritual) gifts — thus (he spoke).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.39
इति श्रुत्वा कुमारश्च जवेन प्रययौ वने । मत्वाऽऽश्चर्य च वचनं वारयामास तेऽपितम्
iti śrutvā kumāraśca javena prayayau vane | matvā''ścarya ca vacanaṃ vārayāmāsa te'pitam
Having heard this, Kumāra swiftly went off into the forest; and, thinking the utterance a marvel, he held back... (the text here is corrupt).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.40
ऋषय ऊचुः हे सिद्धेन्द्र महाभाग कुमार करुणामय । का शङ्कितकथा प्रोक्ता भगवत्कृष्णसंनिधौ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ he siddhendra mahābhāga kumāra karuṇāmaya | kā śaṅkitakathā proktā bhagavatkṛṣṇasaṃnidhau
The sages said: O best of the Siddhas, greatly fortunate, compassionate Kumāra, what doubt-provoking tale was spoken in the presence of the Lord Kṛṣṇa?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.41
किं पुत्र दृष्टमाश्चर्य श्रुतं किमपि कुत्रचित् । अतीव कृत्वा विस्तीर्णमस्माकं वक्तुमर्हसि
kiṃ putra dṛṣṭamāścarya śrutaṃ kimapi kutracit | atīva kṛtvā vistīrṇamasmākaṃ vaktumarhasi
What marvel, son, was seen, or heard somewhere? Making it very full, you ought to tell it to us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.42
एत स्मिन्न्नतरे ब्रह्मा पार्वत्या सह शंकरः । अनन्तश्चापि धर्मश्च श्रीसूर्यश्च निशाकरः
eta sminnnatare brahmā pārvatyā saha śaṃkaraḥ | anantaścāpi dharmaśca śrīsūryaśca niśākaraḥ
At that moment Brahmā, and Śaṃkara together with Pārvatī, and Ananta too, and Dharma, and the glorious Sun and the Moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.43
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा दिक्पालाद्याश्च देवताः । श्रीकृष्णः सहसोत्थाय संभाध्य चपृथक्पृथकु
ādityā vasavo rudrā dikpālādyāśca devatāḥ | śrīkṛṣṇaḥ sahasotthāya saṃbhādhya capṛthakpṛthaku
the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the guardians of the directions and the other deities (came); Śrī Kṛṣṇa, rising at once, greeted (them) each one separately,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.44
मधुपर्कादिकं दत्त्वा पूजयामास भक्तितः । प्रणेसुर्ऋषयः सर्वे शेषं शंभुं विधिं शिवाम्
madhuparkādikaṃ dattvā pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ | praṇesurṛṣayaḥ sarve śeṣaṃ śaṃbhuṃ vidhiṃ śivām
and giving the honey-mixture and the rest, worshipped (them) with devotion; all the sages bowed to Śeṣa, to Śambhu, to the Ordainer (Brahmā), and to Śivā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.45
परस्परं च संभाषा बभूव द्विजदेवयोः । समुवासाऽऽसने मध्ये कुमारः कनकप्रभः ।। कथां कथितुमारेभे संसदि द्विजदेवयोः
parasparaṃ ca saṃbhāṣā babhūva dvijadevayoḥ | samuvāsā''sane madhye kumāraḥ kanakaprabhaḥ || kathāṃ kathitumārebhe saṃsadi dvijadevayoḥ
and there was conversation among one another between the twice-born and the gods. Kumāra, golden in radiance, sat down on a seat in the middle, and began to tell the tale in the assembly of the twice-born and the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.46
मया गतश्च गोलोको न दृष्टो राधिकापतिः । ततो गतं च वैकुण्ठं तत्र नास्ति चतुर्भुजः
mayā gataśca goloko na dṛṣṭo rādhikāpatiḥ | tato gataṃ ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ tatra nāsti caturbhujaḥ
"I went to Goloka, and the husband of Rādhikā was not seen. Then I went to Vaikuṇṭha; the four-armed one is not there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.47
ततो गतश्च क्षीरोदस्तत्र नास्ति हरिः स्वयम् । परिश्रान्तो विषण्णश्च स्नातं क्षीरोदधेस्तटे
tato gataśca kṣīrodastatra nāsti hariḥ svayam | pariśrānto viṣaṇṇaśca snātaṃ kṣīrodadhestaṭe
Then I went to the Ocean of Milk; Hari himself is not there. Worn out and dejected, I bathed on the shore of the milk-ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.48
विस्तीर्णवालुकामध्ये कच्छपः शतयोजनः । भीतश्च कम्पितस्तत्र दृष्टो दुःखी च शुष्कितः
vistīrṇavālukāmadhye kacchapaḥ śatayojanaḥ | bhītaśca kampitastatra dṛṣṭo duḥkhī ca śuṣkitaḥ
In the midst of the broad expanse of sand a tortoise a hundred yojanas (in size) was seen there, frightened and trembling, wretched and dried up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.49
निःसारितो राघवेण मीनेन च महात्मना । धन्योऽसीति मयोक्तश्च नाहं धन्य उवाच सः
niḥsārito rāghaveṇa mīnena ca mahātmanā | dhanyo'sīti mayoktaśca nāhaṃ dhanya uvāca saḥ
He had been brought out by Rāghava and by the great-souled Fish. When I said to him, 'You are blessed,' he replied, 'I am not blessed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.50
क्षीरोदः सागरो धन्यो जन्तवो यत्र मद्विधाः । मत्तो महत्तराश्चापि ह्यसंख्याश्च महामुने
kṣīrodaḥ sāgaro dhanyo jantavo yatra madvidhāḥ | matto mahattarāścāpi hyasaṃkhyāśca mahāmune
Blessed is the ocean of milk, where creatures like me — and greater than me, and indeed countless, O great sage — (dwell).'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.51
भवान्धन्योऽस्ति क्षीरोद तेनोक्तो नाहमेव च । धन्या वसुंधरा देवी यत्रैव सप्तसागराः
bhavāndhanyo'sti kṣīroda tenokto nāhameva ca | dhanyā vasuṃdharā devī yatraiva saptasāgarāḥ
"You are blessed, O Ocean of Milk" — thus he was addressed, (and said) "Not I. Blessed is the goddess Vasuṃdharā, in whom are the very seven oceans."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.52
धन्याऽसि वसुधेत्युक्ता नाहमेवेत्युवाच सा । धन्योऽनन्तो ममाऽऽधारः कृष्णांशो नागराड्विभुः
dhanyā'si vasudhetyuktā nāhamevetyuvāca sā | dhanyo'nanto mamā''dhāraḥ kṛṣṇāṃśo nāgarāḍvibhuḥ
Addressed as "You are blessed, O Earth," she said, "Not I. Blessed is Ananta, my support, a portion of Kṛṣṇa, the mighty king of serpents."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.53
महस्रमूर्ध्ना मध्येऽहं मूर्ध्नि शूर्पे च सर्षपः । धन्योऽसि शेषेत्युक्तोऽयं धन्यो नाहमुवाच वै
mahasramūrdhnā madhye'haṃ mūrdhni śūrpe ca sarṣapaḥ | dhanyo'si śeṣetyukto'yaṃ dhanyo nāhamuvāca vai
"With a thousand heads, I am in the middle — a mustard seed on the head, or in a winnowing basket." Addressed as "You are blessed, O Śeṣa," he said, "I am not the blessed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.54
धन्यः कूर्मो ममाऽऽधारो गच्छ तत्रैव वै मुने । धन्योऽसि कूर्मेत्युक्तोऽयं नारं धन्योऽस्मि वै मुने
dhanyaḥ kūrmo mamā''dhāro gaccha tatraiva vai mune | dhanyo'si kūrmetyukto'yaṃ nāraṃ dhanyo'smi vai mune
"Blessed is the tortoise, my support; go there indeed, O sage." Addressed as "You are blessed, O Tortoise," he (said), "I am not the blessed one, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.55
वायुना धार्यमाणोऽहं मत्तो धन्यतमश्च सः । धन्योऽसीत्युक्तः पवनो धन्यो नाहमुवाच सः
vāyunā dhāryamāṇo'haṃ matto dhanyatamaśca saḥ | dhanyo'sītyuktaḥ pavano dhanyo nāhamuvāca saḥ
"I am borne up by the wind; he is more blessed than I." Addressed as "You are blessed," the Wind said, "I am not the blessed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.56
धन्यश्च भगवान्ब्रह्मा विधाता जगतामपि । धन्योऽसि तत्र धाता च धन्यो नाहमुवाचसः
dhanyaśca bhagavānbrahmā vidhātā jagatāmapi | dhanyo'si tatra dhātā ca dhanyo nāhamuvācasaḥ
"Blessed is Lord Brahmā, the ordainer even of the worlds." (Addressed) there as "You are blessed," the Ordainer too said, "I am not the blessed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.57
धन्यो महेश्वरो देवो योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः । सर्वाराध्यः सर्वपूज्यो धर्मरूपः सनातनः
dhanyo maheśvaro devo yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ | sarvārādhyaḥ sarvapūjyo dharmarūpaḥ sanātanaḥ
Blessed is the god Maheśvara, the guru of the gurus of the lords of yogins, worshipped by all, to be honoured by all, the eternal one whose form is dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.58
कालकालश्च संहर्ता स्वयं मृत्युंजयः प्रभुः । धन्योऽसि तत्र शंभुश्च धन्यो नाहमुवाच सः
kālakālaśca saṃhartā svayaṃ mṛtyuṃjayaḥ prabhuḥ | dhanyo'si tatra śaṃbhuśca dhanyo nāhamuvāca saḥ
The Time of time, the destroyer, himself the lord who conquers death — "You are blessed there, and Śambhu (is blessed); I am not blessed," he said.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.59
सर्वादौ पूजनं यस्य ज्ञानिनां च गुरोर्गुरुः । धन्यो गणेश्वरो देवो देवानां प्रवरः परः
sarvādau pūjanaṃ yasya jñānināṃ ca gurorguruḥ | dhanyo gaṇeśvaro devo devānāṃ pravaraḥ paraḥ
He whose worship comes first of all, and who is the guru of the gurus of the knowers — blessed is the god Gaṇeśvara, the foremost and highest of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.60
सिद्धेन्द्रेषु मुनीन्द्रेषु देवेन्द्रेषु श्रुतौ श्रुतम् । योगीन्द्रेषु च प्राज्ञेषु न गणेशात्परः पुमान्
siddhendreṣu munīndreṣu devendreṣu śrutau śrutam | yogīndreṣu ca prājñeṣu na gaṇeśātparaḥ pumān
Among the chief siddhas, among the chief sages, among the chief gods, it is heard in the Veda — and among the chief yogins and the wise — that there is no person higher than Gaṇeśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.61
निम्नगासु यथा गङगा तीर्थेषु पुष्करं यथा । वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः
nimnagāsu yathā gaṅagā tīrtheṣu puṣkaraṃ yathā | vedapraṇihito dharmo hyadharmastadviparyayaḥ
As the Gaṅgā among rivers, as Puṣkara among sacred fords, so dharma is what is enjoined by the Veda, and adharma is the opposite of that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.62
वेदो नारायणः साक्षाद्वयं पूज्या व्यवस्थया । तस्माच्छास्त्राणि सर्वाणि पुराणानि च सन्ति वै
vedo nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣādvayaṃ pūjyā vyavasthayā | tasmācchāstrāṇi sarvāṇi purāṇāni ca santi vai
The Veda is Nārāyaṇa himself; the two are to be worshipped according to (proper) arrangement. From that (Veda) all the treatises and the Purāṇas indeed exist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.63
यस्मान्निरूपितो धर्मश्चेतिहासश्च संहिता । तस्माद्धन्याश्च ते वेदा वदन्त्यत्र मनीषिणाः
yasmānnirūpito dharmaścetihāsaśca saṃhitā | tasmāddhanyāśca te vedā vadantyatra manīṣiṇāḥ
Since dharma has been set forth (by them), and history and the Saṃhitās, therefore those Vedas are blessed — so the wise declare here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.64
यूयं धन्याश्च मान्याश्चेत्युक्ता वेदा मया ततः । ऊयुस्ते न वयं धन्या यज्ञसंघश्य सांप्रतम्
yūyaṃ dhanyāśca mānyāścetyuktā vedā mayā tataḥ | ūyuste na vayaṃ dhanyā yajñasaṃghaśya sāṃpratam
"You are blessed and honourable" — thus the Vedas were addressed by me; then they said: "We are not blessed; at present the assembly of sacrifices is (blessed)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.65
वयं व्यवस्थाकर्तारो यज्ञौघः फलदः स्वयम् । तस्माद्धन्यः स एवापि गच्छ गच्छ महामुने
vayaṃ vyavasthākartāro yajñaughaḥ phaladaḥ svayam | tasmāddhanyaḥ sa evāpi gaccha gaccha mahāmune
"We are (only) the makers of the arrangement; the host of sacrifices is itself the giver of fruit; therefore he alone is blessed. Go, go, great sage!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.66
धन्योऽसि यज्ञसंघोऽसीत्युक्तस्तत्र मया विभो । ऊचुस्ते न वयं धन्या धन्यं कर्म शुभं मुने
dhanyo'si yajñasaṃgho'sītyuktastatra mayā vibho | ūcuste na vayaṃ dhanyā dhanyaṃ karma śubhaṃ mune
"You are blessed, O assembly of sacrifices" — thus was (it) said by me there, O lord; they said: "We are not blessed; blessed is auspicious action, O sage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.67
शुभकर्मासि धन्यं त्वं नाहं धन्यमुवाच तत् । कर्मणां फलदाता यः कर्महेतुश्च सांप्रतम्
śubhakarmāsi dhanyaṃ tvaṃ nāhaṃ dhanyamuvāca tat | karmaṇāṃ phaladātā yaḥ karmahetuśca sāṃpratam
"You, auspicious action, are blessed" — (and) it said, "I am not blessed; rather (blessed) now is he who is the giver of the fruits of actions and the cause of action."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.68
धातुर्विधाता भगवान्सर्वादिः सर्वकारकः । श्रीकृष्णः परमात्मा च धन्यो मान्यश्चनिश्चितम्
dhāturvidhātā bhagavānsarvādiḥ sarvakārakaḥ | śrīkṛṣṇaḥ paramātmā ca dhanyo mānyaścaniścitam
The ordainer of the ordainer, the Lord, the beginning of all, the doer of all — Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self, is assuredly the blessed and honourable one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.69
धर्मालयं ततो गत्वा न दुष्ट्वा जगदीश्वरम् । मथुरामागतो द्रष्टुं परिपूर्णतम् प्रभुम्
dharmālayaṃ tato gatvā na duṣṭvā jagadīśvaram | mathurāmāgato draṣṭuṃ paripūrṇatam prabhum
Then, having gone to the abode of Dharma and not having seen the Lord of the world, (I) came to Mathurā to see the wholly complete Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.70
यज्ञानां तपसां चैव व्रतानां शुभकर्मणाम् । ईश्वरं फलदातारं परमात्मानमेव च
yajñānāṃ tapasāṃ caiva vratānāṃ śubhakarmaṇām | īśvaraṃ phaladātāraṃ paramātmānameva ca
(Him who is) the lord of sacrifices, austerities, vows and auspicious deeds, the giver of their fruit, and the Supreme Self indeed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.71
कारणं कारणानां च ब्रह्मादीनां पुरःसरम् । धन्योऽसीति मयोक्तश्च दक्षिणाभिः सहेति च
kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānāṃ ca brahmādīnāṃ puraḥsaram | dhanyo'sīti mayoktaśca dakṣiṇābhiḥ saheti ca
the cause of causes, foremost among Brahmā and the rest — "You are blessed," was said by me, "together with the sacrificial fees."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.72
इत्युक्तेन भगवता कथितं सर्वकारणम् । दक्षिणाभिश्च फलदो हतयज्ञो ङ्यदक्षिणाः
ityuktena bhagavatā kathitaṃ sarvakāraṇam | dakṣiṇābhiśca phalado hatayajño ṅyadakṣiṇāḥ
When this had been said, the Lord declared (himself to be) the cause of all: "With sacrificial fees (a sacrifice) is fruit-giving; sacrifices without fees are destroyed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.73
दक्षिणा विप्रमुद्दिश्य तत्काले तु न दीयते । एकरात्रे व्यतीते तु तद्दानं द्विगुणं भवेत्
dakṣiṇā vipramuddiśya tatkāle tu na dīyate | ekarātre vyatīte tu taddānaṃ dviguṇaṃ bhavet
If the fee, designated for a brahmin, is not given at that time, then when one night has passed that gift becomes doubled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 87.74
मासे शतगुणं प्रोक्तं द्विमासे तु सहस्रकम् । संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु स दाता नरकं व्रजेत्
māse śataguṇaṃ proktaṃ dvimāse tu sahasrakam | saṃvatsare vyatīte tu sa dātā narakaṃ vrajet
In a month it is said to be a hundredfold, in two months a thousandfold; but when a year has passed, that giver goes to hell.
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BvP 4 87.75
वर्षाणां च सहस्रं च मूत्रकुण्डे निपत्य च । ततश्चाण़्डालतां याति व्याधियुक्तश्च पातकी
varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca mūtrakuṇḍe nipatya ca | tataścāṇa़ḍālatāṃ yāti vyādhiyuktaśca pātakī
And for a thousand years, having fallen into a pit of urine, thereafter the sinner attains the state of a Caṇḍāla, afflicted with disease.
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BvP 4 87.76
दात्रा न दीयते दानं ग्रहीत्रा चेन्न गृह्यते । उभौ तौ नरकं प्राप्तौ वर्षाणां च सहस्रकम्
dātrā na dīyate dānaṃ grahītrā cenna gṛhyate | ubhau tau narakaṃ prāptau varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrakam
If the gift is not given by the giver, or if it is not accepted by the receiver, both of them go to hell for a thousand years.
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BvP 4 87.77
यजमानश्च चाण्डालो ब्रह्मणस्तत्पुरोहितः । व्याधियुक्तावुभौ तौ च पापिनौ कर्मणः फलात्
yajamānaśca cāṇḍālo brahmaṇastatpurohitaḥ | vyādhiyuktāvubhau tau ca pāpinau karmaṇaḥ phalāt
The sacrificer (became) a cāṇḍāla, and the brahmin his household priest; both of them were afflicted with disease, sinners (as they were), by the fruit of (that) deed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.78
सर्वे देवाश्च मुनयो जहसुर्विस्मयं ययुः । विस्मयं च ययौ नन्दस्तत्याज पुत्रभावकम्
sarve devāśca munayo jahasurvismayaṃ yayuḥ | vismayaṃ ca yayau nandastatyāja putrabhāvakam
All the gods and the sages laughed and were amazed; and Nanda too was amazed, and gave up the notion that (Kṛṣṇa was) his son.
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BvP 4 87.79
रुरोद च सभामध्ये लज्जाहीनः शुचाऽऽकुलः । त्यज मौहमितीत्युक्त्वा बोधयामास पार्वती
ruroda ca sabhāmadhye lajjāhīnaḥ śucā''kulaḥ | tyaja mauhamitītyuktvā bodhayāmāsa pārvatī
And in the midst of the assembly he wept, shameless, overcome with grief; and Pārvatī, saying "Give up your delusion," instructed him.
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BvP 4 87.80
नन्द उवाच अमूल्यरत्नं माणिक्यं यथा कुजन्मनो गृहे । स्थितं तेन च देवेश तथाऽहं वञ्चितः प्रभो
nanda uvāca amūlyaratnaṃ māṇikyaṃ yathā kujanmano gṛhe | sthitaṃ tena ca deveśa tathā'haṃ vañcitaḥ prabho
Nanda said: As a priceless jewel, a ruby, might sit in the house of a man of low birth, so was I deceived by it, O lord of the gods, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.81
ममापराधं भगवान् क्षमस्व प्रकृतेः पर । यास्यामि न पुनर्गेहं गोकुलं यमुनातटम्
mamāparādhaṃ bhagavān kṣamasva prakṛteḥ para | yāsyāmi na punargehaṃ gokulaṃ yamunātaṭam
Forgive my offence, O Bhagavān, O you who are beyond Prakṛti. I shall not go home again — (but) to Gokula, to the bank of the Yamunā,
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BvP 4 87.82
वृन्दावनं तथाऽऽवासं क्रीडावासं गदाग्रज । तत्सर्वं च यशोदाया गोपिकान्तिकमेव च
vṛndāvanaṃ tathā''vāsaṃ krīḍāvāsaṃ gadāgraja | tatsarvaṃ ca yaśodāyā gopikāntikameva ca
to Vṛndāvana, and to (my) dwelling, to the play-dwelling, O elder brother of Gada — all that (belongs) to Yaśodā, and to the presence of the gopīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.83
किं ब्रवीमि यशोदां य प्रेयसीं राधिकामपि । प्रेमपात्रं च बालौघं वद भोः कथयामि किम्
kiṃ bravīmi yaśodāṃ ya preyasīṃ rādhikāmapi | premapātraṃ ca bālaughaṃ vada bhoḥ kathayāmi kim
What shall I say of Yaśodā, or of your beloved Rādhikā, and of the crowd of boys who were the objects of (your) love? Tell me, sir, what am I to say?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 87.84
इत्युक्त्वा च सभामध्ये मर्च्छां संप्राप नारद । क्रोडे कृत्वा जगन्नाथो बोधयामास तत्क्षणम्
ityuktvā ca sabhāmadhye marcchāṃ saṃprāpa nārada | kroḍe kṛtvā jagannātho bodhayāmāsa tatkṣaṇam
Having spoken thus, O Nārada, in the midst of the assembly he fell into a swoon; and the Lord of the world, taking him on his lap, revived him that very moment.
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BvP 4 87.87
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo
Thus (ends) in the venerable Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa, in the latter part, the chapter of the conversation of Nārada (with) Bhagavān and Nanda.
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