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Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 89

BvP 4 89.1

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच गच्छ गच्छ गृहं गच्छ व्रजराज व्रजं व्रज । सर्वं तत्त्वं त्वया ज्ञातं दृष्टाश्च मुनयः सुराः

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca gaccha gaccha gṛhaṃ gaccha vrajarāja vrajaṃ vraja | sarvaṃ tattvaṃ tvayā jñātaṃ dṛṣṭāśca munayaḥ surāḥ

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Go, go, go home, king of Vraja, go to Vraja. The whole truth has been known by you, and you have seen the sages and the gods.

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BvP 4 89.2

श्रुतं मे धन्यमाख्यानं नानाख्यानं सुदुर्लभम् । दुर्गायाः स्तोत्रराजं च जन्मपाशनिकृन्तनम्

śrutaṃ me dhanyamākhyānaṃ nānākhyānaṃ sudurlabham | durgāyāḥ stotrarājaṃ ca janmapāśanikṛntanam

I have heard the blessed narrative, the various tales very hard to come by, and the king of hymns to Durgā, which cuts through the bonds of birth.

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BvP 4 89.3

स्थितं तते निगदितं हर्षेण च सुखेन च । मत्कृतं बालभावेन चापराद्धं च तत्क्षणम्

sthitaṃ tate nigaditaṃ harṣeṇa ca sukhena ca | matkṛtaṃ bālabhāvena cāparāddhaṃ ca tatkṣaṇam

(I have) stayed with father, (it has been) told with joy and with pleasure; and what was done by me in childish manner, and the offence, at that very moment.

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BvP 4 89.4

यत्सुखं न कृतं तात पित्रोश्च नृपमन्दिरे । कृतं सुखं तत्परं च स्वर्गादपि सुदुर्लभम्

yatsukhaṃ na kṛtaṃ tāta pitrośca nṛpamandire | kṛtaṃ sukhaṃ tatparaṃ ca svargādapi sudurlabham

The happiness that was not had, father, even by my (own) parents in the king's palace — that surpassing happiness, harder to get than heaven, was had (here).

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BvP 4 89.5

मदीयं प्रियवाक्यं च प्रह्वत्वं विनयं नयम् । परिहासं बहतरं यशोदां गोपिकागणम्

madīyaṃ priyavākyaṃ ca prahvatvaṃ vinayaṃ nayam | parihāsaṃ bahataraṃ yaśodāṃ gopikāgaṇam

My affectionate words, my humility, my modesty, my good conduct, and abundant jesting, Yaśodā, the throng of gopīs,

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BvP 4 89.6

बालकानां समूहं च राधां चापि विशेषतः । एकत्र च स्थितं तेषु बन्धुवर्गेषु कर्मणा

bālakānāṃ samūhaṃ ca rādhāṃ cāpi viśeṣataḥ | ekatra ca sthitaṃ teṣu bandhuvargeṣu karmaṇā

and the crowd of boys, and Rādhā especially — (all this, and) my having stayed in one place among those kinsfolk by (past) deeds.

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BvP 4 89.7

इहैवापि सुखं भुक्त्वा गच्छ गोलोकमुत्तमम् । सार्ध यशोदया तात रोहिण्या गोपिकागणैः

ihaivāpi sukhaṃ bhuktvā gaccha golokamuttamam | sārdha yaśodayā tāta rohiṇyā gopikāgaṇaiḥ

Having enjoyed happiness here too, go to the highest Goloka, together with Yaśodā, father, with Rohiṇī and with the throng of gopīs,

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BvP 4 89.8

गोपानां बालकैः सार्धं वृषभानेन गोपकैः । राधामात्रा कलावत्या राधया सह यास्यसि

gopānāṃ bālakaiḥ sārdhaṃ vṛṣabhānena gopakaiḥ | rādhāmātrā kalāvatyā rādhayā saha yāsyasi

along with the boys of the cowherds, with Vṛṣabhānu and the cowherds; with Rādhā's mother Kalāvatī and with Rādhā you shall go.

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BvP 4 89.9

रथानां शतलक्षं च गोलोकादागतं पितः । अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं हीरहारपरिष्कृतम्

rathānāṃ śatalakṣaṃ ca golokādāgataṃ pitaḥ | amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ hīrahārapariṣkṛtam

And ten million chariots have come from Goloka, father, made of priceless jewels, adorned with strings of diamonds,

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BvP 4 89.10

मणिमाणिक्यमुक्तानां मालाजालविभूषितम् । वह्निशुद्धांशुकै रम्यैराच्छन्नं पीतवर्णकैः

maṇimāṇikyamuktānāṃ mālājālavibhūṣitam | vahniśuddhāṃśukai ramyairācchannaṃ pītavarṇakaiḥ

decorated with networks of garlands of gems, rubies and pearls, covered with lovely fire-purified cloths of yellow colour,

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BvP 4 89.11

पार्षदप्रवरै रम्यैर्वेष्टितं श्वेतचामरैः । सद्रत्नदर्पणै रम्यैर्गोपिकाभिश्च गोपकैः

pārṣadapravarai ramyairveṣṭitaṃ śvetacāmaraiḥ | sadratnadarpaṇai ramyairgopikābhiśca gopakaiḥ

surrounded by lovely chief attendants, by white yak-tail fans, by beautiful mirrors set with fine gems, and by gopīs and cowherds —

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BvP 4 89.12

वेष्टितं च तदारुह्य कौतुकाद्यास्यसि ध्रुवम् । त्यक्त्वा च पार्थिवं देहं दिव्यदेहं विधाय च

veṣṭitaṃ ca tadāruhya kautukādyāsyasi dhruvam | tyaktvā ca pārthivaṃ dehaṃ divyadehaṃ vidhāya ca

(thus) surrounded; mounting that, you will surely come out of delight, having cast off the earthly body and taken on a divine body.

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BvP 4 89.13

अयोनिसंभवा राधा राधामाता कलावती । यास्यत्येव हि तेनैव नित्यदेहेन निश्चितम्

ayonisaṃbhavā rādhā rādhāmātā kalāvatī | yāsyatyeva hi tenaiva nityadehena niścitam

Rādhā, born of no womb, and Rādhā's mother Kalāvatī will certainly go with that very eternal body.

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BvP 4 89.14

पितृणां मानसी कन्या धन्या मान्या कलावती । धन्या च सीतामाता च दुर्गामाता च मेनका

pitṛṇāṃ mānasī kanyā dhanyā mānyā kalāvatī | dhanyā ca sītāmātā ca durgāmātā ca menakā

Kalāvatī, blessed and honoured, is the mind-born daughter of the Fathers; blessed too is Sītā's mother, and Menakā, Durgā's mother.

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BvP 4 89.15

अयोनिसंभवा दुर्गा तारा सीता च सुन्दरी । अयोनिसंभवास्ताश्च धन्या मेना कलावती

ayonisaṃbhavā durgā tārā sītā ca sundarī | ayonisaṃbhavāstāśca dhanyā menā kalāvatī

Durgā, Tārā, and the beautiful Sītā were born of no womb; born of no womb are they, and blessed are Menā and Kalāvatī.

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BvP 4 89.16

इत्येव कथितं तात गोपनीयं सुदुर्लभम् । वरोऽयं तत्तस्तुभ्यं च मया च दुर्गया तथा

ityeva kathitaṃ tāta gopanīyaṃ sudurlabham | varo'yaṃ tattastubhyaṃ ca mayā ca durgayā tathā

Thus it has been told, dear one — a thing to be kept secret, very hard to obtain; this boon is therefore (granted) to you by me and by Durgā as well.

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BvP 4 89.17

श्रीकृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच व्रजेश्वरः । पुनरेव जगन्नाथं त द्भक्तो भक्तवात्सलम्

śrīkṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca vrajeśvaraḥ | punareva jagannāthaṃ ta dbhakto bhaktavātsalam

Having heard Śrī Kṛṣṇa's words, the lord of Vraja, his devotee, replied again to the Lord of the world, who is affectionate to his devotees.

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BvP 4 89.18

नन्द उवाच युगानां च चतुर्णां च यं यं धर्म सनातनम् । क्रमेण कृष्ण विस्तीर्णं कृत्वा मां कथय प्रभो

nanda uvāca yugānāṃ ca caturṇāṃ ca yaṃ yaṃ dharma sanātanam | krameṇa kṛṣṇa vistīrṇaṃ kṛtvā māṃ kathaya prabho

Nanda said: Krishna, O Lord, tell me at length and in order the eternal dharma of each of the four ages.

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BvP 4 89.19

कलिशेषे भवेद्यद्यद्गुणदोषं कलेस्तथा । का गतिर्वा पृथिव्याश्च धर्मस्य प्रणिनां तथा

kaliśeṣe bhavedyadyadguṇadoṣaṃ kalestathā | kā gatirvā pṛthivyāśca dharmasya praṇināṃ tathā

Whatever merit and fault of the Kali (age) may arise at the end of Kali; and what shall be the destiny of the earth, of dharma, and of living beings?

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BvP 4 89.20

नन्दस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा हृष्टः कमललोचनः । कथां कथितुमारेभे विचित्रां मधुरान्विताम्

nandasya vacanaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭaḥ kamalalocanaḥ | kathāṃ kathitumārebhe vicitrāṃ madhurānvitām

Having heard Nanda's words, the lotus-eyed one, pleased, began to tell a wondrous tale full of sweetness.

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BvP 4 89.89

इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्ण जन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्न- न्दसंo एकोननवतितमोऽध्यायः

iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇa janmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavanna- ndasaṃo ekonanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Thus (ends) the eighty-ninth chapter, the conversation of the Lord with Nanda, in Nārada's narration, in the latter (part of the) Śrī Kṛṣṇa-birth section of the great Śrī Brahmavaivarta (Purāṇa).

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