Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 90
BvP 4 90.1
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच शृणु नन्द प्रवक्ष्यमि सानन्दं मानसं यथा । कथां रम्यां सुमधुरां पुराणेषु परिष्कृताम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca śṛṇu nanda pravakṣyami sānandaṃ mānasaṃ yathā | kathāṃ ramyāṃ sumadhurāṃ purāṇeṣu pariṣkṛtām
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen, Nanda, I shall relate — so that your mind may be filled with joy — a delightful, very sweet tale, refined in the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.2
परिपूर्णतमो धर्मो धार्मिकाश्च कृते युगे । परिपूर्णतमं सत्यं परिपूर्णतमा दया
paripūrṇatamo dharmo dhārmikāśca kṛte yuge | paripūrṇatamaṃ satyaṃ paripūrṇatamā dayā
In the Kṛta age dharma was utterly complete, and so were the righteous; truth was utterly complete, compassion was utterly complete.
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BvP 4 90.3
अतीव प्रज्वलद्रूपा वेदाश्चत्वार एव च । वेदाङ्गाश्चापि पिपिधासाश्चेतिहासाच संहिताः
atīva prajvaladrūpā vedāścatvāra eva ca | vedāṅgāścāpi pipidhāsāścetihāsāca saṃhitāḥ
And the four Vedas were of exceedingly blazing form, and the limbs of the Veda too were manifold, and the histories and the Saṃhitās.
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BvP 4 90.4
पुराणानि सुरम्याणि पञ्चरात्राणि पञ्च च । रुचिराणि सुभद्राणि धर्मशास्त्राणि यानि च
purāṇāni suramyāṇi pañcarātrāṇi pañca ca | rucirāṇi subhadrāṇi dharmaśāstrāṇi yāni ca
The very delightful Purāṇas, and the five Pañcarātra (texts), and whatever dharma-treatises there are, lovely and most auspicious.
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BvP 4 90.5
विप्रा वेदविदः सर्वे पुण्यवन्तस्तपस्विनः । नारायणं ते ध्यायन्ति तन्मन्त्रं च जपन्ति च
viprā vedavidaḥ sarve puṇyavantastapasvinaḥ | nārāyaṇaṃ te dhyāyanti tanmantraṃ ca japanti ca
The brahmins were all knowers of the Veda, meritorious, ascetics; they meditate on Nārāyaṇa and mutter his mantra.
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BvP 4 90.6
ब्राह्मणाःक्षत्रिया वैश्याश्यतुर्वर्णाश्च वैष्णवाः । शूद्रा ब्राह्मणभृत्याश्च सत्यधर्मपरायणाछ
brāhmaṇāḥkṣatriyā vaiśyāśyaturvarṇāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ | śūdrā brāhmaṇabhṛtyāśca satyadharmaparāyaṇācha
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas — all four classes were Vaiṣṇavas; the śūdras were servants of the brahmins and devoted to truth and dharma.
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BvP 4 90.7
राजानो धार्मिकाश्चैव प्रजापालनतत्पराः । गृह्णान्त्येव प्रजानां च षोडशांशकराषृपाः
rājāno dhārmikāścaiva prajāpālanatatparāḥ | gṛhṇāntyeva prajānāṃ ca ṣoḍaśāṃśakarāṣṛpāḥ
The kings too were righteous and intent on protecting the subjects; the rulers took only a sixteenth part as tax from the subjects.
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BvP 4 90.8
करशून्याश्च विप्राश्च पूज्याः स्वच्छन्दगामिनः । ततं सर्वसस्याढ्या रत्नाधारा वसुंधरा
karaśūnyāśca viprāśca pūjyāḥ svacchandagāminaḥ | tataṃ sarvasasyāḍhyā ratnādhārā vasuṃdharā
And the brahmins were free of tax, honoured, going as they pleased; the earth was continually rich with all crops and a support of jewels.
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BvP 4 90.9
गुरुभक्ताश्च शिष्याश्च पितृभक्ताः सुतास्तथा । योषितः पतिभक्ताश्च पतिव्रतपरायणाः
gurubhaktāśca śiṣyāśca pitṛbhaktāḥ sutāstathā | yoṣitaḥ patibhaktāśca pativrataparāyaṇāḥ
The pupils were devoted to their teachers, and the sons devoted to their fathers; the women were devoted to their husbands and intent on wifely fidelity.
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BvP 4 90.10
ऋतौ संभोगिनः सर्वे न स्त्रीलुब्धा न लम्मपटाः । न भयं दस्युचौर्याणां न तत्र पारदारिकाः
ṛtau saṃbhoginaḥ sarve na strīlubdhā na lammapaṭāḥ | na bhayaṃ dasyucauryāṇāṃ na tatra pāradārikāḥ
All coupled (only) in the fertile season; none were greedy for women, none were hypocrites; there was no fear of robbers and thieves, and no adulterers there.
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BvP 4 90.11
तरवः पूर्णफलिनः पूर्णक्षीराश्च धेनवः । बलवन्तो जनाः सर्वे दीर्घाः सौन्दर्यसंयुताः
taravaḥ pūrṇaphalinaḥ pūrṇakṣīrāśca dhenavaḥ | balavanto janāḥ sarve dīrghāḥ saundaryasaṃyutāḥ
The trees were full of fruit and the cows full of milk; all the people were strong, tall, and endowed with beauty.
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BvP 4 90.12
लक्षवर्षायुषः केचित्पुण्यवन्तो क्ष्यरोगिणः । यथा विप्रा विष्णुभक्ता स्त्रिवर्णां विष्णुसेविनः
lakṣavarṣāyuṣaḥ kecitpuṇyavanto kṣyarogiṇaḥ | yathā viprā viṣṇubhaktā strivarṇāṃ viṣṇusevinaḥ
Some, being meritorious, had a lifespan of a hundred thousand years and were free of disease; as the brahmins were devotees of Viṣṇu, so were the three (other) classes servants of Viṣṇu.
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BvP 4 90.13
जलपूर्णा नदा नद्यः संततं कंदरास्तथा । तीर्थपूताश्चतुर्वर्णास्तपः पूता द्विजातयः
jalapūrṇā nadā nadyaḥ saṃtataṃ kaṃdarāstathā | tīrthapūtāścaturvarṇāstapaḥ pūtā dvijātayaḥ
The rivers and streams were constantly full of water, and so the mountain caves; the four classes were purified by (bathing at) holy fords, and the twice-born were purified by austerity.
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BvP 4 90.14
मनःपूताश्च निखिलाः खलहीनं जगत्त्रयम् । सत्कीर्तिपरिबूर्णं च यशस्यं मङ्गलान्वितम्
manaḥpūtāśca nikhilāḥ khalahīnaṃ jagattrayam | satkīrtiparibūrṇaṃ ca yaśasyaṃ maṅgalānvitam
And all were pure in mind; the three worlds were without a rogue, wholly filled with good repute, glorious, and endowed with auspiciousness.
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BvP 4 90.15
पितरः सर्वकालेषु तिथिकालेषु देवताः । सर्वकालेष्वतिथयः पूजिताश्च गृहे गृहे
pitaraḥ sarvakāleṣu tithikāleṣu devatāḥ | sarvakāleṣvatithayaḥ pūjitāśca gṛhe gṛhe
The fathers (were honoured) at all times, the gods at the times of the lunar days, and guests at all times — all worshipped in house after house.
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BvP 4 90.16
त्रिवर्णा विप्रभक्ताश्च विप्रभोजतत्पराः । ब्राह्मणस्य मुखं क्षेत्रमनूषरमकण्टकम्
trivarṇā viprabhaktāśca viprabhojatatparāḥ | brāhmaṇasya mukhaṃ kṣetramanūṣaramakaṇṭakam
The three classes were devoted to brahmins and intent on feeding brahmins; for the mouth of a brahmin is a field neither barren nor thorny.
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BvP 4 90.17
नारायणोत्कीर्तनेन हर्षयुक्तास्तदुत्सवे । न शत्रवो जनानां च सर्वे सर्वंहितैषिणः
nārāyaṇotkīrtanena harṣayuktāstadutsave | na śatravo janānāṃ ca sarve sarvaṃhitaiṣiṇaḥ
They were filled with joy at his festival through the loud praise of Nārāyaṇa; people had no enemies, and all wished the good of all.
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BvP 4 90.18
नाऽऽत्मप्रशंसकाः केचित्सर्वे परगुणोत्सुकाः । न देवानां द्विजानां च विदुषां तत्र निन्दकाः
nā''tmapraśaṃsakāḥ kecitsarve paraguṇotsukāḥ | na devānāṃ dvijānāṃ ca viduṣāṃ tatra nindakāḥ
None praised themselves; all were eager for the virtues of others; there was no one there who reviled gods, brahmins, or the learned.
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BvP 4 90.19
पुरुषा योषितश्चापि न हि सूर्खाश्च पण्डिताः । न दुःखिनो जनाःसत्ये सर्वेषां रत्नमन्दिरम्
puruṣā yoṣitaścāpi na hi sūrkhāśca paṇḍitāḥ | na duḥkhino janāḥsatye sarveṣāṃ ratnamandiram
Men and women alike — there were no fools, but learned people; in the Satya age none were sorrowful, and everyone had a house of jewels.
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BvP 4 90.20
मणिमाणिक्यरत्नौघरत्नस्वर्णसमन्वितम् । न भिक्षुका न रोगार्ताः शोकहीनाश्चहर्षिताः
maṇimāṇikyaratnaugharatnasvarṇasamanvitam | na bhikṣukā na rogārtāḥ śokahīnāścaharṣitāḥ
(A house) furnished with masses of gems, rubies and jewels, with jewels and gold; there were no beggars, none afflicted by disease; (all were) free of grief and glad.
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BvP 4 90.21
न हि भूषणहीराश्च नरा नार्यश्च केचन । न पापिनो न धूर्ताश्च न क्षुधार्ता न कुत्सिताः
na hi bhūṣaṇahīrāśca narā nāryaśca kecana | na pāpino na dhūrtāśca na kṣudhārtā na kutsitāḥ
There were no men or women at all who lacked ornaments; none were sinful, none were cheats, none tormented by hunger, none contemptible.
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BvP 4 90.22
जराहीनाः प्राणिनश्च शश्वद्यौवनसंस्थिताः । आधिव्याधिविहीनाश्च निर्विकाराश्च देहिनः
jarāhīnāḥ prāṇinaśca śaśvadyauvanasaṃsthitāḥ | ādhivyādhivihīnāśca nirvikārāśca dehinaḥ
Living beings were free of old age, established in perpetual youth; embodied beings were free of mental and bodily disease and free of alteration.
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BvP 4 90.23
यदुक्तो वै सत्ययुगे धर्मः सत्यं दयादिकम् । पादहीनश्च त्रेतायां सत्यार्ध द्वापरेऽपि च
yadukto vai satyayuge dharmaḥ satyaṃ dayādikam | pādahīnaśca tretāyāṃ satyārdha dvāpare'pi ca
That dharma which is declared for the Satya age — truth, compassion and the rest — lacks a quarter in the Tretā, and in the Dvāpara half of the truth as well.
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BvP 4 90.24
धर्मै कपाच्च प्रथमे कलेश्चातिकृशोऽबलः । दुष्टानां दस्युचौर्याणामङ्कुरः प्रभवेद्व्रज
dharmai kapācca prathame kaleścātikṛśo'balaḥ | duṣṭānāṃ dasyucauryāṇāmaṅkuraḥ prabhavedvraja
And dharma, one-footed in the first part of the Kali, is exceedingly gaunt and weak; the sprouting of the wicked, of brigands and thieves, would arise, O Vraja (dweller).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.25
अधर्मनिरताः केचिद्भीताः संगोपिनस्तथा । भीता गुप्ताश्च पुंश्चल्यौ भीताश्च पारदारिकाः
adharmaniratāḥ kecidbhītāḥ saṃgopinastathā | bhītā guptāśca puṃścalyau bhītāśca pāradārikāḥ
Some, intent on unrighteousness, were afraid and so kept themselves concealed; loose women were afraid and hidden, and adulterers were afraid.
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BvP 4 90.26
धर्मिष्ठानां भयं शश्वदधर्मिष्ठाश्च कम्पिताः । स्वल्पधर्मरता भूपाः स्वल्पवेदरता द्विजाः
dharmiṣṭhānāṃ bhayaṃ śaśvadadharmiṣṭhāśca kampitāḥ | svalpadharmaratā bhūpāḥ svalpavedaratā dvijāḥ
(In Kali) there is constant fear for the righteous, and the unrighteous tremble; kings take little delight in dharma and the twice-born little in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.27
व्रतधर्मरताः केचित्सर्वे स्वच्छन्दगामिनः । यावत्तिष्ठन्ति तीर्थानि यावत्तिष्ठन्ति साधवः
vratadharmaratāḥ kecitsarve svacchandagāminaḥ | yāvattiṣṭhanti tīrthāni yāvattiṣṭhanti sādhavaḥ
Some delight in vows and dharma; all go according to their own whim. As long as the sacred fords endure, as long as the good endure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.28
यावत्तिष्ठन्ति ग्रामाणां देवाः शास्त्राणि पूजनम् । तावत्किंचित्तपः सत्यं स्वर्गधर्माश एव च
yāvattiṣṭhanti grāmāṇāṃ devāḥ śāstrāṇi pūjanam | tāvatkiṃcittapaḥ satyaṃ svargadharmāśa eva ca
as long as the gods of the villages, the scriptures, and worship endure, so long there is some austerity, some truth, and some portion of the dharma that leads to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.29
कलेर्दोषनिधेस्तात गुण एको महानपि। मानसं संभवेत्पुण्यं सुकृतं न हि दृष्कृतम्
kalerdoṣanidhestāta guṇa eko mahānapi| mānasaṃ saṃbhavetpuṇyaṃ sukṛtaṃ na hi dṛṣkṛtam
Of Kali, that store of faults, dear one, there is one great virtue: merit arises from mere intention, and the good deed (counts) but not the evil deed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.30
तीर्थादिके गते तात नष्टो धर्माश एव च । कलारूपश्च धर्मश्च यथा कुह्वां निशाकरः
tīrthādike gate tāta naṣṭo dharmāśa eva ca | kalārūpaśca dharmaśca yathā kuhvāṃ niśākaraḥ
When the fords and the rest are gone, dear one, the portion of dharma too is lost; dharma is then a mere fragment, like the moon on the new-moon night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.31
नन्द उवाच तीर्थान्येतानि सर्वाणि तिष्ठन्त्येव कियद्दिनम् । साधवो ग्राम्यदेवाश्च शास्त्राण्येतानि वत्सक
nanda uvāca tīrthānyetāni sarvāṇi tiṣṭhantyeva kiyaddinam | sādhavo grāmyadevāśca śāstrāṇyetāni vatsaka
Nanda said: For how many days do all these fords remain, and the good men, and the village gods, and these scriptures, my dear boy?
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BvP 4 90.32
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच कलौ दशसहस्राणि हरिस्तिष्ठति मेदिनीम् । देवानां प्रतिमा बूज्या शास्त्राणि च पुराणकम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca kalau daśasahasrāṇi haristiṣṭhati medinīm | devānāṃ pratimā būjyā śāstrāṇi ca purāṇakam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: In the Kali, Hari remains on the earth for ten thousand (years); the images of the gods are to be worshipped, and the scriptures and the Purāṇa.
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BvP 4 90.33
तदर्धमपि तीर्थानि गङ्गादीनि सुनिश्चितम् । तदर्ध ग्रामदेवाश्च वेदाश्च विदुषामपि
tadardhamapi tīrthāni gaṅgādīni suniścitam | tadardha grāmadevāśca vedāśca viduṣāmapi
For half of that, again, the fords, the Gaṅgā and the others — this is quite certain; for half of that, the village gods and the Vedas of the learned as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.34
अधर्मः परिबूर्णश्च तदन्ते च कलौ पितः । एकवर्णा भविष्यन्ति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च
adharmaḥ paribūrṇaśca tadante ca kalau pitaḥ | ekavarṇā bhaviṣyanti varṇāścatvāra eva ca
And unrighteousness is complete; and at the end of the Kali, father, the four classes will become a single class.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.35
न मन्त्रपूतोद्वाहश्च न हि सत्यं न य क्षमा । स्त्रीस्वीकाररतो नित्यं ग्राम्यधर्मप्रधानतः
na mantrapūtodvāhaśca na hi satyaṃ na ya kṣamā | strīsvīkārarato nityaṃ grāmyadharmapradhānataḥ
There is no marriage sanctified by mantras, no truth, no patience; (each man is) always intent on taking women, with the coarse custom of coupling foremost.
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BvP 4 90.36
न यज्ञसूत्रं तिलकं ब्राह्मणनां च नित्यशः । संध्याशास्त्रविहीनाश्च विप्रवंशाःश्रुता अपि
na yajñasūtraṃ tilakaṃ brāhmaṇanāṃ ca nityaśaḥ | saṃdhyāśāstravihīnāśca vipravaṃśāḥśrutā api
Brahmins have no sacred thread nor forehead mark regularly; even the lineages of brahmins who are learned in the Veda are without the twilight rites and the scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.37
सर्वैः सार्ध च सर्वेषां भक्षणं नियमच्युतम् । अभक्ष्यभक्षा लोकाश्च चतुर्वर्णाश्च लम्पटाः
sarvaiḥ sārdha ca sarveṣāṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ niyamacyutam | abhakṣyabhakṣā lokāśca caturvarṇāśca lampaṭāḥ
All eat together with everyone, fallen away from the rules; people eat what should not be eaten, and (men of) all four classes are lechers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.38
नारीषु न सती काचित्पुंश्चली च गृहे गृहे । करोति तर्जनं कान्तं भृत्यतुल्यं च कम्पितम्
nārīṣu na satī kācitpuṃścalī ca gṛhe gṛhe | karoti tarjanaṃ kāntaṃ bhṛtyatulyaṃ ca kampitam
Among women not one is chaste, and in house after house (there is) a woman who runs after men; she threatens her husband and makes him tremble like a servant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.39
जाराय दत्त्वा मिष्टान्नं ताम्बूलं वस्त्रचन्दनम् । न ददात्येव चाऽऽहारं स्वामिने दुःखिने पितः
jārāya dattvā miṣṭānnaṃ tāmbūlaṃ vastracandanam | na dadātyeva cā''hāraṃ svāmine duḥkhine pitaḥ
Having given sweet food, betel, clothes and sandal-paste to her lover, she gives no food at all to her suffering husband, O father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.40
पुत्रेण भर्त्सितस्तातः शिष्येण भर्त्सितो गुरुः । प्रजाभिस्ताडितो भूपो भूपेन पीडिताः प्रजाः
putreṇa bhartsitastātaḥ śiṣyeṇa bhartsito guruḥ | prajābhistāḍito bhūpo bhūpena pīḍitāḥ prajāḥ
The father is rebuked by his son, the teacher is rebuked by his pupil; the king is beaten by his subjects, the subjects are oppressed by the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.41
दस्युचोरेश्च दुष्टैश्च शिष्टाश्च परिपीडिताः । सस्यहीना च वसुधा क्षीरहीनाश्च धनेवः
dasyucoreśca duṣṭaiśca śiṣṭāśca paripīḍitāḥ | sasyahīnā ca vasudhā kṣīrahīnāśca dhanevaḥ
The well-behaved are afflicted on all sides by bandits, thieves and villains; the earth is without crops and cows are without milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.42
स्वल्पक्षीरे घृतं नास्ति नवनीतं च नित्यशः । सत्यहीना जनाः सर्वे नित्यं मिथ्या वदन्ति च
svalpakṣīre ghṛtaṃ nāsti navanītaṃ ca nityaśaḥ | satyahīnā janāḥ sarve nityaṃ mithyā vadanti ca
In the scant milk there is no ghee, nor butter, ever; all people are devoid of truth and constantly speak falsehood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.43
शौचसंध्याशास्त्रहीना ब्राह्मणा वृषवाहकाः । सूपकाराश्च शूद्राणां शूद्राणां शवदाहकाः
śaucasaṃdhyāśāstrahīnā brāhmaṇā vṛṣavāhakāḥ | sūpakārāśca śūdrāṇāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhakāḥ
Brahmins, lacking purification, twilight rites and scripture, are drivers of oxen, cooks for Śūdras, and cremators of Śūdras' corpses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.44
शूद्रस्त्रीनिरताः शश्वच्छूद्रा विप्रवधूरताः । खादन्ति यस्य विप्रस्य भक्ष्यं च परिपाचकाः
śūdrastrīniratāḥ śaśvacchūdrā vipravadhūratāḥ | khādanti yasya viprasya bhakṣyaṃ ca paripācakāḥ
Śūdras are constantly given to (their own) Śūdra women, and Śūdras are given to brahmins' wives; and being the cooks, they eat the food of whatever brahmin (they serve).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.45
मातुः परां तस्य पत्नीं शूद्रा गृह्णन्ति लम्पटाः । भृत्यश्च हत्वा राजानं स्वयं राजा भविष्यति
mātuḥ parāṃ tasya patnīṃ śūdrā gṛhṇanti lampaṭāḥ | bhṛtyaśca hatvā rājānaṃ svayaṃ rājā bhaviṣyati
Lecherous Śūdras take his wife (as one takes) a mother — nay, beyond that; and a servant, having killed the king, will himself become king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.46
नारी हत्वा पतिं कामाद्भजेज्जारं च कौतुकात् । पुत्रश्च पितरं हत्वा स्वयं भूपो भविष्यति
nārī hatvā patiṃ kāmādbhajejjāraṃ ca kautukāt | putraśca pitaraṃ hatvā svayaṃ bhūpo bhaviṣyati
A woman, having killed her husband out of lust, would enjoy her lover out of curiosity; and a son, having killed his father, will himself become king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.47
सर्वे स्वच्छन्दनिरताः शिश्नोदरपरायणाः । वङ्खरा व्याधियुक्ताश्च कुत्सिताश्च कुचैलकाः
sarve svacchandaniratāḥ śiśnodaraparāyaṇāḥ | vaṅkharā vyādhiyuktāśca kutsitāśca kucailakāḥ
All are intent on their own whims, wholly devoted to the penis and the belly, crooked, afflicted with disease, contemptible, and badly clothed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.48
विक्षुण्णमन्त्रलिप्ताश्च मिथ्यामन्त्रप्रचारकाः । जातिहीनाश्च गुरवो वयोहीनाश्च निन्दकाः
vikṣuṇṇamantraliptāśca mithyāmantrapracārakāḥ | jātihīnāśca guravo vayohīnāśca nindakāḥ
They are smeared with broken (corrupted) mantras and are propagators of false mantras; the teachers are without (proper) caste, and the revilers are without (proper) age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.49
राजानश्चापि मलेच्छाश्च यवना धर्मनिन्दकाः । सत्कीर्तिमपि साधूनां कुर्वन्त्युन्मूलनं मुदा
rājānaścāpi malecchāśca yavanā dharmanindakāḥ | satkīrtimapi sādhūnāṃ kurvantyunmūlanaṃ mudā
And the kings too are Mlecchas, Yavanas, revilers of dharma; they joyfully uproot even the good fame of the virtuous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.50
पितृदेवद्विजातीनामतिथीनां च नित्यशः । पूजा नास्ति गुरूणां च पित्रोश्च पूजनं स्त्रियाः
pitṛdevadvijātīnāmatithīnāṃ ca nityaśaḥ | pūjā nāsti gurūṇāṃ ca pitrośca pūjanaṃ striyāḥ
There is never any worship of the ancestors, the gods, the twice-born, or guests, nor of teachers; (only) the worship of the woman's parents (is kept up).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.51
स्त्रीबन्धूनां गौरवं च स्त्रीणां च सततं पितः । चोरः सत्कुलजातिश्च ब्रह्मदेवस्वहारकः
strībandhūnāṃ gauravaṃ ca strīṇāṃ ca satataṃ pitaḥ | coraḥ satkulajātiśca brahmadevasvahārakaḥ
And (there is) honour for the wife's relatives and for women constantly, O father; a thief is (reckoned) born of a good family, (even) one who steals the property of brahmins and gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.52
मानं वहन्ति लोभेन युगधर्मेण कौतुकात् । देवायतनहीनं च जगत्सर्व भयाकुलम्
mānaṃ vahanti lobhena yugadharmeṇa kautukāt | devāyatanahīnaṃ ca jagatsarva bhayākulam
They bear honour out of greed, out of curiosity, by the custom of the age; and the whole world is without temples of the gods and beset with fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.53
अराजकं च दुर्नीतं संततं कलिदोषतः । बुभृक्षिताः कुचैलाश्च दरिद्रा व्याधिनो नराः
arājakaṃ ca durnītaṃ saṃtataṃ kalidoṣataḥ | bubhṛkṣitāḥ kucailāśca daridrā vyādhino narāḥ
And (the world is) kingless and ill-governed continually through the fault of Kali; men are hungry, badly clothed, poor and diseased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.54
कपर्दकघटाध्यक्षो राजेन्द्रो हि घटेश्वरः । वृद्धाङ्गुष्टसमा लोका वृक्षाःशाकसमास्तथा
kapardakaghaṭādhyakṣo rājendro hi ghaṭeśvaraḥ | vṛddhāṅguṣṭasamā lokā vṛkṣāḥśākasamāstathā
The overseer of a pot of cowrie shells is a chief of kings — a lord of a pot indeed! People are the size of a grown thumb, and trees like garden herbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.55
तालानां नारिकेलाणां पनसानां तथैव च । फलानि सर्षपाण्येव तत्क्षुद्रं च ततः परम्
tālānāṃ nārikelāṇāṃ panasānāṃ tathaiva ca | phalāni sarṣapāṇyeva tatkṣudraṃ ca tataḥ param
As for palms, coconuts, and jackfruits as well — their fruits will be no bigger than mustard seeds, and smaller still than that thereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.56
जलभाजनपात्रेण सस्येन वाससा तथा । विहीनं मन्दिरं सर्वं गृहाणामपरिष्कृतम्
jalabhājanapātreṇa sasyena vāsasā tathā | vihīnaṃ mandiraṃ sarvaṃ gṛhāṇāmapariṣkṛtam
Every house will be without a water-vessel, without grain and without cloth, and the dwellings will be unkempt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.57
गन्धकेन परिवृतं दीपहीनं तमेयुतम् । हिंस्रजन्तुभयाद्भीता जनाः सर्वे च पापिनः
gandhakena parivṛtaṃ dīpahīnaṃ tameyutam | hiṃsrajantubhayādbhītā janāḥ sarve ca pāpinaḥ
(Every house) enveloped in sulphur (stench), lampless, filled with darkness; and all people will be sinners, terrified with fear of predatory beasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.58
सर्वे च कलहाविष्टा पुंश्चल्यः कलहप्रियाः । रूपवत्यो न कामिन्यो नराश्चापि न रूपिणः
sarve ca kalahāviṣṭā puṃścalyaḥ kalahapriyāḥ | rūpavatyo na kāminyo narāścāpi na rūpiṇaḥ
All will be given to quarrelling; wanton women will delight in quarrels; the beautiful women will not be loving, and the men too will not be handsome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.59
नद्यो नदाः कंदराश्च तडागाश्च सरोवराः । जलपद्मविहीनाश्च जलहीना धनास्तथा
nadyo nadāḥ kaṃdarāśca taḍāgāśca sarovarāḥ | jalapadmavihīnāśca jalahīnā dhanāstathā
Rivers, streams, ravines, ponds and lakes will be without water and without lotuses; and likewise riches will be without water (i.e. without substance).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.60
अपत्यहीना नार्यश्च कामुक्यो जारसंयुताः । अश्वत्थच्छेदिनः सर्वे वृक्षहीना वसुंधरा
apatyahīnā nāryaśca kāmukyo jārasaṃyutāḥ | aśvatthacchedinaḥ sarve vṛkṣahīnā vasuṃdharā
Women will be without offspring, lustful, consorting with paramours; all will be cutters-down of aśvattha trees, and the earth will be treeless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.61
फलहीनाश्च तरवः शाखाः स्कन्धविहीनकाः । फलानि स्वादुहीनानि चान्नानि च जलानि च
phalahīnāśca taravaḥ śākhāḥ skandhavihīnakāḥ | phalāni svāduhīnāni cānnāni ca jalāni ca
Trees will be fruitless, the branches without trunks; fruits, foods and waters will be without flavour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.62
मानवाः कटुवक्तारो निर्दया धर्मवर्जिताः । तदन्ते द्वादाशादित्याः संहरिष्यन्ति मानवान्
mānavāḥ kaṭuvaktāro nirdayā dharmavarjitāḥ | tadante dvādāśādityāḥ saṃhariṣyanti mānavān
Men will be harsh of speech, pitiless, devoid of dharma. At the end of that, the twelve suns will destroy mankind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.63
सर्वाञ्जन्तुंश्च तापेन बहुवृष्ट्या व्रजेश्वर । अवशिष्टा च पृथिवी कथामात्रावशेषिता
sarvāñjantuṃśca tāpena bahuvṛṣṭyā vrajeśvara | avaśiṣṭā ca pṛthivī kathāmātrāvaśeṣitā
and all creatures too, by their heat and by torrential rain, O lord of Vraja; and the earth that survives will be left as nothing but a tale.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.64
कलौ गते च पृथिवी क्षेत्रं वर्षागते तथा । पुनः सत्यप्रवृत्तिश्च भविष्यति क्रमेण वै
kalau gate ca pṛthivī kṣetraṃ varṣāgate tathā | punaḥ satyapravṛttiśca bhaviṣyati krameṇa vai
And when Kali has passed, when the rains come, the earth (becomes) a field (again); and again the working of the Satya (age) will come to be, step by step.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.65
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं गच्छ तात व्रजं सुखम् । अहं दुग्धमुखो बालःपुत्रस्ते कथयामि किम्
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ gaccha tāta vrajaṃ sukham | ahaṃ dugdhamukho bālaḥputraste kathayāmi kim
Thus has everything been told; go, dear one, happily to Vraja. I am a milk-mouthed child, your son — what am I telling you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.66
नवनीतं घृतं दुग्धं दधि तक्रं परिष्कृतम् । स्वस्तिकं शुभकर्मार्हं मिष्टान्नं च सुधोपमम्
navanītaṃ ghṛtaṃ dugdhaṃ dadhi takraṃ pariṣkṛtam | svastikaṃ śubhakarmārhaṃ miṣṭānnaṃ ca sudhopamam
Fresh butter, ghee, milk, curd, refined buttermilk, the svastika-cake fit for auspicious rites, and sweet food like nectar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.67
मिष्टद्रव्यं च यत्किंचित्पितृदेवनिमित्तकम् । भुक्तं बलाच्च तत्सर्व बालानां रोदनं बलम्
miṣṭadravyaṃ ca yatkiṃcitpitṛdevanimittakam | bhuktaṃ balācca tatsarva bālānāṃ rodanaṃ balam
and whatever sweet thing was meant for the ancestors and the gods — all that I ate by force; for children's strength is their crying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.68
तत्क्षमस्वापराधं मे बालदोषः पदे पदे । त्वं पिता तव पुत्रोऽहं यशोदा जननी मम
tatkṣamasvāparādhaṃ me bāladoṣaḥ pade pade | tvaṃ pitā tava putro'haṃ yaśodā jananī mama
So forgive my offence — a child's fault at every step. You are my father, I am your son, Yaśodā is my mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.69
मदीयं परिहासं च यशोदां रोहिणीं वद । कुमारास्याच्छ्रुतं सर्व सोऽहमित्येवमीप्सितम्
madīyaṃ parihāsaṃ ca yaśodāṃ rohiṇīṃ vada | kumārāsyācchrutaṃ sarva so'hamityevamīpsitam
Tell Yaśodā and Rohiṇī of my joking; all that was heard from the boy's mouth: "I am he" — such was (my) wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 90.70
कीर्तयिष्यसि तत्सर्व सर्व गोकुलवासिनम् । कालः करोति ससैर्ग बन्धूनां बन्धुभिः सह
kīrtayiṣyasi tatsarva sarva gokulavāsinam | kālaḥ karoti sasairga bandhūnāṃ bandhubhiḥ saha
You shall recount all that to every dweller of Gokula. Time brings about the coming together of kinsmen with kinsmen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.71
कालः करोति विच्छेदं विरोधं प्रीतिमेव च । कालः सृष्टिं च कुरुते कालश्च परिपालनम्
kālaḥ karoti vicchedaṃ virodhaṃ prītimeva ca | kālaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ ca kurute kālaśca paripālanam
Time brings about separation, enmity, and love as well; Time creates, and Time preserves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.72
कालः करोति सानन्दं कालः संहरते प्रजाः । सुखं दुःखं भयं शोकं जरां मृत्युं च जन्म च
kālaḥ karoti sānandaṃ kālaḥ saṃharate prajāḥ | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ jarāṃ mṛtyuṃ ca janma ca
Time makes joy, Time carries off creatures; pleasure, pain, fear, sorrow, old age, death and birth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.73
सर्वं कर्मानुरोधेन काल एव करोति च । सर्वं कालकृतं तात विस्मयं न व्रजं व्रज
sarvaṃ karmānurodhena kāla eva karoti ca | sarvaṃ kālakṛtaṃ tāta vismayaṃ na vrajaṃ vraja
all this Time alone does, in accordance with (past) deeds. All is done by Time, dear one; do not marvel — go to Vraja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.74
कुतस्त्वं गोकुले वैश्यो नन्दो वैश्याधिपो नृपः । वसुदेवसुतोऽचहं च मथुरायामहो कुतः
kutastvaṃ gokule vaiśyo nando vaiśyādhipo nṛpaḥ | vasudevasuto'cahaṃ ca mathurāyāmaho kutaḥ
How is it that you are a vaiśya in Gokula, Nanda a king and chief of vaiśyas, and I the son of Vasudeva — ah, how, in Mathurā?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.75
पिता मे कंसभीतेन त्वद्गृहे च समप्रितः । पितु परः पिता त्वं च माता मातुः पराऽपिवा
pitā me kaṃsabhītena tvadgṛhe ca samapritaḥ | pitu paraḥ pitā tvaṃ ca mātā mātuḥ parā'pivā
My father, out of fear of Kaṃsa, deposited me in your house; so you are a father beyond a father, and (Yaśodā) a mother beyond a mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.76
मया दत्तेन ज्ञानेन पार्वत्या च व्रजेश्वर । त्यज मोहं महाभाग गच्छ तात सुखं गृहम्
mayā dattena jñānena pārvatyā ca vrajeśvara | tyaja mohaṃ mahābhāga gaccha tāta sukhaṃ gṛham
By the knowledge given by me and by Pārvatī, O lord of Vraja, give up your delusion, O greatly blessed one; go home happily, dear father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.77
नन्द उवाच स्मर वृन्दावनं तात रम्यं पुण्यं महोत्सवम् । गोकुलं गोकुलं रम्यं सुन्दरं यमुनातटम्
nanda uvāca smara vṛndāvanaṃ tāta ramyaṃ puṇyaṃ mahotsavam | gokulaṃ gokulaṃ ramyaṃ sundaraṃ yamunātaṭam
Nanda said: Remember Vṛndāvana, dear one — delightful, holy, full of great festivity — and Gokula, delightful Gokula, and the beautiful bank of the Yamunā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.78
रमणीनां सुरम्यं च त्वत्प्रियं रासमण्डलम् । गोपालिका गोपबालान्यशोदां रोहिणीं प्रियाम्
ramaṇīnāṃ suramyaṃ ca tvatpriyaṃ rāsamaṇḍalam | gopālikā gopabālānyaśodāṃ rohiṇīṃ priyām
and the rāsa-circle of the lovely women, most delightful and dear to you; the cowherd women, the cowherd boys, Yaśodā, dear Rohiṇī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.79
प्राणाधिकां राधिकां न कथं स्मरसि पुत्रक । वारमेकं स्वल्पदिनं गोकुलं गच्छ वत्सक
prāṇādhikāṃ rādhikāṃ na kathaṃ smarasi putraka | vāramekaṃ svalpadinaṃ gokulaṃ gaccha vatsaka
and Rādhikā, dearer than life — how is it that you do not remember them, my son? Go to Gokula just once, for a few days, dear child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.80
इत्येवमुक्तवा नन्दश्च क्रोडे कृष्णं चकार सः । नेत्राश्रुणा च पूर्णेन तं सिषेच शुचाऽन्वितः
ityevamuktavā nandaśca kroḍe kṛṣṇaṃ cakāra saḥ | netrāśruṇā ca pūrṇena taṃ siṣeca śucā'nvitaḥ
Having spoken thus, Nanda took Kṛṣṇa onto his lap, and, filled with sorrow, drenched him with the flood of tears from his eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.81
चुचुम्ब तद्गण्डयुगं कृत्वा वक्षसि मोहतः । सानन्दः परमानदो भगवांस्तमुवाच सः
cucumba tadgaṇḍayugaṃ kṛtvā vakṣasi mohataḥ | sānandaḥ paramānado bhagavāṃstamuvāca saḥ
He kissed his two cheeks and out of overwhelming affection held him to his breast; and the Lord, joyful, supremely blissful, said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 90.90
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo
Thus (ends) in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section, the latter part, in Nārada's narration, the chapter on the Lord's conversation with Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain