Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 91
BvP 4 91.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच निषेकेन परिष्वङ्गो विभेदस्तेन वा भवेत् । क्षणेन दर्शनं तेन निषेकः केन वार्यते
śrībhagavānuvāca niṣekena pariṣvaṅgo vibhedastena vā bhavet | kṣaṇena darśanaṃ tena niṣekaḥ kena vāryate
The Blessed Lord said: From the drenching (with tears) comes embrace, or else separation would come of it; by that there is a moment's sight — and by whom is the drenching to be held back?
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BvP 4 91.2
गमनागमनार्थ चाप्युद्धवः कथयिष्यति । प्रस्थापयामि तं शीघ्रं विज्ञास्यसि ततः पितः
gamanāgamanārtha cāpyuddhavaḥ kathayiṣyati | prasthāpayāmi taṃ śīghraṃ vijñāsyasi tataḥ pitaḥ
And Uddhava will tell (you) about the going and the coming; I shall send him quickly, and from him you will learn, father.
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BvP 4 91.3
यशोदां रोहिणीं चैव गोपिकां गोपबालकान् । प्राणाधिकां राधिकां तां गत्वा संबोधयिष्यति
yaśodāṃ rohiṇīṃ caiva gopikāṃ gopabālakān | prāṇādhikāṃ rādhikāṃ tāṃ gatvā saṃbodhayiṣyati
Going (there), he will inform Yaśodā and Rohiṇī, the cowherd women, the cowherd boys, and that Rādhikā who is dearer than life.
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BvP 4 91.4
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र वसुदेवश्च देवकी । बलदेवश्चोद्धवश्च तथाऽक्रूरश्च सत्वरम्
etasminnantare tatra vasudevaśca devakī | baladevaścoddhavaśca tathā'krūraśca satvaram
Meanwhile, there (came) quickly Vasudeva and Devakī, Baladeva and Uddhava, and likewise Akrūra.
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BvP 4 91.5
वसुदेव उवाच नन्द त्वं बलवाञ्ज्ञानी सद्बन्धुश्च सखा मम । त्यज मोहं गृहं गच्छ वत्सस्तेऽयं यथा मम
vasudeva uvāca nanda tvaṃ balavāñjñānī sadbandhuśca sakhā mama | tyaja mohaṃ gṛhaṃ gaccha vatsaste'yaṃ yathā mama
Vasudeva said: Nanda, you are strong and wise, a true kinsman and my friend; give up your delusion and go home — this boy is yours just as he is mine.
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BvP 4 91.6
दूरीभूता गोकुलाच्च मथुरा नास्ति बान्धव । महोत्सवे सदानन्दे नन्द द्रक्ष्यसि पुत्रकम्
dūrībhūtā gokulācca mathurā nāsti bāndhava | mahotsave sadānande nanda drakṣyasi putrakam
Mathurā is not far removed from Gokula, kinsman; at a great festival, in constant joy, Nanda, you will see the boy.
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BvP 4 91.7
देवक्युवाच यथाऽयमावयोः पुत्रस्तथैव भवतो ध्रुवम् । सालसः केन हे नन्द शुचा देहो हि लक्ष्यते
devakyuvāca yathā'yamāvayoḥ putrastathaiva bhavato dhruvam | sālasaḥ kena he nanda śucā deho hi lakṣyate
Devakī said: As this one is surely the son of us two, so is he equally yours. Why are you listless, Nanda? Your body indeed shows signs of grief.
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BvP 4 91.8
एकादशाब्दं सबलः स्थित्वा ते मन्दिरे सुखम् । कथं स्वल्पदिनेनैव शोकग्रस्तो भविष्यसि
ekādaśābdaṃ sabalaḥ sthitvā te mandire sukham | kathaṃ svalpadinenaiva śokagrasto bhaviṣyasi
He stayed happily in your house for eleven years together with Bala; how then will you be seized by sorrow over just a few days?
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BvP 4 91.9
तिष्ठ पुत्रेण सार्धं च मथुरायां कियद्दिनम् । पूर्णचन्द्राननं पश्य जन्म त्वं सफलं कुरु
tiṣṭha putreṇa sārdhaṃ ca mathurāyāṃ kiyaddinam | pūrṇacandrānanaṃ paśya janma tvaṃ saphalaṃ kuru
Stay in Mathurā for a few days together with your son; look upon (his) full-moon face and make your birth fruitful.
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BvP 4 91.10
श्रीभगवानुवाच घच्छोद्धव सुखं भद्रं भविष्यति तव प्रियम् । प्रहर्ष गोकुलं गत्वा यशोदां रोहिणीं प्रसूम्
śrībhagavānuvāca ghacchoddhava sukhaṃ bhadraṃ bhaviṣyati tava priyam | praharṣa gokulaṃ gatvā yaśodāṃ rohiṇīṃ prasūm
The Blessed Lord said: Go, Uddhava, happily; it will be well, and dear to you. Going to Gokula, gladden Yaśodā, Rohiṇī, (my) mother,
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BvP 4 91.11
गोपवालसमूहं च राधिकां गोपिकागणम् । प्रबोधयाऽऽध्यात्मिकेन मद्दत्तेन शुचश्छिदा
gopavālasamūhaṃ ca rādhikāṃ gopikāgaṇam | prabodhayā''dhyātmikena maddattena śucaśchidā
and the throng of cowherd boys, and Rādhikā, and the company of gopīs — awaken (them) with the spiritual (teaching) given by me, which cuts off grief.
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BvP 4 91.12
नन्दस्तिष्ठतु सानन्दं मन्मातुराज्ञया शुचा । नन्दस्थितिं सद्विनयं यशोदां कथयिष्यसि
nandastiṣṭhatu sānandaṃ manmāturājñayā śucā | nandasthitiṃ sadvinayaṃ yaśodāṃ kathayiṣyasi
Let Nanda remain in joy; by my mother's command, with grief (in you), you shall tell Yaśodā of Nanda's condition, with proper courtesy.
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BvP 4 91.13
इत्येवमुक्त्वा श्रीकृष्णः पित्रा मात्रा बलेन च । अक्रूरेण समं तूर्ण ययावभ्यन्तरं गृहम्
ityevamuktvā śrīkṛṣṇaḥ pitrā mātrā balena ca | akrūreṇa samaṃ tūrṇa yayāvabhyantaraṃ gṛham
Having spoken thus, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, together with his father, his mother, Bala, and Akrūra, quickly went into the inner house.
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BvP 4 91.14
उद्धवो रजनीं स्थित्वा मथुरायां च नारद । प्रभाते प्रययौ शीघ्रं रम्यं वृन्दावनं वनम्
uddhavo rajanīṃ sthitvā mathurāyāṃ ca nārada | prabhāte prayayau śīghraṃ ramyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam
And Uddhava, O Nārada, stayed the night in Mathurā, and at dawn set out swiftly for the lovely forest of Vṛndāvana.
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BvP 4 91.91
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदानाo एकनव-
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradānāo ekanava-
Thus (ends) the ninety-first chapter, in the Nārada dialogue, of the latter (part) of the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section of the great Purāṇa, the glorious Brahmavaivarta.
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