Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 94
BvP 4 94.1
नारायण उवाच उद्धवो विस्मयं प्राप्य भयं च विपुलं मुने । चेतनं कारयामास तामुवाच मृतामिव
nārāyaṇa uvāca uddhavo vismayaṃ prāpya bhayaṃ ca vipulaṃ mune | cetanaṃ kārayāmāsa tāmuvāca mṛtāmiva
Nārāyaṇa said: Uddhava, filled with amazement and with great fear, O sage, brought her back to consciousness and spoke to her, who was as if dead.
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BvP 4 94.2
तद्भक्तिं समभिज्ञाय स्वात्मानं भक्तसंख्यकम् । तुच्छं मेने जगत्सर्वं दृष्ट्वा भाग्यवतीं सतीम्
tadbhaktiṃ samabhijñāya svātmānaṃ bhaktasaṃkhyakam | tucchaṃ mene jagatsarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhāgyavatīṃ satīm
Recognizing her devotion to him, he counted himself (merely) in the number of devotees, and, seeing that fortunate, virtuous woman, he deemed the whole world trifling.
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BvP 4 94.3
उद्धव उवाच चेतनं कुरु कल्याणि जगन्मातर्नमोऽस्तु ते । त्वमेद प्राक्तनं सर्वं कृष्णं द्रक्ष्यसि सांप्रतम्
uddhava uvāca cetanaṃ kuru kalyāṇi jaganmātarnamo'stu te | tvameda prāktanaṃ sarvaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ drakṣyasi sāṃpratam
Uddhava said: Come to your senses, blessed lady; mother of the world, homage to you. You will now see all as before, (you will see) Kṛṣṇa at present.
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BvP 4 94.4
त्वत्तो विश्वं पवित्रं च त्वत्पादरजसा मही । सुपवित्रं त्वद्वदनं पुण्यवत्यश्च गोपिकाः
tvatto viśvaṃ pavitraṃ ca tvatpādarajasā mahī | supavitraṃ tvadvadanaṃ puṇyavatyaśca gopikāḥ
From you the world is purified, and the earth by the dust of your feet; most pure is your face, and the gopīs are full of merit.
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BvP 4 94.5
लोकास्त्वामेव गायन्ति संगीतैर्मङ्गलस्तवैः । त्वत्सुकीर्तिं च देवाश्च सनकाद्याश्च संततम्
lokāstvāmeva gāyanti saṃgītairmaṅgalastavaiḥ | tvatsukīrtiṃ ca devāśca sanakādyāśca saṃtatam
The worlds sing of you alone with songs and auspicious hymns, and the gods too, and Sanaka and the rest, (sing) your good fame continually.
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BvP 4 94.6
कृतपापहरां पुण्यां तीर्थपूजां च निर्मलाम् । हरिभक्तिप्रदां भद्रां सर्वविघ्नदिनाशिनीम्
kṛtapāpaharāṃ puṇyāṃ tīrthapūjāṃ ca nirmalām | haribhaktipradāṃ bhadrāṃ sarvavighnadināśinīm
(They sing of) her who takes away the sins committed, the meritorious one, and (of her who is) the stainless worship of holy places, the granter of devotion to Hari, the auspicious one, the destroyer of all obstacles.
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BvP 4 94.7
त्वमेव राधा त्वं कृष्णस्त्वं पुमान्प्रकृतिः परा । राधामाधवयोर्भेदो न पुराणे श्रुतौ तथा
tvameva rādhā tvaṃ kṛṣṇastvaṃ pumānprakṛtiḥ parā | rādhāmādhavayorbhedo na purāṇe śrutau tathā
You alone are Rādhā, you are Kṛṣṇa, you are the male, (you are) the supreme Nature; there is no difference between Rādhā and Mādhava in the Purāṇa nor likewise in the Veda.
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BvP 4 94.8
राधिकां मूर्च्छितां दृष्ट्वा पश्चात्कृत्वा तमुद्ववम् । उवाच माधवी गोपी राधायाः पुरतः स्थिता
rādhikāṃ mūrcchitāṃ dṛṣṭvā paścātkṛtvā tamudvavam | uvāca mādhavī gopī rādhāyāḥ purataḥ sthitā
Seeing Rādhikā fainted, having put that Uddhava behind her, the gopī Mādhavī, standing before Rādhā, spoke.
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BvP 4 94.9
माधव्युवाच किं वा चोरस्य कृष्णस्य रूपं वा वेषमुत्तमम् । किं सुखं विभवं किं वा गौरवं चाप्यनुत्तमम्
mādhavyuvāca kiṃ vā corasya kṛṣṇasya rūpaṃ vā veṣamuttamam | kiṃ sukhaṃ vibhavaṃ kiṃ vā gauravaṃ cāpyanuttamam
Mādhavī said: What is there in the thief Kṛṣṇa's form, or his fine dress? What pleasure, what wealth, or what unsurpassed dignity?
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BvP 4 94.10
किं वा तद्वीर्यमैश्वर्यं शौर्य वा दुरतिक्रमम् । किं वा सिद्धं प्रसिद्धं वा किं वा तुल्यं गुणोत्तमम्
kiṃ vā tadvīryamaiśvaryaṃ śaurya vā duratikramam | kiṃ vā siddhaṃ prasiddhaṃ vā kiṃ vā tulyaṃ guṇottamam
Or what is that valour of his, that lordship, or that irresistible heroism? Or what is accomplished or renowned (in him), or what excellent quality is comparable?
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BvP 4 94.11
इतो वा कुत आयातः पुनरेव कुतो गतः । बालको गोपवेषश्च नहि राजात्मजः पुमान्
ito vā kuta āyātaḥ punareva kuto gataḥ | bālako gopaveṣaśca nahi rājātmajaḥ pumān
From where did he come here, and where has he gone again? A boy, and in a cowherd's dress — not a prince, not (much of) a man.
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BvP 4 94.12
त्वं किं स्मरसि कल्याणि गोपालं नन्दनन्दनम् । आत्मानं रक्षयत्नेन कः प्रियः स्वात्मनः परः
tvaṃ kiṃ smarasi kalyāṇi gopālaṃ nandanandanam | ātmānaṃ rakṣayatnena kaḥ priyaḥ svātmanaḥ paraḥ
Why do you remember, good lady, the cowherd, the son of Nanda? Guard yourself with effort — who else is dearer than one's own self?
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BvP 4 94.13
धिक्त्वां राधेऽतिनिर्लज्जां तवैव जीवनं वृथा । जगतो युवतीनां च करोषि सुयशःक्षयम्
dhiktvāṃ rādhe'tinirlajjāṃ tavaiva jīvanaṃ vṛthā | jagato yuvatīnāṃ ca karoṣi suyaśaḥkṣayam
Shame on you, Rādhā, utterly shameless one! Your very life is in vain; you are causing the ruin of the good name of the young women of the world.
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BvP 4 94.14
नारीणां गोपनं कार्य सुव्यक्ते स्वयशःक्षयम् । यत्नेन चक्षुषो वाऽर्हं सखि संचरणं कृरु
nārīṇāṃ gopanaṃ kārya suvyakte svayaśaḥkṣayam | yatnena cakṣuṣo vā'rhaṃ sakhi saṃcaraṇaṃ kṛru
Concealment must be practised by women; when (a thing is) made plain, it is the ruin of one's own fame. Take care, friend, to make the movement of your eyes proper.
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BvP 4 94.15
अन्तरे पतिभावं च संगोप्य भावनं कुरु । न वै जातिश्च शत्रूणां मित्राणां च सुरेश्वरि
antare patibhāvaṃ ca saṃgopya bhāvanaṃ kuru | na vai jātiśca śatrūṇāṃ mitrāṇāṃ ca sureśvari
Concealing the feeling for a husband within, keep on feeling (it); for there is no fixed class of enemies or of friends, O mistress of the gods.
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BvP 4 94.16
शत्रुः कार्यवशेनैव मित्रं च कर्मणा भवेत् । स्वकार्यमुद्धरेत्प्राज्ञः कार्यध्वंसेन मूर्खता
śatruḥ kāryavaśenaiva mitraṃ ca karmaṇā bhavet | svakāryamuddharetprājñaḥ kāryadhvaṃsena mūrkhatā
An enemy becomes one only by force of circumstance, and a friend by (his) action; the wise man should carry through his own purpose — folly lies in wrecking the purpose.
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BvP 4 94.17
कः कस्य वल्लभो राधे कः कस्याप्रिय एव च । कार्यं च समयं ज्ञात्वा सन्तः कुर्वन्ति संततम्
kaḥ kasya vallabho rādhe kaḥ kasyāpriya eva ca | kāryaṃ ca samayaṃ jñātvā santaḥ kurvanti saṃtatam
Who is dear to whom, Rādhā, and who indeed is disliked by whom? Knowing the task and the occasion, the good always act (accordingly).
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BvP 4 94.18
शत्रुर्धनापहारी च प्राणहर्ता ततः परः । कटुवक्ता दुःखदाता शत्रूणां लक्षणं श्रृणु
śatrurdhanāpahārī ca prāṇahartā tataḥ paraḥ | kaṭuvaktā duḥkhadātā śatrūṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śrṛṇu
An enemy is one who carries off wealth, and worse than that, one who takes life; a harsh speaker, a giver of pain — hear the marks of enemies.
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BvP 4 94.19
स्वकुलात्त्वां बहिष्कृत्य विसृज्य शोकसागरे । गृहीत्वा चेतनं प्राणान्निष्ठुरो दारुणो गतः
svakulāttvāṃ bahiṣkṛtya visṛjya śokasāgare | gṛhītvā cetanaṃ prāṇānniṣṭhuro dāruṇo gataḥ
Having cast you out of your own family, having abandoned (you) in an ocean of grief, having taken your consciousness and your life-breaths, the cruel, harsh one has gone.
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BvP 4 94.20
किं किं स्मरसिमूढे हि त्यज शोकं सुदारुणम् । आत्मानं रक्ष यत्नेन कः प्रियः स्वात्मनः परः
kiṃ kiṃ smarasimūḍhe hi tyaja śokaṃ sudāruṇam | ātmānaṃ rakṣa yatnena kaḥ priyaḥ svātmanaḥ paraḥ
What, what are you remembering, fool? Give up this terrible grief. Guard yourself with effort — who else is dearer than one's own self?
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BvP 4 94.21
पद्मावत्युवाच भवता कथितं पूर्णं यमुनाजलसंनिधौ । अरसस्य रतिर्दूरं नारीणां न सुखं प्रिये
padmāvatyuvāca bhavatā kathitaṃ pūrṇaṃ yamunājalasaṃnidhau | arasasya ratirdūraṃ nārīṇāṃ na sukhaṃ priye
Padmāvatī said: You have told it in full, there beside the water of the Yamunā. Love for a man without feeling is far off; there is no happiness for women in it, dear one.
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BvP 4 94.22
विद्युज्ज्वारा जले रेखा खलानां प्रीतिरेव च । न नीतिर्तीतिशास्त्रेषु सुविश्वासः खलेषु च
vidyujjvārā jale rekhā khalānāṃ prītireva ca | na nītirtītiśāstreṣu suviśvāsaḥ khaleṣu ca
A flash of lightning, a line drawn in water — such indeed is the affection of the wicked. There is no (real) polity in the treatises on polity, nor good faith in the wicked.
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BvP 4 94.23
यदा त्वं यमुनाकूले मुखं वीक्ष्य हरेरहो । सस्मितं सकटाक्षं च पुनः कृत्वाऽस्य गोपनम्
yadā tvaṃ yamunākūle mukhaṃ vīkṣya hareraho | sasmitaṃ sakaṭākṣaṃ ca punaḥ kṛtvā'sya gopanam
When you, on the bank of the Yamunā, ah, gazed on Hari's face, smiling and with sidelong glances, and then again concealed this...
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BvP 4 94.24
पुनः पुनस्त्वं संवीक्ष्य त्वया त्यक्तं च चेतनम् । गृहं त्यक्त्वा गुरुभयं सखीनां वचनं शुभम्
punaḥ punastvaṃ saṃvīkṣya tvayā tyaktaṃ ca cetanam | gṛhaṃ tyaktvā gurubhayaṃ sakhīnāṃ vacanaṃ śubham
Looking at (him) again and again, you lost consciousness; and (you) abandoned home, the fear of elders, and the good counsel of your friends.
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BvP 4 94.25
संततं ध्यायसे कृष्णं नाऽऽहारं जीवनं तथा। क्व कृष्णो मथुरायां च क्वापि त्वं कदलीवने
saṃtataṃ dhyāyase kṛṣṇaṃ nā''hāraṃ jīvanaṃ tathā| kva kṛṣṇo mathurāyāṃ ca kvāpi tvaṃ kadalīvane
Constantly you meditate on Kṛṣṇa, and (take) no food, nor livelihood. Where is Kṛṣṇa — in Mathurā — and where are you, somewhere in a plantain grove?
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BvP 4 94.26
त्वं यदि त्यजसि प्राणान्नाऽऽविर्भवति सोऽधुना । काले द्रक्ष्यसि स्वात्मानं यदि रक्षसि सुन्दरि
tvaṃ yadi tyajasi prāṇānnā''virbhavati so'dhunā | kāle drakṣyasi svātmānaṃ yadi rakṣasi sundari
If you give up your life-breaths, he will not appear now; in time you will see (him), if you preserve yourself, O beautiful one.
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BvP 4 94.27
चन्द्रमुख्युवाच प्राक्तनेन शुभं सर्वं सुखं च विभवश्चिरम् । दुःखं शोको प्राक्तनेन विपत्संपच्च सांप्रतम्
candramukhyuvāca prāktanena śubhaṃ sarvaṃ sukhaṃ ca vibhavaściram | duḥkhaṃ śoko prāktanena vipatsaṃpacca sāṃpratam
Candramukhī said: By past (deeds) come all good fortune and pleasure and long-lasting prosperity; by past (deeds) come sorrow and grief, and misfortune and prosperity in the present.
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BvP 4 94.28
भारते पुण्यभूमौ च सर्वेषामीप्सिते वरे । लभेत्पतिं हरिं कान्तं तपसा प्रकृतेः परम्
bhārate puṇyabhūmau ca sarveṣāmīpsite vare | labhetpatiṃ hariṃ kāntaṃ tapasā prakṛteḥ param
And in Bhārata, the land of merit, in the boon desired by all, one may obtain as husband Hari, the beloved, who is beyond primordial nature, through austerity.
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BvP 4 94.29
तथाऽपि प्रदहेद्गात्रं कामबाणेन सांप्रतम् । अस्याः शत्रुः कथं चन्द्रो मधुर्वा मधुमाधवौ
tathā'pi pradahedgātraṃ kāmabāṇena sāṃpratam | asyāḥ śatruḥ kathaṃ candro madhurvā madhumādhavau
Even so, at present (love) would burn up her body with the arrow of desire. How is the moon her enemy, or spring, or the (months) Madhu and Mādhava?
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BvP 4 94.30
शंकरेण प्रदग्धोऽभूत्पुनरेव स मन्मथः । चन्द्रं भक्षतु राहुश्च पुनश्चोद्वमनं तथा
śaṃkareṇa pradagdho'bhūtpunareva sa manmathaḥ | candraṃ bhakṣatu rāhuśca punaścodvamanaṃ tathā
That Manmatha was burnt up by Śaṃkara, and (rose) again; and let Rāhu devour the moon, and again vomit (it) forth.
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BvP 4 94.31
मधुश्च मित्रशोकेन प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा ययौयमम् । सुधासिन्धुश्च चेन्दुर्यो विषसिन्धुश्च मां प्रति
madhuśca mitraśokena prāṇāṃstyaktvā yayauyamam | sudhāsindhuśca cenduryo viṣasindhuśca māṃ prati
And Madhu, out of grief for his friend, gave up his life-breaths and went to Yama; and the moon, who is an ocean of nectar, is an ocean of poison towards me.
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BvP 4 94.32
सुवेषः स्याज्ज्वलद्वह्निश्चन्दनं तद् घृताहुतिः । संततं प्रदहेद्गात्रं सुगन्धिश्च समीरणः
suveṣaḥ syājjvaladvahniścandanaṃ tad ghṛtāhutiḥ | saṃtataṃ pradahedgātraṃ sugandhiśca samīraṇaḥ
Fine dress becomes a blazing fire, and sandal-paste an oblation of ghee for it; and the fragrant breeze would constantly burn up (my) body.
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BvP 4 94.33
त्यक्ताहारा मम सखी पश्य श्वसिति जीवति । प्रशंसांकुरु कृष्णस्य मुखेन कुरुनन्दन
tyaktāhārā mama sakhī paśya śvasiti jīvati | praśaṃsāṃkuru kṛṣṇasya mukhena kurunandana
My friend has given up food; look, she (only just) breathes, she (barely) lives. Utter praise of Kṛṣṇa with your mouth, O delight of the Kurus.
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BvP 4 94.34
तन्नामस्मृतिमात्रेण तद्गुणश्रवणेन च । तद्वार्तया च शुभया सहसा चेतनं भवेत्
tannāmasmṛtimātreṇa tadguṇaśravaṇena ca | tadvārtayā ca śubhayā sahasā cetanaṃ bhavet
By the mere remembrance of his name, and by hearing of his qualities, and by auspicious talk of him, consciousness would return at once.
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BvP 4 94.35
शशिकलोवाच त्वं किं माधवि जानासि कृष्णमात्मानमीश्वरम् । यं तं ब्रह्मादयो देवा वेदाश्चत्वार एव च
śaśikalovāca tvaṃ kiṃ mādhavi jānāsi kṛṣṇamātmānamīśvaram | yaṃ taṃ brahmādayo devā vedāścatvāra eva ca
Śaśikalā said: Mādhavī, do you know Kṛṣṇa, the Self, the Lord — him whom the gods beginning with Brahmā, and the four Vedas (know not?),
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BvP 4 94.36
ध्यायन्ति संतसं सन्तः पादपद्मं सुरेप्सितम् । पद्मा सरस्वती दुर्गा सोऽनन्तोऽपि महेश्वरः
dhyāyanti saṃtasaṃ santaḥ pādapadmaṃ surepsitam | padmā sarasvatī durgā so'nanto'pi maheśvaraḥ
(and on whose) lotus feet, desired by the gods, the good constantly meditate — Padmā, Sarasvatī, Durgā, that Ananta, and even Maheśvara?
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BvP 4 94.37
यं न जानन्ति सिद्धेन्द्र मुनीन्द्रां मनवस्तथा । सर्वात्मनः कुतो रूपं निर्गुणस्य कुतो गुणाः
yaṃ na jānanti siddhendra munīndrāṃ manavastathā | sarvātmanaḥ kuto rūpaṃ nirguṇasya kuto guṇāḥ
Whom the lords of siddhas, the lords of sages and the Manus do not know — how can the All-Self have a form, how can the quality-less have qualities?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.38
सत्यमुक्तं च सत्यस्य यत्तदेव यथोचितम् । धत्ते भारावतरणे पृथिव्याश्च मनोहरम्
satyamuktaṃ ca satyasya yattadeva yathocitam | dhatte bhārāvataraṇe pṛthivyāśca manoharam
What has been spoken is true, and of the True One it is just so, as is fitting: for the removal of the earth's burden he assumes a charming (form),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.39
सुखमाह्लादकं रम्यं भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम् । किमनिर्वचनीयं च रूपं जनमनोहरम्
sukhamāhlādakaṃ ramyaṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham | kimanirvacanīyaṃ ca rūpaṃ janamanoharam
pleasant, delighting, lovely, a body (assumed) for favouring devotees; and (that) form, indescribable, charming to people, (is) what?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.40
कोटिकन्दर्पलावण्यं लीलाधाम शुभाक्षयम् । यत्पादपद्ममधुरं मधु मन्दाकिनीजलम्
koṭikandarpalāvaṇyaṃ līlādhāma śubhākṣayam | yatpādapadmamadhuraṃ madhu mandākinījalam
having the loveliness of ten million Kandarpas, an abode of play, auspicious and imperishable — whose lotus feet's sweet honey is the water of the Mandākinī,
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BvP 4 94.41
दध्रे शिरसि भक्त्या च सर्वेशः शंकरः परः । शश्वत्करोति वैरागी तीर्थकीर्तेश्च कीर्तनम्
dadhre śirasi bhaktyā ca sarveśaḥ śaṃkaraḥ paraḥ | śaśvatkaroti vairāgī tīrthakīrteśca kīrtanam
which Śaṃkara, lord of all, the supreme one, bore on his head with devotion; ascetic, he ceaselessly makes praise of the glory of that holy stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.42
क्षणं नृत्यति भक्त्या च पञ्चवक्त्रेण गायति । आहारं भूषणं वस्त्रं परित्यज्य दिगम्बरः
kṣaṇaṃ nṛtyati bhaktyā ca pañcavaktreṇa gāyati | āhāraṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ vastraṃ parityajya digambaraḥ
For a moment he dances with devotion, and sings with his five mouths; abandoning food, ornaments and clothing, he is naked (as the sky),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.43
ब्रह्म ज्योतिः स्वरूपं च ध्यात्वा शुभ्रं सुनिर्मलम् । ब्रह्मा च तपसा जन्म नयत्येव हि सेवया ।। शेषः सनत्कुमारश्च सिद्धसंघश्य योगवित्
brahma jyotiḥ svarūpaṃ ca dhyātvā śubhraṃ sunirmalam | brahmā ca tapasā janma nayatyeva hi sevayā || śeṣaḥ sanatkumāraśca siddhasaṃghaśya yogavit
having meditated on the Brahman-light, his own form, white and utterly pure. And Brahmā indeed passes his birth in austerity, indeed in service; (so too) Śeṣa, and Sanatkumāra, and the host of siddhas who know yoga.
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BvP 4 94.44
सुशीलोवाच निर्मञ्छनार्हं न भवेत्तस्य कामशतं शतम् । चन्द्रोऽशिवनीकुमारो वा रुपेषु केन गण्यते
suśīlovāca nirmañchanārhaṃ na bhavettasya kāmaśataṃ śatam | candro'śivanīkumāro vā rupeṣu kena gaṇyate
Suśīlā said: A hundred hundred Kāmas would not be fit to be waved away (in lustration) for him; and the moon, or the Aśvin's son — by whom are they reckoned among (beautiful) forms?
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BvP 4 94.45
असंख्येषु च विश्वेषु ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । मुनयो मनवः सिद्धा भक्ताः सन्तश्च संततम्
asaṃkhyeṣu ca viśveṣu brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | munayo manavaḥ siddhā bhaktāḥ santaśca saṃtatam
And in the countless universes, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, the sages, the Manus, the perfected ones, the devotees and the good, continually —
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BvP 4 94.46
ध्यायन्ते यत्पदाम्भोजं निर्गुणस्याऽऽत्मनश्च वै । वेदाः स्तोतुं न शक्ताश्च यमीशं च सरस्वती
dhyāyante yatpadāmbhojaṃ nirguṇasyā''tmanaśca vai | vedāḥ stotuṃ na śaktāśca yamīśaṃ ca sarasvatī
— meditate on whose lotus feet, (the feet) of the attributeless Self; and the Vedas are not able to praise him, that Lord, nor is Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.47
जडीभूता च भीता च स्तवनेन क्षमाण्येतु । सहस्रवक्त्रः स्तवने कम्पितश्च निरन्तरम्
jaḍībhūtā ca bhītā ca stavanena kṣamāṇyetu | sahasravaktraḥ stavane kampitaśca nirantaram
She became numb and afraid, and would ask pardon for her praising; the thousand-mouthed (Śeṣa) too trembled unceasingly in praising (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.48
वेदानां जनको ब्रह्मा स्तोत्रेण तस्य हीश्वरः । तं सत्यं नित्यमीशं च माधवी परिनिन्दति
vedānāṃ janako brahmā stotreṇa tasya hīśvaraḥ | taṃ satyaṃ nityamīśaṃ ca mādhavī parinindati
Brahmā, the father of the Vedas, is (only) a lord by praising him; and Mādhavī reviles him, the true, the eternal Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.50
अपवित्रा सभा भूता गोपीनां जीवनं वृथा । तासु पुण्यवती शोकः प्रणश्यति न संशयः
apavitrā sabhā bhūtā gopīnāṃ jīvanaṃ vṛthā | tāsu puṇyavatī śokaḥ praṇaśyati na saṃśayaḥ
The assembly has become impure, the life of the gopīs is fruitless; among them the sorrow of a meritorious woman perishes — there is no doubt.
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BvP 4 94.51
रत्नमालोवच दधार वामहस्तेन शैलं गोवर्धनं हरिः) । ततः किं तद्दशः शौर्य जगतां जनकस्य च
ratnamālovaca dadhāra vāmahastena śailaṃ govardhanaṃ hariḥ) | tataḥ kiṃ taddaśaḥ śaurya jagatāṃ janakasya ca
Ratnamālā said: Hari held up Mount Govardhana with his left hand; so what of that? Is that the valour of him who is the father of the worlds?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.52
शैलानां च सहस्रं यो भेतुं शक्तश्च दैत्यराट् । लीलामात्रेण तेषां च लक्षं हन्तु क्षमो हरिः
śailānāṃ ca sahasraṃ yo bhetuṃ śaktaśca daityarāṭ | līlāmātreṇa teṣāṃ ca lakṣaṃ hantu kṣamo hariḥ
Since a demon-king was able to split a thousand mountains, Hari is capable, by mere play, of destroying a hundred thousand of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.53
यदंशकलया जातः सूकरो विष्णुरीश्वरः । वसुधां दशनाग्रेण चोद्दधार च लीलया
yadaṃśakalayā jātaḥ sūkaro viṣṇurīśvaraḥ | vasudhāṃ daśanāgreṇa coddadhāra ca līlayā
By a fraction of a portion of whom Viṣṇu the Lord was born as a boar, and lifted up the earth with the tip of his tusk, in play —
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BvP 4 94.54
शैलानां च सहस्राणि यत्र सन्ति महीतले । दैत्याश्च वाऽप्यसंख्याश्च वीराः शूरास्तथैव च
śailānāṃ ca sahasrāṇi yatra santi mahītale | daityāśca vā'pyasaṃkhyāśca vīrāḥ śūrāstathaiva ca
— (that earth) on whose surface there are thousands of mountains, and countless demons, and heroes and champions likewise:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.55
तेनैव कर्मणा तस्य न शौर्यं न च पौरुषम् । न यशाश्च प्रशंसा वा सखि सर्वात्मनाऽऽत्मना
tenaiva karmaṇā tasya na śauryaṃ na ca pauruṣam | na yaśāśca praśaṃsā vā sakhi sarvātmanā''tmanā
by that deed alone (there is) for him no valour and no manliness, no fame nor praise at all, my friend, in any way whatever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.56
पारिजातोवाच सप्तद्वीपा च वसुधा सशैलवनसागरा । काञ्चनीभूमिसहिता सर्वाधारा मनोहरा
pārijātovāca saptadvīpā ca vasudhā saśailavanasāgarā | kāñcanībhūmisahitā sarvādhārā manoharā
Pārijātā said: The earth with its seven continents, together with mountains, forests and oceans, along with the golden land, the support of all, delightful;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.57
सप्त स्वर्गाश्च विविधा ब्रह्मलोकावधि प्रिये । विचित्राः सुन्दराश्चैव पातालानां च सप्त च
sapta svargāśca vividhā brahmalokāvadhi priye | vicitrāḥ sundarāścaiva pātālānāṃ ca sapta ca
and the seven heavens of various kinds up to Brahmā's world, dear one, wondrous and beautiful, and the seven nether worlds:
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BvP 4 94.58
एतैः परिमितं विश्वं ब्रह्माण्डं ब्रह्मणा कृतम् । महद्विष्णोर्लोमकूपे तदेवं चाणुवत्स्थितम्
etaiḥ parimitaṃ viśvaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ brahmaṇā kṛtam | mahadviṣṇorlomakūpe tadevaṃ cāṇuvatsthitam
the universe measured out by these, the Brahma-egg, was made by Brahmā; and that same thing stands like an atom in a pore of the hair of the great Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.59
तस्य यावन्ति लोमानि तानि विश्वानि सन्ति च । स एव षोडशांशश्च कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः
tasya yāvanti lomāni tāni viśvāni santi ca | sa eva ṣoḍaśāṃśaśca kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ
As many as are his hairs, so many universes there are; and he himself is a sixteenth part of Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.60
तस्यैव किं यशः शौर्चं महिमानमनूपमम् । घस्मरी गोपकन्या च किं वा जानाति माधवी
tasyaiva kiṃ yaśaḥ śaurcaṃ mahimānamanūpamam | ghasmarī gopakanyā ca kiṃ vā jānāti mādhavī
What does the greedy cowherd girl Mādhavī know of his fame, his valour, his incomparable greatness?
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BvP 4 94.61
माधव्युवाच मया यदुक्तं न ज्ञात्वा मूढा जल्पन्ति गोपिकाः । उद्धव शुणु मे वाक्यं यन्मया कथितं शुभम्
mādhavyuvāca mayā yaduktaṃ na jñātvā mūḍhā jalpanti gopikāḥ | uddhava śuṇu me vākyaṃ yanmayā kathitaṃ śubham
Mādhavī said: The foolish gopīs prattle without understanding what I said. Uddhava, hear my words, the auspicious thing that was spoken by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.62
स्वेच्छया सगुणो विष्णुः स्वेच्छया निर्गुणोभवेत् । भुवो भारावतरणे गोपवेषः शिशुर्विभुः
svecchayā saguṇo viṣṇuḥ svecchayā nirguṇobhavet | bhuvo bhārāvataraṇe gopaveṣaḥ śiśurvibhuḥ
By his own will Viṣṇu becomes possessed of qualities, by his own will he becomes without qualities; to remove the earth's burden the all-pervading one (became) a child in cowherd's garb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.63
यदि वेदाः पुराणानि सिद्धाः सन्तश्च संततम् । ब्रह्मेशशेषभक्ताश्च न जानन्ति यमीश्वरम्
yadi vedāḥ purāṇāni siddhāḥ santaśca saṃtatam | brahmeśaśeṣabhaktāśca na jānanti yamīśvaram
If the Vedas, the Purāṇas, the perfected ones and the good continually, and Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa and the devotees do not know him, the Lord —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.64
तं किं जानामि मूढाऽहं घस्मरी गोपकन्यका । तथाऽपि मद्वचः सत्यं श्रूयतां वत्स तत्क्षणम्
taṃ kiṃ jānāmi mūḍhā'haṃ ghasmarī gopakanyakā | tathā'pi madvacaḥ satyaṃ śrūyatāṃ vatsa tatkṣaṇam
how should I know him, I a foolish, greedy cowherd girl? Nevertheless let my true word be heard at once, my child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.65
किमनिर्वचनीयं च रूपं शौर्यं यशो बलम् । वीर्यं वेषं च सिद्धिं चाप्यन्यो वा यो गुणो हरेः
kimanirvacanīyaṃ ca rūpaṃ śauryaṃ yaśo balam | vīryaṃ veṣaṃ ca siddhiṃ cāpyanyo vā yo guṇo hareḥ
What is indescribable (about him)? His form, valor, fame, strength, potency, dress, and perfection too, or whatever other quality Hari has—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.66
स्वेच्छामयस्य तस्यैव सगुणस्य च सांप्रतम् । किमनिर्वचनीयं च वर्तते तद्विशेषणम्
svecchāmayasya tasyaiva saguṇasya ca sāṃpratam | kimanirvacanīyaṃ ca vartate tadviśeṣaṇam
and now, of that very one who acts by his own will and who possesses qualities—what is indescribable, (what) attribute of his is there?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.67
निर्गुणस्य च विष्णोश्च वेहहीनस्य स्वात्मनः । वर्तते च किमाख्येयं तस्य रूपादिकं च किम्
nirguṇasya ca viṣṇośca vehahīnasya svātmanaḥ | vartate ca kimākhyeyaṃ tasya rūpādikaṃ ca kim
And as for Viṣṇu who is without qualities, without a body, being his own self—what is there of his that can be named, and what form and the rest (has he)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.68
मां निन्दति महामूढा न बुद्धा वचनं मम । एषा जानाति किं मूढा तं सत्यं प्रकृतेः परम्
māṃ nindati mahāmūḍhā na buddhā vacanaṃ mama | eṣā jānāti kiṃ mūḍhā taṃ satyaṃ prakṛteḥ param
The great fool censures me; she has not understood my words. What does this fool know of him, the truth beyond primal nature—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.69
ज्योतिः स्वरूपं परमं परमात्मानमीश्वरम् । तमनिर्वचनीयं च भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहम्
jyotiḥ svarūpaṃ paramaṃ paramātmānamīśvaram | tamanirvacanīyaṃ ca bhaktānugrahavigraham
(him who is) light in essence, supreme, the Supreme Self, the Lord, him who is indescribable, whose body is grace toward his devotees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.70
यत्पादपद्भं पद्मा सा त्रैलोक्यजननी परा । सेवते कम्पिता भीता दासीवत्सततं भिया
yatpādapadbhaṃ padmā sā trailokyajananī parā | sevate kampitā bhītā dāsīvatsatataṃ bhiyā
whose lotus feet Padmā, that supreme mother of the three worlds, serves constantly like a maidservant, trembling and afraid out of fear;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.71
विष्णुमाया च प्रकृतिर्मूलरूपा सनातनी । ब्रह्मस्वरूपा परमा भीता दक्षिणपार्श्वतः
viṣṇumāyā ca prakṛtirmūlarūpā sanātanī | brahmasvarūpā paramā bhītā dakṣiṇapārśvataḥ
and Viṣṇumāyā, primal nature, whose form is the root (of all), eternal, of the nature of Brahman, supreme—(she stands) frightened at his right side;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.72
सरस्वती जडीभूता भीता च परमेश्वरी । स्तोतुं न शक्ता वेदाः किं स्तुवन्ति परमेश्वरम्
sarasvatī jaḍībhūtā bhītā ca parameśvarī | stotuṃ na śaktā vedāḥ kiṃ stuvanti parameśvaram
Sarasvatī too, the supreme goddess, has become dumbstruck and afraid, unable to praise him—how then do the Vedas praise the Supreme Lord?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.73
तासां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चोद्धवो भक्तिविह्वलः । पुलकाञ्चितसर्वाङ्गो रुरोद च पपात च
tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā coddhavo bhaktivihvalaḥ | pulakāñcitasarvāṅgo ruroda ca papāta ca
Hearing that speech of theirs, Uddhava, overwhelmed with devotion, all his limbs marked with bristling hair, wept and fell down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.74
मूर्च्छं संप्राप्य भक्त्त्या च ध्यात्वा तं परमेश्वरम् । तुच्छं मेने स चाऽऽत्मानं गोपीं भक्त्याऽप्युवाच सः
mūrcchaṃ saṃprāpya bhakttyā ca dhyātvā taṃ parameśvaram | tucchaṃ mene sa cā''tmānaṃ gopīṃ bhaktyā'pyuvāca saḥ
Having fallen into a swoon, and having meditated with devotion on that Supreme Lord, he considered himself trifling, and he spoke to the gopī with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.75
उद्धव उवाच धन्यं यशस्यं द्वीपानां जम्बुद्वीपं मनौहरम् । यत्र भारतवर्षं च पुण्यदं शुभदं तथा
uddhava uvāca dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ dvīpānāṃ jambudvīpaṃ manauharam | yatra bhāratavarṣaṃ ca puṇyadaṃ śubhadaṃ tathā
Uddhava said: Blessed and glorious among the continents is the delightful Jambudvīpa, where lies Bhāratavarṣa, which grants merit and grants good fortune,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.76
वणिजां च पुश्यकृतं वाणिज्यस्थलमीप्सितम् । अत्र कृत्वा सुपुण्यं च भुङ्क्तेऽन्यत्र शुभं फलम्
vaṇijāṃ ca puśyakṛtaṃ vāṇijyasthalamīpsitam | atra kṛtvā supuṇyaṃ ca bhuṅkte'nyatra śubhaṃ phalam
and which is the merit-producing, desired marketplace of merchants: having made great merit here, one enjoys the auspicious fruit elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.77
धन्यं भारतवर्षं तु पुण्यदं शुभदं वरम् । गोपीपादाब्जरजसा पूतं परमनिर्मलम्
dhanyaṃ bhāratavarṣaṃ tu puṇyadaṃ śubhadaṃ varam | gopīpādābjarajasā pūtaṃ paramanirmalam
Blessed indeed is Bhāratavarṣa, granting merit, granting good fortune, excellent, purified by the dust of the gopīs' lotus feet, supremely spotless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.78
ततोऽपि गोपिका धन्या सान्या योषित्सु भारते । नित्यं पश्यन्ति राधायाः पादपद्मं सुपुण्यदम्
tato'pi gopikā dhanyā sānyā yoṣitsu bhārate | nityaṃ paśyanti rādhāyāḥ pādapadmaṃ supuṇyadam
More blessed than that is the gopī, she (who is) other among the women in Bhārata: they daily behold Rādhā's lotus foot, which grants great merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.79
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्तं च ब्रह्मणा । राधिकापादपद्मस्य रेणूनामुपलब्धये
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi tapastaptaṃ ca brahmaṇā | rādhikāpādapadmasya reṇūnāmupalabdhaye
For sixty thousand years austerity was practiced by Brahmā, in order to obtain the specks of dust of Rādhikā's lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.80
गोलोकवासिनी राधा कृष्णप्राणाधिका परा । तत्र श्रीदामशापेन वृषभानसुताऽधुना
golokavāsinī rādhā kṛṣṇaprāṇādhikā parā | tatra śrīdāmaśāpena vṛṣabhānasutā'dhunā
Rādhā, dwelling in Goloka, dearer than life to Kṛṣṇa, supreme—there, by Śrīdāma's curse, she is now the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.81
ये ये भक्ताश्च कृष्णस्य देवा ब्रह्मादयस्तथा । राधायाश्चापि गोपीनांकरां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
ye ye bhaktāśca kṛṣṇasya devā brahmādayastathā | rādhāyāścāpi gopīnāṃkarāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Whoever are Kṛṣṇa's devotees, and the gods beginning with Brahmā, do not deserve a sixteenth part of Rādhā's or of the gopīs' (glory).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.82
कृष्णभक्तिं विजानाति योगीन्द्रश्च महेश्वरः । राधा गोप्यश्च गोपाश्च गोलोकवासिनश्च ये
kṛṣṇabhaktiṃ vijānāti yogīndraśca maheśvaraḥ | rādhā gopyaśca gopāśca golokavāsinaśca ye
Devotion to Kṛṣṇa is known (fully) by the lord of yogins, Maheśvara, by Rādhā, the gopīs and the gopas, and by those who dwell in Goloka;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.83
किंचित्सनत्कुमारश्च ब्रह्मा चेद्विषयी तथा । किंचिदेव विजानन्ति सिद्धा भक्ताश्च निश्चितम्
kiṃcitsanatkumāraśca brahmā cedviṣayī tathā | kiṃcideva vijānanti siddhā bhaktāśca niścitam
Sanatkumāra (knows) something, and Brahmā, though absorbed in objects, likewise; the siddhas and devotees certainly know only something.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.84
धन्योऽहं कृतकृत्योऽहमागतो गोकुलं यतः । गोपिकाभयो गुरुभ्यश्च हरिभक्तिं लभेऽचलाम्
dhanyo'haṃ kṛtakṛtyo'hamāgato gokulaṃ yataḥ | gopikābhayo gurubhyaśca haribhaktiṃ labhe'calām
Blessed am I, my purpose accomplished, since I have come to Gokula; from the gopīs, my teachers, I obtain unshakable devotion to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.85
मथुरां च न यास्यामि तीर्थकीर्तेश्च कीर्तनम् । श्रोष्यामि किंकरो भूत्वा गोपीनां जन्मजन्मनि
mathurāṃ ca na yāsyāmi tīrthakīrteśca kīrtanam | śroṣyāmi kiṃkaro bhūtvā gopīnāṃ janmajanmani
"And I shall not go to Mathurā; I shall listen to the singing of the fame of the (holy) place, becoming, birth after birth, the servant of the gopīs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.86
न गोपीभ्यः परो भक्तो हरेश्च परमात्मनः । यादृशीं लेभिरेगोप्यो भक्तिं नान्ये च तादृशीम्
na gopībhyaḥ paro bhakto hareśca paramātmanaḥ | yādṛśīṃ lebhiregopyo bhaktiṃ nānye ca tādṛśīm
"There is no devotee greater than the gopīs of Hari, the Supreme Self; such devotion as the gopīs obtained, others have not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.87
कलावत्युवाच पितणां मानसी कन्या धन्या मेना कलावती । वयं तिस्रो भगिन्यश्च भ्रमामः पृथिवीतले
kalāvatyuvāca pitaṇāṃ mānasī kanyā dhanyā menā kalāvatī | vayaṃ tisro bhaginyaśca bhramāmaḥ pṛthivītale
Kalāvatī said: "We are the mind-born daughters of the Pitṛs — Dhanyā, Menā and Kalāvatī — three sisters, and we roam over the face of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.88
धन्या जनकपत्नी नः सीतामाता पतिव्रता । अयोनिसंभवा राधा अहं चायोनिसंभवा
dhanyā janakapatnī naḥ sītāmātā pativratā | ayonisaṃbhavā rādhā ahaṃ cāyonisaṃbhavā
"Blessed is our (sister), the wife of Janaka, mother of Sītā, devoted to her husband. Rādhā was born not from a womb, and I too am not womb-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.89
राधा श्रीदामशापेन वृषभानसुता भुवि । सनत्कुमारशापेन वयमेव महीतले
rādhā śrīdāmaśāpena vṛṣabhānasutā bhuvi | sanatkumāraśāpena vayameva mahītale
"By Śrīdāma's curse Rādhā (became) the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu on earth; by Sanatkumāra's curse we ourselves (came) to the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.90
क्षीरोदसागरं रम्यं श्वेतद्वीपं मनोहरम् । तिस्रो भगिन्यो भक्त्या च विष्णुंद्रष्टुं गता वयम्
kṣīrodasāgaraṃ ramyaṃ śvetadvīpaṃ manoharam | tisro bhaginyo bhaktyā ca viṣṇuṃdraṣṭuṃ gatā vayam
"We three sisters went in devotion to the lovely Ocean of Milk, to the beautiful White Island, to behold Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.91
अम्युत्थानादि न कृतं कोपादस्माञ्छशाप ह । सनत्कुमारो भगवान्योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः
amyutthānādi na kṛtaṃ kopādasmāñchaśāpa ha | sanatkumāro bhagavānyogīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ
"(But) no rising to greet him and the like was done (by us); out of anger he cursed us — Sanatkumāra, the blessed lord, the teacher of the teachers of the lords of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.92
सनत्कुमार उवाच मूढास्तिष्ठत भूमौ च पुनः स्वर्गं न यास्यथ । मर्त्यप्राणिप्रिया भूत्वा चाहंकारैण हैतुना
sanatkumāra uvāca mūḍhāstiṣṭhata bhūmau ca punaḥ svargaṃ na yāsyatha | martyaprāṇipriyā bhūtvā cāhaṃkāraiṇa haitunā
Sanatkumāra said: "Fools, remain on the earth, and you shall not go to heaven again; becoming dear to mortal creatures — and this by reason of pride."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.93
पुनर्वरं च प्रत्येकं ददौ तुष्टो द्विचेश्वरः । विष्णोर्वशस्य शैलस्य हिमाधारस्य कामिनी
punarvaraṃ ca pratyekaṃ dadau tuṣṭo dviceśvaraḥ | viṣṇorvaśasya śailasya himādhārasya kāminī
Then, pleased, the lord of the twice-born gave a boon to each again: "You shall be the beloved wife of the mountain Himālaya, of Viṣṇu's lineage, the support of the snows;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.94
ज्येष्ठा भवतु त्वत्कन्या भविष्यत्येव पार्वती । धन्या प्रिया तु भवतु योगिनो जनकस्य च इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्मजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo राधोद्धवसंo
jyeṣṭhā bhavatu tvatkanyā bhaviṣyatyeva pārvatī | dhanyā priyā tu bhavatu yogino janakasya ca iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣmajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo rādhoddhavasaṃo
"let (her) be your eldest daughter — she shall indeed become Pārvatī; and let Dhanyā be the beloved (wife) of the yogin Janaka." — Thus in the Śrī Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Uttara section, the Nārada narrative, the conversation of Rādhā and Uddhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.95
तस्य कन्या महालक्ष्मीः सीतादेवी भविष्यति । वृषभानस्य वैश्यस्य योगिनां प्रवरस्य च
tasya kanyā mahālakṣmīḥ sītādevī bhaviṣyati | vṛṣabhānasya vaiśyasya yogināṃ pravarasya ca
"His daughter shall be Mahālakṣmī, the goddess Sītā; and of Vṛṣabhānu the merchant, foremost among yogins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.96
दुर्वाससश्च शिष्यस्य कनिष्ठा च कलावती । भविष्यति प्रिया साध्वीद्वापरान्ते च गोकुले
durvāsasaśca śiṣyasya kaniṣṭhā ca kalāvatī | bhaviṣyati priyā sādhvīdvāparānte ca gokule
"and a disciple of Durvāsas — the youngest, Kalāvatī, shall become the virtuous beloved (wife), at the end of the Dvāpara age, in Gokula.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.97
कलावतीसुता राधा देवी गोलोकवासिनी । श्रीदामगोपशापेन भविष्यति न संशयः
kalāvatīsutā rādhā devī golokavāsinī | śrīdāmagopaśāpena bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"Rādhā, the goddess dwelling in Goloka, shall become the daughter of Kalāvatī by the curse of the cowherd Śrīdāma — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.98
ईशो ब्रह्मेशशेषाणां भारावतरणेन च । आगमिष्यति पृथवीं च पुण्यक्षेत्रं च भारतम्
īśo brahmeśaśeṣāṇāṃ bhārāvataraṇena ca | āgamiṣyati pṛthavīṃ ca puṇyakṣetraṃ ca bhāratam
"The Lord of Brahmā, Śiva and Śeṣa will come to the earth, and to the meritorious land of Bhārata, in order to remove its burden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.99
कलावती वृष्भानः कौतुकात् कन्यया सह । जीवन्मुक्तश्च गोलोकं गमिष्यति न संशयः
kalāvatī vṛṣbhānaḥ kautukāt kanyayā saha | jīvanmuktaśca golokaṃ gamiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"Kalāvatī and Vṛṣabhānu, out of delight, together with their daughter, liberated while living, shall go to Goloka — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.100
धन्या च सीत्या सार्धं वैकुण्ठं च गमिष्यति । मेनका योगिनी सिद्धा पार्वत्याश्च वरेण च
dhanyā ca sītyā sārdhaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca gamiṣyati | menakā yoginī siddhā pārvatyāśca vareṇa ca
"And Dhanyā shall go to Vaikuṇṭha together with Sītā; and Menakā, a yoginī, accomplished, by the boon of Pārvatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.101
कल्पान्ते विष्णुलोके च लक्ष्मीवन्मोदते चिरम् । विना विपत्त्या महिमा केषां कुत्र भविष्यति
kalpānte viṣṇuloke ca lakṣmīvanmodate ciram | vinā vipattyā mahimā keṣāṃ kutra bhaviṣyati
"at the end of the kalpa rejoices long in Viṣṇu's world like Lakṣmī. Without calamity, whose greatness would arise, and where?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.102
कर्मणा च गते दुःखे प्रभवेद्दुर्लभं सुखम् । पुरा पितणां कन्याश्च स्वर्मभोगविलासिकाः
karmaṇā ca gate duḥkhe prabhaveddurlabhaṃ sukham | purā pitaṇāṃ kanyāśca svarmabhogavilāsikāḥ
"When suffering has passed away through (the working out of) karma, hard-won happiness arises. Formerly the daughters of the Pitṛs, sporting in the enjoyments of heaven,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.103
लक्ष्मीसमा वरेणापि विप्रस्य विष्णुदर्शनात् । कर्मक्षयं चाप्यस्माकं बभूव विष्णुदर्शनात्
lakṣmīsamā vareṇāpi viprasya viṣṇudarśanāt | karmakṣayaṃ cāpyasmākaṃ babhūva viṣṇudarśanāt
"(became) equal to Lakṣmī, by a boon too, from a brahmin, through the sight of Viṣṇu; and for us the destruction of (our) karma came about through the sight of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.104
पुण्ये तेन तीव्रेण कुमारस्यापि दर्शनम् । श्रुतं तत्र कुमारास्याज्ज्ञानं परमदुर्लभम्
puṇye tena tīvreṇa kumārasyāpi darśanam | śrutaṃ tatra kumārāsyājjñānaṃ paramadurlabham
"By that intense merit (came) also the sight of Kumāra, and there was heard from Kumāra's mouth the most hard-to-obtain knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.105
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनां सिद्धानां जगतामपि । ईश्वरः परमात्मा च श्रीकृष्णः प्रकृतेः परः निर्गुणश्च निरीहश्च परः स्वेच्छामयो वरः
brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāṃ siddhānāṃ jagatāmapi | īśvaraḥ paramātmā ca śrīkṛṣṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ nirguṇaśca nirīhaśca paraḥ svecchāmayo varaḥ
Of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, of the Siddhas, and of the worlds too, the Lord and the Supreme Self is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is beyond Prakṛti; he is without qualities, without effort, supreme, acting by his own will, the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.106
तुलस्युवाच सर्वप्राणिषु देवाश्च तिष्ठन्त्येव पृथक्पृथक् । प्राणो विष्णुश्च विषयी मनो ब्रह्मा च चेतना
tulasyuvāca sarvaprāṇiṣu devāśca tiṣṭhantyeva pṛthakpṛthak | prāṇo viṣṇuśca viṣayī mano brahmā ca cetanā
Tulasī said: In all living beings the gods too abide, each one separately: breath (is) Viṣṇu, the enjoyer of objects; the mind (is) Brahmā, and consciousness—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.107
प्रकृतिर्बुद्धिरूपा च सर्वशक्त्यधिदेवता । ज्ञानस्वरूपः शंभुश्च स्वयं धर्मश्च पूरुषः
prakṛtirbuddhirūpā ca sarvaśaktyadhidevatā | jñānasvarūpaḥ śaṃbhuśca svayaṃ dharmaśca pūruṣaḥ
and Prakṛti in the form of intellect, the presiding deity of all power; Śambhu is of the nature of knowledge, and the Puruṣa himself is Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.108
निर्गुणः परमात्मा च तद्ब्रह्म प्रकृतेः परम् । स एव कृष्णः साक्षी च कर्मणां जीविनामपि
nirguṇaḥ paramātmā ca tadbrahma prakṛteḥ param | sa eva kṛṣṇaḥ sākṣī ca karmaṇāṃ jīvināmapi
Without qualities and the Supreme Self is that Brahman, beyond Prakṛti; he alone is Kṛṣṇa, and (he is) the witness of the deeds of living beings too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.109
भोक्ता च सुखदुःखानां जीवस्तत्प्रतिबिम्बकः । चक्षुषोश्चन्द्रसूर्यौ च जिह्वायां च सरस्वती
bhoktā ca sukhaduḥkhānāṃ jīvastatpratibimbakaḥ | cakṣuṣoścandrasūryau ca jihvāyāṃ ca sarasvatī
And the enjoyer of pleasures and pains is the jīva, a reflection of him; in the two eyes are the moon and the sun, and on the tongue Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 94.110
वसुंधरा त्वचि सदा बाह्वोस्ते लोकपालकाः । आत्मनश्चापि ते सर्पे परिचारकरूपिणः
vasuṃdharā tvaci sadā bāhvoste lokapālakāḥ | ātmanaścāpi te sarpe paricārakarūpiṇaḥ
In the skin (is) the earth always, in the two arms are the guardians of the worlds; and in the self, they (are) present in the form of attendants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 94.111
आत्मन्येव प्रियास्ते च सर्वे गच्छन्ति जीविनः । यथा संसदि संसारे नरदेह(व) मिवानुगाः
ātmanyeva priyāste ca sarve gacchanti jīvinaḥ | yathā saṃsadi saṃsāre naradeha(va) mivānugāḥ
And all those dear ones, the living beings, go into the Self alone, as followers (go) in an assembly, in the round of rebirth, in the human body.
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BvP 4 94.112
तस्मात्सर्वात्मनाऽऽत्मानं भजन्ति संततं सदा । सन्तश्च परया भक्त्या ध्यायन्ते योगिनो मुदा
tasmātsarvātmanā''tmānaṃ bhajanti saṃtataṃ sadā | santaśca parayā bhaktyā dhyāyante yogino mudā
Therefore with their whole being they worship the Self continually, always; and the good ones, the yogins, meditate with supreme devotion, joyfully.
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BvP 4 94.113
कर्मिणां कर्मणां साक्षी कुतः कर्म च गोपनम् । अन्तर्यामी च कृष्णश्च प्रचारं कुरुते मुदा
karmiṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ sākṣī kutaḥ karma ca gopanam | antaryāmī ca kṛṣṇaśca pracāraṃ kurute mudā
He is the witness of the deeds of the doers of deeds—how then can a deed be concealed? And Kṛṣṇa, the inner controller, joyfully carries on his activity.
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BvP 4 94.114
कालिकोवाच नरा बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च युवानस्त्रिविधास्तथा । देवादयश्च चे सिद्धाः सर्वे जानन्ति तं परम्
kālikovāca narā bālāśca vṛddhāśca yuvānastrividhāstathā | devādayaśca ce siddhāḥ sarve jānanti taṃ param
Kālikā said: Men—children, old men, and young men, thus of three kinds—and the gods and the rest, and the Siddhas, all know him as the Supreme.
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BvP 4 94.115
उद्धव उवाच सांप्रतं मूर्च्छितां राधां युक्तो बोधयितुं बुधः । अत्र युक्तिः प्रधाना त्वं तां प्रबोधय चोद्धव
uddhava uvāca sāṃprataṃ mūrcchitāṃ rādhāṃ yukto bodhayituṃ budhaḥ | atra yuktiḥ pradhānā tvaṃ tāṃ prabodhaya coddhava
Uddhava said: Now the wise one is fit to awaken the swooning Rādhā; in this matter the means is the chief thing—you, Uddhava, awaken her.
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BvP 4 94.116
चेतनं कुरु कल्याणि जगन्मातर्निबोध माम् । उद्भवं कृष्णभक्तस्य किंकरस्यापि किंकरम्
cetanaṃ kuru kalyāṇi jaganmātarnibodha mām | udbhavaṃ kṛṣṇabhaktasya kiṃkarasyāpi kiṃkaram
Become conscious, auspicious one! Mother of the world, recognise me, Uddhava, the servant even of the servant of Kṛṣṇa's devotee.
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BvP 4 94.117
प्रसादं कुरु मातर्मां यास्यामि मथुरां पुनः । न स्वतन्त्रः पराधीनो योषा दारुमयी यथा
prasādaṃ kuru mātarmāṃ yāsyāmi mathurāṃ punaḥ | na svatantraḥ parādhīno yoṣā dārumayī yathā
Be gracious, mother; I shall go to Mathurā again. I am not independent, but dependent on another, like a wooden puppet-woman.
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BvP 4 94.118
यथा वृषो वशीभूतो वृषवाहस्य संततम् । तथा मातर्जगत्सर्वं जगन्नाथस्य निश्चितम्
yathā vṛṣo vaśībhūto vṛṣavāhasya saṃtatam | tathā mātarjagatsarvaṃ jagannāthasya niścitam
As a bull is constantly under the control of the bull-rider, so, mother, the whole world is certainly (under the control) of the Lord of the world.
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