Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 96
BvP 4 96.1
नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णस्मरणं कृत्वा गमनोन्मुखमुद्धवम् । नतं राधापदाम्भोजे शिरसा पुलकाञ्चितम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca śrīkṛṣṇasmaraṇaṃ kṛtvā gamanonmukhamuddhavam | nataṃ rādhāpadāmbhoje śirasā pulakāñcitam
Nārāyaṇa said: Having made remembrance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, (she saw) Uddhava intent on going, bowed with his head at Rādhā's lotus feet, his hair bristling (with emotion) —
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BvP 4 96.2
उवाच माधवी गोपी रुदती प्रेमविह्वला । भक्तं रुदन्तमुच्छैश्च राधाविच्छेदकातरम्
uvāca mādhavī gopī rudatī premavihvalā | bhaktaṃ rudantamucchaiśca rādhāvicchedakātaram
the gopī Mādhavī, weeping, overcome with love, spoke to the devotee who was weeping aloud, stricken at parting from Rādhā:
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BvP 4 96.3
माधव्युवाच उद्धव शृणु वक्ष्यामि क्षणं तिष्ठ यथोचितम् । निगूढं परमं ज्ञानं यत्ते मनसि वाञ्छितम्
mādhavyuvāca uddhava śṛṇu vakṣyāmi kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha yathocitam | nigūḍhaṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ yatte manasi vāñchitam
Mādhavī said: Uddhava, listen, I shall speak; stay a moment, as is fitting — the deeply hidden supreme knowledge that is desired in your mind,
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BvP 4 96.4
सुदुर्लभं पुराणेषु वेदेषु गोपनीयकम् । प्रश्नं कुरु महाभाग राधिकां त्रिजगत्प्रसूम्
sudurlabhaṃ purāṇeṣu vedeṣu gopanīyakam | praśnaṃ kuru mahābhāga rādhikāṃ trijagatprasūm
very hard to obtain, to be kept secret in the Purāṇas and the Vedas: put your question, greatly fortunate one, to Rādhikā, the mother of the three worlds.
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BvP 4 96.5
इत्युक्त्वा सा च गोपीशा समुवास मुसंसदि । उवाच मधुरं शान्तामुद्धवश्चापि राधिकाम्
ityuktvā sā ca gopīśā samuvāsa musaṃsadi | uvāca madhuraṃ śāntāmuddhavaścāpi rādhikām
Having said this, she, the mistress of the gopīs, sat down in the assembly of sages; and Uddhava too spoke sweetly to the calmed Rādhikā.
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BvP 4 96.6
उद्धवउवाच एकाकी भवमायाति यात्येकाकी पुनः पुनः । प्राणी कर्मानुरोधेन स्वकर्मफलभुक्पुमान्
uddhavauvāca ekākī bhavamāyāti yātyekākī punaḥ punaḥ | prāṇī karmānurodhena svakarmaphalabhukpumān
Uddhava said: Alone the living being comes into existence, and alone it goes, again and again, in conformity with its acts; a man eats the fruit of his own deeds.
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BvP 4 96.7
कर्मणा जायते जन्तुः कर्मणौव प्रलीयते । सुखं दुःखं भयं शोकं कर्मणैवाभिपद्यते
karmaṇā jāyate jantuḥ karmaṇauva pralīyate | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ karmaṇaivābhipadyate
By action a creature is born, by action alone it is dissolved; pleasure, pain, fear and grief it meets with by action alone.
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BvP 4 96.8
जन्तुर्भोगावशेषेण भोगं भुङ्क्ते भवेषु च । पुनश्च कर्मणो भोगात्समायाति च याति च
janturbhogāvaśeṣeṇa bhogaṃ bhuṅkte bhaveṣu ca | punaśca karmaṇo bhogātsamāyāti ca yāti ca
A creature, by the remainder of its enjoyment, enjoys enjoyment in (its) births; and again, because of the enjoyment of its action, it comes and goes.
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BvP 4 96.9
रत्नादिकं च यत्किचिन्मह्यं दत्तं त्वया सति । मया सार्ध न यात्येव तेन मे किं प्रयोजनम्
ratnādikaṃ ca yatkicinmahyaṃ dattaṃ tvayā sati | mayā sārdha na yātyeva tena me kiṃ prayojanam
"And whatever jewels and the like you have given me, O virtuous lady, they do not go along with me at all; what use, then, are they to me?"
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BvP 4 96.10
भवाब्थितारणे देवि भवती तरणिर्वरा । कर्णधारः स्वयं कृष्णः सर्वेषां पारकारकः
bhavābthitāraṇe devi bhavatī taraṇirvarā | karṇadhāraḥ svayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sarveṣāṃ pārakārakaḥ
"For crossing the ocean of worldly existence, O goddess, you are the best boat; Kṛṣṇa himself is the helmsman, who takes all to the far shore."
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BvP 4 96.11
किंचिद्यानं देहि मह्यं भवाब्धिपारकारणम् । प्राप्य प्रसातं यास्यामि मथुरां कृष्ममूलकम्
kiṃcidyānaṃ dehi mahyaṃ bhavābdhipārakāraṇam | prāpya prasātaṃ yāsyāmi mathurāṃ kṛṣmamūlakam
"Give me some vehicle that may bring me across the ocean of existence; having obtained (your) favour I shall go to Mathurā, whose root is Kṛṣṇa."
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BvP 4 96.12
यां यां कालगतिं मातः सुराणां च नृणामपि । पितॄणां ब्रह्मलोकस्य तदूर्ध्वस्य च तां वद
yāṃ yāṃ kālagatiṃ mātaḥ surāṇāṃ ca nṛṇāmapi | pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokasya tadūrdhvasya ca tāṃ vada
"Whatever course of time there is, O mother, for the gods and for men too, for the ancestors, for the world of Brahmā and for what is above that — tell me that."
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BvP 4 96.13
तामेव दुस्तरां घोरां तीर्त्वा यामि हरेः पदम् । एवंभूतमुपायं च देहि मे कमलालये
tāmeva dustarāṃ ghorāṃ tīrtvā yāmi hareḥ padam | evaṃbhūtamupāyaṃ ca dehi me kamalālaye
"Having crossed over that very (course), hard to pass and terrible, I would go to Hari's abode; give me such a means, O dweller in the lotus."
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BvP 4 96.14
दूरतो यत्पदाम्भोजं ध्यायन्ते च दिवानिशम् । देवा ब्रह्मेशशेषाद्यास्त्वं तद्वक्षः स्थलस्थिता
dūrato yatpadāmbhojaṃ dhyāyante ca divāniśam | devā brahmeśaśeṣādyāstvaṃ tadvakṣaḥ sthalasthitā
"He whose lotus feet the gods — Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa and the rest — meditate upon from afar, day and night: you abide upon his breast."
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BvP 4 96.15
उद्धवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा जहास कमलालया । वाससा नेत्रनीरं च संभार्ज्य तमुवाच सा
uddhavasya vacaḥ śrutvā jahāsa kamalālayā | vāsasā netranīraṃ ca saṃbhārjya tamuvāca sā
Hearing Uddhava's words, the lotus-dwelling lady laughed; and wiping away the water of her eyes with her garment, she spoke to him.
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BvP 4 96.16
राधोवाच माधवीवचनेनैव करोषि प्रश्नमुद्धव । स्त्रीजातिरबला लोके किं वा ज्ञानं ददामि ते
rādhovāca mādhavīvacanenaiva karoṣi praśnamuddhava | strījātirabalā loke kiṃ vā jñānaṃ dadāmi te
Rādhā said: "You put your question just as Mādhava would speak, Uddhava. Womankind is weak in this world — what knowledge can I give you?"
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BvP 4 96.17
शुद्धां कालगतिं वत्स जानाति भगवान्हरिः । ब्रह्म महेशः शेषश्च वेदाश्चत्वार एव च
śuddhāṃ kālagatiṃ vatsa jānāti bhagavānhariḥ | brahma maheśaḥ śeṣaśca vedāścatvāra eva ca
"The pure course of time, child, the Lord Hari knows, and Brahmā, Maheśa, and Śeṣa, and the four Vedas alone."
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BvP 4 96.18
किंचिद्वेदानुसारेण सन्तो जानन्ति पुत्रक । श्रूयतां कुष्णवक्त्रेण गोलोके रासमण़्डले
kiṃcidvedānusāreṇa santo jānanti putraka | śrūyatāṃ kuṣṇavaktreṇa goloke rāsamaṇa़ḍale
"The good know something of it by following the Vedas, little son. Let it be heard, (as told) from Kṛṣṇa's own mouth in Goloka, in the circle of the rāsa dance."
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BvP 4 96.19
गोलोके चापि वैकुण्ठे ब्रह्मलोके च सांप्रतम् । या च दृष्टा कालगतिस्तामेव कथयामि ते
goloke cāpi vaikuṇṭhe brahmaloke ca sāṃpratam | yā ca dṛṣṭā kālagatistāmeva kathayāmi te
"And the course of time that has been seen at present in Goloka, in Vaikuṇṭha and in the world of Brahmā — that very one I shall tell you."
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BvP 4 96.20
नृणां पितॄणां देवानां ब्रह्मलोकादिकस्य च । बहिर्लोकस्य ब्रह्माण्डात्पातालानां च निश्चितम्
nṛṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ devānāṃ brahmalokādikasya ca | bahirlokasya brahmāṇḍātpātālānāṃ ca niścitam
"(The course of time) of men, of the ancestors, of the gods, of the world of Brahmā and the rest, of the world outside the cosmic egg, and of the nether regions — assuredly."
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BvP 4 96.21
दुरत्ययां कालगतिं येनोपायेन पण्डिताः । निस्तरन्ति बुधश्रेष्ठ कथयामि निशामय
duratyayāṃ kālagatiṃ yenopāyena paṇḍitāḥ | nistaranti budhaśreṣṭha kathayāmi niśāmaya
"By what means the learned pass beyond the course of time, hard to overcome — that, O best of the wise, I shall tell; listen."
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BvP 4 96.22
भजन्ति जगतां नाथं कालकालं जगद्गुरुम् । निर्गुणं च निरीहं च परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
bhajanti jagatāṃ nāthaṃ kālakālaṃ jagadgurum | nirguṇaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca paramātmānamīśvaram
"They worship the lord of the worlds, the Time of time, the teacher of the world, free of qualities and free of striving, the supreme Self, the Lord."
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BvP 4 96.23
सद्यः पतति देहोऽयं विना येन सदात्मना । तं निषेव्य कालगतिं तरत्येव हि केवलम्
sadyaḥ patati deho'yaṃ vinā yena sadātmanā | taṃ niṣevya kālagatiṃ taratyeva hi kevalam
"Without whom, the eternal Self, this body would at once fall — serving him, one crosses the course of time by that alone."
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BvP 4 96.24
आयुर्हरति सर्वेषां प्राणिनां रविरेव च । श्रीहरेः शुद्धभक्तानां सतां पुण्यवतां विना
āyurharati sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ ravireva ca | śrīhareḥ śuddhabhaktānāṃ satāṃ puṇyavatāṃ vinā
"The sun carries off the lifespan of all living beings — except that of the pure devotees of Śrī Hari, the good and the meritorious."
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BvP 4 96.25
विधेर्मानसिकान्पुत्रांश्चतुरः पश्य पुत्रक । सनकादीन्भागवतान्येषां च सुस्थिरं वमः
vidhermānasikānputrāṃścaturaḥ paśya putraka | sanakādīnbhāgavatānyeṣāṃ ca susthiraṃ vamaḥ
"Behold, little son, the Creator's four mind-born sons, Sanaka and the rest, devotees of the Lord, whose vow is firmly kept."
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BvP 4 96.26
रुद्राद्यान्वयसा नित्याञ्ज्ञातिनां च गुरोर्गुरून् । बालाननुपनीतांश्च पञ्चवर्षशिशून्यथा
rudrādyānvayasā nityāñjñātināṃ ca gurorgurūn | bālānanupanītāṃśca pañcavarṣaśiśūnyathā
"Eternal in age like Rudra and the others, gurus of the gurus of (their) kinsmen, boys not yet invested with the sacred thread, like children of five years."
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BvP 4 96.27
अम्यन्तरे महास्फीतान्सस्मितांश्च दिगम्बरान् । श्रीकृष्णध्यानपूताश्च तीर्थपूतांश्च वैष्णवान्
amyantare mahāsphītānsasmitāṃśca digambarān | śrīkṛṣṇadhyānapūtāśca tīrthapūtāṃśca vaiṣṇavān
"Inwardly greatly expanded, smiling, clad in the (bare) directions, purified by meditation on Śrī Kṛṣṇa and purified by holy places — Vaiṣṇavas."
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BvP 4 96.28
वेदवेदाङ्गशास्त्राणां चिन्ताहीनान्प्रफुल्लितान् । भक्त्या दिवानिशं शश्वद्धरिभावेन तत्परान्
vedavedāṅgaśāstrāṇāṃ cintāhīnānpraphullitān | bhaktyā divāniśaṃ śaśvaddharibhāvena tatparān
"Free of anxiety about the Vedas, the Vedic auxiliaries and the treatises, blossoming, and by devotion day and night constantly intent on the mood of Hari."
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BvP 4 96.29
बाह्यपूजाविहीनांश्च पूतान्मानसिकांस्तथा । मृत्युञ्जयान्महाभागान्कालव्यालजितस्तथा
bāhyapūjāvihīnāṃśca pūtānmānasikāṃstathā | mṛtyuñjayānmahābhāgānkālavyālajitastathā
(Look upon) those who are without external worship, the pure ones who worship mentally, the conquerors of death, the greatly fortunate, and those who have vanquished the serpent Time.
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BvP 4 96.30
सनकं च सनन्दं च तृतीयं च सनातनम् । परं सनत्कुमारं च ये स्मरन्ति च सर्वशः
sanakaṃ ca sanandaṃ ca tṛtīyaṃ ca sanātanam | paraṃ sanatkumāraṃ ca ye smaranti ca sarvaśaḥ
And those who in every way remember Sanaka, and Sananda, and the third, Sanātana, and the supreme Sanatkumāra —
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BvP 4 96.31
तीर्थस्नानफलं लब्ध्वा मुच्यते कृतपातकात् । हरिभक्तिर्भवेत्तेषां हरिदास्यं लभन्ति च
tīrthasnānaphalaṃ labdhvā mucyate kṛtapātakāt | haribhaktirbhavetteṣāṃ haridāsyaṃ labhanti ca
— (such a one), having gained the fruit of bathing at holy fords, is freed from the sin he has committed; devotion to Hari arises in them, and they obtain servitude to Hari.
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BvP 4 96.32
मृकण्डुबालकं पश्य कर्मणा च द्विजोत्तमम् । दशवर्षायुषं तीव्रं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा
mṛkaṇḍubālakaṃ paśya karmaṇā ca dvijottamam | daśavarṣāyuṣaṃ tīvraṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā
Look at Mṛkaṇḍu's boy, best of the twice-born by his deeds, whose lifespan was ten years, intense, blazing with brahminical splendour;
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BvP 4 96.33
हरिसेवनतः पश्चात्सप्तकल्पान्तजीविनम् । वोढुं पञ्चशिखं पश्य लोमशं चाऽऽसुरिं तथा
harisevanataḥ paścātsaptakalpāntajīvinam | voḍhuṃ pañcaśikhaṃ paśya lomaśaṃ cā''suriṃ tathā
and afterwards, through service to Hari, living to the end of seven world-ages; look at Pañcaśikha the bearer, and Lomaśa, and Āsuri too.
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BvP 4 96.34
सर्वकर्मविहीनं च हरिसेवनतत्परम् । शतकल्पायुषं चैव ध्यायमानं हरेः पदम्
sarvakarmavihīnaṃ ca harisevanatatparam | śatakalpāyuṣaṃ caiva dhyāyamānaṃ hareḥ padam
and (look at) him who was without any ritual works, intent on the service of Hari, with a lifespan of a hundred world-ages, meditating on the foot of Hari.
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BvP 4 96.35
जमदग्नेः सुतं पश्य रामं तं चिरजीविनम् । हनुमन्तं बलिं व्यासमश्वत्थामानमेव च
jamadagneḥ sutaṃ paśya rāmaṃ taṃ cirajīvinam | hanumantaṃ baliṃ vyāsamaśvatthāmānameva ca
Look at the son of Jamadagni, that Rāma, long-lived; and Hanumān, Bali, Vyāsa, and Aśvatthāman too;
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BvP 4 96.36
विभीषणं कृपं विप्रं जाम्बवन्तं च भल्लुकम् । हरिभावनया चैते शुद्धाः सुचिरजीविनः
vibhīṣaṇaṃ kṛpaṃ vipraṃ jāmbavantaṃ ca bhallukam | haribhāvanayā caite śuddhāḥ sucirajīvinaḥ
Vibhīṣaṇa, the brahmin Kṛpa, and Jāmbavān the bear: these, purified by contemplation of Hari, are very long-lived.
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BvP 4 96.37
सिद्धेन्द्रेषु मुनीन्द्रेषु नरेष्वन्येषु चोद्धव । हरिभावनशुद्धाश्च सर्वे ते चिरजीविनः
siddhendreṣu munīndreṣu nareṣvanyeṣu coddhava | haribhāvanaśuddhāśca sarve te cirajīvinaḥ
Among the lords of the Siddhas, among the lords of sages, and among men and others, O Uddhava, all those purified by contemplation of Hari are long-lived.
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BvP 4 96.38
प्रह्लादं पश्य दैत्येषु हिरण्यकशिपोः सुतम् । हरिद्विषो दुरन्तस्य हरिभावनतत्परम्
prahlādaṃ paśya daityeṣu hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutam | haridviṣo durantasya haribhāvanatatparam
Look at Prahlāda among the Daityas, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu — of that endless hater of Hari — (yet himself) intent on the contemplation of Hari,
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BvP 4 96.39
चिरायुषं कालजितं पश्यान्यं चाप्यसंख्यकम् । अनेकजन्मतपसा लब्ध्वा जन्म च भारते
cirāyuṣaṃ kālajitaṃ paśyānyaṃ cāpyasaṃkhyakam | anekajanmatapasā labdhvā janma ca bhārate
long-lived, a conqueror of Time; and look at others too, beyond counting, who by the austerity of many births obtained birth in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.40
ये हरिं तं न सेवन्ते ते मूढाः कृतपापिनः । वासुदेवं परित्यज्य विषये निरतो जनः
ye hariṃ taṃ na sevante te mūḍhāḥ kṛtapāpinaḥ | vāsudevaṃ parityajya viṣaye nirato janaḥ
Those who do not serve that Hari are fools who have done evil. Abandoning Vāsudeva, a man delights in sense-objects:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.41
त्यक्त्वाऽमृतं महामूढो विषं भुङ्क्ते निजेच्छया । कस्य स्त्री कस्य वा पुत्रः कस्य वा बान्धवास्तथा
tyaktvā'mṛtaṃ mahāmūḍho viṣaṃ bhuṅkte nijecchayā | kasya strī kasya vā putraḥ kasya vā bāndhavāstathā
the great fool, having left aside the nectar of immortality, eats poison of his own will. Whose is a wife, whose a son, or whose are kinsmen?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.42
कः कस्य बन्धुर्विपदि श्रीकृष्णेन विना भुवि । तस्मात्सन्तः सदा कृष्णं भजन्त्येव दिवानिशम्
kaḥ kasya bandhurvipadi śrīkṛṣṇena vinā bhuvi | tasmātsantaḥ sadā kṛṣṇaṃ bhajantyeva divāniśam
Who on earth is anyone's friend in calamity, apart from Śrī Kṛṣṇa? Therefore the good always worship Kṛṣṇa alone, day and night —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.43
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिहरं सर्वहरं परम् । कालस्य तरणोपायं भजनं परमात्मनः
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiharaṃ sarvaharaṃ param | kālasya taraṇopāyaṃ bhajanaṃ paramātmanaḥ
the worship of the Supreme Self, which removes birth, death, old age and disease, which removes all, the highest, the means of crossing over Time;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.44
आनन्दनन्दनस्यैव परिपूर्णतमस्य च । शृणु कालगतिं वत्स मदीयज्ञानगोचराम्
ānandanandanasyaiva paripūrṇatamasya ca | śṛṇu kālagatiṃ vatsa madīyajñānagocarām
(the worship) of the very son of Ānanda (Nanda), the utterly complete one. Hear, child, the course of Time, as it falls within my knowledge:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.45
नराणां च पितॄणां च सुराणां चापि ब्रह्मणः । नागानां राक्षसादीनां तत्परेषां च पुत्रक
narāṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca surāṇāṃ cāpi brahmaṇaḥ | nāgānāṃ rākṣasādīnāṃ tatpareṣāṃ ca putraka
of men and of the fathers, and of the gods and of Brahmā, of the Nāgas, of the Rākṣasas and the rest, and of those beyond them, my son —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.46
कथयामि निगूढार्थं सावधानं निशामय । सर्वस्माच्च परं स्थानं सर्वाधारो महान्विराट्
kathayāmi nigūḍhārthaṃ sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya | sarvasmācca paraṃ sthānaṃ sarvādhāro mahānvirāṭ
I shall tell the hidden meaning; listen attentively. Higher than all is the station: the support of all, the great Cosmic Form,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.47
यस्य लोमसु विश्वानि चासंख्यानि च तानि च । सर्वस्माच्च परं सूक्ष्मं परमाणुं निशामय
yasya lomasu viśvāni cāsaṃkhyāni ca tāni ca | sarvasmācca paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ paramāṇuṃ niśāmaya
in whose body-hairs are the universes, countless as they are. And hear of the subtlest of all, the ultimate atom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.48
कालारम्भात्मकं सर्वमनूरं परमीप्सितम् । चरमः सद्विशेषाणामनेकोऽसंयुतः सदा
kālārambhātmakaṃ sarvamanūraṃ paramīpsitam | caramaḥ sadviśeṣāṇāmaneko'saṃyutaḥ sadā
Everything has the beginning of Time as its nature; (it is) minute, most desired, the last of the distinctions of being, one without number, never conjoined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.49
परमाणुः स विज्ञेयो नृपामैक्यभ्रमो यतः । परमाणुद्वयेनाणुस्त्रसरेणुस्तु ते त्रयः
paramāṇuḥ sa vijñeyo nṛpāmaikyabhramo yataḥ | paramāṇudvayenāṇustrasareṇustu te trayaḥ
That is to be known as the paramāṇu (ultimate atom), O king, since from it comes the illusion of unity. By two paramāṇus (there is) an aṇu, and three of these (make) a trasareṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.50
त्रसरेणुत्रिकेणापि त्रुटिरुक्ता मनीषिभिः । वेधस्त्रुटिशतेनैव त्रिवेधेन लवस्तथा
trasareṇutrikeṇāpi truṭiruktā manīṣibhiḥ | vedhastruṭiśatenaiva trivedhena lavastathā
By a triad of trasareṇus a truṭi is declared by the wise; by a hundred truṭis a vedha, and by three vedhas a lava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.51
त्रिलवेन निमेषश्च त्रि निमेषेण च क्षणः । काष्ठा पञ्चक्षणेनैव लघुश्च दशकाष्ठया
trilavena nimeṣaśca tri nimeṣeṇa ca kṣaṇaḥ | kāṣṭhā pañcakṣaṇenaiva laghuśca daśakāṣṭhayā
By three lavas a nimeṣa, and by three nimeṣas a kṣaṇa; by five kṣaṇas a kāṣṭhā, and by ten kāṣṭhās a laghu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.52
लघुपञ्चदशं दण्डस्तत्प्रमाणं निशामय । द्वादशार्धपलोन्मानं चतुर्भिश्चतुरङ्गुलैः
laghupañcadaśaṃ daṇḍastatpramāṇaṃ niśāmaya | dvādaśārdhapalonmānaṃ caturbhiścaturaṅgulaiḥ
A daṇḍa is fifteen laghus; hear its measure: a weight of twelve and a half palas, with four (pieces?) of four aṅgulas each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.53
स्वर्णमाषैः कृतच्छिद्रं यावत्प्रस्थजलप्लुतम् । दण्डद्वये मुहूर्तः स्यात्वष्टिदण्डात्मिका तिथिः
svarṇamāṣaiḥ kṛtacchidraṃ yāvatprasthajalaplutam | daṇḍadvaye muhūrtaḥ syātvaṣṭidaṇḍātmikā tithiḥ
(A vessel) with a hole made by (the weight of) golden māṣas, until it is filled with a prastha of water — in two daṇḍas there would be a muhūrta; a tithi consists of sixty daṇḍas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.54
तदष्टभागः प्रहरः प्रमाणं च निरूपणम् । चतुर्भिः प्रहरै रात्रिश्चतुर्भिर्दिनमुच्यते
tadaṣṭabhāgaḥ praharaḥ pramāṇaṃ ca nirūpaṇam | caturbhiḥ praharai rātriścaturbhirdinamucyate
An eighth part of that is a prahara — such is the measure and the definition; by four praharas night is spoken of, and by four, day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.55
तिथिपञ्चदशेनैव पक्षमानं प्रकीर्तितम् । पक्षद्वयेन मासः स्याच्छुक्लकृष्णाभिधेन च
tithipañcadaśenaiva pakṣamānaṃ prakīrtitam | pakṣadvayena māsaḥ syācchuklakṛṣṇābhidhena ca
By fifteen tithis the measure of a fortnight is proclaimed; by two fortnights there would be a month, (the fortnights) being named bright and dark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.56
ऋतुर्मासद्वयेनैव तत्षट्केनैव वत्सरः । वसन्तग्रीष्मवर्षाश्च शरद्धेमन्तशीतकाः
ṛturmāsadvayenaiva tatṣaṭkenaiva vatsaraḥ | vasantagrīṣmavarṣāśca śaraddhemantaśītakāḥ
By two months a season, and by six of those a year: spring, summer, the rains, autumn, hemanta (early winter), and the cold season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.57
वर्षाः पञ्चविधा ज्ञेयाः कालविद्भिर्निरूपिताः । संवत्सरः प्रवत्सर इलावत्सर एव च
varṣāḥ pañcavidhā jñeyāḥ kālavidbhirnirūpitāḥ | saṃvatsaraḥ pravatsara ilāvatsara eva ca
Years are to be known as fivefold, as determined by the knowers of time: saṃvatsara, pravatsara, and iḍāvatsara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.58
अनुवत्सरो वत्सरोऽयमिति कालविदो विदुः । अब्दो द्विषट्कमासैश्च तन्नाम शुणु चोद्धव
anuvatsaro vatsaro'yamiti kālavido viduḥ | abdo dviṣaṭkamāsaiśca tannāma śuṇu coddhava
anuvatsara, and vatsara — thus the knowers of time know them. A year is (made) of twice six months; hear their names, Uddhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.59
वैशाखो ज्येष्ठ आषाढः श्रावणो भाद्र एव च । आश्विनः कार्तिको मार्गः पौषो माघस्तु फाल्गुनः
vaiśākho jyeṣṭha āṣāḍhaḥ śrāvaṇo bhādra eva ca | āśvinaḥ kārtiko mārgaḥ pauṣo māghastu phālgunaḥ
Vaiśākha, Jyeṣṭha, Āṣāḍha, Śrāvaṇa, and Bhādra; Āśvina, Kārtika, Mārga(śīrṣa), Pauṣa, Māgha, and Phālguna;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.60
सैत्रस्तु चरमो ज्ञेयो वर्षशेषी निरूपितः । वसन्तश्चैत्रवैशाखमासयुग्मेन कीर्तितः
saitrastu caramo jñeyo varṣaśeṣī nirūpitaḥ | vasantaścaitravaiśākhamāsayugmena kīrtitaḥ
and Caitra is to be known as the last, determined as the year's remainder. Spring is declared (to consist) of the pair of months Caitra and Vaiśākha;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.61
ज्येष्ठावाढद्वयेनैव ग्रीष्मस्तु परिकीर्तितः । वर्षा श्रावणभद्रे च ह्याश्विने कार्तिके शरत्
jyeṣṭhāvāḍhadvayenaiva grīṣmastu parikīrtitaḥ | varṣā śrāvaṇabhadre ca hyāśvine kārtike śarat
summer is declared to be by the pair Jyeṣṭha and Āṣāḍha; the rains are in Śrāvaṇa and Bhādra, and autumn in Āśvina and Kārtika;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.62
मार्गे पौषे च हेमन्तः शिशिरो माघफाल्गुने । अब्दस्तु चायनै द्वे वै चोत्तरे दक्षिणायने
mārge pauṣe ca hemantaḥ śiśiro māghaphālgune | abdastu cāyanai dve vai cottare dakṣiṇāyane
hemanta in Mārga(śīrṣa) and Pauṣa, and the cool season in Māgha and Phālguna. And a year has two courses (of the sun): the northern and the southern course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.63
माघादिषड्विनिर्मितमुत्तरायणमीप्सितम् । श्रावणादिमासषट्कं दक्षिणायनमेव च
māghādiṣaḍvinirmitamuttarāyaṇamīpsitam | śrāvaṇādimāsaṣaṭkaṃ dakṣiṇāyanameva ca
The northern course, which is desired, is made up of the six (months) beginning with Māgha; and the six months beginning with Śrāvaṇa are the southern course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.64
माघादाषाढपर्यन्तं दिनं वृद्धं क्रमेण वै । नक्तं वृद्धं श्रावणश्च पौषपर्यन्तमेव च
māghādāṣāḍhaparyantaṃ dinaṃ vṛddhaṃ krameṇa vai | naktaṃ vṛddhaṃ śrāvaṇaśca pauṣaparyantameva ca
From Māgha up to Āṣāḍha the day grows longer, step by step; and the night grows longer from Śrāvaṇa up to Pauṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.65
प्रतिपत्पूर्णिमान्तश्च शुक्लपक्षः प्रकीर्तितः । पूर्णिमायाः प्रतिपदश्चामावास्यान्त एव च
pratipatpūrṇimāntaśca śuklapakṣaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | pūrṇimāyāḥ pratipadaścāmāvāsyānta eva ca
The bright fortnight is declared to run from the first day (pratipat) to the full moon; and (that) from the first day after the full moon up to the new moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.66
कृष्णपक्षस्तु विज्ञेयो वेदविद्भिर्निरूपितः । द्वितीया च तृतीया च चतुर्थी पञ्चमी तथा
kṛṣṇapakṣastu vijñeyo vedavidbhirnirūpitaḥ | dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā ca caturthī pañcamī tathā
that is to be known as the dark fortnight, as determined by the knowers of the Veda: the second, the third, the fourth, and likewise the fifth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.67
षष्ठी च सप्तमी चैव ह्यष्टमी नवमी तथा । दशम्येकादशी चापि द्वादशी च त्रयोदशी
ṣaṣṭhī ca saptamī caiva hyaṣṭamī navamī tathā | daśamyekādaśī cāpi dvādaśī ca trayodaśī
the sixth and the seventh, the eighth and the ninth, the tenth, the eleventh, the twelfth, and the thirteenth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.68
चतुर्दशी कुहूर्यावद्दिनं तु गणनं स्मृतम् । अश्विनी भरणी चापि कृत्तिका रोहिणी तथा
caturdaśī kuhūryāvaddinaṃ tu gaṇanaṃ smṛtam | aśvinī bharaṇī cāpi kṛttikā rohiṇī tathā
the fourteenth, and the new moon — such is the reckoning handed down, as far as the day (goes). Aśvinī, Bharaṇī, and Kṛttikā, and Rohiṇī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.69
मृगशिरस्त्थाऽऽर्द्रा च नक्षत्रे द्वे पुनर्वसू । पुष्याश्लेषे मघा चैव पूर्वा चोत्तरफाल्गुनी
mṛgaśirastthā''rdrā ca nakṣatre dve punarvasū | puṣyāśleṣe maghā caiva pūrvā cottaraphālgunī
Mṛgaśiras and Ārdrā, and the two asterisms Punarvasu; Puṣya and Āśleṣā, and Maghā, and Pūrva- and Uttara-phālgunī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.70
हस्तचित्रे तथा स्वाती विशाखा चानुराधिका । ज्येष्ठा मूलं तथा ज्ञेया पूर्वाषाढोत्तरा तथा
hastacitre tathā svātī viśākhā cānurādhikā | jyeṣṭhā mūlaṃ tathā jñeyā pūrvāṣāḍhottarā tathā
Then Hasta and Citrā, and Svātī, Viśākhā, and Anurādhā; Jyeṣṭhā and Mūla likewise are to be known, and Pūrvāṣāḍhā and Uttarā (-ṣāḍhā) as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.71
श्रवणाभिजिती चैव धनिष्ठा च प्रकीर्तिता । ततः शतभिषा ज्ञेय पूर्वाभाद्रपदा तथा
śravaṇābhijitī caiva dhaniṣṭhā ca prakīrtitā | tataḥ śatabhiṣā jñeya pūrvābhādrapadā tathā
And Śravaṇā and Abhijit, and Dhaniṣṭhā is proclaimed; then Śatabhiṣā is to be known, and Pūrvābhādrapadā likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.72
तथोत्तरा तु विज्ञेया रेवती चरमा स्मृता । अष्टाविंशति नक्षत्रं कलत्रं शशिनस्तथा
tathottarā tu vijñeyā revatī caramā smṛtā | aṣṭāviṃśati nakṣatraṃ kalatraṃ śaśinastathā
And so Uttarā (-bhādrapadā) is to be known, and Revatī is reckoned the last. The twenty-eight asterisms are the wives of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.73
क्रमेण ताभिः सार्ध च चन्द्रस्तिष्ठति नित्यशः । सप्तविंशति नक्षत्रं कलत्रं च श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
krameṇa tābhiḥ sārdha ca candrastiṣṭhati nityaśaḥ | saptaviṃśati nakṣatraṃ kalatraṃ ca śrutau śrutam
In order the moon dwells together with them constantly; but in the Veda the wives are heard of as twenty-seven asterisms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.74
अभिजिच्छूवणच्छाया तेनाष्टाविंशतिः स्मृता । एकदा च मधौ चन्द्रो रोहिण्या वामया सह
abhijicchūvaṇacchāyā tenāṣṭāviṃśatiḥ smṛtā | ekadā ca madhau candro rohiṇyā vāmayā saha
Abhijit is the shadow of Śravaṇā; on that account twenty-eight are reckoned. Once, in the spring month, the moon, together with the beautiful Rohiṇī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.75
रेमे दिवानिशं नित्यं श्रवणा च चुकोप सा । छायां च दत्त्वा चन्द्राय ययौ तातान्तिकं भिया
reme divāniśaṃ nityaṃ śravaṇā ca cukopa sā | chāyāṃ ca dattvā candrāya yayau tātāntikaṃ bhiyā
— took pleasure constantly by day and night, and she, Śravaṇā, grew angry; and having given a shadow (of herself) to the moon, she went in fear into her father's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.76
ततः पितरमादाय सा चक्रे च विभागकम् । बभूव तेन नक्षत्रमभिजिन्नामकं पुरा
tataḥ pitaramādāya sā cakre ca vibhāgakam | babhūva tena nakṣatramabhijinnāmakaṃ purā
Then, taking her father (with her), she made a division; and by that means the asterism named Abhijit came into being of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.77
एतच्छ्रुत्वा कृष्णमुखाच्छतश्रृङ्गे च पर्वते । नक्षत्रं कथितं वत्स तिथ्या भ्रमति नित्यशः
etacchrutvā kṛṣṇamukhācchataśrṛṅge ca parvate | nakṣatraṃ kathitaṃ vatsa tithyā bhramati nityaśaḥ
Having heard this from Kṛṣṇa's mouth on the mountain Śataśṛṅga — the asterism has been told, dear child; it moves constantly with the lunar day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.78
योगं च करणं चैव मद्वक्त्रेण निशामय । विष्कम्भः प्रीतिरायुष्मान्सौभाग्यः शोभनस्तथा
yogaṃ ca karaṇaṃ caiva madvaktreṇa niśāmaya | viṣkambhaḥ prītirāyuṣmānsaubhāgyaḥ śobhanastathā
And hear the yoga and the karaṇa from my mouth: Viṣkambha, Prīti, Āyuṣmān, Saubhāgya, and Śobhana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.79
अतिगण्डः सुकर्मा च घृतिः शूलस्तथैव च । गण्डो वृद्धिर्ध्रुवश्चैव व्याघातो हर्षणास्तथा
atigaṇḍaḥ sukarmā ca ghṛtiḥ śūlastathaiva ca | gaṇḍo vṛddhirdhruvaścaiva vyāghāto harṣaṇāstathā
Atigaṇḍa and Sukarmā, and Dhṛti and Śūla likewise, Gaṇḍa, Vṛddhi, and Dhruva, Vyāghāta and Harṣaṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.80
वज्रं सिद्धिर्व्यतीपातो वरीयान्परिघः शिवः । सिद्धिः साध्यः शुभः शुक्लो ब्रह्मेन्द्रो वैधृतिस्तथा
vajraṃ siddhirvyatīpāto varīyānparighaḥ śivaḥ | siddhiḥ sādhyaḥ śubhaḥ śuklo brahmendro vaidhṛtistathā
Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatīpāta, Varīyān, Parigha, Śiva, Siddhi, Sādhya, Śubha, Śukla, Brahman, Indra, and Vaidhṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.81
कीर्तितस्ते योगगणः करणं श्रूयतामिति । बवश्च बालवश्चैव कौलवस्तैतिलस्तथा
kīrtitaste yogagaṇaḥ karaṇaṃ śrūyatāmiti | bavaśca bālavaścaiva kaulavastaitilastathā
The set of yogas has been declared to you; now let the karaṇa be heard: Bava, and Bālava, Kaulava, and Taitila,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.82
गरश्च वणिजश्चापि विष्टिश्च शकुनिस्तथा । चतुष्पाच्चापि नागश्च किंस्तुघ्न इति कीर्तितम्
garaśca vaṇijaścāpi viṣṭiśca śakunistathā | catuṣpāccāpi nāgaśca kiṃstughna iti kīrtitam
and Gara, and Vaṇija, and Viṣṭi, and Śakuni, and also Catuṣpada and Nāga, and Kiṃstughna — so it is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.83
नराणां चापि मासेन पितॄणां च दिवानिशम् । शुक्ले चापि दिनं तेषां कृष्णे नक्तं प्रकीर्तितम्
narāṇāṃ cāpi māsena pitṝṇāṃ ca divāniśam | śukle cāpi dinaṃ teṣāṃ kṛṣṇe naktaṃ prakīrtitam
A month of men is a day and night of the ancestors; their day is said to be in the bright fortnight, their night in the dark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.84
वत्सरेण नाराणां च सुराणां च दिवानिशम् । दिनं तेषामुत्तरे च नक्तं च दक्षिणायने
vatsareṇa nārāṇāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca divāniśam | dinaṃ teṣāmuttare ca naktaṃ ca dakṣiṇāyane
A year of men is a day and night of the gods; their day is in the northern course (of the sun), their night in the southern course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.85
मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः । मनोरायुः परिमितं शक्रस्याऽऽयुः प्रकीर्तितम्
manvantaraṃ tu divyānāṃ yugānāmekasaptatiḥ | manorāyuḥ parimitaṃ śakrasyā''yuḥ prakīrtitam
A manvantara of the celestials is seventy-one yugas; that is declared to be the measured lifespan of a Manu and the lifespan of Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.86
पञ्चविंशत्सहस्रं च तथा पञ्चशतं परम् । तत्र सूर्यगतिर्नास्ति शक्रपातानुसारतः
pañcaviṃśatsahasraṃ ca tathā pañcaśataṃ param | tatra sūryagatirnāsti śakrapātānusārataḥ
Twenty-five thousand and five hundred more; there the sun's motion does not (measure time) — it goes by the succession of the falls of the Indras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.87
दिवानिशं च जानन्ति ब्रह्मलोकनिवासिनः । दण्डद्वयं नरपलं शक्रपातेन तत्पलम्
divāniśaṃ ca jānanti brahmalokanivāsinaḥ | daṇḍadvayaṃ narapalaṃ śakrapātena tatpalam
The dwellers in Brahmā's world know day and night (thus): two daṇḍas is a human pala, and with the fall of an Indra, that is (their) pala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.88
एवं त्रिशद्दिनेनैव धातुर्मासः प्रकीर्तितः । अब्दो द्वादशभिर्मासैरेवं तस्य शतायुषः
evaṃ triśaddinenaiva dhāturmāsaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | abdo dvādaśabhirmāsairevaṃ tasya śatāyuṣaḥ
Thus by thirty such days the month of the Creator is declared; a year by twelve months — thus for him whose life is a hundred (years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.89
ब्रह्मणः पतनेनैव निमेषाच्छ्रीहरेरपि । धातुः पातानुसारेण वैकुण्ठे न दिवानिशम्
brahmaṇaḥ patanenaiva nimeṣācchrīharerapi | dhātuḥ pātānusāreṇa vaikuṇṭhe na divāniśam
Even by the falling away (death) of Brahmā — which is but a blink for Śrī Hari — that is, reckoned according to the passing of the Creator, in Vaikuṇṭha there is no day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.90
तत्र सूर्यगतिर्नास्ति चैवं गोलोकतः स्मृतम् । वैकुण्ठवासिनः सर्वे न वै जानन्त्यहर्निशम्
tatra sūryagatirnāsti caivaṃ golokataḥ smṛtam | vaikuṇṭhavāsinaḥ sarve na vai jānantyaharniśam
There the sun has no course, and so it is said also of Goloka; all the dwellers in Vaikuṇṭha do not know day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.91
चन्द्रस्यापि ग्रहाणां च गतिर्नास्ति च तत्र वै । चक्रं नैव भ्रमत्येव राशीनामिच्छया हरेः
candrasyāpi grahāṇāṃ ca gatirnāsti ca tatra vai | cakraṃ naiva bhramatyeva rāśīnāmicchayā hareḥ
Nor is there any course of the moon or of the planets there; and by Hari's will the wheel of the zodiacal signs does not revolve at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.92
दिनं च तेजसा दीप्तं कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः । नक्तं तेजोविहीनं च हरौ च मन्दिरं गते
dinaṃ ca tejasā dīptaṃ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ | naktaṃ tejovihīnaṃ ca harau ca mandiraṃ gate
Day is (there) ablaze with the radiance of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self; and it is night, devoid of radiance, when Hari has gone into his palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.93
एवं कालगतिस्तत्र विष्णुलोकेऽस्ति संततम् । कालस्वरूपो भगवान्परमात्मा निराकृतिः
evaṃ kālagatistatra viṣṇuloke'sti saṃtatam | kālasvarūpo bhagavānparamātmā nirākṛtiḥ
Thus the course of time exists there in the world of Viṣṇu continually; the Lord, the Supreme Self, formless, is himself the very form of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.94
चन्द्रसूर्यगतिर्नास्चि पातालेषु च सप्तषु । ,द्वासिनश्च जानन्ति शङ्कन्ते न दिवानिशम्
candrasūryagatirnāsci pātāleṣu ca saptaṣu | ,dvāsinaśca jānanti śaṅkante na divāniśam
There is no course of moon and sun in the seven nether worlds either; and its dwellers know (this), they have no doubt about day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.95
दिने च मूर्ध्निनागानां मणिर्ज्वलति नित्यशः । संध्यायां दीप्तमग्निश्च रात्रिश्च तमसाऽऽवृता
dine ca mūrdhnināgānāṃ maṇirjvalati nityaśaḥ | saṃdhyāyāṃ dīptamagniśca rātriśca tamasā''vṛtā
By day the gem on the heads of the serpents blazes constantly; at twilight the fire is kindled bright; and the night is covered with darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.96
कालं ताम्रीप्रमाणेन जानन्ति तन्निवासिनः । यथा भुवि तथा तत्र परिमाणं प्रकीर्तितम् इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo राधोद्ववसंo कालनिरूपणं नाम षण्ण्वतितमोऽध्यायः
kālaṃ tāmrīpramāṇena jānanti tannivāsinaḥ | yathā bhuvi tathā tatra parimāṇaṃ prakīrtitam iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo rādhodvavasaṃo kālanirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇvatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
Its inhabitants know the time by the measure of the copper (water-clock); as on earth, so there the measure is declared to be. — Thus, in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section, latter part, in the conversation of Nārada, in the Rādhā-Uddhava dialogue, the ninety-sixth chapter, called 'The Determination of Time'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 4 96.97
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरं च कलिश्चेति चतुर्युगम् । दिव्यैर्द्वादशसाहस्रैर्वत्सरैश्चापि तन्मितम्
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti caturyugam | divyairdvādaśasāhasrairvatsaraiścāpi tanmitam
Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali — these are the four ages; and their measure is twelve thousand divine years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.98
अष्टौ शतान्यप्यधिकं सहस्राणां चतुष्टयम् । दिव्यैर्वर्षैः कृतयुगं कालविद्भिर्निरूपितम्
aṣṭau śatānyapyadhikaṃ sahasrāṇāṃ catuṣṭayam | divyairvarṣaiḥ kṛtayugaṃ kālavidbhirnirūpitam
Four thousand plus eight hundred divine years: so the Kṛta age has been reckoned by those who know time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.99
अष्टाविंशत्सहस्राण्यप्यधिकं परिमाणकम् । लक्षाणां च सप्तदशं नृमानं परिकीन्तितम्
aṣṭāviṃśatsahasrāṇyapyadhikaṃ parimāṇakam | lakṣāṇāṃ ca saptadaśaṃ nṛmānaṃ parikīntitam
And twenty-eight thousand over and above seventeen lakhs — such is the measure declared in human reckoning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.100
अधिकं षट्शतान्येव सहस्राणां त्रयं तथा । दिव्यैर्वर्षैश्च त्रेतेति वत्स कालविदो विदुः
adhikaṃ ṣaṭśatānyeva sahasrāṇāṃ trayaṃ tathā | divyairvarṣaiśca treteti vatsa kālavido viduḥ
Three thousand and six hundred more, in divine years — that is Tretā, my child; so those who know time understand it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.101
षण्णवतिसहस्राणि लक्षैर्द्वादशभिः सह । नृणां वर्षैश्च त्रेतेति कालविद्भिः प्रकीर्तितः
ṣaṇṇavatisahasrāṇi lakṣairdvādaśabhiḥ saha | nṛṇāṃ varṣaiśca treteti kālavidbhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ
Ninety-six thousand together with twelve lakhs of human years — thus Tretā has been declared by those who know time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.102
चतुष्टयं शतानां चाप्यधिकं द्विसहस्रकम् । वर्ष दिव्यं द्वापरं च कालज्ञैः परिकीर्तितम्
catuṣṭayaṃ śatānāṃ cāpyadhikaṃ dvisahasrakam | varṣa divyaṃ dvāparaṃ ca kālajñaiḥ parikīrtitam
Two thousand with four hundred more divine years — such is Dvāpara, as declared by those who know time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.103
चतुःषष्टिसहस्राणि लक्षैरष्टभिरेव च । नृणां वर्षैर्द्वापरं च कालज्ञैः परिकीर्तितम्
catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi lakṣairaṣṭabhireva ca | nṛṇāṃ varṣairdvāparaṃ ca kālajñaiḥ parikīrtitam
Sixty-four thousand along with eight lakhs of human years — thus Dvāpara has been declared by those who know time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.104
अधिकं द्विशतं चैव दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम् । एवंमितं कलियुगं वत्स प्राज्ञैर्निरूपितम्
adhikaṃ dviśataṃ caiva divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam | evaṃmitaṃ kaliyugaṃ vatsa prājñairnirūpitam
One thousand divine years with two hundred more: of such measure is the Kali age, my child, as determined by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.105
द्वात्रिंशच्च सहस्रं च चतुर्लक्षं नृमानकम् । वर्ष चेति कलियुगे चकार कालकोविदः
dvātriṃśacca sahasraṃ ca caturlakṣaṃ nṛmānakam | varṣa ceti kaliyuge cakāra kālakovidaḥ
And thirty-two thousand and four lakhs in human reckoning of years — so one skilled in time has set down for the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.106
लक्षैर्द्विचत्वारिंशद्भिः सह विंशत्सहस्रकैः । नृमानवर्षैः कालज्ञैर्व्यक्तमेव चतुर्युगम्
lakṣairdvicatvāriṃśadbhiḥ saha viṃśatsahasrakaiḥ | nṛmānavarṣaiḥ kālajñairvyaktameva caturyugam
With forty-two lakhs together with twenty thousand years of human reckoning, the four ages are made plain by those who know time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 96.107
इति ते कथितं वत्स कालसंख्यानिरूपणम् । यथाश्रुतं यथाज्ञानं गच्छ वत्स हरेः पुरम्
iti te kathitaṃ vatsa kālasaṃkhyānirūpaṇam | yathāśrutaṃ yathājñānaṃ gaccha vatsa hareḥ puram
Thus, child, the determination of the reckoning of time has been told to you, as I have heard it and as I know it. Go, child, to the city of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition