Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 98
BvP 4 98.1
नारायण उवाच अथोद्धवो यशोदां च प्रणम्य त्वरया मुदा । खर्जूरकाननं वामे कृत्वा च यमुनां ययौ
nārāyaṇa uvāca athoddhavo yaśodāṃ ca praṇamya tvarayā mudā | kharjūrakānanaṃ vāme kṛtvā ca yamunāṃ yayau
Nārāyaṇa said: Then Uddhava, having bowed to Yaśodā, went with haste and gladness to the Yamunā, keeping the date-palm grove on his left.
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BvP 4 98.2
स्नात्वा भुक्त्वा च तत्रैव जगाम् मथुरां पुनः ।ददर्श वटमूले च गोविन्दं रहसि स्थितम्
snātvā bhuktvā ca tatraiva jagām mathurāṃ punaḥ |dadarśa vaṭamūle ca govindaṃ rahasi sthitam
Having bathed and eaten there, he went on again to Mathurā, and he saw Govinda seated alone at the root of a banyan tree.
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BvP 4 98.3
प्रफुल्लोऽप्युद्धवं दृष्टवा सस्मितं तमुवाच सः । रुदन्तं शोकदग्धं च साश्रुनेत्रं च कातरम्
praphullo'pyuddhavaṃ dṛṣṭavā sasmitaṃ tamuvāca saḥ | rudantaṃ śokadagdhaṃ ca sāśrunetraṃ ca kātaram
Though cheerful himself, on seeing Uddhava weeping, scorched with sorrow, his eyes full of tears and himself distressed, he spoke to him with a smile.
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BvP 4 98.4
श्रीभगवानुवाच आगच्छोद्धव कल्याणं राधा जीवति जीवति । कल्याणयुक्ता गोप्यश्च जीवन्ति विरहज्वरात्
śrībhagavānuvāca āgacchoddhava kalyāṇaṃ rādhā jīvati jīvati | kalyāṇayuktā gopyaśca jīvanti virahajvarāt
The Blessed Lord said: Come, Uddhava! Is it well? Does Rādhā live, does she live? And are the cowherd women well, do they survive the fever of separation?
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BvP 4 98.5
शुभं गोपशिशूनां च वत्सानां च गवामपि । माता मे पुत्रविरहाद्यशोदा कीदृशी च सा
śubhaṃ gopaśiśūnāṃ ca vatsānāṃ ca gavāmapi | mātā me putravirahādyaśodā kīdṛśī ca sā
Is it well with the cowherd boys, and with the calves and the cows too? And my mother Yaśodā — how is she, from the loss of her son?
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BvP 4 98.6
वद बन्धो यथार्थं तत्त्वां दृष्ट्वा किमुवाच सा । त्वयोक्ता जननी किं वा पुनः सा किमुवाच माम्
vada bandho yathārthaṃ tattvāṃ dṛṣṭvā kimuvāca sā | tvayoktā jananī kiṃ vā punaḥ sā kimuvāca mām
Tell me truly, friend: what did she say on seeing you? What did you say to my mother, and what again did she say to me?
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BvP 4 98.7
दृष्टं तद्यमुनाकूलं पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् । निर्जनोपवनोघैश्च सुरम्यं रासमण्डलम्
dṛṣṭaṃ tadyamunākūlaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam | nirjanopavanoghaiśca suramyaṃ rāsamaṇḍalam
Did you see that bank of the Yamunā, the holy Vṛndāvana forest, and the lovely circle of the rāsa-dance with its masses of solitary groves?
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BvP 4 98.8
रम्यं कुञ्जकुटीरौधै रम्यं क्रीडासरोवरम् । पुष्पोद्यानं विकसितं संकुलं च मधुव्रतैः
ramyaṃ kuñjakuṭīraudhai ramyaṃ krīḍāsarovaram | puṣpodyānaṃ vikasitaṃ saṃkulaṃ ca madhuvrataiḥ
Lovely with its clusters of thicket-huts, the lovely lake of (our) play, the flower-garden in bloom and thronged with bees?
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BvP 4 98.9
भाण्डीरे च वटो दृष्टः सुस्निग्धो बालकान्वितः । दृष्टो गोष्ठो गवां दृष्टं गोकुलं गोकुलव्रजम्
bhāṇḍīre ca vaṭo dṛṣṭaḥ susnigdho bālakānvitaḥ | dṛṣṭo goṣṭho gavāṃ dṛṣṭaṃ gokulaṃ gokulavrajam
And at Bhāṇḍīra was the banyan seen, glossy, with the boys about it? Was the cow-pen of the cattle seen, was Gokula seen, the cattle-station of Gokula?
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BvP 4 98.10
यदि जीवति राधा सा दृष्ट्वा त्वां किमुवाच माम् । तत्सर्वं वद हे बन्धी चाऽऽन्दोलयति मे मनः
yadi jīvati rādhā sā dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ kimuvāca mām | tatsarvaṃ vada he bandhī cā''ndolayati me manaḥ
If Rādhā lives, what did she say to me on seeing you? Tell all of it, friend — it sets my mind rocking.
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BvP 4 98.11
किमूचुर्गोपिकाः सर्वाः किमुचुर्गोपबालकाः । गोपाश्च वृद्धाः किंवोचुर्वयस्या जनकस्य मे
kimūcurgopikāḥ sarvāḥ kimucurgopabālakāḥ | gopāśca vṛddhāḥ kiṃvocurvayasyā janakasya me
What did all the cowherd women say? What did the cowherd boys say? And what did the old cowherds, my father's companions, say?
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BvP 4 98.12
बलवेवस्य जननी किमूचे रोहिणी सती । किमुचूरपरास्तात बन्धुवल्लभवल्लवाः
balavevasya jananī kimūce rohiṇī satī | kimucūraparāstāta bandhuvallabhavallavāḥ
What did the chaste Rohiṇī, Bala's mother, say? What did the others say, dear friend — the cowherds dear as kin?
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BvP 4 98.13
किं भुक्तं किमपूर्वं वा दत्तं मात्रा च राधया । कीदृग्वाक्यं सुमधुरं संभाषा कीदृशीति च
kiṃ bhuktaṃ kimapūrvaṃ vā dattaṃ mātrā ca rādhayā | kīdṛgvākyaṃ sumadhuraṃ saṃbhāṣā kīdṛśīti ca
What was eaten, and what unprecedented thing was given by my mother and by Rādhā? What sort of words, sweet ones — and what sort of talk?
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BvP 4 98.14
गोपानां गोपिकानां च शिशूनां मातुरेव च । राधायाश्चापि कीदृग्वा मयि प्रेमोद्धवाधिकम्
gopānāṃ gopikānāṃ ca śiśūnāṃ mātureva ca | rādhāyāścāpi kīdṛgvā mayi premoddhavādhikam
And of the cowherds, of the cowherd women, of the children, and of my mother, and of Rādhā too — whose love for me, Uddhava, is the greater?
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BvP 4 98.15
मां च स्मरति माता मे मां च स्मरति रोहिणी। मां च स्मरति सा राधा मत्प्रेमविरहाकुला
māṃ ca smarati mātā me māṃ ca smarati rohiṇī| māṃ ca smarati sā rādhā matpremavirahākulā
Does my mother remember me? Does Rohiṇī remember me? And does that Rādhā remember me, tormented by separation from my love?
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BvP 4 98.16
मां च स्मरन्ति गोप्यश्च गोपाश्च गोपबालकाः । भाण्डीरे वटमूले च बालाः क्रीडन्ति मां विना
māṃ ca smaranti gopyaśca gopāśca gopabālakāḥ | bhāṇḍīre vaṭamūle ca bālāḥ krīḍanti māṃ vinā
And do the cowherd women remember me, and the cowherds and the cowherd boys? At Bhāṇḍīra, at the foot of the banyan, do the boys play without me?
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BvP 4 98.17
दत्तमन्नं ब्राह्मणीभिर्यत्र भुक्तं सुधोपमम् । प्रमदाबालकैः सार्धं तद्दृष्टं पदमीप्सितम्
dattamannaṃ brāhmaṇībhiryatra bhuktaṃ sudhopamam | pramadābālakaiḥ sārdhaṃ taddṛṣṭaṃ padamīpsitam
Where the food given by the brahmin women was eaten, like nectar — that longed-for place, together with the women and the boys, has been seen.
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BvP 4 98.18
इन्द्रयागस्थलं दृष्टं दृष्टो गोवर्धनो वरः । ब्रह्मणा च हृता गावो यत्र तद्दृष्टमुत्तमम्
indrayāgasthalaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭo govardhano varaḥ | brahmaṇā ca hṛtā gāvo yatra taddṛṣṭamuttamam
The site of the sacrifice to Indra has been seen; the excellent Govardhana has been seen; and where the cows were carried off by Brahmā — that highest (place) has been seen.
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BvP 4 98.19
श्रीकृष्णस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शोकोक्तं मधुरान्वितम् । उद्धवः समुवाचेदं भगवन्तं सनातनम्
śrīkṛṣṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā śokoktaṃ madhurānvitam | uddhavaḥ samuvācedaṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam
Having heard Śrī Kṛṣṇa's speech, uttered in sorrow and filled with sweetness, Uddhava said this to the eternal Lord:
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BvP 4 98.20
उद्धव उवाच यद्यदुकतं त्वया नाथ सर्वं दृष्टं यथेप्सितम् । सफलं जीवनं जन्म कृतमत्रैव भारते
uddhava uvāca yadyadukataṃ tvayā nātha sarvaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ yathepsitam | saphalaṃ jīvanaṃ janma kṛtamatraiva bhārate
Uddhava said: Whatever you have spoken of, O Lord, all of it has been seen as desired; my life and birth here in Bhārata have been made fruitful.
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BvP 4 98.21
दृष्टं भारतसारं च पुण्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् । तत्सारं व्रजभूमौ च सुरम्यं रासमण्डलम्
dṛṣṭaṃ bhāratasāraṃ ca puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam | tatsāraṃ vrajabhūmau ca suramyaṃ rāsamaṇḍalam
The essence of Bhārata has been seen — the holy forest of Vṛndāvana; and the essence of that, in the land of Vraja, the most delightful circle of the rāsa dance.
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BvP 4 98.22
तत्सारभूता गोलोकवासिन्यो गोपिकाः वराः । दृष्टा तत्मारभूता च राधा रासेश्वरी परा
tatsārabhūtā golokavāsinyo gopikāḥ varāḥ | dṛṣṭā tatmārabhūtā ca rādhā rāseśvarī parā
The essence of that are the excellent gopīs, dwellers of Goloka; and the essence of that has been seen — Rādhā, the supreme mistress of the rāsa.
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BvP 4 98.23
कदलीवनमध्ये च निर्जने सुहृदस्थले । पङ्कस्थे पङ्कजदले सजले चन्दनार्चिते
kadalīvanamadhye ca nirjane suhṛdasthale | paṅkasthe paṅkajadale sajale candanārcite
And in the midst of the plantain grove, in a solitary spot on pleasant ground, on a lotus leaf set in the mud, wet with water, honoured with sandal paste—
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BvP 4 98.24
शयनेऽतिविषण्णा सा रत्नभूषणवर्जिता । अतीव मलिना क्षीणाऽऽच्छादिता शुक्लवाससा
śayane'tiviṣaṇṇā sā ratnabhūṣaṇavarjitā | atīva malinā kṣīṇā''cchāditā śuklavāsasā
— she, on her couch, utterly dejected, stripped of her jewel-ornaments, exceedingly soiled, emaciated, covered with a white garment,
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BvP 4 98.25
सेविता सखिभिस्तत्र सततं श्वेतचामरैः । कृशोदरी निराहारा क्षणं श्वसिति च क्षणम्
sevitā sakhibhistatra satataṃ śvetacāmaraiḥ | kṛśodarī nirāhārā kṣaṇaṃ śvasiti ca kṣaṇam
attended there by her companions constantly with white fans, thin-waisted, taking no food — one moment she breathes, and the next moment...
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BvP 4 98.26
क्षणं जीवति किं वा सा विरहज्वरपीडिता । किं वा जलं स्थलं किं दा नक्तं किं वा दिनं हरे
kṣaṇaṃ jīvati kiṃ vā sā virahajvarapīḍitā | kiṃ vā jalaṃ sthalaṃ kiṃ dā naktaṃ kiṃ vā dinaṃ hare
...does she live even a moment, afflicted as she is by the fever of separation? Or (does she know) what is water, what is land, what is night, or what is day, O Hari?
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BvP 4 98.27
नरं पशुं न जानाति किं परं किमु बान्धवम् । बाह्यज्ञानविरहिता ध्यायमाना पदं तव
naraṃ paśuṃ na jānāti kiṃ paraṃ kimu bāndhavam | bāhyajñānavirahitā dhyāyamānā padaṃ tava
She does not know a man from a beast, nor what is a stranger and what a kinsman; devoid of awareness of the outer world, she meditates on your feet.
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BvP 4 98.28
त्रेलोक्ये यशसा भाति तन्मृत्युर्यशसंभवः । स्त्रीहत्यां नैव वाञ्छन्ति ज्ञानहीनाश्च दस्यवः
trelokye yaśasā bhāti tanmṛtyuryaśasaṃbhavaḥ | strīhatyāṃ naiva vāñchanti jñānahīnāśca dasyavaḥ
(One) shines with fame in the three worlds; her death would be the ruin of that fame. Even robbers, devoid of understanding, do not wish for the killing of a woman.
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BvP 4 98.29
गच्छ शीघ्रं जगन्नाथ कदलीवनमीप्सितम् । बहिर्भूता न जगतां सा राधा त्वत्परायणा
gaccha śīghraṃ jagannātha kadalīvanamīpsitam | bahirbhūtā na jagatāṃ sā rādhā tvatparāyaṇā
Go quickly, O Lord of the world, to the longed-for plantain grove; that Rādhā, devoted wholly to you, is not outside the worlds (i.e., is not to be excluded).
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BvP 4 98.30
अतीव भक्ता न त्याज्या प्रभुणा रक्षिता सदा । न हि राधापरा भक्ता न भूता न भविष्यति
atīva bhaktā na tyājyā prabhuṇā rakṣitā sadā | na hi rādhāparā bhaktā na bhūtā na bhaviṣyati
An exceedingly devoted one is not to be abandoned; she is always protected by the master. There has never been, nor will there be, a devotee superior to Rādhā.
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BvP 4 98.31
मन्मथः शंकराद्भीतो भवांश्च तत्पुरःसुरः । भवद्विधं पतिं प्राप्य कामदग्धा च राधिका
manmathaḥ śaṃkarādbhīto bhavāṃśca tatpuraḥsuraḥ | bhavadvidhaṃ patiṃ prāpya kāmadagdhā ca rādhikā
The god of love is afraid of Śaṅkara, and you are the god who stands before him; but Rādhikā, having obtained a husband like you, is burnt by desire.
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BvP 4 98.32
तस्मात्सर्वपरं कर्म तन्न केनापि वार्यते । मधुर्दहति चन्द्रश्च सततं किरणेन च
tasmātsarvaparaṃ karma tanna kenāpi vāryate | madhurdahati candraśca satataṃ kiraṇena ca
Therefore that act which is above all is checked by no one: spring burns, and the moon too, constantly with its rays.
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BvP 4 98.33
शश्वत्सुगन्धिवायुश्चाप्यनाथा सर्वबीडिता । तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णभा साऽधुना कज्जलोपमा
śaśvatsugandhivāyuścāpyanāthā sarvabīḍitā | taptakāñcanavarṇabhā sā'dhunā kajjalopamā
Even the ever-fragrant breeze (torments her); helpless, tormented by everything, she who had the sheen of the colour of heated gold is now like lampblack.
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BvP 4 98.34
सुवर्णवर्णकेशी च वासोवेषविवर्चिता । स्वयं विधाता त्वद्भक्तः सुराणां प्रवरो विभुः
suvarṇavarṇakeśī ca vāsoveṣavivarcitā | svayaṃ vidhātā tvadbhaktaḥ surāṇāṃ pravaro vibhuḥ
Her hair, gold in colour, is bereft of dress and adornment. The Creator himself, the mighty foremost of the gods, is your devotee;
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BvP 4 98.35
त्वद्भक्तः शंकरो देवो योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः । सनत्कुमारस्त्व द्भक्तो गणेशो ज्ञानितां वरः
tvadbhaktaḥ śaṃkaro devo yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ | sanatkumārastva dbhakto gaṇeśo jñānitāṃ varaḥ
your devotee is the god Śaṅkara, the teacher of the teachers of the lords of yogins; Sanatkumāra is your devotee, and Gaṇeśa, the best of the wise;
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BvP 4 98.36
मुनीन्द्राश्च कतिविधास्त्वद्भक्ता धरणीतले । त्वद्भक्ता यादृशी राधा न भक्तादृशोऽपरः
munīndrāśca katividhāstvadbhaktā dharaṇītale | tvadbhaktā yādṛśī rādhā na bhaktādṛśo'paraḥ
and how many kinds of chief sages on the surface of the earth are your devotees! But no other devotee is such a devotee of yours as Rādhā is.
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BvP 4 98.37
ध्यायते यादृशी राधा स्वयं लक्ष्मीर्न तादृशी । हरिरायाति चेत्येवं राधाग्रे स्वीकृतं मया
dhyāyate yādṛśī rādhā svayaṃ lakṣmīrna tādṛśī | harirāyāti cetyevaṃ rādhāgre svīkṛtaṃ mayā
Radha, such as she meditates (on you), — not even Lakshmi herself is like that. "Hari is coming" — thus was it accepted by me before Radha.
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BvP 4 98.38
शीघ्रं गच्छ महाभाग तदेव सार्थकं कुरु । अद्धवस्य वचःश्रुत्वा जहासोवाच माधवः वेदोक्तं कथयामास सहितं सत्यसुव्रतम्
śīghraṃ gaccha mahābhāga tadeva sārthakaṃ kuru | addhavasya vacaḥśrutvā jahāsovāca mādhavaḥ vedoktaṃ kathayāmāsa sahitaṃ satyasuvratam
Go quickly, greatly fortunate one; make that very (promise) fruitful. Having heard Uddhava's words, Madhava laughed and spoke; he declared what is stated in the Veda, together with the good vow of truth.
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BvP 4 98.39
श्रीभगवानुवाच स्त्रीषु धर्मविवाहेषु वृत्त्यर्थे प्राणसंकटे । गवामर्थे ब्राह्मणार्थे नानृतं स्याज्जुगुप्सितम्
śrībhagavānuvāca strīṣu dharmavivāheṣu vṛttyarthe prāṇasaṃkaṭe | gavāmarthe brāhmaṇārthe nānṛtaṃ syājjugupsitam
The blessed Lord said: Regarding women, in lawful marriages, for the sake of livelihood, in danger to life, for the sake of cows, for the sake of brahmins — an untruth would not be reprehensible.
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BvP 4 98.40
तत्स्वीकारविहीनेन कुतस्त्वं नरकः कुतः । गोलोकं याति मद्भक्तो नरकं न हि पश्यति
tatsvīkāravihīnena kutastvaṃ narakaḥ kutaḥ | golokaṃ yāti madbhakto narakaṃ na hi paśyati
So how are you (at fault) for not keeping that promise, and how (would there be) hell? My devotee goes to Goloka; he does not even see hell.
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BvP 4 98.41
त्वदङ्गीकारसाफल्यं करिष्यामि तथाऽपि च । यास्यामि स्वप्ने च गोकुलं विरहाकुलम्
tvadaṅgīkārasāphalyaṃ kariṣyāmi tathā'pi ca | yāsyāmi svapne ca gokulaṃ virahākulam
Yet even so I shall make your promise successful: I shall go in a dream to Gokula, which is distraught with separation.
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BvP 4 98.42
इत्याकणर्य ययौ गेहमुद्धवश्च महायशाः । हरिर्जगाम स्वप्ने च गोकुलं विर्हाकुलम्
ityākaṇarya yayau gehamuddhavaśca mahāyaśāḥ | harirjagāma svapne ca gokulaṃ virhākulam
Having heard this, Uddhava of great fame went home, and Hari went in a dream to Gokula, which was distraught with separation.
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BvP 4 98.43
स्वप्ने राधां समाश्वास्य दत्त्वा ज्ञानं सुदुर्लभम् । संतोष्य क्रीडया तां च गोपिकाश्च यथोचितम्
svapne rādhāṃ samāśvāsya dattvā jñānaṃ sudurlabham | saṃtoṣya krīḍayā tāṃ ca gopikāśca yathocitam
In the dream, having consoled Radha and given (her) knowledge most hard to obtain, having pleased her with love-play, and the cowherd women too, as was fitting —
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BvP 4 98.44
बोधयित्वा यशोदां च स्तनं पीत्वा च निद्रिताम् । गोपान्गोपशिशूंश्चैव बोधयित्वा ययौ पुनः
bodhayitvā yaśodāṃ ca stanaṃ pītvā ca nidritām | gopāngopaśiśūṃścaiva bodhayitvā yayau punaḥ
and having awakened Yashoda, and drunk at the breast of her who slept, and having awakened the cowherds and the cowherd children too, he went away again.
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BvP 4 98.98
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo
Thus (ends) in the venerable great Brahmavaivarta (Purana), in the Śrī-Kṛṣṇa-birth section, in the latter part, the chapter of Narada('s narration).
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