Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 19
GaP 3 19.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १९ गरुड उवाच । त्वयोक्तं कृष्ण गोविन्द रुद्राच्छतगुणादपि । ब्रह्माणी भारती चोभे अधिके देवसत्तम
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 19 garuḍa uvāca / tvayoktaṃ kṛṣṇa govinda rudrācchataguṇādapi / brahmāṇī bhāratī cobhe adhike devasattama
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 19. Garuḍa said: It has been said by you, Kṛṣṇa, Govinda, that both Brahmāṇī and Bhāratī are greater than Rudra even by a hundredfold, O best of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.2
मया श्रुतं विरिञ्चेन उमापर्यन्तमेव च । अनन्तांशैर्विहीनत्वं विरिञ्चोक्तं सुराधिप
mayā śrutaṃ viriñcena umāparyantameva ca / anantāṃśairvihīnatvaṃ viriñcoktaṃ surādhipa
I have heard from Viriñca (Brahmā), and up to Umā as well: Viriñca declared a deficiency by infinite fractions, O lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.3
सहस्रांशैर्विहीनत्वं त्वयोक्तं कृष्ण माधव । सर्वेषां चैव पूर्वेषामवेक्ष्यैव हरे विभो
sahasrāṃśairvihīnatvaṃ tvayoktaṃ kṛṣṇa mādhava / sarveṣāṃ caiva pūrveṣāmavekṣyaiva hare vibho
You have declared, Kṛṣṇa Mādhava, a deficiency by a thousand fractions, having regard to all the earlier ones, O Hari, O mighty one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.4
ज्ञानानन्दबलादीनां वायुपर्यन्तमेव च । सहस्रांशैर्विहीनत्वं ज्ञानादीनां महेश्वर
jñānānandabalādīnāṃ vāyuparyantameva ca / sahasrāṃśairvihīnatvaṃ jñānādīnāṃ maheśvara
Of knowledge, bliss, strength and the rest, up to Vāyu as well — the deficiency of knowledge and the rest by a thousand fractions, O great lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.5
निर्णयं ब्रृहि गोविन्द सर्वज्ञोसि न संशयः । गरुडेनैवमुक्तस्तु वासुदेवोब्रवीद्ध्रुवम्
nirṇayaṃ brṛhi govinda sarvajñosi na saṃśayaḥ / garuḍenaivamuktastu vāsudevobravīddhruvam
"Tell (me) the decision, Govinda; you are all-knowing, there is no doubt." Addressed thus by Garuḍa, Vāsudeva spoke firmly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.6
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । आनन्दांशैर्विहीनत्वमपेक्ष्यैव खगाधिप । उत्तरेषामुत्तरेषां योगादेवमिति स्फुटम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / ānandāṃśairvihīnatvamapekṣyaiva khagādhipa / uttareṣāmuttareṣāṃ yogādevamiti sphuṭam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: It is precisely with reference to the deficiency by (certain) fractions of bliss, O lord of birds, that, by the connection of each successive one with the next, it is so — this is clear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.7
परिमाणे शतगुणे आनन्दे स्फुटतावशात् । अनन्तगुणवत्त्वं च ब्रह्मणा समुदीरितम्
parimāṇe śataguṇe ānande sphuṭatāvaśāt / anantaguṇavattvaṃ ca brahmaṇā samudīritam
When bliss is hundredfold in measure, by force of (its) manifestness, being possessed of infinite qualities was declared by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.8
सहस्रगुणितत्वं च वायुना समुदीरितम् । यथानन्दे तथा ज्ञाने विष्णौ भक्तौ बलाधिके
sahasraguṇitatvaṃ ca vāyunā samudīritam / yathānande tathā jñāne viṣṇau bhaktau balādhike
And being thousandfold was declared by Vāyu; as with bliss, so with knowledge, with (devotion to) Viṣṇu, with devotion and with superior strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.9
सर्वे गुणैः शतगुणाः क्रमेणोक्ता नु ते ऽखिलाः । भारत्याश्च शतं ज्ञानं सुखं भक्तिबलाधिके
sarve guṇaiḥ śataguṇāḥ krameṇoktā nu te 'khilāḥ / bhāratyāśca śataṃ jñānaṃ sukhaṃ bhaktibalādhike
All of them, indeed, have been stated in order to be a hundred times greater in qualities; and Bhāratī's knowledge is a hundredfold, (as is her) happiness, her devotion and superior strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.10
एवं ज्ञानं सुविज्ञेयं मारुतेस्तु बलादिकम् । एवं ज्ञानं शतं ज्ञेयं मारुते नात्र संशयः
evaṃ jñānaṃ suvijñeyaṃ mārutestu balādikam / evaṃ jñānaṃ śataṃ jñeyaṃ mārute nātra saṃśayaḥ
Thus the knowledge of the son of the Wind, and (his) strength and the rest, is well to be understood; thus his knowledge is to be known as a hundredfold in the son of the Wind — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.11
भारत्याश्च शतं ज्ञानं बलं च समुदाहृतम् । एवमेव च वायोश्च ज्ञानं चैवमिति स्फुटम्
bhāratyāśca śataṃ jñānaṃ balaṃ ca samudāhṛtam / evameva ca vāyośca jñānaṃ caivamiti sphuṭam
And Bhāratī's knowledge and strength have been declared to be a hundredfold; and just so is Vāyu's knowledge too — that it is thus is clear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.12
यथा दीपाच्छतगुणा अग्निज्वाला न दीपवत् । स्फुटीभवेद्यथैवाग्निर्बहुलोपि न सूर्यवत्
yathā dīpācchataguṇā agnijvālā na dīpavat / sphuṭībhavedyathaivāgnirbahulopi na sūryavat
Just as the flame of fire, a hundred times (brighter) than a lamp, is not like the lamp; just as fire, even when abundant, would not become as manifest as the sun;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.13
यथैव सूर्याद्द्विगुणश्चन्द्रो नैव स्फुटीभवेत् । आनन्दतारतम्यं च यथोक्तं तु मया तव
yathaiva sūryāddviguṇaścandro naiva sphuṭībhavet / ānandatāratamyaṃ ca yathoktaṃ tu mayā tava
just as the moon, twice (as bright) as the sun, would not become (as) manifest — and the gradation of bliss, as it has been told to you by me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.17
तथैव जानीहि खग नान्यथा तु कथञ्चन । अहं विजानामि मयि स्थितान् गुणान्सर्वैर्विशेषैश्च खगेन्द्र संयुतान् ॥ गर्प्_३,१९।१४ ॥ सुसूक्ष्मरूपांश्च सदा खगेन्द्र मयाप्यदृष्टो नास्ति नास्त्येव कश्चित् ॥ गर्प्_३,१९।१५ ॥सर्वावतारेष्वपि विद्यमानं हरिं विजानाति रमापि देवी ॥ गर्प्_३,१९।१६ ॥ हरेर्गुणान्सर्वविशेषसंयुतानखण्डरूपान्सा विजानाति देवी । सुसूक्ष्मरूपान्सा विजानाति देवी ब्रह्मादिभ्यो मत्प्रसादाधिकं च
tathaiva jānīhi khaga nānyathā tu kathañcana / ahaṃ vijānāmi mayi sthitān guṇānsarvairviśeṣaiśca khagendra saṃyutān // garp_3,19.14 // susūkṣmarūpāṃśca sadā khagendra mayāpyadṛṣṭo nāsti nāstyeva kaścit // garp_3,19.15 //sarvāvatāreṣvapi vidyamānaṃ hariṃ vijānāti ramāpi devī // garp_3,19.16 // harerguṇānsarvaviśeṣasaṃyutānakhaṇḍarūpānsā vijānāti devī / susūkṣmarūpānsā vijānāti devī brahmādibhyo matprasādādhikaṃ ca
know it just so, O bird, and in no other way whatever. I know the qualities that abide in me, joined with all their particularities, O lord of birds, (19.14) and (their) very subtle forms always, O lord of birds; there is not, there is simply not, anything unseen even by me. (19.15) The goddess Ramā too knows Hari as present in all the incarnations. (19.16) That goddess knows Hari's qualities, joined with all their particularities and undivided in form; that goddess knows (their) very subtle forms, and (knows them) more than Brahmā and the rest, by my grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.18
स्वात्मस्वरूपं प्रविजानाति देवी सुसूक्ष्मरूपं सुविशेषैश्च युक्तम् । स्वान्यं प्रपञ्चं प्रविजानाति लक्ष्मीस्तथाप्यशेषैः सुविशेषैश्च युक्तम्
svātmasvarūpaṃ pravijānāti devī susūkṣmarūpaṃ suviśeṣaiśca yuktam / svānyaṃ prapañcaṃ pravijānāti lakṣmīstathāpyaśeṣaiḥ suviśeṣaiśca yuktam
The goddess fully knows the nature of her own self, of very subtle form and joined with its fine particularities; and Lakṣmī fully knows the manifold world other than herself, though (only) as joined with all its fine particularities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.19
ब्रह्मापि पश्येत्सर्वगं वासुदेवं वाय्वादिभ्यो ह्यधिकान्सद्गुणांश्च । श्रोत्रं न जानाति हरेर्गुणांश्च सुसूक्ष्मरूपांश्च विशेषसंयुतान्
brahmāpi paśyetsarvagaṃ vāsudevaṃ vāyvādibhyo hyadhikānsadguṇāṃśca / śrotraṃ na jānāti harerguṇāṃśca susūkṣmarūpāṃśca viśeṣasaṃyutān
Brahmā too may see Vāsudeva as all-pervading, and (see) the true qualities that exceed those of Vāyu and the rest; (but) hearing does not know Hari's qualities, of very subtle form and joined with their particularities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.20
स्पष्टस्वरूपेण यथा विदुः सुरा मुक्त्वा ब्रह्माणं न तथा तेप्यमुक्ताः । स्वात्मानमन्यच्च सदा विशेषर्युक्तं विजानाति विधिश्च मारुतः
spaṣṭasvarūpeṇa yathā viduḥ surā muktvā brahmāṇaṃ na tathā tepyamuktāḥ / svātmānamanyacca sadā viśeṣaryuktaṃ vijānāti vidhiśca mārutaḥ
As the gods, apart from Brahmā, know (him) in his manifest form — not so do those who are unliberated; and Brahmā, and Vāyu (too), always know their own self and what is other, joined with its particularities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.21
वाणी विजानाति हरेर्गुणांश्च स्वयंभुवो नैव तावद्विशेषान् । त्रैगुण्यरूपात्परतः सदैव पश्येद्विष्णुं कृष्णरूपं खगेन्द्र
vāṇī vijānāti harerguṇāṃśca svayaṃbhuvo naiva tāvadviśeṣān / traiguṇyarūpātparataḥ sadaiva paśyedviṣṇuṃ kṛṣṇarūpaṃ khagendra
And Vāṇī knows Hari's qualities, but not to that extent the particularities of the Self-born; beyond the form made of the three guṇas she would always see Viṣṇu in the form of Kṛṣṇa, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.22
शेषो रुद्रो वीन्द्र एतैश्च सर्वे तमो मात्रे प्रविजानन्ति संस्थम् । वाणीदृष्टान्सविशेषान् गुणांस्ते जानन्ति नो सत्यमेवोक्तमङ्ग
śeṣo rudro vīndra etaiśca sarve tamo mātre pravijānanti saṃstham / vāṇīdṛṣṭānsaviśeṣān guṇāṃste jānanti no satyamevoktamaṅga
Śeṣa, Rudra, and the lord of birds — with these, all (of them) know (him) as abiding in mere tamas; but the qualities together with their particularities seen by Vāṇī they do not know; what has been said is simply the truth, dear one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.23
उमा सुपर्णा वारुणी चेति तिस्रः सहैव तः प्रविजानन्ति सुस्थम् । हरेर्विशेषानरुद्र दृष्टान्खगेन्द्र जानन्ति नैताः क्वापि देशे च काले
umā suparṇā vāruṇī ceti tisraḥ sahaiva taḥ pravijānanti sustham / harerviśeṣānarudra dṛṣṭānkhagendra jānanti naitāḥ kvāpi deśe ca kāle
Umā, Suparṇā, and Vāruṇī — these three together know (him) as well established; but Hari's particularities seen by Rudra these (goddesses) do not know, in any place or time, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.24
इन्द्रादयः प्रविजानन्ति वीन्द्र अहङ्कारे व्याप्तरूपं हरिं च । दक्षाद्या वै बुद्धितत्त्वे स्थितं तं जानन्ति ते सोमसूर्यादयश्च
indrādayaḥ pravijānanti vīndra ahaṅkāre vyāptarūpaṃ hariṃ ca / dakṣādyā vai buddhitattve sthitaṃ taṃ jānanti te somasūryādayaśca
Indra and the rest know, O lord of birds, Hari as pervading in the form of ahaṅkāra; Dakṣa and the rest know him as abiding in the buddhi principle, and (so do) Soma, Sūrya and the rest.
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GaP 3 19.25
विष्णुं हरिं भूततत्त्वे स्थितं च ये चान्ये च प्रविजानन्ति नित्यम् । अन्ये च पश्यन्ति यथा स्वयोग्यमण्डान्तरस्थं हरिरूपं खगेन्द्र
viṣṇuṃ hariṃ bhūtatattve sthitaṃ ca ye cānye ca pravijānanti nityam / anye ca paśyanti yathā svayogyamaṇḍāntarasthaṃ harirūpaṃ khagendra
And there are others who constantly know Viṣṇu, Hari, as abiding in the element-principle; and others see, each according to his own fitness, the form of Hari standing within the (cosmic) egg, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.26
केचित्प्रपश्यन्ति हरेश्च रूपं त्वदीयहृत्स्थं हृदि केचित्सदैव । एवंप्रकारं प्रविजानीहि वीन्द्र ह्यथो शृणु त्वंमम भार्याः षडेताः
kecitprapaśyanti hareśca rūpaṃ tvadīyahṛtsthaṃ hṛdi kecitsadaiva / evaṃprakāraṃ pravijānīhi vīndra hyatho śṛṇu tvaṃmama bhāryāḥ ṣaḍetāḥ
Some fully see Hari's form as standing in your heart, some always in (their own) heart; know (it) to be of this sort, O lord of birds; and now hear — these six wives of mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.27
रुक्मिण्याद्याः षण्महिष्यो ममश्रीर्नीला च या मम भार्या खगेन्द्र । सर्गे पूर्वस्मिन्हव्यवाहस्य पुत्री तास्ता भजे सद्य एवा विशेषात्
rukmiṇyādyāḥ ṣaṇmahiṣyo mamaśrīrnīlā ca yā mama bhāryā khagendra / sarge pūrvasminhavyavāhasya putrī tāstā bhaje sadya evā viśeṣāt
Rukmiṇī and the rest, the six queens, are my Śrī; and she who is my wife Nīlā, O lord of birds, was in a former creation the daughter of the bearer of oblations (Agni) — those very ones I love at once, indeed especially.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.30
कन्यैव सा कृष्णपत्नी च कामांस्तांस्तान् भजेन्मनसा चिन्तितांश्च । अतीव यत्नं कव्यवाहं खगेन्द्र पितृष्वेकः सर्वदा वै चकार ॥ गर्प्_३,१९।२८ ॥ तथैव सा नैव भर्तारमाप यतस्तु सा कृष्णनिष्ठैकचित्ता ॥ गर्प्_३,१९।२९ ॥ तदाब्रवीत्कव्यवाहश्च पुत्ररिं पतिं किमर्थं नेच्छसि मूढबुद्धे । तदाब्रवीत्कव्यवाहं च पुत्त्री हरिं विना सर्वगुणोपपन्ने । जन्मन्यस्मिन् भर्तृता नास्ति देव यतो भर्ता हरिरवैक एव
kanyaiva sā kṛṣṇapatnī ca kāmāṃstāṃstān bhajenmanasā cintitāṃśca / atīva yatnaṃ kavyavāhaṃ khagendra pitṛṣvekaḥ sarvadā vai cakāra // garp_3,19.28 // tathaiva sā naiva bhartāramāpa yatastu sā kṛṣṇaniṣṭhaikacittā // garp_3,19.29 // tadābravītkavyavāhaśca putrariṃ patiṃ kimarthaṃ necchasi mūḍhabuddhe / tadābravītkavyavāhaṃ ca puttrī hariṃ vinā sarvaguṇopapanne / janmanyasmin bhartṛtā nāsti deva yato bhartā hariravaika eva
She, though a maiden, was Kṛṣṇa's wife, and she would enjoy those pleasures thought of in the mind. Kavyavāhana (the fire), one among the fathers, O king of birds, always made very great effort. (19.28) Even so she got no husband, since her mind was fixed solely on Kṛṣṇa. (19.29) Then Kavyavāhana said: "Daughter, why do you not want a husband, O foolish-minded one?" Then the daughter said to Kavyavāhana: "Apart from Hari, who is endowed with all good qualities, there is in this birth no husbandhood (for me), O god, since Hari alone is the one husband."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.31
यतो लोके सुस्त्रियः सर्व एव संदा ज्ञेया विधवास्ते हि नित्यम् । अनादि नित्यं भुवनैकसारं सुसुंदरं मोक्षदं कामदं च
yato loke sustriyaḥ sarva eva saṃdā jñeyā vidhavāste hi nityam / anādi nityaṃ bhuvanaikasāraṃ susuṃdaraṃ mokṣadaṃ kāmadaṃ ca
Since in the world all good women are always to be known as ever widows — (whereas Hari is) beginningless, eternal, the one essence of the world, most beautiful, granting liberation and granting desires —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.32
एतादृशं न विजानन्ति यास्तु सर्वास्ता वै विधवाः सर्वदैव । निमित्तभूतं भर्तृरूपं च जीवं दैवोपेतं हरिभक्त्या विहीनम्
etādṛśaṃ na vijānanti yāstu sarvāstā vai vidhavāḥ sarvadaiva / nimittabhūtaṃ bhartṛrūpaṃ ca jīvaṃ daivopetaṃ haribhaktyā vihīnam
But those women who do not know (him) to be such — they are all, always, widows indeed; (they know only) the merely instrumental living being in the form of a husband, allotted by fate, devoid of devotion to Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.33
सुकश्मलं नवरन्ध्रैः स्त्रवन्तं दुर्गन्धयुक्तं सर्वदा कुत्सितं च । एताः दृशे भर्तृजीवे नु तात प्रयोजनं नास्ति कृष्णं विहाय
sukaśmalaṃ navarandhraiḥ stravantaṃ durgandhayuktaṃ sarvadā kutsitaṃ ca / etāḥ dṛśe bhartṛjīve nu tāta prayojanaṃ nāsti kṛṣṇaṃ vihāya
foul, oozing from its nine openings, full of bad smell, and always contemptible. For such (women), father, in a living husband there is no purpose at all, apart from Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.34
देवस्त्रियो निजभर्तॄन्विहायु तत्र स्थितं प्रीणयन्त्येव नित्यम् । अतश्च ताः सधवाः सर्वदैव लोकैर्वन्द्या नात्र विचार्यमस्ति
devastriyo nijabhartṝnvihāyu tatra sthitaṃ prīṇayantyeva nityam / ataśca tāḥ sadhavāḥ sarvadaiva lokairvandyā nātra vicāryamasti
The wives of the gods, abandoning their own husbands, ever gladden him who dwells there; and therefore they are always women-with-husbands, to be revered by the worlds — there is no questioning here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.35
भर्तास्ते हरिभक्ता यदि स्युरासां स्त्रीणां जन्मसाफल्यमेव । अनेकजन्मार्जितपुण्यसंचयैस्तद्भर्तारो हरिभक्ता भवेयुः
bhartāste haribhaktā yadi syurāsāṃ strīṇāṃ janmasāphalyameva / anekajanmārjitapuṇyasaṃcayaistadbhartāro haribhaktā bhaveyuḥ
If their husbands are devotees of Hari, then for those women there is indeed the fruition of birth; through accumulations of merit earned in many births their husbands would become devotees of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.36
यद्भर्तारो हरिभक्ता न संति ताभिस्त्याज्यं स्वीयगात्रं भृशं हि । स्वभर्तृतं कृष्णरूपं हरिं च स्मृत्वा सम्यग् यदि गात्रं त्यजेयुः
yadbhartāro haribhaktā na saṃti tābhistyājyaṃ svīyagātraṃ bhṛśaṃ hi / svabhartṛtaṃ kṛṣṇarūpaṃ hariṃ ca smṛtvā samyag yadi gātraṃ tyajeyuḥ
When the husbands are not devotees of Hari, their own body is certainly to be wholly abandoned by them; if, remembering Hari in the form of Kṛṣṇa as their own husband, they rightly give up the body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.37
तदा नैव ह्यात्महत्यादिदोषाः स्त्रीणामेवं निर्णयोयं हि शास्त्रे । यद्भर्तारो न विजानन्ति विष्णुं तासां संगो नैव कार्यः कदापि
tadā naiva hyātmahatyādidoṣāḥ strīṇāmevaṃ nirṇayoyaṃ hi śāstre / yadbhartāro na vijānanti viṣṇuṃ tāsāṃ saṃgo naiva kāryaḥ kadāpi
then indeed there are no faults of suicide and the like for women — such is the settled decision in scripture. Those whose husbands do not know Viṣṇu — with them company should never be kept at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.38
अनेक जन्मार्जितपुण्यसंचयात्तद्भर्तारो विष्णुभक्ता भवेयुः । कलौ युगे दुर्लभा विष्णुभक्ता हरेभक्तिर्दुर्लभा सर्वदैव
aneka janmārjitapuṇyasaṃcayāttadbhartāro viṣṇubhaktā bhaveyuḥ / kalau yuge durlabhā viṣṇubhaktā harebhaktirdurlabhā sarvadaiva
Through an accumulation of merit earned in many births their husbands would become devotees of Viṣṇu. In the Kali age devotees of Viṣṇu are hard to find, and devotion to Hari is always hard to find.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.39
हरेः कथा दुर्लभा मर्त्यलोके हरेर्दीक्षा दुर्लभा दुर्लभा च । हरेस्तत्त्वे निर्णयो दुर्लभो हि हरेर्दासैः संगमो दुर्लभश्च
hareḥ kathā durlabhā martyaloke harerdīkṣā durlabhā durlabhā ca / harestattve nirṇayo durlabho hi harerdāsaiḥ saṃgamo durlabhaśca
The story of Hari is hard to obtain in the world of mortals; initiation from Hari is hard, hard to obtain; certainty about Hari's true nature is hard to obtain; and meeting with Hari's servants is hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.40
प्रदक्षिणं दुर्लभं वै मुरारेर्नमस्कारो दुर्लभो वै कलौ च । तद्भक्तानां पालनं दुर्लभं च सद्वैष्णवानां दुर्लभं ह्यन्नदानम्
pradakṣiṇaṃ durlabhaṃ vai murārernamaskāro durlabho vai kalau ca / tadbhaktānāṃ pālanaṃ durlabhaṃ ca sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ durlabhaṃ hyannadānam
Circumambulation of Murāri is hard to obtain, and salutation (to him) is hard to obtain in the Kali age; the protecting of his devotees is hard to obtain, and the giving of food to true Vaiṣṇavas is hard indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.41
तन्त्रोक्तपूजा दुर्लभा वै मुरारेर्नामग्रहो दुर्लभश्चव विष्णोः । सुवैष्णवानां पुजनं दुर्लभं हि सद्वैष्णवानां भाषणं दुर्लभं च
tantroktapūjā durlabhā vai murārernāmagraho durlabhaścava viṣṇoḥ / suvaiṣṇavānāṃ pujanaṃ durlabhaṃ hi sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ bhāṣaṇaṃ durlabhaṃ ca
Worship of Murāri as taught in the Tantra is hard to obtain, and the uttering of Viṣṇu's name is hard to obtain; the worship of good Vaiṣṇavas is hard indeed, and conversation with true Vaiṣṇavas is hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.42
शालग्रामस्पर्शनं दुर्लभं च सद्वैष्णवानां दर्शनं दुर्लभं हि । गोस्पर्शनं दुर्लभं मर्त्यलोके सद्गायनं दुर्लभं सद्गुरुञ्च
śālagrāmasparśanaṃ durlabhaṃ ca sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ darśanaṃ durlabhaṃ hi / gosparśanaṃ durlabhaṃ martyaloke sadgāyanaṃ durlabhaṃ sadguruñca
Touching a śālagrāma stone is hard to obtain, and the sight of true Vaiṣṇavas is hard indeed; touching a cow is hard to obtain in the world of mortals, good singing is hard to obtain, and a true teacher too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.43
सद्भार्याः सत्पुत्रका दुर्लभा हि शेषाचलस्थस्य हरेश्च दर्शनम् । सुदुर्लभं रङ्गनाथस्य तीरे कावेर्या वै दर्शनं विष्णुपद्याः
sadbhāryāḥ satputrakā durlabhā hi śeṣācalasthasya hareśca darśanam / sudurlabhaṃ raṅganāthasya tīre kāveryā vai darśanaṃ viṣṇupadyāḥ
A good wife and good sons are hard to obtain, and the sight of Hari who dwells on Śeṣa's hill; very hard to obtain is the sight of Raṅganātha on the bank of the Kāverī, (which is) Viṣṇu's own footstream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.44
काञ्चीक्षेत्रे वरदराजस्य सेवा सुदुर्लभा दर्शनं चैव लोके । सुदुर्लभं दर्शनं रामसेतोः सुदुर्लभा मध्वशास्त्रे च शक्तिः
kāñcīkṣetre varadarājasya sevā sudurlabhā darśanaṃ caiva loke / sudurlabhaṃ darśanaṃ rāmasetoḥ sudurlabhā madhvaśāstre ca śaktiḥ
Service of Varadarāja in the field of Kāñcī is very hard to obtain, and so is the sight (of him) in the world; very hard to obtain is the sight of Rāma's bridge, and very hard to obtain is capacity in Madhva's teaching.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.45
भीमातीरे संस्थितस्यापि विष्णोः सुदुर्लभं दर्शनं चाहुरार्याः । रेवातीरे संस्थितस्यापि विष्णोर्गयाक्षेत्रे विष्णुपादस्य चैव
bhīmātīre saṃsthitasyāpi viṣṇoḥ sudurlabhaṃ darśanaṃ cāhurāryāḥ / revātīre saṃsthitasyāpi viṣṇorgayākṣetre viṣṇupādasya caiva
The noble ones say that the sight of Viṣṇu who abides on the bank of the Bhīmā is very hard to obtain, and of Viṣṇu who abides on the bank of the Revā, and of Viṣṇu's foot in the field of Gayā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.48
तथा बद्रौ संस्थित स्यापि विष्णोः सुदुर्लभं मर्त्यलोके स्थितानाम् । शेषाचले श्रीनिवासाश्रमे च तपस्विनो दुर्लभा मर्त्यलोके ॥ गर्प्_३,१९।४६ ॥ प्रयागाख्ये माधवस्यापि नित्यं सुदर्शनं दुर्लभं वै नृणां हि ॥ गर्प्_३,१९।४७ ॥ अतो नेच्छामि भर्तारं कृष्णादन्यं कदाचन । एवमुक्त्वा सा पितरं ययौ शेषाचलं प्रति
tathā badrau saṃsthita syāpi viṣṇoḥ sudurlabhaṃ martyaloke sthitānām / śeṣācale śrīnivāsāśrame ca tapasvino durlabhā martyaloke // garp_3,19.46 // prayāgākhye mādhavasyāpi nityaṃ sudarśanaṃ durlabhaṃ vai nṛṇāṃ hi // garp_3,19.47 // ato necchāmi bhartāraṃ kṛṣṇādanyaṃ kadācana / evamuktvā sā pitaraṃ yayau śeṣācalaṃ prati
and likewise of Viṣṇu who abides in Badarī — (all this is) very hard to obtain for those dwelling in the world of mortals. On Śeṣa's hill and in Śrīnivāsa's hermitage ascetics are hard to find in the mortal world. (19.46) And the fair sight of Mādhava in the place called Prayāga is ever hard for men to obtain. (19.47) Therefore I do not want any husband other than Kṛṣṇa, ever. Having spoken thus to her father, she went off toward Śeṣa's hill.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.49
कपिलाख्यमहातीर्थे आरुरोह महागिरिम् । तत्रस्थं श्रीनिवासं च दृष्ट्वा नत्वा महासती
kapilākhyamahātīrthe āruroha mahāgirim / tatrasthaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā natvā mahāsatī
At the great sacred ford called Kapilā she climbed the great mountain; and having seen and bowed to Śrīnivāsa who dwells there, the great chaste woman
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.50
त्रिदिनं समुपोष्याथ गत्वा पापविनाशनम् । तत्रस्नात्वा विवाहार्थमेकान्तं प्रययावथ
tridinaṃ samupoṣyātha gatvā pāpavināśanam / tatrasnātvā vivāhārthamekāntaṃ prayayāvatha
then fasted for three days, and going to (the ford) Pāpavināśana and bathing there, she went off to a solitary place for the sake of marriage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.51
तस्या उत्तरदिग्भागे क्रोशयुग्मे महातले । गर्तभूते च एकान्ते चचार तप उत्तमम्
tasyā uttaradigbhāge krośayugme mahātale / gartabhūte ca ekānte cacāra tapa uttamam
In the region north of that, two krośas away, on a great flat, in a hollow and in solitude, she practised excellent austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.52
ध्यात्वा नारायणं देवं तत्रासीच्च कुमारिका । दिव्यवर्षसहस्रान्ते स्तोतुं समुपचक्रमे
dhyātvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ tatrāsīcca kumārikā / divyavarṣasahasrānte stotuṃ samupacakrame
Having meditated on the god Nārāyaṇa, the maiden remained there; and at the end of a thousand divine years she began to praise (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.53
कुमार्युवाच । त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव भर्ता च सखात्वमेव । त्वमेव पुत्रश्च गुरुर्गरीयान्मित्रं स्वसा त्वं मम वल्लभश्च
kumāryuvāca / tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva bhartā ca sakhātvameva / tvameva putraśca gururgarīyānmitraṃ svasā tvaṃ mama vallabhaśca
The maiden said: You alone are mother and father, you alone are husband and friend; you alone are son and the weightiest teacher; you are my companion and sister and beloved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.54
अनाद्यनन्तेष्वपि जन्मसु प्रभो विचार्यमाणा न विजानेप्यहं च । एतै हि सर्वे च निमित्तमात्रतः पित्रादयस्त्वं ह्यनिमित्तमात्रतः
anādyananteṣvapi janmasu prabho vicāryamāṇā na vijānepyahaṃ ca / etai hi sarve ca nimittamātrataḥ pitrādayastvaṃ hyanimittamātrataḥ
Even in births without beginning or end, O Lord, though I have pondered, I have not understood; for all these—father and the rest—are (such) merely by (accidental) cause, but you are so without any cause at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.55
अतो मुरारेश्च तवैव भार्या भूयासमित्येव तदा व्रतं मे । दुः संगमात्रादिसमागमं न संसिद्धिरित्येव वदान्यमूर्ते
ato murāreśca tavaiva bhāryā bhūyāsamityeva tadā vrataṃ me / duḥ saṃgamātrādisamāgamaṃ na saṃsiddhirityeva vadānyamūrte
Therefore my vow was then just this: 'May I become the wife of you alone, of Murāri.' Say, O bountiful form, that union arising merely from bad company and the like is no true fulfilment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.56
त्वद्दूषकाणां तव दासवर्य विदूषकाणां दर्शनं छिन्धि देव । गुरुद्रुहां दर्शनं छिन्धि विष्णो भक्तद्रुहां मित्रतां छिन्धि कृष्ण
tvaddūṣakāṇāṃ tava dāsavarya vidūṣakāṇāṃ darśanaṃ chindhi deva / gurudruhāṃ darśanaṃ chindhi viṣṇo bhaktadruhāṃ mitratāṃ chindhi kṛṣṇa
O best of masters of servants, cut off the sight of those who revile you and of those who mock (you), O god; cut off the sight of those who injure the guru, O Viṣṇu; cut off friendship with those who injure devotees, O Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.57
तव ध्रुग्भिर्भाषणं छिन्धि देव त्वं संगमं देहि पदारविन्दे । श्रीशैलवासाय नमोनमस्ते नमोनमः श्रीनिवासाय तुभ्यम्
tava dhrugbhirbhāṣaṇaṃ chindhi deva tvaṃ saṃgamaṃ dehi padāravinde / śrīśailavāsāya namonamaste namonamaḥ śrīnivāsāya tubhyam
Cut off conversation with those hostile to you, O god; grant me union with your lotus feet. Homage, homage to you who dwell on Śrīśaila; homage, homage to you, Śrīnivāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.58
स्वामिन् परावर रमेश निदानमूर्ते कालो महानपि गतश्च निदर्शनन्ते । अनन्तजन्मार्जितसाधनैश्च त्वद्दर्शनं स्याच्च चतुर्भुजस्य
svāmin parāvara rameśa nidānamūrte kālo mahānapi gataśca nidarśanante / anantajanmārjitasādhanaiśca tvaddarśanaṃ syācca caturbhujasya
O master, O higher and lower, O lord of Ramā, O primal form, a great length of time too has passed, yet there is no sight of you; the sight of you, the four-armed one, would come only through means gathered over endless births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.59
कथं मम स्यात्तव दर्शनं प्रभो सर्वैश्च दोषैश्च सुसंगतायाः । दास्यास्पदायास्तव दासदास्याः प्रसीद देवेश जगन्निवास
kathaṃ mama syāttava darśanaṃ prabho sarvaiśca doṣaiśca susaṃgatāyāḥ / dāsyāspadāyāstava dāsadāsyāḥ prasīda deveśa jagannivāsa
How, O Lord, could there be the sight of you for me, who am beset with all faults, who am but a place of servitude, the servant of your servants? Be gracious, O lord of gods, O dwelling of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.60
एवं स्तुतस्तथा विष्णुः श्रीनिवासो दयानिधिः । प्रादुरासीद्वरदराट् भक्त्या तस्या जनार्दनः
evaṃ stutastathā viṣṇuḥ śrīnivāso dayānidhiḥ / prādurāsīdvaradarāṭ bhaktyā tasyā janārdanaḥ
Thus praised, Viṣṇu, Śrīnivāsa, the treasury of compassion, the king of boon-givers, Janārdana, appeared through her devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.61
वरं वरय भद्रं ते वरदोहमिहागतः । हरिणोदीरितं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा प्राह स्मितानना
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te varadohamihāgataḥ / hariṇodīritaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā prāha smitānanā
"Choose a boon, blessings on you; I have come here as a giver of boons." Hearing the words uttered by Hari, she spoke with a smiling face.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.62
उवाच परया भक्त्या श्रीनिवासं जगत्प्रभुम् । अहं हि भार्या भूयासं तव माधव सुंदर
uvāca parayā bhaktyā śrīnivāsaṃ jagatprabhum / ahaṃ hi bhāryā bhūyāsaṃ tava mādhava suṃdara
With supreme devotion she said to Śrīnivāsa, the lord of the world: "May I be your wife, O beautiful Mādhava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.63
इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा श्रीनिवासो ऽब्रवीद्वचः । श्रीभगवानुवाच । अहं कुमारि सुभगे कृष्णजन्मनि भूतले
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā śrīnivāso 'bravīdvacaḥ / śrībhagavānuvāca / ahaṃ kumāri subhage kṛṣṇajanmani bhūtale
Hearing that speech of hers, Śrīnivāsa spoke these words. The Blessed Lord said: "O maiden, O fortunate one, at the time of Kṛṣṇa's birth on earth I—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.64
भवामि तव भर्ताहं नात्र कार्या विचारणा । एवमुक्ता सुता कन्या पुरण्यराशिं हरिं परम्
bhavāmi tava bhartāhaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / evamuktā sutā kanyā puraṇyarāśiṃ hariṃ param
—shall become your husband; there is no need for doubt in this." Thus addressed, that daughter, the girl, (spoke) to Hari, the supreme heap of merit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.65
उवाच परमप्रीता हर्षगद्गदया गिरा । कन्योवाच । कृष्णजन्मन्यहं पत्नी भूयासं प्रथमेहनि
uvāca paramaprītā harṣagadgadayā girā / kanyovāca / kṛṣṇajanmanyahaṃ patnī bhūyāsaṃ prathamehani
and, exceedingly pleased, she spoke with a voice choked with joy. The girl said: "At Kṛṣṇa's birth may I be his wife on the very first day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.66
संस्कारात्प्रथमं चाहमं गनाभ्यः समावृणे । ओमित्युक्तः पुनर्वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः
saṃskārātprathamaṃ cāhamaṃ ganābhyaḥ samāvṛṇe / omityuktaḥ punarvākyamuvāca madhusūdanaḥ
and before the (marriage) rite I choose (him) ahead of the other women." Being answered "Om" (i.e., 'so be it'), Madhusūdana spoke again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.67
श्रीभगवानुवाच । कुमार्या विधृतत्वाच्च मत्प्रदानाच्च भामिनि । तेषां मनोभीष्टसिद्धिर्भविष्यति न संशयः
śrībhagavānuvāca / kumāryā vidhṛtatvācca matpradānācca bhāmini / teṣāṃ manobhīṣṭasiddhirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: "Because the maiden was upheld and because of my granting (this), O fair lady, the fulfilment of their heart's desire will come about—there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.68
इति तस्यै वरं दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । देहं तत्रैव संत्यज्य कुमारी चैव पुत्रिका
iti tasyai varaṃ dattvā tatraivāntaradhīyata / dehaṃ tatraiva saṃtyajya kumārī caiva putrikā
Having thus given her the boon, he vanished right there. And the maiden, the daughter, abandoning her body there itself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.69
कुम्भ कस्य गृहे जाता नीला नाम्ना तु सा स्मृता । कुंभकस्तु महाभाग नन्दशोभस्य शालकः
kumbha kasya gṛhe jātā nīlā nāmnā tu sā smṛtā / kuṃbhakastu mahābhāga nandaśobhasya śālakaḥ
was born in the house of Kumbhaka, and she is known by the name Nīlā. And Kumbhaka, O greatly fortunate one, was the brother-in-law of Nandaśobha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.70
कल्पवाहः स विज्ञेयः पितॄणां प्रथमः स्मृतः । तस्य गत्वा गृहमहं वृषभाचलवासिनः । शिवस्य वरतश्चैव त्वजेयः खगसत्तम
kalpavāhaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ prathamaḥ smṛtaḥ / tasya gatvā gṛhamahaṃ vṛṣabhācalavāsinaḥ / śivasya varataścaiva tvajeyaḥ khagasattama
He is to be known as Kalpavāha, reckoned the first of the ancestors. Going to his house, by the boon of Śiva who dwells on Vṛṣabhācala, I was unconquerable, O best of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.71
दितिजान्विनिहत्यैव नीला प्राप्ता खगेश्वर । ततो नाग्निजितो राज्ञो गृहे जाता कुमारिका
ditijānvinihatyaiva nīlā prāptā khageśvara / tato nāgnijito rājño gṛhe jātā kumārikā
Having slain the sons of Diti, Nīlā was obtained, O lord of birds. Then the maiden was born in the house of King Nāgnijit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.72
नाग्निजित्कव्यवाहोभूत्कन्या नीलाह्वयाभवत् । तस्याः स्वयंवरे चाहं गोवृषान्सप्तसंख्यकान्
nāgnijitkavyavāhobhūtkanyā nīlāhvayābhavat / tasyāḥ svayaṃvare cāhaṃ govṛṣānsaptasaṃkhyakān
Nāgnijit was (an incarnation of) Kavyavāha (the fire that bears oblations), and (his) daughter was named Nīlā. At her self-choice (ceremony) I (subdued) seven bulls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.73
शिवस्य वरतश्चैवाप्यवध्यान्देवमानुषैः । बद्ध्वा वृषान्नृपाञ्जित्वा प्राप्ता नीला महाखग
śivasya varataścaivāpyavadhyāndevamānuṣaiḥ / baddhvā vṛṣānnṛpāñjitvā prāptā nīlā mahākhaga
which by Śiva's boon could not be slain by gods or men: having bound the bulls and defeated the kings, I obtained Nīlā, O great bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 19.74
कुंभकस्य सुता नीला देहस्थाः प्राविशन् भृशम् । एकावयवतो यस्मात्तस्मात्तत्रैव साविशत्
kuṃbhakasya sutā nīlā dehasthāḥ prāviśan bhṛśam / ekāvayavato yasmāttasmāttatraiva sāviśat
Nīlā, the daughter of Kumbhaka — they who dwelt in (her) body entered forcefully; since (she was) of a single member, therefore she entered right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 19.75
भूमौ द्विधा संप्रजाता कुमार्येव न संशयः । भद्राजन्म प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु पक्षीन्द्रसत्तम
bhūmau dvidhā saṃprajātā kumāryeva na saṃśayaḥ / bhadrājanma pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama
On earth she was born in two forms, as a maiden indeed — there is no doubt. I shall now declare the birth of Bhadrā; listen, O best of the lords of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition