Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 101
NarP 1 101.1
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं दशमं तव । ब्रह्मवैवर्तकं नाम वेदमार्गानुदर्शकम्
śrībrahmovāca śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ daśamaṃ tava / brahmavaivartakaṃ nāma vedamārgānudarśakam
Blessed Brahmā said: Listen, my child; I shall set forth for you the tenth Purāṇa, called the Brahmavaivarta, which points out the path of the Veda.
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NarP 1 101.2
सावर्णिर्यत्र भगवान्साक्षाद्देवर्षये स्थितः । नारदाय पुराणार्थं प्राह सर्वमलौकिकम्
sāvarṇiryatra bhagavānsākṣāddevarṣaye sthitaḥ / nāradāya purāṇārthaṃ prāha sarvamalaukikam
In it the lord Sāvarṇi, present in person, told the divine sage Nārada the whole content of the Purāṇa, which is not of this world.
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NarP 1 101.3
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां सारः प्रीतिर्हरौ हरे । तयोरभेदसिद्ध्यर्थं ब्रह्मवैवर्तमुत्तमम्
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ sāraḥ prītirharau hare / tayorabhedasiddhyarthaṃ brahmavaivartamuttamam
The essence of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation is love for Hari; O Hari, for the sake of establishing the non-difference of those two, the excellent Brahmavaivarta (was told).
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NarP 1 101.4
रथन्तरस्य कल्पस्य वृत्तान्तं यन्मयोदितम् । शतकोटिपुराणे तत्संक्षिप्य प्राह वेदवित्
rathantarasya kalpasya vṛttāntaṃ yanmayoditam / śatakoṭipurāṇe tatsaṃkṣipya prāha vedavit
The account of the Rathantara kalpa which was spoken by me in the Purāṇa of a hundred crores (of verses)—that the knower of the Veda condensed and told.
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NarP 1 101.5
व्यासश्चतुर्द्धा संव्यस्य ब्रह्मवैवर्तसंज्ञिते । अष्टादशसहस्रं तत्पुराणं परिकीर्तितम्
vyāsaścaturddhā saṃvyasya brahmavaivartasaṃjñite / aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ tatpurāṇaṃ parikīrtitam
Vyāsa, having divided it into four parts in what is named the Brahmavaivarta, that Purāṇa is declared to be of eighteen thousand (verses).
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NarP 1 101.6
ब्रह्मप्रकृतिविघ्नेशकृष्णखण्डसमन्वितम् । तत्र सूतर्षिसंवादे पुराणोपक्रमस्ततः
brahmaprakṛtivighneśakṛṣṇakhaṇḍasamanvitam / tatra sūtarṣisaṃvāde purāṇopakramastataḥ
It is furnished with the Brahma, Prakṛti, Vighneśa and Kṛṣṇa sections. There, in the dialogue of the Sūta and the sages, comes the commencement of the Purāṇa.
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NarP 1 101.7
सृष्टिप्रकरणं त्वाद्यं ततो नारदवेधसोः । विवादः सुमहान्यत्र द्वयोरासीत्पराभवः
sṛṣṭiprakaraṇaṃ tvādyaṃ tato nāradavedhasoḥ / vivādaḥ sumahānyatra dvayorāsītparābhavaḥ
First is the chapter on creation; then (comes) the very great dispute of Nārada and Brahmā, in which the two suffered defeat.
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NarP 1 101.8
शिवलोकगतिः पश्चाज्ज्ञानलाभः शिवात्मने । शिववाक्येन तत्पश्चान्मरीचेर्नारदस्य तु
śivalokagatiḥ paścājjñānalābhaḥ śivātmane / śivavākyena tatpaścānmarīcernāradasya tu
Afterwards the going to Śiva's world, the gaining of knowledge for the one whose self is Śiva, by Śiva's word; then after that, of Marīci and of Nārada,
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NarP 1 101.9
गमनं चैव सावर्णेर्ज्ञानार्थं सिद्धसेविते । आश्रमे सुमहापुण्ये त्रैलोक्याश्चर्यकारिणी
gamanaṃ caiva sāvarṇerjñānārthaṃ siddhasevite / āśrame sumahāpuṇye trailokyāścaryakāriṇī
the going of Sāvarṇi for the sake of knowledge to the hermitage frequented by the Siddhas, exceedingly holy, causing wonder in the three worlds.
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NarP 1 101.10
एतद्धि ब्रह्मखण्डं हि श्रुतं पापविनाशनम् । ततः सावर्णिसंवादो नारदस्य समीरितः
etaddhi brahmakhaṇḍaṃ hi śrutaṃ pāpavināśanam / tataḥ sāvarṇisaṃvādo nāradasya samīritaḥ
This indeed is the Brahma section; when heard it destroys sin. Then the dialogue of Sāvarṇi with Nārada is set forth,
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NarP 1 101.11
कृष्णमाहात्म्यसंयुक्तो नानाख्यानकथोत्तरम् । प्रकृतेरंशभूतानां कलानां चापि वर्णितम्
kṛṣṇamāhātmyasaṃyukto nānākhyānakathottaram / prakṛteraṃśabhūtānāṃ kalānāṃ cāpi varṇitam
joined with the greatness of Kṛṣṇa, followed by various tales and stories; and the portions and fractional parts of Prakṛti are described,
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NarP 1 101.12
माहात्म्यं पूजनाद्यं च विस्तरेण यथास्थितम् । एतत्प्रकृतिखण्डं हि श्रुतं भूतिविधायकम्
māhātmyaṃ pūjanādyaṃ ca vistareṇa yathāsthitam / etatprakṛtikhaṇḍaṃ hi śrutaṃ bhūtividhāyakam
and their greatness, worship and so forth, at length and as it stands. This is the Prakṛti section; when heard it bestows prosperity.
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NarP 1 101.13
गणेशजन्मसंप्रश्नः सपुण्यकमहाव्रतम् । पार्वत्याः कार्तिकेयेन सह विघ्नेशसंभवम्
gaṇeśajanmasaṃpraśnaḥ sapuṇyakamahāvratam / pārvatyāḥ kārtikeyena saha vighneśasaṃbhavam
The question about the birth of Gaṇeśa, together with the great Puṇyaka vow of Pārvatī, and the birth of the lord of obstacles along with Kārtikeya;
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NarP 1 101.14
चरितं कार्तवीर्यस्य जामदग्र्यस्य चाद्भुतम् । विवादः सुमहानासीज्जामदग्र्यगणेशयोः
caritaṃ kārtavīryasya jāmadagryasya cādbhutam / vivādaḥ sumahānāsījjāmadagryagaṇeśayoḥ
the deeds of Kārtavīrya and the marvellous (deeds) of the son of Jamadagni; there was a very great dispute between the son of Jamadagni and Gaṇeśa.
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NarP 1 101.15
एतद्विघ्नेशखण्डं हि सर्वविघ्नविनाशनम् । श्रीकृष्णजन्मसंप्रश्नो जन्माख्यानं ततो ऽद्भुतम्
etadvighneśakhaṇḍaṃ hi sarvavighnavināśanam / śrīkṛṣṇajanmasaṃpraśno janmākhyānaṃ tato 'dbhutam
This is the Vighneśa section, destroying all obstacles. (Then) the question about the birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, then the marvellous account of his birth,
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NarP 1 101.16
गोकुले गमनं गश्चात्पूतनादिवदाद्भूताः । बाल्यकौमारजा लीला विविधास्तत्र वर्णिताः
gokule gamanaṃ gaścātpūtanādivadādbhūtāḥ / bālyakaumārajā līlā vividhāstatra varṇitāḥ
the going to Gokula, and afterwards the marvellous slayings of Pūtanā and the rest; the various sports of his infancy and boyhood are described there.
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NarP 1 101.17
रासक्रीडा च गोपीभिः शारदी समुदाहृता । रहस्ये राधया क्रीडा वर्णिता बहुविस्तरा
rāsakrīḍā ca gopībhiḥ śāradī samudāhṛtā / rahasye rādhayā krīḍā varṇitā bahuvistarā
And the autumnal rāsa-play with the gopīs is recounted; the play with Rādhā in secret is described at great length.
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NarP 1 101.18
सहाक्रूरेण तत्पश्चान्मथुरागमनं हरेः । कंसादीनां वधे वृत्ते कृष्णस्य द्विजसंस्कृतिः
sahākrūreṇa tatpaścānmathurāgamanaṃ hareḥ / kaṃsādīnāṃ vadhe vṛtte kṛṣṇasya dvijasaṃskṛtiḥ
After that, Hari's journey to Mathurā together with Akrūra; and when the slaying of Kaṃsa and the others had taken place, Kṛṣṇa's investiture as a twice-born.
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NarP 1 101.19
काश्यसांदीपनेः पश्चाद्विद्योपादानमद्भुतम् । यवनस्य वधः पश्चाद्द्वारकागमनं हरेः
kāśyasāṃdīpaneḥ paścādvidyopādānamadbhutam / yavanasya vadhaḥ paścāddvārakāgamanaṃ hareḥ
Then the wondrous acquisition of learning from Sāndīpani of Kāśī; then the slaying of the Yavana, then Hari's going to Dvārakā.
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NarP 1 101.20
नरकादिवधस्तत्र कृष्णेन विहितो ऽद्भुतः । कृष्णखण्डमिदं विप्र नृणां संसारखण्डनम्
narakādivadhastatra kṛṣṇena vihito 'dbhutaḥ / kṛṣṇakhaṇḍamidaṃ vipra nṛṇāṃ saṃsārakhaṇḍanam
There the wondrous slaying of Naraka and others accomplished by Kṛṣṇa. This is the Kṛṣṇa section, O brahmin, which breaks the transmigration of men.
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NarP 1 101.21
पठितं च श्रुतं ध्यातं पूजितं चाभिवन्दितम् । इत्येतद्ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणं चात्यलौकिकम्
paṭhitaṃ ca śrutaṃ dhyātaṃ pūjitaṃ cābhivanditam / ityetadbrahmavaivartapurāṇaṃ cātyalaukikam
(When it is) recited, heard, meditated on, worshipped and revered — such is this Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, exceedingly beyond the worldly.
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NarP 1 101.22
व्यासोक्तं चादि संभूतं पठञ्छृण्वन्विमुच्यते । विज्ञानाज्ञानशमनाद्धोरात्संसारसागरात्
vyāsoktaṃ cādi saṃbhūtaṃ paṭhañchṛṇvanvimucyate / vijñānājñānaśamanāddhorātsaṃsārasāgarāt
Spoken by Vyāsa and arisen at the beginning, one who recites and hears it is freed — by the quelling of knowledge and ignorance — from the dreadful ocean of transmigration.
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NarP 1 101.23
लिखित्वेदं च यो दद्यान्माध्यां धेनुसमन्वितम् । ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति स मुक्तो ऽज्ञानबन्धनात्
likhitvedaṃ ca yo dadyānmādhyāṃ dhenusamanvitam / brahmalokamavāpnoti sa mukto 'jñānabandhanāt
And whoever, having written this out, gives it (away) at midday along with a cow, attains the world of Brahmā, released from the bondage of ignorance.
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