Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 4
Sourceसौतिरुवाच ।। आविर्बभूव तत्पश्चात्कृष्णस्य रसनाग्रतः ।। शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशा देवी चैका मनोहरा ।। १ ।। शुक्लवस्त्रपरीधाना सर्वालङ्कारभूषिता ।। बिभ्रती जपमालां च सा सावित्री प्रकीर्तिता ।। २ ।। सा तुष्टाव पुरः स्थित्वा परं ब्रह्म सनातनम्।। पुटांजलिपरा साध्वी भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरा ।। ३ ।। सावित्र्युवाच ।। नमामि सर्वबीजं त्वां ब्रह्मज्योतिः सनातनम् ।। परात्परतरं श्यामं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम् ।। ४ ।। इत्युक्त्वा सस्मिता देवी रत्नसिंहासने वरे ।। उवास श्रीहरिं नत्वा पुनरेव श्रुतिप्रसूः ।। ५ ।। आविर्बभूव तत्पश्चात्कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। मानसाच्च पुमानेकस्तप्तकांचनसन्निभः ।। ६ ।। मनो मथ्नाति सर्वेषां पञ्चबाणेन कामिनाम् ।। तन्नाम मन्मथं तेन प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ।। ७ ।। तस्य पुंसो वामपार्श्वात्कामस्य कामिनी वरा ।। बभूवातीव ललिता सर्वेषां मोहकारिणी ।। ८ ।। रतिर्बभूव सर्वेषां तां दृष्ट्वा सस्मितां सतीम् ।। रतीति तेन तन्नाम प्रवदंति मनीषिणः ।। ९ ।। हरिं स्तुत्वा तया सार्द्धं स उवास हरेः पुरः ।। रत्नसिंहासने चास्य पञ्चबाणो धनुर्द्धरः ।।1.4.१०।। मारणं स्तम्भनं चैव जृम्भणं शोषणं तथा ।। उन्मादनं पञ्चबाणन्पञ्चबाणो बिभर्ति सः ।। ।। ११ ।। बाणांश्चिक्षेप सर्वांश्च कामो बाणपरीक्षया ।। सद्यः सर्वे सकामाश्च बभूवुरीश्वरेच्छया ।। १२ ।। रतिं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मणश्च रेतः पातो वभूव ह ।। तत्र तस्थौ महायोगी वस्त्रेणाच्छाद्य लज्जया ।। १३ ।। वस्त्रं दग्ध्वा समुत्तस्थौ ज्वलदग्निः सुरेश्वरः ।। कोटितालप्रमाणश्च सशिखश्च समुज्ज्वलन् ।। १४ ।। कृष्णस्तद्वर्द्धनं दृष्ट्वा ससर्जापः स्वलीलया ।। निःश्वासवायुना सार्द्धं मुखबिन्दुं समुद्गिरन् ।। १५ ।। विश्वौघं प्लावयामास मुखबिंदुजलं द्विज ।। तत्र किञ्चिज्जलकणं वह्निं शान्तं चकार ह ।। १६ ।। ततःप्रभृति तेनाग्निस्तोयान्निर्वाणतां व्रजेत् ।। आविर्भूतः पुमानेकस्ततस्तदधिदेवता ।। १७ ।। उत्तस्थौ तज्जलादेकः पुमान्स वरुणः स्मृतः ।। जलाधिष्ठातृदेवोऽसौ सर्वेषां यादसाम्पतिः ।। १८ ।। आविर्बभूव कन्यैका तद्वह्नेर्वामपार्श्वतः ।। सा स्वाहा वह्निपत्नी तां प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ।। १९ ।। जलेशस्य वामपार्श्वात्कन्या चैका बभूव सा ।। वरुणानीति विख्याता वरुणस्य प्रिया सती ।। 1.4.२० ।। बभूव पवनः श्रीमान्विभोर्निश्वासवायुतः।। स च प्राणाश्च सर्वेषां निःश्वासस्तत्फलोद्भवः।।२१।। तस्य वायोर्वामपार्श्वात्कन्या चैका बभूव ह।। वायोः पत्नी सा च देवी वायवी परिकीर्तिता ।।२२।। कृष्णस्य कामबाणेन रेतःपातो बभूव ह ।। जले तद्रेचनं चक्रे लज्जया सुर संसदि ।। २३ ।। सहस्रवत्सरान्ते तड्डिम्भरूपं बभूव ह ।। ततो महान्विराड् जज्ञे विश्वौघाधार एव सः ।। २४ ।। यस्यैक लोमविवरे विश्वैकस्य व्यवस्थितिः ।। स्थूलात्स्थूलतरः सोऽपि महान्नान्यस्ततः परः ।। २५ ।। स एव षोडशांशोऽपि कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। महाविष्णुः स विज्ञेयः सर्वाधारः सनातनः ।। २६ ।। महार्णवे शयानः स पद्मपत्रं यथा जले ।। बभूवतुस्तौ द्वौ दैत्यौ तस्य कर्णमलोद्भवौ ।। २७ ।। तौ जलाच्च समुत्थाय ब्रह्माणं हन्तुमुद्यतौ ।। नारायणश्च भगवाञ्जघने तौ जघान ह ।। २८ ।। बभूव मेदिनी कृत्स्ना कार्त्स्न्येन मेदसा तया ।। तत्रैव सन्ति विश्वानि सा च देवी वसुन्धरा ।। २९ ।। ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे ब्रह्मखण्डे सौतिशौनकसंवादे सृष्टिनिरूपणे चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ।। ४ ।। ।।
sautiruvāca || āvirbabhūva tatpaścātkṛṣṇasya rasanāgrataḥ || śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśā devī caikā manoharā || 1 || śuklavastraparīdhānā sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitā || bibhratī japamālāṃ ca sā sāvitrī prakīrtitā || 2 || sā tuṣṭāva puraḥ sthitvā paraṃ brahma sanātanam|| puṭāṃjaliparā sādhvī bhaktinamrātmakandharā || 3 || sāvitryuvāca || namāmi sarvabījaṃ tvāṃ brahmajyotiḥ sanātanam || parātparataraṃ śyāmaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam || 4 || ityuktvā sasmitā devī ratnasiṃhāsane vare || uvāsa śrīhariṃ natvā punareva śrutiprasūḥ || 5 || āvirbabhūva tatpaścātkṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || mānasācca pumānekastaptakāṃcanasannibhaḥ || 6 || mano mathnāti sarveṣāṃ pañcabāṇena kāminām || tannāma manmathaṃ tena pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ || 7 || tasya puṃso vāmapārśvātkāmasya kāminī varā || babhūvātīva lalitā sarveṣāṃ mohakāriṇī || 8 || ratirbabhūva sarveṣāṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sasmitāṃ satīm || ratīti tena tannāma pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ || 9 || hariṃ stutvā tayā sārddhaṃ sa uvāsa hareḥ puraḥ || ratnasiṃhāsane cāsya pañcabāṇo dhanurddharaḥ ||1.4.10|| māraṇaṃ stambhanaṃ caiva jṛmbhaṇaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ tathā || unmādanaṃ pañcabāṇanpañcabāṇo bibharti saḥ || || 11 || bāṇāṃścikṣepa sarvāṃśca kāmo bāṇaparīkṣayā || sadyaḥ sarve sakāmāśca babhūvurīśvarecchayā || 12 || ratiṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmaṇaśca retaḥ pāto vabhūva ha || tatra tasthau mahāyogī vastreṇācchādya lajjayā || 13 || vastraṃ dagdhvā samuttasthau jvaladagniḥ sureśvaraḥ || koṭitālapramāṇaśca saśikhaśca samujjvalan || 14 || kṛṣṇastadvarddhanaṃ dṛṣṭvā sasarjāpaḥ svalīlayā || niḥśvāsavāyunā sārddhaṃ mukhabinduṃ samudgiran || 15 || viśvaughaṃ plāvayāmāsa mukhabiṃdujalaṃ dvija || tatra kiñcijjalakaṇaṃ vahniṃ śāntaṃ cakāra ha || 16 || tataḥprabhṛti tenāgnistoyānnirvāṇatāṃ vrajet || āvirbhūtaḥ pumānekastatastadadhidevatā || 17 || uttasthau tajjalādekaḥ pumānsa varuṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || jalādhiṣṭhātṛdevo'sau sarveṣāṃ yādasāmpatiḥ || 18 || āvirbabhūva kanyaikā tadvahnervāmapārśvataḥ || sā svāhā vahnipatnī tāṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ || 19 || jaleśasya vāmapārśvātkanyā caikā babhūva sā || varuṇānīti vikhyātā varuṇasya priyā satī || 1.4.20 || babhūva pavanaḥ śrīmānvibhorniśvāsavāyutaḥ|| sa ca prāṇāśca sarveṣāṃ niḥśvāsastatphalodbhavaḥ||21|| tasya vāyorvāmapārśvātkanyā caikā babhūva ha|| vāyoḥ patnī sā ca devī vāyavī parikīrtitā ||22|| kṛṣṇasya kāmabāṇena retaḥpāto babhūva ha || jale tadrecanaṃ cakre lajjayā sura saṃsadi || 23 || sahasravatsarānte taḍḍimbharūpaṃ babhūva ha || tato mahānvirāḍ jajñe viśvaughādhāra eva saḥ || 24 || yasyaika lomavivare viśvaikasya vyavasthitiḥ || sthūlātsthūlataraḥ so'pi mahānnānyastataḥ paraḥ || 25 || sa eva ṣoḍaśāṃśo'pi kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || mahāviṣṇuḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sarvādhāraḥ sanātanaḥ || 26 || mahārṇave śayānaḥ sa padmapatraṃ yathā jale || babhūvatustau dvau daityau tasya karṇamalodbhavau || 27 || tau jalācca samutthāya brahmāṇaṃ hantumudyatau || nārāyaṇaśca bhagavāñjaghane tau jaghāna ha || 28 || babhūva medinī kṛtsnā kārtsnyena medasā tayā || tatraiva santi viśvāni sā ca devī vasundharā || 29 || || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde sṛṣṭinirūpaṇe caturtho'dhyāyaḥ || 4 || ||
English translation
Emergence of Kamadeva, Rati and others pw p: Tit??r Sauti said: “Thereafter, from the tip of the tongue emerged a beautiful goddess who was spotless like the crystal, pleasant and quite glorious. She was clad in white garments and was holding a garland of victory in her hands.
She was known as Savitrl. The chaste goddess stood before the lord with folded hands and she started offering her prayers to the lord with her Savitrl said: “You are the seed of all the creatures and are the flame of the eternal Brahman. I bow in reverence to you. The one who is beyond the reach of everyone, you are dark complexioned and spotless. Brahman.
Saying this and smiling, Savitrl the mother of the Vedas, bowed before lord Hari, took her seat over the gem-studded lion throne.
Thereafter, out of the mind of Lord Krsna, a male deity having the lustre of molten gold.
emerged, who could pierce through the minds of all with his five passionate arrows. That is why the well-read people call him the god of Love or From the back of the god of love, an extremely beautiful damsel who happened to be a paragon of beauty emerged. She could attract all the people. The mind of all the people felt attracted towards that beautiful damsel. She was therefore given the name of Rati.
Thereafter that costume was flown by the lord of fire with his rising flames like the tall tala trees. Finding the flames of fire rising, Lord Krs na created water with the mesas of his yogic powers. He then started dropping the drops of water with his breathing.
O BrShmana, with the drops of water emerging from his mouth, the entire universe was submerged in water. A few drops of that water extinguished even the fire. The fire was extinguished with that water ultimately.
Thereafter with the touch of the water, the water god appeared in person who was given the name of Varuria. The water thereafter became the abode of all the aquatic animals.
Both of them bowed in reverence to lord Krs na and thereafter they took their seats over the gem-studded thrones. Kamadeva carried a bow of flowers and the arrows which were known as Marana, Stambhana, Jrmbhana, Sosana and Unmadana. In order to test the effectiveness of his arrows, Kamadeva shot all the five arrows at the same time. As a result of this all the people became passionate. Finding Rati there, the semen of Brahma fell but Brahma, the best of the yogis, concealed the same with his costumes out of Then a girl was bom out of the left side of the god of fire and was known as the wife of the god of fire. She was known by the name of Svdhd, out of the left side of Varuna a girl emerged, who was known as VamnanI, the spouse of Varuna.
The wind god was bom out of the breathing of the lord who indeed is the life of everyone. The air one inhales while breathing is reflects him indeed. A girl also emerged out of the left side of the wind god known as Vayavi, the spouse of Thereafter because of the arrows of love, the semen of Lord Krsna also fell but he placed the same in the water that assembly. After a thousand years it emerged in the form of an egg.
From that egg a gigantic universal form came out, which happens to be the base of the entire Universe. His single hair-pit could accommodate a complete universe. It is harder than the hardest and nothing else is bigger than it.
It happens to be the sixteenth amsa of Lord Krsna and is also known as Mahavisnu and who happens to be the base of all. He reclines in the waters of the ocean like the lotus leaf floating over the water surface. From out of way of his ears two demons were bom.
Both the demons then intended to kill Brahma, but Narayana placing them over his thighs and killed them. The earth was bom out of their bodies, earning her the title of Medinl. She accommodates the entire universe. She is also known by the name of Vasundhara.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400022 (2023-12-26T21:28:44Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n16–n19: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n16/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.