Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 11
Sourceशौनक उवाच।। द्विजः स भार्य्यां संत्यज्य किञ्चकार विशेषतः।। अश्विनोर्वा महाभाग किं नाम कस्य वंशजौ।।१।। सोतिरुवाच।। द्विजश्च सुतपा नाम भारद्वाजो महामुनिः।। तपश्चकार कृष्णस्य लक्षवर्षं हिमालिये।।२।। महातपस्वी तेजस्वी प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा।। ज्योतिर्ददर्श कृष्णस्य गगने सहसा क्षणम्।।३।। वरं स वव्रे निर्लिप्तमात्मानं प्रकृतेः परम्।। न च मोक्षं ययाचे तं दास्यं भक्तिं च निश्चलाम् ।।४।। बभूवाकाशवाणीति कुरु दारपरिग्रहम्।। पश्चाद्दास्यं प्रदास्यामि भक्तिं भोगक्षये द्विज।।५।। पितॄणां मानसीं कन्यां ददौ तस्मै विधिः स्वयम्।। तस्यां कल्याणमित्रश्च बभूव मुनिपुङ्गव।।६।। यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण न भवेत्कुलिशाद्भयम्।। न द्रष्टव्यं बन्धुमात्रं नूनं तत्स्मरणाल्लभेत्।।७।। कल्याणमित्रजननीं परित्यज्य महामुनिः।। शशाप सूर्य्यपुत्रं च यज्ञभाग्वर्ज्जितो भव।।८।। स सोदरश्च वा पूज्यो भवेति च सुराधम।। व्याधिग्रस्तो जडाङ्गश्च भूयात्तेऽकीर्तिमानिति।।९।। इत्युक्त्वा सुतपा गेहं प्रतस्थे सूनुना सह।। अश्विभ्यां सहितः सूर्य्यः प्रययौ च तदन्तिकम्।। 1.11.१०।। पुत्राभ्यां व्याधियुक्ताभ्यां सूर्य्यस्त्रिजगतां पतिः।। मुनीन्द्रं वै सुतपसं स तुष्टाव च शौनक।।११।। सूर्य्य उवाच।। क्षमस्व भगवन्विप्र विष्णुरूप युगे युगे ।। मम पुत्रापराधं च भारद्वाज मुनीश्वर ।।१२।। ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाद्याः सुराः सर्वे च सन्ततम्।। भुञ्जते विप्रदत्तं तु फलपुष्पजलादिकम्।।१३।। ब्राह्मणावाहिता देवाः शश्वद्विश्वेषु पूजिताः।। न च विप्रात्परो देवो विप्ररूपी स्वयं हरिः।।१४।। ब्राह्मणे परितुष्टे च तुष्टो नारायणः स्वयम्।। नारायणे च सन्तुष्टे सन्तुष्टाः सर्वदेवताः।।१५।। नास्ति गङ्गासमं तीर्थं न च कृष्णात्परः सुरः।। न शङ्कराद्वैष्णवश्च न सहिष्णुर्धरा परा।।१६।। न च सत्यात्परो धर्मो न साध्वी पार्वतीपरा।। न दैवाद्बलवान्कश्चिन्न च पुत्रात्परः प्रियः ।।१७।। न च व्याधिसमः शत्रुर्न च पूज्यो गुरोः परः।। नास्ति मातृसमो बन्धुर्न च मित्रं पितुः परम्।। १८।। एकादशीव्रतान्नान्यत्तपो नानशनात्परम् ।। परं सर्वधनं रत्नं विद्या रत्नं परं ततः ।।१९।। सर्वाश्रमैः परो विप्रो नास्ति विप्रसमो गुरुः।। वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञ इत्याह कमलोद्भवः।। 1.11.२०।। सूर्य्यस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा भारद्वाजो ननाम तम्।। नीरुजौ चापि तत्पुत्रौ चकार तपसः फलात्।। २१।। पश्चाच्च तव पुत्रौ च यज्ञभाजौ भविष्यतः।। इत्युक्त्वा तं च सुतपाः प्रणम्याहस्करं मुनिः।। २२।। जगाम गङ्गां संत्रस्तो हरिसेवनतत्परः।। पुत्राभ्यां सहितः सूर्य्यो जगाम निज मन्दिरम्।। २३।। बभूवतुस्तौ पूज्यौ च यज्ञभाजौ द्विजाशिषा।। एतत्सूर्यकृतं विप्रस्तोत्रं यो मानवः पठेत्।। विप्रपादप्रसादेन सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत् ।।२४।। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नम इति प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत्।। स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षितः।।२५।। पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि तानि तीर्थानि सागरे ।। सागरे यानि तीर्थानि विप्रपादेषु तानि च।।२६।। विप्रपादोदकं पीत्वा यावत्तिष्ठति मेदिनी ।। तावत्पुष्करपात्रेषु पिबंति पितरो जलम् ।।२७।। विप्रपादोदकं पुण्यं भक्तियुक्तश्च यः पिबेत् ।। स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षितः।।२८।। महारोगी यदि पिबेद्विप्रपादोदकं द्विज।। मुच्यते सर्वरोगाच्च मासमेकं तु भक्तितः।।२९।। अविद्यो वा सविद्यो वा संध्यापूतो हि यो द्विजः।। स एव विष्णुसदृशो न हरौ विमुखो यदि ।। 1.11.३०।। घ्नन्तं विप्रं शपन्तं वा न हन्यान्न च तं शपेत्। गोभ्यः शतगुणं पूज्यो हरिभक्तश्च स स्मृतः।।३१।। पादोदकं च नैवेद्यं भुङ्क्ते विप्रस्य यो द्विज।। नित्यं नैवेद्यभोजी यो राजसूयफलं लभेत्।।३२।। एकादश्यां न भुङ्क्ते यो नित्यं कृष्णं समर्चयेत्।। तस्य पादोदकं प्राप्य स्थलं तीर्थं भवेद् ध्रुवम्।। ३३।। यो भुङ्क्ते भोजनोच्छिष्टं नित्यं नैवेद्यभोजनम्।। कृष्णदेवस्य पूतोऽसौ जीवन्मुक्तो महीतले।।३४।। अन्नं विष्ठा पयो मूत्रं यद्विष्णोरनिवेदितम्।। द्विजानां कुलजातानामित्याह कमलोद्भवः।।३५।। ब्रह्मा च ब्रह्मपुत्राश्च सर्वे विष्णुपरायणाः।। ब्राह्मणस्तत्कुले जातो विमुखश्च हरौ कथम्।।३६।। पित्रोर्मातामहादीनां संसर्गस्य गुरोश्च वा।। दोषेण विमुखाः कृष्णे विप्रा जीवन्मृताश्च ते।। ३७।। स किंगुरुः स किंतातः स किंपुत्रः स किंसखा।। स किंराजा स किंबन्धुर्न दद्याद्यो हरौ मतिम् ।।३८।। अवैष्णवाद्द्विजाद्विप्र चण्डालो वैष्णवो वरः।। सगणः श्वपचो मुक्तो ब्राह्मणो नरकं व्रजेत्।।३९।। सन्ध्याहीनोऽशुचिर्नित्यं कृष्णे वा विमुखो द्विजः।। स एव ब्राह्मणाभासो विषहीनो यथोरगः।। 1.11.४०।। गुरुवक्त्राद्विष्णुमंत्रो यस्य कर्णे प्रविश्यति।। तं वैष्णवं महापूतं जीवन्मुक्तं वदेद्विधिः।।४१।। पुंसां मातामहादीनां शतैः सार्द्धं हरेः पदम्।। प्रयाति वैष्णवः पुंसामात्मनः कुलकोटिभिः।।४२।। ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रियविट्शूद्राश्चतस्रो जातयो यथा ।। स्वतन्त्रा जातिरेका च विश्वस्मिन्वैष्णवाभिधा ।। ४३।। ध्यायन्ति वैष्णवाः शश्वद्गोविन्दपदपङ्कजम्।। ध्यायते तांश्च गोविन्दः शश्वत्तेषां च सन्निधौ।।४४।। सुदर्शनं संनियोज्य भक्तानां रक्षणाय च।। तथापि न हि निश्चिन्तोऽवतिष्ठेद्भक्तसन्निधौ।।४५।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे सौतिशौनकसंवादे ब्रह्मखण्डे विष्णुवैष्णवब्राह्मणप्रशंसा नामैकादशोऽध्यायः।।११।।
śaunaka uvāca|| dvijaḥ sa bhāryyāṃ saṃtyajya kiñcakāra viśeṣataḥ|| aśvinorvā mahābhāga kiṃ nāma kasya vaṃśajau||1|| sotiruvāca|| dvijaśca sutapā nāma bhāradvājo mahāmuniḥ|| tapaścakāra kṛṣṇasya lakṣavarṣaṃ himāliye||2|| mahātapasvī tejasvī prajvalanbrahmatejasā|| jyotirdadarśa kṛṣṇasya gagane sahasā kṣaṇam||3|| varaṃ sa vavre nirliptamātmānaṃ prakṛteḥ param|| na ca mokṣaṃ yayāce taṃ dāsyaṃ bhaktiṃ ca niścalām ||4|| babhūvākāśavāṇīti kuru dāraparigraham|| paścāddāsyaṃ pradāsyāmi bhaktiṃ bhogakṣaye dvija||5|| pitṝṇāṃ mānasīṃ kanyāṃ dadau tasmai vidhiḥ svayam|| tasyāṃ kalyāṇamitraśca babhūva munipuṅgava||6|| yasya smaraṇamātreṇa na bhavetkuliśādbhayam|| na draṣṭavyaṃ bandhumātraṃ nūnaṃ tatsmaraṇāllabhet||7|| kalyāṇamitrajananīṃ parityajya mahāmuniḥ|| śaśāpa sūryyaputraṃ ca yajñabhāgvarjjito bhava||8|| sa sodaraśca vā pūjyo bhaveti ca surādhama|| vyādhigrasto jaḍāṅgaśca bhūyātte'kīrtimāniti||9|| ityuktvā sutapā gehaṃ pratasthe sūnunā saha|| aśvibhyāṃ sahitaḥ sūryyaḥ prayayau ca tadantikam|| 1.11.10|| putrābhyāṃ vyādhiyuktābhyāṃ sūryyastrijagatāṃ patiḥ|| munīndraṃ vai sutapasaṃ sa tuṣṭāva ca śaunaka||11|| sūryya uvāca|| kṣamasva bhagavanvipra viṣṇurūpa yuge yuge || mama putrāparādhaṃ ca bhāradvāja munīśvara ||12|| brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyāḥ surāḥ sarve ca santatam|| bhuñjate vipradattaṃ tu phalapuṣpajalādikam||13|| brāhmaṇāvāhitā devāḥ śaśvadviśveṣu pūjitāḥ|| na ca viprātparo devo viprarūpī svayaṃ hariḥ||14|| brāhmaṇe parituṣṭe ca tuṣṭo nārāyaṇaḥ svayam|| nārāyaṇe ca santuṣṭe santuṣṭāḥ sarvadevatāḥ||15|| nāsti gaṅgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ na ca kṛṣṇātparaḥ suraḥ|| na śaṅkarādvaiṣṇavaśca na sahiṣṇurdharā parā||16|| na ca satyātparo dharmo na sādhvī pārvatīparā|| na daivādbalavānkaścinna ca putrātparaḥ priyaḥ ||17|| na ca vyādhisamaḥ śatrurna ca pūjyo guroḥ paraḥ|| nāsti mātṛsamo bandhurna ca mitraṃ pituḥ param|| 18|| ekādaśīvratānnānyattapo nānaśanātparam || paraṃ sarvadhanaṃ ratnaṃ vidyā ratnaṃ paraṃ tataḥ ||19|| sarvāśramaiḥ paro vipro nāsti viprasamo guruḥ|| vedavedāṅgatattvajña ityāha kamalodbhavaḥ|| 1.11.20|| sūryyasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājo nanāma tam|| nīrujau cāpi tatputrau cakāra tapasaḥ phalāt|| 21|| paścācca tava putrau ca yajñabhājau bhaviṣyataḥ|| ityuktvā taṃ ca sutapāḥ praṇamyāhaskaraṃ muniḥ|| 22|| jagāma gaṅgāṃ saṃtrasto harisevanatatparaḥ|| putrābhyāṃ sahitaḥ sūryyo jagāma nija mandiram|| 23|| babhūvatustau pūjyau ca yajñabhājau dvijāśiṣā|| etatsūryakṛtaṃ viprastotraṃ yo mānavaḥ paṭhet|| viprapādaprasādena sarvatra vijayī bhavet ||24|| brāhmaṇebhyo nama iti prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet|| sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ||25|| pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni tāni tīrthāni sāgare || sāgare yāni tīrthāni viprapādeṣu tāni ca||26|| viprapādodakaṃ pītvā yāvattiṣṭhati medinī || tāvatpuṣkarapātreṣu pibaṃti pitaro jalam ||27|| viprapādodakaṃ puṇyaṃ bhaktiyuktaśca yaḥ pibet || sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ||28|| mahārogī yadi pibedviprapādodakaṃ dvija|| mucyate sarvarogācca māsamekaṃ tu bhaktitaḥ||29|| avidyo vā savidyo vā saṃdhyāpūto hi yo dvijaḥ|| sa eva viṣṇusadṛśo na harau vimukho yadi || 1.11.30|| ghnantaṃ vipraṃ śapantaṃ vā na hanyānna ca taṃ śapet| gobhyaḥ śataguṇaṃ pūjyo haribhaktaśca sa smṛtaḥ||31|| pādodakaṃ ca naivedyaṃ bhuṅkte viprasya yo dvija|| nityaṃ naivedyabhojī yo rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet||32|| ekādaśyāṃ na bhuṅkte yo nityaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ samarcayet|| tasya pādodakaṃ prāpya sthalaṃ tīrthaṃ bhaved dhruvam|| 33|| yo bhuṅkte bhojanocchiṣṭaṃ nityaṃ naivedyabhojanam|| kṛṣṇadevasya pūto'sau jīvanmukto mahītale||34|| annaṃ viṣṭhā payo mūtraṃ yadviṣṇoraniveditam|| dvijānāṃ kulajātānāmityāha kamalodbhavaḥ||35|| brahmā ca brahmaputrāśca sarve viṣṇuparāyaṇāḥ|| brāhmaṇastatkule jāto vimukhaśca harau katham||36|| pitrormātāmahādīnāṃ saṃsargasya gurośca vā|| doṣeṇa vimukhāḥ kṛṣṇe viprā jīvanmṛtāśca te|| 37|| sa kiṃguruḥ sa kiṃtātaḥ sa kiṃputraḥ sa kiṃsakhā|| sa kiṃrājā sa kiṃbandhurna dadyādyo harau matim ||38|| avaiṣṇavāddvijādvipra caṇḍālo vaiṣṇavo varaḥ|| sagaṇaḥ śvapaco mukto brāhmaṇo narakaṃ vrajet||39|| sandhyāhīno'śucirnityaṃ kṛṣṇe vā vimukho dvijaḥ|| sa eva brāhmaṇābhāso viṣahīno yathoragaḥ|| 1.11.40|| guruvaktrādviṣṇumaṃtro yasya karṇe praviśyati|| taṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ mahāpūtaṃ jīvanmuktaṃ vadedvidhiḥ||41|| puṃsāṃ mātāmahādīnāṃ śataiḥ sārddhaṃ hareḥ padam|| prayāti vaiṣṇavaḥ puṃsāmātmanaḥ kulakoṭibhiḥ||42|| brahmakṣattriyaviṭśūdrāścatasro jātayo yathā || svatantrā jātirekā ca viśvasminvaiṣṇavābhidhā || 43|| dhyāyanti vaiṣṇavāḥ śaśvadgovindapadapaṅkajam|| dhyāyate tāṃśca govindaḥ śaśvatteṣāṃ ca sannidhau||44|| sudarśanaṃ saṃniyojya bhaktānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca|| tathāpi na hi niścinto'vatiṣṭhedbhaktasannidhau||45|| iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde brahmakhaṇḍe viṣṇuvaiṣṇavabrāhmaṇapraśaṃsā nāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ||11||
English translation
AsVanlkumaras freed of the curse; praise of the Vaisnava Brahmanas Thereafter Brahma himself gave him a girl named ManasT. O best of the sages, with his union with her a son named Kalyanamitra was fer: TT I Saunaka said, “what did the Brahmana do after disowning his own wife? What is the name of the son born of Asvimkumaras. To which race do they belong?
With the reciting of whose name, a person is relieved of the danger like the fall of lightening or vajra. With the reciting of the name of Kalyanamitra, one also gets his own relatives restored to him, who are otherwise difficult to Thereafter, the great sage Sutapa, after disowning his wife also pronounced a curse over Asvani Kumara, the son of Surya, ''yon will be deprived of the place of grace with your brothers and also the share in the yajna. Your body will be infested with decease and will earn a black Saying this Sntapa went to his abode carrying the child with him. The sun of the other hand also reached the sage with his sons.
O Saunaka, Surya, the lord of the three worlds, reached the abode of Sutapa with his ailing sons. All of them then started eulogising the sage.
Sun said, “O Brahmana, I beg forgiveness O lord you represent the form of Visnu in all the three yiigas. O graet sage Bhardvaja, you forgive the fault of my sons.
O Brahmana, all the three gods like Brahma, Visnu and Siva, gladly consume the fruits the fruits, flowers and the water offered by the Brahmanas. All the gods who are adored by the Brahmanas are always adored there. No other birth is better than the birth of a Brahmana because the Brahmanas are the form of lord With the pleasing of a Brahmana, the lord himself gets pleasant and with the pleasing of the Lord Narayana all the gods are pleased.
There is no place more sacred them the Gahga.
There is no other god better than Krsna. There is no one else who could bear the pain more peacefully them the earth.
There is no dharma greater than the truthfulness. There is no lady more chaste than Parvatl and no one is dearer in the universe than the son.
There is no enemy greater than the ailment; no one mere respectable than the teacher, no relative is greater than the mother and there is no friend greater than the father.
is the best of all the vratas and there is no tapas is greater than the fasting. The gems are best of all the riches and of all the gems, the gem of knowledge is most precious.
Brahmana is best of all the castes and there is no teacher better than a Brahmana. These are the words spoken by Brahma, who was bom out of Wisrat WT WiT I Listcmng to the words of the, sun*god, Sutapav bmi ill. the Bharad\-aja family then bowed in^.; revcfcnce la the ^suii and he relieved both his with the infinence' of his divine powers. Thereafter Sutapa also said to Stirya,' of these sons will also have the part in the restored to them. Thereafter bowing at the j feet of the snn, getting panic at the delay in: of the swiftly went to the!
bank of the Ganga. Surya then accompanied by' both the sons, retreated to his abode, with the' grace of the Brahmana, both of them, got their] position restored besides the part of the yajna. O j Biahmana, whosoever, recites the prayer of Siiiya, get always victorious by the grace of the II? tA It Early in the morning who bows at the feet of Brahmana, he earns the merit of having a both at There are several sacred places in the earth and an equal number of them do exist in the oceans. An equal number of the sacred places are enshrined in the feet of the Brahmanas.
Therefore who so ever, sips the water of the Brahmana's feet, their ancestors drink water in the lotus leaves till the earth lasts.
The one who sips the sacred water of a Bifilimana's feet, he achieves the merit of bathing at all the holy places and the dlksa at the O Brahmana, even if a single person sips with devotion the caniximrta of a Brahmana for a mouth, he is relieved of all aihncnts.
Whether one is an intellect or a fool, a Brahmana, who gets himself sanctified by perfonning Sandhya-vandana and adores the lord with devotion, he can be equated with Vis nil. A Brahmana should not be attacked while running or while pronouncing a curse, should not be attacked, A Brahmana who is devoted to the lord, is hundred times more adorable than the Those who drink the carndmrta and naivaidya from the Brahmana they achieve the merit of perfonning the Rdjasuya yajna.
Gne who does not eat the food on the Ekadasl day and adores lord Krsna daily, his caranodaka when consumed becomes like the sacred place.
The one who consumes the naivedya of lord Krsna daily such a great soul gets purified on earth and is freed from the cycle of the birth and Brahma, who emerged from the lotus also stated that the food from noble Brahmana which is not offered to lord Krsna is like the refuse and the milk is like the urine.
Brahma and his sons are the devotees of Visnu and Brahmanas are bom in his race. Then how can he disregard the lord?
Not only the Brahmana, but also his father, grand father and great grand father, who remain adverse to lord Krsna they are considered to be dead even when they still remain alive on earth.
The teacher, parents, friend, relative and any one else who does not inspire a person to be devoted to lord Krsna, have to denounced.
O Brahmana, A Vaisnava Candala is better than the universe Brahmana. Therefore a Candala Vaisnava, helps in achieving salvation and Avaisnava Brahmana achieves the hell. Such of the Brahmanas who are unclean and fools and are not devoted to Visnu they can be called as the Brahmanas for name sake only like a snake which is without the poison.
When the name of Visnu spoken by a teacher enters the ear, it is treated to be quite sacred by Brahma. Such a Vaisnava redeems several of the generation in the maternal and paternal faces and enters the abode of Visnu.
Though there are four castes viz.: Brahmana, Ksatriya, Vaisya and Sudra, but Vaisnavas of the world belong to one and the same caste.
The Vaisnavas are always devoted at the lotus¬ like feet of the lord and lord Krsna, takes care of them remaining besides them and he does not hesitate the use of Sudarsana Cakra in order to save them. He always remains with his devotees.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400140 (2024-01-06T13:23:13Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n60–n64: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n60/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.