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Chapter 12

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शौनक उवाच ।। ऋषिवंशप्रसङ्गेन बभूवुर्विविधाः कथाः ।। उपालम्भेन प्रस्तावात्कौतुकेन श्रुता मया ।।१।। प्रजा वा ससृजुः के वा ऊर्ध्वरेताश्च कश्चन ।। पित्रा सह विरोधेन नारदः किं चकार सः ।। २ ।। पितुः शापेन पुत्रस्य किं बभूव विरोधतः ।। पितुर्वा पुत्रशापेन सौते तत्कथ्यतां शुभम् ।। ३ ।। सौतिरुवाच ।। हंसो यतिश्चारणिश्च वोढुः पञ्चशिखस्तथा ।। अपान्तरतमाश्चैव सनकाद्याश्च शौनक ।। ४ ।। एतैर्विनाऽन्ये बहवो ब्रह्मपुत्राश्च सन्ततम् ।। सांसारिकाः प्रजावन्तो गुर्वाज्ञापरिपालकाः ।। ५ ।। अपूज्यः पुत्रशापेन स्वयं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः ।। तेनैव ब्रह्मणो मन्त्रं नोपासन्ते विपश्चितः ।। ६ ।। नारदो गुरुशापेन गन्धर्वश्च बभूव सः।। कथयामि सुविस्तीर्णं तद्वृत्तान्तं निशामय ।। ७ ।। गन्धर्वराजः सर्वेषां गन्धर्वाणां वरो महान् ।। परमैश्वर्य्यसंयुक्तः पुत्रहीनो हि कर्मणा ।। ८ ।। गुर्वाज्ञया पुष्करे स परमेण समाधिना ।। तपश्चकार शम्भोश्च कृपणो दीनमानसः ।। ९ ।। शिवस्य कवचं स्तोत्रं मन्त्रं च द्वादशाक्षरम् ।। ददौ गन्धर्वराजाय वसिष्ठश्च कृपानिधिः ।। 1.12.१० ।। जजाप परमं मन्त्रं दिव्यं वर्षशतं मुने ।। पुष्करे स निराहारः पुत्रदुःखेन तापितः ।। ११ ।। विरामे शतवर्षस्य ददर्श पुरतः शिवम् ।। भासयंतं दश दिशो ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। १२ ।। महत्तेजस्स्वरूपं च भगवन्तं सनातनम् ।। ईषद्धासं प्रसन्नास्यं भक्तानुग्रहकारकम् ।। १३ ।। तपोरूपं तपोबीजं तपस्याफलदं फलम् ।। शरणागतभक्ताय दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। १४ ।। त्रिशूलपट्टिशधरं वृषभस्थं दिगम्बरम् ।। शुद्ध स्फटिकसंकाशं त्रिनेत्रं चन्द्रशेखरम् ।। १५ ।। तप्तस्वर्णप्रभाजुष्टजटाजालधरं वरम् ।। नीलकण्डं च सर्वज्ञं नागयज्ञोपवीतकम् ।। १६ ।। संहर्तारं च सर्वेषां कालं मृत्युंजयं परम् ।। ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्त्तण्डकोटिसंकाशमीश्वरम् ।। १७ ।। तत्त्वज्ञानप्रदं शांतं मुक्तिदं हरिभक्तिदम् ।। दृष्ट्वा ननाम सहसा गन्धर्वो दण्डवद्भुवि ।। १८ ।। वसिष्ठदत्तस्तोत्रेण तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम् ।। वरं वृणुष्वेति शिवस्तमुवाच कृपानिधिः ।। स ययाचे हरे भक्तिं पुत्रं परमवैष्णवम् ।। १९ ।। गन्धर्वस्य वचः श्रुत्वा चाह सीच्चन्द्रशेखरः ।। उवाच दीनं दीनेशो दीनबन्धुः सनातनम् ।। 1.12.२० ।। श्रीमहादेव उवाच ।। कृतार्थस्त्वं वरादेकादन्यच्चर्वितचर्वणम् ।। गन्धर्वराज वृणुषे को वा तृप्तोऽतिमङ्गले ।। २१ ।। यस्य भक्तिर्हरौ वत्स सुदृढा सर्वमङ्गला ।। स समर्थः सर्वविश्वं पातुं कर्त्तुं च लीलया ।। २२ ।। आत्मनः कुलकोटिं च शतं मातामहस्य च ।। पुरुषाणां समुद्धृत्य गोलोकं याति निश्चितम् ।।२३।। त्रिविधानि च पापानि कोटिजन्मार्जितानि च ।। निहत्य पुण्यभोगं च हरिदास्यं लभेद् ध्रुवम्।।२४।। तावत्पत्नी सुतस्तावत्तावदैश्वर्य्यमीप्सितम्।। सुखं दुःखं नृणां तावद्यावत्कृष्णे न मानसम्।। २५ ।। कृष्णे मनसि संजाते भक्तिखड्गो दुरत्ययः ।। नराणां कर्मवृक्षाणां मूलच्छेदं करोत्यहो ।। २६ ।। भवेद्येषां सुकृतिनां पुत्राः परमवैष्णवाः ।। कुलकोटिं च तेषां ते उद्धरन्त्येव लीलया ।। २७ ।। चरितार्थः पुमानेकाद्वरमिच्छुर्वरादहो।। किं वरेण द्वितीयेन पुंसां तृप्तिर्न मङ्गले ।। २८ ।। धनं संचितमस्माकं वैष्णवानां सुदुर्लभम् ।। श्रीकृष्णे भक्तिदास्यं च न वयं दातुमुत्सुकाः ।।२९।। वरयान्यं वरं वत्स यत्ते मनसि वांछितम्।। इन्द्रत्वममरत्वं वा ब्रह्मत्वं लभ दुर्लभम्।।1.12.३०।। सर्वसिद्धिं महायोगं ज्ञानं मृत्युजयादिकम् ।। सुखेन सर्वं दास्यामि हरिदास्यं त्यज ध्रुवम् ।। ३१ ।। शङ्करस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शुष्ककण्ठोष्ठतालुकः ।। उवाच दीनो दीनेशं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। ३२ ।। गन्धर्व उवाच ।। यत्पक्ष्मचालनेनैव ब्रह्मणः पतनं भवेत् ।। तद्ब्रह्मत्वं स्वप्नतुल्यं कृष्णभक्तो न चेच्छति ।। ३३ ।। इन्द्रत्वममरत्वं वा सिद्धियोगादिकं शिव ।। ज्ञानं मृत्युजयाद्यं वा न हि भक्तस्य वाञ्छितम् ।। ३४ ।। सालोक्यसार्ष्टिसामीप्यसायुज्यं श्रीहरेरपि ।। तत्र निर्वाणमोक्षं च न हि वाञ्छन्ति वैष्णवाः ।। ३५ ।। शश्वत्तत्र दृढा भक्तिर्हरिदास्यं सुदुर्लभम् ।। स्वप्ने जागरणे भक्ता वाञ्छन्त्येवं वरं वरम् ।। ३६ ।। तद्दास्यं वैष्णवसुतं देहि कल्पतरो वरम् ।। त्वां प्राप्य लभते तुष्टं वरं सर्ववरोऽवरः ।। ३७।। न दास्यसीदं चेच्छम्भो वरं दुष्कृतिनं च माम् ।। कृत्वा हि स्वशिरश्छेदं प्रदास्यामि हुताशने ।। ३८ ।। गन्धर्ववचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच कृपानिधिः ।। भक्तं दीनं च भक्तेशो भक्तानुग्रहकारकः ।।३९।। श्रीशंकर उवाच ।। हरिभक्तिं हरेर्दास्यं पुत्रं परमवैष्णवम्।। चिरायुषं च गुणिनं शश्वत्सुस्थिरयौवनम् ।। 1.12.४० ।। ज्ञानिनं सुन्दरवरं गुरुभक्तं जितेन्द्रियम् ।। गन्धर्वराजप्रवरं वरेमं लभ मा शुचः ।। ४१ ।। इत्युक्त्वा शंकरस्तस्माज्जगाम स्वालयं मुने ।। गन्धर्वराजः सन्तुष्ट आजगाम स्वमन्दिरम् ।। ४२ ।। प्रफुल्लमानसाः सर्वे मानवाः सिद्धकर्मणः ।। नारदस्तस्य भार्य्यायां लेभे जन्म च भारते ।। ४३ ।। सुषाव पुत्रं सा वृद्धा पर्वते गन्धमादने ।। गुरुर्वसिष्ठो भगवान्नाम चक्रे यथोचितम् ।। ४४ ।। बालकस्य च तस्यैव मङ्गलं मङ्गले दिने ।। उप शब्दोऽधिकार्थश्च पूज्ये च बर्हणः पुमान् ।। पूज्यानामधिको बालस्तेनोपबर्हणाभिधः ।। ४५।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे सौति शौनकसंवादे ब्रह्मखण्डे नारदजन्मकथनं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ।। १२ ।।

śaunaka uvāca || ṛṣivaṃśaprasaṅgena babhūvurvividhāḥ kathāḥ || upālambhena prastāvātkautukena śrutā mayā ||1|| prajā vā sasṛjuḥ ke vā ūrdhvaretāśca kaścana || pitrā saha virodhena nāradaḥ kiṃ cakāra saḥ || 2 || pituḥ śāpena putrasya kiṃ babhūva virodhataḥ || piturvā putraśāpena saute tatkathyatāṃ śubham || 3 || sautiruvāca || haṃso yatiścāraṇiśca voḍhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā || apāntaratamāścaiva sanakādyāśca śaunaka || 4 || etairvinā'nye bahavo brahmaputrāśca santatam || sāṃsārikāḥ prajāvanto gurvājñāparipālakāḥ || 5 || apūjyaḥ putraśāpena svayaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ || tenaiva brahmaṇo mantraṃ nopāsante vipaścitaḥ || 6 || nārado guruśāpena gandharvaśca babhūva saḥ|| kathayāmi suvistīrṇaṃ tadvṛttāntaṃ niśāmaya || 7 || gandharvarājaḥ sarveṣāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ varo mahān || paramaiśvaryyasaṃyuktaḥ putrahīno hi karmaṇā || 8 || gurvājñayā puṣkare sa parameṇa samādhinā || tapaścakāra śambhośca kṛpaṇo dīnamānasaḥ || 9 || śivasya kavacaṃ stotraṃ mantraṃ ca dvādaśākṣaram || dadau gandharvarājāya vasiṣṭhaśca kṛpānidhiḥ || 1.12.10 || jajāpa paramaṃ mantraṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ mune || puṣkare sa nirāhāraḥ putraduḥkhena tāpitaḥ || 11 || virāme śatavarṣasya dadarśa purataḥ śivam || bhāsayaṃtaṃ daśa diśo jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā || 12 || mahattejassvarūpaṃ ca bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || īṣaddhāsaṃ prasannāsyaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam || 13 || taporūpaṃ tapobījaṃ tapasyāphaladaṃ phalam || śaraṇāgatabhaktāya dātāraṃ sarvasampadām || 14 || triśūlapaṭṭiśadharaṃ vṛṣabhasthaṃ digambaram || śuddha sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ trinetraṃ candraśekharam || 15 || taptasvarṇaprabhājuṣṭajaṭājāladharaṃ varam || nīlakaṇḍaṃ ca sarvajñaṃ nāgayajñopavītakam || 16 || saṃhartāraṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kālaṃ mṛtyuṃjayaṃ param || grīṣmamadhyāhnamārttaṇḍakoṭisaṃkāśamīśvaram || 17 || tattvajñānapradaṃ śāṃtaṃ muktidaṃ haribhaktidam || dṛṣṭvā nanāma sahasā gandharvo daṇḍavadbhuvi || 18 || vasiṣṭhadattastotreṇa tuṣṭāva parameśvaram || varaṃ vṛṇuṣveti śivastamuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ || sa yayāce hare bhaktiṃ putraṃ paramavaiṣṇavam || 19 || gandharvasya vacaḥ śrutvā cāha sīccandraśekharaḥ || uvāca dīnaṃ dīneśo dīnabandhuḥ sanātanam || 1.12.20 || śrīmahādeva uvāca || kṛtārthastvaṃ varādekādanyaccarvitacarvaṇam || gandharvarāja vṛṇuṣe ko vā tṛpto'timaṅgale || 21 || yasya bhaktirharau vatsa sudṛḍhā sarvamaṅgalā || sa samarthaḥ sarvaviśvaṃ pātuṃ karttuṃ ca līlayā || 22 || ātmanaḥ kulakoṭiṃ ca śataṃ mātāmahasya ca || puruṣāṇāṃ samuddhṛtya golokaṃ yāti niścitam ||23|| trividhāni ca pāpāni koṭijanmārjitāni ca || nihatya puṇyabhogaṃ ca haridāsyaṃ labhed dhruvam||24|| tāvatpatnī sutastāvattāvadaiśvaryyamīpsitam|| sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ nṛṇāṃ tāvadyāvatkṛṣṇe na mānasam|| 25 || kṛṣṇe manasi saṃjāte bhaktikhaḍgo duratyayaḥ || narāṇāṃ karmavṛkṣāṇāṃ mūlacchedaṃ karotyaho || 26 || bhavedyeṣāṃ sukṛtināṃ putrāḥ paramavaiṣṇavāḥ || kulakoṭiṃ ca teṣāṃ te uddharantyeva līlayā || 27 || caritārthaḥ pumānekādvaramicchurvarādaho|| kiṃ vareṇa dvitīyena puṃsāṃ tṛptirna maṅgale || 28 || dhanaṃ saṃcitamasmākaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ sudurlabham || śrīkṛṣṇe bhaktidāsyaṃ ca na vayaṃ dātumutsukāḥ ||29|| varayānyaṃ varaṃ vatsa yatte manasi vāṃchitam|| indratvamamaratvaṃ vā brahmatvaṃ labha durlabham||1.12.30|| sarvasiddhiṃ mahāyogaṃ jñānaṃ mṛtyujayādikam || sukhena sarvaṃ dāsyāmi haridāsyaṃ tyaja dhruvam || 31 || śaṅkarasya vacaḥ śrutvā śuṣkakaṇṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ || uvāca dīno dīneśaṃ dātāraṃ sarvasampadām || 32 || gandharva uvāca || yatpakṣmacālanenaiva brahmaṇaḥ patanaṃ bhavet || tadbrahmatvaṃ svapnatulyaṃ kṛṣṇabhakto na cecchati || 33 || indratvamamaratvaṃ vā siddhiyogādikaṃ śiva || jñānaṃ mṛtyujayādyaṃ vā na hi bhaktasya vāñchitam || 34 || sālokyasārṣṭisāmīpyasāyujyaṃ śrīharerapi || tatra nirvāṇamokṣaṃ ca na hi vāñchanti vaiṣṇavāḥ || 35 || śaśvattatra dṛḍhā bhaktirharidāsyaṃ sudurlabham || svapne jāgaraṇe bhaktā vāñchantyevaṃ varaṃ varam || 36 || taddāsyaṃ vaiṣṇavasutaṃ dehi kalpataro varam || tvāṃ prāpya labhate tuṣṭaṃ varaṃ sarvavaro'varaḥ || 37|| na dāsyasīdaṃ cecchambho varaṃ duṣkṛtinaṃ ca mām || kṛtvā hi svaśiraśchedaṃ pradāsyāmi hutāśane || 38 || gandharvavacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca kṛpānidhiḥ || bhaktaṃ dīnaṃ ca bhakteśo bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ ||39|| śrīśaṃkara uvāca || haribhaktiṃ harerdāsyaṃ putraṃ paramavaiṣṇavam|| cirāyuṣaṃ ca guṇinaṃ śaśvatsusthirayauvanam || 1.12.40 || jñāninaṃ sundaravaraṃ gurubhaktaṃ jitendriyam || gandharvarājapravaraṃ varemaṃ labha mā śucaḥ || 41 || ityuktvā śaṃkarastasmājjagāma svālayaṃ mune || gandharvarājaḥ santuṣṭa ājagāma svamandiram || 42 || praphullamānasāḥ sarve mānavāḥ siddhakarmaṇaḥ || nāradastasya bhāryyāyāṃ lebhe janma ca bhārate || 43 || suṣāva putraṃ sā vṛddhā parvate gandhamādane || gururvasiṣṭho bhagavānnāma cakre yathocitam || 44 || bālakasya ca tasyaiva maṅgalaṃ maṅgale dine || upa śabdo'dhikārthaśca pūjye ca barhaṇaḥ pumān || pūjyānāmadhiko bālastenopabarhaṇābhidhaḥ || 45|| iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe sauti śaunakasaṃvāde brahmakhaṇḍe nāradajanmakathanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||

English translation

The Story of Narada There are several stories a bout the races of the sages. I have narrated them already which I heard from others quite playfully. It will, therefore, not be appropriate to repeat them. Out of the sons of Brahma who were those who participated in the creation of the universe? What did Narada do after his opposing the command of his father? What happened to the son after he was cursed by the father? What happened after the son pronounced a curse on the father? O son of Suta, you narrate this story in detail.

irgrjaTsr WfrTj;i Suta replied, “All Saunaka except Hansa, Yati, Aram, Vodhu, Pancasikha, Apantaratama and SanakMi are the sages and are other sons of Brahma who participated in the creation of universe. They always followed the command of Brahma himself was fallen from graces as a result of cure of his son Narada. He become unadorable. That is why the wise people did not adore Brahma at all.

Narada on the other hand was also cursed by Brahma. I am narrating that story to you in details. You please listen to it.

During those times, there was a king of Gandharvas who was quite respectable and a great king. He had enough of riches with him but he had no son. The beleaguered king with a pain in his heart went to his priest and with his permission he started a yajna in the holy place of Puskara. He started adoring with a devoted heart Lord Siva.

The most compassionate Vasistha gave him the kavaca, the prayer and a hymn of 12 letters to the king of the Gandharvas. O sage, with his mind offering prayer, having no sons, the king of Gandharvas remained without food for a hundred divine years reciting the mantras.

After, a hundred years, Siva himself appeared before him which illuminated all the ten directions with his lustre.

His face was bearing a serene smile. He is compassionate to his devotees in the form of tapes and also is seed of tapes. He gave proper reward for his tapes and he himself performs tapas. He fulfils all the wishes of his devotees who come to take refuge under him.

He was holding a trident, a pattisa and other weapons. He was mounted over his bull and was without clothes. He had lustre of spotless crystal, three eyes, a crescent over the head and had matted locks of hair resembling the complexion of the molten gold. He had a blue mark over a neck and serpents, were adorning his shoulders.

Thus the omnipresent Siva appears in the form of a child, destroyer of all, the care who overcomes death, had the lustre of crores of sun shining at moon time in summer. He was peaceful and the figure of the bestower of tattvajhdna, salvation and devotion of H^ri. Finding Siva before him, the Gandharvas prostrated before him and started reciting prayer in his favour.

Thereafter the most compassionate Siva said to him, “Ask for a boon.” The king of Gandharvas then sought for a son who could be a perfect Vaisnava and be devoted to the lord.

On hearing these words of the king of Gandharvas, Lord Siva having the crescent over him head spoke to him smilingly thus.

riches till such time his mind is not attracted and devoted towards lord krsna.

Because the sword the devotion of lord Krsna cuts off all the fetters of actions of a human being like the trees. This is quite surprising. The wise people get quite illustrious sons. Those sons redeem their future generation.

Lord Mahadeva said, “O king of Gandharvas, you have not satisfied with only one boon. The second boon is therefore like repeating the stuff which has already been crushed. Even otherwise, whatever the boon has been desired by you is also all right. Who will be satisfied with salvation alone? (Because after whatever one gets, he desires much more beyond that) O Son, the one how is extremely devoted to the lord Hari, he can protect the erdre universe and even re-create it. With his devotion, he can redeem a hundred of his earlier generations.

Though a noble persons gets satisfied with a single boon but instead of that he becomes desirous or getting an other one. This is quite surprising. What is the use of second boon? One is not satisfied with the achieving of the welfare.

We have the forest of welfare preserved for the Vaisnavas. One does not became anxious to bestow that devotion and dedication of lord krsna on others. Therefore, you ask for another appropriate boon. I can bestow etemalship or the place of Indra and even the eternal bliss, all the siddhis and the knowledge to overcome the death, with pleasures. You, however, shed away the desires to be a slave of lord Hari”.

He is relieved of the sins commuted by him in his earlier birth and achieves the privilege of serving the lord.

One remained unprivileged in the world like his family, the wife, the son and other worldly On hearing these words of Siva, the lips, the throat and the mouth of the poor king of Gandharvas dried up. Then mustering courage he appealed to the lord who could bestow of the successes to all.

The Gandharva said, “The one who fall with the meagre sight of Brahma, that Brahmana is like a dream and short lived. Nobody will desire O Lord, Siva, the place of Indra, the successes, the Yogic powers, the powers to overcome the death are of no use for a devotee. The four types of the salvation of the lord like Sdlokya, Sdrupya, Sdmipya, Sdyujya and the complete redemption can hardly be desired by a Vaisnnava. I desire the everlasting devotion for lord Krsna in which I should remain engrossed all the times while sleeping or while awake. Therefore, you kindly grant us this boons alone.

O kalpavrksa, this is the reason, why I need a son who should be devoted to Visnu and be his slave also. You kindly grant this boon to me because after getting such a boon because with your pleasure in case some one also seeks another boon it is simple cruelty.

O Lord Siva, in case you do not grant me the desired boon, I shall cut off my head and offer it as a offering in the burning fire”.

Thereafter, the compassionate lord, taking a pity on his devotee granted the king of Gandharvas, the boon desired.

Lord Siva said, “you will get a son who will be a perfect Vaisnava devoted to the lord. You achieve these boons and don't worry in your mind. Besides being a Vaisanava your son will also be a great devotee of lord Hari. He will remain always useful, an intellectual most beautiful, devoted to the teachers and shall well control all his senses”. Saying this lord Siva went to his abode and the Gandharvas also went back On meeting with successes the mind of all the people get delighted blossoming like a lotus flower. Narada was bom out the womb of the devoted wife of the king of Gandharva.

The old wife of king of Gandharvas gave birth to a child at Gandhamadana mountain and a teacher Vasistha performed the yajiiopavita ceremony of the son.

This child has been quite devoted to the lord.

Therefore, he was given the name of Upabarhana, by Vasistha.

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400034 (2023-12-26T21:41:38Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n64–n68: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n64/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.