Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 20
Sourceसौतिरुवाच ।। मुदा मालावतीसार्द्धं गन्धर्वश्चोपबर्हणः ।। रेमे कालावशेषं च ताभिश्च निर्जने वने ।। १ ।। गन्धर्वराजो मुमुदे पुत्रदारादिभिः सह ।। नानाविधं क्रतुवरं महत्पुण्यं चकार ह ।। २ ।। राजत्वं बुभुजे राजा कुबेरभवनोपमे ।। रेमे सुशीलया सार्द्धं स्थिरयौवनयुक्तया ।। ३ ।। गन्धर्वराजः काले च गङ्गातीरे मनोहरे ।। पत्न्या सार्द्धमसूंस्त्यक्त्वा वैकुण्ठं च ययौ मुदा ।। ४ ।। शैवः शिवप्रसादेन पुत्रस्य विष्णुसेवया ।। बभूव दासो वैकुण्ठे विष्णोः श्यामचतुर्भुजः ।। ५ ।। कृत्वा पित्रोश्च सत्कारं गन्धर्वश्चोपबर्हणः ।। ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ विप्र धनानि विविधानि च ।। ६ ।। काले स्वयं ब्रह्मशापात्प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा विचक्षणः ।। स जज्ञे वृषलीगर्भे ब्रह्मबीजेन शौनक ।। ७ ।। मालावती वह्निकुण्डे पुष्करे भारते भुवि ।। कृत्वा तु वाञ्छितं कामं प्राणांस्तत्याज सा सती ।। ८ ।। सृंजयस्य तु पत्न्यां च मनुवंशोद्भवस्य च ।। जज्ञे नृपस्य साध्वी सा पुण्या जातिस्मरा वरा ।। ९ ।। उपबर्हणगन्धर्वः पतिर्मे भवितेति च ।। इतिकामा कामुकी सा सुन्दरी सुन्दरीवरा ।। 1.20.१० ।। शौनक उवाच ।। ब्रह्मवीर्य्याच्छूद्रपत्न्यां गन्धर्वश्चोपबर्हणः ।। जातः केन प्रकारेण तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ।। ११ ।। सौतिरुवाच ।। कान्यकुब्जे च देशे च द्रुमिलो नाम राजकः ।। कलावती तस्य पत्नी वन्ध्या चापि पतिव्रता ।। १२ ।। स्वामिदोषेण सा वन्ध्या काले च भर्तुराज्ञया ।। उपतस्थे वने घोरे नारदं काश्यपं मुनिम् ।। १३ ।। ध्यायमानं च श्रीकृष्णं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। तस्थौ सुवेषं कृत्वा सा ध्यानान्तं च मुनेः पुरः ।। १४ ।। ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्तण्डप्रभातुल्येन तेजसा ।। तपन्तं दूरतोऽप्येवं समीपं गन्तुमक्षमा ।। १५ ।। ध्यानान्ते च मुनिश्रेष्ठः परः कृष्णपरायणः ।। ददर्श पुरतो दूरे सुन्दरीं स्थिरयौवनाम् ।। १६ ।। चारुचम्पकवर्णाभां शरत्पङ्कजलोचनाम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचंद्रास्यां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् ।। १७ ।। बृहन्नितम्बभारार्त्तां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् ।। शोभितां पीतवस्त्रेण सस्मितां रक्तलोचनाम् ।। १८ ।। मोहितां मुनिरूपेण कामबाणप्रपीडिताम् ।। दर्शयन्तीं स्तनश्रोणिं मैथुनासक्तचेतसा ।। ।। १९ ।। सिन्दूरबिन्दुभूषाढ्यां सुचारुकज्जलोज्ज्वलाम् ।। पदालक्तकशोभाढ्यां रूपेणैव यथोर्वशीम् ।। 1.20.२० ।। मुनिः पप्रच्छ दृष्ट्वा तां का त्वं कामिनि निर्जने ।। कस्य पत्नी कथं वाऽत्र सत्यं ब्रूहि च पुंश्चलि ।।२१।। मुनेश्च वचनं श्रुत्वा कम्पिता च कलावती ।। उवाच विनयेनैव कृत्वा च श्रीहरिं हृदि ।। २२ ।। कलावत्युवाच ।। गोपिकाऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठ द्रुमिलस्य च कामिनी ।। पुत्रार्थिनी चागताऽहं त्वन्मूलं भर्तुराज्ञया ।। २३ ।। वीर्य्याधानं कुरु मयि स्त्री नोपेक्ष्या ह्युपस्थिता ।। तेजीयसां न दोषाय वह्नेः सर्वभुजो यथा ।। २४ ।। वृषलीवचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोप मुनिसत्तमः ।। उवाच नीत्यं सत्यं च कोपप्रस्फुरिताधरः ।। २५ ।। काश्यप उवाच ।। यः स्वलक्ष्मीं च भोगार्हां पराय दातुमिच्छति ।। तं सा त्यजति मूढं च वेदवाद इति ध्रुवम् ।। २६ ।। न त्वं द्रुमिलभोगार्हा पुनरेव भविष्यसि ।। विरक्तेन स्वयं त्यक्ता न गृह्णाति च त्वां पुनः ।। २७ ।। यः शूद्रपत्नीं गृह्णाति ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानदुर्बलः।। स चण्डालो भवेत्सत्यं न कर्मार्हो द्विजातिषु ।। २८ ।। पितृश्राद्धे च यज्ञे च शिलास्पर्शे सुरार्चने ।। अधिकारश्च तस्यैवमित्याह कमलोद्भवः ।। ।। २९ ।। कुम्भीपाकं स्वयं याति पातयित्वा च पूरुषान् ।। मातामहान्स्वात्मनश्च दश पूर्वान्दशापरान् ।। 1.20.३० ।। तत्तर्पणं मूत्रमेव पिण्डं सद्यः पुरीषकम् ।। शालग्रामस्य तत्स्पर्शे चोपवासस्त्रिरात्रकम् ।। ३१ ।। तदिष्टदेवो गृह्णाति न नैवेद्यं न तज्जलम् ।। संन्यासिनां ब्राह्मणानां तदन्नं च पुरीषवत् ।। ३२ ।। कुम्भीपाके पच्यते स शक्रान्तं यावदेव हि ।। एकविंशतिपुरुषैः सार्द्धं सत्यं च पुंश्चलि ।। ३३ ।। पत्रोच्छिष्टं च यो भुङ्क्ते शूद्राणां ब्राह्मणाधमः ।। तत्तुल्योऽधरभोजी चैवेत्याङ्गिरेसभाषितम् ।। ३४ ।। शूद्रो वा यदि गृह्णाति ब्राह्मणीं ज्ञानदुर्बलः ।। स पच्यते कालसूत्रे यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। ३५ ।। अष्टादशेन्द्रावच्छिन्नं कालं च कालसूत्रके।। ब्राह्मणी पच्यते तत्र भक्षिता क्रिमिभिर्ध्रुवम् ।। ३६ ।। ततश्चण्डालयोनौ च लब्ध्वा जन्म च ब्राह्मणी ।। शूद्रश्च कुष्ठी भवति ज्ञातिभिः परिवर्जितः ।। ३७ ।। इत्युक्त्वा च मुनिश्रेष्ठो विरराम च शौनक ।। वृषली तत्पुरस्तस्थौ शुष्ककण्ठौष्ठतालुका ।। ३८ ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तेन पथा याति च मेनका ।। तस्या ऊरुं स्तनं दृष्ट्वा मुनेर्वीर्य्यं पपात ह ।। ३९ ।। ऋतुस्नाता च वृषली पीत्वा तत्र क्षणं मुदा ।। मुनिं प्रणम्य प्रहृष्टा प्रययौ भर्तुरन्तिकम् ।। 1.20.४० ।। गत्वा प्रणम्य द्रुमिलं कान्ता कान्तं मनोहरम् ।। सर्वं निवेदयामास वृत्तांत्तं गर्भहेतुकम् ।।४१।। कलावतीवचः श्रुत्वा प्रहृष्टवदनेक्षणः ।। उवाच कान्तां मधुरं परिणामसुखावहम् ।। ४२ ।। द्रुमिल उवाच ।। विप्रस्य वीर्यं त्वद्गर्भे वैष्णवस्य महात्मनः ।। वैष्णवो भविता बालस्त्वं च भाग्यवती सती ।।४३।। यद्गर्भे वैष्णवो जातो यस्य वीर्येण वा सति ।। तयोर्याति च वैकुण्ठं पुरुषाणां शतं शतम् ।।४४।। तौ च विष्णुविमानेन सद्रत्ननिर्मितेन च ।। यातौ वैकुण्ठनगरं जन्ममृत्युजराहरम् ।। ४५ ।। कस्यचिद्ब्राह्मणस्यैव गेहं गच्छ शुभानने ।। पश्चान्ममान्तिकं भद्रे यास्यसीति हरेः पुरम् ।। ४६ ।। इत्युक्त्वा गोपराजश्च स्नात्वा कृत्वा तु तर्पणम् ।। संपूज्याभीष्टदेवं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो धनं ददौ ।। ४७ ।। अश्वानां च चतुर्लक्षं गजानां लक्षमेव च ।। शतं मत्तगजेन्द्राणां ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।। ४८ ।। उच्चैःश्रवः पञ्चलक्षं रथानां च सहस्रकम् ।। शकटानां त्रिलक्षं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।। ४९ ।। गवां द्वादशलक्षं च महिषाणां त्रिलक्षकम् ।। त्रिलक्षं राजहंसानां ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।। 1.20.५० ।। पारावतानां लक्षं च शुकानां च शतं मुने ।। लक्षं च दासदासीनां ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।। ५१ ।। ग्रामाणां च सहस्रं च नगराणां शतं शतम् ।। धान्यतण्डुलशैलं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा।।५२।। शतकोटिं सुवर्णानां रत्नानां च सहस्रकम्।। मुद्राणां कोटिकलशं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।। ५३ ।। ददौ तैजसपात्राणां भूषणानामसंख्यकम् ।। तां स्त्रियं रत्नभूषाढ्यां ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।।५४।। राज्यं दत्त्वा महाराजोऽप्यन्तर्बाह्ये हरिं स्मरन् ।। जगाम बदरीं गोपो मनोगामी मुदाऽन्वितः।५५।। तत्र मासं तपः कृत्वा गङ्गातीरे मनोहरे ।। प्राणांस्तत्याज योगेन सद्यो दृष्टो महर्षिभिः ।।५६।। स च विष्णुविमानेन रत्नेन्द्रनिर्मितेन च।। संयुक्तो विष्णुदूतैश्च वैकुण्ठं च जगाम ह।।५७।। तत्र प्राप हरेर्दास्यं हरिदासो बभूव सः ।। वृत्तान्तं च कलावत्या श्रूयतामिति शौनक ।। ५८ ।। गते कलावती नाथे उच्चैश्च प्ररुरोद ह ।। वह्नौ प्राणांस्त्यक्तुकामा ब्राह्मणेनैव रक्षिता ।। ५९ ।। ब्राह्मणो मातरित्युक्त्वा तां गृहीत्वा मुदाऽन्वितः ।। जगाम रत्नपूर्णं च स्वगेहं च क्षणेन च ।। 1.20.६० ।। सा विप्रगेहे साध्वी च सुषाव तनयं वरम् ।। तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभं ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। ६१ ।। तत्रस्था योषितः सर्वा ददृशुर्बालकं शुभम् ।। ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्तण्डजितं तं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। ६२ ।। कामदेवाधिकं रूपे चन्द्राधिकशुभाननम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यं शरत्पङ्कजलोचनम् ।। ६३ ।। हस्तपादादिवलितं सुकपोलं मनोहरम् ।। पद्मचक्राङ्कितं पादपद्मं वाऽतुलमुज्ज्वलम् ।। ६४ ।। करयुग्मं वाऽतुलं च रुदन्तं च स्तनार्थिनम् ।। योषितो बालकं दृष्ट्वा प्रययुः स्वाश्रमं मुदा ।। ६५ ।। पुत्रदारयुतो विप्रः प्रहृष्टश्च ननर्त ह ।। स बालो ववृधे तत्र शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी ।। ६५ ।। पुपोष ब्राह्मणस्तां च सपुत्रां च यथा सुताम् ।। ६६ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे ब्रह्मखण्डे सौतिशौनकसंवादे उपबर्हणजन्मकथनं नाम विंशोऽध्यायः ।। २० ।।
sautiruvāca || mudā mālāvatīsārddhaṃ gandharvaścopabarhaṇaḥ || reme kālāvaśeṣaṃ ca tābhiśca nirjane vane || 1 || gandharvarājo mumude putradārādibhiḥ saha || nānāvidhaṃ kratuvaraṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ cakāra ha || 2 || rājatvaṃ bubhuje rājā kuberabhavanopame || reme suśīlayā sārddhaṃ sthirayauvanayuktayā || 3 || gandharvarājaḥ kāle ca gaṅgātīre manohare || patnyā sārddhamasūṃstyaktvā vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca yayau mudā || 4 || śaivaḥ śivaprasādena putrasya viṣṇusevayā || babhūva dāso vaikuṇṭhe viṣṇoḥ śyāmacaturbhujaḥ || 5 || kṛtvā pitrośca satkāraṃ gandharvaścopabarhaṇaḥ || brāhmaṇebhyo dadau vipra dhanāni vividhāni ca || 6 || kāle svayaṃ brahmaśāpātprāṇāṃstyaktvā vicakṣaṇaḥ || sa jajñe vṛṣalīgarbhe brahmabījena śaunaka || 7 || mālāvatī vahnikuṇḍe puṣkare bhārate bhuvi || kṛtvā tu vāñchitaṃ kāmaṃ prāṇāṃstatyāja sā satī || 8 || sṛṃjayasya tu patnyāṃ ca manuvaṃśodbhavasya ca || jajñe nṛpasya sādhvī sā puṇyā jātismarā varā || 9 || upabarhaṇagandharvaḥ patirme bhaviteti ca || itikāmā kāmukī sā sundarī sundarīvarā || 1.20.10 || śaunaka uvāca || brahmavīryyācchūdrapatnyāṃ gandharvaścopabarhaṇaḥ || jātaḥ kena prakāreṇa tadbhavānvaktumarhati || 11 || sautiruvāca || kānyakubje ca deśe ca drumilo nāma rājakaḥ || kalāvatī tasya patnī vandhyā cāpi pativratā || 12 || svāmidoṣeṇa sā vandhyā kāle ca bharturājñayā || upatasthe vane ghore nāradaṃ kāśyapaṃ munim || 13 || dhyāyamānaṃ ca śrīkṛṣṇaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā || tasthau suveṣaṃ kṛtvā sā dhyānāntaṃ ca muneḥ puraḥ || 14 || grīṣmamadhyāhnamārtaṇḍaprabhātulyena tejasā || tapantaṃ dūrato'pyevaṃ samīpaṃ gantumakṣamā || 15 || dhyānānte ca muniśreṣṭhaḥ paraḥ kṛṣṇaparāyaṇaḥ || dadarśa purato dūre sundarīṃ sthirayauvanām || 16 || cārucampakavarṇābhāṃ śaratpaṅkajalocanām || śaratpārvaṇacaṃdrāsyāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām || 17 || bṛhannitambabhārārttāṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām || śobhitāṃ pītavastreṇa sasmitāṃ raktalocanām || 18 || mohitāṃ munirūpeṇa kāmabāṇaprapīḍitām || darśayantīṃ stanaśroṇiṃ maithunāsaktacetasā || || 19 || sindūrabindubhūṣāḍhyāṃ sucārukajjalojjvalām || padālaktakaśobhāḍhyāṃ rūpeṇaiva yathorvaśīm || 1.20.20 || muniḥ papraccha dṛṣṭvā tāṃ kā tvaṃ kāmini nirjane || kasya patnī kathaṃ vā'tra satyaṃ brūhi ca puṃścali ||21|| muneśca vacanaṃ śrutvā kampitā ca kalāvatī || uvāca vinayenaiva kṛtvā ca śrīhariṃ hṛdi || 22 || kalāvatyuvāca || gopikā'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭha drumilasya ca kāminī || putrārthinī cāgatā'haṃ tvanmūlaṃ bharturājñayā || 23 || vīryyādhānaṃ kuru mayi strī nopekṣyā hyupasthitā || tejīyasāṃ na doṣāya vahneḥ sarvabhujo yathā || 24 || vṛṣalīvacanaṃ śrutvā cukopa munisattamaḥ || uvāca nītyaṃ satyaṃ ca kopaprasphuritādharaḥ || 25 || kāśyapa uvāca || yaḥ svalakṣmīṃ ca bhogārhāṃ parāya dātumicchati || taṃ sā tyajati mūḍhaṃ ca vedavāda iti dhruvam || 26 || na tvaṃ drumilabhogārhā punareva bhaviṣyasi || viraktena svayaṃ tyaktā na gṛhṇāti ca tvāṃ punaḥ || 27 || yaḥ śūdrapatnīṃ gṛhṇāti brāhmaṇo jñānadurbalaḥ|| sa caṇḍālo bhavetsatyaṃ na karmārho dvijātiṣu || 28 || pitṛśrāddhe ca yajñe ca śilāsparśe surārcane || adhikāraśca tasyaivamityāha kamalodbhavaḥ || || 29 || kumbhīpākaṃ svayaṃ yāti pātayitvā ca pūruṣān || mātāmahānsvātmanaśca daśa pūrvāndaśāparān || 1.20.30 || tattarpaṇaṃ mūtrameva piṇḍaṃ sadyaḥ purīṣakam || śālagrāmasya tatsparśe copavāsastrirātrakam || 31 || tadiṣṭadevo gṛhṇāti na naivedyaṃ na tajjalam || saṃnyāsināṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tadannaṃ ca purīṣavat || 32 || kumbhīpāke pacyate sa śakrāntaṃ yāvadeva hi || ekaviṃśatipuruṣaiḥ sārddhaṃ satyaṃ ca puṃścali || 33 || patrocchiṣṭaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte śūdrāṇāṃ brāhmaṇādhamaḥ || tattulyo'dharabhojī caivetyāṅgiresabhāṣitam || 34 || śūdro vā yadi gṛhṇāti brāhmaṇīṃ jñānadurbalaḥ || sa pacyate kālasūtre yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || 35 || aṣṭādaśendrāvacchinnaṃ kālaṃ ca kālasūtrake|| brāhmaṇī pacyate tatra bhakṣitā krimibhirdhruvam || 36 || tataścaṇḍālayonau ca labdhvā janma ca brāhmaṇī || śūdraśca kuṣṭhī bhavati jñātibhiḥ parivarjitaḥ || 37 || ityuktvā ca muniśreṣṭho virarāma ca śaunaka || vṛṣalī tatpurastasthau śuṣkakaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukā || 38 || etasminnantare tena pathā yāti ca menakā || tasyā ūruṃ stanaṃ dṛṣṭvā munervīryyaṃ papāta ha || 39 || ṛtusnātā ca vṛṣalī pītvā tatra kṣaṇaṃ mudā || muniṃ praṇamya prahṛṣṭā prayayau bharturantikam || 1.20.40 || gatvā praṇamya drumilaṃ kāntā kāntaṃ manoharam || sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsa vṛttāṃttaṃ garbhahetukam ||41|| kalāvatīvacaḥ śrutvā prahṛṣṭavadanekṣaṇaḥ || uvāca kāntāṃ madhuraṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham || 42 || drumila uvāca || viprasya vīryaṃ tvadgarbhe vaiṣṇavasya mahātmanaḥ || vaiṣṇavo bhavitā bālastvaṃ ca bhāgyavatī satī ||43|| yadgarbhe vaiṣṇavo jāto yasya vīryeṇa vā sati || tayoryāti ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ śataṃ śatam ||44|| tau ca viṣṇuvimānena sadratnanirmitena ca || yātau vaikuṇṭhanagaraṃ janmamṛtyujarāharam || 45 || kasyacidbrāhmaṇasyaiva gehaṃ gaccha śubhānane || paścānmamāntikaṃ bhadre yāsyasīti hareḥ puram || 46 || ityuktvā goparājaśca snātvā kṛtvā tu tarpaṇam || saṃpūjyābhīṣṭadevaṃ ca brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dadau || 47 || aśvānāṃ ca caturlakṣaṃ gajānāṃ lakṣameva ca || śataṃ mattagajendrāṇāṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā || 48 || uccaiḥśravaḥ pañcalakṣaṃ rathānāṃ ca sahasrakam || śakaṭānāṃ trilakṣaṃ ca brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā || 49 || gavāṃ dvādaśalakṣaṃ ca mahiṣāṇāṃ trilakṣakam || trilakṣaṃ rājahaṃsānāṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā || 1.20.50 || pārāvatānāṃ lakṣaṃ ca śukānāṃ ca śataṃ mune || lakṣaṃ ca dāsadāsīnāṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā || 51 || grāmāṇāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca nagarāṇāṃ śataṃ śatam || dhānyataṇḍulaśailaṃ ca brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā||52|| śatakoṭiṃ suvarṇānāṃ ratnānāṃ ca sahasrakam|| mudrāṇāṃ koṭikalaśaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā || 53 || dadau taijasapātrāṇāṃ bhūṣaṇānāmasaṃkhyakam || tāṃ striyaṃ ratnabhūṣāḍhyāṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā ||54|| rājyaṃ dattvā mahārājo'pyantarbāhye hariṃ smaran || jagāma badarīṃ gopo manogāmī mudā'nvitaḥ|55|| tatra māsaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā gaṅgātīre manohare || prāṇāṃstatyāja yogena sadyo dṛṣṭo maharṣibhiḥ ||56|| sa ca viṣṇuvimānena ratnendranirmitena ca|| saṃyukto viṣṇudūtaiśca vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca jagāma ha||57|| tatra prāpa harerdāsyaṃ haridāso babhūva saḥ || vṛttāntaṃ ca kalāvatyā śrūyatāmiti śaunaka || 58 || gate kalāvatī nāthe uccaiśca praruroda ha || vahnau prāṇāṃstyaktukāmā brāhmaṇenaiva rakṣitā || 59 || brāhmaṇo mātarityuktvā tāṃ gṛhītvā mudā'nvitaḥ || jagāma ratnapūrṇaṃ ca svagehaṃ ca kṣaṇena ca || 1.20.60 || sā vipragehe sādhvī ca suṣāva tanayaṃ varam || taptakāñcanavarṇābhaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā || 61 || tatrasthā yoṣitaḥ sarvā dadṛśurbālakaṃ śubham || grīṣmamadhyāhnamārtaṇḍajitaṃ taṃ brahmatejasā || 62 || kāmadevādhikaṃ rūpe candrādhikaśubhānanam || śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyaṃ śaratpaṅkajalocanam || 63 || hastapādādivalitaṃ sukapolaṃ manoharam || padmacakrāṅkitaṃ pādapadmaṃ vā'tulamujjvalam || 64 || karayugmaṃ vā'tulaṃ ca rudantaṃ ca stanārthinam || yoṣito bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā prayayuḥ svāśramaṃ mudā || 65 || putradārayuto vipraḥ prahṛṣṭaśca nanarta ha || sa bālo vavṛdhe tatra śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī || 65 || pupoṣa brāhmaṇastāṃ ca saputrāṃ ca yathā sutām || 66 || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde upabarhaṇajanmakathanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||
English translation
The birth of Upabarhana from Kalavatl the wife of a cowherd Sauti said—The Gandharva named Upabarhana delightfully spent time in the company of Malavatl and other wives in the uninhabited forest for the rest of his life.
His father who w;is the lord of the Gandharvas also resided delightfully with his wives. He performed many virtuous and the best of yajfias.
His palace was like the abode of Kubera and he spent time there joyfully in the company of his chaste wife enjoying all the royal pleasures.
Thereafter that chaste lady was reborn as the wife of the great king Srhjaya. But the memory of her earlier birth was available with her.
Therefore, she always desired to have Gandharva Upabarhana as her husband.
Ultimately he left for his heavenly abode in the company of the river Gatigd and ultimately He was a devotee of Siva who graced him. His son, however, adored Visnu, who also graced him. Because of all this he became four-armed attendant of lord Visnu in Vaikuntha.
O Brahmana, thereafter the Gandharva named Upabarhana performed the last rites of his parents distributing many riches to the gjM wr sTgr^nwrMrewrafT i O Saunaka, at the appropriate time the intelligent Gandharva left for his heavenly abode willingly and was reborn from the womb of a Sudra lady who had a Brahmana as her husband.
Thereafter the chaste Malavatl reaching the Puskara region performed the yajna in the fire- altar appropriately and ended her life there.
Saunaka said—Gandharva Upabarhana was bom with the Brahmana semen from his Sudra wife. You kindly tell me the entire story about Sauti said—There was a king named Drumila in the region of Kanyakubja. He had a chaste wife named Kalavatl who was childless.
She could not conceive because of some defect in her husband and as such during the menstrual period she with the permission of her husband went to Narada the son of sage Kasyapa in the wild forest.
The great sage possessing divine glory was engrossed in meditation for lord Krsna. She stood before him adorning herself with all the costumes and ornaments.
She could not remain aloof finding the sage there, who was illumining hke the lustre of the sun. She kept on standing at a distance from him.
Thereafter the sage who was deeply devoted to lord Krsna looked at the lady from a distance.
She had a fair complexion like that of the campaka flower. Her eyes resembled the lotus flower, his face was like the full moon of the winter season, she was adorned with all the ornaments; she was feeling disturbed with the weight of her breasts; she had developed thighs and buttocks. Her eyes were red and she was adorned in yellow garments, wearing a smile on her face. She developed a great passion for the sage as a result of which she started displaying her body.
The saffron, the ornaments, beautiful colliriyum were adorning her body. She had a beautiful complexion. Her feed were painted red and she looked beautiful like UrvasT. Finding her alone in the lonely forest the sage asked her. “O beautiful one, who are you? Who is your husband? What for have you come here"? O damsel, tell me truthfully. On hearing the words of the sage, Kalavatl felt panicky. She then spoke with humble words with her mind devoted to lord Hari.
Kalavatl said: “O best of the Brahmana, I am a cowherdesses by casts and happen to be the wife of the king Drumila. I have arrived here with the desire of getting a son from you.
Therefore, you kindly grant me your semen.
One should not disappoint a damsel coming for a company and the glorious people do not commit a sin by that, like the god of fire who consumes On hearing these words of the damsel the sage was immensely enraged as a result of which his lips started of fluttering. He then spoke to her.
Kasyapa said: “O lady, if a woman intends to bestow her favour on an outsider, it amounts to disowning her husband. This is ordained in the Therefore, you will not hereafter be able to be of any use to your husband, the king Drumila. If by getting disinterested in you, he has himself disowned you, then how can he own you back?
A Brahmana getting devoid of wisdom, when he enjoys the wife of a Sudra, he achieves Candala-hood and is deprived of the privilege of perfomnng any good deeds.
Drumila said—The semen of a great Brahmana ascetic is enshrined in your womb and as such a Vaisnava child would be bom to you.
You are quite fortunate and a chaste lady as well.
Anyone by his semen, from whose womb a Viasnava child is bom, tlieir hundred generations Both of them then mounted on the divine plane of Visnu, studded with gems and arrived in the Vaikuntha where birth, death and old age O beautiful one, "you now go to the use of a Brahmana and thereafter you reach me in the abode of the gods.” Thus speaking the king of Gopas, took a bath, performed tarpana and adored his family gods and he distributed riches among the Brahmana.
He gave away in charity four lakhs of horses, a lakh of ordinary elephants, a hundred intoxicated elephants to the Brahmanas. Besides this, he gave away five lakhs of horses bom in the race of Uccais'rava, a thousand chariots, three lakhs of He further gave away twelve lakhs of buffaloes, three lakh of geese to the Brahfnana.
O sage, he also gave away a lakh of slaves. He further gave away a thousand villages, two hundred cities and mountain—like heaps of rice and other cereal to the Brahmana.
He further gave away to them a hundred crores of gold coins, a thousand gems and pitchers filled with coins numbering in crores.
He further gave away innumerable shining vases and ornaments besides gems studded ornaments, adorning ladies. Thereafter he gave his own kingdom in charity and while reciting the name of Hari, the king Gopa reached the place of Badrikasrama with the speed of the There, he performed tapas seated on the bank of the river Gahga for a month and then left for his heavenly abode by yogic practices. This was spotted by the great sages.
Thereafter mounting the best of the planes studded with gems which belonged to lord Vis nu, he, accompanied with the messengers of the lord, arrived in Vaikuntha. There devoting his mind to the lord, he became the servant of the lord there. 0 Saunaka now you listen to the story of Kalavatl after the departure of her husband.
Kalavatl started crying aloud and got ready to end her life by entering into fire but the Brahmana saved her.
There, a Brahmana calling her to be his mother took her with him and in a movement he reached his abode filled with gems. In the house of that Brahmana, she gave birth to a son who had a lustre comparable to that of molten gold and the glory of Brahma.
All the ladies of the place had a look at the child and the divine glory of the face of the child resembled that of the lustre of the sun at noon during the summer season.
His beauty was far greater than that of the god of love. His face was more shining than the moon and his face emitted a lustre which could be compared with that of the full moon of the winter season. His hands, feet and cheeks, were quite beautiful and charming. His feet were embossed with the lotus and cakra symbols and were very bright.
Both his hands were extremely beautiful and were desirous of sucking the milk. He started crying and delighted all the ladies present there, who then dispersed to their respective homes gleefully. The Brahmana also started dancing in pleasure with his wife and sons. The child started growing in that place like the moon of the bright fortnight and the Brahmana started serving the lady like his own daughter taking good care of both of them.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400041 (2023-12-26T21:51:59Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n111–n117: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n111/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.