Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 23
Sourceसौतिरुवाच ।। स्रष्टा सृष्टिविधानेन नियोज्य सर्वबालकान् ।। नारदं प्रेरयामास सृष्टिं कर्त्तुं च शौनक ।। १ ।। हितं सत्यं वेदसारं परिणामसुखावहम् ।। उवाच नारदं ब्रह्मा वेदवेदाङ्गपारगम् ।। २ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। एहि वत्स कुलश्रेष्ठ नारद प्राणवल्लभ ।। ज्ञानदीपशिखाज्ञानतिमिरक्षयकारक ।। ३ ।। पूर्वेषामपि वन्द्यानां जनकः परमो गुरुः ।। विद्यादाता मन्त्रदाता द्वौ समौ च पितुः परौ ।। ४ ।। तवाहं जनकः पुत्र विद्यादाता च पालकः ।। ममाज्ञया च मत्प्रीत्या कुरु दारपरिग्रहम् ।। ५ ।। स च शिष्यः सोऽपि पुत्रो यश्चाज्ञां पालयेद्गुरोः ।। न क्षेमं तस्य मूढस्य यो गुरोरवचस्करः ।। ६ ।। स पण्डितः स च ज्ञानी स क्षेमी स च पुण्यवान् ।। गुरोवर्चस्करो यो हि क्षेमं तस्य पदे पदे ।। ।। ७ ।। सर्वेषामाश्रमाणां च प्रधानः पुण्यवान्गृही।। स्त्रीपुत्रपौत्रयुक्तं च मन्दिरं तपसः फलम् ।। ८ ।। पितरः पूर्वकाले च तिथिकाले च देवताः ।। सर्वे गृहस्थमायान्ति निपानमिव धेनवः ।। ९ ।। नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं कुर्वन्ति गृहिणः सदा ।। इह एतत्सुखं पुण्यं स्वर्गभोगः परत्र च ।। 1.23.१० ।। जीवन्मुक्तो गृहस्थश्च स्वधर्मपरिपालकः ।। यशस्वी पुण्यवांश्चैव कीर्तिमान्धनवान्सुखी।। ११ ।। यशस्वी कीर्तिमान्यो हि मृतो जीवति सन्ततम् ।। यशःकीर्तिविहीनो हि जीवन्नपि मृतो हि सः ।।१२।। ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ।। उवाच विनयं भीतः शुष्कण्ठौष्ठतालुकः।।१३।। नारद उवाच।। एकदा वाग्विरोधेन चोभयोस्तातपुत्रयोः ।। हानिर्बभूव दैवेन महती वाऽयशस्करी ।। १४ ।। मया प्राप्तं च त्वच्छापाद्गान्धर्वं शौद्रमेव च ।। जन्म कर्म च मच्छापात्त्वमपूज्यो भवे भव ।। १५ ।। बभूव शापो मुक्तो मे काले ते भविता विधे ।। दोषाय कल्पते शश्वद्विरोधो न गुणाय च ।। १६ ।। स पिता स गुरुर्बन्धुः स पुत्रः समधीश्वरः ।। यः श्रीकृष्णपादपद्मे दृढां भक्तिं च कारयेत् ।।१७।। असद्वर्त्मनि चाज्ञानाद्गच्छन्ति यदि बालकाः ।। निवर्त्तयति तानेव स पिता करुणानिधिः ।। १८ ।। कारयित्वा कृष्णपादे भक्तित्यागं च यः पिता ।। अन्यस्मिन्विषये पुत्रं स किं हन्तुं प्रवर्त्तयेत् ।। १९ ।। दारग्रहो हि दुःखाय केवलं न सुखाय च ।। तपःस्वर्गभक्तिमुक्तिकर्मणां व्यवधायकः ।। 1.23.२० ।। योषितस्त्रिविधा ब्रह्मन्गृहिणां मूढचेतसाम् ।। साध्वी भोग्या च कुलटास्ताः सर्वाः स्वार्थतत्पराः।।२१।। परलोकभिया साध्वी तथेह यशसाऽऽत्मनः ।। कामस्नेहाच्च कुरुते भर्तुः सेवां च सन्ततम् ।। २२ ।। भोग्या भोगार्थिनी शश्वत्कामस्नेहेन केवलम् ।। कुरुते कान्तसेवा च न च भोगादृते क्षणम् ।। २३ ।। वस्त्रालंकारसम्भोगसुस्निग्धाहारमुत्तमम् ।। यावत्प्राप्नोति सा भोग्या तावच्च वशगा प्रिया ।। २४ ।। कुलाङ्गारसमा नारी कुलटा कुलनाशिनी ।। कपटात्कुरुते सेवां स्वामिनो न च भक्तितः ।। २५ ।। सदा पुंयोगमाशंसुर्मनसा मदनातुरा।। आहारादधिकं जारं प्रार्थयन्ती नवं नवम् ।। २६ ।। जारार्थे स्वपतिं तात हन्तुमिच्छति पुंश्चली ।। तस्यां यो विश्वसेन्मूढो जीवनं तस्य निष्फलम् ।। २७ ।। कथिता योषितः सर्वा उत्तमाधममध्यमाः ।। स्वात्मारामा विजानन्ति मनस्तासां न पण्डिताः ।। २८ ।। हृदयं क्षुरधाराभं शरत्पद्मोत्सवं मुखम् ।। सुधासमं सुमधुरं वचनं स्वार्थसिद्धये ।। २९ ।। प्रकोपे विषतुल्यं च विश्वासे सर्वनाशनम् ।। दुर्ज्ञेयं तदभिप्रायं निगूढं कर्म केवलम् ।। 1.23.३० ।। सदा तासामविनयः प्रबलं साहसं परम् ।। दोषोत्कर्षश्छलोत्कर्षः शश्वन्माया दुरत्यया ।। ३१ ।। पुंसश्चाष्टगुणः कामः शश्वत्कामो जगद्गुरो ।। आहारो द्विगुणो नित्यं नैष्ठुर्य्यं च चतुर्गुणम् ।।३२।। कोपः पुंसः षड्गुणश्च व्यवसायश्च निश्चितम्।। यत्रेमे दोषनिवहाः काऽऽस्था तत्र पितामह।।३३।। का क्रीडा किं सुखं पुंसो विण्मूत्रमलवेश्मनि।। तेजः प्रनष्टं सम्भोगे दिवालापे यशःक्षयः ।। ३४ ।। धनक्षयोऽतिप्रीतौ चात्यासक्तौ च वपुःक्षयः।। साहित्ये पौरुषं नष्टं कलहे माननाशनम् ।। सर्वनाशश्च विश्वासे ब्रह्मन्नारीषु किं सुखम् ।। ३५ ।। यावद्धनी च तेजस्वी सश्रीको योग्यतापरः ।। पुमान्नारीं वशीकर्तुं समर्थस्तावदेव हि ।। ३६ ।। रोगिणं निर्द्धनं वृद्धं योषिद्वै प्रेक्षतेऽप्रियम् ।। लोकाचारभयात्तस्मै ददात्याहारमल्पकम् ।। ३७ ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं ब्रह्मन्नात्मागमो यथा ।। सर्वं जानासि सर्वज्ञ स्वात्मारामेश्वरो भवान् ।। ३८ ।। अनुग्रहं कुरु विभो विदायं देहि साम्प्रतम् ।। कृष्णभक्तिं प्रार्थयामि त्वयि कल्पतरोः परे ।। ३९ ।। इत्युक्त्वा नारदस्तत्र धृत्वा तातपदाम्बुजम् ।। आज्ञां ययाचे पितरं गन्तु तपसि मङ्गले ।। 1.23.४० ।। कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः।। कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं नत्वा ब्रह्माणं गन्तुमुद्यतः ।। ४१ ।। गच्छन्तं तनयं दृष्ट्वा विधाता जगतां मुने ।। रुरोदोच्चैर्मुक्तकण्ठं महासांसारिको यथा ।। ४२ ।। करे धृत्वा समालिङ्ग्य चुचुम्ब च पुनः पुनः ।। चिरं वक्षसि कृत्वा च वासयामास जानुनि ।। ४३ ।। स्वात्मारामेश्वरो ब्रह्मा योगीन्द्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः ।। भेद सोढुं न शक्तोऽभूद्विच्छेदो दुःसहो नृणाम् ।। ४४ ।। कातरः पुत्रभेदेन मोहितो विष्चुमायया।। शोकार्त्तो वक्तुमारेभे सुतं सम्बोध्य शौनक ।। ४५ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे ब्रह्मखण्डे ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे त्रयोविंशतितमोऽध्यायः ।। २३ ।।
sautiruvāca || sraṣṭā sṛṣṭividhānena niyojya sarvabālakān || nāradaṃ prerayāmāsa sṛṣṭiṃ karttuṃ ca śaunaka || 1 || hitaṃ satyaṃ vedasāraṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham || uvāca nāradaṃ brahmā vedavedāṅgapāragam || 2 || brahmovāca || ehi vatsa kulaśreṣṭha nārada prāṇavallabha || jñānadīpaśikhājñānatimirakṣayakāraka || 3 || pūrveṣāmapi vandyānāṃ janakaḥ paramo guruḥ || vidyādātā mantradātā dvau samau ca pituḥ parau || 4 || tavāhaṃ janakaḥ putra vidyādātā ca pālakaḥ || mamājñayā ca matprītyā kuru dāraparigraham || 5 || sa ca śiṣyaḥ so'pi putro yaścājñāṃ pālayedguroḥ || na kṣemaṃ tasya mūḍhasya yo guroravacaskaraḥ || 6 || sa paṇḍitaḥ sa ca jñānī sa kṣemī sa ca puṇyavān || gurovarcaskaro yo hi kṣemaṃ tasya pade pade || || 7 || sarveṣāmāśramāṇāṃ ca pradhānaḥ puṇyavāngṛhī|| strīputrapautrayuktaṃ ca mandiraṃ tapasaḥ phalam || 8 || pitaraḥ pūrvakāle ca tithikāle ca devatāḥ || sarve gṛhasthamāyānti nipānamiva dhenavaḥ || 9 || nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ kurvanti gṛhiṇaḥ sadā || iha etatsukhaṃ puṇyaṃ svargabhogaḥ paratra ca || 1.23.10 || jīvanmukto gṛhasthaśca svadharmaparipālakaḥ || yaśasvī puṇyavāṃścaiva kīrtimāndhanavānsukhī|| 11 || yaśasvī kīrtimānyo hi mṛto jīvati santatam || yaśaḥkīrtivihīno hi jīvannapi mṛto hi saḥ ||12|| brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā nārado munisattamaḥ || uvāca vinayaṃ bhītaḥ śuṣkaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukaḥ||13|| nārada uvāca|| ekadā vāgvirodhena cobhayostātaputrayoḥ || hānirbabhūva daivena mahatī vā'yaśaskarī || 14 || mayā prāptaṃ ca tvacchāpādgāndharvaṃ śaudrameva ca || janma karma ca macchāpāttvamapūjyo bhave bhava || 15 || babhūva śāpo mukto me kāle te bhavitā vidhe || doṣāya kalpate śaśvadvirodho na guṇāya ca || 16 || sa pitā sa gururbandhuḥ sa putraḥ samadhīśvaraḥ || yaḥ śrīkṛṣṇapādapadme dṛḍhāṃ bhaktiṃ ca kārayet ||17|| asadvartmani cājñānādgacchanti yadi bālakāḥ || nivarttayati tāneva sa pitā karuṇānidhiḥ || 18 || kārayitvā kṛṣṇapāde bhaktityāgaṃ ca yaḥ pitā || anyasminviṣaye putraṃ sa kiṃ hantuṃ pravarttayet || 19 || dāragraho hi duḥkhāya kevalaṃ na sukhāya ca || tapaḥsvargabhaktimuktikarmaṇāṃ vyavadhāyakaḥ || 1.23.20 || yoṣitastrividhā brahmangṛhiṇāṃ mūḍhacetasām || sādhvī bhogyā ca kulaṭāstāḥ sarvāḥ svārthatatparāḥ||21|| paralokabhiyā sādhvī tatheha yaśasā''tmanaḥ || kāmasnehācca kurute bhartuḥ sevāṃ ca santatam || 22 || bhogyā bhogārthinī śaśvatkāmasnehena kevalam || kurute kāntasevā ca na ca bhogādṛte kṣaṇam || 23 || vastrālaṃkārasambhogasusnigdhāhāramuttamam || yāvatprāpnoti sā bhogyā tāvacca vaśagā priyā || 24 || kulāṅgārasamā nārī kulaṭā kulanāśinī || kapaṭātkurute sevāṃ svāmino na ca bhaktitaḥ || 25 || sadā puṃyogamāśaṃsurmanasā madanāturā|| āhārādadhikaṃ jāraṃ prārthayantī navaṃ navam || 26 || jārārthe svapatiṃ tāta hantumicchati puṃścalī || tasyāṃ yo viśvasenmūḍho jīvanaṃ tasya niṣphalam || 27 || kathitā yoṣitaḥ sarvā uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ || svātmārāmā vijānanti manastāsāṃ na paṇḍitāḥ || 28 || hṛdayaṃ kṣuradhārābhaṃ śaratpadmotsavaṃ mukham || sudhāsamaṃ sumadhuraṃ vacanaṃ svārthasiddhaye || 29 || prakope viṣatulyaṃ ca viśvāse sarvanāśanam || durjñeyaṃ tadabhiprāyaṃ nigūḍhaṃ karma kevalam || 1.23.30 || sadā tāsāmavinayaḥ prabalaṃ sāhasaṃ param || doṣotkarṣaśchalotkarṣaḥ śaśvanmāyā duratyayā || 31 || puṃsaścāṣṭaguṇaḥ kāmaḥ śaśvatkāmo jagadguro || āhāro dviguṇo nityaṃ naiṣṭhuryyaṃ ca caturguṇam ||32|| kopaḥ puṃsaḥ ṣaḍguṇaśca vyavasāyaśca niścitam|| yatreme doṣanivahāḥ kā''sthā tatra pitāmaha||33|| kā krīḍā kiṃ sukhaṃ puṃso viṇmūtramalaveśmani|| tejaḥ pranaṣṭaṃ sambhoge divālāpe yaśaḥkṣayaḥ || 34 || dhanakṣayo'tiprītau cātyāsaktau ca vapuḥkṣayaḥ|| sāhitye pauruṣaṃ naṣṭaṃ kalahe mānanāśanam || sarvanāśaśca viśvāse brahmannārīṣu kiṃ sukham || 35 || yāvaddhanī ca tejasvī saśrīko yogyatāparaḥ || pumānnārīṃ vaśīkartuṃ samarthastāvadeva hi || 36 || rogiṇaṃ nirddhanaṃ vṛddhaṃ yoṣidvai prekṣate'priyam || lokācārabhayāttasmai dadātyāhāramalpakam || 37 || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ brahmannātmāgamo yathā || sarvaṃ jānāsi sarvajña svātmārāmeśvaro bhavān || 38 || anugrahaṃ kuru vibho vidāyaṃ dehi sāmpratam || kṛṣṇabhaktiṃ prārthayāmi tvayi kalpataroḥ pare || 39 || ityuktvā nāradastatra dhṛtvā tātapadāmbujam || ājñāṃ yayāce pitaraṃ gantu tapasi maṅgale || 1.23.40 || kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ|| kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ natvā brahmāṇaṃ gantumudyataḥ || 41 || gacchantaṃ tanayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidhātā jagatāṃ mune || rurodoccairmuktakaṇṭhaṃ mahāsāṃsāriko yathā || 42 || kare dhṛtvā samāliṅgya cucumba ca punaḥ punaḥ || ciraṃ vakṣasi kṛtvā ca vāsayāmāsa jānuni || 43 || svātmārāmeśvaro brahmā yogīndrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ || bheda soḍhuṃ na śakto'bhūdvicchedo duḥsaho nṛṇām || 44 || kātaraḥ putrabhedena mohito viṣcumāyayā|| śokārtto vaktumārebhe sutaṃ sambodhya śaunaka || 45 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe brahmanāradasaṃvāde trayoviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 23 ||
English translation
Narada seeks permission from Brahma for Sauti said—O Saunaka, Brahma asked all his son to get engaged in the work of the creation of the universe and he also asked Narada to follow Brahma had already imparted the knowledge of Vedas and later Vedic literature to Narada.
He, therefore, asked them to perform the job which was strictly according to the Vedas and could bestow welfare in the long run.
Brahma said—O son, you come here; you are the best of all my sons and are dearer to me than my life. You are the flame of intelligence and are the destroyer of a darkness of ignorance.
nsnt wmi: feiRfiHT rT wrai:i The father happens to be the great teacher; he is respectable of all the people. He is the one who bestows the knowledge and the mantras are both equal and are superior to the father. O son, I am your father, the bestower of knowledge and have brought you up. Therefore at my command and for my pleasure, you marry yourself.
the worldly pleasures, he cannot be called a true father. It is troublesome to have a wife and one get on pleasures out of it. She is an obstruction in the perfomiance of tapas, achieving of heavens and salvation.
The foolish house-holders have three types of ladies who are virtuous, enjoyable and wicked.
All of them are selfish.
The virtuous lady conducts herself with the fear of her glory and also serves her husband for conjugal pleasures. I The enjoyable lady lives only for enjoying the worldly pleasures serving her husband. In fact she does not serve her husband even for a j Till such time she gets the clothes, ornaments, conjugal pleasures, she remains attached to her husband enjoying all the luxury. She remains attached to her husband, till a such time all these pleasures are available to her.
The wicked woman are like the fire in the family and are responsible for the destruction of the race. If such a woman serves her husband, she does so only deceitfully, devoid of any devotion. She always remains passionate and is j always desirous of the company of others.: Besides good food, she always remains anxious i to have more and more men to enjoy their O father, for the sake of her lover, such a degraded women even kills her husband.
Therefore, the fools who believe in her their lives remains of no consequence.
I have thus explained the conduct of the virtuous and the ordinary types of women. Even the great yogis cannot read the mind of such Their hearts are quite sharp and their faces retain the beauty of the lotus flower. They speak in sweet tone for the accomplishment of their When enraged they vomit words which are like poison, the one who believes in them is sure to ruin himself. It is very difficult to understanding their mind; all their actions are Such women are of extremist nature and possess great courage. They are filled with O teacher, of the universe, they possess the patience eight times more then the men, they eat double the food and are four times more cruel then the men. How can one believe in them?
What type of pleasures can a man derive from a woman and what type of pleasure can he get? By indulging in intercourse with them, there is loss of strength and by talking to them one loses the When one is immensely attached to them, there is a loss of riches. By getting immensely attracted towards them, one loses the strength of the body; by indulging in conjugal pleasures there is a loss of wisdom, by quarrelling with them there is a loss of honour and everything.
Therefore O Brahman what type of pleasure can we get from a woman?
Nrntn;: i The man is virtuous, rich, full of lustre and quite competent. He can control the ladies only up to the time, he has all the riches available with The ladies do not love the husbands who are pauper and are old. They give them little food because of adverse reaction in the society.
O Brahman, I have spoken all these on the basis of my knowledge, you know everything | because you are the lord of the soul of a human being. Therefore you kindly permit me to go. O lord you be compassionate on me, you are greater than the kalpavrksa I am desirous of the devotion of lord Krsna.
Thus speaking Narada bowed down at the feet of Brahma and seeking his permission for leaving to perform tapas.
Thereafter, he circumambulated Brahma with folded hands and bowing in reverence he was about to leave.
O sage, Brahma the creator of the universe finding his son leaving for penance was over¬ whelmed and becoming emotional he started weeping bitterly. Thereafter holding his hand and embracing Narada, Brahma kissed his face many times. Lord Brahma inspite of being so knowledgeable could not bear the separation of Narada, because separation is intolerable.
O Saunaka, infested with the illusion of lord Visnu, Brahma was infested with the grief of separation from his son and said to him.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 115483 (2017-07-27T02:37:30Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n125–n129: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n125/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.