Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 24
Sourceश्रीब्रह्मोवाच ।। त्वं गच्छ तपसे वत्स किं मे संसारकर्मणि ।। अहं यास्यामि गोलोकं विज्ञातुं कृष्णमीश्वरम् ।। १ ।। सनकश्च सनन्दश्च तृतीयश्च सनातनः ।। सनत्कुमारो नीरागश्चतुर्थः पुत्र एव च ।। २ ।। यती हंसी चारुणिश्च वोढुः पञ्चशिखस्तथा ।। पुत्रास्तपस्विनः सर्वे किं मे संसारकर्मणि ।। ३ ।। वचस्करो मरीचिर्मे अङ्गिराश्च भृगुस्तथा ।। रुचिरत्रिः कर्दमश्च प्रचेताश्च क्रतुर्मनुः ।। ४ ।। वसिष्ठो वशगः शश्वत्सर्वेषु च सुतेषु च ।। अन्ये ऽविवेकिनोऽसाध्याः किं मे संसारकर्मणि ।। ५ ।। निबोध वत्स वक्ष्यामि वेदोक्तं वचनं शुभम् ।। पारम्पर्य्यक्रमपरं चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदम् ।। ।। ६ ।। धर्मार्थकाममोक्षांश्च सर्वे वाञ्छन्ति पण्डिताः ।। वेदप्रणिहितानेतान्सभासु मुनिशंसितान् ।। ७ ।। वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्य्ययः ।। आदौ विप्रो यज्ञसूत्रं परिधाय सुखं सुखी ।। ८ ।। समधीत्य ततो वेदान्ददाति गुरुदक्षिणाम् ।। ततः प्रकृष्टकुलजां सुविनीतां समुद्वहेत् ।। ९ ।। सा साध्वी कुलजा या च पतिसेवासु तत्परा ।। सद्वरो दुर्विनीता च संभवेन्न कदाचन ।। आकरे पद्मरागाणां जन्म काचमणेः कुतः ।। 1.24.१० ।। असद्वंशप्रसूता या पित्रोर्दोषेण नारद ।। दुर्विनीता च सा दुष्टा स्वतन्त्रा सर्वकर्मसु ।। ११ ।। न वत्स दुष्टाः सर्वाश्च योषितः कमलाकलाः ।। स्वर्वेश्यांशाश्च कुलटा असद्वंश समुद्भवाः ।। १२ ।। निर्गुणं स्वामिनं साध्वी सेवते च प्रशंसति ।। न सेवते च कुलटा प्रियं निन्दति सद्गुणम् ।। १३ ।। साधुः सद्वंशजां कन्यां प्रयत्नेन परिग्रहेत् ।। तस्यां पुत्रान्समुत्पाद्य वृद्धस्तु तपसे व्रजेत् ।। १४ ।। वरं हुतवहे वासः सर्पवक्त्रे च कण्टके ।। एतेभ्यो दुःखदो वासः स्त्रिया दुर्मुखया सह ।। १५ ।। मत्तोऽधीतस्त्वया वेदो मह्यं च गुरुदक्षिणाम् ।। पुत्र देहीदमेवेह कुरु दारपरिग्रहम् ।। १६ ।। वत्स त्वं कुलजातां च पूर्वपत्नी च मालतीम् ।। विवाहं कुरु कल्याण कल्याणे च दिने ऽनघ ।। १७ ।। मनुवंशोद्भवस्येह सृंजयस्य गृहे सती ।। त्वत्कृते जन्म लब्ध्वा च कुरुते भारते तपः ।। १८ ।। गृह्णीष्व परमां रत्नमालां च कमलाकलाम् ।। भारते न भवेद्व्यर्थं जनानां तपसः फलम् ।। १९ ।। आदौ भवेद्गृही लोको वानप्रस्थस्ततः परम् ।। ततस्त पस्वी मोक्षाय क्रम एष श्रुतौ श्रुतः ।। 1.24.२० ।। वैष्णवानां हरेरर्चा तपस्या च श्रुतौ श्रुता ।। २१ ।। वैष्णव त्वं गृहे तिष्ठ कुरु कृष्णपदार्चनम् ।। अन्तर्बाह्ये हरिर्यस्य तस्य किं तपसा सुत ।। २२ ।। नान्तर्बाह्ये हरिर्यस्य तस्य किं तपसाऽनघ ।। तपसा हरिराराध्यो नान्यः कश्चन विद्यते ।। २३ ।। यत्र तत्र कृतं कृष्णसेवनं परमं तपः ।। वत्स मद्वचनेनैव गृहे स्थित्वा हरिं भज।। २४ ।। गृही भव मुनिश्रेष्ठ गृहिणां सर्वदा सुखम् ।। कामिन्यां सुखसम्भोगः स्वर्गभोगसमो मतः ।। २५ ।। तद्दर्शनमुपस्पर्शं वाञ्छन्त्येव मुमुक्षवः ।। सर्वस्पर्शसुखात्स्त्रीणामुपस्पर्शसुखं परम्।।२६।। ततः सुखतमं पुत्रदर्शनं स्पर्शनं मुने ।। सर्वेभ्यः प्रेयसी कान्ता प्रिया तेन प्रकीर्त्तिता ।। ।।२७।। पुत्रप्रयोजना कान्ता शतकान्ताप्रियः सुतः ।। नास्ति पुत्रात्परो बन्धुर्नास्ति पुत्रात्परः प्रियः ।। २८।। सर्वेभ्यो जयमन्विच्छेत्पुत्रादेकात्पराजयम् ।। न चात्मनि प्रियोऽर्थश्च तस्मादपि सुतः प्रियः ।। २९ ।। अतः प्रियतमे पुत्रे न्यसेदात्मपरं धनम् ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा स ब्रह्मा विरराम च शौनक ।। उवाच वचनं तातं नारदो ज्ञानिनां वरः ।। 1.24.३० ।। नारद उवाच ।। स्वयं विज्ञाय सर्वार्थं स्वपुत्रं वेददर्शने ।। प्रवर्त्तयत्यसन्मार्गे स दयालुः कथं पिता ।।३१।। जलबुद्बुदवत्सर्वं संसारमतिनश्वरम् ।। जलरेखा यथा मिथ्या तथा ब्रह्मञ्जगत्त्रयम् ।। ३२ ।। विहाय हरिदास्यं च विषये यन्मनश्चलम् ।। दुर्लभं मानवं जन्म मा भूत्तन्निष्फलं क्वचित् ।। ३३ ।। का वा कस्य प्रिया पुत्रो बन्धुः को वा भवार्णवे ।। कर्मोर्मिभिर्योजना च तदपायो वियोजना ।। ३४ ।। सुकर्म कारयेद्यो हि तन्मित्रं स पिता गुरुः ।। दुर्बुद्धिं जनयेद्यो हि स रिपुः स्यात्कथं पिता ।। ३५ ।। इत्येवं कथितं तात वेदबीजं यथागमम् ।। ध्रुवं तथाऽपि कर्त्तव्यं तवाज्ञापरिपालनम् ।। ३६ ।। आदौ यास्यामि भगवन्नरनारायणाश्रमम् ।। नारायणकथां श्रुत्वा करिष्ये दारसंग्रहम् ।।३७।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा स मुनिर्विरराम पितुः पुरः ।। पुष्पवृष्टिस्तदुपरि तत्क्षणेन बभूव ह ।। ३८ ।। क्षणं पितुः पुरः स्थित्वा नारदो मुनिसत्तमः ।। उवाच च पुनर्वेदं वचनं मङ्गलप्रदम् ।। ३९ ।। श्रीनारद उवाच ।। देहि मे कृष्णमन्त्रं च यन्मनोवाञ्छितं मम ।। तत्सम्बन्धि च यज्ज्ञानं यत्र तद्गुणवर्णनम्।। 1.24.४० ।। ततः पश्चात्करिष्यामि त्वत्प्रीत्या दारसंग्रहम् ।। मानसे परिपूर्णे च कार्य्यं कर्तुं पुमान्सुखी।।४१।। नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहृष्टः कमलोद्भवः ।। उवाच पुनरेवेदं पुत्रं ज्ञानविदां वरः ।। ४२ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। पत्युर्मन्त्रं पितुर्मन्त्रं न गृह्णीयाद्विचक्षणः ।। विविक्ताश्रमिणां चैव न मन्त्रः सुखदायकः ।। ४३ ।। निषेकाल्लभ्यते मन्त्रो गुरुर्भर्त्ता च कामिनी।। विद्या सुखं भयं दुःखं पुरुषैः स्वेच्छया न च ।। ४४ ।। महेश्वरस्तव गुरुः प्राक्तनो नः पुरातनः ।। गच्छ वत्स शिवं शान्तं शिवदं ज्ञानिनां गुरुम् ।। ४५ ।। तत एव भवान्मन्त्रं ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा पुरातनात् ।। नारायणकथां श्रुत्वा शीघ्रमागच्छ मद्गृहम् ।। ४६ ।। इत्युक्त्वा जगतां धाता विरराम च शौनक ।। प्रणम्य पितरं भक्त्या शिवलोकं ययौ मुनिः ।। ४७ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे ब्रह्मखण्डे सौतिशौनकसंवादे ब्रह्मनारदोक्तसंसारसुखासुखवर्णनं नाम चतुर्विंशतितमोऽध्यायः ।। २४ ।।
śrībrahmovāca || tvaṃ gaccha tapase vatsa kiṃ me saṃsārakarmaṇi || ahaṃ yāsyāmi golokaṃ vijñātuṃ kṛṣṇamīśvaram || 1 || sanakaśca sanandaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ || sanatkumāro nīrāgaścaturthaḥ putra eva ca || 2 || yatī haṃsī cāruṇiśca voḍhuḥ pañcaśikhastathā || putrāstapasvinaḥ sarve kiṃ me saṃsārakarmaṇi || 3 || vacaskaro marīcirme aṅgirāśca bhṛgustathā || ruciratriḥ kardamaśca pracetāśca kraturmanuḥ || 4 || vasiṣṭho vaśagaḥ śaśvatsarveṣu ca suteṣu ca || anye 'vivekino'sādhyāḥ kiṃ me saṃsārakarmaṇi || 5 || nibodha vatsa vakṣyāmi vedoktaṃ vacanaṃ śubham || pāramparyyakramaparaṃ caturvargaphalapradam || || 6 || dharmārthakāmamokṣāṃśca sarve vāñchanti paṇḍitāḥ || vedapraṇihitānetānsabhāsu muniśaṃsitān || 7 || vedapraṇihito dharmo hyadharmastadviparyyayaḥ || ādau vipro yajñasūtraṃ paridhāya sukhaṃ sukhī || 8 || samadhītya tato vedāndadāti gurudakṣiṇām || tataḥ prakṛṣṭakulajāṃ suvinītāṃ samudvahet || 9 || sā sādhvī kulajā yā ca patisevāsu tatparā || sadvaro durvinītā ca saṃbhavenna kadācana || ākare padmarāgāṇāṃ janma kācamaṇeḥ kutaḥ || 1.24.10 || asadvaṃśaprasūtā yā pitrordoṣeṇa nārada || durvinītā ca sā duṣṭā svatantrā sarvakarmasu || 11 || na vatsa duṣṭāḥ sarvāśca yoṣitaḥ kamalākalāḥ || svarveśyāṃśāśca kulaṭā asadvaṃśa samudbhavāḥ || 12 || nirguṇaṃ svāminaṃ sādhvī sevate ca praśaṃsati || na sevate ca kulaṭā priyaṃ nindati sadguṇam || 13 || sādhuḥ sadvaṃśajāṃ kanyāṃ prayatnena parigrahet || tasyāṃ putrānsamutpādya vṛddhastu tapase vrajet || 14 || varaṃ hutavahe vāsaḥ sarpavaktre ca kaṇṭake || etebhyo duḥkhado vāsaḥ striyā durmukhayā saha || 15 || matto'dhītastvayā vedo mahyaṃ ca gurudakṣiṇām || putra dehīdameveha kuru dāraparigraham || 16 || vatsa tvaṃ kulajātāṃ ca pūrvapatnī ca mālatīm || vivāhaṃ kuru kalyāṇa kalyāṇe ca dine 'nagha || 17 || manuvaṃśodbhavasyeha sṛṃjayasya gṛhe satī || tvatkṛte janma labdhvā ca kurute bhārate tapaḥ || 18 || gṛhṇīṣva paramāṃ ratnamālāṃ ca kamalākalām || bhārate na bhavedvyarthaṃ janānāṃ tapasaḥ phalam || 19 || ādau bhavedgṛhī loko vānaprasthastataḥ param || tatasta pasvī mokṣāya krama eṣa śrutau śrutaḥ || 1.24.20 || vaiṣṇavānāṃ harerarcā tapasyā ca śrutau śrutā || 21 || vaiṣṇava tvaṃ gṛhe tiṣṭha kuru kṛṣṇapadārcanam || antarbāhye hariryasya tasya kiṃ tapasā suta || 22 || nāntarbāhye hariryasya tasya kiṃ tapasā'nagha || tapasā harirārādhyo nānyaḥ kaścana vidyate || 23 || yatra tatra kṛtaṃ kṛṣṇasevanaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ || vatsa madvacanenaiva gṛhe sthitvā hariṃ bhaja|| 24 || gṛhī bhava muniśreṣṭha gṛhiṇāṃ sarvadā sukham || kāminyāṃ sukhasambhogaḥ svargabhogasamo mataḥ || 25 || taddarśanamupasparśaṃ vāñchantyeva mumukṣavaḥ || sarvasparśasukhātstrīṇāmupasparśasukhaṃ param||26|| tataḥ sukhatamaṃ putradarśanaṃ sparśanaṃ mune || sarvebhyaḥ preyasī kāntā priyā tena prakīrttitā || ||27|| putraprayojanā kāntā śatakāntāpriyaḥ sutaḥ || nāsti putrātparo bandhurnāsti putrātparaḥ priyaḥ || 28|| sarvebhyo jayamanvicchetputrādekātparājayam || na cātmani priyo'rthaśca tasmādapi sutaḥ priyaḥ || 29 || ataḥ priyatame putre nyasedātmaparaṃ dhanam || ityevamuktvā sa brahmā virarāma ca śaunaka || uvāca vacanaṃ tātaṃ nārado jñānināṃ varaḥ || 1.24.30 || nārada uvāca || svayaṃ vijñāya sarvārthaṃ svaputraṃ vedadarśane || pravarttayatyasanmārge sa dayāluḥ kathaṃ pitā ||31|| jalabudbudavatsarvaṃ saṃsāramatinaśvaram || jalarekhā yathā mithyā tathā brahmañjagattrayam || 32 || vihāya haridāsyaṃ ca viṣaye yanmanaścalam || durlabhaṃ mānavaṃ janma mā bhūttanniṣphalaṃ kvacit || 33 || kā vā kasya priyā putro bandhuḥ ko vā bhavārṇave || karmormibhiryojanā ca tadapāyo viyojanā || 34 || sukarma kārayedyo hi tanmitraṃ sa pitā guruḥ || durbuddhiṃ janayedyo hi sa ripuḥ syātkathaṃ pitā || 35 || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ tāta vedabījaṃ yathāgamam || dhruvaṃ tathā'pi karttavyaṃ tavājñāparipālanam || 36 || ādau yāsyāmi bhagavannaranārāyaṇāśramam || nārāyaṇakathāṃ śrutvā kariṣye dārasaṃgraham ||37|| ityevamuktvā sa munirvirarāma pituḥ puraḥ || puṣpavṛṣṭistadupari tatkṣaṇena babhūva ha || 38 || kṣaṇaṃ pituḥ puraḥ sthitvā nārado munisattamaḥ || uvāca ca punarvedaṃ vacanaṃ maṅgalapradam || 39 || śrīnārada uvāca || dehi me kṛṣṇamantraṃ ca yanmanovāñchitaṃ mama || tatsambandhi ca yajjñānaṃ yatra tadguṇavarṇanam|| 1.24.40 || tataḥ paścātkariṣyāmi tvatprītyā dārasaṃgraham || mānase paripūrṇe ca kāryyaṃ kartuṃ pumānsukhī||41|| nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahṛṣṭaḥ kamalodbhavaḥ || uvāca punarevedaṃ putraṃ jñānavidāṃ varaḥ || 42 || brahmovāca || patyurmantraṃ piturmantraṃ na gṛhṇīyādvicakṣaṇaḥ || viviktāśramiṇāṃ caiva na mantraḥ sukhadāyakaḥ || 43 || niṣekāllabhyate mantro gururbharttā ca kāminī|| vidyā sukhaṃ bhayaṃ duḥkhaṃ puruṣaiḥ svecchayā na ca || 44 || maheśvarastava guruḥ prāktano naḥ purātanaḥ || gaccha vatsa śivaṃ śāntaṃ śivadaṃ jñānināṃ gurum || 45 || tata eva bhavānmantraṃ jñānaṃ labdhvā purātanāt || nārāyaṇakathāṃ śrutvā śīghramāgaccha madgṛham || 46 || ityuktvā jagatāṃ dhātā virarāma ca śaunaka || praṇamya pitaraṃ bhaktyā śivalokaṃ yayau muniḥ || 47 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde brahmanāradoktasaṃsārasukhāsukhavarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 24 ||
English translation
Discourse of Brahma on the duties of the are being followed with great effort and bestow DharmCy Artha^ Kama and Moksa.
Brahma said—O son, you can move along for performing tapas. This creation of the universe is of no consequence for me. I shall go to Goloka to know about lord Krsna.
In the assembly of the sages mentioned in the Vedas, Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksa are praised and desired by all the intellectuals. The Dharma is found established in the Vedas and the actions which are denounced in the Vedas are called adharma. The Brahmana first of all should to be adorned with yajnopavita and should study the Vedas. Thereafter we should offer daksind to his teacher. Then he should marry a spotless girl of noble race.
Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and the fourth son Sanatkumara have already become recluses.
The son named Yati, Hahsi, Arunl, Vodhu, Pahcasikha and other sons also have also become mendicants. Then how my I concerned with the creation of the universe. Marici, Ahgira, Bhrgu, Ruci, Atri, Kardama, Praceta, Kratu and Manu these are the sons who are quite obedient to me.
Out of these sons Vasistha is extremely obedient, who always moves according to my wishes. The rest of the sons are thoughtless and do not care for my command. In such circumstances why should I brother about the creation of the The woman bom in high family remains attached to her husband and lives the life of chastity; the woman of the high race is also well disciplined. How could a glass-gem emerge out of the mine of pure gems?
O Narada, only a girl bom in some low family becomes harsh and wicked and acts according to her own will.
O son, all the ladies cannot be wicked because they happen to be the rays of Laksmi. Such of the ladies who are bom of the race of Apsar^s and low family. Only they become wicked.
O son, listen, I speak to you the welfare words which are contained in the Vedas. These words A chaste woman serves even a husband who is devoid of any good qualities. But a wicked woman disregards even a virtuous husband and turns her good qualities as the vices.
Therefore the men of noble nature marry their daughters with great efforts and produce children from them. After attaining the old age they leave the house for performing tapas.
It is better to live in the fire, over the serpent hood or over the thorn, but it is difficult to manage with a wife who is ill-tongued, because she is more troublesome even than the fire, the snakes, of the thorns.
O son, you have learnt Vedas from me and I want only this much daksina in return that you marry yourself. O son, your earlier spotless wife named Malatl has been reborn, she is sinless.
You marry her on some auspicious day.
Having been bom in the race of Manu and the house of king Sriijaya, she is performing tapas in the land of Bharatavarsa to achieve you.
Her present name is Ratnamala, she is the ray of LaksmI and therefore you go and accept her as your wife, because in Bharatavarsa the tapas performed by someone never becomes A man should first of all conduct himself as a house-holder. Thereafter as a VSnaprastha. At the third stage he should aspire for salvation turning himself to the form of an ascetic and performing tapas. This sequence has been defined in the Vedas.
It has been described in the Vedas,, the adoration of the lord is tapas for a Vaisnava who should conduct himself as a house-holder and adore lord Krsna. O son, a person in whom lord Visnu resides and even surrounds him, what is the use of tapas for him?
O sinless one, who is not surrounded by Hari, the performing of tapas is of no use for me because by performing tapas, one adores lord Visnu only and none else.
O son wherever one renders services to lord Krsna it amounts to the best of tapas. Therefore listening to my words, you stay at home and recite the name of the lord.
O best of the sages, you become the best of the house-holder which will bestow immense pleasure on you. The pleasure one derives from the company of his damsel is equivalent to all the pleasures of the world.
Even the truth seekers are desirous of having an audience with her and to touch her. The touch Narada said—O lord, you bestow the mantra of Krsna on me, which is desired by me in my life. Whatever knowledge is associated with the mantra of Krsna, you better bestow the same on me. You tell me all about it.
Thereafter I shall marry himself in order to please you, because a person feels happy after his desired tasks is accomplished and then he attends to the other jobs.
You go to him, have a mantra from him besides listening to the stories of Narayana and return to me at once.
Saunaka, Brahma the creator of the universe kept quiet after speaking all this and the sage NSrada also went to ^iva bowing in reverence to The all knowledgeable Brahma felt delighted at the words of Narada and said to him.
Brahma said—the intelligent person should not receive mantra of his father or the husband.
Even to receive a mantra from a female ascetic does not bestow welfare on anyone. Therefore a person should receive mantra from a teacher, a lord and not from a woman, otherwise one cannot get pleasure and has to face misery. He cannot achieve them by his own efforts.
Therefore lord Siva happens to be your old teacher besides mine. Therefore you go to lord Siva who is peaceful, bestower of welfare antics the teacher of all the intellectuals.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400044 (2023-12-26T21:57:12Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n129–n133: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n129/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.