Brahma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 30
Sourceश्रीनारायण उवाच ।। लम्बोदरो हरिरुमापतिरीशशेषा ब्रह्मादयः सुरगणा मनवो मुनीन्द्राः ।। वाणीशिवात्रिपथगा कमलादिकाश्च संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम् ।। १ ।। संसारसागरमतीव गभीरघोरं दावाग्निसर्पपरिवेष्टितचेष्टिताङ्गम् ।। संलंघ्य गन्तुमभिवाञ्छति यो हि दास्यं संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम् ।। २ ।। गोवर्द्धनोद्धरणकीर्त्तिरतीव खिन्ना भूर्धारिता च दशनाग्रत एव चार्द्रा ।। विश्वानि लोमविवरेषु बिभर्तुरादेः संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम् ।। ३ ।। वेदाङ्गवेदमुखनिःसृतकीर्त्तिरंशैर्वेदाङ्गवेदजनकस्य हरेर्विधातुः।। जन्मान्तकादिभयशोकविदीर्णदेहः संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम् ।।४।। गोपाङ्गनावदनपङ्कजषट्पदस्य रासेश्वरस्य रसिकारमणस्य पुंसः।। वृन्दावने विहरतो व्रजवेषविष्णोः संचिन्तयेद्भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम्।।५।। चक्षुर्निमेषपतितो जगतां विधाता तत्कर्म वत्स कथितुं भुवि कः समर्थः।। त्वं चापि नारद मुने परमादरेण संचिन्तनं कुरु हरेश्चरणारविन्दम् ।।६ ।। यूयं वयं तस्य कलाकलांशाः कलाकलांशा मनवो मुनीन्द्राः ।। कलाविशेषा भवपारमुख्या महान्विराड् यस्य कलाविशेषः ।। ७ ।। सहस्रशीर्षा शिरसः प्रदेशे बिभर्त्ति सिद्धार्थसमं च विश्वम् ।। कूर्मे च शेषो मशको गजे यथा कूर्मश्च कृष्णस्य कलाकलांशः ।। ८ ।। गोलोकनाथस्य विभोर्यशोऽमलं श्रुतौ पुराणे नहि किंचन स्फुटम् ।। न पाद्ममुख्याः कथितुं समर्थाः सर्वेश्वरं तं भज पाद्ममुख्यम् ।। ९ ।। विश्वेषु सर्वेषु च विश्वधाम्नः सन्त्येव शश्वद्विधिविष्णुरुद्राः ।। तेषां च संख्याः श्रुतयश्च देवाः परं न जानन्ति तमीश्वरं भज ।।1.30.१०।। करोति सृष्टिं स विधेर्विधाता विधाय नित्यां प्रकृतिं जगत्प्रसूम् ।। ब्रह्मादयः प्राकृतिकाश्च सर्वे भक्तिप्रदां श्रीप्रकृतिं भजन्ति।। ११ ।। ब्रह्मस्वरूपा प्रकृतिर्न भिन्ना यया च सृष्टिं कुरुते सनातनः ।। श्रियश्च सर्वाः कलया जगत्सु माया च सर्वे च तया विमोहिताः।।१२।। नारायणी सा परमा सनातनी शक्तिश्च पुंसः परमात्मनश्च ।। आत्मेश्वरश्चापि यया च शक्तिमांस्तया विना स्रष्टुमशक्त एव ।। १३ ।। गत्वा विवाहं कुरु वत्स साम्प्रतं कर्तुं प्रयुक्तश्च पितुर्निदेशः।। गुरोर्निदेशप्रतिपालको भवेः सर्वत्र पूज्यो विजयी च सन्ततम्।।१४।। स्वपत्नीं पूजयेद्यो हि वस्त्रालङ्कारचन्दनैः।। प्रकृतिस्तस्य सन्तुष्टा यथा कृष्णो द्विजार्च्चने।।१५।। सा च योषित्स्वरूपा च प्रतिविश्वेषु मायया ।। योषितामपमानेन पराभूता च सा भवेत् ।। १६ ।। दिव्या स्त्री पूजिता येन पतिपुत्रवती सती ।। प्रकृतिः पूजिता तेन सर्वमङ्गलदायिनी।।१७।। मूलप्रकृतिरेका सा पूर्णब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी ।। सृष्टौ पञ्चविधा सा च विष्णुमाया सनातनी ।। १८ ।। प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवी या कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। सर्वासां प्रेयसी कान्ता सा राधा परिकीर्तिता ।। १९ ।। नारायणप्रिया लक्ष्मीः सर्वसम्पत्स्वरूपिणी ।। रागाधिष्ठातृदेवी या सा च पूज्या सरस्वती ।। 1.30.२० ।। सावित्री वेदमाता च पूज्यरूपा विधेः प्रिया ।। शङ्करस्य प्रिया दुर्गा यस्याः पुत्रो गणेश्वरः ।। २१ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे ब्रह्मखण्डे सौतिशौनकसंवादे भगवत्स्तुतितत्स्वरूपवर्णनं नाम त्रिंशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ।। ३० ।। ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे प्रथमं ब्रह्मखण्डं सम्पूर्णम् ।।
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || lambodaro harirumāpatirīśaśeṣā brahmādayaḥ suragaṇā manavo munīndrāḥ || vāṇīśivātripathagā kamalādikāśca saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam || 1 || saṃsārasāgaramatīva gabhīraghoraṃ dāvāgnisarpapariveṣṭitaceṣṭitāṅgam || saṃlaṃghya gantumabhivāñchati yo hi dāsyaṃ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam || 2 || govarddhanoddharaṇakīrttiratīva khinnā bhūrdhāritā ca daśanāgrata eva cārdrā || viśvāni lomavivareṣu bibharturādeḥ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam || 3 || vedāṅgavedamukhaniḥsṛtakīrttiraṃśairvedāṅgavedajanakasya harervidhātuḥ|| janmāntakādibhayaśokavidīrṇadehaḥ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam ||4|| gopāṅganāvadanapaṅkajaṣaṭpadasya rāseśvarasya rasikāramaṇasya puṃsaḥ|| vṛndāvane viharato vrajaveṣaviṣṇoḥ saṃcintayedbhagavataścaraṇāravindam||5|| cakṣurnimeṣapatito jagatāṃ vidhātā tatkarma vatsa kathituṃ bhuvi kaḥ samarthaḥ|| tvaṃ cāpi nārada mune paramādareṇa saṃcintanaṃ kuru hareścaraṇāravindam ||6 || yūyaṃ vayaṃ tasya kalākalāṃśāḥ kalākalāṃśā manavo munīndrāḥ || kalāviśeṣā bhavapāramukhyā mahānvirāḍ yasya kalāviśeṣaḥ || 7 || sahasraśīrṣā śirasaḥ pradeśe bibhartti siddhārthasamaṃ ca viśvam || kūrme ca śeṣo maśako gaje yathā kūrmaśca kṛṣṇasya kalākalāṃśaḥ || 8 || golokanāthasya vibhoryaśo'malaṃ śrutau purāṇe nahi kiṃcana sphuṭam || na pādmamukhyāḥ kathituṃ samarthāḥ sarveśvaraṃ taṃ bhaja pādmamukhyam || 9 || viśveṣu sarveṣu ca viśvadhāmnaḥ santyeva śaśvadvidhiviṣṇurudrāḥ || teṣāṃ ca saṃkhyāḥ śrutayaśca devāḥ paraṃ na jānanti tamīśvaraṃ bhaja ||1.30.10|| karoti sṛṣṭiṃ sa vidhervidhātā vidhāya nityāṃ prakṛtiṃ jagatprasūm || brahmādayaḥ prākṛtikāśca sarve bhaktipradāṃ śrīprakṛtiṃ bhajanti|| 11 || brahmasvarūpā prakṛtirna bhinnā yayā ca sṛṣṭiṃ kurute sanātanaḥ || śriyaśca sarvāḥ kalayā jagatsu māyā ca sarve ca tayā vimohitāḥ||12|| nārāyaṇī sā paramā sanātanī śaktiśca puṃsaḥ paramātmanaśca || ātmeśvaraścāpi yayā ca śaktimāṃstayā vinā sraṣṭumaśakta eva || 13 || gatvā vivāhaṃ kuru vatsa sāmprataṃ kartuṃ prayuktaśca piturnideśaḥ|| gurornideśapratipālako bhaveḥ sarvatra pūjyo vijayī ca santatam||14|| svapatnīṃ pūjayedyo hi vastrālaṅkāracandanaiḥ|| prakṛtistasya santuṣṭā yathā kṛṣṇo dvijārccane||15|| sā ca yoṣitsvarūpā ca prativiśveṣu māyayā || yoṣitāmapamānena parābhūtā ca sā bhavet || 16 || divyā strī pūjitā yena patiputravatī satī || prakṛtiḥ pūjitā tena sarvamaṅgaladāyinī||17|| mūlaprakṛtirekā sā pūrṇabrahmasvarūpiṇī || sṛṣṭau pañcavidhā sā ca viṣṇumāyā sanātanī || 18 || prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || sarvāsāṃ preyasī kāntā sā rādhā parikīrtitā || 19 || nārāyaṇapriyā lakṣmīḥ sarvasampatsvarūpiṇī || rāgādhiṣṭhātṛdevī yā sā ca pūjyā sarasvatī || 1.30.20 || sāvitrī vedamātā ca pūjyarūpā vidheḥ priyā || śaṅkarasya priyā durgā yasyāḥ putro gaṇeśvaraḥ || 21 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde bhagavatstutitatsvarūpavarṇanaṃ nāma triṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 30 || || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe prathamaṃ brahmakhaṇḍaṃ sampūrṇam ||
English translation
Description of the glory of lord K}-§ija and his Prakfti Sri Narayana said—The lord whose feet are i adored by Ganesa, Visnu, Siva, Sesa, Brahma i aiid other gods besides Manu, the sages, t SarasvatT, Gaurl, Gahga, Kamala and other goddesses; all should adore him.
This universe is like the deep ocean which is surrounded by the forest fire and the same has to ne crossed by everyone. One wlni intend.'- lo cross the same, should adore the lotus-like feet of lord Krsna.
The lord lifted Govardhana and rescued the earth over the tip of his tooth and is the one who preserve everybody. All the lokas are enshrined in his hair pits, one should always adore the god like him. All the six parts of the Vedas recite his glory throughout the day and night and he is the one who is the creator of the Vedas with their parts. Such a type of lord Hari should be adored to rid himself from the cycle of birth and death.
The lord who is the like black-wasps of the lotus-like faces of the cowherdesses and roams about in Vnidavana, the same lord Visnu appears in the form of people of Vraja who is the lord of Rasa and should be adored by the people. The one with the fall of whose eyelids the age of the Brahma comes to an end. Who else is there to describe about his glory on earth? Therefore, O sage Narada, you also adore at the lotus-like feet the same lord.
Both you and me are mere small particles of the great lord. Similarly all the sages and the Manu also happen to be the particles of the same grand personality. Brahma and Siva have special qualities. The universal form of the lord is also a particle of the same lord.
fife eji^ig;?ii?i:iicii The serpent Sesa having a thousand hoods, who carries the entire universe over his hoods like a small seed but when he is seated over the back of the tortoise, he appears like elephant.
The same lord Kurma (tortoise) is just a particle of lord Krsna.
Thus the immense glory of the lord of the Goloka could not be revealed in the Vedas of the Puranas fully. The chief gods like BrahmS and others are unable to recite his glory. Therefore you should adore the same god who is the best of The all-pervading lord establishes Brahma, Visnu and Mahesa in the universe and their number cannot be known even by the Vedas and the gods. Therefore one should serve the lord The same lord creates Brahma and Brahma in turn creates the universe and the Prakrti.
Therefore Brahma and other gods and the humans, adores him alone with devotion.
The Prakrti cannot be separate from Brahman.
The eternal lord creates the universe with help of Prakrti. Form the ray of the same Prakrti all the ladies of the world have appeared. Prakrti is illusion. All are influenced by it.
She is eternal NarayanI, the great force behind the eternal Purusa, as a result of which he is; called to be the possessor of the force. He feels > himself inactive in the absence of the same force j and is unable to resort to creation.
O son, you must marry at present, obeying to the command of your father, because by obeying the command of the teacher you will surely be adorable by all, beside being victorious.
One who appeases his wife with the smearing of sandal-paste and providing with garments and ornaments, the nature (wife) is fully pacified by him as lord Krsna is pleased when Brahmanas are honoured.
Thus in every age the Prakrti remains in the form of Maya. Therefore with the denouncing of a lady the nature itself feels humiliated.
Therefore, the one who honours a lady having a husband and a son, he actually adores the Prakrti who is the bestower of all the welfare.
The Mula Prakrti which is fonn of eternal Brahman is one, but was divided into five parts at the time of illusory creation of lord Visnu.
In this way lord Krsna adores Radha better than all other goddesses. She takes to the form of all the riches besides LaksmI who is the beloved of Narayana. The second Prakrti happens to be the goddess of speech, is quite adorable and is known by the name of Sarasvatl, SavitrT the beloved of Brahma who happens to be the mother of the Vedas is the fourth Prakrti. Durga the beloved of Siva, the mother of Ganesa happens to be the fifth Prakrti.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 400051 (2023-12-26T22:03:21Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n158–n161: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n158/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.