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Chapter 9

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नारद उवाच ।। संस्थाप्य गोकुले कृष्णं यशोदामंदिरं वसुः ।। जगाम स्वगृहं नन्दः किं चकार महां प्रभुः ।। १ ।। किञ्चकार हरिस्तत्र कतिवर्षस्थितिः प्रभोः ।। बालक्रीडनकं तस्य वर्णय क्रमशो मुने ।। २ ।। पुरा कृता या प्रतिज्ञा गोलोके राधया सह ।। तत्कृतं केन विधिना प्रतिज्ञापालनं हरेः ।। ३ ।। कीदृग्वृन्दावनं नाम मण्डलं किंविधं वद ।। रासक्रीडां जलक्रीडां संव्यस्य वर्णय प्रभो ।। ४ ।। नन्दस्तपः किञ्चकार यशोदा चाथ रोहिणी ।। हरेः पूर्वं च हलिनः कुत्र जन्म बभूव ह ।। ।। ५ ।। पीयूषखंडमाख्यानमपूर्वं श्रीहरेः स्मृतम् ।। विशेषतः कविमुखान्नव्यं नूनं पदे पदे ।। ६ ।। स्वरासमण्डलक्रीडां वर्णय स्वयमेव च ।। परोक्षवर्णनात्काव्यं प्रशस्तं नव्यवर्णनम् ।।७।। श्रीकृष्णांशो भवान्साक्षाद्योगींद्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः ।। यो यस्यांशः स च जनस्तस्यैव सुखतः सुखी ।। ८ ।। त्वयैव वर्णितौ पादौ विलीनौ तु युवां हरेः ।। साक्षाद्गोलोकनाथांशस्त्वमेव तत्समो महान् ।। ९ ।। ।। नारायण उवाच ।। ।। ब्रह्मेशशेषविघ्नेशाः कूर्मो धर्मोऽहमेव च ।। नरश्च कार्त्तिकेयश्च श्रीकृष्णांशा वयं नव ।।4.9.१०।। अहो गोलोकनाथस्य महिमा केन वर्ण्यते ।। यं स्वयं नो विजानीमो न वेदाः किं विपश्चितः ।। ११ ।। सूकरो वामनः कल्किर्बौद्धः कपिलमीनकौ ।। एते चांशाः कलाश्चान्ये संत्येव कतिधा मुने ।। १२ ।। कूर्मो नृसिंहो रामश्च श्वेतद्वीपविराड्विभुः ।। परिपूर्णतमः कृष्णो वैकुण्ठे गोकुले स्वयम् ।। ।। १३ ।। वैकुण्ठे कमलाकांतो रूपभेदाच्चतुर्भुजः ।। गोलोके गोकुले राधाकांतोऽयं द्विभुजः स्वयम् ।। १४ ।। अस्यैव तेजो नित्यं च चित्ते कुर्वंति योगिनः ।। भक्ताः पादाम्बुजं तेजः कुतस्तेजस्विनं विना ।। १५ ।। शृणु विप्र वर्णयामि यशोदानन्दयोस्तपः ।। रोहिण्याश्च यतो हेतोर्ददृशुस्ते हरेर्मुखम् ।। १६ ।। वसूनां प्रवरो नन्दो नाम्ना द्रोणस्तपोधनः ।। तस्य पत्नी धरा साध्वी यशोदा सा तपस्विनी ।।१७।। रोहिणी सर्पमाता च कद्रूश्च सर्पकारिणी ।। एतेषां जन्मचरितं निबोध कथयामि ते।। १८ ।। एकदा च धरा द्रोणौ पर्वते गन्धमादने ।। पुण्यदे भारते वर्षे गौतमाश्रमसन्निधौ ।। १९ ।। चक्रतुश्च तपस्तत्र वर्षाणामयुतं मुने ।। श्रीकृष्णदर्शनार्थं च निर्जने सुप्रभातटे ।। 4.9.२० ।। न ददर्श हरिं द्रोणो धरा चैव तपस्विनी ।। कृत्वाग्निकुंडं वैराग्यात्प्रवेष्टुं समुपस्थितौ।।२१।। तौ मर्तुकामौ दृष्ट्वा च वाग्बभूवाशरीरिणी ।। द्रक्ष्यथः श्रीहरिं पृथ्व्यां गोकुले पुत्ररूपिणम् ।। २२ ।। जन्मांतरे वसुश्रेष्ठ दुर्दर्शं योगिनां विभुम्।। ध्यानासाध्यं च विदुषां ब्रह्मादीनां च वंदितम् ।। २३ ।। श्रुत्वैवं तद्धराद्रोणौ जग्मतुः स्वालयं सुखात् ।। लब्ध्वा तु भारते जन्म दृष्टं ताभ्यां हरेर्मुखम् ।। २४ ।। यशोदानंदयोरेवं कथितं चरितं तव ।। सुगोप्यं त्रिदशानां च रोहिणीचरितं शृणु ।। २५ ।। एकदा देवमाता च पुष्पोत्सवदिने सती ।। विज्ञापनं चरद्वारा चकार कश्यपं मुने ।। २६ ।। सुस्नाता सुंदरी देवी रत्नालंकार भूषिता ।। चकार वेषं विविधं ददर्श दर्पणे मुखम् ।। २७ ।। कस्तूरीबिंदुना सार्द्धं सिंदूरबिंदुसंयुतम् ।। रत्नकुंडलशोभाढ्यं पत्राभरणभूषितम् ।। २८ ।। गजमौक्तिकसंयुक्तं नासाग्रं सुमनोहरम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचंद्रास्यं शरत्पंकजलोचनम् ।। २९ ।। वक्रभ्रूभंगिना युक्तं विचित्रकज्जलोज्ज्वलम् ।। पक्वदाडिमबीजाभदंतपंक्तिविराजितम् ।। 4.9.३० ।। पक्वबिंबाधरौष्ठं च सस्मितं सुंदरं सदा ।। अतीव कमनीयं च मुनींद्रचित्तमोहनम् ।। ३१ ।। एवंभूतं मुखं दृष्ट्वा सुंदरी स्वगृहे स्थिता ।। पश्यंती पतिमार्गं च कामबाणप्रपीडिता ।। ३२ ।। शुश्राव वार्तामदितिः कश्यपं कद्रुसंयुतम् ।। रत्नसारसमारंभे तस्या वक्षस्थले स्थितम् ।। ३३ ।। श्रुत्वा चुकोप साध्वी सा हताशा रतिकातरा ।। न शशाप पतिं प्रेम्णा शशाप सर्पमातरम् ।। ३४ ।। न देवालययोग्या सा धर्मिष्ठा धर्मनाशिनी ।। दूरं गच्छतु स्वर्लोकादात्मयोनिं च मानवीम् ।। ३५ ।। श्रुत्वैवं सा चरद्वारा शशाप देवमातरम् ।। सा चैवं मानवीं योनिं यातु मर्त्ये जरायुताम् ।। ३६ ।। कश्यपो बोधयामास कद्रुं च सर्पमातरम् ।। काले यास्यसि मर्त्यं च मया सह शुचिस्मिते ।। ३७ ।। त्यज भीतिं लभ सुखं द्रक्ष्यसि श्रीहरेर्मुखम्।। एवमुक्त्वा कश्यपश्च जगाम चादितेर्गृहम् ।।३८।। वांछां पूर्णां च तस्याश्च चकार भगवान्विभुः ।। ऋतौ तत्र महेंद्रश्च बभूव च सुरर्षभः ।।३९।। अदितिर्देवकी चैव सर्पमाता च रोहिणी ।। कश्यपो वसुदेवश्च श्रीकृष्णजनको महान् ।। 4.9.४० ।। रहस्यं गोपनीयं च सर्वं निगदितं मुने ।। अधुना बलदेवस्य जन्माख्यानं मुने शृणु ।। ४१ ।। अनंतस्याप्रमेयस्य सहस्रशिरसः प्रभोः ।। रोहिणी वसुदेवस्य भार्यारत्नं च प्रेयसी ।। ४२ ।। जगाम गोकुलं साध्वी वसुदेवाज्ञया मुने ।। संकर्षणस्य रक्षार्थं कंसभीता पलायिता ।। ४३ ।। देवक्याः सप्तमं गर्भं माया कृष्णाज्ञया तदा ।। रोहिण्या जठरे तत्र स्थापयामास गोकुले ।। ४४ ।। संस्थाप्य च तदा गर्भं कैलासं सा जगाम ह ।। दिनांतरे कतिपये रोहिणी नंदमंदिरे ।। ४५ ।। सुषाव पुत्रं कृष्णांशं तप्तरौप्याभमीश्वरम् ।। ईषद्धास्यं प्रसन्नास्यं ज्वलंतं ब्रह्मतेजसा ।। ४६ ।। तस्यैव जन्ममात्रेण देवा मुमुदिरे तदा ।। स्वर्गे दुंदुभयो नेदुरानका मुरजादयः ।। ४७ ।। जयशब्दं शंखशब्दं चक्रुर्देवा मुदान्विताः ।। नंदो हृष्टो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो धनं बहुविधं ददौ ।। ४८ ।। चिच्छेद नाडीं धात्री च स्नापयामास बालकम् ।। जयशब्दं जगुर्गोप्यः सर्वाभ रणभूषिताः ।। ४९ ।। परपुत्रोत्सवं नंदश्चकार परमादरात् ।। तदा यशोदा गोपीभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ मुदा ।। 4.9.५० ।। धनानि नानावस्तूनि तैलं सिंदूरमेव च ।। इत्येवं कथितं वत्स यशोदानंदयोस्तपः ।। ५१ ।। जन्माख्यानं च हलिनो रोहिणीचरितं तथा ।। अधुना ते वांछनीयं नंदपुत्रोत्सवं शृणु ।। ५२ ।। सुखदं मोक्षदं सारं जन्ममृत्युजरापहम् ।। मंगलं कृष्णचरितं वैष्णवानां च जीवनम् ।। ५३ ।। सर्वाशुभविनाशं च भक्तिदास्यप्रदं हरेः ।। श्रीकृष्णं वसुदेवश्च संस्थाप्य नंदमंदिरे ।। ५४ ।। गृहीत्वा बालिकां हृष्टो जगाम निजमंदिरम् ।। कथितं चरितं तस्याः श्रुतं संमुखतो मुने ।। ५५ ।। अधुना गोकुले कृष्णचरितं शृणु मंगलम् ।। वसुदेवे गृहं याते यशोदा नंद एव च ।। ५६ ।। मंगले सूतिकागारे जयागारे जयान्विते ।। ददर्श पुत्रं भूमिस्थं नवीननीरदप्रभम् ।।५७।। अतीव सुंदरं नग्नं पश्यंतं गृहशेखरम् ।। शरत्पार्वणचंद्रास्यं नीलेंदीवरलोचनम् ।। ५८ ।। रुदंतं च हसंतं च् वेणुसंसक्तविग्रहम् ।। हस्तद्वयं सुविन्यस्तं प्रेमवंतं पदांबुजम् ।। ५९ ।। दृष्ट्वा नंदः स्त्रिया सार्द्धं हरिं हृष्टो बभूव ह ।। धात्री तं स्नापयामास शीततोयेन बालकम् ।। 4.9.६० ।। चिच्छेद नाडीं बालस्य हर्षाद्गोप्यो जयं ददुः ।। आजग्मुर्गोपिकाः सर्वा बृहच्छ्रोण्यश्चलत्कुचाः ।। ६१ ।। बालिकाश्च वयस्यश्च विप्रपत्न्याश्च सूतिकाम् ।। आशिषं युयुजुः सर्वा ददृशुर्बालकं मुदा ।। ६२ ।। क्रोडे चक्रुः प्रशंसंत्य ऊषुस्तत्र च काश्चन ।। नंदः सचैलः स्नातश्च धृत्वा धौते च वाससी ।। ६३ ।। पारंपर्यविधिं तत्र चकार हृष्टमानसः ।। ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास कारयामास मंगलम् ।। ६४ ।। वाद्यानि वादयामास बंदिभ्यश्च ददौ धनम् ।। ततो नंदश्च सानंदं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ धनम् ।। ६५ ।। सद्रत्नानि प्रवालानि हीरकाणि च सादरम् ।। तिलानां पर्वतान्सप्त सुवर्णशतकं मुने ।। ६६ ।। रौप्यं धान्याचलं वस्त्रं गोसहस्रं मनोहरम् ।। दधि दुग्धं शर्करां च नवनीतं घृतं मधु ।। ६७ ।। मिष्टान्नं सल्लड्डुकौघं स्वादूनि मोदकानि च ।। भूमिं च सर्वसस्याढ्यां वायुवेगांस्तुरंगमान् ।। ६८ ।। तांबूलानि च तैलानि दत्त्वा हृष्टो बभूव ह ।। रक्षितुं सूतिकागारं योजयामास ब्राह्मणान् ।। ६९ ।। तत्र मंत्रज्ञमनुजान्स्थविरान्गोपिकागणान् ।। वेदांश्च पाठयामास हरेर्नामैकमंगलम् ।। 4.9.७० ।। भक्त्या च ब्राह्मणद्वारा पूजयामास देवताः ।। गोपालिकाश्च वृद्धाश्च रत्नालंकारभूषिताः ।। ७१ ।। सस्मिता शीघ्रगामिन्य आजग्मुर्नंदमंदिरम् ।। नानाविधाश्च गणका ज्योतिःशास्त्रविशारदाः।। ७२ ।। वाक्सिद्धाः पुस्तककरा आजग्मुर्नंदमंदिरम् ।। सस्मिता विप्रपत्न्यश्च वयस्याः स्थविरा वराः ।। ७३ ।। बालिका बालकयुता आजग्मुर्नंदमंदिरम् ।। तेभ्योऽपि प्रददौ रत्नं धनानि विविधानि च।। ७४ ।। वरवस्त्राणि रौप्याणि गोसहस्राणि सादरम् ।। नंदस्तेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य चकार विनयं मुदा ।। ७५ ।। आशिषं युयुजुः सर्वे ददृशुर्बालकं परम् ।। एवं संभृतसंभारो बभूव व्रजपुंगवः ।।७६।। गणकैः कारयामास यद्भविष्यं शुभाशुभम् ।। एवं ववर्ध बालश्च शुक्लपक्षे यथा शशी ।। ७७ ।। नंदालये हली चैव भुक्त मातुः पयोधरम् ।। तदा च रोहिणी हृष्टा तत्र पुत्रोत्सवे मुदा ।।७८।। तैलसिंदूरतांबूलं धनं ताभ्यो ददौ मुने ।। दत्त्वाशिषश्च शिरसि ताश्च ते स्वालयं ययुः ।। ७९ ।। यशोदारोहिणीनंदास्तस्थुर्गेहे मुदान्विताः ।। 4.9.८० ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे श्रीकृ ष्णजन्मखंडे नारायणनारदसंवादे नंदपुत्रोत्सवो नाम नवमोऽध्यायः ।। ९ ।।

nārada uvāca || saṃsthāpya gokule kṛṣṇaṃ yaśodāmaṃdiraṃ vasuḥ || jagāma svagṛhaṃ nandaḥ kiṃ cakāra mahāṃ prabhuḥ || 1 || kiñcakāra haristatra kativarṣasthitiḥ prabhoḥ || bālakrīḍanakaṃ tasya varṇaya kramaśo mune || 2 || purā kṛtā yā pratijñā goloke rādhayā saha || tatkṛtaṃ kena vidhinā pratijñāpālanaṃ hareḥ || 3 || kīdṛgvṛndāvanaṃ nāma maṇḍalaṃ kiṃvidhaṃ vada || rāsakrīḍāṃ jalakrīḍāṃ saṃvyasya varṇaya prabho || 4 || nandastapaḥ kiñcakāra yaśodā cātha rohiṇī || hareḥ pūrvaṃ ca halinaḥ kutra janma babhūva ha || || 5 || pīyūṣakhaṃḍamākhyānamapūrvaṃ śrīhareḥ smṛtam || viśeṣataḥ kavimukhānnavyaṃ nūnaṃ pade pade || 6 || svarāsamaṇḍalakrīḍāṃ varṇaya svayameva ca || parokṣavarṇanātkāvyaṃ praśastaṃ navyavarṇanam ||7|| śrīkṛṣṇāṃśo bhavānsākṣādyogīṃdrāṇāṃ gurorguruḥ || yo yasyāṃśaḥ sa ca janastasyaiva sukhataḥ sukhī || 8 || tvayaiva varṇitau pādau vilīnau tu yuvāṃ hareḥ || sākṣādgolokanāthāṃśastvameva tatsamo mahān || 9 || || nārāyaṇa uvāca || || brahmeśaśeṣavighneśāḥ kūrmo dharmo'hameva ca || naraśca kārttikeyaśca śrīkṛṣṇāṃśā vayaṃ nava ||4.9.10|| aho golokanāthasya mahimā kena varṇyate || yaṃ svayaṃ no vijānīmo na vedāḥ kiṃ vipaścitaḥ || 11 || sūkaro vāmanaḥ kalkirbauddhaḥ kapilamīnakau || ete cāṃśāḥ kalāścānye saṃtyeva katidhā mune || 12 || kūrmo nṛsiṃho rāmaśca śvetadvīpavirāḍvibhuḥ || paripūrṇatamaḥ kṛṣṇo vaikuṇṭhe gokule svayam || || 13 || vaikuṇṭhe kamalākāṃto rūpabhedāccaturbhujaḥ || goloke gokule rādhākāṃto'yaṃ dvibhujaḥ svayam || 14 || asyaiva tejo nityaṃ ca citte kurvaṃti yoginaḥ || bhaktāḥ pādāmbujaṃ tejaḥ kutastejasvinaṃ vinā || 15 || śṛṇu vipra varṇayāmi yaśodānandayostapaḥ || rohiṇyāśca yato hetordadṛśuste harermukham || 16 || vasūnāṃ pravaro nando nāmnā droṇastapodhanaḥ || tasya patnī dharā sādhvī yaśodā sā tapasvinī ||17|| rohiṇī sarpamātā ca kadrūśca sarpakāriṇī || eteṣāṃ janmacaritaṃ nibodha kathayāmi te|| 18 || ekadā ca dharā droṇau parvate gandhamādane || puṇyade bhārate varṣe gautamāśramasannidhau || 19 || cakratuśca tapastatra varṣāṇāmayutaṃ mune || śrīkṛṣṇadarśanārthaṃ ca nirjane suprabhātaṭe || 4.9.20 || na dadarśa hariṃ droṇo dharā caiva tapasvinī || kṛtvāgnikuṃḍaṃ vairāgyātpraveṣṭuṃ samupasthitau||21|| tau martukāmau dṛṣṭvā ca vāgbabhūvāśarīriṇī || drakṣyathaḥ śrīhariṃ pṛthvyāṃ gokule putrarūpiṇam || 22 || janmāṃtare vasuśreṣṭha durdarśaṃ yogināṃ vibhum|| dhyānāsādhyaṃ ca viduṣāṃ brahmādīnāṃ ca vaṃditam || 23 || śrutvaivaṃ taddharādroṇau jagmatuḥ svālayaṃ sukhāt || labdhvā tu bhārate janma dṛṣṭaṃ tābhyāṃ harermukham || 24 || yaśodānaṃdayorevaṃ kathitaṃ caritaṃ tava || sugopyaṃ tridaśānāṃ ca rohiṇīcaritaṃ śṛṇu || 25 || ekadā devamātā ca puṣpotsavadine satī || vijñāpanaṃ caradvārā cakāra kaśyapaṃ mune || 26 || susnātā suṃdarī devī ratnālaṃkāra bhūṣitā || cakāra veṣaṃ vividhaṃ dadarśa darpaṇe mukham || 27 || kastūrībiṃdunā sārddhaṃ siṃdūrabiṃdusaṃyutam || ratnakuṃḍalaśobhāḍhyaṃ patrābharaṇabhūṣitam || 28 || gajamauktikasaṃyuktaṃ nāsāgraṃ sumanoharam || śaratpārvaṇacaṃdrāsyaṃ śaratpaṃkajalocanam || 29 || vakrabhrūbhaṃginā yuktaṃ vicitrakajjalojjvalam || pakvadāḍimabījābhadaṃtapaṃktivirājitam || 4.9.30 || pakvabiṃbādharauṣṭhaṃ ca sasmitaṃ suṃdaraṃ sadā || atīva kamanīyaṃ ca munīṃdracittamohanam || 31 || evaṃbhūtaṃ mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā suṃdarī svagṛhe sthitā || paśyaṃtī patimārgaṃ ca kāmabāṇaprapīḍitā || 32 || śuśrāva vārtāmaditiḥ kaśyapaṃ kadrusaṃyutam || ratnasārasamāraṃbhe tasyā vakṣasthale sthitam || 33 || śrutvā cukopa sādhvī sā hatāśā ratikātarā || na śaśāpa patiṃ premṇā śaśāpa sarpamātaram || 34 || na devālayayogyā sā dharmiṣṭhā dharmanāśinī || dūraṃ gacchatu svarlokādātmayoniṃ ca mānavīm || 35 || śrutvaivaṃ sā caradvārā śaśāpa devamātaram || sā caivaṃ mānavīṃ yoniṃ yātu martye jarāyutām || 36 || kaśyapo bodhayāmāsa kadruṃ ca sarpamātaram || kāle yāsyasi martyaṃ ca mayā saha śucismite || 37 || tyaja bhītiṃ labha sukhaṃ drakṣyasi śrīharermukham|| evamuktvā kaśyapaśca jagāma cāditergṛham ||38|| vāṃchāṃ pūrṇāṃ ca tasyāśca cakāra bhagavānvibhuḥ || ṛtau tatra maheṃdraśca babhūva ca surarṣabhaḥ ||39|| aditirdevakī caiva sarpamātā ca rohiṇī || kaśyapo vasudevaśca śrīkṛṣṇajanako mahān || 4.9.40 || rahasyaṃ gopanīyaṃ ca sarvaṃ nigaditaṃ mune || adhunā baladevasya janmākhyānaṃ mune śṛṇu || 41 || anaṃtasyāprameyasya sahasraśirasaḥ prabhoḥ || rohiṇī vasudevasya bhāryāratnaṃ ca preyasī || 42 || jagāma gokulaṃ sādhvī vasudevājñayā mune || saṃkarṣaṇasya rakṣārthaṃ kaṃsabhītā palāyitā || 43 || devakyāḥ saptamaṃ garbhaṃ māyā kṛṣṇājñayā tadā || rohiṇyā jaṭhare tatra sthāpayāmāsa gokule || 44 || saṃsthāpya ca tadā garbhaṃ kailāsaṃ sā jagāma ha || dināṃtare katipaye rohiṇī naṃdamaṃdire || 45 || suṣāva putraṃ kṛṣṇāṃśaṃ taptaraupyābhamīśvaram || īṣaddhāsyaṃ prasannāsyaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ brahmatejasā || 46 || tasyaiva janmamātreṇa devā mumudire tadā || svarge duṃdubhayo nedurānakā murajādayaḥ || 47 || jayaśabdaṃ śaṃkhaśabdaṃ cakrurdevā mudānvitāḥ || naṃdo hṛṣṭo brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ bahuvidhaṃ dadau || 48 || ciccheda nāḍīṃ dhātrī ca snāpayāmāsa bālakam || jayaśabdaṃ jagurgopyaḥ sarvābha raṇabhūṣitāḥ || 49 || paraputrotsavaṃ naṃdaścakāra paramādarāt || tadā yaśodā gopībhyo brāhmaṇebhyo dadau mudā || 4.9.50 || dhanāni nānāvastūni tailaṃ siṃdūrameva ca || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vatsa yaśodānaṃdayostapaḥ || 51 || janmākhyānaṃ ca halino rohiṇīcaritaṃ tathā || adhunā te vāṃchanīyaṃ naṃdaputrotsavaṃ śṛṇu || 52 || sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ janmamṛtyujarāpaham || maṃgalaṃ kṛṣṇacaritaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca jīvanam || 53 || sarvāśubhavināśaṃ ca bhaktidāsyapradaṃ hareḥ || śrīkṛṣṇaṃ vasudevaśca saṃsthāpya naṃdamaṃdire || 54 || gṛhītvā bālikāṃ hṛṣṭo jagāma nijamaṃdiram || kathitaṃ caritaṃ tasyāḥ śrutaṃ saṃmukhato mune || 55 || adhunā gokule kṛṣṇacaritaṃ śṛṇu maṃgalam || vasudeve gṛhaṃ yāte yaśodā naṃda eva ca || 56 || maṃgale sūtikāgāre jayāgāre jayānvite || dadarśa putraṃ bhūmisthaṃ navīnanīradaprabham ||57|| atīva suṃdaraṃ nagnaṃ paśyaṃtaṃ gṛhaśekharam || śaratpārvaṇacaṃdrāsyaṃ nīleṃdīvaralocanam || 58 || rudaṃtaṃ ca hasaṃtaṃ c veṇusaṃsaktavigraham || hastadvayaṃ suvinyastaṃ premavaṃtaṃ padāṃbujam || 59 || dṛṣṭvā naṃdaḥ striyā sārddhaṃ hariṃ hṛṣṭo babhūva ha || dhātrī taṃ snāpayāmāsa śītatoyena bālakam || 4.9.60 || ciccheda nāḍīṃ bālasya harṣādgopyo jayaṃ daduḥ || ājagmurgopikāḥ sarvā bṛhacchroṇyaścalatkucāḥ || 61 || bālikāśca vayasyaśca viprapatnyāśca sūtikām || āśiṣaṃ yuyujuḥ sarvā dadṛśurbālakaṃ mudā || 62 || kroḍe cakruḥ praśaṃsaṃtya ūṣustatra ca kāścana || naṃdaḥ sacailaḥ snātaśca dhṛtvā dhaute ca vāsasī || 63 || pāraṃparyavidhiṃ tatra cakāra hṛṣṭamānasaḥ || brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa kārayāmāsa maṃgalam || 64 || vādyāni vādayāmāsa baṃdibhyaśca dadau dhanam || tato naṃdaśca sānaṃdaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau dhanam || 65 || sadratnāni pravālāni hīrakāṇi ca sādaram || tilānāṃ parvatānsapta suvarṇaśatakaṃ mune || 66 || raupyaṃ dhānyācalaṃ vastraṃ gosahasraṃ manoharam || dadhi dugdhaṃ śarkarāṃ ca navanītaṃ ghṛtaṃ madhu || 67 || miṣṭānnaṃ sallaḍḍukaughaṃ svādūni modakāni ca || bhūmiṃ ca sarvasasyāḍhyāṃ vāyuvegāṃsturaṃgamān || 68 || tāṃbūlāni ca tailāni dattvā hṛṣṭo babhūva ha || rakṣituṃ sūtikāgāraṃ yojayāmāsa brāhmaṇān || 69 || tatra maṃtrajñamanujānsthavirāngopikāgaṇān || vedāṃśca pāṭhayāmāsa harernāmaikamaṃgalam || 4.9.70 || bhaktyā ca brāhmaṇadvārā pūjayāmāsa devatāḥ || gopālikāśca vṛddhāśca ratnālaṃkārabhūṣitāḥ || 71 || sasmitā śīghragāminya ājagmurnaṃdamaṃdiram || nānāvidhāśca gaṇakā jyotiḥśāstraviśāradāḥ|| 72 || vāksiddhāḥ pustakakarā ājagmurnaṃdamaṃdiram || sasmitā viprapatnyaśca vayasyāḥ sthavirā varāḥ || 73 || bālikā bālakayutā ājagmurnaṃdamaṃdiram || tebhyo'pi pradadau ratnaṃ dhanāni vividhāni ca|| 74 || varavastrāṇi raupyāṇi gosahasrāṇi sādaram || naṃdastebhyo namaskṛtya cakāra vinayaṃ mudā || 75 || āśiṣaṃ yuyujuḥ sarve dadṛśurbālakaṃ param || evaṃ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāro babhūva vrajapuṃgavaḥ ||76|| gaṇakaiḥ kārayāmāsa yadbhaviṣyaṃ śubhāśubham || evaṃ vavardha bālaśca śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī || 77 || naṃdālaye halī caiva bhukta mātuḥ payodharam || tadā ca rohiṇī hṛṣṭā tatra putrotsave mudā ||78|| tailasiṃdūratāṃbūlaṃ dhanaṃ tābhyo dadau mune || dattvāśiṣaśca śirasi tāśca te svālayaṃ yayuḥ || 79 || yaśodārohiṇīnaṃdāstasthurgehe mudānvitāḥ || 4.9.80 || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe śrīkṛ ṣṇajanmakhaṃḍe nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde naṃdaputrotsavo nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ || 9 ||

English translation

Festivities of Naada's son Narada said-Vasudeva placed Kfsna in the palace of Yasoda and returned to his abode.

Thereafter, how were the festivities for the birth of Krsna performed and for how long? You kindly narrate to me the story about his In the Goloka the lord had promised to Radha but then how could the lord fulfil that promise?.

O lord, the account of Vmdavana and the sight of the divine dance there, you kindly describe in detail, the Rdsallld and the water-sports.

What type of tapas had Nanda, Yasoda and RohinI performed? Where was Balabhadra bom earlier to his becoming the brother of the lord Krsna. The divine story of Hari has been compared with the block of nectar. Particularly by listening to the story of lord Hari from the mouth of the poet, one is infested with devotion and it always appeals as new whenever one listens to it. Therefore, you kindly describe the divine dance performed by Krsna from your own mouth in the poetic narrations, one listen to the performance indirectly but wherever one listens to the experience, ones witnesses with his own eyes, it is considered to be the best.

Because of your being the arhs'a of lord Krsna you happen to be the teacher of the yogis. The one who belongs to a particular umsa, he remains happy with the same.

You are described about the lotus-like feet of lord in which both of you had merged. Therefore you happen to be the clean arhs'a of the lord of Goloka and yourself also as great he is.

Narayana said- Brahma, Siva, Sesa, Ganesa, Kurma, Dharma, myself, the Kara and Karttikeya happen to be the nine gods who emerged from the arhsa of Krsna.

Alas, who can describe the glory of the lord of Goloka. I am myself not quite aware of him nor do the Vedas know about him then, what to say of the other intellectuals?.

O sage, Varaha, Vamana, Kalki, Bauddha, Kapila and Matsya also were the arhsa of the lord. Besides them, there are various other incarnations who happen to be the amsa of Kurma, Nrsimha, Rama and Virat of Sveta- dvlpa are the athsa of lord Visnu. Lord Krsna happen to be the great soul. He himself dwells in the Vaikuntha as well as the Goloka, In Vaikunt ha, he is known to be the husband of Kamala having four arms and in Goloka he appears in the form of Krsna having two arms only and is known as the husband of Radha.

All the yogis always meditate upon the same tejas. There could be no tejas without a Tejasvl.

O Brahmana, now I am going to highlight about the tapas of Yasoda, Nanda and RohinI as a result of which they could see the face of the lord (in the form of a son.) you listen to me.

Nanda happened to be Drona who was the best of the Vasus and his chaste wife known as Dhara re-appeared on earth as Yasoda.

Rohinl happened to be the mother of the serpents in earlier birth. Now I am going to narrate the life stories of all of them, which you please listen. O sage, once the chaste Dhara and Drona performed tapas over the Gandhamadana mountain in the dsrama of Gautama for ten thousand years. They continued tapas on the bank of the Suprabha river in a secluded place for achieving lord Krsna.

Thereafter both Drona and Dhara finding themselves unable to achieve audience, became unattached and prepared a fire alter to bum themselves in the same.

Finding them ready to bum themselves there was a divine voice from the sky saying. ”0 best of Vasus, you will have an audience with lord Krsna on earth in Gokula in the form of a son.

Even the yogis are unable to have a look at him.

He is beyond the comprehension of most of the intellectuals and is adored by Brahma even.".

On hearing this both Dhara and Drona retreated to their respective abodes and in the next birth they had the lord as their son.

riRw?f?i Thus the stories of Nanda and Yasoda have been narrated by me which are quite secret and beyond the gods. Now I am going to narrate the story of Rohinl which you please listen.

O sage, once during the menstrual period Aditi the mother of gods sent a message to Kas'yapa, she clad herself in beautiful garments and adorned herself with best of gems-studded ornaments after taking bath. Then looking at the mirror, she decorated herself variously.

Besides a spot of kasturl she also adorned her forehead with the vermilion, her ears with gems^ studded kundalas decorated herself variously and also wore the pearl in her nose. Her face resembled the full moon of winter season and her eyes resembled the lotus flower of winter season.

She had curved eye-brows and collyrium was applied to her eyes. She had beautiful teeth resembling the seeds of pomegranate. Her face was quite illumining. Her lips resembled the ripe fruit of wood apple and with her serene smile, she could attract the minds of sages. Looking at her face in the mirror she was lodged in her abode and suffering from passion started anxiously looking towards the path from which her husband was to arrive.

In the meantime she came to know that Kas'yapa was enjoying life with KadrQ placing his head on her breasts.

T:?r?M Tlfd ^TOIT '9I9in Thereafter she felt disgusted but in spite of her getting infested with passion, she did not pronounced a curse on her husband but she pronounced a curse of Kadra. "This lady well- versed in the Dharma has not proved herself worthy of a temple and had indulged herself in the destruction of dharma, therefore, getting deprived of the heaven she would go to the earth and be bom in the human race.” On hearing these words from the mouth of messengers Kadru also pronounced a curse on Aditi the mother of the gods thus, "she also would be bom on earth and suffer from old age in the human race.” Thereafter Kasyapa tried to convince Kadru, the mother of the serpents, ”0 lady with a serene smile, at the time you move on to the earth I shall also accompany you. Therefore shedding all the fears, you be happy.” Because on earth, you will be able to witness the lord in the form of your

son. Thus speaking Kasyapa went to the abode of Reaching there Kasyapa fulfilled the desire of Aditi as a result of which Mahendra was bom out of her womb.

The same Aditi appeared as DevakI on earth and KadrQ the mother of the serpents was known as RohinT, Kasyapa happened to be Vasudeva the father of Krsna.

O sage, I have revealed the entire secret of you. I am now going to narrate the story of the birth of Baladeva, which you please listen. He was Ananta, imperishable having thousands of snake-hoods and the incarnation of the lord.

RohinI happened to the beloved of Vasudeva.

O sage, with the permission of Vasudeva for the protection of Saihkarsana from Kaihsa, she went to Gokula.

At that point of ime at the command of lord Krsna, Yogamaya, extracted the foetus of Nanda from the womb of Devakl and transplanted it into the womb of Rohini.

After doing so the goddess went to Kailasa.

With the passage of time Rohini gave birth to a son who happened to be the arhsa of Kysna. He had the complexion of the molten silver and quite glorious. The lord himself had a serene smile on the face and possessed the divine lustre.

With the birth of Baladeva, all the gods were delighted and big drums were beaten in the heaven besides other musical instrument were also played upon there.

Getting immensely pleased the gods shouted the slogan of victory, blowing on the conches at the same time. Nanda on the other hand getting delighted distributed enormous riches to the With the severing of the cord by the mid-wife, the child was bathed, the cowherdesses adorned with all the ornaments started shouting the slogan of victory.

Nanda gracefully celebrated the occasion of the birth of a son. Thereafter getting pleased, Yasoda distributed riches to the cowherdesses as well as the Brahmanas besides other articles like oil, vermilion etc. O son, I have thus narrated to you the story about the tapas of Nanda and Yasoda besides the birth of Balabhadra, and the story of Rohini. Now I am going to narrate to you about the festivities following the birth of Krsna in the house of Nanda. You listen it.

The hearing of life-stories of Krsna bestows pleasure, salvation, knowledge of sattvas, removes the cycle of birth and death besides old age. They happen to be the life of Vaisnavas, remover of all the misfortunes and bestows the devotion of the lord. O sage, Vasudeva placing Krsna in the abode of Nanda and carrying the girl-child in her place, he returned to his abode with pleasure. I have recited the story in detail earlier and also about the girl-child, Presently you listen to the story of Krsna while, he stayed in Gokula. After the departure of Vasudeva, Nanda and Yasoda found in the pleasant labour-room which happened to be the home of victory, the child Krsna possessing the dark complexion placed on the ground.

He was quite beautiful and without robes and was looking at the kalasa placed at the top of the house. The lustre of his face put to shame, the lustre of the moon and both his eyes were life the blue lotus flower. Some times he cried and some times he laughed, the particles of dust were found over his limbs. Both his hand were placed over the ground and both his lotus-like feet looked like the mass of love.

Looking at the lord, Nanda felt delighted with his wife. Thereafter, the mid-wife bathed the son with the warm water, the cord of the child was severed the delightful cowherdesses started shouting the slogans of victory. They had stiff pelvic region, moving breasts and all the cowherdesses assembled there. All the girls, the female friends and the wives of Brahmanas reached the labour-room and started looking at the child. They delightfully started blessing him.

Some of the ladies carried the child in their lap and started kissing him. Many of the cowherdesses remained there. Nanda then took his bath and was clad in new garments and performed all the traditional rites with a pleasant mind, fed the Brahmanas, the scriptures of welfare were recited, the musical instrument were played upon and the beggars were distributed the riches. Thereafter Nanda with a delightful mind gave away riches in charity to the Brahmanas.

nqiciiPi i fURTixFi ^ iPTtiTq;I O sage, he also distributed several precious gems besides the diamonds and coral. He gave away in charity seven mountain like heaps of sesamum, hundred heaps of gold, mountains of paddy besides cloth a thousand of beautiful cows, curd, milk, sugar, batter, ghee, honey, sweets, best of sweet balls, tasteful modakas, irrigated land, steed which could move with the speed of wind betel and the oil. He also deputed Brahmanas for the protection of the labour-room.

Thereafter deputing the Brahmanas well- versed in the mantras and the old cowherdesses, he arranged for the recitation of the name of Hari which bestows welfare.

He also arranged the adoration of the gods with deep devotion. Thereafter Nanda, arrived in the palace whose mind was filled with delight and be stood at the end, besides being blissful.

The Brahtnaijas well-versed in the Vedas holding flowers in their hands started blessing the king who arrived there urgently.

The people well-versed in astrology, who had truthful speech, holding the books in their hands, also arrived in the abode of Nanda.

Many of the young maidens besides the old ladies, the wives of the Brahmanas, the boys and the girls also arrived there with smiling faces, Nanda on his part distributed several types of riches, gems, costumes and a thousand cows, Nanda expressed his humility while bowing in reverence to all of them, who blessed him variously looking at the newly bom child. Thus Nanda the lord of vratas, collecting all the materials, celebrated the birth of the son and the astrologer highlighted the good and the bad effect of the planets according to the child Thereafter, the child started growing in the abode of Nanda, like the moon of the bright fortnight. In the abode of Nanda, Balabhadra was sucking the breast of his mother, o sage, at that point of time, RohinI also participated in the festivities and also delightfully distributed oil, vermilion, betel and enormous riches to the ladies present there. All of them blessed the child

over his head and went back to their respective abodes. Only Nanda, Yasoda, and RohinI remained in the palace.

Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 122594 (2017-09-20T01:50:00Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n905–n911: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n905/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.