Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 58
Sourceअथाष्टपञ्चाशात्तमोऽध्यायः नारायण उवाच बभूव दर्पः पृथ्व्याश्च सर्पाधाराऽहमेव च । पृथृद्वारा च तद्दर्पं जघान चैव तत्प्रभुः ।। १ ।। बभूव दर्पः साविञ्या वेदमाताऽहमेव च । काले चकार तस्याश्च सपुत्राया अदर्शनम् ।। २ ।। बभूव दर्पं गङ्गया अहं निवणिदेति च । जह्नुद्वारा च तद्दर्प जहार जगतां पतिः ।। ३ ।। जहार मनसादर्प दुर्गाद्वारा पुरा मुने । विरजोपगतं कृष्णं भर्त्सयामास कोपतः ।। ४ ।। प्रविशन्तं रासगुहं गोपीभिर्विनिवारितम् । दौवारिकाभिर्वेत्रैश्च ताडितं तं च दर्पतः ।। ५ ।। सुदाम्ना निजभक्तेन राधा शप्ता बभूव ह । देवेन सहसा ध्वस्ता गोलोकादागता धराम् ।। ६ ।। वृषभानुस्त्रियां जाता कलावत्यां च नारद । कृष्णस्तदनुरौधेन कंसभीतिच्छलेन च ।। ७ ।। समागतो नन्दगेहं तेनाहं नन्दनन्दनः । सुदाम्नः शापवीच्छैदपालनार्थ जगत्पतिः ।। ८ ।। पुनर्जगाम मथुरामित्याह कमलोद्भवः । अस्यापरमभिप्रायं को वा जनाति नारद ।। ९ ।। कथं जातः समायाते सथुरायाश्च गोकुलम् । इत्येवं कथितं सर्वमपरं श्रूयतामिति ।। १० ।। यथा जगाम मथुरां नन्दान्स नन्दनन्दनः । शोकं नन्दो यशोदा च यथा संप्रप दैवतः ।। ११ ।। यथा गोपाश्च गोप्यश्च गावो वृन्दावने वने । वने वने का वन्यास्ते वन्या जानन्ति किंचन ।। १२ ।। वनं रम्यं वन्यपदमपि त्यक्तवा वने वने । श्मशाने वाऽश्मशाने वा बभ्राम भामिनी मुने ।। १३ ।। ग्रमं त्यक्त्वा च बभ्रम चेतनाऽचेतना क्षणम् । क्षणेन वर्जिता सा च प्रार्थयान्ती प्रतिक्षणम् ।। १४ ।। क्षणं क्षणं सा श्वसिति चिन्तनं कुर्वती क्षणम् । क्षणं विशन्ती तल्पे च क्षणम्त्थाय तिष्ठति ।। १५ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo अष्टप़ञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः ।। ५८।।
athāṣṭapañcāśāttamo'dhyāyaḥ nārāyaṇa uvāca babhūva darpaḥ pṛthvyāśca sarpādhārā'hameva ca | pṛthṛdvārā ca taddarpaṃ jaghāna caiva tatprabhuḥ || 1 || babhūva darpaḥ sāviñyā vedamātā'hameva ca | kāle cakāra tasyāśca saputrāyā adarśanam || 2 || babhūva darpaṃ gaṅgayā ahaṃ nivaṇideti ca | jahnudvārā ca taddarpa jahāra jagatāṃ patiḥ || 3 || jahāra manasādarpa durgādvārā purā mune | virajopagataṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bhartsayāmāsa kopataḥ || 4 || praviśantaṃ rāsaguhaṃ gopībhirvinivāritam | dauvārikābhirvetraiśca tāḍitaṃ taṃ ca darpataḥ || 5 || sudāmnā nijabhaktena rādhā śaptā babhūva ha | devena sahasā dhvastā golokādāgatā dharām || 6 || vṛṣabhānustriyāṃ jātā kalāvatyāṃ ca nārada | kṛṣṇastadanuraudhena kaṃsabhīticchalena ca || 7 || samāgato nandagehaṃ tenāhaṃ nandanandanaḥ | sudāmnaḥ śāpavīcchaidapālanārtha jagatpatiḥ || 8 || punarjagāma mathurāmityāha kamalodbhavaḥ | asyāparamabhiprāyaṃ ko vā janāti nārada || 9 || kathaṃ jātaḥ samāyāte sathurāyāśca gokulam | ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvamaparaṃ śrūyatāmiti || 10 || yathā jagāma mathurāṃ nandānsa nandanandanaḥ | śokaṃ nando yaśodā ca yathā saṃprapa daivataḥ || 11 || yathā gopāśca gopyaśca gāvo vṛndāvane vane | vane vane kā vanyāste vanyā jānanti kiṃcana || 12 || vanaṃ ramyaṃ vanyapadamapi tyaktavā vane vane | śmaśāne vā'śmaśāne vā babhrāma bhāminī mune || 13 || gramaṃ tyaktvā ca babhrama cetanā'cetanā kṣaṇam | kṣaṇena varjitā sā ca prārthayāntī pratikṣaṇam || 14 || kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇaṃ sā śvasiti cintanaṃ kurvatī kṣaṇam | kṣaṇaṃ viśantī talpe ca kṣaṇamtthāya tiṣṭhati || 15 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo aṣṭapa़ñcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 58||
English translation
The Shattering of the pride of the Goddess Earth, Savitri, Gahga, ManasS and R3dha HITfq t i T NarSyana said- Once the goddess earth was also filled with pride, thinking that she was the foundation of everything. Thereafter, the lord got her pride shattered through Pfthu.
Then Savitri was filled with pride being the creator of the Vedas, the lord at once made her disappear along with her sons. Thereafter Gahga was filled with pride thinking that she was the only source for providing salvation to the people.
The lord of the universe shattered her pride through the king Jahnu.
O sage, in the earlier times, the lord shattered the pride of Manasa through Durga. Once Radha denounced Krsna very badly finding him seated with Viraja and filled with pride she entered the dancing hall and she had them beaten by the gate-keepers and the cowherdesses with canes.
g ggr WRT 11 ni I Thereafter Narada made Sudama who happens to be. his devotee, fo pronounce a curse on Radha. As a move of destiny getting her pride suddenly shattered, Radha had to be bom on earth leaving the Goloka. She was bom from the womb of Kalavatl the wife of Vrsabhanu. Lord Krsna also at her request went to the abode of Nanda on the pretext of the fear from the Kaihsa.
That is why I have been given the name of Nanda-nandana. In order to fulfil the provisions of the curse of Sudama Krsna who happens to be the lord of the universe again went to Mathura.
This has been told to me by Brahma who was bom out of lotus. O Narada, immediately after birth why did he move from to Gokula to Mathura; no one could ever know about his intentions. I have thus spoken to you everything.
Now you listen to me further. You listen from me the way Krsna the one who delighted the mind of Nanda went to Mathura, the way Yasoda and Nanda felt painful at heart, how the cowherds and cowherdesses of Vmdavana together with the cows started roaming about in the forest. By roaming about in the forest they became wild and only the forest dwellers could speak out smoothing about them.
O sage, leaving aside the best of the orchards and pleasant groves they started roaming about living in one forest or the other, the cremation grounds or other places connected with the Deserting the villages they started roaming about. Sometimes they lost their senses and sometimes they regained the same, sometimes they separated themselves from all and sometimes they started offering prayers.
Sometimes they took deep sighs and in other moments they were engrossed in the devotion of the lord, sometimes they lay on bed and sometimes they got up from the same.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 122388 (2017-09-17T13:47:43Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1284–n1286: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1284/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.