Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 131
Sourceअधै कत्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः शौनक उवाच अत्यपूर्वमुपाख्यानं श्रुतं परममाद्भुतम् । सुगोप्यं च सुगोप्यं रम्यं रम्यं नवं नवम् ।। १ ।। किमनिर्वचनीयं च कमनीयं मनोहरम् । सुदुर्लभा कथा प्रोक्ता पुराणेषु पुरातनी ।। २ ।। एवंभूतं च सुदिनं कदाऽस्माकं फविष्यति । तज्जन्म सफलं धन्यं यत्र वैष्णवसंगमः ।। ३ ।। गर्भवासोच्छेदनं च कर्ममूलनिकृन्तनम् । हरिदास्यप्रदं शुद्धं भक्तानां भक्तिवर्धनम् ।। ४ ।। असाधुसङ्गदुर्बुद्धिपापोन्मूलनकारणम् । गणेशजन्मोपख्यानं पुराणेषु सुदुर्लभम् ।। ५ ।। तुलसीराधिकाख्यानं किमपूर्व श्रुतं परम् । अन्यद्यद्यद्गोपनीयं व्यक्तमव्यक्तमीप्सितम् ।। ६ ।। सर्वं श्रुतं महाभाग परिबूर्णं मनोहरम् । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि वह्नेरुत्पत्तिमीप्सिताम् स्वर्णस्य च महाभाग तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ।। ७ ।। सूत उवाच सामग्रीकरणं सृष्टेर्जलमेव हुताशनः । तथैव प्रकृतिर्नित्या महानेव तथैव च ।। ८ ।। यथा दिशो महाकाशो ययैव सृष्टिगोलकम् । प्रकृतेर्महतश्च स्याद्य थाऽहंकार एव च ।। ९ ।। यथैव शब्दस्तन्मात्रं तथैव च हुताशनः । तथाऽपि तत्समुत्पत्तिं कथयामि निशामय ।। १० ।। एकदा सृष्टिकाले च ब्रह्मानन्तमहेश्वराः । श्वेतद्वीपं ययुः सर्वे द्रष्टुं विष्णुं जगत्पतिम् ।। ११ ।। परस्परं च संभाषां कृत्वा सिंहासनेषु च । ऊचुः सर्वे सभामध्ये सुरम्ये पुरतो विभोः ।। १२ ।। विष्णुगात्रोद्भवास्तत्र कामिन्यः कमलाकलाः । तत्र नृत्यन्ति गायन्ति विष्णुगाथाश्च ।। सुस्वरम् ।। १३ ।। तासां च कठिनां श्रोणिं कठिनं स्तनमण्डलम् । सस्मितं मुखपद्मं च दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा सुकामुकः ।। १४ ।। मनोनिवारणं कर्तुं न शशाक पितामहः । वीर्यं पपात चच्छाद लज्जया वाससा विभुः ।। १५ ।। तद्वीर्यं वस्त्रसहितं प्रतप्तं कामतापतः । क्षीरोदे प्रेरयामास संगीते विरते द्विज ।। १६ ।। जलादुत्थाय पुरुषः प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा । उवास ब्रह्मणः क्रोडे लज्जितस्य च संसदि ।। १७ ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे रुष्टो जलादुत्थाय सत्वरः । प्रणम्य वरुणो देवान्बालं नेतुं समुद्यतः ।। १८ ।। बालो दधार ब्रह्माणं बाहुम्यां च भयाद्रुदन् । किं चिन्नोवाच जगतां विधाता लज्जया द्विज ।। १९ ।। बालकस्य करे धृत्वा चकारऽऽकर्षणं रुषा । वरुणश्च सभामध्ये तं चिक्षेप प्रजापतिः ।। २० ।। पपात दूरतो देवो वरुणो दुर्बलस्ततः । मूर्छां संप्राप मृतवत्कोपदृष्ट्या विधेरहो ।। २१ ।। चेतनं कारयामासामृतदृष्ट्या च शंकरः । संप्राप्य चेतनं तत्र तमुवाच जलेश्वरः ।। २२ ।। वरुण उवाच बालो जले समुद्भूतो मम पुत्रोऽयमीप्सितः । अहं गृहीत्वा यास्यामि ब्रह्मा मां ताडयेत्कथम् ।। २३ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच वालकः शरणापन्नो मयि विष्णो महेश्वर । कथं दास्यामि भीतं च रुदन्तं शरणागतम् ।। २४ ।। शरणागतदीनार्तं यो न रक्षेदपण्डितः । पच्यते निरये तावद्यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ।। २५ ।। उभयोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मधुसूधनः । उवाच तत्र सर्वज्ञः सर्वेशश्च यथोचितम् ।। २६ ।। श्रीभगवानुवाच दृष्ट्वा तु कामिनीश्रोणिं वीर्यं धातुः पपात तत् । लज्जया प्रेरयामास क्षीरोदे निर्मले जले ।। २७ ।। ततौ बभूव बालश्च धर्मतो विधिपुत्रकः । क्षेत्रज्ञश्च सुतः शास्त्रे वरुणस्यापि गौणतः ।। २८ ।। महादेव उवाच यो विद्यायोनिसंबन्धो वेदेषु च निरूपितः । शिष्ये पुत्रे च समता चेति वेदविदो विदुः ।। २९ ।। मन्त्रं ददातु वरुणो विद्यांच बारकाय च । पुत्रो विधातुर्वङ्निश्च शिष्यश्य वरुणस्य च ।। ३० ।। विष्णुर्ददातु बालाय दाहिकां सक्तिमुज्ज्वलाम् । सर्वदग्धो हुताशश्च निर्वाणो वरुणेन च ।। ३१ ।। विष्णुश्च दाहिकां शक्तिं ददौ तस्मै शिवाज्ञया । मन्त्रं विद्यां च वरुणो रत्नमालां मनोहराम् ।। ३२ ।। क्रोडे कृत्वा च तं बालं चुचुम्ब मायया सुरः । ब्रह्मणे च ददौ साक्षाद्विष्णुशंकरयोरपि ।। ३३ ।। प्रणम्य विष्णुं ब्रह्मा च ययौ शंभुः स्वमन्दिरम् । अग्न्युत्पत्तिश्च कथिता स्वर्णोत्पत्तिं निशामय ।। ३४ ।। विलोक्य रम्भां सुश्रोणिं सकामो वह्निरेव च । पपात वीर्यं चच्छाद लज्जया वाससा तथा ।। ३५ ।। विलोक्य रम्भां सुश्रोणिं सकामो वह्निरेव च । पपात वीर्य चच्छाद लज्जया वाससा तथा ।। ३६ ।। उत्तस्थौ स्वर्णपुञ्जश्च वस्त्रं क्षिप्त्वा ज्वलत्प्रभः । क्षणेन वर्धयामास स सुमेरुर्बभूव ह ।। ३७ ।। हिरण्यरेतसं वह्निं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः । इति ते कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। ३८ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारादनाo वह्निसुवर्णोत्पत्तिर्नामैकत्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ।। १३१ ।।
adhai katriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ śaunaka uvāca atyapūrvamupākhyānaṃ śrutaṃ paramamādbhutam | sugopyaṃ ca sugopyaṃ ramyaṃ ramyaṃ navaṃ navam || 1 || kimanirvacanīyaṃ ca kamanīyaṃ manoharam | sudurlabhā kathā proktā purāṇeṣu purātanī || 2 || evaṃbhūtaṃ ca sudinaṃ kadā'smākaṃ phaviṣyati | tajjanma saphalaṃ dhanyaṃ yatra vaiṣṇavasaṃgamaḥ || 3 || garbhavāsocchedanaṃ ca karmamūlanikṛntanam | haridāsyapradaṃ śuddhaṃ bhaktānāṃ bhaktivardhanam || 4 || asādhusaṅgadurbuddhipāponmūlanakāraṇam | gaṇeśajanmopakhyānaṃ purāṇeṣu sudurlabham || 5 || tulasīrādhikākhyānaṃ kimapūrva śrutaṃ param | anyadyadyadgopanīyaṃ vyaktamavyaktamīpsitam || 6 || sarvaṃ śrutaṃ mahābhāga paribūrṇaṃ manoharam | adhunā śrotumicchāmi vahnerutpattimīpsitām svarṇasya ca mahābhāga tanme vyākhyātumarhasi || 7 || sūta uvāca sāmagrīkaraṇaṃ sṛṣṭerjalameva hutāśanaḥ | tathaiva prakṛtirnityā mahāneva tathaiva ca || 8 || yathā diśo mahākāśo yayaiva sṛṣṭigolakam | prakṛtermahataśca syādya thā'haṃkāra eva ca || 9 || yathaiva śabdastanmātraṃ tathaiva ca hutāśanaḥ | tathā'pi tatsamutpattiṃ kathayāmi niśāmaya || 10 || ekadā sṛṣṭikāle ca brahmānantamaheśvarāḥ | śvetadvīpaṃ yayuḥ sarve draṣṭuṃ viṣṇuṃ jagatpatim || 11 || parasparaṃ ca saṃbhāṣāṃ kṛtvā siṃhāsaneṣu ca | ūcuḥ sarve sabhāmadhye suramye purato vibhoḥ || 12 || viṣṇugātrodbhavāstatra kāminyaḥ kamalākalāḥ | tatra nṛtyanti gāyanti viṣṇugāthāśca || susvaram || 13 || tāsāṃ ca kaṭhināṃ śroṇiṃ kaṭhinaṃ stanamaṇḍalam | sasmitaṃ mukhapadmaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā brahmā sukāmukaḥ || 14 || manonivāraṇaṃ kartuṃ na śaśāka pitāmahaḥ | vīryaṃ papāta cacchāda lajjayā vāsasā vibhuḥ || 15 || tadvīryaṃ vastrasahitaṃ prataptaṃ kāmatāpataḥ | kṣīrode prerayāmāsa saṃgīte virate dvija || 16 || jalādutthāya puruṣaḥ prajvalanbrahmatejasā | uvāsa brahmaṇaḥ kroḍe lajjitasya ca saṃsadi || 17 || etasminnantare ruṣṭo jalādutthāya satvaraḥ | praṇamya varuṇo devānbālaṃ netuṃ samudyataḥ || 18 || bālo dadhāra brahmāṇaṃ bāhumyāṃ ca bhayādrudan | kiṃ cinnovāca jagatāṃ vidhātā lajjayā dvija || 19 || bālakasya kare dhṛtvā cakāra''karṣaṇaṃ ruṣā | varuṇaśca sabhāmadhye taṃ cikṣepa prajāpatiḥ || 20 || papāta dūrato devo varuṇo durbalastataḥ | mūrchāṃ saṃprāpa mṛtavatkopadṛṣṭyā vidheraho || 21 || cetanaṃ kārayāmāsāmṛtadṛṣṭyā ca śaṃkaraḥ | saṃprāpya cetanaṃ tatra tamuvāca jaleśvaraḥ || 22 || varuṇa uvāca bālo jale samudbhūto mama putro'yamīpsitaḥ | ahaṃ gṛhītvā yāsyāmi brahmā māṃ tāḍayetkatham || 23 || brahmovāca vālakaḥ śaraṇāpanno mayi viṣṇo maheśvara | kathaṃ dāsyāmi bhītaṃ ca rudantaṃ śaraṇāgatam || 24 || śaraṇāgatadīnārtaṃ yo na rakṣedapaṇḍitaḥ | pacyate niraye tāvadyāvaccandradivākarau || 25 || ubhayorvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya madhusūdhanaḥ | uvāca tatra sarvajñaḥ sarveśaśca yathocitam || 26 || śrībhagavānuvāca dṛṣṭvā tu kāminīśroṇiṃ vīryaṃ dhātuḥ papāta tat | lajjayā prerayāmāsa kṣīrode nirmale jale || 27 || tatau babhūva bālaśca dharmato vidhiputrakaḥ | kṣetrajñaśca sutaḥ śāstre varuṇasyāpi gauṇataḥ || 28 || mahādeva uvāca yo vidyāyonisaṃbandho vedeṣu ca nirūpitaḥ | śiṣye putre ca samatā ceti vedavido viduḥ || 29 || mantraṃ dadātu varuṇo vidyāṃca bārakāya ca | putro vidhāturvaṅniśca śiṣyaśya varuṇasya ca || 30 || viṣṇurdadātu bālāya dāhikāṃ saktimujjvalām | sarvadagdho hutāśaśca nirvāṇo varuṇena ca || 31 || viṣṇuśca dāhikāṃ śaktiṃ dadau tasmai śivājñayā | mantraṃ vidyāṃ ca varuṇo ratnamālāṃ manoharām || 32 || kroḍe kṛtvā ca taṃ bālaṃ cucumba māyayā suraḥ | brahmaṇe ca dadau sākṣādviṣṇuśaṃkarayorapi || 33 || praṇamya viṣṇuṃ brahmā ca yayau śaṃbhuḥ svamandiram | agnyutpattiśca kathitā svarṇotpattiṃ niśāmaya || 34 || vilokya rambhāṃ suśroṇiṃ sakāmo vahnireva ca | papāta vīryaṃ cacchāda lajjayā vāsasā tathā || 35 || vilokya rambhāṃ suśroṇiṃ sakāmo vahnireva ca | papāta vīrya cacchāda lajjayā vāsasā tathā || 36 || uttasthau svarṇapuñjaśca vastraṃ kṣiptvā jvalatprabhaḥ | kṣaṇena vardhayāmāsa sa sumerurbabhūva ha || 37 || hiraṇyaretasaṃ vahniṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || 38 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nārādanāo vahnisuvarṇotpattirnāmaikatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 131 ||
English translation
The birth of Agni and Gold Saunaka said-1 have listened, to the extremely astonishing, secret, charming and completely new story from you.
But it is inexplicable in the Puranas, charming, beautiful, ancient and the inaccessible story.
When shall I meet with such a type of auspicious deeds, in which my life would become successful, keeping the company of the Vaisnavas. This company of the Vaisnavas is destroyer of the life in the womb, cuts at the root of the deeds, bestows toe slavehood of lord Hari and increases his devotion.
The story about the birth of Ganesa is difficult to get in the Puranas which relieves one from the company of the wicked and evil minded people and uproots the cause of the deeds. I have listened to the story about TulasI and Radhika.
Beside this, I have listened, to several other secret known and unknown stories which fulfil the desires. O lord, I have listened to everything; now I intend to listen to the story about the birth of Agni as well as the gold. O virtuous one, you kindly tell me the story about both of them.
Suta said- Of all the material of the universe water, fire and the eternal Prakrti have their own entity, similarly the Mahdtattva has its own entity. As the sky and the direction are there or the universe is there, the arrogance is bom out of Prakrti and Mahat.
Agni also exists like Sabda and Tanmdtrds. In spite of that I would narrate to you the story about its emergence.
Once during the time of creation Ananta, Brahma and Siva went to have an audience with Visnu on the Sveta-dvlpa, after mutual discussion. They took their seats on the lion thrones, in the court of lord Visnu. In the court, the damsels who had emerged out of the body of Laksml continued dancing there, reciting the glory of the lord with their sweet voice.
Looking at their well built body, the flesh, smiling faces and the pelvic region, Brahma was infested with passion.
O Brahmana, Brahma could not control himself and his semen fell. Brahma feeling ashamed hid it in a cloth and after the music was over, Brahma getting infatuated with passion took out the cloth and threw it out in the ocean.
Thereafter, a divine immense lustre, emerged out of the water and sat in the lap of Brahma, who was feeling ashamed seated in the court of In the meantime, getting angry Varuna came out of the water and bowing in reverence to the gods he tried to take away the boy with him.
The boy on the other hand started crying and caught hold of Brahma. But Brahma could not speak anything getting ashamed.
Getting enraged Varuna caught hold of the hand of the boy and dragged him. Brahma, the Prajapati, threw him away in the court..
Thereafter, the weak Varuna fell at a distance and with the anger of Brahma, he lay there like a dead person at a distance.
Lord ^iva brought him back to life with his merciful glance. After regaining consciousness, Varuna said-.
Varuna said- The boy has been bom in the water and therefore he is my son. I shall carry him with me, how could Brahma beat me?
Brahma said- O lord Visnu, O MahesVara, this boy has come to take refuge with me. Therefore how can I give away a crying child who has come to take refuge with me.
The fool who is unable to protect the humble person who comes to take refuge with him, he has to fall in the hell till the time of the sun and the moon.
Listening to the words of both of them, the all knowledgeable Madhusudana spoke the The lord said- Looking at the body of the damsels the semen of Brahma had fallen. Feeling ashamed, he threw it out in the spotless water of the ocean. The son bom because of that is appropriately the son of Brahma, but he has also to be the son of Varuna according to the provisions of the scriptures.
Mahadeva said- Like the relationship between the knowledge and the yoni, there is no difference between a pupil and the son. This fact' is quite well-known to those who are well-versed in the Vedas, in other words, as on is bom with the use of yoni and the knowledge is connected with a pupil. Therefore both of them are equals.
Therefore Vamna should provide the knowledge and mantras to this boy. This boy named Agni is the son of Brahma and would be the pupil of But the lord Visnu should provide him the power of burning and becoming illustrious. This Agni would be competent enough to bom everybody and Varuna should make the fire to At the command of Siva, Visnu gave him the power of burning and Vamna imparted him the knowledge of mantras and also gave him the charming garland of gems.
Varuna than took the child in his lap and then gave him to Brahma, Visnu and Siva.
All the people then left for their respective abodes, bowing in reverence to Brahma, Visnu and Siva. Thus I have narrated to you the story of the birth of Agni.
Once all the gods were seated in the assembly, in the heaven, where the apsaras were dancing, Finding Rambha having beautiful figure, the god Agni became passionate and his semen fell which was covered by him in shame in the cloth.
When the cloth was thrown away by him, it turned into the shining gold and in a moment it was raised to the height of the Sumeru mountain.
Thereafter the intellectuals started calling him as Agni having the lustre of gold. Thus I a have narrated to you about the birth of gold what else do you want to listen from me.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 76603 (2016-08-26T01:36:14Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1697–n1700: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1697/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.