Prakṛti-khaṇḍa · Chapter 38
Sourceनारायण उवाच ।। हरिं ध्यात्वा हरिर्ब्रह्मञ्जगाम ब्रह्मणः सभाम्।। बृहस्पतिं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वैः सुरगणैः सह ।। १ ।। शीघ्रं गत्वा ब्रह्मलोकं दृष्ट्वा च कमलोद्भवम् ।। प्रणेमुर्देवताः सर्वा गुरुणा सह नारद ।।२।। वृत्तान्तं कथयामास सुराचार्यो विधिं विभुम् ।। प्रहस्योवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा महेन्द्रं कमलोद्भवः ।। ३ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। वत्स मद्वंशजातोऽसि प्रपौत्रो मे विचक्षणः ।। बृहस्पतेश्च शिष्यस्त्वं सुराणामधिपः स्वयम् ।।४।। मातामहस्ते दक्षश्च विष्णुभक्तः प्रतापवान् ।। कुलत्रयं यच्छुद्धं च कथं सोऽहंकृतो भवेत् ।। ५ ।। माता पतिव्रता यस्य पिता शुद्धो जितेन्द्रियः ।। मातामहो मातुलश्च कथं सोऽहंकृतो भवेत् ।। ६ ।। जनः पैतृकदोषेण दोषान्मातामहस्य च ।। गुरोर्दाषान्नीतिदोषैर्हरिद्वेषी भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।। ७ ।। सर्वान्तरात्मा भगवान्सर्वदेहेष्ववस्थितः।। यस्य देहात्स प्रयाति स शवस्तत्क्षणं भवेत् ।। ८ ।। मनोऽहमिन्द्रियेशश्च ज्ञानरूपो हि शङ्करः ।। अस्रवः प्रकृतिर्विष्णुर्बुद्धिर्भगवती सती ।। ९ ।। निद्रादयः शक्तयश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतेः कलाः।। आत्मनः प्रतिबिम्बं च जीवो भोगी शरीरभृत् ।। 2.38.१० ।। आत्मनीशे गते देहात्सर्वे यान्ति ससंभ्रमात् ।। यथा वर्त्मनि गच्छन्तं नरदेवमिवानुगाः ।। ११ ।। अहं शिवश्च शेषश्च विष्णुर्धर्मो महान्विराट् ।। वयं यदंशा भक्ताश्च तत्पुष्पं न्यक्कृतं त्वया ।। १२ ।। शिवेन पूजितं पादपद्मं पुष्पेण येन च ।। तच्च दुर्वाससा दत्तं दैवेनान्यकृतं सुर ।। १३ ।। तत्पुष्पं मस्तके यस्य कृष्णपादाब्जतश्च्युतम् ।। सर्वेषां वै सुराणां च तत्पूजा पुरतो भवेत् ।।१४।। दैवेन वञ्चितस्त्वं च दैवं च बलवत्तरम् ।। भाग्यहीनं जनं मूढं को वा रक्षितुमीश्वरः ।। १५ ।। कृष्णं न मन्यते यो हि श्रीनाथं सर्ववन्दितम् ।। प्रयाति रुष्टा तद्दासी महालक्ष्मीर्विहाय तम् ।। १६ ।। शतयज्ञेन या लब्धा दीक्षितेन त्वया पुरा ।। सा श्रीर्गता ऽधुना कोपात्कृष्णनिर्माल्यवर्जनात् ।। १७ ।। अधुना गच्छ वैकुण्ठं मया च गुरुणा सह ।। निषेव्य तत्र श्रीनाथं श्रियं प्राप्स्यसि तद्वरात् ।। १८ ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा स ब्रह्मा सर्वैः सुरगणैः सह ।। शीघ्रं जगाम वैकुण्ठं यत्र श्रीशस्तया सह ।। १९ ।। तत्र गत्वा परं ब्रह्म भगवन्तं सनातनम् ।। दृष्ट्वा तेजःस्वरूपं च प्रज्वलन्तं स्वतेजसा ।। 2.38.२० ।। ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्त्तण्डशतकोटिसमप्रभम् ।। शान्तं चानादिमध्यान्तं लक्ष्मीकान्तमनन्तकम् ।। २१ ।। चतुर्भुजैः पार्षदैश्च सरस्वत्या स्तुतं नतम् ।। भक्त्या चतुर्भिर्वेदैश्च गङ्गया परिषेवितम् ।। २२ ।। तं प्रणेमुः सुराः सर्वे मूर्ध्ना ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः ।। भक्तिनम्राः साश्रुनेत्रास्तुष्टुवुः पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। २३ ।। वृत्तान्तं कथयामास स्वयं ब्रह्मा कृताञ्जलिः ।। रुरुदुर्देवताः सर्वाः स्वाधिकारच्युताश्च ताः।।२४।। स चापश्यत्सुरगणं विपद्ग्रस्तं भयाकुलम् ।। वस्त्रभूषणशून्यं च वाहनादिविवर्जितम् ।।२५ ।। शोभाशून्यं हतश्रीकं परिवारैरनावृतम् ।। उवाच कातरं दृष्ट्वा विपन्नभयभञ्जनः।।२६।। नारायण उवाच ।। मा भैर्ब्रह्मन्हे सुराश्च भयं किं वो मयि स्थिते ।। दास्यामि लक्ष्मीमचलां परमैश्वर्यवर्द्धिनीम्।।२७।। किञ्च मद्वचनं किञ्चिच्छ्रूयतां समयोचितम् ।। हितं सत्यं सारभूतं परिणामसुखावहम् ।। २८ ।। जनाश्चासंख्यविश्वस्था मदधीनाश्च सन्ततम्।। यथा तथाऽहं मद्भक्तैः पराधीनः स्वतन्त्रकः ।। २९ ।। यो यो रुष्टो हि मद्भक्ते मत्परे हि निरङ्कुशः ।। तद्गृहेऽहं न तिष्ठामि पद्मया सह निश्चितम् ।। 2.38.३० ।। दुर्वासाः शङ्करांशश्च वैष्णवो मत्परायणः ।। तच्छापादागतोऽहं च सश्रीको वो गृहादपि ।। ३१ ।। यत्र शङ्खध्वनिर्नास्ति तुलसी च शिलार्चनम् ।। न भोजनं च विप्राणां न पद्मा तत्र तिष्ठति ।। ३२ ।। मद्भक्तानां च मे निन्दा यत्र यत्र भवेत्सुराः ।। महारुष्टा महालक्ष्मीस्ततो याति पराभवात् ।। ३३ ।। मद्भक्तिहीनो यो मूढो यो भुङ्क्ते हरिवासरे ।। मम जन्मदिने चापि याति श्रीस्तद्गृहादपि ।। ३४ ।। मन्नामविक्रयी यश्च विक्रीणाति स्वकन्यकाम् ।। यत्रातिथिर्न भुङ्क्ते च मत्प्रिया याति तद्गृहात् ।। ३५ ।। पापिनां यो गृहं याति शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजिनाम् ।। महारुष्टा ततो याति मन्दिरात्कमलालया ।। ३६ ।। शूद्राणां शवदाही च भाग्यहीनश्च वाडवः ।। याति रुष्टा तद्गृहाच्च देवी कमलवासिनी ।। ३७ ।। शूद्राणां सूपकारो यो ब्राह्मणो वृषवाहकः ।। तत्तोयपानभीता च कमला याति तद्ग्रहात् ।। ३८ ।। विप्रो यवनसेवी च देवलः शूद्रयाजकः ।। तत्तोयपानभीता च वैष्णवी याति तद्ग्रहात् ।। ३९ ।। विश्वासघाती मित्रघ्नो नरघाती कृतघ्नकः ।। अगम्यां याति यो विप्रो मद्भार्य्या याति तद्गृहात् ।। 2.38.४० ।। अशुद्धहृदयः कूरो हिंसको निन्दको द्विजः ।। ब्राह्मण्यां शूद्रजातश्च याति देवी च तद्ग्रहात् ।। ४१ ।। यो विप्रः पुंश्चलीपुत्रो महापापी च तत्पतिः ।। अवीरान्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते तस्माद्याति जगत्प्रसूः ।। ४२ ।। तृणं छिनत्ति नखरैस्तैर्वा यो हि लिखेन्महीम् ।। जिह्मो वा मलवासाश्च सा प्रयाति च तद्ग्रहात् ।। ४३ ।। सूर्य्योदये च द्विर्भोजी दिवाशायी च वाडवः ।। दिवामैथुनकारी च तस्माद्याति हरिप्रिया ।। ।। ४४ ।। आचारहीनो यो विप्रो यश्च शूद्रप्रतिग्रही ।। अदीक्षितो हि यो मूढस्तस्माल्लोला प्रयाति च ।। ४९ ।। स्निग्धपादश्च नग्नो वा यः शेते ज्ञानदुर्बलः ।। शश्वद्धर्मातिवाचालो याति वै तद्गृहात्सती ।। ४६ ।। शिरस्नातश्च तैलेन योऽन्यदङ्गमुपस्पृशेत् ।। स्वाङ्गे च वादयेद्वाद्यं रमा याति च तद्गृहात् ।। ४७ ।। व्रतोपवासहीनो यः सन्ध्याहीनोऽशुचिर्द्विजः ।। विष्णुभक्तिविहीनो यस्तस्माद्याति हरिप्रिया ।। ४८ ।। ब्राह्मणं निन्दयेद्यो हि तान्वै द्वेष्टि च सन्ततम् ।। हिंसाकारी दयाहीनो याति सर्वप्रसूस्ततः ।। ४९ ।। यत्र तत्र हरेरर्चा हरेरुत्कीर्त्तनं शुभम् ।। तत्र तिष्ठति सा देवी कमला सर्वमङ्गला ।। 2.38.५० ।। यत्र प्रशंसा कृष्णस्य तद्भक्तस्य पितामह ।। सा च कृष्णप्रिया देवी तत्र तिष्ठति सन्ततम्।।५१।। यत्र शङ्खध्वनिः शङ्खः शिला च तुलसीदलम्।। तत्सेवा वन्दनं ध्यानं तत्र सा तिष्ठति स्वयम् ।।५२।। शिवलिङ्गार्चनं यत्र तस्य चोत्कीर्त्तनं शुभम्।। दुर्गार्चनं तद्गुणाश्च तत्र पद्मनिवासिनी ।।९३।। विप्राणां सेवनं यत्र तेषां वै भोजनं शुभम् ।। अर्चनं सर्वदेवानां तत्र पद्ममुखी सती ।। ५४ ।। इत्युक्त्वा च सुरान्सर्वान्रमामाह रमापतिः ।। क्षीरोदसागरे जन्म लभस्व कलया रमे ।। ५५ ।। इत्युक्त्वा तां जगन्नाथो ब्रह्माणं पुनराह च ।। मथित्वा सागरं लक्ष्मीं देवेभ्यो देहि पद्मज ।। ५६ ।। इत्युक्त्वा कमलाकान्तो देवश्चान्तरधान्मुने ।। देवाश्चिरेण कालेन ययुः क्षीरोदसागरम् ।। ९७ ।। मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा कूर्मं कृत्वा च भाजनम् ।। रज्जुं कृत्वा वासुकिं च ममन्थुश्चैव सागरम् ।। ५८ ।। धन्वन्तरिं च पीयूषमुच्चैःश्रवसमीप्सितम् ।। नानारत्नं हस्तिरत्नं प्रापुर्लक्ष्म्याश्च दर्शनम् ।।५९।। वनमालां ददौ सा च क्षीरोदशायिने मुने ।। सर्वेश्वराय रम्याय विष्णवे वैष्णवी सती ।।2.38.६०।। देवैः स्तुता पूजिता च ब्रह्मणा शङ्करेण च ।। ददौ दृष्टिं सुरगृहे ब्रह्मशापविमोचिकाम् ।। ६१ ।। प्रापुर्देवाः स्वविषयं दैत्यैर्ग्रस्तं भयङ्करैः।। महालक्ष्मीप्रसादेन वरदानेन नारद ।। ६२ ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं लक्ष्म्युपाख्यानमुत्तमम् ।। सुखदं सारभूतं च किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। ६३ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे लक्ष्म्युपाख्याने समुद्रमथनं नामाष्टात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।। ३८ ।।
nārāyaṇa uvāca || hariṃ dhyātvā harirbrahmañjagāma brahmaṇaḥ sabhām|| bṛhaspatiṃ puraskṛtya sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha || 1 || śīghraṃ gatvā brahmalokaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca kamalodbhavam || praṇemurdevatāḥ sarvā guruṇā saha nārada ||2|| vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa surācāryo vidhiṃ vibhum || prahasyovāca tacchrutvā mahendraṃ kamalodbhavaḥ || 3 || brahmovāca || vatsa madvaṃśajāto'si prapautro me vicakṣaṇaḥ || bṛhaspateśca śiṣyastvaṃ surāṇāmadhipaḥ svayam ||4|| mātāmahaste dakṣaśca viṣṇubhaktaḥ pratāpavān || kulatrayaṃ yacchuddhaṃ ca kathaṃ so'haṃkṛto bhavet || 5 || mātā pativratā yasya pitā śuddho jitendriyaḥ || mātāmaho mātulaśca kathaṃ so'haṃkṛto bhavet || 6 || janaḥ paitṛkadoṣeṇa doṣānmātāmahasya ca || gurordāṣānnītidoṣairharidveṣī bhaveddhruvam || 7 || sarvāntarātmā bhagavānsarvadeheṣvavasthitaḥ|| yasya dehātsa prayāti sa śavastatkṣaṇaṃ bhavet || 8 || mano'hamindriyeśaśca jñānarūpo hi śaṅkaraḥ || asravaḥ prakṛtirviṣṇurbuddhirbhagavatī satī || 9 || nidrādayaḥ śaktayaśca tāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ|| ātmanaḥ pratibimbaṃ ca jīvo bhogī śarīrabhṛt || 2.38.10 || ātmanīśe gate dehātsarve yānti sasaṃbhramāt || yathā vartmani gacchantaṃ naradevamivānugāḥ || 11 || ahaṃ śivaśca śeṣaśca viṣṇurdharmo mahānvirāṭ || vayaṃ yadaṃśā bhaktāśca tatpuṣpaṃ nyakkṛtaṃ tvayā || 12 || śivena pūjitaṃ pādapadmaṃ puṣpeṇa yena ca || tacca durvāsasā dattaṃ daivenānyakṛtaṃ sura || 13 || tatpuṣpaṃ mastake yasya kṛṣṇapādābjataścyutam || sarveṣāṃ vai surāṇāṃ ca tatpūjā purato bhavet ||14|| daivena vañcitastvaṃ ca daivaṃ ca balavattaram || bhāgyahīnaṃ janaṃ mūḍhaṃ ko vā rakṣitumīśvaraḥ || 15 || kṛṣṇaṃ na manyate yo hi śrīnāthaṃ sarvavanditam || prayāti ruṣṭā taddāsī mahālakṣmīrvihāya tam || 16 || śatayajñena yā labdhā dīkṣitena tvayā purā || sā śrīrgatā 'dhunā kopātkṛṣṇanirmālyavarjanāt || 17 || adhunā gaccha vaikuṇṭhaṃ mayā ca guruṇā saha || niṣevya tatra śrīnāthaṃ śriyaṃ prāpsyasi tadvarāt || 18 || ityevamuktvā sa brahmā sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha || śīghraṃ jagāma vaikuṇṭhaṃ yatra śrīśastayā saha || 19 || tatra gatvā paraṃ brahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam || dṛṣṭvā tejaḥsvarūpaṃ ca prajvalantaṃ svatejasā || 2.38.20 || grīṣmamadhyāhnamārttaṇḍaśatakoṭisamaprabham || śāntaṃ cānādimadhyāntaṃ lakṣmīkāntamanantakam || 21 || caturbhujaiḥ pārṣadaiśca sarasvatyā stutaṃ natam || bhaktyā caturbhirvedaiśca gaṅgayā pariṣevitam || 22 || taṃ praṇemuḥ surāḥ sarve mūrdhnā brahmapurogamāḥ || bhaktinamrāḥ sāśrunetrāstuṣṭuvuḥ puruṣottamam || 23 || vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa svayaṃ brahmā kṛtāñjaliḥ || rurudurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ svādhikāracyutāśca tāḥ||24|| sa cāpaśyatsuragaṇaṃ vipadgrastaṃ bhayākulam || vastrabhūṣaṇaśūnyaṃ ca vāhanādivivarjitam ||25 || śobhāśūnyaṃ hataśrīkaṃ parivārairanāvṛtam || uvāca kātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vipannabhayabhañjanaḥ||26|| nārāyaṇa uvāca || mā bhairbrahmanhe surāśca bhayaṃ kiṃ vo mayi sthite || dāsyāmi lakṣmīmacalāṃ paramaiśvaryavarddhinīm||27|| kiñca madvacanaṃ kiñcicchrūyatāṃ samayocitam || hitaṃ satyaṃ sārabhūtaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham || 28 || janāścāsaṃkhyaviśvasthā madadhīnāśca santatam|| yathā tathā'haṃ madbhaktaiḥ parādhīnaḥ svatantrakaḥ || 29 || yo yo ruṣṭo hi madbhakte matpare hi niraṅkuśaḥ || tadgṛhe'haṃ na tiṣṭhāmi padmayā saha niścitam || 2.38.30 || durvāsāḥ śaṅkarāṃśaśca vaiṣṇavo matparāyaṇaḥ || tacchāpādāgato'haṃ ca saśrīko vo gṛhādapi || 31 || yatra śaṅkhadhvanirnāsti tulasī ca śilārcanam || na bhojanaṃ ca viprāṇāṃ na padmā tatra tiṣṭhati || 32 || madbhaktānāṃ ca me nindā yatra yatra bhavetsurāḥ || mahāruṣṭā mahālakṣmīstato yāti parābhavāt || 33 || madbhaktihīno yo mūḍho yo bhuṅkte harivāsare || mama janmadine cāpi yāti śrīstadgṛhādapi || 34 || mannāmavikrayī yaśca vikrīṇāti svakanyakām || yatrātithirna bhuṅkte ca matpriyā yāti tadgṛhāt || 35 || pāpināṃ yo gṛhaṃ yāti śūdraśrāddhānnabhojinām || mahāruṣṭā tato yāti mandirātkamalālayā || 36 || śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī ca bhāgyahīnaśca vāḍavaḥ || yāti ruṣṭā tadgṛhācca devī kamalavāsinī || 37 || śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakāro yo brāhmaṇo vṛṣavāhakaḥ || tattoyapānabhītā ca kamalā yāti tadgrahāt || 38 || vipro yavanasevī ca devalaḥ śūdrayājakaḥ || tattoyapānabhītā ca vaiṣṇavī yāti tadgrahāt || 39 || viśvāsaghātī mitraghno naraghātī kṛtaghnakaḥ || agamyāṃ yāti yo vipro madbhāryyā yāti tadgṛhāt || 2.38.40 || aśuddhahṛdayaḥ kūro hiṃsako nindako dvijaḥ || brāhmaṇyāṃ śūdrajātaśca yāti devī ca tadgrahāt || 41 || yo vipraḥ puṃścalīputro mahāpāpī ca tatpatiḥ || avīrānnaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte tasmādyāti jagatprasūḥ || 42 || tṛṇaṃ chinatti nakharaistairvā yo hi likhenmahīm || jihmo vā malavāsāśca sā prayāti ca tadgrahāt || 43 || sūryyodaye ca dvirbhojī divāśāyī ca vāḍavaḥ || divāmaithunakārī ca tasmādyāti haripriyā || || 44 || ācārahīno yo vipro yaśca śūdrapratigrahī || adīkṣito hi yo mūḍhastasmāllolā prayāti ca || 49 || snigdhapādaśca nagno vā yaḥ śete jñānadurbalaḥ || śaśvaddharmātivācālo yāti vai tadgṛhātsatī || 46 || śirasnātaśca tailena yo'nyadaṅgamupaspṛśet || svāṅge ca vādayedvādyaṃ ramā yāti ca tadgṛhāt || 47 || vratopavāsahīno yaḥ sandhyāhīno'śucirdvijaḥ || viṣṇubhaktivihīno yastasmādyāti haripriyā || 48 || brāhmaṇaṃ nindayedyo hi tānvai dveṣṭi ca santatam || hiṃsākārī dayāhīno yāti sarvaprasūstataḥ || 49 || yatra tatra harerarcā harerutkīrttanaṃ śubham || tatra tiṣṭhati sā devī kamalā sarvamaṅgalā || 2.38.50 || yatra praśaṃsā kṛṣṇasya tadbhaktasya pitāmaha || sā ca kṛṣṇapriyā devī tatra tiṣṭhati santatam||51|| yatra śaṅkhadhvaniḥ śaṅkhaḥ śilā ca tulasīdalam|| tatsevā vandanaṃ dhyānaṃ tatra sā tiṣṭhati svayam ||52|| śivaliṅgārcanaṃ yatra tasya cotkīrttanaṃ śubham|| durgārcanaṃ tadguṇāśca tatra padmanivāsinī ||93|| viprāṇāṃ sevanaṃ yatra teṣāṃ vai bhojanaṃ śubham || arcanaṃ sarvadevānāṃ tatra padmamukhī satī || 54 || ityuktvā ca surānsarvānramāmāha ramāpatiḥ || kṣīrodasāgare janma labhasva kalayā rame || 55 || ityuktvā tāṃ jagannātho brahmāṇaṃ punarāha ca || mathitvā sāgaraṃ lakṣmīṃ devebhyo dehi padmaja || 56 || ityuktvā kamalākānto devaścāntaradhānmune || devāścireṇa kālena yayuḥ kṣīrodasāgaram || 97 || manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā kūrmaṃ kṛtvā ca bhājanam || rajjuṃ kṛtvā vāsukiṃ ca mamanthuścaiva sāgaram || 58 || dhanvantariṃ ca pīyūṣamuccaiḥśravasamīpsitam || nānāratnaṃ hastiratnaṃ prāpurlakṣmyāśca darśanam ||59|| vanamālāṃ dadau sā ca kṣīrodaśāyine mune || sarveśvarāya ramyāya viṣṇave vaiṣṇavī satī ||2.38.60|| devaiḥ stutā pūjitā ca brahmaṇā śaṅkareṇa ca || dadau dṛṣṭiṃ suragṛhe brahmaśāpavimocikām || 61 || prāpurdevāḥ svaviṣayaṃ daityairgrastaṃ bhayaṅkaraiḥ|| mahālakṣmīprasādena varadānena nārada || 62 || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ lakṣmyupākhyānamuttamam || sukhadaṃ sārabhūtaṃ ca kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || 63 || iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe dvitīye prakṛtikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde lakṣmyupākhyāne samudramathanaṃ nāmāṣṭātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 38 ||
English translation
The churning of the Ocean Narayana said—Indra reciting the name of Narayana went to Brahma with all the gods under the leadership of Brhaspati.
O Narada, reaching there quickly together with the teacher Brhaspati and Indra found Brahma there who was bom out of the lotus and bowed before him.
Because the one, who has a chaste mother, a chaste father and whose maternal grandfather as well as the maternal uncle are quite pure and self-disciplined, how can he become proud? The sins of the father, maternal grandfather and the teacher are envious to the lord.
The one who pervades the bodies of all in the form of a soul and the same soul when it departs from the body, a person becomes dead.
I happen to be the mind in the body who controls the organs of the senses. Lord Siva is all knowledgeable. Siva is the life while goddess Bhagavatl has the form of Prakrti who controls sleep and all other natural rays. The Jlva happens to be the shadow of the soul who remains in the body and feeding the body has to experience pleasure and pain.
As the attendants follow the king, similarly at the time of the departure of the soul from the body, the mind and other organs of the senses follow him. Thus the one to whom Siva, myself, Sesa, Visnu, Dharma, Mahavirat and other gods are devoted and also form part of him, the same lord has been humiliated by you.
O god, the flower with which Siva has adored at the feet of the lord, the same flower was handed over by Sesa to Durvasa which was given to you and you showed disrespect to the All the gods adore the person on whose head the flower is placed after its getting separated from the feet of lord Visnu. You have therefore been separated by the destiny (from the fortune) which is quite powerful. Who can be competent enough to save such an unfortunate and a foolish fellow? The one who does not respect Krsna who is the lord of LaksmI, his beloved MahalaksmI also gets annoyed with him and leaving him mr «ftTfcITSgqT It gtimi i The merits you had earned in earlier times by performing a hundred yajnas have vanished because of yohr showing disrespect to the flower of lord Krsna as a result of which the goddess of fortune has left you for some other places.
Therefore you get along with me just now together with Brhaspati to the abode of lord Vis nu and regain you last fortune by adoring him.
Thus speaking, Brahma quickly moved towards Vaikuntha, together with all the gods, where the lord of LaksmI was residing.
Reaching there, they had an audience with lord Narayana who was the form of tejas and was illumining with his own lustre. He had the glory resembling crores of the suns of the mid¬ day of the summer season. He was peaceful, eternal, without beginning or end, lord of Laks mi, beyond measure, having four arms, being prayed to by Sarasvatl and the four Vedas with devotion, besides being served by the goddess Thereafter placing Brahma in the forefront, with their minds filled with devotion and humility, their eyes having bee'n filled with tears all the gods bowed in reverence to lord Visnu.
Thereafter, they started offering prayers to lord Brahma then narrated the entire story of lord Visnu. All the gods were crying aloud having been deprived of their riches.
The lord looked at che gods who were over¬ powered by misfortune, terrified and were deprived of the ornaments, costumes and fctBiIn W? o li Because of this, it is sure that whosoever gets annoyed with my devotees who always remain engrossed in my devotion, LaksmI leaves their Durvasa happens to be a ray of Siva and is a Vaisnava residing in my place. Because of the curse pronounced by him, I had to leave your place together with Laksmi.
They had lost the grace and were surprised at having been deprived of their families. They were desperate and took refuge under the lord.
Finding them in such a miserable condition the lord spoke.
Narayana said—0 Brahman and other gods, don't be afraid. Why should you worry when I am there? I shall bestow the imperishable Laksmi which will increase your riches but before doing so you just listen to what I have to say. These words will be beneficial, truthful and will provide welfare to you in future according to the As the innumerable people are living in the universe under me, similarly in spite of my being quite independent I remain under the command of my devotees.
The place where the conches are not blown, TulasT and Sdlagrdma are not adored, the Brahmanas are not served with food, Laksmi does not stay, O gods, the place where my devotees are denounced, the goddess Laksmi gets annoyed and because of the humiliation, she leaves that place.
Such of the people as are deprived of my devotion and take food on Ekadasl day or on my birthday, Laksmi leaves their abodes.
The one who sells away my name or his own daughter, the place where the guests are not served with food, such a place is deserted by Laksmi. The one who goes to the house of Sudras for consuming the sraddha food, Laksmi leaves his place. The Brahmana, who bums the bodies of the Sfidras, LaksmI leaves the place of such an unfortunate Brahmana.
The one who is the store-keeper of Sudras or works for loading the bullocks, LaksmI leaves the place of that Brahmana.
The one who takes to the service of the yavanas or the one who is a temple priest or the one who perfonns yajna for Sudras, such a type of Brahmanas loses the grace of LaksmI. The one who betrays the faith of others, indulges in the killing of a friend or the killing of a person, the one who is ungrateful or visits the place of a Brahmana whose house is not to be visited, Laks mi leaves that place. The one who has a polluted mind, is cruel, heartless, the one who denounces others or the one who was bom from a Brahmana lady having a Sudra husband, LaksmI leaves that A Brahmana, who happens to be the son of an unchaste lady or is the husband of an unchaste lady or the one who eats the food a widow, the goddess LaksmI leaves that place. He who breaks the straw with nail, the diggers of the earth, is deceitful or is clad in dirty clothes, has to lose the grace of LaksmI. The one who eats twice at dawn, sleeps during the day time or the
one who indulges in love-sport during the day, such a Brahmana is deprived of LaksmI.
Those who receive charity from a Sudra having no character, a Brahmana who is unmindful of the direction, the goddess LaksmI leaves their place. Such of the people who sleep with the feet rubbed with oil or sleep naked or those who make tall claims about dharma, Laks ml deserts the houses of such people.
The one who applies oil on his body after taking a bath or the one who beats his body like a dmm, LaksmI leaves that place. A Brahmana, who is deprived of the vratas or fasting and remains unclean or is deprived of the devotion of lord Visnu, LaksmI leaves their place.
qq qq fhqf ^pqi;i The one who denounces the Brahmanas becoming envious of them or is violent and heartless, the goddess LaksmI never remains in that place. Wherever the name of the lord is recited or piijd is performed, the goddess LaksmI always remains there.
qq TifEqfr; q gqratqqn^i O grandfather, wherever lord Krsna and his devotees are always praised, the goddess LaksmI always stays there. Wherever the conch is blown, Sdlagrdma stone and the leaves of TulasI are adored, goddess LaksmI always remains there.
The place, where the Sivalinga is adored, its glory is recited, the adoration of Durga is performed reciting her glory, the goddess Laks ml, who emerges from the lotus, always remains there. The place where the Brahmanas are respected and served with pure food and the place where the gods are adored, the lotus-faced LaksmI always remained there.
rT fTHTgkwn? WT#:I Thus speaking to all the gods lord Visnu - the husband of LaksmI - then spoke to her, “O Laks ml, you go and take a birth from the ray of your body in the ocean of milk.” Thus speaking to LaksmI, the lord then spoke to Brahma: O Brahma, you were bom out of the lotus. By churning the ocean restore LaksmI to the gods. O sage, Visnu the lord of Kamala, then disappeared and the gods reached the ocean of milk after many days.
Reaching there the gods used Mandaracala as a churning rod, made the tortoise as its base and used VasukI as the churning rope. Thereafter they churned the ocean. After churning the ocean the physician Dhanvantrl, the nectar, the pleasant Uccaisrava horse, several types of gems, the elephant Airavata besides LaksmI emerged from the ocean.
O sage, the chaste Vaisnavi placed a garland of flowers around the neck of Visnu who dwells in the ocean of milk and is quite beautiful.
The gods prayed to LaksmI. Brahma and Siva adored her. Thereafter she bestowed her grace on the gods.
O Narada, by the grace of MahalaksmI and with the boon granted by her, the gods defeated the demons and got back their kingdom. Thus I have narrated the best of the stories of LaksmI to you which is quite pleasant and is the essence of the world. What more do you want listen to from
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117916 (2017-08-20T02:04:35Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n417–n422: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n417/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.