Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]
140,807 words
This Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavatapurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The extant edition contains 12 books originally written in 18,000 Sanskrit verses
Chapter 46
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svavirahārtagopagopīnāṃ sāntvanāya bhagavatoddhavasya prasthāpanam nandoddhavasaṃvādaśca |
śrīśuka uvāca |
vṛṣṇīnāṃ pravaro mantrī kṛṣṇasya dayitaḥ sakhā |
śiṣyo bṛhaspateḥ sākṣāduddhavo buddhisattamaḥ || 1 ||
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tamāha bhagavānpreṣṭhaṃ bhaktamekāntinaṃ kvacit |
gṛhītvā pāṇinā pāṇiṃ prapannārtiharo hariḥ || 2 ||
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gacchoddhava vrajaṃ saumya pitrornau prītimāvaha |
gopīnāṃ madviyogādhiṃ matsandeśairvimocaya || 3 ||
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tā manmanaskā matprāṇā madarthe tyaktadaihikāḥ |
māmeva dayitaṃ preṣṭhamātmānaṃ manasā gatāḥ |
ye tyaktalokadharmāśca madarthe tānbibharmyaham || 4 ||
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mayi tāḥ preyasāṃ preṣṭhe dūrasthe gokulastriyaḥ |
smarantyo'ṅga vimuhyanti virahautkaṇṭhyavihvalāḥ || 5 ||
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dhārayantyatikṛcchreṇa prāyaḥ prāṇānkathañcana |
pratyāgamanasandeśairballavyo me madātmikāḥ || 6 ||
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śrīśuka uvāca |
ityukta uddhavo rājansandeśaṃ bharturādṛtaḥ |
ādāya rathamāruhya prayayau nandagokulam || 7 ||
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prāpto nandavrajaṃ śrīmānnimlocati vibhāvasau |
channayānaḥ praviśatāṃ paśūnāṃ khurareṇubhiḥ || 8 ||
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vāsitārthe'bhiyudhyadbhirnāditaṃ śuṣmibhirvṛṣaiḥ |
dhāvantībhiśca vāsrābhirūdhobhāraiḥ svavatsakān || 9 ||
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itastato vilaṅghadbhirgovatsairmaṇḍitaṃ sitaiḥ |
godohaśabdābhiravaṃ veṇūnāṃ niḥsvanena ca || 10 ||
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gāyantībhiśca karmāṇi śubhāni balakṛṣṇayoḥ |
svalaṅkṛtābhirgopībhirgopaiśca suvirājitam || 11 ||
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agnyarkātithigovipra pitṛdevārcanānvitaiḥ |
dhūpadīpaiśca mālyaiśca gopāvāsairmanoramam || 12 ||
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sarvataḥ puṣpitavanaṃ dvijālikulanāditam |
haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaiḥ padmaṣaṇḍaiśca maṇḍitam || 13 ||
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tamāgataṃ samāgamya kṛṣṇasyānucaraṃ priyam |
nandaḥ prītaḥ pariṣvajya vāsudevadhiyārcayat || 14 ||
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bhojitaṃ paramānnena saṃviṣṭaṃ kaśipau sukham |
gataśramaṃ paryapṛcchatpādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ || 15 ||
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kaccidaṅga mahābhāga sakhā naḥ śūranandanaḥ |
āste kuśalyapatyādyairyukto muktaḥ suhṛdvrataḥ || 16 ||
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diṣṭyā kaṃso hataḥ pāpaḥ sānugaḥ svena pāpmanā |
sādhūnāṃ dharmaśīlānāṃ yadūnāṃ dveṣṭi yaḥ sadā || 17 ||
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api smarati naḥ kṛṣṇo mātaraṃ suhṛdaḥ sakhīn |
gopānvrajaṃ cātmanāthaṃ gāvo vṛndāvanaṃ girim || 18 ||
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apyāyāsyati govindaḥ svajanānsakṛdīkṣitum |
tarhi drakṣyāma tadvaktraṃ sunasaṃ susmitekṣaṇam || 19 ||
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dāvāgnervātavarṣācca vṛṣasarpācca rakṣitāḥ |
duratyayebhyo mṛtyubhyaḥ kṛṣṇena sumahātmanā || 20 ||
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smaratāṃ kṛṣṇavīryāṇi līlāpāṅganirīkṣitam |
hasitaṃ bhāṣitaṃ cāṅga sarvā naḥ śithilāḥ kriyāḥ || 21 ||
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saricchailavanoddeśānmukundapadabhūṣitān |
ākrīḍānīkṣyamāṇānāṃ mano yāti tadātmatām || 22 ||
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manye kṛṣṇaṃ ca rāmaṃ ca prāptāviha surottamau |
surāṇāṃ mahadarthāya gargasya vacanaṃ yathā || 23 ||
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kaṃsaṃ nāgāyutaprāṇaṃ mallau gajapatiṃ yathā |
avadhiṣṭāṃ līlayaiva paśūniva mṛgādhipaḥ || 24 ||
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tālatrayaṃ mahāsāraṃ dhanuryaṣṭimivebharāṭ |
babhañjaikena hastena saptāhamadadhādgirim || 25 ||
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pralambo dhenuko'riṣṭastṛṇāvarto bakādayaḥ |
daityāḥ surāsurajito hatā yeneha līlayā || 26 ||
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śrīśuka uvāca |
iti saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya nandaḥ kṛṣṇānuraktadhīḥ |
atyutkaṇṭho'bhavattūṣṇīṃ premaprasaravihvalaḥ || 27 ||
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yaśodā varṇyamānāni putrasya caritāni ca |
śṛṇvantyaśrūṇyavāsrākṣītsnehasnutapayodharā || 28 ||
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tayoritthaṃ bhagavati kṛṣṇe nandayaśodayoḥ |
vīkṣyānurāgaṃ paramaṃ nandamāhoddhavo mudā || 29 ||
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śrīuddhava uvāca |
yuvāṃ ślāghyatamau nūnaṃ dehināmiha mānada |
nārāyaṇe'khilagurau yatkṛtā matirīdṛśī || 30 ||
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etau hi viśvasya ca bījayonī rāmo mukundaḥ puruṣaḥ pradhānam |
anvīya bhūteṣu vilakṣaṇasya jñānasya ceśāta imau purāṇau || 31 ||
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yasminjanaḥ prāṇaviyogakāle kṣaṇaṃ samāveśya mano'viśuddham |
nirhṛtya karmāśayamāśu yāti parāṃ gatiṃ brahmamayo'rkavarṇaḥ || 32 ||
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tasminbhavantāvakhilātmahetau nārāyaṇe kāraṇamartyamūrtau |
bhāvaṃ vidhattāṃ nitarāṃ mahātmankiṃ vāvaśiṣṭaṃ yuvayoḥ sukṛtyam || 33 ||
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āgamiṣyatyadīrgheṇa kālena vrajamacyutaḥ |
priyaṃ vidhāsyate pitrorbhagavānsātvatāṃ patiḥ || 34 ||
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hatvā kaṃsaṃ raṅgamadhye pratīpaṃ sarvasātvatām |
yadāha vaḥ samāgatya kṛṣṇaḥ satyaṃ karoti tat || 35 ||
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mā khidyataṃ mahābhāgau drakṣyathaḥ kṛṣṇamantike |
antarhṛdi sa bhūtānāmāste jyotirivaidhasi || 36 ||
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na hyasyāsti priyaḥ kaścinnāpriyo vāstyamāninaḥ |
nottamo nādhamo vāpi samānasyāsamo'pi vā || 37 ||
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na mātā na pitā tasya na bhāryā na sutādayaḥ |
nātmīyo na paraścāpi na deho janma eva ca || 38 ||
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na cāsya karma vā loke sadasanmiśrayoniṣu |
krīḍārthaṃ so'pi sādhūnāṃ paritrāṇāya kalpate || 39 ||
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sattvaṃ rajastama iti bhajate nirguṇo guṇān |
krīḍannatīto'pi guṇaiḥ sṛjatyavanhantyajaḥ || 40 ||
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yathā bhramarikādṛṣṭyā bhrāmyatīva mahīyate |
citte kartari tatrātmā kartevāhaṃdhiyā smṛtaḥ || 41 ||
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yuvayoreva naivāyamātmajo bhagavānhariḥ |
sarveṣāmātmajo hyātmā pitā mātā sa īśvaraḥ || 42 ||
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dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ bhūtabhavadbhaviṣyat |
sthāsnuścariṣṇurmahadalpakaṃ ca |
vinācyutādvastutarāṃ na vācyaṃ |
sa eva sarvaṃ paramātmabhūtaḥ || 43 ||
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evaṃ niśā sā bruvatorvyatītā nandasya kṛṣṇānucarasya rājan |
gopyaḥ samutthāya nirūpya dīpānvāstūnsamabhyarcya daudhīnyamanthun || 44 ||
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tā dīpadīptairmaṇibhirvirejū rajjūrvikarṣadbhujakaṅkaṇasrajaḥ |
calannitambastanahārakuṇḍala tviṣatkapolāruṇakuṅkumānanāḥ || 45 ||
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udgāyatīnāmaravindalocanaṃ vrajāṅganānāṃ divamaspṛśaddhvaniḥ |
dadhnaśca nirmanthanaśabdamiśrito nirasyate yena diśāmamaṅgalam || 46 ||
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bhagavatyudite sūrye nandadvāri vrajaukasaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā rathaṃ śātakaumbhaṃ kasyāyamiti cābruvan || 47 ||
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akrūra āgataḥ kiṃ vā yaḥ kaṃsasyārthasādhakaḥ |
yena nīto madhupurīṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kamalalocanaḥ || 48 ||
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kiṃ sādhayiṣyatyasmābhirbhartuḥ prītasya niṣkṛtim |
tataḥ strīṇāṃ vadantīnāmuddhavo'gātkṛtāhnikaḥ || 49 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 46
Bhagavata Purana: With the Commentary of Sridhara Svamin
by (1999)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 829 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri
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The Bhagavata Purana (5 Volumes)
by G. P. Bhatt (2011)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 2241 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri
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The Srimad Bhagavata Purana: Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (2013)
Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 17691 pages; 18 volumes; Sanskrit Text, Word-to-Word Meaning, Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
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Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana in Bengali
by (2018)
Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 2035 pages.
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