Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 1

atha brahmakhaṇḍam

१ granthādau maṅgalācaraṇam, naimiṣāraṇye śaunakādīnprati sauterāgamanam, tatra kuśalapra-
śnānantaraṃ sautiṃ prati śaunakamaharṣeḥ śrīkṛṣṇabhaktīhāparasaukhyapradatanmahāpurāṇatattvaji
jñāsayā praśnaḥ / sautinā śaunakaṃ prati brahmavaivartamahāpurāṇapraśaṃsā tatpurāṇasthacatuṣkha-
ṇḍagatamukhyaviṣayavarṇanam // adhyāye'tra saṃhatya ślokasaṃkhyāḥ

२ sautinā guruvandanapūrvaka sarvoparisthagolokavarṇanam--tataḥ śatakoṭiyojanādhaḥpradeśe
vaikuṇṭhalokaḥ / tadadhaḥ śivalokaḥ / pralaye vaikuṇṭhaśivalokayoḥ goloke layaḥ //
golokasya tūtpattilayābhāvaḥ // golokasthatejomaṇḍalasyaiva sarvajagatkāraṇaśrīkṛṣṇa-
rūpatvavarṇanam

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३ śrīkṛṣṇaparamātmanaḥ jagatsisṛkṣāyāṃ svāṅgadakṣiṇapārśvataḥ sraṣṭṛṇāṃ trayodaśānāṃ pañca
tanmātrāṇāṃ mahābhūtādīnāṃ nārāyaṇasya cotpattiḥ / nārāyaṇakṛtaśrīkṛṣṇastotram /
śrīkṛṣṇāṅgavāmapārśvācchaṅkarotpattiḥ / śaṃkarakṛtaśrīkṛṣṇastotram / nābhipradeśādbrahmo
tpattistatkṛtaśrīkṛṣṇastotrama, tadvakṣaso dharmotpattiḥ tatkṛtaśrīkṛpṇastotram/ sara-
svatīmahālakṣmīdurgotpattiḥ / tatkṛtaśrīkṛṣṇastotravarṇanam

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४ śrīkṛṣṇanāsāgrataḥ sāvitryutpattiḥ / tatkṛtakṛṣṇastutiḥ / śrīkṛṣṇamanaso manmathotpattiḥ tadvāmāṅgādratyutpattiḥ / ratidarśanena brahmaṇo retaḥpatanam / tasmādretaso varuṇotpattiḥ / agnisvāhāvaruṇānīnāṃ krameṇotpattiḥ / śrīkṛṣṇaretaḥskhalanānmahāviṣṇorutpattiḥ / śrīkṛṣṇakarṇamalānmadhukaiṭabhotpattiḥ / śrīkṛṣṇakṛtamadhukaiṭabhavadhavarṇa-
nam

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५ golokagogopīnāṃ nityānityatvavyavasthā // śaṃbhunārāyaṇayoḥ kalpatrayavarṇa
nam / brahmaṇaḥ kālanirṇayaḥ / mārkaṇḍeyasthitikālanirṇayaḥ / śrīkṛṣṇakṛtagogopa-
balīvardotpattiḥ / prakṛteḥ sakāśādrādhotpattiḥ / rādhāgaṇḍapradeśātkoṭisaṃkhyākago-
pīnāmutpattivarṇanam

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६ śrīkṛṣṇena nārāyaṇādibhyo mahālakṣmyādīnāṃ dānam / maheśvarāya durgāyāṃ sama-
peyitatyāyāṃ śaṃkareṇa tatsvīkārapratyākhyānam / śrīkṛṣṇena śaṃkarāya sarvapūjyatvā-
divarapradānapūrvakaṃ tanmāhātmyavarṇanam siṃhavāhinīdevīsamāśvāsanapūrvakaṃ maṃtradānam /
brahmaṇe sṛṣṭikaraṇāyājñāyā dānam

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७ brahmadevakṛta pṛthivyādiviśvasṛṣṭivarṇanam

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८ brahmaṇā sāvitryāṃ vīryādhānato vedaśāstrādisṛṣṭivarṇanam, brahmaṇaḥ pṛṣṭhadeśādibhyo'-
dharmādyutpattiḥ / svasutebhyaḥ sṛṣṭikaraṇe ājñādānam / brahmaṇo nāradāya śāpadānam /
nāradena ca brahmaṇe śāpadānam

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९ brahmājñayā nāradātiriktasarvamaharṣikṛtasṛṣṭiḥ / tatra kaśyapādisaṃbaṃdhavarṇanam / maṃgalagrahotpattiviṣaye itihāsavarṇanam / caṃdrapatnīnāṃ caritre rohiṇasagataṃ caṃdraṃ prati dakṣeṇa yakṣmarogitvāpādakaśāpadānam / candrasya śivāśrayam/caṃdrapatnībhiḥ svapatilipsayā pitṛsamīpe patimāhātmya varṇanam/ dakṣeṇa śivāccandrasya yācanam / śivena tatpratyākhyānam / kṛṣṇena dakṣāya caṃdrasya dānam

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१० bhṛgvādibhyaścyavanādyutpattiḥ / kuberajanmakathanam / kṣatriyādijātyutpattiḥ / śilpakārotpattiḥ / śilpakārāṇāṃ pātatatvādiveṣeṇa ayājyatve itihāsavarṇanam /
ghṛtācīnāmāpsarobhiḥ saha viśvakarmaṇaḥ samāgame ubhayoḥ saṃvādaḥ ghṛtācyā nīti
dharmavarṇanam / parasparaśāpavarṇanam / bhūloke viśvakarmaṇā brāhmaṇajanma / ghṛtācyā
gopikāyāḥ gaṃgātīre ramaṇaṃ tataḥ malaye ramaṇam /tato navaputrotpattiḥ teṣāṃ kāryani
rṇayaḥ / saṃkarajātivarṇanam / vaidyajātinirṇaye'śvinīkumārotpattivarṇanam / sarvajā
tiṣu yonisaṃbaṃdhavarṇanam

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११ sutapobrāhmaṇasyāśvinīkumārābhyāṃ śāpaḥ / sūryakṛtabrāhmaṇastutiḥ/ sutapasāśvinī
kumārayornairujyakaraṇam / brāhmaṇamāhātmyam

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१२ gaṃdharvarājasya putraprāptinimittaṃ puṣkarakṣetre śaṃkaroddaśena tapaścaryā / tattapastuṣṭena
śaṃkareṇa varapradānam / gaṃdharvarājabhāryāyā nāradajananam

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१३ nāradasya pūrvajanmani upabarhaṇetināmakathanam / upabarhaṇasya duṣkaratapaścaraṇena gaṃdharvakanyānāṃ pariṇayanam / raṃbhādarśanena upabarhaṇasya vīryaskhalane tasmai śūdratvaprāpaka
śāpaḥ / upabarhaṇasya svadehaparityāgaḥ / tannimittaṃ mālāvatīnāmajyeṣṭhapatnyāḥ vi
lāpaḥ / śāpodyatamālāvatībhayādbrahmādisarvadevānāṃ tatrāgamanam

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१४ mālāvatīsamīpe śrīviṣṇorāgamanam/svapatimaraṇe kāraṇapṛcchāyāṃ brāhmaṇena sarva
devānāṃ pṛthakpṛthaka phalaprāptivarṇanam / viṣṇupraśaṃsā

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१५ brāhmaṇasya svayaṃ sarvajñatāpraśastiḥ / mālāvatyā pratyakṣatodarśana dharmādīnām/ dharmādīn prati nijakāṃtanidhanakāraṇapṛcchā / mālāvatīkālapuruṣasaṃvādaḥ

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१६ mālāvatyāḥ vyādhyutpatteḥ hetujñānāya praśnaḥ / brāhmaṇena vyādhikāraṇavarṇanam /
tatra āyurvedavidyāpravṛttijarānāśakopacārakathanam / vātapittaśleṣmahārakopāya
kathanam

१७ brāhmaṇarūpadhāriviṣṇo brahmaśivādibhiḥ saha saṃvāde viṣṇupraśaṃsā
१८ brahmādīnāṃ punaḥ mālāvatīsamīpaṃ prāgamanam/gaṃdharvajīvanam//tadā mālāvatīkṛta
mahāpuruṣastotram / kṛṣṇena gandharvajīvadānam // ४९, // ślo०
१९ viṣṇukavacam / bāṇeśvarakacam

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२० upabarhaṇasya brahmaśāpādvṛṣalīgarbhe janmavṛttāṃtavarṇanam

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२१ kalāvatīvṛttāṃtaḥ vṛṣalīputrasya nāradetināmakaraṇam / vīryapradanāradajanmavṛttāṃta
varṇanam / śrīkṛṣṇadhyānastotrakavacavarṇanam / nāradasya śāpavimocanam

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२२ brahmaṇaḥ kaṃṭhānnāradotpattiprasaṃgena prācetasādimunīnāṃ brahmāṃgaviśeṣādutpattivarṇanam brahmaputranāmnovyutpattivarṇanam // ३१ / // ślo०
२३ brahmaṇaḥ nāradaṃ prati punaḥ sṛṣṭikaraṇe ājñā / nāradena dāraparigrahaniṃdāprasaṃgena
strīsvabhāvavarṇanam

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२४ brahmaṇo nāradaṃ prati gārhasthyadharmasya vaidikatvavarṇanam//nāradasya śrīkṛṣṇamaṃtragrahaṇāya brahmaṇi prārthanā / brahmājñayā tadarthaṃ nāradasya śivalokaṃ prati gamanam //४९/
२५ tatra nāradasya śivadarśanam

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२६ brāhmaṇavaiṣṇavavidhavānāmāhnikam

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२७ bhakṣyābhakṣyakartavyākartavyakathanam

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२८ brahmasvarūpavarṇanaṃ śivājñayā nāradasya badarikāśramaṃ prati gamanam

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२९. śrīkṛṣṇamāhātmyavarṇanam / prakṛtimāhātmyavarṇanam

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३० bhagavatstuti

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iti brahmakhaṇḍam