Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 1.1

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ //
// atha brahmavaivarte brahmakhaṇḍam //
gaṇeśabrahmaśasureśaśeṣāḥ surāśca sarve manavo munīndrāḥ //
sarasvatīśrīgirijādikāśca yaṃ namanti devyaḥ praṇamāmi taṃ vibhuma

sthūlāstanūrvidadhataṃ triguṇaṃ virājaṃ viśvāni lomavivareṣu mahāntamādyam//
sṛṣṭyunmukhaḥ svakalayā'pi sasarja sūkṣmaṃ nityaṃ sametya hṛdi yastamajaṃ bhajāmi

dhyāyante dhyānaniṣṭhāḥ suranaramanavo yogino yogarūḍhāḥ santaḥ svapne'pi santaṃ katikatijanibhiryaṃ na paśyanti taptvā //
dhyāye svecchāmayaṃ taṃ triguṇaparamaho nirvikāraṃ nirīhaṃ bhaktyā dhyānaikahetornirupamaruciraśyāmarūpaṃ dadhānam

vande kṛṣṇaṃ guṇātītaṃ paraṃ brahmācyutaṃ yataḥ //
āvirbabhūvuḥ prakṛtibrahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ

ॐ namo bhagavate vāsu devāya //
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam //
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet

amṛtaparamapūrvaṃ bhāratīkāmadhenuṃ śrutigaṇakṛtavatso vyāsadevo dudoha //
atirucirapurāṇaṃ brahmavaivarttametatpibata pibata mugdhā dugdhamakṣayyamiṣṭam

bhārate naimiṣāraṇye ṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ //
nityāṃ naimittikīṃ kṛtvā kriyāmūṣuḥ kuśāsane

etasminnantare sautimāgacchantaṃ yadṛcchayā //
praṇataṃ suvinītaṃ taṃ vilokya dadurāsanam

taṃ sampūjyātithiṃ bhaktyā śaunako munipuṅgavaḥ//
papraccha kuśalaṃ śāṃtaṃ śāntaḥ paurāṇikaṃ mudā

vartmāyāsavinirmuktaṃ vasantaṃ susthirāsane //
sasmitaṃ sarvatattvajñaṃ purāṇānāṃ purāṇavit

paraṃ kṛṣṇakathopetaṃ purāṇaṃ śruti saṃmatam//
maṅgalaṃ maṅgalārhaṃ ca maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalālayam

sarvamaṅgalabījaṃ ca sarvadā maṅgalapradam //
sarvāmaṅgalanighnaṃ ca sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ param

haribhaktipradaṃ śaśvatsukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ bhavāt //
tattvajñānapradaṃ dāraputrapautravivarddhanam

papraccha suvinītaṃ ca suprīto munisaṃsadi //
yathā''kāśe tārakāṇāṃ dvijarājo virājate

// śaunaka uvāca // //
prasthānaṃ bhavataḥ kutra kuta āyāsi te śivam //
kimasmākaṃ puṇyadinamadya tvaddarśanena ca

vayameva kalau bhītā viśiṣṭajñānavarjitāḥ //
mumukṣavo bhave magnāstaddhetustvamihāgataḥ

bhavānsādhurmahābhāgaḥ purāṇeṣu purāṇavit //
sarveṣu ca purāṇeṣu niṣṇāto'tikṛpānidhiḥ

śrīkṛṣṇe niścalā bhaktiryato bhavati śāśvatī //
tatkathyatāṃ mahābhāga purāṇaṃ jñānavarddhanam

garīyasī yā sākṣācca karmamūlanikṛntanī //
saṃsārasannibaddhānāṃ nigaḍacchedakartarī

bhavadāvāgnidagdhānāṃ pīyūṣa vṛṣṭivarṣiṇī //
sukhadā''nandadā saute śaśvaccetasi jīvinām

yatrādau sarvabījaṃ ca paraṃ brahmanirūpaṇam //
tasya sṛṣṭyunmukhasyāpi sṛṣṭerutkīrttanaṃ param

sākāraṃ vā nirākāraṃ paramātmasvarūpakam //
kimākārañca tadbrahma taddhyānaṃ kiñca bhāvanam

dhyāyante vaiṣṇavāḥ kiṃvā śāntāśca yoginastathā //
mataṃ pradhānaṃ keṣāṃ vā gūḍhaṃ vede nirūpitam

prakṛteśca ya ākāro yatra vatsanirūpitaḥ //
guṇānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ yatra mahadādeśca niścayaḥ

golokavarṇanaṃ yatra yatra vaikuṇṭhavarṇanam //
varṇanaṃ śivalokasya yatrānyat svargavarṇanam

aṃśānāṃ ca kalānāṃ ca yatra saute nirūpaṇam //
ke prākṛtāḥ kā prakṛtiḥ ka ātmā prakṛteḥ paraḥ

nigūḍhaṃ janma yeṣāṃ vā devānāṃ devayoṣitām //
samutpattiḥ samudrāṇāṃ śailānāṃ saritāmapi

ke vāṃ'śāḥ prakṛteścāpi kalāḥ kā vā kalākalāḥ //
tāsāñca caritaṃ dhyānaṃ pūjāstotrādikaṃ śubham

durgā sarasvatī lakṣmī sāvitrīṇāñca varṇanam //
yatraiva rādhikākhyānamatyapūrvaṃ sudhopamam

jīvakarmavipākaśca narakāṇāñca varṇanam //
karmaṇāṃ khaṇḍanaṃ yatra yatra tebhyo vimokṣaṇam

yeṣāñca jīvināṃ yadyatsthānaṃ yatra śubhāśubham//
jīvināṃ karmaṇo yasmādyāsu yāsu ca yoniṣu

jīvināṃ karmaṇo yasmādyoyo rogo bhavediha //
mokṣaṇaṃ karmaṇo yasmātteṣāñca tannirūpaya

manasā tulasī kālī gaṅgā pṛdhvī vasundharā //
āsāṃ yatra śubhākhyānamanyāsāmapi yatra vai

śāligrāmaśilānāñca dānānāñca nirūpaṇam //
apūrvaṃ yatra vā saute dharmādharmanirūpaṇam

gaṇeśvarasya caritaṃ yatra tajjanma karma ca //
kavacastotramantrāṇāṃ gūḍhānāṃ yatra varṇanam

yadapūrvamupākhyānamaśrutaṃ paramādbhutam //
kṛtvā manasi tatsarvaṃ sāmprataṃ vaktumarhasi

yatra janma bhramo viśve puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate //
paripūrṇatamasyāpi kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ

janma kasya gṛhe labdhaṃ puṇye puṇyavato mune //
sutaṃ prasūtā kā dhanyā mānyā puṇyavatī satī

āvirbhūya ca tadgehātkvāgataḥ kena hetunā //
gatvā kiṃ kṛtavāṃstatra kathaṃ vā punarāgataḥ

bhārāvataraṇaṃ kena prārthito goścakāra saḥ //
vidhāya kiṃvā setuṃ ca golokaṃ gatavānpunaḥ

itīdamanyadākhyānaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutidurlabham //
durvijñeyaṃ munīnāṃ ca manonirmalakāraṇam

svajñānādyanmayā pṛṣṭamapṛṣṭaṃ vā śubhāśubham //
sadyo vairāgyajananaṃ tanme vyākhyātumarhasi

śiṣyapṛṣṭamapṛṣṭaṃ vā vyākhyānaṃ kurute ca yaḥ //
sa sadguruḥ satāṃ śreṣṭho yogyāyogye ca yaḥ samaḥ

sautiruvāca //
sarvaṃ kuśalamasmākaṃ tvatpādapadmadarśanāt //
siddhakṣetrādāgato'haṃ yāmi nārāyaṇāśramam

dṛṣṭvā viprasamūhaṃ ca namaskartumihāgataḥ //
draṣṭuṃ ca naimiṣāraṇyaṃ puṇyadaṃ cāpi bhārate

devaṃ vipraṃ guruṃ dṛṣṭvā na namedyastu saṃbhramāt //
sa kālasūtraṃ vrajati yāvaccandradivākarau

harirbrāhmaṇarūpekṣaṇa śaśvad bhramati bhūtale //
sukṛtī praṇametpuṇyādbrāhmaṇaṃ harirūpiṇam

bhagavanyattvayā pṛṣṭaṃ jñātaṃ sarvamabhīpsitam //
sārabhūtaṃ purāṇeṣu brahmavaivarttamuttamam //

purāṇopapurāṇānāṃ vedānāṃ bhramabhañjanam //
haribhaktipradaṃ sarvatattvajñānavivarddhanam

kāmināṃ kāmadaṃ cedaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ ca mokṣadam //
bhaktipradaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ kalpavṛkṣasvarūpakam

brahmakhaṇḍaṃ sarvabījaṃ parabrahmanirūpaṇam //
dhyāyante yoginaḥ santo vaiṣṇavā yatparātparam

vaiṣṇavā yoginaḥ santo na ca bhinnāśca śaunaka //
svājñānaparipākena bhavanti jīvinaḥ kramāt //

santo bhavanti satsaṅgādyogisaṃgena yoginaḥ //
vaiṣṇavā bhaktasaṃgena kramātsadyoginaḥ parāḥ

yatrodbhavaśca devānāṃ devīnāṃ sarvajīvinām //
tataḥ prakṛtikhaṇḍe ca devīnāṃ caritaṃ śubham

jīvakarmavipākaśca śāligrāmanirūpaṇam //
tāsāṃ ca kavaca stotramantrapūjānirūpaṇam

prakṛterlakṣaṇaṃ tatra kalāṃśānāṃ nirūpaṇam //
kīrtterutkīrtanaṃ tāsāṃ prabhāvaśca nirūpitaḥ

sukṛtīnāṃ duṣkṛtīnāṃ yadyatsthānaṃ śubhāśubham //
varṇanaṃ narakāṇāṃ ca rogāṇāṃ mokṣaṇaṃ tataḥ

tato gaṇeśakhaṇḍe ca tajjanma parikīrtitam //
atīvāpūrvacaritaṃ śrutivedasudurlabham

gaṇeśabhṛgusaṃvāde sarvatattvanirūpaṇam //
nigūḍhakavacastotramantratantra nirūpaṇam

śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhaṇḍaṃ ca kīrtitaṃ ca tataḥ param //
bhārate puṇyakṣetre ca śrīkṛṣṇajanma karma ca

bhuvo bhārāvataraṇaṃ krīḍākautukamaṅgalam //
satāṃ setuvidhānaṃ ca janmakhaṇḍe nirūpitam

idaṃ te kathitaṃ vipra purāṇapravaraṃ param //
catuḥkhaṇḍaiḥ parimitaṃ sarvadharmanirūpaṇam

sarveṣāmīpsitaṃ śrīdaṃ sarvāśāpūrṇakāraṇam //
brahmavaivartakaṃ nāma sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradam

sārabhūtaṃ purāṇeṣu kevalaṃ vedasaṃmitam //
vivṛtaṃ brahmakārtsnyaṃ ca kṛṣṇena yatra śaunaka

brahmavaivartakaṃ tena pravadanti purāvidaḥ //
idaṃ purāṇasūtraṃ ca purā dattaṃ ca brahmaṇe

nirāmaye ca goloke kṛṣṇena paramātmanā //
mahātīrthe puṣkare ca dattaṃ dharmāya brahmaṇā

dharmeṇa dattaṃ putrāya prītyā nārāyaṇāya ca

nārado vyāsadevāya pradadau jāhnavītaṭe //
vyāsaḥ purāṇasūtraṃ tatsaṃvyasya vipulaṃ mahat

mahyaṃ dadau siddhakṣetre puṇyadeśe manoharam //
mayedaṃ kathitaṃ brahmaṃstatsamagraṃ niśāmaya

aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ tu vyāsenedaṃ purāṇakam //
purāṇakārtsnyaśravaṇe yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ //
tatphalaṃ labhate nūnamadhyāyaśravaṇena ca

iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde brahmakhaṇḍe'nukramaṇikā nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ