Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 1.2

śaunaka uvāca //
kimapūrvaṃ śrutaṃ saute paramādbhutamīpsitam //
sarvaṃ kathaya saṃvyasya brahmakhaṇḍamanuttamam

sautiruvāca //
vande guroḥ pādapadmaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ //
hariṃ devāndvijānnatvā dharmānvakṣye sanātanān

yacchrutaṃ vyāsavaktreṇa brahmakhaṇḍamanuttamam //
ajñānāndhatamodhvaṃsi jñānavartmapradīpakam

jyotiḥsamūhaṃ pralaye purā''sītkevalaṃ dvija //
sūryyakoṭiprabhaṃ nityamasaṃkhyaṃ viśvakāraṇam

svecchāmayasya ca vibhostajjyotirujjvalaṃ mahat //
jyotirabhyantare lokatrayameva manoharam

teṣāmupari golokaṃ nityamīśvaravad dvija//
trikoṭiyojanāyāmavistīrṇaṃ maṇḍalākṛti

tejaḥsvarūpaṃ sumahadratnabhūmimayaṃ param//
adṛśyaṃ yogibhiḥ svapne dṛśyaṃ gamyaṃ ca vaiṣṇavaiḥ

yogena dhṛtamīśena cāntarikṣasthitaṃ varam //
ādhivyādhijarāmṛtyuśokabhītivivarjitam

sadratnaracitāsaṃkhyamandiraiḥ pariśobhitam //
laye kṛṣṇayutaṃ sṛṣṭau gopagopībhirāvṛtam

tadadho dakṣiṇe savye pañcāśatkoṭiyojanān //
vaikuṇṭhaṃ śivalokaṃ tu tatsamaṃ sumanoharam

koṭiyojanavistīrṇaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ maṇḍalākṛti //
laye śūnyaṃ ca sṛṣṭau ca lakṣmīnārāyaṇānvitam

caturbhujaiḥ pārṣadaiśca jarāmṛtyvādivarjitam //
savye ca śivalokaṃ ca koṭiyojanavistṛtam

laye śūnyaṃ ca sṛṣṭau ca sapārṣadaśivānvitam //
golokābhyantare jyotiratīva sumanoharam

paramāhlādakaṃ śaśvatparamānandakārakam //
dhyāyante yoginaḥ śaśvadyogena jñānacakṣuṣā

tadevānandajanakaṃ nirākāraṃ parātparam //
tajjyotirantare rūpamatīva sumanoharam

navīnanīradaśyāmaṃ raktapaṅkajalocanam//
śāradīyapārvaṇenduśobhitaṃ cāmalānanam

koṭikandarpalāvaṇyaṃ līlādhāma manoramam //
dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ sasmitaṃ pītavāsasam

sadratnabhūṣaṇaughena bhūṣitaṃ bhaktavatsalam//
candanokṣitasarvāṅgaṃ kastūrīkuṅkumānvitam

śrīvatsavakṣaḥsaṃbhrājatkaustubhena virājitam //
sadratnasāraracitakirīṭamukuṭojjvalam

ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca vanamālāvibhūṣitam //
tadeva paramaṃ brahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam

svecchāmayaṃ sarvabījaṃ sarvādhāraṃ parātparam //
kiśoravayasaṃ śaśvadgopaveṣavidhāyakam

koṭipūrṇenduśobhāḍhyaṃ bhaktānugrahakārakam //
nirīhaṃ nirvikāraṃ ca paripūrṇatamaṃ vibhum

rāsamaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ śāntaṃ rāseśvaraṃ varam //
māṅgalyaṃ maṅgalārhaṃ ca māṅgalyaṃ maṅgalapradam

paramānandabījaṃ ca satyamakṣaramavyayam // /
sarvasiddheśvaraṃ sarvasiddhirūpaṃ ca siddhidam

prakṛteḥ paramīśānaṃ nirguṇaṃ nityavigraham//
ādyaṃ puruṣamavyaktaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam

satyaṃ svatantramekaṃ ca paramātmasvarūpakam //
dhyāyante vaiṣṇavāḥ śāntāḥ śāntaṃ tanparamāyaṇam

evaṃrūpaṃ paraṃ bibhradbhagavāneka eva saḥ //
digbhiśca nabhasā sārddhaṃ śūnyaṃ viśvaṃ dadarśa ha

iti śrībrahmavaivarte mahāpurāṇe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde brahmakhaṇḍe parabrahmanirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ