Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 4.96

atha ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
nārāyaṇa uvāca
śrīkṛṣṇasmaraṇaṃ kṛtvā gamanonmukhamuddhavam /
nataṃ rādhāpadāmbhoje śirasā pulakāñcitam

uvāca mādhavī gopī rudatī premavihvalā /
bhaktaṃ rudantamucchaiśca rādhāvicchedakātaram

mādhavyuvāca
uddhava śṛṇu vakṣyāmi kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha yathocitam /
nigūḍhaṃ paramaṃ jñānaṃ yatte manasi vāñchitam

sudurlabhaṃ purāṇeṣu vedeṣu gopanīyakam /
praśnaṃ kuru mahābhāga rādhikāṃ trijagatprasūm

ityuktvā sā ca gopīśā samuvāsa musaṃsadi /
uvāca madhuraṃ śāntāmuddhavaścāpi rādhikām

uddhavauvāca
ekākī bhavamāyāti yātyekākī punaḥ punaḥ /
prāṇī karmānurodhena svakarmaphalabhukpumān

karmaṇā jāyate jantuḥ karmaṇauva pralīyate /
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhayaṃ śokaṃ karmaṇaivābhipadyate

janturbhogāvaśeṣeṇa bhogaṃ bhuṅkte bhaveṣu ca /
punaśca karmaṇo bhogātsamāyāti ca yāti ca

ratnādikaṃ ca yatkicinmahyaṃ dattaṃ tvayā sati /
mayā sārdha na yātyeva tena me kiṃ prayojanam

bhavābthitāraṇe devi bhavatī taraṇirvarā /
karṇadhāraḥ svayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ sarveṣāṃ pārakārakaḥ

kiṃcidyānaṃ dehi mahyaṃ bhavābdhipārakāraṇam /
prāpya prasātaṃ yāsyāmi mathurāṃ kṛṣmamūlakam

yāṃ yāṃ kālagatiṃ mātaḥ surāṇāṃ ca nṛṇāmapi /
pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokasya tadūrdhvasya ca tāṃ vada

tāmeva dustarāṃ ghorāṃ tīrtvā yāmi hareḥ padam /
evaṃbhūtamupāyaṃ ca dehi me kamalālaye

dūrato yatpadāmbhojaṃ dhyāyante ca divāniśam /
devā brahmeśaśeṣādyāstvaṃ tadvakṣaḥ sthalasthitā

uddhavasya vacaḥ śrutvā jahāsa kamalālayā /
vāsasā netranīraṃ ca saṃbhārjya tamuvāca sā

rādhovāca
mādhavīvacanenaiva karoṣi praśnamuddhava /
strījātirabalā loke kiṃ vā jñānaṃ dadāmi te

śuddhāṃ kālagatiṃ vatsa jānāti bhagavānhariḥ /
brahma maheśaḥ śeṣaśca vedāścatvāra eva ca

kiṃcidvedānusāreṇa santo jānanti putraka /
śrūyatāṃ kuṣṇavaktreṇa goloke rāsamaṇaण़ḍale

goloke cāpi vaikuṇṭhe brahmaloke ca sāṃpratam /
yā ca dṛṣṭā kālagatistāmeva kathayāmi te

nṛṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ devānāṃ brahmalokādikasya ca /
bahirlokasya brahmāṇḍātpātālānāṃ ca niścitam

duratyayāṃ kālagatiṃ yenopāyena paṇḍitāḥ /
nistaranti budhaśreṣṭha kathayāmi niśāmaya

bhajanti jagatāṃ nāthaṃ kālakālaṃ jagadgurum /
nirguṇaṃ ca nirīhaṃ ca paramātmānamīśvaram

sadyaḥ patati deho'yaṃ vinā yena sadātmanā /
taṃ niṣevya kālagatiṃ taratyeva hi kevalam

āyurharati sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ ravireva ca /
śrīhareḥ śuddhabhaktānāṃ satāṃ puṇyavatāṃ vinā

vidhermānasikānputrāṃścaturaḥ paśya putraka /
sanakādīnbhāgavatānyeṣāṃ ca susthiraṃ vamaḥ

rudrādyānvayasā nityāñjñātināṃ ca gurorgurūn /
bālānanupanītāṃśca pañcavarṣaśiśūnyathā

amyantare mahāsphītānsasmitāṃśca digambarān /
śrīkṛṣṇadhyānapūtāśca tīrthapūtāṃśca vaiṣṇavān

vedavedāṅgaśāstrāṇāṃ cintāhīnānpraphullitān /
bhaktyā divāniśaṃ śaśvaddharibhāvena tatparān

bāhyapūjāvihīnāṃśca pūtānmānasikāṃstathā /
mṛtyuñjayānmahābhāgānkālavyālajitastathā

sanakaṃ ca sanandaṃ ca tṛtīyaṃ ca sanātanam /
paraṃ sanatkumāraṃ ca ye smaranti ca sarvaśaḥ

tīrthasnānaphalaṃ labdhvā mucyate kṛtapātakāt /
haribhaktirbhavetteṣāṃ haridāsyaṃ labhanti ca

mṛkaṇḍubālakaṃ paśya karmaṇā ca dvijottamam /
daśavarṣāyuṣaṃ tīvraṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā

harisevanataḥ paścātsaptakalpāntajīvinam /
voḍhuṃ pañcaśikhaṃ paśya lomaśaṃ cā''suriṃ tathā

sarvakarmavihīnaṃ ca harisevanatatparam /
śatakalpāyuṣaṃ caiva dhyāyamānaṃ hareḥ padam

jamadagneḥ sutaṃ paśya rāmaṃ taṃ cirajīvinam /
hanumantaṃ baliṃ vyāsamaśvatthāmānameva ca

vibhīṣaṇaṃ kṛpaṃ vipraṃ jāmbavantaṃ ca bhallukam /
haribhāvanayā caite śuddhāḥ sucirajīvinaḥ

siddhendreṣu munīndreṣu nareṣvanyeṣu coddhava /
haribhāvanaśuddhāśca sarve te cirajīvinaḥ

prahlādaṃ paśya daityeṣu hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutam /
haridviṣo durantasya haribhāvanatatparam

cirāyuṣaṃ kālajitaṃ paśyānyaṃ cāpyasaṃkhyakam /
anekajanmatapasā labdhvā janma ca bhārate

ye hariṃ taṃ na sevante te mūḍhāḥ kṛtapāpinaḥ /
vāsudevaṃ parityajya viṣaye nirato janaḥ

tyaktvā'mṛtaṃ mahāmūḍho viṣaṃ bhuṅkte nijecchayā /
kasya strī kasya vā putraḥ kasya vā bāndhavāstathā

kaḥ kasya bandhurvipadi śrīkṛṣṇena vinā bhuvi /
tasmātsantaḥ sadā kṛṣṇaṃ bhajantyeva divāniśam

janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiharaṃ sarvaharaṃ param /
kālasya taraṇopāyaṃ bhajanaṃ paramātmanaḥ

ānandanandanasyaiva paripūrṇatamasya ca /
śṛṇu kālagatiṃ vatsa madīyajñānagocarām

narāṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca surāṇāṃ cāpi brahmaṇaḥ /
nāgānāṃ rākṣasādīnāṃ tatpareṣāṃ ca putraka

kathayāmi nigūḍhārthaṃ sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya /
sarvasmācca paraṃ sthānaṃ sarvādhāro mahānvirāṭ

yasya lomasu viśvāni cāsaṃkhyāni ca tāni ca /
sarvasmācca paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ paramāṇuṃ niśāmaya

kālārambhātmakaṃ sarvamanūraṃ paramīpsitam /
caramaḥ sadviśeṣāṇāmaneko'saṃyutaḥ sadā

paramāṇuḥ sa vijñeyo nṛpāmaikyabhramo yataḥ /
paramāṇudvayenāṇustrasareṇustu te trayaḥ

trasareṇutrikeṇāpi truṭiruktā manīṣibhiḥ /
vedhastruṭiśatenaiva trivedhena lavastathā

trilavena nimeṣaśca tri nimeṣeṇa ca kṣaṇaḥ /
kāṣṭhā pañcakṣaṇenaiva laghuśca daśakāṣṭhayā

laghupañcadaśaṃ daṇḍastatpramāṇaṃ niśāmaya /
dvādaśārdhapalonmānaṃ caturbhiścaturaṅgulaiḥ

svarṇamāṣaiḥ kṛtacchidraṃ yāvatprasthajalaplutam /
daṇḍadvaye muhūrtaḥ syātvaṣṭidaṇḍātmikā tithiḥ

tadaṣṭabhāgaḥ praharaḥ pramāṇaṃ ca nirūpaṇam /
caturbhiḥ praharai rātriścaturbhirdinamucyate

tithipañcadaśenaiva pakṣamānaṃ prakīrtitam /
pakṣadvayena māsaḥ syācchuklakṛṣṇābhidhena ca

ṛturmāsadvayenaiva tatṣaṭkenaiva vatsaraḥ /
vasantagrīṣmavarṣāśca śaraddhemantaśītakāḥ

varṣāḥ pañcavidhā jñeyāḥ kālavidbhirnirūpitāḥ /
saṃvatsaraḥ pravatsara ilāvatsara eva ca

anuvatsaro vatsaro'yamiti kālavido viduḥ /
abdo dviṣaṭkamāsaiśca tannāma śuṇu coddhava

vaiśākho jyeṣṭha āṣāḍhaḥ śrāvaṇo bhādra eva ca /
āśvinaḥ kārtiko mārgaḥ pauṣo māghastu phālgunaḥ

saitrastu caramo jñeyo varṣaśeṣī nirūpitaḥ /
vasantaścaitravaiśākhamāsayugmena kīrtitaḥ

jyeṣṭhāvāḍhadvayenaiva grīṣmastu parikīrtitaḥ /
varṣā śrāvaṇabhadre ca hyāśvine kārtike śarat

mārge pauṣe ca hemantaḥ śiśiro māghaphālgune /
abdastu cāyanai dve vai cottare dakṣiṇāyane

māghādiṣaḍvinirmitamuttarāyaṇamīpsitam /
śrāvaṇādimāsaṣaṭkaṃ dakṣiṇāyanameva ca

māghādāṣāḍhaparyantaṃ dinaṃ vṛddhaṃ krameṇa vai /
naktaṃ vṛddhaṃ śrāvaṇaśca pauṣaparyantameva ca

pratipatpūrṇimāntaśca śuklapakṣaḥ prakīrtitaḥ /
pūrṇimāyāḥ pratipadaścāmāvāsyānta eva ca

kṛṣṇapakṣastu vijñeyo vedavidbhirnirūpitaḥ /
dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā ca caturthī pañcamī tathā

ṣaṣṭhī ca saptamī caiva hyaṣṭamī navamī tathā /
daśamyekādaśī cāpi dvādaśī ca trayodaśī

caturdaśī kuhūryāvaddinaṃ tu gaṇanaṃ smṛtam /
aśvinī bharaṇī cāpi kṛttikā rohiṇī tathā

mṛgaśirastthā''rdrā ca nakṣatre dve punarvasū /
puṣyāśleṣe maghā caiva pūrvā cottaraphālgunī

hastacitre tathā svātī viśākhā cānurādhikā /
jyeṣṭhā mūlaṃ tathā jñeyā pūrvāṣāḍhottarā tathā

śravaṇābhijitī caiva dhaniṣṭhā ca prakīrtitā /
tataḥ śatabhiṣā jñeya pūrvābhādrapadā tathā

tathottarā tu vijñeyā revatī caramā smṛtā /
aṣṭāviṃśati nakṣatraṃ kalatraṃ śaśinastathā

krameṇa tābhiḥ sārdha ca candrastiṣṭhati nityaśaḥ /
saptaviṃśati nakṣatraṃ kalatraṃ ca śrutau śrutam

abhijicchūvaṇacchāyā tenāṣṭāviṃśatiḥ smṛtā /
ekadā ca madhau candro rohiṇyā vāmayā saha

reme divāniśaṃ nityaṃ śravaṇā ca cukopa sā /
chāyāṃ ca dattvā candrāya yayau tātāntikaṃ bhiyā

tataḥ pitaramādāya sā cakre ca vibhāgakam /
babhūva tena nakṣatramabhijinnāmakaṃ purā

etacchrutvā kṛṣṇamukhācchataśrṛṅge ca parvate /
nakṣatraṃ kathitaṃ vatsa tithyā bhramati nityaśaḥ

yogaṃ ca karaṇaṃ caiva madvaktreṇa niśāmaya /
viṣkambhaḥ prītirāyuṣmānsaubhāgyaḥ śobhanastathā

atigaṇḍaḥ sukarmā ca ghṛtiḥ śūlastathaiva ca /
gaṇḍo vṛddhirdhruvaścaiva vyāghāto harṣaṇāstathā

vajraṃ siddhirvyatīpāto varīyānparighaḥ śivaḥ /
siddhiḥ sādhyaḥ śubhaḥ śuklo brahmendro vaidhṛtistathā

kīrtitaste yogagaṇaḥ karaṇaṃ śrūyatāmiti /
bavaśca bālavaścaiva kaulavastaitilastathā

garaśca vaṇijaścāpi viṣṭiśca śakunistathā /
catuṣpāccāpi nāgaśca kiṃstughna iti kīrtitam

narāṇāṃ cāpi māsena pitṝṇāṃ ca divāniśam /
śukle cāpi dinaṃ teṣāṃ kṛṣṇe naktaṃ prakīrtitam

vatsareṇa nārāṇāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca divāniśam /
dinaṃ teṣāmuttare ca naktaṃ ca dakṣiṇāyane

manvantaraṃ tu divyānāṃ yugānāmekasaptatiḥ /
manorāyuḥ parimitaṃ śakrasyā''yuḥ prakīrtitam

pañcaviṃśatsahasraṃ ca tathā pañcaśataṃ param /
tatra sūryagatirnāsti śakrapātānusārataḥ

divāniśaṃ ca jānanti brahmalokanivāsinaḥ /
daṇḍadvayaṃ narapalaṃ śakrapātena tatpalam

evaṃ triśaddinenaiva dhāturmāsaḥ prakīrtitaḥ /
abdo dvādaśabhirmāsairevaṃ tasya śatāyuṣaḥ

brahmaṇaḥ patanenaiva nimeṣācchrīharerapi /
dhātuḥ pātānusāreṇa vaikuṇṭhe na divāniśam

tatra sūryagatirnāsti caivaṃ golokataḥ smṛtam /
vaikuṇṭhavāsinaḥ sarve na vai jānantyaharniśam

candrasyāpi grahāṇāṃ ca gatirnāsti ca tatra vai /
cakraṃ naiva bhramatyeva rāśīnāmicchayā hareḥ

dinaṃ ca tejasā dīptaṃ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ /
naktaṃ tejovihīnaṃ ca harau ca mandiraṃ gate

evaṃ kālagatistatra viṣṇuloke'sti saṃtatam /
kālasvarūpo bhagavānparamātmā nirākṛtiḥ

candrasūryagatirnāsci pātāleṣu ca saptaṣu /
,dvāsinaśca jānanti śaṅkante na divāniśam

dine ca mūrdhnināgānāṃ maṇirjvalati nityaśaḥ /
saṃdhyāyāṃ dīptamagniśca rātriśca tamasā''vṛtā

kālaṃ tāmrīpramāṇena jānanti tannivāsinaḥ /
yathā bhuvi tathā tatra parimāṇaṃ prakīrtitam

kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti caturyugam /
divyairdvādaśasāhasrairvatsaraiścāpi tanmitam

aṣṭau śatānyapyadhikaṃ sahasrāṇāṃ catuṣṭayam /
divyairvarṣaiḥ kṛtayugaṃ kālavidbhirnirūpitam

aṣṭāviṃśatsahasrāṇyapyadhikaṃ parimāṇakam /
lakṣāṇāṃ ca saptadaśaṃ nṛmānaṃ parikīntitam

adhikaṃ ṣaṭśatānyeva sahasrāṇāṃ trayaṃ tathā /
divyairvarṣaiśca treteti vatsa kālavido viduḥ

ṣaṇṇavatisahasrāṇi lakṣairdvādaśabhiḥ saha /
nṛṇāṃ varṣaiśca treteti kālavidbhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ

catuṣṭayaṃ śatānāṃ cāpyadhikaṃ dvisahasrakam /
varṣa divyaṃ dvāparaṃ ca kālajñaiḥ parikīrtitam

catuḥṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi lakṣairaṣṭabhireva ca /
nṛṇāṃ varṣairdvāparaṃ ca kālajñaiḥ parikīrtitam

adhikaṃ dviśataṃ caiva divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam /
evaṃmitaṃ kaliyugaṃ vatsa prājñairnirūpitam

dvātriṃśacca sahasraṃ ca caturlakṣaṃ nṛmānakam /
varṣa ceti kaliyuge cakāra kālakovidaḥ

lakṣairdvicatvāriṃśadbhiḥ saha viṃśatsahasrakaiḥ /
nṛmānavarṣaiḥ kālajñairvyaktameva caturyugam

iti te kathitaṃ vatsa kālasaṃkhyānirūpaṇam /
yathāśrutaṃ yathājñānaṃ gaccha vatsa hareḥ puram

iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo rādhodvavasaṃo
kālanirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇvatitamo'dhyāyaḥ