Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 17:32-40

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Çri Våndävana-nagara-varnana

Description of Çri Våndävana

Chapter 17: Verse 32-40

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 32.Çri Närada said: What pious deed did the people of Vraja perform to attain the rare association of the pitäs' mind-born daughter? 33.Who was Vraja's King Våñabhänu in his previous birth? What austerities did he perform so that Rädhä became his daughter? 34.Çri Süta said: Hearing Närada's words, Çri Näräyana Åñi, the best of the wise, smiled and happily spoke. 35.The pitäs had three very exalted mind-born daughters. They were Kalävati, Ratnamälä, and Menakä. 36.Ratnamälkä chose King Janaka as her husband, and Menakä chose King Himälaya, the ruler of the mountains, who was a partial incarnation of Lord Kåñna. 37.Ratnamälä's daughter was saintly Sitä, who did not take birth from a mother's womb, who was a direct incarnation of Goddess Lakñmi, and who was Lord Räma's wife. 38.Menakä's daughter was saintly Pärvati, who did not take birth from a mother's womb, and who was a direct incarnation of Lord Kåñna's eternal Goddess Mäyä. 39.By performing austerities, Goddess Pärvati attained as her husband Lord Çiva, who keeps the Personality of Godhead, Lord Näräyana, in his heart. Kalävati married King Sucanbdra, who was born in the Manu dynasty. 40.When he saw her, King Sucandra, who was a partial incarnation of Lord Kåñna, thought Kalävati the most beautiful and saintly of persons.