Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 13

BndP 3 13.1

देवा ऊचुः जय देवि जगन्मातर्जय देवि परात्परे । जय कल्याणनिलये जय कामकलात्मिके

devā ūcuḥ jaya devi jaganmātarjaya devi parātpare / jaya kalyāṇanilaye jaya kāmakalātmike

The gods said: Victory to you, Goddess, Mother of the world; victory, Goddess, higher than the highest; victory, you who are the abode of welfare; victory, you whose being is the kāma-kalā.

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BndP 3 13.2

जयकारि च वामाक्षि जय कामाक्षि सुन्दरि । जयाखिलसुराराध्ये जय कामेशि मानदे

jayakāri ca vāmākṣi jaya kāmākṣi sundari / jayākhilasurārādhye jaya kāmeśi mānade

Victory, giver of victory, lovely-eyed one; victory, Kāmākṣī, beautiful one; victory, you who are worshipped by all the gods; victory, Kāmeśī, giver of honour.

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BndP 3 13.3

जय ब्रह्ममये देवि ब्रह्मात्मकरसात्मिके । जय नारायणि परे नन्दिताशेषविष्टपे

jaya brahmamaye devi brahmātmakarasātmike / jaya nārāyaṇi pare nanditāśeṣaviṣṭape

Hail, O Goddess made of Brahman, whose self is the essence that is Brahman itself; hail, supreme Nārāyaṇī, by whom all the worlds are gladdened.

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BndP 3 13.4

जय श्रीकण्ठदयिते जय श्रीललितेंबिके । जय श्रीविजये देवि विजय श्रीसमृद्धिदे

jaya śrīkaṇṭhadayite jaya śrīlaliteṃbike / jaya śrīvijaye devi vijaya śrīsamṛddhide

Hail, beloved of Śrīkaṇṭha (Śiva); hail, mother Śrī Lalitā; hail, Śrīvijayā, O Goddess; be victorious, giver of the fullness of prosperity.

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BndP 3 13.5

जातस्य जायमानस्य इष्टापूर्तस्य हेतवे । नमस्तस्यै त्रिजगतां पालयित्र्यै परात्परे

jātasya jāyamānasya iṣṭāpūrtasya hetave / namastasyai trijagatāṃ pālayitryai parātpare

To her who is the cause of what has been born, of what is being born, and of sacrifice and pious works — homage to her, the protectress of the three worlds, higher than the highest.

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BndP 3 13.6

कलामुहूर्तकाष्ठाहर् मासर्तुशरदात्मने । नमः सहस्रशीर्षायै सहस्रमुखलोचने

kalāmuhūrtakāṣṭhāhar māsartuśaradātmane / namaḥ sahasraśīrṣāyai sahasramukhalocane

To her whose self is the kalā, the muhūrta, the kāṣṭhā, the day, the month, the season and the year — homage to the thousand-headed one, with a thousand faces and eyes.

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BndP 3 13.7

नमः सहस्रहस्ताब्जपादपङ्कजशोभिते । अणोरणुतरे देवि महतो ऽपि महीयसि

namaḥ sahasrahastābjapādapaṅkajaśobhite / aṇoraṇutare devi mahato 'pi mahīyasi

Homage to you who shine with a thousand lotus-hands and lotus-feet; O Goddess, more minute than the minute, and greater even than the great.

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BndP 3 13.8

परात्परतरे मातस्तेजस्तेजीयसामपि । अतलं तु भवेत्पादौ वितलं जानुनी तव

parātparatare mātastejastejīyasāmapi / atalaṃ tu bhavetpādau vitalaṃ jānunī tava

O Mother, higher than the highest, radiance even of the radiant ones: Atala would be your feet, Vitala your knees.

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BndP 3 13.9

रसातलं कटीदेशः कुक्षिस्ते धरणी भवेत् । हृदयं तु भुवर्लोकः स्वस्ते मुखमुदाहृतम्

rasātalaṃ kaṭīdeśaḥ kukṣiste dharaṇī bhavet / hṛdayaṃ tu bhuvarlokaḥ svaste mukhamudāhṛtam

Rasātala is the region of your hips, the earth would be your belly; Bhuvarloka is your heart, and Svar is declared to be your mouth.

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BndP 3 13.10

दृशश्चन्द्रार्कदहना दिशस्ते बाहव्ॐबिके । मरुतस्तु तवोच्छ्वासा वाचस्ते श्रुतयो ऽखिलाः

dṛśaścandrārkadahanā diśaste bāhavoṃbike / marutastu tavocchvāsā vācaste śrutayo 'khilāḥ

The moon, sun and fire are your eyes; the directions, O Mother, are your arms; the winds are your out-breaths, and all the Vedas are your speech.

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BndP 3 13.11

क्रीडा ते लोकरचना सखा ते चिन्मयः शिवः । आहारस्ते सदानन्दो वासस्ते हृदये सताम्

krīḍā te lokaracanā sakhā te cinmayaḥ śivaḥ / āhāraste sadānando vāsaste hṛdaye satām

Your play is the making of the worlds; your friend is Śiva, who is made of consciousness; your food is everlasting bliss; your dwelling is in the hearts of the good.

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BndP 3 13.12

दृश्यादृश्य स्वरूपाणि रूपाणि भुवनानि ते । शिरोरुहा घनास्ते तु तारकाः कुसुमानि ते

dṛśyādṛśya svarūpāṇi rūpāṇi bhuvanāni te / śiroruhā ghanāste tu tārakāḥ kusumāni te

The worlds, whose own forms are seen and unseen, are your forms; the clouds are your hair, and the stars are your flowers.

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BndP 3 13.13

धर्माद्या बाहवस्ते स्युरधर्माद्यायुधानि ते । यमाश्च नियमाश्चैव करपादरुहास्तथा

dharmādyā bāhavaste syuradharmādyāyudhāni te / yamāśca niyamāścaiva karapādaruhāstathā

Dharma and the rest would be your arms, and unrighteousness and the rest your weapons; the restraints (yamas) and observances (niyamas) are the hairs on your hands and feet.

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BndP 3 13.14

स्तनौ स्वाहास्वधाकरौ लोकोज्जीवनकारकौ । प्राणायामस्तु ते नासा रसना ते सरस्वती

stanau svāhāsvadhākarau lokojjīvanakārakau / prāṇāyāmastu te nāsā rasanā te sarasvatī

Your two breasts are the offerings svāhā and svadhā, which bring the worlds to life; breath-control is your nose, and Sarasvatī is your tongue.

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BndP 3 13.15

प्रत्याहारस्त्विद्रिंयाणि ध्यानं ते धीस्तु सत्तमा । मनस्ते धारणाशक्तिर्हृदयं ते समाधिकः

pratyāhārastvidriṃyāṇi dhyānaṃ te dhīstu sattamā / manaste dhāraṇāśaktirhṛdayaṃ te samādhikaḥ

Withdrawal of the senses is your organs of sense; your meditation is the purest intelligence; your mind is the power of concentration; your heart is absorption (samādhi).

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BndP 3 13.16

महीरुहास्तेङ्गरुहाः प्रभातं वसनं तव । भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च नित्यं च तव विग्रहः

mahīruhāsteṅgaruhāḥ prabhātaṃ vasanaṃ tava / bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca nityaṃ ca tava vigrahaḥ

The trees are the hairs on your body; dawn is your garment; and what has been, what is coming to be, what will be, and the eternal are your body.

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BndP 3 13.19

यज्ञरूपा जगद्धात्री विश्वरूपा च पावनी । आदौ या तु दयाभूता ससर्ज निखिलाः प्रजाः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१३।१७ ॥ हृदयस्थापि लोकानामदृश्या मोहनात्मिका ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,१३।१८ ॥ नामरूपविभागं च या करोति स्वलीलया । तान्यधिष्ठाय तिष्ठन्ती तेष्वसक्तार्थकामदा । नमस्तस्यै महादेव्यै सर्वशक्त्यै नमोनमः

yajñarūpā jagaddhātrī viśvarūpā ca pāvanī / ādau yā tu dayābhūtā sasarja nikhilāḥ prajāḥ // bndp_3,13.17 // hṛdayasthāpi lokānāmadṛśyā mohanātmikā // bndp_3,13.18 // nāmarūpavibhāgaṃ ca yā karoti svalīlayā / tānyadhiṣṭhāya tiṣṭhantī teṣvasaktārthakāmadā / namastasyai mahādevyai sarvaśaktyai namonamaḥ

She who has the form of sacrifice, the sustainer of the world, of universal form, purifying; who at the beginning, having become compassion, created all creatures; who, though she dwells in the hearts of the worlds, is invisible and of the nature of bewilderment; and who by her own play makes the division of names and forms, and abiding as their ruler, unattached in them, grants wealth and desires — homage to her, the great Goddess; homage, homage to her who is all power.

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BndP 3 13.20

यदाज्ञया प्रवर्तन्ते वह्निसूर्यैदुमारुताः । पृथिव्यादीनि भूतानि तस्यै देव्यै नमोनमः

yadājñayā pravartante vahnisūryaidumārutāḥ / pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni tasyai devyai namonamaḥ

By whose command fire, the sun, the moon and the winds move on, and the elements beginning with earth — to that Goddess homage, homage.

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BndP 3 13.21

या ससर्जादिधातारं सर्गादावादिभूरिदम् । दधार स्वयमेवैका तस्यै देव्यै नमोनमः

yā sasarjādidhātāraṃ sargādāvādibhūridam / dadhāra svayamevaikā tasyai devyai namonamaḥ

She who created the first creator at the beginning of creation, and, being the primal being, alone upheld this (universe) all by herself — to that Goddess homage, homage.

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BndP 3 13.22

यथा धृता तु धरिणी ययाकाशममेयया । यस्यामुदेति सविता तस्यै देव्यै नमोनमः

yathā dhṛtā tu dhariṇī yayākāśamameyayā / yasyāmudeti savitā tasyai devyai namonamaḥ

By whom, the immeasurable, the earth is upheld and the sky (as well), and in whom the sun rises — to that Goddess homage, homage.

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BndP 3 13.23

यत्रोदेति जगत्कृत्स्नं यत्र तिष्ठति निर्भरम् । यत्रान्तमेति काले तु तस्यै देव्यै नमोनमः

yatrodeti jagatkṛtsnaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati nirbharam / yatrāntameti kāle tu tasyai devyai namonamaḥ

In whom the whole world arises, in whom it rests fully supported, and in whom it comes to its end when the time comes — to that Goddess homage, homage.

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BndP 3 13.24

नमोनमस्ते रजसे भवायै नमोनमः सात्त्विकसंस्थितायै । नमोनमस्ते तमसे हरायै नमोनमो निर्गुणतः शिवायै

namonamaste rajase bhavāyai namonamaḥ sāttvikasaṃsthitāyai / namonamaste tamase harāyai namonamo nirguṇataḥ śivāyai

Homage, homage to you as rajas, as Bhavā; homage, homage to you established in sattva; homage, homage to you as tamas, as Harā; homage, homage to you as Śivā, beyond the qualities.

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BndP 3 13.25

नमोनमस्ते जगदेकमात्रे नमोनमस्ते जगदेकपित्रे । नमोनमस्ते ऽखिलरूपतन्त्रे नमोनमस्ते ऽखिलयन्त्ररूपे

namonamaste jagadekamātre namonamaste jagadekapitre / namonamaste 'khilarūpatantre namonamaste 'khilayantrarūpe

Homage, homage to you, the one mother of the world; homage, homage to you, the one father of the world; homage, homage to you, the ground (tantra) of all forms; homage, homage to you, whose form is every mystic diagram (yantra).

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BndP 3 13.26

नमोनमो लोकगुरुप्रधाने नमोनमस्ते ऽखिलवाग्विभूत्यै । नमो ऽस्तु लक्ष्म्यै जगदेकतुष्ट्यै नमोनमः शांभवि सर्वशक्त्यै

namonamo lokagurupradhāne namonamaste 'khilavāgvibhūtyai / namo 'stu lakṣmyai jagadekatuṣṭyai namonamaḥ śāṃbhavi sarvaśaktyai

Homage, homage (to you), foremost among the teachers of the world; homage, homage to you, the majesty of all speech; homage be to Lakṣmī, the one delight of the world; homage, homage, O consort of Śambhu, to you who are all power.

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BndP 3 13.27

अनादिमध्यान्तमपाञ्चभौतिकं ह्यवाङ्मनोगम्यमतर्क्यवैभवम् । अरूपमद्वन्द्वमदृष्टगोचरं प्रभावमग्र्यं कथमंब वर्णये

anādimadhyāntamapāñcabhautikaṃ hyavāṅmanogamyamatarkyavaibhavam / arūpamadvandvamadṛṣṭagocaraṃ prabhāvamagryaṃ kathamaṃba varṇaye

Without beginning, middle, or end; not made of the five elements; not to be reached by speech or mind; whose greatness is beyond reasoning; formless, without duality, not within the range of sight — how, O mother, am I to describe (your) supreme power?

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BndP 3 13.28

प्रसीद विश्वेश्वरि विश्ववन्दिते प्रसीद विद्येश्वरि वेदरूपिणि । प्रसीद मायामयि मन्त्राविग्रहे प्रसीद सर्वेश्वरि सर्वरूपिणि

prasīda viśveśvari viśvavandite prasīda vidyeśvari vedarūpiṇi / prasīda māyāmayi mantrāvigrahe prasīda sarveśvari sarvarūpiṇi

Be gracious, O mistress of the universe, praised by the universe; be gracious, O mistress of knowledge, whose form is the Veda; be gracious, O you made of māyā, whose body is mantra; be gracious, O mistress of all, whose form is all things.

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BndP 3 13.29

इति स्तत्वा महादेवीं देवाः सर्वे सवासवाः । भूयोभूयो नमस्कृत्य शरणं जगमुरञ्जसा

iti statvā mahādevīṃ devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ / bhūyobhūyo namaskṛtya śaraṇaṃ jagamurañjasā

Having thus praised the Great Goddess, all the gods together with Vāsava (Indra), bowing again and again, straightway went to (her for) refuge.

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BndP 3 13.30

ततः प्रसन्ना सा देवी प्रणतं वीक्ष्य वासवम् । वरेण च्छन्दयामास वरदाखिलदेहिनाम्

tataḥ prasannā sā devī praṇataṃ vīkṣya vāsavam / vareṇa cchandayāmāsa varadākhiladehinām

Then that Goddess, pleased, seeing Vāsava bowed down, offered him a boon of his choice — she who is the boon-giver to all embodied beings.

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BndP 3 13.31

इन्द्र उवाच यदि तुष्टासि कर्याणि वरं दैत्येन्द्र पीडितः । दुर्धरं जीवितं देहि त्वां गताः शरणार्थिनः

indra uvāca yadi tuṣṭāsi karyāṇi varaṃ daityendra pīḍitaḥ / durdharaṃ jīvitaṃ dehi tvāṃ gatāḥ śaraṇārthinaḥ

Indra said: If you are pleased, a boon should be granted; (I am) oppressed by the lord of the Daityas. Grant (us) a life that is hard to hold; we have come to you seeking refuge.

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BndP 3 13.32

श्रीदेव्युवाच अहमेव विनिर्जित्य भण्डं दैत्यकुलोद्भवम् । अचिरात्तव दास्यामि त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

śrīdevyuvāca ahameva vinirjitya bhaṇḍaṃ daityakulodbhavam / acirāttava dāsyāmi trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

The Blessed Goddess said: I myself, having conquered Bhaṇḍa, who is sprung from the Daitya lineage, will before long give you the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.

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BndP 3 13.33

निर्भया मुदिताः सन्तु सर्वे देवगणास्तथा । ये स्तोष्यन्ति च मां भक्त्या स्तवेनानेन मानवाः

nirbhayā muditāḥ santu sarve devagaṇāstathā / ye stoṣyanti ca māṃ bhaktyā stavenānena mānavāḥ

Let all the hosts of gods be fearless and glad; and those men who praise me with devotion with this hymn —

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BndP 3 13.34

भाजनं ते भविष्यन्ति धर्मश्रीयशसां सदा । विद्याविनयसंपन्ना नीरोगा दीर्घजीविनः

bhājanaṃ te bhaviṣyanti dharmaśrīyaśasāṃ sadā / vidyāvinayasaṃpannā nīrogā dīrghajīvinaḥ

they shall always be vessels of dharma, prosperity and fame, endowed with learning and modesty, free of disease, and long-lived.

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