Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 44
BvP 2 44.1
नारायण उवाच ।। कथितं षष्ठ्युपाख्यानं ब्रह्मपुत्र यथागमम्।। देवी मङ्गलचण्डी च तदाख्यानं निशामय
nārāyaṇa uvāca || kathitaṃ ṣaṣṭhyupākhyānaṃ brahmaputra yathāgamam|| devī maṅgalacaṇḍī ca tadākhyānaṃ niśāmaya
Nārāyaṇa said: The tale of Ṣaṣṭhī has been told, O son of Brahmā, just as it has come down; now hear that account of the goddess Maṅgalacaṇḍī as well.
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BvP 2 44.2
तस्याः पूजादिकं सर्वं धर्मवक्त्राच्च यच्छ्रुतम् ।। श्रुतिसम्मतमेवेष्टं सर्वेषां विदुषामपि उवाच पुरतः शम्भोर्भयं नास्तीति ते प्रभो ।। भगवान्वृषरूपश्च सर्वेशश्च बभूव ह ददौ द्रव्याणि मूलेन मन्त्रेणैव च नारद ।। ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं सर्वपूज्ये देवि मङ्गलचण्डिके ।। ऐं क्रूं फट्स्वाहेत्येवं चाप्येकविंशाक्षरो मनुः।। हर्षमंगलदक्षे च हर्षमंगलचण्डिके ।। शुभे मंगलदक्षे च शुभमंगल चण्डिके देवादिभिश्च मुनिभिर्मनुभिर्मानवैर्मुने ।। देव्याश्च मङ्गलस्तोत्रं यः शृणोति समाहितः
tasyāḥ pūjādikaṃ sarvaṃ dharmavaktrācca yacchrutam || śrutisammatameveṣṭaṃ sarveṣāṃ viduṣāmapi uvāca purataḥ śambhorbhayaṃ nāstīti te prabho || bhagavānvṛṣarūpaśca sarveśaśca babhūva ha dadau dravyāṇi mūlena mantreṇaiva ca nārada || oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ sarvapūjye devi maṅgalacaṇḍike || aiṃ krūṃ phaṭsvāhetyevaṃ cāpyekaviṃśākṣaro manuḥ|| harṣamaṃgaladakṣe ca harṣamaṃgalacaṇḍike || śubhe maṃgaladakṣe ca śubhamaṃgala caṇḍike devādibhiśca munibhirmanubhirmānavairmune || devyāśca maṅgalastotraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ
All her worship and the rest, which was heard from the mouth of Dharma, is approved by scripture and desired by all the learned as well. He said in the presence of Śambhu, "There is no fear for you, O lord." The Lord took the form of a bull and became the lord of all. He gave the materials (of worship) together with the root mantra itself, O Nārada: "oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ, O goddess Maṅgalacaṇḍikā, worshipped by all, aiṃ krūṃ phaṭ svāhā" — thus is the twenty-one-syllabled mantra; "O you who are skilled in joy and blessing, O Harṣamaṅgalacaṇḍikā, O auspicious one skilled in blessings, O Śubhamaṅgalacaṇḍikā" — by the gods and the rest, by sages, by Manus and by men, O sage; and whoever hears with concentrated mind the Maṅgala-hymn of the goddess…
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BvP 2 44.3
चण्डायां वर्त्तते चण्डी जाग्रती शत्रुमण्डले ।। मङ्गलेषु च या दक्षा मङ्गला सैव चण्डिका
caṇḍāyāṃ varttate caṇḍī jāgratī śatrumaṇḍale || maṅgaleṣu ca yā dakṣā maṅgalā saiva caṇḍikā
Caṇḍī abides in fierceness, wakeful amid the circle of enemies; and she who is skilled in auspicious things, that very Maṅgalā is Caṇḍikā.
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BvP 2 44.4
दुर्गायां विद्यते चण्डी मङ्गलोऽपि महीसुते ।। मङ्गलाऽभीष्टदेवी या सा स्यान्मङ्गलचण्डिका
durgāyāṃ vidyate caṇḍī maṅgalo'pi mahīsute || maṅgalā'bhīṣṭadevī yā sā syānmaṅgalacaṇḍikā
In Durgā, Caṇḍī is present, and Maṅgala too is in the son of Earth (the planet Mars); she who is the auspicious (Maṅgalā), the chosen deity, she would be Maṅgalacaṇḍikā.
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BvP 2 44.5
मंगलो मनुवंशश्च सप्तद्वीपावनीपतिः ।। तस्य पूज्याऽभीष्टदेवी तेन मंगलचण्डिका
maṃgalo manuvaṃśaśca saptadvīpāvanīpatiḥ || tasya pūjyā'bhīṣṭadevī tena maṃgalacaṇḍikā
Maṅgala, of the lineage of Manu, was lord of the earth of the seven continents; she was his worshipped, chosen deity — hence (she is called) Maṅgalacaṇḍikā.
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BvP 2 44.6
मूर्त्तिभेदेन सा दुर्गा मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। कृपारूपाऽतिप्रत्यक्षा योषितामिष्टदेवता
mūrttibhedena sā durgā mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || kṛpārūpā'tipratyakṣā yoṣitāmiṣṭadevatā
By a difference of form she is Durgā, the root Nature, the sovereign lady, compassion embodied, very manifest, the chosen deity of women.
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BvP 2 44.7
प्रथमे पूजिता सा च शङ्करेण पुरा परा ।। त्रिपुरस्य वधे घोरं विष्णुना प्रेरितेन च
prathame pūjitā sā ca śaṅkareṇa purā parā || tripurasya vadhe ghoraṃ viṣṇunā preritena ca
And she, the supreme one, was first worshipped long ago by Śaṅkara at the dreadful slaying of Tripura, he being urged on by Viṣṇu.
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BvP 2 44.8
ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मोपदेशेन दुर्गप्रस्थे च सङ्कटे ।। आकाशात्पतिते याने रुषा दैत्येन पातिते
brahmanbrahmopadeśena durgaprasthe ca saṅkaṭe || ākāśātpatite yāne ruṣā daityena pātite
O brahman, by Brahmā's instruction, in the peril upon the plateau of the fortress, when the chariot fell from the sky, cast down in fury by the demon —
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BvP 2 44.9
ब्रह्मविष्णूपदिष्टश्च दुर्गां तुष्टाव शङ्करः ।। सा च मंगलचण्डीयमभवद्रूपभेदतः
brahmaviṣṇūpadiṣṭaśca durgāṃ tuṣṭāva śaṅkaraḥ || sā ca maṃgalacaṇḍīyamabhavadrūpabhedataḥ
and Śaṅkara, instructed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, praised Durgā; and she, by a difference of form, became this Maṅgalacaṇḍī.
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BvP 2 44.11
युद्धशक्तिस्वरूपाऽहं भविष्यामि तदाज्ञया ।। मयाऽऽत्मना च हरिणा सहायेन वृषध्वज
yuddhaśaktisvarūpā'haṃ bhaviṣyāmi tadājñayā || mayā''tmanā ca hariṇā sahāyena vṛṣadhvaja
"I shall become the very embodiment of the power of battle at his command; with me myself, and with Hari as helper, O bull-bannered one,
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BvP 2 44.12
जहि दैत्यं च देवेश सुराणां पदघातकम् ।। इत्युक्त्वाऽन्तर्हिता देवी शम्भोः शक्तिर्बभूव सा
jahi daityaṃ ca deveśa surāṇāṃ padaghātakam || ityuktvā'ntarhitā devī śambhoḥ śaktirbabhūva sā
slay the demon, O lord of gods, the crusher of the gods' station." Having said this the goddess vanished, and she became Śambhu's power.
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BvP 2 44.13
विष्णुदत्तेन शस्त्रेण जघान तमुमापतिः ।। मुनीन्द्र पतिते दैत्ये सर्वे देवा महर्षयः
viṣṇudattena śastreṇa jaghāna tamumāpatiḥ || munīndra patite daitye sarve devā maharṣayaḥ
With the weapon given by Viṣṇu the husband of Umā slew him. O best of sages, when the demon had fallen, all the gods and the great seers
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BvP 2 44.14
तुष्टुवुः शंकरं देवा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धराः ।। सद्यः शिरसि शम्भोश्च पुष्पवृष्टिर्बभूव ह
tuṣṭuvuḥ śaṃkaraṃ devā bhaktinamrātmakandharāḥ || sadyaḥ śirasi śambhośca puṣpavṛṣṭirbabhūva ha
praised Śaṅkara, their necks bent low in devotion; and at once a rain of flowers fell upon Śambhu's head.
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BvP 2 44.15
ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च सन्तुष्टो ददौ तस्मै शुभाशिषम् ।। ब्रह्मविष्णूपदिष्टश्च सुस्नातः शङ्करः शुचिः
brahmā viṣṇuśca santuṣṭo dadau tasmai śubhāśiṣam || brahmaviṣṇūpadiṣṭaśca susnātaḥ śaṅkaraḥ śuciḥ
Brahmā and Viṣṇu, well pleased, gave him an auspicious blessing; and instructed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, Śaṅkara, well bathed and pure,
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BvP 2 44.16
पूजयामास तां शक्तिं देवीं मङ्गलचण्डिकाम् ।। पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयैश्च बलिभिर्विविधैरपि
pūjayāmāsa tāṃ śaktiṃ devīṃ maṅgalacaṇḍikām || pādyārghyācamanīyaiśca balibhirvividhairapi
worshipped that power, the goddess Maṅgalacaṇḍikā, with water for the feet, arghya-offering and water for rinsing the mouth, and with manifold oblations,
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BvP 2 44.17
पुष्पचन्दननैवेद्यैर्भक्त्या नानाविधैर्मुने ।। छागैर्मेषैश्च महिषैर्गण्डैर्मायाविभिर्वरैः
puṣpacandananaivedyairbhaktyā nānāvidhairmune || chāgairmeṣaiśca mahiṣairgaṇḍairmāyāvibhirvaraiḥ
with flowers, sandal and food-offerings of many kinds, with devotion, O sage, with goats, rams, buffaloes, rhinoceroses, and choice māyāvins,
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BvP 2 44.18
वस्त्रालङ्कारमाल्यैश्च पायसैः पिष्टकैरपि ।। मधुभिश्च सुधाभिश्च पक्वैर्नानाविधैः फलैः
vastrālaṅkāramālyaiśca pāyasaiḥ piṣṭakairapi || madhubhiśca sudhābhiśca pakvairnānāvidhaiḥ phalaiḥ
with garments, ornaments and garlands, with milk-rice and cakes too, with honeys and with nectars, and with ripe fruits of many kinds,
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BvP 2 44.19
सङ्गीतैर्नर्त्तनैर्वाद्यैरुत्सवैः कृष्णकीर्त्तनैः ।। ध्यात्वा माध्यन्दिनोक्तेन ध्यानेन विधिपूर्वकम्
saṅgītairnarttanairvādyairutsavaiḥ kṛṣṇakīrttanaiḥ || dhyātvā mādhyandinoktena dhyānena vidhipūrvakam
with songs, dances, instrumental music, festivals and songs in praise of Kṛṣṇa — having meditated, according to the rule, with the meditation prescribed for midday.
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BvP 2 44.21
पूज्यः कल्पतरुश्चैव भक्तानां सर्वकामदः ।। दशलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
pūjyaḥ kalpataruścaiva bhaktānāṃ sarvakāmadaḥ || daśalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhirbhavennṛṇām
He is to be worshipped, being a wish-granting tree that gives his devotees all they desire; and by a million recitations mantra-perfection comes to men.
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BvP 2 44.22
मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेद्यस्य स विष्णुः सर्वकामदः ।। ध्यानं च श्रूयतां ब्रह्मन्वेदोक्तं सर्वसम्मतम्
mantrasiddhirbhavedyasya sa viṣṇuḥ sarvakāmadaḥ || dhyānaṃ ca śrūyatāṃ brahmanvedoktaṃ sarvasammatam
He for whom the mantra becomes effective is (himself) Viṣṇu, the giver of all desires. And hear now the meditation, O Brahman, declared in the Veda and approved by all.
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BvP 2 44.23
देवीं षोडशवर्षीयां रम्यां सुस्थिरयौवनाम् ।। सर्वरूपगुणाढ्यां च कोमलांगीं मनोहराम्
devīṃ ṣoḍaśavarṣīyāṃ ramyāṃ susthirayauvanām || sarvarūpaguṇāḍhyāṃ ca komalāṃgīṃ manoharām
(I worship) the Goddess, sixteen years of age, lovely, with youth firmly fixed, rich in every beauty and virtue, soft-limbed and enchanting;
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BvP 2 44.24
श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभां चन्द्रकोटिसमप्रभाम् ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् ।।
śvetacampakavarṇābhāṃ candrakoṭisamaprabhām || vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām ||
having the hue of the white campaka flower, with a radiance equal to ten million moons, wearing a garment purified by fire, adorned with jewelled ornaments;
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BvP 2 44.25
बिभ्रतीं कबरीभारं मल्लिकामाल्यभूषितम्।। बिम्बोष्ठीं सुदतीं शुद्धां शरत्पद्मनिभाननाम्
bibhratīṃ kabarībhāraṃ mallikāmālyabhūṣitam|| bimboṣṭhīṃ sudatīṃ śuddhāṃ śaratpadmanibhānanām
bearing a mass of braided hair adorned with a garland of jasmine, with lips like the bimba fruit, fine teeth, pure, her face like an autumn lotus;
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BvP 2 44.26
ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां सुनीलोत्पललोचनाम् ।। जगद्धात्रीं च दात्रीं च सर्वेभ्यः सर्वसम्पदाम्
īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ sunīlotpalalocanām || jagaddhātrīṃ ca dātrīṃ ca sarvebhyaḥ sarvasampadām
her face bright with a slight smile, her eyes deep-blue lotuses, the sustainer of the world and the giver of all prosperity to all;
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BvP 2 44.27
संसारसागरे घोरे पोतरूपां वरां भजे
saṃsārasāgare ghore potarūpāṃ varāṃ bhaje
in the dreadful ocean of worldly existence she is the boat — her, the excellent one, I worship.
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BvP 2 44.28
देव्याश्च ध्यानमित्येवं स्तवनं श्रूयतां मुने ।। प्रयतः सङ्कटग्रस्तो येन तुष्टाव शङ्करः
devyāśca dhyānamityevaṃ stavanaṃ śrūyatāṃ mune || prayataḥ saṅkaṭagrasto yena tuṣṭāva śaṅkaraḥ
Such is the meditation on the Goddess; now hear the hymn of praise, O sage, with which Śaṅkara, restrained (in vow) and beset by distress, praised (her).
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BvP 2 44.29
शङ्कर उवाच ।। रक्ष रक्ष जगन्मातर्देवि मंगलचण्डिके ।। संहर्त्रि विपदां राशेर्हर्षमंगलकारिके
śaṅkara uvāca || rakṣa rakṣa jaganmātardevi maṃgalacaṇḍike || saṃhartri vipadāṃ rāśerharṣamaṃgalakārike
Śaṅkara said: Protect, protect (me), O Mother of the world, O Goddess Maṅgalacaṇḍikā, destroyer of the heap of calamities, causer of joy and welfare!
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BvP 2 44.31
मंगले मङ्गलार्हे च सर्वमंगलमंगले ।। सतां मंगलदे देवि सर्वेषां मंगलालये
maṃgale maṅgalārhe ca sarvamaṃgalamaṃgale || satāṃ maṃgalade devi sarveṣāṃ maṃgalālaye
O Auspicious One, worthy of auspiciousness, auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, giver of welfare to the good, O Goddess, abode of auspiciousness for all!
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BvP 2 44.32
पूज्या मंगलवारे च मंगलाभीष्टदैवते ।। पूज्ये मंगलभूपस्य मनुवंशस्य सन्ततम्
pūjyā maṃgalavāre ca maṃgalābhīṣṭadaivate || pūjye maṃgalabhūpasya manuvaṃśasya santatam
You are to be worshipped on Tuesday, O deity who grants what is desired as auspicious, O one constantly worshipped by King Maṅgala of Manu's line!
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BvP 2 44.33
मंगलाधिष्ठातृदेवि मंगलानां च मंगले ।। संसारे मंगलाधारे मोक्षमंगलदायिनि
maṃgalādhiṣṭhātṛdevi maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgale || saṃsāre maṃgalādhāre mokṣamaṃgaladāyini
O Goddess presiding over auspiciousness, auspiciousness of auspicious things, O foundation of auspiciousness in the world, giver of the blessing of liberation!
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BvP 2 44.34
सारे च मंगलाधारे पारे त्वं सर्वकर्मणाम् ।। प्रतिमंगलवारं च पूज्ये त्वं मंगलप्रदे
sāre ca maṃgalādhāre pāre tvaṃ sarvakarmaṇām || pratimaṃgalavāraṃ ca pūjye tvaṃ maṃgalaprade
You are the essence and the ground of auspiciousness, you are the far shore of all works; you are to be worshipped on each Tuesday, O giver of auspiciousness!
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BvP 2 44.35
स्तोत्रेणानेन शम्भुश्च स्तुत्वा मगलचण्डिकाम् ।। प्रतिमंगलवारे च पूजां कृत्वा गतः शिवः
stotreṇānena śambhuśca stutvā magalacaṇḍikām || pratimaṃgalavāre ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā gataḥ śivaḥ
With this hymn Śambhu praised Maṅgalacaṇḍikā, and having performed the worship on each Tuesday, Śiva departed.
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BvP 2 44.36
देव्याश्च मंगलस्तोत्रं यः शृणोति समाहितः ।। तन्मंगलं भवेच्छश्वन्न भवेत्तदमंगलम्
devyāśca maṃgalastotraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ || tanmaṃgalaṃ bhavecchaśvanna bhavettadamaṃgalam
Whoever listens with concentration to this auspicious hymn of the Goddess — for him there is auspiciousness always, and no misfortune befalls him.
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BvP 2 44.37
प्रथमे पूजिता देवी शम्भुना सर्वमंगला ।। द्वितीये पूजिता देवी मंगलेन ग्रहेण च
prathame pūjitā devī śambhunā sarvamaṃgalā || dvitīye pūjitā devī maṃgalena graheṇa ca
On the first (Tuesday) the Goddess, all-auspicious, was worshipped by Śambhu; on the second the Goddess was worshipped by the planet Maṅgala (Mars);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 44.38
तृतीये पूजिता भद्रा मंगलेन नृपेण च ।। चतुर्थे मंगले वारे सुन्दरीभिश्च पूजिता ।। पञ्चमे मङ्गलाकांक्षैर्नरैर्मंगलचण्डिका
tṛtīye pūjitā bhadrā maṃgalena nṛpeṇa ca || caturthe maṃgale vāre sundarībhiśca pūjitā || pañcame maṅgalākāṃkṣairnarairmaṃgalacaṇḍikā
on the third the gracious one was worshipped by King Maṅgala; on the fourth Tuesday she was worshipped by beautiful women; on the fifth Maṅgalacaṇḍikā (was worshipped) by men desiring auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 44.39
पूजिता प्रतिविश्वेषु विश्वेशैः पूजिता सदा ।। ततः सर्वत्र संपूज्य सा बभूव सुरेश्वरी
pūjitā prativiśveṣu viśveśaiḥ pūjitā sadā || tataḥ sarvatra saṃpūjya sā babhūva sureśvarī
She was worshipped in every universe, worshipped always by the lords of the universes; thus, being worshipped everywhere, she became the mistress of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 44.41
तन्मंगलं भवेच्छश्वन्न भवेत्तदमंगलम् ।। वर्द्धन्ते तत्पुत्रपौत्रा मंगलं च दिने दिने
tanmaṃgalaṃ bhavecchaśvanna bhavettadamaṃgalam || varddhante tatputrapautrā maṃgalaṃ ca dine dine
For him there is auspiciousness always, and no misfortune befalls him; his sons and grandsons increase, and his welfare day by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition