Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 12

DB 1 12.1

सुद्युम्नस्तुतिः सूत उवाच ततः पुरूरवा जज्ञे इलायां कथयामि वः । बुधपुत्रोऽतिधर्मात्मा यज्ञकृद्दानतत्परः

sudyumnastutiḥ sūta uvāca tataḥ purūravā jajñe ilāyāṃ kathayāmi vaḥ | budhaputro'tidharmātmā yajñakṛddānatatparaḥ

The praise of Sudyumna. Sūta said: Then Purūravas was born of Ilā—I shall tell you (of him)—the son of Budha, exceedingly righteous, a performer of sacrifices, devoted to giving.

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DB 1 12.2

सुद्युम्नो नाम भूपालः सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः । सैन्धवं हयमारुह्य चचार मृगयां वने

sudyumno nāma bhūpālaḥ satyavādī jitendriyaḥ | saindhavaṃ hayamāruhya cacāra mṛgayāṃ vane

A king named Sudyumna, truthful and self-controlled, mounted a Sindhu horse and went hunting in the forest.

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DB 1 12.3

युतः कतिपयामात्यैर्दर्शितश्चारुकुण्डलः । धनुराजगवं बद्ध्वा बाणसङ्घं तथाद्भुतम्

yutaḥ katipayāmātyairdarśitaścārukuṇḍalaḥ | dhanurājagavaṃ baddhvā bāṇasaṅghaṃ tathādbhutam

Accompanied by a few ministers, wearing beautiful earrings (and so conspicuous), having strung his bow made of goat-horn, and (taking) a wonderful array of arrows —

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DB 1 12.4

स भ्रमंस्तद्वनोद्देशे हन्यमानो रुरून्मृगान् । शशांश्च सूकरांश्चैव खड्गांश्च गवयांस्तथा

sa bhramaṃstadvanoddeśe hanyamāno rurūnmṛgān | śaśāṃśca sūkarāṃścaiva khaḍgāṃśca gavayāṃstathā

Roaming in that region of the forest, he killed ruru deer, and hares and boars, and rhinoceroses and gavayas (wild oxen),

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DB 1 12.5

शरभान्महिषांश्चैव साम्भरान्वनकुक्कुटान् । निघ्नन्मेध्यान् पशून् राजा कुमारवनमाविशत्

śarabhānmahiṣāṃścaiva sāmbharānvanakukkuṭān | nighnanmedhyān paśūn rājā kumāravanamāviśat

and śarabhas and buffaloes, sāmbhara deer and wild fowl. Slaying (these) animals fit for sacrifice, the king entered the Kumāra forest,

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DB 1 12.6

मेरोरधस्तले दिव्यं मन्दारद्रुमराजितम् । अशोकलतिकाकीर्णं बकुलैरधिवासितम्

meroradhastale divyaṃ mandāradrumarājitam | aśokalatikākīrṇaṃ bakulairadhivāsitam

(a forest) at the foot of Meru, divine, adorned with mandāra trees, strewn with aśoka creepers, made fragrant by bakula flowers,

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DB 1 12.7

सालैस्तालैस्तमालैश्च चम्पकैः पनसैस्तथा । आम्रैर्नीपैर्मधूकैश्च माधवीमण्डपावृतम्

sālaistālaistamālaiśca campakaiḥ panasaistathā | āmrairnīpairmadhūkaiśca mādhavīmaṇḍapāvṛtam

enclosed with bowers of mādhavī, with sāl, palm and tamāla trees, with campakas and jackfruit trees, with mangoes, nīpas and madhūkas,

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DB 1 12.8

दाडिमैर्नारिकेलैश्च कदलीखण्डमण्डितम् । यूथिकामालतीकुन्दपुष्पवल्लीसमावृतम्

dāḍimairnārikelaiśca kadalīkhaṇḍamaṇḍitam | yūthikāmālatīkundapuṣpavallīsamāvṛtam

ornamented with clumps of plantain, with pomegranates and coconuts, thickly covered with flowering vines of yūthikā, mālatī and kunda,

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DB 1 12.9

हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णं कीचकध्वनिनादितम् । भ्रमरालिरुतारामं वनं सर्वसुखावहम्

haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ kīcakadhvanināditam | bhramarālirutārāmaṃ vanaṃ sarvasukhāvaham

crowded with geese and kāraṇḍava ducks, resounding with the noise of hollow bamboos, a pleasure-grove humming with swarms of bees — a forest bringing every delight.

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DB 1 12.10

दृष्ट्वा प्रमुदितो राजा सुद्युम्नः सेवकैर्वृतः । वृक्षान्सुपुष्पितान्वीक्ष्य कोकिलारावमण्डितान्

dṛṣṭvā pramudito rājā sudyumnaḥ sevakairvṛtaḥ | vṛkṣānsupuṣpitānvīkṣya kokilārāvamaṇḍitān

Seeing it, king Sudyumna, surrounded by his attendants, was delighted; and beholding the trees in full bloom, graced by the cries of cuckoos,

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DB 1 12.11

प्रविष्टस्तत्र राजर्षिः स्त्रीत्वमाप क्षणात्ततः । अश्वोऽपि वडवा जातश्चिन्ताविष्टः स भूपतिः

praviṣṭastatra rājarṣiḥ strītvamāpa kṣaṇāttataḥ | aśvo'pi vaḍavā jātaścintāviṣṭaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ

the royal sage, having entered there, in an instant attained womanhood; his horse too became a mare, and that king was overcome with anxiety.

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DB 1 12.12

किमेतदिति चिन्तार्तश्चिन्त्यमानः पुनः पुनः । दुःखं बहुतरं प्राप्तः सुद्युम्नो लज्जयान्वितः प्रथमस्कन्धे सुद्युम्नस्तुतिर्नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः

kimetaditi cintārtaścintyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | duḥkhaṃ bahutaraṃ prāptaḥ sudyumno lajjayānvitaḥ prathamaskandhe sudyumnastutirnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

"What is this?" — pained with worry, pondering again and again, Sudyumna, filled with shame, came to still greater grief. (End of) the twelfth chapter, called "The Praise of Sudyumna," in the first book.

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DB 1 12.13

किं करोमि कथं यामि गृहं स्त्रीभावसंयुतः । कथं राज्यं करिष्यामि केन वा वञ्चितो ह्यहम्

kiṃ karomi kathaṃ yāmi gṛhaṃ strībhāvasaṃyutaḥ | kathaṃ rājyaṃ kariṣyāmi kena vā vañcito hyaham

"What shall I do? How shall I go home, being turned into a woman? How shall I rule the kingdom? Or by whom have I been tricked?"

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DB 1 12.14

ऋषय ऊचुः सूताश्चर्यमिदं प्रोक्तं त्वया यल्लोमहर्षण । सुद्युम्नः स्त्रीत्वमापन्नो भूपतिर्देवसन्निभः

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ sūtāścaryamidaṃ proktaṃ tvayā yallomaharṣaṇa | sudyumnaḥ strītvamāpanno bhūpatirdevasannibhaḥ

The sages said: Sūta, this that you have told is a marvel, O Lomaharṣaṇa — that Sudyumna, a king like a god, came to womanhood.

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DB 1 12.15

किं तत्कारणमाचक्ष्व वने तत्र मनोहरे । किं कृतं तेन राज्ञा च विस्तरं वद सुव्रत

kiṃ tatkāraṇamācakṣva vane tatra manohare | kiṃ kṛtaṃ tena rājñā ca vistaraṃ vada suvrata

Tell us what the cause of that was in that lovely forest, and what was done by that king; relate it at length, O you of good vows.

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DB 1 12.16

सूत उवाच एकदा गिरिशं द्रष्टुमृषयः सनकादयः । दिशो वितिमिराभासाः कुर्वन्तः समुपागमन्

sūta uvāca ekadā giriśaṃ draṣṭumṛṣayaḥ sanakādayaḥ | diśo vitimirābhāsāḥ kurvantaḥ samupāgaman

Sūta said: Once the sages Sanaka and the others came to see Śiva, the lord of the mountain, making the quarters (of the sky) shine free of darkness.

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DB 1 12.17

तस्मिंश्च समये तत्र शङ्करः प्रमदायुतः । क्रीडासक्तो महादेवो विवस्त्रा कामिनी शिवा

tasmiṃśca samaye tatra śaṅkaraḥ pramadāyutaḥ | krīḍāsakto mahādevo vivastrā kāminī śivā

And at that time Śaṅkara was there together with his beloved; the great god was absorbed in love-play, and the loving Śivā was unclothed,

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DB 1 12.18

उत्सङ्गे संस्थिता भर्तू रममाणा मनोरमा । तान्विलोक्याम्बिका देवी विवस्त्रा व्रीडिता भृशम्

utsaṅge saṃsthitā bhartū ramamāṇā manoramā | tānvilokyāmbikā devī vivastrā vrīḍitā bhṛśam

seated on her husband's lap, taking pleasure, delightful. Seeing them, the goddess Ambikā, being unclothed, was greatly abashed.

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DB 1 12.19

भर्तुरङ्कात्समुत्थाय वस्त्रमादाय पर्यधात् । लज्जाविष्टा स्थिता तत्र वेपमानातिमानिनी

bharturaṅkātsamutthāya vastramādāya paryadhāt | lajjāviṣṭā sthitā tatra vepamānātimāninī

Rising from her husband's lap, she took her garment and put it on; overcome with shame she stood there trembling, the exceedingly proud one.

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DB 1 12.20

ऋषयोऽपि तयोर्वीक्ष्य प्रसङ्गं रममाणयोः । परिवृत्य ययुस्तूर्णं नरनारायणाश्रमम्

ṛṣayo'pi tayorvīkṣya prasaṅgaṃ ramamāṇayoḥ | parivṛtya yayustūrṇaṃ naranārāyaṇāśramam

The sages too, seeing the intimacy of the two as they took their pleasure, turned back and went at once to the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

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DB 1 12.21

ह्रीयुतां कामिनीं वीक्ष्य प्रोवाच भगवान्हरः । कथं लज्जातुरासि त्वं सुखं ते प्रकरोम्यहम्

hrīyutāṃ kāminīṃ vīkṣya provāca bhagavānharaḥ | kathaṃ lajjāturāsi tvaṃ sukhaṃ te prakaromyaham

Seeing his beloved filled with shame, the lord Hara said: "Why are you distressed with shame? I will make you comfortable.

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DB 1 12.22

अद्यप्रभृति यो मोहात्पुमान्कोऽपि वरानने । वनं च प्रविशेदेतत्स वै योषिद्भविष्यति

adyaprabhṛti yo mohātpumānko'pi varānane | vanaṃ ca praviśedetatsa vai yoṣidbhaviṣyati

From today onward, O fair-faced one, whatever man out of delusion should enter this forest, he shall surely become a woman."

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DB 1 12.23

इति शप्तं वनं तेन ये जानन्ति जनाः क्वचित् । वर्जयन्तीह ते कामं वनं दोषसमृद्धिमत्

iti śaptaṃ vanaṃ tena ye jānanti janāḥ kvacit | varjayantīha te kāmaṃ vanaṃ doṣasamṛddhimat

Thus was the forest cursed by him; those people who know of it anywhere avoid, deliberately, that forest abounding in harm.

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DB 1 12.24

सुद्युम्नस्तु तदज्ञानात्प्रविष्टः सचिवैः सह । तथैव स्त्रीत्वमापन्नस्तैः सहेति न संशयः

sudyumnastu tadajñānātpraviṣṭaḥ sacivaiḥ saha | tathaiva strītvamāpannastaiḥ saheti na saṃśayaḥ

But Sudyumna, in ignorance of that, entered along with his ministers, and just so he attained womanhood together with them—of this there is no doubt.

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DB 1 12.25

चिन्ताविष्टः स राजर्षिर्न जगाम गृहं ह्रिया । विचचार बहिस्तस्माद्वनदेशादितस्ततः

cintāviṣṭaḥ sa rājarṣirna jagāma gṛhaṃ hriyā | vicacāra bahistasmādvanadeśāditastataḥ

Overcome with worry, that royal sage did not go home, out of shame; he wandered outside, here and there, away from that forest region.

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DB 1 12.26

इलेति नाम सम्प्राप्तं स्त्रीत्वे तेन महात्मना । विचरंस्तत्र सम्प्राप्तो बुधः सोमसुतो युवा

ileti nāma samprāptaṃ strītve tena mahātmanā | vicaraṃstatra samprāpto budhaḥ somasuto yuvā

In her womanhood that great one received the name Ilā. While she wandered there, Budha, the young son of Soma, arrived.

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DB 1 12.27

स्त्रीभिः परिवृतां तां तु दृष्ट्वा कान्तां मनोरमाम् । हावभावकलायुक्तां चकमे भगवाम्बुधः

strībhiḥ parivṛtāṃ tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā kāntāṃ manoramām | hāvabhāvakalāyuktāṃ cakame bhagavāmbudhaḥ

And seeing her, lovely and delightful, surrounded by women, endowed with amorous gestures, expressions and arts, the lord Budha desired her.

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DB 1 12.28

सापि तं चकमे कान्तं बुधं सोमसुतं पतिम् । संयोगस्तत्र सञ्जातस्तयोः प्रेम्णा परस्परम्

sāpi taṃ cakame kāntaṃ budhaṃ somasutaṃ patim | saṃyogastatra sañjātastayoḥ premṇā parasparam

She too desired him, the handsome Budha, son of Soma, as her husband; and there a union of the two came about, through mutual love.

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DB 1 12.29

स तस्यां जनयामास पुरूरवसमात्मजम् । इलायां सोमपुत्रस्तु चक्रवर्तिनमुत्तमम्

sa tasyāṃ janayāmāsa purūravasamātmajam | ilāyāṃ somaputrastu cakravartinamuttamam

He begot in her a son, Purūravas; the son of Soma (begot) in Ilā that excellent emperor.

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DB 1 12.30

सा प्रासूत सुतं बाला चिन्ताविष्टा वने स्थिता । सस्मार स्वकुलाचार्यं वसिष्ठं मुनिसत्तमम्

sā prāsūta sutaṃ bālā cintāviṣṭā vane sthitā | sasmāra svakulācāryaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ munisattamam

That young woman bore the son, and, staying in the forest full of worry, she remembered the preceptor of her own family, Vasiṣṭha, best of sages.

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DB 1 12.31

स तदास्य दशां दृष्ट्वा सुद्युम्नस्य कृपान्वितः । अतोषयन्महादेवं शङ्करं लोकशङ्करम्

sa tadāsya daśāṃ dṛṣṭvā sudyumnasya kṛpānvitaḥ | atoṣayanmahādevaṃ śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram

Then he, seeing this condition of Sudyumna, filled with compassion, propitiated the great god Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world.

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DB 1 12.32

तस्मै स भगवांस्तुष्टः प्रददौ वाञ्छितं वरम् । वसिष्ठः प्रार्थयामास पुंस्त्वं राज्ञः प्रियस्य च

tasmai sa bhagavāṃstuṣṭaḥ pradadau vāñchitaṃ varam | vasiṣṭhaḥ prārthayāmāsa puṃstvaṃ rājñaḥ priyasya ca

That lord, pleased, granted him the boon he wished for; Vasiṣṭha asked for manhood for the king, who was dear (to him).

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DB 1 12.33

शङ्करस्तु निजां वाचमृतां कुर्वन्नुवाच ह । मासं पुमांस्तु भविता मासं स्त्री भूपतिः किल

śaṅkarastu nijāṃ vācamṛtāṃ kurvannuvāca ha | māsaṃ pumāṃstu bhavitā māsaṃ strī bhūpatiḥ kila

But Śaṅkara, making his own word true, said: the lord of the earth shall be a man for a month, and a woman for a month.

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DB 1 12.34

इत्थं प्राप्य वरं राजा जगाम स्वगृहं पुनः । चक्रे राज्यं स धर्मात्मा वसिष्ठस्याप्यनुग्रहात्

itthaṃ prāpya varaṃ rājā jagāma svagṛhaṃ punaḥ | cakre rājyaṃ sa dharmātmā vasiṣṭhasyāpyanugrahāt

Having thus obtained the boon, the king went back to his own house; and that righteous one exercised kingship, by Vasiṣṭha's favour too.

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DB 1 12.35

स्त्रीत्वे तिष्ठति हर्म्येषु पुंस्त्वे राज्यं प्रशास्ति च । प्रजास्तस्मिन्समुद्विग्ना नाभ्यनन्दन्महीपतिम्

strītve tiṣṭhati harmyeṣu puṃstve rājyaṃ praśāsti ca | prajāstasminsamudvignā nābhyanandanmahīpatim

In womanhood he stayed in the palaces, and in manhood he ruled the kingdom; the subjects, disturbed about him, did not rejoice in their king.

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DB 1 12.36

काले तु यौवनं प्राप्तः पुत्रः पुरूरवास्तदा । प्रतिष्ठां नृपतिस्तस्मै दत्त्वा राज्यं वनं ययौ

kāle tu yauvanaṃ prāptaḥ putraḥ purūravāstadā | pratiṣṭhāṃ nṛpatistasmai dattvā rājyaṃ vanaṃ yayau

But in time his son Purūravas attained youth; then the king, having given him Pratiṣṭhā and the kingdom, went to the forest.

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DB 1 12.37

गत्वा तस्मिन्वने रम्ये नानाद्रुमसमाकुले । नारदान्मन्त्रमासाद्य नवाक्षरमनुत्तमम्

gatvā tasminvane ramye nānādrumasamākule | nāradānmantramāsādya navākṣaramanuttamam

Having gone into that pleasant forest thick with many trees, and having obtained from Nārada the unsurpassed nine-syllabled mantra,

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DB 1 12.38

जजाप मन्त्रमत्यर्थं प्रेमपूरितमानसः । परितुष्टा तदा देवी सगुणा तारिणी शिवा

jajāpa mantramatyarthaṃ premapūritamānasaḥ | parituṣṭā tadā devī saguṇā tāriṇī śivā

he recited the mantra intensely, his mind filled with love; then the Goddess, endowed with qualities, the deliverer, the auspicious one, was well pleased.

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DB 1 12.39

सिंहारूढा स्थिता चाग्रे दिव्यरूपा मनोरमा । वारुणीपानसम्मत्ता मदाघूर्णितलोचना

siṃhārūḍhā sthitā cāgre divyarūpā manoramā | vāruṇīpānasammattā madāghūrṇitalocanā

Mounted on a lion she stood before (him), of divine form, delightful, intoxicated with the drinking of wine, her eyes rolling with the intoxication.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.40

दृष्ट्वा तां दिव्यरूपां च प्रेमाकुलितलोचनः । प्रणम्य शिरसा प्रीत्या तुष्टाव जगदम्बिकाम्

dṛṣṭvā tāṃ divyarūpāṃ ca premākulitalocanaḥ | praṇamya śirasā prītyā tuṣṭāva jagadambikām

And seeing her of divine form, his eyes agitated with love, bowing with his head, he lovingly praised the Mother of the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.41

इलोवाच दिव्यं च ते भगवति प्रथितं स्वरूपं दृष्टं मया सकललोकहितानुरूपम् । वन्दे त्वदंघ्रिकमलं सुरसङ्घसेव्यं कामप्रदं जननि चापि विमुक्तिदं च

ilovāca divyaṃ ca te bhagavati prathitaṃ svarūpaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mayā sakalalokahitānurūpam | vande tvadaṃghrikamalaṃ surasaṅghasevyaṃ kāmapradaṃ janani cāpi vimuktidaṃ ca

Ilā said: O Blessed Lady, your celebrated divine form has been seen by me, fitting for the welfare of all the worlds. I revere your lotus-feet, served by the hosts of gods, granting desires, O Mother, and granting liberation as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.42

को वेत्ति तेऽम्ब भुवि मर्त्यतनुर्निकामं मुह्यन्ति यत्र मुनयश्च सुराश्च सर्वे । ऐश्वर्यमेतदखिलं कृपणे दयां च दृष्ट्वैव देवि सकलं किल विस्मयो मे

ko vetti te'mba bhuvi martyatanurnikāmaṃ muhyanti yatra munayaśca surāśca sarve | aiśvaryametadakhilaṃ kṛpaṇe dayāṃ ca dṛṣṭvaiva devi sakalaṃ kila vismayo me

Who on earth with a mortal body knows you fully, O Mother, where sages and all the gods are bewildered? Seeing all this sovereignty, and (your) compassion for the wretched, O Goddess, everything is indeed a wonder to me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.43

शम्भुर्हरिः कमलजो मघवा रविश्च वित्तेशवह्निवरुणाः पवनश्च सोमः । जानन्ति नैव वसवोऽपि हि ते प्रभावं बुध्येत्कथं तव गुणानगुणो मनुष्यः

śambhurhariḥ kamalajo maghavā raviśca vitteśavahnivaruṇāḥ pavanaśca somaḥ | jānanti naiva vasavo'pi hi te prabhāvaṃ budhyetkathaṃ tava guṇānaguṇo manuṣyaḥ

Śambhu, Hari, the lotus-born (Brahmā), Maghavan (Indra), the Sun, the lord of wealth (Kubera), Fire, Varuṇa, Wind and Soma — not even the Vasus know your power; how then should a man, devoid of merits, comprehend your qualities?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.44

जानाति विष्णुरमितद्युतिरम्ब साक्षा- त्त्वां सात्त्विकीमुदधिजां सकलार्थदां च । को राजसीं हर उमां किल तामसीं त्वां वेदाम्बिके न तु पुनः खलु निर्गुणां त्वाम्

jānāti viṣṇuramitadyutiramba sākṣā- ttvāṃ sāttvikīmudadhijāṃ sakalārthadāṃ ca | ko rājasīṃ hara umāṃ kila tāmasīṃ tvāṃ vedāmbike na tu punaḥ khalu nirguṇāṃ tvām

Viṣṇu of immeasurable splendour knows you directly, O mother, as the sāttvika one, the ocean-born, the giver of all desired things; and who, O mother, knows you as the rājasika, or Umā (Hara's) as the tāmasika? — but truly no one (knows) you as free of the guṇas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.45

क्वाहं सुमन्दमतिरप्रतिमप्रभावः क्वायं तवातिनिपुणो मयि सुप्रसादः । जाने भवानि चरितं करुणासमेतं यत्सेवकांश्च दयसे त्वयि भावयुक्तान्

kvāhaṃ sumandamatirapratimaprabhāvaḥ kvāyaṃ tavātinipuṇo mayi suprasādaḥ | jāne bhavāni caritaṃ karuṇāsametaṃ yatsevakāṃśca dayase tvayi bhāvayuktān

What am I, of very dull wit and of no matching power, and what is this most skillful high favour of yours toward me? I know, Bhavānī, your conduct joined with compassion, in that you show mercy to your servants who are filled with feeling for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.46

वृत्तस्त्वया हरिरसौ वनजेशयापि नैवाचरत्यपि मुदं मधुसूदनश्च । पादौ तवादिपुरुषः किल पावकेन कृत्वा करोति च करेण शुभौ पवित्रौ

vṛttastvayā harirasau vanajeśayāpi naivācaratyapi mudaṃ madhusūdanaśca | pādau tavādipuruṣaḥ kila pāvakena kṛtvā karoti ca kareṇa śubhau pavitrau

Hari has been brought under your sway, and Madhusūdana takes no delight even in the lotus-bed (i.e. the serpent-couch / in her who reclines on the lotus?); indeed the Primal Person makes your two feet, auspicious and pure, with fire (?) and with his hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 1 12.47

वाञ्छत्यहो हरिरशोक इवातिकामं पादाहतिं प्रमुदितः पुरुषः पुराणः । तां त्वं करोषि रुषिता प्रणतं च पादे दृष्ट्वा पतिं सकलदेवनुतं स्मरार्तम्

vāñchatyaho hariraśoka ivātikāmaṃ pādāhatiṃ pramuditaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ | tāṃ tvaṃ karoṣi ruṣitā praṇataṃ ca pāde dṛṣṭvā patiṃ sakaladevanutaṃ smarārtam

Ah, the ancient Person, Hari, greatly delighted, desires exceedingly a kick from (your) foot, like the aśoka tree; and you, angered, deal it, seeing (your) husband, praised by all the gods, bowed at your foot and tormented by love.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.48

वक्षःस्थले वससि देवि सदैव तस्य पर्यङ्कवत्सुचरिते विपुलेऽतिशान्ते । सौदामिनीव सुघने सुविभूषिते च किं ते न वाहनमसौ जगदीश्वरोऽपि

vakṣaḥsthale vasasi devi sadaiva tasya paryaṅkavatsucarite vipule'tiśānte | saudāminīva sughane suvibhūṣite ca kiṃ te na vāhanamasau jagadīśvaro'pi

O Goddess, you dwell always on his chest, which is like a couch, of good conduct, broad and utterly calm — like a lightning-flash on a fine cloud, well adorned; is he not, though lord of the world, your very vehicle?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.49

त्वं चेज्जहासि मधुसूदनमम्ब कोपा- न्नैवार्चितोऽपि स भवेत्किल शक्तिहीनः । प्रत्यक्षमेव पुरुषं स्वजनास्त्वजन्ति शान्तं श्रियोज्झितमतीव गुणैर्वियुक्तम्

tvaṃ cejjahāsi madhusūdanamamba kopā- nnaivārcito'pi sa bhavetkila śaktihīnaḥ | pratyakṣameva puruṣaṃ svajanāstvajanti śāntaṃ śriyojjhitamatīva guṇairviyuktam

And if you, O mother, abandon Madhusūdana out of anger, then he, though worshipped, would surely become powerless; for people plainly forsake a man who is quiet, bereft of prosperity and quite devoid of virtues.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.50

ब्रह्मादयः सुरगणा न तु किं युवत्यो ये त्वत्पदाम्बुजमहर्निशमाश्रयन्ति । मन्ये त्वयैव विहिताः खलु ते पुमांसः किं वर्णयामि तव शक्तिमनन्तवीर्ये

brahmādayaḥ suragaṇā na tu kiṃ yuvatyo ye tvatpadāmbujamaharniśamāśrayanti | manye tvayaiva vihitāḥ khalu te pumāṃsaḥ kiṃ varṇayāmi tava śaktimanantavīrye

Are not Brahmā and the hosts of gods, who day and night take refuge at your lotus-feet, (in truth) young women? I think those males were indeed fashioned by you alone. What can I describe of your power, O you of endless might?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.51

त्वं नापुमान्न च पुमानिति मे विकल्पो याकासि देवि सगुणा ननु निर्गुणा वा । तां त्वां नमामि सततं किल भावयुक्तो वाञ्छामि भक्तिमचलां त्वयि मातरं तु

tvaṃ nāpumānna ca pumāniti me vikalpo yākāsi devi saguṇā nanu nirguṇā vā | tāṃ tvāṃ namāmi satataṃ kila bhāvayukto vāñchāmi bhaktimacalāṃ tvayi mātaraṃ tu

You are not a non-male, nor a male — such is my doubt; whoever you are, O Goddess, whether with the guṇas or without them, I bow to you constantly, filled with devotion; but I desire unshakable devotion to you, O mother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.52

सूत उवाच इति स्तुत्वा महीपालो जगाम शरणं तदा । परितुष्टा ददौ देवी तत्र सायुज्यमात्मनि

sūta uvāca iti stutvā mahīpālo jagāma śaraṇaṃ tadā | parituṣṭā dadau devī tatra sāyujyamātmani

Sūta said: Having praised (her) thus, the king then went for refuge (to her); and the Goddess, well pleased, granted him there union with herself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 1 12.53

सुद्युम्नस्तु ततः प्राप पदं परमकं स्थिरम् । तस्या देव्याः प्रसादेन मुनीनामपि दुर्लभम्

sudyumnastu tataḥ prāpa padaṃ paramakaṃ sthiram | tasyā devyāḥ prasādena munīnāmapi durlabham

And Sudyumna thereafter attained the supreme, abiding station, hard to reach even for sages, by the grace of that Goddess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition