Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 15
DB 1 15.1
शुकवैराग्यवर्णनम् नाहं गृहं करिष्यामि दुःखदं सर्वदा पितः । वागुरासदृशं नित्यं बन्धनं सर्वदेहिनाम्
śukavairāgyavarṇanam nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ kariṣyāmi duḥkhadaṃ sarvadā pitaḥ | vāgurāsadṛśaṃ nityaṃ bandhanaṃ sarvadehinām
The description of Śuka's dispassion: I will not set up a household, father, which always gives pain, ever like a snare, a bondage for all embodied beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.2
धनचिन्तातुराणां हि क्व सुखं तात दृश्यते । स्वजनैः खलु पीड्यन्ते निर्धना लोलुपा जनाः
dhanacintāturāṇāṃ hi kva sukhaṃ tāta dṛśyate | svajanaiḥ khalu pīḍyante nirdhanā lolupā janāḥ
For where, dear father, is happiness seen among those tormented by worry over wealth? Indeed, greedy people without money are harassed by their own kin.
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DB 1 15.3
इन्द्रोऽपि न सुखी तादृग्यादृशो भिक्षुनिःस्पृहः । कोऽन्यः स्यादिह संसारे त्रिलोकीविभवे सति
indro'pi na sukhī tādṛgyādṛśo bhikṣuniḥspṛhaḥ | ko'nyaḥ syādiha saṃsāre trilokīvibhave sati
Not even Indra is happy in the way that a desireless mendicant is; who else could be (happy) here in this round of existence, even when the wealth of the three worlds is at hand?
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DB 1 15.4
तपन्तं तापसं दृष्ट्वा मघवा दुःखितोऽभवत् । विघ्नान्बहुविधानस्य करोति च दिवस्पतिः
tapantaṃ tāpasaṃ dṛṣṭvā maghavā duḥkhito'bhavat | vighnānbahuvidhānasya karoti ca divaspatiḥ
Seeing an ascetic performing austerity, Maghavan became distressed, and the lord of heaven makes many kinds of obstacles for him.
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DB 1 15.5
ब्रह्मापि न सुखी विष्णुर्लक्ष्मीं प्राप्य मनोरमाम् । खेदं प्राप्नोति सततं संग्रामैरसुरैः सह
brahmāpi na sukhī viṣṇurlakṣmīṃ prāpya manoramām | khedaṃ prāpnoti satataṃ saṃgrāmairasuraiḥ saha
Brahmā too is not happy; Viṣṇu, though he has obtained the delightful Lakṣmī, constantly comes to grief through battles with the demons.
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DB 1 15.6
करोति विपुलान्यत्नांस्तपश्चरति दुश्चरम् । रमापतिरपि श्रीमान्कस्यास्ति विपुलं सुखम्
karoti vipulānyatnāṃstapaścarati duścaram | ramāpatirapi śrīmānkasyāsti vipulaṃ sukham
(He) makes vast efforts and practises hard austerity; even the lord of Ramā, the glorious one (does so) — whose is abundant happiness?
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DB 1 15.7
शङ्करोऽपि सदा दुःखी भवत्येव च वेद्म्यहम् । तपश्चर्यां प्रकुर्वाणो दैत्ययुद्धकरः सदा
śaṅkaro'pi sadā duḥkhī bhavatyeva ca vedmyaham | tapaścaryāṃ prakurvāṇo daityayuddhakaraḥ sadā
Śaṅkara too is always unhappy — this I know for certain — for he is ever performing austerities and waging war with the demons.
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DB 1 15.8
कदाचिन्न सुखी शेते धनवानपि लोलुपः । निर्धनस्तु कथं तात सुखं प्राप्नोति मानवः
kadācinna sukhī śete dhanavānapi lolupaḥ | nirdhanastu kathaṃ tāta sukhaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
A rich man too, if greedy, never sleeps happily; and how, father, should a man without wealth obtain happiness?
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DB 1 15.9
जानन्नपि महाभाग पुत्रं वा वीर्यसम्भवम् । नियोक्ष्यसि महाघोरे संसारे दुःखदे सदा
jānannapi mahābhāga putraṃ vā vīryasambhavam | niyokṣyasi mahāghore saṃsāre duḥkhade sadā
Though you know (this), greatly fortunate one, will you yet yoke your son, born of your own vigour, to this most terrible round of existence that always gives pain?
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DB 1 15.10
जन्मदुःखं जरादुःखं दुःखं च मरणे तथा । गर्भवासे पुनर्दुःखं विष्ठामूत्रमये पितः
janmaduḥkhaṃ jarāduḥkhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca maraṇe tathā | garbhavāse punarduḥkhaṃ viṣṭhāmūtramaye pitaḥ
The pain of birth, the pain of old age, and likewise pain at death; and again pain in dwelling in the womb, which is full of excrement and urine, father.
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DB 1 15.11
तस्मादतिशयं दुःखं तृष्णालोभसमुद्भवम् । याञ्चायां परमं दुःखं मरणादपि मानद
tasmādatiśayaṃ duḥkhaṃ tṛṣṇālobhasamudbhavam | yāñcāyāṃ paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ maraṇādapi mānada
Greater than that is the pain arising from thirst and greed; and in begging there is pain supreme, worse even than death, O giver of honour.
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DB 1 15.12
प्रतिग्रहधना विप्रा न बुद्धिबलजीवनाः । पराशा परमं दुःखं मरणं च दिने दिने
pratigrahadhanā viprā na buddhibalajīvanāḥ | parāśā paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ maraṇaṃ ca dine dine
Brahmins whose wealth is what they receive as gifts do not live by the strength of their own intelligence; dependence on another is the highest pain, and death day after day.
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DB 1 15.13
पठित्वा सकलान् वेदाञ्छास्त्राणि च समन्ततः । गत्वा च धनिनां कार्या स्तुतिः सर्वात्मना बुधैः
paṭhitvā sakalān vedāñchāstrāṇi ca samantataḥ | gatvā ca dhanināṃ kāryā stutiḥ sarvātmanā budhaiḥ
Having read all the Vedas and the treatises through and through, the learned must still go to the rich and praise them with their whole being.
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DB 1 15.14
एकोदरस्य का चिन्ता पत्रमूलफलादिभिः । येनकेनाप्युपायेन सन्तुष्ट्या च प्रपूर्यते
ekodarasya kā cintā patramūlaphalādibhiḥ | yenakenāpyupāyena santuṣṭyā ca prapūryate
What worry is there over a single belly, when with leaves, roots, fruits and the like, by whatever means, it is filled — and with contentment?
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DB 1 15.15
भार्या पुत्रास्तथा पौत्राः कुटुम्बे विपुले सति । पूरणार्थं महद्दुःखं क्व सुखं पितरद्भुतम् प्रथमस्कन्धे शुकवैराग्यवर्णनं नाम पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः
bhāryā putrāstathā pautrāḥ kuṭumbe vipule sati | pūraṇārthaṃ mahadduḥkhaṃ kva sukhaṃ pitaradbhutam prathamaskandhe śukavairāgyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ
When one has a wife, sons and grandsons, a large household, there is great pain in providing for them; where is there any wonderful happiness, father? — Thus the fifteenth chapter, called the description of Śuka's dispassion, in the first book.
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DB 1 15.16
योगशास्त्रं वद मम ज्ञानशास्त्रं सुखाकरम् । कर्मकाण्डेऽखिले तात न रमेऽहं कदाचन
yogaśāstraṃ vada mama jñānaśāstraṃ sukhākaram | karmakāṇḍe'khile tāta na rame'haṃ kadācana
Tell me the teaching of yoga, the teaching of knowledge that is a mine of happiness; in the whole section on ritual action, father, I never take delight.
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DB 1 15.17
वद कर्मक्षयोपायं प्रारब्धं सञ्चितं तथा । वर्तमानं यथा नश्येत् त्रिविधं कर्ममूलजम्
vada karmakṣayopāyaṃ prārabdhaṃ sañcitaṃ tathā | vartamānaṃ yathā naśyet trividhaṃ karmamūlajam
Tell (me) the means of the destruction of karma — the ripening, the accumulated, and likewise the present — how the threefold (karma) sprung from the root of action may perish.
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DB 1 15.18
जलूकेव सदा नारी रुधिरं पिबतीति वै । मूर्खस्तु न विजानाति मोहितो भावचेष्टितैः
jalūkeva sadā nārī rudhiraṃ pibatīti vai | mūrkhastu na vijānāti mohito bhāvaceṣṭitaiḥ
A woman is like a leech, ever drinking blood; but the fool does not understand it, deluded by her displays of affection.
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DB 1 15.19
भोगैर्वीर्यं धनं पूर्णं मनः कुटिलभाषणैः । कान्ता हरति सर्वस्वं कः स्तेनस्तादृशोऽपरः
bhogairvīryaṃ dhanaṃ pūrṇaṃ manaḥ kuṭilabhāṣaṇaiḥ | kāntā harati sarvasvaṃ kaḥ stenastādṛśo'paraḥ
The wife carries off virility by pleasures, and full wealth, and the mind by crooked speech — she carries off everything; what other thief is like her?
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DB 1 15.20
निद्रासुखविनाशार्थं मूर्खस्तु दारसंग्रहम् । करोति वञ्चितो धात्रा दुःखाय न सुखाय च
nidrāsukhavināśārthaṃ mūrkhastu dārasaṃgraham | karoti vañcito dhātrā duḥkhāya na sukhāya ca
But the fool, cheated by the Creator, takes a wife for the destruction of the pleasure of sleep — for pain, and not for happiness.
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DB 1 15.21
सूत उवाच एवंविधानि वाक्यानि श्रुत्वा व्यासः शुकस्य च । सम्प्राप महतीं चिन्तां किं करोमीत्यसंशयम्
sūta uvāca evaṃvidhāni vākyāni śrutvā vyāsaḥ śukasya ca | samprāpa mahatīṃ cintāṃ kiṃ karomītyasaṃśayam
Sūta said: Hearing such words of Śuka, Vyāsa fell into great anxiety, (thinking) without doubt, "What am I to do?"
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DB 1 15.22
तस्य सुस्रुवुरश्रूणि लोचनादुःखजानि च । वेपथुश्च शरीरेऽभूद्ग्लानिं प्राप मनस्तथा
tasya susruvuraśrūṇi locanāduḥkhajāni ca | vepathuśca śarīre'bhūdglāniṃ prāpa manastathā
Tears born of grief streamed from his eyes, and there was trembling in his body, and his mind fell into faintness.
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DB 1 15.23
शोचन्तं पितरं दृष्ट्वा दीनं शोकपरिप्लुतम् । उवाच पितरं व्यासं विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः
śocantaṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā dīnaṃ śokapariplutam | uvāca pitaraṃ vyāsaṃ vismayotphullalocanaḥ
Seeing his father grieving, wretched, overwhelmed by sorrow, he spoke to his father Vyāsa, his eyes wide open with astonishment:
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DB 1 15.24
अहो मायाबलं चोग्रं यन्मोहयति पण्डितम् । वेदान्तस्य च कर्तारं सर्वज्ञं वेदसम्मितम्
aho māyābalaṃ cograṃ yanmohayati paṇḍitam | vedāntasya ca kartāraṃ sarvajñaṃ vedasammitam
"Ah, fierce is the power of Māyā, that it deludes a learned man — even the author of the Vedānta, the all-knowing one, equal to the Vedas!
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DB 1 15.25
न जाने का च सा माया किंस्वित्सातीव दुष्करा । या मोहयति विद्वांसं व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम्
na jāne kā ca sā māyā kiṃsvitsātīva duṣkarā | yā mohayati vidvāṃsaṃ vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam
I do not know what that Māyā is, or what makes her so very hard to overcome, she who deludes the learned Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī.
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DB 1 15.26
पुराणानां च वक्ता च निर्माता भारतस्य च । विभागकर्ता वेदानां सोऽपि मोहमुपागतः
purāṇānāṃ ca vaktā ca nirmātā bhāratasya ca | vibhāgakartā vedānāṃ so'pi mohamupāgataḥ
He who is the reciter of the Purāṇas and the composer of the Bhārata, and the divider of the Vedas — even he has fallen into delusion.
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DB 1 15.27
तां यामि शरणं देवीं या मोहयति वै जगत् । ब्रह्मविष्णुहरादींश्च कथान्येषां च कीदृशी
tāṃ yāmi śaraṇaṃ devīṃ yā mohayati vai jagat | brahmaviṣṇuharādīṃśca kathānyeṣāṃ ca kīdṛśī
I go for refuge to that Goddess who indeed deludes the world; and (if she deludes) Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Hara and the rest, what then is the story of the others?
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DB 1 15.28
कोऽप्यस्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु यो न मुह्यति मायया । यन्मोहं गमिताः पूर्वे ब्रह्मविष्णुहरादयः
ko'pyasti triṣu lokeṣu yo na muhyati māyayā | yanmohaṃ gamitāḥ pūrve brahmaviṣṇuharādayaḥ
Is there anyone at all in the three worlds who is not deluded by her māyā — she by whom Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Hara and the others of old were brought to delusion?
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DB 1 15.29
अहो बलमहो वीर्यं देव्या खलु विनिर्मितम् । माययैव वशं नीतः सर्वज्ञ ईश्वरः प्रभुः
aho balamaho vīryaṃ devyā khalu vinirmitam | māyayaiva vaśaṃ nītaḥ sarvajña īśvaraḥ prabhuḥ
Ah, the power, ah, the might that has been fashioned by the Goddess! By māyā alone the all-knowing Lord, the master, has been brought under (her) sway.
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DB 1 15.30
विष्ण्वंशसम्भवो व्यास इति पौराणिका जगुः । सोऽपि मोहार्णवे मग्नो भग्नपोतो वणिग्यथा
viṣṇvaṃśasambhavo vyāsa iti paurāṇikā jaguḥ | so'pi mohārṇave magno bhagnapoto vaṇigyathā
"Vyāsa is born of a portion of Viṣṇu" — so the Purāṇa-reciters have sung; yet even he is sunk in the ocean of delusion, like a merchant whose ship is wrecked.
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DB 1 15.31
अश्रुपातं करोत्यद्य विवशः प्राकृतो यथा । अहो मायाबलं चैतद्दुस्त्यजं पण्डितैरपि
aśrupātaṃ karotyadya vivaśaḥ prākṛto yathā | aho māyābalaṃ caitaddustyajaṃ paṇḍitairapi
Today he sheds tears, helpless, like an ordinary man. Ah, this power of māyā is hard to abandon even for the learned!
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DB 1 15.32
कोऽयं कोऽहं कथं चेह कीदृशोऽयं भ्रमः किल । पञ्चभूतात्मके देहे पितापुत्रेति वासना
ko'yaṃ ko'haṃ kathaṃ ceha kīdṛśo'yaṃ bhramaḥ kila | pañcabhūtātmake dehe pitāputreti vāsanā
Who is this? Who am I? And how (has this come about) here? Of what sort indeed is this confusion? In a body made of the five elements (there is) the notion "father," "son."
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DB 1 15.33
बलिष्ठा खलु मायेयं मायिनामपि मोहिनी । ययाभिभूतः कृष्णोऽपि करोति रोदनं द्विजः
baliṣṭhā khalu māyeyaṃ māyināmapi mohinī | yayābhibhūtaḥ kṛṣṇo'pi karoti rodanaṃ dvijaḥ
Surely this māyā is very strong, deluding even the masters of illusion — she by whom the twice-born Kṛṣṇa (Dvaipāyana) too, overcome, weeps.
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DB 1 15.34
सूत उवाच तां नत्वा मनसा देवीं सर्वकारणकारणाम् । जननीं सर्वदेवानां ब्रह्मादीनां तथेश्वरीम्
sūta uvāca tāṃ natvā manasā devīṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇām | jananīṃ sarvadevānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ tatheśvarīm
Sūta said: Having bowed in mind to that Goddess, the cause of all causes, the mother of all the gods, and the sovereign of Brahmā and the rest —
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DB 1 15.35
पितरं प्राह दीनं तं शोकार्णवपरिप्लुतम् । अरणीसम्भवो व्यासं हेतुमद्वचनं शुभम्
pitaraṃ prāha dīnaṃ taṃ śokārṇavapariplutam | araṇīsambhavo vyāsaṃ hetumadvacanaṃ śubham
he who was born from the fire-sticks (Śuka) spoke a fair speech, furnished with reasons, to his father Vyāsa, wretched and flooded by the ocean of grief.
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DB 1 15.36
पाराशर्य महाभाग सर्वेषां बोधदः स्वयम् । किं शोकं कुरुषे स्वामिन्यथाज्ञः प्राकृतो नरः
pārāśarya mahābhāga sarveṣāṃ bodhadaḥ svayam | kiṃ śokaṃ kuruṣe svāminyathājñaḥ prākṛto naraḥ
O son of Parāśara, greatly fortunate one, you who are yourself the giver of awakening to all — why do you grieve, my lord, like an ignorant, ordinary man?
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DB 1 15.37
अद्याहं तव पुत्रोऽस्मि न जाने पूर्वजन्मनि । कोऽहं कस्त्वं महाभाग विभ्रमोऽयं महात्मनि
adyāhaṃ tava putro'smi na jāne pūrvajanmani | ko'haṃ kastvaṃ mahābhāga vibhramo'yaṃ mahātmani
Today I am your son; in a former birth I do not know (what I was). Who am I, who are you, greatly fortunate one? This is a delusion in a great soul.
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DB 1 15.38
कुरु धैर्यं प्रबुध्यस्व मा विषादे मनः कृथाः । मोहजालमिमं मत्वा मुञ्च शोकं महामते
kuru dhairyaṃ prabudhyasva mā viṣāde manaḥ kṛthāḥ | mohajālamimaṃ matvā muñca śokaṃ mahāmate
Be firm, wake up, do not set your mind on despondency; knowing this to be a net of delusion, let go of grief, O you of great mind.
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DB 1 15.39
क्षुधानिवृत्तिर्भक्ष्येण न पुत्रदर्शनेन च । पिपासा जलपानेन याति नैवात्मजेक्षणात्
kṣudhānivṛttirbhakṣyeṇa na putradarśanena ca | pipāsā jalapānena yāti naivātmajekṣaṇāt
The ceasing of hunger comes by food, not by seeing a son; thirst goes by drinking water, never by looking at one's offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.40
घ्राणं सुखं सुगन्धेन कर्णजं श्रवणेन च । स्त्रीसुखं तु स्त्रिया नूनं पुत्रोऽहं किं करोमि ते
ghrāṇaṃ sukhaṃ sugandhena karṇajaṃ śravaṇena ca | strīsukhaṃ tu striyā nūnaṃ putro'haṃ kiṃ karomi te
The pleasure of smell (comes) from fragrance, that arising in the ear from hearing, and a woman's pleasure surely from a woman: I being (your) son, what can I do for you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.41
अजीगर्तेन पुत्रोऽपि हरिश्चन्द्राय भूभुजे । पशुकामाय यज्ञार्थे दत्तो मौल्येन सर्वथा
ajīgartena putro'pi hariścandrāya bhūbhuje | paśukāmāya yajñārthe datto maulyena sarvathā
Even a son was given by Ajīgarta to King Hariścandra, who desired a sacrificial victim, for the sake of the sacrifice — entirely for a price.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.42
सुखानां साधनं द्रव्यं धनात्सुखसमुच्चयः । धनमर्जय लोभश्चेत्पुत्रोऽहं किं करोम्यहम्
sukhānāṃ sādhanaṃ dravyaṃ dhanātsukhasamuccayaḥ | dhanamarjaya lobhaścetputro'haṃ kiṃ karomyaham
Goods are the means of pleasures; from wealth comes the accumulation of pleasure. Earn wealth if there is greed; I being (your) son, what can I do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.43
मां प्रबोधय बुद्ध्या त्वं दैवज्ञोऽसि महामते । यथा मुच्येयमत्यन्तं गर्भवासभयान्मुने
māṃ prabodhaya buddhyā tvaṃ daivajño'si mahāmate | yathā mucyeyamatyantaṃ garbhavāsabhayānmune
Awaken me with your understanding; you know destiny, O you of great mind — so that I may be freed utterly from the fear of dwelling in the womb, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.44
दुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म कर्मभूमाविहानघ । तत्रापि ब्राह्मणत्वं वै दुर्लभं चोत्तमे कुले
durlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma karmabhūmāvihānagha | tatrāpi brāhmaṇatvaṃ vai durlabhaṃ cottame kule
Hard to obtain is human birth here in the land of action, O sinless one; and even there brahminhood in a high family is hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.45
बद्धोऽहमिति मे बुद्धिर्नापसर्पति चित्ततः । संसारवासनाजाले निविष्टा वृद्धिगामिनी
baddho'hamiti me buddhirnāpasarpati cittataḥ | saṃsāravāsanājāle niviṣṭā vṛddhigāminī
The notion "I am bound" does not slip away from my mind; lodged in the net of the latent impulses of worldly existence, it goes on increasing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.46
सूत उवाच इत्युक्तस्तु तदा व्यासः पुत्रेणामितबुद्धिना । प्रत्युवाच शुकं शान्तं चतुर्थाश्रममानसम्
sūta uvāca ityuktastu tadā vyāsaḥ putreṇāmitabuddhinā | pratyuvāca śukaṃ śāntaṃ caturthāśramamānasam
Sūta said: Thus addressed then by his son of measureless understanding, Vyāsa replied to the tranquil Śuka, whose mind was set on the fourth stage of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.47
व्यास उवाच पठ पुत्र महाभाग मया भागवतं कृतम् । शुभं न चातिविस्तीर्णं पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम्
vyāsa uvāca paṭha putra mahābhāga mayā bhāgavataṃ kṛtam | śubhaṃ na cātivistīrṇaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmasammitam
Vyāsa said: Recite, my son, greatly blessed one, the Bhāgavata that I have composed—an auspicious Purāṇa, not overly extensive, equal to the Brahman (the Veda).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.48
स्कन्धा द्वादश तत्रैव पञ्चलक्षणसंयुतम् । सर्वेषां च पुराणानां भूषणं मम सम्मतम्
skandhā dvādaśa tatraiva pañcalakṣaṇasaṃyutam | sarveṣāṃ ca purāṇānāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ mama sammatam
In it there are twelve books, and it is furnished with the five characteristics; it is, in my judgement, the ornament of all the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.49
सदसज्ज्ञानविज्ञानं श्रुतमात्रेण जायते । येन भागवतेनेह तत्पठ त्वं महामते
sadasajjñānavijñānaṃ śrutamātreṇa jāyate | yena bhāgavateneha tatpaṭha tvaṃ mahāmate
That Bhāgavata by which, merely from hearing it, knowledge and discernment of the real and the unreal arise here—recite that, O you of great mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.50
वटपत्रशयानाय विष्णवे बालरूपिणे । केनास्मि बालभावेन निर्मितोऽहं चिदात्मना
vaṭapatraśayānāya viṣṇave bālarūpiṇe | kenāsmi bālabhāvena nirmito'haṃ cidātmanā
To Viṣṇu, lying upon the banyan leaf in the form of a child (came the thought): "By whom have I, whose self is consciousness, been fashioned with the condition of a child?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.51
किमर्थं केन द्रव्येण कथं जानामि चाखिलम् । इत्येवं चिन्त्यमानाय मुकुन्दाय महात्मने
kimarthaṃ kena dravyeṇa kathaṃ jānāmi cākhilam | ityevaṃ cintyamānāya mukundāya mahātmane
For what purpose, out of what substance, and how do I know all things?"—to Mukunda, the great-souled one, who was thus pondering,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.52
श्लोकार्धेन तया प्रोक्तं भगवत्याखिलार्थदम् । सर्वं खल्विदमेवाहं नान्यदस्ति सनातनम्
ślokārdhena tayā proktaṃ bhagavatyākhilārthadam | sarvaṃ khalvidamevāhaṃ nānyadasti sanātanam
the Bhagavatī uttered in half a verse that which conveys the whole meaning: "All this indeed am I alone; there is nothing else that is eternal."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.53
तद्वचो विष्णुना पूर्वं संविज्ञातं मनस्यपि । केनोक्ता वागियं सत्या चिन्तयामास चेतसा
tadvaco viṣṇunā pūrvaṃ saṃvijñātaṃ manasyapi | kenoktā vāgiyaṃ satyā cintayāmāsa cetasā
That utterance was earlier fully understood by Viṣṇu even in his mind; (yet) he pondered in his heart: "By whom was this true speech spoken?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.54
कथं वेद्मि प्रवक्तारं स्त्रीपुंसौ वा नपुंसकम् । इति चिन्ताप्रपन्नेन धृतं भागवतं हृदि
kathaṃ vedmi pravaktāraṃ strīpuṃsau vā napuṃsakam | iti cintāprapannena dhṛtaṃ bhāgavataṃ hṛdi
"How shall I know the speaker—a woman, a man, or a neuter?" Overcome by this reflection, he held the Bhāgavata in his heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.55
पुनः पुनः कृतोच्चारस्तस्मिनेवास्तचेतसा । वटपत्रे शयानः सन्नभूच्चिन्तासमन्वितः
punaḥ punaḥ kṛtoccārastasminevāstacetasā | vaṭapatre śayānaḥ sannabhūccintāsamanvitaḥ
Again and again he made recitation of it, his mind fixed on that alone; lying on the banyan leaf he became filled with reflection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.56
तदा शान्ता भगवती प्रादुरास चतुर्भुजा । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मवरायुधधरा शिवा
tadā śāntā bhagavatī prādurāsa caturbhujā | śaṅkhacakragadāpadmavarāyudhadharā śivā
Then the tranquil, auspicious Bhagavatī appeared, four-armed, bearing the excellent weapons—conch, discus, mace and lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.57
दिव्याम्बरधरा देवी दिव्यभूषणभूषिता । संयुता सदृशीभिश्च सखीभिः स्वविभूतिभिः
divyāmbaradharā devī divyabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā | saṃyutā sadṛśībhiśca sakhībhiḥ svavibhūtibhiḥ
The Goddess, wearing divine garments, adorned with divine ornaments, accompanied by companions like herself who were her own powers—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.58
प्रादुर्बभूव तस्याग्रे विष्णोरमिततेजसः । मन्दहास्यं प्रयुञ्जाना महालक्ष्मीः शुभानना
prādurbabhūva tasyāgre viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ | mandahāsyaṃ prayuñjānā mahālakṣmīḥ śubhānanā
Mahālakṣmī of auspicious face, wearing a gentle smile, appeared before that Viṣṇu of measureless splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.59
सूत उवाच तां तथा संस्थितां दृष्ट्वा हृदये कमलेक्षणः । विस्मितः सलिले तस्मिन्निराधारा मनोरमाम्
sūta uvāca tāṃ tathā saṃsthitāṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛdaye kamalekṣaṇaḥ | vismitaḥ salile tasminnirādhārā manoramām
Sūta said: Seeing her so standing—delightful, without support, there in the water—the lotus-eyed one was amazed in his heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.60
रतिर्भूतिस्तथा बुद्धिर्मतिः कीर्तिः स्मृतिर्धृतिः । श्रद्धा मेधा स्वधा स्वाहा क्षुधा निद्रा दया गतिः
ratirbhūtistathā buddhirmatiḥ kīrtiḥ smṛtirdhṛtiḥ | śraddhā medhā svadhā svāhā kṣudhā nidrā dayā gatiḥ
Rati, Bhūti, and Buddhi, Mati, Kīrti, Smṛti, Dhṛti, Śraddhā, Medhā, Svadhā, Svāhā, Kṣudhā, Nidrā, Dayā, Gati,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.61
तुष्टिः पुष्टिः क्षमा लज्जा जृम्भा तन्द्रा च शक्तयः । संस्थिताः सर्वतः पार्श्वे महादेव्याः पृथक्पृथक्
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣamā lajjā jṛmbhā tandrā ca śaktayaḥ | saṃsthitāḥ sarvataḥ pārśve mahādevyāḥ pṛthakpṛthak
Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Kṣamā, Lajjā, Jṛmbhā and Tandrā—these powers stood on every side, each separately, at the Great Goddess's flank.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.62
वरायुधधराः सर्वा नानाभूषणभूषिताः । मन्दारमालाकुलिता मुक्ताहारविराजिताः
varāyudhadharāḥ sarvā nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ | mandāramālākulitā muktāhāravirājitāḥ
All bearing excellent weapons, adorned with various ornaments, thick with garlands of mandāra flowers, resplendent with pearl necklaces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.63
तां दृष्ट्वा ताश्च संवीक्ष्य तस्मिन्नेकार्णवे जले । विस्मयाविष्टहृदयः सम्बभूव जनार्दनः
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāśca saṃvīkṣya tasminnekārṇave jale | vismayāviṣṭahṛdayaḥ sambabhūva janārdanaḥ
Seeing her and beholding them there in the water of the single ocean, Janārdana's heart was filled with wonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.64
चिन्तयामास सर्वात्मा दृष्टमायोऽतिविस्मितः । कुतो भूताः स्त्रियः सर्वाः कुतोऽहं वटतल्पगः
cintayāmāsa sarvātmā dṛṣṭamāyo'tivismitaḥ | kuto bhūtāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ kuto'haṃ vaṭatalpagaḥ
The Self of all, greatly amazed at the illusion he had seen, reflected: "Whence have all these women come to be? Whence am I, lying on the banyan couch?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.65
अस्मिन्नेकार्णवे घोरे न्यग्रोधः कथमुत्थितः । केनाहं स्थापितोऽस्म्यत्र शिशुं कृत्वा शुभाकृतिम्
asminnekārṇave ghore nyagrodhaḥ kathamutthitaḥ | kenāhaṃ sthāpito'smyatra śiśuṃ kṛtvā śubhākṛtim
How has this banyan tree arisen in this terrible single ocean? By whom have I been placed here, made a child with an auspicious form?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.66
ममेयं जननी नो वा माया वा कापि दुर्घटा । दर्शनं केनचित्त्वद्य दत्तं वा केन हेतुना
mameyaṃ jananī no vā māyā vā kāpi durghaṭā | darśanaṃ kenacittvadya dattaṃ vā kena hetunā
"Is this my mother or not? Or is it some illusion hard to account for? By whom has this sight been given to me today, and for what reason?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 15.67
किं मया चात्र वक्तव्यं गन्तव्यं वा न वा क्वचित् । मौनमास्थाय तिष्ठेयं बालभावादतन्द्रितः
kiṃ mayā cātra vaktavyaṃ gantavyaṃ vā na vā kvacit | maunamāsthāya tiṣṭheyaṃ bālabhāvādatandritaḥ
"And what should I say here? Should I go somewhere or not? Let me remain keeping silence, unwearied, because of (my) being a child."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition