Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 19
DB 11 19.1
मध्याह्नसंध्यावर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच अथातः श्रूयतां ब्रह्मन् सन्ध्यां माध्याह्निकीं शुभाम् । यदनुष्ठानतोऽपूर्वं जायतेऽत्युत्तमं फलम्
madhyāhnasaṃdhyāvarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca athātaḥ śrūyatāṃ brahman sandhyāṃ mādhyāhnikīṃ śubhām | yadanuṣṭhānato'pūrvaṃ jāyate'tyuttamaṃ phalam
The description of the midday saṃdhyā. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Now hear next, O brahman, of the auspicious midday saṃdhyā, from the performance of which an unprecedented, most excellent fruit arises.
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DB 11 19.2
सावित्रीं युवतीं श्वेतवर्णां चैव त्रिलोचनाम् । वरदां चाक्षमालाढ्यां त्रिशूलाभयहस्तकाम्
sāvitrīṃ yuvatīṃ śvetavarṇāṃ caiva trilocanām | varadāṃ cākṣamālāḍhyāṃ triśūlābhayahastakām
Sāvitrī, young, white in colour, three-eyed, granting boons, adorned with a rosary, with trident and the gesture of fearlessness in her hands,
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DB 11 19.3
वृषारूढां यजुर्वेदसंहितां रुद्रदेवताम् । तमोगुणयुतां चैव भुवर्लोकव्यवस्थिताम्
vṛṣārūḍhāṃ yajurvedasaṃhitāṃ rudradevatām | tamoguṇayutāṃ caiva bhuvarlokavyavasthitām
mounted on a bull, being the Yajurveda collection, with Rudra as her deity, joined with the quality of darkness (tamas), stationed in the Bhuvar world,
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DB 11 19.4
आदित्यमार्गसंचारकर्त्रीं मायां नमाम्यहम् । आदिदेवीमथ ध्यात्वाऽऽचमनादि च पूर्ववत्
ādityamārgasaṃcārakartrīṃ māyāṃ namāmyaham | ādidevīmatha dhyātvā''camanādi ca pūrvavat
the Māyā who causes the movement along the sun's path — to her, the primordial Goddess, I bow. Then, having meditated (on her), sipping of water and the rest as before.
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DB 11 19.5
अथ चार्घ्यप्रकरणं पुष्पाणि चिनुयात्ततः । तदलाभे बिल्वपत्रं तोयेन मिश्रयेत्ततः
atha cārghyaprakaraṇaṃ puṣpāṇi cinuyāttataḥ | tadalābhe bilvapatraṃ toyena miśrayettataḥ
Now the section on the arghya offering: then he should gather flowers; failing those, he should mix a bilva leaf with the water.
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DB 11 19.6
ऊर्ध्वं च सूर्याभिमुखं क्षिप्त्वार्घ्यं प्रतिपादयेत् । प्रातःसन्ध्यादिवत्सर्वमुपसंहारपूर्वकम्
ūrdhvaṃ ca sūryābhimukhaṃ kṣiptvārghyaṃ pratipādayet | prātaḥsandhyādivatsarvamupasaṃhārapūrvakam
And, throwing it upward facing the sun, he should present the arghya; everything as in the morning saṃdhyā, preceded by the concluding rite.
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DB 11 19.7
मध्याह्ने केचिदिच्छन्ति सावित्रीं तु तदित्यृचम् । असम्प्रदायं तत्कर्म कार्यहानिस्तु जायते
madhyāhne kecidicchanti sāvitrīṃ tu tadityṛcam | asampradāyaṃ tatkarma kāryahānistu jāyate
At midday some want the sāvitrī verse to be the one beginning 'tat'; that act is not according to tradition, and a loss of the intended effect results.
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DB 11 19.8
कारणं सन्ध्ययोश्चात्र मन्देहा नाम राक्षसाः । भक्षितुं सूर्यमिच्छन्ति कारणं श्रुतिचोदितम्
kāraṇaṃ sandhyayoścātra mandehā nāma rākṣasāḥ | bhakṣituṃ sūryamicchanti kāraṇaṃ śruticoditam
The reason for (performing) the two saṃdhyās here is the demons named Mandehas: they wish to devour the sun — this reason is declared by scripture.
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DB 11 19.9
अतस्तु कारणाद्विप्रः सन्ध्यां कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः । सन्ध्ययोरुभयोर्नित्यं गायत्र्या प्रणवेन च
atastu kāraṇādvipraḥ sandhyāṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ | sandhyayorubhayornityaṃ gāyatryā praṇavena ca
For this reason the brahmin should perform the twilight rite with care, at both twilights, always, with the Gāyatrī and with the praṇava (Oṃ).
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DB 11 19.10
अम्भस्तु प्रक्षिपेत्तेन नान्यथा श्रुतिघातकः । आकृष्णेनेति मन्त्रेण पुष्पैर्वाम्बुविमिश्रितम्
ambhastu prakṣipettena nānyathā śrutighātakaḥ | ākṛṣṇeneti mantreṇa puṣpairvāmbuvimiśritam
With that (mantra) he should throw water, and not otherwise — (else he is) a destroyer of the Vedic injunction; (he offers it) with the mantra beginning "ā kṛṣṇena," or (water) mixed with flowers.
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DB 11 19.11
अलाभे बिल्वदूर्वादिपत्रेणोक्तेन पूर्वकम् । अर्ध्यं दद्यात्प्रयत्नेन साङ्गं सन्ध्याफलं लभेत्
alābhe bilvadūrvādipatreṇoktena pūrvakam | ardhyaṃ dadyātprayatnena sāṅgaṃ sandhyāphalaṃ labhet
If (flowers) are not obtained, with a leaf of bilva or dūrvā grass and the rest, with the mantra stated before, he should offer the arghya with care; (thus) he obtains the fruit of the twilight rite complete with its ancillaries.
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DB 11 19.12
अत्रैव तर्पणं वक्ष्ये शृणु देवर्षिसत्तम । भुवः पुनः पूरुषं तु तर्पयामि नमो नमः
atraiva tarpaṇaṃ vakṣye śṛṇu devarṣisattama | bhuvaḥ punaḥ pūruṣaṃ tu tarpayāmi namo namaḥ
Right here I shall declare the tarpaṇa; listen, best of divine sages: "I satisfy Bhūḥ, again the Puruṣa; homage, homage."
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DB 11 19.13
यजुर्वेदं तर्पयामि मण्डलं तर्पयामि च । हिरण्यगर्भं च तथान्तरात्मानं तथैव च
yajurvedaṃ tarpayāmi maṇḍalaṃ tarpayāmi ca | hiraṇyagarbhaṃ ca tathāntarātmānaṃ tathaiva ca
"I satisfy the Yajurveda, and I satisfy the (solar) orb, and Hiraṇyagarbha, and likewise the inner Self."
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DB 11 19.14
सावित्रीं च ततो देवमातरं साङ्कृतिं तथा । सन्ध्यां तथैव युवतीं रुद्राणीं नीमृजां तथा
sāvitrīṃ ca tato devamātaraṃ sāṅkṛtiṃ tathā | sandhyāṃ tathaiva yuvatīṃ rudrāṇīṃ nīmṛjāṃ tathā
"And then Sāvitrī, the mother of the gods, likewise Sāṅkṛti, and likewise Sandhyā the maiden, Rudrāṇī, and Nīmṛjā,"
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DB 11 19.15
सर्वार्थानां सिद्धिकरीं सर्वमन्त्रार्थसिद्धिदाम् । भूर्भुवः स्वः पूरुषं तु इति मध्याह्नतर्पणम्
sarvārthānāṃ siddhikarīṃ sarvamantrārthasiddhidām | bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ pūruṣaṃ tu iti madhyāhnatarpaṇam
"her who accomplishes all aims, who grants the fulfilment of the purposes of all mantras" — "Bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, and the Puruṣa": this is the midday tarpaṇa.
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DB 11 19.16
उदुत्यमिति सूक्तेन सूर्योपस्थानमेव च । चित्रं देवानामिति च सूर्योपस्थानमाचरेत्
udutyamiti sūktena sūryopasthānameva ca | citraṃ devānāmiti ca sūryopasthānamācaret
And with the hymn beginning "ud u tyam" (he should perform) the standing worship of the sun; and with "citraṃ devānām" too he should perform the standing worship of the sun.
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DB 11 19.17
ततो जपं प्रकुर्वीत मन्त्रसाधनतत्परः । जपस्यापि प्रकारं तु वक्ष्यामि शृणु नारद
tato japaṃ prakurvīta mantrasādhanatatparaḥ | japasyāpi prakāraṃ tu vakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada
Then, intent on the practice of the mantra, he should perform the recitation. I shall tell also the manner of the recitation; listen, Nārada.
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DB 11 19.18
कृत्वोत्तानौ करौ प्रातः सायं चाधः करौ तथा । मध्याह्ने हृदयस्थौ तु कृत्वा जपमुदीरयेत्
kṛtvottānau karau prātaḥ sāyaṃ cādhaḥ karau tathā | madhyāhne hṛdayasthau tu kṛtvā japamudīrayet
Having placed the hands turned upward in the morning, and likewise turned downward in the evening, but at midday held at the heart, he should utter the recitation.
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DB 11 19.19
पर्वद्वयमनामिक्याः कनिष्ठादिक्रमेण तु । तर्जनीमूलपर्यन्तं करमाला प्रकीर्तिता एकादशस्कन्धे मध्याह्नसंध्यावर्णनं नामैकोनविंशोऽध्यायः
parvadvayamanāmikyāḥ kaniṣṭhādikrameṇa tu | tarjanīmūlaparyantaṃ karamālā prakīrtitā ekādaśaskandhe madhyāhnasaṃdhyāvarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Two joints of the ring finger, then in order beginning from the little finger up to the base of the index finger — this is proclaimed to be the hand-rosary. (End of) chapter nineteen, called "The Description of the Midday Twilight Rite," in the eleventh book.
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DB 11 19.20
गोघ्नः पितृघ्नो मातृघ्नो भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पगः । ब्रह्मस्वक्षेत्रहारी च यश्च विप्रः सुरां पिबेत्
goghnaḥ pitṛghno mātṛghno bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ | brahmasvakṣetrahārī ca yaśca vipraḥ surāṃ pibet
A killer of a cow, a killer of his father, a killer of his mother, a slayer of an embryo, one who has violated his teacher's bed, one who steals a brahmin's property or land, and the brahmin who drinks liquor —
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DB 11 19.21
स गायत्र्या सहस्रेण पूतो भवति मानवः । मानसं वाचिकं पापं विषयेन्द्रियसङ्गजम्
sa gāyatryā sahasreṇa pūto bhavati mānavaḥ | mānasaṃ vācikaṃ pāpaṃ viṣayendriyasaṅgajam
such a man becomes purified by a thousand (repetitions) of the Gāyatrī; (as for) sin of mind and of speech, arising from the contact of the senses with their objects —
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DB 11 19.22
तत्किल्बिषं नाशयति त्रीणि जन्मानि मानवः । गायत्रीं यो न जानाति वृथा तस्य परिश्रमः
tatkilbiṣaṃ nāśayati trīṇi janmāni mānavaḥ | gāyatrīṃ yo na jānāti vṛthā tasya pariśramaḥ
a man destroys that guilt (of) three births. For one who does not know the Gāyatrī, his toil is in vain.
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DB 11 19.23
पठेच्च चतुरो वेदान् गायत्रीं चैकतो जपेत् । वेदानां चावृतेस्तद्वद्गायत्रीजप उत्तमः
paṭhecca caturo vedān gāyatrīṃ caikato japet | vedānāṃ cāvṛtestadvadgāyatrījapa uttamaḥ
One might recite the four Vedas, and on the other hand one might mutter the Gāyatrī; likewise, compared with the repetition of the Vedas, the muttering of the Gāyatrī is superior.
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DB 11 19.24
इति मध्याह्नसन्ध्यायाः प्रकारः कीर्तितो मया । अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मयज्ञविधिक्रमम्
iti madhyāhnasandhyāyāḥ prakāraḥ kīrtito mayā | ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi brahmayajñavidhikramam
Thus the procedure of the midday twilight rite has been declared by me. Next I shall set forth the order of the rules of the Brahma-yajña.
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