Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 6

DB 11 6.1

रुद्राक्षमाहात्म्ये गुणनिधिमोक्षवर्णनम् ईश्वर उवाच महासेन कुशग्रन्थिपुत्राजीवादयः परे । रुद्राक्षस्य तु नैकोऽपि कलामर्हति षोडशीम्

rudrākṣamāhātmye guṇanidhimokṣavarṇanam īśvara uvāca mahāsena kuśagranthiputrājīvādayaḥ pare | rudrākṣasya tu naiko'pi kalāmarhati ṣoḍaśīm

In the Rudrākṣa-māhātmya, the account of Guṇanidhi's liberation. Īśvara said: O Mahāsena, the others — kuśa-knot (beads), putrajīva (beads) and the rest — not even one of them is worth a sixteenth part of the rudrākṣa.

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DB 11 6.2

पुरुषाणां यथा विष्णुर्ग्रहाणां च यथा रविः । नदीनां तु यथा गङ्गा मुनीनां कश्यपो यथा

puruṣāṇāṃ yathā viṣṇurgrahāṇāṃ ca yathā raviḥ | nadīnāṃ tu yathā gaṅgā munīnāṃ kaśyapo yathā

As Viṣṇu among males, and as the sun among the planets, and as the Gaṅgā among rivers, as Kaśyapa among sages,

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DB 11 6.3

उच्चैःश्रवा यथाश्वानां देवानामीश्वरो यथा । देवीनां तु यथा गौरी तद्वच्छ्रेष्ठमिदं भवेत्

uccaiḥśravā yathāśvānāṃ devānāmīśvaro yathā | devīnāṃ tu yathā gaurī tadvacchreṣṭhamidaṃ bhavet

as Uccaiḥśravas among horses, as Īśvara among gods, and as Gaurī among goddesses — like that, this (rudrākṣa) is the best.

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DB 11 6.4

नातः परतरं स्तोत्रं नातः परतरं व्रतम् । अक्षय्येषु च दानेषु रुद्राक्षस्तु विशिष्यते

nātaḥ parataraṃ stotraṃ nātaḥ parataraṃ vratam | akṣayyeṣu ca dāneṣu rudrākṣastu viśiṣyate

There is no praise-hymn higher than this, no vow higher than this; and among gifts that do not perish, the rudrākṣa is the most excellent.

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DB 11 6.5

शिवभक्ताय शान्ताय दद्याद्रुद्राक्षमुत्तमम् । तस्य पुण्यफलस्यान्तं न चाहं वक्तुमुत्सहे

śivabhaktāya śāntāya dadyādrudrākṣamuttamam | tasya puṇyaphalasyāntaṃ na cāhaṃ vaktumutsahe

One should give an excellent rudrākṣa to a devotee of Śiva who is tranquil; the limit of the fruit of that merit I am not able to state.

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DB 11 6.6

धृतरुद्राक्षकण्ठाय यस्त्वन्नं सम्प्रयच्छति । त्रिसप्तकुलमुद्धृत्य रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति रुद्राक्षमाहात्म्ये गुणनिधिमोक्षवर्णनं नाम षष्ठोऽध्यायः

dhṛtarudrākṣakaṇṭhāya yastvannaṃ samprayacchati | trisaptakulamuddhṛtya rudralokaṃ sa gacchati rudrākṣamāhātmye guṇanidhimokṣavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ

Whoever offers food to one who wears a rudrākṣa on his neck, having lifted up thrice seven generations of his family, goes to the world of Rudra. — Thus the sixth chapter, called the account of the liberation of Guṇanidhi, within the glorification of the rudrākṣa.

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DB 11 6.7

यस्य भाले विभूतिर्न नाङ्गे रुद्राक्षधारणम् । न शम्भोर्भवने पूजा स विप्रः श्वपचाधमः

yasya bhāle vibhūtirna nāṅge rudrākṣadhāraṇam | na śambhorbhavane pūjā sa vipraḥ śvapacādhamaḥ

He on whose forehead there is no sacred ash, on whose body no wearing of rudrākṣa, who offers no worship in Śambhu's house — that brahmin is lower than a dog-cooker.

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DB 11 6.8

खादन्मांसं पिबन्मद्यं सङ्गच्छन्नन्त्यजानपि । पातकेभ्यो विमुच्येत रुद्राक्षं शिरसि स्थिते

khādanmāṃsaṃ pibanmadyaṃ saṅgacchannantyajānapi | pātakebhyo vimucyeta rudrākṣaṃ śirasi sthite

Even one eating meat, drinking liquor, consorting with the lowest-born, would be freed from his sins when a rudrākṣa rests on his head.

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DB 11 6.9

सर्वयज्ञतपोदानवेदाभ्यासैश्च यत्फलम् । तत्फलं लभते सद्यो रुद्राक्षस्य तु धारणात्

sarvayajñatapodānavedābhyāsaiśca yatphalam | tatphalaṃ labhate sadyo rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt

Whatever fruit comes from all sacrifices, austerities, gifts and study of the Vedas, that fruit he obtains at once merely by wearing a rudrākṣa.

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DB 11 6.10

वेदैश्चतुर्भिर्यत्पुण्यं पुराणपठनेन च । यत्तीर्थसेवनेनैव सर्वविद्यादिभिस्तथा

vedaiścaturbhiryatpuṇyaṃ purāṇapaṭhanena ca | yattīrthasevanenaiva sarvavidyādibhistathā

Whatever merit (comes) from the four Vedas and from reciting the Purāṇas, whatever from frequenting sacred fords, and likewise from all branches of learning and the rest —

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DB 11 6.11

तत्पुण्यं लभते सद्यो रुद्राक्षस्य तु धारणात् । प्रयाणकाले रुद्राक्षं बन्धयित्वा म्रियेद्यदि

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate sadyo rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt | prayāṇakāle rudrākṣaṃ bandhayitvā mriyedyadi

that merit he obtains at once merely by wearing a rudrākṣa. If, at the time of departure, one dies having bound on a rudrākṣa,

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DB 11 6.12

स रुद्रत्वमवाप्नोति पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते । रुद्राक्षं धारयेत्कण्ठे बाह्वोर्वा म्रियते यदि

sa rudratvamavāpnoti punarjanma na vidyate | rudrākṣaṃ dhārayetkaṇṭhe bāhvorvā mriyate yadi

he attains the state of Rudra; for him there is no rebirth. If one should wear a rudrākṣa on the neck or on the arms, and dies (so),

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DB 11 6.13

कुलैकविंशमुत्तार्य रुद्रलोके वसेन्नरः । ब्राह्मणो वापि चाण्डालो निर्गुणः सगुणोऽपि च

kulaikaviṃśamuttārya rudraloke vasennaraḥ | brāhmaṇo vāpi cāṇḍālo nirguṇaḥ saguṇo'pi ca

having delivered twenty-one generations of his family, that man dwells in Rudra's world — be he a brahmin or a Cāṇḍāla, without merits or with merits.

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DB 11 6.14

भस्मरुद्राक्षधारी यः स देवत्वं शिवं व्रजेत् । शुचिर्वाप्यशुचिर्वापि तथाभक्ष्यस्य भक्षकः

bhasmarudrākṣadhārī yaḥ sa devatvaṃ śivaṃ vrajet | śucirvāpyaśucirvāpi tathābhakṣyasya bhakṣakaḥ

He who wears ash and rudrākṣa goes to godhood, to Śiva — whether pure or impure, and likewise an eater of what should not be eaten,

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DB 11 6.15

म्लेच्छो वाप्यथ चाण्डालो युतो वा सर्वपातकैः । रुद्राक्षधारणादेव स रुद्रो नात्र संशयः

mleccho vāpyatha cāṇḍālo yuto vā sarvapātakaiḥ | rudrākṣadhāraṇādeva sa rudro nātra saṃśayaḥ

or a barbarian, or a Cāṇḍāla, or one joined with all the great sins: by the very wearing of the rudrākṣa he becomes Rudra; there is no doubt here.

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DB 11 6.16

शिरसा धारिते कोटिः कर्णयोर्दशकोटयः । शतकोटिर्गले बद्धो मूर्ध्नि कोटिसहस्रकम्

śirasā dhārite koṭiḥ karṇayordaśakoṭayaḥ | śatakoṭirgale baddho mūrdhni koṭisahasrakam

When worn on the head, a crore (of merit); on the two ears, ten crores; bound at the throat, a hundred crores; on the crown, a thousand crores;

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DB 11 6.17

अयुतं चोपवीते तु लक्षकोटिर्भुजे स्थिते । मणिबन्धे तु रुद्राक्षो मोक्षसाधनकः परः

ayutaṃ copavīte tu lakṣakoṭirbhuje sthite | maṇibandhe tu rudrākṣo mokṣasādhanakaḥ paraḥ

on the sacred thread, ten thousand; when set on the arm, a lakh of crores; but on the wrist the rudrākṣa is the supreme means of liberation.

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DB 11 6.18

रुद्राक्षधारको भूत्वा यत्किञ्चित्कर्म वैदिकम् । कुर्वन्विप्रः सदा भक्त्या महदाप्नोति तत्फलम्

rudrākṣadhārako bhūtvā yatkiñcitkarma vaidikam | kurvanvipraḥ sadā bhaktyā mahadāpnoti tatphalam

A brahmin who, having become a wearer of the rudrākṣa, performs whatever Vedic rite there is, always with devotion, obtains a great fruit from it.

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DB 11 6.19

रुद्राक्षमालिकां कण्ठे धारयेद्भक्तिवर्जितः । पापकर्मा तु यो नित्यं स मुक्तः सर्वबन्धनात्

rudrākṣamālikāṃ kaṇṭhe dhārayedbhaktivarjitaḥ | pāpakarmā tu yo nityaṃ sa muktaḥ sarvabandhanāt

Even one devoid of devotion, who is constantly a doer of evil deeds, should wear a rudrākṣa-garland on his neck: he is released from every bond.

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DB 11 6.20

रुद्राक्षार्पितचेता यो रुद्राक्षस्तु न वै धृतः । असौ माहेश्वरो लोके नमस्यः स तु लिङ्गवत्

rudrākṣārpitacetā yo rudrākṣastu na vai dhṛtaḥ | asau māheśvaro loke namasyaḥ sa tu liṅgavat

He whose mind is fixed on the rudrākṣa, though the rudrākṣa is not actually worn (by him) — he is a Māheśvara in the world, and is to be bowed to like a liṅga.

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DB 11 6.21

अविद्यो वा सविद्यो वा रुद्राक्षस्य तु धारणात् । शिवलोकं प्रपद्येत कीकटे गर्दभो यथा

avidyo vā savidyo vā rudrākṣasya tu dhāraṇāt | śivalokaṃ prapadyeta kīkaṭe gardabho yathā

Whether unlearned or learned, by the wearing of a rudrākṣa one would attain Śiva's world — as the donkey did in Kīkaṭa.

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DB 11 6.22

स्कन्द उवाच रुद्राक्षान्सन्दधे देव गर्दभः केन हेतुना । कीकटे केन वा दत्तस्तद्ब्रूहि परमेश्वर

skanda uvāca rudrākṣānsandadhe deva gardabhaḥ kena hetunā | kīkaṭe kena vā dattastadbrūhi parameśvara

Skanda said: For what reason, O god, did a donkey come to bear rudrākṣas? Or by whom were they given at Kīkaṭa? Tell that, O supreme lord.

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DB 11 6.23

श्रीभगवानुवाच शृणु पुत्र पुरावृत्तं गर्दभो विन्ध्यपर्वते । धत्ते रुद्राक्षभारं तु वाहितः पथिकेन तु

śrībhagavānuvāca śṛṇu putra purāvṛttaṃ gardabho vindhyaparvate | dhatte rudrākṣabhāraṃ tu vāhitaḥ pathikena tu

The Blessed Lord said: Hear, son, what happened of old. On the Vindhya mountain a donkey carried a load of rudrākṣas, driven along by a traveller.

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DB 11 6.24

श्रान्तोऽसमर्थस्तद्भारं वोढुं पतितवान्भुवि । प्राणैस्त्वक्तस्त्रिनेत्रस्तु शूलपाणिर्महेश्वरः

śrānto'samarthastadbhāraṃ voḍhuṃ patitavānbhuvi | prāṇaistvaktastrinetrastu śūlapāṇirmaheśvaraḥ

Exhausted and unable to carry that load, it fell upon the ground and was abandoned by its life-breaths; but the three-eyed Maheśvara, trident in hand,

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DB 11 6.25

मत्प्रसादान्महासेन मदन्तिकमुपागतः । यावद्वक्त्रस्य संख्यानं रुद्राक्षाणां सुदुर्लभम्

matprasādānmahāsena madantikamupāgataḥ | yāvadvaktrasya saṃkhyānaṃ rudrākṣāṇāṃ sudurlabham

by my grace, O Mahāsena, came into my presence. As great as the number of the faces of the rudrākṣas, so very hard to obtain,

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DB 11 6.26

तावद्युगसहस्राणि शिवलोके महीयते । स्वशिष्येभ्यस्तु वक्तव्यं नाशिष्येभ्यः कदाचन

tāvadyugasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate | svaśiṣyebhyastu vaktavyaṃ nāśiṣyebhyaḥ kadācana

for that many thousands of yugas he is honoured in Śiva's world. But this is to be told to one's own disciples, never to those who are not disciples.

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DB 11 6.27

अभक्तेभ्योऽपि मूर्खेभ्यः कदाचिन्न प्रकाशयेत् । अभक्तो वास्तु भक्तो वा नीचो नीचतरोऽपि वा

abhaktebhyo'pi mūrkhebhyaḥ kadācinna prakāśayet | abhakto vāstu bhakto vā nīco nīcataro'pi vā

Nor should one ever disclose it to the devotionless or to fools. Whether devotionless or a devotee, whether low or even lower,

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DB 11 6.28

रुद्राक्षान्धारयेद्यस्तु मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । रुद्राक्षधारणं पुण्यं केन वा सदृशं भवेत्

rudrākṣāndhārayedyastu mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ | rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ kena vā sadṛśaṃ bhavet

whoever wears rudrākṣas is freed from all sins. With what could the merit of wearing rudrākṣa be compared?

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DB 11 6.29

महाव्रतमिदं प्राहुर्मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः । सहस्रं धारयेद्यस्तु रुद्राक्षाणां धृतव्रतः

mahāvratamidaṃ prāhurmunayastattvadarśinaḥ | sahasraṃ dhārayedyastu rudrākṣāṇāṃ dhṛtavrataḥ

The sages who see the truth have called this the great vow. Whoever, holding fast to the vow, wears a thousand rudrākṣas—

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DB 11 6.30

तं नमन्ति सुराः सर्वे यथा रुद्रस्तथैव सः । अभावे तु सहस्रस्य बाह्वोः षोडश षोडश

taṃ namanti surāḥ sarve yathā rudrastathaiva saḥ | abhāve tu sahasrasya bāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa

all the gods bow to him: as Rudra is, so indeed is he. But in the absence of a thousand, sixteen and sixteen on the two arms,

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DB 11 6.31

एकं शिखायां करयोर्द्वादश द्वादशैव तु । द्वात्रिंशत्कण्ठदेशे तु चत्वारिंशच्च मस्तके

ekaṃ śikhāyāṃ karayordvādaśa dvādaśaiva tu | dvātriṃśatkaṇṭhadeśe tu catvāriṃśacca mastake

one on the hair-tuft, twelve and twelve on the two hands, thirty-two on the region of the throat, and forty on the head,

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DB 11 6.32

एकैकं कर्णयोः षट् षट् वक्षस्यष्टोत्तरं शतम् । यो धारयति रुद्राक्षान् रुद्रवत्स तु पूज्यते

ekaikaṃ karṇayoḥ ṣaṭ ṣaṭ vakṣasyaṣṭottaraṃ śatam | yo dhārayati rudrākṣān rudravatsa tu pūjyate

one on each of the two ears, six and six (on the shoulders), a hundred and eight on the chest: he who wears the rudrākṣas is worshipped like Rudra.

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DB 11 6.33

मुक्ताप्रवालस्कटिकरौप्यवैदूर्यकाञ्चनैः । समेतान्धारयेद्यस्तु रुद्राक्षान्स शिवो भवेत्

muktāpravālaskaṭikaraupyavaidūryakāñcanaiḥ | sametāndhārayedyastu rudrākṣānsa śivo bhavet

Whoever wears rudrākṣas joined with pearl, coral, crystal, silver, beryl and gold becomes Śiva himself.

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DB 11 6.34

केवलानपि रुद्राक्षान्यद्यालस्याद्बिभर्ति यः । तं न स्पृशन्ति पापानि तमांसीव विभावसुम्

kevalānapi rudrākṣānyadyālasyādbibharti yaḥ | taṃ na spṛśanti pāpāni tamāṃsīva vibhāvasum

And if, out of indolence, someone wears only bare rudrākṣas, sins do not touch him, as darkness does not touch the sun.

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DB 11 6.35

रुद्राक्षमालया मन्त्रो जप्तोऽनन्तफलप्रदः । यस्याङ्गे नास्ति रुद्राक्ष एकोऽपि बहुपुण्यदः

rudrākṣamālayā mantro japto'nantaphalapradaḥ | yasyāṅge nāsti rudrākṣa eko'pi bahupuṇyadaḥ

A mantra recited with a rudrākṣa rosary bestows endless fruit. He on whose body there is not even a single rudrākṣa, giver of much merit—

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DB 11 6.36

तस्य जन्म निरर्थं स्यात्त्रिपुण्ड्ररहितं यथा । रुद्राक्षं मस्तके धृत्वा शिरःस्नानं करोति यः

tasya janma nirarthaṃ syāttripuṇḍrarahitaṃ yathā | rudrākṣaṃ mastake dhṛtvā śiraḥsnānaṃ karoti yaḥ

his birth would be purposeless, like (a brow) devoid of the three-lined mark. Whoever, having worn a rudrākṣa on his head, bathes his head,

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DB 11 6.37

गङ्गास्नानफलं तस्य जायते नात्र संशयः । एकवक्त्रः पञ्चवक्त्र एकादशमुखाः परे

gaṅgāsnānaphalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | ekavaktraḥ pañcavaktra ekādaśamukhāḥ pare

for him arises the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā; there is no doubt here. One-faced, five-faced, others eleven-faced,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.38

चतुर्दशमुखाः केचिद्रुद्राक्षा लोकपूजिताः । भक्त्या संपूज्यते नित्यं रुद्राक्षः शङ्करात्मकः

caturdaśamukhāḥ kecidrudrākṣā lokapūjitāḥ | bhaktyā saṃpūjyate nityaṃ rudrākṣaḥ śaṅkarātmakaḥ

and some fourteen-faced are the rudrākṣas honoured by the world. When the rudrākṣa, which is Śaṅkara himself, is duly worshipped daily with devotion,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.39

दरिद्रं वापि पुरुषं राजानं कुरुते भुवि । अत्र ते कथयिष्यामि पुराणं मतमुत्तमम्

daridraṃ vāpi puruṣaṃ rājānaṃ kurute bhuvi | atra te kathayiṣyāmi purāṇaṃ matamuttamam

it makes even a poor man a king on earth. On this I shall tell you an excellent ancient teaching.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.40

कोसलेषु द्विजः कश्चिद्गिरिनाथ इति श्रुतः । महाधनी च धर्मात्मा वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः

kosaleṣu dvijaḥ kaścidgirinātha iti śrutaḥ | mahādhanī ca dharmātmā vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

In the Kosala country there was a certain brahmin known as Girinātha, very wealthy and righteous in soul, who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.41

यज्ञकृद्दीक्षितस्तस्य तनयः सुन्दराकृतिः । नाम्ना गुणनिधिः ख्यातस्तरुणः कामसुन्दरः

yajñakṛddīkṣitastasya tanayaḥ sundarākṛtiḥ | nāmnā guṇanidhiḥ khyātastaruṇaḥ kāmasundaraḥ

He was a performer of sacrifices and consecrated (for them); his son was of handsome form, renowned by the name Guṇanidhi, young, and lovely as Kāma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.42

गुरोः सुधिषणस्याथ पत्नीं मुक्तावलीमथ । मोहयामास रूपेण यौवनेन मदेन च

guroḥ sudhiṣaṇasyātha patnīṃ muktāvalīmatha | mohayāmāsa rūpeṇa yauvanena madena ca

Then, by his beauty, his youth and his ardour, he infatuated Muktāvalī, the wife of his teacher Sudhiṣaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.43

सङ्गतस्तु तया सार्धं कञ्चित्कालं ततो भिया । विषं ददौ च गुरवे येभे पश्चात्तु निर्भयः

saṅgatastu tayā sārdhaṃ kañcitkālaṃ tato bhiyā | viṣaṃ dadau ca gurave yebhe paścāttu nirbhayaḥ

Having consorted with her for some time, then out of fear he gave poison to his teacher, and afterwards, without fear, enjoyed her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.44

यदा माता पिता कर्म किञ्चिज्जानाति यत्क्षणे । मातरं पितरं चापि मारयामास तद्विषात्

yadā mātā pitā karma kiñcijjānāti yatkṣaṇe | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ cāpi mārayāmāsa tadviṣāt

When (his) mother and father came to know something of (his) doings, at that very moment he had both mother and father killed by that poison.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.45

नानाविलासभोगैश्च जाते द्रव्यव्यये ततः । ब्राह्मणानां गृहे चौर्यं चकार स तदा खलः

nānāvilāsabhogaiśca jāte dravyavyaye tataḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ gṛhe cauryaṃ cakāra sa tadā khalaḥ

Then, when the money had been spent on various pleasures and enjoyments, that wicked man committed theft in the houses of brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.46

सुरापानमदोन्मत्तस्तदा ज्ञातिबहिष्कृतः । ग्रामान्निष्कासितः सर्वैस्तदा सोऽभूद्वनेचरः

surāpānamadonmattastadā jñātibahiṣkṛtaḥ | grāmānniṣkāsitaḥ sarvaistadā so'bhūdvanecaraḥ

Maddened with the intoxication of liquor-drinking, he was then cast out by his kinsmen; expelled from the village by all, he then became a wanderer of the forest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.47

मुक्तावल्या तया सार्धं जगाम गहनं वनम् । मार्गे स्थितो द्रव्यलोभाज्जघान ब्राह्मणान्बहून्

muktāvalyā tayā sārdhaṃ jagāma gahanaṃ vanam | mārge sthito dravyalobhājjaghāna brāhmaṇānbahūn

Together with that Muktāvalī he went into the deep forest; stationed on the road, out of greed for wealth he slew many brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.48

एवं बहुगते काले ममार स तदाधमः । नेतुं तं यमदूताश्च समाजग्मुः सहस्रशः

evaṃ bahugate kāle mamāra sa tadādhamaḥ | netuṃ taṃ yamadūtāśca samājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ

When much time had passed in this way, that base man died; and the messengers of Yama came by the thousands to lead him away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.49

शिवलोकाच्छिवगणास्तथैव च समागताः । तयोः परस्परं वादो बभूव गिरिजासुत

śivalokācchivagaṇāstathaiva ca samāgatāḥ | tayoḥ parasparaṃ vādo babhūva girijāsuta

Likewise the hosts of Śiva came from Śiva's world; a dispute arose between the two (parties), O son of the Mountain's daughter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.50

यमदूतास्तदा प्रोचुः पुण्यमस्य किमस्ति हि । ब्रुवन्तु सेवकाः शम्भोर्यद्येनं नेतुमिच्छथ

yamadūtāstadā procuḥ puṇyamasya kimasti hi | bruvantu sevakāḥ śambhoryadyenaṃ netumicchatha

Then Yama's messengers said: "What merit at all does he have? Let the servants of Śambhu say, if you wish to lead him away."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.51

शिवदूतास्तदा प्रोचुरयं यस्मिन्स्थले मृतः । दशहस्तादधो भूमे रुद्राक्षस्तत्र चास्ति हि

śivadūtāstadā procurayaṃ yasminsthale mṛtaḥ | daśahastādadho bhūme rudrākṣastatra cāsti hi

Then Śiva's messengers said: "In the place where he died, ten cubits below in the ground, there is indeed a rudrākṣa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.52

तत्प्रभावेण हे दूता नेष्यामः शिवसन्निधिम् । ततो विमानमारुह्य दिव्यरूपधरो द्विजः

tatprabhāveṇa he dūtā neṣyāmaḥ śivasannidhim | tato vimānamāruhya divyarūpadharo dvijaḥ

By the power of that, O messengers, we shall lead (him) to Śiva's presence." Then the twice-born one, bearing a divine form, mounted a celestial chariot,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.53

गतो गुणनिधिर्दूतैः सहितः शङ्करालयम् । इति रुद्राक्षमाहात्म्यं कथितं तव सुव्रत

gato guṇanidhirdūtaiḥ sahitaḥ śaṅkarālayam | iti rudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ tava suvrata

and Guṇanidhi went with the messengers to Śaṅkara's abode. Thus the greatness of the rudrākṣa has been told to you, O you of good vows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 11 6.54

एवं रुद्राक्षमहिमा समासात्कथितो मया । सर्वपापक्षयकरो महापुण्यफलप्रदः

evaṃ rudrākṣamahimā samāsātkathito mayā | sarvapāpakṣayakaro mahāpuṇyaphalapradaḥ

Thus the glory of the rudrākṣa has been told by me in brief — it destroys all sins and bestows the fruit of great merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition