Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 1
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गायत्रीविचारः नारद उवाच सदाचारविधिर्देव भवता वर्णितः प्रभो । तस्याप्यतुलमाहात्म्यं सर्वपापविनाशनम्
gāyatrīvicāraḥ nārada uvāca sadācāravidhirdeva bhavatā varṇitaḥ prabho | tasyāpyatulamāhātmyaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam
Inquiry into the Gāyatrī. Nārada said: The rule of good conduct, O god, has been described by you, O lord, and also its incomparable greatness, which destroys all sins.
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श्रुतं भवन्मुखाम्भोजच्युतं देवीकथामृतम् । व्रतानि यानि चोक्तानि चान्द्रायणमुखानि ते
śrutaṃ bhavanmukhāmbhojacyutaṃ devīkathāmṛtam | vratāni yāni coktāni cāndrāyaṇamukhāni te
The nectar of the Goddess's story, fallen from the lotus of your mouth, has been heard; and those vows which have been told by you, beginning with the cāndrāyaṇa—
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दुःखसाध्यानि जानीमः कर्तृसाध्यानि तानि च । तदस्मात्साम्प्रतं यत्तु सुखसाध्यं शरीरिणाम्
duḥkhasādhyāni jānīmaḥ kartṛsādhyāni tāni ca | tadasmātsāmprataṃ yattu sukhasādhyaṃ śarīriṇām
we know them to be hard to accomplish and dependent on the doer (for their accomplishment). So now, out of these, that which is easy for embodied beings to accomplish,
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देवीप्रसादजनकं शुभानुष्ठानसिद्धिदम् । तत्कर्म वद मे स्वामिन् कृपापूर्वं सुरेश्वर
devīprasādajanakaṃ śubhānuṣṭhānasiddhidam | tatkarma vada me svāmin kṛpāpūrvaṃ sureśvara
which produces the Goddess's favor and grants success in auspicious observances—tell me that rite, O master, graciously, O lord of the gods.
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सदाचारविधौ यश्च गायत्रीविधिरीरितः । तस्मिन्मुख्यतमं किं स्यात्किं वा पुण्याधिकप्रदम्
sadācāravidhau yaśca gāyatrīvidhirīritaḥ | tasminmukhyatamaṃ kiṃ syātkiṃ vā puṇyādhikapradam
And in the rule of good conduct, the rule of the Gāyatrī that was stated—in that, what would be the foremost, or what gives the greater merit?
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ये गायत्रीगता वर्णास्तत्त्वसंख्यास्त्वयेरिताः । तेषां के ऋषयः प्रोक्ताः कानि छन्दांसि वै मुने
ye gāyatrīgatā varṇāstattvasaṃkhyāstvayeritāḥ | teṣāṃ ke ṛṣayaḥ proktāḥ kāni chandāṃsi vai mune
Those syllables contained in the Gāyatrī, equal in number to the tattvas, which were stated by you—who are said to be their seers, and what are their meters, O sage?
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तेषां का देवताः प्रोक्ताः सर्वं कथय मे प्रभो । महत्कौतूहलं मे च मानसे परिवर्तते
teṣāṃ kā devatāḥ proktāḥ sarvaṃ kathaya me prabho | mahatkautūhalaṃ me ca mānase parivartate
Who are said to be their deities? Tell me all this, O lord; great curiosity is turning about in my mind.
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श्रीनारायणाय उवाच कुर्यादन्यन्न वा कुर्यादनुष्ठानादिकं तथा । गायत्रीमात्रनिष्ठस्तु कृतकृत्यो भवेद्द्विजः
śrīnārāyaṇāya uvāca kuryādanyanna vā kuryādanuṣṭhānādikaṃ tathā | gāyatrīmātraniṣṭhastu kṛtakṛtyo bhaveddvijaḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Whether he performs the (other) observances and the rest or does not perform them, the twice-born who is devoted to the Gāyatrī alone becomes one whose duty is accomplished.
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सन्ध्यासु चार्घ्यदानं च गायत्रीजपमेव च । सहस्रत्रितयं कुर्वन्सुरैः पूज्यो भवेन्मुने
sandhyāsu cārghyadānaṃ ca gāyatrījapameva ca | sahasratritayaṃ kurvansuraiḥ pūjyo bhavenmune
Offering the arghya-water at the (three) junctures of the day and reciting the Gāyatrī—doing this three thousand (times), O sage, he becomes worthy of worship by the gods.
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न्यासान्करोतु वा मा वा गायत्रीमेव चाभ्यसेत् । ध्यात्वा निर्व्याजया वृत्त्या सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणीम्
nyāsānkarotu vā mā vā gāyatrīmeva cābhyaset | dhyātvā nirvyājayā vṛttyā saccidānandarūpiṇīm
Let him perform the (ritual) assignments (of mantras to the body) or not; but let him practise the Gāyatrī alone, meditating with guileless conduct upon her whose form is being, consciousness and bliss.
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यदक्षरैकसंसिद्धेः स्पर्धते ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । हरिशङ्करकञ्जोत्थसूर्यचन्द्रहुताशनैः
yadakṣaraikasaṃsiddheḥ spardhate brāhmaṇottamaḥ | hariśaṅkarakañjotthasūryacandrahutāśanaiḥ
For by perfect mastery of even one of her syllables the best of brahmins vies with Hari, Śaṅkara, the lotus-born (Brahmā), the sun, the moon and the fire.
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अथातः श्रूयतां ब्रह्मन् वर्णऋष्यादिकांस्तथा । छन्दांसि देवतास्तद्वत्क्रमात्तत्त्वानि चैव हि
athātaḥ śrūyatāṃ brahman varṇaṛṣyādikāṃstathā | chandāṃsi devatāstadvatkramāttattvāni caiva hi
Now then, brahmin, let (the account) be heard of the syllables' seers and the rest, and likewise the metres and the deities, and in order the tattvas as well.
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वामदेवोऽत्रिर्वसिष्ठः शुक्रः कण्वः पराशरः । विश्वामित्रो महातेजाः कपिलः शौनको महान्
vāmadevo'trirvasiṣṭhaḥ śukraḥ kaṇvaḥ parāśaraḥ | viśvāmitro mahātejāḥ kapilaḥ śaunako mahān
Vāmadeva, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Śukra, Kaṇva, Parāśara, Viśvāmitra of great splendour, Kapila, the great Śaunaka,
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याज्ञवल्क्यो भरद्वाजो जमदग्निस्तपोनिधिः । गौतमो मुद्गलश्चैव वेदव्यासश्च लोमशः
yājñavalkyo bharadvājo jamadagnistaponidhiḥ | gautamo mudgalaścaiva vedavyāsaśca lomaśaḥ
Yājñavalkya, Bharadvāja, Jamadagni the treasury of austerities, Gautama and Mudgala, Vedavyāsa and Lomaśa,
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अगस्त्यः कौशिको वत्सः पुलस्त्यो माण्डुकस्तथा । दुर्वासास्तपसां श्रेष्ठो नारदः कश्यपस्तथा
agastyaḥ kauśiko vatsaḥ pulastyo māṇḍukastathā | durvāsāstapasāṃ śreṣṭho nāradaḥ kaśyapastathā
Agastya, Kauśika, Vatsa, Pulastya and Māṇḍuka, Durvāsas the best of ascetics, and Nārada and Kaśyapa—
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इत्येते ऋषयः प्रोक्ता वर्णानां क्रमशो मुने । गायत्र्युष्णिगनुष्टुप् च बृहती पङ्क्तिरेव च
ityete ṛṣayaḥ proktā varṇānāṃ kramaśo mune | gāyatryuṣṇiganuṣṭup ca bṛhatī paṅktireva ca
these, O sage, are declared to be the seers of the syllables in order. (The metres are:) Gāyatrī, Uṣṇih, Anuṣṭubh, Bṛhatī, and Paṅkti,
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त्रिष्टुभं जगती चैव तथातिजगती मता । शक्वर्यतिशक्वरी च धृतिश्चातिधृतिस्तथा
triṣṭubhaṃ jagatī caiva tathātijagatī matā | śakvaryatiśakvarī ca dhṛtiścātidhṛtistathā
Triṣṭubh and Jagatī, and likewise Atijagatī is held (to be next), Śakvarī and Atiśakvarī, and Dhṛti and Atidhṛti,
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विराट्प्रस्तारपङ्क्तिश्च कृतिः प्रकृतिराकृतिः । विकृतिः सकृतिश्चैवाक्षरपङ्क्तिस्तथैव च
virāṭprastārapaṅktiśca kṛtiḥ prakṛtirākṛtiḥ | vikṛtiḥ sakṛtiścaivākṣarapaṅktistathaiva ca
Virāj, Prastārapaṅkti, Kṛti, Prakṛti, Ākṛti, Vikṛti and Sakṛti, and likewise Akṣarapaṅkti,
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भूर्भुवः स्वरितिच्छन्दस्तथा ज्योतिष्मती स्मृतम् । इत्येतानि च छन्दांसि कीर्तितानि महामुने
bhūrbhuvaḥ svariticchandastathā jyotiṣmatī smṛtam | ityetāni ca chandāṃsi kīrtitāni mahāmune
the metre called Bhūr-bhuvaḥ-svar, and likewise Jyotiṣmatī is recorded: these are the metres that have been proclaimed, O great sage.
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दैवतानि शृणु प्राज्ञ तेषामेवानुपूर्वशः । आग्नेयं प्रथमं प्रोक्तं प्राजापत्यं द्वितीयकम्
daivatāni śṛṇu prājña teṣāmevānupūrvaśaḥ | āgneyaṃ prathamaṃ proktaṃ prājāpatyaṃ dvitīyakam
Hear the deities of those same (syllables) in order, O wise one: the first is said to be Agni's, the second Prajāpati's,
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तृतीयं च तथा सौम्यमीशानं च चतुर्थकम् । सावित्रं पञ्चमं प्रोक्तं षष्ठमादित्यदैवतम्
tṛtīyaṃ ca tathā saumyamīśānaṃ ca caturthakam | sāvitraṃ pañcamaṃ proktaṃ ṣaṣṭhamādityadaivatam
the third likewise Soma's, and the fourth Īśāna's; the fifth is said to be Savitṛ's, the sixth has Āditya for its deity,
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बार्हस्पत्यं सप्तमं तु मैत्रावरुणमष्टमम् । नवमं भगदैवत्यं दशमं चार्यमेश्वरम्
bārhaspatyaṃ saptamaṃ tu maitrāvaruṇamaṣṭamam | navamaṃ bhagadaivatyaṃ daśamaṃ cāryameśvaram
the seventh Bṛhaspati's, the eighth Mitra-and-Varuṇa's, the ninth has Bhaga for deity, and the tenth Aryaman for its lord,
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गणेशमेकादशकं त्वाष्ट्रं द्वादशकं स्मृतम् । पौष्णं त्रयोदशं प्रोक्तमैन्द्राग्नं च चतुर्दशम्
gaṇeśamekādaśakaṃ tvāṣṭraṃ dvādaśakaṃ smṛtam | pauṣṇaṃ trayodaśaṃ proktamaindrāgnaṃ ca caturdaśam
the eleventh is Gaṇeśa's, the twelfth is recorded as Tvaṣṭṛ's, the thirteenth is said to be Pūṣan's, and the fourteenth Indra-and-Agni's,
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वायव्यं पञ्चदशकं वामदैव्यं च षोडशम् । मैत्रावरुणिदैवत्यं प्रोक्तं सप्तदशाक्षरम्
vāyavyaṃ pañcadaśakaṃ vāmadaivyaṃ ca ṣoḍaśam | maitrāvaruṇidaivatyaṃ proktaṃ saptadaśākṣaram
the fifteenth is Vāyu's, and the sixteenth Vāmadeva's; the seventeenth syllable is said to have Mitra-Varuṇa's son (Agastya) for its deity,
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अष्टादशं वैश्वदेवमूनविंशं तु मातृकम् । वैष्णवं विंशतितमं वसुदैवतमीरितम्
aṣṭādaśaṃ vaiśvadevamūnaviṃśaṃ tu mātṛkam | vaiṣṇavaṃ viṃśatitamaṃ vasudaivatamīritam
the eighteenth is the All-gods', but the nineteenth the Mothers'; the twentieth is Viṣṇu's, (the next) is declared to have the Vasus for deity,
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एकविंशतिसंख्याकं द्वाविंशं रुद्रदैवतम् । त्रयोविंशं च कौबेरमाश्विनं तत्त्वसंख्यकम्
ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyākaṃ dvāviṃśaṃ rudradaivatam | trayoviṃśaṃ ca kauberamāśvinaṃ tattvasaṃkhyakam
(that being) the one numbered twenty-one; the twenty-second has Rudra for deity, and the twenty-third is Kubera's, while the one numbering with the tattvas (the twenty-fourth) is the Aśvins'.
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चतुर्विंशतिवर्णानां देवतानां च सङ्ग्रहः । कथितः परमश्रेष्ठो महापापैकशोधनः । यदाकर्णनमात्रेण साङ्गं जाप्यफलं मुने
caturviṃśativarṇānāṃ devatānāṃ ca saṅgrahaḥ | kathitaḥ paramaśreṣṭho mahāpāpaikaśodhanaḥ | yadākarṇanamātreṇa sāṅgaṃ jāpyaphalaṃ mune
The collection of the deities of the twenty-four syllables has been told, supremely excellent, cleansing even great sin at a stroke—by the mere hearing of which, O sage, (there comes) the fruit of the recitation complete with its ancillaries.
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