Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 1

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भुवनेश्वरीवर्णनम् जनमेजय उवाच - भगवन् भवता प्रोक्तं यज्ञमम्बाभिधं महत् । सा का कथं समुत्पन्ना कुत्र कस्माच्च किंगुणा तृतीयस्कन्धे भुवनेश्वरीवर्णनं नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः

bhuvaneśvarīvarṇanam janamejaya uvāca - bhagavan bhavatā proktaṃ yajñamambābhidhaṃ mahat | sā kā kathaṃ samutpannā kutra kasmācca kiṃguṇā tṛtīyaskandhe bhuvaneśvarīvarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ

The Description of Bhuvaneśvarī. Janamejaya said: Reverend sir, you have spoken of the great sacrifice called "Ambā." Who is she, how did she come into being, where, from what, and of what qualities? — Chapter One of the Third Book, called the Description of Bhuvaneśvarī.

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कीदृशश्च मखस्तस्याः स्वरूपं कीदृशं तथा । विधानं विधिवद्ब्रूहि सर्वज्ञोऽसि दयानिधे

kīdṛśaśca makhastasyāḥ svarūpaṃ kīdṛśaṃ tathā | vidhānaṃ vidhivadbrūhi sarvajño'si dayānidhe

And of what sort is her sacrifice, and of what sort her true form? Tell (me) the procedure duly, for you are all-knowing, O treasury of compassion.

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ब्रह्माण्डस्य तथोत्पत्तिं वद विस्तरतस्तथा । यथोक्तं यादृशं ब्रह्मन्नखिलं वेत्सि भूसुर

brahmāṇḍasya tathotpattiṃ vada vistaratastathā | yathoktaṃ yādṛśaṃ brahmannakhilaṃ vetsi bhūsura

And likewise tell at length the origin of the cosmic egg (Brahmāṇḍa) — as it has been declared and as it is, O brahmin; you know the whole of it, O god on earth.

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ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च त्रयो देवा मया श्रुताः । सृष्टिपालनसंहारकारकाः सगुणास्त्वमी

brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca trayo devā mayā śrutāḥ | sṛṣṭipālanasaṃhārakārakāḥ saguṇāstvamī

Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra — these three gods I have heard of, doers of creation, preservation and destruction, and possessed of the qualities (guṇas).

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स्वतन्त्रास्ते महात्मानः पाराशर्य वदस्व मे । आहोस्वित्परतन्त्रास्ते श्रोतुमिच्छामि साम्प्रतम्

svatantrāste mahātmānaḥ pārāśarya vadasva me | āhosvitparatantrāste śrotumicchāmi sāmpratam

Are those great-souled ones independent, O son of Parāśara — tell me — or are they dependent on another? I wish to hear this now.

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मृत्युधर्माश्च ते नो वा सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणः । अधिभूतादिभिर्युक्ता न वा दुःखैस्त्रिधात्मकैः

mṛtyudharmāśca te no vā saccidānandarūpiṇaḥ | adhibhūtādibhiryuktā na vā duḥkhaistridhātmakaiḥ

And are they subject to death or not; are they of the nature of being, consciousness and bliss? Are they joined with the adhibhūta and the rest, or not, with the threefold sufferings?

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

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कालस्य वशगा नो वा ते सुरेंद्रा महाबलाः । कथं ते वै समुत्पन्ना कस्मादिति च संशयः

kālasya vaśagā no vā te sureṃdrā mahābalāḥ | kathaṃ te vai samutpannā kasmāditi ca saṃśayaḥ

Are those mighty lords of the gods under the sway of Time or not? And how indeed were they born, and from what? — such is my doubt.

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हर्षशोकयुतास्ते वै निद्रालस्यसमन्विताः । सप्तधातुमयास्तेषां देहाः किं वान्यथा मुने

harṣaśokayutāste vai nidrālasyasamanvitāḥ | saptadhātumayāsteṣāṃ dehāḥ kiṃ vānyathā mune

Are they attended by joy and sorrow, subject to sleep and sloth? Are their bodies made of the seven constituents, or otherwise, O sage?

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कैर्द्रव्यैर्निर्मितास्ते वै कैर्गुणैरिन्द्रियैस्तथा । भोगश्च कीदृशस्तेषां प्रमाणमायुषस्तथा

kairdravyairnirmitāste vai kairguṇairindriyaistathā | bhogaśca kīdṛśasteṣāṃ pramāṇamāyuṣastathā

Of what substances were they fashioned, with what qualities and senses? And of what kind is their enjoyment, and what the measure of their lifespan?

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निवासस्थानमप्येषां विभूतिं च वदस्व मे । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं ब्रह्मन् विस्तरेण कथामिमाम्

nivāsasthānamapyeṣāṃ vibhūtiṃ ca vadasva me | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ brahman vistareṇa kathāmimām

Tell me too their dwelling-place and their power (vibhūti); I wish to hear this account in detail, O brahmin.

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व्यास उवाच - दुर्गमः प्रश्नभारोऽयं कृतो राजंस्त्वयाऽधुना । ब्रह्मादीनां समुत्पत्तिः कस्मादिति महामते

vyāsa uvāca - durgamaḥ praśnabhāro'yaṃ kṛto rājaṃstvayā'dhunā | brahmādīnāṃ samutpattiḥ kasmāditi mahāmate

Vyāsa said: A hard burden of a question has now been put by you, O king — namely, from what does the origin of Brahmā and the others come about, O great-minded one.

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एतदेव मया पूर्वं पृष्टोऽसौ नारदो मुनिः । विस्मितः प्रत्युवाचेदमुत्थितः शृणु भूपते

etadeva mayā pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭo'sau nārado muniḥ | vismitaḥ pratyuvācedamutthitaḥ śṛṇu bhūpate

This very (question) was formerly asked by me of that sage Nārada; astonished, he rose up and answered this — hear it, O king.

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कस्मिंश्च समये चाहं गङ्गातीरे स्थितं मुनिम् । अपश्यं नारदं शान्तं सर्वज्ञं वेदवित्तमम्

kasmiṃśca samaye cāhaṃ gaṅgātīre sthitaṃ munim | apaśyaṃ nāradaṃ śāntaṃ sarvajñaṃ vedavittamam

At a certain time I saw the sage Nārada seated on the bank of the Gaṅgā, tranquil, all-knowing, the best of the knowers of the Veda.

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दृष्ट्वाहं मुदितो भूत्वा पादयोरपतं मुनेः । तेजाज्ञप्तः समीपेऽस्य संविष्टश्च वरासने

dṛṣṭvāhaṃ mudito bhūtvā pādayorapataṃ muneḥ | tejājñaptaḥ samīpe'sya saṃviṣṭaśca varāsane

Seeing (him) I became glad and fell at the sage's feet; then, bidden by him, I sat down near him on an excellent seat.

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श्रुत्वा कुशलवार्तां वै तमपृच्छं विधेः सुतम् । निर्विष्टं जाह्नवीतीरे निर्जने सूक्ष्मवालुके

śrutvā kuśalavārtāṃ vai tamapṛcchaṃ vidheḥ sutam | nirviṣṭaṃ jāhnavītīre nirjane sūkṣmavāluke

After hearing news of (his) well-being, I asked him, the son of the Creator, who was settled on the bank of the Jāhnavī, in a solitary place of fine sand:

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मुनेऽतिविततस्यास्य ब्रह्माण्डस्य महामते । कः कर्ता परमः प्रोक्तस्तन्मे ब्रूहि विधानतः

mune'tivitatasyāsya brahmāṇḍasya mahāmate | kaḥ kartā paramaḥ proktastanme brūhi vidhānataḥ

"O sage, O great-minded one, who is declared the supreme maker of this vast cosmic egg? Tell me that in due order.

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कस्मादेतत्समुत्पन्नं ब्रह्माण्डं मुनिसत्तम । अनित्यं वा तथा नित्यं तदाचक्ष्व द्विजोत्तम

kasmādetatsamutpannaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ munisattama | anityaṃ vā tathā nityaṃ tadācakṣva dvijottama

From what has this cosmic egg arisen, O best of sages? And is it impermanent or permanent? Declare that, O best of the twice-born.

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एककर्तृकमेतद्वा बहुकर्तृकमन्यथा । अकर्तृकं न कार्यं स्याद्विरोधोऽयं विभाति मे

ekakartṛkametadvā bahukartṛkamanyathā | akartṛkaṃ na kāryaṃ syādvirodho'yaṃ vibhāti me

Has it one maker, or on the other hand many makers? A product cannot be without a maker — this contradiction is apparent to me.

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इति सन्देहसन्दोहे मग्नं मां तारयाधुना । विकल्पकोटीः कृर्वाणं संसारेऽस्मिन् प्रविस्तरे

iti sandehasandohe magnaṃ māṃ tārayādhunā | vikalpakoṭīḥ kṛrvāṇaṃ saṃsāre'smin pravistare

Thus, rescue me now, sunk in a mass of doubts, forming millions of alternatives in this far-extended round of existence.

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ब्रुवन्ति शंकरं केचिन्मत्वा कारणकारणम् । सदाशिवं महादेवं प्रलयोत्पत्तिवर्जितम्

bruvanti śaṃkaraṃ kecinmatvā kāraṇakāraṇam | sadāśivaṃ mahādevaṃ pralayotpattivarjitam

Some speak of Śaṃkara, holding (him) to be the cause of causes — Sadāśiva, the great god, free from dissolution and origination,

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आत्मारामं सुरेशं च त्रिगुणं निर्मलं हरम् । संसारतारकं नित्यं सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारणम्

ātmārāmaṃ sureśaṃ ca triguṇaṃ nirmalaṃ haram | saṃsāratārakaṃ nityaṃ sṛṣṭisthityantakāraṇam

delighting in himself, lord of the gods, having the three qualities (yet) stainless, Hara, the ferryman across the round of existence, eternal, the cause of creation, maintenance and end.

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अन्ये विष्णुं स्तुवन्त्येनं सर्वेषां प्रभुमीश्वरम् । परमात्मानमव्यक्तं सर्वशक्तिसमन्वितम्

anye viṣṇuṃ stuvantyenaṃ sarveṣāṃ prabhumīśvaram | paramātmānamavyaktaṃ sarvaśaktisamanvitam

Others praise Viṣṇu, him the master and lord of all, the supreme Self, unmanifest, endowed with every power,

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भुक्तिदं मुक्तिदं शान्तं सर्वादिं सर्वतोमुखम् । व्यापकं विश्वशरणमनादिनिधनं हरिम्

bhuktidaṃ muktidaṃ śāntaṃ sarvādiṃ sarvatomukham | vyāpakaṃ viśvaśaraṇamanādinidhanaṃ harim

giver of enjoyment, giver of liberation, tranquil, the beginning of all, facing every direction, all-pervading, the refuge of the universe, Hari, without beginning or end.

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धातारं च तथा चान्ये ब्रुवन्ति सृष्टिकारणम् । तमेव सर्ववेत्तारं सर्वभूतप्रवर्तकम्

dhātāraṃ ca tathā cānye bruvanti sṛṣṭikāraṇam | tameva sarvavettāraṃ sarvabhūtapravartakam

And likewise others speak of the Ordainer (Brahmā) as the cause of creation — him alone as the knower of all, the impeller of all beings,

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चतुर्मुखं सुरेशानं नाभिपद्मभवं विभुम् । स्रष्टारं सर्वलोकानां सत्यलोकनिवासिनम्

caturmukhaṃ sureśānaṃ nābhipadmabhavaṃ vibhum | sraṣṭāraṃ sarvalokānāṃ satyalokanivāsinam

four-faced, ruler of the gods, born from the lotus of (Viṣṇu's) navel, mighty, the creator of all the worlds, dwelling in Satyaloka.

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दिनेशं प्रवदन्त्यन्ये सर्वेशं वेदवादिनः । स्तुवन्ति चैव गायन्ति सायं प्रातरतन्द्रिताः

dineśaṃ pravadantyanye sarveśaṃ vedavādinaḥ | stuvanti caiva gāyanti sāyaṃ prātaratandritāḥ

Others, expounders of the Veda, declare the Lord of Day (the Sun) to be the lord of all, and untiring they praise and sing (of him) evening and morning.

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यजन्ति च तथा यज्ञे वासवं च शतक्रतुम् । सहस्राक्षं देवदेवं सर्वेषां प्रभुमुल्बणम्

yajanti ca tathā yajñe vāsavaṃ ca śatakratum | sahasrākṣaṃ devadevaṃ sarveṣāṃ prabhumulbaṇam

And likewise (some) worship in sacrifice Vāsava (Indra) of the hundred rites, the thousand-eyed god of gods, the formidable lord of all,

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यज्ञाधीशं सुराधीशं त्रिलोकेशं शचीपतिम् । यज्ञानां चैव भोक्तारं सोमपं सोमपप्रियम्

yajñādhīśaṃ surādhīśaṃ trilokeśaṃ śacīpatim | yajñānāṃ caiva bhoktāraṃ somapaṃ somapapriyam

the overlord of sacrifice, overlord of the gods, lord of the three worlds, husband of Śacī, the enjoyer of sacrifices, the soma-drinker, dear to soma-drinkers.

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वरुणं च तथा सोमं पावकं पवनं तथा । यमं कुबेरं धनदं गणाधीशं तथापरे

varuṇaṃ ca tathā somaṃ pāvakaṃ pavanaṃ tathā | yamaṃ kuberaṃ dhanadaṃ gaṇādhīśaṃ tathāpare

And others (worship) Varuṇa, and Soma, Fire and Wind likewise, Yama, Kubera the giver of wealth, and the lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa),

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हेरम्बं गजवक्त्रं च सर्वकार्यप्रसाधकम् । स्मरणात्सिद्धिदं कामं कामदं कामगं परम्

herambaṃ gajavaktraṃ ca sarvakāryaprasādhakam | smaraṇātsiddhidaṃ kāmaṃ kāmadaṃ kāmagaṃ param

Heramba, the elephant-faced, accomplisher of every task, who grants success at (mere) remembrance, desirable, granting desires, moving at will, supreme.

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भवानीं केचनाचार्याः प्रवदन्त्यखिलार्थदाम् । आदिमायां महाशक्तिं प्रकृतिं पुरुषानुगाम्

bhavānīṃ kecanācāryāḥ pravadantyakhilārthadām | ādimāyāṃ mahāśaktiṃ prakṛtiṃ puruṣānugām

Some teachers declare Bhavānī, the giver of all objects (of desire), to be (the cause) — the primal Māyā, the great Power, Prakṛti, who follows upon Puruṣa,

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ब्रह्मैकतासमापन्नां सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारिणीम् । मातरं सर्वभूतानां देवतानां तथैव च

brahmaikatāsamāpannāṃ sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇīm | mātaraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ devatānāṃ tathaiva ca

(They call her) one who has attained oneness with Brahman, who brings about creation, preservation and dissolution, the mother of all beings and of the gods as well.

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अनादिनिधनां पूर्णां व्यापिकां सर्वजन्तुषु । ईश्वरीं सर्वलोकानां निर्गुणां सगुणां शिवाम्

anādinidhanāṃ pūrṇāṃ vyāpikāṃ sarvajantuṣu | īśvarīṃ sarvalokānāṃ nirguṇāṃ saguṇāṃ śivām

Without beginning or end, complete, pervading all creatures, the sovereign of all worlds, without qualities and with qualities, the auspicious one.

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वैष्णवीं शाङ्करीं ब्राह्मीं वासवीं वारुणीं तथा । वाराहीं नारसिंहीं च महालक्ष्मीं तथाद्भुताम्

vaiṣṇavīṃ śāṅkarīṃ brāhmīṃ vāsavīṃ vāruṇīṃ tathā | vārāhīṃ nārasiṃhīṃ ca mahālakṣmīṃ tathādbhutām

(They call her) Vaiṣṇavī, Śāṅkarī, Brāhmī, Vāsavī and Vāruṇī, Vārāhī and Nārasiṃhī, and Mahālakṣmī, the wondrous one.

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वेदमातरमेकां च विद्यां भवतरोः स्थिराम् । सर्वदुःखनिहन्त्रीं च स्मरणात्सर्वकामदाम्

vedamātaramekāṃ ca vidyāṃ bhavataroḥ sthirām | sarvaduḥkhanihantrīṃ ca smaraṇātsarvakāmadām

And the one mother of the Vedas, knowledge, the axe (that fells) the tree of worldly existence, the destroyer of all sorrows, who by being remembered grants all desires.

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

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मोक्षदां च मुमुक्षूणां कामदां च फलार्थिनाम् । त्रिगुणातीतरूपां च गुणविस्तारकारकाम्

mokṣadāṃ ca mumukṣūṇāṃ kāmadāṃ ca phalārthinām | triguṇātītarūpāṃ ca guṇavistārakārakām

Giver of liberation to those who seek liberation, giver of desires to those who seek fruits, whose form is beyond the three qualities, and who brings about the expansion of the qualities.

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निर्गुणां सगुणां तस्मात्तां ध्यायन्ति फलार्थिनः । निरंजनं निराकारं निर्लेपं निर्गुणं किल

nirguṇāṃ saguṇāṃ tasmāttāṃ dhyāyanti phalārthinaḥ | niraṃjanaṃ nirākāraṃ nirlepaṃ nirguṇaṃ kila

Therefore those who seek fruits meditate on her as without qualities and as with qualities. Indeed, unstained, formless, unsullied, without qualities,

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अरूपं व्यापकं ब्रह्म प्रवदन्ति मुनीश्वराः । वेदोपनिषदि प्रोक्तस्तेजोमय इति क्वचित्

arūpaṃ vyāpakaṃ brahma pravadanti munīśvarāḥ | vedopaniṣadi proktastejomaya iti kvacit

shapeless, all-pervading — so the lords of sages declare Brahman; and in the Veda's Upaniṣad it is somewhere said to be made of light.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.39

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्रनयनस्तथा । सहस्रकरकर्णश्च सहस्रास्यः सहस्रपात्

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasranayanastathā | sahasrakarakarṇaśca sahasrāsyaḥ sahasrapāt

The Puruṣa is thousand-headed and likewise thousand-eyed, thousand-handed and thousand-eared, thousand-mouthed, thousand-footed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.40

विष्णोः पादमथाकाशं परमं समुदाहृतम् । विराजं विरजं शान्तं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः

viṣṇoḥ pādamathākāśaṃ paramaṃ samudāhṛtam | virājaṃ virajaṃ śāntaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ

Then the space (of the sky) is declared to be the highest step of Viṣṇu; the wise call (it) Virāj, free of impurity, at peace.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.41

पुरुषोत्तमं तथा चान्ये प्रवदन्ति पुराविदः । नैकोऽपीति वदन्त्यन्ये प्रभुरीशः कदाचन

puruṣottamaṃ tathā cānye pravadanti purāvidaḥ | naiko'pīti vadantyanye prabhurīśaḥ kadācana

And others, knowers of the ancient lore, declare (him) Puruṣottama; still others say there is no lord or ruler at all, not one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.42

अनीश्वरमिदं सर्वं ब्रह्माण्डमिति केचन । न कदापीशजन्यं यज्जगदेतदचिन्तितम्

anīśvaramidaṃ sarvaṃ brahmāṇḍamiti kecana | na kadāpīśajanyaṃ yajjagadetadacintitam

Some (say) that this whole cosmic egg is without a lord, that this world, unimagined, was never at any time produced by a lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.43

सदैवेदमनीशं च स्वभावोत्थं सदेदृशम् । अकर्तासौ पुमान्प्रोक्तः प्रकृतिस्तु तथा च सा

sadaivedamanīśaṃ ca svabhāvotthaṃ sadedṛśam | akartāsau pumānproktaḥ prakṛtistu tathā ca sā

This is always lordless, arisen from its own nature, always of this same kind; that Puruṣa is said to be a non-agent, and Prakṛti likewise (is said to be) she (who acts).

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

DB 3 1.44

एवं वदन्ति साङ्ख्याश्च मुनयः कपिलादयः । एते सन्देहसन्दोहाः प्रभवन्ति तथाऽपरे

evaṃ vadanti sāṅkhyāśca munayaḥ kapilādayaḥ | ete sandehasandohāḥ prabhavanti tathā'pare

Thus speak the Sāṅkhyas and the sages, Kapila and the rest; these masses of doubts arise, and yet others too.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.45

विकल्पोपहतं चेतः किं करोमि मुनीश्वर । धर्माधर्मविवक्षायां न मनो मे स्थिरं भवेत्

vikalpopahataṃ cetaḥ kiṃ karomi munīśvara | dharmādharmavivakṣāyāṃ na mano me sthiraṃ bhavet

My mind is stricken with alternatives — what am I to do, O lord of sages? In wishing to determine dharma and non-dharma my mind cannot become steady.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.46

को धर्मः कीदृशोऽधर्मश्चिह्नं नैवोपलभ्यते । देवाः सत्त्वगुणोत्पन्नाः सत्यधर्मव्यवस्थिताः

ko dharmaḥ kīdṛśo'dharmaścihnaṃ naivopalabhyate | devāḥ sattvaguṇotpannāḥ satyadharmavyavasthitāḥ

What is dharma, of what sort is non-dharma? No mark (of them) is to be found. The gods, born of the quality of sattva, established in truth and dharma,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.47

पीड्यन्ते दानवैः पापैः कुत्र धर्मव्यवस्थितिः । धर्मस्थिताः सदाचाराः पाण्डवा मम वंशजाः

pīḍyante dānavaiḥ pāpaiḥ kutra dharmavyavasthitiḥ | dharmasthitāḥ sadācārāḥ pāṇḍavā mama vaṃśajāḥ

are oppressed by the sinful Dānavas — where then is the fixed order of dharma? The Pāṇḍavas, born in my lineage, stood in dharma and were of good conduct,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.48

दुःखं बहुविधं प्राप्तास्तत्र धर्मस्य का स्थितिः । अतो मे हृदयं तात वेपतेऽतीव संशये

duḥkhaṃ bahuvidhaṃ prāptāstatra dharmasya kā sthitiḥ | ato me hṛdayaṃ tāta vepate'tīva saṃśaye

(yet) they met with manifold suffering — what stability has dharma there? Therefore, dear one, my heart trembles exceedingly in doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.49

कुरु मेऽसंशयं चेतः समर्थोऽसि महामुने । त्राहि संसारवार्धेस्त्वं ज्ञानपोतेन मां मुने

kuru me'saṃśayaṃ cetaḥ samartho'si mahāmune | trāhi saṃsāravārdhestvaṃ jñānapotena māṃ mune

Make my mind free of doubt; you are able (to do it), O great sage. Rescue me, sage, from the ocean of saṃsāra with the boat of knowledge,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 1.50

मज्जन्तं चोत्पतन्तं च मग्नं मोहजलाविले

majjantaṃ cotpatantaṃ ca magnaṃ mohajalāvile

(me) sinking and coming up again, submerged in the turbid water of delusion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition