Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 25
DB 3 25.1
देवीस्थापनवर्णनम् व्यास उवाच गत्वाऽयोध्यां नृपश्रेष्ठो गृहं राज्ञः सुहृद्वृतः । शत्रुजिन्मातरं प्राह प्रणम्य शोकसङ्कुलाम्
devīsthāpanavarṇanam vyāsa uvāca gatvā'yodhyāṃ nṛpaśreṣṭho gṛhaṃ rājñaḥ suhṛdvṛtaḥ | śatrujinmātaraṃ prāha praṇamya śokasaṅkulām
The Description of the Installation of the Goddess. Vyāsa said: Having gone to Ayodhyā, the best of kings, surrounded by his friends, went to the king's house and, bowing, spoke to Śatrujit's mother, who was overwhelmed with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.2
मातर्न ते मया पुत्रः सङ्ग्रामे निहतः किल । न पिता ते युधाजिच्च शपे ते चरणौ तथा
mātarna te mayā putraḥ saṅgrāme nihataḥ kila | na pitā te yudhājicca śape te caraṇau tathā
Mother, your son was surely not slain by me in the battle, nor was your father Yudhājit; I swear it by your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.3
दुर्गया तौ हतौ संख्ये नापराधो ममात्र वै । अवश्यम्भाविभावेषु प्रतीकारो न विद्यते
durgayā tau hatau saṃkhye nāparādho mamātra vai | avaśyambhāvibhāveṣu pratīkāro na vidyate
Those two were slain in the fight by Durgā; there is no fault of mine here. For things that must inevitably come to be there is no remedy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.4
न शोकोऽत्र त्वया कार्यो मृतपुत्रस्य मानिनि । स्वकर्मवशगो जीवो भुङ्क्ते भोगान्सुखासुखान्
na śoko'tra tvayā kāryo mṛtaputrasya mānini | svakarmavaśago jīvo bhuṅkte bhogānsukhāsukhān
You should not grieve here for your dead son, proud lady; a living being, subject to its own deeds, experiences enjoyments pleasant and unpleasant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.5
दासोऽस्मि तव भो मातर्यथा मम मनोरमा । तथा त्वमपि धर्मज्ञे न भेदोऽस्ति मनागपि
dāso'smi tava bho mātaryathā mama manoramā | tathā tvamapi dharmajñe na bhedo'sti manāgapi
I am your servant, O mother; as Manoramā is mine, so are you too, O knower of dharma—there is not the least difference.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.6
अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम् । तस्मान्न शोचितव्यं ते सुखे दुःखे कदाचन
avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham | tasmānna śocitavyaṃ te sukhe duḥkhe kadācana
The deed done, good or bad, must inevitably be experienced; therefore you should never grieve, in pleasure or in pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.7
दुःखे दुःखाधिकान्पश्येत्सुखे पश्येत्सुखाधिकम् । आत्मानं शोकहर्षाभ्यां शत्रुभ्यामिव नार्पयेत्
duḥkhe duḥkhādhikānpaśyetsukhe paśyetsukhādhikam | ātmānaṃ śokaharṣābhyāṃ śatrubhyāmiva nārpayet
In pain one should look at those with more pain; in pleasure one should look at one with more pleasure. One should not deliver oneself over to grief and joy as if to two enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.8
दैवाधीनमिदं सर्वं नात्माधीनं कदाचन । न शोकेन तदाऽऽत्मानं शोषयेन्मतिमान्नरः
daivādhīnamidaṃ sarvaṃ nātmādhīnaṃ kadācana | na śokena tadā''tmānaṃ śoṣayenmatimānnaraḥ
All this is dependent on fate, never dependent on oneself; therefore a wise man should not then wither himself with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.9
यथा दारुमयी योषा नटादीनां प्रचेष्टते । तथा स्वकर्मवशगो देही सर्वत्र वर्तते
yathā dārumayī yoṣā naṭādīnāṃ praceṣṭate | tathā svakarmavaśago dehī sarvatra vartate
As a wooden puppet moves at (the will of) actors and the like, so an embodied being, subject to its own deeds, acts everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.10
अहं वनगतो मातर्नाभवं दुःखमानसः । चिन्तयन्स्वकृतं कर्म भोक्तव्यमिति वेद्मि च
ahaṃ vanagato mātarnābhavaṃ duḥkhamānasaḥ | cintayansvakṛtaṃ karma bhoktavyamiti vedmi ca
Mother, when I had gone to the forest I did not become sorrowful in mind, reflecting that the deed one has done must be experienced—and I know this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.11
मृतो मातामहोऽत्रैव विधुरा जननी मम । भयातुरा गृहीत्वा मां निर्ययौ गहनं वनम्
mṛto mātāmaho'traiva vidhurā jananī mama | bhayāturā gṛhītvā māṃ niryayau gahanaṃ vanam
My maternal grandfather died right here; my mother, widowed and stricken with fear, took me and went out to the deep forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.12
लुण्ठिता तस्करैर्मार्गे वस्त्रहीना तथा कृता । पाथेयञ्च हृतं सर्वं बालपुत्रा निराश्रया
luṇṭhitā taskarairmārge vastrahīnā tathā kṛtā | pātheyañca hṛtaṃ sarvaṃ bālaputrā nirāśrayā
On the road (she was) plundered by thieves and thus left without clothing; and all the travel-provisions were carried off — (she) with a young son and no refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.13
माता गृहीत्वा मां प्राप्ता भारद्वाजाश्रमं प्रति । विदल्लोऽयं समायातस्तथा धात्रेयिकाऽबला
mātā gṛhītvā māṃ prāptā bhāradvājāśramaṃ prati | vidallo'yaṃ samāyātastathā dhātreyikā'balā
My mother, taking me, reached the hermitage of Bharadvāja; this Vidalla came along too, and the nurse, a weak woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.14
मुनिभिर्मुनिपत्नीभिर्दयायुक्तैः समन्ततः । पोषिताः फलनीवारैर्वयं तत्र स्थितास्त्रयः
munibhirmunipatnībhirdayāyuktaiḥ samantataḥ | poṣitāḥ phalanīvārairvayaṃ tatra sthitāstrayaḥ
By the sages and the sages' wives, filled with compassion on every side, we three were nourished with fruits and wild rice, and stayed there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.15
दुःखं नमे तदा ह्यासीत्सुखं नाद्य धनागमे । न वैरं न च मात्सर्यं मम चित्ते तु कर्हिचित्
duḥkhaṃ name tadā hyāsītsukhaṃ nādya dhanāgame | na vairaṃ na ca mātsaryaṃ mama citte tu karhicit
I had no sorrow then, nor have I pleasure now at the coming of wealth; nor was there ever enmity or envy in my mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.16
नीवारभक्षणं श्रेष्ठं राजभोगात्परन्तपे । तदाशी नरकं याति न नीवाराशनः क्वचित्
nīvārabhakṣaṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rājabhogātparantape | tadāśī narakaṃ yāti na nīvārāśanaḥ kvacit
Eating wild rice is better than a king's enjoyments, O scorcher of foes; he who eats the latter goes to hell, but never he who eats wild rice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.17
धर्मस्याचरणं कार्यं पुरुषेण विजानता । सञ्जित्येन्द्रियवर्गं वै यथा न नरकं व्रजेत्
dharmasyācaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ puruṣeṇa vijānatā | sañjityendriyavargaṃ vai yathā na narakaṃ vrajet
The practice of dharma should be carried out by a man who understands, conquering the host of the senses, so that he may not go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.18
मानुष्यं दुर्लभं मातः खण्डेऽस्मिन्भारते शुभे । आहारादि सुखं नूनं भवेत्सर्वासु योनिषु
mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ mātaḥ khaṇḍe'sminbhārate śubhe | āhārādi sukhaṃ nūnaṃ bhavetsarvāsu yoniṣu
Human birth is hard to obtain, mother, in this auspicious portion, Bhārata; food and such pleasures may surely be had in all wombs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.19
प्राप्य तं मानुषं देहं कर्तव्यं धर्मसाधनम् । स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदं नॄणां दुर्लभं चान्ययोनिषु
prāpya taṃ mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ kartavyaṃ dharmasādhanam | svargamokṣapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ durlabhaṃ cānyayoniṣu
Having obtained that human body, the practice of dharma should be performed — which gives men heaven and liberation, and is hard to come by in other births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.20
व्यास उवाच इत्युक्ता सा तदा तेन लीलावत्यतिलज्जिता । पुत्रशोकं परित्यज्य तमाहाश्रुविलोचना
vyāsa uvāca ityuktā sā tadā tena līlāvatyatilajjitā | putraśokaṃ parityajya tamāhāśruvilocanā
Vyāsa said: Thus addressed by him, Līlāvatī, greatly ashamed, abandoned her grief for her son and said to him with tears in her eyes:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.21
सापराधाऽस्मि पुत्राहं कृता पित्रा युधाजिता । हत्या मातामहं तेऽत्र हृतं राज्यं तु येन वै
sāparādhā'smi putrāhaṃ kṛtā pitrā yudhājitā | hatyā mātāmahaṃ te'tra hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tu yena vai
"I am guilty, my son — made so by my father Yudhājit, who here killed your maternal grandfather and seized the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.22
न तं वारयितुं शक्ता तदाऽहं न सुतं मम । यत्कृतं कर्म तेनैव नापराधोऽस्ति मे सुत
na taṃ vārayituṃ śaktā tadā'haṃ na sutaṃ mama | yatkṛtaṃ karma tenaiva nāparādho'sti me suta
I was not able then to restrain him, nor (was) my son; whatever deed was done was done by him alone — there is no fault of mine, son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.23
तौ मृतौ स्वकृतेनैव कारणं त्वं तयोर्न च । नाहं शोचामि तं पुत्रं सदा शोचामि तत्कृतम्
tau mṛtau svakṛtenaiva kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ tayorna ca | nāhaṃ śocāmi taṃ putraṃ sadā śocāmi tatkṛtam
Those two died by their own doing, and you are not the cause of them; I do not grieve for that son — I grieve always for what he did.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.24
पुत्र त्वमसि कल्याण भगिनी मे मनोरमा । न क्रोधो न च शोको मे त्वयि पुत्र मनागपि
putra tvamasi kalyāṇa bhaginī me manoramā | na krodho na ca śoko me tvayi putra manāgapi
You, son, are auspicious, (and) my sister(-in-law?) Manoramā is delightful; there is not the least anger nor sorrow in me toward you, son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 25.25
कुरु राज्यं महाभाग प्रजाः पालय सुव्रत । भगवत्याः प्रसादेन प्राप्तमेतदकण्टकम् तृतीयस्कन्धे देवीस्थापनवर्णनं नाम पञ्चविंशोऽध्यायः
kuru rājyaṃ mahābhāga prajāḥ pālaya suvrata | bhagavatyāḥ prasādena prāptametadakaṇṭakam tṛtīyaskandhe devīsthāpanavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Rule the kingdom, greatly fortunate one; protect the subjects, you of good vows; by the grace of the Goddess this has been obtained free of thorns." — In the third book, the twenty-fifth chapter, called the description of the installation of the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.26
तदाकर्ण्य वचो मातुर्नत्वा तां नृपनन्दनः । जगाम भवनं रम्यं यत्र पूर्वं मनोरमा
tadākarṇya vaco māturnatvā tāṃ nṛpanandanaḥ | jagāma bhavanaṃ ramyaṃ yatra pūrvaṃ manoramā
Hearing that speech of his mother, the king's son bowed to her and went to the lovely palace where Manoramā was before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.27
न्यवसत्तत्र गत्वा तु सर्वानाहूय मन्त्रिणः । दैवज्ञानथ पप्रच्छ मुहूर्तं दिवसं शुभम्
nyavasattatra gatvā tu sarvānāhūya mantriṇaḥ | daivajñānatha papraccha muhūrtaṃ divasaṃ śubham
Having gone there he dwelt (there), and summoning all the ministers he then asked the astrologers for an auspicious moment and day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.28
सिंहासनं तथा हैमं कारयित्वा मनोहरम् । सिंहासने स्थितां देवीं पूजयिष्ये सदाऽप्यहम्
siṃhāsanaṃ tathā haimaṃ kārayitvā manoharam | siṃhāsane sthitāṃ devīṃ pūjayiṣye sadā'pyaham
"Having a lovely golden lion-throne made, I shall always worship the Goddess seated on the lion-throne.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.29
स्थापयित्वाऽऽसने देवीं धर्मार्थकाममोक्षदाम् । राज्यं पश्चात्करिष्यामि यथा रामादिभिः कृतम्
sthāpayitvā''sane devīṃ dharmārthakāmamokṣadām | rājyaṃ paścātkariṣyāmi yathā rāmādibhiḥ kṛtam
Having installed on the seat the Goddess who grants dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation, I shall afterwards rule the kingdom, as was done by Rāma and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.30
पूजनीया सदा देवी सर्वैर्नागरिकैर्जनैः । माननीया शिवा शक्तिः सर्वकामार्थसिद्धिदा
pūjanīyā sadā devī sarvairnāgarikairjanaiḥ | mānanīyā śivā śaktiḥ sarvakāmārthasiddhidā
The Goddess is always to be worshipped by all the city's people; the auspicious Śakti, who grants the fulfilment of all desires and aims, is to be honoured."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.31
इत्युक्ता मन्त्रिणस्ते तु चक्रुर्वै राजशासनम् । प्रासादं कारयामासुः शिल्पिभिः सुमनोरमम्
ityuktā mantriṇaste tu cakrurvai rājaśāsanam | prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsuḥ śilpibhiḥ sumanoramam
Thus addressed, those ministers carried out the king's command: they had a most lovely temple built by craftsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.32
प्रतिमां कारयित्वाऽथ मुहूर्तेऽथ शुभे दिने । द्विजानाहूय वेदज्ञान्स्थापयामास भूपतिः
pratimāṃ kārayitvā'tha muhūrte'tha śubhe dine | dvijānāhūya vedajñānsthāpayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ
Then, having had an image made, at an auspicious moment on an auspicious day, the king summoned brahmins learned in the Vedas and had it installed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.33
हवनं विधिवत्कृत्वा पूजयित्वाऽथ देवताम् । प्रासादे मतिमान् देव्याः स्थापयामास भूमिपः
havanaṃ vidhivatkṛtvā pūjayitvā'tha devatām | prāsāde matimān devyāḥ sthāpayāmāsa bhūmipaḥ
Having performed the fire-offering according to rule and then worshipped the deity, the wise lord of the earth installed (the image) of the Goddess in the temple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.34
उत्सवस्तत्र संवृत्तो वादित्राणाञ्च निःस्वनैः । ब्राह्मणानां वेदघोषैर्गानैस्तु विधिधैर्नृप
utsavastatra saṃvṛtto vāditrāṇāñca niḥsvanaiḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ vedaghoṣairgānaistu vidhidhairnṛpa
There a festival took place, with the sounds of musical instruments, with the Vedic chanting of the brahmins and with songs of various kinds, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.35
व्यास उवाच प्रतिष्ठाप्य शिवां देवीं विधिवद्वेदवादिभिः । पूजां नानाविधां राजा चकारातिविधानतः
vyāsa uvāca pratiṣṭhāpya śivāṃ devīṃ vidhivadvedavādibhiḥ | pūjāṃ nānāvidhāṃ rājā cakārātividhānataḥ
Vyāsa said: Having established the auspicious Goddess according to rule with reciters of the Veda, the king performed worship of many kinds, strictly according to the prescriptions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.36
कृत्वा पूजाविधिं राजा राज्यं प्राप्य स्वपैतृकम् । विख्यातश्चाम्बिका देवी कोसलेषु बभूव ह
kṛtvā pūjāvidhiṃ rājā rājyaṃ prāpya svapaitṛkam | vikhyātaścāmbikā devī kosaleṣu babhūva ha
Having carried out the rite of worship, the king obtained his ancestral kingdom, and the Goddess Ambikā became renowned among the Kosalas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.37
राज्यं प्राप्य नृपः सर्वं सामन्तकनृपानथ । वशे चक्रेऽतिधर्मिष्ठान्सद्धर्मविजयी नृपः
rājyaṃ prāpya nṛpaḥ sarvaṃ sāmantakanṛpānatha | vaśe cakre'tidharmiṣṭhānsaddharmavijayī nṛpaḥ
Having obtained the whole kingdom, the king then brought the neighbouring vassal kings, who were exceedingly righteous, under his sway — that king who conquered by true dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.38
यथा रामः स्वराज्येऽभूद्दिलीपस्य रघुर्यथा । प्रजानां वै सुखं तद्वन्मर्यादाऽपि तथाऽभवत्
yathā rāmaḥ svarājye'bhūddilīpasya raghuryathā | prajānāṃ vai sukhaṃ tadvanmaryādā'pi tathā'bhavat
As Rāma was in his own kingdom, and as Raghu, son of Dilīpa, was — so was the happiness of the subjects, and so too was (the keeping of) proper bounds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.39
धर्मो वर्णाश्रमाणां च चतुष्पादभवत्तथा । नाधर्मे रमते चित्तं केषामपि महीतले
dharmo varṇāśramāṇāṃ ca catuṣpādabhavattathā | nādharme ramate cittaṃ keṣāmapi mahītale
And the dharma of the classes and the stages of life became four-footed then, and the mind of no one on earth took pleasure in unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.40
ग्रामे ग्रामे च प्रासादांश्चक्रुः सर्वे जनाधिपाः । देव्याः पूजा तदा प्रीत्या कोसलेषु प्रवर्तिता
grāme grāme ca prāsādāṃścakruḥ sarve janādhipāḥ | devyāḥ pūjā tadā prītyā kosaleṣu pravartitā
And in village after village all the rulers of men built temples; then the worship of the Goddess was set going with love among the Kosalas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.41
सुबाहुरपि काश्यां तु दुर्गायाः प्रतिमां शुभाम् । कारयित्वा च प्रासादं स्थापयामास भक्तितः
subāhurapi kāśyāṃ tu durgāyāḥ pratimāṃ śubhām | kārayitvā ca prāsādaṃ sthāpayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ
Subāhu too, in Kāśī, had an auspicious image of Durgā made, and a temple, and installed (her) with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.42
तत्र तस्या जनाः सर्वे प्रेमभक्तिपरायणाः । पूजां चक्रुर्विधानेन यथा विश्वेश्वरस्य ह
tatra tasyā janāḥ sarve premabhaktiparāyaṇāḥ | pūjāṃ cakrurvidhānena yathā viśveśvarasya ha
There all the people, wholly given to loving devotion to her, performed her worship according to the prescriptions, just as (they did) that of Viśveśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.43
विख्याता सा बभूवाथ दुर्गादेवी धरातले । देशे देशे महाराज तस्या भक्तिर्व्यवर्धत
vikhyātā sā babhūvātha durgādevī dharātale | deśe deśe mahārāja tasyā bhaktirvyavardhata
Then that goddess Durgā became renowned on the face of the earth; in country after country, great king, devotion to her increased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.44
सर्वत्र भारते लोके सर्ववर्णेषु सर्वथा । भजनीया भवानी तु सर्वेषामभवत्तदा
sarvatra bhārate loke sarvavarṇeṣu sarvathā | bhajanīyā bhavānī tu sarveṣāmabhavattadā
Everywhere in the land of Bharata, among all classes, in every way, Bhavānī then became the one to be worshipped by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.45
शक्तिभक्तिरताः सर्वे मानिनश्चाभवन्नृप । आगमोक्तैरथ स्तोत्रैर्जपध्यानपरायणाः
śaktibhaktiratāḥ sarve māninaścābhavannṛpa | āgamoktairatha stotrairjapadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
All became devoted to the worship of Śakti and proud (of it), O king, given over to muttered recitation and meditation with the hymns spoken in the Āgamas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 25.46
नवरात्रेषु सर्वेषु चक्रुः सर्वे विधानतः । अर्चनं हवनं यागं देव्या भक्तिपरा जनाः
navarātreṣu sarveṣu cakruḥ sarve vidhānataḥ | arcanaṃ havanaṃ yāgaṃ devyā bhaktiparā janāḥ
In all the Nine Nights all the people, intent on devotion, performed according to the prescriptions the honouring, the fire-offering and the sacrifice of the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition