Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 30

DB 3 30.1

रामाय देवीवरदानम् व्यास उवाच एवं तौ संविदं कृत्वा यावत्तूष्णीं बभूवतुः । आजगाम तदाऽऽकाशान्नारदो भगवानृषिः

rāmāya devīvaradānam vyāsa uvāca evaṃ tau saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā yāvattūṣṇīṃ babhūvatuḥ | ājagāma tadā''kāśānnārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ

The granting of a boon to Rāma by the Goddess. Vyāsa said: When the two, having thus made their agreement, had fallen silent, then the venerable seer Nārada came from the sky.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.2

रणयन्महतीं वीणां स्वरग्रामविभूषिताम् । गायन्बृहद्रथं साम तदा तमुपतस्थिवान्

raṇayanmahatīṃ vīṇāṃ svaragrāmavibhūṣitām | gāyanbṛhadrathaṃ sāma tadā tamupatasthivān

Sounding a great lute adorned with the scale of notes, and singing the Bṛhadratha sāman, he then approached him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.3

दृष्ट्वा तं राम उत्थाय ददावथ वृषं शुभम् । आसनं चार्घ्यपाद्यञ्च कृतवानमितद्युतिः

dṛṣṭvā taṃ rāma utthāya dadāvatha vṛṣaṃ śubham | āsanaṃ cārghyapādyañca kṛtavānamitadyutiḥ

Seeing him, Rāma rose and then gave (him) a fine bull; and (Rāma) of measureless splendour provided a seat and water for his hands and feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.4

पूजां परमिकां कृत्वा कृताञ्जलिरुपस्थितः । उपविष्टः समीपे तु कृताज्ञो मुनिना हरिः

pūjāṃ paramikāṃ kṛtvā kṛtāñjalirupasthitaḥ | upaviṣṭaḥ samīpe tu kṛtājño muninā hariḥ

Having performed the highest worship, he stood with palms joined; and Hari (Rāma), acknowledging (the sage's) favour, sat down near the sage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.5

उपविष्टं तदा रामं सानुजं दुःखमानसम् । पप्रच्छ नारदः प्रीत्या कुशलं मुनिसत्तमः

upaviṣṭaṃ tadā rāmaṃ sānujaṃ duḥkhamānasam | papraccha nāradaḥ prītyā kuśalaṃ munisattamaḥ

Then Nārada, the best of sages, affectionately asked after the welfare of Rāma, who was seated with his younger brother, his mind full of grief.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.6

कथं राघव शोकार्तो यथा वै प्राकृतो नरः । हृतां सीतां च जानामि रावणेन दुरात्मना

kathaṃ rāghava śokārto yathā vai prākṛto naraḥ | hṛtāṃ sītāṃ ca jānāmi rāvaṇena durātmanā

"How is it, Rāghava, that you are stricken with sorrow like an ordinary man? I do know that Sītā was carried off by the evil-souled Rāvaṇa."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.7

सुरसद्मगतश्चाहं श्रुतवाञ्जनकात्मजाम् । पौलस्त्येन हृतां मोहान्मरणं स्वमजानता

surasadmagataścāhaṃ śrutavāñjanakātmajām | paulastyena hṛtāṃ mohānmaraṇaṃ svamajānatā

"While I was in the abode of the gods I heard that Janaka's daughter had been carried off, out of delusion, by Paulastya (Rāvaṇa), who did not know his own death (was in it)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.8

तव जन्म च काकुत्स्थ पौलस्त्यनिधनाय वै । मैथिलीहरणं जातमेतदर्थं नराधिप

tava janma ca kākutstha paulastyanidhanāya vai | maithilīharaṇaṃ jātametadarthaṃ narādhipa

"And your birth, Kākutstha, was indeed for the slaying of Paulastya; the carrying off of the Mithilā princess has come about for this very purpose, O ruler of men."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.9

पूर्वजन्मनि वैदेही मुनिपुत्री तपस्विनी । रावणेन वने दृष्टा तपस्यन्ती शुचिस्मिता

pūrvajanmani vaidehī muniputrī tapasvinī | rāvaṇena vane dṛṣṭā tapasyantī śucismitā

"In a former birth the Vaidehī was an ascetic sage's daughter; she was seen by Rāvaṇa in the forest, practising austerity, of pure smile."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.10

प्रार्थिता रावणेनासौ भव भार्येति राघव । तिरस्कृतस्तयाऽसौ वै जग्राह कबरं बलात्

prārthitā rāvaṇenāsau bhava bhāryeti rāghava | tiraskṛtastayā'sau vai jagrāha kabaraṃ balāt

"She was solicited by Rāvaṇa: 'Be my wife,' O Rāghava; rejected by her, he seized her braid by force."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.11

शशाप तत्क्षणं राम रावणं तापसी भृशम् । कुपिता त्यक्तुमिच्छन्ती देहं संस्पर्शदूषितम्

śaśāpa tatkṣaṇaṃ rāma rāvaṇaṃ tāpasī bhṛśam | kupitā tyaktumicchantī dehaṃ saṃsparśadūṣitam

"At that moment, Rāma, the ascetic woman cursed Rāvaṇa vehemently, angered, and wishing to abandon the body defiled by his touch."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.12

दुरात्मंस्तव नाशार्थं भविष्यामि धरातले । अयोनिजा वरा नारी त्यक्त्वा देहं जहावपि

durātmaṃstava nāśārthaṃ bhaviṣyāmi dharātale | ayonijā varā nārī tyaktvā dehaṃ jahāvapi

"'Evil-souled one, I shall come to be on the face of the earth for your destruction, an excellent woman not born from a womb'—and, abandoning the body, she also gave it up."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.13

सेयं रमांशसम्भूता गृहीता तेन रक्षसा । विनाशार्थं कुलस्यैव व्याली स्रगिव सम्भ्रमात्

seyaṃ ramāṃśasambhūtā gṛhītā tena rakṣasā | vināśārthaṃ kulasyaiva vyālī sragiva sambhramāt

"She it is, born of a portion of Ramā, who has been seized by that rākṣasa—for the destruction of his very lineage, as a snake (is seized) for a garland in confusion."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.14

तव जन्म च काकुत्स्थ तस्य नाशाय चामरैः । प्रार्थितस्य हरेरंशादजवंशेऽप्यजन्मनः

tava janma ca kākutstha tasya nāśāya cāmaraiḥ | prārthitasya hareraṃśādajavaṃśe'pyajanmanaḥ

"And your birth, Kākutstha, (came about) for his destruction, from a portion of Hari—who is unborn—in the lineage of Aja, he having been entreated by the immortals."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.15

कुरु धैर्यं महाबाहो तत्र सा वर्ततेऽवशा । सती धर्मरता सीता त्वां ध्यायन्ती दिवानिशम्

kuru dhairyaṃ mahābāho tatra sā vartate'vaśā | satī dharmaratā sītā tvāṃ dhyāyantī divāniśam

"Be firm, mighty-armed one: there she remains, helpless—Sītā, chaste, devoted to duty, meditating on you day and night."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.16

कामधेनुपयः पात्रे कृत्वा मघवता स्वयम् । पानार्थं प्रेषितं तस्याः पीतं चैवामृतं यथा

kāmadhenupayaḥ pātre kṛtvā maghavatā svayam | pānārthaṃ preṣitaṃ tasyāḥ pītaṃ caivāmṛtaṃ yathā

"Maghavan (Indra) himself, having put the milk of the wish-cow into a vessel, sent it for her to drink, and it was drunk as though it were the nectar of immortality."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.17

सुरभीदुग्धपानात्सा क्षुत्तुड्दुःखविवर्जिता । जाता कमलपत्राक्षी वर्तते वीक्षिता मया

surabhīdugdhapānātsā kṣuttuḍduḥkhavivarjitā | jātā kamalapatrākṣī vartate vīkṣitā mayā

"From drinking Surabhi's milk she has become free of the pain of hunger and thirst; the lotus-petal-eyed one lives on—she has been seen by me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.18

उपायं कथयाम्यद्य तस्य नाशाय राघव । व्रतं कुरुष्व श्रद्धावानाश्विने मासि साम्प्रतम्

upāyaṃ kathayāmyadya tasya nāśāya rāghava | vrataṃ kuruṣva śraddhāvānāśvine māsi sāmpratam

"Today I shall tell (you) the means for his destruction, Rāghava: full of faith, perform the vow now, in the month of Āśvina."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.19

नवरात्रोपवासञ्च भगवत्याः प्रपूजनम् । सर्वसिद्धिकरं राम जपहोमविधानतः

navarātropavāsañca bhagavatyāḥ prapūjanam | sarvasiddhikaraṃ rāma japahomavidhānataḥ

"The nine-nights' fast and the full worship of the Goddess, O Rāma, accomplishes every success, by the prescribed rite of muttered prayer and oblation."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.20

मेघ्यैश्च पशुभिर्देव्या बलिं दत्त्वा विशंसितैः । दशांशं हवनं कृत्वा सशक्तस्त्वं भविष्यसि

meghyaiśca paśubhirdevyā baliṃ dattvā viśaṃsitaiḥ | daśāṃśaṃ havanaṃ kṛtvā saśaktastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

"And having given the Goddess an offering with fit sacrificial animals, slaughtered (for it), and having made the fire-oblation a tenth part (of the recitation), you will become possessed of power."

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

DB 3 30.21

विष्णुना चरितं पूर्वं महादेवेन ब्रह्मणा । तथा मघवता चीर्णं स्वर्गमध्यस्थितेन वै

viṣṇunā caritaṃ pūrvaṃ mahādevena brahmaṇā | tathā maghavatā cīrṇaṃ svargamadhyasthitena vai

"It was performed formerly by Viṣṇu, by Mahādeva, by Brahmā, and likewise it was carried out by Maghavan while he was situated in the midst of heaven."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.22

सुखिना राम कर्तव्यं नवरात्रव्रतं शुभम् । विशेषेण च कर्तव्यं पुंसा कष्टगतेन वै

sukhinā rāma kartavyaṃ navarātravrataṃ śubham | viśeṣeṇa ca kartavyaṃ puṃsā kaṣṭagatena vai

"The auspicious nine-nights' vow should be performed, Rāma, by one who is happy; and it should especially be performed by a man who has fallen into hardship."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.23

विश्वामित्रेण काकुत्स्थ कृतमेतन्न संशयः । भृगुणाऽथ वसिष्ठेन कश्यपेन तथैव च

viśvāmitreṇa kākutstha kṛtametanna saṃśayaḥ | bhṛguṇā'tha vasiṣṭhena kaśyapena tathaiva ca

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 3 30.24

गुरुणा हृतदारेण कृतमेतन्महाव्रतम् । तस्मात्त्वं कुरु राजेन्द्र रावणस्य वधाय च

guruṇā hṛtadāreṇa kṛtametanmahāvratam | tasmāttvaṃ kuru rājendra rāvaṇasya vadhāya ca

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 3 30.25

इन्द्रेण वृत्रनाशाय कृतं व्रतमनुत्तमम् । त्रिपुरस्य विनाशाय शिवेनापि पुरा कृतम्

indreṇa vṛtranāśāya kṛtaṃ vratamanuttamam | tripurasya vināśāya śivenāpi purā kṛtam

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 3 30.26

हरिणा मधुनाशाय कृतं मेरौ महामते । विधिवत्कुरु काकुत्स्थ व्रतमेतदतन्द्रितः

hariṇā madhunāśāya kṛtaṃ merau mahāmate | vidhivatkuru kākutstha vratametadatandritaḥ

By Hari it was performed on Meru for the destruction of Madhu, O great-minded one; perform this vow duly, O Kākutstha, without slackness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.27

श्रीराम उवाच का देवी किं प्रभावा सा कुतो जाता किमाह्वया । व्रतं किं विधिवद्ब्रूहि सर्वज्ञोऽसि दयानिधे

śrīrāma uvāca kā devī kiṃ prabhāvā sā kuto jātā kimāhvayā | vrataṃ kiṃ vidhivadbrūhi sarvajño'si dayānidhe

Shri Rama said: Who is that Goddess? What is her power? Whence was she born? By what name is she called? And what is the vow, told according to the rule? Tell (me), for you are all-knowing, O treasury of compassion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.28

नारद उवाच शृणु राम सदा नित्या शक्तिराद्या सनातनी । सर्वकामप्रदा देवी पूजिता दुःखनाशिनी

nārada uvāca śṛṇu rāma sadā nityā śaktirādyā sanātanī | sarvakāmapradā devī pūjitā duḥkhanāśinī

Nārada said: Listen, Rāma. She is the eternal, ever-abiding, primordial, everlasting Power; the Goddess who grants all desires, who, when worshipped, destroys sorrow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.29

कारणं सर्वजन्तूनां ब्रह्मादीनां रघूद्वह । तस्याः शक्तिं विना कोऽपि स्पन्दितुं न क्षमो भवेत्

kāraṇaṃ sarvajantūnāṃ brahmādīnāṃ raghūdvaha | tasyāḥ śaktiṃ vinā ko'pi spandituṃ na kṣamo bhavet

(She is) the cause of all creatures, of Brahmā and the rest, O foremost of the Raghus; without her power no one at all would be able to stir.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.30

विष्णोः पालनशक्तिः सा कर्तृशक्तिः पितुर्मम । रुद्रस्य नाशशक्तिः सा त्वन्याशक्तिः परा शिवा तृतीयस्कन्धे रामाय देवीवरदानं नाम त्रिंशोऽध्यायः

viṣṇoḥ pālanaśaktiḥ sā kartṛśaktiḥ piturmama | rudrasya nāśaśaktiḥ sā tvanyāśaktiḥ parā śivā tṛtīyaskandhe rāmāya devīvaradānaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

She is Viṣṇu's power of preservation, and the creative power of my father (Brahmā); she is Rudra's power of destruction — and (yet) she is the other, supreme Power, Śivā. [Thus] in the third book, the thirtieth chapter, called "The Granting of the Boon to Rāma by the Devī."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.31

यच्च किञ्चित्क्वचिद्वस्तु सदसद्भुवनत्रये । तस्य सर्वस्य या शक्तिस्तदुत्पत्तिः कुतो भवेत्

yacca kiñcitkvacidvastu sadasadbhuvanatraye | tasya sarvasya yā śaktistadutpattiḥ kuto bhavet

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 3 30.32

न ब्रह्मा न यदा विष्णुर्न रुद्रो न दिवाकरः । न चेन्द्राद्याः सुराः सर्वे न धरा न धराधराः

na brahmā na yadā viṣṇurna rudro na divākaraḥ | na cendrādyāḥ surāḥ sarve na dharā na dharādharāḥ

When there was no Brahmā, no Viṣṇu, no Rudra, no sun, nor Indra and the other gods, all of them, nor the earth, nor the mountains—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.33

तदा सा प्रकृतिः पूर्णा पुरुषेण परेण वै । संयुता विहरत्येव युगादौ निर्गुणा शिवा

tadā sā prakṛtiḥ pūrṇā puruṣeṇa pareṇa vai | saṃyutā viharatyeva yugādau nirguṇā śivā

Then that Prakṛti, complete, joined with the supreme Puruṣa, sports on — she, at the beginning of the age, without qualities, auspicious (Śivā).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.34

सा भूत्वा सगुणा पश्चात्करोति भुवनत्रयम् । पूर्वं संसृज्य ब्रह्मादीन्दत्त्वा शक्तीश्च सर्वशः

sā bhūtvā saguṇā paścātkaroti bhuvanatrayam | pūrvaṃ saṃsṛjya brahmādīndattvā śaktīśca sarvaśaḥ

She, having become possessed of qualities, afterwards makes the three worlds; first having created Brahmā and the others, and having given (them) their powers in every way.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.35

तां ज्ञात्वा मुच्यते जन्तुर्जन्मसंसारबन्धनात् । सा विद्या परमा ज्ञेया वेदाद्या वेदकारिणी

tāṃ jñātvā mucyate janturjanmasaṃsārabandhanāt | sā vidyā paramā jñeyā vedādyā vedakāriṇī

Having known her, a creature is freed from the bondage of birth and transmigration. She is to be known as the supreme knowledge, the first of the Vedas, the maker of the Vedas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.36

असंख्यातानि नामानि तस्या ब्रह्मादिभिः किल । गुणकर्मविधानैस्तु कल्पितानि च किं ब्रुवे

asaṃkhyātāni nāmāni tasyā brahmādibhiḥ kila | guṇakarmavidhānaistu kalpitāni ca kiṃ bruve

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 3 30.37

अकारादिक्षकारान्तैः स्वरैर्वर्णैस्तु योजितैः । असंख्येयानि नामानि भवन्ति रघुनन्दन

akārādikṣakārāntaiḥ svarairvarṇaistu yojitaiḥ | asaṃkhyeyāni nāmāni bhavanti raghunandana

By the letters from 'a' to 'kṣa', joined with vowels and consonants, her names become innumerable, O delight of the Raghus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.38

राम उवाच विधिं मे ब्रूहि विप्रर्षे व्रतस्यास्य समासतः । करोम्यद्यैव श्रद्धावाञ्छ्रीदेव्याः पूजनं तथा

rāma uvāca vidhiṃ me brūhi viprarṣe vratasyāsya samāsataḥ | karomyadyaiva śraddhāvāñchrīdevyāḥ pūjanaṃ tathā

Rāma said: Tell me, O brahmin-sage, the procedure of this vow in brief. This very day, full of faith, I shall perform the worship of the glorious Goddess accordingly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.39

नारद उवाच पीठं कृत्वा समे स्थाने संस्थाप्य जगदम्बिकाम् । उपवासान्नवैव त्वं कुरु राम विधानतः

nārada uvāca pīṭhaṃ kṛtvā same sthāne saṃsthāpya jagadambikām | upavāsānnavaiva tvaṃ kuru rāma vidhānataḥ

Nārada said: Having made a pedestal on level ground and installed on it the Mother of the world, you should observe just nine fasts, Rāma, according to the prescribed rule.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.40

आचार्योऽहं भविष्यामि कर्मण्यस्मिन्महीपते । देवकार्यविधानार्थमुत्साहं प्रकरोम्यहम्

ācāryo'haṃ bhaviṣyāmi karmaṇyasminmahīpate | devakāryavidhānārthamutsāhaṃ prakaromyaham

"I myself shall be the officiating priest (ācārya) in this rite, O lord of the earth; for the sake of carrying out the gods' business I make this effort."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.41

व्यास उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं सत्यं मत्वा रामः प्रतापवान् । कारयित्वा शुभं पीठं स्थापयित्वाम्बिकां शिवाम्

vyāsa uvāca tacchrutvā vacanaṃ satyaṃ matvā rāmaḥ pratāpavān | kārayitvā śubhaṃ pīṭhaṃ sthāpayitvāmbikāṃ śivām

Vyāsa said: Hearing that, and holding the speech to be true, the mighty Rāma had an auspicious pedestal made and installed Ambikā Śivā (upon it),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.42

विधिवत्पूजनं तस्याश्चकार व्रतवान् हरिः । सम्प्राप्ते चाश्विने मासि तस्मिन्गिरिवरे तदा

vidhivatpūjanaṃ tasyāścakāra vratavān hariḥ | samprāpte cāśvine māsi tasmingirivare tadā

Hari (Rāma), keeping the vow, performed her worship according to the prescribed rules; and this was when the month of Āśvina had come, there on that best of mountains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.43

उपवासपरो रामः कृतवान्व्रतमुत्तमम् । होमञ्च विधिवत्तत्र बलिदानञ्च पूजनम्

upavāsaparo rāmaḥ kṛtavānvratamuttamam | homañca vidhivattatra balidānañca pūjanam

Rāma, devoted to fasting, performed the highest vow, and there the oblation according to rule, the offering of the sacrificial portion, and the worship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.44

भ्रातरौ चक्रतुः प्रेम्णा व्रतं नारदसम्मतम् । अष्टम्यां मध्यरात्रे तु देवी भगवती हि सा

bhrātarau cakratuḥ premṇā vrataṃ nāradasammatam | aṣṭamyāṃ madhyarātre tu devī bhagavatī hi sā

The two brothers performed with love the vow approved by Nārada; and on the eighth day, at midnight, that goddess, the Bhagavatī,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.45

सिंहारूढा ददौ तत्र दर्शनं प्रतिपूजिता । गिरिशृङ्गे स्थितोवाच राघवं सानुजं गिरा

siṃhārūḍhā dadau tatra darśanaṃ pratipūjitā | giriśṛṅge sthitovāca rāghavaṃ sānujaṃ girā

mounted on a lion, being duly worshipped, granted a vision there; standing on the mountain peak she spoke with (her) voice to the descendant of Raghu together with his younger brother —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.46

मेघगम्भीरया चेदं भक्तिभावेन तोषिता । देव्युवाच राम राम महाबाहो तुष्टाऽस्म्यद्म व्रतेन ते

meghagambhīrayā cedaṃ bhaktibhāvena toṣitā | devyuvāca rāma rāma mahābāho tuṣṭā'smyadma vratena te

and (she said) this in a voice deep as a cloud, gratified by (his) devotion. The Goddess said: "Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one, today I am pleased by your vow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.47

प्रार्थयस्व वरं कामं यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । नारायणांशसम्भूतस्त्वं वंशे मानवेऽनघे

prārthayasva varaṃ kāmaṃ yatte manasi vartate | nārāyaṇāṃśasambhūtastvaṃ vaṃśe mānave'naghe

Ask for a boon, the desire that abides in your mind. You are born of a portion of Nārāyaṇa, in the sinless line of Manu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.48

रावणस्य वधायैव प्रार्थितस्त्वमरैरसि । पुरा मत्स्यतनुं कृत्वा हत्वा घोरञ्च राक्षसम्

rāvaṇasya vadhāyaiva prārthitastvamarairasi | purā matsyatanuṃ kṛtvā hatvā ghorañca rākṣasam

You have been entreated by the gods precisely for the killing of Rāvaṇa. Formerly, having taken on the body of a fish and having slain the dreadful demon,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.49

त्वया वै रक्षिता वेदाः सुराणां हितमिच्छता । भूत्वा कच्छपरूपस्तु धृतवान्मन्दरं गिरिम्

tvayā vai rakṣitā vedāḥ surāṇāṃ hitamicchatā | bhūtvā kacchaparūpastu dhṛtavānmandaraṃ girim

the Vedas were guarded by you, who desired the welfare of the gods; and becoming of tortoise form you upheld Mount Mandara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.50

अकूपारं प्रमन्थानं कृत्वा देवानपोषयः । कोलरूपं परं कृत्वा दशनाग्रेण मेदिनीम्

akūpāraṃ pramanthānaṃ kṛtvā devānapoṣayaḥ | kolarūpaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā daśanāgreṇa medinīm

Making the ocean (the vessel) and (Mandara) the churning-stick, you nourished the gods; and taking the supreme boar form, (you held) the earth on the tip of your tusk —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.51

धृतवानसि यद्राम हिरण्याक्षं जघान च । नारसिंहीं तनुं कृत्वा हिरण्यकशिपुं पुरा

dhṛtavānasi yadrāma hiraṇyākṣaṃ jaghāna ca | nārasiṃhīṃ tanuṃ kṛtvā hiraṇyakaśipuṃ purā

you upheld (it), O Rāma, and slew Hiraṇyākṣa. Assuming the man-lion body, (you slew) Hiraṇyakaśipu of old,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.52

प्रह्लादं राम रक्षित्वा हतवानसि राघव । वामनं वपुरास्थाय पुरा छलितवान्बलिम्

prahlādaṃ rāma rakṣitvā hatavānasi rāghava | vāmanaṃ vapurāsthāya purā chalitavānbalim

and having protected Prahlāda, O Rāma, you slew (him), O Rāghava. Taking up the dwarf's body, you formerly deceived Bali.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.53

भूत्वेन्द्रस्यानुजः कामं देवकार्यप्रसाधकः । जमदग्निसुतस्त्वं मे विष्णोरंशेन सङ्गतः

bhūtvendrasyānujaḥ kāmaṃ devakāryaprasādhakaḥ | jamadagnisutastvaṃ me viṣṇoraṃśena saṅgataḥ

Becoming at will the younger brother of Indra, the accomplisher of the gods' business — you (were) the son of Jamadagni for me, joined with a portion of Viṣṇu,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.54

कृत्वान्तं क्षत्रियाणां तु दानं भूमेरदाद्द्विजे । तथेदानीं तु काकुत्स्थ जातो दशरथात्मज

kṛtvāntaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu dānaṃ bhūmeradāddvije | tathedānīṃ tu kākutstha jāto daśarathātmaja

and having made an end of the kṣatriyas, he gave the earth as a gift to a brahmin. So now too, O Kākutstha, you are born as the son of Daśaratha,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.55

प्रार्थितस्तु सुरैः सर्वै रावणेनातिपीडितैः । कपयस्ते सहाया वै देवांशा बलवत्तराः

prārthitastu suraiḥ sarvai rāvaṇenātipīḍitaiḥ | kapayaste sahāyā vai devāṃśā balavattarāḥ

entreated by all the gods sorely oppressed by Rāvaṇa. Monkeys, indeed, portions of the gods, exceedingly strong, will be your helpers,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.56

भविष्यन्ति नरव्याघ्र मच्छक्तिसंयुता ह्यमी । शेषांशोऽप्यनुजस्तेऽयं रावणात्मजनाशकः

bhaviṣyanti naravyāghra macchaktisaṃyutā hyamī | śeṣāṃśo'pyanujaste'yaṃ rāvaṇātmajanāśakaḥ

O tiger among men; these shall be endowed with my power. And this younger brother of yours, a portion of Śeṣa, the destroyer of Rāvaṇa's son,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.57

भविष्यति न सन्देहः कर्तव्योऽत्र त्वयाऽनघ । वसन्ते सेवनं कार्यं त्वया तत्रातिश्रद्धया

bhaviṣyati na sandehaḥ kartavyo'tra tvayā'nagha | vasante sevanaṃ kāryaṃ tvayā tatrātiśraddhayā

shall be so; no doubt is to be entertained by you in this, O sinless one. In spring my service is to be performed by you there with great faith.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.58

हत्वाऽथ रावणं पापं कुरु राज्यं यथासुखम् । एकादश सहस्राणि वर्षाणि पृथिवीतले

hatvā'tha rāvaṇaṃ pāpaṃ kuru rājyaṃ yathāsukham | ekādaśa sahasrāṇi varṣāṇi pṛthivītale

Then, having slain the wicked Rāvaṇa, rule the kingdom at your ease. For eleven thousand years on the surface of the earth

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.59

कृत्वा राज्यं रघुश्रेष्ठ गन्ताऽसि त्रिदिवं पुनः । व्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवी रामस्तु प्रीतमानसः

kṛtvā rājyaṃ raghuśreṣṭha gantā'si tridivaṃ punaḥ | vyāsa uvāca ityuktvāntardadhe devī rāmastu prītamānasaḥ

having ruled, O best of the Raghus, you will go again to heaven." Vyāsa said: Having spoken thus the Goddess vanished; and Rāma, with a gladdened mind,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.60

समाप्य तद्व्रतं चक्रे प्रयाणं दशमीदिने । विजयापूजनं कृत्वा दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकशः

samāpya tadvrataṃ cakre prayāṇaṃ daśamīdine | vijayāpūjanaṃ kṛtvā dattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ

completing that vow, set out on the tenth day, after performing the worship of Vijayā and giving gifts many times over.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.61

कपिपतिबलयुक्तः सानुजः श्रीपतिश्च प्रकटपरमशक्त्या प्रेरितः पूर्णकामः । उदधितटगतोऽसौ सेतुबन्धं विधाया- प्यहनदमरशत्रुं रावणं गीतकीर्तिः

kapipatibalayuktaḥ sānujaḥ śrīpatiśca prakaṭaparamaśaktyā preritaḥ pūrṇakāmaḥ | udadhitaṭagato'sau setubandhaṃ vidhāyā- pyahanadamaraśatruṃ rāvaṇaṃ gītakīrtiḥ

And he, the Lord of Śrī, joined with the army of the monkey-king and with his younger brother, impelled by the supreme Power now made manifest, his desires fulfilled — having gone to the ocean's shore and built the causeway, he slew Rāvaṇa, the enemy of the immortals, and his fame is sung.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.62

यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या देव्याश्चरितमुत्तमम् । स भुक्त्वा विपुलान्भोगान्प्राप्नोति परमं पदम्

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā devyāścaritamuttamam | sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogānprāpnoti paramaṃ padam

The man who listens with devotion to this excellent story of the Goddess, having enjoyed abundant pleasures, attains the highest state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 30.63

सन्त्यन्यानि पुराणानि विस्तराणि बहूनि च । श्रीमद्भागवतस्यास्य न तुल्यानीति मे मतिः

santyanyāni purāṇāni vistarāṇi bahūni ca | śrīmadbhāgavatasyāsya na tulyānīti me matiḥ

There are other Purāṇas too, extensive and many; (yet) they are not equal to this glorious Bhāgavata — such is my judgment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition