Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 4
DB 3 4.1
विष्णुना कृतं देवीस्तोत्रम् ब्रह्मोवाच इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्विष्णुः पुनराह जनार्दनः । वयं गच्छेम पार्श्वेऽस्याः प्रणमन्तः पुनः पुनः
viṣṇunā kṛtaṃ devīstotram brahmovāca ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ punarāha janārdanaḥ | vayaṃ gacchema pārśve'syāḥ praṇamantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
The Hymn to the Goddess Composed by Viṣṇu. Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, the Lord Viṣṇu, Janārdana, spoke again: "Let us go to her side, bowing again and again."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.2
सेयं वरा महामाया दास्यत्येषा वरान् हि नः । स्तुवामः सन्निधिं प्राप्य निर्भयाश्चरणान्तिके
seyaṃ varā mahāmāyā dāsyatyeṣā varān hi naḥ | stuvāmaḥ sannidhiṃ prāpya nirbhayāścaraṇāntike
"This same excellent Great Māyā will surely grant us boons; having reached her presence, let us praise (her), fearless, close by her feet."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.3
यदि नो वारयिष्यन्ति द्वारस्थाः परिचारकाः । पठिष्यामश्च तत्रस्थाः स्तुतिं देव्याः समाहिताः
yadi no vārayiṣyanti dvārasthāḥ paricārakāḥ | paṭhiṣyāmaśca tatrasthāḥ stutiṃ devyāḥ samāhitāḥ
If the attendants standing at the door hold us back, then, standing right there, we shall recite the hymn to the Goddess with concentrated minds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.4
ब्रह्मोवाच इत्युक्ते हरिणा वाक्ये सुप्रहृष्टौ सुसंस्थितौ । जातौ प्रमुदितौ कामं निकटे गमनाय च तृतीयस्कन्धे विष्णुना कृतं देवीस्तोत्रं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः
brahmovāca ityukte hariṇā vākye suprahṛṣṭau susaṃsthitau | jātau pramuditau kāmaṃ nikaṭe gamanāya ca tṛtīyaskandhe viṣṇunā kṛtaṃ devīstotraṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ
Brahmā said: When this speech had been uttered by Hari, the two became greatly delighted, well settled, and thoroughly glad indeed at (the prospect of) going near (her). — Thus in the third book, the fourth chapter, called "The Hymn to the Goddess Made by Viṣṇu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.5
ओमित्युक्त्वा हरिं सर्वे विमानात्त्वरितास्त्रयः । उत्तीर्य निर्गता द्वारि शङ्कमाना मनस्यलम्
omityuktvā hariṃ sarve vimānāttvaritāstrayaḥ | uttīrya nirgatā dvāri śaṅkamānā manasyalam
Having said "Om" to Hari, all three quickly descended from the chariot, and having gotten down went out to the door, apprehensive enough in their minds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 4.6
द्वारस्थान् वीक्ष्य तान्सर्वान्देवी भगवती तदा । स्मितं कृत्वा चकाराशु तांस्त्रीन्स्त्रीरूपधारिणः
dvārasthān vīkṣya tānsarvāndevī bhagavatī tadā | smitaṃ kṛtvā cakārāśu tāṃstrīnstrīrūpadhāriṇaḥ
Then, seeing them all standing at the door, the goddess Bhagavatī smiled and quickly made those three (gods) take on the form of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.7
वयं युवतयो जाताः सुरूपाश्चारुभूषणाः । विस्मयै परमं प्राप्ता गतास्तत्सन्निधिं पुनः
vayaṃ yuvatayo jātāḥ surūpāścārubhūṣaṇāḥ | vismayai paramaṃ prāptā gatāstatsannidhiṃ punaḥ
We became young women, beautiful in form and adorned with lovely ornaments; struck with the utmost amazement, we went again into her presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.8
सा दृष्ट्वा नः स्थितांस्तत्र स्त्रीरूपांश्चरणान्तिके । व्यलोकयत चार्वङ्गी प्रेमसम्पूर्णया दृशा
sā dṛṣṭvā naḥ sthitāṃstatra strīrūpāṃścaraṇāntike | vyalokayata cārvaṅgī premasampūrṇayā dṛśā
Seeing us standing there in the form of women near (her) feet, that fair-limbed one gazed (at us) with a look filled with love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.9
प्रणम्य तां महादेवीं पुरतः संस्थिता वयम् । परस्परं लोकयन्तः स्त्रीरूपाश्चारुभूषणाः
praṇamya tāṃ mahādevīṃ purataḥ saṃsthitā vayam | parasparaṃ lokayantaḥ strīrūpāścārubhūṣaṇāḥ
Having bowed to that great Goddess, we stood before (her), looking at one another, (now) in female form and with lovely ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.10
पादपीठं प्रेक्षमाणा नानामणिविभूषितम् । सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशं स्थितास्तत्र वयं त्रयः
pādapīṭhaṃ prekṣamāṇā nānāmaṇivibhūṣitam | sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ sthitāstatra vayaṃ trayaḥ
Gazing at (her) footstool, adorned with many kinds of jewels and shining like ten million suns, we three stood there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.11
काश्चिद्रक्ताम्बरास्तत्र सहचर्यः सहस्रशः । काश्चिन्नीलाम्बरा नार्यस्तथा पीताम्बराः शुभाः
kāścidraktāmbarāstatra sahacaryaḥ sahasraśaḥ | kāścinnīlāmbarā nāryastathā pītāmbarāḥ śubhāḥ
There some companions, by the thousands, were clad in red garments; some women wore blue garments, and other lovely ones wore yellow garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.12
देव्यः सर्वाः शुभाकारा विचित्राम्बरभूषणाः । विरेजुः पार्श्वतस्तस्याः परिचर्यापराः किल
devyaḥ sarvāḥ śubhākārā vicitrāmbarabhūṣaṇāḥ | virejuḥ pārśvatastasyāḥ paricaryāparāḥ kila
All (these) goddesses, of lovely form, with varied garments and ornaments, shone at her side, intent, indeed, upon (her) service.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.13
जगुश्च ननृतुश्चान्याः पर्युपासन्त ताः स्त्रियः । वीणामारुतवाद्यानि वादयन्तो मुदान्विताः
jaguśca nanṛtuścānyāḥ paryupāsanta tāḥ striyaḥ | vīṇāmārutavādyāni vādayanto mudānvitāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
DB 3 4.14
शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि यद्दृष्टं तत्र चाद्भुतम् । नखदर्पणमध्ये वै देव्याश्चरणपङ्कजे
śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi yaddṛṣṭaṃ tatra cādbhutam | nakhadarpaṇamadhye vai devyāścaraṇapaṅkaje
Listen, Nārada, I shall tell what wondrous thing was seen there: in the mirror of the nail on the Goddess's lotus foot —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.15
ब्रह्माण्डमखिलं सर्वं तत्र स्थावरजङ्गमम् । अहं विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च वायुरग्निर्यमो रविः
brahmāṇḍamakhilaṃ sarvaṃ tatra sthāvarajaṅgamam | ahaṃ viṣṇuśca rudraśca vāyuragniryamo raviḥ
the whole entire cosmic egg (was there), with all that moves and does not move: I, and Viṣṇu, and Rudra, Vāyu, Agni, Yama, the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.16
वरुणः शीतगुस्त्वष्टा कुबेरः पाकशासनः । पर्वताः सागरा नद्यो गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा
varuṇaḥ śītagustvaṣṭā kuberaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | parvatāḥ sāgarā nadyo gandharvāpsarasastathā
Varuṇa, the cool-rayed one (the moon), Tvaṣṭā, Kubera, the chastiser of Pāka (Indra), the mountains, the oceans, the rivers, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.17
विश्वावसुश्चित्रकेतुः श्वेतश्चित्राङ्गदस्तथा । नारदस्तुम्बुरुश्चैव हाहाहूहूस्तथैव च
viśvāvasuścitraketuḥ śvetaścitrāṅgadastathā | nāradastumburuścaiva hāhāhūhūstathaiva ca
Viśvāvasu, Citraketu, Śveta and Citrāṅgada, Nārada and Tumburu, and likewise Hāhā and Hūhū,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.18
अश्विनौ वसवः साध्याः सिद्धाश्च पितरस्तथा । नागाः शेषादयः सर्वे किन्नरोरगराक्षसाः
aśvinau vasavaḥ sādhyāḥ siddhāśca pitarastathā | nāgāḥ śeṣādayaḥ sarve kinnaroragarākṣasāḥ
the two Aśvins, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the Siddhas and likewise the ancestors, the Nāgas beginning with Śeṣa, all of them, the Kinnaras, serpents and Rākṣasas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.19
वैकुण्ठो ब्रह्मलोकश्च कैलासः पर्वतोत्तमः । सर्वं तदखिलं दृष्टं नखमध्यस्थितं च नः
vaikuṇṭho brahmalokaśca kailāsaḥ parvatottamaḥ | sarvaṃ tadakhilaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ nakhamadhyasthitaṃ ca naḥ
Vaikuṇṭha and the world of Brahmā, and Kailāsa, best of mountains — all that, entire, we saw standing within the nail;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.20
मज्जन्मपङ्कजं तत्र स्थितोऽहं चतुराननः । शेषशायी जगन्नाथस्तथा च मधुकैटभौ
majjanmapaṅkajaṃ tatra sthito'haṃ caturānanaḥ | śeṣaśāyī jagannāthastathā ca madhukaiṭabhau
the lotus of my birth (was) there, and I, the four-faced one, standing (on it), and the Lord of the world lying on Śeṣa, and likewise Madhu and Kaiṭabha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.21
ब्रह्मोवाच एवं दृष्टं मया तत्र पादपद्मनखे स्थितम् । विस्मतोऽहं ततो वीक्ष्य किमेतदिति शङ्कितः
brahmovāca evaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mayā tatra pādapadmanakhe sthitam | vismato'haṃ tato vīkṣya kimetaditi śaṅkitaḥ
Brahmā said: Thus was it seen by me, standing there on the nail of (her) lotus foot; thereupon, having looked, I was amazed, wondering, "What is this?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.22
विष्णुश्च विस्मयाविष्टः शङ्करश्च तथा स्थितः । तां तदा मेनिरे देवीं वयं विश्वस्य मातरम्
viṣṇuśca vismayāviṣṭaḥ śaṅkaraśca tathā sthitaḥ | tāṃ tadā menire devīṃ vayaṃ viśvasya mātaram
And Viṣṇu was filled with astonishment, and Śaṅkara too stood so; then we deemed that Goddess to be the mother of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.23
ततो वर्षशतं पूर्णं व्यतिक्रान्तं प्रपश्यतः । सुधामये शिवे द्वीपे विहारं विविधं तदा
tato varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ vyatikrāntaṃ prapaśyataḥ | sudhāmaye śive dvīpe vihāraṃ vividhaṃ tadā
Then a full hundred years passed for (us) who were beholding varied sport on that auspicious island made of nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.24
सख्य इव तदा तत्र मेनिरेऽस्मानवस्थितान् । देव्यः प्रमुदिताकारा नानाभरणमण्डिताः
sakhya iva tadā tatra menire'smānavasthitān | devyaḥ pramuditākārā nānābharaṇamaṇḍitāḥ
Then the goddesses there, of delighted appearance, adorned with various ornaments, regarded us who were standing (there) as if (we were their) female companions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.25
वयमप्यतिरम्यत्वाद्बभूविम विमोहिताः । प्रहृष्टमनसः सर्वे पश्यन्भावान्मनोरमान्
vayamapyatiramyatvādbabhūvima vimohitāḥ | prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve paśyanbhāvānmanoramān
And we too, because of the exceeding loveliness, became bewildered; all of us, with gladdened minds, beheld the states/moods that charm the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.26
एकदा तां महादेवीं देवीं श्रीभुवनेश्वरीम् । तुष्टाव भगवान्विष्णुर्युवतीभावसंस्थितः
ekadā tāṃ mahādevīṃ devīṃ śrībhuvaneśvarīm | tuṣṭāva bhagavānviṣṇuryuvatībhāvasaṃsthitaḥ
Once the Lord Viṣṇu, fixed in the state of a young woman, praised that great Goddess, the glorious Bhuvaneśvarī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.27
श्रीभगवानुवाच नमो देव्यै प्रकृत्यै च विधात्र्यै सततं नमः । कल्याणै कामदायै च वृद्ध्यै सिद्ध्यै नमो नमः
śrībhagavānuvāca namo devyai prakṛtyai ca vidhātryai satataṃ namaḥ | kalyāṇai kāmadāyai ca vṛddhyai siddhyai namo namaḥ
The blessed Lord said: Homage to the Goddess, and to Prakṛti, and constant homage to the Ordainer; homage, homage to the auspicious one, to the giver of desires, to Increase, to Attainment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.28
सच्चिदानन्दरूपिण्यै संसारारणये नमः । पञ्चकृत्यविधात्र्यै ते भुवनेश्यै नमो नमः
saccidānandarūpiṇyai saṃsārāraṇaye namaḥ | pañcakṛtyavidhātryai te bhuvaneśyai namo namaḥ
Homage to her whose form is being, consciousness and bliss, to the forest-fire of transmigration; homage, homage to you, ordainer of the five acts, Bhuvaneśī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.29
सर्वाधिष्टानरूपायै कूटस्थायै नमो नमः । अर्धमात्रार्थभूतायै हृल्लेखायै नमो नमः
sarvādhiṣṭānarūpāyai kūṭasthāyai namo namaḥ | ardhamātrārthabhūtāyai hṛllekhāyai namo namaḥ
Homage, homage to her whose form is the substratum of all, to her who abides immutable; homage, homage to Hṛllekhā, who is the meaning embodied in the half-measure (of the syllable).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.30
ज्ञातं मयाऽखिलमिदं त्वयि सन्निविष्टं त्वत्तोऽस्य सम्भवलयावपि मातरद्य । शक्तिश्च तेऽस्य करणे विततप्रभावा ज्ञाताऽधुना सकललोकमयीति नूनम्
jñātaṃ mayā'khilamidaṃ tvayi sanniviṣṭaṃ tvatto'sya sambhavalayāvapi mātaradya | śaktiśca te'sya karaṇe vitataprabhāvā jñātā'dhunā sakalalokamayīti nūnam
It is now known by me, Mother, that all this is set in you, and that from you come its arising and dissolution too; and your power, of far-extended might, in the making of it is now known indeed to be constituted of all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.31
विस्तार्य सर्वमखिलं सदसद्विकारं सन्दर्शयस्यविकलं पुरुषाय काले । तत्त्वैश्च षोडशभिरेव च सप्तभिश्च भासीन्द्रजालमिव नः किल रञ्जनाय
vistārya sarvamakhilaṃ sadasadvikāraṃ sandarśayasyavikalaṃ puruṣāya kāle | tattvaiśca ṣoḍaśabhireva ca saptabhiśca bhāsīndrajālamiva naḥ kila rañjanāya
Having spread out all this entire modification, existent and non-existent, you display it undiminished to the Puruṣa in (due) time; and with the sixteen and the seven principles you shine, like a conjurer's illusion, surely for our delighting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.32
न त्वामृते किमपि वस्तुगतं विभाति व्याप्यैव सर्वमखिलं त्वमवस्थिताऽसि । शक्तिं विना व्यवहृतो पुरुषोऽप्यशक्तो वम्भण्यते जननि बुद्धिमता जनेन
na tvāmṛte kimapi vastugataṃ vibhāti vyāpyaiva sarvamakhilaṃ tvamavasthitā'si | śaktiṃ vinā vyavahṛto puruṣo'pyaśakto vambhaṇyate janani buddhimatā janena
Without you nothing that belongs to the class of things shines forth; you stand pervading all this entirety; without Śakti even the Puruṣa is declared incapable of action by a discerning person, O Mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.33
प्रीणासि विश्वमखिलं सततं प्रभावैः स्वैस्तेजसा च सकलं प्रकटीकरोषि । अत्स्येव देवि तरसा किल कल्पकाले को वेद देवि चरितं तव वै भवस्य
prīṇāsi viśvamakhilaṃ satataṃ prabhāvaiḥ svaistejasā ca sakalaṃ prakaṭīkaroṣi | atsyeva devi tarasā kila kalpakāle ko veda devi caritaṃ tava vai bhavasya
You constantly gratify the whole universe with your powers, and by your radiance you make all manifest; and at the time of the world-period, O Goddess, you swiftly devour it. Who, O Goddess, knows your conduct, or that of existence?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.34
त्राता वयं जननि ते मधुकैटभाभ्यां लोकाश्च ते सुवितताः खलु दर्शिता वै । नीताः सुखस्य भवने परमां च कोटिं यद्दर्शनं तव भवानि महाप्रभावम्
trātā vayaṃ janani te madhukaiṭabhābhyāṃ lokāśca te suvitatāḥ khalu darśitā vai | nītāḥ sukhasya bhavane paramāṃ ca koṭiṃ yaddarśanaṃ tava bhavāni mahāprabhāvam
We were rescued by you, mother, from Madhu and Kaiṭabha, and the widely extended worlds were indeed shown to us by you; we were brought into the house of happiness, to its highest peak — for the sight of you, Bhavānī, is of great power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.35
नाहं भवो न च विरिंचि विवेद मातः कोऽन्यो हि वेत्ति चरितं तव दुर्विभाव्यम् । कानीह सन्ति भुवनानि महाप्रभावे ह्यस्मिन्भवानि रचिते रचनाकलापे
nāhaṃ bhavo na ca viriṃci viveda mātaḥ ko'nyo hi vetti caritaṃ tava durvibhāvyam | kānīha santi bhuvanāni mahāprabhāve hyasminbhavāni racite racanākalāpe
Neither I, nor Bhava, nor Viriñci has known, O mother; who else indeed knows your conduct, hard to conceive? How many worlds are there here, O you of great power, in this whole assemblage of creation fashioned (by you), Bhavānī?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.36
अस्माभिरत्र भुवने हरिरन्य एव दृष्टः शिवः कमलजः प्रथितप्रभावः । अन्येषु देवि भुवनेपु न सन्ति किं ते किं विद्म देवि विततं तव सुप्रभावम्
asmābhiratra bhuvane hariranya eva dṛṣṭaḥ śivaḥ kamalajaḥ prathitaprabhāvaḥ | anyeṣu devi bhuvanepu na santi kiṃ te kiṃ vidma devi vitataṃ tava suprabhāvam
By us, in this world, only one Hari has been seen, (one) Śiva, (one) lotus-born, of renowned power; are there not (others) of yours in other worlds, O goddess? What do we know, O goddess, of your far-extended great power?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.37
याचेऽम्ब तेऽङ्घ्रिकमलं प्रणिपत्य कामं चित्ते सदा वसतु रूपमिदं तवैतत् । नामापि वक्त्रकुहरे सततं तवैव सन्दर्शनं तव पदाम्बुजयोः सदैव
yāce'mba te'ṅghrikamalaṃ praṇipatya kāmaṃ citte sadā vasatu rūpamidaṃ tavaitat | nāmāpi vaktrakuhare satataṃ tavaiva sandarśanaṃ tava padāmbujayoḥ sadaiva
I beg you, mother, bowing to your lotus feet, at will: may this form of yours dwell always in my mind, and your name too always in the hollow of my mouth, and always the sight of your lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.38
भृत्योऽयमस्ति सततं मयि भावनीयं त्वां स्वामिनीति मनसा ननु चिन्तयामि । एषाऽऽवयोरविरता किल देवि भूया- द्व्याप्तिः सदैव जननी सुतयोरिवार्थे
bhṛtyo'yamasti satataṃ mayi bhāvanīyaṃ tvāṃ svāminīti manasā nanu cintayāmi | eṣā''vayoraviratā kila devi bhūyā- dvyāptiḥ sadaiva jananī sutayorivārthe
"This one is (your) servant" — that is always to be thought of regarding me; and with my mind I indeed think of you as (my) mistress. May this mutual pervasion of us two, O goddess, be unceasing forever, as between a mother and her sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 4.39
त्वं वेत्सि सर्वमखिलं भुवनप्रपञ्चं किं पामरेण जगदम्ब निवेदनीयं यद्युक्तमाचर भवानि तवेङ्गितं स्यात्
tvaṃ vetsi sarvamakhilaṃ bhuvanaprapañcaṃ kiṃ pāmareṇa jagadamba nivedanīyaṃ yadyuktamācara bhavāni taveṅgitaṃ syāt
You know all this entire display of the worlds; what is there for a common fellow to report, O mother of the world? Do what is fitting, Bhavānī — let it be your will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.40
ब्रह्मा सृजत्यवति विष्णुरुमापतिश्च संहारकारक इयं तु जने प्रसिद्धिः । किं सत्यमेतदपि देवि तवेच्छया वै कर्तुं क्षमा वयमजे तव शक्तियुक्ताः
brahmā sṛjatyavati viṣṇurumāpatiśca saṃhārakāraka iyaṃ tu jane prasiddhiḥ | kiṃ satyametadapi devi tavecchayā vai kartuṃ kṣamā vayamaje tava śaktiyuktāḥ
"Brahmā creates, Viṣṇu protects, and Umā's lord is the agent of destruction" — this is the common fame among people. Is even this true, O goddess? It is by your wish indeed that we are able to act, O unborn one, being joined with your power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.41
धात्री धराधरसुते न जगद्बिभर्ति आधारशक्तिरखिलं तव वै बिभर्ति । सूर्योऽपि भाति वरदे प्रभया युतस्ते त्वं सर्वमेतदखिलं विरजा विभासि
dhātrī dharādharasute na jagadbibharti ādhāraśaktirakhilaṃ tava vai bibharti | sūryo'pi bhāti varade prabhayā yutaste tvaṃ sarvametadakhilaṃ virajā vibhāsi
The supporter, the daughter of the mountain-bearing (earth?) — (she) does not bear the world; it is your supporting power that bears the whole. Even the sun shines, O giver of boons, endowed with your radiance; you shine as all this entire (universe), (yet) free of taint.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 4.42
ब्रह्माऽहमीश्वरवरः किल ते प्रभावा- त्सर्वे वयं जनियुता न यदा तु नित्याः । केऽन्ये सुराः शतमखप्रमुखाश्च नित्या नित्या त्वमेव जननी प्रकृतिः पुराणा
brahmā'hamīśvaravaraḥ kila te prabhāvā- tsarve vayaṃ janiyutā na yadā tu nityāḥ | ke'nye surāḥ śatamakhapramukhāśca nityā nityā tvameva jananī prakṛtiḥ purāṇā
I am Brahmā, (Śiva) the best of lords, indeed by your power; all of us are subject to birth, and so not eternal. What other gods, headed by the hundred-sacrifice one, are eternal? You alone are eternal, O mother, the ancient Nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.43
त्वं चेद्भवानि दयसे पुरुषं पुराणं जानेऽहमद्य तव संनिधिगः सदैव । नोचेदहं विभुरनादिरनीह ईशो विश्वात्मधीरिति तमःप्रकृतिः सदैव
tvaṃ cedbhavāni dayase puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ jāne'hamadya tava saṃnidhigaḥ sadaiva | nocedahaṃ vibhuranādiranīha īśo viśvātmadhīriti tamaḥprakṛtiḥ sadaiva
If you, Bhavānī, show favour to the ancient Puruṣa, then I know myself today as ever dwelling in your presence; if not, then I am (merely) 'the all-pervading, beginningless, actionless lord, whose thought is the self of the universe' — and (in truth) always of the nature of darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 4.44
विद्या त्वमेव ननु बुद्धिमतां नराणां शक्तिस्त्वमेव किल शक्तिमतां सदैव । त्वं कीर्तिकान्तिकमलामलतुष्टिरूपा मुक्तिप्रदा विरतिरेव मनुष्यलोके
vidyā tvameva nanu buddhimatāṃ narāṇāṃ śaktistvameva kila śaktimatāṃ sadaiva | tvaṃ kīrtikāntikamalāmalatuṣṭirūpā muktipradā viratireva manuṣyaloke
You alone are the knowledge of intelligent men; you alone, indeed, are always the power of the powerful. You are in the form of fame, beauty, fortune, spotlessness, contentment; you are the giver of liberation and (are) dispassion itself in the world of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.45
गायत्र्यसि प्रथमवेदकला त्वमेव स्वाहा स्वधा भगवती सगुणार्धमात्रा । आम्नाय एव विहितो निगमो भवत्यै सञ्जीवनाय सततं सुरपूर्वजानाम्
gāyatryasi prathamavedakalā tvameva svāhā svadhā bhagavatī saguṇārdhamātrā | āmnāya eva vihito nigamo bhavatyai sañjīvanāya satataṃ surapūrvajānām
You are Gāyatrī, the first portion of the Veda; you are Svāhā, Svadhā, the Bhagavatī, the half-syllable joined with qualities. The sacred tradition, the scripture, is ordained for you, for the continual enlivening of the gods and the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 4.46
मोक्षार्थमेव रचयस्यखिलं प्रपञ्चं तेषां गताः खलु यतो ननु जीवभावम् । अंशा अनादिनिधनस्य किलानघस्य पूर्णार्णवस्य वितता हि यथा तरङ्गाः
mokṣārthameva racayasyakhilaṃ prapañcaṃ teṣāṃ gatāḥ khalu yato nanu jīvabhāvam | aṃśā anādinidhanasya kilānaghasya pūrṇārṇavasya vitatā hi yathā taraṅgāḥ
It is for the sake of liberation alone that you fashion this whole display, since they have indeed come to the condition of individual souls — being portions of the beginningless, endless, spotless, full ocean, spread out just as waves are.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 3 4.47
जीवो यदा तु परिवेत्ति तवैव कृत्यं त्वं संहरस्यखिलमेतदिति प्रसिद्धम् । नाट्यं नटेन रचितं वितथेऽन्तरङ्गे कार्ये कृते विरमसे प्रथितप्रभावा
jīvo yadā tu parivetti tavaiva kṛtyaṃ tvaṃ saṃharasyakhilametaditi prasiddham | nāṭyaṃ naṭena racitaṃ vitathe'ntaraṅge kārye kṛte viramase prathitaprabhāvā
But when the soul comes to understand that this is your doing alone, then you withdraw all this — so it is well known. Like a drama staged by an actor, in the false inner scene, when the task is done you desist, O you of renowned power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 4.48
त्राता त्वमेव मम मोहमयाद्भवाब्धे- स्त्वामम्बिके सततमेमि महार्तिदे च । रागादिभिर्विरचिते वितथे किलान्ते मामेव पाहि बहुदुःखकरे च काले
trātā tvameva mama mohamayādbhavābdhe- stvāmambike satatamemi mahārtide ca | rāgādibhirviracite vitathe kilānte māmeva pāhi bahuduḥkhakare ca kāle
You alone are my rescuer from the delusion-made ocean of existence; to you, O mother, I come always, even though you are the giver of great pain. In the false (world) fashioned by passion and the rest, protect me indeed at the end, in the time that brings much suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 3 4.49
नमो देवि महाविद्ये नमामि चरणौ तव । सदा ज्ञानप्रकाशं मे देहि सर्वार्थदे शिवे
namo devi mahāvidye namāmi caraṇau tava | sadā jñānaprakāśaṃ me dehi sarvārthade śive
Homage, O goddess, great knowledge; I bow to your feet. Always grant me the light of knowledge, O granter of all aims, O auspicious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition