Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3 — Chapter 5

DB 3 5.1

हरब्रह्मकृतस्तुतिवर्णनम् ब्रह्मोवाच इत्युक्त्वा विरते विष्णौ देवदेवे जनार्दने । उवाच शङ्करः शर्वः प्रणतः पुरतः स्थितः

harabrahmakṛtastutivarṇanam brahmovāca ityuktvā virate viṣṇau devadeve janārdane | uvāca śaṅkaraḥ śarvaḥ praṇataḥ purataḥ sthitaḥ

Description of the praise made by Hara and Brahmā. Brahmā said: When Viṣṇu, the god of gods, Janārdana, had spoken thus and fallen silent, Śaṅkara, Śarva, standing before (her) and bowing, spoke.

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DB 3 5.2

शिव उवाच यदि हरिस्तव देवि विभावज- स्तदनु पद्मज एव तवोद्भवः । किमहमत्र तवापि न सद्गुणः सकललोकविधौ चतुरा शिवे

śiva uvāca yadi haristava devi vibhāvaja- stadanu padmaja eva tavodbhavaḥ | kimahamatra tavāpi na sadguṇaḥ sakalalokavidhau caturā śive

Śiva said: If Hari, O goddess, is born of your power, and then the lotus-born too is your offspring, what then — am I too not of your good qualities here, O auspicious one, skilled in the ordering of all the worlds?

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DB 3 5.3

त्वमसि भूः सलिलं पवनस्तथा खमपि वह्निगुणश्च तथा पुनः । जननि तानि पुनः करणानि च त्वमसि बुद्धिमनोऽप्यथ हङ्कृतिः

tvamasi bhūḥ salilaṃ pavanastathā khamapi vahniguṇaśca tathā punaḥ | janani tāni punaḥ karaṇāni ca tvamasi buddhimano'pyatha haṅkṛtiḥ

You are earth, water, wind, and likewise ether, and again the quality of fire; O mother, those (elements) again, and the organs, and you are intellect, mind, and also the ego.

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DB 3 5.4

न च विदन्ति वदन्ति च येऽन्यथा हरिहराजकृतं निखिलं जगत् । तव कृतास्त्रय एव सदैव ते विरचयन्ति जगत्सचराचरम्

na ca vidanti vadanti ca ye'nyathā hariharājakṛtaṃ nikhilaṃ jagat | tava kṛtāstraya eva sadaiva te viracayanti jagatsacarācaram

And those who do not know, and who say otherwise — that the whole world is made by Hari, Hara and the Unborn (Brahmā) — those three, made by you, always fashion the world with its moving and unmoving beings.

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DB 3 5.5

अवनिवायुखवह्निजलादिभिः सविषयैः सगुणैश्च जगद्भवेत् । यदि तदा कथमद्य च तत्स्फुटं प्रभवतीति तवाम्ब कलामृते तृतीयस्कन्धे हरब्रह्मकृतस्तुतिवर्णनं पञ्चमोऽध्यायः

avanivāyukhavahnijalādibhiḥ saviṣayaiḥ saguṇaiśca jagadbhavet | yadi tadā kathamadya ca tatsphuṭaṃ prabhavatīti tavāmba kalāmṛte tṛtīyaskandhe harabrahmakṛtastutivarṇanaṃ pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ

If the world were to come into being from earth, wind, ether, fire, water and the rest, together with their sense-objects and qualities, then how, O Mother, does it now come forth so manifestly? — Here ends the fifth chapter, the description of the hymn of praise made by Hara and Brahmā, in the third book.

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DB 3 5.6

भवसि सर्वमिदं सचराचरं त्वमजविष्णुशिवाकृतिकल्पितम् । विविधवेषविलासकुतूहलै- र्विरमसे रमसेऽम्ब यथारुचि

bhavasi sarvamidaṃ sacarācaraṃ tvamajaviṣṇuśivākṛtikalpitam | vividhaveṣavilāsakutūhalai- rviramase ramase'mba yathāruci

You are all this, with what moves and what does not move, fashioned by you in the forms of the Unborn (Brahmā), Viṣṇu and Śiva; with the delight of many kinds of guises and sports you cease and you play, Mother, as you please.

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DB 3 5.7

सकललोकसिसृक्षुरहं हरिः कमलभूश्च भवाम यदाऽम्बिके । तव पदाम्बुजपांसुपरिग्रहं समधिगम्य तदा ननु चक्रिम

sakalalokasisṛkṣurahaṃ hariḥ kamalabhūśca bhavāma yadā'mbike | tava padāmbujapāṃsuparigrahaṃ samadhigamya tadā nanu cakrima

When I, wishing to create all the worlds, and Hari, and the lotus-born (Brahmā) come to be, O Mother — it is surely after obtaining the dust of your lotus feet that we then act.

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DB 3 5.8

यदि दयार्द्रमना न सदाम्बिके कथमहं विहितश्च तमोगुणः । कमलजश्च रजोगुणसंभवः सुविहितः किमु सत्त्वगुणो हरिः

yadi dayārdramanā na sadāmbike kathamahaṃ vihitaśca tamoguṇaḥ | kamalajaśca rajoguṇasaṃbhavaḥ suvihitaḥ kimu sattvaguṇo hariḥ

If your mind were not always melting with compassion, O Mother, how was I appointed as the quality of darkness (tamas), and the lotus-born as arising from the quality of passion (rajas), and how was Hari well appointed as the quality of goodness (sattva)?

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DB 3 5.9

यदि न ते विषमा मतिरम्बिके कथमिदं बहुधा विहितं जगत् । सचिवभूपतिभृत्यजनावृतं बहुधनैरधनैश्च समाकुलम्

yadi na te viṣamā matirambike kathamidaṃ bahudhā vihitaṃ jagat | sacivabhūpatibhṛtyajanāvṛtaṃ bahudhanairadhanaiśca samākulam

If your mind were not uneven, O Mother, how was this world made so manifold — filled with ministers, kings, servants and folk, crowded with the very rich and the poor?

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DB 3 5.10

तव गुणास्रय एव सदा क्षमाः प्रकटनावनसंहरणेषु वै । हरिहरद्रुहिणाश्च क्रमात्त्वया विरचितास्त्रिजगतां किल कारणम्

tava guṇāsraya eva sadā kṣamāḥ prakaṭanāvanasaṃharaṇeṣu vai | hariharadruhiṇāśca kramāttvayā viracitāstrijagatāṃ kila kāraṇam

Only those who rest upon your qualities are ever capable in the works of manifesting, protecting and withdrawing; and Hari, Hara and Druhiṇa (Brahmā) were fashioned by you in due order, the cause, indeed, of the three worlds.

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DB 3 5.11

परिचितानि मया हरिणा तथा कमलजेन विमानगतेन वै । पथिगतैर्भुवनानि कृतानि वा कथय केन भवानि नवानि च

paricitāni mayā hariṇā tathā kamalajena vimānagatena vai | pathigatairbhuvanāni kṛtāni vā kathaya kena bhavāni navāni ca

The worlds have been surveyed by me and by Hari and by the lotus-born, travelling in our aerial cars, and going along the road: by whom, tell me, O Bhavānī, were they made, and the new ones too?

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DB 3 5.12

सृजसि पासि जगज्जगदम्बिके स्वकलया कियदिच्छसि नाशितुम् । रमयसे स्वपतिं पुरुषं सदा तव गतिं न हि विद्म वयं शिवे

sṛjasi pāsi jagajjagadambike svakalayā kiyadicchasi nāśitum | ramayase svapatiṃ puruṣaṃ sadā tava gatiṃ na hi vidma vayaṃ śive

You create and you protect the world, O Mother of the world; with a portion of yourself, how much do you wish to destroy? You give pleasure to your own lord, the Puruṣa, always. We do not know your course, O Śivā.

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DB 3 5.13

जननि देहि पदाम्बुजसेवनं युवतिभागवतानपि नः सदा । पुरुषतामधिगम्य पदाम्बुजा- द्विरहिताः क्व लभेम सुखं स्फुटम्

janani dehi padāmbujasevanaṃ yuvatibhāgavatānapi naḥ sadā | puruṣatāmadhigamya padāmbujā- dvirahitāḥ kva labhema sukhaṃ sphuṭam

Mother, grant us always the service of your lotus feet, and also that we be young women devoted to you; having attained manhood and being separated from your lotus feet, where could we plainly find happiness?

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DB 3 5.14

न रुचिरस्ति ममाम्ब पदाम्बुजं तव विहाय शिवे भुवनेष्वलम् । निवसितुं नरदेहमवाप्य च त्रिभुवनस्य पतित्वमवाप्य वै

na rucirasti mamāmba padāmbujaṃ tava vihāya śive bhuvaneṣvalam | nivasituṃ naradehamavāpya ca tribhuvanasya patitvamavāpya vai

I have no liking, Mother, to dwell in the worlds at all apart from your lotus foot, O Śivā — not even having obtained a human body, nor having obtained lordship over the three worlds.

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DB 3 5.15

सुदति नास्ति मनागपि मे रति- र्युवतिभावमवाप्य तवान्तिके । पुरुषता क्व सुखाय भवत्यलं तव पदं न यदीक्षणगोचरम्

sudati nāsti manāgapi me rati- ryuvatibhāvamavāpya tavāntike | puruṣatā kva sukhāya bhavatyalaṃ tava padaṃ na yadīkṣaṇagocaram

O fair-toothed one, I have not the least delight (in anything else) once I have attained the state of a young woman near you; how can manhood suffice for happiness, if your foot is not within sight?

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DB 3 5.16

त्रिभुवनेषु भवत्वियमम्बिके मम सदैव हि कीर्तिरनाविला । युवतिभावमवाप्य पदाम्बुजं परिचितं तव संसृतिनाशनम्

tribhuvaneṣu bhavatviyamambike mama sadaiva hi kīrtiranāvilā | yuvatibhāvamavāpya padāmbujaṃ paricitaṃ tava saṃsṛtināśanam

O Mother, let this unsullied fame be mine always in the three worlds: that having attained the state of a young woman I became familiar with your lotus foot, the destroyer of transmigration.

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DB 3 5.17

भुवि विहाय तवान्तिकसेवनं क इह वाञ्छति राज्यमकंटकम् । त्रुटिरसौ किल याति युगात्मतां न निकटं यदि तेऽङ्घ्रिसरोरुहम्

bhuvi vihāya tavāntikasevanaṃ ka iha vāñchati rājyamakaṃṭakam | truṭirasau kila yāti yugātmatāṃ na nikaṭaṃ yadi te'ṅghrisaroruham

Who on earth, giving up service near you, would wish for a kingdom free of thorns? For an instant becomes as long as an age if your lotus foot is not near.

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DB 3 5.18

तपसि ये निरता मुनयोऽमला- स्तव विहाय पदाम्बुजपूजनम् । जननि ते विधिना किल वञ्चिताः परिभवो विभवे परिकल्पितः

tapasi ye niratā munayo'malā- stava vihāya padāmbujapūjanam | janani te vidhinā kila vañcitāḥ paribhavo vibhave parikalpitaḥ

Those spotless sages who are devoted to austerity, abandoning the worship of your lotus feet — Mother, they have surely been cheated by fate; humiliation is ordained in the midst of power.

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DB 3 5.19

न तपसा न दमेन समाधिना न च तथा विहितैः क्रतुभिर्यथा । तव पदाब्जपरागनिषेवणा- द्भवति मुक्तिरजे भवसागरात्

na tapasā na damena samādhinā na ca tathā vihitaiḥ kratubhiryathā | tava padābjaparāganiṣevaṇā- dbhavati muktiraje bhavasāgarāt

Not by austerity, not by self-restraint, nor by meditation, nor by sacrifices duly performed, does release from the ocean of existence come about, O Unborn one, as it does from the service of the pollen of your lotus feet.

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DB 3 5.20

कुरु दयां दयसे यदि देवि मां कथय मन्त्रमनाविलमद्भुतम् । समभवं प्रजपन्सुखितो ह्यहं सुविशदं च नवार्णमनुत्तमम्

kuru dayāṃ dayase yadi devi māṃ kathaya mantramanāvilamadbhutam | samabhavaṃ prajapansukhito hyahaṃ suviśadaṃ ca navārṇamanuttamam

Show mercy, if you have mercy on me, O Goddess: tell me the unsullied, wondrous mantra — the very clear, unsurpassed nine-syllabled one, by muttering which I became happy.

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DB 3 5.21

प्रथमजन्मनि चाधिगतो मया तदधुना न विभाति नवाक्षरः । कथय मां मनुमद्य भवार्णवा- ज्जननि तारय तारय तारके

prathamajanmani cādhigato mayā tadadhunā na vibhāti navākṣaraḥ | kathaya māṃ manumadya bhavārṇavā- jjanani tāraya tāraya tārake

In my first birth it was obtained by me, but now that nine-syllabled (mantra) does not shine forth (in my memory); tell me the mantra today, Mother, and carry me, carry me across the ocean of existence, O Deliverer.

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DB 3 5.22

इत्युक्ता सा तदा देवी शिवेनाद्भुततेजसा । उच्चचाराम्बिका मन्त्रं प्रस्फुटं च नवाक्षरम्

ityuktā sā tadā devī śivenādbhutatejasā | uccacārāmbikā mantraṃ prasphuṭaṃ ca navākṣaram

Thus addressed by Śiva of wondrous splendour, the goddess Ambikā then uttered the mantra of nine syllables, quite distinctly.

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DB 3 5.23

तं गृहीत्वा महादेवः परां मुदमवाप ह । प्रणम्य चरणौ देव्यास्तत्रैवावस्थितः शिवः

taṃ gṛhītvā mahādevaḥ parāṃ mudamavāpa ha | praṇamya caraṇau devyāstatraivāvasthitaḥ śivaḥ

Receiving it, Mahādeva attained the highest joy; and Śiva, having bowed to the feet of the Goddess, remained right there.

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DB 3 5.24

जपन्नवाक्षरं मन्त्रं कामदं मोक्षदं तथा । बीजयुक्तं शुभोच्चारं शङ्करस्तस्थिवांस्तदा

japannavākṣaraṃ mantraṃ kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ tathā | bījayuktaṃ śubhoccāraṃ śaṅkarastasthivāṃstadā

Muttering the nine-syllabled mantra, granter of desires and of liberation, joined with its seed-syllable and auspicious in utterance, Śaṅkara then stayed on.

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DB 3 5.25

तं तथाऽवस्थितं दृष्ट्वा शङ्करं लोकशङ्करम् । अवोचं तां महामायां संस्थितोऽहं पदान्तिके

taṃ tathā'vasthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram | avocaṃ tāṃ mahāmāyāṃ saṃsthito'haṃ padāntike

Seeing Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world, standing thus, I, positioned near her feet, spoke to that Mahāmāyā.

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DB 3 5.26

न वेदास्त्वामेवं कलयितुमिहासन्नपटवो यतस्ते नोचुस्त्वां सकलजनधात्रीमविकलाम् । स्वधाभूता देवी सकलमखहोमेषु विहिता तदा त्वं सर्वज्ञा जननि खलु जाता त्रिभुवने

na vedāstvāmevaṃ kalayitumihāsannapaṭavo yataste nocustvāṃ sakalajanadhātrīmavikalām | svadhābhūtā devī sakalamakhahomeṣu vihitā tadā tvaṃ sarvajñā janani khalu jātā tribhuvane

The Vedas were not, here, competent to comprehend you in this way, since they did not declare you to be the flawless sustainer of all beings; you, the goddess, became the offering (svadhā) ordained in all the sacrificial oblations — then indeed, O mother, you became known as the all-knowing one in the three worlds.

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DB 3 5.27

कर्ताऽहं प्रकरोमि सर्वमखिलं ब्रह्माण्डमत्यद्भुतं कोऽन्योस्तीह चराचरे त्रिभुवने मत्तः समर्थः पुमान् । धन्योऽस्म्यत्र न संशयः किल यदा ब्रह्माऽस्मि लोकातिगो मग्नोऽहं भवसागरे प्रवितते गर्वाभिवेशादिति

kartā'haṃ prakaromi sarvamakhilaṃ brahmāṇḍamatyadbhutaṃ ko'nyostīha carācare tribhuvane mattaḥ samarthaḥ pumān | dhanyo'smyatra na saṃśayaḥ kila yadā brahmā'smi lokātigo magno'haṃ bhavasāgare pravitate garvābhiveśāditi

"I am the maker; I produce all this most wondrous universe entire. What other being here in the three worlds, moving and unmoving, is more capable than I? I am fortunate here, there is surely no doubt, since I am Brahmā, surpassing the worlds" — thus, from the onset of pride, I sank in the widely spread ocean of existence.

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DB 3 5.28

अद्याहं तव पादपङ्कजपरागादानगर्वेण वै धन्योऽस्मीति यथार्थवादनिपुणो जातः प्रसादाच्च ते । याचे त्वां भवभीतिनाशचतुरां मुक्तिप्रदां चेश्वरीं हित्वा मोहकृतं महार्तिनिगडं त्वद्भक्तियुक्तं कुरु

adyāhaṃ tava pādapaṅkajaparāgādānagarveṇa vai dhanyo'smīti yathārthavādanipuṇo jātaḥ prasādācca te | yāce tvāṃ bhavabhītināśacaturāṃ muktipradāṃ ceśvarīṃ hitvā mohakṛtaṃ mahārtinigaḍaṃ tvadbhaktiyuktaṃ kuru

Today I, through the pride of having taken the pollen of your lotus feet, and by your grace, have become skilled in speaking what is true, namely "I am blessed." I beg you, the Mistress, adept at destroying the fear of existence and the giver of liberation: removing the fetter of great affliction made by delusion, make me endowed with devotion to you.

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DB 3 5.29

अतोऽहञ्च जातो विमुक्तः कथं स्यां सरोजादमेयात्त्वदाविष्कृताद्वै । तवाज्ञाकरः किङ्करोऽस्मीति नूनं शिवे पाहि मां मोहमग्नं भवाब्धौ

ato'hañca jāto vimuktaḥ kathaṃ syāṃ sarojādameyāttvadāviṣkṛtādvai | tavājñākaraḥ kiṅkaro'smīti nūnaṃ śive pāhi māṃ mohamagnaṃ bhavābdhau

Therefore, how shall I, who was born from the immeasurable lotus manifested by you, become liberated? "I am the executor of your command, your servant" — surely, O Śivā, protect me, sunk in delusion in the ocean of existence.

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DB 3 5.30

न जानन्ति ये मानवास्ते वदन्ति प्रभुं मां तवाद्यं चरित्रं पवित्रम् । यजन्तीह ये याजकाः स्वर्गकामा न ते ते प्रभावं विदन्त्येव कामम्

na jānanti ye mānavāste vadanti prabhuṃ māṃ tavādyaṃ caritraṃ pavitram | yajantīha ye yājakāḥ svargakāmā na te te prabhāvaṃ vidantyeva kāmam

Those men who do not know your primal, purifying deeds call me the lord; and the sacrificers who sacrifice here out of desire for heaven — they do not at all know your power.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.31

त्वया निर्मितोऽहं विधित्वे विहारं विकर्तुं चतुर्धा विधायादिसर्गम् । अहं वेद्मि कोऽन्यो विवेदातिमाये क्षमस्वापराधं त्वहङ्कारजं मे

tvayā nirmito'haṃ vidhitve vihāraṃ vikartuṃ caturdhā vidhāyādisargam | ahaṃ vedmi ko'nyo vivedātimāye kṣamasvāparādhaṃ tvahaṅkārajaṃ me

I was fashioned by you for the office of creator, so that you might make sport, after you had arranged the first creation in four ways. Do I know it? Who else has known it, O you of surpassing māyā? Forgive my offence, born of egotism.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.32

श्रमं येऽष्टधा योगमार्गे प्रवृत्ताः प्रकुर्वन्ति मूढाः समाधौ स्थिता वै । न जानन्ति ते नाम मोक्षप्रदं वा समुच्चारितं जातु मातर्मिषेण

śramaṃ ye'ṣṭadhā yogamārge pravṛttāḥ prakurvanti mūḍhāḥ samādhau sthitā vai | na jānanti te nāma mokṣapradaṃ vā samuccāritaṃ jātu mātarmiṣeṇa

Those deluded ones who have entered upon the eightfold path of yoga exert themselves, established in trance; they do not know the name that grants liberation, O mother — (the name) even once uttered incidentally.

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

DB 3 5.33

विचारे परे तत्त्वसंख्याविधाने पदे मोहिता नाम ते संविहाय । न किं ते विमूढा भवाब्धौ भवानि त्वमेवासि संसारमुक्तिप्रदा वै

vicāre pare tattvasaṃkhyāvidhāne pade mohitā nāma te saṃvihāya | na kiṃ te vimūḍhā bhavābdhau bhavāni tvamevāsi saṃsāramuktipradā vai

Bewildered in high reasoning, in the enumeration and determination of the categories, in mere words, they leave your name aside — are they not utterly deluded in the ocean of existence, O Bhavānī? For you alone are the giver of release from saṃsāra.

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

DB 3 5.34

परं तत्त्वविज्ञानमाद्यैर्जनैर्यै- रजे चानुभूतं त्यजन्त्येव ते किम् । निमेषार्धमात्रं पवित्रं चरित्रं शिवा चाम्बिका शक्तिरीशेति नाम

paraṃ tattvavijñānamādyairjanairyai- raje cānubhūtaṃ tyajantyeva te kim | nimeṣārdhamātraṃ pavitraṃ caritraṃ śivā cāmbikā śaktirīśeti nāma

Do they then abandon the supreme knowledge of truth that was experienced by those primal men, O unborn one — the purifying deed (of remembering), even for half an instant, the name "Śivā, Ambikā, Śakti, Īśā"?

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

DB 3 5.35

न किं त्वं समर्थाऽसि विश्वं विधातुं दृशैवाशु सर्वं चतुर्धा विभक्तम् । विनोदार्थमेवं विधिं मां विधाया- दिसर्गे किलेदं करोषीति कामम्

na kiṃ tvaṃ samarthā'si viśvaṃ vidhātuṃ dṛśaivāśu sarvaṃ caturdhā vibhaktam | vinodārthamevaṃ vidhiṃ māṃ vidhāyā- disarge kiledaṃ karoṣīti kāmam

Are you not able to create the universe, all of it divided fourfold, at once by a mere glance? Thus, only for amusement, having made me the creator in the first creation, you do all this just as you wish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.36

हरिः पालकः किं त्वयाऽसौ मधोर्वा तथा कैटभाद्रक्षितः सिन्धुमध्ये । हरः संहृतः किं त्वयाऽसौ न काले कथं मे भ्रुवोर्मध्यदेशात्स जातः

hariḥ pālakaḥ kiṃ tvayā'sau madhorvā tathā kaiṭabhādrakṣitaḥ sindhumadhye | haraḥ saṃhṛtaḥ kiṃ tvayā'sau na kāle kathaṃ me bhruvormadhyadeśātsa jātaḥ

Is Hari the protector? Was he not himself protected by you in the midst of the ocean from Madhu and Kaiṭabha? Is Hara the destroyer? Was he not himself withdrawn by you at the (appointed) time? How was he born from the region between my brows?

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

DB 3 5.37

न ते जन्म कुत्रापि दृष्टं श्रुतं वा कुतः सम्भवस्ते न कोऽपीह वेद । किलाद्यासि शक्तिस्त्वमेका भवानि स्वतन्त्रैः समस्तैरतो बोधिताऽसि

na te janma kutrāpi dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ vā kutaḥ sambhavaste na ko'pīha veda | kilādyāsi śaktistvamekā bhavāni svatantraiḥ samastairato bodhitā'si

Nowhere has your birth been seen or heard; no one here knows whence your origin is. Surely you are the primal Śakti, you alone, O Bhavānī; therefore you are proclaimed by all the independent ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.38

त्वया संयुतोऽहं विकर्तुं समर्थो हरिस्त्रातुमम्ब त्वया संयुतश्च । हरः सम्प्रहर्तुं त्वयैवेह युक्तः क्षमा नाद्य सर्वे त्वया विप्रयुक्ताः

tvayā saṃyuto'haṃ vikartuṃ samartho haristrātumamba tvayā saṃyutaśca | haraḥ samprahartuṃ tvayaiveha yuktaḥ kṣamā nādya sarve tvayā viprayuktāḥ

United with you, I am able to create; Hari, O mother, united with you, to preserve; and Hara here is fit to destroy only through you. There is no capacity today: all are powerless when separated from you.

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

DB 3 5.39

यथाऽहं हरिः शङ्करः किं तथाऽन्ये न जाता न सन्तीह नो वाऽभविष्यन् । न मुह्यन्ति केऽस्मिंस्तवात्यन्तचित्रे विनोदे विवादास्पदेऽल्पाशयानाम्

yathā'haṃ hariḥ śaṅkaraḥ kiṃ tathā'nye na jātā na santīha no vā'bhaviṣyan | na muhyanti ke'smiṃstavātyantacitre vinode vivādāspade'lpāśayānām

Just as I, Hari, and Śaṅkara — have not others likewise been born, and do they not exist here, and would they not come to be? Who is not bewildered in this exceedingly marvellous sport of yours, which is a ground of dispute for those of small understanding?

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

DB 3 5.40

अकर्ता गुणस्पष्ट एवाद्य देवो निरीहोऽनुपाधिः सदैवाकलश्च । तथापीश्वरस्ते वितीर्णं विनोदं सुसम्पश्यतीत्याहुरेवं विधिज्ञाः

akartā guṇaspaṣṭa evādya devo nirīho'nupādhiḥ sadaivākalaśca | tathāpīśvaraste vitīrṇaṃ vinodaṃ susampaśyatītyāhurevaṃ vidhijñāḥ

The god is today a non-doer, manifest (only) through the qualities, without effort, without attributes, and always partless; yet even so the Lord clearly beholds the sport bestowed by you — thus say those who know the rule.

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

DB 3 5.41

दृष्टादृष्टविभेदेऽस्मिन्प्राक्त्वत्तो वै पुमान्परः । नान्यः कोऽपि तृतीयोऽस्ति प्रमेये सुविचारिते

dṛṣṭādṛṣṭavibhede'sminprāktvatto vai pumānparaḥ | nānyaḥ ko'pi tṛtīyo'sti prameye suvicārite

In this division into the seen and the unseen, prior (to all) indeed is the supreme Puruṣa, from you; there is no other, no third whatever, when the object of knowledge is well examined.

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

DB 3 5.42

न मिथ्या वेदवाक्यं वै कल्पनीयं कदाचन । विरोधोऽयं मयाऽत्यन्तं हृदये तु विशङ्कितः

na mithyā vedavākyaṃ vai kalpanīyaṃ kadācana | virodho'yaṃ mayā'tyantaṃ hṛdaye tu viśaṅkitaḥ

A word of the Veda is never to be supposed false; yet this contradiction has been greatly doubted by me in my heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.43

एकमेवाद्वितीयं यद्ब्रह्म वेदा वदन्ति वै । सा किं त्वं वाप्यसौ वा किं सन्देहं विनिवर्तय

ekamevādvitīyaṃ yadbrahma vedā vadanti vai | sā kiṃ tvaṃ vāpyasau vā kiṃ sandehaṃ vinivartaya

That Brahman which the Vedas declare to be one only, without a second — is that you, or is it he? Dispel my doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.44

निःसंशयं न मे चेतः प्रभवत्यविशङ्कितम् । द्वित्वैकत्वविचारेऽस्मिन्निमग्नं क्षुल्लकं मनः

niḥsaṃśayaṃ na me cetaḥ prabhavatyaviśaṅkitam | dvitvaikatvavicāre'sminnimagnaṃ kṣullakaṃ manaḥ

My mind is not able to be free of doubt, unwavering; this petty mind is sunk in this deliberation over duality and unity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.45

स्वमुखेनापि सन्देहं छेत्तुमर्हसि मामकम् । पुण्यभोगाच्च मे प्राप्ता सङ्गतिस्तव पादयोः

svamukhenāpi sandehaṃ chettumarhasi māmakam | puṇyabhogācca me prāptā saṅgatistava pādayoḥ

With your own mouth you should cut away my doubt. By the enjoyment (of the fruit) of merit I have obtained this meeting with your feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 3 5.46

पुमानसि त्वं स्त्री वासि वद विस्तरतो मम । ज्ञात्वाऽहं परमां शक्तिं मुक्तः स्यां भवसागरात्

pumānasi tvaṃ strī vāsi vada vistarato mama | jñātvā'haṃ paramāṃ śaktiṃ muktaḥ syāṃ bhavasāgarāt

Are you male, or are you female? Tell me in full detail. Knowing (you as) the supreme Power, may I be released from the ocean of worldly existence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition