Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 15
DB 4 15.1
देवीकथनेन दानवानां रसातलं प्रति गमनम् व्यास उवाच इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा भार्गवस्य महात्मनः । प्रह्लादस्तु सुसंहृष्टो बभूव नृपनन्दनः
devīkathanena dānavānāṃ rasātalaṃ prati gamanam vyāsa uvāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ | prahlādastu susaṃhṛṣṭo babhūva nṛpanandanaḥ
[The going of the Dānavas to Rasātala upon the telling of the Goddess] Vyāsa said: Having heard that speech of the great-souled Bhārgava, Prahlāda, the delight of kings, became greatly gladdened.
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DB 4 15.2
ज्ञात्वा दैवं बलिष्ठञ्च प्रह्लादस्तानुवाच ह । कृतेऽपि युद्धे न जयो भविष्यति कदाचन
jñātvā daivaṃ baliṣṭhañca prahlādastānuvāca ha | kṛte'pi yuddhe na jayo bhaviṣyati kadācana
And knowing fate to be the stronger, Prahlāda said to them: "Even if war is waged, there will never be victory."
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DB 4 15.3
तदा ते जयिनः प्रोचुर्दानवा मदगर्विताः । संग्रामस्तु प्रकर्तव्यो दैवं किं न विदामहे
tadā te jayinaḥ procurdānavā madagarvitāḥ | saṃgrāmastu prakartavyo daivaṃ kiṃ na vidāmahe
Then those Dānavas, victorious and proud with intoxication, said: "But battle must be made; what is this 'fate'—we do not know it.
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DB 4 15.4
निरुद्यमानां दैवं हि प्रधानमसुराधिप । केन दृष्टं क्व वा दृष्टं कीदृशं केन निर्मितम्
nirudyamānāṃ daivaṃ hi pradhānamasurādhipa | kena dṛṣṭaṃ kva vā dṛṣṭaṃ kīdṛśaṃ kena nirmitam
For fate is the chief thing (only) for those who make no effort, O lord of the asuras. By whom has it been seen, or where seen, of what kind is it, by whom was it fashioned?
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DB 4 15.5
तस्माद्युद्धं करिष्यामो बलमास्थाय साम्प्रतम् । भवाग्रे दैत्यवर्य त्वं सर्वज्ञोऽसि महामते
tasmādyuddhaṃ kariṣyāmo balamāsthāya sāmpratam | bhavāgre daityavarya tvaṃ sarvajño'si mahāmate
Therefore we shall now make war, relying on (our) strength; you (be) in the forefront, O best of Daityas—you are all-knowing, O great-minded one."
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DB 4 15.6
इत्युक्तस्तैस्तदा राजन् प्रह्लादः प्रबलारिहा । सेनानीश्च तदा भूत्वा देवान्युद्धे समाह्वयत्
ityuktastaistadā rājan prahlādaḥ prabalārihā | senānīśca tadā bhūtvā devānyuddhe samāhvayat
Addressed thus by them, O king, Prahlāda, slayer of mighty foes, then became the army's commander and challenged the gods to battle.
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DB 4 15.7
तेऽपि तत्रासुरान्दृष्ट्वा संग्रामे समुपस्थितान् । सर्वे सम्भृतसम्भारा देवास्तान्समयोधयन्
te'pi tatrāsurāndṛṣṭvā saṃgrāme samupasthitān | sarve sambhṛtasambhārā devāstānsamayodhayan
They too, seeing the asuras there present for battle—all the gods, with their equipment assembled, fought against them.
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DB 4 15.8
संग्रामस्तु तदा घोरः शक्रप्रह्लादयोरभूत् । पूर्णं वर्षशतं तत्र मुनीनां विस्मयावहः
saṃgrāmastu tadā ghoraḥ śakraprahlādayorabhūt | pūrṇaṃ varṣaśataṃ tatra munīnāṃ vismayāvahaḥ
Then there was a terrible battle between Śakra and Prahlāda, for a full hundred years, bringing amazement to the sages.
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DB 4 15.9
वर्तमाने महायुद्धे शुक्रेण प्रतिपालिताः । जयमापुस्तदा दैत्याः प्रह्लादप्रमुखा नृप
vartamāne mahāyuddhe śukreṇa pratipālitāḥ | jayamāpustadā daityāḥ prahlādapramukhā nṛpa
While the great war was going on, the Daityas, protected by Śukra, then won the victory, with Prahlāda at their head, O king.
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DB 4 15.10
तदैवेन्द्रो गुरोर्वाक्यात्सर्वदुःखविनाशिनीम् । सस्मार मनसा देवीं मुक्तिदां परमां शिवाम्
tadaivendro gurorvākyātsarvaduḥkhavināśinīm | sasmāra manasā devīṃ muktidāṃ paramāṃ śivām
Just then Indra, on his teacher's word, called to mind the Goddess who destroys all sorrow, the giver of liberation, the supreme, the auspicious one.
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DB 4 15.11
इन्द्र उवाच जय देवि महामाये शूलधारिणि चाम्बिके । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मखड्गहस्तेऽभयप्रदे
indra uvāca jaya devi mahāmāye śūladhāriṇi cāmbike | śaṅkhacakragadāpadmakhaḍgahaste'bhayaprade
Indra said: Victory to you, O Goddess, great Māyā, trident-bearer, Ambikā, you who hold conch, discus, mace, lotus and sword in your hands, giver of fearlessness!
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DB 4 15.12
नमस्ते भुवनेशानि शक्तिदर्शननायिके । दशतत्त्वात्मिके मातर्महाबिन्दुस्वरूपिणि
namaste bhuvaneśāni śaktidarśananāyike | daśatattvātmike mātarmahābindusvarūpiṇi
Homage to you, mistress of the worlds, leader of the vision of Śakti, you whose essence is the ten principles, O Mother, whose form is the great point (bindu),
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DB 4 15.13
महाकुण्डलिनीरूपे सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणि । प्राणाग्निहोत्रविद्ये ते नमो दीपशिखात्मिके
mahākuṇḍalinīrūpe saccidānandarūpiṇi | prāṇāgnihotravidye te namo dīpaśikhātmike
(Homage) to you who have the form of the great Kuṇḍalinī, whose nature is being, consciousness and bliss; to you who are the knowledge of the fire-offering of the breath (prāṇāgnihotra), homage, you whose essence is the flame of a lamp.
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DB 4 15.14
पञ्चकोशान्तरगते पुच्छब्रह्मस्वरूपिणि । आनन्दकलिके मातः सर्वोपनिषदर्चिते
pañcakośāntaragate pucchabrahmasvarūpiṇi | ānandakalike mātaḥ sarvopaniṣadarcite
(Homage) to you who dwell within the five sheaths, whose form is the Brahman-that-is-the-'tail' (pucchabrahman), the bud of bliss, O Mother, worshipped by all the Upaniṣads.
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DB 4 15.15
मातः प्रसीद सुमुखी भव हीनसत्त्वां- स्त्रायस्व नो जननि दैत्यपराजितान् वै । त्वं देवि नः शरणदा भुवने प्रमाणा शक्तासि दुःखशमनेऽखिलवीर्ययुक्ते देवीकथनेन दानवानां रसातलं प्रति गमनं नाम पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः
mātaḥ prasīda sumukhī bhava hīnasattvāṃ- strāyasva no janani daityaparājitān vai | tvaṃ devi naḥ śaraṇadā bhuvane pramāṇā śaktāsi duḥkhaśamane'khilavīryayukte devīkathanena dānavānāṃ rasātalaṃ prati gamanaṃ nāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ
O Mother, be gracious, be kindly-faced; save us, O Mother, who are low in strength and defeated by the demons. You, O Goddess, are the giver of refuge to us, the authority in the world; you are able to quell sorrow, O you endowed with every power. [Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, called 'The going of the Dānavas down to Rasātala upon the Goddess's speech'.]
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DB 4 15.16
ध्यायन्ति येऽपि सुखिनो नितरां भवन्ति दुःखान्विताविगतशोकभयास्तथान्ये । मोक्षार्थिनो विगतमानविमुक्तसङ्गाः संसारवारिधिजलं प्रतरन्ति सन्तः
dhyāyanti ye'pi sukhino nitarāṃ bhavanti duḥkhānvitāvigataśokabhayāstathānye | mokṣārthino vigatamānavimuktasaṅgāḥ saṃsāravāridhijalaṃ prataranti santaḥ
Even those who meditate (on you) become exceedingly happy; and others, afflicted with sorrow, become freed of grief and fear; and the good, seeking release, their pride gone and their attachments loosed, cross over the water of the ocean of transmigration.
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DB 4 15.17
त्वं देवि विश्वजननि प्रथितप्रभावा संरक्षणार्थमुदितार्तिहरप्रतापा । संहर्तुमेतदखिलं किल कालरूपा को वेत्ति तेऽम्ब चरितं ननु मन्दबुद्धिः
tvaṃ devi viśvajanani prathitaprabhāvā saṃrakṣaṇārthamuditārtiharapratāpā | saṃhartumetadakhilaṃ kila kālarūpā ko vetti te'mba caritaṃ nanu mandabuddhiḥ
You, O Goddess, mother of the universe, whose might is renowned, whose splendour that removes affliction arises for the sake of protection—and indeed, being Time itself, to destroy all this. Who, being of dull mind, can know your acts, O Mother?
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DB 4 15.18
ब्रह्मा हरश्च हरिदश्वरथो हरिश्च इन्द्रो यमोऽथ वरुणोऽग्निसमीरणौ च । ज्ञातुं क्षमा न मुनयोऽपि महानुभावा यस्याः प्रभावमतुलं निगमागमाश्च
brahmā haraśca haridaśvaratho hariśca indro yamo'tha varuṇo'gnisamīraṇau ca | jñātuṃ kṣamā na munayo'pi mahānubhāvā yasyāḥ prabhāvamatulaṃ nigamāgamāśca
Brahmā and Hara, and he whose chariot is drawn by tawny horses (the Sun), and Hari, Indra, Yama, then Varuṇa, and Fire and Wind—nor are the sages of great insight able to know, nor the Vedas and scriptures, her incomparable might.
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DB 4 15.19
धन्यास्त एव तव भक्तिपरा महान्तः संसारदुःखरहिताः सुखसिन्धुमग्नाः । ये भक्तिभावरहिता न कदापि दुःखा- ॥ म्भोधिं जनिक्षयतरङ्गमुमे तरन्ति
dhanyāsta eva tava bhaktiparā mahāntaḥ saṃsāraduḥkharahitāḥ sukhasindhumagnāḥ | ye bhaktibhāvarahitā na kadāpi duḥkhā- || mbhodhiṃ janikṣayataraṅgamume taranti
Blessed indeed are those great ones devoted to you in faith, free of the sorrow of transmigration, immersed in an ocean of joy; but those who lack the mood of devotion never cross, O Umā, the ocean of sorrow whose waves are birth and death.
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DB 4 15.20
ये वीज्यमानाः सितचामरैश्च क्रीडन्ति धन्याः शिबिकाधिरूढाः । तैः पूजिता त्वं किल पूर्वदेहे नानोपहारैरिति चिन्तयामि
ye vījyamānāḥ sitacāmaraiśca krīḍanti dhanyāḥ śibikādhirūḍhāḥ | taiḥ pūjitā tvaṃ kila pūrvadehe nānopahārairiti cintayāmi
Those blessed ones who, fanned with white yak-tail fans, take their pleasure mounted on palanquins—by them, I think, you were surely worshipped in a former body with many kinds of offerings.
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DB 4 15.21
ये पूज्यमाना वरवारणस्था विलासिनीवृन्दविलासयुक्ताः । सामन्तकैश्चोपनतैर्व्रजन्ति मन्ये हि तैस्त्वं किल पूजितासि
ye pūjyamānā varavāraṇasthā vilāsinīvṛndavilāsayuktāḥ | sāmantakaiścopanatairvrajanti manye hi taistvaṃ kila pūjitāsi
Those who, honoured, ride on excellent elephants, attended by the sport of throngs of courtesans, and go forth with vassal lords bowing before them—by them too, I think, you were surely worshipped.
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DB 4 15.22
व्यास उवाच एवं स्तुता मघवता देवी विश्वेश्वरी तदा । प्रादुर्बभूव तरसा सिंहारूढा चतुर्भुजा
vyāsa uvāca evaṃ stutā maghavatā devī viśveśvarī tadā | prādurbabhūva tarasā siṃhārūḍhā caturbhujā
Vyāsa said: Praised thus by Maghavan (Indra), the Goddess, ruler of the universe, then at once appeared, mounted on a lion, four-armed,
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DB 4 15.23
शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मान्बिभ्रती चारुलोचना । रक्ताम्बरधरा देवी दिव्यमाल्यविभूषणा
śaṅkhacakragadāpadmānbibhratī cārulocanā | raktāmbaradharā devī divyamālyavibhūṣaṇā
bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, with lovely eyes—the Goddess clad in red garments, adorned with divine garlands.
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DB 4 15.24
तानुवाच सुरान्देवी प्रसन्नवदना गिरा । भयं त्यजन्तु भो देवाः शं विधास्ये किलाधुना
tānuvāca surāndevī prasannavadanā girā | bhayaṃ tyajantu bho devāḥ śaṃ vidhāsye kilādhunā
With gracious face she spoke to those gods in words: "Let go of fear, O gods; I shall now surely bring about your welfare."
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DB 4 15.25
इत्युक्त्वा सा तदा देवी सिंहारूढातिसुन्दरी । जगाम तरसा तत्र यत्र दैत्या मदान्विताः
ityuktvā sā tadā devī siṃhārūḍhātisundarī | jagāma tarasā tatra yatra daityā madānvitāḥ
Having said this, that Goddess, exceedingly beautiful, mounted on her lion, went swiftly there where the demons were, filled with arrogance.
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DB 4 15.26
प्रह्लादप्रमुखाः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा देवीं पुरःस्थिताम् । ऊचुः परस्परं भीताः किं कर्तव्यमितस्तदा
prahlādapramukhāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā devīṃ puraḥsthitām | ūcuḥ parasparaṃ bhītāḥ kiṃ kartavyamitastadā
All of them, headed by Prahlāda, seeing the Goddess standing before them, spoke to one another in fear: "What is to be done now, from here?"
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DB 4 15.27
देवं नारायणं चात्र सम्प्राप्ता चण्डिका किल । महिषान्तकरी नूनं चण्डमुण्डविनाशिनी
devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ cātra samprāptā caṇḍikā kila | mahiṣāntakarī nūnaṃ caṇḍamuṇḍavināśinī
"Caṇḍikā has come here to the god Nārāyaṇa—surely she who made an end of Mahiṣa, the destroyer of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa."
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DB 4 15.28
निहनिष्यति नः सर्वानम्बिका नात्र संशयः । वक्रदृष्ट्या यया पूर्वं निहतौ मधुकैटभौ
nihaniṣyati naḥ sarvānambikā nātra saṃśayaḥ | vakradṛṣṭyā yayā pūrvaṃ nihatau madhukaiṭabhau
"Ambikā will slay us all—there is no doubt of it—she by whom formerly Madhu and Kaiṭabha were slain with a sidelong glance."
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DB 4 15.29
एवं चिन्तातुरान्वीक्ष्य प्रह्लादस्तानुवाच ह । योद्धव्यं नाथ गन्तव्यं पलाय्य दानवोत्तमाः
evaṃ cintāturānvīkṣya prahlādastānuvāca ha | yoddhavyaṃ nātha gantavyaṃ palāyya dānavottamāḥ
Seeing them thus stricken with anxiety, Prahlāda said to them: "There is no fighting, my lords; you must go, fleeing, O best of Dānavas."
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DB 4 15.30
नमुचिस्तानुवाचाथ पलायनपरानिह । हनिष्यति जगन्माता रुषिता किल हेतिभिः
namucistānuvācātha palāyanaparāniha | haniṣyati jaganmātā ruṣitā kila hetibhiḥ
Then Namuci said to them: "If (we) are intent on fleeing here, the Mother of the world, angered, will surely slay (us) with her weapons."
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DB 4 15.31
तथा कुरु महाभाग यथा दुःखं न जायते । व्रजामोऽद्यैव पातालं तां स्तुत्वा तदनुज्ञया
tathā kuru mahābhāga yathā duḥkhaṃ na jāyate | vrajāmo'dyaiva pātālaṃ tāṃ stutvā tadanujñayā
"Act, O greatly fortunate one, in such a way that no suffering arises: let us go this very day to Pātāla, after praising her, with her permission."
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DB 4 15.32
प्रह्लाद उवाच स्तौमि देवीं महामायां सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारिणीम् । सर्वेषां जननीं शक्तिं भक्तानामभयङ्करीम्
prahlāda uvāca staumi devīṃ mahāmāyāṃ sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇīm | sarveṣāṃ jananīṃ śaktiṃ bhaktānāmabhayaṅkarīm
Prahlāda said: I praise the Goddess, the Great Māyā, who brings about creation, maintenance and dissolution, the mother of all, the Power, who gives fearlessness to her devotees.
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DB 4 15.33
व्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्या विष्णुभक्तस्तु प्रह्लादः परमार्थवित् । तुष्टाव जगतां धात्रीं कृताञ्जलिपुटस्तदा
vyāsa uvāca ityuktyā viṣṇubhaktastu prahlādaḥ paramārthavit | tuṣṭāva jagatāṃ dhātrīṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭastadā
Vyāsa said: Having spoken thus, Prahlāda, the devotee of Viṣṇu, knower of the highest truth, then, with his palms joined, praised the Sustainer of the worlds.
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DB 4 15.34
मालासर्पवदाभाति यस्यां सर्वं चराचरम् । सर्वाधिष्ठानरूपायै तस्यै ह्रींमूर्तये नमः
mālāsarpavadābhāti yasyāṃ sarvaṃ carācaram | sarvādhiṣṭhānarūpāyai tasyai hrīṃmūrtaye namaḥ
In whom all that moves and does not move appears (as false) as a snake (seen) in a garland — to her, who is the form that underlies all, whose form is (the syllable) hrīṃ, homage.
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DB 4 15.35
त्वत्तः सर्वमिदं विश्वं स्थावरं जङ्गमं तथा । अन्ये निमित्तमात्रास्ते कर्तारस्तव निर्मिताः
tvattaḥ sarvamidaṃ viśvaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ tathā | anye nimittamātrāste kartārastava nirmitāḥ
From you (comes) all this universe, the immobile as well as the moving; others are mere instrumental causes, agents fashioned by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.36
नमो देवि महामाये सर्वेषां जननी स्मृता । को भेदस्तव देवेषु दैत्येषु स्वकृतेषु च
namo devi mahāmāye sarveṣāṃ jananī smṛtā | ko bhedastava deveṣu daityeṣu svakṛteṣu ca
Homage, O Goddess, great Māyā! You are remembered as the mother of all. What distinction is there for you among gods and among Daityas, both made by yourself?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.37
मातुः पुत्रेषु को भेदोऽप्यशुभेषु शुभेषु च । तथैव देवेष्वस्मासु न कर्तव्यस्त्वयाधुना
mātuḥ putreṣu ko bhedo'pyaśubheṣu śubheṣu ca | tathaiva deveṣvasmāsu na kartavyastvayādhunā
What distinction has a mother among her sons, the bad ones and the good ones? Just so, you should not now make (a distinction) between the gods and us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.38
यादृशास्तादृशा मातः सुतास्ते दानवाः किल । यतस्त्वं विश्वजननी पुराणेषु प्रकीर्तिता
yādṛśāstādṛśā mātaḥ sutāste dānavāḥ kila | yatastvaṃ viśvajananī purāṇeṣu prakīrtitā
As they are, so, O Mother, are those sons of yours, the Dānavas — since you are proclaimed in the Purāṇas as the mother of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.39
तेऽपि स्वार्थपरा नूनं यथैव वयमप्युत । नान्तरं दैत्यसुरयोर्भेदोऽयं मोहसम्भवः
te'pi svārthaparā nūnaṃ yathaiva vayamapyuta | nāntaraṃ daityasurayorbhedo'yaṃ mohasambhavaḥ
They too are surely bent on their own interest, just as we are as well. There is no difference between Daityas and gods; this distinction arises from delusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.40
धनदारादिभोगेषु वयं सक्ता दिवानिशम् । तथैव देवा देवेशि को भेदोऽसुरदेवयोः
dhanadārādibhogeṣu vayaṃ saktā divāniśam | tathaiva devā deveśi ko bhedo'suradevayoḥ
We are attached day and night to the enjoyments of wealth, wives and the rest; just so are the gods, O Mistress of the gods — what difference is there between demon and god?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.41
तेऽपि कश्यपदायादा वयं तत्सम्भवाः किल । कुतो विरोधसम्भूतिर्जाता मातस्तवाधुना
te'pi kaśyapadāyādā vayaṃ tatsambhavāḥ kila | kuto virodhasambhūtirjātā mātastavādhunā
They too are heirs of Kaśyapa, and we likewise are born of him. Whence, O Mother, has this hostility of yours now arisen?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.42
न तथा विहितं मातस्त्वयि सर्वसमुद्भवे । साम्यतैव त्वया स्थाप्या देवेष्वस्मासु चैव हि
na tathā vihitaṃ mātastvayi sarvasamudbhave | sāmyataiva tvayā sthāpyā deveṣvasmāsu caiva hi
It is not fitting so, O Mother, in you from whom all has arisen; equal regard alone should be maintained by you toward the gods and toward us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.43
गुणव्यतिकरात्सर्वे समुत्पन्नाः सुरासुराः । गुणान्विता भवेयुस्ते कथं देहभृतोऽमराः
guṇavyatikarātsarve samutpannāḥ surāsurāḥ | guṇānvitā bhaveyuste kathaṃ dehabhṛto'marāḥ
All the gods and demons have arisen from the intermixture of the guṇas; they would be endowed with the guṇas — how are the immortals, bearing bodies (any different)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.44
कामः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च सर्वदेहेषु संस्थिताः । वर्तन्ते सर्वदा तस्मात् कोऽविरोधी भवेञ्चनः
kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca sarvadeheṣu saṃsthitāḥ | vartante sarvadā tasmāt ko'virodhī bhaveñcanaḥ
Desire, anger and greed abide in all bodies and are always active; therefore what person could be free of conflict?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.45
त्वया मिथो विरोधोऽयं कल्पितः किल कौतुकात् । मन्यामहे विभेदेन नूनं युद्धदिदृक्षया
tvayā mitho virodho'yaṃ kalpitaḥ kila kautukāt | manyāmahe vibhedena nūnaṃ yuddhadidṛkṣayā
This mutual hostility has surely been contrived by you out of playfulness; we think it is by way of division, surely from a wish to see a battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.46
अन्यथा खलु भ्रातॄणां विरोधः कीदृशोऽनघे । त्वं चेन्नेच्छसि चामुण्डे वीक्षितुं कलहं किल
anyathā khalu bhrātṝṇāṃ virodhaḥ kīdṛśo'naghe | tvaṃ cennecchasi cāmuṇḍe vīkṣituṃ kalahaṃ kila
Otherwise, O sinless one, what sort of hostility would there be among brothers? And if you, O Cāmuṇḍā, do not wish to behold the quarrel—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.47
जानामि धर्मं धर्मज्ञे वेद्मि चाहं शतक्रतुम् । तथापि कलहोऽस्माकं भोगार्थं देवि सर्वदा
jānāmi dharmaṃ dharmajñe vedmi cāhaṃ śatakratum | tathāpi kalaho'smākaṃ bhogārthaṃ devi sarvadā
I know dharma, O knower of dharma, and I know Indra of the hundred rites; yet, O Goddess, our quarrel is always for the sake of enjoyment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.48
एकः कोऽपि न शास्तास्ति संसारे त्वां विनाम्बिके । स्पृहावतस्तु कः कर्तुं क्षमते वचनं बुधः
ekaḥ ko'pi na śāstāsti saṃsāre tvāṃ vināmbike | spṛhāvatastu kaḥ kartuṃ kṣamate vacanaṃ budhaḥ
There is not a single ruler in this world of transmigration apart from you, O Mother; and what wise man is able to enforce his word upon one who is full of craving?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.49
देवासुरैरयं सिन्धुर्मथितः समये क्वचित् । विष्णुना विहितो भेदः सुधारत्नच्छलेन वै
devāsurairayaṃ sindhurmathitaḥ samaye kvacit | viṣṇunā vihito bhedaḥ sudhāratnacchalena vai
This ocean was once churned at some time by gods and demons; by Viṣṇu a division was made, on the pretext of the nectar and the jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.50
त्वयासौ कल्पितः शौरिः पालकत्वे जगद्गुरुः । तेन लक्ष्मीः स्वयं लोभाद् गृहीतामरसुन्दरी
tvayāsau kalpitaḥ śauriḥ pālakatve jagadguruḥ | tena lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ lobhād gṛhītāmarasundarī
By you this Śauri (Viṣṇu), teacher of the world, was appointed to the office of protector; by him, out of greed, Lakṣmī, the beauty of the immortals, was taken for himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.51
ऐरावतस्तथेन्द्रेण पारिजातोऽथ कामधुक् । उच्चैःश्रवाः सुरैः सर्वं गृहीतं वैष्णवेच्छया
airāvatastathendreṇa pārijāto'tha kāmadhuk | uccaiḥśravāḥ suraiḥ sarvaṃ gṛhītaṃ vaiṣṇavecchayā
And likewise Airāvata by Indra, then the Pārijāta, the wish-granting cow, Uccaiḥśravas — everything was seized by the gods, by Viṣṇu's will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.52
अनयं तादृशं कृत्वा जाता देवास्तु साधवः । (अन्यायिनः सुरा नूनं पश्य त्वं धर्मलक्षणम् ।) ॥ संस्थापिताः सुरा नूनं विष्णुना बहुमानिना
anayaṃ tādṛśaṃ kṛtvā jātā devāstu sādhavaḥ | (anyāyinaḥ surā nūnaṃ paśya tvaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam |) || saṃsthāpitāḥ surā nūnaṃ viṣṇunā bahumāninā
Having committed such injustice, the gods turned out to be the good ones! (The gods are surely unjust — behold the mark of dharma!) Indeed the gods were established (in power) by the highly self-regarding Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.53
नूनं दैत्याः पराभूवन्पश्य त्वं धर्मलक्षणम् । क्व धर्मः कीदृशो धर्मः क्व कार्यं क्व च साधुता
nūnaṃ daityāḥ parābhūvanpaśya tvaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam | kva dharmaḥ kīdṛśo dharmaḥ kva kāryaṃ kva ca sādhutā
Surely the daityas have been defeated — look you at this mark of dharma! Where is dharma, what sort of thing is dharma, where is duty, and where is goodness?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.54
कथयामि च कस्याग्रे सिद्धं मैमांसिकं मतम् । तार्किका युक्तिवादज्ञा विधिज्ञा वेदवादकाः
kathayāmi ca kasyāgre siddhaṃ maimāṃsikaṃ matam | tārkikā yuktivādajñā vidhijñā vedavādakāḥ
And before whom shall I set forth the established doctrine of the Mīmāṃsakas? The logicians, who know reasoned argument, the knowers of ritual injunction, the expounders of the Veda —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.55
उक्ताः सकर्तृकं विश्वं विवदन्ते जडात्मकाः । कर्ता भवति चेदस्मिन्संसारे वितते किल
uktāḥ sakartṛkaṃ viśvaṃ vivadante jaḍātmakāḥ | kartā bhavati cedasminsaṃsāre vitate kila
— they have declared that the universe has a maker; the materialists dispute it. If indeed there is a maker in this extended round of existence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.56
विरोधः कीदृशस्तत्र चैककर्मणि वै मिथः । वेदे नैकमतिः कस्माच्छास्त्रेष्वपि तथा पुनः
virodhaḥ kīdṛśastatra caikakarmaṇi vai mithaḥ | vede naikamatiḥ kasmācchāstreṣvapi tathā punaḥ
what sort of contradiction is there in it, mutually, with respect to one and the same act? Why is there no single opinion in the Veda, and likewise again in the treatises?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 4 15.57
नैकवाक्यं वचस्तेषामपि वेदविदां पुनः । यतः स्वार्थपरं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
naikavākyaṃ vacasteṣāmapi vedavidāṃ punaḥ | yataḥ svārthaparaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
Nor again is the speech of those Veda-knowers of one accord, since all this world, moving and unmoving, is intent on its own interest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.58
निःस्पृहः कोऽपि संसारे न भवेन्न भविष्यति । शशिनाथ गुरोर्भार्या हृता ज्ञात्वा बलादपि
niḥspṛhaḥ ko'pi saṃsāre na bhavenna bhaviṣyati | śaśinātha gurorbhāryā hṛtā jñātvā balādapi
Nor is there, nor will there be, anyone in this world free of craving. By the Moon the wife of his teacher was carried off by force, though he knew (better);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.59
गौतमस्य तथेन्द्रेण जानता धर्मनिश्चयम् । गुरुणानुजभार्या च भुक्ता गर्भवती बलात्
gautamasya tathendreṇa jānatā dharmaniścayam | guruṇānujabhāryā ca bhuktā garbhavatī balāt
and so too Gautama's (wife) by Indra, who knew the settled rule of dharma; and by the teacher (Bṛhaspati) his younger brother's wife, though pregnant, was enjoyed by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.60
शप्तो गर्भगतो बालः कृतश्चान्धस्तथा पुनः । विष्णुना च शिरश्छिन्नं राहोश्चक्रेण वै बलात्
śapto garbhagato bālaḥ kṛtaścāndhastathā punaḥ | viṣṇunā ca śiraśchinnaṃ rāhoścakreṇa vai balāt
The child, still in the womb, was cursed and made blind; and by Viṣṇu the head of Rāhu was cut off with the discus by sheer force,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.61
अपराधं विना कामं तदा सत्त्ववताम्बिके । पौत्रो धर्मवतां शूरः सत्यव्रतपरायणः
aparādhaṃ vinā kāmaṃ tadā sattvavatāmbike | pautro dharmavatāṃ śūraḥ satyavrataparāyaṇaḥ
without any offence at all, O Ambikā — then, of those possessed of goodness (there was Bali), the grandson of the dharma-abiding, a hero devoted to the vow of truth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 4 15.62
यज्वा दानपतिः शान्तः सर्वज्ञः सर्वपूजकः । कृत्वाथ वामनं रूपं हरिणा छलवेदिना
yajvā dānapatiḥ śāntaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvapūjakaḥ | kṛtvātha vāmanaṃ rūpaṃ hariṇā chalavedinā
a sacrificer, a lord of liberality, peaceful, all-knowing, honouring all — and then, assuming the form of a dwarf, by Hari who knows deceit
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.63
वञ्चितोऽसौ बलिः सर्वं हृतं राज्यं पुरा किल । तथापि देवान्धर्मस्थान्प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः
vañcito'sau baliḥ sarvaṃ hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ purā kila | tathāpi devāndharmasthānpravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
that Bali was cheated, and his whole kingdom taken away, so it is said, in former times; yet the wise proclaim the gods to be established in dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.64
वदन्ति चाटुवादांश्च धर्मवादाज्जयं गताः । एवं ज्ञात्वा जगन्मातर्यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु
vadanti cāṭuvādāṃśca dharmavādājjayaṃ gatāḥ | evaṃ jñātvā jaganmātaryathecchasi tathā kuru
and they speak flattering words. Through dharma-talk they attained victory. Knowing this, O Mother of the world, do as you wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.65
शरणा दानवाः सर्वे जहि वा रक्ष वा पुनः । श्रीदेव्युवाच सर्वे गच्छत पातालं तत्र वासं यथेप्सितम्
śaraṇā dānavāḥ sarve jahi vā rakṣa vā punaḥ | śrīdevyuvāca sarve gacchata pātālaṃ tatra vāsaṃ yathepsitam
All the dānavas have taken refuge: either slay them or protect them. The Blessed Goddess said: Go, all of you, to Pātāla; there make your dwelling as you please,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.66
कुरुध्वं दानवाः सर्वे निर्भया गतमन्यवः । कालः प्रतीक्ष्यो युष्माभिः कारणं स शुभेऽशुभे
kurudhvaṃ dānavāḥ sarve nirbhayā gatamanyavaḥ | kālaḥ pratīkṣyo yuṣmābhiḥ kāraṇaṃ sa śubhe'śubhe
all you dānavas, fearless and with your wrath gone. You must await the (right) time: that is the cause in what is auspicious and inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.67
सुनिर्वेदपराणां हि सुखं सर्वत्र सर्वदा । त्रैलोक्यस्य च राज्येऽपि न सुखं लोभचेतसाम्
sunirvedaparāṇāṃ hi sukhaṃ sarvatra sarvadā | trailokyasya ca rājye'pi na sukhaṃ lobhacetasām
For those intent on true detachment there is happiness everywhere and always; but for those whose minds are greedy there is no happiness even in the sovereignty of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.68
कृतेऽपि न सुखं पूर्णं सस्पृहाणां फलैरपि । तस्मात्त्यक्त्वा महीमेतां प्रयान्त्वद्य महीतलम्
kṛte'pi na sukhaṃ pūrṇaṃ saspṛhāṇāṃ phalairapi | tasmāttyaktvā mahīmetāṃ prayāntvadya mahītalam
Even when (a desire) is fulfilled, the happiness of those who crave is not complete, even with its fruits. Therefore, giving up this earth, let them go today to the nether world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.69
ममाज्ञां पुरतः कृत्वा सर्वे विगतकल्मषाः । व्यास उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं देव्यास्तथेत्युक्त्वा रसातलम्
mamājñāṃ purataḥ kṛtvā sarve vigatakalmaṣāḥ | vyāsa uvāca tacchrutvā vacanaṃ devyāstathetyuktvā rasātalam
all of them setting my command before them, their sins departed. Vyāsa said: Hearing that speech of the Goddess, saying "so be it," to Rasātala
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.70
प्रणम्य दानवाः सर्वे गताः शक्त्याभिरक्षिताः । अन्तर्दधे ततो देवी देवाः स्वभुवनं गताः
praṇamya dānavāḥ sarve gatāḥ śaktyābhirakṣitāḥ | antardadhe tato devī devāḥ svabhuvanaṃ gatāḥ
all the dānavas bowed and went, guarded by Śakti. Then the Goddess vanished, and the gods went to their own realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.71
त्यक्त्वा वैरं स्थिताः सर्वे ते तदा देवदानवाः । एतदाख्यानमखिलं यः शृणोति वदत्यथ
tyaktvā vairaṃ sthitāḥ sarve te tadā devadānavāḥ | etadākhyānamakhilaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti vadatyatha
Abandoning their enmity, all those gods and dānavas then abode (in peace). Whoever hears or recites this narrative in its entirety,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 15.72
सर्वदुःखविनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति पदमुत्तमम्
sarvaduḥkhavinirmuktaḥ prayāti padamuttamam
released from all suffering, goes to the highest station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition