Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 5

DB 4 5.1

नरनारायणकथावर्णनम् व्यास उवाच अथ किं बहुनोक्तेन संसारेऽस्मिन्नृपोत्तम । धर्मात्माद्रोहबुद्धिस्तु कश्चिद्भवति कर्हिचित्

naranārāyaṇakathāvarṇanam vyāsa uvāca atha kiṃ bahunoktena saṃsāre'sminnṛpottama | dharmātmādrohabuddhistu kaścidbhavati karhicit

The Account of the Story of Nara and Nārāyaṇa. Vyāsa said: Now, what use is much speaking? In this world, O best of kings, someone, at some time, is righteous in nature and of a mind free from malice.

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DB 4 5.2

रागद्वेषावृतं विश्वं सर्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । आद्ये युगेऽपि राजेन्द्र किमद्य कलिदूषिते

rāgadveṣāvṛtaṃ viśvaṃ sarvaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam | ādye yuge'pi rājendra kimadya kalidūṣite

The whole universe, moving and unmoving, is enveloped by passion and hatred—even in the first age, O lord of kings; what then now, when it is defiled by the Kali (age)?

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DB 4 5.3

देवाः सेर्ष्याश्च सद्रोहाश्छलकर्मरताः सदा । मानुषाणां तिरश्चां च का वार्ता नृप गण्यते

devāḥ serṣyāśca sadrohāśchalakarmaratāḥ sadā | mānuṣāṇāṃ tiraścāṃ ca kā vārtā nṛpa gaṇyate

The gods are envious and malicious, always intent on deceitful deeds; what account, O king, is then to be reckoned of men and of beasts?

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DB 4 5.4

द्रोहपरे द्रोहपरो भवेदिति समानता । अद्रोहिणि तथा शान्ते विद्वेषः खलता स्मृता

drohapare drohaparo bhavediti samānatā | adrohiṇi tathā śānte vidveṣaḥ khalatā smṛtā

Toward one bent on injury, to be bent on injury oneself — that is (mere) equivalence; but hatred toward one who does no injury and is peaceable is held to be villainy.

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DB 4 5.5

यः कश्चित्तापसः शान्तो जपध्यानपरायणः । भवेत्तस्य जपे विघ्नकर्ता वै मघवा परम् चतुर्थस्कन्धे नरनारायणकथावर्णनं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः

yaḥ kaścittāpasaḥ śānto japadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | bhavettasya jape vighnakartā vai maghavā param caturthaskandhe naranārāyaṇakathāvarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ

Whoever is an ascetic, peaceable, devoted to muttered prayer and meditation — for him Maghavan (Indra) becomes the maker of obstacles to his recitation. [Colophon:] Thus in the Fourth Book, the fifth chapter, called the Account of the Story of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

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DB 4 5.6

सतां सत्ययुगं साक्षात्सर्वदैवासतां कलिः । मध्यमो मध्यमानां तु क्रियायोगौ युगे स्मृतौ

satāṃ satyayugaṃ sākṣātsarvadaivāsatāṃ kaliḥ | madhyamo madhyamānāṃ tu kriyāyogau yuge smṛtau

For the good it is directly the Age of Truth always, and for the wholly bad the Kali age; for the middling, the middling; the two (other) ages are held to be (those of) ritual action and yoga.

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DB 4 5.7

कश्चित्कदाचिद्भवति सत्यधर्मानुवर्तकः । अन्यथान्ययुगानां वै सर्वे धर्मपरायणाः

kaścitkadācidbhavati satyadharmānuvartakaḥ | anyathānyayugānāṃ vai sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ

Someone, at some time, becomes a follower of the true law; otherwise, in the other ages, all are devoted to the law.

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DB 4 5.8

वासना कारणं राजन् सर्वत्र धर्मसंस्थितौ । तस्यां वै मलिनायां तु धर्मोऽपि मलिनो भवेत्

vāsanā kāraṇaṃ rājan sarvatra dharmasaṃsthitau | tasyāṃ vai malināyāṃ tu dharmo'pi malino bhavet

The (mental) disposition is the cause, O king, everywhere in the establishing of the law; and when that is defiled, the law too becomes defiled.

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DB 4 5.9

मलिना वासना सत्यं विनाशायेति सर्वथा । ब्रह्मणो हृदयाञ्चातः पुत्रो धर्म इति स्मृतः

malinā vāsanā satyaṃ vināśāyeti sarvathā | brahmaṇo hṛdayāñcātaḥ putro dharma iti smṛtaḥ

A defiled disposition is truly, in every way, for destruction. And from the heart of Brahmā there was a son known as Dharma.

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DB 4 5.10

ब्राह्मणः सत्यसम्पन्तो वेदधर्मरतः सदा । दक्षस्य दुहितारो हि वृता दश महात्मना

brāhmaṇaḥ satyasampanto vedadharmarataḥ sadā | dakṣasya duhitāro hi vṛtā daśa mahātmanā

A Brahmin endowed with truth, always delighting in the Veda and the law — ten daughters of Dakṣa were indeed chosen by that great one,

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DB 4 5.11

विवाहविधिना सम्यङ्मुनिना गृहधर्मिणा । तास्वजीजनयत्पुत्रान्धर्मः सत्यवतां वरः

vivāhavidhinā samyaṅmuninā gṛhadharmiṇā | tāsvajījanayatputrāndharmaḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ

duly, by the rite of marriage, by the sage who kept the householder's duty; and in them Dharma, best of the truthful, begot sons:

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DB 4 5.12

हरिं कृष्णं नरं चैव तथा नारायणं नृप । योगाभ्यासरतो नित्यं हरिः कृष्णो बभूव ह

hariṃ kṛṣṇaṃ naraṃ caiva tathā nārāyaṇaṃ nṛpa | yogābhyāsarato nityaṃ hariḥ kṛṣṇo babhūva ha

Hari, Kṛṣṇa, and Nara, and likewise Nārāyaṇa, O king; Hari and Kṛṣṇa were ever devoted to the practice of yoga.

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DB 4 5.13

नरनारायणौ चैव चेरतुस्तप उत्तमम् । प्रालेयाद्रिं समागत्य तीर्थे बदरिकाश्रमे

naranārāyaṇau caiva ceratustapa uttamam | prāleyādriṃ samāgatya tīrthe badarikāśrame

And Nara and Nārāyaṇa performed the highest austerity, having come to the Snow Mountain, to the sacred place, the hermitage of Badarikā.

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DB 4 5.14

तपस्विषु धुरीणौ तौ पुराणौ मुनिसत्तमौ । गृणन्तौ तत्परं ब्रह्म गङ्गाया विपुले तटे

tapasviṣu dhurīṇau tau purāṇau munisattamau | gṛṇantau tatparaṃ brahma gaṅgāyā vipule taṭe

Those two, foremost among ascetics, ancient, best of sages, chanting that supreme Brahman on the broad bank of the Gaṅgā —

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DB 4 5.15

हरेरंशौ स्थितौ तत्र नरनारायणावृषी । पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु चक्राते तप उत्तमम्

hareraṃśau sthitau tatra naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī | pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu cakrāte tapa uttamam

the two seers Nara and Nārāyaṇa, portions of Hari, stationed there, performed the highest austerity for a full thousand years.

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DB 4 5.16

तापितं च जगत्सर्वं तपसा सचराचरम् । नरनारायणाभ्यां च शक्रः क्षोभं तदा ययौ

tāpitaṃ ca jagatsarvaṃ tapasā sacarācaram | naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca śakraḥ kṣobhaṃ tadā yayau

And the whole world with all that moves and does not move was scorched by the austerity of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, and Śakra then fell into agitation.

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DB 4 5.17

चिन्ताविष्टः सहस्राक्षो मनसा समकल्पयत् । किं कर्तव्यं धर्मपुत्रौ तापसौ ध्यानसंयुतौ

cintāviṣṭaḥ sahasrākṣo manasā samakalpayat | kiṃ kartavyaṃ dharmaputrau tāpasau dhyānasaṃyutau

Filled with anxiety, the thousand-eyed one considered in his mind: "What is to be done? The two sons of Dharma are ascetics engaged in meditation.

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DB 4 5.18

सिद्धार्थां सुभृशं श्रेष्ठमासनं मे ग्रहीष्यतः । विघ्नः कथं प्रकर्तव्यस्तपो येन भवेन्न हि

siddhārthāṃ subhṛśaṃ śreṣṭhamāsanaṃ me grahīṣyataḥ | vighnaḥ kathaṃ prakartavyastapo yena bhavenna hi

With their aim accomplished, they will most surely take my supreme seat. How is an obstacle to be made, by which the austerity may not come about —

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DB 4 5.19

उत्पाद्य कामं क्रोधञ्च लोभं वाप्यतिदारुणम् । इत्युद्दिश्य सहस्राक्षः समारुह्य गजोत्तमम्

utpādya kāmaṃ krodhañca lobhaṃ vāpyatidāruṇam | ityuddiśya sahasrākṣaḥ samāruhya gajottamam

by producing desire, and anger, or even most terrible greed?" Having thus resolved, the thousand-eyed one mounted his best of elephants

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DB 4 5.20

विघ्नकामस्तु तरसा जगाम गन्धमादनम् । गत्वा तत्राश्रमे पुण्ये तावपश्यच्छतक्रतुः

vighnakāmastu tarasā jagāma gandhamādanam | gatvā tatrāśrame puṇye tāvapaśyacchatakratuḥ

and, wishing to make an obstacle, went swiftly to Gandhamādana; and having gone there to the holy hermitage, the performer of a hundred rites saw those two,

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DB 4 5.21

तपसा दीप्तदेहौ तु भास्कराविव चोदितौ । ब्रह्मविष्णू किमेतौ वै प्रकटौ वा विभावसू

tapasā dīptadehau tu bhāskarāviva coditau | brahmaviṣṇū kimetau vai prakaṭau vā vibhāvasū

their bodies blazing with austerity like two suns urged on. "Are these two Brahmā and Viṣṇu made manifest, or two fires?

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DB 4 5.22

धर्मपुत्रावृषी एतौ तपसा किं करिष्यतः । इति सञ्चिन्त्य तौ दृष्ट्वा तदोवाच शचीपतिः

dharmaputrāvṛṣī etau tapasā kiṃ kariṣyataḥ | iti sañcintya tau dṛṣṭvā tadovāca śacīpatiḥ

These two seers are the sons of Dharma — what will they accomplish by austerity?" Having thus reflected and seen them, the husband of Śacī then said:

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DB 4 5.23

किं वा कार्यं महाभागौ ब्रूतं धर्मसुतौ किल । ददामि वां वरं श्रेष्ठं दातुं यातोऽस्म्यहमृषी

kiṃ vā kāryaṃ mahābhāgau brūtaṃ dharmasutau kila | dadāmi vāṃ varaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dātuṃ yāto'smyahamṛṣī

"What is (your) purpose, O greatly fortunate ones? Speak, you sons of Dharma. I grant you two the finest boon; I have come, O sages, to give."

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DB 4 5.24

अदेयमपि दास्यामि तुष्टोऽस्मि तपसा किल । व्यास उवाच एवं पुनः पुनः शक्रस्तावुवाच पुरः स्थितः

adeyamapi dāsyāmi tuṣṭo'smi tapasā kila | vyāsa uvāca evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ śakrastāvuvāca puraḥ sthitaḥ

"Even what ought not to be given I shall give; I am pleased with (your) austerity." Vyāsa said: Thus, standing before them, Śakra spoke to those two again and again.

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DB 4 5.25

नोचतुस्तावृषी ध्यानसंस्थितौ दृढचेतसौ । ततो वै मोहिनीं मायां चकार भयदां वृषः

nocatustāvṛṣī dhyānasaṃsthitau dṛḍhacetasau | tato vai mohinīṃ māyāṃ cakāra bhayadāṃ vṛṣaḥ

Those two sages did not speak, being settled in meditation, firm of mind. Then Vṛṣa (Indra) produced a bewildering, fear-inducing magical display.

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DB 4 5.26

वृकान्सिंहांश्च व्याघ्रांश्च समुत्पाद्याबिभीषयत् । वर्षं वातं तथा वह्निं समुत्पाद्य पुनः पुनः

vṛkānsiṃhāṃśca vyāghrāṃśca samutpādyābibhīṣayat | varṣaṃ vātaṃ tathā vahniṃ samutpādya punaḥ punaḥ

Bringing forth wolves and lions and tigers, he tried to frighten (them); and bringing forth rain, wind and fire again and again,

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DB 4 5.27

भीषयामास तौ शक्रो मायां कृत्वा विमोहिनीम् । भयतोऽपि वशं नीतौ न तौ धर्मसुतौ मुनी

bhīṣayāmāsa tau śakro māyāṃ kṛtvā vimohinīm | bhayato'pi vaśaṃ nītau na tau dharmasutau munī

Śakra frightened those two, having made a bewildering illusion. But those two sages, the sons of Dharma, were not brought under (his) sway even by fear.

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DB 4 5.28

नरनारायणौ दृष्ट्वा शक्रः स्वभवनं गतः । वरदाने प्रलुब्धौ न न भीतौ वह्निवायुतः

naranārāyaṇau dṛṣṭvā śakraḥ svabhavanaṃ gataḥ | varadāne pralubdhau na na bhītau vahnivāyutaḥ

Seeing Nara and Nārāyaṇa (thus), Śakra went to his own abode. They were not lured by the offering of a boon, nor afraid of fire and wind.

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DB 4 5.29

व्याघ्रसिंहादिभिः कान्तौ चलितौ नाश्रमात्स्वकात् । न तयोर्ध्यानभङ्गं वै कर्तुं कोऽपि क्षमोऽभवत्

vyāghrasiṃhādibhiḥ kāntau calitau nāśramātsvakāt | na tayordhyānabhaṅgaṃ vai kartuṃ ko'pi kṣamo'bhavat

Pressed about(?) by tigers, lions and the rest, the two did not stir from their own hermitage; nor was anyone at all able to break their meditation.

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DB 4 5.30

इन्द्रोऽपि सदनं गत्वा चिन्तयामास दुःखितः । चलितौ भयलोभाभ्यां नेमौ मुनिवरोत्तमौ

indro'pi sadanaṃ gatvā cintayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ | calitau bhayalobhābhyāṃ nemau munivarottamau

Indra too, having gone to his dwelling, brooded in distress: "These two, the very best of the excellent sages, have not been shaken by either fear or greed.

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DB 4 5.31

चिन्तयन्तौ महाविद्यामादिशक्तिं सनातनीम् । ईश्वरीं सर्वलोकानां परां प्रकृतिमद्भुताम्

cintayantau mahāvidyāmādiśaktiṃ sanātanīm | īśvarīṃ sarvalokānāṃ parāṃ prakṛtimadbhutām

Meditating on the Great Wisdom (Mahāvidyā), the primordial eternal Śakti, the sovereign Lady of all the worlds, the supreme, wondrous Prakṛti—

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DB 4 5.32

ध्यायतां कः क्षमो लोके बहुमायाविदप्युत । यन्मूलाः सकला माया देवासुरकृताः किल

dhyāyatāṃ kaḥ kṣamo loke bahumāyāvidapyuta | yanmūlāḥ sakalā māyā devāsurakṛtāḥ kila

who in the world is able (to obstruct) those two meditating, even one who knows many magic arts? For all the illusions wrought by gods and demons have Her as their root.

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DB 4 5.33

ते कथं बाधितुं शक्ता ध्यायन्ति गतकल्मषाः । वाग्बीजं कामबीजञ्च मायाबीजं तथैव च

te kathaṃ bādhituṃ śaktā dhyāyanti gatakalmaṣāḥ | vāgbījaṃ kāmabījañca māyābījaṃ tathaiva ca

How are they able to obstruct (these) sinless ones who meditate? The seed-syllable of Speech, the seed-syllable of Desire, and likewise the seed-syllable of Māyā—

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DB 4 5.34

चित्ते यस्य भवेत्तं तु बाधितुं कोऽपि न क्षमः । मायया मोहितः शक्रो भूयस्तस्य प्रतिक्रियाम्

citte yasya bhavettaṃ tu bādhituṃ ko'pi na kṣamaḥ | māyayā mohitaḥ śakro bhūyastasya pratikriyām

in whose mind these may be, him no one at all is able to obstruct." (Yet) Śakra, deluded by māyā, (resolved) once more upon a counter-measure against that,

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DB 4 5.35

कर्तुं कामवसन्तौ तु समाहूयाब्रवीद्वचः । मनोभव वसन्तेन रत्या युक्तो व्रजाधुना

kartuṃ kāmavasantau tu samāhūyābravīdvacaḥ | manobhava vasantena ratyā yukto vrajādhunā

and having summoned Kāma and Vasanta to do (it), he spoke these words: "Manobhava, go now, joined with Vasanta and Rati,

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DB 4 5.36

अप्सरोभिः समायुक्तस्तरसा गन्धमादनम् । नरनारायणौ तत्र पुराणावृषिसत्तमौ

apsarobhiḥ samāyuktastarasā gandhamādanam | naranārāyaṇau tatra purāṇāvṛṣisattamau

and accompanied by apsarases, swiftly to Gandhamādana. There the two ancient ones, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, the best of sages,

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DB 4 5.37

कुरुतस्तप एकान्ते स्थितौ बदरिकाश्रमे । गत्वा तत्र समीपे तु तयोर्मन्मथ मार्गणैः

kurutastapa ekānte sthitau badarikāśrame | gatvā tatra samīpe tu tayormanmatha mārgaṇaiḥ

are performing austerity, dwelling in solitude in the Badarikā hermitage. Going there, into their vicinity, O Manmatha, with your arrows

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DB 4 5.38

चित्तं कामातुरं कार्यं कुरु कार्यं ममाधुना । मोहयित्वोच्चाटयित्वा विशिखैस्ताडयाशु च

cittaṃ kāmāturaṃ kāryaṃ kuru kāryaṃ mamādhunā | mohayitvoccāṭayitvā viśikhaistāḍayāśu ca

their mind is to be made sick with desire—do this work of mine now! Having bewildered and unsettled them, strike them quickly with your shafts,

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DB 4 5.39

वशीकुरु महाभाग मुनी धर्मसुतावपि । को ह्यस्मिन् सर्वसंसारे देवो दैत्योऽथ मानवः

vaśīkuru mahābhāga munī dharmasutāvapi | ko hyasmin sarvasaṃsāre devo daityo'tha mānavaḥ

and bring them under your sway, O greatly fortunate one—those two sages, the sons of Dharma. For who in this whole round of existence, god, demon, or man,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.40

यस्ते बाणवशं प्राप्तो न याति भृशताडितः । ब्रह्माहं गिरिजानाथश्चन्द्रो वह्निर्विमोहितः

yaste bāṇavaśaṃ prāpto na yāti bhṛśatāḍitaḥ | brahmāhaṃ girijānāthaścandro vahnirvimohitaḥ

is there who, struck hard, does not come under the sway of your arrow? I, Brahmā, the Lord of Girijā (Śiva), the Moon, and Fire have (all) been bewildered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.41

गणना कानयोः काम त्वद्बाणानां पराक्रमे । वाराङ्गनागणोऽयं ते सहायार्थं मयेरितः

gaṇanā kānayoḥ kāma tvadbāṇānāṃ parākrame | vārāṅganāgaṇo'yaṃ te sahāyārthaṃ mayeritaḥ

What reckoning are these two, O Kāma, against the might of your arrows? This troop of courtesans has been sent by me for your assistance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.42

आगमिष्यति तत्रैव रम्भादीनां मनोरमः । एका तिलोत्तमा रम्भा कार्यं साधयितुं क्षमा

āgamiṣyati tatraiva rambhādīnāṃ manoramaḥ | ekā tilottamā rambhā kāryaṃ sādhayituṃ kṣamā

The delightful (troop) of Rambhā and the others will come to that very place. Tilottamā alone, or Rambhā, is capable of accomplishing the task;

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

DB 4 5.43

त्वमेवैकः क्षमः कामं मिलितैः कस्तु संशयः । कुरु कार्यं महाभाग ददामि तव वाच्छितम्

tvamevaikaḥ kṣamaḥ kāmaṃ militaiḥ kastu saṃśayaḥ | kuru kāryaṃ mahābhāga dadāmi tava vācchitam

"You alone are capable, surely — what doubt is there when (we are) all joined together? Do the deed, greatly fortunate one; I grant you what you desire."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.44

प्रलोभितौ मयात्यर्थं वरदानैस्तपस्विनौ । स्थानान्न चलितौ शान्तौ वृथायं मे गतः श्रमः

pralobhitau mayātyarthaṃ varadānaistapasvinau | sthānānna calitau śāntau vṛthāyaṃ me gataḥ śramaḥ

"The two ascetics were tempted by me exceedingly with the granting of boons, (yet) they did not stir from their place; calm (they remained), and this effort of mine went in vain."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.45

तथा वै मायया कृत्वा भीषितौ तापसौ भृशम् । तथापि नोत्थितौ स्थानाद्देहरक्षापरौ न तौ

tathā vai māyayā kṛtvā bhīṣitau tāpasau bhṛśam | tathāpi notthitau sthānāddeharakṣāparau na tau

"Likewise, having worked illusion, the two ascetics were frightened greatly; even so they did not rise from their place — they two are not intent on guarding the body."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.46

व्यास उवाच इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शक्रं प्राह मनोभवः । वासवाद्य करिष्यामि कार्यं ते मनसेप्सितम्

vyāsa uvāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śakraṃ prāha manobhavaḥ | vāsavādya kariṣyāmi kāryaṃ te manasepsitam

Vyāsa said: Hearing that speech of his, Manobhava (the mind-born, Kāma) said to Śakra: "Vāsava, today I will accomplish the task desired in your mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.47

यदि विष्णुं महेशं वा ब्रह्माणं वा दिवाकरम् । ध्यायन्तौ तौ तदास्माकं भवितारौ वशौ मुनी

yadi viṣṇuṃ maheśaṃ vā brahmāṇaṃ vā divākaram | dhyāyantau tau tadāsmākaṃ bhavitārau vaśau munī

"If those two were meditating on Viṣṇu, or on Maheśa, or on Brahmā, or on the Sun, then the two sages would come under our power.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.48

देवीभक्तं वशीकर्तुं नाहं शक्तः कथञ्चन । कामराज महाबीजं चिन्तयन्तं मनस्यलम्

devībhaktaṃ vaśīkartuṃ nāhaṃ śaktaḥ kathañcana | kāmarāja mahābījaṃ cintayantaṃ manasyalam

"A devotee of the Devī I am in no way able to subdue — one who fully meditates in his mind on the great seed-mantra Kāmarāja.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.49

तां देवीं चेन्महाशक्तिं संश्रितौ भक्तिभावतः । न तदा मम बाणानां गोचरौ तापसौ किल

tāṃ devīṃ cenmahāśaktiṃ saṃśritau bhaktibhāvataḥ | na tadā mama bāṇānāṃ gocarau tāpasau kila

"If the two have taken refuge in that Devī, the Great Śakti, with a devoted heart, then indeed the two ascetics are not within the range of my arrows."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.50

इन्द्र उवाच गच्छ त्वं च महाभाग सर्वैस्तत्र समुद्यतैः । कार्यं ममातिदुःसाध्यं कर्ता हितमनुत्तमम्

indra uvāca gaccha tvaṃ ca mahābhāga sarvaistatra samudyataiḥ | kāryaṃ mamātiduḥsādhyaṃ kartā hitamanuttamam

Indra said: "Go then, greatly fortunate one, with all those made ready there. You will be the doer of a supreme benefit — my task that is exceedingly hard to accomplish."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 4 5.51

व्यास उवाच इति तेन समादिष्टा ययुः सर्वे समुद्यताः । यत्र तौ धर्मपुत्रौ द्वौ तेपाते दुष्करं तपः

vyāsa uvāca iti tena samādiṣṭā yayuḥ sarve samudyatāḥ | yatra tau dharmaputrau dvau tepāte duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ

Vyāsa said: Thus instructed by him, they all went, made ready, to where those two sons of Dharma were performing hard austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition