Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 1

DB 5 1.1

योगमायाप्रभाववर्णनम् ऋषय ऊचुः भवता कथितं सूत महदाख्यानमुत्तमम् । कृष्णस्य चरितं दिव्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम् पञ्चमस्कन्धे योगमायाप्रभाववर्णनं नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः

yogamāyāprabhāvavarṇanam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ bhavatā kathitaṃ sūta mahadākhyānamuttamam | kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ divyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam pañcamaskandhe yogamāyāprabhāvavarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ

Description of the power of Yogamāyā. The sages said: You have told, O Sūta, the great and excellent narrative — the divine deeds of Kṛṣṇa, which destroy all sins. Thus the first chapter, called "Description of the Power of Yogamāyā," in the fifth book.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.2

सन्देहोऽत्र महाभाग वासुदेवकथानके । जायते नः प्रोच्यमाने विस्तरेण महामते

sandeho'tra mahābhāga vāsudevakathānake | jāyate naḥ procyamāne vistareṇa mahāmate

Yet here, O greatly fortunate one, a doubt arises in us regarding this tale of Vāsudeva as it is being recounted at length, O you of great mind.

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DB 5 1.3

वने गत्वा तपस्तप्तं वासुदेवेन दुष्करम् । विष्णोरंशावतारेण शिवस्याराधनं कृतम्

vane gatvā tapastaptaṃ vāsudevena duṣkaram | viṣṇoraṃśāvatāreṇa śivasyārādhanaṃ kṛtam

Having gone to the forest, Vāsudeva performed difficult austerities; though he was a partial incarnation of Viṣṇu, he carried out the worship of Śiva.

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DB 5 1.4

वरप्रदानं देव्या च पार्वत्या यत्कृतं पुनः । जगन्मातुश्च पूर्णायाः श्रीदेव्या अंशभूतया

varapradānaṃ devyā ca pārvatyā yatkṛtaṃ punaḥ | jaganmātuśca pūrṇāyāḥ śrīdevyā aṃśabhūtayā

And again, the granting of the boon that was made by the goddess Pārvatī, who is (but) a portion of Śrī Devī, the mother of the world, the complete one —

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DB 5 1.5

ईश्वरेणापि कृष्णेन कुतस्तौ सम्प्रपूजितौ । न्यूनता वा किमस्त्वस्य तदेवं संशयो मम

īśvareṇāpi kṛṣṇena kutastau samprapūjitau | nyūnatā vā kimastvasya tadevaṃ saṃśayo mama

And why were those two worshipped by Kṛṣṇa, who is himself the Lord? Or what deficiency could there be in him? Such indeed is my doubt.

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DB 5 1.6

सूत उवाच शृणुध्वं कारणं तत्र मया व्यासश्रुतञ्च यत् । प्रब्रवीमि महाभागाः कथां कृष्णगुणान्विताम्

sūta uvāca śṛṇudhvaṃ kāraṇaṃ tatra mayā vyāsaśrutañca yat | prabravīmi mahābhāgāḥ kathāṃ kṛṣṇaguṇānvitām

Sūta said: Hear the reason for that, and what was heard by me from Vyāsa; I declare, O greatly fortunate ones, a story replete with Kṛṣṇa's virtues.

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DB 5 1.7

वृत्तान्तं व्यासतः श्रुत्वा वैराटीसुतजस्तदा । पुनः पप्रच्छ मेधावी सन्देहं परमं गतः

vṛttāntaṃ vyāsataḥ śrutvā vairāṭīsutajastadā | punaḥ papraccha medhāvī sandehaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Having heard the account in full from Vyāsa, the son of Vairāṭī's son, intelligent (as he was), then asked again, having fallen into the greatest doubt.

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

DB 5 1.8

जनमेजय उवाच सम्यक्सत्यवतीसूनो श्रुतं परमकारणम् । तथापि मनसो वृत्तिः संशयं न विमुञ्चति

janamejaya uvāca samyaksatyavatīsūno śrutaṃ paramakāraṇam | tathāpi manaso vṛttiḥ saṃśayaṃ na vimuñcati

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 5 1.9

कृष्णेनाराधितः शम्भुस्तपस्तप्त्वातिदारुणम् । विस्मयोऽयं महाभाग देवदेवेन विष्णुना

kṛṣṇenārādhitaḥ śambhustapastaptvātidāruṇam | vismayo'yaṃ mahābhāga devadevena viṣṇunā

"Kṛṣṇa propitiated Śambhu, having performed exceedingly severe austerity — this is a marvel, O greatly fortunate one, (that it was done) by Viṣṇu, the god of gods."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.10

यः सर्वात्मापि सर्वेशः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः प्रभुः । स कथं कृतवान्घोरं तपः प्राकृतवद्धरिः

yaḥ sarvātmāpi sarveśaḥ sarvasiddhipradaḥ prabhuḥ | sa kathaṃ kṛtavānghoraṃ tapaḥ prākṛtavaddhariḥ

He who, though the Self of all, is the Lord of all, the bestower of all attainments, the master — how did that Hari perform terrible austerity like an ordinary person?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.11

जगत्कर्तुं क्षमः कृष्णस्तथा पालयितुं क्षमः । संहर्तुमपि कस्मात्स दारुणं तप आचरत्

jagatkartuṃ kṣamaḥ kṛṣṇastathā pālayituṃ kṣamaḥ | saṃhartumapi kasmātsa dāruṇaṃ tapa ācarat

Kṛṣṇa is able to create the world, and likewise able to protect it, and able to destroy it too; why then did he practice such fierce austerity?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.12

व्यास उवाच सत्यमुक्तं त्वया राजन् वासुदेवो जनार्दनः । क्षमः सर्वेषु कार्येषु देवानां दैत्यसूदनः

vyāsa uvāca satyamuktaṃ tvayā rājan vāsudevo janārdanaḥ | kṣamaḥ sarveṣu kāryeṣu devānāṃ daityasūdanaḥ

Vyāsa said: You have spoken truly, O king: Vāsudeva, Janārdana, the slayer of the demons, is capable in all the tasks of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.13

तथापि मानुषं देहमाश्रितः परमेश्वरः । कृतवान्मानुषान्भावान्वर्णाश्रमसमाश्रितान्

tathāpi mānuṣaṃ dehamāśritaḥ parameśvaraḥ | kṛtavānmānuṣānbhāvānvarṇāśramasamāśritān

Nevertheless, the Supreme Lord, having taken refuge in a human body, enacted human dispositions, those pertaining to the (system of) classes and stages of life.

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DB 5 1.14

वृद्धानां पूजनं चैव गुरुपादाभिवन्दनम् । ब्राह्मणानां तथा सेवा देवताराधनं तथा

vṛddhānāṃ pūjanaṃ caiva gurupādābhivandanam | brāhmaṇānāṃ tathā sevā devatārādhanaṃ tathā

(He did) honour to elders, and reverence at the feet of teachers, and likewise service to the brahmins, and likewise worship of the gods;

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DB 5 1.15

शोके शोकाभियोगश्च हर्षे हर्षसमुन्नतिः । दैन्यं नानापवादाश्च स्त्रीषु कामोपसेवनम्

śoke śokābhiyogaśca harṣe harṣasamunnatiḥ | dainyaṃ nānāpavādāśca strīṣu kāmopasevanam

In sorrow, being afflicted with sorrow; in joy, a swelling up of joy; wretchedness, and manifold reproaches, and the pursuit of desire among women —

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DB 5 1.16

कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभः काले काले भवन्ति हि । तथा गुणमये देहे निर्गुणत्वं कथं भवेत्

kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhaḥ kāle kāle bhavanti hi | tathā guṇamaye dehe nirguṇatvaṃ kathaṃ bhavet

For desire, anger, and likewise greed arise from time to time; so how could there be freedom from the qualities in a body made of the qualities?

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DB 5 1.17

सौबलीशापजाद्दोषात्तथा ब्राह्मणशापजात् । निधनं यादवानां तु कृष्णदेहस्य मोचनम्

saubalīśāpajāddoṣāttathā brāhmaṇaśāpajāt | nidhanaṃ yādavānāṃ tu kṛṣṇadehasya mocanam

From the fault born of the curse of Subala's daughter (Gāndhārī), and likewise from that born of the brāhmaṇas' curse, (came) the destruction of the Yādavas and the giving up of Kṛṣṇa's body;

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DB 5 1.18

हरणं लुण्ठनं तद्वत्तत्पत्नीनां नराधिप । अर्जुनस्यास्त्रमोक्षे च क्लीबत्वं तस्करेषु च

haraṇaṃ luṇṭhanaṃ tadvattatpatnīnāṃ narādhipa | arjunasyāstramokṣe ca klībatvaṃ taskareṣu ca

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 5 1.19

अज्ञत्वं हरणे गेहात्तत्प्रद्युम्नानिरुद्धयोः । एवं मानुषदेहेऽस्मिन्मानुषं खलु चेष्टितम्

ajñatvaṃ haraṇe gehāttatpradyumnāniruddhayoḥ | evaṃ mānuṣadehe'sminmānuṣaṃ khalu ceṣṭitam

(And there was) ignorance when Pradyumna and Aniruddha were carried off from the house — thus in this human body human behaviour indeed (was displayed).

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DB 5 1.20

विष्णोरंशावतारेऽस्मिन्नारायणमुनेस्तथा । अंशजे वासुदेवेऽत्र किं चित्रं शिवसेवने

viṣṇoraṃśāvatāre'sminnārāyaṇamunestathā | aṃśaje vāsudeve'tra kiṃ citraṃ śivasevane

In this partial incarnation of Viṣṇu, and likewise (in that) of the sage Nārāyaṇa — in Vāsudeva here, born of a portion (of him) — what is surprising in (his) serving Śiva?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.21

स हि सर्वेश्वरो देवो विष्णोरपि च कारणम् । सुषुप्तस्थाननाथः स विष्णुना च प्रपूजितः

sa hi sarveśvaro devo viṣṇorapi ca kāraṇam | suṣuptasthānanāthaḥ sa viṣṇunā ca prapūjitaḥ

For he is the god who is lord of all, and the cause even of Viṣṇu; he is the master of the state of deep sleep, and he is worshipped by Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.22

तदंशभूताः कृष्णाद्यास्तैः कथं न स पूज्यते । अकारो भगवान्ब्रह्माप्युकारः स्याद्धरिः स्वयम्

tadaṃśabhūtāḥ kṛṣṇādyāstaiḥ kathaṃ na sa pūjyate | akāro bhagavānbrahmāpyukāraḥ syāddhariḥ svayam

Kṛṣṇa and the rest are portions of him; how should he not be worshipped by them? The sound A is the lord Brahmā, and the sound U would be Hari himself.

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DB 5 1.23

मकारो भगवान् रुद्रोऽप्यर्धमात्रा महेश्वरी । उत्तरोत्तरभावेनाप्युत्तमत्वं स्मृतं बुधैः

makāro bhagavān rudro'pyardhamātrā maheśvarī | uttarottarabhāvenāpyuttamatvaṃ smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ

The sound M is the lord Rudra, and the half-measure is Maheśvarī; by the wise it is held that, in the order of succession, each later is the higher.

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DB 5 1.24

अतः सर्वेषु शास्त्रेषु देवी सर्वोत्तमा स्मृता । अर्धमात्रास्थिता नित्या यानुच्चार्या विशेषतः

ataḥ sarveṣu śāstreṣu devī sarvottamā smṛtā | ardhamātrāsthitā nityā yānuccāryā viśeṣataḥ

Therefore in all the scriptures the Goddess is held to be highest of all — she who abides in the half-measure, eternal, who especially is not to be uttered.

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DB 5 1.25

विष्णोरप्यथिको रुद्रो विष्णुस्तु ब्रह्मणोऽधिकः । तस्मान्न संशयः कार्यः कृष्णेन शिवपूजने

viṣṇorapyathiko rudro viṣṇustu brahmaṇo'dhikaḥ | tasmānna saṃśayaḥ kāryaḥ kṛṣṇena śivapūjane

Rudra is greater even than Viṣṇu, and Viṣṇu is greater than Brahmā; therefore no doubt should be entertained about Kṛṣṇa's worshipping Śiva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.26

इच्छया ब्रह्मणो वक्त्राद्वरदानार्थमुद्बभौ । मूलरुद्रस्यांशभूतो रुद्रनामा द्वितीयकः

icchayā brahmaṇo vaktrādvaradānārthamudbabhau | mūlarudrasyāṃśabhūto rudranāmā dvitīyakaḥ

By the will of Brahmā there arose from his mouth, for the sake of granting boons, a second one named Rudra, who was a portion of the original Rudra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.27

सोऽपि पूज्योऽस्ति सर्वेषां मूलरुद्रस्य का कथा । देवीतत्त्वस्य सान्निध्यादुत्तमत्वं स्मृतं शिवे

so'pi pūjyo'sti sarveṣāṃ mūlarudrasya kā kathā | devītattvasya sānnidhyāduttamatvaṃ smṛtaṃ śive

Even he is to be worshipped by all — what then to say of the original Rudra? Because of the nearness of the Goddess-principle, supremacy is declared to be in Śiva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.28

अवतारा हरेरेवं प्रभवन्ति युगे युगे । योगमायाप्रभावेण नात्र कार्या विचारणा

avatārā harerevaṃ prabhavanti yuge yuge | yogamāyāprabhāveṇa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Thus the descents of Hari come to be in age after age, by the power of Yogamāyā; no questioning is to be made here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.29

या नेत्रपक्ष्मपरिसञ्चलनेन सम्य- ग्विश्वं सृजत्यवति हन्ति निगूढभावा । सैषा करोति सततं द्रुहिणाच्युतेशान् नानावतारकलने परिभूयमानान्

yā netrapakṣmaparisañcalanena samya- gviśvaṃ sṛjatyavati hanti nigūḍhabhāvā | saiṣā karoti satataṃ druhiṇācyuteśān nānāvatārakalane paribhūyamānān

She who, by the mere movement of her eyelashes, fully creates, protects and destroys the universe, her nature hidden — it is she who constantly causes Brahmā, Acyuta and Śiva to be overcome (by circumstance) in the enacting of their various incarnations.

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DB 5 1.30

सूतीगृहाद्व्रजनमप्यनया नियुक्तं संगोपितश्च भवने पशुपालराज्ञः । सम्प्रापितश्च मधुरां विनियोजितश्च श्रीद्वारकाप्रणयने ननु भीतचित्तः

sūtīgṛhādvrajanamapyanayā niyuktaṃ saṃgopitaśca bhavane paśupālarājñaḥ | samprāpitaśca madhurāṃ viniyojitaśca śrīdvārakāpraṇayane nanu bhītacittaḥ

By her too was arranged (his) going from the birth-chamber, and (his) being hidden away in the house of the king of cowherds, and (his) being brought to Mathurā, and (his), with a frightened heart, being set to the founding of glorious Dvārakā.

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DB 5 1.31

निर्माय षोडशसहस्रशतार्धकास्ता नार्योऽष्टसम्मततराः स्वकलासमुत्थाः । तासां विलासवशगं तु विधाय कामं दासीकृतो हि भगवाननयाप्यनन्तः

nirmāya ṣoḍaśasahasraśatārdhakāstā nāryo'ṣṭasammatatarāḥ svakalāsamutthāḥ | tāsāṃ vilāsavaśagaṃ tu vidhāya kāmaṃ dāsīkṛto hi bhagavānanayāpyanantaḥ

Having fashioned those sixteen thousand and fifty women, arisen from his own portions, of whom eight were the most favoured — and having made his desire subject to their play — the infinite Lord was indeed made a servant by her.

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

DB 5 1.32

एकापि बन्धनविधौ युवती समर्था पुंसो यथा सुदृढलोहमयं तु दाम । किं नाम षोडशसहस्रशतार्धकाश्च तं स्वीकृतं शुकमिवातिनिबन्धयन्ति

ekāpi bandhanavidhau yuvatī samarthā puṃso yathā sudṛḍhalohamayaṃ tu dāma | kiṃ nāma ṣoḍaśasahasraśatārdhakāśca taṃ svīkṛtaṃ śukamivātinibandhayanti

Even a single young woman is able to bind a man, like a rope made of very strong iron; what then of sixteen thousand and fifty, who bind him fast, made their own, like a caged parrot?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.33

सात्राजितीवशगतेन मुदान्वितेन प्राप्तं सुरेन्द्रभवनं हरिणा तदानीम् । कृत्वा मृधं मघवता विहृतस्तरूणा- मीशः प्रियासदनभूषणतां य आप

sātrājitīvaśagatena mudānvitena prāptaṃ surendrabhavanaṃ hariṇā tadānīm | kṛtvā mṛdhaṃ maghavatā vihṛtastarūṇā- mīśaḥ priyāsadanabhūṣaṇatāṃ ya āpa

Then Hari, filled with delight, subject to the daughter of Satrājit, reached the mansion of the lord of the gods; and having made battle with Maghavan he carried off the lord of trees, which came to be the ornament of his beloved's house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.34

यो भीमजां हि हृतवाञ्छिशुपालकादी- ञ्जित्वा विधिं निखिलधर्मकृतो विधित्सुः । जग्राह तां निजबलेन च धर्मपत्नीं कोऽसौ विधिः परकलत्रहृतौ विजातः

yo bhīmajāṃ hi hṛtavāñchiśupālakādī- ñjitvā vidhiṃ nikhiladharmakṛto vidhitsuḥ | jagrāha tāṃ nijabalena ca dharmapatnīṃ ko'sau vidhiḥ parakalatrahṛtau vijātaḥ

He who carried off Bhīma's daughter, conquering Śiśupāla and the others — he who, wishing to enact (the rule), (broke) the rule, though the maker of all dharma — and took her by his own strength as lawful wife: what rule is this that is born in the abduction of another's wife?

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

DB 5 1.35

अहङ्कारवशः प्राणी करोति च शुभाशुभम् । विमूढो मोहजालेन तत्कृतेनातिपातिना

ahaṅkāravaśaḥ prāṇī karoti ca śubhāśubham | vimūḍho mohajālena tatkṛtenātipātinā

A living being, under the sway of ego, does good and evil, deluded by the net of delusion produced by that (ego), which brings utter downfall.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.36

अहङ्काराद्धि सञ्जातमिदं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । मूलाद्धरिहरादीनामुग्रात्प्रकृतिसम्भवात्

ahaṅkārāddhi sañjātamidaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam | mūlāddhariharādīnāmugrātprakṛtisambhavāt

For from ego has this world of the moving and the unmoving come to be — from the root of Hari, Hara and the rest, fierce, arising from prakṛti.

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

DB 5 1.37

अहङ्कारपरित्यक्तो यदा भवति पद्मजः । तदा विमुक्तो भवति नोचेत्संसारकर्मकृत्

ahaṅkāraparityakto yadā bhavati padmajaḥ | tadā vimukto bhavati nocetsaṃsārakarmakṛt

When the lotus-born one becomes free of ego, then he becomes liberated; otherwise he is a doer of the deeds of transmigration.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.38

तन्मुक्तस्तु विमुक्तो हि बद्धस्तद्वशतां गतः । न नारी न धनं गेहं न पुत्रा न सहोदराः

tanmuktastu vimukto hi baddhastadvaśatāṃ gataḥ | na nārī na dhanaṃ gehaṃ na putrā na sahodarāḥ

He who is free from that is truly liberated; he who has come under its sway is bound. Not woman, not wealth, not house, not sons, not brothers —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.39

बन्धनं प्राणिनां राजन्नहङ्कारस्तु बन्धकः । अहं कर्ता मया चेदं कृतं कार्यं बलीयसा

bandhanaṃ prāṇināṃ rājannahaṅkārastu bandhakaḥ | ahaṃ kartā mayā cedaṃ kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ balīyasā

The bondage of living beings, O king, is egoism, and it is egoism that binds: "I am the doer, and by me, the mightier one, this deed was done" —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.40

करिष्यामि करोम्येवं स्वयं बध्नाति प्राणभृत् । कारणेन विना कार्यं न सम्भवति कर्हिचित्

kariṣyāmi karomyevaṃ svayaṃ badhnāti prāṇabhṛt | kāraṇena vinā kāryaṃ na sambhavati karhicit

"I shall do, I am doing just so" — thus the living being binds himself. Without a cause, an effect never comes to be,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.41

यथा न दृश्यते जातो मृत्पिण्डेन विना घटः । विष्णुः पालयिता विश्वस्याहङ्कारसमन्वितः

yathā na dṛśyate jāto mṛtpiṇḍena vinā ghaṭaḥ | viṣṇuḥ pālayitā viśvasyāhaṅkārasamanvitaḥ

just as no pot is seen produced without a lump of clay. Viṣṇu, the protector of the universe, is (himself) accompanied by egoism.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.42

अन्यथा सर्वदा चिन्ताम्बुधौ मग्नः कथं भवेत् । अहङ्कारविमुक्तस्तु यदा भवति मानवः

anyathā sarvadā cintāmbudhau magnaḥ kathaṃ bhavet | ahaṅkāravimuktastu yadā bhavati mānavaḥ

Otherwise, how could he be always sunk in an ocean of anxiety? But when a man becomes free of egoism,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.43

अवतारप्रवाहेषु कथं मज्जेच्छुभाशयः । मोहमूलमहङ्कारः संसारस्तत्समुद्भवः

avatārapravāheṣu kathaṃ majjecchubhāśayaḥ | mohamūlamahaṅkāraḥ saṃsārastatsamudbhavaḥ

how would one of pure disposition sink into the streams of incarnations? Egoism is the root of delusion; from it arises transmigration.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.44

अहङ्कारविहीनानां न मोहो न च संसृतिः । त्रिविधः पुरुषः प्रोक्तः सात्त्विको राजसस्तथा

ahaṅkāravihīnānāṃ na moho na ca saṃsṛtiḥ | trividhaḥ puruṣaḥ proktaḥ sāttviko rājasastathā

For those devoid of egoism there is neither delusion nor rebirth. A person is said to be of three kinds: sāttvika, rājasa,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.45

तामसस्तु महाराज ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिषु । त्रिविधस्त्रिषु राजेन्द्र काजेशादिषु सर्वदा

tāmasastu mahārāja brahmaviṣṇuśivādiṣu | trividhastriṣu rājendra kājeśādiṣu sarvadā

and tāmasa, O great king; and in Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest — in those three, O lord of kings — threefold always, in the lords of action(?) and the rest,

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

DB 5 1.46

अहङ्कारः सदा प्रोक्तो मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः । अहङ्कारेण तेनैव बद्धा एते न संशयः

ahaṅkāraḥ sadā prokto munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ | ahaṅkāreṇa tenaiva baddhā ete na saṃśayaḥ

egoism is always declared (to exist) by the sages who see the truth. By that very egoism these (gods) are bound — there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.47

मायाविमोहिता मन्दाः प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः । करोति स्वेच्छया विष्णुरवताराननेकशः

māyāvimohitā mandāḥ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | karoti svecchayā viṣṇuravatārānanekaśaḥ

Dull men, bewildered by māyā, though (thinking themselves) wise, declare that Viṣṇu makes his many incarnations by his own will.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.48

मन्दोऽपि दुःखगहने गर्भवासेऽतिसङ्कटे । न करोति मतिं विद्वान्कथं कुर्यात्स चक्रभृत्

mando'pi duḥkhagahane garbhavāse'tisaṅkaṭe | na karoti matiṃ vidvānkathaṃ kuryātsa cakrabhṛt

Even a dull man does not set his mind on dwelling in a womb, a thicket of suffering, exceedingly cramped; how then would that wise bearer of the discus do so?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.49

कौसल्यादेवकीगर्भे विष्ठामलसमाकुले । स्वेच्छया प्रवदन्त्यद्धा गतो हि मधुसूदनः

kausalyādevakīgarbhe viṣṭhāmalasamākule | svecchayā pravadantyaddhā gato hi madhusūdanaḥ

Yet they plainly say that Madhusūdana went by his own will into the womb of Kausalyā and of Devakī, filled with excrement and filth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.50

वैकुण्ठसदनं त्यक्त्वा गर्भवासे सुखं नु किम् । चिन्ताकोटिसमुत्थाने दुःखदे विषसम्मिते

vaikuṇṭhasadanaṃ tyaktvā garbhavāse sukhaṃ nu kim | cintākoṭisamutthāne duḥkhade viṣasammite

Having abandoned the abode of Vaikuṇṭha, what pleasure is there in dwelling in a womb, where a crore of anxieties arise, which gives pain and is equal to poison?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.51

तपस्तप्त्वा क्रतून्कृत्वा दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकशः । न वाञ्छन्ति यतो लोका गर्भवासं सुदुःखदम्

tapastaptvā kratūnkṛtvā dattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ | na vāñchanti yato lokā garbhavāsaṃ suduḥkhadam

Since people, having practised austerity, performed sacrifices and given many gifts, do not desire the exceedingly painful dwelling in a womb —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.52

स कथं भगवान्विष्णुः स्ववशश्चेज्जनार्दनः । गर्भवासरुचिर्भूयाद्भवेत्स्ववशता यदि

sa kathaṃ bhagavānviṣṇuḥ svavaśaścejjanārdanaḥ | garbhavāsarucirbhūyādbhavetsvavaśatā yadi

how then would that Lord Viṣṇu, Janārdana, if he were his own master, come to have a liking for dwelling in a womb — if self-mastery did exist (for him)?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.53

जानीहि त्वं महाराज योगमायावशे जगत् । ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं देवमानुषतिर्यगम्

jānīhi tvaṃ mahārāja yogamāyāvaśe jagat | brahmādistambaparyantaṃ devamānuṣatiryagam

Know this, O great king: the world is in the power of Yogamāyā, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, gods, men and beasts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 1.54

मायातन्त्रीनिबद्धा ये ब्रह्मविष्णुहरादयः । भ्रमन्ति बन्धमायान्ति लीलया चोर्णनाभवत्

māyātantrīnibaddhā ye brahmaviṣṇuharādayaḥ | bhramanti bandhamāyānti līlayā corṇanābhavat

Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Hara and the rest, bound by the strings of māyā, wander about and come into bondage in sport, like a spider.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition