Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 10
DB 5 10.1
मन्त्रीद्वारा महिषासुरेण देव्या सह विवाहप्रस्तावः व्यास उवाच इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य प्रमदोत्तमा । तमुवाच महाराज मेघगम्भीरया गिरा
mantrīdvārā mahiṣāsureṇa devyā saha vivāhaprastāvaḥ vyāsa uvāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya pramadottamā | tamuvāca mahārāja meghagambhīrayā girā
The proposal of marriage with the Goddess by Mahiṣāsura through his minister. Vyāsa said: Having heard that speech of his, the finest of women laughed and spoke to him, great king, in a voice deep as a thundercloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.2
देव्युवाच मन्त्रिवर्य सुराणां वै जननीं विद्धि मां किल । महालक्ष्मीमिति ख्यातां सर्वदैत्यनिषूदिनीम्
devyuvāca mantrivarya surāṇāṃ vai jananīṃ viddhi māṃ kila | mahālakṣmīmiti khyātāṃ sarvadaityaniṣūdinīm
The Goddess said: Best of ministers, know me indeed as the mother of the gods, renowned as Mahālakṣmī, the slayer of all the demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.3
प्रार्थिताहं सुरैः सर्वैर्महिषस्य वधाय च । पीडितैर्दानवेन्द्रेण यज्ञभागबहिष्कृतैः
prārthitāhaṃ suraiḥ sarvairmahiṣasya vadhāya ca | pīḍitairdānavendreṇa yajñabhāgabahiṣkṛtaiḥ
I was entreated by all the gods for the killing of Mahiṣa — by those tormented by the lord of the Dānavas and excluded from their share of the sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.4
तस्मादिहागतास्म्यद्य तद्वधार्थं कृतोद्यमा । एकाकिनी न सैन्येन संयुता मन्त्रिसत्तम
tasmādihāgatāsmyadya tadvadhārthaṃ kṛtodyamā | ekākinī na sainyena saṃyutā mantrisattama
Therefore I have come here today, having undertaken the effort for his killing, alone, not accompanied by an army, O best of ministers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.5
यत्त्वयाहं सामपूर्वं कृत्वा स्वागतमादरात् । उक्ता मधुरया वाचा तेन तुष्टास्मि तेऽनघ
yattvayāhaṃ sāmapūrvaṃ kṛtvā svāgatamādarāt | uktā madhurayā vācā tena tuṣṭāsmi te'nagha
Because you, beginning with conciliation, respectfully offered me welcome and spoke to me in sweet words, by that I am pleased with you, O blameless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.6
नोचेद्धन्मि दृशा त्वां वै कालाग्निसमया किल । कस्य प्रीतिकरं न स्यान्माधुर्यवचनं खलु
noceddhanmi dṛśā tvāṃ vai kālāgnisamayā kila | kasya prītikaraṃ na syānmādhuryavacanaṃ khalu
Otherwise I would have slain you with a glance like the fire at the end of time; for whose pleasure, indeed, would sweet speech not make?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.7
गच्छ तं महिषं पापं वद मद्वचनादिदम् । गच्छ पातालमधुना जीवितेच्छा यदस्ति ते
gaccha taṃ mahiṣaṃ pāpaṃ vada madvacanādidam | gaccha pātālamadhunā jīvitecchā yadasti te
Go, tell that wicked Mahiṣa this from my words: "Go now to Pātāla, if you have any wish to live."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.8
नोचेत्कृतागसं दुष्टं हनिष्यामि रणाङ्गणे । मद्बाणक्षुण्णदेहस्त्वं गन्तासि यमसादनम्
nocetkṛtāgasaṃ duṣṭaṃ haniṣyāmi raṇāṅgaṇe | madbāṇakṣuṇṇadehastvaṃ gantāsi yamasādanam
"Otherwise I shall slay you, the offender, the evil one, on the field of battle; with your body crushed by my arrows you will go to Yama's abode."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.9
दयालुत्वं ममेदं त्वं विदित्वा गच्छ सत्वरम् । हते त्वयि सुरा मूढ स्वर्गं प्राप्स्यन्ति सत्वरम्
dayālutvaṃ mamedaṃ tvaṃ viditvā gaccha satvaram | hate tvayi surā mūḍha svargaṃ prāpsyanti satvaram
"Knowing this compassion of mine, go quickly; when you are slain, fool, the gods will quickly regain heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.10
तस्माद् गच्छस्व त्यक्त्वैको मेदिनीञ्च ससागराम् । पातालं तरसा मन्द यावद् बाणा न मेऽपतन् मन्त्रीद्वारा महिषासुरेण देव्या सह विवाहप्रस्तावो नाम दशमोऽध्यायः
tasmād gacchasva tyaktvaiko medinīñca sasāgarām | pātālaṃ tarasā manda yāvad bāṇā na me'patan mantrīdvārā mahiṣāsureṇa devyā saha vivāhaprastāvo nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ
"Therefore go, abandoning alone the earth with its oceans; (go) swiftly to Pātāla, dull one, while my arrows have not yet fallen." — the tenth chapter, called "The proposal of marriage with the Goddess by Mahiṣāsura through his minister."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.11
युद्धेच्छा चेन्मनसि ते तर्ह्येहि त्वरितोऽसुर । वीरैर्महाबलैः सर्वैर्नयामि यमसादनम्
yuddhecchā cenmanasi te tarhyehi tvarito'sura | vīrairmahābalaiḥ sarvairnayāmi yamasādanam
"But if there is a wish for battle in your mind, then come quickly, demon; I shall lead you together with all your mighty heroes to Yama's abode."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.12
युगे युगे महामूढ हतास्त्वत्सदृशाः किल । असंख्यातास्तथा त्वां वै हनिष्यामि रणाङ्गणे
yuge yuge mahāmūḍha hatāstvatsadṛśāḥ kila | asaṃkhyātāstathā tvāṃ vai haniṣyāmi raṇāṅgaṇe
"In age after age, great fool, ones like you have been slain, countless in number; likewise I shall slay you on the field of battle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.13
साफल्यं कुरु शस्त्राणां धारणे तु श्रमोऽन्यथा । तद्युध्यस्व मया सार्धं समरे स्मरपीडितः
sāphalyaṃ kuru śastrāṇāṃ dhāraṇe tu śramo'nyathā | tadyudhyasva mayā sārdhaṃ samare smarapīḍitaḥ
"Make your weapons bear fruit — otherwise carrying them is mere labour; so fight with me in battle, you who are afflicted by love."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.14
मा गर्वं कुरु दुष्टात्मन् यन्मेऽस्ति ब्रह्मणो वरः । स्त्रीवध्यत्वे त्वया मूढ पीडिताः सुरसत्तमाः
mā garvaṃ kuru duṣṭātman yanme'sti brahmaṇo varaḥ | strīvadhyatve tvayā mūḍha pīḍitāḥ surasattamāḥ
"Do not be proud, evil-souled one, of the boon I hold from Brahmā: since you can be slain only by a woman, fool, the best of the gods have been tormented by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 5 10.15
कर्तव्यं वचनं धातुस्तेनाहं त्वामुपागता । स्त्रीरूपमतुलं कृत्वा सत्यं हन्तुं कृतागसम्
kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ dhātustenāhaṃ tvāmupāgatā | strīrūpamatulaṃ kṛtvā satyaṃ hantuṃ kṛtāgasam
"The word of the Creator must be carried out; therefore I have come to you, having assumed an incomparable woman's form, to slay the offender in truth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.16
यथेच्छं गच्छ वा मूढ पातालं पन्नगावृतम् । हित्वा भूसुरसद्माद्य जीवितेच्छा यदस्ति ते
yathecchaṃ gaccha vā mūḍha pātālaṃ pannagāvṛtam | hitvā bhūsurasadmādya jīvitecchā yadasti te
"Or go as you wish, fool, to Pātāla, which is filled with serpents, leaving today the earth, the abode of the gods, if you have any wish to live."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.17
व्यास उवाच इत्युक्तः स ततो देव्या मन्त्रिश्रेष्ठो बलान्वितः । प्रत्युवाच निशम्यासौ वचनं हेतुगर्भितम्
vyāsa uvāca ityuktaḥ sa tato devyā mantriśreṣṭho balānvitaḥ | pratyuvāca niśamyāsau vacanaṃ hetugarbhitam
Vyāsa said: Thus addressed by the Goddess, that foremost of ministers, possessed of strength, having heard that speech laden with reasons, replied to her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.18
देवि स्त्रीसदृशं वाक्यं ब्रूषे त्वं मदगर्विता । क्वासौ क्व त्वं कथं युद्धमसम्भाव्यमिदं किल
devi strīsadṛśaṃ vākyaṃ brūṣe tvaṃ madagarvitā | kvāsau kva tvaṃ kathaṃ yuddhamasambhāvyamidaṃ kila
"Goddess, you speak words befitting a woman, puffed up with pride. Where is he, where are you? How can there be a battle? This is surely impossible."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.19
एकाकिनी पुनर्बाला प्रारब्धयौवना मृदुः । महिषोऽसौ महाकायो दुर्विभाव्यं हि सङ्गतम्
ekākinī punarbālā prārabdhayauvanā mṛduḥ | mahiṣo'sau mahākāyo durvibhāvyaṃ hi saṅgatam
"Moreover you are alone, a girl, tender, with youth just begun; that buffalo is huge of body — such a meeting is indeed unthinkable."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.20
सैन्यं बहुविधं तस्य हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलम् । पदातिगणसंविद्धं नानायुधविराजितम्
sainyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ tasya hastyaśvarathasaṃkulam | padātigaṇasaṃviddhaṃ nānāyudhavirājitam
"His army is of many kinds, thronged with elephants, horses and chariots, arrayed with troops of foot-soldiers, resplendent with various weapons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.21
कः श्रमः करिराजस्य मालतीपुष्पमर्दने । मारणे तव वामोरु महिषस्य तथा रणे
kaḥ śramaḥ karirājasya mālatīpuṣpamardane | māraṇe tava vāmoru mahiṣasya tathā raṇe
"What effort is it for the king of elephants to crush a jasmine flower? And so, O fair-thighed one, for Mahiṣa to kill you in battle?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.22
यदि त्वां परुषं वाक्यं ब्रवीमि स्वल्पमप्यहम् । शृङ्गारे तद्विरुद्धं हि रसभङ्गाद्बिभेम्यहम्
yadi tvāṃ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ bravīmi svalpamapyaham | śṛṅgāre tadviruddhaṃ hi rasabhaṅgādbibhemyaham
"If I were to speak to you even a little harsh word — that is contrary to love-making; so I am afraid of breaking the mood."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.23
राजास्माकं सुररिपुर्वर्तते त्वयि भक्तिमान् । साममेव मया वाच्यं दानयुक्तं तथा वचः
rājāsmākaṃ suraripurvartate tvayi bhaktimān | sāmameva mayā vācyaṃ dānayuktaṃ tathā vacaḥ
"Our king, the foe of the gods, is devoted to you; therefore only conciliation, and words joined with gifts, are to be spoken by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.24
नोचेद्धन्म्यहमद्यैव बाणेन त्वां मृषावदाम् । मिथ्याभिमानचतुरां रूपयौवनगर्विताम्
noceddhanmyahamadyaiva bāṇena tvāṃ mṛṣāvadām | mithyābhimānacaturāṃ rūpayauvanagarvitām
"Otherwise I would kill you this very day with an arrow — you who speak falsely, who are clever at false conceit, proud of your beauty and youth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.25
स्वामी मे मोहितः श्रुत्वा रूपं ते भुवनातिगम् । तत्प्रियार्थं प्रियं कामं वक्तव्यं त्वयि यन्मया
svāmī me mohitaḥ śrutvā rūpaṃ te bhuvanātigam | tatpriyārthaṃ priyaṃ kāmaṃ vaktavyaṃ tvayi yanmayā
"My master has been infatuated on hearing of your beauty that surpasses the worlds; for his pleasure I must indeed speak to you what is pleasing and desirable."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.26
राज्यं तव धनं सर्वं दासस्ते महिषः किल । कुरु भावं विशालाक्षि त्यक्त्वा रोषं मृतिप्रदम्
rājyaṃ tava dhanaṃ sarvaṃ dāsaste mahiṣaḥ kila | kuru bhāvaṃ viśālākṣi tyaktvā roṣaṃ mṛtipradam
"The kingdom is yours, all the wealth; Mahiṣa himself is your servant. Show affection, O wide-eyed one, abandoning anger, which brings death."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.27
पतामि पादयोस्तेऽहं भक्तिभावेन भामिनि । पट्टराज्ञी महाराज्ञो भव शीघ्रं शुचिस्मिते
patāmi pādayoste'haṃ bhaktibhāvena bhāmini | paṭṭarājñī mahārājño bhava śīghraṃ śucismite
"I fall at your two feet with a feeling of devotion, O radiant lady; become quickly the crowned queen of the great king, O you of bright smile."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.28
त्रैलोक्यविभवं सर्वं प्राप्स्यसि त्वमनाविलम् । सुखं संसारजं सर्वं महिषस्य परिग्रहात्
trailokyavibhavaṃ sarvaṃ prāpsyasi tvamanāvilam | sukhaṃ saṃsārajaṃ sarvaṃ mahiṣasya parigrahāt
"You will obtain the entire sovereignty of the three worlds, unclouded, and all the happiness born of worldly existence, by accepting Mahiṣa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.29
देव्युवाच शृणु साचिव वक्ष्यामि वाक्यानां सारमुत्तमम् । शास्त्रदृष्टेन मार्गेण चातुर्यमनुचिन्त्य च
devyuvāca śṛṇu sāciva vakṣyāmi vākyānāṃ sāramuttamam | śāstradṛṣṭena mārgeṇa cāturyamanucintya ca
The Goddess said: Listen, minister, I shall tell you the best essence of words, by the path seen in the scriptures, and after considering skilfulness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.30
महिषस्य प्रधानस्त्वं मया ज्ञातं धिया किल । पशुबुद्धिस्वभावोऽसि वचनात्तव साम्प्रतम्
mahiṣasya pradhānastvaṃ mayā jñātaṃ dhiyā kila | paśubuddhisvabhāvo'si vacanāttava sāmpratam
"That you are Mahiṣa's chief (minister) has indeed been understood by me with my intelligence; from your speech (it is clear that) you are now of a nature whose understanding is that of a beast."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.31
मन्त्रिणस्त्वादृशा यस्य स कथं बुद्धिमान्भवेत् । उभयोः सदृशो योगः कृतोऽयं विधिना किल
mantriṇastvādṛśā yasya sa kathaṃ buddhimānbhavet | ubhayoḥ sadṛśo yogaḥ kṛto'yaṃ vidhinā kila
"He whose ministers are like you — how could he be intelligent? This matching of the two has surely been made by fate."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.32
यदुक्तं स्त्रीस्वभावासि तद्विचारस्य मूढ किम् । पुमान्नाहं तत्स्वभावाभवंस्त्रीवेषधारिणी
yaduktaṃ strīsvabhāvāsi tadvicārasya mūḍha kim | pumānnāhaṃ tatsvabhāvābhavaṃstrīveṣadhāriṇī
"As for what you said, that I am of a woman's nature — what is there to consider in that, fool? I am not a man, nor of that nature; I have become one who wears the garb of a woman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.33
याचितं मरणं पूर्वं स्त्रिया त्वत्प्रभुणा यथा । तस्मान्मन्येऽतिमूर्खोऽसौ न वीररसवित्तमः
yācitaṃ maraṇaṃ pūrvaṃ striyā tvatprabhuṇā yathā | tasmānmanye'timūrkho'sau na vīrarasavittamaḥ
"Death was earlier asked for from a woman by your master; therefore I consider him an utter fool, not one best versed in the heroic sentiment."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.34
कामिन्या मरणं क्लीबरतिदं शूरदुःखदम् । प्रार्थितं प्रभुणा तेन महिषेणात्मबुद्धिना
kāminyā maraṇaṃ klībaratidaṃ śūraduḥkhadam | prārthitaṃ prabhuṇā tena mahiṣeṇātmabuddhinā
"Death at the hands of a loving woman, which gives delight to a eunuch and pain to a hero, was requested by that master Mahiṣa, who takes himself for wise."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.35
तस्मात्स्त्रीरूपमाधाय कार्यं कर्तुमुपागता । कथं बिभेमि त्वद्वाक्यैर्धर्मशास्त्रविरोधकैः
tasmātstrīrūpamādhāya kāryaṃ kartumupāgatā | kathaṃ bibhemi tvadvākyairdharmaśāstravirodhakaiḥ
"Therefore, having assumed a woman's form, I have come to do the task. How should I be afraid of your words, which contradict the law-books?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.36
विपरीतं यदा दैवं तृणं वज्रसमं भवेत् । विधिश्चेत्सुमुखः कामं कुलिशं तूलवत्तदा
viparītaṃ yadā daivaṃ tṛṇaṃ vajrasamaṃ bhavet | vidhiścetsumukhaḥ kāmaṃ kuliśaṃ tūlavattadā
"When fate is adverse, a blade of grass becomes like a thunderbolt; if the ordainer is favourable, then a thunderbolt is at will like cotton."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.37
किं सैन्यैरायुधैः किं वा प्रपञ्चैर्दुर्गसेवनैः । मरणं साम्प्रतं यस्य तस्य सैन्यैस्तु किं फलम्
kiṃ sainyairāyudhaiḥ kiṃ vā prapañcairdurgasevanaiḥ | maraṇaṃ sāmprataṃ yasya tasya sainyaistu kiṃ phalam
What (use) are armies and weapons, or what elaborate contrivances and reliance on fortresses? For him whose death is at hand, what fruit is there from armies?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.38
यदायं देहसम्बन्धो जीवस्य कालयोगतः । तदैव लिखितं सर्वं सुखं दुःखं तथा मृतिः
yadāyaṃ dehasambandho jīvasya kālayogataḥ | tadaiva likhitaṃ sarvaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathā mṛtiḥ
When this connection with a body comes to the living being through the working of time, then and there all is written down — pleasure, pain, and likewise death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.39
यस्य येन प्रकारेण मरणं दैवनिर्मितम् । तस्य तेनैव जायेत नान्यथेति विनिश्चयः
yasya yena prakāreṇa maraṇaṃ daivanirmitam | tasya tenaiva jāyeta nānyatheti viniścayaḥ
For whomever, in whatever manner, death has been fashioned by fate, in that very manner it will come about for him and not otherwise — this is the settled conclusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.40
ब्रह्मादीनां यथा काले नाशोत्पत्ती विनिर्मिते । तथैव भवतः कामं किमन्येषां विचार्यते
brahmādīnāṃ yathā kāle nāśotpattī vinirmite | tathaiva bhavataḥ kāmaṃ kimanyeṣāṃ vicāryate
Just as for Brahmā and the rest destruction and origination are ordained in (their due) time, so it is for you as well; what need is there to consider about others?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.41
ये मृत्युधर्मिणस्तेषां वरदानेन दर्पिताः । मरिष्यामो न मन्यन्ते ते मूढा मन्दचेतसः
ye mṛtyudharmiṇasteṣāṃ varadānena darpitāḥ | mariṣyāmo na manyante te mūḍhā mandacetasaḥ
Those who are subject to death, and are made arrogant by the granting of a boon, do not consider 'we shall die' — they are fools of dull wit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.42
तस्माद् गच्छ नृपं ब्रूहि वचनं मम सत्वरम् । यदाज्ञापयते भूपस्तत्कर्तव्यं त्वया किल
tasmād gaccha nṛpaṃ brūhi vacanaṃ mama satvaram | yadājñāpayate bhūpastatkartavyaṃ tvayā kila
Therefore go, speak my words to the king at once; whatever the lord of the earth commands, that indeed you must do.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.43
मघवा स्वर्गमाप्नोतु देवाः सन्तु हविर्भुजः । यूयं प्रयात पातालं यदि जीवितुमिच्छथ
maghavā svargamāpnotu devāḥ santu havirbhujaḥ | yūyaṃ prayāta pātālaṃ yadi jīvitumicchatha
Let Maghavan (Indra) obtain heaven, let the gods be the eaters of the oblations; you go off to Pātāla, if you wish to live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.44
अन्यथा चेन्मतिर्मन्द महिषस्य दुरात्मनः । तद्युध्यस्व मया सार्धं मरणाय कृतादरः
anyathā cenmatirmanda mahiṣasya durātmanaḥ | tadyudhyasva mayā sārdhaṃ maraṇāya kṛtādaraḥ
But if, dull one, the mind of the evil-souled Mahiṣa is otherwise, then fight with me, having set your heart on death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.45
मन्यसे सङ्गरे भग्ना देवा विष्णुपुरोगमाः । दैवं हि कारणं तत्र वरदानं प्रजापतेः
manyase saṅgare bhagnā devā viṣṇupurogamāḥ | daivaṃ hi kāraṇaṃ tatra varadānaṃ prajāpateḥ
You suppose that the gods, led by Viṣṇu, were shattered in battle; but fate was the cause there, (namely) the boon-granting of Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.46
व्यास उवाच इति देव्या वचः श्रुत्वा चिन्तयामास दानवः । किं कर्तव्यं मया युद्धं गन्तव्यं वा नृपं प्रति
vyāsa uvāca iti devyā vacaḥ śrutvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ | kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayā yuddhaṃ gantavyaṃ vā nṛpaṃ prati
Vyāsa said: Having heard the Goddess's speech thus, the Dānava reflected: What should I do — fight, or go back to the king?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.47
विवाहार्थमिहाज्ञप्तो राज्ञा कामातुरेण वै । तत्कथं विरसं कृत्वा गच्छेयं नृपसन्निधौ
vivāhārthamihājñapto rājñā kāmātureṇa vai | tatkathaṃ virasaṃ kṛtvā gaccheyaṃ nṛpasannidhau
I was commanded here for the sake of a marriage by the king, sick with desire; so how am I to go into the king's presence having made the matter distasteful?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.48
इयं बुद्धिः समीचीना यद् व्रजामि कलिं विना । यथागतं तथा शीघ्रं राज्ञे संवेदयाम्यहम्
iyaṃ buddhiḥ samīcīnā yad vrajāmi kaliṃ vinā | yathāgataṃ tathā śīghraṃ rājñe saṃvedayāmyaham
This is the sound decision: that I go without a quarrel; just as I came, so I shall swiftly report to the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.49
स प्रमाणं पुनः कार्ये राजा मतिमतां वरः । करिष्यति विचार्यैव सचिवैर्निपुणैः सह
sa pramāṇaṃ punaḥ kārye rājā matimatāṃ varaḥ | kariṣyati vicāryaiva sacivairnipuṇaiḥ saha
He, the king, best of the wise, will again make the decision in the matter, only after deliberating together with his skilled counsellors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.50
सहसा न मया युद्धं कर्तव्यमनया सह । जये पराजये वापि भूपतेरप्रियं भवेत्
sahasā na mayā yuddhaṃ kartavyamanayā saha | jaye parājaye vāpi bhūpaterapriyaṃ bhavet
I should not rashly do battle with her; whether in victory or in defeat, it would be displeasing to the lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.51
यदि मां सुन्दरी हन्यादहं वा हन्मि तां पुनः । येन केनाप्युपायेन स कुप्येत्पार्थिवः किल
yadi māṃ sundarī hanyādahaṃ vā hanmi tāṃ punaḥ | yena kenāpyupāyena sa kupyetpārthivaḥ kila
If the beautiful woman should kill me, or if in turn I kill her — by whatever means it happens, the king would surely be angered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.52
तस्मात्तत्रैव गत्वाहं बोधयिष्यामि तं नृपम् । यथाद्याभिहितं देव्या यथारुचि करोतु सः
tasmāttatraiva gatvāhaṃ bodhayiṣyāmi taṃ nṛpam | yathādyābhihitaṃ devyā yathāruci karotu saḥ
Therefore, going back there, I shall inform the king just as the Goddess has spoken today; let him do as he pleases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.53
व्यास उवाच इति सञ्चिन्त्य मेधावी जगाम नृपसन्निधौ । प्रणम्य तमुवाचेदं कृताञ्जलिरमात्यकः
vyāsa uvāca iti sañcintya medhāvī jagāma nṛpasannidhau | praṇamya tamuvācedaṃ kṛtāñjaliramātyakaḥ
Vyāsa said: Having thought thus, the intelligent minister went into the king's presence, and having bowed to him, with joined palms he said this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.54
मन्त्र्युवाच राजन् देवी वरारोहा सिंहस्योपरि संस्थिता । अष्टादशभुजा रम्या वरायुधधरा परा
mantryuvāca rājan devī varārohā siṃhasyopari saṃsthitā | aṣṭādaśabhujā ramyā varāyudhadharā parā
The minister said: O king, the Goddess, with beautiful hips, is seated upon a lion; she has eighteen arms, is lovely, bearing excellent weapons, supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.55
सा मयोक्ता महाराज महिषं भज भामिनि । महिषी भव राज्ञस्त्वं त्रैलोक्याधिपतेः प्रिया
sā mayoktā mahārāja mahiṣaṃ bhaja bhāmini | mahiṣī bhava rājñastvaṃ trailokyādhipateḥ priyā
She was addressed by me (thus): O passionate lady, serve the great king Mahiṣa; become the queen, the beloved of the king who is lord of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.56
पट्टराज्ञी त्वमेवास्य भविता नात्र संशयः । स तवाज्ञाकरो जातो वशवर्ती भविष्यति
paṭṭarājñī tvamevāsya bhavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ | sa tavājñākaro jāto vaśavartī bhaviṣyati
You alone shall become his crowned queen — there is no doubt of it; he, having become the executor of your command, will be under your control.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.57
त्रैलोक्यविभवं भुक्त्वा चिरकालं वरानने । महिषं पतिमासाद्य योषितां सुभगा भव
trailokyavibhavaṃ bhuktvā cirakālaṃ varānane | mahiṣaṃ patimāsādya yoṣitāṃ subhagā bhava
Having enjoyed the wealth of the three worlds for a long time, O fair-faced one, gain the Buffalo as your husband and be the most fortunate of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.58
इति मद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सा स्मयावेशमोहिता । मामुवाच विशालाक्षी स्मितपूर्वमिदं वचः
iti madvacanaṃ śrutvā sā smayāveśamohitā | māmuvāca viśālākṣī smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ
Hearing this speech of mine, she, bewildered by an access of pride, spoke this word to me with a smile, that wide-eyed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.59
महिषीगर्भसम्भूतं पशूनामधमं किल । बलिं दास्याम्यहं देव्यै सुराणां हितकाम्यया
mahiṣīgarbhasambhūtaṃ paśūnāmadhamaṃ kila | baliṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ devyai surāṇāṃ hitakāmyayā
(She said:) "Him, born from a buffalo-cow's womb, surely the lowest of beasts, I shall offer as a sacrificial victim to the Goddess, out of a wish for the welfare of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.60
का मूढा कामिनी लोके महिषं वै पतिं भजेत् । मादृशी मन्दबुद्धे किं पशुभावं भजेदिह
kā mūḍhā kāminī loke mahiṣaṃ vai patiṃ bhajet | mādṛśī mandabuddhe kiṃ paśubhāvaṃ bhajediha
"What deluded, lustful woman in this world would take a buffalo for a husband? Would one like me, O dull-witted one, embrace the condition of a beast here?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.61
महिषी महिषं नाथं सशृङ्गा शृङ्गसंयुतम् । कुरुते क्रन्दमाना वै नाहं तत्सदृशी शठा
mahiṣī mahiṣaṃ nāthaṃ saśṛṅgā śṛṅgasaṃyutam | kurute krandamānā vai nāhaṃ tatsadṛśī śaṭhā
"A buffalo-cow, herself horned, makes a horned buffalo her lord, bellowing (for him); I am not like her, O rogue."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.62
करिष्येऽहं मृधे युद्धं हनिष्ये त्वां सुराप्रियम् । गच्छ वा दुष्ट पातालं जीवितेच्छा यदस्ति ते
kariṣye'haṃ mṛdhe yuddhaṃ haniṣye tvāṃ surāpriyam | gaccha vā duṣṭa pātālaṃ jīvitecchā yadasti te
"I shall make battle in the fray; I shall kill you, O friend of wine — or go, wicked one, to the netherworld, if you have any wish to live."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.63
परुषं तु तया वाक्यमित्युक्तं नृप मत्तया । तच्छ्रुत्वाहं समायातः प्रविचिन्त्य पुनः पुनः
paruṣaṃ tu tayā vākyamityuktaṃ nṛpa mattayā | tacchrutvāhaṃ samāyātaḥ pravicintya punaḥ punaḥ
Such was the harsh speech spoken by her, O king, in her intoxication; hearing that, I came away, pondering it again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.64
रसभङ्गं विचिन्त्यैव न युद्धं तु मया कृतम् । आज्ञां विना तवात्यन्तं कथं कुर्यां वृथोद्यमम्
rasabhaṅgaṃ vicintyaiva na yuddhaṃ tu mayā kṛtam | ājñāṃ vinā tavātyantaṃ kathaṃ kuryāṃ vṛthodyamam
Reflecting only that it would spoil the pleasure, I did not make war; without your command, how should I at all undertake a vain exertion?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.65
सातीव च बलोन्मत्ता वर्तते भूप भामिनी । भवितव्यं न जानामि किं वा भावि भविष्यति
sātīva ca balonmattā vartate bhūpa bhāminī | bhavitavyaṃ na jānāmi kiṃ vā bhāvi bhaviṣyati
And that woman, O king, goes about exceedingly drunk with power; I do not know what is destined, or what that is to come will come to pass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 10.66
कार्येऽस्मिंस्त्वं प्रमाणं नो मन्त्रोऽतीव दुरासदः । युद्धं पलायनं श्रेयो न जानेऽहं विनिश्चयम्
kārye'smiṃstvaṃ pramāṇaṃ no mantro'tīva durāsadaḥ | yuddhaṃ palāyanaṃ śreyo na jāne'haṃ viniścayam
In this matter you are our authority; the counsel is exceedingly hard to arrive at. Whether war or flight is better, I do not know the decision.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition