Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 19

DB 5 19.1

देवीसान्त्वनम् व्यास उवाच अथ प्रमुदिताः सर्वे देवा इन्द्रपुरोगमाः । महिषं निहतं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टुवुर्जगदम्बिकाम्

devīsāntvanam vyāsa uvāca atha pramuditāḥ sarve devā indrapurogamāḥ | mahiṣaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭuvurjagadambikām

The consoling of the Goddess. Vyāsa said: Then all the gods, with Indra at their head, greatly delighted, seeing Mahiṣa slain, praised the Mother of the world.

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DB 5 19.2

देवा ऊचुः ब्रह्मा सृजत्यवति विष्णुरिदं महेशः शक्त्या तवैव हरते ननु चान्तकाले ॥ ईशा न तेऽपि च भवन्ति तया विहीना- स्तस्मात्त्वमेव जगतः स्थितिनाशकर्त्री

devā ūcuḥ brahmā sṛjatyavati viṣṇuridaṃ maheśaḥ śaktyā tavaiva harate nanu cāntakāle || īśā na te'pi ca bhavanti tayā vihīnā- stasmāttvameva jagataḥ sthitināśakartrī

The gods said: Brahmā creates, Viṣṇu protects this (world), and Maheśa surely destroys it at the end of time — by your power alone. Bereft of that (power), even they are not lords; therefore you alone are the maker of the world's maintenance and destruction.

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DB 5 19.3

कीर्तिर्मतिः स्मृतिगती करुणा दया त्वं श्रद्धा धृतिश्च वसुधा कमलाजपा च । पुष्टिः कलाथ विजया गिरिजा जया त्वं तुष्टिः प्रमा त्वमसि बुद्धिरुमा रमा च

kīrtirmatiḥ smṛtigatī karuṇā dayā tvaṃ śraddhā dhṛtiśca vasudhā kamalājapā ca | puṣṭiḥ kalātha vijayā girijā jayā tvaṃ tuṣṭiḥ pramā tvamasi buddhirumā ramā ca

You are fame, thought, memory and motion, compassion, pity; you are faith and steadfastness, and the earth, Kamalā and Japā; you are nourishment, Kalā, and Vijayā, Girijā, Jayā; you are contentment and measure, you are intelligence, Umā and Ramā.

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DB 5 19.4

विद्या क्षमा जगति कान्तिरपीह मेधा सर्वं त्वमेव विदिता भुवनत्रयेऽस्मिन् । आभिर्विना तव तु शक्तिभिराशु कर्तुं को वा क्षमः सकललोकनिवासभूमे

vidyā kṣamā jagati kāntirapīha medhā sarvaṃ tvameva viditā bhuvanatraye'smin | ābhirvinā tava tu śaktibhirāśu kartuṃ ko vā kṣamaḥ sakalalokanivāsabhūme

Knowledge, patience, and also beauty here in the world, and intelligence — you alone are known as everything in these three worlds. Without these powers of yours, who indeed is able to act quickly, O ground of the dwelling of all the worlds?

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DB 5 19.5

त्वं धारणा ननु न चेदसि कूर्मनागौ धर्तुं क्षमौ कथमिलामपि तौ भवेताम् । पृथ्वी न चेत्त्वमसि वा गगने कथं स्था- स्यत्येतदम्ब निखिलं बहुभारयुक्तम्

tvaṃ dhāraṇā nanu na cedasi kūrmanāgau dhartuṃ kṣamau kathamilāmapi tau bhavetām | pṛthvī na cettvamasi vā gagane kathaṃ sthā- syatyetadamba nikhilaṃ bahubhārayuktam

Surely, if you were not the power of holding, how could those two, the Tortoise and the Serpent, be able to hold up the earth? And if you were not the earth, how, O Mother, would all this, laden with so much weight, stand in the sky?

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DB 5 19.6

ये वा स्तुवन्ति मनुजा अमरान्विमूढा मायागुणैस्तव चतुर्मुखविष्णुरुद्रान् । शुभ्रांशुवह्नियमवायुगणेशमुख्यान् किं त्वामृते जननि ते प्रभवन्ति कार्ये

ye vā stuvanti manujā amarānvimūḍhā māyāguṇaistava caturmukhaviṣṇurudrān | śubhrāṃśuvahniyamavāyugaṇeśamukhyān kiṃ tvāmṛte janani te prabhavanti kārye

And those deluded men who praise the immortals — the Four-faced, Viṣṇu, and Rudra — by the qualities of your māyā, and (who praise) the Bright-rayed one (the moon), Fire, Yama, Wind, Gaṇeśa and the chief ones: without you, O Mother, are they capable in (any) action?

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DB 5 19.7

ये जुह्वति प्रविततेऽल्पधियोऽम्ब यज्ञे वह्नौ सुरान्समधिकृत्य हविः समृद्धम् । स्वाहा न चेत्त्वमसि ते कथमापुरद्धा त्वामेव किं न हि यजन्ति ततो हि मूढाः

ye juhvati pravitate'lpadhiyo'mba yajñe vahnau surānsamadhikṛtya haviḥ samṛddham | svāhā na cettvamasi te kathamāpuraddhā tvāmeva kiṃ na hi yajanti tato hi mūḍhāḥ

Those of little wit who offer, O Mother, in the extended sacrifice, abundant oblation into the fire, assigning it to the gods — if you were not Svāhā, how would they truly obtain (it)? Why then, the fools, do they not worship you alone?

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DB 5 19.8

भोगप्रदासि भवतीह चराचराणां स्वांशैर्ददासि खलु जीवनमेव नित्यम् । स्वीयान्सुराञ्जननि पोषयसीह यद्व- त्तद्वत्परानपि च पालयसीति हेतोः

bhogapradāsi bhavatīha carācarāṇāṃ svāṃśairdadāsi khalu jīvanameva nityam | svīyānsurāñjanani poṣayasīha yadva- ttadvatparānapi ca pālayasīti hetoḥ

You are here the giver of enjoyment to moving and unmoving things; with your own portions you surely give life itself, always. Since, O Mother, just as you nourish here the gods who are your own, so too you protect the others as well — for that reason (we praise you).

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DB 5 19.9

मातः स्वयंविरचितान्विपिने विनोदा- द्वन्ध्यान्पलाशरहितांश्च कटूंश्च वृक्षान् । नोच्छेदयन्ति पुरुषा निपुणाः कथञ्चि- त्तस्मात्त्वमप्यतितरां परिपासि दैत्यान्

mātaḥ svayaṃviracitānvipine vinodā- dvandhyānpalāśarahitāṃśca kaṭūṃśca vṛkṣān | nocchedayanti puruṣā nipuṇāḥ kathañci- ttasmāttvamapyatitarāṃ paripāsi daityān

Mother, skilled men do not by any means cut down the trees they have themselves planted in the forest for amusement, though they be barren, leafless and bitter; therefore you too protect the Daityas exceedingly.

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DB 5 19.10

यत्त्वं तु हंसि रणमूर्ध्नि शरैरराती- न्देवाङ्गनासुरतकेलिमतीन्विदित्वा । देहान्तरेऽपि करुणारसमाददाना तत्ते चरित्रमिदमीप्सितपूरणाय

yattvaṃ tu haṃsi raṇamūrdhni śarairarātī- ndevāṅganāsuratakelimatīnviditvā | dehāntare'pi karuṇārasamādadānā tatte caritramidamīpsitapūraṇāya

But as for your killing the enemies with arrows at the head of battle, knowing them to be bent on love-play with the women of the gods — even in another body you take on the savour of compassion; so this deed of yours is for the fulfilment of (their) desire.

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DB 5 19.11

चित्रं त्वमी यदसुभी रहिता न सन्ति त्वच्चिन्तितेन दनुजाः प्रथितप्रभावाः । येषां कृते जननि देहनिबन्धनं ते क्रीडारसस्तव न चान्यतरोऽत्र हेतुः

citraṃ tvamī yadasubhī rahitā na santi tvaccintitena danujāḥ prathitaprabhāvāḥ | yeṣāṃ kṛte janani dehanibandhanaṃ te krīḍārasastava na cānyataro'tra hetuḥ

It is a wonder that these Danujas of far-famed might are not deprived of their lives merely by your thinking (it); (yet) for their sake, O Mother, you bind on a body — the savour of play is yours, and there is no other cause here.

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DB 5 19.12

प्राप्ते कलावहह दुष्टतरे च काले न त्वां भजन्ति मनुजा ननु वञ्चितास्ते । धूर्तैः पुराणचतुरैर्हरिशङ्कराणां सेवापराश्च विहितास्तव निर्मितानाम्

prāpte kalāvahaha duṣṭatare ca kāle na tvāṃ bhajanti manujā nanu vañcitāste | dhūrtaiḥ purāṇacaturairhariśaṅkarāṇāṃ sevāparāśca vihitāstava nirmitānām

Alas, in the Kali age, when a most evil time has arrived, men do not worship you — they are indeed deceived: by rogues clever in the Purāṇas they have been made devoted to the service of Hari and Śaṅkara, who are your own creations.

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DB 5 19.13

ज्ञात्वा सुरांस्तव वशानसुरार्दितांश्च ये वै भजन्ति भुवि भावयुता विभग्नान् । धृत्वा करे सुविमलं खलु दीपकं ते कूपे पतन्ति मनुजा विजलेऽतिघोरे

jñātvā surāṃstava vaśānasurārditāṃśca ye vai bhajanti bhuvi bhāvayutā vibhagnān | dhṛtvā kare suvimalaṃ khalu dīpakaṃ te kūpe patanti manujā vijale'tighore

Those men on earth who, knowing the gods to be subject to you and afflicted and broken by the demons, yet worship them with devotion — they, holding a bright lamp in the hand, fall into a most terrible waterless well.

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DB 5 19.14

विद्या त्वमेव सुखदासुखदाप्यविद्या मातस्त्वमेव जननार्तिहरा नराणाम् । मोक्षार्थिभिस्तु कलिता किल मन्दधीभि- र्नाराधिता जननि भोगपरैस्तथाज्ञैः

vidyā tvameva sukhadāsukhadāpyavidyā mātastvameva jananārtiharā narāṇām | mokṣārthibhistu kalitā kila mandadhībhi- rnārādhitā janani bhogaparaistathājñaiḥ

You alone are knowledge, the giver of happiness, and you are also ignorance, the giver of sorrow; Mother, you alone remove men's pain of birth. Though reckoned upon by the dull-witted who seek liberation, you are not worshipped, O Mother, by those bent on enjoyment and by the ignorant.

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DB 5 19.15

ब्रह्मा हरश्च हरिरप्यनिशं शरण्यं पादाम्बुजं तव भजन्ति सुरास्तथान्ये । तद्वै न येऽल्पमतयो मनसा भजन्ति भ्रान्ताः पतन्ति सततं भवसागरे ते

brahmā haraśca harirapyaniśaṃ śaraṇyaṃ pādāmbujaṃ tava bhajanti surāstathānye | tadvai na ye'lpamatayo manasā bhajanti bhrāntāḥ patanti satataṃ bhavasāgare te

Brahmā, Hara, and Hariṇa too, and the other gods as well, worship without cease your lotus foot, the (only) refuge; but those of little wit who do not worship it with their minds, bewildered, fall forever into the ocean of becoming.

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DB 5 19.16

चण्डि त्वदङ्घ्रिजलजोत्थरजःप्रसादै- र्ब्रह्मा करोति सकलं भुवनं भवादौ । शौरिश्च पाति खलु संहरते हरस्तु त्वां सेवते न मनुजस्त्विह दुर्भगोऽसौ

caṇḍi tvadaṅghrijalajottharajaḥprasādai- rbrahmā karoti sakalaṃ bhuvanaṃ bhavādau | śauriśca pāti khalu saṃharate harastu tvāṃ sevate na manujastviha durbhago'sau

O Caṇḍī, by the favour of the dust risen from the lotus of your feet Brahmā makes this whole world at the beginning of creation, and Śauri (Viṣṇu) surely protects it, while Hara destroys it; but the man who does not serve you here — he is the wretched one.

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DB 5 19.17

वाग्देवता त्वमसि देवि सुरासुराणां वक्तुं न तेऽमरवराः प्रभवन्ति शक्ताः । त्वं चेन्मुखे वससि नैव यदैव तेषां यस्माद्भवन्ति मनुजा न हि तद्विहीनाः

vāgdevatā tvamasi devi surāsurāṇāṃ vaktuṃ na te'maravarāḥ prabhavanti śaktāḥ | tvaṃ cenmukhe vasasi naiva yadaiva teṣāṃ yasmādbhavanti manujā na hi tadvihīnāḥ

You are the goddess of speech, O Devī, of gods and demons alike; the best of the immortals have no power to speak, capable though they are, if you do not dwell in their mouths — for which reason men too, bereft of you, are not (able to speak).

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DB 5 19.18

शप्तो हरिस्तु भृगुणा कुपितेन कामं मीनो बभूव कमठः खलु सूकरस्तु । पश्चान्नृसिंह इति यश्छलकृद्धरायां तान्सेवतां जननि मृत्युभयं न किं स्यात्

śapto haristu bhṛguṇā kupitena kāmaṃ mīno babhūva kamaṭhaḥ khalu sūkarastu | paścānnṛsiṃha iti yaśchalakṛddharāyāṃ tānsevatāṃ janani mṛtyubhayaṃ na kiṃ syāt

Hari, cursed at will by the angered Bhṛgu, became a fish, and indeed a tortoise, and a boar, and afterwards the man-lion — he who worked deceit upon the earth: for those who serve such ones, mother, how should there not be fear of death?

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DB 5 19.19

शम्भोः पपात भुवि लिङ्गमिदं प्रसिद्धं शापेन तेन च भृगोर्विपिने गतस्य । तं ये नरा भुवि भजन्ति कपालिनं तु तेषां सुखं कथमिहापि परत्र मातः पञ्चमस्कन्धे देवीसान्त्वनं नामैकोनविंशोऽध्यायः

śambhoḥ papāta bhuvi liṅgamidaṃ prasiddhaṃ śāpena tena ca bhṛgorvipine gatasya | taṃ ye narā bhuvi bhajanti kapālinaṃ tu teṣāṃ sukhaṃ kathamihāpi paratra mātaḥ pañcamaskandhe devīsāntvanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

By that curse of Bhṛgu, who had gone to the forest, this well-known liṅga of Śambhu fell to the earth; as for the men on earth who worship him, the skull-bearer, how can there be happiness for them here or hereafter, O mother? — the nineteenth chapter, called 'The Consoling of the Devī', in the fifth book.

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DB 5 19.20

योऽभूद् गजाननगणाधिपतिर्महेशा- त्तं ये भजन्ति मनुजा वितथप्रपन्नाः । जानन्ति ते न सकलार्थफलप्रदात्रीं त्वां देवि विश्वजननीं सुखसेवनीयाम्

yo'bhūd gajānanagaṇādhipatirmaheśā- ttaṃ ye bhajanti manujā vitathaprapannāḥ | jānanti te na sakalārthaphalapradātrīṃ tvāṃ devi viśvajananīṃ sukhasevanīyām

He who came from Maheśa as the elephant-faced lord of the hosts — the men who worship him have taken a false refuge; they do not know you, O Devī, mother of the universe, giver of the fruit of every aim, easy to serve.

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DB 5 19.21

चित्रं त्वयारिजनतापि दयार्द्रभावा- द्धत्वा रणे शितशरैर्गमिता द्युलोकम् । नोचेत्स्वकर्मनिचिते निरये नितान्तं दुःखातिदुःखगतिमापदमापतेत्सा

citraṃ tvayārijanatāpi dayārdrabhāvā- ddhatvā raṇe śitaśarairgamitā dyulokam | nocetsvakarmanicite niraye nitāntaṃ duḥkhātiduḥkhagatimāpadamāpatetsā

It is a wonder: even the enemy host, out of your compassion-softened nature, was slain by you in battle with sharp arrows and sent to heaven; otherwise it would have fallen into hell heaped up by its own deeds and met with a course of utter misery upon misery.

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DB 5 19.22

ब्रह्मा हरश्च हरिरप्युत गर्वभावा- ज्जानन्ति तेऽपि विबुधा न तव प्रभावम् । केऽन्ये भवन्ति मनुजा विदितुं समर्थाः सम्मोहितास्तव गुणैरमितप्रभावैः

brahmā haraśca harirapyuta garvabhāvā- jjānanti te'pi vibudhā na tava prabhāvam | ke'nye bhavanti manujā vidituṃ samarthāḥ sammohitāstava guṇairamitaprabhāvaiḥ

Brahmā and Hara and Hari too, out of their pride — even those gods do not know your might; what other men are able to know it, deluded as they are by your qualities of measureless power?

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DB 5 19.23

क्लिश्यन्ति तेऽपि मुनयस्तव दुर्विभाव्यं पादाम्बुजं न हि भजन्ति विमूढचित्ताः । सूर्याग्निसेवनपराः परमार्थतत्त्वं ज्ञातं न तैः श्रुतिशतैरपि वेदसारम्

kliśyanti te'pi munayastava durvibhāvyaṃ pādāmbujaṃ na hi bhajanti vimūḍhacittāḥ | sūryāgnisevanaparāḥ paramārthatattvaṃ jñātaṃ na taiḥ śrutiśatairapi vedasāram

Even those sages are afflicted who, their minds bewildered, do not worship your lotus foot, hard to conceive; devoted to the service of the sun and of fire, they have not known the truth of the highest reality, the essence of the Veda, even by hundreds of scriptural texts.

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DB 5 19.24

मन्ये गुणास्तव भुवि प्रथितप्रभावाः कुर्वन्ति ये हि विमुखान्ननु भक्तिभावात् । लोकान्स्वबुद्धिरचितैर्विविधागमैश्च विष्ण्वीशभास्करगणेशपरान्विधाय

manye guṇāstava bhuvi prathitaprabhāvāḥ kurvanti ye hi vimukhānnanu bhaktibhāvāt | lokānsvabuddhiracitairvividhāgamaiśca viṣṇvīśabhāskaragaṇeśaparānvidhāya

I think it is your qualities, whose power is famed on earth, that turn people away from the mood of devotion, making them devoted to Viṣṇu, Īśa, the Sun, and Gaṇeśa by manifold scriptures fashioned out of their own understanding.

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

DB 5 19.25

कुर्वन्ति ये तव पदाद्विमुखान्नराग्र्या- न्स्वोक्तागमैर्हरिहरार्चनभक्तियोगैः । तेषां न कुप्यसि दयां कुरुषेऽम्बिके त्वं तान्मोहमन्त्रनिपुणान्प्रथयस्यलं च

kurvanti ye tava padādvimukhānnarāgryā- nsvoktāgamairhariharārcanabhaktiyogaiḥ | teṣāṃ na kupyasi dayāṃ kuruṣe'mbike tvaṃ tānmohamantranipuṇānprathayasyalaṃ ca

Those who turn the foremost of men away from your feet by scriptures of their own utterance, by rites of devotion and worship of Hari and Hara — with them you are not angry; you show them mercy, O Ambikā, and you spread them abroad amply, skilled as they are in mantras of delusion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.26

तुर्ये युगे भवति चातिबलं गुणस्य तुर्यस्य तेन मथितान्यसदागमानि । त्वां गोपयन्ति निपुणाः कवयः कलौ वै त्वत्कल्पितान्सुरगणानपि संस्तुवन्ति

turye yuge bhavati cātibalaṃ guṇasya turyasya tena mathitānyasadāgamāni | tvāṃ gopayanti nipuṇāḥ kavayaḥ kalau vai tvatkalpitānsuragaṇānapi saṃstuvanti

In the fourth age the fourth quality (tamas) becomes exceedingly strong; by it false scriptures are churned out; and in the Kali (age) the skilled poets keep you hidden, and praise instead the hosts of gods that you yourself devised.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.27

ध्यायन्ति मुक्तिफलदां भुवि योगसिद्धां विद्यां पराञ्च मुनयोऽतिविशुद्धसत्त्वाः । ते नाप्नुवन्ति जननीजठरे तु दुःखं धन्यास्त एव मनुजास्त्वयि ये विलीनाः

dhyāyanti muktiphaladāṃ bhuvi yogasiddhāṃ vidyāṃ parāñca munayo'tiviśuddhasattvāḥ | te nāpnuvanti jananījaṭhare tu duḥkhaṃ dhanyāsta eva manujāstvayi ye vilīnāḥ

Sages of utterly pure being meditate on earth upon that supreme knowledge, perfected by yoga, which yields the fruit of liberation; they do not undergo the pain of the mother's womb — blessed indeed are those men who are dissolved in you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.28

चिच्छक्तिरस्ति परमात्मनि येन सोऽपि व्यक्तो जगत्सु विदितो भवकृत्यकर्ता । कोऽन्यस्त्वया विरहितः प्रभवत्यमुष्मिन् कर्तुं विहर्तुमपि सञ्चलितुं स्वशक्त्या

cicchaktirasti paramātmani yena so'pi vyakto jagatsu vidito bhavakṛtyakartā | ko'nyastvayā virahitaḥ prabhavatyamuṣmin kartuṃ vihartumapi sañcalituṃ svaśaktyā

There is a power of consciousness in the Supreme Self, by which even he becomes manifest and is known in the worlds as the doer of the work of creation; who else, bereft of you, has power in this (world) to act, to move about, or even to stir by his own strength?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.29

तत्त्वानि चिद्विरहितानि जगद्विधातुं किं वा क्षमाणि जगदम्ब यतो जडानि । किं चेन्द्रियाणि गुणकर्मयुतानि सन्ति देवि त्वया विरहितानि फलं प्रदातुम्

tattvāni cidvirahitāni jagadvidhātuṃ kiṃ vā kṣamāṇi jagadamba yato jaḍāni | kiṃ cendriyāṇi guṇakarmayutāni santi devi tvayā virahitāni phalaṃ pradātum

Are the elements, devoid of consciousness, able to fashion the world, O mother of the world, since they are inert? And are the senses, joined with quality and action, able to give fruit, O Devī, when deprived of you?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.30

देवा मखेष्वपि हुतं मुनिभिः स्वभागं गृह्णीयुरम्ब विधिवत्प्रतिपादितं किम् । स्वाहा न चेत्त्वमसि तत्र निमित्तभूता तस्मात्त्वमेव ननु पालयसीव विश्वम्

devā makheṣvapi hutaṃ munibhiḥ svabhāgaṃ gṛhṇīyuramba vidhivatpratipāditaṃ kim | svāhā na cettvamasi tatra nimittabhūtā tasmāttvameva nanu pālayasīva viśvam

Could the gods receive their own share offered by the sages in the sacrifices, duly presented, O mother, if you were not there as Svāhā, the instrumental cause? Therefore it is you alone, surely, who protect the universe.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.31

सर्वं त्वयेदमखिलं विहितं भवादौ त्वं पासि वै हरिहरप्रमुखान्दिगीशान् । कालेऽत्सि विश्वमपि ते चरितं भवाद्यं जानन्ति नैव मनुजाः क्व नु मन्दभाग्याः

sarvaṃ tvayedamakhilaṃ vihitaṃ bhavādau tvaṃ pāsi vai hariharapramukhāndigīśān | kāle'tsi viśvamapi te caritaṃ bhavādyaṃ jānanti naiva manujāḥ kva nu mandabhāgyāḥ

All this entirety was arranged by you at the beginning of creation; you protect the guardians of the quarters headed by Hari and Hara; at the (proper) time you devour the universe too — men do not at all know your conduct beginning with creation: where indeed (are they), the poor in fortune?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.32

हत्वासुरं महिषरूपधरं महोग्रं मातस्त्वया सुरगणः किल रक्षितोऽयम् । कां ते स्तुतिं जननि मन्दधियो विदामो वेदा गतिं तव यथार्थतया न जग्मुः

hatvāsuraṃ mahiṣarūpadharaṃ mahograṃ mātastvayā suragaṇaḥ kila rakṣito'yam | kāṃ te stutiṃ janani mandadhiyo vidāmo vedā gatiṃ tava yathārthatayā na jagmuḥ

Having slain the exceedingly terrible demon who wore the form of a buffalo, mother, this host of gods was indeed protected by you; what praise of you can we, dull of wit, know, O mother, when the Vedas have not reached your true course as it is?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.33

कार्यं कृतं जगति नो यदसौ दुरात्मा वैरी हतो भुवनकण्टकदुर्विभाव्यः । कीर्तिः कृता ननु जगत्सु कृपा विधेया- प्यस्मांश्च पाहि जननि प्रथितप्रभावे

kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ jagati no yadasau durātmā vairī hato bhuvanakaṇṭakadurvibhāvyaḥ | kīrtiḥ kṛtā nanu jagatsu kṛpā vidheyā- pyasmāṃśca pāhi janani prathitaprabhāve

Our task in the world has been done, in that this evil-souled enemy, a thorn to the worlds and hard to conceive, has been slain; fame has been won in the worlds; yet grace should still be shown — protect us too, mother of famed might.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.34

व्यास उवाच एवं स्तुता सुरैर्देवी तानुवाच मृदुस्वरा । अन्यत्कार्यं च दुःसाध्यं ब्रुवन्तु सुरसत्तमाः

vyāsa uvāca evaṃ stutā surairdevī tānuvāca mṛdusvarā | anyatkāryaṃ ca duḥsādhyaṃ bruvantu surasattamāḥ

Vyāsa said: Thus praised by the gods, the Devī spoke to them in a soft voice: "Let the best of the gods tell of any other task that is hard to accomplish."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.35

यदा यदा हि देवानां कार्यं स्यादतिदुर्घटम् । स्मर्तव्याहं तदा शीघ्रं नाशयिष्यामि चापदम्

yadā yadā hi devānāṃ kāryaṃ syādatidurghaṭam | smartavyāhaṃ tadā śīghraṃ nāśayiṣyāmi cāpadam

"Whenever the gods have some task that is very hard to accomplish, then I should be remembered, and I will swiftly destroy the calamity."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.36

देवा ऊचुः सर्वं कृतं त्वया देवि कार्यं नः खलु साम्प्रतम् । यदयं निहतः शत्रुरस्माकं महिषासुरः

devā ūcuḥ sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā devi kāryaṃ naḥ khalu sāmpratam | yadayaṃ nihataḥ śatrurasmākaṃ mahiṣāsuraḥ

The gods said: "Everything has been done by you, O Goddess — our task is indeed accomplished now, since this enemy of ours, Mahiṣāsura, has been slain."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.37

स्मरिष्यामो यथा तेऽम्ब सदैव पदपङ्कजम् । तथा कुरु जगन्मातर्भक्तिं त्वय्यप्यचञ्चलाम्

smariṣyāmo yathā te'mba sadaiva padapaṅkajam | tathā kuru jaganmātarbhaktiṃ tvayyapyacañcalām

"O Mother, act so that we may always remember your lotus feet; O Mother of the world, (grant us) unwavering devotion to you."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.38

अपराधसहस्राणि मातैव सहते सदा । इति ज्ञात्वा जगद्योनिं न भजन्ते कुतो जनाः

aparādhasahasrāṇi mātaiva sahate sadā | iti jñātvā jagadyoniṃ na bhajante kuto janāḥ

"A mother alone always bears thousands of offences. Knowing this, why do people not worship the Womb of the world?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.39

द्वौ सुपर्णो तु देहेऽस्मिंस्तयोः सख्यं निरन्तरम् । नान्यः सखा तृतीयोऽस्ति योऽपराधं सहेत हि

dvau suparṇo tu dehe'smiṃstayoḥ sakhyaṃ nirantaram | nānyaḥ sakhā tṛtīyo'sti yo'parādhaṃ saheta hi

"There are two birds in this body, and their friendship is unbroken; there is no other, no third friend, who would bear one's offence."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.40

तस्माज्जीवः सखायं त्वां हित्वा किं नु करिष्यति । पापात्मा मन्दभाग्योऽसौ सुरमानुषयोनिषु

tasmājjīvaḥ sakhāyaṃ tvāṃ hitvā kiṃ nu kariṣyati | pāpātmā mandabhāgyo'sau suramānuṣayoniṣu

"Therefore, what will the individual soul do, abandoning you, its friend? That one is of sinful nature and poor fortune among the births of gods and men."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.41

प्राप्य देहं सुदुष्प्रापं न स्मरेत्त्वां नराधमः । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा ब्रूमः सत्यं पुनः पुनः

prāpya dehaṃ suduṣprāpaṃ na smarettvāṃ narādhamaḥ | manasā karmaṇā vācā brūmaḥ satyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

"Having obtained a body very hard to obtain, the lowest of men does not remember you. In thought, in deed, and in word we say the truth again and again."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.42

सुखे वाप्यथवा दुःखे त्वं नः शरणमद्भुतम् । पाहि नः सततं देवि सर्वैस्तव वरायुधैः

sukhe vāpyathavā duḥkhe tvaṃ naḥ śaraṇamadbhutam | pāhi naḥ satataṃ devi sarvaistava varāyudhaiḥ

"Whether in happiness or in sorrow, you are our wondrous refuge. Protect us always, O Goddess, with all your excellent weapons."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 19.43

अन्यथा शरणं नास्ति त्वत्पादाम्बुजरेणुतः । व्यास उवाच एवं स्तुता सुरैर्देवी तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । विस्मयं परमं जग्मुर्देवास्तां वीक्ष्य निर्गताम्

anyathā śaraṇaṃ nāsti tvatpādāmbujareṇutaḥ | vyāsa uvāca evaṃ stutā surairdevī tatraivāntaradhīyata | vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmurdevāstāṃ vīkṣya nirgatām

"There is no other refuge than the dust of your lotus feet." Vyāsa said: Thus praised by the gods, the Goddess vanished then and there; the gods were struck with the greatest amazement, seeing her depart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition