Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 27
DB 5 27.1
रक्तबीजद्वारा देवीसमीपे शुम्भनिशुम्भसंवादवर्णनम् व्यास उवाच हतौ तौ दानवौ दृष्ट्वा हतशेषाश्च सैनिकाः । पलायनं ततः कृत्वा जग्मुः सर्वे नृपं प्रति
raktabījadvārā devīsamīpe śumbhaniśumbhasaṃvādavarṇanam vyāsa uvāca hatau tau dānavau dṛṣṭvā hataśeṣāśca sainikāḥ | palāyanaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā jagmuḥ sarve nṛpaṃ prati
[Description of the conversation of Śumbha and Niśumbha in the presence of the Goddess, by way of Raktabīja] Vyāsa said: Seeing those two demons slain, the soldiers who survived the slaughter then took flight and all went to the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.2
भिन्नाङ्गा विशिखैः केचित्केचिच्छिन्नकरास्तथा । रुधिरस्रावदेहाश्च रुदन्तोऽभिययुः पुरे
bhinnāṅgā viśikhaiḥ kecitkecicchinnakarāstathā | rudhirasrāvadehāśca rudanto'bhiyayuḥ pure
Some with limbs pierced by arrows, and some likewise with hands cut off, and with bodies streaming blood, they went weeping to the city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.3
गत्वा दैत्यपतिं सर्वे चक्रुर्बुम्बारवं मुहुः । रक्ष रक्ष महाराज भक्षयत्यद्य कालिका
gatvā daityapatiṃ sarve cakrurbumbāravaṃ muhuḥ | rakṣa rakṣa mahārāja bhakṣayatyadya kālikā
Having gone to the lord of the demons, they all raised a repeated clamour: "Save (us), save (us), great king! Kālikā is devouring (us) now!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.4
तया हतौ महावीरौ चण्डमुण्डौ सुरार्दनौ । भक्षिताः सैनिकाः सर्वे वयं भग्ना भयातुराः
tayā hatau mahāvīrau caṇḍamuṇḍau surārdanau | bhakṣitāḥ sainikāḥ sarve vayaṃ bhagnā bhayāturāḥ
"By her the two great heroes Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, tormentors of the gods, were slain; all the soldiers were devoured; we are broken, stricken with fear."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.5
भीतिदञ्च रणस्थानं कृतं कालिकया प्रभो । पातितैर्गजवीराश्वैर्दासेरकपदातिभिः
bhītidañca raṇasthānaṃ kṛtaṃ kālikayā prabho | pātitairgajavīrāśvairdāserakapadātibhiḥ
"And the battlefield has been made a source of terror by Kālikā, O lord, with elephants, heroes, horses, camels and foot-soldiers struck down;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.6
शोणितौघवहा कुल्या कृता मांसातिकर्दमा । केशशैवलिनी भग्नरथचक्रविराजिता
śoṇitaughavahā kulyā kṛtā māṃsātikardamā | keśaśaivalinī bhagnarathacakravirājitā
a stream bearing a flood of blood was made, with flesh for its thick mud, hair for its water-weeds, adorned with the wheels of broken chariots,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.7
छिन्नबाह्वादिमत्स्याढ्या शीर्षतुम्बीफलान्विता । भयदा कातराणां वै सुराणां मोदवर्धिनी
chinnabāhvādimatsyāḍhyā śīrṣatumbīphalānvitā | bhayadā kātarāṇāṃ vai surāṇāṃ modavardhinī
rich in fish that were severed arms and the like, furnished with heads for gourd-fruits, giving fear to the faint-hearted, increasing the joy of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.8
कुलं रक्ष महाराज पातालं गच्छ सत्वरम् । क्रुद्धा देवी क्षयं सद्यः करिष्यति न संशयः
kulaṃ rakṣa mahārāja pātālaṃ gaccha satvaram | kruddhā devī kṣayaṃ sadyaḥ kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Protect your family, great king; go quickly to the underworld. The Goddess, enraged, will at once bring about destruction — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.9
सिंहोऽपि भक्षयत्याजौ दानवान्दनुजेश्वर । तथैव कालिका देवी हन्ति बाणैरनेकधा
siṃho'pi bhakṣayatyājau dānavāndanujeśvara | tathaiva kālikā devī hanti bāṇairanekadhā
Even the lion devours the demons in battle, O lord of the descendants of Danu; and just so the goddess Kālikā slays (them) with arrows in many ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.10
तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेन्द्र मरणाय मृषा मतिम् । करोषि सहितो भ्रात्रा शुम्भेन कुपिताशयः
tasmāttvamapi rājendra maraṇāya mṛṣā matim | karoṣi sahito bhrātrā śumbhena kupitāśayaḥ
Therefore you too, O best of kings, are vainly setting your mind on death, together with your brother Śumbha, your heart full of anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.11
किं करिष्यति नार्येषा क्रूरा कुलविनाशिनी । यस्या हेतोर्महाराज हन्तुमिच्छसि बान्धवान्
kiṃ kariṣyati nāryeṣā krūrā kulavināśinī | yasyā hetormahārāja hantumicchasi bāndhavān
What will this woman do — cruel, destroyer of the family — for whose sake, great king, you wish to kill your kinsmen?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.12
दैवाधीनौ महाराज लोके जयपराजयौ । अल्पार्थाय महद्दुःखं बुद्धिमान्न प्रकल्पयेत्
daivādhīnau mahārāja loke jayaparājayau | alpārthāya mahadduḥkhaṃ buddhimānna prakalpayet
Victory and defeat in this world, great king, depend on fate; a wise man should not incur great sorrow for a small gain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.13
चित्रं पश्य विधेः कर्म यदधीनं जगत् प्रभो । निहता राक्षसाः सर्वे स्त्रिया पश्यैकयानया
citraṃ paśya vidheḥ karma yadadhīnaṃ jagat prabho | nihatā rākṣasāḥ sarve striyā paśyaikayānayā
See the wondrous work of destiny, lord, on which the world depends: all the demons have been slain — look — by this one woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.14
जेता त्वं लोकपालानां सैन्ययुक्तो हि साम्प्रतम् । एका प्रार्थयते बाला युद्धायेति सुसम्भ्रमः
jetā tvaṃ lokapālānāṃ sainyayukto hi sāmpratam | ekā prārthayate bālā yuddhāyeti susambhramaḥ
You, the conqueror of the guardians of the worlds, are now attended by an army, yet one young girl asks for battle — such is the great confusion (of it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.15
पुरा त्वया तपस्तप्तं पुष्करे देवतायने । वरदानाय सम्प्राप्तो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
purā tvayā tapastaptaṃ puṣkare devatāyane | varadānāya samprāpto brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
Formerly you performed austerity at Puṣkara, the abode of the gods, and Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, arrived to grant a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.16
धात्रोक्तस्त्वं महाराज वरं वरय सुव्रत । तदा त्वयामरत्वं च प्रार्थितं ब्रह्मणः किल
dhātroktastvaṃ mahārāja varaṃ varaya suvrata | tadā tvayāmaratvaṃ ca prārthitaṃ brahmaṇaḥ kila
You were addressed by the Creator: "Choose a boon, O you of good vows"; and then, we are told, immortality was requested by you from Brahmā:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.17
देवदैत्यमनुष्येभ्यो न भवेन्मरणं मम । सर्पकिन्नरयक्षेभ्यः पुंल्लिङ्गवाचकादपि
devadaityamanuṣyebhyo na bhavenmaraṇaṃ mama | sarpakinnarayakṣebhyaḥ puṃlliṅgavācakādapi
"Let there be no death for me from gods, demons, or men, nor from serpents, kinnaras, or yakṣas, nor from anything designated by a masculine word."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.18
तस्मात्त्वां हन्तुकामैषा प्राप्ता योषिद्वरा प्रभो । युद्धं मा कुरु राजेन्द्र विचार्यैवं धियाधुना
tasmāttvāṃ hantukāmaiṣā prāptā yoṣidvarā prabho | yuddhaṃ mā kuru rājendra vicāryaivaṃ dhiyādhunā
Therefore this best of women has come, wishing to kill you, lord; do not make war, king of kings — consider it thus now with your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.19
देवी ह्येषा महामाया प्रकृतिः परमा मता । कल्पान्तकाले राजेन्द्र सर्वसंहारकारिणी
devī hyeṣā mahāmāyā prakṛtiḥ paramā matā | kalpāntakāle rājendra sarvasaṃhārakāriṇī
For she is the Goddess, the great Māyā, held to be the supreme Nature (prakṛti), who at the time of the end of the aeon, O king of kings, brings about the destruction of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.20
उत्पादयित्री लोकानां देवानामीश्वरी शुभा । त्रिगुणा तामसी देवी सर्वशक्तिसमन्विता
utpādayitrī lokānāṃ devānāmīśvarī śubhā | triguṇā tāmasī devī sarvaśaktisamanvitā
She is the begetter of the worlds, the auspicious sovereign lady of the gods, composed of the three qualities, dark (tāmasī), the Goddess endowed with all powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.21
अजय्या चाक्षया नित्या सर्वज्ञा च सदोदिता । वेदमाता च गायत्री सन्ध्या सर्वसुरालया
ajayyā cākṣayā nityā sarvajñā ca sadoditā | vedamātā ca gāyatrī sandhyā sarvasurālayā
Unconquerable, undecaying, eternal, all-knowing and ever risen, mother of the Vedas, Gāyatrī, Sandhyā, the abode of all the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.22
निर्गुणा सगुणा सिद्धा सर्वसिद्धिप्रदाव्यया । आनन्दानन्ददा गौरी देवानामभयप्रदा
nirguṇā saguṇā siddhā sarvasiddhipradāvyayā | ānandānandadā gaurī devānāmabhayapradā
without qualities and with qualities, perfected, granting all perfections, imperishable, bliss and the giver of bliss, Gaurī, granter of fearlessness to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.23
एवं ज्ञात्वा महाराज वैरभावं त्यजानया । शरणं व्रज राजेन्द्र देवी त्वां पालयिष्यति
evaṃ jñātvā mahārāja vairabhāvaṃ tyajānayā | śaraṇaṃ vraja rājendra devī tvāṃ pālayiṣyati
Knowing this, great king, give up your hostility toward her; go to her for refuge, king of kings — the Goddess will protect you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.24
आज्ञाकरो भवैतस्याः सञ्जीवय निजं कुलम् । हतशेषाश्च ये दैत्यास्ते भवन्तु चिरायुषः
ājñākaro bhavaitasyāḥ sañjīvaya nijaṃ kulam | hataśeṣāśca ye daityāste bhavantu cirāyuṣaḥ
Become the executor of her command; revive your own family, and let those demons who survive the slaughter be long-lived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.25
व्यास उवाच इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा शुम्भः सुरबलार्दनः । उवाच वचनं तथ्यं वीरवर्यगुणान्वितम्
vyāsa uvāca iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā śumbhaḥ surabalārdanaḥ | uvāca vacanaṃ tathyaṃ vīravaryaguṇānvitam
Vyāsa said: Hearing that speech of theirs, Śumbha, the crusher of the gods' army, spoke words that were true and endowed with the qualities of a foremost hero.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.26
शुम्भ उवाच मौनं कुर्वन्तु भो मन्दा यूयं भग्ना रणाजिरात् । शीघ्रं गच्छत पातालं जीविताशा बलीयसी
śumbha uvāca maunaṃ kurvantu bho mandā yūyaṃ bhagnā raṇājirāt | śīghraṃ gacchata pātālaṃ jīvitāśā balīyasī
Śumbha said: Be silent, you dullards! You have been broken (and driven) from the battlefield. Go quickly to the underworld — the hope of staying alive is (in you) too strong.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.27
दैवाधीनं जगत्सर्वं का चिन्तात्र जये मम । देवास्तथैव ब्रह्माद्या दैवाधीना वयं यथा रक्तबीजद्वारा देवीसमीपे शुम्भनिशुम्भसंवादवर्णनं नाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः
daivādhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kā cintātra jaye mama | devāstathaiva brahmādyā daivādhīnā vayaṃ yathā raktabījadvārā devīsamīpe śumbhaniśumbhasaṃvādavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
The whole world depends on fate; what worry have I here about my victory? The gods too, Brahmā and the rest, are subject to fate, just as we are.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.28
ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रोऽयं यमोऽग्निर्वरुणस्तथा । सूर्यश्चन्द्रस्तथा शक्रः सर्वे दैववशाः किल
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudro'yaṃ yamo'gnirvaruṇastathā | sūryaścandrastathā śakraḥ sarve daivavaśāḥ kila
Brahmā, and Viṣṇu, and this Rudra, Yama, Agni, and Varuṇa likewise, the Sun, the Moon, and Śakra — all are surely under the sway of fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.29
का चिन्ता तर्हि मे मन्दा यद्भावि तद्भविष्यति । उद्यमस्तादृशो भूयाद्यादृशी भवितव्यता
kā cintā tarhi me mandā yadbhāvi tadbhaviṣyati | udyamastādṛśo bhūyādyādṛśī bhavitavyatā
What worry, then, have I, you dullards? What is to be will be. Let one's effort be of the same kind as what is destined to happen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.30
सर्वथैव विचार्यैव न शोचन्ति बुधाः क्वचित् । स्वधर्मं न त्यजन्तीह ज्ञानिनो मरणाद्भयात्
sarvathaiva vicāryaiva na śocanti budhāḥ kvacit | svadharmaṃ na tyajantīha jñānino maraṇādbhayāt
Having in every way reflected, the wise never grieve; knowing men do not abandon their own duty here out of fear of death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.31
सुखं दुःखं तथैवायुर्जीवितं मरणं नृणाम् । काले भवति सम्प्राप्ते सर्वथा दैवनिर्मितम्
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathaivāyurjīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ nṛṇām | kāle bhavati samprāpte sarvathā daivanirmitam
Pleasure, pain, and likewise the lifespan, the living and the dying of men, come about when the time arrives — all of it fashioned by fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.32
ब्रह्मा पतति काले स्वे विष्णुश्च पार्वतीपतिः । नाशं गच्छन्त्यायुषोऽन्ते सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
brahmā patati kāle sve viṣṇuśca pārvatīpatiḥ | nāśaṃ gacchantyāyuṣo'nte sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ
Brahmā falls when his own time comes, and so do Viṣṇu and the husband of Pārvatī; at the end of their lifespan all the gods, together with Indra, go to destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.33
तथाहमपि कालस्य वशगः सर्वथाधुना । नाशं जयं वा गन्तास्मि स्वधर्मपरिपालनात्
tathāhamapi kālasya vaśagaḥ sarvathādhunā | nāśaṃ jayaṃ vā gantāsmi svadharmaparipālanāt
So I too am now in every way subject to Time; I shall meet either destruction or victory from guarding my own duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.34
आहूतोऽप्यनया कामं युद्धायाबलया किल । कथं पलायनपरो जीवेयं शरदां शतम्
āhūto'pyanayā kāmaṃ yuddhāyābalayā kila | kathaṃ palāyanaparo jīveyaṃ śaradāṃ śatam
Challenged as I am to battle, and by a woman at that, how could I, bent on fleeing, live a hundred autumns?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.35
करिष्याम्यद्य संग्रामं यद्भावि तद्भवत्विह । जयो वा मरणं वापि स्वीकरोमि यथा तथा
kariṣyāmyadya saṃgrāmaṃ yadbhāvi tadbhavatviha | jayo vā maraṇaṃ vāpi svīkaromi yathā tathā
Today I shall make war; let whatever is to be, be here. Victory or even death—I accept it as it comes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.36
दैवं मिथ्येति विद्वांसो वदन्त्युद्यमवादिनः । युक्तियुक्तं वचस्तेषां ये जानन्त्यभिभाषितम्
daivaṃ mithyeti vidvāṃso vadantyudyamavādinaḥ | yuktiyuktaṃ vacasteṣāṃ ye jānantyabhibhāṣitam
The learned, who advocate exertion, say that fate is a falsehood; their words are reasonable for those who understand what is said.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.37
उद्यमेन विना कामं न सिध्यन्ति मनोरथाः । कातरा एव जल्पन्ति यद्भाव्यं तद्भविष्यति
udyamena vinā kāmaṃ na sidhyanti manorathāḥ | kātarā eva jalpanti yadbhāvyaṃ tadbhaviṣyati
Without exertion, desires are certainly not accomplished; it is only cowards who prattle, 'What is to be will be.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.38
अदृष्टं बलवन्मूढाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः । प्रमाणं तस्य सत्त्वे किमदृश्यं दृश्यते कथम्
adṛṣṭaṃ balavanmūḍhāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ | pramāṇaṃ tasya sattve kimadṛśyaṃ dṛśyate katham
It is fools, not the wise, who declare the unseen (fate) to be powerful. What is the proof of its existence? How can the invisible be seen?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.39
अदृष्टं क्त्वापि दृष्टं स्यादेषा मूर्खविभीषिका । अवलम्बं विनैवैषा दुःखे चित्तस्य धारणा
adṛṣṭaṃ ktvāpi dṛṣṭaṃ syādeṣā mūrkhavibhīṣikā | avalambaṃ vinaivaiṣā duḥkhe cittasya dhāraṇā
(They say) that even the unseen, once done, would become seen—this is a bogey for the foolish; it is a holding of the mind in sorrow with no support at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 5 27.40
चक्रीसमीपे संविष्टा संस्थिता पिष्टकारिणी । उद्यमेन विना पिष्टं न भवत्येव सर्वथा
cakrīsamīpe saṃviṣṭā saṃsthitā piṣṭakāriṇī | udyamena vinā piṣṭaṃ na bhavatyeva sarvathā
The flour-making woman sits down and stays beside the millstone; without exertion flour simply does not come about at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.41
उद्यमे च कृते कार्यं सिद्धिं यात्येव सर्वथा । कदाचित्तस्य न्यूनत्वे कार्यं नैव भवेदपि
udyame ca kṛte kāryaṃ siddhiṃ yātyeva sarvathā | kadācittasya nyūnatve kāryaṃ naiva bhavedapi
And when exertion has been made, the task in every way does attain success; sometimes, when it is deficient, the task does not come about at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.42
देशं कालञ्च विज्ञाय स्वबलं शत्रुजं बलम् । कृतं कार्यं भवत्येव बृहस्पतिवचो यथा
deśaṃ kālañca vijñāya svabalaṃ śatrujaṃ balam | kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ bhavatyeva bṛhaspativaco yathā
Having discerned the place and the time, one's own strength and the strength arising in the enemy, the task once undertaken does succeed—so runs the word of Bṛhaspati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.43
व्यास उवाच इति निश्चित्य दैत्येन्द्रो रक्तबीजं महासुरम् । प्रेषयामास संग्रामे सैन्येन महताऽऽवृतम्
vyāsa uvāca iti niścitya daityendro raktabījaṃ mahāsuram | preṣayāmāsa saṃgrāme sainyena mahatā''vṛtam
Vyāsa said: Having so resolved, the lord of the Daityas sent the great Asura Raktabīja into the battle, surrounded by a great army.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.44
शुम्भ उवाच रक्तबीज महाबाहो गच्छ त्वं समराङ्गणे । कुरु युद्धं महाभाग यथा ते बलमाहितम्
śumbha uvāca raktabīja mahābāho gaccha tvaṃ samarāṅgaṇe | kuru yuddhaṃ mahābhāga yathā te balamāhitam
Śumbha said: Raktabīja, mighty-armed one, go you to the field of battle; make war, O greatly fortunate one, as the strength that is set in you allows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.45
रक्तबीज उवाच महाराज न ते कार्या चिन्ता स्वल्पतरापि वा । अहमेनां हनिष्यामि करिष्यामि वशे तव
raktabīja uvāca mahārāja na te kāryā cintā svalpatarāpi vā | ahamenāṃ haniṣyāmi kariṣyāmi vaśe tava
Raktabīja said: Great king, you need not have even the slightest worry; I shall kill her, I shall bring her under your control.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.46
पश्य मे युद्धचातुर्यं क्वेयं बाला सुरप्रिया । दासीं तेऽहं करिष्यामि जित्वेमां समरे बलात्
paśya me yuddhacāturyaṃ kveyaṃ bālā surapriyā | dāsīṃ te'haṃ kariṣyāmi jitvemāṃ samare balāt
See my skill in battle—what is this girl, beloved of the gods, (against it)? Having conquered her by force in battle, I shall make her your slave-girl.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.47
व्यास उवाच इत्याभाष्य कुरुश्रेष्ठ रक्तबीजो महासुरः । जगाम रथमारुह्य स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः
vyāsa uvāca ityābhāṣya kuruśreṣṭha raktabījo mahāsuraḥ | jagāma rathamāruhya svasainyaparivāritaḥ
Vyāsa said: Having spoken thus, O best of the Kurus, the great Asura Raktabīja mounted his chariot and went, surrounded by his own army.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.48
हस्त्यश्वरथपादातवृन्दैश्च परिवेष्टितः । निर्जगाम रथारूढो देवीं शैलोपरिस्थिताम्
hastyaśvarathapādātavṛndaiśca pariveṣṭitaḥ | nirjagāma rathārūḍho devīṃ śailoparisthitām
Encircled by throngs of elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers, mounted on his chariot he went forth (against) the Goddess who stood upon the mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.49
तमागतं समालोक्य देवी शङ्खमवादयत् । भयदं सर्वदैत्यानां देवानां मोदवर्धनम्
tamāgataṃ samālokya devī śaṅkhamavādayat | bhayadaṃ sarvadaityānāṃ devānāṃ modavardhanam
Seeing him arrived, the Goddess sounded her conch, which gave fear to all the Daityas and increased the joy of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.50
श्रुत्वा शङ्खस्वनं चोग्रं रक्तबीजोऽतिवेगवान् । गत्वा समीपे चामुण्डां बभाषे वचनं मृदु
śrutvā śaṅkhasvanaṃ cograṃ raktabījo'tivegavān | gatvā samīpe cāmuṇḍāṃ babhāṣe vacanaṃ mṛdu
Hearing the fierce sound of the conch, the very swift Raktabīja went near and spoke a soft word to Cāmuṇḍā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.51
रक्तबीज उवाच बाले किं मां भीषयसि मत्वा त्वं कातरं किल । शङ्खनादेन तन्वङ्गि वेत्सि किं धूम्रलोचनम्
raktabīja uvāca bāle kiṃ māṃ bhīṣayasi matvā tvaṃ kātaraṃ kila | śaṅkhanādena tanvaṅgi vetsi kiṃ dhūmralocanam
Raktabīja said: Girl, why do you try to frighten me, thinking me a coward, with the blast of a conch, O slender-limbed one? Do you take me for Dhūmralocana?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.52
रक्तबीजोऽस्मि नाम्नाहं त्वत्सकाशमिहागतः । युद्धेच्छा चेत्पिकालापे सज्जा भव भयं न मे
raktabījo'smi nāmnāhaṃ tvatsakāśamihāgataḥ | yuddhecchā cetpikālāpe sajjā bhava bhayaṃ na me
"I am Raktabīja by name; I have come here into your presence. If you wish to fight, O you of cuckoo-sweet speech, be ready — I have no fear."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.53
पश्याद्य मे बलं कान्ते दृष्टा ये कातरास्त्वया । नाहं पङ्क्तिगतस्तेषां कुरु युद्धं यथेच्छसि
paśyādya me balaṃ kānte dṛṣṭā ye kātarāstvayā | nāhaṃ paṅktigatasteṣāṃ kuru yuddhaṃ yathecchasi
"Behold today my strength, my beloved. Those cowards whom you have seen — I am not in their rank. Do battle as you please."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.54
वृद्धाश्च सेविताः पूर्वं नीतिशास्त्रं श्रुतं त्वया । पतितं चार्थविज्ञानं विद्वद्गोष्ठी कृताथ वा
vṛddhāśca sevitāḥ pūrvaṃ nītiśāstraṃ śrutaṃ tvayā | patitaṃ cārthavijñānaṃ vidvadgoṣṭhī kṛtātha vā
"Have elders been attended upon by you before? Have you heard the science of statecraft? Has an understanding of practical matters come to you, or has the company of the learned been kept?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 5 27.55
साहित्यतन्त्रविज्ञानं चेदस्ति तव सुन्दरि । शृणु मे वचनं पथ्यं तथ्यं प्रमितिबृंहितम्
sāhityatantravijñānaṃ cedasti tava sundari | śṛṇu me vacanaṃ pathyaṃ tathyaṃ pramitibṛṃhitam
"If you have any understanding of literature and its treatises, O beautiful one, hear my words — wholesome, true, and supported by proofs."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.56
रसानाञ्च नवानां वै द्वावेव मुख्यतां गतौ । शृङ्गारकः शान्तिरसो विद्वज्जनसभासु च
rasānāñca navānāṃ vai dvāveva mukhyatāṃ gatau | śṛṅgārakaḥ śāntiraso vidvajjanasabhāsu ca
"Of the nine aesthetic moods, just two have attained pre-eminence in the assemblies of learned men: the erotic and the mood of tranquillity."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.57
तयोः शृङ्गार एवादौ नृपभावे प्रतिष्ठितः । विष्णुर्लक्ष्म्या सहास्ते वै सावित्र्या चतुराननः
tayoḥ śṛṅgāra evādau nṛpabhāve pratiṣṭhitaḥ | viṣṇurlakṣmyā sahāste vai sāvitryā caturānanaḥ
"Of those two, the erotic stands first, established in the state of kings. Viṣṇu abides with Lakṣmī, and the four-faced one with Sāvitrī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.58
शच्येन्द्रः शैलसुतया शङ्करः सह शेरते । वल्ल्या वृक्षो मृगो मृग्या कपोत्या च कपोतकः
śacyendraḥ śailasutayā śaṅkaraḥ saha śerate | vallyā vṛkṣo mṛgo mṛgyā kapotyā ca kapotakaḥ
"Indra lies with Śacī, Śaṅkara with the mountain's daughter; the tree with the creeper, the stag with the doe, and the male dove with the female."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.59
एवं सर्वे प्राणभृतः संयोगरसिका भृशम् । अप्राप्तभोगविभवा ये चान्ये कातरा नराः
evaṃ sarve prāṇabhṛtaḥ saṃyogarasikā bhṛśam | aprāptabhogavibhavā ye cānye kātarā narāḥ
"Thus all living beings are exceedingly fond of the pleasure of union. But those men who have not obtained the wealth of enjoyment, and other faint-hearted ones —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.60
भवन्ति यतयस्ते वै मूढा दैवेन वञ्चिताः । असंसाररसज्ञास्ते वञ्चिता वञ्चनापरैः
bhavanti yatayaste vai mūḍhā daivena vañcitāḥ | asaṃsārarasajñāste vañcitā vañcanāparaiḥ
"— they become ascetics, fools cheated by fate; not knowing the savour of worldly life, they are cheated by those bent on cheating,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.61
मधुरालापनिपुणै रताः शान्तिरसे हि ते । क्व ज्ञानं क्व च वैराग्यं वर्तमाने मनोभवे
madhurālāpanipuṇai ratāḥ śāntirase hi te | kva jñānaṃ kva ca vairāgyaṃ vartamāne manobhave
"by those skilled in sweet talk; and so they take delight in the mood of tranquillity. Where is knowledge, and where is dispassion, when the mind-born (god of love) is at work,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.62
लोभे क्रोधे च दुर्धर्षे मोहे मतिविनाशके । तस्मात्त्वमपि कल्याणि कुरु कान्तं मनोहरम्
lobhe krodhe ca durdharṣe mohe mativināśake | tasmāttvamapi kalyāṇi kuru kāntaṃ manoharam
"when there is greed, and anger hard to withstand, and delusion that destroys the intellect? Therefore you too, O auspicious one, take a charming husband —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 5 27.63
शुम्भं सुराणां जेतारं निशुम्भं वा महाबलम् । व्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्वा रक्तबीजोऽसौ विरराम पुरःस्थितः । श्रुत्वा जहास चामुण्डा कालिका चाम्बिका तथा
śumbhaṃ surāṇāṃ jetāraṃ niśumbhaṃ vā mahābalam | vyāsa uvāca ityuktvā raktabījo'sau virarāma puraḥsthitaḥ | śrutvā jahāsa cāmuṇḍā kālikā cāmbikā tathā
"— either Śumbha, conqueror of the gods, or Niśumbha of great strength." Vyāsa said: Having spoken thus, that Raktabīja fell silent, standing before (her); and hearing it, Cāmuṇḍā laughed, and Kālikā, and Ambikā too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition