Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5 — Chapter 35

DB 5 35.1

महिष उवाच। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा दुःखितौ वैश्यपार्थिवौ । प्रणिपत्य मुनिं प्रीत्या प्रश्रयावनतौ भृशम्

mahiṣa uvāca| iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā duḥkhitau vaiśyapārthivau | praṇipatya muniṃ prītyā praśrayāvanatau bhṛśam

Mahiṣa said: Having heard that speech of his, the sorrowing vaiśya and the king, bowing down to the sage with affection, deeply bent low in reverence,

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DB 5 35.2

हर्षेणोत्फुल्लनयनावूचतुर्वाक्यकोविदौ । कृताञ्जलिपुटौ शान्तौ भक्तिप्रवणचेतसौ

harṣeṇotphullanayanāvūcaturvākyakovidau | kṛtāñjalipuṭau śāntau bhaktipravaṇacetasau

their eyes wide open with joy, skilled in speech, with palms joined together, calmed, their minds inclined to devotion, the two spoke:

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DB 5 35.3

भगवन्पावितावद्य शान्तौ दीनौ शुचान्वितौ । तव सूक्तसरस्वत्या गङ्गयेव भगीरथः

bhagavanpāvitāvadya śāntau dīnau śucānvitau | tava sūktasarasvatyā gaṅgayeva bhagīrathaḥ

"Lord, we two — calmed, wretched, filled with grief — have today been purified by the Sarasvatī (river) of your fine words, as Bhagīratha was by the Gaṅgā."

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DB 5 35.4

साधवः सम्भवन्तीह परोपकृतितत्पराः । अकृत्रिमगुणारामाः सुखदाः सर्वदेहिनाम्

sādhavaḥ sambhavantīha paropakṛtitatparāḥ | akṛtrimaguṇārāmāḥ sukhadāḥ sarvadehinām

"Good men arise in this world intent on doing good to others, gardens of unfeigned virtues, givers of happiness to all embodied beings."

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DB 5 35.5

पूर्वपुण्यप्रसङ्गेन प्राप्तोऽयमाश्रयः शुभः । तवावाभ्यां महाभाग महादुःखविनाशकः व्योमांकाभ्रद्विसंख्यातः २०९० श्लोकैर्व्यासेन धीमता । देवीभागवतस्यास्य पञ्चमस्कन्ध ईरितः

pūrvapuṇyaprasaṅgena prāpto'yamāśrayaḥ śubhaḥ | tavāvābhyāṃ mahābhāga mahāduḥkhavināśakaḥ vyomāṃkābhradvisaṃkhyātaḥ 2090 ślokairvyāsena dhīmatā | devībhāgavatasyāsya pañcamaskandha īritaḥ

"By the working of former merit this auspicious refuge with you has been obtained by us two, O greatly fortunate one — a refuge that destroys great sorrow." [Colophon: In 2090 verses, reckoned as sky-digit-cloud-two, the fifth book of this Devībhāgavata has been recited by the wise Vyāsa.]

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DB 5 35.6

भवन्ति मानवा भूमौ बहवः स्वार्थतत्पराः । परार्थसाधने दक्षाः केचित्क्वापि भवादृशाः

bhavanti mānavā bhūmau bahavaḥ svārthatatparāḥ | parārthasādhane dakṣāḥ kecitkvāpi bhavādṛśāḥ

"Many men on earth are intent on their own advantage; only a few anywhere are skilled in accomplishing another's good, such as you."

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DB 5 35.7

दुःखितोऽहं मुनिश्रेष्ठ वैश्योऽयं चातिदुःखितः । उभौ संसारसंतप्तौ तवाश्रमपदे मुदा

duḥkhito'haṃ muniśreṣṭha vaiśyo'yaṃ cātiduḥkhitaḥ | ubhau saṃsārasaṃtaptau tavāśramapade mudā

"I am sorrowful, best of sages, and this vaiśya is exceedingly sorrowful; both of us, scorched by worldly existence, (have come) with gladness to the site of your hermitage."

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DB 5 35.8

दर्शनादेव हे विद्वन्गतं दुःखमिहावयोः । देहजं मानसं वाक्यश्रवणादेव साम्प्रतम्

darśanādeva he vidvangataṃ duḥkhamihāvayoḥ | dehajaṃ mānasaṃ vākyaśravaṇādeva sāmpratam

"O learned one, merely from seeing you our bodily sorrow here has gone, and now, merely from hearing your words, the mental (sorrow too)."

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DB 5 35.9

धन्यावावां कृतकृत्यौ जातौ सूक्तिसुधारसात् । पावितौ भवता ब्रह्मन्कृपया करुणार्णव

dhanyāvāvāṃ kṛtakṛtyau jātau sūktisudhārasāt | pāvitau bhavatā brahmankṛpayā karuṇārṇava

"Blessed are we two, our purpose accomplished, by the nectar-juice of your good words; we have been purified by you through your grace, O brahmin, O ocean of compassion."

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DB 5 35.10

गृहाणास्मत्करौ साधो नय पारं भवार्णवात् । मग्नौ श्रांताविति ज्ञात्वा मंत्रदानेन सांप्रतम्

gṛhāṇāsmatkarau sādho naya pāraṃ bhavārṇavāt | magnau śrāṃtāviti jñātvā maṃtradānena sāṃpratam

"Take our hands, good sir, carry us across the ocean of existence; knowing that we two are sunk and exhausted, now by the giving of a mantra —"

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DB 5 35.11

तपः कृत्वाऽतिविपुलं समाराध्य सुखप्रदाम् । संप्राप्य दर्शनं भूयो यास्यावो निजमंदिरम्

tapaḥ kṛtvā'tivipulaṃ samārādhya sukhapradām | saṃprāpya darśanaṃ bhūyo yāsyāvo nijamaṃdiram

"— having performed very abundant austerity and worshipped her who bestows happiness, and having gained her sight, we shall then go to our own home."

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DB 5 35.12

वदनात्तव सम्प्राप्य देवीमन्त्रं नवाक्षरम् । स्मरणं च करिष्यावो निराहारौ धृतव्रतौ

vadanāttava samprāpya devīmantraṃ navākṣaram | smaraṇaṃ ca kariṣyāvo nirāhārau dhṛtavratau

"Having received from your mouth the nine-syllabled mantra of the Goddess, we shall practise remembrance of it, fasting and holding to our vow."

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DB 5 35.13

व्यास उवाच। इति सञ्चोदितस्ताभ्यां सुमेधा मुनिसत्तमः । ददौ मंत्रं शुभं ताभ्यां ध्यानबीजपुरःसरम्

vyāsa uvāca| iti sañcoditastābhyāṃ sumedhā munisattamaḥ | dadau maṃtraṃ śubhaṃ tābhyāṃ dhyānabījapuraḥsaram

Vyāsa said: Thus urged by the two, Sumedhā, the best of sages, gave them the auspicious mantra, preceded by the meditation and the seed-syllable.

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DB 5 35.14

तौ च प्राप्य मुनेर्मंत्रं सम्मन्त्र्य गुरुदैवतौ । जग्मतुर्वैश्यराजानौ नदीतीरमनुत्तमम्

tau ca prāpya munermaṃtraṃ sammantrya gurudaivatau | jagmaturvaiśyarājānau nadītīramanuttamam

And those two, the king and the merchant, having received the mantra from the sage and taken counsel with their guru and their deity, went to a most excellent riverbank.

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DB 5 35.15

एकांते विजने स्थाने कृत्वासनपरिग्रहम् । उपविष्टौ स्थिरप्रज्ञौ तावतीव कृशोदरौ

ekāṃte vijane sthāne kṛtvāsanaparigraham | upaviṣṭau sthiraprajñau tāvatīva kṛśodarau

In a solitary, unpeopled place, having taken up (their) seats, the two sat down, firm in wisdom, both very lean of belly.

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DB 5 35.16

मन्त्रजाप्यरतौ शान्तौ चरित्रत्रयपाठकौ । निन्यतुर्मासमेकं तु तत्र ध्यानपरायणौ

mantrajāpyaratau śāntau caritratrayapāṭhakau | ninyaturmāsamekaṃ tu tatra dhyānaparāyaṇau

Devoted to the muttering of the mantra, tranquil, reciters of the three narratives, they passed one month there, wholly given over to meditation.

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DB 5 35.17

तयोर्मासव्रतेनैव जाता प्रीतिरनुत्तमा । पदाम्बुजे भवान्यास्तु स्थिरा बुद्धिस्तथाप्यलम्

tayormāsavratenaiva jātā prītiranuttamā | padāmbuje bhavānyāstu sthirā buddhistathāpyalam

By that very month-long observance an unsurpassed love arose in the two, and moreover (their) mind became quite firmly fixed on the lotus feet of Bhavānī.

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DB 5 35.18

कदाचित्पादयोर्गत्वा मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः । कृतप्रणामावागत्य तस्थतुश्च कुशासने

kadācitpādayorgatvā munestasya mahātmanaḥ | kṛtapraṇāmāvāgatya tasthatuśca kuśāsane

Once, having gone to the feet of that great-souled sage and made obeisance, they came back and sat down on a seat of kuśa grass.

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DB 5 35.19

नान्यकार्य परौ क्वापि बभूवतुः कदाचन । देवीध्यानपरौ नित्यं जपमन्त्ररतौ सदा

nānyakārya parau kvāpi babhūvatuḥ kadācana | devīdhyānaparau nityaṃ japamantraratau sadā

They were never at any time or anywhere intent on any other business, being ever intent on meditation on the Goddess and always devoted to the muttering of the mantra.

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DB 5 35.20

एवं जाते तदा पूर्णे तत्र संवत्सरे नृप । बभूवतुः फलाहारं त्यक्त्वा पर्णाशनौ नृप

evaṃ jāte tadā pūrṇe tatra saṃvatsare nṛpa | babhūvatuḥ phalāhāraṃ tyaktvā parṇāśanau nṛpa

When a full year had thus passed there, O king, they gave up eating fruit and became eaters of leaves, O king.

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DB 5 35.21

वर्षमेकं तपस्तत्र चक्रतुर्वैश्यपार्थिवौ । शुष्कपर्णाशनौ दान्तौ जपध्यानपरायणौ

varṣamekaṃ tapastatra cakraturvaiśyapārthivau | śuṣkaparṇāśanau dāntau japadhyānaparāyaṇau

For one year the merchant and the king performed austerity there, eating dry leaves, self-controlled, wholly given to muttering and meditation.

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DB 5 35.22

पूर्णे वर्षद्वये जाते कदाचिद्दर्शनं च तौ । प्रापतुः स्वप्नमध्ये तु भगवत्या मनोहरम्

pūrṇe varṣadvaye jāte kadāciddarśanaṃ ca tau | prāpatuḥ svapnamadhye tu bhagavatyā manoharam

When two full years had passed, at some time the two obtained a charming vision of the Bhagavatī in the midst of a dream.

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DB 5 35.24

रक्ताम्बरधरां देवीं चारुभूषणभूषिताम् । कदाचिन्नृपतिः स्वप्नेऽप्यपश्यज्जगदम्बिकाम् २३॥ वीक्ष्य स्वप्ने च तौ देवीं प्रीतियुक्तौ बभूवतुः । जलाहारैस्तृतीये तु स्थितौ संवत्सरे तु तौ

raktāmbaradharāṃ devīṃ cārubhūṣaṇabhūṣitām | kadācinnṛpatiḥ svapne'pyapaśyajjagadambikām 23|| vīkṣya svapne ca tau devīṃ prītiyuktau babhūvatuḥ | jalāhāraistṛtīye tu sthitau saṃvatsare tu tau

(23) Once, even in a dream, the king saw the Goddess, the Mother of the world, wearing red garments and adorned with lovely ornaments. (24) And having seen the Goddess in a dream, the two became filled with joy; and in the third year the two remained subsisting on water alone.

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DB 5 35.25

एवं वर्षत्रयं कृत्वा ततस्तौ वैश्यपार्थिवौ । चक्रतुस्तौ तदा चिंतां चित्ते दर्शनलालसौ

evaṃ varṣatrayaṃ kṛtvā tatastau vaiśyapārthivau | cakratustau tadā ciṃtāṃ citte darśanalālasau

Having thus spent three years, the merchant and the king then, longing for the vision, fell to brooding in their minds.

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DB 5 35.26

प्रत्यक्षदर्शनं देव्या न प्राप्तं शांतिदं नृणाम् । देहत्यागं करिष्यावो दुःखितौ भृशमातुरौ

pratyakṣadarśanaṃ devyā na prāptaṃ śāṃtidaṃ nṛṇām | dehatyāgaṃ kariṣyāvo duḥkhitau bhṛśamāturau

"The direct vision of the Goddess, which grants peace to men, has not been obtained; we two shall give up our bodies" — (so said) the two, grieved and exceedingly afflicted.

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DB 5 35.27

इति संचिन्त्य मनसा राजा कुण्डं चकार ह । त्रिकोणं सुस्थिरं सौम्यं हस्तमात्रप्रमाणतः

iti saṃcintya manasā rājā kuṇḍaṃ cakāra ha | trikoṇaṃ susthiraṃ saumyaṃ hastamātrapramāṇataḥ

Having thus reflected in his mind, the king made a fire-pit: three-cornered, very firm, auspicious, of the measure of just a cubit.

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DB 5 35.28

संस्थाप्य पावकं राजा तथा वैश्योऽतिभक्तिमान् । गुहावासो निजं मांसं छित्त्वा छित्त्वा पुनःपुनः

saṃsthāpya pāvakaṃ rājā tathā vaiśyo'tibhaktimān | guhāvāso nijaṃ māṃsaṃ chittvā chittvā punaḥpunaḥ

The king, and likewise the merchant of great devotion, dwelling in a cave, having established the fire, cut away his own flesh again and again,

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DB 5 35.29

तथा वैश्योऽपि दीप्तेऽग्नौ स्वमांसं प्रापक्षिपत्तदा । रुधिरेण बलिं चास्यै ददतुस्तौ कृतोद्यमौ

tathā vaiśyo'pi dīpte'gnau svamāṃsaṃ prāpakṣipattadā | rudhireṇa baliṃ cāsyai dadatustau kṛtodyamau

and likewise the merchant too then threw his own flesh into the blazing fire; and with their blood the two, having made the effort, offered an oblation to her.

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DB 5 35.32

तदा भगवती दत्त्वा प्रत्यक्षं दर्शनं तयोः । प्राह प्रीतिभरोद्भ्रांतौ दृष्ट्वा तौ दुःखितौ भृशम् ॥ श्रीदेव्युवाच। वरं वरय भो राजन् यत्ते मनसि वांछितम् । तुष्टाऽहं तपसा तेऽद्य भक्तोऽसि त्वं मतो मम ३१ ॥ वैश्यं प्राह तदा देवी प्रसन्नाऽहं महामते । किं तेऽभीष्टं ददाम्यद्य प्रार्थयाशु मनोगतम्

tadā bhagavatī dattvā pratyakṣaṃ darśanaṃ tayoḥ | prāha prītibharodbhrāṃtau dṛṣṭvā tau duḥkhitau bhṛśam || śrīdevyuvāca| varaṃ varaya bho rājan yatte manasi vāṃchitam | tuṣṭā'haṃ tapasā te'dya bhakto'si tvaṃ mato mama 31 || vaiśyaṃ prāha tadā devī prasannā'haṃ mahāmate | kiṃ te'bhīṣṭaṃ dadāmyadya prārthayāśu manogatam

Then the Bhagavatī, granting the two of them a direct vision, seeing them exceedingly grieved and bewildered by the weight of their love, spoke. Śrī Devī said: Choose a boon, O king, whatever is desired in your heart; I am pleased today by your austerity, and you are held by me to be my devotee. (31) Then the Goddess said to the merchant: I am gracious, O greatly wise one; what is desired by you? I shall grant it today — ask at once what is in your mind.

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DB 5 35.33

व्यास उवाच। तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं राजा तामुवाच मुदान्वितः । देहि मेऽद्य निजं राज्यं हतशत्रुबलं बलात्

vyāsa uvāca| tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājā tāmuvāca mudānvitaḥ | dehi me'dya nijaṃ rājyaṃ hataśatrubalaṃ balāt

Vyāsa said: Hearing that speech, the king, filled with delight, said to her: Give me today my own kingdom, its enemy forces slain by force.

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DB 5 35.34

तमुवाच तदा देवी गच्छ राजन्निजं गृहम् । शत्रवः क्षीणसत्त्वास्ते गमिष्यंति पराजिताः

tamuvāca tadā devī gaccha rājannijaṃ gṛham | śatravaḥ kṣīṇasattvāste gamiṣyaṃti parājitāḥ

Then the Goddess said to him: Go, O king, to your own home. Your enemies, their strength drained, will depart defeated.

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DB 5 35.35

मंत्रिणस्तु समागत्य ते पतिष्यंति पादयोः । कुरु राज्यं महाभाग नगरे स्वं यथासुखम्

maṃtriṇastu samāgatya te patiṣyaṃti pādayoḥ | kuru rājyaṃ mahābhāga nagare svaṃ yathāsukham

And your ministers will come and fall at your feet; rule the kingdom, O greatly fortunate one, in your own city as you please.

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DB 5 35.37

कृत्वा राज्यं सुविपुलं वर्षाणामयुतं नृप । देहान्ते जन्म संप्राप्य सूर्याच्च भविता मनुः ३६ ॥ व्यास उवाच। वैश्यस्तामप्युवाचेदं कृतांजलिपुट: शुचिः । न मे गृहेण कार्यं वै न पुत्रेण धनेन वा

kṛtvā rājyaṃ suvipulaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ nṛpa | dehānte janma saṃprāpya sūryācca bhavitā manuḥ 36 || vyāsa uvāca| vaiśyastāmapyuvācedaṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭa: śuciḥ | na me gṛheṇa kāryaṃ vai na putreṇa dhanena vā

(36) Having ruled a very extensive kingdom for ten thousand years, O king, at the end of the body you will obtain birth from the Sun and become a Manu. Vyāsa said: The merchant too, pure, with his palms joined, said this to her: I have no need of a home, nor of a son or of wealth.

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DB 5 35.38

सर्वं बंधकरं मातः स्वप्नवन्नश्वरं स्फुटम् । ज्ञानं मे देहि विशदं मोक्षदं बंधनाशनम्

sarvaṃ baṃdhakaraṃ mātaḥ svapnavannaśvaraṃ sphuṭam | jñānaṃ me dehi viśadaṃ mokṣadaṃ baṃdhanāśanam

“Everything binds, mother; it is plainly perishable, like a dream. Grant me clear knowledge, which bestows liberation and destroys bondage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.40

असारेऽस्मिंश्च संसारे मूढा मज्जंति पामराः । पंडिता: संतरंतीह तस्मान्नेच्छन्ति संसृतिम् ३९ ॥ व्यास उवाच। तदाकर्ण्य महामाया वैश्यं प्राह पुरःस्थितम् । वैश्ववर्य तव ज्ञानं भविष्यति न संशयः

asāre'smiṃśca saṃsāre mūḍhā majjaṃti pāmarāḥ | paṃḍitā: saṃtaraṃtīha tasmānnecchanti saṃsṛtim 39 || vyāsa uvāca| tadākarṇya mahāmāyā vaiśyaṃ prāha puraḥsthitam | vaiśvavarya tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

“In this sapless round of rebirth the deluded, base men sink; the wise cross over here, and therefore do not desire worldly existence.” 39 || Vyāsa said: Hearing that, Mahāmāyā spoke to the merchant standing before her: “Best of merchants, you shall have knowledge, there is no doubt.”

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.41

इति दत्त्वा वरं ताभ्यां तत्रैवांतरधीयत । अदर्शनं गतायां तु राजा तं मुनिसत्तमम्

iti dattvā varaṃ tābhyāṃ tatraivāṃtaradhīyata | adarśanaṃ gatāyāṃ tu rājā taṃ munisattamam

Having thus granted a boon to those two, she vanished right there. When she had passed out of sight, the king (approached) that best of sages,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.42

प्रणम्य हयमारुह्य गमनाय मनो दधे । तदैव तस्य सचिवास्तत्रागत्य नृपं प्रजाः

praṇamya hayamāruhya gamanāya mano dadhe | tadaiva tasya sacivāstatrāgatya nṛpaṃ prajāḥ

and having bowed (to him) and mounted his horse, he set his mind on departing. At that very moment his ministers and subjects came there (and approached) the king,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.43

प्रणेमुर्विनयोपेतास्तमूचुः प्रांजलिस्थिताः । राजंस्ते शत्रवः सर्वे पापाच्च निहता रणे

praṇemurvinayopetāstamūcuḥ prāṃjalisthitāḥ | rājaṃste śatravaḥ sarve pāpācca nihatā raṇe

bowed with humility, and standing with joined palms said to him: “O king, all your enemies have been slain in battle by the sinful one (i.e., by fate/the wicked foe),

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

DB 5 35.46

राज्यं निष्कंटकं भूप कुरुष्व पुरमास्थितः । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं राजा नत्वा तं मुनिसत्तमम् ४४ ॥ आपृच्छ्य निर्ययौ तत्र मंत्रिभिः परिवारितः । संप्राप्य च निजं राज्यं दारान्स्वजनबांधवान् ४५ ॥ बुभुजे पृथिवीं सर्वां ततः सागरमेखलाम् । वैश्योऽपि ज्ञानमासाद्य मुक्तसंगः समंततः

rājyaṃ niṣkaṃṭakaṃ bhūpa kuruṣva puramāsthitaḥ | tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājā natvā taṃ munisattamam 44 || āpṛcchya niryayau tatra maṃtribhiḥ parivāritaḥ | saṃprāpya ca nijaṃ rājyaṃ dārānsvajanabāṃdhavān 45 || bubhuje pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ tataḥ sāgaramekhalām | vaiśyo'pi jñānamāsādya muktasaṃgaḥ samaṃtataḥ

“Take up a kingdom free of thorns, O ruler of the earth, and dwell in your city.” Hearing that speech the king bowed to that best of sages, 44 || and taking his leave, he set out from there, surrounded by his ministers; and having regained his own kingdom, his wives, his kinsmen and relatives, 45 || he then enjoyed the whole earth girdled by the ocean. The merchant too, having attained knowledge, freed from attachment on every side,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.47

कालातिवाहनं तत्र मुक्तबंधश्चकार ह। तीर्थेषु विचरन्गायन्भगवत्या गुणानथ

kālātivāhanaṃ tatra muktabaṃdhaścakāra ha| tīrtheṣu vicarangāyanbhagavatyā guṇānatha

passed his time there, his bonds released, wandering among the sacred fords and singing the excellences of the Goddess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.48

एतत्ते कथितं देव्याश्चरितं परमाद्भुतम् । आराधनफलप्राप्तिर्यथावद्भूपवैश्ययोः

etatte kathitaṃ devyāścaritaṃ paramādbhutam | ārādhanaphalaprāptiryathāvadbhūpavaiśyayoḥ

This supremely wondrous deed of the Goddess has been told to you, and duly the obtaining of the fruit of worship by the king and the merchant,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.49

दैत्यानां हननं प्रोक्तं प्रादुर्भावस्तथा शुभः । एवंप्रभावा सा देवी भक्तानामभयप्रदा

daityānāṃ hananaṃ proktaṃ prādurbhāvastathā śubhaḥ | evaṃprabhāvā sā devī bhaktānāmabhayapradā

the slaying of the demons has been declared, and likewise (her) auspicious manifestation. Of such power is that Goddess, granting fearlessness to her devotees.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.50

यः शृणोति नरो नित्यमेतदाख्यानमुत्तमम् । संप्राप्नोति नरः सत्यं संसारसुखमद्भुतम्

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro nityametadākhyānamuttamam | saṃprāpnoti naraḥ satyaṃ saṃsārasukhamadbhutam

The man who constantly hears this excellent narrative truly obtains wondrous happiness in the world of rebirth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.51

ज्ञानदं मोक्षदं चैव कीर्तिदं सुखदं तथा । पावनं श्रवणान्नूनमेतदाख्यानमद्भुतम्

jñānadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva kīrtidaṃ sukhadaṃ tathā | pāvanaṃ śravaṇānnūnametadākhyānamadbhutam

Surely, from the hearing (of it), this wondrous narrative gives knowledge, gives liberation, gives fame and gives happiness, and is purifying;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.52

अखिलार्थप्रदं नॄणां सर्वधर्मसमावृतम् । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां कारणं परमं मतम्

akhilārthapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvadharmasamāvṛtam | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ paramaṃ matam

it grants men every object, it comprises all duties, and it is held to be the supreme cause of righteousness, wealth, pleasure and liberation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.53

सूत उवाच। जनमेजयेन राज्ञाऽसौ पृष्टः सत्यवतीसुतः । उवाच संहितां दिव्यां व्यासः सर्वार्थतत्त्ववित्

sūta uvāca| janamejayena rājñā'sau pṛṣṭaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ | uvāca saṃhitāṃ divyāṃ vyāsaḥ sarvārthatattvavit

Sūta said: Being asked by King Janamejaya, that son of Satyavatī, Vyāsa, who knows the truth of all things, spoke the divine compilation—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 5 35.54

चरितं चंडिकायास्तु शुम्भदैत्यवधाश्रितम् । कथयामास भगवान्कृष्णः कारुणिको मुनिः ॥ इति वः कथितः सारः पुराणानां मुनीश्वराः

caritaṃ caṃḍikāyāstu śumbhadaityavadhāśritam | kathayāmāsa bhagavānkṛṣṇaḥ kāruṇiko muniḥ || iti vaḥ kathitaḥ sāraḥ purāṇānāṃ munīśvarāḥ

the deed of Caṇḍikā that concerns the slaying of the demon Śumbha: this the lord Kṛṣṇa (Dvaipāyana), the compassionate sage, related. Thus the essence of the Purāṇas has been told to you, O lords among sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition