Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 18
DB 6 18.1
शिवप्रसादेन लक्ष्मीद्वारा भगवत्याः समाराधनवर्णनम् जनमेजय उवाच इति शप्ता भगवता सिन्धुजा कोपयोगतः । कथं सा वडवा जाता रेवन्तेन च किं कृतम्
śivaprasādena lakṣmīdvārā bhagavatyāḥ samārādhanavarṇanam janamejaya uvāca iti śaptā bhagavatā sindhujā kopayogataḥ | kathaṃ sā vaḍavā jātā revantena ca kiṃ kṛtam
Description of the worship of the Goddess by Lakṣmī through Śiva's grace. Janamejaya said: Thus the ocean-born (Lakṣmī) was cursed by the Lord out of anger. How did she become a mare, and what did Revanta do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.2
कस्मिन्देशेऽब्धिजा देवी वडवारूपधारिणी । संस्थितैकाकिनी बाला परोषित्पतिका यथा
kasmindeśe'bdhijā devī vaḍavārūpadhāriṇī | saṃsthitaikākinī bālā paroṣitpatikā yathā
In what country did the ocean-born goddess, bearing the form of a mare, remain — a young woman alone, like one whose husband has gone abroad?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.3
कालं कियन्तमायुष्मन् वियुक्ता पतिना रमा । संस्थिता विजनेऽरण्ये किं कृतं च तया पुनः
kālaṃ kiyantamāyuṣman viyuktā patinā ramā | saṃsthitā vijane'raṇye kiṃ kṛtaṃ ca tayā punaḥ
For how long a time, O long-lived one, did Ramā, parted from her husband, remain in the desolate forest, and what further did she do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.4
समागमं कदा प्राप्ता वासुदेवस्य सिन्धुजा । पुत्रः कथं तया प्राप्तो नारायणवियुक्तया
samāgamaṃ kadā prāptā vāsudevasya sindhujā | putraḥ kathaṃ tayā prāpto nārāyaṇaviyuktayā
When did the ocean-born one attain union with Vāsudeva? How did she, separated from Nārāyaṇa, obtain a son?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.5
एतद्वृत्तान्तमार्येश कथयस्व सविस्तरम् । श्रोतुकामोऽस्मि विप्रेन्द्र कथाख्यानमनुत्तमम्
etadvṛttāntamāryeśa kathayasva savistaram | śrotukāmo'smi viprendra kathākhyānamanuttamam
Tell this account in full, O lord of the noble ones; I wish to hear, O chief of brahmins, this most excellent narrative.
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DB 6 18.6
सूत उवाच इति पृष्टस्तदा व्यासः परीक्षित्तनयेन वै । कथयामास भो विप्राः कथामेतां सुविस्तराम्
sūta uvāca iti pṛṣṭastadā vyāsaḥ parīkṣittanayena vai | kathayāmāsa bho viprāḥ kathāmetāṃ suvistarām
Sūta said: Thus questioned then by the son of Parīkṣit, Vyāsa, O brahmins, related this story at great length.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.7
व्यास उवाच शृणु राजन् प्रवक्ष्यामि कथां पौराणिकीं शुभाम् । पावनीं सुखदां कर्णे विशदाक्षरसंयुताम्
vyāsa uvāca śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ śubhām | pāvanīṃ sukhadāṃ karṇe viśadākṣarasaṃyutām
Vyāsa said: Listen, king, I shall tell an auspicious ancient story, purifying, pleasing to the ear, composed of lucid syllables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.8
रेवन्तस्तु रमां दृष्ट्वा शप्ता देवेन कामिनीम् । भयार्तः प्रययौ दूरात्प्रणम्य जगतां पतिम्
revantastu ramāṃ dṛṣṭvā śaptā devena kāminīm | bhayārtaḥ prayayau dūrātpraṇamya jagatāṃ patim
But Revanta, having looked upon Ramā as a desirable woman, was cursed by the god; stricken with fear, he bowed to the Lord of the worlds and went far away.
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DB 6 18.9
पितुः सकाशं त्वरितो वीक्ष्य कोपं जगत्पतेः । निवेदयामास कथां भास्कराय स शापजाम्
pituḥ sakāśaṃ tvarito vīkṣya kopaṃ jagatpateḥ | nivedayāmāsa kathāṃ bhāskarāya sa śāpajām
Seeing the anger of the world's lord, he went in haste to his father's presence and reported to the Sun the story of the curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.10
दुःखिता सा रमा देवी प्रणम्य जगदीश्वरम् । आज्ञप्ता मानुषं लोकं प्राप्ता कमललोचना
duḥkhitā sā ramā devī praṇamya jagadīśvaram | ājñaptā mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ prāptā kamalalocanā
That goddess Ramā, grieved, bowed to the Lord of the world, and, commanded (by him), the lotus-eyed one came to the world of men.
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DB 6 18.11
सूर्यपत्न्या तपस्तप्तं यत्र पूर्वं सुदारुणम् । तत्रैव सा ययावाशु वडवारूपधारिणी
sūryapatnyā tapastaptaṃ yatra pūrvaṃ sudāruṇam | tatraiva sā yayāvāśu vaḍavārūpadhāriṇī
Where formerly the Sun's wife had performed most severe austerity — to that very place she went at once, bearing the form of a mare.
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DB 6 18.12
कालिन्दीतमसासङ्गे सुपर्णाक्षस्य चोत्तरे । सर्वकामप्रदे स्थाने सुरम्यवनमण्डिते
kālindītamasāsaṅge suparṇākṣasya cottare | sarvakāmaprade sthāne suramyavanamaṇḍite
At the confluence of the Kālindī and the Tamasā, and north of Suparṇākṣa, at a place granting all desires, adorned with a most lovely forest.
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DB 6 18.13
तत्र स्थिता महादेवं शङ्करं वाञ्छितप्रदम् । दध्यौ चैकेन मनसा शूलिनं चन्द्रशेखरम्
tatra sthitā mahādevaṃ śaṅkaraṃ vāñchitapradam | dadhyau caikena manasā śūlinaṃ candraśekharam
Staying there, with a single mind she meditated on the great god Śaṅkara, granter of wishes, bearer of the trident, moon-crested,
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DB 6 18.14
पञ्चाननं दशभुजं गौरीदेहार्धधारिणम् । कर्पूरगौरदेहाभं नीलकण्ठं त्रिलोचनम्
pañcānanaṃ daśabhujaṃ gaurīdehārdhadhāriṇam | karpūragauradehābhaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ trilocanam
five-faced, ten-armed, bearing Gaurī on half his body, his body shining camphor-white, blue-throated, three-eyed,
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DB 6 18.15
व्याघ्राजिनधरं देवं गजचर्मोत्तरीयकम् । कपालमालाकलितं नागयज्ञोपवीतिनम्
vyāghrājinadharaṃ devaṃ gajacarmottarīyakam | kapālamālākalitaṃ nāgayajñopavītinam
(He was) the god clad in a tiger's skin, with an elephant's hide as his upper garment, adorned with a garland of skulls, wearing a serpent as his sacred thread.
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DB 6 18.16
सागरस्य सुता कृत्वा हयीरूपं मनोहरम् । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे रमादेवी चकार दुश्चरं तपः
sāgarasya sutā kṛtvā hayīrūpaṃ manoharam | tasmiṃstīrthe ramādevī cakāra duścaraṃ tapaḥ
The daughter of the ocean, Ramādevī, having taken on a lovely mare's form, performed hard austerity at that holy place.
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DB 6 18.17
ध्यायमाना परं देवं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रिता । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु गतं तत्र महीपते
dhyāyamānā paraṃ devaṃ vairāgyaṃ samupāśritā | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu gataṃ tatra mahīpate
Meditating on the supreme god, having taken to detachment, a thousand divine years passed there, O lord of the earth.
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DB 6 18.18
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो वृषारूढस्त्रिलोचनः । प्रत्यक्षोऽभून्महेशानः पार्वतीसहितः प्रभुः शिवप्रसादेन लक्ष्मीद्वारा भगवत्याः समाराधनवर्णनं नामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः
tatastuṣṭo mahādevo vṛṣārūḍhastrilocanaḥ | pratyakṣo'bhūnmaheśānaḥ pārvatīsahitaḥ prabhuḥ śivaprasādena lakṣmīdvārā bhagavatyāḥ samārādhanavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
Then Mahādeva was pleased; the three-eyed one, mounted on his bull, became visible (to her), the great lord, the master, together with Pārvatī. [Colophon:] Chapter eighteen, called "The description of the worship of the Goddess by Lakṣmī through Śiva's favour."
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DB 6 18.19
तत्रैत्य सगणः शम्भुस्तामाह हरिवल्लभाम् । तपस्यन्तीं महाभागामश्विनीरूपधारिणीम्
tatraitya sagaṇaḥ śambhustāmāha harivallabhām | tapasyantīṃ mahābhāgāmaśvinīrūpadhāriṇīm
Coming there with his attendants, Śambhu spoke to her, the beloved of Hari, the greatly blessed one who was practising austerity while wearing the form of a mare.
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DB 6 18.20
किं तपस्यसि कल्याणि जगन्मातर्वदस्व मे । सर्वार्थदः पतिस्तेऽस्ति सर्वलोकविधायकः
kiṃ tapasyasi kalyāṇi jaganmātarvadasva me | sarvārthadaḥ patiste'sti sarvalokavidhāyakaḥ
"Why do you practise austerity, auspicious one? Mother of the world, tell me. Your husband, who ordains all the worlds, is the giver of every object (of desire).
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DB 6 18.21
हरिं त्यक्त्वाद्य मां कस्मात्स्तौषि देवि जगत्पतिम् । वासुदेवं जगन्नाथं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्
hariṃ tyaktvādya māṃ kasmātstauṣi devi jagatpatim | vāsudevaṃ jagannāthaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam
Having abandoned Hari, why do you now praise me, O goddess—(him who is) lord of the world, Vāsudeva, master of the universe, giver of enjoyment and liberation?
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DB 6 18.22
वेदोक्तं वचनं कार्यं नारीणां देवता पतिः । नान्यस्मिन्सर्वथा भावः कर्तव्यः कर्हिचित्क्वचित्
vedoktaṃ vacanaṃ kāryaṃ nārīṇāṃ devatā patiḥ | nānyasminsarvathā bhāvaḥ kartavyaḥ karhicitkvacit
The word spoken in the Veda is to be done: for women the husband is the deity. In no way whatsoever, never and nowhere, should devotion be given to another.
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DB 6 18.23
पतिशुश्रूषणं स्त्रीणां धर्म एव सनातनः । यादृशस्तादृशः सेव्यः सर्वथा शुभकाम्यया
patiśuśrūṣaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ dharma eva sanātanaḥ | yādṛśastādṛśaḥ sevyaḥ sarvathā śubhakāmyayā
Service of the husband is for women the eternal law itself; whatever sort he may be, such a one is to be served in every way, out of desire for (one's own) good.
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DB 6 18.24
नारायणस्तु सर्वेषां सेव्यो योग्यः सदैव हि । तं त्यक्त्वा देवदेवेशं किं मां ध्यायसि सिन्धुजे
nārāyaṇastu sarveṣāṃ sevyo yogyaḥ sadaiva hi | taṃ tyaktvā devadeveśaṃ kiṃ māṃ dhyāyasi sindhuje
But Nārāyaṇa is indeed always fit to be served by all; having left him, the lord of the gods' gods, why do you meditate on me, O ocean-born one?"
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DB 6 18.25
लक्ष्मीरुवाच आशुतोष महेशान शप्ताहं पतिना शिव । मां समुद्धर देवेश शापादस्माद्दयानिधे
lakṣmīruvāca āśutoṣa maheśāna śaptāhaṃ patinā śiva | māṃ samuddhara deveśa śāpādasmāddayānidhe
Lakṣmī said: O quickly-pleased one, O great lord, O Śiva, I have been cursed by my husband. Deliver me, O lord of gods, from this curse, O treasury of compassion.
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DB 6 18.26
तदोक्तं हरिणा शम्भो शापानुग्रहकारणम् । विज्ञप्तेन मया कामं दयायुक्तेन विष्णुना
tadoktaṃ hariṇā śambho śāpānugrahakāraṇam | vijñaptena mayā kāmaṃ dayāyuktena viṣṇunā
Then, O Śambhu, Hari spoke the reason for the curse and for the grace: when I had entreated him, Viṣṇu, filled with compassion, (said) freely:
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DB 6 18.27
यदा ते भविता पुत्रस्तदा शापस्य मोक्षणम् । भविष्यति च वैकुण्ठवासस्ते कमलालये
yadā te bhavitā putrastadā śāpasya mokṣaṇam | bhaviṣyati ca vaikuṇṭhavāsaste kamalālaye
"When you have a son, then there will be release from the curse, and you will dwell in Vaikuṇṭha, O lotus-abiding one."
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DB 6 18.28
इत्युक्ताहं तपस्तप्तुमागतास्मि तपोवने । आराधितो मया देव त्वं सर्वार्थप्रदायकः
ityuktāhaṃ tapastaptumāgatāsmi tapovane | ārādhito mayā deva tvaṃ sarvārthapradāyakaḥ
Told this, I have come to the penance-grove to perform austerity. O god, you, the giver of all objects (of desire), have been propitiated by me.
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DB 6 18.29
पतिसङ्गं विना पुत्रं देवदेव लभे कथम् । स तु तिष्ठति वैकुण्ठे त्यक्त्वा वामामनागसम्
patisaṅgaṃ vinā putraṃ devadeva labhe katham | sa tu tiṣṭhati vaikuṇṭhe tyaktvā vāmāmanāgasam
Without union with my husband, O god of gods, how shall I obtain a son? And he remains in Vaikuṇṭha, having abandoned his wife, who is guiltless.
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DB 6 18.30
वरं मे देहि देवेश यदि तुष्टोऽसि शङ्कर । तव तस्य द्विधा भावो नास्ति नूनं कदाचन
varaṃ me dehi deveśa yadi tuṣṭo'si śaṅkara | tava tasya dvidhā bhāvo nāsti nūnaṃ kadācana
Grant me a boon, O lord of gods, if you are pleased, O Śaṅkara. Surely there is never any difference in nature between you and him.
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DB 6 18.31
मयैतद्गिरिजाकान्त ज्ञातं पत्युः पुरो हर । यस्त्वं योऽसौ पुनर्योऽसौ स त्वं नास्त्यत्र संशयः
mayaitadgirijākānta jñātaṃ patyuḥ puro hara | yastvaṃ yo'sau punaryo'sau sa tvaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
O husband of the mountain-born, O Hara, this was known to me before (i.e., in the presence of) my husband: who you are, that is he; and again who he is, that you are—there is no doubt here.
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DB 6 18.32
एकत्वं च मया ज्ञात्वा मया ते स्मरणं कृतम् । अन्यथा मम दोषस्त्वामाश्रयन्त्या भवेच्छिव
ekatvaṃ ca mayā jñātvā mayā te smaraṇaṃ kṛtam | anyathā mama doṣastvāmāśrayantyā bhavecchiva
And knowing (your) oneness, I made remembrance of you; otherwise, O Śiva, taking refuge in you would be a fault in me.
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DB 6 18.33
शिव उवाच कथं ज्ञातस्त्वया देवि मम तस्य च सुन्दरि । ऐक्यभावो हरेर्नूनं सत्यं मे वद सिन्धुजे
śiva uvāca kathaṃ jñātastvayā devi mama tasya ca sundari | aikyabhāvo harernūnaṃ satyaṃ me vada sindhuje
Śiva said: How was it known by you, O goddess, O beautiful one, O ocean-born, that there is a state of unity between me and him, Hari? Tell me the truth.
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DB 6 18.34
एकत्वं च न जानन्ति देवाश्च मुनयस्तथा । ज्ञानिनो वेदतत्त्वज्ञाः कुतर्कोपहताः किल
ekatvaṃ ca na jānanti devāśca munayastathā | jñānino vedatattvajñāḥ kutarkopahatāḥ kila
The gods do not know this oneness, nor do the sages, nor the knowers, the knowers of the truth of the Vedas—for indeed they are undone by false reasoning.
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DB 6 18.35
मद्भक्ता वासुदेवस्य निन्दका बहवस्तथा । विष्णभक्तास्तु बहवो मम निन्दापरायणाः
madbhaktā vāsudevasya nindakā bahavastathā | viṣṇabhaktāstu bahavo mama nindāparāyaṇāḥ
There are many devotees of mine who revile Vāsudeva, and likewise many devotees of Viṣṇu who are given over to reviling me.
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DB 6 18.36
भवन्ति कालभेदेन कलौ देवि विशेषतः । कथं ज्ञातस्त्वया भद्रे दुर्ज्ञेयो ह्यकृतात्मभिः
bhavanti kālabhedena kalau devi viśeṣataḥ | kathaṃ jñātastvayā bhadre durjñeyo hyakṛtātmabhiḥ
They come to be so through the difference of the ages, and especially in the Kali age, O goddess. But how was this known by you, O good lady, since it is hard to know for those whose selves are unperfected?
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DB 6 18.37
सर्वथा त्वैक्यभावस्तु हरेर्मम च दुर्लभः । व्यास उवाच इति सा शम्भुना पुष्टा तुष्टेन हरिवल्लभा
sarvathā tvaikyabhāvastu harermama ca durlabhaḥ | vyāsa uvāca iti sā śambhunā puṣṭā tuṣṭena harivallabhā
In every way the state of oneness of Hari and myself is hard to attain. Vyāsa said: Thus questioned by the pleased Śambhu, she, the beloved of Hari,
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DB 6 18.38
वृत्तान्तं तस्य विज्ञातं प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमे । शिवं प्रति रमा तत्र प्रसन्नवदना भृशम्
vṛttāntaṃ tasya vijñātaṃ pravaktumupacakrame | śivaṃ prati ramā tatra prasannavadanā bhṛśam
began to relate the account of it as she had come to know it, there, to Śiva—Ramā, with a face exceedingly bright with pleasure.
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DB 6 18.39
लक्ष्मीरुवाच एकदा देवदेवेश विष्णुर्ध्यानपरो रहः । दृष्टो मया तपः कुर्वन्पद्मासनगतो यदा
lakṣmīruvāca ekadā devadeveśa viṣṇurdhyānaparo rahaḥ | dṛṣṭo mayā tapaḥ kurvanpadmāsanagato yadā
Lakṣmī said: Once, O lord of the gods of gods, Viṣṇu was seen by me in a solitary place, intent on meditation, performing austerity, when he was seated in the lotus posture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.40
तदाहं विस्मिता देवं तमपृच्छं पतिं किल । प्रबुद्धं सुप्रसन्नं च ज्ञात्वा विनयपूर्वकम्
tadāhaṃ vismitā devaṃ tamapṛcchaṃ patiṃ kila | prabuddhaṃ suprasannaṃ ca jñātvā vinayapūrvakam
Then I, astonished, asked that god, my husband, when I knew he had awakened and was well pleased, doing so with deference:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.41
देवदेव जगन्नाथ यदाहं निर्गतार्णवात् । मथ्यमानात्सुरैर्दैत्यैः सर्वैर्ब्रह्मादिभिः प्रभो
devadeva jagannātha yadāhaṃ nirgatārṇavāt | mathyamānātsurairdaityaiḥ sarvairbrahmādibhiḥ prabho
"O god of gods, lord of the world, when I came forth from the ocean that was being churned by the gods and the demons, by all of them with Brahmā at their head, O lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.42
वीक्षिताश्च मया सर्वे पतिकामनया तदा । वृतस्त्वं सर्वदेवेभ्यः श्रेष्ठोऽसीति विनिश्चयात्
vīkṣitāśca mayā sarve patikāmanayā tadā | vṛtastvaṃ sarvadevebhyaḥ śreṣṭho'sīti viniścayāt
and all of them were looked over by me then with the desire for a husband, you were chosen, from the certainty that 'you are the best of all the gods'—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.43
त्वं कं ध्यायसि सर्वेश संशयोऽयं महान्मम । प्रियोऽसि कैटभारे मे कथयस्व मनोगतम्
tvaṃ kaṃ dhyāyasi sarveśa saṃśayo'yaṃ mahānmama | priyo'si kaiṭabhāre me kathayasva manogatam
whom do you meditate on, O lord of all? This is a great doubt of mine. You are dear to me, O slayer of Kaiṭabha; tell me what is in your mind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.44
विष्णुरुवाच शृणु कान्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि यं ध्यायामि सुरोत्तमम् । आशुतोषं महेशानं गिरिजावल्लभं हृदि
viṣṇuruvāca śṛṇu kānte pravakṣyāmi yaṃ dhyāyāmi surottamam | āśutoṣaṃ maheśānaṃ girijāvallabhaṃ hṛdi
Viṣṇu said: Listen, beloved, I shall tell you whom I meditate on in my heart—the best of the gods, who is quickly pleased, the great lord, the husband of the mountain's daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.45
कदाचिद्देवदेवो मां ध्यायत्यमितविक्रमः । ध्यायाम्यहं च देवेशं शङ्करं त्रिपुरान्तकम्
kadāciddevadevo māṃ dhyāyatyamitavikramaḥ | dhyāyāmyahaṃ ca deveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ tripurāntakam
Sometimes that god of gods of measureless valour meditates on me, and I too meditate on the lord of the gods, Śaṅkara, the ender of Tripura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.46
शिवस्याहं प्रियः प्राणः शङ्करस्तु तथा मम । उभयोरन्तरं नास्ति मिथः संसक्तचेतसोः
śivasyāhaṃ priyaḥ prāṇaḥ śaṅkarastu tathā mama | ubhayorantaraṃ nāsti mithaḥ saṃsaktacetasoḥ
I am Śiva's dear life-breath, and Śaṅkara is likewise mine. There is no difference between the two of us, whose minds are mutually bound together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.47
नरकं यान्ति ते नूनं ये द्विषन्ति महेश्वरम् । भक्ता मम विशालाक्षि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्
narakaṃ yānti te nūnaṃ ye dviṣanti maheśvaram | bhaktā mama viśālākṣi satyametadbravīmyaham
Those who hate Maheśvara surely go to hell, (even if they are) devotees of mine, O wide-eyed one; I speak this as the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.48
इत्युक्तं देवदेवेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । एकान्ते किल पृष्टेन मया शैलसुताप्रिय
ityuktaṃ devadevena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | ekānte kila pṛṣṭena mayā śailasutāpriya
So it was said by the god of gods, Viṣṇu, the mighty lord, when he was questioned by me in private, O beloved of the mountain's daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.49
तस्मात्त्वां वल्लभं विष्णोर्ज्ञात्वा ध्यातवती ह्यहम् । तथा कुरु महेशान यथा मे प्रियसङ्गमः
tasmāttvāṃ vallabhaṃ viṣṇorjñātvā dhyātavatī hyaham | tathā kuru maheśāna yathā me priyasaṅgamaḥ
Therefore, knowing you to be dear to Viṣṇu, I have meditated on you. Act, O great lord, so that I may have union with my beloved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.50
व्यास उवाच इति श्रियो वचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाच महेश्वरः । तामाश्वास्य प्रियैर्वाक्यैर्यथार्थं वाक्यकोविदः
vyāsa uvāca iti śriyo vacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvāca maheśvaraḥ | tāmāśvāsya priyairvākyairyathārthaṃ vākyakovidaḥ
Vyāsa said: Hearing these words of Śrī, Maheśvara replied, consoling her with kind words, in accordance with the truth, being skilled in speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.51
स्वस्था भव पृथुश्रोणि तुष्टोऽहं तपसा तव । समागमस्ते पतिना भविष्यति न संशयः
svasthā bhava pṛthuśroṇi tuṣṭo'haṃ tapasā tava | samāgamaste patinā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"Be at ease, O broad-hipped one; I am pleased with your austerity. Your meeting with your husband will come about—there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.52
अत्रैव हयरूपेण भगवाञ्जगदीश्वरः । आगमिष्यति ते कामं पूर्णं कर्तुं मयेरितः
atraiva hayarūpeṇa bhagavāñjagadīśvaraḥ | āgamiṣyati te kāmaṃ pūrṇaṃ kartuṃ mayeritaḥ
Right here the Blessed One, the lord of the world, will come in the form of a horse, urged by me, to fulfil your desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.53
तथाहं प्रेरयिष्यामि तं देवं मधुसूदनम् । यथासौ हयरूपेण त्वामेष्यति मदातुरः
tathāhaṃ prerayiṣyāmi taṃ devaṃ madhusūdanam | yathāsau hayarūpeṇa tvāmeṣyati madāturaḥ
So I shall impel that god, the slayer of Madhu, in such a way that he will come to you in the form of a horse, afflicted with passion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.54
पुत्रस्ते भविता सुभ्रु नारायणसमः क्षितौ । भविष्यति स भूपालः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः
putraste bhavitā subhru nārāyaṇasamaḥ kṣitau | bhaviṣyati sa bhūpālaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ
You shall have a son, O fair-browed one, equal to Nārāyaṇa upon the earth; he will be a king of the earth, saluted by all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.55
सुतं प्राप्य महाभागे त्वं तेन पतिना सह । गन्तासि देवि वैकुण्ठं प्रिया तस्य भविष्यसि
sutaṃ prāpya mahābhāge tvaṃ tena patinā saha | gantāsi devi vaikuṇṭhaṃ priyā tasya bhaviṣyasi
Having obtained a son, O greatly fortunate one, you together with that husband will go, O goddess, to Vaikuṇṭha, and you will be his beloved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.56
एकवीरेति नाम्नासौ ख्यातिं यास्यति ते सुतः । तस्मात्तु हैहयो वंशो भुवि विस्तारमेष्यति
ekavīreti nāmnāsau khyātiṃ yāsyati te sutaḥ | tasmāttu haihayo vaṃśo bhuvi vistārameṣyati
That son of yours will attain renown under the name Ekavīra, and from him the Haihaya lineage will spread wide upon the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.57
परं तु विस्मृतासि त्वं हृदिस्थां परमेश्वरीम् । मदान्धा मत्तचित्ता च तेन ते फलमीदृशम्
paraṃ tu vismṛtāsi tvaṃ hṛdisthāṃ parameśvarīm | madāndhā mattacittā ca tena te phalamīdṛśam
But you forgot the Supreme Goddess who dwells in your heart; blinded by pride and with an intoxicated mind—hence such a fruit for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.58
अतस्तद्दोषशान्त्यर्थं हृदिस्थां परदेवताम् । शरणं याहि सर्वात्मभावेन जलधेः सुते
atastaddoṣaśāntyarthaṃ hṛdisthāṃ paradevatām | śaraṇaṃ yāhi sarvātmabhāvena jaladheḥ sute
Therefore, to appease that fault, go for refuge with your whole being to the supreme deity who dwells in your heart, O daughter of the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.59
अन्यथा तव चित्तं तु कथं गच्छेद्धयोत्तमे । व्यास उवाच इति दत्त्वा वरं देव्यै भगवाञ्छैलजापतिः
anyathā tava cittaṃ tu kathaṃ gaccheddhayottame | vyāsa uvāca iti dattvā varaṃ devyai bhagavāñchailajāpatiḥ
Otherwise how would your mind (find its way), O best of mares? Vyāsa said: Having thus given the boon to the goddess, the lord, the husband of the mountain's daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.60
अन्तर्धानं गतः साक्षादुमया सहितः शिवः । सापि तत्रैव चार्वङ्गी संस्थिता कमलासना
antardhānaṃ gataḥ sākṣādumayā sahitaḥ śivaḥ | sāpi tatraiva cārvaṅgī saṃsthitā kamalāsanā
Śiva himself, together with Umā, vanished; and she too, the fair-limbed one, remained right there, seated in the lotus posture,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.61
ध्यायन्ती चरणाम्भोजं देव्याः परमशोभनम् । देवासुरशिरोरत्ननिघृष्टनखमण्डलम्
dhyāyantī caraṇāmbhojaṃ devyāḥ paramaśobhanam | devāsuraśiroratnanighṛṣṭanakhamaṇḍalam
meditating on the exceedingly lovely lotus-foot of the Goddess, whose circle of nails is polished by the crest-jewels of gods and demons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 18.62
प्रेमगद्गदया वाचा तुष्टाव च मुहुर्मुहुः । प्रतीक्षमाणा भर्तारं हयरूपधरं हरिम्
premagadgadayā vācā tuṣṭāva ca muhurmuhuḥ | pratīkṣamāṇā bhartāraṃ hayarūpadharaṃ harim
and with a voice choked with love she praised (her) again and again, awaiting her husband Hari, who bore the form of a horse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition