Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 27
DB 6 27.1
; नारदस्य मायादमयन्त्या सह विवाहवर्णनम् नारद उवाच तत्पुत्र्या वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा धात्रीमुखात्ततः । भार्यां प्रोवाच कैकेयीं समीपस्थां सुलोचनाम्
; nāradasya māyādamayantyā saha vivāhavarṇanam nārada uvāca tatputryā vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā dhātrīmukhāttataḥ | bhāryāṃ provāca kaikeyīṃ samīpasthāṃ sulocanām
(Description of Nārada's marriage with the illusory Damayantī.) Nārada said: Having heard his daughter's words from the nurse's mouth, the king then spoke to his wife Kaikeyī, the fair-eyed, who was standing near.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.2
राजोवाच यदुक्तं वचनं कान्ते धात्र्या तत्तु त्वया श्रुतम् । वृतोऽयं नारदः कामं मुनिर्वानरवक्त्रभाक्
rājovāca yaduktaṃ vacanaṃ kānte dhātryā tattu tvayā śrutam | vṛto'yaṃ nāradaḥ kāmaṃ munirvānaravaktrabhāk
The king said: "The words that were spoken by the nurse, my dear — you have heard them. This Nārada, a sage with the face of a monkey, has been chosen (by her) out of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.3
किमिदं चिन्तितं पुत्र्या बुद्धिहीनं विचेष्टितम् । कथमस्मै मया देया कन्या हरिमुखाय सा
kimidaṃ cintitaṃ putryā buddhihīnaṃ viceṣṭitam | kathamasmai mayā deyā kanyā harimukhāya sā
What is this that our daughter has thought of, a witless act! How can that girl be given by me to this monkey-faced one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.4
क्वासौ भिक्षुः कुरूपः क्व दमयन्ती ममात्मजा । विपरीतमिदं कार्यं न विधेयं कदाचन
kvāsau bhikṣuḥ kurūpaḥ kva damayantī mamātmajā | viparītamidaṃ kāryaṃ na vidheyaṃ kadācana
Where is that ugly mendicant, and where my daughter Damayantī? This deed is perverse and must never be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.5
तामेकान्ते सुकेशान्ते निवारय हठात्सुताम् । युक्त्या मुनिरतां मुग्धां शास्त्रवृद्धानुसारया
tāmekānte sukeśānte nivāraya haṭhātsutām | yuktyā muniratāṃ mugdhāṃ śāstravṛddhānusārayā
O you of beautiful hair, restrain that daughter forcibly in private, the deluded girl attached to the sage, by argument following the scriptures and the elders."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.6
इति भर्तृवचः श्रुत्वा जननी तामथाब्रवीत् । च ते रूपं मुनिः क्वासौ वानरास्योऽधनः पुनः
iti bhartṛvacaḥ śrutvā jananī tāmathābravīt | ca te rūpaṃ muniḥ kvāsau vānarāsyo'dhanaḥ punaḥ
Having heard her husband's words thus, the mother then said to her: "Where is your beauty, and where is that sage, monkey-faced and moreover penniless?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 6 27.7
कथं मोहमवाप्तासि भिक्षुके चतुरा पुनः । लताकोमलदेहा त्वं भस्मरूक्षतनुस्त्वयम्
kathaṃ mohamavāptāsi bhikṣuke caturā punaḥ | latākomaladehā tvaṃ bhasmarūkṣatanustvayam
How have you, clever as you are, fallen into infatuation with a beggar? You have a body soft as a creeper, while he has a body rough with ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.8
वार्ता वानरवक्त्रेण कथं युक्ता तवानघे । का प्रीतिः कुत्सिते पुंसि भविष्यति शुचिस्मिते
vārtā vānaravaktreṇa kathaṃ yuktā tavānaghe | kā prītiḥ kutsite puṃsi bhaviṣyati śucismite
How is talk with a monkey-faced one fitting for you, O faultless one? What delight will there be in a contemptible man, O bright-smiling girl?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.9
वरस्ते राजपुत्रोऽस्तु मा कुरु त्वं वृथा हठम् । पिता ते दुःखमाप्नोति श्रुत्वा धात्रीमुखाद्वचः
varaste rājaputro'stu mā kuru tvaṃ vṛthā haṭham | pitā te duḥkhamāpnoti śrutvā dhātrīmukhādvacaḥ
Let a prince be your bridegroom; do not persist stubbornly in vain. Your father is grieved on hearing the words from the nurse's mouth.
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DB 6 27.10
लग्नां बुबूलवृक्षेण कोमलां मालतीलताम् । दृष्ट्वा कस्य मनः खेदं चतुरस्य न गच्छति
lagnāṃ bubūlavṛkṣeṇa komalāṃ mālatīlatām | dṛṣṭvā kasya manaḥ khedaṃ caturasya na gacchati
Seeing a tender mālatī creeper clinging to a babūl tree, whose mind, if he is discerning, does not go to sorrow?
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DB 6 27.11
दासेरकाय ताम्बूलीदलानि कोमलानि कः । ददाति भक्षणार्थाय मूर्खोऽपि धरणीतले
dāserakāya tāmbūlīdalāni komalāni kaḥ | dadāti bhakṣaṇārthāya mūrkho'pi dharaṇītale
Who on the face of the earth, even a fool, gives tender betel leaves to a camel to eat?
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DB 6 27.12
वीक्ष्य त्वां करसंलग्नां नारदस्य समीपतः । विवाहे वर्तमाने तु कस्य चेतो न दह्यति
vīkṣya tvāṃ karasaṃlagnāṃ nāradasya samīpataḥ | vivāhe vartamāne tu kasya ceto na dahyati
Seeing you, your hand joined (to his), beside Nārada, while the wedding is taking place — whose heart does not burn?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.13
कुमुखेन समं वार्ता न रुचिं जनयत्यतः । आमृतेस्तु कथं कालः क्षपितव्यस्त्वयामुना
kumukhena samaṃ vārtā na ruciṃ janayatyataḥ | āmṛtestu kathaṃ kālaḥ kṣapitavyastvayāmunā
Conversation with an ugly-faced one produces no pleasure; hence how is the time to be spent by you with him until death?
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DB 6 27.14
नारद उवाच इति मातुर्वचः श्रुत्वा दमयन्ती भृशातुरा । मातरं प्राह तन्वङ्गी मयि सा कृतनिश्चया
nārada uvāca iti māturvacaḥ śrutvā damayantī bhṛśāturā | mātaraṃ prāha tanvaṅgī mayi sā kṛtaniścayā
Nārada said: Hearing her mother's words thus, Damayantī, greatly distressed, slender-limbed, spoke to her mother, having made up her mind for me.
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DB 6 27.15
किं मुखेन च रूपेण मूर्खस्य च धनेन किम् । किं राज्येनाविदग्धस्य रसमार्गाविदोऽस्य च
kiṃ mukhena ca rūpeṇa mūrkhasya ca dhanena kim | kiṃ rājyenāvidagdhasya rasamārgāvido'sya ca
What is the use of a fool's face and beauty, and of his wealth? What is the use of a kingdom for one who is uncultured and knows nothing of the ways of aesthetic feeling?
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DB 6 27.16
हरिण्योऽपि वने धन्या या नादेन विमोहिताः । मातः प्राणान्प्रयच्छन्ति धिङ्मूर्खान्मानुषान्भुवि
hariṇyo'pi vane dhanyā yā nādena vimohitāḥ | mātaḥ prāṇānprayacchanti dhiṅmūrkhānmānuṣānbhuvi
Even the doe in the forest are fortunate, who, bewitched by (musical) sound, give up their lives, mother; a curse on foolish men on earth!
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DB 6 27.17
नारदो वेत्ति यां विद्यां मातः सप्तस्वरात्मिकाम् । तृतीयः कोऽपि नो वेद शिवादन्यः पुमान्किल
nārado vetti yāṃ vidyāṃ mātaḥ saptasvarātmikām | tṛtīyaḥ ko'pi no veda śivādanyaḥ pumānkila
The knowledge, mother, consisting of the seven notes, which Nārada knows — surely no third person knows it, no man other than Śiva.
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DB 6 27.18
मूर्खेण सह संवासो मरणं तत्क्षणे क्षणे । रूपवान्धनवांस्त्याज्यो गुणहीनो नरः सदा
mūrkheṇa saha saṃvāso maraṇaṃ tatkṣaṇe kṣaṇe | rūpavāndhanavāṃstyājyo guṇahīno naraḥ sadā
Living together with a fool is death at every single moment; a man devoid of merits, though handsome and wealthy, is always to be shunned.
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DB 6 27.19
धिङ्मैत्रीं मूर्खभूपाले वृथा गर्वसमन्विते । गुणज्ञे भिक्षुके श्रेष्ठा वचनात्सुखदायिनी
dhiṅmaitrīṃ mūrkhabhūpāle vṛthā garvasamanvite | guṇajñe bhikṣuke śreṣṭhā vacanātsukhadāyinī
A curse on friendship with a foolish king filled with empty pride; better (is friendship) with a beggar who knows merit — it gives happiness by his speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 6 27.20
स्वरज्ञो ग्रामवित्कामं मूर्च्छनाज्ञानभेदभाक् । दुर्लभः पुरुषश्चाष्टरसज्ञो दुर्बलोऽपि वै
svarajño grāmavitkāmaṃ mūrcchanājñānabhedabhāk | durlabhaḥ puruṣaścāṣṭarasajño durbalo'pi vai
One who knows the notes, who knows the scale at will, who possesses (knowledge of) the distinctions of the mūrcchanās — such a man, knowing the eight rasas, is hard to find, even if he be weak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 6 27.21
यथा नयति कैलासं गङ्गा चैव सरस्वती । तथा नयति कैलासं स्वरज्ञानविशारदः
yathā nayati kailāsaṃ gaṅgā caiva sarasvatī | tathā nayati kailāsaṃ svarajñānaviśāradaḥ
As the Gaṅgā and Sarasvatī lead (one) to Kailāsa, so one skilled in the knowledge of the notes leads (one) to Kailāsa.
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DB 6 27.22
स्वरमानं तु यो वेद स देवो मानुषोऽपि सन् । सप्तभेदं न यो वेद स पशुः सुरराडपि
svaramānaṃ tu yo veda sa devo mānuṣo'pi san | saptabhedaṃ na yo veda sa paśuḥ surarāḍapi
He who knows the measure of the notes is a god even though he is a man; he who does not know the sevenfold division is a beast, even if he be the king of the gods.
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DB 6 27.23
मूर्च्छनातानमार्गं तु श्रुत्वा मोदं न याति यः । स पशुः सर्वथा ज्ञेयो हरिणाः पशवो न हि
mūrcchanātānamārgaṃ tu śrutvā modaṃ na yāti yaḥ | sa paśuḥ sarvathā jñeyo hariṇāḥ paśavo na hi
He who, hearing the course of mūrcchanās and tānas, does not attain delight is in every way to be known as a beast; deer are certainly not beasts.
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DB 6 27.24
वरं विषधरः सर्पः श्रुत्वा नादं मनोहरम् । अश्रोत्रोऽपि मुदं याति धिक्सकर्णांश्च मानवान्
varaṃ viṣadharaḥ sarpaḥ śrutvā nādaṃ manoharam | aśrotro'pi mudaṃ yāti dhiksakarṇāṃśca mānavān
Better the venomous serpent, which, though earless, attains joy on hearing a charming sound; a curse on human beings who have ears!
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DB 6 27.25
बालोऽपि सुस्वरं गेयं श्रुत्वा मुदितमानसः । जायते किन्तु ते वृद्धा न जानन्ति धिगस्तु तान्
bālo'pi susvaraṃ geyaṃ śrutvā muditamānasaḥ | jāyate kintu te vṛddhā na jānanti dhigastu tān
Even a child, on hearing a song well sung, becomes glad at heart; but those elders do not understand — a curse be upon them!
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DB 6 27.26
पिता मे किं न जानाति नारदस्य गुणान् बत । द्वितीयः सामगो नास्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु तत्समः
pitā me kiṃ na jānāti nāradasya guṇān bata | dvitīyaḥ sāmago nāsti triṣu lokeṣu tatsamaḥ
Alas, does my father not know Nārada's merits? There is no second singer of the Sāman in the three worlds equal to him.
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DB 6 27.27
तस्मादसौ मया नूनं वृतः पूर्वं समागमात् । पश्चाच्छापवशाज्जातो वानरास्यो गुणाकरः नारदस्य मायादमयन्त्या सह विवाहवर्णनं नाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः
tasmādasau mayā nūnaṃ vṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ samāgamāt | paścācchāpavaśājjāto vānarāsyo guṇākaraḥ nāradasya māyādamayantyā saha vivāhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Therefore he was surely chosen by me before, from an earlier meeting; afterwards, by the force of a curse, that mine of merits became monkey-faced. [Chapter twenty-seven, called the description of Nārada's marriage with the illusory Damayantī.]
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.28
किन्नरा न प्रियाः कस्य भवन्ति तुरगाननाः । गानविद्यासमायुक्ताः किं मुखेन वरेण ह
kinnarā na priyāḥ kasya bhavanti turagānanāḥ | gānavidyāsamāyuktāḥ kiṃ mukhena vareṇa ha
To whom are the kinnaras, horse-faced (as they are), not dear, endowed as they are with the art of song? What (matters) a fine face, indeed?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.29
पितरं ब्रूहि मे मातर्वृतोऽयं मुनिसत्तमः । तस्मात्त्वमाग्रहं त्यक्त्वा देहि तस्मै च मां मुदा
pitaraṃ brūhi me mātarvṛto'yaṃ munisattamaḥ | tasmāttvamāgrahaṃ tyaktvā dehi tasmai ca māṃ mudā
Tell my father, mother, that this best of sages has been chosen (by me); therefore give up your insistence and give me to him gladly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.30
नारद उवाच इति पुत्र्या वचः श्रुत्वा राज्ञी राज्ञे न्यवेदयत् । आग्रहं सुन्दरी ज्ञात्वा सुताया नारदे मुनौ
nārada uvāca iti putryā vacaḥ śrutvā rājñī rājñe nyavedayat | āgrahaṃ sundarī jñātvā sutāyā nārade munau
Nārada said: Hearing the daughter's words thus, the queen informed the king, the fair lady having recognized her daughter's insistence upon the sage Nārada.
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DB 6 27.31
विवाहं कुरु राजेन्द्र दमयन्त्याः शुभे दिने । मुनिना स च सर्वज्ञो वृतोऽसौ मनसानया
vivāhaṃ kuru rājendra damayantyāḥ śubhe dine | muninā sa ca sarvajño vṛto'sau manasānayā
"Perform Damayantī's marriage, best of kings, on an auspicious day — with the sage; for this all-knowing one has been chosen by her in her mind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.32
नारद उवाच इति सञ्चोदितो राज्ञ्या सञ्जयः पृथिवीपतिः । चकार विथिवत्सर्वं विधिं वैवाहिकं ततः
nārada uvāca iti sañcodito rājñyā sañjayaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | cakāra vithivatsarvaṃ vidhiṃ vaivāhikaṃ tataḥ
Nārada said: Thus urged on by the queen, Sañjaya, lord of the earth, then performed the whole marriage rite according to the prescribed manner.
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DB 6 27.33
एवं दारग्रहं कृत्वा वानरास्यः परन्तप । स्थितस्तत्रैव मनसा दह्यमानेन चान्वहम्
evaṃ dāragrahaṃ kṛtvā vānarāsyaḥ parantapa | sthitastatraiva manasā dahyamānena cānvaham
Thus, having taken a wife, monkey-faced, O scorcher of foes, I remained right there, my mind burning day after day.
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DB 6 27.34
यदाऽऽगच्छद्राजसुता सेवार्थं मम सन्निधौ । अभवं दुःखसन्तप्तस्तदाहं वानराननः
yadā''gacchadrājasutā sevārthaṃ mama sannidhau | abhavaṃ duḥkhasantaptastadāhaṃ vānarānanaḥ
Whenever the king's daughter came into my presence to serve me, I, monkey-faced, became scorched with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.35
दमयन्ती तु मां वीक्ष्य प्रफुल्लवदनाम्बुजा । शोकं वानरवक्त्रत्वान्न चकार कदाचन
damayantī tu māṃ vīkṣya praphullavadanāmbujā | śokaṃ vānaravaktratvānna cakāra kadācana
But Damayantī, looking at me, her lotus-face blooming, never once showed sorrow at my having a monkey's face.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.36
एवं गच्छति काले तु सहसा पर्वतो मुनिः । कुर्वंस्तीर्थान्यनेकानि द्रष्टुं मां समुपागतः
evaṃ gacchati kāle tu sahasā parvato muniḥ | kurvaṃstīrthānyanekāni draṣṭuṃ māṃ samupāgataḥ
As time passed thus, suddenly the sage Parvata, making (a round of) many pilgrimage places, came to see me.
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DB 6 27.37
मयातिमानितः प्रेम्णा पूजितश्च यथाविधि । आसीन आसने दिव्ये वीक्ष्य मां दुःखितो ह्यभूत्
mayātimānitaḥ premṇā pūjitaśca yathāvidhi | āsīna āsane divye vīkṣya māṃ duḥkhito hyabhūt
Greatly honoured by me with affection and worshipped according to rule, seated on a splendid seat, on seeing me he indeed became sorrowful.
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DB 6 27.38
कृतदारं वानरास्यं दीनं चिन्तातुरं भृशम् । दयावान्मामुवाचेदं पर्वतो मातुलं कृशम्
kṛtadāraṃ vānarāsyaṃ dīnaṃ cintāturaṃ bhṛśam | dayāvānmāmuvācedaṃ parvato mātulaṃ kṛśam
Compassionate, Parvata spoke thus to me — his (maternal) uncle, married, monkey-faced, wretched, gravely stricken with worry, and emaciated:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.39
मया नारद कोपात्त्वं शप्तोऽसि मुनिसत्तम । निष्कृतिं तस्य शापस्य करोम्यद्य निशामय
mayā nārada kopāttvaṃ śapto'si munisattama | niṣkṛtiṃ tasya śāpasya karomyadya niśāmaya
"Nārada, best of sages, you were cursed by me out of anger; today I make the undoing of that curse — listen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.40
भव त्वं चारुवदनो मम पुण्येन नारद । दृष्ट्वा राजसुतां चित्ते कृपा जाता ममाधुना
bhava tvaṃ cāruvadano mama puṇyena nārada | dṛṣṭvā rājasutāṃ citte kṛpā jātā mamādhunā
"By my merit, Nārada, may you become fair-faced; on seeing the king's daughter, compassion has now arisen in my heart."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.41
नारद उवाच मयापि प्रवणं चित्तं कृत्वा श्रुत्वास्य भाषितम् । अनुग्रहः कृतः सद्यस्तस्य शापस्य तत्क्षणात्
nārada uvāca mayāpi pravaṇaṃ cittaṃ kṛtvā śrutvāsya bhāṣitam | anugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ sadyastasya śāpasya tatkṣaṇāt
Nārada said: I too, hearing his speech, made my mind gentle, and at once, that very moment, granted a favour concerning that curse (of mine):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.42
भागिनेय तवाप्यस्तु गमनं सुरसद्मनि । शापस्यानुग्रहः कामं कृतोऽयं पर्वताधुना
bhāgineya tavāpyastu gamanaṃ surasadmani | śāpasyānugrahaḥ kāmaṃ kṛto'yaṃ parvatādhunā
"Nephew, may you too have entry into the abode of the gods; the undoing of the curse has now indeed been done by Parvata."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.43
नारद उवाच जातोऽहं चारुवदनो वचनात्तस्य पश्यतः । राजपुत्री तु सन्तुष्टा मातरं प्राह सत्वरम्
nārada uvāca jāto'haṃ cāruvadano vacanāttasya paśyataḥ | rājaputrī tu santuṣṭā mātaraṃ prāha satvaram
Nārada said: I became fair-faced by the word of him who was looking on; and the king's daughter, delighted, quickly told her mother:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.44
मातस्ते सुमुखो जातो जामाता च महाद्युतिः । वचनात्पर्वतस्याद्य मुक्तशापो मुनेरभूत्
mātaste sumukho jāto jāmātā ca mahādyutiḥ | vacanātparvatasyādya muktaśāpo munerabhūt
"Mother, your son-in-law has become fair-faced and of great splendour; today, by Parvata's word, the sage was freed from the curse."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.45
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं राज्ञ्या कथितं तत्तु राजनि । ययौ द्रष्टुं मुनिं तत्र सञ्जयः प्रीतिमांस्तदा
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājñyā kathitaṃ tattu rājani | yayau draṣṭuṃ muniṃ tatra sañjayaḥ prītimāṃstadā
Hearing that speech, the queen reported it to the king; and Sañjaya, delighted, then went there to see the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.46
धनं समर्पितं राज्ञा सन्तुष्टेन तदा महत् । मह्यं च भागिनेयाय पारिबर्हं महात्मना
dhanaṃ samarpitaṃ rājñā santuṣṭena tadā mahat | mahyaṃ ca bhāgineyāya pāribarhaṃ mahātmanā
Then great wealth was presented by the pleased king, and by that great-souled one a wedding gift to me and to (my) nephew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.47
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं वर्तनं यत्पुरातनम् । मायाया बलमाहात्म्यं ह्यनुभूतं यथा मया
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ vartanaṃ yatpurātanam | māyāyā balamāhātmyaṃ hyanubhūtaṃ yathā mayā
All this has been told to you — that ancient course of events — and how the power and greatness of Māyā was experienced by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.48
संसारेऽस्मिन्महाभाग मायागुणकृतेऽनृते । तनुभृत्तु सुखी नास्ति न भूतो न भविष्यति
saṃsāre'sminmahābhāga māyāguṇakṛte'nṛte | tanubhṛttu sukhī nāsti na bhūto na bhaviṣyati
In this cycle of existence, O greatly fortunate one, false and made by the qualities of Māyā, there is no body-bearer who is happy: none has been, none will be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.49
कामक्रोधौ तथा लोभो मत्सरो ममता तथा । अहङ्कारो मदः केन जिताः सर्वे महाबलाः
kāmakrodhau tathā lobho matsaro mamatā tathā | ahaṅkāro madaḥ kena jitāḥ sarve mahābalāḥ
Desire and anger, likewise greed, envy and possessiveness, egoism, intoxication — by whom have all these, so mighty, been conquered?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.50
सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चैव गुणास्त्रय इमे किल । कारणं प्राणिनां देहसम्भवे सर्वथा मुने
sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva guṇāstraya ime kila | kāraṇaṃ prāṇināṃ dehasambhave sarvathā mune
Sattva, rajas and tamas — these three qualities, surely, are in every way the cause of the coming-to-be of the bodies of living creatures, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.51
कस्मिंश्चित्समये व्यास वनेऽहं विष्णुना सह । गच्छन्हास्यविनोदेन स्त्रीभावं गमितः क्षणात्
kasmiṃścitsamaye vyāsa vane'haṃ viṣṇunā saha | gacchanhāsyavinodena strībhāvaṃ gamitaḥ kṣaṇāt
At a certain time, Vyāsa, as I was walking in the forest together with Viṣṇu, I was, by way of a laughing jest, turned into the state of a woman in an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.52
राजपत्नीत्वमापन्नो मायाबलविमोहितः । पुत्राः प्रसूता बहवो गेहे तस्य नृपस्य ह
rājapatnītvamāpanno māyābalavimohitaḥ | putrāḥ prasūtā bahavo gehe tasya nṛpasya ha
Deluded by the power of māyā, I attained the condition of a king's wife; many sons were borne (by me) in the house of that king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.53
व्यास उवाच संशयोऽयं महान्साधो श्रुत्वा ते वचनं किल । कथं नारीत्वमापन्नस्त्वं मुने ज्ञानवान्भृशम्
vyāsa uvāca saṃśayo'yaṃ mahānsādho śrutvā te vacanaṃ kila | kathaṃ nārītvamāpannastvaṃ mune jñānavānbhṛśam
Vyāsa said: Great is this doubt (of mine), O good one, on hearing your words. How did you, O sage, so richly endowed with knowledge, come to womanhood?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.54
कथं च पुरुषो जातो ब्रूहि सर्वमशेषतः । कथं पुत्रास्त्वया जाताः कस्य राज्ञो गृहेऽञ्जसा
kathaṃ ca puruṣo jāto brūhi sarvamaśeṣataḥ | kathaṃ putrāstvayā jātāḥ kasya rājño gṛhe'ñjasā
And how did you become a man (again)? Tell it all without remainder. How were sons born to you, and in whose royal house exactly?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.55
एतदाख्याहि चरितं मायाया महदद्भुतम् । मोहितं च यया सर्वमिदं स्थावरजङ्गमम्
etadākhyāhi caritaṃ māyāyā mahadadbhutam | mohitaṃ ca yayā sarvamidaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam
Relate this great and wondrous doing of māyā, by which all this, the moving and the unmoving, is deluded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 27.56
न तृप्तिमधिगच्छामि शृण्वंस्तव कथामृतम् । सर्वग्रन्थार्थतत्त्वं च सर्वसंशयनाशनम्
na tṛptimadhigacchāmi śṛṇvaṃstava kathāmṛtam | sarvagranthārthatattvaṃ ca sarvasaṃśayanāśanam
I find no satisfaction as I listen to the nectar of your narrative, which is the truth of the meaning of all texts and the destroyer of all doubts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition