Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 30

DB 6 30.1

; मायाप्राबल्यवर्णनम् नारद उवाच मां दृष्ट्वा नारदं विप्रं विस्मितोऽसौ महीपतिः । क्व गता मम भार्या सा कुतोऽयं मुनिसत्तमः

; māyāprābalyavarṇanam nārada uvāca māṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ vipraṃ vismito'sau mahīpatiḥ | kva gatā mama bhāryā sā kuto'yaṃ munisattamaḥ

(Description of the might of māyā.) Nārada said: Seeing me, the brahmin Nārada, that lord of the earth was astonished: "Where has my wife gone? Whence is this most excellent of sages?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.2

विललाप नृपस्तत्र हा प्रियेति मुहुर्मुहुः । क्व गता मां परित्यज्य विलपन्तं वियोगिनम्

vilalāpa nṛpastatra hā priyeti muhurmuhuḥ | kva gatā māṃ parityajya vilapantaṃ viyoginam

There the king lamented again and again, "Alas, my beloved! Where have you gone, abandoning me, who lament, bereft of you?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.3

विना त्वां विपुलश्रोणि वृथा मे जीवितं गृहम् । राज्यं कमलपत्राक्षि किं करोमि शुचिस्मिते

vinā tvāṃ vipulaśroṇi vṛthā me jīvitaṃ gṛham | rājyaṃ kamalapatrākṣi kiṃ karomi śucismite

Without you, O broad-hipped one, my life and my house are useless; and my kingdom too, O lotus-petal-eyed one — what am I to do, O bright-smiling one?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.4

न प्राणा मे बहिर्यान्ति विरहेण तवाधुना । गतो वै प्रीतिधर्मस्तु त्वामृते प्राणधारणात्

na prāṇā me bahiryānti viraheṇa tavādhunā | gato vai prītidharmastu tvāmṛte prāṇadhāraṇāt

My breaths do not go out of me now at your separation; but the law of love is broken, since I keep my life without you.

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

DB 6 30.5

विलपामि विशालाक्षि देहि प्रत्युत्तरं प्रियम् । क्व गता सा मयि प्रीतिर्याभूत्प्रथमसङ्गमे

vilapāmi viśālākṣi dehi pratyuttaraṃ priyam | kva gatā sā mayi prītiryābhūtprathamasaṅgame

I lament, O wide-eyed one; give me some loving reply. Where has that love for me gone, which was there at our first union?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.6

निमग्ना किं जले सुभ्रूर्भक्षिता मत्स्यकच्छपैः । गृहीता वरुणेनाशु मम दौर्भाग्ययोगतः

nimagnā kiṃ jale subhrūrbhakṣitā matsyakacchapaiḥ | gṛhītā varuṇenāśu mama daurbhāgyayogataḥ

Has the fair-browed one sunk in the water, eaten by fish and turtles, or was she seized at once by Varuṇa, through the working of my ill fortune?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.7

धन्या सुचारुसर्वाङ्गि या त्वं पुत्रैः समागता । अकृत्रिमस्तु पुत्रेषु स्नेहस्तेऽमृतभाषिणि

dhanyā sucārusarvāṅgi yā tvaṃ putraiḥ samāgatā | akṛtrimastu putreṣu snehaste'mṛtabhāṣiṇi

Blessed are you, O you of wholly lovely limbs, who have gone to be with your sons; your affection for your sons is unfeigned, O speaker of nectar.

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DB 6 30.8

न युक्तमधुना यन्मां विहाय त्रिदिवं गता । विलपन्तं पतिं दीनं पुत्रस्नेहेन यन्त्रिता

na yuktamadhunā yanmāṃ vihāya tridivaṃ gatā | vilapantaṃ patiṃ dīnaṃ putrasnehena yantritā

It is not fitting that now, constrained by love for your sons, you have left me and gone to heaven — your husband, wretched and lamenting.

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DB 6 30.9

उभयं मे गतं कान्ते पुत्रास्त्वं प्राणवल्लभा । तथापि मरणं नास्ति दुःखितस्य भृशं प्रिये

ubhayaṃ me gataṃ kānte putrāstvaṃ prāṇavallabhā | tathāpi maraṇaṃ nāsti duḥkhitasya bhṛśaṃ priye

Both are gone from me, my love: the sons, and you who are dear as life; and yet there is no death for one so greatly grieved, O beloved.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.10

किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि रामो नास्ति महीतले । रामाविरहजं दुःखं जानाति रघुनन्दनः

kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi rāmo nāsti mahītale | rāmāvirahajaṃ duḥkhaṃ jānāti raghunandanaḥ

What shall I do, where shall I go? There is no Rāma on the face of the earth; (only) the delight of the Raghus knows the sorrow born of separation from one's wife.

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

DB 6 30.11

विधिना निष्ठुरेणात्र विपरीतं कृतं भुवि । दम्पत्योर्मरणं भिन्नं सर्वथा समचित्तयोः

vidhinā niṣṭhureṇātra viparītaṃ kṛtaṃ bhuvi | dampatyormaraṇaṃ bhinnaṃ sarvathā samacittayoḥ

Here on earth a perverse thing has been done by harsh Fate: that the deaths of a husband and wife, wholly one in mind, are separate.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.12

उपकारस्तु नारीणां मुनिभिर्विहितः किल । यदुक्तं धर्मशास्त्रेषु ज्वलनं पतिना सह

upakārastu nārīṇāṃ munibhirvihitaḥ kila | yaduktaṃ dharmaśāstreṣu jvalanaṃ patinā saha

A kindness, surely, has been provided for women by the sages: that which is stated in the dharma-śāstras, the burning together with the husband.

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DB 6 30.13

एवं विलपमानं तं राजानं भगवान्हरिः । निवारयामास तदा वचनैर्युक्तियोजितैः

evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ rājānaṃ bhagavānhariḥ | nivārayāmāsa tadā vacanairyuktiyojitaiḥ

That king, lamenting thus, the Lord Hari then restrained with words fitted with reasoning.

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DB 6 30.14

श्रीभगवानुवाच किं विषीदसि राजेन्द्र क्व गता ते प्रियाङ्गना । न श्रुतं किं त्वया शास्त्रं न कृतोऽसौ बुधाश्रयः

śrībhagavānuvāca kiṃ viṣīdasi rājendra kva gatā te priyāṅganā | na śrutaṃ kiṃ tvayā śāstraṃ na kṛto'sau budhāśrayaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: Why do you grieve, best of kings? Where has your dear wife gone? Have you not heard the scriptures? Have you not taken recourse to the wise?

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DB 6 30.15

का सा कस्त्वं क्व संयोगो वियोगः कीदृशस्तव । प्रवाहरूपे संसारे नृणां नौतरतामिव

kā sā kastvaṃ kva saṃyogo viyogaḥ kīdṛśastava | pravāharūpe saṃsāre nṛṇāṃ nautaratāmiva

Who is she, who are you, where is (there) any union, and what sort is your separation? In the world, which has the form of a flowing stream, (people are) like men (borne along) in a boat.

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

DB 6 30.16

गृहे गच्छ नृपश्रेष्ठ वृथा ते रुदितेन किम् । संयोगश्च वियोगश्च दैवाधीनः सदा नृणाम्

gṛhe gaccha nṛpaśreṣṭha vṛthā te ruditena kim | saṃyogaśca viyogaśca daivādhīnaḥ sadā nṛṇām

Go home, best of kings; what use is your weeping in vain? For men, union and separation are always dependent on fate.

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DB 6 30.17

अनया सह ते राजन् संयोगस्त्विह संवृतः । भुक्ता त्वया विशालाक्षी सुन्दरी तनुमध्यमा

anayā saha te rājan saṃyogastviha saṃvṛtaḥ | bhuktā tvayā viśālākṣī sundarī tanumadhyamā

Your union with her, O king, came about here (only for a time); the wide-eyed, beautiful, slender-waisted woman was enjoyed by you.

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DB 6 30.18

न दृष्टौ पितरावस्यास्त्वया प्राप्ता सरोवरे । काकतालीप्रसङ्गेन यद्भूतं तत्तथा गतम्

na dṛṣṭau pitarāvasyāstvayā prāptā sarovare | kākatālīprasaṅgena yadbhūtaṃ tattathā gatam

Her parents were not seen (by you); she was found by you at the lake. By a chance conjunction, as of a crow and a palm-fruit, what happened has gone as it did.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.19

मा शोकं कुरु राजेन्द्र कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः । कालयोगं समासाद्य भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान् गृहे यथा

mā śokaṃ kuru rājendra kālo hi duratikramaḥ | kālayogaṃ samāsādya bhuṅkṣva bhogān gṛhe yathā

Do not grieve, chief of kings, for time is hard to overcome. Meeting with the (right) conjunction of time, enjoy pleasures at home as before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.20

यथागता गता सा तु तथैव वरवर्णिनी । यथा पूर्वं तथा तत्र गच्छ कार्यं कुरु प्रभो

yathāgatā gatā sā tu tathaiva varavarṇinī | yathā pūrvaṃ tathā tatra gaccha kāryaṃ kuru prabho

As that fair-complexioned woman came, so indeed she has gone. Go there as before, and do your duty, O lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.21

रुदितेन तवाद्यैव नागमिष्यति कामिनी । वृथा शोचसि पृध्वीश योगयुक्तो भवाधुना

ruditena tavādyaiva nāgamiṣyati kāminī | vṛthā śocasi pṛdhvīśa yogayukto bhavādhunā

That beloved woman will not come back today by your weeping. You grieve in vain, lord of the earth; be yoked to yoga now.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.22

भोगः कालवशादेति तथैव प्रतियाति च । नात्र शोकस्तु कर्तव्यो निष्फले भववर्त्मनि

bhogaḥ kālavaśādeti tathaiva pratiyāti ca | nātra śokastu kartavyo niṣphale bhavavartmani

Enjoyment comes by the power of time and likewise goes away again. Here no grief should be made on the fruitless road of worldly existence.

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DB 6 30.23

नैकत्र सुखसंयोगो दुःखयोगस्तु नैकतः । घटिकायन्त्रवत्कामं भ्रमणं सुखदुःखयोः

naikatra sukhasaṃyogo duḥkhayogastu naikataḥ | ghaṭikāyantravatkāmaṃ bhramaṇaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ

The joining with pleasure is not in one place, nor is the joining with pain from one source; the turning of pleasure and pain is at will, like a water-wheel machine.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.24

मनः कृत्वा स्थिरं भूप कुरु राज्यं यथासुखम् । अथवा न्यस्य दायादे वनं सेवय साम्प्रतम्

manaḥ kṛtvā sthiraṃ bhūpa kuru rājyaṃ yathāsukham | athavā nyasya dāyāde vanaṃ sevaya sāmpratam

Making the mind steady, O king, rule the kingdom as you please; or else, having placed it upon (your) heir, resort now to the forest.

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DB 6 30.25

दुर्लभो मानुषो देहः प्राणिनां क्षणभङ्गुरः । तस्मिन्प्राप्ते तु कर्तव्यं सर्वथैवात्मसाधनम्

durlabho mānuṣo dehaḥ prāṇināṃ kṣaṇabhaṅguraḥ | tasminprāpte tu kartavyaṃ sarvathaivātmasādhanam

A human body is hard for living beings to obtain, and it is perishable in a moment; but when it has been obtained, the means of (realizing) the self should by all means be practiced.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.26

जिह्वोपस्थरसो राजन् पशुयोनिषु वर्तते । ज्ञानं मानुषदेहे वै नान्यासु च कुयोनिषु

jihvopastharaso rājan paśuyoniṣu vartate | jñānaṃ mānuṣadehe vai nānyāsu ca kuyoniṣu

The relish of tongue and genitals, O king, exists in animal births too; but knowledge is in the human body indeed, and not in the other low births.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.27

तस्माद्गच्छ गृहं त्यक्त्वा शोकं कान्तासमुद्भवम् । मायेयं भगवत्यास्तु यया सम्मोहितं जगत्

tasmādgaccha gṛhaṃ tyaktvā śokaṃ kāntāsamudbhavam | māyeyaṃ bhagavatyāstu yayā sammohitaṃ jagat

Therefore go home, abandoning the grief arisen from (your) wife. This is the māyā of the Goddess, by which the world is bewildered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.28

नारद उवाच इत्युक्तो हरिणा राजा प्रणम्य कमलापतिम् । कृत्वा स्नानविधिं सम्यग्जगाम निजमन्दिरम्

nārada uvāca ityukto hariṇā rājā praṇamya kamalāpatim | kṛtvā snānavidhiṃ samyagjagāma nijamandiram

Nārada said: Thus addressed by Hari, the king bowed to the husband of Kamalā, and having duly performed the rite of bathing, went to his own palace.

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DB 6 30.29

दत्त्वा राज्यं स्वपौत्राय प्राप्य निर्वेदमद्भुतम् । वनं जगाम भूपालस्तत्त्वज्ञानमवाप च

dattvā rājyaṃ svapautrāya prāpya nirvedamadbhutam | vanaṃ jagāma bhūpālastattvajñānamavāpa ca

Having given the kingdom to his own grandson, and having attained a marvellous detachment, the king went to the forest and obtained the knowledge of reality.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.30

गते राजन्यहं वीक्ष्य भगवन्तमधोक्षजम् । तमब्रवं जगन्नाथं हसन्तं मां पुनः पुनः षष्ठस्कन्धे मायाप्राबल्यवर्णनं नाम त्रिंशोऽध्यायः

gate rājanyahaṃ vīkṣya bhagavantamadhokṣajam | tamabravaṃ jagannāthaṃ hasantaṃ māṃ punaḥ punaḥ ṣaṣṭhaskandhe māyāprābalyavarṇanaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

When the king had gone, I, seeing the Lord Adhokṣaja, said to him, the Lord of the world, who was laughing at me again and again: [End of the thirtieth chapter in the sixth book, called The Description of the Power of Māyā.]

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.31

वञ्चितोऽहं त्वया देव ज्ञातं मायाबलं महत् । स्मरामि चरितं सर्वं स्त्रीदेहे यत्कृतं मया

vañcito'haṃ tvayā deva jñātaṃ māyābalaṃ mahat | smarāmi caritaṃ sarvaṃ strīdehe yatkṛtaṃ mayā

"I have been deceived by you, O God; the great power of māyā has been known (by me). I remember the whole course of conduct, all that was done by me in a woman's body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.32

ब्रूहि मे देवदेवेश प्रविष्टोऽहं सरोवरे । विगतं पूर्वविज्ञानं स्नानादेव कथं हरे

brūhi me devadeveśa praviṣṭo'haṃ sarovare | vigataṃ pūrvavijñānaṃ snānādeva kathaṃ hare

Tell me, O Lord of the gods of gods: I entered into the lake; how, O Hari, did my former knowledge disappear merely by the bathing?

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DB 6 30.33

योषिद्देहं समासाद्य मोहितोऽहं जगद्गुरो । पतिं प्राप्य नृपश्रेष्ठं पुलोमी वासवं यथा

yoṣiddehaṃ samāsādya mohito'haṃ jagadguro | patiṃ prāpya nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ pulomī vāsavaṃ yathā

Having obtained a woman's body, I was deluded, O teacher of the world, having got as husband the best of kings, as Pulomī (got) Vāsava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.34

मनस्तदेव तच्चित्तं देहः स च पुरातनः । लिङ्गं तदेव देवेश स्मृतेर्नाशः कथं हरे

manastadeva taccittaṃ dehaḥ sa ca purātanaḥ | liṅgaṃ tadeva deveśa smṛternāśaḥ kathaṃ hare

The mind was the same, the thought the same, and the body was that old one; the subtle mark was the same, O lord of gods — how then, O Hari, was there loss of memory?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.35

विस्मयोऽयं महान्मेऽत्र ज्ञाननाशं प्रति प्रभो । कथयाद्य रमाकान्त कारणं परमं च यत्

vismayo'yaṃ mahānme'tra jñānanāśaṃ prati prabho | kathayādya ramākānta kāraṇaṃ paramaṃ ca yat

Great is my astonishment in this matter, O Lord, concerning the destruction of knowledge; tell me now, O beloved of Ramā, what the ultimate cause is.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.36

नारीदेहं मया प्राप्य भुक्ता भोगा ह्यनेकशः । सुरापानं कृतं नित्यं विधिहीनं च भोजनम्

nārīdehaṃ mayā prāpya bhuktā bhogā hyanekaśaḥ | surāpānaṃ kṛtaṃ nityaṃ vidhihīnaṃ ca bhojanam

Having obtained a woman's body, I enjoyed pleasures indeed many times over; liquor was drunk daily, and food (was eaten) contrary to the rules.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.37

मया तदेव न ज्ञातं नारदोऽहमिति स्फुटम् । जानाम्यद्य यथा सर्वं विविक्तं न तथा तदा

mayā tadeva na jñātaṃ nārado'hamiti sphuṭam | jānāmyadya yathā sarvaṃ viviktaṃ na tathā tadā

And that very thing I did not know clearly, that 'I am Nārada'; today I know everything as it is, distinctly — not so then.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.38

विष्णुरुवाच पश्य नारद मायावी विलासोऽयं महामते । देहेषु सर्वजन्तूनां दशाभेदा ह्यनेकशः

viṣṇuruvāca paśya nārada māyāvī vilāso'yaṃ mahāmate | deheṣu sarvajantūnāṃ daśābhedā hyanekaśaḥ

Viṣṇu said: Look, Nārada, this is the illusionist's play, O great-minded one; in the bodies of all creatures there are indeed many kinds of states.

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DB 6 30.39

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिश्च तुरीया देहिनां दशा । तथा देहान्तरे प्राप्ते सन्देहः कीदृशः पुनः

jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiśca turīyā dehināṃ daśā | tathā dehāntare prāpte sandehaḥ kīdṛśaḥ punaḥ

Waking, dream, deep sleep, and the fourth are the states of embodied beings; so when another body has been obtained, what sort of doubt can there be?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.40

सुप्तो नरो न जानाति न शृणोति वदत्यपि । पुनः प्रबुद्धो जानाति सर्वं ज्ञातमशेषतः

supto naro na jānāti na śṛṇoti vadatyapi | punaḥ prabuddho jānāti sarvaṃ jñātamaśeṣataḥ

A sleeping man does not know, does not hear, though he speaks; awakened again, he knows everything that was known, without remainder.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.41

निद्रया चाल्यते चित्तं भवन्ति स्वप्नसम्भवाः । नानाविधा मनोभेदा मनोभावा ह्यनेकशः

nidrayā cālyate cittaṃ bhavanti svapnasambhavāḥ | nānāvidhā manobhedā manobhāvā hyanekaśaḥ

By sleep the mind is set in motion, and dream-born things arise: manifold divisions of the mind, and indeed many mental states.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.42

गजो मां हन्तुमायाति न शक्तोऽस्मि पलायने । किं करोमि न मे स्थानं यत्र गच्छामि सत्वरः

gajo māṃ hantumāyāti na śakto'smi palāyane | kiṃ karomi na me sthānaṃ yatra gacchāmi satvaraḥ

"An elephant is coming to kill me, I am not able to flee; what shall I do? There is no place for me where I may go quickly."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.43

मृतं पितामहं स्वप्ने पश्यति स्वगृहागतम् । संयोगस्तेन वार्ता च भोजनं सह मन्यते

mṛtaṃ pitāmahaṃ svapne paśyati svagṛhāgatam | saṃyogastena vārtā ca bhojanaṃ saha manyate

(A man) sees in a dream his dead grandfather come to his own house; he supposes there is meeting with him, and conversation, and eating together.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.44

प्रबुद्धः खलु जानाति स्वप्ने दृष्टं सुखासुखम् । स्मृत्वा सर्वं जनेभ्यस्तु विस्तरात्प्रवदत्यपि

prabuddhaḥ khalu jānāti svapne dṛṣṭaṃ sukhāsukham | smṛtvā sarvaṃ janebhyastu vistarātpravadatyapi

Awakened, he indeed knows the pleasure and pain seen in the dream; and remembering it all, he even recounts it to people in detail.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.45

स्वप्नेकोऽपि न जानाति भ्रमोऽयमिति निश्चयः । तथा तथैव विभवो मायाया दुर्गमः किल

svapneko'pi na jānāti bhramo'yamiti niścayaḥ | tathā tathaiva vibhavo māyāyā durgamaḥ kila

In a dream not one (of these) knows the certainty that "this is a delusion"; just so, precisely so, is the power of māyā — hard to fathom indeed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.46

नाहं नारद जानामि पारं परमदुर्घटम् । गुणानां किल मायाया नैव शम्भुर्न पद्मजः

nāhaṃ nārada jānāmi pāraṃ paramadurghaṭam | guṇānāṃ kila māyāyā naiva śambhurna padmajaḥ

I do not know, Nārada, the further shore, exceedingly hard to reach, of the qualities of māyā — nor does Śambhu, nor the lotus-born (Brahmā).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.47

कोऽन्यो ज्ञातुं समर्थोऽभून्मानतो मन्दधीः पुनः । मायागुणपरिज्ञानं न कस्यापि भवेदिह

ko'nyo jñātuṃ samartho'bhūnmānato mandadhīḥ punaḥ | māyāguṇaparijñānaṃ na kasyāpi bhavediha

Who else, then, has been able to know it — one dull of wit through pride? Full knowledge of the qualities of māyā can belong to no one here.

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

DB 6 30.48

गुणत्रयकृतं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । विना गुणैर्न संसारो वर्तते किञ्चिदप्यदः

guṇatrayakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | vinā guṇairna saṃsāro vartate kiñcidapyadaḥ

All this world, moving and unmoving, is made by the three qualities; without the qualities no worldly existence, not even this little, goes on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.49

अहं सत्त्वप्रधानोऽस्मि रजस्तमसमन्वितः । न कदाचित्त्रिभिर्हीनो भवामि भुवनेश्वरः

ahaṃ sattvapradhāno'smi rajastamasamanvitaḥ | na kadācittribhirhīno bhavāmi bhuvaneśvaraḥ

I have sattva predominant, (yet) am accompanied by rajas and tamas; never do I, the lord of the world, become devoid of the three.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.50

तथा ब्रह्मा पिता तेऽत्र रजोमुख्यः प्रकीर्तितः । तमःसत्त्वसमायुक्तो न ताभ्यामुज्झितः किल

tathā brahmā pitā te'tra rajomukhyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tamaḥsattvasamāyukto na tābhyāmujjhitaḥ kila

So too Brahmā, your father, is here declared to have rajas foremost; joined with tamas and sattva, he is certainly not free of those two.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.51

शिवस्तथा तमोमुख्यो रजःसत्त्वसमावृतः । गुणत्रयविहीनस्तु नैव कोऽपि मया श्रुतः

śivastathā tamomukhyo rajaḥsattvasamāvṛtaḥ | guṇatrayavihīnastu naiva ko'pi mayā śrutaḥ

Śiva likewise has tamas foremost, encompassed by rajas and sattva; but of anyone free of the three qualities I have never heard.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.52

तस्मान्मोहो न कर्तव्यः संसारेऽस्मिन्मुनीश्वर । मायाविनिर्मितेऽसारेऽपारे परमदुर्घटे

tasmānmoho na kartavyaḥ saṃsāre'sminmunīśvara | māyāvinirmite'sāre'pāre paramadurghaṭe

Therefore no infatuation should be entertained, O lord of sages, toward this worldly existence, fashioned by māyā, sapless, shoreless, exceedingly hard to fathom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 30.53

दृष्टा माया त्वयाद्यैव भुक्ता भोगा ह्यनेकशः । किं पृच्छसि महाभाग तस्याश्चरितमद्भुतम्

dṛṣṭā māyā tvayādyaiva bhuktā bhogā hyanekaśaḥ | kiṃ pṛcchasi mahābhāga tasyāścaritamadbhutam

Māyā has been seen by you this very day, and pleasures were enjoyed indeed many times over; why do you ask, O greatly fortunate one, about her wondrous doings?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition