Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 5

DB 6 5.1

देवीसमाराधनाय देवकृतस्तुतिवर्णनम् व्यास उवाच तथा चिन्तातुरान्वीक्ष्य सर्वान्मर्वार्थतत्त्ववित् । प्राह प्रेमभरोद्भ्रान्तान्माधवो मेदिनीपते

devīsamārādhanāya devakṛtastutivarṇanam vyāsa uvāca tathā cintāturānvīkṣya sarvānmarvārthatattvavit | prāha premabharodbhrāntānmādhavo medinīpate

(Chapter:) The description of the praise made by the gods for the worship of the Goddess. Vyāsa said: Seeing them all so distressed with anxiety, Mādhava, the knower of the truth of every matter, spoke to them who were bewildered by the weight of (their) affection, O lord of the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.2

विष्णुरुवाच किं मौनमाश्रिता यूयं ब्रुवन्तु कारणं सुराः । सदसद्वापि यच्छ्रुत्वा यतिष्ये तन्निवारणे

viṣṇuruvāca kiṃ maunamāśritā yūyaṃ bruvantu kāraṇaṃ surāḥ | sadasadvāpi yacchrutvā yatiṣye tannivāraṇe

Viṣṇu said: Why have you taken to silence? Speak the reason, O gods — whether good or bad — hearing which I shall strive for its removal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.3

देवा ऊचुः किमज्ञातं तव विभो त्रिषु लोकेषु वर्तते । सर्वं वेद भवान्कार्यं किं पृच्छसि पुनः पुनः

devā ūcuḥ kimajñātaṃ tava vibho triṣu lokeṣu vartate | sarvaṃ veda bhavānkāryaṃ kiṃ pṛcchasi punaḥ punaḥ

The gods said: What is unknown to you, O mighty one, that exists in the three worlds? You know every affair; why do you ask again and again?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.4

त्वया पूर्वं बलिर्बद्धः शक्रो देवाधिपः कृतः । वामनं वपुरास्थाय क्रान्तं त्रिभुवनं पदैः

tvayā pūrvaṃ balirbaddhaḥ śakro devādhipaḥ kṛtaḥ | vāmanaṃ vapurāsthāya krāntaṃ tribhuvanaṃ padaiḥ

By you Bali was formerly bound, (and) Śakra was made lord of the gods; assuming a dwarf's body, the three worlds were traversed by (your) steps.

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DB 6 5.5

अमृतं त्वाहृतं विष्णो दैत्याश्च विनिपातिताः । त्वं प्रभुः सर्वदेवानां सर्वापद्विनिवारणे देवीसमाराधनाय देवकृतस्तुतिवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः

amṛtaṃ tvāhṛtaṃ viṣṇo daityāśca vinipātitāḥ | tvaṃ prabhuḥ sarvadevānāṃ sarvāpadvinivāraṇe devīsamārādhanāya devakṛtastutivarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ

The nectar was brought by you, O Viṣṇu, and the Daityas were struck down; you are the master of all the gods in the warding off of every calamity. — Thus the fifth chapter, named "The description of the praise made by the gods for the worship of the Goddess."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.6

विष्णुरुवाच न भेतव्यं सुरवरा वेद्म्युपायं सुसम्मतम् । तद्वधाय प्रवक्ष्यामि येन सौख्यं भविष्यति

viṣṇuruvāca na bhetavyaṃ suravarā vedmyupāyaṃ susammatam | tadvadhāya pravakṣyāmi yena saukhyaṃ bhaviṣyati

Viṣṇu said: You need not fear, best of gods; I know a well-approved means. I shall declare (it) for his killing, by which there will be happiness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.7

अवश्यं करणीयं मे भवतां हितमात्मना । बुद्ध्या बलेन चार्थेन येन केनच्छलेन वा

avaśyaṃ karaṇīyaṃ me bhavatāṃ hitamātmanā | buddhyā balena cārthena yena kenacchalena vā

Your welfare must certainly be brought about by me myself — by wit, by force, and by wealth, or by any stratagem whatever.

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DB 6 5.8

उपायाः खलु चत्वारः कथितास्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः । सामादयः सुहृत्स्वेव दुर्हृदेषु विशेषतः

upāyāḥ khalu catvāraḥ kathitāstattvadarśibhiḥ | sāmādayaḥ suhṛtsveva durhṛdeṣu viśeṣataḥ

Indeed four means, conciliation and the rest, have been declared by the seers of truth — (to be used) among friends, and especially among the ill-disposed.

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DB 6 5.9

ब्रह्मणास्य वरो दत्तस्तपसाऽऽराधितेन च । दुर्जयत्वं च सम्प्राप्तं वरदानप्रभावतः

brahmaṇāsya varo dattastapasā''rādhitena ca | durjayatvaṃ ca samprāptaṃ varadānaprabhāvataḥ

By Brahmā, propitiated by (his) austerity, a boon was granted to him; and invincibility was obtained (by him) through the power of that boon-giving.

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DB 6 5.10

अजेयः सर्वभूतानां त्वष्ट्रा समुपपादितः । ततो बलेन वृद्धिं स प्राप्तः परपुरञ्जयः

ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṣṭrā samupapāditaḥ | tato balena vṛddhiṃ sa prāptaḥ parapurañjayaḥ

He was made by Tvaṣṭṛ unconquerable by all beings; thereafter he, the conqueror of enemies' cities, attained increase of strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.11

दुःसाध्योऽसौ सुराः शत्रुर्विना सामप्रतारणम् । प्रलोभ्य वशमानेयो हन्तव्यस्तु ततः परम्

duḥsādhyo'sau surāḥ śatrurvinā sāmapratāraṇam | pralobhya vaśamāneyo hantavyastu tataḥ param

That enemy is hard to overcome, O gods, without the deception of conciliation. He must be brought under control by enticing (him), and only after that killed.

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DB 6 5.12

गच्छध्वं सर्वगन्धर्वा यत्रास्ति बलवत्तरः । साम तस्य प्रयुञ्जध्वं तत एनं विजेष्यथ

gacchadhvaṃ sarvagandharvā yatrāsti balavattaraḥ | sāma tasya prayuñjadhvaṃ tata enaṃ vijeṣyatha

"Go, all you Gandharvas, to where that stronger one is; employ conciliation with him, and thereby you shall conquer him."

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DB 6 5.13

सङ्गम्य शपथात्कृत्वा विश्वास्य समयेन हि । मित्रत्वं च समाधाय हन्तव्यः प्रबलो रिपुः

saṅgamya śapathātkṛtvā viśvāsya samayena hi | mitratvaṃ ca samādhāya hantavyaḥ prabalo ripuḥ

"Having met (him), having made an oath, having won (his) trust by an agreement, and having established friendship, the powerful enemy is to be slain."

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DB 6 5.14

अदृश्यः सम्प्रवेक्ष्यामि वज्रमस्य वरायुधम् । साहाय्यं च करिष्यामि शक्रस्याहं सुरोत्तमाः

adṛśyaḥ sampravekṣyāmi vajramasya varāyudham | sāhāyyaṃ ca kariṣyāmi śakrasyāhaṃ surottamāḥ

"Unseen, I shall enter into his excellent weapon, the thunderbolt, and I shall give aid to Śakra, O best of gods."

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DB 6 5.15

समयं च प्रतीक्षध्वं सर्वथैवायुषः क्षये । मरणं विबुधास्तस्य नान्यथा सम्भविष्यति

samayaṃ ca pratīkṣadhvaṃ sarvathaivāyuṣaḥ kṣaye | maraṇaṃ vibudhāstasya nānyathā sambhaviṣyati

"And await the (right) moment, in every way at the exhaustion of (his) lifespan; his death, O gods, will not come about otherwise."

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DB 6 5.16

गच्छध्वमृषिभिः सार्धं गन्धर्वाः कपटावृताः । इन्द्रेण सह मित्रत्वं कुरुध्वं वाक्यदानतः

gacchadhvamṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ gandharvāḥ kapaṭāvṛtāḥ | indreṇa saha mitratvaṃ kurudhvaṃ vākyadānataḥ

"Go, O Gandharvas, together with the sages, veiled in deceit; make friendship with Indra by giving your word."

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DB 6 5.17

यथा स याति विश्वासं तथा कार्यं प्रतारणम् । गुप्तोऽहं सम्प्रवेक्ष्यामि पविं सञ्छादितं दृढम्

yathā sa yāti viśvāsaṃ tathā kāryaṃ pratāraṇam | gupto'haṃ sampravekṣyāmi paviṃ sañchāditaṃ dṛḍham

"The deception must be done in such a way that he comes to trust (them); hidden, I shall enter into the thunderbolt, firmly concealed."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.18

विश्वस्तं मघवा शत्रुं हनिष्यति न चान्यथा । विश्वासस्य कृते पापं कृत्वा शक्रस्तु पृष्ठतः

viśvastaṃ maghavā śatruṃ haniṣyati na cānyathā | viśvāsasya kṛte pāpaṃ kṛtvā śakrastu pṛṣṭhataḥ

"Maghavan will slay the enemy once he trusts (him), and not otherwise; and Śakra, having committed the sin of (breaking) trust, from behind—"

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DB 6 5.19

मत्सहायोऽथ वज्रेण शातयिष्यति पापिनम् । न दोषोऽत्र शठे शत्रौ शाठ्यमेव प्रकुर्वतः

matsahāyo'tha vajreṇa śātayiṣyati pāpinam | na doṣo'tra śaṭhe śatrau śāṭhyameva prakurvataḥ

"—with me as his helper, will then strike down the evildoer with the thunderbolt. There is no fault in this, for one who practises treachery only against a treacherous enemy."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.20

नान्यथा बलवान्वध्यः शूरधर्मेण जायते । वामनं रूपमाधाय मयायं वञ्चितो बलिः

nānyathā balavānvadhyaḥ śūradharmeṇa jāyate | vāmanaṃ rūpamādhāya mayāyaṃ vañcito baliḥ

"Not otherwise can a strong one be slain; he is (invincible) by the law of heroes. By me, taking on a dwarf's form, this Bali was deceived."

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DB 6 5.21

कृत्वा च मोहिनीवेषं दैत्याः सर्वेऽपिवञ्चिताः । भवन्तः सहिताः सर्वे देवीं भगवतीं शिवाम्

kṛtvā ca mohinīveṣaṃ daityāḥ sarve'pivañcitāḥ | bhavantaḥ sahitāḥ sarve devīṃ bhagavatīṃ śivām

"And by putting on the guise of Mohinī, all the Daityas too were deceived. All of you together (should approach) the goddess, the blessed Śivā—"

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DB 6 5.22

गच्छध्वं शरणं भावैः स्तोत्रमन्त्रैः सुरोत्तमाः । साहाय्यं सा योगमाया भवतां संविधास्यति

gacchadhvaṃ śaraṇaṃ bhāvaiḥ stotramantraiḥ surottamāḥ | sāhāyyaṃ sā yogamāyā bhavatāṃ saṃvidhāsyati

"—go for refuge, O best of gods, with devotion, with hymns and mantras; she, Yogamāyā, will arrange help for you."

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DB 6 5.23

वन्दामहे सदा देवीं सात्त्विकीं प्रकृतिं पराम् । सिद्धिदां कामदां कामां दुरापामकृतात्मभिः

vandāmahe sadā devīṃ sāttvikīṃ prakṛtiṃ parām | siddhidāṃ kāmadāṃ kāmāṃ durāpāmakṛtātmabhiḥ

"We ever revere the Goddess, the sāttvika supreme Prakṛti, giver of attainments, giver of desires, desirable, hard to reach for those whose selves are unperfected."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.24

इन्द्रोऽपि तां समाराध्य हनिष्यति रिपुं रणे । मोहिनी सा महामाया मोहयिष्यति दानवम्

indro'pi tāṃ samārādhya haniṣyati ripuṃ raṇe | mohinī sā mahāmāyā mohayiṣyati dānavam

"Indra too, having propitiated her, will slay the enemy in battle; she, the great Māyā, the deluder, will bewilder the Dānava."

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DB 6 5.25

मोहितो मायया वृत्रः सुखसाध्यो भविष्यति । प्रसन्नायां पराम्बायां सर्वं साध्यं भविष्यति

mohito māyayā vṛtraḥ sukhasādhyo bhaviṣyati | prasannāyāṃ parāmbāyāṃ sarvaṃ sādhyaṃ bhaviṣyati

"Vṛtra, deluded by (her) māyā, will become easy to overcome; when the supreme Mother is pleased, everything will be achievable."

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DB 6 5.26

नोचेन्मनोरथावाप्तिर्न कस्यापि भविष्यति । अन्तर्यामिस्वरूपा सा सर्वकारणकारणा

nocenmanorathāvāptirna kasyāpi bhaviṣyati | antaryāmisvarūpā sā sarvakāraṇakāraṇā

"Otherwise no one at all will attain his wish; she is the inner controller in her own form, the cause of all causes."

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DB 6 5.27

तस्मात्तां विश्वजननीं प्रकृतिं परमादृताः । भजध्वं सात्त्विकैर्भावैः शत्रुनाशाय सत्तमाः

tasmāttāṃ viśvajananīṃ prakṛtiṃ paramādṛtāḥ | bhajadhvaṃ sāttvikairbhāvaiḥ śatrunāśāya sattamāḥ

"Therefore, with the highest reverence, worship her, the mother of the universe, Prakṛti, with sāttvika sentiments, for the destruction of the enemy, O best (of beings)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.28

पुरा मयापि संग्रामं कृत्वा परमदारुणम् । पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि निहतौ मधुकैटभौ

purā mayāpi saṃgrāmaṃ kṛtvā paramadāruṇam | pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi nihatau madhukaiṭabhau

"Formerly I too, having waged a most terrible battle for five thousand years, slew Madhu and Kaiṭabha."

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DB 6 5.29

स्तुता मया तदात्यर्थं प्रसन्ना प्रकृतिः परा । मोहितौ तौ तदा दैत्यौ छलेन च मया हतौ

stutā mayā tadātyarthaṃ prasannā prakṛtiḥ parā | mohitau tau tadā daityau chalena ca mayā hatau

"She, the supreme Prakṛti, praised by me exceedingly then, became pleased; those two Daityas were then deluded, and slain by me by a trick."

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DB 6 5.30

विप्रलब्धौ महाबाहू दानवौ मदगर्वितौ । तथा कुरुध्वं प्रकृतेर्भजनं भावसंयुताः

vipralabdhau mahābāhū dānavau madagarvitau | tathā kurudhvaṃ prakṛterbhajanaṃ bhāvasaṃyutāḥ

"Those two mighty-armed Dānavas, proud with arrogance, were deceived. In that same way, filled with devotion, perform worship of Prakṛti."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.31

सर्वथा कार्यसिद्धिं सा करिष्यति सुरोत्तमाः । एवं ते दत्तमतयो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना

sarvathā kāryasiddhiṃ sā kariṣyati surottamāḥ | evaṃ te dattamatayo viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

"She will in every way bring about the accomplishment of the task, O best of gods." Thus were they given counsel by Viṣṇu, the mighty lord.

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DB 6 5.32

जग्मुस्ते मेरुशिखरं मन्दारद्रुममण्डितम् । एकान्ते संस्थिता देवाः कृत्वा ध्यानं जपं तपः

jagmuste meruśikharaṃ mandāradrumamaṇḍitam | ekānte saṃsthitā devāḥ kṛtvā dhyānaṃ japaṃ tapaḥ

They went to the peak of Meru, adorned with mandāra trees; the gods, standing apart in a solitary place, performed meditation, recitation and austerity,

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DB 6 5.33

तुष्टुवुर्जगतां धात्रीं सृष्टिसंहारकारिणीम् । भक्तकामदुघामम्बां संसारक्लेशनाशिनीम्

tuṣṭuvurjagatāṃ dhātrīṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāriṇīm | bhaktakāmadughāmambāṃ saṃsārakleśanāśinīm

(and) they praised the Sustainer of the worlds, who effects creation and dissolution, the Mother who yields the desires of her devotees like a wish-cow, who destroys the afflictions of worldly existence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.34

देवा ऊचुः देवि प्रसीद परिपाहि सुरान्प्रतप्तान् वृत्रासुरेण समरे परिपीडितांश्च । दीनार्तिनाशनपरे परमार्थतत्त्वे प्राप्तांस्त्वदङ्घ्रिकमलं शरणं सदैव

devā ūcuḥ devi prasīda paripāhi surānprataptān vṛtrāsureṇa samare paripīḍitāṃśca | dīnārtināśanapare paramārthatattve prāptāṃstvadaṅghrikamalaṃ śaraṇaṃ sadaiva

The gods said: Goddess, be gracious; protect the gods, who are scorched and grievously oppressed in battle by the demon Vṛtra — O you who are intent on destroying the suffering of the wretched, O you who are the reality that is the highest good, (protect us) who have come, ever, to your lotus feet for refuge.

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DB 6 5.35

त्वं सर्वविश्वजननी परिपालयास्मान् पुत्रानिवातिपतितान् रिपुसङ्कटेऽस्मिन् । मातर्न तेऽस्त्यविदितं भुवनत्रयेऽपि कस्मादुपेक्षसि सुरानसुरप्रतप्तान्

tvaṃ sarvaviśvajananī paripālayāsmān putrānivātipatitān ripusaṅkaṭe'smin | mātarna te'styaviditaṃ bhuvanatraye'pi kasmādupekṣasi surānasuraprataptān

You are the mother of all the universe; guard us, who are utterly fallen, like your sons, in this peril from the enemy. Mother, there is nothing unknown to you in all the three worlds; why then do you neglect the gods, scorched by the demon?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.36

त्रैलोक्यमेतदखिलं विहितं त्वयैव ब्रह्मा हरिः पशुपतिस्तव वासनोत्थाः । कुर्वन्ति कार्यमखिलं स्ववशा न ते ते भ्रूभङ्गचालनवशाद्विहरन्ति कामम्

trailokyametadakhilaṃ vihitaṃ tvayaiva brahmā hariḥ paśupatistava vāsanotthāḥ | kurvanti kāryamakhilaṃ svavaśā na te te bhrūbhaṅgacālanavaśādviharanti kāmam

This entire triple world has been fashioned by you alone; Brahmā, Hari and Paśupati arise from your will. They do all their work not by their own power; at the mere movement of the bending of your brow they sport as they please.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.37

माता सुतान्परिभवात्परिपाति दीनान् रीतिस्त्वयैव रचिता प्रकटापराधान् । कस्मान्न पालयसि देवि विनापराधा- नस्मांस्त्वदङ्घ्रिशरणान्करुणारसाब्धे

mātā sutānparibhavātparipāti dīnān rītistvayaiva racitā prakaṭāparādhān | kasmānna pālayasi devi vināparādhā- nasmāṃstvadaṅghriśaraṇānkaruṇārasābdhe

A mother protects her wretched sons from humiliation; that very custom was established by you, (even) for those whose offences are manifest. Why then, Goddess, do you not protect us, who are without offence and have taken refuge at your feet, O ocean of the essence of compassion?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.38

नूनं मदङ्घ्रिभजनाप्तपदाः किलैते भक्तिं विहाय विभवे सुखभोगलुब्धाः । नेमे कटाक्षविषया इति चेन्न चैषा रीतिः सुते जननकर्तरि चापि दृष्टा

nūnaṃ madaṅghribhajanāptapadāḥ kilaite bhaktiṃ vihāya vibhave sukhabhogalubdhāḥ | neme kaṭākṣaviṣayā iti cenna caiṣā rītiḥ sute jananakartari cāpi dṛṣṭā

"Surely these, who obtained their stations by worshipping my feet, have abandoned devotion and, in their wealth, become greedy for the enjoyment of pleasures; therefore they are not objects of my sidelong glance" — if (you say) this, (we reply) no: such a manner has never been seen in a son nor in the one who gave him birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.39

दोषो न नोऽत्र जननि प्रतिभाति चित्ते यत्ते विहाय भजनं विभवे निमग्नाः । मोहस्त्वया विरचितः प्रभवत्यसौ न- स्तस्मात्स्वभावकरुणे दयसे कथं न

doṣo na no'tra janani pratibhāti citte yatte vihāya bhajanaṃ vibhave nimagnāḥ | mohastvayā viracitaḥ prabhavatyasau na- stasmātsvabhāvakaruṇe dayase kathaṃ na

There appears in our minds no fault in this, O Mother, that we, abandoning worship of you, were sunk in wealth; that delusion was fashioned by you, and it overpowers us — therefore, O you whose very nature is compassion, why do you not show mercy?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.40

पूर्वं त्वया जननि दैत्यपतिर्बलिष्ठो व्यापादितो महिषरूपधरः किलाजौ । अस्मत्कृते सकललोकभयावहोऽसौ वृत्रं कथं न भयदं विधुनोषि मातः

pūrvaṃ tvayā janani daityapatirbaliṣṭho vyāpādito mahiṣarūpadharaḥ kilājau | asmatkṛte sakalalokabhayāvaho'sau vṛtraṃ kathaṃ na bhayadaṃ vidhunoṣi mātaḥ

Formerly, O Mother, the mighty lord of the Daityas who bore the form of a buffalo was slain by you in battle, for our sake; (and now) that one who brings fear to all the worlds — why, Mother, do you not shake off the fear-giving Vṛtra?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.41

शुम्भस्तथातिबलवाननुजो निशुम्भ- स्तौ भ्रातरौ तदनुगा निहता हतौ च । वृत्रं तथा जहि खलं प्रबलं दयार्द्रे मत्तं विमोहय तथा न भवेद्यथासौ

śumbhastathātibalavānanujo niśumbha- stau bhrātarau tadanugā nihatā hatau ca | vṛtraṃ tathā jahi khalaṃ prabalaṃ dayārdre mattaṃ vimohaya tathā na bhavedyathāsau

So too the exceedingly powerful Śumbha and his younger brother Niśumbha — those two brothers were killed and their followers slain. So too slay the wicked, mighty Vṛtra, O you moist with compassion; bewilder the intoxicated one, so that he may not be (as he is).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.42

त्वं पालयाद्य विबुधानसुरेण मातः सन्तापितानतितरां भयविह्वलांश्च । नान्योऽस्ति कोऽपि भुवनेषु सुरार्तिहन्ता यः क्लेशजालमखिलं निदहेत्स्वशक्त्या

tvaṃ pālayādya vibudhānasureṇa mātaḥ santāpitānatitarāṃ bhayavihvalāṃśca | nānyo'sti ko'pi bhuvaneṣu surārtihantā yaḥ kleśajālamakhilaṃ nidahetsvaśaktyā

Do you today protect the gods, O Mother, who are excessively tormented by the demon and overwhelmed with fear. There is no other in the worlds who destroys the gods' distress, who could burn away the whole net of affliction by his own power.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.43

वृत्रे दया तव यदि प्रथिता तथापि जह्येनमाशु जनदुःखकरं खलं च । पापात्समुद्धर भवानि शरैः पुनाना नोचेत्प्रयास्यति तमो ननु दुष्टबुद्धिः

vṛtre dayā tava yadi prathitā tathāpi jahyenamāśu janaduḥkhakaraṃ khalaṃ ca | pāpātsamuddhara bhavāni śaraiḥ punānā nocetprayāsyati tamo nanu duṣṭabuddhiḥ

Even if your compassion toward Vṛtra is well known, still slay him quickly, the wicked one who causes suffering to people; purifying him with your arrows, Bhavānī, lift him up out of his sin — otherwise the evil-minded one will surely go to darkness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.44

ते प्रापिताः सुरवनं विबुधारयो ये हत्वा रणेऽपि विशिखैः किल पावितास्ते । त्राता न किं निरयपातभयाद्दयार्द्रे यच्छत्रवोऽपि न हि किं विनिहंसि वृत्रम्

te prāpitāḥ suravanaṃ vibudhārayo ye hatvā raṇe'pi viśikhaiḥ kila pāvitāste | trātā na kiṃ nirayapātabhayāddayārdre yacchatravo'pi na hi kiṃ vinihaṃsi vṛtram

Those enemies of the gods who were slain in battle by (your) arrows were led to the grove of the gods, indeed purified thereby; are you not the saviour from the fear of falling into hell, O you moist with compassion? — since even enemies (are saved), why then do you not slay Vṛtra?

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

DB 6 5.45

जानीमहे रिपुरसौ तव सेवको न प्रायेण पीडयति नः किल पापबुद्धिः । यस्तावकस्त्विह भवेदमरानसौ किं त्वत्पादपङ्कजरतान्ननु पीडयेद्वा

jānīmahe ripurasau tava sevako na prāyeṇa pīḍayati naḥ kila pāpabuddhiḥ | yastāvakastviha bhavedamarānasau kiṃ tvatpādapaṅkajaratānnanu pīḍayedvā

We know that this enemy is not your servant; for the most part it is the sinful-minded one who oppresses us. Whoever here belongs to you — would he oppress the immortals? Surely one devoted to your lotus feet would not oppress (them).

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

DB 6 5.46

कुर्मः कथं जननि पूजनमद्य तेऽम्ब पुष्पादिकं तव विनिर्मितमेव यस्मात् । मन्त्रा वयं च सकलं परशक्तिरूपं तस्माद्भवानि चरणे प्रणताः स्म नूनम्

kurmaḥ kathaṃ janani pūjanamadya te'mba puṣpādikaṃ tava vinirmitameva yasmāt | mantrā vayaṃ ca sakalaṃ paraśaktirūpaṃ tasmādbhavāni caraṇe praṇatāḥ sma nūnam

How shall we perform worship of you today, O Mother, O Amba, since flowers and the rest are your own creation? The mantras and we ourselves — all is a form of the supreme Śakti; therefore, Bhavānī, we are surely bowed down at your feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.47

धन्यास्त एव मनुजा हि भजन्ति भक्त्या पादाम्बुजं तव भवाब्धिजलेषु पोतम् । यं योगिनोऽपि मनसा सततं स्मरन्ति मोक्षार्थिनो विगतरागविकारमोहाः

dhanyāsta eva manujā hi bhajanti bhaktyā pādāmbujaṃ tava bhavābdhijaleṣu potam | yaṃ yogino'pi manasā satataṃ smaranti mokṣārthino vigatarāgavikāramohāḥ

Blessed indeed are those men who worship with devotion your lotus feet, a boat in the waters of the ocean of existence — feet which even yogins, seeking liberation, free from passion, change and delusion, constantly remember in their minds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.48

ये याज्ञिकाः सकलवेदविदोऽपि नूनं त्वां संस्मरन्ति सततं किल होमकाले । स्वाहां तु तृप्तिजननीममरेश्वराणां भूयः स्वधां पितृगणस्य च तृप्तिहेतुम्

ye yājñikāḥ sakalavedavido'pi nūnaṃ tvāṃ saṃsmaranti satataṃ kila homakāle | svāhāṃ tu tṛptijananīmamareśvarāṇāṃ bhūyaḥ svadhāṃ pitṛgaṇasya ca tṛptihetum

The sacrificers, even those who know all the Vedas, surely remember you constantly at the time of oblation — as Svāhā, who produces satisfaction for the lords of the immortals, and again as Svadhā, the cause of satisfaction for the host of the fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.49

मेधासि कान्तिरसि शान्तिरपि प्रसिद्धा बुद्धिस्त्वमेव विशदार्थकरी नराणाम् । सर्वं त्वमेव विभवं भुवनत्रयेऽस्मि- न्कृत्वा ददासि भजतां कृपया सदैव

medhāsi kāntirasi śāntirapi prasiddhā buddhistvameva viśadārthakarī narāṇām | sarvaṃ tvameva vibhavaṃ bhuvanatraye'smi- nkṛtvā dadāsi bhajatāṃ kṛpayā sadaiva

You are intelligence, you are beauty, you are also renowned as peace; you alone are the understanding that makes meaning clear for men. All wealth in these three worlds you yourself create and, out of compassion, always give to those who worship you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.50

व्यास उवाच एवं स्तुता सुरैर्देवी प्रत्यक्षा साभवत्तदा । चारुरूपधरा तन्वी सर्वाभरणभूषिता

vyāsa uvāca evaṃ stutā surairdevī pratyakṣā sābhavattadā | cārurūpadharā tanvī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā

Vyāsa said: Thus praised by the gods, the Goddess then became visible (to them), bearing a lovely form, slender, adorned with every ornament,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.51

पाशांकुशवराभीतिलसद्बाहुचतुष्टया । रणत्किङ्किणिकाजालरसनाबद्धसत्कटिः

pāśāṃkuśavarābhītilasadbāhucatuṣṭayā | raṇatkiṅkiṇikājālarasanābaddhasatkaṭiḥ

with her four arms shining with the noose, the goad, the boon-gesture and the gesture of fearlessness, her fair waist bound with a girdle of a network of tinkling bells,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.52

कलकण्ठीरवा कान्ता क्वणत्कङ्कणनूपुरा । चन्द्रखण्डसमाबद्धरत्नमौलिविराजिता

kalakaṇṭhīravā kāntā kvaṇatkaṅkaṇanūpurā | candrakhaṇḍasamābaddharatnamaulivirājitā

(She was) sweet-voiced, lovely, with jingling bangles and anklets, resplendent with a jewelled crown fastened (upon her head) like a crescent of the moon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.53

मन्दस्मितारविन्दास्या नेत्रत्रयविभूषिता । पारिजातप्रसूनाच्छनालवर्णसमप्रभा

mandasmitāravindāsyā netratrayavibhūṣitā | pārijātaprasūnācchanālavarṇasamaprabhā

With a gentle smile, her face a lotus, adorned with three eyes, her radiance equal to the colour of the clear stalk of a pārijāta blossom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.54

रक्ताम्बरपरीधाना रक्तचन्दनचर्चिता । प्रसादसुमुखी देवी करुणारससागरा

raktāmbaraparīdhānā raktacandanacarcitā | prasādasumukhī devī karuṇārasasāgarā

Clad in a red garment, smeared with red sandal paste, the Goddess with a face gracious with favour, an ocean of the essence of compassion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.55

सर्वशृङ्गारवेषाढ्या सर्वद्वैतारणिः परा । सर्वज्ञा सर्वकर्त्री च सर्वाधिष्ठानरूपिणी

sarvaśṛṅgāraveṣāḍhyā sarvadvaitāraṇiḥ parā | sarvajñā sarvakartrī ca sarvādhiṣṭhānarūpiṇī

Rich in every ornament and attire, the supreme fire-stick (kindling) of all duality, all-knowing, the doer of all, and having the form of the substratum of all;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.56

सर्ववेदान्तसंसिद्धा सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणी । प्रणेमुस्तां समालोक्य सुरा देवीं पुरःस्थिताम्

sarvavedāntasaṃsiddhā saccidānandarūpiṇī | praṇemustāṃ samālokya surā devīṃ puraḥsthitām

Fully established in all the Vedāntas, having the form of being, consciousness and bliss — seeing that Goddess standing before them, the gods bowed down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.57

तानाह प्रणतानम्बा किं वः कार्यं ब्रुवन्तु माम् । देवा ऊचुः मोहयैनं रिपुं वृत्रं देवानामतिदुःखदम्

tānāha praṇatānambā kiṃ vaḥ kāryaṃ bruvantu mām | devā ūcuḥ mohayainaṃ ripuṃ vṛtraṃ devānāmatiduḥkhadam

The Mother said to them as they bowed: "What is your business? Tell me." The gods said: "Delude this enemy Vṛtra, who gives so much pain to the gods."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.58

यथा विश्वसते देवांस्तथा कुरु विमोहितम् । आयुधे च बलं देहि हतः स्याद्येन वा रिपुः

yathā viśvasate devāṃstathā kuru vimohitam | āyudhe ca balaṃ dehi hataḥ syādyena vā ripuḥ

"Make him deluded, so that he trusts the gods; and put strength into a weapon, by which the enemy may be slain."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 5.59

व्यास उवाच तथेत्युक्त्वा भगवती तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । स्वानि स्वानि निकेतानि जग्मुर्देवा मुदान्विताः

vyāsa uvāca tathetyuktvā bhagavatī tatraivāntaradhīyata | svāni svāni niketāni jagmurdevā mudānvitāḥ

Vyāsa said: Having said "So be it," the Bhagavatī vanished on that very spot, and the gods, filled with joy, went each to his own dwelling.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition