Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 29
DB 7 29.1
भगवतीं समाराधयिषूणां देवानां तपःकरणवर्णनम् व्यास उवाच - इत्येवं सूर्यवंश्यानां राज्ञां चरितमुत्तमम् । सोमवंशोद्भवानां च वर्णनीयं मया कियत्
bhagavatīṃ samārādhayiṣūṇāṃ devānāṃ tapaḥkaraṇavarṇanam vyāsa uvāca - ityevaṃ sūryavaṃśyānāṃ rājñāṃ caritamuttamam | somavaṃśodbhavānāṃ ca varṇanīyaṃ mayā kiyat
Description of the performance of austerity by the gods who wished to propitiate the Blessed Goddess. Vyāsa said: Thus, of the kings born in the Solar line and of those sprung from the Lunar line, how much of their excellent history can be told by me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.2
पराशक्तिप्रसादेन महत्त्वं प्रतिपेदिरे । राजन् सुनिश्चितं विद्धि पराशक्तिप्रसादतः
parāśaktiprasādena mahattvaṃ pratipedire | rājan suniścitaṃ viddhi parāśaktiprasādataḥ
By the grace of the Supreme Power they attained greatness; know it, O king, as fully certain, that (it was) from the grace of the Supreme Power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.3
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा । तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं पराशक्त्यंशसम्भवम्
yadyadvibhūtimatsattvaṃ śrīmadūrjitameva vā | tattadevāvagaccha tvaṃ parāśaktyaṃśasambhavam
Whatever being possesses power, or is glorious or mighty, understand each such (being) to arise from a portion of the Supreme Power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.4
एते चान्ये च राजानः पराशक्तेरुपासकाः । संसारतरुमूलस्य कुठारा अभवन्नृप
ete cānye ca rājānaḥ parāśakterupāsakāḥ | saṃsāratarumūlasya kuṭhārā abhavannṛpa
These and other kings, worshippers of the Supreme Power, became axes to the root of the tree of worldly existence, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.5
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन संसेव्या भुवनेश्वरी । पलालमिव धान्यार्थी त्यजेदन्यमशेषतः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena saṃsevyā bhuvaneśvarī | palālamiva dhānyārthī tyajedanyamaśeṣataḥ
Therefore, with every effort, the Mistress of the worlds is to be served; as one who wants the grain (discards) the straw, one should abandon everything else entirely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.6
आमथ्य वेददुग्धाब्धिं प्राप्तं रत्नं मया नृप । पराशक्तिपदाम्भोजं कृतकृत्योऽस्म्यहं ततः
āmathya vedadugdhābdhiṃ prāptaṃ ratnaṃ mayā nṛpa | parāśaktipadāmbhojaṃ kṛtakṛtyo'smyahaṃ tataḥ
Having churned the milk-ocean of the Vedas, O king, I have obtained the jewel — the lotus feet of the Supreme Power; thereby I have accomplished what was to be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.7
पञ्चब्रह्मासनारूढा नास्त्यन्या कापि देवता । तत एव महादेव्या पञ्चब्रह्मासनं कृतम्
pañcabrahmāsanārūḍhā nāstyanyā kāpi devatā | tata eva mahādevyā pañcabrahmāsanaṃ kṛtam
There is no other deity whatsoever seated on the seat of the five Brahmās; for that very reason the five-Brahmā seat was made for the Great Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.8
पञ्चभ्यस्त्वधिकं वस्तु वेदेऽव्यक्तमितीर्यते । यस्मिन्नोतं च प्रोतं च सैव श्रीभुवनेश्वरी
pañcabhyastvadhikaṃ vastu vede'vyaktamitīryate | yasminnotaṃ ca protaṃ ca saiva śrībhuvaneśvarī
But the reality that is beyond the five is called in the Veda "the unmanifest"; that in which (all) is woven warp and weft — she indeed is the glorious Mistress of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.9
तामविज्ञाय राजेन्द्र नैव मुक्तो भवेन्नरः । यदा चर्मवदाकाशं वेष्टयिष्यन्ति मानवाः
tāmavijñāya rājendra naiva mukto bhavennaraḥ | yadā carmavadākāśaṃ veṣṭayiṣyanti mānavāḥ
Without knowing her, O best of kings, a man can never become liberated. When men shall roll up the sky like a hide,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.10
तदा शिवामविज्ञाय दुःखस्यान्तो भविष्यति । अत एव श्रुतौ प्राहुः श्वेताश्वतरशाखिनः
tadā śivāmavijñāya duḥkhasyānto bhaviṣyati | ata eva śrutau prāhuḥ śvetāśvataraśākhinaḥ
then, without knowing Śivā, there will be an end of sorrow. For this very reason the followers of the Śvetāśvatara branch said in the Śruti:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.11
ते ध्यानयोगानुगता अपश्य- न्देवात्मशक्तिं स्वगुणैर्निगूढाम्
te dhyānayogānugatā apaśya- ndevātmaśaktiṃ svaguṇairnigūḍhām
"They, following the yoga of meditation, saw the self-power of the god, hidden by its own qualities."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.12
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन जन्मसाफल्यहेतवे । लज्जया वा भयेनापि भक्त्या वा प्रेमयुक्तया । सर्वसङ्गं परित्यज्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena janmasāphalyahetave | lajjayā vā bhayenāpi bhaktyā vā premayuktayā | sarvasaṅgaṃ parityajya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca
Therefore, with every effort, for the sake of making one's birth fruitful — whether out of shame, or even out of fear, or with devotion joined to love — abandoning all attachment and restraining the mind in the heart,
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DB 7 29.13
तन्निष्ठस्तत्परो भूयादिति वेदान्तडिण्डिमः । येन केन मिषेणापि स्वपंस्तिष्ठन्व्रजन्नपि
tanniṣṭhastatparo bhūyāditi vedāntaḍiṇḍimaḥ | yena kena miṣeṇāpi svapaṃstiṣṭhanvrajannapi
one should become fixed on her and devoted to her: this is the drum-beat of the Vedānta. By whatever pretext, even while sleeping, standing, or walking,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.14
कीर्तयेत्सततं देवीं स वै मुच्येत बन्धनात् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन भज राजन् महेश्वरीम्
kīrtayetsatataṃ devīṃ sa vai mucyeta bandhanāt | tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhaja rājan maheśvarīm
one should constantly praise the Goddess; he indeed would be freed from bondage. Therefore, with every effort, O king, worship the Great Mistress —
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DB 7 29.15
विराड्रूपां सूत्ररूपां तथान्तर्यामिरूपिणीम् । सोपानक्रमतः पूर्वं ततः शुद्धे तु चेतसि
virāḍrūpāṃ sūtrarūpāṃ tathāntaryāmirūpiṇīm | sopānakramataḥ pūrvaṃ tataḥ śuddhe tu cetasi
(worship her) in the form of the Cosmic Body, in the form of the Thread, and as the Inner Controller, in the order of a stairway first; then, when the mind is pure,
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DB 7 29.16
सच्चिदानन्दलक्ष्यार्थरूपां तां ब्रह्मरूपिणीम् । आराधय परां शक्तिं प्रपञ्चोल्लासवर्जिताम्
saccidānandalakṣyārtharūpāṃ tāṃ brahmarūpiṇīm | ārādhaya parāṃ śaktiṃ prapañcollāsavarjitām
worship her whose form is the object indicated as being-consciousness-bliss, her whose form is Brahman, the Supreme Power, devoid of the display of the manifold world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.17
तस्यां चित्तलयो यः स तस्या आराधनं स्मृतम् । राजन् राज्ञां पराशक्तिभक्तानां चरितं मया
tasyāṃ cittalayo yaḥ sa tasyā ārādhanaṃ smṛtam | rājan rājñāṃ parāśaktibhaktānāṃ caritaṃ mayā
That dissolution of the mind in her is held to be her worship. O king, by me the history of kings devoted to the Supreme Power —
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DB 7 29.18
धार्मिकाणां सूर्यसोमवंशजानां मनस्विनाम् । पावनं कीर्तिदं धर्मबुद्धिदं सद्गतिप्रदम्
dhārmikāṇāṃ sūryasomavaṃśajānāṃ manasvinām | pāvanaṃ kīrtidaṃ dharmabuddhidaṃ sadgatipradam
— of the righteous, high-minded (kings) born in the solar and lunar lines: (a tale) purifying, bestowing fame, granting dharma and understanding, and conferring a good destination,
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DB 7 29.19
कथितं पुण्यदं पश्चात्किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि । जनमेजय उवाच - गौरीलक्ष्मीसरस्वत्यो दत्ताः पूर्वं पराम्बया
kathitaṃ puṇyadaṃ paścātkimanyacchrotumicchasi | janamejaya uvāca - gaurīlakṣmīsarasvatyo dattāḥ pūrvaṃ parāmbayā
merit-giving, has been recounted. What else do you wish to hear next? Janamejaya said: Gaurī, Lakṣmī and Sarasvatī were formerly given by the supreme Mother
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DB 7 29.20
हराय हरये तद्वन्नाभिपद्मोद्भवाय च । तुषाराद्रेश्च दक्षस्य गौरी कन्येति विश्रुतम्
harāya haraye tadvannābhipadmodbhavāya ca | tuṣārādreśca dakṣasya gaurī kanyeti viśrutam
to Hara, to Hari, and likewise to him who arose from the lotus of (Viṣṇu's) navel. Yet Gaurī is famed as the daughter of the Snow Mountain and of Dakṣa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.21
क्षीरोदधेश्च कन्येति महालक्ष्मीरिति स्मृतम् । मूलदेव्युद्भवानां च कथं कन्यात्वमन्ययोः
kṣīrodadheśca kanyeti mahālakṣmīriti smṛtam | mūladevyudbhavānāṃ ca kathaṃ kanyātvamanyayoḥ
and (Lakṣmī) is called the daughter of the Ocean of Milk, and is known as Mahālakṣmī. But how can two of them, who arose from the root Goddess, be (anyone's) daughters?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.22
असम्भाव्यमिदं भाति संशयोऽत्र महामुने । छिन्धि ज्ञानासिना तं त्वं संशयच्छेदतत्परः
asambhāvyamidaṃ bhāti saṃśayo'tra mahāmune | chindhi jñānāsinā taṃ tvaṃ saṃśayacchedatatparaḥ
This appears impossible; here is my doubt, great sage. Cut it with the sword of knowledge, you who are intent on cutting away doubts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.23
व्यास उवाच - शृणु राजन् प्रवक्ष्यामि रहस्यं परमाद्भुतम् । देवीभक्तस्य ते किञ्चिदवाच्यं न हि विद्यते
vyāsa uvāca - śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi rahasyaṃ paramādbhutam | devībhaktasya te kiñcidavācyaṃ na hi vidyate
Vyāsa said: Listen, king, I shall declare a most wondrous secret; for you, being a devotee of the Goddess, there is nothing whatever that may not be told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.24
देवीत्रयं यदा देवत्रयायादात्पराम्बिका । तदाप्रभृति ते देवाः सृष्टिकार्याणि चक्रिरे
devītrayaṃ yadā devatrayāyādātparāmbikā | tadāprabhṛti te devāḥ sṛṣṭikāryāṇi cakrire
When the supreme Mother gave the three goddesses to the three gods, from that time on those gods carried out the works of creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.25
कस्मिंश्चित्समये राजन् दैत्या हालाहलाभिधाः । महापराक्रमा जातास्त्रैलोक्यं तैर्जितं क्षणात्
kasmiṃścitsamaye rājan daityā hālāhalābhidhāḥ | mahāparākramā jātāstrailokyaṃ tairjitaṃ kṣaṇāt
At a certain time, king, demons named Hālāhalas came to be, of great might; by them the three worlds were conquered in an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.26
ब्रह्मणो वरदानेन दर्पिता रजताचलम् । रुरुधुर्निजसेनाभिस्तथा वैकुण्ठमेव च
brahmaṇo varadānena darpitā rajatācalam | rurudhurnijasenābhistathā vaikuṇṭhameva ca
Made arrogant by Brahmā's granting of a boon, they besieged the Silver Mountain with their own armies, and Vaikuṇṭha as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.27
कामारिः कैटभारिश्च युद्धोद्योगं च चक्रतुः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणामभूद्युद्धं महोत्कटम्
kāmāriḥ kaiṭabhāriśca yuddhodyogaṃ ca cakratuḥ | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇāmabhūdyuddhaṃ mahotkaṭam
The enemy of Kāma (Śiva) and the enemy of Kaiṭabha (Viṣṇu) made preparation for battle; the battle was exceedingly fierce for sixty thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.28
हाहाकारो महानासीद्देवदानवसेनयोः । महताथ प्रयत्नेन ताभ्यां ते दानवा हताः
hāhākāro mahānāsīddevadānavasenayoḥ | mahatātha prayatnena tābhyāṃ te dānavā hatāḥ
There was a great cry of woe among the armies of gods and demons; then with great effort those demons were slain by those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.29
स्वस्वस्थानेषु गत्वा तावभिमानं च चक्रतुः । स्वशक्त्योर्निकटे राजन् यद्वशादेव ते हताः भगवतीं समाराधयिषूणां देवानां तपःकरणवर्णनं नामैकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः
svasvasthāneṣu gatvā tāvabhimānaṃ ca cakratuḥ | svaśaktyornikaṭe rājan yadvaśādeva te hatāḥ bhagavatīṃ samārādhayiṣūṇāṃ devānāṃ tapaḥkaraṇavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
Going each to his own place, those two grew proud — in the presence of their own Śaktis, king, by whose power alone those (demons) had been slain. [Thus ends] the twenty-ninth chapter, called the description of the performance of austerity by the gods who wished to propitiate the Bhagavatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.30
अभिमानं तयोर्ज्ञात्वा छलहास्यं च चक्रतुः । महालक्ष्मीश्च गौरी च हास्यं दृष्ट्वा तयोस्तु तौ
abhimānaṃ tayorjñātvā chalahāsyaṃ ca cakratuḥ | mahālakṣmīśca gaurī ca hāsyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tayostu tau
Knowing the pride of those two, (the goddesses) laughed in mockery; and when Mahālakṣmī and Gaurī (laughed), those two (gods), seeing their laughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.31
देवावतीव संकृद्धौ मोहितावादिमायया । दुरुत्तरं च ददतुरवमानपुरःसरम्
devāvatīva saṃkṛddhau mohitāvādimāyayā | duruttaraṃ ca dadaturavamānapuraḥsaram
— the two gods, exceedingly enraged, deluded by the primordial Māyā — uttered something unanswerable, prefaced by insult.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.32
ततस्ते देवते तस्मिन्क्षणे त्यक्त्वा तु तौ पुनः । अन्तर्हिते चाभवतां हाहाकारस्तदा ह्यभूत्
tataste devate tasminkṣaṇe tyaktvā tu tau punaḥ | antarhite cābhavatāṃ hāhākārastadā hyabhūt
Then those two goddesses, abandoning those two at that moment, became invisible, and thereupon there arose a cry of woe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.33
निस्तेजस्कौ च निःशक्ती विक्षिप्तौ च विचेतनौ । अवमानात्तयोः शक्त्योर्जातौ हरिहरौ तदा
nistejaskau ca niḥśaktī vikṣiptau ca vicetanau | avamānāttayoḥ śaktyorjātau hariharau tadā
Then Hari and Hara became devoid of splendour and devoid of power, unhinged and senseless, through the insult (offered) to those two Śaktis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.34
ब्रह्मा चिन्तातुरो जातः किमेतत्समुपस्थितम् । प्रधानौ देवतामध्ये कथं कार्याक्षमावमू
brahmā cintāturo jātaḥ kimetatsamupasthitam | pradhānau devatāmadhye kathaṃ kāryākṣamāvamū
Brahmā became stricken with anxiety: what is this that has come to pass? How is it that these two, the chief among the gods, are unfit for their tasks?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.35
अकाण्डे किं निमित्तेन संकटं समुपस्थितम् । प्रलयो भविता किं वा जगतोऽस्य निरागसः
akāṇḍe kiṃ nimittena saṃkaṭaṃ samupasthitam | pralayo bhavitā kiṃ vā jagato'sya nirāgasaḥ
For what reason has this calamity arrived out of season? Or will there be a dissolution of this guiltless world?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.36
निमित्तं नैव जानेऽहं कथं कार्या प्रतिक्रिया । इति चिन्तातुरोऽत्यर्थं दध्यौ मीलितलोचनः
nimittaṃ naiva jāne'haṃ kathaṃ kāryā pratikriyā | iti cintāturo'tyarthaṃ dadhyau mīlitalocanaḥ
"I do not know the cause; how is a remedy to be made?" Thus, greatly stricken with anxiety, he meditated with closed eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.37
पराशक्तिप्रकोपात्तु जातमेतदिति स्म ह । जानंस्तदा सावधानः पद्मजोऽभून्नृपोत्तम
parāśaktiprakopāttu jātametaditi sma ha | jānaṃstadā sāvadhānaḥ padmajo'bhūnnṛpottama
"This has come about from the wrath of the supreme Śakti" — knowing this, the lotus-born then became attentive, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.38
ततस्तयोश्च यत्कार्यं स्वयमेवाऽकरोत्तदा । स्वशक्तेश्च प्रभावेण कियत्कालं तपोनिधिः
tatastayośca yatkāryaṃ svayamevā'karottadā | svaśakteśca prabhāveṇa kiyatkālaṃ taponidhiḥ
Then he himself did what had to be done for those two, and by the power of his own energy the treasury of austerity (continued) for some time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 7 29.39
ततस्तयोस्तु स्वस्त्यर्थं मन्वादीन्स्वसुतानथ । आह्वयामास धर्मात्मा सनकादींश्च सत्वरः
tatastayostu svastyarthaṃ manvādīnsvasutānatha | āhvayāmāsa dharmātmā sanakādīṃśca satvaraḥ
Then, for the welfare of those two, the righteous one quickly summoned his own sons, Manu and the rest, and also Sanaka and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.40
उवाच वचनं तेभ्यः सन्नतेभ्यस्तपोनिधिः । कार्यासक्तोऽहमधुना तपः कर्तुं न च क्षमः
uvāca vacanaṃ tebhyaḥ sannatebhyastaponidhiḥ | kāryāsakto'hamadhunā tapaḥ kartuṃ na ca kṣamaḥ
The treasury of austerity spoke these words to them as they bowed low: "I am now engaged in (my) task and am not able to perform austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.41
पराशक्तेस्तु तोषार्थं जगद्भारयुतोऽस्म्यहम् । शिवविष्णू च विक्षिप्तौ पराशक्तिप्रकोपतः
parāśaktestu toṣārthaṃ jagadbhārayuto'smyaham | śivaviṣṇū ca vikṣiptau parāśaktiprakopataḥ
For the purpose of pleasing the supreme Śakti I am (also) burdened with the weight of the world; and Śiva and Viṣṇu have been struck down through the anger of the supreme Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.42
तस्मात्तां परमां शक्तिं यूयं सन्तोषयन्त्वथ । अत्यद्भुतं तपः कृत्वा भक्त्या परमया युताः
tasmāttāṃ paramāṃ śaktiṃ yūyaṃ santoṣayantvatha | atyadbhutaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ
Therefore do you now please that supreme Śakti, performing most wonderful austerity, endowed with the highest devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.43
यथा तौ पूर्ववृत्तौ च स्यात शक्तियुतावपि ां। तथा कुरुत मत्पुत्रा यशोवृद्धिर्भवेद्धि वः
yathā tau pūrvavṛttau ca syāta śaktiyutāvapi āṃ| tathā kuruta matputrā yaśovṛddhirbhaveddhi vaḥ
Act, my sons, in such a way that those two may be as they were before, again united with their Śaktis; for thereby your fame will increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.44
कुले यस्य भवेज्जन्म तयोः शक्त्योस्तु तत्कुलम् । पावयेज्जगतीं सर्वां कृतकृत्यं स्वयं भवेत्
kule yasya bhavejjanma tayoḥ śaktyostu tatkulam | pāvayejjagatīṃ sarvāṃ kṛtakṛtyaṃ svayaṃ bhavet
In whosoever's family the birth of those two Śaktis should occur, that family would purify the whole earth, and would itself become one whose purpose is accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 29.45
व्यास उवाच - पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा गताः सर्वे वनान्तरे । रिराधयिषवः सर्वे दक्षाद्या विमलान्तराः
vyāsa uvāca - pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā gatāḥ sarve vanāntare | rirādhayiṣavaḥ sarve dakṣādyā vimalāntarāḥ
Vyāsa said: Having heard the words of the Grandfather, they all went into the forest, Dakṣa and the others, all pure within, wishing to propitiate (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition