Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 36
DB 7 36.1
देवीगीतायां ब्रह्मविद्योपदेशवर्णनम् देव्युवाच इत्यादियोगयुक्तात्मा ध्यायेन्मां ब्रह्मरूपिणीम् । भक्त्या निर्व्याजया राजन्नासने समुपस्थितः
devīgītāyāṃ brahmavidyopadeśavarṇanam devyuvāca ityādiyogayuktātmā dhyāyenmāṃ brahmarūpiṇīm | bhaktyā nirvyājayā rājannāsane samupasthitaḥ
[In the Devī Gītā, the description of the teaching of the knowledge of brahman.] The Goddess said: With the self thus joined to the yoga described from the beginning, seated on (his) seat, O king, one should meditate on me, who have brahman for my form, with guileless devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.2
आविः सन्निहितं गुहाचरं नाम महत्पदम् । अत्रैतत्सर्वमर्पितमेजत्प्राणमिषच्च यत्
āviḥ sannihitaṃ guhācaraṃ nāma mahatpadam | atraitatsarvamarpitamejatprāṇamiṣacca yat
Manifest, set close at hand, moving in the cave (of the heart), the great abode named (thus): in it all this is placed—whatever stirs, breathes, and blinks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.3
एतज्जानथ सदसद्वरेण्यं परं विज्ञानाद्यद्वरिष्ठं प्रजानाम् । यदर्चिमद्यदणुभ्योऽणु च यस्मिंल्लोका निहिता लोकिनश्च
etajjānatha sadasadvareṇyaṃ paraṃ vijñānādyadvariṣṭhaṃ prajānām | yadarcimadyadaṇubhyo'ṇu ca yasmiṃllokā nihitā lokinaśca
Know this, which is being and non-being, the most desirable, higher than understanding, which is the best for creatures; which is radiant, which is subtler than the subtle, in which the worlds and their inhabitants are placed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.4
तदेतदक्षरं ब्रह्म स प्राणस्तदु वाङ्मनः । तदेतत्सत्यममृतं तद्वेद्धव्यं सौम्य विद्धि
tadetadakṣaraṃ brahma sa prāṇastadu vāṅmanaḥ | tadetatsatyamamṛtaṃ tadveddhavyaṃ saumya viddhi
That is this imperishable brahman; that is breath, and that too is speech and mind; that is this truth, this immortal—that is to be pierced: pierce it, gentle one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.5
धनुर्गृहीत्वौपनिषदं महास्त्रं शरं ह्युपासानिशितं सन्धयीत । आयम्य तद्भावगतेन चेतसा लक्ष्यं तदेवाक्षरं सौम्य विद्धि
dhanurgṛhītvaupaniṣadaṃ mahāstraṃ śaraṃ hyupāsāniśitaṃ sandhayīta | āyamya tadbhāvagatena cetasā lakṣyaṃ tadevākṣaraṃ saumya viddhi
Having taken up the great weapon, the bow of the Upaniṣads, one should fit to it an arrow sharpened by worship; drawing it back with a mind gone into the being of That, pierce, gentle one, that very imperishable as the target.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.6
प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते । अप्रमत्तेन वेद्धव्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत्
praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate | apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravattanmayo bhavet
The praṇava (Om) is the bow, the self is the arrow, and brahman is said to be the target; it is to be pierced by one who is not heedless, and one should become of one substance with it, like the arrow (lodged in the mark).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.7
यस्मिन् द्यौश्च पृथिवी चान्तरिक्ष- मोतं मनः सह प्राणैश्च सर्वैः । तमेवैकं जानथात्मानं अन्या वाचो विमुञ्चथामृतस्यैष सेतुः
yasmin dyauśca pṛthivī cāntarikṣa- motaṃ manaḥ saha prāṇaiśca sarvaiḥ | tamevaikaṃ jānathātmānaṃ anyā vāco vimuñcathāmṛtasyaiṣa setuḥ
That in which heaven and earth and the mid-region are woven, and the mind together with all the breaths—know that alone as the Self; let go of other words: this is the causeway to immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.8
अरा इव रथनाभौ संहता यत्र नाड्यः । स एषोऽन्तश्चरते बहुधा जायमानः
arā iva rathanābhau saṃhatā yatra nāḍyaḥ | sa eṣo'ntaścarate bahudhā jāyamānaḥ
Where the channels are joined together like the spokes in a chariot's hub—this is he who moves within, being born in many ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.9
ओमित्येवं ध्यायथात्मानं स्वस्ति वः पाराय तमसः परस्तात् । दिव्ये ब्रह्मपुरे व्योम्नि आत्मा सम्प्रतिष्ठितः
omityevaṃ dhyāyathātmānaṃ svasti vaḥ pārāya tamasaḥ parastāt | divye brahmapure vyomni ātmā sampratiṣṭhitaḥ
Thus meditate on the Self as Om; may it go well with you for crossing beyond the darkness. In the divine city of brahman, in the space (of the heart), the Self is firmly established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.10
मनोमयः प्राणशरीरनेता प्रतिष्ठितोऽन्ने हृदयं सन्निधाय । तद्विज्ञानेन परिपश्यन्ति धीरा आनन्दरूपममृतं यद्विभाति
manomayaḥ prāṇaśarīranetā pratiṣṭhito'nne hṛdayaṃ sannidhāya | tadvijñānena paripaśyanti dhīrā ānandarūpamamṛtaṃ yadvibhāti
Made of mind, the leader of the body of breath, established in food, having placed (itself) close in the heart—by discernment of that the steadfast see all around that which shines as the immortal whose form is bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.11
भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशयाः । क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्दृष्टे परावरे
bhidyate hṛdayagranthiśchidyante sarvasaṃśayāḥ | kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi tasmindṛṣṭe parāvare
The knot of the heart is broken, all doubts are cut through, and his actions are exhausted, when That, the higher and the lower, is seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.12
हिरण्मये परे कोशे विराजं ब्रह्म निष्कलम् । तच्छुभ्रं ज्योतिषां ज्योतिस्तद्यदात्मविदो विदुः
hiraṇmaye pare kośe virājaṃ brahma niṣkalam | tacchubhraṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotistadyadātmavido viduḥ
In the highest golden sheath (is) brahman, shining forth, without parts; that is the pure, the light of lights—that which the knowers of the Self know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.13
न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः । तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति
na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto'yamagniḥ | tameva bhāntamanubhāti sarvaṃ tasya bhāsā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti
There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars, these lightnings do not shine—how then this fire? It is That alone, shining, that all follow in shining; by its light all this shines forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.14
ब्रह्मैवेदममृतं पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्म पश्चाद्ब्रह्म दक्षिणतश्चोत्तरेण । अधश्चोर्ध्वं च प्रसृतं ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वं वरिष्ठम्
brahmaivedamamṛtaṃ purastādbrahma paścādbrahma dakṣiṇataścottareṇa | adhaścordhvaṃ ca prasṛtaṃ brahmaivedaṃ viśvaṃ variṣṭham
This immortal is brahman alone in front, brahman behind, brahman to the south and to the north; extended below and above—this whole universe, the most excellent, is brahman alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.15
एतादृगनुभवो यस्य स कृतार्थो नरोत्तमः । ब्रह्मभूतः प्रसन्नात्मा न शोचति न काङ्क्षति
etādṛganubhavo yasya sa kṛtārtho narottamaḥ | brahmabhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati
He whose experience is such is one whose purpose is accomplished, the best of men; become brahman, tranquil in self, he neither grieves nor desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.16
द्वितीयाद्वै भयं राजंस्तदभावाद् बिभेति न । न तद्वियोगो मेऽप्यस्ति मद्वियोगोऽपि तस्य न
dvitīyādvai bhayaṃ rājaṃstadabhāvād bibheti na | na tadviyogo me'pyasti madviyogo'pi tasya na
Fear indeed comes from a second, O king; since that is absent, he does not fear. There is no separation of him from me, nor any separation of me from him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.17
अहमेव स सोऽहं वै निश्चितं विद्धि पर्वत । मद्दर्शनं तु तत्र स्याद्यत्र ज्ञानी स्थितो मम
ahameva sa so'haṃ vai niścitaṃ viddhi parvata | maddarśanaṃ tu tatra syādyatra jñānī sthito mama
I myself am he, and he indeed is I—know this for certain, O Mountain. And the sight of me is there, where a knower of mine is stationed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.18
नाहं तीर्थे न कैलासे वैकुण्ठे वा न कर्हिचित् । वसामि किन्तु मज्ज्ञानिहृदयाम्भोजमध्यमे
nāhaṃ tīrthe na kailāse vaikuṇṭhe vā na karhicit | vasāmi kintu majjñānihṛdayāmbhojamadhyame
I dwell neither in a place of pilgrimage, nor on Kailāsa, nor in Vaikuṇṭha, ever; rather (I dwell) in the middle of the heart-lotus of one who knows me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.19
मत्पूजाकोटिफलदं सकृन्मज्ज्ञानिनोऽर्चनम् । कुलं पवित्रं तस्यास्ति जननी कृतकृत्यका
matpūjākoṭiphaladaṃ sakṛnmajjñānino'rcanam | kulaṃ pavitraṃ tasyāsti jananī kṛtakṛtyakā
Worship of one who knows me, done but once, yields the fruit of ten million worships of me; his family is purified, his mother has accomplished her purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.20
विश्वम्भरा पुण्यवती चिल्लयो यस्य चेतसः । ब्रह्मज्ञानं तु यत्पृष्टं त्वया पर्वतसत्तम
viśvambharā puṇyavatī cillayo yasya cetasaḥ | brahmajñānaṃ tu yatpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā parvatasattama
The earth (that bears him) is made meritorious — he whose mind is dissolved in consciousness. And as for the knowledge of Brahman about which you asked, O best of mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.21
कथितं तन्मया सर्वं नातो वक्तव्यमस्ति हि । इदं ज्येष्ठाय पुत्राय भक्तियुक्ताय शीलिने
kathitaṃ tanmayā sarvaṃ nāto vaktavyamasti hi | idaṃ jyeṣṭhāya putrāya bhaktiyuktāya śīline
all that has been told by me; there is nothing further to be said. This (teaching should be told) to an eldest son who is endowed with devotion and of good conduct,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.22
शिष्याय च यथोक्ताय वक्तव्यं नान्यथा क्वचित् । यस्य देवे परा भक्तिर्यथा देवे तथा गुरौ
śiṣyāya ca yathoktāya vaktavyaṃ nānyathā kvacit | yasya deve parā bhaktiryathā deve tathā gurau
and to a disciple who is as described; it must not be told otherwise anywhere. For him who has supreme devotion to God, and as to God so to the teacher,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.23
तस्यैते कथिता ह्यर्थाः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः । येनोपदिष्टा विद्येयं स एव परमेश्वरः
tasyaite kathitā hyarthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ | yenopadiṣṭā vidyeyaṃ sa eva parameśvaraḥ
to that great-souled one these matters, once told, shine forth. He by whom this knowledge is imparted — he is the Supreme Lord himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.24
यस्यायं सुकृतं कर्तुमसमर्थस्ततो ऋणी । पित्रोरप्यधिकः प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मजन्मप्रदायकः
yasyāyaṃ sukṛtaṃ kartumasamarthastato ṛṇī | pitrorapyadhikaḥ prokto brahmajanmapradāyakaḥ
He is unable to do (any) good deed (equal to that) of the one to whom he is thereby indebted; the giver of birth into Brahman is said to be greater even than the parents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 7 36.25
पितृजातं जन्म नष्टं नेत्थं जातं कदाचन । तस्मै न द्रुह्येदित्यादि निगमोऽप्यवदन्नग
pitṛjātaṃ janma naṣṭaṃ netthaṃ jātaṃ kadācana | tasmai na druhyedityādi nigamo'pyavadannaga
The birth born of the father perishes; (but) one born in this way never (perishes). "One should not do harm to him" and so forth — even scripture declared, O mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.26
तस्माच्छास्त्रस्य सिद्धान्तो ब्रह्मदाता गुरुः परः । शिवे रुष्टे गुरुस्त्राता गुरौ रुष्टे न शङ्करः
tasmācchāstrasya siddhānto brahmadātā guruḥ paraḥ | śive ruṣṭe gurustrātā gurau ruṣṭe na śaṅkaraḥ
Therefore the settled conclusion of scripture (is that) the teacher who bestows Brahman is supreme: when Śiva is angry the teacher is the protector, but when the teacher is angry Śaṅkara is not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.27
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन श्रीगुरुं तोषयेन्नग । कायेन मनसा वाचा सर्वदा तत्परो भवेत्
tasmātsarvaprayatnena śrīguruṃ toṣayennaga | kāyena manasā vācā sarvadā tatparo bhavet
Therefore with every effort one should please the revered teacher, O mountain; with body, mind and speech one should be always devoted to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.28
अन्यथा तु कृतघ्नः स्यात्कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः । इन्द्रेणाथर्वणायोक्ता शिरश्छेदप्रतिज्ञया
anyathā tu kṛtaghnaḥ syātkṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ | indreṇātharvaṇāyoktā śiraśchedapratijñayā
Otherwise one would be ungrateful, and for an ungrateful man there is no expiation. It was told by Indra to Atharvaṇa under the pledge of (his) head being cut off,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.29
अश्विभ्यां कथने तस्य शिरश्छिन्नं च वज्रिणा । अश्वीयं तच्छिरो नष्टं दृष्ट्वा वैद्यौ सुरोत्तमौ
aśvibhyāṃ kathane tasya śiraśchinnaṃ ca vajriṇā | aśvīyaṃ tacchiro naṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā vaidyau surottamau
and when he told it to the two Aśvins, his head was cut off by the wielder of the thunderbolt; when that horse's head was destroyed, the two physicians, best of gods, having seen (it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.30
पुनः संयोजितं स्वीयं ताभ्यां मुनिशिरस्तदा । इति सङ्कटसम्पाद्या ब्रह्मविद्या नगाधिप । लब्धा येन स धन्यः स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भूधर
punaḥ saṃyojitaṃ svīyaṃ tābhyāṃ muniśirastadā | iti saṅkaṭasampādyā brahmavidyā nagādhipa | labdhā yena sa dhanyaḥ syātkṛtakṛtyaśca bhūdhara
then joined back on by those two the sage's own head. Thus the knowledge of Brahman is to be won through hardship, O lord of mountains; he by whom it is obtained would be blessed and would have accomplished his purpose, O bearer of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 7 36.36
देवीगीतायां ब्रह्मविद्योपदेशवर्णनं नाम षट्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः
devīgītāyāṃ brahmavidyopadeśavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
In the Devī Gītā, the thirty-sixth chapter, called "The Description of the Teaching of the Knowledge of Brahman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition