Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 10

DB 8 10.1

भुवनकोशवर्णने हिरण्मयकिम्पुरुषवर्षवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच हिरण्मये नाम वर्षे भगवान्कूर्मरूपधृक् । आस्ते योगपतिः सोऽयमर्यम्णा पूज्य ईड्यते

bhuvanakośavarṇane hiraṇmayakimpuruṣavarṣavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca hiraṇmaye nāma varṣe bhagavānkūrmarūpadhṛk | āste yogapatiḥ so'yamaryamṇā pūjya īḍyate

In the description of the sphere of the worlds: the description of the Hiraṇmaya and Kiṃpuruṣa varṣas. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In the varṣa named Hiraṇmaya the Lord abides bearing the form of a tortoise; he, the master of yoga, is worshipped and extolled by Aryaman.

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DB 8 10.2

अर्यमोवाच ॐ नमो भगवते अकूपाराय सर्वसत्त्वगुण- विशेषणाय नोपलक्षितस्थानाय नमो वर्ष्मणे नमो भूमे नमोऽवस्थानाय नमस्ते । यद्रूपमेतन्निजमाययार्पित- मर्थस्वरूपं बहुरूपरूपितम् । संख्या न यस्यास्त्ययथोपलम्भना- त्तस्मै नमस्तेऽव्यपदेशरूपिणे

aryamovāca oṃ namo bhagavate akūpārāya sarvasattvaguṇa- viśeṣaṇāya nopalakṣitasthānāya namo varṣmaṇe namo bhūme namo'vasthānāya namaste | yadrūpametannijamāyayārpita- marthasvarūpaṃ bahurūparūpitam | saṃkhyā na yasyāstyayathopalambhanā- ttasmai namaste'vyapadeśarūpiṇe

Aryaman said: Om, obeisance to the Lord, the Tortoise, who is qualified by the qualities of all beings, whose station is not perceived; obeisance to (his) magnitude, obeisance to (his) ground, obeisance to (his) condition, obeisance to you. This form of yours, laid on by your own māyā, is the very nature of things, figured in many shapes; of which there is no number, since it is not apprehended as it is — obeisance to you, whose form cannot be designated.

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DB 8 10.3

जरायुजं स्वेदजमण्डजोद्भिदं चराचरं देवर्षिपितृभूतमैन्द्रियम् । द्यौः खं क्षितिः शैलसरित्समुद्रं द्वीपग्रहर्क्षेत्यभिधेय एकः

jarāyujaṃ svedajamaṇḍajodbhidaṃ carācaraṃ devarṣipitṛbhūtamaindriyam | dyauḥ khaṃ kṣitiḥ śailasaritsamudraṃ dvīpagraharkṣetyabhidheya ekaḥ

Womb-born, sweat-born, egg-born, sprouting; moving and unmoving; gods, sages, ancestors, elements, the sense-faculties; sky, space, earth, mountain, river, ocean, island, planet, star — as all these is the One to be named.

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DB 8 10.4

यस्मिनसंख्येयविशेषनाम- रूपाकृतौ कविभिः कल्पितेयम् । संख्या यया तत्त्वदृशापनीयते तस्मै नमः सांख्यनिदर्शनाय ते

yasminasaṃkhyeyaviśeṣanāma- rūpākṛtau kavibhiḥ kalpiteyam | saṃkhyā yayā tattvadṛśāpanīyate tasmai namaḥ sāṃkhyanidarśanāya te

In whom — whose particular names, forms and shapes are innumerable — this enumeration is devised by the wise, and by which, through the vision of truth, it is removed again: obeisance to you, the exemplar of Sāṃkhya.

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DB 8 10.5

एवं स्तुवति देवेशमर्यमा सह वर्षपैः । गीयते चापि भजते सर्वभूतभवं प्रभुम्

evaṃ stuvati deveśamaryamā saha varṣapaiḥ | gīyate cāpi bhajate sarvabhūtabhavaṃ prabhum

While Aryaman thus praises the lord of the gods together with the rulers of the varṣas, the Lord, the source of all beings, is sung of and worshipped.

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DB 8 10.6

तथोत्तरेषु कुरुषु भगवान्यज्ञपूरुषः । आदिवाराहरूपोऽसौ धरण्या पूज्यते सदा

tathottareṣu kuruṣu bhagavānyajñapūruṣaḥ | ādivārāharūpo'sau dharaṇyā pūjyate sadā

So too among the northern Kurus, the Lord, the Person of sacrifice, in his primal boar form, is ever worshipped by the Earth.

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DB 8 10.7

सम्पूज्य विधिवद्देवं तद्भक्त्यार्द्रार्द्रहृत्कजा । भूमिः स्तौति हरिं यज्ञवाराहं दैत्यमर्दनम्

sampūjya vidhivaddevaṃ tadbhaktyārdrārdrahṛtkajā | bhūmiḥ stauti hariṃ yajñavārāhaṃ daityamardanam

Having worshipped the god according to rule, her heart-lotus moist with devotion for him, the Earth praises Hari, the sacrificial Boar, the crusher of the daityas.

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DB 8 10.8

भूरुवाच ॐ नमो भगवते मन्त्रतत्त्वलिङ्गाय यज्ञक्रतवे महाध्वरावयवाय महावराहाय नमः कर्मशुक्लाय त्रियुगाय नमस्ते

bhūruvāca oṃ namo bhagavate mantratattvaliṅgāya yajñakratave mahādhvarāvayavāya mahāvarāhāya namaḥ karmaśuklāya triyugāya namaste

The Earth said: Om, obeisance to the Lord, whose mark is the essence of the mantras, who is the sacrifice and the rite, whose limbs are the great sacrificial ceremonies, to the great Boar; obeisance to him who is pure through (sacrificial) action, obeisance to you, present in three ages.

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DB 8 10.9

यस्य स्वरूपं कवयो विपश्चितो गुणेषु दारुष्विव जातवेदसम् । मज्जन्ति मथ्ना मनसा दिदृक्षवो गूढं क्रियार्थेर्नम ईरितात्मने

yasya svarūpaṃ kavayo vipaścito guṇeṣu dāruṣviva jātavedasam | majjanti mathnā manasā didṛkṣavo gūḍhaṃ kriyārthernama īritātmane

Whose own form the learned seers, longing to see it, hidden within the qualities as fire is within wood, plunge after with a churning mind by means of the objects of ritual action — obeisance to him whose self is uttered (in the mantras).

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DB 8 10.10

द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्वयनेशकर्तृभि- र्मायागुणैर्वस्तुभिरीक्षितात्मने । अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि- निंरस्तमायाकृतये नमोऽस्तु ते भुवनकोशवर्णने हिरण्मयकिम्पुरुषवर्षवर्णनं नाम दशमोऽध्यायः

dravyakriyāhetvayaneśakartṛbhi- rmāyāguṇairvastubhirīkṣitātmane | anvīkṣayāṅgātiśayātmabuddhibhi- niṃrastamāyākṛtaye namo'stu te bhuvanakośavarṇane hiraṇmayakimpuruṣavarṣavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ

To the Self who is beheld through substance, action, cause, place, controller and agent, through the qualities of māyā and through objects; to you whose māyā-wrought form is cast off by selves and intellects that, through inquiry, go beyond the parts — let there be obeisance. Thus the tenth chapter, called the description of the Hiraṇmaya and Kiṃpuruṣa varṣas, in the description of the sphere of the worlds.

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DB 8 10.11

करोति विश्वस्थितिसंयमोदयं यस्येप्सितं नेष्मितुमीक्षितुर्गुणैः । माया यथाऽयो भ्रमते तदाश्रयं ग्राव्णो नमस्ते गुणकर्मसाक्षिणे

karoti viśvasthitisaṃyamodayaṃ yasyepsitaṃ neṣmitumīkṣiturguṇaiḥ | māyā yathā'yo bhramate tadāśrayaṃ grāvṇo namaste guṇakarmasākṣiṇe

Māyā brings about the maintenance, dissolution and arising of the universe, which is willed by you, the beholder, though not effected by the qualities; as iron turns toward the magnet that holds it — obeisance to you, the witness of the qualities and of actions.

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DB 8 10.12

प्रमथ्य दैत्यं प्रतिवारणं मृधे यो मां रसाया जगदादिसूकरः । कृत्वाग्रदंष्ट्रं निरगादुदन्वतः क्रीडन्निवेभः प्रणतास्मि तं विभुम्

pramathya daityaṃ prativāraṇaṃ mṛdhe yo māṃ rasāyā jagadādisūkaraḥ | kṛtvāgradaṃṣṭraṃ niragādudanvataḥ krīḍannivebhaḥ praṇatāsmi taṃ vibhum

He who, having crushed in battle the daitya that opposed (him), the Boar who is the beginning of the world, setting me on the tip of his tusk, rose up out of the ocean like an elephant at play — to that mighty one I have bowed down.

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DB 8 10.13

किम्पुरुषे वर्षेऽस्मिन्भगवन्तं दाशरथिं च सर्वेशम् । सीतारामं देवं श्रीहनुमानादिपूरुषं स्तौति

kimpuruṣe varṣe'sminbhagavantaṃ dāśarathiṃ ca sarveśam | sītārāmaṃ devaṃ śrīhanumānādipūruṣaṃ stauti

In this Kimpuruṣa continent (Hanumān) praises the Lord, the son of Daśaratha, the Lord of all — the god Sītā-Rāma — Śrī Hanumān (praises) the primordial Person.

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DB 8 10.14

ॐ नमो भगवते उत्तमश्लोकाय नम इति । आर्यलक्षणशीलव्रताय नम उपशिक्षितात्मने उपासितलोकाय नमः । साधुवादनिकषणाय नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय महापुरुषाय महाभागाय नम इति । यत्तद्विशुद्धानुभवात्ममेकं स्वतेजसा ध्वस्तगुणव्यवस्थम् । प्रत्यक् प्रशान्तं सुधियोपलम्भनं ह्यनामरूपं निरहं प्रपद्ये

oṃ namo bhagavate uttamaślokāya nama iti | āryalakṣaṇaśīlavratāya nama upaśikṣitātmane upāsitalokāya namaḥ | sādhuvādanikaṣaṇāya namo brahmaṇyadevāya mahāpuruṣāya mahābhāgāya nama iti | yattadviśuddhānubhavātmamekaṃ svatejasā dhvastaguṇavyavastham | pratyak praśāntaṃ sudhiyopalambhanaṃ hyanāmarūpaṃ nirahaṃ prapadye

Om, homage to the Lord, to him who is praised by the finest verses, homage; homage to him whose character and vows bear the marks of the noble, to him whose self is well disciplined, to him who is attended upon by the world; homage to him who is the touchstone of the praise of the good, homage to the god devoted to the brahmins, to the Great Person, to the greatly blessed one, homage. That which is one, whose nature is wholly pure experience, in which by its own radiance the ordering of the guṇas is dissolved, inward, utterly at peace, to be apprehended by a clear intellect, without name or form, without ego — to that I go for refuge.

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DB 8 10.15

मर्त्यावतारस्त्विह मर्त्यशिक्षणं रक्षोवधायैव न केवलं विभो । कुतोऽन्यथा स्याद्ऽऽरमतः स्व आत्मनः सीताकृतानि व्यसनानीश्वरस्य

martyāvatārastviha martyaśikṣaṇaṃ rakṣovadhāyaiva na kevalaṃ vibho | kuto'nyathā syād''ramataḥ sva ātmanaḥ sītākṛtāni vyasanānīśvarasya

But his descent as a mortal here was for the instruction of mortals, not merely for the killing of the rākṣasa, O mighty one; for how else could the Lord, who takes his delight in his own self, have had the troubles brought about by Sītā?

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DB 8 10.16

न वै स आत्मात्मवतां सुहृत्तमः सक्तस्विलोक्यां भगवान्वासुदेवः । न स्त्रीकृतं कश्मलमश्नुवीत न लक्षणं चापि विहातुमर्हति

na vai sa ātmātmavatāṃ suhṛttamaḥ saktasvilokyāṃ bhagavānvāsudevaḥ | na strīkṛtaṃ kaśmalamaśnuvīta na lakṣaṇaṃ cāpi vihātumarhati

For he, the Self, the dearest friend of those who possess self-knowledge, the Lord Vāsudeva, is not attached to (anything) in the world; he would not undergo a defilement caused by a woman, nor would he be fit to abandon (his) mark.

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DB 8 10.17

न जन्म नूनं महतो न सौभगं न वाङ् न चुद्धिर्नाकृतिस्तोषहेतुः । तैर्यद्विसृष्टानपि नो वनौकस- श्चकार सख्ये बत लक्ष्मणाग्रजः

na janma nūnaṃ mahato na saubhagaṃ na vāṅ na cuddhirnākṛtistoṣahetuḥ | tairyadvisṛṣṭānapi no vanaukasa- ścakāra sakhye bata lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ

Surely neither birth nor good fortune, neither speech nor purity nor bodily form is the cause of the great one's satisfaction: for though we forest-dwellers were destitute of these, Lakṣmaṇa's elder brother — ah! — took us into friendship.

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DB 8 10.18

सुरोऽसुरो वाप्यथवा नरोऽनरः सर्वात्मना यः सुकृतज्ञमुत्तमम् । भजेत रामं मनुजाकृतिं हरिं य उत्तराननयत्कोसलान् दिवम्

suro'suro vāpyathavā naro'naraḥ sarvātmanā yaḥ sukṛtajñamuttamam | bhajeta rāmaṃ manujākṛtiṃ hariṃ ya uttarānanayatkosalān divam

Whether god or demon, or man or non-man, let him with his whole being worship Rāma, the highest one who acknowledges good deeds, Hari in human form, who led the northern Kosalas to heaven.

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DB 8 10.19

श्रीनारायण उवाच एवं किम्पुरुषे वर्षे सत्यसन्धं दृढव्रतम् । रामं राजीवपत्राक्षं हनुमान् वानरोत्तमः

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca evaṃ kimpuruṣe varṣe satyasandhaṃ dṛḍhavratam | rāmaṃ rājīvapatrākṣaṃ hanumān vānarottamaḥ

Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Thus, in the Kimpuruṣa continent, Hanumān, best of monkeys, (praises) Rāma, true to his pledge, firm in his vows, whose eyes are like lotus petals —

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DB 8 10.20

स्तौति गायति भक्त्या च संपूजयति सर्वशः । य एतच्छृणुयाच्चित्रं रामचन्द्रकथानकम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति रामसलोकताम्

stauti gāyati bhaktyā ca saṃpūjayati sarvaśaḥ | ya etacchṛṇuyāccitraṃ rāmacandrakathānakam | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti rāmasalokatām

— he praises him, sings of him with devotion, and worships him fully in every way. Whoever should hear this wonderful little tale of Rāmacandra, his self cleansed of all sins, attains to sharing Rāma's world.

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