Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 17
DB 8 17.1
ध्रुवमण्डलसंस्थानवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच अथर्षिमण्डलादूर्ध्वं योजनानां प्रमाणतः । लक्षैस्त्रयोदशमितैः परमं वैष्णवं पदम्
dhruvamaṇḍalasaṃsthānavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca atharṣimaṇḍalādūrdhvaṃ yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ | lakṣaistrayodaśamitaiḥ paramaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam
The description of the arrangement of Dhruva's sphere. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Now, above the sphere of the sages, at a distance measured in yojanas as thirteen lakhs, is the supreme station of Viṣṇu.
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DB 8 17.2
महाभागवतः श्रीमान् वर्तते लोकवन्दितः । औत्तानपादिरिन्द्रेण वह्निना कश्यपेन च
mahābhāgavataḥ śrīmān vartate lokavanditaḥ | auttānapādirindreṇa vahninā kaśyapena ca
There dwells the great devotee, the glorious one revered by the worlds, the son of Uttānapāda — together with Indra, with Agni, with Kaśyapa,
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DB 8 17.3
धर्मेण सह चैवास्ते समकालयुजा ध्रुवः । बहुमानं दक्षिणतः कुर्वद्भिः प्रेक्षकैः सदा
dharmeṇa saha caivāste samakālayujā dhruvaḥ | bahumānaṃ dakṣiṇataḥ kurvadbhiḥ prekṣakaiḥ sadā
and with Dharma: Dhruva abides, joined with him for an equal length of time, while the onlookers on his right always pay him great honor.
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DB 8 17.4
आजीव्यः कल्पजीविनामुपास्ते भगवत्पदम् । ज्योतिर्गणानां सर्वेषां ग्रहनक्षत्रभादिनाम्
ājīvyaḥ kalpajīvināmupāste bhagavatpadam | jyotirgaṇānāṃ sarveṣāṃ grahanakṣatrabhādinām
He is the means of livelihood for those who live for a kalpa; he worships the station of the Lord. Of all the hosts of lights — planets, stars, asterisms and the rest —
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DB 8 17.5
कालेनानिमिषेणायं भ्राम्यतां व्यक्तरंहसा । अवष्टम्भस्थाणुरिव विहितश्चेश्वरेण सः
kālenānimiṣeṇāyaṃ bhrāmyatāṃ vyaktaraṃhasā | avaṣṭambhasthāṇuriva vihitaśceśvareṇa saḥ
— which revolve, driven by unblinking Time with visible speed — he has been established by the Lord like a fixed post to lean upon.
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DB 8 17.6
भासते भासयन्भासा स्वीयया देवपूजितः । मेढिस्तम्भे यथा युक्ताः पशवः कर्षणार्थकाः
bhāsate bhāsayanbhāsā svīyayā devapūjitaḥ | meḍhistambhe yathā yuktāḥ paśavaḥ karṣaṇārthakāḥ
He shines, illuminating with his own light, honored by the gods. Just as cattle yoked to a central threshing-post for the purpose of treading (the grain),
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DB 8 17.7
मण्डलानि चरन्तीमे सवनत्रितयेन च । एवं ग्रहादयः सर्वे भगणाद्या यथाक्रमम्
maṇḍalāni carantīme savanatritayena ca | evaṃ grahādayaḥ sarve bhagaṇādyā yathākramam
these move in their circles together with the three (daily) pressings; so too all the planets and the rest, the star-groups and the rest, in due order,
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DB 8 17.8
अन्तर्बहिर्विभागेन कालचक्रे नियोजिताः । ध्रुवमेवावलम्ब्याशु वायुनोदीरिताश्च ते
antarbahirvibhāgena kālacakre niyojitāḥ | dhruvamevāvalambyāśu vāyunodīritāśca te
are yoked to the wheel of time by a division into inner and outer; and, depending on Dhruva alone, they are swiftly urged on by the wind.
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DB 8 17.9
आकल्पान्तं च क्रमन्ति खे श्येनाद्याः खगा इव । कर्मसारथयो वायुवशगाः सर्व एव ते
ākalpāntaṃ ca kramanti khe śyenādyāḥ khagā iva | karmasārathayo vāyuvaśagāḥ sarva eva te
And until the end of the kalpa they move on in the sky like birds — hawks and the like: all of them have their actions for a charioteer and are subject to the wind.
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DB 8 17.10
एवं ज्योतिर्गणाः सर्वे प्रकृतेः पुरुषस्य च । संयोगानुगृहीतास्ते भूमौ न निपतन्ति च
evaṃ jyotirgaṇāḥ sarve prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca | saṃyogānugṛhītāste bhūmau na nipatanti ca
Thus all the hosts of lights, sustained by the conjunction of prakṛti and puruṣa, do not fall down to the earth.
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DB 8 17.11
ज्योतिश्चक्रं केचिदेतच्छिशुमारस्वरूपकम् । सोपयोगं भगवतो योगधारणकर्मणि
jyotiścakraṃ kecidetacchiśumārasvarūpakam | sopayogaṃ bhagavato yogadhāraṇakarmaṇi
Some (hold) that this wheel of lights has the form of a porpoise, and that it serves a purpose in the practice of yogic concentration on the Lord.
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DB 8 17.12
यस्यार्वाक्शिरसः कुण्डलीभूतवपुषो मुने । पुच्छाग्रे कल्पितो योऽयं ध्रुव उत्तानपादजः
yasyārvākśirasaḥ kuṇḍalībhūtavapuṣo mune | pucchāgre kalpito yo'yaṃ dhruva uttānapādajaḥ
Its head is downward and its body is coiled, O sage; and at the tip of its tail this Dhruva, son of Uttānapāda, is placed.
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DB 8 17.13
लाङ्गूलेऽस्य च सम्प्रोक्तः प्रजापतिरकल्मषः । अग्निरिन्द्रश्च धर्मश्च तिष्ठन्ते सुरपूजिताः
lāṅgūle'sya ca samproktaḥ prajāpatirakalmaṣaḥ | agnirindraśca dharmaśca tiṣṭhante surapūjitāḥ
On its tail the stainless Prajāpati is declared (to be); and Agni, Indra and Dharma stand there, honored by the gods.
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DB 8 17.14
धाता विधाता पुच्छान्ते कट्यां सप्तर्षयस्ततः । दक्षिणावर्तभोगेन कुण्डलाकारमीयुषः
dhātā vidhātā pucchānte kaṭyāṃ saptarṣayastataḥ | dakṣiṇāvartabhogena kuṇḍalākāramīyuṣaḥ
Dhātā and Vidhātā are at the end of the tail; then, on its haunches, the seven sages — of it, which has assumed a coiled shape by a rightward-winding of its body.
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DB 8 17.15
उत्तरायणभानीह दक्षपार्श्वेऽर्पितानि च । दक्षिणायनभानीह सव्ये पार्श्वेऽर्पितानि च
uttarāyaṇabhānīha dakṣapārśve'rpitāni ca | dakṣiṇāyanabhānīha savye pārśve'rpitāni ca
Here the asterisms of the northern course are set on the right side, and the asterisms of the southern course are set here on the left side.
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DB 8 17.16
कुण्डलाभोगवेशस्य पार्श्वयोरुभयोरपि । समसंख्याश्चावयवा भवन्ति कजनन्दन
kuṇḍalābhogaveśasya pārśvayorubhayorapi | samasaṃkhyāścāvayavā bhavanti kajanandana
On both sides of (this figure), whose form is that of the coiling expanse of an earring (i.e. a ring-shaped coil), the members are equal in number, O son of the lotus-born.
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DB 8 17.17
अजवीथी पृष्ठभागे आकाशसरिदौदरे । पुनर्वसुश्च पुष्यश्च श्रोण्यौ दक्षिणवामयोः ध्रुवमण्डलसंस्थानवर्णनं नाम सप्तदशोऽध्यायः
ajavīthī pṛṣṭhabhāge ākāśasaridaudare | punarvasuśca puṣyaśca śroṇyau dakṣiṇavāmayoḥ dhruvamaṇḍalasaṃsthānavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ
The Goat's Road (ajavīthī) is on the back part; the celestial river (Milky Way) in the belly; Punarvasu and Puṣya are the two haunches, right and left. — Thus the seventeenth chapter, called the description of the arrangement of the circle of Dhruva.
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DB 8 17.18
आर्द्राश्लेषे पश्चिमयोः पादयोर्दक्षवामयोः । अभिजिच्चोत्तराषाढा नासयोर्दक्षवामयोः
ārdrāśleṣe paścimayoḥ pādayordakṣavāmayoḥ | abhijiccottarāṣāḍhā nāsayordakṣavāmayoḥ
Ārdrā and Āśleṣā are on the two hind feet, right and left; Abhijit and Uttarāṣāḍhā on the nostrils, right and left.
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DB 8 17.19
यथासंख्यं च देवर्षे श्रुतिश्च जलभं तथा । कल्पिते कल्पनाविद्भिर्नेत्रयोर्दक्षवामयोः
yathāsaṃkhyaṃ ca devarṣe śrutiśca jalabhaṃ tathā | kalpite kalpanāvidbhirnetrayordakṣavāmayoḥ
And respectively, O divine seer, Śruti (Śravaṇa) and the water-asterism (Pūrvāṣāḍhā/Śatabhiṣā) are assigned by those who know such assignments to the eyes, right and left.
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DB 8 17.20
धनिष्ठा चैव मूलं च कर्णयोर्दक्षवामयोः । मघादीन्यष्टभानीह दक्षिणायनगानि च
dhaniṣṭhā caiva mūlaṃ ca karṇayordakṣavāmayoḥ | maghādīnyaṣṭabhānīha dakṣiṇāyanagāni ca
Dhaniṣṭhā and Mūla are on the ears, right and left; and the eight asterisms beginning with Maghā, which lie in the southern course,
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DB 8 17.21
युञ्जीत वामपार्श्वीयवंक्रिषु क्रमतो मुने । तथैव मृगशीर्षादीन्युदग्भानि च यानि हि
yuñjīta vāmapārśvīyavaṃkriṣu kramato mune | tathaiva mṛgaśīrṣādīnyudagbhāni ca yāni hi
one should join, in order, to the ribs on the left side, O sage; and likewise those beginning with Mṛgaśīrṣa which lie in the northern course,
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DB 8 17.22
दक्षपार्श्वे वंक्रिकेषु प्रातिलोम्येन योजयेत् । शततारा तथा ज्येष्ठा स्कन्धयोर्दक्षवामयोः
dakṣapārśve vaṃkrikeṣu prātilomyena yojayet | śatatārā tathā jyeṣṭhā skandhayordakṣavāmayoḥ
one should join to the ribs on the right side in reverse order. And Śatatārā (Śatabhiṣā) and Jyeṣṭhā are on the shoulders, right and left.
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DB 8 17.23
अगस्तिश्चोत्तरहनावधरायां हनौ यमः । मुखेष्वङ्गारकः प्रोक्तो मन्दः प्रोक्त उपस्थके
agastiścottarahanāvadharāyāṃ hanau yamaḥ | mukheṣvaṅgārakaḥ prokto mandaḥ prokta upasthake
Agasti (Canopus) is on the upper jaw, Yama on the lower jaw; Aṅgāraka (Mars) is said to be on the mouths, Manda (Saturn) is said to be on the genital region.
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DB 8 17.24
बृहस्पतिश्च ककुदि वक्षस्यर्को ग्रहाधिपः । नारायणश्च हृदये चन्द्रो मनसि तिष्ठति
bṛhaspatiśca kakudi vakṣasyarko grahādhipaḥ | nārāyaṇaśca hṛdaye candro manasi tiṣṭhati
Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) is on the hump, the Sun, lord of the planets, on the chest; Nārāyaṇa is in the heart, and the Moon abides in the mind.
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DB 8 17.25
स्तनयोरश्विनौ नाभ्यामुशनाः परिकीर्तितः । बुधः प्राणापानयोश्च गले राहुश्च केतवः
stanayoraśvinau nābhyāmuśanāḥ parikīrtitaḥ | budhaḥ prāṇāpānayośca gale rāhuśca ketavaḥ
The two Aśvins are declared to be on the breasts, Uśanas (Venus) on the navel; Mercury in the in-breath and out-breath, and Rāhu and the comets in the throat.
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DB 8 17.26
सर्वाङ्गेषु तथा रोमकूपे तारागणाः स्मृताः । एतद्भगवतो विष्णोः सर्वदेवमयं वपुः
sarvāṅgeṣu tathā romakūpe tārāgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ | etadbhagavato viṣṇoḥ sarvadevamayaṃ vapuḥ
And in all the limbs and in the hair-pores the hosts of stars are held to be. This is the body of Lord Viṣṇu, consisting of all the gods.
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DB 8 17.27
सन्ध्यायां प्रत्यहं ध्यायेत्प्रयतो वाग्यतो मुनिः । निरीक्षमाणश्चोत्तिष्ठेन्मन्त्रेणानेन धीश्वरः
sandhyāyāṃ pratyahaṃ dhyāyetprayato vāgyato muniḥ | nirīkṣamāṇaścottiṣṭhenmantreṇānena dhīśvaraḥ
Each day at twilight the sage, restrained and holding his speech, should meditate (on it); and, gazing at (it), the master of intellect should rise up with this formula:
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DB 8 17.28
नमो ज्योतिर्लोकाय कालायानिमिषां पतये महापुरुषायाभिधीमहीति
namo jyotirlokāya kālāyānimiṣāṃ pataye mahāpuruṣāyābhidhīmahīti
"Homage to the world of light, to Time, to the lord of the unblinking ones; we meditate upon the Great Person" — thus.
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DB 8 17.29
ग्रहर्क्षतारामयमाधिदैविकं पापापहं मन्त्रकृतां त्रिकालम् । नमस्यतः स्मरतो वा त्रिकालं नश्येत तत्कालजमाशु पापम्
graharkṣatārāmayamādhidaivikaṃ pāpāpahaṃ mantrakṛtāṃ trikālam | namasyataḥ smarato vā trikālaṃ naśyeta tatkālajamāśu pāpam
This (body), consisting of the planets, lunar mansions and stars, pertaining to the deities, destroys the sin of those who recite the formula at the three times (of day); for one who bows or remembers (it) at the three times, the sin born of that time perishes at once.
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