Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 18
DB 8 18.1
राहुमण्डलाद्यवस्थानवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच अधस्तात्सवितुः प्रोक्तमयुतं राहुमण्डलम् । नक्षत्रवच्चरति च सैंहिकेयोऽतदर्हणः
rāhumaṇḍalādyavasthānavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca adhastātsavituḥ proktamayutaṃ rāhumaṇḍalam | nakṣatravaccarati ca saiṃhikeyo'tadarhaṇaḥ
Description of the position of Rāhu's orb and the rest. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Ten thousand (yojanas) below the sun the orb of Rāhu is declared (to lie); and the son of Siṃhikā moves like a lunar mansion, though he does not deserve that (status).
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DB 8 18.2
सूर्याचन्द्रमसोरेव मर्दनः सिंहिकासुतः । अमरत्वं च खेटत्वं लेभे यो विष्ण्वनुग्रहात्
sūryācandramasoreva mardanaḥ siṃhikāsutaḥ | amaratvaṃ ca kheṭatvaṃ lebhe yo viṣṇvanugrahāt
The son of Siṃhikā is indeed the crusher of the sun and the moon, he who obtained immortality and planethood by Viṣṇu's favour.
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DB 8 18.3
यददस्तरणेर्बिम्बं तपतो योजनायुतम् । तच्छादकोऽसुरो ज्ञेयोऽप्यर्कसाहस्रविस्तरम्
yadadastaraṇerbimbaṃ tapato yojanāyutam | tacchādako'suro jñeyo'pyarkasāhasravistaram
Since the disc of the burning sun (measures) ten thousand yojanas, that asura who eclipses it is to be known as extending a thousand (yojanas) of the sun('s measure).
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DB 8 18.4
त्रयोदशसहस्रं तु सोमस्याच्छादको ग्रहः । यः पर्वसमये वैरानुबन्धी छादकोऽभवत्
trayodaśasahasraṃ tu somasyācchādako grahaḥ | yaḥ parvasamaye vairānubandhī chādako'bhavat
But the eclipsing planet of the moon (measures) thirteen thousand — he who, out of continuing enmity, became the eclipser at the time of the conjunction (parvan).
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DB 8 18.5
सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्दूराद्भवेच्छादनकारकः । तन्निशम्योभयत्रापि विष्णुना प्रेरितं स्वकम्
sūryācandramasordūrādbhavecchādanakārakaḥ | tanniśamyobhayatrāpi viṣṇunā preritaṃ svakam
He becomes the causer of the covering of the sun and the moon from a distance. Hearing that, in both cases, Viṣṇu sent his own
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DB 8 18.6
चक्रं सुदर्शनं नाम ज्वालामालातिभीषणम् । तत्तेजसा दुःसहेन समन्तात्परिवारितम्
cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇam | tattejasā duḥsahena samantātparivāritam
discus named Sudarśana, most terrifying with its garland of flames; encircled all around by its unbearable blaze,
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DB 8 18.7
मुहूर्तो द्विजमानस्तु दूराच्चकितमानसः । आरान्निवर्तते सोऽयमुपराग इतीव ह
muhūrto dvijamānastu dūrāccakitamānasaḥ | ārānnivartate so'yamuparāga itīva ha
For (only) a muhūrta — such is the measure, O twice-born one — with terrified mind (Rāhu comes) from afar, and turns back from close by: this indeed is (what is called) an eclipse (uparāga).
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DB 8 18.8
उच्यते लोकमध्ये तु देवर्षे अवबुध्यताम् । ततोऽधस्तात्समाख्याता लोकाः परमपावनाः
ucyate lokamadhye tu devarṣe avabudhyatām | tato'dhastātsamākhyātā lokāḥ paramapāvanāḥ
(So) it is called among people, O divine seer — let this be understood. Below that are declared the worlds that are supremely purifying.
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DB 8 18.9
सिद्धानां चारणानां च विद्याध्राणां च सत्तम । योजनायुतविख्याता लोकाः पुण्यनिषेविताः
siddhānāṃ cāraṇānāṃ ca vidyādhrāṇāṃ ca sattama | yojanāyutavikhyātā lokāḥ puṇyaniṣevitāḥ
(There are) the worlds, frequented by the meritorious, of the Siddhas, the Cāraṇas and the Vidyādharas, O best one, renowned as (extending) ten thousand yojanas.
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DB 8 18.10
ततोऽप्यधस्ताद्देवर्षे यक्षाणां च सरक्षसाम् । पिशाचप्रेतभूतानां विहाराजिरमुत्तमम्
tato'pyadhastāddevarṣe yakṣāṇāṃ ca sarakṣasām | piśācapretabhūtānāṃ vihārājiramuttamam
Below that too, O divine seer, is the excellent playing-ground of the Yakṣas together with the Rākṣasas, and of the Piśācas, Pretas and Bhūtas.
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DB 8 18.11
अन्तरिक्षं च तत्प्रोक्तं यावद्वायुः प्रवाति हि । यावन्मेघास्ततोद्यन्ति तत्प्रोक्तं ज्ञानकोविदैः
antarikṣaṃ ca tatproktaṃ yāvadvāyuḥ pravāti hi | yāvanmeghāstatodyanti tatproktaṃ jñānakovidaiḥ
And that is called the mid-region (antarikṣa), as far as the wind blows; as far as the clouds rise up from there, that is (so) declared by those skilled in knowledge.
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DB 8 18.12
ततोऽधस्ताद्योजनानां शतं यावद् द्विजोत्तम । पृथिवी परिसंख्याता सुपर्णश्येनसारसाः
tato'dhastādyojanānāṃ śataṃ yāvad dvijottama | pṛthivī parisaṃkhyātā suparṇaśyenasārasāḥ
Below that, for a hundred yojanas, O best of the twice-born, the earth is reckoned (to extend); (there are) the Suparṇas, hawks and cranes,
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DB 8 18.13
हंसादयः प्रोत्पतन्ति पार्थिवाः पृथिवीभवाः । भूसन्निवेशावस्थानं यथावदुपवर्णितम्
haṃsādayaḥ protpatanti pārthivāḥ pṛthivībhavāḥ | bhūsanniveśāvasthānaṃ yathāvadupavarṇitam
and swans and the rest, earthly creatures born of the earth, that fly up (there). The disposition and situation of the earth has (now) been described as it is.
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DB 8 18.14
अधस्तादवनेः सप्त देवर्षे विवराः स्मृताः । एकैकशो योजनानामायामोच्छ्रायतः पुनः
adhastādavaneḥ sapta devarṣe vivarāḥ smṛtāḥ | ekaikaśo yojanānāmāyāmocchrāyataḥ punaḥ
Below the earth, O divine seer, seven cavities (vivaras) are recorded; each one of them, again, in length and height,
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DB 8 18.15
अयुतान्तरविख्याताः सर्वर्तुसुखदायकाः । अतलं प्रथमं प्रोक्तं द्वितीयं वितलं तथा
ayutāntaravikhyātāḥ sarvartusukhadāyakāḥ | atalaṃ prathamaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyaṃ vitalaṃ tathā
is known to have an extent of ten thousand (yojanas), and they give pleasure in every season. The first is called Atala, and the second Vitala,
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DB 8 18.16
तृतीयं सुतलं प्रोक्तं चतुर्थं वै तलातलम् । महातलं पञ्चमं च षष्ठं प्रोक्तं रसातलम्
tṛtīyaṃ sutalaṃ proktaṃ caturthaṃ vai talātalam | mahātalaṃ pañcamaṃ ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ proktaṃ rasātalam
the third is called Sutala, the fourth indeed Talātala, the fifth Mahātala, and the sixth is called Rasātala,
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DB 8 18.17
सप्तमं विप्र पातालं सप्तैते विवराः स्मृताः । एतेषु बिलस्वर्गेषु दिवोऽप्यधिकमेव च
saptamaṃ vipra pātālaṃ saptaite vivarāḥ smṛtāḥ | eteṣu bilasvargeṣu divo'pyadhikameva ca
the seventh, O brahmin, Pātāla: these seven are recorded as the cavities. In these subterranean heavens (there is) even more than in heaven,
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DB 8 18.18
कामभोगैश्वर्यसुखसमृद्धभुवनेषु च । नित्योद्यानविहारेषु सुखास्वादः प्रवर्तते राहुमण्डलाद्यवस्थानवर्णनं नामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः
kāmabhogaiśvaryasukhasamṛddhabhuvaneṣu ca | nityodyānavihāreṣu sukhāsvādaḥ pravartate rāhumaṇḍalādyavasthānavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
and in these worlds, rich in desire, enjoyment, lordship and pleasure, and in their perpetual pleasure-gardens, the tasting of pleasure goes on. — The eighteenth chapter, called the description of the situation of Rāhu's orb and the rest.
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DB 8 18.19
दैत्याश्च काद्रवेयाश्च दानवा बलशालिनः । नित्यप्रमुदिता रक्ताः कलत्रापत्यबन्धुभिः
daityāśca kādraveyāśca dānavā balaśālinaḥ | nityapramuditā raktāḥ kalatrāpatyabandhubhiḥ
And the Daityas, the sons of Kadrū, and the Dānavas, endowed with strength, ever delighted, attached to their wives, offspring and kinsmen,
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DB 8 18.20
सुहृद्भिरनुजीवाद्यैः संयुताश्च गृहेश्वराः । ईश्वरादप्रतिहतकामा मायाविनश्च ते
suhṛdbhiranujīvādyaiḥ saṃyutāśca gṛheśvarāḥ | īśvarādapratihatakāmā māyāvinaśca te
joined with friends, dependents and the rest, masters of households, their desires unobstructed even by the Lord, and possessed of magic power —
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DB 8 18.21
निवसन्ति सदा हृष्टाः सर्वर्तुसुखसंयुताः । मयेन मायाविभुना येषु येषु च निर्मिताः
nivasanti sadā hṛṣṭāḥ sarvartusukhasaṃyutāḥ | mayena māyāvibhunā yeṣu yeṣu ca nirmitāḥ
they dwell there, always joyful, endowed with pleasure in every season, in whichever (cities) were fashioned by Maya, the lord of magic;
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DB 8 18.22
पुरः प्रकामशो भक्ता मणिप्रवरशालिनः । विचित्रभवनाट्टालगोपुराद्याः सहस्रशः
puraḥ prakāmaśo bhaktā maṇipravaraśālinaḥ | vicitrabhavanāṭṭālagopurādyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
cities at will, richly constructed, resplendent with the finest gems, with wondrous mansions, watchtowers, gateways and the rest, by the thousands,
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DB 8 18.23
सभाचत्वरचैत्यादिशोभाढ्याः सुरदुर्लभाः । नागासुराणां मिथुनैः सपारावतसारिकैः
sabhācatvaracaityādiśobhāḍhyāḥ suradurlabhāḥ | nāgāsurāṇāṃ mithunaiḥ sapārāvatasārikaiḥ
abounding in the splendour of assembly halls, courtyards, shrines and the like, hard for the gods (to obtain), with pairs of Nāgas and Asuras, together with pigeons and mynahs,
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DB 8 18.24
कीर्णकृत्रिमभूमिश्च विवरेशगृहोत्तमैः । अलङ्कृताश्चकासन्ति उद्यानानि महान्ति च
kīrṇakṛtrimabhūmiśca vivareśagṛhottamaiḥ | alaṅkṛtāścakāsanti udyānāni mahānti ca
and (there are) artificial grounds strewn about, and adorned with the excellent houses of the lords of the cavities they shine forth, and great pleasure-gardens,
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DB 8 18.25
मनःप्रसन्नकारीणि फलपुष्पविशालिभिः । ललनानां विलासार्हस्थानैः शोभितभाञ्जि च
manaḥprasannakārīṇi phalapuṣpaviśālibhiḥ | lalanānāṃ vilāsārhasthānaiḥ śobhitabhāñji ca
which gladden the mind, with (trees) broad with fruit and flowers, and which bear beauty from the places fit for the dalliance of women,
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DB 8 18.26
नानाविहंगमव्रातसंयुक्तजलराशिभिः । स्वच्छार्णपूरितह्रदैः पाठीनसमलङ्कृतैः
nānāvihaṃgamavrātasaṃyuktajalarāśibhiḥ | svacchārṇapūritahradaiḥ pāṭhīnasamalaṅkṛtaiḥ
with masses of water joined with flocks of various birds, with lakes filled with clear water, adorned with pāṭhīna fish,
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DB 8 18.27
जलजन्तुक्षुब्धनीरनीरजातैरनेकशः । कुमुदोत्पलकह्लारनीलरक्तोत्पलैस्तथा
jalajantukṣubdhanīranīrajātairanekaśaḥ | kumudotpalakahlāranīlaraktotpalaistathā
(With lakes) whose waters are stirred by water-creatures and where lotuses have sprung up in many kinds, and with white water-lilies, blue lotuses, kahlāra lilies, and blue and red lotuses,
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DB 8 18.28
तेषु कृतनिकेतानां विहारैः सङ्कुलानि च । इन्द्रियोत्सवकारैश्च तथैव विविधैः स्वरैः
teṣu kṛtaniketānāṃ vihāraiḥ saṅkulāni ca | indriyotsavakāraiśca tathaiva vividhaiḥ svaraiḥ
And (those regions are) crowded with the sports of those who have made their dwellings there, and likewise with manifold sounds that make a festival for the senses;
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DB 8 18.29
अमराणां च परमां श्रियं चातिशयन्ति च । यत्र नैव भयं क्वापि कालाङ्गैर्दिनरात्रिभिः
amarāṇāṃ ca paramāṃ śriyaṃ cātiśayanti ca | yatra naiva bhayaṃ kvāpi kālāṅgairdinarātribhiḥ
and they surpass even the highest splendour of the immortals; there, nowhere at all is there fear from days and nights, the limbs of Time.
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DB 8 18.30
यत्राहिप्रवराणां च शिरःस्थैर्मणिरश्मिभिः । नित्यं तमः प्रबाध्येत सदा प्रस्फुटकान्तिभिः
yatrāhipravarāṇāṃ ca śiraḥsthairmaṇiraśmibhiḥ | nityaṃ tamaḥ prabādhyeta sadā prasphuṭakāntibhiḥ
And there the darkness is constantly driven off by the rays of the gems set on the heads of the foremost serpents, gems of ever brilliant lustre.
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DB 8 18.31
न वा एतेषु वसतां दिव्यौषधिरसायनैः । रसान्नपानस्नानाद्यैर्नाधयो न च व्याधयः
na vā eteṣu vasatāṃ divyauṣadhirasāyanaiḥ | rasānnapānasnānādyairnādhayo na ca vyādhayaḥ
Nor indeed, for those dwelling in these (regions), are there mental ills or bodily diseases, because of divine herbs and elixirs, and juices, food, drink, baths and the like.
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DB 8 18.32
वलीपलितजीर्णत्ववैवर्ण्यस्वेदगन्धताः । अनुत्साहवयोऽवस्था न बाधन्ते कदाचन
valīpalitajīrṇatvavaivarṇyasvedagandhatāḥ | anutsāhavayo'vasthā na bādhante kadācana
Wrinkles, grey hair, decrepitude, pallor, the smell of sweat, listlessness and old age—these states never afflict (them).
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DB 8 18.33
कल्याणानां सदा तेषां न च मृत्युभयं कुतः । भगवत्तेजसोऽन्यत्र चक्राच्चैव सुदर्शनात्
kalyāṇānāṃ sadā teṣāṃ na ca mṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ | bhagavattejaso'nyatra cakrāccaiva sudarśanāt
And for those (who are) ever fortunate, whence should there be fear of death, except from the splendour of the Lord and from the discus Sudarśana—
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DB 8 18.34
यस्मिन्प्रविष्टे दैतेयवधूनां गर्भराशयः । प्रायो भयात्पतन्त्येव स्रवन्ति ब्रह्मपुत्रक
yasminpraviṣṭe daiteyavadhūnāṃ garbharāśayaḥ | prāyo bhayātpatantyeva sravanti brahmaputraka
on whose entering, O son of Brahmā, the wombs of the Daitya wives, for the most part, out of fear simply drop and flow away (miscarry).
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