Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 19
DB 8 19.1
अतलवितलसुतललोकवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच प्रथमे विवरे विप्र अतलाख्ये मनोरमे । मयपुत्रो बलो नाम वर्ततेऽखर्वगर्वकृत्
atalavitalasutalalokavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca prathame vivare vipra atalākhye manorame | mayaputro balo nāma vartate'kharvagarvakṛt
Description of the worlds Atala, Vitala and Sutala. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In the first cavity, O brāhmaṇa, the delightful one named Atala, there dwells Maya's son called Bala, a maker of no small arrogance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 8 19.2
षण्णवत्यो येन सृष्टा मायाः सर्वार्थसाधिकाः । मायाविनो याश्च सद्यो धारयन्ति च काश्चन
ṣaṇṇavatyo yena sṛṣṭā māyāḥ sarvārthasādhikāḥ | māyāvino yāśca sadyo dhārayanti ca kāścana
By him were created ninety-six magic arts, accomplishing every purpose; and some of these the magicians at once take up (and employ).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 8 19.3
जृम्भमाणस्य यस्यैव बलस्य बलशालिनः । स्त्रीगणा उपपद्यन्ते त्रयोलोकविमोहनाः
jṛmbhamāṇasya yasyaiva balasya balaśālinaḥ | strīgaṇā upapadyante trayolokavimohanāḥ
When that mighty Bala yawns, there arise hosts of women who bewilder the three worlds—
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DB 8 19.4
पुंश्चल्यश्चैव स्वैरिण्यः कामिन्यश्चेति विश्रुताः । या वै बिलायनं प्रेष्ठं प्रविष्टं पुरुषं रहः
puṃścalyaścaiva svairiṇyaḥ kāminyaśceti viśrutāḥ | yā vai bilāyanaṃ preṣṭhaṃ praviṣṭaṃ puruṣaṃ rahaḥ
known as the puṃścalīs, the svairiṇīs and the kāminīs. And any man who, entering that cavern-dwelling, comes into it in secret as a beloved—
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DB 8 19.5
रसेन हाटकाख्येन साधयित्वा प्रयत्नतः । स्वविलासावलोकानुरागस्मितविगूहनैः
rasena hāṭakākhyena sādhayitvā prayatnataḥ | svavilāsāvalokānurāgasmitavigūhanaiḥ
having subdued (him) with effort by means of the fluid called hāṭaka, with their own coquetry, glances, affection, smiles and coy concealments,
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DB 8 19.6
संलापविभ्रमाद्यैश्च रमयन्त्यपि ताः स्त्रियः । यस्मिन्नुपयुक्ते जनो मनुते बहुधा स्वयम्
saṃlāpavibhramādyaiśca ramayantyapi tāḥ striyaḥ | yasminnupayukte jano manute bahudhā svayam
and with conversation, playful gestures and the rest, those women give (him) pleasure; and when that (fluid) has been consumed, a man imagines many things about himself:
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DB 8 19.7
ईश्वरोऽहमहं सिद्धो नागायुतबलो महान् । आत्मानं मन्यमानः सन्मदान्ध इव कथ्यते
īśvaro'hamahaṃ siddho nāgāyutabalo mahān | ātmānaṃ manyamānaḥ sanmadāndha iva kathyate
"I am the lord, I am perfected, I am great, with the strength of ten thousand elephants"—thus thinking of himself, he is said to be like one blinded by intoxication.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 8 19.8
एवं प्रोक्ता स्थितिश्चात्र अतलस्य च नारद । द्वितीयविवरस्यात्र वितलस्य निबोधत
evaṃ proktā sthitiścātra atalasya ca nārada | dvitīyavivarasyātra vitalasya nibodhata
Thus, O Nārada, has the condition of Atala here been described; now learn of the second cavity here, Vitala.
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DB 8 19.9
भूतलाधस्तले चैव वितले भगवान्भवः । हाटकेश्वरनामायं स्वपार्षदगणैर्वृतः
bhūtalādhastale caiva vitale bhagavānbhavaḥ | hāṭakeśvaranāmāyaṃ svapārṣadagaṇairvṛtaḥ
In Vitala, the region below the earth's surface, is the lord Bhava, this one named Hāṭakeśvara, surrounded by his own hosts of attendants;
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DB 8 19.10
प्रजापतिकृतस्यापि सर्गस्य बृंहणाय च । भवान्या मिथुनीभूय आस्ते देवाधिपूजितः
prajāpatikṛtasyāpi sargasya bṛṃhaṇāya ca | bhavānyā mithunībhūya āste devādhipūjitaḥ
and for the increase of the creation made by the Prajāpati, he dwells united in a pair with Bhavānī, worshipped by the chief of the gods.
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DB 8 19.11
भवयोर्वीर्यसम्भूता हाटकी सरिदुत्तमा । समिद्धो मरुता वह्निरोजसा पिबतीव हि
bhavayorvīryasambhūtā hāṭakī sariduttamā | samiddho marutā vahnirojasā pibatīva hi
Arisen from the virile power of Bhava and Bhavānī, Hāṭakī, the best of rivers, (flows); and the fire, kindled by the wind, seems as it were to drink it up with its force.
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DB 8 19.12
तन्निष्ठ्यूतं हाटकाख्यं सुवर्णं दैत्यवल्लभम् । दैत्याङ्गना भूषणार्हं सदा तं धारयन्ति हि
tanniṣṭhyūtaṃ hāṭakākhyaṃ suvarṇaṃ daityavallabham | daityāṅganā bhūṣaṇārhaṃ sadā taṃ dhārayanti hi
What that (fire) spits out is the gold called hāṭaka, dear to the Daityas; the Daitya women, fit to be adorned with it, ever wear it.
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DB 8 19.13
तद्बिलाधस्तलात्प्रोक्तं सुतलाख्यं बिलेश्वरम् । पुण्यश्लोको बलिर्नामा आस्ते वैरोचनिर्मुने
tadbilādhastalātproktaṃ sutalākhyaṃ bileśvaram | puṇyaśloko balirnāmā āste vairocanirmune
Below that cavern, (the region) called Sutala is declared, the lord of caverns; there dwells the one of holy renown, Bali by name, the son of Virocana, O sage.
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DB 8 19.14
महेन्द्रस्य च देवस्य चिकीर्षुः प्रियमुत्तमम् । त्रिविक्रमोऽपि भगवान् सुतले बलिमानयत्
mahendrasya ca devasya cikīrṣuḥ priyamuttamam | trivikramo'pi bhagavān sutale balimānayat
And the Lord Trivikrama too, wishing to do the highest favour for the great god Indra, brought Bali into Sutala.
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DB 8 19.15
त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्मीमाक्षिप्य स्थापितः किल दैत्यराट् । इन्द्रादिष्वप्यलब्धा या सा श्रीस्तमनुवर्तते
trailokyalakṣmīmākṣipya sthāpitaḥ kila daityarāṭ | indrādiṣvapyalabdhā yā sā śrīstamanuvartate
Having taken away the fortune of the three worlds, the king of the Daityas was, it is said, established (there); and that Śrī which was not obtained even among Indra and the rest follows after him.
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DB 8 19.16
तमेव देवदेवेशमाराधयति भक्तितः । व्यपेतसाध्वसोऽद्यापि वर्तते सुतलाधिपः
tameva devadeveśamārādhayati bhaktitaḥ | vyapetasādhvaso'dyāpi vartate sutalādhipaḥ
That very Lord of the lords of gods he worships with devotion; free of fear, the ruler of Sutala continues (so) even today.
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DB 8 19.17
भूमिदानफलं ह्येतत्पात्रभूतेऽखिलेश्वरे । वर्णयन्ति महात्मानो नैतद्युक्तं च नारद
bhūmidānaphalaṃ hyetatpātrabhūte'khileśvare | varṇayanti mahātmāno naitadyuktaṃ ca nārada
The great-souled ones declare that this is the fruit of the gift of land (given) to the Lord of all who had become the recipient; but that is not fitting, O Nārada.
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DB 8 19.18
वासुदेवे भगवति पुरुषार्थप्रदे हरौ । एतद्दानफलं विप्र सर्वथा नहि युज्यते
vāsudeve bhagavati puruṣārthaprade harau | etaddānaphalaṃ vipra sarvathā nahi yujyate
In the case of Vāsudeva, the Lord Hari, the giver of the goals of man, this fruit of a gift is in no way applicable, O brahmin.
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DB 8 19.19
यस्यैव देवदेवस्य नामापि विवशो गृणन् । स्वकीयकर्मबन्धीयगुणान्विधुनुतेऽञ्जसा अतलवितलसुतललोकवर्णनं नामैकोनविंशोऽध्यायः
yasyaiva devadevasya nāmāpi vivaśo gṛṇan | svakīyakarmabandhīyaguṇānvidhunute'ñjasā atalavitalasutalalokavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
For (in the case of) that very Lord of the lords of gods, even one who utters His name helplessly shakes off at once the qualities that bind him to his own karma. — The nineteenth chapter, called the description of the worlds Atala, Vitala and Sutala.
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DB 8 19.20
यत्क्लेशबन्धहानाय सांख्ययोगादिसाधनम् । कुर्वते यतयो नित्यं भगवत्यखिलेश्वरे
yatkleśabandhahānāya sāṃkhyayogādisādhanam | kurvate yatayo nityaṃ bhagavatyakhileśvare
For the sake of removing which bondage of affliction the ascetics constantly practise the disciplines of Sāṃkhya, Yoga and the rest in the Lord, the Master of all —
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DB 8 19.21
न चायं भगवानस्माननुजग्राह नारद । मायामयं च भोगानामैश्वर्यं व्यतनोत्परम्
na cāyaṃ bhagavānasmānanujagrāha nārada | māyāmayaṃ ca bhogānāmaiśvaryaṃ vyatanotparam
— yet this Lord did not show us that favour, O Nārada; rather He spread out for (us) a supreme lordship over enjoyments, made of illusion,
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DB 8 19.22
सर्वक्लेशाधिहेतुं तदात्मानुस्मृतिमोषणम् । यं साक्षाद्भगवान् विष्णुः सर्वोपायविदीश्वरः
sarvakleśādhihetuṃ tadātmānusmṛtimoṣaṇam | yaṃ sākṣādbhagavān viṣṇuḥ sarvopāyavidīśvaraḥ
— (a lordship) which is the cause of all affliction and which robs one of the remembrance of the Self; which (lordship) the Lord Viṣṇu himself, the Master who knows all means,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 8 19.23
याञ्जाछलेनापहृतं सर्वस्वं देहशेषकम् । अप्राप्तान्योपाय ईशः पाशैर्वारुणसंभवैः
yāñjāchalenāpahṛtaṃ sarvasvaṃ dehaśeṣakam | aprāptānyopāya īśaḥ pāśairvāruṇasaṃbhavaiḥ
Whose entire property, down to the body alone remaining, was carried off by the trick of begging; and the Lord, (Bali) having no other recourse left, with the nooses that arise from Varuṇa
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DB 8 19.24
बन्धयित्वावमुच्यापि गिरिदर्यामिवाब्रवीत् । असाविन्द्रो महामूढो यस्य मन्त्री बृहस्पतिः
bandhayitvāvamucyāpi giridaryāmivābravīt | asāvindro mahāmūḍho yasya mantrī bṛhaspatiḥ
having bound (him) and then released (him) as it were in a mountain cave, said: "That Indra is a great fool, though his counsellor is Bṛhaspati,
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DB 8 19.25
प्रसन्नमिममत्यर्थमयाचल्लोकसम्पदम् । त्रैलोक्यमिदमैश्वर्यं कियदेवातितुच्छकम्
prasannamimamatyarthamayācallokasampadam | trailokyamidamaiśvaryaṃ kiyadevātitucchakam
for he asked of Me, exceedingly gracious (as I was), (only) worldly wealth. How very trifling is this lordship over the three worlds!
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DB 8 19.26
आशिषां प्रभवं मुक्त्वा यो मूढो लोकसम्पदि । अस्मत्पितामहः श्रीमान् प्रह्लादो भगवत्प्रियः
āśiṣāṃ prabhavaṃ muktvā yo mūḍho lokasampadi | asmatpitāmahaḥ śrīmān prahlādo bhagavatpriyaḥ
Abandoning the very source of all blessings, he is a fool (fixed) upon worldly wealth. Our grandfather, the glorious Prahlāda, dear to the Lord,
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DB 8 19.27
दास्यं वव्रे विभोस्तस्य सर्वलोकोपकारकः । पित्र्यमैश्वर्यमतुलं दीयमानं च विष्णुना
dāsyaṃ vavre vibhostasya sarvalokopakārakaḥ | pitryamaiśvaryamatulaṃ dīyamānaṃ ca viṣṇunā
chose (only) servitude to that Lord, he who did good to all the worlds; and though the incomparable paternal sovereignty was being given by Viṣṇu,
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DB 8 19.28
पितर्युपरते वीरे नैवैच्छद्भगवत्प्रियः । तस्यातुलानुभावस्य सर्वलोकोपधीमतः
pitaryuparate vīre naivaicchadbhagavatpriyaḥ | tasyātulānubhāvasya sarvalokopadhīmataḥ
when his heroic father had died, that beloved of the Lord did not desire it at all. Of him of incomparable power, endowed with intelligence for (the benefit of) all the worlds,
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DB 8 19.29
अस्मद्विधो नाल्पपक्वेतरदोषोऽवगच्छति । एवं दैत्यपतिः सोऽयं बलिः परमपूजितः
asmadvidho nālpapakvetaradoṣo'vagacchati | evaṃ daityapatiḥ so'yaṃ baliḥ paramapūjitaḥ
one like us, whose faults are but little matured, does not comprehend (anything). Thus this Bali, lord of the Daityas, is supremely honoured,
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DB 8 19.30
सुतले वर्तते यस्य द्वारपालो हरिः स्वयम् । एकदा दिग्विजये राजा रावणो लोकरावणः
sutale vartate yasya dvārapālo hariḥ svayam | ekadā digvijaye rājā rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ
and he dwells in Sutala, whose own doorkeeper is Hari himself. Once, on a conquest of the quarters, King Rāvaṇa, the terror of the worlds,
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DB 8 19.31
प्रविशन्सुतले येन भक्तानुग्रहकारिणा । पादाङ्गुष्ठेन प्रक्षिप्तो योजनायुतमत्र हि
praviśansutale yena bhaktānugrahakāriṇā | pādāṅguṣṭhena prakṣipto yojanāyutamatra hi
as he was entering Sutala, was flung ten thousand leagues away, right here, by the big toe of Him who shows favour to His devotees.
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DB 8 19.32
एवंभूतानुभावोऽयं बलिः सर्वसुखैकभुक् । आस्ते सुतलराजस्थो देवदेवप्रसादतः
evaṃbhūtānubhāvo'yaṃ baliḥ sarvasukhaikabhuk | āste sutalarājastho devadevaprasādataḥ
Such is the power of this Bali, the sole enjoyer of every pleasure; he abides seated as king of Sutala, by the grace of the Lord of the lords of gods.
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