Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 20
DB 8 20.1
तलातलादिलोकवर्णनेऽनन्तवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच ततोऽधस्ताद्विवरकं तलातलमुदीरितम् । दानवेन्द्रो मयो नाम त्रिपुराधिपतिर्महान्
talātalādilokavarṇane'nantavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca tato'dhastādvivarakaṃ talātalamudīritam | dānavendro mayo nāma tripurādhipatirmahān
The description of Ananta within the account of Talātala and the other worlds. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Below that (region) the cavity called Talātala is declared (to lie); (there dwells) the lord of the Dānavas named Maya, the great sovereign of the Triple City.
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DB 8 20.2
त्रिलोक्याः शङ्करेणायं पालितो दग्धपूस्त्रयः । देवदेवप्रसादात्तु लब्धराज्यसुखास्पदः
trilokyāḥ śaṅkareṇāyaṃ pālito dagdhapūstrayaḥ | devadevaprasādāttu labdharājyasukhāspadaḥ
His three cities having been burned (by Śiva), he was protected by Śaṅkara, (lord) of the three worlds; and by the favour of the God of gods he obtained a place of royal happiness.
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DB 8 20.3
आचार्यो मायिनां सोऽयं नानामायाविशारदः । पूज्यते राक्षसैर्घोरैः सर्वकार्यसमृद्धये
ācāryo māyināṃ so'yaṃ nānāmāyāviśāradaḥ | pūjyate rākṣasairghoraiḥ sarvakāryasamṛddhaye
He is the teacher of the illusionists, skilled in manifold magic; he is worshipped by the dreadful Rākṣasas for the accomplishment of all their undertakings.
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DB 8 20.4
ततोऽधस्तास्तुविख्यातं महातलमिति स्फुटम् । सर्पाणां काद्रवेयाणां गणः क्रोधवशो महान्
tato'dhastāstuvikhyātaṃ mahātalamiti sphuṭam | sarpāṇāṃ kādraveyāṇāṃ gaṇaḥ krodhavaśo mahān
Below that is the (region) clearly renowned as Mahātala; there is the great host of the serpents born of Kadru, (called) Krodhavaśa.
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DB 8 20.5
अनेकशिरसां विप्र प्रधानान्कीर्तयामि ते । कुहकस्तक्षकश्चैव सुषेणः कालियस्तथा
anekaśirasāṃ vipra pradhānānkīrtayāmi te | kuhakastakṣakaścaiva suṣeṇaḥ kāliyastathā
O brahmin, I shall name for you the chief of these many-headed ones: Kuhaka, Takṣaka, Suṣeṇa and Kāliya.
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DB 8 20.6
महाभोगा महासत्त्वाः क्रूराः क्रूरस्वजातयः । पतत्रिराजाधिपतेरुद्विग्नाः सर्व एव ते
mahābhogā mahāsattvāḥ krūrāḥ krūrasvajātayaḥ | patatrirājādhipaterudvignāḥ sarva eva te
With great hoods (or coils) and great strength, cruel and cruel by their very kind, all of them are alarmed at the lord of the king of birds (Garuḍa).
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DB 8 20.7
स्वकलत्रापत्यसुहृत्कुटुम्बस्य च सङ्गताः । प्रमत्ता विहरन्त्येव नानाक्रीडाविशारदाः
svakalatrāpatyasuhṛtkuṭumbasya ca saṅgatāḥ | pramattā viharantyeva nānākrīḍāviśāradāḥ
Yet, together with their own wives, children, friends and household, heedless, they sport about, expert in various games.
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DB 8 20.8
ततोऽधस्ताच्च विवरे रसातलसमाह्वये । दैतेया निवसन्त्येव पणयो दानवाश्च ये
tato'dhastācca vivare rasātalasamāhvaye | daiteyā nivasantyeva paṇayo dānavāśca ye
And below that, in the cavity named Rasātala, dwell the Daiteyas, the Paṇis, and those who are Dānavas.
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DB 8 20.9
निवातकवचा नाम हिरण्यपुरवासिनः । कालेया इति च प्रोक्ताः प्रत्यनीका हविर्भुजाम्
nivātakavacā nāma hiraṇyapuravāsinaḥ | kāleyā iti ca proktāḥ pratyanīkā havirbhujām
(They are) called Nivātakavacas, dwellers in Hiraṇyapura, and also called Kāleyas, the adversaries of those who eat the oblations (the gods).
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DB 8 20.10
महौजसश्चोत्पत्त्यैव महासाहसिनस्तथा । सकलेशस्य च हरेस्तेजसा हतविक्रमाः
mahaujasaścotpattyaiva mahāsāhasinastathā | sakaleśasya ca harestejasā hatavikramāḥ
Of great vigour from their very birth, and greatly daring, their prowess was destroyed by the splendour of Hari, the lord of all.
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DB 8 20.11
बिलेशया इव सदा विवरे निवसन्ति हि । ये वै वाग्भिः सरमया शक्रदूत्या निरन्तरम्
bileśayā iva sadā vivare nivasanti hi | ye vai vāgbhiḥ saramayā śakradūtyā nirantaram
Like snakes lurking in holes they always dwell in the cavity — they who, by the words of Saramā, Indra's messenger, ceaselessly...
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DB 8 20.12
मन्त्रवर्णाभिरसुरास्ताडिता बिभ्यति स्म ह । ततोऽप्यधस्तात्पाताले नागलोकाधिपालकाः
mantravarṇābhirasurāstāḍitā bibhyati sma ha | tato'pyadhastātpātāle nāgalokādhipālakāḥ
...being struck by (her) syllables of incantation, the Asuras used to be afraid. Below that too, in Pātāla, (dwell) the guardian rulers of the Nāga world:
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DB 8 20.13
वासुकिप्रमुखाः शङ्खः कुलिकः श्वेत एव च । धनञ्जयो महाशङ्खो धृतराष्ट्रस्तथैव च
vāsukipramukhāḥ śaṅkhaḥ kulikaḥ śveta eva ca | dhanañjayo mahāśaṅkho dhṛtarāṣṭrastathaiva ca
Vāsuki and the rest — Śaṅkha, Kulika, and Śveta, Dhanañjaya, Mahāśaṅkha, and likewise Dhṛtarāṣṭra,
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DB 8 20.14
शङ्खचूडः कम्बलाश्वतरो देवोपदत्तकः । महामर्षा महाभोगा निवसन्ति विषोल्बणाः
śaṅkhacūḍaḥ kambalāśvataro devopadattakaḥ | mahāmarṣā mahābhogā nivasanti viṣolbaṇāḥ
Śaṅkhacūḍa, Kambala, Aśvatara, Devopadattaka — greatly wrathful, with great coils, teeming with venom, (there) they dwell.
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DB 8 20.15
पञ्चमस्तकवन्तश्च फणासप्तकभूषिताः । केचिद्दशफणाः केचिच्छतशीर्षास्तथापरे
pañcamastakavantaśca phaṇāsaptakabhūṣitāḥ | keciddaśaphaṇāḥ kecicchataśīrṣāstathāpare
Some have five heads and are adorned with a set of seven hoods; some have ten hoods, and others again a hundred heads.
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DB 8 20.16
सहस्रशिरसः केऽपि रोचिष्णुमणिधारकाः । पातालरन्ध्रतिमिरनिकरं स्वमरीचिभिः
sahasraśirasaḥ ke'pi rociṣṇumaṇidhārakāḥ | pātālarandhratimiranikaraṃ svamarīcibhiḥ
Some have a thousand heads, bearing glittering gems; the mass of darkness in the hollow of Pātāla, with their own rays...
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DB 8 20.17
विधमन्ति च देवर्षे सदा सञ्जातमन्यवः । अस्य मूलप्रदेशे हि त्रिंशत्साहस्रकेऽन्तरे
vidhamanti ca devarṣe sadā sañjātamanyavaḥ | asya mūlapradeśe hi triṃśatsāhasrake'ntare
...they dispel, O divine sage, being always full of anger. In the region at his base, at a distance of thirty thousand—
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DB 8 20.18
योजनैः परिसंख्याते तामसी भगवत्कला । अनन्ताख्या समास्ते हि सर्वदेवप्रपूजिता
yojanaiḥ parisaṃkhyāte tāmasī bhagavatkalā | anantākhyā samāste hi sarvadevaprapūjitā
—yojanas reckoned out, there abides the tamasic portion of the Lord, named Ananta, worshipped by all the gods.
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DB 8 20.19
अहमित्यभिमानस्य लक्षणं यं प्रचक्षते । सङ्कर्षणं सात्वतीयाः कर्षणं द्रष्ट्टदृश्ययोः
ahamityabhimānasya lakṣaṇaṃ yaṃ pracakṣate | saṅkarṣaṇaṃ sātvatīyāḥ karṣaṇaṃ draṣṭṭadṛśyayoḥ
Him whom (the wise) declare to be the mark of the self-conception 'I', the followers of the Sātvata (doctrine call) Saṅkarṣaṇa, (from) the drawing together of seer and seen.
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DB 8 20.20
इदं भूमण्डलं यस्य सहस्रशिरसः प्रभोः । अनन्तमूर्तेः शेषस्य ध्रियमाणं च शीर्षके तलातलादिलोकवर्णनेऽनन्तवर्णनं नाम विंशोऽध्यायः
idaṃ bhūmaṇḍalaṃ yasya sahasraśirasaḥ prabhoḥ | anantamūrteḥ śeṣasya dhriyamāṇaṃ ca śīrṣake talātalādilokavarṇane'nantavarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
This terrestrial globe is borne upon the head of that lord, the thousand-headed Śeṣa of endless form. — Thus the twentieth chapter, named 'The Description of Ananta' in the account of Talātala and the other worlds.
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DB 8 20.21
पृध्वीगोलमशेषं हि सिद्धार्थ इव लक्ष्यते । यस्य कालेन देवस्य सञ्जिहीर्षोः समं विभोः
pṛdhvīgolamaśeṣaṃ hi siddhārtha iva lakṣyate | yasya kālena devasya sañjihīrṣoḥ samaṃ vibhoḥ
The entire globe of the earth is perceived (as small) as a mustard seed — (the earth) of that god, the all-pervading Lord, who, when in time he wishes to withdraw
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DB 8 20.22
चराचरं भ्रुवोरन्तर्विवरादुदपद्यत । साङ्कर्षणो नाम रुद्रो व्यूहैकादशशोभितः
carācaraṃ bhruvorantarvivarādudapadyata | sāṅkarṣaṇo nāma rudro vyūhaikādaśaśobhitaḥ
the moving and the unmoving (world) — from the hollow between his brows there arose Rudra named Sāṅkarṣaṇa, resplendent with his eleven groups (vyūhas),
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DB 8 20.23
त्रिलोचनश्च त्रिशिखं शूलमुत्तम्भयन्स्वयम् । उदतिष्ठन्महासत्त्वो महाभूतक्षयङ्करः
trilocanaśca triśikhaṃ śūlamuttambhayansvayam | udatiṣṭhanmahāsattvo mahābhūtakṣayaṅkaraḥ
three-eyed, himself holding up the three-pointed trident; he rose up, of great power, the bringer of destruction to the great elements.
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DB 8 20.24
यस्याङ्घ्रिकमलद्वन्द्वशोणाच्छनखमण्डले । विराजन्मणिबिम्बेषु महाहिपतयोऽनिशम्
yasyāṅghrikamaladvandvaśoṇācchanakhamaṇḍale | virājanmaṇibimbeṣu mahāhipatayo'niśam
On the red and translucent circle of the nails of whose pair of lotus feet — in those shining jewel-like orbs — the great serpent lords ceaselessly,
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DB 8 20.25
एकान्तभक्तियोगेन सह सात्त्वतपुङ्गवैः । प्रणमन्तः स्वमूर्ध्ना ते स्वमुखानि समीक्षते
ekāntabhaktiyogena saha sāttvatapuṅgavaiḥ | praṇamantaḥ svamūrdhnā te svamukhāni samīkṣate
through the yoga of single-minded devotion, together with the foremost of the Sāttvatas, bowing with their heads, behold their own faces;
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DB 8 20.26
स्फुरत्कुण्डलमाणिक्यप्रभामण्डलभाञ्ज्यपि । सुकपोलानि चारूणि गण्डस्थलद्युमन्ति च
sphuratkuṇḍalamāṇikyaprabhāmaṇḍalabhāñjyapi | sukapolāni cārūṇi gaṇḍasthaladyumanti ca
and also (their faces) bearing the halo of radiance from the rubies of their flashing earrings, lovely, with fair cheeks and bright cheek-regions;
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DB 8 20.27
नागराजकुमार्योऽपि चार्वङ्गविलसत्त्विषः । विशदैर्विपुलैस्तद्वद्धवलैः सुभगैस्तथा
nāgarājakumāryo'pi cārvaṅgavilasattviṣaḥ | viśadairvipulaistadvaddhavalaiḥ subhagaistathā
and the daughters of the serpent kings too, the lustre of whose beautiful limbs shines, with (arms) clear, full, likewise white and lovely,
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DB 8 20.28
रुचिरैर्भुजदण्डैश्च शोभमाना इतस्ततः । चन्दनागुरुकाश्मीरपङ्कलेपेन भूषिताः
rucirairbhujadaṇḍaiśca śobhamānā itastataḥ | candanāgurukāśmīrapaṅkalepena bhūṣitāḥ
shining here and there with their charming rod-like arms, adorned with a smearing of the paste of sandal, aloe-wood and Kashmiri saffron,
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DB 8 20.29
तदभिमर्षसञ्जातकामावेशसमायुताः । ललितस्मितसंयुक्ताः सव्रीडं लोकयन्ति च
tadabhimarṣasañjātakāmāveśasamāyutāḥ | lalitasmitasaṃyuktāḥ savrīḍaṃ lokayanti ca
possessed by the surge of desire arisen from touching him, wearing graceful smiles, they gaze (at him) bashfully —
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DB 8 20.30
अनुरागमदोन्मत्तविघूर्णारुणलोचनम् । करुणावलोकनेत्रं च आशासानास्तथाशिषः
anurāgamadonmattavighūrṇāruṇalocanam | karuṇāvalokanetraṃ ca āśāsānāstathāśiṣaḥ
(at) his reddish eyes rolling, maddened with the intoxication of love, and his eyes with their compassionate glance; and so they hope for (his) blessings.
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DB 8 20.31
सोऽनन्तो भगवान्देवोऽनन्तसत्त्वो महाशयः । अनन्तगुणवार्धिश्च आदिदेवो महाद्युतिः
so'nanto bhagavāndevo'nantasattvo mahāśayaḥ | anantaguṇavārdhiśca ādidevo mahādyutiḥ
That Ananta, the divine Lord, of infinite being, of great mind, an ocean of infinite qualities, the primal god of great splendour,
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DB 8 20.32
संहृतामर्षरोषादिवेगो लोकशुभाय च । आस्ते महासत्त्वनिधिः सर्वदेवप्रपूजितः
saṃhṛtāmarṣaroṣādivego lokaśubhāya ca | āste mahāsattvanidhiḥ sarvadevaprapūjitaḥ
with the violence of his indignation, wrath and the rest drawn in, for the welfare of the worlds, abides as the treasury of great being, fully worshipped by all the gods,
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DB 8 20.33
ध्यायमानः सुरैः सिद्धैरसुरैश्चोरगैस्तथा । विद्याधरैश्च गन्धर्वैर्मुनिसङ्घैश्च नित्यशः
dhyāyamānaḥ suraiḥ siddhairasuraiścoragaistathā | vidyādharaiśca gandharvairmunisaṅghaiśca nityaśaḥ
meditated upon by gods, siddhas, asuras and serpents, and by vidyādharas, gandharvas and hosts of sages, perpetually;
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DB 8 20.34
अनारतमदोन्मत्तलोकविह्वललोचनः । वाक्यामृतेन विबुधान्स्वपार्षदगणानपि
anāratamadonmattalokavihvalalocanaḥ | vākyāmṛtena vibudhānsvapārṣadagaṇānapi
his eyes swooning from unremitting intoxication, (he), with the nectar of his speech, the gods and also the hosts of his own attendants
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DB 8 20.35
आप्यायमानः स विभुर्वैजयन्तीं स्रजं दधत् । अम्लानाभिनवैः स्वच्छैस्तुलसीदलसञ्चयैः
āpyāyamānaḥ sa vibhurvaijayantīṃ srajaṃ dadhat | amlānābhinavaiḥ svacchaistulasīdalasañcayaiḥ
gladdening — that pervading Lord, wearing the Vaijayantī garland, with heaps of unwithered, fresh, clear tulasī leaves,
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DB 8 20.36
माद्यन्मधुकरव्रातघोषश्रीसंयुतां सदा । नीलवासा देवदेव एककुण्डलभूषितः
mādyanmadhukaravrātaghoṣaśrīsaṃyutāṃ sadā | nīlavāsā devadeva ekakuṇḍalabhūṣitaḥ
(a garland) ever endowed with the charm of the humming of swarms of intoxicated bees; clad in blue, the god of gods, adorned with a single earring,
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DB 8 20.37
हलस्य ककुदि न्यस्तसुपीवरभुजोऽव्ययः । महेन्द्रः काञ्चनीं यद्वद्वरत्रां च मतङ्गमः । उदारलीलो देवेशो वर्णितः सात्त्वतर्षभैः
halasya kakudi nyastasupīvarabhujo'vyayaḥ | mahendraḥ kāñcanīṃ yadvadvaratrāṃ ca mataṅgamaḥ | udāralīlo deveśo varṇitaḥ sāttvatarṣabhaiḥ
the imperishable one, with his very stout arm laid on the top of his plough — as Mahendra (lays his arm) on the golden strap, and as does the elephant — the lord of gods of noble play, thus described by the bulls among the Sāttvatas.
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