Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 3
DB 8 3.1
भुवनकोशविस्तारे स्वायम्भुवमनुवंशकीर्तनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच महीं देव: प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथास्थाने च नारद । वैकुण्ठलोकमगमद् ब्रह्मोवाच स्वमात्मजम्
bhuvanakośavistāre svāyambhuvamanuvaṃśakīrtanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca mahīṃ deva: pratiṣṭhāpya yathāsthāne ca nārada | vaikuṇṭhalokamagamad brahmovāca svamātmajam
In the exposition of the sphere of the worlds, the recounting of the lineage of Manu Svāyambhuva. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having established the earth in its proper place, O Nārada, the god went to the world of Vaikuṇṭha; and Brahmā spoke to his own son:
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DB 8 3.2
स्वायम्भूव महाबाहो पुत्र तेजस्विनांवर । स्थाने महीमये तिष्ठ प्रजाः सृज यथोचितम्
svāyambhūva mahābāho putra tejasvināṃvara | sthāne mahīmaye tiṣṭha prajāḥ sṛja yathocitam
"O Svāyambhuva, mighty-armed son, best of the splendid ones, dwell in the place made of earth and beget offspring as is fitting.
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DB 8 3.3
देशकालविभागेन यज्ञेशं पुरुषं यज । उच्चावचपदार्थैश्च यज्ञसाधनकैर्विभो भुवनकोशविस्तारे स्वायम्भुवमनुवंशकीर्तनं नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः
deśakālavibhāgena yajñeśaṃ puruṣaṃ yaja | uccāvacapadārthaiśca yajñasādhanakairvibho bhuvanakośavistāre svāyambhuvamanuvaṃśakīrtanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ
With due division of place and time, worship the Person who is lord of sacrifice, with high and low materials and with the instruments of sacrifice, O mighty one." (Thus) the third chapter, called the recounting of the lineage of Manu Svāyambhuva, in the exposition of the sphere of the worlds.
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DB 8 3.4
धर्ममाचर शास्त्रोक्तं वर्णाश्रमनिबन्धनम् । एतेन क्रमयोगेन प्रजावृद्धिर्भविष्यति
dharmamācara śāstroktaṃ varṇāśramanibandhanam | etena kramayogena prajāvṛddhirbhaviṣyati
"Practise the dharma taught in the scriptures, which is bound to class and stage of life. By this graded procedure the increase of offspring will come about.
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DB 8 3.5
पुत्रानुत्पाद्य गुणतः कीर्त्या कान्त्यात्मरूपिणः । विद्याविनयसम्पन्नान् सदाचारवतां वरान्
putrānutpādya guṇataḥ kīrtyā kāntyātmarūpiṇaḥ | vidyāvinayasampannān sadācāravatāṃ varān
Having begotten sons who in virtue, fame and beauty are of your own form, endowed with learning and modesty, foremost among the well-conducted,
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DB 8 3.6
कन्याश्च दत्त्वा गुणवद्यशोवद्भ्यः समाहितः । मन: सम्यक् समाधाय प्रधानपुरुषे परे
kanyāśca dattvā guṇavadyaśovadbhyaḥ samāhitaḥ | mana: samyak samādhāya pradhānapuruṣe pare
and having given your daughters to men of virtue and renown, being composed, fixing your mind rightly upon the supreme Person who is beyond primordial matter,
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DB 8 3.7
भक्तिसाधनयोगेन भगवत्परिचर्यया । गतिमिष्टां सदा वन्द्यां योगिनां गमिता भवान्
bhaktisādhanayogena bhagavatparicaryayā | gatimiṣṭāṃ sadā vandyāṃ yogināṃ gamitā bhavān
by the yoga which is the practice of devotion, by service to the Lord, you will be brought to the desired goal, ever revered, of the yogins."
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DB 8 3.8
इत्याश्वास्य मनुं पुत्र पद्मयोनिः प्रजापति: । प्रजासर्गे नियम्यामुं स्वधाम प्रत्यपद्यत
ityāśvāsya manuṃ putra padmayoniḥ prajāpati: | prajāsarge niyamyāmuṃ svadhāma pratyapadyata
Having thus reassured Manu, my son, the lotus-born lord of creatures, having appointed him to the begetting of offspring, returned to his own abode.
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DB 8 3.9
प्रजाः सृजत पुत्रेति पितुराज्ञां समादधत् । स्वायम्भुवः प्रजासर्गमकरोत्पृथिवीपतिः
prajāḥ sṛjata putreti piturājñāṃ samādadhat | svāyambhuvaḥ prajāsargamakarotpṛthivīpatiḥ
Taking up his father's command, "Beget offspring, son," Svāyambhuva, the lord of the earth, carried out the begetting of offspring.
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DB 8 3.10
प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ मनुपुत्रौ महौजसौ । कन्यास्तिस्रः प्रसूताश्च तासां नामानि मे शृणु
priyavratottānapādau manuputrau mahaujasau | kanyāstisraḥ prasūtāśca tāsāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu
Priyavrata and Uttānapāda were Manu's two sons, of great vigour; and three daughters were born. Hear from me their names.
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DB 8 3.11
आकूतिः प्रथमा कन्या द्वितीया देवहूतिका । तृतीया च प्रसूतिर्हि विख्याता लोकपावनी
ākūtiḥ prathamā kanyā dvitīyā devahūtikā | tṛtīyā ca prasūtirhi vikhyātā lokapāvanī
The first daughter was Ākūti, the second Devahūti, and the third indeed Prasūti, renowned as the purifier of the world.
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DB 8 3.12
आकूतिं रुचये प्रादात्कर्दमाय च मध्यमाम् । दक्षायादात्प्रसूतिं च यासां लोक इमाः प्रजाः
ākūtiṃ rucaye prādātkardamāya ca madhyamām | dakṣāyādātprasūtiṃ ca yāsāṃ loka imāḥ prajāḥ
He gave Ākūti to Ruci and the middle one to Kardama, and he gave Prasūti to Dakṣa; from these (came) these creatures of the world.
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DB 8 3.13
रुचेः प्रजज्ञे भगवान् यज्ञो नामादिपूरुषः । आकूत्यां देवहूत्यां च कपिलोऽसौ च कर्दमात्
ruceḥ prajajñe bhagavān yajño nāmādipūruṣaḥ | ākūtyāṃ devahūtyāṃ ca kapilo'sau ca kardamāt
From Ruci, in Ākūti, was born the Lord named Yajña, the primordial Person; and from Kardama, in Devahūti, that Kapila.
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DB 8 3.14
सांख्याचार्यः सर्वलोके विख्यातः कपिलो विभुः । दक्षात्प्रसूत्यां कन्याश्च बहुशो जज्ञिरे प्रजाः
sāṃkhyācāryaḥ sarvaloke vikhyātaḥ kapilo vibhuḥ | dakṣātprasūtyāṃ kanyāśca bahuśo jajñire prajāḥ
The teacher of Sāṃkhya, renowned in all the world, the mighty Kapila. And from Dakṣa, in Prasūti, daughters and offspring were born in great number,
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DB 8 3.15
यासां सन्तानसम्भूता देवतिर्यङ्नरादयः । प्रसूता लोकविख्याता सर्वे सर्गप्रवर्तकाः
yāsāṃ santānasambhūtā devatiryaṅnarādayaḥ | prasūtā lokavikhyātā sarve sargapravartakāḥ
from whose progeny arose gods, animals, men and the rest—brought forth, renowned in the world, all of them promoters of creation.
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DB 8 3.16
यज्ञश्च भगवान् स्वायम्भुवमन्वन्तरे विभुः । मनुं ररक्ष रक्षोभ्यो यामैर्देवगणैर्वृतः
yajñaśca bhagavān svāyambhuvamanvantare vibhuḥ | manuṃ rarakṣa rakṣobhyo yāmairdevagaṇairvṛtaḥ
And the lord Yajña, the mighty one, in the Svāyambhuva Manvantara, guarded Manu from the demons, surrounded by the troops of gods called Yāmas.
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DB 8 3.17
कपिलोऽपि महायोगी भगवान् स्वाश्रमे स्थितः । देवहूत्यै परं ज्ञानं सर्वाविद्यानिवर्तकम्
kapilo'pi mahāyogī bhagavān svāśrame sthitaḥ | devahūtyai paraṃ jñānaṃ sarvāvidyānivartakam
And Kapila too, the great yogin, the lord, dwelling in his own hermitage, (taught) to Devahūti the supreme knowledge that removes all ignorance —
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DB 8 3.18
सविशेषं ध्यानयोगमध्यात्मज्ञाननिश्चयम् । कापिलं शास्त्रमाख्यातं सर्वाज्ञानविनाशनम्
saviśeṣaṃ dhyānayogamadhyātmajñānaniścayam | kāpilaṃ śāstramākhyātaṃ sarvājñānavināśanam
— the yoga of meditation with its particulars, the ascertainment of the knowledge of the Self, the treatise of Kapila, so declared, which destroys all ignorance.
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DB 8 3.19
उपदिश्य महायोगी स ययौ पुलहाश्रमम् । अद्यापि वर्तते देवः सांख्याचार्यो महाशयः
upadiśya mahāyogī sa yayau pulahāśramam | adyāpi vartate devaḥ sāṃkhyācāryo mahāśayaḥ
Having taught (it), that great yogin went to Pulaha's hermitage; even today that god, the teacher of Sāṃkhya, the great-minded one, abides (there).
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DB 8 3.20
यन्नामस्मरणेनापि सांख्ययोगश्च सिद्ध्यति । तं वन्दे कपिलं योगाचार्यं सर्ववरप्रदम्
yannāmasmaraṇenāpi sāṃkhyayogaśca siddhyati | taṃ vande kapilaṃ yogācāryaṃ sarvavarapradam
By the mere remembering of whose name Sāṃkhya and Yoga are accomplished — him I salute, Kapila, the teacher of yoga, the giver of every boon.
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DB 8 3.21
एवमुक्तं मनोः कन्यावंशवर्णनमुत्तमम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चापि सर्वपापविनाशनम्
evamuktaṃ manoḥ kanyāvaṃśavarṇanamuttamam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi sarvapāpavināśanam
Thus has been told the excellent account of the lineage of Manu's daughters, which, for those who recite and for those who hear it, destroys all sins.
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DB 8 3.22
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि मनुपुत्रान्वयं शुभम् । यदाकर्णनमात्रेण परं पदमवाप्नुयात्
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi manuputrānvayaṃ śubham | yadākarṇanamātreṇa paraṃ padamavāpnuyāt
Hereafter I shall declare the auspicious lineage of Manu's sons, by the mere hearing of which one may attain the supreme state;
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DB 8 3.23
द्वीपवर्षसमुद्रादिव्यवस्था यत्सुतैः कृता । व्यवहारप्रसिद्ध्यर्थं सर्वभूतसुखाप्तये
dvīpavarṣasamudrādivyavasthā yatsutaiḥ kṛtā | vyavahāraprasiddhyarthaṃ sarvabhūtasukhāptaye
(and) the arrangement of the continents, the regions, the oceans and the rest, which was made by his sons for the establishing of ordinary affairs, so that all beings might obtain happiness.
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