Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8 — Chapter 8
DB 8 8.1
भुवनकोशवर्णने इलावृतभद्राश्ववर्षवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच तेषु वर्षेषु देवेशाः पूर्वोक्तैः स्तवनैः सदा । पूजयन्ति महादेवीं जपध्यानसमाधिभिः
bhuvanakośavarṇane ilāvṛtabhadrāśvavarṣavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca teṣu varṣeṣu deveśāḥ pūrvoktaiḥ stavanaiḥ sadā | pūjayanti mahādevīṃ japadhyānasamādhibhiḥ
In the description of the sphere of worlds, the description of the Ilāvṛta and Bhadrāśva regions. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In those regions the lords of the gods always worship the Great Goddess with the hymns of praise stated before, with muttered prayer, meditation and absorption.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 8 8.2
सर्वर्तुकुसुमश्रेणी शोभिता वनराजयः । फलानां पल्लवानां च यत्र शोभा निरन्तरम्
sarvartukusumaśreṇī śobhitā vanarājayaḥ | phalānāṃ pallavānāṃ ca yatra śobhā nirantaram
There the rows of woods are adorned with masses of blossoms of every season, and the splendour of fruits and shoots is unbroken.
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DB 8 8.3
तेषु काननवर्षेषु वर्षपर्वतसानुषु । गिरिद्रोणीषु सर्वासु निर्मलोदकराशिषु
teṣu kānanavarṣeṣu varṣaparvatasānuṣu | giridroṇīṣu sarvāsu nirmalodakarāśiṣu
In those forested regions, on the slopes of the boundary mountains, in all the mountain valleys, at the pools of clear water,
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DB 8 8.4
विकचोत्पलमालासु हंससारससञ्चयैः । विमिश्रितेषु तेष्वेव पक्षिभिः कूजितेषु च
vikacotpalamālāsu haṃsasārasasañcayaiḥ | vimiśriteṣu teṣveva pakṣibhiḥ kūjiteṣu ca
garlanded with open lotuses, mingled with flocks of geese and cranes, and resounding with the cries of birds,
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DB 8 8.5
जलक्रीडादिभिश्चित्रविनोदैः क्रीडयन्ति च । सुन्दरीललितभ्रूणां विलासायतनेषु च
jalakrīḍādibhiścitravinodaiḥ krīḍayanti ca | sundarīlalitabhrūṇāṃ vilāsāyataneṣu ca
And they play with water-sports and other varied amusements, and in the pleasure-pavilions of lovely women with graceful brows.
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DB 8 8.6
तत्रत्या विहरन्त्यत्र स्वैरं युवतिभिः सह । नवस्वपि च वर्षेषु भगवानादिपूरुषः
tatratyā viharantyatra svairaṃ yuvatibhiḥ saha | navasvapi ca varṣeṣu bhagavānādipūruṣaḥ
The people of that place roam about here freely together with young women; and in all nine varṣas the Lord, the primeval Person,
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DB 8 8.7
(नारायणाख्यो लोकानामनुग्रहरसैकदृक् ।) देवीमाराधयन्तास्ते स च सर्वैश्च पूज्यते । आत्मव्यूहेनेज्ययासौ सन्निधत्ते समाहितः
(nārāyaṇākhyo lokānāmanugraharasaikadṛk |) devīmārādhayantāste sa ca sarvaiśca pūjyate | ātmavyūhenejyayāsau sannidhatte samāhitaḥ
named Nārāyaṇa, whose one gaze is the very essence of grace toward the worlds — they worship the Goddess, and he too is worshipped by all; approached with worship through his own array (of forms), he, concentrated, becomes present.
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DB 8 8.8
इलावृते तु भगवान् पद्मजाक्षिसमुद्भवः । एक एव भवो देवो नित्यं वसति साङ्गनः भुवनकोशवर्णने इलावृतभद्राश्ववर्षवर्णनं नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः
ilāvṛte tu bhagavān padmajākṣisamudbhavaḥ | eka eva bhavo devo nityaṃ vasati sāṅganaḥ bhuvanakośavarṇane ilāvṛtabhadrāśvavarṣavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ
But in Ilāvṛta the lord Bhava alone, the god who arose from the eye of the lotus-born (Brahmā), dwells forever with his consort. [Colophon: In the description of the sphere of the worlds, the eighth chapter, called the description of the varṣas Ilāvṛta and Bhadrāśva.]
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DB 8 8.9
तत्क्षेत्रे नापरः कश्चित्प्रवेशं वितनोति च । भवान्याः शापतस्तत्र पुमान्तस्त्री भवति स्फुटम्
tatkṣetre nāparaḥ kaścitpraveśaṃ vitanoti ca | bhavānyāḥ śāpatastatra pumāntastrī bhavati sphuṭam
No one else makes entry into that region; there, by Bhavānī's curse, a man plainly becomes a woman.
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DB 8 8.10
भवानीनाथकैः स्वीणामसंख्यैर्गणकोटिभिः । संरुध्यमानो देवेशो देवं सङ्कर्षणं भजन्
bhavānīnāthakaiḥ svīṇāmasaṃkhyairgaṇakoṭibhiḥ | saṃrudhyamāno deveśo devaṃ saṅkarṣaṇaṃ bhajan
Hemmed in by countless crores of Bhavānī's own female attendant hosts, the lord of gods, worshipping the god Saṅkarṣaṇa,
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DB 8 8.11
आत्मना ध्यानयोगेन सर्वभूतहितेच्छया । तां तामसीं तुरीयां च मूर्तिं प्रकृतिमात्मनः
ātmanā dhyānayogena sarvabhūtahitecchayā | tāṃ tāmasīṃ turīyāṃ ca mūrtiṃ prakṛtimātmanaḥ
by himself, through the yoga of meditation, out of the wish for the welfare of all beings, (worships) that dark, fourth form, his own material nature,
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DB 8 8.12
उपधावते चैकाग्रमनसा भगवानजः । श्रीभगवानुवाच ॐनमो भगवते महापुरुषाय सर्वगुणसंख्यानायानन्तायाव्यक्ताय नम इति
upadhāvate caikāgramanasā bhagavānajaḥ | śrībhagavānuvāca oṃnamo bhagavate mahāpuruṣāya sarvaguṇasaṃkhyānāyānantāyāvyaktāya nama iti
and the unborn Lord approaches (it) with one-pointed mind. The blessed Lord said: Om, homage to the Lord, to the Great Person, to him who is the sum of all qualities, to the endless, to the unmanifest — homage.
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DB 8 8.13
भजे भजन्यारणपादपङ्कजं भगस्य कृत्स्नस्य परं परायणम् । भक्तेष्वलं भावितभूतभावनं भवापहं त्वा भव भावमीश्वरम्
bhaje bhajanyāraṇapādapaṅkajaṃ bhagasya kṛtsnasya paraṃ parāyaṇam | bhakteṣvalaṃ bhāvitabhūtabhāvanaṃ bhavāpahaṃ tvā bhava bhāvamīśvaram
I worship your lotus feet, worthy of worship, the supreme resort of all fortune, ample toward the devotees, the nurturer of the beings meditated upon, the remover of (worldly) becoming — you, O Bhava, Being itself, the Lord.
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DB 8 8.14
न यस्य मायागुणकर्मवृत्तिभि- र्निरीक्षितो ह्यण्वपि दृष्टिरज्यते । ईशे यथा नो स्त्रतमन्युरंहसा कस्तं न मन्येत जिगीषुरात्मनः
na yasya māyāguṇakarmavṛttibhi- rnirīkṣito hyaṇvapi dṛṣṭirajyate | īśe yathā no stratamanyuraṃhasā kastaṃ na manyeta jigīṣurātmanaḥ
He by whom, when he is looked upon, one's sight is not tinged even a little by the workings of the qualities and acts of māyā — as in the Lord there is no rush of wrath — who, seeking to conquer himself, would not hold him in honour?
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DB 8 8.15
असद्दृशो यः प्रतिभाति मायया क्षीबेव मध्वासवताग्रलोचनः । न नागवध्वोऽर्हण ईशिरे ह्रिया यत्पादयोः स्पर्शनधर्षितेन्द्रियाः
asaddṛśo yaḥ pratibhāti māyayā kṣībeva madhvāsavatāgralocanaḥ | na nāgavadhvo'rhaṇa īśire hriyā yatpādayoḥ sparśanadharṣitendriyāḥ
He who, to those of unreal vision, appears through māyā as if drunk, his eyes' corners reddened as with honey-wine; whose serpent-wives, their senses overwhelmed by the touch of his feet, could not manage his worship out of bashfulness.
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DB 8 8.16
यमाहुरस्य स्थितिजन्मसंयमं त्रिभिर्विहीनं यमनन्तमॄषयः । न वेद सिद्धार्थमिव क्यचित्स्थितं भूमण्डलं मूर्धसहस्रधामसु
yamāhurasya sthitijanmasaṃyamaṃ tribhirvihīnaṃ yamanantamṝṣayaḥ | na veda siddhārthamiva kyacitsthitaṃ bhūmaṇḍalaṃ mūrdhasahasradhāmasu
Whom the sages call endless, devoid of these three — duration, birth, and dissolution; who does not notice the earth-disc resting somewhere like a mustard seed among the abodes of his thousand heads.
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DB 8 8.17
यस्याद्य आसीद् गुणविग्रहो महान् विज्ञानधिष्ण्यो भगवानजः किल । यत्सवतोऽहं त्रिवृता स्वतेजसा वैकारिकं तामसमैन्द्रियं सृजे
yasyādya āsīd guṇavigraho mahān vijñānadhiṣṇyo bhagavānajaḥ kila | yatsavato'haṃ trivṛtā svatejasā vaikārikaṃ tāmasamaindriyaṃ sṛje
Whose first embodiment of the qualities was the Mahat, the seat of discernment, the unborn Lord indeed; from whom I, with my own threefold energy, produce the modified, the dark, and the sensory (creation).
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DB 8 8.18
एते वयं यस्य वशे महात्मनः स्थिताः शकुन्ता इव सूत्रयन्त्रिताः । महानहंवैकृततामसेन्द्रियाः सृजाम सर्वे यदनुग्रहादिदम्
ete vayaṃ yasya vaśe mahātmanaḥ sthitāḥ śakuntā iva sūtrayantritāḥ | mahānahaṃvaikṛtatāmasendriyāḥ sṛjāma sarve yadanugrahādidam
We here stand under the sway of that great Self, like birds tied by a string; Mahat, the I-principle, the modified and the dark, and the senses — all of us fashion this (world) by his grace.
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DB 8 8.19
यन्निर्मितां कर्ह्यपि कर्मपर्वणीं मायां जनोऽयं गुरुसर्गमोहितः । न वेद निस्तारणयोगमञ्जसा तस्मै नमस्ते विलयोदयात्मने
yannirmitāṃ karhyapi karmaparvaṇīṃ māyāṃ jano'yaṃ gurusargamohitaḥ | na veda nistāraṇayogamañjasā tasmai namaste vilayodayātmane
This man, bewildered by the mighty creation, does not truly know the means of crossing over the māyā fashioned by him, which is jointed with karma; homage to you, whose nature is dissolution and origination.
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DB 8 8.20
श्रीनारायण उवाच एवं स भगवान् रुद्रो देवं सङ्कर्षणं प्रभुम् । इलावृतमुपासीत देवीगणसमाहितः
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca evaṃ sa bhagavān rudro devaṃ saṅkarṣaṇaṃ prabhum | ilāvṛtamupāsīta devīgaṇasamāhitaḥ
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Thus that Lord Rudra, concentrated amid the host of goddesses, worshipped in Ilāvṛta the god Saṅkarṣaṇa, the master.
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DB 8 8.21
तथैव धर्मपुत्रोऽसौ नाम्ना भद्रश्रवा इति । तत्कुलस्यापि पतयः पुरुषा भद्रसेवकाः
tathaiva dharmaputro'sau nāmnā bhadraśravā iti | tatkulasyāpi patayaḥ puruṣā bhadrasevakāḥ
Just so that son of Dharma, Bhadraśravā by name; and the lords of his line too are men who serve the auspicious one.
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DB 8 8.22
भद्राश्ववर्षे तां मूर्तिं वासुदेवस्य विश्रुताम् । हयमूर्तिभिदा तां तु हयग्रीवपदाङ्किताम्
bhadrāśvavarṣe tāṃ mūrtiṃ vāsudevasya viśrutām | hayamūrtibhidā tāṃ tu hayagrīvapadāṅkitām
In Bhadrāśva-varṣa (they worship) that renowned form of Vāsudeva, in its distinct horse-form, marked with the feet of Hayagrīva,
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DB 8 8.23
परमेण समाध्यन्यवारकेण नियन्त्रिताम् । एवमेव च तां मूर्तिं गृणन्त उपयान्ति च
parameṇa samādhyanyavārakeṇa niyantritām | evameva ca tāṃ mūrtiṃ gṛṇanta upayānti ca
held fast by the supreme absorption that shuts out all else — and thus indeed, praising it, they approach that form.
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DB 8 8.24
भद्रश्रवस ऊचुः ॐ नमो भगवते धर्मायात्मविशोधनाय नम इति । अहो विचित्रं भगवद्विचेष्टितं घ्नन्तं जनोऽयं हि मिषन्न पश्यति । ध्यायन्न सद्यर्हि विकर्म सेवितुं निर्हृत्य पुत्रं पितरं जिजीवुषुः
bhadraśravasa ūcuḥ oṃ namo bhagavate dharmāyātmaviśodhanāya nama iti | aho vicitraṃ bhagavadviceṣṭitaṃ ghnantaṃ jano'yaṃ hi miṣanna paśyati | dhyāyanna sadyarhi vikarma sevituṃ nirhṛtya putraṃ pitaraṃ jijīvuṣuḥ
The Bhadraśravases said: Om, homage to the Lord, to Dharma, the purifier of the self — homage. Ah, wondrous is the Lord's doing: this man, though looking on, does not see (death) striking him down; not reflecting on the truth, when he is about to engage in wrong deeds, the father, having carried out his son (for cremation), still wishes to live on.
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DB 8 8.25
वदन्ति विश्वं कवयः स्म नश्वरं पश्यन्ति चाध्यात्मविदो विपश्चितः । तथापि मुह्यन्ति तवाज मायया सुविस्मितं कृत्यमजं नतोऽस्मि तम्
vadanti viśvaṃ kavayaḥ sma naśvaraṃ paśyanti cādhyātmavido vipaścitaḥ | tathāpi muhyanti tavāja māyayā suvismitaṃ kṛtyamajaṃ nato'smi tam
The seers do say that the world is perishable, and the discerning who know the inner Self see it so; yet even they are bewildered by your māyā, O unborn one. Most astonishing is (your) doing — to that unborn one I bow.
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DB 8 8.26
विश्वोद्भवस्थाननिरोधकर्म ते ह्यकर्तुरङ्गीकृतमप्यपावृतः । युक्तं न चित्रं त्वयि कार्यकारणे सर्वात्मनि व्यतिरिक्ते च वस्तुतः
viśvodbhavasthānanirodhakarma te hyakarturaṅgīkṛtamapyapāvṛtaḥ | yuktaṃ na citraṃ tvayi kāryakāraṇe sarvātmani vyatirikte ca vastutaḥ
The act of the world's arising, maintenance and dissolution is yours, though you are no doer; it is assumed by you, though you remain uncovered (by it). It is fitting, not strange, in you who are (both) effect and cause, the Self of all, and yet in reality distinct.
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DB 8 8.27
वेदान् युगान्ते तमसा तिरस्कृतान् रसातलाद्यो नृतुरङ्गविग्रहः । प्रत्याददे वै कवयेऽभियाचते तस्मै नमस्ते वितथेहिताय ते
vedān yugānte tamasā tiraskṛtān rasātalādyo nṛturaṅgavigrahaḥ | pratyādade vai kavaye'bhiyācate tasmai namaste vitathehitāya te
The Vedas, which at the end of the yuga were carried off by darkness — those (you) whose body was that of a man with a horse('s neck) brought back from Rasātala for the sage (Brahmā) who entreated (you). Homage to you, whose undertakings are never in vain.
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DB 8 8.28
एवं स्तुवन्ति देवेशं हयशीर्षं हरिं च ते । भद्रश्रवसनामानो वर्णयन्ति च तद्गुणान्
evaṃ stuvanti deveśaṃ hayaśīrṣaṃ hariṃ ca te | bhadraśravasanāmāno varṇayanti ca tadguṇān
Thus they praise the lord of gods, the horse-headed Hari, and those who bear the name Bhadraśravas recount his qualities.
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DB 8 8.29
एषां चरितमेतद्धि यः पठेच्छ्रावयेच्च यः । पापकंचुकमुत्सृज्य देवीलोकं व्रजेच्च सः
eṣāṃ caritametaddhi yaḥ paṭhecchrāvayecca yaḥ | pāpakaṃcukamutsṛjya devīlokaṃ vrajecca saḥ
Whoever reads this deed-story of theirs, and whoever has it heard (by others), casts off the sheath of sin and goes to the world of the Goddess.
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