Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 12
DB 9 12.1
गङ्गोपाख्यानवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। ध्यानं च कण्व शाखोक्तं सर्वं पापप्रणाशनम् ।। श्वेतपंकजवर्णाभां गंगां पापप्रणाशिनीम्
gaṅgopākhyānavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || dhyānaṃ ca kaṇva śākhoktaṃ sarvaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam || śvetapaṃkajavarṇābhāṃ gaṃgāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm
Description of the story of Gaṅgā. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: And the meditation as taught in the Kaṇva recension, wholly destructive of sin: (I bow to) Gaṅgā, whose colour is that of a white lotus, the destroyer of sins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.2
कृष्णविग्रहसम्भूतां कृष्णतुल्यां परां सतीम् ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम्
kṛṣṇavigrahasambhūtāṃ kṛṣṇatulyāṃ parāṃ satīm || vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām
arisen from Kṛṣṇa's body, equal to Kṛṣṇa, supreme, chaste, clothed in fire-purified fine cloth, adorned with jewel ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.3
शरत्पूर्णेंदुशतकमृष्टशोभाकरां पराम् ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां शश्वत्सुस्थिरयौवनाम्
śaratpūrṇeṃduśatakamṛṣṭaśobhākarāṃ parām || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ śaśvatsusthirayauvanām
supreme, whose radiance surpasses a hundred full autumn moons, her face bright with a slight smile, her youth ever unchanging,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.4
नारायणप्रियां शांतां तत्सौभाग्यसमन्विताम् ।। बिभ्रतीं कबरीभारं मालती माल्य संयुतम्
nārāyaṇapriyāṃ śāṃtāṃ tatsaubhāgyasamanvitām || bibhratīṃ kabarībhāraṃ mālatī mālya saṃyutam
beloved of Nārāyaṇa, tranquil, endowed with his good fortune, bearing a mass of braided hair entwined with a garland of jasmine (mālatī),
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DB 9 12.5
सिंदूरबिंदुललितं सार्धं चन्दनबिंदुभिः ।। कस्तूरीपत्रकं गंडे नानाचित्रसमन्वितम्
siṃdūrabiṃdulalitaṃ sārdhaṃ candanabiṃdubhiḥ || kastūrīpatrakaṃ gaṃḍe nānācitrasamanvitam
(her brow) charming with a dot of vermilion together with dots of sandal paste, and on her cheek a leaf-design of musk, adorned with various figures,
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DB 9 12.6
पक्वबिंबविनिंद्याच्छ चार्वोष्ठपुटमुत्तमम्।। मुक्तापंक्तिप्रभामुष्टदंतपंक्तिमनोरमम्
pakvabiṃbaviniṃdyāccha cārvoṣṭhapuṭamuttamam|| muktāpaṃktiprabhāmuṣṭadaṃtapaṃktimanoramam
her excellent, lovely pair of lips clear and putting the ripe bimba fruit to shame, delightful with a row of teeth that steals the lustre of a row of pearls,
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DB 9 12.7
सुचारुवक्त्रनयनं सकटाक्षं मनोहरम् ।। कठिनं श्रीफलाकारं स्तनयुग्मं च बिभ्रतीम्
sucāruvaktranayanaṃ sakaṭākṣaṃ manoharam || kaṭhinaṃ śrīphalākāraṃ stanayugmaṃ ca bibhratīm
her face and eyes most lovely, charming with sidelong glances, and bearing a pair of firm breasts shaped like bilva fruits,
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DB 9 12.8
बृहच्छ्रोणिं सुकठिनां रंभास्तंभविनिंदिताम् ।। स्थलपद्मप्रभामुष्टपदपद्मयुगं वरम्
bṛhacchroṇiṃ sukaṭhināṃ raṃbhāstaṃbhaviniṃditām || sthalapadmaprabhāmuṣṭapadapadmayugaṃ varam
with broad, very firm hips that shame the plantain stalk, her excellent pair of lotus-feet stealing the radiance of the land-lotus,
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DB 9 12.9
रत्नपादुक संयुक्तं कुंकुमाक्तं सयावकम् ।। देवेंद्रमौलिमंदारमकरंदकणारुणम् सुरसिद्धमुनींद्रैश्च दत्तार्घसंयुतं सदा ।। तपस्विमौलिनिकरभ्रमरश्रेणिसंयुतम् गोपैर्गोपीभिराकीर्णे शुभे राधामहोत्सवे ।। कार्त्तिकी पूर्णिमायां च तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम् दशलक्षयोजना या दैर्घ्ये पंचगुणा ततः ।। आवृता या महर्लोके तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम् अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं भार्याहीनो लभेत्स्त्रियम् ।। रोगात्प्रमुच्यते रोगी बंधान्मुक्तो भवेद् ध्रुवम् जगौ सुन्दरतालेन वीणया च मनोहरम् ।। तुष्टो ब्रह्मा ददौ तस्यै रत्नेंद्रसारहारकम् स्वमूर्तिं दर्शय विभो वांछितं वरमेव नः ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र वाग्बभूवाशरीरिणी पृथिवीवासिनः कचित्केचित्स्वर्गनिवासिनः ।। इदं कर्तुं महादेवः करोति देवसंसदि
ratnapāduka saṃyuktaṃ kuṃkumāktaṃ sayāvakam || deveṃdramaulimaṃdāramakaraṃdakaṇāruṇam surasiddhamunīṃdraiśca dattārghasaṃyutaṃ sadā || tapasvimaulinikarabhramaraśreṇisaṃyutam gopairgopībhirākīrṇe śubhe rādhāmahotsave || kārttikī pūrṇimāyāṃ ca tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham daśalakṣayojanā yā dairghye paṃcaguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā yā maharloke tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham aputro labhate putraṃ bhāryāhīno labhetstriyam || rogātpramucyate rogī baṃdhānmukto bhaved dhruvam jagau sundaratālena vīṇayā ca manoharam || tuṣṭo brahmā dadau tasyai ratneṃdrasārahārakam svamūrtiṃ darśaya vibho vāṃchitaṃ varameva naḥ || etasminnaṃtare tatra vāgbabhūvāśarīriṇī pṛthivīvāsinaḥ kacitkecitsvarganivāsinaḥ || idaṃ kartuṃ mahādevaḥ karoti devasaṃsadi
(her feet) fitted with jewelled sandals, smeared with saffron and with red lac, reddened by the pollen-grains of the mandāra flowers on the crown of the king of the gods; ever attended by the offerings of water given by gods, siddhas and chief sages, attended by swarms of bees that are the massed crowns of ascetics — at the auspicious great festival of Rādhā, thronged with cowherds and cowherd women, and on the full-moon day of Kārttika: to that Gaṅgā I bow. She who is ten lakh yojanas, and five times that in length, who encircles the Maharloka: to that Gaṅgā I bow. The sonless obtains a son, the wifeless obtains a wife, the sick man is released from sickness, the bound man surely becomes free. She sang charmingly with beautiful rhythm and with the vīṇā; pleased, Brahmā gave her a necklace of the finest of jewels. "Show us your own form, O Lord, and just the boon we desire." At that moment a bodiless voice arose there. Some are dwellers on earth, some dwellers in heaven; to do this Mahādeva acts in the assembly of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.11
मुक्तिप्रदं मुमुक्षूणां कामिनां सर्वभोगदम् ।। वरां वरेण्यां वरदां भक्तानुग्रहकारिणीम्
muktipradaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ kāmināṃ sarvabhogadam || varāṃ vareṇyāṃ varadāṃ bhaktānugrahakāriṇīm
granting liberation to those who seek liberation, giving all enjoyments to those who desire them; the excellent one, the most choice-worthy, the giver of boons, who shows favour to her devotees —
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DB 9 12.12
श्रीविष्णोः पददात्रीं च भजे विष्णुपदीं सतीम् ।। इत्यनेनैव ध्यानेन ध्यात्वा त्रिपथगां शुभाम् कृष्णस्वरूपा परमा सर्वब्रह्मांडपूजिता ।।
śrīviṣṇoḥ padadātrīṃ ca bhaje viṣṇupadīṃ satīm || ityanenaiva dhyānena dhyātvā tripathagāṃ śubhām kṛṣṇasvarūpā paramā sarvabrahmāṃḍapūjitā ||
and the giver of Śrī Viṣṇu's abode: I worship the chaste Viṣṇupadī. Having meditated by just this meditation upon the auspicious one who flows by three paths, who is Kṛṣṇa's own form, supreme, worshipped by all the universes —
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DB 9 12.13
दत्त्वा संपूजयेद्ब्रह्मन्नुपचाराणि षोडश ।। आसनं पाद्यमर्घं च स्नानीयं चाऽनुलेपनम्
dattvā saṃpūjayedbrahmannupacārāṇi ṣoḍaśa || āsanaṃ pādyamarghaṃ ca snānīyaṃ cā'nulepanam
having offered (them), O brahmin, he should worship her with the sixteen services: a seat, water for the feet, water for offering, water for bathing, and ointment;
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DB 9 12.14
धूपदीपं च नैवेद्यं तांबूलं शीतलं जलम् ।। वसनं भूषण माल्यं गंधमाचमनीयकम्
dhūpadīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ śītalaṃ jalam || vasanaṃ bhūṣaṇa mālyaṃ gaṃdhamācamanīyakam
incense and lamp, food offering, betel, cool water, garment, ornament, garland, fragrance, water for rinsing the mouth,
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DB 9 12.15
मनोहरं सुतल्पं च देयान्येतानि षोडश ।। दत्त्वा भक्त्या च प्रणमेत्संस्तूय संपुटांजलिः
manoharaṃ sutalpaṃ ca deyānyetāni ṣoḍaśa || dattvā bhaktyā ca praṇametsaṃstūya saṃpuṭāṃjaliḥ
and a charming fine couch — these sixteen are to be given. Having given them with devotion, he should bow down and praise her with cupped hands joined.
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DB 9 12.16
संपूज्यैवं प्रकारेण सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत् ।। नारद उवाच ।। श्रोतुमिच्छामि देवेश लक्ष्मीकांत जगत्पते
saṃpūjyaivaṃ prakāreṇa so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || nārada uvāca || śrotumicchāmi deveśa lakṣmīkāṃta jagatpate
Worshipping in this manner, he obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. Nārada said: I wish to hear, O lord of gods, beloved of Lakṣmī, lord of the world,
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DB 9 12.17
विष्णोर्विष्णुपदीस्तोत्रं पापघ्नं पुण्यकारकम् ।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि पापघ्नं पुण्यकारकम्
viṣṇorviṣṇupadīstotraṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyakārakam || śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi pāpaghnaṃ puṇyakārakam
Viṣṇu's hymn to Viṣṇupadī, which destroys sin and produces merit. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Hear, Nārada, I shall declare (that which) destroys sin and produces merit:
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DB 9 12.18
शिवसंगीतसंमुग्ध श्रीकृष्णांगसमुद्भवाम् ।। राधांगद्रवसंयुक्तां तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
śivasaṃgītasaṃmugdha śrīkṛṣṇāṃgasamudbhavām || rādhāṃgadravasaṃyuktāṃ tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
(O you) who were enchanted by Śiva's singing, born from the body of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, joined with the fluid of Rādhā's body — to that Gaṅgā I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.19
यज्जन्म सृष्टेरादौ च गोलोके रासमंडले ।। सन्निधाने शंकरस्य तां गङ्गां प्रणमाम्यहम्
yajjanma sṛṣṭerādau ca goloke rāsamaṃḍale || sannidhāne śaṃkarasya tāṃ gaṅgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She whose birth was at the beginning of creation in Goloka, in the circle of the rāsa dance, in the presence of Śaṃkara — to that Gaṅgā I bow.
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DB 9 12.21
कोटियोजन विस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये लक्षगुणा ततः ।। समावृता या गोलोके तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
koṭiyojana vistīrṇā dairghye lakṣaguṇā tataḥ || samāvṛtā yā goloke tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is a crore of yojanas in breadth and a hundred thousand times that in length, and who spreads about in Goloka — to that Ganga I bow.
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DB 9 12.22
षष्टिलक्षयोजना या ततो दैर्घ्ये चतुर्गुणा ।। समावृता या वैकुण्ठे तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
ṣaṣṭilakṣayojanā yā tato dairghye caturguṇā || samāvṛtā yā vaikuṇṭhe tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is sixty hundred thousand (yojanas), and four times that in length, and who spreads about in Vaikuṇṭha — to that Ganga I bow.
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DB 9 12.23
त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजना या दैर्घ्ये पंचगुणा ततः ।। आवृता ब्रह्मलोके या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
triṃśallakṣayojanā yā dairghye paṃcaguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā brahmaloke yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is thirty hundred thousand yojanas, and five times that in length, and who is spread about in Brahmaloka — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.24
त्रिंशल्लक्षयोजना या दैर्घ्ये चतुर्गुणा ततः ।। आवृता शिवलोके या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
triṃśallakṣayojanā yā dairghye caturguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā śivaloke yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is thirty hundred thousand yojanas, and four times that in length, and who is spread about in Śivaloka — to that Ganga I bow.
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DB 9 12.25
लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये सप्तगुणा ततः ।। आवृता ध्रुवलोके या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
lakṣayojanavistīrṇā dairghye saptaguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā dhruvaloke yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is a hundred thousand yojanas in breadth, and seven times that in length, and who is spread about in Dhruvaloka — to that Ganga I bow.
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DB 9 12.26
लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये पंचगुणा ततः ।। आवृता चंद्रलोके या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
lakṣayojanavistīrṇā dairghye paṃcaguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā caṃdraloke yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is a hundred thousand yojanas in breadth, and five times that in length, and who is spread about in the world of the moon — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.27
षष्टिसहस्रयोजना या दैर्घ्ये दशगुणा ततः ।। आवृता सूर्यलोके या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
ṣaṣṭisahasrayojanā yā dairghye daśaguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā sūryaloke yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is sixty thousand yojanas, and ten times that in length, and who is spread about in the world of the sun — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.28
लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये पंचगुणा ततः ।। आवृता या तपोलोके तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
lakṣayojanavistīrṇā dairghye paṃcaguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā yā tapoloke tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is a hundred thousand yojanas in breadth, and five times that in length, and who is spread about in Tapoloka — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.29
सहस्र योजनायामा दैर्घ्ये दशगुणा ततः ।। आवृता जनलोके या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
sahasra yojanāyāmā dairghye daśaguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā janaloke yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who extends a thousand yojanas, and ten times that in length, and who is spread about in Janaloka — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.31
सहस्रयोजनायामा दैर्घ्ये शतगुणा ततः ।। आवृता या च कैलासे तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
sahasrayojanāyāmā dairghye śataguṇā tataḥ || āvṛtā yā ca kailāse tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who extends a thousand yojanas, and a hundred times that in length, and who is spread about on Kailāsa — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.32
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णा दैर्घ्ये दशगुणा ततः ।। मंदाकिनी येंद्रलोके तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
śatayojanavistīrṇā dairghye daśaguṇā tataḥ || maṃdākinī yeṃdraloke tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is a hundred yojanas in breadth, and ten times that in length, who is Mandākinī in the world of Indra — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.33
पाताले भोगवती चैव विस्तीर्णा दशयोजना ।। ततो दशगुणा दैर्घ्ये तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
pātāle bhogavatī caiva vistīrṇā daśayojanā || tato daśaguṇā dairghye tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
And she who in Pātāla is Bhogavatī, ten yojanas in breadth, and ten times that in length — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.34
क्रोशैकमात्रविस्तीर्णा ततः क्षीणा च कुत्रचित् ।। क्षितौ चालकनन्दा या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
krośaikamātravistīrṇā tataḥ kṣīṇā ca kutracit || kṣitau cālakanandā yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who is a single krośa in breadth, and thinner than that in some places, who on earth is Alakanandā — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.35
सत्ये या क्षीरवर्णा च त्रेतायामिंदुसन्निभा ।। द्वापरे चन्दनाभा या तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
satye yā kṣīravarṇā ca tretāyāmiṃdusannibhā || dvāpare candanābhā yā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who in the Satya (age) was milk-coloured, and in the Tretā like the moon, and in the Dvāpara had the hue of sandal — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.36
जलप्रभा कलौ या च नाऽन्यत्र पृथिवीतले ।। स्वर्गे च नित्यं क्षीराभा तां गंगां प्रणमाम्यहम्
jalaprabhā kalau yā ca nā'nyatra pṛthivītale || svarge ca nityaṃ kṣīrābhā tāṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamāmyaham
She who in the Kali (age) has the sheen of water, and not otherwise on the surface of the earth, but in heaven is always milk-hued — to that Ganga I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.37
यत्तोयकणिकास्पर्शे पापिनां ज्ञानसंभवः ।। ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं कोटिजन्मार्जितं दहेत्
yattoyakaṇikāsparśe pāpināṃ jñānasaṃbhavaḥ || brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ koṭijanmārjitaṃ dahet
At the touch of a single drop of whose water knowledge arises for sinners, and it burns up sin such as the killing of a brahmin, amassed over a crore of births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.38
इत्येवं कथिता ब्रह्मन्गंगापद्यैकविशतिः ।। स्तोत्ररूपं च परमं पापघ्नं पुण्यजीवनम्
ityevaṃ kathitā brahmangaṃgāpadyaikaviśatiḥ || stotrarūpaṃ ca paramaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyajīvanam
Thus, O brahmin, have the twenty-one verses on Ganga been recited, in the form of a hymn, supreme, destroying sin, (and) the life of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.39
नित्यं यो हि पठेद्भक्त्या संपूज्य च सुरेश्वरीम् ।। सोऽश्वमेधफलं नित्यं लभते नात्र संशयः
nityaṃ yo hi paṭhedbhaktyā saṃpūjya ca sureśvarīm || so'śvamedhaphalaṃ nityaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
He who recites (it) daily with devotion, having duly worshipped the Mistress of the gods, obtains daily the fruit of a horse sacrifice — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.41
अस्पष्टकीर्तिः सुयशा मूर्खो भवति पंडितः ।। यः पठेत्प्रातरुत्थाय गंगास्तोत्रमिदं शुभम्
aspaṣṭakīrtiḥ suyaśā mūrkho bhavati paṃḍitaḥ || yaḥ paṭhetprātarutthāya gaṃgāstotramidaṃ śubham
One of obscure fame becomes well renowned, and a fool becomes learned, who, rising at dawn, recites this auspicious hymn to Ganga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.42
शुभं भवेच्च दुःस्वप्ने गगास्नानफलं लभेत् ।। श्रीनारायण उवाच ।। स्तोत्रेणानेन गंगां च स्तुत्वा चैव भगीरथ
śubhaṃ bhavecca duḥsvapne gagāsnānaphalaṃ labhet || śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca || stotreṇānena gaṃgāṃ ca stutvā caiva bhagīratha
And in the case of a bad dream (the outcome) becomes auspicious, and one gains the fruit of bathing in the Ganga. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: With this hymn, Bhagīratha, having praised the Ganga,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.43
जगाम तां गृहीत्वा च यत्र नष्टाश्च सागराः ।। वैकुण्ठं ते ययुस्तूर्णं गंगाया स्पर्शवायुना
jagāma tāṃ gṛhītvā ca yatra naṣṭāśca sāgarāḥ || vaikuṇṭhaṃ te yayustūrṇaṃ gaṃgāyā sparśavāyunā
And taking her he went to where the sons of Sagara had perished; by the wind that had touched the Ganges they went at once to Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.44
भगीरथेन सा नीता तेन भागीरथी स्मृता ।। इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं गंगोपाख्यानमुत्तमम्
bhagīrathena sā nītā tena bhāgīrathī smṛtā || ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ gaṃgopākhyānamuttamam
She was brought (down) by Bhagīratha, and therefore she is called Bhāgīrathī. Thus has the whole excellent tale of the Ganges been told,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.45
पुण्यदं मोक्षदं सारं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि ।। नारद उवाच ।। कथं गंगा त्रिपथगा जाता भुवनपावनी
puṇyadaṃ mokṣadaṃ sāraṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi || nārada uvāca || kathaṃ gaṃgā tripathagā jātā bhuvanapāvanī
(a tale) that bestows merit, bestows liberation, and is the essence (of all). What more do you wish to hear? Nārada said: How did the Ganges, purifier of the worlds, come to flow by three paths?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.46
कुत्र वा केन विधिना तत्सर्वं वद मे प्रभो ।। तत्रस्थाश्च जना ये ये ते च किं चक्रुरुत्तमम्
kutra vā kena vidhinā tatsarvaṃ vada me prabho || tatrasthāśca janā ye ye te ca kiṃ cakruruttamam
Where, or by what rule? Tell me all that, O lord. And whatever people were present there, what excellent thing did they do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.47
एतत्सर्वं तु विस्तीर्णं कृत्वा वक्तुमिहार्हसि ।। नारायण उवाच ।। कार्तिक्यां पूर्णिमायां तु राधायाः सुमहोत्सवः
etatsarvaṃ tu vistīrṇaṃ kṛtvā vaktumihārhasi || nārāyaṇa uvāca || kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ tu rādhāyāḥ sumahotsavaḥ
All this you ought to tell here at length. Nārāyaṇa said: On the full-moon day of Kārttika there was a very great festival of Rādhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.48
कृष्णः संपूज्य तां राधामुवास रासमण्डले ।। कृष्णेन पूजितां सा तु संपूज्य दृष्टमानसाः
kṛṣṇaḥ saṃpūjya tāṃ rādhāmuvāsa rāsamaṇḍale || kṛṣṇena pūjitāṃ sā tu saṃpūjya dṛṣṭamānasāḥ
Kṛṣṇa, having worshipped that Rādhā, dwelt in the circle of the rāsa dance; and she, worshipping her who had been worshipped by Kṛṣṇa... (with) minds fixed (upon them)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.49
ऊषुर्ब्रह्मादयः सर्वे ऋषयः शौनकादयः ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे कृष्णसंगीता च सरस्वती
ūṣurbrahmādayaḥ sarve ṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ || etasminnaṃtare kṛṣṇasaṃgītā ca sarasvatī
—Brahmā and all the others, and the sages Śaunaka and the rest, remained (there). Meanwhile Sarasvatī sang of Kṛṣṇa (i.e., gave a song in Kṛṣṇa's praise);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.51
शिवो मणींद्रसारं तु सर्वब्रह्माण्ड दुर्लभम् ।। कृष्णः कौस्तुभरत्नं च सर्वरत्नात्परं वरम्
śivo maṇīṃdrasāraṃ tu sarvabrahmāṇḍa durlabham || kṛṣṇaḥ kaustubharatnaṃ ca sarvaratnātparaṃ varam
and Śiva (gave) the finest of chief gems, hard to obtain in all the universe; and Kṛṣṇa (gave) the Kaustubha jewel, the best, surpassing all gems,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.52
अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं हारसारं च राधिका ।। नारायणश्च भगवान्ददौ मालां मनोहराम्
amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ hārasāraṃ ca rādhikā || nārāyaṇaśca bhagavāndadau mālāṃ manoharām
fashioned of priceless gems; and Rādhikā (gave) the finest of necklaces; and the Lord Nārāyaṇa gave a lovely garland
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.53
अमूल्यरत्ननिर्माणं लक्ष्मीः कनककुंडलम् ।। विष्णुमाया भगवती मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी
amūlyaratnanirmāṇaṃ lakṣmīḥ kanakakuṃḍalam || viṣṇumāyā bhagavatī mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī
fashioned of priceless gems; Lakṣmī (gave) a golden earring; (and) Viṣṇumāyā, the Bhagavatī, the primordial nature, the sovereign,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.54
दुर्गा नारायणीशाना ब्रह्मभक्तिं सुदुर्लभाम् ।। धर्मबुद्धिं च धर्मश्च यशश्च विपुलं भवे
durgā nārāyaṇīśānā brahmabhaktiṃ sudurlabhām || dharmabuddhiṃ ca dharmaśca yaśaśca vipulaṃ bhave
Durgā, Nārāyaṇī, the ruler, (gave) devotion to Brahman, most hard to obtain; and Dharma (gave) a mind set on dharma, and abundant fame in the world;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.55
वह्निशुद्धांशुकं वह्निर्वायुश्च मणिनूपुरान् ।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे शंभुर्ब्रह्मणा प्रेरितो मुहुः
vahniśuddhāṃśukaṃ vahnirvāyuśca maṇinūpurān || etasminnaṃtare śaṃbhurbrahmaṇā prerito muhuḥ
Fire (gave) a garment purified by fire, and Vāyu jewelled anklets. Meanwhile Śambhu, repeatedly urged by Brahmā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.56
जगौ श्रीकृष्णसंगीतं ससोल्लाससमन्वितम् ।। मूर्च्छां प्रापुः सुराः सर्वे चित्रपुत्तलिका यथा
jagau śrīkṛṣṇasaṃgītaṃ sasollāsasamanvitam || mūrcchāṃ prāpuḥ surāḥ sarve citraputtalikā yathā
sang a song of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, filled with rapture; all the gods fell into a swoon, like painted figures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.57
कष्टेन चेतनां प्राप्य ददृशू रासमंडले ।। स्थलं सर्वं जलाकीर्णं राधाकृष्णविहीनकम्
kaṣṭena cetanāṃ prāpya dadṛśū rāsamaṃḍale || sthalaṃ sarvaṃ jalākīrṇaṃ rādhākṛṣṇavihīnakam
With difficulty regaining consciousness, they saw in the rāsa circle the whole place flooded with water and empty of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.58
अत्युच्चै रुरुदुः सर्वे गोपा गोप्यः सुरा द्विजाः ।। ध्यानेन ब्रह्मा बुबुधे सर्वं तीर्थमभीप्सितम्
atyuccai ruruduḥ sarve gopā gopyaḥ surā dvijāḥ || dhyānena brahmā bubudhe sarvaṃ tīrthamabhīpsitam
All wept very loudly—the cowherds, the cowherd women, the gods, the twice-born; by meditation Brahmā understood the whole matter: that the desired sacred water(-place had come to be),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.59
गतश्च राधया सार्धं श्रीकृष्णो द्रवतामिति ।। ततो ब्रह्मादयः सर्वे तुष्टुवुः परमेश्वरात्
gataśca rādhayā sārdhaṃ śrīkṛṣṇo dravatāmiti || tato brahmādayaḥ sarve tuṣṭuvuḥ parameśvarāt
and that Śrī Kṛṣṇa together with Rādhā had gone into a liquid state. Then Brahmā and all the rest offered praise to the Supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.61
तामेव शुश्रुवुः सर्वे सुव्यक्तां मधुरान्विताम् ।। सर्वात्माऽहमियं शक्तिर्भक्तानुग्रह विग्रहा
tāmeva śuśruvuḥ sarve suvyaktāṃ madhurānvitām || sarvātmā'hamiyaṃ śaktirbhaktānugraha vigrahā
They all heard that very (voice), clear and full of sweetness: "I am the Self of all; this Śakti is the embodiment of grace toward devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.62
ममाप्यस्याश्च देहेन कर्त्तव्यं च किमावयोः ।। मनवो मानवाः सर्वे मुनयश्चैव वैष्णवाः
mamāpyasyāśca dehena karttavyaṃ ca kimāvayoḥ || manavo mānavāḥ sarve munayaścaiva vaiṣṇavāḥ
What need have the two of us, mine and hers, of a body? All the Manus and men, and the sages, and the Vaiṣṇavas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.63
मन्मन्त्रपूता मां द्रष्टुमागमिष्यंति मत्पदम् ।। मूर्तिं द्रष्टुं च सुव्यक्तां यदीच्छत सुरेश्वराः
manmantrapūtā māṃ draṣṭumāgamiṣyaṃti matpadam || mūrtiṃ draṣṭuṃ ca suvyaktāṃ yadīcchata sureśvarāḥ
purified by my mantra, will come to my abode to see me. And if you wish, O lords of the gods, to see a clearly manifest form,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.64
करोतु शंभुस्तत्रैवं मदीयं वाक्यपालनम् ।। स्वयं विधातस्त्वं बह्मन्नाज्ञां कुरु जगद्गुरुम्
karotu śaṃbhustatraivaṃ madīyaṃ vākyapālanam || svayaṃ vidhātastvaṃ bahmannājñāṃ kuru jagadgurum
let Śambhu there carry out the keeping of my word in this way. You yourself, O creator, O Brahmā, issue the command, O teacher of the world—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.65
कर्तुं शास्त्रविशेषं च वेदांगं सुमनोहरम् ।। अपूर्वमन्त्रनिकरैः सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदैः
kartuṃ śāstraviśeṣaṃ ca vedāṃgaṃ sumanoharam || apūrvamantranikaraiḥ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradaiḥ
(You are to undertake) also to compose a special scripture, an auxiliary of the Veda, most charming, with hosts of hitherto unknown mantras that bestow every desired fruit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.66
स्तोत्रैश्च च निकरैर्ध्यानैर्युतं पूजाविधिक्रमैः ।। मन्मन्त्रकवचस्तोत्रं कृत्वा यत्नेन गोपनम्
stotraiśca ca nikarairdhyānairyutaṃ pūjāvidhikramaiḥ || manmantrakavacastotraṃ kṛtvā yatnena gopanam
and provided with collections of hymns and with meditations, together with the sequences of the rites of worship — having composed my mantra, armour and hymn, (keep it) carefully concealed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.67
भवंति विमुखा येन जना मां तत्करिष्यति ।। सहस्रेषु शतेष्वेको मन्मंत्रोपासको भवेत्
bhavaṃti vimukhā yena janā māṃ tatkariṣyati || sahasreṣu śateṣveko manmaṃtropāsako bhavet
He will do that by which people become averse to me; among thousands, among hundreds, (only) one would become a worshipper of my mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.68
जना मन्मंत्रपूताश्च गमिष्यंति च मत्पदम् ।। अन्यथा न भविष्यंति सर्वे गोलोकवासिनः
janā manmaṃtrapūtāśca gamiṣyaṃti ca matpadam || anyathā na bhaviṣyaṃti sarve golokavāsinaḥ
And people purified by my mantra will go to my abode; otherwise all would not become dwellers of Goloka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.69
निष्फलं भविता सर्वं ब्रह्मांडं चैव ब्रह्मणः ।। जनाः पंच प्रकाराश्च युक्ताः स्रष्टुं भवे भवे
niṣphalaṃ bhavitā sarvaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ caiva brahmaṇaḥ || janāḥ paṃca prakārāśca yuktāḥ sraṣṭuṃ bhave bhave
All will become fruitless, and so too Brahmā's cosmic egg; and people of five kinds are to be created birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.71
प्रतिज्ञां सुदृढां सद्य स्ततो मूर्तिं च द्रक्ष्यति ।। इत्येवमुक्त्वा गगने विरराम सनातनः
pratijñāṃ sudṛḍhāṃ sadya stato mūrtiṃ ca drakṣyati || ityevamuktvā gagane virarāma sanātanaḥ
(Make) at once a very firm promise; thereafter he will behold (my) form. Having spoken thus in the sky, the eternal one fell silent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 12.72
तच्छुत्वा जगतां धाता तमुवाच शिवं मुदा ।। ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्ञानेशो ज्ञानिनः वरः
tacchutvā jagatāṃ dhātā tamuvāca śivaṃ mudā || brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā jñāneśo jñāninaḥ varaḥ
Hearing that, the maker of the worlds gladly said this to Śiva; and hearing Brahmā's words, the lord of knowledge, the best of knowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.73
गंगातोयं करे कृत्वा स्वीकारं च चकार सः ।। संयुक्तं विष्णुमायाया मंत्रौघैः शास्त्रमुत्तमम्
gaṃgātoyaṃ kare kṛtvā svīkāraṃ ca cakāra saḥ || saṃyuktaṃ viṣṇumāyāyā maṃtraughaiḥ śāstramuttamam
taking Ganges water in his hand, he gave his consent: "(I shall make) a supreme scripture joined with Viṣṇumāyā, with floods of mantras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.74
वेदसारं करिष्यामि प्रतिज्ञापालनाय च ।। गंगातोयमुपस्पृश्य मिथ्या यदि वदेज्जनः
vedasāraṃ kariṣyāmi pratijñāpālanāya ca || gaṃgātoyamupaspṛśya mithyā yadi vadejjanaḥ
I shall make the essence of the Veda, in order to keep the promise. If a man, having touched Ganges water, should speak falsely,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.75
स याति कालसूत्रं च यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः ।। इत्युक्ते शंकरे ब्रह्मन्गोलोके सुरसंसदि
sa yāti kālasūtraṃ ca yāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ || ityukte śaṃkare brahmangoloke surasaṃsadi
he goes to Kālasūtra for as long as the lifetime of Brahmā." When Śaṅkara had spoken thus, O Brahman, in Goloka, in the assembly of the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.76
आविर्बभूव श्रीकृष्णो राधया सहितस्ततः ।। तं सुदृष्ट्वा च संहृष्टास्तुष्टुवुः पुरुषोत्तमम्
āvirbabhūva śrīkṛṣṇo rādhayā sahitastataḥ || taṃ sudṛṣṭvā ca saṃhṛṣṭāstuṣṭuvuḥ puruṣottamam
thereupon Śrī Kṛṣṇa appeared, together with Rādhā; and having gazed well upon him, greatly delighted, they praised the highest Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.77
परमानन्दपूर्णाश्च चक्रुश्च पुनरुत्सवम् ।। कालेन शंभुर्भगवान्मुक्तिदीपं चकार सः
paramānandapūrṇāśca cakruśca punarutsavam || kālena śaṃbhurbhagavānmuktidīpaṃ cakāra saḥ
Filled with supreme bliss, they held a festival once more; and in due time the lord Śambhu made the lamp of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.78
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं सुगोप्यं च सुदुर्लभम् ।। स एव द्रवरूपा सा गंगा गोलोकसंभवा
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ sugopyaṃ ca sudurlabham || sa eva dravarūpā sā gaṃgā golokasaṃbhavā
Thus has all been told, most secret and most hard to obtain. She indeed, in liquid form, is that Gaṅgā arisen in Goloka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 12.79
राधाकृष्णांगसंभूता भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा ।। स्थाने स्थाने स्थापिता सा कृष्णेन च परात्मना
rādhākṛṣṇāṃgasaṃbhūtā bhuktimuktiphalapradā || sthāne sthāne sthāpitā sā kṛṣṇena ca parātmanā
born from the bodies of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, bestowing the fruits of enjoyment and of liberation; she was established in place after place by Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition