Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 16
DB 9 16.1
महालक्षम्या वेदवतीरूपेण राजगृहे जन्मवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच लक्ष्मीं तौ च समाराध्य चोग्रेण तपसा मुने । वरमिष्टं च प्रत्येकं सम्प्रापतुरभीप्सितम्
mahālakṣamyā vedavatīrūpeṇa rājagṛhe janmavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca lakṣmīṃ tau ca samārādhya cogreṇa tapasā mune | varamiṣṭaṃ ca pratyekaṃ samprāpaturabhīpsitam
The description of Mahālakṣmī's birth in a king's house in the form of Vedavatī. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: And those two, O sage, having propitiated Lakṣmī with fierce austerity, each obtained the desired boon that he wished for.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.2
महालक्ष्मीवरेणैव तौ पृथ्वीशौ बभूवतुः । पुण्यवन्तौ पुत्रवन्तौ धर्मध्वजकुशध्वजौ
mahālakṣmīvareṇaiva tau pṛthvīśau babhūvatuḥ | puṇyavantau putravantau dharmadhvajakuśadhvajau
By Mahālakṣmī's boon alone those two, Dharmadhvaja and Kuśadhvaja, became lords of the earth, meritorious and possessed of sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.3
कुशध्वजस्य पत्नी च देवी मालावती सती । सा सुषाव च कालेन कमलांशां सुतां सतीम्
kuśadhvajasya patnī ca devī mālāvatī satī | sā suṣāva ca kālena kamalāṃśāṃ sutāṃ satīm
And Kuśadhvaja's wife was the chaste queen Mālāvatī; in due time she gave birth to a virtuous daughter who was a portion of Kamalā.
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DB 9 16.4
सा च भूयिष्ठकालेन ज्ञानयुक्ता बभूव ह । कृत्वा वेदध्वनिं स्पष्टमुत्तस्थौ सूतिकागृहात्
sā ca bhūyiṣṭhakālena jñānayuktā babhūva ha | kṛtvā vedadhvaniṃ spaṣṭamuttasthau sūtikāgṛhāt
And in a very short time she became endowed with knowledge; uttering the sound of the Veda distinctly, she rose up from the birth-chamber.
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DB 9 16.5
वेदध्वनिं सा चकार जातमात्रेण कन्यका । तस्मात्तां च वेदवतीं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः
vedadhvaniṃ sā cakāra jātamātreṇa kanyakā | tasmāttāṃ ca vedavatīṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
The girl uttered the sound of the Veda the moment she was born; therefore the wise call her Vedavatī.
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DB 9 16.6
जातमात्रेण सुस्नाता जगाम तपसे वनम् । सर्वैर्निषिद्धा यत्नेन नारायणपरायणा
jātamātreṇa susnātā jagāma tapase vanam | sarvairniṣiddhā yatnena nārāyaṇaparāyaṇā
As soon as she was born, well bathed, she went to the forest for austerity, though earnestly forbidden by everyone, being devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
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DB 9 16.7
एकमन्वन्तरं चैव पुष्करे च तपस्विनी । अत्युग्रां च तपस्यां च लीलया हि चकार सा
ekamanvantaraṃ caiva puṣkare ca tapasvinī | atyugrāṃ ca tapasyāṃ ca līlayā hi cakāra sā
And for one manvantara the ascetic woman performed, at Puṣkara, an exceedingly severe austerity, and that as if in play.
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DB 9 16.8
तथापि पुष्टा न क्लिष्टा नवयौवनसंयुता । सुश्राव सा च सहसा सुवाचमशरीरिणीम्
tathāpi puṣṭā na kliṣṭā navayauvanasaṃyutā | suśrāva sā ca sahasā suvācamaśarīriṇīm
Even so she was well-nourished, not worn out, endowed with fresh youth; and suddenly she heard a fair bodiless voice.
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DB 9 16.9
जन्मान्तरे च ते भर्ता भविष्यति हरिः स्वयम् । ब्रह्मादिभिर्दुराराध्यं पतिं लप्स्यसि सुन्दरि
janmāntare ca te bhartā bhaviṣyati hariḥ svayam | brahmādibhirdurārādhyaṃ patiṃ lapsyasi sundari
"In another birth Hari himself will be your husband; you will obtain, O lovely one, a husband hard for Brahmā and the others to propitiate."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.10
इति श्रुत्वा च सा हृष्टा चकार ह पुनस्तपः । अतीव निर्जनस्थाने पर्वते गन्धमादने
iti śrutvā ca sā hṛṣṭā cakāra ha punastapaḥ | atīva nirjanasthāne parvate gandhamādane
Having heard this, she was delighted and performed austerity again, in an utterly deserted place on Mount Gandhamādana.
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DB 9 16.11
तत्रैव सुचिरं तप्त्वा विश्वस्य समुवास सा । ददर्श पुरतस्तत्र रावणं दुर्निवारणम्
tatraiva suciraṃ taptvā viśvasya samuvāsa sā | dadarśa puratastatra rāvaṇaṃ durnivāraṇam
Having practised austerity there for a very long time, she dwelt (there) trustingly; (then) she saw before her Rāvaṇa, hard to ward off.
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DB 9 16.12
दृष्ट्वा सातिथिभक्त्या च पाद्यं तस्मै ददौ किल । सुस्वादुभूतं च फलं जलं चापि सुशीतलम्
dṛṣṭvā sātithibhaktyā ca pādyaṃ tasmai dadau kila | susvādubhūtaṃ ca phalaṃ jalaṃ cāpi suśītalam
Seeing (him), out of hospitality to a guest she gave him water for the feet, and very sweet fruit, and also very cool water.
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DB 9 16.13
तच्च भुक्त्वा स पापिष्ठश्चोवास तत्समीपतः । चकार प्रश्नमिति तां का त्वं कल्याणि वर्तसे
tacca bhuktvā sa pāpiṣṭhaścovāsa tatsamīpataḥ | cakāra praśnamiti tāṃ kā tvaṃ kalyāṇi vartase
And having eaten that, the great sinner sat down beside her and put this question to her: "Who are you, fair one, and (why) do you live (here)?"
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DB 9 16.14
तां दृष्ट्वा स वरारोहां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम् । शरत्पद्मोत्सवास्यां च सस्मितां सुदतीं सतीम्
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa varārohāṃ pīnaśroṇipayodharām | śaratpadmotsavāsyāṃ ca sasmitāṃ sudatīṃ satīm
Seeing her with her beautiful hips, full buttocks and breasts, her face a festival like an autumn lotus, smiling, fair-toothed, and chaste—
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DB 9 16.15
मूर्च्छामवाप कृपणः कामबाणप्रपीडितः । स करेण समाकृष्य शृङ्गारं कर्तुमुद्यतः
mūrcchāmavāpa kṛpaṇaḥ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ | sa kareṇa samākṛṣya śṛṅgāraṃ kartumudyataḥ
—the wretch fainted, sorely wounded by the arrows of love; dragging (her) with his hand, he made ready to make love.
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DB 9 16.16
सती चुकोप दृष्ट्वा तं स्तम्भितं च चकार ह । स जडो हस्तपादैश्च किञ्चिद्वक्तुं न च क्षमः महालक्षम्या वेदवतीरूपेण राजगृहे जन्मवर्णनं नाम षोडशोऽध्यायः
satī cukopa dṛṣṭvā taṃ stambhitaṃ ca cakāra ha | sa jaḍo hastapādaiśca kiñcidvaktuṃ na ca kṣamaḥ mahālakṣamyā vedavatīrūpeṇa rājagṛhe janmavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ
The chaste woman grew angry and, looking at him, made him paralysed; he became stiff in hands and feet and unable to say anything. (End of) the sixteenth chapter, called the description of Mahālakṣmī's birth in a king's house in the form of Vedavatī.
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DB 9 16.17
तुष्टाव मनसा देवीं प्रययौ पद्मलोचनाम् । सा तुष्टा तस्य स्तवनं सुकृतं च चकार ह
tuṣṭāva manasā devīṃ prayayau padmalocanām | sā tuṣṭā tasya stavanaṃ sukṛtaṃ ca cakāra ha
He praised the lotus-eyed Goddess in his mind and took refuge (in her); pleased, she made his praise fruitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 16.18
सा शशाप मदर्थे त्वं विनंक्ष्यसि सबान्धवः । स्पृष्टाहं च त्वया कामाद् बलं चाप्यवलोकय
sā śaśāpa madarthe tvaṃ vinaṃkṣyasi sabāndhavaḥ | spṛṣṭāhaṃ ca tvayā kāmād balaṃ cāpyavalokaya
She cursed (him): "For my sake you shall perish together with your kinsmen. I have been touched by you out of lust — now look upon (my) power!"
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DB 9 16.19
इत्युक्त्वा सा च योगेन देहत्यागं चकार ह । गङ्गायां तां च संन्यस्य स्वगृहं रावणो ययौ
ityuktvā sā ca yogena dehatyāgaṃ cakāra ha | gaṅgāyāṃ tāṃ ca saṃnyasya svagṛhaṃ rāvaṇo yayau
Having said this, she abandoned her body by yoga; and Rāvaṇa, having cast her into the Ganges, went to his own house.
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DB 9 16.20
अहो किमद्भुतं दृष्टं किं कृतं वानयाधुना । इति सञ्चिन्त्य सञ्चिन्त्य विललाप पुनः पुनः
aho kimadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kiṃ kṛtaṃ vānayādhunā | iti sañcintya sañcintya vilalāpa punaḥ punaḥ
"Alas, what marvel have I seen! What has she now done!" — thus thinking again and again, he lamented over and over.
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DB 9 16.21
सा च कालान्तरे साध्वी बभूव जनकात्मजा । सीतादेवीति विख्याता यदर्थे रावणो हतः
sā ca kālāntare sādhvī babhūva janakātmajā | sītādevīti vikhyātā yadarthe rāvaṇo hataḥ
And she, the virtuous one, in the course of time became the daughter of Janaka, renowned as the goddess Sītā, for whose sake Rāvaṇa was slain.
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DB 9 16.22
महातपस्विनी सा च तपसा पूर्वजन्मतः । लेभे रामं च भर्तारं परिपूर्णतमं हरिम्
mahātapasvinī sā ca tapasā pūrvajanmataḥ | lebhe rāmaṃ ca bhartāraṃ paripūrṇatamaṃ harim
And she, of great austerity, by the austerity (performed) in a former birth obtained as her husband Rāma, the utterly complete Hari.
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DB 9 16.23
सम्प्राप तपसाऽऽराध्य दुराराध्यं जगत्पतिम् । सा रमा सुचिरं रेमे रामेण सह सुन्दरी
samprāpa tapasā''rādhya durārādhyaṃ jagatpatim | sā ramā suciraṃ reme rāmeṇa saha sundarī
Having propitiated by austerity the lord of the world, hard to propitiate, she attained (him); that beautiful Ramā delighted for a very long time together with Rāma.
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DB 9 16.24
जातिस्मरा न स्मरति तपसश्च क्लमं पुरा । सुखेन तज्जहौ सर्वं दुःखं चापि सुखं फले
jātismarā na smarati tapasaśca klamaṃ purā | sukhena tajjahau sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ cāpi sukhaṃ phale
Remembering her (former) birth, she does not remember the weariness of the austerity of long ago; in her happiness she let go of all that pain, and pain too becomes happiness when the fruit (is won).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 16.25
नानाप्रकारविभवं चकार सुचिरं सती । सम्प्राप्य सुकुमारं तमतीव नवयौवना
nānāprakāravibhavaṃ cakāra suciraṃ satī | samprāpya sukumāraṃ tamatīva navayauvanā
Having obtained that delicate one, the virtuous woman, exceedingly in her fresh youth, enjoyed manifold splendour for a very long time.
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DB 9 16.26
गुणिनं रसिकं शान्तं कान्तं देवमनुत्तमम् । स्त्रीणां मनोज्ञं रुचिरं तथा लेभे यथेप्सितम्
guṇinaṃ rasikaṃ śāntaṃ kāntaṃ devamanuttamam | strīṇāṃ manojñaṃ ruciraṃ tathā lebhe yathepsitam
Thus she obtained, just as she had desired, the god endowed with virtues, full of relish, tranquil, lovely, unsurpassed, charming to the minds of women and radiant.
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DB 9 16.27
पितुः सत्यपालनार्थं सत्यसन्धो रघूद्वहः । जगाम काननं पश्चात्कालेन च बलीयसा
pituḥ satyapālanārthaṃ satyasandho raghūdvahaḥ | jagāma kānanaṃ paścātkālena ca balīyasā
For the sake of upholding his father's truth, the truth-bound scion of Raghu went to the forest; and afterwards, by the mightier force of time —
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DB 9 16.28
तस्थौ समुद्रनिकटे सीतया लक्ष्मणेन च । ददर्श तत्र वह्निं च विप्ररूपधरं हरिः
tasthau samudranikaṭe sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca | dadarśa tatra vahniṃ ca viprarūpadharaṃ hariḥ
He stayed near the ocean with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa; and there Hari saw Fire bearing the form of a brahmin.
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DB 9 16.29
रामं च दुःखितं दृष्ट्वा स च दुःखी बभूव ह । उवाच किञ्चित्सत्येष्टं सत्यं सत्यपरायणः
rāmaṃ ca duḥkhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa ca duḥkhī babhūva ha | uvāca kiñcitsatyeṣṭaṃ satyaṃ satyaparāyaṇaḥ
And seeing Rāma sorrowful, he too became sorrowful; devoted to truth, he spoke some truth that was welcome to the truthful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 16.30
द्विज उवाच भगवच्छ्रूयतां राम कालोऽयं यदुपस्थितः । सीताहरणकालोऽयं तवैव समुपस्थितः
dvija uvāca bhagavacchrūyatāṃ rāma kālo'yaṃ yadupasthitaḥ | sītāharaṇakālo'yaṃ tavaiva samupasthitaḥ
The brahmin said: Let it be heard, O Lord Rāma, that this time has arrived: this time of Sītā's abduction has come upon you.
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DB 9 16.31
दैवं च दुर्निवार्यं च न च दैवात्परो बली । जगत्प्रसूं मयि न्यस्य छायां रक्षान्तिकेऽधुना
daivaṃ ca durnivāryaṃ ca na ca daivātparo balī | jagatprasūṃ mayi nyasya chāyāṃ rakṣāntike'dhunā
Fate is hard to ward off, and none is stronger than fate. Entrust the mother of the world to me, and keep a shadow (of her) beside you now.
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DB 9 16.32
दास्यामि सीतां तुभ्यं च परीक्षासमये पुनः । देवैः प्रस्थापितोऽहं च न च विप्रो हुताशनः
dāsyāmi sītāṃ tubhyaṃ ca parīkṣāsamaye punaḥ | devaiḥ prasthāpito'haṃ ca na ca vipro hutāśanaḥ
And I shall give Sītā back to you at the time of the (fire-)ordeal. I have been sent by the gods; I am not a brahmin, (but) the fire-god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.33
रामस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा न प्रकाश्य च लक्ष्मणम् । स्वीकारं वचसश्चक्रे हृदयेन विदूयता
rāmastadvacanaṃ śrutvā na prakāśya ca lakṣmaṇam | svīkāraṃ vacasaścakre hṛdayena vidūyatā
Rāma, hearing that speech and not revealing it to Lakṣmaṇa, gave his assent to the words, with an aching heart.
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DB 9 16.34
वह्निर्योगेन सीताया मायासीतां चकार ह । तत्तुल्यगुणसर्वाङ्गां ददौ रामाय नारद
vahniryogena sītāyā māyāsītāṃ cakāra ha | tattulyaguṇasarvāṅgāṃ dadau rāmāya nārada
Fire, by yoga, made a Sītā of illusion out of Sītā, equal to her in qualities and in every limb, and gave her to Rāma, O Nārada.
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DB 9 16.35
सीतां गृहीत्वा स ययौ गोप्यं वक्तुं निषिध्य च । लक्ष्मणो नैव बुबुधे गोप्यमन्यस्य का कथा
sītāṃ gṛhītvā sa yayau gopyaṃ vaktuṃ niṣidhya ca | lakṣmaṇo naiva bubudhe gopyamanyasya kā kathā
Taking Sītā, he departed, having forbidden (Rāma) to speak of the secret; Lakṣmaṇa never came to know the secret — what to say of anyone else?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.36
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे रामो ददर्श कानकं मृगम् । सीता तं प्रेरयामास तदर्थे यत्नपूर्वकम्
etasminnantare rāmo dadarśa kānakaṃ mṛgam | sītā taṃ prerayāmāsa tadarthe yatnapūrvakam
In the meantime Rāma saw a golden deer; Sītā urged him on toward it, insistently.
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DB 9 16.37
संन्यस्य लक्ष्मणं रामो जानक्या रक्षणे वने । स्वयं जगाम तूर्णं तं विव्याध सायकेन च
saṃnyasya lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo jānakyā rakṣaṇe vane | svayaṃ jagāma tūrṇaṃ taṃ vivyādha sāyakena ca
Having consigned Lakṣmaṇa to the guarding of Jānakī in the forest, Rāma himself went swiftly and pierced it with an arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.38
लक्ष्मणेति च शब्दं स कृत्वा च मायया मृगः । प्राणांस्तत्याज सहसा पुरो दृष्ट्वा हरिं स्मरन्
lakṣmaṇeti ca śabdaṃ sa kṛtvā ca māyayā mṛgaḥ | prāṇāṃstatyāja sahasā puro dṛṣṭvā hariṃ smaran
And the deer, having by illusion uttered the cry "Lakṣmaṇa!", at once gave up its life, seeing Hari before it and remembering (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.39
मृगदेहं परित्यज्य दिव्यरूपं विधाय च । रत्ननिर्माणयानेन वैकुण्ठं स जगाम ह
mṛgadehaṃ parityajya divyarūpaṃ vidhāya ca | ratnanirmāṇayānena vaikuṇṭhaṃ sa jagāma ha
Having abandoned the deer's body and assumed a divine form, he went to Vaikuṇṭha in a jewel-fashioned vehicle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.40
वैकुण्ठलोकद्वार्यासीत्किङ्करो द्वारपालयोः । पुनर्जगाम तद्द्वारमादेशाद् द्वारपालयोः
vaikuṇṭhalokadvāryāsītkiṅkaro dvārapālayoḥ | punarjagāma taddvāramādeśād dvārapālayoḥ
At the gate of the world of Vaikuṇṭha he became a servant of the two gatekeepers; and by the command of the two gatekeepers he went again to that gate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 16.41
अथ शब्दं च सा श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणेति च विक्लवम् । तं हि सा प्रेरयामास लक्ष्मणं रामसन्निधौ
atha śabdaṃ ca sā śrutvā lakṣmaṇeti ca viklavam | taṃ hi sā prerayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmasannidhau
Then she, hearing that distressed cry "Lakṣmaṇa!", urged Lakṣmaṇa (to go) to Rāma's side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.42
गते च लक्ष्मणे रामं रावणो दुर्निवारणः । सीतां गृहीत्वा प्रययौ लङ्कामेव स्वलीलया
gate ca lakṣmaṇe rāmaṃ rāvaṇo durnivāraṇaḥ | sītāṃ gṛhītvā prayayau laṅkāmeva svalīlayā
And when Lakṣmaṇa had gone to Rāma, Rāvaṇa, who could not be checked, seized Sītā and went off to Laṅkā by his own sport.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.43
विषसाद च रामश्च वने दृष्ट्वा च लक्ष्मणम् । तूर्णं च स्वाश्रमं गत्वा सीतां नैव ददर्श सः
viṣasāda ca rāmaśca vane dṛṣṭvā ca lakṣmaṇam | tūrṇaṃ ca svāśramaṃ gatvā sītāṃ naiva dadarśa saḥ
And Rāma became downcast, seeing Lakṣmaṇa in the forest; and going quickly to his own hermitage, he did not see Sītā at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.44
मूर्च्छां सम्प्राप सुचिरं विललाप भृशं पुनः । पुनः पुनश्च बभ्राम तदन्वेषणपूर्वकम्
mūrcchāṃ samprāpa suciraṃ vilalāpa bhṛśaṃ punaḥ | punaḥ punaśca babhrāma tadanveṣaṇapūrvakam
He fell into a swoon for a long while, and again lamented greatly; and again and again he wandered about, searching for her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.45
कालेन प्राप्य तद्वार्तां गोदावरीनदीतटे । सहायान्वानरात्कृत्वा बबन्ध सागरं हरिः
kālena prāpya tadvārtāṃ godāvarīnadītaṭe | sahāyānvānarātkṛtvā babandha sāgaraṃ hariḥ
In time, obtaining news of her on the bank of the river Godāvarī, Hari made allies of the monkeys and bridged the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.46
लङ्कां गत्वा रघुश्रेष्ठो जघान सायकेन च । कालेन प्राप्य तं हत्वा रावणं बान्धवैः सह
laṅkāṃ gatvā raghuśreṣṭho jaghāna sāyakena ca | kālena prāpya taṃ hatvā rāvaṇaṃ bāndhavaiḥ saha
Going to Laṅkā, the best of the Raghus slew (him) with an arrow; in time, having reached (there) and killed that Rāvaṇa together with his kinsmen—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.47
तां च वह्निपरीक्षां च कारयामास सत्वरम् । हुताशस्तत्र काले तु वास्तवीं जानकीं ददौ
tāṃ ca vahniparīkṣāṃ ca kārayāmāsa satvaram | hutāśastatra kāle tu vāstavīṃ jānakīṃ dadau
—and he quickly had that ordeal by fire performed; and then, at that time, the fire-god gave over the real Jānakī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.48
उवाच छाया वह्निं च रामं च विनयान्विता । करिष्यामीति किमहं तदुपायं वदस्व मे
uvāca chāyā vahniṃ ca rāmaṃ ca vinayānvitā | kariṣyāmīti kimahaṃ tadupāyaṃ vadasva me
The shadow (Sītā), full of humility, said to the fire and to Rāma: "What shall I do? Tell me the means for that."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.49
श्रीरामाग्नी ऊचतुः त्वं गच्छ तपसे देवि पुष्करं च सुपुण्यदम् । कृत्वा तपस्या तत्रैव स्वर्गलक्ष्मीर्भविष्यसि
śrīrāmāgnī ūcatuḥ tvaṃ gaccha tapase devi puṣkaraṃ ca supuṇyadam | kṛtvā tapasyā tatraiva svargalakṣmīrbhaviṣyasi
Śrī Rāma and the fire said: Go, goddess, to Puṣkara, the giver of great merit, for austerity; performing austerity there, you will become the Lakṣmī of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.50
सा च तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रतप्य पुष्करे तपः । दिव्यं त्रिलक्षवर्षं च स्वर्गलक्ष्मीर्बभूव ह
sā ca tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pratapya puṣkare tapaḥ | divyaṃ trilakṣavarṣaṃ ca svargalakṣmīrbabhūva ha
And she, hearing that speech, practising austerity at Puṣkara for three hundred thousand divine years, became the Lakṣmī of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.51
सा च कालेन तपसा यज्ञकुण्डसमुद्भवा । कामिनी पाण्डवानां च द्रौपदी द्रुपदात्मजा
sā ca kālena tapasā yajñakuṇḍasamudbhavā | kāminī pāṇḍavānāṃ ca draupadī drupadātmajā
And she in time, by (that) austerity, arose from the sacrificial fire-pit as the beloved of the Pāṇḍavas, Draupadī, the daughter of Drupada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.52
कृते युगे वेदवती कुशध्वजसुता शुभा । त्रेतायां रामपत्नी च सीतेति जनकात्मजा
kṛte yuge vedavatī kuśadhvajasutā śubhā | tretāyāṃ rāmapatnī ca sīteti janakātmajā
In the Kṛta age (she was) Vedavatī, the auspicious daughter of Kuśadhvaja; in the Tretā, Rāma's wife, Sītā, the daughter of Janaka;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.53
तच्छाया द्रौपदी देवी द्वापरे द्रुपदात्मजा । त्रिहायणी च सा प्रोक्ता विद्यमाना युगत्रये
tacchāyā draupadī devī dvāpare drupadātmajā | trihāyaṇī ca sā proktā vidyamānā yugatraye
her shadow (was) the goddess Draupadī, daughter of Drupada, in the Dvāpara; and she is called Trihāyaṇī, since she exists through the three ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.54
नारद उवाच प्रियाः पञ्च कथं तस्या बभूवुर्मुनिपुङ्गव । इति मच्चित्तसंदेहं भञ्ज संदेहभञ्जन
nārada uvāca priyāḥ pañca kathaṃ tasyā babhūvurmunipuṅgava | iti maccittasaṃdehaṃ bhañja saṃdehabhañjana
Nārada said: How did she come to have five husbands, O bull among sages? Break this doubt in my mind, O breaker of doubts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.55
श्रीनारायण उवाच लङ्कायां वास्तवी सीता रामं सम्प्राप नारद । रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना छाया च बहुचिन्तया
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca laṅkāyāṃ vāstavī sītā rāmaṃ samprāpa nārada | rūpayauvanasampannā chāyā ca bahucintayā
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: In Laṅkā the real Sītā regained Rāma, Nārada; but the shadow (Sītā), endowed with beauty and youth, with much brooding,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.56
रामाग्न्योराज्ञया तप्तुमुपास्ते शङ्करं परम् । कामातुरा पतिव्यग्रा प्रार्थयन्ती पुनः पुनः
rāmāgnyorājñayā taptumupāste śaṅkaraṃ param | kāmāturā pativyagrā prārthayantī punaḥ punaḥ
by the command of Rāma and the fire-god, in order to practise austerity, worships the supreme Śaṅkara—afflicted by desire, eager for a husband, praying again and again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.57
पतिं देहि पतिं देहि पतिं देहि त्रिलोचन । पतिं देहि पतिं देहि पञ्चवारं चकार सा
patiṃ dehi patiṃ dehi patiṃ dehi trilocana | patiṃ dehi patiṃ dehi pañcavāraṃ cakāra sā
"Give me a husband, give me a husband, give me a husband, O three-eyed one! Give me a husband, give me a husband"—five times she did so.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.58
शिवस्तत्प्रार्थनां श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य रसिकेश्वरः । प्रिये तव प्रियाः पञ्च भविष्यन्ति वरं ददौ
śivastatprārthanāṃ śrutvā prahasya rasikeśvaraḥ | priye tava priyāḥ pañca bhaviṣyanti varaṃ dadau
Śiva, hearing that request of hers, laughed — that lord of connoisseurs — (and) gave the boon: "Dear one, you shall have five husbands."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.59
तेन सा पाण्डवानां च बभूव कामिनी प्रिया । इति ते कथितं सर्वं प्रस्तावं वास्तवं शृणु
tena sā pāṇḍavānāṃ ca babhūva kāminī priyā | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ prastāvaṃ vāstavaṃ śṛṇu
By that she became the beloved wife of the Pāṇḍavas. Thus all has been told to you; hear now the real occasion (of the story).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.60
अथ सम्प्राप्य लङ्कायां सीतां रामो मनोहराम् । विभीषणाय तां लङ्कां दत्त्वायोध्यां ययौ पुनः
atha samprāpya laṅkāyāṃ sītāṃ rāmo manoharām | vibhīṣaṇāya tāṃ laṅkāṃ dattvāyodhyāṃ yayau punaḥ
Then, having recovered the lovely Sītā in Laṅkā, Rāma gave that Laṅkā to Vibhīṣaṇa and went back to Ayodhyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.61
एकादशसहस्राब्दं कृत्वा राज्यं च भारते । जगाम सर्वैर्लोकैश्च सार्धं वैकुण्ठमेव च
ekādaśasahasrābdaṃ kṛtvā rājyaṃ ca bhārate | jagāma sarvairlokaiśca sārdhaṃ vaikuṇṭhameva ca
Having ruled in Bhārata for eleven thousand years, he went, together with all the worlds, to Vaikuṇṭha itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.62
कमलांशा वेदवती कमलायां विवेश सा । कथितं पुण्यमाख्यानं पुण्यदं पापनाशनम्
kamalāṃśā vedavatī kamalāyāṃ viveśa sā | kathitaṃ puṇyamākhyānaṃ puṇyadaṃ pāpanāśanam
Vedavatī, a portion of Kamalā, entered into Kamalā. (Thus) the holy tale has been told, bestowing merit and destroying sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.63
सततं मूर्तिमन्तश्च वेदाश्चत्वार एव च । सन्ति यस्याश्च जिह्वाग्रे सा च वेदवती श्रुता
satataṃ mūrtimantaśca vedāścatvāra eva ca | santi yasyāśca jihvāgre sā ca vedavatī śrutā
She on whose tongue-tip the four Vedas dwell always in embodied form — she is known as Vedavatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 16.64
धर्मध्वजसुताख्यानं निबोध कथयामि ते
dharmadhvajasutākhyānaṃ nibodha kathayāmi te
Hear now the tale of Dharmadhvaja's daughter; I shall tell it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition