Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 27

DB 9 27.1

सावित्र्युपाख्याने यमसावित्रीसंवादवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाव स्तुत्वानेन सोऽश्वपतिः सम्पूज्य विधिपूर्वकम् । ददर्श तत्र तां देवीं सहस्रार्कसमप्रभाम्

sāvitryupākhyāne yamasāvitrīsaṃvādavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāva stutvānena so'śvapatiḥ sampūjya vidhipūrvakam | dadarśa tatra tāṃ devīṃ sahasrārkasamaprabhām

In the tale of Sāvitrī, the account of the conversation between Yama and Sāvitrī. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having praised (her) with this (hymn) and worshipped (her) according to the rules, that Aśvapati saw there the goddess, radiant as a thousand suns.

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DB 9 27.2

उवाच सा च राजानं प्रसन्ना सस्मिता सती । यथा माता स्वपुत्रं च द्योतयन्ती दिशस्त्विषा

uvāca sā ca rājānaṃ prasannā sasmitā satī | yathā mātā svaputraṃ ca dyotayantī diśastviṣā

And she, gracious and smiling, the virtuous one, illuminating the directions with her brilliance, spoke to the king as a mother to her own son.

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DB 9 27.3

सावित्र्युवाच जानाम्यहं महाराज यत्ते मनसि वाञ्छितम् । वाञ्छितं तव पत्न्याश्च सर्वं दास्यामि निश्चितम्

sāvitryuvāca jānāmyahaṃ mahārāja yatte manasi vāñchitam | vāñchitaṃ tava patnyāśca sarvaṃ dāsyāmi niścitam

Sāvitrī said: I know, great king, what is desired in your mind, and what is desired by your wife; I shall certainly give it all.

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DB 9 27.4

साध्वी कन्याभिलाषं च करोति तव कामिनी । त्वं प्रार्थयसि पुत्रं च भविष्यति क्रमेण च

sādhvī kanyābhilāṣaṃ ca karoti tava kāminī | tvaṃ prārthayasi putraṃ ca bhaviṣyati krameṇa ca

Your loving wife, the virtuous woman, desires a daughter, while you pray for a son; and both will come about in due course.

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DB 9 27.5

इत्युक्त्वा सा तदा देवी ब्रह्मलोकं जगाम ह । राजा जगाम स्वगृहं तत्कन्याऽऽदौ बभूव ह

ityuktvā sā tadā devī brahmalokaṃ jagāma ha | rājā jagāma svagṛhaṃ tatkanyā''dau babhūva ha

Having said this, the goddess then went to Brahmaloka, and the king went to his own house; and there a daughter was born first.

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DB 9 27.6

आराधनाच्च सावित्र्या बभूव कमला परा । सावित्रीति च तन्नाम चकाराश्वपतिर्नृपः

ārādhanācca sāvitryā babhūva kamalā parā | sāvitrīti ca tannāma cakārāśvapatirnṛpaḥ

And through the worship of Sāvitrī she became a supreme Kamalā (Lakṣmī); and King Aśvapati made her name 'Sāvitrī'.

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DB 9 27.7

कालेन सा वर्धमाना बभूव च दिने दिने । रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना शुक्ले चन्द्रकला यथा

kālena sā vardhamānā babhūva ca dine dine | rūpayauvanasampannā śukle candrakalā yathā

In time she grew day by day, endowed with beauty and youth, like the moon's crescent in the bright fortnight.

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DB 9 27.8

सा वरं वरयामास द्युमत्सेनात्मजं तदा । सत्यवन्तं सत्यशीलं नानागुणसमन्वितम्

sā varaṃ varayāmāsa dyumatsenātmajaṃ tadā | satyavantaṃ satyaśīlaṃ nānāguṇasamanvitam

She then chose as her husband the son of Dyumatsena, Satyavān, of truthful character, endowed with many virtues.

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DB 9 27.9

राजा तस्मै ददौ तां च रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् । सोऽपि सार्धं कौतुकेन तां गृहीत्वा गृहं ययौ

rājā tasmai dadau tāṃ ca ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām | so'pi sārdhaṃ kautukena tāṃ gṛhītvā gṛhaṃ yayau

And the king gave her to him, adorned with jewel-ornaments; and he too, taking her with festivity, went home.

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DB 9 27.10

स च संवत्सरेऽतीते सत्यवान् सत्यविक्रमः । जगाम फलकाष्ठार्थं प्रहर्षं पितुराज्ञया

sa ca saṃvatsare'tīte satyavān satyavikramaḥ | jagāma phalakāṣṭhārthaṃ praharṣaṃ piturājñayā

And when a year had passed, Satyavān of true valour went joyfully, by his father's command, for fruit and firewood.

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DB 9 27.11

जगाम साध्वी तत्पश्चात्सावित्री दैवयोगतः । निपत्य वृक्षाद्दैवेन प्राणांस्तत्याज सत्यवान्

jagāma sādhvī tatpaścātsāvitrī daivayogataḥ | nipatya vṛkṣāddaivena prāṇāṃstatyāja satyavān

The virtuous Sāvitrī went after him, by the working of fate; and by fate Satyavān fell from a tree and gave up his life-breaths.

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DB 9 27.12

यमस्तं पुरुषं दृष्ट्वा बद्ध्वाङ्गुष्ठसमं मुने । गृहीत्वा गमनं चक्रे तत्पश्चात्प्रययौ सती

yamastaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā baddhvāṅguṣṭhasamaṃ mune | gṛhītvā gamanaṃ cakre tatpaścātprayayau satī

Yama, seeing that man, bound (him)—(a being) of the size of a thumb, O sage—and, having seized (him), set out; the faithful wife went along behind him.

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DB 9 27.13

पश्चात्तां सुदतीं दृष्ट्वा यमः संयमनीपतिः । उवाच मधुरं साध्वीं साधूनां प्रवरो महान्

paścāttāṃ sudatīṃ dṛṣṭvā yamaḥ saṃyamanīpatiḥ | uvāca madhuraṃ sādhvīṃ sādhūnāṃ pravaro mahān

Then, seeing that fair-toothed virtuous woman behind (him), Yama, lord of Saṃyamanī, the great one, foremost among the good, spoke sweetly.

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DB 9 27.14

धर्मराज उवाच अहो क्व यासि सावित्रि गृहीत्वा मानुषीं तनुम् । यदि यास्यसि कान्तेन सार्धं देहं तदा त्यज

dharmarāja uvāca aho kva yāsi sāvitri gṛhītvā mānuṣīṃ tanum | yadi yāsyasi kāntena sārdhaṃ dehaṃ tadā tyaja

Dharmarāja said: Ah, where are you going, Sāvitrī, bearing a human body? If you will go with your husband, then give up the body.

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DB 9 27.15

गन्तुं मर्त्यो न शक्नोति गृहीत्वा पाञ्चभौतिकम् । देहं च मम लोकं च नश्वरं नश्वरः सदा

gantuṃ martyo na śaknoti gṛhītvā pāñcabhautikam | dehaṃ ca mama lokaṃ ca naśvaraṃ naśvaraḥ sadā

A mortal cannot go bearing (a body) made of the five elements; both my world and the body are perishable—the perishable is always so.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 27.16

भर्तुस्ते पूर्णकालो वै बभूव भारते सति । स्वकर्मफलभोगार्थं सत्यवान् याति मद्गृहम्

bhartuste pūrṇakālo vai babhūva bhārate sati | svakarmaphalabhogārthaṃ satyavān yāti madgṛham

Your husband's full term in Bhārata has indeed come to an end, O virtuous lady; to enjoy the fruit of his own deeds Satyavān goes to my house.

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DB 9 27.17

कर्मणा जायते जन्तुः कर्मणैव प्रलीयते । सुखं दुःखं भयं शोकः कर्मणैव प्रणीयते

karmaṇā jāyate jantuḥ karmaṇaiva pralīyate | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhayaṃ śokaḥ karmaṇaiva praṇīyate

By action a creature is born, by action alone it is dissolved; happiness, sorrow, fear, grief—by action alone are they brought on.

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DB 9 27.18

कर्मणेन्द्रो भवेज्जीवो ब्रह्मपुत्रः स्वकर्मणा । स्वकर्मणा हरेर्दासो जन्मादिरहितो भवेत्

karmaṇendro bhavejjīvo brahmaputraḥ svakarmaṇā | svakarmaṇā harerdāso janmādirahito bhavet

By action a living being may become Indra, by his own action a son of Brahmā; by his own action he may become a servant of Hari, free from birth and the rest.

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DB 9 27.19

स्वकर्मणा सर्वसिद्धिममरत्वं लभेद् ध्रुवम् । लभेत्स्वकर्मणा विष्णोः सालोक्यादिचतुष्टयम्

svakarmaṇā sarvasiddhimamaratvaṃ labhed dhruvam | labhetsvakarmaṇā viṣṇoḥ sālokyādicatuṣṭayam

By his own action he would surely obtain every perfection and immortality; by his own action he would obtain the fourfold state beginning with dwelling in Viṣṇu's world.

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DB 9 27.20

सुरत्वं च मनुत्वं च राजेन्द्रत्वं लभेन्नरः । कर्मणा च शिवत्वं च गणेशत्वं तथैव च

suratvaṃ ca manutvaṃ ca rājendratvaṃ labhennaraḥ | karmaṇā ca śivatvaṃ ca gaṇeśatvaṃ tathaiva ca

A man may attain godhood, and the rank of Manu, and the state of a great king; and by action also the state of Śiva, and likewise that of Gaṇeśa.

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DB 9 27.21

कर्मणा च मुनीन्द्रत्वं तपस्वित्वं स्वकर्मणा । स्वकर्मणा क्षत्रियत्वं वैश्यत्वं च स्वकर्मणा

karmaṇā ca munīndratvaṃ tapasvitvaṃ svakarmaṇā | svakarmaṇā kṣatriyatvaṃ vaiśyatvaṃ ca svakarmaṇā

And by action the state of a chief of sages, by his own action the state of an ascetic; by his own action the state of a kṣatriya, and by his own action that of a vaiśya.

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DB 9 27.22

कर्मणैव च म्लेच्छत्वं लभते नात्र संशयः । स्वकर्मणा जङ्गमत्वं शैलत्वं च स्वकर्मणा

karmaṇaiva ca mlecchatvaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | svakarmaṇā jaṅgamatvaṃ śailatvaṃ ca svakarmaṇā

And by action alone he attains the condition of a mleccha—there is no doubt here; by his own action the state of a moving creature, and by his own action the state of a mountain.

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DB 9 27.23

कर्मणा राक्षसत्वं च किन्नरत्वं स्वकर्मणा । कर्मणैवाधिपत्यं च वृक्षत्वं च स्वकर्मणा

karmaṇā rākṣasatvaṃ ca kinnaratvaṃ svakarmaṇā | karmaṇaivādhipatyaṃ ca vṛkṣatvaṃ ca svakarmaṇā

By action the state of a rākṣasa, and by his own action that of a kinnara; by action alone overlordship, and by his own action the state of a tree.

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DB 9 27.24

कर्मणैव पशुत्वं च वनजीवी स्वकर्मणा । कर्मणा क्षुद्रजन्तुत्वं कृमित्वं च स्वकर्मणा

karmaṇaiva paśutvaṃ ca vanajīvī svakarmaṇā | karmaṇā kṣudrajantutvaṃ kṛmitvaṃ ca svakarmaṇā

By action alone the state of a beast, by his own action (the state of) a forest-dweller; by action the state of a small creature, and by his own action the state of a worm.

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DB 9 27.25

दैतेयत्वं दानवत्वमसुरत्वं स्वकर्मणा । इत्येतदुक्त्वा सावित्रीं विरराम स वै यमः

daiteyatvaṃ dānavatvamasuratvaṃ svakarmaṇā | ityetaduktvā sāvitrīṃ virarāma sa vai yamaḥ

By his own action, the state of a Daitya, of a Dānava, of an Asura. Having said this much to Sāvitrī, Yama fell silent.

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DB 9 27.27

सावित्र्युपाख्याने यमसावित्रीसंवादवर्णनं नाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः

sāvitryupākhyāne yamasāvitrīsaṃvādavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

In the tale of Sāvitrī, the twenty-seventh chapter, called the description of the dialogue of Yama and Sāvitrī.

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