Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 3
DB 9 3.1
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरादिदेवतोत्पत्तिवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच अथ डिम्भो जले तिष्ठन्यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः । ततः स काले सहसा द्विधाभूतो बभूव ह
brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarādidevatotpattivarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca atha ḍimbho jale tiṣṭhanyāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ | tataḥ sa kāle sahasā dvidhābhūto babhūva ha
The description of the origin of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara and the other gods. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Then the egg remained in the water for as long as the lifetime of Brahmā; thereafter, in (due) time, it suddenly became split in two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.2
तन्मध्ये शिशुरेकश्च शतकोटिरविप्रभः। क्षणं रोरूयमाणश्च स्तनान्धः पीडितः क्षुधा
tanmadhye śiśurekaśca śatakoṭiraviprabhaḥ| kṣaṇaṃ rorūyamāṇaśca stanāndhaḥ pīḍitaḥ kṣudhā
And in the middle of it (was) a single infant, with the radiance of a billion suns, crying out for a moment, a suckling, afflicted by hunger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.3
पित्रा मात्रा परित्यक्तो जलमध्ये निराश्रयः। ब्रह्माण्डासंख्यनाथो यो ददर्शोर्ध्वमनाथवत् ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरादिदेवतोत्पत्तिवर्णनं नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः
pitrā mātrā parityakto jalamadhye nirāśrayaḥ| brahmāṇḍāsaṃkhyanātho yo dadarśordhvamanāthavat brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarādidevatotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ
abandoned by father and mother, shelterless in the midst of the water — he who is the lord of countless universes looked upward like one who has no protector. (Here ends) the third chapter, called "The Description of the Origin of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara and the Other Gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.4
स्थूलास्थूलतमः सोऽपि नाम्ना देवो महाविराट्। परमा्णुर्यथा सूक्ष्मात्परः स्थूलात्तथाप्यसौ
sthūlāsthūlatamaḥ so'pi nāmnā devo mahāvirāṭ| paramāṇuryathā sūkṣmātparaḥ sthūlāttathāpyasau
He too is gross and grosser than the gross, the god named Mahāvirāṭ by name; just as the finest atom is (finer) than the subtle, so too is he beyond the gross.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 3.5
तेजसा षोडशांशोऽयं कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः। आधारः सर्वविश्वानां महाविष्णुश्च प्राकृतः
tejasā ṣoḍaśāṃśo'yaṃ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ| ādhāraḥ sarvaviśvānāṃ mahāviṣṇuśca prākṛtaḥ
In splendour he is a sixteenth part of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self; he is the support of all the universes, and (he is) Mahāviṣṇu, belonging to primordial nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.6
प्रत्येकं लोमकूपेषु विश्वानि निखिलानि च। अस्यापि तेषां संख्यां च कृष्णो वक्तुं नहि क्षमः
pratyekaṃ lomakūpeṣu viśvāni nikhilāni ca| asyāpi teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇo vaktuṃ nahi kṣamaḥ
In each single pore of his body are all the universes entire; even Kṛṣṇa is not able to state the number of these (universes) of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.7
संख्या चेद्रजसामस्ति विश्वानां न कदाचन। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादीनां तथा संख्या न विद्यते
saṃkhyā cedrajasāmasti viśvānāṃ na kadācana| brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāṃ tathā saṃkhyā na vidyate
Even if there is a number for the specks of dust, there is never one for the universes; likewise no number is found for the Brahmās, Viṣṇus, Śivas and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.8
प्रतिविश्वेषु सन्त्येवं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः। पातालाद् ब्रह्मलोकान्तं ब्रह्माण्डं परिकीर्तितम्
prativiśveṣu santyevaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ| pātālād brahmalokāntaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ parikīrtitam
Thus in each universe there exist Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the others; from Pātāla up to Brahmaloka the (extent of a) universe-egg is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.9
तत ऊर्ध्वं च वैकुण्ठो ब्रह्माण्डाद् बहिरेव सः। तत ऊर्ध्वं च गोलोकः पञ्चाशत्कोटियोजनः
tata ūrdhvaṃ ca vaikuṇṭho brahmāṇḍād bahireva saḥ| tata ūrdhvaṃ ca golokaḥ pañcāśatkoṭiyojanaḥ
Above that is Vaikuṇṭha, and it lies outside the universe-egg; and above that is Goloka, fifty crore yojanas (in extent).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.10
नित्यः सत्यस्वरूपश्च यथा कृष्णस्तथाप्ययम्। सप्तद्वीपमिता पृध्वी सप्तसागरसंयुता
nityaḥ satyasvarūpaśca yathā kṛṣṇastathāpyayam| saptadvīpamitā pṛdhvī saptasāgarasaṃyutā
It is eternal and of the nature of truth, just as Kṛṣṇa is. The earth measures seven continents and is joined with seven oceans,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.11
ऊनपञ्चाशदुपद्वीपासंख्यशैलवनान्विता । ऊर्ध्वं सप्त स्वर्गलोका ब्रह्यलोकसमन्विताः
ūnapañcāśadupadvīpāsaṃkhyaśailavanānvitā | ūrdhvaṃ sapta svargalokā brahyalokasamanvitāḥ
provided with forty-nine subcontinents and countless mountains and forests; above (are) the seven heavenly worlds together with Brahmaloka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.12
पातालानि च सप्ताधश्चैवं ब्रह्माण्डमेव च। ऊर्ध्वं धराया भूर्लोको भुवर्लोकस्ततः परम्
pātālāni ca saptādhaścaivaṃ brahmāṇḍameva ca| ūrdhvaṃ dharāyā bhūrloko bhuvarlokastataḥ param
and below (are) the seven Pātālas — such is the universe-egg. Above the earth is Bhūrloka, beyond that Bhuvarloka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.13
ततः परश्च स्वर्लोको जनलोकस्तथा परः । ततः परस्तपोलोकः सत्यलोकस्ततः परः
tataḥ paraśca svarloko janalokastathā paraḥ | tataḥ parastapolokaḥ satyalokastataḥ paraḥ
and beyond that Svarloka, and beyond that Janaloka, beyond that Tapoloka, and beyond that Satyaloka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.14
ततः परं ब्रह्मलोकस्तप्तकाञ्चनसन्निभः । एवं सर्वं कृत्रिमं च बाह्याभ्यन्तरमेव च
tataḥ paraṃ brahmalokastaptakāñcanasannibhaḥ | evaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtrimaṃ ca bāhyābhyantarameva ca
and beyond that Brahmaloka, resembling molten gold. Thus all of it is fabricated, both outside and within.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.15
तद्विनाशे विनाशश्च सर्वेषामेव नारद । जलबुद्बुदवत्सर्वं विश्वसंघमनित्यकम्
tadvināśe vināśaśca sarveṣāmeva nārada | jalabudbudavatsarvaṃ viśvasaṃghamanityakam
When that is destroyed, there is destruction of all of them, Nārada; like a bubble on water, the whole mass of universes is impermanent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.16
नित्यौ गोलोकवैकुण्ठौ प्रोक्तौ शश्वदकृत्रिमौ । प्रत्येकं लोमकूपेषु ब्रह्माण्डं परिनिश्चितम्
nityau golokavaikuṇṭhau proktau śaśvadakṛtrimau | pratyekaṃ lomakūpeṣu brahmāṇḍaṃ pariniścitam
Goloka and Vaikuṇṭha are declared eternal, forever unfabricated. In each single pore (of Mahāviṣṇu) a universe-egg is determined (to exist).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.17
एषां संख्यां न जानाति कृष्णोऽन्यस्यापि का कथा । प्रत्येकं प्रतिब्रह्माण्डं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
eṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ na jānāti kṛṣṇo'nyasyāpi kā kathā | pratyekaṃ pratibrahmāṇḍaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ
Not even Kṛṣṇa knows their number — what then to say of anyone else? In each single universe there are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.18
तिस्रः कोट्यः सुराणां च संख्या सर्वत्र पुत्रक। दिगीशाश्चैव दिक्पाला नक्षत्राणि ग्रहादयः
tisraḥ koṭyaḥ surāṇāṃ ca saṃkhyā sarvatra putraka| digīśāścaiva dikpālā nakṣatrāṇi grahādayaḥ
and three crores of gods — that is the count everywhere, my son; and the lords of the quarters, the guardians of the directions, the constellations, the planets and so on,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.19
भुवि वर्णाश्च चत्वारोऽप्यधो नागाश्चराचराः । अथ कालेऽत्र स विराडूर्ध्वं दृष्ट्वा पुनः पुनः
bhuvi varṇāśca catvāro'pyadho nāgāścarācarāḥ | atha kāle'tra sa virāḍūrdhvaṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ punaḥ
and on the earth the four classes, and below the serpents, and moving and unmoving beings. Then, at that time, that Virāṭ, having looked upward again and again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.20
डिम्भान्तरे च शून्यं च न द्वितीयं च किञ्चन । चिन्तामवाप क्षुद्युक्तो रुरोद च पुनः पुनः
ḍimbhāntare ca śūnyaṃ ca na dvitīyaṃ ca kiñcana | cintāmavāpa kṣudyukto ruroda ca punaḥ punaḥ
(saw that) within the egg there was emptiness and nothing whatever besides himself; struck with hunger, he fell into anxiety and wept again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.21
ज्ञानं प्राप्य तदा दध्यौ कृष्णं परमपूरुषम्। ततो ददर्श तत्रैव ब्रह्मज्योतिः सनातनम्
jñānaṃ prāpya tadā dadhyau kṛṣṇaṃ paramapūruṣam| tato dadarśa tatraiva brahmajyotiḥ sanātanam
Then, having obtained knowledge, he meditated on Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Person; thereupon, right there, he beheld the eternal light of Brahman —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.22
नवीनजलदश्यामं द्विभुजं पीतवाससम् । सस्मितं मुरलीहस्तं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम्
navīnajaladaśyāmaṃ dvibhujaṃ pītavāsasam | sasmitaṃ muralīhastaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram
(and Him,) dark as a fresh raincloud, two-armed, clad in yellow, smiling, with a flute in His hand, eager to show favour to His devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.23
जहास बालकस्तुष्टो दृष्ट्वा जनकमीश्वरम् । वरं तदा ददौ तस्मै वरेशः समयोचितम्
jahāsa bālakastuṣṭo dṛṣṭvā janakamīśvaram | varaṃ tadā dadau tasmai vareśaḥ samayocitam
The child laughed, delighted, on seeing his father, the Lord; and then the Lord of boons gave him a boon suited to the occasion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.24
मत्समो ज्ञानयुक्तश्च क्षुत्पिपासादिवर्जितः । ब्रह्माण्डासंख्यनिलयो भव वत्स लयावधि
matsamo jñānayuktaśca kṣutpipāsādivarjitaḥ | brahmāṇḍāsaṃkhyanilayo bhava vatsa layāvadhi
"Be, my child, like me, endowed with knowledge, free from hunger, thirst and the rest, the abode of countless universes, until the dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.25
निष्कामो निर्भयश्चैव सर्वेषां वरदो भव । जरामृत्युरोगशोकपीडादिवर्जितो भव
niṣkāmo nirbhayaścaiva sarveṣāṃ varado bhava | jarāmṛtyurogaśokapīḍādivarjito bhava
Be without desire and without fear, and a giver of boons to all; be free from old age, death, disease, sorrow, pain and the rest."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.26
इत्युक्त्वा तस्य कर्णे स महामन्त्रं षडक्षरम् । त्रिःकृत्वश्च प्रजजाप वेदाङ्गप्रवरं परम्
ityuktvā tasya karṇe sa mahāmantraṃ ṣaḍakṣaram | triḥkṛtvaśca prajajāpa vedāṅgapravaraṃ param
Having said this, He murmured in his ear three times the great six-syllabled mantra, the supreme best of the Veda's limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.27
प्रणवादिचतुर्थ्यन्तं कृष्ण इत्यक्षरद्वयम् । वह्निजायान्तमिष्टं च सर्वविघ्नहरं परम्
praṇavādicaturthyantaṃ kṛṣṇa ityakṣaradvayam | vahnijāyāntamiṣṭaṃ ca sarvavighnaharaṃ param
Beginning with the praṇava (om), then the two syllables "kṛṣ-ṇa" with the fourth-case ending, and ending with the wife of fire (svāhā) — the desired (mantra), supreme, remover of all obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.28
मन्त्रं दत्त्वा तदाहारं कल्पयामास वै विभुः। श्रूयतां तद् ब्रह्मपुत्र निबोध कथयामि ते
mantraṃ dattvā tadāhāraṃ kalpayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ| śrūyatāṃ tad brahmaputra nibodha kathayāmi te
Having given the mantra, the mighty Lord then arranged food for him. Let that be heard, O son of Brahmā; listen, I shall tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.29
प्रतिविश्वं यन्नैवेद्यं ददाति वैष्णवो जनः । तत्षोडशांशो विषयिणो विष्णोः पज्वदशास्य वै
prativiśvaṃ yannaivedyaṃ dadāti vaiṣṇavo janaḥ | tatṣoḍaśāṃśo viṣayiṇo viṣṇoḥ pajvadaśāsya vai
Whatever food-offering a Vaiṣṇava person gives in each universe — a sixteenth part of it (goes) to the one concerned with objects, and fifteen (parts) of it to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 3.30
निर्गुणस्यात्मनश्चैव परिपूर्णतमस्य च । नैवेद्ये चैव कृष्णस्य न हि किञ्चित्प्रयोजनम्
nirguṇasyātmanaścaiva paripūrṇatamasya ca | naivedye caiva kṛṣṇasya na hi kiñcitprayojanam
For Kṛṣṇa, who is without qualities, who is the Self, and who is the most completely full, there is indeed no need at all of a food-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.31
यद्यद्ददाति नैवेद्यं तस्मै देवाय यो जनः । स च खादति तत्सर्वं लक्ष्मीनाथो विराट् तथा
yadyaddadāti naivedyaṃ tasmai devāya yo janaḥ | sa ca khādati tatsarvaṃ lakṣmīnātho virāṭ tathā
Whatever food-offering a person gives to that God, the Lord of Lakṣmī, and likewise the Virāṭ, eats all of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.32
तं च मन्त्रवरं दत्त्वा तमुवाच पुनर्विभुः । वरमन्यं किमिष्टं ते तन्मे ब्रूहि ददामि च
taṃ ca mantravaraṃ dattvā tamuvāca punarvibhuḥ | varamanyaṃ kimiṣṭaṃ te tanme brūhi dadāmi ca
And having given him that best of mantras, the mighty Lord spoke to him again: "What other boon is desired by you? Tell me that, and I shall give it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.33
कृष्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा तमुवाच विराड् विभुः । कृष्णं तं बालकस्तावद्वचनं समयोचितम्
kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca virāḍ vibhuḥ | kṛṣṇaṃ taṃ bālakastāvadvacanaṃ samayocitam
Hearing Kṛṣṇa's words, the mighty Virāṭ — the child — then spoke to Kṛṣṇa words suited to the occasion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.34
बालक उवाच वरो मे त्वत्पदाम्भोजे भक्तिर्भवतु निश्चला। सततं यावदायुर्मे क्षणं वा सुचिरं च वा
bālaka uvāca varo me tvatpadāmbhoje bhaktirbhavatu niścalā| satataṃ yāvadāyurme kṣaṇaṃ vā suciraṃ ca vā
The child said: Let my boon be that there be unwavering devotion to your lotus feet, constantly, as long as my life lasts, whether it be a moment or a very long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.35
त्वद्भक्तियुक्तलोकेऽस्मिञ्जीवन्मुक्तश्च सन्ततम्। त्वद्भक्तिहीनो मूर्खश्च जीवन्नपि मृतो हि सः
tvadbhaktiyuktaloke'smiñjīvanmuktaśca santatam| tvadbhaktihīno mūrkhaśca jīvannapi mṛto hi saḥ
In this world, one endowed with devotion to you is ever liberated while living; but the fool who lacks devotion to you, though living, is indeed dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.36
किं तज्जपेन तपसा यज्ञेन पूजनेन च। व्रतेन चोपवासेन पुण्येन तीर्थसेवया
kiṃ tajjapena tapasā yajñena pūjanena ca| vratena copavāsena puṇyena tīrthasevayā
What is the use of that muttering of prayers, of austerity, of sacrifice, of worship, of vows and fasting, of merit, of the frequenting of holy places —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.37
कृष्णभक्तिविहीनस्य मूर्खस्य जीवनं वृथा । येनात्मना जीवितश्च तमेव न हि मन्यते
kṛṣṇabhaktivihīnasya mūrkhasya jīvanaṃ vṛthā | yenātmanā jīvitaśca tameva na hi manyate
The life of a fool who lacks devotion to Kṛṣṇa is useless; for that very self by which he lives, that he does not regard at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.38
यावदात्मा शरीरेऽस्ति तावत्स शक्तिसंयुतः । पश्चाद्यान्ति गते तस्मिन्स्वतन्त्राः सर्वशक्तयः
yāvadātmā śarīre'sti tāvatsa śaktisaṃyutaḥ | paścādyānti gate tasminsvatantrāḥ sarvaśaktayaḥ
So long as the self is in the body, so long is it joined with its powers; afterwards, when it has departed, all the powers go off, independent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.39
स च त्वं च महाभाग सर्वात्मा प्रकृतेः परः । स्वेच्छामयश्च सर्वाद्यो ब्रह्मज्योतिः सनातनः
sa ca tvaṃ ca mahābhāga sarvātmā prakṛteḥ paraḥ | svecchāmayaśca sarvādyo brahmajyotiḥ sanātanaḥ
He, and you too, greatly fortunate one, are the Self of all, beyond primal nature, acting by your own will, first of all, the eternal light of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.40
इत्युक्त्वा बालकस्तत्र विरराम च नारद । उवाच कृष्णः प्रत्युक्तिं मधुरां श्रुतिसुन्दरीम्
ityuktvā bālakastatra virarāma ca nārada | uvāca kṛṣṇaḥ pratyuktiṃ madhurāṃ śrutisundarīm
Having spoken thus, the boy fell silent there, O Nārada; and Kṛṣṇa uttered a sweet reply, lovely to the ear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.41
"श्रीकृष्ण उवाच सुचिरं सुस्थिरं तिष्ठ यथाहं त्वं तथा भव । ब्रह्मणोऽसंख्यपाते च पातस्ते न भविष्यति
"śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca suciraṃ susthiraṃ tiṣṭha yathāhaṃ tvaṃ tathā bhava | brahmaṇo'saṃkhyapāte ca pātaste na bhaviṣyati
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Stand very long and very firm; be as I am; even at the countless falls of Brahmās there will be no fall for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.42
अंशेन प्रतिब्रह्माण्डे त्वं च क्षुद्रविराड् भव । त्वन्नाभिपद्माद् ब्रह्मा च विश्वस्रष्टा भविष्यति
aṃśena pratibrahmāṇḍe tvaṃ ca kṣudravirāḍ bhava | tvannābhipadmād brahmā ca viśvasraṣṭā bhaviṣyati
By a portion (of yourself) be, in each universe, the lesser Virāṭ; and from the lotus of your navel Brahmā, the creator of the world, will come to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.43
ललाटे ब्रह्मणश्चैव रुद्राश्चैकादशैव ते । शिवांशेन भविष्यन्ति सृष्टिसंहरणाय वै
lalāṭe brahmaṇaścaiva rudrāścaikādaśaiva te | śivāṃśena bhaviṣyanti sṛṣṭisaṃharaṇāya vai
And on Brahmā's forehead those eleven Rudras will come into being by a portion of Śiva, for the withdrawal of creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.44
कालाग्निरुद्रस्तेष्वेको विश्वसंहारकारकः। पाता विष्णुश्च विषयी रुद्रांशेन(क्षुद्रांशेन) भविष्यति
kālāgnirudrasteṣveko viśvasaṃhārakārakaḥ| pātā viṣṇuśca viṣayī rudrāṃśena(kṣudrāṃśena) bhaviṣyati
Among them one is Kālāgnirudra, who brings about the destruction of the universe; and Viṣṇu the sustainer, the lord of the sense-objects, will come to be by a portion of Rudra (variant: by a small portion).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 3.45
मद्भक्तियुक्तः सततं भविष्यसि वरेण मे । ध्यानेन कमनीयं मां नित्यं द्रक्ष्यसि निश्चितम्
madbhaktiyuktaḥ satataṃ bhaviṣyasi vareṇa me | dhyānena kamanīyaṃ māṃ nityaṃ drakṣyasi niścitam
By my boon you will be constantly joined with devotion to me; through meditation you will surely see me, the desirable one, always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.46
मातरं कमनीयां च मम वक्षःस्थलस्थिताम्। यामि लोकं तिष्ठ वत्सेत्युक्त्वा सोऽन्तरधीयत
mātaraṃ kamanīyāṃ ca mama vakṣaḥsthalasthitām| yāmi lokaṃ tiṣṭha vatsetyuktvā so'ntaradhīyata
"(I go to see) my desirable mother, who dwells on my chest; I go to (my) world—stay, child"—so saying, he vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 3.47
गत्वा स्वलोकं ब्रह्माणं शङ्करं समुवाच ह। स्रष्टारं स्रष्टुमीशं च संहर्तुं चैव तत्क्षणम्
gatvā svalokaṃ brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ samuvāca ha| sraṣṭāraṃ sraṣṭumīśaṃ ca saṃhartuṃ caiva tatkṣaṇam
Having gone to his own world, he spoke to Brahmā and to Śaṅkara—the one for creating, the lord who is to create, and the one to destroy—at that very moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 3.48
"श्रीभगवानुवाच सृष्टिं स्रष्टुं गच्छ वत्स नाभिपद्मोद्भवो भव । महाविराड् लोमकूपे क्षुद्रस्य च विधे शृणु
"śrībhagavānuvāca sṛṣṭiṃ sraṣṭuṃ gaccha vatsa nābhipadmodbhavo bhava | mahāvirāḍ lomakūpe kṣudrasya ca vidhe śṛṇu
The Blessed Lord said: Go, child, to create the creation; be born from the navel-lotus. Hear, O Vidhi (Brahmā), of the small (Virāṭ) within the body-pore of the great Virāṭ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 3.49
गच्छ वत्स महादेव ब्रह्मभालोद्भवो भव। अंशेन च महाभाग स्वयं च सुचिरं तप
gaccha vatsa mahādeva brahmabhālodbhavo bhava| aṃśena ca mahābhāga svayaṃ ca suciraṃ tapa
Go, child Mahādeva, be born from Brahmā's forehead by a portion (of yourself); and you yourself, greatly fortunate one, practise austerity for a very long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.50
इत्युक्त्वा जगतां नाथो विरराम विधेः सुत। जगाम ब्रह्मा तं नत्वा शिवश्च शिवदायकः
ityuktvā jagatāṃ nātho virarāma vidheḥ suta| jagāma brahmā taṃ natvā śivaśca śivadāyakaḥ
Having spoken thus, the lord of the worlds fell silent, O son of Brahmā; and Brahmā, having bowed to him, departed, and Śiva too, the giver of good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.51
महाविराड् लोमकूपे ब्रह्माण्डगोलके जले । बभूव च विराट् क्षुद्रो विराडंशेन साम्प्रतम्
mahāvirāḍ lomakūpe brahmāṇḍagolake jale | babhūva ca virāṭ kṣudro virāḍaṃśena sāmpratam
In a body-pore of the great Virāṭ, in the globe of the universe, in the water, there came to be at that time the small Virāṭ, by a portion of the Virāṭ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.52
श्यामो युवा पीतवासाः शयानो जलतल्पके । ईषद्धास्यः प्रसन्नास्यो विश्वव्यापी जनार्दनः
śyāmo yuvā pītavāsāḥ śayāno jalatalpake | īṣaddhāsyaḥ prasannāsyo viśvavyāpī janārdanaḥ
Dark, youthful, clad in yellow, reclining on a couch of water, faintly smiling, with a serene face, pervading the universe—Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.53
तन्नाभिकमले ब्रह्मा बभूव कमलोद्भवः । सम्भूय पद्मदण्डे च बभ्राम युगलक्षकम्
tannābhikamale brahmā babhūva kamalodbhavaḥ | sambhūya padmadaṇḍe ca babhrāma yugalakṣakam
In the lotus of his navel Brahmā came to be, born from the lotus; and having come into being he roamed about the lotus-stalk for a hundred thousand ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.54
नान्तं जगाम दण्डस्य पद्मनालस्य पद्मजः । नाभिजस्य च पद्मस्य चिन्तामाप पिता तव
nāntaṃ jagāma daṇḍasya padmanālasya padmajaḥ | nābhijasya ca padmasya cintāmāpa pitā tava
The lotus-born did not reach the end of the stalk, of the lotus's stem; and your father fell into anxiety about that lotus born from the navel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.55
स्वस्थानं पुनरागम्य दध्यौ कृष्णपदाम्बुजम् । ततो ददर्श क्षुद्रं तं ध्यानेन दिव्यचक्षुषा
svasthānaṃ punarāgamya dadhyau kṛṣṇapadāmbujam | tato dadarśa kṣudraṃ taṃ dhyānena divyacakṣuṣā
Coming back to his own place, he meditated on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet; then, by meditation, with a divine eye, he saw that small (Virāṭ),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.56
शयानं जलतल्पे च ब्रह्माण्डगोलकाप्लुते । यल्लोमकूपे ब्रह्माण्डं तं च तत्परमीश्वरम्
śayānaṃ jalatalpe ca brahmāṇḍagolakāplute | yallomakūpe brahmāṇḍaṃ taṃ ca tatparamīśvaram
reclining on the couch of water, in the flooded globe of the universe—and him in whose body-pore the universe is, that supreme Lord;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.57
श्रीकृष्णं चापि गोलोकं गोपगोपीसमन्वितम् । तं संस्तूय वरं प्राप ततः सृष्टिं चकार सः
śrīkṛṣṇaṃ cāpi golokaṃ gopagopīsamanvitam | taṃ saṃstūya varaṃ prāpa tataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra saḥ
(He beheld) Śrī Kṛṣṇa too, and Goloka, with its cowherds and cowherd women; having praised him, (Brahmā) obtained a boon, and thereafter he carried out creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.58
बभूवुर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मानसाः सनकादयः । ततो रुद्रकलाश्चापि शिवस्यैकादश स्मृताः
babhūvurbrahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ sanakādayaḥ | tato rudrakalāścāpi śivasyaikādaśa smṛtāḥ
There arose Brahmā's mind-born sons, Sanaka and the others; and thereafter the eleven portions of Rudra, of Śiva, are recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.59
बभूव पाता विष्णुश्च क्षुद्रस्य वामपार्श्वतः। चतुर्भुजश्च भगवान् श्वेतद्वीपे स चावसत्
babhūva pātā viṣṇuśca kṣudrasya vāmapārśvataḥ| caturbhujaśca bhagavān śvetadvīpe sa cāvasat
And Viṣṇu, the protector, came into being from the left side of the small (virāṭ); and that four-armed Lord dwelt in Śvetadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.60
क्षुद्रस्य नाभिपद्मे च ब्रह्मा विश्वं ससर्ज ह। स्वर्गं मर्त्यं च पातालं त्रिलोकीं सचराचराम्
kṣudrasya nābhipadme ca brahmā viśvaṃ sasarja ha| svargaṃ martyaṃ ca pātālaṃ trilokīṃ sacarācarām
And in the lotus of the small (virāṭ)'s navel, Brahmā created the universe: heaven, the mortal world, and the netherworld — the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.61
एवं सर्वं लोमकूपे विश्वं प्रत्येकमेव च । प्रतिविश्वे क्षुद्रविराड् ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः
evaṃ sarvaṃ lomakūpe viśvaṃ pratyekameva ca | prativiśve kṣudravirāḍ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ
Thus in each single pore (of the great being) there is an entire universe, and in each universe a small virāṭ, and Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 3.62
इत्येवं कथितं ब्रह्मन् कृष्णसङ्कीर्तनं शुभम्। सुखदं मोक्षदं ब्रह्मन्किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ brahman kṛṣṇasaṅkīrtanaṃ śubham| sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ brahmankiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus, O brahman, the auspicious glorification of Kṛṣṇa has been told, which gives happiness and gives liberation; O brahman, what more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition