Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 31
DB 9 31.1
यमाष्टकवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच शक्तेरुत्कीर्तनं श्रुत्वा सावित्री यमवक्त्रतः । साश्रुनेत्रा सपुलका यमं पुनरुवाच सा
yamāṣṭakavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca śakterutkīrtanaṃ śrutvā sāvitrī yamavaktrataḥ | sāśrunetrā sapulakā yamaṃ punaruvāca sā
The description of the Yama-aṣṭaka. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard from Yama's mouth the praise of Śakti, Sāvitrī, with tears in her eyes and her hair bristling, spoke again to Yama.
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DB 9 31.2
सावित्र्युवाच शक्तेरुत्कीर्तनं धर्म सकलोद्धारकारणम् । श्रोतॄणां चैव वक्तॄणां जन्ममृत्युजराहरम्
sāvitryuvāca śakterutkīrtanaṃ dharma sakaloddhārakāraṇam | śrotṝṇāṃ caiva vaktṝṇāṃ janmamṛtyujarāharam
Sāvitrī said: The praise of Śakti, O Dharma, is the cause of everyone's deliverance; for those who hear it and those who speak it, it removes birth, death and old age.
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DB 9 31.3
दानवानां च सिद्धानां तपसां च परं पदम् । योगानां चैव वेदानां कीर्तनं सेवनं विभो
dānavānāṃ ca siddhānāṃ tapasāṃ ca paraṃ padam | yogānāṃ caiva vedānāṃ kīrtanaṃ sevanaṃ vibho
For Dānavas and for Siddhas, and for austerities, the highest goal; and of yogas and of the Vedas — (that is) the praising and the serving (of Śakti), O mighty one.
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DB 9 31.4
मुक्तित्वममरत्वं च सर्वसिद्धित्वमेव च । श्रीशक्तिसेवकस्यैव कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
muktitvamamaratvaṃ ca sarvasiddhitvameva ca | śrīśaktisevakasyaiva kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Being liberated, being immortal, and even possessing all the perfections — these do not amount to a sixteenth part (of the state) of one who serves the glorious Śakti.
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DB 9 31.5
भजामि केन विधिना वद वेदविदांवर । शुभकर्मविपाकं च श्रुतं नॄणां मनोहरम्
bhajāmi kena vidhinā vada vedavidāṃvara | śubhakarmavipākaṃ ca śrutaṃ nṝṇāṃ manoharam
By what rite am I to worship (her)? Tell (me), O best of the knowers of the Veda. And the ripening of good deeds I have heard, which delights the minds of men.
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DB 9 31.6
कर्माशुभविपाकं च तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि । इत्युक्त्वा च सती ब्रह्मन् भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरा
karmāśubhavipākaṃ ca tanme vyākhyātumarhasi | ityuktvā ca satī brahman bhaktinamrātmakandharā
And the ripening of bad deeds — that you ought to explain to me. Having spoken thus, O brahman, the virtuous woman, her neck bowed with devotion,
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DB 9 31.7
तुष्टाव धर्मराजं च वेदोक्तेन स्तवेन च । सावित्र्युवाच तपसा धर्ममाराध्य पुष्करे भास्करः पुरा
tuṣṭāva dharmarājaṃ ca vedoktena stavena ca | sāvitryuvāca tapasā dharmamārādhya puṣkare bhāskaraḥ purā
praised the King of Dharma with a hymn declared in the Veda. Sāvitrī said: Having propitiated Dharma of old at Puṣkara by austerity, the Sun —
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DB 9 31.8
धर्मं सूर्यः सुतं प्राप धर्मराजं नमाम्यहम् । समता सर्वभूतेषु यस्य सर्वस्य साक्षिणः
dharmaṃ sūryaḥ sutaṃ prāpa dharmarājaṃ namāmyaham | samatā sarvabhūteṣu yasya sarvasya sākṣiṇaḥ
the Sun obtained Dharma as (his) son; I bow to that King of Dharma. He whose regard is equal towards all beings, the witness of everything —
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DB 9 31.9
अतो यन्नाम शमनमिति तं प्रणमाम्यहम् । येनान्तश्च कृतो विश्वे सर्वेषां जीविनां परम्
ato yannāma śamanamiti taṃ praṇamāmyaham | yenāntaśca kṛto viśve sarveṣāṃ jīvināṃ param
therefore his name is 'Śamana' (the Pacifier); to him I bow down. By whom an end is made in the world for all living beings, the ultimate (end) —
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DB 9 31.10
कामानुरूपं कालेन तं कृतान्तं नमाम्यहम् । बिभर्ति दण्डं दण्डाय पापिनां शुद्धिहेतवे
kāmānurūpaṃ kālena taṃ kṛtāntaṃ namāmyaham | bibharti daṇḍaṃ daṇḍāya pāpināṃ śuddhihetave
in accordance with their desires, in due time: to that Kṛtānta (the Ender) I bow. He wields the rod for punishment, for the purification of sinners:
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DB 9 31.11
नमामि तं दण्डधरं यः शास्ता सर्वजीविनाम् । विश्वं च कलयत्येव यः सर्वेषु च सन्ततम्
namāmi taṃ daṇḍadharaṃ yaḥ śāstā sarvajīvinām | viśvaṃ ca kalayatyeva yaḥ sarveṣu ca santatam
I bow to him, the rod-bearer, who is the chastiser of all living beings. And he who continually reckons up (destroys) the world and all beings in it —
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DB 9 31.12
अतीव दुर्निवार्यं च तं कालं प्रणमाम्यहम् । तपस्वी ब्रह्मनिष्ठो यः संयमी सञ्जितेन्द्रियः
atīva durnivāryaṃ ca taṃ kālaṃ praṇamāmyaham | tapasvī brahmaniṣṭho yaḥ saṃyamī sañjitendriyaḥ
to that Time (Kāla), exceedingly hard to ward off, I bow down. He who is an ascetic, fixed on brahman, restrained, with senses conquered,
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DB 9 31.13
जीवानां कर्मफलदस्तं यमं प्रणमाम्यहम् । स्वात्मारामश्च सर्वज्ञो मित्रं पुण्यकृतां भवेत्
jīvānāṃ karmaphaladastaṃ yamaṃ praṇamāmyaham | svātmārāmaśca sarvajño mitraṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ bhavet
who gives to living beings the fruit of their deeds — to that Yama I bow down. He who delights in his own self and is all-knowing, and becomes a friend to the doers of merit,
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DB 9 31.14
पापिनां क्लेशदो यस्तं पुण्यमित्रं नमाम्यहम् । यज्जन्म ब्रह्मणोंऽशेन ज्वलन्तं ब्रह्मतेजसा
pāpināṃ kleśado yastaṃ puṇyamitraṃ namāmyaham | yajjanma brahmaṇoṃ'śena jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā
and who gives affliction to sinners — to him, the friend of merit, I bow. He whose birth is from a portion of Brahmā, blazing with the splendour of brahman,
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DB 9 31.15
यो ध्यायति परं ब्रह्म तमीशं प्रणमाम्यहम् । इत्युक्त्वा सा च सावित्री प्रणनाम यमं मुने
yo dhyāyati paraṃ brahma tamīśaṃ praṇamāmyaham | ityuktvā sā ca sāvitrī praṇanāma yamaṃ mune
who meditates on the supreme brahman — to that lord I bow down. Having said this, that Sāvitrī bowed to Yama, O sage.
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DB 9 31.16
यमस्तां शक्तिभजनं कर्मपाकमुवाच ह । इदं यमाष्टकं नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत्
yamastāṃ śaktibhajanaṃ karmapākamuvāca ha | idaṃ yamāṣṭakaṃ nityaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet
Yama then told her the worship of Śakti and the ripening of deeds. Whoever, rising at dawn, recites daily this Yama-aṣṭaka,
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DB 9 31.17
यमात्तस्य भयं नास्ति सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्यते । महापापी यदि पठेन्नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः । यमः करोति संशुद्धं कायव्यूहेन निश्चितम्
yamāttasya bhayaṃ nāsti sarvapāpātpramucyate | mahāpāpī yadi paṭhennityaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ | yamaḥ karoti saṃśuddhaṃ kāyavyūhena niścitam
he has no fear from Yama; he is released from all sin. If a great sinner recites (it) daily, filled with devotion, Yama surely makes him wholly pure by means of a multiplication of bodies.
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DB 9 31.31
नवमस्कन्धे यमाष्टकवर्णनं नामेकत्रिशोऽध्यायः
navamaskandhe yamāṣṭakavarṇanaṃ nāmekatriśo'dhyāyaḥ
In the ninth book, the thirty-first chapter, called the description of the Yama-aṣṭaka.
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