Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 36
DB 9 36.1
देवपूजनात् सर्वारिष्टनिवृत्तिवर्णनम् सावित्र्युवाच धर्मराज महाभाग वेदवेदाङ्गपारग । नानापुराणेतिहासे यत्सारं तत्प्रदर्शय
devapūjanāt sarvāriṣṭanivṛttivarṇanam sāvitryuvāca dharmarāja mahābhāga vedavedāṅgapāraga | nānāpurāṇetihāse yatsāraṃ tatpradarśaya
The description of the cessation of all calamity through worship of the gods. Sāvitrī said: O Dharmarāja, greatly fortunate one, who hast crossed to the far shore of the Vedas and their auxiliaries, show me that which is the essence in the various Purāṇas and legends.
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DB 9 36.2
सर्वेषु सारभूतं यत्सर्वेष्टं सर्वसम्मतम् । कर्मच्छेदबीजरूपं प्रशस्तं सुखदं नृणाम्
sarveṣu sārabhūtaṃ yatsarveṣṭaṃ sarvasammatam | karmacchedabījarūpaṃ praśastaṃ sukhadaṃ nṛṇām
That which is the essence among all (things), which is desired by all and approved by all, which is in the form of the seed that severs (the bondage of) karma, which is praised and gives happiness to men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 36.3
सर्वप्रदं च सर्वेषां सर्वमङ्गलकारणम् । भयं दुःखं न पश्यन्ति येन वै सर्वमानवाः
sarvapradaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ sarvamaṅgalakāraṇam | bhayaṃ duḥkhaṃ na paśyanti yena vai sarvamānavāḥ
and which grants everything to all, and is the cause of every blessing, by which all men do not see fear or sorrow —
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DB 9 36.4
कुण्डानि ते न पश्यन्ति तेषु नैव पतन्ति च । न भवेद्येन जन्मादि तत्कर्म वद साम्प्रतम्
kuṇḍāni te na paśyanti teṣu naiva patanti ca | na bhavedyena janmādi tatkarma vada sāmpratam
by which they do not see the pits and do not fall into them, by which there would be no birth and the rest — tell (me) that act now.
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DB 9 36.5
किमाकाराणि कुण्डानि तानि वा निर्मितानि च । के च केनैव रूपेण तत्र तिष्ठन्ति पापिनः
kimākārāṇi kuṇḍāni tāni vā nirmitāni ca | ke ca kenaiva rūpeṇa tatra tiṣṭhanti pāpinaḥ
Of what shape are those pits, and (by whom) were they fashioned? And who are the sinners who abide there, and in what form?
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DB 9 36.6
स्वदेहे भस्मसाद्भूते याति लोकान्तरं नरः । केन देहेन वा भोगं करोति च शुभाशुभम्
svadehe bhasmasādbhūte yāti lokāntaraṃ naraḥ | kena dehena vā bhogaṃ karoti ca śubhāśubham
When his own body has been reduced to ashes, a man goes to another world; with what body, then, does he undergo the experience of good and evil?
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DB 9 36.7
सुचिरं क्लेशभोगेन कथं देहो न नश्यति । देहो वा किंविधो ब्रह्मंस्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
suciraṃ kleśabhogena kathaṃ deho na naśyati | deho vā kiṃvidho brahmaṃstanme vyākhyātumarhasi
How is it that the body is not destroyed by the long-continued undergoing of torment? And of what kind is that body, O brahman? This you ought to explain to me.
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DB 9 36.8
श्रीनारायण उवाच सावित्रीवचनं श्रुत्वा धर्मराजो हरिं स्मरन् । कथां कथितुमारेभे कर्मबन्धनिकृन्तनीम्
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca sāvitrīvacanaṃ śrutvā dharmarājo hariṃ smaran | kathāṃ kathitumārebhe karmabandhanikṛntanīm
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Sāvitrī's words, Dharmarāja, remembering Hari, began to tell the account that cuts through the bondage of karma.
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DB 9 36.9
धर्मराज उवाच वत्से चतुर्षु वेदेषु धर्मेषु संहितासु च । पुराणेष्वितिहासेषु पाञ्चरात्रादिकेषु च
dharmarāja uvāca vatse caturṣu vedeṣu dharmeṣu saṃhitāsu ca | purāṇeṣvitihāseṣu pāñcarātrādikeṣu ca
Dharmarāja said: My child, in the four Vedas, in the (works on) dharma and in the Saṃhitās, in the Purāṇas, in the legends, and in the Pāñcarātra and the like,
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DB 9 36.10
अन्येषु धर्मशास्त्रेषु वेदाङ्गेषु च सुव्रते । सर्वेष्टं सारभूतं च पञ्चदेवानुसेवनम्
anyeṣu dharmaśāstreṣu vedāṅgeṣu ca suvrate | sarveṣṭaṃ sārabhūtaṃ ca pañcadevānusevanam
and in the other treatises on dharma and in the auxiliaries of the Veda, O you of good vows, the thing desired by all and constituting the essence is the constant service of the five gods:
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DB 9 36.11
जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिशोकसन्तापनाशनम् । सर्वमङ्गलरूपं च परमानन्दकारणम्
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiśokasantāpanāśanam | sarvamaṅgalarūpaṃ ca paramānandakāraṇam
(it is) the destroyer of birth, death, old age, disease, grief and anguish, the very form of all that is auspicious, and the cause of the highest bliss;
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DB 9 36.12
कारणं सर्वसिद्धीनां नरकार्णवतारणम् । भक्तिवृक्षाङ्कुरकरं कर्मवृक्षनिकृन्तनम्
kāraṇaṃ sarvasiddhīnāṃ narakārṇavatāraṇam | bhaktivṛkṣāṅkurakaraṃ karmavṛkṣanikṛntanam
the cause of all attainments, the ferrying across the ocean of hell, that which makes the tree of devotion sprout, the felling of the tree of karma;
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DB 9 36.13
विमोक्षसोपानमिदमविनाशपदं स्मृतम् । सालोक्यसार्ष्टिसारूप्यसामीप्यादिप्रदं शुभम्
vimokṣasopānamidamavināśapadaṃ smṛtam | sālokyasārṣṭisārūpyasāmīpyādipradaṃ śubham
this is the stairway to liberation, and it is held to be the imperishable state; it is auspicious, granting dwelling in the same world (with God), equality of power, sameness of form, nearness, and so forth.
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DB 9 36.14
कुण्डानि यमदूतैश्च रक्षितानि सदा शुभे । न हि पश्यन्ति स्वप्ने च पञ्चदेवार्चका नराः
kuṇḍāni yamadūtaiśca rakṣitāni sadā śubhe | na hi paśyanti svapne ca pañcadevārcakā narāḥ
The pits, which are always guarded by Yama's messengers, O auspicious one — men who worship the five gods do not see them even in a dream.
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DB 9 36.15
देवीभक्तिविहीना ये ते पश्यन्ति ममालयम् । यान्ति ये हरितीर्थं वा श्रयन्ति हरिवासरम्
devībhaktivihīnā ye te paśyanti mamālayam | yānti ye haritīrthaṃ vā śrayanti harivāsaram
Those who are devoid of devotion to the Goddess — they see my abode. But those who go to a holy place of Hari, or who resort to Hari's day (Ekādaśī),
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DB 9 36.16
प्रणमन्ति हरिं नित्यं हर्यर्चां कल्पयन्ति च । न यान्ति तेऽपि घोरां च मम संयमिनीं पुरीम्
praṇamanti hariṃ nityaṃ haryarcāṃ kalpayanti ca | na yānti te'pi ghorāṃ ca mama saṃyaminīṃ purīm
who constantly bow to Hari and arrange worship for Hari — they too do not go to my terrible city Saṃyaminī.
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DB 9 36.17
त्रिसन्धिपूता विप्राश्च शुद्धाचारसमन्विताः । निवृत्तिं नैव लप्स्यन्ति देवीसेवां विना नराः
trisandhipūtā viprāśca śuddhācārasamanvitāḥ | nivṛttiṃ naiva lapsyanti devīsevāṃ vinā narāḥ
Even brāhmaṇas purified by the three junctures of the day and possessed of pure conduct — men will not obtain release without service to the Goddess.
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DB 9 36.18
स्वधर्मनिरताचाराः स्वधर्मनिरतास्तथा । गच्छन्तो मृत्युलोकं च दुर्दृशा मम किङ्कराः
svadharmaniratācārāḥ svadharmaniratāstathā | gacchanto mṛtyulokaṃ ca durdṛśā mama kiṅkarāḥ
My servants, ill to look upon, who are devoted to (their own) duty in conduct and likewise intent on their own duty, when they go to the world of mortals, are afraid of the worshippers of Śiva as snakes are of Garuḍa and the like; and I hold back my messenger, noose in hand, as he sets out.
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DB 9 36.19
भीताः शिवोपासकेभ्यो वैनतेयादिवोरगाः । स्वदूतं पाशहस्तं च गच्छन्तं वारयाम्यहम्
bhītāḥ śivopāsakebhyo vainateyādivoragāḥ | svadūtaṃ pāśahastaṃ ca gacchantaṃ vārayāmyaham
Afraid of the worshippers of Śiva as snakes are of Garuḍa (and the like), I hold back my own messenger, noose in hand, when he is on his way.
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DB 9 36.20
यास्यन्ति ते च सर्वत्र हरिदासाश्रमं विना । कृष्णमन्त्रोपासकाच्च वैनतेयादिवोरगाः
yāsyanti te ca sarvatra haridāsāśramaṃ vinā | kṛṣṇamantropāsakācca vainateyādivoragāḥ
And they go everywhere except the hermitage of Hari's servants; and (they flee) from a worshipper of the Kṛṣṇa mantra as serpents (flee) from Vainateya (Garuḍa).
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DB 9 36.21
देवीमन्त्रोपासकानां नाम्नाञ्चैव निकृन्तनम् । करोति नखलेखन्या चित्रगुप्तश्च भीतवत्
devīmantropāsakānāṃ nāmnāñcaiva nikṛntanam | karoti nakhalekhanyā citraguptaśca bhītavat
And Citragupta, as if afraid, performs the striking-out of the names of the worshippers of the Devī mantra with his nail-stylus.
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DB 9 36.22
मधुपर्कादिकं तेषां कुरुते च पुनः पुनः । विलङ्घ्य ब्रह्मलोकं च लोकं गच्छन्ति ते सति
madhuparkādikaṃ teṣāṃ kurute ca punaḥ punaḥ | vilaṅghya brahmalokaṃ ca lokaṃ gacchanti te sati
And again and again he offers them the honey-mixture (madhuparka) and the rest; and having passed beyond the world of Brahmā, they go to (the highest) world, O good lady.
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DB 9 36.23
दुरितानि च नश्यन्ति येषां संस्पर्शमात्रतः । ते महाभाग्यवन्तो हि सहस्रकुलपावनाः
duritāni ca naśyanti yeṣāṃ saṃsparśamātrataḥ | te mahābhāgyavanto hi sahasrakulapāvanāḥ
And sins perish by the mere touch of them: they indeed are of great good fortune, purifiers of a thousand families.
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DB 9 36.24
यथा च प्रज्वलद्वह्नौ शुष्कानि च तृणानि च । प्राप्नोति मोहः सम्मोहं तांश्च दृष्ट्वा च भीतवत्
yathā ca prajvaladvahnau śuṣkāni ca tṛṇāni ca | prāpnoti mohaḥ sammohaṃ tāṃśca dṛṣṭvā ca bhītavat
And as dry grasses (are consumed) in a blazing fire, so delusion itself falls into utter bewilderment on seeing them, as if in fear.
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DB 9 36.25
कामश्च कामिनं याति लोभक्रोधौ ततः सति । मृत्युः प्रलीयते रोगो जरा शोको भयं तथा
kāmaśca kāminaṃ yāti lobhakrodhau tataḥ sati | mṛtyuḥ pralīyate rogo jarā śoko bhayaṃ tathā
Lust goes to the lustful, and thereafter greed and anger, O good lady; death dissolves away, and disease, old age, sorrow, and fear likewise.
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DB 9 36.26
कालः शुभाशुभं कर्म हर्षो भोगस्तथैव च । ये ये न यान्ति तां पीडां कथितास्ते मया सति
kālaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ karma harṣo bhogastathaiva ca | ye ye na yānti tāṃ pīḍāṃ kathitāste mayā sati
Time, good and bad action, joy, and enjoyment likewise — whoever do not undergo that affliction, they have been described by me, O good lady.
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DB 9 36.27
शृणु देहविवरणं कथयामि यथागमम् । पृथिवी वायुराकाशस्तेजस्तोयमिति स्फुटम्
śṛṇu dehavivaraṇaṃ kathayāmi yathāgamam | pṛthivī vāyurākāśastejastoyamiti sphuṭam
Hear the exposition of the body; I shall tell it as it is in the scriptures: earth, air, ether, fire, water — thus, plainly.
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DB 9 36.28
देहिनां देहबीजं च स्रष्टृसृष्टिविधौ परम् । पृथिव्यादिपञ्जभूतैर्यो देहो निर्मितो भवेत्
dehināṃ dehabījaṃ ca sraṣṭṛsṛṣṭividhau param | pṛthivyādipañjabhūtairyo deho nirmito bhavet
And the seed of the body of embodied beings is supreme in the manner of creator and creation; the body which is fashioned out of the five elements beginning with earth,
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DB 9 36.29
स कृत्रिमो नश्वरश्च भस्मसाच्च भवेदिह । बद्धोऽङ्गुष्ठप्रमाणश्च यो जीवः पुरुषः कृतः
sa kṛtrimo naśvaraśca bhasmasācca bhavediha | baddho'ṅguṣṭhapramāṇaśca yo jīvaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛtaḥ
that is artificial and perishable, and in this world it turns to ash. And the bound living being, of the measure of a thumb, who has been made the puruṣa,
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DB 9 36.30
बिभर्ति सूक्ष्मं देहं तं तद्रूपं भोगहेतवे । स देहो न भवेद्भस्म ज्वलदग्नौ ममालये
bibharti sūkṣmaṃ dehaṃ taṃ tadrūpaṃ bhogahetave | sa deho na bhavedbhasma jvaladagnau mamālaye
bears that subtle body, having that form, for the sake of experiencing (its fruits); that body does not become ash in blazing fire in my abode.
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DB 9 36.31
जलेन नष्टो देही वा प्रहारे सुचिरं कृते । न शस्त्रेण न वास्त्रेण सुतीक्ष्णकण्टके तथा
jalena naṣṭo dehī vā prahāre suciraṃ kṛte | na śastreṇa na vāstreṇa sutīkṣṇakaṇṭake tathā
Nor is that embodied one destroyed by water, nor by a blow struck for a very long time, nor by a cutting weapon, nor by a missile, nor likewise by a very sharp spike,
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DB 9 36.32
तप्तद्रवे तप्तलोहे तप्तपाषाण एव च । प्रतप्तप्रतिमाश्लेषे यत्पूर्वपतनेऽपि च
taptadrave taptalohe taptapāṣāṇa eva ca | prataptapratimāśleṣe yatpūrvapatane'pi ca
nor in boiling liquid, in heated iron, or in heated stone, nor in the embrace of a red-hot image, nor even in falling forward (upon it) —
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DB 9 36.33
न दग्धो न च भग्नः स भुङ्क्ते सन्तापमेव च । कथितो देहवृत्तान्तः कारणं च यथागमम् । कुण्डानां लक्षणं सर्वं बोधाय कथयामि ते
na dagdho na ca bhagnaḥ sa bhuṅkte santāpameva ca | kathito dehavṛttāntaḥ kāraṇaṃ ca yathāgamam | kuṇḍānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ sarvaṃ bodhāya kathayāmi te
he is neither burnt nor broken; he only undergoes the scorching pain. The account of the body has been told, and its cause, according to the scriptures. I shall tell you all the marks of the pits, for your understanding.
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DB 9 36.36
नारायणनारदसंवादे देवपूजनात् सर्वारिष्टनिवृत्तिवर्णनं नाम षट्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः
nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde devapūjanāt sarvāriṣṭanivṛttivarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
In the dialogue of Nārāyaṇa and Nārada, the thirty-sixth chapter, named the description of the cessation of all misfortune through the worship of the deity.
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