Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 45
DB 9 45.1
दक्षिणोपाख्यानवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच उक्तं स्वाहास्वधाख्यानं प्रशस्तं मधुरं परम् । वक्ष्यामि दक्षिणाख्यानं सावधानो निशामय
dakṣiṇopākhyānavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca uktaṃ svāhāsvadhākhyānaṃ praśastaṃ madhuraṃ param | vakṣyāmi dakṣiṇākhyānaṃ sāvadhāno niśāmaya
Description of the story of Dakṣiṇā. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: The story of Svāhā and Svadhā has been told, excellent and most sweet; (now) I shall tell the story of Dakṣiṇā — listen attentively.
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DB 9 45.2
गोपी सुशीला गोलोके पुराऽऽसीत्प्रेयसी हरेः । राधा प्रधाना सध्रीची धन्या मान्या मनोहरा
gopī suśīlā goloke purā''sītpreyasī hareḥ | rādhā pradhānā sadhrīcī dhanyā mānyā manoharā
In Goloka there was formerly a gopī named Suśīlā, a beloved of Hari, chief (among Rādhā's companions), in accord with Rādhā, fortunate, honoured, charming.
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DB 9 45.3
अतीव सुन्दरी रामा सुभगा सुदती सती । विद्यावती गुणवती चातिरूपवती सती
atīva sundarī rāmā subhagā sudatī satī | vidyāvatī guṇavatī cātirūpavatī satī
Exceedingly beautiful, a lovely woman, blessed, fine-toothed, chaste, learned, endowed with virtues, and of surpassing beauty, faithful.
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DB 9 45.4
कलावती कोमलाङ्गी कान्ता कमललोचना । सुश्रोणी सुस्तनी श्यामा न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डिता
kalāvatī komalāṅgī kāntā kamalalocanā | suśroṇī sustanī śyāmā nyagrodhaparimaṇḍitā
Skilled in the arts, tender-limbed, lovely, lotus-eyed, with fine hips and fine breasts, dark-complexioned, with a waist shaped like a banyan (i.e. slender in the middle).
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DB 9 45.5
ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्या रत्नालङ्कारभूषिता । श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभा बिम्बोष्ठी मृगलोचना
īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyā ratnālaṅkārabhūṣitā | śvetacampakavarṇābhā bimboṣṭhī mṛgalocanā
Her face bright with a slight smile, adorned with jewelled ornaments, with the hue of the white campaka flower, with bimba-red lips, doe-eyed.
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DB 9 45.6
कामशास्त्रेषु निपुणा कामिनी हंसगामिनी । भावानुरक्ता भावज्ञा कृष्णस्य प्रियभामिनी
kāmaśāstreṣu nipuṇā kāminī haṃsagāminī | bhāvānuraktā bhāvajñā kṛṣṇasya priyabhāminī
Expert in the treatises on love, passionate, walking like a swan, attached by feeling, knowing (his) feelings, Kṛṣṇa's dear woman.
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DB 9 45.7
रसज्ञा रसिका रासे रासेशस्य रसोत्सुका । उवासादक्षिणे क्रोडे राधायाः पुरतः पुरा
rasajñā rasikā rāse rāseśasya rasotsukā | uvāsādakṣiṇe kroḍe rādhāyāḥ purataḥ purā
Knowing the savour (of love), a connoisseur, eager for the savour of the Lord of the Rāsa in the rāsa dance — long ago she sat upon (his) right lap, in front of Rādhā.
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DB 9 45.8
सम्बभूवानम्रमुखो भयेन मधुसूदनः । दृष्ट्वा राधां च पुरतो गोपीनां प्रवरोत्तमाम्
sambabhūvānamramukho bhayena madhusūdanaḥ | dṛṣṭvā rādhāṃ ca purato gopīnāṃ pravarottamām
Madhusūdana became downcast-faced out of fear, having seen Rādhā before (him), the foremost and best of the gopīs,
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DB 9 45.9
कामिनीं रक्तवदनां रक्तपङ्कजलोचनाम् । कोपेन कम्पिताङ्गीं च कोपेन स्फुरिताधराम्
kāminīṃ raktavadanāṃ raktapaṅkajalocanām | kopena kampitāṅgīṃ ca kopena sphuritādharām
— the passionate woman, her face red, her eyes red lotuses, her limbs trembling with anger, her lower lip quivering with anger.
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DB 9 45.10
वेगेन तां तु गच्छन्तीं विज्ञाय तदनन्तरम् । विरोधभीतो भगवानन्तर्धानं चकार सः
vegena tāṃ tu gacchantīṃ vijñāya tadanantaram | virodhabhīto bhagavānantardhānaṃ cakāra saḥ
Then, realizing that she was coming swiftly, the Lord, afraid of a quarrel, made himself invisible.
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DB 9 45.11
पलायन्तं च कान्तं च शान्तं सत्त्वं सुविग्रहम् । विलोक्य कम्पिता गोप्यः सुशीलाद्यास्ततो भिया
palāyantaṃ ca kāntaṃ ca śāntaṃ sattvaṃ suvigraham | vilokya kampitā gopyaḥ suśīlādyāstato bhiyā
Seeing the lover fleeing — calm, of good nature, of handsome form — the gopīs, Suśīlā and the rest, trembled then with fear.
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DB 9 45.12
विलोक्य लम्पटं तत्र गोपीनां लक्षकोटयः । पुटाञ्जलियुता भीता भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धराः
vilokya lampaṭaṃ tatra gopīnāṃ lakṣakoṭayaḥ | puṭāñjaliyutā bhītā bhaktinamrātmakandharāḥ
Seeing that the wanton one (had gone) there, gopīs by hundreds of thousands and tens of millions, with hollowed palms joined, frightened, their necks bent low in devotion,
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DB 9 45.13
रक्ष रक्षेत्युक्तवन्त्यो देवीमिति पुनः पुनः । ययुर्भयेन शरणं यस्याश्चरणपङ्कजे
rakṣa rakṣetyuktavantyo devīmiti punaḥ punaḥ | yayurbhayena śaraṇaṃ yasyāścaraṇapaṅkaje
said again and again to the Goddess, "Protect (us), protect (us)!" and in fear went for refuge to her lotus feet.
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DB 9 45.14
त्रिलक्षकोटयो गोपाः सुदामादय एव च । ययुर्भयेन शरणं तत्पादाब्जे च नारद
trilakṣakoṭayo gopāḥ sudāmādaya eva ca | yayurbhayena śaraṇaṃ tatpādābje ca nārada
And three hundred thousand times ten million cowherds, Sudāman and the others, went in fear for refuge to her lotus feet, O Nārada.
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DB 9 45.15
पलायन्तं च कान्तं च विज्ञाय परमेश्वरी । पलायन्तीं सहचरीं सुशीलां च शशाप सा
palāyantaṃ ca kāntaṃ ca vijñāya parameśvarī | palāyantīṃ sahacarīṃ suśīlāṃ ca śaśāpa sā
And the supreme Goddess, understanding that her lover was fleeing, cursed her fleeing companion Suśīlā.
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DB 9 45.16
अद्यप्रभृति गोलोकं सा चेदायाति गोपिका । सद्यो गमनमात्रेण भस्मसाच्च भविष्यति
adyaprabhṛti golokaṃ sā cedāyāti gopikā | sadyo gamanamātreṇa bhasmasācca bhaviṣyati
"If from this day on that gopī comes to Goloka, at once, by the mere act of coming, she shall be reduced to ashes."
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DB 9 45.17
इत्येवमुक्त्वा तत्रैव देवदेवेश्वरी रुषा । रासेश्वरी रासमध्ये रासेशमाजुहाव ह
ityevamuktvā tatraiva devadeveśvarī ruṣā | rāseśvarī rāsamadhye rāseśamājuhāva ha
Having spoken thus right there in anger, the Mistress of the gods of gods, the Queen of the Rāsa, called out in the midst of the rāsa to the Lord of the Rāsa.
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DB 9 45.18
नालोक्य पुरतः कृष्णं राधा विरहकातरा । युगकोटिसमं मेने क्षणभेदेन सुव्रता
nālokya purataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ rādhā virahakātarā | yugakoṭisamaṃ mene kṣaṇabhedena suvratā
Not seeing Kṛṣṇa before her, Rādhā, distressed by separation, she of good vows, reckoned the parting of a moment as equal to ten million ages.
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DB 9 45.19
हे कृष्ण प्राणनाथेशागच्छ प्राणाधिकप्रिय । प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवेश प्राणा यान्ति त्वया विना
he kṛṣṇa prāṇanātheśāgaccha prāṇādhikapriya | prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdeveśa prāṇā yānti tvayā vinā
"O Kṛṣṇa, lord and master of my life, come, you who are dearer than life, O god and lord who presides over the breath — without you my life-breaths depart."
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DB 9 45.20
स्त्रीगर्वः पतिसौभाग्याद्वर्धते च दिने दिने । सुखं च विपुलं यस्मात्तं सेवेद्धर्मतः सदा
strīgarvaḥ patisaubhāgyādvardhate ca dine dine | sukhaṃ ca vipulaṃ yasmāttaṃ seveddharmataḥ sadā
A woman's pride grows day by day from the good fortune of (having) a husband; and since abundant happiness (comes) from him, she should always serve him in accordance with dharma.
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DB 9 45.21
पतिर्बन्धुः कुलस्त्रीणामधिदेवः सदागतिः । परसम्पत्स्वरूपश्च मूर्तिमान् भोगदः सदा
patirbandhuḥ kulastrīṇāmadhidevaḥ sadāgatiḥ | parasampatsvarūpaśca mūrtimān bhogadaḥ sadā
For women of good family the husband is kinsman, presiding deity, ever their refuge, the very form of supreme prosperity, and always an embodied giver of enjoyments.
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DB 9 45.22
धर्मदः सुखदः शश्वत्प्रीतिदः शान्तिदः सदा । सम्मानैर्दीप्यमानश्च मानदो मानखण्डनः
dharmadaḥ sukhadaḥ śaśvatprītidaḥ śāntidaḥ sadā | sammānairdīpyamānaśca mānado mānakhaṇḍanaḥ
(He is) the giver of dharma, the giver of happiness, the constant giver of affection, always the giver of peace; shining with honours, the bestower of honour and the destroyer of honour.
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DB 9 45.23
सारात्सारतरः स्वामी बन्धूनां बन्धुवर्धनः । न च भर्तुः समो बन्धुर्बन्धोर्बन्धुषु दृश्यते
sārātsārataraḥ svāmī bandhūnāṃ bandhuvardhanaḥ | na ca bhartuḥ samo bandhurbandhorbandhuṣu dṛśyate
The husband is more essential than the essence, the increaser of kinsmen among kinsmen; and no kinsman equal to a husband is seen among the kinsmen of a kinsman.
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DB 9 45.24
भरणादेव भर्ता च पालनात्पतिरुच्यते । शरीरेशाच्च स स्वामी कामदः कान्त उच्यते
bharaṇādeva bhartā ca pālanātpatirucyate | śarīreśācca sa svāmī kāmadaḥ kānta ucyate
From supporting (bharaṇa) he is called 'bhartā'; from protecting (pālana) he is called 'pati'; and from being lord of the body he is 'svāmī'; the giver of desires is called 'kānta'.
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DB 9 45.25
बन्धुश्च सुखवृद्ध्या च प्रीतिदानात्प्रियः स्मृतः । ऐश्वर्यदानादीशश्च प्राणेशात्प्राणनायकः
bandhuśca sukhavṛddhyā ca prītidānātpriyaḥ smṛtaḥ | aiśvaryadānādīśaśca prāṇeśātprāṇanāyakaḥ
He is 'bandhu' (kinsman) because he increases happiness, and is known as 'priya' (dear one) because he gives affection; 'īśa' because he bestows lordship, and 'prāṇanāyaka' (lord of life) because he is master of the life-breath.
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DB 9 45.26
रतिदानाच्च रमणः प्रियो नास्ति प्रियात्परः । पुत्रस्तु स्वामिनः शुक्राज्जायते तेन स प्रियः
ratidānācca ramaṇaḥ priyo nāsti priyātparaḥ | putrastu svāminaḥ śukrājjāyate tena sa priyaḥ
And because he gives pleasure he is 'ramaṇa'; there is nothing dearer than the dear one. A son is born from the husband's seed, and therefore he is dear.
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DB 9 45.27
शतपुत्रात्परः स्वामी कुलजानां प्रियः सदा । असत्कुलप्रसूता या कान्तं विज्ञातुमक्षमा
śataputrātparaḥ svāmī kulajānāṃ priyaḥ sadā | asatkulaprasūtā yā kāntaṃ vijñātumakṣamā
The husband is greater than a hundred sons, always dear to women of good family. She who is born of a bad family is incapable of understanding her husband.
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DB 9 45.28
स्नानं च सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दक्षिणा । प्रादक्षिण्यं पृथिव्याश्च सर्वाणि च तपांसि च
snānaṃ ca sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dakṣiṇā | prādakṣiṇyaṃ pṛthivyāśca sarvāṇi ca tapāṃsi ca
Bathing at all sacred fords, the priestly gifts at all sacrifices, circumambulation of the earth, and all austerities,
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DB 9 45.29
सर्वाण्येव व्रतादीनि महादानानि यानि च । उपोषणानि पुण्यानि यानि यानि श्रुतानि च
sarvāṇyeva vratādīni mahādānāni yāni ca | upoṣaṇāni puṇyāni yāni yāni śrutāni ca
all vows and the like, and whatever great gifts (there are), and the meritorious fasts, whichever have been heard of —
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DB 9 45.30
गुरुसेवा विप्रसेवा देवसेवादिकं च यत् । स्वामिनः पादसेवायाः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
gurusevā viprasevā devasevādikaṃ ca yat | svāminaḥ pādasevāyāḥ kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
and service to the teacher, service to brahmins, service to the gods and the rest — (all these) do not amount to a sixteenth part of the service of the husband's feet.
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DB 9 45.31
गुरुविप्रेन्द्रदेवेषु सर्वेभ्यश्च पतिर्गुरुः । विद्यादाता यथा पुंसां कुलजानां तथा प्रियः
guruviprendradeveṣu sarvebhyaśca patirguruḥ | vidyādātā yathā puṃsāṃ kulajānāṃ tathā priyaḥ
Among teachers, brahmins, kings and gods, the husband is the guru above them all; as the giver of learning is (dear) to men, so is he dear to women of good family.
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DB 9 45.32
गोपीनां लक्षकोटीनां गोपानां च तथैव च । ब्रह्माण्डानामसंख्यानां तत्रस्थानां तथैव च
gopīnāṃ lakṣakoṭīnāṃ gopānāṃ ca tathaiva ca | brahmāṇḍānāmasaṃkhyānāṃ tatrasthānāṃ tathaiva ca
Of the hundreds of thousands of crores of gopīs and likewise of the gopas, and of the countless universes and likewise of those dwelling in them,
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DB 9 45.33
विश्वादिगोलकान्तानामीश्वरी यत्प्रसादतः । अहं न जाने तं कान्तं स्त्रीस्वभावो दुरत्ययः
viśvādigolakāntānāmīśvarī yatprasādataḥ | ahaṃ na jāne taṃ kāntaṃ strīsvabhāvo duratyayaḥ
I am mistress, from the world up to the (highest) sphere, by whose grace — (yet) I do not know that beloved: the nature of women is hard to overcome.
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DB 9 45.34
इत्युक्त्वा राधिका कृष्णं तत्र दध्यौ स्वभक्तितः । रुरोद प्रेम्णा सा राधा नाथ नाथेति चाब्रवीत्
ityuktvā rādhikā kṛṣṇaṃ tatra dadhyau svabhaktitaḥ | ruroda premṇā sā rādhā nātha nātheti cābravīt
Having said this, Rādhikā meditated there on Kṛṣṇa with her own devotion; that Rādhā wept out of love and said, "O Lord, O Lord!"
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DB 9 45.35
दर्शनं देहि रमण दीना विरहदुःखिता । अथ सा दक्षिणा देवी ध्वस्ता गोलोकतो मुने
darśanaṃ dehi ramaṇa dīnā virahaduḥkhitā | atha sā dakṣiṇā devī dhvastā golokato mune
"Grant me the sight (of you), O lover; I am wretched, pained by separation." Then that goddess Dakṣiṇā, cast out from Goloka, O sage,
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DB 9 45.36
सुचिरं च तपस्तप्त्वा विवेश कमलातनौ । अथ देवादयः सर्वे यज्ञं कृत्वा सुदुष्करम्
suciraṃ ca tapastaptvā viveśa kamalātanau | atha devādayaḥ sarve yajñaṃ kṛtvā suduṣkaram
and having practised austerity for a very long time, entered the body of Kamalā. Then all the gods and the rest, having performed a most difficult sacrifice,
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DB 9 45.37
नालभंस्ते फलं तेषां विषण्णाः प्रययुर्विधिम् । विधिर्निवेदनं श्रुत्वा देवादीनां जगत्पतिम्
nālabhaṃste phalaṃ teṣāṃ viṣaṇṇāḥ prayayurvidhim | vidhirnivedanaṃ śrutvā devādīnāṃ jagatpatim
did not obtain its fruit; dejected, they went to the Ordainer (Brahmā). Having heard the petition of the gods and the rest, Brahmā (meditated on) the Lord of the world
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DB 9 45.38
दध्यौ च सुचिरं भक्त्या प्रत्यादेशमवाप सः । नारायणश्च भगवान् महालक्ष्याश्च देहतः
dadhyau ca suciraṃ bhaktyā pratyādeśamavāpa saḥ | nārāyaṇaśca bhagavān mahālakṣyāśca dehataḥ
and meditated for a long time with devotion, and he received an answer. And Lord Nārāyaṇa, from the body of Mahālakṣmī,
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DB 9 45.39
विनिष्कृष्य मर्त्यलक्ष्मीं ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां ददौ । ब्रह्मा ददौ तां यज्ञाय पूरणार्थं च कर्मणाम्
viniṣkṛṣya martyalakṣmīṃ brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ dadau | brahmā dadau tāṃ yajñāya pūraṇārthaṃ ca karmaṇām
having drawn out Martyalakṣmī (the Lakṣmī of the mortal world), gave her to Brahmā as Dakṣiṇā; Brahmā gave her to the Sacrifice for the completion of rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.40
यज्ञः सम्पूज्य विधिवत्तां तुष्टाव तदा मुदा । तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभां चन्द्रकोटिसमप्रभाम्
yajñaḥ sampūjya vidhivattāṃ tuṣṭāva tadā mudā | taptakāñcanavarṇābhāṃ candrakoṭisamaprabhām
Yajña, having worshipped her according to rule, then joyfully praised her — her whose hue shone like heated gold, whose radiance equalled ten million moons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.41
अतीव कमनीयां च सुन्दरीं सुमनोहराम् । कमलास्यां कोमलाङ्गीं कमलायतलोचनाम्
atīva kamanīyāṃ ca sundarīṃ sumanoharām | kamalāsyāṃ komalāṅgīṃ kamalāyatalocanām
exceedingly desirable, beautiful, most charming, lotus-faced, tender-limbed, with eyes long as lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.42
कमलासनपूज्यां च कमलाङ्गसमुद्भवाम् । वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानां बिम्बोष्ठीं सुदतीं सतीम्
kamalāsanapūjyāṃ ca kamalāṅgasamudbhavām | vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ bimboṣṭhīṃ sudatīṃ satīm
worshipped by the lotus-seated one (Brahmā), sprung from the body of Kamalā (Lakṣmī), clad in fire-purified cloth, with bimba-red lips, fine teeth, chaste,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.43
बिभ्रतीं कबरीभारं मालतीमाल्यसंयुतम् । ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम्
bibhratīṃ kabarībhāraṃ mālatīmālyasaṃyutam | īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām
bearing a heavy braid of hair entwined with a garland of mālatī flowers, her face bright with a slight smile, adorned with jewelled ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.44
सुवेषाढ्यां च सुस्नातां मुनिमानसमोहिनीम् । कस्तूरीबिन्दुभिः सार्धं सुगन्धिचन्दनेन्दुभिः
suveṣāḍhyāṃ ca susnātāṃ munimānasamohinīm | kastūrībindubhiḥ sārdhaṃ sugandhicandanendubhiḥ
richly well-dressed and freshly bathed, bewitching the minds of sages, with drops of musk together with fragrant sandal-paste marks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.45
सिन्दूरबिन्दुनाल्पेनाप्यलकाधःस्थलोज्ज्वलाम् । सुप्रशस्तनितम्बाढ्यां बृहच्छ्रोणिपयोधराम् नारायणनारदसंवादे दक्षिणोपाख्यानवर्णनं नाम पञ्चचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः
sindūrabindunālpenāpyalakādhaḥsthalojjvalām | supraśastanitambāḍhyāṃ bṛhacchroṇipayodharām nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde dakṣiṇopākhyānavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
her forehead below the curls gleaming with even a small dot of vermilion, endowed with most excellent buttocks, with broad hips and full breasts. — Thus the forty-fifth chapter, called the account of Dakṣiṇā, in the dialogue of Nārāyaṇa and Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.46
कामदेवाधाररूपां कामबाणप्रपीडिताम् । तां दृष्ट्वा रमणीयां च यज्ञो मूर्च्छामवाप ह
kāmadevādhārarūpāṃ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitām | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā ramaṇīyāṃ ca yajño mūrcchāmavāpa ha
Seeing her, the very form that is the support of Kāmadeva, tormented by Kāma's arrows, and lovely, Yajña fell into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.47
पत्नीं तामेव जग्राह विधिबोधितपूर्वकम् । दिव्यं वर्षशतं चैव तां गृहीत्वा तु निर्जने
patnīṃ tāmeva jagrāha vidhibodhitapūrvakam | divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ caiva tāṃ gṛhītvā tu nirjane
He took her as his wife, after being instructed beforehand by (Brahmā's) rule; and taking her, in a solitary place, for a hundred divine years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.48
यज्ञो रेमे मुदा युक्तो रामेशो रमया सह । गर्भं दधार सा देवी दिव्यं द्वादशवर्षकम्
yajño reme mudā yukto rāmeśo ramayā saha | garbhaṃ dadhāra sā devī divyaṃ dvādaśavarṣakam
Yajña, joined with delight, the lord of Ramā, took pleasure with Ramā; and that goddess bore the embryo for twelve divine years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.49
ततः सुषाव पुत्रं च फलं वै सर्वकर्मणाम् । परिपूर्णे कर्मणि च तत्पुत्रः फलदायकः
tataḥ suṣāva putraṃ ca phalaṃ vai sarvakarmaṇām | paripūrṇe karmaṇi ca tatputraḥ phaladāyakaḥ
Then she bore a son, who is indeed the Fruit of all rites; and when a rite is fully completed, that son is the giver of its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.50
यज्ञो दक्षिणया सार्धं पुत्रेण च फलेन च । कर्मिणां फलदाता चेत्येवं वेदविदो विदुः
yajño dakṣiṇayā sārdhaṃ putreṇa ca phalena ca | karmiṇāṃ phaladātā cetyevaṃ vedavido viduḥ
Yajña, together with Dakṣiṇā and with the son Phala, is the giver of fruit to the performers of rites — thus those who know the Vedas know it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.51
यज्ञश्च दक्षिणां प्राप्य पुत्रं च फलदायकम् । फलं ददौ च सर्वेभ्यः कर्मणां चैव नारद
yajñaśca dakṣiṇāṃ prāpya putraṃ ca phaladāyakam | phalaṃ dadau ca sarvebhyaḥ karmaṇāṃ caiva nārada
And Yajña, having obtained Dakṣiṇā and the son who is the giver of fruit, gave the fruit of their rites to all, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.52
तदा देवादयस्तुष्टाः परिपूर्णमनोरथाः । स्वस्थाने ते ययुः सर्वे धर्मवक्त्रादिदं श्रुतम्
tadā devādayastuṣṭāḥ paripūrṇamanorathāḥ | svasthāne te yayuḥ sarve dharmavaktrādidaṃ śrutam
Then the gods and the rest were pleased, their wishes fully fulfilled, and they all went to their own places. This was heard from the mouth of Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.53
कृत्वा कर्म च कर्ता च तूर्णं दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम् । तत्क्षणं फलमाप्नोति वेदैरुक्तमिदं मुने
kṛtvā karma ca kartā ca tūrṇaṃ dadyācca dakṣiṇām | tatkṣaṇaṃ phalamāpnoti vedairuktamidaṃ mune
And the performer, having done the rite, should promptly give the sacrificial fee; in that very moment he obtains its fruit — this has been declared by the Vedas, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.54
कर्मी कर्मणि पूर्णे च तत्क्षणे यदि दक्षिणाम् । न दद्याद् ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च दैवेनाज्ञानतोऽथवा
karmī karmaṇi pūrṇe ca tatkṣaṇe yadi dakṣiṇām | na dadyād brāhmaṇebhyaśca daivenājñānato'thavā
If the performer of a rite, when the rite is completed, does not at that very moment give the fee to the brahmins, whether through fate or through ignorance —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.55
मुहूर्ते समतीते तु द्विगुणा सा भवेद् ध्रुवम् । एकरात्रे व्यतीते तु भवेच्छतगुणा च सा
muhūrte samatīte tu dviguṇā sā bhaved dhruvam | ekarātre vyatīte tu bhavecchataguṇā ca sā
when a muhūrta has passed, that (fee) surely becomes double; when one night has passed, it becomes a hundredfold;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.56
त्रिरात्रे तच्छतगुणा सप्ताहे द्विगुणा ततः । मासे लक्षगुणा प्रोक्ता ब्राह्मणानां च वर्धते
trirātre tacchataguṇā saptāhe dviguṇā tataḥ | māse lakṣaguṇā proktā brāhmaṇānāṃ ca vardhate
in three nights a hundred times that; in a week double that; in a month it is said to be a hundred thousandfold — and it goes on increasing for the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.57
संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु सा त्रिकोटिगुणा भवेत् । कर्म तद्यजमानानां सर्वं वै निष्फलं भवेत्
saṃvatsare vyatīte tu sā trikoṭiguṇā bhavet | karma tadyajamānānāṃ sarvaṃ vai niṣphalaṃ bhavet
When a year has passed it becomes thirty million times; and the whole rite of those sacrificers becomes fruitless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.58
स च ब्रह्मस्वहारी च न कर्मार्होऽशुचिर्नरः । दरिद्रो व्याधियुक्तश्च तेन पापेन पातकी
sa ca brahmasvahārī ca na karmārho'śucirnaraḥ | daridro vyādhiyuktaśca tena pāpena pātakī
And he is a stealer of brahmin property, a man unfit for rites, impure, poor and afflicted with disease, a sinner through that sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.59
तद्गृहाद्याति लक्ष्मीश्च शापं दत्त्वा सुदारुणम् । पितरो नैव गृह्णन्ति तद्दत्तं श्राद्धतर्पणम्
tadgṛhādyāti lakṣmīśca śāpaṃ dattvā sudāruṇam | pitaro naiva gṛhṇanti taddattaṃ śrāddhatarpaṇam
And Lakṣmī departs from his house, having laid on a most terrible curse; the ancestors do not accept the śrāddha and libations given by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.60
एवं सुराश्च तत्पूजां तद्दत्तामग्निराहुतिम् । दत्तं न दीयते दानं ग्रहीता नैव याचते
evaṃ surāśca tatpūjāṃ taddattāmagnirāhutim | dattaṃ na dīyate dānaṃ grahītā naiva yācate
So too the gods (do not accept) his worship, nor the fire the oblation offered by him. What is given is not (truly) given, and the receiver does not (even) ask for it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 45.61
उभौ तौ नरके यातश्छिन्नरज्जौ यथा घटः । नार्पयेद्यजमानश्चेद्याचितश्चापि दक्षिणाम्
ubhau tau narake yātaśchinnarajjau yathā ghaṭaḥ | nārpayedyajamānaścedyācitaścāpi dakṣiṇām
Both of them go to hell, like a pot when its rope is cut. If the sacrificer, even when asked, does not hand over the (priest's) fee,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.62
भवेद्ब्रह्मस्वापहारी कुम्भीपाकं व्रजेद् ध्रुवम् । वर्षलक्षं वसेत्तत्र यमदूतेन ताडितः
bhavedbrahmasvāpahārī kumbhīpākaṃ vrajed dhruvam | varṣalakṣaṃ vasettatra yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ
he becomes a stealer of brahmin property and certainly goes to Kumbhīpāka; he dwells there for a hundred thousand years, beaten by Yama's messenger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.63
ततो भवेत्स चाण्डालो व्याधियुक्तो दरिद्रकः । पातयेत्पुरुषान्सप्त पूर्वांश्च सप्त जन्मतः
tato bhavetsa cāṇḍālo vyādhiyukto daridrakaḥ | pātayetpuruṣānsapta pūrvāṃśca sapta janmataḥ
Then he becomes a Cāṇḍāla, diseased and poor; and he causes seven generations (after him) and seven before him to fall, birth by birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.64
इत्येवं कथितं विप्र किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि । नारद उवाच यत्कर्म दक्षिणाहीनं को भुङ्क्ते तत्फलं मुने
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ vipra kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi | nārada uvāca yatkarma dakṣiṇāhīnaṃ ko bhuṅkte tatphalaṃ mune
Thus it has been told, O brahmin; what more do you wish to hear? Nārada said: A rite that lacks the fee — who enjoys its fruit, O sage?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.65
पूजाविधिं दक्षिणायाः पुरा यज्ञकृतं वद । श्रीनारायण उवाच कर्मणोऽदक्षिणस्यैव कुत एव फलं मुने
pūjāvidhiṃ dakṣiṇāyāḥ purā yajñakṛtaṃ vada | śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca karmaṇo'dakṣiṇasyaiva kuta eva phalaṃ mune
Tell (me) the manner of worshipping Dakṣiṇā, as performed of old by Yajña. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: For a rite without a fee, how can there be any fruit at all, O sage?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.66
सदक्षिणे कर्मणि च फलमेव प्रवर्तते । अदक्षिणं च यत्कर्म तद्भुङ्क्ते च बलिर्मुने
sadakṣiṇe karmaṇi ca phalameva pravartate | adakṣiṇaṃ ca yatkarma tadbhuṅkte ca balirmune
In a rite that has its fee, the fruit indeed comes about; but whatever rite is without a fee, that Bali enjoys, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.67
बलये तत्प्रदत्तं च वामनेन पुरा मुने । अश्रोत्रियः श्राद्धद्रव्यमश्रद्धादानमेव च
balaye tatpradattaṃ ca vāmanena purā mune | aśrotriyaḥ śrāddhadravyamaśraddhādānameva ca
For that was granted to Bali of old by Vāmana, O sage: (the offerings of) one who is not learned in the Veda, the materials of a śrāddha (so given), and a gift made without faith,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 45.68
वृषलीपतिविप्राणां पूजाद्रव्यादिकं च यत् । असद्द्विजैः कृतं यज्ञमशुचेः पूजनं च यत्
vṛṣalīpativiprāṇāṃ pūjādravyādikaṃ ca yat | asaddvijaiḥ kṛtaṃ yajñamaśuceḥ pūjanaṃ ca yat
and whatever worship-materials and the like belong to brahmins who are husbands of śūdra women, and a sacrifice performed by bad brahmins, and the worship offered by an impure man,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.69
गुरावभक्तस्य कर्म बलिर्भुङ्क्ते न संशयः । दक्षिणायाश्च यद्ध्यानं स्तोत्रं पूजाविधिक्रमम्
gurāvabhaktasya karma balirbhuṅkte na saṃśayaḥ | dakṣiṇāyāśca yaddhyānaṃ stotraṃ pūjāvidhikramam
and the rite of one who is not devoted to his teacher — Bali enjoys (all these), there is no doubt. And as for the meditation on Dakṣiṇā, her hymn of praise, and the order of the rules of her worship —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.70
तत्सर्वं कण्वशाखोक्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि निशामय । पुरा सम्प्राप्य तां यज्ञः कर्मदक्षां च दक्षिणाम्
tatsarvaṃ kaṇvaśākhoktaṃ pravakṣyāmi niśāmaya | purā samprāpya tāṃ yajñaḥ karmadakṣāṃ ca dakṣiṇām
all that, as stated in the Kāṇva recension, I shall declare; listen. Of old, having obtained her, Dakṣiṇā, who was skilled in rites, Yajña
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.71
मुमोहास्याः स्वरूपेण तुष्टाव कामकातरः । यज्ञ उवाच पुरा गोलोकगोपी त्वं गोपीनां प्रवरा वरा
mumohāsyāḥ svarūpeṇa tuṣṭāva kāmakātaraḥ | yajña uvāca purā golokagopī tvaṃ gopīnāṃ pravarā varā
was infatuated by her beauty and, distressed with desire, praised her. Yajña said: Formerly you were a gopī of Goloka, the foremost and best of the gopīs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.72
राधासमा तत्सखी च श्रीकृष्णप्रेयसी प्रिया । कार्तिकीपूर्णिमायां तु रासे राधामहोत्सवे
rādhāsamā tatsakhī ca śrīkṛṣṇapreyasī priyā | kārtikīpūrṇimāyāṃ tu rāse rādhāmahotsave
equal to Rādhā, her companion, dear and beloved of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; and on the full-moon of Kārttika, at the rāsa, at Rādhā's great festival,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.73
आविर्भूता दक्षिणांसाल्लक्ष्म्याश्च तेन दक्षिणा । पुरा त्वं च सुशीलाख्या ख्याता शीलेन शोभने
āvirbhūtā dakṣiṇāṃsāllakṣmyāśca tena dakṣiṇā | purā tvaṃ ca suśīlākhyā khyātā śīlena śobhane
you appeared from the right shoulder of Lakṣmī, and by that (you are called) Dakṣiṇā. Formerly you were named Suśīlā, renowned for your good character, O lovely one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.74
लक्ष्मीदक्षांसभागात्त्वं राधाशापाच्च दक्षिणा । गोलोकात्त्वं परिभ्रष्टा मम भाग्यादुपस्थिता
lakṣmīdakṣāṃsabhāgāttvaṃ rādhāśāpācca dakṣiṇā | golokāttvaṃ paribhraṣṭā mama bhāgyādupasthitā
From the portion of Lakṣmī's right shoulder, and by Rādhā's curse, you are Dakṣiṇā; fallen from Goloka, you have come to me by my good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.75
कृपां कुरु महाभागे मामेव स्वामिनं कुरु । कर्मिणां कर्मणां देवी त्वमेव फलदा सदा
kṛpāṃ kuru mahābhāge māmeva svāminaṃ kuru | karmiṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ devī tvameva phaladā sadā
Show favour, O greatly fortunate one; make me your husband. O goddess, you alone are ever the giver of the fruit of the rites of those who perform rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.76
त्वया विना च सर्वेषां सर्वं कर्म च निष्फलम् । त्वया विना तथा कर्म कर्मिणां च न शोभते
tvayā vinā ca sarveṣāṃ sarvaṃ karma ca niṣphalam | tvayā vinā tathā karma karmiṇāṃ ca na śobhate
Without you every rite of everyone is fruitless; without you the rite of the performers likewise has no splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.77
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाश्च दिक्पालादय एव च । कर्मणश्च फलं दातुं न शक्ताश्च त्वया विना
brahmaviṣṇumaheśāśca dikpālādaya eva ca | karmaṇaśca phalaṃ dātuṃ na śaktāśca tvayā vinā
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, and the guardians of the directions and the rest, are not able to give the fruit of a rite without you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.78
कर्मरूपी स्वयं ब्रह्मा फलरूपी महेश्वरः । यज्ञरूपी विष्णुरहं त्वमेषां साररूपिणी
karmarūpī svayaṃ brahmā phalarūpī maheśvaraḥ | yajñarūpī viṣṇurahaṃ tvameṣāṃ sārarūpiṇī
Brahmā himself is the form of the rite, Maheśvara the form of the fruit, and I, Viṣṇu, am the form of the sacrifice; you are the essential form of these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.79
फलदातृपरं ब्रह्म निर्गुणा प्रकृतिः परा । स्वयं कृष्णश्च भगवान् स च शक्तस्त्वया सह
phaladātṛparaṃ brahma nirguṇā prakṛtiḥ parā | svayaṃ kṛṣṇaśca bhagavān sa ca śaktastvayā saha
The supreme Brahman is the giver of the fruit; the supreme Nature is without qualities; and Kṛṣṇa the Lord himself is potent (only) together with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.80
त्वमेव शक्तिः कान्ते मे शश्वज्जन्मनि जन्मनि । सर्वकर्मणि शक्तोऽहं त्वया सह वरानने
tvameva śaktiḥ kānte me śaśvajjanmani janmani | sarvakarmaṇi śakto'haṃ tvayā saha varānane
"You alone are my power, beloved, always, birth after birth; together with you I am capable in every act, O fair-faced one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.81
इत्युक्त्वा च पुरस्तस्थौ यज्ञाधिष्ठातृदेवता । तुष्टा बभूव सा देवी भेजे तं कमलाकला
ityuktvā ca purastasthau yajñādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā | tuṣṭā babhūva sā devī bheje taṃ kamalākalā
And having said this, the deity who presides over sacrifice stood before (her); that goddess, the portion of Kamalā, was pleased, and she attached herself to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.82
इदं च दक्षिणास्तोत्रं यज्ञकाले च यः पठेत् । फलं च सर्वयज्ञानां प्राप्नोति नात्र संशयः
idaṃ ca dakṣiṇāstotraṃ yajñakāle ca yaḥ paṭhet | phalaṃ ca sarvayajñānāṃ prāpnoti nātra saṃśayaḥ
And whoever recites this hymn to Dakṣiṇā at the time of a sacrifice obtains the fruit of all sacrifices; there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.83
राजसूये वाजपेये गोमेधे नरमेधके । अश्वमेधे लाङ्गले च विष्णुयज्ञे यशस्करे
rājasūye vājapeye gomedhe naramedhake | aśvamedhe lāṅgale ca viṣṇuyajñe yaśaskare
At the rājasūya, at the vājapeya, at the cow-sacrifice, at the man-sacrifice, at the horse-sacrifice, at the plough(-sacrifice), and at the fame-producing Viṣṇu-sacrifice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.84
धनदे भूमिदे पूर्ते फलदे गजमेधके । लोहयज्ञे स्वर्णयज्ञे रत्नयज्ञेऽथ ताम्रके
dhanade bhūmide pūrte phalade gajamedhake | lohayajñe svarṇayajñe ratnayajñe'tha tāmrake
at the wealth-giving, the land-giving, the pūrta (charitable work), the fruit-giving, the elephant-sacrifice, at the iron-sacrifice, the gold-sacrifice, the jewel-sacrifice, and then the copper(-sacrifice),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.85
शिवयज्ञे रुद्रयज्ञे शक्रयज्ञे च बन्धुके । वृष्टौ वरुणयागे च कण्डके वैरिमर्दने
śivayajñe rudrayajñe śakrayajñe ca bandhuke | vṛṣṭau varuṇayāge ca kaṇḍake vairimardane
at the Śiva-sacrifice, the Rudra-sacrifice, the Śakra-sacrifice, and the bandhuka, at (the rite) for rain and at the offering to Varuṇa, at the kaṇḍaka and at the crushing of foes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 45.86
शुचियज्ञे धर्मयज्ञेऽध्वरे च पापमोचने । ब्रह्माणीकर्मयागे च योनियागे च भद्रके
śuciyajñe dharmayajñe'dhvare ca pāpamocane | brahmāṇīkarmayāge ca yoniyāge ca bhadrake
at the śuci-sacrifice, the dharma-sacrifice, at an adhvara, at (the rite for) release from sin, at the sacrifice of the rite of Brahmāṇī, at the yoni-offering, and at the bhadraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 9 45.87
एतेषां च समारम्भे इदं स्तोत्रं च यः पठेत् । निर्विघ्नेन च तत्कर्म सर्वं भवति निश्चितम्
eteṣāṃ ca samārambhe idaṃ stotraṃ ca yaḥ paṭhet | nirvighnena ca tatkarma sarvaṃ bhavati niścitam
whoever recites this hymn at the commencement of these — that whole rite of his comes about without obstacle, for certain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.88
इदं स्तोत्रं च कथितं ध्यानं पूजाविधिं शृणु । शालग्रामे घटे वापि दक्षिणां पूजयेत्सुधीः
idaṃ stotraṃ ca kathitaṃ dhyānaṃ pūjāvidhiṃ śṛṇu | śālagrāme ghaṭe vāpi dakṣiṇāṃ pūjayetsudhīḥ
This hymn has been told; now hear the meditation and the procedure of worship: the wise man should worship Dakṣiṇā in a śālagrāma stone or else in a jar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.89
लक्ष्मीदक्षांससम्भूतां दक्षिणां कमलाकलाम् । सर्वकर्मसुदक्षां च फलदां सर्वकर्मणाम्
lakṣmīdakṣāṃsasambhūtāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ kamalākalām | sarvakarmasudakṣāṃ ca phaladāṃ sarvakarmaṇām
(I worship) Dakṣiṇā, arisen from Lakṣmī's right shoulder, a portion of Kamalā, most skilled in every rite, the giver of the fruit of all rites,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.90
विष्णोः शक्तिस्वरूपां च पूजितां वन्दितां शुभाम् । शुद्धिदां शुद्धिरूपां च सुशीलां शुभदां भजे
viṣṇoḥ śaktisvarūpāṃ ca pūjitāṃ vanditāṃ śubhām | śuddhidāṃ śuddhirūpāṃ ca suśīlāṃ śubhadāṃ bhaje
and Viṣṇu's very power in form, worshipped, saluted, auspicious, giver of purity and purity itself in form, of good conduct, giver of good — her I revere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.91
ध्यात्वानेनैव वरदां मूलेन पूजयेत्सुधीः । दत्त्वा पाद्यादिकं देव्यै वेदोक्तेनैव नारद
dhyātvānenaiva varadāṃ mūlena pūjayetsudhīḥ | dattvā pādyādikaṃ devyai vedoktenaiva nārada
Having meditated thus on the giver of boons, the wise man should worship her with the root-mantra, offering water for the feet and the rest to the goddess just as the Veda prescribes, Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.92
ॐ श्रीं क्लीं ह्रीं दक्षिणायै स्वाहेति च विचक्षणः । पूजयेद्विधिवद् भक्त्या दक्षिणां सर्वपूजिताम्
oṃ śrīṃ klīṃ hrīṃ dakṣiṇāyai svāheti ca vicakṣaṇaḥ | pūjayedvidhivad bhaktyā dakṣiṇāṃ sarvapūjitām
"Oṃ śrīṃ klīṃ hrīṃ, to Dakṣiṇā, svāhā" — thus the discerning one should worship, according to rule and with devotion, Dakṣiṇā who is worshipped by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.93
इत्येवं कथितं ब्रह्मन् दक्षिणाख्यानमेव च । सुखदं प्रीतिदं चैव फलदं सर्वकर्मणाम्
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ brahman dakṣiṇākhyānameva ca | sukhadaṃ prītidaṃ caiva phaladaṃ sarvakarmaṇām
Thus, brahman, has the narrative of Dakṣiṇā been told, which gives happiness and gives delight, and gives the fruit of all rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.94
इदं च दक्षिणाख्यानं यः शृणोति समाहितः । अङ्गहीनं च तत्कर्म न भवेद्भारते भुवि
idaṃ ca dakṣiṇākhyānaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ | aṅgahīnaṃ ca tatkarma na bhavedbhārate bhuvi
And whoever listens with concentration to this narrative of Dakṣiṇā — his rite will not be lacking in any part, here on the soil of Bharata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.95
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं निश्चितं च गुणान्वितम् । भार्याहीनो लभेद्भार्यां सुशीलां सुन्दरीं पराम्
aputro labhate putraṃ niścitaṃ ca guṇānvitam | bhāryāhīno labhedbhāryāṃ suśīlāṃ sundarīṃ parām
One without a son certainly obtains a son endowed with good qualities; one lacking a wife obtains a wife of good conduct, beautiful, excellent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.96
वरारोहां पुत्रवतीं विनीतां प्रियवादिनीम् । पतिव्रतां च शुद्धां च कुलजां च वधूं वराम्
varārohāṃ putravatīṃ vinītāṃ priyavādinīm | pativratāṃ ca śuddhāṃ ca kulajāṃ ca vadhūṃ varām
with fine hips, bearing sons, modest, sweet of speech, devoted to her husband, pure, born of good family — an excellent bride.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.97
विद्याहीनो लभेद्विद्यां धनहीनो लभेद्धनम् । भूमिहीनो लभेद्भूमिं प्रजाहीनो लभेत्प्रजाम्
vidyāhīno labhedvidyāṃ dhanahīno labheddhanam | bhūmihīno labhedbhūmiṃ prajāhīno labhetprajām
One without learning obtains learning, one without wealth obtains wealth, one without land obtains land, one without offspring obtains offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 9 45.98
सङ्कटे बन्धुविच्छेदे विपत्तौ बन्धने तथा । मासमेकमिदं श्रुत्वा मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
saṅkaṭe bandhuvicchede vipattau bandhane tathā | māsamekamidaṃ śrutvā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
In straits, in separation from kin, in calamity, and likewise in imprisonment, by hearing this for one month one is released; there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition