Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 5
DB 9 5.1
याज्ञवल्क्यकृतं सरस्वतीस्तोत्रवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच वाग्देवतायाः स्तवनं श्रूयतां सर्वकामदम् । महामुनिर्याज्ञवल्क्यो येन तुष्टाव तां पुरा
yājñavalkyakṛtaṃ sarasvatīstotravarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca vāgdevatāyāḥ stavanaṃ śrūyatāṃ sarvakāmadam | mahāmuniryājñavalkyo yena tuṣṭāva tāṃ purā
The account of the hymn to Sarasvatī composed by Yājñavalkya. Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Let the praise of the goddess of speech be heard, which grants all desires, with which the great sage Yājñavalkya once satisfied her.
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DB 9 5.2
गुरुशापाज्ज स मुनिर्हतविद्यो बभूव ह । तदा जगाम दुःखार्तो रविस्थानं सुपुण्यदम्
guruśāpājja sa munirhatavidyo babhūva ha | tadā jagāma duḥkhārto ravisthānaṃ supuṇyadam
By his teacher's curse that sage became deprived of his learning; then, afflicted with grief, he went to the abode of the sun, which bestows great merit.
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DB 9 5.3
सम्प्राप्य तपसा सूर्यं लोलार्के दृष्टिगोचरे । तुष्टाव सूर्यं शोकेन रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः
samprāpya tapasā sūryaṃ lolārke dṛṣṭigocare | tuṣṭāva sūryaṃ śokena ruroda ca muhurmuhuḥ
Having reached the Sun by austerity, when Lolārka came within his sight, he praised the Sun and wept again and again in sorrow.
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DB 9 5.4
सूर्यस्तं पाठयामास वेदं वेदाङ्गमीश्वरः । उवाच स्तौहि वाग्देवीं भक्त्या च स्मृतिहेतवे
sūryastaṃ pāṭhayāmāsa vedaṃ vedāṅgamīśvaraḥ | uvāca stauhi vāgdevīṃ bhaktyā ca smṛtihetave
The Sun, the Lord, had him recite the Veda and the limbs of the Veda, and said: "Praise the goddess of speech with devotion, for the sake of memory."
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DB 9 5.5
तमित्युक्त्वा दीननाथोऽप्यन्तर्धानं चकार सः । मुनिः स्नात्वा च तुष्टाव भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः याज्ञवल्क्यकृतं सरस्वतीस्तोत्रवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः
tamityuktvā dīnanātho'pyantardhānaṃ cakāra saḥ | muniḥ snātvā ca tuṣṭāva bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ yājñavalkyakṛtaṃ sarasvatīstotravarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ
Having said this to him, that protector of the wretched vanished; and the sage, having bathed, praised (her), his neck and self bowed low in devotion. [End of] the fifth chapter, called "The Description of the Hymn to Sarasvatī Composed by Yājñavalkya."
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DB 9 5.6
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच कृपां कुरु जगन्मातर्मामेवं हततेजसम् । गुरुशापात्स्मृतिभ्रष्टं विद्याहीनं च दुःखितम्
yājñavalkya uvāca kṛpāṃ kuru jaganmātarmāmevaṃ hatatejasam | guruśāpātsmṛtibhraṣṭaṃ vidyāhīnaṃ ca duḥkhitam
Yājñavalkya said: Have mercy, O Mother of the world, on me who am thus robbed of my vigour, fallen from memory by my teacher's curse, bereft of learning, and miserable.
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DB 9 5.7
ज्ञानं देहि स्मृतिं विद्यां शक्तिं शिष्यप्रबोधिनीम् । ग्रन्थकर्तृत्वशक्तिं च सुशिष्यं सुप्रतिष्ठितम्
jñānaṃ dehi smṛtiṃ vidyāṃ śaktiṃ śiṣyaprabodhinīm | granthakartṛtvaśaktiṃ ca suśiṣyaṃ supratiṣṭhitam
Grant (me) knowledge, memory, learning, the power to awaken pupils, the power of authorship, and a good, well-established pupil;
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DB 9 5.8
प्रतिभां सत्सभायां च विचारक्षमतां शुभाम् । लुप्तं सर्वं दैवयोगान्नवीभूतं पुनः कुरु
pratibhāṃ satsabhāyāṃ ca vicārakṣamatāṃ śubhām | luptaṃ sarvaṃ daivayogānnavībhūtaṃ punaḥ kuru
and brilliance in the assembly of the good, and the auspicious capacity for reasoning. Make new again all that has been lost by the working of fate,
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DB 9 5.9
यथाङ्कुरं भस्मनि च करोति देवता पुनः । ब्रह्मस्वरूपा परमा ज्योतीरूपा सनातनी
yathāṅkuraṃ bhasmani ca karoti devatā punaḥ | brahmasvarūpā paramā jyotīrūpā sanātanī
just as a deity makes a sprout (grow) again even in ashes. She whose nature is Brahman, the supreme, whose form is light, the everlasting,
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DB 9 5.10
सर्वविद्याधिदेवी या तस्यै वाण्यै नमो नमः । विसर्गबिन्दुमात्रासु यदधिष्ठानमेव च
sarvavidyādhidevī yā tasyai vāṇyai namo namaḥ | visargabindumātrāsu yadadhiṣṭhānameva ca
who is the presiding deity of all learning — to her, to Vāṇī, salutation upon salutation. And that which is the very substratum in the visarga, the bindu and the (vowel-)measures,
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DB 9 5.11
तदधिष्ठात्री या देवी तस्यै नित्यै नमो नमः । व्याख्यास्वरूपा सा देवी व्याख्याधिष्ठातृरूपिणी
tadadhiṣṭhātrī yā devī tasyai nityai namo namaḥ | vyākhyāsvarūpā sā devī vyākhyādhiṣṭhātṛrūpiṇī
the goddess who presides over that — to her, the eternal one, salutation upon salutation. That goddess is exposition itself, and she takes the form of the presider over exposition.
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DB 9 5.12
यया विना प्रसंख्यावान् संख्यां कर्तुं न शक्यते । कालसंख्यास्वरूपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमो नमः
yayā vinā prasaṃkhyāvān saṃkhyāṃ kartuṃ na śakyate | kālasaṃkhyāsvarūpā yā tasyai devyai namo namaḥ
Without whom one skilled in reckoning is unable to make a reckoning — she who is the very form of the counting of time: to that goddess, salutation upon salutation.
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DB 9 5.13
भ्रमसिद्धान्तरूपा या तस्यै देव्यै नमो नमः । स्मृतिशक्तिज्ञानशक्तिबुद्धिशक्तिस्वरूपिणी
bhramasiddhāntarūpā yā tasyai devyai namo namaḥ | smṛtiśaktijñānaśaktibuddhiśaktisvarūpiṇī
She who is the form of both error and settled doctrine — to that goddess, salutation upon salutation; she who embodies the power of memory, the power of knowledge, and the power of intellect,
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DB 9 5.14
प्रतिभाकल्पनाशक्तिर्या च तस्यै नमो नमः । सनत्कुमारो ब्रह्माणं ज्ञानं पप्रच्छ यत्र वै
pratibhākalpanāśaktiryā ca tasyai namo namaḥ | sanatkumāro brahmāṇaṃ jñānaṃ papraccha yatra vai
who is the power of insight and of invention — to her, salutation upon salutation. When Sanatkumāra asked Brahmā about knowledge,
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DB 9 5.15
बभूव मूकवत्सोऽपि सिद्धान्तं कर्तुमक्षमः । तदाऽऽजगाम भगवानात्मा श्रीकृष्ण ईश्वरः
babhūva mūkavatso'pi siddhāntaṃ kartumakṣamaḥ | tadā''jagāma bhagavānātmā śrīkṛṣṇa īśvaraḥ
he became as one dumb, unable to reach a conclusion; then came the Lord, the Self, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the ruler.
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DB 9 5.16
उवाच स तां स्तौहि वाणीमिष्टां प्रजापते । स च तुष्टाव तां ब्रह्मा चाज्ञया परमात्मनः
uvāca sa tāṃ stauhi vāṇīmiṣṭāṃ prajāpate | sa ca tuṣṭāva tāṃ brahmā cājñayā paramātmanaḥ
He said to him: "Praise her, the beloved Vāṇī, O Prajāpati"; and Brahmā praised her at the command of the Supreme Self,
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DB 9 5.17
चकार तत्प्रसादेन तदा सिद्धान्तमुत्तमम् । यदाप्यनन्तं पप्रच्छ ज्ञानमेकं वसुन्धरा
cakāra tatprasādena tadā siddhāntamuttamam | yadāpyanantaṃ papraccha jñānamekaṃ vasundharā
and by her grace he then framed the excellent conclusion. And when the Earth asked Ananta a single (question on) knowledge,
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DB 9 5.18
बभूव मूकवत्सोऽपि सिद्धान्तं कर्तुमक्षमः । तदा तां स च तुष्टाव संत्रस्तः कश्यपाज्ञया
babhūva mūkavatso'pi siddhāntaṃ kartumakṣamaḥ | tadā tāṃ sa ca tuṣṭāva saṃtrastaḥ kaśyapājñayā
he too became as one dumb, unable to reach a conclusion; then, alarmed, he praised her at Kaśyapa's bidding,
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DB 9 5.19
ततश्चकार सिद्धान्तं निर्मलं भ्रमभञ्जनम् । व्यासः पुराणसूत्रं च पप्रच्छ वाल्मिकिं यदा
tataścakāra siddhāntaṃ nirmalaṃ bhramabhañjanam | vyāsaḥ purāṇasūtraṃ ca papraccha vālmikiṃ yadā
and thereupon framed a conclusion, spotless, shattering delusion. When Vyāsa asked Vālmīki about the aphorisms of the Purāṇa,
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DB 9 5.20
मौनीभूतश्च सस्मार तामेव जगदम्बिकाम् । तदा चकार सिद्धान्तं तद्वरेण मुनीश्वरः
maunībhūtaśca sasmāra tāmeva jagadambikām | tadā cakāra siddhāntaṃ tadvareṇa munīśvaraḥ
he fell silent and called to mind her alone, the Mother of the world; then, by her boon, that lord of sages framed the conclusion,
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DB 9 5.21
सम्प्राप्य निर्मलं ज्ञानं भ्रमान्धध्वंसदीपकम् । पुराणसूत्रं श्रुत्वा च व्यासः कृष्णकलोद्भवः
samprāpya nirmalaṃ jñānaṃ bhramāndhadhvaṃsadīpakam | purāṇasūtraṃ śrutvā ca vyāsaḥ kṛṣṇakalodbhavaḥ
having obtained spotless knowledge, a lamp that destroys the blindness of delusion. And having heard the aphorisms of the Purāṇa, Vyāsa, sprung from a portion of Kṛṣṇa,
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DB 9 5.22
तां शिवां वेद दध्यौ च शतवर्षं च पुष्करे । तदा त्वत्तो वरं प्राप्य सत्कवीन्द्रो बभूव ह
tāṃ śivāṃ veda dadhyau ca śatavarṣaṃ ca puṣkare | tadā tvatto varaṃ prāpya satkavīndro babhūva ha
meditated on her, the auspicious one, (mistress) of the Veda, for a hundred years at Puṣkara; then, obtaining a boon from you, he became a foremost among true poets,
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DB 9 5.23
तदा वेदविभागं च पुराणं च चकार सः । यदा महेन्द्रः पप्रच्छ तत्त्वज्ञानं सदाशिवम्
tadā vedavibhāgaṃ ca purāṇaṃ ca cakāra saḥ | yadā mahendraḥ papraccha tattvajñānaṃ sadāśivam
and then he made the division of the Vedas and the Purāṇa. When great Indra asked Sadāśiva about the knowledge of reality,
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DB 9 5.24
क्षणं तामेव सञ्चिन्त्य तस्मै ज्ञानं ददौ विभुः । पप्रच्छ शब्दशास्त्रं च महेन्द्रश्च बृहस्पतिम्
kṣaṇaṃ tāmeva sañcintya tasmai jñānaṃ dadau vibhuḥ | papraccha śabdaśāstraṃ ca mahendraśca bṛhaspatim
Having meditated on her for but a moment, the mighty one gave him that knowledge; and great Indra asked Bṛhaspati about the science of words (grammar).
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DB 9 5.25
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं च स त्वां दध्यौ च पुष्करे । तदा त्वत्तो वरं प्राप्य दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम्
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca sa tvāṃ dadhyau ca puṣkare | tadā tvatto varaṃ prāpya divyavarṣasahasrakam
And for a thousand divine years he meditated on you at Puṣkara; then, having obtained a boon from you, for a thousand divine years —
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DB 9 5.26
उवाच शब्दशास्त्रं च तदर्थं च सुरेश्वरम् । अध्यापिताश्च ये शिष्या यैरधीतं मुनीश्वरैः
uvāca śabdaśāstraṃ ca tadarthaṃ ca sureśvaram | adhyāpitāśca ye śiṣyā yairadhītaṃ munīśvaraiḥ
— he expounded the science of words and its meaning to the lord of the gods; and those pupils who were taught, and those lords among sages by whom it was studied —
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DB 9 5.27
ते च तां परिसञ्चिन्त्य प्रवर्तन्ते सुरेश्वरीम् । त्वं संस्तुता पूजिता च मुनीन्द्रैर्मनुमानवैः
te ca tāṃ parisañcintya pravartante sureśvarīm | tvaṃ saṃstutā pūjitā ca munīndrairmanumānavaiḥ
they too, meditating on her, the sovereign of the gods, set to work (on it). You are praised and worshipped by the chief sages, by Manus and men,
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DB 9 5.28
दैत्येन्द्रैश्च सुरैश्चापि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादिभिः । जडीभूतः सहस्रास्यः पञ्चवक्त्रश्चतुर्मुखः
daityendraiśca suraiścāpi brahmaviṣṇuśivādibhiḥ | jaḍībhūtaḥ sahasrāsyaḥ pañcavaktraścaturmukhaḥ
and by the lords of the Daityas and by the gods too, and by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest. The thousand-mouthed (Ananta), the five-faced (Śiva), the four-faced (Brahmā) have become dumb (in attempting)
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DB 9 5.29
यां स्तोतुं किमहं स्तौमि तामेकास्येन मानवः । इत्युक्त्वा याज्ञवल्क्यश्च भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः
yāṃ stotuṃ kimahaṃ staumi tāmekāsyena mānavaḥ | ityuktvā yājñavalkyaśca bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ
to praise her — how then shall I, a man with a single mouth, praise her? Having said this, Yājñavalkya, his neck bowed down by devotion,
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DB 9 5.30
प्रणनाम निराहारो रुरोद च मुहुर्मुहुः । ज्योतीरूपा महामाया तेन दृष्टाप्युवाच तम्
praṇanāma nirāhāro ruroda ca muhurmuhuḥ | jyotīrūpā mahāmāyā tena dṛṣṭāpyuvāca tam
bowed low, fasting, and wept again and again. And the great Māyā, in the form of light, having been seen by him, said to him:
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DB 9 5.31
सुकवीन्द्रो भवेत्युक्त्वा वैकुण्ठं च जगाम ह । याज्ञवल्क्यकृतं वाणीस्तोत्रमेतत्तु यः पठेत्
sukavīndro bhavetyuktvā vaikuṇṭhaṃ ca jagāma ha | yājñavalkyakṛtaṃ vāṇīstotrametattu yaḥ paṭhet
"Become the foremost of good poets" — and having said so she went to Vaikuṇṭha. And whoever recites this hymn to Vāṇī composed by Yājñavalkya,
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DB 9 5.32
स कवीन्द्रो महावाग्मी बृहस्पतिसमो भवेत् । महामूर्खश्च दुर्बुद्धिर्वर्षमेकं यदा पठेत्
sa kavīndro mahāvāgmī bṛhaspatisamo bhavet | mahāmūrkhaśca durbuddhirvarṣamekaṃ yadā paṭhet
he becomes a chief of poets, greatly eloquent, equal to Bṛhaspati; and when a great fool of poor understanding recites it for one year,
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DB 9 5.33
स पण्डितश्च मेधावी सुकवीन्द्रो भवे ध्रुवम्
sa paṇḍitaśca medhāvī sukavīndro bhave dhruvam
he surely becomes learned, intelligent, and the foremost of good poets.
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