Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 8

DB 9 8.1

नारायणनारदसंवादे कलिमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच सरस्वती पुण्यक्षेत्रमाजगाम च भारते । गङ्गाशापेन कलया स्वयं तस्थौ हरेः पदे

nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde kalimāhātmyavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca sarasvatī puṇyakṣetramājagāma ca bhārate | gaṅgāśāpena kalayā svayaṃ tasthau hareḥ pade

(Description of the greatness of Kali in the dialogue of Nārāyaṇa and Nārada.) Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: And Sarasvatī came to the holy region in Bhārata by (Gaṅgā's) curse, by a portion (of herself), while she herself remained at Hari's feet.

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DB 9 8.2

भारती भारतं गत्वा ब्राह्मी च ब्रह्मणः प्रिया । वाण्यधिष्ठातृदेवी सा तेन वाणी प्रकीर्तिता

bhāratī bhārataṃ gatvā brāhmī ca brahmaṇaḥ priyā | vāṇyadhiṣṭhātṛdevī sā tena vāṇī prakīrtitā

Bhāratī, having gone to Bhārata — she is Brāhmī, dear to Brahmā; she is the goddess presiding over speech, and therefore she is proclaimed Vāṇī.

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DB 9 8.3

सरो वाप्यां च स्रोतस्तु सर्वत्रैव हि दृश्यते । हरिः सरस्वांस्तस्येयं तेन नाम्ना सरस्वती

saro vāpyāṃ ca srotastu sarvatraiva hi dṛśyate | hariḥ sarasvāṃstasyeyaṃ tena nāmnā sarasvatī

For a lake, or a pool, or a stream is indeed seen everywhere; Hari is 'Sarasvān' (possessor of waters), and she is his, so by that name she is Sarasvatī.

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DB 9 8.4

सरस्वती नदी सा च तीर्थरूपातिपावनी । पापिनां पापदाहाय ज्वलदग्निस्वरूपिणी

sarasvatī nadī sā ca tīrtharūpātipāvanī | pāpināṃ pāpadāhāya jvaladagnisvarūpiṇī

And she is the river Sarasvatī, most purifying in the form of a sacred ford, having the form of blazing fire to burn up the sin of sinners.

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DB 9 8.5

पश्चाद्भागीरथी नीता महीं भगीरथेन च । सा वै जगाम कलया वाणीशापेन नारद

paścādbhāgīrathī nītā mahīṃ bhagīrathena ca | sā vai jagāma kalayā vāṇīśāpena nārada

Afterwards Bhāgīrathī was brought to the earth by Bhagīratha; she indeed went by a portion (of herself), by Vāṇī's curse, O Nārada.

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DB 9 8.6

तत्रैव समये तां च दधार शिरसा शिवः । वेगं सोढुमयं शक्तो भुवः प्रार्थनया विभुः

tatraiva samaye tāṃ ca dadhāra śirasā śivaḥ | vegaṃ soḍhumayaṃ śakto bhuvaḥ prārthanayā vibhuḥ

At that very time Śiva bore her upon his head; the mighty Lord, able to withstand her force, (did so) at the earth's entreaty.

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DB 9 8.7

पद्मा जगाम कलया सा च पद्मावती नदी । भारतं भारतीशापात्स्वयं तस्थौ हरेः पदे

padmā jagāma kalayā sā ca padmāvatī nadī | bhārataṃ bhāratīśāpātsvayaṃ tasthau hareḥ pade

Padmā went by a portion (of herself), and she is the river Padmāvatī; (she went) to Bhārata by Bhāratī's curse, while she herself remained at Hari's feet.

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DB 9 8.8

ततोऽन्यया सा कलया लेभे जन्म च भारते । धर्मध्वजसुता लक्ष्मीर्विख्याता तुलसीति च नारायणनारदसंवादे कलिमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः

tato'nyayā sā kalayā lebhe janma ca bhārate | dharmadhvajasutā lakṣmīrvikhyātā tulasīti ca nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde kalimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ

Then by another portion she took birth in Bhārata: Lakṣmī, the daughter of Dharmadhvaja, renowned as Tulasī. (Thus the eighth chapter, named the description of the greatness of Kali, in the dialogue of Nārāyaṇa and Nārada.)

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DB 9 8.9

पुरा सरस्वतीशापात्पश्चाच्च हरिशापतः । बभूव वृक्षरूपा सा कलया विश्वपावनी

purā sarasvatīśāpātpaścācca hariśāpataḥ | babhūva vṛkṣarūpā sā kalayā viśvapāvanī

Formerly by Sarasvatī's curse, and afterwards by Hari's curse, she became, by a portion (of herself), tree-formed, the purifier of the world.

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DB 9 8.10

कलेः पञ्चसहस्रं च वर्षं स्थित्वा तु भारते । जग्मुस्ताश्च सरिद्रूपं विहाय श्रीहरेः पदम्

kaleḥ pañcasahasraṃ ca varṣaṃ sthitvā tu bhārate | jagmustāśca saridrūpaṃ vihāya śrīhareḥ padam

Having remained in Bhārata for five thousand years of the Kali age, they too, abandoning their river-forms, went to the abode of Śrī Hari.

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DB 9 8.11

यानि सर्वाणि तीर्थानि काशीं वृन्दावनं विना । यास्यन्ति सार्धं ताभिश्च वैकुण्ठमाज्ञया हरेः

yāni sarvāṇi tīrthāni kāśīṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vinā | yāsyanti sārdhaṃ tābhiśca vaikuṇṭhamājñayā hareḥ

And all the sacred fords, save Kāśī and Vṛndāvana, will go along with them to Vaikuṇṭha by Hari's command.

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DB 9 8.12

शालग्रामः शक्तिशिवौ जगन्नाथश्च भारतम् । कलेर्दशसहस्रान्ते त्यक्त्वा यान्ति निजं पदम्

śālagrāmaḥ śaktiśivau jagannāthaśca bhāratam | kalerdaśasahasrānte tyaktvā yānti nijaṃ padam

The Śālagrāma (stone), Śakti and Śiva, and Jagannātha, at the end of ten thousand years of Kali, abandon Bhārata and go to their own abode.

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DB 9 8.13

साधवश्च पुराणानि शङ्खानि श्राद्धतर्पणे । वेदोक्तानि च कर्माणि ययुस्तैः सार्धमेव च

sādhavaśca purāṇāni śaṅkhāni śrāddhatarpaṇe | vedoktāni ca karmāṇi yayustaiḥ sārdhameva ca

And the good men, the Purāṇas, the conches, the śrāddha and tarpaṇa rites, and the acts enjoined in the Vedas went away together with them.

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DB 9 8.14

देवपूजा देवनाम तत्कीर्तिगुणकीर्तनम् । वेदाङ्गानि च शास्त्राणि ययुस्तैः सार्धमेव च

devapūjā devanāma tatkīrtiguṇakīrtanam | vedāṅgāni ca śāstrāṇi yayustaiḥ sārdhameva ca

Worship of the gods, the names of the gods, the proclaiming of their fame and virtues, the auxiliary sciences of the Veda and the (other) treatises went away together with them.

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DB 9 8.15

सन्तश्च सत्यधर्मश्च वेदाश्च ग्रामदेवताः । व्रतं तपश्चानशनं ययुस्तैः सार्धमेव च

santaśca satyadharmaśca vedāśca grāmadevatāḥ | vrataṃ tapaścānaśanaṃ yayustaiḥ sārdhameva ca

The saints, true dharma, the Vedas, and the village deities, vow, austerity and fasting went away together with them.

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DB 9 8.16

वामाचाररताः सर्वे मिथ्याकपटसंयुताः । तुलसीरहिता पूजा भविष्यति ततः परम्

vāmācāraratāḥ sarve mithyākapaṭasaṃyutāḥ | tulasīrahitā pūjā bhaviṣyati tataḥ param

After that, all will be devoted to left-hand practice, filled with falsehood and deceit, and worship will be without tulasī.

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DB 9 8.17

शठाः क्रूरा दाम्भिकाश्च महाहङ्कारसंयुताः । चोराश्च हिंसकाः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति ततः परम्

śaṭhāḥ krūrā dāmbhikāśca mahāhaṅkārasaṃyutāḥ | corāśca hiṃsakāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti tataḥ param

After that, all will become crooked, cruel, hypocritical, filled with great egotism, thieves and doers of injury.

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DB 9 8.18

पुंसो भेदः स्त्रीविभेदो विवाहो वापि निर्भयः । स्वस्वामिभेदो वस्तूनां भविष्यति ततः परम्

puṃso bhedaḥ strīvibhedo vivāho vāpi nirbhayaḥ | svasvāmibhedo vastūnāṃ bhaviṣyati tataḥ param

After that there will be division among men and division among women; even marriage will be without restraint; and there will be a splitting of ownership of goods.

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DB 9 8.19

सर्वे स्त्रीवशगाः पुंसः पुश्चल्यश्च गृहे गृहे । तर्जनैर्भर्त्सनैः शश्वत्स्वामिनं ताडयन्ति च

sarve strīvaśagāḥ puṃsaḥ puścalyaśca gṛhe gṛhe | tarjanairbhartsanaiḥ śaśvatsvāminaṃ tāḍayanti ca

All men will be subject to women, and there will be loose women in house after house; with threats and scoldings they constantly beat their husbands.

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DB 9 8.20

गृहेश्वरी च गृहिणी गृही भृत्याधिकोऽधमः । चेटीदाससमौ वध्वाः श्वश्रूश्च श्वशुरस्तथा

gṛheśvarī ca gṛhiṇī gṛhī bhṛtyādhiko'dhamaḥ | ceṭīdāsasamau vadhvāḥ śvaśrūśca śvaśurastathā

The housewife will be the mistress of the house, and the householder lower than a servant; the mother-in-law and the father-in-law will be like the maidservant and manservant of the son's wife.

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DB 9 8.21

कर्तारो बलिनो गेहे योनिसम्बन्धिबान्धवाः । विद्यासम्बन्धिभिः सार्धं सम्भाषापि न विद्यते

kartāro balino gehe yonisambandhibāndhavāḥ | vidyāsambandhibhiḥ sārdhaṃ sambhāṣāpi na vidyate

In the house those who act and hold power are the kinsmen related by marriage; with those related through learning there is not even conversation.

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DB 9 8.22

यथापरिचिता लोकास्तथा पुंसश्च बान्धवाः । सर्वकर्माक्षमाः पुंसो योषितामाज्ञया विना

yathāparicitā lokāstathā puṃsaśca bāndhavāḥ | sarvakarmākṣamāḥ puṃso yoṣitāmājñayā vinā

As strangers are, so too will a man's own kinsmen be; men will be incapable of any act without the permission of women.

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DB 9 8.23

ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशः शूद्रा जात्याचारविवर्जिताः । सन्ध्या च यज्ञसूत्रं च भवेल्लुप्तं न संशयः

brahmakṣatraviśaḥ śūdrā jātyācāravivarjitāḥ | sandhyā ca yajñasūtraṃ ca bhavelluptaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras will be devoid of the conduct proper to their birth; the twilight worship and the sacrificial thread will be lost—there is no doubt.

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DB 9 8.24

म्लेच्छाचारा भविष्यन्ति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । म्लेच्छशास्त्रं पठिष्यन्ति स्वशास्त्राणि विहाय च

mlecchācārā bhaviṣyanti varṇāścatvāra eva ca | mlecchaśāstraṃ paṭhiṣyanti svaśāstrāṇi vihāya ca

The four classes will come to have the practices of barbarians, and abandoning their own scriptures they will study the scripture of the barbarians.

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DB 9 8.25

ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशाः शूद्राणां सेवकाः कलौ । सूपकारा धावकाश्च वृषवाहाश्च सर्वशः

brahmakṣatraviśāṃ vaṃśāḥ śūdrāṇāṃ sevakāḥ kalau | sūpakārā dhāvakāśca vṛṣavāhāśca sarvaśaḥ

In the Kali age the lineages of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas will be servants of Śūdras, and everywhere cooks, runners, and drivers of oxen.

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DB 9 8.26

सत्यहीना जनाः सर्वे सस्यहीना च मेदिनी । फलहीनाश्च तरवोऽपत्यहीनाश्च योषितः

satyahīnā janāḥ sarve sasyahīnā ca medinī | phalahīnāśca taravo'patyahīnāśca yoṣitaḥ

All people will be without truth, the earth without crops, the trees without fruit, and the women without offspring.

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DB 9 8.27

क्षीरहीनास्तथा गावः क्षीरं सर्पिर्विवर्जितम् । दम्पती प्रीतिहीनौ च गृहिणः सत्यवर्जिताः

kṣīrahīnāstathā gāvaḥ kṣīraṃ sarpirvivarjitam | dampatī prītihīnau ca gṛhiṇaḥ satyavarjitāḥ

So too the cows will be without milk, and the milk without butter; husbands and wives will be without affection, and householders devoid of truth.

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DB 9 8.28

प्रतापहीना भूपाश्च प्रजाश्च करपीडिताः । जलहीना महानद्यो दीर्घिकाकन्दरादयः

pratāpahīnā bhūpāśca prajāśca karapīḍitāḥ | jalahīnā mahānadyo dīrghikākandarādayaḥ

And kings will be without majesty and their subjects afflicted by taxation; the great rivers, the ponds, the ravines and the rest will be without water.

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DB 9 8.29

धर्महीना पुण्यहीना वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । लक्षेषु पुण्यवान्कोऽपि न तिष्ठति ततः परम्

dharmahīnā puṇyahīnā varṇāścatvāra eva ca | lakṣeṣu puṇyavānko'pi na tiṣṭhati tataḥ param

The four classes will be without dharma and without merit; after that not one meritorious man will remain among hundreds of thousands.

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DB 9 8.30

कुत्सिता विकृताकारा नरा नार्यश्च बालकाः । कुवार्ता कुत्सितः शब्दो भविष्यति ततः परम्

kutsitā vikṛtākārā narā nāryaśca bālakāḥ | kuvārtā kutsitaḥ śabdo bhaviṣyati tataḥ param

Contemptible and deformed in shape will men, women and children be; the talk will be vile and the speech contemptible, from that time on.

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DB 9 8.31

केचिद्ग्रामाश्च नगरा नरशून्या भयानकाः । केचित्स्वल्पकुटीरेण नरेण च समन्विताः

kecidgrāmāśca nagarā naraśūnyā bhayānakāḥ | kecitsvalpakuṭīreṇa nareṇa ca samanvitāḥ

Some villages and towns will be empty of people and frightful; some will be furnished with a single small hut and a single man.

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DB 9 8.32

अरण्यानि भविष्यन्ति ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । अरण्यवासिनः सर्वे जनाश्च करपीडिताः

araṇyāni bhaviṣyanti grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca | araṇyavāsinaḥ sarve janāśca karapīḍitāḥ

Wildernesses will come to be in the villages and in the towns; all the people will be forest-dwellers, oppressed by taxes.

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DB 9 8.33

सस्यानि च भविष्यन्ति तडागेषु नदीषु च । प्रकृष्टवंशजा हीना भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे

sasyāni ca bhaviṣyanti taḍāgeṣu nadīṣu ca | prakṛṣṭavaṃśajā hīnā bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge

Crops will grow in ponds and in rivers; those born of eminent lineages will become degraded in the Kali age.

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DB 9 8.34

अलीकवादिनो धूर्ताः शठाश्चासत्यवादिनः । प्रकृष्टानि च क्षेत्राणि सस्यहीनानि नारद

alīkavādino dhūrtāḥ śaṭhāścāsatyavādinaḥ | prakṛṣṭāni ca kṣetrāṇi sasyahīnāni nārada

(People will be) speakers of falsehood, rogues, deceitful and untruthful, and the excellent fields will be without crops, Nārada.

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DB 9 8.35

हीनाः प्रकृष्टा धनिनो देवभक्ताश्च नास्तिकाः । हिंसकाश्च दयाहीना पौराश्च नरघातिनः

hīnāḥ prakṛṣṭā dhanino devabhaktāśca nāstikāḥ | hiṃsakāśca dayāhīnā paurāśca naraghātinaḥ

The low will be eminent and wealthy; those devoted to the gods will be deniers (of god); and the citizens will be violent, devoid of compassion, and killers of men.

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DB 9 8.36

वामना व्याधियुक्ताश्च नरा नार्यश्च सर्वतः । स्वल्पायुषो गदायुक्ता यौवनै रहिताः कलौ

vāmanā vyādhiyuktāśca narā nāryaśca sarvataḥ | svalpāyuṣo gadāyuktā yauvanai rahitāḥ kalau

Dwarfish and afflicted with disease will men and women be everywhere; in the Kali age they will be short-lived, beset by sickness, and bereft of youth.

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DB 9 8.37

पलिताः षोडशे वर्षे महावृद्धाश्च विंशतौ । अष्टवर्षा च युवती रजोयुक्ता च गर्भिणी

palitāḥ ṣoḍaśe varṣe mahāvṛddhāśca viṃśatau | aṣṭavarṣā ca yuvatī rajoyuktā ca garbhiṇī

They will be grey-haired in the sixteenth year and very old at twenty; a girl of eight will be a young woman, menstruating and pregnant.

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DB 9 8.38

वत्सरान्तप्रसूता स्त्री षोडशे च जरान्विता । पतिपुत्रवती काचित्सर्वा वन्ध्याः कलौ युगे

vatsarāntaprasūtā strī ṣoḍaśe ca jarānvitā | patiputravatī kācitsarvā vandhyāḥ kalau yuge

A woman will give birth at the end of a year and be aged at sixteen; in the Kali age some one woman will have a husband and sons—(but) all (others) will be barren.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.39

कन्याविक्रयिणः सर्वे वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । मातृजायावधूनां च जारोपेतान्नभक्षकाः

kanyāvikrayiṇaḥ sarve varṇāścatvāra eva ca | mātṛjāyāvadhūnāṃ ca jāropetānnabhakṣakāḥ

All four classes will be sellers of their daughters, and eaters of food obtained (from) the lovers of their mothers, wives and daughters-in-law.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.40

कन्यानां भगिनीनां वा जारोपात्तानजीविनः । हरेर्नाम्नां विक्रयिणो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे

kanyānāṃ bhaginīnāṃ vā jāropāttānajīvinaḥ | harernāmnāṃ vikrayiṇo bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge

They will live on what is got from the lovers of their daughters or sisters, and they will become sellers of the names of Hari in the Kali age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.41

स्वयमुत्सृज्य दानं च कीर्तिवर्धनहेतवे । ततः पश्चात्स्वदानं च स्वयमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति

svayamutsṛjya dānaṃ ca kīrtivardhanahetave | tataḥ paścātsvadānaṃ ca svayamullaṅghayiṣyati

Having himself made a gift for the sake of increasing his fame, thereafter one will himself violate his own gift.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.42

देववृत्तिं ब्रह्मवत्तिं वृत्तिं गुरुकुलस्य च । स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा सर्वमुल्लङ्घयिष्यति

devavṛttiṃ brahmavattiṃ vṛttiṃ gurukulasya ca | svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā sarvamullaṅghayiṣyati

The endowment of a deity, the endowment of a brahmin, and the endowment of a teacher's household, whether given by oneself or given by another—all of it one will violate.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.43

कन्यकागामिनः केचित्केचिच्च श्वश्रुगामिनः । केचिद्वधूगामिनश्च केचिद्वै सर्वगामिनः

kanyakāgāminaḥ kecitkecicca śvaśrugāminaḥ | kecidvadhūgāminaśca kecidvai sarvagāminaḥ

Some will go with maidens, some will go with their mothers-in-law, some will go with their daughters-in-law, and some indeed will go with all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.44

भगिनीगामिनः केचित्सपत्नीमातृगामिनः । भ्रातृजायागामिनश्च भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे

bhaginīgāminaḥ kecitsapatnīmātṛgāminaḥ | bhrātṛjāyāgāminaśca bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge

Some will go with their sisters, some with a co-wife or with a mother, and some will go with a brother's wife in the Kali age.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.45

अगम्यागमनं चैव करिष्यन्ति गृहे गृहे । मातृयोनिं परित्यज्य विहरिष्यन्ति सर्वतः

agamyāgamanaṃ caiva kariṣyanti gṛhe gṛhe | mātṛyoniṃ parityajya vihariṣyanti sarvataḥ

They will practise intercourse with the forbidden in house after house; leaving aside only the mother's womb, they will roam everywhere.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.46

पत्नीनां निर्णयो नास्ति भर्तॄणां च कलौ युगे । प्रजानां चैव ग्रामाणां वस्तुनां च विशेषतः

patnīnāṃ nirṇayo nāsti bhartṝṇāṃ ca kalau yuge | prajānāṃ caiva grāmāṇāṃ vastunāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

There is no fixed determination of wives, nor of husbands, in the Kali age, nor of children, nor of villages, and especially not of possessions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.47

अलीकवादिनः सर्वे सर्वे चौराश्च लम्पटाः । परस्परं हिंसकाश्च सर्वे च नरघातिनः

alīkavādinaḥ sarve sarve caurāśca lampaṭāḥ | parasparaṃ hiṃsakāśca sarve ca naraghātinaḥ

All will be speakers of falsehood, all thieves and lechers, mutually violent, and all killers of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.48

ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वंशा भविष्यन्ति च पापिनः । लाक्षा लोहरसानां च व्यापारं लवणस्य च

brahmakṣatraviśāṃ vaṃśā bhaviṣyanti ca pāpinaḥ | lākṣā loharasānāṃ ca vyāpāraṃ lavaṇasya ca

The lineages of brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas will become sinful, (carrying on) trade in lac, in metal fluids, and in salt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.49

वृषवाहा विप्रवंशाः शूद्राणां शवदाहिनः । शूद्रान्नभोजिनः सर्वे सर्वे च वृषलीरताः

vṛṣavāhā vipravaṃśāḥ śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhinaḥ | śūdrānnabhojinaḥ sarve sarve ca vṛṣalīratāḥ

Brahmin lineages will drive bulls and burn the corpses of śūdras; all will eat the food of śūdras, and all will be devoted to śūdra women.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.50

पञ्चयज्ञविहीनाश्च कुहूरात्रौ च भोजिनः । यज्ञसूत्रविहीनाश्च संध्याशौचविहीनकाः

pañcayajñavihīnāśca kuhūrātrau ca bhojinaḥ | yajñasūtravihīnāśca saṃdhyāśaucavihīnakāḥ

(They will be) devoid of the five (daily) sacrifices, eaters (of food) on the new-moon night, without the sacrificial thread, lacking the twilight rites and the rules of purity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.51

पुंश्चली वार्धुषाजीवा कुट्टनी च रजस्वला । विप्राणां रन्धनागारे भविष्यति च पाचिका

puṃścalī vārdhuṣājīvā kuṭṭanī ca rajasvalā | viprāṇāṃ randhanāgāre bhaviṣyati ca pācikā

A harlot, a woman living by usury, a procuress, and a woman in her menses will be the cook in the kitchen-house of brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.52

अन्नानां नियमो नास्ति योनीनां च विशेषतः । आश्रमाणां जनानां च सर्वे म्लेच्छाः कलौ युगे

annānāṃ niyamo nāsti yonīnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | āśramāṇāṃ janānāṃ ca sarve mlecchāḥ kalau yuge

There is no rule concerning foods, and especially none concerning wombs (i.e. birth-lineages), nor concerning the stages of life nor concerning people: in the Kali age all are barbarians.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.53

एवं कलौ सम्प्रवृत्ते सर्वं म्लेच्छमयं भवेत् । हस्तप्रमाणे वृक्षे च अङ्गुष्ठे चैव मानवे

evaṃ kalau sampravṛtte sarvaṃ mlecchamayaṃ bhavet | hastapramāṇe vṛkṣe ca aṅguṣṭhe caiva mānave

Thus, when Kali is fully under way, everything will be made of barbarians; when a tree is (only) a hand's measure and a man (only) a thumb's,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.54

विप्रस्य विष्णुयशसः पुत्रः कल्किर्भविष्यति । नारायणकलांशश्च भगवान् बलिनां वरः

viprasya viṣṇuyaśasaḥ putraḥ kalkirbhaviṣyati | nārāyaṇakalāṃśaśca bhagavān balināṃ varaḥ

the son of the brahmin Viṣṇuyaśas will be Kalki, a portion of a part of Nārāyaṇa, the Lord, the best of the strong.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.55

दीर्घेण करवालेन दीर्घघोटकवाहनः । म्लेच्छशून्यां च पृथिवीं त्रिरात्रेण करिष्यति

dīrgheṇa karavālena dīrghaghoṭakavāhanaḥ | mlecchaśūnyāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ trirātreṇa kariṣyati

With a long sword, mounted on a tall horse, he will make the earth empty of barbarians in three nights.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.56

निर्म्लेच्छां वसुधां कृत्वा चान्तर्धानं करिष्यति । अराजका च वसुधा दस्युग्रस्ता भविष्यति

nirmlecchāṃ vasudhāṃ kṛtvā cāntardhānaṃ kariṣyati | arājakā ca vasudhā dasyugrastā bhaviṣyati

Having made the earth free of barbarians, he will vanish; and the earth will be without a king, gripped by bandits.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.57

स्थूलाप्रमाणा षड्रात्रं वर्षधाराऽऽप्लुता मही । लोकशून्या वृक्षशून्या गृहशून्या भविष्यति

sthūlāpramāṇā ṣaḍrātraṃ varṣadhārā''plutā mahī | lokaśūnyā vṛkṣaśūnyā gṛhaśūnyā bhaviṣyati

For six nights a torrent of rain of immense measure (will fall), and the earth, flooded, will be empty of people, empty of trees, empty of houses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.58

ततश्च द्वादशादित्याः करिष्यन्त्युदयं मुने । प्राप्नोति शुष्कतां पृथ्वी समा तेषां च तेजसा

tataśca dvādaśādityāḥ kariṣyantyudayaṃ mune | prāpnoti śuṣkatāṃ pṛthvī samā teṣāṃ ca tejasā

And then, O sage, twelve suns will rise; by their heat the earth reaches dryness and becomes level.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.59

कलौ गते च दुर्धर्षे प्रवृत्ते च कृते युगे । तपःसत्त्वसमायुक्तो धर्मः पूर्णो भविष्यति

kalau gate ca durdharṣe pravṛtte ca kṛte yuge | tapaḥsattvasamāyukto dharmaḥ pūrṇo bhaviṣyati

And when the unassailable Kali has gone and the Kṛta age has begun, dharma, joined with austerity and purity (sattva), will be complete.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.60

तपस्विनश्च धर्मिष्ठा वेदज्ञा ब्राह्मणा भुवि । पतिव्रताश्च धर्मिष्ठा योषितश्च गृहे गृहे

tapasvinaśca dharmiṣṭhā vedajñā brāhmaṇā bhuvi | pativratāśca dharmiṣṭhā yoṣitaśca gṛhe gṛhe

And on earth the brahmins (will be) ascetics, most righteous, knowers of the Veda; and in house after house the women (will be) devoted to their husbands and most righteous.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.61

राजानः क्षत्रियाः सर्वे विप्रभक्ता मनस्विनः । प्रतापवन्तो धर्मिष्ठाः पुण्यकर्मरताः सदा

rājānaḥ kṣatriyāḥ sarve viprabhaktā manasvinaḥ | pratāpavanto dharmiṣṭhāḥ puṇyakarmaratāḥ sadā

The kings and all the kṣatriyas (will be) devoted to brahmins, high-minded, full of majesty, most righteous, always intent on meritorious deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.62

वैश्या वाणिज्यनिरता विप्रभक्ताश्च धार्मिकाः । शूद्राश्च पुण्यशीलाश्च धर्मिष्ठा विप्रसेविनः

vaiśyā vāṇijyaniratā viprabhaktāśca dhārmikāḥ | śūdrāśca puṇyaśīlāśca dharmiṣṭhā viprasevinaḥ

The vaiśyas (will be) engaged in trade, devoted to brahmins and righteous; and the śūdras (will be) of meritorious conduct, most righteous, serving the brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.63

विप्रक्षत्रविशां वंशा देवीभक्तिपरायणाः । देवीमन्त्ररताः सर्वे देवीध्यानपरायणाः

viprakṣatraviśāṃ vaṃśā devībhaktiparāyaṇāḥ | devīmantraratāḥ sarve devīdhyānaparāyaṇāḥ

The families of brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas (will be) wholly given to devotion to the Goddess; all will be intent on the Goddess's mantra and wholly given to meditation on the Goddess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.64

श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणज्ञाः पुमांस ऋतुगामिनः । लेशो नास्ति ह्यधर्मस्य पूर्णो धर्मः कृते युगे

śrutismṛtipurāṇajñāḥ pumāṃsa ṛtugāminaḥ | leśo nāsti hyadharmasya pūrṇo dharmaḥ kṛte yuge

Men (will be) knowers of śruti, smṛti and purāṇa, and will approach (their wives) at the proper season; there is not a particle of unrighteousness: in the Kṛta age dharma is complete.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.65

धर्मस्त्रिपाच्च त्रेतायां द्विपाच्च द्वापरे ततः । कलौ वृत्ते चैकपाच्च सर्वलुप्तिस्ततः परम्

dharmastripācca tretāyāṃ dvipācca dvāpare tataḥ | kalau vṛtte caikapācca sarvaluptistataḥ param

And dharma (stands) on three feet in the Tretā, and then on two feet in the Dvāpara; and when the Kali has come on, on one foot; and after that the destruction of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.66

वाराः सप्त तथा विप्र तिथयः षोडश स्मृताः । तथा द्वादश मासाश्च ऋतवश्च षडेव च

vārāḥ sapta tathā vipra tithayaḥ ṣoḍaśa smṛtāḥ | tathā dvādaśa māsāśca ṛtavaśca ṣaḍeva ca

There are seven weekdays, O brahmin, and the tithis are reckoned as sixteen; likewise twelve months, and just six seasons;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.67

द्वौ पक्षौ चायने द्वे च चतुर्भिः प्रहरैर्दिनम् । चतुर्भिः प्रहरै रात्रिर्मासस्त्रिंशद्दिनैस्तथा

dvau pakṣau cāyane dve ca caturbhiḥ praharairdinam | caturbhiḥ praharai rātrirmāsastriṃśaddinaistathā

and two fortnights, and two solstitial courses; a day (consists) of four watches, a night of four watches, and a month of thirty days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.68

वर्षं पञ्चविधं ज्ञेयं कालसंख्याविधिक्रमे । यथा चायान्ति यान्त्येव यथा युगचतुष्टयम्

varṣaṃ pañcavidhaṃ jñeyaṃ kālasaṃkhyāvidhikrame | yathā cāyānti yāntyeva yathā yugacatuṣṭayam

The year is to be known as of five kinds in the sequence of the reckoning of time — as (times) come and indeed go, and so too the set of four yugas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.69

वर्षे पूर्णे नराणां च देवानां च दिवानिशम् । शतत्रये षष्ठ्यधिके नराणां च युगे गते

varṣe pūrṇe narāṇāṃ ca devānāṃ ca divāniśam | śatatraye ṣaṣṭhyadhike narāṇāṃ ca yuge gate

When a year of men is complete, that is a day and a night of the gods; and when three hundred and sixty (such) of men have passed, at the completion of the (human) cycle —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.70

देवानां च युगं ज्ञेयं कालसंख्याविदां मतम् । मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः

devānāṃ ca yugaṃ jñeyaṃ kālasaṃkhyāvidāṃ matam | manvantaraṃ tu divyānāṃ yugānāmekasaptatiḥ

(That) is to be known as a yuga of the gods — such is the view of those who know the reckoning of time; but a manvantara is seventy-one of the divine yugas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.71

मन्वन्तरसमं ज्ञेयमायुष्यञ्च शचीपतेः । अष्टाविंशतिमे चेन्द्रे गते ब्रह्मदिवानिशम्

manvantarasamaṃ jñeyamāyuṣyañca śacīpateḥ | aṣṭāviṃśatime cendre gate brahmadivāniśam

And the lifespan of Śacī's lord (Indra) is to be known as equal to a manvantara; and when the twenty-eighth Indra has passed, (that is) a day and night of Brahmā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.72

अष्टोत्तरशते वर्षे गते पातश्च ब्रह्मणः । प्रलयः प्राकृतो ज्ञेयस्तत्रादृष्टा वसुन्धरा

aṣṭottaraśate varṣe gate pātaśca brahmaṇaḥ | pralayaḥ prākṛto jñeyastatrādṛṣṭā vasundharā

When a hundred and eight years have passed, there is the falling away of Brahmā; then the prākṛta (elemental) dissolution is to be known, in which the earth is not seen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.73

जलप्लुतानि विश्वानि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । ऋषयो ज्ञानिनः सर्वे लीनाः सत्ये चिदात्मनि

jalaplutāni viśvāni brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | ṛṣayo jñāninaḥ sarve līnāḥ satye cidātmani

The worlds are flooded with water; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, the seers, all the knowers, are merged in the true Self that is consciousness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.74

तत्रैव प्रकृतिर्लीना तत्र प्राकृतिको लयः । लये प्राकृतिके जाते पाते च ब्रह्मणो मुने

tatraiva prakṛtirlīnā tatra prākṛtiko layaḥ | laye prākṛtike jāte pāte ca brahmaṇo mune

There itself prakṛti is merged; there is the dissolution into prakṛti. When the dissolution into prakṛti has come about and Brahmā has fallen away, O sage,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.75

निमेषमात्रं कालश्च श्रीदेव्याः प्रोच्यते मुने । एवं नश्यन्ति सर्वाणि ब्रह्माण्डान्यखिलानि च

nimeṣamātraṃ kālaśca śrīdevyāḥ procyate mune | evaṃ naśyanti sarvāṇi brahmāṇḍānyakhilāni ca

that span of time is declared to be a mere blink for Śrī Devī, O sage; thus all the brahmāṇḍas, every one of them, perish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.76

निमेषान्तरकालेन पुनः सृष्टिक्रमेण च । एवं कतिविधा सृष्टिर्लयः कतिविधोऽपि वा

nimeṣāntarakālena punaḥ sṛṣṭikrameṇa ca | evaṃ katividhā sṛṣṭirlayaḥ katividho'pi vā

and after the time of another blink, (they come) again by the sequence of creation. Thus, of how many kinds is creation, and of how many kinds dissolution?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.77

कति कल्पा गतायाताः संख्यां जानाति कः पुमान् । सृष्टीनां च लयानां च ब्रह्माण्डानां च नारद

kati kalpā gatāyātāḥ saṃkhyāṃ jānāti kaḥ pumān | sṛṣṭīnāṃ ca layānāṃ ca brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca nārada

How many kalpas have come and gone — what man knows the number of the creations, the dissolutions and the brahmāṇḍas, O Nārada?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.78

ब्रह्मादीनां च ब्रह्माण्डे संख्यां जानाति कः पुमान् । ब्रह्माण्डानां च सर्वेषामीश्वरश्चैक एव सः

brahmādīnāṃ ca brahmāṇḍe saṃkhyāṃ jānāti kaḥ pumān | brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca sarveṣāmīśvaraścaika eva saḥ

What man knows the number of the Brahmās and the rest in a brahmāṇḍa? And of all the brahmāṇḍas he alone is the Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.79

सर्वेषां परमात्मा च सच्चिदानन्दरूपधृक् । ब्रह्मादयश्च तस्यांशास्तस्यांशश्च महाविराट्

sarveṣāṃ paramātmā ca saccidānandarūpadhṛk | brahmādayaśca tasyāṃśāstasyāṃśaśca mahāvirāṭ

And he is the supreme Self of all, bearing the form of being, consciousness and bliss; Brahmā and the others are his portions, and the Great Virāṭ is his portion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.80

तस्यांशश्च विराट् क्षुद्रः सैवेयं प्रकृतिः परा । तस्याः सकाशात्सञ्जातोऽप्यर्धनारीश्वरस्ततः

tasyāṃśaśca virāṭ kṣudraḥ saiveyaṃ prakṛtiḥ parā | tasyāḥ sakāśātsañjāto'pyardhanārīśvarastataḥ

His portion is the lesser Virāṭ; she herself is this supreme prakṛti; and from her presence was born the Lord who is half woman (Ardhanārīśvara).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.81

सैव कृष्णो द्विधाभूतो द्विभुजश्च चतुर्भुजः । चतुर्भुजश्च वैकुण्ठे गोलोके द्विभुजः स्वयम्

saiva kṛṣṇo dvidhābhūto dvibhujaśca caturbhujaḥ | caturbhujaśca vaikuṇṭhe goloke dvibhujaḥ svayam

He himself is Kṛṣṇa, become twofold, two-armed and four-armed: four-armed in Vaikuṇṭha, and in Goloka two-armed in his own person.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.82

ब्रह्मादितृणपर्यन्तं सर्वं प्राकृतिकं भवेत् । यद्यत्प्राकृतिकं सृष्टं सर्वं नश्वरमेव च

brahmāditṛṇaparyantaṃ sarvaṃ prākṛtikaṃ bhavet | yadyatprākṛtikaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ naśvarameva ca

From Brahmā down to a blade of grass, all would be derived from prakṛti; and whatever is created out of prakṛti is all perishable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.83

एवंविधं सृष्टिहेतुं सत्यं नित्यं सनातनम् । स्वेच्छामयं परं ब्रह्म निर्गुणं प्रकृतेः परम्

evaṃvidhaṃ sṛṣṭihetuṃ satyaṃ nityaṃ sanātanam | svecchāmayaṃ paraṃ brahma nirguṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param

(Know) the cause of creation to be of this sort: real, eternal, everlasting, acting by its own will, the supreme Brahman, without qualities, beyond prakṛti,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.84

निरुपाधि निराकारं भक्तानुग्रहकातरम् । करोति ब्रह्मा ब्रह्माण्डं यज्ज्ञानात्कमलोद्भवः

nirupādhi nirākāraṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram | karoti brahmā brahmāṇḍaṃ yajjñānātkamalodbhavaḥ

without limiting conditions, without form, quick to show favour to devotees — by knowledge of which the lotus-born Brahmā makes the brahmāṇḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.85

शिवो मृत्युज्जयश्चैव संहर्ता सर्वसत्त्ववित् । यज्ज्ञानाद्यस्य तपसा सर्वेशस्तु तपो महान्

śivo mṛtyujjayaścaiva saṃhartā sarvasattvavit | yajjñānādyasya tapasā sarveśastu tapo mahān

Śiva, the conqueror of death, the destroyer, knower of all beings — by knowledge of whom, by whose austerity, (he becomes) lord of all and great in austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.86

महाविभूतियुक्तश्च सर्वज्ञः सर्वदर्शनः । सर्वव्यापी सर्वपाता प्रदाता सर्वसम्पदाम्

mahāvibhūtiyuktaśca sarvajñaḥ sarvadarśanaḥ | sarvavyāpī sarvapātā pradātā sarvasampadām

and endowed with great majesty, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-pervading, protector of all, giver of all riches —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.87

विष्णुः सर्वेश्वरः श्रीमान् यद्भक्त्या यस्य सेवया । महामाया च प्रकृतिः सर्वशक्तिमयीश्वरी

viṣṇuḥ sarveśvaraḥ śrīmān yadbhaktyā yasya sevayā | mahāmāyā ca prakṛtiḥ sarvaśaktimayīśvarī

Viṣṇu, the lord of all, the glorious one — (so he is) by devotion to whom, by service of whom. And Mahāmāyā, prakṛti, the Īśvarī consisting of all power,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.88

सैव प्रोक्ता भगवती सच्चिदानन्दरूपिणी । यज्ज्ञानाद्यस्य तपसा यद्भक्त्या यस्य सेवया

saiva proktā bhagavatī saccidānandarūpiṇī | yajjñānādyasya tapasā yadbhaktyā yasya sevayā

she indeed is called Bhagavatī, having the form of being, consciousness and bliss — by knowledge of whom, by whose austerity, by devotion to whom, by service of whom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.89

सावित्री देवमाता च वेदाधिष्ठातृदेवता । पूज्या द्विजानां वेदज्ञा यज्ज्ञानाद्यस्य सेवया

sāvitrī devamātā ca vedādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā | pūjyā dvijānāṃ vedajñā yajjñānādyasya sevayā

And Sāvitrī, mother of the gods, the deity presiding over the Vedas, to be worshipped by the twice-born, knower of the Vedas — by knowledge of whom, by service of whom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.90

सर्वविद्याधिदेवी सा पूज्या च विदुषां परा । यत्सेवया यत्तपसा सर्वविश्वेषु पूजिता

sarvavidyādhidevī sā pūjyā ca viduṣāṃ parā | yatsevayā yattapasā sarvaviśveṣu pūjitā

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 9 8.91

सर्वग्रामाधिदेवी सा सर्वसम्पत्प्रदायिनी । सर्वेश्वरी सर्ववन्द्या सर्वेषां पुत्रदायिनी

sarvagrāmādhidevī sā sarvasampatpradāyinī | sarveśvarī sarvavandyā sarveṣāṃ putradāyinī

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 9 8.92

सर्वस्तुता च सर्वज्ञा सर्वदुर्गार्तिनाशिनी । कृष्णवामांशसम्भूता कृष्णप्राणाधिदेवता

sarvastutā ca sarvajñā sarvadurgārtināśinī | kṛṣṇavāmāṃśasambhūtā kṛṣṇaprāṇādhidevatā

She is praised by all, all-knowing, the destroyer of affliction in every difficulty; she arose from Kṛṣṇa's left portion and is the presiding deity of Kṛṣṇa's life-breath.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.93

कृष्णप्राणाधिका प्रेम्णा राधिका शक्तिसेवया । सर्वाधिकं च रूपं च सौभाग्यं मानगौरवे

kṛṣṇaprāṇādhikā premṇā rādhikā śaktisevayā | sarvādhikaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ mānagaurave

Rādhikā, dearer than Kṛṣṇa's own life through love, by her service as (his) Śakti — (she attained) beauty surpassing all, and good fortune, in dignity and honor,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.94

कृष्णवक्षःस्थलस्थानं पत्नीत्वे प्राप सेवया । तपश्चकार सा पूर्वं शतशृङ्गे च पर्वते

kṛṣṇavakṣaḥsthalasthānaṃ patnītve prāpa sevayā | tapaścakāra sā pūrvaṃ śataśṛṅge ca parvate

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 9 8.95

दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं च पतिं प्राप्त्यर्थमेव च । जाते शक्तिप्रसादे तु दृष्ट्वा चन्द्रकलोपमाम्

divyavarṣasahasraṃ ca patiṃ prāptyarthameva ca | jāte śaktiprasāde tu dṛṣṭvā candrakalopamām

and (she practiced austerity) for a thousand divine years, solely for the sake of obtaining a husband; and when the Śakti's grace had come about, (Kṛṣṇa,) seeing her who was like a sliver of the moon —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.96

कृष्णो वक्षःस्थले कृत्वा रुरोद कृपया विभुः । वरं तस्यै ददौ सारं सर्वेषामपि दुर्लभम्

kṛṣṇo vakṣaḥsthale kṛtvā ruroda kṛpayā vibhuḥ | varaṃ tasyai dadau sāraṃ sarveṣāmapi durlabham

Kṛṣṇa, the mighty one, placing (her) on his breast, wept out of compassion; and he gave her a boon, the essential (best) one, hard to obtain even for all (beings).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.97

मम वक्षःस्थले तिष्ठ मम भक्ता च शाश्वती । सौभाग्येन च मानेन प्रेम्णाथो गौरवेण च

mama vakṣaḥsthale tiṣṭha mama bhaktā ca śāśvatī | saubhāgyena ca mānena premṇātho gauraveṇa ca

"Remain on my breast, and be my devotee forever, in good fortune and in honour, in love and also in esteem."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.98

त्वं मे श्रेष्ठा च ज्येष्ठा च प्रेयसी सर्वयोषिताम् । वरिष्ठा च गरिष्ठा च संस्तुता पूजिता मया

tvaṃ me śreṣṭhā ca jyeṣṭhā ca preyasī sarvayoṣitām | variṣṭhā ca gariṣṭhā ca saṃstutā pūjitā mayā

You are to me the best and the eldest, and the most beloved of all women; the most excellent and the most honored, praised and worshipped by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.99

सततं तव साध्योऽहं वश्यश्च प्राणवल्लभे । इत्युक्त्वा च जगन्नाथश्चकार ललनां ततः

satataṃ tava sādhyo'haṃ vaśyaśca prāṇavallabhe | ityuktvā ca jagannāthaścakāra lalanāṃ tataḥ

"I am always to be commanded by you and subject to you, O (woman) dear as life." And having said this, the Lord of the world then made (her his) wife.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.100

सपत्नीरहितां तां च चकार प्राणवल्लभाम् । अन्या या याश्च ता देव्यः पूजिताः शक्तिसेवया

sapatnīrahitāṃ tāṃ ca cakāra prāṇavallabhām | anyā yā yāśca tā devyaḥ pūjitāḥ śaktisevayā

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 9 8.101

तपस्तु यादृशं यासां तादृक्तादृक्फलं मुने । दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं च तपस्तप्त्वा हिमाचले

tapastu yādṛśaṃ yāsāṃ tādṛktādṛkphalaṃ mune | divyavarṣasahasraṃ ca tapastaptvā himācale

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 9 8.102

दुर्गा च तत्पदं ध्यात्वा सर्वपूज्या बभूव ह । सरस्वती तपस्तप्त्वा पर्वते गन्धमादने

durgā ca tatpadaṃ dhyātvā sarvapūjyā babhūva ha | sarasvatī tapastaptvā parvate gandhamādane

And Durgā, having meditated on that (Kṛṣṇa's) feet, became worshipped by all; Sarasvatī, having performed austerity on Mount Gandhamādana—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.103

लक्षवर्षं च दिव्यं च सर्ववन्द्या बभूव सा । लक्ष्मीर्युगशतं दिव्यं तपस्तप्त्वा च पुष्करे

lakṣavarṣaṃ ca divyaṃ ca sarvavandyā babhūva sā | lakṣmīryugaśataṃ divyaṃ tapastaptvā ca puṣkare

— tr. refused: cyber

DB 9 8.104

सर्वसम्पत्प्रदात्री च जाता देवीनिषेवणात् । सावित्री मलये तप्त्वा पूज्या वन्द्या बभूव सा

sarvasampatpradātrī ca jātā devīniṣevaṇāt | sāvitrī malaye taptvā pūjyā vandyā babhūva sā

And she became the giver of all prosperity through her service of the Goddess. Sāvitrī, having practised austerity on the Malaya (mountain), became worthy of worship and reverence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.105

षष्टिवर्षसहस्रं च दिव्यं ध्यात्वा च तत्पदम् । शतमन्वन्तरं तप्तं शङ्करेण पुरा विभो

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasraṃ ca divyaṃ dhyātvā ca tatpadam | śatamanvantaraṃ taptaṃ śaṅkareṇa purā vibho

And having meditated on that station for sixty thousand divine years — for a hundred manvantaras austerity was performed by Śaṅkara of old, O mighty one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 9 8.106

शतमन्वन्तरं चेदं ब्रह्मा शक्तिं जजाप ह । शतमन्वन्तरं विष्णुस्तप्त्वा पाता बभूव ह

śatamanvantaraṃ cedaṃ brahmā śaktiṃ jajāpa ha | śatamanvantaraṃ viṣṇustaptvā pātā babhūva ha

And for a hundred manvantaras Brahmā muttered this (mantra) of Śakti; and Viṣṇu, having practiced austerity for a hundred manvantaras, became the protector (of the world).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.107

दशमन्वन्तरं तप्त्वा श्रीकृष्णः परमं तपः । गोलोकं प्राप्तवान्दिव्यं मोदतेऽद्यापि यत्र हि

daśamanvantaraṃ taptvā śrīkṛṣṇaḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ | golokaṃ prāptavāndivyaṃ modate'dyāpi yatra hi

Having performed supreme austerity for ten manvantaras, Śrī Kṛṣṇa attained the divine Goloka, where indeed he rejoices even now.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.108

दशमन्वन्तरं धर्मस्तप्त्वा वै भक्तिसंयुतः । सर्वप्राणः सर्वपूज्यः सर्वाधारो बभूव सः

daśamanvantaraṃ dharmastaptvā vai bhaktisaṃyutaḥ | sarvaprāṇaḥ sarvapūjyaḥ sarvādhāro babhūva saḥ

Dharma, having performed austerity for ten manvantaras, joined with devotion, became the life of all, worthy of worship by all, and the support of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.109

एवं देव्याश्च तपसा सर्वे देवाश्च पूजिताः । मुनयो मनवो भूपा ब्राह्मणाश्चैव पूजिताः

evaṃ devyāśca tapasā sarve devāśca pūjitāḥ | munayo manavo bhūpā brāhmaṇāścaiva pūjitāḥ

Thus by austerity for the Goddess all the gods too became honored; sages, Manus, kings, and brahmins likewise became honored.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 9 8.110

एवं ते कथितं सर्वं पुराणं सयथागमम् । गुरुवक्त्राद्यथा ज्ञातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि

evaṃ te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ purāṇaṃ sayathāgamam | guruvaktrādyathā jñātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

Thus the whole Purāṇa has been told to you as it has come down (in tradition), as it was learned from the mouth of (my) teacher. What more do you wish to hear?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition