Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 45
SiP 5 45.1
मुनय ऊचुः ।। श्रुत्वा शंभोः कथा रम्या नानाख्यानसमन्विता।। नानावतार संयुक्ता भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा नृणाम्
munaya ūcuḥ || śrutvā śaṃbhoḥ kathā ramyā nānākhyānasamanvitā|| nānāvatāra saṃyuktā bhuktimuktipradā nṛṇām
The sages said: Having heard the delightful tales of Śambhu, furnished with various narratives, joined with (his) various incarnations, bestowing enjoyment and liberation on men —
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SiP 5 45.2
इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामस्त्वत्तो ब्रह्मविदां वर।। चरित्रं जगदंबाया भगवत्या मनोहरम्
idānīṃ śrotumicchāmastvatto brahmavidāṃ vara|| caritraṃ jagadaṃbāyā bhagavatyā manoharam
now we wish to hear from you, O best of the knowers of Brahman, the enchanting deeds of the Bhagavatī, the Mother of the world.
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SiP 5 45.3
परब्रह्म महेशस्य शक्तिराद्या सनातनी ।। उमा या समभिख्याता त्रैलोक्यजननी परा
parabrahma maheśasya śaktirādyā sanātanī || umā yā samabhikhyātā trailokyajananī parā
She who is the primordial, eternal power of the supreme Brahman, Maheśa, who is proclaimed as Umā, the supreme mother of the three worlds —
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SiP 5 45.4
सती हेमवती तस्या अवतारद्वयं श्रुतम्।। अपरानवतारांस्त्वं ब्रूहि सूत् महामते
satī hemavatī tasyā avatāradvayaṃ śrutam|| aparānavatārāṃstvaṃ brūhi sūt mahāmate
Satī and Hemavatī: two incarnations of hers have been heard of. Tell, O Sūta of great mind, her other incarnations.
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SiP 5 45.5
को विरज्येत मतिमान् गुणश्रवणकर्मणि ।। श्रीमातुर्ज्ञानिनो यानि न त्यजन्ति कदाचन न भजन्ति महादेवीं करुणारससागराम् ।। अन्धकूपे पतन्त्येते घोरे संसाररूपिणि दैवाच्छत्रुत्वमापन्नै रमात्यप्रमुखैर्गणैः ।। कोशस्थितं च यद्वित्तं तत्सर्वं चात्मसात्कृतम् विनाश्य राज्यमधुना न जाने कां गतिं गताः ।। रणभूमिमहोत्साहा अरिवर्गनिकर्तनाः वैश्य उवाच ।। सम्यगुक्तं त्वया राजन्वचः सारार्थबृंहितम् ।। तथापि स्नेहपाशेन मोह्यतेऽतीव मे मनः यस्योपरि प्रसन्ना सा वरदा कामरूपिणी।। स एव मोहमत्येति नान्यथा नृपसत्तम त्वत्प्रभावादहं ब्रह्मा माधवो गिरिजापतिः ।। सृजत्यवति संसारं काले संहरतीति च उत्तस्थौ च हृषीकेशो देवदेवो जनार्दनः ।। स ददर्श पुरो दैत्यो मधुकैटभसंज्ञकौ
ko virajyeta matimān guṇaśravaṇakarmaṇi || śrīmāturjñānino yāni na tyajanti kadācana na bhajanti mahādevīṃ karuṇārasasāgarām || andhakūpe patantyete ghore saṃsārarūpiṇi daivācchatrutvamāpannai ramātyapramukhairgaṇaiḥ || kośasthitaṃ ca yadvittaṃ tatsarvaṃ cātmasātkṛtam vināśya rājyamadhunā na jāne kāṃ gatiṃ gatāḥ || raṇabhūmimahotsāhā arivarganikartanāḥ vaiśya uvāca || samyaguktaṃ tvayā rājanvacaḥ sārārthabṛṃhitam || tathāpi snehapāśena mohyate'tīva me manaḥ yasyopari prasannā sā varadā kāmarūpiṇī|| sa eva mohamatyeti nānyathā nṛpasattama tvatprabhāvādahaṃ brahmā mādhavo girijāpatiḥ || sṛjatyavati saṃsāraṃ kāle saṃharatīti ca uttasthau ca hṛṣīkeśo devadevo janārdanaḥ || sa dadarśa puro daityo madhukaiṭabhasaṃjñakau
What man of intelligence would turn away from the act of hearing the qualities of the glorious Mother — (qualities) which the knowing never abandon? Those who do not worship the Great Goddess, the ocean of the essence of compassion, fall into a blind well, terrible, having the form of transmigration. By fate my ministers and chief retainers turned into enemies, and all the wealth that lay in the treasury they made their own; having destroyed the kingdom, I do not know now what course they have gone to — those (men) of great zeal on the field of battle, cutters-down of the ranks of foes. The merchant said: Rightly have you spoken, O king, a speech swollen with essential meaning; yet by the noose of affection my mind is exceedingly deluded. He alone upon whom she, the boon-giver who takes forms at will, is gracious, passes beyond delusion — not otherwise, O best of kings. "By your power I am Brahmā, Mādhava, and the husband of Girijā; (thus) one creates, one protects the world, and one destroys it at the (proper) time." And Hṛṣīkeśa, the god of gods, Janārdana, rose up; he saw before him the two demons named Madhu and Kaiṭabha.
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SiP 5 45.6
सूत उवाच ।। धन्या यूयं महात्मानः कृतकृत्याः स्थ सर्वदा ।। यत्पृच्छथ पराम्बाया उमायाश्चरितं महत्
sūta uvāca || dhanyā yūyaṃ mahātmānaḥ kṛtakṛtyāḥ stha sarvadā || yatpṛcchatha parāmbāyā umāyāścaritaṃ mahat
Sūta said: Blessed are you, great souls; you are forever ones whose task is accomplished, in that you ask about the great deeds of the supreme Mother Umā.
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SiP 5 45.7
शृण्वतां पृच्छतां चैव तथा वाचयतां च तत् ।। पादाम्बुजरजांस्येव तीर्थानि मुनयो विदुः
śṛṇvatāṃ pṛcchatāṃ caiva tathā vācayatāṃ ca tat || pādāmbujarajāṃsyeva tīrthāni munayo viduḥ
For those who hear it, who ask about it, and who recite it, the sages know the dust of her lotus-feet itself to be (their) sacred fords.
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SiP 5 45.8
ते धन्या कृतकृत्याः स्युर्धन्या तेषां प्रसूः कुलम् ।। येषां चित्तं भवेल्लीनं श्रीदेव्यां परसंविदि
te dhanyā kṛtakṛtyāḥ syurdhanyā teṣāṃ prasūḥ kulam || yeṣāṃ cittaṃ bhavellīnaṃ śrīdevyāṃ parasaṃvidi
They would be blessed and their task accomplished; blessed are their mother and their family — those whose mind becomes absorbed in the glorious Goddess, the supreme consciousness.
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SiP 5 45.9
ये न स्तुवन्ति देवेशीं सर्वकारणकारणाम् ।। मायागुणैर्मोहितास्स्युर्हतभाग्या न संशयः
ye na stuvanti deveśīṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇām || māyāguṇairmohitāssyurhatabhāgyā na saṃśayaḥ
Those who do not praise the Mistress of the gods, the cause of all causes, are deluded by the qualities of māyā and, without doubt, are of ruined fortune.
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SiP 5 45.11
गंगां विहाय तृप्त्यर्थं मरुवारि यथा व्रजेत् ।। विहाय देवीं तद्भिन्नं तथा देवान्तरं व्रजेत्
gaṃgāṃ vihāya tṛptyarthaṃ maruvāri yathā vrajet || vihāya devīṃ tadbhinnaṃ tathā devāntaraṃ vrajet
As one might leave the Gaṅgā and go to desert water to slake thirst, so does one leave the Goddess and go to some other deity distinct from her.
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SiP 5 45.12
यस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण पुरुषार्थचतुष्टयम्।। अनायासेन लभते कस्त्यजेत्तां नरोत्तमः
yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam|| anāyāsena labhate kastyajettāṃ narottamaḥ
She by the mere remembering of whom one obtains without effort the four aims of man — what best of men would abandon her?
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SiP 5 45.13
एतत्पृष्टः पुरा मेधास्सुरथेन महात्मना ।। यदुक्तं मेधसा पूर्वं तच्छृणुष्व वदामि ते
etatpṛṣṭaḥ purā medhāssurathena mahātmanā || yaduktaṃ medhasā pūrvaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva vadāmi te
Asked about this long ago by the great-souled Suratha, Medhas (spoke); what Medhas said then, hear that — I shall tell it to you.
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SiP 5 45.14
स्वारोचिषेन्तरे पूर्वं विरथो नाम पार्थिवः ।। सुरथस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभून्महाबलपराक्रमः
svārociṣentare pūrvaṃ viratho nāma pārthivaḥ || surathastasya putro'bhūnmahābalaparākramaḥ
Formerly, in the Svārociṣa Manvantara, there was a king named Viratha; his son was Suratha, of great strength and prowess.
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SiP 5 45.15
दानशौण्डः सत्यवादी स्वधर्म्म कुशलः कृती ।। देवीभक्तो दयासिन्धुः प्रजानां परिपालकः
dānaśauṇḍaḥ satyavādī svadharmma kuśalaḥ kṛtī || devībhakto dayāsindhuḥ prajānāṃ paripālakaḥ
Foremost in giving, speaking truth, skilled in his own duty, competent, devoted to the Goddess, an ocean of compassion, a guardian of his subjects.
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SiP 5 45.16
पृथिवीं शासतस्तस्य पाकशासनतेजसः ।। बभूबुर्नव ये भूपाः पृथ्वीग्रहणतत्पराः
pṛthivīṃ śāsatastasya pākaśāsanatejasaḥ || babhūburnava ye bhūpāḥ pṛthvīgrahaṇatatparāḥ
While he, whose energy was like that of the chastiser of Pāka (Indra), was ruling the earth, there arose nine kings bent on seizing the earth.
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SiP 5 45.17
कोलानाम्नीं राजधानीं रुरुधुस्तस्य भूपतेः ।। तैस्समन्तुमुलं युद्धं समपद्यत दारुणम्
kolānāmnīṃ rājadhānīṃ rurudhustasya bhūpateḥ || taissamantumulaṃ yuddhaṃ samapadyata dāruṇam
They besieged that king's capital named Kolā; with them a tumultuous and terrible battle came about.
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SiP 5 45.18
युद्धे स निर्जितो भूपः प्रबलैस्तैर्द्विषद्गणैः ।। उज्जासितच्च कोलाया हृत्वा राज्यमशेषतः
yuddhe sa nirjito bhūpaḥ prabalaistairdviṣadgaṇaiḥ || ujjāsitacca kolāyā hṛtvā rājyamaśeṣataḥ
In the battle that king was defeated by those powerful hosts of enemies, and he was driven out of Kolā, (they) having seized his kingdom entirely.
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SiP 5 45.19
स राजा स्वपुरीमेत्याकरोद्राज्यं स्वमंत्रिभिः ।। तत्रापि च महःपक्षैर्विपक्षैस्स पराजितः
sa rājā svapurīmetyākarodrājyaṃ svamaṃtribhiḥ || tatrāpi ca mahaḥpakṣairvipakṣaissa parājitaḥ
That king, coming to his own city, ruled his kingdom with his ministers; and there too he was defeated by adversaries who had great support.
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SiP 5 45.21
ततस्स निर्गतो राजा नगरान्मृगया छलात् ।। असहायोऽश्वमारुह्य जगाम गहनं वनम्
tatassa nirgato rājā nagarānmṛgayā chalāt || asahāyo'śvamāruhya jagāma gahanaṃ vanam
Then the king went out of the city on the pretext of a hunt, and, mounting his horse without companions, went to the dense forest.
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SiP 5 45.22
इतस्ततस्तत्र गच्छन्राजा मुनिवराश्रमम् ।। ददर्श कुसुमारामभ्राजितं सर्वतोदिशम्
itastatastatra gacchanrājā munivarāśramam || dadarśa kusumārāmabhrājitaṃ sarvatodiśam
Going here and there there, the king saw the hermitage of a foremost sage, radiant with flower gardens on every side.
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SiP 5 45.23
वेदध्वनिसमाकीर्णं शान्तजन्तुसमाश्रितम् ।। शिष्यैः प्रशिष्यैस्तच्छिष्यैस्समन्तात्परिवेष्टितम्
vedadhvanisamākīrṇaṃ śāntajantusamāśritam || śiṣyaiḥ praśiṣyaistacchiṣyaissamantātpariveṣṭitam
(It was) filled with the sound of Vedic recitation, inhabited by peaceful creatures, and surrounded all around by disciples, their disciples, and their disciples' disciples.
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SiP 5 45.24
व्याघ्रादयो महावीर्या अल्पवीर्यान्महामते ।। तदाश्रमे न बाधन्ते द्विजवर्य्यप्रभावतः
vyāghrādayo mahāvīryā alpavīryānmahāmate || tadāśrame na bādhante dvijavaryyaprabhāvataḥ
Tigers and other creatures of great strength do not harass the weak ones in that hermitage, O great-minded one, by the power of the best of the twice-born.
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SiP 5 45.25
उवास तत्र नृपतिर्महाकारुणिको बुधः ।। सत्कृतो मुनिनाथेन सुवचो भोजनासनैः
uvāsa tatra nṛpatirmahākāruṇiko budhaḥ || satkṛto munināthena suvaco bhojanāsanaiḥ
There the king dwelt, greatly compassionate and wise, honoured by the lord of sages with kind words, food, and a seat.
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SiP 5 45.26
एकदा स महाराजश्चिंतामाप दुरत्ययाम् ।। अहो मे हीनभाग्यस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्हीनतेजसः
ekadā sa mahārājaściṃtāmāpa duratyayām || aho me hīnabhāgyasya durbuddherhīnatejasaḥ
One day that great king fell into a care hard to overcome: "Alas, for me, of poor fortune, of bad judgement, of diminished vigour—
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SiP 5 45.27
हृतं राज्यमशेषेण शत्रुवर्गैर्मदोद्धतैः ।। मत्पूर्वै रक्षितं राज्यं शत्रुभिर्भुज्यतेऽधुना
hṛtaṃ rājyamaśeṣeṇa śatruvargairmadoddhataiḥ || matpūrvai rakṣitaṃ rājyaṃ śatrubhirbhujyate'dhunā
the kingdom has been taken away entirely by the crowds of enemies puffed up with pride; the kingdom guarded by my forefathers is now enjoyed by enemies.
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SiP 5 45.28
मादृशश्चैत्रवंशेस्मिन्न कोप्यासीन्महीपतिः ।। किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि कथं राज्यं लभेमहि
mādṛśaścaitravaṃśesminna kopyāsīnmahīpatiḥ || kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ rājyaṃ labhemahi
There has been no king like me in this Caitra lineage. What shall I do? Where shall I go? How may I regain the kingdom?
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SiP 5 45.29
अमात्या मंत्रिणश्चैव मामका ये सनातनाः ।। न जाने कं च नृपतिं समासाद्याधुनासते
amātyā maṃtriṇaścaiva māmakā ye sanātanāḥ || na jāne kaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ samāsādyādhunāsate
My officers and ministers too, who were mine of old—I do not know which king they have resorted to and now sit with.
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SiP 5 45.31
मामका ये महाशूरा नृपमन्यं भजन्ति ते ।। पर्वताभा गजा अश्वा वातवद्वेगगामिनः
māmakā ye mahāśūrā nṛpamanyaṃ bhajanti te || parvatābhā gajā aśvā vātavadvegagāminaḥ
Those great heroes of mine, they serve another king; (and so do) the elephants like mountains and the horses that go swift as the wind.
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SiP 5 45.32
पूर्वपूर्वार्जितः कोशः पाल्यते तैर्नवाधुना ।। एवं मोहवशं यातो राजा परमधार्मिकः
pūrvapūrvārjitaḥ kośaḥ pālyate tairnavādhunā || evaṃ mohavaśaṃ yāto rājā paramadhārmikaḥ
The treasury amassed by ancestor after ancestor is now guarded by them and not (by me)." Thus the most righteous king fell under the sway of delusion.
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SiP 5 45.33
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र वैश्यः कश्चित्समागतः।। राजा पप्रच्छ कस्त्वं भोः किमर्थमिह चागतः
etasminnaṃtare tatra vaiśyaḥ kaścitsamāgataḥ|| rājā papraccha kastvaṃ bhoḥ kimarthamiha cāgataḥ
In the meantime a certain merchant arrived there. The king asked: "Who are you, sir, and for what purpose have you come here?
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SiP 5 45.34
दुर्मना लक्ष्यसे कस्मादेतन्मे ब्रूहि साम्प्रतम् ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचो रम्यं नरपालेन भाषितम्
durmanā lakṣyase kasmādetanme brūhi sāmpratam || ityākarṇya vaco ramyaṃ narapālena bhāṣitam
Why do you appear downcast? Tell me this now." Having heard these gracious words spoken by the protector of men,
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SiP 5 45.35
दृग्भ्यां विमुंचन्नश्रूणि समाधिर्वैश्यपुंगवः ।। प्रत्युवाच महीपालं प्रणयावनतो गिरम्
dṛgbhyāṃ vimuṃcannaśrūṇi samādhirvaiśyapuṃgavaḥ || pratyuvāca mahīpālaṃ praṇayāvanato giram
letting tears fall from both his eyes, Samādhi, the bull among merchants, bowed low in affection, answered the king's speech.
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SiP 5 45.36
।। वैश्य उवाच ।। समाधिर्नाम वैश्योहं धनिवंशसमुद्भवः ।। पुत्रदारादिभिस्त्यक्तो धनलोभान्महीपते
|| vaiśya uvāca || samādhirnāma vaiśyohaṃ dhanivaṃśasamudbhavaḥ || putradārādibhistyakto dhanalobhānmahīpate
The merchant said: I am a merchant named Samādhi, born of a wealthy family, cast out by my sons, wife, and the rest out of greed for wealth, O king.
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SiP 5 45.37
स वनमभ्यागतो राजन्दुःखितः स्वेन कर्मणा ।। सोहं पुत्रप्रपौत्राणां कलत्राणां तथैव च
sa vanamabhyāgato rājanduḥkhitaḥ svena karmaṇā || sohaṃ putraprapautrāṇāṃ kalatrāṇāṃ tathaiva ca
That (man), grieved by his own deeds, have I come to the forest, O king. I, for my sons and great-grandsons, and likewise my wives,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.38
भ्रातॄणां भ्रातृपुत्राणां परेषां सुहृदां तथा ।। न वेद्मि कुशलं सम्यक्करुणासागर प्रभो
bhrātṝṇāṃ bhrātṛputrāṇāṃ pareṣāṃ suhṛdāṃ tathā || na vedmi kuśalaṃ samyakkaruṇāsāgara prabho
and my brothers, and my brothers' sons, and others, and friends as well—I do not rightly know their welfare, O ocean of compassion, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.39
राजोवाच ।। निष्कासितो यैः पुत्राद्यैर्दुर्वृत्तैर्धनगर्धिभिः ।। तेषु किं भवता प्रीतिः क्रियते मूर्खजन्तुवत्
rājovāca || niṣkāsito yaiḥ putrādyairdurvṛttairdhanagardhibhiḥ || teṣu kiṃ bhavatā prītiḥ kriyate mūrkhajantuvat
The king said: Those sons and the rest, ill-behaved and greedy for wealth, by whom you were expelled—why is affection shown toward them by you, like an ignorant beast?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.41
एवं मोहाकुलौ वैश्यपार्थिवौ मुनिसत्तम ।। जग्मतुर्मुनिवर्यस्य मेधसः सन्निधिन्तदा
evaṃ mohākulau vaiśyapārthivau munisattama || jagmaturmunivaryasya medhasaḥ sannidhintadā
Thus, O best of sages, the merchant and the king, both overwhelmed by delusion, went then into the presence of Medhas, the foremost of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.42
स वैश्यराजसहितो नरराजः प्रतापवान् ।। प्रणनाम महावीरः शिरसा योगिनां वरम्
sa vaiśyarājasahito nararājaḥ pratāpavān || praṇanāma mahāvīraḥ śirasā yogināṃ varam
That mighty king of men, together with the merchant, the great hero, bowed with his head to the best of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.43
बद्ध्वाञ्जलिमिमां वाचमुवाच नृपतिर्मुनिम् ।। भगवन्नावयोर्मोहं छेत्तुमर्हसि साम्प्रतम्
baddhvāñjalimimāṃ vācamuvāca nṛpatirmunim || bhagavannāvayormohaṃ chettumarhasi sāmpratam
Folding his hands, the king spoke this word to the sage: "Lord, you ought now to cut away the delusion of us two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.44
अहं राजश्रिया त्यक्तो गहनं वनमाश्रितः ।। तथापि हृतराज्यस्य तोषो नैवाभिजायते
ahaṃ rājaśriyā tyakto gahanaṃ vanamāśritaḥ || tathāpi hṛtarājyasya toṣo naivābhijāyate
I have been abandoned by royal fortune and have taken refuge in the deep forest; yet even so, for me whose kingdom has been taken, no contentment arises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.45
अयं च वैश्यस्स्वजनैर्दाराद्यैर्निष्कृतो गृहात् ।। तथाप्येतस्य ममता न निवृत्तिं समश्नुते
ayaṃ ca vaiśyassvajanairdārādyairniṣkṛto gṛhāt || tathāpyetasya mamatā na nivṛttiṃ samaśnute
And this merchant has been driven out of his house by his own people, his wife and the rest; yet even so his sense of 'mine' toward them does not come to cessation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.46
किमत्र कारणं ब्रूहि ज्ञानिनोरपि नो मनः ।। मोहेन व्याकुलं जातं महत्येषां हि मूर्खता
kimatra kāraṇaṃ brūhi jñāninorapi no manaḥ || mohena vyākulaṃ jātaṃ mahatyeṣāṃ hi mūrkhatā
Tell (us) what the cause of this is. Though we two have knowledge, our minds have become confused by delusion — great indeed is this foolishness of ours."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.47
ऋषि उवाच ।। महामाया जगद्धात्री शक्तिरूपा सनातनी ।। सा मोहयति सर्वेषां समाकृष्य मनांसि वै
ṛṣi uvāca || mahāmāyā jagaddhātrī śaktirūpā sanātanī || sā mohayati sarveṣāṃ samākṛṣya manāṃsi vai
The sage said: The Great Illusion (Mahāmāyā), sustainer of the world, whose form is Power, eternal — she deludes (all beings), drawing away their minds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.48
ब्रह्मादयस्सुरास्सर्वे यन्मायामोहिताः प्रभो ।। न जानन्ति परन्तत्त्वं मनुष्याणां च का कथा
brahmādayassurāssarve yanmāyāmohitāḥ prabho || na jānanti parantattvaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ ca kā kathā
Brahmā and all the other gods, O lord, being deluded by her illusion, do not know the highest reality — and what then is to be said of human beings?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.49
सा सृजत्यखिलं विश्वं सैव पालयतीति च ।। सैव संहरते काले त्रिगुणा परमेश्वरी
sā sṛjatyakhilaṃ viśvaṃ saiva pālayatīti ca || saiva saṃharate kāle triguṇā parameśvarī
She creates the whole universe, and she indeed protects it; and she alone, the supreme sovereign, made of the three qualities, withdraws it at the (proper) time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.51
राजोवाच ।। का सा देवी महामाया या च मोहयतेऽखिलान्।। कथं जाता च सा देवी कृपया वद मे मुने
rājovāca || kā sā devī mahāmāyā yā ca mohayate'khilān|| kathaṃ jātā ca sā devī kṛpayā vada me mune
The king said: Who is that goddess Mahāmāyā, who deludes all beings? And how was that goddess born? Out of kindness tell me, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.52
ऋषिरुवाच ।। जगत्येकार्णवे जाते शेषमास्तीर्य योगराट् ।। योगनिद्रामुपाश्रित्य यदा सुष्वाप केशवः
ṛṣiruvāca || jagatyekārṇave jāte śeṣamāstīrya yogarāṭ || yoganidrāmupāśritya yadā suṣvāpa keśavaḥ
The sage said: When the world had become a single ocean, and the king of yoga, Keśava, having spread out Śeṣa (as a couch) and resorted to yogic sleep, was sleeping —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.53
तदा द्वावसुरौ जातौ विष्णौ कर्णमलेन वै ।। मधुकैटभनामानौ विख्यातौ पृथिवीतले
tadā dvāvasurau jātau viṣṇau karṇamalena vai || madhukaiṭabhanāmānau vikhyātau pṛthivītale
then two demons were born from the wax of Viṣṇu's ear, named Madhu and Kaiṭabha, famed upon the face of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.54
प्रलयार्कप्रभौ घोरौ महाकायौ महाहनू ।। दंष्द्राकरालवदनौ भक्षयन्तौ जगन्ति वा
pralayārkaprabhau ghorau mahākāyau mahāhanū || daṃṣdrākarālavadanau bhakṣayantau jaganti vā
having the radiance of the sun at the dissolution, terrible, huge-bodied, with great jaws, their mouths gaping with fangs, as if devouring the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.55
तौ दृष्ट्वा भगवन्नाभिपङ्कजे कमलासनम् ।। हननायोद्यतावास्तां कस्त्वं भोरिति वादिनौ
tau dṛṣṭvā bhagavannābhipaṅkaje kamalāsanam || hananāyodyatāvāstāṃ kastvaṃ bhoriti vādinau
Seeing the lotus-seated one (Brahmā) on the lotus of the Lord's navel, those two set about to kill (him), saying, "Ho, who are you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.56
समालोक्यं तु तौ दैत्यौ सुरज्येष्ठो जनार्दनम् ।। शयानं च पयोम्भोधौ तुष्टाव परमेश्वरीम्
samālokyaṃ tu tau daityau surajyeṣṭho janārdanam || śayānaṃ ca payombhodhau tuṣṭāva parameśvarīm
But the eldest of the gods (Brahmā), beholding those two demons, and Janārdana lying asleep upon the ocean of milk, praised the supreme Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.57
ब्रह्मोवाच।। रक्षरक्ष महामाये शरणागतवत्सले।। एताभ्यां घोररूपाभ्यां दैत्याभ्यां जगदम्बिके
brahmovāca|| rakṣarakṣa mahāmāye śaraṇāgatavatsale|| etābhyāṃ ghorarūpābhyāṃ daityābhyāṃ jagadambike
Brahmā said: Protect, protect (me), O Mahāmāyā, tender to those who come for refuge, from these two demons of terrible form, O Mother of the world!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.59
प्रणमामि महामायां योगनिद्रामुमां सतीम् ।। कालरात्रिं महारात्रिं मोहरात्रिं परात्पराम् ५८।। त्रिदेवजननीं नित्यां भक्ताभीष्टफलप्रदाम् ।। पालिनीं सर्वदेवानां करुणावरुणालयम्
praṇamāmi mahāmāyāṃ yoganidrāmumāṃ satīm || kālarātriṃ mahārātriṃ moharātriṃ parātparām 58|| tridevajananīṃ nityāṃ bhaktābhīṣṭaphalapradām || pālinīṃ sarvadevānāṃ karuṇāvaruṇālayam
I bow to Mahāmāyā, to Yoganidrā, to Umā the chaste, to the Night of Time, the Great Night, the Night of Delusion, higher than the highest; to the eternal mother of the three gods, giver of the desired fruit to devotees, protectress of all the gods, an ocean of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.61
त्वं स्वाहा त्वं स्वधा त्वं ह्रीस्त्वं बुद्धिर्विमला मता ।। तुष्टिः पुष्टिस्त्वमेवाम्ब शान्तिः क्षान्तिः क्षुधा दया
tvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā tvaṃ hrīstvaṃ buddhirvimalā matā || tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭistvamevāmba śāntiḥ kṣāntiḥ kṣudhā dayā
You are Svāhā, you are Svadhā, you are modesty; you are held to be spotless intelligence. You alone, Mother, are satisfaction, nourishment, peace, forbearance, hunger, and pity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.62
विष्णु माया त्वमेवाम्ब त्वमेव चेतना मता।। त्वं शक्तिः परमा प्रोक्ता लज्जा तृष्णा त्वमेव च
viṣṇu māyā tvamevāmba tvameva cetanā matā|| tvaṃ śaktiḥ paramā proktā lajjā tṛṣṇā tvameva ca
You alone, Mother, are Viṣṇu's illusion; you alone are held to be consciousness. You are declared the supreme Power; and you are shame and thirst as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.63
भ्रान्तिस्त्वं स्मृतिरूपा त्वं मातृरूपेण संस्थिता ।। त्वं लक्ष्मीर्भवने पुंसां पुण्याक्षरप्रवर्तिनाम्
bhrāntistvaṃ smṛtirūpā tvaṃ mātṛrūpeṇa saṃsthitā || tvaṃ lakṣmīrbhavane puṃsāṃ puṇyākṣarapravartinām
You are error, you are of the form of memory; you abide in the form of a mother. You are Lakṣmī in the house of men who occupy themselves with holy syllables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 5 45.64
त्वं जातिस्त्वं मता वृत्तिर्व्याप्तिरूपा त्वमेव हि।। त्वमेव चित्तिरूपेण व्याप्य कृत्स्नं प्रतिष्ठिता
tvaṃ jātistvaṃ matā vṛttirvyāptirūpā tvameva hi|| tvameva cittirūpeṇa vyāpya kṛtsnaṃ pratiṣṭhitā
You are birth (or: class), you are held to be (mental) activity, you alone are of the nature of pervasion; you alone, in the form of consciousness, having pervaded the whole (universe), stand established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 5 45.65
सा त्वमेतौ दुराधर्षावसुरौ मोहयाम्बिके । प्रबोधय जगद्योने नारायणमजं विभुम्
sā tvametau durādharṣāvasurau mohayāmbike | prabodhaya jagadyone nārāyaṇamajaṃ vibhum
You, being She, delude these two asuras who are hard to assail, O Ambikā; and awaken, O womb of the world, Nārāyaṇa, the unborn, the all-pervading lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.66
ऋषिरुवाच ।। ।। ब्रह्मणा प्रार्थिता सेयं मधुकैटभनाशने ।। महाविद्याजगद्धात्री सर्वविद्याधिदेवता
ṛṣiruvāca || || brahmaṇā prārthitā seyaṃ madhukaiṭabhanāśane || mahāvidyājagaddhātrī sarvavidyādhidevatā
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 5 45.67
द्वादश्यां फाल्गुनस्यैव शुक्लायां समभून्नृप ।। महाकालीति विख्याता शक्तिस्त्रैलोक्यमोहिनी
dvādaśyāṃ phālgunasyaiva śuklāyāṃ samabhūnnṛpa || mahākālīti vikhyātā śaktistrailokyamohinī
On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of Phālguna itself, O king, she came into being, renowned as Mahākālī, the Śakti who bewitches the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.68
ततोऽभवद्वियद्वाणी मा भैषीः कमलासन।। कण्टकं नाशयाम्यद्य हत्वाजौ मधुकैटभौ
tato'bhavadviyadvāṇī mā bhaiṣīḥ kamalāsana|| kaṇṭakaṃ nāśayāmyadya hatvājau madhukaiṭabhau
Then a voice came from the sky: "Do not be afraid, O lotus-seated one! Today I shall remove the thorn, slaying Madhu and Kaiṭabha in battle."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.69
इत्युक्त्वा सा महामाया नेत्रवक्त्रादितो हरेः।। निर्गम्य दर्शने तस्थौ ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः
ityuktvā sā mahāmāyā netravaktrādito hareḥ|| nirgamya darśane tasthau brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 5 45.71
ताभ्यां प्रववृत्ते युद्धं विष्णोरतुलतेजसः ।। पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि बाहुयुद्धमभूत्तदा
tābhyāṃ pravavṛtte yuddhaṃ viṣṇoratulatejasaḥ || pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi bāhuyuddhamabhūttadā
With those two the battle of Viṣṇu, of incomparable might, commenced; for five thousand years there was then a fight with arms (hand-to-hand combat).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.72
महामायाप्रभावेण मोहितो दानवोत्तमौ ।। जजल्पतू रमाकान्तं गृहाण वरमीप्सितम्
mahāmāyāprabhāveṇa mohito dānavottamau || jajalpatū ramākāntaṃ gṛhāṇa varamīpsitam
Deluded by the power of the Great Illusion, the two foremost dānavas said to the beloved of Ramā (Viṣṇu): "Take the boon you desire!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.73
नारायण उवाच ।। मयि प्रसन्नौ यदि वां दीयतामेष मे वरः ।। मम वध्यावुभौ नान्यं युवाभ्यां प्रार्थये वरम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || mayi prasannau yadi vāṃ dīyatāmeṣa me varaḥ || mama vadhyāvubhau nānyaṃ yuvābhyāṃ prārthaye varam
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 5 45.74
ऋथिरुवाच ।। एकार्णवां महीं दृष्ट्वा प्रोचतुः केशवं वचः ।। आवां जहि न यत्रासौ धरणी पयसाऽ ऽप्लुता
ṛthiruvāca || ekārṇavāṃ mahīṃ dṛṣṭvā procatuḥ keśavaṃ vacaḥ || āvāṃ jahi na yatrāsau dharaṇī payasā' 'plutā
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 5 45.75
तथास्तु प्रोच्य भगवांश्चक्रमुत्थाप्य सूज्ज्वलम् ।। चिच्छेद शिरसी कृत्वा स्वकीयजघने तयोः निर्विकारादि साकारा निराकारापि देव्युमा ।। देवानां तापनाशार्थं प्रादुरासीद्युगेयुगे
tathāstu procya bhagavāṃścakramutthāpya sūjjvalam || ciccheda śirasī kṛtvā svakīyajaghane tayoḥ nirvikārādi sākārā nirākārāpi devyumā || devānāṃ tāpanāśārthaṃ prādurāsīdyugeyuge
Saying "So be it," the Lord raised up his brilliantly blazing discus and, having placed the two of them upon his own thighs, cut off their heads. The goddess Umā, though changeless (and) formless, yet possessed of form, appeared age after age for the destruction of the gods' affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 5 45.76
एवन्ते कथितो राजन्कालिकायास्समुद्भवः ।। महालक्ष्म्यास्तथोत्पत्तिं निशामय महामते
evante kathito rājankālikāyāssamudbhavaḥ || mahālakṣmyāstathotpattiṃ niśāmaya mahāmate
Thus, O king, the arising of Kālikā has been told; now hear, O greatly wise one, the origin of Mahālakṣmī as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 5 45.78
यदिच्छावैभवं सर्वं तस्या देहग्रहः स्मृतः ।। लीलया सापि भक्तानां गुणवर्णनहेतवे
yadicchāvaibhavaṃ sarvaṃ tasyā dehagrahaḥ smṛtaḥ || līlayā sāpi bhaktānāṃ guṇavarṇanahetave
Her taking on of a body is declared to be entirely a display of (her own) will; and that (she does) in play, for the sake of the recounting of (her) qualities by the devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain