Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 1 – English Script
Author: ṛṣi mārkaṇḍeya
|| devī māhātmyam ||
|| śrīdurgāyai namaḥ ||
|| atha śrīdurgāsaptaśatī ||
|| madhukaiṭabhavadho nāma prathamoஉdhyāyaḥ ||
asya śrī pradhama caritrasya brahmā ṛṣiḥ | mahākāḷī devatā | gāyatrī chandaḥ | nandā śaktiḥ | rakta dantikā bījam | agnistatvam | ṛgvedaḥ svarūpam | śrī mahākāḷī prītyardhe pradhama caritra jape viniyogaḥ |
dhyānaṃ
khaḍgaṃ cakra gadeṣucāpa parighā śūlaṃ bhuśuṇḍīṃ śiraḥ
śaṃṅkhaṃ sandadhatīṃ karaistrinayanāṃ sarvāṃṅgabhūṣāvṛtām |
yāṃ hantuṃ madhukaibhau jalajabhūstuṣṭāva supte harau
nīlāśmadyuti māsyapādadaśakāṃ seve mahākāḷikāṃ||
oṃ namaścaṇḍikāyai
oṃ aiṃ mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||1||
sāvarṇiḥ sūryatanayo yomanuḥ kathyateஉṣṭamaḥ|
niśāmaya tadutpattiṃ vistarādgadato mama ||2||
mahāmāyānubhāvena yathā manvantarādhipaḥ
sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇistanayo raveḥ ||3||
svārociṣeஉntare pūrvaṃ caitravaṃśasamudbhavaḥ|
suratho nāma rājāஉbhūt samaste kṣitimaṇḍale ||4||
tasya pālayataḥ samyak prajāḥ putrānivaurasān|
babhūvuḥ śatravo bhūpāḥ kolāvidhvaṃsinastadā ||5||
tasya tairabhavadyuddham atiprabaladaṇḍinaḥ|
nyūnairapi sa tairyuddhe kolāvidhvaṃsibhirjitaḥ ||6||
tataḥ svapuramāyāto nijadeśādhipoஉbhavat|
ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgastaistadā prabalāribhiḥ ||7||
amātyairbalibhirduṣṭai rdurbalasya durātmabhiḥ|
kośo balaṃ cāpahṛtaṃ tatrāpi svapure tataḥ ||8||
tato mṛgayāvyājena hṛtasvāmyaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ|
ekākī hayamāruhya jagāma gahanaṃ vanam ||9||
satatrāśramamadrākṣī ddvijavaryasya medhasaḥ|
praśāntaśvāpadākīrṇa muniśiṣyopaśobhitam ||10||
tasthau kañcitsa kālaṃ ca muninā tena satkṛtaḥ|
itaścetaśca vicaraṃstasmin munivarāśrame ||11||
soஉcintayattadā tatra mamatvākṛṣṭacetanaḥ| ||12||
matpūrvaiḥ pālitaṃ pūrvaṃ mayāhīnaṃ puraṃ hi tat
madbhṛtyaistairasadvṛttaiḥ rdharmataḥ pālyate na vā ||13||
na jāne sa pradhāno me śūra hastīsadāmadaḥ
mama vairivaśaṃ yātaḥ kānbhogānupalapsyate ||14||
ye mamānugatā nityaṃ prasādadhanabhojanaiḥ
anuvṛttiṃ dhruvaṃ teஉdya kurvantyanyamahībhṛtāṃ ||15||
asamyagvyayaśīlaistaiḥ kurvadbhiḥ satataṃ vyayaṃ
sañcitaḥ soஉtiduḥkhena kṣayaṃ kośo gamiṣyati ||16||
etaccānyacca satataṃ cintayāmāsa pārthivaḥ
tatra viprāśramābhyāśe vaiśyamekaṃ dadarśa saḥ ||17||
sa pṛṣṭastena kastvaṃ bho hetuśca āgamaneஉtra kaḥ
saśoka iva kasmātvaṃ durmanā iva lakṣyase| ||18||
ityākarṇya vacastasya bhūpateḥ praṇāyoditam
pratyuvāca sa taṃ vaiśyaḥ praśrayāvanato nṛpam ||19||
vaiśya uvāca ||20||
samādhirnāma vaiśyoஉhamutpanno dhanināṃ kule
putradārairnirastaśca dhanalobhād asādhubhiḥ ||21||
vihīnaśca dhanaidāraiḥ putrairādāya me dhanam|
vanamabhyāgato duḥkhī nirastaścāptabandhubhiḥ ||22||
soஉhaṃ na vedmi putrāṇāṃ kuśalākuśalātmikām|
pravṛttiṃ svajanānāṃ ca dārāṇāṃ cātra saṃsthitaḥ ||23||
kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhe kṣemam akṣemaṃ kiṃnu sāmprataṃ
kathaṃ tekiṃnusadvṛttā durvṛttā kiṃnumesutāḥ ||24||
rājovāca ||25||
yairnirasto bhavāṃllubdhaiḥ putradārādibhirdhanaiḥ ||26||
teṣu kiṃ bhavataḥ sneha manubadhnāti mānasam ||27||
vaiśya uvāca ||28||
evametadyathā prāha bhavānasmadgataṃ vacaḥ
kiṃ karomi na badhnāti mama niṣṭuratāṃ manaḥ ||29||
aiḥ santyajya pitṛsnehaṃ dhana lubdhairnirākṛtaḥ
patiḥsvajanahārdaṃ ca hārditeṣveva me manaḥ| ||30||
kimetannābhijānāmi jānannapi mahāmate
yatprema pravaṇaṃ cittaṃ viguṇeṣvapi bandhuṣu ||31||
teṣāṃ kṛte me niḥśvāso daurmanasyaṃ cajāyate ||32||
aromi kiṃ yanna manasteṣvaprītiṣu niṣṭhuram ||33||
mākaṇḍeya uvāca ||34||
tatastau sahitau vipra taṃmuniṃ samupasthitau ||35||
samādhirnāma vaiśyoஉsau sa ca pārdhiva sattamaḥ ||36||
kṛtvā tu tau yathānyāyyaṃ yathārhaṃ tena saṃvidam|
upaviṣṭau kathāḥ kāścit–ccakraturvaiśyapārdhivau ||37||
rājo–uvāca ||38||
bhagavṃstvāmahaṃ praṣṭumicchāmyekaṃ vadasvatat ||39||
duḥkhāya yanme manasaḥ svacittāyattatāṃ vinā ||40||
maānatoஉpi yathāṅñasya kimetanmunisattamaḥ ||41||
ayaṃ ca ikṛtaḥ putraiḥ dārairbhṛtyaistathojghitaḥ
svajanena ca santyaktaḥ steṣu hārdī tathāpyati ||42||
eva meṣa tathāhaṃ ca dvāvaptyantaduḥkhitau|
dṛṣṭadoṣeஉpi viṣaye mamatvākṛṣṭamānasau ||43||
tatkenaitanmahābhāga yanmoho ṅñāninorapi
mamāsya ca bhavatyeṣā vivekāndhasya mūḍhatā ||44||
ṛṣiruvāca ||45||
ṅñāna masti samastasya jantorvṣaya gocare|
viṣayaśca mahābhāga yānti caivaṃ pṛthakpṛthak ||46||
keciddivā tathā rātrau prāṇinaḥ stulyadṛṣṭayaḥ ||47||
ṅñānino manujāḥ satyaṃ kiṃ tu te na hi kevalam|
yato hi ṅñāninaḥ sarve paśupakṣimṛgādayaḥ ||48||
ṅñānaṃ ca tanmanuṣyāṇāṃ yatteṣāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇāṃ
manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yatteṣāṃ tulyamanyattathobhayoḥ ||49||
ṅñāneஉpi sati paśyaitān patagāñchābacañcuṣu|
kaṇamokṣādṛtān mohātpīḍyamānānapi kṣudhā ||50||
mānuṣā manujavyāghra sābhilāṣāḥ sutān prati
lobhāt pratyupakārāya nanvetān kiṃ na paśyasi ||51||
tathāpi mamatāvarte mohagarte nipātitāḥ
mahāmāyā prabhāveṇa saṃsārasthitikāriṇā ||52||
tannātra vismayaḥ kāryo yoganidrā jagatpateḥ|
mahāmāyā hareścaiṣā tayā sammohyate jagat ||53||
jṅānināmapi cetāṃsi devī bhagavatī hi sā
balādākṣyamohāya mahāmāyā prayacchati ||54||
tayā visṛjyate viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram |
saiṣā prasannā varadā nṛṇāṃ bhavati muktaye ||55||
sā vidyā paramā mukterhetubhūtā sanātanī
saṃsārabandhahetuśca saiva sarveśvareśvarī ||56||
rājovāca ||57||
bhagavan kāhi sā devī māmāyeti yāṃ bhavān |
bravīti kthamutpannā sā karmāsyāśca kiṃ dvija ||58||
yatprabhāvā ca sā devī yatsvarūpā yadudbhavā|
tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvatto brahmavidāṃ vara ||59||
ṛṣiruvāca ||60||
nityaiva sā jaganmūrtistayā sarvamidaṃ tatam ||61||
tathāpi tatsamutpattirbahudhā śrūyatāṃ mamaḥ ||62||
devānāṃ kāryasiddhyartham āvirbhavati sā yadā|
utpanneti tadā loke sā nityāpyabhidhīyate ||63||
yoganidrāṃ yadā viṣṇurjagatyekārṇavīkṛte|
āstīrya śeṣamabhajat kalpānte bhagavān prabhuḥ ||64||
tadā dvāvasurau ghorau vikhyātau madhukaiṭabhau|
viṣṇukarṇamalodbhūtau hantuṃ brahmāṇamudyatau ||65||
sa nābhi kamale viṣṇoḥ sthito brahmā prajāpatiḥ
dṛṣṭvā tāvasurau cograu prasuptaṃ ca janārdanam ||66||
tuṣṭāva yoganidrāṃ tāmekāgrahṛdayaḥ sthitaḥ
vibodhanārdhāya harerharinetrakṛtālayām ||67||
viśveśvarīṃ jagaddhātrīṃ sthitisaṃhārakāriṇīm|
nidrāṃ bhagavatīṃ viṣṇoratulāṃ tejasaḥ prabhuḥ ||68||
brahmovāca ||69||
tvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā tvaṃhi vaṣaṭkāraḥ svarātmikā|
sudhā tvamakṣare nitye tridhā mātrātmikā sthitā ||70||
ardhamātrā sthitā nityā yānuccāryāviśeṣataḥ
tvameva sā tvaṃ sāvitrī tvaṃ deva jananī parā ||71||
tvayaitaddhāryate viśvaṃ tvayaitat sṛjyate jagat|
tvayaitat pālyate devi tvamatsyante ca sarvadā ||72||
visṛṣṭau sṛṣṭirūpātvaṃ sthiti rūpā ca pālane|
tathā saṃhṛtirūpānte jagatoஉsya jaganmaye ||73||
mahāvidyā mahāmāyā mahāmedhā mahāsmṛtiḥ|
mahāmohā ca bhavatī mahādevī mahāsurī ||74||
prakṛtistvaṃ ca sarvasya guṇatraya vibhāvinī|
kāḷarātrirmahārātrirmoharātriśca dāruṇā ||75||
tvaṃ śrīstvamīśvarī tvaṃ hrīstvaṃ buddhirbhodhalakṣaṇā|
lajjāpuṣṭistathā tuṣṭistvaṃ śāntiḥ kṣānti reva ca ||76||
khaḍginī śūlinī ghorā gadinī cakriṇī tathā|
śaṅkhiṇī cāpinī bāṇābhuśuṇḍīparighāyudhā ||77||
saumyā saumyatarāśeṣasaumyebhyastvatisundarī
parāparāṇāṃ paramā tvameva parameśvarī ||78||
yacca kiñcitkvacidvastu sadasadvākhilātmike|
tasya sarvasya yā śaktiḥ sā tvaṃ kiṃ stūyasemayā ||79||
yayā tvayā jagat sraṣṭā jagatpātātti yo jagat|
soஉpi nidrāvaśaṃ nītaḥ kastvāṃ stotumiheśvaraḥ ||80||
viṣṇuḥ śarīragrahaṇam ahamīśāna eva ca
kāritāste yatoஉtastvāṃ kaḥ stotuṃ śaktimān bhavet ||81||
sā tvamitthaṃ prabhāvaiḥ svairudārairdevi saṃstutā|
mohayaitau durādharṣāvasurau madhukaiṭabhau ||82||
prabodhaṃ ca jagatsvāmī nīyatāmacyutā laghu ||83||
bodhaśca kriyatāmasya hantumetau mahāsurau ||83||
ṛṣiruvāca ||84||
evaṃ stutā tadā devī tāmasī tatra vedhasā
viṣṇoḥ prabhodhanārdhāya nihantuṃ madhukaiṭabhau ||85||
netrāsyanāsikābāhuhṛdayebhyastathorasaḥ|
nirgamya darśane tasthau brahmaṇo avyaktajanmanaḥ ||86||
uttasthau ca jagannāthaḥ stayā mukto janārdanaḥ|
ekārṇave ahiśayanāttataḥ sa dadṛśe ca tau ||87||
madhukaiṭabhau durātmānā vativīryaparākramau
krodharaktekṣaṇāvattuṃ brahmaṇāṃ janitodyamau ||88||
samutthāya tatastābhyāṃ yuyudhe bhagavān hariḥ
pañcavarṣasahastrāṇi bāhupraharaṇo vibhuḥ ||89||
tāvapyatibalonmattau mahāmāyāvimohitau ||90||
uktavantau varoஉsmatto vriyatāmiti keśavam ||91||
śrī bhagavānuvāca ||92||
bhavetāmadya me tuṣṭau mama vadhyāvubhāvapi ||93||
kimanyena vareṇātra etāvṛddi vṛtaṃ mama ||94||
ṛṣiruvāca ||95||
vañcitābhyāmiti tadā sarvamāpomayaṃ jagat|
vilokya tābhyāṃ gadito bhagavān kamalekṣaṇaḥ ||96||
āvāṃ jahi na yatrorvī salilena pariplutā| ||97||
ṛṣiruvāca ||98||
tathetyuktvā bhagavatā śaṅkhacakragadābhṛtā|
kṛtvā cakreṇa vai chinne jaghane śirasī tayoḥ ||99||
evameṣā samutpannā brahmaṇā saṃstutā svayam|
prabhāvamasyā devyāstu bhūyaḥ śṛṇu vadāmi te ||100||
|| jaya jaya śrī svasti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmahātmye madhukaiṭabhavadho nāma pradhamoஉdhyāyaḥ ||
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oṃ eṃ sāṅgāyai sāyudhāyai saśaktikāyai saparivārāyai savāhanāyai eṃ bījādhiṣṭāyai mahā kāḷikāyai mahā ahutiṃ samarpayāmi namaḥ svāhā ||
