Scriptures

Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

BOOK 10 • CHAPTER 2
Ch 2 Verse 1-2 Verse
Sanskrit Text
१०.२ द्वितीयोऽध्यायः । विन्ध्योपाख्यानवर्णनम् । श्रीदेव्युवाच । भूमिपाल महाबाहो सर्वमेतद्भविष्यति । यत्त्वया प्रार्थितं तत्ते ददामि मनुजाधिप ॥ १ ॥ अहं प्रसन्ना दैत्येन्द्रनाशनामोघविक्रमा । वाग्भवस्य जपेनैव तपसा ते सुनिश्चितम् ॥ २ ॥
English Translation
The Devī said :-- “O King! O Mighty armed One! All these I grant unto you. Whatever you have asked for, I give them to you. I am very much pleased with your hard Tapasyā and with your Japam of the Vāgbhava Mantra. Know Me that My power is infallible in killing the Lords of the Daityas.
Ch 2 Verse 3-4 Verse
Sanskrit Text
राज्यं निष्कण्टकं तेऽस्तु पुत्रा वंशकरा अपि । मयि भक्तिर्दृढा वत्स मोक्षान्ते सत्पदे भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥ एवं वरान्महादेवी तस्मै दत्त्वा महात्मने । पश्यतस्तु मनोरेव जगाम विन्ध्यपर्वतम् ॥ ४ ॥
English Translation
O Child! Let your kingdom be free from enemies and let your prosperity be increased. Let your devotion be fixed on Me and in the end you will verily get Nirvāṇa Mukti.” O Nārada! Thus granting the boon to the highsouled Manu the Great Devī disappeared before him and went to the Bindhya Range.
Ch 2 Verse 5-6 Verse
Sanskrit Text
योऽसौ विन्ध्याचलो रुद्धः कुम्भोद्भवमहर्षिणा । भानुमार्गावरोधार्थं प्रवृत्तो गगनं स्पृशन् ॥ ५ ॥ सा विन्ध्यवासिनी विष्णोरनुजा वरदेश्वरी । बभूव पूज्या लोकानां सर्वेषां मुनिसत्तम ॥ ६ ॥
English Translation
O Devarṣi! This Bindhya mountain increased in height so much so that it was well nigh on the way to prevent the course of the Sun when it was arrested by Mahārṣi Agastya, born of a kumbha (water jar). The younger sister of Viṣṇu, Varadeśvarī, is staying here as Bindhyavāsinī. O Best of the Munis! This Devī is an object of worship of all.
Ch 2 Verse 7-8 Verse
Sanskrit Text
ऋषय ऊचुः । कोऽसौ विन्ध्याचलः सूत किमर्थं गगनं स्पृशन् । भानुमार्गावरोधं च किमर्थं कृतवानसौ ॥ ७ ॥ कथं च मैत्रावरुणिः पर्वतं तं महोन्नतम् । प्रकृतिस्थं चकारेति सर्वं विस्तरतो वद ॥ ८ ॥
English Translation
Saunaka and the other Ṛṣis said :-- O Sūta! Who is that Bindhya Mountain? And why did He intend to soar high up to the Heavens to resist the Sun’s course? And why was it that Agastya, the son of Mitrāvaruṇa quietened that rising mountain? Kindly describe all these in detail.
Ch 2 Verse 9-10 Verse
Sanskrit Text
न हि तृप्यामहे साधो त्वदास्यगलितामृतम् । देव्याश्चरित्ररूपाख्यं पीत्वा तृष्णा प्रवर्धते ॥ ९ ॥ सूत उवाच । आसीद्विन्ध्याचलो नाम मान्यः सर्वधराभृताम् । महावनसमूहाढ्यो महापादपसंवृतः ॥ १० ॥
English Translation
O Saint! We are not as yet satisfied with hearing the Glories of the Devī, the ambrosial nectar, that have come out of your mouth. Rather our thirst has been increased. Sūta said :-- O Ṛṣis! There was the Bindhya Mountain, highly honoured and reckoned as the chief of the mountains on the earth.
Ch 2 Verse 11-12 Verse
Sanskrit Text
सुपुष्पितैरनेकैश्च लतागुल्मैस्तु संवृतः । मृगा वराहा महिषा व्याघ्राः शार्दूलका अपि ॥ ११ ॥ वानराः शशका ऋक्षाः शृगालाश्च समन्ततः । विचरन्ति सदा हृष्टा पुष्टा एव महोद्यमाः ॥ १२ ॥
English Translation
It was covered with big forests and big trees. Creeping plants and shrubs flowered these and it looked very beautiful. On it were roaming deer, wild boars, buffaloes, monkeys, hares, foxes, tigers and bears, stout and cheerful, with full vigour and all very merrily.
Ch 2 Verse 13-14 Verse
Sanskrit Text
नदीनदजलाक्रान्तो देवगन्धर्वकिन्नरैः । अप्सरोभिः किम्पुरुषैः सर्वकामफलद्रुमैः ॥ १३ ॥ एतादृशे विन्ध्यनगे कदाचित्पर्यटन् महीम् । देवर्षिः परमप्रीतो जगाम स्वेच्छया मुनिः ॥ १४ ॥
English Translation
The Devas, Gandharbhas, Apsarās, and Kinnaras come here and bathe in its rivers; all sorts of fruit trees can be seen here. On such a beautiful Bindhya Mountain, came there one day the ever joyful Devarṣi Nārada on his voluntary tour round the world.
Ch 2 Verse 15 Verse
Sanskrit Text
तं दृष्ट्वा स नगो मङ्क्षु तूर्णमुत्थाय सम्भ्रमात् । पाद्यमर्घ्यं तथा दत्त्वा वरासनमथार्पयत् ॥ १५ ॥
English Translation
Seeing the Mahārṣi Nārada, the Bindhya Mountain got up and worshipped him with pādya and arghya and gave him a very good Āsana to sit. When the Muni took his seat and found himself happy, the Mountain began to speak.
Ch 2 Verse 16-17 Verse
Sanskrit Text
सुखोपविष्टं देवर्षिं प्रसन्नं नग ऊचिवान् । विन्ध्य उवाच । देवर्षे कथ्यतां जात आगमः कुत उत्तमः ॥ १६ ॥ तवागमनतो जातमनर्घ्यं मम मन्दिरम् । तव चङ्क्रमणं देवाभयार्थं हि यथा रवेः ॥ १७ ॥
English Translation
Bindhya said :-- “O Devarṣi! Now be pleased to say whence you are coming; your coming here is so very auspicious! My house is sanctified today by your coming. O Deva! Your wandering is, like the Sun, the cause of inspiring the beings with freedom from fear. So, O Nārada! Kindly give out your intention as to your coming here which seems rather wonderful.”
Ch 2 Verse 18-19 Verse
Sanskrit Text
अपूर्वं यन्मनोवृत्तं तद् ब्रूहि मम नारद । नारद उवाच । ममागमनमिन्द्रारे जातं स्वर्णगिरेरथ ॥ १८ ॥ तत्र दृष्टा मया लोकाः शक्राग्नियमपाशिनाम् । सर्वेषां लोकपालानां भवनानि समन्ततः ॥ १९ ॥
English Translation
Nārada said :-- “O Bindhya! O Enemy of Indra! (Once the mountains had a very great influence. Indra cut off their wings and so destroyed their influence. Hence the mountains are enemies of Indra). I am coming from the Sumeru Mountain. There I saw the nice abodes of Indra, Agni, Yama, and Varuṇa. There I saw the houses of these Dikpālas (the Regents of the several quarters), which abound in objects of all sorts of enjoyments.”
Ch 2 Verse 20-21 Verse
Sanskrit Text
मया दृष्टानि विन्ध्याग नानाभोगप्रदानि च । इति चोक्त्वा ब्रह्मयोनिः पुनरुच्छ्वासमाविशत् ॥ २० ॥ उच्छ्वसन्तं मुनिं दृष्ट्वा पुनः पप्रच्छ शैलराट् । उच्छ्वासकारणं किं तद् ब्रूहि देवऋषे मम ॥ २१ ॥
English Translation
Thus saying, Nārada gave out a heavy sigh. Bindhya, the king of mountains, seeing the Muni heaving a long sigh, asked him again with great eagerness, “O Devarṣi! Why have you heaved such a long sigh? Kindly say."
Ch 2 Verse 22-23 Verse
Sanskrit Text
इत्याकर्ण्य नगस्योक्तं देवर्षिरमितद्युतिः । अब्रवीच्छ्रूयतां वत्स ममोच्छ्वासस्य कारणम् ॥ २२ ॥ गौरीगुरुस्तु हिमवाञ्छिवस्य श्वशुरः किल । सम्बन्धित्वात्पशुपतेः पूज्य आसीत्क्षमाभृताम् ॥ २३ ॥
English Translation
Hearing this, Nārada said :-- “O Child! Hear the cause why I sighed. See! The Himālayā Mountain is the father of Gaurī and the father-in-law of Mahādeva; therefore he is the most worshipped of all the mountains.
Ch 2 Verse 24-25 Verse
Sanskrit Text
एवमेव च कैलासः शिवस्यावसथः प्रभुः । पूज्यः पृथ्वीभृतां जातो लोके पापौघदारणः ॥ २४ ॥ निषधः पर्वतो नीलो गन्धमादन एव च । पूज्याः स्वस्थानमासाद्य सर्व एव क्षमाभृतः ॥ २५ ॥
English Translation
The Kailāśa Mountain again, is the residence of Mahādeva; hence that is also worshipped and chanted as capable of destroying all the sins. So the Niṣadha, Nīla, and Gandhamādana and other mountains are worshipped at their own places.
Ch 2 Verse 26-27 Verse
Sanskrit Text
यं पर्येति च विश्वात्मा सहस्रकिरणः स्वराट् । सग्रहर्क्षगणोपेतः सोऽयं कनकपर्वतः ॥ २६ ॥ आत्मानं मनुते श्रेष्ठं वरिष्ठं च धराभृताम् । सर्वेषामहमेवाग्र्यो नास्ति लोकेषु मत्समः ॥ २७ ॥
English Translation
What more than this, that the Sumeru Mountain, round whom the thousand-rayed Sun, the Soul of the universe, circumambulates along with the planets and stars, thinks himself the supreme and greatest amongst the mountains, “I am the supreme; there is none like me in the three worlds.”
Ch 2 Verse 28 Verse
Sanskrit Text
एवम्मानाभिमानं तं स्मृत्वोच्छ्वासो मयोज्झितः । अस्तु नैतावता कृत्यं तपोबलवतां नग । प्रसङ्गतो मयोक्तं ते गमिष्यामि निजं गृहम् ॥ २८ ॥
Sanskrit Colophon
इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे विन्ध्योपाख्यानवर्णनं नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥ १०.२॥
English Translation
Remembering this self-conceit of Sumeru, I sighed so heavily. O Bindhya! We are asceties and though we have no need to discuss these things, yet by way of conversation I have told this to you. Now I go to my own abode.” Here ends the Second Chapter of the Tenth Book on the conversation between Nārada and the Bindhya Mountain in the Mahā Purāṇam Śrī Mad Devī Bhāgavatam of 18,000 verses by Mahārṣi Veda Vyāsa.