Scriptures

Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

BOOK 10 • CHAPTER 4
Ch 4 Verse 1-2 Verse
Sanskrit Text
१०.४ चतुर्थोऽध्यायः । रुद्रप्रार्थनम् । सूत उवाच । ततः सर्वे सुरगणा महेन्द्रप्रमुखास्तदा । पद्मयोनिं पुरस्कृत्य रुद्रं शरणमन्वयुः ॥ १ ॥ उपतस्थुः प्रणतिभिः स्तोत्रैश्चारुविभूतिभिः । देवदेवं गिरिशयं शशिलोलितशेखरम् ॥ २ ॥
English Translation
Sūta said :-- O Ṛṣis! Then Indra and all the other Devas taking Brahmā along with them and placing Him at the front, went to Mahādeva and took His refuge. They bowed down to Him and chanted sweet and great hymns to Him, Who holds Moon on His forehead, Deva of the Devas, thus :--
Ch 4 Verse 3 Verse
Sanskrit Text
देववा ऊचुः । जय देव गणाध्यक्ष उमालालितपङ्कज । अष्टसिद्धिविभूतीनां दात्रे भक्तजनाय ते ॥ ३ ॥
English Translation
O Thou, the Leader of the host of Gods! Victory to Thee! O Thou, Whose lotus feet are served by Umā, Victory to Thee! O Thou, the Giver of the eight Siddhis and Vibhūtis (extraordinary powers) to Thy devotees, Victory to Thee!
Ch 4 Verse 4-5 Verse
Sanskrit Text
महामायाविलसितस्थानाय परमात्मने । वृषाङ्कायामरेशाय कैलासस्थितिशालिने ॥ ४ ॥ अहिर्बुध्न्याय मान्याय मनवे मानदायिने । अजाय बहुरूपाय स्वात्मारामाय शम्भवे ॥ ५ ॥
English Translation
O Thou, the Background of this Great Theatrical Dance of this Insurmountable Māyā! Thou art the Supreme Spirit in Thy True Nature! Thou ridest on Thy vehicle, the Bull, and residest in Kāilāśa; yet Thou art the Lord of all the Devas. O Thou, Whose ornament is snakes, Who art the Honoured and the Giver of honours to persons! O Thou! the Unborn, yet comprising all forms, O Thou Śambhu! That findest pleasure in this Thy Own Self! Victory toThee!
Ch 4 Verse 6-8 Verse
Sanskrit Text
गणनाथाय देवाय गिरिशाय नमोऽस्तु ते । महाविभूतिदात्रे ते महाविष्णुस्तुताय च ॥ ६ ॥ विष्णुहृत्कञ्जवासाय महायोगरताय च । योगगम्याय योगाय योगिनां पतये नमः ॥ ७ ॥ योगीशाय नमस्तुभ्यं योगानां फलदायिने । दीनदानपरायापि दयासागरमूर्तये ॥ ८ ॥
English Translation
O Thou, the Lord of Thy attendants! O Thou, Giriśa! The Giver of the great powers, praised by Mahā Viṣṇu! O Thou, That livest in the heart lotus of Viṣṇu, and deeply absorbed in Mahā Yoga! Obeisance to Thee! O Thou that can’st be known through Yoga, and nothing but the Yoga itself; Thou, the Lord of the Yoga! We bow down to Thee. Thou awardest the fruits of yoga to the Yogins. O Thou, the Lord of the helpless! The Incarnate of the ocean of mercy! The Relief of the diseased and the most powerful! O Thou, whose forms are the three guṇas, Sattva, Rajo, Tamas!
Ch 4 Verse 9 Verse
Sanskrit Text
आर्तिप्रशमनायोग्रवीर्याय गुणमूर्तये । वृषध्वजाय कालाय कालकालाय ते नमः ॥ ९ ॥
English Translation
O Thou! Whose Emblem (carrier) is the Bull (Dharma); Thou art verily the Great Kāla; yet Thou art the Lord of Kāla! Obeisance to Thee! (The Bull represents the Dharma or Speech).
Ch 4 Verse 10 Verse
Sanskrit Text
सूत उवाच । एवं स्तुतः स देवेशो यज्ञभुग्भिर्वृषध्वजः । प्राह गम्भीरया वाचा प्रहसन्विबुधर्षभान् ॥ १० ॥
English Translation
Thus praised by the Devas, who take the offerings in sacrifices the Lord of the Devas, whose emblem is Bull, smilingly told the Devas in a deep voice :--
Ch 4 Verse 11 Verse
Sanskrit Text
श्रीभगवानुवाच । प्रसन्नोऽहं दिविषदः स्तोत्रेणोत्तमपूरुषाः । मनोरथं पूरयामि सर्वेषां देवतर्षभाः ॥ ११ ॥
English Translation
O Thou, the excellent Devas! The residents of the Heavens! I am pleased with the praises that you have sung of Me. I will fulfil the desires of you, all the Devas.
Ch 4 Verse 12-15 Verse
Sanskrit Text
देवा ऊचुः । सर्वदेवेश गिरिश शशिमौलिविराजित । आर्तानां शङ्करस्त्वं च शं विधेहि महाबल ॥ १२ ॥ पर्वतो विन्ध्यनामास्ति मेरुद्वेष्टा महोन्नतः । भानुमार्गनिरोद्धा हि सर्वेषां दुःखदोऽनघ ॥ १३ ॥ तदवृद्धिं स्तम्भयेशान सर्वकल्याणकृद्भव । भानुसञ्चाररोधेन कालज्ञानं कथं भवेत् ॥ १४ ॥ नष्टे स्वाहास्वधाकारे लोके कः शरणं भवेत् । अस्माकं च भयार्तानां भवानेव हि दृश्यते ॥ १५ ॥
English Translation
The Devas said :-- O Lord of all the Devas! O Giriśa! Thou whose forehead is adorned with Moon! O Thou, the Doer of good to the distressed. O Thou, the Powerful! Dost Thou do good to us. O Thou, the Sinless One! The Bindhya Mountain has become jealous of the Sumeru Mountain, and has risen very high up in the Heavens and he has obstructed the Sun’s course, thereby causing great troubles to all. O Thou, the Doer of good to all! O Īśāna! Dost Thou check the mountain’s abnormal rise. How can we fix time if the Sun’s course be obstructed! And when there is no knowledge, what is now the time, the sacrifices to the Devas and the offerings to the Pitris are now almost dead and gone. O Deva! Who will now protect us? We see Thee as the Destroyer of the fear of us and of those who are terrified. O Deva! O Lord of Giriśā! Be pleased with us.
Ch 4 Verse 16-18 Verse
Sanskrit Text
दुःखनाशकरो देव प्रसीद गिरिजापते । श्रीशिव उवाच । नास्माकं शक्तिरस्तीह तद्वृद्धिस्तम्भने सुराः ॥ १६ ॥ इममेवं वदिष्यामो भगवन्तं रमाधवम् । सोऽस्माकं प्रभुरात्मा च पूज्यः कारणरूपधृक् ॥ १७ ॥ गोविन्दो भगवान्विष्णुः सर्वकारणकारणः । तं गत्वा कथयिष्यामः स दुःखान्तो भविष्यति ॥ १८ ॥
English Translation
Śrī Bhagavān said :-- O Devas! I have no power to curb the Bindhya Mountain. Let us go to the Lord of Ramā and pay our respects to Him. He is our Lord, fit to be worshipped. He is Gobinda, Bhagavān Viṣṇu, the Cause of all causes. We will go to Him and tell Him all our sorrows. He will remove them.
Ch 4 Verse 19 Verse
Sanskrit Text
इत्येवमाकर्ण्य गिरीशभाषितं देवाश्च सेन्द्राः सपयोजसम्भवाः । रुद्रं पुरस्कृत्य च वेपमाना वैकुण्ठलोकं प्रतिजग्मुरञ्जसा ॥ १९ ॥
Sanskrit Colophon
इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे रुद्रप्रार्थनं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः ॥ १०.४॥
English Translation
Hearing thus the words of Girīśa, Indra and the other Devas with Brahmā placed Mahādeva at their front and went to the region of Vaikuṇṭha, trembling with fear. Here ends the Fourth Chapter of the Tenth Book on the going of the Devas to Mahādeva in the Mahā Purāṇam Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam of 18,000 verses by Mahārṣi Veda Vyāsa.