Scriptures

Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

BOOK 10 • CHAPTER 5
Ch 5 Verse 1 Verse
Sanskrit Text
१०.५ पञ्चमोऽध्यायः । श्रीविष्णुना देवेभ्यो वरप्रदानम् । सूत उवाच । ते गत्वा देवदेवेशं रमानाथं जगद्गुरुम् । विष्णुं कमलपत्राक्षं ददृशुः प्रभयान्वितम् ॥ १ ॥
English Translation
Sūta said :-- Then the Devas, on arriving at Vaikuṇṭha, saw the Lord of Lakṣmī, the Deva of the Devas, the World-Teacher, with his eyes beautiful like Padmā Palāsa (lotus-leaves), shining with brilliance and began to praise Him in a voice choked with intense feelings of devotion, thus :--
Ch 5 Verse 2-3 Verse
Sanskrit Text
स्तोत्रेण तुष्टुवुर्भक्त्या गद्गदस्वरसत्कृताः । देवा ऊचुः । जय विष्णो रमेशाद्य महापुरुष पूर्वज ॥ २ ॥ दैत्यारे कामजनक सर्वकामफलप्रद । महावराह गोविन्द महायज्ञस्वरूपक ॥ ३ ॥
English Translation
“Victory to Viṣṇu! O Lord of Ramā! Thou art prior to the Virāṭ Puruṣa. O Enemy of the Daityas! O Thou, the Generator of desires in all and the Bestower of the fruits of those desires to all! O Gobinda! Thou art the Great Boar and Thou art of the nature of Great Sacrifices!
Ch 5 Verse 4-5 Verse
Sanskrit Text
महाविष्णो ध्रुवेशाद्य जगदुत्पत्तिकारण । मत्स्यावतारे वेदानामुद्धाराधाररूपक ॥ ४ ॥ सत्यव्रत धराधीश मत्स्यरूपाय ते नमः । जयाकूपार दैत्यारे सुरकार्यसमर्पक ॥ ५ ॥
English Translation
O Mahā Viṣṇu! O Lord of Dharma! Thou art the Cause of the origin of this world! Thou didst support the earth in Thy Fish Incarnation for the deliverance of the Vedas! O Thou Satyavrata of the form of a Fish! We bow down to Thee. O Thou! The Enemy of the Daityas! The Ocean of mercy! Thou dost do the actions of the Devas out of mercy.
Ch 5 Verse 6-7 Verse
Sanskrit Text
अमृताप्तिकरेशान कूर्मरूपाय ते नमः । जयादिदैत्यनाशार्थमादिसूकररूपधृक् ॥ ६ ॥ मह्युद्धारकृतोद्योगकोलरूपाय ते नमः । नारसिंहं वपुः कृत्वा महादैत्यं ददार यः ॥ ७ ॥
English Translation
O Thou! the Tortoise Incarnation! That grantest Mukti to others! Obeisance to Thee! 6-18. O Thou! That didst assume the form of a Boar for the destruction of the Daityas Jaya and others and for raising the earth from the waters! Obeisance to Thee! Thou didst assume that form - Half man and half Lion of the Nrisimha Mūrti and tore asunder Hiraṇya Kaśipu, proud of his boons, by Thy nails.
Ch 5 Verse 8-9 Verse
Sanskrit Text
करजैर्वरदृप्ताङ्गं तस्मै नृहरये नमः । वामनं रूपमास्थाय त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यमोहितम् ॥ ८ ॥ बलिं सञ्छलयामास तस्मै वामनरूपिणे । दुष्टक्षत्रविनाशाय सहस्रकरशत्रवे ॥ ९ ॥
English Translation
We bow down to Thee! Obeisance to Thee! That in Thy Dwarf Incarnation, didst deceive Bali, whose head got crazed by the acquisition of the kingdom over the three Lokas. We bow down to Thee, that in Thy Paraśu Rāma Incarnation, didst slay Kārta Vīryāryuna, the thousand handed, and the other wicked Kṣattriyas! Obeisance to Thee!
Ch 5 Verse 10 Verse
Sanskrit Text
रेणुकागर्भजाताय जामदग्न्याय ते नमः । दुष्टराक्षसपौलस्त्यशिरश्छेदपटीयसे ॥ १० ॥
English Translation
That wert born of the womb of Reṇukā as the son of Jamadagni. Obeisance to Thee, of great prowess and valour, that in Thy Rāma Incarnation as the son of Daśaratha, didst cut off the heads of the wicked Rākṣasa, the son of Pulastya!
Ch 5 Verse 11-12 Verse
Sanskrit Text
श्रीमद्दाशरथे तुभ्यं नमोऽनन्तक्रमाय च । कंसदुर्योधनाद्यैश्च दैत्यैः पृथ्वीशलाञ्छनैः ॥ ११ ॥ भाराक्रान्तां महीं योऽसावुज्जहार महाविभुः । धर्मं संस्थापयामास पापं कृत्वा सुदूरतः ॥ १२ ॥
English Translation
We bow down again and again to Thee, the Great Lord, that in Thy Kṛṣṇa incarnation, didst deliver this earth from the clutches of the wicked King Duryodhana, Kaṃṣa and others and didst establish the religion by removing the then prevailing vicious ideas and doctrines.
Ch 5 Verse 13-14 Verse
Sanskrit Text
तस्मै कृष्णाय देवाय नमोऽस्तु बहुधा विभो । दुष्टयज्ञविघाताय पशुहिंसानिवृत्तये ॥ १३ ॥ बौद्धरूपं दधौ योऽसौ तस्मै देवाय ते नमः । म्लेच्छप्रायेऽखिले लोके दुष्टराजन्यपीडिते ॥ १४ ॥
English Translation
We bow down to Thy Buddha Incarnation, that Great Deva who didst come down here to put a stop to the slaughtering of the innocent animals and to the performance of the wicked sacrificial ceremonies! Obeisance to the Deva! When almost all the persons in this world will turn out in future as Mleccas and when the wicked Kings will oppress them, right and left,
Ch 5 Verse 15 Verse
Sanskrit Text
कल्किरूपं समादध्यौ देवदेवाय ते नमः । दशावतारास्ते देव भक्तानां रक्षणाय वै ॥ १५ ॥
English Translation
Thou wilt then incarnate Thyself again as Kalki and redress all the grievances! We bow down to Thy Kalki Form! O Deva! These are Thy Ten Incarnations, for the preservation of Thy devotees, for the killing of the wicked Daityas. Therefore Thou art called as the Great Reliever of all our troubles.
Ch 5 Verse 16-18 Verse
Sanskrit Text
दुष्टदैत्यविघाताय तस्मात्त्वं सर्वदुःखहृत् । जय भक्तार्तिनाशाय धृतं नारीजलात्मसु ॥ १६ ॥ रूपं येन त्वया देव कोऽन्यस्त्वत्तो दयानिधिः । इत्येवं देवदेवेशं स्तुत्वा श्रीपीतवाससम् ॥ १७ ॥ प्रणेमुर्भक्तिसहिताः साष्टाङ्गं विबुधर्षभाः । तेषां स्तवं समाकर्ण्य देवः श्रीपुरुषोत्तमः ॥ १८ ॥
English Translation
O Thou! Victory to Thee! The Deva Who assumest the forms of women and water for destroying the ailings of the devotees! Who else can be so kind! O Thou, the Ocean of mercy!” O Ṛṣis! Thus praising the yellow robed Viṣṇu, the Lord of all the Devas, the whole host of the Devas bowed down to Him and made Shāsṭāmgas. Then Viṣṇu Gadādhara, hearing their hymns, gladdened them and spoke :--
Ch 5 Verse 19-20 Verse
Sanskrit Text
उवाच विबुधान्सर्वान् हर्षयच्छ्रीगदाधरः । श्रीभगवानुवाच - प्रसन्नोऽस्मि स्तवेनाहं देवास्तापं विमुञ्चथ ॥ १९ ॥ भवतां नाशयिष्यामि दुःखं परमदुःसहम् । वृणुध्वं च वरं मत्तो देवाः परमदुर्लभम् ॥ २० ॥
English Translation
Śrī Bhagavāna said :-- “O Devas! I am pleased with your stotra. You need not be sorrowful. I will remove all your troubles that have become unbearable to you. O Devas! I am very glad to hear the praises that you have offered on Me. Better ask boons from Me. I will grant them though very rare even and obtained with difficulty.
Ch 5 Verse 21-24 Verse
Sanskrit Text
ददामि परमप्रीतः स्तवस्यास्य प्रसादतः । य एतत्पठते स्तोत्रं कल्य उत्थाय मानवः ॥ २१ ॥ मयि भक्तिं परां कृत्वा न तं शोकः स्पृशेत्कदा । अलक्ष्मीः कालकर्णी च नाक्रामेत्तद्गृहं सुराः ॥ २२ ॥ नोपसर्गा न वेताला न ग्रहा ब्रह्मराक्षसाः । न रोगा वातिकाः पैत्ताः श्लेष्मसम्भविनस्तथा ॥ २३ ॥ नाकालमरणं तस्य कदापि च भविष्यति । सन्ततिश्चिरकालस्था भोगाः सर्वे सुखादयः ॥ २४ ॥
English Translation
Any person who rises early in the morning and recites with devotion this stotra sung by you, will never experience any sorrow. O Devas! No poverty, no bad symptoms, no Vetālas nor planets nor Brahmā Rākṣasas nor any misfortunes will overtake him. No disease, due to Vāta (windy temperament), Pitta (bile) and Kapha (phlegm) nor untimely death will visit him. His family will not be extinct and happiness will always reign there.
Ch 5 Verse 25-28 Verse
Sanskrit Text
सम्भविष्यन्ति तन्मर्त्यगृहे यः स्तोत्रपाठकः । किं पुनर्बहुनोक्तेन स्तोत्रं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ॥ २५ ॥ एतस्य पठनानॄणां भुक्तिमुक्ती न दूरतः । देवा भवत्सु यद्दुःखं कथ्यतां तदसंशयम् ॥ २६ ॥ नाशयामि न सन्देहश्चात्र कार्योऽणुरेव च । एवं श्रीभगवद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा सर्वे दिवौकसः । प्रसन्नमनसः सर्वे पुनरूचुर्वृषाकपिम् ॥ २७ ॥
Sanskrit Colophon
इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे श्रीविष्णुना देवेभ्यो वरप्रदानं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः ॥ १०.५॥
English Translation
O Devas! This stotra can give everything. Both the enjoyment and freedom will come within anyone’s easy access. There is no doubt in this. Nov what is your difficulty? Give out. I will remove it at once. There is not a bit of doubt in this.” Hearing these words of Śrī Bhagavān, the Devas became glad and spoke to Viṣṇu. Here ends the Fifth Chapter of the Tenth Book on the Devaś going to Viṣṇu, in the Mahā Purāṇam Śrī Mad Devī Bhāgavatam of 18,000 verses by Mahārṣi Veda Vyāsa.