Scriptures

Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

BOOK 10 • CHAPTER 8
Ch 8 Verse 1 Verse
Sanskrit Text
१०.८ अष्टमोऽध्यायः । मनूत्पत्तिवर्णनम् । शौनक उवाच । आद्यो मन्वन्तरः प्रोक्तो भवता चायमुत्तमः । अन्येषामुद्भवं ब्रूहि मनूनां दिव्यतेजसाम् ॥ १ ॥
English Translation
Saunaka said :-- “O Sūta! You have described the beautiful narrative of the first Manu Svāyambhuva. Now kindly describe to us the narratives of other highly energetic Deva-like Manus.”
Ch 8 Verse 2 Verse
Sanskrit Text
सूत उवाच । एवमाद्यस्य चोत्पत्तिं श्रुत्वा स्वायम्भुवस्य हि । अन्येषां क्रमशस्तेषां सम्भूतिं परिपृच्छति ॥ २ ॥
English Translation
Sūta said :-- “O Ṛṣis! The very wise Nārada, well versed in the knowledge of Śrī Devī, hearing the glorious character of the first Svāyambhuva Manu, became desirous to hear of the other Manus and asked the Eternal Nārāyaṇa :--
Ch 8 Verse 3 Verse
Sanskrit Text
नारदः परमो ज्ञानी देवीतत्त्वार्थकोविदः । नारद उवाच । मनूनां मे समाख्याहि सूत्पत्तिं च सनातन ॥ ३ ॥
English Translation
O Deva! Now favour me by reciting the origin and narratives of the other Manus.”
Ch 8 Verse 4 Verse
Sanskrit Text
श्रीनारायण उवाच । प्रथमोऽयं मनुः स्वायम्भुव उक्तो महामुने । देव्याराधनतो येन प्राप्तं राज्यमकण्टकम् ॥ ४ ॥
English Translation
Nārāyaṇa said :-- O Devarṣi! I have already spoken to you everything regarding the first Manu. He had worshipped the Devī Bhagavatī, and thus he got his foeless kingdom. You know that then.
Ch 8 Verse 5-6 Verse
Sanskrit Text
प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ मनुपुत्रौ महौजसौ । राज्यपालनकर्तारौ विख्यातौ वसुधातले ॥ ५ ॥ द्वितीयश्च मनुः स्वारोचिष उक्तो मनीषिभिः । प्रियव्रतसुतः श्रीमानप्रमेयपराक्रमः ॥ ६ ॥
English Translation
Manu had two sons of great prowess, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda. They governed their kingdoms with fame. The son of this Priyavrata, of indomitable valour, is known by the wise as the second Svārociṣa Manu.
Ch 8 Verse 7-8 Verse
Sanskrit Text
स स्वारोचिषनामापि कालिन्दीकूलतो मनुः । निवासं कल्पयामास सर्वसत्त्वप्रियङ्करः ॥ ७ ॥ जीर्णपत्राशनो भूत्वा तपः कर्तुमनुव्रतः । देव्या मूर्तिं मृण्मयीं च पूजयामास भक्तितः ॥ ८ ॥
English Translation
Dear to all the beings, this Svārociṣa Manu built his hermitage near the banks of the Kālindī (the Jumnā) and there making an earthen image of the Devī Bhagavatī, worshipped the Devī with devotion, subsisting on dry leaves and thus practised severe austerities.
Ch 8 Verse 9-10 Verse
Sanskrit Text
एवं द्वादश वर्षाणि वनस्थस्य तपस्यतः । देवी प्रादुरभूत्तात सहस्रार्कसमद्युतिः ॥ ९ ॥ ततः प्रसन्ना देवेशी स्तवराजेन सुव्रता । ददौ स्वारोचिषायैव सर्वमन्वन्तराश्रयम् ॥ १० ॥
English Translation
Thus he passed his twelve years in that forest; when, at last, the Devī Bhagavatī, resplendent with brilliance of the thousand Suns, became visible to him. She got very much pleased with his devotional stotrams.
Ch 8 Verse 11-12 Verse
Sanskrit Text
आधिपत्यं जगद्धात्री तारिणीति प्रथामगात् । एवं स्वारोचिषमनुस्तारिण्याराधनात्ततः ॥ ११ ॥ आधिपत्यं च लेभे स सर्वारातिविवर्जितम् । धर्मं संस्थाप्य विधिवद्राज्यं पुत्रैः समं विभुः ॥ १२ ॥
English Translation
The Devī, the Saviour of the Devas, and Who was of good vows, granted to him the sovereignty for one Manvantara. Thus the Devī became famous by the name Tāriṇī Jagaddhātrī. O Nārada! Thus, by worshipping the Devī Tāriṇī, Svārociṣa obtained safely the foeless kingdom. Then establishing the Dharma duly, he enjoyed his kingdom with his sons; and, when the period of his manvantara expired, he went to the Heavens.
Ch 8 Verse 13-14 Verse
Sanskrit Text
भुक्त्वा जगाम स्वर्लोकं निजमन्वन्तराश्रयात् । तृतीय उत्तमो नाम प्रियव्रतसुतो मनुः ॥ १३ ॥ गङ्गाकूले तपस्तप्त्वा वाग्भवं सञ्जपन् रहः । वर्षाणि त्रीण्युपवसन् देव्यनुग्रहमाविशत् ॥ १४ ॥
English Translation
Priyavrata’s son named Uttama became the third Manu. On the banks of the Ganges, be practised tapasyā and repeated the Vīja Mantra of Vāgbhava, in a solitary place for three years and became blessed with the favour of the Devī.
Ch 8 Verse 15-16 Verse
Sanskrit Text
स्तुत्वा देवीं स्तोत्रवरैर्भक्तिभावितमानसः । राज्यं निष्कण्टकं लेभे सन्ततिं चिरकालिकीम् ॥ १५ ॥ राज्योत्थान्यानि सौख्यानि भुक्त्वा धर्मान्युगस्य च । सोऽप्याजगाम पदवीं राजर्षिवरभाविताम् ॥ १६ ॥
English Translation
With rapt devotion he sang hymns wholly to the Devī with his mind full; and, by Her boon, got the foeless kingdom and a continual succession of sons and grandsons. Thus, enjoying the pleasures of his kingdom and the gifts of the Yuga Dharma, got in the end, the excellent place, obtained by the best Rājarṣis.
Ch 8 Verse 17-18 Verse
Sanskrit Text
चतुर्थस्तामसो नाम प्रियव्रतसुतो मनुः । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले समाराध्य जगन्मयीम् ॥ १७ ॥ महेश्वरीं कामराजकूटजापपरायणः । वासन्ते शारदे काले नवरात्रसपर्यया ॥ १८ ॥
English Translation
A very happy result. Priyavarata’s another son named Tāmasa became the fourth Manu. He practised austerities and repeated the Kāma Vīja Mantra, the Spiritual Password of Kāma on the southern banks of the Narmadā river and worshipped the World Mother. In the spring and in the autumn he observed the nine nightś vow ( the Navarātri) and worshipped the excellent lotus eyed Deveśī and pleased Her.
Ch 8 Verse 19-20 Verse
Sanskrit Text
तोषयामास देवेशीं जलजाक्षीमनूपमाम् । तस्याः प्रसादमासाद्य नत्वा स्तोत्रैरनुत्तमैः ॥ १९ ॥ अकण्टकं महद्राज्यं बुभुजे गतसाध्वसः । पुत्रान्वलोद्धताञ्छूरान्दश वीर्यनिकेतनान् ॥ २० ॥
English Translation
On obtaining the Devī’s favour, he chanted excellent hymns to Her and made pranāms. There he enjoyed the extensive kingdom without any fear from any foe or from any other source of danger. He generated, in the womb of his wife, ten sons, all very powerful and mighty, and then he departed, to the excellent region in the Heavens.
Ch 8 Verse 21-22 Verse
Sanskrit Text
उत्पाद्य निजभार्यायां जगामाम्बरमुत्तमम् । पञ्चमो मनुराख्यातो रैवतस्तामसानुजः ॥ २१ ॥ कालिन्दीकूलमाश्रित्य जजाप कामसंज्ञकम् । बीजं परमवाग्दर्पदायकं साधकाश्रयम् ॥ २२ ॥
English Translation
The young brother of Tāmasa, Raivata became the Fifth Manu and practised austerities on the banks of the Kālindī (the Jumnā) and repeated the Kāma Vīja Mantra, the spiritual password of Kāma, the resort of the Sādhakas, capable to give the highest power of speech and to yield all the Siddhis, and thus he worshipped the Devī.
Ch 8 Verse 23-25 Verse
Sanskrit Text
एतदाराधनादाप स्वाराज्यर्द्धिमनुत्तमाम् । बलमप्रहतं लोके सर्वसिद्धिविधायकम् ॥ २३ ॥ सन्ततिं चिरकालीनां पुत्रपौत्रमयीं शुभाम् । धर्मान्व्यस्य व्यवस्थाप्य विषयानुपभुज्य च । जगामाप्रतिमः शूरो महेन्द्रालयमुत्तमम् ॥ २४ ॥
Sanskrit Colophon
इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे मनूत्पत्तिवर्णनं नाम अष्टमोऽध्यायः ॥ १०.८॥
English Translation
He obtained excellent heavens, indomitable power, unhampered and capable of all success and a continual line of sons, grandsons, etc. Then the unrivalled excellent hero Raivata Manu established the several divisions of Dharma and enjoying all the worldly pleasures, went to the excellent region of Indra. Here ends the Eighth Chapter of the Tenth Book on the origin of Manu in the Mahāpuraṇam Śri Mad Devī Bhāgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharṣi Veda Vyāsa.