Scriptures

Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

BOOK 10 • CHAPTER 9
Ch 9 Verse 1-2 Verse
Sanskrit Text
१०.९ नवमोऽध्यायः । चाक्षुषमनुवृत्तवर्णनम् । श्रीनारायण उवाच । अथातः श्रूयतां चित्रं देवीमाहाक्त्यमुत्तमम् । अङ्गपुत्रेण मनुना यथाऽऽप्तं राज्यमुत्तमम् ॥ १ ॥ अङ्गस्य राज्ञः पुत्रोऽभूच्चाक्षुषो मनुरुत्तमः । षष्ठः सुपुलहं नाम ब्रह्मर्षिं शरणं गतः ॥ २ ॥
English Translation
Nārāyaṇa said :-- O Nārada! I will now narrate the supreme glories of the Devī and the anecdote how Manu, the son of Anga, obtained excellent kingdom by worshipping the Devī Bhagavatī. The son of the king Anga, named Cākṣuṣa became the Sixth Manu. One day he went to the Brahmārṣi Pulaha Ṛṣi and taking his refuge said :--
Ch 9 Verse 3-4 Verse
Sanskrit Text
ब्रह्मर्षे त्वामहं प्राप्तः शरणं प्रणतार्तिहन् । शाधि मां किङ्करंस्वामिन् येनाहं प्राप्नुयां श्रियम् ॥ ३ ॥ मेदिन्याश्चाधिपत्यं मे स्याद्यथावदखण्डितम् । अव्याहतं भुजबलं शस्त्रास्त्रनिपुणं क्षमम् ॥ ४ ॥
English Translation
:-- O Brahmārṣi! Thou removest all the sorrows and afflictions of those that come under Thy refuge; I now take Thy refuge. Kindly advise Thy servant how he may become the Lord of an endless amount of wealth. O Muni! What can I do so that I may get the sole undisputed sway over the world? How my arms can wield the weapons and manipulate them so that they may not be baffled?
Ch 9 Verse 5 Verse
Sanskrit Text
सन्ततिश्चिरकालीनाप्यखण्डं वय उत्तमम् । अन्तेऽपवर्गलाभश्च स्यात्तथोपदिशाद्य मे ॥ ५ ॥
English Translation
How my race and line be constant and my youth remain ever the same, undecayed? And how can I, in the end, attain Mukti? O Muni! Kindly dost Thou give instructions to me on these points and oblige.
Ch 9 Verse 6-7 Verse
Sanskrit Text
इत्येवं वचनं तस्य मनोः कर्णपथेऽभवत् । प्रत्युवाच मुनिः श्रीमान् देव्याः संराधनं परम् ॥ ६ ॥ राजन्नाकर्णय वचो मम श्रोत्रसुखं महत् । शिवामाराधयाद्य त्वं तत्प्रसादादिदं भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥
English Translation
Hearing thus, the Muni wanted him to worship the Devī and said :-- “O King! Listen attentively to what I say you today. Worship today the all auspicious Śakti; by Her grace, all your desires will be fulfilled.”
Ch 9 Verse 8 Verse
Sanskrit Text
चाक्षुष उवाच । कीदृगाराधनं देव्यास्तस्याः परमपावनम् । केनाकारेण कर्तव्यं कारुण्याद्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ ८ ॥
English Translation
Cākṣuṣa said :-- “O Muni! What is that very holy worship of Śrī Bhagavatī? How to do it? Kindly describe all these in detail.”
Ch 9 Verse 9-10 Verse
Sanskrit Text
मुनिरुवाच । राजन्नाकर्ण्यतां देव्याः पूजनं परमव्ययम् । वाग्भवं बीजमव्यक्तं सञ्जप्यमनिशं तथा ॥ ९ ॥ त्रिकालं सञ्जपन्मर्त्यो भुक्तिमुक्ती लभेत्तु हि । न बीजं वाग्भवादन्यदस्ति राजन्यनन्दन ॥ १० ॥
English Translation
The Muni said :-- O King! I will now disclose all about the excellent Pūja of the Devī Bhagavatī. Hear. You recite (mentally) always the seed mantra of Vākbhava (Speech) (The Deity being Mahā Sarasvatī). If any one makes japam (recites slowly) of the Vākbhava Vīja thrice a day, one gets both the highest enjoyment here and, in the end, release (Mukti). O Son of a Kṣattriya!
Ch 9 Verse 11-12 Verse
Sanskrit Text
जपात्सिद्धिकरं वीर्यबलवृद्धिकरं परम् । एतस्य जापात्पाद्मोऽपि सृष्टिकर्ता महाबलः ॥ ११ ॥ विष्णुर्यज्जपतः सृष्टिपालकः परिकीर्तितः । महेश्वरोऽपि संहर्ता यज्जपादभवन्नृप ॥ १२ ॥
English Translation
There is no other Vīja Mantra (word) better than this of Vāk (the Word). Through the Japam of this Vīja Mantra comes the increase of strength and prowess and all successes. By the Japam of this, Brahmā is so powerful and has become the Creator; Viṣṇu preserves the Universe and Maheśvara has become the Destroyer of the Universe.
Ch 9 Verse 13-14 Verse
Sanskrit Text
लोकपालास्तथान्येऽपि निग्रहानुग्रहक्षमाः । यदाश्रयादभूवंस्ते बलवीर्यमदोद्धताः ॥ १३ ॥ एवं त्वमपि राजन्य महेशीं जगदम्बिकाम् । समाराध्य महर्द्धिं च लप्स्यसेऽचिरकालतः ॥ १४ ॥
English Translation
The other Dikpālas (the Regents of the quarters) and the other Siddhas have become very powerful by the power of this Mantra, and are capable of favouring or disfavouring others. So, O King! You, too, worship the Devī of the Devas, the World Mother and ere long you will become the Lord of unbounded wealth.
Ch 9 Verse 15-16 Verse
Sanskrit Text
एवं स मुनिवर्येण पुलहेन प्रबोधितः । अङ्गपुत्रस्तपस्तप्तुं जगाम विरजां नदीम् ॥ १५ ॥ स च तेपे तपस्तीव्रं वाग्भवस्य जपे रतः । बीजस्य पृथिवीपालः शीर्णपर्णाशनो विभुः ॥ १६ ॥
English Translation
There is no doubt in this. O Nārada! Thus advised by Pulaha Ṛṣi, the son of the King Anga went to the banks of the Virajā river to practise austerities. There the king Cākṣuṣa remained absorbed in making Japam of the Vākbhava Vīja Mantra and took for his food the leaves of the trees that dropped on the ground and thus practised severe austerities.
Ch 9 Verse 17-18 Verse
Sanskrit Text
प्रथमेऽब्दे पल्लवाशो द्वितीये तोयभक्षणः । तृतीयेऽब्दे पवनभुक् तस्थौ स्थाणुरिवाचलः ॥ १७ ॥ एवं द्वादश वर्षाणि त्यक्ताहारस्य भूभुजः । वाग्भवं जपतो नित्यं मतिरासीच्छुभान्विता ॥ १८ ॥
English Translation
The first year he ate leaves; the second year he drank water and in the third year he sustained his life by breathing air simply and thus remained steady like a pillar. Thus he remained without food for twelve years. He went on making Japam of the Vākbhava Mantra and his heart and mind became purified.
Ch 9 Verse 19-20 Verse
Sanskrit Text
तथा च देव्याः परमं मन्त्रं सज्जपतो रहः । प्रादुरासीज्जगन्माता साक्षाच्छ्रीपरमेश्वरी ॥ १९ ॥ तेजोमयी दुराधर्षा सर्वदेवमयीश्वरी । उवाचाङ्गतनूजं तं प्रसन्ना ललिताक्षरम् ॥ २० ॥
English Translation
While he was sitting alone, absorbed in the meditation of the Devī Mantra, there appeared before him suddenly the Parameśvarī, the World Mother, the Incarnate of Lakṣmī. The Highest Deity, full of dauntless fire and the Embodiment of all the Devas, spoke graciously in sweet words to Cākṣuṣa, the son of Anga.
Ch 9 Verse 21 Verse
Sanskrit Text
देव्युवाच । पृथिवीपाल ते यत्स्याच्चिन्तितं परमं वरम् । तद् ब्रूहि सम्प्रदास्यामि तपसा ते सुतोषिता ॥ २१ ॥
English Translation
O Regent of the earth! I am pleased with your Tapasyā. Now ask any boon that you want. I will give that to you.
Ch 9 Verse 22-23 Verse
Sanskrit Text
चाक्षुष उवाच । जानासि देवदेवेशि यत्प्रार्थ्यं मनसेप्सितम् । अन्तर्यामिस्वरूपेण तत्सर्वं देवपूजिते ॥ २२ ॥ तथापि मम भाग्येन जातं यत्तव दर्शनम् । ब्रवीमि देवि मे देहि राज्यं मन्वन्तराश्रितम् ॥ २३ ॥
English Translation
Cākṣuṣa said :-- “O Thou, worshipped by the Devas! O Sovereign of the Deva of the Devas! Thou art the Controller Inside; Thou art the Controller Outside. Thou knowest everything what I desire in my mind. Still, O Devī! When I am so fortunate as to see Thee, I say Thou grantest me the kingdom for the Manvantara period.”
Ch 9 Verse 24 Verse
Sanskrit Text
देव्युवाच । दत्तं मन्वन्तरस्यास्य राज्यं राजन्यसत्तम । पुत्रा महाबलास्ते च भविष्यन्ति गुणाधिकाः ॥ २४ ॥
English Translation
The Devī said :-- “O Best of the Kṣattriyas! I grant unto you the kingdom of the whole world for one manvantara. You will have many sons, very powerful, indeed, and well qualified. Your kingdom will be free from any danger till at last you will certainly get Mukti.”
Ch 9 Verse 25-27 Verse
Sanskrit Text
राज्यं निष्कण्टकं भावि मोक्षोऽन्ते चापि निश्चितः । एवं दत्त्वा परं देवी मनवे वरमुत्तमम् ॥ २५ ॥ जगामादर्शनं सद्यस्तेन भक्त्या च संस्तुता । सोऽपि राजा मनुः षष्ठः प्रसादात्तु तदाश्रयात् ॥ २६ ॥ बभूव मनुमान्योऽसौ सार्वभौमसुखैर्वृतः । पुत्रास्तस्य बलोद्युक्ताः कार्यभारसहादृताः ॥ २७ ॥
English Translation
Thus granting the excellent boon to Manu, She disappeared then and there, after being praised by Manu, with deep devotion. The Sixth Manu, then favoured by the Devī, enjoyed the sovereignty of the earth and other pleasures and became the best of the Manus.
Ch 9 Verse 28-29 Verse
Sanskrit Text
देवीभक्ताश्च शूराश्च महाबलपराक्रमाः । अन्यत्र माननीयाश्च महाराज्यसुखास्पदाः ॥ २८ ॥ एवं च चाक्षुषमनुर्देव्याराधनतः प्रभुः । बभूव मनुवर्योऽसौ जगामान्ते शिवापदम् ॥ २९ ॥
Sanskrit Colophon
इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे चाक्षुषमनुवृत्तवर्णनं नाम नवमोऽध्यायः ॥ १०.९॥
English Translation
His sons became the devotees of the Devī, very powerful and expert and became respected by all and enjoyed the pleasures of the kingdom. Thus getting the supremacy by the worship of the Devī, the Cākṣuṣa Manu became merged in the end in the Holy Feet of the Devī. Here ends the Ninth Chapter of the Tenth Book on the narrative of Cākṣuṣa Manu in the Mahāpurāṇam Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam of 18,000 verses by Mahārṣi Veda Vyāsa.