Sanskrit Text
१२.१ प्रथमोऽध्यायः । गायत्रीविचारः ।
नारद उवाच ।
सदाचारविधिर्देव भवता वर्णितः प्रभो ।
तस्याप्यतुलमाहात्म्यं सर्वपापविनाशनम् ॥ १ ॥
श्रुतं भवन्मुखाम्भोजच्युतं देवीकथामृतम् ।
व्रतानि यानि चोक्तानि चान्द्रायणमुखानि ते ॥ २ ॥
English Translation
Nārada said :-- O Deva! The rules of Sadācāra (right ways of living) and the all-sin-destroying unequalled Glories of the Devī Bhagavatī have been described by Thee. And I, too, have heard the nectar of the Glories of the Devī from Thy lotus mouth. The Cāndrāyaṇa and other Vratas; described by Thee, are very difficult to practise. So they are impracticable with the ordinary persons.