Eighth Skandha · Chapter 10
Sourceभुवनकोशवर्णने हिरण्मयकिम्पुरुषवर्षवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच हिरण्मये नाम वर्षे भगवान्कूर्मरूपधृक् । आस्ते योगपतिः सोऽयमर्यम्णा पूज्य ईड्यते ॥ १ ॥ अर्यमोवाच ॐ नमो भगवते अकूपाराय सर्वसत्त्वगुण- विशेषणाय नोपलक्षितस्थानाय नमो वर्ष्मणे नमो भूमे नमोऽवस्थानाय नमस्ते । यद्रूपमेतन्निजमाययार्पित- मर्थस्वरूपं बहुरूपरूपितम् । संख्या न यस्यास्त्ययथोपलम्भना- त्तस्मै नमस्तेऽव्यपदेशरूपिणे ॥ २ ॥ जरायुजं स्वेदजमण्डजोद्भिदं चराचरं देवर्षिपितृभूतमैन्द्रियम् । द्यौः खं क्षितिः शैलसरित्समुद्रं द्वीपग्रहर्क्षेत्यभिधेय एकः ॥ ३ ॥ यस्मिनसंख्येयविशेषनाम- रूपाकृतौ कविभिः कल्पितेयम् । संख्या यया तत्त्वदृशापनीयते तस्मै नमः सांख्यनिदर्शनाय ते ॥ ४ ॥ एवं स्तुवति देवेशमर्यमा सह वर्षपैः । गीयते चापि भजते सर्वभूतभवं प्रभुम् ॥ ५ ॥ तथोत्तरेषु कुरुषु भगवान्यज्ञपूरुषः । आदिवाराहरूपोऽसौ धरण्या पूज्यते सदा ॥ ६ ॥ सम्पूज्य विधिवद्देवं तद्भक्त्यार्द्रार्द्रहृत्कजा । भूमिः स्तौति हरिं यज्ञवाराहं दैत्यमर्दनम् ॥ ७ ॥ भूरुवाच ॐ नमो भगवते मन्त्रतत्त्वलिङ्गाय यज्ञक्रतवे महाध्वरावयवाय महावराहाय नमः कर्मशुक्लाय त्रियुगाय नमस्ते ॥ ८ ॥ यस्य स्वरूपं कवयो विपश्चितो गुणेषु दारुष्विव जातवेदसम् । मज्जन्ति मथ्ना मनसा दिदृक्षवो गूढं क्रियार्थेर्नम ईरितात्मने ॥ ९ ॥ द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्वयनेशकर्तृभि- र्मायागुणैर्वस्तुभिरीक्षितात्मने । अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि- निंरस्तमायाकृतये नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १० ॥ करोति विश्वस्थितिसंयमोदयं यस्येप्सितं नेष्मितुमीक्षितुर्गुणैः । माया यथाऽयो भ्रमते तदाश्रयं ग्राव्णो नमस्ते गुणकर्मसाक्षिणे ॥ ११ ॥ प्रमथ्य दैत्यं प्रतिवारणं मृधे यो मां रसाया जगदादिसूकरः । कृत्वाग्रदंष्ट्रं निरगादुदन्वतः क्रीडन्निवेभः प्रणतास्मि तं विभुम् ॥ १२ ॥ किम्पुरुषे वर्षेऽस्मिन्भगवन्तं दाशरथिं च सर्वेशम् । सीतारामं देवं श्रीहनुमानादिपूरुषं स्तौति ॥ १३ ॥ ॐ नमो भगवते उत्तमश्लोकाय नम इति । आर्यलक्षणशीलव्रताय नम उपशिक्षितात्मने उपासितलोकाय नमः । साधुवादनिकषणाय नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय महापुरुषाय महाभागाय नम इति । यत्तद्विशुद्धानुभवात्ममेकं स्वतेजसा ध्वस्तगुणव्यवस्थम् । प्रत्यक् प्रशान्तं सुधियोपलम्भनं ह्यनामरूपं निरहं प्रपद्ये ॥ १४ ॥ मर्त्यावतारस्त्विह मर्त्यशिक्षणं रक्षोवधायैव न केवलं विभो । कुतोऽन्यथा स्याद्ऽऽरमतः स्व आत्मनः सीताकृतानि व्यसनानीश्वरस्य ॥ १५ ॥ न वै स आत्मात्मवतां सुहृत्तमः सक्तस्विलोक्यां भगवान्वासुदेवः । न स्त्रीकृतं कश्मलमश्नुवीत न लक्षणं चापि विहातुमर्हति ॥ १६ ॥ न जन्म नूनं महतो न सौभगं न वाङ् न चुद्धिर्नाकृतिस्तोषहेतुः । तैर्यद्विसृष्टानपि नो वनौकस- श्चकार सख्ये बत लक्ष्मणाग्रजः ॥ १७ ॥ सुरोऽसुरो वाप्यथवा नरोऽनरः सर्वात्मना यः सुकृतज्ञमुत्तमम् । भजेत रामं मनुजाकृतिं हरिं य उत्तराननयत्कोसलान् दिवम् ॥ १८ ॥ श्रीनारायण उवाच एवं किम्पुरुषे वर्षे सत्यसन्धं दृढव्रतम् । रामं राजीवपत्राक्षं हनुमान् वानरोत्तमः ॥ १९ ॥ स्तौति गायति भक्त्या च संपूजयति सर्वशः । य एतच्छृणुयाच्चित्रं रामचन्द्रकथानकम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा याति रामसलोकताम् ॥ २० ॥ - इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायामष्टमस्कन्धे भुवनकोशवर्णने हिरण्मयकिम्पुरुषवर्षवर्णनं नाम दशमोऽध्यायः ॥ १० ॥ अध्याय दहावा समाप्त
bhuvanakośavarṇane hiraṇmayakimpuruṣavarṣavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca hiraṇmaye nāma varṣe bhagavānkūrmarūpadhṛk | āste yogapatiḥ so'yamaryamṇā pūjya īḍyate || 1 || aryamovāca oṃ namo bhagavate akūpārāya sarvasattvaguṇa- viśeṣaṇāya nopalakṣitasthānāya namo varṣmaṇe namo bhūme namo'vasthānāya namaste | yadrūpametannijamāyayārpita- marthasvarūpaṃ bahurūparūpitam | saṃkhyā na yasyāstyayathopalambhanā- ttasmai namaste'vyapadeśarūpiṇe || 2 || jarāyujaṃ svedajamaṇḍajodbhidaṃ carācaraṃ devarṣipitṛbhūtamaindriyam | dyauḥ khaṃ kṣitiḥ śailasaritsamudraṃ dvīpagraharkṣetyabhidheya ekaḥ || 3 || yasminasaṃkhyeyaviśeṣanāma- rūpākṛtau kavibhiḥ kalpiteyam | saṃkhyā yayā tattvadṛśāpanīyate tasmai namaḥ sāṃkhyanidarśanāya te || 4 || evaṃ stuvati deveśamaryamā saha varṣapaiḥ | gīyate cāpi bhajate sarvabhūtabhavaṃ prabhum || 5 || tathottareṣu kuruṣu bhagavānyajñapūruṣaḥ | ādivārāharūpo'sau dharaṇyā pūjyate sadā || 6 || sampūjya vidhivaddevaṃ tadbhaktyārdrārdrahṛtkajā | bhūmiḥ stauti hariṃ yajñavārāhaṃ daityamardanam || 7 || bhūruvāca oṃ namo bhagavate mantratattvaliṅgāya yajñakratave mahādhvarāvayavāya mahāvarāhāya namaḥ karmaśuklāya triyugāya namaste || 8 || yasya svarūpaṃ kavayo vipaścito guṇeṣu dāruṣviva jātavedasam | majjanti mathnā manasā didṛkṣavo gūḍhaṃ kriyārthernama īritātmane || 9 || dravyakriyāhetvayaneśakartṛbhi- rmāyāguṇairvastubhirīkṣitātmane | anvīkṣayāṅgātiśayātmabuddhibhi- niṃrastamāyākṛtaye namo'stu te || 10 || karoti viśvasthitisaṃyamodayaṃ yasyepsitaṃ neṣmitumīkṣiturguṇaiḥ | māyā yathā'yo bhramate tadāśrayaṃ grāvṇo namaste guṇakarmasākṣiṇe || 11 || pramathya daityaṃ prativāraṇaṃ mṛdhe yo māṃ rasāyā jagadādisūkaraḥ | kṛtvāgradaṃṣṭraṃ niragādudanvataḥ krīḍannivebhaḥ praṇatāsmi taṃ vibhum || 12 || kimpuruṣe varṣe'sminbhagavantaṃ dāśarathiṃ ca sarveśam | sītārāmaṃ devaṃ śrīhanumānādipūruṣaṃ stauti || 13 || oṃ namo bhagavate uttamaślokāya nama iti | āryalakṣaṇaśīlavratāya nama upaśikṣitātmane upāsitalokāya namaḥ | sādhuvādanikaṣaṇāya namo brahmaṇyadevāya mahāpuruṣāya mahābhāgāya nama iti | yattadviśuddhānubhavātmamekaṃ svatejasā dhvastaguṇavyavastham | pratyak praśāntaṃ sudhiyopalambhanaṃ hyanāmarūpaṃ nirahaṃ prapadye || 14 || martyāvatārastviha martyaśikṣaṇaṃ rakṣovadhāyaiva na kevalaṃ vibho | kuto'nyathā syād''ramataḥ sva ātmanaḥ sītākṛtāni vyasanānīśvarasya || 15 || na vai sa ātmātmavatāṃ suhṛttamaḥ saktasvilokyāṃ bhagavānvāsudevaḥ | na strīkṛtaṃ kaśmalamaśnuvīta na lakṣaṇaṃ cāpi vihātumarhati || 16 || na janma nūnaṃ mahato na saubhagaṃ na vāṅ na cuddhirnākṛtistoṣahetuḥ | tairyadvisṛṣṭānapi no vanaukasa- ścakāra sakhye bata lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ || 17 || suro'suro vāpyathavā naro'naraḥ sarvātmanā yaḥ sukṛtajñamuttamam | bhajeta rāmaṃ manujākṛtiṃ hariṃ ya uttarānanayatkosalān divam || 18 || śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca evaṃ kimpuruṣe varṣe satyasandhaṃ dṛḍhavratam | rāmaṃ rājīvapatrākṣaṃ hanumān vānarottamaḥ || 19 || stauti gāyati bhaktyā ca saṃpūjayati sarvaśaḥ | ya etacchṛṇuyāccitraṃ rāmacandrakathānakam | sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti rāmasalokatām || 20 || - iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe bhuvanakośavarṇane hiraṇmayakimpuruṣavarṣavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ || 10 || adhyāya dahāvā samāpta
English translation
1-7. Narayana said In Hiranmaya Varsa, the Bhagavan is remaining in the form of Kurma, the Tortoise, as the Lord of Yoga. He is thus praised and worshipped by Aryama, the Ruler of the Piths. Aryama said Om name Bhagavate Akuparaya; (King of tortoises, sustaining the world) Obeisance to Thee, the Lord of all prosperities, in the form of Tortoise (Kurma); Thou art built of Sattva Guna Incarnate; no one can make out where Thou dost dwell; Thou art not encompassed by Time; (Thou art in the Present, Past and Future); so obeisance to Thee. Thou dost pervade all things; we bow down to Thee. All are established in Thee; so obeisance to Thee. By Thy extraordinary Maya (power) Thou hast made manifest this universe that is seen. This is Thy Form. It is by no means distinct from Thee. This Thy Form is seen in so many forms. So the true reality being not known like the mirage, these cannot be counted really speaking, what is Thy form, no one can definitely say. The beings generated by heat and moisture (said of insects and worms), those that are born of eggs, from wombs and the plants and other moving, non-moving beings, the Devas, Risis, Piths, Bhutas, and these senses; the sky, the heavens, earth, mountains, rivers, oceans, islands, planets, and stars all these art Thou and Thou alone. Thy name, form, and appearance, are as varied; and their numbers cannot be counted. Still, Kapila and others have determined their numbers, by the knowledge of which Thou canst become visible to the Eye of Knowledge. Thy form and nature are determined by these Sankhyas ascertained by Kapila. So we bow down to Thee. Thus Aryama, and the other rulers of the Varsa all united sing, praise, and worship the Bhagavan Kurma Deva, the Controller of all and the Generator of all. All Hail to Thee! The Bhagavan Yajha Purusa is manifest in Uttara Kuru Mandala in the form of Adi Varaha. The Earth Herself worships Him always. The Goddess Earth praises Hah, the Yajha Varaha, the Destroyer of the Daityas and worships duly that Deva, with Her heart
lotus, naturally devoted, rendered more devoted by Her attachment to the Lord.
8-13. The Goddess Earth spoke “Om Name Bhagavate Mantratattva Lingaya Yajha Kratave” I bow down to the Bhagavan, the Great Boar; Thou art Om; Thy real form and nature can be known by only the Mantra and Tattva. Thou art Yajha and Kratu (sacrifice) incarnate; therefore all the great sacrifices are Thy limbs. Thou art the Three Yugas (there being no Yajha in the Satya Yuga); Thou art that which is left as Pure, after doing Karma (so as to be fit for performing Yajhas). So obeisance to Thee. The sages, versed in Jhana and Vijhana say that Thou art hidden in the body and in the senses as fire is hidden in the wood. So they, ardent to see Thee, seek for Thee with a discriminative and dispassionate mind, judging Karmas and their fruits; and then Thy Nature is revealed, I bow down to Thee, Thy Form can be ascertained by the cause and effect of the Karmas and other Gunas of Maya, sense objects, senses, actions, Devas, body, time, Ahamkara and others. I bow down to Thee,
Those can see thus Thy form, whose mind is firmly established in Thee, by their discrimination and Yama, Niyama, etc., and who have abandoned all sorts of fickleness and changeability of their tempers. So obeisance to Thee. As iron goes attracted towards the magnet, so Maya dances before Thee with Her Gunas and Her works in the way of the creation, preservation and destruction of this universe; but Thou art totally indifferent to it. For the sake of the Jivas (embodied souls), desire comes to Thee, though Thou art not quite willing! Thou art the Witness of the Jivas and their Adrista (the Fate). I bow down to Thee. The Yajha Varaha, the Cause of this universe, has lifted me up from the Rasatala and placing me on His big tusks, has come out from the Pralaya, the great ocean, after overpowering in battle His enemy, the powerful Daitya, like an elephant, I bow down to that Controller of all, to Thee. In the Kimpurusa Varsa, the Bhagavan Adi Purusa (the Prime Man), the Self-manifest, and the Lord of all, is
residing in the form of Rama, the son of Das'aratha and the Joy of the heart of Sita Devi.
14-18. S'ri Hanumana thus spoke:- “Om name Bhagavate Uttama Slokaya” I bow down to the Bhagavan, who art sung by the excellent verses, purifying all. I bow down to Thee, the incarnate of modesty, good temper, vow and good signs; Thy mind is always under control; Thou dost imitate, as Thy nature is good, the actions of all persons; obeisance to Thee. Thou art the Supreme Place to award praise. Obeisance to Thee. Thou art Brahmanya Deva (in the creation of the universe), the high souled Person Mahapurusa. Thou gettest the First Share, above all the persons! Thou art the One Tattva and That Alone, as established in the Vedanta. The holy realisation is the only guide to it. This Tattva dominates over all the Gunas. It can never be an object. Only by pure intellect. It can be realised. There is no name, no form of It. It is always beyond the pale of Ahamkara. I take refuge to this Tattva, the most Peaceful, with my body and mind. Thy incarnation in human shape in this world is not simply for killing Ravana but for giving instructions to the mortals. The contact with woman and the suffering thereof are very difficult to avoid; to give this lesson also He took this incarnation. He Who is merged in enjoying the Supreme Bliss of His Own Nature and He Who is the Lord of all, how can He suffer miseries in the bereavement of Sita.
He is the best friend and the very Atman of those who have conquered their minds and senses. Especially He is the receptacle of all the qualities and is in enjoyment of other divine extraordinary powers. So He is not attached to the worldly objects. How can the delusion due to His wife come and darken Him? and why will He send Laksmana in exile? He is the Mahat Tattva and the Parama Purusa; so good birth, beauty, intelligence, oratory or good form, nothing can please Him. Bhakti (devotion) can only attract Him. If that be not the case, then why will He, the elder of Laksmana, the Bhagavan, the son of Das'aratha make friendship with us, the wanderers of the forest and who are by nature, not the receptacles
of any beauty, etc. So everyone, be he a Sura or Asura, man, or not man, should worship the Hah manifest in Rama, in the human body with all his heart. He is so good that if anybody worships Him even to a very small extent. He always considers it to be much; what more can be said than this that He took all the inhabitants of Kos'ala to Heaven!
19-20. Narayana said Thus Hanuman, the best of monkeys, sings the praises and worships duly in Kimpurusa Varsa, the lotus-eyed Rama, truthful, and determined in his vows. He who hears this wonderful description of Rama, is freed of all his sins and goes with his body pure to the abode of Rama.
Here ends the Tenth Chapter of the Eighth Book on the description of Bhuvanakosa in the Mahapuranam S'ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
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