Fourth Skandha · Chapter 19
Sourceव्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्विष्णुः पुनराह प्रजापतिम् । यन्मायामोहितः सर्वस्तत्त्वं जानाति नो जनः ॥ १ ॥ वयं मायावृताः कामं न स्मरामो जगद्गुरुम् । परमं पुरुषं शान्तं सच्चिदानन्दमव्ययम् ॥ २ ॥ अहं विष्णुरहं ब्रह्मा शिवोऽहमिति मोहिताः । न जानीमो वयं धातः परं वस्तु सनातनम् ॥ ३ ॥ यन्मायामोहितश्चाहं सदा वर्ते परात्मनः । परवान्दारुपाञ्चाली मायिकस्य यथा वशे ॥ ४ ॥ भवतापि तथा दृष्टा विभूतिस्तस्य चाद्भुता । कल्पादौ भवयुक्तेन मयापि च सुधार्णवे ॥ ५ ॥ मणिद्वीपेऽथ मन्दारविटपे रासमण्डले । समाजे तत्र सा दृष्टा श्रुता न वचसापि च ॥ ६ ॥ तस्मात्तां परमां शक्तिं स्मरन्त्वद्य सुराः शिवाम् । सर्वकामप्रदां मायामाद्यां शक्तिं परात्मनः ॥ ७ ॥ व्यास उवाच इत्युक्ता हरिणा देवा ब्रह्माद्या भुवनेश्वरीम् । सस्मरुर्मनसा देवीं योगमायां सनातनीम् ॥ ८ ॥ स्मृतमात्रा तदा देवी प्रत्यक्षं दर्शनं ददौ । पाशाङ्कुशवराभीतिधरा देवी जपारुणा । दृष्ट्वा प्रमुदिता देवास्तुष्टुवुस्तां सुदर्शनाम् ॥ ९ ॥ देवा ऊचुः ऊर्णनाभाद्यथा तन्तुर्विस्फुलिङ्गा विभावसोः । तथा जगद्यदेतस्या निर्गतं तां नता वयम् ॥ १० ॥ यन्मायाशक्तिसंकॢप्तं जगत्सर्वं चराचरम् । तां चितं भुवनाधीशां स्मरामः करुणार्णवाम् ॥ ११ ॥ यदज्ञानाद्भवोत्पत्तिर्यज्ज्ञानाद्भवनाशनम् । संविद्रूपां च तां देवीं स्मरामः सा प्रचोदयात् ॥ १२ ॥ महालक्ष्यै च विद्महे सर्वशक्त्यै च धीमहि । तन्नो देवी प्रचोदयात् ॥ १३ ॥ मातर्नताः स्म भुवनार्तिहरे प्रसीद शन्तो विधेहि कुरु कार्यमिदं दयार्द्रे । भारं हरस्व विनिहत्य सुरारिवर्गं मह्या महेश्वरि सतां कुरु शं भवानि ॥ १४ ॥ यद्यम्बुजाक्षि दयसे न सुरान्कदाचित् किं ते क्षमा रणमुखेऽसिशरैः प्रहर्तुम् । एतत्त्वयैव गदितं ननु यक्षरूपं धृत्वा तृणं दह हुताश पदाभिलाषैः ॥ १५ ॥ कंसः कुजोऽथ यवनेन्द्रसुतश्च केशी बार्हद्रथो बकबकीखरशाल्वमुख्याः । येऽन्ये तथा नृपतयो भुवि सन्ति तांस्त्वं हत्वा हरस्व जगतो भरमाशु मातः ॥ १६ ॥ ये विष्णुना न निहताः किल शङ्करेण ये वा विगृह्य जलजाक्षि पुरन्दरेण । ते ते मुखं सुखकरं सुसमीक्षमाणाः ् संख्ये शरैर्विनिहता निजलीलया ते ॥ १७ ॥ शक्तिं विना हरिहरप्रमुखाः सुराश्च ॥ नैवेश्वरा विचलितुं तव देवदेवि । किं धारणाविरहितः प्रभुरप्यनन्तो धर्तुं धराञ्च रजनीशकलावतंसे ॥ १८ ॥ इन्द्र उवाच वाचा विना विधिरलं भवतीह विश्वं कर्तुं हरिः किमु रमारहितोऽथ पातुम् । संहर्तुमीश उमयोज्झित ईश्वरः किं ते ताभिरेव सहिताः प्रभवः प्रजेशाः ॥ १९ ॥ विष्णुरुवाच कर्तुं प्रभुर्न द्रुहिणो न कदाचनाहं नापीश्वरस्तव कलारहितस्त्रिलोक्याः । कर्तुं प्रभुत्वमनघेऽत्र तथा विहर्तुं त्वं वै समस्तविभवेश्वरि भासि नूनम् ॥ २० ॥ व्यास उवाच एवं स्तुता तदा देवी तानाह विबुधेश्वरान् । किं तत्कार्यं वदन्त्वद्य करोमि विगतज्वराः ॥ २१ ॥ असाध्यमपि लोकेऽस्मिंस्तत्करोमि सुरेप्सितम् । शंसन्तु भवतां दुःखं धरायाश्च सुरोत्तमाः ॥ २२ ॥ देवा ऊचुः वसुधेयं भराक्रान्ता सम्प्राप्ता विबुधान्प्रति । रुदती वेपमाना च पीडिता दुष्टभूभुजैः ॥ २३ ॥ भारापहरणं चास्याः कर्तव्यं भुवनेश्वरि । देवानामीष्मित कार्यमेतदेवाधुना शिवे ॥ २४ ॥ घातितस्तु पुरा मातस्त्वया महिषरूपभृत् । दानवोऽतिबलाक्रान्तस्तत्सहायाश्च कोटिशः ॥ २५ ॥ तथा शुम्भो निशुम्भश्च रक्तबीजस्तथापरः । चण्डमुण्डौ महावीर्यौ तथैव धूम्रलोचनः ॥ २६ ॥ दुर्मुखो दुःसहश्चैव करालश्चाति वीर्यवान् । अन्ये च बहवः क्रूरास्त्वयैव च निपातिताः ॥ २७ ॥ तथैव च सुरारींश्च जहि सर्वान्महीश्वरान् । (भारं हर धरायाश्च दुर्धरं दुष्टभूभुजाम् ।) ॥ व्यास उवाच इत्युक्ता सा तदा देवी देवानाहाम्बिका शिवा ॥ २८ ॥ सम्प्रहस्यासितापाङ्गी मेघगम्भीरया गिरा । श्रीदेव्युवाच मयेदं चिन्तितं पूर्वमंशावतरणं सुराः ॥ २९ ॥ भारावतरणं चैव यथा स्याद्दुष्टभूभुजाम् । मया सर्वे निहन्तव्या दैत्येशा ये महीभुजः ॥ ३० ॥ मागधाद्या महाभागाः स्वशक्त्या मन्दतेजसः । भवद्भिरपि स्वैरंशैरवतीर्य धरातले ॥ ३१ ॥ मच्छक्तियुक्तैः कर्तव्यं भारावतरणं सुराः । कश्यपो भार्यया सार्धं दिविजानां प्रजापतिः ॥ ३२ ॥ यादवानां कुले पूर्वं भविताऽऽनकदुन्दुभिः । तथैव भृगुशापाद्वै भगवान्विष्णुरव्ययः ॥ ३३ ॥ अंशेन भविता तत्र वसुदेवसुतो हरिः । तदाहं प्रभविष्यामि यशोदायां च गोकुले ॥ ३४ ॥ कार्यं सर्वं करिष्यामि सुराणां सुरसत्तमाः । कारागारे गतं विष्णुं प्रापयिष्यामि गोकुले ॥ ३५ ॥ शेषं च देवकीगर्भात्प्रापयिष्यामि रोहिणीम् । मच्छक्त्योपचितौ तौ च कर्तारौ दुष्टसंक्षयम् ॥ ३६ ॥ दुष्टानां भूभुजां कामं द्वापरान्ते सुनिश्चितम् । इन्द्रांशोऽप्यर्जुनः साक्षात्करिष्यति बलक्षयम् ॥ ३७ ॥ धर्मांशोऽपि महाराजो भविष्यति युधिष्ठिरः । वाय्वंशो भीमसेनश्चाश्विन्यंशौ च यमावपि ॥ ३८ ॥ वसोरंशोऽथ गाङ्गेयः करिष्यति बलक्षयम् । व्रजन्तु च भवन्तोऽद्य धरा भवतु सुस्थिरा ॥ ३९ ॥ भारावतरणं नूनं करिष्यामि सुरोत्तमाः । कृत्वा निमित्तमात्रांस्तान्स्वशक्त्याहं न संशयः ॥ ४० ॥ कुरुक्षेत्रे करिष्यामि क्षत्त्रियाणां च संक्षयम् । असूयेर्ष्या मतिस्तृष्णा ममताभिमता स्पृहा ॥ ४१ ॥ जिगीषा मदनो मोहो दोषैर्नक्ष्यन्ति यादवाः । ब्राह्मणस्य च शापेन वंशनाशो भविष्यति ॥ ४२ ॥ भगवानपि शापेन त्यक्ष्यत्येतत्कलेवरम् । भवन्तोऽपि निजाङ्गैश्च सहायाः शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ॥ ४३ ॥ प्रभवन्तु सनारीका मथुरायां च गोकुले । व्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवी योगमाया परात्मनः ॥ ४४ ॥ सधरा वै सुराः सर्वे जग्मुः स्वान्यालयानि च । धरापि सुस्थिरा जाता तस्या वाक्येन तोषिता ॥ ४५ ॥ ओषधीवीरुधोपेता बभूव जनमेजय । प्रजाश्च सुखिनो जाता द्विजाश्चापुर्महोदयम् । सन्तुष्टा मुनयः सर्वे बभूबुर्धर्मतत्पराः ॥ ४६ ॥
vyāsa uvāca ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ punarāha prajāpatim | yanmāyāmohitaḥ sarvastattvaṃ jānāti no janaḥ || 1 || vayaṃ māyāvṛtāḥ kāmaṃ na smarāmo jagadgurum | paramaṃ puruṣaṃ śāntaṃ saccidānandamavyayam || 2 || ahaṃ viṣṇurahaṃ brahmā śivo'hamiti mohitāḥ | na jānīmo vayaṃ dhātaḥ paraṃ vastu sanātanam || 3 || yanmāyāmohitaścāhaṃ sadā varte parātmanaḥ | paravāndārupāñcālī māyikasya yathā vaśe || 4 || bhavatāpi tathā dṛṣṭā vibhūtistasya cādbhutā | kalpādau bhavayuktena mayāpi ca sudhārṇave || 5 || maṇidvīpe'tha mandāraviṭape rāsamaṇḍale | samāje tatra sā dṛṣṭā śrutā na vacasāpi ca || 6 || tasmāttāṃ paramāṃ śaktiṃ smarantvadya surāḥ śivām | sarvakāmapradāṃ māyāmādyāṃ śaktiṃ parātmanaḥ || 7 || vyāsa uvāca ityuktā hariṇā devā brahmādyā bhuvaneśvarīm | sasmarurmanasā devīṃ yogamāyāṃ sanātanīm || 8 || smṛtamātrā tadā devī pratyakṣaṃ darśanaṃ dadau | pāśāṅkuśavarābhītidharā devī japāruṇā | dṛṣṭvā pramuditā devāstuṣṭuvustāṃ sudarśanām || 9 || devā ūcuḥ ūrṇanābhādyathā tanturvisphuliṅgā vibhāvasoḥ | tathā jagadyadetasyā nirgataṃ tāṃ natā vayam || 10 || yanmāyāśaktisaṃkḷptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ carācaram | tāṃ citaṃ bhuvanādhīśāṃ smarāmaḥ karuṇārṇavām || 11 || yadajñānādbhavotpattiryajjñānādbhavanāśanam | saṃvidrūpāṃ ca tāṃ devīṃ smarāmaḥ sā pracodayāt || 12 || mahālakṣyai ca vidmahe sarvaśaktyai ca dhīmahi | tanno devī pracodayāt || 13 || mātarnatāḥ sma bhuvanārtihare prasīda śanto vidhehi kuru kāryamidaṃ dayārdre | bhāraṃ harasva vinihatya surārivargaṃ mahyā maheśvari satāṃ kuru śaṃ bhavāni || 14 || yadyambujākṣi dayase na surānkadācit kiṃ te kṣamā raṇamukhe'siśaraiḥ prahartum | etattvayaiva gaditaṃ nanu yakṣarūpaṃ dhṛtvā tṛṇaṃ daha hutāśa padābhilāṣaiḥ || 15 || kaṃsaḥ kujo'tha yavanendrasutaśca keśī bārhadratho bakabakīkharaśālvamukhyāḥ | ye'nye tathā nṛpatayo bhuvi santi tāṃstvaṃ hatvā harasva jagato bharamāśu mātaḥ || 16 || ye viṣṇunā na nihatāḥ kila śaṅkareṇa ye vā vigṛhya jalajākṣi purandareṇa | te te mukhaṃ sukhakaraṃ susamīkṣamāṇāḥ saṃkhye śarairvinihatā nijalīlayā te || 17 || śaktiṃ vinā hariharapramukhāḥ surāśca || naiveśvarā vicalituṃ tava devadevi | kiṃ dhāraṇāvirahitaḥ prabhurapyananto dhartuṃ dharāñca rajanīśakalāvataṃse || 18 || indra uvāca vācā vinā vidhiralaṃ bhavatīha viśvaṃ kartuṃ hariḥ kimu ramārahito'tha pātum | saṃhartumīśa umayojjhita īśvaraḥ kiṃ te tābhireva sahitāḥ prabhavaḥ prajeśāḥ || 19 || viṣṇuruvāca kartuṃ prabhurna druhiṇo na kadācanāhaṃ nāpīśvarastava kalārahitastrilokyāḥ | kartuṃ prabhutvamanaghe'tra tathā vihartuṃ tvaṃ vai samastavibhaveśvari bhāsi nūnam || 20 || vyāsa uvāca evaṃ stutā tadā devī tānāha vibudheśvarān | kiṃ tatkāryaṃ vadantvadya karomi vigatajvarāḥ || 21 || asādhyamapi loke'smiṃstatkaromi surepsitam | śaṃsantu bhavatāṃ duḥkhaṃ dharāyāśca surottamāḥ || 22 || devā ūcuḥ vasudheyaṃ bharākrāntā samprāptā vibudhānprati | rudatī vepamānā ca pīḍitā duṣṭabhūbhujaiḥ || 23 || bhārāpaharaṇaṃ cāsyāḥ kartavyaṃ bhuvaneśvari | devānāmīṣmita kāryametadevādhunā śive || 24 || ghātitastu purā mātastvayā mahiṣarūpabhṛt | dānavo'tibalākrāntastatsahāyāśca koṭiśaḥ || 25 || tathā śumbho niśumbhaśca raktabījastathāparaḥ | caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāvīryau tathaiva dhūmralocanaḥ || 26 || durmukho duḥsahaścaiva karālaścāti vīryavān | anye ca bahavaḥ krūrāstvayaiva ca nipātitāḥ || 27 || tathaiva ca surārīṃśca jahi sarvānmahīśvarān | (bhāraṃ hara dharāyāśca durdharaṃ duṣṭabhūbhujām |) || vyāsa uvāca ityuktā sā tadā devī devānāhāmbikā śivā || 28 || samprahasyāsitāpāṅgī meghagambhīrayā girā | śrīdevyuvāca mayedaṃ cintitaṃ pūrvamaṃśāvataraṇaṃ surāḥ || 29 || bhārāvataraṇaṃ caiva yathā syādduṣṭabhūbhujām | mayā sarve nihantavyā daityeśā ye mahībhujaḥ || 30 || māgadhādyā mahābhāgāḥ svaśaktyā mandatejasaḥ | bhavadbhirapi svairaṃśairavatīrya dharātale || 31 || macchaktiyuktaiḥ kartavyaṃ bhārāvataraṇaṃ surāḥ | kaśyapo bhāryayā sārdhaṃ divijānāṃ prajāpatiḥ || 32 || yādavānāṃ kule pūrvaṃ bhavitā''nakadundubhiḥ | tathaiva bhṛguśāpādvai bhagavānviṣṇuravyayaḥ || 33 || aṃśena bhavitā tatra vasudevasuto hariḥ | tadāhaṃ prabhaviṣyāmi yaśodāyāṃ ca gokule || 34 || kāryaṃ sarvaṃ kariṣyāmi surāṇāṃ surasattamāḥ | kārāgāre gataṃ viṣṇuṃ prāpayiṣyāmi gokule || 35 || śeṣaṃ ca devakīgarbhātprāpayiṣyāmi rohiṇīm | macchaktyopacitau tau ca kartārau duṣṭasaṃkṣayam || 36 || duṣṭānāṃ bhūbhujāṃ kāmaṃ dvāparānte suniścitam | indrāṃśo'pyarjunaḥ sākṣātkariṣyati balakṣayam || 37 || dharmāṃśo'pi mahārājo bhaviṣyati yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | vāyvaṃśo bhīmasenaścāśvinyaṃśau ca yamāvapi || 38 || vasoraṃśo'tha gāṅgeyaḥ kariṣyati balakṣayam | vrajantu ca bhavanto'dya dharā bhavatu susthirā || 39 || bhārāvataraṇaṃ nūnaṃ kariṣyāmi surottamāḥ | kṛtvā nimittamātrāṃstānsvaśaktyāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 40 || kurukṣetre kariṣyāmi kṣattriyāṇāṃ ca saṃkṣayam | asūyerṣyā matistṛṣṇā mamatābhimatā spṛhā || 41 || jigīṣā madano moho doṣairnakṣyanti yādavāḥ | brāhmaṇasya ca śāpena vaṃśanāśo bhaviṣyati || 42 || bhagavānapi śāpena tyakṣyatyetatkalevaram | bhavanto'pi nijāṅgaiśca sahāyāḥ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ || 43 || prabhavantu sanārīkā mathurāyāṃ ca gokule | vyāsa uvāca ityuktvāntardadhe devī yogamāyā parātmanaḥ || 44 || sadharā vai surāḥ sarve jagmuḥ svānyālayāni ca | dharāpi susthirā jātā tasyā vākyena toṣitā || 45 || oṣadhīvīrudhopetā babhūva janamejaya | prajāśca sukhino jātā dvijāścāpurmahodayam | santuṣṭā munayaḥ sarve babhūburdharmatatparāḥ || 46 ||
English translation
1. Vyasa said The Bhagavan Visnu spoke again unto Prajapati Brahman! All these beings fascinated by Maya, cannot know the Real Essence, the Highest Truth.
2. We, too, are fascinated by that Maya; and hence we also, being blinded by that, do not at all remember That Highest Eternal Purusa, calm and quiet, the World Teacher, the Highest Self, of the nature of Pure Existence, Intelligence and Bliss.
3. O Brahma! I am Visnu, I am Brahma, I am Rudra, thus our l-ness ahamkara has blinded our eyesight; and we are made unable to recognise That Eternal Highest Self.
4. As the wooden dolls dance according to the will of the player, the magician, I also am similarly fascinated by the Maya and am thus incessantly rolling about like a dependent man.
5-6. O Brahma In the beginning of the Kalpa, MahesVara, You and I saw the wonderful unspeakable form and glory of that Highest Self at the time of Rasamandala in the Mani Dvipa where there was the Mandara Tree and the Devas assembled. Then I also saw that wonderful thing a second time in the Sudharnava ocean of nectar, and the most wonderful of it is this, that until we were able to See that Form, we did not hear anything of Her before!
7. Therefore, O Devas! Today do you all remember that Prime Force, the Highest Self, that all beneficent Force that yields all good and auspicious things; That Very Force will fulfill now all your desires.
8. Vyasa said O king! No sooner the Bhagavan Hari addressed thus, Brahma and the other Devas at once mentally began to meditate on that Eternal Yoga Maya, the Goddess of the Universe.
9. Being thus meditated, at once appeared before their eyesight the Devi, the Goddess of the Universe, whose colours were like the blood red Java flower, holding in two of Her hands noose, hook, or goad, while the third hand indicated favour and the fourth hand bade all discard every sort of fear.
10. As the web comes out of a spider and sparks come out of fire, so this whole Universe comes out of that Goddess. We all bow down before Her with our humble hearts, full of devotion.
11. We all salute to that Goddess of the Universe, BhuvanesVari, under Whose Mayic force this whole Universe, moving and unmoving, is created; Who is All-Intelligence and the Ocean of Mercy.
12. This world appears real to him who is unable to realise Her Real Essence; and the world drops off as unreal no sooner he realises Her Presence. We all meditate on that All Intelligent Goddess and we all pray to Her that She may grant unto us more strength to meditate Her and Her alone so.
13. We all want to know Maha Laksmi, we all meditate on the Omnipotent; May the Goddess grant unto us strength to meditate on Her so.
14. O Thou, the Remover of the world’s afflictions! Best Thou pleased unto us; O Thou, kind hearted! Do this work for us and promote our good. O Thou, Lord of the Earth! Dost Thou relieve the burden of the earth by killing these Asuras and bring on our welfare.
15. O Thou, Lotus-Eyed! If Thou dost not show Thy mercy towards the gods, they will never be able to strike their enemies with their weapons in the battlefield. O Goddess! Thou didst verify the truth of this before, when Thou didst assume the appearance of a Yaksa and utter the following sentences “O Fire! You burn this blade of grass,” etc. (in the Kena Talavakara Upanisada.)
16. O Mother! Kamsa, Bhauma, Kalayavana, Kes’i, Jarasandha, the son of Brihadratha, Vaka, Putana, Khara, S’alva and other vicious kings respectively are dwelling on the earth. Dost Thou better kill them and relieve the burden of the Earth.
17. O Lotus-Eyed! Thou hadst killed those Asuras without any effort that were not slain by Visnu or Mahes’vara and they ended their lives, while they were beholding Thy pleasing countenance.
18. O Goddess! Holding Moon on Her forehead! These Hah, Hara, Brahma and the other gods are unable to move a step without the help of Force; nothing to speak any further, the thousand headed King of Serpents is unable to hold this earth even for a moment, were he not provided with the S’akti of upholding this world.
19. Indra said O Bhagavati! Would Brahma be ever able to create this world without the aid of Sarasvati! Would Visnu, the Deva of the Devas, be ever able to preserve it without the aid of Laksmi or would MahesVara be ever able, to destroy this world without the help of His Lima; no, never! These Devas, the Trinity, are able to take their respective parts in the keeping up of the world simply because they are united with the forces, incarnate in Sarasvati, etc., who are again parts of Thee.
20. Visnu said O Vimale! Were we deprived of Thy Force, the Creator would never have been able to create the world, I would never have been able to preserve it and MahesVara would never have been able to destroy. Therefore O Devi! Thou alone art reigning as the Supreme Goddess amidst all the glories in the creation, preservation, and destruction of this Universe.
21-22. Vyasa said O king! Thus praised by the Gods, the Goddess then addressed them O Devas! Let all anxieties leave you all; I will do what the Devas have desired, even if it be very difficult to do in this world; now explain what is troubling the Goddess Earth.
23. The Devas replied The wicked kings are troubling very much this Earth. She cannot any longer bear their burden; therefore She came crying unto us.
24. O BhuvanesVari! Now it is Your duty to remove this load of earth. O Auspicious One! Know this, the desire of the gods.
25-28. O Mother! In days of yore, You have killed the most powerful Danava named Mahisa, attended by lakhs and lakhs of Danavas and Daityas; What to speak! You have slain S’umbha, Nis’umbha, Raktavija, the very powerful Chanda Munda, Dhumralochana, Durmukha, Duhsana, the strong Karala and many other cruel Danavas.
Now, similarly kill the wicked kings, the enemies of the Gods and save the Earth from their heavy loads.
29. Vyasa said Thus addressed by the Devas, the Most Auspicious One, the Devi, whose colour was black and who looked askance, said smiling in a tone, grave and deep, like that of the rumbling of a raincloud.
30. O Suras! I have already thought over how the burden of those wicked kings, the parts incarnate of Asuras, can be removed.
31. I will, by My own power, rob them of their powers, of that highly prosperous and affluent Jarasandha, the king of Magadha, and others, the parts incarnate of the wicked Asuras, that are now shining on the Earth.
32. O Devas! You would all better go down and incarnate yourselves as part incarnations, impregnated with My power, and help thus in the removal of the load of this earth.
33. The Deva Prajapati Maharsi Kas’yapa would first of all go with his his wife and incarnate as Anaka Dundubhi Vasudeva, in the race
of Yadu.
34. The Imperishable Bhagavan Visnu will also incarnate as part, owing to the curse of Bhrigu, as the son of Vasudeva.
35. O Devas! I will be born, then, in the womb of Yas’oda, in Gokula and will accomplish all the ends of the Gods.
36. I will send Visnu from the prison to the Gokula; also I will transfer Ananta Deva from the womb of Devaki to the womb of Rohini.
37. They two will grow, day by day, by My Force and at the end of the Dvapara Yuga, will no doubt kill the wicked kings.
38-39. Arjuna too, the part incarnate of Indra, will destroy the armies of those kings. Yudhisthira, the part incarnate of Dharma, Bhimsena, that of of Vayu, Nakula and Sahadeva the incarnate of the two Asvins, and Bhisma, the incarnate of Vasu as the son of the Ganga, will take their respective births and exhaust their armies.
40. O Devas! Now be calm and quiet and go. Let the Earth be also calm and quiet; be confident that I will certainly remove the load of this earth.
41. I will make the above mentioned Gods as my instruments merely and I will destroy, by My own force, the Ksatriyas in the battlefield of Kuruksettra.
42. Malice, jealousy, foul intention, desire, attachment, vanity, covetousness, desire for victory, lust, and fascination are the vices that will destroy the Yadavas.
43. The race of Yadu will end owing to the curse of a Brahmana. The Bhagavan also will leave His mortal coil due to a curse.
44. Now go and incarnate in your respective parts, with your wives, in Gokula and Mathura, and be helpers in the work of the Lord.
45-46. Vyasa said Saying thus, the Devi the Goddess of the Universe, the Maya Incarnate of the Highest Self disappeared. The Devas and the Earth went to their respective places. O king Janamejaya! the Goddess Earth was pleased with the Devi’s words, and being quiet, remained surrounded with various medicinal plants and creepers.
47. Then the subjects felt peace and pleasure, the Brahmans also grew stronger in happiness and prosperity, and the Munis became glad and began to perform their religious acts with fresh zeal and alacrity.
Here ends the Nineteenth Chapter in the Fourth Book of S’ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses, the Maha Puranam, on chanting the hymns to the Devi by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25186, revision 76344 (2016-08-19T16:46:31Z). English is Swami Vijñanananda’s complete 1921–23 public-domain translation, controlled against the archival OCR and its chapter page at https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk04ch19.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.