Seventh Skandha · Chapter 33
Sourceदेव्युवाच मन्मायाशक्तिसंक्लृप्तं जगत्सर्वं चराचरम् । सापि मत्तः पृथङ्माया नास्त्येव परमार्थतः ॥ १ ॥ व्यवहारदृशा सेयं विद्या मायेति विश्रुता । तत्त्वदृष्ट्या तु नास्त्येव तत्त्वमेवास्ति केवलम् ॥ २ ॥ साहं सर्वं जगत्सृष्ट्वा तदन्तः प्रविशाम्यहम् । मायाकर्मादिसहिता गिरे प्राणपुरःसरा ॥ ३ ॥ लोकान्तरगतिर्नोचेत्कथं स्यादिति हेतुना । यथा यथा भवन्त्येव मायाभेदास्तथा तथा ॥ ४ ॥ उपाधिभेदाद्भिन्नाहं घटाकाशादयो यथा । उच्चनीचादिवस्तूनि भासयन्भास्करः सदा ॥ ५ ॥ न दुष्यति तथैवाहं दोषैर्लिप्ता कदापि न । मयि बुद्ध्यादिकर्तृत्वमध्यस्यैवापरे जनाः ॥ ६ ॥ वदन्ति चात्मा कर्मेति विमूढा न सुबुद्धयः । अज्ञानभेदतस्तद्वन्मायाया भेदतस्तथा ॥ ७ ॥ जीवेश्वरविभागश्च कल्पितो माययैव तु । घटाकाशमहाकाशविभागः कल्पितो यथा ॥ ८ ॥ तथैव कल्पितो भेदो जीवात्मपरमात्मनोः । यथा जीवबहूत्वं च माययैव न च स्वतः ॥ ९ ॥ तथेश्वरबहुत्वं च मायया न स्वभावतः । देहेन्द्रियादिसङ्घातवासनाभेदभेदिता ॥ १० ॥ अविद्या जीवभेदस्य हेतुर्नान्यः प्रकीर्तितः । गुणानां वासनाभेदभेदिता या धराधर ॥ ११ ॥ माया सा परभेदस्य हेतुर्नान्यः कदाचन । मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतमोतं च धरणीधर ॥ १२ ॥ ईश्वरोऽहं च सूत्रात्मा विराडात्माहमस्मि च । ब्रह्माहं विष्णुरुद्रौ च गौरी ब्राह्मी च वैष्णावी ॥ १३ ॥ सूर्योऽहं तारकाश्चाहं तारकेशस्तथास्म्यहम् । पशुपक्षिस्वरूपाहं चाण्डालोऽहं च तस्करः ॥ १४ ॥ व्याधोऽहं क्रूरकर्माहं सत्कर्माहं महाजनः । स्त्रीपुन्नपुंसकाकारोऽप्यहमेव न संशयः ॥ १५ ॥ यच्च किञ्चित्क्वचिद्वस्तु दृश्यते श्रूयतेऽपि वा । अन्तर्बहिश्च तत्सर्वं व्याप्याहं सर्वदा स्थिता ॥ १६ ॥ न तदस्ति मया त्यक्तं वस्तु किञ्चिच्चराचरम् । यद्यस्ति चेत्तच्छून्यं स्याद्वन्ध्यापुत्रोपमं हि तत् ॥ १७ ॥ रज्जुर्यथा सर्पमालाभेदैरेका विभाति हि । तथैवेशादिरूपेण भाम्यहं नात्र संशयः ॥ १८ ॥ अधिष्ठानातिरेकेण कल्पितं तन्न भासते । तस्मान्मत्सत्तयैवैतत्सत्तावान्नान्यथा भवेत् ॥ १९ ॥ हिमालय उवाच यथा वदसि देवेशि समष्ट्याऽऽत्मवपुस्त्विदम् । तथैव द्रष्टुमिच्छामि यदि देवि कृपा मयि ॥ २० ॥ व्यास उवाच इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सर्वे देवाः सविष्णवः । ननन्दुर्मुदितात्मानः पूजयन्तश्च तद्वचः ॥ २१ ॥ अथ देवमतं ज्ञात्वा भक्तकामदुघा शिवा । अदर्शयन्निजं रूपं भक्तकामप्रपूरिणी ॥ २२ ॥ अपश्यंस्ते महादेव्या विराड्रूपं परात्परम् । द्यौर्मस्तकं भवेद्यस्य चन्द्रसूर्यौ च चक्षुषी ॥ २३ ॥ दिशः श्रोत्रे वचो देवाः प्राणो वायुः प्रकीर्तितः । विश्वं हृदयमित्याहुः पृथिवी जघनं स्मृतम् ॥ २४ ॥ नभस्तलं नाभिसरो ज्योतिश्चक्रमुरःस्थलम् । महर्लोकस्तु ग्रीवा स्याज्जनोलोको मुखं स्मृतम् ॥ २५ ॥ तपोलोको रराटिस्तु सत्यलोकादधः स्थितः । इन्द्रादयो बाहवः स्युः शब्दः श्रोत्रं महेशितुः ॥ २६ ॥ नासत्यदस्रौ नासे स्तो गन्धो घ्राणं स्मृतो बुधैः । मुखमग्निः समाख्यातो दिवारात्री च पक्ष्मणी ॥ २७ ॥ ब्रह्मस्थानं भ्रूविजृम्भोऽप्यापस्तालुः प्र्कीर्तिताः । रसो जिह्वा समाख्याता यमो दंष्ट्राः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ २८ ॥ दन्ताः स्नेहकला यस्य हासो माया प्रकीर्तिता । सर्गस्त्वपाङ्गमोक्षः स्याद् व्रीडोर्ध्वोष्ठो महेशितुः ॥ २९ ॥ लोभः स्यादधरोष्ठोऽस्याधर्ममार्गस्तु पृष्ठभूः । प्रजापतिश्च मेढ्रं स्याद्यः स्रष्टा जगतीतले ॥ ३० ॥ कुक्षिः समुद्रा गिरयोऽस्थीनि देव्या महेशितुः । नद्यो नाड्यः समाख्याता वृक्षाः केशाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ ३१ ॥ कौमारयौवनजरा वयोऽस्य गतिरुत्तमा । बलाहकास्तु केशाः स्युः सन्ध्ये ते वाससी विभो ॥ ३२ ॥ राजञ्छ्रीजगदम्बायाश्चन्द्रमास्तु मनः स्मृतः । विज्ञानशक्तिस्तु हरी रुद्रोऽन्तःकरणं स्मृतम् ॥ ३३ ॥ अश्वा हि जातयः सर्वाः श्रोणिदेशे स्थिता विभोः । अतलादिमहालोकाः कट्यधोभागतां गताः ॥ ३४ ॥ एतादृशं महारूपं ददृशुः सुरपुङ्गवाः । ज्वालामालासहस्राढ्यं लेलिहानं च जिह्वया ॥ ३५ ॥ दंष्ट्राकटकटारावं वमन्तं वह्निमक्षिभिः । नानायुधधरं वीरं ब्रह्मक्षत्रौदनं च यत् ॥ ३६ ॥ सहस्रशीर्षनयनं सहस्रचरणं तथा । कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशं विद्युत्कोटिसमप्रभम् ॥ ३७ ॥ भयङ्करं महाघोरं हृदक्ष्णोस्त्रासकारकम् । ददृशुस्ते सुराः सर्वे हाहाकारं च चक्रिरे ॥ ३८ ॥ विकम्पमानहृदया मूर्च्छामापुर्दुरत्ययाम् । स्मरणं च गतं तेषां जगदम्बेयमित्यपि ॥ ३९ ॥ अथ ते ये स्थिता वेदाश्चतुर्दिक्षु महाविभोः । बोधयामासुरत्युग्रं मूर्छातो मूर्च्छितान्सुरान् ॥ ४० ॥ अथ ते धैर्यमालम्ब्य लब्ध्वा च श्रुतिमुत्तमाम् । प्रेमाश्रुपूर्णनयना रुद्धकण्ठास्तु निर्जराः ॥ ४१ ॥ बाष्पगद्गदया वाचा स्तोतुं समुपचक्रिरे । देवा ऊचुः अपराधं क्षमस्वाम्ब पाहि दीनांस्त्वदुद्भवान् ॥ ४२ ॥ कोपं संहर देवेशि सभया रूपदर्शनात् । का ते स्तुतिः प्रकर्तव्या पामरैर्निर्जरैरिह ॥ ४३ ॥ स्वस्याप्यज्ञेय एवासौ यावान्यश्च स्वविक्रमः । तदर्वाग्जायमानानां कथं स विषयो भवेत् ॥ ४४ ॥ नमस्ते भुवनेशानि नमस्ते प्रणवात्मिके । सर्ववेदान्तसंसिद्धे नमो ह्रीङ्कारमूर्तये ॥ ४५ ॥ यस्मादग्निः समुत्पन्नो यस्मात्सूर्यश्च चन्द्रमाः । यस्मादोषधयः सर्वास्तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥ ४६ ॥ यस्माच्च देवाः सम्भूताः साध्याः पक्षिण एव च । पशवश्च मनुष्याश्च तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥ ४७ ॥ प्राणापानौ व्रीहियवौ तपः श्रद्धा ऋतं तथा । ब्रह्मचर्यं विधिश्चैव यस्मात्तस्मै नमो नमः ॥ ४८ ॥ सप्त प्राणार्चिषो यस्मात्समिधः सप्त एव च । होमाः सप्त तथा लोकास्तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥ ४९ ॥ यस्मात्समुद्रा गिरयः सिन्धवः प्रचरन्ति च । यस्मादोषधयः सर्वा रसास्तस्मै नमो नमः ॥ ५० ॥ यस्माद्यज्ञः समुद्भूतो दीक्षा यूपश्च दक्षिणाः । ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि तस्मै सर्वात्मने नमः ॥ ५१ ॥ नमः पुरस्तात्पृष्ठे च नमस्ते पार्श्वयोर्द्वयोः । अध ऊर्ध्वं चतुर्दिक्षु मातर्भूयो नमो नमः ॥ ५२ ॥ उपसंहर देवेशि रूपमेतदलौकिकम् । तदेव दर्शयास्माकं रूपं सुन्दरसुन्दरम् ॥ ५३ ॥ व्यास उवाच इति भीतान्सुरान्दृष्ट्वा जगदम्बा कृपार्णवा । संहृत्य रूपं घोरं तद्दर्शयामास सुन्दरम् ॥ ५४ ॥ पाशाङ्कुशवराभीतिधरं सर्वाङ्गकोमलम् । करुणापूर्णनयनं मन्दस्मितमुखाम्बुजम् ॥ ५५ ॥ दृष्ट्वा तत्सुन्दरं रूपं तदा भीतिविवर्जिताः । शान्तचित्ताः प्रणेमुस्ते हर्षगद्गदनिःस्वनाः ॥ ५६ ॥
devyuvāca manmāyāśaktisaṃklṛptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ carācaram | sāpi mattaḥ pṛthaṅmāyā nāstyeva paramārthataḥ || 1 || vyavahāradṛśā seyaṃ vidyā māyeti viśrutā | tattvadṛṣṭyā tu nāstyeva tattvamevāsti kevalam || 2 || sāhaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsṛṣṭvā tadantaḥ praviśāmyaham | māyākarmādisahitā gire prāṇapuraḥsarā || 3 || lokāntaragatirnocetkathaṃ syāditi hetunā | yathā yathā bhavantyeva māyābhedāstathā tathā || 4 || upādhibhedādbhinnāhaṃ ghaṭākāśādayo yathā | uccanīcādivastūni bhāsayanbhāskaraḥ sadā || 5 || na duṣyati tathaivāhaṃ doṣairliptā kadāpi na | mayi buddhyādikartṛtvamadhyasyaivāpare janāḥ || 6 || vadanti cātmā karmeti vimūḍhā na subuddhayaḥ | ajñānabhedatastadvanmāyāyā bhedatastathā || 7 || jīveśvaravibhāgaśca kalpito māyayaiva tu | ghaṭākāśamahākāśavibhāgaḥ kalpito yathā || 8 || tathaiva kalpito bhedo jīvātmaparamātmanoḥ | yathā jīvabahūtvaṃ ca māyayaiva na ca svataḥ || 9 || tatheśvarabahutvaṃ ca māyayā na svabhāvataḥ | dehendriyādisaṅghātavāsanābhedabheditā || 10 || avidyā jīvabhedasya heturnānyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | guṇānāṃ vāsanābhedabheditā yā dharādhara || 11 || māyā sā parabhedasya heturnānyaḥ kadācana | mayi sarvamidaṃ protamotaṃ ca dharaṇīdhara || 12 || īśvaro'haṃ ca sūtrātmā virāḍātmāhamasmi ca | brahmāhaṃ viṣṇurudrau ca gaurī brāhmī ca vaiṣṇāvī || 13 || sūryo'haṃ tārakāścāhaṃ tārakeśastathāsmyaham | paśupakṣisvarūpāhaṃ cāṇḍālo'haṃ ca taskaraḥ || 14 || vyādho'haṃ krūrakarmāhaṃ satkarmāhaṃ mahājanaḥ | strīpunnapuṃsakākāro'pyahameva na saṃśayaḥ || 15 || yacca kiñcitkvacidvastu dṛśyate śrūyate'pi vā | antarbahiśca tatsarvaṃ vyāpyāhaṃ sarvadā sthitā || 16 || na tadasti mayā tyaktaṃ vastu kiñciccarācaram | yadyasti cettacchūnyaṃ syādvandhyāputropamaṃ hi tat || 17 || rajjuryathā sarpamālābhedairekā vibhāti hi | tathaiveśādirūpeṇa bhāmyahaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || 18 || adhiṣṭhānātirekeṇa kalpitaṃ tanna bhāsate | tasmānmatsattayaivaitatsattāvānnānyathā bhavet || 19 || himālaya uvāca yathā vadasi deveśi samaṣṭyā''tmavapustvidam | tathaiva draṣṭumicchāmi yadi devi kṛpā mayi || 20 || vyāsa uvāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sarve devāḥ saviṣṇavaḥ | nanandurmuditātmānaḥ pūjayantaśca tadvacaḥ || 21 || atha devamataṃ jñātvā bhaktakāmadughā śivā | adarśayannijaṃ rūpaṃ bhaktakāmaprapūriṇī || 22 || apaśyaṃste mahādevyā virāḍrūpaṃ parātparam | dyaurmastakaṃ bhavedyasya candrasūryau ca cakṣuṣī || 23 || diśaḥ śrotre vaco devāḥ prāṇo vāyuḥ prakīrtitaḥ | viśvaṃ hṛdayamityāhuḥ pṛthivī jaghanaṃ smṛtam || 24 || nabhastalaṃ nābhisaro jyotiścakramuraḥsthalam | maharlokastu grīvā syājjanoloko mukhaṃ smṛtam || 25 || tapoloko rarāṭistu satyalokādadhaḥ sthitaḥ | indrādayo bāhavaḥ syuḥ śabdaḥ śrotraṃ maheśituḥ || 26 || nāsatyadasrau nāse sto gandho ghrāṇaṃ smṛto budhaiḥ | mukhamagniḥ samākhyāto divārātrī ca pakṣmaṇī || 27 || brahmasthānaṃ bhrūvijṛmbho'pyāpastāluḥ prkīrtitāḥ | raso jihvā samākhyātā yamo daṃṣṭrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 28 || dantāḥ snehakalā yasya hāso māyā prakīrtitā | sargastvapāṅgamokṣaḥ syād vrīḍordhvoṣṭho maheśituḥ || 29 || lobhaḥ syādadharoṣṭho'syādharmamārgastu pṛṣṭhabhūḥ | prajāpatiśca meḍhraṃ syādyaḥ sraṣṭā jagatītale || 30 || kukṣiḥ samudrā girayo'sthīni devyā maheśituḥ | nadyo nāḍyaḥ samākhyātā vṛkṣāḥ keśāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || 31 || kaumārayauvanajarā vayo'sya gatiruttamā | balāhakāstu keśāḥ syuḥ sandhye te vāsasī vibho || 32 || rājañchrījagadambāyāścandramāstu manaḥ smṛtaḥ | vijñānaśaktistu harī rudro'ntaḥkaraṇaṃ smṛtam || 33 || aśvā hi jātayaḥ sarvāḥ śroṇideśe sthitā vibhoḥ | atalādimahālokāḥ kaṭyadhobhāgatāṃ gatāḥ || 34 || etādṛśaṃ mahārūpaṃ dadṛśuḥ surapuṅgavāḥ | jvālāmālāsahasrāḍhyaṃ lelihānaṃ ca jihvayā || 35 || daṃṣṭrākaṭakaṭārāvaṃ vamantaṃ vahnimakṣibhiḥ | nānāyudhadharaṃ vīraṃ brahmakṣatraudanaṃ ca yat || 36 || sahasraśīrṣanayanaṃ sahasracaraṇaṃ tathā | koṭisūryapratīkāśaṃ vidyutkoṭisamaprabham || 37 || bhayaṅkaraṃ mahāghoraṃ hṛdakṣṇostrāsakārakam | dadṛśuste surāḥ sarve hāhākāraṃ ca cakrire || 38 || vikampamānahṛdayā mūrcchāmāpurduratyayām | smaraṇaṃ ca gataṃ teṣāṃ jagadambeyamityapi || 39 || atha te ye sthitā vedāścaturdikṣu mahāvibhoḥ | bodhayāmāsuratyugraṃ mūrchāto mūrcchitānsurān || 40 || atha te dhairyamālambya labdhvā ca śrutimuttamām | premāśrupūrṇanayanā ruddhakaṇṭhāstu nirjarāḥ || 41 || bāṣpagadgadayā vācā stotuṃ samupacakrire | devā ūcuḥ aparādhaṃ kṣamasvāmba pāhi dīnāṃstvadudbhavān || 42 || kopaṃ saṃhara deveśi sabhayā rūpadarśanāt | kā te stutiḥ prakartavyā pāmarairnirjarairiha || 43 || svasyāpyajñeya evāsau yāvānyaśca svavikramaḥ | tadarvāgjāyamānānāṃ kathaṃ sa viṣayo bhavet || 44 || namaste bhuvaneśāni namaste praṇavātmike | sarvavedāntasaṃsiddhe namo hrīṅkāramūrtaye || 45 || yasmādagniḥ samutpanno yasmātsūryaśca candramāḥ | yasmādoṣadhayaḥ sarvāstasmai sarvātmane namaḥ || 46 || yasmācca devāḥ sambhūtāḥ sādhyāḥ pakṣiṇa eva ca | paśavaśca manuṣyāśca tasmai sarvātmane namaḥ || 47 || prāṇāpānau vrīhiyavau tapaḥ śraddhā ṛtaṃ tathā | brahmacaryaṃ vidhiścaiva yasmāttasmai namo namaḥ || 48 || sapta prāṇārciṣo yasmātsamidhaḥ sapta eva ca | homāḥ sapta tathā lokāstasmai sarvātmane namaḥ || 49 || yasmātsamudrā girayaḥ sindhavaḥ pracaranti ca | yasmādoṣadhayaḥ sarvā rasāstasmai namo namaḥ || 50 || yasmādyajñaḥ samudbhūto dīkṣā yūpaśca dakṣiṇāḥ | ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni tasmai sarvātmane namaḥ || 51 || namaḥ purastātpṛṣṭhe ca namaste pārśvayordvayoḥ | adha ūrdhvaṃ caturdikṣu mātarbhūyo namo namaḥ || 52 || upasaṃhara deveśi rūpametadalaukikam | tadeva darśayāsmākaṃ rūpaṃ sundarasundaram || 53 || vyāsa uvāca iti bhītānsurāndṛṣṭvā jagadambā kṛpārṇavā | saṃhṛtya rūpaṃ ghoraṃ taddarśayāmāsa sundaram || 54 || pāśāṅkuśavarābhītidharaṃ sarvāṅgakomalam | karuṇāpūrṇanayanaṃ mandasmitamukhāmbujam || 55 || dṛṣṭvā tatsundaraṃ rūpaṃ tadā bhītivivarjitāḥ | śāntacittāḥ praṇemuste harṣagadgadaniḥsvanāḥ || 56 ||
English translation
1-19. The Devi said "O Giriraja! This whole universe, moving and unmoving, is created by My Maya S'akti. This Maya is conceived in Me. It is not, in reality, different or separate from Me. So I am the only Chit, Intelligence. There is no other intelligence than Me.
Viewed practically, it is known variously as Maya, Vidya; but viewed really from the point of Brahman, there is no such thing as Maya; only one Brahman exists, I am that Brahma, of the nature of Intelligence.
I create this whole world on this Unchangeable Eternal (Mountain¬ like) Brahma, (composed of Avidya, Karma, and various Samskaras) and enter first as Prana (vital breath) within it in the form of Chidabhasa. O Mountain! Unless I enter as Breath, how can this birth and death and leaving and retaking bodies after bodies be accounted for! As one great Akas'a is denominated variously Ghatakas'a (Akas'a in the air), Patakas'a (Akas'a in cloth or picture), so I too appear variously by acknowledging this Prana in various places due to Avidya and various Antahkaranas. As the Sun's rays are never defiled when they illumine various objects on earth, so I, too, am not defiled in entering thus into various high and low Antahkaranas (hearts). The ignorant people attach Buddhi and other things of activity on Me and say that Atman is the Doer; the intelligent people do not say that. I remain as the Witness in the hearts of all men, not as the Doer. O Achalendra! There are many JTvas and many Is'varas due to the varieties in Avidya and Vidya. Really it is Maya that differentiates into men, beasts and various other JTvas; and it is Maya that differentiates into Brahma, Visnu and other Is'varas. As the one pervading sky (Akas'a) is called Mahakas'a Ghatakas'a (being enclosed by jars), so the One All pervading Paramatma is called Paramatma, JTvatma (being enclosed within JTvas). As the JTvas are conceived many by Maya, not in reality; so Is'varas also are conceived many by Maya; not in essence. O Mountain! This Avidya and nothing else, is the cause of
the difference in JTvas, by creating differences in their bodies, indriyas (organs) and minds. Again, due to the varieties in the three Gunas and their wants (due to the differences between Sattvik, Rajasik and Tamasik desires), Maya also appears various. And their differences are the causes of different Is'varas, Brahma, Visnu and others. O Mountain! This whole world is interwoven in Me; It is I that am the Is'vara that resides in causal bodies; I am the "Sutratman, Hiranyagarbha that resides in subtle bodies and it is I that am the Virat, residing in the gross bodies. I am Brahma, Visnu, and MahesVara; I am the Brahma, Vaisnavi and Raudri S'aktis. I am the Sun, I am the Moon, I am the Stars; I am beast, birds, Chandalas and I am the Thief, I am the cruel hunter; I am the virtuous high- souled persons and I am the female, male, and hermaphrodite. There is no doubt in this. O Mountain! Wherever there is anything, seen or heard, I alway exist there, within and without. There is nothing moving or unmoving, that can exist without Me. If there be such, that is like the son of a barren woman. Just as one rope is mistaken for a snake or a garland, so I am the One Brahma and appears as Is'vara, etc. There is no doubt in this. This world cannot appear without a substratum.
And That Substratum is My Existence. There can be nothing else.
20. The Himalayas said "O Devi! If Thou art merciful on me, I desire, then, to see Thy Virat form in the Fourth Dimensional Space.
This sight is developed when the mind resides in the heart centre or in the centre of the eye-brows. A proper teacher is necessary.
21-41. Vyasa said "O King! Hearing the words of Giriraja, Visnu and all the other Devas gladly seconded him. Then the Devi, the Goddess of the Universe, knowing the desires of the Devas, showed Her Own Form that fulfils the desires of the Bhaktas, that is auspicious and that is like the Kalpa Vriksa towards the Bhaktas. They saw Her Highest Virat Form. The Satyaloka is situated on the topmost part and is Her head; the Sun and Moon are Her eyes; the quarters. Her ears; the Vedas are Her words; the Universe is Her
heart; the earth is Her loins; the Bhuvarloka is Her navel; the asterisms are Her Thighs; the Maharloka is Her neck; the Janarloka is Her Face; the Taparloka is Her head, situated below the S'atyaloka; Indra and the Devas and the Svarloka is Her arms; the sound is the organ of Her ears; the AsVin twins, Her nose; the smell is the organ of smell; the fire is within Her face; day and night are like Her two wings. The four-faced Brahma is Her eyebrows; water is Her palate; the juice thereof is Her organ of taste; Yama, the God of Death, is Her large teeth; the affection is Her small teeth; Maya is Her smile; the creation of Universe is Her sidelooks; modesty is Her upper lip; covetousness is Her lower lip; unrighteousness is Her back. The Prajapati is Her organ of generation; the oceans are Her bowels; the mountains are Her bones; the rivers are Her veins; and the trees are the hairs of Her body. O King! Youth, virginity, and old age are Her best gaits, positions or ways (courses) paths, the clouds are Her handsome hairs; the two twilights are Her clothings; the Moon is the mind of the Mother of the Universe; Hah is Her Vijnana S'akti (the knowledge power); and Rudra is Her all-destroying power. The horses and other animals are Her loins; the lower regions Atala, etc., are Her lower regions from Her hip to Her feet. The Devas began to behold Her this Cosmic (Virata) appearance with eyes, wide awake, with wonder. Thousands of fiery rays emitted from Her form; She began to lick the whole universe with Her lips; the two rows of teeth began to make horrible sounds; fires came out from Her eyes; various weapons were seen in Her hands; and the Brahmanas and Ksattriyas are become the food of that Awful Deity. Thousands of heads, eyes and feet were seen in that form. Crores of Suns, crores of lightnings flashes, mingled there. Horrible, Awful, That appearance looked terrific to the eyes, heart and mind. The Devas thus beheld and began to utter cries of horror and consternation; their hearts trembled and they were caught with immoveable senselessness. "Here is the Devi, our Mother and Preserver." This idea vanished away at once from their minds.
At this moment the Vedas that were on the four sides of the Devi, removed the swoon of the Devas and made them conscious. The
Immortals got, then, the excellent Vedas; and, having patience, began to praise and chant hymns in words choked with feelings and with tears flowing flowing from their eyes.
42-53. The Devas said "O Mother! Forgive our faults. Protect us, the miserable, that are born of Thee. O Protectress of the Devas! Withhold Thy anger; we are very much terrified at the sight of Thy this form. "O Devi! We are inferior immortals; what prayers can we offer to Thee! Thou Thyself canst not measure Thy powers; how then can we, who are born later, know of Thy greatness! Obeisance to Thee, the Lady of the Universe! Obeisance to Thee of the nature of the Pranava Om; Thou art the One that is proved in all the Vedantas. Obeisance to Thee, of the form of Hrim! Obeisance to Thee, the Self of all, whence has originated the Fire, the Sun, and the Moon and whence have sprung all the medicinal plants. Obeisance to the Devi, the Cosmic Deity, the Self in all whence have sprung all the Devas, Sadhyas, the beasts, birds, and men! We bow down again and again to the Great Form, Maha Maya, the Self of all, whence have sprung the vital breath Prana, Apana, grains and wheats, and Who is the source of asceticism, faith, truth, continence and the rules what to do and what not to do under the present circumstances. The seven Pranas, the seven Lokas, the seven Flames, the seven Samidhs, the seven Oblations to Fire, have sprung from Thee! Obeisance to Thee, the Great Self in all! Obeisance to the Universal form of the Deity of the Universe whence have sprung all the oceans, all the mountains, all the rivers, all the medicinal plants and all the Rasas (the tastes of all things). We bow down to that Virat Form, the Great Self, the Maha Maya, whence have originated the sacrifices, the sacrifical post (to which the victim about to be immolated is bound) and Daksinas (the sacrificial fees) and the Rik, the Yajus, and the Sama Vedas. O Mother! O Maha Maya! We bow down to Thy front, to Thy back, to Thy both the sides, to Thy top, to Thy bottom and on all sides of Thee. O Devi! Be kind enough to withhold this Extraordinary Terrific Form of Thine, and shew us Thy Beautiful Lovely Form.
54-56. Vyasa said "O King! The World Mother, the Ocean of mercy, seeing the Devas terrified, withheld Her Fearful Cosmic Form and showed Her very beautiful appearance, pleasing to the whole world. Her body became soft and gentle. In one hand She held the noose, and in another She held the goad. The two other hands made signs to dispel all their fears and ready to grant the boons. Her eyes emitted rays of kindness; Her face was adorned with beautiful smiles. The Devas became glad at this and bowed down to Her in a peaceful mind and then spoke with great joy.
Here ends the Thirty-third Chapter of the Seventh Book on the Devi's Virat Rupa in the Maha Paranam, Sri Mad Devi Bhagavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25172, revision 76322 (2016-08-19T07:21:23Z). 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/bk07ch33.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.