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Sixth Skandha · Chapter 19

Chapter 19

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Sixth Skandha · Chapter 19

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व्यास उवाच तस्यै दत्त्वा वरं शम्भुः कैलासं त्वरितो ययौ । रम्यं देवगणैर्जुष्टमप्सरोभिश्च मण्डितम् ॥ १ ॥ तत्र गत्वा चित्ररूपं गणं कार्यविशारदम् । प्रेषयामास वैकुण्ठे लक्ष्मीकार्यार्थसिद्धये ॥ २ ॥ शिव उवाच चित्ररूप हरिं गत्वा ब्रूहि त्वं वचनान्मम । यथासौ दुःखितां पत्‍नीं विशोकां च करिष्यति ॥ ३ ॥ इत्युक्तश्चित्ररूपोऽथ निर्जगाम त्वरान्वितः । वैकुण्ठं परमं स्थानं वैष्णवैश्च गणैर्वृतम् ॥ ४ ॥ नानाद्रुमगणाकीर्णं वापीशतविराजितम् । संजुष्टं हंसकारण्डमयूरशुककोकिलैः ॥ ५ ॥ उच्चप्रासादसंयुक्तं पताकाभिरलंकृतम् । नृत्यगीतकलापूर्णं मन्दारद्रुमसंयुतम् ॥ ६ ॥ बकुलाशोकतिलकचम्पकालिविमण्डितम् । कूजितैर्विहगानां तु कर्णाह्लादकरैर्युतम् ॥ ७ ॥ संवीक्ष्य भवनं विष्णोर्द्वास्थौ प्राह प्रणम्य च । जयविजयनामानौ वेत्रपाणी स्थितावुभौ ॥ ८ ॥ चित्ररूप उवाच भो निवेदयत शीघ्रं हरये परमात्मने । दूतं प्राप्यं हरस्यात्र प्रेरितं शूलपाणिना ॥ ९ ॥ तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य जयः परमबुद्धिमान् । गत्वा हरिं प्रणम्याह कृताञ्जलिपुटः पुरः ॥ १० ॥ देवदेव रमाकान्त करुणाकर केशव । द्वारि तिष्ठति दूतोऽत्र शङ्करस्य समागतः ॥ ११ ॥ आज्ञापय प्रवेष्टव्यो न वेति गरुडध्वज । चित्ररूपधरोऽप्यस्ति न जाने कार्यगौरवम् ॥ १२ ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य हरिः प्राह जयं प्रज्ञातकारणः । प्रवेशयात्र रुद्रस्य भृत्यं समयसंस्थितम् ॥ १३ ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य जयस्तूर्णं गत्वा तं परमाद्‌भुतम् । एहीत्याकारयामास जयः शङ्करसेवकम् ॥ १४ ॥ प्रवेशितो जयेनाथ चित्ररूपस्तथाकृतिः । प्रणम्य दण्डवद्विष्णुं कृताञ्जलिपुटः स्थितः ॥ १५ ॥ दृष्ट्वा तं विस्मयं प्राप भगवान् गरुडध्वजः । चित्ररूपधरं शम्भोः सेवकं विनयान्वितम् ॥ १६ ॥ पप्रच्छ तं स्मितं कृत्वा चित्ररूपं रमापतिः । कुशलं देवदेवस्य सकुटुम्बस्य चानघ ॥ १७ ॥ कस्मात्त्वं प्रेषितोऽस्यत्र ब्रूहिकार्यं हरस्य किम् । अथवा देवतानां च किञ्चित्कार्यं समुत्थितम् ॥ १८ ॥ दूत उवाच किमज्ञातं तवास्तीह संसारे गरुडध्वज । वर्तमानं त्रिकालज्ञ यदहं प्रब्रवीमि वै ॥ १९ ॥ प्रेषितोऽस्मि भवेनात्र विज्ञस्तु त्वां जनार्दन । हरस्य वचनाद्वाक्यं प्रब्रवीमि त्वयि प्रभो ॥ २० ॥ तेनोक्तमेतद्देवेश भार्या ते कमलालया । तपस्तपति कालिन्दीतमसासङ्गमे विभो ॥ २१ ॥ हयीरूपधरा देवी सर्वार्थसिद्धिदायिनी । ध्यातुं योग्यामरगणैर्मानवैर्यक्षकिन्नरैः ॥ २२ ॥ विना तया नरः कोऽपिसुखभागी भवेन्न हि । तां त्यक्त्वा पुण्डरीकाक्ष प्राप्नोषि किं सुखं हरे ॥ २३ ॥ दुर्बलोऽपि स्त्रियं पाति निर्धनोऽपि जगत्पते । विनापराधं च विभो किं त्यक्ता जगदीश्वरी ॥ २४ ॥ दुःखं प्राप्नोति संसारे यस्य भार्या जगद्‌गुरो । धिक्तस्य जीवितं लोके निन्दितं त्वरिमण्डले ॥ २५ ॥ सकामा रिपवस्तेऽद्य दृष्ट्वा तां दुःखिता भृशम् । त्वां वियुक्तं च रमया हसिष्यन्ति दिवानिशम् ॥ २६ ॥ रमां रमय देवेश त्वदुत्सङ्गगतां कुरु । सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नां सुशीलां च सुरूपिणीम् ॥ २७ ॥ सुखितो भव तां प्राप्य वल्लभां चारुहासिनीम् । कान्ताविरहजं दुःखं स्मराम्यहमनातुरः ॥ २८ ॥ मम भार्या मृता विष्णो दक्षयज्ञे सती यदा । तदाहं दुःसहं दुःखं भुक्तवानम्बुजेक्षण ॥ २९ ॥ संसारेऽस्मिन्नरः कोऽपि माभून्मत्सदृशोऽपरः । मनसाकरवं शोकं तस्या विरहपीडितः ॥ ३० ॥ कालेन महता प्राप्ता मया गिरिसुता पुनः । तपस्तप्त्वातिदुःसाध्यं या दग्धा तु रुषाध्वरे ॥ ३१ ॥ हरे किं सुखमापन्नं त्वया सन्त्यज्य कामिनीम् । एकाकी तिष्ठता कालं सहस्रवत्सरात्मकम् ॥ ३२ ॥ गत्वाश्वास्य महाभागां समानय निजालयम् । माभूत्कोऽपीह संसारे विमुक्तो रमया तया ॥ ३३ ॥ कृत्वा तुरगरूपं त्वं भज तां कमलालयाम् । उत्पाद्य पुत्रमायुष्मंस्तामानय शुचिस्मिताम् ॥ ३४ ॥ व्यास उवाच हरिराकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यं चित्ररूपस्य भारत । तथेत्युक्त्वा तु तं दूतं प्रेषयामास शङ्करम् ॥ ३५ ॥ गते दूतेऽथ भगवान्वैकुण्ठात्कामसंयुतः । जगाम धृत्वा तत्राशु वाजिरूपं मनोहरम् ॥ ३६ ॥ यत्र सा वडवारूपं कृत्वा तपति सिन्धुजा । विष्णुस्तं देशमासाद्य तामपश्यद्धयीं स्थिताम् ॥ ३७ ॥ सापि तं वीक्ष्य गोविन्दं हयरूपधरं पतिम् । ज्ञात्वा वीक्ष्य स्थिता साध्वी विस्मिता साश्रुलोचना ॥ ३८ ॥ तयोस्तु सङ्गमस्तत्र प्रवृत्तो मन्मथार्तयोः । कालिन्दीतमसासङ्गे पावने लोकविश्रुते ॥ ३९ ॥ सगर्भा सा तदा जाता वडवा हरिवल्लभा । सुषुवे सुन्दरं बालं तत्रैव सुगुणोत्तरम् ॥ ४० ॥ तामाह भगवान्वाक्यं प्रहस्य समयाश्रितम् । त्यजाद्य वाडवं देहं पूर्वदेहा भवाधुना ॥ ४१ ॥ गमिष्यावः स्ववैकुण्ठमावां कृत्वा निजं वपुः । तिष्ठत्वत्र कुमारोऽयं त्वया जातः सुलोचने ॥ ४२ ॥ लक्ष्मीरुवाच स्वदेहसम्भवं पुत्रं कथं हित्वा व्रजाम्यहम् । स्नेहः सुदुस्त्यजः कामं स्वात्मजस्य सुरर्षभ ॥ ४३ ॥ का गतिः स्यादमेयात्मन् बालस्यास्य नदीतटे । अनाथस्यासमर्थस्य विजनेऽल्पतनोरिह ॥ ४४ ॥ अनाश्रयं सुतं त्यक्त्वा कथं गन्तुं मनो मम । समर्थं सदयं स्वामिन् भवेदम्बुजलोचन ॥ ४५ ॥ दिव्यदेहौ ततो जातौ लक्ष्मीनारायणावुभौ । विमानवरसंविष्टौ स्तूयमानौ सुरैर्दिवि ॥ ४६ ॥ गन्तुकामं पतिं प्राह कमला कमलापतिम् । गृहाणेमं सुतं नाथ नाहं शक्तास्मि हापितुम् ॥ ४७ ॥ प्राणप्रियोऽस्ति मे पुत्रः कान्त्या त्वत्सदृशः प्रभो । गृहीत्वैनं गमिष्यावो वैकुण्ठं मधुसूदन ॥ ४८ ॥ हरिरुवाच मा विषादं प्रिये कर्तुं त्वमर्हसि वरानने । तिष्ठत्वयं सुखेनात्र रक्षा मे विहिता त्विह ॥ ४९ ॥ कार्यं किमपि वामोरु वर्तते महदद्‌भुतम् । निबोध कथयाम्यद्य सुतस्यात्र विमोचने ॥ ५० ॥ तुर्वसुर्नाम विख्यातो ययातितनुजो भुवि । हरिवर्मेति पित्रास्य कृतं नाम सुविश्रुतम् ॥ ५१ ॥ स राजा पुत्रकामोऽद्य तपस्तपति पावने । तीर्थे वर्षशतं जातं तस्य वै कुर्वतस्तपः ॥ ५२ ॥ तस्यार्थे निर्मितः पुत्रो मयायं कमलालये । तत्र गत्वा नृपं सुभ्रु प्रेरयिष्यामि साम्प्रतम् ॥ ५३ ॥ तस्मै दास्याम्यहं पुत्रं पुत्रकामाय कामिनि । गृहीत्वा स्वगृहं राजा प्रापयिष्यति बालकम् ॥ ५४ ॥ व्यास उवाच इत्याश्वास्य प्रियां पद्मां कृत्वा रक्षां च बालके । विमानवरमारुह्य प्रययौ प्रियया सह ॥ ५५ ॥

vyāsa uvāca tasyai dattvā varaṃ śambhuḥ kailāsaṃ tvarito yayau | ramyaṃ devagaṇairjuṣṭamapsarobhiśca maṇḍitam || 1 || tatra gatvā citrarūpaṃ gaṇaṃ kāryaviśāradam | preṣayāmāsa vaikuṇṭhe lakṣmīkāryārthasiddhaye || 2 || śiva uvāca citrarūpa hariṃ gatvā brūhi tvaṃ vacanānmama | yathāsau duḥkhitāṃ pat‍nīṃ viśokāṃ ca kariṣyati || 3 || ityuktaścitrarūpo'tha nirjagāma tvarānvitaḥ | vaikuṇṭhaṃ paramaṃ sthānaṃ vaiṣṇavaiśca gaṇairvṛtam || 4 || nānādrumagaṇākīrṇaṃ vāpīśatavirājitam | saṃjuṣṭaṃ haṃsakāraṇḍamayūraśukakokilaiḥ || 5 || uccaprāsādasaṃyuktaṃ patākābhiralaṃkṛtam | nṛtyagītakalāpūrṇaṃ mandāradrumasaṃyutam || 6 || bakulāśokatilakacampakālivimaṇḍitam | kūjitairvihagānāṃ tu karṇāhlādakarairyutam || 7 || saṃvīkṣya bhavanaṃ viṣṇordvāsthau prāha praṇamya ca | jayavijayanāmānau vetrapāṇī sthitāvubhau || 8 || citrarūpa uvāca bho nivedayata śīghraṃ haraye paramātmane | dūtaṃ prāpyaṃ harasyātra preritaṃ śūlapāṇinā || 9 || tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya jayaḥ paramabuddhimān | gatvā hariṃ praṇamyāha kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ puraḥ || 10 || devadeva ramākānta karuṇākara keśava | dvāri tiṣṭhati dūto'tra śaṅkarasya samāgataḥ || 11 || ājñāpaya praveṣṭavyo na veti garuḍadhvaja | citrarūpadharo'pyasti na jāne kāryagauravam || 12 || ityākarṇya hariḥ prāha jayaṃ prajñātakāraṇaḥ | praveśayātra rudrasya bhṛtyaṃ samayasaṃsthitam || 13 || ityākarṇya jayastūrṇaṃ gatvā taṃ paramād‌bhutam | ehītyākārayāmāsa jayaḥ śaṅkarasevakam || 14 || praveśito jayenātha citrarūpastathākṛtiḥ | praṇamya daṇḍavadviṣṇuṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ || 15 || dṛṣṭvā taṃ vismayaṃ prāpa bhagavān garuḍadhvajaḥ | citrarūpadharaṃ śambhoḥ sevakaṃ vinayānvitam || 16 || papraccha taṃ smitaṃ kṛtvā citrarūpaṃ ramāpatiḥ | kuśalaṃ devadevasya sakuṭumbasya cānagha || 17 || kasmāttvaṃ preṣito'syatra brūhikāryaṃ harasya kim | athavā devatānāṃ ca kiñcitkāryaṃ samutthitam || 18 || dūta uvāca kimajñātaṃ tavāstīha saṃsāre garuḍadhvaja | vartamānaṃ trikālajña yadahaṃ prabravīmi vai || 19 || preṣito'smi bhavenātra vijñastu tvāṃ janārdana | harasya vacanādvākyaṃ prabravīmi tvayi prabho || 20 || tenoktametaddeveśa bhāryā te kamalālayā | tapastapati kālindītamasāsaṅgame vibho || 21 || hayīrūpadharā devī sarvārthasiddhidāyinī | dhyātuṃ yogyāmaragaṇairmānavairyakṣakinnaraiḥ || 22 || vinā tayā naraḥ ko'pisukhabhāgī bhavenna hi | tāṃ tyaktvā puṇḍarīkākṣa prāpnoṣi kiṃ sukhaṃ hare || 23 || durbalo'pi striyaṃ pāti nirdhano'pi jagatpate | vināparādhaṃ ca vibho kiṃ tyaktā jagadīśvarī || 24 || duḥkhaṃ prāpnoti saṃsāre yasya bhāryā jagad‌guro | dhiktasya jīvitaṃ loke ninditaṃ tvarimaṇḍale || 25 || sakāmā ripavaste'dya dṛṣṭvā tāṃ duḥkhitā bhṛśam | tvāṃ viyuktaṃ ca ramayā hasiṣyanti divāniśam || 26 || ramāṃ ramaya deveśa tvadutsaṅgagatāṃ kuru | sarvalakṣaṇasampannāṃ suśīlāṃ ca surūpiṇīm || 27 || sukhito bhava tāṃ prāpya vallabhāṃ cāruhāsinīm | kāntāvirahajaṃ duḥkhaṃ smarāmyahamanāturaḥ || 28 || mama bhāryā mṛtā viṣṇo dakṣayajñe satī yadā | tadāhaṃ duḥsahaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhuktavānambujekṣaṇa || 29 || saṃsāre'sminnaraḥ ko'pi mābhūnmatsadṛśo'paraḥ | manasākaravaṃ śokaṃ tasyā virahapīḍitaḥ || 30 || kālena mahatā prāptā mayā girisutā punaḥ | tapastaptvātiduḥsādhyaṃ yā dagdhā tu ruṣādhvare || 31 || hare kiṃ sukhamāpannaṃ tvayā santyajya kāminīm | ekākī tiṣṭhatā kālaṃ sahasravatsarātmakam || 32 || gatvāśvāsya mahābhāgāṃ samānaya nijālayam | mābhūtko'pīha saṃsāre vimukto ramayā tayā || 33 || kṛtvā turagarūpaṃ tvaṃ bhaja tāṃ kamalālayām | utpādya putramāyuṣmaṃstāmānaya śucismitām || 34 || vyāsa uvāca harirākarṇya tadvākyaṃ citrarūpasya bhārata | tathetyuktvā tu taṃ dūtaṃ preṣayāmāsa śaṅkaram || 35 || gate dūte'tha bhagavānvaikuṇṭhātkāmasaṃyutaḥ | jagāma dhṛtvā tatrāśu vājirūpaṃ manoharam || 36 || yatra sā vaḍavārūpaṃ kṛtvā tapati sindhujā | viṣṇustaṃ deśamāsādya tāmapaśyaddhayīṃ sthitām || 37 || sāpi taṃ vīkṣya govindaṃ hayarūpadharaṃ patim | jñātvā vīkṣya sthitā sādhvī vismitā sāśrulocanā || 38 || tayostu saṅgamastatra pravṛtto manmathārtayoḥ | kālindītamasāsaṅge pāvane lokaviśrute || 39 || sagarbhā sā tadā jātā vaḍavā harivallabhā | suṣuve sundaraṃ bālaṃ tatraiva suguṇottaram || 40 || tāmāha bhagavānvākyaṃ prahasya samayāśritam | tyajādya vāḍavaṃ dehaṃ pūrvadehā bhavādhunā || 41 || gamiṣyāvaḥ svavaikuṇṭhamāvāṃ kṛtvā nijaṃ vapuḥ | tiṣṭhatvatra kumāro'yaṃ tvayā jātaḥ sulocane || 42 || lakṣmīruvāca svadehasambhavaṃ putraṃ kathaṃ hitvā vrajāmyaham | snehaḥ sudustyajaḥ kāmaṃ svātmajasya surarṣabha || 43 || kā gatiḥ syādameyātman bālasyāsya nadītaṭe | anāthasyāsamarthasya vijane'lpatanoriha || 44 || anāśrayaṃ sutaṃ tyaktvā kathaṃ gantuṃ mano mama | samarthaṃ sadayaṃ svāmin bhavedambujalocana || 45 || divyadehau tato jātau lakṣmīnārāyaṇāvubhau | vimānavarasaṃviṣṭau stūyamānau surairdivi || 46 || gantukāmaṃ patiṃ prāha kamalā kamalāpatim | gṛhāṇemaṃ sutaṃ nātha nāhaṃ śaktāsmi hāpitum || 47 || prāṇapriyo'sti me putraḥ kāntyā tvatsadṛśaḥ prabho | gṛhītvainaṃ gamiṣyāvo vaikuṇṭhaṃ madhusūdana || 48 || hariruvāca mā viṣādaṃ priye kartuṃ tvamarhasi varānane | tiṣṭhatvayaṃ sukhenātra rakṣā me vihitā tviha || 49 || kāryaṃ kimapi vāmoru vartate mahadad‌bhutam | nibodha kathayāmyadya sutasyātra vimocane || 50 || turvasurnāma vikhyāto yayātitanujo bhuvi | harivarmeti pitrāsya kṛtaṃ nāma suviśrutam || 51 || sa rājā putrakāmo'dya tapastapati pāvane | tīrthe varṣaśataṃ jātaṃ tasya vai kurvatastapaḥ || 52 || tasyārthe nirmitaḥ putro mayāyaṃ kamalālaye | tatra gatvā nṛpaṃ subhru prerayiṣyāmi sāmpratam || 53 || tasmai dāsyāmyahaṃ putraṃ putrakāmāya kāmini | gṛhītvā svagṛhaṃ rājā prāpayiṣyati bālakam || 54 || vyāsa uvāca ityāśvāsya priyāṃ padmāṃ kṛtvā rakṣāṃ ca bālake | vimānavaramāruhya prayayau priyayā saha || 55 ||

English translation

1-3. Vyasa said O King! Thus granting the boon to the Goddess Laksmi, S’ambhu quickly returned to the lovely Kailas’a, adorned with Apsaras (celestial nymphs) and frequented and served by the Gods. He then despatched his expert attendant Chitrarupa to Vaikuntha to bring the purpose of Laksmi to a successful issue. He said to him thus “O Chitrarupa! Go to Hah and speak to him on my behalf that He would go and remove the sorrows of His distressed and bereaved wife and thus make Her comfortable.”

4-9. Thus ordered, Chitrarupa started immediately and reached at once Vaikuntha, the highest place, covered all over by the Vaisnavas. The place was diversified with lots of various trees, with hundreds of lovely lakes, and echoed with sweet lovely sounds of swans, Karandavas, peacocks, parrots, cuckoos and various other birds and adorned with beautiful places, decked with flags and banners. It was filled with charming dancings, music and other artistic things. There were the lovely Bakula, As’oka, Tilaka, Champaka and other trees; and the beautiful tree Mandara looked beautiful and shed all around the sweet fragrance of its sweet flowers for a long distance. Thus seeing the lovely nice palace of Visnu and the two doorkeepers Jaya and Vijaya standing with canes in their hands, Chitraratha bowed down to them and said Well! You go quickly and inform the Supreme Soul Hah that a messenger has come under the orders of the Bhagavan S’ulapani and is now waiting at His doors.

10-18. Hearing his words, the intelligent Jaya went to Hah and, with folded hands, said “O Thou Ocean of Mercy! O Kes’ava! O Lord of

Rama! O Deva of the Devas! A messenger has come from the Lord of Bhavani and is waiting at the doors. I do not not know on what important business he has come. Please order whether I will bring him before You or not. On hearing the Jaya’s words, Hari, aware of the inner feelings, knew at once the cause and said O Jaya! Bring before me the messenger come from Rudra. Thus hearing, Jaya called the S’iva’s servant, of a graceful form, and brought him to the presence of Janardana. Chitrarupa, of variegated appearance, prostrated himself flat before Him in the form of a stick and stood up and remained with folded hands. The Bhagavan Narayana, Whose carrier is Garuda, saw that servant of S’iva, of variegated appearance and full of all humility, and became very much astonished. The Lord of Kamala then smiled and asked Chitrarupa - “O Pure One! Is it all well with Mahadeva, the Lord of the Devas and his other families and attendants? On what business has He sent you here? What does He want me to do? Or tell me if I have to do any other business of the gods.”

19-34. The messenger said “O Thou, the Knower of all that is within one’s heart! There is nothing in this world hidden from Your knowledge; when is that which I will say unknown to you! O Thou, the Knower of present, past and future! I am now saying to you what S’ambhu has told me to inform You. He has said O Lord! The Goddess Laksmi is Your dear consort. She, the daughter of the Ocean, and the Bestower of all success, though an object fit to be meditated by Yaksas, Kinnaras, Naras and Immortals, is now undergoing severe penance at the confluence of Kalindi (the Jumna, the daughter of Kalinda) and the Tamasa. What is there in the three worlds that can be happy without that Mother of the worlds and the Giver of all desires? O Lotus-eyed One! What pleasure do You feel in abandoning Her? O All-pervading One! Even he who has no riches or who is very weak maintains his wife; then why have You, being the Lord of the worlds, forsaken your wife, without any offence. Who is worshipped by the whole universe. O Lord of the world! What

advice shall I give to You? He whose wife suffers in the world, is blamed by his enemies. O Omnipresent One! Fie on his such a life!

O Lord of the worlds! Your enemies’ desires are satisfied when they see Her very miserable. They are laughing and mocking and saying O Devi, Kes’ava has now forsaken you; you can spend happily your time with us now. Therefore, O Lord of the Devas! Bring that Lady back unto your palace and place Her unto your lap. Who is of good demeanour, beautiful, par excellence and endowed with all auspicious signs. O Deva! Accept, please, your sweet-smiling wife and be happy. Though I am at present not in bereavement of my dear wife, yet when I remember my former state of bereavement, I feel very much trouble. O Lotus-eyed One! When Sati Devi, my beloved Wife, quitted Her life, in Daksa’s house, I felt unbearable pain, O Kes’ava! Let no other body in this world suffer such pain, I now remember only the suffering and mental agonies that I felt on Her bereavement; I do not give it out to others. After a long time, practising severe Tapasya (asceticism) I got Her back in the form of Girija, who felt herself burnt up as it were by the anger She felt on account of censure cast on Me in the Daksa’s house and thus quitted Her life. O Murari! What happiness you have felt in forsaking your dear wife and in remaining thus alone for one thousand years. Console your fortunate young wife with good teeth and bring her back to your place. O Bhagavan! Lastly, the Lord Bhavani, the Originatrix of these worlds, told me to speak thus to you O Destroyer of Kamsa! Let nobody remain even, for a moment, without Laksmi, the Highest Goddess. O Long-lived One! You better assume the form of a horse and go and worship her. Then have a child of yours in the womb of your sweet-smiling wife and bring her back to your house.”

35-42. Vyasa said O Ornament of Bharata’s race! Hearing thus the words of Chitrarupa, Bhagavan Hari told that he would do what S’ankara had told him to do and thus sent the messenger back to S’ankara. The messenger departing, Hari assumed the form of a

beautiful horse and immediately left Vaikuntha with a passionate intent for the place where Laksmi was staying in the form of a mare and practising her austerities. Coming there, he saw that the Devi Bimala was staying in the form of a mare. The mare, too, seeing the horse form of her husband Govinda, recognised him and, chaste as she was, remained there with astonishment and tears in her eyes. Then those two copulated on the famous confluence. The wife of Hah, in the shape of a mare, became pregnant and, in due time, gave birth to a beautiful well qualified child. The Bhagavan then graciously smiled on her and spoke in words suited to the time, “O Dear! Now quit this mare form and assume your former appearance. O Lovely-eyed One! Let both of us assume our own forms and go to Vaikuntha; and let your child remain in this place.”

43-48. Laksmi said “O Lord! How can I go leaving here this child, born of my womb. It is very difficult to quit the attachments for one’s own child. Know this, O Lord! O High-souled One! This child is young and of small body; therefore it is quite incapable to protect itself. If I forsake it on the bank of this river, it will be an orphan, what will happen to it then? O Lotus-eyed One! My mind is now in full attachment towards it. How can I quit this helpless child and go?” When Laksmi and Narayana resumed their divine bodies and mounted on the excellent Vimanas, the Devas began to praise them with hymns. When Narayana expressed his desire to go, Kamala said “O Lord! You better take this child; I am unable to forsake it. O Lord! O Slayer of Madhu! This child is dearer to me than my life; see its body resembles exactly like you. Therefore we would take this child with us to Vaikuntha.”

49-54. Hari spoke “O Dear! You need not be sorry; let this child remain here happily; I have arranged for its preservation and safety. O Beautiful One! There is a great act to do in this world. That will be executed by your child. For this reason I am leaving it here. I am now

describing to you the above story. The famous King Yayati had a son named Turvasu; his father kept his name as Hah Varma; he is known by this name. That king is now practising asceticism for getting a son for one hundred years in a place of pilgrimage. O Laksmi! I have begot this son for him. I will go there and send the King here. O Beautiful-faced One! I will give this son to that King, desirous of an issue. He will take this son and go back to his house.”

55. Vyasa said O King! Thus consoling his beloved, whose abode is in the Lotus and placing the child there in that position. He mounted on an excellent car with Laksmi and went to Vaikuntha.

Here ends the Nineteenth Chapter in the Sixth Book on the origin of Haihayas from a mare in the Mahapuranam S’ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 33265, revision 86855 (2016-10-24T01:46:57Z). 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/bk06ch19.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.