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Tenth Skandha · Chapter 7

Chapter 7

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Tenth Skandha · Chapter 7

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सूत उवाच इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य विबुधानां द्विजोत्तमः । करिष्ये कार्यमेतद्वः प्रत्युवाच ततो मुनिः ॥ १ ॥ अङ्‌गीकृते तदा कार्ये मुनिना कुम्भजन्मना । देवाः प्रमुदिताः सर्वे बभूबुर्द्विजसत्तमाः ॥ २ ॥ ते देवाः स्वानि धिष्ण्यानि भेजिरे मुनिवाक्यतः । पत्‍नीं मुनिवरः श्रीमानुवाच नृपकन्यकाम् ॥ ३ ॥ अये नृपसुते प्राप्तो विघ्नोऽनर्थस्य कारकः । भानुमार्गनिरोधेन कृतो विन्ध्यमहीभृता ॥ ४ ॥ आज्ञातं कारणं तच्च स्मृतं वाक्यं पुरातनम् । काशीमुद्दिश्य यद्‌गीतं मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥ ५ ॥ अविमुक्तं न मोक्तव्यं सर्वथैव मुमुक्षुभिः । किन्तु विघ्ना भविष्यन्ति काश्यां निवसतां सताम् ॥ ६ ॥ सोऽन्तरायो मया प्राप्तः काश्यां निवसता प्रिये । इत्येवमुक्त्वा भार्यां तां मुनिः परमतापनः ॥ ७ ॥ मणिकर्ण्यां समाप्लुत्य दृष्ट्वा विश्वेश्वरं विभुम् । दण्डपाणिं समभ्यर्च्य कालराजं समागतः ॥ ८ ॥ कालराज महाबाहो भक्तानां भयहारक । कथं दूरयसे पुर्याः काशीपुर्यास्त्वमीश्वरः ॥ ९ ॥ त्वं काशीवासविघ्नानां नाशको भक्तरक्षकः । मां किं दूरयसे स्वामिन् भक्तार्तिविनिवारक ॥ १० ॥ परापवादो नोक्तो मे न पैशुन्यं न चानृतम् । केन कर्मविपाकेन काश्या दूरं करोषि माम् ॥ ११ ॥ एवं प्रार्थ्य च तं कालनाथं कुम्भोद्‍भवो मुनिः । जगाम साक्षिविघ्नेशं सर्वविघ्ननिवारणम् ॥ १२ ॥ तं दृष्ट्वाभ्यर्च्य सम्प्रार्थ्य ततः पुर्या विनिर्गतः । लोपामुद्रापतिः श्रीमानगस्त्यो दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥ १३ ॥ काशीविरहसन्तप्तो महाभाग्यनिधिर्मुनिः । संस्मृत्यानुक्षणं काशीं जगाम सह भार्यया ॥ १४ ॥ तपोयानमिवारुह्य निमिषार्धेन वै मुनिः । अग्रे ददर्श तं विन्ध्यं रुद्धाम्बरमथोन्नतम् ॥ १५ ॥ चकम्पे चाचलस्तूर्णं दृष्ट्वैवाग्रे स्थितं मुनिम् । गिरिः खर्वतरो भूत्वा विवक्षुरवनीमिव ॥ १६ ॥ दण्डवत्पतितो भूमौ साष्टाङ्‌गं भक्तिभावितः । तं दृष्ट्वा नम्रशिखरं विन्ध्यं नाम महागिरिम् ॥ १७ ॥ प्रसन्नवदनोऽगस्त्यो मुनिर्विन्ध्यमथाब्रवीत् । वत्सैवं तिष्ठ तावत्त्वं यावदागम्यते मया ॥ १८ ॥ अशक्तोऽहं गण्डशैलारोहणे तव पुत्रक । एवमुक्त्वा मुनिर्याम्यदिशं प्रति गमोत्सुकः ॥ १९ ॥ आरुह्य तस्य शिखराण्यवारुहदनुक्रमात् । गतो याम्यदिशं चापि श्रीशैलं प्रेक्ष्य वर्त्मनि ॥ २० ॥ मलयाचलमासाद्य तत्राश्रमपरोऽभवत् । सापि देवी तत्र विन्ध्यमागता मनुपूजिता ॥ २१ ॥ लोकेषु प्रथिता विन्ध्यवासिनीति च शौनक । सूत उवाच एतच्चरित्रं परमं शत्रुनाशनमुत्तमम् ॥ २२ ॥ अगस्त्यविन्ध्यनगयोराख्यानं पापनाशनम् । राज्ञां विजयदं तच्च द्विजानां ज्ञानवर्धनम् ॥ २३ ॥ वैश्यानां धान्यधनदं शूद्राणां सुखदं तथा । धर्मार्थी धर्ममाप्नोति धनार्थी धनमाप्नुयात् ॥ २४ ॥ कामानवाप्नुयात्कामी भक्त्या चास्य सकृच्छ्रवात् । एवं स्वायम्भुवमनुर्देवीमाराध्य भक्तितः ॥ २५ ॥ लेभे राज्यं धरायाश्च निजमन्वन्तराश्रयम् । इत्येतद्वर्णितं सौम्य मया मन्वन्तराश्रितम् । आद्यं चरित्रं श्रीदेव्याः किं पुनः कथयामि ते ॥ २६ ॥ इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे विन्ध्यवृद्ध्यवरोधवर्णनं नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७ ॥

sūta uvāca iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya vibudhānāṃ dvijottamaḥ | kariṣye kāryametadvaḥ pratyuvāca tato muniḥ || 1 || aṅ‌gīkṛte tadā kārye muninā kumbhajanmanā | devāḥ pramuditāḥ sarve babhūburdvijasattamāḥ || 2 || te devāḥ svāni dhiṣṇyāni bhejire munivākyataḥ | pat‍nīṃ munivaraḥ śrīmānuvāca nṛpakanyakām || 3 || aye nṛpasute prāpto vighno'narthasya kārakaḥ | bhānumārganirodhena kṛto vindhyamahībhṛtā || 4 || ājñātaṃ kāraṇaṃ tacca smṛtaṃ vākyaṃ purātanam | kāśīmuddiśya yad‌gītaṃ munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ || 5 || avimuktaṃ na moktavyaṃ sarvathaiva mumukṣubhiḥ | kintu vighnā bhaviṣyanti kāśyāṃ nivasatāṃ satām || 6 || so'ntarāyo mayā prāptaḥ kāśyāṃ nivasatā priye | ityevamuktvā bhāryāṃ tāṃ muniḥ paramatāpanaḥ || 7 || maṇikarṇyāṃ samāplutya dṛṣṭvā viśveśvaraṃ vibhum | daṇḍapāṇiṃ samabhyarcya kālarājaṃ samāgataḥ || 8 || kālarāja mahābāho bhaktānāṃ bhayahāraka | kathaṃ dūrayase puryāḥ kāśīpuryāstvamīśvaraḥ || 9 || tvaṃ kāśīvāsavighnānāṃ nāśako bhaktarakṣakaḥ | māṃ kiṃ dūrayase svāmin bhaktārtivinivāraka || 10 || parāpavādo nokto me na paiśunyaṃ na cānṛtam | kena karmavipākena kāśyā dūraṃ karoṣi mām || 11 || evaṃ prārthya ca taṃ kālanāthaṃ kumbhod‍bhavo muniḥ | jagāma sākṣivighneśaṃ sarvavighnanivāraṇam || 12 || taṃ dṛṣṭvābhyarcya samprārthya tataḥ puryā vinirgataḥ | lopāmudrāpatiḥ śrīmānagastyo dakṣiṇāṃ diśam || 13 || kāśīvirahasantapto mahābhāgyanidhirmuniḥ | saṃsmṛtyānukṣaṇaṃ kāśīṃ jagāma saha bhāryayā || 14 || tapoyānamivāruhya nimiṣārdhena vai muniḥ | agre dadarśa taṃ vindhyaṃ ruddhāmbaramathonnatam || 15 || cakampe cācalastūrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvaivāgre sthitaṃ munim | giriḥ kharvataro bhūtvā vivakṣuravanīmiva || 16 || daṇḍavatpatito bhūmau sāṣṭāṅ‌gaṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā namraśikharaṃ vindhyaṃ nāma mahāgirim || 17 || prasannavadano'gastyo munirvindhyamathābravīt | vatsaivaṃ tiṣṭha tāvattvaṃ yāvadāgamyate mayā || 18 || aśakto'haṃ gaṇḍaśailārohaṇe tava putraka | evamuktvā muniryāmyadiśaṃ prati gamotsukaḥ || 19 || āruhya tasya śikharāṇyavāruhadanukramāt | gato yāmyadiśaṃ cāpi śrīśailaṃ prekṣya vartmani || 20 || malayācalamāsādya tatrāśramaparo'bhavat | sāpi devī tatra vindhyamāgatā manupūjitā || 21 || lokeṣu prathitā vindhyavāsinīti ca śaunaka | sūta uvāca etaccaritraṃ paramaṃ śatrunāśanamuttamam || 22 || agastyavindhyanagayorākhyānaṃ pāpanāśanam | rājñāṃ vijayadaṃ tacca dvijānāṃ jñānavardhanam || 23 || vaiśyānāṃ dhānyadhanadaṃ śūdrāṇāṃ sukhadaṃ tathā | dharmārthī dharmamāpnoti dhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt || 24 || kāmānavāpnuyātkāmī bhaktyā cāsya sakṛcchravāt | evaṃ svāyambhuvamanurdevīmārādhya bhaktitaḥ || 25 || lebhe rājyaṃ dharāyāśca nijamanvantarāśrayam | ityetadvarṇitaṃ saumya mayā manvantarāśritam | ādyaṃ caritraṃ śrīdevyāḥ kiṃ punaḥ kathayāmi te || 26 || iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe vindhyavṛddhyavarodhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ || 7 ||

English translation

1-21. Suta said Hearing the words of the Devas, Agastya, the Best of the Brahmins promised that he would carry out their works. O Risis! All the Devas then became very glad when the Muni, born of the water jar, promised thus. They then bade good-bye to him and went back gladly to their own abodes. The Muni then spoke to his wife thus “O daughter of the King! The Bindhya Mountain has baffled the progress of the Sun's course and has thus caused a great mischief. What the Munis, the Seers of truths said before referring to Kas’i, all are now coming to my mind when I am thinking why this disturbance has overtaken me. They said that various hindrances would come to him at every step, who is a Sadhu intending to settle at Kas'i. Let him who wants Mukti, never quit Kas'i, the Avimukta place in any case. But, O Dear! Today I have got one hindrance during my stay at Kas'i.” Thus talking with much regret on various subjects with his wife, the Muni bathed in the Manikarnika ghat, saw the Lord Vis'ves'vara worshipped Dandapani and went to the Kala Bhairava. He said in the following terms “O Mighty armed Kalabhairava! Thou destroyest the fear of the Bhaktas; Thou art the God of this Kas'i City. Then why art Thou driving me away from this Kas'idham. O Lord! Thou removest all the obstacles of the devotees and Thou preservest them. Then why, O Destroyer of the sorrows of the Bhaktas! art Thou removing me from here? Never I blamed others; nor did I practise any hypocrisy with any person nor did I lie; then under what sin. Thou art driving me away from Kas'i.” O Risis! Thus praying to Kala Bhairava, the Muni Agastya, born of water jar and the husband of Lopamudra, went to Saksi Ganes'a, the Destroyer of all evils and seeing and worshipping Him, went out of Kas'i and proceeded to the south. The Muni, the ocean of great fortune, left Kas'i; but he became very much distressed to leave it and he remembered it always. He began to march on with his wife. As if riding on his car of asceticism he arrived

at the Bindhya mountain in the twinkling of an eye and saw that the Mountain had risen very high and obstructed the passage of the Sun in the Heavens. The Bindhya Mountain, seeing the Muni Agastya in front, began to tremble and as if desirous to speak something to the earth in a whisper became low and dwarfish and bowed down to the Muni and fell down with devotion in sastangas with devotion just like a stick dropped flat on the ground before the Muni.

Seeing the Bindhya thus low, the Muni Agastya became pleased and spoke with a gracious look “O Child! Better remain in this state until I come back. For, O Child! I am quite unable to ascend to your lofty heights.” Thus saying, the Muni became eager to go to the south; and, crossing the peaks of the Bindhya, alighted gradually again to the plains. He went on further to the south and saw the S’ri S'aila Mountain and at last went to the Malayachala and there, building his As'rama (hermitage), settled himself. O Saunaka! The Devi Bhagavati, worshipped by the Muni went to the Bindhya Mountain and settled there and became known, in the three worlds, by the name of Bindhyavasini.

22-26. Suta said Anybody who hears this highly pure narrative of the Muni Agastya and Bindhya, becomes freed of all his sins. All his enemies are destroyed in no time. This hearing gives knowledge to the Brahmanas, victory to the Ksattriyas, wealth and corn to the Vais'yas and happiness to the S’udras.

If anybody once hears this narrative, he gets Dharma if he want Dharma, gets unbounded wealth if he wants wealth and gets all desires if he wants his desires fulfilled. In ancient times Svayambhuva Manu worshipped this Devi with devotion and got his kingdom for his own Manvantara period. O Saunaka! Thus I have

described to you the holy character of the Devi in this Manvantara. What more shall I say? Mention please.

Here ends the Seventh Chapter of the Tenth Book on the checking of the rise of the Bindhya Range in the Maha Puranam S’ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 31955, revision 201139 (2019-05-07T23:22:13Z). 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/bk10ch07.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.