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Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 12

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  • verse 1
    फलश्रुतिर्नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ॥
    phalaśrutirnāma dvādaśō'dhyāyaḥ ॥
    meaning

    Chapter title: The Phalashruti (Chapter Twelve, the chapter of the fruits of recitation).

  • verse 2
    ध्यानंविध्युद्धाम समप्रभां मृगपति स्कन्ध स्थितां भीषणां।कन्याभिः करवाल खेट विलसद्दस्ताभि रासेवितांहस्तैश्चक्र गधासि खेट विशिखां गुणं तर्जनींविभ्राण मनलात्मिकां शिशिधरां दुर्गां त्रिनेत्रां भजे
    dhyānaṃvidhyuddhāma samaprabhāṃ mṛgapati skandha sthitāṃ bhīṣaṇāṃ।kanyābhiḥ karavāla khēṭa vilasaddastābhi rāsēvitāṃhastaiśchakra gadhāsi khēṭa viśikhāṃ guṇaṃ tarjanīṃvibhrāṇa manalātmikāṃ śiśidharāṃ durgāṃ trinētrāṃ bhajē
    meaning

    Dhyana verse: She who blazes like lightning, who rides on the lord of beasts, who is terrible, attended by maidens holding sword and shield, with hands bearing discus, mace, sword, shield —

  • verse 3
    देव्युवाच॥1॥
    dēvyuvācha॥1॥
    meaning

    The goddess spoke: 1.

  • verse 4
    एभिः स्तवैश्च मा नित्यं स्तोष्यते यः समाहितः।तस्याहं सकलां बाधां नाशयिष्याम्य संशयम् ॥2॥
    ēbhiḥ stavaiścha mā nityaṃ stōṣyatē yaḥ samāhitaḥ।tasyāhaṃ sakalāṃ bādhāṃ nāśayiṣyāmya saṃśayam ॥2॥
    meaning

    'Whoever regularly and with concentrated mind praises Me with these hymns — for him I shall destroy all obstacles, without doubt.'

  • verse 5
    मधुकैटभनाशं च महिषासुरघातनम्।कीर्तियिष्यन्ति ये त द्वद्वधं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः ॥3॥
    madhukaiṭabhanāśaṃ cha mahiṣāsuraghātanam।kīrtiyiṣyanti yē ta dvadvadhaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayōḥ ॥3॥
    meaning

    'Those who recite the destruction of Madhu and Kaitabha, the slaying of Mahishasura, and the killing of Shumbha and Nishumbha —'

  • verse 6
    अष्टम्यां च चतुर्धश्यां नवम्यां चैकचेतसः।श्रोष्यन्ति चैव ये भक्त्या मम माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥4॥
    aṣṭamyāṃ cha chaturdhaśyāṃ navamyāṃ chaikachētasaḥ।śrōṣyanti chaiva yē bhaktyā mama māhātmyamuttamam ॥4॥
    meaning

    'And those who with devotion hear this supreme glorification of My greatness on the eighth, fourteenth, and ninth lunar days with focused mind —'

  • verse 7
    न तेषां दुष्कृतं किञ्चिद् दुष्कृतोत्था न चापदः।भविष्यति न दारिद्र्यं न चै वेष्टवियोजनम् ॥5॥
    na tēṣāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kiñchid duṣkṛtōtthā na chāpadaḥ।bhaviṣyati na dāridryaṃ na chai vēṣṭaviyōjanam ॥5॥
    meaning

    'For them no evil deed, no calamity born of evil deeds shall arise; there shall be no poverty and no separation from loved ones.'

  • verse 8
    शत्रुभ्यो न भयं तस्य दस्युतो वा न राजतः।न शस्त्रानलतो यौघात् कदाचित् सम्भविष्यति ॥6॥
    śatrubhyō na bhayaṃ tasya dasyutō vā na rājataḥ।na śastrānalatō yaughāt kadāchit sambhaviṣyati ॥6॥
    meaning

    'There shall be no fear from enemies, nor from robbers, nor from the king; never shall danger arise from weapons, fire, or floods.'

  • verse 9
    तस्मान्ममैतन्माहत्म्यं पठितव्यं समाहितैः।श्रोतव्यं च सदा भक्त्या परं स्वस्त्ययनं हि तत् ॥7॥
    tasmānmamaitanmāhatmyaṃ paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ।śrōtavyaṃ cha sadā bhaktyā paraṃ svastyayanaṃ hi tat ॥7॥
    meaning

    'Therefore this glorification of Mine is to be recited with concentrated mind by the devout; it is always to be heard with devotion — it is the supreme purification.'

  • verse 10
    उप सर्गान शेषांस्तु महामारी समुद्भवान्।तथा त्रिविध मुत्पातं माहात्म्यं शमयेन्मम ॥8॥यत्रैत त्पठ्यते सम्यङ्नित्यमायतने मम।सदा न तद्विमोक्ष्यामि सान्निध्यं तत्र मेस्थितम् ॥9॥
    upa sargāna śēṣāṃstu mahāmārī samudbhavān।tathā trividha mutpātaṃ māhātmyaṃ śamayēnmama ॥8॥yatraita tpaṭhyatē samyaṅnityamāyatanē mama।sadā na tadvimōkṣyāmi sānnidhyaṃ tatra mēsthitam ॥9॥
    meaning

    'This glorification of Mine dispels all troubles, great epidemics, and the three kinds of portents; where it is properly and regularly recited in my temple, that place I never abandon.'

  • verse 11
    बलि प्रदाने पूजायामग्नि कार्ये महोत्सवे।सर्वं ममैतन्माहात्म्यं उच्चार्यं श्राव्यमेवच ॥10॥
    bali pradānē pūjāyāmagni kāryē mahōtsavē।sarvaṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ uchchāryaṃ śrāvyamēvacha ॥10॥
    meaning

    'During the offering of oblations, worship, fire ceremonies, and great festivals — this entire glorification of Mine is to be recited and heard.'

  • verse 12
    जानताजानता वापि बलि पूजां तथा कृताम्।प्रतीक्षिष्याम्यहं प्रीत्या वह्नि होमं तथा कृतम् ॥11॥
    jānatājānatā vāpi bali pūjāṃ tathā kṛtām।pratīkṣiṣyāmyahaṃ prītyā vahni hōmaṃ tathā kṛtam ॥11॥
    meaning

    'Whether by one who knows or one who does not know, offerings and worship thus made I shall accept with joy, as also fire oblations thus performed.'

  • verse 13
    शरत्काले महापूजा क्रियते याच वार्षिकी।तस्यां ममैतन्माहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा भक्तिसमन्वितः ॥12॥
    śaratkālē mahāpūjā kriyatē yācha vārṣikī।tasyāṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ śrutvā bhaktisamanvitaḥ ॥12॥
    meaning

    'During the great annual autumn worship, whoever hears with devotion this glorification of Mine —'

  • verse 14
    सर्वबाधाविनिर्मुक्तो धनधान्यसमन्वितः।मनुष्यो मत्प्रसादेन भविष्यति न संशयः॥13॥
    sarvabādhāvinirmuktō dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ।manuṣyō matprasādēna bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ॥13॥
    meaning

    '— that person shall be freed from all afflictions and endowed with wealth and grain by My grace, without doubt.'

  • verse 15
    श्रुत्वा ममैतन्माहात्म्यं तथा चोत्पत्तयः शुभाः।पराक्रमं च युद्धेषु जायते निर्भयः पुमान्॥14॥
    śrutvā mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ tathā chōtpattayaḥ śubhāḥ।parākramaṃ cha yuddhēṣu jāyatē nirbhayaḥ pumān॥14॥
    meaning

    'Having heard this glorification of Mine and these auspicious accounts of My manifestations, a man becomes fearless in battle.'

  • verse 16
    रिपवः सङ्क्षयं यान्ति कल्याणां चोपपध्यते।नन्दते च कुलं पुंसां महात्म्यं ममशृण्वताम्॥15॥
    ripavaḥ saṅkṣayaṃ yānti kaḻyāṇāṃ chōpapadhyatē।nandatē cha kulaṃ puṃsāṃ mahātmyaṃ mamaśṛṇvatām॥15॥
    meaning

    'Enemies are destroyed, prosperity is attained, the family of those who hear My glorification rejoices.'

  • verse 17
    शान्तिकर्माणि सर्वत्र तथा दुःस्वप्नदर्शने।ग्रहपीडासु चोग्रासु महात्म्यं शृणुयान्मम॥16॥
    śāntikarmāṇi sarvatra tathā duḥsvapnadarśanē।grahapīḍāsu chōgrāsu mahātmyaṃ śṛṇuyānmama॥16॥
    meaning

    'In all peace rituals, at the sight of evil dreams, and during the severe afflictions of planetary transits — one should hear My glorification.'

  • verse 18
    उपसर्गाः शमं यान्ति ग्रहपीडाश्च दारुणाःदुःस्वप्नं च नृभिर्दृष्टं सुस्वप्नमुपजायते॥17॥
    upasargāḥ śamaṃ yānti grahapīḍāścha dāruṇāḥduḥsvapnaṃ cha nṛbhirdṛṣṭaṃ susvapnamupajāyatē॥17॥
    meaning

    'All afflictions are calmed, terrible planetary torments are stilled, and evil dreams seen by people turn into good dreams.'

  • verse 19
    बालग्रहाभिभूतानं बालानां शान्तिकारकम्।सङ्घातभेदे च नृणां मैत्रीकरणमुत्तमम्॥18॥
    bālagrahābhibhūtānaṃ bālānāṃ śāntikārakam।saṅghātabhēdē cha nṛṇāṃ maitrīkaraṇamuttamam॥18॥
    meaning

    'It brings peace to children afflicted by childhood spirits, and is the supreme means of creating friendship among people when groups are divided.'

  • verse 20
    दुर्वृत्तानामशेषाणां बलहानिकरं परम्।रक्षोभूतपिशाचानां पठनादेव नाशनम्॥19॥
    durvṛttānāmaśēṣāṇāṃ balahānikaraṃ param।rakṣōbhūtapiśāchānāṃ paṭhanādēva nāśanam॥19॥
    meaning

    'It supremely weakens the strength of the altogether wicked; by the mere recitation of it, demons, ghosts, and fiends are destroyed.'

  • verse 21
    सर्वं ममैतन्माहात्म्यं मम सन्निधिकारकम्।पशुपुष्पार्घ्यधूपैश्च गन्धदीपैस्तथोत्तमैः॥20॥
    sarvaṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ mama sannidhikārakam।paśupuṣpārghyadhūpaiścha gandhadīpaistathōttamaiḥ॥20॥
    meaning

    'This entire glorification of Mine creates My presence; with animals, flowers, oblations, incense, and finest fragrant lamps —'

  • verse 22
    विप्राणां भोजनैर्होमैः प्रॊक्षणीयैरहर्निशम्।अन्यैश्च विविधैर्भोगैः प्रदानैर्वत्सरेण या॥21॥
    viprāṇāṃ bhōjanairhōmaiḥ prokṣaṇīyairaharniśam।anyaiścha vividhairbhōgaiḥ pradānairvatsarēṇa yā॥21॥
    meaning

    '— with the feeding of brahmins, fire sacrifices, purificatory rites day and night, and various other offerings and gifts throughout a year —'

  • verse 23
    प्रीतिर्मे क्रियते सास्मिन् सकृदुच्चरिते श्रुते।श्रुतं हरति पापानि तथारोग्यं प्रयच्छति॥22॥
    prītirmē kriyatē sāsmin sakṛduchcharitē śrutē।śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathārōgyaṃ prayachChati॥22॥
    meaning

    '— such gratification of Mine is achieved by one single recitation or hearing; hearing it removes sins and bestows good health.'

  • verse 24
    रक्षां करोति भूतेभ्यो जन्मनां कीर्तिनं मम।युद्देषु चरितं यन्मे दुष्ट दैत्य निबर्हणम्॥23॥
    rakṣāṃ karōti bhūtēbhyō janmanāṃ kīrtinaṃ mama।yuddēṣu charitaṃ yanmē duṣṭa daitya nibarhaṇam॥23॥
    meaning

    'It protects from evil beings all who recite My name; and the deeds I performed in battles, destroying wicked demons —'

  • verse 25
    तस्मिञ्छृते वैरिकृतं भयं पुंसां न जायते।युष्माभिः स्तुतयो याश्च याश्च ब्रह्मर्षिभिः कृताः॥24॥
    tasmiñChṛtē vairikṛtaṃ bhayaṃ puṃsāṃ na jāyatē।yuṣmābhiḥ stutayō yāścha yāścha brahmarṣibhiḥ kṛtāḥ॥24॥
    meaning

    '— hearing those, fear from enemies does not arise in a man; and those hymns of praise which you have offered and which the brahmin-sages have composed —'

  • verse 26
    ब्रह्मणा च कृतास्तास्तु प्रयच्छन्तु शुभां मतिम्।अरण्ये प्रान्तरे वापि दावाग्नि परिवारितः॥25॥
    brahmaṇā cha kṛtāstāstu prayachChantu śubhāṃ matim।araṇyē prāntarē vāpi dāvāgni parivāritaḥ॥25॥
    meaning

    '— those composed by Brahma as well — may they bestow on you an auspicious mind; whether alone in a forest or in a desolate place surrounded by a forest fire —'

  • verse 27
    दस्युभिर्वा वृतः शून्ये गृहीतो वापि शतृभिः।सिंहव्याघ्रानुयातो वा वनेवा वन हस्तिभिः॥26॥
    dasyubhirvā vṛtaḥ śūnyē gṛhītō vāpi śatṛbhiḥ।siṃhavyāghrānuyātō vā vanēvā vana hastibhiḥ॥26॥
    meaning

    '— or surrounded by robbers in a wilderness, seized by enemies, or attacked by lions, tigers, or wild forest elephants —'

  • verse 28
    राज्ञा क्रुद्देन चाज्ञप्तो वध्यो बन्द गतोऽपिवा।आघूर्णितो वा वातेन स्थितः पोते महार्णवे॥27॥
    rājñā kruddēna chājñaptō vadhyō banda gatō'pivā।āghūrṇitō vā vātēna sthitaḥ pōtē mahārṇavē॥27॥
    meaning

    '— or ordered to be executed by an angry king, whether imprisoned, or tossed about by the wind while standing on a boat in the great ocean —'

  • verse 29
    पतत्सु चापि शस्त्रेषु सङ्ग्रामे भृशदारुणे।सर्वाबाधाशु घोरासु वेदनाभ्यर्दितोऽपिवा॥28॥
    patatsu chāpi śastrēṣu saṅgrāmē bhṛśadāruṇē।sarvābādhāśu ghōrāsu vēdanābhyarditō'pivā॥28॥
    meaning

    '— or in the midst of falling weapons in an intensely terrible battle, in all terrible afflictions, or tormented by pain —'

  • verse 30
    स्मरन् ममैतच्चरितं नरो मुच्येत सङ्कटात्।मम प्रभावात्सिंहाद्या दस्यवो वैरिण स्तथा॥29॥
    smaran mamaitachcharitaṃ narō muchyēta saṅkaṭāt।mama prabhāvātsiṃhādyā dasyavō vairiṇa stathā॥29॥
    meaning

    '— the person who remembers these deeds of Mine shall be released from calamity; by My power, lions and robbers and enemies —'

  • verse 31
    दूरादेव पलायन्ते स्मरतश्चरितं मम॥30॥
    dūrādēva palāyantē smarataścharitaṃ mama॥30॥
    meaning

    '— flee afar when one remembers My deeds.'

  • verse 32
    ऋषिरुवाच॥31॥
    ṛṣiruvācha॥31॥
    meaning

    The seer said: 31.

  • verse 33
    इत्युक्त्वा सा भगवती चण्डिका चण्डविक्रमा।पश्यतां सर्व देवानां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत॥32॥
    ityuktvā sā bhagavatī chaṇḍikā chaṇḍavikramā।paśyatāṃ sarva dēvānāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata॥32॥
    meaning

    Having spoken thus, the Goddess Chandika of fierce valour vanished on the spot before the eyes of all the gods.

  • verse 34
    तेऽपि देवा निरातङ्काः स्वाधिकारान्यथा पुरा।यज्ञभागभुजः सर्वे चक्रुर्वि निहतारयः॥33॥
    tē'pi dēvā nirātaṅkāḥ svādhikārānyathā purā।yajñabhāgabhujaḥ sarvē chakrurvi nihatārayaḥ॥33॥
    meaning

    Those gods, now free of anxiety, performed their own respective duties as before, receiving their shares of the sacrifice with all their enemies slain.

  • verse 35
    दैत्याश्च देव्या निहते शुम्भे देवरिपऽउ युधिजगद्विध्वंसके तस्मिन् महोग्रेऽतुल विक्रमे॥34॥
    daityāścha dēvyā nihatē śumbhē dēvarip'u yudhijagadvidhvaṃsakē tasmin mahōgrē'tula vikramē॥34॥
    meaning

    And the demons who had been slain by the Goddess — when Shumbha, the enemy of the gods, that world-destroyer, supremely fierce and of unequalled prowess —

  • verse 36
    निशुम्भे च महावीर्ये शेषाः पातालमाययुः॥35॥
    niśumbhē cha mahāvīryē śēṣāḥ pātāḻamāyayuḥ॥35॥
    meaning

    — and Nishumbha of great heroic strength were slain — the remaining demons went to the netherworld.

  • verse 37
    एवं भगवती देवी सा नित्यापि पुनः पुनः।सम्भूय कुरुते भूप जगतः परिपालनम्॥36॥
    ēvaṃ bhagavatī dēvī sā nityāpi punaḥ punaḥ।sambhūya kurutē bhūpa jagataḥ paripālanam॥36॥
    meaning

    In this way, that blessed Goddess, though eternal, comes into being again and again and protects the world.

  • verse 38
    तयैतन्मोह्यते विश्वं सैव विश्वं प्रसूयते।सायाचिता च विज्ञानं तुष्टा ऋद्धिं प्रयच्छति॥37॥
    tayaitanmōhyatē viśvaṃ saiva viśvaṃ prasūyatē।sāyāchitā cha vijñānaṃ tuṣṭā ṛddhiṃ prayachChati॥37॥
    meaning

    By her this universe is deluded; by her alone is the universe generated; when propitiated she grants wisdom, and when pleased she bestows prosperity.

  • verse 39
    व्याप्तं तयैतत्सकलं ब्रह्माण्डं मनुजेश्वर।महादेव्या महाकाली महामारी स्वरूपया॥38॥
    vyāptaṃ tayaitatsakalaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ manujēśvara।mahādēvyā mahākāḻī mahāmārī svarūpayā॥38॥
    meaning

    By her — the great Goddess, Mahakali, Mahamari — the entire cosmos is pervaded, O king of men.

  • verse 40
    सैव काले महामारी सैव सृष्तिर्भवत्यजा।स्थितिं करोति भूतानां सैव काले सनातनी॥39॥
    saiva kālē mahāmārī saiva sṛṣtirbhavatyajā।sthitiṃ karōti bhūtānāṃ saiva kālē sanātanī॥39॥
    meaning

    She herself in time is Mahamari; she herself is the unborn creatrix; she preserves living beings and in time she is the eternal one.

  • verse 41
    भवकाले नृणां सैव लक्ष्मीर्वृद्धिप्रदा गृहे।सैवाभावे तथा लक्ष्मी र्विनाशायोपजायते॥40॥
    bhavakālē nṛṇāṃ saiva lakṣmīrvṛddhipradā gṛhē।saivābhāvē tathā lakṣmī rvināśāyōpajāyatē॥40॥
    meaning

    In the time of prosperity, O men, she is Lakshmi herself who bestows increase in homes; in adversity she is Lakshmi who causes destruction.

  • verse 42
    स्तुता सम्पूजिता पुष्पैर्गन्धधूपादिभिस्तथा।ददाति वित्तं पुत्रांश्च मतिं धर्मे गतिं शुभां॥41॥
    stutā sampūjitā puṣpairgandhadhūpādibhistathā।dadāti vittaṃ putrāṃścha matiṃ dharmē gatiṃ śubhāṃ॥41॥
    meaning

    When praised and worshipped with flowers, fragrance, incense, and other offerings, she grants wealth, sons, a mind inclined to dharma, and a good destination.

  • verse 43
    ॥ इति श्री मार्कण्डेय पुराणे सावर्निके मन्वन्तरे देवी महत्म्ये फलश्रुतिर्नाम द्वादशोऽध्याय समाप्तम् ॥
    ॥ iti śrī mārkaṇḍēya purāṇē sāvarnikē manvantarē dēvī mahatmyē phalaśrutirnāma dvādaśō'dhyāya samāptam ॥
    meaning

    Colophon: 'Thus ends the twelfth chapter, the Phalashruti, in the Devi Mahatmya, in the Markandeya Purana, in the Savarna Manvantara.'

  • verse 44
    आहुतिॐ क्लीं जयन्ती साङ्गायै सशक्तिकायै सपरिवारायै सवाहनायै वरप्रधायै वैष्णवी देव्यै अहाहुतिं समर्पयामि नमः स्वाहा ॥
    āhutiōṃ klīṃ jayantī sāṅgāyai saśaktikāyai saparivārāyai savāhanāyai varapradhāyai vaiṣṇavī dēvyai ahāhutiṃ samarpayāmi namaḥ svāhā ॥
    meaning

    Ahuti mantra: Om Klim — to Jayanti, with all her limbs, with her power, with her retinue, with her vehicle, to the giver of boons, to Devi Vaishnavi — I offer this great oblation, salutation, svaha.

Primary text from vignanam.org