Markandeyapurana 91
English (machine translation) 91
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- 91.51 — 2 parts
91.1
The seer said: / When the great lord of asuras was slain there by the Goddess, / the gods headed by Indra, with Agni at their fore, their hope kindled, their lotus-faces beaming / because their desire was attained, praised that Kātyāyanī:
91.2
The gods said: / “O Goddess who removes the distress of the surrendered, be pleased! / Be pleased, O mother of the entire universe! / Be pleased, O sovereign of the universe, protect the universe! / You, O Goddess, are the ruler of the moving and unmoving.
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You alone are the foundation of the world, / for you abide in the form of the earth; / abiding in the form of the waters, you nourish this entire [universe], / O you of insurmountable valor!
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You are the Vaiṣṇava power, of infinite prowess; / you are the seed of the universe, the supreme māyā; / by you, O Goddess, this whole world is deluded, / and you indeed, when pleased, are the cause of liberation on earth.
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All branches of knowledge, O Goddess, are your distinctions; / all women in the worlds are your parts. / By you alone, as Mother, is this universe filled; / what praise can there be of you, since you are beyond words of praise?
91.6
When you, the Goddess, who have become all beings, bestow heaven and liberation, / what highest words could suffice for your praise?
91.7
O you who dwell in the form of intellect in the hearts of all people, / bestower of heaven and liberation, O Goddess Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.8
In the form of kalās, kāṣṭhās, and other measures of time, you bring about change; / O power capable of the dissolution of the universe, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.9
O you who are the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, O auspicious one, accomplisher of all goals, / refuge, three-eyed one, Gauri, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.10
O power of creation, preservation, and destruction, eternal one, / abode of the qualities, full of qualities, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.11
O you who are devoted to the rescue of the helpless and afflicted who seek refuge in you, / remover of the suffering of everyone, O Goddess Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.12
O you who sit in an aerial chariot drawn by swans, bearing the form of Brahmāṇī, / sprinkling water with kuśa grass, O Goddess Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.13
Bearing a trident, the moon, and a serpent, riding a great bull, / in the form of Māheśvarī, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.14
Surrounded by peacocks and roosters, bearing a great spear, sinless one, / present in the form of Kaumārī, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.15
Holding the supreme weapons—conch, discus, mace, and the Śārṅga bow— / be gracious, in the form of Vaiṣṇavī, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.16
Holding a terrible, great discus, who lifted up the earth with your tusk, / having the form of a boar, auspicious one, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.17
In the fierce form of the man-lion, striving to slay the daityas, / engaged in the protection of the three worlds, O Nārāyaṇī, salutations to you!
91.18
O diadem-wearer, wielder of the great vajra, radiant with a thousand eyes, / slayer of the life of Vṛtra, O Aindrī, O Nārāyaṇī, praise be to you!
91.19
In the form of Śivadūtī, slayer of the mighty army of the Daityas, / of dreadful form, of great roar, O Nārāyaṇī, praise be to you!
91.20
With a face fearsome with fangs, adorned with a garland of heads, / O Cāmuṇḍā, crusher of Muṇḍa, O Nārāyaṇī, praise be to you!
91.21
O Lakṣmī, Modesty, Great Knowledge, Faith, Nourishment, Svadhā, Constant One, / Great Night, Great Illusion, O Nārāyaṇī, praise be to you!
91.22
O Intellect, Sarasvatī, Excellent One, Prosperity, Bābhravī, Dark One, / Restrained One, O Supreme Goddess, be pleased; O Nārāyaṇī, praise be to you!
91.23
Having hands and feet everywhere, having eyes, heads, and faces everywhere, / having ears and noses everywhere, O Nārāyaṇī, praise be to you!
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O embodiment of all, ruler of all, endowed with all powers, / protect us from fears, O goddess; O Goddess Durgā, praise be to you!
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May this gentle face of yours, adorned with three eyes, / protect us from all terrors; O Kātyāyanī, praise be to you!
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Terrible with flames, exceedingly fierce, destroying all the Asuras, / may your trident protect us from fear; O Bhadrakālī, praise be to you!
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Which destroys the energy of the Daityas, filling the world with its sound— / may that bell protect us from evils, O goddess, as if [protecting] our children!
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Smeared with the mire of the blood and fat of Asuras, flashing in your hand— / may your sword be for our welfare; O Caṇḍikā, we bow to you!
91.29
Pleased, you destroy all diseases, / but angered, [you destroy] all desired wishes. / No misfortune befalls people who have taken refuge in you; / indeed, those who have taken refuge in you become a refuge [for others].
91.30
This slaughter of the great asuras, the enemies of dharma, / which was performed by you today, O Devi, / multiplying your form into many shapes— / O Ambikā, what other woman could accomplish that?
91.31
In the sciences, in the scriptures which are lamps of discernment, / and in the primordial sayings, who other than you / causes this entire universe to wander excessively / in the pit of possessiveness, an immense darkness?
91.32
Where rakṣasas and serpents of fierce poison are, / where enemies and bands of robbers are, / where forest fire is, and likewise in the midst of the sea, / abiding there, you protect the universe.
91.33
O ruler of the universe, you protect the universe; / being the soul of the universe, you sustain the universe. / You are praised by the lord of the universe; those who bow to you in devotion / become the support of the universe.
91.34
O Devi, be gracious! Protect us continually from fear of enemies, / just as [you have done] immediately now through the slaying of the asuras. / Quickly pacify the sins of all the worlds, / and the great calamities born of the fruition of omens!
91.35
Be gracious to those who bow before you, O Devi, who remove the distress of the universe! / O you who are to be praised by the dwellers of the three worlds, be the granter of boons to the worlds!
91.36
The Devi said: / "I am the granter of boons, O host of gods; choose the boon / that you desire in your mind; I shall grant it for the welfare of the worlds."
91.37
The gods said: / "The pacification of all distress of the three worlds, O ruler of all, / and likewise the destruction of our enemies, / is to be accomplished by you."
91.38
The Devi said: / "When the Vaivasvata manvantara arrives in the twenty-eighth yuga, / two other great asuras, Śumbha and Niśumbha, will arise.
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Born in the house of the cowherd Nanda, produced from the womb of Yaśodā, / dwelling on the Vindhya mountain, I shall then destroy the two of them.
91.40
Having descended again upon the surface of the earth / in a most terrible form, I shall destroy the Vaipracitta dānavas.
91.41
And as I devour those fierce Vaipracitta dānavas, / my teeth will become red like pomegranate flowers.
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Then the deities in heaven and humans in the mortal world, / praising me, will constantly speak of me as Raktadantikā.
91.43
And again, during a drought lasting a hundred years, when there is no water, / praised by sages upon the earth, I will be born, not from a womb.
91.44
Because I shall then gaze upon the sages with a hundred eyes, / mortals will thereafter celebrate me as Śatākṣī.
91.45
Then, O gods, I shall sustain the entire world / with life-supporting vegetables produced from my own body until the rain comes.
91.46
Then I shall attain renown on earth as Śākambharī. / And right there I will slay the great asura named Durgama; / my name will become renowned as the goddess Durgā.
91.47
And when, assuming a terrifying form on the Himālayas, / I shall devour rakṣasas for the protection of the sages,
91.48
then all the sages, bowing their bodies, will praise me; / my name will become renowned as the goddess Bhīmā.
91.49
When the [asura] named Aruṇa causes great distress in the three worlds, / then I, assuming a bee-like form of countless six-footed insects,
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shall kill the great asura for the benefit of the three worlds; / and then the worlds will praise me everywhere as Bhrāmarī.
91.51
In this manner, whenever distress arising from the dānavas occurs, / descending at that very time, I shall bring about the destruction of enemies."
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Thus ends the ninety-first chapter, named 'The Praise of Nārāyaṇī Uttered by the Gods', in the Devīmāhātmya within the Sāvarṇi manvantara of the glorious and great Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
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Ninety-second chapter: 92
Translations (1)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
Commentaries (1)
- Guptavatī — Bhāskararāya Makhin 1741, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit