Devibhagavatapurana 2.2: dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ | vyāsajanmavarṇanam

2.2.1

sūta uvāca |
ekadā tīrthayātrāyāṃ vrajan pārāśaro muniḥ |
ājagāma mahātejāḥ kālindyāstaṭamuttamam ||

2.2.2

niṣādamāha dharmātmā kurvantaṃ bhojanaṃ tadā |
prāpayasva paraṃ pāraṃ kālindyā uḍupena mām ||

2.2.3

dāśaḥ śrutvā munervākyaṃ kurvāṇo bhojanaṃ taṭe |
uvāca tāṃ sutāṃ bālāṃ matsyagandhāṃ manoramām ||

2.2.4

uḍupena muniṃ bāle paraṃ pāraṃ nayasva ha |
gantukāmo'sti dharmātmā tāpaso'yaṃ śucismite ||

2.2.5

ityuktā sā tadā pitrā matsyagandhātha vāsavī |
uḍupe munimāsīnaṃ saṃvāhayati bhāminī ||

2.2.6

vrajan sūryasutātoye bhāvitvāddaivayogataḥ |
kāmārtastu munirjāto dṛṣṭvā tāṃ cārulocanām ||

2.2.7

grahītukāmaḥ sa munirdṛṣṭvā vyañjitayauvanām |
dakṣiṇena kareṇaināmaspṛśaddakṣiṇe kare ||

2.2.8

tamuvācāsitāpāṅgī smitapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ |
kulasya sadṛśaṃ vaḥ kiṃ śrutasya tapasaśca kim ||

2.2.9

tvaṃ vai vasiṣṭhadāyādaḥ kulaśīlasamanvitaḥ |
kiṃ cikīrṣasi dharmajña manmathena prapīḍitaḥ ||

2.2.10

durlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma bhuvi brāhmaṇasattama |
tatrāpi durlabhaṃ manye brāhmaṇatvaṃ viśeṣataḥ ||

2.2.11

kulena śīlena tathā śrutena dvijottamastvaṃ kila dharmavicca |
anāryabhāvaṃ kathamāgato'si viprendra māṃ vīkṣya ca mīnagandhām ||

O Prince of Brâhmins! You are the foremost and best as far as your family, goodness, and learning in the Vedas and other S’âstras are concerned; you are well versed in Dharma; how is it, then, that you are going to do this act, not worthy of an Ârya, though you see me possessed of this bad smell of fish throughout my body. O one of unbaffled understanding! O best of twice-born! What auspicious sign do you see in my body that you are stricken with passion on my account that you have caught hold of my hand to enjoy me? Why have you gotten your own Dharma? Thus saying, Matsyagandhâ thought within herself:-- “Alas! This Brâhmin has certainly lost his brains in order to enjoy me; certainly he will be drowned just now in his attempt to enjoy me in this boat; his mind is so much agitated with the arrows of Cupid that no body, it seems, can act against his will.” Thus thinking Matsyagandhâ spoke again to the Muni:-- “O highly fortunate one! Hold patience! let me first take you to the other side of the river; then you may do as you please.”

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madīye śarīre dvijāmoghabuddhe ||

2.2.12

śubhaṃ kiṃ samālokya pāṇiṃ grahītum |
samīpaṃ samāyāsi kāmāturastvaṃ kathaṃ nābhijānāsi dharmaṃ svakīyam ||

2.2.13

aho mandabuddhirdvijo'yaṃ grahīṣya-ñjale magna evādya māṃ vai gṛhītvā |
mano vyākulaṃ pañcabāṇātividdhaṃ na ko'pīha śaktaḥ pratīpaṃ hi kartum ||

2.2.14

iti sañcintya sā bālā tamuvāca mahāmunim |
dhairyaṃ kuru mahābhāga paraṃ pāraṃ nayāmi vai ||

2.2.15

sūta uvāca |
parāśarastu tacchrutvā vacanaṃ hitapūrvakam |
karaṃ tyaktvā sthitastatra sindhoḥ pāraṃ gataḥ punaḥ ||

Hearing these reasonable words, the Muni let loose of her hand and took his seat on the boat and gradually got down on the other bank of the river. But the Muni, becoming again extremely passionate caught hold of Matsyagandhâ; when the young woman spoke to Parâs’ara, in front of her, shuddering:-- “O best of Munis! My body is emitting very bad smell; do you not feel this? You know very well that the sexual intercourse between male and female of similar types brings in happiness and comfort.” Thus spoken to, Parâs’ara made Matsyagandhâ emit sweet scent like that of musk to a distance of one Yojana (8 miles) and her body exceedingly lovely and beautiful and, becoming extremely passionate, again caught hold of her right hand.

2.2.16

matsyagandhāṃ prajagrāha muniḥ kāmāturastadā |
vepamānā tu sā kanyā tamuvāca puraḥsthitam ||

2.2.17

durgandhāhaṃ muniśreṣṭha kathaṃ tvaṃ nopaśaṅkase |
samānarūpayoḥ kāmasaṃyogastu sukhāvahaḥ ||

2.2.18

ityuktena tu sā kanyā kṣaṇamātreṇa bhāminī |
kṛtā yojanagandhā tu surūpā ca varānanā ||

2.2.19

mṛganābhisugandhāṃ tāṃ kṛtvā kāntāṃ manoharām |
jagrāha dakṣiṇe pāṇau munirmanmathapīḍitaḥ ||

2.2.20

grahītukāmaṃ taṃ prāha nāmnā satyavatī śubhā |
mune paśyati loko'yaṃ pitā caiva taṭasthitaḥ ||

Then the auspicious Satyavatî addressed Parâs’ara Muni, resolved to enjoy her, thus:-- “O Muni! Behold! all are looking at us; my father too, is there on the bank of the Yamunâ; so, O Muni! wait till night this beastly act before all is highly unsatisfactory to me. The wise persons declare it a great sin to commit sexual intercourse during day they have ordained night time as the best time of intercourse for men not the day time; the more so that many person's eyes are in this direction. So, O intelligent one! hold on your passion for a while; for the blame pronounced by the public is horrible.” Hearing these reasonable words, the liberal minded Parâs'ara created, by his influence of Tapasyâ, a dense fog so that both the banks of the Yamunâ became covered with darkness. Then Matsyagandhâ gently spoke to the Muni:-- “O best of Dvîjas! I am not as yet married; I am now a girl; you will go away after enjoying me; your semen virile is not fruitless; so Brâhman! What will be my fate? If I be pregnant today, what shall I say to my father? and what will be my future state? There is no doubt that, after enjoying me, you will go away; what will I do afterwards; kindly say.” Hearing these words of Matsyagandhâ, Parâs'ara said:-- “O beloved! after you have done my pleasant duty, you will remain a girl as you are now; yet, O timid one! ask from me any boon you like; I will grant it to you.” Satyavatî then said:-- “O best Brâhman, O giver of one's honour!

grant me these things:-- That my father and mother do not know anything of this affair and that my virginity be again as ever the same. Also let an extraordinarily powerful energetic son be born to me like you; let this nice smell continue to remain always in my body and let my youth and beauty remain afresh and increase ever more. Hearing this, Parâs'ara said:-- “O beautiful one! a son, very pure and holy, will be born to you, from Nârâyana's part! his name will be famous in the three worlds. O beautiful one! never before my heart was agitated with such passion. I do not know why I have become so much passionate for you. I saw the unrivalled beauties of Apsarâs but I never lost my patience; but seeing you, I have become attracted to you; it must be under the direction of Providence; know it certain that there must be some mysterious cause in this. However Fate is unavoidable to all; otherwise you are full of so bad smell; why shall I be fascinated by your sight? O beautiful one! your son will be famed in the three worlds; will compose the Purânas and will sub-divide the Vedas.

Thus saying, the Muni Parâs'ara enjoyed Matsyagandhâ, who became quite submissive; and after bathing in the Yamunâ, quickly went away. On the other hand, the chaste Satyavatî, too, became pregnant and immediately gave birth on the island of Yamunâ to a son beautiful, as if the Second Kâmadeva, the god of Love, Kâmadeva. No sooner that son, very fiery and highly potent, was born than he devoted his mind to tapasyâ and spoke to his own mother Satyavatî thus:--“O Mother! now go wherever you like; I will also go to perform tapasyâ. O highly fortunate one; No sooner you remember me, I will come to you. O Mother! where you will have any onerous duty, remember me and I will instantly come to you. Let all good be unto you; now I go. Avoid all cares and live happily. Thus saying, Vyâsadeva went out. Matsyagandhâ, too, went back to his father. Vyâsa was named also Dvaipâyan (born in an island, a Dvîpa) in as much as Satyavatî gave birth to him in a Dvîpa island); and as he was born of Visnu's parts, he grew up no sooner he was born.

The Muni Dvaipâyana bathed in every Tîrtha and performed the highest asceticism. Thus Dvaipâyan Vyâsa was born of Parâs'ara in Satyavatî’s womb. Seeing the advent of Kali Yuga, he adorned the tree of the Vedas with many S’âkhâs (branches). It is because he expanded the Vedas many S’âkhâs, that he is denominated also as VedaVyâs; he composed eighteen Purânas, Samhitas, the excellent Mahâbhârat, subdivided the Vedas and made his disciples Sumantu, Jaimini, Paila, Vaisâmpâyan, Asita, Devala and his son S’uka to study them. Sûta said:-- “O Munis! Thus I have described to you the birth of the holy Vyâsa, the son of Satyavatî and all the causes. O Munis! Do not allow any doubt enter your mind as regards his birth; for it is always advisable to take up only the good things as far as the lives of great persons and Munis are concerned. There must be some extraordinary mysterious cause owing to which Satyavatî was born of a fish, and she was first united to Parâs'ara and then to Sântanu. Otherwise how can one account for the fact of the Muni Parâs’ara being so much agitated by passion and why he would behave like a mean low person in the committal of a a grossly blameable act? Now has been spoken the wonderful birth story of Vyâsa Deva together with all incidents, and enveloped under the great mystery. If any man hears this holy narrative, he will be freed from sins and will never fall into difficulties and will always be happy.

Thus ends the Second Chapter of the Second Skandha on the birth of Vyâsa Deva in the Mahâpurânam S’rî Mad Devî Bhâgavatam of 18,000 verses.

2.2.21

paśudharmo na me prītiṃ janayatyatidāruṇaḥ |
pratīkṣasva muniśreṣṭha yāvadbhavati yāminī ||

2.2.22

rātrau vyavāya uddiṣṭo divā na manujasya hi |
divāsaṅge mahān doṣaḥ paśyanti kila mānavāḥ ||

2.2.23

kāmaṃ yaccha mahābuddhe lokanindā durāsadā |
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasyā yuktamuktamudāradhīḥ ||

2.2.24

nīhāraṃ kalpayāmāsa śīghraṃ puṇyabalena vai |
nīhāre ca samutpanne taṭe'titamasā yute ||

2.2.25

kāminī taṃ muniṃ prāha mṛdupūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ |
kanyāhaṃ dvijaśārdūla bhuktvā gantāsi kāmataḥ ||

2.2.26

amoghavīryastvaṃ brahman kā gatirme bhavediti |
pitaraṃ kiṃ bravīmyadya sagarbhā cedbhavāmyaham ||

2.2.27

tvaṃ gamiṣyasi bhuktvā māṃ kiṃ karomi vadasva tat |
parāśara uvāca |
kānte'dya matpriyaṃ kṛtvā kanyaiva tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi ||

2.2.28

vṛṇīṣva ca varaṃ bhīru yaṃ tvamicchasi bhāmini |
satyavatyuvāca |
yathā me pitarau loke na jānīto hi mānada ||

2.2.29

kanyāvrataṃ na me hanyāttathā kuru dvijottama |
putraśca tvatsamaḥ kāmaṃ bhavedadbhutavīryavān ||

2.2.30

gandho'yaṃ sarvadā me syādyauvanaṃ ca navaṃ navam |
parāśara uvāca |
śṛṇu sundari putraste viṣṇvaṃśasambhavaḥ śuciḥ ||

2.2.31

bhaviṣyati ca vikhyātastrailokye varavarṇini |
kenacitkāraṇenāhaṃ jātaḥ kāmāturastvayi ||

2.2.32

kadāpi ca na sammoho bhūtapūrvo varānane |
dṛṣṭvā cāpsarasāṃ rūpaṃ sadāhaṃ dhairyamāvaham ||

2.2.33

daivayogena vīkṣya tvāṃ kāmasya vaśago'bhavam |
tatkiñcitkāraṇaṃ viddhi daivaṃ hi duratikramam ||

2.2.34

dṛṣṭvāhaṃ cātidurgandhāṃ tvāṃ kathaṃ mohamāpnuyām |
purāṇakartā putraste bhaviṣyati varānane ||

2.2.35

vedavidbhāgakartā ca khyātaśca bhuvanatraye |
sūta uvāca |
ityuktvā tāṃ vaśaṃ yātāṃ bhuktvā sa munisattamaḥ ||

2.2.36

jagāma tarasā snātvā kālindīsalile muniḥ |
sāpi satyavatī jātā sadyo garbhavatī satī ||

2.2.37

suṣuve yamunādvīpe putraṃ kāmamivāparam |
jātamātrastu tejasvī tāmuvāca svamātaram ||

2.2.38

tapasyeva manaḥ kṛtvā viviśe cātivīryavān |
gaccha mātaryathākāmaṃ gacchāmyahamataḥ param ||

2.2.39

tapaḥ kartuṃ mahābhāge darśayiṣyāmi vai smṛtaḥ |
mātaryadā bhavetkāryaṃ tava kiñcidanuttamam ||

2.2.40

smartavyo'haṃ tadā śīghramāgamiṣyāmi bhāmini |
svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi tyaktvā cintāṃ sukhaṃ vasa ||

2.2.41

ityuktvā niryayau vyāsaḥ sāpi pitrantikaṃ gatā |
dvīpe nyastastayā bālastasmāddvaipāyano'bhavat ||

2.2.42

jātamātro jagāmāśu vṛddhiṃ viṣṇvaṃśayogataḥ |
tīrthe tīrthe kṛtastānaścacāra tapa uttamam ||

2.2.43

evaṃ dvaipāyano jajñe satyavatyāṃ parāśarāt |
cakāra vedaśākhāśca prāptaṃ jñātvā kaleryugam ||

2.2.44

vedavistārakaraṇādvyāsanāmābhavanmuniḥ |
purāṇasaṃhitāścakre mahābhāratamuttamam ||

2.2.45

śiṣyānadhyāpayāmāsa vedānkṛtvā vibhāgaśaḥ |
sumantuṃ jaiminiṃ pailaṃ vaiśampāyanameva ca ||

2.2.46

asitaṃ devalaṃ caiva śukaṃ caiva svamātmajam |
sūta uvāca |
etacca kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ munisattamāḥ ||

2.2.47

satyavatyāḥ sutasyāpi samutpattistathā śubhā |
saṃśayo'tra na kartavyaḥ sambhave munisattamāḥ ||

2.2.48

mahatāṃ carite caiva guṇā grāhyā muneriti |
kāraṇācca samutpattiḥ satyavatyā jhaṣodare ||

2.2.49

parāśareṇa saṃyogaḥ punaḥ śantanunā tathā |
anyathā tu muneścittaṃ kathaṃ kāmākulaṃ bhavet ||

2.2.50

anāryajuṣṭaṃ dharmajñaḥ kṛtavānsa kathaṃ muniḥ |
sakāraṇeyamutpattiḥ kathitāścaryakāriṇī ||

2.2.51

śrutvā pāpācca nirmukto naro bhavati sarvathā |
ya etacchubhamākhyānaṃ śṛṇoti śrutimānnaraḥ ||

2.2.52

na durgatimavāpnoti sukhī bhavati sarvadā ||

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iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīyaskandhe vyāsajanmavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||