Devibhagavatapurana 9.14: caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ | gaṅgāyāḥ kṛṣṇapatnītvavarṇanam

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nārada uvāca |
lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī gaṅgā tulasī viśvapāvanī |
etā nārāyaṇasyaiva catasraśca priyā iti ||

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gaṅgā jagāma vaikuṇṭhamidameva śrutaṃ mayā |
kathaṃ sā tasya patnī ca babhūveti ca na śrutam ||

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śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
gaṅgā jagāma vaikuṇṭhaṃ tatpaścājjagatāṃ vidhiḥ |
gatvovāca tayā sārdhaṃ praṇamya jagadīśvaram ||

Nârâyana said:-- Brahmâ came from Goloka to the region of Vaikuntha accompanied by Gangâ.

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brahmovāca |
rādhākṛṣṇāṅgasambhūtā yā devī dravarūpiṇī |
navayauvanasampannā suśīlā sundarī varā ||

Brahmâ said to Nârâyana:-- O Lord! Gangâ, born of the bodies of Râdhâ and Krisna, full of youth, modest, extraordinarily beautiful, of pure Suddha Sattva, and void of anger and egoism, does not like to marry anyone save Thee as She is born of Thee. But Râdhâ is of a very proud nature and very wrathful. She was even ready to drink up Gangâ. But Gangâ at once and intelligently took refuge into the feet of S’rî Krisna. So the whole Goloka became void of water. Seeing this, I have come here to know in particular the whole history of the case. Then S’rî Krisna, the Knower and the Ruler of the hearts of all, came to know my heart and instantly caused Gangâ to issue from His toe and handed Her over to me. I bowed down to S’rî Krisna and now I have come with Gangâ to Thee. Now Thou dost marry the Sures'varî Gangâ according to the Gândharva rule of marriage. As Thou art a Deva of taste and humorous in the assembly of the Devas, so Gangâ is. As Thou art a gem amongst the males, so She is the gem amongst the females. And the union of a humorous man with a humorous woman is exceedingly pleasant. Now marry this Lady who has come of Her own accord to Thee. S’rî Mahâ Laksmî becomes annoyed with one who does not marry a woman who has come spontaneously. There is no doubt in this. The wise men do never insult the Prakriti. All the Purusas (males) are born of Prakriti and all the females are parts of Prakriti. So Prakriti and Purusa are both inseparable and verily one and the same. So these two should never insult each other. (If Thou sayest that Gangâ is attached to Krisna; how canst Thou marry Her. The reply is) As S’rî Krisna is beyond the attributes and beyond Prakriti, so Thou art also above Prakriti. The one-half of S’rî Krisna is two-armed; the other half of S’rî Krisna is four-armed. Râdhâ has appeared from the left side of S’rî Krisna. He Himself is the right half and Padmâ is His left-half. As there is no difference between Râdhâ and Kamalâ so there is no difference between S’rî Krisna and Thee. Therefore as Gangâ is born of Thy body, she wants to marry Thee. As Prakriti and Purusa are really one and the same without any difference, so the males and females are one. Thus speaking to Nârâyana, Brahmâ handed Gangâ over to Nârâyana and went away. Nârâyana, then, married Gangâ smeared with sandal paste and flowers, according to the rules of the Gandarbha marriage. The Lord of Laksmî then spent his time happily in enjoyment with Gangâ. Gangâ had to go to the earth (under the Bhârati's curse) and afterwards returned to Vaikuntha. As Gangâ appeared from the feet of Visnu, She is denominated Visnupadî. Gangâ Devî was very much overpowered with enjoyment in Her first intercourse with Nârâyana; so much so that She remained motionless. Thus Gangâ spent the days happily with Nârâyana. Sarasvatî’s jealousy towards Gangâ did not disappear, though She was advised by Laksmî Devî not to do so. Sarasvatî cherished incessantly the feeling of jealousy towards Gangâ. But Gangâ had not the least feeling of jealousy towards Sarasvatî.
At last, one day, when vexed too much, Gangâ became angry and cursed Sarasvatî to take Her birth in Bhârata. So Laksmî, Sarasvatî and Gangâ were the wives of Nârâyana. Lastly Tulasî became the wife of Nârâyana. So the number of wives of Nârâyana amounted to four.
Here ends the Fourteenth Chapter in the Ninth Book on the story of Gangâ becoming the wife of Nârâyana in the Mahâpuranam S’rî Mad Devî Bhâgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyâsa.

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śuddhasattvasvarūpā ca krodhāhaṅkāravarjitā |
tadaṅgasambhavā nānyaṃ vṛṇotīyaṃ ca taṃ vinā ||

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tatrātimāninī rādhā sā ca tejasvinī varā |
samudyuktā pātumimāṃ bhīteyaṃ buddhipūrvakam ||

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viveśa caraṇāmbhoje kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ |
sarvatra golakaṃ śuṣkaṃ dṛṣṭvāhamagamaṃ tadā ||

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goloke yatra kṛṣṇaśca sarvavṛttāntaprāptaye |
sarvāntarātmā sarveṣāṃ jñātvābhiprāyameva ca ||

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bahiścakāra gaṅgā ca pādāṅguṣṭhanakhāgrataḥ |
dattvāsyai rādhikāmantraṃ pūrayitvā ca golakam ||

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praṇamya tāṃ ca rādheśaṃ gṛhītvātrāgamaṃ prabho |
gāndharveṇa vivāhena gṛhāṇemāṃ sureśvarīm ||

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sureśvareṣu rasiko rasikeyaṃ samāgatā |
tvaṃ ratnaṃ puṃsu deveśa strīratnaṃ strīṣviyaṃ satī ||

9.14.12

vidagdhayā vidagdhena saṅgamo guṇavān bhavet |
upasthitāṃ svayaṃ kanyāṃ na gṛhṇātīha yaḥ pumān ||

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taṃ vihāya mahālakṣmī ruṣṭā yāti na saṃśayaḥ |
yo bhavetpaṇḍitaḥ so 'pi prakṛtiṃ nāvamanyate ||

9.14.14

sarve prākṛtikāḥ puṃsaḥ kāminyaḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ |
tvameva bhagavānnātho nirguṇaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ ||

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ardhāṅgaṃ dvibhujaḥ kṛṣṇo yo'rdhāṅgena caturbhujaḥ |
kṛṣṇavāmāṅgasambhūtā babhūva rādhikā purā ||

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dakṣiṇāṃśaḥ svayaṃ sā ca vāmāṃśaḥ kamalā tathā |
teneyaṃ tvāṃ vṛṇotyeva yatastvaddehasambhavā ||

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ekāṅgaṃ caiva svīpuṃsoryathā prakṛtipūruṣau |
ityevamuktvā dhātā tāṃ taṃ samarpya jagāma saḥ ||

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gāndharveṇa vivāhena tāṃ jagrāha hariḥ svayam |
nārāyaṇaḥ karaṃ dhṛtvā puṣpacandanacarcitam ||

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reme ramāpatistatra gaṅgayā sahito mudā |
gaṅgā pṛthvīṃ gatā yā sā svasthānaṃ punarāgatā ||

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nirgatā viṣṇupādābjāttena viṣṇupadīti ca |
mūrcchāṃ samprāpa sā devī navasaṅgamalīlayā ||

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rasikā sukhasambhogādrasikeśvarasaṃyutā |
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhitā vāṇī padmayā varjitāpi ca ||

9.14.22

nityamīrṣyati tāṃ vāṇī na ca gaṅgā sarasvatīm |
gaṅgā śaśāpa kopena bhārate ca haripriyā ||

9.14.23

gaṅgayā saha tasyaiva tisro bhāryā ramāpateḥ |
sārdhaṃ tulasyā paścācca catasraścābhavanmune ||

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iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ navamaskandhe gaṅgāyāḥ kṛṣṇapatnītvavarṇanaṃ nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||