{"id":5105,"date":"2026-09-20T01:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/durga-saptashati-chapter-1-madhu-kaitabha-vadha-iast\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T01:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:24:09","slug":"durga-saptashati-chapter-1-madhu-kaitabha-vadha-iast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/durga-saptashati-chapter-1-madhu-kaitabha-vadha-iast\/","title":{"rendered":"Durga Saptashati Chapter 1 in English IAST: Madhukai\u1e6dabhavadha\u1e25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u0cb2\u0cbf\u0caa\u0cbf \u00b7 \u0932\u093f\u092a\u093f\u0903 \u00b7 Script: \u0c95\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0ca1<\/a>  \u00b7  \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924\u092e\u094d<\/a>  \u00b7  English IAST<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Durg\u0101 Sapta\u015bat\u012b, Chapter 1: Madhukai\u1e6dabhavadha\u1e25<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One hundred and four mantras. A king who has lost his kingdom and a merchant turned out by his own family come together at one hermitage, and their question sets the whole Saptashati in motion. This page first gives the viniyoga of the first charitra and the meditation verse on Mahakali. After that every mantra is given in its own card with its number. Where the meaning page for a mantra is ready, tapping its card opens that page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

All thirteen chapters are listed here: Durg\u0101 Sapta\u015bat\u012b<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Viniyoga\u1e25<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

asya \u015br\u012bprathamacaritrasya brahm\u0101 \u1e5b\u1e63i\u1e25 | mah\u0101k\u0101l\u012b devat\u0101 | g\u0101yatr\u012b chanda\u1e25 | nand\u0101 \u015bakti\u1e25 | raktadantik\u0101 b\u012bjam | agnistattvam | \u1e5bgveda\u1e25 svar\u016bpam | \u015br\u012bmah\u0101k\u0101l\u012bpr\u012btyartha\u1e43 prathamacaritrajape viniyoga\u1e25 |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This viniyoga, a declaration of purpose said before recitation, recalls that the seer of the first charitra is Brahma, its metre Gayatri, its deity Mahakali, its shakti Nanda, its seed Raktadantika, its element Agni and its form the Rigveda, and states that the recitation is offered for the pleasure of Mahakali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dhy\u0101nam<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

o\u1e43 kha\u1e0dga\u1e43 cakragade\u1e63uc\u0101paparigh\u0101\u00f1ch\u016bla\u1e43 bhu\u015bu\u1e47\u1e0d\u012b\u1e43 \u015bira\u1e25
\u015ba\u1e45kha\u1e43 sandadhat\u012b\u1e43 karaistrinayan\u0101\u1e43 sarv\u0101\u1e45gabh\u016b\u1e63\u0101v\u1e5bt\u0101m |
n\u012bl\u0101\u015bmadyutim\u0101syap\u0101dada\u015bak\u0101\u1e43 seve mah\u0101k\u0101lik\u0101\u1e43
y\u0101mastautsvapite harau kamalajo hantu\u1e43 madhu\u1e43 kai\u1e6dabham ||<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This meditation verse pictures Mahakali with ten faces, ten feet and three eyes, shining like a blue gem, holding in her hands a sword, a discus, a mace, arrows, a bow, a parigha or iron club, a spear, a bhushundi or missile weapon, a severed head and a conch, and says that she is the one whom Brahma praised, while Vishnu slept, so that Madhu and Kaitabha might be slain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

o\u1e43 nama\u015bca\u1e47\u1e0dik\u0101yai ||<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

1<\/span>o\u1e43 ai\u1e43 m\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deya uv\u0101ca || 1 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.1 and 1.2 \u2192<\/span><\/a>2<\/span>s\u0101var\u1e47i\u1e25 s\u016bryatanayo yo manu\u1e25 kathyate’\u1e63\u1e6dama\u1e25 |
ni\u015b\u0101maya tadutpatti\u1e43 vistar\u0101dgadato mama || 2 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.1 and 1.2 \u2192<\/span><\/a>3<\/span>mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101nubh\u0101vena yath\u0101 manvantar\u0101dhipa\u1e25 |
sa babh\u016bva mah\u0101bh\u0101ga\u1e25 s\u0101var\u1e47istanayo rave\u1e25 || 3 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.3 \u2192<\/span><\/a>4<\/span>sv\u0101roci\u1e63e’ntare p\u016brva\u1e43 caitrava\u1e43\u015basamudbhava\u1e25 |
suratho n\u0101ma r\u0101j\u0101bh\u016btsamaste k\u1e63itima\u1e47\u1e0dale || 4 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.4 \u2192<\/span><\/a>5<\/span>tasya p\u0101layata\u1e25 samyak praj\u0101\u1e25 putr\u0101nivauras\u0101n |
babh\u016bvu\u1e25 \u015batravo bh\u016bp\u0101\u1e25 kol\u0101vidhva\u1e43sinastad\u0101 || 5 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.5 \u2192<\/span><\/a>6<\/span>tasya tairabhavad yuddhamatiprabalada\u1e47\u1e0dina\u1e25 |
ny\u016bnairapi sa tairyuddhe kol\u0101vidhva\u1e43sibhirjita\u1e25 || 6 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.6 \u2192<\/span><\/a>7<\/span>tata\u1e25 svapuram\u0101y\u0101to nijade\u015b\u0101dhipo’bhavat |
\u0101kr\u0101nta\u1e25 sa mah\u0101bh\u0101gastaistad\u0101 prabal\u0101ribhi\u1e25 || 7 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.7 \u2192<\/span><\/a>8<\/span>am\u0101tyairbalibhirdu\u1e63\u1e6dairdurbalasya dur\u0101tmabhi\u1e25 |
ko\u015bo bala\u1e43 c\u0101pah\u1e5bta\u1e43 tatr\u0101pi svapure tata\u1e25 || 8 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.8 \u2192<\/span><\/a>9<\/span>tato m\u1e5bgay\u0101vy\u0101jena h\u1e5btasv\u0101mya\u1e25 sa bh\u016bpati\u1e25 |
ek\u0101k\u012b hayam\u0101ruhya jag\u0101ma gahana\u1e43 vanam || 9 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.9 \u2192<\/span><\/a>10<\/span>sa tatr\u0101\u015bramamadr\u0101k\u1e63\u012bddvijavaryasya medhasa\u1e25 |
pra\u015b\u0101nta\u015bv\u0101pad\u0101k\u012br\u1e47a\u1e43 muni\u015bi\u1e63yopa\u015bobhitam || 10 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.10 \u2192<\/span><\/a>11<\/span>tasthau ka\u00f1citsa k\u0101la\u1e43 ca munin\u0101 tena satk\u1e5bta\u1e25 |
ita\u015bceta\u015bca vicara\u1e43stasmin munivar\u0101\u015brame || 11 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 1.11 \u2192<\/span><\/a>
12<\/span>so’cintayattad\u0101 tatra mamatv\u0101k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dam\u0101nasa\u1e25 |
matp\u016brvai\u1e25 p\u0101lita\u1e43 p\u016brva\u1e43 may\u0101 h\u012bna\u1e43 pura\u1e43 hi tat || 12 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
13<\/span>madbh\u1e5btyaistairasadv\u1e5bttairdharmata\u1e25 p\u0101lyate na v\u0101 |
na j\u0101ne sa pradh\u0101no me \u015b\u016bro hast\u012b sad\u0101mada\u1e25 || 13 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
14<\/span>mama vairiva\u015ba\u1e43 y\u0101ta\u1e25 k\u0101n bhog\u0101nupalapsyate |
ye mam\u0101nugat\u0101 nitya\u1e43 pras\u0101dadhanabhojanai\u1e25 || 14 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
15<\/span>anuv\u1e5btti\u1e43 dhruva\u1e43 te’dya kurvantyanyamah\u012bbh\u1e5bt\u0101m |
asamyagvyaya\u015b\u012blaistai\u1e25 kurvadbhi\u1e25 satata\u1e43 vyayam || 15 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
16<\/span>sa\u00f1cita\u1e25 so’tidu\u1e25khena k\u1e63aya\u1e43 ko\u015bo gami\u1e63yati |
etacc\u0101nyacca satata\u1e43 cintay\u0101m\u0101sa p\u0101rthiva\u1e25 || 16 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
17<\/span>tatra vipr\u0101\u015bram\u0101bhy\u0101\u015be vai\u015byameka\u1e43 dadar\u015ba sa\u1e25 |
sa p\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dastena kastva\u1e43 bho hetu\u015bc\u0101gamane’tra ka\u1e25 || 17 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
18<\/span>sa\u015boka iva kasm\u0101ttva\u1e43 durman\u0101 iva lak\u1e63yase |
ity\u0101kar\u1e47ya vacastasya bh\u016bpate\u1e25 pra\u1e47ayoditam || 18 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
19<\/span>pratyuv\u0101ca sa ta\u1e43 vai\u015bya\u1e25 pra\u015bray\u0101vanato n\u1e5bpam || 19 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
20<\/span>vai\u015bya uv\u0101ca || 20 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
21<\/span>sam\u0101dhirn\u0101ma vai\u015byo’hamutpanno dhanin\u0101\u1e43 kule || 21 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
22<\/span>putrad\u0101rairnirasta\u015bca dhanalobh\u0101das\u0101dhubhi\u1e25 |
vih\u012bna\u015bca dhanaird\u0101rai\u1e25 putrair\u0101d\u0101ya me dhanam || 22 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
23<\/span>vanamabhy\u0101gato du\u1e25kh\u012b nirasta\u015bc\u0101ptabandhubhi\u1e25 |
so’ha\u1e43 na vedmi putr\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e43 ku\u015bal\u0101ku\u015bal\u0101tmik\u0101m || 23 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
24<\/span>prav\u1e5btti\u1e43 svajan\u0101n\u0101\u1e43 ca d\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e43 c\u0101tra sa\u1e43sthita\u1e25 |
ki\u1e43 nu te\u1e63\u0101\u1e43 g\u1e5bhe k\u1e63emamak\u1e63ema\u1e43 ki\u1e43 nu s\u0101mpratam || 24 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
25<\/span>katha\u1e43 te ki\u1e43 nu sadv\u1e5btt\u0101 durv\u1e5btt\u0101\u1e25 ki\u1e43 nu me sut\u0101\u1e25 || 25 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
26<\/span>r\u0101jov\u0101ca || 26 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
27<\/span>yairnirasto bhav\u0101\u1e43llubdhai\u1e25 putrad\u0101r\u0101dibhirdhanai\u1e25 || 27 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
28<\/span>te\u1e63u ki\u1e43 bhavata\u1e25 snehamanubadhn\u0101ti m\u0101nasam || 28 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
29<\/span>vai\u015bya uv\u0101ca || 29 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
30<\/span>evametadyath\u0101 pr\u0101ha bhav\u0101nasmadgata\u1e43 vaca\u1e25 || 30 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
31<\/span>ki\u1e43 karomi na badhn\u0101ti mama ni\u1e63\u1e6dhurat\u0101\u1e43 mana\u1e25 |
yai\u1e25 santyajya pit\u1e5bsneha\u1e43 dhanalubdhairnir\u0101k\u1e5bta\u1e25 || 31 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
32<\/span>patisvajanah\u0101rda\u1e43 ca h\u0101rdite\u1e63veva me mana\u1e25 |
kimetann\u0101bhij\u0101n\u0101mi j\u0101nannapi mah\u0101mate || 32 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
33<\/span>yatpremaprava\u1e47a\u1e43 citta\u1e43 vigu\u1e47e\u1e63vapi bandhu\u1e63u |
te\u1e63\u0101\u1e43 k\u1e5bte me ni\u1e25\u015bv\u0101so daurmanasya\u1e43 ca j\u0101yate || 33 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
34<\/span>karomi ki\u1e43 yanna manaste\u1e63vapr\u012bti\u1e63u ni\u1e63\u1e6dhuram || 34 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
35<\/span>m\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deya uv\u0101ca || 35 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
36<\/span>tatastau sahitau vipra ta\u1e43 muni\u1e43 samupasthitau || 36 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
37<\/span>sam\u0101dhirn\u0101ma vai\u015byo’sau sa ca p\u0101rthivasattama\u1e25 |
k\u1e5btv\u0101 tu tau yath\u0101ny\u0101ya\u1e43 yath\u0101rha\u1e43 tena sa\u1e43vidam || 37 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
38<\/span>upavi\u1e63\u1e6dau kath\u0101\u1e25 k\u0101\u015bciccakraturvai\u015byap\u0101rthivau || 38 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
39<\/span>r\u0101jov\u0101ca || 39 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
40<\/span>bhagava\u1e43stv\u0101maha\u1e43 pra\u1e63\u1e6dumicch\u0101myeka\u1e43 vadasva tat || 40 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
41<\/span>du\u1e25kh\u0101ya yanme manasa\u1e25 svacitt\u0101yattat\u0101\u1e43 vin\u0101 |
mamatva\u1e43 gatar\u0101jyasya r\u0101jy\u0101\u1e45ge\u1e63vakhile\u1e63vapi || 41 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
42<\/span>j\u0101nato’pi yath\u0101j\u00f1asya kimetanmunisattama |
aya\u1e43 ca nik\u1e5bta\u1e25 putraird\u0101rairbh\u1e5btyaistathojjhita\u1e25 || 42 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
43<\/span>svajanena ca santyaktaste\u1e63u h\u0101rd\u012b tath\u0101pyati |
evame\u1e63a tath\u0101ha\u1e43 ca dv\u0101vapyatyantadu\u1e25khitau || 43 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
44<\/span>d\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dado\u1e63e’pi vi\u1e63aye mamatv\u0101k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dam\u0101nasau |
tatkimetanmah\u0101bh\u0101ga yanmoho j\u00f1\u0101ninorapi || 44 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
45<\/span>mam\u0101sya ca bhavatye\u1e63\u0101 vivek\u0101ndhasya m\u016b\u1e0dhat\u0101 || 45 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
46<\/span>\u1e5b\u1e63iruv\u0101ca || 46 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
47<\/span>j\u00f1\u0101namasti samastasya jantorvi\u1e63ayagocare || 47 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
48<\/span>vi\u1e63ay\u0101\u015bca mah\u0101bh\u0101ga y\u0101nti caiva\u1e43 p\u1e5bthakp\u1e5bthak |
div\u0101ndh\u0101\u1e25 pr\u0101\u1e47ina\u1e25 kecidr\u0101tr\u0101vandh\u0101stath\u0101pare || 48 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
49<\/span>keciddiv\u0101 tath\u0101 r\u0101trau pr\u0101\u1e47inastulyad\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6daya\u1e25 |
j\u00f1\u0101nino manuj\u0101\u1e25 satya\u1e43 ki\u1e43 tu te na hi kevalam || 49 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
50<\/span>yato hi j\u00f1\u0101nina\u1e25 sarve pa\u015bupak\u1e63im\u1e5bg\u0101daya\u1e25 |
j\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 ca tanmanu\u1e63y\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e43 yatte\u1e63\u0101\u1e43 m\u1e5bgapak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101m || 50 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
51<\/span>manu\u1e63y\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e43 ca yatte\u1e63\u0101\u1e43 tulyamanyattathobhayo\u1e25 |
j\u00f1\u0101ne’pi sati pa\u015byait\u0101n pata\u1e45g\u0101\u00f1ch\u0101vaca\u00f1cu\u1e63u || 51 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
52<\/span>ka\u1e47amok\u1e63\u0101d\u1e5bt\u0101n moh\u0101tp\u012b\u1e0dyam\u0101n\u0101napi k\u1e63udh\u0101 |
m\u0101nu\u1e63\u0101 manujavy\u0101ghra s\u0101bhil\u0101\u1e63\u0101\u1e25 sut\u0101n prati || 52 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
53<\/span>lobh\u0101t pratyupak\u0101r\u0101ya nanvet\u0101n ki\u1e43 na pa\u015byasi |
tath\u0101pi mamat\u0101varte mohagarte nip\u0101tit\u0101\u1e25 || 53 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
54<\/span>mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101prabh\u0101ve\u1e47a sa\u1e43s\u0101rasthitik\u0101ri\u1e47\u0101 |
tann\u0101tra vismaya\u1e25 k\u0101ryo yoganidr\u0101 jagatpate\u1e25 || 54 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
55<\/span>mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101 hare\u015bcai\u1e63\u0101 tay\u0101 sammohyate jagat |
j\u00f1\u0101nin\u0101mapi cet\u0101\u1e43si dev\u012b bhagavat\u012b hi s\u0101 || 55 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
56<\/span>bal\u0101d\u0101k\u1e5b\u1e63ya moh\u0101ya mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101 prayacchati |
tay\u0101 vis\u1e5bjyate vi\u015bva\u1e43 jagadetaccar\u0101caram || 56 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
57<\/span>sai\u1e63\u0101 prasann\u0101 varad\u0101 n\u1e5b\u1e47\u0101\u1e43 bhavati muktaye |
s\u0101 vidy\u0101 param\u0101 mukterhetubh\u016bt\u0101 san\u0101tan\u012b || 57 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
58<\/span>sa\u1e43s\u0101rabandhahetu\u015bca saiva sarve\u015bvare\u015bvar\u012b || 58 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
59<\/span>r\u0101jov\u0101ca || 59 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
60<\/span>bhagavan k\u0101 hi s\u0101 dev\u012b mah\u0101m\u0101yeti y\u0101\u1e43 bhav\u0101n || 60 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
61<\/span>brav\u012bti kathamutpann\u0101 s\u0101 karm\u0101sy\u0101\u015bca ki\u1e43 dvija |
yatprabh\u0101v\u0101 ca s\u0101 dev\u012b yatsvar\u016bp\u0101 yadudbhav\u0101 || 61 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
62<\/span>tatsarva\u1e43 \u015brotumicch\u0101mi tvatto brahmavid\u0101\u1e43 vara || 62 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
63<\/span>\u1e5b\u1e63iruv\u0101ca || 63 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
64<\/span>nityaiva s\u0101 jaganm\u016brtistay\u0101 sarvamida\u1e43 tatam || 64 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
65<\/span>tath\u0101pi tatsamutpattirbahudh\u0101 \u015br\u016byat\u0101\u1e43 mama |
dev\u0101n\u0101\u1e43 k\u0101ryasiddhyartham\u0101virbhavati s\u0101 yad\u0101 || 65 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
66<\/span>utpanneti tad\u0101 loke s\u0101 nity\u0101pyabhidh\u012byate |
yoganidr\u0101\u1e43 yad\u0101 vi\u1e63\u1e47urjagatyek\u0101r\u1e47av\u012bk\u1e5bte || 66 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
67<\/span>\u0101st\u012brya \u015be\u1e63amabhajat kalp\u0101nte bhagav\u0101n prabhu\u1e25 |
tad\u0101 dv\u0101vasurau ghorau vikhy\u0101tau madhukai\u1e6dabhau || 67 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
68<\/span>vi\u1e63\u1e47ukar\u1e47amalodbh\u016btau hantu\u1e43 brahm\u0101\u1e47amudyatau |
sa n\u0101bhikamale vi\u1e63\u1e47o\u1e25 sthito brahm\u0101 praj\u0101pati\u1e25 || 68 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
69<\/span>d\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dv\u0101 t\u0101vasurau cograu prasupta\u1e43 ca jan\u0101rdanam |
tu\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101va yoganidr\u0101\u1e43 t\u0101mek\u0101grah\u1e5bdaya\u1e25 sthita\u1e25 || 69 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
70<\/span>vibodhan\u0101rth\u0101ya harerharinetrak\u1e5bt\u0101lay\u0101m |
vi\u015bve\u015bvar\u012b\u1e43 jagaddh\u0101tr\u012b\u1e43 sthitisa\u1e43h\u0101rak\u0101ri\u1e47\u012bm || 70 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
71<\/span>nidr\u0101\u1e43 bhagavat\u012b\u1e43 vi\u1e63\u1e47oratul\u0101\u1e43 tejasa\u1e25 prabhu\u1e25 || 71 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
72<\/span>brahmov\u0101ca || 72 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
73<\/span>tva\u1e43 sv\u0101h\u0101 tva\u1e43 svadh\u0101 tva\u1e43 hi va\u1e63a\u1e6dk\u0101ra\u1e25 svar\u0101tmik\u0101 || 73 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
74<\/span>sudh\u0101 tvamak\u1e63are nitye tridh\u0101 m\u0101tr\u0101tmik\u0101 sthit\u0101 |
ardham\u0101tr\u0101 sthit\u0101 nity\u0101 y\u0101nucc\u0101ry\u0101vi\u015be\u1e63ata\u1e25 || 74 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
75<\/span>tvameva sandhy\u0101 s\u0101vitr\u012b tva\u1e43 devi janan\u012b par\u0101 |
tvayaitaddh\u0101ryate vi\u015bva\u1e43 tvayaitat s\u1e5bjyate jagat || 75 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
76<\/span>tvayaitat p\u0101lyate devi tvamatsyante ca sarvad\u0101 |
vis\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dau s\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6dir\u016bp\u0101 tva\u1e43 sthitir\u016bp\u0101 ca p\u0101lane || 76 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
77<\/span>tath\u0101 sa\u1e43h\u1e5btir\u016bp\u0101nte jagato’sya jaganmaye |
mah\u0101vidy\u0101 mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101 mah\u0101medh\u0101 mah\u0101sm\u1e5bti\u1e25 || 77 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
78<\/span>mah\u0101moh\u0101 ca bhavat\u012b mah\u0101dev\u012b mahe\u015bvar\u012b |
prak\u1e5btistva\u1e43 ca sarvasya gu\u1e47atrayavibh\u0101vin\u012b || 78 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
79<\/span>k\u0101lar\u0101trirmah\u0101r\u0101trirmohar\u0101tri\u015bca d\u0101ru\u1e47\u0101 |
tva\u1e43 \u015br\u012bstvam\u012b\u015bvar\u012b tva\u1e43 hr\u012bstva\u1e43 buddhirbodhalak\u1e63a\u1e47\u0101 || 79 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
80<\/span>lajj\u0101 pu\u1e63\u1e6distath\u0101 tu\u1e63\u1e6distva\u1e43 \u015b\u0101nti\u1e25 k\u1e63\u0101ntireva ca |
kha\u1e0dgin\u012b \u015b\u016blin\u012b ghor\u0101 gadin\u012b cakri\u1e47\u012b tath\u0101 || 80 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
81<\/span>\u015ba\u1e45khin\u012b c\u0101pin\u012b b\u0101\u1e47abhu\u015bu\u1e47\u1e0d\u012bparigh\u0101yudh\u0101 |
saumy\u0101 saumyatar\u0101\u015be\u1e63asaumyebhyastvatisundar\u012b || 81 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
82<\/span>par\u0101par\u0101\u1e47\u0101\u1e43 param\u0101 tvameva parame\u015bvar\u012b |
yacca ki\u00f1citkvacidvastu sadasadv\u0101khil\u0101tmike || 82 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
83<\/span>tasya sarvasya y\u0101 \u015bakti\u1e25 s\u0101 tva\u1e43 ki\u1e43 st\u016byase may\u0101 |
yay\u0101 tvay\u0101 jagatsra\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101 jagatp\u0101tyatti yo jagat || 83 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
84<\/span>so’pi nidr\u0101va\u015ba\u1e43 n\u012bta\u1e25 kastv\u0101\u1e43 stotumihe\u015bvara\u1e25 |
vi\u1e63\u1e47u\u1e25 \u015bar\u012bragraha\u1e47amaham\u012b\u015b\u0101na eva ca || 84 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
85<\/span>k\u0101rit\u0101ste yato’tastv\u0101\u1e43 ka\u1e25 stotu\u1e43 \u015baktim\u0101n bhavet |
s\u0101 tvamittha\u1e43 prabh\u0101vai\u1e25 svairud\u0101rairdevi sa\u1e43stut\u0101 || 85 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
86<\/span>mohayaitau dur\u0101dhar\u1e63\u0101vasurau madhukai\u1e6dabhau |
prabodha\u1e43 ca jagatsv\u0101m\u012b n\u012byat\u0101macyuto laghu || 86 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
87<\/span>bodha\u015bca kriyat\u0101masya hantumetau mah\u0101surau || 87 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
88<\/span>\u1e5b\u1e63iruv\u0101ca || 88 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
89<\/span>eva\u1e43 stut\u0101 tad\u0101 dev\u012b t\u0101mas\u012b tatra vedhas\u0101 || 89 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
90<\/span>vi\u1e63\u1e47o\u1e25 prabodhan\u0101rth\u0101ya nihantu\u1e43 madhukai\u1e6dabhau |
netr\u0101syan\u0101sik\u0101b\u0101huh\u1e5bdayebhyastathorasa\u1e25 || 90 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
91<\/span>nirgamya dar\u015bane tasthau brahma\u1e47o’vyaktajanmana\u1e25 |
uttasthau ca jagann\u0101thastay\u0101 mukto jan\u0101rdana\u1e25 || 91 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
92<\/span>ek\u0101r\u1e47ave’hi\u015bayan\u0101ttata\u1e25 sa dad\u1e5b\u015be ca tau |
madhukai\u1e6dabhau dur\u0101tm\u0101n\u0101vativ\u012bryapar\u0101kramau || 92 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
93<\/span>krodharaktek\u1e63a\u1e47\u0101vattu\u1e43 brahm\u0101\u1e47a\u1e43 janitodyamau |
samutth\u0101ya tatast\u0101bhy\u0101\u1e43 yuyudhe bhagav\u0101n hari\u1e25 || 93 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
94<\/span>pa\u00f1cavar\u1e63asahasr\u0101\u1e47i b\u0101huprahara\u1e47o vibhu\u1e25 |
t\u0101vapyatibalonmattau mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101vimohitau || 94 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
95<\/span>uktavantau varo’smatto vriyat\u0101miti ke\u015bavam || 95 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
96<\/span>\u015br\u012bbhagav\u0101nuv\u0101ca || 96 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
97<\/span>bhavet\u0101madya me tu\u1e63\u1e6dau mama vadhy\u0101vubh\u0101vapi || 97 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
98<\/span>kimanyena vare\u1e47\u0101tra et\u0101vaddhi v\u1e5bta\u1e43 may\u0101 || 98 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
99<\/span>\u1e5b\u1e63iruv\u0101ca || 99 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
100<\/span>va\u00f1cit\u0101bhy\u0101miti tad\u0101 sarvam\u0101pomaya\u1e43 jagat || 100 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
101<\/span>vilokya t\u0101bhy\u0101\u1e43 gadito bhagav\u0101n kamalek\u1e63a\u1e47a\u1e25 |
\u0101v\u0101\u1e43 jahi na yatrorv\u012b salilena pariplut\u0101 || 101 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
102<\/span>\u1e5b\u1e63iruv\u0101ca || 102 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
103<\/span>tathetyuktv\u0101 bhagavat\u0101 \u015ba\u1e45khacakragad\u0101bh\u1e5bt\u0101 |
k\u1e5btv\u0101 cakre\u1e47a vai chinne jaghane \u015biras\u012b tayo\u1e25 || 103 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div>
104<\/span>evame\u1e63\u0101 samutpann\u0101 brahma\u1e47\u0101 sa\u1e43stut\u0101 svayam |
prabh\u0101vamasy\u0101 devy\u0101stu bh\u016bya\u1e25 \u015b\u1e5b\u1e47u vad\u0101mi te || 104 ||<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

|| svasti \u015br\u012bm\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deyapur\u0101\u1e47e s\u0101var\u1e47ike manvantare dev\u012bm\u0101h\u0101tmye madhukai\u1e6dabhavadho n\u0101ma prathamo’dhy\u0101ya\u1e25 ||<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the slaying of Madhu and Kaitabha<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The chapter is named after the slaying of Madhu and Kaitabha, yet more than its first half is the story of the distress of two ordinary men. Markandeya begins to tell Kraushtuki the background of the eighth Manu, Savarni. That Savarni was King Suratha in an earlier birth. In answer to the question put by him and by a merchant named Samadhi, the sage Medhas tells the first story of Mahamaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course of the chapter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Mantras 1 to 16: Markandeya begins the story. Suratha is defeated by his enemies, and his own ministers seize his treasury and his army. Going into the forest on the pretext of a hunt, he stays at the hermitage of the sage Medhas, yet his thoughts keep returning to his city, his state elephant, his servants and his treasury.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mantras 17 to 34: There he meets a merchant named Samadhi. His wife and sons, greedy for wealth, have turned him out of his home, yet his mind still worries about their welfare.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mantras 35 to 45: The two go to the sage and ask why the mind clings to the very people who have abandoned them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mantras 46 to 58: The sage says that animals and birds too have knowledge of the world of the senses, yet out of attachment they feed grain to their young. Mahamaya forcibly draws even the minds of the wise into delusion, he says, and she is the cause of both bondage and liberation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mantras 59 to 72: The king asks who this Mahamaya is. The sage says she is eternal, yet appears for the work of the gods. At the end of an aeon, while Vishnu lies in yogic sleep, Madhu and Kaitabha, born from the wax of his ear, set out to kill Brahma.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mantras 73 to 87: Brahma praises Yoganidra so that Vishnu may be woken. This is the hymn that calls her svaha, svadha and the power of creation, preservation and dissolution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mantras 88 to 104: The Goddess leaves Vishnu’s body and Vishnu wakes. After a long fight the demons, deluded by maya, offer Vishnu a boon. Vishnu asks for the boon that both of them die at his hands. When they ask to be killed where there is no water, he places them on his thigh and cuts off their heads with his discus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Why do even those who know stay attached?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The question of the king and the merchant is simple. They know very well who abandoned them and why. Still the mind goes back to those people again and again. Why this attachment, when the knowledge is there? That is their confusion. The king even calls this state, his own and the merchant’s, the bewilderment of those blind to discernment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The sage’s answer does not blame them. Mahamaya draws even the minds of the wise, he says. He also says that the same power, when pleased, grants the boon of liberation. All the remaining stories of the Saptashati unfold as the answer to the king’s question: who is this Mahamaya?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    About this page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The text and the numbering of the mantras follow the Gita Press edition. This chapter has fourteen uvacha lines, twenty four half verses and sixty six full verses, one hundred and four mantras in all. In the cards on this page each one carries its own number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    On the meaning pages alone, each uvacha line is shown on the page of the verse it introduces. For example, the first mantra, Markandeya uvacha, is on the page for the second mantra. For now the meaning pages for the first ten verses (mantras 1 to 11) are ready. The rest are being added one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sources:<\/strong> several.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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