Devi Gita (Class 29): ”The World Mother Become Daughter” by Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati

Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 66-70 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 29 March 2023.

व्यास उवाच

vyāsa uvāca

Vyasa said:

हिमालयोऽपि तच्छ्रुत्वात्यनुग्रह-करम् वचः |

बाष्पैः संरुद्धकण्ठाक्षो महाराज्ञीं वचोऽब्रवीत् || ६६ ||

himālayo’pi tacchrutvātyanugraha-karam vacaḥ |

bāṣpaiḥ saṃ-ruddha-kaṇṭhākṣo mahā-rājñīṃ vaco’bravīt || 66 ||

66. "Hearing Her exceedingly kind words, Himalaya on his part replied to the Great Sovereign Queen, his eyes and throat congested with tears."

महत्तरं तं कुरुषे यस्यानुग्रहमिच्छसि |

नोचेत् क्वाऽहं जडः स्थाणुः क्व त्वं सच्चित्स्वरूपिणी || ६७ ||

mahattaraṃ taṃ kuruṣe yasyānugraham-icchasi |

nocet kvā’haṃ jaḍaḥ sthāṇuḥ kva tvaṃ sac-cit-svarūpiṇī || 67 ||

67. "You greatly ennoble whomever You wish to favor. For who am I, so dull and motionless, compared to You who embody infinite being and consciousness?"

असम्भाव्यं जन्मशतैस्त्वत्पितृत्वं ममानघे |

अश्वमेधादिपुण्यैर्वा पुण्यैर्वा तत्समाधिजैः || ६८ ||

asambhāvyaṃ janma-śataistvat-pitṛ-tvaṃ mamānaghe |

aśvamedhādi-puṇyairvā puṇyairvā tat-samādhijaiḥ || 68 ||

68. "That I should become Your father in the course of hundreds of births is astonishing, O Faultless One, even with all the merit gained by performing horse sacrifices and other religious penances."

अद्य प्रपञ्च कीर्तिः स्याज्जगन्माता सुताभवत् |

अहो हिमालयस्यास्य धन्योऽसौ भाग्यवानिति || ६९ ||

adya prapañca kīrtiḥ syāj-jagan-mātā sutā-bhavat |

aho himālayasyāsya dhanyo’sau bhāgyavān-iti || 69 ||

69. "Now I shall be renowned, for all the world will think: 'The World Mother has become the daughter of that Himalaya, wonder of wonders! How blessed and fortunate is he'."

यस्यास्तु जठरे सन्ति ब्रह्माण्डानां च कोटयः |

सैव यस्य सुता जाता को वा स्यात्तत्समो भुवि || ७० ||

yasyāstu jaṭhare santi brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca koṭayaḥ |

saiva yasya sutā jātā ko vā syāt-tat-samo bhuvi || 70 ||

70. "She whose womb contains tens of millions of worlds has been born as his daughter—who on earth is his equal?"

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