Essay name: Mahabhagavata Purana (translation and study)
Author:
Prabir Kumar Nanda Goswami
Affiliation: Utkal University / Department of Sanskrit
The English translation of the Mahabhagavata Purana including an introduction and study. Another name for this text is the Devi Purana and it represents an ancient Sanskrit text comprising 81 chapters and belonging to the Shaktism tradition (worship of the Goddess).
Chapter 1 - Suta-Saunaka dialogue
267 (of 482)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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CHAPTER XLVI
1:
Sri Devi said
People of the world should perform the annual worship of
the mother goddess with ceremony for my pleasure. (1)
O gods in these three worlds who worship me at vilva tree
invoke me with devotion till the ninth day of brightfort
night regularly, being pacified I fulfill all his desires. (2-3)
Due to my grace he is free from enemies, he never faces
bereavement from friends and never comes across sorrow and poverty.
(4)
O the best among the gods, due to my grace he fulfils
all worldly desires attains all prosperities in future. (5)
One who worships me with devotion, is blessed with
offspring, long span of life, and opulence day by day.
Diseases vanish from him not even the evil influence of the
plannets is felt. He never meets with accidental death;
is not tortured by the king, thief or the wild animals like
lion and tiger etc., never trouble him. All come under his
control, his enemies becomeless and nodoubt he attains victory
in the war, O the best among the gods neither any evil deeds,
nor any danger over power him. Due to my grace my worshipper
attains all shorts of pleasures in life. At last he attains
my region nodoubt. (6-11)
Doing my early worship one gets the results equal to
the results of crores of horse sacrifices (12)
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