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
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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CHAPTER LXXI
Sri Mahadeva said
Then O the great sage joining with the ocean and coming
to the whole she became very glad. (1)
Descending to Patala she went to Kapila, knowing the
arrival of Ganga inaccessible to gods even for favour of the
people, Kapila worshipped Her with offerings. Being worshipped
by him Ganga said to the sage. (2-3)
O sage, please inform me quickly where the sons of Sagara
were turned into aches. Then the sage showed the sons of
Sagarà . (4)
Beholding this Gange, the best among the rivers and the
mover of the three worlds also flooded the ashes of Sagara's
is quickly with Her water. At once the son of the Sagara
possessing the divine form and seated upon a divine chariot
went to Brahmaloka. The lustrous king dazzling like the young
sun and adorable by other kings be held the expiation of his
ancestors, was delighted and danced and eulogised uttering the
sound of 'Jaya' to Ganga and blew the great conch with horripilated
body. Hearing that sound Ganga with a terrible speed brought
the ashes from the door of that hole to the earth. One of Her
pure streams that was present at Patala was famous as Blogavati
by name, the bestower of godd deeds to the whole world. She
gradually entered into the water of compassion where the whol e
creation was floating. (5-11)
