॥ Durga Saptasati Chapter 1 Madhukaitabha Vadha English Lyrics ॥
॥ prathamō:’dhyayaḥ (madhukaitabhavadha) ॥
asya śrī prathamacaritrasya brahma r̥siḥ – mahakalī dēvata – gayatrī chandaḥ – nanda śaktiḥ – raktadantika bījam – agnistattvam – r̥gvēdaḥ svarūpam – śrīmahakalīprītyarthē prathamacaritrajapē viniyōgaḥ ।
dhyanam ।
ōṁ khadgaṁ cakragadēsucapaparighan śūlaṁ bhuśundīṁ śiraḥ
śaṅkhaṁ sandadhatīṁ karaistrinayanaṁ sarvaṅgabhūsavr̥tam ।
nīlaśmadyutimasyapadadaśakaṁ sēvē mahakalikaṁ
yamastautsvapitē harau kamalajō hantuṁ madhuṁ kautabham ॥
ōṁ namaścandikayai ॥
ōṁ aiṁ markandēya uvaca ॥ 1 ॥
savarniḥ sūryatanayō yō manuḥ kathyatē:’stamaḥ ।
niśamaya tadutpattiṁ vistaradgadatō mama ॥ 2 ॥
mahamayanubhavēna yatha manvantaradhipaḥ ।
sa babhūva mahabhagaḥ savarnistanayō ravēḥ ॥ 3 ॥
svarōcisē:’ntarē pūrvaṁ caitravaṁśasamudbhavaḥ ।
surathō nama rajabhūtsamastē ksitimandalē ॥ 4 ॥
tasya palayataḥ samyak prajaḥ putranivaurasan ।
babhūvuḥ śatravō bhūpaḥ kōlavidhvaṁsinastada ॥ 5 ॥
tasya tairabhavadyuddhamatiprabaladandinaḥ ।
nyūnairapi sa tairyuddhē kōlavidhvaṁsibhirjitaḥ ॥ 6 ॥
tataḥ svapuramayatō nijadēśadhipō:’bhavat ।
akrantaḥ sa mahabhagastaistada prabalaribhiḥ ॥ 7 ॥
amatyairbalibhirdustairdurbalasya duratmabhiḥ ।
kōśō balaṁ capahr̥taṁ tatrapi svapurē tataḥ ॥ 8 ॥
tatō mr̥gayavyajēna hr̥tasvamyaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ ।
ēkakī hayamaruhya jagama gahanaṁ vanam ॥ 9 ॥
sa tatraśramamadraksīddvijavaryasya mēdhasaḥ ।
praśantaśvapadakīrnaṁ muniśisyōpaśōbhitam ॥ 10 ॥
tasthau kañcitsa kalaṁ ca munina tēna satkr̥taḥ ।
itaścētaśca vicaraṁstasminmunivaraśramē ॥ 11 ॥
sō:’cintayattada tatra mamatvakr̥stamanasaḥ ।
matpūrvaiḥ palitaṁ pūrvaṁ maya hīnaṁ puraṁ hi tat ॥ 12 ॥
madbhr̥tyaistairasadvr̥ttairdharmataḥ palyatē na va ।
na janē sa pradhanō mē śūrō hastī sadamadaḥ ॥ 13 ॥
mama vairivaśaṁ yataḥ kanbhōganupalapsyatē ।
yē mamanugata nityaṁ prasadadhanabhōjanaiḥ ॥ 14 ॥
anuvr̥ttiṁ dhruvaṁ tē:’dya kurvantyanyamahībhr̥tam ।
asamyagvyayaśīlaistaiḥ kurvadbhiḥ satataṁ vyayam ॥ 15 ॥
sañcitaḥ sō:’tiduḥkhēna ksayaṁ kōśō gamisyati ।
ētaccanyacca satataṁ cintayamasa parthivaḥ ॥ 16 ॥
tatra vipraśramabhyaśē vaiśyamēkaṁ dadarśa saḥ ।
sa pr̥stastēna kastvaṁ bhō hētuścagamanē:’tra kaḥ ॥ 17 ॥
saśōka iva kasmattvaṁ durmana iva laksyasē ।
ityakarnya vacastasya bhūpatēḥ pranayōditam ॥ 18 ॥
pratyuvaca sa taṁ vaiśyaḥ praśrayavanatō nr̥pam ॥ 19 ॥
vaiśya uvaca ॥ 20 ॥
samadhirnama vaiśyō:’hamutpannō dhaninaṁ kulē ॥ 21 ॥
putradarairnirastaśca dhanalōbhadasadhubhiḥ ।
vihīnaśca dhanairdaraiḥ putrairadaya mē dhanam ॥ 22 ॥
vanamabhyagatō duḥkhī nirastaścaptabandhubhiḥ ।
sō:’haṁ na vēdmi putranaṁ kuśalakuśalatmikam ॥ 23 ॥
pravr̥ttiṁ svajananaṁ ca daranaṁ catra saṁsthitaḥ ।
kiṁ nu tēsaṁ gr̥hē ksēmamaksēmaṁ kiṁ nu sampratam ॥ 24 ॥
kathaṁ tē kiṁ nu sadvr̥tta durvr̥ttaḥ kiṁ nu mē sutaḥ ॥ 25 ॥
rajōvaca ॥ 26 ॥
yairnirastō bhavam̐llubdhaiḥ putradaradibhirdhanaiḥ ॥ 27 ॥
tēsu kiṁ bhavataḥ snēhamanubadhnati manasam ॥ 28 ॥
vaiśya uvaca ॥ 29 ॥
ēvamētadyatha praha bhavanasmadgataṁ vacaḥ ।
kiṁ karōmi na badhnati mama nisthurataṁ manaḥ ॥ 30 ॥
yaiḥ santyajya pitr̥snēhaṁ dhanalubdhairnirakr̥taḥ ।
patisvajanahardaṁ ca hardi tēsvēva mē manaḥ ॥ 31 ॥
kimētannabhijanami janannapi mahamatē ।
yatprēmapravanaṁ cittaṁ vigunēsvapi bandhusu ॥ 32 ॥
tēsaṁ kr̥tē mē niḥśvasō daurmanasyaṁ ca jayatē ॥ 33 ॥
karōmi kiṁ yanna manastēsvaprītisu nisthuram ॥ 34 ॥
markandēya uvaca ॥ 35 ॥
tatastau sahitau vipra taṁ muniṁ samupasthitau ॥ 36 ॥
samadhirnama vaiśyō:’sau sa ca parthivasattamaḥ ।
kr̥tva tu tau yathanyayaṁ yatharhaṁ tēna saṁvidam ॥ 37 ॥
upavistau kathaḥ kaściccakraturvaiśyaparthivau ॥ 38 ॥
rajōvaca ॥ 39 ॥
bhagavaṁstvamahaṁ prastumicchamyēkaṁ vadasva tat ॥ 40 ॥
duḥkhaya yanmē manasaḥ svacittayattataṁ vina ॥ 41 ॥
mamatvaṁ gatarajyasya rajyaṅgēsvakhilēsvapi ।
janatō:’pi yathajñasya kimētanmunisattama ॥ 42 ॥
ayaṁ ca nikr̥taḥ putrairdarairbhr̥tyaistathōjjhitaḥ ।
svajanēna ca santyaktastēsu hardī tathapyati ॥ 43 ॥
ēvamēsa tathahaṁ ca dvavapyatyantaduḥkhitau ।
dr̥stadōsē:’pi visayē mamatvakr̥stamanasau ॥ 44 ॥
tatkimētanmahabhaga yanmōhō jñaninōrapi ।
mamasya ca bhavatyēsa vivēkandhasya mūdhata ॥ 45 ॥
r̥siruvaca ॥ 46 ॥
jñanamasti samastasya jantōrvisayagōcarē ।
visayaśca mahabhaga yati caivaṁ pr̥thakpr̥thak ॥ 47 ॥
divandhaḥ praninaḥ kēcidratravandhastathaparē ।
kēciddiva tatha ratrau praninastulyadr̥stayaḥ ॥ 48 ॥
jñaninō manujaḥ satyaṁ kiṁ tu tē na hi kēvalam ।
yatō hi jñaninaḥ sarvē paśupaksimr̥gadayaḥ ॥ 49 ॥
jñanaṁ ca tanmanusyanaṁ yattēsaṁ mr̥gapaksinam ।
manusyanaṁ ca yattēsaṁ tulyamanyattathōbhayōḥ ॥ 50 ॥
jñanē:’pi sati paśyaitan pataṅgañchavacañcusu ।
kanamōksadr̥tanmōhatpīdyamananapi ksudha ॥ 51 ॥
manusa manujavyaghra sabhilasaḥ sutan prati ।
lōbhatpratyupakaraya nanvētan kiṁ na paśyasi ॥ 52 ॥
tathapi mamatavartē mōhagartē nipatitaḥ ।
mahamayaprabhavēna saṁsarasthitikarina ॥ 53 ॥
tannatra vismayaḥ karyō yōganidra jagatpatēḥ ।
mahamaya harēścaisa taya sammōhyatē jagat ॥ 54 ॥
jñaninamapi cētaṁsi dēvī bhagavatī hi sa ।
baladakr̥sya mōhaya mahamaya prayacchati ॥ 55 ॥
taya visr̥jyatē viśvaṁ jagadētaccaracaram ।
saisa prasanna varada nr̥naṁ bhavati muktayē ॥ 56 ॥
sa vidya parama muktērhētubhūta sanatanī ॥ 57 ॥
saṁsarabandhahētuśca saiva sarvēśvarēśvarī ॥ 58 ॥
rajōvaca ॥ 59 ॥
bhagavan ka hi sa dēvī mahamayēti yaṁ bhavan ।
bravīti kathamutpanna sa karmasyaśca kiṁ dvija ॥ 60 ॥
yatprabhava ca sa dēvī yatsvarūpa yadudbhava ॥ 61 ॥
tatsarvaṁ śrōtumicchami tvattō brahmavidaṁ vara ॥ 62 ॥
r̥siruvaca ॥ 63 ॥
nityaiva sa jaganmūrtistaya sarvamidaṁ tatam ॥ 64 ॥
tathapi tatsamutpattirbahudha śrūyataṁ mama ॥ 65 ॥
dēvanaṁ karyasiddhyarthamavirbhavati sa yada ।
utpannēti tada lōkē sa nityapyabhidhīyatē ॥ 66 ॥
yōganidraṁ yada visnurjagatyēkarnavīkr̥tē ।
astīrya śēsamabhajatkalpantē bhagavan prabhuḥ ॥ 67 ॥
tada dvavasurau ghōrau vikhyatau madhukaitabhau ।
visnukarnamalōdbhūtau hantuṁ brahmanamudyatau ॥ 68 ॥
sa nabhikamalē visnōḥ sthitō brahma prajapatiḥ ।
dr̥stva tavasurau cōgrau prasuptaṁ ca janardanam ॥ 69 ॥
tustava yōganidraṁ tamēkagrahr̥dayasthitaḥ ।
vibōdhanarthaya harērharinētrakr̥talayam ॥ 70 ॥
viśvēśvarīṁ jagaddhatrīṁ sthitisaṁharakarinīm ।
nidraṁ bhagavatīṁ visnōratulaṁ tējasaḥ prabhuḥ ॥ 71 ॥
brahmōvaca ॥ 72 ॥
tvaṁ svaha tvaṁ svadha tvaṁ hi vasatkaraḥ svaratmika ।
sudha tvamaksarē nityē tridha matratmika sthita ॥ 73 ॥
ardhamatrasthita nitya yanuccarya viśēsataḥ ।
tvamēva sandhya savitrī tvaṁ dēvi jananī para ॥ 74 ॥
tvayaitaddharyatē viśvaṁ tvayaitatsr̥jyatē jagat ।
tvayaitatpalyatē dēvi tvamatsyantē ca sarvada ॥ 75 ॥
visr̥stau sr̥stirūpa tvaṁ sthitirūpa ca palanē ।
tatha saṁhr̥tirūpantē jagatō:’sya jaganmayē ॥ 76 ॥
mahavidya mahamaya mahamēdha mahasmr̥tiḥ ।
mahamōha ca bhavatī mahadēvī mahēśvarī ॥ 77 ॥
prakr̥tistvaṁ ca sarvasya gunatrayavibhavinī ।
kalaratrirmaharatrirmōharatriśca daruna ॥ 78 ॥
tvaṁ śrīstvamīśvarī tvaṁ hrīstvaṁ buddhirbōdhalaksana ।
lajja pustistatha tustistvaṁ śantiḥ ksantirēva ca ॥ 79 ॥
khadginī śūlinī ghōra gadinī cakrinī tatha ।
śaṅkhinī capinī banabhuśundīparighayudha ॥ 80 ॥
saumya saumyataraśēsasaumyēbhyastvatisundarī ।
paraparanaṁ parama tvamēva paramēśvarī ॥ 81 ॥
yacca kiñcitkvacidvastu sadasadvakhilatmikē ।
tasya sarvasya ya śaktiḥ sa tvaṁ kiṁ stūyasē maya ॥ 82 ॥
yaya tvaya jagatsrasta jagatpatyatti yō jagat ।
sō:’pi nidravaśaṁ nītaḥ kastvaṁ stōtumihēśvaraḥ ॥ 83 ॥
visnuḥ śarīragrahanamahamīśana ēva ca ।
karitastē yatō:’tastvaṁ kaḥ stōtuṁ śaktiman bhavēt ॥ 84 ॥
sa tvamitthaṁ prabhavaiḥ svairudarairdēvi saṁstuta ।
mōhayaitau duradharsavasurau madhukaitabhau ॥ 85 ॥
prabōdhaṁ ca jagatsvamī nīyatamacyutō laghu ॥ 86 ॥
bōdhaśca kriyatamasya hantumētau mahasurau ॥ 87 ॥
r̥siruvaca ॥ 88 ॥
ēvaṁ stuta tada dēvī tamasī tatra vēdhasa ।
visnōḥ prabōdhanarthaya nihantuṁ madhukaitabhau ॥ 89 ॥
nētrasyanasikabahuhr̥dayēbhyastathōrasaḥ ।
nirgamya darśanē tasthau brahmanō:’vyaktajanmanaḥ ॥ 90 ॥
uttasthau ca jagannathastaya muktō janardanaḥ ।
ēkarnavē:’hiśayanattataḥ sa dadr̥śē ca tau ॥ 91 ॥
madhukaitabhau duratmanavativīryaparakramau ।
krōdharaktēksanavattuṁ brahmanaṁ janitōdyamau ॥ 92 ॥
samutthaya tatastabhyaṁ yuyudhē bhagavan hariḥ ।
pañcavarsasahasrani bahupraharanō vibhuḥ ॥ 93 ॥
tavapyatibalōnmattau mahamayavimōhitau ॥ 94 ॥
uktavantau varō:’smattō vriyatamiti kēśavam ॥ 95 ॥
śrībhagavanuvaca ॥ 96 ॥
bhavētamadya mē tustau mama vadhyavubhavapi ॥ 97 ॥
kimanyēna varēnatra ētavaddhi vr̥taṁ maya ॥ 98 ॥
r̥siruvaca ॥ 99 ॥
vañcitabhyamiti tada sarvamapōmayaṁ jagat ।
vilōkya tabhyaṁ gaditō bhagavan kamalēksanaḥ ॥ 100 ॥
avaṁ jahi na yatrōrvī salilēna paripluta ॥ 101 ॥
r̥siruvaca ॥ 102 ॥
tathētyuktva bhagavata śaṅkhacakragadabhr̥ta ।
kr̥tva cakrēna vai chinnē jaghanē śirasī tayōḥ ॥ 103 ॥
ēvamēsa samutpanna brahmana saṁstuta svayam ।
prabhavamasya dēvyastu bhūyaḥ śr̥nu vadami tē ॥ 104 ॥
। aiṁ ōṁ ।
iti śrīmarkandēyapuranē savarnikē manvantarē dēvīmahatmyē madhukaitabhavadhō nama prathamō:’dhyayaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
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