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Mahabhagavata Purana (translation and study)

by Prabir Kumar Nanda Goswami | 1999 | 107,488 words

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). The Shakti cult, focusing on the worship of the female principle, is a significant ...

Chapter 18 - Advice of Moksha Yoga

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CHAPTER XVIII The liberation is far from those who are not devoted to you. Pray advice me how to take refuge under you. Enlighten me your definite form to be meditated upon by the persons desirous of liberation getting rid of the shakle of birth and death. One has to take recourse to devotion to you. (1 & 2) Sri Parvati said Among thousands of people some enderous of for success. Even out of thousands of them very few know my trueessence .(3) My form is without form, subtle and beyound expression and clear, without quality, supreme lustre and the cause which pervades all. It is without substitute, selfsupported and embodied with sat, cit, Ananda. O father, it is meditated by those who are desiorous of liberation from the worldly bondage. (4 & 5) O my father, the king of mountain I am the intellect of intellectuals, the holy scent of the earth and the liquid of the water and brillince of the moon. (6) I am the penance of the ascetics, and radiance of the sun I am also the valour of the valorrous those are free from passion etc. (7) O king I am the most auspicious action among all the deeds. I am Gayatri among the metres, and Pranava (Om) among the germs. (8)

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136 O the king of the mountain I am the auspicious action in all the elements. Beside this the conditious (Bhava) like ( Sattika, Rajasas and Tamas originate from me and are under my control. O the best among the mountains I never come their control at all. Thus my nondual formis all pervading and eternal. O the great king as fascinated by my illusion, people do not know me properly. (9-11) Those, who meditate me with devotion tide over my illusion. Even the scripures like the Rg etc are not able to know my glories (manifestations) (12) â—� my father, the best among the mountains I divided my own form in to two as man and woman for creation. (13) Siva, the supreme male an Sakti as the supreme consort; the Yogis, knowing the truth identify Siva and Sakti with Brahma. The truth seeking ascetics tell me as the truth of hear and hear after. I create the whole movable and immovable world in the form of Brahma, and according to my own will I destroy the creation in the a form of Rudra for the destruction of the wicked. Oh wise one, assuming the form of Visnu I nourish them all. Descending on Earth again and again in the form of Rama etc. I nowrish the whole earth by killing the demons. O my father thus behind my above forms my Sakti remains supreme. (14-18)

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137 As without her, the male can not function, oh the best That among the kings, my gross forms like Kali etc and other subtle forms as stated earlier. O the best among the mountains without knowing properly my grossform one cannot proceed on for the subtle form as my subtle form is inaccessible withoutit. is why the person desirous of solvation should meditate and worship my gross form first of all with proper procedure through kriya yoga and then only he can proceed on to subtle form which is eternal. (19-22) Himalaya saidO Mahesvari, there are various gross forms of the mother pray advise me, depending on which form one can attain immediats solvation. If you are sympathetic to me then enlighten me on it. Please release me from the worldly bondage O the, great goddess, the affectionate to devotee. I am your servant. (23 &24) Sri Parvati said O the king of the mountain the whole creation has been pervaded by my gross form. So worship my adorable form, which bestows quick solvation. (25) O magnatimous one, she is also of various forms, known as Mahavidyas the bestwer of solvation. O the great king, please listen their names. They are_Mahakali, Tara, Sodasi, Bhubenesvari, Bhairavi, Vagala, Chinna, the great Tripurasundari, Dhumabati, and Matangi, the bestower of solvation showing them supreme

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139 devotion one can nodoubt attain his solvation. (26-28) O my father, worship one of them according to Kriyayoga. One who surrenders his mind and intellect attains me. (29) O mountain ! by neglecting me even the great souls never attain rebirth which is temporary and the deode of sorrow. (30) O king I bestow liberation to the devoted ascetic who remembers me attaintively. (31) He who remembering me with devotion dies at last, is never entangled worldly sorrows. (32) One, who attaintively prays me with devotion, O magnamimous with always grant him liberation. (33) My form is embodied with Sakti which bestows liberation early. O great king come to my rescue. attain solvation. (34) Then only you will The person who is devoted to other gods also worship me with devotion nodoubt as I am all pervading and bestower of merits of all the sacrifices. But among them those who are devoted to them their attainment of solvation is inaccessible. That is why for liberation from worldly bondage you should come to my rescue; as you are self controlled-you will attain me nodoubt. (35-37)

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140 Whatever you do, you eat, you offer in sacrifice all these offering all to me you would be liberated from the bondage of sufferings. (38) Those who pray me with devotion I am present with him and the viceversa magnanimous, out of all nobody is my friend or my enemy. (39) Even the wicked who prays me attaintively with devotion, liberated from the sin he is p released from the worldly bondage. (40) O the king of the mountain. also passes over (the worldl :) He turns pious very fast and swiftty. Liberation is easily accessible to those who are devoted to me. (41) O magnanimous one you meditate me with supreme devotion. So that I will nodoubt help you to come accross the ocean of birth. (42) me. Devoted to fix your mind on me, worrship me, bowdown before You will attain me and will never fall into the afflications of the world. (43) Here ends the Eighteenth Chapter called the description of advice of Moksa Yoga of Sri Mahabhagavata Upapurana. !

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