The Deliverance of Ganga and the Others from Their Curse

Verse 1 (devibhagavatam.9.7.1)

श्रीनारायण उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा जगतां नाथो विरराम च नारद । अतीव रुरुदुर्देव्यः समालिङ्ग्य परस्परम्

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca | ityuktvā jagatāṁ nātho virarāma ca nārada | atīva rurudurdevyaḥ samāliṅgya parasparam

Sri Narayana said: Having said this, the Lord of the worlds fell silent, O Narada; and the goddesses, embracing one another, wept exceedingly.

Verse 2 (devibhagavatam.9.7.2)

ताश्च सर्वाः समालोक्य क्रमेणोचुस्तदेश्वरम् । कम्पिताः साश्रुनेत्राश्च शोकेन च भयेन च

tāśca sarvāḥ samālokya krameṇocustadeśvaram | kampitāḥ sāśrunetrāśca śokena ca bhayena ca

Looking upon one another, all of them spoke in turn to that Lord, trembling with grief and fear, their eyes filled with tears.

Verse 3 (devibhagavatam.9.7.3)

सरस्वत्युवाच । विशापं देहि हे नाथ दुष्टमाजन्मशोचनम् । सत्स्वामिना परित्यक्ताः कुतो जीवन्ति ताः स्त्रियः

sarasvatyuvāca | viśāpaṁ dehi he nātha duṣṭamājanmaśocanam | satsvāminā parityaktāḥ kuto jīvanti tāḥ striyaḥ

Sarasvati said: O Lord, withdraw this cruel curse, which brings grief for a whole lifetime; how indeed can women abandoned by a worthy husband go on living?

Verse 4 (devibhagavatam.9.7.4)

देहत्यागं करिष्यामि योगेन भारते ध्रुवम् । अत्युन्नतो हि नियतं पातुमर्हति निश्चितम्

dehatyāgaṁ kariṣyāmi yogena bhārate dhruvam | atyunnato hi niyataṁ pātumarhati niścitam

I shall certainly, through yoga, give up my body there in Bharata; for one raised too high, a fall is fittingly certain to come.

Verse 5 (devibhagavatam.9.7.5)

गङ्गोवाच । अहं केनापराधेन त्वया त्यक्ता जगत्पते । देहत्यागं करिष्यामि निर्दोषाया वधं लभ

gaṅgovāca | ahaṁ kenāparādhena tvayā tyaktā jagatpate | dehatyāgaṁ kariṣyāmi nirdoṣāyā vadhaṁ labha

Ganga said: O Lord of the world, for what offense have you cast me aside? I too shall give up my body — take upon yourself, then, the killing of an innocent.

Verse 6 (devibhagavatam.9.7.6)

निर्दोषकामिनीत्यागं करोति यो नरो भुवि । स याति नरकं घोरं किन्तु सर्वेश्वरोऽपि वा

nirdoṣakāminītyāgaṁ karoti yo naro bhuvi | sa yāti narakaṁ ghoraṁ kintu sarveśvaro'pi vā

Whatever man on earth abandons an innocent, beloved wife goes to a terrible hell — even were he the Lord of all himself.

Verse 7 (devibhagavatam.9.7.7)

पद्मोवाच । नाथ सत्त्वस्वरूपस्त्वं कोपः कथमहो तव । प्रसादं कुरु भार्ये द्वे सदीशस्य क्षमा वरा

padmovāca | nātha sattvasvarūpastvaṁ kopaḥ kathamaho tava | prasādaṁ kuru bhārye dve sadīśasya kṣamā varā

Padma said: My Lord, you are of the very nature of sattva — how then has this anger come upon you? Show grace to both these wives; forgiveness is the finest quality in a good lord.

Verse 8 (devibhagavatam.9.7.8)

भारते भारतीशापाद्यास्यामि कलया ह्यहम् । कियत्कालं स्थितिस्तत्र कदा द्रक्ष्यामि ते पदम्

bhārate bhāratīśāpādyāsyāmi kalayā hyaham | kiyatkālaṁ sthitistatra kadā drakṣyāmi te padam

By Bharati's curse, I shall go, in my portion, to Bharata; how long shall my stay be there, and when shall I see your feet again?

Verse 9 (devibhagavatam.9.7.9)

दास्यन्ति पापिनः पापं सद्यः स्नानावगाहनात् । केन तेन विमुक्ताहमागमिष्यामि ते पदम्

dāsyanti pāpinaḥ pāpaṁ sadyaḥ snānāvagāhanāt | kena tena vimuktāhamāgamiṣyāmi te padam

Sinners will instantly give me their sin the moment they bathe in me; by what means, freed from that, shall I return again to your feet?

Verse 10 (devibhagavatam.9.7.10)

कलया तुलसीरूपं धर्मध्वजसुता सती । भुक्त्वा कदा लभिष्यामि त्वत्पादाम्बुजमच्युत

kalayā tulasīrūpaṁ dharmadhvajasutā satī | bhuktvā kadā labhiṣyāmi tvatpādāmbujamacyuta

O unchanging one, having taken, in that portion, the form of Tulasi as the chaste daughter of Dharmadhvaja, when shall I attain your lotus feet once more?

Verse 11 (devibhagavatam.9.7.11)

वृक्षरूपा भविष्यामि त्वदधिष्ठातृदेवता । समुद्धरिष्यसि कदा तन्मे ब्रूहि कृपानिधे

vṛkṣarūpā bhaviṣyāmi tvadadhiṣṭhātṛdevatā | samuddhariṣyasi kadā tanme brūhi kṛpānidhe

I shall become a tree, of which you yourself shall be the presiding deity; O treasury of compassion, tell me when you will deliver me from that state.

Verse 12 (devibhagavatam.9.7.12)

गङ्गा सरस्वतीशापाद्यदि यास्यति भारते । शापेन मुक्ता पापाच्च कदा त्वां च लभिष्यति

gaṅgā sarasvatīśāpādyadi yāsyati bhārate | śāpena muktā pāpācca kadā tvāṁ ca labhiṣyati

If Ganga, by Sarasvati's curse, shall go to Bharata, when, freed from that curse and from sin, shall she attain you?

Verse 13 (devibhagavatam.9.7.13)

गङ्गाशापेन वा वाणी यदि यास्यति भारतम् । कदा शापाद्विनिर्मुच्य लभिष्यति पदं तव

gaṅgāśāpena vā vāṇī yadi yāsyati bhāratam | kadā śāpādvinirmucya labhiṣyati padaṁ tava

Or if Vani, through Ganga's curse, shall go to Bharata, when, released from that curse, shall she attain your feet?

Verse 14 (devibhagavatam.9.7.14)

तां वाणीं ब्रह्मसदनं गङ्गां वा शिवमन्दिरम् । गन्तुं वदसि हे नाथ तत्क्षमस्व च ते वचः

tāṁ vāṇīṁ brahmasadanaṁ gaṅgāṁ vā śivamandiram | gantuṁ vadasi he nātha tatkṣamasva ca te vacaḥ

O Lord, as for your telling Vani to go to Brahma's abode and Ganga to Shiva's temple — please forgive, and withdraw, that word of yours.

Verse 15 (devibhagavatam.9.7.15)

इत्युक्त्वा कमला कान्तपादं धृत्वा ननाम सा । स्वकेशैर्वेष्टनं कृत्वा रुरोद च पुनः पुनः

ityuktvā kamalā kāntapādaṁ dhṛtvā nanāma sā | svakeśairveṣṭanaṁ kṛtvā ruroda ca punaḥ punaḥ

Having said this, Kamala took hold of her beloved's feet and bowed before him; winding her own hair about them, she wept again and again.

Verse 16 (devibhagavatam.9.7.16)

(उवाच पद्मनाभस्तां पद्मां कृत्वा स्ववक्षसि । ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यो भक्तानुग्रहकातरः ॥)॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच । त्वद्वाक्यमाचरिष्यामि स्ववाक्यं च सुरेश्वरि । समतां च करिष्यामि शृणु त्वं कमलेक्षणे

(uvāca padmanābhastāṁ padmāṁ kṛtvā svavakṣasi | īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyo bhaktānugrahakātaraḥ ||)|| śrībhagavānuvāca | tvadvākyamācariṣyāmi svavākyaṁ ca sureśvari | samatāṁ ca kariṣyāmi śṛṇu tvaṁ kamalekṣaṇe

The Blessed Lord said: O sovereign goddess, I shall honor both your word and my own; O lotus-eyed one, listen, I shall establish a balance between them.

Verse 17 (devibhagavatam.9.7.17)

भारती यातु कलया सरिद्रूपा च भारते । अर्धा सा ब्रह्मसदनं स्वयं तिष्ठतु मद्गृहे

bhāratī yātu kalayā saridrūpā ca bhārate | ardhā sā brahmasadanaṁ svayaṁ tiṣṭhatu madgṛhe

Let Bharati go, in her portion, taking river form, to Bharata; let half of her go to Brahma's abode, while she herself remains in my own house.

Verse 18 (devibhagavatam.9.7.18)

भगीरथेन सा नीता गङ्गा यास्यति भारते । पूतं कर्तुं त्रिभुवनं स्वयं तिष्ठतु मद्गृहे

bhagīrathena sā nītā gaṅgā yāsyati bhārate | pūtaṁ kartuṁ tribhuvanaṁ svayaṁ tiṣṭhatu madgṛhe

Brought by Bhagiratha, Ganga shall go to Bharata to purify the three worlds; and she too shall herself remain in my own house.

Verse 19 (devibhagavatam.9.7.19)

तत्रैव चन्द्रमौलेश्च मौलिं प्राप्स्यति दुर्लभम् । ततः स्वभावतः पूताप्यतिपूता भविष्यति

tatraiva candramauleśca mauliṁ prāpsyati durlabham | tataḥ svabhāvataḥ pūtāpyatipūtā bhaviṣyati

There she shall also attain the rare crown of the moon-crested Shiva; and thereafter, though pure by her own nature, she shall become supremely pure.

Verse 20 (devibhagavatam.9.7.20)

कलांशांशेन गच्छ त्वं भारते वामलोचने । पद्मावती सरिद्रूपा तुलसीवृक्षरूपिणी

kalāṁśāṁśena gaccha tvaṁ bhārate vāmalocane | padmāvatī saridrūpā tulasīvṛkṣarūpiṇī

O fair-eyed one, go, by a fraction of your portion, to Bharata — as the river Padmavati, and as the tree Tulasi.

Verse 21 (devibhagavatam.9.7.21)

कलेः पञ्चसहस्रे च गते वर्षे तु मोक्षणम् । युष्माकं सरितां चैव मद्गेहे चागमिष्यथ

kaleḥ pañcasahasre ca gate varṣe tu mokṣaṇam | yuṣmākaṁ saritāṁ caiva madgehe cāgamiṣyatha

When five thousand years of the Kali age shall have passed, liberation shall come to all of you, and to those rivers as well, and you shall return to my own house.

Verse 22 (devibhagavatam.9.7.22)

सम्पदा हेतुभूता च विपत्तिः सर्वदेहिनाम् । विना विपत्तेर्महिमा केषां पद्मभवे भवेत्

sampadā hetubhūtā ca vipattiḥ sarvadehinām | vinā vipattermahimā keṣāṁ padmabhave bhavet

O lotus-born one, adversity itself becomes the very cause of prosperity for all creatures; without adversity, whose greatness could ever come to be?

Verse 23 (devibhagavatam.9.7.23)

मन्मन्त्रोपासकानां च सतां स्नानावगाहनात् । युष्माकं मोक्षणं पापाद्दर्शनात्स्पर्शनात्तथा

manmantropāsakānāṁ ca satāṁ snānāvagāhanāt | yuṣmākaṁ mokṣaṇaṁ pāpāddarśanātsparśanāttathā

Through the bathing of righteous souls who worship my mantra, and likewise through the mere sight and touch of them, you shall be freed from sin.

Verse 24 (devibhagavatam.9.7.24)

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि सन्त्यसङ्ख्यानि सुन्दरि । भविष्यन्ति च पूतानि मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

pṛthivyāṁ yāni tīrthāni santyasaṅkhyāni sundari | bhaviṣyanti ca pūtāni madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

O lovely one, the countless sacred fords that exist upon the earth shall themselves be purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 25 (devibhagavatam.9.7.25)

मन्मन्त्रोपासका भक्ता विभ्रमन्ति च भारते । पूतं कर्तुं तारितुं च सुपवित्रां वसुन्धराम्

manmantropāsakā bhaktā vibhramanti ca bhārate | pūtaṁ kartuṁ tārituṁ ca supavitrāṁ vasundharām

The devotees who worship my mantra wander through Bharata to purify further and to save that already sacred earth.

Verse 26 (devibhagavatam.9.7.26)

मद्भक्ता यत्र तिष्ठन्ति पादं प्रक्षालयन्ति च । तत्स्थानं च महातीर्थं सुपवित्रं भवेद्ध्रुवम्

madbhaktā yatra tiṣṭhanti pādaṁ prakṣālayanti ca | tatsthānaṁ ca mahātīrthaṁ supavitraṁ bhaveddhruvam

Wherever my devotees dwell, and wherever they wash their feet, that place undoubtedly becomes a great sacred ford, supremely pure.

Verse 27 (devibhagavatam.9.7.27)

स्त्रीघ्नो गोघ्नः कृतघ्नश्च ब्रह्मघ्नो गुरुतल्पगः । जीवन्मुक्तो भवेत्पूतो मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

strīghno goghnaḥ kṛtaghnaśca brahmaghno gurutalpagaḥ | jīvanmukto bhavetpūto madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

Even the slayer of a woman, the slayer of a cow, the ingrate, the slayer of a brahmin, or one who defiles his teacher's bed becomes liberated while living and purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 28 (devibhagavatam.9.7.28)

एकादशीविहीनश्च सन्ध्याहीनोऽथ नास्तिकः । नरघाती भवेत्पूतो मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

ekādaśīvihīnaśca sandhyāhīno'tha nāstikaḥ | naraghātī bhavetpūto madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

One who neglects the Ekadashi fast, who omits the daily twilight rite, the unbeliever, and even the murderer of a man become purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 29 (devibhagavatam.9.7.29)

असिजीवी मसीजीवी धावको ग्रामयाचकः । वृषवाहो भवेत्पूतो मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

asijīvī masījīvī dhāvako grāmayācakaḥ | vṛṣavāho bhavetpūto madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

One who lives by the sword, one who lives by ink and pen, a runner or messenger, a village beggar, and even one who hauls loads with oxen become purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 30 (devibhagavatam.9.7.30)

विश्वासघाती मित्रघ्नो मिथ्यासाक्ष्यस्य दायकः । स्थाप्याहारी भवेत्पूतो मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

viśvāsaghātī mitraghno mithyāsākṣyasya dāyakaḥ | sthāpyāhārī bhavetpūto madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

The betrayer of trust, the betrayer of a friend, the giver of false testimony, and even one who devours what was placed in his trust become purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 31 (devibhagavatam.9.7.31)

अत्युग्रवान्दूषकश्च जारकः पुंश्चलीपतिः । पूतश्च वृषलीपुत्रो मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

atyugravāndūṣakaśca jārakaḥ puṁścalīpatiḥ | pūtaśca vṛṣalīputro madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

The exceedingly violent man, the defiler, the adulterer, the husband of a promiscuous woman, and even the son of a low-born woman become purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 32 (devibhagavatam.9.7.32)

शूद्राणां सूपकारश्च देवलो ग्रामयाजकः । अदीक्षितो भवेत्पूतो मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

śūdrāṇāṁ sūpakāraśca devalo grāmayājakaḥ | adīkṣito bhavetpūto madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

The cook for shudras, a devala who lives off temple offerings, a village priest for hire, and even one who has never received initiation become purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 33 (devibhagavatam.9.7.33)

पितरं मातरं भार्यां भ्रातरं तनयं सुताम् । गुरोः कुलं च भगिनीं चक्षुर्हीनं च बान्धवम्

pitaraṁ mātaraṁ bhāryāṁ bhrātaraṁ tanayaṁ sutām | guroḥ kulaṁ ca bhaginīṁ cakṣurhīnaṁ ca bāndhavam

One's father, mother, wife, brother, son, daughter, one's teacher's family, sister, and a blind kinsman —

Verse 34 (devibhagavatam.9.7.34)

श्वश्रूं च श्वशुरं चैव यो न पुष्णाति सुन्दरि । स महापातकी पूतो मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

śvaśrūṁ ca śvaśuraṁ caiva yo na puṣṇāti sundari | sa mahāpātakī pūto madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

O lovely one, and even one's mother-in-law and father-in-law — whoever fails to support them, that great sinner too becomes purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 35 (devibhagavatam.9.7.35)

अश्वत्थनाशकश्चैव मद्भक्तनिन्दकस्तथा । शूद्रान्नभोजी विप्रश्च पूतो मद्भक्तदर्शनात्

aśvatthanāśakaścaiva madbhaktanindakastathā | śūdrānnabhojī vipraśca pūto madbhaktadarśanāt

One who destroys a peepal tree, one who slanders my devotees, and even a brahmin who eats food given by a shudra become purified by the sight of my devotees.

Verse 36 (devibhagavatam.9.7.36)

देवद्रव्यापहारी च विप्रद्रव्यापहारकः । लाक्षालोहरसानां च विक्रेता दुहितुस्तथा

devadravyāpahārī ca vipradravyāpahārakaḥ | lākṣāloharasānāṁ ca vikretā duhitustathā

One who steals temple property, one who steals a brahmin's property, one who trades in lac and metal-refining, and even one who sells his own daughter —

Verse 37 (devibhagavatam.9.7.37)

महापातकिनश्चैव शूद्राणां शवदाहकः । भवेयुरेते पूताश्च मद्भक्तस्पर्शदर्शनात्

mahāpātakinaścaiva śūdrāṇāṁ śavadāhakaḥ | bhaveyurete pūtāśca madbhaktasparśadarśanāt

and one who cremates the corpses of shudras — all these great sinners too become purified by the touch and sight of my devotees.

Verse 38 (devibhagavatam.9.7.38)

महालक्ष्मीरुवाच । भक्तानां लक्षणं ब्रूहि भक्तानुग्रहकातर । येषां तु दर्शनस्पर्शात्सद्यः पूता नराधमाः

mahālakṣmīruvāca | bhaktānāṁ lakṣaṇaṁ brūhi bhaktānugrahakātara | yeṣāṁ tu darśanasparśātsadyaḥ pūtā narādhamāḥ

Mahalakshmi said: O you who are ever eager to bestow grace upon your devotees, describe the marks of such devotees, by whose mere sight and touch even the vilest of men are instantly purified.

Verse 39 (devibhagavatam.9.7.39)

हरिभक्तिविहीनाश्च महाहङ्कारसंयुतः । स्वप्रशंसारता धूर्ताः शठाश्च साधुनिन्दकाः

haribhaktivihīnāśca mahāhaṅkārasaṁyutaḥ | svapraśaṁsāratā dhūrtāḥ śaṭhāśca sādhunindakāḥ

Those who are devoid of devotion to Hari, filled with great pride, absorbed in self-praise, deceitful, treacherous, and given to slandering the saintly —

Verse 40 (devibhagavatam.9.7.40)

पुनन्ति सर्वतीर्थानि येषां स्नानावगाहनात् । येषां च पादरजसा पूता पादोदकान्मही

punanti sarvatīrthāni yeṣāṁ snānāvagāhanāt | yeṣāṁ ca pādarajasā pūtā pādodakānmahī

those by whose bathing all sacred fords are made pure, and by the dust of whose feet, and the water that has washed those feet, the earth itself is purified —

Verse 41 (devibhagavatam.9.7.41)

येषां सन्दर्शनं स्पर्शं ये वा वाञ्छन्ति भारते । सर्वेषां परमो लाभो वैष्णवानां समागमः

yeṣāṁ sandarśanaṁ sparśaṁ ye vā vāñchanti bhārate | sarveṣāṁ paramo lābho vaiṣṇavānāṁ samāgamaḥ

whose sight and touch all in Bharata long for — for all these, the supreme gain is nothing other than the company of the Vaishnavas.

Verse 42 (devibhagavatam.9.7.42)

न ह्यम्मयानि तीर्थानि न देवा मृच्छिलामयाः । ते पुनन्त्यपि कालेन विष्णुभक्ताः क्षणादहो

na hyammayāni tīrthāni na devā mṛcchilāmayāḥ | te punantyapi kālena viṣṇubhaktāḥ kṣaṇādaho

Sacred fords are not mere water, nor are the gods mere clay and stone; those purify only over time, but ah, the devotees of Vishnu purify in an instant.

Verse 43 (devibhagavatam.9.7.43)

सूत उवाव महालक्ष्मीवचः श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मीकान्तश्च सस्मितः । निगूढतत्त्वं कथितुमपि श्रेष्ठोपचक्रमे

sūta uvāva mahālakṣmīvacaḥ śrutvā lakṣmīkāntaśca sasmitaḥ | nigūḍhatattvaṁ kathitumapi śreṣṭhopacakrame

Suta said: Hearing Mahalakshmi's words, Lakshmi's beloved, smiling, began to declare that deep and hidden truth, the most excellent of all.

Verse 44 (devibhagavatam.9.7.44)

श्रीभगवानुवाच । भक्तानां लक्षणं लक्ष्मि गूढं श्रुतिपुराणयोः । पुण्यस्वरूपं पापघ्नं सुखदं भुक्तिमुक्तिदम्

śrībhagavānuvāca | bhaktānāṁ lakṣaṇaṁ lakṣmi gūḍhaṁ śrutipurāṇayoḥ | puṇyasvarūpaṁ pāpaghnaṁ sukhadaṁ bhuktimuktidam

The Blessed Lord said: O Lakshmi, the marks of my devotees, hidden within the scriptures and the Puranas, are themselves of the very nature of merit, destroy sin, bestow happiness, and grant both enjoyment and liberation.

Verse 45 (devibhagavatam.9.7.45)

सारभूतं गोपनीयं न वक्तव्यं खलेषु च । त्वां पवित्रां प्राणतुल्यां कथयामि निशामय

sārabhūtaṁ gopanīyaṁ na vaktavyaṁ khaleṣu ca | tvāṁ pavitrāṁ prāṇatulyāṁ kathayāmi niśāmaya

It is of the very essence, and secret — not to be told to the wicked; but you are pure, dear to me as my own life, so I shall tell you — listen.

Verse 46 (devibhagavatam.9.7.46)

गुरुवक्त्राद्विष्णुमन्त्रो यस्य कर्णे पतिष्यति । वदन्ति वेदास्तं चापि पवित्रं च नरोत्तमम्

guruvaktrādviṣṇumantro yasya karṇe patiṣyati | vadanti vedāstaṁ cāpi pavitraṁ ca narottamam

He into whose ear the mantra of Vishnu has fallen from a teacher's mouth — him too the Vedas declare pure, and the foremost among men.

Verse 47 (devibhagavatam.9.7.47)

पुरुषाणां शतं पूर्वं तथा तज्जन्ममात्रतः । स्वर्गस्थं नरकस्थं वा मुक्तिमाप्नोति तत्क्षणात्

puruṣāṇāṁ śataṁ pūrvaṁ tathā tajjanmamātrataḥ | svargasthaṁ narakasthaṁ vā muktimāpnoti tatkṣaṇāt

By that birth alone, a hundred generations of his ancestors before him, whether dwelling in heaven or in hell, attain liberation at that very instant.

Verse 48 (devibhagavatam.9.7.48)

यैः कैश्चिद्यत्र वा जन्म लब्धं येषु च जन्तुषु । जीवन्मुक्तास्तु ते पूता यान्ति काले हरेः पदम्

yaiḥ kaiścidyatra vā janma labdhaṁ yeṣu ca jantuṣu | jīvanmuktāstu te pūtā yānti kāle hareḥ padam

Whatever creatures, wherever born, may have been among his ancestors, all of them, liberated while living and purified, in due time attain the abode of Hari.

Verse 49 (devibhagavatam.9.7.49)

मद्भक्तियुक्तो मर्त्यश्च स मुक्तो मद्गुणान्वितः । मद्गुणाधीनवृत्तिर्यः कथाविष्टश्च सन्ततम्

madbhaktiyukto martyaśca sa mukto madguṇānvitaḥ | madguṇādhīnavṛttiryaḥ kathāviṣṭaśca santatam

A mortal joined to devotion for me is liberated, and endowed with my own qualities; one whose very disposition is governed by my qualities, and who is ever absorbed in accounts of me —

Verse 50 (devibhagavatam.9.7.50)

मद्गुणश्रुतिमात्रेण सानन्दः पुलकान्वितः । सगद्गदः साश्रुनेत्रः स्वात्मविस्मृत एव च

madguṇaśrutimātreṇa sānandaḥ pulakānvitaḥ | sagadgadaḥ sāśrunetraḥ svātmavismṛta eva ca

who, at the mere hearing of my qualities, becomes filled with joy, his hair standing on end, his voice choked, his eyes filled with tears, forgetting even his own self —

Verse 51 (devibhagavatam.9.7.51)

न वाञ्छति सुखं मुक्तिं सालोक्यादिचतुष्टयम् । ब्रह्मत्वममरत्वं वा तद्वाञ्छा मम सेवने

na vāñchati sukhaṁ muktiṁ sālokyādicatuṣṭayam | brahmatvamamaratvaṁ vā tadvāñchā mama sevane

he desires neither mere happiness, nor liberation, nor the fourfold forms of liberation such as dwelling in my own realm, nor the state of Brahma, nor immortality — his only desire is for my service.

Verse 52 (devibhagavatam.9.7.52)

इन्द्रत्वं च मनुत्वं च ब्रह्मत्वं च सुदुर्लभम् । स्वर्गराज्यादिभोगं च स्वप्नेऽपि च न वाञ्छति

indratvaṁ ca manutvaṁ ca brahmatvaṁ ca sudurlabham | svargarājyādibhogaṁ ca svapne'pi ca na vāñchati

He does not even desire the status of Indra, or of a Manu, or the rarest state of Brahma; even in a dream he does not long for the enjoyments of heavenly rule and the like.

Verse 53 (devibhagavatam.9.7.53)

भ्रमन्ति भारते भक्तास्तादृग्जन्म सुदुर्लभम् । मद्गुणश्रवणाः श्राव्यगानैर्नित्यं मुदान्विताः

bhramanti bhārate bhaktāstādṛgjanma sudurlabham | madguṇaśravaṇāḥ śrāvyagānairnityaṁ mudānvitāḥ

Such devotees wander through Bharata — a birth exceedingly rare; hearing my qualities recounted, and through songs delightful to hear, they remain ever filled with joy.

Verse 54 (devibhagavatam.9.7.54)

ते यान्ति च महीं पूत्वा नरं तीर्थं ममालयम् । इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं पद्मे कुरु यथोचितम् । तदाज्ञया तास्तच्चक्रुर्हरिस्तस्थौ सुखासने

te yānti ca mahīṁ pūtvā naraṁ tīrthaṁ mamālayam | ityevaṁ kathitaṁ sarvaṁ padme kuru yathocitam | tadājñayā tāstaccakrurharistasthau sukhāsane

They go to my own abode, purifying the earth, mankind, and the sacred fords as they pass. O Padma, thus has everything been told — now do as is fitting. By his command, the goddesses did accordingly, and Hari settled upon his seat of ease.