{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/db/bk07ch29.htm","path":"hin/db/bk07ch29.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk07ch29.htm","text":"THE SEVENTH BOOK\nChapter XXIX\nOn the birth of the Bhagavat\u00ee in the house of Daksa\n1-19. Vy\u00e2sa said :-- O King! Thus I have described the glory of the Dev\u00ee. Now I will narrate, as far as I can, the excellent lives of the kings of the the Solar and the Lunar dynasties respectively. They\nall attained their excellent glories, simply because they were favoured by the Grace of the Highest S\u2019akti; they were all the great devotees of the Supreme Deity. All their prowess, bravery, prosperity and all their glory, know that those all were derived from the mere parts of the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti. O King! Those Kings and others as well were able to out off the Tree of this World by the Axe of their Knowledge, simply because they were the devotees of the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti. So with all the care possible, the Lady of the Universe is to be worshipped and served. Men should avoid worshipping any other gods, as people avoid the husk to get the grain inside. O King! By churning the ocean of the Vedas, I have got the jewel as the lotus-feet of the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti; and I think that I have discharged all my duties and think myself satisfied and successful. Brahm\u00e2, Visnu Rudra, and Is\u2019vara are the four feet and Sad\u00e2 S\u2019iva is the plank overhead; thus these five form the seat on which the Dev\u00ee is seated. There is no other deity superior to Her. To show this (to the ordinary ignorant people) the Mah\u00e2 Dev\u00ee has taken this seat composed of the five Brahm\u00e2, Visnu, Rudra, Is\u2019vara and Sad\u00e2 S\u2019iva. Superior to these five, what is stated in the Vedas as Vyaktam and in which all this Universe is sewn, as it were, crosswise and lengthwise, lying in and through, that is Bhuvanes\u2019var\u00ee, the Goddess of the Universe.\n[Note: Brahm\u00e2, Visnu, Rudra, Is\u2019vara and Sad\u00e2 S\u2019iva are the Regents or the presiding Deities of earth, water, fire, air and \u00c2k\u00e2s\u2019a]. No man can be free unless he until the Goddess. When men will be able to encircle the \u00c2k\u00e2s\u2019a, of the fourth dimension, as if it were an antelope skin, then they will be able to root out the miseries of the world, without knowing the nature of the Dev\u00ee (i.e., impossible). Thus the S\u2019vet\u00e2s\u2019vataropanisada says :-- \u201cThose that were engaged in meditation, Dhy\u00e2na Yoga, they saw the Dev\u00ee covered by the Gunas S\u00e2ttva, R\u00e2jas and T\u00e2mas and the forces incarnate respectively of the several Devas.\u201d So to make the human birth a success, first avoid all companies, be it out of shame, or fear, or devotion, or out of love; then bring the mind and keep it steady in your heart and then be devoted to Her and consider Her as the Supreme. This is the Ved\u00e2nta Dindima (the declaration of the Ved\u00e2nta). Whoever takes the name of the Dev\u00ee, either in sleeping, going or resting or in any other condition, he is certainly freed from the bondage of the world, no doubt. O King! So worship the M\u00e2hes\u2019var\u00ee with all the care that you can. Go on step by step; first worship Her Vir\u00e2t R\u00fbpa (cosmic form); then S\u00fbksma R\u00fbpa (subtle form) and then her Antary\u00e2m\u00ee R\u00fbpa (inner form, ruling within). Thus when your heart is purified, worship the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti, of the nature of Brahm\u00e2, beyond this M\u00e2y\u00e2, this Prapancha Ull\u00e2sa, of the nature of Existence,\nIntelligence and Bliss. When the Chitta (heart) melts in Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti, then comes the real \u00c2r\u00e2dhan\u00e2 (the real worship). So dilute your heart in Her. O King! Thus I have described to you the sanctifying deeds of the extremely devoted kings of the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti, who were noble minded and religious. One who will hear this will acquire fame, dharma, intelligence, good end, and merits that have no equal. Now what else do you like to hear?\n20-22. Janamejaya said :-- \u201cO Bhagav\u00e2n! In olden times, the World mother Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti handed over Gaur\u00ee to Hara, Laksm\u00ee to Hari, and Sarasvat\u00ee to Brahm\u00e2, born of the lotus from the navel of Hari. Now I hear that Gaur\u00ee is the daughter of Him\u00e2lay\u00e2 as well of Daksa; and Mah\u00e2 Laksm\u00ee is the daughter of the Ksiroda ocean (ocean of milk). They were all originated from the Prime Dev\u00ee; how, then, Gaur\u00ee and Laksm\u00ee came to be the daughters of others? O great Muni! This is next to impossible; so my doubt arises. O Bhagav\u00e2n! You are quite competent to cut off all my doubts; so by your axe of knowledge, cut off my present doubt.\u201d\n23-44. Veda Vy\u00e2sa said :-- O King! Hear. I am telling you this wonderful secret. You are greatly devoted to the Dev\u00ee; so nothing there can be that I cannot disclose to you. Since the time the Great Mother gave over to Hara, Hari and Brahm\u00e2, Gaur\u00ee, Laksm\u00ee and and Sarasvat\u00ee, respectively, these three Devas, Hara, etc. were performing their tasks, preserving, etc. O King! Once on a time, certain D\u00e2navas, named Hal\u00e2halas were born. In time, they became very powerful and in a short time conquered the three worlds. What more than this, that they being elated with the boon granted to them by Brahm\u00e2, took their forces and invested the Mount Kail\u00e2s\u2019a and the Vaikuntha regions!\nSeeing this, Mah\u00e2 Deva and Visnu both made preparations for war. A terrible fight ensued between both the parties. For sixty thousand years the battle lasted incessantly but the result was stalemate. Gradually there was a great cry of consternation in the two parties. When S\u2019iva and Visnu with great effort destroyed the D\u00e2navas. O King! S\u2019iva and Visnu then returned to their own houses and began to brag of their powers before their own S\u2019aktis Gaur\u00ee and Laksm\u00ee; whereas the Demons were killed on account of the S\u2019aktis of Gaur\u00ee and Laksm\u00ee. Seeing them boast, Gaur\u00ee and Laksm\u00ee laughed not sincerely whereon the two gods were very much angry. They under the magic spell of the Prime M\u00e2y\u00e2 insulted them and even used offensive languages. Gaur\u00ee and Laksm\u00ee quitted them and disappeared. A great uproar then arose in the worlds.\nBoth Hari and Hara became lustreless due to their insulting the two S\u2019aktis. They become powerless and unconscious and turned out mad. Seeing this Brahm\u00e2 became very anxious. Hari and Hara are the two chief Deities; how then these two have become unable to perform the actions of the world! What is the cause? Why this calamity has sprung up out of season? Will there be a Pralaya (a general dissolution) of the world out of some offence, when no actions are being done! I know nothing about this. So how can I find a remedy! Being thus very distressed, he began to meditate with his eyes closed in the fourth dimensional space in the heart. O King! The Lotus born Brahm\u00e2 then found out by his meditation that this calamity was brought about by the great wrath of the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti. He then tried to find out the remedy until Hari and Hara did not regain the former natural position. Brahm\u00e2 began by his own S\u2019akti to carry on the functions of them both, viz., that of preservation and destruction for some time. The religious-minded Praj\u00e2pati quickly called his son Manu and Sanaka, etc., the Risis, for bringing peace on the two great Gods! When they came to him, the great ascetic four-faced Brahm\u00e2 told them :-- \u201cI am now busy with many more works; so I am unable carry on my tapasy\u00e2? By the wrath of the Highest Force, Hari and Hara have become somewhat distracted; so for the satisfaction of the Par\u00e2 S'akti I am performing the three functions, i.e., those of Creation, Preservation and Destruction. So you both practise this hard tapasy\u00e2 with the greatest devotion and bring about Her satisfaction. O sons! Do such as Hari and Hara gain their former states and then be united with their own S\u2019aktis respectively. Your fame will increase thereby, no doubt. Rather that family where the two S\u2019aktis will take their birth, will purify the whole world and that man himself will be crowned with success.\u201d\n45. Vy\u00e2sa said :-- O King! The pure-hearted Daksa and other mind-born sons of Brahm\u00e2, hearing the words of the Grandsire expressed their desire to worship the Par\u00e2 S\u2019akti and went to the forest.\nHere ends the Twenty-ninth Chapter of the Seventh Book on birth of the Bhagavat\u00ee in the house of Daksa in the Mah\u00e2pur\u00e2nam S'r\u00ee Mad Dev\u00ee Bh\u00e2gavatam, of 18,000 verses, by Maharsi Veda Vy\u00e2sa.","title":"The Devi Bhagavatam: The Seventh Book: Chapter 29","type":"page"}