Śrīmad Devi Bhāgavatam

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XIX On the going to the Svayamvara assembly of Sudarśana 1-2. Vyāsa said: After the king Subāhu had spoken thus, the Queen made her daughter Śaśikalā, who had always sweet smiles on her lips sit on her lap and after consoling her with sweet words, began to say: “O fair eyed! You always practise vows and

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XX On the Svayamvara hall and the king’s conversation there 1. Vyāsa said: O Noble minded one! The king Yudhājit replied to the address of the king of Keral, thus: 2-3. O King! You are truthful and have restrained your passions. What you have told just now in this assembly of kings is all correct and

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXI On the king of Benares fulfilling the advice of his daughter 1. Vyāsa said: On hearing the sound words of his daughter Śaśikalā, pregnant with reason, Subāhu the king of Benares, became very anxious and began to think what he would now, so short a space of time in this momentous occasion, thus 2-3. “The

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXII On Sudarśana’s marriage 1. Vyāsa said: O King! Then, on hearing his daughter’s words, that high souled king of Benares, Subāhu, came to the spot where the kings were staying and said: “O kings! Now you can go to your own camps; tomorrow I will perform my daughter’s marriage ceremony. 2. Let you all be

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXIII On the killing of the enemy of Sudarśana in the great war 1. Vyāsa said: After paying due respects to his new son-in-law, the king Subāhu cheerfully entertained him for six days with variety of good dishes. 2. Thus finishing off the marriage ceremony, the king after consulting with his ministers, presented the bridegroom and

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXIV On the installation of Durgā Devī in the city of Benares 1. Vyāsa said: Hearing the Devī’s words, the king Subāhu began to say with great devotion thus: 2-3. O Devī! If there be made a comparison between the kingdom of the Devas and the world on the one hand and the vision of Thine

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXV On the installation of the Devī in Ayodhyā and Benares 1-4. Vyāsa said: The king Sudarśana, surrounded by his friends, on coming to the palace at Ayodhyā, bowed down to Līlāvatī, the mother of Śatrūjit, and said: “O mother! I swear by touching your feet, that I have not killed in battle your son Śatrūjit

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXVI On the narration of what are to be done in the Navarātri 1. Janamejaya said: “O Best of the Brahmins! What are men to do in the time of Navarātra? Especially in the Navarātra ceremony during the autumnal season how is the ceremony to be performed? Kindly relate all this with the prescribed rules and

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXVII On the virgins fit to be worshipped and the Glory of the Devī 1. Vyāsa said: O king! Those Kumārīs, who are defective in limbs, who are lepers, who are filled with sores and ulcers over their bodies, whose bodies emit offensive smell or whose bodies are polluted, or those who are of a bad

THE THIRD BOOK Chapter XXVIII On the incidents connected with Navarātri 1. Janamejaya said: O Muni! How did Rāmchandra celebrate the Devī’s Pūjā, that leads to happiness? Who was He! And how was stolen away His Sītā? How was He deprived of His kingdom? Please satisfy me by narrating all these incidents to me. 2. Vyāsa said: O king! There

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