THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXIX On the birth of the Bhagavatī in the house of Dakṣa 1-19. Vyāsa said: O King! Thus I have described the glory of the Devī. Now I will narrate, as far as I can, the excellent lives of the kings of the Solar and the Lunar dynasties respectively. They all attained their excellent glories, simply

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXX On the birth of Gaurī, the seats of the Deity, and the distraction of Śiva 1-12. Vyāsa said: O King! They went to the forest and fixed their seats on the slope of the Himalayan mountain and engaged themselves in repeating silently the seed Mantra of Mahā Māyā and thus practised their austerities. O King!

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXXI On the Birth of Pārvatī in the House of Himālayās 1-2. Janamejaya said: "O Muni! You told before that "the Highest Light took Her birth on the top of the Himalayas." Now describe to me in detail about this Highest Light. What intelligent man can desist from hearing these nectar-like words about the Śaktī? The

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXXII On Self-realization, Spoken by the World Mother 1-50. The Devī said: "Hear, Ye Immortals! My words with attention, that I am now going to speak to you, hearing which will enable the Jīvas to realise My Essence. Before the creation, I, only I, existed; nothing else was existent then. My Real Self is known by

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXXIII On the Devī’s Virāt Rūpa 1-19. The Devī said: "O Girirāja! This whole universe, moving and unmoving, is created by My Māyā Śaktī. This Māyā is conceived in Me. It is not, in reality, different or separate from Me. So I am the only Chit, Intelligence. There is no other intelligence than Me. Viewed practically,

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXXIV On the Knowledge and Final Emancipation 1-22. The Devī said: "O Devas! You are not at all worthy to see this My Wonderful Cosmic Form. Where are Ye! And where is this My Form! But it is my affection towards the Bhaktas that I have shown to you all this great form of mine. Nobody

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXXV On the Yoga and Mantra Siddhi 1. Himalaya said: "O Mahēśvari! Now tell me the Yoga with all its Amgas (limbs) giving the knowledge of the Supreme Consciousness so that, I may realise my Self, when I practise according to those instructions. 2-10. Śrī Devī said: "The Yoga does not exist in the Heavens; nor

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXXVI On the Highest Knowledge of Brahmā 1-4. Śrī Devī said: "O Himalayas! Thus making one's own self attached to the Yoga by the above-mentioned process and sitting on a Yoga posture, one should meditate on My Brahmā Nature with an unfeigned devotion. (How the knowledge of that Formless Existence and Imperishable Brāhman arises, now hear.)

THE SEVENTH BOOK Chapter XXXVII On Bhakti Yoga 1. The Himalayas said "O Mother! Now describe your Bhakti Yoga, by which ordinary men who have no dispassion get the knowledge of Brahmā easily. 2-10. The Devī said:- "O Chief of Mountains! There are three paths, widely known, leading to the final liberation (Mokṣa). These are Karma Yoga , Jñāna Yoga