Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 2 in English Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 2 English Lyrics (Text) Author: ṛṣi mārkaṇeya Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 2 English Script mahiṣāsura sainyavadho nāma dvitīyodhyāyaḥ asya sapta satīmadhyama caritrasya viṣṇur ṛṣiḥ uṣṇik chandaḥ śrīmahālakṣmīdevatā śākambharī śaktiḥ durgā bījam vāyustattvam yajurvedaḥ svarūpam śrī mahālakṣmīprītyarthe madhyama caritra jape viniyogaḥ dhyānaṃ oṃ akṣasrakparaśuṃ gadeṣukuliśaṃ padmaṃ dhanuḥ kuṇikāṃ daṇaṃ śaktimasiṃ ca carma jalajaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ surābhājanam śūlaṃ pāśasudarśane ca dadhatīṃ hastaiḥ pravāḷa prabhāṃ seve sairibhamardinīmiha mahalakṣmīṃ sarojasthitām ṛṣiruvāca 1 devāsuramabhūdyuddhaṃ pūrṇamabdaśataṃ purā mahiṣesurāṇām adhipe devānāñca purandare tatrāsurairmahāvīryirdevasainyaṃ parājitaṃ jitvā ca sakalān devān indrobhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ 3 tataḥ parājitā devāḥ padmayoniṃ prajāpatim puraskṛtyagatāstatra yatreśa garuadhvajau 4 yathāvṛttaṃ tayostadvan mahiṣāsuraceṣṭitam tridaśāḥ kathayāmāsurdevābhibhavavistaram 5 sūryendrāgnyanilendūnāṃ yamasya varuṇasya ca anyeṣāṃ cādhikārānsa svayamevādhitiṣṭati 6 svargānnirākṛtāḥ sarve tena deva gaṇā bhuviḥ vicaranti yathā martyā mahiṣeṇa durātmanā 6 etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvam amarāriviceṣṭitam śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapannāḥ smo vadhastasya vicintyatām 8 itthaṃ niśamya devānāṃ vacāṃsi madhusūdhanaḥ
cakāra kopaṃ śambhuśca bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanau 9 tatotikopapūrṇasya cakriṇo vadanāttataḥ niścakrāma mahattejo brahmaṇaḥ śaṅkarasya ca 10 anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ śakrādīnāṃ śarīrataḥ nirgataṃ sumahattejaḥ staccaikyaṃ samagacchata 11 atīva tejasaḥ kūṭaṃ jvalantamiva parvatam dadṛśuste surāstatra jvālāvyāptadigantaram 12 atulaṃ tatra tattejaḥ sarvadeva śarīrajam ekasthaṃ tadabhūnnārī vyāptalokatrayaṃ tviṣā 13 yadabhūcchāmbhavaṃ tejaḥ stenājāyata tanmukham yāmyena cābhavan keśā bāhavo viṣṇutejasā 14 saumyena stanayoryugmaṃ madhyaṃ caindreṇa cābhavat vāruṇena ca jaṅghorū nitambastejasā bhuvaḥ 15 brahmaṇastejasā pādau tadaṅguḷyorka tejasā vasūnāṃ ca karāṅguḷyaḥ kaubereṇa ca nāsikā 16 tasyāstu dantāḥ sambhūtā prājāpatyena tejasā nayanatritayaṃ jaṅñe tathā pāvakatejasā 17 bhruvau ca sandhyayostejaḥ śravaṇāvanilasya ca anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ sambhavastejasāṃ śiva 18 tataḥ samasta devānāṃ tejorāśisamudbhavām tāṃ vilokya mudaṃ prāpuḥ amarā mahiṣārditāḥ 19 śūlaṃ śūlādviniṣkṛṣya dadau tasyai pinākadhṛk cakraṃ ca dattavān kṛṣṇaḥ samutpāṭya svacakrataḥ 20 śaṅkhaṃ ca varuṇaḥ śaktiṃ dadau tasyai hutāśanaḥ māruto dattavāṃścāpaṃ bāṇapūrṇe tatheṣudhī 21 vajramindraḥ samutpāṭya kuliśādamarādhipaḥ dadau tasyai sahasrākṣo ghaṇṭāmairāvatādgajāt 22 kāladaṇādyamo daṇaṃ pāśaṃ cāmbupatirdadau prajāpatiścākṣamālāṃ dadau brahmā kamaṇalaṃ 23
samastaromakūpeṣu nija raśmīn divākaraḥ kālaśca dattavān khagaṃ tasyāḥ ścarma ca nirmalam 24 kṣīrodaścāmalaṃ hāram ajare ca tathāmbare cūāmaṇiṃ tathādivyaṃ kuṇale kaṭakānica 25 ardhacandraṃ tadhā śubhraṃ keyūrān sarva bāhuṣu nūpurau vimalau tadva dgraiveyakamanuttamam 26 aṅguḷīyakaratnāni samastāsvaṅguḷīṣu ca viśva karmā dadau tasyai paraśuṃ cāti nirmalaṃ 27 astrāṇyanekarūpāṇi tathābhedyaṃ ca daṃśanam amlāna paṅkajāṃ mālāṃ śirasyu rasi cāparām 28 adadajjaladhistasyai paṅkajaṃ cātiśobhanam himavān vāhanaṃ siṃhaṃ ratnāni vividhānica 29 dadāvaśūnyaṃ surayā pānapātraṃ danādhipaḥ śeṣaśca sarva nāgeśo mahāmaṇi vibhūṣitam 30 nāgahāraṃ dadau tasyai dhatte yaḥ pṛthivīmimām anyairapi surairdevī bhūṣaṇaiḥ āyudhaistathāḥ 31 sammānitā nanādoccaiḥ sāṭṭahāsaṃ muhurmuhu tasyānādena ghoreṇa kṛtsna māpūritaṃ nabhaḥ 32 amāyatātimahatā pratiśabdo mahānabhūt cukṣubhuḥ sakalālokāḥ samudrāśca cakampire 33 cacāla vasudhā celuḥ sakalāśca mahīdharāḥ jayeti devāśca mudā tāmūcuḥ siṃhavāhinīm 34 tuṣṭuvurmunayaścaināṃ bhaktinamrātmamūrtayaḥ dṛṣṭvā samastaṃ saṅkṣubdhaṃ trailokyam amarārayaḥ 35 sannaddhākhilasainyāste samuttasthurudāyudāḥ āḥ kimetaditi krodhādābhāṣya mahiṣāsuraḥ 36 abhyadhāvata taṃ śabdam aśeṣairasurairvṛtaḥ sa dadarṣa tato devīṃ vyāptalokatrayāṃ tviṣā 37 pādākrāntyā natabhuvaṃ kirīṭollikhitāmbarām kṣobhitāśeṣapātāḷāṃ dhanurjyāniḥsvanena tām 38
diśo bhujasahasreṇa samantādvyāpya saṃsthitām tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tayā devyā suradviṣāṃ 39 śastrāstrairbhahudhā muktairādīpitadigantaram mahiṣāsurasenānīścikṣurākhyo mahāsuraḥ 40 yuyudhe camaraścānyaiścaturaṅgabalānvitaḥ rathānāmayutaiḥ ṣabhiḥ rudagrākhyo mahāsuraḥ 41 ayudhyatāyutānāṃ ca sahasreṇa mahāhanuḥ pañcāśadbhiśca niyutairasilomā mahāsuraḥ 42 ayutānāṃ śataiḥ ṣabhiḥrbhāṣkalo yuyudhe raṇe gajavāji sahasraughai ranekaiḥ parivāritaḥ 43 vṛto rathānāṃ koṭyā ca yuddhe tasminnayudhyata biālākhyoyutānāṃ ca pañcāśadbhirathāyutaiḥ 44 yuyudhe saṃyuge tatra rathānāṃ parivāritaḥ anye ca tatrāyutaśo rathanāgahayairvṛtāḥ 45 yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā saha tatra mahāsurāḥ koṭikoṭisahastraistu rathānāṃ dantināṃ tathā 46 hayānāṃ ca vṛto yuddhe tatrābhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ tomarairbhindhipālaiśca śaktibhirmusalaistathā 47 yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā khagaiḥ parasupaṭṭisaiḥ keciccha cikṣipuḥ śaktīḥ kecit pāśāṃstathāpare 48 devīṃ khagaprahāraistu te tāṃ hantuṃ pracakramuḥ sāpi devī tatastāni śastrāṇyastrāṇi caṇikā 49 līla yaiva praciccheda nijaśastrāstravarṣiṇī anāyastānanā devī stūyamānā surarṣibhiḥ 50 mumocāsuradeheṣu śastrāṇyastrāṇi ceśvarī sopi kruddho dhutasaṭo devyā vāhanakesarī 51 cacārāsura sainyeṣu vaneṣviva hutāśanaḥ niḥśvāsān mumuceyāṃśca yudhyamānāraṇembikā 52 ta eva sadhyasambhūtā gaṇāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
yuyudhuste paraśubhirbhindipālāsipaṭṭiśaiḥ 53 nāśayantoasuragaṇān devīśaktyupabṛṃhitāḥ avādayantā paṭahān gaṇāḥ śaṅāṃ stathāpare 54 mṛdaṅgāṃśca tathaivānye tasminyuddha mahotsave tatodevī triśūlena gadayā śaktivṛṣṭibhiḥ 55 khagādibhiśca śataśo nijaghāna mahāsurān pātayāmāsa caivānyān ghaṇṭāsvanavimohitān 56 asurān bhuvipāśena badhvācānyānakarṣayat kecid dvidhākṛtā stīkṣṇaiḥ khagapātaistathāpare 57 vipothitā nipātena gadayā bhuvi śerate vemuśca kecidrudhiraṃ musalena bhṛśaṃ hatāḥ 58 kecinnipatitā bhūmau bhinnāḥ śūlena vakṣasi nirantarāḥ śaraughena kṛtāḥ kecidraṇājire 59 śalyānukāriṇaḥ prāṇān mamucustridaśārdanāḥ keṣāñcidbāhavaścinnāścinnagrīvāstathāpare 60 śirāṃsi peturanyeṣām anye madhye vidāritāḥ vicchinnajajghāsvapare petururvyāṃ mahāsurāḥ 61 ekabāhvakṣicaraṇāḥ keciddevyā dvidhākṛtāḥ chinnepi cānye śirasi patitāḥ punarutthitāḥ 62 kabandhā yuyudhurdevyā gṛhītaparamāyudhāḥ nanṛtuścāpare tatra yudde tūryalayāśritāḥ 63 kabandhāścinnaśirasaḥ khagaśakytṛṣṭipāṇayaḥ tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti bhāṣanto devī manye mahāsurāḥ 64 pātitai rathanāgāśvaiḥ āsuraiśca vasundharā agamyā sābhavattatra yatrābhūt sa mahāraṇaḥ 65 śoṇitaughā mahānadyassadyastatra visusruvuḥ madhye cāsurasainyasya vāraṇāsuravājinām 66 kṣaṇena tanmahāsainyamasurāṇāṃ tathāmbikā ninye kṣayaṃ yathā vahnistṛṇadāru mahācayam 67
saca siṃho mahānādamutsṛjan dhutakesaraḥ śarīrebhyomarārīṇāmasūniva vicinvati 68 devyā gaṇaiśca taistatra kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ tathāsuraiḥ yathaiṣāṃ tuṣṭuvurdevāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭimuco divi 69 jaya jaya śrī mārkaṇeya purāṇe sāvarnike manvantare devi mahatmye mahiṣāsurasainyavadho nāma dvitīyodhyāyaḥ āhuti oṃ hrīṃ sāṅgāyai sāyudhāyai saśaktikāyai saparivārāyai savāhanāyai aṣṭāviṃśati varṇātmikāyai lakśmī bījādiṣṭāyai mahāhutiṃ samarpayāmi namaḥ svāhā