दुर्गादयश्च दैत्याश्च निहता दुर्गया तया
Demons like Durgā and others were slain by her, Durgā.
कल्पान्तरे पूजिता सा सुरथेन महात्मना
In another age, she was worshipped by the great-souled Suratha.
मेषादिभिश्च महिषैः कृष्णसारैश्च मण्डकैः
With rams and other buffaloes, black antelopes, and mandaka deer,
वेदोक्तांश्चैव दत्त्वैवमुपचारांस्तु षोडश
And by offering the sixteen services prescribed in the Vedas,
राजा कृत्वा परीहारं वरं प्राप यथेप्सितम्
The king, having performed the prescribed rites, obtained the boon he desired.
तुष्टाव राजा वैश्यश्च साश्रुनेत्रः कृताञ्जलिः
The king and the merchant, with tearful eyes and joined palms, praised her.
मृन्मयीं तामदृष्ट्वा च जलधौतां नराधिपः 2.57.
Seeing her clay image, washed with water, the king beheld her.
त्यक्त्वा देहं च वैश्यस्तु पुष्करे दुष्करं तपः
The merchant, having abandoned his body, performed severe austerity at Puṣkara.
कृत्वा जगाम गोलोकं दुर्गादेवीवरेण सः
By the boon of goddess Durgā, he went to Goloka.
भोगं च बुभुजे भूपः षष्टिवर्षसहस्रकम्
The king enjoyed pleasures for sixty thousand years.
मनुर्बभूव सावर्णिस्तप्त्वा वै पुष्करे तपः
Sāvarṇi became Manu after performing austerities in Puṣkara.
दुर्गाख्यानं मुनिश्रेष्ठ किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
O best of sages, do you wish to hear further the account of Durgā?
इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृ० नारदनारायणसंवादे दुर्गोपाख्याने दुर्गादिनामव्युत्पत्त्यादिकथनं नाम सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fifty-seventh chapter, entitled 'The Origin of the Names of Durgā and Others,' in the narrative of Durgā, within the dialogue of Nārada and Nārāyaṇa, in the second book of the great Purāṇa, the Śrī Brahmavaivarta.
नारद उवाच कथं संप्राप वै ज्ञानं मेधसो ज्ञानिनां वरात्
Nārada said: How did Medhas, foremost among the wise, attain knowledge?
कस्य वंशोद्भवो ब्रह्मन्मेधसो मुनिसत्तम
O Brāhman, best of sages, from whose lineage did Medhas arise?
सख्यं बभूव कुत्रास्य वा प्रभो नृपवैश्ययोः
Where did his friendship with the king and the merchant take place, O Lord?
नारायण उवाच स च कृत्वा राजसूयं द्विजराजो बभूव ह
Nārāyaṇa said: Having performed the Rājasūya sacrifice, he indeed became the foremost of Brāhmaṇas.
गुरुपत्न्यां च तारायां तस्याभूच्च बुधः सुतः
And in the wife of his teacher, Tārā, a son named Budha was born to him.
नारद उवाच अहो व्यतिक्रमं ब्रूहि वेदस्य च महामुने
Nārada said: O great sage, tell me of this transgression and also of the Veda.
नारायण उवाच तारां सुरगुरोः पत्नीं धर्मिष्ठां च पतिव्रताम्
Nārāyaṇa said: Tārā, the wife of the guru of the gods, was righteous and devoted to her husband.
सुस्नातां सुन्दरीं रम्यां पीनोन्नतपयोधराम्
She was freshly bathed, beautiful, charming, with full and high breasts.
सुदतीं कोमलांगीं च नवयौवनसंयुताम्
She was lovely-toothed, soft-limbed, endowed with fresh youth.
कस्तूरीबिन्दुना सार्द्धमधश्चन्दनबिन्दुना 2.58.
With a spot of musk and a mark of sandalwood below.
वायुनाऽधोवस्त्रहीनां सकामां रक्तलोचनाम्
By the wind, her lower garment was removed; she was desirous, with reddened eyes.
सस्मितां नम्नवक्त्रां च लज्जया चन्द्रदर्शनाम्
She was smiling, with a lowered face, bashful, and moon-like in beauty.
तां दृष्ट्वा मन्मथाक्रान्तश्चन्द्रो लज्जां जहौ मुने
Seeing her, O sage, the moon, overcome by love, cast aside his shame.
चन्द्र उवाच सुविदग्धे विदग्धानां मनो हरसि सन्ततम्
The Moon said: O most clever among the clever, you ever captivate the minds of the wise.
निषेव्य प्रकृतिं जन्मसहस्रे कामसागरे
Having enjoyed your nature for a thousand births in the ocean of desire,
अहो तपस्विना सार्द्धमविदग्धेन वेधसा
Alas, together with the ascetic, the unwise creator acted.
किं वा सुखं च विज्ञातमविज्ञेषु समागमे
What happiness can there be in union with those who do not understand?