सप्तजन्मसु संसेव्य विष्णुमायां कृपामयीम्
For seven lifetimes, they serve Viṣṇu's merciful Māyā.
ज्ञानाधिष्ठातृदेवं च हरेस्संसेव्य शङ्करम्
They serve Śaṅkara, the presiding deity of knowledge, who is also devoted to Hari.
सेवन्ते सगुणं सत्त्वं विष्णुं विषयिणं तदा
Then, those attached to sense objects worship Viṣṇu, the embodiment of goodness with qualities.
निषेव्य सगुणं विष्णुं सात्त्विका वैष्णवा नराः
The Vaiṣṇava men of sattvic nature worship Viṣṇu endowed with qualities.
गृह्णन्ति सन्तस्तद्भक्ता मन्त्रं तस्य निरामयम्
The virtuous, devoted to him, receive his flawless mantra.
असंख्यब्रह्मणां पातं ते च पश्यन्ति वैष्णवाः
The Vaiṣṇavas witness the fall of countless Brahmās.
कृष्णभक्तात्कृष्णमन्त्रं यो गृह्णाति नरोत्तमः 2.62.
The best of men who receives the Kṛṣṇa-mantra from a devotee of Kṛṣṇa—
मातामहानां साहस्रमुद्धरेन्मातरं तथा
—he delivers a thousand maternal ancestors, as well as his mother.
भवार्णवे महाघोरे कर्णधारस्वरूपिणी
In the dreadful ocean of worldly existence, she takes the form of the helmsman.
स्वकर्मबन्धनं छेत्तुं वैष्णवानां च वैष्णवी
The Vaiṣṇavī (devotee of Viṣṇu) severs the bondage of karma for the Vaiṣṇavas.
विवेचिका चावरणी शक्तेः शक्तिर्द्विधा नृप
O King, the power of Śakti is twofold: as discernment and as covering.
सत्यस्वरूपः श्रीकृष्णस्तस्मात्सर्वं च नश्वरम्
Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the embodiment of truth; therefore, all else is perishable.
नित्यरूपा ममेयं श्रीरिति चावरणी च धीः
This Śrī, who is eternal in form, is my own, and she is also the power that veils the intellect.
अहं प्रचेतसः पुत्रः पौत्रश्च ब्रह्मणो नृप
O King, I am the son of Pracetas and the grandson of Brahmā.
गच्छ राजन्नदीतीरं भज दुर्गां सनातनीम्
Go, O King, to the riverbank and worship Durgā, the eternal one.
निष्कामाय च वैश्याय वैष्णवाय च वैष्णवी
For the desireless Vaiśya, and for the devotee of Viṣṇu, she is the goddess devoted to Viṣṇu.
इत्युक्त्वा च मुनिश्रेष्ठो ददौ ताभ्यां कृपानिधिः ।। 2.62.
Having spoken thus, the best of sages, the ocean of compassion, gave to both of them.
वैश्यो मुक्तिं च संप्राप तां निषेव्य कृपामयीम्
The Vaiśya attained liberation by serving her, who is full of compassion.
इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं दुर्गोपाख्यानमुत्तमम्
Thus, the entire excellent narrative of Durgā has been told.
इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृति खण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे दुर्गोपाख्याने सुरथमेधस्संवादे सुरथवैश्ययोरभिलषितसिद्धिर्नाम द्विषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, named 'The Fulfillment of the Desires of Suratha and the Vaiśya,' in the dialogue between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa, in the Durgā narrative, in the section on Nature, in the great Purāṇa Śrī Brahmavaivarta.
नारद उवाच राजा केन प्रकारेण सिषेवे प्रकृतिं पराम्
Nārada said: By what means did the king worship the supreme Nature?
समाधिर्नाम वैश्यो वा निष्कामं निर्गुणं विभुम्
And the Vaiśya named Samādhi, being desireless, worshipped the attribute-less Lord.
किं वा पूजाविधानं च ध्यानं वा मनुरेव च
What was the method of worship, or was it meditation, or was it a mantra?
वैश्याय प्रकृतिस्तस्मै किं वा ज्ञानं ददौ परम्
What supreme knowledge did the goddess give to that Vaiśya?
ज्ञानं संप्राप्य वैश्यश्च किं पदं प्राप दुर्लभम्
Having attained knowledge, what rare state did the Vaiśya reach?
श्रीनारायण उवाच स्तोत्रं च कवचं देव्या ध्यानं चैव पुरस्क्रियाम्
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: He performed the hymn, the protective mantra of the goddess, meditation, and the prescribed rites.
स्नात्वा त्रिकालं वर्षं च ततः शुद्धो बभूव सः
Bathing three times a day for a year, he then became purified.
राज्ञे ददौ राज्यवरं मनुत्वं वाञ्छितं सुखम्
To the king, she granted the boon of the kingdom and the happiness he desired.
यद्दत्तं शूलिने पूर्वं कृष्णेन परमात्मना
That which was previously given to Śiva by Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul.
रुरोद कृत्वा क्रोडे तमचेष्टं श्वासवर्जितम् 2.63.
He wept, holding him in his lap, motionless and without breath.