The Twelfth Book. Chapter 14
The Twelfth Book
Chapter Xiv
On The Recitation Of The Fruits Of This Purnam
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1-17. Sta said :-- "O Risis! In days of yore, from the Lotus Face of the Dev Bhgavata came out Sr Mad Bhgavatam in the form of half a Sloka, as the decided conclusion of the Vedas. About what She gave instructions to Visnu, sleeping on a leaf of a Banyan tree, that same thing, the seed of the Sr Mad Bhgavata, Brahm Himself expanded into
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one hundred Koti slokas. Then, Veda Vysa, in order to teach his own son Suka Deva, condensed them into eighteen thousand slokas, in Twelve Books and named it Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam, the present volume. That voluminous book comprising one hundred Koti slokas compiled by Brahm are still extant in the Deva loka. There is no Purna like the Dev Bhgavatam, so merit-giving, holy and capable to destroy all the sins. The reading of every line yields the fruits of performing many Asvamedha sacrifices. Human beings addicted to worldly affairs will get the merit of giving lands to the Brhmanas and they will enjoy also all the pleasures of the world and in the end will go to the region of the Dev, if they can hear, after they have fasted and controlled their passions, the recitation of this Purnam from the mouth of a Paurnik Brhmana, who has been worshipped and given clothings and ornaments and is considered as a second Veda Vysa. Or, if anybody writes the whole of the Dev Bhgavatam with his own hand or gets it written by a writer from the beginning to the end and gives to a Paurnik Brhmin the book placed in a box of the form of a lion made up of gold and a cow yielding milk with her calf with gold as his sacrificial fee; or if he feeds as many Brhmanas as there are the number of chapters of the Dev Bhgavatam and worship as many Kumrs (virgin girls) with saffron, sandalpaste and ornaments and feeds them with Pysnna, he gets the merits of giving lands and enjoys all the pleasures of the world and goes in the end to the region of the Dev. He has no want of anything who daily hears with rapt devotion this Dev Bhgavatam. One who has no wealth gets abundance of wealth, those who are students get knowledge, one who has no sons, gets sons if one hears this Dev Bhgavatam with true devotion. A barren woman, or one who bears still-born children or whose offsprings never live long or who bears only a single child, gets all her defects removed, if she hears this Dev Bhgavatam with a steadfast devotion. The house where this Purna is worshipped, Laksm and Sarasvat dwell there, leaving their animosities towards each other. By the influence of this Dev Bhgavatam the Dkins, Vetlas, Rksasas, and other ghosts cannot cast a glance even on its devotee. If anybody gets fever and if the Sr Dev Bhgavatam be read touching him with a concentrated attention, all the complaints disappear. By reading this Bhgavatam, one hundred times even more difficult than the severe disease pthisis is cured.
18-20. If after performing the Sandhy, one reads only one chapter of this Bhgavatam with a collected mind, he soon acquires the Real Knowledge. O Muni Saunaka! While going to read this Bhgavatam, first examine omens and then read. I have spoken already on this subject. If during the Sradya Pj (the autumnal Durg Pj), at the
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Navartra period, one reads with devotion this Bhgavatam, the Dev Bhagavat becomes greatly pleased and awards him results more than his desires.
21-31. During the Navartri period all can read well this book for the satisfaction of his sta Deva (his own deity) whether he be a Vaisnava, Saiva, Saura, Gnapatya or a Skta. All can read this for the satisfaction of Laksm, Um and other Saktis. The Vaidik Brhmanas are to recite this daily for the satisfaction of the Dev Gyatr. This Purnam is not contradictory to any sectarian belief. The reason of this being that to whatever deity he pays his worship, he must worship some Sakti or other, this is stated everywhere. So for the satisfaction of ones own Sakti, all can read this, without contradicting each other. Never any woman nor any Sdra, is to read this herself or himself, even out of ignorance; rather they should hear this from the mouth of a Brhmana. This is the rule of the Sstras. (The vibrations and the consequent results would be truer then.) O Risis! What more to say on this book than this, that this Purnam is the most excellent of all and yields great merits. It is the essence of the Vedas. This I tell you with great certainty. There is not the least doubt in this. Reading or hearing this yields results equivalent to reading or hearing the Vedas. I now bow to the Dev of the nature of Hrm and established by Gyatr, of the nature of Everlasting Existence, Intelligence and Bliss, Who stimulates our activities to the understanding of various subjects. Thus hearing the excellent words of Sta, the great Paurnik, all the Munis of Naimisranya worshipped him specially and as the result of hearing this Purnam glady became the servants of the Lotus Feet of the Dev and they attained the Highest Rest. The Munis expressed their humility and gratitude to Sta frequently and bowed down to him again and again. And they said :-- "O Sta! It is you that have saved us from this ocean of world." Thus (the great Bhgavata) Sta, the bee drinking the honey of the Lotus Feet of the Dev, recited before the assemblage of the best of the Munis this Purnam from the beginning to the end, the Secret of all the Nigamas and full of the Glories of the Dev Bhagavat. After this the Risis bowed down to him and he blessed and honoured them.
Then he went away to his desired place. Here the Dev Bhgavatam ends and is fully completed.
The End.
Here ends the Fourteenth Chapter of the Twelfth Book on the recitation of the fruits of this Purnam in the Mah Purnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
Here ends as well the Full Treatise, Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam.
Om. Om. Om. Om Tat Sat. Om Hari Om.
Chapter Xiv
On The Recitation Of The Fruits Of This Purnam
p. 1190
1-17. Sta said :-- "O Risis! In days of yore, from the Lotus Face of the Dev Bhgavata came out Sr Mad Bhgavatam in the form of half a Sloka, as the decided conclusion of the Vedas. About what She gave instructions to Visnu, sleeping on a leaf of a Banyan tree, that same thing, the seed of the Sr Mad Bhgavata, Brahm Himself expanded into
p. 1191
one hundred Koti slokas. Then, Veda Vysa, in order to teach his own son Suka Deva, condensed them into eighteen thousand slokas, in Twelve Books and named it Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam, the present volume. That voluminous book comprising one hundred Koti slokas compiled by Brahm are still extant in the Deva loka. There is no Purna like the Dev Bhgavatam, so merit-giving, holy and capable to destroy all the sins. The reading of every line yields the fruits of performing many Asvamedha sacrifices. Human beings addicted to worldly affairs will get the merit of giving lands to the Brhmanas and they will enjoy also all the pleasures of the world and in the end will go to the region of the Dev, if they can hear, after they have fasted and controlled their passions, the recitation of this Purnam from the mouth of a Paurnik Brhmana, who has been worshipped and given clothings and ornaments and is considered as a second Veda Vysa. Or, if anybody writes the whole of the Dev Bhgavatam with his own hand or gets it written by a writer from the beginning to the end and gives to a Paurnik Brhmin the book placed in a box of the form of a lion made up of gold and a cow yielding milk with her calf with gold as his sacrificial fee; or if he feeds as many Brhmanas as there are the number of chapters of the Dev Bhgavatam and worship as many Kumrs (virgin girls) with saffron, sandalpaste and ornaments and feeds them with Pysnna, he gets the merits of giving lands and enjoys all the pleasures of the world and goes in the end to the region of the Dev. He has no want of anything who daily hears with rapt devotion this Dev Bhgavatam. One who has no wealth gets abundance of wealth, those who are students get knowledge, one who has no sons, gets sons if one hears this Dev Bhgavatam with true devotion. A barren woman, or one who bears still-born children or whose offsprings never live long or who bears only a single child, gets all her defects removed, if she hears this Dev Bhgavatam with a steadfast devotion. The house where this Purna is worshipped, Laksm and Sarasvat dwell there, leaving their animosities towards each other. By the influence of this Dev Bhgavatam the Dkins, Vetlas, Rksasas, and other ghosts cannot cast a glance even on its devotee. If anybody gets fever and if the Sr Dev Bhgavatam be read touching him with a concentrated attention, all the complaints disappear. By reading this Bhgavatam, one hundred times even more difficult than the severe disease pthisis is cured.
18-20. If after performing the Sandhy, one reads only one chapter of this Bhgavatam with a collected mind, he soon acquires the Real Knowledge. O Muni Saunaka! While going to read this Bhgavatam, first examine omens and then read. I have spoken already on this subject. If during the Sradya Pj (the autumnal Durg Pj), at the
p. 1192
Navartra period, one reads with devotion this Bhgavatam, the Dev Bhagavat becomes greatly pleased and awards him results more than his desires.
21-31. During the Navartri period all can read well this book for the satisfaction of his sta Deva (his own deity) whether he be a Vaisnava, Saiva, Saura, Gnapatya or a Skta. All can read this for the satisfaction of Laksm, Um and other Saktis. The Vaidik Brhmanas are to recite this daily for the satisfaction of the Dev Gyatr. This Purnam is not contradictory to any sectarian belief. The reason of this being that to whatever deity he pays his worship, he must worship some Sakti or other, this is stated everywhere. So for the satisfaction of ones own Sakti, all can read this, without contradicting each other. Never any woman nor any Sdra, is to read this herself or himself, even out of ignorance; rather they should hear this from the mouth of a Brhmana. This is the rule of the Sstras. (The vibrations and the consequent results would be truer then.) O Risis! What more to say on this book than this, that this Purnam is the most excellent of all and yields great merits. It is the essence of the Vedas. This I tell you with great certainty. There is not the least doubt in this. Reading or hearing this yields results equivalent to reading or hearing the Vedas. I now bow to the Dev of the nature of Hrm and established by Gyatr, of the nature of Everlasting Existence, Intelligence and Bliss, Who stimulates our activities to the understanding of various subjects. Thus hearing the excellent words of Sta, the great Paurnik, all the Munis of Naimisranya worshipped him specially and as the result of hearing this Purnam glady became the servants of the Lotus Feet of the Dev and they attained the Highest Rest. The Munis expressed their humility and gratitude to Sta frequently and bowed down to him again and again. And they said :-- "O Sta! It is you that have saved us from this ocean of world." Thus (the great Bhgavata) Sta, the bee drinking the honey of the Lotus Feet of the Dev, recited before the assemblage of the best of the Munis this Purnam from the beginning to the end, the Secret of all the Nigamas and full of the Glories of the Dev Bhagavat. After this the Risis bowed down to him and he blessed and honoured them.
Then he went away to his desired place. Here the Dev Bhgavatam ends and is fully completed.
The End.
Here ends the Fourteenth Chapter of the Twelfth Book on the recitation of the fruits of this Purnam in the Mah Purnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
Here ends as well the Full Treatise, Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam.
Om. Om. Om. Om Tat Sat. Om Hari Om.
