The Ninth Book. Chapter 39
The Ninth Book
Chapter Xxxix
On The Story Of Mah Laksm
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1-3 Nrada said :-- "O Lord! I have heard in the discourse on Svitr and Yama about the Formless Dev Mla Prakriti and the glories of Svitr, all true and leading to the endless good. Now I want to hear the story of the Dev Laksm. O Thou, the Chief of the knowers of the Vedas! What is the nature of Laksm? By whom was She first worshipped? and by what Mantra? Kindly describe Her glories to me."
4-33. Nryana said :-- Of old, in the beginning of the Prkritik Creation, from the left side of Krisna, the Supreme Spirit, appeared in the Rsamandalam (the Figure Dance) a Dev. She looked exceedingly handsome, of a dark blue colour, of spacious hips, of thin waist, and
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with high breast, looking twelve years old, of steady youth, of a colour of white Champaka flower and very lovely. The beauty of Her face throws under shade millions and millions of autumnal full moons. Before Her wide expanded eyes, the midday lotus of the autumnal season becomes highly ashamed. By the Will of God, this Dev suddenly divided Herself into two parts. The two looked equal in every respect; whether in beauty, qualities, age, loveliness, colour, body, spirit, dress, ornaments, smile, glance, love, or humanity, they were perfectly equal.
Now she who appeared from the right side is named Rdh and she who came from the left side is named Mah Laksm. Rdh wanted first the two armed Sr Krisna, Who was Higher than the highest; then Mah Laksm wanted Him. Rdh came out of the right side and wanted first Krisna; so Krisna, too, divided himself at once into two parts. From His right side came out the two-armed and from his left side came out the four-armed. The two-armed person first made over to Mah Laksm the four armed One; then the two armed Person Himself took Rdh. Laksm looks on the whole universe with a cooling eye; hence She is named Laksm and as She is great, She is called Mah Laksm. And for that reason the Lord of Rdh is two-armed and the Lord of Laksm is four-armed. Rdh is pure Apr kritic Suddha Sattva (of the nature of pure Sattva Guna, the illuminating attribute) and surrounded by the Gopas and Gops. The four-armed Purusa, on the other hand, took Laksm (Padm) to Vaikuntha. The two-armed person is Krisna; and the four-armed is Nryana. They are equal in all respects. Mah Laksm became many by Her Yogic powers (i.e., She remained in full in Vaikuntha and assumed many forms in parts). Mah Laksm of Vaikuntha is full, of pure Sattva Guna, and endowed with all sorts of wealth and prosperity. She is the crest of woman-kind as far as loving ones husbands is concerned. She is the Svarga Laksm in the Heavens; the Nga Laksm of the serpents, the Ngas, in the nether regions; the Rja Laksm of the kings and the Household Laksm of the householders. She resides in the houses of house-holders as prosperity and the most auspicious of all good things. She is the progenetrix, She is the Surabhi of cows and She is the Daksin (the sacrificial fee) in sacrifices. She is the daughter of the milk ocean and she is Padmin, the beauty of the spheres of the Moon and the Sun. She is the lustre and beauty of the ornaments, gems, fruits, water, kings, queens, heavenly women, of all the houses, grains, clothings, cleansed places, images, auspicious jars, pearls, jewels, crest of jewels, garlands, diamonds, milk, sandal, beautiful twigs, fresh rain cloud, or of all other colours. She was first worhipped in Vaikuntha by Nryana. Next She was worshipped by Brahm and then
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by Sankara with devotion. She was worshipped by Visnu in the Kshirode Samudra. Then she was worshipped by Svyambhuva Manu, then by Indras amongst men, then by Munis, Risis, good householders, by the Gandharbas, in the Gandharbaloka; by the Ngas in the Ngaloka. She was worshipped with devotion by Brahm for one fortnight commencing from the bright eighth day in the month of Bhdra and ending on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the three-worlds. She was worshipped by Visnu, with devotion in the three worlds on the meritorious Tuesday in the months of Pausa, Chaitra, and Bhdra. Manu, also, worshipped Her on the Pausa Sankrnti (the last day of the month of Pausa when the Sun enters another sign) and on the auspicious Tuesday in the month of Mgha. Thus the worship of Mah Laksm is made prevalent in the three worlds. She was worshipped by Indra, the Lord of the Devas and by Mangala (Mars) on Tuesday. She was then worshipped by Kedra, Nla, Subala, Dhruva, Uttnapada, Sakra, Bali, Kasyapa, Daksa, Kardama, Srya, Priyavrata, Chandra, Vyu, Kuvera, Varuna, Yama, Hutsana and others. Thus Her worship extended by and by to all the places. She is the Presiding Deity of all wealth; so She is the wealth of all.
Here ends the Thirty-ninth Chapter of the Ninth Book on the story of Mah Laksm in the Mah Purnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
Chapter Xxxix
On The Story Of Mah Laksm
p. 957
1-3 Nrada said :-- "O Lord! I have heard in the discourse on Svitr and Yama about the Formless Dev Mla Prakriti and the glories of Svitr, all true and leading to the endless good. Now I want to hear the story of the Dev Laksm. O Thou, the Chief of the knowers of the Vedas! What is the nature of Laksm? By whom was She first worshipped? and by what Mantra? Kindly describe Her glories to me."
4-33. Nryana said :-- Of old, in the beginning of the Prkritik Creation, from the left side of Krisna, the Supreme Spirit, appeared in the Rsamandalam (the Figure Dance) a Dev. She looked exceedingly handsome, of a dark blue colour, of spacious hips, of thin waist, and
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with high breast, looking twelve years old, of steady youth, of a colour of white Champaka flower and very lovely. The beauty of Her face throws under shade millions and millions of autumnal full moons. Before Her wide expanded eyes, the midday lotus of the autumnal season becomes highly ashamed. By the Will of God, this Dev suddenly divided Herself into two parts. The two looked equal in every respect; whether in beauty, qualities, age, loveliness, colour, body, spirit, dress, ornaments, smile, glance, love, or humanity, they were perfectly equal.
Now she who appeared from the right side is named Rdh and she who came from the left side is named Mah Laksm. Rdh wanted first the two armed Sr Krisna, Who was Higher than the highest; then Mah Laksm wanted Him. Rdh came out of the right side and wanted first Krisna; so Krisna, too, divided himself at once into two parts. From His right side came out the two-armed and from his left side came out the four-armed. The two-armed person first made over to Mah Laksm the four armed One; then the two armed Person Himself took Rdh. Laksm looks on the whole universe with a cooling eye; hence She is named Laksm and as She is great, She is called Mah Laksm. And for that reason the Lord of Rdh is two-armed and the Lord of Laksm is four-armed. Rdh is pure Apr kritic Suddha Sattva (of the nature of pure Sattva Guna, the illuminating attribute) and surrounded by the Gopas and Gops. The four-armed Purusa, on the other hand, took Laksm (Padm) to Vaikuntha. The two-armed person is Krisna; and the four-armed is Nryana. They are equal in all respects. Mah Laksm became many by Her Yogic powers (i.e., She remained in full in Vaikuntha and assumed many forms in parts). Mah Laksm of Vaikuntha is full, of pure Sattva Guna, and endowed with all sorts of wealth and prosperity. She is the crest of woman-kind as far as loving ones husbands is concerned. She is the Svarga Laksm in the Heavens; the Nga Laksm of the serpents, the Ngas, in the nether regions; the Rja Laksm of the kings and the Household Laksm of the householders. She resides in the houses of house-holders as prosperity and the most auspicious of all good things. She is the progenetrix, She is the Surabhi of cows and She is the Daksin (the sacrificial fee) in sacrifices. She is the daughter of the milk ocean and she is Padmin, the beauty of the spheres of the Moon and the Sun. She is the lustre and beauty of the ornaments, gems, fruits, water, kings, queens, heavenly women, of all the houses, grains, clothings, cleansed places, images, auspicious jars, pearls, jewels, crest of jewels, garlands, diamonds, milk, sandal, beautiful twigs, fresh rain cloud, or of all other colours. She was first worhipped in Vaikuntha by Nryana. Next She was worshipped by Brahm and then
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by Sankara with devotion. She was worshipped by Visnu in the Kshirode Samudra. Then she was worshipped by Svyambhuva Manu, then by Indras amongst men, then by Munis, Risis, good householders, by the Gandharbas, in the Gandharbaloka; by the Ngas in the Ngaloka. She was worshipped with devotion by Brahm for one fortnight commencing from the bright eighth day in the month of Bhdra and ending on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the three-worlds. She was worshipped by Visnu, with devotion in the three worlds on the meritorious Tuesday in the months of Pausa, Chaitra, and Bhdra. Manu, also, worshipped Her on the Pausa Sankrnti (the last day of the month of Pausa when the Sun enters another sign) and on the auspicious Tuesday in the month of Mgha. Thus the worship of Mah Laksm is made prevalent in the three worlds. She was worshipped by Indra, the Lord of the Devas and by Mangala (Mars) on Tuesday. She was then worshipped by Kedra, Nla, Subala, Dhruva, Uttnapada, Sakra, Bali, Kasyapa, Daksa, Kardama, Srya, Priyavrata, Chandra, Vyu, Kuvera, Varuna, Yama, Hutsana and others. Thus Her worship extended by and by to all the places. She is the Presiding Deity of all wealth; so She is the wealth of all.
Here ends the Thirty-ninth Chapter of the Ninth Book on the story of Mah Laksm in the Mah Purnam Sr Mad Dev Bhgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vysa.
