Navaratra

कर्मयोगनिरूपणं नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Karmayoga description Chapter 51



सनत्कुमार उवाच |
Sanatkumar said (to sage Vyasa)  



आश्विने धवले पक्षे नवरात्रव्रतं चरेत् |
यत्कृते सकलाः कामाः सिद्ध्यन्त्येव न संशयः || 73 ||
नवरात्रव्रतं कृत्वा भूपालो विरथात्मजः |
हृतं राज्यं निजं लेभे सुरथो मुनिसत्तमाः || 75 ||
One should carry out the Navaratra vow in the bright fortnight of Ashvina. By doing that all desires really get fulfilled, no doubt.
Best of the sages, after carrying out the Navaratra vow, king Suratha, the son of Viratha, got back his kingdom which was taken over (by another king).

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कर्मयोगनिरूपणं नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Karmayoga description Chapter 51



सनत्कुमार उवाच |
Sanatkumar said (to sage Vyasa)

चैत्रशुक्लतृतीयायां यो भवानीव्रतं चरेत् |
भवबन्धननिर्मुक्तः प्राप्नुयात्परमं पदम् || 54 ||
One who carries out the Bhavani vow on Chaitra, third of the bright fortnight, gets released from the bonds of the world and obtains the highest state.

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कर्मयोगनिरूपणं नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
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सनत्कुमार उवाच |
Sanatkumar said (to sage Vyasa)



ये व्रजन्तः स्वपन्तश्च तिष्ठन्तो वाप्यहर्निशम् |
उमेति द्व्यक्षरं नाम ब्रुवते ते शिवागणाः || 36 ||
Those who while walking, sleeping or standing speak the two lettered name Uma day and night are assistants of the supreme Goddess.

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कर्मयोगनिरूपणं नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Karmayoga description Chapter 51



सनत्कुमार उवाच |
Sanatkumar said (to sage Vyasa)



मनसा ये चिकीर्षन्ति मूर्तिस्थापनमुत्तमम् |
तेऽप्युमायाः परं लोकं प्रयान्ति मुनिदुर्लभम् || 32 ||
Those who think (desire/dream) in their mind of establishing a wonderful idol (and building a temple of the supreme Goddess), they also go to Umaloka (after death) which is difficult even for sages.

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कर्मयोगनिरूपणं नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
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सनत्कुमार उवाच |
Sanatkumar said (to sage Vyasa)



यस्तु देव्यालयं कुर्यात्पाषाणं दारवं तथा |
मृन्मयं वाथ कालेय तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु |
अहन्यहनि योगेन यजतो यन्महाफलम् || 13 ||
प्राप्नोति तत्फलं देव्या यः कारयति मन्दिरम् | 14
One who builds a temple of the Goddess, of stone and wood or clay/mud or a certain kind of wood, hear the fruit of his merits. The great fruit one gets by worshipping day after day through yoga, that fruits one gets who gets a temple built.



कोटिजन्मकृतं पापं स्वल्पं वा यदि वा बहु |
श्रीमातुर्मन्दिरारम्भक्षणादेव प्रणश्यति || 15 ||
Sins committed over a lot of lives, little bit or in plenty, get destroyed the moment the temple of Mother Goddess is started.

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कर्मयोगनिरूपणं नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Karmayoga description Chapter 51



सनत्कुमार उवाच |
Sanatkumar said (to sage Vyasa)



कर्मणा जायते भक्तिर्भक्त्या ज्ञानं प्रजायते |
ज्ञानात्प्रजायते मुक्तिरिति शास्त्रेषु निश्चयः || 10 ||
From actions is devotion born, from devotion is knowledge born, from knowledge is born liberation, so do the scriptures conclude.

Dhumralochana, Chanda, Munda and Raktabija killing

धूम्रलोचनचण्डमुण्डरक्तबिजवधो नाम सप्तचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः
Dhumralochana, Chanda, Munda and Raktabija killing Chapter 47



देव्युवाच |
Goddess said (to demon Sugriva)



अद्वितीयो महेशानः परब्रह्म सदाशिवः |
यत्तत्त्वं न विदुर्वेदा विष्ण्वादीनां च का कथा || 59 ||
तस्याहं प्रकृतिः सूक्ष्मा कथमन्यं पतिं वृणे |
सिंही कामातुरा नैव जम्बुकं वृणुते क्वचित् || 60 ||
The great God, the supreme element, always auspicious, second to none – the element which Vedas do not know, what to say about Lord Vishnu, etc.?
I am its/his subtle Prakriti. How will I take another husband? Even a lust-crazed lioness will never accept a jackal.