Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 4.7

ahaṅkārāvartanavarṇanam
vyāsa uvāca
ityākarṇya vacastāsāṃ dharmaputraḥ pratāpavān /
vimarśamakaroccitte kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayādhunā

hāsyo'haṃ munivṛndeṣu bhaviṣyāmyadya saṅgamāt /
ahaṃkārādidaṃ prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ nātra vicāraṇā /
mūlaṃ dharmavināśasya prathamaṃ yadahaṅkṛtiḥ

mūlaṃ saṃsāravṛkṣasya yataḥ prokto mahātmabhiḥ /
dṛṣṭvā maunaṃ samādhāya na sthito'haṃ samāgatam

vārāṅganāgaṇaṃ juṣṭaṃ tenāsaṃ duḥkhabhājanam /
utpāditāstathā nāryo mayā dharmavyayena vai

tāstu māṃ bādhituṃ vṛttāḥ kāmārtāḥ pramadottamāḥ /
ūrṇanābhirivādyāhaṃ jālena svakṛtena vai

baddho'smi sudṛḍhenātra kiṃ kartavyamataḥ param /
yadi cintāṃ samutsṛjya santyajāmyabalā imāḥ

śaptvā bhraṣṭā vrajiṣyanti sarvā bhagnamanorathāḥ /
mukto'haṃ sañcariṣyāmi vijane paramaṃ tapaḥ

tasmātkrodhaṃ samutpādya tyakṣyāmi sundarīgaṇam /
vyāsa uvāca
iti sañcintya manasā munirnārāyaṇastadā

vimarśamakaroccitte sukhotpādanasādhane /
dvitīyo'yaṃ mahāśatruḥ krodhaḥ santāpakārakaḥ

kāmādapyadhiko loke lobhādapi ca dāruṇaḥ /
krodhābhibhūtaḥ kurute hiṃsāṃ prāṇavighātinīm

duḥkhadāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ narakārāmadīrghikām /
yathāgnirgharṣaṇājjātaḥ pādapaṃ pradahettathā

dehotpannastathā krodho dehaṃ dahati dāruṇaḥ /
vyāsa uvāca
iti sañcintyamānaṃ taṃ bhrātaraṃ dīnamānasam

uvāca vacanaṃ tathyaṃ naro dharmasuto'nujaḥ /
nara uvāca
nārāyaṇa mahābhāga kopaṃ yaccha mahāmate

śāntaṃ bhāvaṃ samāśritya nāśayāhaṅkṛtiṃ parām /
purāhaṅkāradoṣeṇa tapo naṣṭaṃ kilāvayoḥ

saṃgrāmaścābhavattābhyāṃ bhāvābhyāmasureṇa ha /
divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu prahlādena mahād‌bhutam

duḥkhaṃ bahutaraṃ prāptaṃ tatrāvābhyāṃ surottama /
tasmātkrodhaṃ parityajya śānto bhava munīśvara

( śāntatvaṃ tapaso mūlaṃ munibhiḥ parikīrtitam /) //
vyāsa uvāca
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śānto'bhūddharmanandanaḥ /
janamejaya uvāca
saṃśayo'yaṃ muniśreṣṭha prahlādena mahātmanā

viṣṇubhaktena śāntena kathaṃ yuddhaṃ kṛtaṃ purā /
kṛtavantau kathaṃ yuddhaṃ naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī

tāpasau dharmaputrau dvau suśāntamānasāvubhau /
samāgamaḥ kathaṃ jātastayordaityasutasya ca

saṃgrāmastu kathaṃ tābhyāṃ kṛtastena mahātmanā /
prahlādo'pyatidharmātmā jñānavānviṣṇutatparaḥ

naranārāyaṇau tadvattāpasau sattvasaṃsthitau /
tena tābhyāṃ samud‌bhūtaṃ vairaṃ yadi parasparam

tadā tapasi dharme ca śrama eva hi kevalam /
kva japaḥ kva tapaścaryā purā satyayuge'pi ca

tādṛśairna jitaṃ cittaṃ krodhāhaṅkārasaṃvṛtam /
na krodho na ca mātsaryamahaṅkārāṃkuraṃ vinā

ahaṅkārātsamutpannāḥ kāmakrodhādayaḥ kila /
varṣakoṭisahasraṃ tu tapaḥ kṛtvātidāruṇam

ahaṅkārāṃkure jāte vyarthaṃ bhavati sarvathā /
yathā sūryodaye jāte tamorūpaṃ na tiṣṭhati

ahaṅkārāṃkurasyāgre tathā puṇyaṃ na tiṣṭhati /
prahlādo'pi mahābhāga hariṇā samayudhyata

tadā vyarthaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ sukṛtaṃ kila bhūtale /
naranārāyaṇau śāntau vihāya paramaṃ tapaḥ

kṛtavantau yadā yuddhaṃ kva śamaḥ sukṛtaṃ punaḥ /
īdṛgbhyāṃ sattvayuktābhyāmajeyā yadyahaṅkṛtiḥ

mādṛśānāñja kā vārtā mune'haṅkārasaṃkṣaye /
ahaṅkāraparityakto na ko'pyasti jagattraye

na bhūto bhavitā naiva yastyaktastena sarvathā /
mucyate lohanigaḍairbaddhaḥ kāṣṭhamayaistathā

ahaṅkāranibaddhastu na kadācidvimucyate /
ahaṅkārāvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam

bhramatyeva hi saṃsāre viṣṭhāmūtrapradūṣite /
brahmajñānaṃ kutastāvatsaṃsāre mohasaṃvṛte

mataṃ mīmāṃsakānāṃ vai sammataṃ bhāti suvrata /
mahānto'pi sadā yuktāḥ kāmakrodhādibhirmune

mādṛśānāṃ kalāvasminkā kathā munisattama /
vyāsa uvāca
kāryaṃ vai kāraṇād‌bhinnaṃ kathaṃ bhavati bhārata

kaṭakaṃ kuṇḍalañcaiva suvarṇasadṛśaṃ bhavet /
ahaṅkārod‌bhavaṃ sarvaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ sacarācaram

paṭastantuvaśaḥ proktastadviyuktaḥ kathaṃ bhavet /
māyāguṇaistribhiḥ sarvaṃ racitaṃ sthirajaṅgamam

satṛṇastambaparyantaṃ kā tatra paridevanā /
brahmā viṣṇustathā rudraste cāhaṅkāramohitāḥ

bhramantyasminmahāgādhe saṃsāre nṛpasattama /
vasiṣṭhanāradādyāśca munayo jñāninaḥ param

te'bhibhūtāḥ saṃsaranti saṃsāre'sminpunaḥ punaḥ /
na ko'pyasti nṛpaśreṣṭha triṣu lokeṣu dehabhṛt

ebhirmāyāguṇairmuktaḥ śānta ātmasukhe sthitaḥ /
kāmakrodhau tathā lobho moho'haṅkārasambhavaḥ

na muñcanti naraṃ sarvaṃ dehavantaṃ nṛpottama /
adhītya vedaśāstrāṇi purāṇāni vicintya ca

kṛtvā tīrthāṭanaṃ dānaṃ dhyānañcaiva surārcanam /
karoti viṣayāsaktaḥ sarvaṃ karma ca cauravat

vicārayati no pūrvaṃ kāmamohamadānvitaḥ /
kṛte yuge'pi tretāyāṃ dvāpare kurunandana

viddho'trāsti ca dharmo'pi kā kathādya kalau punaḥ /
spardhā sadaiva sadrohā lobhāmarṣau ca sarvadā

evaṃvidho'sti saṃsāro nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
sādhavo viralā loke bhavanti gatamatsarāḥ

jitakrodhā jitāmarṣā dṛṣṭāntārthaṃ vyavasthitāḥ /
rājovāca
te dhanyāḥ kṛtapuṇyāste madamohavivarjitāḥ

jitendriyāḥ sadācārā jitaṃ tairbhuvanatrayam /
dunomi pātakaṃ smṛtvā piturmama mahātmanaḥ

kṛtastapasvinaḥ kaṇṭhe mṛtasarpo hyaghaṃ vinā /
atastasya muniśreṣṭha bhavitā kiṃ mamāgrataḥ

na jāne buddhisammohātkiṃ vā kāryaṃ bhaviṣyati /
madhu paśyati mūḍhātmā prapātaṃ naiva paśyati

karoti ninditaṃ karma narakānna bibheti ca /
kathaṃ yuddhaṃ purā vṛttaṃ vistarāttadvadasva me

prahlādena yathā cograṃ naranārāyaṇasya vai /
prahlādastu kathaṃ yātaḥ pātālāttadvadasva me

sārasvate mahātīrthe puṇye badarikāśrame /
naranārāyaṇau śāntau tāpasau munisattamau

kṛtavantau tathā yuddhaṃ hetunā kena mānada /
vairaṃ bhavati vittārthaṃ dārārthaṃ vā parasparam

eṣaṇārahitau kasmāccakratuḥ pradhanaṃ mahat /
prahlādo'pi ca dharmātmā jñātvā devau sanātanau

kṛtavānsa kathaṃ yuddhaṃ naranārāyaṇau munī /
etadvistarato brahmañchrotumicchāmi kāraṇam

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ //
caturthaskandhe ahaṅkārāvartanavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ