Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 7.37

devīgītāyāṃ bhaktimahimāvarṇanam
himālaya uvāca
svīyāṃ bhaktiṃ vadasvāmba yena jñānaṃ sukhena hi /
jāyeta manujasyāsya madhyamasyāvirāgiṇaḥ

devyuvāca
mārgāstrayo me vikhyātā mokṣaprāptau nagādhipa /
karmayogo jñānayogo bhaktiyogaśca sattama

trayāṇāmapyayaṃ yogyaḥ kartuṃ śakyo'sti sarvathā /
sulabhatvānmānasatvātkāyacittādyapīḍanāt

guṇabhedānmanuṣyāṇāṃ sā bhaktistrividhā matā /
parapīḍāṃ samuddiśya dambhaṃ kṛtvā puraḥsaram

mātsaryakrodhayukto yastasya bhaktistu tāmasī /
parapīḍādirahitaḥ svakalyāṇārthameva ca

nityaṃ sakāmo hṛdayaṃ yaśo'rthī bhogalolupaḥ /
tattatphalasamāvāptyai māmupāste'tibhaktitaḥ

bhedabuddhyā tu māṃ svasmādanyāṃ jānāti pāmaraḥ /
tasya bhaktiḥ samākhyātā nagādhipa tu rājasī

parameśārpaṇaṃ karma pāpasaṅkṣālanāya ca /
vedoktatvādavaśyaṃ tatkartavyaṃ tu mayāniśam

iti niścitabuddhistu bhedabuddhimupāśritaḥ /
karoti prītaye karma bhaktiḥ sā naga sattvikī

parabhakteḥ prāpikeyaṃ bhedabuddhyavalambanāt /
pūrvaprokte hyubhe bhaktī na paraprāpike mate

adhunā parabhaktiṃ tu procyamānāṃ nibodha me /
mad‌guṇaśravaṇaṃ nityaṃ mama nāmānukīrtanam

kalyāṇaguṇarat‍nānāmākarāyāṃ mayi sthiram /
cetaso vartanaṃ caiva tailadhārāsamaṃ sadā

hetustu tatra ko vāpi na kadācid‌bhavedapi /
sāmīpyasārṣṭisāyujyasālokyānāṃ na caiṣaṇā

matsevāto'dhikaṃ kiñcinnaiva jānāti karhicit /
sevyasevakatābhāvāttatra mokṣaṃ na vāñchati

parānuraktyā māmeva cintayedyo hyatandritaḥ /
svābhedenaiva māṃ nityaṃ jānāti na vibhedataḥ

mad‌rūpatvena jīvānāṃ cintanaṃ kurute tu yaḥ /
yathā svasyātmani prītistathaiva ca parātmani

caitanyasya samānatvānna bhedaṃ kurute tu yaḥ /
sarvatra vartamānānāṃ sarvarūpāṃ ca sarvadā

namate yajate caivāpyācāṇḍālāntamīśvara /
na kutrāpi drohabuddhiṃ kurute bhedavarjanāt

matsthānadarśane śraddhā mad‌bhaktadarśane tathā /
macchāstraśravaṇe śraddhā mantratantrādiṣu prabho

māyi premākulamatī romāñcitatanuḥ sadā /
premāśrujalapūrṇākṣaḥ kaṇṭhagad‌gadanisvanaḥ

ananyenaiva bhāvena pūjayedyo nagādhipa /
māmīśvarīṃ jagadyoniṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

vratāni mama divyāni nityanaimittikānyapi /
nityaṃ yaḥ kurute bhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ

madutsavadidṛkṣā ca madutsavakṛtistathā /
jāyate yasya niyataṃ svabhāvādeva bhūdhara

uccairgāyaṃśca nāmāni mamaiva khalu nṛtyati /
ahaṅkārādirahito dehatādātmyavarjitaḥ

prārabdhena yathā yacca kriyate tattathā bhavet /
na me cintāsti tatrāpi dehasaṃrakṣaṇādiṣu

iti bhaktistu yā proktā parabhaktistu sā smṛtā /
yasyāṃ devyatiriktaṃ tu na kiñcidapi bhāvyate

itthaṃ jātā parā bhaktiryasya bhūdhara tattvataḥ /
tadaiva tasya cinmātre mad‌rūpe vilayo bhavet

bhaktestu yā parā kāṣṭhā saiva jñānaṃ prakīrtitam /
vairāgyasya ca sīmā sā jñāne tadubhayaṃ yataḥ

bhaktau kṛtāyāṃ yasyāpi prārabdhavaśato naga /
na jāyate mama jñānaṃ maṇidvīpaṃ sa gacchati

tatra gatvākhilānbhogānanicchannapi carcchati /
tadante mama cid‌rūpajñānaṃ samyagbhavennaga

tena muktaḥ sadaiva syājjñānānmuktirna cānyathā /
ihaiva yasya jñānaṃ syād‌dhṛd‌gatapratyagātmanaḥ

mama saṃvitparatanostasya prāṇā vrajanti na /
brahmaiva saṃstadāpnoti brahmaiva brahma veda yaḥ

kaṇṭhacāmīkarasamamajñānāttu tirohitam /
jñānādajñānanāśena labdhameva hi labhyate

viditāviditādanyannagottama vapurmama /
yathādarśe tathātmani yathā jale tathā pitṛloke

chāyātapau yathā svacchau viviktau tadvadeva hi /
mama loke bhavejjñānaṃ dvaitabhāvavivarjitam

yastu vairāgyavāneva jñānahīno mriyeta cet /
brahmaloke vasennityaṃ yāvatkalpaṃ tataḥ param

śucīnāṃ śrīmatāṃ gehe bhavettasya janiḥ punaḥ /
karoti sādhanaṃ paścāttato jñānaṃ hi jāyate

anekajanmabhī rājañjñānaṃ syānnaikajanmanā /
tataḥ sarvaprayat‍nena jñānārthaṃ yat‍namāśrayet

nocenmahān vināśaḥ syājjanmaitaddurlabhaṃ punaḥ /
tatrāpi prathame varṇe vedaprāptiśca durlabhā

śamādiṣaṭkasampattiryogasiddhistathaiva ca /
tathottamaguruprāptiḥ sarvamevātra durlabham

tathendriyāṇāṃ paṭutā saṃskṛtatvaṃ tanostathā /
anekajanmapuṇyaistu mokṣecchā jāyate tataḥ

sādhane saphale'pyevaṃ jāyamāne'pi yo naraḥ /
jñānārthaṃ naiva yatate tasya janma nirarthakam

tasmād‌rājanyathāśaktyā jñānārthaṃ yat‍namāśrayet /
pade pade'śvamedhasya phalamāpnoti niścitam

ghṛtamiva payasi nigūḍhaṃ
bhūte bhūte ca vasati vijñānam /
satataṃ manthayitavyaṃ
manasā manthānabhūtena

jñānaṃ labdhvā kṛtārthaḥ syāditi vedāntaḍiṇḍimaḥ /
sarvamuktaṃ samāsena kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

iti śrīdevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptamaskandhe
devīgītāyāṃ bhaktimahimāvarṇanaṃ nāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ