Devi Bhagavatam 9.13.36 — Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Skandha 9, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 36

Ganga Upakhyana: The Origin of Goddess Ganga

Devanagari script

कृष्णार्धाङ्‌गां कृष्णसमां तेजसा वयसा त्विषा । पूजितां च महालक्ष्मीं लक्ष्म्या लक्ष्मीश्वरेण च

Transliteration

kṛṣṇārdhāṅgāṃ kṛṣṇasamāṃ tejasā vayasā tviṣā / pūjitāṃ ca mahālakṣmīṃ lakṣmyā lakṣmīśvareṇa ca

Translation

သူမသည် ကရစ်ရှ်နား၏ ကိုယ်တစ်ခြမ်းဖြစ်ပြီး ဘုန်းတန်ခိုး၊ အသက်နှင့် တောက်ပမှုတို့တွင် ကရစ်ရှ်နားနှင့် ထပ်တူထပ်မျှ ဖြစ်၏။ သူမကို လက္ခဏာဒေဝီနှင့် နာရာယဏတို့က မဟာလက္ခဏာအဖြစ် ပူဇော်ကြကုန်၏။

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇārdhāṅgām: having half the body of Krishna
• kṛṣṇārdhāṅgām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇārdhāṅga
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• kṛṣṇasamām: equal to Krishna
• kṛṣṇasamām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇasama
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• tejasā: by luster
• tejasā: karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• vayasā: by age
• vayasā: karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vayas
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• tviṣā: by brilliance
• tviṣā: karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: tviṣ
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• pūjitām: worshipped
• pūjitām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjita
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular, past passive participle

• mahālakṣmīm: Mahalakshmi
• mahālakṣmīm: karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahālakṣmī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• lakṣmyā: by Lakshmi
• lakṣmyā: karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• lakṣmīśvareṇa: by the Lord of Lakshmi (Vishnu)
• lakṣmīśvareṇa: karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmīśvara
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

Speaker

Narayana

Shakti Theology

Devi Form: Radha

Mahavidya Connection: Kamala

Shakti Manifestation: Half-body of Krishna, equal in all respects

Tattva Discussed: Prakriti

Devi Narrative

Demon Antagonist: null

Devi Weapon Used: null

Narrative Source: Prakriti Khanda

Story Arc Position: exposition

Tantra Dimension

Mantra Referenced: null

Yantra Referenced: null

Kundalini Element: null

Chakra Referenced: null

Tantric Practice Type: null

Bhakti & Stuti

Stuti Type: Stotra

Recitation Occasion: Daily

Phala Shruti: null

Devotee Offering Stuti: Narayana Rishi

Cosmic Feminine

Maya Aspect: Vidya-Maya

Creation Role: Co-equal principle of creation with Purusha

Shakti Philosophy: Shakta Advaita

Relation To Brahman: Forms the exact half of the Supreme Brahman (Krishna), equal in splendor and age

Vyasa-Janamejaya Dialogue

Narrator: Narayana

Listener: Narada

Dialogue Context: Establishing Radha's supremacy over all other Goddess forms

Narrative Layer: embedded

Ritual Context

Text: None

Philosophical Significance

Text: Establishes the absolute ontological equality of Radha and Krishna, and places Radha at the very apex of the Shakta pantheon, revered even by Vaikuntha's deities.

Characters & Entities

• Radha
• Krishna
• Mahalakshmi
• Lakshmi
• Lakshmishvara (Narayana)

FAQs

How is Radha related to Krishna in this verse?

Radha is described as the half-body of Krishna (Ardhangi), completely equal to him in age, brilliance, and splendor.

Who worships Radha according to this shloka?

She is worshipped by Goddess Lakshmi and the Lord of Lakshmi (Narayana) as the supreme Mahalakshmi.