Devi Bhagavatam 9.30.133 — Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Skandha 9, Adhyaya 30, Shloka 133
Yama's Description of Karma Vipaka and the Supremacy of Devi Yajna
अश्वमेधशतेनैव शक्रत्वं च लभेद्ध्रुवम् । सहस्रेण विष्णुपदं सम्प्राप्तः पृथुरेव च
aśvamedhaśatenaiva śakratvaṃ ca labheddhruvam . sahasreṇa viṣṇupadaṃ samprāptaḥ pṛthureva ca
အာရှဝမေဓာ ယဇ်ပူဇော်ပွဲ တစ်ရာပြုလုပ်ခြင်းဖြင့် အိန္ဒြာနတ်မင်း၏ အဆင့်အတန်းကို ဧကန်မုချ ရရှိသည်။ တစ်ထောင်ပြုလုပ်ခြင်းဖြင့် ပရိသုမင်းသည် ဗိဿနိုးနတ်မင်း၏ ဘုံဗိမာန်သို့ ရောက်ရှိခဲ့သည်။
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Narrator: Yama
Listener: Savitri
Dialogue Context: Yama explaining the immense fruits of great Vedic sacrifices like Ashvamedha
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Text: Contextualizes the immense power of traditional Vedic sacrifices to set a baseline for comparison with Devi worship.
Text: Shows that while orthodox Vedic sacrifices grant immense celestial power and liberation, they require massive effort, contrasting with the grace of the Goddess.
FAQs
One attains the status of Indra (Shakratvam) by performing a hundred Ashvamedha sacrifices.
King Prithu attained the abode of Vishnu by performing a thousand Ashvamedha sacrifices.
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