Devi Bhagavatam 9.39.4 — Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Skandha 9, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 4

Laxmyupakhyana Varnanam

Devanagari script

श्रीनारायण उवाच सृष्टेरादौ पुरा ब्रह्मन् कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः । देवी वामांससम्भूता बभूव रासमण्डले

Transliteration

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca

sṛṣṭerādau purā brahman kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ | devī vāmāṃsasambhūtā babhūva rāsamaṇḍale

Translation

သီရိနာရာယဏက မိန့်ကြားသည်မှာ- 'အို ဗြဟ္မာ၊ ကမ္ဘာဦးအစ ရှေးဦးကာလ၌ ပရမတ္တမဖြစ်သော ခရစ်ရှ်နား၏ ဘယ်ဘက်ပခုံးမှ နတ်ဘုရားမသည် မြတ်သောရာသ-မဏ္ဍလ၌ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာခဲ့သည်။'

Word by Word

• śrīnārāyaṇaḥ: Shri Narayana
• śrīnārāyaṇaḥ: kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīnārāyaṇa
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac
• Form: lit-lakāra (perfect), 3rd person, singular

• sṛṣṭeḥ: of creation
• sṛṣṭeḥ: sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• ādau: in the beginning
• ādau: adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• purā: formerly
• purā: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā
• Form: indeclinable

• brahman: O Brahma
• brahman: null
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• kṛṣṇasya: of Krishna
• kṛṣṇasya: sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• paramātmanaḥ: of the Supreme Soul
• paramātmanaḥ: sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: paramātman
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• vāmāṃsasambhūtā: born from the left shoulder
• vāmāṃsasambhūtā: viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāmāṃsasambhūtā
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• babhūva: appeared
• babhūva: kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū
• Form: lit-lakāra (perfect), 3rd person, singular

• rāsamaṇḍale: in the Rasa circle
• rāsamaṇḍale: adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāsamaṇḍala
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

Narayana

Shakti Theology

Devi Form: Radha/Lakshmi

Mahavidya Connection: null

Shakti Manifestation: Manifestation from Krishna's left shoulder

Tattva Discussed: Prakriti

Devi Narrative

Demon Antagonist: null

Devi Weapon Used: null

Narrative Source: null

Story Arc Position: setup

Tantra Dimension

Mantra Referenced: null

Yantra Referenced: null

Kundalini Element: null

Chakra Referenced: null

Tantric Practice Type: null

Bhakti & Stuti

Stuti Type: null

Recitation Occasion: null

Phala Shruti: null

Devotee Offering Stuti: null

Cosmic Feminine

Maya Aspect: Vidya-Maya

Creation Role: Co-creator with Purusha

Shakti Philosophy: Dvaita-Advaita (Bhedabheda)

Relation To Brahman: Left half of the Supreme Purusha

Vyasa-Janamejaya Dialogue

Narrator: Narayana

Listener: Narada

Dialogue Context: Narrating the cosmic creation and the origin of the Goddess

Narrative Layer: embedded

Ritual Context

Text: None

Philosophical Significance

Text: Presents a highly esoteric, Vaishnava-Shakta syncretic cosmology where all major goddesses (including Lakshmi) are primordial emanations from the Supreme Purusha (Krishna) in the eternal spiritual realm of Goloka.

Characters & Entities

• Narayana
• Krishna (Paramatman)
• Devi (Lakshmi)
• Rasa-mandala

FAQs

Where did Goddess Lakshmi originate from according to this text?

At the beginning of creation, she manifested from the left shoulder (vamamsa) of the Supreme Soul, Lord Krishna.

In which divine realm did this manifestation take place?

This divine manifestation took place in the 'Rasa-mandala', the eternal arena of the divine dance in Goloka.