Devi Bhagavatam 9.44.20 — Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Skandha 9, Adhyaya 44, Shloka 20
The Narrative of Goddess Swadha
Swadhopakhyana Varnanam
श्रीनारायण उवाच ध्यानं च स्तवनं ब्रह्मन् वेदोक्तं सर्वमङ्गलम् । सर्वं जानासि च कथं ज्ञातुमिच्छसि वृद्धये
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca dhyānaṃ ca stavanaṃ brahman vedoktaṃ sarvamaṅgalam . sarvaṃ jānāsi ca kathaṃ jñātumicchasi vṛddhaye
သီရိနာရာယဏက 'အို ပုဏ္ဏား၊ ဗေဒကျမ်းလာ တရားမှတ်ခြင်းနှင့် ချီးမွမ်းခြင်းတို့သည် အလွန်မင်္ဂလာရှိ၏။ သင်သည် အလုံးစုံကို သိပြီးဖြစ်ပါလျက် အဘယ်ကြောင့် ကြီးပွားချမ်းသာရန်အတွက် ဤအရာကို သိလိုသေးသနည်း' ဟု မိန့်တော်မူ၏။
Narayana
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Shakti Manifestation: Svadha
Tattva Discussed: Prakriti
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Narrator: Narayana
Listener: Narada
Dialogue Context: Narayana acknowledging Narada's wisdom before answering
Narrative Layer: embedded
Text: Affirms that the upcoming stotra is rooted in Vedic tradition.
Text: Sages often ask questions they already know the answers to, acting as instruments to bring divine knowledge into the world for the benefit of humanity.
FAQs
It is 'Vedoktam' (stated in the Vedas) and 'Sarvamangalam' (all-auspicious).
Narayana playfully notes that Narada is already omniscient (sarvam janasi), yet asks these questions for the benefit and prosperity of the world.
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