Devi Bhagavatam 9.5.21 — Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Skandha 9, Adhyaya 5, Shloka 21

Skandha 9, Adhyaya 5: Yajnavalkya's Hymn to Goddess Saraswati

Devanagari script

सम्प्राप्य निर्मलं ज्ञानं भ्रमान्धध्वंसदीपकम् । पुराणसूत्रं श्रुत्वा च व्यासः कृष्णकलोद्‍भवः

Transliteration

samprāpya nirmalaṃ jñānaṃ bhramāndhadhvaṃsadīpakam .

purāṇasūtraṃ śrutvā ca vyāsaḥ kṛṣṇakalodbhavaḥ

Translation

အမှားတရား၏ အမှောင်ထုကို ဖျက်ဆီးသော ဆီမီးနှင့်တူသည့် စင်ကြယ်သော အသိဉာဏ်ကို ရရှိပြီးနောက်၊ ပုရာဏ်ကျမ်းများ၏ အနှစ်သာရကို ကြားသိရသောအခါ၊ အရှင်ကရစ်ရှနား၏ အစိတ်အပိုင်းမှ မွေးဖွားလာသော ဝေဒဗျာသသည်...

Word by Word

• samprāpya: having obtained
• samprāpya: null
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-āp
• Form: Lyap Pratyaya (Gerund)

• bhramāndhadhvaṃsadīpakam: the lamp destroying the darkness of delusion
• bhramāndhadhvaṃsadīpakam: Attribute
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhramāndhadhvaṃsadīpaka
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: null
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru
• Form: Ktva Pratyaya (Gerund)

• kṛṣṇakalodbhavaḥ: born from a part of Krishna
• kṛṣṇakalodbhavaḥ: Attribute
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇakalodbhava
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Sage Yajnavalkya

Shakti Theology

Devi Form: Sarasvati

Mahavidya Connection: null

Shakti Manifestation: Pure Knowledge (Nirmala Jnana)

Tattva Discussed: Vidya

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: Ajna

Tantric Practice Type: null

Bhakti & Stuti

Stuti Type: null

Recitation Occasion: null

Phala Shruti: Destruction of delusion

Devotee Offering Stuti: null

Cosmic Feminine

Maya Aspect: Vidya-Maya

Creation Role: Illuminator of truth

Shakti Philosophy: Shakta Advaita

Relation To Brahman: null

Vyasa-Janamejaya Dialogue

Narrator: Narayana

Listener: Narada

Dialogue Context: Glory of Sarasvati

Narrative Layer: embedded

Ritual Context

Text: Glorifies the Puranic knowledge as equal to Vedantic knowledge in its ability to destroy spiritual blindness.

Philosophical Significance

Text: Even an incarnation (amsha) of the Supreme Lord like Vyasa must formally receive knowledge through the Guru parampara and the grace of Sarasvati.

Characters & Entities

• Vyasa
• Krishna
• Puranas

FAQs

How is the knowledge received by Vyasa described?

It is described as pure (nirmalam) and as a lamp that destroys the blindness caused by delusion (bhramandhadhvamsadipakam).

How is Sage Vyasa identified in this verse?

Vyasa is identified as 'Krishnakalodbhava', meaning he was born of a part (kala) of Lord Krishna (Vishnu).