Adhyaya 64: Procedure for the Vow that Cultivates Valor (Durgā Navamī Observance)
Śauryavrata-vidhi (Durgā-navamī-vrata)
Ritual-Manual
在《瓦拉哈往世书》的教诲对话框架中（瓦拉哈教导大地女神Pṛthivī），本章通过圣者阿伽斯提耶（Agastya）的转述，讲授名为“śauryavrata”的誓戒修持，旨在将恐惧转化为勇气，并恢复失落的地位。仪轨规定每年于Āśvayuja月举行，以“清净第九日”（śuddhā navamī）为核心：第七日（saptamī）立愿准备，第八日（aṣṭamī）行克制与斋戒，第九日（navamī）奉献piṣṭa供品、施食婆罗门（brāhmaṇas），并礼敬杜尔迦（Durgā）为Mahābhāgā、Mahāmāyā与Mahāprabhā。如此持续一年；圆满时礼敬童女（kumārikās），以礼物装饰供养，并依仪式请求宽恕。经文宣说其果报为重得王位、获得知识与成就英勇。
Primary Speakers
Key Concepts
Shlokas in Adhyaya 64
Verse 1
अगस्त्य उवाच । अथापरं प्रवक्ष्यामि शौर्यव्रतमनुत्तमम् । येन भीरोरपि महच्छौर्यं भवति तत्क्षणात् ॥ ६४.१ ॥
阿伽斯提耶说道：“现在我将进一步宣说无上的勇武誓戒；凭此誓戒，即使怯懦之人也能在刹那间生起大勇气。”
Verse 2
मासि चाश्वयुजे शुद्धां नवमीं समुपोषयेत् । सप्तम्यां कृतसंकल्पः स्थित्वाऽष्टम्यां निरोधनः ॥ ६४.२ ॥
在阿湿婆瑜阇月，应依仪轨于第九月日（Navamī）行清净斋戒。于第七日（Saptamī）立誓发愿，于第八日（Aṣṭamī）安住守持，修习制御与收摄（nirodha）。
Verse 3
नवम्यां पारयेत् पिष्टं प्रथमं भक्तितो नृप । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेद् भक्त्या देवीं चैव तु पूजयेत् । दुर्गां देवीं महाभागां महामायां महाप्रभाम् ॥ ६४.३ ॥
于第九日（Navamī），大王啊，应先以虔敬奉献 piṣṭa 之供，圆满此行持；并以恭敬供养婆罗门，又当礼敬女神——杜尔迦（Durgā）、大吉祥者（Mahābhāgā）、大幻力（Mahāmāyā）、大光辉者（Mahāprabhā）。
Verse 4
एवं संवत्सरं यावदुपोष्येति विधानतः । व्रतान्ते भोजयेद्धीमान् यथाशक्त्या कुमारिकाः ॥ ६४.४ ॥
如是依仪轨持斋至满一年；于誓愿圆满之时，智者应随己力供食未婚少女（kumārī）。
Verse 5
हेमवस्त्रादिभिस्तास्तु भूषयित्वा तु शक्तितः । पश्चात्क्षमापयेत् तास्तु देवी मे प्रीयतामिति ॥ ६४.५ ॥
尽己所能以黄金、衣服等供品装饰她们之后，继而向她们求恕，并说道：“愿女神悦纳于我。”
Verse 6
एवं कृते भ्रष्टराज्यो लभेद्राज्यं न संशयः । अविद्यो लभते विद्यां भीतः शौर्यं च विदन्ति ॥ ६४.६ ॥
如此行持，则失去王权之王必复得其国，毫无疑虑。无学者得学识，怯懦者亦将被认知为具勇武之人。
Frequently Asked Questions
The text frames courage and social stability as cultivable through disciplined self-restraint (upavāsa/nirodha), reciprocal giving (feeding brāhmaṇas and honoring kumārikās), and accountability through kṣamāpana (asking forgiveness), linking inner transformation to socially restorative action.
The observance is set in the month of Āśvayuja. It centers on the śuddhā navamī, with a sequence across saptamī (saṃkalpa), aṣṭamī (nirodana/restraint), and navamī (offering, feeding brāhmaṇas, Durgā-pūjā). It is repeated according to rule for one year (saṃvatsara).
Environmental stewardship is not explicit in these verses; however, within the Varāha–Pṛthivī framework the chapter can be read as indirect ‘earth-ethics’ by promoting regulated consumption (fasting/restraint) and redistributive hospitality, practices that conceptually reduce excess and reinforce communal sustainability rather than extraction.
Agastya is the named authoritative sage-speaker. The text also references social categories and roles—nṛpa (king), brāhmaṇas, and kumārikās—without specifying dynastic lineages or particular historical rulers.