Sacred Texts

Śrī Durgā Saptaśatī

Ṛṣi Mārkaṇḍēya

Chapter 13 · Verse 22

Chapter 13 · Trayodaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Thirteenth Chapter)

Verse 22

मृतश्च भूयः सम्प्राप्य जन्म देवाद्विवस्वतः ॥ २२ ॥

mṛtaśca bhūyaḥ samprāpya janma dēvādvivasvataḥ || 22 ||

Translation

And having died, obtaining a birth again from the god Vivasvat,

Word by word

mṛtaḥ
having died
ca
and
bhūyaḥ
again
samprāpya
obtaining
janma
birth
devāt
from the god
vivasvataḥ
of Vivasvat (Sun)

Meaning

The Goddess promises Suratha that after his death, he will be reborn as a divine figure through Vivasvat (the Sun god), leading to his future role as a Manu.