[Advaita-l] Yogamāyā, Krishna's sister: will be propitiated with drink, meat, etc. Vishnu Puranam
V Subrahmanian
v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Tue Apr 14 07:09:53 EDT 2026
In the Vishnu Purana is an instruction by Krishna to Yogamāyā, his sister.
The background story is Kamsa imprisoning Devaki and Vasudeva:
विष्णुपुराणम्/पञ्चमांशः/अध्यायः १
https://sa.wikisource.org/s/1slw
प्रणिपातानतशिरा भगिनीत्वे ग्रहीष्यति ॥ ५,१.८१ ॥
त्वं च शुंभनिशुंभादीन्हत्वा दैत्यान्सहस्रशः ।
स्थानैरनेकैः पृथिवीमशेषां मण्डयिष्यसि ॥ ५,१.८२ ॥
त्वं भूतिः सन्नतिः क्षान्तिः कान्तिर्द्यौः पृथिवी धृतिः ।
लज्जापुष्टी रुषा या तु काचिदन्या त्वमेव सा ॥ ५,१.८३ ॥
ये त्वामार्येति दुर्गेति वेदगर्भांबिकेति च ।
भद्रेति भद्रकालीति क्षेमदा भग्यदेति च ॥ ५,१.८४ ॥
प्रातश्चैवापराह्ने च स्तोष्यन्त्यानम्रमूर्तयः ।
तेषां हि प्रार्थितं सर्वं मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति ॥ ५,१.८५ ॥
*सुरामांसोपहरैश्च भक्ष्यभोज्यैश्च पूजिता ।*
नॄणामशेषसामांस्त्वं प्रसन्ना संप्रदास्यसि ॥ ५,१.८६ ॥
ते सर्वे सर्वदा भद्रे मत्प्रसादादसंशयम् ।
असंदिग्धा भविष्यन्ति गच्छ देवि यथोदितम् ।
इति विष्णुमहापुराणे पञ्चमांशे प्रथमोऽध्यायः (१)
Translation:
https://archive.org/details/Vishnupurana-English-MnDutt/page/n335/mode/2up
Having destroyed Sumbha and Nisumbha and thousands of other Daityas you
shall sanctify the earth in many places. You are wealth, progeny, fame,
patience, heaven and earth, fortitude, modesty, nutrition, dawn and every
other female (form or virtue).Those, who shall reverentially invoke you,
morning and evening, and praise and call you Aryā, Durga, Vedagarbha,
Ambica, Bhadra, Bhadrakalika, Kshemi, or Kshemankarl, shall receive, by my
grace, whatever they desire. *And pleased with their offerings of wine and
flesh and various other kinds you shall gratify the prayers of mankind. *By
my favour all men shall have perpetual faith in you. Assured of this, go,
goddess, and satisfy my orders.!"
It is clear from this that such offerings to the Goddess are admitted and
are returned with boons from Bhagavān. This is no different from the
Bhagavad Gita.
यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति ।
तस्य तस्याचलां श्रद्धां तामेव विदधाम्यहम् ॥ २१ ॥ 7.21
7.21 Whichever form (of a deity) any devotee wishes to worship with faith,
I strengthen that very firm faith of theirs.
warm regards
subbu
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