Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 1, verses 1 & 2, given on Zoom to students of Ramakrishna Seminary on 9 March 2022.

जनमेजय उवाच
janamejaya uvāca
Janamejaya said:

धराधराधीश मौलावाविरासीत्परं महः |
यदुक्तं भवता पूर्वं विस्तरात् तद्वदस्व मे || १ ||



dharādharādhīśa maulāvāvirāsīt-paraṃ mahaḥ |
yaduktaṃ bhavatā pūrvaṃ vistarāt tad-vadasva me || 1 ||

"You said earlier that the supreme lustrous power manifested itself on the
crest of the Himalaya, the Mountain Lord.  This you mentioned only in passing.Now explain it to me in full detail."

को विरज्येत मतिमान् पिबञ्छक्तिकत्ःआमृतम् |
सुधां तु पिबतां मृत्युः स नैतच्छृण्वतो भवेत् || २||

ko virajyeta matimān pibañchakti-katḥāmṛtam |
sudhāṃ tu pibatāṃ mṛtyuḥ sa naitacchṛṇvato bhavet || 2||

"What thoughtful person would ever tire of drinking the nectarine tales of Shakti? Death comes even to those who drink divine ambrosia, but not to one who hears this act of Hers."