Shloka 57

Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account

Sanskrit

विसृष्टौ सृष्टिरूपा त्वं स्थितिरूपा च पालने ।

तथा संहृतिरूपान्ते जगतोऽस्य जगन्मये ॥

Transliteration

visṛṣṭau sṛṣṭirūpā tvaṁ sthitirūpā ca pālane | tathā saṁhṛtirūpānte jagato 'sya jaganmaye ||

Translation

في زمن الفيض أنتِ على هيئة الخلق؛ وفي الحماية أنتِ على هيئة الحفظ؛ وكذلك في النهاية أنتِ على هيئة انحلال هذا العالم—يا من هي من جوهر الكون.

Word by Word

• विसृष्टौ: in (the act of) emanation
• विसृष्टौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विसृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• सृष्टि-रूपा: having the form of creation
• सृष्टि-रूपा: Pratipādya (प्रातिपाद्य/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्टि + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुष (सृष्टिः रूपं यस्याः)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्थिति-रूपा: having the form of preservation
• स्थिति-रूपा: Pratipādya (प्रातिपाद्य/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिति + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुष (स्थितिः रूपं यस्याः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पालने: in protection/maintenance
• पालने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/likewise)

• संहृति-रूपा: having the form of dissolution
• संहृति-रूपा: Pratipādya (प्रातिपाद्य/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृति + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः तत्पुरुष (संहृतिः रूपं यस्याः)

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time-location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• जगत्-मये: O world-embodied one
• जगत्-मये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (जगन्मयी = जगता मया/जगद्रूपा)

Speakers

• Brahmā to Devī

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devī
• Brahmā

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as the three cosmic functions (functional trimūrti)

Key Themes

• Cosmic functions
• Immanence (jaganmaya)
• Cyclic cosmology
• Devotional theology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The divine is not only transcendent but immanent as the world-process itself; reverence extends to the rhythms of life, change, and endings.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A compact doctrinal articulation of Sarga and Pratisarga (cyclic manifestation and reabsorption).

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Jaganmaya’ implies non-separateness: the worshipped power and the experienced world are not ultimately two; devotion becomes a path to recognizing that unity.