Shloka 39

Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

Sanskrit

या साम्प्रतं चोद्धतदैत्यतापितैरस्माभिरीशा च सुरैर्नमस्यते ।

या च स्मृता तत्क्षणमेव हन्ति नः सर्वापदो भक्तिविनम्रकूर्तिभिः ॥

Transliteration

yā sāmprataṃ coddhatadaityatāpitair asmābhir īśā ca surair namasyate / yā ca smṛtā tatkṣaṇam eva hanti naḥ sarvāpado bhaktivinamrakamūrtibhiḥ

Translation

هي التي نُجِلّها الآن نحن والآلهة، ونحن مُعذَّبون على يد الدايتيّات المتكبرين—متى ذُكرت أبادت في تلك اللحظة عينها جميع مصائبنا، لمن ينحنون تعبّدًا.

Word by Word

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sāmpratam: now / at present
• sāmpratam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmprata (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• uddhata-daitya-tāpitaiḥ: by us who are afflicted by arrogant demons
• uddhata-daitya-tāpitaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uddhata (प्रातिपदिक) + daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + tāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (determinative; ‘by the heat/affliction from arrogant demons’), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) qualifying asmābhiḥ

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• īśā: the Lady / the Goddess
• īśā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• suraiḥ: by the gods
• suraiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• namasyate: is worshipped / is saluted
• namasyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas (अव्यय) + kṛ (धातु) / denominative namasy (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Atmanepada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• smṛtā: remembered / invoked
• smṛtā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) → smṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tat-kṣaṇam: that very moment
• tat-kṣaṇam: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial), नपुंसकलिङ्ग-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (used adverbially)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• hanti: destroys
• hanti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naḥ: for us / our
• naḥ: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-रूप (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचनार्थ

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of āpadaḥ

• āpadaḥ: calamities
• āpadaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āpada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bhakti-vinamra-mūrtibhiḥ: by (those) whose forms are humble with devotion
• bhakti-vinamra-mūrtibhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + vinamra (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (determinative; ‘with forms bowed in devotion’), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speakers

• Devas (continuing the prayer)

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Devī
• Devas

Shakti Aspects

• Īśā (sovereign Devī); Smaraṇa-phala (fruit of remembrance)

Key Themes

• Bhakti
• Power of remembrance (smaraṇa)
• Divine protection
• Deliverance from संकट (āpadaḥ)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse elevates inner practice: remembrance and devotion are presented as immediately transformative. Ethically, it recommends steadiness of mind and humility (vinamratā) as the posture that invites grace.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Stuti within ākhyāna; it functions as upāsanā-teaching (how worship works) rather than as a chronological or genealogical record.

What is the esoteric significance?

Instant destruction of ‘misfortunes’ can be read as the sudden cessation of inner afflictions when awareness turns to its source (Devī as citi). Smaraṇa is a switch from fragmented attention to unified consciousness.