Shloka 55

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

Sanskrit

निशुम्भस्य अब्धिजाताश्च समस्ता रत्नजातयः ।

वह्निरपि ददौ तुभ्यमग्निशौचे च वाससी ॥

Transliteration

niśumbhasyābdhijātāś ca samastā ratnajātayaḥ / vahnir api dadau tubhyam agniśauce ca vāsasī

Translation

وجميعُ جواهر البحر على اختلاف أنواعها، التي كانت لنيشومبها، قد صارت لك؛ وحتى النارُ، أغني، قد منحتك ثوبين يُدعَيان «أغنيشَوْچا».

Word by Word

• निशुम्भस्य: of Niśumbha
• निशुम्भस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अब्धि-जाताḥ: ocean-born
• अब्धि-जाताḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; जन्-धातु से)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अब्धेः जाताḥ = ocean-born)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• समस्ताः: all/entire
• समस्ताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• रत्न-जातयः: kinds of jewels
• रत्न-जातयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रत्नानां जातयः)

• वह्निः: Fire (Agni)
• वह्निः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (also/even)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th, Dative), एकवचन

• अग्नि-शौचे: fire-purified
• अग्नि-शौचे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + शौच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्नेः शौचे = fire-purified)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वाससी: two garments
• वाससी: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), द्विवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice (within Devi Mahatmyam)

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Agni
• Devī
• Niśumbha

Shakti Aspects

• Devī (recipient of proposal)

Key Themes

• Asura opulence
• Oceanic jewels (ratnas)
• Divine gifts and their misuse

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse critiques the conflation of wealth with worth. Even if one accumulates ‘all jewels’ and famed garments, such acquisitions cannot compel the Divine Feminine; spiritual sovereignty is not purchasable.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Narrative episode (ākhyāna) within the Purāṇic teaching framework; not a genealogical/manvantara datum but a dharma-illustrating story segment.

What is the esoteric significance?

Ocean-born jewels can symbolize sensory splendor emerging from the ‘sea’ of prakṛti; Agni’s garments suggest the ‘coverings’ of transformative fire. When claimed by asuric ego, these become ornaments of bondage rather than aids to purification.