Shloka 13

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

Sanskrit

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु चेतनेत्यभिधीयते ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

Transliteration

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu cetanety abhidhīyate | namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ ||

Translation

Ehrerbietige Verehrung, immer wieder, jener Göttin, die in allen Wesen als Bewusstsein bezeichnet wird.

Word by Word

• yā: who (she)
• yā: Karta (कर्ता) / Viśeṣya-prayoga (refers to devī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-bhūteṣu: in all beings
• sarva-bhūteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘in all beings’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• cetanā: consciousness
• cetanā: Pratipādya/Upapada-nāma (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• abhidhīyate: is called / is designated
• abhidhīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhidhā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि-प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Kriyā-phala/Prayojana (salutation act)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya used as salutation (नमः-प्रयोग), governs dative (चतुर्थी)

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Kriyā-phala/Prayojana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya used as salutation (नमः-प्रयोग)

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Kriyā-phala/Prayojana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya used as salutation (नमः-प्रयोग)

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Kriyā-phala/Prayojana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya used as salutation (नमः-प्रयोग)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Kriyā-phala/Prayojana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya used as salutation (नमः-प्रयोग)

Speakers

• Collective hymn of praise within Devī Māhātmya (stuti addressed to the Goddess)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Devī (Durgā/Chāṇḍikā)

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as immanent consciousness (cetanā-śakti)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Immanence of the Divine Feminine
• Non-dual devotional theology
• Praise (stuti)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The hymn locates the Goddess not only as a transcendent deity but as the very principle of sentience in every being; reverence for Devī therefore implies reverence for life and awareness wherever it appears.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Upākhyāna as part of the Devī Māhātmya narrative-hymnic unit (a theological stuti embedded in the purāṇic account), rather than sarga/pratisarga/manvantara proper.

What is the esoteric significance?

Cetanā here can be read as Śakti functioning as the inner illuminator; the repeated namaskāra rhythm serves as a mantra-like recognition (pratyabhijñā) of the Divine within embodied experience.