Shloka 15

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

Sanskrit

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु निद्रारूपेण संस्थिता ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

Transliteration

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu nidrārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ ||

Translation

Ehrerbietige Verehrung, immer wieder, jener Göttin, die in allen Wesen in der Gestalt des Schlafes (Nidrā) weilt.

Word by Word

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

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• nidrā-rūpeṇa: in the form of sleep
• nidrā-rūpeṇa: Karaṇa (करण) / Prakāra
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidrā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘in the form of sleep’; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• saṃsthitā: is situated / abides
• saṃsthitā: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Feminine, Dative, Singular

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

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Feminine, Dative, Singular

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

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

Speakers

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

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Devī (Durgā/Chāṇḍikā)

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as Nidrā (Yoganidrā/Mahāmāyā motif in Devī Māhātmya)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Māyā and cosmic function
• Rest and withdrawal
• Immanence

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even ordinary, universal states like sleep are included within the sacred; the verse teaches wholeness—nothing in embodied life lies outside Devī’s presence.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

A hymn embedded in the Devī Māhātmya narrative cycle (upākhyāna), not a genealogical or manvantara enumeration.

What is the esoteric significance?

Nidrā points to the power that veils and withdraws cognition; esoterically it aligns with Śakti’s capacity to dissolve waking identity, hinting at yogic interiorization (laya) and the mystery of māyā.