Devi Upanishad 14: Verse 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अदितिर्ह्यजनिष्ट दक्ष या दुहिता तव । तां देवा अन्वजायन्त भद्रा अमृतबन्धवः ॥

कामो योनिः कामकला वज्रपाणिर्गुहा हसा । मातरिश्वाभ्रमिन्द्रः पुनर्गुहा सकला मायया च पुनः कोशा विश्वमाता दिवि द्योम् ॥१३–१४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अदितिः । हि । अजनिष्ट । दक्ष । या । दुहिता । तव । ताम् । देवाः । अन्वजायन्त । भद्राः । अमृत-बन्धवः ॥

कामः । योनिः । काम-कला । वज्र-पाणिः । गुहा । हसा । मातरिश्वा । अभ्रम् । इन्द्रः । पुनः । गुहा । सकला । मायया । च । पुनः । कोशाः । विश्व-माता । दिवि । द्योम् ॥

Recitation with translationDevi Upanishad 14

IAST Transliteration

aditir hy ajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava | tāṃ devā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ ||

kāmo yoniḥ kāmakalā vajrapāṇir guhā hasā | mātariśvā abhram indraḥ punaḥ guhā sakalā māyayā ca punaḥ kośā viśvamātā divi dyom ||

Translation

Wahrlich, Aditi wurde geboren, o Dakṣa, als deine Tochter. Die Götter — glückverheißend, dem Unsterblichen verwandt — zeugten sie der Reihe nach. Begehren ist der Schoß; Kāmakalā, der „Anteil des Begehrens“; der Vajra-Träger; die Höhle; das Lachen; Mātariśvan; die Wolke; Indra; wiederum die Höhle; das Ganze; durch māyā; und wiederum die Hüllen; die Mutter des Alls — im Himmel, im leuchtenden Himmelsraum.

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Academic Translation

Aditi indeed was born, O Dakṣa, as your daughter. The gods—auspicious, kin to immortality—begot her in succession. Desire is the womb; the ‘digit/portion’ of desire; the thunderbolt-bearer; the cave; laughter; Mātariśvan; the cloud; Indra; again the cave; the whole; by māyā; and again the sheaths; the Mother of the universe—(she is) in heaven, the luminous sky.

Verse Context

• Non-dual immanence of Devī as Śakti across cosmic functions and inner psychophysical layers (kośas)
• Mahavakya: Indirect corroboration of non-dual identity teachings: all deities and inner faculties are read as one reality, resonating with ‘sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma’; the ‘guhā’ motif supports inward turn toward the Self implied by ‘tat tvam asi’.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/irregular; mantraic prose with Vedic diction rather than a single fixed meter.