Devi Upanishad 21: Verse 21
वियदाकारसंयुक्तं वीतिहोत्रसमन्वितम् । अर्धेन्दुलसितं देव्या बीजं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ॥
एवमेकाक्षरं मन्त्रं यतयः शुद्धचेतसः । ध्यायन्ति परमानन्दमया ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः ॥२०–२१॥
वियत्-आकार-संयुक्तम् । वीति-होत्र-समन्वितम् । अर्ध-इन्दु-लसितम् । देव्याः । बीजम् । सर्व-अर्थ-साधकम् ।
एवम् । एक-अक्षरम् । मन्त्रम् । यतयः । शुद्ध-चेतसः । ध्यायन्ति । परम-आनन्द-मयाः । ज्ञान-अम्बु-राशयः ।
viyad-ākāra-saṃyuktaṃ vīti-hotra-samanvitam | ardhendu-lasitaṃ devyā bījaṃ sarvārtha-sādhakam ||
evam ekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ yatayaḥ śuddha-cetasaḥ | dhyāyanti paramānanda-mayā jñānāmbu-rāśayaḥ ||20–21||
Der Bīja‑Laut der Göttin, der alle Ziele vollendet, ist mit der Gestalt von „viyat“ verbunden und mit „vītihotra“ versehen, vom Halbmond erglänzend. So wird das einsilbige Mantra von Asketen mit gereinigtem Geist betrachtet — aus höchster Wonne gewoben, Ozeane der Wasser des Wissens.
The seed (bīja) of the Goddess—accomplishing all aims—is joined with the form of ‘viyat’ and endowed with ‘vītihotra’, and is resplendent with the half-moon. Thus the one-syllabled mantra is meditated upon by ascetics of purified mind, who are made of supreme bliss, oceans of the waters of knowledge.
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