Shloka 39
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
या साम्प्रतं चोद्धतदैत्यतापितैरस्माभिरीशा च सुरैर्नमस्यते ।
या च स्मृता तत्क्षणमेव हन्ति नः सर्वापदो भक्तिविनम्रकूर्तिभिः ॥
yā sāmprataṃ coddhatadaityatāpitair asmābhir īśā ca surair namasyate / yā ca smṛtā tatkṣaṇam eva hanti naḥ sarvāpado bhaktivinamrakamūrtibhiḥ
She who is now revered by us and by the gods, even as we are tormented by the arrogant daityas—when remembered, she destroys at that very moment all our misfortunes, for those who bow down in devotion.
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FAQs
The verse elevates inner practice: remembrance and devotion are presented as immediately transformative. Ethically, it recommends steadiness of mind and humility (vinamratā) as the posture that invites grace.
Stuti within ākhyāna; it functions as upāsanā-teaching (how worship works) rather than as a chronological or genealogical record.
Instant destruction of ‘misfortunes’ can be read as the sudden cessation of inner afflictions when awareness turns to its source (Devī as citi). Smaraṇa is a switch from fragmented attention to unified consciousness.