Shloka 158

Agastya Arghya Rite and the Gaurī & Sārasvata Vows

with Origin Narratives and Merit Statements

Devanagari script

गौरी मे प्रीयतां नित्यमघनाशाय मंगला । सौभाग्यायास्तु ललिता भवानी सर्वसिद्धये

Transliteration

gaurī me prīyatāṃ nityamaghanāśāya maṃgalā | saubhāgyāyāstu lalitā bhavānī sarvasiddhaye

Translation

Que Gaurī soit toujours satisfaite de moi ; que Maṅgalā, l’Auspicious, efface mes fautes. Que Lalitā m’accorde la bonne fortune ; que Bhavānī confère toutes les perfections.

Word by Word

• गौरी: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form

• प्रीयताम्: may (she) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (passive/भावे प्रयोगः: ‘let (her) be pleased’)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अघनाशाय: for the destruction of sin
• अघनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ-नाश (प्रातिपदिक; अघ + नाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘अघस्य नाशः’)

• मङ्गला: the auspicious one
• मङ्गला: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सौभाग्यायाः: of good fortune
• सौभाग्यायाः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• तु: indeed / and
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• ललिता: Lalitā
• ललिता: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवानी: Bhavānī
• भवानी: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वसिद्धये: for complete success
• सर्वसिद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + सिद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘सर्वा सिद्धिः’)

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (a devotional supplicant voice)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: नित्यमघनाशाय = नित्यम् + अघनाशाय; सौभाग्यायास्तु = सौभाग्यायाः + तु.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Maṅgalā
• Lalitā
• Bhavānī

FAQs

Which goddess is addressed in this verse?

The verse addresses the Devī in multiple epithets—Gaurī, Maṅgalā, Lalitā, and Bhavānī—invoking her powers as auspicious, sin-destroying, fortune-giving, and bestower of accomplishments.

What spiritual aims are requested in this shloka?

The supplicant asks for (1) the Goddess’s continual favor, (2) destruction of sins (aghanāśa), (3) good fortune (saubhāgya), and (4) all siddhis/attainments (sarva-siddhi).

Does this verse teach an ethical or devotional lesson?

Yes. It models devotion expressed through remembrance of divine names and a moral orientation toward purification (removal of sin) and auspicious living, placing spiritual success under divine grace rather than mere self-effort.