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Devi Upanishad: Verse 22

वाङ्मया ब्रह्मभूतस्मात् षष्ठं वक्त्रसमन्वितम् ।

सूर्यो वामश्रोत्रबिन्दुः संयुताष्टकतृतीयकः ॥

नारायणेन संयुक्तो वायुश्चाधरसंयुतः ।

विच्चे नवार्णकोऽर्णः स्यान्महदानन्ददायकः ॥२२–२३॥

वाक्-मया । ब्रह्म-भूतस्मात् । षष्ठम् । वक्त्र-समन्वितम् ।

सूर्यः । वाम-श्रोत्र-बिन्दुः । संयुतः । अष्टक-तृतीयकः ।

नारायणेन । संयुक्तः । वायुः । च । अधर-संयुतः ।

विच्चे । नव-अर्णकः । अर्णः । स्यात् । महत्-आनन्द-दायकः ।

Recitation with translationDevi Upanishad 22

vāṅmayā brahmabhūtas māt ṣaṣṭhaṃ vaktrasamanvitam |

sūryo vāmaśrotrabinduḥ saṃyutāṣṭakatṛtīyakaḥ ||

nārāyaṇena saṃyukto vāyuścādharasaṃyutaḥ |

vicce navārṇako’rṇaḥ syān mahadānandadāyakaḥ ||22–23||

ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी वाङ्मया से छठा अक्षर/तत्त्व, मुख (उच्चारण) से युक्त होकर प्रकट होता है। बाएँ कान में सूर्य बिन्दु-रूप है और अष्टक के तृतीय से संयुक्त है। वह नारायण से संयुक्त है और वायु अधर-भाग से संयुक्त है। ‘विच्चे’—यह नवाक्षरी मन्त्र महान् आनन्द देने वाला कहा गया है।

From Vāṅmayā, who is of the nature of Brahman, (there is) the sixth (syllable/element) endowed with the face (i.e., with the ‘mouth’/utterance); the Sun is the bindu at the left ear, joined with the third of the octad. Joined with Nārāyaṇa, and Vāyu joined with the lower (lip/part). ‘Vicce’: the nine-syllabled formula is said to be a syllable (mantra) that bestows great bliss.

Mantra-śakti as Brahman (Śabda-Brahman), Devī as the ground of speech and liberationMahavakya: Indirect: supports ‘prajñānam brahma’ / ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ by identifying Devī/Śabda as Brahman; not a direct Mahāvākya citationAtharvaAtharvaśiras / Atharvaṇa tradition (Śākta Upaniṣad corpus) ShakhaChandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-like śloka (later Upaniṣadic-Śākta style; not strictly Vedic metrical recitation)

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