Devi Upanishad: Verse 14
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॥
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 ॥
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 ||
दक्ष, तेरी बेटी अदिति पैदा हुई। देवताओं ने उसको अपनाया, क्योंकि वो अमृत जैसी थी। इच्छा से यह सब शुरू होता है। वज्र हाथ में, गुफा में, हंसी में। हवा, बादल, इंद्र। फिर गुफा, फिर सब कुछ। माया के सारे छिलके, दुनिया की माँ। वो आसमान में है, रोशनी में।
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.
- Same saṃhitā as Devi.13: aditir hy = aditiḥ hi
- anvajāyanta = anu + ajāyanta
- vajrapāṇir = vajra-pāṇiḥ
- mātariśvābhram = mātariśvā + abhram
- viśvamātā = viśva-mātā
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Non-dual immanence of Devī as Śakti across cosmic functions and inner psychophysical layers (kośas)
- The mahavakyas
- 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’.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Mixed/irregular; mantraic prose with Vedic diction rather than a single fixed meter.
Yoga and practice
Use as nididhyāsana: trace experience from gross sheaths to subtle (prāṇa/mind) and rest in the heart-cave witness; cultivate śakti-bhāvanā where every sensation/thought is recognized as Devī’s manifestation, reducing fragmentation and supporting dhyāna.
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