Shloka 84
अष्टमी वृत्तिरेतासां पुरोगा पाकशासन । पाकशासन! उन देवियोंके नाम इस प्रकार हैं--आशा, श्रद्धा, धृति, शान्ति, विजिति, संनति, क्षमा और आठवीं वृत्ति (जया)। ये आठवीं देवी उन सातोंकी अग्रगामिनी हैं ।। ८३ ई || ताश्नाहं चासुरांस्त्यक्त्वा युष्मद्धिषयमागता:
aṣṭamī vṛttir etāsāṃ purogā pākaśāsana | pākaśāsana! imā devyo nāmabhiḥ—āśā, śraddhā, dhṛtiḥ, śāntiḥ, vijitiḥ, saṃnatiḥ, kṣamā ca, aṣṭamī ca vṛttiḥ (jayā) | eṣā aṣṭamī devī tāḥ saptānām agragāminī || tāś cāhaṃ cāsurāṃs tyaktvā yuṣmadviṣayam āgatāḥ ||
Wahai Pākaśāsana! Di antara semuanya, yang kedelapan ialah Vṛtti, sang pelopor. Nama para dewi itu ialah: Āśā (Harapan), Śraddhā (Iman), Dhṛti (Keteguhan), Śānti (Damai), Vijiti (Kemenangan/Penaklukan), Saṃnati (Tunduk hormat), Kṣamā (Pemaafan), dan sebagai yang kedelapan Vṛtti—juga disebut Jayā (Triumf). Dewi kedelapan inilah yang memimpin ketujuh lainnya. Setelah meninggalkan jalan yang asurik, mereka telah datang ke dalam lingkup kekuasaanmu.
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a cluster of personified virtues—hope, faith, fortitude, peace, conquest, humility, and forgiveness—led by right conduct (Vṛtti/Jayā). Ethically, it implies that true ‘victory’ is grounded in disciplined conduct and the cultivation of these inner qualities, along with abandoning asuric (anti-dharmic) dispositions.
Śakra (Indra), addressed as Pākaśāsana, enumerates eight divine feminine personifications of virtues and states that the eighth, Vṛtti (also called Jayā), leads the other seven. He adds that they have forsaken the asuric side and have come into Indra’s sphere—signaling a movement from anti-divine influence toward the domain of dharma.