Shloka 31

Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

Sanskrit

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु नीतिरूपेण संस्थिता ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

Transliteration

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu nītirūpeṇa saṃsthitā / namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ

Translation

一切の衆生において、nīti（正しい行い・正道の規範）の姿として住まわれるその女神に敬礼あれ、敬礼あれ、敬礼あれ。重ねて重ねて、敬礼あれ。

Word by Word

• yā: who (she)
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• devī: goddess
• devī: Karta (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• sarva-bhūteṣu: in all beings
• sarva-bhūteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (भूत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Saptamī, Bahuvacana

• nīti-rūpeṇa: in the form of right conduct/policy
• nīti-rūpeṇa: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīti (नीति-प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (रूप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (नीतेः रूपम्)

• saṃsthitā: is established/abides
• saṃsthitā: Karta-bhāva (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: PPP (क्त); Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; salutation particle

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; repetition

Speakers

• Devī Māhātmya narrative voice (hymnic praise within the Saptashatī frame)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bhakti", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devī (Mahādevī/Durgā)

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as Nīti (Right Order/Conduct)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Dharma
• Ethics
• Rajadharma (implicit)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Nīti—principled guidance in personal and social life—is divine in origin; governance and self-governance alike should be aligned with sacred order rather than mere expediency.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A hymn emphasizing the ethical ground of dharma; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit, but it supports the Purāṇic purpose of dharma-teaching.

What is the esoteric significance?

Nīti can be read as the inner ‘discriminative ordering power’ that aligns thought, speech, and action; it is Devī as the intelligence that steers life toward harmony.