Shloka 30

Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam

Sanskrit

ऋषिरुवाच इत्युक्त्वा सा भगवती चण्डिका चण्डविक्रमā ।

पश्यतामेव देवानां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

Transliteration

ṛṣir uvāca ity uktvā sā bhagavatī caṇḍikā caṇḍa-vikramā | paśyatām eva devānāṃ tatra eva antaradhīyata ||

Translation

聖仙は言った。「かく語り終えるや、あの福徳具足の女神——猛き武勇を具えたチャンディカー——は、神々が見守るその場で忽然と姿を消した。」

Word by Word

• ṛṣiḥ: the sage
• ṛṣiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masc), Prathamā (Nom, 1st), Eka-vacana (sg)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect/लिट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Eka-vacana (sg); Parasmaipada

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (iti)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √vac (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त/अव्यय)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), avyaya; ‘having said’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem), Prathamā (Nom, 1st), Eka-vacana (sg); pronoun

• bhagavatī: the Blessed Goddess
• bhagavatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem), Prathamā (Nom, 1st), Eka-vacana (sg)

• caṇḍikā: Caṇḍikā
• caṇḍikā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem), Prathamā (Nom, 1st), Eka-vacana (sg); proper name/epithet

• caṇḍa-vikramā: (she) of fierce valor
• caṇḍa-vikramā: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्ता विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + vikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem), Prathamā (Nom, 1st), Eka-vacana (sg); karmadhāraya: caṇḍaḥ vikramaḥ yasyāḥ = of fierce valor; qualifying sā/bhagavatī

• paśyatām: of (those) watching
• paśyatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √paś (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत्)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masc), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen, 6th), Bahu-vacana (pl); present participle in genitive plural: ‘of those who are seeing’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-avyaya (emphasis)

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masc), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen, 6th), Bahu-vacana (pl)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-avyaya (locative adverb: there)

• eva: itself/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-avyaya (emphasis)

• antaradhīyata: disappeared
• antaradhīyata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: antarā√dhā (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/Past/लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Eka-vacana (sg); Ātmanepada; passive/intransitive sense: ‘disappeared/vanished’

Speakers

• Ṛṣi narrator (within the Devi Mahatmyam narrative frame)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Devi (Caṇḍikā)
• Devas

Shakti Aspects

• Caṇḍikā (explicitly named); Devi concluding her assurances and withdrawing

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Narrative closure
• Theophany and disappearance
• Authority of ṛṣi narration

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divine aid is affirmed, yet not permanently ‘objectified’: the Goddess departs after instruction, implying that devotees must carry her teaching through practice (hearing, recitation, remembrance) rather than depend on continuous visible intervention.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A narrative closure marker within a māhātmya episode; it does not map to the five purāṇic characteristics.

What is the esoteric significance?

The Goddess’s disappearance (antaradhāna) indicates that śakti is not confined to a form; once the teaching is received, Devi is to be recognized as immanent—accessible through smaraṇa and stuti rather than only through vision.