Devi Upanishad 13: Verse 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

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॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

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 ॥

Recitation with translationDevi Upanishad 13

IAST Transliteration

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 ||

Translation

まことにアディティは、ダクシャよ、汝の娘として生まれた。神々—吉祥にして不死に縁ある者たち—は、次々に彼女を生み出した。 欲は胎（よな）であり、カーマカーラーは「欲の一分」。金剛を執る者、洞窟（グハー）、笑い、マータリシュヴァン（生命の風）、雲、インドラ、再び洞窟、全体（サカラー）、マーヤーによって、また諸鞘（コーシャ）。宇宙の母は、天に、光り輝く天空に在す。

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Academic Translation

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 (kāmakalā); the thunderbolt-bearer; the cave (guhā); laughter; Mātariśvan (the wind); the cloud; Indra; again the cave; the whole (sakalā); by māyā; and again the sheaths (kośas); the Mother of the universe—(she is) in heaven, the luminous sky.

Verse Context

• Māyā-śakti and the manifestation of Brahman as the cosmic Mother; kośa-doctrine; guhā (heart-cave) as locus of realization
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports ‘sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma’ (Chāndogya) by presenting all names/forms (including kośas and deities) as expressions of one Śakti/Brahman; also aligns with ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’ insofar as the ‘guhā’ points to the inner Self beyond sheaths.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed/irregular; largely prose-like Upaniṣadic style with mantraic cadence (not strictly classifiable as a single classical Vedic meter).