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Shloka 23

Adhyaya 84 — The Gods’ Hymn after the Slaying of Mahishasura and the Goddess’ Boon

Sanskrit

त्रैलोक्यमेतदखिलं रिपुनाशनेन त्रातं त्वया समरमूर्धनि तेऽपि हत्वा ।

नीता दिवं रिपुगणा भयमप्यपास्तम् अस्माकमुन्मदसुरारिभवं नमस्ते ॥

Transliteration

trailokyametadakhilaṃ ripunāśanena trātaṃ tvayā samaramūrdhani te 'pi hatvā / nītā divaṃ ripugaṇā bhayamapyapāstam asmākamunmadasurāribhavaṃ namaste

Translation

ສາມໂລກທັງໝົດນີ້ ຖືກທ່ານຊ່ວຍໄວ້ໂດຍການທຳລາຍສັດຕູ; ທ່ານໄດ້ປາບປະຫານເຂົາໃນຍອດແຫ່ງສົງຄາມ ແລະສົ່ງກອງສັດຕູໄປສູ່ສະຫວັນ (ຄື ຄວາມຕາຍ); ຄວາມຢ້ານຂອງພວກເຮົາຈຶ່ງຖືກລົບລ້າງ. ຂໍນະມັດສະການແດ່ທ່ານ ຜູ້ເປັນບໍ່ກຳເນີດແຫ່ງໄຊຊະນະຂອງພວກເຮົາເໜືອສັດຕູອາສຸຣະຜູ້ຄຸ້ມຄັ່ງ.

Word by Word
trailokyamthe three worlds
trailokyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु-समासः: त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः
etatthis
etat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
akhilamentire
akhilam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ripu-nāśanenaby the destruction of enemies
ripu-nāśanena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootripu (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: रिपूणां नाशनम्
trātamprotected/saved
trātam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√trā (त्रा) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicative with trailokyam: ‘has been protected’
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samara-mūrdhaniin the thick/forefront of battle
samara-mūrdhani:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamara (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: समरस्य मूर्धनि (= in the forefront/height of battle)
teyour
te:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
hatvāhaving slain
hatvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया; पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Root√han (हन्)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal form (अव्ययभाव)
nītāḥwere led
nītāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nī (नी) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with ripugaṇāḥ
divamto heaven
divam:
Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdiv (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ripu-gaṇāḥhosts of enemies
ripu-gaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootripu (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः: रिपूणां गणाः
bhayamfear
bhayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); here as object with apāstam
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
apāstamremoved/banished
apāstam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootapa- (उपसर्ग) + √as (अस्/अस् ‘to throw away’ in apās) (कृदन्त; क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative, Singular (एकवचन); predicative: ‘removed’
asmākamof us/our
asmākam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
unmada-asura-ari-bhavam(you who are) the foehood/enemy-nature toward the maddened asuras
unmada-asura-ari-bhavam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootunmada (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक) + bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: उन्मदानाम् असुराणाम् अरिः (त्वम्) तस्य भावः (= being the foe of the frenzied asuras)
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormExclamatory indeclinable (नमः-प्रयोग)
teto you
te:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन) (namas + dative)
Speakers
Devas praising the Goddess
Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities
Devi (Chandika/Durga)Devas (collectively)
Shakti Aspects
Devi as protector of the three worlds (Trailokya-rakṣiṇī)
Key Themes
Cosmic protectionVictory over asurasRemoval of fearDevotional salutation

FAQs

Fear is overcome not by denial but by the restoration of right order; the divine is invoked as the ultimate refuge when chaos threatens collective wellbeing.

Carita (accounts of divine deeds) framed as a theologically charged episode within the Purāṇa’s narrative instruction.

‘Three worlds saved’ can be read inwardly as the stabilization of the three states/planes of experience; the ‘host of foes’ symbolizes disruptive tendencies subdued by awakened Śakti.

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