Shloka 14
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु बुद्धिरूपेण संस्थिता ।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu buddhirūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ ||
സകല ജീവികളിലും ബുദ്ധിരൂപമായി വസിക്കുന്ന ആ ദേവിക്കു വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നമസ്കാരം.
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FAQs
Buddhi as Devī suggests that right discernment and ethical decision-making are sacred capacities; cultivating clarity and discrimination is itself a form of worship.
Embedded stuti within purāṇic narration (upākhyāna/vaṃśānucarita context of Devī Māhātmya), not a direct sarga/pratisarga/manvantara passage.
Buddhi is the instrument by which the Self and the real are discerned; identifying buddhi with Śakti sacralizes cognition and frames awakening as Devī’s grace operating as insight.