Shloka 39
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
या साम्प्रतं चोद्धतदैत्यतापितैरस्माभिरीशा च सुरैर्नमस्यते ।
या च स्मृता तत्क्षणमेव हन्ति नः सर्वापदो भक्तिविनम्रकूर्तिभिः ॥
yā sāmprataṃ coddhatadaityatāpitair asmābhir īśā ca surair namasyate / yā ca smṛtā tatkṣaṇam eva hanti naḥ sarvāpado bhaktivinamrakamūrtibhiḥ
അഹങ്കാരമുള്ള ദൈത്യന്മാർ ഞങ്ങളെ പീഡിപ്പിക്കുമ്പോൾ, ഇപ്പോൾ ഞങ്ങളും ദേവന്മാരും ആരാധിക്കുന്ന ആ ദേവി—സ്മരണ മാത്രത്താൽ തന്നെ അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ നമ്മുടെ എല്ലാ ദുരിതങ്ങളും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; ഭക്തിയാൽ നമ്രരായവർക്കായി।
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FAQs
The verse elevates inner practice: remembrance and devotion are presented as immediately transformative. Ethically, it recommends steadiness of mind and humility (vinamratā) as the posture that invites grace.
Stuti within ākhyāna; it functions as upāsanā-teaching (how worship works) rather than as a chronological or genealogical record.
Instant destruction of ‘misfortunes’ can be read as the sudden cessation of inner afflictions when awareness turns to its source (Devī as citi). Smaraṇa is a switch from fragmented attention to unified consciousness.