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Shloka 14

Adhyaya 88The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija

हंसयुक्तविमानाग्रे साक्षसूत्रकमण्डलुः ।

आयाता ब्रह्मणः शक्तिर्ब्रह्माणी साभिधीयते ॥

haṃsayuktavimānāgre sākṣasūtrakamaṇḍaluḥ |

āyātā brahmaṇaḥ śaktir brahmāṇī sābhidhīyate ||

ഹംസയുക്തമായ ദിവ്യരഥത്തിന്റെ മുൻഭാഗത്ത്, ജപമാലയും കമണ്ഡലുവും ധരിച്ച ബ്രഹ്മശക്തി എത്തി; അവൾ ബ്രാഹ്മണീ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധയാണ്।

हंसयुक्तविमानाग्रेon the front/top of the swan-yoked aerial car
हंसयुक्तविमानाग्रे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहंस-युक्त-विमान-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)
साक्षtogether with
साक्ष:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाक्ष (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषणार्थे ‘सह/सहित’ (with)
सूत्रa cord
सूत्र:
Upakarana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समुच्चित-उपकरणार्थे (as an item carried)
कमण्डलुःa water-pot
कमण्डलुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेष्य (appositive to the arriving deity)
आयाताhaving arrived
आयाता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृत् (past participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘आगता’ (having come)
ब्रह्मणःof Brahmā
ब्रह्मणः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
शक्तिःthe power/energy (goddess)
शक्तिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद (subject)
ब्रह्माणीBrahmāṇī
ब्रह्माणी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्माणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शक्तेः नाम (name in apposition)
साshe
सा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
अभिधीयतेis called
अभिधीयते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-धा (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)
Narrative voice within Devi Mahatmyam

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BrahmāṇīBrahmā
Brahmāṇī (Brahmi Matrika)
ShaktismMatrikasIconographySacred vehicles (vāhana)

FAQs

Brahmāṇī’s emblems (rosary, water-pot) connect power with tapas, discipline, and purity—suggesting that true creative authority is grounded in restraint and sacred order, not mere force.

Iconographic-theological detail within Vaṃśānucarita narrative: it supports ritual memory and transmission of sacred forms used in worship and recitation traditions.

Swans symbolize viveka (discernment) in later interpretive traditions; the rosary signifies cyclic time and mantra, and the kamaṇḍalu signifies the conserved essence—creative Shakti as disciplined, clarified intelligence.