Devi Upanishad: Verse 30
इदमथर्वशीर्षं योऽधीते पञ्चाथर्वशीर्षजपफलमवाप्नोति ।
इदमथर्वशीर्षं ज्ञात्वा योऽर्चां स्थापयति ।
शतलक्षं प्रजप्त्वापि सोऽर्चासिद्धिं च विन्दति ।
शतमष्टोत्तरं चास्याः पुरश्चर्याविधिः स्मृतः ॥
दशवारं पठेद्यस्तु सद्यः पापैः प्रमुच्यते ।
महादुर्गाणि तरति महादेव्याः प्रसादतः ॥२९–३१॥
इदम् । अथर्व-शीर्षम् । यः । अधीते । पञ्च-अथर्व-शीर्ष-जप-फलम् । अवाप्नोति ।
इदम् । अथर्व-शीर्षम् । ज्ञात्वा । यः । अर्चाम् । स्थापयति ।
शत-लक्षम् । प्रजप्त्वा । अपि । सः । अर्चा-सिद्धिम् । च । विन्दति ।
शतम् । अष्ट-उत्तरम् । च । अस्याः । पुरश्चर्या-विधिः । स्मृतः ।
दश-वारम् । पठेत् । यः । तु । सद्यः । पापैः । प्रमुच्यते ।
महा-दुर्गाणि । तरति । महा-देव्याः । प्रसादतः ।
idam atharvaśīrṣaṃ yo'dhīte pañcātharvaśīrṣajapaphalam avāpnoti |
idam atharvaśīrṣaṃ jñātvā yo'rcāṃ sthāpayati |
śatalakṣaṃ prajaptvāpi so'rcāsiddhiṃ ca vindati |
śatam aṣṭottaraṃ cāsyāḥ puraśceryāvidhiḥ smṛtaḥ ||
daśavāraṃ paṭhed yas tu sadyaḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate |
mahādurgāṇi tarati mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ ||29–31||
ഈ അഥർവശീർഷം അധ്യയനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ അഞ്ചു അഥർവശീർഷജപത്തിന്റെ ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ഇതറിഞ്ഞ് ആരെങ്കിലും പൂജാർത്ഥം അർച്ച/പ്രതിമ സ്ഥാപിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ—ലക്ഷം ജപം ചെയ്താലും അവൻ അർച്ചാസിദ്ധിയും നേടുന്നു. അവളുടെ പുരശ്ചരണവിധി നൂറ്റെട്ട് ജപമെന്നു സ്മൃതമാണ്. പത്തു പ്രാവശ്യം പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ഉടൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു; മഹാദേവിയുടെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ മഹാദുർഗ്ഗങ്ങൾ കടക്കുന്നു.
Whoever studies this Atharva-śīrṣa attains the fruit of reciting five Atharva-śīrṣas. Having known this Atharva-śīrṣa, whoever establishes an image for worship—having recited it a hundred thousand times, he also obtains success in that worship. One hundred and eight (recitations) is remembered as her rite of preparatory practice (puraścaraṇa). But whoever recites it ten times is immediately released from sins; by the grace of the Great Goddess he crosses great difficulties.
- Same as Devi.29 (text repeated): yo'dhīte = yaḥ + adhīte
- yo'rcām = yaḥ + arcām
- prajaptvāpi = prajaptvā + api
- cāsyāḥ = ca + asyāḥ
- paṭhed yastu = paṭhet + yaḥ + tu
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Upāsanā (devotional practice) and prasāda (grace) as purification and obstacle-removal
- The mahavakyas
- Preparatory purification supportive of mahāvākya-based inquiry/realization.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Prose / mixed late-Upaniṣadic phalaśruti style.
Yoga and practice
Same as Devi.29: japa discipline, devotional concentration, purification, and grace-oriented surrender as supports for meditation and steadiness.
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