Devi Upanishad: Verse 7
अहं राष्ट्री सङ्गमनी वसूनाम् अहं सुवे पितरमस्य मूर्धन् । मम योनिरप्स्वन्तः समुद्रे । य एवं वेद स देवीपदमाप्नोति । ते देवा अब्रुवन् । नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सततं नमः । नमः प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम् ॥७–८॥
अहम् । राष्ट्री । सङ्गमनी । वसूनाम् । अहम् । सुवे । पितरम् । अस्य । मूर्धन् । मम । योनिः । अप्सु । अन्तः । समुद्रे । यः । एवम् । वेद । सः । देवी-पदम् । आप्नोति । ते । देवाः । अब्रुवन् । नमः । देव्यै । महा-देव्यै । शिवायै । सततम् । नमः । नमः । प्रकृत्यै । भद्रायै । नियताः । प्रणताः । स्म । ताम् ।
ahaṃ rāṣṭrī saṅgamanī vasūnām ahaṃ suve pitaram asya mūrdhan | mama yonir apsv antaḥ samudre | ya evaṃ veda sa devīpadam āpnoti | te devā abruvan | namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satataṃ namaḥ | namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām ||7–8||
ഞാൻ രാഷ്ട്രീ—സർവാധിപതിയായവൾ, വസുക്കളുടെ സംഗമിനി; ഈ ലോകത്തിന്റെ പിതാവിനെ ശിഖരത്തിൽ ഞാൻ പ്രസവിക്കുന്നു. എന്റെ യോനി ജലങ്ങളിൽ, സമുദ്രത്തിന്റെ അന്തർഭാഗത്തിലാണ്. ഇങ്ങനെ അറിയുന്നവൻ ദേവീപദം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ദേവന്മാർ പറഞ്ഞു: ദേവിക്ക് നമസ്കാരം, മഹാദേവിക്ക് നമസ്കാരം; ശിവാസ്വരൂപിണിക്ക് സദാ നമഃ. ഭദ്രയായ പ്രകൃതിക്ക് നമഃ; നിയതരായി ഞങ്ങൾ അവളെ പ്രണാമിക്കുന്നു.
I am the sovereign (rāṣṭrī), the gatherer/assembler of the Vasus; I bring forth the father of this (world) at the summit (mūrdhan). My womb is in the waters, within the ocean. Whoever thus knows (this) attains the state/abode of the Goddess. The gods said: ‘Homage to the Goddess, to the Great Goddess; to Śivā, constant homage. Homage to Prakṛti, the auspicious one; disciplined, we have bowed to her.’
- मूर्धन् इति वैदिक-रूपं ‘मूर्धानम्’ (द्वितीया एकवचन) अर्थे। अप्स्वन्तः = अप्सु + अन्तः (विसर्ग/उकार-सन्धि)। देवीपदम् = देवी + पदम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)।
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Brahman as Devī (Śakti/Prakṛti) and mokṣa through vidyā (realization)
- The mahavakyas
- Supports identity-knowledge implied by ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ via the Devī’s first-person self-revelation (aham) as the cosmic principle; not a direct Mahāvākya citation.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Chandas
- Mixed; largely Ṛgvedic-style triṣṭubh/jagatī segments embedded in Upaniṣadic prose/quotation
Yoga and practice
Devī-aham-bhāvanā (contemplation of the ‘I’ as Śakti); japa of ‘namo devyai…’ as bhakti-yoga; meditation on the ‘ocean/waters’ as the undifferentiated causal ground (kāraṇa) leading to nondual absorption.
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