Shloka 22
Adhyaya 91 — The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations
मेधे सरस्वति वरे भूतिबाब्रवि तामसि ।
नियते त्वं प्रसीदेऽशे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
medhe sarasvati vare bhūti bābhravi tāmasi | niyate tvaṃ prasīdeśe nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te ||
हे बुद्धी, हे सरस्वती, हे श्रेष्ठे; हे श्री, हे बाभ्रवी, हे तामसी, हे नियती—हे अधीश्वरी, प्रसन्न हो। हे नारायणी, तुला नमस्कार असो।
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FAQs
All capacities—intelligence, speech, prosperity, and even restraint/destiny—are treated as expressions of Devī; therefore worship is not limited to external boons but includes reverence for inner virtues and right order (niyati).
This verse belongs to narrative praise within the Devī-Māhātmya episode; it is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita, but part of the ‘vaṃśānucarita/ākhyāna’ (sacred account) material embedded in the Purāṇa.
By naming Devī as Medhā and Sarasvatī, the hymn identifies liberation as arising through awakened discernment and mantra/vāk; by naming Tāmasī and Niyati, it integrates even darkness and necessity into the one Śakti, implying non-dual sovereignty over all guṇas.