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Shloka 10

Adhyaya 91The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations

सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां शक्तिभूते सनातनि ।

गुणाश्रये गुणमये नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

sṛṣṭi-sthiti-vināśānāṃ śakti-bhūte sanātani | guṇāśraye guṇa-maye nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te ||

Wahai Yang Kekal, Engkaulah kuasa hakiki penciptaan, pemeliharaan dan pemusnahan; penopang guṇa dan juga tersusun daripada guṇa—wahai Nārāyaṇī, salam sujud kepada-Mu.

sṛṣṭi-sthiti-vināśānāmof creation, maintenance, and destruction
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-vināśānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sthiti (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग — इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः; ‘of creation, maintenance, and destruction’
śakti-bhūteexisting as power
śakti-bhūte:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootśakti (प्रातिपदिक) + √bhū (भू धातु) → bhūta (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formसंबोधन/सप्तमी एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग — ‘(O one) who has become/exists as power’; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः
sanātanieternal
sanātani:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootsanātanī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंबोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग — ‘O eternal one’
guṇa-āśrayesupport of the guṇas
guṇa-āśraye:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंबोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग — ‘having the guṇas as support / resort of guṇas’
guṇa-mayemade of the guṇas
guṇa-maye:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mayaṭ (मयट् प्रत्यय) → guṇamaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंबोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग — ‘consisting of guṇas’
nārāyaṇiO Nārāyaṇī
nārāyaṇi:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāyaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंबोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
भाव (salutation expression)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय
astumay it be
astu:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
Formलोट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
teto you
te:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी, एकवचन
Devas addressing Devī

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Devī (Nārāyaṇī)Devas (collective)
Tri-functional cosmic Shakti (sṛṣṭi-sthiti-vināśa); Triguṇa-śakti
CosmologyTriguṇaCreation-maintenance-dissolutionMetaphysics of Shakti

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All processes—arising, sustaining, ending—are sacred movements of Shakti. This reframes loss and change as part of cosmic order, encouraging steadiness and dharmic action without panic.

Directly resonates with sarga and pralaya as cosmic functions, though delivered as devotional hymn rather than narrative enumeration.

‘Support of guṇas’ yet ‘made of guṇas’ indicates transcendence-and-immanence: Devī is both the conditioning modes (sattva/rajas/tamas) and the ground in which they appear.