Devi Bhagavatam 9.13.35 — Devotion & Grace of the Goddess, Skandha 9, Adhyaya 13, Shloka 35

Ganga Upakhyana: The Origin of Goddess Ganga

Devanagari script

शुभां सुभद्रां सुभगां स्वामिसौभाग्यसंयुताम् । सौन्दर्यसुन्दरीं श्रेष्ठां सर्वासु सुन्दरीषु च

Transliteration

śubhāṃ subhadrāṃ subhagāṃ svāmisaubhāgyasaṃyutām / saundaryasundarīṃ śreṣṭhāṃ sarvāsu sundarīṣu ca

Translation

သူမသည် မင်္ဂလာရှိသူ၊ အလွန်ကောင်းချီးခံရသူဖြစ်ပြီး သူမ၏အရှင်သခင်၏ ချစ်ခြင်းမေတ္တာကို အပြည့်အဝရရှိထားသူ ဖြစ်၏။ သူမသည် အလှတရား၏ အနှစ်သာရဖြစ်ပြီး လှပသော အမျိုးသမီးအားလုံးတွင် အမြတ်ဆုံးဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• śubhām: auspicious
• śubhām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• subhadrām: very auspicious
• subhadrām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: subhadra
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• subhagām: fortunate
• subhagām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: subhaga
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• svāmisaubhāgyasaṃyutām: endowed with husband's good fortune
• svāmisaubhāgyasaṃyutām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svāmisaubhāgyasaṃyuta
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• saundaryasundarīm: beautiful in her beauty
• saundaryasundarīm: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saundaryasundarī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• śreṣṭhām: the best
• śreṣṭhām: karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• sarvāsu: among all
• sarvāsu: adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: feminine, locative, plural

• sundarīṣu: beautiful women
• sundarīṣu: adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sundarī
• Form: feminine, locative, plural

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca
• Form: indeclinable

Speaker

Narayana

Shakti Theology

Devi Form: Radha

Mahavidya Connection: Kamala

Shakti Manifestation: Essence of beauty and auspiciousness

Tattva Discussed: Prakriti

Devi Narrative

Demon Antagonist: null

Devi Weapon Used: null

Narrative Source: Prakriti Khanda

Story Arc Position: exposition

Tantra Dimension

Mantra Referenced: null

Yantra Referenced: null

Kundalini Element: null

Chakra Referenced: null

Tantric Practice Type: null

Bhakti & Stuti

Stuti Type: Namavali

Recitation Occasion: Daily

Phala Shruti: null

Devotee Offering Stuti: Narayana Rishi

Cosmic Feminine

Maya Aspect: null

Creation Role: null

Shakti Philosophy: Dvaita (focus on relationship with the Lord)

Relation To Brahman: The beloved and most fortunate consort of the Supreme Lord

Vyasa-Janamejaya Dialogue

Narrator: Narayana

Listener: Narada

Dialogue Context: Describing Radha's supreme fortune and beauty

Narrative Layer: embedded

Ritual Context

Text: None

Philosophical Significance

Text: Emphasizes the concept of 'Saubhagya' (auspicious fortune), which in Shakta theology represents the perfect union and mutual love between Purusha and Prakriti.

Characters & Entities

• Radha

FAQs

How does this verse describe Radha's relationship with her Lord?

It describes her as 'svamisaubhagyasamyutam', meaning she is endowed with the immense good fortune of possessing her Lord's complete love.