Shloka 29

Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

Sanskrit

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु स्मृतिरूपेण संस्थिता ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

Transliteration

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu smṛtirūpeṇa saṃsthitā / namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ

Translation

သတ္တဝါအပေါင်းတို့၌ စ္မృతိ (မှတ်ဉာဏ်/အမှတ်ရမှု) အဖြစ် တည်ရှိနေသော ထိုဒေဝီမယ်တော်အား—နမස්ကာရ၊ နမස්ကာရ၊ နမස්ကာရ; ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ နမස්ကာရ။

Word by Word

• yā: who (she)
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• devī: goddess
• devī: Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• sarva-bhūteṣu: in all beings
• sarva-bhūteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (भूत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Saptamī, Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya samāsa

• smṛti-rūpeṇa: in the form of memory
• smṛti-rūpeṇa: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smṛti (स्मृति-प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (रूप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (स्मृतेः रूपम्)

• saṃsthitā: is established/abides
• saṃsthitā: Karta-bhāva (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: PPP (क्त); Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; salutation particle

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya

• tasyai: to her
• tasyai: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī, Ekavacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; repetition

Speakers

• Devī Māhātmya narrative voice (hymnic praise within the Saptashatī frame)

Verse Rasa

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

Primary Deities

• Devī (Mahādevī/Durgā)

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as Smṛti (Memory)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Cognition
• Remembrance
• Devotion

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Memory—needed for learning, gratitude, and moral continuity—is revered as divine; forgetting dharma is implicitly a loss of connection to Devī’s sustaining presence.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A stuti element that strengthens dharmic life; not a direct treatment of sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.

What is the esoteric significance?

Smṛti is the power of recollection that supports mantra-japa and self-remembrance; it also hints at the deeper ‘anamnesis’ of one’s spiritual identity.