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Devi Upanishad: Verse 17

एषात्मशक्तिः। एषा विश्वमोहिनी पाशाङ्कुशधनुर्बाणधरा। एषा श्रीमहाविद्या। य एवं वेद स शोकं तरति। नमस्ते अस्तु भगवति भवति मातः अस्मान् पातु सर्वतः॥१५–१७॥

एषा । आत्म-शक्तिः । एषा । विश्व-मोहिनी । पाश-अङ्कुश-धनुः-बाण-धरा । एषा । श्री-महा-विद्या । यः । एवम् । वेद । सः । शोकम् । तरति । नमः । ते । अस्तु । भगवति । भवति । मातः । अस्मान् । पातु । सर्वतः ॥

Recitation with translationDevi Upanishad 17

eṣātmāśaktiḥ | eṣā viśvamohinī pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā | eṣā śrīmahāvidyā | ya evaṃ veda sa śokaṃ tarati | namas te astu bhagavati bhavati mātaḥ asmān pātu sarvataḥ ||15–17||

ဤသည်မှာ အာတ်မန်၏ သက္တိ ဖြစ်၏။ ဤသည်မှာ လောကအားလုံးကို မောဟစေသော မဟာဒေဝီဖြစ်၍ ပာရှ (ကြိုးဖမ်း)၊ အင်ကူရှ (ထိန်းညှိတံ)၊ လေးနှင့် မြားတို့ကို ကိုင်ဆောင်၏။ ဤသည်မှာ မင်္ဂလာရှိသော သရီ မဟာဝိဒျာ ဖြစ်၏။ ဤသို့ သိမြင်သူသည် ဝမ်းနည်းမှုကို ကျော်လွန်၏။ အို ဘဂဝတီ၊ အို ဘဝတီ (တည်ရှိသူ)၊ အို မိခင်၊ သင့်အား နမස්ကာရ; ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ကို အရပ်အားလုံးမှ ကာကွယ်ပါစေ။

This is the power of the Self. This is the Enchantress of the universe, bearing the noose, goad, bow, and arrows. This is the auspicious Great Knowledge. He who knows thus crosses beyond sorrow. Salutation to you, O Blessed Lady, O Existent One; O Mother, may she protect us on every side.

eṣāthis (she)
eṣā:
TypePronoun
Rootetad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
ātmāśaktiḥthe Self’s power
ātmāśaktiḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootātmāśakti (prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
eṣāthis (she)
eṣā:
TypePronoun
Rootetad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
viśvamohinīthe deluder of the universe
viśvamohinī:
TypeAdjective
Rootviśva-mohinī (prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharāshe who bears the noose, goad, bow, and arrows
pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā:
TypeAdjective
Rootpāśa-aṅkuśa-dhanus-bāṇa-dharā (prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
eṣāthis (she)
eṣā:
TypePronoun
Rootetad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
śrīmahāvidyāthe auspicious Great Knowledge
śrīmahāvidyā:
TypeNoun
Rootśrī-mahāvidyā (prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
TypePronoun
Rootyad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
evamthus, in this manner
evam:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (avyaya)
Formavyayam
vedaknows
veda:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (dhātu)
Formlaṭ (vartamāna), prathamaḥ puruṣaḥ, ekavacanam, parasmaipada
saḥhe
saḥ:
TypePronoun
Roottad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅgaḥ, prathamā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
śokamsorrow
śokam:
TypeNoun
Rootśoka (prātipadika)
Formpuṃliṅgaḥ, dvitīyā vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam
taraticrosses over
tarati:
TypeVerb
Root√tṝ (dhātu)
Formlaṭ (vartamāna), prathamaḥ puruṣaḥ, ekavacanam, parasmaipada
namaḥobeisance
namaḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (prātipadika; avyayībhūta usage)
Formavyayam (exclamatory/indeclinable ‘obeisance’)
teto you / your
te:
TypePronoun
Roottvad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formṣaṣṭhī vibhaktiḥ, ekavacanam (enclitic)
astumay it be
astu:
TypeVerb
Root√as (dhātu)
Formloṭ (vidhiliṅ/āśīr-liṅ sense), prathamaḥ puruṣaḥ, ekavacanam, parasmaipada
bhagavatiO Bhagavatī
bhagavati:
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, sambodhanaḥ, ekavacanam
bhavatiO Lady (honorific)
bhavati:
TypePronoun
Rootbhavat (prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, sambodhanaḥ, ekavacanam (honorific address)
mātaḥO Mother
mātaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (prātipadika)
Formstrīliṅgaḥ, sambodhanaḥ, ekavacanam
asmānus
asmān:
TypePronoun
Rootasmad (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Formdvitīyā vibhaktiḥ, bahuvacanam
pātumay (she) protect
pātu:
TypeVerb
Root√pā (dhātu)
Formloṭ (ājñārtha), prathamaḥ puruṣaḥ, ekavacanam, parasmaipada
sarvataḥfrom all sides
sarvataḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatas (avyaya)
Formavyayam
  • Same text as Devi.16: eṣā+ātmāśaktiḥ→eṣātmāśaktiḥ
  • pāśa+aṅkuśa+dhanuḥ+bāṇa+dharā→pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā
  • namaḥ+te→namas te
Non-dual Shakti-Brahman identity; liberation through knowledgeMahavakya: Indirectly harmonizes with mahāvākya purport by treating Devī as the inner Self-power; emphasizes jñāna as the means to transcend sorrow.AtharvaChandas: Prose (mixed, Upaniṣadic)

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