Devi Upanishad: Verse 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तामग्निवर्णां तपसा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनीं कर्मफलेषु जुष्टाम् । दुर्गां देवीं शरणमहं प्रपद्ये सुतरां नाशयते तमः ॥

देवीं वाचमजनयन्त देवाः तां विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति । सा नो मन्द्रेषमूर्जं दुहाना धेनुर्वागस्मानुपसुष्टुतैतु ॥९–१०॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ताम् । अग्नि-वर्णाम् । तपसा । ज्वलन्तीम् । वैरोचनीम् । कर्म-फलेषु । जुष्टाम् । दुर्गाम् । देवीम् । शरणम् । अहम् । प्रपद्ये । सु-तराम् । नाशयते । तमः ।

देवीम् । वाचम् । अजनयन्त । देवाः । ताम् । विश्व-रूपाः । पशवः । वदन्ति । सा । नः । मन्द्रेषम् । ऊर्जम् । दुहाना । धेनुः । वाक् । अस्मान् । उप-सुष्टुत । एतु ।

Recitation with translationDevi Upanishad 9

IAST Transliteration

tām agnivarṇāṃ tapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃ karmaphaleṣu juṣṭām | durgāṃ devīṃ śaraṇam ahaṃ prapadye sutarāṃ nāśayate tamaḥ |

devīṃ vācam ajanayanta devās tāṃ viśvarūpāḥ paśavo vadanti | sā no mandreṣam ūrjaṃ duhānā dhenur vāg asmān upasuṣṭutaitu ||9–10||

Translation

ਅਗਨੀ-ਵਰਣ, ਤਪ ਨਾਲ ਜ੍ਵਲੰਤ, ਵੈਰੋਚਨੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਮਾਨ, ਕਰਮ-ਫਲਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਉਸ ਦੁਰਗਾ ਦੇਵੀ ਦੀ ਮੈਂ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਲੈਂਦਾ/ਲੈਂਦੀ ਹਾਂ; ਉਹ ਤਮਸ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੇ ਦੇਵੀ-ਸਰੂਪ ਵਾਣੀ ਨੂੰ ਜਨਮ ਦਿੱਤਾ; ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵ-ਰੂਪ ਜੀਵ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਉਚਾਰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਵਾਣੀ—ਧੇਨੂ ਵਾਂਗ—ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਮਿੱਠਾ ਪੋਸ਼ਣ ਤੇ ਊਰਜਾ ਦੋਹ ਕੇ, ਸੁ-ਸਤੁਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ੰਸਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ ਆਵੇ। (੯–੧੦)

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Academic Translation

To her—fire-hued, blazing with austerity; radiant (vairocanī), delighted in the fruits of actions—I take refuge in Durgā the Goddess; she utterly destroys darkness. The gods generated divine Speech; the many-formed creatures speak her. May that Speech, a cow milking out for us sweet nourishment and vigor, come to us well-praised.

Verse Context

• Śakti as liberating power (avidyā-tamo-nāśa), Vāk/Śabda as manifestation of Brahman
• Mahavakya: Indirectly aligns with ‘Prajñānam Brahma’ by presenting divine Vāk/knowledge as Brahman’s power that dispels tamas; not a direct Mahāvākya statement.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed; first verse resembles triṣṭubh/jagatī cadence; second has Ṛgvedic hymn-style pādas; overall treated as metrical quotation within Upaniṣadic compilation