Verse 18

Sita

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नीला च मुखविद्युन्मालिनी सर्वौषधीनां सर्वप्राणिनां पोषणार्थं सर्वरूपा भवति॥१८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

नीला । च । मुख-विद्युत्-मालिनी । सर्व-औषधीनाम् । सर्व-प्राणिनाम् । पोषण-अर्थम् । सर्व-रूपा । भवति ॥१८॥

IAST Transliteration

nīlā ca mukhavidyunmālinī sarvauṣadhīnāṃ sarvaprāṇināṃ poṣaṇārthaṃ sarvarūpā bhavati ||18||

Translation

ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਨੀਲਾ ਹੈ—ਮੁਖ ਉੱਤੇ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੀ ਮਾਲਾ ਵਾਂਗ ਸ਼ੋਭਿਤ। ਸਭ ਔਸ਼ਧੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਭ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਪੋਸ਼ਣ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਸਰਵਰੂਪਾ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ॥੧੮॥

Academic Translation

And (she is) Nīlā, garlanded with lightning at her face; for the nourishment of all herbs and all living beings, she becomes of every form.

Verse Context

• Jagat-kāraṇa and jagat-poṣaṇa (cosmic causality and sustenance); Devī as all-forms (sarvarūpā) indicating non-dual immanence
• Mahavakya: Indirect: resonates with non-dual import of “ahaṃ brahmāsmi”/“tat tvam asi” by portraying the divine as ‘all-forms’; not a direct self-identity mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose