Shloka 16
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु क्षुधारूपेण संस्थिता ।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu kṣudhārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ ||
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै पुनः पुनः । या सर्वभूतेषु क्षुधारूपेण संस्थिता ॥
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FAQs
Recognizing hunger as Devī encourages compassion and dharmic provision (feeding, hospitality), since need itself is a divine presence in creatures.
Stuti embedded in narrative (upākhyāna); it is theological-ritual material rather than cosmological creation (sarga) or manvantara chronology.
Kṣudhā symbolizes the fundamental drive (icchā) that propels embodied existence; in yogic reading, it can be transmuted from craving into disciplined aspiration.