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Shloka 19

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

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु तृष्णारूपेण संस्थिता ।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu tṛṣṇārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ ||

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु तृष्णारूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥

she who
:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्
devīthe Goddess
devī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
sarva-bhūteṣuin all beings
sarva-bhūteṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास
tṛṣṇā-rūpeṇain the form of thirst/craving
tṛṣṇā-rūpeṇa:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: तृष्णायाः रूपम्
saṃsthitāis established/abides
saṃsthitā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√sthā (स्था) (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative-function)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative-function)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative-function)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात
tasyaito her
tasyai:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन
namosalutation
namo:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative-function)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; संधिरूप (नमः + नमः → नमो नमः)
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative-function)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात
Collective hymn of praise within Devī Māhātmya (stuti addressed to the Goddess)

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Devī (Durgā/Chāṇḍikā)
Devī as Tṛṣṇā (vital thirst; also desire as a force)
ShaktismDesire and vital drivesDiscipline of cravingImmanence

FAQs

By attributing even thirst/longing to Devī, the hymn reframes desire as a power to be understood and governed rather than merely condemned—redirected toward dharma and liberation.

A stuti segment inside the Devī Māhātmya episode (upākhyāna), not a manvantara/vaṃśa listing.

Tṛṣṇā can denote both bodily thirst and metaphysical craving; esoterically it is the same energy that, when purified, becomes mumukṣutva—the thirst for freedom.