Shloka 22
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु लज्जारूपेण संस्थिता ।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu lajjārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ ||
எல்லா உயிர்களிலும் நாணம்/கட்டுப்பாடு (லஜ்ஜா)-ரூபமாக நிலைகொண்டுள்ள அந்த தேவிக்கு மீண்டும் மீண்டும் வணக்கம்; அவளுக்கே வணக்கம், அவளுக்கே வணக்கம், நமோ நமः।
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FAQs
Lajjā is treated as a divine safeguard that protects society and the individual from harmful action; ethical restraint is thus not weakness but Devī’s presence as conscience.
A dharma-inflected stuti inside the Devī Māhātmya upākhyāna; it contributes to purāṇic ethical formation more than to formal pancalakṣaṇa narration.
As inner modesty/conscience, lajjā marks the turning back of outward-going impulses; esoterically it is a śakti that seals and conserves spiritual energy (saṃyama).