Shloka 21
Adhyaya 91 — The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations
लक्ष्मि लज्जे महाविद्ये श्रद्धे पुष्टे स्वधे ध्रुवे ।
महारात्रे महामाये नारायणी नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
lakṣmi lajje mahāvidye śraddhe puṣṭe svadhe dhruve / mahārātre mahāmāye nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te
ஹே நாராயணீ, உமக்கு நமஸ்காரம்—ஹே லக்ஷ்மீ, ஹே லஜ்ஜா, ஹே மஹாவித்யா, ஹே ஸ்ரத்தா, ஹே புஷ்டி, ஹே ஸ்வதா, ஹே த்ருவா; ஹே மஹாராத்திரி, ஹே மஹாமாயா।
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FAQs
Devī is identified with both inner virtues (modesty, faith) and outer flourishing (prosperity, nourishment). Ethics and prosperity are not opposed; both are expressions of the same sacred power when aligned with dharma.
Carita (hymnic theology) with a dharma-facing function: it links Purāṇic devotion to daily life—virtue, ritual duty (svadhā), and steadfastness (dhruvā).
Mahāmāyā and Mahārātrī point to Devī as the power that veils and reveals reality: the same māyā that binds also becomes vidyā that liberates when approached with śraddhā and inner restraint (lajjā).