Shloka 49
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
यानि रत्नानि मणयो गजाश्वादीनि वै प्रभो ।
त्रैलोक्ये तु समस्तानि साम्प्रतं भान्ति ते गृहे ॥
yāni ratnāni maṇayo gajāśvādīni vai prabho | trailokye tu samastāni sāmprataṃ bhānti te gṛhe ||
హే ప్రభూ, త్రిలోకములలో ఉన్న ఏ ఏ ధనములు—రత్నములు, గజములు, అశ్వములు మొదలైనవి—అవి అన్నీ ఇప్పుడు నీ గృహములోనే ప్రకాశిస్తున్నవి.
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FAQs
The verse frames the asura’s worldview: accumulation and display of the world’s riches. In Devi Mahatmyam this attitude becomes the basis for overreach—thinking even the Devī can be added to one’s possessions.
Carita—scene-setting through description of the antagonist’s power and resources.
‘All three worlds’ symbolically indicates totality of experience (gross/subtle/causal). The asura’s claim over them represents ego’s inflation—precisely what Devī dismantles.