Shloka 23

Adhyaya 91 — The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations

Sanskrit

सर्वतः पाणिपादान्ते सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखे ।

सर्वतः श्रवणघ्राणे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

Transliteration

sarvataḥ pāṇipādānte sarvato 'kṣiśiromukhe | sarvataḥ śravaṇaghrāṇe nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te ||

Translation

ทุกทิศมีพระหัตถ์และพระบาทของพระองค์ ทุกทิศมีพระเนตร พระเศียร และพระพักตร์ ทุกทิศมีพระกรรณและพระนาสิกา โอนารายณี ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์

Word by Word

• sarvataḥ: on all sides; everywhere
• sarvataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• pāṇi-pāda-ante: O (She) whose extremities are hands and feet everywhere
• pāṇi-pāda-ante: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध (having hands and feet as extremities)

• sarvataḥ: everywhere
• sarvataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• akṣi-śiras-mukhe: O (She) with eyes, heads, and mouths everywhere
• akṣi-śiras-mukhe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + śiras (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective) used adjectivally: ‘having eyes, heads, and mouths everywhere’

• sarvataḥ: everywhere
• sarvataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• śravaṇa-ghrāṇe: O (She) with hearing and smell (organs) everywhere
• śravaṇa-ghrāṇe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghrāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व (copulative) used adjectivally: ‘having ears and noses everywhere’

• nārāyaṇi: O Nārāyaṇī
• nārāyaṇi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Gods (Devas) offering praise to the Devī

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devī (Nārāyaṇī/Durgā)

Shakti Aspects

• Nārāyaṇī as Viśvarūpā (all-formed
• all-sensed)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Cosmic immanence
• Devī as the universal body and senses

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The hymn trains the devotee to perceive the divine presence in all directions and beings; ethically, it supports reverence toward the world as Devī’s embodiment, discouraging harm and fostering responsibility.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

As a stuti within an embedded sacred narrative, it functions as theological exposition rather than genealogical or manvantara chronology; it supplements the Purāṇic aim of teaching dharma and devotion through story.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘all-senses everywhere’ motif indicates Devī as the witnessing consciousness and the sensory network of the cosmos; it parallels Upaniṣadic/ Bhagavad-gītā viśvarūpa language, relocating that cosmic form in Śakti.