Devi Upanishad: Verse 21
वियदाकारसंयुक्तं वीतिहोत्रसमन्वितम् । अर्धेन्दुलसितं देव्या बीजं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ॥
एवमेकाक्षरं मन्त्रं यतयः शुद्धचेतसः । ध्यायन्ति परमानन्दमया ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः ॥२०–२१॥
वियत्-आकार-संयुक्तम् । वीति-होत्र-समन्वितम् । अर्ध-इन्दु-लसितम् । देव्याः । बीजम् । सर्व-अर्थ-साधकम् ।
एवम् । एक-अक्षरम् । मन्त्रम् । यतयः । शुद्ध-चेतसः । ध्यायन्ति । परम-आनन्द-मयाः । ज्ञान-अम्बु-राशयः ।
viyad-ākāra-saṃyuktaṃ vīti-hotra-samanvitam | ardhendu-lasitaṃ devyā bījaṃ sarvārtha-sādhakam ||
evam ekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ yatayaḥ śuddha-cetasaḥ | dhyāyanti paramānanda-mayā jñānāmbu-rāśayaḥ ||20–21||
พีชะของพระเทวี—ซึ่งยังความมุ่งหมายทั้งปวงให้สำเร็จ—ประกอบด้วยรูปแห่ง “วิยัต” พร้อมด้วย “วีติหوتระ” และสว่างไสวด้วยเสี้ยวจันทร์. ดังนี้มนตร์อักษรเดียวนี้ เหล่ายติผู้มีจิตบริสุทธิ์ย่อมเพ่งภาวนา—ผู้เป็นดุจความปีติสูงสุด และเป็นดั่งมหาสมุทรแห่งสายน้ำคือญาณ.
The seed (bīja) of the Goddess—accomplishing all aims—is joined with the form of ‘viyat’ and endowed with ‘vītihotra’, and is resplendent with the half-moon. Thus the one-syllabled mantra is meditated upon by ascetics of purified mind, who are made of supreme bliss, oceans of the waters of knowledge.
- पाठः Devi.20 इत्यनेन समानः। वियदाकारसंयुक्तम् = वियत् + आकार + संयुक्तम्
- वीतिहोत्रसमन्वितम् = वीति + होत्र + समन्वितम्
- अर्धेन्दुलसितम् = अर्धेन्दु + लसितम्
- सर्वार्थसाधकम् = सर्वार्थ + साधकम्
- एवमेकाक्षरम् = एवम् + एकाक्षरम्
- शुद्धचेतसः = शुद्ध + चेतसः (बहुव्रीहिः)
- परमानन्दमयाः = परमानन्द + मयाः
- ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः = ज्ञान + अम्बु + राशयः
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Mantra-upāsanā culminating in jñāna-ānanda (mokṣa)
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect resonance with ‘prajñānaṃ brahma’ and ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ insofar as mantra-dhyāna is presented as a means to knowledge of the supreme; not explicit.
- Veda
- Atharva
- Shakha
- Atharva-veda (Śaunaka tradition; Śākta Upaniṣad corpus)
- Chandas
- Anuṣṭubh-like śloka (non-Vedic classical meter)
Yoga and practice
Same as Devi.20: ekākṣara-japa, nāda-anusandhāna, inner-homa visualization, concentration on bindu/crescent symbolism for steadiness and absorption.
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