Devi Upanishad 8: Verse 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अहं राष्ट्री सङ्गमनी वसूनाम् अहं सुवे पितरमस्य मूर्धन् । मम योनिरप्स्वन्तः समुद्रे । य एवं वेद स देवीपदमाप्नोति । ते देवा अब्रुवन् । नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सततं नमः । नमः प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम् ॥७–८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अहम् । राष्ट्री । सङ्गमनी । वसूनाम् । अहम् । सुवे । पितरम् । अस्य । मूर्धन् । मम । योनिः । अप्सु । अन्तः । समुद्रे । यः । एवम् । वेद । सः । देवी-पदम् । आप्नोति । ते । देवाः । अब्रुवन् । नमः । देव्यै । महा-देव्यै । शिवायै । सततम् । नमः । नमः । प्रकृत्यै । भद्रायै । नियताः । प्रणताः । स्म । ताम् ।

Recitation with translationDevi Upanishad 8

IAST Transliteration

ahaṃ rāṣṭrī saṅgamanī vasūnām ahaṃ suve pitaram asya mūrdhan | mama yonir apsv antaḥ samudre | ya evaṃ veda sa devīpadam āpnoti | te devā abruvan | namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satataṃ namaḥ | namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām ||7–8||

Translation

เราคือราชตรี ผู้ทรงอธิปไตย ผู้รวบรวมเหล่าวสุทั้งหลาย; เราให้กำเนิดบิดาแห่งโลกนี้ ณ ยอดสูงสุด. ครรภ์ของเราอยู่ในสายน้ำ ภายในมหาสมุทร. ผู้ใดรู้ดังนี้ ย่อมบรรลุฐานะ/แดนแห่งพระเทวี. เหล่าเทพกล่าวว่า: นอบน้อมแด่พระเทวี แด่มหาเทวี; นอบน้อมแด่ศิวาเป็นนิตย์. นอบน้อมแด่ปรกฤติผู้เป็นมงคล; เราผู้สำรวมมีวินัยได้กราบลงต่อพระนาง.

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Academic Translation

I am the sovereign (rāṣṭrī), the gatherer/assembler of the Vasus; I bring forth the father of this (world) at the summit (mūrdhan). My womb is in the waters, within the ocean. Whoever thus knows (this) attains the state/abode of the Goddess. The gods said: ‘Homage to the Goddess, to the Great Goddess; to Śivā, constant homage. Homage to Prakṛti, the auspicious one; disciplined, we have bowed to her.’

Verse Context

• Brahman as Devī (Śakti/Prakṛti) and mokṣa through vidyā (realization)
• Mahavakya: Supports identity-knowledge implied by ‘Aham Brahmāsmi’ via the Devī’s first-person self-revelation (aham) as the cosmic principle; not a direct Mahāvākya citation.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Mixed; largely Ṛgvedic-style triṣṭubh/jagatī segments embedded in Upaniṣadic prose/quotation