Verse 18

Sita

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नीला च मुखविद्युन्मालिनी सर्वौषधीनां सर्वप्राणिनां पोषणार्थं सर्वरूपा भवति॥१८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

नीला । च । मुख-विद्युत्-मालिनी । सर्व-औषधीनाम् । सर्व-प्राणिनाम् । पोषण-अर्थम् । सर्व-रूपा । भवति ॥१८॥

IAST Transliteration

nīlā ca mukhavidyunmālinī sarvauṣadhīnāṃ sarvaprāṇināṃ poṣaṇārthaṃ sarvarūpā bhavati ||18||

Translation

اور وہی ‘نیلا’ ہے، جس کے چہرے پر بجلی کی مالا سی جگمگاتی ہے۔ تمام جڑی بوٹیوں اور تمام جانداروں کی پرورش کے لیے وہ ہر روپ میں ظاہر ہوتی ہے۔

Academic Translation

And (she is) Nīlā, garlanded with lightning at her face; for the nourishment of all herbs and all living beings, she becomes of every form.

Verse Context

• Jagat-kāraṇa and jagat-poṣaṇa (cosmic causality and sustenance); Devī as all-forms (sarvarūpā) indicating non-dual immanence
• Mahavakya: Indirect: resonates with non-dual import of “ahaṃ brahmāsmi”/“tat tvam asi” by portraying the divine as ‘all-forms’; not a direct self-identity mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose