Shloka 3

Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam

Sanskrit

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां नवम्यां चैकचेतसः ।

स्तोष्यन्ति चैव ये भक्त्या मम माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥

Transliteration

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ caikacetasaḥ |

stoṣyanti caiva ye bhaktyā mama māhātmyam uttamam ||

Translation

Những ai với tâm nhất hướng, chí thành tán dương Māhātmya tối thượng của Ta vào ngày mồng tám, ngày mười bốn và ngày mồng chín (theo lịch nguyệt)—(họ nhận được các phúc lành đã được hứa khả).

Word by Word

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• नवम्याम्: on the ninth (lunar day)
• नवम्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एक-चेतसः: single-minded
• एक-चेतसः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of 'ye')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); कर्मधारय: 'एकं चेतः येषाम्' (single-minded)

• स्तोष्यन्ति: they will praise
• स्तोष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural), परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• उत्तमम्: supreme, excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of 'māhātmyam')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

Speakers

• Devī

Primary Deities

• Devī

Shakti Aspects

• Devī honored on key tithis associated with Śākta observance (esp. Aṣṭamī/Navamī; also Caturdaśī)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Vrata/observance
• Bhakti
• Sacred calendar (tithi)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text integrates devotion with disciplined time—holy days become supports for steadiness and remembrance, training the mind toward one-pointedness and gratitude rather than fear-driven worship.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Dharma: it prescribes devotional observances (vrata-like guidance) grounded in Purāṇic narrative authority.

What is the esoteric significance?

The specified tithis are liminal points in the lunar cycle, traditionally suited for śakti-upāsanā; ‘eka-cetas’ indicates that the true rite is inner concentration, with calendar observance as an outer scaffold.