Verse 11

Sita

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सा देवी त्रिविधा भवति शक्त्यासना—इच्छाशक्तिः क्रियाशक्तिः साक्षाच्छक्तिरिति। इच्छाशक्तिस्त्रिविधा भवति—श्रीभूमिनीलात्मिका भद्ररूपिणी प्रभावरूपिणी सोमसूर्याग्निरूपा भवति। सोमात्मिका ओषधीनां प्रभवति कल्पवृक्षपुष्पफललतागुल्मात्मिका औषधभेषजात्मिका अमृतरूपा देवानां महस्तोमफलप्रदा अमृतेन तृप्तिं जनयन्ती देवानामन्नेन पशूनां तृणेन तत्तज्जीवानाम्॥११–१३॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सा । देवी । त्रि-विधा । भवति । शक्ति-आसना । इच्छा-शक्तिः । क्रिया-शक्तिः । साक्षात्-शक्तिः । इति । इच्छा-शक्तिः । त्रि-विधा । भवति । श्री-भूमि-नील-आत्मिका । भद्र-रूपिणी । प्रभाव-रूपिणी । सोम-सूर्य-अग्नि-रूपा । भवति । सोम-आत्मिका । ओषधी-नाम् । प्रभवति । कल्प-वृक्ष-पुष्प-फल-लता-गुल्म-आत्मिका । औषध-भेषज-आत्मिका । अमृत-रूपा । देवानाम् । महा-स्तोम-फल-प्रदा । अमृतेन । तृप्तिम् । जनयन्ती । देवानाम् । अन्नेन । पशूनाम् । तृणेन । तत्-तत्-जीवानाम् ॥११–१३॥

IAST Transliteration

sā devī trividhā bhavati śaktyāsanā—icchāśaktiḥ kriyāśaktiḥ sākṣācchaktir iti | icchāśaktis trividhā bhavati—śrībhūminīlātmikā bhadrarūpiṇī prabhāvarūpiṇī somasūryāgnirūpā bhavati | somātmikā oṣadhīnāṃ prabhavati kalpavṛkṣapuṣpaphalalatāgulmātmikā auṣadhabheṣajātmikā amṛtarūpā devānāṃ mahāstomaphalapradā amṛtena tṛptiṃ janayantī devānām annena paśūnāṃ tṛṇena tattajjīvānām ||11–13||

Translation

彼女神成三重，以神力为座：意欲之力（icchā-śakti）、行作之力（kriyā-śakti）、与直接现前之力（sākṣāt-śakti）。意欲之力亦成三：具足吉祥（Śrī）、大地（Bhūmi）、与青蓝（Nīlā）之自性；现为瑞相；现为光辉；并化为苏摩（Soma）、日（Sūrya）与火（Agni）之形。以苏摩之性，她生起诸草木——为如意树之花果、藤蔓与灌木之性；为药与疗方之性；为甘露（amṛta）之相；赐诸天以广大苏摩祭之果；令满足生起：以甘露令诸天满足，以食令牲畜满足，以草令各类众生各得其养。

Academic Translation

That Goddess becomes threefold, having power as her seat: the power of will, the power of action, and the power that is immediate (direct) power. The power of will becomes threefold: having the nature of Śrī, Bhūmi, and Nīlā; having the form of auspiciousness; having the form of splendour; she becomes the forms of Soma, Sūrya, and Agni. As Soma in nature she brings forth the plants—having the nature of the wish-fulfilling tree’s flowers and fruits, of creepers and shrubs; having the nature of medicines and remedies; being of the form of nectar; granting to the gods the fruit of great Soma-rites; producing satisfaction by nectar for the gods, by food for cattle, by grass for each respective living being.

Verse Context

• Śakti-traya (icchā–kriyā–sākṣāt) and cosmic nourishment as the Divine’s immanent power
• Mahavakya: Indirectly supports ‘prajnānaṃ brahma’ by treating power/awareness as the immediate divine presence (sākṣāt-śakti), but it is not framed as a direct Mahāvākya statement.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose