Verse 17

Sita

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भूदेवी ससागराम्भःसप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा भूरादिचतुर्दशभुवनानामाधाराधेया प्रणवात्मिका भवति॥१७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

भू-देवी । स-सागर-अम्भः-सप्त-द्वीपा । वसुन्धरा । भूः-आदि-चतुर्दश-भुवनानाम् । आधार-आधेया । प्रणव-आत्मिका । भवति ॥१७॥

IAST Transliteration

bhūdevī sasāgarāmbhaḥsaptadvīpā vasundharā bhūrādicaturdaśabhuvanānām ādhārādheyā praṇavātmikā bhavati ||17||

Translation

大地女神 Bhū——作为承载七洲并环以海水之大地——即名为 Vasundharā。她既为十四界（自 Bhū 起）之所依，亦为所依之地基，并成就为圣音 Praṇava（Oṃ）之自性。

Academic Translation

The Goddess Bhū—(as) the Earth, bearing the seven continents with the waters of the oceans—(is) Vasundharā; she is the support and the supported (i.e., the ground and what is grounded) of the fourteen worlds beginning with Bhū, and she becomes of the nature of Praṇava (Oṃ).

Verse Context

• Brahman as cosmic support (ādhāra) and immanence; Praṇava (Oṃ) as the essence of all worlds; Devī as the embodied cosmos
• Mahavakya: Indirect: aligns with “sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma” (Chāndogya) in spirit—everything, including the worlds and their support, is Brahman (here expressed as Devī/Praṇava).
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose