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

又她为 Nīlā，面前缀以电光之鬘；为滋养一切草药与一切众生，她示现为一切形相。

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