Friday 2 December 2016

Devi Mahatmyam


Sri Devi Mahatmyam
Madhyama Charitham
(Middle part)
Chapter 4: The prayer of Sakradi devathas.

6.    Hethu samastha jagatham trigunaapi doshair,
       Na Jnayase hariharadhibhirapyapaara,
       Sarvasrayakhilamidam jagadamsa bhootha,
       Mavyakyatha hi parama prakruthisthwamadhya.
You are the cause and root of everything in the world. Though you are having the three properties of Sathwa(holy), Rajas(vigorous) and Thamas(base ), you are not affected by any type of passion. You are one who is not even fully known to the trinity of Vishnu, Brahma and Rudra. You are one on whom all beings depend. This entire world is a part of you. Since the primeval force, which gave life to all Gods, you are bereft of any emotion.

7.    Yasya samastha suratha samudheeranena,
       Trupthim prayathi sakaleshu makheshu devi,
       Swahasi vai pithru ganasya cha trupthihethu,
       Rucharyasethwamatha eva janai swatha cha.
 Hey Goddess, You are the “Swaha” by pronouncing which in all fire sacrifices the gods get satisfied and you are the “Swadha” which is the source of satisfaction of manes.
(“While offering sacrifice to the Gods fire is the mediator. He receives the offerings, which are put in to him with the word “Swaha”, and gives to the Gods. In worship of the manes, water is offered as “Swadha” to the manes. )

8.    Yaa mukthihethu ravichinthyaw maha vrutha thwa,
       Mabhysyase suniyathendriya thathwa sarai,
       Moksharthibhir munibhirastha samastha doshair,
       Vidhyasi saa bhagawathee parama he devi.
Hey Goddess, You are that knowledge which is the root cause of salvation, that knowledge which takes one to god by unthinkable great penance, because you are being searched by those sages who have lost all bad wishes and conduct, who think that search of God is the essence of their life and who forever crave for methods of salvation.

9.    Sabhathmika suvi malarghya jusham nidhana,
       Mudhgedharamya padha patavatham cha samnaam,
       Devi, thwayi bhagawathi bhava bhavanaya,
       Vartha cha sarva jagatham paramarthi hanthree.
Oh, Goddess, your soul is the holy sound, you are the songs of sama Veda which are made of very holy verses and which are made up of songs of lovely words, you are the desire, you are the personification of three Vedas, you are the essence of knowledge of the day to day life, and you are the destroyer of the ills of all the world.

10.  Medhasi devi, vidhithakhila sastra sara,
       Durgasi durga bhava sagara naura sanga,
       Sri kaida bhari hrudaika kruthadhivasa,
       Gauri Thwameva sasi mouli krutha prathishta.
Hey Goddess, You are the wisdom which makes one capable of knowing all the knowledge so far known, You are the incomparable Durga who is a boat which helps one to cross the ocean of day to day life, You are the Goddess Lakshmi living in the chest of Lord Vishnu and you are the Goddess Gauri who lives in Lord Parameshwara who wears the crescent.

(to be contd…..)





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