एषाऽऽत्मशक्तिः। एषा विश्वमोहिनी। पाशाङ्कुशधनुर्बाणधरा। एषा श्रीमहाविद्या। य एवं वेद स शोकं तरति ॥ १५ ॥
ēṣā’’tmaśaktiḥ | ēṣā viśvamōhinī | pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā | ēṣā śrīmahāvidyā | ya ēvaṁ vēda sa śōkaṁ tarati || 15 ||
Translation
She is the power of the Self. She is the enchantress of the universe, bearing the noose, the goad, the bow and the arrows. She is the glorious Mahāvidyā. Whoever knows thus crosses beyond sorrow.
Word by word
- ēṣā
- she
- ātmaśaktiḥ
- the power of the Self
- viśvamōhinī
- the enchantress of the universe
- pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā
- bearing the noose, the goad, the bow and the arrows
- śrīmahāvidyā
- the glorious Mahāvidyā
- yaḥ ēvaṁ vēda
- whoever knows thus
- saḥ
- he
- śōkam
- sorrow
- tarati
- crosses beyond
Meaning
The deity of that mantra is described: Tripurasundarī with her four weapons. The noose draws the mind, the goad restrains it, and the bow of sugarcane and the flower arrows are the mind and the senses offered to her. Knowing her ends sorrow.