सैषाष्टौ वसवः। सैषैकादश रुद्राः। सैषा द्वादशादित्याः। सैषा विश्वेदेवाः सोमपा असोमपाश्च। सैषा यातुधाना असुरा रक्षांसि पिशाचा यक्षाः सिद्धाः। सैषा सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि। सैषा ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्ररूपिणी। सैषा प्रजापतीन्द्रमनवः। सैषा ग्रहनक्षत्रज्योतींषि। कलाकाष्ठादिकालरूपिणी। तामहं प्रणौमि नित्यम्॥ पापापहारिणीं देवीं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनीम्। अनन्तां विजयां शुद्धां शरण्यां शिवदां शिवाम् ॥ १७ ॥
saiṣāṣṭau vasavaḥ | saiṣaikādaśa rudrāḥ | saiṣā dvādaśādityāḥ | saiṣā viśvēdēvāḥ sōmapā asōmapāśca | saiṣā yātudhānā asurā rakṣāṁsi piśācā yakṣāḥ siddhāḥ | saiṣā sattvarajastamāṁsi | saiṣā brahmaviṣṇurudrarūpiṇī | saiṣā prajāpatīndramanavaḥ | saiṣā grahanakṣatrajyōtīṁṣi | kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī | tāmahaṁ praṇaumi nityam || pāpāpahāriṇīṁ dēvīṁ bhuktimuktipradāyinīm | anantāṁ vijayāṁ śuddhāṁ śaraṇyāṁ śivadāṁ śivām || 17 ||
Translation
She is the eight Vasus; she is the eleven Rudras; she is the twelve Ādityas; she is the Viśvedevas, those who drink Soma and those who do not; she is the Yātudhānas, the Asuras, the Rākṣasas, the Piśācas, the Yakṣas and the Siddhas; she is sattva, rajas and tamas; she has the form of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra; she is Prajāpati, Indra and the Manus; she is the planets, the stars and the lights of heaven; she is time in all its measures. I bow to her always: the Goddess who takes away sin, who grants enjoyment and liberation, the infinite, the victorious, the pure, the refuge, the giver of good, the auspicious one.
Word by word
- sā ēṣā
- she it is who is
- aṣṭau vasavaḥ
- the eight Vasus
- ēkādaśa rudrāḥ
- the eleven Rudras
- dvādaśa ādityāḥ
- the twelve Ādityas
- viśvēdēvāḥ
- the Viśvedevas
- sōmapāḥ asōmapāḥ ca
- those who drink Soma and those who do not
- yātudhānāḥ … siddhāḥ
- sorcerers, Asuras, Rākṣasas, Piśācas, Yakṣas and Siddhas
- sattvarajastamāṁsi
- sattva, rajas and tamas
- brahmaviṣṇurudrarūpiṇī
- in the form of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra
- prajāpatīndramanavaḥ
- Prajāpati, Indra and the Manus
- grahanakṣatrajyōtīṁṣi
- the planets, stars and lights
- kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī
- in the form of time, its kalās, kāṣṭhās and other measures
- tām aham praṇaumi nityam
- I bow to her always
- pāpāpahāriṇīm
- who takes away sin
- bhuktimuktipradāyinīm
- who grants enjoyment and liberation
- anantām
- the infinite
- vijayām
- the victorious
- śuddhām
- the pure
- śaraṇyām
- the refuge
- śivadām
- the giver of good
- śivām
- the auspicious one
Meaning
The list leaves out nothing: gods and demons, the three qualities of nature, the three great gods, the heavenly bodies and time itself are all she. The verse that follows turns this vision into a salutation, naming her as the one who grants both the enjoyments of the world and liberation from it.