ते देवा अब्रुवन्नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सततं नमः। नमः प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम् ॥ ८ ॥
tē dēvā abruvannamō dēvyai mahādēvyai śivāyai satataṁ namaḥ | namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām || 8 ||
Translation
Then the gods said: Salutations to the Goddess, to the great Goddess, to Śivā, salutations always. Salutations to Prakṛti, to Bhadrā; with minds restrained, we bow to her.
Word by word
- tē dēvāḥ
- those gods
- abruvan
- said
- namaḥ
- salutations
- dēvyai
- to the Goddess
- mahādēvyai
- to the great Goddess
- śivāyai
- to Śivā, the auspicious
- satatam
- always
- prakṛtyai
- to Prakṛti, primal nature
- bhadrāyai
- to Bhadrā, the kind
- niyatāḥ
- restrained, devoted
- praṇatāḥ sma
- we bow
- tām
- to her
Meaning
Having heard her answer, the gods turn from questioning to worship. These words, “namo devyai mahādevyai”, open the hymn that the gods sing to her in the fifth chapter of the Saptaśatī.