ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी चैन्द्री कौमारी वैष्णवी तथा। चामुण्डा चैव वाराही लक्ष्मीश्च पुरुषाकृतिः ॥ ८ ॥
brāhmī māhēśvarī caindrī kaumārī vaiṣṇavī tathā | cāmuṇḍā caiva vārāhī lakṣmīśca puruṣākṛtiḥ || 8 ||
Translation
Brahmi, Maheshvari and Aindri, Kaumari and Vaishnavi; Chamunda and Varahi; Lakshmi, and she who bears the form of the Person.
Word by word
- brāhmī
- power of Brahma
- māhēśvarī
- power of Maheshvara (Shiva)
- aindrī
- power of Indra
- kaumārī
- power of Kumara (Skanda)
- vaiṣṇavī
- power of Vishnu
- cāmuṇḍā
- Chamunda, slayer of Chanda and Munda
- vārāhī
- power of Varaha
- lakṣmīḥ
- Lakshmi
- puruṣākṛtiḥ
- who bears the form of the Person
Meaning
These are the Mothers (Matrikas), the powers of the great gods who fight beside the Goddess in the Durga Saptashati. All of them are her own forms.