Chapter 1 · Prathamo’dhyāyaḥ (First Chapter)
Verse 61
ब्रवीति कथमुत्पन्ना सा कर्मास्याश्च किं द्विज। यत्प्रभावा च सा देवी यत्स्वरूपा यदुद्भवा ॥ ६१ ॥
bravīti kathamutpannā sā karmāsyāśca kiṁ dvija | yatprabhāvā ca sā dēvī yatsvarūpā yadudbhavā || 61 ||
Translation
'How is she manifested? What are her deeds, O Brahmin? What is her power? What is her form? What is her origin?'
Word by word
- bravīti
- you speak of
- katham
- how
- utpannā
- born, manifested
- sā
- she
- karma
- actions, deeds
- asyāḥ
- her
- ca
- and
- kiṁ
- what
- dvija
- O Brahmin
- yatprabhāvā
- what is her power
- dēvī
- Goddess
- yatsvarūpā
- what is her form
- yadudbhavā
- what is her origin
Meaning
The king's questions become more specific. He wants a complete biography of the Goddess—her origin (udbhava), her form (svarūpa), her power (prabhāva), and her manifestations or actions (karma) in the world. This quest for knowledge is the beginning of devotion.