Chapter 10 · Daśamo’dhyāyaḥ (Tenth Chapter)
Verse 4–5
देव्युवाच ॥ ४ ॥ एकैवाहं जगत्यत्र द्वितीया का ममापरा। पश्यैता दुष्ट मय्येव विशन्त्यो मद्विभूतयः ॥ ५ ॥
dēvyuvāca || 4 || ēkaivāhaṁ jagatyatra dvitīyā kā mamāparā | paśyaitā duṣṭa mayyēva viśantyō madvibhūtayaḥ || 5 ||
Translation
I alone am here in this world; who else is there besides me? Behold, O wicked one, these my manifestations entering into me.
Word by word
- ekā
- one
- eva
- indeed
- ahaṁ
- I
- jagati
- in the world
- atra
- here
- dvitīyā
- second
- kā
- who
- mama
- my
- aparā
- other
- paśya
- behold
- etāḥ
- these
- duṣṭa
- O wicked one
- mayi
- in me
- viśantyaḥ
- entering
- madvibhūtayaḥ
- my manifestations
Meaning
The Goddess declares her singularity, asserting that she alone exists without a second, and invites Shumbha to witness her manifestations merging back into her, revealing her supreme unity.