Chapter 11 · Ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Eleventh Chapter)
Verse 27
हिनस्ति दैत्यतेजांसि स्वनेनापूर्य या जगत्। सा घण्टा पातु नो देवि पापेभ्योऽनः सुतानिव ॥ २७ ॥
hinasti daityatējāṁsi svanēnāpūrya yā jagat | sā ghaṇṭā pātu nō dēvi pāpēbhyō’naḥ sutāniva || 27 ||
Translation
The bell that destroys the splendor of demons, filling the world with its sound, may protect us from sins, O Goddess, like children.
Word by word
- hinasti
- destroys
- daityatejāṁsi
- the splendor of demons
- svanena
- with sound
- āpūrya
- filling
- yā
- which
- jagat
- world
- sā
- that
- ghaṇṭā
- bell
- pātu
- may protect
- naḥ
- us
- devi
- O Goddess
- pāpebhyaḥ
- from sins
- anaḥ
- us
- sutāniva
- like children
Meaning
The gods pray that the Goddess’s bell, which resounds to destroy demonic power, protects them from sins as a mother protects her children.