Chapter 11 · Ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Eleventh Chapter)
Verse 47
ततः शतेन नेत्राणां निरीक्षिष्यामि यन्मुनीन्। कीर्तयिष्यन्ति मनुजाः शताक्षीमिति मां ततः ॥ ४७ ॥
tataḥ śatēna nētrāṇāṁ nirīkṣiṣyāmi yanmunīn | kīrtayiṣyanti manujāḥ śatākṣīmiti māṁ tataḥ || 47 ||
Translation
Then with a hundred eyes I will behold the sages, and humans will proclaim me as Śatākṣī thereafter.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- śatena
- with a hundred
- netrāṇāṁ
- eyes
- nirīkṣiṣyāmi
- I will behold
- yat
- when
- munīn
- sages
- kīrtayiṣyanti
- will proclaim
- manujāḥ
- humans
- śatākṣīm
- Śatākṣī (Hundred-Eyed)
- iti
- thus
- māṁ
- me
Meaning
The Goddess states she will appear with a hundred eyes to behold the sages, and humans will thereafter call her Śatākṣī (Hundred-Eyed).