Chapter 11 · Ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Eleventh Chapter)
Verse 9
कलाकाष्ठादिरूपेण परिणामप्रदायिनि। विश्वस्योपरतौ शक्ते नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ९ ॥
kalākāṣṭhādirūpēṇa pariṇāmapradāyini | viśvasyōparatau śaktē nārāyaṇi namō’stu tē || 9 ||
Translation
In the form of time units like kala and kastha, bestower of transformation, O powerful one, in the dissolution of the universe, Nārāyaṇī, obeisance be to you.
Word by word
- kalākāṣṭhādirūpeṇa
- in the form of time units like kala and kastha
- pariṇāmapradāyini
- bestower of transformation
- viśvasya
- of the universe
- uparatau
- in dissolution
- śakte
- O powerful one
- nārāyaṇi
- Nārāyaṇī
- namo’stu
- obeisance be
- te
- to you
Meaning
The gods salute Nārāyaṇī as the force behind time and transformation, governing the universe’s dissolution with her supreme power.