Chapter 4 · Caturtho’dhyāyaḥ (Fourth Chapter)
Verse 36
संस्मृता संस्मृता त्वं नो हिंसेथाः परमापदः। यश्च मर्त्यः स्तवैरेभिस्त्वां स्तोष्यत्यमलानने ॥ ३६ ॥
saṁsmṛtā saṁsmṛtā tvaṁ nō hiṁsēthāḥ paramāpadaḥ | yaśca martyaḥ stavairēbhistvāṁ stōṣyatyamalānanē || 36 ||
Translation
'...may you, when remembered, destroy our great calamities. And, O one with the spotless face, whatever mortal praises you with these hymns (of ours)...'
Word by word
- saṁsmṛtā
- remembered, contemplated upon
- tvaṁ
- you
- naḥ
- our
- hiṁsethāḥ
- may you destroy
- paramāpadaḥ
- great dangers
- yaḥ
- whoever
- ca
- and
- martyaḥ
- mortal
- stavaiḥ
- with these hymns
- ebhiḥ
- these
- tvāṁ
- you
- stoṣyati
- will praise
- amalānane
- O one with the spotless face
Meaning
The gods make two requests: For themselves: That whenever they remember her in times of future distress, she should appear to destroy their great calamities. For devotees: They begin to describe the fortune of any mortal who will praise her with the very hymns they are composing (the Devi Mahatmya itself).