Chapter 4 · Caturtho’dhyāyaḥ (Fourth Chapter)
Verse 38–39
ऋषिरुवाच ॥ ३८ ॥ इति प्रसादिता देवैर्जगतोऽर्थे तथाऽऽत्मनः। तथेत्युक्त्वा भद्रकाली बभूवान्तर्हिता नृप ॥ ३९ ॥
ṛṣiruvāca || 38 || iti prasāditā dēvairjagatō’rthē tathā’’tmanaḥ | tathētyuktvā bhadrakālī babhūvāntarhitā nṛpa || 39 ||
Translation
The sage said: 'Thus propitiated by the gods for the sake of the world and for their own sake, having said "So be it," Bhadrakali vanished, O King.'
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- prasāditā
- propitiated
- devaiḥ
- by the gods
- jagataḥ
- of the world
- arthe
- for the sake
- tathā
- so be it
- ātmanaḥ
- of themselves
- uktvā
- having said
- bhadrakālī
- Bhadrakali (the Auspicious and Fierce One)
- babhūva
- became
- antarhitā
- disappeared, vanished
- nṛpa
- O King
Meaning
The Goddess, pleased with the prayers of the gods, grants their boon by saying 'Tathāstu' (So be it). Having accomplished her mission, her form as Bhadrakali then disappears from their sight, her divine purpose fulfilled for the time being.