Chapter 5 · Pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ (Fifth Chapter)
Verse 26–28
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु क्षुधारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै ॥ २६ ॥ नमस्तस्यै ॥ २७ ॥ नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥ २८ ॥
yā dēvī sarvabhūtēṣu kṣudhārūpēṇa saṁsthitā | namastasyai || 26 || namastasyai || 27 || namastasyai namō namaḥ || 28 ||
Translation
To the Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of hunger: salutations to her, salutations to her, salutations to her, again and again.
Word by word
- yā
- who
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- sarvabhūtēṣu
- in all beings
- kṣudhārūpēṇa
- in the form of hunger
- saṁsthitā
- abides
- namaḥ
- salutations
- tasyai
- to her
- namō namaḥ
- salutations again and again
Meaning
Hunger, the urge that keeps every living body seeking nourishment, is recognised as a form of the Goddess. The threefold salutation counts as three mantras in the traditional numbering.