Chapter 5 · Pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ (Fifth Chapter)
Verse 35–37
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु तृष्णारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै ॥ ३५ ॥ नमस्तस्यै ॥ ३६ ॥ नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥ ३७ ॥
yā dēvī sarvabhūtēṣu tṛṣṇārūpēṇa saṁsthitā | namastasyai || 35 || namastasyai || 36 || namastasyai namō namaḥ || 37 ||
Translation
To the Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of thirst: salutations to her, salutations to her, salutations to her, again and again.
Word by word
- yā
- who
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- sarvabhūtēṣu
- in all beings
- tṛṣṇārūpēṇa
- in the form of thirst
- saṁsthitā
- abides
- namaḥ
- salutations
- tasyai
- to her
- namō namaḥ
- salutations again and again
Meaning
Thirst, and with it every longing, is seen as her movement within beings. The threefold salutation counts as three mantras in the traditional numbering.