Chapter 5 · Pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ (Fifth Chapter)
Verse 41–43
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु जातिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै ॥ ४१ ॥ नमस्तस्यै ॥ ४२ ॥ नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥ ४३ ॥
yā dēvī sarvabhūtēṣu jātirūpēṇa saṁsthitā | namastasyai || 41 || namastasyai || 42 || namastasyai namō namaḥ || 43 ||
Translation
To the Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of birth and kind: salutations to her, salutations to her, salutations to her, again and again.
Word by word
- yā
- who
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- sarvabhūtēṣu
- in all beings
- jātirūpēṇa
- in the form of birth and kind
- saṁsthitā
- abides
- namaḥ
- salutations
- tasyai
- to her
- namō namaḥ
- salutations again and again
Meaning
The nature each being is born with, its species and its station, is her form. The threefold salutation counts as three mantras in the traditional numbering.