Chapter 5 · Pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ (Fifth Chapter)
Verse 74–76
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु भ्रान्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै ॥ ७४ ॥ नमस्तस्यै ॥ ७५ ॥ नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥ ७६ ॥
yā dēvī sarvabhūtēṣu bhrāntirūpēṇa saṁsthitā | namastasyai || 74 || namastasyai || 75 || namastasyai namō namaḥ || 76 ||
Translation
To the Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of error: salutations to her, salutations to her, salutations to her, again and again.
Word by word
- yā
- who
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- sarvabhūtēṣu
- in all beings
- bhrāntirūpēṇa
- in the form of error
- saṁsthitā
- abides
- namaḥ
- salutations
- tasyai
- to her
- namō namaḥ
- salutations again and again
Meaning
Even error and confusion are hers; nothing in experience lies outside the Goddess. The threefold salutation counts as three mantras in the traditional numbering.