Chapter 5 · Pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ (Fifth Chapter)
Verse 91
नैव तादृक् क्वचिद्रूपं दृष्टं केनचिदुत्तमम्। ज्ञायतां काप्यसौ देवी गृह्यतां चासुरेश्वर ॥ ९१ ॥
naiva tādṛk kvacidrūpaṁ dṛṣṭaṁ kēnaciduttamam | jñāyatāṁ kāpyasau dēvī gṛhyatāṁ cāsurēśvara || 91 ||
Translation
Never has such a supreme form been seen anywhere by anyone. Let it be known who this Goddess is, and let her be taken, O lord of demons.
Word by word
- naiva
- never
- tādṛk
- such
- kvacit
- anywhere
- rūpaṁ
- form
- dṛṣṭaṁ
- seen
- kenacit
- by anyone
- uttamam
- supreme
- jñāyatāṁ
- let it be known
- kāpi
- some
- asau
- that
- devī
- Goddess
- gṛhyatāṁ
- let her be taken
- ca
- and
- asureśvara
- O lord of demons
Meaning
Chanda and Munda, awestruck by Ambika’s unparalleled beauty, inform Shumbha that they have never seen such a divine form. They urge him to investigate her identity and seize her, addressing him as the lord of demons, unaware of her divine nature.