मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 10
समये समये जीवरक्षणं विपदः शिवे । प्रेरणं स्वस्वकार्येषु वरश्चाभयमीरितम् ॥ १० ॥
samayē samayē jīvarakṣaṇaṁ vipadaḥ śivē | prēraṇaṁ svasvakāryēṣu varaścābhayamīritam || 10 ||
Translation
O Śivā, her protecting of living beings from danger at every season, and her urging them on in their own tasks, are declared to be her boon and her fearlessness.
Word by word
- samayē
- at each season
- jīva
- of living beings
- rakṣaṇaṁ
- the protecting
- vipadaḥ
- (vipadaḥ) from danger
- śivē
- O Śivā
- prēraṇaṁ
- the urging
- svasva
- their own
- kāryēṣu
- in tasks
- varaḥ
- (varaḥ) the boon
- ca
- and
- abhayam
- fearlessness
- īritam
- are declared
Meaning
Her two raised hands, the gestures of boon (vara) and of fearlessness (abhaya), stand for what she does in the world. The commentary pairs them: protection from danger is the fearlessness; urging each being on in its own work is the boon.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Samaye" and the rest. O Śivā, the protecting of living beings from misfortune from time to time (samaye samaye, at each due time), and the urging of them on in their own tasks, are declared to be Kālikā's boon and her gesture of fearlessness. The sense is: the protecting of living beings from misfortune is called the "fearlessness", and the urging on in their own tasks is called the "boon".