मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 3
रूपं प्रकृतिकार्याणां सा तु साक्षात् परात्परा । एतन्मे संशयं देव विशेषाच्छेत्तुमर्हसि ॥ ३ ॥
rūpaṁ prakṛtikāryāṇāṁ sā tu sākṣāt parātparā | ētanmē saṁśayaṁ dēva viśēṣācchēttumarhasi || 3 ||
Translation
Form belongs to the effects of nature, but she is directly the Supreme beyond the supreme. O Deva, you should cut this doubt of mine away in full.
Word by word
- rūpaṁ
- form
- prakṛti
- of nature
- kāryāṇāṁ
- of the effects
- sā
- she
- tu
- but
- sākṣāt
- directly
- parātparā
- the Supreme beyond the supreme
- ētan
- (etat) this
- mē
- my
- saṁśayaṁ
- doubt
- dēva
- O Deva
- viśēṣāt
- in full
- chēttum
- (chettum) to cut
- arhasi
- you should
Meaning
The doubt is stated precisely: only what nature (prakṛti) produces has form, while Kālī is not a product but the highest itself, "parātparā", beyond even the highest. The Devī asks Śiva to cut the doubt at its root.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Sā: Mahākālī. Etat: this (doubt).