मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti
Verse 7
नित्यायाः कालरूपाया अव्ययायाः शिवात्मनः । अमृतत्वाल्ललाटेऽस्याः शशिचिह्नं निरूपितम् ॥ ७ ॥
nityāyāḥ kālarūpāyā avyayāyāḥ śivātmanaḥ | amṛtatvāllalāṭē’syāḥ śaśicihnaṁ nirūpitam || 7 ||
Translation
Because she is deathless, the eternal one whose form is time, imperishable, of the nature of Śiva, the mark of the moon is set upon her forehead.
Word by word
- nityāyāḥ
- (nityāyāḥ) of the eternal one
- kāla
- time
- rūpāyāḥ
- (rūpāyāḥ) whose form is
- avyayāyāḥ
- (avyayāyāḥ) imperishable
- śivātmanaḥ
- (śivātmanaḥ) of the nature of Śiva
- amṛtatvāt
- (amṛtatvāt) because of deathlessness
- lalāṭē
- on the forehead
- asyāḥ
- (asyāḥ) her
- śaśi
- of the moon
- cihnaṁ
- the mark
- nirūpitam
- is set
Meaning
The crescent on her brow stands for amṛta, the nectar of deathlessness. The commentary explains each epithet: eternal, free of growth; imperishable, free of decline; "śivātman", whose very form is the auspicious.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With "nityāyāḥ" and the rest. Because of the deathlessness of this Kālī, who is eternal (nitya), free of growth, imperishable (avyaya), free of decline, of the nature of Śiva (śivātman), whose very form is the auspicious, and whose form is time, the mark of the moon on her forehead is described, is told.