अहं मृत्युञ्जयो देवि देवदेवो जगद्गुरुः । स्वेच्छाचारी निर्विकल्पो मन्त्रस्याऽस्य प्रसादतः ॥ १४२ ॥
ahaṁ mṛtyuñjayō dēvi dēvadēvō jagadguruḥ | svēcchācārī nirvikalpō mantrasyā’sya prasādataḥ || 142 ||
Translation
I am the conqueror of death, O Goddess, the god of gods, the guru of the world, acting as I will, beyond all doubt, by the grace of this mantra.
Word by word
- ahaṁ
- I
- mṛtyuñjayō
- the conqueror of death
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- dēvadēvō
- god of gods
- jagadguruḥ
- guru of the world
- svēcchācārī
- acting as I will
- nirvikalpō
- beyond doubt
- mantrasyā’sya
- of this mantra
- prasādataḥ
- by the grace
Meaning
The commentary supplies "I became": Śiva owes these titles to this very mantra.