ऋष्यादिIts seer and the rest
Verse 11
स्तोत्रस्यास्य ऋषिर्देवि सदाशिव उदाहृतः । छन्दोऽनुष्टुब्देवताऽऽद्या कालिका परिकीर्त्तिता । धर्मकामार्थमोक्षेषु विनियोगः प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥ ११ ॥
stōtrasyāsya ṛṣirdēvi sadāśiva udāhṛtaḥ | chandō’nuṣṭubdēvatā’’dyā kālikā parikīrttitā | dharmakāmārthamōkṣēṣu viniyōgaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || 11 ||
Translation
Of this hymn, Devī, the seer is said to be Sadāśiva, the metre anuṣṭubh, the deity Ādyā Kālikā; its use is declared to be for dharma, desire, wealth and liberation.
Word by word
- stōtrasya
- of hymn
- asya
- this
- ṛṣir
- (ṛṣiḥ) the seer
- dēvi
- O Devī
- sadāśiva
- (sadāśivaḥ) Sadāśiva
- udāhṛtaḥ
- is said to be
- chandō
- (chandaḥ) the metre
- anuṣṭub
- (anuṣṭup) anuṣṭubh
- dēvatā
- the deity
- ādyā
- Ādyā
- kālikā
- Kālikā
- parikīrttitā
- is declared
- dharma
- for dharma
- kāma
- desire
- artha
- wealth
- mōkṣēṣu
- and liberation
- viniyōgaḥ
- its use
- prakīrttitaḥ
- is declared
Meaning
Before a mantra or hymn is recited, tradition names its four "limbs": the seer (ṛṣi) who first received it, its metre (chandas), its deity (devatā), and its use (viniyoga), the purpose for which it is recited. These are spoken at the start as a short invocation. Here the seer is Sadāśiva himself, the metre the common eight-syllable anuṣṭubh, the deity Ādyā Kālī, and the use all four aims of human life: dharma, kāma, artha and mokṣa. Spoken as a viniyoga, it would run: "Of this hymn, the seer is Sadāśiva, the metre anuṣṭubh, the deity Ādyā Kālī; its use is for the attainment of dharma, desire, wealth and liberation."
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he gives the seer and the rest of this hymn, in a verse and a half beginning "stotrasya…".