श्रीदेव्युवाच । सदाशिव जगन्नाथ जगतां हितकारक । कृपया कथितं देव पराप्रकृतिसाधनम् ॥ ४ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca | sadāśiva jagannātha jagatāṁ hitakāraka | kṛpayā kathitaṁ dēva parāprakṛtisādhanam || 4 ||
Translation
Śrī Devī said: Sadāśiva, lord of the world, benefactor of the worlds, in your compassion, O God, you have told the way of practice for the supreme Prakṛti,
Word by word
- śrī
- glorious
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- uvāca
- said
- sadāśiva
- Sadāśiva
- jagat
- of the world
- nātha
- lord
- jagatāṁ
- of the worlds
- hita
- of the good
- kāraka
- doer, benefactor
- kṛpayā
- in your compassion
- kathitaṁ
- told
- dēva
- O God
- parā
- supreme
- prakṛti
- of Prakṛti
- sādhanam
- the way of practice
Meaning
The Goddess thanks Śiva for having taught the sādhana of the "supreme Prakṛti" (parā prakṛti), that is, of herself as Ādyā Kālī, the primordial power from which the world unfolds. She calls him "benefactor of the worlds" (jagatāṃ hitakāraka): what he has taught is for the good of all beings, not for her alone. The thought is completed in verse 5.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Asked "what did Pārvatī say to Śaṅkara?", he says "sadāśiva…" and the rest. (This explanation covers verses 4 and 5.)