ऋतुसंस्कारःThe rite of the season
Verse 88
गौरी पद्मा शची मेधा सावित्री विजया जया । देवसेना स्वधा स्वाहा शान्तिः पुष्टिर्धृतिः क्षमा । आत्मनो देवता चैव तथैव कुलदेवता ॥ ८८ ॥
gaurī padmā śacī mēdhā sāvitrī vijayā jayā | dēvasēnā svadhā svāhā śāntiḥ puṣṭirdhṛtiḥ kṣamā | ātmanō dēvatā caiva tathaiva kuladēvatā || 88 ||
Translation
Gaurī, Padmā, Śacī, Medhā, Sāvitrī, Vijayā, Jayā, Devasenā, Svadhā, Svāhā, Śānti, Puṣṭi, Dhṛti, Kṣamā, one's own chosen deity and the deity of the family.
Word by word
- gaurī
- Gaurī
- padmā
- Padmā
- śacī
- Śacī
- mēdhā
- Medhā
- sāvitrī
- Sāvitrī
- vijayā
- Vijayā
- jayā
- Jayā
- dēvasēnā
- Devasenā
- svadhā
- Svadhā
- svāhā
- Svāhā
- śāntiḥ
- (śāntiḥ) Śānti
- puṣṭiḥ
- (puṣṭiḥ) Puṣṭi
- dhṛtiḥ
- (dhṛtiḥ) Dhṛti
- kṣamā
- Kṣamā
- ātmanaḥ
- one's own
- dēvatā
- deity
- caiva
- (ca eva) and
- tathaiva
- likewise
- kula
- of the family
Meaning
The sixteen Mothers by name: Gaurī (Pārvatī), Padmā (Lakṣmī), Śacī (Indra's consort), Medhā (intelligence), Sāvitrī, Vijayā and Jayā (victory), Devasenā (Skanda's consort), Svadhā and Svāhā (the offerings to ancestors and to gods), Śānti (peace), Puṣṭi (nourishment), Dhṛti (steadfastness), Kṣamā (patience), and, to complete the sixteen, the worshipper's own iṣṭa-devatā and the kula-devatā, the deity of the family line.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He shows the sixteen Mātṛkās to be worshipped, Gaurī and the rest, with "gaurī" and the rest, in a verse and a half.