ऋषिरुवाच ॐ नन्दा भगवती नाम या भविष्यति नन्दजा। स्तुता सा पूजिता भक्त्या वशीकुर्याज्जगत्त्रयम् ॥ १ ॥
ṛṣiruvāca ōṁ nandā bhagavatī nāma yā bhaviṣyati nandajā | stutā sā pūjitā bhaktyā vaśīkuryājjagattrayam || 1 ||
Translation
The sage said: Om. The blessed Goddess named Nandā, who will be born of Nanda, when praised and worshipped with devotion, brings the three worlds under the devotee’s sway.
Word by word
- ṛṣiḥ uvāca
- the sage said
- ōṁ
- sacred syllable
- nandā
- Nandā
- bhagavatī
- the blessed Goddess
- nāma
- named
- yā
- who
- bhaviṣyati
- will be
- nandajā
- born of Nanda
- stutā
- praised
- sā
- she
- pūjitā
- worshipped
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
- vaśīkuryāt
- brings under sway
- jagattrayam
- the three worlds
Meaning
The book’s note explains the title: the Goddess has six forms of her own, Nandā, Raktadantikā, Śākambharī, Durgā, Bhīmā and Bhrāmarī, the incarnations she promises in the eleventh chapter of the Saptaśatī. Because this secret describes their forms (mūrti), it is called the Mūrti Rahasya. Nandā is the Goddess born in the house of Nanda, the cowherd.