महाविद्या महावाणी भारती वाक् सरस्वती। आर्या ब्राह्मी कामधेनुर्वेदगर्भा च धीश्वरी ॥ १६ ॥
mahāvidyā mahāvāṇī bhāratī vāk sarasvatī | āryā brāhmī kāmadhēnurvēdagarbhā ca dhīśvarī || 16 ||
Translation
“Mahāvidyā, Mahāvāṇī, Bhāratī, Vāk, Sarasvatī, Āryā, Brāhmī, Kāmadhenu, Vedagarbhā and Dhīśvarī.”
Word by word
- mahāvidyā
- great knowledge
- mahāvāṇī
- great speech
- bhāratī
- goddess of eloquence
- vāk
- speech
- sarasvatī
- Sarasvatī
- āryā
- the noble one
- brāhmī
- power of Brahmā
- kāmadhēnuḥ
- the wish-granting cow
- vēdagarbhā
- womb of the Vedas
- ca
- and
- dhīśvarī
- sovereign of intellect
Meaning
Her names: great knowledge, great speech, the goddess of eloquence, speech itself, Sarasvatī, the noble one, the power of Brahmā, the wish-granting cow, the womb of the Vedas and the sovereign of intellect.