सर्वस्याद्या महालक्ष्मीस्त्रिगुणा परमेश्वरी। लक्ष्यालक्ष्यस्वरूपा सा व्याप्य कृत्स्नं व्यवस्थिता ॥ ४ ॥
sarvasyādyā mahālakṣmīstriguṇā paramēśvarī | lakṣyālakṣyasvarūpā sā vyāpya kṛtsnaṁ vyavasthitā || 4 ||
Translation
Mahālakṣmī, made of the three guṇas, the supreme sovereign, is the origin of all. In form both seen and unseen, she abides pervading the whole.
Word by word
- sarvasya
- of all
- ādyā
- the origin
- mahālakṣmīḥ
- Mahālakṣmī
- triguṇā
- made of the three guṇas
- paramēśvarī
- the supreme sovereign
- lakṣyālakṣyasvarūpā
- in form seen and unseen
- sā
- she
- vyāpya
- pervading
- kṛtsnam
- the whole
- vyavasthitā
- abides
Meaning
Mahālakṣmī here is not the consort of Viṣṇu but the supreme Goddess herself, the prakṛti of all the incarnations. All three guṇas are her own; the gross and the subtle, the manifest and the unmanifest, are all her forms.