शून्यं तदखिलं लोकं विलोक्य परमेश्वरी। बभार परमं रूपं तमसा केवलेन हि ॥ ७ ॥
śūnyaṁ tadakhilaṁ lōkaṁ vilōkya paramēśvarī | babhāra paramaṁ rūpaṁ tamasā kēvalēna hi || 7 ||
Translation
Seeing that the whole world was empty, the supreme sovereign took on a supreme form through tamas alone.
Word by word
- śūnyam
- empty
- tat akhilam lōkam
- that whole world
- vilōkya
- seeing
- paramēśvarī
- the supreme sovereign
- babhāra
- took on
- paramam rūpam
- a supreme form
- tamasā
- through tamas
- kēvalēna hi
- alone
Meaning
The first of her emanations is made of tamas, the guṇa of darkness and rest: Mahākālī.