अहं राष्ट्री संगमनी वसूनां चिकितुषी प्रथमा यज्ञियानाम्। तां मा देवा व्यदधुः पुरुत्रा भूरिस्थात्रां भूर्य्यावेशयन्तीम् ॥ ३ ॥
ahaṁ rāṣṭrī saṁgamanī vasūnāṁ cikituṣī prathamā yajñiyānām | tāṁ mā dēvā vyadadhuḥ purutrā bhūristhātrāṁ bhūryyāvēśayantīm || 3 ||
Translation
I am the sovereign queen, the gatherer of riches, the knowing one, first of those worthy of worship. The gods have set me in many places, I who abide in many states and enter into many beings.
Word by word
- rāṣṭrī
- the sovereign queen
- saṁgamanī vasūnām
- the gatherer of riches
- cikituṣī
- the knowing one
- prathamā yajñiyānām
- first of those worthy of worship
- tām mā
- me, such as I am
- dēvāḥ
- the gods
- vyadadhuḥ
- have set, distributed
- purutrā
- in many places
- bhūristhātrām
- abiding in many states
- bhūri āvēśayantīm
- entering into many beings
Meaning
She names herself rāṣṭrī, ruler of the whole realm, and the first of all who are worshipped. Because she has become the many, the gods find her everywhere: whatever is worshipped, in whatever form, she is the one who receives it.