अहमेव स्वयमिदं वदामि जुष्टं देवेभिरुत मानुषेभिः। यं कामये तं तमुग्रं कृणोमि तं ब्रह्माणं तमृषिं तं सुमेधाम् ॥ ५ ॥
ahamēva svayamidaṁ vadāmi juṣṭaṁ dēvēbhiruta mānuṣēbhiḥ | yaṁ kāmayē taṁ tamugraṁ kṛṇōmi taṁ brahmāṇaṁ tamṛṣiṁ taṁ sumēdhām || 5 ||
Translation
I myself proclaim this, welcomed by gods and by men: whom I love, him I make mighty, him a knower of Brahman, him a seer, him wise.
Word by word
- aham ēva svayam
- I myself
- idam vadāmi
- proclaim this
- juṣṭam
- welcomed, cherished
- dēvēbhiḥ uta mānuṣēbhiḥ
- by gods and by men
- yam kāmayē
- whom I love
- tam tam ugram kṛṇōmi
- him I make mighty
- tam brahmāṇam
- him a knower of Brahman
- tam ṛṣim
- him a seer
- tam sumēdhām
- him wise
Meaning
What she gives is not earned apart from her. Strength, the knowledge of Brahman, the vision of a seer and a clear mind come to the one she chooses. The book reads it as her protection: the one she wishes to protect she makes greater than all.