अहमेव वात इव प्रवाम्यारभमाणा भुवनानि विश्वा। परो दिवा पर एना पृथिव्यैतावती महिना संबभूव ॥ ८ ॥
ahamēva vāta iva pravāmyārabhamāṇā bhuvanāni viśvā | parō divā para ēnā pṛthivyaitāvatī mahinā saṁbabhūva || 8 ||
Translation
I breathe forth like the wind, taking hold of all the worlds. Beyond heaven, beyond this earth: so great have I become by my greatness.
Word by word
- aham ēva
- I alone
- vātaḥ iva
- like the wind
- pravāmi
- breathe forth, blow
- ārabhamāṇā
- taking hold of
- bhuvanāni viśvā
- all the worlds
- paraḥ divā
- beyond heaven
- paraḥ ēnā pṛthivyā
- beyond this earth
- ētāvatī
- so great
- mahinā
- by my greatness
- saṁbabhūva
- have I become
Meaning
She sets the worlds moving as the wind moves, of herself and moved by no other. Then the hymn ends where it must: she is beyond heaven and earth, and her greatness is her own. The book adds that the Tantrokta Devī Sūkta, which follows, is to be recited too.