प्रथममध्यमोत्तरचरित्राणां ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्रा ऋषयः, श्रीमहाकालीमहालक्ष्मीमहासरस्वत्यो देवताः, गायत्र्युष्णिगनुष्टुभश्छन्दांसि, नन्दाशाकम्भरीभीमाः शक्तयः, रक्तदन्तिकादुर्गाभ्रामर्यो बीजानि, अग्निवायुसूर्यास्तत्त्वानि, ऋग्यजुःसामवेदा ध्यानानि, सकलकामनासिद्धये श्रीमहाकालीमहालक्ष्मीमहासरस्वतीदेवताप्रीत्यर्थे जपे विनियोगः।
prathamamadhyamōttaracaritrāṇāṁ brahmaviṣṇurudrā ṛṣayaḥ, śrīmahākālīmahālakṣmīmahāsarasvatyō dēvatāḥ, gāyatryuṣṇiganuṣṭubhaśchandāṁsi, nandāśākambharībhīmāḥ śaktayaḥ, raktadantikādurgābhrāmaryō bījāni, agnivāyusūryāstattvāni, ṛgyajuḥsāmavēdā dhyānāni, sakalakāmanāsiddhayē śrīmahākālīmahālakṣmīmahāsarasvatīdēvatāprītyarthē japē viniyōgaḥ |
Translation
Of the first, middle and last parts, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra are the seers; Śrī Mahākālī, Mahālakṣmī and Mahāsarasvatī are the deities; Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik and Anuṣṭubh are the meters; Nandā, Śākambharī and Bhīmā are the powers; Raktadantikā, Durgā and Bhrāmarī are the seeds; fire, wind and sun are the principles; the Ṛg, Yajur and Sāma Vedas are the meditations; for the fulfilment of every wish and for the pleasure of the deities Śrī Mahākālī, Mahālakṣmī and Mahāsarasvatī, it is applied in japa.
Word by word
- prathamamadhyamōttaracaritrāṇām
- of the first, middle and last parts
- brahmaviṣṇurudrāḥ ṛṣayaḥ
- Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra are the seers
- dēvatāḥ
- the deities
- gāyatryuṣṇiganuṣṭubhaḥ chandāṁsi
- Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik and Anuṣṭubh are the meters
- nandāśākambharībhīmāḥ śaktayaḥ
- Nandā, Śākambharī and Bhīmā are the powers
- raktadantikādurgābhrāmaryaḥ bījāni
- Raktadantikā, Durgā and Bhrāmarī are the seeds
- agnivāyusūryāḥ tattvāni
- fire, wind and sun are the principles
- ṛgyajuḥsāmavēdāḥ dhyānāni
- the Ṛg, Yajur and Sāma Vedas are the meditations
- sakalakāmanāsiddhayē
- for the fulfilment of every wish
- dēvatāprītyarthē
- for the pleasure of the deities
- japē viniyōgaḥ
- applied in japa
Meaning
The Saptaśatī has three parts (caritas): the first, chapter 1, of Mahākālī; the middle, chapters 2 to 4, of Mahālakṣmī; and the last, chapters 5 to 13, of Mahāsarasvatī. This viniyoga names, for each part in turn, its seer, deity, meter, power, seed, principle and Veda. The powers and seeds are forms the Goddess promises to take in the eleventh chapter. The book says the method of nyāsa is the same as before, in the Navārṇa Vidhi.