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Tantrokta Devī Sūktam cover

॥ श्री ॥sūktam

Tantrokta Devī Sūktam

Ṛṣi Mārkaṇḍeya

Verses
30
Minutes
12
Level
beginner

Verse 22

Verse 22

या देवी सर्वभूतेषु स्मृतिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥ २२ ॥

yā dēvī sarvabhūtēṣu smṛtirūpēṇa saṁsthitā | namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ || 22 ||

Translation

To the Goddess who dwells in all beings in the form of memory: salutation to her, salutation to her, salutation to her, salutation again and again.

Word by word

yā dēvī
the Goddess who
sarvabhūtēṣu
in all beings
smṛtirūpēṇa
in the form of memory
saṁsthitā
dwells
namaḥ tasyai
salutation to her
namō namaḥ
salutation again and again

Meaning

She is smṛti, memory, and the remembrance of her by which, the last verse says, all calamities are destroyed.