या साम्प्रतं चोद्धतदैत्यतापितैरस्माभिरीशा च सुरैर्नमस्यते। या च स्मृता तत्क्षणमेव हन्ति नः सर्वापदो भक्तिविनम्रमूर्तिभिः ॥ ३० ॥
yā sāmprataṁ cōddhatadaityatāpitairasmābhirīśā ca surairnamasyatē | yā ca smṛtā tatkṣaṇamēva hanti naḥ sarvāpadō bhaktivinamramūrtibhiḥ || 30 ||
Translation
She whom we gods, tormented now by arrogant demons, bow to as sovereign, and who, remembered by those whose bodies are bowed in devotion, in that very moment destroys all our calamities.
Word by word
- yā
- she who
- sāmpratam
- now
- uddhatadaityatāpitaiḥ
- tormented by arrogant demons
- asmābhiḥ suraiḥ
- by us gods
- īśā
- as sovereign
- namasyatē
- is bowed to
- yā ca smṛtā
- and who, remembered
- tatkṣaṇam ēva
- in that very moment
- hanti
- destroys
- naḥ sarvāpadaḥ
- all our calamities
- bhaktivinamramūrtibhiḥ
- by those whose bodies are bowed in devotion
Meaning
The hymn ends with the promise at its heart: to remember her with devotion is enough, and in that moment calamity ends. In the Saptaśatī, Pārvatī now comes to bathe in the Gaṅgā and the Goddess Ambikā comes forth from her body in answer. The book says that the three Rahasyas, beginning with the Prādhānika, are to be recited after this hymn.