अतिसौम्यातिरौद्रायै नतास्तस्यै नमो नमः। नमो जगत्प्रतिष्ठायै देव्यै कृत्यै नमो नमः ॥ ५ ॥
atisaumyātiraudrāyai natāstasyai namō namaḥ | namō jagatpratiṣṭhāyai dēvyai kṛtyai namō namaḥ || 5 ||
Translation
To her who is most gentle and most fierce, bowing, we offer salutation again and again. Salutation to the support of the world, to the Goddess who is action: salutation again and again.
Word by word
- atisaumyātiraudrāyai
- to her who is most gentle and most fierce
- natāḥ
- bowing
- tasyai
- to her
- namō namaḥ
- salutation again and again
- jagatpratiṣṭhāyai
- to the support of the world
- dēvyai
- to the Goddess
- kṛtyai
- to her who is action
Meaning
The extremes meet in her: utmost gentleness and utmost terror. She is the foundation on which the world stands, and kṛti, all action that is done in it.