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॥ श्री ॥sūktam

Tantrokta Rātri Sūktam, Verse 14

Ṛṣi Mārkaṇḍeya

Verses
15
Minutes
10
Level
intermediate

Verse 14

Verse 14

सा त्वमित्थं प्रभावैः स्वैरुदारैर्देवि संस्तुता। मोहयैतौ दुराधर्षावसुरौ मधुकैटभौ ॥ १४ ॥

sā tvamitthaṁ prabhāvaiḥ svairudārairdēvi saṁstutā | mōhayaitau durādharṣāvasurau madhukaiṭabhau || 14 ||

Translation

O Goddess, praised thus for your own exalted powers, bewilder these two invincible Asuras, Madhu and Kaiṭabha.

Word by word

sā tvam
you, such as you are
ittham
thus
prabhāvaiḥ
for your powers
svaiḥ
your own
udāraiḥ
exalted
dēvi
O Goddess
saṁstutā
praised
mōhaya
bewilder
ētau
these two
durādharṣau
invincible
asurau
Asuras
madhukaiṭabhau
Madhu and Kaiṭabha

Meaning

The praise becomes a prayer. Brahmā asks the power of delusion to turn its force on the demons who threaten him.