ऋषिरुवाच ॐ त्रिगुणा तामसी देवी सात्त्विकी या त्रिधोदिता। सा शर्वा चण्डिका दुर्गा भद्रा भगवतीर्यते ॥ १ ॥
ṛṣiruvāca ōṁ triguṇā tāmasī dēvī sāttvikī yā tridhōditā | sā śarvā caṇḍikā durgā bhadrā bhagavatīryatē || 1 ||
Translation
The sage said: Om. The Goddess of the three guṇas, who was declared threefold, as the one of tamas and the one of sattva and the rest, is called Śarvā, Caṇḍikā, Durgā, Bhadrā and Bhagavatī.
Word by word
- ṛṣiḥ uvāca
- the sage said
- ōṁ
- sacred syllable
- triguṇā
- of the three guṇas
- tāmasī
- the one of tamas
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- sāttvikī
- the one of sattva
- yā
- who
- tridhā uditā
- was declared threefold
- sā
- she
- śarvā
- Śarvā
- caṇḍikā
- Caṇḍikā
- durgā
- Durgā
- bhadrā
- Bhadrā
- bhagavatī
- Bhagavatī
- īryatē
- is called
Meaning
The first secret told how Mahālakṣmī became threefold. This one, the vaikṛtika, tells of the three forms she took, her “modifications”, and how they are worshipped. They are one Goddess under many names.