अष्टादशभुजा पूज्या सा सहस्रभुजा सती। आयुधान्यत्र वक्ष्यन्ते दक्षिणाधःकरक्रमात् ॥ १० ॥
aṣṭādaśabhujā pūjyā sā sahasrabhujā satī | āyudhānyatra vakṣyantē dakṣiṇādhaḥkarakramāt || 10 ||
Translation
Though she has a thousand arms, she is to be worshipped with eighteen. Her weapons are told here in order, beginning with the lower right hand:
Word by word
- aṣṭādaśabhujā
- with eighteen arms
- pūjyā
- to be worshipped
- sā
- she
- sahasrabhujā
- thousand-armed
- satī
- being
- āyudhāni
- the weapons
- atra
- here
- vakṣyantē
- are told
- dakṣiṇādhaḥkarakramāt
- in order from the lower right hand
Meaning
The image of Mahālakṣmī has eighteen arms; the weapons are counted from the lower right hand upwards, then down the left.