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॥ श्री ॥rahasya

Vaikṛtika Rahasya, Verse 16

Ṛṣi Medhas

Verses
39
Minutes
15
Level
advanced

Verse 16

Verse 16

एषा सम्पूजिता भक्त्या सर्वज्ञत्वं प्रयच्छति। निशुम्भमथिनी देवी शुम्भासुरनिबर्हिणी ॥ १६ ॥

ēṣā sampūjitā bhaktyā sarvajñatvaṁ prayacchati | niśumbhamathinī dēvī śumbhāsuranibarhiṇī || 16 ||

Translation

Worshipped with devotion, she grants omniscience: the Goddess who crushed Niśumbha and slew the asura Śumbha.

Word by word

ēṣā
she
sampūjitā
worshipped
bhaktyā
with devotion
sarvajñatvam
omniscience
prayacchati
grants
niśumbhamathinī
who crushed Niśumbha
dēvī
the Goddess
śumbhāsuranibarhiṇī
slayer of the asura Śumbha

Meaning

The fruit of worshipping Mahāsarasvatī is knowledge of all things.