Taṁtrōktaṁ Dēvī Sūktaṁ

Question 1

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namō dēvyai mahā-dēvyai śivāyai satataṁ namaḥ |
namaḥ prakr̥tyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām ||

Answer 1

Obeisances to the Devī, to the great Devī. Obeisances always to Her Who is ever-auspicious. Obeisances to Her Who is the primordial cause and the sustaining power. We attentively make obeisance to Her.

Question 2

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yādēvīsarva-bhūtēṣu,viṣṇu-māyētiśabditā|
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 2

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who in all beings is called Viṣṇumāyā;

Question 3

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yādēvīsarva-bhūtēṣu,cētanētyabhidhīyatē|
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 3

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides is all beings as consciousness

Question 4

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, buddhi-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 4

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of intelligence

Question 5

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, nidrā-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 5

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of sleep

Question 6

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, kṣudhā-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 6

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of hunger

Question 7

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, chāyā-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 7

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of reflection

Question 8

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, śakti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 8

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of power

Question 9

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, tr̥ṣṇā-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 9

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of thirst

Question 10

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, kṣānti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 10

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of patience

Question 11

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, jāti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 11

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of their genuine or true state, fixed by birth

Question 12

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, lajjā-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 12

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of modesty

Question 13

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, śānti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 13

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of peace

Question 14

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, śraddhā-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 14

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of faith

Question 15

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, kānti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 15

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of beauty

Question 16

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, lakṣmī-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 16

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of good fortune

Question 17

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, vr̥tti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 17

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of activity

Question 18

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, smr̥ti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 18

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of memory

Question 19

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, dayā-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 19

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of compassion

Question 20

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, tuṣṭi-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 20

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of contentment

Question 21

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, mātr̥-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 21

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of Mother

Question 22

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yādēvī sarva-bhūtēṣu, bhrānti-rūpēṇa saṁsthitā |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 22

Obeisances again and again to the Devī, Who abides in all beings in the form of error

Question 23

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indriyāṇā-madhiṣṭātrī bhūtānāṁ cākhilēṣu yā |
bhūtēṣu satataṁ tasyai, vyāpti-dēvyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 23

Obeisances again and again to the all-pervading Devī, Who constantly presides over the senses of all beings and governs all the elements

Question 24

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citi-rūpēṇa yā kr̥tsnamētad vyāpya sthitā jagat |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namō namaḥ ||

Answer 24

Obeisances again and again to Her Who, pervading the entire world, abides in the form of consciousness

Question 25

||37|| stutā suraiḥ, pūrvamabhīṣṭa-saṁśrayāt | tathā surēn drēṇa, dinēṣu sēvitā || karōtu sā naḥ, śubhahētu rīśvarī | śubhāni bhadrāṇya-bhihantu cāpadaḥ ||

Answer 25

Invoked of yore by the Devas for the sake of their desired object, and adorded by the lord of the Devas every day, may She, the Īśvarī, the source of all good, accomplish for us all auspicious things and put an end to our calamities!