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Devi Upanishad

(Chapter 6)

Devi Upanishad

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Verse 1

sarve vai devā devīmupatasthuḥ . kāsi tvaṃ mahādevi . sābravīdahṃ brahmasvarūpiṇī . mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmakaṃ jagacchūnyaṃ cāśūnyaṃ ca . ahamānandānānandāḥ vijñānāvijñāne aham . brahmā brahmaṇi veditavye . ityāhātharvaṇi śrutiḥ .. 1..

Verse 2

ahaṃ pañcabhūtānyapañcabhūtāni . ahamakhilaṃ jagat . vedo’hamavedo’ham . vidyāhamavidyāham . ajāhamanajāham . adhaścordhvaṃ ca tiryakcāham . ahaṃ rudrebhirvasubhiścarāmyahamādityairuta viśvadevaiḥ . ahaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvubhau bibharmyahamindrāgnī ahamaśvināvubhau . ahaṃ somaṃ tvaṣṭāraṃ pūṣaṇaṃ bhagaṃ dadhāmyaham . viṣṇumurukramaṃ brahmāṇamuta prajāpatiṃ dadhāmi . ahaṃ dadhāmi draviṇaṃ haviṣmate suprāvye 3 yajamānāya sunvate .. 2..

Verse 3

ahaṃ rāṣṭrī saṅgamanī vasūnāmahaṃ suve pitaramasya mūrdhanmama yonirapsvantaḥ samudre . ya evaṃ veda sa devīpadamāpnoti . te devā abruvan . namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satataṃ namaḥ . namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām .. 3..

Verse 4

tāmagnivarṇāṃ tapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃ karmaphaleṣu juṣṭām . durgāṃ devīṃ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye sutarāṃ nāśayate tamaḥ .. 4..

Verse 5

devīṃ vācamajanayanta devāstāṃ viśvarūpāḥ paśavo vadanti . sā no mandreṣamūrjaṃ duhānā dhenurvāgasmānupasuṣṭutaitu .. 5..

Verse 6

kālarātriṃ brahmastutāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ skandamātaram . sarasvatīmaditiṃ dakṣaduhitaraṃ namāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām .. 6..

Verse 7

mahālakṣmīśca vidmahe sarvasiddhiśca dhīmahi . tanno devī pracodayāt .. 7..

Verse 8

aditirhyajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava . tāṃ devā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ .. 8..

Verse 9

kāmo yoniḥ kāmakalā vajrapāṇirguhā hasā . mātariśvābhramindraḥ punarguhā sakalā māyayā ca punaḥ kośā viśvamātā divi dyom .. 9..

Verse 10

eṣātmaśaktiḥ . eṣā viśvamohinī pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā . eṣā śrīmahāvidyā . ya evaṃ veda sa śokaṃ tarati . namaste astu bhagavati bhavati mātarasmānpātu sarvataḥ . saiṣāṣṭau vasavaḥ . saiṣaikādaśa rudrāḥ . saiṣā dvādaśādityāḥ . saiṣā viśvedevāḥ somapā asomapāśca . saiṣā yātudhānu asurā rakṣāṃsi piśācayakṣāḥ siddhāḥ . saiṣā sattvarajastamāṃsi . saiṣā prajāpatīndramanavaḥ . saiṣā grahā nakṣatrajyotīṃṣi kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī . tāmahaṃ praṇaumi nityam . tāpāpahāriṇīṃ devīṃ bhuktimuktipradāyinīm . anantāṃ vijayāṃ śuddhāṃ śaraṇyāṃ śivadāṃ śivām .. 10..

Verse 11

viyadākārasaṃyuktaṃ vītihotrasamanvitam . ardhendulasitaṃ devyā bījaṃ sarvārthasādhakam .. 11..

Verse 12

evamekākṣaraṃ mantraṃ yatayaḥ śuddhacetasaḥ . dhyāyanti paramānandamayā jñānāmburāśayaḥ .. 12..

Verse 13

vāṅmayā brahmabhūtasmātṣaṣṭhaṃ vaktrasamanvitam . sūryo vāmaśrotrabinduḥ saṃyutāṣṭakatṛtīyakaḥ .. 13..

Verse 14

nārāyaṇena saṃyukto vāyuścādharasaṃyutaḥ . vicce navārṇako’rṇaḥ syānmahadānandadāyakaḥ .. 14..

Verse 15

hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthāṃ prātaḥsūryasamaprabhām . pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ saumyāṃ varadābhayahastakām . trinetrāṃ raktavasanāṃ bhaktakāmadughāṃ bhaje .. 15..

Verse 16

namāmi tvāmahaṃ devīṃ mahābhayavināśinīm . mahādurgapraśamanīṃ mahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm .. 16..

Verse 17

yasyāḥ svarūpaṃ brahmādayo na jānanti tasmāducyate’jñeyā . yasyā anto na vidyate tasmāducyate’nantā . yasyā grahaṇaṃ nopalabhyate tasmāducyate’lakṣyā . yasyā jananaṃ nopalabhyate tasmāducyate’jā . ekaiva sarvatra vartate tasmāducyata ekā . ekaiva viśvarūpiṇī tasmāducyate naikā ’ta evocyate’jñeyānantālakṣyājaikā naiketi . mantrāṇāṃ mātṛkā devī śabdānāṃ jñānarūpiṇī . jñānānāṃ cinmayātītā śūnyānāṃ śūnyasākṣiṇī .. 17..

Verse 18

yasyāḥ parataraṃ nāsti saiṣā durgā prakīrtitā . durgātsaṃtrāyate yasmāddevī durgeti kathyate .. 18..

Verse 19

prapadye śaraṇaṃ devīṃ duṃdurge duritaṃ hara . tāṃ durgāṃ durgamāṃ devīṃ durācāravighātinīm . namāmi bhavabhīto’haṃ saṃsārārṇavatāriṇīm .. 19..

Verse 20

idamatharvaśīrṣaṃ yo’dhīte pañcātharvaśīrṣajapaphalamāpnoti . idamatharvaśīrṣaṃ jñātvā yo’rcāṃ sthāpayati . śatalakṣaṃ prajaptvāpi so’rcāsiddhiṃ ca vindati . śatamaṣṭottaraṃ cāsyāḥ puraścaryāvidhiḥ smṛtaḥ .. 20..

Verse 21

daśavāraṃ paṭhedyastu sadyaḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate . mahādurgāṇi tarati mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ .. 21..

Verse 22

prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati . sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati . tatsāyaṃ prātaḥ prayuñjānaḥ pāpo’pāpo bhavati . niśīthe turīyasandhyāyāṃ japtvā vāksiddhirbhavati . nūtanapratimāyāṃ japtvā devatāsāṃnidhyaṃ bhavati . prāṇapratiṣṭhāyāṃ japtvā prāṇānāṃ pratiṣṭhā bhavati . bhaumāśvinyāṃ mahādevī saṃnidhau japtvā mahāmṛtyuṃ tarati . ya evaṃ vedetyupaniṣat .. 22..