Devīsūkta

This article is about the Devīsūktam in the Ṛgveda. This is different from Devisuktam/ Chandipath in Durgāsaptaśatī of Mārkaṃḍeyapurāṇa.

The Template:IAST, also called the Template:IAST, is the 125th Template:IAST (hymn) occurring in the 10th mandala of the [[Rigveda|Template:IAST]]. In the present day, the Template:IAST is popularly chanted during the worship of the Template:IAST (Universal Goddess in any form), in the daily rituals of temples, and also in various Vedic sacrificial ceremonies like Template:IAST, etc. It is also chanted at the end of [[Devi Mahatmya|Template:IAST]].

Text's Sequential Index

The proper sequential occurrence of Template:IAST, in the [[Rigveda|Template:IAST]] text is:

[[Anukramaṇī|Template:IAST]] (Indices of the seer, deity number of verses & metre)

Since tradition mandates that all the Template:IASTs in the Vedas must specify the Template:IAST (m.) or Template:IAST (fe.) (the sage who envisioned the Template:IAST), the Template:IAST (deity being invoked), number of verses in it, and the Template:IAST (metre of the verses), the same follows below:

Template:Font color [[File:Devi Mookambika for wiki.jpg|frame|right|Template:IAST, a form of Template:IAST worshipped at Kollur in Karnataka, as the synchronized form of [[Lakshmi|Template:IAST. ]]

This is one of the very few Template:IASTs in the [[Rigveda|Template:IAST]] for which the Template:IAST and Template:IAST are one and the same.

Text and meaning

The Template:IAST, in its apparent, general sense, is the proclamation by the Template:IAST of her own power, glory, pervasiveness, and actions.

Template:IAST, in his commentary, states that Template:IAST, (Template:IAST, the daughter of Template:IAST) – a Template:IAST (one who has realized Template:IAST) – has eulogized herself in this Template:IAST. Template:IAST, having dissolved her individuality – the ego – has hence identified herself with the Template:IAST (Brahman who is none other than the Template:IAST), the all pervasive Template:IAST (the indivisible Existence-Knowledge-Bliss-Absolute), and thus with all the forms in the universe and the functionaries thereof, has praised herself.

Hence, she is the Template:IAST of this Template:IAST and also the Template:IAST.

The 'I' Template:IAST refers to, in the Template:IAST, is no more the narrow, limited ego which identifies itself with the microcosmic body-mind complex. It is the illimitable, eternal, residual Pure Consciousness – the Substratum of both the ego (subject) and the universe (object).

Her words, perhaps, remain the boldest, uncompromising proclamations of the realisation of Advaitic (non-dualistic) Truth by any seer in the entire realm of the Vedas.

The Template:IAST:

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1. I proceed with the Rudras, with the Vasus, with the Template:IASTs and the Template:IASTs; I support both Mitra and Template:IAST, Agni and Template:IAST, and the two Template:IAST.

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2. I support the foe-destroying Template:IAST and Bhaga; I bestow wealth upon the institutor of the rite offering the oblation (havis) - (who is) pouring forth the libation and deserving of careful protection.

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3. I am the sovereign queen (of all Existence), the collectress of treasures, cognizant of (the Supreme Being), the chief object of worship; as such, the gods have put me in many places, abiding in manifold conditions, entering into numerous (forms).

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4. He who eats food (eats) through me; he who sees, who breathes, who hears what is spoken, does so through me; those who are ignorant of me, perish; hearken who is capable of hearing, I tell you that which is deserving of belief.

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5. I verily myself declare this which is approved of by both gods and men; whomsoever I choose, I render him an exalted one, make him a Template:IAST, make him Brahman or make him highly intelligent.

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6. I bend the bow (to fasten the bow string at its ends) for Rudra, to slay the tormenting, Brahman-hating enemy. I wage war against (hostile) men (to protect the praying ones); I have pervaded the Heaven and earth.

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7. I bring forth the paternal (heaven - abode of the manes) upon the crown (brows) of (this Supreme Being); my genesis is from the waters (cosmic - the all pervading Entity); from thence, I pervade through all beings and reach this heaven with my body.

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8. I verily myself breathe forth like the wind, issuing out form to all the created worlds; beyond the heaven, beyond the world (I Exist eternally - beyond space & time) - so vast am I in my greatness.

Recitation

An audio recording of the recitation of the Devīsūkta:

Devīsūkta

Devīsūkta

References

• Template:IAST
• Template:IAST Online