Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Devi Mahathmyam or Ode to Durga Devi

In this Durga Stotra (Devi Mahatmyam 5:14-76), Devi's Shakti (not only physical Strength, but also courage, to fight injustice and destroy evil for the welfare of the people) is glorified. (I am taking this from Prarthana - A book of Hindu Psalms by Arun Shanbhag and adding my own translations into Tamil)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi_Mahatmyam has four hymn parts. The "Ya Devi" is the third part of the hymn also known as Tantrik Devi Suktam. You can listen to these 21 verses here.


Slokam 1:

in Itrans

yaa devi sarvabhUteShu viShNumaayeti shabditaa |
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaH ||

in Devanagiri:

या देवि सर्वभूतेषु विष्णुमायेति शब्दिता।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥

Meaning (English)

That Devi who is omnipresent in all beings of this Universe,
Namaskar! Namaskar! Namaskar to that Devi

Meaning (Tamil)

எந்த அம்மன் எல்லா உலகங்கிலும் வியாபித்துக்கொண்டு இருக்கிரார்களோ,
வந்தனம்! வந்தனம்! வந்தனம்! அந்த அம்மனுக்கு எங்கள் வந்தனம்!

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