Namaste,
I found the following websites with a "Devi Mantra":
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Maa rupena samsthita I
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Shakti rupena samsthita I
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Buddhi rupena samsthita I
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Laxmi rupena samsthita I
Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namestasyai II
I believe the I and II are | and || (punctuation marks). I ask someone more knowledgeable to correct me if I am wrong.
thank u for suggesting such a beautiful and perfectly universal Devi Mantra...regarding those "sticks"-->yes comrade, these symbols are only for punctuation. they just serve the purpose of "half-stop"(I) and "Full-stop"(II) in all sanskrit poetry.(let it be a shloka or mantra whatever)
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googled to find out two sites with transliterated text & translation but they seemed to be li'l unsatisfactory..(lol.i'm not allowed to paste URLs (freshman
))
so i tried to rewrite...but, again 4m these very sites, coz right now i don't have any book of DurgA saptashati, 4m which i believe these verses are :
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yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
viSNumAyEti ShabditA
( the Devi who,termed as "
the mAyA of viSNu", abides in all beings)
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
(salute [namah]to Her[tasyai], salute to Her, salute to Her, Salutes and Salutes)
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
chEtanEtyabhidhIyate (I)
(the Devi who, called as "
Consciousness", abides in all creatures..)
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
buddhirUpENa samsthitA
( the divine lady(=
dEvi) who(=
yA), in the form of *intellect*(=
buddhi-
rUpENa), is well-established(
samsthitaa) in all creatures (
sarva-bhUtESu))
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
nidrArUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of '
sleep')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
kSudhArUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of '
Hunger')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
chAyArUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..as '
shadow'/'
reflection')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
shaktirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of
Shakti)
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
triSNArUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..as
'thirst'/desire)
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
kSAntirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..as forgiveness???:help
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
jAtirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..as '
Genus'/'Universal')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
lajjArUpENa samsthitA (i.e..in the form of '
Modesty'')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
shAntirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of '
Peace')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
shraddhArUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of '
faith')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
kAntirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of '
Light')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
lakSmiirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..as "
Lakshmi" herself)
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
vruttirUpENa samsthitA.. (i.e. in the form of
'Activity')
namastasyai, namastasyai, namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
smrutirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of '
Memory')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
dayArUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..as '
Love/compassion')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
tuSTirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of
'contentment')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
mAtrurUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of 'the
Mother')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
yA dEvI sarvabhUtESu
bhrAntirUpENa samsthitA...(i.e..in the form of '
delusion')
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah
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CONCLUDING VERSE (
below)_______________________
indriyANAm+adhiSThAtrI bhUtAnAm+ca+akhilESu yA
bhUtESu satatam tasmai vyApti dEvyai namO namah (I)
citi-rUpENa yA
krutsnam(=?:help:)+Etad+vyApya sthitA jagat
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namO namah (II)
meaning..(ignoring the word Krutsnam)
"I salute (namastasyai....)
to the Devi who's the superintendent (adhiSThAtrI)
of [sense&motor]
organs(indriyANAm)
of creatures(bhUtAnAm) and [thereby]
whose continuos (satatam) pervasion(vyApti) is in all (akhilESu) creatures (bhUtESu); who abides in (sthitaa)
the world (jagat),
after pervading it (Etad vyApya)
in the form of "[the cosmic]
consciousness"(citi-rUpENa)..."
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EACH COUPLET (yA dEvI.......namO namah)is a deemed Mantra in the above pATha,..so,Friends, now we may contemplate on the entire pATha...and then
we may choose any few of these couplets for our daily chants,,
thumb-rule in selection :
whichever qualities/forms of dEvI inspire u or whichever quality of dEvI u now want to "deal with" within urself...
here are two 'bonus' shlokas useful for seekers of universal mother-goddess.
Jayantii mangaLA kALI bhadrakALI kapAlinI (I)
DurgA kshamA shivA dhAtrI svAhA svadhA namO+astu te (II)
namO dEvyai mahAdEvyai shivAyai satatam namah (I)
namah prakrutyai bhadrAyai niyatAh praNatAsmatAm (II)
these two shlokas (from the ChanDI-700) too may be prescribed for meditating on the All-Mother..they address each and every vareity of Shakti in short.
All the best 4 sAdhakas.."Sarvam Shaktimayamidam Jagat"
(sorry if i've unnecessarily given the entire reading):sorry1:
(also sorry for the all probable mistakes in both transliteration and translation.
)
PLZZZZZ SUGGEST CORRECTIONS, immediately as u notice them, just to save me from the curse of Shrii-Gurus for propagating erroneous Mantras & Ideas. ThnQ