[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Poetry (mahākāvya, lyric, messenger poems, stotra, Prakrit kāvya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya) › [Hymns as court poetry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra) › [Devīśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka) › [Devishatakavivriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata) › 13 # Devishataka 13 Devīśatakavivṛti 13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata.13) sāmbikā jananī vo yuṣmānavatādrakṣatāt | yā sāmarā sadevā satī | athavā sāma sāntvaṃ rāti dadāti sāmarāpi satī sādhutrāṇāya sajjanaparirakṣaṇāẏāriṇā śatrunā samamayuddha yuddhamakārṣīt | kīdṛśī devī | khaṅgena karavālena dīprā ujjvalā | kīdṛśena | devānānamarāṇāṃ sāmaraṃ saṅgrāmabhavamāyāsaṃkleśaṃ harati tacchīlastena sāmarāyāsahāriṇā | sāṅgrāmikakleśavināśinetyarthaḥ | tathā yā devī nayajayairnītyutkarṣai rarāja śuśubhe | kiṃbhūtā | raṇājire saṅgamāṅgane caraṇāghātanihatakāsarā pādāhativyāpāditamahiṣāsurā | anyat, arājasajanānatā | rajaḥpratiṣedhāddūratare tamo niṣiddham | tatsāttvikajanapraṇatetyarthaḥ | yathā ca ‘arajaskāḥ paraṃ padam’ | aparaṃ yasyā devyā nā manuṣyaḥ praṇataḥ prahvo na nābhitaḥ samantādyaśaḥ kīrtiṃ tanoti vistārayati | api tu tanotyeva | sa ca nābhyarcyanāmā pūjyābhidhānaḥ | devī vābhyarcyo nāmo namanaṃ yasyā iti | anyacca sa pumānmānanayaśobhitaḥ | mānanayābhyāmaṃkṛta ityarthaḥ 13 - [Previous: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata.10) - [Next: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata.16) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devīśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka.13) — Ānandavardhana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata.13) · Pramāṇa