[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) › [Courtly hymns to the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta) › [Devīśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka) › [Devishatakavivriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka!kaiyata) › 43 # Devishataka 43 Devīśatakavivṛti 43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka!kaiyata.43) tāṃ devīṃ namata namaskuruta yā smarabhidā madanahantrā bhartrā hareṇāṅkāropitā utsaṅkamārohitā satī nārīṇāṃ strīṇāṃ navamapūrvaṃ vismayamāścaryaṃ cakre | tathā yaccāpasya yadīyadhanuṣaśca saṃbandhī kreṃkāro'pi dhvanirapyarīṇāmarātīnāṃ tānavaṃ kṣayaṃ na na vidadhe api tu cakre | aparaṃ yā tārā prakāśarūpiṇī vihāyasā ākāśena prayātā gatā satī kṛṣṇo bhagavānvāsudevastava bhavataḥ hantāṃ hiṃsatu ityanena prakāreṇa kaṃsākhyaṃ daityamāhāvocatsma | kathamityāha-paramāyā vihāya dviṣatkusṛtīḥ parityajya atibalena bāhunā samā hatārātinā nihataśatruṇā balena bhagavatā saṃkarṣaṇākhyena bhrātrā sākaṃ saha | tathā yā ca bhadrakālī kātyāyanī samareṣu yuddheṣvanekaśo bahudhā bhāti śobhate | yayā ca devyā natayā praṇatayā janatā janasamūha ujjvalavivekaśobhā prakṛṣṭajñānaprabhā satī atibhadrakālīnatayā atyarthamaṅgalyasaṃpṛktatayā hetubhūtayā praśastayā devī bhātītyarthaḥ | khyāti prakāśate vyaktībhavataḥ (?) namata iti saṃbandhaḥ | - [Previous: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka!kaiyata.40) - [Next: 44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka!kaiyata.44) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devīśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka.43) — Ānandavardhana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka!kaiyata.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.sakta.devisataka!kaiyata.43) · Pramāṇa