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# Devishataka 28

Devīśataka 28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka.28)

sā bhāvakṣālavaryā nutavibhavitanuryā valakṣāvabhāsā jānānasyāśayaprā navanalinavanaprāyaśasyānanājā |  
sātaṃ varmānanasthā rahasi rasiharasthānanarmāvataṃsā pāyādaktā raṇatrā matanamanatamatrāṇaraktā dayāpā ||

> She who arrived for the welfare of Indra in battle, who was not conquered by the army of enemies deploying deceit; / the moon taking shelter with Hara, clearly begged for an elegance equal to hers on account of its slender grace. 27. / Pure through washing the world of becoming, supreme, praised by the foremost of the varied, shining white, / knowing the inner heart, her lotus-face like a forest of fresh blue lotuses, / standing in the face like an armor of tranquility, an ornament in jest in the secret abode of the delighted Hara, / may she protect—revealed, protecting in battle, intent on saving those bowed in thought, drinking compassion. 28.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka~en-mt.28) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Devīśatakaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kayyata.28) — Kayyaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Devīśatakavivṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.stotra.devisataka!kaiyata.28) — Kaiyaṭa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Dīnākrandanastuti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.stotra.kasmira.dinakrandanastuti.5.28) — Loṣṭaka, Sanskrit
- [Dīnākrandastotra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.stotra.dinakrandastotra.5.28) — Laṅkeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Śrīdevīśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.sridevisataka.1.28) — Sanskrit

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