Devishataka 29_27

29_27

(Bearing three meanings)
May that Gaurī, Mṛḍānī, bring about what is beneficial and favorable for you! Whom people worship, whom they attend upon. Because she brings about the rise of men: by whom the manifestation and elevation of the learned or of mankind has been effected. What kind of people? Desiring service, that is, pleasing and turning toward [her] constantly, always, or beautifully. Of what nature is the Goddess? Bearing the slender form of Śambhu, Śarva; renowned, celebrated. Now furthermore, may that cow of speech, speech itself, grant what is desired! Of what kind? Whose manifestation has been made by the learned. Renowned as bearing the non-slender nature of Śambhu, of Brahman; the sense is that speech remains fully manifest in that feminine form as well. 'Śambhu' should be known as Brahman and Īśvara. Whom people worship. What kind of people? Desiring the pleasing of the virtuous, the winning of their hearts. Alternatively, may that Gaurī, the earth, grant your desire! Whom people inhabit and serve. What kind of people? Accompanied by their wives, desiring wealth and riches. What kind of earth? Whose seasonal abundance is produced by furrows, by ploughing and furrowing with ploughs. And the Goddess's form is made of speech and the earth; this is the meaning of the sentence. || 29