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he devīti sambodhanamanuvartanīyam . devī padārthastu prāgvadeva . yatastvaṃ
śabdānāṃ laukikālaukikātmanānantavaicitryabheditānāṃ
varṇapadamantrātmavācakānāṃ jananī parāvāṅmūlabhūmikātaḥkrameṇa
visphārayantī jyeṣṭhāraudryambākhyaśaktiprasarasaṃbhedavaicitryato
māyīyāmāyīyādyakṣāntapañcāśadvarṇaparāmarśātmanollāsyavarṇa##-
vācyātmano'rthaprapañcasyāpi prasaropapatteḥ parāmātṛkātmetyarthaḥ .
taddhedaṃ tarhyāvyākṛtamāsīt tannāmarūpābhyāṃ vyākriyata iti śruteḥ
(bṛha0 1-4-7) . nāmarūpātmakasya vācyavācakātmano jagata
āvirbhāvaḥ śrūyate . uktaṃ ca-

The vocative address 'O Goddess' (he devi) is to be supplied. The meaning of the word 'Goddess' (devī) is just as stated before. The meaning is: because you are the mother—gradually unfolding from the foundational plane of supreme speech (parā vāc)—of words which are differentiated into infinite variety in terms of conventional and non-conventional forms and which signify through the nature of phonemes, words, and mantras; because, through the variegated blend of the emissions of powers called Jyeṣṭhā, Raudrī, and Ambā, you possess the nature of the supreme phonematic matrix (parāmātṛkā) since you produce even the unfolding objective cosmos signified by phonemes through the cognitive reflective grasping of the fifty phonemes from A to Kṣa, both illusory and non-illusory. For from the śruti passage: 'Verily, at that time this universe was undifferentiated; it became differentiated through name and form' (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.4.7), the manifestation of the universe consisting of name and form, signified and signifier, is heard. And it is said: