[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Religious Traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya) › [Other cults, manuals and hymns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general) › [Hymns to the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra) › [Laghustutih (vrittisameta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti) › 288 # Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 288 Laghustutiḥ (vṛttisametā) 288 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.288) ā ī pallavitairiti . he bhairavapatni ! sarvadvaitaprapañcaghasmarajyotīrūpo maheśvaro bhairavastasya svabhāvabhūtā tadekāśrayā tasminneva ramamāṇā ca parāśaktisaṃjñā sphurattā bhairavapatnī tasyāḥ sambodhanaṃ tathā . ā ī pallavitaiḥ ā ī iti śabdaśiraskaiḥ kādyaiḥ kṣāntagataiḥ kādikṣāntagaiḥ pañcatriṃśadakṣarairyāni te'tyantaguhyāni nāmāni bhavanti viṃśatisahasrebhyaḥ parebhyo viṃśatisahasrādupari ṣaṣṭiśatasaṃkhyebhyaḥ tebhyo namaḥ . tvannāmnāmapi tāvannamaskāryatvaṃ dhyānena vināpi japtuḥ phalapradatvāt kiṃ punarnāmadhanāyā bhavatyā ityarthaḥ . kathambhūtaiḥ akṣaraiḥ svarādibhiḥ kṣāntagataiḥ ṣoḍaśadhā bhinnaṃ svaramādiṃ kṛtvā kṣakāraparyantaṃ gataiḥ dvidvikramād dvidvivarṇakramātparasparayuktaiśca a kā ī ityādi aḥ kā ī ityantam evaṃ a khā ī a gā ī a ghā ī ityādi aḥ kṣā ī ityantaṃ japet . > Regarding "sprouting with ā and ī": O spouse of Bhairava (bhairavapatni)! Maheśvara, whose nature is light consuming the entire phenomenal world of duality, is Bhairava; his essential nature, having him alone as her abode, delighting only in him, the vibrant flashing consciousness (sphurattā) designated as the supreme power (parāśakti), is the spouse of Bhairava; this is an address to her. "Sprouting with ā and ī" means headed by the sounds "ā" and "ī". "Beginning with ka and ending with kṣa" means by the thirty-five letters from "ka" up to "kṣa"; whatever most secret names of yours there are, "beyond twenty thousand" means amounting to sixty hundred \[i.e., six thousand\] above twenty thousand \[i.e., 26,000\], to them homage! The meaning is: even your names alone are worthy of worship because they grant fruit to the reciter even without meditation; how much more then you who possess these names? With what kind of letters? "Preceded by vowels, ending with kṣa": taking the vowel divided sixteenfold as the beginning and going up to the letter "kṣa", "two by two in order" means in the order of two letters each, mutually combined: "a kā ī" and so forth up to "aḥ kā ī"; thus "a khā ī", "a gā ī", "a ghā ī" and so forth up to "aḥ kṣā ī" should be recited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 287](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.287) - [Next: 289](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.289) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti~en-mt.288) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Laghustutivṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti!laghustutivrtti.270) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.laghustuti.288) · Pramāṇa