Devi
Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
Simple reading
Yaa de-vee sar-va bhoo-te-shu shak-ti roo-pe-na san-sthi-taa, na-mas tas-yai na-mas tas-yai na-mas tas-yai na-mo na-mah
Yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu śakti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā, namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ
About this mantra
From the Devi Mahatmya's great litany. The Goddess is recognised as the power present in every living being, and saluted again and again.
Meaning
To the Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of power: salutations to her, salutations to her, salutations to her, again and again. The litany's grammar is its teaching. She is not summoned from elsewhere; she is found already standing (samsthita) in every being, as power itself. The triple salute is for a presence discovered in creatures one had merely looked at until now.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
Line 1 of 2
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता ।
Yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu śakti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā, namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namaḥ
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Aim for eleven before the next line. Move on when the line comes without reading.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Recited through Navratri and Durga Puja, and whenever reverence for the life in all beings needs renewing: before service work, in nature, among others.
Word by word
- या देवीyā devī
- the Goddess who
- सर्वभूतेषुsarva-bhūteṣu
- in all beings
- शक्तिरूपेणśakti-rūpeṇa
- in the form of power
- संस्थिताsaṁsthitā
- abides, is established
- नमस्तस्यैnamas tasyai
- salutations to her
- नमो नमःnamo namaḥ
- salutations, again and again
Source: Durgā Saptaśatī, chapter 5 (Devī Māhātmya)