Devi Suktam - Brahmarshi Satayadeva

ahaM rudrebhirbasubhishcharAmya ahamAditairuta vishvadevaiH.
ahaM mitrAvaruNobhA vibharmya ahamindrAgnI ahamashvinobhA. 1

I (the sadchidAnanda atma) move about as rudra, bAsu, Aditya and viswadeva. I bear mitrA, varuNa, indra, agni and the asvinikumAr(s).

ahaM somamAhanasaM vibharmmyahaM tvaShTAramuta pUsSaNaM bhagam.
ahaM dadhAmi draviNaM haviSmate suprAvye yajamAnAya sunvate. 2

I bear the gods soma, destroyer of enemies, tvastA, puSa and bhaga. Those worshippers that offer great soma sacrifices with much oblation, I bear the fruits of their fire ceremony.

ahaM rASTrI saMgamanI vasUnAM chikituSI prathamA yaJgiyAnAM.
tAM mA devA vyadadhuH purutrA bhUristhAtrAM bhUryAveshayantIm. 3

I am the sole monarch of this universe. I bestow all worldly and other worldly wealth. I am the awareness of encounter with brahma, or as knowledge. This knowledge is the origin of all worship. I exist in many forms as all phenomena. I exist in surfeit in innumerable beings; the gods worship me in diverse manners.

mayA sohannamatti yo vipashyati yaH prANiti ya IM shRNotyuktam.
amantavo mAM ta upakSiyanti shrudhi shruta shradvivate badAmi 4.

The food and other materials that beings eat, view and survive on, all these functions are carried out by me. Those who cannot see me in all these actions, or understand this, they do not thrive. O pious one, I impart to you these principles, listen to them with respect.

ahameva svayamidaM vadAmi juSTaM devebhiruta mAnuSebhiH.
yaM yaM kAmaye tantamugraM kRNomi taM brahmANaM tamRSiM taM sumedhAM 5

I myself express these fundamental principles, the gods and humans proffer this. Whomever ‘I’ wish, I give him the highest position, make him brahmA, or a seer (Rsi), or give him the mental faculty to grasp knowledge of the self.

ahaM rudrAya dhanurAtanomi brahmadviSe sharave hantavA u .
ahaM janAya samadaM kRNomyahaM dyAvApRhibI Avivesha. 6

To destroy the rudras (eleven indriyas) opposed to the knowledge of brahma, I mount the arrow of the self in the bow of pranava and in this way do I battle for all. I am closely enmeshed in both regions of heaven and earth.

ahaM suve pitaramasya mUrdhanmama yonirapsbantaH samudre.
tato vitiSThe bhuvanAnu vishvotAmUndyAM varSmaNopaspRshAmi 7.

I give birth to the father of the universe. My subtle body (kAraN sharir), resides in the intellectual body (vigyAnmay koSa), inside the blissful body (Anandamay koSa) in its upper part. I reside, entering into the entire universe. Even the distant heavens, I touch with my own body.

ahameva vAta iva pravAmyArabhamANA bhuvanAni vishvA.
paro divA para enA pRthivaitAvatI mahinA saMvabhUva. 8.

When I flow like the winds, then does all this universe begin to be created. I am present even after the heavens and earth. This is my glory.

Copyright 2008 Adyakalidas