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राम

The Nature of Sītā

Sītā as the all

Unit 10 of 37 · printed source 92

Sanskrit · Devanagari

सा सर्ववेदमयी सर्वदेवमयी सर्वलोकमयी सर्वकीर्तिमयी सर्वधर्ममयी सर्वाधारकार्यकारणमयी महालक्ष्मीर्देवेशस्य भिन्नाभिन्नरूपा चेतनाचेतनात्मिका ब्रह्मस्थावरात्मा तद्गुणकर्मविभागभेदाच्छरीररूपा देवर्षिमनुष्यगन्धर्वरूपा असुरराक्षसभूतप्रेतपिशाचभूतादिभूतशरीररूपा भूतेन्द्रियमनःप्राणरूपेति विज्ञायते ॥ १० ॥

IAST

sā sarvavedamayī sarvadevamayī sarvalokamayī sarvakīrtimayī sarvadharmamayī sarvādhārakāryakāraṇamayī mahālakṣmīrdeveśasya bhinnābhinnarūpā cetanācetanātmikā brahmasthāvarātmā tadguṇakarmavibhāgabhedāccharīrarūpā devarṣimanuṣyagandharvarūpā asurarākṣasabhūtapretapiśācabhūtādibhūtaśarīrarūpā bhūtendriyamanaḥprāṇarūpeti vijñāyate || 10 ||

Fresh English translation

She is known as the essence of every Veda, every deity, every world, every glory, and every dharma; as the ground, effect, and cause of all. She is Mahālakṣmī, at once distinct and non-distinct from the Lord of the gods. She is both sentient and insentient, the Self of Brahman and of all that stands still. Differentiated through qualities, actions, and divisions, she takes bodily form as gods, seers, humans, and gandharvas; as asuras, rākṣasas, elemental beings, ghosts, and piśācas; and as the elements, senses, mind, and vital breath.