Devi Atharva Seersha also known as Devya
Upanishad
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
Sri Devi Atharva Shirsha, also called Devyupanishad, is a
part of Atharvana Veda .This sukta is
considered to be very important in Atharvaveda.It is a tradtion to recite this
sukta before " Durga Saptashati"
.It gives a rare insight into some of the deep concepts in Tantra (
Techiques). While reading and
understandint it hear it also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7DVgqFns4
देव्यथर्वशीर्षोपनिषत्
Devi atharva
Seershopanishath
ऊँ सर्वे वै देवा देवीमुपतस्थुः
कासि त्वं महादेवीति ॥१॥
Om Sarve vai
devaa devim upadasthu,
Kaasi thwam Mahadevithi
Om All gods went near Devi,
“Who are you , Oh
great Goddess?
साब्रवीत्- अहं ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी।
मत्तः प्रकृतिपुरुषात्मकं जगत्। शून्यं चाशून्यम् च ॥२॥“
Saa abraveth aham
Brahma Swaroopini,
Matha prakruthi purushathmakamJagath,
Soonyam chaa
asoonyam cha. 2
She told”Ï am the
form of Brahma,
This universe is
born from me as Nature as well as Purusha
I am empty as
well as not empty
अहमानन्दानानन्दौ। अहं विज्ञानाविज्ञाने।
अहं ब्रह्माब्रह्मणी वेदितव्ये। अहं पञ्चभूतान्यपञ्चभूतानि । अहमखिलं जगत्॥३॥
Aham anandaananandou, Aham vijnana avijnane,
Aham Brhama
Brahmaani vedithavye,
Aham pancha boothaa anya
pancha bhoothaano.,
Aham akhilam Jagath
I am joy and
sorrow, I am knowledge and ignorance,
I am Brahma as
well as non-Brahma,
I am the five elements and not the five elements,
I am the
entire universe.
वेदोऽहमवेदोऽहम्। विद्याहमविद्याहम्।
अजाहमनजाहम् । अधश्चोर्ध्वं च तिर्यक्चाहम्॥४॥
Vedoham, avedoham , Vidhyaham , avidhyaaham,
Ajaaham Anajaa
aham,
Adhscho oordhwa cha
thiryakchaaham. 4
I am Veda as well as not Veda, I am education and not education,
I am that which is born and not born,
I am the top, the down and the middle.
अहं रुद्रेभिर्वसुभिश्चरामि।
अहमादित्यैरुत विश्वदेवैः।
अहं मित्रावरुणावुभौ बिभर्मि। अहमिन्द्राग्नी अहमश्विनावुभौ॥५॥
Aham rudhrobhirvasubhir scharaami,
Aham aadhithyairootha Viswa devai,
Aham Mithravarunaavubhou bhibharmi,
Aham Indragni aham asvinavubhow. 5
I move about as
Rudra as well as Vasu,
I look after Sun,
Maruths, Viswa devas,
I look after
Mithra and Varuna also,
I look after
Indra, agni and aswini devas.
अहं सोमं त्वष्टारं पूषणं भगं दधामि। अहं विष्णुमुरुक्रमं
ब्रह्माणमुत प्रजापतिं दधामि॥६॥
Aham somam
thwashtaram poshanam Bhagam
Dadhaami,
Aham
Vishnumurukraam, Brahmana mutha
prajapathim dadhaami. 6
I am moon,
Twashta , poosha as well as Bhaga,(vedic Gods)
In me are
Vishnu with his broad foot steps, Brahma as well as Prajapathi.
अहं दधामि द्रविणं हविष्मते सुप्राव्ये उ यजमानाय सुन्वते
। अहं राष्ट्री सङ्गमनी वसूनां चिकितुषी प्रथमा यज्ञियानाम्। अहं सुवे पितरमस्य मूर्धन्मम
योनिरप्स्वन्तः समुद्रे । य एवम् वेद। स देवीं सम्पदमाप्नोति ॥७॥
Aham Dadhami
Dravinam havishmathe, supraavye,
yajamaanaaya Sunvathe,
Aham Raashtri sanghmani vassonaam chikithushi
pradhamaa yajniyaanaam
Aham suve pithramasya moordhan mama, Yonirapawantha
samudhre
Ya evam Vedhaa, sa devim
sampadhamaapnothi 7
I give you wealth and Havis(oblation) to him
who offers the best,
I give Havis to
the Gods and I consecrate Soma,
I am the chief of collection of countries and I give
wealth to worshippers,
I observe and the
best among all those who are worth worshipping,
I create myself
all the elements of nature, I live in the ocean,
Those who know me
as the Goddess , would be awarded wealth
ते
देवा अब्रुवन्-
They Devaa Abruvan
Then the
devas told
नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सततं नमः।
नमः प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम्॥८॥
Namo devyai, maha devyai
, Shivaayai sathatham nama,
Namo prakruthyai bhadraayai niyathaa praNaathaa sma thaam 8
Salutations to holy goddess , the great goddess,
And salutations always to the consort of Lord Shiva,
Salutations to nature who is graceful, We salute her as per the rules
And salutations always to the consort of Lord Shiva,
Salutations to nature who is graceful, We salute her as per the rules
तामग्निवर्णां तपसा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनीं कर्मफलेषु जुष्टाम्।
दुर्गां देवीं शरणं प्रपद्यामहेऽसुरान्नाशयित्र्यै ते नमः॥९॥
Thaam agni varnaam
thapasaa jwalanthim vairochanim
karma phaleshu jushtaam,
Durgaam
devim Prapadhyamahe asura nasayithyai
they nama. 9
She who is of the colour of fire, who shines due to
meditation,
Who is being wordshipped for the sake of getting
result of actions,
Who is Durga Devi, We
salute, Salutations to her who
destroys asuras.
देवीं वाचमजनयन्त देवास्तां विश्वरूपाः पशवो वदन्ति
सा नो मन्द्रेषमूर्जं दुहाना धेनुर्वागस्मानुप सुष्टुतैतु॥१०॥
Devim
vaachamajanayantha
devaasthaam viswaroopaa pasavo
vadhanthi,
Saa no
mandhreshamoorjam duhaanaa
dhenurvaagasmaanupa suShtaathaithu . 10
The devas then
created the goddess Vak , who is said as
super form by all beings,
She grants through
manthras fuel and grants to all beings
all that is needed.
कालरात्रीं ब्रह्मस्तुतां वैष्णवीं स्कन्दमातरम्।
सरस्वतीमदितिं दक्षदुहितरं नमामः पावनां शिवाम् ॥११॥
Kala rathri brahma
sthuthaam vaishnavim skanda matharam,
Sarswathimadhithim
daksha duhi tharam namama
paavanaam Shivaam 11
WE salute The dark night prayed by Brahma , the female poer of Vishnu as well as mother
of Skanda,
And also sarasthi, Adithi who is mother of devass, the
daughter of Daksha and Goddess Parvathi
who purifies.
महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे सर्वशक्त्यै च धीमहि।
तन्नो देवी प्रचोदयात् ॥१२॥
महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे सर्वशक्त्यै च धीमहि।
तन्नो देवी प्रचोदयात् ॥१२॥
Mahalakshmyai cha
vidmahe sarva sakthyai dheemahi,
Thanno Devi
pracodhayaath
Let us meditate on
Mahalakshmi Oh goddess of all
power give me higher intellect,
And let that goddess
illuminate my mind
अदितिर्ह्यजनिष्ट दक्ष या दुहिता तव
तां देवा अन्वजायन्त भद्रा अमृतबन्धवः ॥१३॥
Adithirhyajanishta dakshaa yaa
duhithaa thava,
Thaam devaa anva jaayantha badhraa
amruthabandhava.13
Oh Daksha , your daughter Adithi have given birth,
To those devas and all others who are worth praying to.
कामो योनिः कमला वज्रपाणिर्गुहा हसा मातरिश्वाभ्रमिन्द्रः।
पुनर्गुहा सकला मायया च पुरूच्यैषा विश्वमातादिविद्योम्॥१४॥
Kamo yoni kamala vajra panir guhaa hasaa mathariswabra mindraa
Punarguhaa
sakalaa mayayaa purichaishaa
viswa mathaadhi vidhyom.
. Kaama, yoni, Kamalaa, Vajrapani (Indra), Guhaa, hamsa,
Maatarishwa, Abhra, Indra,
Punarguhaa, Sakala, Maya, are the mantras (Vidya) of the
Mother of the universe who herself is the Brahma.
This manthra is supposed
to indicate” Now is illustrated the highly secretive Shrividya
Panchadashi Mahamantra, a 15 lettered mantra. The mantra gives the following
letters for meditation: ka-e-ī-la-hrīṃ, ha-sa-ka-ha-la-hrīṃ, sa-ka-la-hrīṃ.
These are the root knowledge about the Mother of the universe.
This is a very important mantra for Tantra but has to be
learnt from a guru.”
एषात्मशक्तिः। एषा विश्वमोहिनी। पाशाङ्कुशधनुर्बाणधरा। एषा
श्रीमहाविद्या।
य एवं वेद स शोकं तरति॥१५॥
Yeshaa athma sakthi, Yeshaa viswa mohini. Pasangusa
dhanur bana Dharaa,
Yeshaa Maha Vidhyaa,
Ya evem veda sa
sokam tharathi
She is the power
of soul,She is the enchantree of universe who holds,
Rope , goad , bow
and arrow.,
She is the great
knowledge,
He who knows this
would overcome sorrow
नमस्ते अस्तु भगवति मातरस्मान् पाहि सर्वतः ॥१६॥
Namasthe
asthu bhagawathi maatharasmaan
pahi sarvatha
Oh Goddess my
salutations to you, please protect me always
सैषाष्टौ वसवः। सैषैकादशरुद्राः। सैषा द्वादशादित्याः। सैषा
विश्वेदेवाः सोमपा असोमपाश्च। सैषा यातुधाना असुरा रक्षांसि पिशाचा यक्षाः सिद्धाः
। सैषा सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि। सैषा ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्ररूपिणी। सैषा प्रजापतीन्द्रमनवः ।
सैषा ग्रहनक्षत्रज्योतींषि। कला काष्ठादिकालरूपिणी। तामहं
प्रणौमि नित्यम् ।
पापहारिणीं देवीं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनीम्।
अनन्तां विजयां शुद्धां शरण्यां शिवदां शिवाम्॥१७॥
Saisa ashtou
vasava, SAishai yekadasa rudraa, saishaaa dwadasa
adhithyaa.
Saisha viswa devasomapaa asomapascha, SAisha yathu dhaanaa asura , rakshamsi
pisachaa yakshaa sidhaa
Saishaa sathwa
rajas thamasi , SAishaa Brahma Vishnu
Rudra roopini., saishaa prajapathi
Indra manavaa,
Saishaa Graha nakshatra jyothishi, kala kaashtaadhi kala
roopini,
Thaanahan
Pranoumi nithyam
Papa haarineem
devim bukthi mukthi pradhaayineem
Ananthaam
vijayaam sudhaam saranyaam
shivadhaam Shivaam.
She is the eight Vasus, the eleven rudras, the twelve Suns,
She is the god of the universe, she is water and not water,
She is the evil spirit
, Rakshasa , demon, yakshaa and Sidhaa
She is the three fold characters Sathwam Rajas and Thamass,
She is the form of Vishnu
, Rudra as well as Brahma,
She is the
prajapathi , Indra as well as Manu
She is the planets , star
which are in the sky,
She has the form of time, wood and the cresacent
I salute her
daily
Oh Goddess who
destroys sins who grants pleasure as
well as salvation,
She is endless, victorioud, pure, to whom we
surrender,She is peace and consort of Shiva
वियदीकारसंयुक्तं वीतिहोत्रसमन्वितम्।
अर्धेन्दुलसितं देव्या बीजं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ॥१८॥
Viyadhikaara samyuktham
veethi hothra samanvitham,
Ardhendhu
lasitham devyaa bheejam sarvartha sadhakam
She is merged with darkness , who is also has fire along with her,
She shines as half the moon and her root (hrim) is capable of getting us anything
एवमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म यतयः शुद्धचेतसः
ध्यायन्ति परमानन्दमया ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः ॥१९॥
Yevam yekaksharam
Brahma yathaya sudha
chethasa,
Dhyanthi
paramaanandha mayaa,
jnanambu rasaya.
That one letter
Hreem is
in the mind of Brahma Rishis,
Those who meditate on it would be pervaded with joy and
would become wise
वाङ्माया ब्रह्मसूस्तस्मात् षष्ठं वक्त्रसमन्वितम्
सुर्योऽवामश्रोत्रबिन्दुसंयुक्तष्टात्तृतीयकः ।
नारायणेन संमिश्रो वायुश्चाधरयुक् ततः
विच्चे नवार्णकोऽर्णः स्यान्महदानन्ददायकः ॥२०॥
Vaangmayaa
Brahma soosthamath shashtam
vakthra samanvitham,
Suryo avaama srothra
bindhu
samayukthashaathrutheeyakaa,
Naarayanena sammisro vayusha adharayuk thathaa,
Viche navarnako arna
syan mahad ananda dhaayaka.
Vak aiṃ, Maya hrīṃ, Brahma or Kama klīṃ,
the sixth consonant ca with Vaktra ā, Surya ma, the right
ear u, and Bindu aṃ, the third from ṭ (ḍ), with
Narayana ā, Vayu ya, with lips ai and at the
end vicce (so aiṃ hrīṃ klīṃ chamunḍāye vicce is
formed). This navarna (nine-lettered) mantra gives pleasure, bliss, and
nearness the meditator to Brahman.
om - The Pranava Mantra represents the Nirguna
Brahman, the infinite beyond conception.
aim - The Vak beeja, the seed sound of Mahasarasvati. The knowledge that is consciousness. Creation, rajo guna, the energy of desire.
hrim - The Maya beeja, the sound of Mahalakshmi. The all pervasive existence. Preservation, sattva guna, energy of action.
klim - The Kama beeja, the seed sound of Mahakali. The all consuming delight. Destruction, tamo guna, energy of wisdom.
camunda - The slayer of the demons Chanda and Munda, of passion and anger.
yai - the grantor of boons.
vicce - in the body of knowledge, in the perception of consciousness.
aim - The Vak beeja, the seed sound of Mahasarasvati. The knowledge that is consciousness. Creation, rajo guna, the energy of desire.
hrim - The Maya beeja, the sound of Mahalakshmi. The all pervasive existence. Preservation, sattva guna, energy of action.
klim - The Kama beeja, the seed sound of Mahakali. The all consuming delight. Destruction, tamo guna, energy of wisdom.
camunda - The slayer of the demons Chanda and Munda, of passion and anger.
yai - the grantor of boons.
vicce - in the body of knowledge, in the perception of consciousness.
हृत्पुण्डरीकमध्यस्थां प्रातः सूर्यसमप्रभां
पाशाङ्कुशधरां सौम्यां वरदाभयहस्तकाम् ।
त्रिनेत्रां रक्तवसनां भक्तकामदुघां भजे ॥२१॥
Hrud
pundarikaa madhyastham
pratha surya sama prabham,
Pasankusa dharm sowmyam varadha, abhaya hasthakam,
Trinethram raktha vasanaam bhaktha
kamadugham BHaje
She who is in the
middle of my lotus like mind, who has the luster of
morning sun,
Who holds the rope and
goad, who is peaceful, who shows her handsas giving of boons and protection,
Who has three
eyes, who wears blood red cloths and who
fulfills desires of her devotees, I bow before such a goddess
नमामि त्वां महादेवीं महाभयविनाशिनीम्।
महादुर्गप्रशमनीं महाकारुण्यरूपिणीम् ॥२२॥
Namami Thwaam Maha
devim .Maha bhaya vinasinim,
Maha Durga
prasamanim , Maha karunya roopinim.
I salute youthe great goddess, who destroys great fear,
Who solves great difficulties
and has form of great kindness.
यस्याः स्वरूपं ब्रह्मादयो न जानन्ति तस्मादुच्यते अज्ञेया।
यस्या अन्तो न लभ्यते तस्मादुच्यते अनन्ता। यस्या लक्ष्यं नोपलक्ष्यते तस्मादुच्यते
अलक्ष्या ।
यस्या जननं नोपलभ्यते तस्मादुच्यते अजा। एकैव सर्वत्र वर्तते
तस्मादुच्यते एका। एकैव विश्वरूपिणी तस्मादुच्यते नैका।अत एवोच्यते अज्ञेयानन्तालक्ष्याजैका
नैकेति ॥२३॥
Yasyaa swaroopam brahmadhayo ne jananthi
thasmadhuchyuthe ajneyaa.
Yasyaa antho na labhyathe
thasmaduchyathe ananthaa,
Yasyaa
Lakshyam nopalakshyathe
thasmaduchyathe alakshyaa,
Yasyaa janmam nopalabhyathe thasmaduchyathe ajaa
Yekaiva saravathrsa varthathe thasmaduchyathe yekaa,
Yekaiva Viswa
roopini thasmaduchyathe naikaa,
Atha yevochyathe
ajneyaananantha lakshyaajaikaa naikethhi
Because even
Brahma and others do not know her form, She is called””one who is not known”
Beacause we
cannot find her end , she is called Ëndless”
Because we cannot
find her direction, she is called “Directionless”
Because we do
notnot know about her birth , she is called “ one who does not have birth”
Because though one
, she exists everywhere , she is called “She
who is one “
In spite of being one
, because she is everywhere, she
is called”She who is not there”
Because of all these, she is called by varied
names.
मन्त्राणां मातृका देवी शब्दानां ज्ञानरूपिणी।
ज्ञानानां चिन्मयातीता शून्यानां शून्यसाक्षिणी।
यस्याः परतरं नास्ति सैषा दुर्गा प्रकीर्तिता ॥२४॥
Manthraanaam Mathrukaa
devi , sabdhaanaam jnana roopini,
Jnaanaam
chinmayaatheethaa
soonyaanaam soonya saakshini,
Yasyaa paratharam
naasthi Saishaa Durgaa
prakeerthithaa.
Among the chants ,
she is ideal , among words she is form
of wisdom,
Among the wisdom, she is divine, among the emptiness she
is its witness
Because nothing is
better than her m she is sung as Durgaa the difficult one
तां दुर्गां दुर्गमां देवीं दुराचारविघातिनीम्।
नमामि भवभीतोऽहं संसारार्णवतारिणीम् ॥२५॥
THaam Durgaa Durgamaam
devim durachaara vighathineem,
Namami bhava bheethoham
samsaraarnava thaarineem.
That Durga whi is
difficult to attain goddess is the destroyer
of bad conduct,
I who am scared of karma
salute her because she makes us cross ocean of SAmsara
इदमथर्वशीर्षं योऽधीते स पञ्चाथर्वशीर्षजपफलमाप्नोति। इदमथर्वशीर्षमज्ञात्वा
योऽर्चां स्थापयति शतलक्षं प्रजप्त्वाऽपि सोऽर्चासिद्धिं न विन्दति। शतमष्टोत्तरं चास्य
पुरश्चर्याविधिः स्मृतः ।
दशवारं पठेद्यस्तु सद्यः पापैः प्रमुच्यते।
महादुर्गाणि तरति महादेव्याः प्रसादतः ॥२६॥
Idham adharva seersha yo adheethe sa panchaadharva seersha japa phalamaapnoththi,
Idham adharva seersham
yo archaam sthapayathi satha
laksham prajapthwaapi so archa sidhim na vindathi
SAtham ashtotharam
chaasyapuraaschaaryaa vidhi smrutha
Dasa vaaram
padedhyasthu sadhya paapai pramuchyathe,
Maahaa durgaani
tharathi maha devyaa
prasaadathaa
Those who study this atharva seersha gets the effect of
chanting it five times,
If one consecrates an image and worships it , without
reading atharva seersha, he will not,
inspite of doing million times ,get any benefit,
Repeating it 108 times gets you benefit of making
preperations of consecrations
If one reads it
for ten weeks all sins would get
destroyed
And he would cross
the greatest difficulties by the
grace of the great goddess.
सायमधीयानो
दिवसकृतं पापं नाशयति।प्रातरधीयानो रात्रिकृतं
पापं नाशयति।
सायं प्रातः प्रयुञ्जानो अपापो भवति।निशीथे तुरीयसन्ध्यायां
जप्त्वा वाक्सिद्धिर्भवति। नूतनायां प्रतिमायां जप्त्वा देवतासान्निध्यं भवति। प्राणप्रतिष्ठायां
जप्त्वा प्राणानां प्रतिष्ठा भवति। भौमाश्विन्यां महादेवीसन्निधौ जप्त्वा महामृत्युं
तरति। स महामृत्युं तरति य एवं वेद। इत्युपनिषत्॥२७॥
पापं नाशयति।
सायं प्रातः प्रयुञ्जानो अपापो भवति।निशीथे तुरीयसन्ध्यायां
जप्त्वा वाक्सिद्धिर्भवति। नूतनायां प्रतिमायां जप्त्वा देवतासान्निध्यं भवति। प्राणप्रतिष्ठायां
जप्त्वा प्राणानां प्रतिष्ठा भवति। भौमाश्विन्यां महादेवीसन्निधौ जप्त्वा महामृत्युं
तरति। स महामृत्युं तरति य एवं वेद। इत्युपनिषत्॥२७॥
Saayam adheeyaano divasa
krutham paapam naasayathi
Praathar adheeyaano
rathri krutham paapam naasayathi
Saayam praatha
prayujnaano apaapo bhavathi
Nisheedhe
thureeya sandhyaam japthvaa
vaak sidhir bhavathi
Noothanaayaam
prathimaayaam japthvaa devathaa
saanidhyam bhavathi
Prana
prathishtaayaam japthwaa praanaanaam prathishtaa bhavathi
Baumashvinyaam
maha devi sannidhou japthwaa
maha mruthyum tharathi
Sa maha mruthyum tharathi yevam veda
, ithya Upanishad
By reading it in the evening, the sins committed in the day will vanish
By reading it in the morning the sins committed in the night will vanish
By daily reading it in the evening and morning , one becomes a non-sinner
By reading it in the setting of midnight,one gets
expertise with words
If one chants it before a new idol, divinity will come in
it
If chanted when we
give life to the idol, the idol
will get life
If it is read on a Tuesday with Asvini star , great death can be prevented,
He will get rid of
death of great knowledge by chanting
iot.This is the upanishad
1 comment:
I have a question about the following line :
Idam atharva sheersham agnynaatvaa yor chaam sthaapayati
Does it mean 'If one reads this atharva sheersha without understanding its meaning (agnyaatvaa) then even reading it a million times will not yield any benefit'..? OR does it refer to consecration of an idol without reciting the atharva sheersham. Could you please clarify? I'm confused
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