Changes

Here, the Goddess is being proclaimed as the sole reality. This passage may be taken as a formal comment on the Upanishadic phrase, 'sarvam khalvidam Brahma' - Brahma being replaced by the Goddess.<ref name=":2" />

Here, the Goddess is being proclaimed as the sole reality. This passage may be taken as a formal comment on the Upanishadic phrase, 'sarvam khalvidam Brahma' - Brahma being replaced by the Goddess.<ref name=":2" />

== भुवनेश्येकाक्षरीमन्त्रः ॥ Monosyllabic Mantra of Goddess Bhuvaneshi ==

== भुवनेश्येकाक्षरीमन्त्रः ॥ Monosyllabic Mantra of Goddess Bhuvaneshi ==

वियदीकारसंयुक्तं वीतिहोत्रसमन्वितम् । अर्धेन्दुलसितं देव्या बीजं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ॥२०॥  

Verse 20 of the Devi Upanishad enumerates the monosyllabic mantra of Goddess Bhuvaneshi or Bhuvaneshwari ie. 'Hrim'. <blockquote>वियदीकारसंयुक्तं वीतिहोत्रसमन्वितम् । अर्धेन्दुलसितं देव्या बीजं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ॥२०॥  

एवमेकाक्षरं मन्त्रं यतयः शुद्धचेतसः । ध्यायन्ति परमानन्दमया ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः ॥२१॥ भुवनेश्येकाक्षरमनुमुद्धरति वियदिति । ह्रीमिति ॥२०-२१॥<ref name=":3" />

एवमेकाक्षरं मन्त्रं यतयः शुद्धचेतसः । ध्यायन्ति परमानन्दमया ज्ञानाम्बुराशयः ॥२१॥  

Meaning:  

भुवनेश्येकाक्षरमनुमुद्धरति वियदिति । ह्रीमिति ॥२०-२१॥<ref name=":3" />

Is sky, conjoined with 'i' and fire, with crescent moon adorned. On the single-syllabled mantra meditate the pure-hearted sages, supremely blissful; of wisdom the veriest oceans.<ref name=":2" />

bhuvaneśyekākṣaramanumuddharati viyaditi । hrīmiti ॥20-21॥</blockquote>Translation: Is sky, conjoined with 'i' and fire, with crescent moon adorned. On the single-syllabled mantra meditate the pure-hearted sages, supremely blissful; of wisdom the veriest oceans.

 

Here, in the mantra 'hrim', akasha is symbolised by 'h' and the fire by 'r'.<ref name=":2" />

== Text & Meaning ==

== Text & Meaning ==