Bhakti Arohan
ॐ

Durga Saptashati — Chapter 1, Verse 85

Madhu-Kaitabha Vadha

कारितास्ते यतोऽतस्त्वां कः स्तोतुं शक्तिमान् भवेत् । सा त्वमित्थं प्रभावैः स्वैरुदारैर्देवि संस्तुता ॥ ८५ ॥

kāritāste yato’tastvāṁ kaḥ stotuṁ śhaktimān bhavet sā tvamitthaṁ prabhāvaiḥ svairudārairdevi saṁstutā

Translation

by you; so who could be able to praise you? O Devi, praised thus by your own great powers,

Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)

तुम्हारे ही द्वारा शरीर धारण कराए गए हैं; तब तुम्हारी स्तुति करने की शक्ति किसमें है? हे देवि! अपने इन उदार प्रभावों से स्तुत होकर,

Commentary

Having confessed that no praise can be adequate, Brahma finally makes his request. The pattern (praise, humility, then prayer) is a model followed in many later hymns.

Durga Saptashati Chapter 1.85 (Madhu-Kaitabha Vadha)