मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् ।कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा ॥
mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaś cāham udbhavaś ca bhaviṣyatām | kīrtiḥ śrīr vāk ca nārīṇāṃ smṛtir medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā ||
- मृत्युः · mṛtyuḥ
- death
- सर्वहरः · sarvaharaḥ
- the all-snatcher
- अहम् · aham
- I
- उद्भवः · udbhavaḥ
- the origin
- भविष्यताम् · bhaviṣyatām
- of what shall be
- कीर्तिः · kīrtiḥ
- fame
- श्रीः · śrīḥ
- splendor, fortune
- वाक् · vāk
- speech
- स्मृतिः मेधा धृतिः क्षमा · smṛtiḥ medhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā
- memory, insight, resolve, patience
- नारीणाम् · nārīṇām
- among feminine powers
“I am death the all-snatcher, and the origin of what shall be. Among feminine powers I am fame, fortune, speech, memory, insight, resolve, and patience.”
— Original plain-language translation
Ending and beginning share one speaker: the taker is also the giver. Seven feminine excellences are then claimed as his own powers. The auspicious and the terrible are equally divine.
— Reader's notes (original)