Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 120 of 1000: भक्तिवश्याभक्ति-वश्या · BhaktivaśyāBhakti-vaśyā

Won Over By Devotion

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Artha

What the name means

Devotion has power over her, and she consents to be governed by it as by nothing else.

Japa

How to chant it

ॐ भक्तिवश्यायै नमः

oṃ bhaktivaśyāyai namaḥ

om bhaktivashyayai namah

In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, bhaktivaśyā, as part of Shloka 42. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.

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Ranjani – Gayatri

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Uccāraṇa

Saying it, syllable by syllable

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Vyākaraṇa

How the name is built

adjectivefemininenominative (prathamā)singularā-stemstem: bhaktivaśyā
भक्तिवश्याbhaktivaśyā

brought under control by devotion

vigraha bhaktyā vaśyā

भक्तिbhakti

devotion, loving attachment

वश्यvaśya

to be brought under control, yielding

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Sandarbha

In its shloka

Shloka 42Names 118–125

भक्तिप्रिया भक्तिगम्या भक्तिवश्या भयापहा ।

शाम्भवी शारदाराध्या शर्वाणी शर्मदायिनी ॥ ४२ ॥

bhaktipriyā bhaktigamyā bhaktivaśyā bhayāpahā

śāmbhavī śāradārādhyā śarvāṇī śarmadāyinī

Study the whole shloka: Devotion has power over her

Lipi

The name in other scripts

Simple English spelling
bhaktivashyaom bhaktivashyayai namah
ITRANS
bhaktivashyAOM bhaktivashyAyai namaH
Harvard-Kyoto
bhaktivazyAOM bhaktivazyAyai namaH
తెలుగుTelugu
భక్తివశ్యాఓం భక్తివశ్యాయై నమః
ಕನ್ನಡKannada
ಭಕ್ತಿವಶ್ಯಾಓಂ ಭಕ್ತಿವಶ್ಯಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
മലയാളംMalayalam
ഭക്തിവശ്യാഓം ഭക്തിവശ്യായൈ നമഃ
தமிழ்Tamil
ப⁴க்திவஶ்யாஓம் ப⁴க்திவஶ்யாயை நமஃ
ગુજરાતીGujarati
ભક્તિવશ્યાૐ ભક્તિવશ્યાયૈ નમઃ
বাংলাBengali
ভক্তিবশ্যাওঁ ভক্তিবশ্যায়ৈ নমঃ
ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
ଭକ୍ତିବଶ୍ୟାଓଁ ଭକ୍ତିବଶ୍ୟାୟୈ ନମଃ