Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 120 of 1000: भक्तिवश्याभक्ति-वश्या · BhaktivaśyāBhakti-vaśyā
Won Over By Devotion
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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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
brought under control by devotion
vigraha bhaktyā vaśyā
devotion, loving attachment
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