Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 266 of 1000: गोप्त्री · Goptrī
The Protectress
Artha
What the name means
The second act is preservation: what she has made she also guards and hides from harm.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गोप्त्र्यै नमः
oṃ goptryai namaḥ
om goptryai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, goptrī, as part of Shloka 63. 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.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
feminine agent noun in -trī from √gup, 'to guard'; not a compound
A single word rather than a compound.
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 63Names 260–267
सुप्ता प्राज्ञात्मिका तुर्या सर्वावस्थाविवर्जिता ।
सृष्टिकर्त्री ब्रह्मरूपा गोप्त्री गोविन्दरूपिणी ॥ ६३ ॥
suptā prājñātmikā turyā sarvāvasthāvivarjitā
sṛṣṭikartrī brahmarūpā goptrī govindarūpiṇī
Study the whole shloka: The fourth, and then the first of the five acts
Chanted with it
- 260सुप्ताsuptāThe Sleeping One
- 261प्राज्ञात्मिकाprājñātmikāWhose Self Is Prājña
- 262तुर्याturyāThe Fourth
- 263सर्वावस्थाविवर्जिताsarvāvasthāvivarjitāFree Of Every State
- 264सृष्टिकर्त्रीsṛṣṭikartrīMaker Of Creation
- 265ब्रह्मरूपाbrahmarūpāWhose Form Is Brahmā
- 267गोविन्दरूपिणीgovindarūpiṇīWhose Form Is Govinda
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- goptriom goptryai namah
- ITRANS
- goptrIOM goptryai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- goptrIOM goptryai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గోప్త్రీఓం గోప్త్ర్యై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗೋಪ್ತ್ರೀಓಂ ಗೋಪ್ತ್ರ್ಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗോപ്ത്രീഓം ഗോപ്ത്ര്യൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கோ³ப்த்ரீஓம் கோ³ப்த்ர்யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગોપ્ત્રીૐ ગોપ્ત્ર્યૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গোপ্ত্রীওঁ গোপ্ত্র্যৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗୋପ୍ତ୍ରୀଓଁ ଗୋପ୍ତ୍ର୍ଯ୍ୟୈ ନମଃ