Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.12.42

ātmāḿśa-bhūtāḿ tāḿ māyāḿ

bhavānīḿ bhagavān bhavaḥ

sammatām ṛṣi-mukhyānāḿ

prītyācaṣṭātha bhārata

SYNONYMS

ātma-aḿśa-bhūtām — a potency of the Supreme Soul; tām — unto her; māyām — the illusory energy; bhavānīm — who is the wife of Lord Śiva; bhagavān — the powerful; bhavaḥ — Lord Śiva; sammatām — accepted; ṛṣi-mukhyānām — by the great sages; prītyā — in jubilation; ācaṣṭa — began to address; atha — then; bhārata — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of Bharata.

TRANSLATION

O descendant of Bharata Mahārāja, Lord Śiva, in jubilation, then addressed his wife, Bhavānī, who is accepted by all authorities as the potency of Lord Viṣṇu.

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