Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu verses from Devi Mahatmya chapter 5 in Devanagari and Bengali with transliteration and meaning, plus when they are recited at Durga Puja.
An illustrated leaf of the Devi Mahatmya. Photo: SpeakingArch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter 5 opens the third and longest episode of the Devi Mahatmya. Two demon brothers, Shumbha and Nishumbha, have seized the realms of the gods.
A sister puts the phonta on her brother's forehead for Bhai Phonta. Photo: Sumita Roy Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Every verse in the litany has the same frame, with one word changing:
An illustrated leaf of the Devi Mahatmya. Photo: SpeakingArch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
These are the verses most often sung on their own, at pujas, in schools and in devotional recordings.
The nine forms of Durga, the Navadurga, at a Durga Puja pandal. Photo: AjayDas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
In the order usually printed, the litany names the goddess in all beings as:
An illustrated leaf of the Devi Mahatmya. Photo: SpeakingArch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
For the flower-offering verses said on Ashtami, see the pushpanjali mantra.
Devotees raise flowers for pushpanjali on Maha Ashtami at a Kolkata pandal. Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu verses from Devi Mahatmya chapter 5 in Devanagari and Bengali with transliteration and meaning, plus when they are recited at Durga Puja.
Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu → Next story: Durga Puja samagri list: a complete checklist All photo storiesMusic: Rhythm of Dhak a huge membranophone instrument from Bengal and Assam, used in Hindu religious festivals, especially Durga Puja, Sumita Roy Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.