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Vidyah Samastas Tava Devi Bhedah

विद्याः समस्तास्तव देवि भेदाः

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× repetitions·🕐 During Navaratri; on Tuesdays and Fridays; in the morning before study or worship·📜 Durga Saptashati Chapter 11

Also known as: vidyah samastas tava devi bhedah · sarvabhuta yada devi · narayani stuti verse 5 · durga saptashati chapter 11 vidyah · vidya samasta tava devi

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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

✦ Meaning

These two verses from the Narayani Stuti (Chapter 11 of the Devi Mahatmya / Durga Saptashati) declare that all learning and all women in the worlds are forms of the Divine Mother, and that she alone pervades the entire universe. Awed by her boundless nature, the gods confess that no words, however exalted, can adequately praise her who is herself the source of all speech, and who grants both worldly enjoyment and final liberation.

Origin & Story

Durga Saptashati Chapter 11 · Maharshi Markandeya (traditionally ascribed) · Puranic period (c. 5th–6th century CE for the Devi Mahatmya)

The Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati or Chandi), part of the Markandeya Purana, narrates the Divine Mother's victories over Madhu-Kaitabha, Mahishasura, and Shumbha-Nishumbha. After Shumbha is slain in Chapter 11, Indra and the gods, their faces beaming with joy, pour out the Narayani Stuti. In these verses they marvel that all learning and all women are her aspects, that she alone fills the universe, and that she is beyond all praise — the supreme utterance from which speech itself arises. Humbled, they confess that no words can ever truly hymn the one who grants both enjoyment and liberation.

✦ As told in scripture

It is traditionally held that the Goddess, as the embodiment of all vidya, removes ignorance from the hearts of those who adore her. Devotees recount that sincere recitation of the Narayani Stuti during Navaratri brings clarity of mind, success in learning, and the dawning of inner knowledge that loosens the bonds of delusion.

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Verse 1

विद्याः समस्तास्तव देवि भेदाः स्त्रियः समस्ताः सकला जगत्सु । त्वयैकया पूरितमम्बयैतत् का ते स्तुतिः स्तव्यपरापरोक्तिः ॥

vidyāḥ samastāstava devi bhedāḥ striyaḥ samastāḥ sakalā jagatsu tvayaikayā pūritamambayaitat kā te stutiḥ stavyaparāparoktiḥ

Meaning:All the branches of knowledge are Your aspects, O Devi; all women in all the worlds are Your forms. By You alone, O Mother, is this universe pervaded. What praise can there be for You, who are beyond praise, the supreme utterance itself?

Verse 2

सर्वभूता यदा देवी भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनी । त्वं स्तुता स्तुतये का वा भवन्तु परमोक्तयः ॥

sarvabhūtā yadā devī bhuktimuktipradāyinī tvaṃ stutā stutaye kā vā bhavantu paramoktayaḥ

Meaning:When You, the Devi who has become all beings, the giver of enjoyment and liberation, are thus praised — what words, however lofty, can ever suffice for Your praise?

Word-by-Word Meaning

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विद्याः समस्ताः🔊vidyāḥ samastāḥall the branches of knowledge and learning

तव देवि भेदाः🔊tava devi bhedāḥare Your aspects (differentiations), O Goddess

स्त्रियः समस्ताः🔊striyaḥ samastāḥall women

सकला जगत्सु🔊sakalā jagatsuall (of them) in all the worlds (are Your forms)

त्वया एकया🔊tvayā ekayāby You alone

पूरितम् अम्बया एतत्🔊pūritam ambayā etatis this (universe) filled and pervaded, O Mother

का ते स्तुतिः🔊kā te stutiḥwhat praise can there be for You

स्तव्यपरापरोक्तिः🔊stavyaparāparoktiḥwho are beyond praise, the supreme utterance itself

सर्वभूता🔊sarvabhūtāhaving become all beings (the all-pervading one)

यदा देवी🔊yadā devīwhen the Devi

भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनी🔊bhuktimuktipradāyinīthe giver of worldly enjoyment (bhukti) and liberation (mukti)

त्वं स्तुता🔊tvaṃ stutāYou are (thus) praised

स्तुतये का वा🔊stutaye kā vāwhat words then can suffice for Your praise

भवन्तु परमोक्तयः🔊bhavantu paramoktayaḥlet (even) the loftiest utterances (be — they are not enough)

Benefits of Chanting Vidyah Samastas Tava Devi Bhedah

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Glorifies the Goddess as the source of all knowledge and learning (vidya)

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Recited to invoke her grace for wisdom, study and right understanding

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Affirms the divine feminine in all women as forms of the one Mother

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Cultivates humility and surrender before the limitless Divine

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A cherished portion of the Narayani Stuti recited during Navaratri

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Said to bestow both worldly fulfilment (bhukti) and liberation (mukti)

How to Chant Vidyah Samastas Tava Devi Bhedah

Repetitions11times

Best TimeDuring Navaratri; on Tuesdays and Fridays; in the morning before study or worship

Recite these verses with devotion as part of the Narayani Stuti or on their own as a prayer for wisdom and the Mother's grace. Students and seekers chant them before study, reflecting on the truth that all knowledge flows from the Goddess. Sit facing an image of the Devi, light a lamp, and recite with a calm, surrendered heart, acknowledging that no praise can fully capture her glory.

Frequently Asked Questions

They are verses 5 and 6 of the Narayani Stuti in Chapter 11 of the Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati), part of the Markandeya Purana. The gods sing this hymn after the Goddess slays Shumbha and Nishumbha.

It teaches that every form of knowledge and every woman in the worlds is a manifestation of the one Divine Mother, and that she alone pervades the whole universe. Because she is the very source of speech, no words can fully praise her.

Because it declares the Goddess to be the totality of all vidyas (knowledge). Devotees, especially students and seekers, recite it to seek her blessing for learning, clarity and understanding.