आत्मांशभूतां तां मायां भवानीं भगवान्भव: । सम्मतामृषिमुख्यानां प्रीत्याचष्टाथ भारत ॥ ४२ ॥
atmamsa-bhutam tam mayam bhavanim bhagavan bhavah sammatam rsi-mukhyanam prityacastatha bharata
- atma-amsa-bhutam
- a potency of the Supreme Soul
- tam
- unto her
- mayam
- the illusory energy
- bhavanim
- who is the wife of Lord Siva
- bhagavan
- the powerful
- bhavah
- Lord Siva
- sammatam
- accepted
- rsi-mukhyanam
- by the great sages
- pritya
- in jubilation
- acasta
- began to address
- atha
- then
- bharata
- O Maharaja Pariksit, descendant of Bharata.
O descendant of Bharata Maharaja, Lord Siva, in jubilation, then addressed his wife, Bhavani, who is accepted by all authorities as the potency of Lord Visnu.