अथाप्युपायो मम देवि चिन्त्य: सन्तोषितस्य व्रतचर्यया ते । ममार्चनं नार्हति गन्तुमन्यथा श्रद्धानुरूपं फलहेतुकत्वात् ॥ १७ ॥
athapy upayo mama devi cintyah santositasya vrata-caryaya te mamarcanam narhati gantum anyatha sraddhanurupam phala-hetukatvat
- atha
- therefore
- api
- in spite of this situation
- upayah
- some means
- mama
- by Me
- devi
- O goddess
- cintyah
- must be considered
- santositasya
- very pleased
- vrata-caryaya
- observing the vow
- te
- by you
- mama arcanam
- worshiping Me
- na
- never
- arhati
- deserves
- gantum anyatha
- to become otherwise
- sraddha-anurupam
- according to one’s faith and devotion
- phala
- of the result
- hetukatvat
- from being the cause.
Yet because I have been satisfied by the activities of your vow, O goddess Aditi, I must find some means to favor you, for worship of Me never goes in vain but certainly gives the desired result according to what one deserves.