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Devi Stuti · Sutra 12 of 23

The Nature of Peace

ಶಾಂತಿ · Shanti. Guruji on the verse that bows to the Devi as peace.

ಯಾ ದೇವೀ ಸರ್ವಭೂತೇಷು ಶಾನ್ತಿರೂಪೇಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥಿತಾ
ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಯೈ ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಯೈ ನಮಸ್ತಸ್ಯೈ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ

Yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śāntirūpeṇa saṃsthitā
Namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ

That Devi who abides in all beings in the form of peace: salutations to Her, again and again.

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To this Devi Shakti, present in every class of creature in the world in the form of peace, salutations, salutations, salutations.

The word shanti is spoken here because it is essential (importantly).

Peace is the fundamental nature of life. Everyone, in their own way, is searching for peace in their life.

Looking at the ancient literature, two words are named among the blessed fruits of spiritual life: sukha and shanti. Sukha means happiness, and shanti means peace of mind.

Because it is the state without waves, everyone needs peace in their life.

There is no one who says they do not want peace. To find peace, each person follows some method or other.

When peace is present inside, a kind of gentleness and cheerfulness shows on the outside. So peace and cheerfulness are very important.

In another way, the four pillars of love, culture, peace and cheerfulness move together as essential forms. The sutra says the Devi, the Adi Shakti, is our own power, described in the form of a wonderful, supreme peace.

Peace is a pure nature, a pure form. When we are at peace, we experience divinity.

Qualities. Wherever the qualities of peace are seen, special divine qualities are seen too. Divinity and peace come together. Then we experience peace within us and find it, and that power appears as a divine living power of the Adi Shakti. Then we can experience it, live in it and make our life in it.

That is why all the sutras have been explained very simply, without difficulty.

People with complicated, egoistic minds have taken all of this in a difficult way. When we understand the sutras simply, that Devi’s power itself protects us, nurtures us and shows us the way. With peace, she makes our life divine.

When people try to describe the Devi, the Adi Shakti, in words, without noticing, seeing or experiencing her simplicity, they come to think she is very complicated and difficult.

They see her power as difficult through some ritual or other.

Example: through worship, through rites and rituals, through our own minds, through methods and many customs, people stay far away from the Devi’s power. So being close to that power is the form of peace.

When we are close to that power through peace, everything happens on its own. The flowing river flows peacefully. The wind blows peacefully. Nature too shows itself peacefully. In the same way, when peace unfolds and shows itself within us, we can realise the Adi Shakti simply.

Translated from Guruji’s Kannada notes on this sutra. The Devi Stuti talks are on the Spiritual Conscious YouTube channel. All 23 sutras are also in a free book, The Devi Within (PDF).

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