योगवासिष्ठः
yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ
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book-7, chapter-84, verse-17
नानात्वं हलशूर्पादिस्रग्धरत्वं च तच्छृणु ।
सा हि क्रिया भगवती परिस्पन्दैकरूपिणी ॥ १७ ॥
सा हि क्रिया भगवती परिस्पन्दैकरूपिणी ॥ १७ ॥
nānātvaṃ halaśūrpādisragdharatvaṃ ca tacchṛṇu ,
sā hi kriyā bhagavatī parispandaikarūpiṇī 17
sā hi kriyā bhagavatī parispandaikarūpiṇī 17
17.
Now know the reason of attributing the Goddess with many weapons and instruments, to be no more, than of representing her, as the patron of all arts and their employments.