त्राहि मां देवि दुष्प्रेक्ष्ये शत्रूणां भयवर्धिनि। प्राच्यां रक्षतु मामैन्द्री आग्नेय्यामग्निदेवता॥
trāhi māṁ dēvi duṣprēkṣyē śatrūṇāṁ bhayavardhini। prācyāṁ rakṣatu māmaindrī āgnēyyāmagni-dēvatā॥
Translation
Protect me, O Goddess, difficult to behold, who increases the fear of enemies. May Aindrī protect me in the eastern direction, and the deity of fire in the southeastern direction.
Word by word
- trāhi
- protect
- māṁ
- me
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- duṣprēkṣyē
- O difficult to behold
- śatrūṇāṁ
- of enemies
- bhayavardhini
- increaser of fear
- prācyāṁ
- in the eastern direction
- rakṣatu
- may she protect
- mām
- me
- aindrī
- Aindrī (Indra’s śakti)
- āgnēyyām
- in the southeastern direction
- agni-dēvatā
- the deity of fire
Meaning
This seventeenth core verse initiates directional protection, invoking Durga and assigning Aindrī and Agnidēvatā to guard specific directions.