नखान् दंष्ट्राकराली च केशांश्चैवोर्ध्वकेशिनी। रोमकूपेषु कौबेरी त्वचं वागीश्वरी तथा॥
nakhān daṁṣṭrākarālी ca kēśāṁścaivōrdhvakēśinी। rōmakūpēṣu kaubērी tvacaṁ vāgīśvarी tathā॥
Translation
May Daṁṣṭrākarālī protect my nails, Ūrdhvakēśinī my hair, Kaubērī my hair follicles, and Vāgīśvarी my skin.
Word by word
- nakhān
- the nails
- daṁṣṭrākarālी
- Daṁṣṭrākarālī (she with terrifying fangs)
- kēśāṁ
- the hair
- ūrdhvakēśinी
- Ūrdhvakēśinī (she with upward hair)
- rōmakūpēṣu
- in the hair follicles
- kaubērी
- Kaubērī (Kubera’s śakti)
- tvacaṁ
- the skin
- vāgīśvarी
- Vāgīśvarी (the mistress of speech)
Meaning
This thirty-second core verse assigns divine forms to protect external bodily features like nails, hair, follicles, and skin.