नमामि त्वां महादेवीं महाभयविनाशिनीम्। महादुर्गप्रशमनीं महाकारुण्यरूपिणीम् ॥ २२ ॥
namāmi tvāṁ mahādēvīṁ mahābhayavināśinīm | mahādurgapraśamanīṁ mahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm || 22 ||
Translation
I bow to you, great Goddess, destroyer of great fear, who calms great dangers, embodiment of great compassion.
Word by word
- namāmi
- I bow
- tvām
- to you
- mahādēvīm
- great Goddess
- mahābhayavināśinīm
- destroyer of great fear
- mahādurgapraśamanīm
- who calms great dangers
- mahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm
- embodiment of great compassion
Meaning
Every name begins with “great”: the fear she removes, the dangers she calms and the compassion she is are all on the scale of the Goddess herself.