अग्निज्वाला रौद्रमुखी कालरात्रिस्तपस्विनी। नारायणी भद्रकाली विष्णुमाया जलोदरी ॥ १४ ॥
agnijvālā raudramukhī kālarātristapasvinī | nārāyaṇī bhadrakālī viṣṇumāyā jalōdarī || 14 ||
Translation
Blazing like fire, of fierce face, the night of dissolution, the ascetic; Narayani, the auspicious Kali, the illusion-power of Vishnu, she who holds the waters within.
Word by word
- agnijvālā
- blazing like fire
- raudramukhī
- of fierce face
- kālarātriḥ
- the night of dissolution
- tapasvinī
- the ascetic
- nārāyaṇī
- Narayani
- bhadrakālī
- the auspicious Kali
- viṣṇumāyā
- the illusion-power of Vishnu
- jalōdarī
- who holds the waters within
Meaning
Kalaratri is the night into which all things dissolve. Vishnumaya is the power praised by Brahma in the first chapter of the Durga Saptashati.