य इदं प्रपठेन्नित्यं दुर्गानामशताष्टकम्। नासाध्यं विद्यते देवि त्रिषु लोकेषु पार्वति ॥ १६ ॥
ya idaṁ prapaṭhēnnityaṁ durgānāmaśatāṣṭakam | nāsādhyaṁ vidyatē dēvi triṣu lōkēṣu pārvati || 16 ||
Translation
O Goddess Parvati, for one who recites these hundred and eight names of Durga every day, nothing in the three worlds is beyond reach.
Word by word
- yaḥ
- whoever
- idam
- this
- prapaṭhēt
- recites
- nityam
- daily
- durgānāmaśatāṣṭakam
- the hundred and eight names of Durga
- na
- not
- asādhyam
- unattainable
- vidyatē
- exists
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- triṣu lōkēṣu
- in the three worlds
- pārvati
- O Parvati
Meaning
Here the fruits of the recitation begin. The first promise is the widest: daily recitation removes every obstacle to what one seeks.