Chapter 3 · Kīlaka Stotram (Third Chapter)
Verse 7
सोऽपि क्षेममवाप्नोति सर्वमेवं न संशयः। कृष्णायां वा चतुर्दश्यामष्टम्यां वा समाहितः॥
sō’pi kṣēmamavāpnōti sarvamēvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ। kṛṣṇāyāṁ vā caturdaśyāmāṣṭamyāṁ vā samāhitaḥ॥
Translation
He indeed attains well-being, all this without doubt. On the dark fourteenth day or the eighth day, with concentration.
Word by word
- saḥ
- he
- api
- indeed
- kṣēmam
- well-being
- avāpnōti
- attains
- sarvam
- all
- ēvaṁ
- thus
- na
- no
- saṁśayaḥ
- doubt
- kṛṣṇāyāṁ
- on the dark (fourteenth) day
- vā
- or
- caturdaśyām
- on the fourteenth day
- aṣṭamyāṁ
- on the eighth day
- samāhitaḥ
- with concentration
Meaning
This seventh core verse assures that the devotee who recites the Kīlaka Stotram attains well-being, particularly when performed with concentration on the eighth or fourteenth day of the dark lunar fortnight, sacred to the Goddess.