Chapter 13 · Trayodaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Thirteenth Chapter)
Dhyānam
ॐ बालार्कमण्डलाभासां चतुर्बाहुं त्रिलोचनाम्। पाशाङ्कुशवराभीतीर्धारयन्तीं शिवां भजे॥
ōṁ bālārkamaṇḍalābhāsāṁ caturbāhuṁ trilōcanām | pāśāṅkuśavarābhītīrdhārayantīṁ śivāṁ bhajē ||
Translation
Om. I worship the auspicious Goddess, radiant like the orb of the rising sun, four-armed, three-eyed, holding a noose, goad, boon, and fearlessness.
Word by word
- oṁ
- sacred syllable
- bālārkamaṇḍalābhāsāṁ
- radiant like the orb of the rising sun
- caturbāhuṁ
- four-armed
- trilocanām
- three-eyed
- pāśa
- noose
- aṅkuśa
- goad
- vara
- boon
- abhītīḥ
- fearlessness
- dhārayantīṁ
- holding
- śivāṁ
- auspicious
- bhaje
- I worship
Meaning
This meditation verse invokes the Goddess in her radiant, auspicious form, with four arms and three eyes, holding symbols of control (noose, goad), blessing (boon), and protection (fearlessness), preparing the devotee for the chapter’s focus on the boons granted to Suratha and Samādhi.