शतनामस्तोत्रम्The hymn of a hundred names
Verse 15
कालरात्रिः कामरूपा कामपाशविमोचनी । कादम्बिनी कलाधारा कलिकल्मषनाशिनी ॥ १५ ॥
kālarātriḥ kāmarūpā kāmapāśavimōcanī | kādambinī kalādhārā kalikalmaṣanāśinī || 15 ||
Translation
Kālarātri, Kāmarūpā, Kāmapāśavimocanī, Kādambinī, Kalādhārā, Kalikalmaṣanāśinī;
Word by word
- kāla
- of Time
- rātriḥ
- the Night
- kāma
- at will; of desire
- rūpā
- taking form
- pāśa
- from the noose
- vimōcanī
- who frees
- kādambinī
- Kādambinī, a bank of clouds
- kalā
- of the arts
- ādhārā
- the support
- kali
- of the Kali age
- kalmaṣa
- the impurity
- nāśinī
- who destroys
Meaning
Kālarātri, the Night of Time, the night of dissolution at the end of a world-age. Kāmarūpā: she who takes any form at will. Kāmapāśavimocanī: she who frees from the noose (pāśa) of desire. Kādambinī: a bank of rain clouds, dark and life-giving. Kalādhārā: the support of all arts and digits. Kalikalmaṣanāśinī: she who destroys the impurity of the Kali age. Notice the pairing: she who is desire's own form (kāmarūpā) is also she who frees from desire's bonds. The Tantra does not set desire and liberation against each other; both belong to her.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 14.