Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 7.33

Translation

composed of the heap of the letter ka, the very form of Kālī's form.

Word by word

kakāra

of the letter ka

kūṭa

of the heap

ghaṭitaṁ

composed

kālī

of Kālī

rūpa

form

svarūpakam

the very form of

Meaning

A half-verse closing the hymn. It is "made of the heap of ka" (kakāra-kūṭa-ghaṭita): the commentary, composed of a mass of ka, every name beginning with that letter. And it is "the very form of Kālī's form" (kālī-rūpa-svarūpaka): the hymn is not only about her, it is her, in sound. In the Tantra a deity's mantra or hymn is the deity in her subtle, audible body; to recite it with understanding is to be in her presence.