ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 46
विचिन्त्य परमां मायामाद्यां कालीं परात्पराम् । यः पठेच्छतनामानि दृढभक्तिसमन्वितः ॥ ४६ ॥
vicintya paramāṁ māyāmādyāṁ kālīṁ parātparām | yaḥ paṭhēcchatanāmāni dṛḍhabhaktisamanvitaḥ || 46 ||
Translation
meditating on the supreme Māyā, Ādyā Kālī, higher than the highest, whoever reads the hundred names with firm devotion
Word by word
- vicintya
- meditating on
- paramāṁ
- the supreme
- māyām
- Māyā
- ādyāṁ
- Ādyā
- kālīṁ
- Kālī
- parātparām
- higher than the highest
- yaḥ
- whoever
- paṭhēc
- (paṭhet) reads
- chata
- (śata) the hundred
- nāmāni
- names
- dṛḍha
- firm
- bhakti
- with devotion
- samanvitaḥ
- endowed
Meaning
The condition of the promise: one must meditate on the Goddess as "the supreme Māyā", the power that makes the world appear, and as "higher than the highest" (parātparā), and read the names with firm devotion (dṛḍha-bhakti). Recitation is joined to contemplation; the names are a way of holding her form in mind.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 44.