ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 53
शतनामस्तुतिमिमामाद्याकालीस्वरूपिणीम् । पठेद्वा पाठयेद्वापि शृणुयाच्छ्रावयेदपि ॥ ५३ ॥
śatanāmastutimimāmādyākālīsvarūpiṇīm | paṭhēdvā pāṭhayēdvāpi śṛṇuyācchrāvayēdapi || 53 ||
Translation
Whoever reads this hymn of a hundred names, which is the form of Ādyā Kālī, or has it read, or hears it, or has it heard,
Word by word
- śata
- of a hundred
- nāma
- names
- stutim
- the hymn
- imām
- this
- ādyā
- of Ādyā
- kālī
- Kālī
- svarūpiṇīm
- which is the form
- paṭhēd
- (paṭhet) reads
- vā
- or
- pāṭhayēd
- (pāṭhayet) has it read
- api
- or
- śṛṇuyāc
- (śṛṇuyāt) hears it
- chrāvayēd
- (śrāvayet) has it heard
Meaning
Four ways of taking part in the hymn: reading it oneself, having it read, hearing it, causing others to hear it. The tradition holds that sacred sound blesses not only the one who utters it but the one who listens and the one who arranges for it to be heard. The hymn is again called "the form of Ādyā Kālī": she is present in it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 52.