त्रैलोक्यविजयकवचपाठफलम्The fruit of reciting the armour
Verse 71
शिखायां दक्षिणे बाहौ कण्ठे वा साधकः कटौ । तस्याऽऽद्या कालिका वश्या वाञ्छितार्थं प्रयच्छति ॥ ७१ ॥
śikhāyāṁ dakṣiṇē bāhau kaṇṭhē vā sādhakaḥ kaṭau | tasyā’’dyā kālikā vaśyā vāñchitārthaṁ prayacchati || 71 ||
Translation
on the topknot, on the right arm, on the neck or on the waist, Ādyā Kālikā is in that practitioner's power and gives him what he wishes.
Word by word
- śikhāyāṁ
- on the topknot
- dakṣiṇē
- on the right
- bāhau
- arm
- kaṇṭhē
- on the neck
- vā
- or
- sādhakaḥ
- the practitioner
- kaṭau
- on the waist
- tasya
- to him
- ādyā
- Ādyā
- kālikā
- Kālikā
- vaśyā
- in power
- vāñchita
- what he wishes
- arthaṁ
- the thing
- prayacchati
- gives
Meaning
The places for the amulet: the topknot (śikhā), the right arm, the neck, the waist. Then the striking phrase: Ādyā Kālikā becomes "subject" (vaśyā) to that practitioner, as the commentary paraphrases, she gives. The language of the Goddess being "in one's power" is the language of love and devotion rather than of command: she yields to the one who keeps her near.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Prayacchati: gives. (This explanation covers verses 71 and 72.)