त्रैलोक्यविजयकवचपाठफलम्The fruit of reciting the armour
Verse 75
श्रीदेव्युवाच । कथितं कृपया नाथ स्तोत्रं कवचमेव च । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि पुरश्चर्याविधिं विभो ॥ ७५ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca | kathitaṁ kṛpayā nātha stōtraṁ kavacamēva ca | adhunā śrōtumicchāmi puraścaryāvidhiṁ vibhō || 75 ||
Translation
Śrī Devī said: Lord, in your kindness you have told the hymn and the armour; now, mighty one, I wish to hear the method of the preparatory rite.
Word by word
- śrī
- glorious
- dēvī
- the Goddess
- uvāca
- said
- kathitaṁ
- told
- kṛpayā
- in your kindness
- nātha
- Lord
- stōtraṁ
- the hymn
- kavacam
- the armour
- ēva
- also
- ca
- and
- adhunā
- now
- śrōtum
- to hear
- icchāmi
- I wish
- puraścaryā
- of the preparatory rite
- vidhiṁ
- the method
- vibhō
- mighty one
Meaning
The commentary: wishing to hear the method of the puraścaraṇa of Ādyā Kālī's mantras, the Goddess spoke. Puraścaraṇa, "going before", is the course of intensive recitation, with worship, fire offering and feeding that "awakens" a mantra received from the teacher, so that it bears fruit. Without it, the tradition holds, a mantra is like a seed not yet sown.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Wishing to hear the method of the preparatory rite (puraścaraṇa) of the mantras of Ādyā Kālī, the Goddess spoke, beginning "kathitam…".