संक्षेपपूजा, संक्षेपपुरश्चरणम्Worship in brief, the preparatory rite in brief
Verse 87
कालीरूपाणि बहुधा कलौ जाग्रति पार्वति । प्रबले कलिकाले तु रूपमेतज् जगद्धितम् ॥ ८७ ॥
kālīrūpāṇi bahudhā kalau jāgrati pārvati | prabalē kalikālē tu rūpamētaj jagaddhitam || 87 ||
Translation
Many are the forms of Kālī that are awake in the Kali age, Pārvatī; but in the full strength of the Kali age, this form is the good of the world.
Word by word
- kālī
- of Kālī
- rūpāṇi
- the forms
- bahudhā
- many
- kalau
- in the Kali age
- jāgrati
- are awake
- pārvati
- Pārvatī
- prabalē
- in the full strength
- kali
- of the Kali
- kālē
- age
- tu
- but
- rūpam
- form
- ētaj
- (etat) this
- jagat
- (jagat) of the world
- hitam
- the good
Meaning
Many forms of Kālī are "awake" (jāgrati), active and responsive, in this age. But when the Kali age is at its height, "this form", as the commentary says, the form of Ādyā Kālī, is what helps the world. The Mahānirvāṇa Tantra presents its own form of the Goddess as the one suited to the darkest times.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Etad rūpam: this form, the form of Ādyā Kālī.