महामाया महाकाली महामारी क्षुधा तृषा। निद्रा तृष्णा चैकवीरा कालरात्रिर्दुरत्यया ॥ १२ ॥
mahāmāyā mahākālī mahāmārī kṣudhā tṛṣā | nidrā tṛṣṇā caikavīrā kālarātrirduratyayā || 12 ||
Translation
“Mahāmāyā, Mahākālī, Mahāmārī, Kṣudhā, Tṛṣā, Nidrā, Tṛṣṇā, Ekavīrā, Kālarātri and Duratyayā:
Word by word
- mahāmāyā
- the great power of illusion
- mahākālī
- great Kālī
- mahāmārī
- the great destroyer
- kṣudhā
- hunger
- tṛṣā
- thirst
- nidrā
- sleep
- tṛṣṇā
- craving
- ca
- and
- ēkavīrā
- the lone heroine
- kālarātriḥ
- the night of time
- duratyayā
- hard to overcome
Meaning
Her names: the great power of illusion, great Kālī, the great destroyer, hunger, thirst, sleep, craving, the lone heroine, the night of time, the one hard to overcome. Several of these are the forms in which the gods praise her in the fifth chapter of the Saptaśatī.