ॐ सिंहस्था शशिशेखरा मरकतप्रख्यैश्चतुर्भिर्भुजैः शङ्खं चक्रधनुःशरांश्च दधती नेत्रैस्त्रिभिः शोभिता। आमुक्ताङ्गदहारकङ्कणरणत्काञ्चीरणन्नूपुरा दुर्गा दुर्गतिहारिणी भवतु नो रत्नोल्लसत्कुण्डला॥
ōṁ siṁhasthā śaśiśēkharā marakataprakhyaiścaturbhirbhujaiḥ śaṅkhaṁ cakradhanuḥśarāṁśca dadhatī nētraistribhiḥ śōbhitā | āmuktāṅgadahārakaṅkaṇaraṇatkāñcīraṇannūpurā durgā durgatihāriṇī bhavatu nō ratnōllasatkuṇḍalā ||
Translation
Om. Seated on the lion, the moon on her crest, with four arms bright as emerald holding the conch, the discus, the bow and the arrows, beautiful with her three eyes; adorned with armlets, necklaces and bracelets, with a jingling girdle and ringing anklets, her earrings gleaming with gems: may Durgā, who takes away misfortune, be ours.
Word by word
- siṁhasthā
- seated on the lion
- śaśiśēkharā
- with the moon on her crest
- marakataprakhyaiḥ
- bright as emerald
- caturbhiḥ bhujaiḥ
- with four arms
- śaṅkham cakradhanuḥśarān ca
- the conch, the discus, the bow and the arrows
- dadhatī
- holding
- nētraiḥ tribhiḥ śōbhitā
- beautiful with three eyes
- āmuktāṅgadahārakaṅkaṇa
- wearing armlets, necklaces and bracelets
- raṇatkāñcī
- with a jingling girdle
- raṇannūpurā
- with ringing anklets
- durgā
- Durgā
- durgatihāriṇī
- who takes away misfortune
- bhavatu naḥ
- may she be ours
- ratnōllasatkuṇḍalā
- with earrings gleaming with gems
Meaning
Before the Vedic hymn comes a meditation on Durgā in her four-armed form, green-gold as an emerald and seated on the lion. Her name is read in its root sense: Durgā is the one who carries the devotee across durgati, every hard and evil pass.