ॐ सर्वस्वरूपे सर्वेशे सर्वशक्तिसमन्विते। भयेभ्यस्त्राहि नो देवि दुर्गे देवि नमोऽस्तु ते॥ करतलकरपृष्ठाभ्यां नमः।
ōṁ sarvasvarūpē sarvēśē sarvaśaktisamanvitē | bhayēbhyastrāhi nō dēvi durgē dēvi namō’stu tē || karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṁ namaḥ |
Translation
Om. You who are the form of all, the sovereign of all, endowed with every power: save us from fears, O Goddess; O Goddess Durgā, salutation to you. Salutation to the palms and the backs of the hands.
Word by word
- sarvasvarūpē
- O you who are the form of all
- sarvēśē
- O sovereign of all
- sarvaśaktisamanvitē
- O you endowed with every power
- bhayēbhyaḥ
- from fears
- trāhi
- save
- naḥ
- us
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- durgē
- O Durgā
- namaḥ astu tē
- salutation to you
- karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyām namaḥ
- salutation to the palms and the backs of the hands
Meaning
From the hymn to Nārāyaṇī in the eleventh chapter. Rub the palms and the backs of the hands together, completing the placing on the hands.