विद्युद्दामसमप्रभां मृगपतिस्कन्धस्थितां भीषणां कन्याभिः करवालखेटविलसद्धस्ताभिरासेविताम्। हस्तैश्चक्रगदासिखेटविशिखांश्चापं गुणं तर्जनीं बिभ्राणामनलात्मिकां शशिधरां दुर्गां त्रिनेत्रां भजे॥
vidyuddāmasamaprabhāṁ mṛgapatiskandhasthitāṁ bhīṣaṇāṁ kanyābhiḥ karavālakhēṭavilasaddhastābhirāsēvitām | hastaiścakragadāsikhēṭaviśikhāṁścāpaṁ guṇaṁ tarjanīṁ bibhrāṇāmanalātmikāṁ śaśidharāṁ durgāṁ trinētrāṁ bhajē ||
Translation
I worship Durgā, three-eyed, bearing the moon, whose nature is fire: radiant as a garland of lightning, seated on the shoulder of the lion, fearsome, attended by maidens whose hands gleam with swords and shields, and holding in her hands the discus, the mace, the sword, the shield, the arrows, the bow, the noose and the raised finger of warning.
Word by word
- vidyuddāmasamaprabhām
- radiant as a garland of lightning
- mṛgapatiskandhasthitām
- seated on the shoulder of the lion
- bhīṣaṇām
- fearsome
- kanyābhiḥ
- by maidens
- karavālakhēṭavilasaddhastābhiḥ
- whose hands gleam with swords and shields
- āsēvitām
- attended
- hastaiḥ
- in her hands
- cakragadāsikhēṭaviśikhān
- the discus, the mace, the sword, the shield and the arrows
- cāpam
- the bow
- guṇam
- the noose (cord)
- tarjanīm
- the raised finger of warning
- bibhrāṇām
- holding
- analātmikām
- whose nature is fire
- śaśidharām
- bearing the moon
- durgām
- Durgā
- trinētrām
- three-eyed
- bhajē
- I worship
Meaning
The meditation that completes the preparation. After it, perform the viniyoga and meditation of the first part and begin the Saptaśatī with “Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca”; each part’s viniyoga and each chapter’s meditation are given with the text itself. Recite with the mind on the Goddess, in a sweet, clear voice, dividing the words, steadily and at an even pace. Do not stop in the middle of a chapter; if the recitation is broken, begin the chapter again. Recite aloud rather than in the mind, neither too loudly nor in haste, from memory or else from the written text.