धां धीं धूं धूर्जटेः पत्नी वां वीं वूं वागधीश्वरी। क्रां क्रीं क्रूं कालिका देवि शां शीं शूं मे शुभं कुरु ॥ ६ ॥
dhāṁ dhīṁ dhūṁ dhūrjaṭēḥ patnī vāṁ vīṁ vūṁ vāgadhīśvarī | krāṁ krīṁ krūṁ kālikā dēvi śāṁ śīṁ śūṁ mē śubhaṁ kuru || 6 ||
Translation
Dhāṁ dhīṁ dhūṁ: wife of Dhūrjaṭi; vāṁ vīṁ vūṁ: sovereign of speech; krāṁ krīṁ krūṁ: Goddess Kālikā; śāṁ śīṁ śūṁ: bring me good fortune.
Word by word
- dhām dhīm dhūm
- seed syllables, whose meaning, tradition says, need not be known: their repetition is enough
- dhūrjaṭēḥ patnī
- wife of Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)
- vām vīm vūm
- seed syllables, whose meaning, tradition says, need not be known: their repetition is enough
- vāgadhīśvarī
- sovereign of speech
- krām krīm krūm
- seed syllables, whose meaning, tradition says, need not be known: their repetition is enough
- kālikā dēvi
- Goddess Kālikā
- śām śīm śūm
- seed syllables, whose meaning, tradition says, need not be known: their repetition is enough
- mē
- for me
- śubham
- good fortune
- kuru
- bring
Meaning
Each triad of seed syllables opens with the letter of the name it invokes: dh for Dhūrjaṭi’s wife (Pārvatī), v for the goddess of speech, k for Kālikā, ś for śubha, good fortune.