न कवचं नार्गलास्तोत्रं कीलकं न रहस्यकम्। न सूक्तं नापि ध्यानं च न न्यासो न च वार्चनम् ॥ २ ॥
na kavacaṁ nārgalāstōtraṁ kīlakaṁ na rahasyakam | na sūktaṁ nāpi dhyānaṁ ca na nyāsō na ca vārcanam || 2 ||
Translation
Neither the Kavaca nor the Argalā hymn, neither the Kīlaka nor the Rahasya; neither the Sūkta, nor meditation, nor nyāsa, nor even worship is needed.
Word by word
- na
- not
- kavacam
- the Kavaca
- na argalāstōtram
- nor the Argalā hymn
- kīlakam
- the Kīlaka
- na rahasyakam
- nor the Rahasya
- na sūktam
- not the Sūkta
- na api dhyānam
- nor meditation
- ca
- and
- na nyāsaḥ
- nor nyāsa
- na ca vā arcanam
- nor even worship
Meaning
All the texts and rites that surround the Saptaśatī in its recitation, the Kavaca, Argalā and Kīlaka before it, the Sūktas, the nyāsa and meditation, and the Rahasyas after it, are named one by one: the Kuñjikā can stand in for them all.