कुञ्जिकापाठमात्रेण दुर्गापाठफलं लभेत्। अति गुह्यतरं देवि देवानामपि दुर्लभम् ॥ ३ ॥
kuñjikāpāṭhamātrēṇa durgāpāṭhaphalaṁ labhēt | ati guhyataraṁ dēvi dēvānāmapi durlabham || 3 ||
Translation
By reciting the Kuñjikā alone one gains the fruit of reciting the Durgā Saptaśatī. It is most secret, O Goddess, hard to obtain even for the gods.
Word by word
- kuñjikāpāṭhamātrēṇa
- by reciting the Kuñjikā alone
- durgāpāṭhaphalam
- the fruit of reciting the Durgā (Saptaśatī)
- labhēt
- one gains
- ati guhyataram
- most secret
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- dēvānām api
- even for the gods
- durlabham
- hard to obtain
Meaning
The book’s note adds that the Saptaśatī recited together with this Kuñjikā and the Devī Sūkta brings the highest success.