गोपनीयं प्रयत्नेन स्वयोनिरिव पार्वति। मारणं मोहनं वश्यं स्तम्भनोच्चाटनादिकम्। पाठमात्रेण संसिद्ध्येत् कुञ्जिकास्तोत्रमुत्तमम् ॥ ४ ॥
gōpanīyaṁ prayatnēna svayōniriva pārvati | māraṇaṁ mōhanaṁ vaśyaṁ stambhanōccāṭanādikam | pāṭhamātrēṇa saṁsiddhyēt kuñjikāstōtramuttamam || 4 ||
Translation
It is to be guarded with care, O Pārvatī, as one guards what is most private. By recitation alone, this supreme Kuñjikā hymn accomplishes māraṇa, mohana, vaśya, stambhana, uccāṭana and the rest.
Word by word
- gōpanīyam
- to be guarded
- prayatnēna
- with care
- svayōniḥ iva
- as what is most private
- pārvati
- O Pārvatī
- māraṇam
- māraṇa (slaying)
- mōhanam
- mohana (enchanting)
- vaśyam
- vaśya (subduing)
- stambhanōccāṭanādikam
- stambhana (restraining), uccāṭana (uprooting) and the rest
- pāṭhamātrēṇa
- by recitation alone
- saṁsiddhyēt
- accomplishes
- kuñjikāstōtram
- the Kuñjikā hymn
- uttamam
- supreme
Meaning
The verse names the six rites of Tantric magic. Tradition reads them inwardly: māraṇa is the killing of desire and anger, mohana the enchanting of one’s chosen deity, vaśīkaraṇa the mastering of the mind, stambhana the turning of the senses back from their objects, and uccāṭana the restlessness for liberation. These, it says, are what the hymn accomplishes for the one who serves it.