ॐ ऐं ह्रीं क्लीं चामुण्डायै विच्चे॥ ॐ ग्लौं हुं क्लीं जूं सः ज्वालय ज्वालय ज्वल ज्वल प्रज्वल प्रज्वल ऐं ह्रीं क्लीं चामुण्डायै विच्चे ज्वल हं सं लं क्षं फट् स्वाहा॥
ōṁ aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai viccē || ōṁ glauṁ huṁ klīṁ jūṁ saḥ jvālaya jvālaya jvala jvala prajvala prajvala aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai viccē jvala haṁ saṁ laṁ kṣaṁ phaṭ svāhā ||
Translation
Om aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai vicce. Om glauṁ huṁ klīṁ jūṁ saḥ: set ablaze, set ablaze, blaze, blaze, flame forth, flame forth; aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai vicce, blaze; haṁ saṁ laṁ kṣaṁ phaṭ svāhā.
Word by word
- ōṁ
- sacred syllable
- aiṁ hrīṁ klīṁ
- the seed syllables of Mahāsarasvatī, Mahālakṣmī and Mahākālī
- cāmuṇḍāyai
- to Cāmuṇḍā
- viccē
- vicce (the closing syllables of the Navārṇa)
- glauṁ huṁ klīṁ jūṁ saḥ
- seed syllables, whose meaning, tradition says, need not be known: their repetition is enough
- jvālaya jvālaya
- set ablaze, set ablaze
- jvala jvala
- blaze, blaze
- prajvala prajvala
- flame forth, flame forth
- haṁ saṁ laṁ kṣaṁ
- seed syllables, whose meaning, tradition says, need not be known: their repetition is enough
- phaṭ svāhā
- phaṭ, svāhā (words of release and offering)
Meaning
The mantra holds the Navārṇa twice, around a string of seed syllables and the call to blaze: the power of the mantras is to be kindled. Tradition holds that the meaning of the seed syllables can neither be known nor needs to be, and is not to be sought: repetition alone is enough. Such a mantra is received from a teacher.