जाग्रतं हि महादेवि जपं सिद्धं कुरुष्व मे। ऐंकारी सृष्टिरूपायै ह्रींकारी प्रतिपालिका ॥ ३ ॥
jāgrataṁ hi mahādēvi japaṁ siddhaṁ kuruṣva mē | aiṁkārī sṛṣṭirūpāyai hrīṁkārī pratipālikā || 3 ||
Translation
Awaken, great Goddess, and make my japa bear fruit. As aiṁ you are creation itself; as hrīṁ you are its preserver.
Word by word
- jāgratam
- awaken
- hi
- indeed
- mahādēvi
- great Goddess
- japam
- japa
- siddham
- fruitful, accomplished
- kuruṣva
- make
- mē
- my
- aiṁkārī
- you who are aiṁ
- sṛṣṭirūpāyai
- whose form is creation
- hrīṁkārī
- you who are hrīṁ
- pratipālikā
- the preserver
Meaning
The prayer at the heart of the hymn: that the mantra be awakened, made “siddha”. Then each syllable of the Navārṇa is named as a form of the Goddess.