ॐ खड्गिनी शूलिनी घोरा गदिनी चक्रिणी तथा। शङ्खिनी चापिनी बाणभुशुण्डीपरिघायुधा॥ हृदयाय नमः। ॐ शूलेन पाहि नो देवि पाहि खड्गेन चाम्बिके। घण्टास्वनेन नः पाहि चापज्यानिःस्वनेन च॥ शिरसे स्वाहा। ॐ प्राच्यां रक्ष प्रतीच्यां च चण्डिके रक्ष दक्षिणे। भ्रामणेनात्मशूलस्य उत्तरस्यां तथेश्वरि॥ शिखायै वषट्। ॐ सौम्यानि यानि रूपाणि त्रैलोक्ये विचरन्ति ते। यानि चात्यर्थघोराणि तै रक्षास्मांस्तथा भुवम्॥ कवचाय हुम्। ॐ खड्गशूलगदादीनि यानि चास्त्राणि तेऽम्बिके। करपल्लवसङ्गीनि तैरस्मान् रक्ष सर्वतः॥ नेत्रत्रयाय वौषट्। ॐ सर्वस्वरूपे सर्वेशे सर्वशक्तिसमन्विते। भयेभ्यस्त्राहि नो देवि दुर्गे देवि नमोऽस्तु ते॥ अस्त्राय फट्।
ōṁ khaḍginī śūlinī ghōrā gadinī cakriṇī tathā | śaṅkhinī cāpinī bāṇabhuśuṇḍīparighāyudhā || hṛdayāya namaḥ | ōṁ śūlēna pāhi nō dēvi pāhi khaḍgēna cāmbikē | ghaṇṭāsvanēna naḥ pāhi cāpajyāniḥsvanēna ca || śirasē svāhā | ōṁ prācyāṁ rakṣa pratīcyāṁ ca caṇḍikē rakṣa dakṣiṇē | bhrāmaṇēnātmaśūlasya uttarasyāṁ tathēśvari || śikhāyai vaṣaṭ | ōṁ saumyāni yāni rūpāṇi trailōkyē vicaranti tē | yāni cātyarthaghōrāṇi tai rakṣāsmāṁstathā bhuvam || kavacāya hum | ōṁ khaḍgaśūlagadādīni yāni cāstrāṇi tē’mbikē | karapallavasaṅgīni tairasmān rakṣa sarvataḥ || nētratrayāya vauṣaṭ | ōṁ sarvasvarūpē sarvēśē sarvaśaktisamanvitē | bhayēbhyastrāhi nō dēvi durgē dēvi namō’stu tē || astrāya phaṭ |
Translation
Om. Terrible, you bear the sword and the trident, the mace and the discus, the conch and the bow; arrows, the bhuśuṇḍī and the iron club are your weapons: salutation to the heart. Om. Protect us with your trident, O Goddess; protect us with your sword, O Ambikā; protect us with the sound of your bell and the twang of your bowstring: svāhā to the head. Om. Guard us in the east and in the west, O Caṇḍikā; guard us in the south, and likewise in the north, O sovereign, by the whirling of your trident: vaṣaṭ to the crest. Om. With those gentle forms of yours that wander the three worlds, and with those that are exceedingly terrible, protect us and the earth: hum to the armour. Om. With the sword, the trident, the mace and whatever other weapons are held in your tender hands, O Ambikā, protect us on every side: vauṣaṭ to the three eyes. Om. You who are the form of all, the sovereign of all, endowed with every power: save us from fears, O Goddess; O Goddess Durgā, salutation to you: phaṭ to the weapon.
Word by word
- khaḍginī
- bearing the sword
- śūlinī
- bearing the trident
- ghōrā
- terrible
- gadinī
- bearing the mace
- cakriṇī
- bearing the discus
- śaṅkhinī
- bearing the conch
- cāpinī
- bearing the bow
- bāṇabhuśuṇḍīparighāyudhā
- whose weapons are arrows, the bhuśuṇḍī and the iron club
- śūlēna
- with the trident
- pāhi
- protect
- naḥ
- us
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- khaḍgēna
- with the sword
- ca ambikē
- and, O Ambikā
- ghaṇṭāsvanēna
- with the sound of the bell
- cāpajyāniḥsvanēna
- with the twang of the bowstring
- prācyām
- in the east
- rakṣa
- protect
- pratīcyām ca
- and in the west
- caṇḍikē
- O Caṇḍikā
- dakṣiṇē
- in the south
- bhrāmaṇēna
- by the whirling
- ātmaśūlasya
- of your own trident
- uttarasyām
- in the north
- tathā īśvari
- likewise, O sovereign
- saumyāni
- gentle
- yāni rūpāṇi
- the forms which
- trailōkyē
- in the three worlds
- vicaranti
- wander
- tē
- your
- yāni ca atyarthaghōrāṇi
- and those which are exceedingly terrible
- taiḥ
- with them
- asmān
- us
- tathā bhuvam
- and the earth
- khaḍgaśūlagadādīni
- the sword, the trident, the mace and the rest
- yāni ca astrāṇi
- and whatever weapons
- tē ambikē
- yours, O Ambikā
- karapallavasaṅgīni
- held in your tender hands
- sarvataḥ
- on every side
- sarvasvarūpē
- O you who are the form of all
- sarvēśē
- O sovereign of all
- sarvaśaktisamanvitē
- O you endowed with every power
- bhayēbhyaḥ
- from fears
- trāhi
- save
- durgē
- O Durgā
- namaḥ astu tē
- salutation to you
- hṛdayāya namaḥ
- salutation to the heart
- śirasē svāhā
- svāhā to the head
- śikhāyai vaṣaṭ
- vaṣaṭ to the crest
- kavacāya hum
- hum to the armour
- nētratrayāya vauṣaṭ
- vauṣaṭ to the three eyes
- astrāya phaṭ
- phaṭ to the weapon
Meaning
The six verses of protection from the Saptaśatī, which opened the recitation in the Saptaśatī Nyāsa, now close it, each placed on one of the six limbs: the heart, the head, the crest, the shoulders crossed for the armour, the eyes and forehead, and the clap for the weapon. Here they are given in full. The first comes from Brahmā’s hymn in the first chapter, the next four from the gods’ hymn in the fourth, and the last from the hymn to Nārāyaṇī in the eleventh.