r̥ṣiruvāca . 1 .
The rishi said:
devyā hate tatra mahāsurendre sendrāḥ surā vahnipurogamāstām . kātyāyanīṁ tuṣṭuvuriṣṭalābhādvikāśivaktrābjavikāśitāśāḥ . 2 .
When the Devi had slain the great king of the asuras there, Indra and the devas, with Agni at their head, praised Katyayani. Their wish fulfilled, their faces bloomed like lotuses and lit up every quarter.
devi prapannārtihare prasīda prasīda mātarjagato'khilasya . prasīda viśveśvari pāhi viśvaṁ tvamīśvarī devi carācarasya . 3 .
O Devi, You who take away the suffering of those who come to You, be gracious. Be gracious, O Mother of the whole world. Be gracious, O Queen of the universe, and protect the universe. O Devi, You rule all that moves and all that does not.
ādhārabhūtā jagatastvamekā mahīsvarūpeṇa yataḥ sthitāsi . apāṁ svarūpasthitayā tvayaitadāpyāyate kr̥tsnamalaṅghyavīrye . 4 .
You alone are the ground the world stands on, for You abide as the earth. And abiding as the waters, O Devi of strength none can pass, it is You who nourish all of this.
tvaṁ vaiṣṇavī śaktiranantavīryā viśvasya bījaṁ paramāsi māyā . sammohitaṁ devi samastametat tvaṁ vai prasannā bhuvi muktihetuḥ . 5 .
You are the power of Vishnu, of endless strength; You are the supreme maya, the seed of the universe. O Devi, it is You who have cast all this into delusion; and You, when You are gracious, are the cause of liberation on earth.
vidyāḥ samastāstava devi bhedāḥ striyaḥ samastāḥ sakalā jagatsu . tvayaikayā pūritamambayaitat kā te stutiḥ stavyaparā paroktiḥ . 6 .
O Devi, all knowledge is Your many forms, and so is every woman in every world. By You alone, the Mother, is all this filled. What praise can there be for You, who are beyond all that is praised, the highest word itself?
sarvabhūtā yadā devī svargamuktipradāyinī . tvaṁ stutā stutaye kā vā bhavantu paramoktayaḥ . 7 .
When You, O Devi, who are all beings and grant heaven and liberation, have been praised as that, what finer words could there be to praise You?
sarvasya buddhirūpeṇa janasya hr̥di saṁsthite . svargāpavargade devi nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 8 .
O Devi, who dwell as understanding in the heart of every being and grant heaven and liberation: O Narayani, we bow to You.
kalākāṣṭhādirūpeṇa pariṇāmapradāyini . viśvasyoparatau śakte nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 9 .
You who, as the kalas, the kashthas and every measure of time, bring all things to change, and who have the power to end the universe: O Narayani, we bow to You.
sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike . śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 10 .
O blessing within every blessing, O kind One who bring every aim to fulfilment, O refuge of all, O three-eyed Gauri: O Narayani, we bow to You.
sr̥ṣṭisthitivināśānāṁ śaktibhūte sanātani . guṇāśraye guṇamaye nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 11 .
You who are the power behind creation, sustaining and dissolution, the Eternal One, the refuge of the three gunas and made of them: O Narayani, we bow to You.
śaraṇāgatadīnārtaparitrāṇaparāyaṇe . sarvasyārtihare devi nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 12 .
You who are ever intent on saving the helpless and the suffering who come to You, O Devi who take away the pain of all: O Narayani, we bow to You.
haṁsayuktavimānasthe brahmāṇīrūpadhāriṇi . kauśāmbhaḥkṣarike devi nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 13 .
You who ride in the chariot drawn by swans in the form of Brahmani, O Devi who sprinkle water with kusha grass: O Narayani, we bow to You.
triśūlacandrāhidhare mahāvr̥ṣabhavāhini . māheśvarīsvarūpeṇa nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 14 .
You who hold the trishul, the Moon and the serpent and ride the great bull, in the form of Maheshwari: O Narayani, we bow to You.
mayūrakukkuṭavr̥te mahāśaktidhare'naghe . kaumārīrūpasaṁsthāne nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 15 .
You who are attended by the peacock and the cock and bear the great spear, O sinless One, in the form of Kaumari: O Narayani, we bow to You.
śaṅkhacakragadāśārṅgagr̥hītaparamāyudhe . prasīda vaiṣṇavīrūpe nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 16 .
You who hold the great weapons, the conch, the discus, the mace and the bow Sharnga, in the form of Vaishnavi, be gracious: O Narayani, we bow to You.
gr̥hītogramahācakre daṁṣṭroddhr̥tavasundhare . varāharūpiṇi śive nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 17 .
You who grasp the fearsome great discus and raised the earth on Your tusk, O kind One, in the form of the Boar: O Narayani, we bow to You.
nr̥siṁharūpeṇogreṇa hantuṁ daityān kr̥todyame . trailokyatrāṇasahite nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 18 .
You who, in the fierce form of Narasimha, set out to slay the daityas, and who save the three worlds: O Narayani, we bow to You.
kirīṭini mahāvajre sahasranayanojjvale . vr̥traprāṇahare caindri nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 19 .
You who wear the crown and bear the great thunderbolt, blazing with a thousand eyes, who took the life of Vritra, O Aindri: O Narayani, we bow to You.
śivadūtīsvarūpeṇa hatadaityamahābale . ghorarūpe mahārāve nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 20 .
You who, as Shivaduti, slew the mighty host of the daityas, O You of fearsome form and thundering roar: O Narayani, we bow to You.
daṁṣṭrākarālavadane śiromālāvibhūṣaṇe . cāmuṇḍe muṇḍamathane nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 21 .
You whose face is fearsome with tusks, who are adorned with a garland of heads, O Chamunda, who crushed Munda: O Narayani, we bow to You.
lakṣmi lajje mahāvidye śraddhe puṣṭi svadhe dhruve . mahārātri mahāmāye nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 22 .
O Lakshmi, O modesty, O great knowledge, O faith, O nourishment, O Swadha, O steadfast One, O great night, O great maya: O Narayani, we bow to You.
medhe sarasvati vare bhūti bābhravi tāmasi . niyate tvaṁ prasīdeśe nārāyaṇi namo'stu te . 23 .
O wisdom, O Saraswati, O best of all, O prosperity, O Babhravi, the tawny One, O Tamasi, the dark One, O Niyata, the self-restrained, O Ruler of all, be gracious: O Narayani, we bow to You.
sarvasvarūpe sarveśe sarvaśaktisamanvite . bhayebhyastrāhi no devi durge devi namo'stu te . 24 .
O You who are the form of all, the Ruler of all, endowed with every power, save us from fear, O Devi. O Devi Durga, we bow to You.
etatte vadanaṁ saumyaṁ locanatrayabhūṣitam . pātu naḥ sarvabhītibhyaḥ kātyāyani namo'stu te . 25 .
May this gentle face of Yours, adorned with three eyes, protect us from every fear. O Katyayani, we bow to You.
jvālākarālamatyugramaśeṣāsurasūdanam . triśūlaṁ pātu no bhīterbhadrakāli namo'stu te . 26 .
Fearsome with flames, most fierce, the slayer of all the asuras: may Your trishul guard us from fear. O Bhadrakali, we bow to You.
hinasti daityatejāṁsi svanenāpūrya yā jagat . sā ghaṇṭā pātu no devi pāpebhyo naḥ sutāniva . 27 .
O Devi, may Your bell, which fills the world with its sound and destroys the might of the daityas, guard us from wrongdoing, as a mother guards her children.
asurāsr̥gvasāpaṅkacarcitaste karojjvalaḥ . śubhāya khaḍgo bhavatu caṇḍike tvāṁ natā vayam . 28 .
May Your sword, gleaming in Your hand and smeared with the blood and fat of asuras, be for our good. O Chandika, we bow to You.
rogānaśeṣānapahaṁsi tuṣṭā ruṣṭā tu kāmān sakalānabhīṣṭān . tvāmāśritānāṁ na vipannarāṇāṁ tvāmāśritā hyāśrayatāṁ prayānti . 29 .
Pleased, You destroy every illness; displeased, You take away every wish that was longed for. No calamity comes to those who have taken refuge in You, and those who take refuge in You become a refuge for others.
etatkr̥taṁ yatkadanaṁ tvayādya dharmadviṣāṁ devi mahāsurāṇām . rūpairanekairbahudhā''tmamūrti kr̥tvāmbike tatprakaroti kānyā . 30 .
O Devi, O Ambika, this slaughter You have wrought today of the great asuras who hated dharma, making Your own form many and manifold: who else could have done it?
vidyāsu śāstreṣu vivekadīpeṣvādyeṣu vākyeṣu ca kā tvadanyā . mamatvagarte'timahāndhakāre vibhrāmayatyetadatīva viśvam . 31 .
In all learning, in the shastras that light the diya of discernment, and in the first words, the Vedas, who is spoken of but You? And who but You keeps this world wandering in the pit of 'mine', in its deep darkness?
rakṣāṁsi yatrograviṣāśca nāgā yatrārayo dasyubalāni yatra . dāvānalo yatra tathābdhimadhye tatra sthitā tvaṁ paripāsi viśvam . 32 .
Where there are rakshasas, where there are serpents of deadly venom, where there are foes and bands of robbers, where the forest is on fire, and in the middle of the sea: there You stand, and protect the world.
viśveśvari tvaṁ paripāsi viśvaṁ viśvātmikā dhārayasīti viśvam . viśveśavandyā bhavatī bhavanti viśvāśrayā ye tvayi bhaktinamrāḥ . 33 .
O Queen of the universe, You protect the universe; being its very self, You uphold it. Even Vishwanath bows to You; and those who bow to You in bhakti become a refuge for the whole universe.
devi prasīda paripālaya no'ribhīternityaṁ yathāsuravadhādadhunaiva sadyaḥ . pāpāni sarvajagatāṁ praśamaṁ nayāśu utpātapākajanitāṁśca mahopasargān . 34 .
O Devi, be gracious. Protect us always from the fear of enemies, as You have just now by slaying the asuras. Swiftly bring to rest the sins of all the worlds, and the great calamities that evil omens bring when they come to fruit.
praṇatānāṁ prasīda tvaṁ devi viśvārtihāriṇi . trailokyavāsināmīḍye lokānāṁ varadā bhava . 35 .
O Devi, who take away the suffering of the universe, be gracious to us who bow before You. O You whom the dwellers of the three worlds revere, grant boons to the worlds.
devyuvāca . 36 .
The Devi said:
varadāhaṁ suragaṇā varaṁ yanmanasecchatha . taṁ vr̥ṇudhvaṁ prayacchāmi jagatāmupakārakam . 37 .
‘O hosts of devas, I am the giver of boons. Choose the boon your hearts wish for, one that will do good to the world, and I shall grant it.’
devā ūcuḥ . 38 .
The devas said:
sarvābādhāpraśamanaṁ trailokyasyākhileśvari . evameva tvayā kāryamasmadvairivināśanam . 39 .
‘O Queen of all, quell every affliction of the three worlds, and destroy our enemies, just as You have now.’
devyuvāca . 40 .
The Devi said:
vaivasvate'ntare prāpte aṣṭāviṁśatime yuge . śumbho niśumbhaścaivānyāvutpatsyete mahāsurau . 41 .
‘When the age of Vaivasvata Manu has come, in its twenty-eighth yuga, two other great asuras, Shumbha and Nishumbha, will be born.’
nandagopagr̥he jātā yaśodāgarbhasambhavā . tatastau nāśayiṣyāmi vindhyācalanivāsinī . 42 .
‘Then, born in the home of Nanda the cowherd, from the womb of Yashoda, and dwelling on the Vindhya mountains, I shall destroy them both.’
punarapyatiraudreṇa rūpeṇa pr̥thivītale . avatīrya haniṣyāmi vaipracittāṁstu dānavān . 43 .
‘And again, coming down to earth in a most terrible form, I shall slay the danavas descended from Viprachitti.’
bhakṣayantyāśca tānugrān vaipracittān mahāsurān . raktā dantā bhaviṣyanti dāḍimīkusumopamāḥ . 44 .
‘As I devour those fierce great asuras of Viprachitti's line, My teeth will turn red like pomegranate flowers.’
tato māṁ devatāḥ svarge martyaloke ca mānavāḥ . stuvanto vyāhariṣyanti satataṁ raktadantikām . 45 .
‘Then the devas in heaven and people in the world of mortals, praising Me, will always call Me Raktadantika, the red-toothed One.’
bhūyaśca śatavārṣikyāmanāvr̥ṣṭyāmanambhasi . munibhiḥ saṁstutā bhūmau sambhaviṣyāmyayonijā . 46 .
‘And again, when rain has failed for a hundred years and the earth is without water, I shall appear on earth, praised by the munis, born of no womb.’
tataḥ śatena netrāṇāṁ nirīkṣiṣyāmi yanmunīn . kīrtayiṣyanti manujāḥ śatākṣīmiti māṁ tataḥ . 47 .
‘Since I shall look upon the munis with a hundred eyes, people will sing My praise by the name Shatakshi, the hundred-eyed.’
tato'hamakhilaṁ lokamātmadehasamudbhavaiḥ . bhariṣyāmi surāḥ śākairāvr̥ṣṭeḥ prāṇadhārakaiḥ . 48 .
‘Then, O devas, until the rains come, I shall sustain the whole world with life-giving plants that grow from My own body.’
śākambharīti vikhyātiṁ tadā yāsyāmyahaṁ bhuvi . tatraiva ca vadhiṣyāmi durgamākhyaṁ mahāsuram . 49 .
‘Then I shall be known on earth as Shakambhari; and in that very time I shall slay the great asura named Durgama.’
durgādevīti vikhyātaṁ tanme nāma bhaviṣyati . punaścāhaṁ yadā bhīmaṁ rūpaṁ kr̥tvā himācale . 50 .
‘Because of this, My name will be renowned as Durga Devi. And again, when I take a terrible form on the Himalaya…’
rakṣāṁsi bhakṣayiṣyāmi munīnāṁ trāṇakāraṇāt . tadā māṁ munayaḥ sarve stoṣyantyānamramūrtayaḥ . 51 .
‘…and devour the rakshasas to save the munis, then all the munis will praise Me, bowing low.’
bhīmādevīti vikhyātaṁ tanme nāma bhaviṣyati . yadāruṇākhyastrailokye mahābādhāṁ kariṣyati . 52 .
‘Then My name will be renowned as Bhima Devi. When the asura called Aruna brings great affliction on the three worlds…’
tadāhaṁ bhrāmaraṁ rūpaṁ kr̥tvāsaṅkhyeyaṣaṭpadam . trailokyasya hitārthāya vadhiṣyāmi mahāsuram . 53 .
‘…then, taking the form of a swarm of countless bees, I shall slay that great asura for the good of the three worlds.’
bhrāmarīti ca māṁ lokāstadā stoṣyanti sarvataḥ . itthaṁ yadā yadā bādhā dānavotthā bhaviṣyati . 54 .
‘Then people everywhere will praise Me as Bhramari. So, whenever trouble arises from the danavas…’
tadā tadāvatīryāhaṁ kariṣyāmyarisaṅkṣayam . 55 .
‘…then, each time, I shall come down and destroy the foes.’