shiv uvaach.
Shiv ji said:
shrinu devi pravakshyaami kunjikaastotramuttamam.
Listen, Devi: I shall tell You the Kunjika Stotram, the highest,
yen mantraprabhaaven chandeejaapah shubho bhavet.
by the power of whose mantra the reading of the Chandi bears its good fruit.
n kavachan naargalaastotran keelakan n rahasyakam.
No Kavach, no Argala Stotram, no Kilaka, no Rahasya,
n sooktan naapi dhyaanan ch n nyaaso n ch vaarchanam.
no Suktam, no dhyana, no nyasa and no archana is needed:
kunjikaapaathamaatren durgaapaathaphalan labhet.
by the reading of the Kunjika alone, the fruit of the whole Durga path is gained.
ati guhyataran devi devaanaamapi durlabham.
It is most secret, Devi, and hard even for the gods to come by.
gopaneeyan prayatnen svayoniriv paarvati.
Guard it with care, Parvati, as closely as Your own body.
maaranan mohanan vashyan stambhanochchaatanaadikam.
Marana, mohana, vashya, stambhana, uchchatana — the rites the tantras name —
paathamaatren sansiddhyet kunjikaastotramuttamam.
all are accomplished by the mere reading of this highest Kunjika Stotram.
ath mantrah.
Now the mantra.
om ain hreen kleen chaamundaayai vichche.
Om aim hreem kleem chamundayai vichche — the Navarna mantra, to Chamunda.
om glaun hun kleen joon sah jvaalay jvaalay jval jval prajval prajval
Om glaum hum kleem joom sah — kindle, kindle; blaze, blaze; blaze forth, blaze forth —
ain hreen kleen chaamundaayai vichche jval han san lan kshan phat svaahaa.
aim hreem kleem chamundayai vichche; blaze — ham sam lam ksham phat svaha.
iti mantrah.
Here the mantra ends.
namaste rudraroopinyai namaste madhumardini.
I bow to You who take Rudra's form; I bow to You who crushed Madhu;
namah kaitabhahaarinyai namaste mahishaardini.
I bow to Her who ended Kaitabha; I bow to You who crushed Mahisha.
namaste shumbhahantryai ch nishumbhaasuraghaatini.
I bow to You who killed Shumbha, and struck down the asura Nishumbha.
jaagratan hi mahaadevi japan siddhan kurushv me.
Great Devi, awaken my japa and make it bear fruit.
ainkaaree srishtiroopaayai hreenkaaree pratipaalikaa.
As aim You are creation itself; as hreem You are She who sustains;
kleenkaaree kaamaroopinyai beejaroope namo'stu te.
as kleem You take whatever form You will — You who are the seed syllables, I bow to You.
chaamundaa chandaghaatee ch yaikaaree varadaayinee.
Chamunda, slayer of Chanda; as the syllable yai, the giver of boons;
vichche chaabhayadaa nityan namaste mantraroopini.
as vichche, ever the giver of fearlessness — I bow to You whose form is the mantra.
dhaan dheen dhoon dhoorjateh patnee vaan veen voon vaagadheeshvaree.
Dhaam dheem dhoom — wife of Dhurjati, Shiv ji; vaam veem voom — queen of speech;
kraan kreen kroon kaalikaa devi shaan sheen shoon me shubhan kuru.
kraam kreem kroom — Kalika Devi; shaam sheem shoom — bring me what is good.
hun hun hunkaararoopinyai jan jan jan jambhanaadinee.
hum hum — You whose form is the syllable hum; jam jam jam — Jambhanadini;
bhraan bhreen bhroon bhairavee bhadre bhavaanyai te namo namah.
bhraam bhreem bhroom — Bhairavi, the kind one; to You, Bhavani, I bow again and again.
an kan chan tan tan pan yan shan veen dun ain veen han kshan.
The seed syllables: am kam cham tam tam pam yam sham, veem dum aim veem ham ksham —
dhijaagran dhijaagran trotay trotay deeptan kuru kuru svaahaa.
dhijagram dhijagram — break through, break through; make it shine, make it shine, svaha.
paan peen poon paarvatee poornaa khaan kheen khoon khecharee tathaa.
paam peem poom — Parvati, the whole; khaam kheem khoom — Khechari, who moves through the sky;
saan seen soon saptashatee devyaa mantrasiddhin kurushv me.
saam seem soom — make the Devi's Saptashati bear fruit for me as a mantra.
idan tu kunjikaastotran mantrajaagartihetave.
This Kunjika Stotram is for waking the mantra.
abhakte naiv daatavyan gopitan raksh paarvati.
It is not to be given to one without devotion; keep it guarded, Parvati.
yastu kunjikayaa devi heenaan saptashateen pathet.
Devi, whoever reads the Saptashati without the Kunjika
n tasy jaayate siddhiraranye rodanan yathaa.
gains nothing by it: it is like weeping in the forest.