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ध्यान गलद्रक्तमुण्डावलीकण्ठमाला महोघोररावा सुदंष्ट्रा कराला । विवस्त्रा श्मशानालया मुक्तकेशी महाकालकामाकुला कालिकेयम् ॥१॥
sanskrit
(Salutations to devi Kalika) from her neck is hanging a garland of (severed) heads from which blood is dripping down, she is making a very terrific sound revealing her large teeth, and her appearance is extremely dreadful to look at, she is without any clothes and residing in the cremation ground; her hair is let loose and free (as is her entire appearance), her entire being is manifesting the great yearning to merge with mahakala (to take the devotees beyond samsara); she is Kalika, the great dark goddess.
english translation
hindi translation
dhyAna galadraktamuNDAvalIkaNThamAlA mahoghorarAvA sudaMSTrA karAlA | vivastrA zmazAnAlayA muktakezI mahAkAlakAmAkulA kAlikeyam ||1||
hk transliteration
भुजेवामयुग्मे शिरोऽसिं दधाना वरं दक्षयुग्मेऽभयं वै तथैव । सुमध्याऽपि तुङ्गस्तना भारनम्रा लसद्रक्तसृक्कद्वया सुस्मितास्या ॥२॥
sanskrit
(Salutations to devi Kalika) with her left pair of hands, she is holding a head and a sword (symbols of death), … and in like manner with her right pair of hands, she is depicting the vara (boon-giving) and abhaya (fearlessness) mudras (gestures) (assurance of taking the devotees to the world beyond death), her well-built middle torso is slightly bent with the weight of her lofty breasts, her pair of lips are shining with redness (the colour of blood), at the corner of which is playing a beautiful smile (of death).
english translation
hindi translation
bhujevAmayugme ziro'siM dadhAnA varaM dakSayugme'bhayaM vai tathaiva | sumadhyA'pi tuGgastanA bhAranamrA lasadraktasRkkadvayA susmitAsyA ||2||
hk transliteration
शवद्वन्द्वकर्णावतंसा सुकेशी लसत्प्रेतपाणिं प्रयुक्तैककाञ्ची । शवाकारमञ्चाधिरूढा शिवाभिश्_ चतुर्दिक्षुशब्दायमानाऽभिरेजे ॥३॥
sanskrit
(Salutations to devi Kalika) her pair of ear rings are displaying the symbols of corpse (death) and she is having a beautiful long hair, her shining girdle in the waist is made up of the (severed) joined hands of the dead, she is mounted on the platform of corpses; .. and jackals … from all four directions are making howling sounds (of terror); … and in the midst of all these is reigning Kalika, the great dark goddess.
english translation
hindi translation
zavadvandvakarNAvataMsA sukezI lasatpretapANiM prayuktaikakAJcI | zavAkAramaJcAdhirUDhA zivAbhiz_ caturdikSuzabdAyamAnA'bhireje ||3||
hk transliteration
विरञ्च्यादिदेवास्त्रयस्ते गुणांस्त्रीन् समाराध्य कालीं प्रधाना बभूवुः । अनादिं सुरादिं मखादिं भवादिं स्वरूपं त्वदीयं न विन्दन्ति देवाः ॥४॥
sanskrit
The three gods like Brahma etc. have become dominant by taking shelter of your three qualities and by worshiping only Goddess Kali. Your form is without beginning, is foremost among the gods, is the main form of sacrifice and is the foundation of the world; Even the gods do not know this form of yours.
english translation
hindi translation
viraJcyAdidevAstrayaste guNAMstrIn samArAdhya kAlIM pradhAnA babhUvuH | anAdiM surAdiM makhAdiM bhavAdiM svarUpaM tvadIyaM na vindanti devAH ||4||
hk transliteration
जगन्मोहनीयं तु वाग्वादिनीयं सुहृत्पोषिणीशत्रुसंहारणीयम् । वचस्तम्भनीयं किमुच्चाटनीयं स्वरूपं त्वदीयं न विन्दन्ति देवाः ॥५॥
sanskrit
This form of yours enchants the entire universe, is praised by words, is the protector of friends, destroyer of enemies, pacifies speech and is the destroyer of all evil; even the gods do not know this form of yours.
english translation
hindi translation
jaganmohanIyaM tu vAgvAdinIyaM suhRtpoSiNIzatrusaMhAraNIyam | vacastambhanIyaM kimuccATanIyaM svarUpaM tvadIyaM na vindanti devAH ||5||
hk transliteration
Shri Kalika Ashtakam
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ध्यान गलद्रक्तमुण्डावलीकण्ठमाला महोघोररावा सुदंष्ट्रा कराला । विवस्त्रा श्मशानालया मुक्तकेशी महाकालकामाकुला कालिकेयम् ॥१॥
sanskrit
(Salutations to devi Kalika) from her neck is hanging a garland of (severed) heads from which blood is dripping down, she is making a very terrific sound revealing her large teeth, and her appearance is extremely dreadful to look at, she is without any clothes and residing in the cremation ground; her hair is let loose and free (as is her entire appearance), her entire being is manifesting the great yearning to merge with mahakala (to take the devotees beyond samsara); she is Kalika, the great dark goddess.
english translation
hindi translation
dhyAna galadraktamuNDAvalIkaNThamAlA mahoghorarAvA sudaMSTrA karAlA | vivastrA zmazAnAlayA muktakezI mahAkAlakAmAkulA kAlikeyam ||1||
hk transliteration
भुजेवामयुग्मे शिरोऽसिं दधाना वरं दक्षयुग्मेऽभयं वै तथैव । सुमध्याऽपि तुङ्गस्तना भारनम्रा लसद्रक्तसृक्कद्वया सुस्मितास्या ॥२॥
sanskrit
(Salutations to devi Kalika) with her left pair of hands, she is holding a head and a sword (symbols of death), … and in like manner with her right pair of hands, she is depicting the vara (boon-giving) and abhaya (fearlessness) mudras (gestures) (assurance of taking the devotees to the world beyond death), her well-built middle torso is slightly bent with the weight of her lofty breasts, her pair of lips are shining with redness (the colour of blood), at the corner of which is playing a beautiful smile (of death).
english translation
hindi translation
bhujevAmayugme ziro'siM dadhAnA varaM dakSayugme'bhayaM vai tathaiva | sumadhyA'pi tuGgastanA bhAranamrA lasadraktasRkkadvayA susmitAsyA ||2||
hk transliteration
शवद्वन्द्वकर्णावतंसा सुकेशी लसत्प्रेतपाणिं प्रयुक्तैककाञ्ची । शवाकारमञ्चाधिरूढा शिवाभिश्_ चतुर्दिक्षुशब्दायमानाऽभिरेजे ॥३॥
sanskrit
(Salutations to devi Kalika) her pair of ear rings are displaying the symbols of corpse (death) and she is having a beautiful long hair, her shining girdle in the waist is made up of the (severed) joined hands of the dead, she is mounted on the platform of corpses; .. and jackals … from all four directions are making howling sounds (of terror); … and in the midst of all these is reigning Kalika, the great dark goddess.
english translation
hindi translation
zavadvandvakarNAvataMsA sukezI lasatpretapANiM prayuktaikakAJcI | zavAkAramaJcAdhirUDhA zivAbhiz_ caturdikSuzabdAyamAnA'bhireje ||3||
hk transliteration
विरञ्च्यादिदेवास्त्रयस्ते गुणांस्त्रीन् समाराध्य कालीं प्रधाना बभूवुः । अनादिं सुरादिं मखादिं भवादिं स्वरूपं त्वदीयं न विन्दन्ति देवाः ॥४॥
sanskrit
The three gods like Brahma etc. have become dominant by taking shelter of your three qualities and by worshiping only Goddess Kali. Your form is without beginning, is foremost among the gods, is the main form of sacrifice and is the foundation of the world; Even the gods do not know this form of yours.
english translation
hindi translation
viraJcyAdidevAstrayaste guNAMstrIn samArAdhya kAlIM pradhAnA babhUvuH | anAdiM surAdiM makhAdiM bhavAdiM svarUpaM tvadIyaM na vindanti devAH ||4||
hk transliteration
जगन्मोहनीयं तु वाग्वादिनीयं सुहृत्पोषिणीशत्रुसंहारणीयम् । वचस्तम्भनीयं किमुच्चाटनीयं स्वरूपं त्वदीयं न विन्दन्ति देवाः ॥५॥
sanskrit
This form of yours enchants the entire universe, is praised by words, is the protector of friends, destroyer of enemies, pacifies speech and is the destroyer of all evil; even the gods do not know this form of yours.
english translation
hindi translation
jaganmohanIyaM tu vAgvAdinIyaM suhRtpoSiNIzatrusaMhAraNIyam | vacastambhanIyaM kimuccATanIyaM svarUpaM tvadIyaM na vindanti devAH ||5||
hk transliteration