Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 83

NarP 1 83.1

श्रीशौनक उवाच साधु सूत महाभागः जगदुद्धारकारकम् । महातन्त्रविधानं नः कुमारोक्तं त्वयोदितम्

śrīśaunaka uvāca sādhu sūta mahābhāgaḥ jagaduddhārakārakam / mahātantravidhānaṃ naḥ kumāroktaṃ tvayoditam

Śrī Śaunaka said: Well done, Sūta, greatly fortunate one! You have declared to us the ordinance of the great Tantra, spoken by Kumāra, which brings deliverance to the world.

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NarP 1 83.2

अलभ्यमेतत्तन्त्रेषु पुराणेष्वपि मानद । यदिहोदितमस्मभ्यं त्वयातिकरुणात्मना

alabhyametattantreṣu purāṇeṣvapi mānada / yadihoditamasmabhyaṃ tvayātikaruṇātmanā

This is not to be obtained in the Tantras nor even in the Purāṇas, O giver of honour—what has here been declared to us by you, whose nature is exceedingly compassionate.

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NarP 1 83.3

नारदो भगवान्सूत लोकोद्धरणतत्परः । भूयः पप्रच्छ किं साधो कुमारं विदुषां वरम्

nārado bhagavānsūta lokoddharaṇatatparaḥ / bhūyaḥ papraccha kiṃ sādho kumāraṃ viduṣāṃ varam

O Sūta, what did the blessed Nārada, intent on the deliverance of the world, ask further, O good one, of Kumāra, the best of the learned?

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NarP 1 83.4

सूत उवाच श्रुत्वा स नारदो विप्राः युग्मनामसहस्रकम् । सनत्कुमारमप्याह प्रणम्य ज्ञानिनां वरम्

sūta uvāca śrutvā sa nārado viprāḥ yugmanāmasahasrakam / sanatkumāramapyāha praṇamya jñānināṃ varam

Sūta said: Having heard the thousand names of the Pair, O brahmins, that Nārada, bowing to Sanatkumāra, best of the wise, spoke to him.

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NarP 1 83.5

नारद उवाच ब्रह्मंस्त्वया समाख्याता विधयस्तन्त्रचोदिताः । तत्रापि कृष्णमन्त्राणां वैभवं ह्युदितं महत्

nārada uvāca brahmaṃstvayā samākhyātā vidhayastantracoditāḥ / tatrāpi kṛṣṇamantrāṇāṃ vaibhavaṃ hyuditaṃ mahat

Nārada said: O Brahman, you have declared the rules enjoined by the Tantras; and there too the great glory of the mantras of Kṛṣṇa has been told.

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NarP 1 83.6

या तत्र राधिकादेवी सर्वाद्या समुदाहृता । तस्या अंशावताराणां चरितं मन्त्रपूर्वकम्

yā tatra rādhikādevī sarvādyā samudāhṛtā / tasyā aṃśāvatārāṇāṃ caritaṃ mantrapūrvakam

She who there is proclaimed as the goddess Rādhikā, the first of all — the deeds of her partial incarnations, together with their mantras,

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NarP 1 83.7

तन्त्रोक्तं वद सर्वज्ञ त्वामहं शरणं गतः । शक्तेस्तन्त्राण्यनेकानि शिवोक्तानि मुनीश्वर

tantroktaṃ vada sarvajña tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / śaktestantrāṇyanekāni śivoktāni munīśvara

tell (me) as it is stated in the Tantra, O all-knowing one; I have come to you for refuge. The Tantras of the Śakti are many, spoken by Śiva, O lord of sages;

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NarP 1 83.8

यानि तत्सारमुद्धृत्य साकल्येनाभिधेहि नः । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य नारदस्य महात्मनः

yāni tatsāramuddhṛtya sākalyenābhidhehi naḥ / tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ

having extracted their essence, declare it to us in full. Hearing that speech of his, of the great-souled Nārada,

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NarP 1 83.9

सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच स्मृत्वा राधापदांबुजम् । सनत्कुमार उवाच शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि राधांशानां समुद्भवम्

sanatkumāraḥ provāca smṛtvā rādhāpadāṃbujam / sanatkumāra uvāca śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi rādhāṃśānāṃ samudbhavam

Sanatkumāra spoke, recalling the lotus-feet of Rādhā. Sanatkumāra said: Listen, Nārada, I shall tell of the arising of the portions of Rādhā,

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NarP 1 83.10

शक्तीनां परमाश्चर्यं मन्त्रसाधनपूर्वकम् । या तु राधा मया प्रोक्ता कृष्णार्द्धाङ्गसमुद्भवा

śaktīnāṃ paramāścaryaṃ mantrasādhanapūrvakam / yā tu rādhā mayā proktā kṛṣṇārddhāṅgasamudbhavā

the supreme marvel of the Śaktis, together with (their) mantras and (their) practice. Now the Rādhā who was spoken of by me, arisen from the half of Kṛṣṇa's body —

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NarP 1 83.11

गोलोकवासिनी सा तु नित्या कृष्णसहायिनी । तेजोमण्डलमध्यस्था दृश्यदृश्यस्वरूपिणी

golokavāsinī sā tu nityā kṛṣṇasahāyinī / tejomaṇḍalamadhyasthā dṛśyadṛśyasvarūpiṇī

she dwells in Goloka, eternal, the companion of Kṛṣṇa, standing in the midst of a circle of light, whose form is (both) visible and invisible.

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NarP 1 83.12

कदाचित्तु तया सार्द्धं स्थितस्य मुनिसत्तम । कृष्णस्य वामभागात्तु जातो नारायणः स्वयम्

kadācittu tayā sārddhaṃ sthitasya munisattama / kṛṣṇasya vāmabhāgāttu jāto nārāyaṇaḥ svayam

But once, O best of sages, while (Kṛṣṇa) was staying together with her, from the left side of Kṛṣṇa Nārāyaṇa himself was born,

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NarP 1 83.13

राधिकायाश्च वामाङ्गान्महालक्ष्मीर्बभूव ह । ततः कृष्णो महालक्ष्मीं दत्त्वा नारायणाय च

rādhikāyāśca vāmāṅgānmahālakṣmīrbabhūva ha / tataḥ kṛṣṇo mahālakṣmīṃ dattvā nārāyaṇāya ca

and from the left limb of Rādhikā Mahālakṣmī came to be. Then Kṛṣṇa, having given Mahālakṣmī to Nārāyaṇa,

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NarP 1 83.14

वैकुण्ठे स्थापयामास शश्वत्पालनकर्मणि । अथ गोलोकनाथस्य गोम्नां विवरतो मुने

vaikuṇṭhe sthāpayāmāsa śaśvatpālanakarmaṇi / atha golokanāthasya gomnāṃ vivarato mune

established (them) in Vaikuṇṭha for the perpetual work of protection. Then, O sage, from the pores of the skin of the lord of Goloka

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NarP 1 83.15

जातुश्चासंख्यगोपालास्तेजसा वयसा समाः । प्राणतुल्यप्रियाः सर्वे बभूवुः पार्षदा विभोः

jātuścāsaṃkhyagopālāstejasā vayasā samāḥ / prāṇatulyapriyāḥ sarve babhūvuḥ pārṣadā vibhoḥ

there arose countless cowherds, equal in radiance and in age; all of them, dear as (his own) life, became attendants of the Lord.

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NarP 1 83.16

राधाङ्गलोमकूपेभ्ये बभूवुर्गोपकन्यकाः । राधातुल्याः सर्वतश्च राधादास्यः प्रियंवदाः

rādhāṅgalomakūpebhye babhūvurgopakanyakāḥ / rādhātulyāḥ sarvataśca rādhādāsyaḥ priyaṃvadāḥ

From the pores of Rādhā's body cowherd maidens came to be, equal to Rādhā in every way, sweet-speaking handmaids of Rādhā.

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NarP 1 83.17

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्र सहसा कृष्णदेहतः । आविर्बभूव सा दुर्गा विष्णुमाया सनातनी

etasminnantare vipra sahasā kṛṣṇadehataḥ / āvirbabhūva sā durgā viṣṇumāyā sanātanī

In the meantime, O brāhmaṇa, suddenly from Kṛṣṇa's body there appeared that Durgā, the eternal Viṣṇumāyā,

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NarP 1 83.18

देवीनां बीजरूपां च मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी । परिपूर्णतमा तेजः स्वरूपा त्रिगुणात्मिका

devīnāṃ bījarūpāṃ ca mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī / paripūrṇatamā tejaḥ svarūpā triguṇātmikā

the seed-form of the goddesses, the root nature, the sovereign lady, utterly complete, whose form is radiance, consisting of the three qualities,

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NarP 1 83.19

सहस्रभुजसंयुक्ता नानाशस्त्रा त्रिलोचना । या तु संसारवृक्षस्य बीजरूपा सनातनी

sahasrabhujasaṃyuktā nānāśastrā trilocanā / yā tu saṃsāravṛkṣasya bījarūpā sanātanī

endowed with a thousand arms, bearing various weapons, three-eyed — she who is the eternal seed-form of the tree of transmigration.

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NarP 1 83.20

रत्नसिंहासनं तस्यै प्रददौ राधिकेश्वरः । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र सस्त्रीकस्तु चतुर्मुखः

ratnasiṃhāsanaṃ tasyai pradadau rādhikeśvaraḥ / etasminnantare tatra sastrīkastu caturmukhaḥ

To her the lord of Rādhikā gave a jewelled lion-throne. In the meantime, there the four-faced one, along with his wife,

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NarP 1 83.21

ज्ञानिनां प्रवरः श्रीमान् पुमानोङ्कारमुच्चरन् । कमण्डलुधरो जातस्तपस्वी नाभितो हरेः

jñānināṃ pravaraḥ śrīmān pumānoṅkāramuccaran / kamaṇḍaludharo jātastapasvī nābhito hareḥ

the foremost of the knowers, glorious, a man uttering Oṃ, bearing a water-pot, an ascetic, was born from the navel of Hari.

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NarP 1 83.22

स तु संस्तूय सर्वेशं सावित्र्या भार्यया सह । निषसादासने रम्ये विभोस्तस्याज्ञया मुने

sa tu saṃstūya sarveśaṃ sāvitryā bhāryayā saha / niṣasādāsane ramye vibhostasyājñayā mune

He, having praised the Lord of all, together with his wife Sāvitrī, sat down on a delightful seat by the command of that Lord, O sage.

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NarP 1 83.23

अथ कृष्णो महाभाग द्विधारूपो बभूव ह । वामार्द्धाङ्गो महादेवो दक्षार्द्धो गोपिकापतिः

atha kṛṣṇo mahābhāga dvidhārūpo babhūva ha / vāmārddhāṅgo mahādevo dakṣārddho gopikāpatiḥ

Then, O greatly fortunate one, Kṛṣṇa became twofold in form: the left half of his body was Mahādeva, the right half the lord of the cowherd women.

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NarP 1 83.24

पञ्चवक्त्रस्त्रिनेत्रो ऽसौ वामार्द्धागो मुनीश्वः । स्तुत्वा कृष्णं समाज्ञप्तो निषसाद हरेः पुरः

pañcavaktrastrinetro 'sau vāmārddhāgo munīśvaḥ / stutvā kṛṣṇaṃ samājñapto niṣasāda hareḥ puraḥ

He, five-faced, three-eyed, (arisen from) the left half — the lord of sages — having praised Kṛṣṇa and being commanded, sat down before Hari.

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NarP 1 83.25

अथ कृष्णश्चतुर्वक्त्रं प्राह सृष्टिं कुरु प्रभो । सत्यलोके स्थितो नित्यङ्गच्छ मांस्मर सर्वदा

atha kṛṣṇaścaturvaktraṃ prāha sṛṣṭiṃ kuru prabho / satyaloke sthito nityaṅgaccha māṃsmara sarvadā

Then Kṛṣṇa said to the four-faced one: "Carry out creation, O lord; dwelling ever in Satyaloka, go, and remember me always."

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NarP 1 83.26

एवमुक्तस्तु हरिणा प्रणम्य जगदीश्वरम् । जगाम भार्यया साकं स तु सृष्टिं करोति वै

evamuktastu hariṇā praṇamya jagadīśvaram / jagāma bhāryayā sākaṃ sa tu sṛṣṭiṃ karoti vai

Thus addressed by Hari, he bowed to the lord of the world and went off together with his wife, and he indeed performs the creation—

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NarP 1 83.27

पितास्माकं मुनिश्रेष्ठ मानसीं कल्पदैहिकीम् । ततः पश्चात्पञ्चवक्त्रं कृष्णं प्राह महामते

pitāsmākaṃ muniśreṣṭha mānasīṃ kalpadaihikīm / tataḥ paścātpañcavaktraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ prāha mahāmate

—our father, O best of sages, (creation) both mental and bodily for the aeon. Then afterwards, O greatly wise one, (Kṛṣṇa) spoke to the five-faced one:

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NarP 1 83.28

दुर्गां गृहाण विश्वेश शिवलोके तपश्वर । यावत्सृष्टिस्तदन्ते तु लोकान्संहर सर्वतः

durgāṃ gṛhāṇa viśveśa śivaloke tapaśvara / yāvatsṛṣṭistadante tu lokānsaṃhara sarvataḥ

"Take Durgā, O lord of the universe, O master of tapas, in Śivaloka, for as long as the creation lasts; and at its end withdraw the worlds entirely."

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NarP 1 83.29

सो ऽपि कृष्णं नमस्तृत्य शिवलोकं जगाम ह । ततः कालान्तरे ब्रह्मन्कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः

so 'pi kṛṣṇaṃ namastṛtya śivalokaṃ jagāma ha / tataḥ kālāntare brahmankṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ

He too, having bowed to Kṛṣṇa, went to Śivaloka. Then after a time, O Brahman, from the mouth of Kṛṣṇa, the supreme Self,

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NarP 1 83.30

वक्त्रात्सरस्वती जाता बीणापुस्तकधारिणी । तामादिदेश भघगवान् वैकुण्ठं गच्छ मानदे

vaktrātsarasvatī jātā bīṇāpustakadhāriṇī / tāmādideśa bhaghagavān vaikuṇṭhaṃ gaccha mānade

Sarasvatī was born, bearing a vīṇā and a book. The Blessed One instructed her: "Go to Vaikuṇṭha, O bestower of honour;

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NarP 1 83.31

लक्ष्मीसमीपे तिष्ठ त्वं चतुर्भुजसमाश्रया । सापि कृष्णं नमस्कृत्य गता नारायणान्तिकम्

lakṣmīsamīpe tiṣṭha tvaṃ caturbhujasamāśrayā / sāpi kṛṣṇaṃ namaskṛtya gatā nārāyaṇāntikam

stay near Lakṣmī, taking refuge with the four-armed one." She too, having bowed to Kṛṣṇa, went into the presence of Nārāyaṇa.

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NarP 1 83.32

एवं पञ्चविधा जाता सा राधा सृष्टिकारणम् । आसां पूर्णस्वरूपाणां मन्त्रध्यानार्चनादिकम्

evaṃ pañcavidhā jātā sā rādhā sṛṣṭikāraṇam / āsāṃ pūrṇasvarūpāṇāṃ mantradhyānārcanādikam

Thus she, Rādhā, the cause of creation, came to be fivefold. Of these, who are of complete form, the mantra, meditation, worship and the rest

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NarP 1 83.33

वदामि शृणु विप्रेद्रं लोकानां सिद्धिदायकम् । तारः क्रियायुक् प्रतिश्ठा प्रीत्याढ्या च ततः परम्

vadāmi śṛṇu vipredraṃ lokānāṃ siddhidāyakam / tāraḥ kriyāyuk pratiśṭhā prītyāḍhyā ca tataḥ param

I shall declare—listen, O best of brahmins—which grants success to the worlds: tāra (oṃ) joined with kriyā, then pratiṣṭhā enriched with prīti, and after that

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NarP 1 83.34

ज्ञानामृता क्षुधायुक्ता वह्निजायान्तकतो मनुः । सुतपास्तु ऋषिश्छन्दो गायत्री देवता मनोः

jñānāmṛtā kṣudhāyuktā vahnijāyāntakato manuḥ / sutapāstu ṛṣiśchando gāyatrī devatā manoḥ

jñāna, amṛtā, joined with kṣudhā, and the mantra ends with vahnijāyā (svāhā). Sutapas is the seer of the mantra, the metre is gāyatrī, and the deity

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NarP 1 83.35

राधिका प्रणवो बीजं स्वाहा शक्तिरुदाहृता । षडक्षरैः षडङ्गानि कुर्याद्विन्दुविभूषितैः

rādhikā praṇavo bījaṃ svāhā śaktirudāhṛtā / ṣaḍakṣaraiḥ ṣaḍaṅgāni kuryādvinduvibhūṣitaiḥ

is Rādhikā; the praṇava (oṃ) is the seed, and svāhā is declared to be the power. With the six syllables adorned with the anusvāra one should perform the six limb-rites.

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NarP 1 83.36

ततो ध्यायन्स्वहृदये राधिकां कृष्णभामिनीम् । श्वेतचंपकवर्णाभां कोटिचन्द्रसमप्रभाम्

tato dhyāyansvahṛdaye rādhikāṃ kṛṣṇabhāminīm / śvetacaṃpakavarṇābhāṃ koṭicandrasamaprabhām

Then, meditating in one's own heart on Rādhikā, the beloved of Kṛṣṇa, of the colour of the white campaka, radiant like ten million moons,

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NarP 1 83.37

शरत्पार्वणचन्द्रास्यां नीलेन्दीवरलोचनाम् । सुश्रोणीं सुनितंबां च पक्वबिंबाधरांबराम्

śaratpārvaṇacandrāsyāṃ nīlendīvaralocanām / suśroṇīṃ sunitaṃbāṃ ca pakvabiṃbādharāṃbarām

with a face like the full moon of autumn, eyes like blue lotuses, fair-hipped and fair-buttocked, her lips (red) like a ripe bimba fruit, (so too) her garment,

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NarP 1 83.38

मुक्ताकुन्दाभदशनां वह्निशुद्धांशुकान्विताम् । रत्नकेयूरवलयहारकुण्डलशोभिताम्

muktākundābhadaśanāṃ vahniśuddhāṃśukānvitām / ratnakeyūravalayahārakuṇḍalaśobhitām

her teeth gleaming like pearls and kunda blossoms, clad in fire-purified cloth, resplendent with jewelled armlets, bracelets, necklaces and earrings,

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NarP 1 83.39

गोपीभिः सुप्रियाभिश्च सेवितां श्वेतचामरैः । रासमण्डलमध्यस्थां रत्नसिंहासनस्थिताम्

gopībhiḥ supriyābhiśca sevitāṃ śvetacāmaraiḥ / rāsamaṇḍalamadhyasthāṃ ratnasiṃhāsanasthitām

served with white yak-tail fans by the gopīs, her dear ones, standing in the middle of the rāsa circle, seated on a jewelled lion-throne—

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NarP 1 83.40

ध्यात्वा पुष्पाञ्जलिं क्षिप्त्वा पूजयेदुपचारकैः । लक्षषट्कं जपेन्मन्त्रं तद्दशांशं हुनेत्तिलैः

dhyātvā puṣpāñjaliṃ kṣiptvā pūjayedupacārakaiḥ / lakṣaṣaṭkaṃ japenmantraṃ taddaśāṃśaṃ hunettilaiḥ

having so meditated and cast a handful of flowers, one should worship (her) with the offerings; one should recite the mantra six hundred thousand times and make oblation of a tenth of that with sesame seeds

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NarP 1 83.41

आज्याक्तैर्मातृकापीठे पूजा चावरणैः सह । षट्कोणेषु षडङ्गानि तद्बाह्ये ऽष्टदले यजेत्

ājyāktairmātṛkāpīṭhe pūjā cāvaraṇaiḥ saha / ṣaṭkoṇeṣu ṣaḍaṅgāni tadbāhye 'ṣṭadale yajet

smeared with ghee. The worship, together with the enclosures, is on the mātṛkā seat: in the six angles the six limbs, and outside that, on the eight-petalled (lotus), one should worship

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NarP 1 83.42

मालावतीं माधवीं च रत्नमालां सुशीलिकाम् । ततः शशिकलां पारिजातां पद्मावतीं तथा

mālāvatīṃ mādhavīṃ ca ratnamālāṃ suśīlikām / tataḥ śaśikalāṃ pārijātāṃ padmāvatīṃ tathā

Mālāvatī, Mādhavī, Ratnamālā, Suśīlikā, then Śaśikalā, Pārijātā, Padmāvatī, and likewise

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NarP 1 83.43

सुंदरीं च क्रमात्प्राच्यां दिग्विदिक्षु ततो बहिः । इन्द्राद्यान्सायुधानिष्ट्वा विनियोगांस्तु साधयेत्

suṃdarīṃ ca kramātprācyāṃ digvidikṣu tato bahiḥ / indrādyānsāyudhāniṣṭvā viniyogāṃstu sādhayet

Sundarī, in order beginning from the east, in the cardinal and intermediate directions; then outside, having worshipped Indra and the rest with their weapons, one should accomplish the (ritual) applications.

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NarP 1 83.44

राधा कृष्णप्रिया रासेश्वरी गोपीगणाधिपा । निर्गुणा कृष्णपूज्या च मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी

rādhā kṛṣṇapriyā rāseśvarī gopīgaṇādhipā / nirguṇā kṛṣṇapūjyā ca mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī

"Rādhā, beloved of Kṛṣṇa, mistress of the rāsa, chief of the host of gopīs, free of the guṇas, worshipped by Kṛṣṇa, the root nature, the sovereign lady—

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NarP 1 83.45

सर्वेश्वरी सर्वपूज्या वैराजजननी तथा । पूर्वाद्याशासु रक्षन्तु पान्तु मां सर्वतः सदा

sarveśvarī sarvapūjyā vairājajananī tathā / pūrvādyāśāsu rakṣantu pāntu māṃ sarvataḥ sadā

(She is) sovereign of all, worshipped by all, and the mother of Vairāja — in the east and the other quarters may they protect (me), may they guard me on all sides always.

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NarP 1 83.46

त्वं देवि जगतां माता विष्णुमाया सनातनी । कृष्णमायादिदेवी च कृष्णप्राणाधिके शुभे

tvaṃ devi jagatāṃ mātā viṣṇumāyā sanātanī / kṛṣṇamāyādidevī ca kṛṣṇaprāṇādhike śubhe

You, O goddess, are the mother of the worlds, the eternal Viṣṇumāyā, and the primal goddess who is Kṛṣṇa's māyā, O auspicious one dearer (to Kṛṣṇa) than his own life-breath.

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NarP 1 83.47

कष्णभक्तिप्रदे राधे नमस्ते मङ्गलप्रदे । इति सम्प्रार्थ्य सर्वेशीं स्तुत्वा हृदि विसर्जयेत्

kaṣṇabhaktiprade rādhe namaste maṅgalaprade / iti samprārthya sarveśīṃ stutvā hṛdi visarjayet

O Rādhā, giver of devotion to Kṛṣṇa, homage to you, giver of well-being! Having thus petitioned and praised the mistress of all, he should dismiss (her) into his heart.

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NarP 1 83.48

एवं यो भजते राधां सर्वाद्यां सर्वमङ्गलाम् । भुक्त्वेह भोगानखिलान्सो ऽन्ते गोलोकमाप्नुयात्

evaṃ yo bhajate rādhāṃ sarvādyāṃ sarvamaṅgalām / bhuktveha bhogānakhilānso 'nte golokamāpnuyāt

He who thus worships Rādhā, the first of all and all-auspicious, having enjoyed all enjoyments here, at the end attains Goloka.

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NarP 1 83.49

अथ तुभ्यं महालक्ष्म्या विधानं वच्मि नारद । यदाराधनतो भूयात्साधको भुक्तिमुक्तिमान्

atha tubhyaṃ mahālakṣmyā vidhānaṃ vacmi nārada / yadārādhanato bhūyātsādhako bhuktimuktimān

Now I shall tell you, Nārada, the rite of Mahālakṣmī, by whose worship the practitioner becomes possessed of enjoyment and liberation.

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NarP 1 83.50

लक्ष्मीमायाकामवाणीपूर्वा कमलवासिनी । ङेंता वह्निप्रियान्तो ऽयं मन्त्रकल्पद्रुमः परः

lakṣmīmāyākāmavāṇīpūrvā kamalavāsinī / ṅeṃtā vahnipriyānto 'yaṃ mantrakalpadrumaḥ paraḥ

Preceded by lakṣmī (śrīṃ), māyā (hrīṃ), kāma (klīṃ) and vāṇī (aiṃ), (then) "kamalavāsinī" with the dative ending (-ṅe, i.e. -yai), and ending with the beloved of fire (svāhā) — this is the supreme wish-granting tree among mantras.

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NarP 1 83.51

ऋषिर्नारायणश्चास्य छन्दो हि जगती तथा । देवता तु महालक्ष्मीर्द्विद्विवर्णैः षडङ्गकम्

ṛṣirnārāyaṇaścāsya chando hi jagatī tathā / devatā tu mahālakṣmīrdvidvivarṇaiḥ ṣaḍaṅgakam

Its seer is Nārāyaṇa, and its metre jagatī; the deity, however, is Mahālakṣmī; the six limbs (are formed) with two syllables each.

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NarP 1 83.52

श्वेतचंपकवर्णाभां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् । ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां भक्तानुग्रहकातराम्

śvetacaṃpakavarṇābhāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām / īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ bhaktānugrahakātarām

(One should meditate on her as) having the hue of the white campaka, adorned with jewel ornaments, her face gracious with a slight smile, eager to show favour to devotees,

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NarP 1 83.53

बिभ्रतीं रत्नमालां च कोटिचन्द्रसमप्रभाम् । ध्यात्वा जपेदर्कलक्षं पायसेन दशांशतः

bibhratīṃ ratnamālāṃ ca koṭicandrasamaprabhām / dhyātvā japedarkalakṣaṃ pāyasena daśāṃśataḥ

wearing a garland of jewels, with radiance equal to ten million moons — having so meditated, one should recite (the mantra) twelve hundred thousand times, and (offer) a tenth of that with milk-rice.

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NarP 1 83.54

जुहुयादेधिते वह्नौ श्रीदृकाष्टैः समर्चयेत् । नवशक्तियुते पीठे ह्यङ्गै रावरणैः सह

juhuyādedhite vahnau śrīdṛkāṣṭaiḥ samarcayet / navaśaktiyute pīṭhe hyaṅgai rāvaraṇaiḥ saha

He should make the offering in the kindled fire; he should worship with the eight (verses) of the Śrī(-sūkta) on a pedestal furnished with the nine śaktis, together with the limbs and the enclosures.

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NarP 1 83.55

विभूतिरुन्नतिः कान्तिः सृष्टिः कीर्तिश्च सन्नतिः । व्याष्टिरुत्कृष्टिरृद्धिश्च संप्रोक्ता नव शक्तयः

vibhūtirunnatiḥ kāntiḥ sṛṣṭiḥ kīrtiśca sannatiḥ / vyāṣṭirutkṛṣṭirṛddhiśca saṃproktā nava śaktayaḥ

Vibhūti, Unnati, Kānti, Sṛṣṭi, Kīrti, Sannati, Vyāṣṭi, Utkṛṣṭi and Ṛddhi are declared to be the nine śaktis.

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NarP 1 83.56

अत्रावाह्य च मूलेन मूर्तिं संकल्प्य साधकः । षट् कोणेषु षडङ्गानि दक्षिणे तु गजाननम्

atrāvāhya ca mūlena mūrtiṃ saṃkalpya sādhakaḥ / ṣaṭ koṇeṣu ṣaḍaṅgāni dakṣiṇe tu gajānanam

Having invoked (her) here with the root mantra and mentally formed her image, the practitioner (should place) the six limbs in the six corners, and on the right the elephant-faced one (Gaṇeśa),

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NarP 1 83.57

वामे कुसुमधन्वानं वसुपत्रे ततो यजेत् । उमां श्रीं भारतीं दुर्गां धरणीं वेदमातरम्

vāme kusumadhanvānaṃ vasupatre tato yajet / umāṃ śrīṃ bhāratīṃ durgāṃ dharaṇīṃ vedamātaram

on the left the one whose bow is of flowers (Kāma); then on the eight petals he should worship Umā, Śrī, Bhāratī, Durgā, Dharaṇī, the mother of the Vedas,

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NarP 1 83.58

देवीमुषां च पूर्वादौ दिग्विदिक्षु क्रमेण हि । जह्नुसूर्यसुते पूज्ये पादप्रक्षालनोद्यते

devīmuṣāṃ ca pūrvādau digvidikṣu krameṇa hi / jahnusūryasute pūjye pādaprakṣālanodyate

and the goddess Uṣā, in order beginning from the east, in the quarters and the intermediate quarters; and the daughters of Jahnu and of the Sun (Gaṅgā and Yamunā) are to be worshipped, engaged in washing (her) feet.

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NarP 1 83.59

शङ्खपद्मनिधी पूज्यौ पार्श्वयोर्घृतचामरौ । धृतातपत्रं वरुणं पूजयेत्पश्चिमे ततः

śaṅkhapadmanidhī pūjyau pārśvayorghṛtacāmarau / dhṛtātapatraṃ varuṇaṃ pūjayetpaścime tataḥ

The conch and lotus treasures are to be worshipped at (her) two sides, holding fly-whisks; then in the west he should worship Varuṇa holding the parasol.

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NarP 1 83.60

संपूज्य राशीन्परितो यथास्थानं नवग्रहान् । चतुर्दन्तैरावतादीन् दिग्विदिक्षु ततोर्ऽचयेत्

saṃpūjya rāśīnparito yathāsthānaṃ navagrahān / caturdantairāvatādīn digvidikṣu tator'cayet

Having worshipped the zodiacal signs all around and the nine planets each in its place, he should then worship the four-tusked Airāvata and the rest in the quarters and intermediate quarters.

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NarP 1 83.61

तद्बहिर्लोकपालांश्च तदस्त्राणि च तद्बहिः । दूर्वाभिराज्यसिक्ताभिर्जुहुयादायुषे नरः

tadbahirlokapālāṃśca tadastrāṇi ca tadbahiḥ / dūrvābhirājyasiktābhirjuhuyādāyuṣe naraḥ

Outside that (he should worship) the guardians of the worlds, and outside that their weapons; with dūrvā grass soaked in clarified butter a man should make oblation for long life.

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NarP 1 83.62

गुडूचीमाज्यसंसिक्तां जुहुयात्सप्तवासरम् । अषअटोत्तरसहस्रं यः स जीवेच्छरदां शतम्

guḍūcīmājyasaṃsiktāṃ juhuyātsaptavāsaram / aṣaaṭottarasahasraṃ yaḥ sa jīveccharadāṃ śatam

He who offers guḍūcī soaked in clarified butter for seven days, one thousand and eight (times), lives a hundred autumns.

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NarP 1 83.63

हुत्वा तिलान्घृताभ्यक्तान्दीर्घमायुष्यमाप्नुयात् । आरभ्यार्कदिनं मन्त्री दशाहं घृतसंप्लुतः

hutvā tilānghṛtābhyaktāndīrghamāyuṣyamāpnuyāt / ārabhyārkadinaṃ mantrī daśāhaṃ ghṛtasaṃplutaḥ

Having offered sesame seeds smeared with ghee, he would obtain long life. Beginning on a Sunday, for ten days the mantra-adept, drenched in ghee,

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NarP 1 83.64

जुहुयादर्कसमिधः शरीरारोग्यसिद्धये । शालिभिर्जुह्वतो नित्यमष्टोत्तरसहस्रकम्

juhuyādarkasamidhaḥ śarīrārogyasiddhaye / śālibhirjuhvato nityamaṣṭottarasahasrakam

should offer arka sticks for the attainment of bodily health. For one who daily offers one thousand and eight (oblations) of rice grains,

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NarP 1 83.65

अचिरादेव महती लक्ष्मी संजायते ध्रुवम् । उषाजा जीनालिकेररजोभिर्गृतमिश्रितैः

acirādeva mahatī lakṣmī saṃjāyate dhruvam / uṣājā jīnālikerarajobhirgṛtamiśritaiḥ

Before long great wealth is surely produced. With coconut powder mixed with ghee...

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 83.66

हुनेदष्टोत्तरशतं पायसाशी तु नित्यशः । मण्डलाज्जायते सो ऽपि कुबेर इव मानवः

hunedaṣṭottaraśataṃ pāyasāśī tu nityaśaḥ / maṇḍalājjāyate so 'pi kubera iva mānavaḥ

He should offer one hundred and eight oblations, constantly eating milk-rice; within a maṇḍala (period) that man too becomes like Kubera.

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NarP 1 83.67

हविषा गुडमिश्रेण होमतो ह्यन्नवान्भवेत् । जपापुष्पाणि जुहुयादष्टोत्तरसहस्रकम्

haviṣā guḍamiśreṇa homato hyannavānbhavet / japāpuṣpāṇi juhuyādaṣṭottarasahasrakam

By oblation with clarified butter mixed with jaggery one becomes possessed of food; he should offer one thousand and eight japā (hibiscus) flowers.

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NarP 1 83.68

तांबूलरससंमिश्रं तद्भस्मतिलकं चरेत् । चतुर्णामपि वर्णानां मोहनाय द्विजोत्तमः

tāṃbūlarasasaṃmiśraṃ tadbhasmatilakaṃ caret / caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ mohanāya dvijottamaḥ

He should make a tilaka of that ash mixed with betel juice — the foremost of twice-born (does this) for the bewitching of all four classes.

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NarP 1 83.69

एवं यो भजते लक्ष्मीं साधकेन्द्रो मुनीश्वर । सम्पदस्तस्य जायन्ते महालक्ष्मीः प्रसीदति

evaṃ yo bhajate lakṣmīṃ sādhakendro munīśvara / sampadastasya jāyante mahālakṣmīḥ prasīdati

The chief of practitioners who thus worships Lakṣmī, O lord of sages — riches arise for him, and Mahālakṣmī is pleased.

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NarP 1 83.70

देहान्ते वैष्णवं धाम लभते नात्र संशयः । या तु दुर्गा द्विजश्रेष्ठ शिवलोकं गता सती

dehānte vaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ / yā tu durgā dvijaśreṣṭha śivalokaṃ gatā satī

At the end of the body he obtains the abode of Viṣṇu; there is no doubt here. But Durgā, best of the twice-born, who as Satī went to the world of Śiva —

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NarP 1 83.71

सा शिवाज्ञामनुप्राप्य दिव्यलोकं विनिर्ममे । देवीलोकेति विख्यातं सर्वलोकविलक्षणम्

sā śivājñāmanuprāpya divyalokaṃ vinirmame / devīloketi vikhyātaṃ sarvalokavilakṣaṇam

she, having obtained Śiva's permission, fashioned a divine world, renowned as Devīloka, distinct from all (other) worlds.

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NarP 1 83.72

तत्र स्थिता जगन्माता तपोनियममास्थिता । विविधान् स्वावतारान्हि त्रिकाले कुरुते ऽनिशम्

tatra sthitā jaganmātā taponiyamamāsthitā / vividhān svāvatārānhi trikāle kurute 'niśam

Dwelling there, the Mother of the world, established in austerity and religious restraint, ceaselessly makes her various incarnations at the three times.

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NarP 1 83.73

मायाधिका ह्लादिनीयुक् चन्द्राढ्या सर्गिणी पुनः । प्रतिष्ठा स्मृतिसंयुक्ता क्षुधया सहिता पुनः

māyādhikā hlādinīyuk candrāḍhyā sargiṇī punaḥ / pratiṣṭhā smṛtisaṃyuktā kṣudhayā sahitā punaḥ

Māyā (hrīṃ) with an extra (element), joined with the delighting one, furnished with the moon, then the creating one (?), pratiṣṭhā joined with memory, and again accompanied by hunger —

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NarP 1 83.74

ज्ञानामृता वह्निजायान्तस्ताराद्यो मनुर्मतः । ऋषिः स्याद्वामदेवो ऽस्य छन्दो गायत्रमीरितम्

jñānāmṛtā vahnijāyāntastārādyo manurmataḥ / ṛṣiḥ syādvāmadevo 'sya chando gāyatramīritam

(then) the nectar of knowledge, with the fire's wife (svāhā) at the end and the tāra (oṃ) at the beginning — such is the mantra held to be. Its seer is Vāmadeva, and the metre is declared to be gāyatrī.

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NarP 1 83.75

देवता जगतामादिर्दुर्गा दुर्गतिनाशिनी । ताराद्येकैकवर्णेन हृदयादित्रयं मतम्

devatā jagatāmādirdurgā durgatināśinī / tārādyekaikavarṇena hṛdayāditrayaṃ matam

The deity is Durgā, the origin of the worlds, destroyer of misfortune. With one syllable each beginning from the tāra (oṃ), the three (nyāsas) beginning with the heart are held (to be formed).

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NarP 1 83.76

त्रिभिर्वर्मेक्षण द्वाभ्यां सर्वैरस्त्रमुदीरितम् । महामरकतप्रख्यां सहस्रभुजमण्डिताम्

tribhirvarmekṣaṇa dvābhyāṃ sarvairastramudīritam / mahāmarakataprakhyāṃ sahasrabhujamaṇḍitām

With three (syllables) the armour, with two the eye(-nyāsa), with all of them the missile is declared. (One should meditate on her) resembling a great emerald, adorned with a thousand arms,

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NarP 1 83.79

नानाशस्त्राणि दधतीं त्रिनेत्रां शशिशेखराम् । कङ्कणाङ्गदहाराढ्यां क्वणन्नूपुरकान्विताम् ॥ नर्प्_१,८३।७७ ॥ किरीटकुण्डलधरां दुर्गां देवीं विचिन्तयेत् ॥ नर्प्_१,८३।७८ ॥ वसुलक्षं जपेन्मन्त्रं तिलैः समधुरैर्हुनेत । पय्ॐऽधसा वा सहस्रं नवपद्मात्मके यजेत्

nānāśastrāṇi dadhatīṃ trinetrāṃ śaśiśekharām / kaṅkaṇāṅgadahārāḍhyāṃ kvaṇannūpurakānvitām // narp_1,83.77 // kirīṭakuṇḍaladharāṃ durgāṃ devīṃ vicintayet // narp_1,83.78 // vasulakṣaṃ japenmantraṃ tilaiḥ samadhurairhuneta / payoṃ'dhasā vā sahasraṃ navapadmātmake yajet

bearing various weapons, three-eyed, moon-crested, resplendent with bracelets, armlets and necklaces, endowed with jingling anklets, [77] wearing a diadem and earrings — thus should one meditate on the goddess Durgā. [78] One should recite the mantra eight lakh times, and offer oblations with sesame mixed with honey (or sweets); or with milk and rice one should worship a thousand (times) on the nine-lotus (diagram).

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NarP 1 83.80

प्रभा माया जया सूक्ष्मा विशुद्धानं दिनी पुनः । सुप्रभा विजया सर्वसिद्धिदा पीठशक्तयः

prabhā māyā jayā sūkṣmā viśuddhānaṃ dinī punaḥ / suprabhā vijayā sarvasiddhidā pīṭhaśaktayaḥ

Prabhā, Māyā, Jayā, Sūkṣmā, Viśuddhā, Nandinī, Suprabhā, Vijayā, and Sarvasiddhidā are the powers of the seat.

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NarP 1 83.81

अद्भिर्ह्रस्वत्रयक्लीबरहितैः पूजये दिमाः । प्रणवो वज्रनखदंष्ट्रायुधाय महापदात्

adbhirhrasvatrayaklībarahitaiḥ pūjaye dimāḥ / praṇavo vajranakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāya mahāpadāt

One should worship these with waters, (using the mantra) with the three short (vowels) devoid of the neuter; the praṇava (oṃ), then 'vajranakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāya' after the great syllable (?),

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NarP 1 83.82

सिंहाय वर्मास्त्रं हृञ्च प्रोक्तः सिंहमनुर्मुने । दद्यादासनमेतेन मूर्तिं मूलेन कल्पयेत्

siṃhāya varmāstraṃ hṛñca proktaḥ siṃhamanurmune / dadyādāsanametena mūrtiṃ mūlena kalpayet

'siṃhāya', the armour(-syllable) and the missile(-syllable), and the heart(-syllable): thus is the lion-mantra declared, O sage. With this he should offer the seat, and with the root-mantra he should form the image.

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NarP 1 83.83

अङ्गावृर्त्तिं पुराभ्यार्च्य शक्तीः पत्रेषु पूजयेत् । जया च विजया कीर्तिः प्रीतिः पश्चात्प्रभा पुनः

aṅgāvṛrttiṃ purābhyārcya śaktīḥ patreṣu pūjayet / jayā ca vijayā kīrtiḥ prītiḥ paścātprabhā punaḥ

Having first worshipped the round of the limbs, he should worship the powers on the petals: Jayā, and Vijayā, Kīrti, Prīti, and after that Prabhā again,

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NarP 1 83.84

श्रद्धा मेधा श्रुतिश्चैवस्वनामाद्यक्षरादिकाः । पत्राग्रेष्वर्चयेदष्टावायुधानि यथाक्रमात्

śraddhā medhā śrutiścaivasvanāmādyakṣarādikāḥ / patrāgreṣvarcayedaṣṭāvāyudhāni yathākramāt

Śraddhā, Medhā, and Śruti — (worshipped) with the first syllables of their own names and so on. On the tips of the petals he should worship the eight weapons in order:

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NarP 1 83.85

शङ्खचक्रगदाखड्गपाशाङ्कुशशरान्धनुः । लोकेश्वरांस्ततो बाह्ये तेषामस्त्राण्यनन्तरम्

śaṅkhacakragadākhaḍgapāśāṅkuśaśarāndhanuḥ / lokeśvarāṃstato bāhye teṣāmastrāṇyanantaram

conch, discus, mace, sword, noose, goad, arrows, bow; then outside them the world-guardians, and immediately after them their weapons.

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NarP 1 83.86

इत्थं जपादिभिर्मन्त्री मन्त्रे सिद्धे विधानवित् । कुर्यात्प्रयोगानमुना यथा स्वस्वमनीषितान्

itthaṃ japādibhirmantrī mantre siddhe vidhānavit / kuryātprayogānamunā yathā svasvamanīṣitān

Thus, when the mantra has been mastered by recitation and the rest, the mantra-adept who knows the procedure should perform with it the applications, according to what each desires.

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NarP 1 83.87

प्रतिष्ठाप्य विधानेन कलशान्नवशोभनान् । रत्नहेमादिसंयुक्तान्घटेषु नवसु स्थितान्

pratiṣṭhāpya vidhānena kalaśānnavaśobhanān / ratnahemādisaṃyuktānghaṭeṣu navasu sthitān

Having duly installed nine beautiful jars, furnished with jewels, gold and the like, set in place as nine pots,

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NarP 1 83.88

मध्यस्थे पूजयेद्देवीमितरेषु जयादिकाः । संपूज्य गन्धपुष्पाद्यैरभिषिञ्चेन्नराधिपम्

madhyasthe pūjayeddevīmitareṣu jayādikāḥ / saṃpūjya gandhapuṣpādyairabhiṣiñcennarādhipam

in the middle one he should worship the Goddess, and in the others Jayā and the rest; having worshipped (them) with sandal-paste, flowers and so on, he should consecrate the king (with the water).

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NarP 1 83.89

राजा विजयते शत्रून्यो ऽधिको विजयश्रियम् । प्राप्नोत्रोगो दीर्घायुः सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः

rājā vijayate śatrūnyo 'dhiko vijayaśriyam / prāpnotrogo dīrghāyuḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ

The king conquers his enemies; whoever is superior (to him) — (still) he obtains the glory of victory; he becomes free of disease, long-lived, rid of all illnesses.

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NarP 1 83.90

वन्ध्याभिषिक्ता विधिनालभते तनयं वरम् । मन्त्रेणानेन संजप्तमाज्यं क्षुद्रग्रहापहम्

vandhyābhiṣiktā vidhinālabhate tanayaṃ varam / mantreṇānena saṃjaptamājyaṃ kṣudragrahāpaham

A barren woman, consecrated according to the rule, obtains an excellent son; ghee over which this mantra has been recited drives away the petty seizing-spirits.

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NarP 1 83.91

गर्भिणीनां विशेषेण जप्तं भस्मादिकं तथा । जृंभश्वासे तु कृष्णस्य प्रविष्टेराधिकामुखम्

garbhiṇīnāṃ viśeṣeṇa japtaṃ bhasmādikaṃ tathā / jṛṃbhaśvāse tu kṛṣṇasya praviṣṭerādhikāmukham

And likewise ash and the rest, over which (the mantra) has been muttered, (is) especially (efficacious) for pregnant women; but at a yawning breath ... of Kṛṣṇa ... from the entering ... facing (?).

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NarP 1 83.92

या तु देवी समुद्भूता वीणापुस्तकधारिणी । तस्या विधानं विप्रेन्द्र शृणु लोकोपकारकम्

yā tu devī samudbhūtā vīṇāpustakadhāriṇī / tasyā vidhānaṃ viprendra śṛṇu lokopakārakam

But as for that Goddess who arose bearing a lute and a book — hear, best of brahmins, her rite, which is a benefit to the world.

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NarP 1 83.93

प्रणवो वाग्भवं माया श्रीः कामः शक्तिरीरिता । सरस्वती चतुर्थ्यन्ता स्वाहान्तो द्वादशाक्षरः

praṇavo vāgbhavaṃ māyā śrīḥ kāmaḥ śaktirīritā / sarasvatī caturthyantā svāhānto dvādaśākṣaraḥ

The praṇava (oṃ), the vāgbhava seed (aiṃ), māyā (hrīṃ), śrī (śrīṃ), kāma (klīṃ), and the śakti (syllable) — so it is declared; then 'sarasvatī' ending in the dative, ending with 'svāhā': (this is) the twelve-syllabled (mantra).

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NarP 1 83.94

मनुर्नारायण ऋषिर्विराट् छन्दः समीरितम् । महासरस्वती चास्य देवता परिकीर्तिता

manurnārāyaṇa ṛṣirvirāṭ chandaḥ samīritam / mahāsarasvatī cāsya devatā parikīrtitā

The seer of the mantra is Nārāyaṇa, the metre is declared to be virāṭ, and its deity is proclaimed to be Mahāsarasvatī.

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NarP 1 83.95

वाग्भवेन षडङ्गानि कृत्वा वर्णान्न्यसेद् बुधः । ब्रह्मरन्ध्रे न्यसेत्तारं लज्जां भ्रूमध्यगां न्यसेत्

vāgbhavena ṣaḍaṅgāni kṛtvā varṇānnyased budhaḥ / brahmarandhre nyasettāraṃ lajjāṃ bhrūmadhyagāṃ nyaset

Having performed the six limb-rites with the vāgbhava (seed), the wise man should place the letters: he should place the tāra (oṃ) at the brahma-aperture, and set lajjā (hrīṃ) at the mid-brow;

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NarP 1 83.96

मुखनासादिकर्णेषु गुदेषु श्रीमुखार्णकान् । ततो वाग्देवतां ध्यायेद्वीणापुस्तकधारिणीम्

mukhanāsādikarṇeṣu gudeṣu śrīmukhārṇakān / tato vāgdevatāṃ dhyāyedvīṇāpustakadhāriṇīm

the syllables beginning with śrī on the mouth, nose and so on, the ears, and the anus. Then he should meditate on the goddess of speech, who bears a lute and a book,

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NarP 1 83.97

कर्पूरकुन्दधवलां पूर्णचन्द्रोज्ज्वलाननाम् । हंसाधिरूढां भालेन्दुदिव्यालङ्कारशोभिताम्

karpūrakundadhavalāṃ pūrṇacandrojjvalānanām / haṃsādhirūḍhāṃ bhālendudivyālaṅkāraśobhitām

white as camphor and jasmine, her face bright as the full moon, mounted on a goose, adorned with the moon on her brow and with divine ornaments.

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NarP 1 83.98

जपेद्द्वादशलक्षाणि तत्सहस्रं सितांबुजैः । नागचंपकपुष्पैर्वा जुहुयात्साधकोत्तमः

japeddvādaśalakṣāṇi tatsahasraṃ sitāṃbujaiḥ / nāgacaṃpakapuṣpairvā juhuyātsādhakottamaḥ

He should recite (the mantra) twelve hundred thousand times; the best of adepts should offer a thousandth part of that as oblations with white lotuses or with nāga-campaka flowers.

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NarP 1 83.99

मातृकोक्ते यजेत्पीठे वक्ष्यमाणक्रमेण ताम् । वर्णाब्जेनासनं दद्यान्मूर्तिं मूलेन कल्पयेत्

mātṛkokte yajetpīṭhe vakṣyamāṇakrameṇa tām / varṇābjenāsanaṃ dadyānmūrtiṃ mūlena kalpayet

He should worship her on the seat described in (the section on) the Mātṛkā, in the order to be stated; he should offer the seat with the lotus of letters, and should fashion her image with the root-mantra.

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NarP 1 83.100

देव्या दक्षिणतः पूज्या संस्कृता वाङ्मयी शुभा । प्राकृता वामतः पूज्या वाङ्मयीसर्वसिद्धिदा

devyā dakṣiṇataḥ pūjyā saṃskṛtā vāṅmayī śubhā / prākṛtā vāmataḥ pūjyā vāṅmayīsarvasiddhidā

To the right of the Goddess the auspicious Sanskrit (goddess) made of speech is to be worshipped; to the left is to be worshipped the Prakrit (goddess) made of speech, giver of all attainments.

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NarP 1 83.101

पूर्वमङ्गानि षट्कोणे प्रज्ञाद्याः प्रयजेद्बहिः । प्रज्ञा मेधा श्रुतिः शक्तिः स्मृतिर्वागीश्वरी मतिः

pūrvamaṅgāni ṣaṭkoṇe prajñādyāḥ prayajedbahiḥ / prajñā medhā śrutiḥ śaktiḥ smṛtirvāgīśvarī matiḥ

First (he should worship) the limbs in the six-cornered figure; outside it he should worship Prajñā and the rest: Prajñā, Medhā, Śruti, Śakti, Smṛti, Vāgīśvarī, Mati,

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NarP 1 83.102

स्वस्तिश्चेति समाख्याता ब्रह्माद्यास्तदनन्तरम् । लोकेशानर्चयेद्भूयस्तदस्त्राणि च तद्बहिः

svastiśceti samākhyātā brahmādyāstadanantaram / lokeśānarcayedbhūyastadastrāṇi ca tadbahiḥ

and Svasti — thus they are named. After that (he should worship) Brahmā and the others; further, he should worship the lords of the regions, and outside them their weapons.

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NarP 1 83.103

एवं संपूज्य वाग्देवीं साक्षाद्वाग्वल्लभो भवेत् । ब्रह्मचर्यरतः शुद्धः शुद्धदन्तनखा दिकः

evaṃ saṃpūjya vāgdevīṃ sākṣādvāgvallabho bhavet / brahmacaryarataḥ śuddhaḥ śuddhadantanakhā dikaḥ

Having thus worshipped the goddess of speech, one becomes the very darling of speech. Devoted to chastity, pure, with teeth and nails and the rest kept clean,

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NarP 1 83.104

संस्मरन् सर्ववनिताः सततं देवताधिया । कवित्वं लभते धीमान् मासैर्द्वादशभिर्ध्रुवम्

saṃsmaran sarvavanitāḥ satataṃ devatādhiyā / kavitvaṃ labhate dhīmān māsairdvādaśabhirdhruvam

constantly regarding all women with the thought that they are the deity, the wise man surely obtains poetic power within twelve months.

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NarP 1 83.105

पीत्वा तन्मन्त्रितं तोयं सहस्रं प्रत्यहं मुने । महाकविर्भवेन्मन्त्री वत्सरेण न संशयः

pītvā tanmantritaṃ toyaṃ sahasraṃ pratyahaṃ mune / mahākavirbhavenmantrī vatsareṇa na saṃśayaḥ

By drinking water over which that (mantra) has been recited a thousand times each day, O sage, the mantra-adept becomes a great poet within a year — there is no doubt.

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NarP 1 83.106

उरोमात्रोदके स्थित्वा ध्यायन्मार्तण्डमण्डले । स्थितां देवीं प्रतिदिनं त्रिसहस्रं जपेन्मनुम्

uromātrodake sthitvā dhyāyanmārtaṇḍamaṇḍale / sthitāṃ devīṃ pratidinaṃ trisahasraṃ japenmanum

Standing in water up to the chest, meditating on the Goddess as seated in the orb of the sun, he should recite the mantra three thousand times each day.

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NarP 1 83.107

लभते मण्डलात्सिद्धिं वाचामप्रतिमां भुवि । पालाशबिल्वकुसुमैर्जुहुयान्मधुरोक्षितैः

labhate maṇḍalātsiddhiṃ vācāmapratimāṃ bhuvi / pālāśabilvakusumairjuhuyānmadhurokṣitaiḥ

From (this) circle of practice he obtains success and an unequalled (power of) speech on earth. He should offer as oblation palāśa and bilva flowers sprinkled with honey.

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NarP 1 83.108

समिद्भिर्वा तदुत्थाभिर्यशः प्राप्नोति वाक्पतेः । राजवृक्षसमुद्भूतैः प्रसूनैर्मधुराप्लुतैः

samidbhirvā tadutthābhiryaśaḥ prāpnoti vākpateḥ / rājavṛkṣasamudbhūtaiḥ prasūnairmadhurāplutaiḥ

Or with kindling-sticks arising from that (tree) — (thereby) he attains the fame of the lord of speech. With blossoms produced from the royal tree (cassia), steeped in honey,

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NarP 1 83.109

सत्समिद्भिश्च जुहुयात्कवित्वमतुलं लभेत् । अथ प्रवक्ष्ये विप्रेन्द्र सावित्रीं ब्रह्मणः प्रियाम्

satsamidbhiśca juhuyātkavitvamatulaṃ labhet / atha pravakṣye viprendra sāvitrīṃ brahmaṇaḥ priyām

and with good kindling-sticks he should make oblation; he would gain unmatched poetic skill. Now, best of brahmins, I shall declare Sāvitrī, dear to Brahmā,

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NarP 1 83.110

यां समाराध्य ससृजे ब्रह्मा लोकांश्चराचरान् । लक्ष्मी माया कामपूर्वा सावित्री ङेसमन्विता

yāṃ samārādhya sasṛje brahmā lokāṃścarācarān / lakṣmī māyā kāmapūrvā sāvitrī ṅesamanvitā

whom, having propitiated, Brahmā created the worlds, moving and unmoving: Lakṣmī (śrīṃ), Māyā (hrīṃ), preceded by Kāma (klīṃ), (then) "sāvitrī" joined with the dative ending (ṅe),

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NarP 1 83.111

स्वाहान्तो मनुराख्यातः सावित्र्या वसुवर्णवान् । ऋषिर्ब्रह्मास्य गायत्री छन्दः प्रोक्तं च देवता

svāhānto manurākhyātaḥ sāvitryā vasuvarṇavān / ṛṣirbrahmāsya gāyatrī chandaḥ proktaṃ ca devatā

ending in "svāhā" — thus the mantra of Sāvitrī is declared, having eight syllables. Its seer is Brahmā, its metre is said to be gāyatrī, and (its) deity

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NarP 1 83.112

सावित्री सर्वदेवानां सावित्री परिकीर्तिता । हृदन्तिकैर्ब्रह्म विष्णुरुद्रेश्वरसदाशिवैः

sāvitrī sarvadevānāṃ sāvitrī parikīrtitā / hṛdantikairbrahma viṣṇurudreśvarasadāśivaiḥ

is Sāvitrī; Sāvitrī is proclaimed (the deity) of all the gods. With (the names) Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Īśvara, Sadāśiva ending in "hṛd" (namaḥ),

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NarP 1 83.113

सर्वात्मना च ङेयुक्तैरङ्गानां कल्पनं मतम् । तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णाभां ज्वलन्तीं ब्रह्मतेजसा

sarvātmanā ca ṅeyuktairaṅgānāṃ kalpanaṃ matam / taptakāñcanavarṇābhāṃ jvalantīṃ brahmatejasā

and with "sarvātman" — (all) joined with the dative ending — the assignment of the limbs (of the mantra) is held (to be made). (One should meditate on her as) having the colour of heated gold, blazing with the splendour of Brahman,

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NarP 1 83.114

ग्रीष्ममध्याह्नमार्तण्डसहस्रसमविग्रहाम् । ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम्

grīṣmamadhyāhnamārtaṇḍasahasrasamavigrahām / īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām

her form equal to a thousand suns at midday in summer, her face serene with a slight smile, adorned with jewel ornaments,

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NarP 1 83.115

बह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानां भक्तानुग्रहकातराम् । सुखदां मुक्तिदां चैव सर्वसंपत्प्रदां शिवाम्

bahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ bhaktānugrahakātarām / sukhadāṃ muktidāṃ caiva sarvasaṃpatpradāṃ śivām

wearing fire-purified garments, eager to show favour to devotees, giver of happiness, giver of liberation, bestower of all prosperity, benign,

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NarP 1 83.116

वेदबीजस्वरूपां च ध्यायेद्वेदप्रसूं सतीम् । ध्यात्वैवं मण्डले विद्वान् त्रिकोणोज्ज्वलकर्णिके

vedabījasvarūpāṃ ca dhyāyedvedaprasūṃ satīm / dhyātvaivaṃ maṇḍale vidvān trikoṇojjvalakarṇike

and having the nature of the seed of the Veda — thus one should meditate on the chaste mother of the Veda. Having meditated thus, the learned man, in a diagram whose pericarp shines with a triangle,

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NarP 1 83.117

सौरे पीठे यजेद्देवीं दीप्तादिनवशक्तिभिः । मूलमन्त्रेण कॢप्तायां मूर्तौं देवीं प्रपूजयेत्

saure pīṭhe yajeddevīṃ dīptādinavaśaktibhiḥ / mūlamantreṇa kḷptāyāṃ mūrtauṃ devīṃ prapūjayet

should worship the Goddess on a solar seat with the nine powers beginning with Dīptā; and on the image fashioned by the root-mantra he should fully worship the Goddess.

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NarP 1 83.118

कोणेषु त्रिषु संपूज्या ब्राहृयाद्याः शक्तयो बहिः । आदित्याद्यास्ततः पूज्या उषादिसहिताः क्रमात्

koṇeṣu triṣu saṃpūjyā brāhṛyādyāḥ śaktayo bahiḥ / ādityādyāstataḥ pūjyā uṣādisahitāḥ kramāt

In the three corners the powers beginning with Brāhmī are to be worshipped, outside; then the (deities) beginning with Āditya are to be worshipped, together with Uṣā and the rest, in order.

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NarP 1 83.119

तततः षडङ्गान्यभ्यर्च्य केसरेषु यथाविधि । प्रह्लादिनीं प्रभां पश्चान्नित्यां विश्वंभरां पुनः

tatataḥ ṣaḍaṅgānyabhyarcya kesareṣu yathāvidhi / prahlādinīṃ prabhāṃ paścānnityāṃ viśvaṃbharāṃ punaḥ

Then, having worshipped the six limbs (of the mantra) on the filaments according to rule, (he should worship) Prahlādinī, then Prabhā, then Nityā, and again Viśvaṃbharā,

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NarP 1 83.120

विलासिनीप्रभावत्यौ जयां शान्तां यजेत्पुनः । कान्तिं दुर्गासरस्वत्यौ विद्यारूपां ततः परम्

vilāsinīprabhāvatyau jayāṃ śāntāṃ yajetpunaḥ / kāntiṃ durgāsarasvatyau vidyārūpāṃ tataḥ param

Vilāsinī and Prabhāvatī; then he should worship Jayā and Śāntā, Kānti, Durgā and Sarasvatī, and after that Vidyārūpā,

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NarP 1 83.121

विशालसंज्ञितामीशां व्यापिनीं विमलां यजेत् । तमोपहारिणीं सूक्ष्मां विश्वयोनिं जयावहाम्

viśālasaṃjñitāmīśāṃ vyāpinīṃ vimalāṃ yajet / tamopahāriṇīṃ sūkṣmāṃ viśvayoniṃ jayāvahām

the one named Viśālā, Īśā, Vyāpinī, Vimalā he should worship, (and) Tamopahāriṇī, Sūkṣmā, Viśvayoni, Jayāvahā,

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NarP 1 83.122

पद्नालयां परां शोभां ब्रह्मरूपां ततोर्ऽचयेत् । ब्राह्म्याद्याः शारणा बाह्ये पूजयेत्प्रोक्तलक्षणाः

padnālayāṃ parāṃ śobhāṃ brahmarūpāṃ tator'cayet / brāhmyādyāḥ śāraṇā bāhye pūjayetproktalakṣaṇāḥ

Padmālayā, Parā, Śobhā, Brahmarūpā — these he should then worship. On the outside he should worship the (goddesses) beginning with Brāhmī, bearing arrows, with the characteristics already stated.

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NarP 1 83.123

ततो ऽभ्यर्च्येद् ग्रहान्बाह्ये शक्राद्यानयुधैः सह । इत्थमावरणैर्देवीः दशभिः परिपूजयेत्

tato 'bhyarcyed grahānbāhye śakrādyānayudhaiḥ saha / itthamāvaraṇairdevīḥ daśabhiḥ paripūjayet

Then, outside, he should worship the planets, and Indra and the other (guardians) together with their weapons. Thus he should worship the Goddess with the ten enclosures.

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NarP 1 83.124

अष्टलक्षं जपेन्मन्त्रं तत्सहस्रं हुनेत्तिलैः । सर्वपापुविनिर्मुक्तो दीर्घमायुः स विन्दति

aṣṭalakṣaṃ japenmantraṃ tatsahasraṃ hunettilaiḥ / sarvapāpuvinirmukto dīrghamāyuḥ sa vindati

He should recite the mantra eight hundred thousand times and offer a thousand oblations of sesame; freed from all sins, he obtains long life.

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NarP 1 83.125

अरुणाब्जैस्त्रिमध्वक्तैर्जुहुयादयुतं ततः । महालक्ष्मीर्भवेत्तस्य षण्मासान्नात्र संशयः

aruṇābjaistrimadhvaktairjuhuyādayutaṃ tataḥ / mahālakṣmīrbhavettasya ṣaṇmāsānnātra saṃśayaḥ

Then he should offer ten thousand oblations of red lotuses smeared with the three sweets; great fortune will be his within six months — there is no doubt of it.

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NarP 1 83.126

ब्रह्मवृक्षप्रसूनैस्तु जुहुयाद्बाह्यतेजसे । बहुना किमिहोक्तेन यथावत्साधिता सती

brahmavṛkṣaprasūnaistu juhuyādbāhyatejase / bahunā kimihoktena yathāvatsādhitā satī

But with the blossoms of the palāśa tree he should offer to the outer radiance. What need of much speaking here? — the chaste (Goddess), when duly propitiated,

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NarP 1 83.127

साधकानामियं विद्या भवेत्कामदुधा मुने । अथ ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि रहस्यं परमाद्भुतम्

sādhakānāmiyaṃ vidyā bhavetkāmadudhā mune / atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi rahasyaṃ paramādbhutam

For practitioners this vidyā becomes a wish-granting cow, O sage. Now I shall declare to you a most wonderful secret,

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NarP 1 83.128

सावित्रीपञ्जरं नाम सर्वरक्षाकरं नृणाम् । व्योमकेशार्लकासक्तां सुकिरीटविराजिताम्

sāvitrīpañjaraṃ nāma sarvarakṣākaraṃ nṛṇām / vyomakeśārlakāsaktāṃ sukirīṭavirājitām

called the Sāvitrī-cage, which effects complete protection for men — (she is) one whose hair is the sky, clinging in curls, resplendent with a fine diadem;

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NarP 1 83.129

मेघभ्रुकुटिलाक्रान्तां विधिविष्णुशिवाननाम् । गुरुभार्गवकर्णान्तां सोमसूर्याग्निलोचनाम्

meghabhrukuṭilākrāntāṃ vidhiviṣṇuśivānanām / gurubhārgavakarṇāntāṃ somasūryāgnilocanām

overspread with brows curved like clouds, with the faces of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, with Bṛhaspati and Śukra at the ends of her ears, with the moon, sun and fire as her eyes;

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NarP 1 83.130

इडापिङ्गलिकासूक्ष्मावायुनासापुटान्विताम् । संध्याद्विजोष्ठपुटितां लसद्वागुपजिह्विकाम्

iḍāpiṅgalikāsūkṣmāvāyunāsāpuṭānvitām / saṃdhyādvijoṣṭhapuṭitāṃ lasadvāgupajihvikām

having the subtle iḍā and piṅgalā (channels) and the wind as her nostril-cavities, with twilight and the two rows of teeth as her lips, with speech gleaming as her little tongue;

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NarP 1 83.131

संध्यासूर्यमणिग्रीवां मरुद्बाहुसमन्वितान् । पर्जन्यदृदयासक्तां वस्वाख्यप्रतिमण्डलाम्

saṃdhyāsūryamaṇigrīvāṃ marudbāhusamanvitān / parjanyadṛdayāsaktāṃ vasvākhyapratimaṇḍalām

having twilight and the sun-gem as her neck, furnished with the winds as arms, with Parjanya resting in her heart, with the region of her breasts named the Vasus;

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NarP 1 83.132

आकाशोदरविभ्रान्तां नाभ्यवान्तरवीथिकाम् । प्रजापत्याख्यजघनां कटीन्द्राणीसमाश्रिताम्

ākāśodaravibhrāntāṃ nābhyavāntaravīthikām / prajāpatyākhyajaghanāṃ kaṭīndrāṇīsamāśritām

expanded in her belly as space, with the inner passage of her navel, with loins named after Prajāpati, her hips attended by Indrāṇī;

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NarP 1 83.133

ऊर्वोर्मलयमेरुभ्यां शोभमानां सरिद्वराम् । सुजानुजहुकुशिकां वैश्वदेवाख्यसंज्ञिकाम्

ūrvormalayamerubhyāṃ śobhamānāṃ saridvarām / sujānujahukuśikāṃ vaiśvadevākhyasaṃjñikām

shining with Malaya and Meru as her two thighs, best of rivers, whose fine knees are Jahnu and Kuśika, designated by the name Vaiśvadeva;

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NarP 1 83.134

पादाङ्घ्रिनखलोमाख्यभूनागद्रुमलक्षिताम् । ग्रहराश्यर्क्षयोगादिमूर्तावयवसंज्ञिकाम्

pādāṅghrinakhalomākhyabhūnāgadrumalakṣitām / graharāśyarkṣayogādimūrtāvayavasaṃjñikām

marked by the earth, the serpents and trees as her feet, toes, nails and hair, with the limbs of her form named the planets, zodiacal signs, lunar mansions, conjunctions and the rest;

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NarP 1 83.135

तिथिमासर्तुपक्षाख्यैः संकेतनिमिषात्मिकाम् । मायाकल्पितवैचित्र्यसंध्याख्यच्छदनावृताम्

tithimāsartupakṣākhyaiḥ saṃketanimiṣātmikām / māyākalpitavaicitryasaṃdhyākhyacchadanāvṛtām

whose nature is the appointed instants by the names of lunar days, months, seasons and fortnights, covered with a veil called twilight, of manifold variety fashioned by māyā;

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NarP 1 83.136

ज्वलत्कालानलप्रख्य्ॐ तडित्कीटिसमप्रभाम् । कोटिसूर्यप्रतीकाशां शशिकोटिसुशीतलाम्

jvalatkālānalaprakhyoṃ taḍitkīṭisamaprabhām / koṭisūryapratīkāśāṃ śaśikoṭisuśītalām

resembling the blazing fire of time, of radiance like a flash of lightning, like ten million suns, cool as ten million moons;

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NarP 1 83.137

सुधामण्डलमध्यस्थां सांद्रानन्दामृतात्मिकाम् । वागतीतां मनो ऽगर्म्या वरदां वेदमातरम्

sudhāmaṇḍalamadhyasthāṃ sāṃdrānandāmṛtātmikām / vāgatītāṃ mano 'garmyā varadāṃ vedamātaram

standing in the midst of the orb of nectar, whose essence is dense bliss and immortality, beyond speech, inaccessible to the mind, granting boons, the mother of the Vedas;

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NarP 1 83.138

चराचरमयीं नित्यां ब्रह्माक्षरसमन्विताम् । ध्यात्वा स्वात्माविभेदेन सावित्रीपञ्जरं न्यसेत्

carācaramayīṃ nityāṃ brahmākṣarasamanvitām / dhyātvā svātmāvibhedena sāvitrīpañjaraṃ nyaset

consisting of the moving and unmoving, eternal, joined with the syllable of Brahman — having meditated (on her) as not different from one's own self, one should set down the Sāvitrī-cage.

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NarP 1 83.139

पञ्चरस्य ऋषिः सो ऽहं छंन्दो विकृतिरुच्यते । देवता च परो हंसः परब्रह्मादिदेवता

pañcarasya ṛṣiḥ so 'haṃ chaṃndo vikṛtirucyate / devatā ca paro haṃsaḥ parabrahmādidevatā

The seer of the cage is 'I am He'; the metre is said to be vikṛti; and the deity is the supreme Haṃsa, the supreme Brahman, the first of deities.

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NarP 1 83.140

धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाप्त्यै विनियोग उदाहृतः । षडङ्गदेवतामन्त्रैरङ्गन्यासं समाचरेत्

dharmārthakāmamokṣāptyai viniyoga udāhṛtaḥ / ṣaḍaṅgadevatāmantrairaṅganyāsaṃ samācaret

The application is declared to be for the attainment of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation. With the mantras of the deities of the six limbs one should perform the placing on the limbs.

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NarP 1 83.141

त्रिधामूलेन मेधावी व्यापकं हि समाचरेत् । पूर्वोक्तां देवातां ध्यायेत्साकारां गुणसंयुताम्

tridhāmūlena medhāvī vyāpakaṃ hi samācaret / pūrvoktāṃ devātāṃ dhyāyetsākārāṃ guṇasaṃyutām

The wise man should perform the pervasive placing three times with the root(-mantra), and should meditate on the aforesaid goddess as having form and endowed with qualities.

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NarP 1 83.142

त्रिपदा हरिजा पूर्वमुखी ब्रह्मास्त्रसंज्ञिका । चतुर्विशतितत्त्वाढ्या पातु प्राचीं दिशं मम

tripadā harijā pūrvamukhī brahmāstrasaṃjñikā / caturviśatitattvāḍhyā pātu prācīṃ diśaṃ mama

Three-footed, born of Hari, facing east, named the Brahmā-weapon, rich in the twenty-four principles — may she guard my eastern quarter.

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NarP 1 83.143

चतुष्पदा ब्रह्मदण्डा ब्रह्माणी दक्षिणानना । षड्विंशतत्त्वसंयुक्ता पातु मे दक्षिणां दिशम्

catuṣpadā brahmadaṇḍā brahmāṇī dakṣiṇānanā / ṣaḍviṃśatattvasaṃyuktā pātu me dakṣiṇāṃ diśam

Four-footed, the Brahmā-staff, Brahmāṇī, facing south, joined with the twenty-six principles — may she guard my southern quarter.

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NarP 1 83.144

प्रत्यङ्मुखी पञ्चपदी पञ्चाशत्तत्त्वरूपिणी । पातु प्रतीचीमनिशं मम ब्रह्मशिराएङ्किता

pratyaṅmukhī pañcapadī pañcāśattattvarūpiṇī / pātu pratīcīmaniśaṃ mama brahmaśirāeṅkitā

Facing west, five-footed, having the form of the fifty principles, marked with the Brahmā-head — may she guard my western (quarter) unceasingly.

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NarP 1 83.145

सौम्यास्या ब्रह्मतुर्याढ्या साथर्वाङ्गिरसात्मिका । उदीचीं षट्पदा पातु षष्टितत्त्वकलात्मिका

saumyāsyā brahmaturyāḍhyā sātharvāṅgirasātmikā / udīcīṃ ṣaṭpadā pātu ṣaṣṭitattvakalātmikā

With auspicious face, rich in the fourth (part) of Brahman, whose essence is the Atharva-Āṅgirasa, six-footed, whose nature is the sixty principles and parts — may she guard the north.

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NarP 1 83.146

पञ्चाशद्वर्णरचिता नवपादा शताक्षरी । व्योमा संपातु मे वोर्द्ध्वशिरो वेदान्तसंस्थिता

pañcāśadvarṇaracitā navapādā śatākṣarī / vyomā saṃpātu me vorddhvaśiro vedāntasaṃsthitā

Composed of the fifty letters, nine-footed, of a hundred syllables, the sky-goddess established in the Vedānta — may she fully guard my head above.

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NarP 1 83.147

विद्युन्निभा ब्रह्मसन्ध्या मृगारूढा चतुर्भुजा । चापेषुचर्मासिधरा पातु मे पावकीं दिशम्

vidyunnibhā brahmasandhyā mṛgārūḍhā caturbhujā / cāpeṣucarmāsidharā pātu me pāvakīṃ diśam

Like lightning, Brahmasandhyā, mounted on a deer, four-armed, holding bow, arrow, shield and sword — may she guard my southeastern quarter (the region of Fire).

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NarP 1 83.148

ब्रह्मी कुमारी गायत्री रक्ताङ्गी हंसवाहिनी । बिभ्रत्कमण्डलुं चाक्षं स्रुवस्रुवौ पातु नैरृतिम्

brahmī kumārī gāyatrī raktāṅgī haṃsavāhinī / bibhratkamaṇḍaluṃ cākṣaṃ sruvasruvau pātu nairṛtim

Brāhmī, the maiden Gāyatrī, red-limbed, borne on a goose, bearing a water-pot, a rosary, and the two sacrificial ladles (sruc and sruva) — may she guard the southwest.

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NarP 1 83.149

शुक्लवर्णा च सावित्री युवती वृषवाहना । कपालशूलकाक्षस्रग्धारिणी पातु वायवीम्

śuklavarṇā ca sāvitrī yuvatī vṛṣavāhanā / kapālaśūlakākṣasragdhāriṇī pātu vāyavīm

And Sāvitrī, white in colour, youthful, riding a bull, bearing skull, trident, rosary and garland — may she guard the northwest (the quarter of Vāyu).

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NarP 1 83.150

श्यामा सरस्वती वृद्धा वैष्णवी गरुडासना । शङ्खचक्राभयकरा पातु शैवीं दिशं मम

śyāmā sarasvatī vṛddhā vaiṣṇavī garuḍāsanā / śaṅkhacakrābhayakarā pātu śaivīṃ diśaṃ mama

Dark-hued Sarasvatī, aged, Vaiṣṇavī, seated on Garuḍa, with conch, discus and the gesture of fearlessness in her hands — may she guard my northeastern quarter (the quarter of Śiva).

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NarP 1 83.151

चतुर्भुजा देवमाता गौराङ्गी सिंहवाहना । वराभयखड्गचर्मभुजा पात्वधरां दिशम्

caturbhujā devamātā gaurāṅgī siṃhavāhanā / varābhayakhaḍgacarmabhujā pātvadharāṃ diśam

The four-armed Mother of the gods, fair-limbed, riding a lion, with boon-giving and fear-dispelling gestures, sword and shield in her arms — may she guard the lower quarter.

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NarP 1 83.152

तत्तत्पार्श्वे स्थिताः स्वस्ववाहनायुधभूषणाः । स्वस्वदिक्षुस्थिताः पातुं ग्रहशक्त्यङ्गसंयुताः

tattatpārśve sthitāḥ svasvavāhanāyudhabhūṣaṇāḥ / svasvadikṣusthitāḥ pātuṃ grahaśaktyaṅgasaṃyutāḥ

Standing at the side of each of these, with their own mounts, weapons and ornaments, stationed each in her own direction, joined with the planets, the powers (śakti) and the limbs (of the mantra) — (may they) guard (me).

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NarP 1 83.153

मन्त्राधिदेवतारूपा मुद्राधिष्ठातृदेवताः । व्यापकत्वेन पान्त्वस्मानापादतलमस्तकम्

mantrādhidevatārūpā mudrādhiṣṭhātṛdevatāḥ / vyāpakatvena pāntvasmānāpādatalamastakam

The deities who preside over the mantras in their forms, and the deities who govern the (ritual) gestures — may they, by pervading (me), guard us from the soles of the feet to the head.

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NarP 1 83.154

इदं ते कथितं सत्यं सावित्रीपञ्जरं मया । संध्ययोः प्रत्यहं भक्त्या जपकाले विशेषतः

idaṃ te kathitaṃ satyaṃ sāvitrīpañjaraṃ mayā / saṃdhyayoḥ pratyahaṃ bhaktyā japakāle viśeṣataḥ

This true Cage of Sāvitrī has been told to you by me; daily at the two twilights with devotion, and especially at the time of muttered recitation,

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NarP 1 83.155

पठनीयं प्रयत्नेन भुक्तिं मुक्तिं समिच्छता । भूतिदा भुवना वाणी महावसुमती मही

paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnena bhuktiṃ muktiṃ samicchatā / bhūtidā bhuvanā vāṇī mahāvasumatī mahī

it is to be recited with effort by one who desires both enjoyment and liberation. Bestower of prosperity, Bhuvanā, Vāṇī, Mahāvasumatī, Mahī,

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NarP 1 83.156

हिरण्यजननी नन्दा सविसर्गा तपस्विनी । यशस्विनी सती सत्या वेदविच्चिन्मयी शुभा

hiraṇyajananī nandā savisargā tapasvinī / yaśasvinī satī satyā vedaviccinmayī śubhā

Hiraṇyajananī, Nandā, Savisargā, Tapasvinī, Yaśasvinī, Satī, Satyā, knower of the Veda, consisting of consciousness, Śubhā,

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NarP 1 83.157

विश्वा तुर्या वरेण्या च निसृणी यमुना भुवा । मोदा देवी वरिष्ठा च धीश्च शान्तिर्मती मही

viśvā turyā vareṇyā ca nisṛṇī yamunā bhuvā / modā devī variṣṭhā ca dhīśca śāntirmatī mahī

Viśvā, Turyā, Vareṇyā, Nisṛṇī, Yamunā, Bhuvā, Modā, Devī, Variṣṭhā, Insight, Peace, Mind, Earth,

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NarP 1 83.158

धिषणा योगिनी युक्ता नदी प्रज्ञाप्रचोदनी । दया च यामिनी पद्मा रोहिणी रमणी जया

dhiṣaṇā yoginī yuktā nadī prajñāpracodanī / dayā ca yāminī padmā rohiṇī ramaṇī jayā

Dhiṣaṇā, Yoginī, Yuktā, Nadī, impeller of wisdom, Dayā, Yāminī, Padmā, Rohiṇī, Ramaṇī, Jayā,

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NarP 1 83.159

सेनामुखी साममयी बगला दोषवार्जिता । माया प्रज्ञा परा दोग्ध्री मानिनी पोषिणी क्रिया

senāmukhī sāmamayī bagalā doṣavārjitā / māyā prajñā parā dogdhrī māninī poṣiṇī kriyā

Senāmukhī, made of the Sāman, Bagalā, free of fault, Māyā, Prajñā, Parā, the milk-giver, Māninī, the nourisher, Kriyā,

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NarP 1 83.160

ज्योत्स्ना तीर्थमयी रम्या सौम्यामृतमया तथा । ब्राह्मी हैमी भुजङ्गी च वशिनी सुंदरी वनी

jyotsnā tīrthamayī ramyā saumyāmṛtamayā tathā / brāhmī haimī bhujaṅgī ca vaśinī suṃdarī vanī

Jyotsnā, made of sacred fords, Ramyā, and likewise gentle and full of nectar, Brāhmī, Haimī, Bhujaṅgī, Vaśinī, Sundarī, Vanī,

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NarP 1 83.161

ओङ्कारहसिनी सर्वा सुधा सा षड्गुणावती । माया स्वधा रमा तन्वी रिपुघ्नी रक्षणणी सती

oṅkārahasinī sarvā sudhā sā ṣaḍguṇāvatī / māyā svadhā ramā tanvī ripughnī rakṣaṇaṇī satī

She who laughs (as) the syllable Om, Sarvā, Sudhā, she who possesses the six qualities, Māyā, Svadhā, Ramā, Tanvī, slayer of foes, protectress, Satī,

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NarP 1 83.162

हैमी तारा विधुगतिर्विषघ्नी च वरानना । अमरा तीर्थदा दीक्षा दुर्धर्षा रोगहारिणी

haimī tārā vidhugatirviṣaghnī ca varānanā / amarā tīrthadā dīkṣā durdharṣā rogahāriṇī

Haimī, Tārā, the moon's course, destroyer of poison, fair-faced, immortal, giver of sacred fords, Initiation, hard to assail, remover of disease,

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NarP 1 83.163

नानापापनृशंसघ्नी षट्पदी वज्रिणी रणी । योगिनी वमला सत्या अबला बलदा जया

nānāpāpanṛśaṃsaghnī ṣaṭpadī vajriṇī raṇī / yoginī vamalā satyā abalā baladā jayā

destroyer of manifold sins and of the cruel, six-footed, wielder of the thunderbolt, Raṇī, Yoginī, Vamalā (Vimalā), Satyā, Abalā, giver of strength, Jayā,

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NarP 1 83.164

गोमती जाह्नवी रजावी तपनी जातवेदसा । अचिरा वृष्टिदा ज्ञेया ऋततन्त्रा ऋतात्मिका

gomatī jāhnavī rajāvī tapanī jātavedasā / acirā vṛṣṭidā jñeyā ṛtatantrā ṛtātmikā

Gomatī, Jāhnavī, Rajāvī, Tapanī, Jātavedasā, Acirā, giver of rain, to be known, whose framework is the cosmic order, whose very self is truth,

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NarP 1 83.165

सर्वकामदुधा सौम्या भवाहॄङ्कारवर्जिता । द्विपदा या चतुष्पदा त्रिपदा या च षट्पदा

sarvakāmadudhā saumyā bhavāhṝṅkāravarjitā / dvipadā yā catuṣpadā tripadā yā ca ṣaṭpadā

the milch-cow of all desires, gentle, free of the 'hṝṃ' sound of becoming, she who is two-footed, four-footed, three-footed, and six-footed,

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NarP 1 83.166

अष्टापदी नवपदी सहस्राक्षाक्षरात्मिका । अष्टोत्तरशतं नाम्नां सावित्र्या यः पठेन्नरः

aṣṭāpadī navapadī sahasrākṣākṣarātmikā / aṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmnāṃ sāvitryā yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ

eight-footed, nine-footed, whose self is the thousand-eyed one and the syllables — the man who recites these one hundred and eight names of Sāvitrī...

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