ऊरुस्तम्भेन निष्पन्दा नमितास्याश्च लज्जया
Her thighs are motionless with stiffness, and her face is lowered in modesty.
अन्यमाकारमिव च प्राप्ता मानसजन्मना
She has assumed a different form, as if born from the mind.
वीक्ष्यमाणा इवानङ्गशरपावकवृष्टिभिः
She appears to be struck by showers of fire from Cupid's arrows.
सिच्यमानाः श्रमजलैः शुच्यमानाश्च लज्जया
She is drenched with sweat and purified by modesty.
लोकाद्भयं बन्धुभयं परलोकभये तथा
There is fear of the world, fear of relatives, and also fear of the other world.
यत्र कुत्रापि तिष्ठन्तं तं धावन्ति मृगीदृशः
Wherever he stands, those with deer-like eyes run toward him.
तद्वद्भ्रमन्ति चित्तानि दर्शने तस्य सुभ्रुवाम्
In the same way, minds wander at the sight of those beautiful-browed ones.
तं सेवन्ते समस्तानां विद्यानामपि पङ्क्तयः
All the lines of knowledge serve him.
अन्यासां तु वराकीणां वक्तव्यं किं तपोधन
But what can be said of those other unfortunate ones, O ascetic?
तत्कीर्तिघोषणा पुण्या सदा द्युसद्द्रुमायते
The proclamation of her fame is auspicious and always becomes a celestial wish-fulfilling tree.
तद्गुणा एव घोक्ष्यन्ते सर्वत्र कविपुङ्गवैः
Her virtues alone are sung everywhere by the foremost poets.
ये ध्यायन्ति महादेवीं तास्ताः सिद्धीर्भञ्जति ते
Those who meditate upon the Great Goddess, those attainments they shatter.
अहश्चक्रे ज्वलज्ज्वालश्चिन्तनीयस्तु मूलके
The solar circle, blazing with flames, is to be contemplated at the root.
नीभालनीये ऽहश्चक्रे आबालान्तज्वलच्छिखः
The solar circle is to be visualized, from its base to its blazing tip.
नीभालनीयस्तार्तीयखण्डो दुरितखण्डकः
The third segment to be visualized is the destroyer of misfortune.
रक्तसंध्यकरोचिः स्याद्वशीकरणकर्मणि
The radiance of red twilight is used in the act of enchantment.
नीला च मूकीकरणे पीता स्तंभनकर्मणि
Blue is for silencing, yellow for the act of immobilization.
धनलाभे सुवर्णाभा चिन्त्यते ललितांबिका
For the gain of wealth, Lalitāmbikā is contemplated with a golden hue.
ये ध्यायन्ति महापुञ्जं ते स्युः संसिद्धसिद्धयः
Those who meditate upon the great multitude become accomplished in all attainments.
प्राप्यते सद्भिरेवैषा नासद्भिस्तु कदाचन
This is attained only by the virtuous, never by the unworthy at any time.
न तेन लभ्यते विद्या ललिता परमेश्वरी
By that, knowledge is not obtained; Lalitā, the supreme goddess.
तद्वंश्याः सर्व एव स्युर्मुक्तास्तृप्ता न संशयः
All her descendants become liberated and fulfilled, without doubt.
वेदाः समस्तशास्त्राणि स्तुवन्ति ललितेश्वरीम्
The Vedas and all scriptures praise Laliteśvarī.
इयमेव महत्तीर्थमियमेव महत्फलम्
This alone is the great pilgrimage, this alone is the great fruit.
अर्चन्तीमां सुरश्रेष्ठा ब्रह्माद्याः पञ्चसिद्धिदाम्
The foremost of the gods, beginning with Brahma, worship me as the bestower of the five accomplishments.
दैवबाह्यैर्वृथातर्कैर्वृथा विभ्रान्त बुद्धिभिः
By those outside the divine, with futile arguments and minds led astray in vain,
दर्शनद्वेषिभिः पापशीलैराचारनिन्दकैः
By those who hate true vision, who are of sinful conduct, and who revile proper practice,
एतादृशानां मर्त्यानां देवानां चातिदुर्लभा
For such mortals, and even for the gods, I am exceedingly difficult to attain.
भण्डासुर वधायैषा प्रादुर्भूता चिदग्नितः
For the slaying of Bhaṇḍāsura, she has manifested from the fire of consciousness.
कामाक्षीति विधात्रा तु प्रस्तुता ललितेश्वरी
She who is called Kāmākṣī, the sovereign Lalitā, was presented by the Creator.