Kilak Stotram
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verse 1
ॐ विशुद्धज्ञानदेहाय त्रिवेदीदिव्यचक्षुषे ।
Oṃ viśuddhajñānadehāya trivedīdivyacakṣuṣe |
Om. To him whose body is pure knowledge, whose divine eyes are the three Vedas,
श्रेयःप्राप्तिनिमित्ताय नमः सोमार्धधारिणे
Śreyaḥprāptinimittāya namaḥ somārdhadhāriṇe
who is the cause by which the highest good is attained: salutations to him who wears the crescent moon.
verse 2
सर्वमेतद्विजानीयान्मन्त्राणामपि कीलकम् ।
Sarvametadvijānīyānmantrāṇāmapi kīlakam |
One should know all this to be the kilaka, the pin that locks even the mantras;
सोऽपि क्षेममवाप्नोति सततं जप्यतत्परः
So'pi kṣemamavāpnoti satataṃ japyatatparaḥ
and he too obtains well-being who is constantly devoted to its recitation.
verse 3
सिद्ध्यन्त्युच्चाटनादीनि कर्माणि सकलान्यपि ।
Siddhyantyuccāṭanādīni karmāṇi sakalānyapi |
All rites whatsoever, beginning with uccatana, come to fulfilment
एतेन स्तुवतां देवीं स्तोत्रवृन्देन भक्तितः
Etena stuvatāṃ devīṃ stotravṛndena bhaktitaḥ
for those who praise the Devi with devotion through this body of hymns.
verse 4
न मन्त्रो नौषधं तस्य न किञ्चिदपि विद्यते ।
Na mantro nauṣadhaṃ tasya na kiñcidapi vidyate |
For such a one no other mantra, no herb, nothing else at all is needed;
विना जप्येन सिद्ध्येत्तु सर्वमुच्चाटनादिकम्
Vinā japyena siddhyettu sarvamuccāṭanādikam
without any further recitation, all of uccatana and the rest would succeed,
verse 5
समग्राण्यपि सेत्स्यन्ति लोकशङ्कामिमां हरः ।
Samagrāṇyapi setsyanti lokaśaṅkāmimāṃ haraḥ |
indeed every one of them would succeed. Hara, holding this concern for the world,
कृत्वा निमन्त्रयामास सर्वमेवमिदं शुभम्
Kṛtvā nimantrayāmāsa sarvamevamidaṃ śubham
placed this whole auspicious text under a binding condition.
verse 6
स्तोत्रं वै चण्डिकायास्तु तच्च गुह्यं चकार सः ।
Stotraṃ vai caṇḍikāyāstu tacca guhyaṃ cakāra saḥ |
And he made that hymn of Chandika a secret thing.
समाप्नोति स पुण्येन तां यथावन्निमन्त्रणाम्
Samāpnoti sa puṇyena tāṃ yathāvannimantraṇām
Whoever, through merit, fulfils that condition just as it is laid down,
verse 7
सोऽपि क्षेममवाप्नोति सर्वमेव न संशयः ।
So'pi kṣemamavāpnoti sarvameva na saṃśayaḥ |
he too attains well-being in every respect; of this there is no doubt.
कृष्णायां वा चतुर्दश्यामष्टम्यां वा समाहितः
Kṛṣṇāyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ vā samāhitaḥ
On the fourteenth or the eighth day of the dark fortnight, with a collected mind,
verse 8
ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति नान्यथैषा प्रसीदति ।
Dadāti pratigṛhṇāti nānyathaiṣā prasīdati |
one gives it and one receives it; not otherwise is she pleased.
इत्थं रूपेण कीलेन महादेवेन कीलितम्
Itthaṃ rūpeṇa kīlena mahādevena kīlitam
Thus, in this manner, it was pinned fast by Mahadeva with a pin.
verse 9
यो निष्कीलां विधायैनां चण्डीं जपति नित्यशः ।
Yo niṣkīlāṃ vidhāyaināṃ caṇḍīṃ japati nityaśaḥ |
Whoever, having drawn out the pin, recites this Chandi daily,
स सिद्धः स गणः सोऽथ गन्धर्वो जायते ध्रुवम्
Sa siddhaḥ sa gaṇaḥ so'tha gandharvo jāyate dhruvam
he surely becomes a siddha, a gana, indeed a gandharva.
verse 10
न चैवापाटवं तस्य भयं क्वापि न जायते ।
Na caivāpāṭavaṃ tasya bhayaṃ kvāpi na jāyate |
No infirmity befalls him, nor does fear arise for him anywhere.
नापमृत्युवशं याति मृते च मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
Nāpamṛtyuvaśaṃ yāti mṛte ca mokṣamāpnuyāt
He does not fall prey to untimely death, and at death he attains liberation.
verse 11
ज्ञात्वा प्रारभ्य कुर्वीत ह्यकुर्वाणो विनश्यति ।
Jñātvā prārabhya kurvīta hyakurvāṇo vinaśyati |
Having understood it, one should begin and carry it through; one who begins and does not carry it through comes to ruin.
ततो ज्ञात्वैव सम्पूर्णमिदं प्रारभ्यते बुधैः
Tato jñātvaiva sampūrṇamidaṃ prārabhyate budhaiḥ
Therefore the wise begin this only after knowing it in full.
verse 12
सौभाग्यादि च यत्किञ्चिद् दृश्यते ललनाजने ।
Saubhāgyādi ca yatkiñcid dṛśyate lalanājane |
Whatever good fortune and the like is seen among women,
तत्सर्वं तत्प्रसादेन तेन जप्यमिदम् शुभम्
Tatsarvaṃ tatprasādena tena japyamidam śubham
all of it is by her grace; therefore this auspicious hymn should be recited.
verse 13
शनैस्तु जप्यमानेऽस्मिन् स्तोत्रे सम्पत्तिरुच्चकैः ।
Śanaistu japyamāne'smin stotre sampattiruccakaiḥ |
When this hymn is recited unhurriedly, abundant prosperity
भवत्येव समग्रापि ततः प्रारभ्यमेव तत्
Bhavatyeva samagrāpi tataḥ prārabhyameva tat
arises in full measure; therefore it should indeed be undertaken.
verse 14
ऐश्वर्यं तत्प्रसादेन सौभाग्यारोग्यमेव च ।
Aiśvaryaṃ tatprasādena saubhāgyārogyameva ca |
By her grace come lordship, and good fortune, and health,
शत्रुहानिः परो मोक्षः स्तूयते सा न किं जनैः
Śatruhāniḥ paro mokṣaḥ stūyate sā na kiṃ janaiḥ
the undoing of enemies and the highest liberation. Why then is she not praised by people?
verse 15
चण्डिकां हृदयेनापि यः स्मरेत् सततं नरः ।
Caṇḍikāṃ hṛdayenāpi yaḥ smaret satataṃ naraḥ |
The person who constantly remembers Chandika, even only in the heart,
हृद्यं काममवाप्नोति हृदि देवी सदा वसेत्
Hṛdyaṃ kāmamavāpnoti hṛdi devī sadā vaset
obtains the desire dearest to his heart, and the Devi dwells in his heart forever.
verse 16
अग्रतोऽमुं महादेवकृतं कीलकवारणम् ।
Agrato'muṃ mahādevakṛtaṃ kīlakavāraṇam |
Placing first this removal of the pin, made by Mahadeva,
निष्कीलञ्च तथा कृत्वा पठितव्यं समाहितैः
Niṣkīlañca tathā kṛtvā paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ
and having thus rendered it unpinned, it should be recited by those of collected mind.
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