Shree chand'ikaa dal'a stutih'
Om namo bhagavati jaya jaya chaamund'ike, chand'eshvari, chand'aayudhe, chand'aroope, taand'avapriye, kund'aleebhootadingnaagamand'ita gand'asthale, samasta jagadand'a sam'haarakaarini, pare, anantaanandaroope, shive, narashiromaalaalankri'tavakshah'sthale, mahaakapaala maalojjvala manimakut'a chood'aabaddha chandrakhand'e, mahaabheeshani, devi, parameshvari, grahaayuh' kila mahaamaaye, shod'ashakalaaparivri'tollaasite, mahaadevaasura samaranihatarudhiraardreekri'ta lambhita tanukamalodbhaasitaakaara sampoorna rudhirashobhita mahaakapaala chandraam'si nihitaa baddhyamaana romaraajee sahita mohakaanchee daamojjvaleekri'ta nava saarunee kri'ta noopuraprajvalita maheemand'ale, mahaashambhuroope, mahaavyaaghracharmaambaradhare, mahaasarpayajnyopaveetini, mahaashmashaana bhasmaavadhool'ita sarvagaatre, kaal'i, mahaakaal'i, kaalaagni rudrakaal'i, kaalasankarshini, kaalanaashini, kaal'araatri, raatrisanchaarini, shavabhakshini, naanaabhoota preta pishaachaadi gana sahasra sanchaarini, dhagaddhagetyaa bhaasita maam'sakhand'e, gaatravikshepa kalakala samaana kankaala roopadhaarini, naanaavyaadhi prashamani, sarvadusht'ashamani, sarvadaaridryanaashini, madhumaam'sa rudhiraavasikta vilaasini, sakalasuraasura gandharva yaksha vidyaadhara kinnara kimpurushaadibhih' stooyamaanacharite, sakalamantratantraadi bhootaadhikaarini, sarvashakti pradhaane, sakalalokabhaavini, sakala durita prakshaal'ini, sakalalokaika janani, brahmaani maaheshvari kaumaari vaishnavi shankhini vaaraahi indraani chaamund'i mahaalakshmee roope, mahaavidye, yogini, yogeshvari, chand'ike, mahaamaaye, vishveshvararoopini, sarvaabharanabhooshite, atala vitala nitala sutala rasaatala talaatala paataala bhooloka bhuvarloka suvarloka maharloka janoloka tapoloka satyaloka chaturdasha bhuvanaika naayike, om namah' pitaamahaaya om namo naaraayanaaya om namah' shivaayeti sakalalokajaajapyamaane, brahma vishnu shiva dand'a kamand'alu kund'ala shankha chakra gadaa parashu shoola pinaaka t'ankadhaarini, sarasvati, padmaalaye, paarvatee, sakala jagatsvaroopini, mahaakroore, prasannaroopadhaarini, saavitri, sarvamangal'aprade, mahishaasuramardini, kaatyaayani, durge, nidraaroopini, shara chaapa shoola kapaala karavaala khad'ga d'amarukaankusha gadaa parashu shakti bhind'ivaala tomara bhushund'i musala mudgara praasa parigha dand'aayudha dordand'a sahasre, indraagni yama nirri'ti varuna vaayu kubereshaana pradhaanashakti hetubhoote, chandraarkavahninayane, saptadveepa samudroparyupari vyaapte, eeshvari, mahaasacharaachara prapanchaantarudhire, mahaaprabhaave, mahaakailaasa parvatodyaana vanakshetra nadeeteertha devataadyaayatanaalankri'ta medinee naayike, vasisht'ha vaamadevaadi sakala munigana vandyamaana charanaaravinde, dvichatvaarim'shadvarna maahaatmye, paryaapta vedavedaangaadyaneka shaastraadhaarabhoote, shabda brahmamaye, lipi devate, maatri'kaadevi, chiram' maam' raksha raksha, mama shatroon hunkaarena naashaya naashaya, mama bhoota preta pishaachaadeenuchchaat'aya uchchaat'aya, stambhaya stambhaya, samasta grahaanvasheekuru vasheekuru, stobhaya stobhaya, unmaadayonmaadaya, sankraamaya sankraamaya, vidhvam'saya vidhvam'saya, vimardaya vimardaya, viraadhaya viraadhaya vidraavaya vidraavaya, sakalaaraateenmoordhni sphot'aya sphot'aya, mama shatroon sheeghram' maaraya maaraya, jaagratsvapna sushuptyavasthaasvasmaanchhatrumri'tyu jvaraadi naanaa rogebhyo naanaabhichaarebhyah' parakarma paramantra parayantra paratantra paramantraushadha shalyashoonya kshudrebhyah' samyagraksha raksha, om shreem' hreem', mama sarvashatru praanasam'haara kaarini hum' phat' svaahaa ||iti shree chand'ikaa dal'a stutih'||
Meaning
Sri Chandika Dala Stuti is not a set of verses but one continuous prose invocation, a mala mantra built from hundreds of epithets. It opens with Om namo bhagavati jaya jaya Chamundike and ends with the seed syllables hum phat svaha. The text as given names no author or source scripture.
The fierce form
The opening section calls her Chandeshwari, Chandayudha and Tandavapriya, the one who loves the wild dance. She wears a garland of human heads, a tiger skin and a serpent as sacred thread, and her body is dusted with ash from the great cremation ground. The names Kali, Mahakali, Kalagni Rudrakali and Kalaratri follow. The same passage calls her the one who calms many diseases and ends poverty.
Source of every power
The middle section gathers Brahmani, Maheshwari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, Indrani, Chamundi and Mahalakshmi into one compound, and names her the sole ruler of the fourteen worlds from Atala to Satyaloka. She is the cause behind the strength of Indra, Agni, Yama, Varuna, Vayu, Kubera and Ishana. Gentler names appear here too: Saraswati, Parvati, Savitri, Katyayani and Durga. A long list of weapons follows, from bow and trident to tomara, bhushundi and musala.
Goddess of sound, and the plea
Before the petition she is hailed as Shabda Brahmamayi, Lipi Devata and Matrika Devi, the ground of letters and of Vedic learning. Then come the doubled commands raksha raksha, uchchataya, stambhaya and vidhvamsaya, asking for protection from enemies, planetary affliction and hostile rites in waking, dream and sleep. There is no phala shruti. It is mostly read during Navaratri and on Ashtami, ideally after instruction from a teacher.
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