Shree dakshinakaal'ee hri'daya stotram' (mahaakautoohalam')
Shreemahaakaala uvaacha |
Mahaakautoohalastotram' hri'dayaakhyam' mahottamam |
Shri'nu priye mahaagopyam' dakshinaayaah' sugopitam || 1 ||
Avaachyamapi vakshyaami tava preetyaa prakaashitam |
Anyebhyah' kuru gopyam' cha satyam' satyam' cha shailaje || 2 ||
Shreedevyuvaacha |
Kasmin yuge samutpannam' kena stotram' kri'tam' puraa |
Tatsarvam' kathyataam' shambho maheshvara dayaanidhe || 3 ||
Shreemahaakaala uvaacha |
Puraa prajaapateh' sheershachchhedanam' kri'tavaanaham |
Brahmahatyaakri'taih' paapairbhairavatvam' mamaagatam || 4 ||
Brahmahatyaa vinaashaaya kri'tam' stotram' mayaa priye |
Kri'tyaarinaashakam' stotram' brahmahatyaapahaarakam || 5 ||
Asya shree dakshinakaal'ee hri'daya stotra mantrasya shreemahaakaala ri'shih' ushnik chhandah' shreedakshinakaal'ikaa devataa kreem' beejam' hreem' shaktih' namah' keelakam' sarvapaapakshayaarthe jape viniyogah' ||
Karanyaasah' –
Om kraam' angusht'haabhyaam' namah' |
Om kreem' tarjaneebhyaam' namah' |
Om kroom' madhyamaabhyaam' namah' |
Om kraim' anaamikaabhyaam' namah' |
Om kraum' kanisht'hikaabhyaam' namah' |
Om krah' karatalakarapri'sht'haabhyaam' namah' |
Hri'dayaadi nyaasah' –
Om kraam' hri'dayaaya namah' |
Om kreem' shirase svaahaa |
Om kroom' shikhaayai vashat' |
Om kraim' kavachaaya hum |
Om kraum' netratrayaaya vaushat' |
Om krah' astraaya phat' |
Dhyaanam –
Dhyaayetkaal'eem' mahaamaayaam' trinetraam' bahuroopineem |
Chaturbhujaam' lalajjihvaam' poornachandranibhaananaam || 1 ||
Neelotpaladal'aprakhyaam' shatrusanghavidaarineem |
Vara mund'am' tathaa khad'gam' musalam' varadam' tathaa || 2 ||
Bibhraanaam' raktavadanaam' dam'sht'raal'eem' ghoraroopineem |
At't'aat't'ahaasanirataam' sarvadaa cha digambaraam || 3 ||
Shavaasanasthitaam' deveem' mund'amaalaavibhooshitaam |
Iti dhyaatvaa mahaadeveem' tatastu hri'dayam' pat'het || 4 ||
Atha hri'daya stotram |
Kaal'ikaa ghoraroopaad'hyaa sarvakaamaphalapradaa |
Sarvadevastutaa devee shatrunaasham' karotu me || 5 ||
Hreem' hreem' svaroopinee shresht'haa trishulokeshu durlabhaa |
Tava snehaanmayaakhyaatam' na deyam' yasya kasyachit || 6 ||
Atha dhyaanam' pravakshyaami nishaamaya paraatmike |
Yasya vijnyaanamaatrena jeevanmukto bhavishyati || 7 ||
Naagayajnyopaveetaam' cha chandraardhakri'tashekharaam |
Jat'aajoot'aam' cha sanchintya mahaakaalasameepagaam || 8 ||
Evam' nyaasaadayah' sarve ye prakurvanti maanavaah' |
Praapnuvanti cha te moksham' satyam' satyam' varaanane || 9 ||
Yantram' shri'nu param' devyaah' sarvaabheesht'apradaayakam |
Gopyaadgopyataram' gopyam' gopyaadgopyataram' mahat || 10 ||
Trikonam' panchakam' chaasht'akamalam' bhoopuraanvitam |
Mund'apanktim' cha jvaalam' cha kaal'eeyantram' susiddhidam || 11 ||
Mantram' tu poorvam' kathitam' dhaarayasva sadaa priye |
Devyaa dakshinakaal'yaastu naama maalaam' nishaamaya || 12 ||
Kaal'ee dakshinakaal'ee cha kri'shnaroopaa paraatmikaa |
Mund'amaalee vishaalaakshee sri'sht'isam'haarakaarinee || 13 ||
Sthitiroopaa mahaamaayaa yoganidraa bhagaatmikaa |
Bhagasarpih' paanarataa bhagadhyeyaa bhagaangajaa || 14 ||
Aadyaa sadaa navaa ghoraa mahaatejaah' karaal'ikaa |
Pretavaahaa siddhilakshmeeraniruddhaa sarasvatee || 15 ||
Naamaanyetaani subhage ye pat'hanti dine dine |
Teshaam' daasasya daaso'ham' satyam' satyam' maheshvari || 16 ||
Om | kaal'eem' kaalaharaam' deveem' kankaal'eem' beejaroopineem |
Kaalaroopaam' kal'aateetaam' kaal'ikaam' dakshinaam' bhaje || 17 ||
Kund'agol'apriyaam' deveem' svayambhoo kusume rataam |
Ratipriyaam' mahaaraudreem' kaal'ikaam' pranamaamyaham || 18 ||
Dooteepriyaam' mahaadooteem' dooteeyogeshvareem' paraam |
Dooteeyogodbhavarataam' dooteeroopaam' namaamyaham || 19 ||
Kreem' mantrena jalam' japtvaa saptadhaa sechanena tu |
Sarverogaah' vinashyanti naatra kaaryaa vichaaranaa || 20 ||
Kreem' svaahaantairmahaamantraishchandanam' saadhayettatah' |
Tilakam' kriyate praajnyairlokovashyo bhavetsadaa || 21 ||
Kreem' hoom' hreem' mantrajaptaishcha hyakshataih' saptabhih' priye |
Mahaabhayavinaashashcha jaayate naatra sam'shayah' || 22 ||
Kreem' hreem' hoom' svaahaa mantrena shmashaane bhasma mantrayet |
Shatrorgri'he pratikshiptvaa shatrormri'tyurbhavishyati || 23 ||
Hoom' hreem' kreem' chaiva uchchaat'e pushpam' sam'shodhya saptadhaa |
Ripoonaam' chaiva chochchaat'am' nayatyeva na sam'shayah' || 24 ||
Aakarshane cha kreem' kreem' kreem' japtvaakshataan pratikshipet |
Sahasrayojanasthaa cha sheeghramaagachchhati priye || 25 ||
Kreem' kreem' kreem' hroom' hroom' hreem' hreem' cha kajjalam' shodhitam' tathaa |
Tilakena jaganmohah' saptadhaa mantramaacharet || 26 ||
Hri'dayam' parameshaani sarvapaapaharam' param |
Ashvamedhaadiyajnyaanaam' kot'i kot'i gunottaram || 27 ||
Kanyaadaanaadi daanaanaam' kot'i kot'igunam' phalam |
Dooteeyaagaadi yaagaanaam' kot'i kot'i phalam' smri'tam || 28 ||
Gangaadi sarvateerthaanaam' phalam' kot'igunam' smri'tam |
Ekadhaa paat'hamaatrena satyam' satyam' mayoditam || 29 ||
Kaumaareesvesht'aroopena poojaam' kri'tvaa vidhaanatah' |
Pat'het stotram' maheshaani jeevanmuktah' sa uchyate || 30 ||
Rajasvalaabhagam' dri'sht'vaa pat'hedekaagramaanasah' |
Labhate paramam' sthaanam' deveeloke varaanane || 31 ||
Mahaaduh'khe mahaaroge mahaasankat'ake dine |
Mahaabhaye mahaaghore pat'het stotram' mahottamam |
Satyam' satyam' punah' satyam' gopayenmaatri'jaaravat || 32 ||
Iti mahaakautoohalam' naama shree dakshinakaal'ee hri'daya stotram |
Meaning
Setting and origin
The Dakshina Kali Hrudayam, also called Mahakautuhalam, is framed as a conversation. Mahakala tells the Goddess he is revealing something that should stay unspoken and asks her to guard it. When she asks how it first arose, he explains in verses 4 and 5 that after cutting off Prajapati's head he carried the sin of brahmahatya and became Bhairava, and that he made this hymn to remove that sin. The text does not name the Tantra it belongs to.
Dhyana and yantra
After the nyasa with kram to krah, the dhyana pictures Kali as trinetra, three-eyed, four-armed, with lolling tongue, dark as a blue lotus, seated on a corpse, wearing a garland of heads and laughing aloud. A second dhyana in verse 8 shows her with a serpent as sacred thread, the half moon on her head and matted hair, close to Mahakala. Verse 11 describes her yantra: a triangle, a set of five triangles, an eight-petalled lotus and the outer square.
Names and phala shruti
Verses 13 to 15 list her names, among them Kali, Krishnarupa, Vishalakshi, Mahamaya, Yoganidra and Siddhilakshmi. Mahakala then says he is the servant of the servant of those who read them daily. Verses 20 to 26 give ritual uses of the bija mantras that belong to initiated practice. The closing verses say one reading outweighs many sacrifices, gifts and pilgrimages, and verse 32 asks that it be read in times of great sorrow, illness or danger, and kept secret.
Frequently asked questions
Who speaks the Sri Dakshina Kali Hrudayam (Mahakautuhalam)?
Why did Mahakala compose the Dakshina Kali Hrudayam?
What is the mantra framework of the Dakshina Kali Hrudayam?
Which names of the Goddess are listed in the Dakshina Kali Hrudayam?
Why does the Dakshina Kali Hrudayam keep insisting on secrecy?
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