Kilak Stotram
verse 1
ॐ विशुद्धज्ञानदेहाय त्रिवेदीदिव्यचक्षुषे ।
Oṃ viśuddhajñānadehāya trivedīdivyacakṣuṣe |
श्रेयःप्राप्तिनिमित्ताय नमः सोमार्धधारिणे
Śreyaḥprāptinimittāya namaḥ somārdhadhāriṇe
Meaning
Om. To him whose body is pure knowledge, whose divine eyes are the three Vedas,
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 |
सोऽपि क्षेममवाप्नोति सततं जप्यतत्परः
So'pi kṣemamavāpnoti satataṃ japyatatparaḥ
Meaning
One should know all this to be the kilaka, the pin that locks even the mantras;
and he too obtains well-being who is constantly devoted to its recitation.
verse 3
सिद्ध्यन्त्युच्चाटनादीनि कर्माणि सकलान्यपि ।
Siddhyantyuccāṭanādīni karmāṇi sakalānyapi |
एतेन स्तुवतां देवीं स्तोत्रवृन्देन भक्तितः
Etena stuvatāṃ devīṃ stotravṛndena bhaktitaḥ
Meaning
All rites whatsoever, beginning with uccatana, come to fulfilment
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 |
विना जप्येन सिद्ध्येत्तु सर्वमुच्चाटनादिकम्
Vinā japyena siddhyettu sarvamuccāṭanādikam
Meaning
For such a one no other mantra, no herb, nothing else at all is needed;
without any further recitation, all of uccatana and the rest would succeed,
verse 5
समग्राण्यपि सेत्स्यन्ति लोकशङ्कामिमां हरः ।
Samagrāṇyapi setsyanti lokaśaṅkāmimāṃ haraḥ |
कृत्वा निमन्त्रयामास सर्वमेवमिदं शुभम्
Kṛtvā nimantrayāmāsa sarvamevamidaṃ śubham
Meaning
indeed every one of them would succeed. Hara, holding this concern for the world,
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 |
समाप्नोति स पुण्येन तां यथावन्निमन्त्रणाम्
Samāpnoti sa puṇyena tāṃ yathāvannimantraṇām
Meaning
And he made that hymn of Chandika a secret thing.
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 |
कृष्णायां वा चतुर्दश्यामष्टम्यां वा समाहितः
Kṛṣṇāyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ vā samāhitaḥ
Meaning
he too attains well-being in every respect; of this there is no doubt.
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 |
इत्थं रूपेण कीलेन महादेवेन कीलितम्
Itthaṃ rūpeṇa kīlena mahādevena kīlitam
Meaning
one gives it and one receives it; not otherwise is she pleased.
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 |
स सिद्धः स गणः सोऽथ गन्धर्वो जायते ध्रुवम्
Sa siddhaḥ sa gaṇaḥ so'tha gandharvo jāyate dhruvam
Meaning
Whoever, having drawn out the pin, recites this Chandi daily,
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 |
नापमृत्युवशं याति मृते च मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
Nāpamṛtyuvaśaṃ yāti mṛte ca mokṣamāpnuyāt
Meaning
No infirmity befalls him, nor does fear arise for him anywhere.
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 |
ततो ज्ञात्वैव सम्पूर्णमिदं प्रारभ्यते बुधैः
Tato jñātvaiva sampūrṇamidaṃ prārabhyate budhaiḥ
Meaning
Having understood it, one should begin and carry it through; one who begins and does not carry it through comes to ruin.
Therefore the wise begin this only after knowing it in full.
verse 12
सौभाग्यादि च यत्किञ्चिद् दृश्यते ललनाजने ।
Saubhāgyādi ca yatkiñcid dṛśyate lalanājane |
तत्सर्वं तत्प्रसादेन तेन जप्यमिदम् शुभम्
Tatsarvaṃ tatprasādena tena japyamidam śubham
Meaning
Whatever good fortune and the like is seen among women,
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 |
भवत्येव समग्रापि ततः प्रारभ्यमेव तत्
Bhavatyeva samagrāpi tataḥ prārabhyameva tat
Meaning
When this hymn is recited unhurriedly, abundant prosperity
arises in full measure; therefore it should indeed be undertaken.
verse 14
ऐश्वर्यं तत्प्रसादेन सौभाग्यारोग्यमेव च ।
Aiśvaryaṃ tatprasādena saubhāgyārogyameva ca |
शत्रुहानिः परो मोक्षः स्तूयते सा न किं जनैः
Śatruhāniḥ paro mokṣaḥ stūyate sā na kiṃ janaiḥ
Meaning
By her grace come lordship, and good fortune, and health,
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 |
हृद्यं काममवाप्नोति हृदि देवी सदा वसेत्
Hṛdyaṃ kāmamavāpnoti hṛdi devī sadā vaset
Meaning
The person who constantly remembers Chandika, even only in the heart,
obtains the desire dearest to his heart, and the Devi dwells in his heart forever.
verse 16
अग्रतोऽमुं महादेवकृतं कीलकवारणम् ।
Agrato'muṃ mahādevakṛtaṃ kīlakavāraṇam |
निष्कीलञ्च तथा कृत्वा पठितव्यं समाहितैः
Niṣkīlañca tathā kṛtvā paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ
Meaning
Placing first this removal of the pin, made by Mahadeva,
and having thus rendered it unpinned, it should be recited by those of collected mind.
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