Navaratri Day 7 - Kalaratri
Transliteration
Mantra language
Om devi kalaratryai namah.
Ekaveni japakarnapura nagna kharasthita,
lamboshthi karnikakarni tailabhyaktasharirini,
vamapadollasal-lohalata kantaka bhushana,
vardhan-murdha-dhvaja krishna kalaratribhayankari.
ॐ देवी कालरात्र्यै नमः ।
एकवेणी जपाकर्णपूरा नग्ना खरास्थिता ।
लम्बोष्ठी कर्णिकाकर्णी तैलाभ्यक्तशरीरिणी ॥
वामपादोल्लसल्लोहलताकण्टकभूषणा ।
वर्धन्मूर्धध्वजा कृष्णा कालरात्रिर्भयङ्करी ॥
ஓம் தே³வீ காலராத்ர்யை நமஃ ।
ஏகவேணீ ஜபாகர்ணபூரா நக்³நா க²ராஸ்தி²தா ।
லம்போ³ஷ்டீ² கர்ணிகாகர்ணீ தைலாப்⁴யக்தஶரீரிணீ ॥
வாமபாதோ³ல்லஸல்லோஹலதாகண்டகபூ⁴ஷணா ।
வர்த⁴ந்மூர்த⁴த்⁴வஜா கிருஷ்ணா காலராத்ரிர்ப⁴யங்கரீ ॥
ఓం దేవీ కాలరాత్ర్యై నమః ।
ఏకవేణీ జపాకర్ణపూరా నగ్నా ఖరాస్థితా ।
లమ్బోష్ఠీ కర్ణికాకర్ణీ తైలాభ్యక్తశరీరిణీ ॥
వామపాదోల్లసల్లోహలతాకణ్టకభూషణా ।
వర్ధన్మూర్ధధ్వజా కృష్ణా కాలరాత్రిర్భయఙ్కరీ ॥
Converted automatically from Devanagari as a reading aid.
Tamil letters with a small number show the extra Sanskrit sounds, for example க² for kha.
Meaning
Salutations to Devi Kalaratri.
This verse describes the dark and fearsome Kalaratri: a single braid, ornaments of red japa flowers at her ears, riding a donkey, her body anointed with oil, her left foot adorned with an iron ornament.
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