Argala Stotram (Goddess Durga Worship)
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 3 sections
Invocation of the Divine Forms
Original
जयन्ती मङ्गला काली भद्रकाली कपालिनी। दुर्गा क्षमा शिवा धात्री स्वाहा स्वधा नमोऽस्तु ते॥
Transliteration
Jayantī maṅgalā kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī | durgā kṣamā śivā dhātrī svāhā svadhā namostu te ||
Meaning / Translation
Victory to Jayanti (the victorious), Mangala (the auspicious), Kali (the dark one), Bhadrakali (the benevolent), and Kapalini (the one who holds a skull). Salutations to Durga, the forgiving, the auspicious, the sustainer, and the embodiment of Svaha and Swadha.
Prayer for Grace and Conquest
Original
रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि॥
Transliteration
Rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi ||
Meaning / Translation
Grant me divine beauty, grant me victory, grant me glory, and destroy my inner and outer enemies.
Salutations to the Primordial Energy
Original
नमो देव्यै महादेव्यै शिवायै सततं नमः। नमो प्रकृत्यै भद्रायै नियताः प्रणताः स्म ताम्॥
Transliteration
Namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satataṃ namaḥ | namo prakṛtyai bhadrāya niyataḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām ||
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the Goddess, the Great Goddess, the Auspicious One, always. Salutations to Prakriti (Nature) and Bhadra (the auspicious one); we bow to her with devotion and discipline.