Adhyaya 91 — The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations
किरीटिनि महावज्रे सहस्रनयनोज्ज्वले ।
वृत्रप्राणहरे चैन्द्रि नारायणी नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
kirīṭini mahāvajre sahasranayanojjvale / vṛtraprāṇahare caindri nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te
হে নাৰায়ণী, তোমাক নমস্কাৰ—মুকুটধাৰিণী, মহাবজ্ৰধাৰিণী; সহস্ৰাক্ষ (ইন্দ্ৰ)ৰ শ্ৰীপ্ৰভাৰে দীপ্ত; হে ঐন্দ্ৰী, বৃত্ৰৰ প্ৰাণহৰণকাৰিণী।
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The ‘vajra’ victory over Vṛtra becomes a moral image: obstacles to truth and order are to be confronted with clarity, courage, and rightful authority.
Carita—devotional recasting of Vedic heroic motifs inside Devī-theology.
Vṛtra signifies constriction; the vajra signifies sudden liberating insight. Aindrī thus represents the power that shatters inner blockage and restores flow (ṛta).