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The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
रुद्र उवाच ॥ जयस्व देवि चामुण्डे जय भूतापहारिणि ॥ जय सर्वगते देवि कालरात्रे नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
rudra uvāca || jayasva devi cāmuṇḍe jaya bhūtāpahāriṇi || jaya sarvagate devi kālarātre namo'stu te ||
Rudra sprach: „Sei siegreich, o Devī Cāmuṇḍā; Sieg dir, Vertreiberin feindseliger Wesen. Sieg dir, allgegenwärtige Göttin; o Kālarātrī, dir sei Verehrung.“
Rudra
It documents the interwoven Śaiva–Śākta hymn style in Purāṇic transmission, where Rudra addresses the goddess through protective and cosmic epithets.
No location is specified in this line; the preceding verse references Nīla mountain.
The ethical thrust is protective: invoking a principle of safeguarding communities against destabilizing forces, expressed through formal praise.
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