Devi Upanishad 24: Verse 24
हृत्पुण्डरीकमध्यस्थां प्रातःसूर्यसमप्रभाम् ।
पाशाङ्कुशधरां सौम्यां वरदाभयहस्तकाम् ।
त्रिनेत्रां रक्तवसनां भक्तकामदुघां भजे ॥
नमामि त्वामहं देवीं महाभयविनाशिनीम् ।
महादुर्गप्रशमनीं महाकारुण्यरूपिणीम् ॥२४–२५॥
हृत्-पुण्डरीक-मध्य-स्थाम् । प्रातः-सूर्य-सम-प्रभाम् ।
पाश-अङ्कुश-धराम् । सौम्याम् । वरद-अभय-हस्त-काम् ।
त्रि-नेत्राम् । रक्त-वसनाम् । भक्त-काम-दुघाम् । भजे ।
नमामि । त्वाम् । अहम् । देवीम् । महा-भय-विनाशिनीम् ।
महा-दुर्ग-प्रशमनीम् । महा-कारुण्य-रूपिणीम् ।
hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthāṃ prātaḥsūryasamaprabhām |
pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ saumyāṃ varadābhayahastakām |
trinetrāṃ raktavasanāṃ bhaktakāmadughāṃ bhaje ||
namāmi tvāmahaṃ devīṃ mahābhayavināśinīm |
mahādurgaśamanīṃ mahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm ||24–25||
Je vénère Celle qui demeure au centre du lotus du cœur, dont l’éclat est tel le soleil du matin ; portant le lasso et l’aiguillon, douce, avec des mains qui accordent le don et l’intrépidité ; aux trois yeux, vêtue de rouge, faisant jaillir les vœux des dévots. Je me prosterne devant Toi, ô Déesse, destructrice de la grande peur, apaisante des grandes détresses (Durgā), dont la forme est la grande compassion.
I worship her who abides in the middle of the lotus of the heart, whose radiance is like the morning sun; who bears the noose and the goad, gentle, with hands granting boon and fearlessness; three-eyed, clad in red garments, milking forth the desires of devotees. I bow to you, O Goddess, destroyer of great fear, pacifier of great difficulties (Durgā), whose form is great compassion.
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