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HYMN TO KaLi
KARPŪRaDI-STOTRA
BY
ARTHUR AVALON
(Sir John Woodroffe)
WITH INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY
BY VIMALaNANDA-SVaMi
(Tantrik Texts Series, No. IX)
London, Luzac & Co.,
[1922]
Scanned at sacred-texts.com, June 2007. This text is in the public
domain in the United States because it was published prior to January
1st, 1923. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose,
provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.
chapters:
preface
eternal Consciousness
and Bliss Itself, the highest of the highest, Brahman, Siva Himself
O MOTHER 1 and Spouse
Possessor of the great
Power of creating, preserving and withdrawing.
O KaLIKa, O auspicious Kalika
O DESTRUCTRESS of the
sins of the three worlds
Thy charming Bija
whose throat is
adorned with a garland of heads
even a dullard becomes a
poet who meditates upon Thee
meditate on Thee, the
Spouse of Hara O
Mother, can we of so dull a mind say of Thee whose True Being
Thy devotee
unclothed, with dishevelled hair
O SPOUSE of Hara
Thou art Brahma, and the Lord
of the three worlds
O MOTHER, people there are who
worship many other Devas
Thou art Earth,
Water, Fire, Air and Ether.
with disheveled
hair, intently meditates upon Thee
having uttered Thy mantra, makes
offering THE
devotee who, having placed before himself, and meditated and again
meditated HE who at
night, when in union with his Sakti
O DARK One
O MOTHER, he who, being a
controller of his passions
O MOTHER, this Hymn of Thine is the
source from whence originates Thy mantra
NUMBERS of women with large
eyes, like those of the antelope
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