Durga ShoDasha nAmAni - durgA & nArAyaNI
I have attempted a rough translation of this. Corrections welcome.
Regards
Aarathi.
durgA
durge daityamahAvighne bhavavaddurgakarmaNi.
shoke dukhe ca narake yamadaNDe ca janmani..1..
mahAbhaye a.tiroge vai cAshabdau hantR^ivAcakaH.
etAn.h hantyeva yA devI sA durgA parikIrtitA..2..
During distress, when there is a great obstacle like asuras, during terrible
times like transmigratory existence, in sorrow, miseries, in naraka - yama's
punishment, in birth, when there is a great fear and great disease - That
principle which kills all the above evil factors, She is known as durgA.
nArAyaNI
yashasA tejasA rUpaiH nArAyaNa samA guNaiH.
shaktiH nArAyaNasyeyaM tena nArAyaNI smR^itA..3..
By fame, lustre, form and by qualities, She equals Lord nArAyaNa. She is the
power of nArAyaNa and hence is known as "nArAyaNI".
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