The song which gives the key to perfection

David Sylvian (album Everything and Nothing / Camphor)

siddha kunjika stotram

The song which gives the key to perfection

siva uvaca

Siva said

smu devi pravaksyami kunjika stotram uttamam yena mantraprabhavena candijapah subho bhavet

Listen, Oh Goddess, while I elucidate the excellent song which gives the key to perfection. By means of the brilliance of these mantras, the meditation of the goddess Chandi becomes easy.

na kavacam nargala stotram kilakam na rahasyakam na suktam napi dhyanam ca na nyaso na ca varcanam

Not the armor, nor the praise which unlocks the bolt, nor the praise which removes the pin, nor the secrets: neither the hymns, nor even the meditations, nor the establishment of the mantras into the body nor the offering of worship and adoration.

kunjika patha matrena durga phalam labhet
ati guhyataram devi devanamapi durlabham

The recitation of the mantras which give the key will grant the fruits of the recitation of the glory of the goddess. Oh Goddess, this is extremely secretive and difficult even for the Gods to attain.
[ End of translation on DavidSylvian.net; - further translation by Satyanada Sarasvati ]

gopaniyam prayatnena svayoniriva parvati maranam mohanam vasyam stambhanoccata nadikam
patha matrenam mohanam vasyam stambhanoccata nadikam
patha matrena samsiddhyet kunjika stotram uttamam

Oh self-born Goddess, pArvatI, with right effort mAraNa (the capacity to slay anger, passion and the Ego), mohaNa (to become stupefied knowing none other than the Godess, vashIkAraNa (to make the mind sit still), stambhana (to restrain the senses from wandering), ucccAtana (to become solely absorbed in the attainment of enlightenment), and all other attainments come to perfection by means of the recitation of the excellent mantras of the Song That Gives the Key to Perfection. Hence this is to be kept secret by all means.

om aim hrim klim camundayai vicce om glaum hum klim jum sah jvalaya jvalaya jvala jvala
prajvala prajvala aim hrim klim camundayai vicce jvala ham sam lam ksam phat svaha

oM - The Infinite Beyond Conception
aIM - Creation, rajo guNa, Energy of Desire, mahAsarasvatI
hrIM - Preservation, sattva guNa, Energy of Action, mahAlakShmI
klIM - Destruction, tamo guNa, Energy of Wisdom, mahAkAlI
cAmuNDA - The Slayer of Passion and Anger, Moves in the Head
yai - The Grantor of Boons
vic - In the Body of Knowledge; in the Perception
ce - of Consciousness
oM - The Infinite Beyond Conception
glauM - mahAgaNesha, the Great Lord of Wisdom
huM - Cutting the Ego
klIM - Dissolving Bondage to Physical Attachment
jUM saH - Pure Consciousness
jvAlaya jvAlaya - Flame, Bright Light of Illumination
jvala jvala - Burning, Blazing, Shining
prajvala prajvala - To Begin to Blaze or Flash

That the three guNas, energies, and Goddesses - Creation, Preservation, and Destruction - are in constant movement, transformation in the perception of Consciousness.

jvala - (and this) Illumination
haM - (is the) Divine I
saM - in all
laM - manifested beings
kShaM - (to) the end of existence
phaT - without a doubt
svAhA - I am One with God!

namaste rudra rupinyai namaste madhu mardini namah kaitabha harinyai namaste mahisardini

We bow to She Who has the Capacity to Express the form of Rudra, the Reliever of Sufferings. We bow to the Slayer of Too Much. We bow to She Who Takes Away Too Little. We bow to the Annihilator of the Great Ego.

namaste sumbha hantryai ca nisumbhasuraghatini

We bow to the destroyer of Self-Conceit and to the Destroyer of Self-Deprecation as well.

jagratam hi maha devi japam siddham kurusve me aimkari srsti rupayai hrimkari prati palikwa

Arise to wakefulness, Oh Great Goddess! Grant me the perfection of meditation. The sound aiM is the sound of creation. The syllable hrIM is the entire existence preserved.

klimkarf kama rupinyai bija rupe namo stu te camunda canda ghati ca yai kari varadayini

The syllable klIM is the intrinsic form of all desire. We bow to you, the ultimate objective, in the form of Seed Mantras. As the Slayer of Passion and Anger, you slay Passion, and as the syllable yai, you are the Grantor of Boons.

vicce cabhayada nityam namaste mantra rupini

Vicce gives eternal freedom from fear. We bow to you in the form of mantras.

dham dhim dhum dhurjateh patni vam vim vum vagadhisvari
kram krim krum kalika devi sam sim sum me subham kuru

dhAM dhIM dhUM the wife of shiva (literally the one with matted hair), vAM vIM vUM vAgadIshvarI (the Ruler of all Vibrations), krAM krIM krUM kAlikA devi (the Goddess Who Takes Away Darkness), shAM shIM shUM (She who is Peace in the gross body, Peace in the subtle body, Peace in the causal body) be easily attained by me.

hum hum humkara rupinyai jam jam jam jambhanadini
bhram bhrim bhrum bhairavi bhadre bhavanyai te namo namah

In the form of the syllables huM huM huM, jaM jaM jaM as the restrained sound of constant vibration emanating as a yawn from the junction of the eyes, ears, nose, and throat. bhrAM bhrIM bhrUM to the Excellent Energy that is Extremely Fierce, to bhavANI, the female Lord of Being, we bow, we bow to you.

am kam cam tam tam pam yam sam vim dum aim vim ham ksam
dhijagram dhijagram trotaya trotaya diptam kuru kuru svaha

aM kaM caM TaM taM paM yaM shaM

vIM - to eagerly approach
duM - the Reliever of Difficulties
aiM - the Body of Universal Knowledge
vIM - to eagerly approach
haM - the Supreme I
kShaM - the end of duality

Rise up! Break asunder! Illuminate the brilliant light! I am One with God!

pam pim pum parvati purna kham khim khum khecarf tatha

pAM pIM pUM pArvatI, the wife of shiva; the Potentiality of Nature is full and complete. khAM khIM khUM (the three stages of khecarI where one levitates) as a heavenly being we fly up into the atmosphere.

sam sim sum saptasati devya mantra siddhim kurusva me

sAM sIM sUM as other divine beings born of these Seven Hundred Verses, give me the perfect attainment of the mantras.

idam tu kunjika strotram mantra jagarti hetave abhakte naiva datavyam gopitam raksa parvati

This is the song That gives the Key to Perfection, the primary cause of awakening these mantras. This must be kept hidden from non-devotees. Oh pArvati, the secret must be protected.

yastu kunjikaya devi hinam saptasatim pathet na tasya jayate siddhir aranye rodanam yatha

Oh Goddess, whoever will recite the Seven Hundred Verses without the key will not attain success, and his recitation will produce an effect similar to crying in the forest.

om aim hrim klim camundayai vicce
om glaum hum klim jum sah jvalaya jvalaya jvala jvala prajvala prajvala aim hrim lim camundayai vicce jvala ham sam lam ksam phat svaha.

That the three guNas, energies, and Goddesses - Creation, Preservation, and Destruction - are in constant movement, transformation in the perception of Consciousness.

[ Translation by Swami Satyanada Sarasvati ]