कात्यायनि महामाये महायोगिन्यधीश्वरि । नन्दगोपसुतं देवि पतिं मे कुरु ते नम: । इति मन्त्रं जपन्त्यस्ता: पूजां चक्रु: कुमारिका: ॥ ४ ॥
kātyāyani mahā-māye mahā-yoginy adhīśvari nanda-gopa-sutaṁ devi patiṁ me kuru te namaḥ iti mantraṁ japantyas tāḥ pūjāṁ cakruḥ kumārikāḥ
- kātyāyanī
- O goddess Kātyāyanī
- mahā-māye
- O great potency
- mahā-yogini
- O possessor of great mystic power
- adhīśvari
- O mighty controller
- nanda-gopa-sutam
- the son of Mahārāja Nanda
- devi
- O goddess
- patim
- the husband
- me
- my
- kuru
- please make
- te
- unto you
- namaḥ
- my obeisances
- iti
- with these words
- mantram
- the hymn
- japantyaḥ
- chanting
- tāḥ
- they
- pūjām
- worship
- cakruḥ
- performed
- kumārikāḥ
- the unmarried girls
Each of the young unmarried girls performed her worship while chanting the following mantra. “O goddess Kātyāyanī, O great potency of the Lord, O possessor of great mystic power and mighty controller of all, please make the son of Nanda Mahārāja my husband. I offer my obeisances unto you.”