Bhrukuti-Kutilat Tasyah (Kali Springs Forth from the Goddess's Brow) — Complete Lyrics
भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात्तस्या (देवी की भृकुटि से काली का प्रादुर्भाव)
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
भ्रुकुटीकुटिलात्तस्या ललाटफलकाद्द्रुतम् ।
काली करालवदना विनिष्क्रान्तासिपाशिनी ॥
bhrukuṭīkuṭilāttasyā lalāṭaphalakāddrutam
kālī karālavadanā viniṣkrāntāsipāśinī
From the knit brow of her forehead there suddenly sprang forth Kali, of terrible countenance, armed with sword and noose, bearing a strange skull-topped staff (khatvanga), adorned with a garland of human heads, clad in a tiger's skin, gruesome with her shrivelled flesh, her mouth gaping wide, terrifying with her lolling tongue, with deep-sunken reddened eyes, filling the quarters of the sky with her roar.
Verse 2
विचित्रखट्वाङ्गधरा नरमालाविभूषणा ।
द्वीपिचर्मपरीधाना शुष्कमांसातिभैरवा ॥
vicitrakhaṭvāṅgadharā naramālāvibhūṣaṇā
dvīpicarmaparīdhānā śuṣkamāṃsātibhairavā
Verse 3
अतिविस्तारवदना जिह्वाललनभीषणा ।
निमग्नारक्तनयना नादापूरितदिङ्मुखा ॥
ativistāravadanā jihvālalanabhīṣaṇā
nimagnāraktanayanā nādāpūritadiṅmukhā
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