Durga Apaduddharaka Stotram — Word-by-Word Meaning

Salutations to you, O Refuge of all, O auspicious and compassionate one; salutations to you who pervade the universe and whose form is the cosmos. Salutations to you whose lotus-feet are adored by the whole world — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! Salutations to you whose true nature is beyond the thought of the world; salutations to you who are the wisdom of the great yogis; salutations again and again to you who are ever-blissful — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! For the helpless, the wretched, the craving-tormented, the terrified, the frightened and the bound creature, you alone, O Goddess, are the recourse, the one who delivers — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! In the forest, in battle, amid dreadful enemies, in water, in danger, in the king's court, in a storm — you alone, O Goddess, are the means of rescue — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! For embodied beings drowning in the boundless, impassable, utterly terrible ocean of calamity, you alone, O Goddess, are the boat of deliverance — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! Salutations, O Chandika, who by your fierce sport of the mighty raised arm have cut down every last unbroken enemy; you alone are the recourse that removes the host of obstacles — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! You alone are ever-worshipped, the truthful one; you are Ida, Pingala and Sushumna, the channels of the inner being — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! Salutations, O Goddess Durga, auspicious one of terrifying roar; you are Saraswati, Arundhati and the unfailing one; you are the glory of the noble, the very form of Kalaratri — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga! You are the sole refuge of the gods, the Siddhas and Vidyadharas, of sages, of the best of men afflicted by disease, of those imprisoned in the king's house and those terrorised by robbers — you alone are the refuge, O Goddess Durga, be gracious! This hymn for deliverance from calamity has been spoken by me. Whoever recites it at the three junctures of the day, or even once, in dire distress — there is no doubt that on earth, in heaven or in the nether world he is freed; whoever with devotion always recites all of it or even a single verse abandons every evil deed and attains the supreme state.