Durga Dwatrimsha Namamala Stotram — Word-by-Word Meaning

Durga, the queller of the suffering born of difficulties, the averter of insurmountable calamities; She who cuts through the impassable, who accomplishes the unattainable, the destroyer of all hardship. She who uplifts those in distress, the slayer of hardship, the remover of obstacles; the giver of hard-won knowledge, a blazing forest-fire to the world of invincible demons. The inaccessible One, hard even to behold, whose very form is the unreachable Self; the revealer of the difficult path, the hard-to-attain sacred wisdom, the refuge won only with effort. She who is established in profound knowledge, who shines forth in deep meditation; the dispeller of difficult delusion, who moves through the impassable, whose form is the deepest meaning. The destroyer of the demon Durgama, the wielder of formidable weapons; She of awe-inspiring form, hard to fathom and hard to approach, the sovereign Goddess of the inaccessible. Terrifying to the forces of difficulty, radiant amidst hardship, shining within all darkness, the render of every difficulty. Whatever person recites this garland of the names of Durga shall be freed from all fears — of this there is no doubt.