The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Kālabhairavāṣṭakam

Verse 9

कालभैरवाष्टकं पठन्ति ये मनोहरंज्ञानमुक्तिसाधकं विचित्रपुण्यवर्धनम् ।शोकमोहलोभदैन्यकोपतापनाशनंते प्रयान्ति कालभैरवाङ्घ्रिसन्निधिं ध्रुवम् ॥ ९ ॥

In plain words

Those who recite this beautiful hymn to Kālabhairava—a hymn that leads toward knowledge and liberation, deepens sacred merit, and dissolves sorrow, delusion, greed, dejection, anger and inner torment—surely come into the presence of Kālabhairava's feet.

Close to the Sanskrit

Those who recite this beautiful Kālabhairavāṣṭakam, which leads to knowledge and liberation, increases manifold merit, and destroys sorrow, delusion, greed, dejection, anger and torment, surely attain the presence of Kālabhairava's feet.