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रश्चर्यापरायणानां शिवभावमेव यच्छतीति वा तद्रूपेत्यर्थः ।'कं ब्रह्म खं ब्रह्म' इति श्रुतेः ।दहराकाशस्य सुखस्वरूपत्वेन परमप्रेमास्पदतया अभिलाषविषयत्ववत् ककारोऽप्यतिप्रीतिविषयमूलमन्त्रादिमाक्षरतया अभ्यर्हितत्वाद्वा तद्रूपेत्यर्थः ॥ॐ ककाररूपायै नमः ॥कल्याणी |कल्याणानि सुखानि ।युवसार्वभौमानन्दादारभ्य ब्रह्मानन्दपर्यन्तं तैत्तिरीयकादौ प्रतिपादितानि ।तत्तदुपाधिभेदेष्ववच्छिन्नस्वरूपतया तानि कल्याणशब्दवाच्यानि, 'एतस्यैवानन्दस्य अन्यानि भूतानि मात्रामुपजीवन्ति' इति श्रुतेः ।समष्टिव्यष्टिवत्त्वमुपहितस्वरूपेण सम्भवतीति मतुप्समासोपपत्तिः ।तथा च राहोः शिर इतिवत् समासान्तर्गतषष्ठ्यर्थभेदस्याविवक्षिततया आनन्दैकविग्रहवतीत्यर्थः, 'विज्ञानमानन्दं ब्रह्म' इति श्रुत्युक्तब्रह्मस्वरूपलक्षणवतीत्यर्थः ॥ॐ कल्याण्यै नमः ॥कल्याणगुणशालिनी ।कल्याणाः सुखकर्तारः ये गुणाः सत्यकामसत्यसंकल्पसर्वाधिपत्यसर्वेशानत्ववामनीत्वसंयद्वामत्वादयः, ते अस्याः शालयन्त इति, तथा एनां शोभयन्तीति वा, तैः शाल्यत इति वा कल्याणगुणशालिनी ।तथा च कल्याणाश्च ते गुणाश्च कल्याणगुणाः शालयन्त्येनामिति
In plain words
She who grants the very state of ultimate peace to those devoted to the highest path, or she whose very form is that absolute reality—as declared by the scripture, 'Brahman is joy, Brahman is infinite space.' Just as the sacred space within the heart is cherished as the ultimate seat of love and the supreme object of human longing, so too the sacred syllable 'ka' stands as the root letter of our most beloved mantras, venerable and radiant with grace. Obeisance to her who embodies the syllable 'ka'. She is Kalyāṇī, the embodiment of absolute auspiciousness—that very bliss which scales upward from the joy of an earthly emperor to the boundless ocean of Brahman, as revealed in the Taittirīya Upanishad. She shines as the essence underlying all conditions and limitations, fulfilling the scriptural truth that all living beings subsist on a mere fraction of her joy. Just as the expression 'the head of Rāhu' speaks of an identity beyond mere parts, her form is pure, undivided bliss—the very embodiment of the Brahman defined by scripture as consciousness and infinite joy. Obeisance to the Auspicious Mother. She is Kalyāṇaguṇaśālinī, the repository of all divine perfections—possessing truth of desire, truth of resolve, universal sovereignty, and every supreme attribute. These sublime qualities adorn her, illuminate her, and find their ultimate home in her glorious presence.
Close to the Sanskrit
Granting the state of Śiva to those devoted to supreme practices, or having that form, thus is the meaning. Based on the scriptural statement: 'Brahman is ka, Brahman is kha'. Just as the inner space, by being of the nature of bliss and the seat of supreme love, is the object of longing, so also the syllable 'ka', being the letter of the foundational mantra which is the object of extreme affection, is venerable, and thus has that form. Obeisance to her who has the form of the letter ka. Kalyāṇī: Auspicious means happiness, which are explained in the Taittirīya and other texts beginning from the bliss of a youthful universal monarch up to the bliss of Brahman. Being the unconditioned/conditioned essential nature across various limiting adjuncts, they are denoted by the word kalyāṇa, based on the scriptural text: 'Other beings live upon a mere fraction of this very bliss.' Since possessing macrocosmic and microcosmic nature is possible through the conditioned form, the derivation of the matup suffix compound is justified. Thus, just as in the expression 'the head of Rāhu', where the distinction of the genitive meaning within the compound is not intended, the meaning is that she has an embodiment consisting solely of bliss, meaning she possesses the defining characteristic of the nature of Brahman stated in the scripture: 'Brahman is consciousness and bliss.' Obeisance to the auspicious one. Kalyāṇaguṇaśālinī: Auspicious are the makers of happiness, which are the qualities such as truthful desire, truthful resolve, universal lordship, absolute sovereignty, atomic minuteness, and conquering enmity; they grace her, thus, or they beautify her, or she is graced by them, thus she is Kalyāṇaguṇaśālinī. And thus, auspicious and those qualities are auspicious qualities, which grace her thus.