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कालहन्त्री ।अजपारूपेण प्राणापाननामकचन्द्रसूर्यनियमने पुरुषाणां नियमित परिमितायुः स्वरूपैकविंशतिषट्शताधिकसहस्रसंख्याकनिर्गमनरूपेण क्षपयन्ति अवशेषायुषोयुगकल्पाद्यविशिष्टस्य वृद्धौ पुनः संयमने तथा तथा वृद्धौसंयुञ्जानस्य सर्वप्राणेन्द्रियस्य वृत्तिलये मनोन्मन्यवस्था निष्पद्यते ।तथा च श्रुतिः - ' पृथिव्यप्तेजोऽनिलखे समुत्थितेपञ्चात्मके योगगुणे प्रवृत्ते ।न तस्य रोगो न जरा नमृत्युः प्राप्तस्य योगाग्निमयं शरीरम' इति ' अध्यात्मयोगाधिगमेन देवं मत्वा धीरो हर्षशोकौ जहाति' इति च ।तथा च तदानीमाविर्भूतब्रह्मस्वरूपेण 'ततः संवत्सरोऽजायत' इति श्रुत्या क्रियाशक्त्यात्मककालोत्पत्तिश्रवणात्तस्मिन् ब्रह्मण्येव लये कालं हन्ति नाशयतीति तथानामनिर्वचनं युक्तं वक्तुमिति भावः ॥ॐ कालहन्त्र्यैनमः ॥'कामेशी ।कामानां भोग्यपदार्थानां यथादृष्टं ईष्टेप्रेरयतीति तथा ॥ॐ कामेश्यै नमः ॥कामितार्थदा ।कामितानर्थान् ददातीति तथा,' आप्तकामः' इति श्रुतेः ।संसारदशायामावृतानन्दस्य अनाप्तवदवभासमानस्य आत्यन्तिकसुखात्मिका मुक्तिर्मे स्यादिति का -
In plain words
Kālahantrī: Through the natural rhythm of the unuttered breath-mantra, by regulating the solar and lunar currents known as prāṇa and apāna, the allotted span of human life—measured precisely at twenty-one thousand six hundred breaths—is gradually spent. Yet when the yogi restrains these currents and expands them across cosmic cycles, causing every breath and sensory modification to dissolve into stillness, the transcendent state of unmanī naturally arises. As the scripture declares: 'When the fivefold elements within earth, water, fire, air, and ether awaken into the fiery focus of yoga, disease, old age, and death vanish for one whose frame is kindled by the fire of meditation.' And further: 'Realizing that luminous deity through inner yoga, the wise person leaves behind all joy and grief.' Because scripture proclaims that time itself—acting as cosmic energy—is born from that absolute reality when the nature of Brahman shines forth, it is entirely fitting to define her name as the destroyer of time, who dissolves all time back into Brahman. Om, salutations to Kālahantrī. Kāmeśī: She who presides over all desires and objects of enjoyment, directing them to their fruition. Om, salutations to Kāmeśī. Kāmitārthadā: She who grants every cherished aspiration, echoing the scriptural truth of the one whose desires are fulfilled. For the soul wandering in saṃsāra whose innate bliss is veiled, appearing unfulfilled and yearning: 'May absolute liberation, which is pure happiness, be mine'—
Close to the Sanskrit
Kālahantrī: By the form of the unuttered breath-mantra, in the regulation of the sun and moon named prāṇa and apāna, spending the measured lifespan of persons by the exit numbering twenty-one thousand six hundred, upon the increase of the remaining life undifferentiated from cosmic kalpas, or upon restraint and subsequent increase, when the modifications of all vital breaths and senses dissolve, the unmanī state of mind is accomplished. And so the śruti: 'When the fivefold yoga-attribute manifested in earth, water, fire, wind, and ether is set in motion, there is no disease, no old age, no death for him who has obtained a body made of the fire of yoga.' And: 'Knowing the luminous deity through the attainment of internal yoga, the wise one abandons joy and sorrow.' And similarly, since the birth of time as action-power is heard from the śruti 'From that the year was born' regarding the manifestation of the nature of Brahman at that time, her etymological definition as one who destroys time by dissolving it in Brahman alone is proper to state, such is the import. Om, salutations to Kālahantrī. Kāmeśī: She rules over desires and objects of enjoyment as seen, thus impelling them. Om, salutations to Kāmeśī. Kāmitārthadā: She grants desired objects, from the śruti 'One whose desires are attained.' For the seeker in the state of saṃsāra whose bliss is veiled and who appears unfulfilled, thinking 'may absolute happiness-nature liberation be mine,' what—