Durga Stuti ( Essence Of Devi Mahatmyam )दुर्गास्तुती ( देवीमाहात्म्यकथसाररूपा ) దుర్గాస్తుతీ ( దేవీమాహాత్మ్యకథసారరూపా ) துர்காஸ்துதீ ( தேவீமாஹாத்ம்யகதஸாரரூபா ) ದುರ್ಗಾಸ್ತುತೀ ( ದೇವೀಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯಕಥಸಾರರೂಪಾ ) દુર્ગાસ્તુતી ( દેવીમાહાત્મ્યકથસારરૂપા ) দুর্গাস্তুতী ( দেবীমাহাত্ম্যকথসাররূপা ) ଦୁର୍ଗାସ୍ତୁତୀ ( ଦେଵୀମାହାତ୍ମ୍ଯକଥସାରରୂପା ) ദുര്ഗാസ്തുതീ ( ദേവീമാഹാത്മ്യകഥസാരരൂപാ )

{|| durgAstutI devImAhAtmyakathasArarUpA ||}
kalpAnte madhukaiTabhAsuraparAbhUtasya dhAtuH stavaiH
prItA pa~Nkajalochanasya nayanAnnirgatya nidrAmayI |
tau yuddhe parimohya ghAtitavatI tenaiva vishveshvarI
roddhuM ghorakRRitAntasainyamiha me durgaiva durgAyatAm || 1||

Being pleased by the praises sung by Brahma who was troubled
by the asuras Madhu and Kaitabha at the end of a kalpa, She,
the supreme Devi, supporter of the worlds, emerged out of
MahaVishnu's eyes, who was in mystic slumber. Deluded by
Mahamaya, the evil asuras, Madhu and Kaitabha, were then slayed
by MahaVishnu. Let Goddess Durga become a fort for me to stop
the terrible army of kRitAnta, the god of death.
trailokye mahiShAsurapramathite sambhUya saMchintatAM
devAnAmapi sA vinirmitavapustairdattabhUShAyudhA |
uchchairnAdayutairmahAsurabalairArabdhayuddhotsavA
roddhuM ghorakRRitAntasainyamiha me durgaiva durgAyatAm || 2||

When Mahishasura was creating havoc in all the three worlds,
the devas got together and requested Brahma, Siva and Vishnu
for help. Then Goddess Durga was created and weapons were given
by them. Let Goddess Durga, whose battle attire is accompanied
by the loud cries of the devas, become a fort for me to stop