Rupam dehi, jayam dehi, Yasho dehi, dvisho jahi Om Namas Chandikayai (Om, I bow to the goddess Chandika) The first line of this song calls her by another one of her names: Chandika. She is the fierce form of the protective mother goddess, willing to unleash anger against wrong, violence for liberation and destruction to empower creation. She is the warrior goddess, whose mythology centers around combating evils and demonic forces that threaten peace, prosperity and the dharma of the good. It is a literary genre of Indian texts designed to be melodically sung, in contrast to shastras which are composed to be recited. Nevertheless, I looked up the word stotram on Wikipedia, and here is what it says: Stotra or Stotram is a Sanskrit word, that means "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise". Without knowing the meaning of the word stotram, I think it is obvious that the song is a hymn of devotion. The song I have been playing in class is the Sri Argala Stotram by Krishna Das.
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