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ॐ अस्य श्री अर्गला स्तोत्र मन्त्रस्य विष्णुः ऋषिः। अनुष्टुप्छन्दः। श्री महालक्ष्मीर्देवता। मन्त्रोदिता देव्योबीजम्। नवार्णोमन्त्रशक्तिः। श्री सप्तशती मन्त्रस्तत्वम्। श्री जगदम्बा प्रीत्यर्थे सप्तशती पठाङ्गत्वेन जपे विनियोगः॥
  • ॐ = om
  • अस्य = of this
  • श्री अर्गला स्तोत्र मन्त्रस्य = of Shri argala stora mantra
  • विष्णुः ऋषिः = Vishnu is the Rishi
  • अनुष्टुप्-छन्दः = Anushtup-chanda(Made of the anushtup metre)
  • श्री महालक्ष्मीः देवता = Goddess mahaalakSI (pArvatI referred to in plural)
  • मन्त्र-उदिताः = risen out of the mantra
  • देव्यः बीजम् = godesses, the seed (mantra?)
  • नव-अर्णस्-मन्त्र-शक्तिः = nine-streamed-mantra-power
  • श्री सप्तशती मन्त्रः = Holy seven hundred containing mantra 
  • तत्वम् = truth
  • श्री-जगदम्बा-प्रीति-अर्थे = out of love for Godess Jagadamba
  • सप्तशती = seven hundred containing Saptashati (सप्तशतिन्)
  • पठ+अङ्गत्वेन= as part of the reading
  • जपे = in chanting
  • विनियोगः = task/application
Of this Argala Stotram, Lord Vishnu is the Rishi, Anushtup (eight syllables in one pada) is the metric, Mahalaxmi is the deity. Elevated by the mantra, the godess and the seed. This mantra has the power of nine streams and is the truth and is employed in the recitation for the sake of Shri Jagadamba as part of the Durga Saptashati.

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