Argalastotra 1

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argalāstotram ..
oṃ asya śrīargalāstotramantrasya viṣṇurṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup chandaḥ, śrīmahālakṣmīrdevatā śrījagadambāprītaye saptaśatīpāṭhāṅgatvena jape viniyogaḥ.
.. śrī..
śrīcaṇḍikādhyānam
oṃ bandhūkakusumābhāsāṃ pañcamuṇḍādhivāsinīm .
sphuraccandrakalāratnamukuṭāṃ muṇḍamālinīm ..
trinetrāṃ raktavasanāṃ pīnonnataghaṭastanīm .
pustakaṃ cākṣamālāṃ ca varaṃ cābhayakaṃ kramāt ..

The Argalāstotra.
Om. Of this mantra of the venerable Argalāstotra, Viṣṇu is the sage, the meter is anuṣṭubh, the deity is venerable Mahālakṣmī; the ritual application in recitation is as an auxiliary part of the reading of the Saptaśatī, for the pleasure of the venerable Mother of the Universe.
Śrī.
Meditation on venerable Caṇḍikā:
Om. One should constantly meditate on her who shines like the bandhūka flower, who resides upon five severed heads, / whose jeweled crown bears the gleaming crescent moon, who wears a garland of severed heads,
who has three eyes, red garments, and full, raised breasts like water-jars, / holding a book and a rosary, and [granting] the gesture of boon and freedom from fear in due order,