ମହାକୌତୂହଲଂ ନାମ ଶ୍ରୀ ଦକ୍ଷିଣକାଲୀ ହୃଦଯ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍

A second heart-hymn of Dakshina Kali, spoken by Mahakala and subtitled the great wonder, and it opens by saying that it ought not to be spoken: I shall tell even what may not be uttered, revealed out of love for you — keep it from others, truly and truly. What follows is a long naming. One verse gathers the whole figure at once — Kali, Dakshina Kali, of Krishna's own colour, the supreme self, garlanded with heads, wide of eye, the maker of creation and of its ending. The closing verse says when it is to be read, in great sorrow and great sickness, on a day of great calamity, in great fear — and repeats the demand for secrecy in the harshest simile the genre has.