শ্রীরুদ্রযামলে কালিকাকল্পে বৈরিনাশকরং নাম শ্রীকালিকাকবচং

An armour named for what it is meant to do, the destroying of enemies, from the Kalika Kalpa of the Rudrayamala, asked for by the Goddess of Shankara on the peak of Kailasa with the usual acknowledgement that what she wants is secret. Its argument runs by precedent rather than by promise: as the demon Shumbha was slain and Nishumbha the great asura, so, for the destruction of enemies, I salute that Kalika who is dear to Shankara. What was done once is asked to be done again. Thirty-two units carry the viniyoga, the hand-placing, the heart-placing and the armour, and the colophon repeats the title so that the purpose is never in doubt.