Benefit: This mantra will protect one from all the evil forces.

Kali Mantra
In Sanskrit
ॐ क्रीं कालिकायै नमः
In English
“Om Kring Kalikaye Namah”
Meaning: This mantra is a sound representation of the Mother.
Benefit: This mantra is simple and transforms the devotee to pure consciousness.

Maha Kali Mantra
In Sanskrit
ॐ श्री महा कलिकायै नमः
In English
“Om Sri Maha Kalikayai Namah”
Meaning: ‘I bow my head to the Divine Mother, Kali.’
Benefit: One must propitiate the Divine Mother, the Primal Energy, and chant in her honour in order to obtain God’s grace.

Kalika-Yei Mantra
In Sanskrit
ॐ कलिं कालिका-य़ेइ नमः
In English
“Om Klim Kalika-Yei Namaha”
Benefit: This mantra is believed to bring relief from all kinds of problems, no matter how much complex it is.

Fifteen Syllable Kali Mantra
In Sanskrit
ॐ हरिं श्रीं कलिं अद्य कालिका परम् एष्वरी स्वा:
In English
“Om Hrim Shreem Klim Adya Kalika Param Eshwari Swaha”
Meaning: ‘O Kali, my Mother full of Bliss. In Thy delirious joy Thou dancest, clapping Thy hands together!Thou art the Mover of all that moves in thy world.’
Benefit: It is believed that this mantra brings rapid growth to one’s spirituality.

Kali Mantra for Worship
In Sanskrit
कृन्ग कृन्ग कृन्ग हिन्ग कृन्ग दक्षिणे कलिके कृन्ग कृन्ग कृन्ग हरिनग हरिनग हुन्ग हुन्ग स्वा:
In English
“Kring Kring Kring Hing Kring Dakshine Kalike Kring Kring Kring Hring Hring Hung Hung Swaha”
Meaning: The Mantra consists of three seeds, krim, hum and hrim, and the name ‘dakhshina kalike’ and ‘swaha’, which signifying offering.
Benefit: This mantra is used by the devotees of Kali, the preserver of Earth, who saves us from all the ignorance and the fear of death.

Kali Gayatri Mantra
In Sanskrit
“ॐ महा काल्यै
छ विद्महे स्मसन वासिन्यै
छ धीमहि तन्नो काली प्रचोदयात”
In English
“Om Maha Kalyai
Ca Vidmahe Smasana Vasinyai
Ca Dhimahi Tanno Kali Prachodayat”
Meaning: ‘Om Great Goddess Kali, the One and only one, who resides in the Ocean of Life and in the Cremation Grounds that dissolve the world. We focus our energies on you, may you grant us boons and blessings.’
Benefit: Through the repetition of this mantra, the aspirant’s mind becomes divinely transformed and passes from the gross state of worldly affiars into Kali’s subtle light of pure consciousness.

Dakshina Kali Dhyan Mantra
This is also known as karpuradi stotram.
“Om karala-badanam ghoram mukta-keshim chatur-bhuryam.
kalikam dakshinam dibyam munda-mala bibhushitam
sadya-chinna shira kharga bama-dordha karambujam
abhayam baradan-chaiba dakshina-dardha panikam”
Meaning: “Om Fierce of face, she is dark, with flowing hair and four-armed.Dakshina Kalika divine, adorned with a garland of heads. In Her lotus hands on the left, a severed head and a sword She bestows sanctuary and blessings with her right hands.”
Benefit : Chanting this mantra denotes the dissolving of attachments, anger, lust, and other binding emotions, feelings and ideas.

Maha Kali Mantra

“Om khargang chakra-gadeshu-chapa-parighan shulang bhushundIng shirahshankhang sanda-dhatIng karistri-nayanAng sarbanga-bhushabritam. nIlashma-dyutimasya pada-dashakang sebe maha kalikang yamastou-chhaite harou kamalajye hantung madhung kaitavam”
Meaning: ‘Aum, Her ten hands is holding a scimitar, disk, mace, arrows and bow, lance, club, a skull and a conch shell. She is a three-eyed goddess, Her body is covered with ornaments, and Her countenance with the brilliance of blue diamonds, with ten limbs. We offer our service to mahakali, She who Brahma praised for protection from the demons madhu and kaitava, when Vishnu was in sleep.’
Benefit: Kali is Mother to her devotees not because she protects them from the demons when Lord Vishnu is asleep but because she reveals to them their mortality and thus releases them to act fully and freely, releases them from the incredible, binding web of “adult” pretense, practicality, and rationality and recitation of this mantra helps in this realization.

Other Kali Mantra
a) “Om Kali, Kali! Om Kali, Kali!
Namostute, namostute, namo!
Namostute, namostute, namo!”

b) “Ananda Ma Ananda Ma Kali
Ananda Ma Ananda Ma Kali
Ananda Ma Ananda Ma Kali
Om Kali Ma!”
Benefit : These are the simple chants to salute and please the Black Goddess.

Thus, we can see that Kali’s boon is won when man confronts or accepts her and the realities she dramatically conveys to him. The image of Kali, in a variety of ways, teaches man that pain, sorrow, decay, death, and destruction cannot be conquered by denying them or explaining them away. For man to realize the fullness of his being, for man to exploit his potential as a human being, he must finally accept this dimension of existence and in return gain Kali’s boon of freedom, the freedom of the mankind to revel in the moment.
However, to gain best results one should chant and worship the Goddess properly. A few points should thus be kept in mind :

Chanting should be started with respect, faith and honesty.

Though one can pray any time during the day, the best time of day is 2 hours before sunrise. This is a time when one’s home and neighborhood would mostly be quiet and he can focus and concentrate without distractions.

One should be fresh without any association with meat, alcohol, etc.

As one gets into a routine of chanting, he may begin to feel a fine vibration. The mantras start to fill one with strength and courage, which makes him more powerful than the problems he is facing and helps to solve them quickly. Reciting these, hence, brings stability to life and helps people to decide what is right and wrong in their lives.