O best of virtuous ladies, long ago you cursed Kali, while you were living in the forest, greatly afflicted with sorrow and burning in grief for me day and night. Since then Kali, burning with that curse, was living in my body. As a matter of fact, Kali, burning with your curse, was always dwelling within me, as fire dwells within fire.
यत् त्वयाधर्मकृच्छ्रे तु शापेनाभिहतः पुरा। वनस्थया दुःखितया शोचन्त्या मां दिवानिशम्॥ स मच्छरीरे त्वच्छापाद् दह्यमानोऽवसत् कलिः। त्वच्छापदग्धः सततं सोऽग्नावग्निरिवाहितः॥