About this stotra
Soundarya Lahari, meaning "Waves of Beauty," is a revered Sanskrit literary work attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, the great philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta in the 8th century. This composition is not just a poetic description of the physical beauty of the Goddess Shakti, but also a profound work of tantric philosophy and spiritual insight.
The text is divided into two parts:
Ananda Lahari (Waves of Bliss) - Verses 1 to 41
Soundarya Lahari (Waves of Beauty) - Verses 42 to 100
Structure and Purpose:
The Soundarya Lahari is a hymn in praise of Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva, who is worshipped as the ultimate feminine principle of the universe, Shakti. Through the composition, Shakti is honored as both the creative force behind the universe and the embodiment of supreme beauty. The text masterfully weaves together descriptions of her divine form with complex spiritual principles, outlining the connection between the microcosm (human experience) and the macrocosm (universal forces).
Ananda Lahari, the first portion, primarily explores the tantric aspects of Shakti worship, including the intricate practices of Kundalini yoga, meditative rituals, and the esoteric science of mantras and yantras. It is said to contain mystical and magical formulas that bestow both spiritual and material benefits on devotees who recite the verses with devotion.
Soundarya Lahari, the second portion, focuses on describing the sublime beauty of the Goddess from head to toe. Each verse praises a particular aspect of her physical form, symbolizing divine concepts and cosmic forces.
Philosophical and Spiritual Significance:
The Soundarya Lahari is rich in symbolism and serves multiple purposes:
Devotional Hymn: It is a devotional hymn for those seeking to worship Goddess Parvati as the universal mother and source of all energy.
Tantric Scripture: For practitioners of tantra, the Soundarya Lahari holds deep esoteric meaning. It outlines the concepts of Kundalini, the subtle body, chakras, and various rituals to invoke divine energy.
Path to Liberation: While it exalts the external beauty of the Goddess, its real purpose is to guide the devotee toward spiritual liberation by realizing the divine energy that resides within themselves.
Mystical and Magical Powers:
The verses of the Soundarya Lahari are believed to possess mantra shakti (the power of sound) and yantra shakti (the power of geometrical diagrams). Each verse, when chanted with devotion, is believed to bestow specific benefits such as health, wealth, success, and spiritual awakening. Devotees often meditate upon yantras (mystical diagrams) associated with particular verses to harness their spiritual and material benefits.
Literary Beauty:
Apart from its spiritual depth, the Soundarya Lahari is considered a masterpiece of Sanskrit poetry. Its literary elegance lies in its use of meter, its masterful wordplay, and its use of alankaras (poetic devices). Adi Shankaracharya’s skill in blending devotion, philosophy, and poetry in one seamless flow makes the Soundarya Lahari an unparalleled work in Indian spiritual literature.
Soundarya Lahari lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
आनन्दलहरी
शिवः शक्त्या युक्तो यदि भवति शक्तः प्रभवितुं
न चेदेवं देवो न खलु कुशलः स्पन्दितुमपि ।
अतस्त्वामाराध्यां हरिहरविरिञ्चादिभिरपि
प्रणन्तुं स्तोतुं वा कथमकृतपुण्यः प्रभवति ॥ १॥
ānandalaharī
śivaḥ śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ prabhavituṃ
na cedevaṃ devo na khalu kuśalaḥ spanditumapi .
atastvāmārādhyāṃ hariharaviriñcādibhirapi
praṇantuṃ stotuṃ vā kathamakṛtapuṇyaḥ prabhavati .. 1..
United with Śakti, Śiva is endowed with the power to create the universe. Otherwise, He is incapable even of movement. Therefore, who except those endowed with great merits acquired in the past can be fortunate enough to salute or praise Thee, Mother Divine, who art the adored of even Hari, Hara and Viriñci? 1.
Word by word
- शिवः (śivaḥ)
- Shiva
- शक्त्या (śaktyā)
- with Śakti
- युक्तः (yuktaḥ)
- united
- यदि (yadi)
- if
- भवति (bhavati)
- becomes
- शक्तः (śaktaḥ)
- capable
- प्रभवितुं (prabhavituṃ)
- to create
- न (na)
- not
- चेत् (ced)
- if
- एवं (evaṃ)
- thus
- देवः (devaḥ)
- god
- न (na)
- not
- खलु (khalu)
- indeed
- कुशलः (kuśalaḥ)
- capable
- स्पन्दितुम् (spanditum)
- to move
- अपि (api)
- even
- अतः (ataḥ)
- therefore
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- thee
- आराध्यां (ārādhyām)
- adorable
- हरिहरविरिञ्चादिभिः (hariharaviriñcādibhiḥ)
- by Hari, Hara, Viriñci, etc. (hari:Hari | hara:Hara | viriñca:Viriñci | ādibhiḥ:etc.)
- अपि (api)
- even
- प्रणन्तुं (praṇantuṃ)
- to salute
- स्तोतुं (stotuṃ)
- to praise
- वा (vā)
- or
- कथम् (katham)
- how
- अकृतपुण्यः (akṛtapuṇyaḥ)
- without merits (akṛta:not done | puṇyaḥ:merits)
- प्रभवति (prabhavati)
- is able
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Verse 2
तनीयांसं पांसुं तव चरणपङ्केरुहभवं
विरिञ्चिस्सञ्चिन्वन् विरचयति लोकानविकलम् ।
वहत्येनं शौरिः कथमपि सहस्रेण शिरसां
हरस्संक्षुद्यैनं भजति भसितोद्धूलनविधिम् ॥ २॥
tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ
viriñcissañcinvan viracayati lokānavikalam .
vahatyenaṃ śauriḥ kathamapi sahasreṇa śirasāṃ
harassaṃkṣudyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlanavidhim .. 2..
Gathering a minute particle of dust from Thy lotus feet, Brahmā the creator brings into being this universe (limitless and mysterious) without any imperfection. The sustentator Viṣṇu as Ādiśeṣa somehow supports this universe (made out of that dust) with His thousand hoods. And Hara, the destroyer, crushing it into powder, rubs the ashes all over His body (at the time of dissolution). 2.
Word by word
- तनीयांसं (tanīyāṃsaṃ)
- minute particle
- पांसुं (pāṃsuṃ)
- dust
- तव (tava)
- your
- चरणपङ्केरुहभवं (caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ)
- from lotus feet (caraṇa:feet | paṅkeruha:lotus | bhavaṃ:born from)
- विरिञ्चिः (viriñciḥ)
- Brahmā
- सञ्चिन्वन् (sañcinvan)
- gathering
- विरचयति (viracayati)
- creates
- लोकान् (lokān)
- worlds
- अविकलम् (avikalam)
- without imperfection
- वहति (vahati)
- supports
- एनं (enaṃ)
- this
- शौरिः (śauriḥ)
- Viṣṇu
- कथमपि (kathamapi)
- somehow
- सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa)
- with thousand
- शिरसां (śirasāṃ)
- hoods
- हरः (haraḥ)
- Hara (Śiva)
- संक्षुद्य (saṃkṣudya)
- crushing
- एनं (enaṃ)
- this
- भजति (bhajati)
- rubs
- भसितोद्धूलनविधिम् (bhasitoddhūlanavidhim)
- ashes all over body (bhasita:ashes | uddhūlana:scattering | vidhim:method)
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Verse 3
अविद्यानामन्त-स्तिमिर-मिहिरद्वीपनगरी
जडानां चैतन्य-स्तबक-मकरन्द-स्रुतिझरी ।
दरिद्राणां चिन्तामणिगुणनिका जन्मजलधौ
निमग्नानां दंष्ट्रा मुररिपु-वराहस्य भवति ॥ ३॥
avidyānāmanta-stimira-mihiradvīpanagarī
jaḍānāṃ caitanya-stabaka-makaranda-srutijharī .
daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanikā janmajaladhau
nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripu-varāhasya bhavati .. 3..
The dust of Thy feet is the Island City, wherefrom takes place the luminous sun-rise of spiritual illumination driving away the over-casting darkness of ignorance in the hearts of devotees. It forms the cluster of flower buds, from which gushes forth the nectar of intelligence, enlivening the dull-witted. It is a veritable necklace of wish-yielding gems for the poverty-stricken. And for those immersed in the ocean of Samsara, it becomes their up-lifter like the Tusk of Viṣṇu (which raised the earth from submergence in Pralaya waters when He incarnated as the Cosmic Boar). 3.
Word by word
- अविद्यानाम् (avidyānām)
- of ignorance
- अन्त (anta)
- end
- स्तिमिर (stimira)
- darkness
- मिहिर (mihira)
- sun
- द्वीप (dvīpa)
- island
- नगरी (nagarī)
- city
- जडानाम् (jaḍānām)
- of the dull-witted
- चैतन्य (caitanya)
- consciousness
- स्तबक (stabaka)
- cluster of buds
- मकरन्द (makaranda)
- nectar
- स्रुतिझरी (srutijharī)
- flowing stream
- दरिद्राणाम् (daridrāṇām)
- of the poor
- चिन्तामणि (cintāmaṇi)
- wish-yielding gem
- गुणनिका (guṇanikā)
- necklace
- जन्मजलधौ (janmajaladhau)
- in the ocean of birth (janma:birth | jaladhau:in the ocean)
- निमग्नानाम् (nimagnānām)
- of those immersed
- दंष्ट्रा (daṃṣṭrā)
- tusk
- मुररिपु (muraripu)
- enemy of Mura
- वराहस्य (varāhasya)
- of the boar
- भवति (bhavati)
- becomes
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Verse 4
त्वदन्यः पाणिभ्यामभयवरदो दैवतगणः
त्वमेका नैवासि प्रकटितवराभीत्यभिनया ।
भयात् त्रातुं दातुं फलमपि च वाञ्छासमधिकं
शरण्ये लोकानां तव हि चरणावेव निपुणौ ॥ ४॥
tvadanyaḥ pāṇibhyāmabhayavarado daivatagaṇaḥ
tvamekā naivāsi prakaṭitavarābhītyabhinayā .
bhayāt trātuṃ dātuṃ phalamapi ca vāñchāsamadhikaṃ
śaraṇye lokānāṃ tava hi caraṇāveva nipuṇau .. 4..
All Deities other than Thee bestow boons and give shelter from fear by the pose of their hands. Thou alone art not given to any such external demonstration of giving boons and shelter. For, O Refuge of All, Thy very feet (without any demonstration) are themselves inherently capable of sheltering devotees from the great fear of Samsāra and of giving them much more than what they pray for! 4.
Word by word
- त्वदन्यः (tvadanyaḥ)
- other than Thee (tvad:Thee | anyaḥ:other)
- पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām)
- by the hands
- अभयवरदः (abhayavaradaḥ)
- granting boons and fearlessness (abhaya:fearlessness | varadaḥ:granting boons)
- दैवतगणः (daivatagaṇaḥ)
- group of deities (daivata:deity | gaṇaḥ:group)
- त्वम् (tvam)
- Thou
- एका (ekā)
- alone
- न (na)
- not
- एव (eva)
- indeed
- असि (asi)
- art
- प्रकटितवराभीत्यभिनया (prakaṭitavarābhītyabhinayā)
- demonstration of boons and fearlessness (prakaṭita:demonstration | vara:boons | abhīti:fearlessness | abhinayā:gesture)
- भयात् (bhayāt)
- from fear
- त्रातुम् (trātum)
- to protect
- दातुम् (dātum)
- to give
- फलम् (phalam)
- fruit
- अपि (api)
- also
- च (ca)
- and
- वाञ्छासमधिकम् (vāñchāsamadhikam)
- more than desired (vāñchā:desire | samadhikam:more than)
- शरण्ये (śaraṇye)
- O Refuge
- लोकानाम् (lokānām)
- of the worlds
- तव (tava)
- Thy
- हि (hi)
- indeed
- चरणौ (caraṇau)
- feet
- एव (eva)
- indeed
- निपुणौ (nipuṇau)
- capable
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Verse 5
हरिस्त्वामाराध्य प्रणतजनसौभाग्यजननीं
पुरा नारी भूत्वा पुररिपुमपि क्षोभमनयत् ।
स्मरोऽपि त्वां नत्वा रतिनयनलेह्येन वपुषा
मुनीनामप्यन्तः प्रभवति हि मोहाय महताम् ॥ ५॥
haristvāmārādhya praṇatajanasaubhāgyajananīṃ
purā nārī bhūtvā puraripumapi kṣobhamanayat .
smaro'pi tvāṃ natvā ratinayanalehyena vapuṣā
munīnāmapyantaḥ prabhavati hi mohāya mahatām .. 5..
Adoring Thee, who art the bestower of prosperity on all Thy votaries, Hari (Viṣṇu) was able to become a charming female and stir waves of passion in the minds of no less a Deity than Hara, the Destroyer of the Three Cities. And Smara (Cupid, the god of love), through Thy adoration, got a form—a veritable feast for the eyes of his consort Rati—, with which he has become capable of causing deep infatuation even in the minds of sages. 5.
Word by word
- हरिः (hariḥ)
- Hari (Viṣṇu)
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- Thee
- आराध्य (ārādhya)
- adoring
- प्रणतजनसौभाग्यजननीम् (praṇatajanasaubhāgyajananīm)
- bestower of prosperity (praṇata:votaries | jana:people | saubhāgya:prosperity | jananīm:bestower)
- पुरा (purā)
- formerly
- नारी (nārī)
- female
- भूत्वा (bhūtvā)
- becoming
- पुररिपुम् (puraripum)
- enemy of cities (pura:cities | ripum:enemy)
- अपि (api)
- even
- क्षोभम् (kṣobham)
- agitation
- अनयत् (anayat)
- caused
- स्मरः (smaraḥ)
- Cupid
- अपि (api)
- also
- त्वां (tvāṃ)
- Thee
- नत्वा (natvā)
- adoring
- रतिनयनलेह्येन (ratinayanalehyena)
- feast for Rati's eyes (rati:Rati | nayana:eyes | lehyena:feast)
- वपुषा (vapuṣā)
- with form
- मुनीनाम् (munīnām)
- of sages
- अपि (api)
- even
- अन्तः (antaḥ)
- within
- प्रभवति (prabhavati)
- capable
- हि (hi)
- indeed
- मोहाय (mohāya)
- for infatuation
- महताम् (mahatām)
- of the great
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Verse 6
धनुः पौष्पं मौर्वी मधुकरमयी पञ्च विशिखाः
वसन्तः सामन्तो मलयमरुदायोधनरथः ।
तथाप्येकः सर्वं हिमगिरिसुते कामपि कृपाम्
अपाङ्गात्ते लब्ध्वा जगदिद-मनङ्गो विजयते ॥ ६॥
dhanuḥ pauṣpaṃ maurvī madhukaramayī pañca viśikhāḥ
vasantaḥ sāmanto malayamarudāyodhanarathaḥ .
tathāpyekaḥ sarvaṃ himagirisute kāmapi kṛpām
apāṅgātte labdhvā jagadida-manaṅgo vijayate .. 6..
(Look at Kāma Deva [Cupid] and his equipments—how ineffective they are in themselves!) His bow is made only of flowers; its bow-string is a line of honey-bees; he has only five arrows, and these are made of flowers; his minister is the (periodical and undependable) spring season; his battle-chariot is the (shifting and formless) Malaya breeze; and above all he is Ananga, the bodiless one. Yet, O daughter of the Mountain! blessed by Thy gracious side-glance, he, by himself alone, is victorious over the whole world. 6.
Word by word
- धनुः (dhanuḥ)
- bow
- पौष्पं (pauṣpam)
- made of flowers
- मौर्वी (maurvī)
- bow-string
- मधुकरमयी (madhukaramayī)
- made of honey-bees (madhukara:honey-bees | mayī:made of)
- पञ्च (pañca)
- five
- विशिखाः (viśikhāḥ)
- arrows
- वसन्तः (vasantaḥ)
- spring season
- सामन्तः (sāmantaḥ)
- minister
- मलयमरुदायोधनरथः (malayamarudāyodhanarathaḥ)
- battle-chariot is Malaya breeze (malaya:Malaya | marut:breeze | āyodhana:battle | rathaḥ:chariot)
- तथापि (tathāpi)
- yet
- एकः (ekaḥ)
- alone
- सर्वं (sarvam)
- all
- हिमगिरिसुते (himagirisute)
- O daughter of the Mountain (himagiri:Mountain | sute:daughter)
- कामपि (kāmapi)
- some
- कृपाम् (kṛpām)
- grace
- अपाङ्गात्ते (apāṅgātte)
- from your side-glance (apāṅga:side-glance | te:your)
- लब्ध्वा (labdhvā)
- having obtained
- जगदिदम् (jagadidam)
- this world (jagat:world | idam:this)
- अनङ्गः (anaṅgaḥ)
- bodiless
- विजयते (vijayate)
- is victorious
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Verse 7
क्वणत्काञ्चीदामा करिकलभकुम्भस्तननता
परिक्षीणा मध्ये परिणतशरच्चन्द्रवदना ।
धनुर्बाणान् पाशं सृणिमपि दधाना करतलैः
पुरस्तादास्तां नः पुरमथितुराहोपुरुषिका ॥ ७॥
kvaṇatkāñcīdāmā karikalabhakumbhastananatā
parikṣīṇā madhye pariṇataśaraccandravadanā .
dhanurbāṇān pāśaṃ sṛṇimapi dadhānā karatalaiḥ
purastādāstāṃ naḥ puramathiturāhopuruṣikā .. 7..
May the Divine Mother Tripurasundarī, the Pride (Ahanta or I-sense) of Siva the Destroyer of the Three Cities., vouchsafe Her presence before us—the Mother with Her slender waist girdled with jingling mini-bells, with Her frame slightly bent in the middle by the weight of Her breasts that bulge like the frontal globes of the forehead of a young elephant, with her face resembling the autumnal moon, and with her hand sporting a bow, arrows, a noose and a goad! 7.
Word by word
- क्वणत्काञ्चीदामा (kvaṇatkāñcīdāmā)
- with jingling girdle (kvaṇat:jingling | kāñcī:girdle | dāmā:with)
- करिकलभकुम्भस्तननता (karikalabhakumbhastananatā)
- breasts like elephant's forehead (kari:elephant | kalabha:young | kumbha:forehead | stana:breast | natā:bent)
- परिक्षीणा (parikṣīṇā)
- slender
- मध्ये (madhye)
- in the middle
- परिणतशरच्चन्द्रवदना (pariṇataśaraccandravadanā)
- face like autumnal moon (pariṇata:matured | śarat:autumn | candra:moon | vadanā:face)
- धनुर्बाणान् (dhanurbāṇān)
- bow and arrows (dhanus:bow | bāṇān:arrows)
- पाशं (pāśam)
- noose
- सृणिमपि (sṛṇimapi)
- and a goad (sṛṇi:goad | api:and)
- दधाना (dadhānā)
- holding
- करतलैः (karatalaiḥ)
- with hands
- पुरस्तात् (purastāt)
- before
- आस्तां (āstām)
- may be
- नः (naḥ)
- us
- पुरमथितुः (puramathituḥ)
- of the destroyer of cities (pura:city | mathituḥ:destroyer)
- आहोपुरुषिका (āhopuruṣikā)
- pride
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Verse 8
सुधासिन्धोर्मध्ये सुरविटपिवाटीपरिवृते
मणिद्वीपे नीपोपवनवति चिन्तामणिगृहे ।
शिवाकारे मञ्चे परमशिवपर्यङ्कनिलयां
भजन्ति त्वां धन्याः कतिचन चिदानन्दलहरीम् ॥ ८॥
sudhāsindhormadhye suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte
maṇidvīpe nīpopavanavati cintāmaṇigṛhe .
śivākāre mañce paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayāṃ
bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ katicana cidānandalaharīm .. 8..
Fortunate indeed are the few who adore Thee, the Inundation of Bliss-Consciousness, as abiding on a mattress, that is Paramaśiva (the Supreme Śiva or Sadāśiva) spread on a couch, which too is an aspect of Śiva, placed in a chamber of wish-yielding gems (Cintāmaṇi), amidst a Nipa pleasure garden, in Maṇidvīpa (Isle of Gems), which is situated in the Nectar-Ocean and fringed by rows of celestial Kalpaka trees. 8.
Word by word
- सुधासिन्धोः (sudhāsindhoḥ)
- of the nectar-ocean (sudhā:nectar | sindhoḥ:of the ocean)
- मध्ये (madhye)
- in the middle
- सुरविटपिवाटीपरिवृते (suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte)
- surrounded by divine trees (sura:divine | viṭapi:trees | vāṭī:garden | parivṛte:surrounded by)
- मणिद्वीपे (maṇidvīpe)
- in the isle of gems (maṇi:gems | dvīpe:in the isle)
- नीपोपवनवति (nīpopavanavati)
- having nipa groves (nīpa:nipa | upavana:groves | vati:having)
- चिन्तामणिगृहे (cintāmaṇigṛhe)
- in the house of wish-gems (cintāmaṇi:wish-gem | gṛhe:in the house)
- शिवाकारे (śivākāre)
- in the form of Śiva (śiva:Śiva | ākāre:in the form)
- मञ्चे (mañce)
- on the couch
- परमशिवपर्यङ्कनिलयाम् (paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayām)
- abiding on Śiva's couch (parama:supreme | śiva:Śiva | paryaṅka:couch | nilayām:abiding)
- भजन्ति (bhajanti)
- adore
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- Thee
- धन्याः (dhanyāḥ)
- fortunate
- कतिचन (katicana)
- a few
- चिदानन्दलहरीम् (cidānandalaharīm)
- wave of bliss-consciousness (cit:consciousness | ānanda:bliss | laharīm:wave)
॥ ९ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 9
महीं मूलाधारे कमपि मणिपूरे हुतवहं
स्थितं स्वाधिष्ठाने हृदि मरुतमाकाशमुपरि ।
मनोऽपि भ्रूमध्ये सकलमपि भित्वा कुलपथं
सहस्रारे पद्मे सह रहसि पत्या विहरसे ॥ ९॥
mahīṃ mūlādhāre kamapi maṇipūre hutavahaṃ
sthitaṃ svādhiṣṭhāne hṛdi marutamākāśamupari .
mano'pi bhrūmadhye sakalamapi bhitvā kulapathaṃ
sahasrāre padme saha rahasi patyā viharase .. 9..
Having penetrated the Prithvi (Earth) element situated in the Mulādhāra, the Jala (Water) element in the Manipūra, the Agni (Fire) element in the Svādhiṣthāna, the Vāyu (Air) element in the Heart or Anāhata, the Ākāśa (Sky) element above the former in the Visuddhi, and Manas (mind) in the Ājñā between the eye-brows, Thou, ascending through the Suṣumnā or the Kula Path, sportest with Thy Consort in the solitude of Sahasrāra the Thousand-Petalled Lotus (above in the head). 9.
Word by word
- महीं (mahīm)
- earth
- मूलाधारे (mūlādhāre)
- in the Mūlādhāra (mūla:root | ādhāre:in the base)
- कमपि (kamapi)
- some
- मणिपूरे (maṇipūre)
- in the Maṇipūra (maṇi:gem | pūre:in the city)
- हुतवहं (hutavahaṃ)
- fire
- स्थितं (sthitaṃ)
- situated
- स्वाधिष्ठाने (svādhiṣṭhāne)
- in the Svādhiṣṭhāna (sva:own | adhiṣṭhāne:in the seat)
- हृदि (hṛdi)
- in the heart
- मरुतम् (marutam)
- air
- आकाशम् (ākāśam)
- sky
- उपरि (upari)
- above
- मनः (manaḥ)
- mind
- अपि (api)
- also
- भ्रूमध्ये (bhrūmadhye)
- between the eyebrows (bhrū:eyebrow | madhye:in the middle)
- सकलम् (sakalam)
- all
- अपि (api)
- also
- भित्वा (bhitvā)
- having penetrated
- कुलपथं (kulapathaṃ)
- Kula path (kula:family | pathaṃ:path)
- सहस्रारे (sahasrāre)
- in the Sahasrāra (sahasra:thousand | āre:in the petal)
- पद्मे (padme)
- in the lotus
- सह (saha)
- with
- रहसि (rahasi)
- in solitude
- पत्या (patyā)
- with the consort
- विहरसे (viharase)
- you sport
॥ १० ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 10
सुधाधारासारैश्चरणयुगलान्तर्विगलितैः
प्रपञ्चं सिञ्चन्ती पुनरपि रसाम्नायमहसः ।
अवाप्य स्वां भूमिं भुजगनिभमध्युष्टवलयं
स्वमात्मानं कृत्वा स्वपिषि कुलकुण्डे कुहरिणि ॥ १०॥
sudhā-dhārā-sāraiś caraṇa-yugalāntar vigalitaiḥ
prapañcaṃ siñcantī punarapi rasāmnāyamahasaḥ .
avāpya svāṃ bhūmiṃ bhujaganibhamadhyuṣṭavalayaṃ
svamātmānaṃ kṛtvā svapiṣi kulakuṇḍe kuhariṇi .. 10..
Drenching the whole manifested multiplicity (the prapañca, here meaning the seventy two thousand Nādis of the Jīva) with the nectar flowing from Thy feet, Thou (the Kuṇḍalinī representing Tripurasundarī) descendest from the exuberance of the Nectarine Radiance of the Moon (here the Sahasrāra where the Kuṇḍalinī unites with Śiva) into the hollow of Thy own sphere in the Mūlādhāra at the lower end of the Suṣumnā, assuming Thy serpentine form (of three and a half coils) and sleepest therein. 10.
Word by word
- सुधाधारासारैः (sudhā-dhārā-sāraiḥ)
- with essence of nectar streams (sudhā:nectar | dhārā:streams | sāraiḥ:with essence)
- चरणयुगलान्तः (caraṇa-yugala-antar)
- between the pair of feet (caraṇa:feet | yugala:pair | antar:between)
- विगलितैः (vigalitaiḥ)
- flowing
- प्रपञ्चं (prapañcam)
- the manifested multiplicity
- सिञ्चन्ती (siñcantī)
- drenching
- पुनरपि (punarapi)
- again
- रसाम्नायमहसः (rasāmnāya-mahasaḥ)
- from the Nectarine Radiance (rasa:nectar | āmnāya:tradition | mahasaḥ:radiance)
- अवाप्य (avāpya)
- having reached
- स्वां (svām)
- own
- भूमिं (bhūmim)
- sphere
- भुजगनिभमध्युष्टवलयम् (bhujaga-nibha-madhyuṣṭa-valayam)
- serpentine form with coils (bhujaga:serpent | nibha:like | madhyuṣṭa:inhabited | valayam:coils)
- स्वमात्मानं (svamātmānam)
- own self
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā)
- having made
- स्वपिषि (svapiṣi)
- sleepest
- कुलकुण्डे (kulakuṇḍe)
- in the kula-kunda (kula:family | kuṇḍe:in the kunda)
- कुहरिणि (kuhariṇi)
- in the hollow
॥ ११ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 11
चतुर्भिः श्रीकण्ठैः शिवयुवतिभिः पञ्चभिरपि
प्रभिन्नाभिः शम्भोर्नवभिरपि मूलप्रकृतिभिः ।
चतुश्चत्वारिंशद्वसुदलकलाश्रत्रिवलय-
त्रिरेखाभिः सार्धं तव शरणकोणाः परिणताः ॥ ११॥
caturbhiḥ śrīkaṇṭhaiḥ śivayuvatibhiḥ pañcabhirapi
prabhinnābhiḥ śambhornavabhirapi mūlaprakṛtibhiḥ .
catuś-catvāriṃśad vasu-dala-kalāśra-tri-valaya-
trirekhābhiḥ sārdhaṃ tava śaraṇakoṇāḥ pariṇatāḥ .. 11..
The four Śrī-Kaṇṭhas (Siva-cakras) and the five Śiva-yuvatis (Śakti-cakras) are the nine Mūla-prakṛtis or basic manifestations, and these are apart from Śambhu (the Bindu or small circle in the centre). Then there are two lotuses, one of eight petals and another of sixteen, besides three surrounding circles and three lines. This forms Thy mansion with forty-four Konas (triangles). 11.
Word by word
- चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ)
- by four
- श्रीकण्ठैः (śrīkaṇṭhaiḥ)
- by Śrī-Kaṇṭhas (śrī:Śrī | kaṇṭhaiḥ:by Kaṇṭhas)
- शिवयुवतिभिः (śivayuvatibhiḥ)
- by Śiva-yuvatis (śiva:Śiva | yuvatibhiḥ:by yuvatis)
- पञ्चभिरपि (pañcabhirapi)
- by five also (pañcabhiḥ:by five | api:also)
- प्रभिन्नाभिः (prabhinnābhiḥ)
- by distinct
- शम्भोः (śambhoḥ)
- of Śambhu
- नवभिरपि (navabhirapi)
- by nine also (navabhiḥ:by nine | api:also)
- मूलप्रकृतिभिः (mūlaprakṛtibhiḥ)
- by basic manifestations (mūla:basic | prakṛtibhiḥ:by manifestations)
- चतुश्चत्वारिंशद्वसुदलकलाश्रत्रिवलय- (catuścatvāriṃśadvasudalakālāśratrivalaya-)
- forty-four petal, circle (catuḥ:four | catvāriṃśat:forty | vasu:petal | dala:petal | kalā:circle | āśra:circle | tri:three | valaya:circle)
- त्रिरेखाभिः (trirekhābhiḥ)
- by three lines (tri:three | rekhābhiḥ:by lines)
- सार्धं (sārdhaṃ)
- together with
- तव (tava)
- your
- शरणकोणाः (śaraṇakoṇāḥ)
- shelter triangles (śaraṇa:shelter | koṇāḥ:triangles)
- परिणताः (pariṇatāḥ)
- formed
॥ १२ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 12
त्वदीयं सौन्दर्यं तुहिनगिरिकन्ये तुलयितुं
कवीन्द्राः कल्पन्ते कथमपि विरिञ्चिप्रभृतयः ।
यदालोकौत्सुक्यादमरललना यान्ति मनसा
तपोभिर्दुष्प्रापामपि गिरिशसायुज्यपदवीम् ॥ १२॥
tvadīyaṃ saundaryaṃ tuhinagirikanye tulayituṃ
kavīndrāḥ kalpante kathamapi viriñciprabhṛtayaḥ .
yadālokautsukyādamaralalanā yānti manasā
tapobhirduṣprāpāmapi giriśasāyujyapadavīm .. 12..
O Daughter of the Mountain of Snow! The greatest of poets like Brahmā—in trying assiduously to portray Thy beauty, fail to find any other object to describe it through comparison. For, even the heavenly damsels (who are the most noted entities available to compare in respect of beauty) attain, out of their eagerness to experience Thy beauty, only to an imaginative identification with the State of Oneness with Siva, which is difficult to gain even by severe austerities. (They seek to do so because only Thy Eternal Consort Śiva has the privilege of absorption in Thy beauty, and oneness with Him alone can help one experience it.) 12.
Word by word
- त्वदीयं (tvadīyaṃ)
- your
- सौन्दर्यं (saundaryaṃ)
- beauty
- तुइनगिरिकन्ये (tuhinagirikanye)
- O Daughter of the Mountain of Snow (tuhina:snow | giri:mountain | kanye:daughter)
- तुलयितुं (tulayituṃ)
- to compare
- कवीन्द्राः (kavīndrāḥ)
- great poets (kavi:poet | indra:lord)
- कल्पन्ते (kalpante)
- attempt
- कथमपि (kathamapi)
- somehow
- विरिञ्चिप्रभृतयः (viriñciprabhṛtayaḥ)
- Brahmā and others (viriñci:Brahmā | prabhṛtayaḥ:and others)
- यदालोकौत्सुक्यात् (yadālokautsukyāt)
- due to eagerness to see (yad:which | āloka:seeing | autsukyāt:due to eagerness)
- अमरललना (amaralalanā)
- heavenly damsels (amara:immortal | lalanā:damsels)
- यान्ति (yānti)
- attain
- मनसा (manasā)
- by mind
- तपोभिः (tapobhiḥ)
- by austerities
- दुष्प्रापामपि (duṣprāpāmapi)
- even though difficult to attain (duṣprāpām:difficult to attain | api:even though)
- गिरिशसायुज्यपदवीम् (giriśasāyujyapadavīm)
- oneness with Śiva (giriśa:Śiva | sāyujya:oneness | padavīm:path)
॥ १३ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 13
नरं वर्षीयांसं नयनविरसं नर्मसु जडं
तवापाङ्गालोके पतितमनुधावन्ति शतशः ।
गलद्वेणीबन्धाः कुचकलशविस्रस्तसिचया
हठात् त्रुट्यत्काञ्च्यो विगलितदुकूला युवतयः ॥ १३॥
naraṃ varṣīyāṃsaṃ nayanavirasaṃ narmasu jaḍaṃ
tavāpāṅgāloke patitamanudhāvanti śataśaḥ .
galadveṇībandhāḥ kucakalaśavisrastasicayā
haṭhāt truṭyatkāñcyo vigalitadukūlā yuvatayaḥ .. 13..
If Thy gracious side glance falls on even a very decrepit old man who is ugly to look at, and whose erotic sensibilities are dead, he will be followed in all haste in their hundreds by love-lorn young women having their locks scattered, their rotund breasts exposed by the loosening of their inner-garmerts, and their girdles suddenly broken in excitement, thus letting their wearing clothes slip down. 13.
Word by word
- नरं (naraṃ)
- man
- वर्षीयांसं (varṣīyāṃsaṃ)
- very old
- नयनविरसं (nayanavirasaṃ)
- ugly to look at (nayana:eye | virasaṃ:tasteless)
- नर्मसु (narmasu)
- in erotic matters
- जडं (jaḍaṃ)
- dull
- तव (tava)
- your
- अपाङ्गालोके (apāṅgāloke)
- side glance (apāṅga:side | āloke:glance)
- पतितम् (patitam)
- fallen
- अनुधावन्ति (anudhāvanti)
- follow
- शतशः (śataśaḥ)
- in hundreds
- गलद्वेणीबन्धाः (galadveṇībandhāḥ)
- with loosened hair (galad:loosened | veṇībandhāḥ:hair ties)
- कुचकलशविस्रस्तसिचया (kucakalaśavisrastasicayā)
- with exposed breasts (kuca:breast | kalaśa:pot | visrasta:exposed | sicayā:heap)
- हठात् (haṭhāt)
- suddenly
- त्रुट्यत्काञ्च्यः (truṭyatkāñcyaḥ)
- with broken girdles (truṭyat:broken | kāñcyaḥ:girdles)
- विगलितदुकूला (vigalitadukūlā)
- with slipping clothes (vigalita:slipping | dukūlā:clothes)
- युवतयः (yuvatayaḥ)
- young women
॥ १४ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 14
क्षितौ षट्पञ्चाशद् द्विसमधिकपञ्चाशदुदके
हुताशे द्वाषष्टिश्चतुरधिकपञ्चाशदनिले ।
दिवि द्विष्षट्त्रिंशन्मनसि च चतुष्षष्टिरिति ये
मयूखास्तेषामप्युपरि तव पादाम्बुजयुगम् ॥ १४॥
kṣitau ṣaṭpañcāśad dvisamadhikapañcāśadudake
hutāśe dvāṣaṣṭiścaturadhikapañcāśadanile .
divi dviṣṣaṭtriṃśanmanasi ca catuṣṣaṣṭiriti ye
mayūkhāsteṣāmapyupari tava pādāmbujayugam .. 14..
In the Bindu in the centre of the Sahasrāra is Thy transcendent Station (pādāmbuja-yugam or pair of lotus feet) far above the Cakras to which Thy Rays (or luminous-manifestation as Śaktis) reach in the following combinations—fifty six in the Mūlādhāra which partakes of the character of Prithvi (Earth Element), fifty-two in Maṇipūra which partakes of the character of Jala (Water Element), sixty two in the Svādhiṣṭhāna which partakes of the character of Agni (Fire Element), fifty four in Anahata which partakes of the character of Vayu (Air Element), seventy-two in Viśuddhi which partakes of the nature of Akasa (Ether Element), and sixty four in Ājñā which partakes of the character of Manas (Mind). 14.
Word by word
- क्षितौ (kṣitau)
- on the earth
- षट्पञ्चाशत् (ṣaṭpañcāśat)
- fifty-six (ṣaṭ:six | pañcāśat:fifty)
- द्विसमधिकपञ्चाशत् (dvisamadhikapañcāśat)
- fifty-two (dvi:two | samadhika:more than | pañcāśat:fifty)
- उदके (udake)
- in water
- हुताशे (hutāśe)
- in fire
- द्वाषष्टिः (dvāṣaṣṭiḥ)
- sixty-two (dva:two | ṣaṣṭiḥ:sixty)
- चतुरधिकपञ्चाशत् (caturadhikapañcāśat)
- fifty-four (catur:four | adhika:more than | pañcāśat:fifty)
- अनिले (anile)
- in air
- दिवि (divi)
- in the sky
- द्विष्षट्त्रिंशत् (dviṣṣaṭtriṃśat)
- thirty-two (dvi:two | ṣaṭtriṃśat:thirty)
- मनसि (manasi)
- in the mind
- च (ca)
- and
- चतुष्षष्टिः (catuṣṣaṣṭiḥ)
- sixty-four (catuḥ:four | ṣaṣṭiḥ:sixty)
- इति (iti)
- thus
- ये (ye)
- those who
- मयूखाः (mayūkhāḥ)
- rays
- तेषाम् (teṣām)
- of them
- अपि (api)
- also
- उपरि (upari)
- above
- तव (tava)
- your
- पादाम्बुजयुगम् (pādāmbujayugam)
- pair of lotus feet (pāda:feet | ambuja:lotus | yugam:pair)
॥ १५ ॥♪ CHANTING NOW
Verse 15
शरज्ज्योत्स्नाशुद्धां शशियुतजटाजूटमकुटां
वरत्रासत्राणस्फटिकघटिकापुस्तककराम् ।
सकृन्न त्वा नत्वा कथमिव सतां संन्निदधते
मधुक्षीरद्राक्षामधुरिमधुरीणाः फणितयः ॥ १५॥
śarajjyotsnāśuddhāṃ śaśiyutajaṭājūṭamakuṭāṃ
vara-trāsa-trāṇa -sphaṭika-ghaṭikā-pustaka karām .
sakṛnna tvā natvā kathamiva satāṃ saṃnidadhate
madhukṣīradrākṣāmadhurimadhurīṇāḥ phaṇitayaḥ .. 15..
How can torrents of words, excelling even honey, milk and grapes, help flowing from the mouth of good men who but once make prostration to Thee who art endowed with the lustre of the autumnal moon, who art holding Thy two hands in the pose of granting boons and offering protection, and sporting in the other two a rosary of crystal beads and a book, and who wearest the crescent moon in Thy crown of plaited locks! 15.
Word by word
- शरज्ज्योत्स्नाशुद्धां (śarajjyotsnāśuddhām)
- pure as autumn moonlight (śarad:autumn | jyotsnā:moonlight | śuddhām:pure)
- शशियुतजटाजूटमकुटां (śaśiyutajaṭājūṭamakuṭām)
- crowned with moon-adorned matted hair (śaśiyuta:moon-adorned | jaṭā:matted hair | jūṭa:crown | makuṭām:crowned)
- वरत्रासत्राणस्फटिकघटिकापुस्तककराम् (varatrāsatrāṇasphaṭikaghaṭikāpustakakarām)
- hands granting boons, protection, holding crystal beads, book (vara:boon | trāsa:fear | trāṇa:protection | sphaṭika:crystal | ghaṭikā:beads | pustaka:book | karām:hands)
- सकृन्न (sakṛnna)
- once
- त्वा (tvā)
- Thee
- नत्वा (natvā)
- having bowed
- कथमिव (kathamiva)
- how indeed
- सतां (satām)
- of good men
- संन्निदधते (saṃnidadhate)
- flow
- मधुक्षीरद्राक्षामधुरिमधुरीणाः (madhukṣīradrākṣāmadhurimadhurīṇāḥ)
- sweet as honey, milk, grapes (madhu:honey | kṣīra:milk | drākṣā:grapes | madhurima:sweetness | dhurīṇāḥ:sweet)
- फणितयः (phaṇitayaḥ)
- words
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Verse 16
कवीन्द्राणां चेतःकमलवनबालातपरुचिं
भजन्ते ये सन्तः कतिचिदरुणामेव भवतीम् ।
विरिञ्चिप्रेयस्यास्तरुणतरशृङ्गारलहरी-
गभीराभिर्वाग्भिर्विदधति सतां रञ्जनममी ॥ १६॥
kavīndrāṇāṃ cetaḥkamalavanabālātaparuciṃ
bhajante ye santaḥ katicidaruṇāmeva bhavatīm .
viriñci-preyasyās taruṇatara śṛṅgāra-laharī-
gabhīrābhirvāgbhirvidadhati satāṃ rañjanamamī .. 16..
O Mother, Thou Aruṇā, the Crimson-coloured Goddess, art like the light of morning’s rising sun to the lotus flowers constituted of the minds of gifted poets (helping, as Thou dost, their poesy to blossom forth). Therefore, those devoted men who adore Thee become capable of delighting the minds of assemblies of literary connoisseurs with the majestic flow of their words surging like waves of erotic sentiments emanating from youthful Sarasvati, the Goddess of Learning. 16.
Word by word
- कवीन्द्राणां (kavīndrāṇām)
- of the best poets (kavi:poet | indra:best | ṇām:of)
- चेतःकमलवनबालातपरुचिं (cetaḥkamalavanabālātaparuciṃ)
- light of morning's rising sun (cetaḥ:mind | kamala:lotus | vana:forest | bāla:young | āta:rising | ruciṃ:light)
- भजन्ते (bhajante)
- adore
- ये (ye)
- who
- सन्तः (santaḥ)
- devoted men
- कतिचित् (katicit)
- some
- अरुणाम् (aruṇām)
- Aruṇā
- एव (eva)
- indeed
- भवतीम् (bhavatīm)
- Thou
- विरिञ्चिप्रेयस्याः (viriñcipreyasyāḥ)
- of Sarasvati, beloved of Brahma (viriñci:Brahma | preyasyāḥ:beloved of)
- तरुणतर (taruṇatara)
- more youthful
- शृङ्गारलहरी (śṛṅgāralaharī)
- waves of erotic sentiments (śṛṅgāra:erotic sentiments | laharī:waves)
- गभीराभिः (gabhīrābhiḥ)
- profound
- वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ)
- with words
- विधधति (vidadhati)
- create
- सताम् (satām)
- of the good
- रञ्जनम् (rañjanam)
- delight
- अमी (amī)
- these
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Verse 17
सवित्रीभिर्वाचां शशिमणिशिलाभङ्गरुचिभिः
वशिन्याद्याभिस्त्वां सह जननि संचिन्तयति यः ।
स कर्ता काव्यानां भवति महतां भङ्गिरुचिभिः
वचोभिर्वाग्देवीवदनकमलामोदमधुरैः ॥ १७॥
savitrībhirvācāṃ śaśimaṇiśilābhaṅgarucibhiḥ
vaśinyādyābhistvāṃ saha janani saṃcintayati yaḥ .
sa kartā kāvyānāṃ bhavati mahatāṃ bhaṅgirucibhiḥ
vacobhir vāgdevī-vadana-kamal’āmoda madhuraiḥ .. 17..
O Mother! Those who meditate on Thee in association with Vaśinī and allied Deities—who are all the sources of speech and whose radiance resembles the lustre of freshly cut Candrakānta gem (moon stone)—can become the authors of poetical works as delightful as those of great ones (like Vālmīkī and Kālidāsa), and sweet with the fragrance of the mouth of Sarasvatī, the goddess of poesy and learning. 17.
Word by word
- सवित्रीभिः (savitrībhiḥ)
- with Savitrī
- वाचाम् (vācām)
- of words
- शशिमणिशिलाभङ्गरुचिभिः (śaśimaṇiśilābhaṅgarucibhiḥ)
- with moonstone-like radiance (śaśi:moon | maṇi:gem | śilā:stone | bhaṅga:like | ruci:radiance | bhiḥ:with)
- वशिन्याद्याभिः (vaśinyādyābhiḥ)
- with Vaśinī and others (vaśinī:Vaśinī | ādi:and others | ābhiḥ:with)
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- you
- सह (saha)
- together with
- जननि (janani)
- O Mother
- संचिन्तयति (saṃcintayati)
- meditates
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- स (sa)
- he
- कर्त्ता (kartā)
- author
- काव्यानाम् (kāvyānām)
- of poems
- भवति (bhavati)
- becomes
- महताम् (mahatām)
- of great ones
- भङ्गिरुचिभिः (bhaṅgirucibhiḥ)
- with delightful radiance (bhaṅgi:delightful | ruci:radiance | bhiḥ:with)
- वचोभिः (vacobhiḥ)
- with words
- वाग्देवीवदनकमलामोदमधुरैः (vāgdevī-vadana-kamal’āmoda-madhuraiḥ)
- sweet with Sarasvatī's fragrance (vāgdevī:Sarasvatī | vadana:mouth | kamala:lotus | āmoda:fragrance | madhuraiḥ:sweet with)
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Verse 18
तनुच्छायाभिस्ते तरुणतरणिश्रीसरणिभिः
दिवं सर्वामुर्वीमरुणिमनि मग्नां स्मरति यः ।
भवन्त्यस्य त्रस्यद्वनहरिणशालीननयनाः
सहोर्वश्या वश्याः कति कति न गीर्वाणगणिकाः ॥ १८॥
tanucchāyābhiste taruṇataraṇiśrīsaraṇibhiḥ
divaṃ sarvāmurvīmaruṇimani magnāṃ smarati yaḥ .
bhavantyasya trasyadvanahariṇaśālīnanayanāḥ
sahorvaśyā vaśyāḥ kati kati na gīrvāṇagaṇikāḥ .. 18..
How can numerous celestial courtesans like Urvaśī with eyes resembling in beauty those of timid does of the forest, help being attracted by a person who meditates on the beauty of Thy form which bathes the heaven and the earth in its crimson radiance resembling the rising sun. 18.
Word by word
- तनुच्छायाभिः (tanucchāyābhiḥ)
- with delicate shadows (tanu:delicate | chāyābhiḥ:with shadows)
- ते (te)
- your
- तरुणतरणिश्रीसरणिभिः (taruṇataraṇiśrīsaraṇibhiḥ)
- with the beauty of the rising sun (taruṇa:rising | taraṇi:sun | śrī:beauty | saraṇibhiḥ:with paths)
- दिवं (divaṃ)
- heaven
- सर्वाम् (sarvām)
- all
- उर्वीम् (urvīm)
- earth
- अरुणिमनि (aruṇimani)
- in crimson radiance (aruṇa:crimson | mani:radiance)
- मग्नाम् (magnām)
- immersed
- स्मरति (smarati)
- remembers
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- भवन्ति (bhavanti)
- become
- अस्य (asya)
- his
- त्रस्यद्वनहरिणशालीननयनाः (trasyadvanahariṇaśālīnanayanāḥ)
- with eyes like timid deer (trasyad:timid | vana:forest | hariṇa:deer | śālīna:graceful | nayanāḥ:eyes)
- सह (saha)
- with
- उर्वश्या (urvaśyā)
- Urvaśī
- वश्याः (vaśyāḥ)
- subdued
- कति (kati)
- how many
- कति (kati)
- how many
- न (na)
- not
- गीर्वाणगणिकाः (gīrvāṇagaṇikāḥ)
- celestial courtesans (gīrvāṇa:celestial | gaṇikāḥ:courtesans)
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Verse 19
मुखं बिन्दुं कृत्वा कुचयुगमधस्तस्य तदधो
हरार्धं ध्यायेद्यो हरमहिषि ते मन्मथकलाम् ।
स सद्यः संक्षोभं नयति वनिता इत्यतिलघु
त्रिलोकीमप्याशु भ्रमयति रवीन्दुस्तनयुगाम् ॥ १९॥
mukhaṃ binduṃ kṛtvā kucayugamadhastasya tadadho
harārdhaṃ dhyāyedyo haramahiṣi te manmathakalām .
sa sadyaḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ nayati vanitā ityatilaghu
trilokīmapyāśu bhramayati ravīndustanayugām .. 19..
O Consort of Hara! A votary who thinks of a woman’s face in the Bindu (the dot in the triangle), her twin breasts below it and ‘the half of Hara’ (harārdha), still below, and contemplates Thy Manmathakalā on those spots (and thus gets identified with her in meditation) will quickly stir the mind of any woman. This indeed is a trifle for him. For, in no time he can fascinate even the Triloki (the three worlds conceived as a woman) with the sun and moon as breasts. 19.
Word by word
- मुखं (mukhaṃ)
- face
- बिन्दुं (binduṃ)
- dot
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā)
- having made
- कुचयुगम् (kucayugam)
- pair of breasts (kuca:breast | yugam:pair)
- अधस्तस्य (adhastasya)
- below that
- तदधः (tadadho)
- below that
- हरार्धं (harārdhaṃ)
- half of Hara (hara:Hara (Śiva) | ardham:half)
- ध्यायेत् (dhyāyet)
- should meditate
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- हरमहिषि (haramahiṣi)
- O Consort of Hara (hara:Hara (Śiva) | mahiṣi:consort)
- ते (te)
- your
- मन्मथकलाम् (manmathakalām)
- Manmatha art (manmatha:Manmatha (Cupid) | kalām:art)
- स (sa)
- he
- सद्यः (sadyaḥ)
- quickly
- संक्षोभं (saṃkṣobhaṃ)
- agitation
- नयति (nayati)
- leads
- वनिता (vanitā)
- woman
- इति (iti)
- thus
- अतिलघु (atilaghu)
- very easy
- त्रिलोकीम् (trilokīm)
- three worlds (tri:three | lokīm:worlds)
- अपि (api)
- even
- आशु (āśu)
- quickly
- भ्रमयति (bhramayati)
- fascinates
- रवीन्दु (ravīndu)
- sun and moon (ravi:sun | indu:moon)
- स्तनयुगाम् (stanayugām)
- pair of breasts (stana:breast | yugām:pair)
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Verse 20
किरन्तीमङ्गेभ्यः किरणनिकुरम्बामृतरसं
हृदि त्वामाधत्ते हिमकरशिलामूर्तिमिव यः ।
स सर्पाणां दर्पं शमयति शकुन्ताधिप इव
ज्वरप्लुष्टान् दृष्ट्या सुखयति सुधाधारसिरया ॥ २०॥
kirantīmaṅgebhyaḥ kiraṇanikurambāmṛtarasaṃ
hṛdi tvāmādhatte himakaraśilāmūrtimiva yaḥ .
sa sarpāṇāṃ darpaṃ śamayati śakuntādhipa iva
jvarapluṣṭān dṛṣṭyā sukhayati sudhādhārasirayā .. 20..
He who meditates on Thee, who sends forth luminous waves of Bliss from Thy body as an image of moonstone does, will be capable of humbling the pride and ferocity of serpents by his mere look, like Garuḍa himself. Nay, like the nectar showering Nādi (nerve), his look can cure any ailment, including the afflictions of fever. 20.
Word by word
- किरन्तीम् (kirantīm)
- emitting
- अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ)
- from the limbs
- किरणनिकुरम्बामृतरसं (kiraṇanikurambāmṛtarasaṃ)
- nectar of rays cluster (kiraṇa:rays | nikuramba:cluster | amṛtarasa:nectar)
- हृदि (hṛdi)
- in the heart
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- you
- आधत्ते (ādhatte)
- places
- हिमकरशिलामूर्तिमिव (himakaraśilāmūrtimiva)
- like a moonstone image (himakara:moon | śilā:stone | mūrti:image | iva:like)
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- स (sa)
- he
- सर्पाणां (sarpāṇāṃ)
- of serpents
- दर्पं (darpaṃ)
- pride
- शमयति (śamayati)
- pacifies
- शकुन्ताधिप (śakuntādhipa)
- Garuḍa (śakunta:birds | adhipa:lord)
- इव (iva)
- like
- ज्वरप्लुष्टान् (jvarapluṣṭān)
- afflicted by fever (jvara:fever | pluṣṭān:afflicted)
- दृष्ट्या (dṛṣṭyā)
- by look
- सुखयति (sukhayati)
- comforts
- सुधाधारसिरया (sudhādhārasirayā)
- nectar showering nerve (sudhā:nectar | dhāra:shower | sirā:nerve)
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Verse 21
तटिल्लेखातन्वीं तपनशशिवैश्वानरमयीं
निषण्णां षण्णामप्युपरि कमलानां तव कलाम् ।
महापद्माटव्यां मृदितमलमायेन मनसा
महान्तः पश्यन्तो दधति परमाह्लादलहरीम् ॥ २१॥
taṭillekhātanvīṃ tapanaśaśivaiśvānaramayīṃ
niṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaṇṇāmapyupari kamalānāṃ tava kalām .
mahāpadmāṭavyāṃ mṛditamalamāyena manasā
mahāntaḥ paśyanto dadhati paramāhlādalaharīm .. 21..
The noble spiritual aspirants, whose minds are free from impurities like lust and greed and from the hold of Māyā consisting of ignorance, egotism and the like, are filled with thrills of spiritual Bliss by experiencing Thy lightning-like Kalā (Śakti in union with Śiva known as Sadākhyā) in the core of the Thousand-petalled Lotus, which transcends the six lotuses beginning with the Mūlādhāra inclusive of Thy manifestations as fire, sun and moon in them. 21.
Word by word
- तटिल्लेखातन्वीं (taṭillekhātanvīṃ)
- lightning-like slender (taṭillekhā:lightning-like | tanvīṃ:slender)
- तपनशशिवैश्वानरमयीं (tapanaśaśivaiśvānaramayīṃ)
- sun, moon, fire embodied (tapana:sun | śaśi:moon | vaiśvānara:fire | mayīṃ:embodied)
- निषण्णां (niṣaṇṇāṃ)
- situated
- षण्णामपि (ṣaṇṇāmapi)
- even above six (ṣaṇṇām:of six | api:even)
- उपरि (upari)
- above
- कमलानां (kamalānāṃ)
- of lotuses
- तव (tava)
- your
- कलाम् (kalām)
- part
- महापद्माटव्यां (mahāpadmāṭavyāṃ)
- in the great lotus forest (mahā:great | padma:lotus | āṭavyāṃ:in the forest)
- मृदितमलमायेन (mṛditamalamāyena)
- by purified mind (mṛdita:purified | mala:impurity | māyena:by mind)
- मनसा (manasā)
- by mind
- महान्तः (mahāntaḥ)
- great souls
- पश्यन्तः (paśyantaḥ)
- seeing
- दधति (dadhati)
- experience
- परमाह्लादलहरीम् (paramāhlādalaharīm)
- wave of supreme bliss (parama:supreme | āhlāda:bliss | laharīm:wave)
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Verse 22
भवानि त्वं दासे मयि वितर दृष्टिं सकरुणा-
मिति स्तोतुं वाञ्छन् कथयति भवानि त्वमिति यः ।
तदैव त्वं तस्मै दिशसि निजसायुज्यपदवीं
मुकुन्दब्रह्मेन्द्रस्फुटमकुटनीराजितपदाम् ॥ २२॥
bhavāni tvaṃ dāse mayi vitara dṛṣṭiṃ sakaruṇā-
miti stotuṃ vāñchan kathayati bhavāni tvamiti yaḥ .
tadaiva tvaṃ tasmai diśasi nijasāyujyapadavīṃ
mukunda-brahmendra-sphuṭa-makuṭa-nīrājita-padām .. 22..
Whoever, desiring to pray to Thee in terms like ‘Oh Bhavāni. bestow Thy gracious glance on me, Thy servant, even before he utters ‘ Bhavāni tvam ’ (May I) become Thou’, Thou art wont to bestow on him the status of oneness with Thy feet, at which Divinities like Viṣṇu, Brahmā and Indra are performing the lustration ceremony with the brilliance of their diadems (as they bow down their heads in prostration). 22.
Word by word
- भवानि (bhavāni)
- O Bhavani
- त्वं (tvaṃ)
- Thou
- दासे (dāse)
- to servant
- मयि (mayi)
- in me
- वितर (vitara)
- bestow
- दृष्टिं (dṛṣṭiṃ)
- glance
- सकरुणा (sakaruṇā)
- with compassion
- इति (iti)
- thus
- स्तोतुं (stotuṃ)
- to praise
- वाञ्छन् (vāñchan)
- desiring
- कथयति (kathayati)
- says
- भवानि (bhavāni)
- O Bhavani
- त्वम् (tvam)
- Thou
- इति (iti)
- thus
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- तदा (tadā)
- then
- एव (eva)
- indeed
- त्वं (tvaṃ)
- Thou
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to him
- दिशसि (diśasi)
- grant
- निजसायुज्यपदवीं (nijasāyujyapadavīṃ)
- state of oneness (nija:own | sāyujya:oneness | padavīṃ:state)
- मुकुन्दब्रह्मेन्द्रस्फुटमकुटनीराजितपदाम् (mukundabrahmendrasphuṭamakuṭanīrājitapadām)
- feet worshipped by gods (mukunda:Vishnu | brahma:Brahma | indra:Indra | sphuṭa:clear | makuṭa:crown | nīrājita:worshipped | padām:feet)
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Verse 23
त्वया हृत्वा वामं वपुरपरितृप्तेन मनसा
शरीरार्धं शम्भोरपरमपि शङ्के हृतमभूत् ।
यदेतत्त्वद्रूपं सकलमरुणाभं त्रिनयनं
कुचाभ्यामानम्रं कुटिलशशिचूडालमकुटम् ॥ २३॥
tvayā hṛtvā vāmaṃ vapuraparitṛptena manasā
śarīrārdhaṃ śambhoraparamapi śaṅke hṛtamabhūt .
yadetattvadrūpaṃ sakalamaruṇābhaṃ trinayanaṃ
kucābhyāmānamraṃ kuṭilaśaśicūḍālamakuṭam .. 23..
I have a feeling that, unsatisfied even after having appropriated the left half of Śambhu (Śiva) as Ardhanarīśvara, (a form half man and half woman), Thou hast also invaded his right half; for Thy form that shines in my heart is totally crimson in complexion and slightly bent by the weight of the two breasts, besides having three eyes and the crescent moon in the diadem. 23.
Word by word
- त्वया (tvayā)
- by you
- हृत्वा (hṛtvā)
- having appropriated
- वामं (vāmaṃ)
- left
- वपुः (vapuḥ)
- form
- अपरितृप्तेन (aparitṛptena)
- unsatisfied
- मनसा (manasā)
- by the mind
- शरीरार्धं (śarīrārdhaṃ)
- half of the body (śarīra:body | ardhaṃ:half)
- शम्भोः (śambhoḥ)
- of Śambhu
- अपरम् (aparam)
- other
- अपि (api)
- also
- शङ्के (śaṅke)
- I suspect
- हृतम् (hṛtam)
- taken
- अभूत् (abhūt)
- became
- यत् (yat)
- which
- एतत् (etat)
- this
- त्वद्रूपं (tvadrūpaṃ)
- your form (tvat:your | rūpaṃ:form)
- सकलम् (sakalam)
- entire
- अरुणाभं (aruṇābhaṃ)
- crimson in complexion (aruṇa:crimson | ābhaṃ:complexion)
- त्रिनयनं (trinayanaṃ)
- three-eyed (tri:three | nayanaṃ:eye)
- कुचाभ्याम् (kucābhyām)
- by the two breasts (kuca:breast | abhyām:by the two)
- आनम्रं (ānamraṃ)
- slightly bent
- कुटिलशशिचूडालमकुटम् (kuṭilaśaśicūḍālamakuṭam)
- with crescent moon diadem (kuṭila:curved | śaśi:moon | cūḍāla:crest | makuṭam:diadem)
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Verse 24
जगत्सूते धाता हरिरवति रुद्रः क्षपयते
तिरस्कुर्वन्नेतत्स्वमपि वपुरीशस्तिरयति ।
सदापूर्वः सर्वं तदिदमनुगृह्णाति च शिव-
स्तवाज्ञामालम्ब्य क्षणचलितयोर्भ्रूलतिकयोः ॥ २४॥
jagatsūte dhātā hariravati rudraḥ kṣapayate
tiraskurvannetatsvamapi vapurīśastirayati .
sadāpūrvaḥ sarvaṃ tadidamanugṛhṇāti ca śiva-
stavājñāmālambya kṣaṇacalitayorbhrūlatikayoḥ .. 24..
Brahmā brings forth the universe; Hari (Visṇu) sustains and protects it; Rudra destroys it; and Isa (Maheśvara) absorbs all these Deities (including the universe in involution) into Himself and disappears into Sadāśiva (the Ultimate Category). Then (when it is time for a new cycle of creation to begin) Sadāśiva, on receiving the mandate from Thee by a movement of Thy creeper-like brows, blesses (i. e. manifests and restores) them into activity (as before in the previous cycle). 24.
Word by word
- जगत्सूते (jagatsūte)
- creates the universe (jagat:universe | sūte:creates)
- धाता (dhātā)
- Brahmā
- हरिः (hariḥ)
- Hari (Visṇu)
- अवति (avati)
- protects
- रुद्रः (rudraḥ)
- Rudra
- क्षपयते (kṣapayate)
- destroys
- तिरस्कुर्वन् (tiraskurvan)
- concealing
- एतत् (etat)
- this
- स्वम् (svam)
- own
- अपि (api)
- also
- वपुः (vapuḥ)
- form
- ईशः (īśaḥ)
- Isa (Maheśvara)
- तिरयति (tirayati)
- absorbs
- सदापूर्वः (sadāpūrvaḥ)
- eternal
- सर्वम् (sarvam)
- all
- तत् (tat)
- that
- इदम् (idam)
- this
- अनुगृह्णाति (anugṛhṇāti)
- blesses
- च (ca)
- and
- शिवः (śivaḥ)
- Śiva
- तव (tava)
- your
- आज्ञाम् (ājñām)
- command
- आलम्ब्य (ālambya)
- receiving
- क्षणचलितयोः (kṣaṇacalitayoḥ)
- momentarily moved (kṣaṇa:moment | calitayoḥ:moved)
- भ्रूलतिकयोः (bhrūlatikayoḥ)
- of the creeper-like brows (bhrū:brow | latikayoḥ:creeper-like)
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Verse 25
त्रयाणां देवानां त्रिगुणजनितानां तव शिवे
भवेत् पूजा पूजा तव चरणयोर्या विरचिता ।
तथा हि त्वत्पादोद्वहनमणिपीठस्य निकटे
स्थिता ह्येते शश्वन्मुकुलितकरोत्तंसमकुटाः ॥ २५॥
trayāṇāṃ devānāṃ triguṇajanitānāṃ tava śive
bhavet pūjā pūjā tava caraṇayoryā viracitā .
tathā hi tvatpādodvahanamaṇipīṭhasya nikaṭe
sthitā hyete śaśvanmukulitakarottaṃsamakuṭāḥ .. 25..
The worship done at Thy feet, O Consort of Śiva, is also the worship of all the three Deities Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, who have their origin in Thy three Guṇas (Rajas, Sattva and Tamas). They require no special worship, because they are ever waiting with their joined palms held above their diademed heads in salutation to Thee by the side of the foot-stool of diamonds that bear Thy feet. 25.
Word by word
- त्रयाणां (trayāṇāṃ)
- of the three
- देवानां (devānāṃ)
- of the deities
- त्रिगुणजनितानां (triguṇajanitānāṃ)
- born of three qualities (tri:three | guṇa:qualities | janitānāṃ:born of)
- तव (tava)
- your
- शिवे (śive)
- O Śiva's consort
- भवेत् (bhavet)
- may be
- पूजा (pūjā)
- worship
- पूजा (pūjā)
- worship
- तव (tava)
- your
- चरणयोः (caraṇayoḥ)
- of the feet
- या (yā)
- which
- विरचिता (viracitā)
- is performed
- तथा (tathā)
- thus
- हि (hi)
- indeed
- त्वत्पादोद्वहनमणिपीठस्य (tvatpādodvahanamaṇipīṭhasya)
- of the gem-studded footstool (tvat:your | pāda:feet | udvahana:bearing | maṇi:gem | pīṭhasya:of the stool)
- निकटे (nikaṭe)
- near
- स्थिताः (sthitāḥ)
- standing
- हि (hi)
- indeed
- एते (ete)
- these
- शश्वत् (śaśvat)
- always
- मुकुलितकरोत्तंसमकुटाः (mukulitakarottaṃsamakuṭāḥ)
- with folded hands and crowned (mukulita:folded | kara:hands | uttaṃsa:adorned | makuṭāḥ:crowned)
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Verse 26
विरिञ्चिः पञ्चत्वं व्रजति हरिराप्नोति विरतिं
विनाशं कीनाशो भजति धनदो याति निधनम् ।
वितन्द्री माहेन्द्री विततिरपि संमीलितदृशा
महासंहारेऽस्मिन् विहरति सति त्वत्पतिरसौ ॥ २६॥
viriñciḥ pañcatvaṃ vrajati harirāpnoti viratiṃ
vināśaṃ kīnāśo bhajati dhanado yāti nidhanam .
vitandrī māhendrī vitatirapi saṃmīlitadṛśā
mahāsaṃhāre'smin viharati sati tvatpatirasau .. 26..
Viriñcīi (Brahmā) is reduced into elements: Hari ( Viṣṇu) retires into passivity: Kīnāśa(Yama the god of death) himself dies; Kubera the god of wealth meets with his end; and Indra with all his followers closes his eyes in destruction. When such, O Sati (chaste Consort of Śiva), is the state of all beings at the time of the total dissolution (mahāsamhāra ) of the universe, Thy husband Sadāśiva alone is sporting. 26.
Word by word
- विरिञ्चिः (viriñciḥ)
- Brahmā
- पञ्चत्वं (pañcatvaṃ)
- reduced to elements (pañca:five | tvaṃ:state)
- व्रजति (vrajati)
- goes
- हरिः (hariḥ)
- Viṣṇu
- आप्नोति (āpnoti)
- attains
- विरतिं (viratiṃ)
- passivity
- विनाशं (vināśaṃ)
- destruction
- कीनाशः (kīnāśaḥ)
- Yama
- भजति (bhajati)
- experiences
- धनदः (dhanadaḥ)
- Kubera
- याति (yāti)
- goes
- निधनम् (nidhanam)
- end
- वितन्द्री (vitandrī)
- Indra's
- माहेन्द्री (māhendrī)
- of Indra
- विततिः (vitatiḥ)
- followers
- अपि (api)
- also
- संमीलितदृशा (saṃmīlitadṛśā)
- with closed eyes (saṃmīlita:closed | dṛśā:eyes)
- महासंहारे (mahāsaṃhāre)
- in the great dissolution (mahā:great | saṃhāre:in dissolution)
- अस्मिन् (asmin)
- in this
- विहरति (viharati)
- sports
- सति (sati)
- O Sati
- त्वत्पतिः (tvatpatiḥ)
- your husband (tvat:your | patiḥ:husband)
- असौ (asau)
- he
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Verse 27
जपो जल्पः शिल्पं सकलमपि मुद्राविरचना
गतिः प्रादक्षिण्यक्रमणमशनाद्याहुतिविधिः ।
प्रणामस्संवेशस्सुखमखिलमात्मार्पणदृशा
सपर्यापर्यायस्तव भवतु यन्मे विलसितम् ॥ २७॥
japo jalpaḥ śilpaṃ sakalam api mudrā-viracanā
gatiḥ prādakṣiṇya-kramaṇam aśanādy’āhuti-vidhiḥ .
praṇāmaḥ saṃveśaḥ sukham akhilam ātmārpaṇa-dṛśā
saparyā-paryāyas tava bhavatu yan me vilasitam ..27..
May everything that I do with the sense of self-dedication (Ātmārpaṇa dṛśā) be items in Thy service—my prattle, the utterance of Thy Mantra; the movements of my hand, the gestures and poses of Thy worship; my walking, Thy circumambulation; my eating, fire-sacrifice to Thee; the stretching of the body in sleep and rest, prostration to Thee; and all my enjoyments, offerings made to Thee. 27.
Word by word
- जपः (japaḥ)
- chanting
- जल्पः (jalpaḥ)
- prattle
- शिल्पं (śilpaṃ)
- art
- सकलम् (sakalam)
- all
- अपि (api)
- also
- मुद्राविरचना (mudrā-viracanā)
- gesture creation (mudrā:gesture | viracanā:creation)
- गतिः (gatiḥ)
- movement
- प्रादक्षिण्यक्रमणम् (prādakṣiṇya-kramaṇam)
- circumambulation (prādakṣiṇya:circumambulation | kramaṇam:movement)
- अशनाद्याहुतिविधिः (aśanādi-āhuti-vidhiḥ)
- eating as offering (aśana:eating | ādi:etc. | āhuti:offering | vidhiḥ:method)
- प्रणामः (praṇāmaḥ)
- prostration
- संवेशः (saṃveśaḥ)
- rest
- सुखम् (sukham)
- comfort
- अखिलम् (akhilam)
- all
- आत्मार्पणदृशा (ātmārpaṇa-dṛśā)
- with self-dedication (ātma:self | arpaṇa:dedication | dṛśā:with view)
- सपर्यापर्यायः (saparyā-paryāyaḥ)
- service (saparyā:worship | paryāyaḥ:sequence)
- तव (tava)
- your
- भवतु (bhavatu)
- may it be
- यत् (yat)
- that which
- मे (me)
- my
- विलसितम् (vilasitam)
- activity
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Verse 28
सुधामप्यास्वाद्य प्रतिभयजरामृत्युहरिणीं
विपद्यन्ते विश्वे विधिशतमखाद्या दिविषदः ।
करालं यत्क्ष्वेलं कबलितवतः कालकलना
न शम्भोस्तन्मूलं तव जननि ताटङ्कमहिमा ॥ २८॥
sudhāmapyāsvādya pratibhayajarāmṛtyuhariṇīṃ
vipadyante viśve vidhiśatamakhādyā diviṣadaḥ .
karālaṃ yatkṣvelaṃ kabalitavataḥ kālakalanā
na śambhostanmūlaṃ tava janani tāṭaṅkamahimā .. 28..
Even after consuming Amrta (nectar), which confers freedom from the fear-inspiring decrepitude of old age and of death, Deities like Brahmā and Indra perish finally at the time of cosmic dissolution. But even in spite of taking the terrible poison of Kālakūṭa, Thy Consort Śiva enjoys a life-span that has no end. The cause of this, O Mother, is indeed the unique glory of Thy ear ornament! 28.
Word by word
- सुधाम् (sudhām)
- nectar
- अपि (api)
- even
- आस्वाद्य (āsvādya)
- having consumed
- प्रतिभय (pratibhaya)
- fear-inspiring
- जरामृत्युहरिणीम् (jarāmṛtyuhariṇīm)
- removing old age and death (jarā:old age | mṛtyu:death | hariṇīm:removing)
- विपद्यन्ते (vipadyante)
- perish
- विश्वे (viśve)
- in the universe
- विधिशतमखाद्याः (vidhiśatamakhādyāḥ)
- Brahmā, Indra, and others (vidhi:Brahmā | śata:hundred | makha:Indra | ādyāḥ:and others)
- दिविषदः (diviṣadaḥ)
- deities
- करालम् (karālam)
- terrible
- यत् (yat)
- which
- क्ष्वेलम् (kṣvelam)
- poison
- कबलितवतः (kabalitavataḥ)
- having consumed
- कालकलना (kālakalanā)
- end of time (kāla:time | kalanā:end)
- न (na)
- not
- शम्भोः (śambhoḥ)
- of Śiva
- तन्मूलम् (tanmūlam)
- root cause
- तव (tava)
- your
- जननि (janani)
- O Mother
- ताटङ्कमहिमा (tāṭaṅkamahimā)
- glory of ear ornament (tāṭaṅka:ear ornament | mahimā:glory)
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Verse 29
किरीटं वैरिञ्चं परिहर पुरः कैटभभिदः
कठोरे कोटीरे स्खलसि जहि जम्भारिमुकुटम् ।
प्रणम्रेष्वेतेषु प्रसभमुपयातस्य भवनं
भवस्याभ्युत्थाने तव परिजनोक्तिर्विजयते ॥ २९॥
kirīṭaṃ vairiñcaṃ parihara puraḥ kaiṭabhabhidaḥ
kaṭhore koṭīre skhalasi jahi jambhārimukuṭam .
praṇamreṣveteṣu prasabhamupayātasya bhavanaṃ
bhavasyābhyutthāne tava parijanoktirvijayate .. 29..
On Thy Consort Bhava approaching Thy abode unannounced, Thou springest up in such great haste to receive Him, whereupon Thy attendants (in their concern for thy safety from any possible injury) caution Thee, crying out, “Deign to keep away from the diadem of Viriñci (Brahmā); avoid tumbling over the heavy crown of Kaiṭabhārī (Viṣṇu); beware of the crest of Jambhāri (Indra)." 29.
Word by word
- किरीटं (kirīṭam)
- crown
- वैरिञ्चं (vairiñcam)
- of Viriñci (Brahmā)
- परिहर (parihara)
- avoid
- पुरः (puraḥ)
- in front
- कैटभभिदः (kaiṭabhabhidaḥ)
- of Kaiṭabhārī (Viṣṇu) (kaiṭabha:Kaiṭabha | bhidaḥ:breaker)
- कठोरे (kaṭhore)
- hard
- कोटीरे (koṭīre)
- crest
- स्खलसि (skhalasi)
- you stumble
- जहि (jahi)
- avoid
- जम्भारिमुकुटम् (jambhārimukuṭam)
- crown of Jambhāri (Indra) (jambhāri:Jambhāri (Indra) | mukuṭam:crown)
- प्रणम्रेषु (praṇamreṣu)
- in the bowed
- एतेषु (eteṣu)
- these
- प्रसभम् (prasabham)
- forcefully
- उपयातस्य (upayātasya)
- approaching
- भवनं (bhavanam)
- abode
- भवस्य (bhavasya)
- of Bhava (Śiva)
- अभ्युत्थाने (abhyutthāne)
- rising
- तव (tava)
- your
- परिजनोक्तिः (parijanoktiḥ)
- attendants' words (parijana:attendants | uktiḥ:words)
- विजयते (vijayate)
- triumphs
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Verse 30
स्वदेहोद्भूताभिर्घृणिभिरणिमाद्याभिरभितो
निषेव्ये नित्ये त्वामहमिति सदा भावयति यः ।
किमाश्चर्यं तस्य त्रिनयनसमृद्धिं तृणयतो
महासंवर्ताग्निर्विरचयति निराजनविधिम् ॥ ३०॥
svadehodbhūtābhirghṛṇibhiraṇimādyābhirabhito
niṣevye nitye tvāmahamiti sadā bhāvayati yaḥ .
kimāścaryaṃ tasya trinayanasamṛddhiṃ tṛṇayato
mahāsaṃvartāgnirviracayati nirājanavidhim .. 30..
O Mother eternal and adored of all! By ever meditating with a feeling of identification with Thee, who art surrounded by divine powers like Animā which are only rays emanating from Thy feet, a devotee attains to glories far above even those of Śiva. What wonder then that even the conflagration of Cosmic Dissolution proves only to be the rite of Nīrājana to him. 30.
Word by word
- स्वदेहोद्भूताभिः (svadehodbhūtābhiḥ)
- by powers born of own body (sva:own | deha:body | udbhūtābhiḥ:by powers born)
- घृणिभिः (ghṛṇibhiḥ)
- by rays
- अणिमाद्याभिः (aṇimādyābhiḥ)
- by Animā and others (aṇimā:Animā | ādyābhiḥ:and others)
- अभितः (abhitaḥ)
- surrounded by
- निषेव्ये (niṣevye)
- to be served
- नित्ये (nitye)
- eternal
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- Thee
- अहम् (aham)
- I
- इति (iti)
- thus
- सदा (sadā)
- always
- भावयति (bhāvayati)
- meditates
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- किम् (kim)
- what
- आश्चर्यं (āścaryaṃ)
- wonder
- तस्य (tasya)
- his
- त्रिनयनसमृद्धिं (trinayanasamṛddhiṃ)
- glories above Śiva (tri:three | nayana:eyes | samṛddhiṃ:prosperity)
- तृणयतः (tṛṇayataḥ)
- considering as straw
- महासंवर्ताग्निः (mahāsaṃvartāgniḥ)
- cosmic dissolution fire (mahā:great | saṃvarta:dissolution | agniḥ:fire)
- विरचयति (viracayati)
- performs
- निराजनविधिम् (nirājanavidhiṃ)
- rite of Nīrājana (nirājana:Nīrājana | vidhiṃ:rite)
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Verse 31
चतुष्षष्ट्या तन्त्रैः सकलमतिसंधाय भुवनं
स्थितस्तत्तत्सिद्धिप्रसवपरतन्त्रैः पशुपतिः ।
पुनस्त्वन्निर्बन्धादखिलपुरुषार्थैकघटना-
स्वतन्त्रं ते तन्त्रं क्षितितलमवातीतरदिदम् ॥ ३१॥
catuṣṣaṣṭyā tantraiḥ sakalamatisaṃdhāya bhuvanaṃ
sthitastattatsiddhiprasavaparatantraiḥ paśupatiḥ .
punastvannirbandhādakhilapuruṣārthaikaghaṭanā-
svatantraṃ te tantraṃ kṣititalamavātītaradidam .. 31..
Paśupati (Śiva) at first remained satisfied after ‘deluding’ (atisandhāya) the world, by giving out the sixtyfour Tantras, which expound practices conferring only one or another of the various psychic powers and worldly fulfilments. Afterwards, on Thy special insistence, He revealed this Thy own Tantra to the world, independent of all the others and capable of conferring all the Purusārthas—Dharma, Artha, Kama and Mokṣa—on the votaries, by Itself. 31.
Word by word
- चतुष्षष्ट्या (catuṣṣaṣṭyā)
- sixty-four
- तन्त्रैः (tantraiḥ)
- by the Tantras
- सकलम् (sakamalam)
- entire
- अतिसंधाय (atisandhāya)
- deluding
- भुवनम् (bhuvanam)
- world
- स्थितः (sthitaḥ)
- remained
- तत्तत् (tattat)
- various
- सिद्धि (siddhi)
- psychic powers
- प्रसव (prasava)
- conferring
- परतन्त्रैः (paratantraiḥ)
- dependent Tantras
- पशुपतिः (paśupatiḥ)
- Lord Śiva
- पुनः (punaḥ)
- again
- त्वत् (tvat)
- your
- निर्बन्धात् (nirbandhāt)
- insistence
- अखिलपुरुषार्थैकघटना (akhilapuruṣārthaikaghaṭanā)
- conferring all Purusārthas (akhila:all | puruṣārtha:Purusārthas | eka:one | ghaṭanā:conferring)
- स्वतन्त्रम् (svatantram)
- independent
- ते (te)
- your
- तन्त्रम् (tantram)
- Tantra
- क्षितितलम् (kṣititalam)
- earth
- अवातीत (avātīta)
- revealed
- इदम् (idam)
- this
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Verse 32
शिवः शक्तिः कामः क्षितिरथ रविः शीतकिरणः
स्मरो हंसः शक्रस्तदनु च परामारहरयः ।
अमी हृल्लेखाभिस्तिसृभिरवसानेषु घटिता
भजन्ते वर्णास्ते तव जननि नामावयवताम् ॥ ३२॥
śivaḥ śaktiḥ kāmaḥ kṣitiratha raviḥ śītakiraṇaḥ
smaro haṃsaḥ śakrastadanu ca parāmāraharayaḥ .
amī hṛllekhābhistisṛbhiravasāneṣu ghaṭitā
bhajante varṇāste tava janani nāmāvayavatām .. 32..
O Mother! The parts that combine to form Thy name (Mantra) are three groups of syllables—first, the group Ka, e, i and la indicated by the words Śiva, Śakti, Kāma and Kṣitī; second, the group ha, sa, ka, ha and la denoted by Ravi, Śītakiraṇa, Smara, Hamsa and Śakra; and third, the group Sa, Ka, and la denoted by Parā, Māra and Hari, together with Hṛllekhā (syllable Hrīm) added at the end of each of the three groups of syllables. 32.
Word by word
- शिवः (śivaḥ)
- Shiva
- शक्तिः (śaktiḥ)
- Shakti
- कामः (kāmaḥ)
- Kama
- क्षितिः (kṣitiḥ)
- Earth
- अथ (atha)
- then
- रविः (raviḥ)
- Sun
- शीतकिरणः (śītakiraṇaḥ)
- Moon (śīta:cool | kiraṇaḥ:rays)
- स्मरः (smaraḥ)
- Cupid
- हंसः (haṃsaḥ)
- Swan
- शक्रः (śakraḥ)
- Indra
- तदनु (tadanu)
- thereafter
- च (ca)
- and
- परामारहरयः (parāmāraharayaḥ)
- Parā, Māra, Hari (parā:Parā | māra:Māra | hari:Hari)
- अमी (amī)
- these
- हृल्लेखाभिः (hṛllekhābhiḥ)
- with Hṛllekhā (hṛllekhā:Hṛllekhā | bhiḥ:with)
- तिसृभिः (tisṛbhiḥ)
- three
- अवसानेषु (avasāneṣu)
- at the ends
- घटिता (ghaṭitā)
- joined
- भजन्ते (bhajante)
- worship
- वर्णाः (varṇāḥ)
- syllables
- ते (te)
- those
- तव (tava)
- your
- जननि (janani)
- Mother
- नामावयवताम् (nāmāvayavatām)
- parts of the name (nāma:name | avayavatām:parts)
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Verse 33
स्मरं योनिं लक्ष्मीं त्रितयमिदमादौ तव मनो-
र्निधायैके नित्ये निरवधिमहाभोगरसिकाः ।
भजन्ति त्वां चिन्तामणिगुननिबद्धाक्षवलयाः
शिवाग्नौ जुह्वन्तः सुरभिघृतधाराहुतिशतैः ॥ ३३॥
smaraṃ yoniṃ lakṣmīṃ tritayamidamādau tava mano-
rnidhāyaike nitye niravadhimahābhogarasikāḥ .
bhajanti tvāṃ cintāmaṇigunanibaddhākṣavalayāḥ
śivāgnau juhvantaḥ surabhighṛtadhārāhutiśataiḥ .. 33..
Some connoisseurs of the highest Enjoyment (Mahābhogarasikāḥ), adding before the beginning of Thy Mantra (verse 32) the Bīja-syllables of Kāmarāja (Klīm), Bhuvaneśvarī (Hrīm), and Śri (Śrīm) and adorned with a necklace of Cintāmaṇi, worship Thee with oblations consisting of countless streams of Kāmadhenu’s ghee in the purified fire of Śivā (i. e. Śakti established as the Trikona in the Anahata-cakra). 33.
Word by word
- स्मरं (smaraṃ)
- Kāmarāja (Klīm)
- योनिं (yoniṃ)
- Bhuvaneśvarī (Hrīm)
- लक्ष्मीं (lakṣmīṃ)
- Śri (Śrīm)
- त्रितयम् (tritayam)
- trio
- इदम् (idam)
- this
- आदौ (ādau)
- at the beginning
- तव (tava)
- of Thy
- मनः (manaḥ)
- mind
- निधाय (nidhāya)
- placing
- एके (eke)
- some
- नित्ये (nitye)
- eternal
- निरवधिमहाभोगरसिकाः (niravadhimahābhogarasikāḥ)
- connoisseurs of highest enjoyment (niravadhi:endless | mahābhoga:great enjoyment | rasikāḥ:connoisseurs)
- भजन्ति (bhajanti)
- worship
- त्वाम् (tvām)
- Thee
- चिन्तामणिगुननिबद्धाक्षवलयाः (cintāmaṇigunanibaddhākṣavalayāḥ)
- adorned with Cintāmaṇi necklace (cintāmaṇi:Cintāmaṇi | guna:qualities | nibaddha:bound | akṣa:beads | valayāḥ:necklace)
- शिवाग्नौ (śivāgnau)
- in Śivā's fire (śivā:Śivā | agnau:in the fire)
- जुह्वन्तः (juhvantaḥ)
- offering
- सुरभिघृतधाराहुतिशतैः (surabhighṛtadhārāhutiśataiḥ)
- with streams of ghee oblations (surabhi:fragrant | ghṛta:ghee | dhārā:streams | huti:oblations | śataiḥ:hundreds)
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Verse 34
शरीरं त्वं शम्भोः शशिमिहिरवक्षोरुहयुगं
तवात्मानं मन्ये भगवति नवात्मानमनघम् ।
अतश्शेषश्शेषीत्ययमुभयसाधारणतया
स्थितः संबन्धो वां समरसपरानन्दपरयोः ॥ ३४॥
śarīraṃ tvaṃ śambhoḥ śaśimihiravakṣoruhayugaṃ
tavātmānaṃ manye bhagavati navātmānamanagham .
ataśśeṣaśśeṣītyayamubhayasādhāraṇatayā
sthitaḥ saṃbandho vāṃ samarasaparānandaparayoḥ .. 34..
O Bhagavati! Thou art verily the body of Śambhu with the sun and the moon as the two breasts. And Thy being is verily the flawless Śambhu, having nine aspects (navātman). Therefore in the matter of relationship of Seṣa (the accessory or the subservient factor) and Śeṣī (the principal or essential entity), both (of ye) Parānanda (the Ānanda-bhairava) and Parā (the Ānanda-bhairavī) stand on an equal footing.
Note: In order to show the difference between the conceptions of the Devī and Śiva entertained by the Samayins and the Kaulas the position of the Kaulas is now stated in the verses 34 and 35. Afterwards in the six verses beginning with the 36th verse ‘Tavājñā cakrastham’, the conception of the Samayins is elaborated. There are two schools of Kaulas known as Pūrva Kaulas and Uttara Kaulas. First, the conception of Pūrva Kaulas is given. 34.
Word by word
- शरीरं (śarīraṃ)
- body
- त्वं (tvaṃ)
- you
- शम्भोः (śambhoḥ)
- of Śambhu
- शशिमिहिरवक्षोरुहयुगं (śaśimihiravakṣoruhayugaṃ)
- with sun and moon breasts (śaśi:moon | mihira:sun | vakṣoruhayugaṃ:pair of breasts)
- तव (tava)
- your
- आत्मानं (ātmānaṃ)
- self
- मन्ये (manye)
- I consider
- भगवति (bhagavati)
- O Goddess
- नवात्मानमनघम् (navātmānamanagham)
- flawless ninefold self (nava:nine | ātmānam:self | anagham:flawless)
- अतः (ataḥ)
- therefore
- शेषः (śeṣaḥ)
- accessory
- शेषी (śeṣī)
- principal
- इति (iti)
- thus
- अयम् (ayam)
- this
- उभयसाधारणतया (ubhayasādhāraṇatayā)
- equally common to both (ubhaya:both | sādhāraṇatayā:commonality)
- स्थितः (sthitaḥ)
- established
- संबन्धः (saṃbandhaḥ)
- relationship
- वां (vāṃ)
- of you both
- समरसपरानन्दपरयोः (samarasaparānandaparayoḥ)
- of equal supreme bliss (samara:equal | parānanda:supreme bliss | parayoḥ:of both)
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Verse 35
मनस्त्वं व्योम त्वं मरुदसि मरुत्सारथिरसि
त्वमापस्त्वं भूमिस्त्वयि परिणतायां न हि परम् ।
त्वमेव स्वात्मानं परिणमयितुं विश्ववपुषा
चिदानन्दाकारं शिवयुवति भावेन बिभृषे ॥ ३५॥
manastvaṃ vyoma tvaṃ marudasi marutsārathirasi
tvamāpastvaṃ bhūmistvayi pariṇatāyāṃ na hi param .
tvameva svātmānaṃ pariṇamayituṃ viśvavapuṣā
cidānandākāraṃ śivayuvati bhāvena bibhṛṣe .. 35..
Thou art the Mind, Thou art Ākāśa; Thou art also Fire. Thou art Water and Earth too. When Thou hast transformed Thyself in this way into the form of the universe, there is nothing beyond not included in Thee. It is to transform Thyself into the universe that Thou assumest this form of Consciousness-Bliss as Siva’s Consort (His Śakti). 35.
Word by word
- मनः (manaḥ)
- mind
- त्वं (tvaṃ)
- you
- व्योम (vyoma)
- sky
- त्वं (tvaṃ)
- you
- मरुत् (marut)
- wind
- असि (asi)
- are
- मरुत्सारथि (marutsārathi)
- charioteer of the winds (marut:wind | sārathi:charioteer)
- रसि (rasi)
- are
- त्वम् (tvam)
- you
- आपः (āpaḥ)
- water
- त्वम् (tvam)
- you
- भूमिः (bhūmiḥ)
- earth
- त्वयि (tvayi)
- in you
- परिणतायाम् (pariṇatāyām)
- transformed
- न (na)
- not
- हि (hi)
- indeed
- परम् (param)
- beyond
- त्वम् (tvam)
- you
- एव (eva)
- only
- स्वात्मानम् (svātmānam)
- own self
- परिणमयितुम् (pariṇamayitum)
- to transform
- विश्ववपुषा (viśvavapuṣā)
- universal form (viśva:universe | vapuṣā:form)
- चित् (cit)
- consciousness
- आनन्द (ānanda)
- bliss
- आकारम् (ākāram)
- form
- शिवयुवति (śivayuvati)
- Siva's consort (śiva:Siva | yuvati:consort)
- भावेन (bhāvena)
- as
- बिभृषे (bibhṛṣe)
- assume
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Verse 36
तवाज्ञाचक्रस्थं तपनशशिकोटिद्युतिधरं
परं शम्भुं वन्दे परिमिलितपार्श्वं परचिता ।
यमाराध्यन् भक्त्या रविशशिशुचीनामविषये
निरालोकेऽलोके निवसति हि भालोकभवने ॥ ३६॥
tavājñācakrasthaṃ tapanaśaśikoṭidyutidharaṃ
paraṃ śambhuṃ vande parimilitapārśvaṃ paracitā .
yamārādhyan bhaktyā raviśaśiśucīnāmaviṣaye
nirāloke'loke nivasati hi bhālokabhavane .. 36..
I salute the Supreme Śambhu residing in Thy Ājñā-Cakra, who is resplendent as crores of suns and moons put together, and whose (left) side is integrated with the Supreme Consciousness embodied as the Devi. He who adores Him with deep devotion attains that Self-Conscious and Self-luminous State which is not a Loka (Region or Plane), which transcends the pale of the light of Moon, Sun and Fire, and which is beyond the ken of all. 36.
Word by word
- तव (tava)
- your
- आज्ञाचक्रस्थं (ājñācakrasthaṃ)
- residing in Ājñā-Cakra (ājñā:command | cakra:wheel | sthaṃ:residing)
- तपनशशिकोटिद्युतिधरं (tapanaśaśikoṭidyutidharaṃ)
- resplendent as crores of suns and moons (tapana:sun | śaśi:moon | koṭi:crores | dyuti:splendor | dharaṃ:bearing)
- परं (paraṃ)
- supreme
- शम्भुं (śambhuṃ)
- Śambhu
- वन्दे (vande)
- I salute
- परिमिलितपार्श्वं (parimilitapārśvaṃ)
- integrated side (parimilita:integrated | pārśvaṃ:side)
- परचिता (paracitā)
- Supreme Consciousness
- यम् (yam)
- whom
- आराध्यन् (ārādhyan)
- adoring
- भक्त्या (bhaktyā)
- with devotion
- रविशशिशुचीनामविषये (raviśaśiśucīnāmaviṣaye)
- beyond sun, moon, fire (ravi:sun | śaśi:moon | śucīnām:of fires | aviṣaye:beyond the realm)
- निरालोकेऽलोके (nirāloke'loke)
- in the non-luminous realm (nirāloke:in the non-luminous | aloke:realm)
- निवसति (nivasati)
- resides
- हि (hi)
- indeed
- भालोकभवने (bhālokabhavane)
- in the luminous abode (bhāloka:luminous world | bhavane:in the abode)
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Verse 37
विशुद्धौ ते शुद्धस्फटिकविशदं व्योमजनकं
शिवं सेवे देवीमपि शिवसमानव्यवसिताम् ।
ययोः कान्त्या यान्त्याः शशिकिरणसारूप्यसरणे-
विधूतान्तर्ध्वान्ता विलसति चकोरीव जगती ॥ ३७॥
viśuddhau te śuddhasphaṭikaviśadaṃ vyomajanakaṃ
śivaṃ seve devīmapi śivasamānavyavasitām .
yayoḥ kāntyā yāntyāḥ śaśikiraṇasārūpyasaraṇe-
vidhūtāntardhvāntā vilasati cakorīva jagatī .. 37..
In Thy Viśuddhi cakra I meditate on Siva, the creator of Ākāśa (Vyoman), resembling a pure crystal in purity, along with the Devī who is equal to Śiva in all respects. In the Lunar Brilliance proceeding from them both, the whole universe, free from the Darkness of Ignorance, rejoices like the bird Cakorī (female partridge). 37.
Word by word
- विशुद्धौ (viśuddhau)
- in the Viśuddhi
- ते (te)
- your
- शुद्धस्फटिकविशदं (śuddhasphaṭikaviśadam)
- pure crystal-like (śuddha:pure | sphaṭika:crystal | viśadam:like)
- व्योमजनकं (vyomajanakam)
- creator of Ākāśa (vyoma:Ākāśa | janakam:creator)
- शिवं (śivam)
- Śiva
- सेवे (seve)
- I meditate
- देवीम् (devīm)
- on the Devī
- अपि (api)
- also
- शिवसमानव्यवसिताम् (śivasamānavyavasitām)
- equal to Śiva (śiva:Śiva | samāna:equal | vyavasitām:determined)
- ययोः (yayoḥ)
- from whom
- कान्त्या (kāntyā)
- by brilliance
- यान्त्याः (yāntyāḥ)
- proceeding
- शशिकिरणसारूप्यसरणे (śaśikiraṇasārūpyasaraṇe)
- in lunar brilliance (śaśi:moon | kiraṇa:rays | sārūpya:resemblance | saraṇe:path)
- विधूतान्तर्ध्वान्ता (vidhūtāntardhvāntā)
- free from darkness (vidhūta:dispelled | antar:inner | dhvāntā:darkness)
- विलसति (vilasati)
- rejoices
- चकोरीव (cakorīva)
- like the Cakorī (cakorī:Cakorī | iva:like)
- जगती (jagatī)
- the universe
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Verse 38
समुन्मीलत् संवित् कमलमकरन्दैकरसिकं
भजे हंसद्वन्द्वं किमपि महतां मानसचरम् ।
यदालापादष्टादशगुणितविद्यापरिणति-
र्यदादत्ते दोषाद् गुणमखिलमद्भ्यः पय इव ॥ ३८॥
samunmīlat saṃvit kamalamakarandaikarasikaṃ
bhaje haṃsadvandvaṃ kimapi mahatāṃ mānasacaram .
yadālāpādaṣṭādaśaguṇitavidyāpariṇati-
ryadādatte doṣād guṇamakhilamadbhyaḥ paya iva .. 38..
O Mother! I adore the pair of Swans (Śiva Śakti) who take delight in imbibing the honey of the full-blown Lotus of Knowledge of the Anāhata-cakra, and who swim in the Mānasa lake of the mind of enlightened ones. Their mutual conversation is what has become the eighteen Vidyas, and they separate good from evil, as milk from the water with which it is diluted (as swans do). 38.
Word by word
- समुन्मीलत् (samunmīlat)
- blossoming
- संवित् (saṃvit)
- consciousness
- कमलमकरन्दैकरसिकं (kamalamakarandaikarasikaṃ)
- delighting in lotus nectar (kamala:lotus | makaranda:nectar | eka:one | rasikaṃ:delighting)
- भजे (bhaje)
- I adore
- हंसद्वन्द्वं (haṃsadvandvaṃ)
- pair of swans (haṃsa:swan | dvandvaṃ:pair)
- किमपि (kimapi)
- something
- महतां (mahatāṃ)
- of the great
- मानसचरम् (mānasacaram)
- moving in the mind (mānasa:mind | caram:moving)
- यदालापात् (yadālāpāt)
- from whose conversation
- अष्टादशगुणितविद्यापरिणति (aṣṭādaśaguṇitavidyāpariṇati)
- eighteen-fold knowledge transformation (aṣṭādaśa:eighteen | guṇita:multiplied | vidyā:knowledge | pariṇati:transformation)
- यदादत्ते (yadādatte)
- who takes
- दोषात् (doṣāt)
- from fault
- गुणम् (guṇam)
- virtue
- अखिलम् (akhilam)
- entire
- अद्भ्यः (adbhyaḥ)
- from water
- पय (paya)
- milk
- इव (iva)
- like
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Verse 39
तव स्वाधिष्ठाने हुतवहमधिष्ठाय निरतं
तमीडे संवर्तं जननि महतीं तां च समयाम् ।
यदालोके लोकान् दहति महति क्रोधकलिते
दयार्द्रा या दृष्टिः शिशिरमुपचारं रचयति ॥ ३९॥
tava svādhiṣṭhāne hutavahamadhiṣṭhāya nirataṃ
tamīḍe saṃvartaṃ janani mahatīṃ tāṃ ca samayām .
yadāloke lokān dahati mahati krodhakalite
dayārdrā yā dṛṣṭiḥ śiśiramupacāraṃ racayati .. 39..
O Mother! Invoking Samvarta (Kālāgni-Rudra), the lord of the Fire of Dissolution in the Fire Element of Thy Svadhisthana-cakra, I adore Him along with Thee, Samaya, the great Potency (Maha-Sakti) of Rudra. When the angry looks of Rudra burn up the universe, it is Thy merciful look that bestows on them the reviving blessing of coolness. 39.
Word by word
- तव (tava)
- your
- स्वाधिष्ठाने (svādhiṣṭhāne)
- in the Svadhisthana
- हुतवहमधिष्ठाय (hutavahamadhiṣṭhāya)
- invoking the Fire (hutavaha:Fire | adhiṣṭhāya:invoking)
- निरतं (nirataṃ)
- engaged
- तमीडे (tamīḍe)
- I adore Him
- संवर्तं (saṃvartaṃ)
- Samvarta
- जननि (janani)
- O Mother
- महतीं (mahatīṃ)
- great
- तां (tāṃ)
- that
- च (ca)
- and
- समयाम् (samayām)
- Samaya
- यदालोके (yadāloke)
- when looks (yadā:when | āloke:looks)
- लोकान् (lokān)
- worlds
- दहति (dahati)
- burns
- महति (mahati)
- great
- क्रोधकलिते (krodhakalite)
- filled with anger (krodha:anger | kalite:filled with)
- दयार्द्रा (dayārdrā)
- compassionate
- या (yā)
- which
- दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ)
- look
- शिशिरमुपचारं (śiśiramupacāraṃ)
- cooling blessing (śiśira:cooling | upacāraṃ:blessing)
- रचयति (racayati)
- bestows
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Verse 40
तटित्त्वन्तं शक्त्या तिमिरपरिपन्थिफुरणया
स्फुरन्नानारत्नाभरणपरिणद्धेन्द्रधनुषम् ।
तव श्यामं मेघं कमपि मणिपूरैकशरणं
निषेवे वर्षन्तं हरमिहिरतप्तं त्रिभुवनम् ॥ ४०॥
taṭittvantaṃ śaktyā timiraparipanthiphuraṇayā
sphuran-nānā-ratn’ābharaṇa-pariṇaddhendra dhanuṣam .
tava śyāmaṃ meghaṃ kamapi maṇipūraikaśaraṇaṃ
niṣeve varṣantaṃ haramihirataptaṃ tribhuvanam .. 40..
I worship that unique dark-blue Rain Cloud which abides ever in the Manipura sending showers on the universe that has been burnt by the sun of Rudra—the Rain-cloud that is illumined by the brilliant lightning in the form of Śakti, and revealing the rain-bow made by the reflection of the numerous sparkling gems (set in the Kuṇḍalinī), and dispelling the darkness reigning in the Maṇipūra. 40.
Word by word
- तटित्त्वन्तं (taṭittvantaṃ)
- illumined by lightning (taṭit:lightning | tvantaṃ:illumined by)
- शक्त्या (śaktyā)
- by Śakti
- तिमिरपरिपन्थिफुरणया (timiraparipanthiphuraṇayā)
- dispelling darkness (timira:darkness | paripanthin:obstacle | phuraṇayā:dispelling)
- स्फुरन्नानारत्नाभरणपरिणद्धेन्द्रधनुषम् (sphuran-nānā-ratn’ābharaṇa-pariṇaddhendra-dhanuṣam)
- rainbow with sparkling gems (sphuran:sparkling | nānā:various | ratna:gems | ābharaṇa:ornaments | pariṇaddha:adorned | indra:Indra | dhanuṣam:rainbow)
- तव (tava)
- your
- श्यामं (śyāmaṃ)
- dark-blue
- मेघं (meghaṃ)
- cloud
- कमपि (kamapi)
- unique
- मणिपूरैकशरणं (maṇipūraikaśaraṇaṃ)
- abides in Maṇipūra (maṇipūra:Maṇipūra | eka:one | śaraṇaṃ:refuge)
- निषेवे (niṣeve)
- I worship
- वर्षन्तं (varṣantaṃ)
- showering
- हरमिहिरतप्तं (haramihirataptaṃ)
- burnt by Rudra's sun (hara:Rudra | mihira:sun | taptaṃ:burnt)
- त्रिभुवनम् (tribhuvanam)
- three worlds
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Verse 41
तवाधारे मूले सह समयया लास्यपरया
नवात्मानं मन्ये नवरसमहाताण्डवनटम् ।
उभाभ्यामेताभ्यामुदयविधिमुद्दिश्य दयया
सनाथाभ्यां जज्ञे जनकजननीमज्जगदिदम् ॥ ४१॥
tavādhāre mūle saha samayayā lāsyaparayā
navātmānaṃ manye navarasamahātāṇḍavanaṭam .
ubhābhyām etābhyām udaya-vidhim uddiśya dayayā
sanāthābhyāṃ jajñe janakajananīmajjagadidam .. 41..
In Thy Mūlādhāra-cakra, I meditate on the Navāt-man (Mahā bhairava), who, expressing nine sentiments, is engaged in the? Mahā-tānḍava dance in the company of Samayā (Mahā bhairavī) who is dancing the Lāsya type of dance. The universe has come to have a father and a mother in ye both, who have come together graciously for its regeneration (after its being burnt up). 41.
Word by word
- तवाधारे (tavādhāre)
- in your base (tava:your | ādhāre:in the base)
- मूले (mūle)
- at the root
- सह (saha)
- with
- समयया (samayayā)
- with Samayā
- लास्यपरया (lāsyaparayā)
- engaged in Lāsya dance (lāsya:Lāsya dance | parayā:engaged in)
- नवात्मानं (navātmānam)
- Navātman
- मnye (manye)
- I meditate
- नवरसमहाताण्डवनटम् (navarasamahātāṇḍavanaṭam)
- dancing Mahātāṇḍava with nine sentiments (nava:nine | rasa:sentiments | mahā:great | tāṇḍava:Tāṇḍava dance | naṭam:dancing)
- उभाभ्याम् (ubhābhyām)
- by both
- एताभ्याम् (etābhyām)
- by these
- उदयविधिम् (udayavidhim)
- method of creation (udaya:creation | vidhim:method)
- उद्दिश्य (uddiśya)
- aiming at
- दयया (dayayā)
- with compassion
- सनाथाभ्याम् (sanāthābhyām)
- protected by both (sa:with | nātha:protector | bhyām:by both)
- जज्ञे (jajñe)
- was born
- जनकजननीम् (janakajananīm)
- father and mother (janaka:father | jananīm:mother)
- अज्जगदिदम् (ajagadi)
- this universe
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Verse 42
सौन्दर्यलहरी
गतैर्माणिक्यत्वं गगनमणिभिः सान्द्रघटितं
किरीटं ते हैमं हिमगिरिसुते कीर्तयति यः ।
स नीडेयच्छायाच्छुरणशबलं चन्द्रशकलं
धनुः शौनासीरं किमिति न निबध्नाति धिषणाम् ॥ ४२॥
saundaryalaharī
gatairmāṇikyatvaṃ gaganamaṇibhiḥ sāndraghaṭitaṃ
kirīṭaṃ te haimaṃ himagirisute kīrtayati yaḥ .
sa nīḍeyacchāyācchuraṇaśabalaṃ candraśakalaṃ
dhanuḥ śaunāsīraṃ kimiti na nibadhnāti dhiṣaṇām .. 42..
O Daughter of the Snow-capped Mountain! A poet who describes the golden crown on Thy head, set densely with precious gems (māṇikya) constituted of the twelve suns—will he not have the impression that the crescent moon on Thy head is Indra’s bow (rainbow), on seeing the variegated hues it reflects from the diffused light of the surrounding luminous bodies falling on it. 42.
Word by word
- सौन्दर्यलहरी (saundaryalaharī)
- wave of beauty (saundarya:beauty | laharī:wave)
- गतैः (gatair)
- gone
- माणिक्यत्वं (māṇikyatvaṃ)
- state of ruby (māṇikya:ruby | tvaṃ:state of)
- गगनमणिभिः (gaganamaṇibhiḥ)
- by sky-jewels (gagana:sky | maṇibhiḥ:by jewels)
- सान्द्रघटितं (sāndraghaṭitaṃ)
- densely constituted (sāndra:dense | ghaṭitaṃ:constituted)
- किरीटं (kirīṭaṃ)
- crown
- ते (te)
- your
- हैमं (haimaṃ)
- golden
- हिमगिरिसुते (himagirisute)
- daughter of the snow mountain (himagiri:snow mountain | sute:daughter)
- कीर्तयति (kīrtayati)
- describes
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- स (sa)
- he
- नीडेयच्छायाच्छुरणशबलं (nīḍeyacchāyācchuraṇaśabalaṃ)
- variegated by rainbow hues (nīḍeya:rainbow | chāyā:hues | churaṇa:diffused | śabalaṃ:variegated)
- चन्द्रशकलं (candraśakalaṃ)
- crescent moon (candra:moon | śakalaṃ:crescent)
- धनुः (dhanuḥ)
- bow
- शौनासीरं (śaunāsīraṃ)
- Indra's bow
- किमिति (kimiti)
- why
- न (na)
- not
- निबध्नाति (nibadhnāti)
- binds
- धिषणाम् (dhiṣaṇām)
- intellect
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Verse 43
धुनोतु ध्वान्तं नस्तुलितदलितेन्दीवरवनं
घनस्निग्धश्लक्ष्णं चिकुरनिकुरुम्बं तव शिवे ।
यदीयं सौरभ्यं सहजमुपलब्धुं सुमनसो
वसन्त्यस्मिन् मन्ये वलमथनवाटीविटपिनाम् ॥ ४३॥
dhunotu dhvāntaṃ nastulitadalitendīvaravanaṃ
ghanasnigdhaślakṣṇaṃ cikuranikurumbaṃ tava śive .
yadīyaṃ saurabhyaṃ sahajamupalabdhuṃ sumanaso
vasantyasmin manye valamathanavāṭīviṭapinām .. 43..
O Consort of Śiva! May Thy braid of locks resembling a forest of full-blown blue lotus flowers, luxuriant, soft and oily, remove the darkness of ignorance in our hearts. I presume that the heavenly flowers of Indra’s garden have taken a place in Thy locks to imbibe a little of the natural fragrance of those locks (and not to add fragrance to the locks like flowers ordinarily worn by women.) 43.
Word by word
- धुनोतु (dhunotu)
- may remove
- ध्वान्तं (dhvāntaṃ)
- darkness
- नः (naḥ)
- our
- तुलितदलितेन्दीवरवनं (tulitadalitendīvaravanaṃ)
- like a forest of blue lotuses (tulita:full-blown | dalita:bloomed | indīvara:blue lotus | vanaṃ:forest)
- घनस्निग्धश्लक्ष्णं (ghanasnigdhaślakṣṇaṃ)
- luxuriant, soft and oily (ghana:dense | snigdha:oily | ślakṣṇaṃ:soft)
- चिकुरनिकुरुम्बं (cikuranikurumbaṃ)
- braid of locks (cikura:hair | nikurumbaṃ:cluster)
- तव (tava)
- your
- शिवे (śive)
- O Śiva's consort
- यदीयं (yadīyaṃ)
- whose
- सौरभ्यं (saurabhyaṃ)
- fragrance
- सहजम् (sahajam)
- natural
- उपलब्धुं (upalabdhuṃ)
- to obtain
- सुमनसः (sumanasaḥ)
- flowers
- वसन्ति (vasanti)
- reside
- अस्मिन् (asmin)
- in this
- मन्ये (manye)
- I presume
- वलमथनवाटीविटपिनाम् (valamathanavāṭīviṭapinām)
- of Indra's garden trees (vala:Indra | mathana:churning | vāṭī:garden | viṭapinām:of trees)
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Verse 44
तनोतु क्षेमं नस्तव वदनसौन्दर्यलहरी-
परीवाहस्रोतःसरणिरिव सीमन्तसरणिः ।
वहन्ती सिन्दूरं प्रबलकबरीभारतिमिर-
द्विषां बृन्दैर्बन्दीकृतमिव नवीनार्ककिरणम् ॥ ४४॥
tanotu kṣemaṃ nastava vadanasaundaryalaharī-
parīvāhasrotaḥsaraṇiriva sīmantasaraṇiḥ .
vahantī sindūraṃ prabalakabarībhāratimira-
dviṣāṃ bṛndairbandīkṛtamiva navīnārkakiraṇam .. 44..
May we be blessed ever more by the parting middle line of Thy hair, which appears to be a canal for carrying the overflowing flood of beauty of Thy face. The streak of vermilion adorning that line looks like the rays of the rising sun entrapped by the opposing enemy hordes of darkness constituted of Thy hair hemming it on both sides. 44.
Word by word
- तनोतु (tanotu)
- may it grant
- क्षेमं (kṣemam)
- welfare
- नः (naḥ)
- to us
- तव (tava)
- your
- वदनसौन्दर्यलहरी (vadanasaundaryalaharī)
- wave of face's beauty (vadana:face | saundarya:beauty | laharī:wave)
- परीवाहस्रोतःसरणिः (parīvāhasrotaḥsaraṇiḥ)
- canal of overflowing stream (parīvāha:overflowing | srotaḥ:stream | saraṇiḥ:canal)
- इव (iva)
- like
- सीमन्तसरणिः (sīmantasaraṇiḥ)
- parting line (sīmanta:parting | saraṇiḥ:line)
- वहन्ती (vahantī)
- carrying
- सिन्दूरं (sindūram)
- vermilion
- प्रबलकबरीभारतिमिर (prabalakabarībhāratimira)
- darkness of thick hair (prabala:strong | kabarī:hair | bhāra:mass | timira:darkness)
- द्विषां (dviṣām)
- of enemies
- बृन्दैः (bṛndaiḥ)
- by groups
- बन्दीकृतमिव (bandīkṛtamiva)
- as if captured (bandī:captured | kṛtam:made | iva:as if)
- नवीनार्ककिरणम् (navīnārkakiraṇam)
- rays of the new sun (navīna:new | arka:sun | kiraṇam:rays)
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Verse 45
अरालैः स्वाभाव्यादलिकलभसश्रीभिरलकैः
परीतं ते वक्त्रं परिहसति पङ्केरुहरुचिम् ।
दरस्मेरे यस्मिन् दशनरुचिकिञ्जल्करुचिरे
सुगन्धौ माद्यन्ति स्मरदहनचक्षुर्मधुलिहः ॥ ४५॥
arālaiḥ svābhāvyādalikalabhasaśrībhiralakaiḥ
parītaṃ te vaktraṃ parihasati paṅkeruharucim .
darasmere yasmin daśanarucikiñjalkarucire
sugandhau mādyanti smaradahanacakṣurmadhulihaḥ .. 45..
Thy face surrounded by Thy naturally curly Alakas (fore-locks), beautiful like a swarm of young honey beetles, mocks at the celebrated beauty of lotus flowers. In that smiling and fragrant face, excelling the beauty of lotus flowers and rendered charming by the brilliance of Thy lotus-filament-iike rows of teeth, revel the intoxicated honey suckers of the eyes of Śiva, the destroyer of Cupid. 45.
Word by word
- अरालैः (arālaiḥ)
- curved
- स्वाभाव्यात् (svābhāvyāt)
- naturally
- अलिकलभसश्रीभिः (alikalabhasaśrībhiḥ)
- with beauty of young bees (ali:bee | kalabha:young | śrībhiḥ:with beauty)
- अलकैः (alakaiḥ)
- with fore-locks
- परीतम् (parītam)
- surrounded
- ते (te)
- your
- वक्त्रं (vaktraṃ)
- face
- परिहसति (parihasati)
- mocks
- पङ्केरुहरुचिम् (paṅkeruharucim)
- beauty of lotus flowers (paṅka:mud | iruha:growing | rucim:beauty)
- दरस्मेरे (darasmere)
- slightly smiling
- यस्मिन् (yasmin)
- in which
- दशनरुचिकिञ्जल्करुचिरे (daśanarucikiñjalkarucire)
- charming with teeth's brilliance (daśana:teeth | ruci:brilliance | kiñjalka:filament | rucire:charming)
- सुगन्धौ (sugandhau)
- fragrant
- माद्यन्ति (mādyanti)
- revel
- स्मरदहनचक्षुः (smaradahanacakṣuḥ)
- eyes of Śiva (smara:Cupid | dahana:destroyer | cakṣuḥ:eyes)
- मधुलिहः (madhulihaḥ)
- honey suckers
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Verse 46
ललाटं लावण्यद्युतिविमलमाभाति तव य-
द्द्वितीयं तन्मन्ये मकुटघटितं चन्द्रशकलम् ।
विपर्यासन्यासादुभयमपि संभूय च मिथः
सुधालेपस्यूतिः परिणमति राकाहिमकरः ॥ ४६॥
lalāṭaṃ lāvaṇyadyutivimalamābhāti tava ya-
ddvitīyaṃ tanmanye makuṭaghaṭitaṃ candraśakalam .
viparyāsanyāsādubhayamapi saṃbhūya ca mithaḥ
sudhālepasyūtiḥ pariṇamati rākāhimakaraḥ .. 46..
Thy forehead, shining with the pure brilliance of its divine beauty, is, I fancy, a second crescent moon inverted and attached below Thy crown (in addition to the crescent moon already on it). If these two halves (the one on Thy crown with ends up and the other the crescent moon of Thy forehead with ends down) are attached in the reverse order, they can form the full moon with the nectarine fluid dripping from it. 46.
Word by word
- ललाटं (lalāṭam)
- forehead
- लावण्य (lāvaṇya)
- beauty
- द्युतिविमलम् (dyutivimalam)
- pure brilliance (dyuti:brilliance | vimalam:pure)
- आभाति (ābhāti)
- shines
- तव (tava)
- your
- यद् (yad)
- which
- द्वितीयं (dvitīyam)
- second
- तन्मन्ये (tanmanye)
- I think that (tat:that | manye:I think)
- मकुटघटितं (makuṭaghaṭitam)
- attached to the crown (makuṭa:crown | ghaṭitam:attached)
- चन्द्रशकलम् (candraśakalam)
- crescent moon (candra:moon | śakalam:crescent)
- विपर्यास (viparyāsa)
- inversion
- न्यासात् (nyāsāt)
- by placement
- उभयम् (ubhayam)
- both
- अपि (api)
- also
- संभूय (saṃbhūya)
- together
- च (ca)
- and
- मिथः (mithaḥ)
- mutually
- सुधालेपस्यूतिः (sudhālepasūtiḥ)
- nectar fluid dripping (sudhā:nectar | lepa:fluid | sūtiḥ:dripping)
- परिणमति (pariṇamati)
- transforms
- राका (rākā)
- full moon
- हिमकरः (himakaraḥ)
- moon (hima:cold | karaḥ:maker)
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Verse 47
भ्रुवौ भुग्ने किंचिद्भुवनभयभङ्गव्यसनिनि
त्वदीये नेत्राभ्यां मधुकररुचिभ्यां धृतगुणम् ।
धनुर्मन्ये सव्येतरकरगृहीतं रतिपतेः
प्रकोष्ठे मुष्टौ च स्थगयति निगूढान्तरमुमे ॥ ४७॥
bhruvau bhugne kiṃcidbhuvanabhayabhaṅgavyasanini
tvadīye netrābhyāṃ madhukararucibhyāṃ dhṛtaguṇam .
dhanurmanye savyetarakaragṛhītaṃ ratipateḥ
prakoṣṭhe muṣṭau ca sthagayati nigūḍhāntaramume .. 47..
O Uma, ever intent on remedying the distress of the worlds! I am led to believe that Thy two slightly knitted eyebrows form the bow of Kāmadeva and Thy honey-beetle like black eyes its string, while its middle portion is hidden by the nasal ridge, as if it were the clenched fist and forearm of Kama Deva’s right arm holding it. 47.
Word by word
- भ्रुवौ (bhruvau)
- eyebrows
- भुग्ने (bhugne)
- slightly bent
- किंचित् (kiṃcit)
- slightly
- भुवनभयभङ्गव्यसनिनि (bhuvanabhayabhaṅgavyasanini)
- intent on remedying world's distress (bhuvana:world | bhaya:fear | bhaṅga:remedy | vyasanini:intent on)
- त्वदीये (tvadīye)
- Thy
- नेत्राभ्यां (netrābhyāṃ)
- with eyes
- मधुकररुचिभ्यां (madhukararucibhyāṃ)
- honey-beetle like (madhukara:honey-beetle | ruci:like)
- धृतगुणम् (dhṛtaguṇam)
- holding the string (dhṛta:holding | guṇam:string)
- धनुः (dhanuḥ)
- bow
- मन्ये (manye)
- I think
- सव्येतरकरगृहीतम् (savyetarakaragṛhītam)
- held by right hand (savya:left | itara:other | kara:hand | gṛhītam:held)
- रतिपतेः (ratipateḥ)
- of Kāmadeva (rati:love | pateḥ:lord)
- प्रकोष्ठे (prakoṣṭhe)
- forearm
- मुष्टौ (muṣṭau)
- fist
- च (ca)
- and
- स्थगयति (sthagayati)
- conceals
- निगूढान्तरम् (nigūḍhāntaram)
- hidden middle portion (nigūḍha:hidden | antaram:middle portion)
- उमे (ume)
- O Uma
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Verse 48
अहः सूते सव्यं तव नयनमर्कात्मकतया
त्रियामां वामं ते सृजति रजनीनायकतया ।
तृतीया ते दृष्टिर्दरदलितहेमाम्बुजरुचिः
समाधत्ते संध्यां दिवसनिशयोरन्तरचरीम् ॥ ४८॥
ahaḥ sūte savyaṃ tava nayanamarkātmakatayā
triyāmāṃ vāmaṃ te sṛjati rajanīnāyakatayā .
tṛtīyā te dṛṣṭirdaradalitahemāmbujaruciḥ
samādhatte saṃdhyāṃ divasaniśayorantaracarīm .. 48..
Thy right eye as the sun causes the day time, while from the left eye is born the night time with the moon as its lord. Then there is Thy third eye (on the forehead above), resembling a golden lotus slightly in bloom, which is responsible for the two Sandhyas, the twilight time that comes between day and night (in the morning and the evening). 48.
Word by word
- अहः (ahaḥ)
- day
- सूते (sūte)
- gives birth
- सव्यं (savyaṃ)
- right
- तव (tava)
- your
- नयनम् (nayanam)
- eye
- अर्कात्मकतया (arkātmakatayā)
- as the sun (arka:sun | ātmakatayā:as)
- त्रियामाम् (triyāmām)
- night
- वामं (vāmaṃ)
- left
- ते (te)
- your
- सृजति (sṛjati)
- creates
- रजनीनायकतया (rajanīnāyakatayā)
- with the moon as lord (rajanī:night | nāyaka:lord | tayā:as)
- तृतीया (tṛtīyā)
- third
- ते (te)
- your
- दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ)
- eye
- दरदलितहेमाम्बुजरुचिः (daradalitahemāmbujaruciḥ)
- resembling a golden lotus (dara:slightly | dalita:bloomed | hema:golden | ambuja:lotus | ruciḥ:resembling)
- समाधत्ते (samādhatte)
- establishes
- संध्याम् (saṃdhyām)
- twilight
- दिवसनिशयोः (divasaniśayoḥ)
- of day and night (divasa:day | niśayoḥ:of night)
- अन्तरचरीम् (antaracarīm)
- in between
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Verse 49
विशाला कल्याणी स्फुटरुचिरयोध्या कुवलयैः
कृपाधाराधारा किमपि मधुराभोगवतिका ।
अवन्ती दृष्टिस्ते बहुनगरविस्तारविजया
ध्रुवं तत्तन्नामव्यवहरणयोग्या विजयते ॥ ४९॥
viśālā kalyāṇī sphuṭarucirayodhyā kuvalayaiḥ
kṛpādhārādhārā kimapi madhurābhogavatikā .
avantī dṛṣṭiste bahunagaravistāravijayā
dhruvaṃ tattannāmavyavaharaṇayogyā vijayate .. 49..
All glory to Thy eyes which are wide (Viśāla); auspicious (Kalyāṇī) because of being brilliantly clear; undefeated (Ayodhyā) even by blue lilies; shedding a continuous flow of grace (Kṛpādhārā dhārā); sweet without display (Avyakta-madhura); long (Ābhogavatī); and offering protection to the world (Avantī). Surpassing (Vijayā) all these great cities in their uniqueness, Thy eyes deserve to be denoted by all the names mentioned above. 49.
Word by word
- विशाला (viśālā)
- wide
- कल्याणी (kalyāṇī)
- auspicious
- स्फुटरुचिरयोध्या (sphuṭarucirayodhyā)
- undefeated by blue lilies (sphuṭa:clear | ruci:brilliance | ayodhyā:undefeated)
- कुवलयैः (kuvalayaiḥ)
- by blue lilies
- कृपाधाराधारा (kṛpādhārādhārā)
- shedding a flow of grace (kṛpā:grace | dhārā:flow | dhārā:continuous)
- किमपि (kimapi)
- somewhat
- मधुराभोगवतिका (madhurābhogavatikā)
- sweet without display (madhura:sweet | ābhoga:without display | vatikā:long)
- अवन्ती (avantī)
- offering protection
- दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ)
- sight
- ते (te)
- your
- बहुनगरविस्तारविजया (bahunagaravistāravijayā)
- surpassing great cities (bahu:many | nagara:cities | vistāra:expansion | vijayā:victorious)
- ध्रुवं (dhruvaṃ)
- certainly
- तत्तन्नामव्यवहरणयोग्या (tattannāmavyavaharaṇayogyā)
- deserving all names (tat:that | tat:that | nāma:name | vyavaharaṇa:usage | yogyā:deserving)
- विजयते (vijayate)
- triumphs
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Verse 50
कवीनां संदर्भस्तबकमकरन्दैकरसिकं
कटाक्षव्याक्षेपभ्रमरकलभौ कर्णयुगलम् ।
अमुञ्चन्तौ दृष्ट्वा तव नवरसास्वादतरला-
वसूयासंसर्गादलिकनयनं किंचिदरुणम् ॥ ५०॥
kavīnāṃ saṃdarbhastabakamakarandaikarasikaṃ
kaṭākṣavyākṣepabhramarakalabhau karṇayugalam .
amuñcantau dṛṣṭvā tava navarasāsvādataralā-
vasūyāsaṃsargādalikanayanaṃ kiṃcidaruṇam .. 50..
The two honey-bees of Thy long eyes are unceasingly hovering about Thy ear, ever absorbed in Imbibing the honey dripping from the flower bunch of the nine poetic sentiments poured into them by poet-devotees (singing hymns on Thee). Seeing this good fortune of the two eyes, Thy third eye in the forehead looks slightly red out of jealous hostility. 50.
Word by word
- कवीनां (kavīnāṃ)
- of the poets
- संदर्भ (saṃdarbha)
- context
- स्तबक (stabaka)
- cluster
- मकरन्द (makaranda)
- nectar
- एक (eka)
- one
- रसिकं (rasikaṃ)
- connoisseur
- कटाक्ष (kaṭākṣa)
- glance
- व्याक्षेप (vyākṣepa)
- distraction
- भ्रमर (bhramara)
- bee
- कलभौ (kalabhau)
- young bees
- कर्णयुगलम् (karṇayugalam)
- pair of ears (karṇa:ear | yugalam:pair)
- अमुचन्तौ (amuñcantau)
- not leaving
- दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā)
- having seen
- तव (tava)
- your
- नवरस (navarasa)
- nine sentiments
- आस्वाद (āsvāda)
- taste
- तरला (taralā)
- agitated
- वसूया (vasūyā)
- jealousy
- संसर्गात् (saṃsargāt)
- due to contact
- अलिक (alika)
- forehead
- नयनं (nayanaṃ)
- eye
- किंचित् (kiṃcit)
- slightly
- अरुणम् (aruṇam)
- red
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Verse 51
शिवे शृङ्गारार्द्रा तदितरजने कुत्सनपरा
सरोषा गङ्गायां गिरिशचरिते विस्मयवती ।
हराहिभ्यो भीता सरसिरुहसौभाग्यजयिनी
सखीषु स्मेरा ते मयि जननी दृष्टिः सकरुणा ॥ ५१॥
śive śṛṅgārārdrā taditarajane kutsanaparā
saroṣā gaṅgāyāṃ giriśacarite vismayavatī .
harāhibhyo bhītā sarasiruhasaubhāgyajayinī
sakhīṣu smerā te mayi jananī dṛṣṭiḥ sakaruṇā .. 51..
O Mother! The expression of Thy look at Siva is characterised by the sentiment of love; at others with that of dislike; at the co-wife Gangā with that of anger; at the hearing of the great deeds of Siva, with that of wonder; at the great serpents forming the ornament of Siva, with that of dread; at the sight of Thy comrades, with that of light-hearted sympathy characterised by a patronising smile; and at me, a devotee, with that of a compassionate expression. And besides, Thy look has the red-tinged loveliness of a lotus flower, indicating heroism. 51.
Word by word
- शिवे (śive)
- at Shiva
- शृङ्गारार्द्रा (śṛṅgārārdrā)
- moist with love (śṛṅgāra:love | ārdra:moist)
- तदितरजने (taditarajane)
- at others (tad:that | itara:other | jane:people)
- कुत्सनपरा (kutsanaparā)
- engaged in disdain (kutsana:disdain | parā:engaged in)
- सरोषा (saroṣā)
- angry
- गङ्गायाम् (gaṅgāyām)
- at Ganga
- गिरिशचरिते (giriśacarite)
- at Shiva's deeds (giriśa:Shiva | carite:deeds)
- विस्मयवती (vismayavatī)
- full of wonder (vismaya:wonder | vatī:full of)
- हराहिभ्यः (harāhibhyaḥ)
- from Shiva's serpents (hara:Shiva | ahi:serpents | bhyaḥ:from)
- भीता (bhītā)
- afraid
- सरसिरुहसौभाग्यजयिनी (sarasiruha-saubhāgya-jayinī)
- surpassing lotus beauty (sarasiruha:lotus | saubhāgya:beauty | jayinī:surpassing)
- सखीषु (sakhīṣu)
- among friends
- स्मेरा (smerā)
- smiling
- ते (te)
- your
- मयि (mayi)
- at me
- जननी (jananī)
- O Mother
- दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ)
- look
- सकरुणा (sakaruṇā)
- with compassion (sa:with | karuṇā:compassion)
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Verse 52
गते कर्णाभ्यर्णं गरुत इव पक्ष्माणि दधती
पुरां भेत्तुश्चित्तप्रशमरसविद्रावणफले ।
इमे नेत्रे गोत्राधरपतिकुलोत्तंसकलिके
तवाकर्णाकृष्टस्मरशरविलासं कलयतः ॥ ५२॥
gate karṇābhyarṇaṃ garuta iva pakṣmāṇi dadhatī
purām bhettuś citta-praśama-rasa-vidrāvaṇa-phale .
ime netre gotrādharapatikulottaṃsakalike
tavākarṇākṛṣṭasmaraśaravilāsaṃ kalayataḥ .. 52..
O Mother! Thou the flower bud placed on the crest of the Mountain King’s dynasty! These long eyes of Thine, which extend up to the ears, with eye-lashes resembling the feathery wings attached to arrows and which are engaged in disturbing the placidity of the mind of Śiva look like the arrows of Cupid aimed and drawn up to the ear. 52.
Word by word
- गते (gate)
- gone
- कर्णाभ्यर्णं (karṇābhyarṇaṃ)
- up to the ears (karṇa:ear | abhyarṇaṃ:up to)
- गरुत (garuta)
- like Garuda
- इव (iva)
- like
- पक्ष्माणि (pakṣmāṇi)
- eye-lashes
- दधती (dadhatī)
- bearing
- पुरां (purām)
- of cities
- भेत्तु (bhettu)
- destroyer
- चित्तप्रशमरसविद्रावणफले (cittapraśamarasavidrāvaṇaphale)
- disturbing Śiva's mind (citta:mind | praśama:calmness | rasa:essence | vidrāvaṇa:disturbing | phale:result)
- इमे (ime)
- these
- नेत्रे (netre)
- eyes
- गोत्राधरपतिकुलोत्तंसकलिके (gotrādharapatikulottaṃsakalike)
- crest of the Mountain King’s dynasty (gotra:dynasty | adhara:lower | pati:lord | kula:family | uttaṃsa:crest | kalike:bud)
- तव (tava)
- your
- आकर्णाकृष्ट (ākarṇākṛṣṭa)
- drawn up to the ear (ākarṇa:up to the ear | ākṛṣṭa:drawn)
- स्मरशरविलासं (smaraśaravilāsaṃ)
- Cupid's arrow play (smara:Cupid | śara:arrow | vilāsaṃ:play)
- कलयतः (kalayataḥ)
- considering
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Verse 53
विभक्तत्रैवर्ण्यं व्यतिकरितलीलाञ्जनतया
विभाति त्वन्नेत्रत्रितयमिदमीशानदयिते ।
पुनः स्रष्टुं देवान् द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रानुपरतान्
रजः सत्त्वं बिभ्रत्तम इति गुणानां त्रयमिव ॥ ५३॥
vibhaktatraivarṇyaṃ vyatikaritalīlāñjanatayā
vibhāti tvannetratritayamidamīśānadayite .
punaḥ sraṣṭuṃ devān druhiṇaharirudrānuparatān
rajaḥ sattvaṃ bibhrattama iti guṇānāṃ trayamiva .. 53..
O Consort of Īśvara! Thy three eyes look tricoloured when the black of the beautifying collyrium shines by the side of their natural white and reddish tinges, each keeping its distinctiveness. It looks as if these three colours represent the three Guṇas of Rajas, Sattva and Tamas, which Thou assumest with a view to revive Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra after their dissolution in the Pralaya, and start them once again on the creative activity. 53.
Word by word
- विभक्तत्रैवर्ण्यं (vibhaktatraivarṇyaṃ)
- having three distinct colors (vibhakta:distinct | trai:three | varṇyaṃ:colors)
- व्यतिकरितलीलाञ्जनतया (vyatikaritalīlāñjanatayā)
- by playful collyrium application (vyatikarita:applied | līlā:playful | añjanatayā:by collyrium)
- विभाति (vibhāti)
- shines
- त्वत् (tvat)
- your
- नेत्रत्रितयम् (netratritayam)
- three eyes (netra:eye | tritayam:three)
- इदम् (idam)
- this
- ईशानदयिते (īśānadayite)
- O Consort of Īśvara (īśāna:Īśvara | dayite:consort)
- पुनः (punaḥ)
- again
- स्रष्टुम् (sraṣṭum)
- to create
- देवान् (devān)
- gods
- द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रानुपरतान् (druhiṇaharirudrānuparatān)
- Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra inactive (druhiṇa:Brahmā | hari:Viṣṇu | rudra:Rudra | anuparatān:inactive)
- रजः (rajaḥ)
- rajas
- सत्त्वं (sattvaṃ)
- sattva
- बिभ्रत् (bibhrat)
- assuming
- तम (tama)
- tamas
- इति (iti)
- thus
- गुणानां (guṇānāṃ)
- of qualities
- त्रयम् (trayam)
- three
- इव (iva)
- like
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Verse 54
पवित्रीकर्तुं नः पशुपतिपराधीनहृदये
दयामित्रैर्नेत्रैररुणधवलश्यामरुचिभिः ।
नदः शोणो गङ्गा तपनतनयेति ध्रुवममुं
त्रयाणां तीर्थानामुपनयसि संभेदमनघम् ॥ ५४॥
pavitrīkartuṃ naḥ paśupatiparādhīnahṛdaye
dayāmitrairnetrairaruṇadhavalaśyāmarucibhiḥ .
nadaḥ śoṇo gaṅgā tapanatanayeti dhruvamamuṃ
trayāṇāṃ tīrthānāmupanayasi saṃbhedamanagham .. 54..
O Mother who art ever devoted to Śiva! It seems certain that with Thy kindly eyes having the three colours of red, white and black, Thou presentest to us the confluence of the holy rivers of Soṇa, Gaṅgā and Yamunā to sanctify ourselves (by getting immersed in them). 54.
Word by word
- पवित्रीकर्तुं (pavitrīkartuṃ)
- to sanctify (pavitrī:sanctify | kartuṃ:to do)
- नः (naḥ)
- us
- पशुपतिपराधीनहृदये (paśupatiparādhīnahṛdaye)
- in heart devoted to Śiva (paśupati:Śiva | parādhīna:devoted | hṛdaye:in heart)
- दयामित्रैः (dayāmitraiḥ)
- with kindly eyes (dayā:kindness | mitraiḥ:with eyes)
- नेत्रैः (netraiḥ)
- with eyes
- अरुणधवलश्यामरुचिभिः (aruṇadhavalaśyāmarucibhiḥ)
- with red, white, black hues (aruṇa:red | dhavala:white | śyāma:black | rucibhiḥ:with hues)
- नदः (nadaḥ)
- river
- शोणः (śoṇaḥ)
- Soṇa
- गङ्गा (gaṅgā)
- Gaṅgā
- तपनतनय (tapanatanaya)
- Yamunā (tapana:sun | tanaya:daughter)
- इति (iti)
- thus
- ध्रुवम् (dhruvam)
- certainly
- अम् (amum)
- this
- त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām)
- of the three
- तीर्थानाम् (tīrthānām)
- of holy places
- उपनयसि (upanayasi)
- you present
- संभेदम् (saṃbhedam)
- confluence
- अनघम् (anagham)
- pure
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Verse 55
निमेषोन्मेषाभ्यां प्रलयमुदयं याति जगती
तवेत्याहुः सन्तो धरणिधरराजन्यतनये ।
त्वदुन्मेषाज्जातं जगदिदमशेषं प्रलयतः
परित्रातुं शङ्के परिहृतनिमेषास्तव दृशः ॥ ५५॥
nimeṣonmeṣābhyāṃ pralayamudayaṃ yāti jagatī
tavetyāhuḥ santo dharaṇidhararājanyatanaye .
tvadunmeṣājjātaṃ jagadidamaśeṣaṃ pralayataḥ
paritrātuṃ śaṅke parihṛtanimeṣāstava dṛśaḥ .. 55..
O Daughter of the king of mountains! Great men say that the closing and opening of Thy eye-lids mark the dissolution and creation of this universe. Therefore it must be to prevent this universe, that has sprung at the opening of Thy eyes, from going into dissolution that Thou dost not wink but keepest Thy eyes always open. 55.
Word by word
- निमेषोन्मेषाभ्यां (nimeṣonmeṣābhyāṃ)
- by closing and opening (nimeṣa:closing | unmeṣa:opening | abhyāṃ:by)
- प्रलयम् (pralayam)
- dissolution
- उदयं (udayaṃ)
- creation
- याति (yāti)
- goes
- जगती (jagatī)
- universe
- तव (tava)
- your
- इति (iti)
- thus
- आहुः (āhuḥ)
- say
- सन्तः (santaḥ)
- great men
- धरणिधरराजन्यतनये (dharaṇidhararājanyatanaye)
- O daughter of the mountain king (dharaṇidhara:mountain | rājanya:king | tanaye:daughter)
- त्वदुन्मेषात् (tvadunmeṣāt)
- from your opening (tvat:your | unmeṣāt:from opening)
- जातम् (jātam)
- born
- जगत् (jagat)
- world
- इदम् (idam)
- this
- अशेषम् (aśeṣam)
- entire
- प्रलयतः (pralayataḥ)
- from dissolution
- परित्रातुम् (paritrātum)
- to protect
- शङ्के (śaṅke)
- I suspect
- परिहृतनिमेषाः (parihṛtanimeṣāḥ)
- avoiding closing (parihṛta:avoiding | nimeṣāḥ:closing)
- तव (tava)
- your
- दृशः (dṛśaḥ)
- eyes
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Verse 56
तवापर्णे कर्णेजपनयनपैशुन्यचकिता
निलीयन्ते तोये नियतमनिमेषाः शफरिकाः ।
इयं च श्रीर्बद्धच्छदपुटकवाटं कुवलयम्
जहाति प्रत्यूषे निशि च विघटय्य प्रविशति ॥ ५६॥
tavāparṇe karṇejapanayanapaiśunyacakitā
nilīyante toye niyatamanimeṣāḥ śapharikāḥ .
iyaṃ ca śrīrbaddhacchadapuṭakavāṭaṃ kuvalayam
jahāti pratyūṣe niśi ca vighaṭayya praviśati .. 56..
O Aparṇā! The Śapharikas (female fish) hide themselves in water in fear, afraid of the tell-tale activities of Thy eyes against them, their rivals; and Śri the Goddess of Beauty, abandons the closed petals of blue lily during the day (in order to reside in Thy lotus-like eyes), and returns again at night to the blooming blue lily (when Thy eyes are dosed in sleep). 56.
Word by word
- तव (tava)
- your
- अपर्णे (aparṇe)
- O Aparṇā
- कर्णे (karṇe)
- in the ear
- जपनयनपैशुन्यचकिता (japanayanapaiśunyacakitā)
- afraid of tell-tale eyes (japa:murmuring | nayana:eyes | paiśunya:tell-tale | cakitā:afraid)
- निलीयन्ते (nilīyante)
- hide themselves
- तोये (toye)
- in water
- नियतमनिमेषाः (niyatamanimeṣāḥ)
- fixed and unblinking (niyata:fixed | animeṣāḥ:unblinking)
- शफरिकाः (śapharikāḥ)
- female fish
- इयं (iyaṃ)
- this
- च (ca)
- and
- श्रीः (śrīḥ)
- Goddess of Beauty
- बद्धच्छदपुटकवाटं (baddhacchadapuṭakavāṭaṃ)
- closed petals of blue lily (baddha:closed | chada:petals | puṭa:cover | kavāṭaṃ:door)
- कुवलयम् (kuvalayam)
- blue lily
- जहाति (jahāti)
- abandons
- प्रत्यूषे (pratyūṣe)
- at dawn
- निशि (niśi)
- at night
- च (ca)
- and
- विघटय्य (vighaṭayya)
- opening
- प्रविशति (praviśati)
- enters
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Verse 57
दृशा द्राघीयस्या दरदलितनीलोत्पलरुचा
दवीयांसं दीनं स्नपय कृपया मामपि शिवे ।
अनेनायं धन्यो भवति न च ते हानिरियता
वने वा हर्म्ये वा समकरनिपातो हिमकरः ॥ ५७॥
dṛśā drāghīyasyā daradalitanīlotpalarucā
davīyāṃsaṃ dīnaṃ snapaya kṛpayā māmapi śive .
anenāyaṃ dhanyo bhavati na ca te hāniriyatā
vane vā harmye vā samakaranipāto himakaraḥ .. 57..
O Consort of Śiva! Grace my miserable self too, in spite of my being far removed from Thee (for lack of devotion), with the long-ranging and compassionate look of Thy eyes, which defeat the slightly blooming blue water lily in beauty. By this my humble self shall feel blessed, while to Thee it involves no loss. The rays of the moon fall alike, indeed, on a mansion and a wilderness. 57.
Word by word
- दृशा (dṛśā)
- with the look
- द्राघीयस्या (drāghīyasyā)
- long-ranging
- दरदलितनीलोत्पलरुचा (daradalitanīlotpalarucā)
- defeating blue water lily (dara:slightly blooming | dalita:defeated | nīla:blue | utpala:water lily | rucā:in beauty)
- दवीयांसं (davīyāṃsaṃ)
- far removed
- दीनं (dīnaṃ)
- miserable
- स्नपय (snapaya)
- grace
- कृपया (kṛpayā)
- with compassion
- मामपि (māmapi)
- myself too (mām:myself | api:too)
- शिवे (śive)
- O Consort of Śiva
- अनेन (anena)
- by this
- अयं (ayaṃ)
- this
- धन्यः (dhanyaḥ)
- blessed
- भवति (bhavati)
- becomes
- न (na)
- not
- च (ca)
- and
- ते (te)
- to you
- हानिः (hāniḥ)
- loss
- इयता (iyatā)
- by this
- वने (vane)
- in the forest
- वा (vā)
- or
- हर्म्ये (harmye)
- in the mansion
- वा (vā)
- or
- समकरनिपातः (samakaranipātaḥ)
- equal fall (sama:equal | kara:ray | nipātaḥ:fall)
- हिमकरः (himakaraḥ)
- moon (hima:cool | karaḥ:ray)
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Verse 58
अरालं ते पालीयुगलमगराजन्यतनये
न केषामाधत्ते कुसुमशरकोदण्डकुतुकम् ।
तिरश्चीनो यत्र श्रवणपथमुल्लङ्घ्य विलस-
न्नपाङ्गव्यासङ्गो दिशति शरसंधानधिषणाम् ॥ ५८॥
arālaṃ te pālīyugalamagarājanyatanaye
na keṣāmādhatte kusumaśarakodaṇḍakutukam .
tiraścīno yatra śravaṇapathamullaṅghya vilasa-
nnapāṅgavyāsaṅgo diśati śarasaṃdhānadhiṣaṇām .. 58..
O daughter of the Mountain King! Who will not perceive the graces of the bow of Kāmā, the flower-arrowed god of love, on seeing Thy pair of arched ridges between the eyes and the ears (Pālī-ugalam.) For, Thy long side-glances across the ridges reaching up to Thy ears give the impression of an arrow mounted on a bow-string. 58.
Word by word
- अरालं (arālaṃ)
- curved
- ते (te)
- your
- पालीयुगलम् (pālīyugalam)
- pair of ridges (pālī:ridge | yugalam:pair)
- अगराजन्यतनये (agarājanyatanaye)
- O daughter of the Mountain King (aga:mountain | rājanya:king | tanaye:daughter)
- न (na)
- not
- केषाम् (keṣām)
- of whom
- आधत्ते (ādhatte)
- perceives
- कुसुमशरकोदण्डकुतुकम् (kusumaśarakodaṇḍakutukam)
- graces of the flower-arrowed bow (kusuma:flower | śara:arrow | kodaṇḍa:bow | kutukam:graces)
- तिरश्चीनः (tiraścīnaḥ)
- oblique
- यत्र (yatra)
- where
- श्रवणपथमुल्लङ्घ्य (śravaṇapathamullaṅghya)
- crossing the path to ears (śravaṇa:ears | patham:path | ullaṅghya:crossing)
- विलसन् (vilasan)
- shining
- अपाङ्गव्यासङ्गः (apāṅgavyāsaṅgaḥ)
- side-glance (apāṅga:side | vyāsaṅgaḥ:glance)
- दिशति (diśati)
- gives
- शरसंधानधिषणाम् (śarasaṃdhānadhiṣaṇām)
- impression of an arrow (śara:arrow | saṃdhāna:mounting | dhiṣaṇām:impression)
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Verse 59
स्फुरद्गण्डाभोगप्रतिफलितताटङ्कयुगलं
चतुश्चक्रं मन्ये तव मुखमिदं मन्मथरथम् ।
यमारुह्य द्रुह्यत्यवनिरथमर्केन्दुचरणं
महावीरो मारः प्रमथपतये सज्जितवते ॥ ५९॥
sphuradgaṇḍābhogapratiphalitatāṭaṅkayugalaṃ
catuścakraṃ manye tava mukhamidaṃ manmatharatham .
yamāruhya druhyatyavanirathamarkenducaraṇaṃ
mahāvīro māraḥ pramathapataye sajjitavate .. 59..
I fancy that Thy face, having two ear-ornaments and their reflection in Thy glistening cheeks, is verily the four-wheeled chariot of Manmatha, the god of love (who can stir the mind of people to its depth). It is seated in this chariot of Thy face that he became valiant enough to inflict pangs on Śiva, the Lord of Pramatha hosts, when, ready for the destruction of the Tripuras, he was mounted on his earth-chariot having the sun and the moon for its two wheels. 59.
Word by word
- स्फुरद्गण्डाभोगप्रतिफलितताटङ्कयुगलं (sphuradgaṇḍābhogapratiphalitatāṭaṅkayugalaṃ)
- shining cheeks reflecting earrings (sphurat:shining | gaṇḍa:cheeks | ābhoga:expanse | pratiphalita:reflected | tāṭaṅka:earrings | yugalaṃ:pair)
- चतुश्चक्रं (catuścakraṃ)
- four-wheeled (catur:four | cakraṃ:wheel)
- मन्ये (manye)
- I consider
- तव (tava)
- your
- मुखमिदं (mukhamidaṃ)
- this face (mukham:face | idam:this)
- मन्मथरथम् (manmatharatham)
- chariot of Manmatha (manmatha:Manmatha | ratham:chariot)
- यमारुह्य (yamāruhya)
- having mounted
- द्रुह्यति (druhyati)
- inflicts pangs
- अवनिरथम् (avaniratham)
- earth-chariot (avani:earth | ratham:chariot)
- अर्केन्दुचरणं (arkenducaraṇaṃ)
- sun and moon wheels (arka:sun | indu:moon | caraṇaṃ:wheels)
- महावीरः (mahāvīraḥ)
- great hero (mahā:great | vīraḥ:hero)
- मारः (māraḥ)
- Mara
- प्रमथपतये (pramathapataye)
- to the lord of Pramathas (pramatha:Pramathas | pataye:to the lord)
- सज्जितवते (sajjitavate)
- ready for
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Verse 60
सरस्वत्याः सूक्तीरमृतलहरीकौशलहरीः
पिबन्त्याः शर्वाणि श्रवणचुलुकाभ्यामविरलम् ।
चमत्कारश्लाघाचलितशिरसः कुण्डलगणो
झणत्कारैस्तारैः प्रतिवचनमाचष्ट इव ते ॥ ६०॥
sarasvatyāḥ sūktīramṛtalaharīkauśalaharīḥ
pibantyāḥ śarvāṇi śravaṇaculukābhyāmaviralam .
camatkāraślāghācalitaśirasaḥ kuṇḍalagaṇo
jhaṇatkāraistāraiḥ prativacanamācaṣṭa iva te .. 60..
O consort of Śiva! Sarasvatī the Goddess of Learning, imbibing continuously through the cup of her ears Thy sweet speech that humbles the delectableness of the flood of the immortal drink Amṛta, replies congratulating Thee, as it were, by the loud clang of her ear-ornaments, as she shakes her head in appreciation of Thy delightful speech. 60.
Word by word
- सरस्वत्याः (sarasvatyāḥ)
- of Sarasvatī
- सूक्तीः (sūktīḥ)
- eloquent speeches
- अमृतलहरी (amṛtalaharī)
- wave of nectar (amṛta:nectar | laharī:wave)
- कौशलहरीः (kauśalaharīḥ)
- waves of skill (kauśala:skill | harīḥ:waves)
- पिबन्त्याः (pibantyāḥ)
- drinking
- शर्वाणि (śarvāṇi)
- O consort of Śiva
- श्रवणचुलुकाभ्याम् (śravaṇaculukābhyām)
- with the cups of ears (śravaṇa:ears | culukābhyām:with the cups)
- अविरलम् (aviralām)
- continuously
- चमत्कारश्लाघा (camatkāraślāghā)
- praise of wonder (camatkāra:wonder | ślāghā:praise)
- चलितशिरसः (calitaśirasaḥ)
- nodding head (calita:nodding | śirasaḥ:head)
- कुण्डलगणः (kuṇḍalagaṇaḥ)
- group of earrings (kuṇḍala:earrings | gaṇaḥ:group)
- झणत्कारैः (jhaṇatkāraiḥ)
- with jingling sounds (jhaṇat:jingling | kāraiḥ:with sounds)
- तारैः (tāraiḥ)
- loud
- प्रतिवचनम् (prativacanam)
- reply
- आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa)
- speaks
- इव (iva)
- as if
- ते (te)
- your
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Verse 61
असौ नासावंशस्तुहिनगिरिवंशध्वजपटि
त्वदीयो नेदीयः फलतु फलमस्माकमुचितम् ।
वहन्नन्तर्मुक्ताः शिशिरतरनिश्वासगलितं
समृद्ध्या यत्तासां बहिरपि च मुक्तामणिधरः ॥ ६१॥
asau nāsāvaṃśastuhinagirivaṃśadhvajapaṭi
tvadīyo nedīyaḥ phalatu phalamasmākamucitam .
vahannantarmuktāḥ śiśirataraniśvāsagalitaṃ
samṛddhyā yattāsāṃ bahirapi ca muktāmaṇidharaḥ .. 61..
O Flag of the House of the Mountain of Snow! May Thy nose, which is, as it were, the hollow bamboo staff of that flag, bestow on us the desired fruit. The hollow of that staff-like nose is full of pearls; for it is out of their abundance that one pearl, pushed out by the moon-cooled breath of the left nostril, has come out to be Thy nasal pendant. 61.
Word by word
- असौ (asau)
- this
- नासावंशः (nāsāvaṃśaḥ)
- nose-like bamboo staff (nāsā:nose | vaṃśaḥ:bamboo staff)
- तुहिनगिरिवंशध्वजपटि (tuhinagirivaṃśadhvajapaṭi)
- Flag of the Mountain of Snow (tuhina:snow | giri:mountain | vaṃśa:lineage | dhvaja:flag | paṭi:cloth)
- त्वदीयः (tvadīyaḥ)
- thy
- नेदीयः (nedīyaḥ)
- nearer
- फलतु (phalatu)
- may bestow
- फलम् (phalam)
- fruit
- अस्माकम् (asmākam)
- our
- उचितम् (ucitam)
- desired
- वहन् (vahan)
- carrying
- अन्तः (antaḥ)
- inside
- मुक्ताः (muktāḥ)
- pearls
- शिशिरतर (śiśiratar)
- cooler
- निश्वास (niśvāsa)
- breath
- गलितम् (galitam)
- fallen
- समृद्ध्या (samṛddhyā)
- abundance
- यत् (yat)
- which
- तासाम् (tāsām)
- of them
- बहि: (bahiḥ)
- outside
- अपि (api)
- also
- च (ca)
- and
- मुक्तामणिधरः (muktāmaṇidharaḥ)
- wearing a pearl pendant (muktā:pearl | maṇi:jewel | dharaḥ:wearing)
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Verse 62
प्रकृत्या रक्तायास्तव सुदति दन्तच्छदरुचेः
प्रवक्ष्ये सादृश्यं जनयतु फलं विद्रुमलता ।
न बिम्बं तद्बिम्बप्रतिफलनरागादरुणितं
तुलामध्यारोढुं कथमिव विलज्जेत कलया ॥ ६२॥
prakṛtyā raktāyāstava sudati dantacchadaruceḥ
pravakṣye sādṛśyaṃ janayatu phalaṃ vidrumalatā .
na bimbaṃ tadbimbapratiphalanarāgādaruṇitaṃ
tulāmadhyāroḍhuṃ kathamiva vilajjeta kalayā .. 62..
O Devi with attractive rows of teeth! I shall now try to find out an object of comparison to describe Thy naturally red lips. But I am afraid I shall have to wait for this until the coral creeper (red all over) produces a fruit (which one can expect to be more red than the creeper itself). But is there not the Bimba fruit as a fitting object of comparison? No; for how will Bimba fruit not feel ashamed to stand before those lips, a mere reflection of which has made that fruit red! 62.
Word by word
- प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā)
- by nature
- रक्तायाः (raktāyāḥ)
- red
- तव (tava)
- your
- सुदति (sudati)
- O beautiful-toothed
- दन्तच्छदरुचेः (dantacchadaruceḥ)
- of the lips' beauty (danta:teeth | chada:covering | ruceḥ:of beauty)
- प्रवक्ष्ये (pravakṣye)
- I shall declare
- सादृश्यम् (sādṛśyam)
- similarity
- जनयतु (janayatu)
- let it produce
- फलं (phalaṃ)
- fruit
- विद्रुमलता (vidrumalatā)
- coral creeper (vidruma:coral | latā:creeper)
- न (na)
- not
- बिम्बं (bimbaṃ)
- Bimba fruit
- तद्बिम्बप्रतिफलनरागात् (tadbimbapratiphalanarāgāt)
- from reflection's redness (tad:that | bimba:reflection | pratiphalana:reflection | rāgāt:from redness)
- अरुणितं (aruṇitaṃ)
- reddened
- तुलाम् (tulām)
- comparison
- अध्यारोढुं (adhyāroḍhuṃ)
- to ascend
- कथम् (katham)
- how
- इव (iva)
- like
- विलज्जेत (vilajjeta)
- would feel ashamed
- कलया (kalayā)
- by a part
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Verse 63
स्मितज्योत्स्नाजालं तव वदनचन्द्रस्य पिबतां
चकोराणामासीदतिरसतया चञ्चुजडिमा ।
अतस्ते शीतांशोरमृतलहरीमम्लरुचयः
पिबन्ति स्वच्छन्दं निशि निशि भृशं काञ्जिकधिया ॥ ६३॥
smitajyotsnājālaṃ tava vadanacandrasya pibatāṃ
cakorāṇāmāsīdatirasatayā cañcujaḍimā .
ataste śītāṃśoramṛtalaharīmamlarucayaḥ
pibanti svacchandaṃ niśi niśi bhṛśaṃ kāñjikadhiyā .. 63..
The Cakora bird has got its tongue insensitised because of the extreme satiety generated by drinking the luminous light of Thy smiling face. It is for this reason that every night it drinks to its fill the light of the ‘natural moon’ under the Impression that it is some sour gruel (that will relieve the insensitiveness of its tongue). 63.
Word by word
- स्मितज्योत्स्नाजालं (smitajyotsnājālaṃ)
- network of smiling moonlight (smita:smiling | jyotsnā:moonlight | jālaṃ:network)
- तव (tava)
- your
- वदनचन्द्रस्य (vadanacandrasya)
- of the moon-like face (vadana:face | candra:moon | sya:of)
- पिबतां (pibatāṃ)
- of those drinking
- चकोराणाम् (cakorāṇām)
- of the Cakora birds
- आसीत् (āsīt)
- was
- अतिरसतया (atirasatayā)
- due to extreme satiety (ati:extreme | rasatā:satiety | yā:due to)
- चञ्चुजडिमा (cañcujaḍimā)
- insensitiveness of the tongue (cañcu:tongue | jaḍimā:insensitiveness)
- अतः (ataḥ)
- therefore
- ते (te)
- they
- शीतांशोः (śītāṃśoḥ)
- of the cool-rayed moon (śīta:cool | aṃśoḥ:rayed)
- अमृतलहरीम् (amṛtalaharīm)
- nectar waves (amṛta:nectar | laharīm:waves)
- अम्लरुचयः (amlarucayaḥ)
- with sour taste (amla:sour | rucayaḥ:taste)
- पिबन्ति (pibanti)
- drink
- स्वच्छन्दं (svacchandaṃ)
- freely
- निशि (niśi)
- at night
- निशि (niśi)
- at night
- भृशं (bhṛśaṃ)
- intensely
- काञ्जिकधिया (kāñjikadhiyā)
- thinking it sour gruel (kāñjika:sour gruel | dhiyā:thinking)
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Verse 64
अविश्रान्तं पत्युर्गुणगणकथाम्रेडनजपा
जपापुष्पच्छाया तव जननि जिह्वा जयति सा ।
यदग्रासीनायाः स्फटिकदृषदच्छच्छविमयी
सरस्वत्या मूर्तिः परिणमति माणिक्यवपुषा ॥ ६४॥
aviśrāntaṃ patyurguṇagaṇakathāmreḍanajapā
japāpuṣpacchāyā tava janani jihvā jayati sā .
yadagrāsīnāyāḥ sphaṭikadṛṣadacchacchavimayī
sarasvatyā mūrtiḥ pariṇamati māṇikyavapuṣā .. 64..
Hail unto Thy tongue which defies the Japa (hibiscus) flowers in its redness and is constantly engaged in the Japa (mutterings) that give expression to the glories of Thy Consort! The ruddiness of that tongue is so intense that the goddess of speech Sarasvatī, who dwells on the tip of that tongue, gets her crystal-like white complexion changed into the colour of a ruby (noted for its reddish tinge). 64.
Word by word
- अविश्रान्तं (aviśrāntaṃ)
- unceasing
- पत्युः (patyuḥ)
- of the husband
- गुणगणकथा (guṇagaṇakathā)
- stories of virtues (guṇa:virtue | gaṇa:group | kathā:story)
- अम्रेडन (amreḍana)
- repetition
- जपा (japā)
- muttering
- जपापुष्पच्छाया (japāpuṣpacchāyā)
- like hibiscus flower (japā:hibiscus | puṣpa:flower | chāyā:shade)
- तव (tava)
- your
- जननि (janani)
- mother
- जिह्वा (jihvā)
- tongue
- जयति (jayati)
- conquers
- सा (sā)
- that
- यत् (yat)
- which
- अग्रासीनायाः (agrāsīnāyāḥ)
- seated at the tip (agra:tip | āsīnāyāḥ:seated)
- स्फटिकदृषदच्छच्छविमयी (sphaṭikadṛṣadacchacchavimayī)
- crystal-like complexion (sphaṭika:crystal | dṛṣad:stone | accha:clear | chavi:complexion | mayī:consisting of)
- सरस्वत्या (sarasvatyā)
- of Sarasvati
- मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ)
- form
- परिणमति (pariṇamati)
- transforms
- माणिक्यवपुषा (māṇikyavapuṣā)
- into ruby form (māṇikya:ruby | vapuṣā:form)
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Verse 65
रणे जित्वा दैत्यानपहृतशिरस्त्रैः कवचिभिर्-
निवृत्तैश्चण्डांशत्रिपुरहरनिर्माल्यविमुखैः ।
विशाखेन्द्रोपेन्द्रैः शशिविशदकर्पूरशकला
विलीयन्ते मातस्तव वदनताम्बूलकबलाः ॥ ६५॥
raṇe jitvā daityānapahṛtaśirastraiḥ kavacibhir-
nivṛttais Caṇḍāmśa-Tripurahara-nirmālya-vimukhaiḥ .
viśākhendropendraiḥ śaśiviśadakarpūraśakalā
vilīyante mātastava vadanatāmbūlakabalāḥ .. 65..
Rejecting the leavings of Siva as the share of the devotee Caṇda, celestials like Kumāra, Indra and Viṣṇu, after their victory over the Asuras, come to Thee, with their head dress removed and only the mails on, to receive as Thy gracious gift(prasada) the betel rolls used by Thee, and chew them until they along with the white pieces of refined camphol contained in them dissolve. 65.
Word by word
- रणे (raṇe)
- in battle
- जित्वा (jitvā)
- having conquered
- दैत्यान् (daityān)
- demons
- अपहृतशिरस्त्रैः (apahṛtaśirastraiḥ)
- with removed headgear (apahṛta:removed | śirastraiḥ:headgear)
- कवचिभिः (kavacibhiḥ)
- with armors
- निवृत्तैः (nivṛttaiḥ)
- returned
- चण्डांशत्रिपुरहरनिर्माल्यविमुखैः (caṇḍāmśatripuraharanirmālyavimukhaiḥ)
- averse to Śiva's leavings (caṇḍāmśa:Caṇḍa's share | tripurahara:Śiva, destroyer of Tripura | nirmālya:leavings | vimukhaiḥ:averse)
- विशाखेन्द्रोपेन्द्रैः (viśākhendropendraiḥ)
- by Viśākha, Indra, Upendra (viśākha:Viśākha | indra:Indra | upendraiḥ:Upendra)
- शशिविशदकर्पूरशकला (śaśiviśadakarpūraśakalā)
- moon-bright camphor pieces (śaśi:moon | viśada:bright | karpūra:camphor | śakalā:pieces)
- विलीयन्ते (vilīyante)
- dissolve
- मातः (mātaḥ)
- O Mother
- तव (tava)
- your
- वदनताम्बूलकबलाः (vadanatāmbūlakabalāḥ)
- betel rolls from your mouth (vadana:mouth | tāmbūla:betel | kabalāḥ:rolls)
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Verse 66
विपञ्च्या गायन्ती विविधमपदानं पशुपतेः
त्वयारब्धे वक्तुं चलितशिरसा साधुवचने ।
तदीयैर्माधुर्यैरपलपिततन्त्रीकलरवां
निजां वीणां वाणी निचुलयति चोलेन निभृतम् ॥ ६६॥
vipañcyā gāyantī vividhamapadānaṃ paśupateḥ
tvayārabdhe vaktuṃ calitaśirasā sādhuvacane .
tadīyairmādhuryairapalapitatantrīkalaravāṃ
nijāṃ vīṇāṃ vāṇī niculayati colena nibhṛtam .. 66..
When, on hearing the songs on the greatness and achievements of Siva tuned on the Vīna by Sarasvatī, the goddess of learning and fine arts, Thou beginnest to speak nodding Thy head in appreciation, the sweetness of Thy voice seems to cast ridicule on the soft melody of that musical instrument, and Sarasvatī therefore secretly puts it in its case. 66.
Word by word
- विपञ्च्या (vipañcyā)
- by the Vīna
- गायन्ती (gāyantī)
- singing
- विविधम् (vividham)
- various
- अपदानं (apadānam)
- achievements
- पशुपतेः (paśupateḥ)
- of Paśupati (Śiva)
- त्वया (tvayā)
- by you
- आरब्धे (ārabdhe)
- when begun
- वक्तुं (vaktuṃ)
- to speak
- चलितशिरसा (calitaśirasā)
- with nodding head
- साधुवचने (sādhuvacane)
- in good words
- तदीयैः (tadīyaiḥ)
- by her
- माधुर्यैः (mādhuryaiḥ)
- by sweetness
- अपलपिततन्त्रीकलरवां (apalapitatantrīkalaravāṃ)
- ridiculed string sound (apalapita:ridiculed | tantrī:string | kalaravāṃ:sound)
- निजां (nijāṃ)
- her own
- वीणां (vīṇāṃ)
- Vīna
- वाणी (vāṇī)
- Sarasvatī
- निचुलयति (niculayati)
- puts away
- चोलेन (colena)
- with a cover
- निभृतम् (nibhṛtam)
- secretly
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Verse 67
कराग्रेण स्पृष्टं तुहिनगिरिणा वत्सलतया
गिरीशेनोदस्तं मुहुरधरपानाकुलतया ।
करग्राह्यं शम्भोर्मुखमुकुरवृन्तं गिरिसुते
कथङ्कारं ब्रूमस्तव चिबुकमौपम्यरहितम् ॥ ६७॥
karāgreṇa spṛṣṭaṃ tuhinagiriṇā vatsalatayā
girīśenodastaṃ muhuradharapānākulatayā .
karagrāhyaṃ śambhormukhamukuravṛntaṃ girisute
kathaṅkāraṃ brūmastava cibukamaupamyarahitam .. 67..
O daughter of Himavat! How can we poets describe the unmatched beauty of Thy chin, which is stroked with all affection by Thy father the Mountain King, which is again and again lifted up by Thy Consort Śambhu in the intensity of his desire to kiss Thee repeatedly, and which forms the handle of the mirror of Thy face for Śambhu to hold and view. 67.
Word by word
- कराग्रेण (karāgreṇa)
- by the tip of the hand (kara:hand | agreṇa:by the tip)
- स्पृष्टं (spṛṣṭam)
- touched
- तिहिनगिरिणा (tuhinagiriṇā)
- by the Mountain King (tuhina:snow | giriṇā:by the mountain)
- वत्सलतया (vatsalatayā)
- with affection
- गिरीशेन (girīśena)
- by Śambhu (giri:mountain | īśena:by the lord)
- उदस्तं (udastam)
- lifted up
- मुहुः (muhuḥ)
- again and again
- अधरपानाकुलतया (adharapānākulatayā)
- in desire to kiss (adhara:lip | pāna:drinking | ākulatayā:with desire)
- करग्राह्यम् (karagrāhyam)
- held by hand (kara:hand | grāhyam:held)
- शम्भोः (śambhoḥ)
- of Śambhu
- मुखमुकुरवृन्तम् (mukhamukuravṛntam)
- handle of face mirror (mukha:face | mukura:mirror | vṛntam:handle)
- गिरिसुते (girisute)
- O daughter of the mountain (giri:mountain | sute:daughter)
- कथङ्कारम् (kathaṅkāram)
- how
- ब्रूमः (brūmaḥ)
- can we describe
- तव (tava)
- your
- चिबुकम् (cibukam)
- chin
- औपम्यरहितम् (aupamyarahitam)
- without comparison (aupamya:comparison | rahitam:without)
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Verse 68
भुजाश्लेषान् नित्यं पुरदमयितुः कण्टकवती
तव ग्रीवा धत्ते मुखकमलनालश्रियमियम् ।
स्वतः श्वेता कालागुरुबहुलजम्बालमलिना
मृणालीलालित्यम् वहति यदधो हारलतिका ॥ ६८॥
bhujāśleṣān nityaṃ puradamayituḥ kaṇṭakavatī
tava grīvā dhatte mukhakamalanālaśriyamiyam .
svataḥ śvetā kālāgurubahulajambālamalinā
mṛṇālīlālityam vahati yadadho hāralatikā .. 68..
Thy neck, with horripilations caused by the constant embraces of Thy Consort, the Destroyer of the Cities, resembles the thorny stalk of Thy lotus-like face. For, below Thy neck are Thy naturally white cluster of pearl necklaces, which, being discoloured by the generously applied dark-coloured Agaru paste on the chest, bears the comeliness of the tender bottom part of the stalk of Thy lotus-like face embedded in mire. 68.
Word by word
- भुजाश्लेषान् (bhujāśleṣān)
- embraces of the arms (bhuja:arms | āśleṣān:embraces)
- नित्यं (nityaṃ)
- constantly
- पुरदमयितुः (puradamayituḥ)
- Destroyer of the Cities (pura:cities | damayituḥ:destroyer)
- कण्टकवती (kaṇṭakavatī)
- thorny
- तव (tava)
- your
- ग्रीवा (grīvā)
- neck
- धत्ते (dhatte)
- bears
- मुखकमलनालश्रियम् (mukhakamalanālaśriyam)
- beauty of lotus-stalk face (mukha:face | kamala:lotus | nāla:stalk | śriyam:beauty)
- इयम् (iyam)
- this
- स्वतः (svataḥ)
- naturally
- श्वेता (śvetā)
- white
- कालागुरुबहुलजम्बालमलिना (kālāgurubahulajambālamalinā)
- dark Agaru paste discoloured (kālāguru:dark Agaru | bahula:abundant | jambāla:paste | malinā:discoloured)
- मृणालीलालित्यम् (mṛṇālīlālityam)
- tenderness of lotus-stalk (mṛṇālī:lotus-stalk | lālityam:tenderness)
- वहति (vahati)
- carries
- यदधः (yadadho)
- below which (yat:which | adhaḥ:below)
- हारलतिका (hāralatikā)
- cluster of pearl necklaces (hāra:necklace | latikā:cluster)
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Verse 69
गले रेखास्तिस्रो गतिगमकगीतैकनिपुणे
विवाहव्यानद्धप्रगुणगुणसंख्याप्रतिभुवः ।
विराजन्ते नानाविधमधुररागाकरभुवां
त्रयाणां ग्रामाणां स्थितिनियमसीमान इव ते ॥ ६९॥
gale rekhāstisro gatigamakagītaikanipuṇe
vivāha-vyānaddha-praguṇa-guṇa-saṃkhyā-pratibhuvaḥ .
virājante nānāvidhamadhurarāgākarabhuvāṃ
trayāṇāṃ grāmāṇāṃ sthitiniyamasīmāna iva te .. 69..
O Mistress of the musical technicalities of Gati (procedure)Gamakam (undulations) and Gītam (song)! As though for the confirmation of the three-foldness of the strands of the auspicious string made by twisting several threads and tied round Thy neck (surrounding the mangala-sutra) by Thy Consort at the time of Thy marriage, shine forth the three lines of Thy neck, standing, as it were, as the boundaries demarcating the three musical scales (or Gamakas consisting of Saḍja, Madhyama, and Gāndhāra), which form the source of the various melodies of musical modes. 69.
Word by word
- गले (gale)
- in the neck
- रेखाः (rekhāḥ)
- lines
- तिस्रः (tisraḥ)
- three
- गतिगमकगीतैकनिपुणे (gatigamakagītaikanipuṇe)
- expert in movement, modulation, and song (gati:movement | gamaka:modulation | gīta:song | eka:one | nipuṇe:expert)
- विवाहव्यानद्धप्रगुणगुणसंख्याप्रतिभुवः (vivāhavyānaddhapraguṇaguṇasaṃkhyāpratibhuvaḥ)
- confirming auspicious thread's threefoldness (vivāha:marriage | vyānaddha:tied | praguṇa:auspicious thread | guṇa:strand | saṃkhyā:number | pratibhuvaḥ:confirming)
- विराजन्ते (virājante)
- shine forth
- नानाविधमधुररागाकरभुवाम् (nānāvidhamadhurarāgākarabhuvām)
- source of various sweet melodies (nānāvidha:various | madhura:sweet | rāga:melody | ākara:source | bhuvām:of the worlds)
- त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām)
- of the three
- ग्रामाणाम् (grāmāṇām)
- of the musical scales
- स्थितिनियमसीमानः (sthitiniyamasīmānaḥ)
- boundaries of regulation (sthiti:position | niyama:regulation | sīmānaḥ:boundaries)
- इव (iva)
- as if
- ते (te)
- your
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Verse 70
मृणालीमृद्वीनां तव भुजलतानां चतसृणां
चतुर्भिः सौन्दर्यं सरसिजभवः स्तौति वदनैः ।
नखेभ्यः सन्त्रस्यन् प्रथममथनादन्धकरिपो-
श्चतुर्णां शीर्षाणां सममभयहस्तार्पणधिया ॥ ७०॥
mṛṇālīmṛdvīnāṃ tava bhujalatānāṃ catasṛṇāṃ
caturbhiḥ saundaryaṃ sarasijabhavaḥ stauti vadanaiḥ .
nakhebhyaḥ santrasyan prathamamathanādandhakaripo-
ścaturṇāṃ śīrṣāṇāṃ samamabhayahastārpaṇadhiyā .. 70..
The lotus-born Brahmā, being afraid of the fingernails of Sadāśiva, with which the latter in former times nipped off his fifth head, is now praising simultaneously with the remaining four heads the comeliness of Thy four creeper-like arms resembling the stalk of lotus in beauty, so that Thou might give those heads protection from the fear of a fate similar to that of the lost head. 70.
Word by word
- मृणालीमृद्वीनां (mṛṇālīmṛdvīnāṃ)
- of soft as lotus stalk (mṛṇālī:lotus stalk | mṛdvī:soft)
- तव (tava)
- your
- भुजलतानां (bhujalatānāṃ)
- of the creeper-like arms (bhuja:arm | latānāṃ:of the creepers)
- चतसृणां (catasṛṇāṃ)
- of the four
- चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ)
- by the four
- सौन्दर्यं (saundaryaṃ)
- beauty
- सरसिजभवः (sarasijabhavaḥ)
- lotus-born (Brahmā) (sarasija:lotus | bhavaḥ:born)
- स्तौति (stauti)
- praises
- वदनैः (vadanaiḥ)
- with faces
- नखेभ्यः (nakhebhyaḥ)
- from the nails
- सन्त्रस्यन् (santrasyan)
- being afraid
- प्रथममथनात् (prathamamathanāt)
- from the first churning (prathama:first | mathanāt:from churning)
- अन्धकरिपोः (andhakaripoḥ)
- of the enemy of darkness (andhaka:darkness | ripoḥ:of the enemy)
- चतुर्णां (caturṇāṃ)
- of the four
- शीर्षाणां (śīrṣāṇāṃ)
- of the heads
- समम् (samam)
- equally
- अभयहस्तार्पणधिया (abhayahastārpaṇadhiyā)
- with the thought of granting protection (abhaya:protection | hasta:hand | arpaṇa:granting | dhiyā:with the thought)
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Verse 71
नखानामुद्द्योतैर्नवनलिनरागं विहसतां
कराणां ते कान्तिं कथय कथयामः कथमुमे ।
कयाचिद्वा साम्यं भजतु कलया हन्त कमलं
यदि क्रीडल्लक्ष्मीचरणतललाक्षारसछणम् ॥ ७१॥
nakhānāmuddyotairnavanalinarāgaṃ vihasatāṃ
karāṇāṃ te kāntiṃ kathaya kathayāmaḥ kathamume .
kayācidvā sāmyaṃ bhajatu kalayā hanta kamalaṃ
yadi krīḍal-lakṣmī-caraṇa-tala-lākṣā-rasa-caṇam .. 71..
O Uma! Pray, tell us how we can describe the splendour of Thy hands, which, being lit up with the radiance of Thy nails, surpasses the brightness of the morning’s lotus blooms. Perhaps these flowers can attain to some similarity with Thy nails when their redness is enhanced by contact with the lac-dye of the feet of goddess Lakṣmī who sports in them. 71.
Word by word
- नखानाम् (nakhānām)
- of the nails
- उद्द्योतैः (uddyotaiḥ)
- by the radiance
- नव (nava)
- new
- नलिन (nalina)
- lotus
- रागं (rāgaṃ)
- color
- विहसतां (vihasatāṃ)
- surpassing
- कराणां (karāṇāṃ)
- of the hands
- ते (te)
- your
- कान्तिं (kāntiṃ)
- splendour
- कथय (kathaya)
- tell
- कथयामः (kathayāmaḥ)
- we describe
- कथम् (katham)
- how
- उमे (ume)
- O Uma
- कयाचित् (kayācit)
- by some
- वा (vā)
- or
- साम्यं (sāmyaṃ)
- similarity
- भजतु (bhajatu)
- attain
- कलया (kalayā)
- with the art
- हन्त (hanta)
- alas
- कमलं (kamalaṃ)
- lotus
- यदि (yadi)
- if
- क्रीडत् (krīḍat)
- sporting
- लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)
- Lakṣmī
- चरण (caraṇa)
- feet
- तल (tala)
- sole
- लाक्षा (lākṣā)
- lac-dye
- रस (rasa)
- juice
- छणम् (chaṇam)
- enhanced
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Verse 72
समं देवि स्कन्दद्विपवदनपीतं स्तनयुगं
तवेदं नः खेदं हरतु सततं प्रस्नुतमुखम् ।
यदालोक्याशङ्काकुलितहृदयो हासजनकः
स्वकुम्भौ हेरम्बः परिमृशति हस्तेन झडिति ॥ ७२॥
samaṃ devi skandadvipavadanapītaṃ stanayugaṃ
tavedaṃ naḥ khedaṃ haratu satataṃ prasnutamukham .
yadālokyāśaṅkākulitahṛdayo hāsajanakaḥ
svakumbhau herambaḥ parimṛśati hastena jhaḍiti .. 72..
O Mother! May we be relieved of all our sorrows by Thy breasts, from which milk is flowing always and which are being simultaneously sucked by both Skanda and Gaṇeśa, Thy sons. All of a sudden Gaṇesa (Heramba), looking at Thy breasts, feels with his hands whether the pair of frontal globes on his elephant face are there in their proper places (or whether they have disappeared to become Thy breasts present before his eyes), thus giving occasion for great fun (to his parents and onlookers). 72.
Word by word
- समं (samaṃ)
- equally
- देवि (devi)
- O Goddess
- स्कन्दद्विपवदनपीतं (skandadvipavadanapītaṃ)
- sucked by Skanda and Gaṇeśa (skanda:Skanda | dvipa:elephant | vadana:face | pītaṃ:sucked)
- स्तनयुगं (stanayugaṃ)
- pair of breasts (stana:breast | yugaṃ:pair)
- तवेदं (tavedaṃ)
- this of yours (tava:your | idaṃ:this)
- नः (naḥ)
- our
- खेदं (khedaṃ)
- sorrow
- हरतु (haratu)
- may remove
- सततं (satataṃ)
- always
- प्रस्नुतमुखम् (prasnutamukham)
- flowing milk (prasnuta:flowing | mukham:mouth)
- यदालोक्य (yadālokya)
- having seen
- आशङ्काकुलितहृदयः (āśaṅkākulitahṛdayaḥ)
- with doubtful heart (āśaṅkā:doubt | ākulita:agitated | hṛdayaḥ:heart)
- हासजनकः (hāsajanakaḥ)
- causing laughter (hāsa:laughter | janakaḥ:causing)
- स्वकुम्भौ (svakumbhau)
- his own cheeks (sva:own | kumbhau:cheeks)
- हेरम्बः (herambaḥ)
- Heramba (Gaṇeśa)
- परिमृशति (parimṛśati)
- feels
- हस्तेन (hastena)
- with hand
- झडिति (jhaḍiti)
- suddenly
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Verse 73
अमू ते वक्षोजावमृतरसमाणिक्यकुतुपौ
न संदेहस्पन्दो नगपतिपताके मनसि नः ।
पिबन्तौ तौ यस्मादविदितवधूसङ्गरसिकौ
कुमारावद्यापि द्विरदवदनक्रौञ्चदलनौ ॥ ७३॥
amū te vakṣojāvamṛtarasamāṇikyakutupau
na saṃdehaspando nagapatipatāke manasi naḥ .
pibantau tau yasmādaviditavadhūsaṅgarasikau
kumārāvadyāpi dviradavadanakrauñcadalanau .. 73..
O the Mountain-King’s flag of victory! We have not even the shadow of a doubt about Thy two breasts being jars made of Māṇikya (ruby) and filled with Amṛta, the immortal drink. For, it is by drinking their contents that Thy two sons, the mountain-piercing Kumāra and the elephant-headed Vināyaka, have remained young boys (celibates) without knowing woman, to this day. 73.
Word by word
- अमू (amū)
- those
- ते (te)
- your
- वक्षोजौ (vakṣojau)
- breasts
- अमृतरसमाणिक्यकुतुपौ (amṛtarasamāṇikyakutupau)
- jars of nectar and ruby (amṛta:nectar | rasa:essence | māṇikya:ruby | kutupau:jars)
- न (na)
- not
- सन्देहस्पन्दः (sandehaspandaḥ)
- doubt arises (sandeha:doubt | spandaḥ:arises)
- नगपतिपताके (nagapatipatāke)
- O Mountain-King's flag (naga:mountain | pati:king | patāke:flag)
- मनसि (manasi)
- in the mind
- नः (naḥ)
- our
- पिबन्तौ (pibantau)
- drinking
- तौ (tau)
- those two
- यस्मात् (yasmāt)
- because
- अविदितवधूसङ्गरसिकौ (aviditavadhūsaṅgarasikau)
- unacquainted with women (avidita:unacquainted | vadhū:women | saṅga:association | rasikau:enjoyers)
- कुमारौ (kumārau)
- young boys
- अद्यापि (adyāpi)
- even today
- द्विरदवदन (dviradavadana)
- elephant-headed (dvirada:elephant | vadana:headed)
- क्रौञ्चदलनौ (krauñcadalanau)
- mountain-piercing (krauñca:mountain | dalanau:piercing)
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Verse 74
वहत्यम्ब स्तम्बेरमदनुजकुम्भप्रकृतिभिः
समारब्धां मुक्तामणिभिरमलां हारलतिकाम् ।
कुचाभोगो बिम्बाधररुचिभिरन्तः शबलितां
प्रतापव्यामिश्रां पुरदमयितुः कीर्तिमिव ते ॥ ७४॥
vahatyamba stamberamadanujakumbhaprakṛtibhiḥ
samārabdhāṃ muktāmaṇibhiramalāṃ hāralatikām .
kucābhogo bimbādhararucibhirantaḥ śabalitāṃ
pratāpavyāmiśrāṃ puradamayituḥ kīrtimiva te .. 74..
O Mother! In the region of Thy breasts is a flawless necklace made of pearls got from the frontal globe of Gajāsura (the elephant-demon). It rests there with its white brilliance variegated from within by the reflection of the ruddy tinge of Thy Bimba-like lips, as if it were the confluence of the (white) fame and the (red) valour of Thy Consort, the Destroyer of the Cities. 74.
Word by word
- वहत्यम्ब (vahatyamba)
- O Mother carries (vahati:carries | amba:O Mother)
- स्तम्बे (stambe)
- in the region
- अरमदनुजकुम्भप्रकृतिभिः (aramadanujakumbhaprakṛtibhiḥ)
- from the frontal globe (aramada:elephant-demon | anuja:younger brother | kumbha:frontal globe | prakṛtibhiḥ:by nature)
- समारब्धां (samārabdhām)
- initiated
- मुक्तामणिभिः (muktāmaṇibhiḥ)
- with pearls (muktā:pearls | maṇibhiḥ:with jewels)
- अमलां (amalām)
- flawless
- हारलतिकाम् (hāralatikām)
- necklace (hāra:necklace | latikām:creeper)
- कुचाभोगो (kucābhogaḥ)
- region of breasts (kuca:breasts | ābhogaḥ:region)
- बिम्बाधररुचिभिः (bimbādhararucibhiḥ)
- by the reflection of lips (bimba:bimba-like | adhara:lips | rucibhiḥ:by the reflection)
- अन्तः (antaḥ)
- within
- शबलितां (śabalitām)
- variegated
- प्रतापव्यामिश्रां (pratāpavyāmiśrām)
- mixed with valour (pratāpa:valour | vyāmiśrām:mixed with)
- पुरदमयितुः (puradamayituḥ)
- of the Destroyer of Cities (pura:cities | damayituḥ:destroyer)
- कीर्तिमिव (kīrtimiva)
- like fame (kīrtim:fame | iva:like)
- ते (te)
- of you
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Verse 75
तव स्तन्यं मन्ये धरणिधरकन्ये हृदयतः
पयःपारावारः परिवहति सारस्वतमिव ।
दयावत्या दत्तं द्रविडशिशुरास्वाद्य तव यत्
कवीनां प्रौढानामजनि कमनीयः कवयिता ॥ ७५॥
tava stanyaṃ manye dharaṇidharakanye hṛdayataḥ
payaḥpārāvāraḥ parivahati sārasvatamiva .
dayāvatyā dattaṃ draviḍaśiśurāsvādya tava yat
kavīnāṃ prauḍhānāmajani kamanīyaḥ kavayitā .. 75..
O Daughter of the Mountain-King! I fancy that Thy breast milk is the milk-ocean emerging as poetic inspiration from Thy heart. For, it was by drinking it, so graciously given by Thee, that the child of the Dramila country became a noted poet among great composers. 75.
Word by word
- तव (tava)
- your
- स्तन्यं (stanyaṃ)
- breast milk
- मन्ये (manye)
- I fancy
- धरणिधरकन्ये (dharaṇidharakanye)
- O Daughter of the Mountain-King (dharaṇi:earth | dhara:holder | kanye:daughter)
- हृदयतः (hṛdayataḥ)
- from the heart
- पयःपारावारः (payaḥpārāvāraḥ)
- milk-ocean (payaḥ:milk | pārāvāraḥ:ocean)
- परिवहति (parivahati)
- flows
- सारस्वतमिव (sārasvatamiva)
- like poetic inspiration (sārasvatam:poetic inspiration | iva:like)
- दयावत्या (dayāvatyā)
- by the gracious
- दत्तं (dattaṃ)
- given
- द्रविडशिशुः (draviḍaśiśuḥ)
- child of the Dramila country (draviḍa:Dramila | śiśuḥ:child)
- आस्वाद्य (āsvādya)
- having tasted
- तव (tava)
- your
- यत् (yat)
- which
- कवीनां (kavīnāṃ)
- of poets
- प्रौढानाम् (prauḍhānām)
- among great
- अजनि (ajani)
- became
- कमनीयः (kamanīyaḥ)
- noted
- कवयिता (kavayitā)
- poet
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Verse 76
हरक्रोधज्वालावलिभिरवलीढेन वपुषा
गभीरे ते नाभीसरसि कृतसङ्गो मनसिजः ।
समुत्तस्थौ तस्मादचलतनये धूमलतिका
जनस्तां जानीते तव जननि रोमावलिरिति ॥ ७६॥
harakrodhajvālāvalibhiravalīḍhena vapuṣā
gabhīre te nābhīsarasi kṛtasaṅgo manasijaḥ .
samuttasthau tasmādacalatanaye dhūmalatikā
janastāṃ jānīte tava janani romāvaliriti .. 76..
O Mother born of the Mountain! When the flames of Siva’s anger began to envelop Kāma-deva (Cupid), he took refuge in the deep lake of Thy navel. The fire that thus got extinguished sent forth a thin creeper-like column of smoke, which men describe as Thy Romāvali or the line of hair that goes up from Thy navel. 76.
Word by word
- हर (hara)
- Siva
- क्रोध (krodha)
- anger
- ज्वाला (jvālā)
- flames
- वलिभिः (valibhiḥ)
- by the series
- अवलीढेन (avalīḍhena)
- enveloped
- वपुषा (vapuṣā)
- by the body
- गभीरे (gabhīre)
- deep
- ते (te)
- your
- नाभीसरसि (nābhīsarasi)
- in the lake of navel (nābhī:navel | sarasi:in the lake)
- कृतसङ्गः (kṛtasaṅgaḥ)
- took refuge
- मनसिजः (manasijaḥ)
- Kāma-deva
- समुत्तस्थौ (samuttasthau)
- arose
- तस्मात् (tasmāt)
- from there
- अचलतनये (acalatanaye)
- O daughter of the mountain (acala:mountain | tanaye:daughter)
- धूमलतिका (dhūmalatikā)
- smoke creeper (dhūma:smoke | latikā:creeper)
- जनः (janaḥ)
- people
- ताम् (tām)
- that
- जानीते (jānīte)
- know
- तव (tava)
- your
- जननि (janani)
- O Mother
- रोमावलिः (romāvaliḥ)
- line of hair (roma:hair | avaliḥ:line)
- इति (iti)
- thus
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Verse 77
यदेतत् कालिन्दीतनुतरतरङ्गाकृति शिवे
कृशे मध्ये किंचिज्जननि तव यद्भाति सुधियाम् ।
विमर्दादन्योऽन्यं कुचकलशयोरन्तरगतं
तनूभूतं व्योम प्रविशदिव नाभिं कुहरिणीम् ॥ ७७॥
yadetat kālindītanutarataraṅgākṛti śive
kṛśe madhye kiṃcijjanani tava yadbhāti sudhiyām .
vimardādanyo'nyaṃ kucakalaśayorantaragataṃ
tanūbhūtaṃ vyoma praviśadiva nābhiṃ kuhariṇīm .. 77..
O Consort of Siva! What in Thy slender middle region shines before me and what is seen by devotees as Thy navel-hair (Romāvali) like the subtle ripples on the surface of Kālindī (Yamuna), is the Vyoma (sky) or interspace between Thy bulging breasts, thinned by their pressure and forced into the cavity of the navel. 77.
Word by word
- यदेतत् (yadetat)
- this which
- कालिन्दीतनुतरतरङ्गाकृति (kālindī-tanutara-taraṅga-ākṛti)
- like subtle Yamuna ripples (kālindī:Yamuna | tanutara:subtle | taraṅga:ripples | ākṛti:like)
- शिवे (śive)
- O Consort of Siva
- कृशे (kṛśe)
- slender
- मध्ये (madhye)
- in the middle
- किंचित् (kiṃcit)
- slightly
- जननि (janani)
- O Mother
- तव (tava)
- your
- यद्भाति (yadbhāti)
- which shines
- सुधियाम् (sudhiyām)
- by the wise
- विमर्दात् (vimardāt)
- by pressure
- अन्यः (anyaḥ)
- another
- अन्यं (anyaṃ)
- another
- कुचकलशयोः (kucakalaśayoḥ)
- of the breasts (kuca:breast | kalaśayoḥ:of the pair)
- अन्तरगतं (antaragataṃ)
- entered between
- तनूभूतं (tanūbhūtaṃ)
- thinned
- व्योम (vyoma)
- sky
- प्रविशदिव (praviśadiva)
- as if entering
- नाभिं (nābhiṃ)
- navel
- कुहरिणीम् (kuhariṇīm)
- cavity
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Verse 78
स्थिरो गङ्गावर्तः स्तनमुकुलरोमावलिलता-
कलावालं कुण्डं कुसुमशरतेजोहुतभुजः ।
रतेर्लीलागारं किमपि तव नाभिर्गिरिसुते
बिलद्वारं सिद्धेर्गिरिशनयनानां विजयते ॥ ७८॥
sthiro gaṅgāvartaḥ stanamukularomāvalilatā-
kalāvālaṃ kuṇḍaṃ kusumaśaratejohutabhujaḥ .
raterlīlāgāraṃ kimapi tava nābhirgirisute
biladvāraṃ siddhergiriśanayanānāṃ vijayate .. 78..
O Daughter of the Mountain! Indescribably unique is the glory of Thy navel, which is verily a still whirl-pool on the surface of the river Gaṅga; which forms the bed for the creeper of Thy Romāvali bearing two fruits in the shape of Thy breasts; which is the sacrificial pit wherein burns the fire of the prowess of Kama Deva, the flower-arrowed god of love; which is the pleasure house of his wife Rati; and which forms the opening of the cavern wherein the eyes of Hara found the consummation of the great austerities he had performed. 78.
Word by word
- स्थिरः (sthiraḥ)
- steady
- गङ्गावर्तः (gaṅgāvartaḥ)
- whirlpool of Gaṅgā (gaṅgā:Gaṅgā | āvartaḥ:whirlpool)
- स्तनमुकुलरोमावलिलता (stanamukularomāvalilatā)
- creeper of breast-bud hairline (stana:breast | mukula:bud | romāvali:hairline | latā:creeper)
- कलावालं (kalāvālaṃ)
- bed for creeper (kalā:creeper | vālaṃ:bed)
- कुण्डं (kuṇḍaṃ)
- sacrificial pit
- कुसुमशरतेजोहुतभुजः (kusumaśaratejohutabhujaḥ)
- fire of flower-arrowed god (kusuma:flower | śara:arrow | tejaḥ:fire | hutabhujaḥ:god)
- रतेः (rateḥ)
- of Rati
- लीलागारं (līlāgāraṃ)
- pleasure house (līlā:pleasure | gāraṃ:house)
- किमपि (kimapi)
- indescribably unique
- तव (tava)
- your
- नाभिः (nābhiḥ)
- navel
- गिरिसुते (girisute)
- O Daughter of the Mountain (giri:mountain | sute:daughter)
- बिलद्वारं (biladvāraṃ)
- opening of the cavern (bila:cavern | dvāraṃ:opening)
- सिद्धेः (siddheḥ)
- of accomplishment
- गिरिशनयनानां (giriśanayanānāṃ)
- eyes of Hara (giriśa:Hara | nayanānāṃ:eyes)
- विजयते (vijayate)
- triumphs
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Verse 79
निसर्गक्षीणस्य स्तनतटभरेण क्लमजुषो
नमन्मूर्तेर्नारीतिलक शनकैस्त्रुट्यत इव ।
चिरं ते मध्यस्य त्रुटिततटिनीतीरतरुणा
समावस्थास्थेम्नो भवतु कुशलं शैलतनये ॥ ७९॥
nisargakṣīṇasya stanataṭabhareṇa klamajuṣo
namanmūrternārītilaka śanakaistruṭyata iva .
ciraṃ te madhyasya truṭitataṭinītīrataruṇā
samāvasthāsthemno bhavatu kuśalaṃ śailatanaye .. 79..
O Daughter of the Mountain! O Ornament of womankind! May safety be assured for Thy waist, which, being slender, is labouring under the weight of Thy breasts and therefore stooping, threatening to break under that weight, and whose precarious firmness is like that of a tree on a cracking river bank. 79.
Word by word
- निसर्गक्षीणस्य (nisargakṣīṇasya)
- naturally slender (nisarga:natural | kṣīṇasya:slender)
- स्तनतटभरेण (stanataṭabhareṇa)
- by the weight of breasts (stana:breast | taṭa:surface | bhareṇa:by the weight)
- क्लमजुषः (klamajuṣaḥ)
- wearied
- नमन्मूर्तेः (namanmūrteḥ)
- of the bending form (naman:bending | mūrteḥ:of the form)
- नारीतिलक (nārītilaka)
- ornament of womankind (nārī:woman | tilaka:ornament)
- शनकैः (śanakaiḥ)
- slowly
- त्रुट्यत (truṭyata)
- breaking
- इव (iva)
- as if
- चिरं (ciraṃ)
- long
- ते (te)
- your
- मध्यस्य (madhyasya)
- of the waist
- त्रुटिततटिनीतीरतरुणा (truṭitataṭinītīrataruṇā)
- like a tree on a cracking river bank (truṭita:cracking | taṭinī:river | tīra:bank | taruṇā:tree)
- समावस्था (samāvasthā)
- state
- स्थेम्नः (sthemnaḥ)
- firmness
- भवतु (bhavatu)
- may be
- कुशलं (kuśalaṃ)
- well-being
- शैलतनये (śailatanaye)
- O Daughter of the Mountain (śaila:mountain | tanaye:daughter)
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Verse 80
कुचौ सद्यःस्विद्यत्तटघटितकूर्पासभिदुरौ
कषन्तौ दोर्मूले कनककलशाभौ कलयता ।
तव त्रातुं भङ्गादलमिति वलग्नं तनुभुवा
त्रिधा नद्धं देवि त्रिवलि लवलीवल्लिभिरिव ॥ ८०॥
kucau sadyaḥsvidyattaṭaghaṭitakūrpāsabhidurau
kaṣantau dormūle kanakakalaśābhau kalayatā .
tava trātuṃ bhaṅgādalamiti valagnaṃ tanubhuvā
tridhā naddhaṃ devi trivali lavalīvallibhiriva .. 80..
O Mother Divine! The three folds in Thy middle region look like three strands of Lavali creeper wound by Kama Deva, the god of love, as a support to prevent Thy middle region from breaking under the weight of his creation, Thy quickly perspiring breasts, which (under the excitement of love for Śambhu) have swollen to the size of two golden pots, touching Thy arm pits and bursting the garment covering them. 80.
Word by word
- कुचौ (kucau)
- breasts
- सद्यः (sadyaḥ)
- immediately
- स्विद्यत् (svidyat)
- perspiring
- तट (taṭa)
- region
- घटित (ghaṭita)
- formed
- कूर्पास (kūrpāsa)
- garment
- भिदुरौ (bhidurau)
- bursting
- कषन्तौ (kaṣantau)
- touching
- दोर्मूले (dormūle)
- at the armpits
- कनक (kanaka)
- golden
- कलशाभौ (kalaśābhau)
- like pots
- कलयता (kalayatā)
- considering
- तव (tava)
- your
- त्रातुं (trātuṃ)
- to protect
- भङ्गात् (bhaṅgāt)
- from breaking
- अलम् (alam)
- enough
- इति (iti)
- thus
- वलग्नं (valagnaṃ)
- attached
- तनुभुवा (tanubhuvā)
- by the body
- त्रिधा (tridhā)
- threefold
- नद्धं (naddhaṃ)
- bound
- देवि (devi)
- O Goddess
- त्रिवलि (trivali)
- three folds (tri:three | vali:folds)
- लवलीवल्लिभिः (lavalīvallibhiḥ)
- by Lavali creepers (lavalī:Lavali | vallibhiḥ:by creepers)
- इव (iva)
- like
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Verse 81
गुरुत्वं विस्तारं क्षितिधरपतिः पार्वति निजा-
न्नितम्बादाच्छिद्य त्वयि हरणरूपेण निदधे ।
अतस्ते विस्तीर्णो गुरुरयमशेषां वसुमतीं
नितम्बप्राग्भारः स्थगयति लघुत्वं नयति च ॥ ८१॥
gurutvaṃ vistāraṃ kṣitidharapatiḥ pārvati nijā-
nnitambādācchidya tvayi haraṇarūpeṇa nidadhe .
ataste vistīrṇo gururayamaśeṣāṃ vasumatīṃ
nitambaprāgbhāraḥ sthagayati laghutvaṃ nayati ca .. 81..
O Parvati! Thy father, the Mountain-king, gave the weight and extensiveness of his flanks to Thee as dowry at the time of Thy marriage. It is for this reason that Thy hips, covering the earth, have become more extensive than it, and excelling it in weight, rendered it lighter in comparative weight. 81.
Word by word
- गुरुत्वं (gurutvaṃ)
- weight
- विस्तारं (vistāraṃ)
- extensiveness
- क्षितिधरपतिः (kṣitidharapatiḥ)
- Mountain-king (kṣiti:earth | dhara:holder | patiḥ:lord)
- पार्वति (pārvati)
- O Parvati
- निजान्नितम्बात् (nijānnitambāt)
- from own hips (nija:own | nitambāt:from hips)
- आच्छिद्य (ācchidya)
- cutting off
- त्वयि (tvayi)
- in you
- हरणरूपेण (haraṇarūpeṇa)
- in the form of taking (haraṇa:taking | rūpeṇa:in the form)
- निदधे (nidadhe)
- placed
- अतः (ataḥ)
- therefore
- ते (te)
- your
- विस्तीर्णः (vistīrṇaḥ)
- extensive
- गुरुः (guruḥ)
- heavy
- अयम् (ayam)
- this
- अशेषां (aśeṣāṃ)
- entire
- वसुमतीं (vasumatīṃ)
- earth
- नितम्बप्राग्भारः (nitambaprāgbhāraḥ)
- hip's prior weight (nitamba:hip | prāgbhāraḥ:prior weight)
- स्थगयति (sthagayati)
- covers
- लघुत्वं (laghutvaṃ)
- lightness
- नयति (nayati)
- leads
- च (ca)
- and
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Verse 82
करीन्द्राणां शुण्डान् कनककदलीकाण्डपटली-
मुभाभ्यामूरुभ्यामुभयमपि निर्जित्य भवती ।
सुवृत्ताभ्यां पत्युः प्रणतिकठिनाभ्यां गिरिसुते
विधिज्ञ्ये जानुभ्यां विबुधकरिकुम्भद्वयमसि ॥ ८२॥
karīndrāṇāṃ śuṇḍān kanakakadalīkāṇḍapaṭalī-
mubhābhyāmūrubhyāmubhayamapi nirjitya bhavatī .
suvṛttābhyāṃ patyuḥ praṇatikaṭhinābhyāṃ girisute
vidhijñye jānubhyāṃ vibudhakarikumbhadvayamasi .. 82..
O Daughter of the Mountain! Thy thighs subdue by their beauty the trunk of lordly elephants as also the stem of golden coloured banana trees, while, O observer of all ordained duties, Thy knees, hardened and perfectly rounded by repeated prostrations to Thy Consort, rival the frontal globes of the heavenly Elephant Airavata. 82.
Word by word
- करीन्द्राणां (karīndrāṇām)
- of lordly elephants (kari:elephant | indra:lord | āṇām:of)
- शुण्डान् (śuṇḍān)
- trunks
- कनककदलीकाण्डपटलीम् (kanakakadalīkāṇḍapaṭalīm)
- stem of golden banana trees (kanaka:golden | kadalī:banana | kāṇḍa:stem | paṭalīm:cluster)
- उभाभ्याम् (ubhābhyām)
- by both
- ऊरुभ्याम् (ūrubhyām)
- by thighs
- उभयम् (ubhayam)
- both
- अपि (api)
- also
- निर्जित्य (nirjitya)
- conquering
- भवती (bhavatī)
- you
- सुवृत्ताभ्यां (suvṛttābhyām)
- perfectly rounded (su:well | vṛtta:rounded)
- पत्युः (patyuḥ)
- of the husband
- प्रणतिकठिनाभ्यां (praṇatikaṭhinābhyām)
- hardened by prostrations (praṇati:prostration | kaṭhina:hardened)
- गिरिसुते (girisute)
- O Daughter of the Mountain (giri:mountain | sute:daughter)
- विधिज्ञ्ये (vidhijñye)
- O observer of duties (vidhi:duty | jñye:knower)
- जानुभ्यां (jānubhyām)
- by knees
- विबुधकरिकुम्भद्वयम् (vibudhakarikumbhadvayam)
- frontal globes of heavenly elephant (vibudha:heavenly | kari:elephant | kumbha:globe | dvayam:pair)
- असि (asi)
- are
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Verse 83
पराजेतुं रुद्रं द्विगुणशरगर्भौ गिरिसुते
निषङ्गौ जङ्घे ते विषमविशिखो बाढमकृत ।
यदग्रे दृश्यन्ते दशशरफलाः पादयुगली-
नखाग्रच्छद्मानः सुरमकुटशाणैकनिशिताः ॥ ८३॥
parājetuṃ rudraṃ dviguṇaśaragarbhau girisute
niṣaṅgau jaṅghe te viṣamaviśikho bāḍhamakṛta .
yadagre dṛśyante daśaśaraphalāḥ pādayugalī-
nakhāgracchadmānaḥ suramakuṭaśāṇaikaniśitāḥ .. 83..
O Daughter of the Mountain! Surely the five-arrowed Kāmadeva has, in order to conquer Rudra, utilised Thy shanks as a quiver to store therein double the number of arrows he is credited with. For, at the end of Thy feet are seen, under the guise of Thy toe nails, ten crescent shaped arrow heads sharpened on the whetstone of the crowns of prostrating Divinities. 83.
Word by word
- पराजेतुं (parājetuṃ)
- to conquer
- रुद्रं (rudraṃ)
- Rudra
- द्विगुणशरगर्भौ (dviguṇaśaragarbhau)
- containing double arrows (dviguṇa:double | śara:arrows | garbhau:containing)
- गिरिसुते (girisute)
- O Daughter of the Mountain (giri:mountain | sute:daughter)
- निषङ्गौ (niṣaṅgau)
- quivers
- जङ्घे (jaṅghe)
- shanks
- ते (te)
- thy
- विषमविशिखो (viṣamaviśikho)
- Kāmadeva (viṣama:unequal | viśikha:arrow)
- बाढमकृत (bāḍhamakṛta)
- surely made
- यदग्रे (yadagre)
- at the end
- दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante)
- are seen
- दशशरफलाः (daśaśaraphalāḥ)
- ten arrow heads (daśa:ten | śara:arrow | phalāḥ:heads)
- पादयुगली (pādayugalī)
- pair of feet (pāda:feet | yugalī:pair)
- नखाग्रच्छद्मानः (nakhāgracchadmānaḥ)
- disguised as toe nails (nakha:nail | agra:tip | chadmānaḥ:disguised as)
- सुरमकुटशाणैकनिशिताः (suramakuṭaśāṇaikaniśitāḥ)
- sharpened on divine crowns (sura:divine | makuṭa:crown | śāṇa:whetstone | eka:one | niśitāḥ:sharpened)
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Verse 84
श्रुतीनां मूर्धानो दधति तव यौ शेखरतया
ममाप्येतौ मातः शिरसि दयया धेहि चरणौ ।
ययोः पाद्यं पाथः पशुपतिजटाजूटतटिनी
ययोर्लाक्षालक्ष्मीररुणहरिचूडामणिरुचिः ॥ ८४॥
śrutīnāṃ mūrdhāno dadhati tava yau śekharatayā
mamāpyetau mātaḥ śirasi dayayā dhehi caraṇau .
yayoḥ pādyaṃ pāthaḥ paśupatijaṭājūṭataṭinī
yayorlākṣālakṣmīraruṇaharicūḍāmaṇiruciḥ .. 84..
O Mother! The crest of the Veda (i.e. the Vedanta known as the Vedaśiras) bear Thy feet as its head ornament. Mayest Thou condescend to place those feet on my head too—the feet the water-offerings on which form the Gaṅgā in the matted locks of Siva, and the bright red dye of which gives brilliance to the jewels on the diadem ofViṣṇu. 84.
Word by word
- श्रुतीनाम् (śrutīnām)
- of the Vedas
- मूर्धानः (mūrdhānaḥ)
- crests
- दधति (dadhati)
- bear
- तव (tava)
- your
- यौ (yau)
- which two
- शेखरतया (śekharatayā)
- as a crest-jewel
- मम (mama)
- my
- अपि (api)
- also
- एतौ (etau)
- these two
- मातः (mātaḥ)
- O Mother
- शिरसि (śirasi)
- on the head
- दयया (dayayā)
- with compassion
- धेहि (dhehi)
- place
- चरणौ (caraṇau)
- feet
- ययोः (yayoḥ)
- of which
- पाद्यम् (pādyam)
- water-offering
- पाथः (pāthaḥ)
- water
- पशुपति (paśupati)
- of Śiva (paśu:beings | pati:lord)
- जटा (jaṭā)
- matted locks
- जूट (jūṭa)
- hair
- तटिनी (taṭinī)
- river
- ययोः (yayoḥ)
- of which
- लाक्षा (lākṣā)
- red dye
- लक्ष्मीः (lakṣmīḥ)
- brilliance
- अरुण (aruṇa)
- red
- हरि (hari)
- Viṣṇu
- चूडामणि (cūḍāmaṇi)
- diadem
- रुचिः (ruciḥ)
- brilliance
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Verse 85
नमोवाकं ब्रूमो नयनरमणीयाय पदयो-
स्तवास्मै द्वन्द्वाय स्फुटरुचिरसालक्तकवते ।
असूयत्यत्यन्तं यदभिहननाय स्पृहयते
पशूनामीशानः प्रमदवनकङ्केलितरवे ॥ ८५॥
namovākaṃ brūmo nayanaramaṇīyāya padayo-
stavāsmai dvandvāya sphuṭarucirasālaktakavate .
asūyatyatyantaṃ yadabhihananāya spṛhayate
paśūnāmīśānaḥ pramadavanakaṅkelitarave .. 85..
Our praise by way of obeisance to Thy feet, a delight to the eyes because of their brilliance arising from the liquid lac dye applied to them! Thy Consort Paśupati, desiring to be kicked with those feet, is extremely jealous of the Kankeli (Aśoka) tree of Thy pleasure garden, as that tree too is a rival aspirant for such kicks. 85.
Word by word
- नमोवाकं (namovākaṃ)
- obeisance (namaḥ:obeisance | vākaṃ:word)
- ब्रूमः (brūmaḥ)
- we speak
- नयनरमणीयाय (nayanaramaṇīyāya)
- delightful to the eyes (nayana:eyes | ramaṇīya:delightful)
- पदयोः (padayoḥ)
- of the feet
- तव (tava)
- your
- अस्मै (asmai)
- to this
- द्वन्द्वाय (dvandvāya)
- pair
- स्फुटरुचिरसालक्तकवते (sphuṭarucirasālaktakavate)
- brilliant with lac dye (sphuṭa:clear | ruci:brilliance | sālaktaka:lac dye | vate:having)
- असूयति (asūyati)
- is jealous
- अत्यन्तं (atyantaṃ)
- extremely
- यत् (yat)
- which
- अभिहननाय (abhihananāya)
- for being kicked
- स्पृहयते (spṛhayate)
- desires
- पशूनाम् (paśūnām)
- of the animals
- ईशानः (īśānaḥ)
- lord
- प्रमदवनकङ्केलितरवे (pramadavanakaṅkelitarave)
- to the Aśoka tree (pramada:pleasure | vana:garden | kaṅkeli:Aśoka tree | tarave:to)
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Verse 86
मृषा कृत्वा गोत्रस्खलनमथ वैलक्ष्यनमितं
ललाटे भर्तारं चरणकमले ताडयति ते ।
चिरादन्तःशल्यं दहनकृतमुन्मूलितवता
तुलाकोटिक्वाणैः किलिकिलितमीशानरिपुणा ॥ ८६॥
mṛṣā kṛtvā gotraskhalanamatha vailakṣyanamitaṃ
lalāṭe bhartāraṃ caraṇakamale tāḍayati te .
cirādantaḥśalyaṃ dahanakṛtamunmūlitavatā
tulākoṭikvāṇaiḥ kilikilitamīśānaripuṇā .. 86..
O Devi! When Thou didst deliver a kick (in love quarrel) at the forehead of Thy Consort when he bent his head in shame for calling Thee inadvertently by the name of another woman, his enemy Kama got an opportunity to root out of himself his long-standing rancour towards him, Īśa, for consuming him in fire, and he gave out his joyous acclamations, as it were, in the form of the tinkling of Thy anklets. 86.
Word by word
- मृषा (mṛṣā)
- falsely
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā)
- having done
- गोत्रस्खलनम् (gotraskhalanam)
- slip of the tongue (gotra:family name | skhalanam:slip)
- अथ (atha)
- then
- वैलक्ष्यनमितम् (vailakṣyanamitam)
- bent in shame (vailakṣya:shame | namitam:bent)
- ललाटे (lalāṭe)
- on the forehead
- भर्तारम् (bhartāram)
- husband
- चरणकमले (caraṇakamale)
- lotus-like foot (caraṇa:foot | kamale:lotus-like)
- ताडयति (tāḍayati)
- kicks
- ते (te)
- your
- चिरात् (cirāt)
- for a long time
- अन्तःशल्यं (antaḥśalyam)
- internal thorn (antaḥ:internal | śalyam:thorn)
- दहनकृतम् (dahanakṛtam)
- caused by burning (dahana:burning | kṛtam:caused by)
- उन्मूलितवता (unmūlitavatā)
- uprooted
- तुलाकोटिक्वाणैः (tulākoṭikvāṇaiḥ)
- with tinkling sounds (tulākoṭi:balance beam | kvāṇaiḥ:with sounds)
- किलिकिलितम् (kilikilitam)
- joyous acclamations
- ईशानरिपुणा (īśānaripuṇā)
- by the enemy of Īśa (īśāna:Īśa | ripuṇā:by the enemy)
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Verse 87
हिमानीहन्तव्यं हिमगिरिनिवासैकचतुरौ
निशायां निद्राणं निशि चरमभागे च विशदौ ।
वरं लक्ष्मीपात्रं श्रियमतिसृजन्तौ समयिनां
सरोजं त्वत्पादौ जननि जयतश्चित्रमिह किम् ॥ ८७॥
himānīhantavyaṃ himagirinivāsaikacaturau
niśāyāṃ nidrāṇaṃ niśi caramabhāge ca viśadau .
varaṃ lakṣmīpātraṃ śriyamatisṛjantau samayināṃ
sarojaṃ tvatpādau janani jayataścitramiha kim .. 87..
O Mother of the Universe! The lotus of Thy feet, which flourishes always on the snow Mountain (Himalayas), blooming night and day and bestowing undecaying wealth (Lakṣmī) on the inner circle of devotees, is undoubtedly far superior to the common lotus flower which perishes in snowļ closes at night and forms the favourite resort of Lakṣmī (the goddess of wealth whose blessings on devotees are very temporary). 87.
Word by word
- हिमानीहन्तव्यं (himānīhantavyaṃ)
- to be destroyed by snow (himānī:snow | hantavyaṃ:to be destroyed)
- हिमगिरिनिवासैकचतुरौ (himagirinivāsaikacaturau)
- clever in residing on Himalaya (himagiri:Himalaya | nivāsa:residing | eka:one | caturau:clever)
- निशायां (niśāyāṃ)
- at night
- निद्राणं (nidrāṇaṃ)
- asleep
- निशि (niśi)
- at night
- चरमभागे (caramabhāge)
- in the last part (carama:last | bhāge:part)
- च (ca)
- and
- विशदौ (viśadau)
- clear
- वरं (varaṃ)
- better
- लक्ष्मीपात्रं (lakṣmīpātraṃ)
- vessel of Lakṣmī (lakṣmī:Lakṣmī | pātraṃ:vessel)
- श्रियम् (śriyam)
- wealth
- अतिसृजन्तौ (atisṛjantau)
- bestowing
- समयिनां (samayināṃ)
- of the devotees
- सरोजं (sarojaṃ)
- lotus
- त्वत्पादौ (tvatpādau)
- Thy feet (tvat:Thy | pādau:feet)
- जननि (janani)
- O Mother
- जयतश्चित्रम् (jayataścitram)
- victorious and wonderful (jayataḥ:victorious | citram:wonderful)
- इह (iha)
- here
- किम् (kim)
- what
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Verse 88
पदं ते कीर्तीनां प्रपदमपदं देवि विपदां
कथं नीतं सद्भिः कठिनकमठीकर्परतुलाम् ।
कथं वा बाहुभ्यामुपयमनकाले पुरभिदा
यदादाय न्यस्तं दृषदि दयमानेन मनसा ॥ ८८॥
padaṃ te kīrtīnāṃ prapadamapadaṃ devi vipadāṃ
kathaṃ nītaṃ sadbhiḥ kaṭhinakamaṭhīkarparatulām .
kathaṃ vā bāhubhyāmupayamanakāle purabhidā
yadādāya nyastaṃ dṛṣadi dayamānena manasā .. 88..
The upper part of Thy feet are the seat of all excellences worthy of praise and they are the panacea for all dangers. How then do great poets equate them with the hard shell of a tortoise? And how did Thy Consort, the Destroyer of the Cities, in spite of all His tenderness towards Thee, have the heart to place them on a hard granite grinding stone at Thy marriage rite? 88.
Word by word
- पदं (padaṃ)
- foot
- ते (te)
- your
- कीर्तीनां (kīrtīnām)
- of glories
- प्रपदम् (prapadam)
- supreme position
- अपदं (apadam)
- without danger
- देवि (devi)
- O Goddess
- विपदां (vipadām)
- of dangers
- कथं (kathaṃ)
- how
- नीतं (nītaṃ)
- considered
- सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ)
- by the wise
- कठिनकमठीकर्परतुलाम् (kaṭhinakamaṭhīkarparatulām)
- hard shell of a tortoise (kaṭhina:hard | kamaṭhī:tortoise | karpara:shell | tulām:comparison)
- कथं (kathaṃ)
- how
- वा (vā)
- or
- बाहुभ्याम् (bāhubhyām)
- by the arms
- उपयमनकाले (upayamanakāle)
- at the time of marriage (upayamana:marriage | kāle:at the time)
- पुरभिदा (purabhidā)
- by the destroyer of cities (pura:cities | bhidā:destroyer)
- यद् (yad)
- which
- आदाय (ādāya)
- having taken
- न्यस्तं (nyastaṃ)
- placed
- दृषदि (dṛṣadi)
- on the stone
- दयमानेन (dayamānena)
- with compassion
- मनसा (manasā)
- with the mind
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Verse 89
नखैर्नाकस्त्रीणां करकमलसंकोचशशिभि-
स्तरूणां दिव्यानां हसत इव ते चण्डि चरणौ ।
फलानि स्वःस्थेभ्यः किसलयकराग्रेण ददतां
दरिद्रेभ्यो भद्रां श्रियमनिशमह्नाय ददतौ ॥ ८९॥
nakhairnākastrīṇāṃ karakamalasaṃkocaśaśibhi-
starūṇāṃ divyānāṃ hasata iva te caṇḍi caraṇau .
phalāni svaḥsthebhyaḥ kisalayakarāgreṇa dadatāṃ
daridrebhyo bhadrāṃ śriyamaniśamahnāya dadatau .. 89..
O Candị! Thy feet, of the moon-like nails, which make the lotus-bud-like palms of adoring heavenly damsels close, do shower abundant wealth quickly on humble and poor devotees, and thus mock at the wish-yielding Kalpaka trees of heaven whose arms of tender branches bestow desired gifts only to Devas who live in heavenly affluence. 89.
Word by word
- नखैः (nakhaiḥ)
- by the nails
- नाकस्त्रीणां (nākastrīṇām)
- of heavenly women (nāka:heaven | strīṇām:of women)
- करकमलसंकोचशशिभिः (karakamalasaṃkocaśaśibhiḥ)
- moon-like nails causing lotus-bud-like palms to close (kara:hand | kamala:lotus | saṃkoca:closing | śaśibhiḥ:by the moons)
- तरूणां (tarūṇām)
- of trees
- दिव्यानां (divyānām)
- of divine
- हसत (hasata)
- mocking
- इव (iva)
- like
- ते (te)
- your
- चण्डि (caṇḍi)
- O Caṇḍi
- चरणौ (caraṇau)
- feet
- फलानि (phalāni)
- fruits
- स्वःस्थेभ्यः (svaḥsthebhyaḥ)
- to those in heaven (svaḥ:heaven | sthebhyaḥ:to those who are)
- किसलयकराग्रेण (kisalayakarāgreṇa)
- by the tender branch tips (kisalaya:tender shoot | kara:hand | agreṇa:by the tip)
- ददतां (dadatām)
- giving
- दरिद्रेभ्यः (daridrebhyaḥ)
- to the poor
- भद्रां (bhadrām)
- auspicious
- श्रियम् (śriyam)
- wealth
- अनिशम् (aniśam)
- constantly
- अह्नाय (ahnāya)
- by day
- ददतौ (dadatau)
- giving
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Verse 90
ददाने दीनेभ्यः श्रियमनिशमाशानुसदृशी-
ममन्दं सौन्दर्यप्रकरमकरन्दम् विकिरति ।
तवास्मिन् मन्दारस्तबकसुभगे यातु चरणे
निमज्जन्मज्जीवः करणचरणः षट्चरणताम् ॥ ९०॥
dadāne dīnebhyaḥ śriyamaniśamāśānusadṛśī-
mamandaṃ saundaryaprakaramakarandam vikirati .
tavāsmin mandārastabakasubhage yātu caraṇe
nimajjanmajjīvaḥ karaṇacaraṇaḥ ṣaṭcaraṇatām .. 90..
Thy feet form a veritable bunch of Mandāra flowers dripping the honey of beauty and are a liberal supplier of wealth to Thy poor devotees. May my spirit with its six organs of knowledge (including the mind) become a six-footed honey-sucking bee at those feet for ever more. 90.
Word by word
- ददाने (dadāne)
- giving
- दीनेभ्यः (dīnebhyaḥ)
- to the poor
- श्रियम् (śriyam)
- wealth
- अनिशम् (aniśam)
- constantly
- आशानुसदृशी (āśānusadṛśī)
- like a wish (āśā:wish | anusadṛśī:like)
- ममन्दं (mamandaṃ)
- gently
- सौन्दर्यप्रकरमकरन्दम् (saundaryaprakaramakarandam)
- honey of beauty (saundarya:beauty | prakara:abundance | makarandam:honey)
- विकिरति (vikirati)
- spreads
- तव (tava)
- your
- अस्मिन् (asmin)
- in this
- मन्दारस्तबकसुभगे (mandārastabakasubhage)
- beautiful bunch of Mandāra flowers (mandāra:Mandāra | stabaka:bunch | subhage:beautiful)
- यातु (yātu)
- may go
- चरणे (caraṇe)
- to the feet
- निमज्जन् (nimajjan)
- immersing
- मज्जीवः (majjīvaḥ)
- my life
- करणचरणः (karaṇacaraṇaḥ)
- with six organs (karaṇa:organs | caraṇaḥ:feet)
- षट्चरणताम् (ṣaṭcaraṇatām)
- six-footed (ṣaṭ:six | caraṇatām:footed)
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Verse 91
पदन्यासक्रीडापरिचयमिवारब्धुमनसः
स्खलन्तस्ते खेलं भवनकलहंसा न जहति ।
अतस्तेषां शिक्षां सुभगमणिमञ्जीररणित-
च्छलादाचक्षाणं चरणकमलं चारुचरिते ॥ ९१॥
padanyāsakrīḍāparicayamivārabdhumanasaḥ
skhalantaste khelaṃ bhavanakalahaṃsā na jahati .
atasteṣāṃ śikṣāṃ subhagamaṇimañjīraraṇita-
cchalādācakṣāṇaṃ caraṇakamalaṃ cārucarite .. 91..
O Goddess of Holy Fame! The royal Swans inhabiting Thy residence are never abandoning their pursuit of Thee, in their effort to observe Thy gait for correcting their own defective ways. And Thy lotus feet are, it seems, giving instructions to them in the guise of the tinkling sounds made by the anklets on them, studded with precious stones. 91.
Word by word
- पदन्यासक्रीडापरिचयमिवारब्धुमनसः (padanyāsakrīḍāparicayamivārabdhumanasaḥ)
- intent on learning the gait (padanyāsa:gait | krīḍā:play | paricaya:familiarity | iva:as if | ārabdha:begun | manasaḥ:of the mind)
- स्खलन्तः (skhalantaḥ)
- stumbling
- ते (te)
- they
- खेलं (khelaṃ)
- play
- भवनकलहंसा (bhavanakalahaṃsā)
- royal swans of the residence (bhavana:residence | kalahaṃsā:royal swans)
- न (na)
- not
- जहति (jahati)
- abandon
- अतः (ataḥ)
- therefore
- तेषां (teṣāṃ)
- their
- शिक्षां (śikṣāṃ)
- instruction
- सुभगमणिमञ्जीररणितच्छलादाचक्षाणं (subhagamaṇimañjīraraṇitacchalādācakṣāṇaṃ)
- giving instruction through anklet sounds (subhaga:beautiful | maṇi:gem | mañjīra:anklet | raṇita:sound | cchalāt:through guise | ācakṣāṇaṃ:giving instruction)
- चरणकमलं (caraṇakamalaṃ)
- lotus feet (caraṇa:feet | kamalaṃ:lotus)
- चारुचरिते (cārucarite)
- O beautiful one (cāru:beautiful | carite:one)
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Verse 92
गतास्ते मञ्चत्वं द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रेश्वरभृतः
शिवः स्वच्छच्छायाघटितकपटप्रच्छदपटः ।
त्वदीयानां भासां प्रतिफलनरागारुणतया
शरीरी शृङ्गारो रस इव दृशां दोग्धि कुतुकम् ॥ ९२॥
gatāste mañcatvaṃ druhiṇaharirudreśvarabhṛtaḥ
śivaḥ svacchac-chāyā-ghaṭita-kapaṭa-pracchada-paṭaḥ .
tvadīyānāṃ bhāsāṃ pratiphalanarāgāruṇatayā
śarīrī śṛṅgāro rasa iva dṛśāṃ dogdhi kutukam .. 92..
Thy servitors Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra and Īśvara have taken the shape of Thy cot (i. e. the four legs of the cot) in order to serve Thee very closely, while Sadasiva has formed himself into Thy bedsheet, reflecting Thy crimson glory in his assumed whiteness, thereby causing amazement to Thee by presenting Himself as the very embodiment of erotic sentiment. 92.
Word by word
- गताः (gatāḥ)
- have gone
- ते (te)
- they
- मञ्चत्वं (mañcatvaṃ)
- state of being a cot
- द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रेश्वरभृतः (druhiṇaharirudreśvarabhṛtaḥ)
- Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Īśvara (druhiṇa:Brahmā | hari:Viṣṇu | rudra:Rudra | īśvara:Īśvara | bhṛtaḥ:having assumed)
- शिवः (śivaḥ)
- Śiva
- स्वच्छच्छायाघटितकपटप्रच्छदपटः (svacchacchāyāghaṭitakapaṭapracchadapaṭaḥ)
- formed into a bedsheet (svaccha:clear | chāyā:reflection | ghaṭita:formed | kapaṭa:deceptive | pracchada:cover | paṭaḥ:cloth)
- त्वदीयानां (tvadīyānāṃ)
- of yours
- भासां (bhāsāṃ)
- of lights
- प्रतिफलनरागारुणतया (pratiphalanarāgāruṇatayā)
- by reflection's redness (pratiphalana:reflection | rāga:redness | aruṇatayā:by redness)
- शरीरी (śarīrī)
- embodied
- शृङ्गारः (śṛṅgāraḥ)
- erotic sentiment
- रस (rasa)
- essence
- इव (iva)
- like
- दृशां (dṛśāṃ)
- of eyes
- दोग्धि (dogdhi)
- causes
- कुतुकम् (kutukam)
- amazement
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Verse 93
अराला केशेषु प्रकृतिसरला मन्दहसिते
शिरीषाभा चित्ते दृषदुपलशोभा कुचतटे ।
भृशं तन्वी मध्ये पृथुरुरसिजारोहविषये
जगत्त्रातुं शम्भोर्जयति करुणा काचिदरुणा ॥ ९३॥
arālā keśeṣu prakṛtisaralā mandahasite
śirīṣābhā citte dṛṣadupalaśobhā kucataṭe .
bhṛśaṃ tanvī madhye pṛthururasijārohaviṣaye
jagattrātuṃ śambhorjayati karuṇā kācidaruṇā .. 93..
Her glory Aruṇā (Kāmeśvarī), the Śakti of Śambhu—the very embodiment of graciousness—with her locks all curly, her smile naturally artless, her heart soft like Śirīṣa flower, her breast as tight and hard like a grinding stone, her waist extremely slender, and her hips and breasts generous in size. 93.
Word by word
- अराला (arālā)
- curly
- केशेषु (keśeṣu)
- in the hair
- प्रकृतिसरला (prakṛtisaralā)
- naturally artless (prakṛti:nature | saralā:artless)
- मन्दहसिते (mandahasite)
- gentle smile (manda:gentle | hasite:smile)
- शिरीषाभा (śirīṣābhā)
- like Śirīṣa flower (śirīṣa:Śirīṣa flower | ābhā:like)
- चित्ते (citte)
- in the heart
- दृषदुपलशोभा (dṛṣadupalaśobhā)
- hard like a stone (dṛṣad:stone | upala:stone | śobhā:beauty)
- कुचतटे (kucataṭe)
- on the breast
- भृशं (bhṛśam)
- extremely
- तन्वी (tanvī)
- slender
- मध्ये (madhye)
- in the middle
- पृथुरुरसिजारोहविषये (pṛthururasijārohaviṣaye)
- generous hips and breasts (pṛthu:generous | uras:breast | ja:born | āroha:hips | viṣaye:in the area)
- जगत्त्रातुं (jagattrātuṃ)
- to protect the world (jagat:world | trātuṃ:to protect)
- शम्भोः (śambhoḥ)
- of Śambhu
- जयति (jayati)
- victorious
- करुणा (karuṇā)
- compassion
- काचिदरुणा (kācidaruṇā)
- some glory Aruṇā (kācit:some | aruṇā:Aruṇā)
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Verse 94
कलङ्कः कस्तूरी रजनिकरबिम्बं जलमयं
कलाभिः कर्पूरैर्मरकतकरण्डं निबिडितम् ।
अतस्त्वद्भोगेन प्रतिदिनमिदं रिक्तकुहरं
विधिर्भूयो भूयो निबिडयति नूनं तव कृते ॥ ९४॥
kalaṅkaḥ kastūrī rajanikarabimbaṃ jalamayaṃ
kalābhiḥ karpūrairmarakatakaraṇḍaṃ nibiḍitam .
atastvadbhogena pratidinamidaṃ riktakuharaṃ
vidhirbhūyo bhūyo nibiḍayati nūnaṃ tava kṛte .. 94..
The mark on the moon is musk; and her watery disc, a receptacle (canister) of emerald for containing pieces of camphol in the form of the digits of the moon. As and when the contents of that receptacle are exhausted by Thy using them, Brahmā fills it up day by day for Thee with the digits of the waxing moon. 94.
Word by word
- कलङ्कः (kalaṅkaḥ)
- mark
- कस्तूरी (kastūrī)
- musk
- रजनिकरबिम्बं (rajanikarabimbaṃ)
- moon disc (rajanikara:moon | bimbaṃ:disc)
- जलमयं (jalamayaṃ)
- watery
- कलाभिः (kalābhiḥ)
- with digits
- कर्पूरैः (karpūraiḥ)
- with camphor
- मरकतकरण्डं (marakatakaraṇḍaṃ)
- emerald receptacle (marakata:emerald | karaṇḍaṃ:receptacle)
- निबिडितम् (nibiḍitam)
- filled
- अतः (ataḥ)
- therefore
- त्वद्भोगेन (tvadbhogena)
- by your enjoyment (tvad:your | bhogena:by enjoyment)
- प्रतिदिनम् (pratidinam)
- every day
- इदं (idaṃ)
- this
- रिक्तकुहरं (riktakuharaṃ)
- empty cavity (rikta:empty | kuharaṃ:cavity)
- विधिः (vidhiḥ)
- Brahmā
- भूयः (bhūyaḥ)
- again
- भूयः (bhūyaḥ)
- again
- निबिडयति (nibiḍayati)
- fills
- नूनं (nūnaṃ)
- indeed
- तव (tava)
- for you
- कृते (kṛte)
- for the sake
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Verse 95
पुरारातेरन्तःपुरमसि ततस्त्वच्चरणयोः
सपर्यामर्यादा तरलकरणानामसुलभा ।
तथा ह्येते नीताः शतमखमुखाः सिद्धिमतुलां
तव द्वारोपान्तस्थितिभिरणिमाद्याभिरमराः ॥ ९५॥
purārāterantaḥpuramasi tatastvaccaraṇayoḥ
saparyāmaryādā taralakaraṇānāmasulabhā .
tathā hyete nītāḥ śatamakhamukhāḥ siddhimatulāṃ
tava dvār’opānta-sthitibhir aṇim’ ādyābhir amarāḥ .. 95
Thou art the Consort of the Destroyer of the Cities, residing in His inner apartment, to which votaries with unregenerate mind find no entry and are therefore denied the privilege of the immediate worship of Thy feet. It is therefore that all the Deities headed by Indra have by their unparalleled austerities been able only to attain to Anima and other psychic powers (Siddhis) which are but Thy gate keepers (being only peripheral to Thee and far removed from Thy innermost attributes). 95.
Word by word
- पुरारातेः (purārāteḥ)
- of the Destroyer of Cities (pura:city | ārāteḥ:of the enemy)
- अन्तःपुरम् (antaḥpuram)
- inner apartment (antaḥ:inner | puram:apartment)
- असि (asi)
- you are
- ततः (tataḥ)
- therefore
- त्वत् (tvat)
- your
- चरणयोः (caraṇayoḥ)
- of the feet
- सपर्या (saparyā)
- worship
- मर्यादा (maryādā)
- limit
- तरलकरणानाम् (taralakaraṇānām)
- of the unsteady-minded (tarala:unsteady | karaṇānām:of the minds)
- असुलभा (asulabhā)
- not easily attainable
- तथा (tathā)
- thus
- हि (hi)
- indeed
- एते (ete)
- these
- नीताः (nītāḥ)
- led
- शतमखमुखाः (śatamakhamukhāḥ)
- headed by Indra (śatamakha:Indra | mukhāḥ:headed by)
- सिद्धिम् (siddhim)
- perfection
- अतुलाम् (atulām)
- unparalleled
- तव (tava)
- your
- द्वार (dvāra)
- door
- उपान्तस्थितिभिः (upāntasthitibhiḥ)
- by those stationed nearby (upānta:nearby | sthitibhiḥ:by those stationed)
- अणिमाद्याभिः (aṇimādyābhiḥ)
- by Anima and others (aṇimā:Anima | ādyābhiḥ:and others)
- अमराः (amarāḥ)
- immortals
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Verse 96
कलत्रं वैधात्रं कतिकति भजन्ते न कवयः
श्रियो देव्याः को वा न भवति पतिः कैरपि धनैः ।
महादेवं हित्वा तव सति सतीनामचरमे
कुचाभ्यामासङ्गः कुरवकतरोरप्यसुलभः ॥ ९६॥
kalatraṃ vaidhātraṃ katikati bhajante na kavayaḥ
śriyo devyāḥ ko vā na bhavati patiḥ kairapi dhanaiḥ .
mahādevaṃ hitvā tava sati satīnāmacarame
kucābhyāmāsaṅgaḥ kuravakatarorapyasulabhaḥ .. 96..
O Chastity Emobodied! How numerous are the poets who have courted and attained Sarasvati, the consort of Brahmā and the deity of learning and fine arts! So also who with some wealth fails to become the Lord of Śrī (Śrīpati), the consort of Viṣṇu and the goddess of wealth! But, O the foremost of Chaste Ones! None besides Śiva the Great God,-not even the tree called Kuravaka, has ever had the embrace of Thy breasts. 96.
Word by word
- कलत्रं (kalatraṃ)
- consort
- वैधात्रं (vaidhātraṃ)
- of Brahmā
- कतिकति (katikati)
- how numerous
- भजन्ते (bhajante)
- attain
- न (na)
- not
- कवयः (kavayaḥ)
- poets
- श्रियो (śriyo)
- of Śrī
- देव्याः (devyāḥ)
- of the goddess
- को (ko)
- who
- वा (vā)
- or
- न (na)
- not
- भवति (bhavati)
- becomes
- पतिः (patiḥ)
- lord
- कैरपि (kairapi)
- by some
- धनैः (dhanaiḥ)
- with wealth
- महादेवं (mahādevaṃ)
- Śiva the Great God
- हित्वा (hitvā)
- besides
- तव (tava)
- your
- सति (sati)
- O Chaste One
- सतीनामचरमे (satīnām acarame)
- foremost of Chaste Ones (satīnām:of Chaste Ones | acarame:foremost)
- कुचाभ्याम् (kucābhyām)
- with breasts
- आसङ्गः (āsaṅgaḥ)
- embrace
- कुरवकतरोः (kuravakataroḥ)
- of the Kuravaka tree
- अपि (api)
- even
- असुलभः (asulabhaḥ)
- not easily attained
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Verse 97
गिरामाहुर्देवीं द्रुहिणगृहिणीमागमविदो
हरेः पत्नीं पद्मां हरसहचरीमद्रितनयाम् ।
तुरीया कापि त्वं दुरधिगमनिःसीममहिमा
महामाया विश्वं भ्रमयसि परब्रह्ममहिषि ॥ ९७॥
girāmāhurdevīṃ druhiṇagṛhiṇīmāgamavido
hareḥ patnīṃ padmāṃ harasahacarīmadritanayām .
turīyā kāpi tvaṃ duradhigamaniḥsīmamahimā
mahāmāyā viśvaṃ bhramayasi parabrahmamahiṣi .. 97..
O Consort of Parabrahman! The scholars who know the real meaning of the Āgamas (scriptures) describe Thee as Sarasvatī, the Goddess of Learning and the Consort of Brahmā. Besides, they speak of Thee as the lotus-born Lakṣmī, the Consort of Viṣṇu, as also as the Daughter of the Mountain (Pārvatī) and the Consort of Hara (Śiva). But Thou art however the Fourth (the unique Power that is the source of the three Deities mentioned) of inconceivable and limitless majesties—the indeterninable Mahāmāyā who revolves the wheel of this world. 97.
Word by word
- गिराम् (girām)
- of words
- आहुः (āhuḥ)
- they say
- देवीं (devīm)
- goddess
- द्रुहिणगृहिणीम् (druhiṇagṛhiṇīm)
- consort of Brahmā (druhiṇa:Brahmā | gṛhiṇīm:consort)
- आगमविदः (āgamavidaḥ)
- knowers of scriptures (āgama:scriptures | vidaḥ:knowers)
- हरेः (hareḥ)
- of Hari (Viṣṇu)
- पत्नीम् (patnīm)
- consort
- पद्माम् (padmām)
- lotus-born
- हरसहचारीम् (harasahacarīm)
- consort of Hara (Śiva) (hara:Hara (Śiva) | sahacarīm:consort)
- अद्रितनयाम् (adritanayām)
- daughter of the mountain (adri:mountain | tanayām:daughter)
- तुरीया (turīyā)
- the fourth
- का (kā)
- who
- अपि (api)
- even
- त्वं (tvaṃ)
- you
- दुरधिगमनिःसीममहिमा (duradhigamaniḥsīmamahimā)
- inconceivable and limitless majesty (duradhigama:inconceivable | niḥsīma:limitless | mahimā:majesty)
- महामाया (mahāmāyā)
- great illusion (mahā:great | māyā:illusion)
- विश्वम् (viśvam)
- world
- भ्रमयसि (bhramayasi)
- you revolve
- परब्रह्ममहिषि (parabrahmamahiṣi)
- consort of Parabrahman (parabrahma:Parabrahman | mahiṣi:consort)
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Verse 98
कदा काले मातः कथय कलितालक्तकरसं
पिबेयं विद्यार्थी तव चरणनिर्णेजनजलम् ।
प्रकृत्या मूकानामपि च कविताकारणतया
कदा धत्ते वाणीमुखकमलताम्बूलरसताम् ॥ ९८॥
kadā kāle mātaḥ kathaya kalitālaktakarasaṃ
pibeyaṃ vidyārthī tava caraṇanirṇejanajalam .
prakṛtyā mūkānāmapi ca kavitākāraṇatayā
kadā dhatte vāṇīmukhakamalatāmbūlarasatām .. 98..
O Mother! Tell me when I, a seeker after wisdom, shall have the privilege of imbibing the red-tinged water with which Thy lac-painted feet have been washed,—water that can generate poetic genius even in a naturally dumb person. When shall I expect it (that red-tinged water) to flow out of my mouth as great poetry, which forms the chewed betel leaf juice of Vāṇī, (Sarasvatī), the Goddess of Learning and Poesy? 98.
Word by word
- कदा (kadā)
- when
- काले (kāle)
- at the time
- मातः (mātaḥ)
- O Mother
- कथय (kathaya)
- tell
- कलित (kalita)
- imbibed
- आलक्तकरसं (ālaktakarasaṃ)
- lac-painted water (ālaktaka:lac | rasaṃ:water)
- पिबेयं (pibeyaṃ)
- I shall drink
- विद्यार्थी (vidyārthī)
- seeker of wisdom
- तव (tava)
- your
- चरणनिर्णेजनजलम् (caraṇanirṇejanajalam)
- water washing your feet (caraṇa:feet | nirṇejana:washing | jalam:water)
- प्रकृत्या (prakṛtyā)
- by nature
- मूकानाम् (mūkānām)
- of the dumb
- अपि (api)
- even
- च (ca)
- and
- कविता (kavitā)
- poetry
- कारणतया (kāraṇatayā)
- as the cause
- कदा (kadā)
- when
- धत्ते (dhatte)
- assumes
- वाणीमुखकमलताम्बूलरसताम् (vāṇīmukhakamalatāmbūlarasatām)
- betel juice of Vāṇī's mouth (vāṇī:Vāṇī | mukha:mouth | kamala:lotus | tāmbūla:betel | rasa:juice)
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Verse 99
सरस्वत्या लक्ष्म्या विधिहरिसपत्नो विहरते
रतेः पातिव्रत्यं शिथिलयति रम्येण वपुषा ।
चिरं जीवन्नेव क्षपितपशुपाशव्यतिकरः
परानन्दाभिख्यम् रसयति रसं त्वद्भजनवान् ॥ ९९॥
sarasvatyā lakṣmyā vidhiharisapatno viharate
rateḥ pātivratyaṃ śithilayati ramyeṇa vapuṣā .
ciraṃ jīvanneva kṣapitapaśupāśavyatikaraḥ
parānandābhikhyam rasayati rasaṃ tvadbhajanavān .. 99..
O Mother! A devotee of Thine sports with Sarasvatī (learning) and Śrī (Wealth), and thus courts the jealousy of their consorts, Brahmā and Viṣṇu. By the charm of his body, he attracts the attention of Rati, the wife of Kama Deva (the god of love), and thus violates her chastity. And with the beginningless ignorance-born bondage of Jīvāhood broken, he is immersed in the supreme Bliss of Brahman even in this long-lived embodied state. 99.
Word by word
- सरस्वत्या (sarasvatyā)
- with Sarasvatī
- लक्ष्म्या (lakṣmyā)
- with Lakṣmī
- विधिहरिसपत्नः (vidhiharisa-patnaḥ)
- rival of Brahmā and Viṣṇu (vidhi:Brahmā | hari:Viṣṇu | sapatnaḥ:rival)
- विहरते (viharate)
- sports
- रतेः (rateḥ)
- of Rati
- पातिव्रत्यं (pātivratyaṃ)
- chastity
- शिथिलयति (śithilayati)
- loosens
- रम्येण (ramyeṇa)
- by charming
- वपुषा (vapuṣā)
- by body
- चिरं (ciraṃ)
- long
- जीवन्नेव (jīvanneva)
- even while living
- क्षपितपशुपाशव्यतिकरः (kṣapitapaśupāśavyatikaraḥ)
- with bondage destroyed (kṣapita:destroyed | paśu:soul | pāśa:bondage | vyatikaraḥ:state)
- परानन्दाभिख्यम् (parānandābhikhyam)
- called supreme bliss (para:supreme | ānanda:bliss | abhikhyam:called)
- रसयति (rasayati)
- enjoys
- रसं (rasaṃ)
- essence
- त्वद्भजनवान् (tvadbhajanavān)
- devotee of Thine (tvad:Thine | bhajana:devotion | vān:having)
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Verse 100
प्रदीपज्वालाभिर्दिवसकरनीराजनविधिः
सुधासूतेश्चन्द्रोपलजललवैरर्घ्यरचना ।
स्वकीयैरम्भोभिः सलिलनिधिसौहित्यकरणं
त्वदीयाभिर्वाग्भिस्तव जननि वाचां स्तुतिरियम् ॥ १००॥
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य
श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्य
श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवतः कृतौ सौन्दर्यलहरी सम्पूर्णा ॥
ॐ तत्सत्
pradīpajvālābhirdivasakaranīrājanavidhiḥ
sudhāsūteścandropalajalalavairarghyaracanā .
svakīyairambhobhiḥ salilanidhisauhityakaraṇaṃ
tvadīyābhirvāgbhistava janani vācāṃ stutiriyam .. 100..
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya
śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya
śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau saundaryalaharī sampūrṇā ..
oṃ tatsat
Just as doing Nīrājana (light waving ceremony) to the sun is only the offering of his own light to him; just as making an offering of Arghya to the moon with the water that oozes out of the moon-stone in contact with moon light, is only to give back what belongs to the moon, and just as making water-offering (Tarpaṇa)to the ocean is to return what belongs to it—so is, O Source of all Learning, this hymn addressed to Thee composed of words that are already Thine. 100.
Thus completes Saundaryalahari composed by the revered disciple of the greatly respected, supreme ascetic of the highest order, Sri Govinda Bhagavatpada, who was himself the disciple of Sri Adi Shankaracharya.
Om, That is the Eternal Truth.
Word by word
- प्रदीपज्वालाभिः (pradīpajvālābhiḥ)
- with lamp flames (pradīpa:lamp | jvālābhiḥ:with flames)
- दिवसकर (divasakara)
- sun (divasa:day | kara:maker)
- नीराजनविधिः (nīrājanavidhiḥ)
- light waving ceremony (nīrājana:light waving | vidhiḥ:ceremony)
- सुधासूतेः (sudhāsūteḥ)
- of the moon (sudhā:nectar | sūteḥ:of the progenitor)
- चन्द्रोपल (candropala)
- moon-stone (candra:moon | upala:stone)
- जललवैः (jalalavaiḥ)
- with drops of water (jala:water | lavaiḥ:with drops)
- अर्घ्यरचना (arghyaracanā)
- offering creation (arghya:offering | racanā:creation)
- स्वकीयैः (svakīyaiḥ)
- with one's own
- अम्भोभिः (ambhobhiḥ)
- with waters
- सलिलनिधि (salilanidhi)
- ocean (salila:water | nidhi:treasure)
- सौहित्यकरणं (sauhityakaraṇaṃ)
- making satisfaction (sauhitya:satisfaction | karaṇaṃ:making)
- त्वदीयाभिः (tvadīyābhiḥ)
- with your
- वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ)
- words
- तव (tava)
- your
- जननि (janani)
- O Mother
- वाचां (vācāṃ)
- of words
- स्तुतिः (stutiḥ)
- praise
- इयम् (iyam)
- this
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Verse 101
अनुबन्धः
समानीतः पद्भ्यां मणिमुकुरतामम्बरमणि-
र्भयादास्यादन्तःस्तिमितकिरणश्रेणिमसृणः ।
दधाति त्वद्वक्त्रंप्रतिफलनमश्रान्तविकचं
निरातङ्कं चन्द्रान्निजहृदयपङ्केरुहमिव ॥ १०१॥
anubandhaḥ
samānītaḥ padbhyāṃ maṇimukuratāmambaramaṇi
bhayād āsyād antaḥ -stimita-kiraṇa-śreṇi-masṛṇaḥ .
dadhāti tvadvaktraṃpratiphalanamaśrāntavikacaṃ
nirātaṅkaṃ candrānnijahṛdayapaṅkeruhamiva .. 101..
Addendum
The sun has assumed the form of a mirror carved out of crystal for Thee to rest Thy feet upon, having withdrawn his rays lest they should burn Thy face. In that mirror constited of the sun is reflected Thy face, which is, as it were, one with the sun’s heart-lotus wherein Thou art present. But being in the Devi’s presence, that heart-lotus never closes before the moon (like ordinary lotus flowers).
Word by word
- अनुबन्धः (anubandhaḥ)
- addendum
- समानीतः (samānītaḥ)
- brought together
- पद्भ्यां (padbhyāṃ)
- by the feet
- मणिमुकुरताम् (maṇimukuratām)
- form of a jewel mirror (maṇi:jewel | mukuratām:form of a mirror)
- अम्बरमणिः (ambaramaṇiḥ)
- sky jewel (sun) (ambara:sky | maṇiḥ:jewel)
- भयात् (bhayāt)
- out of fear
- आस्यात् (āsyāt)
- from the face
- अन्तः (antaḥ)
- within
- स्तिमितकिरणश्रेणिमसृणः (stimitakiraṇaśreṇimasṛṇaḥ)
- smooth with still rays (stimita:still | kiraṇa:rays | śreṇi:series | masṛṇaḥ:smooth)
- दधाति (dadhāti)
- holds
- त्वद्वक्त्रं (tvadvaktraṃ)
- your face (tvad:your | vaktraṃ:face)
- प्रतिफलनम् (pratiphalanam)
- reflection
- अश्रान्तविकचं (aśrāntavikacaṃ)
- unceasingly blooming (aśrānta:unceasing | vikacaṃ:blooming)
- निरातङ्कं (nirātaṅkaṃ)
- without fear (nir:without | ātaṅkaṃ:fear)
- चन्द्रात् (candrāt)
- from the moon
- निजहृदयपङ्केरुहमिव (nijahṛdayapaṅkeruhamiva)
- like own heart lotus (nija:own | hṛdaya:heart | paṅkeruham:lotus | iva:like)
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Verse 102
समुद्भूतस्थूलस्तनभरमुरश्चारु हसितं
कटाक्षे कन्दर्पः कतिचन कदम्बद्युति वपुः ।
हरस्य त्वद्भ्रान्तिं मनसि जनयन्ति स्म विमलाः
भवत्या ये भक्ताः परिणतिरमीषामियमुमे ॥ १०२॥
samudbhūtasthūlastanabharamuraścāru hasitaṃ
kaṭākṣe kandarpaḥ katicana kadambadyuti vapuḥ .
harasya tvadbhrāntiṃ manasi janayanti sma vimalāḥ
bhavatyā ye bhaktāḥ pariṇatiramīṣāmiyamume .. 102..
A chest adorned by well-developed breasts, a sweet smile, side-glances revealing the graces of the god of love, a frame as handsome as the Kadamba tree—these features of Thine, O Uma, the attainment of which is the consummation of all Thy true devotees also, only help to throw Hara, Thy Consort, into confusion (as He cannot distinguish Thee in the assembly of such intimate devotees who have attained oneness of form with Thee).
Word by word
- समुद्भूत (samudbhūta)
- arisen
- स्थूल (sthūla)
- large
- स्तनभरम् (stanabharam)
- breast weight (stana:breast | bharam:weight)
- उरः (uraḥ)
- chest
- चारु (cāru)
- beautiful
- हसितं (hasitaṃ)
- smile
- कटाक्षे (kaṭākṣe)
- in side-glance
- कन्दर्पः (kandarpaḥ)
- god of love
- कतिचन (katicana)
- a few
- कदम्बद्युति (kadambadyuti)
- like Kadamba tree (kadamba:Kadamba tree | dyuti:like)
- वपुः (vapuḥ)
- body
- हरस्य (harasya)
- of Hara
- त्वद्भ्रान्तिं (tvadbhrāntiṃ)
- confusion about you (tvad:you | bhrāntiṃ:confusion)
- मनसि (manasi)
- in the mind
- जनयन्ति (janayanti)
- generate
- स्म (sma)
- indeed
- विमलाः (vimalāḥ)
- pure
- भवत्या (bhavatyā)
- of you
- ये (ye)
- who
- भक्ताः (bhaktāḥ)
- devotees
- परिणतिः (pariṇatiḥ)
- attainment
- अमीषाम् (amīṣām)
- of these
- इयम् (iyam)
- this
- उमे (ume)
- O Uma
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Verse 103
निधे नित्यस्मेरे निरवधिगुणे नीतिनिपुणे
निराघातज्ञाने नियमपरचित्तैकनिलये ।
नियत्या निर्मुक्ते निखिलनिगमान्तस्तुतिपदे
निरातङ्के नित्ये निगमय ममापि स्तुतिमिमाम् ॥ १०३॥
nidhe nityasmere niravadhiguṇe nītinipuṇe
nirāghātajñāne niyamaparacittaikanilaye .
niyatyā nirmukte nikhilanigamāntastutipade
nirātaṅke nitye nigamaya mamāpi stutimimām .. 103..
O My Treasure! O Goddess with an ever-smiling face! O Centre of Infinite Excellences! O Expert in doing what is right and just! O Source of unfailing wisdom! O the Sole Resort of men with well-controlled minds! O Freedom’s haven! O the object adored of all the Vedas! O Faultless one! O Eternal Being! Deign to sanctify this, my hymn of praise.
Word by word
- निधे (nidhe)
- O treasure
- नित्यस्मेरे (nityasmere)
- ever-smiling (nitya:eternal | smere:smiling)
- निरवधिगुणे (niravadhiguṇe)
- of infinite excellences (niravadhi:infinite | guṇe:excellences)
- नीतिनिपुणे (nītinipuṇe)
- expert in righteousness (nīti:righteousness | nipuṇe:expert)
- निराघातज्ञाने (nirāghātajñāne)
- source of unfailing wisdom (nirāghāta:unfailing | jñāne:wisdom)
- नियमपरचित्तैकनिलये (niyamaparacittaikanilaye)
- resort of controlled minds (niyama:control | para:supreme | citta:mind | eka:one | nilaye:resort)
- नियत्या (niyatyā)
- by freedom
- निर्मुक्ते (nirmukte)
- freed
- निखिलनिगमान्तस्तुतिपदे (nikhilanigamāntastutipade)
- adored by all Vedas (nikhila:all | nigama:Vedas | anta:end | stuti:praise | pade:in the position)
- निरातङ्के (nirātaṅke)
- fearless
- नित्ये (nitye)
- eternal
- निगमय (nigamaya)
- sanctify
- ममापि (mamāpi)
- my also (mama:my | api:also)
- स्तुतिमिमाम् (stutimimām)
- this hymn of praise (stuti:praise | imām:this)
ॐ
