प्रजानामीशानस्त्रिपुरमथनः पञ्चभिरपि ।
न षड्भिः सेनानीर्दशशतमुखैरप्यहिपतिः
तदान्येषां केषां कथय कथमस्मिन्नवसरः ॥ 1॥
- bhavāni: O Bhavānī | stotum tvām: to praise you | prabhavati: is capable | caturbhiḥ na vadanaiḥ: not with four faces | prajānām īśāna: lord of all beings (Brahmā) | tripura-mathanaḥ: destroyer of Tripura (Śiva) | pañcabhir api: even with five | na ṣaḍbhiḥ: not with six | senanīḥ: general (Skanda/Ṣaṇmukha) | prajā-īśaḥ: lord of beings (Viṣṇu, Hari) | sahasreṇa: with a thousand
विशिष्यानाख्येयो भवति रसनामात्र विषयः ।
तथा ते सौन्दर्यं परमशिवदृङ्मात्रविषयः
कथङ्कारं ब्रूमः सकलनिगमागोचरगुणे ॥ 2॥
- ghṛta-kṣīra-drākṣā-madhu-madhurima: sweetness of ghee, milk, raisins, and honey | kaiḥ api padaiḥ: by any words | viśiṣya-anākhyeyaḥ: especially inexpressible | rasanā-mātra-viṣayaḥ: only a matter for the tongue alone | tathā te saundarya: so too your beauty | tripura-sundari: O Tripura Sundarī
ललाटे काश्मीरं विलसति गले मौक्तिकलता ।
स्फुरत्काञ्ची शाटी पृथुकटितटे हाटकमयी
भजामि त्वां गौरीं नगपतिकिशोरीमविरतम् ॥ 3॥
- mukhe te tāmbūlam: betel-leaf on your face | nayana-yugale kajjala-kalā: kohl-art on the eyes | lalāṭe kāśmīram: saffron paste on the forehead | gale mauktika-latā: pearl-creeper at the neck | sphurat-kāñcī: gleaming kāñcī-girdle | śāṭī: garment | campaka-candana: camphor and sandalwood | hṛdaye: in my heart
नदद्वीणानादश्रवणविलसत्कुण्डलगुणा
नताङ्गी मातङ्गी रुचिरगतिभङ्गी भगवती
सती शम्भोरम्भोरुहचटुलचक्षुर्विजयते ॥ 4॥
- virājat-mandāra-druma-kusuma-hāra-stana-taṭī: whose breast-region shines with a garland of Mandāra blossoms | nadat-vīṇā-nāda-śravaṇa-vilasat-kuṇḍala: adorned with vīṇā sound and gleaming earrings | natāṅgī: slightly bowed | mātaṅgī: the great Mātaṅgī (an aspect of the goddess) | rucira-gati-bhaṅgī: graceful movement | aṅgī-kṛta-śivā: who has accepted/absorbed Śiva
वृताङ्गी सारङ्गीरुचिरनयनाङ्गीकृतशिवा ।
तडित्पीता पीताम्बरललितमञ्जीरसुभगा
ममापर्णा पूर्णा निरवधिसुखैरस्तु सुमुखी ॥ 5॥
- navīna-arka-bhrājat: blazing like the newly risen sun | maṇi-kanaka-bhūṣaṇa-parikara: gem-and-gold ornaments | vṛta-aṅgī: adorned body | sāraṅgī-rucira-nayana: doe-eyed beautiful vision | aṅgī-kṛta-śivā: who has made Śiva her own | taḍit-pīta: yellow as lightning | pīta-ambara: yellow garment | kīra-dhṛta: holding a parrot | rājarājeśvarī: Rājarājeśvarī (queen of queens)
सुपुष्पा मुक्ताभिर्भ्रमरकलिता चालकभरैः ।
कृतस्थाणुस्थाना कुचफलनता सूक्तिसरसा
रुजां हन्त्री गन्त्री विलसति चिदानन्दलतिका ॥ 6॥
- himādreḥ sambhūtā: born of the Himalaya | su-lalita-karaiḥ pallava-yutā: with tender-creeper hands adorned with blossoms | su-puṣpā: adorned with beautiful flowers | muktābhiḥ bhramara-kalitā: twined with pearls and bees | calaka-bharaiḥ: with locks | kṛta-sthāṇu-sthānā: who has made Śiva her place of residence | tri-loka-maya-māyā: embodying the three worlds
श्रयन्त्यन्ये वल्लीं मम तु मतिरेवं विलसति ।
अपर्णैका सेव्या जगति सकलैर्यत्परिवृतः
पुराणोऽपि स्थाणुः फलति किल कैवल्यपदवीम् ॥ 7॥
- sa-parṇām: creeper with leaves | ākīrṇām: covered/full | katipaya-guṇaiḥ: with various qualities | sādaram: honorably | śrayanti: seek refuge | anye vallīm: others in other creepers | mama tu matiḥ evam vilasati: but my mind moves thus | aparṇa: the leafless/Pārvatī (who discarded even leaves in her austerity) | ekā sevyā: alone to be served | sarva-phala-pradā: yielding all fruits
त्वमर्थानां मूलं धनदनमनीयाङ्घ्रिकमले ।
त्वमादिः कामानां जननि कृतकन्दर्पविजये
सतां मुक्तेर्बीजं त्वमसि परमब्रह्ममहिषी ॥ 8॥
- vidhātrī dharmāṇām: orderer of all dharmas | sakala-āmnāya-jananī: mother of all sacred teachings | artha-mūlam: root of wealth | dhana-da-namanīya-aṅghri-kamale: O you whose lotus-feet are beautiful as Kubera's treasures | kāmānām ādiḥ: the beginning of all desires | mokṣasya ādhāram: the foundation of liberation | ataḥ: therefore
त्वया तु श्रीमत्या सदयमवलोक्योऽहमधुना ।
पयोदः पानीयं दिशति मधुरं चातकमुखे
भृशं शङ्के कैर्वा विधिभिरनुनीता मम मतिः ॥ 9॥
- prabhūtā bhaktiḥ te: though my devotion to you is great/not great | na mama: not mine | ālola-manasaḥ: of restless mind | tvayā tu: but by you | śrīmatyā: O Śrīmatī (the auspicious one, Lakṣmī-goddess) | sadayam: with compassion | avalokyaḥ aham: I am to be looked upon | payo-daḥ: a cloud | pānīyam: water | diśati: gives | na vṛkṣaḥ yācate: and a plant does not ask
न ते युक्तोपेक्षा मयि शरणदीक्षामुपगते ।
न चेदिष्टं दद्यादनुपदमहो कल्पलतिका
विशेषः सामान्यैः कथमितरवल्लीपरिकरैः ॥ 10॥
- kṛpā-paṅga-ālokam: compassionate sidelong glance | vitara tarasā: grant quickly | sādhu-carite: O one of good conduct | na te yuktā upekṣā: it is not right for you to neglect | mayi: toward me | śaraṇa-dīkṣām upagata: who have taken the vow of taking refuge | na ced: if not | iṣṭam dadyāt: gives what is wished | anu-kalpam: then the wish-fulfilling tree | kim artham: what purpose/value
निधायान्यन्नैवाश्रितमिह मया दैवतमुमे ।
तथापि त्वच्चेतो यदि मयि न जायेत सदयं
निरालम्बो लम्बोदरजननि कं यामि शरणम् ॥ 11॥
- mahāntam viśvāsam: great faith | tava caraṇa-paṅkerūha-yugale: in your two lotus-feet | nidhāya: having placed | anyan na eva: no other | āśritam: have taken refuge | iha: here | mayā daivatam: any deity by me | umā: O Umā (Pārvatī) | tathāpi: yet | tvac-ceto: your heart | yadi niṣkaruṇam: if indifferent/without compassion | aham: I | kva gacche: where shall I go | kaḥ: who | viśramaḥ: rest/refuge | śraṇa-āgatāṃ: for the abandoned/those who have come for refuge
यथा रथ्यापाथः शुचि भवति गङ्गौघमिलितम् ।
तथा तत्तत्पापैरतिमलिनमन्तर्मम यदि
त्वयि प्रेम्णासक्तं कथमिव न जायेत विमलम् ॥ 12॥
- ayaḥ sparśe lagnam: iron that is in contact with | sapadi: immediately | hema-padavīm: gold status | labhate: attains | yathā: just as | rathyā-pāthaḥ: street-water | śuci bhavati: becomes pure | gaṅgā-augha-militam: joining the flood of the Gaṅgā | tathā: so too | tat-tat-pāpaiḥ: by various sins | ati-kaluṣam: extremely tainted | bhavānī: O Bhavānī | tava sāmīpyāt: by your proximity | śuddha: pure
त्वमर्थानामिच्छाधिकमपि समर्था वितरणे ।
इति प्राहुः प्राञ्चः कमलभवनाद्यास्त्वयि मनः
त्वदासक्तं नक्तं दिवमुचितमीशानि कुरु तत् ॥ 13॥
- tvad-anyasmāt: from anyone other than you | icchā-viṣaya-phala-lābhe: in obtaining the fruits of desired objects | na niyamaḥ: no certainty | tvam: you | artha-ānām: of desired objects | icchā-adhikam api: even more than what is desired | samarthā: capable | vitaraṇe: in granting | iti prāhuḥ prāñcaḥ: thus the ancient ones have spoken | āmnāya: O Āmnāya (you who are the sacred tradition itself)
त्त्वदाकारं चञ्चच्छशधरकलासौधशिखरम् ।
मुकुन्दब्रह्मेन्द्रप्रभृतिपरिवारं विजयते
तवागारं रम्यं त्रिभुवनमहाराजगृहिणि ॥ 14॥
- sphurat-nānā-ratna-sphaṭika-maya-bhitti-pratiphala: reflected in glowing gem-and-crystal walls | tvad-ākāram: your glowing form | cañcat-śaśadhara-kalā-saudha-śikharam: with the moving crescent-moon on the palace-top | mukunda-brahma-indra-praṇata: worshipped by Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Indra with joined palms | ardha-vapuḥ: half-form | lagnam: shining | hṛdi: in my heart
कुटुम्बं त्रैलोक्यं कृतकरपुटः सिद्धिनिकरः ।
महेशः प्राणेशस्तदवनिधराधीशतनये
न ते सौभाग्यस्य क्वचिदपि मनागस्ति तुलना ॥ 15॥
- nivāsaḥ kailāse: dwelling on Kailāsa | vidhi-śata-makhādi: Brahmā, Indra and others | stuti-karāḥ: engaged in praising | kuṭumbam trailok-yam: the three worlds as family | kṛta-kara-puṭaḥ siddhi-nikaraḥ: assembly of Siddhas with joined palms | maheśaḥ prāg: Maheśa in front | bhavānyāḥ: of Bhavānī | kim kiñcit hinaṃ: what lacks
श्मशानं क्रीडाभूर्भुजगनिवहो भूषणविधिः
समग्रा सामग्री जगति विदितैव स्मररिपोः
यदेतस्यैश्वर्यं तव जननि सौभाग्यमहिमा ॥ 16॥
- vṛṣaḥ vṛddhaḥ yānam: an old bull as vehicle | viṣama-aśanam: irregular food | āśā nivasanam: the sky is the garment | śmaśānam krīḍā-bhūḥ: cremation ground as playground | bhujaga-nivahaḥ bhūṣaṇa-vidhiḥ: mass of serpents as ornaments | samāgrā sāmagrī: all this complete equipment | jagati: in the world | varāṅganā-vaibhavam: the power/glory of a beautiful woman
श्मशानेष्वासीनः कृतभसितलेपः पशुपतिः ।
दधौ कण्ठे हालाहलमखिलभूगोलकृपया
भवत्याः सङ्गत्याः फलमिति च कल्याणि कलये ॥ 17॥
- aśeṣa-brahmāṇḍa-pralaya-vidhi-naisargika-matiḥ: whose natural disposition is the dissolution of all universes | śmaśāneṣu āsīnaḥ: sitting in cremation grounds | kṛta-bhasita-lepaḥ: smeared with sacred ash | paśupatiḥ: Paśupati (Śiva) | kanthhe hālāhalam: in the throat, the hālāhala poison | akhila-hitāya: for the sake of all beings | dādhau: held | śaila-tanaye: O daughter of the mountain
भियैवासीद्गङ्गा जलमयतनुः शैलतनये ।
तदेतस्यास्तस्माद्वदनकमलं वीक्ष्य कृपया
प्रतिष्ठामातन्वन्निजशिरसिवासेन गिरिशः ॥ 18॥
- tvadīyam saundarya: your beauty | niratiśayam: incomparable | ālokyā: having seen | paraya bhiyā: with great fear | eva: indeed | āsīt: was | gaṅgā: Gaṅgā | jala-maya-tanuḥ: whose body is made of water | śaila-tanaye: O daughter of the mountain | tad-etasya: from that | prasāda: favor/result | vada-na-kamale: at the corner of your face | śveta: white | vṛṣṭiḥ iva: like drops of rain
प्रसूनव्यामिश्रं भगवति तवाभ्यङ्गसलिलम् ।
समादाय स्रष्टा चलितपदपांसून्निजकरैः
समाधत्ते सृष्टिं विबुधपुरपङ्केरुहदृशाम् ॥ 19॥
- viśāla-śrī-khaṇḍa-drava: wide sandalwood liquid | mṛga-mada-ākīrṇa: mixed with musk | ghuṣṛṇa: saffron | prasūna-vyāmiśram: mixed with flowers | bhagavati: O Bhagavatī | tava abhyaṅga-salilaṃ: your bath-water | samādāya: having taken | sraṣṭā: Brahmā (the creator) | calita-mānasa: with eager mind | nānā-varṇa: many-colored | jagat: universe | sṛṣṭi: having created
स्फुरन्नानापद्मे सरसि कलहंसालिसुभगे ।
सखीभिः खेलन्तीं मलयपवनान्दोलितजले
स्मरेद्यस्त्वां तस्य ज्वरजनितपीडापसरति ॥ 20॥
- vasante sānande: in the joyful spring | kusumita-latābhiḥ parivṛte: surrounded by flowering creepers | sphurat-nānā-padme: with many shining lotuses | sarasi: in the lake | kala-haṃsa-āli-subhage: graced by beautiful geese | sakhībhiḥ khelantīm: playing with companions | malaya-ānila-bhogate: enjoying the Malaya-mountain breeze | pīta-varṇe: O you of beautiful yellow complexion
