Goddess Kamakshi

mūka pañca śati 1 - ārya śatakam

(Mooka Panchashati - Arya Shatakam in English (IAST))

Mooka Kavi

The Arya Shatakam is the first of five centuries of verses composed by Mooka Kavi, a devotee who regained his speech through the grace of Goddess Kamakshi at Kanchipuram. This profound work captures the beauty, compassion, and divine form of the Goddess in exquisite Sanskrit poetry. Reciting these verses is believed to bestow eloquence, sharpen the intellect, and deepen one's meditative connection to the Divine Mother. It serves as a quintessential text for Sri Vidya practitioners, offering an immersive experience into the aesthetic and spiritual glory of the Kanchi Kamakshi deity.

kāraṇaparacidrūpā kāñcīpurasīmni kāmapīṭhagatā |
kācana viharati karuṇā kāśmīrastabakakomalāṅgalatā ||1||
kañcana kāñcīnilayaṃ karadhṛtakodaṇḍabāṇasṛṇipāśam |
kaṭhinastanabharanamraṃ kaivalyānandakandamavalambe ||2||
cintitaphalaparipoṣaṇacintāmaṇireva kāñcinilayā me |
ciratarasucaritasulabhā cittaṃ śiśirayatu citsukhādhārā ||3||
kuṭilakacaṃ kaṭhinakucaṃ kundasmitakānti kuṅkumacchāyam |
kurute vihṛtiṃ kāñcyāṃ kulaparvatasārvabhaumasarvasvam ||4||
pañcaśaraśāstrabodhanaparamācāryeṇa dṛṣṭipātena |
kāñcīsīmni kumārī kācana mohayati kāmajetāram ||5||
parayā kāñcīpurayā parvataparyāyapīnakucabharayā |
paratantrā vayamanayā paṅkajasabrahmacārilocanayā ||6||
aiśvaryamindumauleraikatmyaprakṛti kāñcimadhyagatam |
aindavakiśoraśekharamaidamparyaṃ cakāsti nigamānām ||7||
śritakampasīmānaṃ śithilitaparamaśivadhairyamahimānam |
kalaye paṭalimānaṃ kañcana kañcukitabhuvanabhūmānam ||8||
ādṛtakāñcīnilayamādyāmārūḍhayauvanāṭopām |
āgamavataṃsakalikāmānandādvaitakandalīṃ vande ||9||
tuṅgābhirāmakucabharaśṛṅgāritamāśrayāmi kāñcigatam |
gaṅgādharaparatantraṃ śṛṅgārādvaitatantrasiddhāntam ||10||
kāñcīratnavibhūṣāṃ kāmapi kandarpasūtikāpāṅgīm |
paramāṃ kalāmupāse paraśivavāmāṅkapīṭhikāsīnām ||11||
kampātīcarāṇāṃ karuṇākorakitadṛṣṭipātānām |
kelīvanaṃ mano me keṣāñcidbhavatu cidvilāsānām ||12||
āmratarumūlavasaterādimapuruṣasya nayanapīyūṣam |
ārabdhayauvanotsavamāmnāyarahasyamantaravalambe ||13||
adhikāñci paramayogibhirādimaparapīṭhasīmni dṛśyena |
anubaddhaṃ mama mānasamaruṇimasarvasvasampradāyena ||14||
aṅkitaśaṅkaradehāmaṅkuritorojakaṅkaṇāśleṣaiḥ |
adhikāñci nityataruṇīmadrākṣaṃ kāñcidadbhutāṃ bālām ||15||
madhuradhanuṣā mahīdharajanuṣā nandāmi surabhibāṇajuṣā |
cidvapuṣā kāñcipure kelijuṣā bandhujīvakāntimuṣā ||16||
madhurasmitena ramate māṃsalakucabhāramandagamanena |
madhyekāñci mano me manasijasāmrājyagarvabījena ||17||
dharaṇimayīṃ taraṇimayīṃ pavanamayīṃ gaganadahanahotṛmayīm |
ambumayīmindumayīmambāmanukampamādimāmīkṣe ||18||
līnasthiti munihṛdaye dhyānastimitaṃ tapasyadupakampam |
pīnastanabharamīḍe mīnadhvajatantraparamatātparyam ||19||
śvetā mantharahasite śātā madhye ca vāḍbhano'tītā |
śītā locanapāte sphītā kucasīmni śāśvatī mātā ||20||
purataḥ kadā na karavai puravairivimardapulakitāṅgalatām |
punatīṃ kāñcīdeśaṃ puṣpāyudhavīryasarasaparipāṭīm ||21||
puṇyā kā'pi purandhrī puṅkhitakandarpasampadā vapuṣā |
pulinacarī kampāyāḥ puramathanaṃ pulakaniculitaṃ kurute ||22||
tanimādvaitavalagnaṃ taruṇāruṇasampradāyatanulekham |
taṭasīmani kampāyāstaruṇimasarvasvamādyamadrākṣam ||23||
pauṣṭikakarmavipākaṃ pauṣpaśaraṃ savidhasīmni kampāyāḥ |
adrākṣamāttayauvanamabhyudayaṃ kañcidardhaśaśimaulaiḥ ||24||
saṃśritakāñcīdeśe sarasijadaurbhāgyajāgraduttaṃse |
saṃvinmaye vilīye sārasvatapuruṣakārasāmrājye ||25||
moditamadhukaraviśikhaṃ svādimasamudāyasārakodaṇḍam |
ādṛtakāñcīkhelanamādimamāruṇyabhedamākalaye ||26||
urarīkṛtakāñcipurīmupaniṣadaravindakuharamadhudhārām |
unnamrastanakalaśīmutsavalaharīmupāsmahe śambhoḥ ||27||
eṇaśiśudīrghalocanamenaḥparipanthi santataṃ bhajatām |
ekāmranāthajīvitamevampadadūramekamavalambe ||28||
smayamānamukhaṃ kāñcībhayamānaṃ kamapi devatābhedam |
dayamānaṃ vīkṣya muhurvayamānandāmṛtāmbudhau magnāḥ ||29||
kutukajuṣi kāñcideśe kumudataporāśipākaśekharite |
kurute manovihāraṃ kulagiriparibṛḍhakulaikamaṇidīpe ||30||
vīkṣemahi kāñcipure vipulastanakalaśagarimaparavaśitam |
vidrumasahacaradehaṃ vibhramasamavāyasārasannāham ||31||
kuruvindagotragātraṃ kūlacaraṃ kamapi naumi kampāyāḥ |
kūlaṅkaṣakucakumbhaṃ kusumāyudhavīryasārasaṃrambham ||32||
kuḍūmalitakucakiśoraiḥ kurvāṇaiḥ kāñcideśasauhārdam |
kuṅkumaśoṇairnicitaṃ kuśalapathaṃ śambhusukṛtasambhāraiḥ ||33||
aṅkitakacena kenacidandhaṅkaraṇauṣadhena kamalānām |
antaḥpureṇa śambhoralaṅkriyā kā'pi kalpyate kāñcyām ||34||
ūrīkaromi santatamūṣmalaphālena lalitaṃ puṃsā |
upakampamucitakhelanamurvīdharavaṃśasampadunmeṣam ||35||
aṅkuritastanakorakamaṅkālaṅkāramekacūtapateḥ |
ālokemahi komalamāgamasaṃlāpasārayāthārthyam ||36||
puñjitakaruṇamudañcitaśiñjitamaṇikāñci kimapi kāñcipure |
mañjaritamṛdulahāsaṃ piñjaratanuruci pinākimūladhanam ||37||
lolahṛdayo'sti śambhorlocanayugalena lehyamānāyām |
lalitaparamaśivāyāṃ lāvaṇyāmṛtataraṅgamālāyām ||38||
madhukarasahacaracikurairmadanāgamasamayadīkṣitakaṭākṣaiḥ |
maṇḍitakampātīrairmaṅgalakandairmamāstu sārūpyam ||39||
vadanāravindavakṣovāmāṅkataṭīvaśaṃvadībhūtā |
pūruṣatritaye tredhā purandhrirūpā tvameva kāmākṣi ||40||
bādhākarīṃ bhavābdherādhārādyambujeṣu vicarantīm |
ādhārīkṛtakāñcī bodhāmṛtavīcimeva vimṛśāmaḥ ||41||
kalayāmyantaḥ śaśadharakalayā'ṅkitamaulimamalacidvalayām |
alayāmāgamapīṭhīnilayāṃ valayāṅkasundarīmambām ||42||
śarvādiparamasādhakagurvānītāya kāmapīṭhajuṣe |
sarvākṛtaye śoṇimagarvāyāsmai samarpyate hṛdayam ||43||
samayā sāndhyamayūkhaiḥ samayā buddhayā sadaiva śīlitayā |
umayā kāñcīratayā na mayā labhyate kiṃ nu tādātmyam ||44||
jantostava padapūjanasantoṣataraṅgitasya kāmākṣi |
vandho yadi bhavati punaḥ sindhorambhassu bambhramīti śilā ||45||
kuṇḍali kumāri kuṭile caṇḍi carācarasavitri cāmuṇḍe |
guṇini guhāriṇi guhye gurumūrte tvāṃ namāmi kāmākṣi ||46||
abhidākṛtirbhidākṛtiracidākṛtirapi cidākṛtirmātaḥ |
anahantā tvamahantā bhramayasi kāmākṣi śāśvatī viśvam ||47||
śiva śiva paśyanti samaṃ śrīkāmākṣīkaṭākṣitāḥ puruṣāḥ |
vipinaṃ bhavanamamitraṃ mitraṃ loṣṭaṃ ca yuvatibimboṣṭham ||48||
kāmaparipanthikāmini kāmeśvari kāmapīṭhamadhyagate |
kāmadughā bhava kamale kāmakale kāmakoṭi kāmākṣi ||49||
madhyehṛdayaṃ madhyeniṭilaṃ madhyeśiro'pi vāstavyām |
caṇḍakaraśakrakārmukacandrasamābhāṃ namāmi kāmākṣīm ||50||
adhikāñci kelilolairakhilāgamayantratantramayaiḥ |
atiśītaṃ mama mānasamasamaśaradrohijīvanopāyaiḥ ||51||
nandati mama hṛdi kācana mandirayantī nirantaraṃ kāñcīm |
induravimaṇḍalakucā binduviyannādapariṇatā taruṇī ||52||
śampālatāsavarṇaṃ sampādayituṃ bhavajvaracikitsām |
limpāmi manasi kiñcana kampātaṭarohi siddhabhaiṣajyam ||53||
anumitakucakāṭhinyāmadhivakṣaḥpīṭhamaṅgajanmaripoḥ |
ānandadāṃ bhaje tāmānaṅgabrahmatatvabodhasirām ||54||
aikṣiṣi pāśāṅkuśadharahastāntaṃ vismayārhavṛttāntam |
adhikāñci nigamavācāṃ siddhāntaṃ śūlapāṇiśuddhāntam ||55||
āhitavilāsabhaṅgīmābrahmastambaśilpakalpanayā |
āśritakāñcīmatulāmādyāṃ visphūrtimādriye vidyām ||56||
mūko'pi jaṭiladurgatiśoko'pi smarati yaḥ kṣaṇaṃ bhavatīm |
eko bhavati sa janturlokottarakīrtireva kāmākṣi ||57||
pañcadaśavarṇarūpaṃ kañcana kāñcīvihāradhaureyam |
pañcaśarīyaṃ śambhorvañcanavaidagdhyamūlamavalambe ||58||
pariṇatimatīṃ caturdhā padavīṃ sudhiyāṃ sametya sauṣumnīm |
pañcāśadarṇakalpitamadaśilpāṃ tvāṃ namāmi kāmākṣi ||59||
ādikṣanmama gururāḍādikṣāntākṣarātmikāṃ vidyām |
svādiṣṭhacāpadaṇḍāṃ nediṣṭhāmeva kāmapīṭhagatām ||60||
tuṣyāmi harṣitasmaraśāsanayā kāñcipurakṛtāsanayā |
svāsanayā sakalajagadbhāsanayā kalitaśambarāsanayā ||61||
premavatī kampāyāṃ sthemavatī yatimanassu bhūmavatī |
sāmavatī nityagirā somavatī śirasi bhāti haimavatī ||62||
kautukinā kampāyāṃ kausumacāpena kīlitenāntaḥ |
kuladaivatena mahatā kuḍmalamudrāṃ dhunotu naḥpratibhā ||63||
yūnā kenāpi miladdehā svāhāsahāyatilakena |
sahakāramūladeśe saṃvidrūpā kuṭumbinī ramate ||64||
kusumaśaragarvasampatkośagṛhaṃ bhāti kāñcideśagatam |
sthāpitamasminkathamapi gopitamantarmayā manoratnam ||65||
dagdhaṣaḍadhvāraṇyaṃ daradalitakusumbhasambhṛtāruṇyam |
kalaye navatāruṇyaṃ kampātaṭasīmni kimapi kāruṇyam ||66||
adhikāñci vardhamānāmatulāṃ karavāṇi pāraṇāmakṣṇoḥ |
ānandapākabhedāmaruṇimapariṇāmagarvapallavitām ||67||
bāṇasṛṇipāśakārmukapāṇimamuṃ kamapi kāmapīṭhagatam |
eṇadharakoṇacūḍaṃ śoṇimaparipākabhedamākalaye ||68||
kiṃ vā phalati mamānyaurbimbādharacumbimandahāsamukhī |
sambādhakarī tamasāmambā jāgarti manasi kāmākṣī ||69||
mañce sadāśivamaye pariśivamayalalitapauṣpaparyaṅke |
adhicakramadhyamāste kāmākṣī nāma kimapi mama bhāgyam ||70||
rakṣyo'smi kāmapīṭhīlāsikayā ghanakṛpāmburāśikayā |
śrutiyuvatikuntalīmaṇimālikayā tuhinaśailabālikayā ||71||
līye puraharajāye māye tava taruṇapallavacchāye |
caraṇe candrābharaṇe kāñcīśaraṇe natārtisaṃharaṇe ||72||
mūrtimati muktibīje mūrdhni stabakitacakorasāmrājye |
moditakampākūle muhurmuhurmanasi mumudiṣā'smākam ||73||
vedamayīṃ nādamayīṃ bindumayīṃ parapadodyadindumayīm |
mantramayīṃ tantramayīṃ prakṛtimayīṃ naumi viśvavikṛtimayīm ||74||
puramathanapuṇyakoṭī puñjitakavilokasūktirasadhāṭī |
manasi mama kāmakoṭī viharatu karuṇāvipākaparipāṭī ||75||
kuṭilaṃ caṭulaṃ pṛthulaṃ mṛdulaṃ kacanayanajaghanacaraṇeṣu |
avalokitamavalambitamadhikampātaṭamameyamasmābhiḥ ||76||
pratyaṅmukhyā dṛṣṭayā prasādadīpāṅkureṇa kāmākṣyāḥ |
paśyāmi nistulamaho pacelimaṃ kamapi paraśivollāsam ||77||
vidye vidhātṛviṣaye kātyāyani kāli kāmakoṭikale |
bhārati bhairavi bhadre śākini śāmbhavi śive stuve bhavatīm ||78||
mālini maheśacālini kāñcīkhelini vipakṣakālini te |
śūlini vidrumaśālini surajanapālini kapālini namo'stu ||79||
deśika iti kiṃ śaṅke tattādṛktava nu taruṇimonmeṣaḥ |
kāmākṣi śūlapāṇeḥ kāmāgamasamayadīkṣāyām ||80||
vetaṇḍakumbhaḍambaravaitaṇḍikakucabharārtamadhyāya |
kuṅkumaruce namasyāṃ śaṅkaranayanāmṛtāya racayāmaḥ ||81||
adhikāñcitamaṇikāñcanakāñcīmadhikāñci kāñcidadrākṣam |
avanatajanānukampāmanukampākūlamasmadanukūlām ||82||
paricitakampātīraṃ parvatarājanyasukṛtasannāham |
paragurukṛpayā vīkṣe paramaśivotsaṅgamaṅgalābharaṇam ||83||
dagdhamadanasya śambhoḥ prathīyasīṃ brahmacaryavaidagdhīm |
tava devi taruṇimaśrīcaturimapāko na cakṣame mātaḥ ||84||
madajalatamālapatrā vasanitapatrā karādṛtakhānitrā |
viharati pulindayoṣā guñjābhūṣā phaṇīndrakṛtaveṣā ||85||
aṅke śukinī gīte kautukinī parisare ca gāyakinī |
jayasi savidhe'mba bhairavamaṇḍalinī śravasi śaṅkhakunḍalinī ||86||
praṇatajanatāpavargā kṛtabahusargā sasiṃhasaṃsargā |
kāmākṣi muditabhargā hataripuvargā tvameva sā durgā ||87||
śravaṇacaladvetaṇḍā samaroddaṇḍā dhutāsuraśikhaṇḍā |
devi kalitāntraṣaṇḍā dhṛtanaramuṇḍā tvameva cāmuṇḍā ||88||
urvīdharendrakanye darvībharitena bhaktapūreṇa |
gurvīmakiñcanārti kharvīkuruṣe tvameva kāmākṣi ||89||
tāḍitaripuparipīḍanabhayaharaṇa nipuṇahalamusalā |
kroḍapatibhīṣaṇamukhī krīḍasi jagati tvameva kāmākṣi ||90||
smaramathanavaraṇalolā manmathahelāvilāsamaṇiśālā |
kanakarucicauryaśīlā tvamamba bālā karābjadhṛtamālā ||91||
vimalapaṭī kamalakuṭī pustakarudrākṣaśastahastapuṭī |
kāmākṣi pakṣmalākṣī kalitavipañcī vibhāsi vairiñcī ||92||
kuṅkumarucipiṅgamasṛkpaṅkilamuṇḍālimaṇḍitaṃ mātaḥ |
śrīkāmākṣi tadīyasaṅgamakalāmandībhavatkautukaḥ
jayati tava rūpadheyaṃ japapaṭapustakavarābhayakarābjam ||93||
kanakamaṇikalitabhūṣāṃ kālāyasakalahaśīlakāntikalām |
kāmākṣi śīlaye tvāṃ kapālaśūlābhirāmakarakamalām ||94||
lohitimapuñjamadhye mohitabhuvane mudā nirīkṣante |
vadanaṃ tava kuvayugalaṃ kāñcīsīmāṃ ca ke'pi kāmākṣi ||95||
jaladhidviguṇitahutabahadiśādineśvarakalāśvineyadalaiḥ |
nalinairmaheśi gacchasi sarvottarakarakamaladalamamalam ||96||
satkṛtadeśikacaraṇāḥ sabījanirbījayoganiśreṇyā |
apavargasaudhavalabhīmārohantyamba ke'pi tava kṛpayā ||97||
antarapi bahirapi tvaṃ jantutaterantakāntakṛdahante |
cintitasantānavatāṃ santatamapi tantanīṣi mahimānam ||98||
kalamañjulavāganumitagalapañjaragataśukagrahautkaṇṭhyāt |
amba radanāmbaraṃ te bimbaphalaṃ śambarāriṇā nyastam ||99||
jaya jaya jagadamba śive jaya jaya kāmākṣi jaya jayādrisute |
jaya jaya maheśadayite jaya jaya cidgaganakaumudīdhāre ||100||
āryāśatakaṃ bhaktyā paṭhatāmāryākaṭākṣeṇa |
nissarati vadanakamalādvāṇī pīyūṣadhoraṇī divyā ||101||
|| iti āryāśatakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

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