ಕಾಲಕಾಲಾಯ ರುದ್ರಾಯ ನೀಲಗ್ರೀವಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 1 ॥
- bhavāya: to Bhava (the Existent/Śiva) | candra-cūḍāya: to the moon-crested one | nirguṇāya: to the attributeless one | guṇa-ātmane: to the Self of all qualities | kāla-kālāya: to Kālakāla (Death of Death) | rudrāya: to Rudra | nīla-grīvāya: to the blue-throated one | maṅgalam: auspiciousness
ಪಶೂನಾಮ್ಪತಯೇ ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಗೌರೀಕಾನ್ತಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 2 ॥
- vṛṣa-ārūḍha: mounted on the bull (Nandī) | bhīma: the fearsome | vyāghra-carma-ambara: robed in tiger-skin | paśūnāṃ pati: lord of animals (Paśupati) | gaurī-kānta: beloved of Gaurī (Pārvatī)
ರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಮಾಲಾಭೂಷಾಯ ವ್ಯೋಮಕೇಶಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 3 ॥
- bhasma-uddhūlita-deha: body smeared with sacred ash | nāga-yajñopavītine: wearing the sacred thread of a serpent | rudrākṣa-mālā-bhūṣa: adorned with rudrākṣa rosary | vyoma-keśa: sky-haired one (whose hair is the sky/ether)
ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನನ್ದರೂಪಾಯ ಪ್ರಮಥೇಶಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 4 ॥
- sūrya-candra-agni-netra: whose three eyes are sun, moon, and fire | kailāsa-vāsine: dweller of Kailāsa | sac-cid-ānanda-rūpa: of the nature of existence-consciousness-bliss | pramatha-īśa: lord of the Pramathas (Śiva's attendant hosts)
ತ್ರಯಮ್ಬಕಾಯ ಶಾನ್ತಾಯ ತ್ರಿಲೋಕೇಶಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 5 ॥
- mṛtyuñjaya: conqueror of death | sāṃba: with Ambā (Śiva with Pārvatī) | sṛṣṭi-sthiti-anta-kāriṇe: cause of creation, preservation, and dissolution | tryambaka: three-eyed | śānta: peaceful | tri-loka-īśa: lord of the three worlds
ಉಗ್ರಾಯ ತ್ರಿಪುರಘ್ನಾಯ ವಾಮದೇವಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 6 ॥
- gaṅgādhara: bearer of Gaṅgā | soma: moon-bearing (or having soma, the nectar) | hari-hara-ātman: essence of both Viṣṇu and Śiva | ugra: the fierce one | tripura-ghna: destroyer of Tripura | vāmadeva: the gracious/beautiful god (one of Śiva's five faces)
ಈಶಾನಾಯ ನಮಸ್ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಪಞ್ಚವಕ್ರಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 7 ॥
- sadyojāta: the immediately-born (first of Śiva's five faces) | śarva: the archer (Śiva who shot Tripura) | bhadra-jñāna-pradāyin: bestower of excellent/auspicious wisdom | īśāna: the ruling one (fifth face of Śiva) | pañca-vaktra: the five-faced one
ಅಘೋರಾಯ ಚ ಘೋರಾಯ ಮಹಾದೇವಾಯ ಮಙ್ಗಲಮ್ ॥ 8 ॥
- sadāśiva-svarūpa: of the form of Sadāśiva (Eternal Śiva) | tatpuruṣa: That Person (fourth face of Śiva, facing east) | aghora: the not-terrifying (third face, facing south) | ghora: the terrifying/fierce | mahādeva: the Great God
ತಸ್ಯಾಭೀಷ್ಟಪ್ರದಂ ಶಮ್ಭೋಃ ಯಃ ಪಠೇನ್ಮಙ್ಗಲಾಷ್ಟಕಮ್ ॥ 9 ॥
- śrī cāmuṇḍā-preritena: inspired by Śrī Cāmuṇḍā | racitaṃ maṅgala-āspadaṃ: composed as a place of auspiciousness | tasya abhīṣṭa-pradaṃ: grants all wishes to that person | śambhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva) | yaḥ paṭhet maṅgalāṣṭakam: whoever recites the Maṅgalāṣṭakam
ಸರ್ವಾರ್ಥ ಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಮಾಪ್ನೋತಿ ಸ ಸಾಯುಜ್ಯಂ ತತಃ ಪರಮ್ ॥ 10 ॥
- mahādeva: the great god | mahādeva-sya devasya: of the divine Mahādeva | yaḥ paṭhet maṅgalāṣṭakam: whoever recites the Maṅgalāṣṭakam | sarva-artha-siddhi: achievement of all purposes | āpnoti: attains | sāyujya: identity/union with the deity (a form of liberation) | tataḥ param: thereafter, beyond that
