COMPOSITIONS OF SHYAMA SHASTRI ON MADURAI MINAKSHI - IV
Dr. P. P. Narayanaswami

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<< Previous: sarOja daLa nEtri (shankarAbharaNam)

3. dEvI mInanEtrI

rAgam: shankarAbharaNam, tALam: Adi

 pallavi

  dEvI mInanEtrI brOva rAvE

daya cEyavE brOvarAvammA

 anupallavi

 sEv~incEvAri kellanu cintAmaNiyai yunna rA

 caraNams

 bAlA nIvE gatiyani ninnE cAlA nammina nApai

 parAkElA dayacEya nIkidi mElA

divyAmbA kAlA divirANI sadguNa shIlA kIravANI

dEvI nIla nIradavENI trilOka jananI dEvI

mahEshvarI bhavAni  || 1 ||

 

ambA mukha nirjita shata dhara biMbA

rakSita dEvatAtavammA natanija suta guha

hErambhAmbA shyAmaLAmbA bimbAdharI

gaurI kAdamba vihArI ambA kambu kaNThI himAshaila

vrKSa pAlikA dEvI bAlAmbikA ambA  || 2 ||

 

vANI ramA vandita rudrANI nI sATevaru

kalyANI shyAmak.rSNanutA kIravANI

vINA  vinOdini shrI cakrakONa nivAsinI

gIrvANa vandita padAravindA shivA

dEvI kAtyAyanI ambA || 3 ||

 

Meaning

Oh dEvi, the fish-eyed one! Please kindly come to protect me, please come to save  me.You are the (wish yielding) crest jewel, cintAmaNi, to those who worship you.

Oh BAlA, the effulgent mother! PArvati, the queen of heavens, the embodiment of all virtues, the soft-spoken one, dEvI, your tresses are dark like a rain-bearing cloud, you are the mother of three worlds, oh! the supreme Goddess, bhavAni, is it too difficult for you to shower your blessings on me, who has placed implicit faith and trust in you?

Oh ambA, whose beauty outshines the radiance of the moon, the benevolent one to celestials, who is worshiped by the songs KumAra and gaNEsha,  shyAmaLAmba, the one whose lips resemble the bimba fruit, Gauri, the one who shines in the kadamba forest, who has a neck that resembles a conch, and who protects the trees of the Himalayan valley, oh bAlAmba,  amba!

You are rudrANi, the consort of rudra, and worshiped by Sarasvati and LakSmi, you are auspicious kalyANi, you are revered by shyAma k.rSNa, you speak melodiously, oh consort of shiva, you revel in the music of the vINa, you reside in the center of the auspicious wheel, the shrIcakram, your lotus feet are worshiped by the celestials. There is no one equal to you, oh auspicious dEvi, kAtyAyani, the mother amba.

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