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Mahishasura Mardini Stotram: Lyrics and Meaning

महिषासुरमर्दिनी स्तोत्र

Traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya

The Mahishasura Mardini Stotram ("hymn to the slayer of Mahishasura") is a Sanskrit hymn to the Goddess Durga, best known by its first words, "Ayi giri nandini", "O daughter of the mountain". Every verse ends with the refrain "jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute": "victory, victory to you, slayer of the buffalo demon Mahisha, you of the lovely braided hair, daughter of the mountain". Many Hindu families recite or sing it on Fridays, during Navratri and at Durga Puja.

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Verse 1

अयि गिरिनंदिनि नंदितमेदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नंदिनुते ॥गिरिवरविंध्यशिरोधिनिवासिनि विष्णुविलासिनि जिष्णुनुते ॥भगवति हे शितिकंठकुटुंबिनि भूरिकुटुंबिनि भूतकृते ॥जयजय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते ॥

Ayi girinandini nanditamedini vishvavinodini nandinuteGirivaravindhyashirodhinivasini vishnuvilasini jishnunuteBhagavati he shitikanthakutumbini bhurikutumbini bhutakriteJayajaya he mahishasuramardini ramyakapardini shailasute

IAST

ayi girinaṃdini naṃditamedini viśvavinodini naṃdinute ||girivaraviṃdhyaśirodhinivāsini viṣṇuvilāsini jiṣṇunute ||bhagavati he śitikaṃṭhakuṭuṃbini bhūrikuṭuṃbini bhūtakṛte ||jayajaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute ||

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Our explanation The hymn calls the Goddess daughter of the mountain (Parvati), who gladdens the earth, who delights the whole world, and who is praised by Nandi. She lives on the peak of the Vindhya, the best of mountains; she is the delight of Vishnu and is praised by Indra (Jishnu). She is the wife of the blue-throated Shiva, mother of a great household, maker of all beings. The refrain hails her: "victory, victory to you, slayer of the demon Mahisha, you of the lovely braided hair, daughter of the mountain". The 1917 printing reads "nanditamodini" ("who gladdens the joyful") for "nanditamedini". For "bhūtakṛte" ("maker of beings"), the 1917 reading, present-day printings differ among themselves ("bhūtikṛte", "who gives prosperity"; "bhūrikṛte", "who does much").

हिंदी अर्थ स्तोत्र देवी को पर्वत की पुत्री (पार्वती) कहता है, जो पृथ्वी को आनंदित करती हैं, पूरे विश्व को प्रसन्न करती हैं और जिनकी नंदी स्तुति करते हैं। वे श्रेष्ठ पर्वत विंध्य के शिखर पर रहती हैं; वे विष्णु का आनंद हैं और इंद्र (जिष्णु) उनकी स्तुति करते हैं। वे नीलकंठ शिव की पत्नी हैं, बड़े परिवार की माता हैं, सब प्राणियों को रचने वाली हैं। टेक उनकी जय बोलती है: "हे महिष असुर का वध करने वाली, सुंदर जटाओं वाली, पर्वत की पुत्री, आपकी जय हो, जय हो"। 1917 की छपाई में "नंदितमेदिनि" की जगह "नंदितमोदिनि" ("आनंदित जनों को आनंद देने वाली") है। "भूतकृते" ("प्राणियों को रचने वाली") 1917 की छपाई का पाठ है; आज की छपाइयाँ यहाँ आपस में अलग हैं ("भूतिकृते", "ऐश्वर्य देने वाली"; "भूरिकृते", "बहुत करने वाली")।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. गिरिनंदिनि girinaṃdini · daughter of the mountain (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 3. giri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 355, col. 2 “a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground”; 3. giri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 355, col. 2 “-nandinī, f. ‘mountain-daughter,’ a mountain-torrent; = -duhitṛ”
  3. नंदितमेदिनि naṃditamedini · who gladdens the earth (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: nand, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 526, col. 2 “to rejoice, delight, to be pleased or satisfied with”; medinī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 832, col. 3 “‘having fatness or fertility,’ the earth, land, soil, ground”
  4. विश्वविनोदिनि viśvavinodini · who delights the world (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: viśva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 992, col. 2 “all, every, every one; whole, entire, universal”; vi-nodin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 972, col. 2 “amusing, diverting”
  5. नंदिनुते naṃdinute · praised by Nandi (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: nandin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 527, col. 2 “N. of an attendant of Śiva”; nuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 2 “praised, commended”
  6. गिरिवरविंध्यशिरोधिनिवासिनि girivaraviṃdhyaśirodhinivāsini · dwelling on top of the Vindhya (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 3. giri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 355, col. 2 “a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground”; 2. vara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 922, col. 1 “‘select,’ choicest, valuable, precious, best, most excellent”; vindhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 972, col. 2 “N. of a low range of hills”; śiras, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1072, col. 2 “the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit”; 2. adhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 20, col. 2 “(with loc.) Ved. over; on; at”; ni-vāsin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 559, col. 1 “dwelling or living or being or sticking in (comp.); m. an inhabitant”
  7. विष्णुविलासिनि viṣṇuvilāsini · the delight of Vishnu (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: viṣṇu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 999, col. 1 “N. of one of the principal Hindū deities”; vi-lāsin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 985, col. 2 “a charming or lively or wanton or coquettish woman, wife, mistress”
  8. जिष्णुनुते jiṣṇunute · praised by Indra (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: jiṣṇu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 421, col. 3 “victorious, triumphant, winning; … Indra”; nuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 2 “praised, commended”
  9. भगवति bhagavati · O blessed goddess (noun, vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. bhagavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 3 “glorious, illustrious, divine, adorable, venerable”
  10. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
  11. शितिकंठकुटुंबिनि śitikaṃṭhakuṭuṃbini · wife of the blue-throated Shiva (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śiti-kaṇṭha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1071, col. 2 “white-necked, … dark-necked (as Rudra-Śiva; cf. nīla-k°)”; kuṭumbin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 288, col. 3 “the wife of a householder, mother of a family”
  12. भूरिकुटुंबिनि bhūrikuṭuṃbini · mother of a great household (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: bhūri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 764, col. 1 “much, many, abundant, frequent, numerous, great, important, strong, mighty”; kuṭumbin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 288, col. 3 “the wife of a householder, mother of a family”
  13. भूतकृते bhūtakṛte · maker of beings (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: bhūta-kṛt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “forming beings, creative; m. the creator”
  14. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  15. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  16. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
  17. महिषासुरमर्दिनि mahiṣāsuramardini · slayer of the demon Mahisha (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: mahiṣāsura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 803, col. 1 “the Asura or demon Mahisha”; mahiṣāsura-mardinī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 803, col. 1 “= -ghātinī (°dinī-stotra, n. N. of a Stotra)”; mardin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 791, col. 2 “(ifc.) crushing, grinding”
  18. रम्यकपर्दिनि ramyakapardini · with lovely braided hair (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: ramya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 868, col. 2 “to be enjoyed, enjoyable, pleasing, delightful, beautiful”; kapardin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 250, col. 1 “wearing braided and knotted hair (like the cowrie shell)”
  19. शैलसुते śailasute · daughter of the mountain (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śaila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1089, col. 3 “a rock, crag, hill, mountain”; sutā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “(ifc. f. ā) a daughter”
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  • The printed edition reads: अयि गिरिनंदिनि नंदितमोदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नंदिनते ॥
    गिरिवरविंध्यशिरोधिनिवासिनि विष्णुविलासिनि जिष्णुनुते ॥
    भगवति हे शितिकंठकुटुंबिनि भूरिकुटुंबिनि भूतकृते ॥
    जयजय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते ॥     The print shows नंदिनते with no u-sign under न (leaf n7, last line); read as a missing vowel sign and shown as नंदिनुते, 'praised by Nandi', the reading of most printings. The 1913 Shiva Rahasya (leaf n208) prints नन्दिनुते, and so do the manuscripts quoted in the Madras catalogues of 1913 (p. 530) and 1915 (p. 7351).
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: नंदितमोदिनि The base printing reads नंदितमोदिनि ('who gladdens the joyful'), as does the 1913 Shiva Rahasya. The display follows today's common wording, नंदितमेदिनि ('who gladdens the earth').
  • Word The 1913 Madras (Vani Nilaya press) printing reads: अयि गिरिनन्दिनि नन्दितमोदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नन्दिनुते । गिरिवरविन्ध्यशिरोधिनिवासिनि शम्भुविलासिनि विष्णुनुते ॥ जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते । भगवति हे शितिकण्ठकुटुम्बिनि भक्तजनामितभूतिकृते ॥ Leaf n208. शम्भुविलासिनि विष्णुनुते for विष्णुविलासिनि जिष्णुनुते; भक्तजनामितभूतिकृते for भूरिकुटुंबिनि भूतकृते; the refrain comes third, not last.

Verse 2

सुरवरवर्षिणि दुर्द्धरधर्षिणि दुर्मुखमर्षिणि हर्षरतेत्रिभुवनपोषिणि शंकरतोषिणि कल्मषमोषिणि घोषरते ॥दनुजनिरोषिणि दुर्मदरोषिणि दुर्मदशोषिणि सिंधुसुते ॥जय जय हे महिषा॰ ॥

Suravaravarshini durddharadharshini durmukhamarshini harsharateTribhuvanaposhini shankaratoshini kalmashamoshini ghosharateDanujaniroshini durmadaroshini durmadashoshini sindhusuteJaya jaya he mahisha…

IAST

suravaravarṣiṇi durddharadharṣiṇi durmukhamarṣiṇi harṣaratetribhuvanapoṣiṇi śaṃkaratoṣiṇi kalmaṣamoṣiṇi ghoṣarate ||danujaniroṣiṇi durmadaroṣiṇi durmadaśoṣiṇi siṃdhusute ||jaya jaya he mahiṣā° ||

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Our explanation She showers boons on the gods, overpowers those no one can overpower, bears with Durmukha (a demon's name, "the foul-mouthed"), and delights in joy. She nourishes the three worlds, pleases Shiva (Shankara), takes away sin, and delights in the sound of praise. She is angry with the demons and with the arrogant, dries up their pride, and is the daughter of the ocean, a name of Lakshmi.

हिंदी अर्थ वे देवताओं पर वर बरसाती हैं, जिन्हें कोई हरा नहीं सकता उन्हें भी हराती हैं, दुर्मुख (एक असुर का नाम) को सहती हैं और आनंद में रमती हैं। वे तीनों लोकों का पालन करती हैं, शंकर को प्रसन्न करती हैं, पाप हरती हैं और स्तुति की ध्वनि में रमती हैं। वे दानवों और घमंडियों पर क्रोध करती हैं, उनका घमंड सुखाती हैं, और सिंधु (समुद्र) की पुत्री हैं, जो लक्ष्मी का एक नाम है।

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  1. सुरवरवर्षिणि suravaravarṣiṇi · who showers boons on the gods (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: sura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1234, col. 2 “a god, divinity, deity”; 2. vara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 922, col. 1 “boon, gift, reward, benefit, blessing, favour”; varṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 927, col. 2 “raining, discharging like rain, pouring out, showering down, distributing”
  2. दुर्द्धरधर्षिणि durddharadharṣiṇi · who overpowers the invincible (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: dur-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 3 “difficult to be carried or borne or suffered, unrestrainable, irresistible”; dharṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 513, col. 1 “attacking, assaulting, ill-treating (ifc.)”
  3. दुर्मुखमर्षिणि durmukhamarṣiṇi · who bears with Durmukha (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: dur-mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 486, col. 2 “of a general of the Asura Mahisha”; marṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 792, col. 1 “patient, forgiving, indulgent”
  4. हर्षरते harṣarate · who delights in joy (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: harṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1292, col. 2 “joy, pleasure”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  5. त्रिभुवनपोषिणि tribhuvanapoṣiṇi · who nourishes the three worlds (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: tri-bhuvana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 459, col. 3 “= -jagat”; poṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 650, col. 2 “nourishing, rearing”
  6. शंकरतोषिणि śaṃkaratoṣiṇi · who pleases Shankara (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śaṃ-kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1054, col. 3 “causing prosperity, auspicious, beneficent … m. N. of Rudra or Śiva”; toṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 456, col. 2 “ifc. satisfied with, liking; … satisfying, pleasing”
  7. कल्मषमोषिणि kalmaṣamoṣiṇi · who takes away sin (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kalmaṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 263, col. 1 “stain, dirt; … moral stain, sin”; 2. muṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 824, col. 2 “to steal, rob, plunder, carry off … to break, destroy”
  8. घोषरते ghoṣarate · who delights in the sound of praise (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: ghoṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 378, col. 1 “the sound of the recital of prayers”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  9. दनुजनिरोषिणि danujaniroṣiṇi · angry with the demons (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: danu-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 468, col. 2 “a Dānava”; roṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 885, col. 2 “angry, wrathful, furious, passionate”
  10. दुर्मदरोषिणि durmadaroṣiṇi · angry with the arrogant (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: dur-mada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 486, col. 2 “mad conception or illusion, foolish pride or arrogance”; roṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 885, col. 2 “angry, wrathful, furious, passionate”
  11. दुर्मदशोषिणि durmadaśoṣiṇi · who dries up false pride (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: dur-mada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 486, col. 2 “mad conception or illusion, foolish pride or arrogance”; śoṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1092, col. 2 “(mostly ifc.) drying up (trans.), frying, desiccating, absorbing, exhausting”
  12. सिंधुसुते siṃdhusute · daughter of the ocean (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: sindhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1217, col. 1 “ocean, sea”; sutā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “(ifc. f. ā) a daughter”
  13. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  14. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  15. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • Word The 1913 Madras (Vani Nilaya press) printing reads: सुरघनघोषिणि दुर्धरघर्षिणि दुर्मुखहर्षिणि पोषरते ॥ त्रिभुवनपोषिणि शङ्करतोषिणि कल्मषदूषिणि घोषरते । दनुजविशोषिणि दुर्मदरोषिणि सन्मुखपोषिणि … Leaf n208. Many words differ (सुरघनघोषिणि, दुर्धरघर्षिणि, दुर्मुखहर्षिणि, कल्मषदूषिणि, दनुजविशोषिणि); the last word of the third line, read 'सिह्मवहे' on the scan, is not certain and is left out.

Verse 3

अयि जगदंब कदंबवनप्रियवासिनिवासिनि हासरते ॥शि­ख­रि­शि­रो­म­णि­तुं­ग­हि­मा­ल­य­शृं­ग­नि­जा­ल­य­म­ध्य­ग­ते ॥मधुमधुरे मधुकैटभगंजिनि कैटभभंजिनि रासरते ॥जयजय हे महिषा॰ ॥

Ayi jagadamba kadambavanapriyavasinivasini hasarateShi­kha­ri­shi­ro­ma­ni­tun­ga­hi­ma­la­yash­rin­ga­ni­ja­la­ya­madh­ya­ga­teMadhumadhure madhukaitabhaganjini kaitabhabhanjini rasarateJayajaya he mahisha…

IAST

ayi jagadaṃba kadaṃbavanapriyavāsinivāsini hāsarate ||śi­kha­ri­śi­ro­ma­ṇi­tuṃ­ga­hi­mā­la­ya­śṛṃ­ga­ni­jā­la­ya­madh­ya­ga­te ||madhumadhure madhukaiṭabhagaṃjini kaiṭabhabhaṃjini rāsarate ||jayajaya he mahiṣā° ||

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Our explanation O Mother of the world, who loves to live in the forest of kadamba trees and delights in laughter; who makes her home on the peak of the high Himalaya, the jewel of mountains; sweet as honey, who overcame the demons Madhu and Kaitabha and broke Kaitabha, and who delights in the circle dance (rāsa). The 1917 printing reads "madhukaiṭabhabhañjini", "who broke Madhu and Kaitabha", for "madhukaiṭabhagañjini"; the sense is close.

हिंदी अर्थ हे जगत की माता, जिन्हें कदंब के वन में रहना प्रिय है और जो हास्य में रमती हैं; जो पर्वतों के शिरोमणि ऊँचे हिमालय के शिखर पर अपने घर में रहती हैं; जो मधु जैसी मधुर हैं, जिन्होंने मधु और कैटभ असुरों को परास्त किया और कैटभ को तोड़ा, और जो रास नृत्य में रमती हैं। 1917 की छपाई में "मधुकैटभगंजिनि" की जगह "मधुकैटभभंजिनि" ("मधु और कैटभ को तोड़ने वाली") है; भाव लगभग वही है।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. जगदंब jagadaṃba · Mother of the world (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: jagat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 1 “the world, esp. this world, earth”; ambā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 83, col. 2 “a mother, good woman (as a title of respect)”
  3. कदंबवनप्रियवासिनिवासिनि kadaṃbavanapriyavāsinivāsini · who loves to dwell in kadamba woods (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kadamba, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 247, col. 3 “Nauclea Cadamba (a tree with orange-coloured fragrant blossoms)”; 1. vana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 917, col. 2 “a forest, wood, grove, thicket”; priya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 710, col. 1 “fond of, attached or devoted to”; 3. vāsin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 947, col. 3 “staying, abiding, dwelling, living, inhabiting”; ni-vāsin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 559, col. 1 “dwelling or living or being or sticking in (comp.); m. an inhabitant”
  4. हासरते hāsarate · who delights in laughter (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: hāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1294, col. 2 “mirth, laughter”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  5. शिखरिशिरोमणितुंगहिमालयशृंगनिजालयमध्यगते śikhariśiromaṇituṃgahimālayaśṛṃganijālayamadhyagate · whose home is on Himalaya's peak (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śikharin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1070, col. 3 “a peaked mountain, any mountain”; śiro-maṇi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1072, col. 3 “‘crest-jewel,’ a jewel worn on the h°; the chief of”; tuṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “prominent, erect, lofty, high”; 1. himālaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1299, col. 2 “‘abode of snow,’ the Himālaya range of mountains”; śṛṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1087, col. 1 “the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag”; ni-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 1 “used as a reflex. possess. pron. = sva, my own, his own, our own”; ā-laya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 154, col. 1 “a house, dwelling”; madhya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 781, col. 3 “the middle, midst, centre, inside, interior”; gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone, gone away; … come to, approached, arrived at, being in, situated in”
  6. मधुमधुरे madhumadhure · sweet as honey (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: madhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 779, col. 2 “honey”; madhura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 781, col. 1 “sweet, pleasant, charming, delightful”
  7. मधुकैटभगंजिनि madhukaiṭabhagaṃjini · who overcame Madhu and Kaitabha (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: madhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 779, col. 2 “of two Asuras (the one killed by Vishṇu, the other by Śatru-ghna)”; kaiṭabha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 311, col. 1 “N. of an Asura (slain by Vishṇu)”; gañjana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 342, col. 3 “ifc. ‘contemning,’ excelling”
  8. कैटभभंजिनि kaiṭabhabhaṃjini · who broke Kaitabha (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kaiṭabha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 311, col. 1 “N. of an Asura (slain by Vishṇu)”; bhañjin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 745, col. 1 “breaking, dispelling”
  9. रासरते rāsarate · who delights in the circle dance (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: rāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 879, col. 3 “a rustic dance practised by cowherds”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  10. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  11. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  12. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
3 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: अयि जगदंब कदंबवनप्रियवासिनिवासिनि हासरते ॥
    शिखरिशिरोमणितुंगहिमालयशृंगनिजालयमध्यगते ॥
    मधुमधुरे मधुकैटभभंजिनि कैटभभंजिनि रासरते ॥
    जयजय हे महिषा॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: मधुकैटभभंजिनि The base printing reads मधुकैटभभंजिनि ('who broke Madhu and Kaitabha'). The display follows today's common wording, मधुकैटभगंजिनि ('who overcame Madhu and Kaitabha'); the sense is close.
  • Word The 1913 Madras (Vani Nilaya press) printing reads: अयि जगदम्ब कदम्बवनप्रियवासनिवासिनि सौधरते ॥ शिखरिशिरोमणितुङ्गहिमालयसौधनिजालयमध्यगते । मधुमधुरे मधुकैटभतर्जनजातससम्भ्रमब्रह्मनुते ॥ Leaf n208. सौधरते for हासरते; सौध for शृंग; the third line differs: 'praised by Brahma, alarmed by the threats of Madhu and Kaitabha'.

Verse 4

अयि निजहुंकृतिमात्रनिराकृतधूम्रविलोचनधूम्रशते ॥सम­र­वि­शो­षि­त­शो­णि­त­बी­ज­स­मु­द्भ­व­शो­णि­त­बी­ज­ल­ते ॥शिवशिवशुंभनिशुंभमहाहवतर्पितभूतपिशाचरते ॥जयजय हे॰ ॥

Ayi ni­ja­hunk­ri­ti­mat­ra­ni­rak­ri­ta­dhum­ra­vi­lo­cha­na­dhum­ra­sha­teSa­ma­ra­vi­sho­shi­ta­sho­ni­ta­bi­ja­sa­mud­bha­va­sho­ni­ta­bi­ja­la­teShi­va­shi­va­shum­bha­ni­shum­bha­ma­ha­ha­va­tar­pi­ta­bhu­ta­pi­sha­cha­ra­teJayajaya he…

IAST

ayi ni­ja­huṃ­kṛ­ti­māt­ra­ni­rā­kṛ­ta­dhūm­ra­vi­lo­ca­na­dhūm­ra­śa­te ||sa­ma­ra­vi­śo­ṣi­ta­śo­ṇi­ta­bī­ja­sa­mud­bha­va­śo­ṇi­ta­bī­ja­la­te ||śi­va­śi­va­śuṃ­bha­ni­śuṃ­bha­ma­hā­ha­va­tar­pi­ta­bhū­ta­pi­śā­ca­ra­te ||jayajaya he° ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation With nothing more than her "hum!" she destroyed Dhumralochana ("smoke-eyed") and his hundreds. In battle she dried up the creeper of blood-seeds born from the blood of Raktabija ("blood-seed"), whose every drop of blood became a new demon. She delights in the spirits and goblins who were fed in the great battle with Shumbha and Nishumbha. These are the battles told in the Devi Mahatmyam. The 1917 printing reads "huṃkṛta" for "huṃkṛti" (the same sense), and "darpita … pate", "leader of the spirits and goblins who were made proud", for "tarpita … rate".

हिंदी अर्थ केवल अपनी "हुं" से उन्होंने धूम्रलोचन और उसके सैकड़ों साथियों का नाश किया। युद्ध में उन्होंने रक्तबीज के रक्त से पैदा हुई रक्तबीजों की बेल को सुखा दिया, जिसकी रक्त की हर बूँद से एक नया असुर पैदा होता था। शुंभ और निशुंभ के महायुद्ध में जो भूत और पिशाच तृप्त हुए, उनमें वे रमती हैं। ये देवी माहात्म्य में बताए गए युद्ध हैं। 1917 की छपाई में "हुंकृति" की जगह "हुंकृत" (अर्थ वही) है, और "तर्पित … रते" की जगह "दर्पित … पते", यानी "गर्वित भूत-पिशाचों की स्वामिनी"।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. निजहुंकृतिमात्रनिराकृतधूम्रविलोचनधूम्रशते nijahuṃkṛtimātranirākṛtadhūmravilocanadhūmraśate · who undid Dhumralochana with a mere "hum" (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: ni-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 1 “used as a reflex. possess. pron. = sva, my own, his own, our own”; huṃ-kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1301, col. 2 “n. an exclamation of anger”; mātra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 804, col. 2 “(ifc.) measure, quantity, sum, size, duration”; nir-ā-kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 553, col. 2 “pushed or driven away, repudiated, expelled, banished, rejected, removed”; dhūmra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 518, col. 2 “smoke-coloured, smoky, dark-coloured, grey, dark-red, purple”; dhūmra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 518, col. 2 “-locana, m. ‘dark-eyed’ … N. of a general of the Asura Śumbha”; 2. vi-locana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 986, col. 2 “the eye, sight”; śata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1048, col. 3 “a hundred”
  3. समरविशोषितशोणितबीजसमुद्भवशोणितबीजलते samaraviśoṣitaśoṇitabījasamudbhavaśoṇitabījalate · who dried up Raktabija's creeper of blood-seeds (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: sam-ara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1170, col. 3 “hostile encounter, conflict, struggle, war, battle”; vi-śoṣita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 991, col. 2 “completely dried up or withered”; śoṇita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1091, col. 2 “red; n. (ifc. f. ā) blood”; bīja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 732, col. 2 “seed (of plants), semen (of men and animals)”; sam-udbhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1168, col. 2 “existence, production, origin (ifc. either ‘arisen or produced from’ or ‘being the source of’)”; latā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 895, col. 3 “a creeper, any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril”
  4. शिवशिवशुंभनिशुंभमहाहवतर्पितभूतपिशाचरते śivaśivaśuṃbhaniśuṃbhamahāhavatarpitabhūtapiśācarate · delighting in spirits fed in Shumbha's war (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 1 “‘The Auspicious one,’ N. of the disintegrating or destroying and reproducing deity”; śumbha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1084, col. 1 “N. of an Asura or demon (slain by Durgā)”; ni-śumbha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 561, col. 1 “N. of a Dānava (brother of Śumbha)”; 1. mahā-hava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 802, col. 1 “a gr° war or battle”; tarpita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 440, col. 2 “satisfied”; bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “any living being (divine, human, animal, and even vegetable)”; piśāca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 628, col. 2 “N. of a class of demons”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  7. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
3 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: अयि निजहुंकृतमात्रनिराकृतधूम्रविलोचनधूम्रशते ॥
    समरविशोषितशोणितबीजसमुद्भवशोणितबीजलते ॥
    शिवशिवशुंभनिशुंभमहाहवदर्पितभूतपिशाचपते ॥
    जयजय हे॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: अयि निजहुंकृतमात्रनिराकृतधूम्रविलोचनधूम्रशते … शिवशिवशुंभनिशुंभमहाहवदर्पितभूतपिशाचपते The base printing reads हुंकृत ('the sound hum') for हुंकृति, and दर्पितभूतपिशाचपते ('leader of the spirits made proud') for तर्पितभूतपिशाचरते ('who delights in the spirits that were fed'). The display follows today's common wording.
  • Word The 1913 Madras (Vani Nilaya press) printing reads: अयि निजहुङ्कृतिमात्रनिराकृतधूम्रविलोचनधूलिकृते । … समरविशोषितशोणितबीजसमुद्भवशोणितबीजलते । श्रीयुतशुम्भनिशुम्भमहाहवतर्पितभूतपिशाचतते ॥ Leaf n208. धूलिकृते for धूम्रशते; श्रीयुत for शिवशिव; तर्पित for दर्पित; पिशाचतते for पिशाचपते. The refrain comes between the first and second lines.

Verse 5

अयि शतखंडविखंडितरुंडवितुंडितशुंडगजाधिपते ॥रिपुगजगंडविदारणचंडपराक्रमशौंडमृगाधिपते ॥नि­ज­भु­ज­दं­ड­नि­पा­ति­त­चं­ड­वि­पा­टि­त­भं­ड­भ­टा­धि­प­ते ॥जयजयहे॰ ॥

Ayi sha­ta­khan­da­vi­khan­di­ta­run­da­vi­tun­di­ta­shun­da­ga­ja­dhi­pa­teRi­pu­ga­ja­gan­da­vi­da­ra­na­chan­da­pa­rak­ra­ma­shaun­dam­ri­ga­dhi­pa­teNi­ja­bhu­ja­dan­da­ni­pa­ti­ta­chan­da­vi­pa­ti­ta­bhan­da­bha­ta­dhi­pa­teJayajayahe…

IAST

ayi śa­ta­khaṃ­ḍa­vi­khaṃ­ḍi­ta­ruṃ­ḍa­vi­tuṃ­ḍi­ta­śuṃ­ḍa­ga­jā­dhi­pa­te ||ri­pu­ga­ja­gaṃ­ḍa­vi­dā­ra­ṇa­caṃ­ḍa­pa­rāk­ra­ma­śauṃ­ḍa­mṛ­gā­dhi­pa­te ||ni­ja­bhu­ja­daṃ­ḍa­ni­pā­ti­ta­caṃ­ḍa­vi­pā­ṭi­ta­bhaṃ­ḍa­bha­ṭā­dhi­pa­te ||jayajayahe° ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation She cut the headless trunks of the demons into a hundred pieces and struck off the trunks of their lordly elephants. Her lion, king of beasts, is fierce and mighty in splitting the temples of the enemy's elephants. With the rod of her own arm she struck down Chanda and tore apart Bhanda, the chief of the demon warriors (Bhanda is a demon's name). Today's printings read "muṇḍa" here, the demon Munda, but they print it in compounds that differ in other words, so the 1917 reading is shown.

हिंदी अर्थ उन्होंने असुरों के बिना सिर के धड़ों के सौ टुकड़े किए और उनके बड़े हाथियों की सूँडें काट दीं। उनका सिंह, पशुओं का राजा, शत्रु के हाथियों के मस्तक फाड़ने में प्रचंड और पराक्रमी है। अपनी भुजा के दंड से उन्होंने चंड को गिराया और असुर योद्धाओं के मुखिया भंड को चीर डाला (भंड एक असुर का नाम है)। आज की छपाइयों में यहाँ "मुंड" है, पर वे उसे ऐसे समासों में छापती हैं जिनके दूसरे शब्द अलग हैं, इसलिए 1917 का पाठ दिखाया गया है।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. शतखंडविखंडितरुंडवितुंडितशुंडगजाधिपते śatakhaṃḍavikhaṃḍitaruṃḍavituṃḍitaśuṃḍagajādhipate · who hewed headless foes and elephants' trunks (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1048, col. 3 “a hundred”; khaṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 336, col. 1 “a piece, part, fragment, portion”; vi-khaṇḍita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 956, col. 3 “cut into pieces, divided, lacerated”; ruṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 883, col. 1 “maimed, mutilated; m. a headless body”; tuṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 450, col. 1 “a beak, snout (of a hog &c.), trunk (of an elephant)”; śuṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1081, col. 3 “an elephant's trunk”; gaja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 342, col. 1 “an elephant”; adhi-pati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 2 “= adhi-pa”
  3. रिपुगजगंडविदारणचंडपराक्रमशौंडमृगाधिपते ripugajagaṃḍavidāraṇacaṃḍaparākramaśauṃḍamṛgādhipate · whose lion fiercely splits foes' elephants (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: ripu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 880, col. 3 “an enemy, adversary, foe”; gaja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 342, col. 1 “an elephant”; gaṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 344, col. 1 “the cheek, whole side of the face including the temple”; vi-dāraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 966, col. 2 “tearing or rending asunder, breaking, splitting, cleaving”; caṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 383, col. 1 “fierce, violent, cruel, impetuous, hot, ardent with passion, passionate, angry”; parā-krama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 589, col. 3 “bold advance, attack, heroism, courage, power, strength, energy”; śauṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1093, col. 1 “(ifc.) passionately fond of or devoted to; … skilled in, familiar with”; mṛga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 828, col. 2 “a forest animal or wild beast, game of any kind”; adhi-pati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 2 “= adhi-pa”
  4. निजभुजदंडनिपातितचंडविपाटितभंडभटाधिपते nijabhujadaṃḍanipātitacaṃḍavipāṭitabhaṃḍabhaṭādhipate · who felled Chanda and tore the chief Bhanda (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: ni-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 1 “used as a reflex. possess. pron. = sva, my own, his own, our own”; bhuja-daṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 759, col. 1 “‘arm-staff,’ a long arm”; ni-pātita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 549, col. 3 “overthrown, beaten down, destroyed, killed”; caṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 383, col. 1 “of a Daitya”; vi-pāṭita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 973, col. 2 “split in two, torn asunder”; bhaṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 745, col. 1 “a mercenary, hired soldier, warrior, combatant”; adhi-pati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 2 “= adhi-pa”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  7. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: निजभुजदण्डनिपातितचण्डविपाटितमुण्डभटाधिपते Today's text from Gita Press (p. 241) reads मुण्ड (Munda) for the 1917 भंड. sanskritdocuments.org also has मुण्ड, but in another compound (निपातितखण्डविपातितमुण्ड…, with निपातितचण्ड in brackets), so only one publisher prints this compound. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.
  • Word The 1913 Madras (Vani Nilaya press) printing reads: अयि शिखण्डविखण्डनतुण्डवितुण्डितशुण्डगजौघकृते ॥ रिपुगजगण्डगतोद्भटभण्डविदारणचण्डपराक्रमशौण्डमृगाधिपते । निजभुजदण्डविपाटितमुण्डनिवापितचण्डभटाधिपते ॥ Leaf n208. The first line differs (शिखण्ड…गजौघकृते); in the second line the 1913 printing also names Bhanda (उद्भटभण्ड); the third line has मुण्ड where the 1917 printing has भंड.

Verse 6

धनुरनुषंगरणक्षणसंगपरिस्फुरदंगनटत्कटके ॥कनकपिशंगलसत्कटिसंगरसद्धरशृंगहतावटुके ॥कृतचतुरंगबलक्षितिरंगघटद्बहुरंगरटद्बहुके ॥जयजय हे॰ ॥

Dha­nu­ra­nu­shan­ga­ra­nak­sha­na­san­ga­pa­ris­phu­ra­dan­ga­na­tat­ka­ta­keKa­na­ka­pi­shan­ga­la­sat­ka­ti­san­ga­ra­sad­dha­rash­rin­ga­ha­ta­va­tu­keKri­ta­cha­tu­ran­ga­ba­lak­shi­ti­ran­ga­gha­tad­ba­hu­ran­ga­ra­tad­ba­hu­keJayajaya he…

IAST

dha­nu­ra­nu­ṣaṃ­ga­ra­ṇak­ṣa­ṇa­saṃ­ga­pa­ris­phu­ra­daṃ­ga­na­ṭat­ka­ṭa­ke ||ka­na­ka­pi­śaṃ­ga­la­sat­ka­ṭi­saṃ­ga­ra­sad­dha­ra­śṛṃ­ga­ha­tā­va­ṭu­ke ||kṛ­ta­ca­tu­raṃ­ga­ba­lak­ṣi­ti­raṃ­ga­gha­ṭad­ba­hu­raṃ­ga­ra­ṭad­ba­hu­ke ||jayajaya he° ||

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Our explanation As she draws her bow again and again in the moment of battle, the bracelets dance on her moving limbs. She shines in tawny gold at the waist, and strikes down the demon fighters. On the battlefield where the four parts of an army (chariots, elephants, horses and foot soldiers) clash, the many drums and cries resound. The second and third lines are hard to divide into words as printed, and printings differ here; this is the main sense. The 1917 printing reads "raṇat" ("ringing") for "naṭat" ("dancing"); today's printings also read "pṛṣatka-niṣaṅga-rasad-bhaṭa" ("arrows, quiver, roaring warriors") and "baṭuke" ("young fighters"), in compounds that differ in other words.

हिंदी अर्थ युद्ध के क्षण में जब वे बार-बार धनुष खींचती हैं, तो उनके हिलते अंगों पर कंगन नाचते हैं। उनकी कमर पर सुनहरी-पीली चमक है, और वे असुर योद्धाओं को गिराती हैं। जिस रणभूमि में सेना के चारों अंग (रथ, हाथी, घोड़े और पैदल) टकराते हैं, वहाँ अनेक ढोल और पुकारें गूँजती हैं। दूसरी और तीसरी पंक्ति को छपे रूप में शब्दों में बाँटना कठिन है, और छपाइयाँ यहाँ अलग हैं; यह मुख्य भाव है। 1917 की छपाई में "नटत्" ("नाचते") की जगह "रणत्" ("बजते") है; आज की छपाइयों में "पृषत्कनिषंगरसद्भट" ("बाण, तरकश, गरजते योद्धा") और "बटुके" ("युवा योद्धा") भी हैं, ऐसे समासों में जिनके दूसरे शब्द अलग हैं।

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  1. धनुरनुषंगरणक्षणसंगपरिस्फुरदंगनटत्कटके dhanuranuṣaṃgaraṇakṣaṇasaṃgaparisphuradaṃganaṭatkaṭake · bracelets dancing as she draws the bow (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: dhanus, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 509, col. 2 “a bow”; anu-ṣaṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 39, col. 3 “close adherence, connection, association, conjunction”; 1. raṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 3 “battle (as an object of delight), war, combat, fight, conflict”; 1. kṣaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 324, col. 3 “any instantaneous point of time, instant, twinkling of an eye, moment”; saṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1132, col. 3 “sticking, clinging to, touch, contact with”; pari-sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 604, col. 2 “to throb, quiver, vibrate … to glitter, gleam”; 2. aṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 7, col. 3 “a limb of the body; a limb, member; the body”; naṭ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 525, col. 2 “to dance”; kaṭaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “a bracelet of gold or shell &c.”
  2. कनकपिशंगलसत्कटिसंगरसद्धरशृंगहतावटुके kanakapiśaṃgalasatkaṭisaṃgarasaddharaśṛṃgahatāvaṭuke · golden at the waist, striking down the foes (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kanaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 248, col. 2 “gold”; piśaṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 628, col. 2 “reddish, r°-brown or -yellow, tawny”; 1. las, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 1 “to shine, flash, glitter”; kaṭi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “the hip, buttocks”; saṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1132, col. 3 “sticking, clinging to, touch, contact with”; śṛṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1087, col. 1 “the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag”; hata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1287, col. 2 “struck, beaten (also said of a drum), smitten, killed, slain”; baṭuka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 719, col. 2 “a boy, lad &c. = baṭu”
  3. कृतचतुरंगबलक्षितिरंगघटद्बहुरंगरटद्बहुके kṛtacaturaṃgabalakṣitiraṃgaghaṭadbahuraṃgaraṭadbahuke · on the battlefield where four-part armies clash (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 3 “done, made, accomplished, performed”; catur-aṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 384, col. 1 “(with bala, an army) comprising (4 parts, viz.) elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry”; bala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 722, col. 3 “power, strength, might, vigour, force”; 2. kṣiti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 327, col. 3 “the earth, soil of the earth”; raṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 862, col. 2 “stage, arena, any place of assembly … a field of battle”; ghaṭ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 375, col. 1 “to be intently occupied about, be busy with, strive or endeavour after”; bahu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 724, col. 2 “much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great or considerable in quantity”; raṭ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 3 “to howl, shout, roar, yell, cry … to ring (as a bell)”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • The printed edition reads: धनुरनुषंगरणक्षणसंगपरिस्फुरदंगरणत्कटके ॥
    कनकपिशंगलसत्कटिसंगरसद्धरशृंगहतावटुके ॥
    कृतचतुरंगबलक्षितिरंगघटद्बहुरंगरटद्बहुके ॥
    जयजय हे॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: धनुरनुषंगरणक्षणसंगपरिस्फुरदंगरणत्कटके The base printing reads रणत् ('ringing') for नटत् ('dancing'). The display follows today's common wording in this compound.
  • Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: कनकपिशङ्गपृषत्कनिषङ्गरसद्भटशृङ्गहतावटुके … कृतचतुरङ्गबलक्षितिरङ्गघटद्बहुरङ्गरटद्बटुके sanskritdocuments.org reads पृषत्कनिषङ्गरसद्भट ('arrows, quiver, roaring warriors') for the 1917 लसत्कटिसंगरसद्धर ('shining at the waist …'; the ligature द्ध is uncertain on the scan), and बटुके ('young fighters') for बहुके. Gita Press (p. 242) prints these members in other compounds (…रसद्भटशृङ्गहताबटुके; हतचतुरङ्ग…रटद् बटुके), so only one publisher prints each whole compound. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.
  • Word The 1913 Madras (Vani Nilaya press) printing reads: धनुरनुषङ्गमनुक्षणसङ्गपरिस्फुटवङ्किनटत्कटके ॥ कनकपिशङ्गनिषङ्गपृषत्करभटसङ्घहते । सुरसङ्घवचतुरङ्गबलक्षितिरङ्गघटद्रणरङ्गतटे ॥ Leaf n208. All three lines differ in several words: 'a quiver of tawny gold, arrows in hand, striking the host of warriors'; 'on the stage of the battlefield where the four-part armies clash'.

Verse 7

अयि रणदुर्मदशत्रुबधोद्धुरदुर्द्धरनिर्भरशक्तिधृते ॥चतुरविचारधुरीणमहाशयदूतकृतप्रमथाधिपते ॥दुरितदुरीहदुराशयदुर्मददानवदूतदुरंतगते ॥जयजय हे॰ ॥

Ayi ra­na­dur­ma­da­shat­ru­ba­dhod­dhu­ra­durd­dha­ra­nir­bha­ra­shak­tidh­ri­teCha­tu­ra­vi­cha­ra­dhu­ri­na­ma­ha­sha­ya­du­tak­ri­tap­ra­ma­tha­dhi­pa­teDu­ri­ta­du­ri­ha­du­ra­sha­ya­dur­ma­da­da­na­va­du­ta­du­ran­ta­ga­teJayajaya he…

IAST

ayi ra­ṇa­dur­ma­da­śat­ru­ba­dhod­dhu­ra­durd­dha­ra­nir­bha­ra­śak­ti­dhṛ­te ||ca­tu­ra­vi­cā­ra­dhu­rī­ṇa­ma­hā­śa­ya­dū­ta­kṛ­tap­ra­ma­thā­dhi­pa­te ||du­ri­ta­du­rī­ha­du­rā­śa­ya­dur­ma­da­dā­na­va­dū­ta­du­raṃ­ta­ga­te ||jayajaya he° ||

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Our explanation She holds the great, irresistible power that is ready to kill enemies drunk with battle. She made the lord of the Pramathas, Shiva, wise and skilled in counsel, her messenger to the demons (as the Devi Mahatmyam tells, where she is called Shivaduti). She is beyond the reach of the evil, scheming, arrogant demon's messenger. Today's printings read "durmati" ("wicked-minded") for "durmada" ("arrogant"), in compounds that differ in other words.

हिंदी अर्थ उनके पास वह बड़ी और अजेय शक्ति है जो युद्ध के मद में चूर शत्रुओं को मारने को तैयार है। उन्होंने प्रमथों के स्वामी शिव को, जो बुद्धिमान और सलाह में कुशल हैं, असुरों के पास अपना दूत बनाया (जैसा देवी माहात्म्य में बताया गया है, जहाँ उन्हें शिवदूती कहा गया है)। दुष्ट, कपटी और घमंडी असुर के दूत की पहुँच से वे परे हैं। आज की छपाइयों में "दुर्मद" ("घमंडी") की जगह "दुर्मति" ("कुबुद्धि") है, ऐसे समासों में जिनके दूसरे शब्द अलग हैं।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. रणदुर्मदशत्रुबधोद्धुरदुर्द्धरनिर्भरशक्तिधृते raṇadurmadaśatrubadhoddhuradurddharanirbharaśaktidhṛte · who holds great power to slay battle-mad foes (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 1. raṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 3 “battle (as an object of delight), war, combat, fight, conflict”; dur-mada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 486, col. 2 “mad conception or illusion, foolish pride or arrogance”; śatru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1051, col. 1 “an enemy, foe, rival”; vadha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 916, col. 3 “the act of striking or killing, slaughter, murder, death”; ud-dhura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 189, col. 1 “freed from a yoke or burden, unrestrained”; dur-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 3 “difficult to be carried or borne or suffered, unrestrainable, irresistible”; nir-bhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 541, col. 2 “‘without weight or measure,’ excessive, vehement, violent”; śakti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1044, col. 2 “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy”; dhṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 519, col. 2 “held, borne, maintained, supported, kept, possessed”
  3. चतुरविचारधुरीणमहाशयदूतकृतप्रमथाधिपते caturavicāradhurīṇamahāśayadūtakṛtapramathādhipate · who made Shiva, the wise, her messenger (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. catura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 386, col. 1 “dexterous, clever, ingenious, shrewd”; vi-cāra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 958, col. 2 “pondering, deliberation, consideration, reflection”; dhurīṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 517, col. 2 “charged with, bearing (lit. & fig.) … leader, chief”; mahā-śaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 801, col. 1 “mfn. having a noble disposition, high-minded, magnanimous, noble”; dūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 489, col. 2 “a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator”; 1. kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 3 “done, made, accomplished, performed”; pra-matha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 685, col. 1 “‘Tormentor,’ N. of a class of demons attending on Śiva”; adhi-pati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 21, col. 2 “= adhi-pa”
  4. दुरितदुरीहदुराशयदुर्मददानवदूतदुरंतगते duritadurīhadurāśayadurmadadānavadūtaduraṃtagate · beyond reach of the wicked demon's envoy (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: dur-ita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 1 “bad course, difficulty, danger, discomfort, evil, sin”; dur-īha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 1 “ill-meant”; dur-āśaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 1 “evil-minded, malicious”; dur-mada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 486, col. 2 “mad conception or illusion, foolish pride or arrogance”; dānava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 474, col. 3 “a class of demons often identified with the Daityas or Asuras”; dūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 489, col. 2 “a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator”; dur-anta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 484, col. 2 “having no end, infinite”; gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone, gone away; … come to, approached, arrived at, being in, situated in”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  7. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: दुरितदुरीहदुराशयदुर्मतिदानवदूतदुरन्तगते Today's text from Gita Press (p. 242) reads दुर्मति ('wicked-minded') for the 1917 दुर्मद. sanskritdocuments.org has दुर्मति too, but in another compound (…दुर्मतिदानवदूतकृतान्तमते), so only one publisher prints this compound. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.

Verse 8

अयि शरणागतवैरिबधूवरवीरवराभयदायिकरे ॥त्रि­भु­व­न­म­स्त­क­शू­ल­वि­रो­धि­शि­रो­धि­कृ­ता­म­ल­शू­ल­क­रे ॥धि­मि­धि­मि­ता­म­र­दुं­दु­भि­ना­द­मु­हु­र्मु­ख­री­कृ­त­दि­ङ्नि­क­रे ॥जयजय हे॰ ॥

Ayi sha­ra­na­ga­ta­vai­ri­ba­dhu­va­ra­vi­ra­va­ra­bha­ya­da­yi­ka­reTri­bhu­va­na­mas­ta­ka­shu­la­vi­ro­dhi­shi­ro­dhik­ri­ta­ma­la­shu­la­ka­reDhi­mi­dhi­mi­ta­ma­ra­dun­du­bhi­na­da­mu­hur­mu­kha­rik­ri­ta­din­ni­ka­reJayajaya he…

IAST

ayi śa­ra­ṇā­ga­ta­vai­ri­ba­dhū­va­ra­vī­ra­va­rā­bha­ya­dā­yi­ka­re ||tri­bhu­va­na­mas­ta­ka­śū­la­vi­ro­dhi­śi­ro­dhi­kṛ­tā­ma­la­śū­la­ka­re ||dhi­mi­dhi­mi­tā­ma­ra­duṃ­du­bhi­nā­da­mu­hur­mu­kha­rī­kṛ­ta­diṅ­ni­ka­re ||jayajaya he° ||

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Our explanation Her hand gives freedom from fear and boons even to the wives of the enemy heroes when they come to her for refuge. Her hand holds the spotless trident that strikes the heads of those who trouble the three worlds. The sound of the gods' drums, "dhimi dhimi", fills every direction again and again. Today's Gita Press text writes the drum sound "dumi dumi".

हिंदी अर्थ जब शत्रु वीरों की पत्नियाँ उनकी शरण में आती हैं, तो उनका हाथ उन्हें भी अभय और वर देता है। उनके हाथ में वह निर्मल त्रिशूल है जो तीनों लोकों को सताने वालों के सिरों पर पड़ता है। देवताओं के नगाड़ों की "धिमि धिमि" ध्वनि बार-बार हर दिशा को गुँजा देती है। आज के गीता प्रेस के पाठ में यह ध्वनि "दुमि दुमि" लिखी है।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. शरणागतवैरिबधूवरवीरवराभयदायिकरे śaraṇāgatavairibadhūvaravīravarābhayadāyikare · whose hand shelters even foes' wives seeking refuge (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. śaraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1057, col. 1 “refuge, protection”; ā-gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 129, col. 2 “come, arrived”; vairin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1025, col. 1 “hostile, inimical; m. an enemy”; vadhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 917, col. 1 “a bride or newly-married woman, young wife, spouse, any wife or woman”; 2. vara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 922, col. 1 “‘select,’ choicest, valuable, precious, best, most excellent”; vīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1005, col. 2 “a man, (esp.) a brave or eminent man, hero, chief”; 2. vara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 922, col. 1 “boon, gift, reward, benefit, blessing, favour”; a-bhaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 60, col. 3 “absence or removal of fear, peace, safety, security”; dāyin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 474, col. 2 “(ifc.) giving, granting, communicating”; 1. kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 253, col. 1 “‘the doer,’ the hand”
  3. त्रिभुवनमस्तकशूलविरोधिशिरोधिकृतामलशूलकरे tribhuvanamastakaśūlavirodhiśirodhikṛtāmalaśūlakare · whose spotless trident strikes the worlds' tormentors (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: tri-bhuvana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 459, col. 3 “= -jagat”; mastaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 793, col. 3 “the head, skull … the upper part of anything, top, summit”; śūla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1086, col. 3 “any sharp instrument or pointed dart, lance, pike, spear (esp. the trident of Śiva)”; vi-rodhin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 984, col. 1 “opposing, hindering, preventing, obstructing”; śiro-dhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1072, col. 3 “= -dhara”; 1. kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 3 “done, made, accomplished, performed”; a-mala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 81, col. 1 “spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining”; 1. kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 253, col. 1 “‘the doer,’ the hand”
  4. धिमिधिमितामरदुंदुभिनादमुहुर्मुखरीकृतदिङ्निकरे dhimidhimitāmaraduṃdubhinādamuhurmukharīkṛtadiṅnikare · who fills the directions with the gods' drums (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: a-mara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 80, col. 2 “undying, immortal, imperishable … m. a god, a deity”; dundubhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 484, col. 1 “a sort of large kettle-drum”; nāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 534, col. 3 “a loud sound, roaring, bellowing, crying … any sound or tone”; muhur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 825, col. 1 “at every moment, constantly, incessantly”; mukharī-kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 820, col. 2 “to make resonant, cause to resound”; 2. diś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 480, col. 1 “quarter or region pointed at, direction, cardinal point”; ni-kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 544, col. 2 “a heap, pile, a flock or multitude, a bundle, mass, collection”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  7. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: दुमिदुमितामरदुन्दुभिनादमुहुर्मुखरीकृतदिङ्निकरे Today's text from Gita Press (p. 243) writes the drum sound दुमिदुमि for the 1917 धिमिधिमि. sanskritdocuments.org prints दुमिदुमितामरदुन्दुभिनादमहोमुखरीकृततिग्मकरे and gives the 1917 words (धिमिधिमितामर, मुहुर्मुखरीकृतदिङ्निकरे) in brackets, so it prints both readings and counts for neither. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.

Verse 9

सुरललनाततथेयितथेयितथाभिनयोत्तरनृत्यरते ॥कृतकुकुथाकुकुथोगडदादिकतालकुतूहलगानरते।धु­धु­कु­ट­धुः­कु­ट­धि­मि­धि­मि­त­ध्व­नि­धी­र­मृ­दं­ग­नि­ना­द­र­ते ।जयजय हे॰ ॥

Su­ra­la­la­na­ta­ta­the­yi­ta­the­yi­ta­tha­bhi­na­yot­ta­ran­rit­ya­ra­teKri­ta­ku­ku­tha­ku­ku­tho­ga­da­da­di­ka­ta­la­ku­tu­ha­la­ga­na­ra­teDhu­dhu­ku­ta­dhuh­ku­ta­dhi­mi­dhi­mi­tadh­va­ni­dhi­ram­ri­dan­ga­ni­na­da­ra­teJayajaya he…

IAST

su­ra­la­la­nā­ta­ta­the­yi­ta­the­yi­ta­thā­bhi­na­yot­ta­ra­nṛt­ya­ra­te ||kṛ­ta­ku­ku­thā­ku­ku­tho­ga­ḍa­dā­di­ka­tā­la­ku­tū­ha­la­gā­na­ra­te|dhu­dhu­ku­ṭa­dhuḥ­ku­ṭa­dhi­mi­dhi­mi­tadh­va­ni­dhī­ra­mṛ­daṃ­ga­ni­nā­da­ra­te |jayajaya he° ||

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Our explanation She delights in the dance of the heavenly women, full of gesture, to the beat "tata theyi theyi thā". She delights in song and in the play of rhythms called out as "kukutha kukutha gaḍadā". She delights in the deep sound of the mridanga drum, "dhudhukuṭa dhuḥkuṭa dhimi dhimi". The syllables are the spoken beats of dance and drum. The 1917 printing has "tata tho tata tho tata the" for the first beat.

हिंदी अर्थ वे देवांगनाओं के भावपूर्ण नृत्य में रमती हैं, जो "तत थेयि थेयि था" की ताल पर होता है। वे गीत में और "कुकुथा कुकुथो गडदा" जैसे बोलों वाली तालों के खेल में रमती हैं। वे मृदंग की गहरी ध्वनि "धुधुकुट धुःकुट धिमि धिमि" में रमती हैं। ये अक्षर नृत्य और ढोल के बोले जाने वाले बोल हैं। 1917 की छपाई में पहला बोल "तत थो तत थो तत थे" है।

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  1. सुरललनाततथेयितथेयितथाभिनयोत्तरनृत्यरते suralalanātatatheyitatheyitathābhinayottaranṛtyarate · who delights in the heavenly women's dance (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: sura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1234, col. 2 “a god, divinity, deity”; lalanā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 897, col. 3 “a wanton woman, any woman, wife”; abhi-naya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 64, col. 3 “(indication of a passion or purpose by look, gesture, &c.) acting, dramatic action”; 1. uttara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 178, col. 1 “superior, chief, excellent, dominant, predominant”; nṛtya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 568, col. 3 “dancing, acting, gesticulation, pantomime”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  2. कृतकुकुथाकुकुथोगडदादिकतालकुतूहलगानरते kṛtakukuthākukuthogaḍadādikatālakutūhalagānarate · who delights in songs with playful rhythms (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 3 “done, made, accomplished, performed”; 1. ādi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “ifc. beginning with, et cætera, and so on”; tāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 444, col. 3 “musical time or measure”; kutūhala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 290, col. 2 “curiosity, interest in any extraordinary matter … anything interesting, fun”; gāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 352, col. 3 “singing, song”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  3. धुधुकुटधुःकुटधिमिधिमितध्वनिधीरमृदंगनिनादरते dhudhukuṭadhuḥkuṭadhimidhimitadhvanidhīramṛdaṃganinādarate · who delights in the mridanga's deep sound (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: dhvani, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 522, col. 2 “sound, echo, noise, voice, tone, tune, thunder”; 2. dhīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 517, col. 1 “steady, constant, firm … deep, low, dull (as sound)”; mṛdaṃga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 830, col. 2 “a kind of drum, tabour”; ni-nāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 549, col. 1 “sound, noise, crying, humming”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • The printed edition reads: सुरललनाततथोततथोततथेभिनयोत्तरनृत्यरते ॥
    कृतकुकुथाकुकुथोगडदादिकतालकुतूहलगानरते।
    धुधुकुटधुःकुटधिमिधिमितध्वनिधीरमृदंगनिनादरते ।
    जयजय हे॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: सुरललनाततथोततथोततथेभिनयोत्तरनृत्यरते The base printing reads the dance beats as ततथो ततथो ततथे. The display follows today's common wording, तत थेयि थेयि था.

Verse 10

जय­ज­य­श­ब्द­ज­य­ञ्ज­य­श­ब्द­प­र­स्तु­ति­त­त्प­र­वि­श्व­नु­ते ॥झणझणझिंझिमिझिंकृतनूपुरसिंजितमोहितभूतपते ।नटि­त­न­रा­र्द्ध­न­टी­न­ट­ना­य­क­ना­ट­क­ना­टि­त­ना­ट्य­र­ते ॥जयजयहे॰ ।

Ja­ya­ja­ya­shab­da­ja­yan­ja­ya­shab­da­pa­ras­tu­ti­tat­pa­ra­vish­va­nu­teJha­na­jha­na­jhin­jhi­mi­jhink­ri­ta­nu­pu­ra­sin­ji­ta­mo­hi­ta­bhu­ta­pa­teNa­ti­ta­na­rard­dha­na­ti­na­ta­na­ya­ka­na­ta­ka­na­ti­ta­nat­ya­ra­teJayajayahe…

IAST

ja­ya­ja­ya­śab­da­ja­yañ­ja­ya­śab­da­pa­ras­tu­ti­tat­pa­ra­viś­va­nu­te ||jha­ṇa­jha­ṇa­jhiṃ­jhi­mi­jhiṃ­kṛ­ta­nū­pu­ra­siṃ­ji­ta­mo­hi­ta­bhū­ta­pa­te |na­ṭi­ta­na­rārd­dha­na­ṭī­na­ṭa­nā­ya­ka­nā­ṭa­ka­nā­ṭi­ta­nāṭ­ya­ra­te ||jayajayahe° |

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Our explanation The whole world praises her, eager to call out "victory, victory". The jingle of her anklets, "jhaṇa jhaṇa jhiṃjhimi", charms Shiva, the lord of beings. She delights in the dance-drama danced by the lord of dancers, Shiva, as the one who is half man and half woman (Ardhanarishvara).

हिंदी अर्थ पूरा विश्व "जय जय" बोलने को उत्सुक होकर उनकी स्तुति करता है। उनके नूपुरों की "झण झण झिंझिमि" झंकार भूतपति शिव को मोह लेती है। वे उस नाट्य में रमती हैं जिसे नटराज शिव आधे पुरुष और आधी स्त्री (अर्धनारीश्वर) के रूप में नाचते हैं।

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  1. जयजयशब्दजयञ्जयशब्दपरस्तुतितत्परविश्वनुते jayajayaśabdajayañjayaśabdaparastutitatparaviśvanute · praised by the world calling out "victory" (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: jaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 412, col. 3 “conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious”; śabda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1052, col. 2 “sound, noise, voice, tone, note”; 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “best or worst, highest, supreme, chief”; stuti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1259, col. 1 “praise, eulogy, panegyric, commendation, adulation”; tat-para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 1 “having that as one's highest object or aim, totally devoted or addicted to”; viśva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 992, col. 2 “all, every, every one; whole, entire, universal”; nuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 2 “praised, commended”
  2. झणझणझिंझिमिझिंकृतनूपुरसिंजितमोहितभूतपते jhaṇajhaṇajhiṃjhimijhiṃkṛtanūpurasiṃjitamohitabhūtapate · who charms Shiva with jingling anklets (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: nūpura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 3 “an ornament for the toes or ankles or feet, an anklet”; śiñjita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1071, col. 2 “(also written siñjita) tinkled, tinkling, rattling, sounding”; mohita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 2 “stupefied, bewildered, infatuated, deluded”; bhūta-pati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 762, col. 1 “‘lord of beings’”
  3. नटितनरार्द्धनटीनटनायकनाटकनाटितनाट्यरते naṭitanarārddhanaṭīnaṭanāyakanāṭakanāṭitanāṭyarate · who delights in the half-man, half-woman dance (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: naṭita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 525, col. 3 “n. acting, representation”; nara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 528, col. 3 “a man, a male, a person (pl. men, people)”; 2. ardha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 91, col. 3 “half, halved, forming a half”; naṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 525, col. 2 “(ī), f. an actress … a dancer”; naṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 525, col. 2 “actor, dancer, mime”; nāyaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 536, col. 3 “a guide, leader, chief, lord, principal”; nāṭaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 534, col. 1 “acting, dancing … an actor, dancer, mime”; nāṭita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 534, col. 2 “n. mimic representation, a gesture”; nāṭya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 534, col. 2 “dancing, mimic representation, dramatic art”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”

Verse 11

अयि सुमनःसुमनःसुमनःसुमनस्सुमनोरमकांतियुते ।श्रितरजनीरजनीरजनीरजनीरजनीकरवक्त्रवृते ॥सुनयनविभ्रमरभ्रमरभ्रमरभ्रमरभ्रमराभिहते ।जयजयहे॰ ॥

Ayi su­ma­nah­su­ma­nah­su­ma­nah­su­ma­nas­su­ma­no­ra­ma­kan­ti­yu­teShri­ta­ra­ja­ni­ra­ja­ni­ra­ja­ni­ra­ja­ni­ra­ja­ni­ka­ra­vakt­rav­ri­teSu­na­ya­na­vibh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­ra­bhi­ha­teJayajayahe…

IAST

ayi su­ma­naḥ­su­ma­naḥ­su­ma­naḥ­su­ma­nas­su­ma­no­ra­ma­kāṃ­ti­yu­te |śri­ta­ra­ja­nī­ra­ja­nī­ra­ja­nī­ra­ja­nī­ra­ja­nī­ka­ra­vakt­ra­vṛ­te ||su­na­ya­na­vibh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­rabh­ra­ma­rā­bhi­ha­te |jayajayahe° ||

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Our explanation The verse repeats one word with changing sense. She has a lovely radiance that delights the gods and the good-hearted, like flowers (sumanas means "flower", "god" and "kind-minded"). She is surrounded by those whose faces are like the moon, the maker of night (rajanīkara). Her beautiful eyes move as restlessly as black bees. Many divisions of these words are possible; this is the main sense.

हिंदी अर्थ इस श्लोक में एक ही शब्द बदलते अर्थ के साथ दोहराया गया है। उनकी सुंदर कांति फूलों की तरह देवताओं और सज्जनों को आनंद देती है ("सुमनस्" का अर्थ फूल, देवता और अच्छे मन वाला है)। वे ऐसे लोगों से घिरी हैं जिनके मुख रात बनाने वाले चंद्रमा (रजनीकर) जैसे हैं। उनकी सुंदर आँखें भौंरों की तरह चंचल हैं। इन शब्दों को कई तरह से बाँटा जा सकता है; यह मुख्य भाव है।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. सुमनःसुमनःसुमनःसुमनस्सुमनोरमकांतियुते sumanaḥsumanaḥsumanaḥsumanassumanoramakāṃtiyute · with radiance lovely to gods and good hearts (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: su-manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1230, col. 3 “good-minded, well-disposed, benevolent, gracious; m. a god”; mano-rama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 785, col. 2 “gratifying the mind, attractive, pleasant, charming, beautiful”; kānti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 270, col. 3 “loveliness, beauty, splendour”; 2. yuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 1 “united, combined, joined or connected or provided or filled or covered with, accompanied by”
  3. श्रितरजनीरजनीरजनीरजनीरजनीकरवक्त्रवृते śritarajanīrajanīrajanīrajanīrajanīkaravaktravṛte · surrounded by moon-faced ones (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śrita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1098, col. 2 “clinging or attached to, standing or lying or being or fixed or situated in or on”; rajanī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 1 “f. ‘the coloured or dark one,’ night”; rajanī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 1 “-kara, m. = rajani-k°”; vaktra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 2 “‘organ of speech,’ the mouth, face”; 1. vṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1007, col. 2 “concealed, screened, hidden, enveloped, surrounded by”
  4. सुनयनविभ्रमरभ्रमरभ्रमरभ्रमरभ्रमराभिहते sunayanavibhramarabhramarabhramarabhramarabhramarābhihate · whose lovely eyes dart like black bees (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: su-nayana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1226, col. 2 “having beautiful eyes”; vi-bhrama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 979, col. 2 “moving to and fro, rolling or whirling about, restlessness, unsteadiness”; bhramara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 769, col. 3 “a large black bee, a kind of humble bee, any bee”; abhi-hata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 74, col. 1 “struck, smitten, killed … beaten (as a drum, &c.)”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  7. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”

Verse 12

महि­त­म­हा­ह­व­म­ल्ल­म­त­ल्लि­क­व­ल्लि­त­र­ल्लि­त­भ­ल्लि­र­ते ।वि­र­चि­त­व­ल्लि­क­प­ल्लि­क­म­ल्लि­क­झि­ल्लि­क­भि­ल्लि­क­व­र्ग­वृ­ते ॥श्रु­त­कृ­त­फु­ल्ल­स­मु­ल्ल­सि­ता­रु­ण­त­ल्ल­ज­प­ल्ल­व­स­ल्ल­लि­ते ॥जयजय हे॰ ॥

Ma­hi­ta­ma­ha­ha­va­mal­la­ma­tal­li­ka­val­li­ta­ral­li­ta­bhal­li­ra­teVi­ra­chi­ta­val­li­ka­pal­li­ka­mal­li­ka­jhil­li­ka­bhil­li­ka­var­gav­ri­teShru­tak­ri­ta­phul­la­sa­mul­la­si­ta­ru­na­tal­la­ja­pal­la­va­sal­la­li­teJayajaya he…

IAST

ma­hi­ta­ma­hā­ha­va­mal­la­ma­tal­li­ka­val­li­ta­ral­li­ta­bhal­li­ra­te |vi­ra­ci­ta­val­li­ka­pal­li­ka­mal­li­ka­jhil­li­ka­bhil­li­ka­var­ga­vṛ­te ||śru­ta­kṛ­ta­phul­la­sa­mul­la­si­tā­ru­ṇa­tal­la­ja­pal­la­va­sal­la­li­te ||jayajaya he° ||

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Our explanation The verse plays on the sound "-lli-". Its main sense: she delights among the champion warriors of the great battle; she is surrounded by a band of women of the hill tribes (bhillikā), dressed in creepers and flowers; and she is lovely with fresh red shoots of blossoming plants. The words can be read in more than one way.

हिंदी अर्थ इस श्लोक में "ल्लि" की ध्वनि का खेल है। मुख्य भाव: वे महायुद्ध के श्रेष्ठ योद्धाओं के बीच रमती हैं; वे बेलों और फूलों से सजी पहाड़ी जनजाति की स्त्रियों (भिल्लिका) के समूह से घिरी हैं; और खिले पौधों की नई लाल कोंपलों जैसी सुंदर हैं। इन शब्दों को एक से अधिक तरह से पढ़ा जा सकता है।

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  1. महितमहाहवमल्लमतल्लिकवल्लितरल्लितभल्लिरते mahitamahāhavamallamatallikavallitarallitabhallirate · delighting among the great battle's champion warriors (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: mahita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 803, col. 1 “honoured, celebrated”; 1. mahā-hava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 802, col. 1 “a gr° war or battle”; malla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 793, col. 1 “a wrestler or boxer by profession … an athlete, a very strong man”; matallikā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 776, col. 2 “(ifc.) anything excellent of its kind”; bhalla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 748, col. 3 “a kind of arrow or missile with a point of a partic. shape”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  2. विरचितवल्लिकपल्लिकमल्लिकझिल्लिकभिल्लिकवर्गवृते viracitavallikapallikamallikajhillikabhillikavargavṛte · surrounded by tribal women decked in creepers (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: vi-racita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 981, col. 3 “constructed”; vallikā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 929, col. 1; pallikā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 610, col. 2 “f. a small village &c. (= palli)”; mallaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 793, col. 1 “(ikā), f. Jasminum Zambac”; jhillika, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 429, col. 2 “m. a cricket … (ā), f. id.”; bhilla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 757, col. 3 “N. of a wild mountain race, (prob.) the ‘Bheels’”; varga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 923, col. 3 “a separate division, class, set, multitude of similar things”; 1. vṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1007, col. 2 “concealed, screened, hidden, enveloped, surrounded by”
  3. श्रुतकृतफुल्लसमुल्लसितारुणतल्लजपल्लवसल्ललिते śrutakṛtaphullasamullasitāruṇatallajapallavasallalite · lovely with fresh red blossoming shoots (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 3 “done, made, accomplished, performed”; phulla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 717, col. 3 “split or cleft open, expanded, blown (as a flower)”; sam-ullasita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1170, col. 2 “shining forth, gleaming, brilliant, beautiful”; aruṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 88, col. 2 “reddish-brown, tawny, red, ruddy”; tallaja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 1 “ifc. an excellent specimen of”; 1. pallava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 610, col. 2 “a sprout, shoot, twig, spray, bud, blossom”; lalita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 897, col. 3 “soft, gentle, charming, lovely”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
2 printings differ

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  • The printed edition reads: महितमहाहवमल्लमतल्लिकवल्लितरल्लितभल्लिरते ।
    विरचितवल्लिकपल्लिकमल्लिकझिल्लिकभिल्लिकवगवृते ॥
    श्रुतकृतफुल्लसमुल्लसितारुणतल्लजपल्लवसल्ललिते ॥
    जयजय हे॰ ॥     The print shows भिल्लिकवगवृते with no r-hook (reph) over ग (leaf n19, first line); read as a missing sign and shown as भिल्लिकवर्गवृते, 'surrounded by the group of Bhil women', the reading of most printings.
  • Spelling The 1917 Bombay printing reads: विरचितवल्लिकपल्लिकमल्लिकझिल्लिकभिल्लिकवगवृते The base printing shows वगवृते with no r-hook (reph), a printing flaw; the display shows वर्गवृते, the wording of both present-day texts.

Verse 13

अविरलगंडगलन्मदमेदुरमत्तमतंगजराजगते ।त्रिभुवनभूषणभूतकलानिधिरूपपयोनिधिराजसुते ॥अयि सुदतीजनलालसमानसमोहनमन्मथराजसुते ॥जयजयहे॰ ॥

Avi­ra­la­gan­da­ga­lan­ma­da­me­du­ra­mat­ta­ma­tan­ga­ja­ra­ja­ga­teTri­bhu­va­na­bhu­sha­na­bhu­ta­ka­la­ni­dhi­ru­pa­pa­yo­ni­dhi­ra­ja­su­teAyi su­da­ti­ja­na­la­la­sa­ma­na­sa­mo­ha­na­man­ma­tha­ra­ja­su­teJayajayahe…

IAST

avi­ra­la­gaṃ­ḍa­ga­lan­ma­da­me­du­ra­mat­ta­ma­taṃ­ga­ja­rā­ja­ga­te |tri­bhu­va­na­bhū­ṣa­ṇa­bhū­ta­ka­lā­ni­dhi­rū­pa­pa­yo­ni­dhi­rā­ja­su­te ||ayi su­da­tī­ja­na­lā­la­sa­mā­na­sa­mo­ha­na­man­ma­tha­rā­ja­su­te ||jayajayahe° ||

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Our explanation She walks with the slow grace of a royal elephant. She is the daughter of the king of the ocean, whose beauty is like the moon, the ornament of the three worlds (a name of Lakshmi, who rose from the ocean with the moon). She is the king's daughter who, like Kama (Manmatha), the god of love, stirs the eager hearts of lovely women; the words can be read in more than one way. The 1917 printing reads "rājamate", "honoured by Kama, the king", for "rājasute".

हिंदी अर्थ उनकी चाल राजसी हाथी जैसी धीमी और सुंदर है। वे समुद्रों के राजा की पुत्री हैं, जिनका रूप तीनों लोकों के आभूषण चंद्रमा जैसा है (यह लक्ष्मी का नाम है, जो चंद्रमा के साथ समुद्र से निकलीं)। वे राजा की वह पुत्री हैं जो कामदेव (मन्मथ) की तरह सुंदर स्त्रियों के उत्सुक मन को मोह लेती हैं; इन शब्दों को एक से अधिक तरह से पढ़ा जा सकता है। 1917 की छपाई में "राजसुते" की जगह "राजमते" ("कामदेव राजा द्वारा माननीय") है।

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  1. अविरलगंडगलन्मदमेदुरमत्तमतंगजराजगते aviralagaṃḍagalanmadameduramattamataṃgajarājagate · walking like a royal elephant in rut (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: a-virala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 109, col. 3 “contiguous, close, dense, compact; incessant, numerous”; gaṇḍa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 344, col. 1 “the cheek, whole side of the face including the temple”; 1. gal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 350, col. 3 “to drip, drop, ooze, trickle, distil”; mada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 3 “the fluid or juice that exudes from a rutting elephant's temples”; medura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 832, col. 3 “smooth, soft, bland, unctuous … thick, dense … thick with, full of”; matta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 3 “excited by sexual passion or desire, in rut, ruttish (as an elephant)”; mataṃ-ga-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 2 “an elephant”; 1. rājan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 874, col. 3 “a king, sovereign, prince, chief”; gati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 3 “going, moving, gait, deportment, motion in general”
  2. त्रिभुवनभूषणभूतकलानिधिरूपपयोनिधिराजसुते tribhuvanabhūṣaṇabhūtakalānidhirūpapayonidhirājasute · moon-like daughter of the ocean king (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: tri-bhuvana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 459, col. 3 “= -jagat”; bhūṣaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 764, col. 2 “embellishment, ornament, decoration”; bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “any living being (divine, human, animal, and even vegetable)”; kalā-nidhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 261, col. 2 “‘a treasure of digits,’ the moon”; rūpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 885, col. 3 “any outward appearance or phenomenon or colour (often pl.), form, shape, figure”; payo-nidhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “m. = -dhi”; 1. rājan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 874, col. 3 “a king, sovereign, prince, chief”; sutā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “(ifc. f. ā) a daughter”
  3. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  4. सुदतीजनलालसमानसमोहनमन्मथराजसुते sudatījanalālasamānasamohanamanmatharājasute · king's daughter, charming hearts like Kama (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: su-dat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1224, col. 2 “having handsome teeth”; jana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 410, col. 1 “creature, living being, man, person, race”; lālasa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 900, col. 3 “eagerly longing for, ardently desirous of, delighting or absorbed in”; mānasa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 810, col. 1 “n. (ifc. f. ā) the mental powers, mind, spirit”; mohana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 1 “depriving of consciousness, bewildering, confusing, perplexing, leading astray, infatuating”; manmatha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 788, col. 3 “love or the god of love, amorous passion or desire”; 1. rājan, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 874, col. 3 “a king, sovereign, prince, chief”; sutā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “(ifc. f. ā) a daughter”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  7. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • The printed edition reads: अविरलगंडगलन्मदमेदुरमत्तमतंगजराजगते ।
    त्रिभुवनभूषणभूतकलानिधिरूपपयोनिधिराजसुते ॥
    अयि सुदतीजनलालसमानसमोहनमन्मथराजमते ॥
    जयजयहे॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: अयि सुदतीजनलालसमानसमोहनमन्मथराजमते The base printing reads राजमते ('honoured by the king', read as Kama). The display follows today's common wording, राजसुते ('daughter of the king').

Verse 14

कमलदलामलकोमलकांतिबलाकलितातुलभालतले ॥सक­ल­वि­ला­स­क­ला­नि­ल­य­क्र­म­के­लि­च­ल­त्क­ल­हं­स­कु­ले ॥अलि­कु­ल­सं­कु­ल­कुं­त­ल­मं­ड­ल­मौ­लि­मि­ल­द्ब­कु­ला­लि­कु­ले॥जयजय हे महि॰ ॥

Ka­ma­la­da­la­ma­la­ko­ma­la­kan­ti­ba­la­ka­li­ta­tu­la­bha­la­ta­leSa­ka­la­vi­la­sa­ka­la­ni­la­yak­ra­ma­ke­li­cha­lat­ka­la­han­sa­ku­leAli­ku­la­san­ku­la­kun­ta­la­man­da­la­mau­li­mi­lad­ba­ku­la­li­ku­leJayajaya he mahi…

IAST

ka­ma­la­da­lā­ma­la­ko­ma­la­kāṃ­ti­ba­lā­ka­li­tā­tu­la­bhā­la­ta­le ||sa­ka­la­vi­lā­sa­ka­lā­ni­la­yak­ra­ma­ke­li­ca­lat­ka­la­haṃ­sa­ku­le ||ali­ku­la­saṃ­ku­la­kuṃ­ta­la­maṃ­ḍa­la­mau­li­mi­lad­ba­ku­lā­li­ku­le||jayajaya he mahi° ||

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Our explanation Her forehead has a matchless soft radiance, spotless as a lotus petal. She is the home of every art and grace, and flocks of swans move at play around her. Her hair, dark as a swarm of bees, is crowned with bakula flowers, and bees cluster on them. Today's printings read "kāntikalākalitāmala" in the first line, where the forehead bears the crescent of the moon; the 1917 printing reads "kalat" for "calat" ("moving") in the second.

हिंदी अर्थ उनका माथा कमल की पंखुड़ी जैसा निर्मल है और उसकी कोमल कांति अनुपम है। वे हर कला और सौंदर्य का घर हैं, और हंसों के झुंड उनके पास खेलते हुए चलते हैं। उनके बाल भौंरों के झुंड जैसे काले हैं, उन पर बकुल के फूल सजे हैं, और उन फूलों पर भौंरे मँडराते हैं। आज की छपाइयों में पहली पंक्ति में "कांतिकलाकलितामल" है, जिसमें माथा चंद्रमा की कला से सजा है; दूसरी पंक्ति में 1917 की छपाई में "चलत्" ("चलते") की जगह "कलत्" है।

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  1. कमलदलामलकोमलकांतिबलाकलितातुलभालतले kamaladalāmalakomalakāṃtibalākalitātulabhālatale · whose forehead has a matchless soft lotus radiance (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kamala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 252, col. 1 “a lotus, lotus-flower”; dala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 471, col. 2 “‘unfolding itself,’ a small shoot, blade, petal, leaf”; a-mala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 81, col. 1 “spotless, stainless, clean, pure, shining”; komala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 313, col. 2 “tender, soft (opposed to karkaśa), bland, sweet, pleasing, charming, agreeable”; kānti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 270, col. 3 “loveliness, beauty, splendour”; kalita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 1 “made, formed … furnished or provided with”; a-tula, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 16, col. 2 “unequalled”; bhāla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 754, col. 1 “the forehead, brow”; tala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 440, col. 2 “surface, level, flat roof (of a house)”
  2. सकलविलासकलानिलयक्रमकेलिचलत्कलहंसकुले sakalavilāsakalānilayakramakelicalatkalahaṃsakule · home of arts, where swans move playing (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. sa-kala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1124, col. 2 “possessing all its component parts, complete, entire, whole, all”; vi-lāsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 985, col. 1 “sport, play, pastime, pleasure, diversion”; kalā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 261, col. 1 “any practical art, any mechanical or fine art”; ni-laya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “rest, resting-place … house, residence, abode”; krama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 319, col. 3 “a step … going, proceeding, course”; keli, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 309, col. 3 “play, sport, amorous sport, pastime, amusement”; cal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 391, col. 1 “to be moved, stir, tremble, shake, quiver”; kala-haṃsa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 2 “N. of several species of the Haṃsa bird or goose”; kula, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 294, col. 2 “flock, assemblage, multitude, number, &c.”
  3. अलिकुलसंकुलकुंतलमंडलमौलिमिलद्बकुलालिकुले alikulasaṃkulakuṃtalamaṃḍalamaulimiladbakulālikule · whose bee-dark hair bears bakula flowers (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 1. ali, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 95, col. 1 “‘possessed of a sting,’ a (large black) bee”; 1. ali, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 95, col. 1 “-kula, n. a swarm of bees”; saṃ-kula, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1126, col. 1 “crowded together, filled or thronged or mixed or mingled or affected with”; kuntala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 291, col. 1 “the hair of the head, lock of hair”; maṇḍala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 775, col. 3 “a multitude, group, band, collection”; mauli, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 837, col. 1 “the head, the top of anything … a diadem, crown, crest”; mil, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 817, col. 3 “to meet (as friends or foes), encounter, join, fall in with … come together, assemble”; bakula, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 719, col. 2 “a kind of tree, Mimusops Elengi … n. the fragrant flower of Mimusops Elengi”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • The printed edition reads: कमलदलामलकोमलकांतिबलाकलितातुलभालतले ॥
    सकलविलासकलानिलयक्रमकेलिकलत्कलहंसकुले ॥
    अलिकुलसंकुलकुंतलमंडलमौलिमिलद्बकुलालिकुले॥
    जयजय हे महि॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: सकलविलासकलानिलयक्रमकेलिकलत्कलहंसकुले The base printing reads कलत् for चलत् ('moving'). The display follows today's common wording in this compound.
  • Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: कमलदलामलकोमलकान्तिकलाकलितामलभालतले Today's text from Gita Press (p. 245) reads कांतिकलाकलितामल for the 1917 कांतिबलाकलितातुल ('with matchless soft radiance'). sanskritdocuments.org's main text has …कलाकलितामलभाललते, with भालतले only in brackets, so only one publisher prints this compound. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.

Verse 15

कलमुरलीरववीजितकूजितलज्जितकोकिलमंजुमते ॥मिलितमिलिंदमनोहरगुंजितरंजितशैलनिकुंजगते ॥निजगणभूतमहाशबरीगुणरंगणसंभृतकेलितते॥जयजय हेम॰ ॥

Ka­la­mu­ra­li­ra­va­vi­ji­ta­ku­ji­ta­laj­ji­ta­ko­ki­la­man­ju­ma­teMi­li­ta­mi­lin­da­ma­no­ha­ra­gun­ji­ta­ran­ji­ta­shai­la­ni­kun­ja­ga­teNi­ja­ga­na­bhu­ta­ma­ha­sha­ba­ri­gu­na­ran­ga­na­sambh­ri­ta­ke­li­ta­teJayajaya hema…

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ka­la­mu­ra­lī­ra­va­vī­ji­ta­kū­ji­ta­laj­ji­ta­ko­ki­la­maṃ­ju­ma­te ||mi­li­ta­mi­liṃ­da­ma­no­ha­ra­guṃ­ji­ta­raṃ­ji­ta­śai­la­ni­kuṃ­ja­ga­te ||ni­ja­ga­ṇa­bhū­ta­ma­hā­śa­ba­rī­gu­ṇa­raṃ­ga­ṇa­saṃ­bhṛ­ta­ke­li­ta­te||jayajaya hema° ||

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Our explanation Her sweet voice, like the soft sound of the flute, puts the cuckoo's song to shame. She goes to the mountain groves made lovely by the humming of bees. She delights in the play of her own attendants, the great Shabari (huntress) women, who gather with her. Today's printings read "kara" ("hand") for "kala" ("soft"): the flute in her hand.

हिंदी अर्थ उनकी मधुर आवाज़ बाँसुरी की कोमल ध्वनि जैसी है, जिससे कोयल की कूक भी लजा जाती है। वे पर्वत के उन कुंजों में जाती हैं जो भौंरों की गुंजार से सुंदर हैं। वे अपनी सेविकाओं, बड़ी शबरी (वनवासी) स्त्रियों के साथ खेल में रमती हैं। आज की छपाइयों में "कल" ("मधुर") की जगह "कर" ("हाथ") है: उनके हाथ की बाँसुरी।

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  1. कलमुरलीरववीजितकूजितलज्जितकोकिलमंजुमते kalamuralīravavījitakūjitalajjitakokilamaṃjumate · whose sweet voice shames the cuckoo (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 2 “low, soft (as a tone), emitting a soft tone, melodious (as a voice or throat)”; muralī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 823, col. 3 “f. a flute, pipe”; rava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 868, col. 3 “song, singing (of birds) … any noise or sound”; vījita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1004, col. 3 “fanned, cooled &c.; sprinkled with water, wetted”; kūjita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 299, col. 2 “uttered inarticulately, cooed, &c.”; lajj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 895, col. 2 “to be ashamed, blush”; kokila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 312, col. 1; mañju, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 774, col. 1 “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet”; mata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 1 “honoured, esteemed, respected, liked”
  2. मिलितमिलिंदमनोहरगुंजितरंजितशैलनिकुंजगते militamiliṃdamanoharaguṃjitaraṃjitaśailanikuṃjagate · who goes to groves lovely with bees' humming (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: milita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 817, col. 3 “met, encountered, united &c.”; milinda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 817, col. 3 “m. a bee”; mano-hara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 785, col. 3 “‘heart-stealing,’ taking the fancy, fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful”; guñjita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 356, col. 2 “uttered in a low tone, murmured; humming”; rañjita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 3 “coloured, dyed, painted, tinted … charmed, delighted”; śaila, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1089, col. 3 “a rock, crag, hill, mountain”; ni-kuñja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 544, col. 3 “an arbour, a bower, thicket”; gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone, gone away; … come to, approached, arrived at, being in, situated in”
  3. निजगणभूतमहाशबरीगुणरंगणसंभृतकेलितते nijagaṇabhūtamahāśabarīguṇaraṃgaṇasaṃbhṛtakelitate · delighting in play with her Shabari attendants (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: ni-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 1 “used as a reflex. possess. pron. = sva, my own, his own, our own”; gaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 343, col. 1 “a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class … body of followers or attendants”; bhūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 761, col. 3 “any living being (divine, human, animal, and even vegetable)”; mahā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 794, col. 3 “in comp. for mahat”; śabara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1052, col. 2 “a Śabara woman”; guṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 357, col. 1 “good quality, virtue, merit, excellence”; saṃ-bhṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1179, col. 3 “brought together, collected, assembled, accumulated”; keli, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 309, col. 3 “play, sport, amorous sport, pastime, amusement”; 2. tata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 435, col. 1 “extended, stretched, spread, diffused, expanded”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: करमुरलीरववीजितकूजितलज्जितकोकिलमञ्जुमते sanskritdocuments.org reads कर ('hand') for the 1917 कल ('soft'): 'the flute in her hand'. Gita Press (p. 245) has करमुरली too, but in another compound (करमुरलीरववर्जितकूजित…), so only one publisher prints this compound. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.

Verse 16

कटितटपीतदुकूलविचित्रमयूरतिरस्कृतचंद्ररुचे ॥प्रणतसुरासुरमौलिमणिस्फुरदंशुलसन्नखचंद्ररुचे ॥जि­त­क­न­का­च­ल­मौ­लि­प­दो­ज्झि­त­दु­र्द्ध­र­नि­र्झ­र­तुं­ग­कु­चे ॥जयजय हेम॰ ॥

Ka­ti­ta­ta­pi­ta­du­ku­la­vi­chit­ra­ma­yu­ra­ti­rask­ri­ta­chand­ra­ru­chePra­na­ta­su­ra­su­ra­mau­li­ma­nis­phu­ra­dan­shu­la­san­na­kha­chand­ra­ru­cheJi­ta­ka­na­ka­cha­la­mau­li­pa­doj­jhi­ta­durd­dha­ra­nir­jha­ra­tun­ga­ku­cheJayajaya hema…

IAST

ka­ṭi­ta­ṭa­pī­ta­du­kū­la­vi­cit­ra­ma­yū­ra­ti­ras­kṛ­ta­caṃd­ra­ru­ce ||pra­ṇa­ta­su­rā­su­ra­mau­li­ma­ṇis­phu­ra­daṃ­śu­la­san­na­kha­caṃd­ra­ru­ce ||ji­ta­ka­na­kā­ca­la­mau­li­pa­doj­jhi­ta­durd­dha­ra­nir­jha­ra­tuṃ­ga­ku­ce ||jayajaya hema° ||

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Our explanation The yellow silk at her waist, bright with many colours like a peacock, outshines the moon. The gems in the crowns of the gods and demons who bow to her throw their light on her, and her toenails shine like moons. Her bosom is compared to the high peaks of the golden mountain, Meru, from which streams fall. Today's printings read "mayūkha" ("ray") for "mayūra" ("peacock") in the first line: the many-coloured rays of the silk.

हिंदी अर्थ उनकी कमर पर पीला रेशमी वस्त्र मोर जैसे अनेक रंगों से चमकता है और चंद्रमा की कांति को भी पीछे छोड़ देता है। प्रणाम करते देवताओं और असुरों के मुकुटों की मणियाँ उन पर चमकती हैं, और उनके नख चंद्रमा जैसे चमकते हैं। उनके वक्ष की तुलना सोने के पर्वत मेरु के ऊँचे शिखरों से की गई है, जिनसे झरने गिरते हैं। आज की छपाइयों में पहली पंक्ति में "मयूर" ("मोर") की जगह "मयूख" ("किरण") है: रेशम की रंग-बिरंगी किरणें।

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  1. कटितटपीतदुकूलविचित्रमयूरतिरस्कृतचंद्ररुचे kaṭitaṭapītadukūlavicitramayūratiraskṛtacaṃdraruce · whose bright yellow silk outshines the moon (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kaṭi-taṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 243, col. 3 “the loins, the hip”; 2. pīta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 629, col. 3 “yellow”; dukūla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 483, col. 3 “very fine cloth or raiment made of the inner bark of this plant”; vi-citra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 959, col. 1 “variegated, many-coloured, motley, brilliant”; mayūra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 789, col. 2 “a peacock”; tiras-kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 447, col. 2 “concealed … eclipsed … excelled”; candra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 386, col. 3 “glittering, shining (as gold) … m. the moon”; ruci, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 882, col. 2 “light, lustre, splendour, beauty”
  2. प्रणतसुरासुरमौलिमणिस्फुरदंशुलसन्नखचंद्ररुचे praṇatasurāsuramaulimaṇisphuradaṃśulasannakhacaṃdraruce · toenails moon-bright with gems of bowing gods (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: pra-ṇata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 659, col. 3 “bent forwards, bowed, inclined … bowed to, saluted reverentially”; sura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1234, col. 2 “a god, divinity, deity”; asura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 121, col. 1 “an evil spirit, demon, ghost, opponent of the gods”; mauli, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 837, col. 1 “the head, the top of anything … a diadem, crown, crest”; maṇi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 774, col. 3 “a jewel, gem, pearl (also fig.)”; 1. sphur, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1270, col. 3 “to flash, glitter, gleam, glisten, twinkle, sparkle”; aṃśu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1, col. 2 “sunbeam”; 1. las, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 1 “to shine, flash, glitter”; nakha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 524, col. 3 “a finger-nail, toe-nail, claw, talon”; candra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 386, col. 3 “glittering, shining (as gold) … m. the moon”; ruci, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 882, col. 2 “light, lustre, splendour, beauty”
  3. जितकनकाचलमौलिपदोज्झितदुर्द्धरनिर्झरतुंगकुचे jitakanakācalamaulipadojjhitadurddharanirjharatuṃgakuce · whose high bosom outdoes the golden mountain (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: jita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 3 “won, acquired, conquered, subdued”; kanakācala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 248, col. 3 “‘the golden mountain,’ N. of Meru”; mauli, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 837, col. 1 “the head, the top of anything … a diadem, crown, crest”; pada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 583, col. 1 “a step, pace, stride; a footstep, trace, vestige, mark, the foot itself”; ujjhita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 175, col. 1 “left, abandoned; free from”; dur-dhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 485, col. 3 “difficult to be carried or borne or suffered, unrestrainable, irresistible”; nir-jhara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 555, col. 1 “a waterfall, cataract, mountain torrent, cascade”; tuṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “prominent, erect, lofty, high”; kuca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 287, col. 3 “the female breast, teat”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • The printed edition reads: कटितटपीतदुकूलविचित्रमयूरतिरस्कृतचंद्ररुचे ॥
    प्रणतसुरासुरमौलिमणिस्फुरदंसलसन्नखचंद्ररुचे ॥
    जितकनकाचलमौलिपदोज्झितदुर्द्धरनिर्झरतुंगकुचे ॥
    जयजय हेम॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: प्रणतसुरासुरमौलिमणिस्फुरदंसलसन्नखचंद्ररुचे The base printing reads दंस for दंशु (aṃśu, 'ray'). The display follows today's common wording in this compound.
  • Word Today's text from sanskritdocuments.org reads: कटितटपीतदुकूलविचित्रमयूखतिरस्कृतचन्द्ररुचे sanskritdocuments.org reads मयूख ('ray') for the 1917 मयूर ('peacock'). Gita Press (p. 245) has मयूख too, but in another compound (…मयूखतिरस्कृतचण्डरुचे), so only one publisher prints this compound. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.

Verse 17

विजितसहस्रकरैकसहस्रकरैकसहस्रकरैकनुते ॥कृतसुरतारकसंगरतारकसंगरतारकसूनुनुते ॥सु­र­थ­स­मा­धि­स­मा­न­स­मा­धि­स­मा­न­स­मा­धि­षु­जा­प्य­र­ते ॥जयजय हे महि॰ ॥

Vi­ji­ta­sa­has­ra­ka­rai­ka­sa­has­ra­ka­rai­ka­sa­has­ra­ka­rai­ka­nu­teKri­ta­su­ra­ta­ra­ka­san­ga­ra­ta­ra­ka­san­ga­ra­ta­ra­ka­su­nu­nu­teSu­ra­tha­sa­ma­dhi­sa­ma­na­sa­ma­dhi­sa­ma­na­sa­ma­dhi­shu­jap­ya­ra­teJayajaya he mahi…

IAST

vi­ji­ta­sa­has­ra­ka­rai­ka­sa­has­ra­ka­rai­ka­sa­has­ra­ka­rai­ka­nu­te ||kṛ­ta­su­ra­tā­ra­ka­saṃ­ga­ra­tā­ra­ka­saṃ­ga­ra­tā­ra­ka­sū­nu­nu­te ||su­ra­tha­sa­mā­dhi­sa­mā­na­sa­mā­dhi­sa­mā­na­sa­mā­dhi­ṣu­jāp­ya­ra­te ||jayajaya he mahi° ||

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Our explanation She outshines the thousand-rayed sun, and is praised by the sun and by the thousand-armed. She is praised by Skanda, the son (of Shiva) who fought the gods' war against the demon Taraka. She delights in the prayers (japa) made in meditation by King Suratha and the merchant Samadhi, who meditated on her with equal devotion; their story frames the Devi Mahatmyam. The printing reads "samādhiṣu" ("in meditations"); today's Gita Press text has "samādhi sujāpya" ("prayers well said").

हिंदी अर्थ वे हज़ार किरणों वाले सूर्य से भी अधिक चमकती हैं, और सूर्य तथा हज़ार भुजाओं वाले उनकी स्तुति करते हैं। तारक असुर के विरुद्ध देवताओं का युद्ध लड़ने वाले (शिव के) पुत्र स्कंद उनकी स्तुति करते हैं। वे राजा सुरथ और वैश्य समाधि के ध्यान में किए गए जप में रमती हैं, जिन्होंने समान भक्ति से उनका ध्यान किया; उनकी कथा देवी माहात्म्य का आरंभ और अंत है। इस छपाई में "समाधिषु" ("ध्यानों में") है; आज के गीता प्रेस के पाठ में "समाधि सुजाप्य" ("भली प्रकार किया गया जप") है।

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  1. विजितसहस्रकरैकसहस्रकरैकसहस्रकरैकनुते vijitasahasrakaraikasahasrakaraikasahasrakaraikanute · outshining the sun, praised by the thousand-rayed (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. vi-jita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 960, col. 3 “conquered, subdued, defeated, won, gained”; sahasra-kara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1195, col. 2 “‘thousand-rayed,’ the sun”; eka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 227, col. 3 “alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only”; nuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 2 “praised, commended”
  2. कृतसुरतारकसंगरतारकसंगरतारकसूनुनुते kṛtasuratārakasaṃgaratārakasaṃgaratārakasūnunute · praised by Skanda, who fought Taraka (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 3 “done, made, accomplished, performed”; sura, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1234, col. 2 “a god, divinity, deity”; tāraka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 444, col. 1; 1. saṃ-gara, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1129, col. 1 “conflict, combat, fight, battle”; 2. sūnu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1240, col. 2 “a son, child, offspring”; nuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 567, col. 2 “praised, commended”
  3. सुरथसमाधिसमानसमाधिसमानसमाधिषुजाप्यरते surathasamādhisamānasamādhisamānasamādhiṣujāpyarate · delighting in Suratha's and Samadhi's prayers (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: su-ratha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1232, col. 2 “N. of various kings”; sam-ādhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1159, col. 3 “of a Vaiśya”; samāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1160, col. 1 “same, identical, uniform, one … alike, similar, equal”; sam-ādhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1159, col. 3 “intense application or fixing the mind on, intentness, attention”; jāpya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 419, col. 1 “n. a prayer to be muttered, muttering of prayers”; rata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “pleased, amused, gratified; … delighting in, intent upon”
  4. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  5. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  6. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
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  • Word Today's text from Gita Press, Gorakhpur reads: सुरथसमाधिसमानसमाधिसमानसमाधिसुजाप्यरते Today's text from Gita Press (p. 246) reads समाधि सुजाप्य ('prayers well said') for the 1917 समाधिषु जाप्य ('prayers in meditations'). sanskritdocuments.org reads …समाधिसमाधिसमाधिसुजातरते, another compound, so only one publisher prints this one. Decision 14 addendum c (batch 7, 15 Oct 2026): only one of the two present-day publishers prints this whole compound, so the 1917 reading is shown again.

Verse 18

पदकमलं करुणानिलये वरिवस्यति योनुदिनं सुशिवे ॥अयि कमले कमलानिलये कमलानिलयः स कथं न भवेत् ॥तव पदमेव परंपदमस्मि सुशीलयुतो मम किन्न शिवे ॥जयजय हे महि॰ ॥

Padakamalam karunanilaye varivasyati yonudinam sushiveAyi kamale kamalanilaye kamalanilayah sa katham na bhavetTava padameva parampadamasmi sushilayuto mama kinna shiveJayajaya he mahi…

IAST

padakamalaṃ karuṇānilaye varivasyati yonudinaṃ suśive ||ayi kamale kamalānilaye kamalānilayaḥ sa kathaṃ na bhavet ||tava padameva paraṃpadamasmi suśīlayuto mama kinna śive ||jayajaya he mahi° ||

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Our explanation The hymn says: O home of compassion, O gracious one, whoever worships your lotus feet every day, O Kamala (Lakshmi), who lives in the lotus, how could that person not become a home of Lakshmi, of good fortune? Your feet alone are the highest place. The singer, as one devoted to them, asks why this should not be granted to him too.

हिंदी अर्थ श्लोक कहता है: हे करुणा के घर, हे कल्याणी, जो रोज़ आपके चरण-कमलों की पूजा करता है, हे कमला (लक्ष्मी), हे कमल में रहने वाली, वह लक्ष्मी का, सौभाग्य का घर कैसे न बनेगा? आपके चरण ही परम पद हैं। गाने वाला, उन्हीं का भक्त होकर, पूछता है कि यह उसे भी क्यों न मिले।

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

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  1. पदकमलम् padakamalam · lotus feet (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: pada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 583, col. 1 “a step, pace, stride; a footstep, trace, vestige, mark, the foot itself”; kamala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 252, col. 1 “a lotus, lotus-flower”
  2. करुणानिलये karuṇānilaye · O home of compassion (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: karuṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 255, col. 3 “pity, compassion”; ni-laya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “rest, resting-place … house, residence, abode”
  3. वरिवस्यति varivasyati · worships, serves (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: varivasya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 921, col. 2 “to show favour, wait upon, cherish, tend”
  4. यः yaḥ · who (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  5. अनुदिनम् anudinam · every day (indeclinable) Dictionary: anu-dinam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 33, col. 2 “every day”
  6. सुशिवे suśive · O most gracious one (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: 5. su, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, rightly, much, greatly, very”; śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 2 “(ā), f. Śiva's wife (also Śivī)”
  7. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  8. कमले kamale · O Kamala (Lakshmi) (noun, vocative singular) Dictionary: kamala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 252, col. 1 “N. of Lakshmī”
  9. कमलानिलये kamalānilaye · dweller in the lotus (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: kamala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 252, col. 1 “a lotus, lotus-flower”; ni-laya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “rest, resting-place … house, residence, abode”
  10. कमलानिलयः kamalānilayaḥ · a home of Lakshmi (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: kamala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 252, col. 1 “N. of Lakshmī”; ni-laya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 558, col. 3 “rest, resting-place … house, residence, abode”
  11. सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  12. कथम् katham · how (indeclinable) Dictionary: katham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 247, col. 2 “how? in what manner?”
  13. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  14. भवेत् bhavet · would become (verb, optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 1
  15. तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  16. पदम् padam · feet (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: pada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 583, col. 1 “a step, pace, stride; a footstep, trace, vestige, mark, the foot itself”
  17. एव eva · alone (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
  18. परम् param · highest (adjective, nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “best or worst, highest, supreme, chief”
  19. पदम् padam · place, state (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: pada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 583, col. 1 “a step, pace, stride; a footstep, trace, vestige, mark, the foot itself”
  20. अस्मि asmi · "I am" (verb, present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 1
  21. सुशीलयुतः suśīlayutaḥ · of good conduct (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: su-śīla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1237, col. 2 “well-disposed, good-tempered, having an amiable disposition”; 2. yuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 1 “united, combined, joined or connected or provided or filled or covered with, accompanied by”
  22. मम mama · "my, to me" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
  23. किम् kim · why, what (indeclinable) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”
  24. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  25. शिवे śive · O gracious one (Shiva's consort) (noun, vocative singular) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 2 “(ā), f. Śiva's wife (also Śivī)”
  26. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  27. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  28. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”

Verse 19

कनकलसत्कलशीकजलैरनुषिंचति तेंगणरंगभुवं ॥भजति स किन्न शचीकुचकुंभतटीपरिरंभसुखानुभवम् ॥तव चरणं शरणं करवाणि मृडानि सदा मयि धेहि शिवं।जयजय हे॰ ॥

Ka­na­ka­la­sat­ka­la­shi­ka­ja­lai­ra­nu­shin­cha­ti tenganarangabhuvamBhajati sa kinna sha­chi­ku­cha­kum­bha­ta­ti­pa­ri­ram­bha­su­kha­nu­bha­vamTava charanam sharanam karavani mridani sada mayi dhehi shivamJayajaya he…

IAST

ka­na­ka­la­sat­ka­la­śī­ka­ja­lai­ra­nu­ṣiṃ­ca­ti teṃgaṇaraṃgabhuvaṃ ||bhajati sa kinna śa­cī­ku­ca­kuṃ­bha­ta­ṭī­pa­ri­raṃ­bha­su­khā­nu­bha­vam ||tava caraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ karavāṇi mṛḍāni sadā mayi dhehi śivaṃ|jayajaya he° ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The hymn says that whoever sprinkles the courtyard of your temple with water from shining golden pots enjoys the joys of Indra, the king of the gods. The singer then prays: "I take refuge at your feet, O Mridani (wife of Shiva); always grant me what is good."

हिंदी अर्थ श्लोक कहता है कि जो चमकते सोने के कलशों के जल से आपके मंदिर का आँगन सींचता है, वह देवराज इंद्र जैसे सुख पाता है। फिर गाने वाला प्रार्थना करता है: "हे मृडानी (शिव की पत्नी), मैं आपके चरणों की शरण लेता हूँ; मुझे सदा कल्याण दें।"

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

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  1. कनकलसत्कलशीकजलैः kanakalasatkalaśīkajalaiḥ · with water from shining gold pots (compound, instrumental plural) Dictionary: kanaka, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 248, col. 2 “gold”; 1. las, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 899, col. 1 “to shine, flash, glitter”; kalaśa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 3 “(ī), f. a pitcher &c.”; 1. jala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 414, col. 2 “water, any fluid”
  2. अनुषिंचति anuṣiṃcati · sprinkles (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: anu-ṣic, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 40, col. 1 “to pour upon or into; to drip upon”
  3. ते te · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  4. अंगणरंगभुवम् aṃgaṇaraṃgabhuvam · the courtyard ground (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: aṅgaṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 8, col. 1 “a yard, court, area”; raṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 862, col. 2 “stage, arena, any place of assembly … a field of battle”; 2. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 3 “the place of being, space, world”
  5. भजति bhajati · enjoys, gains (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
  6. सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  7. किम् kim · how (not) (indeclinable) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”
  8. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  9. शचीकुचकुंभतटीपरिरंभसुखानुभवम् śacīkucakuṃbhataṭīpariraṃbhasukhānubhavam · Indra's joy in Shachi's embrace (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: śaci, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1048, col. 1 “N. of the wife of Indra (= śacī)”; kuca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 287, col. 3 “-kumbha, m. the female breast”; taṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 432, col. 1 “a slope, declivity, any part of the body which has (as it were) sloping sides”; pari-rambha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 599, col. 3; sukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1220, col. 3 “pleasant … agreeable, gentle, mild; … comfortable, happy, prosperous”; anu-bhava, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 36, col. 3 “perception, apprehension, fruition; understanding”
  10. तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  11. चरणम् caraṇam · feet (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: caraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 389, col. 2 “a foot”
  12. शरणम् śaraṇam · refuge (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 2. śaraṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1057, col. 1 “refuge, protection”
  13. करवाणि karavāṇi · "may I make" (verb, imperative, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 300, col. 3
  14. मृडानि mṛḍāni · O Mridani (Parvati) (noun, vocative singular) Dictionary: mṛḍānī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 829, col. 3 “‘wife of Mṛiḍa or Śiva,’ N. of Pārvatī”
  15. सदा sadā · always (indeclinable) Dictionary: sadā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1139, col. 2 “always, ever, every time, continually, perpetually”
  16. मयि mayi · "on me" (pronoun, locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
  17. धेहि dhehi · grant, place (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. dhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 513, col. 2
  18. शिवम् śivam · good, welfare (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 2 “(am), n. welfare, prosperity, bliss”
  19. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  20. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  21. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”

Verse 20

तव विमलेंदुकलं वदनेंदुमलं कलयन्ननुकूलयते ॥किमु पुरुहूतपुरींदुमुखीसुमुखीभिरसौ विमुखीक्रियते ॥मम तु मतं शिवमानधने भवती कृपया किमु न क्रियते ॥जयजय हे महि॰ ॥

Tava vimalendukalam vadanendumalam kalayannanukulayateKimu pu­ru­hu­ta­pu­rin­du­mu­khi­su­mu­khi­bhi­ra­sau vimukhikriyateMama tu matam shivamanadhane bhavati kripaya kimu na kriyateJayajaya he mahi…

IAST

tava vimaleṃdukalaṃ vadaneṃdumalaṃ kalayannanukūlayate ||kimu pu­ru­hū­ta­pu­rīṃ­du­mu­khī­su­mu­khī­bhi­ra­sau vimukhīkriyate ||mama tu mataṃ śivamānadhane bhavatī kṛpayā kimu na kriyate ||jayajaya he mahi° ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The hymn says that one who keeps in mind your face, spotless as the moon, finds everything favourable; would the moon-faced women of Indra's city turn away from such a person? The singer adds that in his view, O treasure of Shiva's honour, nothing is beyond what your grace can do.

हिंदी अर्थ श्लोक कहता है कि जो चंद्रमा जैसे निर्मल आपके मुख का ध्यान करता है, उसके लिए सब अनुकूल हो जाता है; क्या इंद्र की नगरी की चंद्रमुखी स्त्रियाँ ऐसे व्यक्ति से मुँह फेरेंगी? गाने वाला आगे कहता है कि उसके विचार में, हे शिव के मान का धन, आपकी कृपा से क्या नहीं हो सकता।

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

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  1. तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  2. विमलेंदुकलम् vimaleṃdukalam · spotless as the moon's crescent (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: vi-mala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 979, col. 3 “stainless, spotless, clean, bright, pure”; indu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 1 “the moon”; kalā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 261, col. 1 “a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter”
  3. वदनेंदुम् vadaneṃdum · moon-like face (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: vadana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 916, col. 2 “the mouth, face, countenance”; indu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 1 “the moon”
  4. अलम् alam · fully (indeclinable) Dictionary: alam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 94, col. 2 “enough, sufficient, adequate, equal to, competent, able”
  5. कलयन् kalayan · keeping in mind (present participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: 3. kal, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 260, col. 1 “to observe, perceive, take notice of; to consider, count, take for”
  6. अनुकूलयते anukūlayate · finds favour (verb, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: anu-kūla, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 31, col. 2 “favourable, agreeable; conformable to; friendly, kind, well-disposed”
  7. किमु kimu · how? whether (indeclinable) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”
  8. पुरुहूतपुरींदुमुखीसुमुखीभिः puruhūtapurīṃdumukhīsumukhībhiḥ · by moon-faced women of Indra's city (compound, instrumental plural) Dictionary: puru-hūta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 636, col. 3 “much invoked or invoked by many … m. N. of Indra”; purī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 635, col. 3 “a fortress, castle, town”; indu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 166, col. 1 “the moon”; mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 819, col. 3 “the mouth, face, countenance”; su-mukha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1231, col. 2 “fair-faced, handsome; … gracious, favourable, kind to”
  9. असौ asau · that one (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: adas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 18, col. 1 “nom. m. f. asau … that; a certain”
  10. विमुखीक्रियते vimukhīkriyate · is turned away from (verb, passive, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vimukhī-kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 980, col. 2 “to render averse or indifferent to”; 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 300, col. 3
  11. मम mama · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
  12. तु tu · but (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. tu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 449, col. 3 “but”
  13. मतम् matam · view (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: mata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 1 “a thought, idea, opinion, sentiment, view, belief, doctrine”
  14. शिवमानधने śivamānadhane · O treasure of Shiva's honour (compound, vocative singular) Dictionary: śiva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1074, col. 1 “‘The Auspicious one,’ N. of the disintegrating or destroying and reproducing deity”; 1. māna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 809, col. 1 “consideration, regard, respect, honour”; dhana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 508, col. 2 “any valued object, (esp.) wealth, riches, (movable) property, money, treasure”
  15. भवती bhavatī · you (respectful) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”
  16. कृपया kṛpayā · by grace (noun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: kṛpā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 305, col. 1 “pity, tenderness, compassion”
  17. किमु kimu · what (indeclinable) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”
  18. न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
  19. क्रियते kriyate · is done (verb, passive, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 300, col. 3
  20. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  21. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  22. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
2 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: तव विमलेंदुकलं वदनेंदुमलं कलयन्ननुकूलयते ॥
    किमु पुरुहूतपुरेंदुमुखीसुमुखीभिरसौ विमुखीक्रियते ॥
    मम तु मतं शिवमानधने भवती कृपया किमु न क्रियते ॥
    जयजय हे महि॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: पुरुहूतपुरेंदुमुखीसुमुखीभिरसौ The base printing reads पुर (pura, 'city') for पुरी (purī, 'city'); the sense is the same. The display follows today's common wording.

Verse 21

अयि मयि दीनदयालुतया कृपयैव त्वया भवितव्यमुमे ॥अयि जगतो जननीति जयाशमयापि तथानुमितासि रमे ।यदुचितमत्र भवत्युररीकुरुतादुरुतापमपाकुरु मे ॥जयजय हे॰ ॥

Ayi mayi dinadayalutaya kripayaiva tvaya bhavitavyamumeAyi jagato jananiti jayashamayapi tathanumitasi rameYaduchitamatra bhavatyurarikurutadurutapamapakuru meJayajaya he…

IAST

ayi mayi dīnadayālutayā kṛpayaiva tvayā bhavitavyamume ||ayi jagato jananīti jayāśamayāpi tathānumitāsi rame |yaducitamatra bhavatyurarīkurutādurutāpamapākuru me ||jayajaya he° ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The singer prays to Uma: "Out of your kindness to the humble, you yourself should be gracious to me. You are known as the mother of the world, O Rama (Lakshmi). Whatever is fitting here, may you take it up, and take away my great suffering." The middle line can be divided into words in more than one way as printed, and present-day printings read it differently. The 1917 printing reads "tayā" for "tvayā" ("by you") in the first line, and "na yad ucitaṃ na" ("what is not fitting … not") for "yad ucitam atra" in the third.

हिंदी अर्थ गाने वाला उमा से प्रार्थना करता है: "दीनों पर दया के कारण आपको स्वयं मुझ पर कृपा करनी चाहिए। हे रमा (लक्ष्मी), आप जगत की माता कहलाती हैं। यहाँ जो उचित हो, उसे आप अपनाएँ, और मेरा बड़ा दुख दूर करें।" बीच की पंक्ति को छपे रूप में एक से अधिक तरह से शब्दों में बाँटा जा सकता है, और आज की छपाइयों में यह अलग है। 1917 की छपाई में पहली पंक्ति में "त्वया" ("आपके द्वारा") की जगह "तया" है, और तीसरी में "यदुचितमत्र" की जगह "नयदुचितं न" ("जो उचित नहीं … नहीं") है।

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  1. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  2. मयि mayi · "to me" (pronoun, locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
  3. दीनदयालुतया dīnadayālutayā · with kindness to the humble (compound, instrumental singular) Dictionary: dīna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 480, col. 3 “depressed, afflicted, timid, sad; miserable, wretched”; dayālu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 470, col. 1 “= °yā-vat … -tā, f. pity”
  4. कृपया kṛpayā · with grace (noun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: kṛpā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 305, col. 1 “pity, tenderness, compassion”
  5. एव eva · indeed (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
  6. त्वया tvayā · by you (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”
  7. भवितव्यम् bhavitavyam · it should be (gerundive, 'should be') Dictionary: 1. bhū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 760, col. 1
  8. उमे ume · O Uma (noun, vocative singular) Dictionary: umā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 217, col. 1 “N. of the daughter of Himavat”
  9. अयि ayi · O (a call) (indeclinable) Dictionary: ayi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 85, col. 3 “a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)”
  10. जगतः jagataḥ · of the world (noun, genitive singular) Dictionary: jagat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 408, col. 1 “the world, esp. this world, earth”
  11. जननी jananī · mother (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: janana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 411, col. 1 “(ī), f. a mother”
  12. इति iti · thus (as said) (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. iti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “in this manner, thus”
  13. जयाश jayāśa · hoping for victory (compound, stem form (read with the next word)) Dictionary: jaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 412, col. 3 “conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being victorious”; 1. āśā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 157, col. 1 “wish, desire, hope, expectation”
  14. मया mayā · "by me" (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
  15. अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “often used to express emphasis, in the sense of even, also, very”
  16. तथा tathā · so, likewise (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3 “in that manner, so, thus”
  17. अनुमिता anumitā · known, inferred (adjective, nominative singular (feminine)) Dictionary: anu-mita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 37, col. 1 “inferred, conjectured”
  18. असि asi · you are (verb, present, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 1
  19. रमे rame · O Rama (Lakshmi) (noun, vocative singular) Dictionary: ramā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 868, col. 1 “N. of Lakshmī, the goddess of fortune”
  20. यत् yat · what (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
  21. उचितम् ucitam · fitting (adjective, nominative singular) Dictionary: ucita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 172, col. 3 “proper, suitable, convenient”
  22. अत्र atra · here (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. a-tra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 17, col. 2 “in this matter, in this respect; in this place, here”
  23. भवती bhavatī · you (respectful) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: bhavat, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 749, col. 2 “your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you”
  24. उररीकुरुतात् urarīkurutāt · may you accept (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: urarī, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 217, col. 2 “a particle implying extension or expansion; assent or admission”
  25. उरुतापम् urutāpam · great suffering (compound, accusative singular) Dictionary: uru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 217, col. 3 “wide, broad, spacious, extended, great, large, much”; tāpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 442, col. 2 “pain (mental or physical), sorrow, affliction”
  26. अपाकुरु apākuru · take away (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: apā-kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 53, col. 3 “to remove, drive away”
  27. मे me · "my" (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number”
  28. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  29. जय jaya · be victorious (verb, imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “to be victorious, gain the upper hand”
  30. हे he · O (indeclinable) Dictionary: he, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1303, col. 3 “a vocative particle”
2 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: अयि मयि दीनदयालुतया कृपयैव तया भवितव्यमुमे ॥
    अयि जगतो जननीति जयाशमयापि तथानुमितासि रमे ।
    नयदुचितं न भवत्युररीकुरुतादुरुतापमपाकुरु मे ॥
    जयजय हे॰ ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: …कृपयैव तया भवितव्यमुमे … नयदुचितं न भवत्युररीकुरुतादुरुतापमपाकुरु मे The base printing reads तया ('by her', for 'by you') for त्वया, and नयदुचितं न ('what is not fitting … not') for यदुचितमत्र ('whatever is fitting here'). The display follows today's common wording.

Verse 22

स्तुतिमितःस्तिमितः सुसमाधिना नियमतोयमतोनुदिनं पठेत् ॥परमया रमयासनिषेव्यते परिजनोरिजनोपि च तं भजेत् ॥

Stutimitahstimitah susamadhina niyamatoyamatonudinam pathetParamaya ramayasanishevyate parijanorijanopi cha tam bhajet

IAST

stutimitaḥstimitaḥ susamādhinā niyamatoyamatonudinaṃ paṭhet ||paramayā ramayāsaniṣevyate parijanorijanopi ca taṃ bhajet ||

How to read these English letters (IAST)

Our explanation The hymn says that whoever recites this praise every day, calm and well composed, keeping the rules and self-control, is served by Rama (Lakshmi), the supreme, and that his own people and even his enemies serve him. Some printings today begin "stutim imāṃ" ("this praise"), where this printing has "stutim itaḥ". The 1917 printing reads "niyamito 'yam ito" ("self-disciplined, this person, from now on") for "niyamato yamato".

हिंदी अर्थ श्लोक कहता है कि जो शांत और एकाग्र होकर, नियम और संयम के साथ, रोज़ इस स्तुति का पाठ करता है, परम रमा (लक्ष्मी) उसकी सेवा करती हैं, और उसके अपने लोग और शत्रु भी उसकी सेवा करते हैं। आज की कुछ छपाइयाँ "स्तुतिमिमां" ("इस स्तुति को") से शुरू होती हैं, जहाँ इस छपाई में "स्तुतिमितः" है। 1917 की छपाई में "नियमतो यमतो" की जगह "नियमितो यमितो" ("संयमी, यह, अब से") है।

The text’s own words about its benefits, not a promise from Pujadeep.

Word by word

Every word, with its dictionary page

Word by word

  1. स्तुतिम् stutim · praise (noun, accusative singular) Dictionary: stuti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1259, col. 1 “praise, eulogy, panegyric, commendation, adulation”
  2. इतः itaḥ · from here; this (indeclinable) Dictionary: i-tas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 1 “from hence, hence, here”
  3. स्तिमितः stimitaḥ · calm, still (adjective, nominative singular) Dictionary: stimita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1258, col. 3 “fixed, motionless … still, calm, tranquil, soft, gentle”
  4. सुसमाधिना susamādhinā · with good composure (compound, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 5. su, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1219, col. 3 “good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, rightly, much, greatly, very”; sam-ādhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1159, col. 3 “intense application or fixing the mind on, intentness, attention”
  5. नियमतः niyamataḥ · by rule (indeclinable (adverb)) Dictionary: ni-yama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 552, col. 1 “any fixed rule or law, necessity, obligation”
  6. यमतः yamataḥ · with self-control (indeclinable (adverb)) Dictionary: yama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 846, col. 1 “self-control, forbearance”
  7. अनुदिनम् anudinam · every day (indeclinable) Dictionary: anu-dinam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 33, col. 2 “every day”
  8. पठेत् paṭhet · should recite (verb, optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: paṭh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 580, col. 1 “to read or repeat aloud, to recite, rehearse”
  9. परमया paramayā · by the supreme (adjective, instrumental singular) Dictionary: parama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 588, col. 1 “chief, highest, primary, most prominent or conspicuous; best, most excellent”
  10. रमया ramayā · by Rama (Lakshmi) (noun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: ramā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 868, col. 1 “N. of Lakshmī, the goddess of fortune”
  11. सः saḥ · he (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  12. निषेव्यते niṣevyate · is served (verb, passive, present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ni-ṣev, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 562, col. 1 “(with acc.) to frequent, inhabit, visit, serve, attend, honour, worship, follow”
  13. परिजनः parijanaḥ · his own people (noun, nominative singular) Dictionary: pari-jana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 594, col. 1 “a surrounding company of people, entourage, attendants, servants, followers”
  14. अरिजनः arijanaḥ · enemies (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: 2. a-ri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 3 “‘not liberal,’ envious, hostile; (is), m. an enemy”; 2. a-ri, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 87, col. 3 “-jana, n. a number of enemies”
  15. अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “often used to express emphasis, in the sense of even, also, very”
  16. च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
  17. तम् tam · him (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
  18. भजेत् bhajet · would serve (verb, optative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: bhaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 743, col. 1 “to serve, honour, revere, love, adore”
2 printings differ

Edition differences. Another printing or text reads this place differently.

  • The printed edition reads: स्तुतिमितःस्तिमितः सुसमाधिना नियमितोयमितोनुदिनं पठेत् ॥
    परमया रमयासनिषेव्यते परिजनोरिजनोपि च तं भजेत् ॥
  • Word The 1917 Bombay printing reads: नियमितोयमितोनुदिनं The base printing reads नियमितो यमितो, read as niyamitaḥ ayam itaḥ ('self-disciplined, this person, from now on'). The display follows today's common wording, नियमतो यमतो ('by rule and with self-control').

Sanskrit text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1917 Bombay printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. Source and changes

Learn by heart: Mahishasura Mardini Stotram

. Read it, then close your eyes and say it.

"Said it" lasts for this visit only. No counts, no streaks.

How to read these English letters (IAST)

About the Mahishasura Mardini Stotram

The hymn praises the Goddess as Parvati, the daughter of the Himalaya, and as the warrior who defeated Mahisha and the other demons told of in the Devi Mahatmyam: Dhumralochana, Raktabija, Chanda and Munda, Shumbha and Nishumbha. Its verses are built on sound: words repeat with small changes ("sumanaḥ sumanaḥ sumanaḥ"), and drum and dance syllables ("dhimi dhimi", "jhaṇa jhaṇa") imitate the music of her festival. Many lines can be split into words in more than one way, so the explanations give the main sense of each verse and do not claim to settle every word.

Many families ascribe the hymn to Adi Shankaracharya. No printing of the hymn from 1930 or earlier that was read names him, but two catalogues of manuscripts printed in Madras in 1913 and 1915 describe old copies that close with his name. The attribution is shown as traditional.

The text here is read from a Bombay booklet printed in Samvat 1974 (1917), where the hymn is verses 7 to 28 of a longer "Devi Pushpanjali Stotra" (its first six verses are other praise verses and are not shown). It has 21 verses and a closing verse about reciting it, 22 in all. The booklet adds one more verse that names a poet, Ramakrishna; it is not in the manuscripts and is not shown. The verses follow the 1917 order, which some printings today change in a few places. In 13 lines the words follow the wording that books print today, checked against two present-day publishers, where the 1917 booklet differs; the 1917 words are shown under each verse, and so are the words of a 1913 Madras printing of six of the verses where it differs.

Under each verse, a word-by-word list gives every word of the verse with a short meaning in English and Hindi, and its entry in Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), with the page and column, so the meaning can be checked in the printed book.

How to say it

The 1917 printing writes a nasal before a consonant as a dot (anusvāra, ं), as Bombay printings of the time did, so the IAST line shows naṃdini and kuṭuṃbini. In recitation the dot is said as the nasal of the next consonant's group: nandini, kuṭumbini. Every verse is in a fast, even beat of short and long syllables, four long lines to a verse; the fourth line is the refrain. The printing writes the refrain in full only after verse 1; after the other verses it prints a short cue ("jayajaya he mahiṣā°", "he mahi°", "he°"), which means "sing the whole refrain again".

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Who wrote the Mahishasura Mardini Stotram?

Traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya.

Which text does this page follow?

Sanskrit text: a reading text, checked against today’s editions; dated by the 1917 Bombay printing. Meanings: written for Pujadeep and checked against the cited edition. See the source

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Dated witness
Shri Devi Pushpanjali Stotra (श्रीदेवीपुष्पाञ्जलिस्तोत्रं), a Sanskrit hymn to the Goddess in 29 verses, printed as a small oblong booklet (Khemraj Shrikrishnadas (Shri Venkateshwar Steam Press), Bombay, 1917). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 14 words follow today's common wording, checked against Gita Press, Gorakhpur and sanskritdocuments.org.
Our explanation
Explanation written for this site from the sources listed here, and checked against the cited edition. It is not a translation and not the only way to read the text. Free to quote with credit.
Checked
Checked against the cited edition, October 15, 2026.

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