Kamalaambikaayaastava Bhaktoham (Class / Lesson) : Punnagavarali; Thrisra Eka Talam (2 kalai); Dikshitar ( Navavarnam #6 )

Full Notation / Meanings -> http://www.shivkumar.org/music/#k

Pallavi

kamalAmbikAyAstava bhaktO(a)haM

SankaryAH SrI-karyAH sangIta rasikAyAH SrI

Anupallavi:

suma SarEkshu kOdaNDa pASAnkuSa pANyAH

ati madhura-tara vANyAH SarvANyAH kalyANyAH

madhyama kAla sAhityam:

ramaNIya punnAga varALi vijita vENyAH SrI

caraNam:

daSa kalAtmaka vahni svarUpa -

prakASAntardaSAra sarva rakshA-kara cakrESvaryAH

tri-daSAdi nuta ka-ca-varga-dvaya-maya sarvajnAdi -

daSa Sakti samEta mAlinI cakrESvaryAH

tri-daSa viMSadvarNa garbhiNI kuNDalinyAH

daSa mudrA samArAdhita kauLinyAH

madhyama kAla sAhityam:

daSa rathAdi nuta guru guha janaka Siva bOdhinyAH

daSa karaNa vRtti marIci nigarbha yOginyAH SrI

Meaning (From Todd Mc Comb's web page: http://www.medieval.org/music/world/carnatic/lyrics/srao/kamala.html):

I am ("aham") the devotee ("bhakta") of ("astava") Kamalambika.

She is the spouse ("aryaah") of Shankara.

She, the bestower ("kara") of prosperity ("shri"), is fond ("rasikaayaah") of music ("san-geeta").

She who sports in Her four hands ("paanyaah") the arrows ("shara") of flowers ("suma"), sugar cane ("ikshu") as bow ("kodanda"), the rope noose ("Pasha"), and the goad ("Ankusha").

Her speech ("vaanyaah") is mellifluous ("ati-madhuratara").

She is the spouse ("aanyaah") of Shiva ("sharva").

She is the personification of goodness ("kalyaanyaah").

Her braided hair ("veni") excels ("vijitha") the beauty of lovely black bees ("varaali") which swarm around the Punnaga tree.

She is established ("aatmaka") in the ten ("dasha") Kalas.

Her essential nature ("swaroopa") is the fire ("Vahni").

She manifests ("parakaasha") in the inner ("antar") circle having ten triangles ("dasha-aara").

She is the goddess ("eshvarya") of the Chakra Sarvarakshakara, protecting all.

She is worshiped ("nuta") by gods ("tridasha") and others ("aadi").

She is of the form of the ten letters ("dvaya maya") of the Ka and Ca groups ("varga").

She is the goddess of the circle of Malini, which has ("sameta") ten ("dasha") Shaktis such as Sarvajna etc.

She is ("garbhini")  Kundalini, encompassing the fifty letters ("tri-dasha-shad-varna").

She is the goddess Kaulini, propitiated ("sama-aaraadhita") by ten ("dasha") Mudras.

She is worshiped ("nuta") by Dasharatha and others ("aadi").

She bestows knowledge ("bodhinyaah") on Shiva, the father ("janaka") of Guruguha.

The rays of Her inner ("nigarbha") radiance ("yoginyaah") constitute the functioning ("vrutti") of the ten ("dasha") Indriyas ("karana"), the ten sense and motor organs.

Notes from Sri Dikshita Kirtana Mala by Sri. A. Sundaram Iyer:

6th Avarana Keertanam:

He who recites the mantram of this avaranam 15 lakhs of times will become entitled to the abundant grace of Sri Paradevata and also to protection from all kinds of illness.

This avarana is known as Sarva Rakshakara chakra, which has 10 petals and which is at the center of the fire that is the form of the 10 kalas.