Sri Kamalaambikayaa Kataakshitoham (Class / Lesson) : Shankarabharanam ; Rupakam (2 kalai); Dikshitar ( Navavarnam #3 )

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Pallavi:

SrI kamalAmbikayA kaTAkshitO(a)haM

saccidAnanda paripUrNa brahmAsmi

Anupallavi:

pAka SAsanAdi sakala dEvatA sEvitayA

pankajAsanAdi panca- kRtyAkRtbhAvitayA

Madhyama kAla sAhityam:

SOka hara catura padayA

mUka mukhya vAkpradayA

kOkanada vijaya padayA

guru guha tat-trai-padayA

CaraNam:

ananga kusumAdyashTa SaktyAkArayA

aruNa varNa saMkshObhaNa cakrAkArayA

ananta kOTyaNDa nAyaka Sankara nAyikayA

ashTa vargAtmaka gupta-tarayA varayA

Madhyama kAla sAhityam:

anangAdyupAsitayA ashTa daLAbja sthitayA

dhanurbANa dhara karayA dayA sudhA sAgarayA

Meaning: Shri Kamalambika has cast Her gracious glance ("kata-akshi") on me ("to-aham"), and now I am identified ("asmi") with the nature of Absolute ("paripurna") Brahman ("brahma"), the fullness of existence ("sat"), consciousness ("chit") and bliss ("ananda").

Indra ("paaka-shaasana") and other ("aadi") celestials ("sakala devataa") attend ("sevitayaa") on Her.

She is adored ("bhaavitayaa") by Brahma  ("pankaja-asana") and others ("aadi") who perform the Pancakritya, the five ("pancha") cosmic acts ("krut").

Her feet are adroit ("chatura") at removing ("hara") grief ("shoka").

She endowed  ("pradayaa") the gift of speech ("vaak")  in Mooka and made him a Kavi.

Her victorious ("vijaya")  feet ("padayaa") are like red lotus ("kokanada").

She is the embodiment of the three-word ("trai-padayaa") mantra Tat-Tvam-Asi imparted by Guruguha.

Her form ("aakaaryaa") is of eight ("ashta") Shaktis ("shktyaa"), Anangakusuma and the rest.

She is the color ("varna") of dawn, Aruna (i.e. red color).

She is enshrined ("arayaa") in the Samkshobhana Chakra.

She is the consort ("nayikayaa") of Shankara, who is the Lord ("naayaka") of innumerable universes ("ananta-kotyananda").

She is of the nature ("aatmaka") of eternal and hidden ("gupta") Ashtavarga, the eight ("ashta") groups ("varga") of alphabets.

She is worshipful ("tarayaa varayaa"), seated ("sthitayaa") on an eight-petalled ("ashta-dala") lotus ("abja").

She is worshiped ("dyupaasitayaa") by Ananga the Cupid.

She holds ("dhara") in her hand ("karayaa") a bow ("dhanur") and arrows ("baana").

She is an embodiment ("saagarayaa") of the nectar ("sudha") of compassion ("dayaa").