Bhavani Bhujangam

Meaning:1. I praise her whose form is nectar, the very nature of Consciousness and Bliss — who shines within the lotuses of the six chakras, blazing with surpassing radiance in the channel of the Sushumna, melting and drinking the orb of immortal nectar.

Meaning:2. I worship Sri Bhavani, whose limbs are crimson like the light of a crore of rising young suns, charming with the beauty of perfect grace and loveliness, seated upon the triangle that shines in the heart of the great lotus's filaments.

Meaning:3. I meditate on Maha Tripura, the auspicious Shiva-Shakti, whose pair of lotus feet — moist with red lac and lit by the gleam of gems on her jingling, belled anklets — are served by Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu and the other gods.

Meaning:4. I worship her hips, radiant with a knot of fine red silk and a girdle of great gems, her navel curling to the right, and her three folds of the waist, broad and graceful as a flowering creeper.

Meaning:5. I worship that navel-lotus of Bhavani — round, deep and beautiful, surrounded by the fine line of hair rising from her body like a swarm of humming bees — lovely as a crore of lightnings.

Meaning:6. I worship her two breasts, coral-red like a chamber stored with saffron, near her hand that shows the gestures of boon-giving and fearlessness — the temples of Lakshmi, like the frontal globes of an elephant, beautiful in form and anointed with sandal.

Meaning:7. For prosperity I bow to the glory of her forehead — its single splendour beloved (of Shiva), with the tip of a mango-leaf placed at the root of her arm, the smiling orb of the moon that is the dwelling-place of its mark (the crescent), made most pleasing by musk.

Meaning:8. I worship her face, restless with the radiant net of lotus-light, bearing a pair of bright lotus-eyes full of playful glances, adorned with a ruby pendant hanging at the forehead, her cheeks lit by swinging earrings.

Meaning:9. I worship Sri Maheshi, Bhavani, Bhavani — with eyes long as full-blown lotuses, a fair bosom, a lovely smile, beautiful ear-ornaments, a slender waist, well-rounded breasts and a sweetly smiling face.

Meaning:10. I worship her with shapely nostrils, lovely brows and forehead, eyes long as waves, cheeks washed as if with nectar, lips red as the bimba fruit, teeth bright as jasmine — and a mass of hair shining with the crescent moon as its crest.

Meaning:11. I worship Shri, the Mother of the universe, whose form is pure Consciousness — the supreme Para-Shakti, the sovereign Queen who pervades all the worlds, the auspicious Shambhavi who grants both enjoyment and liberation, the transcendent Kameshwari, the Goddess of Kamakoti.

Meaning:12. I worship that which is ever the ornament of the Vedas, attainable through right reasoning yet beyond the path of mind and speech and utterly far, the seed of one's own bliss, ever-established in the awakened intellect, formless, to be reached through Om.

Meaning:13. I ever meditate, in the thousand-petalled lotus blazing as the great seat of yoga, upon Bhavani — the awakened Supreme One whose very body is Consciousness, seated there bearing equality even with Shiva.

Meaning:14. Whoever, with a composed and devoted mind, daily recites this Bhavani Bhujangam, conquers even death, attains wisdom and prosperity, and in another body wins liberation.

Meaning:15. Pleased, Bhavani indeed grants him poetic gift, eloquence, intelligence and the rest. May the great Goddess Maheshi be ever wholly gracious to those who recite this king of hymns to their heart's content.

Meaning:16. O Bhavani, protect with your compassion-filled side-glances the people devoted to the service of your feet. O Mother of the universe, for lowly ones like us there is no other refuge in the world but you, O my Mother.

Meaning:17. O Bhavani, to me who have taken refuge, grant the boat of your lotus feet, O Mother, that leads to Shiva. You are able to lift up one drowning in the ocean of worldly existence. O Bhavani, you alone are my refuge, O Bhavani.