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मीनाक्षी पञ्चरत्नम्
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udyadbhānusahasrakoṭisadṛśāṃ keyūrahārojjvalāṃ
उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकोटिसदृशां केयूरहारोज्ज्वलां विम्बोष्ठीं स्मितदन्तपङ्क्तिरुचिरां पीताम्बरालङ्कृताम् । विष्णुब्रह्मसुरेन्द्रसेवितपदां तत्त्वस्वरूपां शिवां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥ १॥
udyadbhānusahasrakoṭisadṛśāṃ keyūrahārojjvalāṃ vimboṣṭhīṃ smitadantapaṅktirucirāṃ pītāmbarālaṅkṛtām | viṣṇubrahmasurendrasevitapadāṃ tattvasvarūpāṃ śivāṃ mīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim || 1||
MeaningI bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion — whose splendour equals a thousand crore rising suns, radiant with armlets and necklaces, with lips red as the bimba fruit and a lovely smile of glistening teeth, adorned in yellow silk; whose feet are worshipped by Vishnu, Brahma and Indra, who is auspicious Shiva's consort and the very embodiment of Truth.
muktāhāralasatkirīṭarucirāṃ pūrṇenduvaktraprabhāṃ
मुक्ताहारलसत्किरीटरुचिरां पूर्णेन्दुवक्त्रप्रभां शिञ्जन्नूपुरकिङ्किणीमणिधरां पद्मप्रभाभासुराम् । सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदां गिरिसुतां वाणीरमासेवितां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥ २॥
muktāhāralasatkirīṭarucirāṃ pūrṇenduvaktraprabhāṃ śiñjannūpurakiṅkiṇīmaṇidharāṃ padmaprabhābhāsurām | sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradāṃ girisutāṃ vāṇīramāsevitāṃ mīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim || 2||
MeaningI bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion — beautiful with a crown agleam with pearls, her face glowing like the full moon, wearing tinkling anklets set with jewelled bells, luminous as a lotus; the granter of every wish, daughter of the mountain, attended by Saraswati and Lakshmi.
śrīvidyāṃ śivavāmabhāganilayāṃ hrīṃkāramantrojjvalāṃ
श्रीविद्यां शिववामभागनिलयां ह्रींकारमन्त्रोज्ज्वलां श्रीचक्राङ्कितबिन्दुमध्यवसतिं श्रीमत्सभानायिकाम् । श्रीमत्षण्मुखविघ्नराजजननीं श्रीमज्जगन्मोहिनीं मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥ ३॥
śrīvidyāṃ śivavāmabhāganilayāṃ hrīṃkāramantrojjvalāṃ śrīcakrāṅkitabindumadhyavasatiṃ śrīmatsabhānāyikām | śrīmatṣaṇmukhavighnarājajananīṃ śrīmajjaganmohinīṃ mīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim || 3||
MeaningI bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion — who is Shri Vidya herself, dwelling on Shiva's left side, radiant with the Hrim-kara mantra, seated in the central bindu marked within the Sri Chakra, the gracious queen of the divine assembly; mother of six-faced Skanda and of Ganesha the lord of obstacles, the enchantress of all the worlds.
śrīmatsundaranāyikāṃ bhayaharāṃ jñānapradāṃ nirmalāṃ
श्रीमत्सुन्दरनायिकां भयहरां ज्ञानप्रदां निर्मलां श्यामाभां कमलासनार्चितपदां नारायणस्यानुजाम् । वीणावेणुमृदङ्गवाद्यरसिकां नानाविधामम्बिकां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥ ४॥
śrīmatsundaranāyikāṃ bhayaharāṃ jñānapradāṃ nirmalāṃ śyāmābhāṃ kamalāsanārcitapadāṃ nārāyaṇasyānujām | vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgavādyarasikāṃ nānāvidhāmambikāṃ mīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim || 4||
MeaningI bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion — the lovely sovereign lady who removes fear, bestows knowledge and is utterly pure; of dark-blue lustre, her feet worshipped by lotus-seated Brahma, the younger sister of Narayana; delighting in the music of vina, flute and mridanga, the Mother in her many forms.
nānāyogimunīndrahṛnnivasatīṃ nānārthasiddhipradāṃ
नानायोगिमुनीन्द्रहृन्निवसतीं नानार्थसिद्धिप्रदां नानापुष्पविराजितांघ्रियुगलां नारायणेनार्चिताम् । नादब्रह्ममयीं परात्परतरां नानार्थतत्त्वात्मिकां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥ ५॥
nānāyogimunīndrahṛnnivasatīṃ nānārthasiddhipradāṃ nānāpuṣpavirājitāṃghriyugalāṃ nārāyaṇenārcitām | nādabrahmamayīṃ parātparatarāṃ nānārthatattvātmikāṃ mīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim || 5||
MeaningI bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion — who dwells in the hearts of countless yogis and great sages, granting every kind of attainment; her pair of feet resplendent with many flowers, worshipped by Narayana himself; who is the embodiment of Nada-Brahman, higher than the highest, the very essence of all meanings and truths.
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Origin & History
Source: Stotra composed by Adi Shankaracharya in praise of Goddess Meenakshi of Madurai
Author: Adi Shankaracharya
Period: 8th century CE (circa 788-820)
Adi Shankaracharya, in his travels across India re-establishing the Vedic path, visited the famous Meenakshi-Sundareshwara temple at Madurai in the Pandya country. Beholding the supreme Mother as Meenakshi — the fish-eyed Goddess who is also Shri Vidya enthroned in the Sri Chakra — he poured out this five-jewelled hymn (pancha-ratna). Each verse paints her form, her ornaments and her cosmic glory, always returning to the refrain of bowing to the 'ocean of compassion'. The hymn has since become a beloved part of daily Devi worship in South Indian temples and homes.
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