Shyamala Dandakam — Complete Lyrics
श्यामला दण्डकम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ध्यानम्
माणिक्यवीणामुपलालयन्तीं
मदालसां मञ्जुलवाग्विलासाम् ।
माहेन्द्रनीलद्युतिकोमलाङ्गीं
मातङ्गकन्यां मनसा स्मरामि ॥ १॥
dhyānam
māṇikyavīṇāmupalālayantīṃ
madālasāṃ mañjulavāgvilāsām |
māhendranīladyutikomalāṅgīṃ
mātaṅgakanyāṃ manasā smarāmi || 1||
Meditation: I call to mind the daughter of Matanga, who fondly plays a ruby-studded veena, languid with bliss, whose very play is the charm of sweet speech, her tender form glowing with the radiance of a great sapphire.
Verse 2
चतुर्भुजे चन्द्रकलावतंसे
कुचोन्नते कुङ्कुमरागशोणे ।
पुण्ड्रेक्षुपाशाङ्कुशपुष्पबाण-
हस्ते नमस्ते जगदेकमातः ॥ २॥
caturbhuje candrakalāvataṃse
kaconnate kuṅkumarāgaśoṇe |
puṇḍrekṣupāśāṅkuśapuṣpabāṇa-
haste namaste jagadekamātaḥ || 2||
O four-armed Goddess wearing the crescent moon, with high bosom reddened by saffron, holding in your hands the sugarcane bow, the noose, the goad and the flower-arrows — salutations to You, O sole Mother of the universe!
Verse 3
विनियोगः
जय जननि सुधासमुद्रान्तर्हृद्यन्मणीद्वीपसंरूढ-
बिल्वाटवीमध्यकल्पद्रुमाकल्पकादम्बकान्तारवासप्रिये
कृत्तिवासप्रिये सर्वलोकप्रिये ।
viniyogaḥ
jaya janani sudhāsamudrāntarhṛdyanmaṇīdvīpasaṃrūḍha-
bilvāṭavīmadhyakalpadrumākalpakādambakāntāravāsapriye
kṛttivāsapriye sarvalokapriye |
Victory to You, O Mother, who delight to dwell in the grove of kadamba and the wish-tree, in the heart of the bilva forest that flourishes upon the Island of Gems within the ocean of nectar — O beloved of Shiva clad in hide, O beloved of all the worlds!
Verse 4
सादरारब्धसंगीतसम्भावनासंभ्रमालोलनीपस्रगाबद्ध-
चूली-सनाथत्रिके सानुमत्पुत्रिके ।
sādarārabdhasaṃgītasambhāvanāsaṃbhramālolanīpasragābaddha-
cūlī-sanāthatrike sānumatputrike |
O Mother, daughter of the mountain (Himavan), whose three-folded crown of hair is bound and graced with a garland of kadamba flowers, swaying in the eager rapture of song lovingly begun!
Verse 5
शेखरीभूतशीतांशुरेखामयूखावलीबद्धसुस्निग्ध-
नीलालकश्रेणिशृंगारिते लोकसम्भाविते ।
śekharībhūtaśītāṃśurekhāmayūkhāvalībaddhasusnigdha-
nīlālakaśreṇiśṛṃgārite lokasambhāvite |
O One adorned with rows of soft, glossy dark curls, crowned and haloed by the rays of the crescent moon set upon them, honoured by all the worlds!
Verse 6
कामलीलाधनुस्सन्निभभ्रूलता-पुष्करैर्वेष्टितानेकशम्बाक-
रीशब्दगर्भोल्लसत्केकिनी-नादहारिणि ॥
kāmalīlādhanussannibhabhrūlatā-puṣkarairveṣṭitānekaśambāka-
rīśabdagarbhollasatkekinī-nādahāriṇi ||
O One whose creeper-like brows are curved like the playful bow of Kama, whose speech, rich with meaning, enchants the heart like the sweet, resonant cry of the peacock!
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