Meenakshi Pancha Ratna Stotram

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• verse 1

  उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकोटिसदृशां केयूरहारोज्ज्वलांबिम्बोष्ठीं स्मितदन्तपङ्क्तिरुचिरां पीताम्बरालङ्कृताम् ।विष्णुब्रह्मसुरेन्द्रसेवितपदां तत्त्वस्वरूपां शिवांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारान्निधिम् ॥ 1 ॥

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  udyadbhānusahasrakōṭisadṛśāṃ kēyūrahārōjjvalāṃbimbōṣṭhīṃ smitadantapaṅktiruchirāṃ pītāmbarālaṅkṛtām ।viṣṇubrahmasurēndrasēvitapadāṃ tattvasvarūpāṃ śivāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇatō'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārānnidhim ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  I bow forever to Meenakshi, ocean of mercy: radiant as a thousand million rising suns, bright with armlets and necklaces, with bimba lips and a row of gleaming teeth, clad in yellow silk, her feet served by Vishnu, Brahma and Indra, the auspicious one whose form is Truth itself.

• verse 2

  मुक्ताहारलसत्किरीटरुचिरां पूर्णेन्दुवक्त्रप्रभांशिञ्जन्नूपुरकिङ्किणीमणिधरां पद्मप्रभाभासुराम् ।सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदां गिरिसुतां वाणीरमासेवितांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारान्निधिम् ॥ 2 ॥

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  muktāhāralasatkirīṭaruchirāṃ pūrṇēnduvaktraprabhāṃśiñjannūpurakiṅkiṇīmaṇidharāṃ padmaprabhābhāsurām ।sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradāṃ girisutāṃ vāṇīramāsēvitāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇatō'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārānnidhim ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  I bow forever to Meenakshi, ocean of mercy: crowned with diadem and pearl-strands, face shining like the full moon, anklets jingling with little bells, brilliant as a lotus, granter of every wish, daughter of the mountain, served by Sarasvati and Lakshmi.

• verse 3

  श्रीविद्यां शिववामभागनिलयां ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रोज्ज्वलांश्रीचक्राङ्कितबिन्दुमध्यवसतिं श्रीमत्सभानायकीम् ।श्रीमत्षण्मुखविघ्नराजजननीं श्रीमज्जगन्मोहिनींमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारान्निधिम् ॥ 3 ॥

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  śrīvidyāṃ śivavāmabhāganilayāṃ hrīṅkāramantrōjjvalāṃśrīchakrāṅkitabindumadhyavasatiṃ śrīmatsabhānāyakīm ।śrīmatṣaṇmukhavighnarājajananīṃ śrīmajjaganmōhinīṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇatō'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārānnidhim ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  I bow forever to Meenakshi, ocean of mercy: she who is Sri-Vidya herself, dwelling on Shiva's left, blazing with the Hrim mantra, seated at the central bindu of the Sri Chakra, mistress of the auspicious assembly, mother of Skanda and Ganesha, enchantress of the worlds.

• verse 4

  श्रीमत्सुन्दरनायिकां भयहरां ज्ञानप्रदां निर्मलांश्यामाभां कमलासनार्चितपदां नारायणस्यानुजाम् ।वीणावेणुमृदङ्गवाद्यरसिकां नानाविधामम्बिकांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारान्निधिम् ॥ 4 ॥

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  śrīmatsundaranāyikāṃ bhayaharāṃ jñānapradāṃ nirmalāṃśyāmābhāṃ kamalāsanārchitapadāṃ nārāyaṇasyānujām ।vīṇāvēṇumṛdaṅgavādyarasikāṃ nānāvidhāmambikāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇatō'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārānnidhim ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  I bow forever to Meenakshi, ocean of mercy: the auspicious Sundari, dispeller of fear, giver of wisdom, stainless, dark-hued, her feet worshipped by Brahma, younger sister of Narayana, lover of the music of vina, flute and mridanga, the manifold Mother.

• verse 5

  नानायोगिमुनीन्द्रहृत्सुवसतीं नानार्थसिद्धिप्रदांनानापुष्पविराजिताङ्घ्रियुगलां नारायणेनार्चिताम् ।नादब्रह्ममयीं परात्परतरां नानार्थतत्वात्मिकांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारान्निधिम् ॥ 5 ॥

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  nānāyōgimunīndrahṛtsuvasatīṃ nānārthasiddhipradāṃnānāpuṣpavirājitāṅghriyugaḻāṃ nārāyaṇēnārchitām ।nādabrahmamayīṃ parātparatarāṃ nānārthatatvātmikāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇatō'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārānnidhim ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  I bow forever to Meenakshi, ocean of mercy: dwelling sweetly in the hearts of countless yogis and sages, granter of every kind of attainment, her feet adorned with many flowers, worshipped by Narayana, the embodiment of Nada-Brahman, higher than the highest, the very essence of all meanings and truths.