मीनाक्षीपञ्चरत्नम् Minakshi Pancharatnam
mīnākṣīpañcaratnam
Five "jewel" verses to Mīnākṣī of Madurai, each ending "I bow ever to Mīnākṣī, ocean of compassion".
मीनाक्षीपञ्चरत्नम्
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उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकोटिसदृशां केयूरहारोज्ज्वलांबिम्बोष्ठीं स्मितदन्तपङ्क्तिरुचिरां पीताम्बरालङ्कृताम् ।विष्णुब्रह्मसुरेन्द्रसेवितपदां तत्त्वस्वरूपां शिवांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥१॥
udyadbhānusahasrakoṭisadṛśāṃ keyūrahārojjvalāṃbimboṣṭhīṃ smitadantapaṅktirucirāṃ pītāmbarālaṅkṛtām |viṣṇubrahmasurendrasevitapadāṃ tattvasvarūpāṃ śivāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim ||1||
Radiant as countless thousands of rising suns, shining with armlets and necklaces, with lips red as the bimba fruit and a lovely smile, adorned in yellow silk; whose feet are served by Viṣṇu, Brahmā and Indra; the auspicious one whose form is Truth itself: to Mīnākṣī, ocean of compassion, I bow for ever.
मुक्ताहारलसत्किरीटरुचिरां पूर्णेन्दुवक्त्रप्रभांशिञ्जन्नूपुरकिङ्किणीमणिधरां पद्मप्रभाभासुराम् ।सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदां गिरिसुतां वाणीरमासेवितांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥२॥
muktāhāralasatkirīṭarucirāṃ pūrṇenduvaktraprabhāṃśiñjannūpurakiṅkiṇīmaṇidharāṃ padmaprabhābhāsurām |sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradāṃ girisutāṃ vāṇīramāsevitāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim ||2||
Lovely with a crown gleaming with strings of pearls, her face shining like the full moon, wearing jingling anklets and jewelled bells, bright with the glow of the lotus; granting every wish, daughter of the mountain, served by Vāṇī (Sarasvatī) and Ramā (Lakṣmī): to Mīnākṣī, ocean of compassion, I bow for ever.
श्रीविद्यां शिववामभागनिलयां ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रोज्ज्वलांश्रीचक्राङ्कितबिन्दुमध्यवसतिं श्रीमत्सभानायकीम् ।श्रीमत्षण्मुखविघ्नराजजननीं श्रीमज्जगन्मोहिनींमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥३॥
śrīvidyāṃ śivavāmabhāganilayāṃ hrīṅkāramantrojjvalāṃśrīcakrāṅkitabindumadhyavasatiṃ śrīmatsabhānāyakīm |śrīmatṣaṇmukhavighnarājajananīṃ śrīmajjaganmohinīṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim ||3||
She who is Śrīvidyā, who dwells in the left half of Śiva, who shines in the mantra hrīṃ, who lives in the central point (bindu) of the Śrīcakra, the glorious queen of the assembly; mother of the blessed Ṣaṇmukha and of Gaṇeśa, lord of obstacles; enchantress of the world: to Mīnākṣī, ocean of compassion, I bow for ever.
श्रीमत्सुन्दरनायकीं भयहरां ज्ञानप्रदां निर्मलांश्यामाभां कमलासनार्चितपदां नारायणस्यानुजाम् ।वीणावेणुमृदङ्गवाद्यरसिकां नानाविधामम्बिकांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥४॥
śrīmatsundaranāyakīṃ bhayaharāṃ jñānapradāṃ nirmalāṃśyāmābhāṃ kamalāsanārcitapadāṃ nārāyaṇasyānujām |vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgavādyarasikāṃ nānāvidhāmambikāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim ||4||
Consort of the glorious Sundara (Sundareśvara), remover of fear, giver of knowledge, stainless; dark in hue, whose feet are worshipped by Brahmā seated on the lotus; younger sister of Nārāyaṇa; who delights in the music of vīṇā, flute and mṛdaṅga; the Mother of many forms: to Mīnākṣī, ocean of compassion, I bow for ever.
नानायोगिमुनीन्द्रहृन्निवसतीं नानार्थसिद्धिप्रदांनानापुष्पविराजिताङ्घ्रियुगलां नारायणेनार्चिताम् ।नादब्रह्ममयीं परात्परतरां नानार्थतत्त्वात्मिकांमीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥५॥
nānāyogimunīndrahṛnnivasatīṃ nānārthasiddhipradāṃnānāpuṣpavirājitāṅghriyugalāṃ nārāyaṇenārcitām |nādabrahmamayīṃ parātparatarāṃ nānārthatattvātmikāṃmīnākṣīṃ praṇato'smi santatamahaṃ kāruṇyavārāṃnidhim ||5||
She who dwells in the hearts of many yogis and great sages, who grants success in every aim, whose feet shine with many flowers, who is worshipped by Nārāyaṇa; who is sound as Brahman (nāda), higher than the highest, the essence of every meaning: to Mīnākṣī, ocean of compassion, I bow for ever.
॥ इति मीनाक्षीपञ्चरत्नम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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Attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya.
