amma dharmasaMvardhani
Sahityam
Pallavi
amma dharmasaMvardhani
yAdukOvamma mA(yamma)
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yAdukOvamma mA(yamma)
My mother Dharmasamvardhani,
Please support me!
Anupallavi
immahini nI sariyevaramma
zivuni komma mA(yamma)
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zivuni komma mA(yamma)
Who is your equal in this world?
O Spouse of Lord Siva!
Charanam
dhAtri dhara nAyaka priya putri¹
madana kOTi maJjuLa gAtri
aruNa nIraja² daLa nEtri
nirupama zubha gAtri pITha nilayE³
vara hasta dhRta valayE⁴
parama pavitri bhakta pAlana dhuraMdhari
vIra⁵ zakti⁶ nE namminA(namma)\t\t
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madana kOTi maJjuLa gAtri
aruNa nIraja² daLa nEtri
nirupama zubha gAtri pITha nilayE³
vara hasta dhRta valayE⁴
parama pavitri bhakta pAlana dhuraMdhari
vIra⁵ zakti⁶ nE namminA(namma)\t\t
O Supporter! O Dearest daughter of Himavan - the Lord of the mountains! O Mother who has a most beautiful personality like a crore cupids! O Mother who has eyes like the red lotus petal! O Mother who has incomparable auspicious body! O Mother resident in the Holy Seats! O Mother whose sacred hands are adorned with bracelets or bangles! O Supremely sacred One! O Foremost in protecting the devotees! O Mother who is chief of powers! I have placed faith in You.
amba kambu kaNThi⁷ cAru
kadamba⁸ gahana saJcAriNi
bimbAdhara taDit⁹ kOTi
nibhAbhari dayA vAri nidhE
zambarAri vairi¹⁰ hRccaGkari
kaumAri[11] svarajita
tumburu nArada saGgIta mAdhuryE
durita hAriNi mA(yamma)
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kadamba⁸ gahana saJcAriNi
bimbAdhara taDit⁹ kOTi
nibhAbhari dayA vAri nidhE
zambarAri vairi¹⁰ hRccaGkari
kaumAri[11] svarajita
tumburu nArada saGgIta mAdhuryE
durita hAriNi mA(yamma)
dhanyE tryambakE[12]
mUrdhanyE parama yOgi hRdaya
mAnyE tyAgarAja kula
zaraNyE patita pAvani
kAruNya sAgari sadA
aparOkSamu kArAdA sahya
kanyA tIra vAsini parAtpari
kAtyAyani[13] rAma sOdari mA(yamma)
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mUrdhanyE parama yOgi hRdaya
mAnyE tyAgarAja kula
zaraNyE patita pAvani
kAruNya sAgari sadA
aparOkSamu kArAdA sahya
kanyA tIra vAsini parAtpari
kAtyAyani[13] rAma sOdari mA(yamma)
O Mother who is shell necked found in the charming Kadamaba thicket! O Mother having lips like the (red) bimba fruit with splendour resembling crores of lightnings! O Ocean of mercy! O Mother Sankari abiding in the heart of Lord Siva - the enemy of cupid - enemy of Sambara asura! O Mother who is Sakti of Lord Kumara (Subrahmanya)! O Mother with sweet voice which surpasses the (sweetness of) music of Thumburu and that of sage Narada! O Destroyer of sins!
Variations
- 2 nIraja daLa – vArija daLa
- 9 taDit kOTi – taTit kOTi : taDit kOTi - is the appropriate word.
References
- 3 pITha nilayE - According to Sri Lalita Sahasranamam, the Mother has 50 seats ‘paJcAzatpITha rUpiNi ’ (833). There is a Dikshitar Kriti also on the subject – ‘panchazatpITha rUpiNi ’ – Raga Devagandhara.
- These 50 seats are stated to be the places where the limbs of Sati fell. However, as per details given in the following website, there are 51 such seats. The 50 seats are also considered to be the 50 basic sounds of our speech. [[http://www.urday.com/peeta.html Peethas 1]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti_Peethas Peethas-2]]
- 8 kadamba gahana cAriNi – One of the names of mother Tripura Sundari – ‘kadamba vana vAsini ’. Madurai (Tamil Nadu) Kshetra is called ‘Kadamba Vana’ and ‘Kadamba’ tree is the Sthala Vruksha there. Source – [[http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntravel/placesofworship/meenakashi.asp Kadamba]]
- 10 zambara ari vairi - ziva is considered as the enemy of cupid; Cupid reborn as Kamadeva is the enemy of Sambara. The story of Pradyumna – also known as Kama Deva – cupid reborn to Sri Krishna and Rukmini – appears in Srimad Bhagavatam - Book 10 - Chapter 55.
- 11 kAumAri – One of the eight Saktis referred above.
- 12 tryambakE – Please refer to Sri Lalita Sahasranamam (477) wherein Mother is called ‘tri-lOcanI ’. Lord Siva is called ‘tryambaka’. (Lord Narasimha also is called ‘tryambaka’) The Tryambakesvara Kshetra is located at Nasik where River Godavari originates. Please visit the site for more information - [[http://www.templenet.com/Maharashtra/tryambak.html Tryambakesvara]]
- 13 kAtyAyani – name of Lalita Maha Tripura Sundari in Lalita Sahasra Namam (556) – meaning ‘the sumtotal of the effulgence of all the deities.’ -Translation by Tapasyananda).
Renditions
Commentary
- Dharmasamvardhani is the Goddess at Tiruvaiyaru.
- 1 dhAtri dhara nAyaka priya putri – This can be taken as a single epithet or two epithets by taking ‘dhAtri ’ as a separate one. From the construction of the Charana, where most of the epithets end with ‘tri’ – putri, gAtri, nEtri, pavitri; ‘dhAtri ’ also seems to be a separate epithet. Accordingly, ‘dhara ’ has been translated as ‘mountain’.
- 4 valayE – Tamizh Valaiyal
- 5 vIra zakti – It is not clear whether Sri Thyagaraja uses this epithet in its general sense or whether he specifically refers to Kaula Marga of Sakti worship. There are many Thantras which describe these. Please visit website for complete information on the subject – [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/sas/index.htm Thantras]]
- 6 zakti - indrANi, vaiSNavi, zAntA, brahmANi, kaumAri, nArasimhi, vArAhi, mAhEzvari - Eight Saktis.
- 7 kambu kaNThi - having folds in the neck like a spiral shell – three lines or marks in the neck considered indicative of good fortune.