parAzakti manupa-rAdA

parA¹ zakti manupa rAdA nApai
parAkElanammA
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O Mother Parasakti! Why don’t You take care of me? Why this unconcern towards me?
purANi dharma saMvardhani zrI²-
purAdhIzvari rAja zEkhari (parA)
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O the Ancient One! O Mother Dharmasamvardhani (name of Mother at Thiruvaiyyaru)! O Presiding Deity of Sripura! O Mother who wears digit of moon on the head!
varAhi³ dhara dEva rAja jalaja
bhava rAkSasAdulu varAlu kOru
varAnana⁴ naga varAtmaja⁴ muni
varArcita nanu brOva rAdA O (parA)
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O Beautiful Faced (mind-born) daughter of Himavan – blessed Mountain - from whom even Siva - the blessed wearer of serpent, Indra – Lord of celestials, Brahma – abiding in Lotus - and demons and others seek boons! O Mother worshipped by blessed sages! Why don’t You protect me?
vizAla⁵ nayanE kuzAlugA
nIdu sEva jEsi tri⁶-dazAdhip-
Adulu zAzvatulai paravazAla nati⁷
sEya zAntamuna jUcu zAmbhavi⁸ O (parA)
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O Mother with large or wide Eyes! O Mother Sambhavi – who watches calmly while Indra – the chief of thirty-three Gods - and others, having become eternal by undertaking Your service happily, worship You exultingly!
nir-aprAdhula nirAkariJcu⁹
durAtmakulanindu rAka
sEyaga rAdA vara tyAgarAja nuta
zubhada rAma sOdari dharA dhara sutE (parA)
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O Mother! Won’t You disallow entry here to those wicked persons who show disregard towards faultless people? O Excellent Mother praised by this Thyagaraja! O Mother who bestows auspiciousness! O Sister of Lord Sri Rama! O Daughter of Himavan – Mountain - the bearer of Earth!
  • 4 varAnana – naga varAtmaja : varAnanE - naga varAtmajE
  • 5 vizAla nayanE – vizAla nayana
  • 7 nati – nuti
  • 9 nirAkariJcu – nirAkariJcE
  • 1 parA zakti – For a discourse of Kanchi Paramacharya Chandrasekharendra Saraswati on ‘parA ’ – [[http://www.geocities.com/profvk/gohitvip/DPDS26-30.html Para]]
    • For exposition on Sri Chakra by Kanchi Mahaswami, - [[http://www.geocities.com/profvk/gohitvip/DPDS26-30.html Sri Chakra]]
  • 6 tri-daza – 3 x 10 (in round number for 3 x 11) – 12 Adityas, 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, 2 Asvins = 33; their lord – tridaza-pati - adhipa – Indra
  • 2 zrI pura –Though Tapastheertha pura (present Lalgudi) is called zrI pura, zrI cakra (aka. zrI yantra ) is also called zrI pura . Further as Sri Thyagaraja has addressed Mother at Thiruvaiyyaru - ‘dharma saMvardhani ’, ‘zrI pura ’ may not refer to Tapastheertha pura. [[http://www.adishakti.org/pdf_files/lalita_sahasranama-prologue_(svbf.org).pdf Sripura]]
  • 3 varAhi dhara – the mention of Siva in the category of persons seeking boons from the Mother indicates that the reference to Mother is that of Lalita Maha Tripurasundari – the Supreme Mother; Siva here being one of trinities.
  • 8 zAmbhavi – Though this is generally translated as ‘wife of Siva – zambhu ’, this name has a special significance in Sakti Worship.
  • 9 nirAkariJcu – show disregard - this is a contextual statement and the exact significance is not known.