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Day 2 (durga)
dhyAna shlOkam
sakuMkuma
vilEpanamaLikacumbi kastUrikam
samandahasitEkSaNAm sashara
cApa pAshA”nkushAm |
ashESa janamOhinIm aruNamAlya
bhuSAmbarAm
japAkusuma bhAsurAm japavidhau
smarAmyambikAm ||
(from tripurasundari
aSTakam)
Meaning
(ahaM): I
ambikAm : ambikA, the
Mother (dvitIya vibhakti)
japavidhau: in (during)
Japa (meditation)
smarAmi:
contemplate on (remember)
The
remaining phrases qualify the noun: ambikAm:
sa
kuMkuma vilEpanAm -- smeared with vermillion powder
alika
chumbi kastUrikAm -- forelocks grazing the dot of musk
sa manda
hasitEkSaNAm -- with looks soft and smiling
sa shara
cApa pAshA”nkushAm -- bearing arrows, bow, snare and goad
asheSa
jana mOhinIm -- deluding the entire people
aruNa
mAlya bhUSAmbarAm -- wearing (decorating her body with) red garlands
japAkusuma bhAsurAm -- shining like the japA flower
Free Translation
During worship, Icontemplate on Goddess ambika, who is smeared with kuMkumam,
with her forelocks grazing the dot of musk, who has glancess with a soft
smile, who bears arrow, bow, snare, and goad, who deludes the people, who is
clad in red ornaments, and who shines like the japA flower.
NOTE: This particular shlOkam is considered very sacred,
and it is included in the "dhyANa shlokam" segment of both
lalitA sahasranAmam, as well as lalitA trishati.
The text and meaning of the complete tripurasundari aSTakam
is available at:
http://www.ambaa.org/stotrams/tripura8.htm(in order to view the shlOkams
in sanskrit, you need to download sanskrit99.ttf font from the same site.)
COMPOSITION OF DAY 2
himagiri tanayE hEmalatE
rAgam: shuddhadhanyAsi.
tALam Adi
Composer: harikEshanallUr
muttayyA bhAgavatar
pallavi
himagiri tanayE hEmalatE
ambA Ishvari shrI lalitE
mAmava
anupallavi
ramA vANi samsEvita sakaLE
rAjarAjEshvari rAma sahOdari
caraNam
pAshA”nkushEkSu daNDakarE (amba)
parAtparE nija bhaktaparE
AshAmbhara harikEsha vilAsE
Ananda rUpE amita pratApE
Meaning
himagiri – the mountain
himavAn (Himalaya)
tanayE – daughter of
hEmalatE – golden creeper
amba – amba
IshvarI shrI lalitE --
auspicious lalita, the goddess
mAm ava – protect me
ramA -- lakSmI
vAnI -- sarasvati
samsEvita – worshipped
sakaLE = lustrous
rAjarajEshvari – Goddess shrI
rAjarAjeshvari
rAma sahOdari – sister of rAma
(viSNu)
pAsha --
noose
a”nukusha
-- hook
ikSu –
sugarcane
daNDa –
staff/stick
karE – on
hands
parAtparE
– the ultimate of the ultimates
nijabhakta parE – dear to her devotees
AshA –
wishes/desires
ambhara
-- fulfiller of
harikEsha
vilAsE – blessing the composer (harikEsha)
AnandarUpE – embodiment of supreme bliss
amitapratApE – with unlimited glory/valour/radiance
Free Translation
Oh Goddess shrI lalitAa, ambA, the daugter of
mountain himavAn, the golden creeper, please protect me.
Oh shrI rAjarAjEshvari! you
are worshipped by lakSmi and sarasvati; you are lustrous; you are the sister
of lord viSNu;
You carry a noose, hook,
and a stack of sugarcane in your hands; you are the ultimate, you are dear to
your true devotees, you are the fulfiller of all wishes of harikEsha (the
compose’s mudra), you are the embodiment of supreme bliss, and you
possess unlimited glory.
rAgam
shuddhadhanyAsi
ArOhaNam
: s g m p n s
avarOhaNam:
s n p m g s
An
auDava – auDava janyam, placed under mElam 20 (naTabhairavi), or
under mELam 22 (kharaharapriya). Since ri and dha are omitted,
it could even be placed under melam 28 (harikAmbhOji), but that it is not
desirable. The rAgam is also known as udayaravicandrika (there
is endles debate on the subtle difference between the two!)
It is a
sarva svara mUrcchana kAraka rAgam. The technique of modal shift of
tonic (graha bhEdam) performed on the notes, g, m p, n, generate
respectively the rAgams mOhanam, madhyamAvati, hindOLam, and
shuddha sAvEri
Popular
compositions are:
shrIrAja mAta”ngi
(varnam, Muttayya BhAgavatar), entanErccina (tyAgarAja),
subrahmaNyEna (muttusvAami dIkSitar), sAmOdam cintayAmi (svAti
tirunAL), shrIhari vallabhE (Mysore vAsudEvacAriar). The
composer’s mudra is “harikEsha”.
A profile is harikEshanallUr
mutttayyA bhAgavatar is available at:
http://www.carnatica.net/composer/muthaiahbhagavatar.htm
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