Kalyana Vrishti Stavah

कल्याण वृष्टि स्तवह्

Kalyāṇa Vṛṣṭi Stavah

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Verse 1

कल्याणवृष्टिभिरिवामृतपूरिताभि- र्लक्ष्मीस्वयंवरणमङ्गलदीपिकाभिः । सेवाभिरम्ब तव पादसरोजमूले नाकारि किं मनसि भाग्यवतां जनानाम् ॥१॥

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कल्याणवृष्टिभिरिवामृतपूरिताभि-: As with showers of auspiciousness filled with nectar.
र्लक्ष्मीस्वयंवरणमङ्गलदीपिकाभिः ।: And with auspicious lamps of Lakshmi's svayamvara.
सेवाभिरम्ब तव पादसरोजमूले: By services, O Mother, at the root of your lotus feet.
नाकारि किं मनसि भाग्यवतां जनानाम् ॥१॥: What has not been wrought in the minds of fortunate people?

Service at the Mother's feet is likened to showers of merit and lamps of auspiciousness. The fortunate mind finds every good already accomplished where devotion takes root.

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Verse 2

एतावदेव जननि स्पृहणीयमास्ते त्वद्वन्दनेषु सलिलस्थगिते च नेत्रे । सान्निध्यमुद्यदरुणायुतसोदरस्य त्वद्विग्रहस्य परया सुधयाप्लुतस्य ॥२॥

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एतावदेव जननि स्पृहणीयमास्ते: This alone, O Mother, is desirable for me.
त्वद्वन्दनेषु सलिलस्थगिते च नेत्रे ।: In bowing to you, with eyes covered by streaming tears.
सान्निध्यमुद्यदरुणायुतसोदरस्य: The nearness of your form with the rising red-hued radiance of the sun.
त्वद्विग्रहस्य परया सुधयाप्लुतस्य ॥२॥: Of your image steeped in supreme nectar.

The devotee's highest wish is nearness to the Mother's radiant form, not worldly gain. Tears of salutation and immersion in her nectar-image turn the mind from outer objects to the bliss within.

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Verse 3

ईशात्वनामकलुषाः कति वा न सन्ति ब्रह्मादयः प्रतिभवं प्रलयाभिभूताः । एकः स एव जननि स्थिरसिद्धिरास्ते यः पादयोस्तव सकृत्प्रणतिं करोति ॥३॥

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ईशात्वनामकलुषाः कति वा न सन्ति: How many are there not stained by the impurity of lordship?
ब्रह्मादयः प्रतिभवं प्रलयाभिभूताः ।: Brahma and the rest, overcome by birth and dissolution.
एकः स एव जननि स्थिरसिद्धिरास्ते: He alone, O Mother, attains stable accomplishment.
यः पादयोस्तव सकृत्प्रणतिं करोति ॥३॥: Who makes even once a bow at your feet.

Even gods bound to cosmic cycles find no lasting attainment in sovereignty. A single bow at the Mother's feet grants the stable siddhi that lordship cannot give.

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Verse 4

लब्ध्वा सकृत्त्रिपुरसुन्दरि तावकीनं कारुण्यकन्दलितकान्तिभरं कटाक्षम् । कन्दर्पकोटिसुभगास्त्वयि भक्तिभाजः संमोहयन्ति तरुणीर्भुवनत्रयेऽपि ॥४॥

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लब्ध्वा सकृत्त्रिपुरसुन्दरि तावकीनं: Having received even once, O Tripurasundari, your own.
कारुण्यकन्दलितकान्तिभरं कटाक्षम् ।: Side-glance rich with beauty blossoming from compassion.
कन्दर्पकोटिसुभगास्त्वयि भक्तिभाजः: Those who share devotion in you become more charming than millions of Kamadevas.
संमोहयन्ति तरुणीर्भुवनत्रयेऽपि ॥४॥: They enchant maidens throughout the three worlds.

One compassionate glance from the Mother transforms the devotee's very being. True beauty and power flow from her grace, not from the charms that bind the world.

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Verse 5

ह्रींकारमेव तव नाम गृणन्ति वेदा मातस्त्रिकोणनिलये त्रिपुरे त्रिनेत्रे । त्वत्संस्मृतौ यमभटाभिभवं विहाय दीव्यन्ति नन्दनवने सह लोकपालैः ॥५॥

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ह्रींकारमेव तव नाम गृणन्ति वेदा: The Vedas utter only Hrim as your name.
मातस्त्रिकोणनिलये त्रिपुरे त्रिनेत्रे ।: O Mother, dweller of the triangle, Tripura, three-eyed one.
त्वत्संस्मृतौ यमभटाभिभवं विहाय: In remembering you, abandoning defeat by Yama's hosts.
दीव्यन्ति नन्दनवने सह लोकपालैः ॥५॥: They sport in Nandana grove together with the guardians of the worlds.

The Vedas praise the Mother as Hrim, the seed-sound of Sri Vidya dwelling in the triangle. Remembrance of her lifts the devotee beyond death's dominion into the joy of the immortal realm.

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Verse 6

हन्तुः पुरामधिगलं परिपीयमानः क्रूरः कथं न भविता गरलस्य वेगः । नाश्वासनाय यदि मातरिदं तवार्धं देहस्य शश्वदमृताप्लुतशीतलस्य ॥६॥

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हन्तुः पुरामधिगलं परिपीयमानः: Though the slayer of Tripura drank poison at the throat.
क्रूरः कथं न भविता गरलस्य वेगः ।: How would the cruel force of poison not take effect?
नाश्वासनाय यदि मातरिदं तवार्धं: Yet if this were not for comfort, O Mother, your half.
देहस्य शश्वदमृताप्लुतशीतलस्य ॥६॥: Of a body ever cool, steeped in nectar.

Shiva drank poison yet remained cool through the Mother's nectar-half. The union of Shiva and Shakti shows that consciousness and bliss together neutralize the world's burning poison.

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Verse 7

सर्वज्ञतां सदसि वाक्पटुतां प्रसूते देवि त्वदङ्घ्रिसरसीरुहयोः प्रणामः । किं च स्फुरन्मुकुटमुज्ज्वलमातपत्रं द्वे चामरे च महतीं वसुधां ददाति ॥७॥

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सर्वज्ञतां सदसि वाक्पटुतां प्रसूते: It produces omniscience in assembly and eloquence in speech.
देवि त्वदङ्घ्रिसरसीरुहयोः प्रणामः ।: O Goddess, a bow to your lotus feet.
किं च स्फुरन्मुकुटमुज्ज्वलमातपत्रं: And moreover a flashing crown, a bright royal umbrella.
द्वे चामरे च महतीं वसुधां ददाति ॥७॥: Two chowries, and a great dominion over the earth.

Bowing to the Mother's feet bestows wisdom, eloquence, and worldly sovereignty. Outer glory and inner knowledge both flow from the same source when the mind surrenders at her lotus feet.

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Verse 8

कल्पद्रुमैरभिमतप्रतिपादनेषु कारुण्यवारिधिभिरम्ब भवत्कटाक्षैः । आलोकय त्रिपुरसुन्दरि मामनाथं त्वय्येव भक्तिभरितं त्वयि बद्धतृष्णम् ॥८॥

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कल्पद्रुमैरभिमतप्रतिपादनेषु: In granting desired objects like wish-fulfilling trees.
कारुण्यवारिधिभिरम्ब भवत्कटाक्षैः ।: With your glances, O Mother, oceans of compassion.
आलोकय त्रिपुरसुन्दरि मामनाथं: Look upon me, O Tripurasundari, without a lord.
त्वय्येव भक्तिभरितं त्वयि बद्धतृष्णम् ॥८॥: Filled with devotion in you alone, with thirst bound in you alone.

The closing plea asks the compassionate Mother's glance upon the refugeless devotee whose only thirst is for her. When desire is fixed in the Divine alone, the seeker finds the Lord that was never absent.

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