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Mantra Matrika Pushpamala Stavah
मन्त्रमातृकापुष्पमालास्तवः
Mantramātṛkāpuṣpamālāstavaḥ
Chant
लक्ष्ये योगिजनस्य रक्षितजगज्जाले विशालेक्षणे प्रालेयाम्बुपटीरकुङ्कुमलसत्कर्पूरमिश्रोदकैः गोक्षीरैरपि नारिकेलसलिलैः शुद्धोदकैर्मन्त्रितैः स्नानं देवि धिया मयैतदखिलं सन्तुष्टये कल्पताम् ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- लक्ष्ये योगिजनस्य रक्षितजगज्जाले विशालेक्षणे
- O goal of yogis, wide-eyed protectress of the world's web,
- प्रालेयाम्बुपटीरकुङ्कुमलसत्कर्पूरमिश्रोदकैः
- with waters mixed with camphor, saffron, and snow-cooled patira,
- गोक्षीरैरपि नारिकेलसलिलैः शुद्धोदकैर्मन्त्रितैः
- with cow's milk, coconut water, and pure mantra-charged waters,
- स्नानं देवि धिया मयैतदखिलं सन्तुष्टये कल्पताम्
- this bath, O Goddess, I offer in the mind; may all of it please you.
Bath offered in the mind purifies the subtle body of thought. The yogis' goal is pleased when every stream of imagination is poured out in service to the one who protects the world.
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