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Mantra Matrika Pushpamala Stavah
मन्त्रमातृकापुष्पमालास्तवः
Mantramātṛkāpuṣpamālāstavaḥ
Chant
हन्तारं मदनस्य नन्दयसि यैरङ्गैरनङ्गोज्ज्वलै र्यैर्भृङ्गावलिनीलकुन्तलभरैर्बध्नासि तस्याशयम् तानीमानि तवाम्ब कोमलतराण्यामोदलीला गृहा ण्यामोदाय दशाङ्गगुग्गुलुघृतैर्धूपैरहं धूपये ॥९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- हन्तारं मदनस्य नन्दयसि यैरङ्गैरनङ्गोज्ज्वलै
- With limbs bright as love-god, by which you delight the slayer of Madana,
- र्यैर्भृङ्गावलिनीलकुन्तलभरैर्बध्नासि तस्याशयम्
- with masses of dark hair like swarms of bees, binding his mind,
- तानीमानि तवाम्ब कोमलतराण्यामोदलीला गृहा
- those limbs of yours, O Mother, softer than play-houses of fragrance,
- ण्यामोदाय दशाङ्गगुग्गुलुघृतैर्धूपैरहं धूपये
- with tenfold guggulu and ghee incense I offer smoke.
Even the power that conquers desire is charmed by the Mother's beauty. Incense offered to her limbs is the rising of purified thought, fragrant with surrender.
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