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Minakshi Pancharatnam Stotram
मीनाक्षी पञ्चरत्नम् स्तोत्रम्
Mīnākṣī Pañcaratnam Stotram
Chant
श्रीविद्यां शिववामभागनिलयां ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रोज्ज्वलां श्रीचक्राङ्कितबिन्दुमध्यवसतिं श्रीमत्सभानायिकीम् । श्रीमत्षण्मुखविघ्नराजजननीं श्रीमज्जगन्मोहिनीं मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥३॥
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- श्रीविद्यां शिववामभागनिलयां ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रोज्ज्वलां
- Sri Vidya dwelling on Shiva's left side, radiant with the Hrim mantra.
- श्रीचक्राङ्कितबिन्दुमध्यवसतिं श्रीमत्सभानायिकीम् ।
- Residing in the bindu at the centre of the Sri Chakra, queen of the glorious assembly.
- श्रीमत्षण्मुखविघ्नराजजननीं श्रीमज्जगन्मोहिनीं
- Mother of the glorious Skanda and Ganesha, bewitcher of the worlds.
- मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥३॥
- I bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion.
The bindu at the heart of the Sri Chakra is the point where subject and object merge. She who dwells there is the power of consciousness by which the universe is known yet remains one with the knower.
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