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Minakshi Pancharatnam Stotram
मीनाक्षी पञ्चरत्नम् स्तोत्रम्
Mīnākṣī Pañcaratnam Stotram
Chant
श्रीमत्सुन्दरनायकीं भयहरां ज्ञानप्रदां निर्मलां श्यामाभां कमलासनार्चितपदां नारायणस्यानुजाम् । वीणावेणुमृदङ्गवाद्यरसिकां नानाविधाम्बिकां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥४॥
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Word breakdown
- श्रीमत्सुन्दरनायकीं भयहरां ज्ञानप्रदां निर्मलां
- Consort of the glorious Sundareshwara, remover of fear, giver of pure knowledge.
- श्यामाभां कमलासनार्चितपदां नारायणस्यानुजाम् ।
- Dark-hued, whose feet are worshipped by Brahma on his lotus seat, younger sister of Narayana.
- वीणावेणुमृदङ्गवाद्यरसिकां नानाविधाम्बिकां
- Lover of the music of vina, flute, and drum; Goddess of manifold forms.
- मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥४॥
- I bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion.
Fear departs when knowledge of the Self arises, for what is there to fear when the witness is discovered? The music she loves is the harmony of life lived as worship, where every sound returns to silence.
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