Minakshi Pancharatnam Stotram

मीनाक्षी पञ्चरत्नम् स्तोत्रम्

Mīnākṣī Pañcaratnam Stotram

All 5 verses

Verse 1

उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकोटिसदृशां केयूरहारोज्ज्वलां बिम्बोष्ठीं स्मितदन्तपङ्क्तिरुचिरां पीताम्बरालङ्कृताम् । विष्णुब्रह्मसुरेन्द्रसेवितपदां तत्त्वस्वरूपां शिवां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥१॥

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उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकोटिसदृशां केयूरहारोज्ज्वलां: Resplendent with armlets and necklaces, like a billion rising suns.
बिम्बोष्ठीं स्मितदन्तपङ्क्तिरुचिरां पीताम्बरालङ्कृताम् ।: With bimba-fruit lips, a charming smile and row of teeth, adorned in yellow garments.
विष्णुब्रह्मसुरेन्द्रसेवितपदां तत्त्वस्वरूपां शिवां: Whose feet are served by Vishnu, Brahma, and Indra; Shiva in her true essence.
मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥१॥: I bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion.

The radiance likened to countless suns is the light of consciousness itself, not a distant deity. Bowing to the fish-eyed Goddess is turning inward to the compassion that is the very nature of the Self.

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Verse 2

मुक्ताहारलसत्किरीटरुचिरां पूर्णेन्दुवक्त्रप्रभां शिञ्जन्नूपुरकिङ्किणिमणिधरां पद्मप्रभाभासुराम् । सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदां गिरिसुतां वाणीरमासेवितां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥२॥

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मुक्ताहारलसत्किरीटरुचिरां पूर्णेन्दुवक्त्रप्रभां: Lovely with a crown bright with pearl garlands and a face radiant as the full moon.
शिञ्जन्नूपुरकिङ्किणिमणिधरां पद्मप्रभाभासुराम् ।: Wearing tinkling anklets and bells, shining with lotus-like splendour.
सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदां गिरिसुतां वाणीरमासेवितां: Giver of all desired fruits, daughter of the mountain, served by Sarasvati and Lakshmi.
मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥२॥: I bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion.

She who grants every wish is the inner fullness that no external object can satisfy. When the mind ceases to chase desires, that fullness reveals itself as the bliss inherent in pure awareness.

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Verse 3

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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Verse 4

श्रीमत्सुन्दरनायकीं भयहरां ज्ञानप्रदां निर्मलां श्यामाभां कमलासनार्चितपदां नारायणस्यानुजाम् । वीणावेणुमृदङ्गवाद्यरसिकां नानाविधाम्बिकां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥४॥

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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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Verse 5

नानायोगिमुनीन्द्रहृन्निवसतीं नानार्थसिद्धिप्रदां नानापुष्पविराजिताङ्घ्रियुगलां नारायणेनार्चिताम् । नादब्रह्ममयीं परात्परतरां नानार्थतत्त्वात्मिकां मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥५॥

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नानायोगिमुनीन्द्रहृन्निवसतीं नानार्थसिद्धिप्रदां: Dwelling in the hearts of great yogis and sages, giver of manifold attainments.
नानापुष्पविराजिताङ्घ्रियुगलां नारायणेनार्चिताम् ।: Whose pair of feet is adorned with many flowers, worshipped by Narayana.
नादब्रह्ममयीं परात्परतरां नानार्थतत्त्वात्मिकां: Embodied as Nada-Brahman, beyond the beyond, essence of manifold truths.
मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् ॥५॥: I bow forever to Meenakshi, the ocean of compassion.

She who dwells in the hearts of sages as Nada-Brahman is the soundless sound at the root of Om. All attainments and truths are waves on the ocean of the one Self, whose nature is pure being-consciousness-bliss.

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