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Minakshi Stotram
मीनाक्षीस्तोत्रम्
Mīnākṣīstotram
Chant
चक्रस्थेऽचपले चराचरजगन्नाथे जगत्पूजिते आर्तालीवरदे नताभयकरे वक्षोजभारान्विते विद्ये वेदकलापमौलिविदिते विद्युल्लताविग्रहे मातः पूर्णसुधारसार्द्रहृदये मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके ॥२॥
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Word breakdown
- चक्रस्थेऽचपले चराचरजगन्नाथे जगत्पूजिते
- Seated on the wheel, unmoving, lord of the moving and unmoving world, worshipped by the world.
- आर्तालीवरदे नताभयकरे वक्षोजभारान्विते
- Giver of boons to those in distress, with hand granting fearlessness to the bowing, endowed with full breasts.
- विद्ये वेदकलापमौलिविदिते विद्युल्लताविग्रहे
- O Vidya, known to the crest where the Vedas rest as a quiver, of lightning-creeper form.
- मातः पूर्णसुधारसार्द्रहृदये मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके
- O Mother, with heart melted by the essence of full nectar, protect me, O Meenambika.
The Goddess unmoving at the wheel's center rules the whole moving world yet grants fearlessness to the distressed. Her heart steeped in nectar is the fullness of bliss that the restless mind seeks outside.
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