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Minakshi Stotram
मीनाक्षीस्तोत्रम्
Mīnākṣīstotram
Chant
ब्रह्मेशाच्युतगीयमानचरिते प्रेतासनान्तस्थिते पाशोदङ्कुशचापबाणकलिते बालेन्दुचूडाञ्चिते बाले बालकुरङ्गलोलनयने बालार्ककोट्युज्ज्वले मुद्राराधितदैवते मुनिसुते मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके ॥४॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- ब्रह्मेशाच्युतगीयमानचरिते प्रेतासनान्तस्थिते
- Whose deeds are sung by Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu, seated beside the corpse-throne.
- पाशोदङ्कुशचापबाणकलिते बालेन्दुचूडाञ्चिते
- Holding noose, goad, bow, and arrows, adorned with a young crescent crest.
- बाले बालकुरङ्गलोलनयने बालार्ककोट्युज्ज्वले
- Young one, with fawn-like restless eyes, blazing like millions of young suns.
- मुद्राराधितदैवते मुनिसुते मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके
- O deity worshipped through mudras, O daughter of the sage, protect me, O Meenambika.
The child-faced Goddess beside Shiva's cremation seat holds the weapons of inner discipline. Worship through mudra turns the senses from outer objects toward the radiant Self.
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