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Minakshi Stotram
मीनाक्षीस्तोत्रम्
Mīnākṣīstotram
Chant
नादे नारदतुम्बुराद्यविनुते नादान्तनादात्मिके नित्ये नीललतात्मिके निरुपमे नीवारशूकोपमे कान्ते कामकले कदम्बनिलये कामेश्वराङ्कस्थिते मद्विद्ये मदभीष्टकल्पलतिके मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके ॥६॥
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Word breakdown
- नादे नारदतुम्बुराद्यविनुते नादान्तनादात्मिके
- O Nada, praised by Narada, Tumburu, and the rest, essence of the sound beyond sound.
- नित्ये नीललतात्मिके निरुपमे नीवारशूकोपमे
- Eternal, of blue-lotus nature, incomparable, like a rice-shoot.
- कान्ते कामकले कदम्बनिलये कामेश्वराङ्कस्थिते
- Beloved, O Kamakala, dwelling in the kadamba grove, seated on Kameshvara's lap.
- मद्विद्ये मदभीष्टकल्पलतिके मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके
- My Vidya, my wish-fulfilling creeper, protect me, O Meenambika.
She is Nada, the sound beyond sound, and Kamakala united with Kameshvara. The devotee's own Vidya is the wish-fulfilling creeper rooted in the silence from which all mantra arises.
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