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Minakshi Stotram
मीनाक्षीस्तोत्रम्
Mīnākṣīstotram
Chant
वीणानादनिमीलितार्धनयने विस्रस्तचूलीभरे ताम्बूलारुणपल्लवाधरयुते ताटङ्कहारान्विते श्यामे चन्द्रकलावतंसकलिते कस्तूरिकाफालिके पूर्णे पूर्णकलाभिरामवदने मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- वीणानादनिमीलितार्धनयने विस्रस्तचूलीभरे
- With half-closed eyes from the sound of the vina, bearing a loosened pearl necklace.
- ताम्बूलारुणपल्लवाधरयुते ताटङ्कहारान्विते
- With lips red as betel-leaf buds, adorned with ear-ornaments and garlands.
- श्यामे चन्द्रकलावतंसकलिते कस्तूरिकाफालिके
- Dark one, adorned with a crescent crest, with musk on the forehead.
- पूर्णे पूर्णकलाभिरामवदने मां पाहि मीनाम्बिके
- Full one, with face beautiful as the full moon, protect me, O Meenambika.
Half-closed in vina-music, her face is the full moon of beauty. The bliss of aesthetic absorption images the mind's rest in the fullness that needs no outer object.
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