Tripura Sundari Manasa Puja Stotram

त्रिपुरसुन्दरी मानस पूजा स्तोत्रम्

Tripurasundarī Mānasa Pūjā Stotram

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Verse 1

मम न भजनशक्तिः पादयोस्ते न भक्ति- र्न च विषयविरक्तिर्ध्यानयोगे न सक्तिः । इति मनसि सदाहं चिन्तयन्नाद्यशक्ते रुचिरवचनपुष्पैरर्चनं संचिनोमि ॥१॥

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मम न भजनशक्तिः पादयोस्ते न भक्ति-: I have no power to worship, no devotion at your feet,
र्न च विषयविरक्तिर्ध्यानयोगे न सक्तिः ।: nor dispassion toward sense-objects, nor aptitude in meditation and yoga.
इति मनसि सदाहं चिन्तयन्नाद्यशक्ते: thus thinking always in my mind, O primal Power,
रुचिरवचनपुष्पैरर्चनं संचिनोमि ॥१॥: I gather worship with flowers of beautiful words.

Honest confession of inadequacy is itself the opening of true worship. When the devotee knows that capacity and devotion come from the Goddess alone, the offering of words becomes an act of surrender rather than pride.

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Verse 2

व्याप्तं हाटकविग्रहैर्जलचरैरारूढदेवव्रजैः पोतैराकुलितान्तरं मणिधरैर्भूमीधरैर्भूषितम् । आरक्तामृतसिन्धुमुद्धुरचलद्विचीचयव्याकुल- व्योमानं परिचिन्त्य सन्ततमहो चेतः कृतार्थीभव ॥२॥

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व्याप्तं हाटकविग्रहैर्जलचरैरारूढदेवव्रजैः: Filled with golden-bodied beings, water-creatures, and hosts of mounted gods,
पोतैराकुलितान्तरं मणिधरैर्भूमीधरैर्भूषितम् ।: its interior crowded with boats, adorned with jewel-mountains and earth-bearing peaks,
आरक्तामृतसिन्धुमुद्धुरचलद्विचीचयव्याकुल-: with a red nectar-ocean whose surging, restless waves churn
व्योमानं परिचिन्त्य सन्ततमहो चेतः कृतार्थीभव ॥२॥: the sky; contemplating this always, O heart, become fulfilled.

The cosmic island imagined in worship is the universe held in contemplation. When the mind beholds the whole world as the Goddess's realm, the heart finds its rest in the one consciousness that contains all forms.

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Verse 3

तस्मिन्नुज्ज्वलरत्नजालविलसत्कान्तिच्छटाभिः स्फुटं कुर्वाणं वियदिन्द्रचापनिचयैराच्छादितं सर्वतः । उच्चैःशृङ्गनिषण्णदिव्यवनितावृन्दाननप्रोल्लस- द्गीताकर्णननिश्चलाखिलमृगं द्वीपं नमस्कुर्महे ॥३॥

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तस्मिन्नुज्ज्वलरत्नजालविलसत्कान्तिच्छटाभिः स्फुटं: In that island, clearly spreading splendour with flashing nets of radiant jewels,
कुर्वाणं वियदिन्द्रचापनिचयैराच्छादितं सर्वतः ।: making the sky covered everywhere with gatherings of rainbows,
उच्चैःशृङ्गनिषण्णदिव्यवनितावृन्दाननप्रोल्लस-: as hosts of divine maidens on lofty peaks bloom forth with song,
द्गीताकर्णननिश्चलाखिलमृगं द्वीपं नमस्कुर्महे ॥३॥: and all animals stand still to listen; to that island we bow.

Jewel-light and stillness amid song show the world enchanted by divine presence. The island where creatures cease their flight is the mind stilled in the hearing of the sacred sound that underlies all movement.

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Verse 4

जातीचम्पकपाटलादिसुमनःसौरभ्यसम्भावितं ह्रीङ्कारध्वनिकण्ठकोकिलकुहूप्रोल्लासिचूतद्रुमम् । आविर्भूतसुगन्धिचन्दनवनं दृष्टिप्रियं नन्दनं चञ्चच्चञ्चलचञ्चरिकाचटुलं चेतश्चिरं चिन्तय ॥४॥

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जातीचम्पकपाटलादिसुमनःसौरभ्यसम्भावितं: Filled with the fragrance of jasmine, champaka, patala, and other flowers,
ह्रीङ्कारध्वनिकण्ठकोकिलकुहूप्रोल्लासिचूतद्रुमम् ।: with mango trees where kokilas rejoice, their throats echoing the sound of Hrim,
आविर्भूतसुगन्धिचन्दनवनं दृष्टिप्रियं नन्दनं: Nandana grove, dear to the eye, with fragrant sandal woods appearing,
चञ्चच्चञ्चलचञ्चरिकाचटुलं चेतश्चिरं चिन्तय ॥४॥: playful with restless bees; O mind, contemplate it long.

Nandana is the inner garden where mantra and fragrance mingle. The mind that lingers there learns that beauty and sacred sound arise from the same source, the Mother whose bija is the seed of creation.

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Verse 5

परिपतितपरागैः पाटलक्षोणिभागो विकसितकुसुमोच्चैः पीतचन्द्रार्करश्मिः । अलिशुकपिकराजीकूजितैः श्रोत्रहारी स्फुरतु हृदि मदीये नूनमुद्यानराजः ॥५॥

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परिपतितपरागैः पाटलक्षोणिभागो: A crimson earthen part with fallen pollen,
विकसितकुसुमोच्चैः पीतचन्द्रार्करश्मिः ।: bright with opened blossoms, yellow with moon and sun rays,
अलिशुकपिकराजीकूजितैः श्रोत्रहारी: ear-enchanting with the humming of bees and lines of cuckoos,
स्फुरतु हृदि मदीये नूनमुद्यानराजः ॥५॥: may the king of gardens shine forth in my heart.

The royal garden within the heart is not a distant paradise but the bliss of turned-in awareness. When pollen, light, and song gather there, the devotee tastes the sweetness that worldly gardens only symbolize.

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Verse 6

रम्यद्वारपुरप्रचारतमसां संहारकारिप्रभ स्फूर्जत्तोरणभारहारकमहाविस्तारहारद्युते । क्षोणीमण्डलहेमहारविलसत्संसारपारप्रद प्रोद्यद्भक्तमनोविहार कनकप्राकार तुभ्यं नमः ॥६॥

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रम्यद्वारपुरप्रचारतमसां संहारकारिप्रभ: O splendour that destroys the darkness wandering through lovely gate-towns,
स्फूर्जत्तोरणभारहारकमहाविस्तारहारद्युते ।: shining with archways, heavy garlands, and vast festoons,
क्षोणीमण्डलहेमहारविलसत्संसारपारप्रद: giver of the far shore of samsara, gleaming like a golden necklace on the earth,
प्रोद्यद्भक्तमनोविहार कनकप्राकार तुभ्यं नमः ॥६॥: playground of the rising devotee's mind, O golden enclosure, salutations to you.

The golden wall that ends the wanderings of darkness is the boundary of disciplined devotion. Crossing it, the mind leaves the city of sorrow and enters the precinct where the Goddess alone is worshipped.

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Verse 7

उद्यत्कान्तिकलापकल्पितनभःस्फूर्जद्वितानप्रभ सत्कृष्णागरुधूपवासितवियत्काष्ठान्तरे विश्रुतः । सेवायातसमस्तदैवतगणैरासेव्यमानोऽनिशं सोऽयं श्रीमणिमण्डपोऽनवरतं मच्चेतसि द्योतताम् ॥७॥

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उद्यत्कान्तिकलापकल्पितनभःस्फूर्जद्वितानप्रभ: Whose canopy-splendour fashions the sky from rising bands of beauty,
सत्कृष्णागरुधूपवासितवियत्काष्ठान्तरे विश्रुतः ।: renowned in the quarters of heaven scented with fine black agaru incense,
सेवायातसमस्तदैवतगणैरासेव्यमानोऽनिशं: served ceaselessly by all the gods who have come to attend,
सोऽयं श्रीमणिमण्डपोऽनवरतं मच्चेतसि द्योतताम् ॥७॥: may this glorious jewelled pavilion shine unceasingly in my heart.

The jewelled hall is the heart purified for the Goddess's presence. When gods themselves serve there, the devotee understands that all deities are rays of the one Mother who dwells at the centre.

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Verse 8

क्वापि प्रोद्भटपद्मरागकिरणव्रातेन सन्ध्यायितं कुत्रापि स्फुटविस्फुरन्मरकतद्युत्या तमिस्रायितम् । मध्यालम्बिविशालमौक्तिकरुचा ज्योत्स्नायितं कुत्रचि- न्मातः श्रीमणिमन्दिरं तव सदा वन्दामहे सुन्दरम् ॥८॥

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क्वापि प्रोद्भटपद्मरागकिरणव्रातेन सन्ध्यायितं: Somewhere made twilight by hosts of bright ruby rays,
कुत्रापि स्फुटविस्फुरन्मरकतद्युत्या तमिस्रायितम् ।: elsewhere darkened by the clear flash of emerald light,
मध्यालम्बिविशालमौक्तिकरुचा ज्योत्स्नायितं कुत्रचि-: somewhere moonlit with the lustre of a great pearl hung in the midst,
न्मातः श्रीमणिमन्दिरं तव सदा वन्दामहे सुन्दरम् ॥८॥: O Mother, we ever bow to your beautiful gem palace.

The temple that shifts through ruby dusk, emerald night, and pearl moonlight is consciousness itself, never fixed in one mode. Bowing to its changing beauty, the devotee worships the formless through form.

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Verse 9

उत्तुङ्गालयविस्फुरन्मरकतप्रोद्यत्प्रभामण्डला- न्यालोक्याङ्कुरितोत्सवैर्नवतृणाकीर्णस्थलीशङ्कया । नीतो वाजिभिरुत्पथं बत रथः सूतेन तिग्मद्युते- र्वल्गावल्गितहस्तमस्तशिखरं कष्टैरितः प्राप्यते ॥९॥

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उत्तुङ्गालयविस्फुरन्मरकतप्रोद्यत्प्रभामण्डला-: Seeing the sphere of emerald radiance rising from the lofty abode,
न्यालोक्याङ्कुरितोत्सवैर्नवतृणाकीर्णस्थलीशङ्कया ।: the horses, mistaking fresh grass for that splendour, are led astray,
नीतो वाजिभिरुत्पथं बत रथः सूतेन तिग्मद्युते-: and the chariot, driven by the sharp-rayed charioteer,
र्वल्गावल्गितहस्तमस्तशिखरं कष्टैरितः प्राप्यते ॥९॥: reaches the waving peak of Mount Meru only with difficulty.

The chariot journey shows how even celestial horses confuse the world's green with the Goddess's radiance. So the mind mistakes appearances for reality until disciplined worship leads it to the summit of insight.

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Verse 10

मणिसदनसमुद्यत्कान्तिधारानुरक्ते वियति चरमसन्ध्याशङ्किनो भानुरथ्याः । शिथिलितगतकुप्यत्सूतहुङ्कारनादैः कथमपि मणिगेहादुच्चकैरुच्चलन्ति ॥१०॥

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मणिसदनसमुद्यत्कान्तिधारानुरक्ते: Attached to the streaming splendour rising from the gem palace,
वियति चरमसन्ध्याशङ्किनो भानुरथ्याः ।: the sun's chariot in the sky hesitates at the final twilight,
शिथिलितगतकुप्यत्सूतहुङ्कारनादैः: its pace slackened, the angry charioteer shouting,
कथमपि मणिगेहादुच्चकैरुच्चलन्ति ॥१०॥: yet somehow the horses at last depart from the jewelled house.

Even the sun lingers before the Goddess's brilliance, for no created light outshines her. The devotee learns that all luminaries, outer and inner, derive their power from the one radiance of Tripura.

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Verse 11

भक्त्या किं नु समर्पितानि बहुधा रत्नानि पाथोधिना किं वा रोहणपर्वतेन सदनं यैर्विश्वकर्माकरोत् । आ ज्ञातं गिरिजे कटाक्षकलया नूनं त्वया तोषिते शम्भौ नृत्यति नागराजफणिना कीर्णा मणिश्रेणया ॥११॥

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भक्त्या किं नु समर्पितानि बहुधा रत्नानि पाथोधिना: What are jewels offered again and again from the ocean with devotion,
किं वा रोहणपर्वतेन सदनं यैर्विश्वकर्माकरोत् ।: or palaces Vishvakarma built from Mount Meru,
आ ज्ञातं गिरिजे कटाक्षकलया नूनं त्वया तोषिते: now I know, O Girija, when you are pleased by a sidelong glance,
शम्भौ नृत्यति नागराजफणिना कीर्णा मणिश्रेणया ॥११॥: Shiva dances on the serpent king's hood, strewn with rows of gems.

Ocean jewels and divine architecture are nothing beside the Mother's glance. One flash of her grace moves Shiva to dance, showing that the Lord's joy flows from Shakti, the active power of consciousness.

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Verse 12

विदूरमुक्तवाहनैर्विनम्रमौलिमण्डलै- र्निबद्धहस्तसम्पुटैः प्रयत्नसंयतेन्द्रियैः । विरिञ्चिविष्णुशङ्करादिभिर्मुदा तवाम्बिके प्रतीक्ष्यमाणनिर्गमो विभाति रत्नमण्डपः ॥१२॥

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विदूरमुक्तवाहनैर्विनम्रमौलिमण्डलै-: With vehicles set far off and bowed crowns,
र्निबद्धहस्तसम्पुटैः प्रयत्नसंयतेन्द्रियैः ।: folded hands, and senses carefully restrained,
विरिञ्चिविष्णुशङ्करादिभिर्मुदा तवाम्बिके: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and the rest wait joyfully, O Ambika,
प्रतीक्ष्यमाणनिर्गमो विभाति रत्नमण्डपः ॥१२॥: as the jewelled hall shines, awaiting your emergence.

The gods waiting with folded hands reveal that even the highest powers depend on the Mother. The hall bright with anticipation is the devotee's own mind poised before the revelation of the Self as Shakti.

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Verse 13

ध्वनन्मृदङ्गकाहलः प्रगीतकिंनरीगणः प्रनृत्तदिव्यकन्यकाः प्रवृत्तमङ्गलक्रमः । प्रकृष्टसेवकव्रजः प्रहृष्टभक्तमण्डलः मुदे ममास्तु सन्ततं त्वदीयरत्नमण्डपः ॥१३॥

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ध्वनन्मृदङ्गकाहलः प्रगीतकिंनरीगणः: With sounding mridangas and kettle-drums, kinnaras singing ahead,
प्रनृत्तदिव्यकन्यकाः प्रवृत्तमङ्गलक्रमः ।: divine maidens dancing, auspicious rites begun,
प्रकृष्टसेवकव्रजः प्रहृष्टभक्तमण्डलः: excellent hosts of servants and a joyful circle of devotees,
मुदे ममास्तु सन्ततं त्वदीयरत्नमण्डपः ॥१३॥: may your jewelled pavilion ever be my delight.

Festivity in the pavilion is the celebration of consciousness when the Goddess is known as near. Song, dance, and glad service are the natural expression of a mind that has found its mistress in the heart.

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Verse 14

प्रवेशनिर्गमाकुलैः स्वकृत्यरक्तमानसै- र्बहिस्थितामरावलीविधीयमानभक्तिभिः । विचित्रवस्त्रभूषणैरुपेतमङ्गनाजनैः सदा करोतु मङ्गलं ममेह रत्नमण्डपः ॥१४॥

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प्रवेशनिर्गमाकुलैः स्वकृत्यरक्तमानसै-: With minds devoted to their duties, coming and going in crowds,
र्बहिस्थितामरावलीविधीयमानभक्तिभिः ।: and with the ranks of gods outside performing worship,
विचित्रवस्त्रभूषणैरुपेतमङ्गनाजनैः: and attendant women in wondrous garments and ornaments,
सदा करोतु मङ्गलं ममेह रत्नमण्डपः ॥१४॥: may this jewelled hall ever bring me auspiciousness.

The bustling assembly outside mirrors the ordered functions of the inner world when the heart is devoted. Auspiciousness flows when every movement of mind and sense is offered as service to the Goddess.

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Verse 15

सुवर्णरत्नभूषितैर्विचित्रवस्त्रधारिभि- र्गृहीतहेमयष्टिभिर्निरुद्धसर्वदैवतैः । असंख्यसुन्दरीजनैः पुरस्थितैरधिष्ठितो मदीयमेतु मानसं त्वदीयतुङ्गतोरणः ॥१५॥

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सुवर्णरत्नभूषितैर्विचित्रवस्त्रधारिभि-: With bearers in gold and jewels wearing marvellous robes,
र्गृहीतहेमयष्टिभिर्निरुद्धसर्वदैवतैः ।: holding golden staffs, and all the gods gathered round,
असंख्यसुन्दरीजनैः पुरस्थितैरधिष्ठितो: guarded by countless beautiful attendants at the gate,
मदीयमेतु मानसं त्वदीयतुङ्गतोरणः ॥१५॥: may your lofty gateway enter my mind.

The golden gateway guarded by gods is the threshold where worldly thought ends and worship begins. Inviting it into the mind, the devotee consecrates the very entrance of awareness to the Mother.

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Verse 16

इन्द्रादींश्च दिगीश्वरान्सहपरिवारानथो सायुधा- न्योषिद्रूपधरान्स्वदिक्षु निहितान्संचिन्त्य हृत्पङ्कजे । शङ्खे श्रीवसुधारया वसुमतीयुक्तं च पद्मं स्मर- न्कामं नौमि रतिप्रियं सहचरं प्रीत्या वसन्तं भजे ॥१६॥

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इन्द्रादींश्च दिगीश्वरान्सहपरिवारानथो सायुधा-: Placing Indra and the lords of the quarters with their retinues and weapons,
न्योषिद्रूपधरान्स्वदिक्षु निहितान्संचिन्त्य हृत्पङ्कजे ।: and those in women's form, stationed in their directions, in the heart-lotus,
शङ्खे श्रीवसुधारया वसुमतीयुक्तं च पद्मं स्मर-: at the conch, with Sri and Earth on the lotus, remembering
न्कामं नौमि रतिप्रियं सहचरं प्रीत्या वसन्तं भजे ॥१६॥: Kama, I bow; Rati his beloved, and Vasanta I worship with love.

Guardians of the directions and powers of desire are placed in the heart so that no force disturbs worship. Even Kama is honoured and transcended when the full mandala of the mind is offered to Tripura Sundari.

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