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Tripura Sundaryashtakam
त्रिपुरसुन्दर्याष्टकम्
Tripurasundaryāṣṭakam
Chant
कुचाञ्चितविपञ्चिकां कुटिलकुन्तलालङ्कृतां कुशेशयनिवासिनीं कुटिलचित्तविद्वेषिणीम् । मदारुणविलोचनां मनसिजारिसम्मोहिनीं मतङ्गमुनिकन्यकां मधुरभाषिणीमाश्रये ॥५॥
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Word breakdown
- कुचाञ्चितविपञ्चिकां कुटिलकुन्तलालङ्कृतां
- With vina pressed to her breasts, adorned with curling locks.
- कुशेशयनिवासिनीं कुटिलचित्तविद्वेषिणीम् ।
- Dweller on the lotus-seat, enemy of crooked minds.
- मदारुणविलोचनां मनसिजारिसम्मोहिनीं
- With wine-red eyes, bewildering even the enemy of Kamadeva.
- मतङ्गमुनिकन्यकां मधुरभाषिणीमाश्रये ॥५॥
- Daughter of Matanga the sage, sweet in speech, I take refuge in her.
Matanga's daughter enchants even Shiva, the foe of desire, with her glances. The power that subdues the mind's crookedness is the same grace that draws it homeward to the Self.
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