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Tripura Sundaryashtakam
त्रिपुरसुन्दर्याष्टकम्
Tripurasundaryāṣṭakam
Chant
स्मरेत्प्रथमपुष्पिणीं रुधिरबिन्दुनीलाम्बरां गृहीतमधुपात्रिकां मदविघूर्णनेत्राञ्चलाम् । घनस्तनभरोन्नतां गलितचूलिकां श्यामलां त्रिलोचनकुटुम्बिनीं त्रिपुरसुन्दरीमाश्रये ॥६॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- स्मरेत्प्रथमपुष्पिणीं रुधिरबिन्दुनीलाम्बरां
- One should remember her as the first-blooming one, in garments blue as a drop of blood.
- गृहीतमधुपात्रिकां मदविघूर्णनेत्राञ्चलाम् ।
- Holding a honey-bowl, with sidelong glances languid from intoxication.
- घनस्तनभरोन्नतां गलितचूलिकां श्यामलां
- Uplifted by the weight of full breasts, with loosened hair-crest, dark-hued.
- त्रिलोचनकुटुम्बिनीं त्रिपुरसुन्दरीमाश्रये ॥६॥
- Consort of the three-eyed one, I take refuge in Tripurasundari.
Memory holds her as the dark beloved in wine-red garments with languid glances. Contemplation of her form turns the intoxicated mind from outer pleasure toward the bliss of the Self.
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