Lalita Sahasranama stotra

Ayoniryoni nilaya kutastha kularupini .. 166

Vishvagrasa: Who devours the universe at the end of the cycle.
Vidrumabha: Who is like coral in complexion.
Vaishnavi: Who is Vaishnavi, the power of Vishnu.
Vishnurupini: Who is Herself in the form of Vishnu.
Ayoni: Who has no source other than Herself.
Yoni nilaya: Who houses the power that generates everything.
Kutastha: Who is the changeless.
Kularupini: Who is the Deity of the Kaula sect.

Viragoshti priya vira naishkarmya nadarupini
Vigyana kalana kalya vidagdha bainda vasana .. 167

Viragoshti priya: Who is fond of the assembly of the devotees of the heroic mode of worship.
Vira: Who is Herself the Hero.
Naishkarmya: Who transcends work (Karma).
Nadarupini: Who is the primal mystic sound.
Vigyana kalana: Who is realization of the Absolute.
Kalya: Who is one to be reckoned with.
Vidagdha: Who is the wisdom displayed in all skills.
Bainda vasana: Who is seated in the Bindu, the central dot in the Shri-chakra.

Tatvadhika tatvamayi tatvamartha svarupini
Samaganapriya saumya sadashiva kutumbini .. 168

Tatvadhika: Who transcends all cosmic categories.
Tatvamayi: Who comprehends all cosmic categories.
Tatvamartha svarupini: Who is one with the non-dual Being denoted by the words Tat and Tvam in the great Vedic sentence Tat-tvamasi.
Samagana priya: Who loves the chanting of Samaveda.
Saumya: Who is the object of worship in Soma sacrifice.
Sadashiva kutumbini: Who is the Consort of sadashiva.

Savya pasavya margastha sarvapad vinivarini
Svastha svabhavamadhura dhira dhira samarchita .. 169

Savya pasavya margastha: Who is reached by both the paths – Savya (samaya) and Apasavya (kaula).
Sarvapad vinivarini: Who wards off all dangers.
Svastha: Who is sweet by nature.
Svabhavamadhura: Who is sweet by nature.
Dhira: Who is endowed with wisdom.
Dhira samarchita: Who is worshipped by the wise with care and completeness.

Chaitanyarghya samaradhya chaitanya kusumapriya
Sadodita sadatushta tarunaditya patala .. 170

Chaitanyarghya samaradhya: Who is best worshipped with the offereings of the spirit as Arghya.
Chaitanya kusumapriya: Who loves the flower offerings of the spirit.
Sadodita: Who is ever shining.
Sadatushta: Who is ever pleased.
Tarunaditya patala: Who is rosy like the morning sun.

Dakshina dakshinaradhya darasmera mukhambuja
Kaulini kevalanarghya kaivalyapada dayini .. 171

Dakshina dakshinaradhya: Who is worshipped according to both the Dakshinacara and its opposite, by the learned and the unlearned.
Darasmera mukhambuja: Whose smiling face gladdens all.
Kaulini kevala: Who is the ultimate object of Kaula worship.
Anarghya kaivalyapada dayini: Who confers the priceless state of ultimate bliss and freedom.

Stotrapriya stutimati shruti samstuta vaibhava
Manasvini manavati maheshi mangalakrutih .. 172

Stotrapriya: Who loves hymns of praise.
Stutimati: Who is worthy of hymns of praise.
Shruti samstuta vaibhava: Whose glory is praised by the Vedas.
Manasvini: Who is self-possessed.
Manavati: Who is high-minded.
Maheshi: Who is the great queen.
Mangalakrutih: With a benign form.

Vishvamata jagaddhatri vishalakshi viragini
Pragalbha paramodara paramoda manomayi .. 173

Vishvamata: Who is the Mother of the Universe.
Jagaddhatri: Who is the protectress of the universe.
Vishalakshi: Who has large eyes or who is worshipped as Vishala at Kasi.
Viragini: Who is utterly passionless.
Pragalbha: Who is surprisingly daring
Paramodara: Who is supremely generous.
Manomayi: Who is all spirit.

Vyomakeshi vimanastha vajrini vamakeshvari
Pancha yagyapriya pancha preta manchadhi shayini ..174

Vyomakeshi: Who has the skies above as Her locks of hair on the head.
Vimanastha: Who is seated high in Her celestial car.
Vajrini: Who is Indrani.
Vamakeshvari: Who is the deity of the leftward path of the Kaulas.
Pancha yagya priya: Who loves the five sacrifices of the rightward Savya path.
Pancha ptreta manchadhi shayini: Who is seated on a seat supported by the Five Dead, (Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Ishvara and Sadashiva).

Panchami panchabhuteshi pancha sankhyopacharini
Shashvati shashvat-aishvarya sharmada shambhu mohini ..175

Panchami: Who is the Consort of the Fifth of these (Sadashiva).
Panchabhuteshi: Who rules over the five primordial elements.
Pancha sankhyopacharini: Who is worshipped with the fivefold offerings.
Shashvati: Who is eternal.
Shashvat-aishvarya: Whose dominion is eternal.
Sharmada: Who gives eternal happiness.
Shambhu mohini: Who is the charmer of Shambhu, Her Consort.

Dhara dharasuta dhanya dharmini dharma vardhini
Lokatita gunatita sarvatita shamatmika .. 176

Dhara: Who is earth on which all beings rest.
Dharasuta: Who is the daughter of Himavan, the king of mountains.
Dhanya: Who is supremely blessed.
Dharmini: Who is righteous.
Dharma vardhini: Who promotes righteousness in devotees.
Lokatita: Who transcends all the worlds.
Gunatita: Who transcends the three Gunas of Prakruti known as Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Sarvatita: Who transcends everything.
Shamatmika: Who is the soul of peace.

Bandhuka kusumaprakhya bala lila vinodini
Sumangali sukhakari suveshadhya suvasini .. 177

Bandhuka kusumaprakhya: Who has the tender grace of Bandhuka blossoms.
Bala: Who is eternally young.
Lila vinodini: Who sports in the creation of the universe.
Sumangali: Who is most auspicious in Herself.
Sukhakari: Who bestows happiness.
Suveshadhya: Who is gracefully attired.
Suvasini: Who is ever with Her consort.

Suvasinyarchana prita shobhana shuddha manasa
Bindutarpana santushta purvaja tripurambika .. 178

Suvasinyarchana prita: Who is pleased with respect shown to married women.
Shobhana: Whose splendour beams forth in all directions.
Shuddha manasa: Who is ever pure in mind.
Bindutarpana santushta: Who is pleased with libations offered to the Bindu (the central dot in the Shri chakra).
Purvaja: Who is the first born.
Tripurambika: Who is the Mother-Goddess Tripurambika (who represents the stresses in the creative process known Nada, Bindu, and Kala).

Dasha mudra samaradhya tripurashri vashankari
Gyanamudra gyanagamya gyanagyeya svarupini .. 179

Dasha mudra samaradhya: Who is worshipped through the ten Mudras or signs and poses of the hands and fingers in worship.
Tripurashri vashankari: Who controls Tripurashri (a powerful Deity) presiding over the fifth avarana called sarvarthasadhaka chakra.
Gyanamudra: Who is gyana-mudra also known as Cin-mudra – the finger-pose of knowledge.
Gyanagamya: Who is attained through knowledge.
Gyanagyeya svarupini: Who is both knowledge and the object of knowledge.

Yonimudra trikhandeshi trigunamba trikonaga
Anaghadbhuta charitra vanchitartha pradayini .. 180

Yonimudra: Who is the finger-pose of creation as well (Yoni-mudra).
Trikhandeshi: Who is the presiding deity of the Trikhanda, the three regions of Brahmarandhra, Manipura and Muladhara.
Triguna: Who is endowed with the three modes of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Amba: Who is Amba, the mother of all.
Trikonaga: Who dwells in the triangle of Shri-chakra.
Anagha: Who is sinless.
Adhbhuta charitra: Whose ways are marvellous.
Vanchitartha pradayini: Who grants worshippers whatever they want.

Abhyasati shayagyata shadadhvatita rupini
Avyaja karunamurti ragyana dhvanta dipika .. 181

Abhyasati shayagyata: Who is known only through the strenuous practice of spiritual disciplines.
Shadadhvatita rupini: Who transcends the six modes of devotion (Varna, Pada, Mantra, Kala, Tattva and Bhuvana).
Avyaja karunamurti: Who is unconditional grace.
Ragyana dhvanta dipika: Who dispels the darkness of ignorance.

Abalagopa vidita sarvanulanghya shasana
Shrichakra rajanilaya shrimath tripura sundari .. 182

Amabalgopa vidita: Who can be understood by all, even by a child or a cowherd.
Sarvanulanghya shasana: Whose laws none dares to transgress.
Shrichakra rajanilaya: Who dwells in the sovereign Shri-chakra.
Shrimath tripura sundari: Who is the divine Tripura-sundari.

Shrishiva shivashaktyaikya rupini lalitambika
Evam shrilalita devyah naam naam sahasrakam jaguh ..183

Shrishiva: Who is the blessed Shiva (who is identical with Shiva).
Shivashaktyaikya rupini: Who is the unity of Shiva and Shakti.
Lalitambika: Who is called Lalitambika (the goddess who is Lalita, the playful) because Her Cosmic functions are just like a sport to Her, and Ambika because she is the Mother of all.

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