amma dharma

Pallavi

amma dharma samvardhani yAdukOvamma mA

Anupallavi

immahini nI sari evaramma shivuni komma mA

Charanam

1. dhAtridhara nAyaka priya putri madanakOTi manjuLa gAtri aruNa nIrajadaLa nEtri
nirupama shubha gAtri pITha nilayE varahasta dhrta valayE parama pavitri
bhakta pAlana dhurandhari vIrashakti nE namminA

2. amba kambukaNThi cArukadamba gahana sancAriNi bimbAdhara taDit
kOTinibhAbhari dayAvArinidhE shambarivairi hrcchankari kaumAri svarajita
tumburu nArada sangIta mAdhuryE duritahAriNi mA

3. dhanyE trayambakE mUrdhanyE parama yOgi hrdayamAnyE tyAgarAja kula
sharaNyE patita pAvani kAruNya sAgari sadA aparOkShamu gArAdA sahya
kanyA tIra vAsini parAtpari kAtyAyani rAma sOdari mA

Meaning

Pallavi : O My Mother dharmasamvardhani (name of Mother at tiruvaiyAru)! Please support me.

Anupallavi : O Spouse of Lord Siva! Who is equeal to you in this world?

Charanam :

1. O Dearest daughter of himavAn - the Lord of the mountains – supporter of Earth! O Mother who has a most beautiful personality like a crore cupids! O Mother who has eyes like the red lotus petal! O Mother who has incomparably auspicious body! O Mother resident in the Holy Seats! O Mother whose sacred hands are adorned with bracelets or bangles! O Supremely sacred One! O Foremost in protecting the devotees! O Mother who is chief of powers! O Mother dharmasamvardhani! I have placed faith in You; please support me.

2. O Mother who is shell necked found in the charming kadamaba thicket! O Mother having lips like the red bimba fruit whose splendour resembles crores of lightnings! O Ocean of mercy! O Mother who conquered the heart of Lord Siva (the enemy cupid - enemy of Sambara asura)! O Mother who is Sakti of Lord kumAra (subrahmaNya)! O Mother whose sweetness of tone surpasses the music of tumburu (chief of celestials musicians) and that of sage nArada! O Destroyer of sins. O My Mother dharmasamvardhani! please support me.

3. O Auspicious Three-eyed Mother! O Pre-eminent Mother! O Mother who is honoured in the hearts of supreme ascetics! O Mother who is the refuge of the family of tyAgarAja! O Mother who purifies the fallen! O Ocean of mercy! won’t you deign to be ever perceptible to me? O Mother who is resident on the banks of river kAvEri - daughter of sahyAdri mountain range! O Mother who is beyond everything! O Mother kAtyAyani! O Mother who is the sister of Lord SrI rAma! O My Mother dharmasamvardhani! Please support me.

Notes

Charanam

1. nIraja daLa – This is how it is given in all books other than that of TKG, wherein it is given as vArija daLa.

1. pITha nilayE - According to SrI lalitA sahasranAmaM, the Mother has 50 seats ‘pancASatpITha rUpiNi’ (833). There is a Dikshitar Kriti also on the subject – ‘panchaSatpITha rUpiNi’ – rAga dEvagAndhAra. These 50 seats are stated to be the places where the limbs of sati fell. However, as per details given in the following website, there are 51 such seats. The 50 seats are also considered to be the 50 basic sounds of our speech. http://www.urday.com/peeta.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti_Peethas

1. Sakti - eight Saktis - indrANi, vaiSNavi, SAntA, brahmANi, kaumAri, nArasimhi, vArAhi, mAhESvari.

1. vIra Sakti – It is not clear whether SrI tyAgarAja uses this epithet in its general sense or whether he specifically refers to kaula mArga of Sakti worship. There are many tantrAs which describe these. Please visit website for complete information on the subject – http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/sas/index.htm

2. kambu kaNThi - having folds in the neck like a spiral shell – three lines or marks in the neck considered indicative of good fortune.

2. kadamba gahana – One of the names of mother tripura sundari – ‘kadamba vana vAsini’. Madurai (Tamil Nadu) kShEtra is called ‘kadamba vana’ and ‘kadamba’ tree is the sthala vRkSha there. Source – http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntravel/placesofworship/meenakashi.asp

2. taDit kOTi – In all the books it is found as ‘taTit kOTi’ and the meaning derived ‘lightning’. According to Sanskrit Dictionary, the correct word is ‘taDit’ for lightning.

3. tryambakE – Please refer to SrI lalitA sahasranAmaM (477) wherein Mother is called ‘tri-lOcanI’. Lord Siva is called ‘tryambaka’. (Lord narasimha also is called ‘tryambaka’) The tryambakESvara kShetra is located at Nasik where River Godavari originates. Please visit the site for more information - http://www.templenet.com/Maharashtra/tryambak.html

3. kAtyAyani – name of lalitA mahA tripura sundari in lalitA sahasra nAmaM (556) – meaning ‘the sum-total of the effulgence of all the deities.’ (Refer to lalitA sahasra nAmaM – Translation by Tapasyananda – book under references.) Please also refer to following verse in dEvi purANa

kaM brahma kaM shiraH proktamashmasAraM cha kaM matam.h |
dhAraNAdvAsanAdvApi tena kAtyAyanI matA || (devI purANa)

“‘kaM’ means brahma, the head, and sapphire. Since the devI is the basis of these (bears these) or resides in them, She is called ‘kAtyAyanI’.” Source – http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2003-January/004488.html


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