Word-by-Word Meaning for abhayAmbAyAm - sahAnA by dikshitar please

[narayara000]

abhayAmbAyAM bhaktiM karOmi

rAga: sahAna / tALa: mishra cApu (tripuTa?)

pallavi

abhayAmbAyAM bhaktiM karOmi
saccidAnanda rUpAyAM svasvarUpAyAM shrI

samaSThicaraNaM

vibhavAdivitaraNanipuNa mantriNyAM
vijayakAraNa nipuNatara daNDinyAM
viyadAdi bhUtakiraNa mAlinyAM
vikalpa haraNa nipuNa shUlinyAM
abhEda pratipAditAyAM Adi guruguha vEditAyAM
sabhEsha mOdita naTanAyAM sAyujyaprada caraNAyAM

[srkris]

Word-by-word

abhayāmbāyāṃ - In abhaya-ambā (the mother who dispels fear)
bhaktiṃ - homage
karomi - i perform
sat-cit-ānanda rūpāyāṃ - (who is) in the form of existence, knowledge and bliss
sva-svarūpāyāṃ - (who is) in the form of the self
śrī - auspicious one

vibhavādi - greatness, fortune and so on
vitaraṇa - giving away
nipuṇa - skilled
mantriṇyāṃ - (in her who is) wise
vijaya - victory
kāraṇa - causing
nipuṇa-tara - expertise
daṇḍinyāṃ - in protection

viyadādi - The sky and so on
bhūta - natural elements
kiraṇa-mālinyām - garlanded with the rays
vikalpa - delusions
haraṇa - destroyer
nipuṇa - expert at
śūlinyām - bearer of the śūla (trident)

abheda - absence of difference (advaitam)
pratipāditāyāṃ = she who manifested
ādi guruguha - the first guru (skanda)
veditāyāṃ - (the one who) made known
sabheśa - The lord (īśa) of the sabhā (stage), naṭarājā
modita - pleasing
naṭanāyāṃ - the one who dances
sāyujya-prada - bestowal of the merger (with the supreme)
caraṇāyām - in the feet

Full

In abhayāmbā, I place my homage - who is in the form of sat-cid-ānanda - the self in person, the auspicious one (śrī).

In her, who is wise and skilled in granting greatness, fortune etc
In her, who is an expert in protection and causing victory.

In her, who is garlanded with the rays in the sky and the other elements
In her, who is expert at removing delusions, the bearer of the trident (śūla)

In her, who manifested advayam, and taught it to skanda
In her, whose dancing pleased naṭarājā, and in her whose feet bestows merger with the supreme

I have also now updated http://rasikas.org/wiki/Abhayambayam_bhaktim_karomi

[narayara000]

Thanks

[Rajani]

srkris' version is crisp and elegant. Just to add to the discussion, here is another version. The meanings are given for each compound word and not word-by-word. Hope this too will help.

Pallavi
bhaktiM karOmi - I practice devotion
SrI abhayAmbAyAM - unto Abhayamba,
sat-cit-Ananda rUpAyAM - the embodiment of existence-awareness-bliss,
sva-svarUpAyAM - the one established in her real self,

samashTi caraNam
vibhava-Adi vitaraNa nipuNa mantriNyAM - Goddess Mantrini, adept at bestowing wealth,
vijaya kAraNa nipuNa-tara daNDinyAm - Goddess Dandini, adept at causing victory,
viyat-Adi bhUta kiraNa - the one who radiates out as the five elements beginning with the sky,
mAlinyAM - the one wearing garlands,
vikalpa haraNa nipuNa - the one adept at removing (perception of) variations,
SUlinyAm - the one holding a trident,
abhEda pratipAditAyAM - the one understood through (the principle of) absence of distinctions,
Adi guru guha vEditAyAM - the one known by the primordial Guruguha,
sabhA-ISa mOdita naTanAyAM - the one whose dance pleases Shiva (lord of the dance hall),
sAyujya prada caraNAyAm - the one whose feet grant Sayujya (salvation, oneness with the divine)

Comments:
This is the seventh of Abhayamba Vibhakti Kriti, in the seventh Vibhakti
The goddesses Mantrini and Dandini are the minister and army-commander of the Supreme Goddess, but are also her own manifestations and so identified with her.

[narayara000]

Thank you