हृत्पुण्डरीकमध्यस्थां प्रातःसूर्यसमप्रभाम्। पाशाङ्कुशधरां सौम्यां वरदाभयहस्तकाम्। त्रिनेत्रां रक्तवसनां भक्तकामदुघां भजे ॥ २१ ॥
hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthāṁ prātaḥsūryasamaprabhām | pāśāṅkuśadharāṁ saumyāṁ varadābhayahastakām | trinētrāṁ raktavasanāṁ bhaktakāmadughāṁ bhajē || 21 ||
Translation
I worship her who dwells in the centre of the lotus of the heart, radiant as the morning sun, holding the noose and the goad, gentle, her hands granting boons and fearlessness, three-eyed, clad in red, who fulfils every wish of her devotees like the wish-granting cow.
Word by word
- hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthām
- dwelling in the centre of the lotus of the heart
- prātaḥsūryasamaprabhām
- radiant as the morning sun
- pāśāṅkuśadharām
- holding the noose and the goad
- saumyām
- gentle
- varadābhayahastakām
- with hands granting boons and fearlessness
- trinētrām
- three-eyed
- raktavasanām
- clad in red
- bhaktakāmadughām
- who yields the wishes of her devotees
- bhajē
- I worship
Meaning
After the mantras comes their meditation. The reciter is to see the Goddess seated in the lotus of the heart, glowing red like the rising sun, with noose and goad in two hands and the gestures of blessing and protection in the other two.