पिनाकधारिणी चित्रा चण्डघण्टा महातपाः। मनो बुद्धिरहंकारा चित्तरूपा चिता चितिः ॥ ३ ॥
pinākadhāriṇī citrā caṇḍaghaṇṭā mahātapāḥ | manō buddhirahaṁkārā cittarūpā citā citiḥ || 3 ||
Translation
Bearer of the Pinaka bow, the wondrous one, she of the fierce bell, of great austerity; mind, intellect and the sense of self; she whose form is thought, the pyre, pure consciousness.
Word by word
- pinākadhāriṇī
- bearer of Shiva's bow, the Pinaka
- citrā
- the wondrous one
- caṇḍaghaṇṭā
- she of the fierce bell
- mahātapāḥ
- of great austerity
- manaḥ
- the mind
- buddhiḥ
- the intellect
- ahaṁkārā
- the sense of self
- cittarūpā
- whose form is thought
- citā
- the funeral pyre
- citiḥ
- pure consciousness
Meaning
After her weapons come the inner faculties. The Goddess is not only worshipped by the mind; she is the mind, the intellect and the awareness behind them.