उद्यच्चन्दनकुङ्कुमारुणपयोधाराभिराप्लावितां नानानर्घ्यमणिप्रवालघटितां दत्तां गृहाणाम्बिके। आमृष्टां सुरसुन्दरीभिरभितो हस्ताम्बुजैर्भक्तितो मातः सुन्दरि भक्तकल्पलतिके श्रीपादुकामादरात् ॥ १ ॥
udyaccandanakuṅkumāruṇapayōdhārābhirāplāvitāṁ nānānarghyamaṇipravālaghaṭitāṁ dattāṁ gṛhāṇāmbikē | āmṛṣṭāṁ surasundarībhirabhitō hastāmbujairbhaktitō mātaḥ sundari bhaktakalpalatikē śrīpādukāmādarāt || 1 ||
Translation
O Mother Ambikā, lovely one, wish-fulfilling creeper of your devotees, accept with honour these sacred sandals I give you: bathed in streams of milk reddened with fresh sandal and saffron, wrought with priceless gems and coral, and wiped clean on every side with devotion by the lotus hands of the women of the gods.
Word by word
- udyaccandanakuṅkumāruṇapayōdhārābhiḥ
- with streams of milk reddened with fresh sandal and saffron
- āplāvitām
- bathed
- nānānarghyamaṇipravālaghaṭitām
- wrought with priceless gems and coral
- dattām
- given
- gṛhāṇa
- accept
- ambikē
- O Ambikā
- āmṛṣṭām
- wiped clean
- surasundarībhiḥ
- by the women of the gods
- abhitaḥ
- on every side
- hastāmbujaiḥ
- with lotus hands
- bhaktitaḥ
- with devotion
- mātaḥ
- O Mother
- sundari
- O lovely one
- bhaktakalpalatikē
- O wish-fulfilling creeper of your devotees
- śrīpādukām
- the sacred sandals
- ādarāt
- with honour
Meaning
Mānasa pūjā is worship performed in the mind: each verse offers one of the sixteen services of worship, the ṣoḍaśa upacāras, made of the finest things imaginable. The first offering is the Goddess’s sandals, as one welcomes an honoured guest.