कह्लारोत्पलनागकेसरसरोजाख्यावलीमालतीमल्लीकैरवकेतकादिकुसुमै रक्ताश्वमारादिभिः। पुष्पैर्माल्यभरेण वै सुरभिणा नानारसस्रोतसा ताम्राम्भोजनिवासिनीं भगवतीं श्रीचण्डिकां पूजये ॥ १० ॥
kahlārōtpalanāgakēsarasarōjākhyāvalīmālatīmallīkairavakētakādikusumai raktāśvamārādibhiḥ | puṣpairmālyabharēṇa vai surabhiṇā nānārasasrōtasā tāmrāmbhōjanivāsinīṁ bhagavatīṁ śrīcaṇḍikāṁ pūjayē || 10 ||
Translation
With kahlāra, utpala, nāgakesara and lotus, with rows of mālatī, mallikā, kumuda, ketakī and other flowers, with red oleander and the rest, with fragrant garlands and streams of many essences, I worship the Blessed Śrī Caṇḍikā, who dwells in the red lotus.
Word by word
- kahlārōtpalanāgakēsarasarōjākhyāvalīmālatīmallīkairavakētakādikusumaiḥ
- with kahlāra, utpala, nāgakesara, lotus, rows of mālatī, mallikā, kumuda, ketakī and other flowers
- raktāśvamārādibhiḥ
- with red oleander and the rest
- puṣpaiḥ
- with flowers
- mālyabharēṇa
- with garlands
- vai
- indeed
- surabhiṇā
- fragrant
- nānārasasrōtasā
- with streams of many essences
- tāmrāmbhōjanivāsinīm
- who dwells in the red lotus
- bhagavatīm
- the Blessed
- śrīcaṇḍikām
- Śrī Caṇḍikā
- pūjayē
- I worship
Meaning
The offering of flowers. Unlike the other verses, this one speaks in the first person: “I worship”.