अमन्दतरमन्दरोन्मथितदुग्धसिन्धूद्भवं निशाकरकरोपमं त्रिपुरसुन्दरि श्रीप्रदे। गृहाण मुखमीक्षितुं मुकुरबिम्बमाविद्रुमैर्विनिर्मितमघच्छिदे रतिकराम्बुजस्थायिनम् ॥ ८ ॥
amandataramandarōnmathitadugdhasindhūdbhavaṁ niśākarakarōpamaṁ tripurasundari śrīpradē | gṛhāṇa mukhamīkṣituṁ mukurabimbamāvidrumairvinirmitamaghacchidē ratikarāmbujasthāyinam || 8 ||
Translation
O Tripurasundarī, giver of prosperity, destroyer of sin, accept this mirror to see your face: born of the ocean of milk churned by mighty Mandara, like the rays of the moon, framed with coral, and held in the lotus hands of Rati.
Word by word
- amandataramandarōnmathitadugdhasindhūdbhavam
- born of the ocean of milk churned by mighty Mandara
- niśākarakarōpamam
- like the rays of the moon
- tripurasundari
- O Tripurasundarī
- śrīpradē
- O giver of prosperity
- gṛhāṇa
- accept
- mukham
- the face
- īkṣitum
- to see
- mukurabimbam
- the mirror
- āvidrumaiḥ
- with coral all round
- vinirmitam
- framed
- aghacchidē
- O destroyer of sin
- ratikarāmbujasthāyinam
- held in the lotus hands of Rati
Meaning
The mirror, born like the moon from the churning of the ocean, and held for her by Rati, the wife of Kāma.