Chapter 9 · Navamo’dhyāyaḥ (Ninth Chapter)
Dhyānam
ॐ बन्धूककाञ्चननिभं रुचिराक्षमालां पाशाङ्कुशौ च वरदां निजबाहुदण्डैः। बिभ्राणमिन्दुशकलाभरणं त्रिनेत्र- मर्धाम्बिकेशमनिशं वपुराश्रयामि॥
ōṁ bandhūkakāñcananibhaṁ rucirākṣamālāṁ pāśāṅkuśau ca varadāṁ nijabāhudaṇḍaiḥ | bibhrāṇaminduśakalābharaṇaṁ trinētra- mardhāmbikēśamaniśaṁ vapurāśrayāmi ||
Translation
Om. I constantly take refuge in the form of the three-eyed Goddess, consort of Ambika and Ishana, resembling the golden bandhūka flower, bearing a beautiful rosary, noose, goad, and boon-granting gesture with her arms, adorned with the crescent moon.
Word by word
- oṁ
- sacred syllable
- bandhūkakāñcananibhaṁ
- resembling the golden bandhūka flower
- rucirākṣamālāṁ
- beautiful rosary of beads
- pāśāṅkuśau
- noose and goad
- ca
- and
- varadāṁ
- granting boons
- nijabāhudaṇḍaiḥ
- with her own arms
- bibhrāṇam
- bearing
- induśakalābharaṇaṁ
- adorned with the crescent moon
- trinetram
- three-eyed
- ardhāmbikeśam
- consort of Ambika and Ishana
- aniśaṁ
- constantly
- vapurāśrayāmi
- I take refuge in the form
Meaning
This meditation verse invokes the Goddess as the radiant, three-eyed consort of Ambika and Shiva, adorned with a crescent moon and holding divine attributes, preparing the devotee for the chapter’s narrative of her triumph over Nishumbha.