न मन्त्रं नो यन्त्रं तदपि च न जाने स्तुतिमहो न चाह्वानं ध्यानं तदपि च न जाने स्तुतिकथाः। न जाने मुद्रास्ते तदपि च न जाने विलपनं परं जाने मातस्त्वदनुसरणं क्लेशहरणम्॥ १ ॥
na mantraṁ no yantraṁ tadapi ca na jāne stutimaho na cāhvānaṁ dhyānaṁ tadapi ca na jāne stutikathāḥ | na jāne mudrāste tadapi ca na jāne vilapanaṁ paraṁ jāne mātas tvadanusaraṇaṁ kleśaharaṇam || 1 ||
Translation
I do not know mantras, nor yantras, nor do I know praises, alas; nor invocation, nor meditation, nor the stories of your praise. I do not know your gestures, nor do I know lamentation; however, I know, O Mother, that following you removes afflictions.
Word by word
- na
- not
- mantram
- mantra
- no
- nor [na + u = no, visarga sandhi]
- yantram
- yantra
- tat
- that
- api
- also
- ca
- and
- jāne
- I know
- stutim
- praise
- aho
- alas
- āhvānam
- invocation [ā + hvānam = āhvānam, vowel sandhi]
- dhyānam
- meditation
- stuti
- praise
- kathāḥ
- stories
- mudrāḥ
- gestures
- te
- your
- vilapanam
- lamentation
- param
- however
- mātaḥ
- O Mother
- tvat
- your
- anusaraṇam
- following
- kleśa
- afflictions
- haraṇam
- removal
Meaning
The devotee confesses ignorance of mantras, yantras, praises, rituals, and gestures, but expresses faith that following the Goddess removes all afflictions.