जगन्मातर्मातस्तव चरणसेवा न रचिता न वा दत्तं देवि द्रविणमपि भूयस्तव मया। तथापि त्वं स्नेहं मयि निरुपमं यत्प्रकुरुषे कुपुत्रो जायेत क्वचिदपि कुमाता न भवति॥ ४ ॥
jaganmātar mātas tava caraṇasevā na racitā na vā dattaṁ devi draviṇamapi bhūyastava mayā | tathāpi tvaṁ snehaṁ mayi nirupamaṁ yat prakuruṣe kuputro jāyeta kvacidapi kumātā na bhavati || 4 ||
Translation
O Mother of the universe, O Mother, I have not performed service at your feet, nor have I given abundant wealth to you, O Goddess; nevertheless, you show incomparable affection towards me; a bad son may be born somewhere, but a bad mother never exists.
Word by word
- jaganmātaḥ
- O Mother of the universe [jagat + mātaḥ = jaganmātaḥ, consonant sandhi]
- mātaḥ
- O Mother
- tava
- to you
- caraṇa
- feet
- sevā
- service
- na
- not
- racitā
- performed
- vā
- or
- dattam
- given
- devi
- O Goddess
- draviṇam
- wealth
- api
- even
- bhūyaḥ
- abundantly
- mayā
- by me
- tathāpi
- nevertheless [tathā + api = tathāpi, consonant sandhi]
- tvam
- you
- sneham
- affection
- mayi
- towards me
- nirupamam
- incomparable
- yat
- which
- prakuruṣe
- you show
- kuputraḥ
- bad son [ku + putraḥ = kuputraḥ, consonant sandhi]
- jāyeta
- may be born
- kvacit
- somewhere
- kumātā
- bad mother [ku + mātā = kumātā, consonant sandhi]
- bhavati
- exists
Meaning
The devotee admits to not serving the Goddess or offering wealth, yet marvels at her boundless affection, reinforcing that while they may be a flawed devotee, the Goddess remains a compassionate mother.