श्वपाको जल्पाको भवति मधुपाकोपमगिरा निरातङ्को रङ्को विहरति चिरं कोटिकनकैः। तवापर्णे कर्णे विशति मनुवर्णे फलमिदं जनः को जानीते जननि जपनीयं जपविधौ॥ ६ ॥
śvapāko jalpāko bhavati madhupākopamagirā nirātaṅko raṅko viharati ciraṁ koṭikanakaiḥ | tavāparṇe karṇe viśati mannvarṇe phalamidaṁ janaḥ ko jānīte janani japanīyaṁ japavidhau || 6 ||
Translation
A lowly talkative person becomes sweet as honey in speech; a fearless pauper lives long with crores of gold; O Aparṇā, when your name enters the ear, this is the fruit of chanting your glory; who knows, O Mother, what should be chanted in the method of chanting?
Word by word
- śvapākaḥ
- dog-eater (lowly person)
- jalpākaḥ
- talkative
- bhavati
- becomes
- madhupāka
- sweet as honey
- upama
- like
- girā
- speech
- nirātaṅkaḥ
- fearless [nir + ātaṅkaḥ = nirātaṅkaḥ, consonant sandhi]
- raṅkaḥ
- pauper
- viharati
- lives
- ciram
- long
- koṭi
- crores
- kanakaiḥ
- with gold
- tava
- your
- aparṇe
- O Aparṇā (name of the Goddess)
- karṇe
- in ear
- viśati
- enters
- manu
- human
- varṇe
- description
- phalam
- fruit
- idam
- this
- janaḥ
- person
- kaḥ
- who
- jānīte
- knows
- janani
- O Mother
- japanīyam
- to be chanted
- japa
- chanting
- vidhau
- in the method
Meaning
The devotee praises the transformative power of chanting the Goddess’s name, which elevates the lowly and impoverished, and questions who truly knows the proper method of chanting, addressing her as Aparṇā.