न मोक्षस्याकाङ्क्षा भवविभववाञ्छापि च न मे न विज्ञानापेक्षा शशिमुखि सुखेच्छापि न पुनः। अतस्त्वां संयाचे जननि जननं यातु मम वै मृडानी रुद्राणी शिव शिव भवानीति जपतः॥ ८ ॥
na mokṣasyākāṅkṣā bhavavibhavavāñchāpi ca na me na vijñānāpekṣā śaśimukhi sukhecchāpi na punaḥ | atastvāṁ saṁyāce janani jananaṁ yātu mama vai mṛḍānī rudrāṇī śiva śiva bhavānīti japataḥ || 8 ||
Translation
I have no desire for liberation, nor for worldly wealth, nor for knowledge, nor for pleasure again, O moon-faced one; therefore, I pray to you, O Mother, may my birth be spent chanting ‘Mṛḍānī, Rudrāṇī, Śiva, Śiva, Bhavānī.’
Word by word
- na
- not
- mokṣasya
- of liberation
- ākāṅkṣā
- desire
- bhava
- worldly
- vibhava
- wealth
- vāñchā
- desire
- api
- also
- ca
- and
- me
- my
- vijñāna
- knowledge
- apekṣā
- expectation
- śaśimukhi
- O moon-faced one
- sukha
- pleasure
- icchā
- desire
- punaḥ
- again
- ataḥ
- therefore
- tvām
- you
- saṁyāce
- I pray
- janani
- O Mother
- jananam
- birth
- yātu
- may go
- mama
- my
- vai
- indeed
- mṛḍānī
- O Mṛḍānī (name of the Goddess)
- rudrāṇī
- O Rudrāṇī (name of the Goddess)
- śiva
- auspicious
- bhavānī
- O Bhavānī (name of the Goddess)
- iti
- thus
- japataḥ
- of one chanting
Meaning
The devotee renounces desires for liberation, wealth, knowledge, or pleasure, praying only to spend their life chanting the Goddess’s names, addressing her as Mṛḍānī, Rudrāṇī, and Bhavānī.