देवीध्यानम्The meditation on the Goddess
Verse 44
उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकान्तिममलां वह्न्यर्कचन्द्रेक्षणाम् मुक्तायन्त्रितहेमकुण्डललसत्स्मेराननाम्भोरुहाम् । हस्ताब्जैरभयं वरञ्च दधतीं चक्रं तथाब्जं दधत् पीनोत्तुङ्गपयोधरां भयहरां पीताम्बरां चिन्तये ॥ ४४ ॥
udyadbhānusahasrakāntimamalāṁ vahnyarkacandrēkṣaṇām muktāyantritahēmakuṇḍalalasatsmērānanāmbhōruhām | hastābjairabhayaṁ varañca dadhatīṁ cakraṁ tathābjaṁ dadhat pīnōttuṅgapayōdharāṁ bhayaharāṁ pītāmbarāṁ cintayē || 44 ||
Translation
I meditate on her whose radiance is that of a thousand rising suns, stainless, whose eyes are fire, sun and moon, whose smiling lotus face shines with golden earrings set with pearls; who with her lotus hands holds the gesture of fearlessness, the boon, the discus and likewise a lotus; whose breasts are full and high, who takes fear away, clothed in yellow.
Word by word
- udyad
- (udyat) rising
- bhānu
- suns
- sahasra
- a thousand
- kāntim
- whose radiance
- amalāṁ
- stainless
- vahni
- fire
- arka
- (arka) sun
- candra
- and moon
- īkṣaṇām
- (īkṣaṇām) whose eyes
- muktā
- with pearls
- yantrita
- set
- hēma
- golden
- kuṇḍala
- with earrings
- lasat
- shining
- smēra
- smiling
- ānana
- (ānana) face
- ambhōruhām
- (ambhoruhām) whose lotus
- hasta
- hand
- abjair
- (abjaiḥ) with lotuses
- abhayaṁ
- fearlessness
- varañ
- (varam) the boon
- ca
- and
- dadhatīṁ
- holding
- cakraṁ
- the discus
- tathā
- likewise
- abjaṁ
- a lotus
- dadhat
- held
- pīna
- full
- uttuṅga
- (uttuṅga) high
- payōdharāṁ
- whose breasts
- bhaya
- fear
- harāṁ
- who takes away
- pīta
- yellow
- ambarāṁ
- (ambarām) whose garment
- cintayē
- I meditate on
Meaning
This is the dhyāna of the Great Goddess, in the long śārdūlavikrīḍita metre, and the commentary reads it phrase by phrase. "Smera" it explains as given to a gentle smile, and "dadhat abjam" as a fragrant lotus held in the hand. The four hands are thus full: two give, in the gestures of fearlessness and boon, and two hold, the discus and the lotus.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells the meditation on the Great Goddess, in one verse beginning "udyadbhānu". I meditate on the Great Goddess. What is she like? Udyadbhānusahasrakāntim: her radiance is as that of a thousand rising suns. Amalā: stainless. Vahnyarkacandrekṣaṇā: her eyes are fire, sun and moon. Muktāyantritahemakuṇḍalalasatsmerānanāmbhoruhā: her lotus face, ready to smile, shines with golden earrings set with pearls; smera means given to a gentle smile. Hastābjaiḥ: with her lotus hands she holds the gesture of fearlessness, the boon, the discus, and likewise a fragrant lotus (dadhat abjam). Pīnottuṅgapayodharā: her breasts are full and high. Bhayaharā: she who takes fear away. Pītāmbarā: her garment is yellow (verses 44 to 46).