मेघाङ्गीं शशिशेखरां त्रिनयनां रक्ताम्बरां बिभ्रतीं पाणिभ्यामभयं वरञ्च विलसद्रक्तारविन्दस्थिताम् । नृत्यन्तं पुरतो निपीय मधुरं माध्वीकमद्यं महा- कालं वीक्ष्य विकासिताननवरामाद्यां भजे कालिकाम् ॥ १४१ ॥
mēghāṅgīṁ śaśiśēkharāṁ trinayanāṁ raktāmbarāṁ bibhratīṁ pāṇibhyāmabhayaṁ varañca vilasadraktāravindasthitām | nṛtyantaṁ puratō nipīya madhuraṁ mādhvīkamadyaṁ mahā- kālaṁ vīkṣya vikāsitānanavarāmādyāṁ bhajē kālikām || 141 ||
Translation
I worship Ādyā Kālikā: dark as a cloud, the moon on her head, three-eyed, clothed in red, her two hands showing fearlessness and boon, seated on a blooming red lotus; with face shining, she watches Mahākāla dance before her, having drunk the sweet wine of madhūka flowers.
Word by word
- mēghāṅgīṁ
- dark as a cloud
- śaśiśēkharāṁ
- with the moon on her head
- trinayanāṁ
- three-eyed
- raktāmbarāṁ
- clothed in red
- bibhratīṁ
- holding
- pāṇibhyāmabhayaṁ
- in her hands fearlessness
- varañca
- and boon
- vilasadraktāravindasthitām
- seated on a blooming red lotus
- nṛtyantaṁ
- dancing
- puratō
- before her
- nipīya
- having drunk
- madhuraṁ
- sweet
- mādhvīkamadyaṁ
- wine of madhūka flowers
- mahā-
- Mahā-
- kālaṁ
- -kāla
- vīkṣya
- watching
- vikāsitānanavarāmādyāṁ
- the Primordial, her excellent face shining
- bhajē
- I worship
- kālikām
- Kālikā
Meaning
The dhyāna of Ādyā Kālikā, in a longer metre: the iconic image of the chapter.