शतनामस्तोत्रम्The hymn of a hundred names
Verse 16
कुमारीपूजनप्रीता कुमारीपूजकालया । कुमारीभोजनानन्दा कुमारीरूपधारिणी ॥ १६ ॥
kumārīpūjanaprītā kumārīpūjakālayā | kumārībhōjanānandā kumārīrūpadhāriṇī || 16 ||
Translation
Kumārīpūjanaprītā, Kumārīpūjakālayā, Kumārībhojanānandā, Kumārīrūpadhāriṇī;
Word by word
- kumārī
- of the young girl
- pūjana
- by the worship
- prītā
- pleased
- pūjaka
- of the worshippers
- ālayā
- the refuge
- bhōjana
- in the feeding
- ānandā
- who rejoices
- rūpa
- the form
- dhāriṇī
- who bears
Meaning
Four names on the kumārī, the young girl. In Tantric worship a girl before puberty is worshipped as the living form of the Goddess: fed, garlanded and honoured (kumārī-pūjā). Kālī is pleased by that worship, is the refuge of those who perform it, rejoices when a kumārī is fed, and herself bears the form of the kumārī. The verse states the meaning of the rite: in the girl, the Goddess herself is present.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 14.