शतनामस्तोत्रम्The hymn of a hundred names
Verse 20
कमलालयमध्यस्था कमलामोदमोदिनी । कलहंसगतिः क्लैब्यनाशिनी कामरूपिणी ॥ २० ॥
kamalālayamadhyasthā kamalāmōdamōdinī | kalahaṁsagatiḥ klaibyanāśinī kāmarūpiṇī || 20 ||
Translation
Kamalālayamadhyasthā, Kamalāmodamodinī, Kalahaṃsagati, Klaibyanāśinī, Kāmarūpiṇī;
Word by word
- kamala
- of the lotus
- ālaya
- abode
- madhya
- in the midst
- sthā
- who stays
- āmōda
- by the fragrance
- mōdinī
- gladdened
- kalahaṁsa
- of a swan
- gatiḥ
- whose gait
- klaibya
- faintheartedness
- nāśinī
- who destroys
- kāma
- desire
- rūpiṇī
- whose form is
Meaning
Kamalālayamadhyasthā: she who stays in the midst of the lotus abode, perhaps the heart-lotus in which she is meditated. Kamalāmodamodinī: she who is gladdened by the fragrance of the lotus. Kalahaṃsagati: she whose gait is the graceful walk of a swan. Klaibyanāśinī: she who destroys klaibya, unmanliness, weakness, faintheartedness; the same word Kṛṣṇa uses when he rebukes Arjuna's despair in the Gītā. Kāmarūpiṇī: she whose form is desire, or who takes forms at will. To call on her is to call for courage.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 19.