शतनामस्तोत्रम्The hymn of a hundred names
Verse 21
कामरूपकृतावासा कामपीठविलासिनी । कमनीया कल्पलता कमनीयविभूषणा ॥ २१ ॥
kāmarūpakṛtāvāsā kāmapīṭhavilāsinī | kamanīyā kalpalatā kamanīyavibhūṣaṇā || 21 ||
Translation
Kāmarūpakṛtāvāsā, Kāmapīṭhavilāsinī, Kamanīyā, Kalpalatā, Kamanīyavibhūṣaṇā;
Word by word
- kāma
- of Kāma
- rūpa
- in Kāmarūpa
- kṛta
- who has made
- āvāsā
- her dwelling
- pīṭha
- in the seat
- vilāsinī
- who sports
- kamanīyā
- Kamanīyā, the lovely
- kalpa
- wish-fulfilling
- latā
- creeper
- kamanīya
- lovely
- vibhūṣaṇā
- whose ornaments are
Meaning
Kāmarūpakṛtāvāsā: she who has made her dwelling in Kāmarūpa, the land in Assam where the great shrine of Kāmākhyā stands, one of the most sacred seats of the Goddess. Kāmapīṭhavilāsinī: she who sports in the Kāmapīṭha, the "seat of desire", which is that same shrine and also, in the inner sense, a centre in the subtle body. Kamanīyā: lovely, desirable. Kalpalatā: the wish-fulfilling creeper of paradise. Kamanīyavibhūṣaṇā: she whose ornaments are lovely. The names place the Goddess both on the map of India and in the body of the practitioner.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 19.