शतनामस्तोत्रम्The hymn of a hundred names
Verse 28
कुलाचारा कौतुकिनी कुलमार्गप्रदर्शिनी । काशीश्वरी कष्टहर्त्री काशीशवरदायिनी ॥ २८ ॥
kulācārā kautukinī kulamārgapradarśinī | kāśīśvarī kaṣṭahartrī kāśīśavaradāyinī || 28 ||
Translation
Kulācārā, Kautukinī, Kulamārgapradarśinī, Kāśīśvarī, Kaṣṭahartrī, Kāśīśavaradāyinī;
Word by word
- kula
- of kula
- ācārā
- the conduct
- kautukinī
- Kautukinī, the playful
- mārga
- the path
- pradarśinī
- who shows
- kāśī
- of Kāśī
- īśvarī
- queen
- kaṣṭa
- hardship
- hartrī
- remover
- kāśīśa
- to the lord of Kāśī
- vara
- boons
- dāyinī
- who gave
Meaning
Kulācārā: she who is the kula conduct itself. Kautukinī: the playful one, full of delight. Kulamārgapradarśinī: she who shows the path of kula. Kāśīśvarī: queen of Kāśī, Vārāṇasī, the city of liberation. Kaṣṭahartrī: remover of hardship. Kāśīśavaradāyinī: she who gave boons to the lord of Kāśī, Śiva. The Goddess shows the way she herself is: the teacher of kula is kula conduct embodied.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 27.