शतनामस्तोत्रम्The hymn of a hundred names
Verse 30
कलमञ्जीरचरणा क्वणत्काञ्चीविभूषणा । काञ्चनाद्रिकृतागारा काञ्चनाचलकौमुदी ॥ ३० ॥
kalamañjīracaraṇā kvaṇatkāñcīvibhūṣaṇā | kāñcanādrikṛtāgārā kāñcanācalakaumudī || 30 ||
Translation
Kalamañjīracaraṇā, Kvaṇatkāñcīvibhūṣaṇā, Kāñcanādrikṛtāgārā, Kāñcanācalakaumudī;
Word by word
- kala
- sweet-sounding
- mañjīra
- anklets
- caraṇā
- on whose feet
- kvaṇat
- tinkling
- kāñcī
- girdle
- vibhūṣaṇā
- adorned with
- kāñcana
- golden
- adri
- on the mountain
- kṛta
- who has made
- āgārā
- her home
- acala
- mountain
- kaumudī
- the moonlight on
Meaning
Kalamañjīracaraṇā: the commentary, she on whose feet are anklets that make a deep, sweet sound. Kvaṇatkāñcīvibhūṣaṇā: adorned with a tinkling girdle. Kāñcanādrikṛtāgārā: she who has made her home on the golden mountain, Meru. Kāñcanācalakaumudī: the moonlight on the golden mountain. The names are a portrait one can hear: the sound of anklets and girdle as she moves.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kala-mañjīra-caraṇā: she on whose feet (caraṇa) are anklets (mañjīra) that are kala, having a deep sound.