शैवविवाहस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of Śaiva marriage
Verse 276
राजराजेश्वरी काली तारिणी भुवनेश्वरी । वगला कमला नित्या युवां रक्षन्तु भैरवी ॥ २७६ ॥
rājarājēśvarī kālī tāriṇī bhuvanēśvarī | vagalā kamalā nityā yuvāṁ rakṣantu bhairavī || 276 ||
Translation
"May Rājarājeśvarī, Kālī, Tāriṇī, Bhuvaneśvarī, Bagalā, Kamalā, Nityā and Bhairavī protect you both."
Word by word
- rājarājēśvarī
- Rājarājeśvarī
- kālī
- Kālī
- tāriṇī
- Tāriṇī
- bhuvanēśvarī
- Bhuvaneśvarī
- vagalā
- (bagalā) Bagalā
- kamalā
- Kamalā
- nityā
- Nityā
- yuvāṁ
- you both
- rakṣantu
- may protect
- bhairavī
- Bhairavī
Meaning
The protectresses are forms of the Goddess, most of them of the ten Mahāvidyās: Rājarājeśvarī (Ṣoḍaśī), Kālī, Tāriṇī (Tārā), Bhuvaneśvarī, Bagalā, Kamalā, Bhairavī; Nityā is the eternal one.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
With which mantra should the lord of the circle sprinkle the couple? To that question he says "rājarājeśvarī" and the rest. [The mantra: "May Rājarājeśvarī, Kālī, Tāriṇī, Bhuvaneśvarī, Bagalā, Kamalā, Nityā and Bhairavī protect you both."]