अयि मयि दीन दयालुतया कृपयैव त्वया भवितव्यमुमे अयि जगतो जननी कृपयासि यथासि तथानुमितासिरते । यदुचितमत्र भवत्युररीकुरुतादुरुतापमपाकुरुते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपardini शैलसुते ॥ २१ ॥
ayi mayi dīna dayālutayā kṛpayaiva tvayā bhavitavyamume ayi jagato jananī kṛpayāsi yathāsi tathānumitāsirate | yaducitam atra bhavatyurarīkurutādurutāpamapākurute jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 21 ||
Translation
O Umā, in me, the wretched, by your compassion, by your grace indeed it must be, O mother of the universe, as you are, thus inferred, delighting; what is appropriate here, O being, accept and remove great suffering, victory, victory to you, O slayer of Mahishasura, O beautiful one with matted hair, O daughter of the mountain.
Word by word
- ayi
- O
- mayi
- in me
- dīna
- wretched
- dayālutayā
- with compassion
- kṛpayā
- with grace
- eva
- indeed
- tvayā
- by you
- bhavitavyam
- must be
- ume
- O Umā
- jagat
- universe
- jananī
- mother
- asi
- you are
- yathā
- as
- tathā
- thus
- anumita
- inferred
- rate
- delighting
- yat
- what
- ucitam
- appropriate
- atra
- here
- bhavati
- O being
- urarīkuruta
- accept
- dur
- great
- tāpa
- suffering
- apākurute
- removes
- jaya
- victory
- he
- O
- mahiṣāsura
- buffalo demon
- mardinī
- slayer
- ramya
- beautiful
- kapardinī
- with matted hair
- śaila
- mountain
- sute
- daughter
Meaning
The verse pleads for Durga’s compassion to relieve the devotee’s suffering, affirming her as the universe’s mother and invoking her victory.