सुरललना ततथेयि तथेयि कृताभिनयोदर नृत्यरते कृत कुकुथः कुकुथो गडदादिकताल कुतूहल गानरते । धुधुकुट धुक्कुट धिंधिमित ध्वनि धीर मृदंग निनादरते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते ॥ ९ ॥
suralalanā tatatheyi tatheyi kṛtābhinayodara nṛtyarate kṛta kukuthaḥ kukutho gaḍadādikatāla kutūhala gānarate | dhudhukuṭa dhukkuṭa dhiṁdhimita dhvani dhīra mṛdaṅga ninādarate jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 9 ||
Translation
O divine woman, delighting in dance with expressive movements and sounds, creating rhythms and enthusiastic songs, delighting in steady drum sounds, victory, victory to you, O slayer of Mahishasura, O beautiful one with matted hair, O daughter of the mountain.
Word by word
- sura
- divine
- lalanā
- woman
- tatatheyi
- sound of dance
- kṛta
- made
- abhinaya
- expression
- udara
- abundant
- nṛtya
- dance
- rate
- delighting
- kukuthaḥ
- sound
- gaḍada
- sound
- ādika
- and others
- tāla
- rhythm
- kutūhala
- enthusiasm
- gāna
- song
- dhudhukuṭa
- sound
- dhukkuṭa
- sound
- dhiṁdhimita
- resounding
- dhvani
- sound
- dhīra
- steady
- mṛdaṅga
- drum
- nināda
- sound
- jaya
- victory
- he
- O
- mahiṣāsura
- buffalo demon
- mardinī
- slayer
- ramya
- beautiful
- kapardinī
- with matted hair
- śaila
- mountain
- sute
- daughter
Meaning
The verse celebrates Durga’s divine dance, filled with expressive rhythms and drum sounds, portraying her as a joyous and dynamic deity.