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॥ श्री ॥rahasya

Mūrti Rahasya

Ṛṣi Medhas

Verses
25
Minutes
10
Level
advanced

Verse 3

कमलाङ्कुशपाशाब्जैरलङ्कृतचतुर्भुजा। इन्दिरा कमला लक्ष्मीः सा श्री रुक्माम्बुजासना ॥ ३ ॥

kamalāṅkuśapāśābjairalaṅkṛtacaturbhujā | indirā kamalā lakṣmīḥ sā śrī rukmāmbujāsanā || 3 ||

Translation

Her four arms are adorned with the lotus, the goad, the noose and the conch; she is Indirā, Kamalā, Lakṣmī and Śrī, seated on a golden lotus.

Word by word

kamalāṅkuśapāśābjaiḥ
with the lotus, the goad, the noose and the conch
alaṅkṛtacaturbhujā
her four arms adorned
indirā
Indirā
kamalā
Kamalā
lakṣmīḥ
Lakṣmī
sā
she
śrīḥ
Śrī
rukmāmbujāsanā
seated on a golden lotus

Meaning

Nandā is Lakṣmī herself, the goddess of fortune who sits on the lotus.