तटिल्लेखातन्वीं तपनशशिवैश्वानरमयीं निषण्णां षण्णामप्युपरि कमलानां तव कलाम्। महापद्माटव्यां मृदितमलमायेन मनसा महान्तः पश्यन्तो दधति परमाह्लादलहरीम्॥
taṭil-lēkhā-tanvīṁ tapana-śaśi-vaiśvānara-mayīṁ niṣaṇṇāṁ ṣaṇṇām apy upari kamalānāṁ tava kalām। mahā-pad māṭavyāṁ mṛdita-mala-māyēna manasā mahāntaḥ paśyantō dadhati parama-āhlāda-laharīm॥
Translation
Great ones, beholding with a mind free of impurities and illusion your slender, lightning-like aspect, made of sun, moon, and fire, seated above six lotuses in the great lotus forest, attain the supreme wave of bliss.
Word by word
- taṭil-lēkhā
- lightning-streak
- tanvīṁ
- slender
- tapana
- sun
- śaśi
- moon
- vaiśvānara
- fire
- mayīṁ
- made of
- niṣaṇṇāṁ
- seated
- ṣaṇṇām
- of six
- api
- also
- upari
- above
- kamalānāṁ
- lotuses
- tava
- your
- kalām
- aspect
- mahā-padma
- great lotus
- āṭavyāṁ
- in forest
- mṛdita
- destroyed
- mala
- impurities
- māyēna
- with illusion
- manasā
- with mind
- mahāntaḥ
- great ones
- paśyantaḥ
- beholding
- dadhati
- attain
- parima
- supreme
- āhlāda
- bliss
- laharīm
- wave
Meaning
This verse describes a tantric visualization of the Goddess as a slender, radiant form (taṭil-lēkhā-tanvī), composed of sun, moon, and fire, seated above the six chakras (kamalānāṁ) in the sahasrāra (great lotus forest). Great yogis, with purified minds, meditating on her attain supreme bliss (āhlāda-laharī). In Śrīvidyā, this represents Kundalini’s ascent to unite with Shiva, central to tantric practice. The verse emphasizes her role as the source of spiritual ecstasy in Shakta worship.