सुधामप्यास्वाद्य प्रतिभयजरामृत्युहरिणीं विपद्यन्ते विश्वे विधिशतमखाद्या दिविषदः। करालं यत्क्ष्वेलं कबलितवतः कालकलना न शम्भोस्तन्मूलं तव जननि ताटङ्कमहिमा॥
sudhām apy āsvādya pratibhaya-jarā-mṛtyu-hariṇīṁ vipadyantē viśvē vidhi-śatamakhādyā diviṣadaḥ। karālaṁ yat kṣvēlaṁ kabalitavataḥ kāla-kalanā na śambhōs tan-mūlaṁ tava janani tāṭaṅka-mahimā॥
Translation
Even tasting the nectar that removes fear, old age, and death, all celestials like Brahma and Indra perish. The terrible poison swallowed by Shiva does not affect his time’s reckoning, O Mother, due to the glory of your earrings.
Word by word
- sudhām
- nectar
- api
- even
- āsvādya
- having tasted
- pratibhaya
- fear-dispelling
- jarā
- old age
- mṛtyu
- death
- hariṇīṁ
- remover
- vipadyantē
- perish
- viśvē
- all
- vidhi
- Brahma
- śatamakha
- Indra (hundred-sacrificed)
- ādyā
- and others
- diviṣadaḥ
- celestials
- karālaṁ
- terrible
- yat
- which
- kṣvēlaṁ
- poison
- kabalitavataḥ
- of one who swallowed
- kāla-kalanā
- time’s reckoning
- na
- not
- śambhōḥ
- of Shiva
- tat-mūlaṁ
- its root
- tava
- your
- janani
- O Mother
- tāṭaṅka
- earrings
- mahimā
- glory
Meaning
The verse contrasts the celestials’ mortality despite consuming nectar (sudhā) with Shiva’s immunity to the kālakūṭa poison, attributed to the Goddess’s earrings (tāṭaṅka). In Śrīvidyā, her earrings symbolize her protective śakti, empowering Shiva to transcend death. Addressed as janani (Mother), she is the source of immortality and divine power. The verse reflects Shakta theology, emphasizing her supremacy over cosmic forces and her role in sustaining Shiva’s eternal nature.