शिवे शृङ्गारार्द्रा तदितरजने कुत्सनपरा सरोषा गङ्गायां गिरिशचरिते विस्मयवती। हराहिभ्यो भीता सरसिरुहसौभाग्यजननी सखीषु स्मेरा ते मयि जननी दृष्टिः सकरुणा॥
śivē śṛṅgārārdrā tad itara-janē kutsana-parā sarōṣā gaṅgāyāṁ giriśa-caritē vismayavatī। harāhibhyō bhītā sarasiruha-saubhāgya-jananī sakhīṣu smērā tē mayi jananī dṛṣṭiḥ sakaruṇā॥
Translation
O Auspicious One, your glance is love-moist with Shiva, critical of others, angry at Ganga, wonder-filled at Shiva’s deeds, fearful of his serpents, mother of lotus-beauty, smiling among friends, and compassionate on me, O Mother.
Word by word
- śivē
- O Auspicious One
- śṛṅgārārdrā
- moist with love
- tad
- that
- itara-janē
- other people
- kutsana-parā
- intent on criticism
- sarōṣā
- angry
- gaṅgāyāṁ
- at Ganga
- giriśa-caritē
- in Shiva’s deeds
- vismayavatī
- wonder-filled
- hara
- Shiva
- ahibhyaḥ
- from serpents
- bhītā
- fearful
- sarasiruha
- lotus
- saubhāgya
- beauty
- jananī
- O Mother
- sakhīṣu
- among friends
- smērā
- smiling
- tē
- your
- mayi
- on me
- dṛṣṭiḥ
- glance
- sakarūṇā
- with compassion
Meaning
The Goddess’s glance (dṛṣṭiḥ) expresses varied emotions: love (śṛṅgāra) for Shiva, criticism (kutsana) for others, anger (sarōṣā) at Ganga (Shiva’s co-wife), wonder (vismaya) at Shiva’s deeds, fear (bhītā) of his serpents, and beauty (saubhāgya-jananī) like a lotus. It smiles (smērā) among friends and is compassionate (sakarūṇā) toward the devotee. Addressed as śivē and jananī, she embodies divine emotions. In Śrīvidyā, her glance reflects nava-rasa. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, humanizing her divine gaze.