नमोवाकं ब्रूमो नयनरमणीयाय पदयो- स्तवास्मै द्वन्द्वाय स्फुटरुचिरसालक्तकवते। असूयत्यत्यन्तं यदभिहननाय स्पृहयते पशूनामीशानः प्रमदवनकङ्केलितरवे॥
namō-vākaṁ brūmō nayana-ramaṇīyāya padayōḥ tavāsmai dvandvāya sphuṭa-ruci-rasālaktaka-vatē। asūyaty atyantaṁ yad abhihanināya spṛhayatē paśūnām īśānaḥ pramada-vana-kaṅkēli-taravē॥
Translation
We offer obeisance to your eye-delighting feet-pair, lustrous with juicy lac. Shiva, lord of beings, greatly envies and desires to strike them, O pleasure-grove’s kankeli-tree.
Word by word
- namaḥ-vākaṁ
- words of obeisance
- brūmaḥ
- we offer
- nayana-ramaṇīyāya
- eye-delighting
- padayōḥ
- of feet
- tava
- your
- asmai
- to this
- dvandvāya
- pair
- sphuṭa-ruci
- clear luster
- rasa-alaktaka-vatē
- with juicy lac
- asūyati
- envies
- atyantaṁ
- greatly
- yat
- which
- abhihanināya
- for striking
- spṛhayatē
- desires
- paśūnām īśānaḥ
- lord of beings (Shiva)
- pramada-vana
- pleasure-grove
- kaṅkēli-taravē
- kankeli-tree
Meaning
The Goddess’s feet (padayōḥ), radiant with lac (rasa-alaktaka-vatē), captivate the eyes (nayana-ramaṇīyāya). Shiva (paśūnām īśānaḥ), likened to a kankeli-tree in a pleasure-grove (pramada-vana), envies and longs to touch them (abhihanināya spṛhayatē). In Śrīvidyā, her feet symbolize ultimate devotion. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, offering homage to her divine feet, revered even by Shiva.