सरस्वत्या लक्ष्म्या विधिहरिसपत्नो विहरते रतेः पातिव्रत्यं शिथिलयति रम्येण वपुषा। चिरं जीवन्नेव क्षपितपशुपाशव्यतिकरः परानन्दाभिख्यम् रसयति रसं त्वद्भजनवान्॥
sarasvatyā lakṣmyā vidhi-hari-sapatnō viharatē ratēḥ pātivratyaṁ śithilayati ramyēṇa vapuṣā। ciraṁ jīvann ēva kṣapita-paśu-pāśa-vyatikaraḥ parānandābhikhyam rasayati rasaṁ tvad-bhajanavān॥
Translation
Sporting with Sarasvati and Lakshmi, Brahma and Vishnu’s co-wives, your charming form loosens Rati’s chastity. Your devotee, living long, destroying animal-bond entanglements, tastes the essence named supreme bliss.
Word by word
- sarasvatyā
- with Sarasvati
- lakṣmyā
- with Lakshmi
- vidhi-hari
- Brahma-Vishnu
- sapatnō
- co-wives
- viharatē
- sports
- ratēḥ
- of Rati
- pātivratyaṁ
- chastity
- śithilayati
- loosens
- ramyēṇa
- with charming
- vapuṣā
- form
- ciraṁ
- long
- jīvann
- living
- ēva
- indeed
- kṣapita
- destroyed
- paśu-pāśa
- animal-bond
- vyatikaraḥ
- entanglement
- parānanda
- supreme bliss
- ābhikhyam
- named
- rasayati
- tastes
- rasaṁ
- essence
- tvat-bhajanavān
- your devotee
Meaning
The Goddess, with her captivating form (ramyēṇa vapuṣā), attracts Sarasvati and Lakshmi (vidhi-hari-sapatnō) and even tempts Rati (ratēḥ pātivratyaṁ śithilayati). Her devotee (tvat-bhajanavān), freed from worldly bonds (kṣapita-paśu-pāśa), enjoys supreme bliss (parānandābhikhyam rasaṁ). In Śrīvidyā, she grants liberation (mokṣa). The verse reflects Shakta devotion, highlighting the transformative power of her worship.