त्वं श्रीस्त्वमीश्वरी त्वं ह्रीस्त्वं बुद्धिर्बोधलक्षणा। लज्जा पुष्टिस्तथा तुष्टिस्त्वं शान्तिः क्षान्तिरेव च ॥ ८ ॥
tvaṁ śrīstvamīśvarī tvaṁ hrīstvaṁ buddhirbōdhalakṣaṇā | lajjā puṣṭistathā tuṣṭistvaṁ śāntiḥ kṣāntirēva ca || 8 ||
Translation
You are Śrī, you are the sovereign, you are Hrī; you are understanding, whose mark is awakening; you are modesty, nourishment and contentment, you are peace and forbearance.
Word by word
- tvam
- you
- śrīḥ
- Śrī, fortune and beauty
- īśvarī
- the sovereign
- hrīḥ
- Hrī, modesty
- buddhiḥ
- understanding
- bōdhalakṣaṇā
- whose mark is awakening
- lajjā
- bashfulness, modesty
- puṣṭiḥ
- nourishment
- tathā
- and also
- tuṣṭiḥ
- contentment
- śāntiḥ
- peace
- kṣāntiḥ
- forbearance
- ēva ca
- and indeed
Meaning
Now the Goddess is named in the qualities of a good life: prosperity, sovereignty, modesty, understanding, nourishment, contentment, peace and patience. Hrī is also a seed syllable sacred to the Goddess.