अक्षस्रक्परशुं गदेषुकुलिशं पद्मं धनुष्कुण्डिकां दण्डं शक्तिमसिं च चर्म जलजं घण्टां सुराभाजनम्। शूलं पाशसुदर्शने च दधतीं हस्तैः प्रसन्नाननां सेवे सैरिभमर्दिनीमिह महालक्ष्मीं सरोजस्थिताम् ॥ २ ॥
akṣasrakparaśuṁ gadēṣukuliśaṁ padmaṁ dhanuṣkuṇḍikāṁ daṇḍaṁ śaktimasiṁ ca carma jalajaṁ ghaṇṭāṁ surābhājanam | śūlaṁ pāśasudarśanē ca dadhatīṁ hastaiḥ prasannānanāṁ sēvē sairibhamardinīmiha mahālakṣmīṁ sarōjasthitām || 2 ||
Translation
Here I worship Mahālakṣmī, slayer of the buffalo demon, seated on a lotus, her face serene, who holds in her hands the rosary, the axe, the mace, the arrow, the thunderbolt, the lotus, the bow, the water-pot, the staff, the spear, the sword, the shield, the conch, the bell, the wine-cup, the trident, the noose and the discus Sudarśana.
Word by word
- akṣasrak
- the rosary
- paraśum
- the axe
- gadēṣukuliśam
- the mace, the arrow and the thunderbolt
- padmam
- the lotus
- dhanuṣkuṇḍikām
- the bow and the water-pot
- daṇḍam
- the staff
- śaktim
- the spear
- asim
- the sword
- carma
- the shield
- jalajam
- the conch
- ghaṇṭām
- the bell
- surābhājanam
- the wine-cup
- śūlam
- the trident
- pāśasudarśanē
- the noose and the discus Sudarśana
- dadhatīm hastaiḥ
- holding in her hands
- prasannānanām
- with a serene face
- sēvē
- I worship
- sairibhamardinīm
- slayer of the buffalo demon
- iha
- here
- mahālakṣmīm
- Mahālakṣmī
- sarōjasthitām
- seated on a lotus
Meaning
The second meditation is on Mahālakṣmī, the Goddess of the middle part of the Saptaśatī, who slays Mahiṣāsura. She bears the weapons of all the gods, who gave them to her when she was born from their joined radiance in the second chapter.