घण्टाशूलहलानि शङ्खमुसले चक्रं धनुः सायकं हस्ताब्जैर्दधतीं घनान्तविलसच्छीतांशुतुल्यप्रभाम्। गौरीदेहसमुद्भवां त्रिजगतामाधारभूतां महा- पूर्वामत्र सरस्वतीमनुभजे शुम्भादिदैत्यार्दिनीम् ॥ ३ ॥
ghaṇṭāśūlahalāni śaṅkhamusalē cakraṁ dhanuḥ sāyakaṁ hastābjairdadhatīṁ ghanāntavilasacchītāṁśutulyaprabhām | gaurīdēhasamudbhavāṁ trijagatāmādhārabhūtāṁ mahā- pūrvāmatra sarasvatīmanubhajē śumbhādidaityārdinīm || 3 ||
Translation
Here I worship Mahāsarasvatī, who holds in her lotus hands the bell, the trident, the plough, the conch, the pestle, the discus, the bow and the arrow; radiant as the moon shining when the clouds have passed; born from the body of Gaurī, the support of the three worlds, who struck down Śumbha and the other demons.
Word by word
- ghaṇṭāśūlahalāni
- the bell, the trident and the plough
- śaṅkhamusalē
- the conch and the pestle
- cakram
- the discus
- dhanuḥ
- the bow
- sāyakam
- the arrow
- hastābjaiḥ dadhatīm
- holding in her lotus hands
- ghanāntavilasacchītāṁśutulyaprabhām
- radiant as the moon shining when the clouds have passed
- gaurīdēhasamudbhavām
- born from the body of Gaurī
- trijagatām ādhārabhūtām
- the support of the three worlds
- mahā- … sarasvatīm
- Mahāsarasvatī
- pūrvām
- the primal one
- atra
- here
- anubhajē
- I worship
- śumbhādidaityārdinīm
- who struck down Śumbha and the other demons
Meaning
The third meditation is on Mahāsarasvatī, the Goddess of the last part of the Saptaśatī, who came forth from the body of Pārvatī (Gaurī) and destroyed Śumbha, Niśumbha and their armies. After the three meditations, the book says, worship the Goddess with offerings made in the mind.