दधौ चाष्टभुजा बाणमुसले शूलचक्रभृत्। शङ्खं घण्टां लाङ्गलं च कार्मुकं वसुधाधिप ॥ १५ ॥
dadhau cāṣṭabhujā bāṇamusalē śūlacakrabhṛt | śaṅkhaṁ ghaṇṭāṁ lāṅgalaṁ ca kārmukaṁ vasudhādhipa || 15 ||
Translation
Eight-armed, she held the arrow and the pestle, the trident and the discus, the conch, the bell, the plough and the bow, O lord of the earth.
Word by word
- dadhau
- held
- ca
- and
- aṣṭabhujā
- eight-armed
- bāṇamusalē
- the arrow and the pestle
- śūlacakrabhṛt
- bearing the trident and discus
- śaṅkham
- the conch
- ghaṇṭām
- the bell
- lāṅgalam
- the plough
- kārmukam
- the bow
- vasudhādhipa
- O lord of the earth
Meaning
The eight weapons of Mahāsarasvatī, as in the meditation of the fifth chapter.