Amba Pancha Rathnam
(The five gems on the
mother goddess)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
Amba sambara vairi thatha bhagini , Sri Chandra bimbanana,
Biboshti smitha bhashini, shubhakari kadambavatyasitha,
Hreengarakshara manthra Madhya subhaga sroninithambhangitha,
Ma mamba pura vasini bhagagawathi herambhamathavathu. 1
Let the mother of
Ganesa who lives in Amba pura,
Who is the sister
of he who killed Sambara,
Who has a face like
the full moon,
Who has reddish lips
like Bimba fruits,
Who talks with a
smile, who does always good,
Who likes to live in
the
Who is the good lady
who lives in between “hreem”,
And who has a very
pretty middle part, protect me.
Kalyani kamaneeya Sundara vapu kathyayanee kalika,
Kaala shyamala mechaka dhyuthimathi kaadhi tri panchakshari,
Kaamakshi karauna nidhi kali malaranya adhi davaanalaa,
Ma mamba pura vasini bhagagawathi herambhamathavathu. 2
Let the mother of
Ganesa who lives in Amba pura,
Who is the storehouse
of good deeds, who has a very pretty mien,
Who is the daughter
of Kathyayana, who is also the dark goddess,
Who is time, who is dark, who has chants of fifteen
letters starting with”Ku”*,
Who has passionate
eyes, who is store house of mercy,
And who is the forest
fire that burns the effect of bad and dark deeds., protect me.
*Indicates the famous
Pancha dasakshari Mantra-See translation of Lalitha Trishathi.
Kanchi kankana hara
kundala athulya koti
kireetanwitha,
Kandarpa dhuyuti koti
koti sadana, peeyusha kumbha sthani,
Kausumbaruna
kanchanambara vrutha kailasa vasa
priya,
Ma mamba pura vasini bhagagawathi herambhamathavathu. 3
Let the mother of
Ganesa who lives in Amba pura,
Who wears anklets,
bangles, chains and ear studs ,
Who is incomparable
with billions of crowns,
Who has the shine of
billions and billions of Gods of love,
Who has breasts which
are pots of nectar,
Who wears the golden
colour silk with the shade of the colour of dawn,
And who is interested
in staying on
Yaa saa shumbha nishumbha daithya samani, yaa Raktha
bheehasani-,
Rya Sri Vishnu saroja nethra bhavana, ya brahma vidhya
sathee,
Yaa devi madhu kaidabha sureripurya, mahisha dwamsinee,
Ma mamba pura vasini bhagagawathi herambhamathavathu. 4
Let the mother of
Ganesa who lives in Amba pura,
Who killed the asuras
called Shumbha and Nishmbha*,
Who killed the
rakshasa called Raktha Bheeja,
Who lives in the
lotus eyed Vishnu,
Who is the ultimate
knowledge, who is pure,
Who killed the asuras
called Madhu and Kaithabha,
And who killed the
demon called Mahisha asura, protect me.
* For particulars of these
asuras read Devi Mahatmyam.
Sri Vidya para devathadhi janani, durga jaya chandika,
Balaa sri tripureshwari shiva sathi sri raja rajeswari,
Sri Ragnee shiva dhoothika sruthinutha sringara choodamanir,
Ma mamba pura vasini bhagagawathi herambhamathavathu. 5
Let the mother of
Ganesa who lives in Amba pura,
Who is the holy
knowledge, who is the goddess of beyond,
Who is the primeval
creator, Who is durga, who won over Chandasura,
Who is playful, Who
is the lady of three cities, who is the consort of Lord Shiva,
Who is Sathi, Who is
goddess of king of kings,
Who is the queen, who
sent Shiva as emissary, Who is sung by Vedas,
And who is most
pretty gem like damsel, protect me.
Amba panchakam adbutham padathi chedhyo vaa prabhathe nisam,
Divyai aiswaryai
sathayur uthama matheem vidhyam sriyam saswatham,
Labdhwa bhoomithale swadharma niratham sri sundareem
bhamineem,
Manthre swarga phalam labethsa vibhudhai samsthooyamano
He who reads daily
these wonderful five gems of Amba day and night,
Would get divine
wealth, hundred years life, good intellect, wealth which is for ever,
And a pretty loving
wife protecting his culture and also in
the end,
Attain the heavens
and would be praised by Gods.