Tripurasundari vijaya sthava
(Ode of victory to
Tripurasundari)
Translated
by
P.R.Ramachander
(“The goddess Tripura
Sundari in her aspect as Shodasi is represented as a sixteen-year-old girl, and
is believed to embody sixteen types of desire. The Shodasi Tantra, a treatise
on the Tantra, describes Tripura Sundari as "the radiant light in the eyes
of Shiva". Adishankara has written a great ashtakam extolling her. This is
another great prayer addressed to her.”)
Kalpondhitha chanda bhanu vilasddeha prabha manditha,
Kalambodha samana kunthala bhara karunya vara nidhi,
Kadhyarnangitha manthra raja vilasadkoodathryopasitha,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 1
Victory to Rajarajeswari,
who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Whose body shines
like the Sun at the time of final deluge,
Whose hair is heavy
and black like the thick blue cloud,
Who is an ocean of
mercy and who is meditated by the “ka” chants.
Ethath praabhavashalineethi nigamairadhyapyanalokitha,
Hemambhoja mukhee chalath kuvalaya praspardha malekshana,
Enangamsa samana phala, phalakaprollasikasthurika,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 2
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Whose power has not
been defined till today , even by Vedas,
Who has a face like
the golden lotus, whose eyes win over the petals of lotus,
And who in her crescent
like forehead, has a thialaka of musk.
Eeshath phulla kdamba kudmala maha lavanya garvapaha,
Snigdha swacha
sudhantha kanthivilasan mandasmithalankrutha,
Eeasathwadyakhileshti sidhiphaldha, bhakthya nathanaam sada,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 3
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who is decorated by
the power of her smile,
Which is due to the
shine of her pretty teeth,
Which defeat the just
opening buds of Kadamba trees in beauty,
And who always grants
to her devotees all their wishes and godliness.
Lakshya lakshya
vilagna desa vilasadromavalee vallaree,
Vrutha snigdha phala
dwaya bramakarothunga sthani sundaree,
Rakthasoka
sumaprapatala dhukulachadhithangi mudha,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 4
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who is pretty due to
her creeper like hair which spreads from aim to aim,
Who has pretty busts
which make one suspect them as two round palatable fruits,
And who covers
herself with cloths of the red colour of Asoka flowers.
Hreengari sura vahini jala gabheeravartha nabhirghana,
Sroni mandala bara manda gamana kanchi kalopojwala,
Sundadhanda suvarna
varna varna kadalikandopamorudwayee,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 5
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who says “Hreem”, who
has a belly button which reminds one of,
The whirlpool in the
divine rivers, who walks slowly due to her heavy middle part,
Who shines in her
golden waist belt and who has two thighs in the shape of,
Elephant’s trunk and which
are as soft as the golden banana pseudo stem.
Hasthaprojwala dikshu
karmukha lasadpuspeshu pasangusa,
Hadhyarnangitha
manthra raja nilaya haradhibhir bhooshitha,
Hastha prantharanath suvarna valaya, haryaksha sampoojitha,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 6
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who holds bow made of
sugar cane, flower arrows, rope and goad in her hands,
Who lives in chants
of letter “ha”, who wears ornaments like chain,
Whose hands make
jingling sound due to golden bangles,
And who is being
worshipped by Lord Vishnu and Shiva.
Samrakthambuja pada
yugma vilasad manju kwana noopura,
Sasarnava tharanaika tharanir lavanya varanidhi,
Leela lola thamam shukam, madhuraya samlalayanthi gira,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 7
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who wears jingling
anklets in her two feet similar to blood red lotus,
Who is the treasure
house like a boat which helps us cross
the sea of life,
Who is the sea of
prettiness and who fondles us with,
The sweet sing song
voice of a parrot.
Kalyani karuna rasardhrahrudhaya kalyana sandhayinee,
Kadhyarnangitha
manthra lakshitha thanusthanwi thamonasini,
Kamesanga vilasini kalagiramavasabhoomi shivaa,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 8
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who does good, who
has a melting merciful heart, who manages good,
Who is worshipped by
chants starting with “ka”, who destroys ignorance,
Who shines with body
which makes god of love proud, who is the home,
Of pretty words
and who is the personification of peace.
Hanthum dhanava pungavam rana bhuvi prochanda bandadhidham,
Haryakshadhyamararthitha bhagawathi divyam thanumasritha,
Sri matha lalithethyachinthya vibhavair namnam sahasrai
sutha,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 9
Victory to Rajarajeswari
who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who was
requested by devas like Haryaksha to
kill the fierce,
Asura called
Bandasura and assumed a divine form in the battlefield ,
And
was praised with thousand names like Lalitha which are unimaginable.
Lakshmivaga gajabhir bahu vidai roopai sthuthapiswayam,
Neerupa guna varitha trijagatham matha cha chidroopini,
Bhakthanugraha karanena
lalitham roopam samasadhitha,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 10
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who is being praised
for assuming many forms like Lakshmi,
Parvathi and Saraswathi.
Who of her own self
does not have any properties,
Who is the mother of
all the three worlds,
Who is the true form
of wisdom and who assumes.
A
simple form only to bless her devotees.
Hreenkaraika parayanartha janatha samrakshane deekshitha,
Hardham sathamasam vyapohithumalam bhooshnurhara preyasi,
Hathyadhi prakatagha
samghadalane daksha cha dakshayani,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 11
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who has decided to
protect people who continuously chant “Hreem”,
Who is the Shiva’s
sweet heart , who is capable of pardoning,
Hard
hearted sins like killing and destroying of other beings.
Sarvanandamayi samasthajagatham ananda sandhayanee,
Sarvothunga suvarna
shaila nilaya , samsara sakshi sathi,
Sarvairyogichayai sadaiva vichitha samrajya dhana kshama,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 12
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who is the store
house of all happiness, who manages to make,
All the beings of the
world happy, who lives on the lofty golden peak,
Who is Sathi devi the
witness of life , who cures all sorts of diseases,
Who is always being
searched for and who is the most
patient of all worlds.
Kanyaroopadhara galabja vilasan muktha lathalankrutha,
Kadhikshanthamanupavishta hrudhaya, kalyana sheelanwitha,
Kalpanthoth bhatathandava pranudhitha, sri kamajithsakshinee,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 13
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who takes the form of
an unmarried girl,
Who shines with her
neck decorated by a creeper,
Whose heart gets
attracted by those who chant those chants with “ka”,
Who behaves with
grace and goodness
Who dances at the
time of deluge.
And who is the witness
to the curiosity created by desire.
Lakshya bhakthi rasardhra hruthsarasije sadbhi sadaradhitha,
Sandrananda mayi sudhakara kala gandojjwalanmoulike,
Sarvani sarana gatharthi samani sachinmayee sarvadha,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 14
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who lives in the
hearts drenched by devotion,
Who is being always
worshipped by good people,
Who has a form full
of mega happiness,
Who wears the crescent
of moon on her head,
Who is the consort of
Shiva in her all pervasive form,
Who consoles those
who come seeking her protection,
And who is the form
of true knowledge and who gives everything.
Hreengarathraya saputathi mahatha manthrena sampoojitha,
Hothri Chandra sameerana agni jala bhobaswannabhoroopini,
Hamsa sohamithi prakrushtadishanair aradhitha yogibhi,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 15
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who is being
worshipped by the great chant made up of three “hreem”s,
Who is in the eight
forms of sacred offering, moon, air,
fire, water, earth,
Sun and the sky and
who is being worshipped by great yogis,
Who worship her in the ultimate form of “hamsa soham.”.
Sreengarambujahamsika, srithajanaksemangari sankari,
Srungarai karasakarasya madanasyajjevika vallari,
Srikamesaraha sakhicha lalitha srimadgruharaditha,
Srichakradhi nivasini, vijayathe Srirajarajeswari. 16
Victory to
Rajarajeswari who lives in the middle of Sri Chakra,
Who is the swan on
the lotus of the sound Sree,
Who is Sankari who
looks after her devotees,
Who is the one who
enthuses Cupid , who is the ocean of
passion,
Who is Lalitha, the
wife and friend of Kameshwara,
And the one who is being worshipped by all the
planets.