Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning ‘song’, although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
The defining features of the sloka are:
stanzaic, written in any number of couplets made up of 2 hemistiches.
The hemistiches can be broken into 4 lines or padas creating quatrains,4 lines or padas
syllabic, either 2 lines of 16 syllables each or 4 hemistiches of 8 syllables each.
metric, alternate hemistiches of trochaic and iambic patterns.
The following verses are my own work based on the great slokha ‘Lalitha Sahasranamam’
where the meaningful thousand names of Adi Para Sakthi(primordial cosmic Energy)
are narrated.These verses are not lireral or exact translation of the slokha.But I refered to
the translation of the great slokha by Mr.P. R. Ramachander
(Please read the previous parts of this series before reading this)
109 Thee is Komalangi who has
Slender and beautiful limbs
Guru of all gurus Shiva
The Maha guru of gurus
Thee His beloved is so known as
Guru Priya.Who is the sole
Independent and free Being
Thee’s so Swathanthra.Thee who is
The Causer and Goddess of all
Tricks or tantras is so known as
Sarwa thanthresi.Who’s the form
Of Guru Dhakshinamoorthy
None other than Shiva, so’s called
Dakshina moorthi roopini
The first mind-born sons of Brahma
Sanaka and others who prayed
And worshipped thee, thee is so called
Sanakadhi samaradhya
Who ignites the Truth Of Shiva
The Truth of the supreme Being
In the devotees’ soul, so’s called
Siva gnana pradhayini
Who sheens in the inner soul of
Jeevas, so’s thee called Chithkala
Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch
110 The source and form of happiness
Thee that happy bud in beings
So’s thee Ananda Kalika
Thyself the pure love and its sort
So’s thee known as Prema roopa
We wish..thee grants so dear and near
So’s thee known as Priyamkaree
Chanting Her various names who’s
Pleased to listen repeatedly
So is thee known by the great name
Nama parayana preetha
Thine form of knowledge that Nandhi
Worshipped, so’s thee Nandhi vidhya
The Lord of dance Shiva’s consort
On par with Shiva’s dance, so’s thee
The Goddess of dance, so is called
Nateshwaree.The cause and base
Thee who is for the Maya so is
Mithya Jagat athishtana
Who helps the soul liberate from
Earthly bonding, who gives Mukthi
Thee is so known as Muktida
Who’s Mukthi and bliss of Mukthi
Thee is so Mukthi roopini
Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch
111 The love between man and woman
The dance that relates it..Lasya
Thee who first danced matching Shiva’s
Ananda Thandava so is
Lasyapriya.Thee who merges
In perfect rhythm of a go
Music and dance is so known as
Laya karee.Thee who is so
Humble and modest is so called
Lajja.So thy myriad names
And myriad powers..oh my! !
To vision thee this droplet longs
Ho ho, divine our sweet Mother
Thou art beautiful the bestest
Thou art our brave queen the bestest
Thou art our Wisdom the bestest
Thou art our Strength sole the bestest
The Support for mind the bestest
The Support for life the bestest
Thou art all Force the mightiest
So to thee Mother, namaste
The Power of all, namaste
The causer of all, namaste
Creatrix of all, namaste
Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch
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Note: Translation by Mr.P.R Ramachandar
Naamaas721-740
* 721 * Komalangi – She who has beautiful limbs
* 722 * Guru Priya – She who likes teachers
* 723 * Swathanthra – She who is independent
* 724 * Sarwa thanthresi – She who is goddess to all thanthras (tricks to attain God)
* 725 * Dakshina moorthi roopini – She who is the personification of God facing South
(The teacher form of Shiva)
* 726 * Sanakadhi samaradhya – She who is being worshipped by Sanaka sages
* 727 * Siva gnana pradhayini – She who gives the knowledge of God
* 728 * Chid kala – She who is the micro power deep within
* 729 * Ananda Kalika – She who is the happiness in beings
* 730 * Prema roopa – She who is the form of love
* 731 * Priyamkaree – She who does what is liked
* 732 * Nama parayana preetha – She who likes repetition of her various names
* 733 * Nandhi vidhya – She who is the knowledge taught by Nandi deva (The bull god on whom shiva rides)
* 734 * Nateshwaree – She who is the goddess of dance
* 735 * Mithya Jagat athishtana – She who is luck to this world of illusion
* 736 * Mukthida – She who gives redemption
* 737 * Mukthi roopini – She who is redemption
* 738 * Lasya priya – She who likes feminine dance
* 739 * Laya karee – She who is the bridge between dance and music
* 740 * Lajja – She who is shy
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