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)
130 Shiva’s androgynous form, thee
The half occupant.Thee, His half
Inseparable from Him, thee’s
Called Kanthartha vigraha
Beyond cause and effect thee who’s
Above allreasoning, thee who’s
Unique in thysort is so called
Karya karana nirmuktha
In union with Shiva, thee
Who creates in surges many
Universes, so is thee called
Kama keli tharangitha
Thee who wears burnished and lustrous
Gold ear ornaments, so’s thee called
Kanath kanaka thatanka
Albeit formless thee who can take
Form to form many as a sport
So’s thee greatly known by the name
Leela vigraha dharini
Thee who’s not confined to be born
Who’s not in the cycle of birth
Is so called Ajha.Nor in the
Cycle of death too thee who’s not
So’s called Kshaya vinirmuktha
Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch
131 Alluring and enthralling is
Thy beauty.Beautiful thee so’s
Known as Mugdha.Who’s atonce pleased
To bless Her bhaktas, so’s thee called
Kshipra prasadhini.By those
Who vision thee inwardly in
Their heart and mind, thee’s adored
So’s thee aptly known by the name
Anthar mukha samaradhya
Who’s worshipped outwardly also
By means of pooja and chanting
Is so aptly known by the name
Bahir mukha sudurlabha
Rig, yajur and sama vedas
Thee who’s the three-fold vedas so’s
Thrayee.Virtue, wealth and desire
Thee who is in them, so is called
Trivarga nilaya.Thee who’s
In all three-grouped facts, so’s known as
Thristha.Who’s in the sixth chakra
Tripura of Srichakra, so’s
Known as Tripura malini
Free of all sickness, healthy thee
So is called Niramaya
Namaste Mother namaste
Divine Mother, unto thy feet
This tiny droplet surrenders
Rise my size within me, I watch
132 The Support to all is thee who
Needs no support to thyself, so’s
Niralamba.Within thyself
Thee who’s enjoying is so called
Swatma rama.Thee the sweet pour
Of Sahasrara chakra so’s
Sudha sruthi.Thee who saves all
From life’s mire and thee who protects
All from striving life so is called
Samsara panga nirmagna
samuddharana panditha
Such is thee, merciful Mother
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
Naamaas861-880
* 861 * Kanthatha vigraha – She who is half of her husband (kantha)
* 862 * Karya karana nirmuktha – She who is beyond the action and the cause
* 863 * Kama keli tharangitha – She who is the waves of the sea of the play of the God
* 864 * Kanath kanaka thadanga – She who wears the glittering golden ear studs
* 865 * Leela vigraha dharini – She who assumes several forms as play
* 866 * Ajha – She who does not have birth
* 867 * Kshaya nirmuktha – She who does not have death
* 868 * Gubdha – She who is beautiful
* 869 * Ksipra prasadhini – She who is pleased quickly
* 870 * Anthar mukha samaradhya – She who is worshipped by internal thoughts
* 871 * Bahir mukha sudurlabha – She who can be attained by external prayers
* 872 * Thrayee – “She who is of the form of three Vedas viz Rik, yajur and sama”
* 873 * Trivarga nilaya – “She who is in three aspects of self, assets and pleasure”
* 874 * Thristha – She who is in three
* 875 * Tripura malini – She who is in tripura the sixth section of Srichakra
* 876 * Niramaya – She who is without diseases
* 877 * Niralamba – She who does not need another birth
* 878 * Swatma rama – She who enjoys within herself
* 879 * Sudha sruthi – She who is the rain of nectar
* 880 * Samsara panga nirmagna samuddharana panditha – She who is capable of saving people
who drown in the mud of day today life
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