Meaning of Mukapanchashati Verse

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namaste.

 

Here is a feeble attempt at translation of this verse.

First the verse

 

mance sadAshivamaye parashivamaya lalitapauShpa paryanke

adhicakramadhyamAste kAmAkshInAma kimapi mama bhAgyam.h

 

adhicakramadhyam: in the middle of shrIcakra

parashivamaya lalitapauShpa paryanke: on a flowery mattress

comprising parashiva

sadAshivamaye: always auspicious; [also] of the form of shiva

mance: on the bed [cot]

kAmAkshI nAma: called kAmAkshI

kim api: one

mama: my

bhAgyam: treasure [i cannot think of a single word in english

for bhAgyam]; that I always worship

aste: sitting

 

In the middle of shricakra, there is shrI kAmAkshI, sitting

on the flowery bed called parashiva and I worship her

 

shrIcakra is the abode of shrI kAmAkshI. In the middle of

shrIcakra is this cot (bed) which is ever auspicious. On that

bed is the flowery mattress which is sadAshiva. On that mattress,

shrI kAmAkshI is sitting.

 

Please compare this verse with saundaryalaharI verse 8.

 

 

Regards

Gummuluru Murthy

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On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, sudarshan balasubramanian wrote:

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> Sri Rama Jayam

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> Namaskarams to all,

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> Can somebody please translate the meaning of the 70th verse in Arya Shatakam

of the Mukapanchashati which runs

>

> ||manche sadAshivamaye parishivamayalalitapauShpaparyaNke|

> |adhichakramadhyamAste kAmAkShI nAma kimapi mama bhAgyam||

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> or at least the meaning of the words "KAMAKSHI NAMA KIMAPI MAMA BHAGYAM"

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> Sudarshan Iyer

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just an addition..

 

kimapi is a beautiful word and is used in abundance in the mUkapanca'sati

right from the first verse (kAcana viharati karuNA). We often use this in

tamil when we say "edho oru" or "inam theriyadha". It means anirvacaniya,

something that cannot be expressed, something whose essential nature cannot

be easily grasped. Isn't it apt that mUka kavi writes 500 verses on kAmAkSi

and still says there are things about the goddess that are anirvacaniya!

Like in this verse, he says kimapi mama bhagyam... he could mean that he

cannot describe his fortune at

1. being blessed by kAmAkSi OR

2. being able to contemplate on the tatva which is the very substratum of

everything that we perceive OR

3. trying to understand a concept that is vAcAm agocara OR

4. all of the above

The word kimapi is such a poweful word that it gives way for a lot of

interpretation and lends an inexplicable beauty to a verse.

 

my 2c.

Aarathi.

 

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"Ravi" <miinalochanii

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Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:10 PM

Re: Meaning of Mukapanchashati Verse

 

> The one named kaamakshii, who is my fortune, is seated on the bindu

> (centre spot) of shrii chakra on the beautiful mattress parashiva

> adorned with flowers, which on the bed sadaashivaa.

>

>

> Compare this with shivaakaare manche paramashiva paryanka nilaye

> (saundarya lahari -8). bindu is shiva svaruupa. She is seated on the

> bindu. HER seat is described as pancha brahmaasana sthitha. brahma,

> vishhnu, rudra, and iishvara form the legs of this seat. sadashiva

> is the bed and shiva is the mattress. This actually reflects the

> cosmos and its governance.

>

>

> kaamaaxii naama kimapi mama bhaagyam - means - the one named

> kaamaaxii which is my fortune.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Ravi