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tvaM devI yAdR^ig-asi tAdR^ig-asi tvam-IdR^ig-eSheti

vaktum-iva boddhum-api kShamaH kaH |

mAmeva tAvad-avidann-atipAmaro.ahaM mAtaH

stutiM tvayi samarpayituM vilajje || 105 ||

 

(AnanadasAgarastava -- nIlakaNThadIkShita)

 

Tamil:

 

dEvI nI eppaDipaTTavaLO appaDipaTTavaL thaan, unnai nI ippaDippaTTavaL enRu

cholvatiRkum aRivathiRkum tiRamai uLLavar yAr? (yArum ilar). nAnO ennaiyE

yaar enRu aRiyaada ati-paamaran, ammA athanAl ithai naan unnaip paRRi

ezhutiya stuti enRu unniDam samarpaNam cheyyvataRku veTkappaDukiREn.

 

English:

 

O Devi, you are what you are and there is none to describe you as "you are

such and such". On the other hand, I am such an ignorant person who does not

even know about himself. Considering this state of mine, I feel shy (or I am

ashamed) to offer this hymn to you as work of mine.

 

(the usage yAdRk, tAdRk, IdRk is difficult to convey in English)

 

 

Compare:

 

1) abhirAmi antAdi verse 66 - vinaiyEn thoDuththa chol avamaayinum, nin

thiru naamangaL thOththiramE (see

http://www.ambaa.org/prayers/abhirami.htm).

 

2) See the trishati names

etat-tad-ity-anirdeshyA,

evam-ity-Agama-abodhyA,

IdR^ig-ity-avinirdeshyA,

etc. You can see the meanings at

http://www.ambaa.org/download/LT_InProgress.html.

 

3) Look at the signature of (a verse from saundaryalaharI)