nIlOtpalAmbikAyAstava dAsOham shrI

Abstracted from: Compositions of Muddusvami Dikshitar by Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. K. Govinda Rao, published in Chennai 1997 (No. 42). English edited by me. This is Nilotpalamba Vibhakti kriti No. 6.

Raga: mAyAmALavagauLa / Tala: mishra cApu

P: nIlOtpalAmbikAyAstava dAsOham shrI

A: nIlAmbarAnujAyAh nirupama padAmbujAyAh nIlakaNThArdha sharIriNyAh nikhilalOka jananyAh

C: mAyAmALavagauLAdi dEsha prakAshinyAh mAtaNgavadanEndrAdi pUjita varadAyinyAh mAyAmaya vishvOtpatti sthitilaya kAraNAyAh mAdhuryAmRta dhAra mahAdEvaguruguhapAshinyAh

English

Oh Shri Nilotpalamba, I am your servant.

Sister of the dark blue-bodied Mahavishnu, Her lotus feet are non-pareil. She, sharing half the body of Shiva, is the mother of all the worlds.

She illumines the places called Malava and others, and is worshiped by Ganesha, Indra, and others. She is the cause of creation, sustenance, and dissolution. She nourishes both Shiva and Guruguha with her sweet nectar-like flow of affection.


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