Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ - bhavAni tri-lOka - bhavAni bhavAni bhavAni tri-lOka - bhavAni bhavAni bhavAni lOka.

² – hAriNi – hariNi.
³ - satata vinuta - satata vinata.
⁴ - viSAlAksha taruNi - viSAla taruNi : ‘viSAla taruNi’ does not seem to be appropriate.
⁵ - sati Subha caritE - sati nuta caritE : the latter version does not seem to be appropriate.
⁶ - madhura bhAshA – madhura (bhAshiNi amba) bhAshA.

⁷ – vigaLadamRta – vigaLatamRta.
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⁸ - sura nuta pada yuga darSita iha mama – suta nuta vasupada vikasita iha mama : the latter version is wrong.

⁸ - pada yuga darSita - pada yuga dariSita : ‘dariSita’ does not seem to be appropriate.
⁹ - gAtram-ati-mAtram-ajani sujani - gAtram-ati-mAtramAjani sujani : ‘mAtramAjani’ is wrong.
¹⁰ – rakshaNi – rakshiNi.
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References
⁵ – sati – Story of sati.

¹² – tava kAntim upayAtum – to approach Your brilliance. In other kRtis, SyAma Sastry describes Mother as ‘paraM jyOti’ – Ultimate Illuminator. In this regard, please refer to kaThOpanishad statement –

na tatra sUryO bhati na candra-tArakaM
nEmA vidyutO bhAnti kutO(a)yam-agniH |
tam-Eva bhAntam-anubhAti sarvaM
tasya bhAsA sarvam-idaM vibhAti || 2.2.15 ||

“There the sun does not shine, neither do the moon and the stars; nor do these flashes of lightning shine. How can this fire? He shining, all these shine; through His lustre all these are variously illumined.” (Translation by Swami Gambhirananda).
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¹³ – su-SObhitOru yugaLa – shining pair of thighs – Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (39) – ‘kAmESa jnAta saubhAgya mArdavOru dvayAnvitA’.

¹⁶ - kaTi kalita maNi kANcI bhRtE – Please refer to kAnci paramAcArya’s discourse on ‘saundarya lahari’ (21) – ‘kvaNat kAncI dAmA’ – “A girdle is called ‘mekhalA’. If there are tingling bells in it it is called ‘kAncI’”.
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Comments
In caraNams 1, 2 and 3, (SrI rAja rAjESvari), (ghana nIla vENi) and (nava sArasa mukhI) respectively are given in brackets, the purpose of which is not very clear.

⁴ - viSAlAksha taruNi – In the books, this seems to have been translated as ‘bride of Siva’. However, these words do not convey anything about Siva. Therefore, it has been translated as ‘Wide-eyed ever-youthful’. Please also refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (358, 430) – ‘taruNI’, ‘nitya yauvanA’.

¹¹ – ayi – method of calling a dear one. Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (427) – ‘ayI’.
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¹⁴ – muraLI mRdanga svara saMSObhini – Mother is nAda embodied. svaras are Her manifestations. nAdOpAsana is worship of Mother through the path of nAda. (‘svara’ - ‘notes’ of flute and ‘laya’ of mRdanga).

¹⁵ - rasa-kRta mahI talE – Infused sap in the Earth. Please refer to bhArati’s poem – ‘ettanai kODi inbam vaittAy’ – wherein the poet describes how by integrating ‘cit’ with ‘acit’, She created all the Worlds consisting of Five Great Elements. (She Herself is beyond both ‘cit’ and ‘acit’).
If ‘rasa’ is taken to mean ‘mood’, this may refer to ‘nava-rasa’.

This kRti does not have the mudra ‘SyAma kRshNa’.
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