Bhadrakalyashtakam

by Narayana Guru

Summary

This work, in Sanskrit, it is believed, was written praising the Dēvi (Bhadrakāli) of Attupuram Temple at Kulathoor near Trivandrum. In literary flourish, it excels even the poetry of classical poets like Kalidasa and Bhasa. Its metre is Sardulavikriditam and the date, 1884.

Publisher

Nataraja Gurukula

No. of Pages

9

Language

Sanskrit

Verse 1
श्रीमच्छङ्करपाणिपल्लवकिर-
ल्लोलंबमालोल्लस-
न्‍मालालोलकलापकालबरी-
भारावलीभासुरीं
कारुण्यामृतवारिराशिलहरी-
पीयूषवर्षावलीं
बालांबां ललितालकामनुदिनं
श्रीभद्रकालीं भजे ।

Transliteration
Śrīmacchaṅkarapāṇipallavakira-
llōlaṃbamālōllasa-
Nmālālōlakalāpakāḷabarī-
bhārāvalībhāsurīṃ
Kāruṇyāmṛtavārirāśilaharī-
pīyūṣavar‍ṣāvalīṃ
Bālāṃbāṃ laḷitāḷakāmanudinaṃ
Śrībhadrakāḷīṃ bhajē.

Meaning
I medidate daily on Bhadrakāli
Whose luscious dark tresses
Glow adorned with glorious
Rows of flower garlands,
That shine with rows of bees
That get shattered by
The gentle caressing touch
Of the tender hands of Śaṅkara.
She is the one who showers
The immortal elixir
Constantly in the form of
The waves of the immortal
Ocean of compassion.
She is the one who
Is the mother of the child (Subramaṅya)
And whose curly hair
Is graciously beauteous.

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