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Akhilandeswari Mathruka Pushpa Mala
[The Garland of Prayers to Mother of the Entire World]
Translated by P. R. Ramachander

[This rare prayer has been taken from a book called Ananda Sagaram edited by Dr. Najan who is a great Sri Vidhya upasaka. He mentions that this was written by Adhi Sankara. But this is not found in the approved complete list of works of Adhi Sankara. Another peculiarity of this stotra is that it has 53 verses which correspond to the 53 alphabets and respective verse containing mostly words starting with that alphabet. To my limited knowledge, Adhi Sankara has never tried this in any of his stotras. Akhilandeswari has a separate Sannidi in the Jambukeswarar temple at Thiruvanaikovil very near Trichinopoly of Tamil nadu. The beauty of the statue and the merciful and concerned look of the eyes of the Goddess are well known. Many devotees believe that her look was initially very fierce and was converted to the merciful concern by building a temple of Ganapathi (her eldest son) just opposite her. There is also a story that Adhi Sankara who visited this temple drew a Sri Chakra on her ear studs and hung it on her ears. The stotra which was available to me was in Tamil script. So there may be mistakes in the transcription.]

Advathipathe, alankrutha shive, anthara thath paredhapare,
Adhyathe amalasaye athidaye ardendu bhooshojjwale,
Adyakshe amarangana parivruthe,adyathma vidhyamaye,
Avyakthe, achaladhi raja thanaye, vande Akhilandeswari. 1

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is beyond the six types of desires,
Who is well decorated consort of Lord Shiva,
Who lives within every thing that we know,
Who does not have anything greater than her,
Who is beyond all the worlds,
Who has maximum mercy,
Who decorates herself with the half moon,
Who presides over everything,
Who is served by the divine maidens,
Who is filled with the divine knowledge,
Who is not clear to the naked eye,
And who is the daughter of the king of mountains.

Aathmne, aagama sampradaya nipune, acharya varyarchithe,
Aadharathi Saroja peeta nilaye, aalola neelaalake,
Aathamradhara charu manda hasithe, aabheenavakshoruhe,
Aabramachyutha sankarachithapathe, vande Akhilandeswari. 2

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is the soul of everything,
Who is an expert in Vedic knowledge,
Who is being worshipped by great teachers,
Who lives in the lotus seat of the six adharas (bases),
Who has black waving hair,
Who has pretty bewitching smile on her lips,
Who has very stout breasts,
And who is being worshipped the holy trinity.

Icha jnana samastha sakthi sahithe, indeevara shyamale,
Indropendra vara pradhe, ibhavanadhise, inaradithe,
Ijye indu nipathathe, ibhanuthe, ishtartha sidhi pradhe,
Indranee namithe, ibhanana suthe, vande Akhilandeswari. 3

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who has all divine knowledge that she wishes,
Who is black like the blue lotus,
Who gives boons to Indra and other devas,
Who is the lord of the forest of elephants,
Who is being worshipped by the Sun god,
Who is the form of the fire sacrifices,
Who has a face like the moon,
Who is being worshipped by the elephants,
Who grants all desired boons,
Who is worshipped by the consort of Indra,
And who is the mother of the elephant faced God.

(Indra, Indrani, Sun God and elephant were blessed in Jambukeswaram.)

Eese eesa virinchi chowri varadhe, eedyasi eesathmike,
EErshya dhooshitha chitha dhoora charane, eesa priye easwari,
Eedye eeswara vama bhage nilaye, eengara klupthodhaye,
Eesithwadhi maha vibhoothi nilaye, vande Akilandeswari. 4

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is the greatest goddess,
Who gives boons to Brahma, Vishnu and Easwara,
Who has maids who praise and pray her,
Whose feet is beyond availability to bad people,
Who is the darling goddess of Lord Shiva,
Who is fit to be worshipped,
Who occupied the left part of Lord Shiva,
Who appears in the sound 'Ee'*,
And who is the one who blesses with occult powers.
* the symbol of love.

Udyath banu sahasra koti kirane, urveedarendrathmaje,
Uthphullabhuja lochane, ubhaya kavryendaralasraye,
Udyath chandra nibhathathe, urthare, uchasathe, ujjwale,
Udhamadythi punja manjula dhare, vande Akhilandeswari. 5

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who has rays similar to billions of rising Sun,
Who is the daughter of the king of the mountain,
Who has eyes like the fully open lotus flower,
Who has a temple in between two branches of Kaveri,
Who has a face like a moon,who has fully risen,
Who sits on a very high pedestal,
Who shines extremely bright,
And who steals our mind due to her sparkle.

Oohapoha viveka bahya nilaye, Oonadruk dhojjwale,
Oorjaswan mani mekhala vilasathe, orri kruthartha priye,
Oordhwa thodhbhava yoga moola nilaye, Ooshma baharojjwale,
Ootha ksheera sudhathrudha tribhuvane, vande Akhilandeswari. 6

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is beyond the debates of assumption and presumption,
Who shines in all sort of things that exists in all sides,
Who shines in the gem studded waist belt that she wears,
Who takes liking to those who are interested in religion,
Who exists in between the long and short yogas,
Who shines by removing problems of people,
And who looks after the three worlds by her milk.

Ruk vedathi nishevithe ruthunathe rudhanukambhavahe,
Rudha modha mukhepsthe, ruthunathe, rukshouka samsevithe,
Rukshadeesa kalanvidhe, runathamo baswath padamboruhe,
Ruddhya poorita vishta pathranuthe, vande Akhilandeswari. 7

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is worshipped by Vedas like Ruk,
Who is worshipped by the different seasons,
Who shows great mercy on her devotees,
Who has a mouth that has sweet smell,
Who is worshipped by the seasons,*
Who is worshipped by great sages,
Who has crescents like the moon,
Whose feet remove the darkness of unfulfilled duties,
And who is being worshipped by the wealthy world.
* This is repeated in the text. May be there is some other meaning.

Roopa roopa sada shivanthara gathe, roope sada roopinee,
Roppatheedha para parartha nilaye rudabhra rudathmike,
Nrunaam janmajara pahara nilaye, nrudhrana kalpa dhrume,
Nrunaam papa vimochanadhya phaladhe, vande Akhilandeswari. 8

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who in visible and invisible forms lives as the principle of Lord Shiva,
Who is the one with the form, which exists forever,
Who is beyond form and the truth above form,
Who exists as invisible one in the chant 'Ru',
Who is the sound and soul of the chant 'ru',
Who gives solution to birth, death and aging,
Who is the wish giving divine plant,
And who saves us from the sins committed by us.

Kluptha sesha jagan mahesa nilae, klupthanga ragojjwale,
Kluptha kluptha visangyamara vilasanmanbhavali ranjithe,
Lingaradhana thathpare, likucharajath pani pangeruhe,
Klutha kalpa mano hangara thilake, vande Akhilandeswari. 9

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who exists in the Great god who improved the entire world,
Who shines because of the anointed Sandal,
Who has three folds in her very narrow belly,
Who is deeply involved in the worship of Lord Shiva,
Who has a heart similar to the lotus flower,
And who has a pretty body like a climbing tendril.

Loodhatheesa gajendra poojitha pathe looka hidesanvithe,
Kleengarankitha bindu peeta nilaye kleemkara rupethithe,
Lootha hanthu jadi krudhesa nilaye loonahi valleethave,
Lootakshmapathi mukthi dathrumahive, vande Akhilandeswari. 10

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who has been worshipped by the spider and the elephant,
Who removes bad things from life,
Who sits in the seat of the sound of 'Kleem',
Who has the form of 'Kleem',
Who exists in god with matted hair with a spider,
Who is similar to a cut climber,
And who is the consort of God who gave salvation to a spider.

Yeke, yeka mahamburasi nilaye, yekantha klupthothaye,
Yekanekathaya vibaktha bhuvane, yeka thapthrojjwale,
Yeni charu vilola lochana puke, yekavali bhooshane,
Yethad Thathwa mayani mathi varade, vande Akhilandeswari. 11

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is alone because she was first to be created,
Who chose to reside in the ocean,
Who shows herself to those who meditate alone,
Who divides the world separately and severally,
Who shines below a white umbrella,
Who has pretty eyes similar to that of a doe,
Who wears a garland called Yekavali,
And who is the principle behind the world granting occult powers.

Iyngaranai madhyapeeda nilaye iyndrathi loka prathe,
Irawadyupamana deha lathike, iyndrathi sakthideethe,
Iyngarakshaa veda vedya vibhave, iyswarya dane kshane,
Iymai mithyanusandadhana bhuvane, vande Akhilandeswari. 12

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who adorns in the middle of the seat denoted by letter 'I',
Who grants us life in worlds of Indra,
Who has a climber like body similar to the water filled clouds,
Who is praised by the mothers called Iyndree,
Wh0o can be realized by mastery over the letters 'I',
Who grants us wealth by her lok,
And Who can be prayed by repetition of 'Iym'.

Om Omithyega padavaledithapthe, ojo viseshanwithe,
Oshtadavitha bimba vidrumalathe, Ogathrayaradithe,
Ogair apsarasam sada varivruthe, odakhilarthadhiye,
Ojorajitha vag vibhoothi vinuthe, vande Akhilandeswari. 13

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Whose feet is being worshipped by letter 'Om',
Who is exuberantly pretty,
Whose lip colour defeats corals and the guava fruits,
Who is being worshipped by the Ouga trinity*,
Who is surrounded by crowd of divine maidens,
Who exists inside everything,
And who is worshipped by words of divine nature.
*They are Malouga, chithouga, divyouga, I could not make out anything about these.

Oucheeradhi sugandhi shobhna chare, outhpathi jala priye,
Oudasinya vibhinna daithya vibhave, oupadikepadvithe,
Oudaryakara pada pankajayuge, oupamya heenane,
Oumakandapatha pradathihapade, vande Akhilandeswari. 14

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who has sweet scented and pretty hair,
Who is the consort of the magician who created the world,
Who very easily put an end to the jealousy of asuras,
Who has a make believe anger,
Who has lotus like feet which are very generous,
Who has a face which does not have any simile,
And who has feet which grant us salvation with Shiva.

Ambojasana mukhya sevithapathe, ambodhara shyamale,
Anga kalpitha rathna booshana sathe, andouga samsevithe,
Ambavakasathaya vibaktha bhuvane, amboru hangridwaye,
Ahnayanthaka soodhana priyathame, vande Akhilandeswari. 15

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Whose feet is worshiped by Gods like Brahma,
Who is of the black colour of a water rich cloud,
Whose every organ is decorated by hundreds of ornaments,
Who is worshipped by the different parts of the universe,
Who divided the world in to water and earth,
Who has feet resembling the lotus flowers,
And Who is the consort of, he who killed the God of death.

Asthake avanamra deva nivahe asthoga bhagyodhaye,
Arthadikya manohare asavaje ashtaksharair archithe,
Arkatheetha manogna bhooshana sathe, aksheena sowbhahyadhe,
Arkamboruha vairi vahni nayane, vande Akhilandeswari. 16

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is the destroyer of committed sins,
Who is being worshipped by innumerable devas,
Who makes great wealth appear for you,
Who is the daughter of the mountain,
Who is being worshipped by eight holy letters,
Who wears several ornaments and shines better than Sun,
Who grants you wealth and luck that will not vane,
And who has the Sun and fire as eyes when facing enemies.

Kaveri pulinalaye kamalje kamari vamalaye,
Karunyamrutha lochane, kavinuthe, kandharpa kanthi pradhe,
Kalyani kshithiloka kalpa lathike, karunya varanvithe,
Kalabodhara karma kundala dhare, vande Akhilandeswari. 17

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who makes her home in the sands of river Kaveri,
Who sits on a lotus flower,
Who occupies the left side of the killer of God of love,
Who has eyes which shower, the nectar of mercy,
Who is being sing by very many poets,
Who gave beauty and power to God of love,
Who is the plant of heaven doing perennially only good,
Who is the ocean of mercy,
And who wears ear studs similar to clouds.

Karvade, kaga kethananu jaware, gadwanga pani sthuthe,
Garva agarva vivarjithe kaga mayugararidhithe Gadginee,
Kadyodhesa vara pradhe kacha nuthe kadyodha kodi prabhe,
Gandod ujjwala shekare kagachare, vande Akhilandeswari. 18

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who assumes all known forms,
Who is the sister God with Garuda flag,
Who is being praised by Bhairava with a sword,
Who does not differentiate between people,
Who is being praised by Lord Subrahmanya who rides a peacock,
Who is armed with a sword,
Who gives boons to all people,
Who is praised by well dressed ones,
Who has the shine of billions of suns,
Who wears the shining crescent in her hair,
And who moves on a swan.

Gangavarthasama nanabhi kuhare gandojjwath kundale,
Gandharvasura sidha kinnara nuthe gandothama lepithe,
Gambeeramrutha sindu Madhya nilaye, Gambeerya dairyadhike,
Gangothunga tharanga shekarayuthe, vande Akhilandeswari. 19

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who has a belly button like the whirlpool of Ganga,
Who wears ear studs, which are reflected on her cheeks,
Who is being praised by Gandharwas, Asuras, Sidhas and Kinnaras,
Who applies the best sandal wood paste,
Who is majestically in the middle of the sea of nectar,
Who is brave and majestic,
And who is with Lord Shiva, who has the Ganga.

Geethananda maye gireesanamithe, geethapriyaradithe,
Geethollasini geeyamana charithe, geernatha samsevithe,
Geeshpadmavarade girrendra nilaye geervana brindanchithe,
Geethe Geetha manohare giri suthe, vande Akhilandeswari. 20

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who gets happy on being sung about,
Who is being saluted by the Lord of the mountain,
Who is being worshipped by the God dear to music,
Who enjoys good music,
Who was worshipped by Brihaspathi,
Who is worshipped by Lord of music,
Who gives boon to Lakshmi and Saraswathi,
Who lives on the king of mountains,
Who is surrounded by crowd of musicians,
Whose prettiness is sung about in songs,
And who is the daughter of a mountain.

Gupthe guptha thare guhesa varade kuchojjwalan mallige,
Guyacharagathe gurusthanapare guchartha harojjwale,
Gulpasthe guna mandhire guruvare gulapollasannupure,
Goodarthantha kathe guruthamanuthe, vande Akhilandeswari. 21

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who is secret and also secret of secrets,
Who gives boons to the Lord who lives in caves,
Who wears bunches of jasmine flowers,
Who appears before with secret rites,
Who has very heavy breasts,
Who wears bunches of garlands,
Who sits on her haunches,
Who is the good teacher of good conduct,
Who wears jingling anklets,
Who tries to understand deep meanings,
And who is being praised by the teachers.

Ganda gora ninada gaditha naho daihye, gana shyamale,
Karmakarma mayooka vahni nayane, karma prasanthi pradhe,
Gora gora vigosha danava ganaproth drushti gorarave,
Goragowka nivarane, gana niyeem, vande Akhilandeswari. 22

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who killed terrible asuras by the sound of her bell,
Who is as black as the water rich cloud,
Who does all actions with fire, sun and moon as eyes,
Who grants solace after actions are performed,
Who arouses huge sound when she kills crowds of Asuras,
Who is an antidote for severe sins committed,
And who is like a very rich heavy loud.

Chadhur vargya phla pradhe, sucharithe, chamundi, rupothare,
Chakradishtitha pada padma chathure, chadranane, chandike,
Chandropendra characharathmaka jagat rupe, chalad kundale.
Chanchala lochana vanchitheswara shive, vande Akhilandeswari. 23

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe,
Who grants four types of blessings,
Who has a look of she who killed Chanda and great conduct,
Who has feet like the lotus flower in the middle of wheel,
Who is Chandika who has a moon like face,
Who is the universal form of all beings including the devas,
Who wears ear droppings which keep moving,
And who with her shifting eyes attracts Lord Shiva.

Chithragnasmitha chandrikathavalithe, chayeswarath yodhithe,
Chandhondholitha bhooshangitha kale, chandrasriyalangrithe,
Chayadheesa dhanjayendu nayane, Channandakararune,
Chandobrunda mahasukanthi nilaye, vande Akhilandeswari. 24

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe
Who is white like moon due to smile,
Who gives the power to shine to the Sun,
Who is moon like and wears pretty ornaments on her neck,
Who lives as per her will and is pretty,
Who has fire, sun and moon as eyes,
Who removes darkness which hides the world,
And who lives in Vedas which shed light to the world.

Jambumoolanidhe, janardhananuthe, jambari sambhavithe,
Jambu dweepa manojna kalpa lathike,jahnwathmaja shekhare,
Janma vyadhi jarbahe, jalamayejamoonadalankruthe,
Jamboonadha manohare, jabanuthe, vande Akhilandeswari. 25

My salutations to the goddess of entire universe
Who is like a treasure to Jambhu Natha,
Who was praised by Lord Vishnu.
Who was praised and sung by Indra,
Who is the wish giving creeper of the Jambu Island,
Who keeps the daughter of Jahnu (ganga) on her head,
Who removes birth, death and diseases,
Who is the form of the all spreading water,
Who was decorated by golden ornaments,
And who by her pretty mien stole the heart of Jambunatha.

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