Mandatha Saileswari sthavam
Mandhathya saileswari sthvam
(Prayer to the Goddess of the hill of Mandatha)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(King Mandatha was a great ancestor of Lord Rama in the solar dynasty.He was the father of king Ambareesha and a great devotee of Lord Shiva. After he gave the kingdom he went and met Lord Shiva in Mount Kailasa. At that time Goddess Parvathi was not there. When the king wanted a Shiva Linga for worship , Lord Shiva gave him , the Shiva LInga which goddess owned even before her marriage and which used to be worshipped regularly. King Mandatha brought the Shiva Linga and settled on a hill in Kerala(Near the town of Perinthalmanna) and started worshipping it.When Goddess Parvathi returned she wanted her Shiva linga. Lord Shiva refused to get back some thing he gave.Goddess Parvathi sent Bhadra Kali along with Veerabhadra, Nandi, Mahakala and other Bhootha Ganas to bring back her Shiva linga. They tried their best but failed to get back the Shiva Linga. The goddess herself and merged herself with the Shiva Linga which has been consecrated there . This was a called The moola Sthana (The original place) and then a temple was built for the Goddess. The hill of Mandhatha was called Thirumandhankunnu and the Goddess was called Thirumandhakunnil Amma . (Please read my article on this great temple in http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Thirumandankunnu_Bhagawathy_Temple ). This great prayer is a prayer addressed to The Thirumandhankunnil Amma. This great prayer was brought to my notice by my friend Sri.K.C.Ramachandran who runs a Palada factory called Lakshmi Palada in Perinthalmanna. I am very happy to dedicate this translation to Sri.K.C.Ramachandran.)
1.Omkarakakandhanugurike om kara tharu sarike ,
Omkara Madhu maduhrye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, who sprouted from inside “om”,
Who is the goddess from the plant called “Om”,
And who is the sweetness from the honey called “om”.
2.Bhootha, bhavya , bhavannadhe , navachakra pravarthini,
Bhanu mandala madhyasthe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is the lord of past , present and future ,
Who makes the nine chakras work and who is in the middle of the Sun.
3.BHuvaneswari , bhagyabdhi chandrike, bhaktha vathsale ,
BHoga moksha pradhe bhadre , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, who is the Goddess of the universe , The moon of the ocean of luck,
The darling of the devotees , One who gives good life and salvation and who is pretty.
4.Swargapavargadhe , swahe , swadhakara swaroopini,
Swasthidhe sarva bhoothaanaam, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who gives us heaven as well as salvation , Who has the form of nectar,
And she who grants all being great safety.
5.Janapriye jagat janma sthithi samhara karini,
Jyothirmaye , jagat poojye, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is liked by people , Who creates, upkeeps and destroys the world,
She who is pervaded with light and who is worshipped by the world.
6.Maharshi samaradhye , Madhu kaidabha nasini,
Mandhathya saila nilaye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is worshipped by great sages,
Who killed Madhu and Kaidabha and is on Thirumandhankunnu(Hill of Mandhatha)
7.Thapaswadhya santhushte , thatthwamartha swaroopini,
Thushti deva , thapasaradhye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who becomes happy by penance and worship,
Who has form of the meaning of philosophy and who is worshipped by contented devas and sages.
8.Sathya vruthe , sathyapare , sachidananda vigrahe ,
Sankadhi muni dhyeye, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,, Who has truth as penance , Who is the divine truth,
And who is meditated upon by Sanaka and other sages.
9.THaporoope, thamohanthri, , thapathraya vnasini ,
Trayambake, tri jagad vandhye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who has the form of penance , who destroys darkness(ignorance)
\Who is the wife of lords Shiva in Tryambaka ,and who is saluted by the three worlds.
10.Sahasra seersha vadane , sarva lokathamothame ,
SAmastha bhuvanadhare, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who has thousand heads and faces , Who is best among best
Of all the three worlds, And who lifts all the worlds.
11.Vishnu maaye, virad roope , viswa bramana karini,
Vijaya veda janani, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is Vishnu Maaya , who has a supreme form,
Who makes the universe move and who is the mother of victorious Vedas.
12.THuyryatheethe , TRikalagne , trinethre , trigunathmike ,
Trimoorthi roope , tripure Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who is beyond the Thurya state , Who is the past, present and future,
Who is the soul of three type of qualities,, who is the form of the trinity and who is the ruler of three cities.
13.Vara daive khari roope , vruthrasura nibarhani,
Vageeswari, visalakshi , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who is the form of the speech of blessed devas,
Who killed Vruthrasura , Who is the goddess of speech and who has broad eyes.
14.REvathi ramanaradhye , rudranin urunardhini,
Rakthe bheeja vadaothyuktha, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who is worshipped by the consort of Revathi (moon),
Who is the wife of Rudran whoi roars like a wild animal and who killed Raktha Bheeja.
15.Nirgune nara mandaali galadraktha vibhooshane,
NIshumbha Shumbha dalani , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is propertyless , who wears the skulls of human beigs as garland,
And who is the one who killed Shumbha and Nishumbha.
16.Yanthra manthrathmike , yaksha kinnarashi nishevithe,
Sadaanwaya sambhuthe, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,, who is the power behind Yanthras and Manthras,
Who is attended by Yakshas and Kinnarasand who is always with her family.
17.Bhakthi gamye, Bhagawathi , banda daithya bhayangari,
Bhayapahe , bhadrakali , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who goes where devotion is there , Who is the goddess bringing luck,
Who appeared fearsome to Bandasura and other Rakshasas, who destroys fear and who is BHadrakali.
18.,Go brahamana priye Gange , geervana gana poojithe,
Girije, gowrim Gayathri , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who likes Brahmins and cow , Who is Ganga ,
Who is praised by song by gods , who is Daughter of mountain , Gowri and Gayathri.
19.DEvarishi pithru sangatha sevya mana padambuje ,,
Dharukasura samharthri , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Whose lotus life feet is worshipped,
By devas , sages and Pithrus and who killed Dharukasura.
20.Vajradhikayudhopethe , varuni madha vihwale ,
Vethala vahanarude , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who cannot be attacked by Vajrayudha and other weapons,
She who gets drunk with wine and she who rides on a Vetala.
21.syanda mana dhayapure , Sundara sree mukhambuje,
Sandhrananda sudhaa dhaare , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, She who has river like mercy,
Who has pretty lotus like face and who is the intense flow of joyful nectar.
22.Dero udatha guna pathe , dhoomavathi, dhanurdhare,
Doomralochana daithyagni , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,She who has great bravery as character,
Who has a scent , who wields a bow and who is the fire that burnt Dhomralochana.
23.Mahamaye mathru ganai sevye, Mahisha madhini,
Mandahtithya muni sampoojye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,who is great illusion , Who is served by the mother goddesses,
Who is killer of Mahishasura, And one who is worshipped by Mandhatha and other sages.
24.Himachala suthe , hamsa vahana , hara vallabhe,
Hasthi kumbha kucha dwandwe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is daughter of Himalayas , Who rides on swan ,
Who is the consort of Lord Shiva and who has pot like breasts like elephant’s forehead.
25.Dhiyagamye ,dhyana roope, dhana dhanya vivardhini,
Dharma simhasanaroode , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,who comes in to the mind, whose form should be meditated upon,
Who gives wealth and grains and she who sits on the throne of justice.
26.Yogeendra chethahaka mudhra , samahladhana chandrike,
Yamadhyashtanga samgamye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, who stamps herself in mind of yogis , Who is the like a moon which is joyous,
And who brings together control of mind and the senses together.
27.Yogini gana samsevye yamatheeksham nibarhane,
Yoga yogeswari shive, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,, Who is served by all the yoginis ,
Who destroys the pain of death and Who is Parvathi the queen of all yogis and yoga.
28.Navarathna parikluptha , kirreta kadakojjwale,
Nada Bindhu kalatheethe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who wears crown and bangles with inlaid navarathnas,
And who rxceeds the form of “Om” , bindu of SriChakra and the cresent.
29.Prantha abhayadhe , pretha gana nrutha maholsave ,
Prachande, pranavatheethe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who protects those who salute her , who is an expert ,
In the great festivals of the dance of ghosts and who is greater then “Om”.
30.Choragni chandike chanda mundaura nishoodhini ,
Charachara jagad dathri , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is fearful like fire to the robbers, killer of Chanda and Munda,
And who is the mother of all moving and non moving things of the universe.
31.Daksha Yagna pramadhani , Dushta sathru vinasini,
Dukha daridrya samani , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,, who stopped the Yagna of Daksja , who is the killer of bad enemies,
Snd who is the destroyer of sorrow and poverty,
32.Yaganala samuthpanne , yoga maye , yugandhare ,
Yajur veda shikhagamye, Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who was born out of fire of the Yaga , Who is yoga maya,
Who is the greatest of all time , and who is pleased with Yajur Veda.
33.Indra bhoga pradhe , Bale Ihikamushmikarathmike,
Airavatha gaja roode , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who grants pleasures like that of Indra,who is Goddess Bala,
Who grants us the soul of the heat of worldly pleasures, and who rides on Airavatha.
34.Kleemkari kali kaalaika dhamane , kalpvallari,
Klesa nasini, Kamakshi , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who makes the sound “Kleem” , who overpowers kali age ,
Who is the fish granting climbing plant , who destroys troubles and who is Kamakshi.
35.Soundarya poora sampoorne , Sindhoora thilakanchithe.
SArva mangala mangalye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who is completely full of beauty , Who wears saffron thilaka
And Who grants all auspiciousness .
36.Kalyana guna rathnanamakare , karunalaye ,
Kalanga rahithakaare , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who has thye name of the gem of auspicious qualities,
Who is the temple of mercy and And who has a form without any blemishes.
37.Yek thapathra samrajyepradhe cha yekantha poojithe ,
Yekagra chitha nidhyathye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who was the queen of the single state of meditation ,
Who worshipped alone and who did penance with undisturbed mind.
38.Easwarothsage nilaye . eehathraya virajithe ,
Eesanadhi brahma mayi , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who was very keen to be with God Shiva,
Who shines in the three type of activities, and who is pervaded by shiva, Brahma and others.
39.Lasad Kodanda sooleshu , sankha chakra gadhadhare ,
Laya vrudhi vinirmukthe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who holds shining bow , trident , conch ,
Wheel and mace and who frees people from increasing inactivity.
40.Hreemkara himvath gange hreenkaranava sthuthe,
Hreenkara dughdhabdhi suthe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who is the Ganga flowing from Himalayas with sound “Hreem”,
Who is prayed by making the sound “Hreem” , Who is daughter of the ocean of milk called “Hreem”.
41.Hara Vishnu virincheendra byashta dik pala sevithe,
Haryanga veena hrudhaye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, She who is served by Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma,
And also eight guardians of directions,and who has heart like that of a lion.
42.SArva vedantha samvedhye, sarva sakthi samanvithe,
Sama gana priye , sookshme , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,, who is served by all Vedanthas ,
Who has all power in her , who likes singing of Sama Veda and who has a micro form.
43.Karthru karma, kriyaatheethe , kamkshithapanga veekshane,
Kamandala dhare , kali , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who is greater than the one who does, the work and the act of work,
Who grants by her side long glance , Who has a water pot and who is Kali.
44.Hasthathi thratha aayudha dhare , haani vrudhi vivarjithe ,
Hreemkara hara daithyoughe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who carries great weapons in all her hands,
Who avoids growth of problems , And who kills Rakshasas by the sound of “Hreem”.
45.Lakshmanagraja samsthuthye , laksha kotyan nayike ,
Laksha rasa savarnaabhe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who is praised by the elder brother of Lakshmana ,
The queen of hundred thousand alternatives, And who has the bright colour of lac juice.
46.Hreemkaara Madhu vaasanthi , hreemkarasrama thapasi,
Hreemkaranya harini harini , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who lives in the honey called The sound of “hreem”,
Who does penance in the hermitage called “hreem” and who is the deer in the golden forest of “Hreem”.
47.SAptha rishi mandala gathe , surasura namaskruthe,
Sudha samudhra madyasthe , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,who is in the constellation of seven sages,
Who is saluted by devas and asuras and who is in the middle of ocean of nectar.
48.Kalasolbhava sampoojye , kakshisthakhila pishtape,
Kola swaroopini shive , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, who is worshipped by sage Agasthya,
Who is recognized as the food giver to all and who is Parvathi with a friendly form.
49.Lasad marathaka swacha vigrahe , laya varjjithe ,
Lokaika nadhe , lalitha , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi, Who has a pure form shining like emerald,
She who avoids dissolution , Who is empress of the world , And who is Goddess Lalitha.
50.Hreemkara sibhikaroode , hreemkara para devathe ,
Hreemkara Yamini jyothsne , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who rides on the palanquin of “Hreem”,
Who is the divine goddess of Hreem and The Sound of hreem which is the moon light of night.
51.Sri vidhye , Sri Maharajni , Sri vallabhakuleswari,
Sri moola sthana nilaye , Mahadevi namosthuthe.
Salutations to Mahadevi,Who is Sri Vidhya, Who is the great queen
Who is clan god of cowherds , Who is in the Moola sthana.