nIlOtpalAmbikayA nirvANa

Abstracted from: Compositions of Muddusvami Dikshitar by Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. K. Govinda Rao, published in Chennai 1997 (No. 157). English edited by me. This is Nilotpalamba Vibhakti kriti No. 3.

Raga: kannaDa gauLa / Tala: Adi

P: nIlOtpalAmbikayA nirvANa sukhapradayA rakSitOham

A: vallIsha guruguha pUjitayA varalakSmI vANI sEvitayA hallIsha lAsya santuSTayA Arakta varNa shObhita karayA shrI

C: kAshI kannaDagauLa dEshAdi vAsa dAsa janAvana tOSitayA vAsavAdi vandita vAgIsha vAsudEvAdyArAdhitayA shrI shivapurANa pradipAditayA shiva shaHNkara nAyikayA shrI

English

I am protected by Nilotpalambika, who bestows the eternal bliss, Nirvana Sukha.

She is worshiped by Guruguha and the lord of Valli. She is attended by Lakshmi and Sarasvati. She is delighted by the Hallisha Lasya dance, she whose hands are beautiful with reddish tinge.

She delights the devotees living in Kashi, Kannada and Gaula countries. She is saluted by Indra and others, and propitiated by Brahma and Vishnu. She is expounded upon in Shri Shivapurana, and is the spouse of Shiva.


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