Maṅgala
śrīveṅkaṭādrinilayaḥ kamalākāmukaḥ pumān | abhaṅgura vibhūtir nastaraṅgayatu maṅgalam
May he who dwells on Veṅkaṭādri, the lover of Kamalā, the Puruṣa of unbreaking glory, swell auspiciousness for us.
Puriśai Śrīraṅgācāri of Tirumala
The two gadyams
Śrīnivāsa Gadyam and Lakṣmī Gadyam, composed by Puriśai Śrīraṅgācāri of Tirumala, of Ananthalvan’s line.
The colophon names the author: Śrīraṅga Sūri, descendant of Śrīśaila Ānanta Sūri — śrīśailānantasurivaṃśyena. That is Puriśai Śrīraṅgācāri of Tirumala, the Ananthanpillai sthala-ācārya, not the Nadadur Swami of Cheyyar. The same hand composed the Lakṣmī Gadyam to Padmāvatī.
The Sanskrit is printed as in the Telugu Veṅkaṭeśa Kāvyakalāpa — the first volume of the Sri Venkatesvara Oriental Series of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam — encoded by Malleswara Rao Yellapragada for sanskritdocuments.org. English is a plain reading of the same recitation. Cūrṇikā 5 names the tank filled by Anantārya’s spring. Cūrṇikā 28 names the scar on the Lord’s chin, made an ornament by the blow of Ārya-dhurya Anantārya’s sacred crowbar.
Puriśai Śrīraṅgācāri of Tirumala
Śrīnivāsa Gadyam
Cūrṇikā 1
śrīmadakhila mahīmaṇḍala maṇḍana dharaṇidhara maṇḍalākhaṇḍalasya
Of him who is Indra of the circle of earth-bearing mountains that adorn the entire earth-maṇḍala.
Cūrṇikā 2
nikhila surāsura vandita varāha kṣetra vibhūṣaṇasya
Of him who is the ornament of Varāha-kṣetra, worshipped by all gods and asuras.
Cūrṇikā 3
śeṣācala garuḍācala vṛṣabhācala nārāyaṇācalāñjanācalādi śikhari mālākulasya
Of him whose hill-range is Śeṣācala, Garuḍācala, Vṛṣabhācala, Nārāyaṇācala, Añjanācala and the rest.
Cūrṇikā 4
nāthamukha bodhanidhi vīthiguṇa sābharaṇa sattvanidhi tattvanidhi bhaktiguṇapūrṇa śrīśaila pūrṇaguṇavaśaṃvada paramapuruṣa kṛpāpūra vibhramadatuṅgaśṛṅga galadgagana gaṅgāsamāliṅgitasya
Of him whose towering peak — made to dance by the flood of the Paramapuruṣa’s grace, a grace that has Śrīśailapūrṇa (Periya Tirumalai Nambi), treasury of sattva and tattva, full of bhakti-guṇa, adorning the line that begins with Nātha and Bodhanidhi — is embraced by the Gaṅgā falling from the sky.
Cūrṇikā 5
sīmātigaguṇa rāmānuja muni nāmāṅkita bahubhūmāśraya suradhāmā layavanarāmā yatavanasīmā parivṛta viśaṅkaṭataṭa nirantara vijṛmbhita bhaktirasa nirjharānantāryāhārya prasravaṇa dhārāpūra vibhramada salilabhara bharita mahā taṭākamaṇḍitasya
Of him whose great tank is filled by the cascade of the spring that is Anantārya’s — the irresistible prasravaṇa of bhakti-rasa that plays without break on the steep banks, bounded by forest-borders, a divine grove-abode, marked with the name of Rāmānuja-muni of boundless virtues, asylum of many worlds.
Cūrṇikā 6
kalikardamamalamardana kalitodyama vilasadyamaniyamādima munigaṇa niṣevyamāṇa pratyakṣībhavannijasalila samajjananamajjana nikhila pāpanāśana pāpanāśana tīrthādhyāsitasya
Of him whose hill is seated with Pāpanāśana tīrtha — whose own waters appear in sight, served by the first munis shining in yama and niyama, whose bathing destroys the mire of Kali and all sin.
Cūrṇikā 7
murāri sevaka jarādhipīḍita nirārtijīvana nirāśabhūsura varātisundara surāṅganā ratikarāṅga sauṣṭhava kumāratākṛti kumāratāraka samāpanodaya damānapātaka mahāpadāmaya vihāpanodita sakala bhuvana vidita kumāradhārābhidhāna tīrthādhiṣṭhitasya
Of him whose hill is presided over by the tīrtha named Kumāradhārā, famed in all the worlds — restorer of the aged servants of Murāri, beauty beyond the apsaras, taking the form of youth, ending the Tāraka of youth’s decay, driving off great calamity and disease.
Cūrṇikā 8
dharaṇi talagata sakalahata kalilaśubha salilagata bahulavividha malahati catura ruciratara vilokamātravidalita vividha mahāpātaka svāmipuṣkariṇī sametasya
Of him who is joined to Svāmi Puṣkariṇī — whose waters, skilled at striking every stain of the earth, split asunder great sins at a mere glance.
Cūrṇikā 9
bahusaṅkaṭa narakāvaṭa patadutkaṭa kalikaṅkaṭa kaluṣodbhaṭa janapātaka vinipātaka rucināṭaka karahāṭaka kalaśāhṛta kamalārata śubhamajjana jalasajjana bharita nijadurita hatinirata janasatata nirargalapeyīyamāna salila sambhṛta viśaṅkaṭa kaṭāhatīrtha bhūṣitasya
Of him who is adorned by the vast Kaṭāha tīrtha — filled with water drunk without hindrance by those intent on destroying their own sins, a golden play of beauty that strikes down the sins of men stained by Kali, fallen into the pits of many hells.
Cūrṇikā 10
evamādima bhurimañjima sarvapātaka garvahāpaka sindhuḍambara hāriśambara vividhavipula puṇyatīrtha nivaha nivāsasya
Of him who dwells among such a host of wide, various, holy tīrthas — first and most lovely, stealers of the pride of every sin, oceans of splendour.
Cūrṇikā 11
śrī veṅkaṭācalasya
Of Śrī Veṅkaṭācala.
Cūrṇikā 12
śikharaśekhara mahākalpa śākhī
He is the great wish-tree, whose crest is the peak.
Cūrṇikā 13
kharvībhavadatigarvi kṛtagurumerviśa girimukhorvīdharakuladarvīkara dayitorvī dharaśikharorvī satata sadurvī kṛticaṇanavaghanagarvacarvaṇanipuṇa tanukiraṇa masṛṇita giriśikharaśekhara tarunikara timiraḥ
The darkness of the groves on the mountain-crest is smoothed by his fine rays — rays skilled at chewing the pride of fresh heavy clouds, always doing good to the earth of the peak, beloved of the earth-bearer, of the snake-lords of the mountain-clans, before whom even great Meru is made small.
Cūrṇikā 14
vāṇīpati śarvāṇīdayitendrāṇīśvaramukhanāṇīyo rasaveṇī nibha śubhavāṇī nutamahimāṇī yas tarakoṇī bhavadakhilabhuvana bhavanodaraḥ
He whose glory is praised in auspicious speech like a stream of rasa by Brahmā, by the lord of Śarvāṇī, by Indra and the rest — he whose belly is the dwelling of all the worlds, a corner of a star to them.
Cūrṇikā 15
vaimānika gurubhūmādhika guṇa rāmānuja kṛtadhāmākara karadhāmāridara lalāmāccha kanaka dāmāyita nijarāmālayanavakisalayamaya toraṇa mālāyitavanamālādharaḥ
Wearer of the vanamālā, a garland of toranas of the fresh shoots of his own lotus-abode, a golden chain, a bright mark, a mine of radiance made a home by Rāmānuja of qualities greater than the gurus of the gods.
Cūrṇikā 16
kālāmbuda mālānibha nīlālaka jālāvṛta bālābja salīlāmalaphālāṅka samūlāmṛta dhārādvayāvadhīraṇa dhīralalitatara viśadatara ghana ghanasāramayordhvapuṇḍra rekhādvayaruciraḥ
Lovely with the two lines of ūrdhvapuṇḍra of dense camphor — clearer, more tender, more steadfast — mocking the two nectar-streams at the root of the playful, spotless mark on the young-lotus brow, netted in dark locks like a row of rain-clouds.
Cūrṇikā 17
suvikasvaradalabhāsvarakamalodaragatameduranavakesaratatibhāsuraparipiñjara kanakāmbarakalitādaralalitodaratadālamba jambharipumaṇistambha gambhīrimadambhastambhana samujjṛmbhamāṇapīvaroruyugala tadālambapṛthulakadalīmukulamadaharaṇajaṅghālajaṅghāyugalaḥ
Whose pair of shanks steal the pride of thick plantain-buds hanging from a pair of swelling thighs that rise to still the depth-pride of Indra’s jewel-pillars, hanging from a tender belly clad in tawny gold cloth, shining with the fresh kesara-rows in the opened lotus.
Cūrṇikā 18
navyadala bhavyakala pītamala śoṇimala sanmṛdula satkisalayāśrujalakāri balaśoṇatala patkamalanijāśraya balabandīkṛta śaradindumaṇḍalī vibhramadādabhraśubhra punarbhavādhiṣṭhitāṅgulī gāḍhanipīḍita padmāsanaḥ
Whose lotus-seat is pressed hard by toes seated on Brahmā — white, wide, playing like the autumn-moon’s circle, made captive by the force of the lotus-feet, red as young shoots that put to shame yellow and crimson and the water of tender sprouts.
Cūrṇikā 19
jānutalāvadhilambhiviḍambita vāraṇaśuṇḍā daṇḍavijṛmbhita nīlamaṇimaya kalpakaśākhā vibhramadāyi mṛṇālalatāyata samujjvalatara kanaka valayavellitaikatara bāhudaṇḍayugalaḥ
Whose two arm-staves, one waving with gold bracelets, long as lotus-stalks, play as wish-tree branches of blue gem, stretched like an elephant’s trunk hanging to the knee.
Cūrṇikā 20
yugapadudita koṭikharakara himakara maṇḍala jājjvalyamāna sudarśana pāñcajanya samuttuṅgita śṛṅgāparabāhuyugalaḥ
Whose other pair of arms raise Sudarśana and Pāñcajanya, blazing like a crore of sun-orbs and moon-orbs risen at once.
Cūrṇikā 21
abhinavaśāṇā samuttejita mahāmahānīlakhaṇḍa madakhaṇḍananipuṇa navīna paritapta kārtasvarakavacita mahanīya pṛthulasālagrāma paramparāgumphita nābhimaṇḍalaparyanta lambamānaprālambadīpti samālambita viśālavakṣasthalaḥ
Whose broad chest is taken by the light of a pendant hanging to the navel-circle, strung of great wide śālagrāmas armoured in freshly heated gold, skilled at breaking the pride of a great sapphire-shard honed on a new whetstone.
Cūrṇikā 22
gaṅgājharatuṅgākṛtibhaṅgāvalibhaṅgāvaha saudhāvali bāvaha dhārānibha hārāvali dūrāhata gehāntaramohāvaha mahima masṛṇita mahātimiraḥ
Whose great darkness is smoothed by a glory that bewilders the inner rooms from far off — a row of necklaces like a stream of plastered mansions, a row of waves high as the Gaṅgā’s fall.
Cūrṇikā 23
piṅgākṛtibhṛṅgārunibhāṅgāra dalāṅgāmala niṣkāsita duṣkāryagha niṣkāvali dīpaprabha nīpacchavi tāpaprada kanakamālikā piśaṅgitasarvāṅgaḥ
Whose whole body is tawny with a gold mālika that burns with kadamba-light, a row of niṣkas whose lamp-glow drives out the stain of ill deeds, red as a bee of tawny form, pure as a flame-petal.
Cūrṇikā 24
navadalita dalavalita mṛdulalita kamalatati madavihati caturatara pṛthulatara sarasatara kanakasara mayarucira kaṇṭhikā kamanīyakaṇṭhaḥ
Whose lovely throat wears a kaṇṭhikā of gold-chains, wider, more sap-filled, more skilled at striking the pride of a row of lotuses with newly opened, folded, tender petals.
Cūrṇikā 25
vātāśanādhipatiśayana kamanaparicaraṇa ratisametākhila phaṇadharatati matikara kanakamaya nāgābharaṇa parivītākhilāṅgāvagamita śayana bhūtāhirāja jātātiśayaḥ
Whose exceeding is born of the serpent-king who has become his bed — all his limbs wound in gold nāga-ornaments, made by the thought of the whole host of hooded ones who take delight in serving the beloved of him who lies as lord of the wind-eater (Agni’s foe — the serpent-bed).
Cūrṇikā 26
ravikoṭī paripāṭī dharakoṭira varāṭīkitavāṭi rasadhāṭi dharamaṇigaṇa kiraṇa visaraṇa satatavidhuta timiramohagarbhagehaḥ
Whose inner house of dark delusion is always shaken off by the spreading rays of the host of gems that bear a flood of rasa, a market of excellent crowns in a line of a crore of suns.
Cūrṇikā 27
aparimita vividhabhuvanabharitākhaṇḍa brahmāṇḍamaṇḍala picaṇḍilaḥ
Whose belly is the undivided Brahmāṇḍa-maṇḍala, filled with countless various worlds.
Cūrṇikā 28
āryadhuryānantārya pavitrakhanitrapāta pātrīkṛta nijacubukagata vraṇakiṇa vibhūṣaṇavahana sūcitaśrita janavatsalatātiśayaḥ
Whose exceeding vātsalya for those who take shelter is announced by the wearing, as an ornament, of the scar on his own chin — made a vessel of honour by the blow of the sacred crowbar of Ārya-dhurya Anantārya.
Cūrṇikā 29
maḍḍu ḍiṇḍima ḍamaru jharjhara kāhalī paṭahāvalī mṛdumardalāli mṛdaṅga dundubhi ḍhakkikāmukha hṛdyavādyaka madhuramaṅgala nādamedura visṛmara sarasagāna rasarucira santatasantanyamāna nityotsava pakṣotsava māsotsava saṃvatsarotsavādi vividhotsava kṛtānandaḥ
Whose bliss is made by the various utsavas — daily, fortnightly, monthly, yearly — always being stretched out, lovely with the rasa of spreading song, thick with the sweet auspicious sound of maḍḍu, ḍiṇḍima, ḍamaru, jharjhara, kāhalī, rows of paṭaha, soft mardala, mṛdaṅga, dundubhi, ḍhakkā and the rest of the heart-pleasing drums.
Cūrṇikā 30
śrīmadānandanilayavimānavāsaḥ
Dweller in the vimāna of the blessed Ānanda Nilaya.
Cūrṇikā 31
satatapadmālayā padapadmareṇusañcita vakṣassthalapaṭavāsaḥ
Whose chest-cloth is always heaped with the lotus-dust of Padmālayā’s feet.
Cūrṇikā 32
śrīśrīnivāsaḥ suprasanno vijayatām
May blessed Śrīnivāsa, well-pleased, be victorious.
Colophon
śrīraṅgasūriṇedaṃ śrīśailānantasurivaṃśyena | bhaktyā racitaṃ hṛdyam gadyam gṛhṇātu veṅkaṭeśānaḥ ||
This heart-delighting gadyam, composed with devotion by Śrīraṅga Sūri, descendant of Śrīśaila Ānanta Sūri — may Veṅkaṭeśa accept it.
Puriśai Śrīraṅgācāri · Padmāvatī
Lakṣmī Gadyam
The prose hymn to Alarmelmaṅga, composed by the same Śrīraṅga Sūri. The third verse is Ananthalvan binding her to the campaka.
Verse 1
श्रीवेङ्कटेश-महिषी श्रित-कल्प-वल्ली पद्मावती विजयताम् इह पद्म-हस्ता । श्रीवेङ्कटाख्य-धरणी-भृद्-उपत्यकायां या श्रीशुकस्य नगरे कमलाकरे ऽभूत् ॥
May Padmāvatī be victorious here, lotus in her hand — queen of Veṅkaṭeśa, the wishing-creeper of those who take refuge — she who arose in a lotus-bed in the city of the ṛṣi Śuka, on the lap of the hill called Śrī Veṅkaṭa.
Cūrṇikā
भगवती जय जय पद्मावति हे, भागवतनिकर बहुतर भयकर बहुलोद्यम यमसद्मायति हे, भविजन भयनाशि भाग्यपयोराशि वेलातिगलोल विपुलतरोल्लोल वीचिलीला वहे, पद्मजभवयुवति प्रमुखामरयुवति परिचारिकयुवति वितति सरति सततविरचित परिचरण चरणाम्भोरुहे, अकुण्ठवैकुण्ठ महाविभूतिनायकि, अखिलाण्डकोटि ब्रह्माण्डनायकि, श्रीवेङ्कटानायकि, श्रीमति पद्मावति, जय विजयीभव॥
Victory to Bhagavatī Padmāvatī, who by the great effort of the bhāgavatas turns aside the house of Yama, who destroys the fear of those still bound for birth, a high wave on the ocean of fortune. The wives of the gods, headed by Brahmā’s wife, ever serve her lotus feet. Queen of undiminished Vaikuṇṭha, of all the crores of Brahmāṇḍas, queen of Śrī Veṅkaṭa — be victorious.
Verse 2
क्षीराम्भोराशिसारैः प्रभवति रुचिरैः यत्स्वरूपे प्रदीपे शेषाण्य् एषाम् ऋजीषाण्य् अजनिषत सुधाकल्पदेवाङ्गनाद्याः । यस्यास् सिंहासनस्य प्रविलसति सदा तोरणं वैजयन्ती सेयं श्रीवेङ्कटाद्रि प्रभुवरमहिषी भातु पद्मावती श्रीः ॥
When her form shines as a lamp from the lovely essence of the milk-ocean, the nectar-like women of the gods are only what remains. The festive arch of her throne ever shines. May this Śrī Padmāvatī, chief queen of the Lord of Veṅkaṭādri, shine.
Cūrṇikā
जय जय जय जगदीश्वरकमलापति करुणारस वरुणालयवेले, चरणाम्बुज शरणागत करुणारस वरुणालय मुरबाधन करबोधन सफलीकृत शरणागत जनतागमवेले, किञ्चिदुदञ्चित सुस्मितभञ्जित चन्द्रकलामदसूचित सम्पद विमल विलोचन जितकमलासन सकृदवलोकन सज्जनदुर्जन भेदविलोपन लीलालोले, शोभनशीले, शुभगुणमाले, सुन्दरभाले, कुटिलनिरन्तर कुन्तलमाले, मणिवरविरचित मञ्जुलमाले, पद्मसुरभिगन्ध मार्दवमकरन्द फलिताकृतिबन्ध पद्मिनी बाले, अकुण्ठवैकुण्ठ महाविभूति नायकि, अखिलाण्डकोटि ब्रह्माण्डनायकि, श्रीवेङ्कटानायकि, श्रीमति पद्मावति, जय विजयीभव॥
Victory to her, the shore of the ocean of the Lord’s compassion, whose lotus feet fulfil the people who have surrendered. One glance of her pure eye wipes away the difference of the good and the wicked. Lovely in conduct, a garland of auspicious qualities, a beautiful brow, curling hair, a necklace of choice gems, a young lotus-girl whose form has ripened in the softness and nectar of the lotus. Queen of Vaikuṇṭha, of the Brahmāṇḍas, of Śrī Veṅkaṭa — be victorious.
Verse 3 · the campaka
श्रीशैलानन्तसूरेस् सधवम् उपवने चोरलीलां चरन्ती चाम्पेये तेन बद्धा स्वपतिम् अवरयत् तस्य कन्या सती या । यस्याः श्रीशैलापूर्णश् श्वशुरति च हरेस् तातभावं प्रपन्नः सेयं श्रीवेङ्कटाद्रि-प्रभु-वर-महिषी भातु पद्मावती श्रीः ॥
She who, playing at theft in the garden with her husband, was bound by Śrīśaila Ānanta Sūri to a campaka, and then chose that husband; whose father-in-law Śrīśailapūrṇa came to feel himself a father to Hari. May this Śrī Padmāvatī, chief queen of the Lord of Veṅkaṭādri, shine.
Cūrṇikā · Irāmānusan
खर्वीभवदतिगर्वीकृत गुरुमेर्वीशगिरि मुखोर्वीधरकुल दर्वीकरदयितोर्वी धर शिखरोर्वी फणिपति गुर्वीश्वरकृत रामानुजमुनि नामाङ्कित बहुभूमाश्रय सुरधामालय वरनन्दन वन सुन्दरतरानन्द मन्दिरानन्त गुरुवनान्त केलियुत निभृततर विहृति रत लीलाचोर राजकुमार निजपति स्वैरसहविहार समय निभृतोषित फणिपति गुरुभक्ति पाशवशम्पद निगृहीताराम चम्पक निबद्धे, भक्तजनावन बद्ध श्रद्धे, भजन विमुख भविजन भगवदुपसदन समय निरीक्षण सन्ततसन्नद्धे, भागधेयगुरु भव्यशेषगुरु बाहुमूल धृत बालिकाभूते, श्रीवेङ्कटनाथ वरपरिगृहीते, श्रीवेङ्कटनाथ तातभूत श्रीशैलपूर्णगुरु गृहस्नुषाभूते, अकुण्ठवैकुण्ठ महाविभूतिनायकि, अखिलाण्डकोटि ब्रह्माण्डनायकि, श्रीवेङ्कटानायकि, श्रीमति पद्मावति, जय विजयीभव॥
Bound to the campaka in the garden that bears Śrī Rāmānuja’s name, when she went out in secret with her husband. Her faith is firm in protecting devotees. She was the girl taken up on the arm of the blessed Śeṣa. Accepted by Śrī Veṅkaṭanātha. Daughter-in-law in the house of Śrīśailapūrṇa, who stood as father to the Lord. Queen of Vaikuṇṭha, of the Brahmāṇḍas, of Śrī Veṅkaṭa — be victorious.
Verse 4
श्रीशैले केलिकाले मुनिसमुपगमे या भयात् प्राक् प्रयाता तस्यैवोपत्सकायां तदनु शुकपुरे पद्मकासारमध्ये । प्रादुर्भूता रविन्दे विकचदलचये पत्युर् उग्रैस् तपोभिः सेयं श्रीवेङ्कटाद्रि प्रभुवरमहिषी भातु पद्मावती श्रीः ॥
She who, at play on Śrīśaila, left first in fear when the sage drew near, and was afterwards born in an opened lotus, in a lotus-tank in Śukapura, on the very lap of that hill, by the severe penance of her husband. May this Śrī shine.
Cūrṇikā · Śukapura
कमलमुकुल युगलनिरर्गल विनिर्गलत्कान्ति समुद्रे, श्रीवेङ्कट शिखरसहमहिषी निकर कान्तलीलावसर सङ्गतमुनिनिकर समुदित बहुलतर भयलसदपसारकेळि बहुमान्ये, श्रीशैलाधीश रचित दिनाधीश रमाधीशविषय तपोजन्ये, श्रीशैलासन्न शुकपुरीसम्पन्नपद्मसर उत्पन्न पद्मिनीकन्ये, पद्मसरोवर्य विरचित महाश्चर्य घोर-तपश्-चर्य श्रीकमुनिधुर्य कामित वदान्ये, मानव कर्मजाल दुर्मलमर्म निर्मूलन लब्दवर्ण निजसलिलजवर्ण निर्जित दुर्वर्ण वज्रस्फटिक सवर्ण सलिल सम्पूर्ण सुवर्णमुखरी सैकत सञ्जात सन्तत मकरन्द बिन्दुसन्दोह निष्यन्द सन्दानितामन्दानन्द मिळिन्द बृन्द मधुरतर झङ्काररव रुचिरसन्ततसम्पुल्ल मल्ली मालती प्रमुख व्रतति वितति कुन्दकुरवक मरुवक दमनकादि गुल्मकुसुम महिम घुम घुमित सर्व दिङ्मुख सर्वतोमुख महनीया मन्द माकन्दाविरल नारिकेळ निरवधिक क्रमुक प्रमुख तरुनिकरवीथि रमणीय विपुल तटोद्यान विहारिणि, मञ्जुलतर मणिहारिणि, महनीयतर मणिजिततरणि मकुटमनोहारिणि, मन्थरतर सुन्दरगति मत्तमराळ युवति सुगति मदापहारिणि, कलकण्ठ युवाकुण्ठ कण्ठनाद कल व्याहारणि, अकुण्ठवैकुण्ठ महाविभूतिनायकि, अखिलाण्डकोटि ब्रह्माण्डनायकि, श्रीवेङ्कटानायकि, श्रीमति पद्मावति, जय विजयीभव॥
An ocean of beauty from a pair of lotus buds. Honoured for sending away the fear of the sages gathered on the peak. Born of the penance offered to the Lord of day and the Lord of Ramā. Daughter of the lotus, risen in the lotus-tank of Śukapurī beside Śrīśaila, desired by the sage who did terrible penance there. She sports in the broad garden on the bank — mallikā, mālatī, kunda, kuravaka, maruvaka, damanaka, coconut, areca, mango — thick with bees drunk on nectar. A gem-necklace, a crown that outshines the sun, a gait that steals the pride of the swan, a voice like a young koel. Queen of Vaikuṇṭha, of the Brahmāṇḍas, of Śrī Veṅkaṭa — be victorious.
Verse 5
यां लावण्यनदीं वदन्ति कवयः श्रीमाधवाम्भोनिधिं गच्छन्तीं स्ववशङ्गतांश्च तरसा जन्तून् नयन्तीम् अपि । यस्या मानवनेत्रहस्त चरणाद्यङ्गानि भूषारुचीर् अम्भोजान्य् अमलोज्ज्वलञ्च सलिलं सा भातु पद्मावती ॥
She whom the poets call a river of loveliness, going toward the ocean that is Śrī Mādhava and drawing with her even the beings who have come into her power. Whose eyes, hands, feet and limbs are lotuses in the light of ornaments, and whose water is stainless. May that Padmāvatī shine.
Cūrṇikā
अम्भोरुहवासिनि, अम्भोरुहासन प्रमुखाखिल भूतानुशासिनि, अनवरतात्मनाथ वक्षस्सिंहासनाध्यासिनि, अङ्घ्रियुगावतार पथसन्तत सङ्गाहमान घोरतराभङ्गुर संसार घर्मसन्तप्त मनुज सन्ताप
Dweller in the lotus. Ruler of all beings, headed by him who sits on the lotus. Ever seated on the throne of her Lord’s chest. She takes away the heat of the hard, unbreaking saṃsāra from the men who walk the path of her two feet. The printed leaf breaks here.
Cūrṇikā
भद्रे, भक्तजनावन निर्णिद्रे, भगवद्दक्षिण वक्षोलक्षण लाक्षालक्षित मृदुपद मुद्रे, भञ्जित भव्यनव्यदरदलितदल मृदुल कोकनद मद विलस दधरोर्ध्व विन्यास सव्यापसव्यकर विराजदनितर शरणभक्तगण निजचरण शरणीकरणाभय वितरण निपुणनिरूपण निर्निद्रमुद्रे, उल्लसदूर्ध्व तरापरकर शिखरयुगल शेखर निजमञ्जि मन्दभञ्जन कुशलवदन विधुमण्डल विलोकन विदीर्ण हृदयता विभ्रमधरदर विदलितदल कोमल नाशिनि, बहुल कुन्तल वदनमण्डल पाणिपल्लव रुचिरलोचन सुभगकन्दरा बाहुवल्लिका जघन नितम्ब मण्डलमय विततशैवाल सम्पुल्ल कमल कुवलय कम्बुकमलिनी नालोत्तुङ्ग विपुलपुलिनशोभिनि, माधव महार्णवगाहिनि, महितलावण्य महावाहिनि, मुखचन्द्र समुद्यत भालतलविराजमान किञ्चिदुदञ्चित सूक्ष्माग्र कस्तूरीतिलक शूल समुद्भूतभीति विशीर्णसमुज्झित सम्मुखभागपरिसरयुगळ सरभस विसृमर तिमिर निकर सन्देहसन्दायि ससीमन्तकुन्तल कान्ते, स्फटिक मणिमय कन्दर्प दर्पण सन्देह सन्दोहि सकल जन सम्मोहि फलफलविमलावण्य ललित सततमुदित मुदितमुखमण्डले, महित म्रदिम महिममन्दहासा सहिष्णु तदुदय समुदित क्लमोदीर्णारुणवर्ण विभ्रमदविडम्बित परिणत बिम्बविद्रुम विलसदोष्ठ युगले, परिहसित दरहसित कोकनद कुन्दरद मन्थरतरोद्गत्यर विसृत्वरकान्तिवीचि कमनीयामन्द मन्दहास सदनवदने, समुज्ज्वलतर मणितर्जित तरणिताटङ्क निराटङ्क कन्दलितकान्ति पूरकरम्भित कर्णशष्कुलीवलये, बहिर् उपगत स्फुरणाधिगतान्तरङ्गण भूषणगण वदन कोशसदन स्फटिक मणिमय भित्ति शङ्काकरुण चणप्रतिफलित कर्णपूर कर्णावतंस ताटङ्क कुण्डल मण्डन निगनिगायमान विमलकपोल मण्डले, निजभ्रुकुटी भटीभूत त्र्यक्ष षडक्षद्वादशाक्षसहस्राक्ष प्रभृति सर्वसुपर्व शोभन भ्रूमण्डले, निटलफलक मृगमदतिलकच्छल विलोक लोक विलोचन दोषविरचित विदलन वदन विधुमण्डल विगलित नासिका प्रणाळिका निगूढ निस्सृत नासाग्रस्थूल मुक्ताफलच्छलाभिव्यक्त वदन बिलनिलीन कण्ठनालिकान्तः प्रवृत्त ग्रीवामध्योच्छ भागकृत विभागग्रीवागर्त विनिस्सृत पृथुल विलसदुरोज शैलयुगळ निर्झर झरीभूत गम्भीर नाभिह्रादावगाढ विलीन दीर्घतरपृथुल सुधाधारा प्रवाहयुगल विभ्रमाधार विस्पष्ट वीक्ष्यमाण विशुद्धस्थूल मुक्ताफल माला विद्योतित दिगन्तरे, सकलाभरण कलाविलासकृत जङ्गमचिरस्तायि सौदामनीशङ्काङ्कुरे, कनक रशनाकिङ्किणी कलनादिनि, निजजनतागुण निजपतिनिकट निवेदिनि, निखिल जनामोदिनि, निजपति सम्मोदिनि, मन्थर तरम् एहि, मन्दम् इमम् अवेहि, मयि मन आधेहि, मम शुभम् अवधेहि, मङ्गळमयि भाहि, अकुण्ठवैकुण्ठ महाविभूतिनायकि, अखिलाण्डकोटि ब्रह्माण्डनायकि, श्रीवेङ्कटानायकि, श्रीमति पद्मावति, जय विजयीभव॥
Auspicious one, sleepless in protecting devotees. Her soft feet carry the lac that marks the Lord’s right chest. She is skilled in giving the fearlessness of her feet as refuge. Hair, face, arms, waist and hip are a lotus-pool; she plunges into the ocean that is Mādhava; she is a great river of loveliness. Kastūrī on the brow, a smile the moon would envy, earrings, cheeks, brows that outshine every eye of the gods, a pearl-strand falling like a mountain stream into the deep lake of the navel, ornaments like lightning, anklets of gold. She tells her Lord the quality of her people. She delights every person, and she delights her husband. Come slowly. Know this. Set your mind on me. Heed my welfare. Shine, you who are maṅgala. Queen of Vaikuṇṭha, of the Brahmāṇḍas, of Śrī Veṅkaṭa — be victorious.
Verse 6
जीयाच्छ्री वेङ्कटाद्रि प्रभुवरमहिषी नाम पद्मावती श्रीः जीयाच्चास्याः कटाक्षामृतरसरसिको वेङ्कटाद्रेर् अधीशः । जीयाच्छ्रीवैष्णवाळी हतकुमत कथावीक्षणैर् एतदीयैः जीयाच्च श्री शुकर्षेः पुरम् अनवरतम् सर्वसम्पत्समृद्धम् ॥
May Śrī Padmāvatī, chief queen of the Lord of Veṅkaṭādri, be victorious. May the Lord of the hill, who delights in the nectar of her glance, be victorious. May the line of Śrīvaiṣṇavas be victorious by those glances that strike down evil tales. May the city of the ṛṣi Śuka be ever full of every prosperity.
Colophon
श्रीरङ्गसूरिणेदं श्रीशैलानन्तसूरिवंश्येन । भक्त्या रचितं गद्यं लक्ष्मीः पद्मावती समादत्ताम् ॥
This gadyam, composed with devotion by Śrīraṅga Sūri, descendant of Śrīśaila Ānanta Sūri — may Lakṣmī Padmāvatī accept it.