SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
kirItinam gadhinam chakrahastham ichchAmi thvAm dhrashṭum aham thathaiva |
thEnaiva rUpENa chathurbhujEna sahasrabAhO bhava viSvamUrthE ||
word-by-word meaning
sahasrabAhO! – Oh one with unlimited arms!
viSvamUrthE! – Oh one who has the whole universe as your body!
thathA Eva – as before
kirItinam – wearing one crown
gadhinam – holding a mace
chakrahastham – as holding the chakra (disc) in your hand
thvAm – you
aham – I
dhrashtum ichchAmi – desire to see
thEna Eva – as before
chathurbhujEna rUpENa – having a divine form with four divine hands
bhava – please assume
Simple Translation
Oh one with unlimited arms! Oh one who has the whole universe as your body! I desire to see you as before, wearing only one crown, holding a mace and holding the chakra (disc) in your hand; please assume the divine form with four divine hands, as before.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘Fain would I see You in that four-armed Form, O many-Armed! Be You, O Kosmic Form! That, with crown and club and discus in the hand.’
That same old Form do I wish to see, —the Form with diadem, mace and wheel borne by You in Your hands,— the Form with four arms. Assume that old Form of four arms, O (now) many-Armed! O (now) Universal Form!
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