SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
mruthyu: sarvaharaS chAham udbhavaS cha bhavishyathAm |
kIrthi: SrIr vAk cha nArINAm smṛuthir mEdhA dhruthi: kshamA ||
word-by-word meaning
sarvahara – robbing the lives of all creatures
mruthyu cha aham – I am death
bhavishyathAm – for the creatures which are created
udhbhava cha – the act of creation
aham – I am
nArINAm – among women
SrI: – SrIdhEvi, SrI mahAlakshmi (who is the head)
kIrthi – kIrthi dhEvi (presiding deity for fame)
vAk – vAk dhEvi (presiding deity for speech)
smruthi: – smruthi dhEvi (presiding deity for memory)
mEdhA – mEdhA dhEvi (presiding deity for intellect)
dhruthi: – dhruthi dhEvi (presiding deity for courage)
kshamA cha – kshamA dhEvi (presiding deity for forbearance)
aham – I am
Simple Translation
I am death which robs the lives of all creatures and the act of creation for the creatures which are created; among women I am SrIdhEvi, SrI mahAlakshmi (who is the leader), kIrthi dhEvi (presiding deity for fame), vAk dhEvi (presiding deity for speech), smruthi dhEvi (presiding deity for memory), mEdhA dhEvi (presiding deity for intellect), dhruthi dhEvi (presiding deity for courage) and kshamA dhEvi (presiding deity for forbearance).
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
‘And the all-capturing Death, I am; and the Origin of all to come; of feminine (virtues) I am fame[4. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.], prosperity[5. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.], and speech[6. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.], memory[7. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.] and intellect[8. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.], courage[9. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.] and forbearance[10. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.].’
I am Death, the great Depriver of all life. And I am the act known as Birth of all that is going to be born. Of what is feminine (or known as feminine perfections, or the female Deities presiding over these qualities), I am Prosperity (Śrī), also Fame (Kīrti), also Speech (Vāk) also Memory (Smṛiti), also Intellect (Medhā), also courage (Dḥṛitih), also forbearance (Kshamā)[11. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.], courage[9. In Saṃskṛit, all these terms are of feminine gender.].
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