mAnAtIta-prathita-vibhavAM ma~NgalaM ma~NgalAnAM vakShaHpIThIM madhu-vijayino bhUShayantIM svakAntyA pratyakShAnushravika-mahima-prArthinInAM prajAnAM shreyomUrtiM shriyam asharaNastvAM sharaNyAM prapadye (I), who have no other shelter, salute and worship Shri Devi, who * is well known and is exalted beyond all exaltations; * has taken Vishnu's chest as Her seat, and adorns and decorates it with Her beauty; (Vishnu is referred to as the Conqueror of the demon, Madhu) * is verily the embodiment of all that is good for those who desire to (pray for) excel(ling) in the material or spiritual realm; == mAna = respect, honour atIta = surpassing, exceeding, boundless prathita = celebrated, renowned vibhavAm = exalted position, riches, prowess ma~NgalAnAm = of all auspicious things ma~Ngalam = auspicious madhu-vijayI = Conqueror of the demon Madhu, madhu-vijayinaH = of Him vakShaH = chest vakShaHpIThIm = His chest treated as a seat (Her seat) kAntiH = lustre, brilliance, beauty; svakAntyA = by One's own splendour bhUShayantIm = She, who adorns, decorates pratyakSha = perceptible, sense-congnizable things anushravika = relating to sacred traditions, Shastras, spiritual things mahima = glorious things prArthinI = one who requests, desires for; prArthinInAm = of such people prajAH = subjects, people, mankind; prajAnAm = of them shreyaH = most excellent, desirable, auspicious, blissful shreyo-mUrtim = embodiment of all prosperity, auspiciousness shrIH = Shri Devi; shriyam - subjective form sharaNyAm = One who is fit to protect, worth surrendering to tvAm = You (subjective form) asharaNaH = one who is forlorn, helpless, has no recourse (the poet here) prapadye = (I) worship, seek (Her) refuge == [man, 1 P, manati, 10 A, mAnayate, to be proud, 4, 8 A, manyate, to honour, respect; agree; understand; think] [i, 2 P, eti, to go towards; arrive at, obtain; arise; atyeti = to go beyond] [prath, 1 A, 10 U, prathate, prathayati/te, to increase, spread abroad, publish] [bhU, 1 P, bhavati, exists; happens; vibhavati = to appear, become manifest] [ji, 1 P, jayati, to defeat; surpass, excel] [ma~ng, 1 U, ma~ngati/te, to go, move; appear beautiful] [kam, 10 A, kAmayate, to love, be enamoured with; to wish for; kAntiH = beauty] [bhUSh, 1 P, bhUShati, 10 U, bhUShayati/tE, to adorn, decorate] [arth, 10 A, arthayate, to request, beg; to desire, strive for] [Because prajA is strIli~Nga, prArthinI instead of prArthI] [shR^ii, 9 P, shR^iNAti, to tear to pieces; hurt; to wither away, decay] [pad, 4 A, padyatE, to go, approach; attain; observe]