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Meaning: (Courtesy: Guru Guha Vaibhavam: http://guru-guha.blogspot.in/2008/04/dikshitar-kriti-madhurambikayam-raga.html )

Pallavi:

bhaktiM karOmi - I practice devotion,

sadA - always,

SrI madhurAmbikAyAM - unto Meenakshi, the goddess of the city of Madhura

Anupallavi

cidAnanda rasikAyAM - the one who revels in the bliss of consciousness,

SrI guru guha sEvitAyAM - the one served by Guruguha,

(Madhyama kala sahityam)

kadamba vana vAsinyAM - the resident of the Kadamba forest - Madurai,

kavi jana nuta yOginyAm - the goddess exalted by wise, insightful people

caraNam

sakala-Agama vinutAyAM - the one praised by all the Vedas,

sAmarasya vibhavAyAM - the one who has the loftiness of equanimity or harmony,

kAdi vidyA dAyikAyAM - the one who bestows the knowledge of the worship whose Mantra starts with “ka”,

kAmESvara mOhitAyAm - the one enchanted by Shiva (Kameshvara),

(Madhyama kala sahityam)

sakala kalA rUpAyAM - the embodiment of all the arts,

sadASiva pati-vratAyAM - the devout wife of Sadashiva,

sthUla sUkshma kAraNAyAM - the cause of the gross, subtle and causal (bodies),

sukha-tara pravartanAyAm - the one who brings about great bliss.

Comments:

• This Kriti is in the seventh Vibhakti
• cidAnanda rasikAyAM - Dikshitar’s dIksha name is ‘cidAnanda nAtha’. Therefore this may also mean ‘Mother as connoisseur (rasika) of Dikshitar himself’.
• Madurai was originally a forest of Kadamba trees, before a Pandya king built the city there.
• “sAmarasya” comes from the word “sama-rasa” which means looking at diversities and seeing the one
• The names ‘kadamba vana vAsinI’ and ‘sadASiva pati-vratA’ is found in the Lalita Sahasranama
• The name ‘sAmarasya parAyaNA’ is found in the Lalita Sahasranama, similar to the epithet in this kriti