राकाचन्द्रसमानकान्तिवदना नाकाधिराजस्तुता

राकाचन्द्रसमानकान्तिवदना नाकाधिराजस्तुता।
मूकानामपि कुर्वती सुरधुनी नीकाशवाग्वैभवम्।
श्रीकाञ्चीनगरीविहाररसिका शोकापहन्त्री सतां
एका पुण्यपरंपरा पशुपतेराकारिणी राजते॥
मूकपञ्चाशती

rākācandrasamānakāntivadanā nākādirājastutā|
mūkānāmapi kurvatī suradhunī nīkāśavāgvaibhavam|
śrīkāñcīnagarīvihārarasikā śokāpahantrī satāḥ
ekā puṇyaparaṁparā paśupaterākāriṇī rājate||
mūkapañcāśatī

രാകാചന്ദ്രസമാനകാന്തിവദനാ നാകാധിരാജസ്തുതാ।
മൂകാനാമപി കുര്‍വതീ സുരധുനീ നീകാശവാഗ്വൈഭവം।
ശ്രീകാഞ്ചീനഗരീവിഹാരരസികാ ശോകാപഹന്ത്രീ സതാം
ഏകാ പുണ്യപരംപരാ പശുപതേരാകാരിണീ രാജതേ॥
മൂകപഞ്ചാശതീ



The supreme lordess of the household of Pashupati, the Shiva

The heavenly damsel who has a beautiful face resembling the moon on a paurnami day
That mother beyond all description who is ever praised by the supreme Lord of Heaven, Indra Himself

The affectionate mother who has converted even dumb guiless human beings into speakers with sweet and dexterous voice resembling the great musical insturments and musical notes of heaven

The Divine mother who ever loves to be present and stay comfortably in the glorious city of Kanchi

The ever merciful mother who removes all the sorrows of people who are good at heart

That glorious lady who is the quintessance of all the virtuous deeds or Punyas Is shining forth protecting us in Her Royal Splendour

त्वयैव जगदंबया

त्वयैव जगदंबया भुवनमण्डलं सूयते त्वयैव करुणार्द्रया तदपि रक्षणं नीयते।त्वयैव खरकोपया नयनपावके हूयते वयैव किल नित्यया जगति सन्ततं स्थीयते॥मूकपञ्चाशत्यां
tvayaiva jagadaṁbayā bhuvanamaṇḍalaṁ sūyate tvayaiva karuṇārdrayā tadapi rakṣaṇaṁ nīyate|
tvayaiva kharakopayā nayanapāvake hūyate vayaiva kila nityayā jagati santataṁ sthīyate||
mūkapañcāśatyāṁ
My lovely mother Kamaskshi,
This globe of earth has been given birth by your merciful grace who indeed is the mother of the whole univers
This whole earth with its entire occupants is provided protection and given lead for for movement ahead by your eminent Grace in your limitless mercy
The same orb of earth with all things within and without could be burned to ashes in a split second if the sparks of fire of destruction emanate from your if you develop solid anger
Mother, it is you the eternal one, the ever loving mother, who is just keeping alive, safe and happy all of us existing on this earth
Pranams to the mother.. the eternal source of mercy happiness and wefare
Sree maatre namaH.

भुवनजननी भूषाभूतचन्द्रे

भुवनजननी भूषाभूतचन्द्रे नमस्ते कलुषशमनी कम्पातीरगेहे नमस्ते।
निखिलनिगमवेद्ये नित्यरूपे नमस्ते परमशिवमयी पाशच्छेदहस्ते नमस्ते॥
मूकपञ्चाशती
bhuvanajananī bhūṣābhūtacandre namaste kaluṣaśamanī kampātīragehe namaste|
nikhilanigamavedye nityarūpe namaste paramaśivamayī pāśacchedahaste namaste||
mūkapañcāśatī
My dearest mother Kamakshi pranams to you who has converted the lunar crescent as an attarctive ornament to adorn your comely locks
My dearest mother kamakshi, pranams to you who is ever engaged in removing the flaws, blemishes, confusions, evil thought arising in my mind
My dearest mother Kamakshi, pranams to you who has made your Royal Abode the temple in Kanchi, built in the banks of the holy River Kampa
My dearest mother Kamakshi, Pranams to you, who are praised, realized and worshipped through the greatest scriptures, Vedas
My dearest mother Kamakshi, Pranams to you, who has assumed a presence and manifestation which is eternal
My dearest mother Kamakshi, Pranams to you, who is ever of placid nature, who is ever ready to bring peace and harmony all around, and who is ever remaining merged in body and thoughts with that eternal Lord,, Paramashiva
My dearest mother Kamakshi, Pranams to you, who is Paasa Hastaa and Paasha Hantree too ( see Lalitha Sahasranaamama), who holds the rein of the universe, who affectionately controls everything and who also finally cuts of all connection of this worldly woes that afflict us and grant us ultimate Moksham
(This namaskara slokam from Mookapanchaashati was the favourite of Maha periyavaa.. who lived as God, and is remaining as God)

चन्द्रापीडां चतुरवदनां

चन्द्रापीडां चतुरवदनां चञ्चलापाङ्गलीलां
कुन्दस्मेरां कुचभरनतां कुन्तलोद्धूतभृंगाम् ।
मारारातेर्मदनशिखिनं मांसलं दीपयन्तीं
कामाक्षीं तां कविकुलगिरां कल्पवल्लीमुपासे ॥
candrāpīḍāṃ caturavadanāṃ cañcalāpāṅgalīlāṃ
kundasmerāṃ kucabharanatāṃ kuntaloddhūtabhṛṃgām ।
mārārātermadanaśikhinaṃ māṃsalaṃ dīpayantīṃ
kāmākṣīṃ tāṃ kavikulagirāṃ kalpavallīmupāse ॥
ചന്ദ്രാപീഡാം ചതുരവദനാം ചഞ്ചലാപാങ്ഗലീലാം
കുന്ദസ്മേരാം കുചഭരനതാം കുന്തലോദ്ധൂതഭൃംഗാം ।
മാരാരാതേര്മദനശിഖിനം മാംസളം ദീപയന്തീം
കാമാക്ഷീം താം കവികുലഗിരാം കല്പവല്ലീമുപാസേ ॥ ൬ ॥
I serve and worship with great regularity and ultimate devotion that Mother Kamakshi
Who is having the crescent moon as ornament in the crown (and the consort of the Lord Shankara who wears crescent moon in his head)
Who is having and intensely brilliant and attractive face (some believe she is four headed in her manifestation as Sarasvati) (and She is the consort of the Lord Brahma who is having four heads)
Who is moving her attractive sideway glances playfully causing amusement and sweet agony to all around
Who is smiling sweetly showing an attractive row of teeth, so white and shining like the Kunda or jasmine flowers
Who is crouching forward as if the weight of her buxom breasts pull her down
Who is having bees humming all around, the bees who are visiting her hair decorated with divine flowers from all over the universe
Who is kindling the intense fire of desire of the Lord Shankara who is indeed the arch enemy of the God of intense desires Kamadeva himself
Who is the sweetness, sweet thing that visits the entire community of the poets
Who is the Wish yielding Kalpavalli creeper in the Garden of Divine beings, the creeper that bestows
on the devotees all that they desire
Note.. there is a story that when Kamadeva succumbed to the fire of the third eye of Lord Shiva and turned into ashes, at the same time the Mother Goddess Kamakshi too took birth from those ashes.

त्रियम्बककुटुम्बिनीं

त्रियम्बककुटुम्बिनीं त्रिपुरसुन्दरीमिन्दिरां
पुलिन्दपतिसुन्दरीं त्रिपुरभैरवीं भारतीम् |
मतङ्गकुलनायिकां महिषमर्दनीं मातृकां
भणन्ति विबुधोत्तमा विहृतिमेव कामाक्षि ते ‖80‖
From Mooka Panchasathi
triyambakakuṭumbinīṃ tripurasundarīmindirāṃ
pulindapatisundarīṃ tripurabhairavīṃ bhāratīm |
mataṅgakulanāyikāṃ mahiṣamardanīṃ mātṛkāṃ
bhaṇanti vibudhottamā vihṛtimeva kāmākṣi te ‖80‖
ത്ര്യംബകകുടുംബിനീം ത്രിപുരസുന്ദരീമിന്ദിരാം
പുളിന്ദപതിസുന്ദരീം ത്രിപുരഭൈരവീം ഭാരതീം ।
മതംഗകുലനായികാം മഹിഷമര്‍ദ്ദനീം മാതൃകാം
ഭണന്തി വിബുധോത്തമാ വിഹൃതിമേവ കാമാക്ഷി തേ ‖൮൦‖
മൂക പഞ്ചാശതി
Mother Kamakshi, it is Your merciful Grace that has manifested in the forms of Mother in various shrines and incarnations.
The great Divine beings and sages praise you and worship you in all these forms.
You are the consort of that three eyed Shiva Thryambaka
You are the darling of the one who annihilated the three Cities..so you are Tripurasundari
You are the consort of Vishnu, in that glorious form of Lakshmi the Indira
You have manifested yourself as the damsel of the Mountains, Parvathi, you manifested as the lady of Kirata when Shiva took the shape of a hunter, (and you are also the daughter of the Hunter.. Valli the consort of Skanda )
You are the imposing Lady Bhairavi, the consort of Tripura Bhairava at Varanasi
You are Bharathi, the Saraswathi, the mother of muses, the mother of Letters and Arts, the consort of Brahmadeva
You are the darling daughter of sage Matanga, the pride of the clan of Matanga
You are the most powerful Chamunda who annihilated the vile demon Mahisha
You have manifested yourself as the Seven Matrikas.. the seven powers of various Divinities… Brahmi, Maheshwari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, Indrani and Chamundeshwari.
Note.. The epithets given for the Mother would also in most cases represent Her Gracious manifestation in such names in Major Shakti Peetas.

पाण्डित्यं परमेश्वरि

पाण्डित्यं परमेश्वरि स्तुतिविधौ नैवश्रयन्ते गिरां
वैरिञ्चान्यपि गुम्फनानि विकलद्गर्वाणि शर्वाणि ते।
स्तोतुं त्व्वं परिफुल्लनीलनलिनश्यामाक्षि कामाक्षि मां
वाचालीकुरुते तथापि नितरां त्वत्पादसेवादरः॥१॥
मूकपञ्चाशती स्तुतिशतकं
pāṇḍityaṁ parameśvari stutividhau naivaśrayante girāṁ
vairiñcānyapi gumphanāni vikaladgarvāṇi śarvāṇi te|
stotuṁ tvvaṁ pariphullanīlanalinaśyāmākṣi kāmākṣi māṁ
vācālīkurute tathāpi nitarāṁ tvatpādasevādaraḥ||1||
mūkapañcāśatī stutiśatakaṁ
My beloved mother Kamaskhi,
the supreme godhead, consort of Shiva,
lovely lady with eyes resembling the full blossoms of the blackest neelotpala (black lotus) flowers,
my erudition does not come to my help while trying to utter some words in your praise.
Even t he Vedas originating from Brahamadeva when they try to invoke your glory are rendered ineffective in comparison to your glory and they retreat after being rendered effete..
Still my deep and abiding devotion for your lotus feet, makes me bold and gives me loquacity in my attempt to praise you.
This is the first stanza of Mooka Panchasati, Stuti Shatakam renedered by the Poet Muuka in praise of Mother Kamakshi..
The whole work five hundred Stanzas are spread over five chapters. Aaraya shatakam.Stuti Shatakam, Paadaravinda Shatakam Mandasmita Shatakam, and Kataksha Satakam.
Scholarship, Erudition in Scriptures and worldly achievements are not effective when a devotee is attempting to connect with the supreme soul.
Only abiding devotion is the bridge that can bind the bhakta with the godhead.
The poet is called Muuka because he was born dumb both in words and spirit but he gained great knowledge by the Grace of the Divine mother.
Mookapanchasati is a sublime treatise on the Glory of Mother Kamakahi..
True, the language used is quite tough but the composition is set in an elegant metre .

Mouthful of betel leaves

Mouthful of betel leaves 

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Name 559 of Lalitha Mahatripura sundari  Mother Rajarajeshwari
 in lalitha sahasranamam ..
is

ताम्बूलपूरितमुखी 

Thaamboola pooritha mukhee

She whose mouth is filled with betel leaves and additions which she is chewing...

a very affectionate imagery of the Divine mother

even if she is the most beautiful woman chewing must be giving her a funny face..

and yes, the adorindg devotee who sees Her as the mother will have no difficulty in loving that funny face..

If a devotee is having reverence alone for the divine he would have found it difficult to call her by such an unorthodox name..

And mind you it was lord Hayagreeva describing

Her by this name to sage Markandeya..

Even the great souls forget themselves when they are overcome with affection..

Or was it that Lord Hayagreeva who is Narayana himself having a poke at his little sister.?

Anyway it isour fortune that we can approach and get things done easily as the mother is in a relaxed mood chewing pan..

It is another story that she spat a little of this tamboolam into the gaping mouth of an idiot Mooka and he sang the Mookapanchaasati ..

Her Divine Splendour

तापिञ्छस्तबकत्विषे तनुभृतां दारिद्र्यमुद्राद्विषे

संसाराख्यतमोमुषे पुररिपोः वामाङ्कसीमाजुषे।

कम्पातीरमुपेयुषे कवयतां जिहवाकुटीं जग्मुषे

विश्वत्राणपुषे नमोस्तु सततं तस्मै परज्योतिषे॥२॥

मूकपञ्चाशती-- स्तुतिशतकं

tāpiñchastabakatviṣe tanubhṛtāṁ dāridryamudrādviṣe

saṁsārākhyatamomuṣe puraripoḥ vāmāṅkasīmājuṣe|

kampātīramupeyuṣe kavayatāṁ jihavākuṭīṁ jagmuṣe

viśvatrāṇapuṣe namostu satataṁ tasmai

parajyotiṣe||2||

mūkapañcāśatī-- stutiśatakaṁ

Pranams to that supreme lustrous being, the Divine Mother  Kamakshi,

who is shining forth with the golden red

Colour resembling a bunch of tamala flowers,

who is theannihilator of poverty of all beings who have been born in living bodies,

who is capable of removing the darkness which surrounds the mundane life,

who is occupying the left side of the great Shambhu who vanquished the three cities(tripuras),

 who has manifested herself in the banks of Kampa river,

who is present in all Her glory in the tips of the tongues of all

Who are praising her,

and

who is engaged for ever in the protection of the universe.

This is perhaps the most famous stanza from Muuka Panchasati..

The Divine mother removes the poverty of the Devotees, gives deliverance from the samsara sagaram which is shrouded in the darkness of mean instincts, makes scholars of all those are dependent on Her..

Pranams to the Mother.

(Taapincha.. also called Tamaala.. is a tree with

botanical

name Crataeva Roxburghii .. the flower is called

Kaayampoo

in malayalam, kasaamboo in tamil.

The taapincha is also known to be the pomegranate flower..)