{"collection":"tantra","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/tantra/htg/htg13.htm","path":"tantra/htg/htg13.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/tantra/htg/htg13.htm","text":"Hymns to the Goddess, by John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon), [1913]\n1\nSALUTATION to thee, O Dev\u012b!\n Dispenser of blessings, beloved of \u015aankara,\u00a03\n Dear to devotees,\n Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e8.\n2\nThou hast assumed form by m\u0101y\u0101\u00a04\n Beloved of \u015aankara.\n Salutation to Mahe\u015bvar\u012b,\u00a05\n O Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9! obeisance to Thee.\u00a06\n3\nO Mah\u0101m\u0101y\u0101!\u00a01 beloved Spouse\u00a02 of Hara,\u00a03\n Giver of the fruit of desire,\n Queen of Suras.\u00a04\n O Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9! obeisance to Thee.\n4\nO Mah\u0101dev\u012b with the lustre of a thousand rising suns,\n Three eyed,\n Crested with the crescent moon.\u00a05\n5\nO Dev\u012b! clad in fine garment,\n Ever giving rice,\u00a06 Sinless One,\n Who delights in the dance of \u015aiva.\n Crested with the crescent moon.\u00a05\n O Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9! obeisance to Thee.\n6\nO Dev\u012b! fulfiller of the desires of devotees,\u00a07\n Destructress of worldly pain,\n Bending under the weight of Thy breasts.\u00a08\nO Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9! obeisance to Thee.\n7\nThou residest in the centre of the six-petalled lotus,\u00a01\n And art in the form of the six-fold \u015bakti,\u00a02\n Thou art Brahm\u0101n\u012b and all others,\u00a03\n O Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9! obeisance to Thee.\n8\nO Dev\u012b! adorned with crescent moon,\n All empires\u00a04 are Thy gifts,\n Giver of delight to Sarva\u00a05,\n O Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9! obeisance to Thee.\n9\nThy lotus feet are worshipped by Indra and other Dev\u0101s;\n Thou assumest the form of Rudra and other Devas,\n Giver of wealth.\n O Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9! obeisance to Thee.\n10\nWhoever\u00a01 at time of worship\n Devoutly reads this hymn,\n In his house Lak\u1e63m\u012b\u00a02 ever abides;\n True is this and without doubt.\n11\nWhoever having recited\u00a03 the mantra daily,\n Reads this hymn at dawn of day,\n Obtains wealth of rice\n And prosperity.\n12\nNot to all and any should this hymn be revealed,\n For be it made known to one who is unworthy,\n Then ills fall upon him,\n Therefore should it be carefully concealed.\n70:1 A name of the Dev\u012b as She who bestows food, whose sincere devotee will never want rice. In one hand She holds a rice-bowl, and in another a spoon for stirring the boiled rice.\n70:2 P. 570.\n70:3 \u015aiv\u00e9.\n70:4 All forms of the Dev\u012b, as also the forms of all Devat\u0101, whether in the strict sense avat\u0101ra or not, are m\u0101yik, but to the worshipper none the less real.\n70:5 Feminine of Mahe\u015bvara, a title of \u015aiva as great Lord and Ruler of the worlds.\n70:6 Annap\u016br\u1e47\u00e9 namostute--the refrain.\n71:1 The Dev\u012b as She who yields and is yet Herself unaffected by m\u0101y\u0101.\n71:2 Dharmaput\u012b--that is, a wife married with religious rites. There are other forms of marriage.\n71:3 \u015aiva.\n71:4 Devas.\n71:5 As is \u015aiva.\n71:6 Annad\u0101narat\u0101, or food generally.\n71:7 S\u0101dhakas, those who practise s\u0101dhanam (see Introduction To Tantra \u015a\u0101stra)\n71:8 Kucabh\u0101r\u0101nate (see Introduction).\n72:1 That is, the sv\u0101dhish\u1e6dh\u0101na padma.\n72:2 Sharangayuvat\u012bmaye, which equals sharanga\u015baktisvar\u016bpe. The sixfold \u015baktis are: H\u1e5bday\u0101nga \u015bakti, \u015birongga \u015bakti, \u015bikh\u0101nga \u015bakti, netr\u0101nga \u015bakti, avach\u0101nga \u015bakti, and astr\u0101nga \u015bakti which refer to the T\u0101ntrika ny\u0101sa, done on the heart, head, crownlock, eyes, the body, and the concluding gesture with the palms of the hands, accompanied by the astra b\u012bja or \"phat.\"\n72:3 That is, Indr\u0101\u1e47i, Kaum\u0101ri, and other M\u0101trikas.\n72:4 S\u0101mr\u0101jya.\n72:5 Sarv\u0101nandakare. Sarva is one of the eight forms (a\u1e63\u1e6dam\u016brti) of \u015aiva; or it may literally mean \"giver of delight to all.\"\n73:1 This is the phala (fruit or result) portion of the stotra. All devotional works contain a phala chapter or verse, which states the result or reward (phala) to be obtained by their perusal, recitation, or hearing. If any worshipper invokes Dev\u012b by any particular name, such as Armada, he obtains the corresponding fruit. So the S\u016bta Samhit\u0101 (iv, 33, 29, 30) says: \"All names arc attributed by His own m\u0101y\u0101 to Brahman, yet some apply specially by the wish of \u015aiva Himself. O sages! by the repetition of such names one becomes the supreme Lord Himself and before His lotus face \u015aad\u0101\u015biva dances with His Spouse\" (see Bh\u0101skarar\u0101ya Commentary, Introduction to second Chapter of the Lalit\u0101sahasran\u0101ma).\n73:2 Dev\u012b of prosperity and wealth.\n73:3 Literally, \"made japa of\"","title":"Hymns to the Goddess: From Tantra: Annap\u016br\u1e47a (Annap\u016br\u1e47\u0101stotra) from the Tantras\u0101ra","type":"page"}