सुरासम्पूर्णकलशं रुधिराप्लुतमेव च। दधाना हस्तपद्माभ्यां कूष्माण्डा शुभदाऽस्तु मे॥
surāsampūrṇakalaśaṃ rudhirāplutameva ca । dadhānā hastapadmābhyāṃ kūṣmāṇḍā śubhadā'stu me ॥
PM's MessageSalutations to Ma Kushmanda, the symbol of indomitable courage and spiritual power! May her divine energy awaken new consciousness in every heart.
Meaning of Surāsampūrṇakalaśaṃ Rudhirāplutameva Ca
May Mother Kushmanda, who holds sacred pots filled with blood and spirituous liquor in her holy hands, bless me and bring well-being to me.
Word by word
- सुरासम्पूर्णकलशम्surāsampūrṇakalaśam
a pot brimming with spirituous liquor
सुरा + सम् + √पॄ + कलश
- रुधिराप्लुतम्rudhirāplutam
steeped in blood
रुधिर + आ + √प्लु
- एव चeva ca
and indeed
- दधानाdadhānā
holding
√धा
- हस्तपद्माभ्याम्hastapadmābhyām
in her two lotus hands
हस्त + पद्म
- कूष्माण्डाkūṣmāṇḍā
Kushmanda
- शुभदा अस्तु मेśubhadāstu me
may she be a giver of good to me
√शुभ् + √दा
Commentary
This meditation verse invokes Kushmanda, the fourth form of Navadurga, through imagery that is both auspicious and fierce. The Sanskrit describes a vessel filled with surā and reddened with blood, held in her lotus-like hands. Such imagery belongs to a tantric and martial symbolic world in which the goddess contains, transforms, and masters forces that ordinary life treats as dangerous or impure. Devotional retellings often soften the vessel into nectar or the vital essence of life, emphasizing Kushmanda's creative and nourishing power. That interpretation explains the stored meaning, while the literal wording preserves the formidable aspect of the goddess alongside her gift of auspiciousness.
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