Kamalaambikaayaastava Bhaktoham

Sixth Avarana Kriti

Ragam: Punnagavarali
Thalam: Rupakam

In this kriti, Dikshitar glorifies the sixth avarana of the Sri Chakra. The sixth avarana is called the Antardasaram which is an inner set of Ten triangles. The Chakra is called Sarvaraksakara chakra, ‘protects all’. Ten shaktis preside over this chakra.

Dikshitar says, I am the devotee of Kamalambika, who is the spouse of Shankara. She, the bestower of prosperity, is fond of music.

She sports in Her four hands the arrows of flowers, sugar cane as bow, the rope noose Pasha, and the goad Ankusha. She, whose speech is mellifluous, is the spouse of Shiva and the personification of goodness. Her braided hair excels the beauty of lovely black bees which swarm around the Punnaga tree.

She is the goddess of the Chakra Sarvarakshakara, protecting all. Her essential nature is the fire. She is established in the ten Kalas and manifests in the inner circle having ten triangles. She is the goddess of the circle of Malini, which has ten Shaktis.

1. Sarvajne ^{She who has all knowledge}
2. Sarvashakte ^{She who is all powerful}
3. Sarvaishwaryapradayini ^{She who gives all kinds of power to protect}
4. Sarvajnanamayi ^{She who has all spiritual knowledge}
5. Sarvavyadhivinasini ^{She who destroys all diseases}
6. Sarvadharaswarupe ^{She who is the basis of everything}
7. Sarvapapahare ^{She who destroys all sins}
8. Sarvanandamayi ^{She who is full of happiness}
9. Sarvarakshaswaroopini ^{She who is protector to all}
10. Sarvekshitaphalaprade ^{She who gives all desired results}

She is of the form of the ten letters of the Ka and Ca groups and is worshiped by gods and others. She is Kundalini, encompassing fifty letters. She is the goddess Kaulini, propitiated by ten Mudras. She is worshiped by Dasharatha and others, and bestows knowledge on Shiva, the father of Guruguha. The rays of Her inner radiance constitute the functioning of the ten Indriyas, the ten sense and motor organs.