Kamakshi Dandakam

                (Dandakam to Sri Kamakshi devi of Kancheepuram)

                              by Sri Paturi Sitaramanjaneyulu

 English with phonetic transliteration

             

For Telugu - తెలుగు లో 
                (Dandakam is a meter in Sanskrit (Indian) Poetry that is charecterised only by the rules of feet of syllabic length patterns which result in a rhythmic pattern and there are no rules of number of lines per verse. The whole poem runs as a flow of the same pattern of syllabic length. It is mostly used in the praise-poetry offered to gods and goddesses.)

                sakala janani tē namaḥ kāṁci saṁvāsi bhūtēśa bhāvānukūlē bhavārṇō nidhēr bhītabhītān samuttārayantī sadaikāmra sālasya mūlē vasantī tapasyanti cittōdbhavārāti cittasya śāṁtēḥ pradātrī sugātrī vinētrī surārāti vargasya dātrī mumukṣōr janasyāpavargasya sargasya bhāvasya saṁhāra kāryasya kartrī vidhātrādi gīrvāṇa vargasya rakṣā bhavitrī svapādāṁbujārādhanāsakta cittasya daurgatya hantrī bhavatyēva dēvīti nairaṁtarēṇāṁtarē bhāvayaṁtaṁ namasyaṁta maṁtē
vasantaṁ mahādēvi kāmākṣi satkarmaṇāṁ sākṣiṇī tvaṁ sadā vartasē bhartr̥ sēvā ratānāṁ satīnāṁ bhavatyēva prāthamyamāpadyasē yassmarēttvāṁ sadāruṇya bhāsā vibhāṁtīṁ drutaṁ hr̥dya bhāvāṁcitā bhāratī tasya cāsyā dviniryāti citraṁ kimatrēti saṁbhāvayaṁtaṁ mudā māṁ vilōkyāvituṁ sēvituṁ tvāṁ mahābhāgya mādhātu mabhyarthayē vāraṇāsyasya skaṁdasya cāṁbē akhilāṁbē madaṁbē namastē namastē namaḥ