ஶ்ரீமீநாக்ஷீமணிமாலாஷ்டகம் Lyrics in Tamil:
மது⁴ராபுரிநாயிகே நமஸ்தே
மது⁴ராலாபிஶுகாபி⁴ராமஹஸ்தே ।
மலயத்⁴வஜபாண்ட்³யராஜகந்யே
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் விதே⁴ஹி த⁴ந்யே ॥ 1॥
கசநிர்ஜிதகாலமேக⁴காந்தே
கமலாஸேவிதபாத³பங்கஜாந்தே ।
மது⁴ராபுரவல்லபே⁴ஷ்டகாந்தே
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் விதே⁴ஹி ஶாந்தே ॥ 2॥
குசயுக்³மவிதூ⁴தசக்ரவாகே
க்ருʼபயாபாலிதஸர்வஜீவலோகே ।
மலயத்⁴வஜஸந்ததே: பதாகே
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் நிதே⁴ஹி பாகே ॥ 3॥
விதி⁴வாஹநஜேத்ருʼகேலியாநே
விமதாமோடநபூஜிதாபதா³நே ।
மது⁴ரேக்ஷணபா⁴வபூ⁴தமீநே
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் விதே⁴ஹி தீ³நே ॥ 4॥
தபநீயபயோஜிநீதடஸ்தே²
துஹிநப்ராயமஹீத⁴ரோத³ரஸ்தே² ।
மத³நாரிபரிக்³ரஹே க்ருʼதார்தே²
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் விதே⁴ஹி ஸார்தே² ॥ 5॥
கலகீரகலோக்திநாத³த³க்ஷே
கலிதாநேகஜக³ந்நிவாஸிரக்ஷே ।
மத³நாஶுக³ஹல்லகாந்தபாணே
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் குரு ப்ரவீணே ॥ 6॥
மது⁴வைரிவிரிஞ்சிமுக்²யஸேவ்யே
மநஸா பா⁴விதசந்த்³ரமௌலிஸவ்யே ।
தரஸா பரிபூரிதயஜ்ஞஹவ்யே
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் விதே⁴ஹி ப⁴வ்யே ॥ 7॥
ஜக³த³ம்ப³ கத³ம்ப³மூலவாஸே
கமலாமோத³முகே²ந்து³மந்த³ஹாஸே ।
மத³மந்தி³ரஹாரித்³ருʼக்³விலாஸே
மயி மீநாக்ஷி க்ருʼபாம் விதே⁴ஹி தா³ஸே ॥ 8॥
பட²தாமநிஶம் ப்ரபா⁴தகாலே
மணிமாலாஷ்டகமஷ்டபூ⁴திதா³யீ ।
க⁴டிதாஶதசாதுரீம் ப்ரத³த்³யா-
த்கருணாபூர்ணகடாக்ஷஸந்நிவேஶாத ॥ 9॥
இதி ஶ்ரீமீநாக்ஷீமணிமாலாஷ்டகம் ஸம்பூர்ணம் ।
Shri Minakshimanimal Ashtakam Meaning :
Salutations be of You. O Minaksi, Who is the ruler of Madhurapuri, Whose hands have a sweetly conversing parrot and abhirama (delight), Who is the daughter of Paṇḍya ruler Malayadhvaja, and Who is bestowing wealth! Cast (Your) benevolence on me. || 1 ||
O Minaksi, Whose tresses defeat the darkness of black clouds, Whose ends of lotus-feet are served by Kamala (or lotuses), Who is the consort of the dear one of the Madhurapura (Śiva), and Who is quiet! Cast (Your) benevolence on me. || 2 ||
O Minaksi,1 Who has protected all the living-beings of world by benevolence, Who is the highest flag (or best) in the lineage of Malayadhvaja, and Who is honest! Cast (Your) benevolence on me. || 3 ||
O Minaksi, Who is the playful vehicle to conquer the exertion due to fate, Who is crushing hostility (of disagreement) and Who is worshipped by noble works, Who became a fish to look (continuously) with delightful eyes, and Who is thin! Cast (Your) benevolence on me. || 4 ||
O Minaksi, Who is at the bank of warm lake with lotuses, Who is situated inside a mountain which mostly has snow, Who has accepted the enemy of Madana (Kamadeva) as a consort, Who is accomplished, and Who is opulent. Cast (Your) benevolence on me. || 5 ||
O Minaksi, Whose tongue is deft in making sounds like a melodious parrot, Who is the protector of numerous living beings in many created worlds, Who is holding the hand of He Who quickly ended Kamadeva (Madana) by deep fire of forehead, and Who is perfect. Do (Your) benevolence on me. || 6 ||
O Minaksi, Who is worthy of service by Visṇu (enemy of demon Madhu), the world and Brahma (creator of the world), Who manifests to the left of Śiva (Whose forehead has the moon) by Her own wish, Who by (Her) energy completes the offering of a yajña, and Who is beautiful! Cast (Your) benevolence on me. || 7 ||
O Minaksi, Who is the Mother of the world, Who resides in the root of Kadamba of existence, Whose face cheers the lotuses and Whose smile is like moonlit rays, and Whose beautiful glance win over the temple of Madurai! Cast (Your) benevolence on me, who is your servant. || 8 ||
In the morning, he who reads this eight-type of wealth giving maṇimalasṭakam everyday–he is offered devised hundred dexterities because of (or owing to) the presence of glance full of compassion (in Goddess). || 9 ||
