कर्पूर गौरं करुणावतारम्
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं
संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् ।
सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे
भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि ॥
Line-by-Line Meaning
karpūragauraṁ karuṇāvatāraṁ
Meaning: Lord Shiva who is as pure/white as camphor (Karpur). The person whose personality is the embodiment of compassion and who is the incarnation of compassion.
sansārsāram bhujagendrahāram |
Meaning: The one who is the essence of the whole creation. The one with the serpent king as his garland.
sadāvasantaṁ hṛdayāravinde
Meaning: Hridaya aravinde means ‘in heart’ (pure in form of lotus). Lotus, however, is born in dirty water, even the mud around it does not affect it. In the same way, Lord Shiva always (always) lives (spring) in the heart of creatures, so that no one is affected by world affairs.
bhavaṁ bhavānīsahitaṁ namāmi ||
Meaning: To the Lord Accompanied by the Goddess Bhavani (A form of Goddess Parvati, Shiva’s consort), I bow
The Full Meaning of the Mantra:
The one who is pure like camphor, whose personality is the embodiment of compassion. Those who are the essence of the entire creation and the one with the serpent king as his garland., reside in the heart, including Lord, Shiva and Mata Bhavani, whose type is Lotus in the mud and I bow you.