Kavyakantha Sri Ganapati Muni's
Indrani Saptasati
caturtho meghavitāna stabakaḥ
This Stabaka reveals Śacī Devī as Taṭit-Śakti, the divine lightning-power of Indra, moving through clouds, sky, life, technology, prāṇa, and the subtle yogic body. Śrī Gaṇapati Muni begins by invoking Her smile to remove all impurity and prays that Indrāṇī, the Mother of the three worlds, may protect sorrowful Bhāratakṣiti.
The early verses describe Her cosmic form as lightning flashing through the cloud-canopy. Her lightning is beautiful like the charm of graceful women, yet also terrifying in power. Her flash delights Indra, subdues hostile forces, removes darkness, pacifies the sins of devotees, and shines in the path of the wind.
A striking modern insight appears in this Stabaka: the poet sees lamps, fans, machines, and many wondrous mechanical functions as expressions of Her electric rays. Thus, Śacī is not only a mythic goddess of heaven, but the living power behind electricity, movement, life, speech, hearing, sight, and human activity.
The Stabaka then moves into inner yoga. In the subtle suṣumnā path of disciplined sādhakas, She blazes as the flame of the kula-kuṇḍa. Her rays melt the moon in the head and pour nectar through the body, purifying it and filling it with divine exhilaration. The poet prays not merely for yogic bliss, but for clear intelligence and an unfailing method to protect his suffering nation.
The final verses invoke Her flows in different directions: through Varuṇa’s direction She gives great spiritual intoxication; through Indra’s direction She grants sharp and successful intelligence. The poet prays that She may rise through the pure suṣumnā for bliss and through the nectar-path for strength of wisdom. The Stabaka concludes with a direct appeal: reveal the right method for protecting Bhārata, make me capable, devoted, and successful.
Highlights:
• Śacī as Taṭit-Śakti, the divine lightning power
• Her lightning as beauty, terror, protection, and purification
• Indrāṇī as the force behind electricity, lamps, fans, machines, and movement
• Her power animating plants, animals, humans, speech, hearing, and sight
• Yogic vision of Her as the flame in the kula-kuṇḍa and suṣumnā
• Nectar flowing from the head through Her awakened rays
• Prayer for not only yogic bliss, but practical wisdom
• Appeal for an unfailing method to protect Bhāratakṣiti
• Prayer to become strong, devoted, and successful in divine service
Indro Viśvasya Rājati
॥ caturtho meghavitāna stabakaḥ ॥
amarakṣitipālakaceto
madanaṃ sadanaṃ śucitāyāḥ ।
smitamādivadhūvadanotthaṃ
haratādakhilaṃ kaluṣaṃ me ।। 476 ।।
sutarāmadhanāmatikhinna
madhunā bahulaṃ vilapantīm ।
paripātu jagattrayanetrī bharatakṣitimindrapurandhrī ।। 477 ।।
sthalametadamartyanṛpāla
pramade tava meghavitānam ।
ayi yatra parisphurasīśe
taṭidujjvalaveṣadharā tvam ।। 478 ।।
taṭitā tava bhautikatanvā
jitāmambudhare vilasantyā ।
upamā bhuvi yā lalitānāṃ
yuvacittahṛtāṃ vanitānām ।। 479 ।।
sphuritaṃ tava locanahāri
stanitaṃ tava dhīragabhīram ।
ramaṇīyatayā militā te
śaci bhīkaratā capalāyāḥ ।। 480 ।।
capale śaci visphurasīndraṃ
ghanajālapatiṃ madayantī ।
ditijātamavagrahasaṃjñaṃ
janaduḥkhakaraṃ damayantī ।। 481 ।।
prabhumabhrapatiṃ ramayantī
duritaṃ namatāṃ śamayantī ।
haritāṃ timirāṇi harantī
pavamānapathe vilasantī ।। 482 ।।
alaghustanitaṃ vidadhānā
balamugratamaṃ ca dadhānā ।
hṛdayāvarakaṃ mama māyā
paṭalaṃ taṭidāśu dhunotu ।। 483 ।।
surapārthivajīvitanāthe
nikhile gagane pravahantyāḥ ।
taṭitastava vīciṣu kāci
ccapalā lasatīha payode ।। 484 ।।
vibudhapraṇute dhanikānāṃ
bhavaneṣu bhavantyayi dīpāḥ ।
paṭuyantrabalāduditānāṃ
tava devi lavāḥ kiraṇānām ।। 485 ।।
vyajanāni ca cālayasi tvaṃ
bata sarvajagannṛpajāye ।
vibudhoऽbhidadhātvathavā ko
mahatāṃ caritasya rahasyam ।। 486 ।।
iha cālita īḍyamanīṣaiḥ
ayi yantraviśeṣavidhijñaiḥ ।
bahulādbhutakāryakalāpaḥ
taṭitastava mātaradhīnaḥ ।। 487 ।।
acarastarugulmalatādiḥ
sakalaśca caro bhuvi jantuḥ ।
aniti pramade surabhartuḥ
taṭitastava devi balena ।। 488 ।।
manute nikhiloऽpi bhavatyā
manujoऽniti vaktiśṛṇoti ।
avalokayate ca bhaṇāmaḥ
kimu te jagadamba vibhūtim ।। 489 ।।
atisūkṣmapavitrasuṣumnā
pathatastanuṣu prayatānām ।
kulakuṇḍakṛśānuśikhā tvaṃ
jvalasi tridaśālayanāthe ।। 490 ।।
itaro na surakṣitipālāt
kulakuṇḍagato jvalanoऽyam ।
itarendravilāsini na tvat
kulakuṇḍakṛśānuśikheyam ।। 491 ।।
kulakuṇḍakṛśānuśikhāyāḥ
kiraṇaiḥ śirasi sthita eṣaḥ ।
dravatīnduranāratametad
vapurātmamayaṃ vidadhānaḥ ।। 492 ।।
madakṛdbahulāmṛtadhārā
paripūtamidaṃ mama kāyam ।
vidadhāsi bhajanmanujāpte kulakuṇḍadhanañjayadīpte ।। 493 ।।
śirasīha sataḥ sitabhānor
amṛtena vapurmadameti ।
hṛdi bhāta inasya ca bhāsā
matimetu parāṃ śaci cetaḥ ।। 494 ।।
mama yogamadena na tṛptir
nijadeśadaśāvyathitasya ।
avagantumupāyamamoghaṃ
śaci bhāsaya me hṛdi bhānum ।। 495 ।।
viditaḥ pramadasya vidhātuḥ
śaśino janayitri vilāsaḥ ।
ahamutsuka īśvari bhānor
vibhavasya ca vettumiyattām ।। 496 ।।
varuṇasya diśi pravahantī
madamamba karoṣi mahāntam ।
diśi vajrabhṛtaḥ pravahantī
kuru buddhimakuṇṭhitasiddhim ।। 497 ।।
amalāmadhiruhya su ṣumnāṃ
pravahasyadhunāmba madāya ।
amṛtāmadhiruhya ca kiñcit
pravaheśvari buddhibalāya ।। 498 ।।
bharatakṣitirakṣaṇakarmaṇ
yabhidhāya manojñamupāyam ।
atha devi vidhāya ca śaktaṃ
kuru māṃ kṛtinaṃ śaci bhaktam ।। 499 ।।
narasiṃhasutena kavīnāṃ
vibhunā racitaiḥ kamanīyaiḥ ।
paritṛpyatu meghavitānaiḥ
marutāmadhipasya purandhrī ।। 500 ।।
॥ iti śrībhagavanmaharṣiramaṇāntevāsino vāsiṣṭhasya narasiṃhasūnoḥ gaṇapateḥ kṛtā indrāṇī saptaśatī pañcamaṃ pāṅktam śatakaṃ samāptam ॥
॥ indro viśvasya rājati ॥