kāvyakaṇṭha vāsiṣṭha śrī gaṇapati muni viracitam umāsahasram
Uma Sahasram
saptadaśaḥ stabakaḥ- campakamālāvṛttam
The seventeenth Stabaka, entitled **Madakarī Śaktiḥ — “The Śakti that produces Divine Intoxication”**, explores a striking yogic experience in which the awakened Goddess generates an inner *mada*—not ordinary intoxication, but a state of profound bliss, absorption and freedom from the usual activity of mind and senses. Muni describes the body itself as the field of an inner churning: the spinal axis becomes Vāsuki, the nāḍīs become the two opposing forces, the body becomes Mandara, and the nectar descending from the head is the *amṛta* produced by the play of Śakti. The title is therefore fully justified, because these verses repeatedly reveal the Mother as the **power that produces the inner nectar and spiritual ecstasy in which thought, ego and sensory activity are temporarily subdued**.
The Stabaka is also remarkable for its careful distinction between **divine intoxication and external intoxicants**. Muni contrasts the bliss born of the inner Soma with alcohol, opium-like substances and other intoxicating means, warning that such external aids easily lead the unprepared person toward decline rather than liberation. He even touches upon differing Tantric modes of worship involving *madhu* and *māṃsa*, but shifts the emphasis away from the substance itself to the inner state and attachment of the worshipper. His conclusion is clear: whether one follows right-hand or left-hand disciplines, the highest *divya-mārga* transcends both, and its essential practice is the unwavering search for the **lotus feet of the Mother within**.
Muni’s literary and spiritual skill is especially evident in the extended **Samudra-manthana allegory**, where Purāṇic imagery is transformed into a precise map of yogic experience. He combines Tantra, Kuṇḍalinī-yoga, inner Soma doctrine, ethical discernment and autobiographical mystical observation with unusual boldness. The flowing **Campakamālā metre** is itself brought into the closing image: these verses become a fragrant garland of campaka flowers offered to adorn the neck of the beloved of Īśvara. Thus the Stabaka blends esoteric yoga, symbolic interpretation and devotional poetry into a powerful teaching on the **true spiritual “intoxication” produced by Śakti**.
pañcamaṃ śatakam
saptadaśaḥ stabakaḥ- campakamālāvṛttam
madakarīśaktiḥ
pāpavidhūtau nirmalagaṅgā tāpanirāse candramarīciḥ ।
bhargapurandhrīhāsakalā me bhadramamiśraṃ kā'pi karotu ॥ 401 ॥
śiṣṭakulānāṃ sammadayitrī duṣṭajanānāṃ saṃśamayitrī ।
kaṣṭamapāraṃ pādajuṣo me viṣṭaparājñī sā vidhunotu ॥ 402 ॥
nūtanabhāsvadvimbanibhāṅghriṃ śītalaraśmidveṣimukhābjām ।
khyātavibhūtiṃ puṣpaśarāreḥ pūtacaritrāṃ yoṣitamīḍe ॥ 403 ॥
ujjvalatāre vyomni lasantī sārasabandhau bhāti tapantī ।
śītalabhāsā cintanakartrī pātu kulaṃ me viṣṭapabhartrī ॥ 404 ॥
prāṇamanovāgvyastavibhūtirlokavidhātuḥ kācana bhūtiḥ ।
puṣkarapṛthvīpāvakarūpā śuṣkamaghaṃ naḥ sā vidadhātu ॥ 405 ॥
iṣṭaphalānāmamba samṛddhyai kaṣṭaphalānāṃ tatkṣaṇadhūtyai ।
ceṣṭitaleśoddīpitaśaktiṃ viṣṭapabhartrī tvāmahamīḍe ॥ 406 ॥
bhūmiruhāgrasthāpitabhāṇḍādyo madhu pāyaṃ pāyamajasram ।
vismṛtaviśvo nandati mātastatra kila tvaṃ dhāma dadhāsi ॥ 407 ॥
ko'pi sahasraireṣa mukhānāṃ śeṣa itīḍyaḥ pannagarājaḥ ।
udgiratīdaṃ yadvadanebhyo devi tanau me tadbata pāsi ॥ 408 ॥
sākamameye devi bhavatyā pātumahantā yāvadudāsyā ।
tāvadiyaṃ tāṃ mūrchayatīśe pannagarājodgārajadhārā ॥ 409 ॥
śāmyaticintājīvitamasyāmindriyasattā'pyastamupaiti ।
yāti niruddhā hā galadeśe saṃśayameṣā mātarahantā ॥ 410 ॥
gauri maheśaprāṇasakhī māṃ pāhi vipannāṃ mātarahantām ।
sā yadi jīvedīśvari tubhyaṃ dāsajanastāmarpayate'yam ॥ 411 ॥
tvatsmṛtivīryācchāntisamṛddhāṃ mātarahantāṃ śuddhatamāṃ me ।
ātmabhujiṣyāṃ kartumidānīṃ śāntadhiyaste ko'sti vikalpaḥ ॥ 412 ॥
mandaradhārī nāmṛtaheturvāsukirajjurnāmṛtahetuḥ ।
manthanahetussā'mṛtahetuḥ sarvabalātmā śarvapurandhrī ॥ 413 ॥
prāṇiśarīraṃ mandaraśailo mūlasarojaṃ kacchaparājaḥ ।
pūrṇamanantaṃ kṣīrasamudraḥ pṛṣṭhagavīṇā vāsukirajjuḥ ॥ 414 ॥
dakṣiṇanāḍī nirjarasenā vāmananāḍī dānavasenā ।
śaktivilāso manthanakṛtyaṃ śīrṣajadhārā kā'pi sudhoktā ॥ 415 ॥
kaṇṭhaniruddhe bhūri viṣāgnau taijasaliṅgāvāsihareṇa ।
tvadbalajātaṃ svādvamṛtaṃ ko devi nipīya preta iha syāt ॥ 416 ॥
yena vibhuste mādyati śarvo yatra śive tvaṃ krīḍasi dṛṣṭā ।
sammadamūlaṃ taṃ madamādye vardhaya putre'nugrahapātre ॥ 417 ॥
yo madamīdṛṅmārgamupekṣya svarvibhupūjye garvasametaḥ ।
āharati śrībāhyasamṛddhyā nā surayā vā so'sura uktaḥ ॥ 418 ॥
tāmyati tīvrāphenaniṣevī klāmyati saṃvitpatraniṣevī ।
bhrāmyati hālābhāṇḍaniṣevī śāmyati śīrṣadrāvaniṣevī ॥ 419 ॥
astu vireke pathyamaphenaṃ patramajīrṇeṣvastu niṣevyam ।
astu hitaṃ tadyakṣmaṇi madyaṃ saṃsṛtihārī devi rasaste ॥ 420 ॥
naiva mahāntassattvasamṛddhāḥ sarvamadeṣvapyamba calantu ।
alpajanānāṃ mādakavastuprāśanamīśe nāśanamuktam ॥ 421 ॥
ke'pi yajante yanmadhumāṃsaistvāṃ tripurārerjīvitanāthe ।
atra na yāgo dūṣaṇabhāgī dravyasasaṅgo duṣyati yaṣṭā ॥ 422 ॥
dakṣiṇamārge siddhyati bhaktaḥ savyasaraṇyāṃ siddhyati vīraḥ ।
neśvari savye nāpyapasavye siddhyati divye tvadhvani maunī ॥ 423 ॥
nārcanabhāro nāpi japo'syāṃ divyasaraṇyāṃ bhavyatamāyām ।
kevalamambāpādasarojaṃ niścalamatyā mṛgyamajasram ॥ 424 ॥
kācidamūlyā campakamālā vṛttanibaddhā mañjulamālā ।
astu gaṇeśasyeśvarakāntā kaṇṭhavilolā campakamālā ॥ 425 ॥