Kameswaran who was our Guru Sri Sri VImarshananada Nathendra Swamigal’s poorvāsrama brother. We will be teaching this stotra in a musical way where the verses are set to tune in different ragas by Late Sri K.S. Dandakam is a style of poetry where some lines have more than 26 syllables and it almost resembles prose. Now, during this auspicious Shyamala Navaratri, we will be learning Shyamala Dandakam, one of the greatest stotras written by the great poet Mahakavi Kalidasa, which eulogizes the Goddess Shyamala Devi. You can find the playlist of these sessions here: bit.ly/DeviStutiStudy With blessings of our Gurumandala and Devi, we completed the extensive study of Sarva Siddhikari Stotram, also called Devi Stuti, based on the commentary written by Sri Bhaskararaya at the beginning of his magnum opus work Setubandha. One who approaches Maha Tripurasundari after availing the grace of Raja Matangi is certain to attain the grace of mahArAjni, without a doubt. Her worship is prescribed to acquire supernatural powers which include: gaining control over enemies, attracting people to oneself, acquiring mastery over the arts, and gaining supreme knowledge. Shyamala Devi governs speech, music, knowledge, and the arts. In Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam, Shyamala devi, who is blue in color, is referred to as Mantrini, and she rides the chariot Geyachakra attending Maha Tripurasundari (GeyachakrarathAruDha mantriNi parisevitA) Raja Matangi, also called Raja Shyamala, is the Prime Minister of Maha Tripurasundari. The first nine nights of worship during the lunar month of Magha are dedicated to Raja Matangi and are also called Gupta Navaratri and Shyamala Navaratri.

Shyamala dandakam meaning in malayalam