Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 326 of 1000: करुणारससागराकरुणा-रस-सागरा · KaruṇārasasāgarāKaruṇā-rasa-sāgarā
Ocean Of Compassion
Artha
What the name means
Pity is a taste she holds in such quantity that the only measure for it is the sea.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ करुणारससागरायै नमः
oṃ karuṇārasasāgarāyai namaḥ
om karunarasasagarayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, karuṇārasasāgarā, as part of Shloka 73. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
The masculine sāgara takes a feminine -ā to agree with the goddess.
an ocean of the flavour of compassion
vigraha karuṇārasasya sāgaraḥ karuṇārasasāgarā
the flavour of compassion
vigraha karuṇāyā rasaḥ karuṇārasaḥ
pity, compassion
sap, savour, aesthetic flavour
ocean
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 73Names 321–326
काम्या कामकलारूपा कदम्बकुसुमप्रिया ।
कल्याणी जगतीकन्दा करुणारससागरा ॥ ७३ ॥
kāmyā kāmakalārūpā kadambakusumapriyā
kalyāṇī jagatīkandā karuṇārasasāgarā
Study the whole shloka: Desire drawn as a diagram, and a bulb under the soil
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- karunarasasagaraom karunarasasagarayai namah
- ITRANS
- karuNArasasAgarAOM karuNArasasAgarAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- karuNArasasAgarAOM karuNArasasAgarAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- కరుణారససాగరాఓం కరుణారససాగరాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಕರುಣಾರಸಸಾಗರಾಓಂ ಕರುಣಾರಸಸಾಗರಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- കരുണാരസസാഗരാഓം കരുണാരസസാഗരായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கருணாரஸஸாக³ராஓம் கருணாரஸஸாக³ராயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- કરુણારસસાગરાૐ કરુણારસસાગરાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- করুণারসসাগরাওঁ করুণারসসাগরায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- କରୁଣାରସସାଗରାଓଁ କରୁଣାରସସାଗରାୟୈ ନମଃ