Amritha Murali- Shri Apitakuchamba Stavah- Shri Appayya Dikshita

Shri Apitakuchamba Stavah set to tune by my Guru Vid Shri R.K.Shriramkumar.
Ragas- Anandabhairavi, Sahana, Chandrajyoti, Brindavani, Lalita, Naganandini, Khamas, Bhairavam. Talam - Rupakam

Following Shri Sriram Venkatakrishnan’s recent write up on Shri Appaya Dikshitar’s Apitakuchamba Stavah , I received a few requests from rasikas asking me to sing the Stotra. I deem it a blessing and am happy to share this stotra composed as a prayer to the Goddess of Arunachala to ward off fevers.
The beautiful images in the video reflective of the meaning of the stotra have been chosen by Shri RK Shriramkumar with much care.
I would like to thank Shri Subramaniam Krishnan , Smt Geeta Natarajan and Shri Narayan Kumar for their requests.
I make this humble offering at the lotus feet of Goddess Apitakuchamba and fervently pray to her to rid the world of this pandemic at the earliest.

Ananda sindhu laharImamrtAmshu maulEh
AsEvinAmamrta vartimakshNoh
AnandavallivitatEramrtArdra guccham
amba smarAmyaham apItakucE vapustE

O ripple on the ocean of bliss,
One who showers nectar with Her eyes upon those who ever worship
He who bears the nectar-filled moon on His locks
Mother Apitakucha I meditate on Thy form which is a like a creeper of bliss full of flowers that are ever drenched in ambrosia!

nirnidra kokanada komalakAntam amba
nityam sudhAnikara varShi padam tvadIyam
mUrchAkara jvararujA mama tApitasya
mUrdhni kshaNam sakrdapItakucE nidhEhi

O Mother, your soft and resplendent feet are like the just blossomed lotus and forever showering nectar .I am faint and tormented by
the heat of fever and illness
Please place Your feet O Apitakucha on my head at least momentarily

shItAmshu kOti sushamA shishiraih kaTAkshaih
avyAjabhUta karUNArasapUrapUrNaih
karpUra dhULimiva dikshu samAkiradbhih
amba kshaNam snapaya mAm aruNadrimAnyE

Your glance like a million moons of incomparable beauty and coolness
Which is filled with nectar of compassion andgiven to all without partiality.
O Goddess worshipped at Arunadri (Thiruvannamalai)Please shower me just for a moment with those rays that are like the dust of camphor

Avirbhava kshaNamapItakucE purastAt
amba jvarENa mahatA mama tApitasya
yEna tvadanghri ruci jAla sudhApravAhE
magnastadaiva tanutApamamum tyajEyam

I am suffering immensely from the heat of the fever
O Mother Apitakucha, please do come and be with me momentarily
For those who are ever immersed in Your feet
Have their fevers immediately quenched with flowing nectar

nAnAvidhairnalina jAtalipipraklptaih
AnItamurchamadhikam kshubhitairjvarAdyaih
AshvAsaya kshaNamapItakucE karAgra-
krIDAkanatkanakahallaka saurabheNa

Despite the treatment with lily leaves and others
My fever only increases ,As does my delirium
O Apitakucha!For a moment reassure me
By waving that resplendent Golden lotus that You sport in Your Hand

kaNThe viSham viShamucO bhujagAh kapardE
pArshvE ca bhUtapatayah pramathAshca bhImAh
shOnIcalEshamupasrtya bhajEta kO vA
na syAttavAmba savidhE yadi sannidhAnam

O Mother!
Poison in throat; poison-exuding serpents in the braided hair; fearsome chief head-ghosts by the side;
Mother, if not for Your presence in [His] proximity,
who would approach and worship the lord of shoNIcala?”

shaktirjagajjanana pAlana bhanjanEShu
bhOgEShu divyamahiShI taruNendu mauleh
siddhih karapraNayinI tava sannidhAnam
yannAsi tasya tadapItakucE na jAne

O Force that is the cause of creation, Protection and Destruction
O Great Queen who is the consort of the moon-wielding Shiva
Beyond the overarching grace of your sanctum
I do not know of anythingO Apitakucha!

tvam sAkshiNI pralayabhairava tAnDavAnAm
tvam sheShiNI saharidhAtr carAcarANAm
tvam mOcinI sakalasamsrti jAlakAnAm
tvAm brahmasamvidamapItkucE namami

You, the witness to Shiva's dance of destruction
You that remains after Vishnu, Brahma and others
You that offers salvation to all creation in its many forms
To You O Supreme Apitakucha, I offer my salutations