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1008 Names of Maa Kali
Posted November 8, 2008
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1008 Names of Maa Kali
1] Smasanakalika : She who is the Remover of Darkness from the
Cremation Grounds or from Death 2] Kali: She who is the Remover of Darkness. 3] Bhadrakali : She who is the Excellent Remover of Darkness. 4] Kapalini : She who is the Bearer of the Skulls of Impurity 5] Guhyakali : She who is the Hidden or Secretive Remover of Darkness. 6] MahaKali : She who is the Great Remover of Darkness. 7] Kurukullavirodhini : She who confronts the Forces of Duality. 8] Kalika : She who is the cause of Removing darkness 9] Kalaratrisca : She who is the Dark Night of Egotism 10] Mahakalanitambini : She who is the Eternal Mother of Great Time. 11] Kalabhairavabharya ca : She who is the Wife of the Fearfulness of Infinite Time 12] Kulavartmaprakasini : She who illuminates the whole world family 13] Kamada : She who is the giver of All Desire 14] Kamini : She who is the giver of This Desire 15] Kamya : She who is desired 16] Kamaniyasvabhavini : She who is the Intrinsic Nature of that which is desired. 17] Kasturirasaliptangi : She whose Limbs are Anointed with the Juice of Musk 18] Kunjaresvaragamini : She who Moves like, the Lord of Elephants 19] Kakaravarnasarvangi : She who is All the Limbs of the Letter “ka”, the cause 20] Kamini : She who is This Desire 21] Kamasundari : She who si Beautiful Desire 22] Kamarta : She who is the Object of Desire 23] Kamarupa ca : She who is the Form of Desire 24] Kamadhenuh : She who is the cow which fulfills all desires 25] Kalavati : She who is the Respository of All Qualities or Arts 26] Kanta : She who is Beauty Enhanced by love 27] Kamasvarupa ca : She who is the Instrinsic form of desire 28] Kamakhya : She whose name is Desire 29] Kulapalini : She who protects Excellence 30] Kulina : She who is excellence 31] Kulavatyamba : She who is the Repository of Excellence 32] Durga : She who is the Reliever of Difficulties 33] Durgartinasini : She who is the destroyer of All various difficulties 34] Kumari : She who is ever pure 35] Kulaja : She who gives birth to excellence 36] Krsna : She who manifests all action 37] Krsnadeha : She who had a dark body 38] Krsodara : She who holds aloft all action 39] Krsamgi : She who embodies all actions 40] Kulisamgi ca : She who is the embodiment of Excellence 41] Krimkari : She who causes dissolution of the subtle body in to the causal body. 42] Kamala : She who is lotus ( laksmi ) 43] Kala : She who is art or all attributes 44] Karalasya : She who has a gaping mouth 45] Karali ca : She who dissolves all into her being 46] Kulakanta-parajita : She whose excellent beauty is undefeated 47] Ugra : She who is terrible 48] Ugraprabha : She whose light is Terrible 49] Dipta : She who is light 50] Vipracitta : She whose objects of consciousness are varied 51] Mahanana : She Who has a Great face 52] Nilaghana : She Who has the Complexion of a Dark Cloud 53] Valaka ca : She Who Exemplifies the Freedom of a Swan 54] Matra : She Who is Verse 55] Mudramitasita : She Whose positions of Her Limbs are Extremely Elegant. 56] Brahmi : She Who is Creative Energy 57] Narayani : She Who is the Exposer of Consciousness 58] Bhadra : She Who is Excellent 59] Subhadra : She Who is the Excellent of Excellence 60] Bhaktavatsala : She Who Nourishes All Devotees 61] Mahesvari ca : She Who is the Great Seer of All 62] Camunda : She Who Moves in the Paradigm of Consciousness 63] Varahi : She Who is the Boar of Sacrifice 64] Narasimhika : She Who is the Ferocious Half Human Half lion of Courage 65] Vajrangi : She Who has limbs of Lightening 66] Vajrakankali : She Whose head Shines like lightening 67] Nrmundasragvini : She Who is Adorned by a Garland. 68] Siva : She Who is the Energy of the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness. 69] Malini : She Who wears a Garland of Skulls 70] Naramundali : She Who holds the Head of a Man 71] Galatrudhirabhusana : From the Garland of Skulls around Her Neck Fall Drops of Blood 72] Ratkacandanasiktangi : She whose Limbs are covered by red 73] Sindurarunamastaka : She whose Forehead is Marked with the Vermillion of Love which Brings the Light of Wisdom 74] Ghorarupa : She Who is of Fearful Form 75] Ghoradamstra : She Whose Teeth are Fearful 76] Ghoraghoratara : She Who is Auspicious which Takes beyond Inauspiciousness 77] Subha : She Who is Pure 78] Mahadamstra : She Who has Great Teeth 79] Mahamaya : She Who is the Great Definition of Consciousness 80] Sundanti : She Who has Excellent Teeth. 81] Yugadantura : She Who is Beyond the Ages of Time 82] Sulocana : She Who has Beautiful eyes 83] Virupaksi : She Whose Eyes are of Indescribably form 84] Visalaksi : She Who has Great Eyes 85] Trilocana : She Who Has three Eyes 86] Saradenduprasannasya : She Who is pleased as the Autumn Moon 87] Sphuratsmerambujeksana : She whose Purity Shines in Her Lotus Eyes 88] Attahasaprasannasya : She Who has Great Laugh in Extreme pleasure 89] Smeravaktra : She Who Speaks Words of Remembrance 90] Subhasini : She Who has Excellent Expression 91] Prasannapadmavadana : She Whose Lotus Lips Smile 92] Smitasya : She Whose Face is Always Happy. 93] Piyabhasini : She Who is the Beloved Expression of Love 94] Kotaraksi : She Whose Eyes are Infinite 95] Kulasresta : She Who is the Excellent of Excellence or of Excellent Family. 96] Mahati : She Who has a Great Mind 97] Bahubhasini : She Who Has Various Expressions 98] Sumatih : She Who has an Excellent Mind 99] Kumatih : She Who has a Devious Mind 100] Canda : She Who has Passion 101] Candamundativegini : She Who destroys passion, Meanness and other negativities 102] Pracandacandika : She Who is Great Terrible Passion 103] Candi : She Who Tears Apart Thoughts 104] Candika : She Who is the Cause of Tearing Apart All thought 105] Candavegini : She who destroys all passion 106] Sukesi : She Who has beautiful hair 107] Muktakesi ca : She Who had unbound Hair 108] Dirghakesi : She Who has long hair 109] Mahatkuca : She Who has large breasts. 110] Pretadehakarnapura : She Who has the ears of the Cosmic Body 111] Pratapanisumekhala : She Who has the hands and Waist of the Cosmic Body 112] Pretasana : She Who sits with disembodied spirits. 113] Priyapreta : She Who is the Beloved of Disembodied Spirits. 114] Pretabhumikrtalaya : She Who is the Land Where Disembodied Spirits Reside 115] Smasanavasini : She Who resides in the Cremation Grounds 116] Punya : She Who is Merit 117] Punyada : She Who is the Giver of Merit. 118] Kulapandita : She Who is the One of Excellent Knowledge. 119] Punyalaya : She Who is the Residencee of Merit 120] Punyadeha : She Who Embodies Merit 121] Punyasloka ca : She Who every Utterance is Merit 122] Pavini : She Who Blows Like a Fresh Breeze. 123] Puta : She Who is the Daughter 124] Pavitra : She Who is pure. 125] Parama : She Who is Supreme 126] Purapunyavibhusana : She Who Illuminated the Fullest Merit. 127] Punyanamni : She Whose Name is Meritorious. 128] Bhitihara : She Who takes away fear and Doubt 129] Varada : She Who is the Grantor of Boons. 130] Khangapalini : She Who Has the sword of Wisdom in Her Hand. 131] Nrmundahastasasta ca : She Who Holds the Skull of Impure Thought 132] Chinnamasta : She Who holds the Severed head of Duality 133] Sunasika : She Who Has an Excellent Organ of Scent. 134] Daksina : She Who looks to the South; She who is the Offering Made in Respect for Guidance. 135] Syamala : She Who has a Dark Complexion. 136] Syama : She Who is Dark 137] Santa : She Who is Peace. 138] Pinonnatastani : She Who raises the Trident in Her Hands. 139] Digambara : She Who Wears Space. 140] Ghorarava : She Whose sound in terrible. 141] Srkkanta : She Whose beauty creates. 142] Raktavahini : She Who is the Vehicle of passion 143] Ghorarava : She Whose Sound is Terrible 144] Sivasamgi : She who is with Siva. 145] Visamgi : She Who is Without Any other. 146] Madanatura : She Who is the Ultimate intoxication. 147] Matta : She Who is the Great Mind or Thinker. 148] Pramatta : She Who is the Foremost Mind or Thinker. 149] Pramada : She Who is the Giver of Preeminence. 150] Sudhasindhunivasini : She Who Resides in the Ocean of Purity. 151] Atimatta : She Who is Extremely Great Mind 152] Mahamatta : She Who is the Great Great Mind 153] Sarvakarsanakarini : She Who is the Cause of All Attraction 154] Gitapriya : She Who is the Beloved of Songs. 155] Vadyarata : She Who is Extremely Pleased by Music 156] Pretanrtyaparayana : She Who is the Eternal Dance of Disembodied Spirits. 157] Caturbhuja : She Who Has four Arms. 158] Dasabhuja : She Who Has Ten Arms. 159] Astadasabhuja tatha : She Who Has Eighteen Arms also. 160] Katyayani : She Who is ever pure. 161] Jaganmata : She Who is the Mother of the Perceivable Universe. 162] Jagatam Paramesvari : She Who is the Supreme Ruler of the Perceivable Universe. 163] Jagadhandhuh : She Who is the Friend of the Perceivable Universe. 164] Jagaddhatri : She Who creates the Perceivable Universe. 165] Jagadanandakarini : She Who is the Cause of Bliss in the perceivable Universe 166] Jagajjivamayi : She Who is the Manifestation of All Life in the Universe. 167] Haimavati : She Who is Born of Himalayas. 168] Maya : She Who is the Great Measurement of Consciousness. 169] Mahamahi : She Who is the Great expression. 170] Nagayajnopavitangi : She Who is the Sacred thread on the body of the snake, the adornment of Kundalini. 171] Nagini : She who is the snake. 172] Nagasayini : She who rests on snakes. 173] Nagakanya : She Who is the daughter of the snake. 174] Devakanya : She Who is the Daugther of the Gods. 175] Gandharvi ; She Who sings Celestial divine tunes. 176] Kinnaresvari : She Who is the Supreme Ruler of Heavenly Beings. 177] Moharatrih : She Who is the Night of ignorance. 178] Maharatrih : She Who is the Great Nights. 179] Daruna : She Who supports all 180] Bhasvarasuri : She Whose Radiancee Destroys Duality. 181] Vidyadhari : She Who Grants Great Knowledge 182] Vasumati : She Who has Wealth. 183] Yaksini : She Who Gives Wealth. 184] Yogini : She Who is Always in Union. 185] Jara : She Who is old 186] Raksasi : She Who is the Mother of all Demons. 187] Dakini : She Who is the Female Demonic Being. 188] Vedamayi : She Who is the Expression of Wisdom. 189] Vedavibhusana : She Who illuminated wisdom. 190] Srutih : She Who is That Which has been heard. 191] Smrtih : She Who is That which is remembered. 192] Mahavidya : She Who is Great Knowledge. 193] Guhyavidya : She Who is Hidden Knowledge 194] Puratani : She Who is the Oldest 195] Cintya : She Who is Thought. 196] Acintya : She Who is unthinkable. 197] Svadha : She Who is oblations of Ancestral Praise 198] Svaha : She Who is Oblations of I am one with God. 199] Nidra : She Who is sleep. 200] Tandra ca : She Who is partially awake. 201] Parvati : She Who is the Daughter of the Mountain 202] Aparna : She Who is Without parts. 203] Niscala : She Who cannot be divided. 204] Lola : She Who has a Protruding Tongue. 205] Sarvadidya : She Who is All Knowledge. 206] Tapasvini : She Who is the Performer of Purifying Austeritites. 207] Gamga : She Who is the Holy river. 208] Kasi : She Who is the Benaras. 209] Saci : She Who is the Wife of Indra. 210] Sita : She Who is the wife of Rama. 211] Sati : She Who is the wife of Siva 212] Satyaparayana : She Who always Moves in truth. 213] Nitih : She Who is systematized knowledge or Method 214] Sunitih : She Who is Excellent Systematized knowledge. 215] Surucih : She Who is Excellent Taste. 216] Tustih : She Who is satisfaction 217] Pustih : She Who is Nourishment. 218] Dhrtih : She Who is consistent solidity. 219] Ksama : She Who is forgiveness 220] Vani : She Who is words. 221] Buddhih : She Who is intelligence. 222] Mahalaksmih : She Who is the Great Goal of Existence. 223] Laksmih : She Who is the Goal. 224] Nilasarasvati : She Who is the Blue Goddess of Knowledge. 225] Srotasvati : She Who is the Spirit of All Sounds. 226] Sarasvati : She Who is the personification of One’s own Ocean of Existence. 227] Matamgi ; She Who is the Mother of All Bodies. 228] Vijaya : She Who is conquest. 229] Jaya : She Who is Victory. 230] Nadi sindhuh : She Who is Rivers and Oceans. 231] Sarvamayi : She Who is the expressions of All. 232] Tara : She Who is the Illuminator. 233] Sunyanivasini : She Who Resides in Silencee. 234] Suddha : She Who is Purity. 235] Tarangini : She Who makes Waves. 236] Medha : She Who is the Intellect of Love. 237] Lakini : She Who is Manifesed Energies. 238] Bahurupini : She Who has many forms. 239] Sthula : She Who is the Gross Body. 240] Suksma : She Who is Subtle. 241] Suksmatara : She Who is the Subtle Wave. 242] Bhagavati : She Who is the Female Ruler of all. 243] Anuragini : She Who is the feeling of emotions. 244] Paramanandarupa ca : She Who is the Form of Supreme Bliss. 245] Cidanandasvarupini : She Who is the Intrinsic Nature of the Bliss of Consciousness. 246] Sarvanandamayi : She Who is the Expression of of All Bliss 247] Nitya : She Who is Eternal 248] Sarvanandasvarupini : She Who is the Intrinsic Natura of All Bliss. 249] Subhada : She Who is Giver of 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Lalitaa Sahasranaama Stotram
Posted November 8, 2008
on:Lalitaa Sahasranaama Stotram
.. atha shrii lalitaa sahasranaama stotram.h ..
OM shriimaataa shriimahaaraaGYI shriimatsiMhaa saneshvarii .
chidagni kuNDasaMbhuutaa devakaarya samudyataa .. 1..
udyadbhAnu sahasrAbhA chaturbaahu samanvitaa .
raagasvaruupa paashaaDhyaa krodhaa kaaraaN^kushojjvalaa .. 2..
manoruupekshu kodaNDaa paJNcha tanmaatra saayakaa .
nijaaruNa prabhaapuura majjadbrahmaaNDa maNDalaa .. 3..
champakaa shokapunnaaga saugandhika lasatkachaa .
kuruvinda maNishreNii kanatkoTiira maNDitaa .. 4..
ashhTamI cha.ndra vibhraaja dalikasthala shobhitaa .
mukhachandra kalaN^kAbha mR^iganaabhi visheshhakaa .. 5..
vadanasmara maaN^galya gR^ihatoraNa chillikA .
vaktra lakshmii pariivaaha chalan miinaabha lochanaa .. 6..
navachampaka pushhpaabha nAsaadaNDa viraajitaa .
taaraakaanti tiraskaari naasaabharaNa bhaasuraa .. 7..
kadamba maJNjarii klupta karNapuura manoharaa .
taaTaN^ka yugaliibhuuta tapanoDupa maNDalaa .. 8..
padmaraaga shilaadarsha paribhaavi kapolabhuuH
navavidruma bimbashrii nyakkaari radanachchhadaa .. 9..
shuddha vidyaaN^kuraakaara dvijapaN^kti dvayojjvalaa .
karpuura viiTikaamoda samaakarshhi digantaraa .. 10..
nijasallaapa maadhurya vinirbhartsita kachchhapii .
ma.ndasmita prabhaapuura majjatkaamesha maanasaa .. 11..
anaakalita saadR^ishya chibukashrii viraajitaa .
kaamesha baddhamaaN^galya suutra shobhita ka.ndharaa .. 12..
kanakaaN^gada keyuura kamaniiya bhujaanvitaa .
ratnagraiveya chintaaka lolamuktaa phalaanvitaa .. 13..
kaameshvara premaratna maNipratipaNa stanii .
naabhyaalavaala romaali lataaphala kuchadvayii .. 14..
lakshyaroma lataadhaarataa samunneya madhyamaa .
stanabhaara dalanmadhya paTTabandha valitrayaa .. 15..
aruNaaruNa kausumbha vastrabhaasvat.h kaTiitaTii .
ratnakiN^kiNi kaaramya rashanaa daama bhuushhitaa .. 16..
kaamesha GYaata saubhaagya maardavoru dvayaanvitaa .
maaNikya makuTaakaara jaanudvaya viraajitaa .. 17..
indragopa parikshipta smaratuuNaabha ja.nghikaa .
guuDhagulphaa kuurmapR^ishhTha jayishhNu prapadaanvitaa .. 18..
nakhadiidhiti sa.nchhanna namajjana tamoguNaa .
padadvaya prabhaajaala paraakR^ita saroruhaa .. 19..
siJNjaana maNimaJNjiira maNDitashrii padaaMbujaa .
maraalii ma.ndagamanaa mahaalaavaNya shevadhiH .. 20..
sarvaaruNaa.a navadyaaN^gii sarvaabharaNa bhuushhitaa .
shiva kaameshvaraaN^kasthaa shivaa svaadhiina vallabhaa .. 21..
sumeru madhya shR^iN^gasthaa shriimannagara naayikaa .
chintaamaNi gR^ihaantasthaa paJNchabrahmaa sanasthitaa .. 22..
mahaapadmaaTavii saMsthaa kadamba vanavaasinii .
sudhaasaagara madhyasthaa kaamaakshii kaamadaayinii .. 23..
devarshhi gaNasa.nghaata stuuyamaanaatma vaibhavaa .
bhaNDaasura vadhodyukta shaktisenaa samanvitaa .. 24..
sampatkarii samaaruuDha si.ndhura vrajasevitaa .
ashvaaruuDhaa dhishhThitaashva koTikoTi bhiraavR^itaa .. 25..
chakraraaja rathaaruuDha sarvaayudha parishhkR^itaa .
geyachakra rathaaruuDha ma.ntriNii parisevitaa .. 26..
kirichakra rathaaruuDha daNDanaatha puraskR^itaa .
jvaalaa maalinikaakshipta vahni praakaara madhyagaa .. 27..
bhaNDasainya vadhodyukta shaktivikrama harshhitaa .
nityaa paraakramaaTopa niriikshaNa samutsukaa .. 28..
bhaNDaputra vadhodyukta baalaavikrama nanditaa
mantriNyambaa virachita vishhaN^ga vadhatoshhitaa .. 29..
vishukra praaNaharaNa vaaraahii viiryananditaa .
kaameshvara mukhaaloka kalpita shriigaNeshvaraa .. 30..
mahaagaNesha nirbhinna vighnayantra praharshhitaa .
bhaNDaasurendra nirmukta shastra pratyastra varshhiNii .. 31..
karaaN^guli nakhotpanna naaraayaNa dashaakR^itiH .
mahaapaashu pataastraagni nirdagdhaasura sainikaa .. 32..
kaameshvaraastra nirdagdha sabhaNDaasura shuunyakaa .
brahmopendra mahendraadi devasaMstuta vaibhavaa .. 33..
haranetraagni sa.ndagdha kaama sa.njiiva naushhadhiH .
shriimadvaagbhava kuuTaika svaruupa mukhapaN^kajaa . 34..
kaNThaadhaH kaTiparyanta madhyakuuTa svaruupiNii .
shaktikuuTaika taapanna kaTyadho bhaagadhaariNii .. 35..
muulamantraatmikaa muula kuuTatraya kalebaraa .
kulaamR^itaika rasikaa kulasa.nketa paalinii .. 36..
kulaaN^ganaa kulaantasthaa kaulinii kulayoginii .
akulaa samayaantasthaa samayaachaara tatparaa .. 37..
muulaadhaaraika nilayaa brahmagranthi vibhedinii
maNipuuraantaruuditaa vishhNugranthi vibhedinii .. 38 ..
aaGYaa chakraantaraalasthaa rudragranthi vibhedinii .
sahasraaraaM bujaaruuDhaa sudhaasaaraabhi varshhiNii .. 39 ..
taDillataa samaruchiH shhaTchakropari saMsthitaa .
mahaasaktiH kuNDalinii bisatantu taniiyasii .. 40..
bhavaanI bhaavanaagamyaa bhavaaraNya kuThaarikaa .
bhadrapriyaa bhadramuurttiH bhakta saubhaagya daayinii .. 41..
bhaktipriyaa bhaktigamyaa bhaktivashyaa bhayaapahaa .
shAMbhavii shaaradaaraadhyaa sharvaaNii sharmadAyinI .. 42..
shA~NkarI shrIkarI saadhvii sharachchandra nibhaananaa .
shaatodarii shaantimatii niraadhaaraa nira.njanaa .. 43..
nirlepaa nirmalaa nityaa niraakaraa niraakulaa .
nirguNA nishhkalaa shaantaa nishhkaamaa niruupaplavaa .. 44..
nityamuktaa nirvikaaraa nishhprapaJNchaa niraashrayaa .
nityashuddhaa nityabuddhaa niravadyaa nirantaraa . 45..
nishhkaaraNA nishhkalaN^kaa nirupaadhir niriishvaraa
niiraagaa raagamathanii nirmadaa madanaashinii .. 46..
nishchintaa niraha.nkaaraa nirmohaa mohanaashinii .
nirmamaa mamataahantrii nishhpaapaa paapanaashinii .. 47..
nishhkrodhaa krodhashamanii nirlobhaa lobhanaashinii .
nissaMshayaa saMshayaghnii nirbhavaa bhavanaashinii .. 48..
nirvikalpaa niraabaadhaa nirbhedaa bhedanaashinii .
nirnaashaa mR^ityumathanii nishhkriyaa nishhparigrahaa .. 49..
nistulaa nilachikuraa nirapaayaa niratyayaa .
durlabhaa durgamA durgA duHkhahantrii sukhapradaa .. 50..
dushhTadUrA duraachaara shamanii doshha varjitaa .
sarvaGYA saandrakaruNaa samaanadhika varjitaa .. 51..
sarvashakti mayii sarva maN^galaa sadgati pradaa
sarveshvari sarvamayii sarvamantra svaruupiNI .. 52..
sarva yantraatmikaa sarva tantraruupaa manonmanI .
maaheshvarii mahaadevii mahaalakshmii mR^iDapriyaa .. 53..
mahaaruupaa mahaapuujyaa mahaapaataka naashinii .
mahaamaayaa mahaasattvaa mahaashaktiH mahaaratiH .. 54..
mahaabhogaa mahaishvaryaa mahaaviiryaa mahaabalaa .
mahaabuddhiH mahaasiddhiH mahaayogesh vareshvarii .. 55..
mahaatantraa mahaamantraa mahaayantraa mahaasanaa .
mahaayaaga kramaaraadhyaa mahaabhairava puujitaa .. 56..
maheshvara mahaakalpa mahaataaNDava saakshiNii
mahaakaamesha mahishhii mahaatripura sundarii .. 57..
chatushhshhashhT.h yupachaaraaDhyaa chatushhshhashhTi kalaamayii
mahaa chatushhshhashhTi koTi yoginii gaNasevitaa .. 58..
manuvidyaa chandravidyaa chandramaNDala madhyagaa .
chaaruruupaa chaaruhaasaa chaaruchandra kalaadharaa .. 59..
charaachara jagannaathaa chakraraaja niketanaa .
paarvatii padmanayanaa padmaraaga samaprabhaa .. 60..
paJNchapretaasa naasiinaa paJNchabrahma svarupiNii .
chinmayii paramaanandaa viGYaana ghanaruupiNii .. 61..
dhyaana dhyaatR^i dhyeyaruupaa dharmaadharma vivarjitaa .
vishvarupaa jaagariNii svapantii taijasaatmikaa .. 62..
suptaa praaGYaatmikaa turyaa sarvaavasthaa vivarjitaa .
sR^ishhTikartrii brahmaruupaa goptrii govindarUpiNI . 63..
saMhAriNI rudrarUpA tirodhaana karIshvarI .
sadAshivA.anugrahadaa paJNchakR^itya paraayaNaa .. 64..
bhaanumaNDala madhyasthaa bhairavii bhagamAlinii .
padmaasanaa bhagavatii padmanaabha sahodarii .. 65..
unmeshha nimishhotpanna vipanna bhuvanaavalii .
sahasrashiirshha vadanaa sahasraakshii sahasrapaat.h ..
aabrahmakiiTa jananii varNaashrama vidhaayini
nijaaGYArUpa nigamaa puNyaapuNya phalapradaa .. 67..
shruti siimanta sinduurii kR^itapaadaabja dhuulikaa .
sakalaagama sa.ndoha shukti saMpuTa mauktikaa .. 68..
purushhaarttha pradaa puurNaa bhoginii bhuvaneshvarii .
aMbikaa.anaadi nidhanaa haribrahmendra sevitaa .. 69..
naaraayaNii naadarUpaa naamarUpa vivarjitaa .
hrii.nkaarii hriimatii hR^idyaa heyopaadeya varjitaa .. 70..
rAjarAjArchchitaa raaGYii ramyaa raajiiva lochanaa .
ra.njanii ramaNii rasyaa raNatkiN^kiNi mekhalaa .. 71..
ramaa raakenduvadanaa ratiruupaa ratipriyaa .
rakshaakarii raakshasaghnii raamaa ramaNa lampaTaa . 72..
kaamyaa kaama kalaaruupaa kadamba kusumapriyaa .
kalyaaNii jagatiikandaa karuNaarasa saagaraa .. 73..
kalaavatii kalaalaapaa kaantaa kaadambarii priyaa .
varadaa vaamanayanaa vaaruNii madavihvalaa .. 74..
vishvaadhikaa vedavedyaa vindhyaachala nivaasinii .
vidhaatrii vedajananii vishhNumAyaa vilaasinii .. 75..
kshetrasvaruupaa kshetreshii kshetrakshetraGYa paalinii .
kshayavR^iddhi vinirmuktaa kshetrapaala samarchchitaa .. 76..
vijayaa vimalaa vandyaa vandaaru jana vatsalaa .
vaagvaadinii vaamakeshii vahnimaNDala vaasinii .. 77..
bhakti matkalpalatikaa pashupaasha vimochinii
saMhR^itaasheshha paashhaNDaa sadaachaara pravarttikaa .. 78..
taapatrayaagni sa.ntapta samaahlaadana chandrikaa .
taruNii taapasaaraadhyaa tanumadhyaa tamopahaa .. 79..
chitistatpada lakshyaartthaa chideka rasaruupiNii .
svaatmaananda laviibhuuta brahmaadyaananda sa.ntatiH .. 80..
paraapratyak chitiirUpA pashyantii paradevataa .
madhyamaa vaikhariiruupaa bhakta maanasa haMsikaa .. 81..
kaameshvara praaNanaaDI kR^itaGYA kAmapUjitA .
shR^iN^gaara rasasaMpuurNaa jayaa jaalandhara sthitaa .. 82..
oDyaaNa piiThanilayaa bindumaNDala vaasinii .
rahoyaaga kramaaraadhyaa rahastarpaNa tarppitaa .. 83..
sadyaHprasaadinii vishva saakshiNii saakshivarjitaa .
shhaDaN^ga devataayuktaa shhaaDguNya paripuuritaa .. 84..
nityaklinnaa nirupamaa nirvaaNa sukhadaayinii .
nityaashhoDa shikaaruupaa shriikaNThaardha shariiriNI .. 85..
prabhaavatii prabhaarUpA prasiddhaa parameshvarii .
muulaprakR^iti ravyaktaa vyaktaa vyakta svaruupiiNi .. 86..
vyaapinii vividhaakaaraa vidyaavidyaa svaruupiNI .
mahaakaamesha nayana kumudaahlaada kaumudii .. 87..
bhaktahaarda tamobheda bhaanumad.h bhaanusantatiH .
shivaduutii shivaaraadhyaa shivamuurttiH shiva.nkarii .. 88..
shivapriyaa shivaparaa shishhTeshhTaa shishhTapuujitaa .
aprameyaa svaprakaashaa manovaachaama gocharaa .. 89..
chichchhaktish chetanaarUpaa jaDashaktir jaDaatmikaa .
gaayatrii vyaahR^itiH sa.ndhyaa dvijabR^inda nishhevitaa .. 90..
tatvaasanaa tatvamayii paJNcha koshaantara sthitaa .
nissiima mahimaa nitya yauvanaa madashaalinii .. 91..
madaghuurNita raktaakshii madapaaTala gaNDabhuuH .
chandanadrava digdhaaN^gii chaampeya kusumapriyaa .. 92..
kushalaa komalaakaaraa kurukullaa kuleshvarii .
kulakuNDaalayaa kaula maarga tatpara sevitaa .. 93..
kumaaragaNa naathaambaa tushhTiH pushhTir matirdhR^itiH
shaantiH svastimatii kaantir nandinii vighna naashinii .. 94..
tejovatii trinayanaa lolaakshi kaamaruupiNii .
maalinii haMsinii mAtA malayaachala vaasinii .. 95..
sumukhii nalinii subhruuH shobhanaa suranaayikaa .
kaalakaNThii kaantimati kshobhiNii suukshma ruupiNii .. 96..
vajreshvarii vaamadevii vayovasthaa vivarjitaa .
siddheshvari siddhavidyaa siddhamaataa yashasvinii .. 97..
vishuddhi chakranilayaa.a.a raktavarNaa trilochanaa .
khaTvaaN^gaadi praharaNaa vadanaika samanvitaa .. 98..
paayasaannapriyaa tvaksthaa pashuloka bhaya.nkarii .
amR^itaadi mahaashakti saMvR^itaa Daakiniishvarii .. 99..
anaaha taabjanilayaa shyaamaabhaa vadanadvayaa .
daMshhTrojjvalaa.a kshamaalaadi dharaa rudhira saMsthitaa .. 100..
kaalaraatryaadi shaktyaugha vR^itaa snigdhau danapriyaa
mahaaviirendra varadaa raakiNyambaa svaruupiNI .. 101..
maNipuuraabja nilayaa vadana trayasaMyutaa .
vajraadi kaayudhopetaa Daamaryaadi bhiraavR^itaa .. 102..
raktavarNaa maaMsanishhThaa guDAnna priitamaanasaa .
samasta bhaktasukhadaa laakinyaMbaa svaruupiNI .. 103..
svaadhishhThaanaaM bujagataa chaturvaktra manoharaa .
shUlAdyAyudha saMpannaa pItavarNA tigarvitaa .. 104..
medonishhThaa madhupriitaa bandinyaadi samanvitaa .
dadhyannaasakta hR^idayaa kaakinii ruupadhaariNI .. 105..
mUlaadhaaraambujaarUDhaa paJNchavaktraasthi saMsthitaa
aN^kushaadi praharaNaa varadaadi nishhevitaa .. 106..
mudgauda nAsaktachittaa saakinyambaa svaruupiNI .
AGYA chakraabja nilayaa shuklavarNA shhaDAnanaa .. 107..
majjaa saMsthaa haMsavatii mukhyashakti samanvitaa .
haridraannaika rasikaa haakinii ruupadhaariNI .. 108..
sahasradala padmasthaa sarvavarNopa shobhitaa .
sarvaayudha dharaa shukla saMsthitaa sarvatomukhii .. 109..
sarvaudana priitachittaa yaakinyambaa svaruupiNI .
svaahaa svadhaa.amatir medhaa shrutiH smR^iti ranuttamaa .. 110..
puNyakiirttiH puNyalabhyaa puNyashravaNa kIrttanA .
pulomajaarchitaa bandha mochanii barbaraalakaa .. 111..
vimarsharuupiNI vidyaa viyadaadi jagatprasuuH .
sarvavyaadhi prashamanii sarvamR^ityu nivaariNii .. 112..
agragaNyaa.a chintyarUpA kalikalmashha naashinii .
kaatyaayanii kaalahantrii kamalaaksha nishhevitaa .. 113..
taambuula puuritamukhii daaDimii kusumaprabhaa .
mR^igaakshii mohinii mukhyaa mR^iDAnI mitrarUpiNI .. 114..
nityatR^iptaa bhaktanidhiH niyantrii nikhileshvarii .
maitryaadi vaasanaa labhyaa mahaapralaya saakshiNI .. 115..
paraashaktiH paraanishhThA praGYAna ghanarupiNI .
mAdhvii pAnaalasaa mattaa maatR^ikaa varNarUpiNI .. 116..
mahaakailaasa nilayaa mR^iNAla mR^idu dorlataa .
mahanIyA dayaamuurttiH mahaasaaMraajya shaalinii .. 117..
aatmavidyaa mahaavidyaa shriividyaa kaamasevitaa .
shriishhoDa shaaksharii vidyaa trikuuTaa kaamakoTikaa .. 118..
kaTaakshakiN^karii bhuuta kamalaakoTi sevitaa .
shiraHsthitaa chandranibhaa bhaalasthendra dhanuHprabhaa .. 119..
hR^idayasthaa raviprakhyaa trikoNAntara dIpikA .
dAkshAyaNI daityahantrii dakshayaGYa vinaashinii .. 120..
daraandolita diirghaakshii darahaaso jvalanmukhii .
gurumuurttir guNanidhir gomaataa guhajanmabhuuH .. 121..
deveshii daNDaniitisthaa daharaakaasha ruupiNii .
pratipan mukhyaraakaanta tithimaNDala puujitaa .. 122..
kalaatmikaa kalaanaathaa kaavyaalaapa vinodinii .
sachaamara ramaavaaNI savyadakshiNa sevitaa .. 123..
aadishakti rameyaa.a.atmaa paramaa paavanaakR^itiH .
anekakoTi brahmaaNDa jananii divya vigrahaa .. 124..
klii.nkaarii kevalaa guhyaa kaivalya padadaayinii .
tripuraa trijagadvandyaa trimuurtis tridasheshvarii .. 125..
tryakshari divya gandhaaDhyaa sinduura tilakaaJNchitaa .
umaa shailendra tanayaa gaurii gandharva sevitaa .. 126..
vishvagarbhaa svarNagarbhaa.a varadaa vaagadhiishvarii .
dhyaana gamyaa.a parichchhedyaa GYAnadaa GYAna vigrahaa .. 127..
sarva vedaanta saMvedyaa satyaananda svaruupiNI .
lopaamudraar chitaa lIlaa klupta brahmaaNDa maNDalaa .. 128..
adR^ishyaa dR^ishyarahitaa viGYAtrI vedyavarjitaa .
yoginii yogadaa yogyaa yogaanandaa yuga.ndharaa .. 129..
ichchhaashakti GYAnashakti kriyaashakti svarUpiNI .
sarvaadhaaraa supratishhThaa sadasad ruupadhaariNI .. 130..
ashhTamuurtti rajaajaitrii lokayaatra vidhaayinii .
ekaakinii bhuumarUpA nirdvaitaa dvaita varjitaa .. 131..
annadaa vasudaa vR^iddhaa brahmaatmaikya svarUpiNI .
bR^ihatii braahmaNI braahmI brahmaa nandaa balipriyaa .. 132..
bhaashhaarUpA bR^ihatsenaa bhaavaabhaava vivarjitaa .
sukhaaraadhyaa shubhakarii shobhanaa sulabhaagatiH .. 133..
raaja raajeshvarii raajya daayinii raajya vallabhaa .
raajatkR^ipaa raajapiiTha niveshita nijaashritaa .. 134..
raajyalakshmiiH koshanaathaa chaturaN^ga baleshvarii .
saamraajya daayinii satya sa.ndhaa saagara mekhalaa .. 135..
diikshitaa daityashamanii sarvaloka vasha.nkarii .
sarvaarttha daatrii saavitrii sacchidaananda rUpiNI .. 136..
deshakaalaa parichchhinnaa sarvagaa sarva mohinii .
sarasvatii shaastramayii guhaambaa guhyaruupiNI .. 137..
sarvopaadhi vinirmuktaa sadaashiva pativrataa .
saMpradaayeshvarii saadhvii guruumaNDala rUpiNI .. 138..
kulottiirNA bhagaaraadhyaa maayaa madhumatii mahii .
gaNAmbA guhyakaaraadhyaa komalaaN^gii guruupriyaa .. 139..
svatantraa sarvatantreshii dakshiNAmUrtti rUpiNI .
sanakAdi samArAdhyA shivaGYAna pradAyinI .. 140..
chitkalaa.a.a nandakalikaa premarUpA priya.nkarii .
naamapaaraayaNa priitaa nandividyaa naTeshvarii .. 141..
mithyaa jagada dhishhThaanaa muktidaa mukti rUpiNI .
laasyapriyaa layakarii lajjaa rambhaadi vanditaa .. 142..
bhavadaa vasudhaa vR^ishhTiH paapaaraNya davaanalaa .
daurbhaagya tuula vaatuulaa jaraadhvaantara viprabhaa .. 143..
bhaagyaabdhi chandrikaa bhakta chittakeki ghanaa ghanaa .
rogaparvata daMbholir mR^ityudaaru kuThaarikaa .. 144..
maheshvarii mahaakaalii mahaagraasaa mahaashanaa .
aparNA chaNDikA chaNDa muNDAsura nishhuudinii .. 145..
ksharaaksharaatmikA sarva lokeshii vishvadhaariNI .
trivarga daatrii subhagaa tryambakaa triguNAtmikA .. 146..
svargA pavargadaa shuddhaa japaapushhpa nibhaakR^itiH .
ojovatii dyutidharaa yaGYarUpA priyavrataa .. 147..
duraaraadhyaa duraadharshhaa paaTalii kusumapriyaa .
mahatii merunilayaa mandaara kusumapriyaa .. 148..
vIrArAdhyA viraaD.h ruupaa virajaa vishvatomukhii .
pratyagruupaa paraakaashaa praaNadA prANarUpiNI . 149..
mArtaNDa bhairavaaraadhyA mantriNI nyastaraaj yadhuuH
tripureshii jayatsenaa nistraiguNyA paraaparaa .. 150..
satyaGYAnaa nandarUpA saamarasya paraayaNA .
kapardinI kalAmAlA kAmadhuk.h kAmarUpiNI .. 151..
kalaanidhiH kaavyakalaa rasaGYA rasashevadhiH .
pushhTA puraatanA pUjyA pushhkarA pushhkarekshaNA .. 152..
paraMjyotiH paraMdhAma paramANuH parAtparaa .
paashahastaa paashahantrii paramantra vibhedinI .. 153..
muurttaa.a muurttaa.a nityatR^iptA munimAnasa haMsikA .
satyavratA satyarUpA sarvAntar yAminI satI .. 154..
brahmANI brahmajananI bahurUpA budhArchitA .
prasavitrii prachaNDA.a.aGYA pratishhThA prakaTaa kR^itiiH .. 155..
prANeshvarI prANadaatrii paJNchaashat piiTharUpiNI .
vishR^iN^khalaa viviktasthaa vIramAtA viyatprasUH .. 156..
mukundA muktinilayaa muulavigraha rUpiNI
bhaavaGYA bhavarogaghnii bhavachakra pravartinI .. 157..
chhandaHsArA shaastrasArA mantrasArA talodarii .
udArakiirtti ruddAma vaibhavA varNa rUpiNI .. 158..
janmamR^ityu jaraatapta jana vishrAnti dAyinI .
sarvopanishha dudghushhTA shAntyatiita kalaatmikaa .. 159..
gambhIrA gaganAntasthA garvitaa gaanalolupaa
kalpanaa rahitaa kAshhThA.a kaantaa kaantaardha vigrahaa .. 160..
kaarya kaaraNa nirmuktaa kaamakeli taraN^gitaa .
kanatkanaka taaTaN^kA lIlAvigraha dhaariNI .. 161..
ajaakshaya vinirmuktaa mugdhra kshipra prasaadinii .
antarmukha samaaraadhyaa bahirmukha sudurlabhaa .. 162..
trayii trivarga nilayaa tristhaa tripuramaalinii .
niraamayaa niraalambaa svaatmaaraamaa sudhaasrutiH .. 163..
saMsaara paN^ka nirmagna samuddharaNa paNDitA .
yaGYapriyA yaGYakartrii yajamaana svarUpiNI .. 164..
dharmaadhaaraa dhanaadhyakshaa dhanadhaanya vivardhinI .
viprapriyaa viprarUpA vishva bhramaNa kAriNI .. 165..
vishvagraasaa vidrumaabhaa vaishhNavI vishhNurUpiNI .
ayoniryoni nilayaa kuuTasthA kularUpiNI .. 166..
viiragoshhThI priyaa viiraa naishhkarmyaa naadarUpiNI .
viGYAna kalanA kalyA vidagdhA bainda vAsanA .. 167..
tatvaadhikaa tattvamayii tatvamarttha svaruupiNI .
saamagaanapriyA saumyA sadaashiva kuTumbinii .. 168..
savyaa pasavya maargasthaa sarvaapadvi nivaariNI .
svasthaa svabhaavamadhuraa dhiiraa dhiira samarchchitaa .. 169..
chaitanyaarghya samaaraadhyaa chaitanya kusumapriyaa .
sadoditaa sadaatushhTA taruNAditya pATalA .. 170..
dakshiNA dakshiNArAdhyA darasmera mukhAMbujA .
kaulinii kevalaa.anarghya kaivalyapada daayinii .. 171..
stotrapriyaa stutimatii shruti saMstuta vaibhavaa .
manasvinii maanavatii maheshii ma.ngalaakR^itiH .. 172..
vishvamaataa jagaddhaatrii vishaalaakshii viraagiNI .
pragalbhA paramodArA parAmodA manomayii .. 173..
vyomakeshii vimaanasthaa vajriNI vaamakeshvarii .
paJNcha yaGYapriyA paJNcha preta maJNchaadhi shaayinI .. 174..
paJNchamii paJNchabhuuteshi paJNcha sa.nkhyopachaariNI .
shaashvatii shaashvataish varyaa sharmadaa shaMbhu mohinii .. 175..
dharaa dharasutaa dhanyaa dharmiNI dharma vardhinI .
lokaatiitaa guNAtiitA sarvaatiitA shamAtmikA .. 176..
bandhuuka kusumaprakhyaa bAlA lIlA vinodinI .
sumaN^galii sukhakarii suveshhaaDhyA suvaasinii .. 177..
suvaasinyarchchana priitaa shobhanaa shuddha maanasaa .
bindutarpaNa sa.ntushhTA puurvajaa tripuraaMbikaa .. 178..
dasha mudraa samaaraadhyaa tripuraashrii vasha.nkarii .
GYAnamudrA GYAnagamyA GYAnaGYeya svarUpiNI .. 179..
yonimudrA trikhaNDeshii triguNAMbaa trikoNagA .
anaghA.adbhuta chaaritraa vAJNchhitaarttha pradaayinii .. 180..
abhyAsAti shayaGYAtaa shhaDadhvaatiita rUpiNI .
avyAja karuNAmUrtti raGYAna dhvAnta diipikaa .. 181..
aabaalagopa viditaa sarvaanulla.nghya shaasanaa
shrichakra raajanilayaa shriimat.h tripura sundarii .. 182..
shriishivaa shivashaktyaikya rUpiNI lalitAmbikaa .
evaM shriilalitaa devyaaH naam naaM saahasrakaM jaguH
.. iti shrii brahmaaNDa puraaNe uttaraakhaNDe shrii hayagriivaagastyasaMvaade shriilalitaa sahasranaama stotra kathanaM saMpuurNaM ..
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Before we begin, let us offer ourselves at the feet of the Divine Mother, shriimat mahaatripurasundarii.\\
This introduction deals with the background on lalitaasahasranaama (the puraaNa etc) and the importance of Shri Chakra, the diagrammitical form for meditation.\\
a brief description is provided here since it has been extensively described by Adi Shankara in the text of Saundaryalaharii.
Among the 18 puraaNas, brahmANDa-purANa is well known for the extolation of Lalita. It explains in detail the appearance of the Goddess Lalita to save the world from the clutches of the demon bhaNDAsura. There are three important sub-texts in this purANa.\\
The first of these texts is Lalitopaakhyaana, consisting of 45 chapters and is found in the last section of the purANa. The last five chapters are especially well known. They extol the greatness of the Divine mother, the significance of the mantra of the goddess (shoDashAksharii-vidyA), the various mudras and postures to be practiced, meditations, initiations etc., and the mystical placement of the deities involved in Shri Chakra.\\
The next text is the lalitaa trishati in which 300 names of the goddess is featured. There is a well known commentary on this work by Adi Shankaraachaarya.\\
The third text is the celebrated Lalitaa sahasranaama, which consists of 320 verses in three chapters. The first chapter is 51 verses, and relates that the 1000 names of Lalitaa were recited by various devatas as commanded by the goddess herself. This chapter also explains that the verses are in anushhTup chhaNDaH(metre known as anushhTup) and that the deity Lalita is invoked in three kUTas (vaagbhava, kAmarAja, and shakti). The second chapter of the text contains the thousand names of the goddess in 182 1/2 verses (which is transliterated below). The third and final chapter is 86 1/2 verses long and enumerates the benefits accrued by reciting these one thousand names of the Goddess. This is mainly to encourage people to recite the names with concentration to achieve, if not anything else, a peace of mind.\\
Lalita trishati and lalitaa sahasranaama are dialogues between the sage Agastya and the god Hayagriva\footnote{Pronounced as hayagriiva}. Hayagriva is the incarnation of VishhNu who assumed the form of a horse to kill a demon by the same name. Agastya was a sage of great renown, who is immortalized as a star in the celestial heavens(one of the seven Rishi-s, saptarshhi or Ursa Major). He is the patron saint of Tamilnadu being a founder of a system of medicine called Siddha, and also having drunk the whole ocean in his kamaNDalum. According to yAska’s Nirukta, Agastya is the half-brother of the great sage, VasishTha.\\
The story of the meeting of Agastya and Hayagriva is given in the lalitopaakhyaana and is quite interesting. Agastya was visiting several places of pilgrimage and was sad to see many people steeped in ignorance and involved in only sensual pleasures. He came to kAJNchi and worshipped kAmAkshI and sought a solution for the masses. Pleased with the devotion and his caring for the society, Lord VishhNu appeared before Agastya and provided the sage Agastya with the solution of `curing’ the worldly folk from ignorance. He explained that He is the primordial principle, and the source and the end of everything. Though He is above forms and guNas, He involves himself in them. He goes on to explain that a person should recognize that He is the pradhhAna (primordial) transformed into the universe, and that He is also the purushha (conscious spirit) who is transcendental and beyond all qualities(guNa-s) and forms. However to recognize this, one has to perform severe penance, self-discipline etc. If (since) this is difficult, Lord VishhNu advises that the worship of the goddess will achieve the purpose of life, given as liberation from bondage, very easily. He points out that even other Gods like Shiva and Brahma have worshiped the goddess Tripuraa. VishhNu concludes his discourse saying that this was revealed to Agastya so that he (Agastya) can spread the message to god, sages, and humans. VishhNu requests Agastya to approach his incarnation, Hayagriva and disappears from Agastya’s sight.\\
Agastya approaches Hayagriva with devotion and reverence. Hayagriva reveals to Agastya that the great Goddess, lalitaa, is without beginning or end and is the foundation of the entire universe. The great goddess abides in everyone and can be realized only in meditation. The worship of goddess is done with the lalitaa sahasranamaa (1000 names) or with trishati (300 names) or with ashhTottaranaama (108 names) or with Shri Chakra (diagrammatical form for meditation).
In tantra shaastra, each devi/deva is worshipped as a mantra, and yantra. Shri Chakra is used to represent the divine mother diagrammatically. It denotes how the power of a small point in the centre of the Shri Chakra transforms itself into a series of triangles, circles, and lines. One can meditate on the Shri Chakra itself knowing the significance of the triangles and circles. These forms respresent the various transformations of the Reality. One can realize that the universe has evolved through the undifferentiated consciousness and has eventually become the universe as we know it. The recitation of sahasranaama and trishati are used in the worship of Shri Chakra. The correspondence between Shri Chakra as a yantra and the fifteen letter mantra of the goddess (paJNchadashIvidyA, pronounced panchadashiividyaa) is achieved by carefully studying the Shri Chakra which is constructed using the symbolism of the three kUTa-s and the significance of the fifteen letters of the shrIvidyA. It is said that if meditation on Shri Chakra is not possible, recitation of the sahasranaama with utmost devotion would confer the same benefits, perhaps in longer time-frame.\\
The sahasranaama also mentions how to meditate on the various centres of consciousness (chakras) in one’s body. Kundalini, meaning coiled up, ordinarly resides in the muladhaara chakra, at the base of spine, and when it rises to the sahasraara chakra at the top of the head, one becomes aware of the ultimate reality.\\
Before reciting the sahasranaama, it is advised that the divine mother be meditated upon according to the dhyaana shloka-s, given in the beginning of the text.\\
May the Divine Mother guide us in our every action and thought, and may She confer upon us the greatest gift of all, moksha, the liberation.
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This video is My Tribute to Sacred Chants..n my salutations to goddess durga …..
VOCAL RENDITION BY- G Ghayathri devi, S Saindhavi, Priya,shruthi, Vidhya shankar, Kuldeep, Goutham, Baradwaj, Kedarna th, Jayaram
Audio Source:- Sacred Chants Vol-4…from Kosmic music..its excellent music ..its a blend of western music and hindu mantras…english transliteration of the sloka here follows..
Sarvasya buddhi-rupena janasya hrdi samsthite
svargapavargade devi naraya, ni namostute
kalakasthadirupena parinama-pradayini
visvasyoparatau saktyai narayaoi namo stute
sarva-mangala-mangalye sive sarvartha-sadhike
saranye tryambake gauri narayani namo stute
srsti-sthiti-vinasanam sakti bhute sanatani
gunasraye gunamaye narayani namo stute
saranagata-dinarta-paritrana-parayane
sarvasvarti-hare devi narayani namo stute
hamsa-yukta-vimana-sthe brahmam rupa-dharini
kausambhah ksarike devi narayani namo stute
trisula-candrahi-dhare maha-vrsabha-vahini
mahesvari-svarupena narayani namo stute
mayura-kukkuta-vrte maha-sakti-dhare naghe
kaumari rupa-samsthane narayani namo stute
sankha-cakra-gadasarnga-grhita-paramayud he
prasida vaisnavi-rupe narayani namo stute
grhitogra-mahacakre danstroddhrta-vasundhare
varaha-rupini sive narayani namo stute
nrsimha rupenogrena hantum daityan krtodyame
trailokya-trana-sahite narayani namo stute
kiritini mahavajre sahasra-nayanojjvale
vrtra-prana-hare caindri narayani namo stute
siva duti-svarupena hata-daitya-mahabale
ghora-rupe maharave narayani namo stute
damstra-karala-vadane siromala-vibhusane
camunde munda-mathane narayani namo stute
laksmi lajje mahavidye sraddhe pusti-svradhe dhruve
maharatri maha vidye narayani namo stute
medhe sarasvati vare bhuti babhravi tamasi
niyate tvam prasidese narayani namo stute
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Saundarya Lahari
Posted November 2, 2008
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shivaH shaktyaa yukto yadi bhavati shaktaH prabhavitu.n
na cedeva.n devo na khalu kushalaH spanditumapi .
atastvaamaaraadhyaaM hariharaviri~ncaadibhirapi
praNantuM stotuM vaa kathamakR^itapuNyaH prabhavati .. 1..
taniiyaaMsa.n paaMsu.n tava caraNapaN^keruhabhava.n
viri~ncissa~ncinvan.h viracayati lokaanavikalam.h .
bahatyenaM shauriH kathamapi sahasreNa shirasaaM
harassaMkShudyainaM bhajati bhasitoddhuulanavidhim.h .. 2..
avidyaanaamanta\-stimira\-mihiradviipanagarii
jaDaanaa.n caitanya\-stabaka\-makaranda\-srutijharii .
daridraaNaa.n cintaamaNiguNanikaa janmajaladhau
nimagnaanaa.n daMShTraa muraripu\-varaahasya bhavatii .. 3..
tvadanyaH paaNibhyaamabhayavarado daivatagaNaH
tvamekaa naivaasi prakaTitavaraabhiityabhinayaa .
bhayaat.h traatu.n daatu.n phalamapi ca vaa~nchaasamadhikaM
sharaNye lokaanaa.n tava hi caraNaaveva nipuNau .. 4..
haristvaamaaraadhya praNatajanasaubhaagyajananii.n
puraa naarii bhuutvaa puraripumapi kShobhamanayat.h .
smaro.api tvaa.n natvaa ratinayanalehyena vapuShaa
muniinaamapyantaH prabhavati hi mohaaya mahataam.h .. 5..
dhanuH pauShpa.n maurvii madhukaramayii pa~nca vishikhaaH
vasantaH saamanto malayamarudaayodhanarathaH .
tathaapyekaH sarvaM himagirisute kaamapi kR^ipaam.h
apaaN^gaatte labdhvaa jagadida\-manaN^go vijayate .. 6..
kvaNatkaa~nciidaamaa karikalabhakumbhastananataa
parikShiiNaa madhye pariNatasharaccandravadanaa .
dhanurbaaNaan.h paashaM sR^iNimapi dadhaanaa karatalaiH
purastaadaastaaM naH puramathituraahopuruShikaa .. 7..
sudhaasindhormadhye suraviTapivaaTiiparivR^ite
maNidviipe niipopavanavati cintaamaNigR^ihe .
shivaakaare ma~nce paramashivaparyaN^kanilayaa.n
bhajanti tvaa.n dhanyaaH katicana cidaanandalahariim.h .. 8..
mahii.n muulaadhaare kamapi maNipuure hutavahaM
sthitaM svaadhiShThaane hR^idi marutamaakaashamupari .
mano.api bhruumadhye sakalamapi bhitvaa kulapathaM
sahasraare padme saha rahasi patyaa viharase .. 9..
sudhaadhaaraasaaraishcaraNayugalaantarvigalitaiH
prapa~ncaM si~ncantii punarapi rasaamnaayamahasaH .
avaapya svaa.n bhuumi.n bhujaganibhamadhyuShTavalayaM
svamaatmaana.n kR^itvaa svapiShi kulakuNDe kuhariNi .. 10..
caturbhiH shriikaNThaiH shivayuvatibhiH pa~ncabhirapi
prabhinnaabhiH shambhornavabhirapi muulaprakR^itibhiH .
catushcatvaariMshadvasudalakalaashratrivalaya
trirekhaabhiH saardha.n tava sharaNakoNaaH pariNataaH .. 11..
tvadiiyaM saundarya.n tuhinagirikanye tulayitu.n
kaviindraaH kalpante kathamapi viri~nciprabhR^itayaH .
yadaalokautsukyaadamaralalanaa yaanti manasaa
tapobhirduShpraapaamapi girishasaayujyapadaviim.h .. 12..
naraM varShiiyaaMsaM nayanavirasa.n narmasu jaDa.n
tavaapaaN^gaaloke patitamanudhaavanti shatashaH .
galadveNiibandhaaH kucakalashavisrastasicayaa
haThaat truTyatkaa~ncyo vigalitadukuulaa yuvatayaH .. 13..
kShitau ShaTpa~ncaashad dvisamadhikapa~ncaashadudake
hutaashe dvaaShaShTishcaturadhikapa~ncaashadanile .
divi dviShShaT.htriMshanmanasi ca catuShShaShTiriti ye
mayuukhaasteShaamapyupari tava paadaambujayugam.h .. 14..
sharajjyotsnaashuddhaaM shashiyutajaTaajuuTamukuTaaM
varatraasatraaNasphaTikaghuTikaapustakakaraam.h .
sakR^innatvaa.n natvaa kathamiva sataaM saMnnidadhate
madhukShiiradraakShaamadhurimadhuriiNaaH kaNitayaH .. 15..
kaviindraaNaa.n cetaHkamalavanabaalaataparuci.n
bhajante ye santaH katicidaruNaameva bhavatiim.h .
viri~ncipreyasyaastaruNatarashR^iN^gaaralaharii
gabhiiraabhirvaagbhirvidadhati sataaMra~njanamamii .. 16..
savitriibhirvaacaaM shashimaNishilaabhaN^garucibhiH
vashinyaadyaabhistvaaM saha janani saMcintayati yaH .
sa kartaa kaavyaanaa.n bhavati mahataa.n bhaN^girucibhiH
vacobhirvaagdeviivadanakamalaamodamadhuraiH .. 17..
tanucchaayaabhiste taruNataraNishriisaraNibhiH
divaM sarvaamurviimaruNimanimagnaaM smarati yaH .
bhavantyasya trasyadvanahariNashaaliinanayanaaH
sahorvashyaa vashyaaH kati kati na giirvaaNagaNikaaH .. 18..
mukha.n bindu.n kR^itvaa kucayugamadhastasya tadadho
haraardha.n dhyaayedyoharamahiShi te manmathakalaam.h .
sa sadyaH saMkShobha.n nayati vanitaa ityatilaghu
trilokiimapyaashu bhramayati raviindustanayugaam.h .. 19..
kirantiimaN^gebhyaH kiraNanikurambaamR^itarasaM
hR^idi tvaamaadhatte himakarashilaamuurtimiva yaH .
sa sarpaaNaa.n darpaM shamayati shakuntaadhipa iva
jvarapluShTaan dR^iShTyaa sukhayati sudhaasaarasirayaa .. 20..
taTillekhaatanvii.n tapanashashivaishvaanaramayii.n
niShaNNaaM ShaNNaamapyupari kamalaanaa.n tava kalaam.h .
mahaapadmaaTavyaa.n mR^iditamalamaayena manasaa
mahaantaH pashyanto dadhati paramaahlaadalahariim.h .. 21..
bhavaani tva.n daase mayi vitara dR^iShTiM sakaruNaa
miti stotuM vaa~nchan kathayati bhavaani tvamiti yaH .
tadaiva tva.n tasmai dishasi nijasaayujyapadavii.n
mukundabrahmendrasphuTamukuTaniiraajitapadaam.h .. 22..
tvayaa hR^itvaa vaamaM vapuraparitR^iptena manasaa
shariiraardhaM shambhoraparamapi shaN^ke hR^itamabhuut .
yadetattvadruupaM sakalamaruNaabhaM trinayanaM
kucaabhyaamaanamra.n kuTilashashicuuDaalamukuTam.h .. 23..
jagatsuute dhaataa hariravati rudraH kShapayate
tiraskurvannetatsvamapi vapuriishastirayati .
sadaapuurvaH sarva.n tadidamanugR^ihNaati ca shiva
stavaaj~naamaalambya kShanacalitayorbhruulatikayoH .. 24..
trayaaNaa.n devaanaa.n triguNajanitaanaantava shive
bhavet puujaa puujaa tava caraNayoryaa viracitaa .
tathaa hi tvatpaadodvahanamaNipiiThasya nikaTe
sthitaa hyete shashvan mukulitakarottaMsamakuTaaH .. 25..
viri~nciH pa~ncatvaM vrajati hariraapnoti viratiM
vinaasha.n kiinaasho bhajati dhanado yaati nidhanam.h .
vitandrii maahendrii vitatirapi saMmiilati dR^ishaa.n
mahaasaMhaare.asmin viharati sati tvatpatirasau .. 26..
japo jalpaH shilpaM sakalamapi mudraaviracanaa
gatiH praadakShiNyakramaNamashanaadyaahutividhiH .
praNaamassaMveshassukhamakhilamaatmaarpaNadR^ishaa
saparyaaparyaayastava bhavatu yanme vilasitam.h .. 27..
sudhaamapyaasvaadya pratibhayajaraamR^ityuhariNiiM
vipadyante vishve vidhishatamakhaadyaa diviShadaH .
karaaLaM yatkShveLa.n kabalitavataH kaalakalanaa
na shambhostanmuula.n tava janani taaTaN^kamahimaa .. 28..
kiriiTaM vairi~nca.n parihara puraH kaiTabhabhidaH
kaThore koTiire skhalasi jahi jambhaarimukuTam.h .
praNamreShveteShu prasabhamupayaatasya bhavana.n
bhavasyaabhyutthaane tava parijanoktirvijayate .. 29..
svadehodbhuutaabhirghR^iNibhiraNmaadyaabhirabhito
niShevye nitye tvaamiti sadaa bhaavayati yaH .
kimaashcarya.n tasya trinayanasamR^iddhi.n tR^iNayato
mahaasaMvartaagnirviracayati niraajanavidhim.h .. 30..
catuShShaShTyaa tantraiH sakalamatisaMdhaaya bhuvanaM
sthitas tattatsiddhiprasavaparatantraiH pashupatiH .
punastvannirbandhaadakhilapuruShaarthaikaghaTanaa
svatantraM te tantraM kShititalamavaatiitaradidam.h .. 31..
shivaH shaktiH kaamaH kShitiratha raviH shiitakiraNaH
smaro haMsaH shakrastadanu ca paraamaaraharayaH .
amii hR^illekhaabhistisR^ibhiravasaaneShu ghaTitaa
bhajante varNaaste tava janani naamaavayavataam.h .. 32..
smaraM yoniM lakShmiiM tritayamidamaadau tava mano
rnidhaayaike nitye niravadhimahaabhogarasikaaH .
bhajanti tvaaM cintaamaNigunanibaddhaakShavalayaaH
shivaagnau juhvantaH surabhighR^itadhaaraahutishataiH .. 33..
shariiraM tvaM shambhoH shashimihiravakShoruhayugaM
tavaatmaanaM manye bhagavati navaatmaanamanagham.h .
atashsheShashsheShiiityayamubhayasaadhaaraNatayaa
sthitaH saMbandho vaaM samarasaparaanandaparayoH .. 34..
manastvaM vyoma tvaM marudasi marutsaarathirasi
tvamaapastvaM bhuumistvayi pariNataayaaM na hi param.h .
tvameva svaatmaanaM pariNamayituM vishvavapuShaa
cidaanandaakaaraM shivayuvati bhaavena bibhR^iShe .. 35..
tavaaj~naacakrasthaM tapanashashikoTidyutidharaM
paraM shambhuM vande parimilitapaarshvaM paracitaa .
yamaaraadhyan.h bhaktyaa ravishashishuciinaamaviShaye
niraaloke.aloke nivasati hi bhaalokabhavane .. 36..
vishuddhau te shuddhasphaTikavishadaM vyomajanakaM
shivaM seve deviimapi shivasamaanavyavasitaam.h .
yayoH kaantyaa yaantyaa shashikiraNasaaruupyasaraNiM
vidhuutaantardhvaantaavilasati cakoriiva jagatii .. 37..
samunmiilat saMvit kamalamakarandaikarasikaM
bhaje haMsadvandvaM kimapi mahataaM maanasacaram.h .
yadaalaapaadaShTaadashaguNitavidyaapariNati
ryad aadatte doShaad guNamakhilamadbhyaH paya iva .. 38..
tava svaadhiShThaane hutavahamadhiShThaaya nirataM
tamiiDe saMvartaM janani mahatiiM taaM ca samayaam.h .
yadaaloke lokaan dahati mahati krodhakalite
dayaardraa yaddR^iShTiH shishiramupacaaraM racayati .. 39..
taTittvantaM shaktyaa timiraparipanthiphuraNayaa
sphurannaanaaratnaabharaNapariNaddhendradhanuSham.h .
tava shyaamaM meghaM kamapi maNipuuraikasharaNaM
niSheve varShantaM haramihirataptaM tribhuvanam.h .. 40..
tavaadhaare muule saha samayayaa laasyaparayaa
navaatmaanaM manye navarasamahaataaNDavanaTam.h .
ubhaabhyaametaabhyaamudayavidhimuddishya dayayaa
sanaathaabhyaaM jaj~ne janakajananiimajjagadidam.h .. 41..
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gatairmaaNikyatvaM gaganamaNibhiH saandraghaTitaM
kiriiTaM te haimaM himagirisute kiirtayati yaH .
sa niiDeyacchaayaacchuraNashabalaM candrashakalaM
dhanuH shaunaasiiraM kimiti na nibadhnaati dhiShaNaam.h .. 42..
dhunotu dhvaantaM nastulitadalitendiivaravanaM
ghanasnigdhashlakShNaM cikuranikurambaM tava shive .
yadiiyaM saurabhyaM sahajamupalabdhuM sumanaso
vasantyasmin manye valamathanavaaTiiviTapinaam.h .. 43..
tanotu kShemaM nastava vadanasaundaryalaharii
pariivaahasrotaHsaraNiriva siimantasaraNiH .
vahantii sunduuraM prabalakabariibhaaratimira
dviShaaM bR^indairbandiikR^itamiva naviinaarkakiraNam.h .. 44..
araalaiH svaabhaavyaadalikalabhasashriibhiralakaiH
pariitaM te vaktraM parihasati paN^keruharucim.h .
darasmere yasmin.h dashanaruciki~njalkarucire
sugandhau maadyanti smaradahanacakShurmadhulihaH .. 45..
lalaaTaM laavaNyadyutivimalamaabhaati tava ya
ddvitiiyaM tanmanye {makuTa}ghaTitaM candrashakalam.h .
viparyaasanyaasaadubhayamapi saMbhuuya ca mithaH
sudhaalepasyuutiH pariNamati raakaahimakaraH .. 46..
bhruvau bhugne kiMcidbhuvanabhayabhaN^gavyasanini
tvadiiye netraabhyaaM madhukararucibhyaaM dhR^itaguNam.h .
dhanurmanye savyetarakaragR^ihiitaM ratipateH
prakoShThe muShTau ca sthagayati niguuDhaantaramume .. 47..
ahaH suute savyaM tava nayanamarkaatmakatayaa
triyaamaaM vaamaM te sR^ijati rajaniinaayakatayaa .
tR^itiiyaa te dR^iShtirdaradalitahemaambujaruciH
samaadhatte saMdhyaaM divasanishayorantaracariim.h .. 48..
vishaalaa kalyaaNii sphuTarucirayodhyaa kuvalayaiH
kR^ipaadhaaraadhaaraa kimapi madhuraa bhogavatikaa .
avantii dR^iShTiste bahunagaravistaaravijayaa
dhruvaM tattannaamavyavaharaNayogyaa vijayate .. 49..
kaviinaaM saMdarbhastabakamakarandaikarasikaM
kaTakShavyaakShepabhramarakalabhau karNayugalam.h .
amu~ncantau dR^iShTvaa tava navarasaasvaadataralaa
vasuuyaasaMsargaadalikanayanaM kiMcidaruNam.h .. 50..
shive shR^iN^gaaraardraa taditarajane kutsanaparaa
saroShaa gaN^gaayaaM girishacarite vismayavatii .
haraahibhyo bhiitaa sarasiruhasaubhaagyajayinii
sakhiiShu smeraa te mayi janani dR^iShTiH sakaruNaa .. 51..
gate karNaabhyarNaM garuta iva pakShmaaNi dadhatii
puraaM bhettushcittaprashamarasavidraavaNaphale .
ime netre gotraadharapatikulottaMsakalike
tavaakarNaakR^iShTasmarasharavilaasaM kalayataH .. 52..
vibhaktatraivarNyaM vyatikaritaliilaa~njanatayaa
vibhaati tvannetratritayamidamiishaanadayite .
punaH sraShTuM devaan druhiNaharirudraanuparataan
rajaH sattvaM bibhrat tama iti guNaanaaM trayamiva .. 53..
pavitriikartuM naH pashupatiparaadhiinahR^idaye
dayaamitrairnetrairaruNadhavalashyaamarucibhiH .
nadaH shoNo gaN^gaa tapanatanayeti dhruvamamuM
trayaaNaaM tiirthaanaamupanayasi saMbhedamanagham.h .. 54..
nimeShonmeShaabhyaaM pralayamudayaM yaati jagatii
tavetyaahuH santo dharaNidhararaajanyatanaye .
tvadunmeShaajjaataM jagadidamasheShaM pralayataH
paritraatuM shaN^ke parihR^itanimeShaastava dR^ishaH .. 55..
tavaaparNe karNejapanayanapaishunyacakitaa
niliiyante toye niyatamanimeShaaH shapharikaaH .
iyaM ca shriirbaddhacchadapuTakavaaTaM kuvalayam
jahaati pratyuuShe nishi ca vighaTayya pravishati .. 56..
dR^ishaa draaghiiyasyaa daradalitaniilotpalarucaa
daviiyaaMsaM diinaM snapaya kR^ipayaa maamapi shive .
anenaayaM dhanyo bhavati na ca te haaniriyataa
vane vaa harmye vaa samakaranipaato himakaraH .. 57..
araalaM te paaliiyugalamagaraajanyatanaye
na keShaamaadhatte kusumasharakodaNDakutukam.h .
tirashciino yatra shravaNapathamullaN^ghya vilasa
nnapaaN^gavyaasaN^go dishati sharasaMdhaanadhiShaNaam.h .. 58..
sphuradgaNDaabhogapratiphalitataaTaN^kayugalaM
catushcakraM manye tava mukhamidaM manmatharatham.h .
yamaaruhya druhyatyavaniratham arkenducaraNaM
mahaaviiro maaraH pramathapataye sajjitavate .. 59..
sarasvatyaaH suuktiiramR^italahariikaushalahariiH
pibantyaaH sharvaaNi shravaNaculukaabhyaamaviralam.h .
camatkaarashlaaghaacalitashirasaH kuNDalagaNo
jhaNatkaaraistaaraiH prativacanamaacaShTa iva te .. 60..
asau naasaavaMshastuhinagirivaMshadhvajapaTi
tvadiiyo nediiyaH phalatu phalamasmaakamucitam.h .
vahannantarmuktaaH shishirataranishvaasagalitaM
samR^iddhyaa yastaasaaM bahirapi ca muktaamaNidharaH .. 61..
prakR^ityaaraktaayaastava sudati dantacchadaruceH
pravakShye saadR^ishyaM janayatu phalaM vidrumalataa .
na bimbaM tvadbimbapratiphalanaraagaad aruNitaM
tulaamadhyaaroDhuM kathamiva na lajjeta kalayaa .. 62..
smitajyotsnaajaalaM tava vadanacandrasya pibataaM
cakoraaNaamaasiidatirasatayaa ca~ncujaDimaa .
ataste shiitaaMshoramR^italahariimamlarucayaH
pibanti svacchandaM nishi nishi bhR^ishaM kaa~njikadhiyaa .. 63..
avishraantaM patyurguNagaNakathaamreDanajapaa
japaapuShpacchaayaa tava janani jihvaa jayati saa .
yadagraasiinaayaaH sphaTikadR^iShadacchacchavimayii
sarasvatyaa muurtiH pariNamati maaNikyavapuShaa .. 64..
raNe jitvaa daityaanapahR^itashirastraiH kavacibhir
nivR^ittaishcaNDaaMshatripuraharanirmaalyavimukhaiH .
vishaakhendropendraiH shashivishadakarpuurashakalaa
viliiyante maatastava vadanataambuulakabalaaH .. 65..
vipa~ncyaa gaayantii vividhamapadaanaM pashupateH
tvayaarabdhe vaktuM calitashirasaa saadhuvacane .
tadiiyairmaadhuryairapalapitatantriikalaravaaM
nijaaM viiNaaM vaaNii niculayati colena nibhR^itam.h .. 66..
karaagreNa spR^iShTaM tuhinagiriNaa vatsalatayaa
giriishenodastaM muhuradharapaanaakulatayaa .
karagraahyaM shambhormukhamukuravR^intaM girisute
kathaN^kaaraM bruumastava cibukamaupamyarahitam.h .. 67..
bhujaashleShaan nityaM puradamayituH kaNTakavatii
tava griivaa dhatte mukhakamalanaalashriyamiyam.h .
svataH shvetaa kaalaagarubahulajambaalamalinaa
mR^iNaaliilaalityam vahati yadadho haaralatikaa .. 68..
gale rekhaastisro gatigamakagiitaikanipuNe
vivaahavyaanaddhapraguNaguNasaMkhyaapratibhuvaH .
viraajante naanaavidhamadhuraraagaakarabhuvaaM
trayaaNaaM graamaaNaaM sthitiniyamasiimaana iva te .. 69..
mR^iNaaliimR^idviinaaM tava bhujalataanaaM catasR^iNaaM
caturbhiH saundaryaM sarasijabhavaH stauti vadanaiH .
nakhebhyaH saMtrasyan prathamamathanaadandhakaripo
shcaturNaaM shiirShaaNaaM samamabhayahastaarpaNadhiyaa .. 70..
nakhaanaamuddyotairnavanalinaraagaM vihasataaM
karaaNaaM te kaantiM kathaya kathayaamaH kathamume .
kayaacidvaa saamyaM bhajatu kalayaa hanta kamalaM
yadi kriiDallakShmiicaraNatalalaakShaaruNadalam.h .. 71..
samaM devi skandadvipavadanapiitaM stanayugaM
tavedaM naH khedaM haratu satataM prasnutamukham.h .
yadaalokyaashaN^kaakulitahR^idayo haasajanakaH
svakumbhau herambaH parimR^ishati hastena jhaTiti .. 72..
amuu te vakShojaavamR^itarasamaaNikyakutupau
na saMdehaspando nagapatipataake manasi naH .
pibantau tau yasmaadaviditavadhuusaN^garasikau
kumaaraavadyaapi dviradavadanakrau~ncadalanau .. 73..
vahatyamba stamberamadanujakumbhaprakR^itibhiH
samaarabdhaaM muktaamaNibhiramalaaM haaralatikaam.h .
kucaabhogo bimbaadhararucibhirantaH shabalitaaM
prataapavyaamishraaM puradamayituH kiirtimiva te .. 74..
tava stanyaM manye dharaNidharakanye hR^idayataH
payaHpaaraavaaraH parivahati saarasvata iva .
dayaavatyaa dattaM draviDashishuraasvaadya tava yat
kaviinaaM prauDhaanaamajani kamaniyaH kavayitaa .. 75..
harakrodhajvaalavalibhiravaliiDhena vapuShaa
gabhiire te naabhiisarasi kR^itasaN^go manasijaH .
samuttasthau tasmaadacalatanaye dhuumalatikaa
janastaaM jaaniite tava janani romaavaliriti .. 76..
yadetat kaalindiitanutarataraN^gaakR^iti shive
kR^ishe madhye kiMcijjanani tava tadbhaati sudhiyaam.h .
vimardaadanyo.anyaM kucakalashayorantaragataM
tanuubhuutaM vyoma pravishadiva naabhiM kuhariNiim.h .. 77..
sthiro gaN^gaavartaH stanamukularomaavalilataa
nijaavaalaM kuNDaM kusumasharatejohutabhujaH .
raterliilaagaaraM kimapi tava naabhirgirisute
biladvaaraM siddhergirishanayanaanaaM vijayate .. 78..
nisargakShiiNasya stanataTabhareNa klamajuSho
namanmuurternaariitilaka shanaistruTyata iva .
ciraM te madhyasya truTitataTiniitiirataruNaa
samaavasthaasthemno bhavatu kushalaM shailatanaye .. 79..
kucau sadyaHsvidyattaTaghaTitakuurpaasabhidurau
kaShantau dormuule kanakakalashaabhau kalayataa .
tava traatuM bhaN^gaadalamiti valagnaM tanubhuvaa
tridhaa naddhaM devi trivali lavaliivallibhiriva .. 80..
gurutvaM vistaaraM kShitidharapatiH paarvati nijaa
nnitambaadaacchidya tvayi haraNaruupeNa nidadhe .
ataste vistiirNo gururayamasheShaaM vasumatiiM
nitambapraagbhaaraH sthagayati laghutvaM nayati ca .. 81..
kariindraaNaaM shuNDaaH kanakakadaliikaaNDapaTaliim
ubhaabhyaamuurubhyaamubhayamapi nirjitya bhavatii .
suvR^ittaabhyaaM patyuH praNatikaThinaabhyaaM girisute
vijigye jaanubhyaaM vibudhakarikumbhadvayamasi .. 82..
paraajetuM rudraM dviguNasharagarbhau girisute
niShaN^gau jaN^ghe te viShamavishikho baaDhamakR^ita .
yadagre dR^ishyante dasha sharaphalaaH paadayugalii
nakhaagracchadmaanaH suramukuTashaaNaikanishitaaH .. 83..
shrutiinaaM muurdhaano dadhati tava yau shekharatayaa
mamaapyetau maataH shirasi dayayaa dhehi caraNau .
yayoH paadyaM paathaH pashupatijaTaajuuTataTinii
yayorlaakShaalakShmiiraruNaharicuuDaamaNiruciH .. 84..
namovaakaM bruumo nayanaramaNiiyaaya padayo
stavaasmai dvandvaaya sphuTarucirasaalaktakavate .
asuuyatyatyantaM yadabhihananaaya spR^ihayate
pashuunaamiishaanaH pramadavanakaN^kelitarave .. 85..
mR^iShaa kR^itvaa gotraskhalanamatha vailakShyanamitaM
lalaaTe bhartaaraM caraNakamale taaDayati te .
ciraadantaHshalyaM dahanakR^itamunmuulitavataa
tulaakoTikvaaNaiH kilikilitamiishaanaripuNaa .. 86..
himaaniihantavyaM himagirinivaasaikacaturau
nishaayaaM nidraaNaaM nishi ca parabhaage ca vishadau .
paraM lakShmiipaatraM shriyamatisR^ijantau samayinaaM
sarojaM tvatpaadau janani jayatashcitramiha kim.h .. 87..
padaM te kiirtiinaaM prapadamapadaM devi vipadaaM
kathaM niitaM sadbhiH kaThinakamaThiikarparatulaam.h .
kathaM vaa baahubhyaamupayamanakaale purabhidaa
yadaadaaya nyastaM dR^iShadi dayamaanena manasaa .. 88..
nakhairnaakastriiNaaM karakamalasaMkocashashibhi
staruuNaaM divyaanaaM hasata iva te caNDi caraNau .
phalaani svaHsthebhyaH kisalayakaraagreNa dadataaM
daridrebhyo bhadraaM shriyamanishamahnaaya dadatau .. 89..
dadaane diinebhyaH shriyamanishamaashaanusadR^ishii
mamandaM saundaryaprakaramakarandam vikirati .
tavaasmin mandaarastabakasubhage yaatu caraNe
minajjan majjiivaH karaNacaraNaH ShaTcaraNataam.h .. 90..
padanyaasakriiDaaparicayamivaarabdhumanasaH
skhalantaste khelaM bhavanakalahaMsaa na jahati .
svavikShepe shikShaaM subhagamaNima~njiiraraNita
cchalaadaacakShaaNaM caraNakamalaM caarucarite .. 91..
gataaste ma~ncatvaM druhiNaharirudreshvarabhR^itaH
shivaH svacchacchaayaaghaTitakapaTapracchadapaTaH .
tvadiiyaanaaM bhaasaaM pratiphalanaraagaaruNatayaa
shariirii shrN^gaaro rasa iva dR^ishaaM dogdhi kutukam.h .. 92..
araalaa kesheShu prakR^itisaralaa mandahasite
shiriiShaabhaa citte dR^iShadupalashobhaa kucataTe .
bhR^ishaM tanvii madhye pR^ithurasijaarohaviShaye
jagattraatuM shambhorjayati karuNaa kaacidaruNaa .. 93..
kalaN^kaH kastuurii rajanikarabimbaM jalamayaM
kalaabhiH karpuurairmarakatakaraNDaM nibiDitam.h .
atastvadbhogena pratidinamidaM riktakuharaM
vidhirbhuuyo bhuuyo nibiDayati nuunaM tava kR^ite .. 94..
puraaraaterantaHpuramasi tatastvaccaraNayoH
saparyaamaryaadaa taralakaraNaanaamasulabhaa .
tathaa hyete niitaaH shatamakhamukhaaH siddhimatulaaM
tava dvaaropaantasthitibhiraNimaadyaabhiramaraaH .. 95..
kalatraM vaidhaatraM kati kati bhajante na kavayaH
shriyo devyaaH ko vaa na bhavati patiH kairapi dhanaiH .
mahaadevaM hitvaa tava sati satiinaamacarame
kucaabhyaamaasaN^gaH kuravakatarorapyasulabhaH .. 96..
giraamaahurdeviiM druhiNagR^ihiNiimaagamavido
hareH patniiM padmaaM harasahacaariimadritanayaam.h .
turiiyaa kaapi tvaM duradhigamaniHsiimamahimaa
mahaamaayaa vishvaM bhramayasi parabrahmamahiShi .. 97..
kadaa kaale maataH kathaya kalitaalaktakarasa.n
pibeyaM vidyaarthii tava caraNanirNejanajalam.h .
prakR^ityaa muukaanaamapi ca kavitaakaaraNatayaa
yadaadhatte vaaNiimukhakamalataambuularasataam.h .. 98..
sarasvatyaa lakShmyaa vidhiharisapatno viharate
rateH paativratyaM shithilayati ramyeNa vapuShaa .
ciraM jiivanneva kShapitapashupaashavyatikaraH
paraanandaabhikhyam rasayati rasaM tvadbhajanavaan .. 99..
pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH
sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa .
svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM
tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h .. 100..
samaaniitaH padbhyaaM maNimukurataamambaramaNi
rbhayaadantaHstimitakiraNashreNimasR^iNaH .
dadhaati tvadvaktraMpratiphalanamashraantavikaca.n
niraataN^kaM candraannijahR^idayapaN^keruhamiva .. 101..
samudbhuutasthuulastanabharamurashcaaru hasita.n
kaTaakShe kandarpaH katicana kadambadyuti vapuH .
harasya tvadbhraantiM manasi janayaam sma vimalaa
bhavatyaa ye bhaktaaH pariNatiramiiShaamiyamume .. 102..
nidhe nityasmere niravadhiguNe niitinipuNe
niraaghaataj~naane niyamaparacittaikanilaye .
niyatyaa nirmukte nikhilanigamaantastutiapade
niraataN^ke nitye nigamaya mamaapi stutimimaam.h .. 103..
.. iti shriimatshaN^karaacaaryaviracitam.h aanandalaharii devii stotra saMpuurNam.h ..
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.. Shriira Ajaraajeshvarya ShTakam.h ..
ambaa shaambhavi chandramaulirabalaa.aparNaa umaa paarvatii
kaalii haimavatii shivaa trinayanii kaatyaayanii bhairavii .
saavitrii navayauvanaa shubhakarii saamraajyalaxmiipradaa
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 1..
ambaa mohini devataa tribhuvanii aanandasa.ndaayinii
vaaNii pallavapaaNiveNumuraliigaanapriyaa lolinii .
kalyaaNii uDuraajabimba vadanaa dhuumraaxasa.nhaariNii
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 2..
ambaa nuupuraratnakaN^kaNadharii keyuurahaaraavalii
jaatiichampakavaijaya.ntilaharii graiveyakairaajitaa .
viiNaaveNu vinodamaNDitakaraa viiraasane sa.nsthitaa
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 3..
ambaa raudriNi bhadrakaali bagalaa jvaalaamukhii vaiShNavii
brahmaaNii tripuraantakii suranutaa dediipyamaanojvalaa .
chaamuNDaa shritaraxapoShajananii daaxaayaNii vallavii
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 4..
ambaa shuuladhanuH kashaaN^kushadharii ardhendubimbaadharii
vaaraahiimadhukaiTabhaprashamanii vaaNii ramaasevitaa .
malladyaasuramuukadaityamathanii maaheshvarii chaambikaa
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 5..
ambaa sR^iShTavinaashapaalanakarii aaryaa visa.nshobhitaa
gaayatrii praNavaaxaraamR^itarasaH puurNaanusa.ndhii kR^itaa .
oN^kaarii vinataasutaarchitapadaa uddaNDa daityaapahaa
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 6..
ambaa shaashvata aagamaadivinutaa aaryaa mahaadevataa
yaa brahmaadipipiilikaantajananii yaa vai jaganmohinii .
yaa paJNchapraNavaadirephajananii yaa chitkalaa maalinii
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 7..
ambaapaalitabhaktaraajadanishaM ambaaShTakaM yaH paThet.h
ambaalolakaTaaxaviixa lalitaM chaishvaryamavyaahatam.h .
ambaa paavanamantraraajapaThanaadante cha moxapradaa
chidruupii paradevataa bhagavatii shriiraajaraajeshvarii .. 8..
iti shriiraajaraajeshvaryaShTakaM sampuurNam.h ..
Lalitaa Sahasranaama Stotram
Posted November 2, 2008
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.. atha shrii lalitaa sahasranaama stotram.h ..
OM shriimaataa shriimahaaraaGYI shriimatsiMhaa saneshvarii .
chidagni kuNDasaMbhuutaa devakaarya samudyataa .. 1..
udyadbhAnu sahasrAbhA chaturbaahu samanvitaa .
raagasvaruupa paashaaDhyaa krodhaa kaaraaN^kushojjvalaa .. 2..
manoruupekshu kodaNDaa paJNcha tanmaatra saayakaa .
nijaaruNa prabhaapuura majjadbrahmaaNDa maNDalaa .. 3..
champakaa shokapunnaaga saugandhika lasatkachaa .
kuruvinda maNishreNii kanatkoTiira maNDitaa .. 4..
ashhTamI cha.ndra vibhraaja dalikasthala shobhitaa .
mukhachandra kalaN^kAbha mR^iganaabhi visheshhakaa .. 5..
vadanasmara maaN^galya gR^ihatoraNa chillikA .
vaktra lakshmii pariivaaha chalan miinaabha lochanaa .. 6..
navachampaka pushhpaabha nAsaadaNDa viraajitaa .
taaraakaanti tiraskaari naasaabharaNa bhaasuraa .. 7..
kadamba maJNjarii klupta karNapuura manoharaa .
taaTaN^ka yugaliibhuuta tapanoDupa maNDalaa .. 8..
padmaraaga shilaadarsha paribhaavi kapolabhuuH .
navavidruma bimbashrii nyakkaari radanachchhadaa .. 9..
shuddha vidyaaN^kuraakaara dvijapaN^kti dvayojjvalaa .
karpuura viiTikaamoda samaakarshhi digantaraa .. 10..
nijasallaapa maadhurya vinirbhartsita kachchhapii .
ma.ndasmita prabhaapuura majjatkaamesha maanasaa .. 11..
anaakalita saadR^ishya chibukashrii viraajitaa .
kaamesha baddhamaaN^galya suutra shobhita ka.ndharaa .. 12..
kanakaaN^gada keyuura kamaniiya bhujaanvitaa .
ratnagraiveya chintaaka lolamuktaa phalaanvitaa .. 13..
kaameshvara premaratna maNipratipaNa stanii .
naabhyaalavaala romaali lataaphala kuchadvayii .. 14..
lakshyaroma lataadhaarataa samunneya madhyamaa .
stanabhaara dalanmadhya paTTabandha valitrayaa .. 15..
aruNaaruNa kausumbha vastrabhaasvat.h kaTiitaTii .
ratnakiN^kiNi kaaramya rashanaa daama bhuushhitaa .. 16..
kaamesha GYaata saubhaagya maardavoru dvayaanvitaa .
maaNikya makuTaakaara jaanudvaya viraajitaa .. 17..
indragopa parikshipta smaratuuNaabha ja.nghikaa .
guuDhagulphaa kuurmapR^ishhTha jayishhNu prapadaanvitaa .. 18..
nakhadiidhiti sa.nchhanna namajjana tamoguNaa .
padadvaya prabhaajaala paraakR^ita saroruhaa .. 19..
siJNjaana maNimaJNjiira maNDitashrii padaaMbujaa .
maraalii ma.ndagamanaa mahaalaavaNya shevadhiH .. 20..
sarvaaruNaa.a navadyaaN^gii sarvaabharaNa bhuushhitaa .
shiva kaameshvaraaN^kasthaa shivaa svaadhiina vallabhaa .. 21..
sumeru madhya shR^iN^gasthaa shriimannagara naayikaa .
chintaamaNi gR^ihaantasthaa paJNchabrahmaa sanasthitaa .. 22..
mahaapadmaaTavii saMsthaa kadamba vanavaasinii .
sudhaasaagara madhyasthaa kaamaakshii kaamadaayinii .. 23..
devarshhi gaNasa.nghaata stuuyamaanaatma vaibhavaa .
bhaNDaasura vadhodyukta shaktisenaa samanvitaa .. 24..
sampatkarii samaaruuDha si.ndhura vrajasevitaa .
ashvaaruuDhaa dhishhThitaashva koTikoTi bhiraavR^itaa .. 25..
chakraraaja rathaaruuDha sarvaayudha parishhkR^itaa .
geyachakra rathaaruuDha ma.ntriNii parisevitaa .. 26..
kirichakra rathaaruuDha daNDanaatha puraskR^itaa .
jvaalaa maalinikaakshipta vahni praakaara madhyagaa .. 27..
bhaNDasainya vadhodyukta shaktivikrama harshhitaa .
nityaa paraakramaaTopa niriikshaNa samutsukaa .. 28..
bhaNDaputra vadhodyukta baalaavikrama nanditaa .
mantriNyambaa virachita vishhaN^ga vadhatoshhitaa .. 29..
vishukra praaNaharaNa vaaraahii viiryananditaa .
kaameshvara mukhaaloka kalpita shriigaNeshvaraa .. 30..
mahaagaNesha nirbhinna vighnayantra praharshhitaa .
bhaNDaasurendra nirmukta shastra pratyastra varshhiNii .. 31..
karaaN^guli nakhotpanna naaraayaNa dashaakR^itiH .
mahaapaashu pataastraagni nirdagdhaasura sainikaa .. 32..
kaameshvaraastra nirdagdha sabhaNDaasura shuunyakaa .
brahmopendra mahendraadi devasaMstuta vaibhavaa .. 33..
haranetraagni sa.ndagdha kaama sa.njiiva naushhadhiH .
shriimadvaagbhava kuuTaika svaruupa mukhapaN^kajaa .. 34..
kaNThaadhaH kaTiparyanta madhyakuuTa svaruupiNii .
shaktikuuTaika taapanna kaTyadho bhaagadhaariNii .. 35..
muulamantraatmikaa muula kuuTatraya kalebaraa .
kulaamR^itaika rasikaa kulasa.nketa paalinii .. 36..
kulaaN^ganaa kulaantasthaa kaulinii kulayoginii .
akulaa samayaantasthaa samayaachaara tatparaa .. 37..
muulaadhaaraika nilayaa brahmagranthi vibhedinii .
maNipuuraantaruuditaa vishhNugranthi vibhedinii .. 38 ..
aaGYaa chakraantaraalasthaa rudragranthi vibhedinii .
sahasraaraaM bujaaruuDhaa sudhaasaaraabhi varshhiNii .. 39 ..
taDillataa samaruchiH shhaTchakropari saMsthitaa .
mahaasaktiH kuNDalinii bisatantu taniiyasii .. 40..
bhavaanI bhaavanaagamyaa bhavaaraNya kuThaarikaa .
bhadrapriyaa bhadramuurttiH bhakta saubhaagya daayinii .. 41..
bhaktipriyaa bhaktigamyaa bhaktivashyaa bhayaapahaa .
shAMbhavii shaaradaaraadhyaa sharvaaNii sharmadAyinI .. 42..
shA~NkarI shrIkarI saadhvii sharachchandra nibhaananaa .
shaatodarii shaantimatii niraadhaaraa nira.njanaa .. 43..
nirlepaa nirmalaa nityaa niraakaraa niraakulaa .
nirguNA nishhkalaa shaantaa nishhkaamaa niruupaplavaa .. 44..
nityamuktaa nirvikaaraa nishhprapaJNchaa niraashrayaa .
nityashuddhaa nityabuddhaa niravadyaa nirantaraa .. 45..
nishhkaaraNA nishhkalaN^kaa nirupaadhir niriishvaraa .
niiraagaa raagamathanii nirmadaa madanaashinii .. 46..
nishchintaa niraha.nkaaraa nirmohaa mohanaashinii .
nirmamaa mamataahantrii nishhpaapaa paapanaashinii .. 47..
nishhkrodhaa krodhashamanii nirlobhaa lobhanaashinii .
nissaMshayaa saMshayaghnii nirbhavaa bhavanaashinii .. 48..
nirvikalpaa niraabaadhaa nirbhedaa bhedanaashinii .
nirnaashaa mR^ityumathanii nishhkriyaa nishhparigrahaa .. 49..
nistulaa nilachikuraa nirapaayaa niratyayaa .
durlabhaa durgamA durgA duHkhahantrii sukhapradaa .. 50..
dushhTadUrA duraachaara shamanii doshha varjitaa .
sarvaGYA saandrakaruNaa samaanadhika varjitaa .. 51..
sarvashakti mayii sarva maN^galaa sadgati pradaa .
sarveshvari sarvamayii sarvamantra svaruupiNI .. 52..
sarva yantraatmikaa sarva tantraruupaa manonmanI .
maaheshvarii mahaadevii mahaalakshmii mR^iDapriyaa .. 53..
mahaaruupaa mahaapuujyaa mahaapaataka naashinii .
mahaamaayaa mahaasattvaa mahaashaktiH mahaaratiH .. 54..
mahaabhogaa mahaishvaryaa mahaaviiryaa mahaabalaa .
mahaabuddhiH mahaasiddhiH mahaayogesh vareshvarii .. 55..
mahaatantraa mahaamantraa mahaayantraa mahaasanaa .
mahaayaaga kramaaraadhyaa mahaabhairava puujitaa .. 56..
maheshvara mahaakalpa mahaataaNDava saakshiNii .
mahaakaamesha mahishhii mahaatripura sundarii .. 57..
chatushhshhashhT.h yupachaaraaDhyaa chatushhshhashhTi kalaamayii .
mahaa chatushhshhashhTi koTi yoginii gaNasevitaa .. 58..
manuvidyaa chandravidyaa chandramaNDala madhyagaa .
chaaruruupaa chaaruhaasaa chaaruchandra kalaadharaa .. 59..
charaachara jagannaathaa chakraraaja niketanaa .
paarvatii padmanayanaa padmaraaga samaprabhaa .. 60..
paJNchapretaasa naasiinaa paJNchabrahma svarupiNii .
chinmayii paramaanandaa viGYaana ghanaruupiNii .. 61..
dhyaana dhyaatR^i dhyeyaruupaa dharmaadharma vivarjitaa .
vishvarupaa jaagariNii svapantii taijasaatmikaa .. 62..
suptaa praaGYaatmikaa turyaa sarvaavasthaa vivarjitaa .
sR^ishhTikartrii brahmaruupaa goptrii govindarUpiNI .. 63..
saMhAriNI rudrarUpA tirodhaana karIshvarI .
sadAshivA.anugrahadaa paJNchakR^itya paraayaNaa .. 64..
bhaanumaNDala madhyasthaa bhairavii bhagamAlinii .
padmaasanaa bhagavatii padmanaabha sahodarii .. 65..
unmeshha nimishhotpanna vipanna bhuvanaavalii .
sahasrashiirshha vadanaa sahasraakshii sahasrapaat.h ..
aabrahmakiiTa jananii varNaashrama vidhaayini .
nijaaGYArUpa nigamaa puNyaapuNya phalapradaa .. 67..
shruti siimanta sinduurii kR^itapaadaabja dhuulikaa .
sakalaagama sa.ndoha shukti saMpuTa mauktikaa .. 68..
purushhaarttha pradaa puurNaa bhoginii bhuvaneshvarii .
aMbikaa.anaadi nidhanaa haribrahmendra sevitaa .. 69..
naaraayaNii naadarUpaa naamarUpa vivarjitaa .
hrii.nkaarii hriimatii hR^idyaa heyopaadeya varjitaa .. 70..
rAjarAjArchchitaa raaGYii ramyaa raajiiva lochanaa .
ra.njanii ramaNii rasyaa raNatkiN^kiNi mekhalaa .. 71..
ramaa raakenduvadanaa ratiruupaa ratipriyaa .
rakshaakarii raakshasaghnii raamaa ramaNa lampaTaa .. 72..
kaamyaa kaama kalaaruupaa kadamba kusumapriyaa .
kalyaaNii jagatiikandaa karuNaarasa saagaraa .. 73..
kalaavatii kalaalaapaa kaantaa kaadambarii priyaa .
varadaa vaamanayanaa vaaruNii madavihvalaa .. 74..
vishvaadhikaa vedavedyaa vindhyaachala nivaasinii .
vidhaatrii vedajananii vishhNumAyaa vilaasinii .. 75..
kshetrasvaruupaa kshetreshii kshetrakshetraGYa paalinii .
kshayavR^iddhi vinirmuktaa kshetrapaala samarchchitaa .. 76..
vijayaa vimalaa vandyaa vandaaru jana vatsalaa .
vaagvaadinii vaamakeshii vahnimaNDala vaasinii .. 77..
bhakti matkalpalatikaa pashupaasha vimochinii .
saMhR^itaasheshha paashhaNDaa sadaachaara pravarttikaa .. 78..
taapatrayaagni sa.ntapta samaahlaadana chandrikaa .
taruNii taapasaaraadhyaa tanumadhyaa tamopahaa .. 79..
chitistatpada lakshyaartthaa chideka rasaruupiNii .
svaatmaananda laviibhuuta brahmaadyaananda sa.ntatiH .. 80..
paraapratyak chitiirUpA pashyantii paradevataa .
madhyamaa vaikhariiruupaa bhakta maanasa haMsikaa .. 81..
kaameshvara praaNanaaDI kR^itaGYA kAmapUjitA .
shR^iN^gaara rasasaMpuurNaa jayaa jaalandhara sthitaa .. 82..
oDyaaNa piiThanilayaa bindumaNDala vaasinii .
rahoyaaga kramaaraadhyaa rahastarpaNa tarppitaa .. 83..
sadyaHprasaadinii vishva saakshiNii saakshivarjitaa .
shhaDaN^ga devataayuktaa shhaaDguNya paripuuritaa .. 84..
nityaklinnaa nirupamaa nirvaaNa sukhadaayinii .
nityaashhoDa shikaaruupaa shriikaNThaardha shariiriNI .. 85..
prabhaavatii prabhaarUpA prasiddhaa parameshvarii .
muulaprakR^iti ravyaktaa vyaktaa vyakta svaruupiiNi .. 86..
vyaapinii vividhaakaaraa vidyaavidyaa svaruupiNI .
mahaakaamesha nayana kumudaahlaada kaumudii .. 87..
bhaktahaarda tamobheda bhaanumad.h bhaanusantatiH .
shivaduutii shivaaraadhyaa shivamuurttiH shiva.nkarii .. 88..
shivapriyaa shivaparaa shishhTeshhTaa shishhTapuujitaa .
aprameyaa svaprakaashaa manovaachaama gocharaa .. 89..
chichchhaktish chetanaarUpaa jaDashaktir jaDaatmikaa .
gaayatrii vyaahR^itiH sa.ndhyaa dvijabR^inda nishhevitaa .. 90..
tatvaasanaa tatvamayii paJNcha koshaantara sthitaa .
nissiima mahimaa nitya yauvanaa madashaalinii .. 91..
madaghuurNita raktaakshii madapaaTala gaNDabhuuH .
chandanadrava digdhaaN^gii chaampeya kusumapriyaa .. 92..
kushalaa komalaakaaraa kurukullaa kuleshvarii .
kulakuNDaalayaa kaula maarga tatpara sevitaa .. 93..
kumaaragaNa naathaambaa tushhTiH pushhTir matirdhR^itiH .
shaantiH svastimatii kaantir nandinii vighna naashinii .. 94..
tejovatii trinayanaa lolaakshi kaamaruupiNii .
maalinii haMsinii mAtA malayaachala vaasinii .. 95..
sumukhii nalinii subhruuH shobhanaa suranaayikaa .
kaalakaNThii kaantimati kshobhiNii suukshma ruupiNii .. 96..
vajreshvarii vaamadevii vayovasthaa vivarjitaa .
siddheshvari siddhavidyaa siddhamaataa yashasvinii .. 97..
vishuddhi chakranilayaa.a.a raktavarNaa trilochanaa .
khaTvaaN^gaadi praharaNaa vadanaika samanvitaa .. 98..
paayasaannapriyaa tvaksthaa pashuloka bhaya.nkarii .
amR^itaadi mahaashakti saMvR^itaa Daakiniishvarii .. 99..
anaaha taabjanilayaa shyaamaabhaa vadanadvayaa .
daMshhTrojjvalaa.a kshamaalaadi dharaa rudhira saMsthitaa .. 100..
kaalaraatryaadi shaktyaugha vR^itaa snigdhau danapriyaa .
mahaaviirendra varadaa raakiNyambaa svaruupiNI .. 101..
maNipuuraabja nilayaa vadana trayasaMyutaa .
vajraadi kaayudhopetaa Daamaryaadi bhiraavR^itaa .. 102..
raktavarNaa maaMsanishhThaa guDAnna priitamaanasaa .
samasta bhaktasukhadaa laakinyaMbaa svaruupiNI .. 103..
svaadhishhThaanaaM bujagataa chaturvaktra manoharaa .
shUlAdyAyudha saMpannaa pItavarNA tigarvitaa .. 104..
medonishhThaa madhupriitaa bandinyaadi samanvitaa .
dadhyannaasakta hR^idayaa kaakinii ruupadhaariNI .. 105..
mUlaadhaaraambujaarUDhaa paJNchavaktraasthi saMsthitaa .
aN^kushaadi praharaNaa varadaadi nishhevitaa .. 106..
mudgauda nAsaktachittaa saakinyambaa svaruupiNI .
AGYA chakraabja nilayaa shuklavarNA shhaDAnanaa .. 107..
majjaa saMsthaa haMsavatii mukhyashakti samanvitaa .
haridraannaika rasikaa haakinii ruupadhaariNI .. 108..
sahasradala padmasthaa sarvavarNopa shobhitaa .
sarvaayudha dharaa shukla saMsthitaa sarvatomukhii .. 109..
sarvaudana priitachittaa yaakinyambaa svaruupiNI .
svaahaa svadhaa.amatir medhaa shrutiH smR^iti ranuttamaa .. 110..
puNyakiirttiH puNyalabhyaa puNyashravaNa kIrttanA .
pulomajaarchitaa bandha mochanii barbaraalakaa .. 111..
vimarsharuupiNI vidyaa viyadaadi jagatprasuuH .
sarvavyaadhi prashamanii sarvamR^ityu nivaariNii .. 112..
agragaNyaa.a chintyarUpA kalikalmashha naashinii .
kaatyaayanii kaalahantrii kamalaaksha nishhevitaa .. 113..
taambuula puuritamukhii daaDimii kusumaprabhaa .
mR^igaakshii mohinii mukhyaa mR^iDAnI mitrarUpiNI .. 114..
nityatR^iptaa bhaktanidhiH niyantrii nikhileshvarii .
maitryaadi vaasanaa labhyaa mahaapralaya saakshiNI .. 115..
paraashaktiH paraanishhThA praGYAna ghanarupiNI .
mAdhvii pAnaalasaa mattaa maatR^ikaa varNarUpiNI .. 116..
mahaakailaasa nilayaa mR^iNAla mR^idu dorlataa .
mahanIyA dayaamuurttiH mahaasaaMraajya shaalinii .. 117..
aatmavidyaa mahaavidyaa shriividyaa kaamasevitaa .
shriishhoDa shaaksharii vidyaa trikuuTaa kaamakoTikaa .. 118..
kaTaakshakiN^karii bhuuta kamalaakoTi sevitaa .
shiraHsthitaa chandranibhaa bhaalasthendra dhanuHprabhaa .. 119..
hR^idayasthaa raviprakhyaa trikoNAntara dIpikA .
dAkshAyaNI daityahantrii dakshayaGYa vinaashinii .. 120..
daraandolita diirghaakshii darahaaso jvalanmukhii .
gurumuurttir guNanidhir gomaataa guhajanmabhuuH .. 121..
deveshii daNDaniitisthaa daharaakaasha ruupiNii .
pratipan mukhyaraakaanta tithimaNDala puujitaa .. 122..
kalaatmikaa kalaanaathaa kaavyaalaapa vinodinii .
sachaamara ramaavaaNI savyadakshiNa sevitaa .. 123..
aadishakti rameyaa.a.atmaa paramaa paavanaakR^itiH .
anekakoTi brahmaaNDa jananii divya vigrahaa .. 124..
klii.nkaarii kevalaa guhyaa kaivalya padadaayinii .
tripuraa trijagadvandyaa trimuurtis tridasheshvarii .. 125..
tryakshari divya gandhaaDhyaa sinduura tilakaaJNchitaa .
umaa shailendra tanayaa gaurii gandharva sevitaa .. 126..
vishvagarbhaa svarNagarbhaa.a varadaa vaagadhiishvarii .
dhyaana gamyaa.a parichchhedyaa GYAnadaa GYAna vigrahaa .. 127..
sarva vedaanta saMvedyaa satyaananda svaruupiNI .
lopaamudraar chitaa lIlaa klupta brahmaaNDa maNDalaa .. 128..
adR^ishyaa dR^ishyarahitaa viGYAtrI vedyavarjitaa .
yoginii yogadaa yogyaa yogaanandaa yuga.ndharaa .. 129..
ichchhaashakti GYAnashakti kriyaashakti svarUpiNI .
sarvaadhaaraa supratishhThaa sadasad ruupadhaariNI .. 130..
ashhTamuurtti rajaajaitrii lokayaatra vidhaayinii .
ekaakinii bhuumarUpA nirdvaitaa dvaita varjitaa .. 131..
annadaa vasudaa vR^iddhaa brahmaatmaikya svarUpiNI .
bR^ihatii braahmaNI braahmI brahmaa nandaa balipriyaa .. 132..
bhaashhaarUpA bR^ihatsenaa bhaavaabhaava vivarjitaa .
sukhaaraadhyaa shubhakarii shobhanaa sulabhaagatiH .. 133..
raaja raajeshvarii raajya daayinii raajya vallabhaa .
raajatkR^ipaa raajapiiTha niveshita nijaashritaa .. 134..
raajyalakshmiiH koshanaathaa chaturaN^ga baleshvarii .
saamraajya daayinii satya sa.ndhaa saagara mekhalaa .. 135..
diikshitaa daityashamanii sarvaloka vasha.nkarii .
sarvaarttha daatrii saavitrii sacchidaananda rUpiNI .. 136..
deshakaalaa parichchhinnaa sarvagaa sarva mohinii .
sarasvatii shaastramayii guhaambaa guhyaruupiNI .. 137..
sarvopaadhi vinirmuktaa sadaashiva pativrataa .
saMpradaayeshvarii saadhvii guruumaNDala rUpiNI .. 138..
kulottiirNA bhagaaraadhyaa maayaa madhumatii mahii .
gaNAmbA guhyakaaraadhyaa komalaaN^gii guruupriyaa .. 139..
svatantraa sarvatantreshii dakshiNAmUrtti rUpiNI .
sanakAdi samArAdhyA shivaGYAna pradAyinI .. 140..
chitkalaa.a.a nandakalikaa premarUpA priya.nkarii .
naamapaaraayaNa priitaa nandividyaa naTeshvarii .. 141..
mithyaa jagada dhishhThaanaa muktidaa mukti rUpiNI .
laasyapriyaa layakarii lajjaa rambhaadi vanditaa .. 142..
bhavadaa vasudhaa vR^ishhTiH paapaaraNya davaanalaa .
daurbhaagya tuula vaatuulaa jaraadhvaantara viprabhaa .. 143..
bhaagyaabdhi chandrikaa bhakta chittakeki ghanaa ghanaa .
rogaparvata daMbholir mR^ityudaaru kuThaarikaa .. 144..
maheshvarii mahaakaalii mahaagraasaa mahaashanaa .
aparNA chaNDikA chaNDa muNDAsura nishhuudinii .. 145..
ksharaaksharaatmikA sarva lokeshii vishvadhaariNI .
trivarga daatrii subhagaa tryambakaa triguNAtmikA .. 146..
svargA pavargadaa shuddhaa japaapushhpa nibhaakR^itiH .
ojovatii dyutidharaa yaGYarUpA priyavrataa .. 147..
duraaraadhyaa duraadharshhaa paaTalii kusumapriyaa .
mahatii merunilayaa mandaara kusumapriyaa .. 148..
vIrArAdhyA viraaD.h ruupaa virajaa vishvatomukhii .
pratyagruupaa paraakaashaa praaNadA prANarUpiNI .. 149..
mArtaNDa bhairavaaraadhyA mantriNI nyastaraaj yadhuuH .
tripureshii jayatsenaa nistraiguNyA paraaparaa .. 150..
satyaGYAnaa nandarUpA saamarasya paraayaNA .
kapardinI kalAmAlA kAmadhuk.h kAmarUpiNI .. 151..
kalaanidhiH kaavyakalaa rasaGYA rasashevadhiH .
pushhTA puraatanA pUjyA pushhkarA pushhkarekshaNA .. 152..
paraMjyotiH paraMdhAma paramANuH parAtparaa .
paashahastaa paashahantrii paramantra vibhedinI .. 153..
muurttaa.a muurttaa.a nityatR^iptA munimAnasa haMsikA .
satyavratA satyarUpA sarvAntar yAminI satI .. 154..
brahmANI brahmajananI bahurUpA budhArchitA .
prasavitrii prachaNDA.a.aGYA pratishhThA prakaTaa kR^itiiH .. 155..
prANeshvarI prANadaatrii paJNchaashat piiTharUpiNI .
vishR^iN^khalaa viviktasthaa vIramAtA viyatprasUH .. 156..
mukundA muktinilayaa muulavigraha rUpiNI .
bhaavaGYA bhavarogaghnii bhavachakra pravartinI .. 157..
chhandaHsArA shaastrasArA mantrasArA talodarii .
udArakiirtti ruddAma vaibhavA varNa rUpiNI .. 158..
janmamR^ityu jaraatapta jana vishrAnti dAyinI .
sarvopanishha dudghushhTA shAntyatiita kalaatmikaa .. 159..
gambhIrA gaganAntasthA garvitaa gaanalolupaa .
kalpanaa rahitaa kAshhThA.a kaantaa kaantaardha vigrahaa .. 160..
kaarya kaaraNa nirmuktaa kaamakeli taraN^gitaa .
kanatkanaka taaTaN^kA lIlAvigraha dhaariNI .. 161..
ajaakshaya vinirmuktaa mugdhra kshipra prasaadinii .
antarmukha samaaraadhyaa bahirmukha sudurlabhaa .. 162..
trayii trivarga nilayaa tristhaa tripuramaalinii .
niraamayaa niraalambaa svaatmaaraamaa sudhaasrutiH .. 163..
saMsaara paN^ka nirmagna samuddharaNa paNDitA .
yaGYapriyA yaGYakartrii yajamaana svarUpiNI .. 164..
dharmaadhaaraa dhanaadhyakshaa dhanadhaanya vivardhinI .
viprapriyaa viprarUpA vishva bhramaNa kAriNI .. 165..
vishvagraasaa vidrumaabhaa vaishhNavI vishhNurUpiNI .
ayoniryoni nilayaa kuuTasthA kularUpiNI .. 166..
viiragoshhThI priyaa viiraa naishhkarmyaa naadarUpiNI .
viGYAna kalanA kalyA vidagdhA bainda vAsanA .. 167..
tatvaadhikaa tattvamayii tatvamarttha svaruupiNI .
saamagaanapriyA saumyA sadaashiva kuTumbinii .. 168..
savyaa pasavya maargasthaa sarvaapadvi nivaariNI .
svasthaa svabhaavamadhuraa dhiiraa dhiira samarchchitaa .. 169..
chaitanyaarghya samaaraadhyaa chaitanya kusumapriyaa .
sadoditaa sadaatushhTA taruNAditya pATalA .. 170..
dakshiNA dakshiNArAdhyA darasmera mukhAMbujA .
kaulinii kevalaa.anarghya kaivalyapada daayinii .. 171..
stotrapriyaa stutimatii shruti saMstuta vaibhavaa .
manasvinii maanavatii maheshii ma.ngalaakR^itiH .. 172..
vishvamaataa jagaddhaatrii vishaalaakshii viraagiNI .
pragalbhA paramodArA parAmodA manomayii .. 173..
vyomakeshii vimaanasthaa vajriNI vaamakeshvarii .
paJNcha yaGYapriyA paJNcha preta maJNchaadhi shaayinI .. 174..
paJNchamii paJNchabhuuteshi paJNcha sa.nkhyopachaariNI .
shaashvatii shaashvataish varyaa sharmadaa shaMbhu mohinii .. 175..
dharaa dharasutaa dhanyaa dharmiNI dharma vardhinI .
lokaatiitaa guNAtiitA sarvaatiitA shamAtmikA .. 176..
bandhuuka kusumaprakhyaa bAlA lIlA vinodinI .
sumaN^galii sukhakarii suveshhaaDhyA suvaasinii .. 177..
suvaasinyarchchana priitaa shobhanaa shuddha maanasaa .
bindutarpaNa sa.ntushhTA puurvajaa tripuraaMbikaa .. 178..
dasha mudraa samaaraadhyaa tripuraashrii vasha.nkarii .
GYAnamudrA GYAnagamyA GYAnaGYeya svarUpiNI .. 179..
yonimudrA trikhaNDeshii triguNAMbaa trikoNagA .
anaghA.adbhuta chaaritraa vAJNchhitaarttha pradaayinii .. 180..
abhyAsAti shayaGYAtaa shhaDadhvaatiita rUpiNI .
avyAja karuNAmUrtti raGYAna dhvAnta diipikaa .. 181..
aabaalagopa viditaa sarvaanulla.nghya shaasanaa .
shrichakra raajanilayaa shriimat.h tripura sundarii .. 182..
shriishivaa shivashaktyaikya rUpiNI lalitAmbikaa .
evaM shriilalitaa devyaaH naam naaM saahasrakaM jaguH
.. iti shrii brahmaaNDa puraaNe uttaraakhaNDe shrii hayagriivaagastyasaMvaade shriilalitaa sahasranaama stotra kathanaM saMpuurNaM ..
Before we begin, let us offer ourselves at the feet of the Divine Mother, shriimat mahaatripurasundarii.\\
This introduction deals with the background on lalitaasahasranaama (the puraaNa etc) and the importance of Shri Chakra, the diagrammitical form for meditation.\\
a brief description is provided here since it has been extensively described by Adi Shankara in the text of Saundaryalaharii.
Among the 18 puraaNas, brahmANDa-purANa is well known for the extolation of Lalita. It explains in detail the appearance of the Goddess Lalita to save the world from the clutches of the demon bhaNDAsura. There are three important sub-texts in this purANa.\\
The first of these texts is Lalitopaakhyaana, consisting of 45 chapters and is found in the last section of the purANa. The last five chapters are especially well known. They extol the greatness of the Divine mother, the significance of the mantra of the goddess (shoDashAksharii-vidyA), the various mudras and postures to be practiced, meditations, initiations etc., and the mystical placement of the deities involved in Shri Chakra.\\
The next text is the lalitaa trishati in which 300 names of the goddess is featured. There is a well known commentary on this work by Adi Shankaraachaarya.\\
The third text is the celebrated Lalitaa sahasranaama, which consists of 320 verses in three chapters. The first chapter is 51 verses, and relates that the 1000 names of Lalitaa were recited by various devatas as commanded by the goddess herself. This chapter also explains that the verses are in anushhTup chhaNDaH(metre known as anushhTup) and that the deity Lalita is invoked in three kUTas (vaagbhava, kAmarAja, and shakti). The second chapter of the text contains the thousand names of the goddess in 182 1/2 verses (which is transliterated below). The third and final chapter is 86 1/2 verses long and enumerates the benefits accrued by reciting these one thousand names of the Goddess. This is mainly to encourage people to recite the names with concentration to achieve, if not anything else, a peace of mind.\\
Lalita trishati and lalitaa sahasranaama are dialogues between the sage Agastya and the god Hayagriva\footnote{Pronounced as hayagriiva}. Hayagriva is the incarnation of VishhNu who assumed the form of a horse to kill a demon by the same name. Agastya was a sage of great renown, who is immortalized as a star in the celestial heavens(one of the seven Rishi-s, saptarshhi or Ursa Major). He is the patron saint of Tamilnadu being a founder of a system of medicine called Siddha, and also having drunk the whole ocean in his kamaNDalum. According to yAska’s Nirukta, Agastya is the half-brother of the great sage, VasishTha.\\
The story of the meeting of Agastya and Hayagriva is given in the lalitopaakhyaana and is quite interesting. Agastya was visiting several places of pilgrimage and was sad to see many people steeped in ignorance and involved in only sensual pleasures. He came to kAJNchi and worshipped kAmAkshI and sought a solution for the masses. Pleased with the devotion and his caring for the society, Lord VishhNu appeared before Agastya and provided the sage Agastya with the solution of `curing’ the worldly folk from ignorance. He explained that He is the primordial principle, and the source and the end of everything. Though He is above forms and guNas, He involves himself in them. He goes on to explain that a person should recognize that He is the pradhhAna (primordial) transformed into the universe, and that He is also the purushha (conscious spirit) who is transcendental and beyond all qualities(guNa-s) and forms. However to recognize this, one has to perform severe penance, self-discipline etc. If (since) this is difficult, Lord VishhNu advises that the worship of the goddess will achieve the purpose of life, given as liberation from bondage, very easily. He points out that even other Gods like Shiva and Brahma have worshiped the goddess Tripuraa. VishhNu concludes his discourse saying that this was revealed to Agastya so that he (Agastya) can spread the message to god, sages, and humans. VishhNu requests Agastya to approach his incarnation, Hayagriva and disappears from Agastya’s sight.\\
Agastya approaches Hayagriva with devotion and reverence. Hayagriva reveals to Agastya that the great Goddess, lalitaa, is without beginning or end and is the foundation of the entire universe. The great goddess abides in everyone and can be realized only in meditation. The worship of goddess is done with the lalitaa sahasranamaa (1000 names) or with trishati (300 names) or with ashhTottaranaama (108 names) or with Shri Chakra (diagrammatical form for meditation).
In tantra shaastra, each devi/deva is worshipped as a mantra, and yantra. Shri Chakra is used to represent the divine mother diagrammatically. It denotes how the power of a small point in the centre of the Shri Chakra transforms itself into a series of triangles, circles, and lines. One can meditate on the Shri Chakra itself knowing the significance of the triangles and circles. These forms respresent the various transformations of the Reality. One can realize that the universe has evolved through the undifferentiated consciousness and has eventually become the universe as we know it. The recitation of sahasranaama and trishati are used in the worship of Shri Chakra. The correspondence between Shri Chakra as a yantra and the fifteen letter mantra of the goddess (paJNchadashIvidyA, pronounced panchadashiividyaa) is achieved by carefully studying the Shri Chakra which is constructed using the symbolism of the three kUTa-s and the significance of the fifteen letters of the shrIvidyA. It is said that if meditation on Shri Chakra is not possible, recitation of the sahasranaama with utmost devotion would confer the same benefits, perhaps in longer time-frame.\\
The sahasranaama also mentions how to meditate on the various centres of consciousness (chakras) in one’s body. Kundalini, meaning coiled up, ordinarly resides in the muladhaara chakra, at the base of spine, and when it rises to the sahasraara chakra at the top of the head, one becomes aware of the ultimate reality.\\
Before reciting the sahasranaama, it is advised that the divine mother be meditated upon according to the dhyaana shloka-s, given in the beginning of the text.\\
May the Divine Mother guide us in our every action and thought, and may She confer upon us the greatest gift of all, moksha, the liberation.
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Dakshinamurti Stotram
Posted November 1, 2008
on:Dakshinamurti Stotram There came a time after creation when the Rishis, whose task it was to guide the people as gurus, needed further guidance themselves. So Lord Shiva came as theit guru to guide them. This incarnation of of Shiva is known as Dakshinamurti as He sat facing the "Dakshina", i.e., south. In the MP3 there are a few opening salutations to Lord Dakshinamurti, which are not there in the actual stotra. Vandana Verses Maunavyakhyaprakatitaparabrahmatattvam yuvanam Varshishtante vasadrishiganairavritam brahmanishthaih | Acharyendram karakalitachinmudramanandarupam Svatmaramam muditavadanam daxinamurtimide || Vatavitapisamipe bhumibhage nishannam Sakalamunijananam gyanadataramarat | Tribhuvanagurumisham daxinamurtidevam Jananamaranaduhkhachchhedadaxam namami || Chitram vatatarormule vriddah shishya gururyuva | Gurostu maunam vyakhyanam shishyastu chhinnasamshayah || Nidhaye sarvavidyanam bhishaje bhavaroginam | Gurave sarvalokanam daxinamurtaye namah || Om namah pranavarthaya shuddagyanaikamurtaye | Nirmalaya prashantaya daxinamurtaye namah || Dakshinamurti Stotram Vishvam darpanadrishyamaananagariitulyam nijaantargatam Pashyannaatmani maayayaa bahirivodhbhuutam yadaa nidrayaa Yah saakshaatkurute prabodhasamaye svaatmaanamevaadvayam Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 1 The universe is the reflection of a mirror the truth is the supreme Brahman, the one without a second the mind, senses and intellect are all able to only discern the reflection of the atman the identity of the brahman and the atman is apparent after self-illumination I offer my profound salutations to the auspicious guru, who is an embodiment of Dakshinamurti, and whose grace is responsible for the illumination. Biijasyaantarivaankuro jagadidam praannirvikalpam punah Maayaakalpita deshakaalakalanaa vaichitryachitriikritamh Maayaaviiva vijrimbhayatyapi mahaayogiiva yah svechchhayaa Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 2 He in whom this universe, prior to its projection was present like a tree in a seed (unmanifested), and by whose magic this was transformed (manifested) in various forms, by his own will similar to a yogi's- to that Dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my profound salutations. Yasyaiva sphuranam sadaatmakamasatkalpaarthakam bhaasate Saakshaattattvamasiiti vedavachasaa yo bodhayatyaashritaanh Yatsaakshaatkaranaadbhavenna punaraavrittirbhavaambhonidhau Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 3 He, by whose light the (unreal) universe appears real, teaches the truth of brahman to those who want to know the atman through the Vedic statement tattvamasi (thou art that) and he who puts an end to the samsaric cycle - to that dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my profound salutations. Naanaachchhidraghatodarasthitahaadiipaprabhaabhaasvaram Gyaanam yasya tu chakshuraadikaranadvaaraa bahih spandate Jaanaamiiti tameva bhaantamanubhaatyetatsamastam jagath Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 4 He whose light gleams through the senses like the light emanating from a pot with holes (in which a lamp is kept), he whose knowledge alone brings the state of knowing (I am that), he whose brightness makes everything shine - to that Dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my profound salutations Deham praanamapiindriyaanyapi chalaam buddhim cha shuunyam viduh Striibaalaandhaja dopamaastvahamiti bhraantaa bhrisham vaadinah Maayaashaktivilaasakalpitamahaa vyaamohasanhaarine Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 5 Some philosophers contend the body, senses, life-breath, intellect and non-existence (shunya) as the real `I' (atman) their comprehension is worse than that of women, children, blind and the dull. He who destroys this delusion caused by maya (and makes us aware of the truth)- to that Dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my profound salutations Raahugrastadivaakarendusadrisho maayaasamaachchhaadanaath Sanmaatrah karanopasanharanato yoabhuutsushhuptah pumaanh Praagasvaapsamiti prabodhasamaye yah pratyabhigyaayate Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 6 The brillance of sun exists even when intercepted by rahu during eclipse similarly, the power of cognition only remains suspended during deep sleep the self exists as pure being even though unrecognized due to the veil of maya a person on awakening becomes aware that he was asleep earlier (and the dream was unreal) similarly, a person who awakens to the consciousness of the self recognizes his previous state of ignorance as unreal he by whose grace alone does one awaken to the consciousness of the self - to that dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my profound salutations Baalyaadishhvapi jaagradaadishhu tathaa sarvaasvavasthaasvapi Vyaavrittaasvanuvartamaanamahamityantah sphurantam sadaa Svaatmaanam prakatiikaroti bhajataam yo mudrayaa bhadrayaa Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 7 He, whose existence is changeless throughout the various states of the body (like old, young etc) and the mind (waking, dreaming etc), and who reveals the greatest knowledge of atman by gyaana-mudra (the joining of the thumb and the forefinger of a raised right hand) - to that Dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my Profound salutations Vishvam pashyati kaaryakaaranatayaa svasvaamisambandhatah Shishhyaachaaryatayaa tayaiva pitriputraadyaatmanaa bhedatah Svapne jaagrati vaa ya eshha purushho maayaaparibhraamitah Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 8 He, whose power of maya enables one to experience the world as multiform, (like teacher, disciple, father, son etc) during both the waking and dream states - to that dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my profound salutations Bhuurambhaansyanaloaniloambaramaharnaatho himaanshuh pumaanh Ityaabhaati charaacharaatmakamidam yasyaiva muurtyashhtakamh Naanyatkijnchana vidyate vimrishataam yasmaatparasmaadvibhoh Tasmai shriigurumuurtaye nama idam shriidakshinaamuurtaye 9 He, whose subtle and unmanifest eightfold form causes the moving and unmoving universe, and by whose grace alone does all these manifestation disappear to reveal that `all that exists is brahman' - to that dakshinamurti, Who is embodied in the auspicious guru, I offer my profound salutations. Sarvaatmatvamiti sphutiikritamidam yasmaadamushhminh stave Tenaasya shravanaattadarthamananaaddhyaanaachcha sankiirtanaath Sarvaatmatvamahaavibhuutisahitam syaadiishvaratvam svatah Siddhyettatpunarashhtadhaa parinatam chaishvaryamavyaahatamh 10 The verse points out to the all pervasiveness of the indwelling spirit, atman by the recital, contemplation and meditation of this hymn, the disciple attains the state of oneness with atman and realizes his unity with the universe, thus becoming the very essence of the eightfold manifestation. Vatavitapisamiipe bhuumibhaage nishhannam Sakalamunijanaanaam gyanadaataaramaaraath Tribhuvanagurumiisham dakshinaamuurtidevam Jananamaranaduhkhachchhedadaksham namaami