Goddess Annapurna

annapūrṇā cālīsā

(Annapurna Chalisa in English (IAST))

Also known as visvesvarapadapadama ki rajanija sisalagaya

The Annapurna Chalisa, forty verses to the goddess of Kashi who feeds the world, from whose hand even Shiva took alms. Recited for a household that never lacks food.

dohā

viśveśvara-padapadama kī, raja-nija śīśa-lagāya|
annapūrṇe! tava suyaśa, baranauṃ kavi-matilāya||

caupāī

nitya ānanda kariṇī mātā| vara-aru abhaya bhāva prakhyātā || 1||
jaya! sauṃdarya sindhu jaga-jananī| akhila pāpa hara bhava-bhaya haranī ||
śveta badana para śveta basana puni| santana tuva pada sevata ṛṣimuni||
kāśī purādhīśvarī mātā| māheśvarī sakala jaga-trātā||
bṛṣabhāruṛha nāma rudrāṇī| viśva vihāriṇi jaya! kalyāṇī||
padidevatā sutīta śiromani| padavī prāpta kīhna giri-naṃdini||
pati vichoha dukha sahi nahi pāvā| yoga agni taba badana jarāvā||
deha tajata śiva-caraṇa sanehū| rākhehu jāte himagiri-gehū||
prakaṭī girijā nāma dharāyo| ati ānanda bhavana ma~ha chāyo||
nārada ne taba tohiṃ bharamāyahu| byāha karana hita pāṭha paṛhāyahu|||| 10||
brahmā-varuṇa-kubera ganāye| devarāja ādika kahi gāya||
saba devana ko sujasa bakhānī| matipalaṭana kī mana ma~ha ṭhānī||
acala rahīṃ tuma praṇa para dhanyā| kīhnī siddha himācala kanyā||
nija kau tava nārada ghabarāye| taba praṇa-pūraṇa maṃtra paṛhāye||
karana hetu tapa tohiṃ upadeśeu| santa-bacana tuma satya parekhehu||
gaganagirā suni ṭarī na ṭāre| brahmā, taba tuva pāsa padhāre||
kaheu putri vara mā~gu anūpā| dehu~ āja tuva mati anurupā||
tuma tapa kīnha alaukika bhārī| kaṣṭa uṭhāyehu ati sukumārī||
aba saṃdeha chā~ṛi kachu mosoṃ| hai saugaṃdha nahīṃ chala tosoṃ||
karata veda vida brahmā jānahu| vacana mora yaha sāṃco mānahu|||| 20||
taji saṃkoca kahahu nija icchā| dehauṃ maiṃ mana mānī bhikṣā||
suni brahmā kī madhurī bānī| mukhasoṃ kachu musukāyi bhavānī||
bolī tuma kā kahahu vidhātā| tuma to jagake sraṣṭādhātā||
mama kāmanā gupta nahiṃ toṃsoṃ| kahavāvā cāhahu kā mosoṃ||
ijña yajña maha~ maratī bārā| śaṃbhunātha puni hohiṃ hamārā||
so aba milahiṃ mohiṃ manabhāya| kahi tathāstu vidhi dhāma sidhāye||
taba girijā śaṃkara tava bhayaū| phala kāmanā saṃśaya gayaū||
candrakoṭi ravi koṭi prakāśā| taba ānana maha~ karata nivāsā||
mālā pustaka aṃkuśa sohai| karama~ha apara pāśa mana mohe||
annapūrṇe! sadapūrṇe| aja-anavadya ananta apūrṇe|||| 30||
kṛpā sagarī kṣemaṃkarī mā~| bhava-vibhūti ānanda bharī mā~||
kamala bilocana vilasita bāle| devi kālike! caṇḍi karāle||
tuma kailāsa māṃhi hvai girijā| vilasī ānandasātha sindhujā||
svarga-mahālakṣmī kahalāyī| martya-loka lakṣmī padapāyī||
vilasī saba ma~ha sarva sarupā| sevata tohiṃ amara pura-bhūpā||
jo paṛhihahiṃ yaha tuva cālīsā| phala paihahiṃ śubha sākhī īsā||
prāta samaya jo jana mana lāyo| paṛhihahiṃ bhakti suruci aghikāyo||
strī-kalatra pati mitra-putra yuta| paramaiśvarya lābha lahi adbhuta||
rāja vimukhako rāja divāvai| jasa tero jana-sujasa baṛhāvai||
pāṭha mahā muda maṃgala dātā| bhakta mano vāṃchita nidhipātā|| 40||

dohā

jo yaha cālīsā subhaga, paṛhi nāvahiṃge mātha|
tinake kāraja siddha saba, sākhī kāśī nātha||

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