Goddess Bhavani

bhavānī bhujaṅga prayāta stotraṃ

(Bhavani Bhujanga Prayata Stotram in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

Attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, the Bhavani Bhujanga Prayata Stotram is a profound devotional hymn dedicated to Goddess Bhavani, a fierce and compassionate manifestation of the Divine Mother. Composed in the rhythmic Bhujanga Prayata meter, the verses evoke the imagery of the serpent-like Kundalini energy rising through the chakras. The stotra highlights the Goddess's radiant form and her role in bestowing liberation and spiritual wisdom. Chanting this hymn is believed to cleanse the practitioner's mind, awaken spiritual consciousness, and grant the grace of the Mother, leading to both material prosperity and ultimate self-realization.

ṣaḍādhārapaṅkeruhāntarvirāja-
-tsuṣumnāntarāle'titejollasantīm |
sudhāmaṇḍalaṃ drāvayantīṃ pibantīṃ
sudhāmūrtimīḍe cidānandarūpām || 1 ||
jvalatkoṭibālārkabhāsāruṇāṅgīṃ
sulāvaṇyaśṛṅgāraśobhābhirāmām |
mahāpadmakiñjalkamadhye virāja-
-ttrikoṇe niṣaṇṇāṃ bhaje śrībhavānīm || 2 ||
kvaṇatkiṅkiṇīnūpurodbhāsiratna-
-prabhālīḍhalākṣārdrapādābjayugmam |
ajeśācyutādyaiḥ suraiḥ sevyamānaṃ
mahādevi manmūrdhni te bhāvayāmi || 3 ||
suśoṇāmbarābaddhanīvīvirāja-
-nmahāratnakāñcīkalāpaṃ nitambam |
sphuraddakṣiṇāvartanābhiṃ ca tisro
valīramba te romarājiṃ bhaje'ham || 4 ||
lasadvṛttamuttuṅgamāṇikyakumbho-
-pamaśrī stanadvandvamambāmbujākṣi |
bhaje dugdhapūrṇābhirāmaṃ tavedaṃ
mahāhāradīptaṃ sadā prasnutāsyam || 5 ||
śirīṣaprasūnollasadbāhudaṇḍai-
-rjvaladbāṇakodaṇḍapāśāṅkuśaiśca |
calatkaṅkaṇodārakeyūrabhūṣo-
-jjvaladbhirlasantīṃ bhaje śrībhavānīm || 6 ||
śaratpūrṇacandraprabhāpūrṇabimbā-
-dharasmeravaktrāravindāṃ suśāntām |
suratnāvalīhāratāṭaṅkaśobhāṃ
mahāsuprasannāṃ bhaje śrībhavānīm || 7 ||
sunāsāpuṭaṃ sundarabhrūlalāṭaṃ
tavauṣṭhaśriyaṃ dānadakṣaṃ kaṭākṣam |
lalāṭe lasadgandhakastūribhūṣaṃ
sphuracchrīmukhāmbhojamīḍe'hamamba || 8 ||
calatkuntalāntarbhramadbhṛṅgabṛndaṃ
ghanasnigdhadhammillabhūṣojjvalaṃ te |
sphuranmaulimāṇikyabaddhendurekhā-
-vilāsollasaddivyamūrdhānamīḍe || 9 ||
iti śrībhavāni svarūpaṃ tavedaṃ
prapañcātparaṃ cātisūkṣmaṃ prasannam |
sphuratvamba ḍimbhasya me hṛtsaroje
sadā vāṅmayaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ ca || 10 ||
gaṇeśābhimukhyākhilaiḥ śaktibṛndai-
-rvṛtāṃ vai sphuraccakrarājollasantīm |
parāṃ rājarājeśvari traipuri tvāṃ
śivāṅkoparisthāṃ śivāṃ bhāvayāmi || 11 ||
tvamarkastvamindustvamagnistvamāpa-
-stvamākāśabhūvāyavastvaṃ mahattvam |
tvadanyo na kaścit prapañco'sti sarvaṃ
sadānandasaṃvitsvarūpaṃ bhaje'ham || 12 ||
śrutīnāmagamye suvedāgamajñā
mahimno na jānanti pāraṃ tavāmba |
stutiṃ kartumicchāmi te tvaṃ bhavāni
kṣamasvedamatra pramugdhaḥ kilāham || 13 ||
gurustvaṃ śivastvaṃ ca śaktistvameva
tvamevāsi mātā pitā ca tvameva |
tvamevāsi vidyā tvamevāsi bandhu-
-rgatirme matirdevi sarvaṃ tvameva || 14 ||
śaraṇye vareṇye sukāruṇyamūrte
hiraṇyodarādyairagaṇye supuṇye |
bhavāraṇyabhīteśca māṃ pāhi bhadre
namaste namaste namaste bhavāni || 15 ||
itīmāṃ mahacchrībhavānībhujaṅgaṃ
stutiṃ yaḥ paṭhedbhaktiyuktaśca tasmai |
svakīyaṃ padaṃ śāśvataṃ vedasāraṃ
śriyaṃ cāṣṭasiddhiṃ bhavānī dadāti || 16 ||
bhavānī bhavānī bhavānī trivāraṃ
udāraṃ mudā sarvadā ye japanti |
na śokaṃ na mohaṃ na pāpaṃ na bhītiḥ
kadācitkathañcitkutaścijjanānām || 17 ||
|| iti śrīmacchaṅkarācāryaviracitā bhavānī bhujaṅgaṃ sampūrṇam ||

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