Goddess Lalita

devī bhujaṅga stotraṃ

(Devi Bhujanga Stotram in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

The Devi Bhujanga Stotram is a profound devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, dedicated to Goddess Lalita Tripurasundari. The stotram is composed in the rhythmic Bhujanga-prayatā meter, mimicking the undulating grace of a serpent. It celebrates the Goddess as the supreme embodiment of consciousness and the divine consort of Lord Shiva. Chanting this hymn is believed to awaken latent spiritual energy, purify the practitioner’s intellect, and lead to the realization of non-dual consciousness. It serves as a powerful meditative tool for seekers aiming to transcend worldly illusions and attain liberation through the grace of the Mother Divine.

viriñcyādibhiḥ pañcabhirlokapālaiḥ
samūḍhe mahānandapīṭhe niṣaṇṇam |
dhanurbāṇapāśāṅkuśaprotahastaṃ
mahastraipuraṃ śaṅkarādvaitamavyāt || 1 ||
yadannādibhiḥ pañcabhiḥ kośajālaiḥ
śiraḥpakṣapucchātmakairantarantaḥ |
nigūḍhe mahāyogapīṭhe niṣaṇṇaṃ
purārerathāntaḥpuraṃ naumi nityam || 2 ||
viriñcādirūpaiḥ prapañce vihṛtya
svatantrā yadā svātmaviśrāntireṣā |
tadā mānamātṛprameyātiriktaṃ
parānandamīḍe bhavāni tvadīyam || 3 ||
vinodāya caitanyamekaṃ vibhajya
dvidhā devi jīvaḥ śivaśceti nāmnā |
śivasyāpi jīvatvamāpādayantī
punarjīvamenaṃ śivaṃ vā karoṣi || 4 ||
samākuñcya mūlaṃ hṛdi nyasya vāyuṃ
mano bhrūbilaṃ prāpayitvā nivṛttāḥ |
tataḥ saccidānandarūpe pade te
bhavantyamba jīvāḥ śivatvena kecit || 5 ||
śarīre'tikaṣṭe ripau putravarge
sadābhītimūle kalatre dhane vā |
na kaścidvirajyatyaho devi citraṃ
kathaṃ tvatkaṭākṣaṃ vinā tattvabodhaḥ || 6 ||
śarīre dhane'patyavarge kalatre
viraktasya saddeśikādiṣṭabuddheḥ |
yadākasmikaṃ jyotirānandarūpaṃ
samādhau bhavettattvamasyamba satyam || 7 ||
mṛṣānyo mṛṣānyaḥ paro miśramenaṃ
paraḥ prākṛtaṃ cāparo buddhimātram |
prapañcaṃ mimīte munīnāṃ gaṇo'yaṃ
tadetattvameveti na tvāṃ jahīmaḥ || 8 ||
nivṛttiḥ pratiṣṭhā ca vidyā ca śānti-
stathā śāntyatīteti pañcīkṛtābhiḥ |
kalābhiḥ pare pañcaviṃśātmikābhi-
stvamekaiva sevyā śivābhinnarūpā || 9 ||
agādhe'tra saṃsārapaṅke nimagnaṃ
kalatrādibhāreṇa khinnaṃ nitāntam |
mahāmohapāśaughabaddhaṃ cirānmāṃ
samuddhartumamba tvamekaiva śaktā || 10 ||
samārabhya mūlaṃ gato brahmacakraṃ
bhavaddivyacakreśvarīdhāmabhājaḥ |
mahāsiddhisaṅghātakalpadrumābhā-
navāpyāmba nādānupāste ca yogī || 11 ||
gaṇeśairgrahairamba nakṣatrapaṅktyā
tathā yoginīrāśipīṭhairabhinnam |
mahākālamātmānamāmṛśya lokaṃ
vidhatse kṛtiṃ vā sthitiṃ vā maheśi || 12 ||
lasattārahārāmatisvacchacelāṃ
vahantīṃ kare pustakaṃ cākṣamālām |
śaraccandrakoṭiprabhābhāsurāṃ tvāṃ
sakṛdbhāvayanbhāratīvallabhaḥ syāt || 13 ||
samudyatsahasrārkabimbābhavaktrāṃ
svabhāsaiva sindūritājāṇḍakoṭim |
dhanurbāṇapāśāṅkuśāndhārayantīṃ
smarantaḥ smaraṃ vāpi sammohayeyuḥ || 14 ||
maṇisyūtatāṭaṅkaśoṇāsyabimbāṃ
haritpaṭṭavastrāṃ tvagullāsibhūṣām |
hṛdā bhāvayaṃstaptahemaprabhāṃ tvāṃ
śriyo nāśayatyamba cāñcalyabhāvam || 15 ||
mahāmantrarājāntabījaṃ parākhyaṃ
svato nyastabindu svayaṃ nyastahārdam |
bhavadvaktravakṣojaguhyābhidhānaṃ
svarūpaṃ sakṛdbhāvayetsa tvameva || 16 ||
tathānye vikalpeṣu nirviṇṇacittā-
stadekaṃ samādhāya bindutrayaṃ te |
parānandasandhānasindhau nimagnāḥ
punargarbharandhraṃ na paśyanti dhīrāḥ || 17 ||
tvadunmeṣalīlānubandhādhikārā-
nviriñcyādikāṃstvadguṇāmbhodhibindūn |
bhajantastitīrṣanti saṃsārasindhuṃ
śive tāvakīnā susambhāvaneyam || 18 ||
kadā vā bhavatpādapotena tūrṇaṃ
bhavāmbhodhimuttīrya pūrṇāntaraṅgaḥ |
nimajjantamenaṃ durāśāviṣābdhau
samālokya lokaṃ kathaṃ paryudāsse || 19 ||
kadāvā hṛṣīkāṇi sāmyaṃ bhajeyuḥ
kadā vā na śatrurna mitraṃ bhavāni |
kadā vā durāśāviṣūcīvilopaḥ
kadā vā mano me samūlaṃ vinaśyet || 20 ||
namovākamāśāsmahe devi yuṣma-
tpadāmbhojayugmāya tigmāya gauri |
viriñcyādibhāsvatkirīṭapratolī-
pradīpāyamānaprabhābhāsvarāya || 21 ||
kace candrarekhaṃ kuce tārahāraṃ
kare svāducāpaṃ śare ṣaṭpadaugham |
smarāmi smarārerabhiprāyamekaṃ
madāghūrṇanetraṃ madīyaṃ nidhānam || 22 ||
śareṣveva nāsā dhanuṣveva jihvā
japāpāṭale locane te svarūpe |
tvageṣā bhavaccandrakhaṇḍe śravo me
guṇe te manovṛttiramba tvayi syāt || 23 ||
jagatkarmadhīrānvacodhūtakīrān
kucanyastahārāṅkṛpāsindhupūrān |
bhavāmbhodhipārānmahāpāpadūrān
bhaje vedasārāṃśivapremadārān || 24 ||
sudhāsindhusāre cidānandanīre
samutphullanīpe suratrāntarīpe |
maṇivyūhasāle sthite haimaśāle
manojārivāme niṣaṇṇaṃ mano me || 25 ||
dṛgante vilolā sugandhīṣumālā
prapañcendrajālā vipatsindhukūlā |
munisvāntaśālā namallokapālā
hṛdi premalolāmṛtasvādulīlā || 26 ||
jagajjālametattvayaivāmba sṛṣṭaṃ
tvamevādya yāsīndriyairarthajālam |
tvamekaiva kartrī tvamekaiva bhoktrī
na me puṇyapāpe na me bandhamokṣau || 27 ||
iti premabhāreṇa kiñcinmayoktaṃ
na budhvaiva tattvaṃ madīyaṃ tvadīyam |
vinodāya bālasya maurkhyaṃ hi mātas-
tadetatpralāpastutiṃ me gṛhāṇa || 28 ||
|| iti śrīmacchaṅkarācāryaviracitā devībhujaṅgaṃ sampūrṇam ||

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