मौलौ हठेन निहितं महिषासुरस्य ।
पादाम्बुजं भवतु मे विजयाय मञ्जु-
-मञ्जीरशिञ्जितमनोहरमम्बिकायाः ॥ 1 ॥
- ānandam anthara-purandara-mukta-mālyaṃIndra's released garland being in the midst of joy
- maulau haṭhena nihitaṃ mahiṣāsurasyaforcibly placed on the head of Mahiṣāsura
- pādāmbujam bhavatu me vijayāyamay the lotus feet grant me victory
- mañju-mañjīra-śiñjita-manoharam ambikāyāḥthe charming and lovely anklet-jingling (feet) of Ambikā.
शर्वाणि त्रिपुरे मृडानि वरदे रुद्राणि कात्यायनि ।
भीमे भैरवि चण्डि शर्वरिकले कालक्षये शूलिनि
त्वत्पादप्रणताननन्यमनसः पर्याकुलान्पाहि नः ॥ 2 ॥
- deviO Goddess
- tryambaka-patniwife of Tryambaka (Śiva)
- pārvatiPārvatī
- satiSatī
- trailokya-mātaMother of the three worlds
- śiveO auspicious one
- śarvaṇiŚarvaṇī
- tripureTripurā
- mṛḍāniMṛḍānī
- varadeVaradā (boon-giver)
- rudrāṇiRudrāṇī
- kātyāyaniKātyāyanī
- bhīmeO fearsome one
- bhairaviBhairavī
- caṇḍiCaṇḍī
- śarvari-kaleŚarvarī (night) / Kalā
- kāla-kṣaye śūliniŚūlinī at time's end
- tvat-pāda-praṇatān ananya-manasaḥus who, bowing to your feet with undivided minds
- paryākulān pāhi naḥprotect us who are greatly troubled.
-न्त्याजन्मस्फुरदङ्घ्रिपीठविलुठत्कोटीरकोटिच्छटाः ।
यस्त्वामर्चति सोऽर्च्यते सुरगणैर्यः स्तौति स स्तूयते
यस्त्वां ध्यायति तं स्मरार्तिविधुरा ध्यायन्ति वामभ्रुवः ॥ 3 ॥
- devi tvāṃ sakṛt eva yaḥ praṇamatiO Goddess, the one who prostrates to you even once
- kṣoṇī-bhṛtaḥ taṃ namantikings bow to him
- ā-janma-sphurad-aṅghri-pīṭha-viluṭhat-koṭīra-koṭi-cchaTāḥtheir crowns glittering at the footstool from birth onward
- yas tvāṃ arcati so'rcyate sura-gaṇaiḥthe one who worships you is worshipped by hosts of gods
- yaḥ stauti sa stūyatethe one who praises you is praised
- yas tvāṃ dhyāyati taṃ smarārti-vidhurā dhyāyanti vāma-bhruvaḥthe one who meditates on you – lovely-browed women, tormented by the pain of Love, meditate on him.
प्राप्तप्रौढमदा इवार्तिविरहग्रस्ता इवार्ता इव ।
ये ध्यायन्ति हि शैलराजतनयां धन्यास्त एवाग्रतः
त्यक्तोपाधिविवृद्धरागमनसो ध्यायन्ति तान्सुभ्रुवः ॥ 4 ॥
- unmattā ivalike those in frenzy
- sa-grahā ivalike those seized by planetary spirits
- viṣa-vyāsakta-mūrchhā ivalike those stupefied by poison
- prāpta-prauḍha-madā ivalike those who have attained full intoxication
- ārti-viraha-grastā iva ārtā ivalike those tormented by the anguish of separation
- ye dhyāyanti hi śaila-rāja-tanayāṃthose who meditate on the daughter of the mountain king
- dhanyāḥ te eva agrataḥthey alone are the blessed ones foremost
- tyakta-upādhi-vivṛddha-rāga-manasaḥwhose minds have abandoned limiting conditions and are filled with pure Love
- dhyāyanti tān subhruvaḥlovely-browed (women) meditate on them.
लावण्ययौवनधनैरपि विप्रयुक्ताः ।
ते विस्फुरन्ति ललितायतलोचनानां
चित्तैकभित्तिलिखितप्रतिमाः पुमांसः ॥ 5 ॥
- dhyāyanti ye kṣaṇam api tripure hṛdi tvāṃthose who meditate on you, O Tripurā, in the heart even for a moment
- lāvaṇya-yauvana-dhanaiḥ api viprayuktāḥthough separated from the wealth of beauty and youth
- te visphuranatithey shine forth
- lalita-āyata-locanānāṃin (the minds of) women with large and lovely eyes
- citta-eka-bhitti-likhita-pratimāḥ pumāṃsaḥmen (painted) as images on the sole wall of their hearts.
किं वाऽमुं निगराम्यनेन सहसा किं वैकतामाश्रये ।
यस्येत्थं विवशो विकल्पललिताकूतेन योषिज्जनः
किं तद्यन्न करोति देवि हृदये यस्य त्वमावर्तसे ॥ 6 ॥
- etaṃ kiṃ nu dṛśā pibāmishall I drink this one with my eyes?
- uta viśāmi asya aṅgam aṅgaiḥ nijaiḥor shall I enter her body with my own limbs?
- kiṃ vā amum nigarāmi anena sahasāor shall I swallow her suddenly?
- kiṃ vā ekatām āśrayeor shall I become one with her?
- yasya itthaṃ vivaśaḥ vikalpa-lalitā-kūtena yoṣij-janaḥof one made helpless by the caprice of the beautiful Lalitā's fancies, a woman
- kiṃ tat yan na karotiwhat is there that she does not make him do?
- devi hṛdaye yasya tvam āvartaseO Goddess, in the heart of one in whom you dwell.
शब्दः शक्तिरिति त्रिलोकजननि त्वय्येव तथ्यस्थितिः ।
इत्थं सत्यपि शक्नुवन्ति यदिमाः क्षुद्रा रुजो बाधितुं
त्वद्भक्तानपि न क्षिणोषि च रुषा तद्देवि चित्रं महत् ॥ 7 ॥
- viśva-vyāpiniO all-pervading one
- yadvat īśvara iti sthāṇau ananya-āśrayaḥ śabdaḥjust as the word 'Īśvara' has exclusive application to the Immovable (Śiva)
- śaktiḥ iti tri-loka-janani tvayyeva tathya-sthitiḥso the word 'Śakti' truly applies to you alone, O Mother of the three worlds
- itthaṃ sati api śaknuvanti yad imāḥ kṣudrā rujaḥ bādhituṃ tvad-bhaktān apiyet, given this, these petty afflictions are able to trouble even your devotees
- na kṣiṇoṣi ca ruṣāand you too do not wipe them out in anger
- tat devi citram mahatO Goddess, this is a great wonder.
पाण्डूत्फुल्लसरोरुहासनगता स्निग्धप्रदीपच्छविम् ।
वर्षन्तीममृतं भवानि भवतीं ध्यायन्ति ये देहिनः
ते निर्मुक्तरुजो भवन्ति रिपवः प्रोज्झन्ति तान्दूरतः ॥ 8 ॥
- indoḥ madhya-gatāṃstationed within the moon's disc
- mṛgāṅka-sadṛśa-cchāyāṃ manoháriṇīṃof moonlike lovely shadow
- pāṇḍu-utphulla-saroruha-āsana-gatāseated on the white fully-bloomed lotus throne
- snigdha-pradīpa-cchavimwith the beauty of a tender lamp-flame
- varṣantīm amṛtaṃ bhavāni bhavatīṃ dhyāyanti ye dehinaḥthose embodied beings who meditate on you, O Bhavānī, showering nectar
- te nirmukta-rujaḥ bhavantithey become free of disease
- ripavaḥ projjhanti tān dūrataḥand their enemies abandon them from afar.
क्षीराब्धेर्लहरीभरैरिव सुधापङ्कस्य पिण्डैरिव ।
प्रालेयैरिव निर्मितं तव वपुर्ध्यायन्ति ये श्रद्धया
चित्तान्तर्निहितार्तितापविपदस्ते सम्पदं बिभ्रति ॥ 9 ॥
- pūrṇendoḥ śakalaiḥ iva atibahulaiḥas if of very thick slices of the full moon
- pīyūṣa-pūraiḥ ivaas if of flood-streams of nectar
- kṣīra-abdheḥ laharī-bharaiḥ ivaas if of masses of waves from the milk-ocean
- sudhā-paṅkasya piṇḍaiḥ ivaas if of lumps of nectar-mud
- prāleyaiḥ iva nirmitaṃ tava vapuḥ dhyāyanti ye śraddhayāthose who meditate with faith on your body as if fashioned of snowflakes
- citta-antaḥ-nihita-ārti-tāpa-vipadaḥ te sampadaṃ bibhratithose (ones), having dispelled afflictions, suffering, and calamities hidden in the heart, bear prosperity.
त्वां ग्रन्थिपञ्चकभिदं तरुणार्कशोणाम् ।
रागार्णवे बहलरागिणि मज्जयन्तीं
कृत्स्नं जगद्दधति चेतसि तान्मृगाक्ष्यः ॥ 10 ॥
- ye saṃsmaranti taralāṃ sahasā ullasantīṃthose who hold in mind the restless (you) suddenly flashing forth
- tvāṃ granthi-pañcaka-bhidaṃ(you) who pierce the five knots (of the five chakras)
- taruṇa-arka-śoṇāṃrosy as the young sun
- rāga-arṇave bahala-rāgiṇi majjayantīṃdrowning in the ocean of passion that which is deeply passionate
- kṛtsnaṃ jagatthe whole world
- dadhati cetasi tān mṛgākṣyaḥdeer-eyed women bear those men in their hearts.
अन्तः स्मरत्यनुदिनं भवतीं भवानि ।
यस्तं स्मरप्रतिममप्रतिमस्वरूपाः
नेत्रोत्पलैर्मृगदृशो भृशमर्चयन्ति ॥ 11 ॥
- lākṣā-rasa-snapita-paṅkaja-tantu-tanvīṃslender as a lotus filament soaked in lac-juice
- antaḥ smarati anudinaṃ bhavatīṃ bhavāniwho meditates within on you daily, O Bhavānī
- yas taṃthat one
- smara-pratimam apratima-svarūpāḥwomen whose forms rival Kāma himself, of incomparable beauty
- netra-utpalaiḥ mṛga-dṛśaḥ bhṛśam arcayantideer-eyed women ardently worship with the lotuses of their eyes.
कदम्बमालां बिभ्राणामापादतललम्बिनीम् ॥ 12 ॥
- stummas tvāṃ vācam avyaktāṃwe praise you, the unmanifest Speech
- hima-kunda-indu-rociṣamwhite as frost, jasmine, and moon
- kadamba-mālāṃ bibhrāṇāmbearing a garland of kadamba flowers
- āpāda-tala-lambinīmhanging down to the feet.
वर्षन्तीममृतं सरोरुहभुवो वक्त्रेऽपि रन्ध्रेऽपि च ।
अच्छिन्ना च मनोहरा च ललिता चातिप्रसन्नापि च
त्वामेवं स्मरतः स्मरारिदयिते वाक्सर्वतो वल्गति ॥ 13 ॥
- mūrdhni indoḥ sita-paṅkaja-āsana-gatāṃstationed at the crown within the moon, seated on a white lotus
- prāleya-pāṇḍu-tviṣaṃof snow-white radiance
- varṣantīm amṛtaṃshowering nectar
- saroruha-bhuvaḥ vaktre api randhre api caupon the face too and upon the brahmarandhra (crown opening)
- acchinnā ca manohārā ca lalitā ca atiprasannā api cauninterrupted and beautiful and graceful and exceedingly serene
- tvām evaṃ smarataḥ smara-āri-dayiteof one who meditates on you thus, O beloved of the enemy of Love (Śiva)
- vāk sarvataḥ valgatispeech flows everywhere.
दहत्याधीन्व्याधीन् शमयति सुखानि प्रतनुते ।
हठादन्तर्दुःखं दलयति पिनष्टीष्टविरहं
सकृद्ध्याता देवी किमिव निरवद्यं न कुरुते ॥ 14 ॥
- dadāti iṣṭān bhogānshe grants desired enjoyments
- kṣapayati ripūndestroys enemies
- hanti vipadaḥkills calamities
- dahati ādhīn vyādhīnburns mental anguish and physical disease
- śamayati sukhāni pratanutebestows pleasures
- haṭhāt antaḥ-duḥkhaṃ dalayatiwith force splits inner suffering
- pinaṣṭi iṣṭa-virahaṃgrinds the pain of separation from the beloved
- sakṛt dhyātā devī kiṃ iva niravadyaṃ na kurutewhat does the Goddess, meditated upon even once, not accomplish blamelessly?
-त्यन्वेति प्रतिपद्यते कलयति स्तौत्याश्रयत्यर्चति ।
यश्च त्र्यम्बकवल्लभे तव गुणानाकर्णयत्यादरात्
तस्य श्रीर्न गृहादपैति विजयस्तस्याग्रतो धावति ॥ 15 ॥
- yaḥ tvāṃ dhyāyatiwho meditates on you
- vettiknows
- vindatiattains
- japatirecites
- ālokatevisualizes
- cintayaticontemplates
- anvetifollows
- pratipadyateapprehends
- kalayatihonours
- stautipraises
- āśrayatitakes refuge in
- arcatiworships
- yaḥ ca tryambaka-vallabhe tava guṇān ākarṇayati ādarātand the one who respectfully listens to your qualities, O beloved of Tryambaka
- tasya śrīḥ na gṛhāt apaitiLakṣmī never departs from his home
- vijayaḥ tasya agrataḥ dhāvativictory runs before him.
का का कीर्तिः कुलकमलिनि ख्याप्यते न स्तुतायाम् ।
का का सिद्धिः सुरवरनुते प्राप्यते नार्चितायां
कं कं योगं त्वयि न चिनुते चित्तमालम्बितायाम् ॥ 16 ॥
- kiṃ kiṃ duḥkhaṃ danuja-dalani kṣīyate na smṛtāyāṃO destroyer of demons, what suffering is not dissolved when you are remembered?
- kā kā kīrtiḥ kula-kamalini khyāpyate na stutāyāṃO garland of the lotus clan, what glory is not proclaimed when you are praised?
- kā kā siddhiḥ sura-vara-nute prāpyate na arcitāyāṃO honoured by the best of gods, what siddhi is not attained when you are worshipped?
- kaṃ kaṃ yogaṃ tvayi na cinute cittam ālambhitāyāṃwhat yoga does the mind not accumulate by depending on you?
ये कालि कालघनपाशनितान्तबद्धाः ।
ये चण्डि चण्डगुरुकल्मषसिन्धुमग्नाः
तान्पासि मोचयसि तारयसि स्मृतैव ॥ 17 ॥
- ye devi durdhara-kṛtānta-mukha-antasthaḥO Goddess, those who stand within the jaws of the hard-to-resist God of Death
- ye kāli kāla-ghana-pāśa-nitānta-baddhāḥO Kālī, those firmly bound in the noose of dense clouds of time
- ye caṇḍi caṇḍa-guru-kalmaṣa-sindhu-magnāḥO Caṇḍī, those submerged in the ocean of fierce and heavy sin
- tān pāsi mocayasi tārayasi smṛtā evayou protect, release, and ferry them across, merely by being remembered.
त्वत्पादपङ्कजरजांसि चिरं जयन्ति ।
यानि प्रणाममिलितानि नृणां ललाटे
लुम्पन्ति दैवलिखितानि दुरक्षराणि ॥ 18 ॥
- lakṣmī-vaśīkaraṇa-cūrṇa-sahodarāṇisisters of the powder that captivates Lakṣmī
- tvat-pāda-paṅkaja-rajāṃsi ciraṃ jayantithe dust of your lotus feet long prevails
- yāni praṇāma-militāni nṛṇāṃ lalāṭewhich, gathering at the forehead in the act of prostration
- lumpanti daiva-likhitāni dur-akṣarāṇierase the ill-written letters inscribed by fate.
यज्ञैर्वा बहुदक्षिणैः किमितरे रिक्तीक्रियन्ते गृहाः ।
भक्तिश्चेदविनाशिनी भगवतीपादद्वयी सेव्यतां
उन्निद्राम्बुरुहातपत्रसुभगा लक्ष्मीः पुरो धावति ॥ 19 ॥
- re mūḍhāḥyou fools!
- kim ayaṃ vṛthā eva tapasā kāyaḥ parikliśyatewhy is the body unnecessarily tormented by austerities?
- yajñaiḥ vā bahu-dakṣiṇaiḥ kim itare riktī-kriyante gṛhāḥor why are others' homes emptied through sacrifices with great dakṣiṇā fees?
- bhaktiḥ cet avināśinī bhagavatī-pāda-dvayī sevyatāṃif undying devotion exists, let the twin feet of the Goddess be served
- un-nidra-ambu-ruha-ātapatra-subhagā lakṣmīḥ puraḥ dhāvatithen Lakṣmī, beautiful as a parasol of open lotuses, runs forward.
सेवे न कञ्चन निरस्तसमस्तदैन्यः ।
श्लक्ष्णं वसे मधुरमद्मि भजे वरस्त्रीः
देवी हृदि स्फुरति मे कुलकामधेनुः ॥ 20 ॥
- yāce na kañcanaI beg of no one
- na kañcana vañcayāmiI deceive no one
- seve na kañcanaI serve no one
- nirasta-samasta-dainyaḥhaving abandoned all wretchedness
- ślakṣṇaṃ vaseI dress comfortably
- madhuram admiI eat sweetly
- bhaje vara-strīḥI enjoy beautiful women
- devī hṛdi sphurati me kula-kāma-dhenuḥbecause the Goddess, the wish-fulfilling cow of my clan, shines in my heart.
भवानीं भवसन्तापनिर्वापणसुधानदीम् ॥ 21 ॥
- namāmi yāminī-nātha-lekhā-alaṅkṛta-kuntalāṃI bow to her whose locks are adorned with the crescent of the moon (lord of night)
- bhavānīṃBhavānī
- bhava-santāpa-nirvāpaṇa-sudhā-nadīmthe river of nectar that extinguishes the burning of existence.
