Goddess Durga

जय दुर्गे! शिवदे! नीराजनम्

(Jaya Durge Shiva Neerajanam)

Also known as om jaya durge sivade jaya jaya

A Sanskrit arati built on the pattern of the vernacular evening songs, its refrain hailing Durga the giver of good, its verses short enough to be sung against a lamp. The Goddess here is the lion-borne Gauri, daughter of the mountain king, the first power praised by gods and men; the fierce one who tears the wicked apart and crushes Mahisha; the beloved of the bearer of Ganga, calm and full of love beneath her ornaments; and Shankari, whose terrible trident is asked to take away the whole net of calamity. Three verses near the close widen past the singer altogether — that her light may brighten the world, that the stream of her compassion may cool this age and its sin, and that her worship may go on bestowing peace.

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Script: Devanagari (देवनागरी) — also the script of Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Konkani.

ॐ जय दुर्गे! शिवदे!, जय जय दुर्गे शिवदे!
दुर्गति-हारिणि! मातः!, तव चरणे प्रणिपातः,
हे शुभदे! वरदे!, (तव) पद-पद्मं वन्दे॥
ॐ जय दुर्गे! शिवदे!, जय जय दुर्गे शिवदे!॥
केशरि-वाहिनि! गौरि, त्वं गिरिराज-सुता।
आद्या शक्तिः सुभगा, सुर-नरवृन्द-नुता॥१॥
दुष्ट-विदारण-रुद्रा, त्वं त्रिभुवन-धात्री।
महिष-विमर्दिनि! देवि, जगतां परिपात्री॥२॥
मङ्गलमयि! मातस्त्वं, गङ्गाधर-कान्ता।
दिव्याभरणै-र्भव्या, प्रेममयी शान्ता॥३॥
दुरितं हर जननी मे, कुरु सुदयां प्रति माम्।
हैमवतीं नौमि त्वां, स्नेहमयीं प्रतिमाम्॥४॥
स्वस्तिमयं तव हस्ते, शूलं विकरालम्।
शङ्करि! सकलातङ्कं, हर सङ्कटजालम्॥५॥
तव शुभ-दिव्यं ज्योतिः, उज्ज्वलयतु भुवनम्।
सुन्दरयतु परिवेशं, सुखयतु विश्वजनम्॥६॥
तव करुणामृत-धारा, शमयतु गुरु-तापम्।
शीतलयतु संसारं, हृत्वा कलि-पापम्॥७॥
भवभय-नाशिनि! भीमां, परमानन्द-भराम्।
त्वां भगवतीं नतोऽहं, सौम्यां भक्तिपराम्॥८॥
मार्जय सकलं दोषं, कुरु मां कृतकृत्यम्।
मातस्तवार्चनेयं, शं वितरतु नित्यम्॥९॥
॥ इति संपूर्णम् ॥

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