Goddess Durga

mahāmāyā aṣṭakam

(Mahamaya Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as bhadrakali visvamata jagatsrota karini

The Mahamaya Ashtakam, which names desire, anger, greed, delusion and sloth as the bonds that keep life at the level of the animal, and asks the Goddess who is Mahamaya to cut them.

bhadrakāl̤i viśvamātā jagatsrota kāriṇi
śivapatni pāpahartri sarvabhūta tāriṇi
skandamātā śivā śivā sarvasṛṣṭi dhāriṇi
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! himāl̤aya-nandini || 1
nārīṇāṃ ca śaṃkhinyāpi hastini vā citriṇi
padmagandhā puṣparūpā sammohini padmini
mātṛ-putrī-bhagni-bhāryā sarvarūpā bhavāni
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! bhavabhaya-khaṇḍini || 2 ||
pāpa-tāpa-bhava-bhaya bhūteśvari kāmini
tava-kṛpā-sarva-kṣaya sarvajanā-vandini
prema-prīti-lajjā-nyāya nārīṇāṃ ca mohini
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! ṝṇḍamāl̤ā-dhāriṇi || 3
khaḍga-cakra-hastedhāri śaṃkhini-sunādini
saṃmohanā-rūpā-nāri hṛdaya-vidāriṇi
ahaṃkāra-kāmarūpā-bhuvana-vil̤āsini
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! jagata-prakāśini || 4 ||
lahva-lahva-tava-jihvā pāpāsura marddhini
khaṇḍa-gaṇḍa-muṇḍa-spṛhā śobhākānti varddhini
aṅga-bhaṅga-raṃga-kāyā māyāchanda chandini
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! duḥkhaśoka nāśini || 5
dhana-jana-tana-māna rūpeṇa tvam saṃsthitā
kāma-krodha-lobha-moha-mada vāpi mūḍhatā
nidrāhāra-kāma-bhaya paśutulya jīvanāt
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! kuru mukta bandhanāt || 6 ||
maitrī-dayā-lakṣmī-vṛtti-ante jīva lakṣaṇā
lajjā-chāyā-tṛṣṇā-kṣudhā bandhanasya kāraṇā
tuṣṭi-buddhi-śraddhā-bhakti sadā mukti dāyīkā
śānti-bhrānti-kl̤ānti-kṣānti tava rūpā anekā
prīti-smṛti-jāti-śakti-rūpā māyā abhedyā
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! namastvam mahāvidyā || 7
navadurgā-mahākāl̤i sarvāṅgabhūṣāvṛttām
bhuvaneśvari-mātaṅgi hantu madhukaiṭabham
vimal̤ā-tārā-ṣoṛaśi haste khaḍga dhāriṇi
dhumāvati-mā-bagal̤ā mahiṣāsura marddhini
bāl̤ātripurāsundari tribhuvana mohini
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye ! sarvaduḥkha hāriṇi || 8 ||
mama mātā loke marttya kṛṣṇadāsaḥ tava bhṛttya
yadā tadā yathā tathā māyā chinna mokṣa kathā
sadā sadā tava bhikṣā kṛpā dīne bhava rakṣā
namaḥ namaḥ mahāmāye kṛṣṇadāse tava dayā || 0
|| iti śrī kṛṣṇadāsaḥ viracitaṃ mahāmāyā aṣṭakam yaḥ paṭhati saḥ bhava sāgara nistarati ||

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