Goddess Manasa

māṃ manasā devī kī āratī

(Manasa Devi Aarti in English (IAST))

Also known as jaya manasa devi maiya jaya manasa

A short Hindi arati to Manasa, and it says who she is in its second line rather than making anyone wait: the sister of Vasuki, and the mother of the serpents. What follows keeps to that office. She takes away poison and lifts her devotees out; she is the giver of health as well as of wealth, and she wipes out disease and blemish, which for a snake goddess means one thing rather than two. The observance is named exactly, the fifth day of the fortnight, when the crowd comes and flowers and food are offered; that is Naga Panchami, and it is the day her worship belongs to across eastern and northern India. The last verse puts Narada and Brahma and Shankara among those singing her arati, which is the form's usual way of settling a disputed goddess into the older company.

jaya manasā devī, maiyā jaya manasā devī|
tuma hī ho pālanakartā, tuma hī sukha detī||
jaya manasā devī...||
vāsukī kī bahina, tuma hī ho nāgoṃ kī mātā|
viṣa haraṇa karatī, bhaktoṃ kā uddhāra karatī||
jaya manasā devī...||
jagata jananī tuma ho, tuma hī ho viśva vidhātā|
jo koī prema se gātā, manavāṃchita phala pātā||
jaya manasā devī...||
paṃcamī tithi ko pūjeṃ, bhaktoṃ kī ho bhīṛa|
puṣpa aura naivedya caṛhākara, hote saba siddha||
jaya manasā devī...||
ārogya dhana pradātā, hara roga doṣa miṭātī|
jo koī prema se gātā, saba pāpa dhula jāte||
jaya manasā devī...||
nārada brahmā śaṃkara, āratī terī hai gāte|
jo koī prema se gātā, manavāṃchita phala pātā||
jaya manasā devī...||
|| iti saṃpūrṇaṃm ||

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