Goddess Devi

śrīdevījī kī āratī (mohinī rūpa)

(Srideviji Ki Arati Mohini Rupa in English (IAST))

Also known as shree deviji aarti mohini · jaya jaya jaya devi jayati jaya

A short arati of five verses addressed to the Goddess in her Mohini form, and the fifth verse makes plain which story is meant: you cut the neck of Rahu and so protected the gods, you give death without ceasing and nectar to the wise, and you moved in battle among the ranks of the demons. That is the churning of the ocean, where Vishnu took a woman's form to keep the nectar from the demons and struck at Rahu when he had drunk. The hymn treats that form as the Goddess and addresses her as mother throughout, asking to be lifted out of the well of becoming.

jaya jaya jaya devi jayati jaya, jaya mohinirūpe|
māmiha janani samuddhara patitaṃ bhavakrūpe||
pravaratīranivāsini nigamapratipādye|
pāpavārivihāriṇi nārāyaṇa guṇa ho|
prapannasāre jagadādhāre śrīvidyo|
prapannapālananirate munivṛndārādhye||
divyasudhākaravadane kundojjvalaradane|
padanakhanarjitamadane madhukaiṭabhakadane|
vikasitapaṅkaja nayane patragapatīśayane|
khagapativahane gahane saṅkaṭavandane||
mañjīrānnitacaraṇe maṇimuktābharaṇe|
kañcuki vastravaraṇe vaktrāṃbujadharane|
śakāmbu bhayabhayaharaṇe bhasurasukhakaraṇe|
karuṇāṃ kuru me śaraṇe gajanakroddharaṇe||
chitvā rāhugrīvāṃ pāsi tvaṃ vibudhān
dadāsi mṛtyumaniśaṃ pīyūṣaṃ vibudhān|
viharasi dānavavakradvāna samare saṃsidvāna
madhyamunivaravade pālaya saṃsidvāna||
|| iti saṃpūrṇaṃm ||

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