Goddess Lalita

śrītripurasundarīpuṣpāñjalistavaḥ

(Sri Tripurasundari Pushpanjali Stava in English (IAST))

Also known as shri tripurasundari pushpanjali stava · shree tripurasundari pushpanjali stava · tripurasundari pushpanjali stava

One of six stavas in this corpus whose verses begin, in order, with the sixteen syllables of the Shodashi mantra — ka e i la hrim, ha sa ka ha la hrim, sa ka la hrim, shrim — so that the mantra is spelt down the left margin and nowhere stated. What this one does inside that frame is offer flowers, and its refrain closes every verse: this handful, Mother, is strewn at your feet. The register is that of a man with nothing else to bring. Many gods have been worshipped by dull minds, one verse says, and not one of them was ever seen; another admits to having sunk in the ocean of becoming many times over and never reached the shore; a third asks who, however learned and however attended, is able to worship her by the rule. Like the other five, it closes by naming Guha.

|| śrītripurasundarīpuṣpāñjalistavaḥ ||
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
kalyāṇadātri kamanīyatanūlate tvāṃ
kaṃ cāpi kālamanucintya hṛdābjamadhye |
kāmaṃ praharṣabharitena mayā tavādya
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 1||
etanmadīyasukṛttaṃ paramaṃ purāṇaṃ
yattvāmahaṃ pratidinaṃ manasā bhajāmi |
sākṣātkṛtena tava rūpamanena cādya
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 2||
īśādidevamahanīyamahānubhāve
dīnaṃ tvimaṃ bhavabhayena parisphurantam |
dīnārtihartri dayayā paripālayāśu
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 3||
lajjāṃ vihāya bahudhā bahavo'pi devāḥ
sampūjitā jaḍadhiyā natu ko'pi dṛṣṭaḥ |
labdhaṃ tavaiva ramaṇīyavapurdṛśā me
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 4||
hrīṃkāramantranilaye bahuśo bhavābdhau
magnaḥ paraṃ tu na kadāpi gato'smi pāram |
tattāraṇe nipuṇayostripure mayādya
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 5||
hasteṣu pāśamahanīyasitekṣucāpe
puṣpāstramaṅkuśavaraṃ lalitaṃ dadhāne |
hemādrituṅgataraśaṛṅganivāsaśīle
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 6||
sarveṣu devi samayeṣu gatistvameva
nānyaṃ kadāpi manasā samanusmarāmi |
sarvatra rūpamatulaṃ tava paśyatādya
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 7||
kaste pureśi vidhivattu samarhaṇāyāṃ
śaktaḥ samastaparivarhayuto'pi dhīmān |
hṛtpaṅkajena bhavatīṃ bhajatā mayādya
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 8||
hantātisthabhavapāvakaśoṣitena
kutrāpyalabdhaśaraṇena sarojavaktre |
ante mayātrabhavatīṃ śaraṇaṃ gatena
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 9||
lakṣyāsi devi bahujanmatapobalena
lakṣmīśadhātṛparipūjyapadāstujāte |
ālakṣya rūpamaruṇaṃ tava vismitena
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 10||
hrīṅkārameva śaraṇaṃ jagatāṃ vadanti
hrīṅkārameva paramaṃ bhuvane rahasyam |
hrīṅkārameva satataṃ smaratā mayādya
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 11||
sarvasya devi bhuvanasya nidānabhūtā
tvayyeva sarvamanaghe vilayaṃ gataṃ syāt |
sañcintya caitadadhunā tripure mayā te
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayoramamba kīrṇaḥ || 12||
kaścidyadā bhavanihantri vicintayettvāṃ
dīnaṃ tadaiva hi kaṭākṣayase dṛśā tvam |
evaṃ vicintya bhavatīṃ smaratā mayādya
yuṣpāñjaliścaraṇayoramamba kīrṇaḥ || 13||
labdhvā tvadīyacaraṇāndhujamamba
janturnāvartate punarapi prabhavāya loke |
vedoktimevamasakṛtsmaratā mayādya
puṣpāliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 14||
hrīṅkārameva japatāṃ prativāsaraṃ ca
hrīṅkārameva bhajatāṃ sakaleṣṭasiddhyai |
hrīṅkārameva paramaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatena
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamapya kīrṇaḥ || 15||
śrīṅkāramantrakanakābjanivāsaśīle
śrīrūpadhāriṇi śivo śritakalpavalli |
śrīmadguhastutamahāvibhave pureśi
puṣpāñjaliścaraṇayorayamamba kīrṇaḥ || 16||
|| iti śrītripurasundarīpuṣpāñjalistavaḥ sampūrṇaḥ ||

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