Goddess Lalita

śrītripurasundarīvedasārastavaḥ

(Sri Tripurasundari Veda Sara Stava in English (IAST))

Also known as shri tripurasundari veda sara stava · shree tripurasundari veda sara stava · tripurasundari veda sara stava

Seventeen verses, sixteen of them opening on the sixteen syllables of the Shodashi mantra in order and a short one added at the close. What sets it apart from the other five stavas built the same way is that each verse ends in a boon of its own rather than in a shared refrain. The first, on Brahma's consort playing her lute, asks for eloquence of the sattvic kind; the second, on the swan-formed goddess seen by yogins in the middle of the mind, asks for lasting gladness; the eighth, which tells how she revived Kamadeva by a glance when his wife begged for him in tears, asks for the quieting of disease. The Veda in the title is earned by the second verse, which calls her the form of nada, of sound itself.

|| tripurasundarīvedasārastavaḥ ||
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
kastūrīpaṅkabhāsvadgalacaladamalasthūlamuktāvalīkā
jyotsnāśuddhāvadātā śaśiśiśumukuṭālaṅkṛtā brahmapatnī |
sāhityāmbhojabhṛṅgī kavikulavinutā sāttvikīṃ vāgvibhūtiṃ
deyānme śubhavastrā karacalavalayā vallakīṃ vādayantī || 1||
ekānte yogivṛndaiḥ praśamitakaraṇaiḥ kṣutpipāsāvimuktaiḥ
sānandaṃ dhyānayogādvisaguṇasaddaśī dṛśyate cittamadhye |
yā devī haṃsarūpā bhavabhayaharaṇaṃ sādhakānāṃ vidhatte
sā nityaṃ nādarūpā tribhuvanajananī modamāviṣkarotu || 2||
īkṣitrī sṛṣṭikāle tribhuvanamatha yā tatkṣaṇe'nupraviśya
sthemānaṃ prāpayantī nijaguṇavibhavaiḥ sarvathā vyāpya viśvam |
saṃhartrī sarvabhāsāṃ vilayanasamaye svātmani svaprakāśā
sā devī karmabandhaṃ mama bhavakaraṇaṃ nāśyatvādiśaktiḥ || 3||
lakṣyā yā cakrarāje navapuralasite yoginīvṛndagupte
sauvarṇe śailaśaṛṅge suragaṇaracite tattvasopānayukte |
mantriṇyā mecakāṅgyā kucabharanatayā kolamukhyā ca sārdhaṃ
sāmrājñī sā madīyā madagajagamanā dīrghamāyustanotu || 4||
hrīṅkārāmbhojabhṛṅgī hayamukhavinutā hānivṛddhyādihīnā
haṃso'haṃmantrarājñī harihayavaradā hādimantrārtharūpā |
haste cinmudrikāḍhyā hatabahudanujā hastikṛttipriyā me
hārdaṃ śokātirekaṃ śamayatu lalitāghīśvarī pāśahastā || 5||
haste paṅkeruhābhe sarasasarasijaṃ bibhratī lokamātā
kṣīrodanvatsukanyā karivaravinutā nityapuṣṭākṣa gehā |
padmākṣī hemavarṇā muraripudayitā śevadhiḥ sampadāṃ yā
sā me dāridryadoṣaṃ damayatu karuṇādṛṣṭipātairajasram || 6||
saccidbrahmasvarūpāṃ sakalaguṇayutāṃ nirguṇāṃ nirvikārāṃ
rāgadveṣādihantrīṃ raviśaśinayanāṃ rājyadānapravīṇām |
catvāriṃśattrikoṇe caturadhikasame cakrarāje lasantīṃ
kāmākṣīṃ kāmitānāṃ vitaraṇacaturāṃ cetasā bhāvayāmi || 7||
kandarpe śāntadarpe trinayananayanajyotiṣā devavṛndaiḥ
sāśaṅkaṃ sāśrupātaṃ savinayakaruṇaṃ yācitā kāmapatnyā |
yā devī dṛṣṭipātaiḥ punarapi madanaṃ jīvayāmāsa sadyaḥ
sā nityaṃ rogaśāntyai prabhavatu lalitādhīśvarī citprakāśā || 8||
havyaiḥ kavyaiśca sarvaiḥ śruticayavihitaiḥ karmabhiḥ karmaśīlā
dhyānādyairaṣṭabhiśca praśamitakaluṣā yoginaḥ parṇabhakṣāḥ |
yāmevānekarūpāṃ pratidinamavanau saṃśrayante vidhijñāḥ
sā me mohāndhakāraṃ bahubhavajanitaṃ nāśayatvādimātā || 9||
lakṣyā mūlatrikoṇe guruvarakaruṇāleśataḥ kāmapīṭhe
yasyāḥ viśvaṃ samastaṃ bahutaravitataṃ jāyate kuṇḍalinyāḥ |
yasyāḥ śaktiprarohādaviralamamṛtaṃ vindate yogivṛndaṃ
tāṃ vande nādarūpāṃ praṇavapadamayīṃ prāṇināṃ prāṇadātrīm || 10||
hrīṅkārāmbhodhilakṣmīṃ himagiritanayāmīśvarīmīśvarāṇāṃ
hrīṃmantrārādhyadevīṃ śrutiśataśikharairmṛgyamāṇāṃ mṛgākṣīm |
hrīṃmantrāntaistrikūṭaiḥ sthirataramatibhirdhāryamāṇāṃ jvalantīṃ
hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīmityajasraṃ hṛdayasarasije bhāvaye'haṃ bhavānīm || 11||
sarveṣāṃ dhyānamātrātsaviturudaragā codayantī manīṣāṃ
sāvitrī tatpadārthā śaśiyutamakuṭā pañcaśīrṣā trinetrā
hastāgraiḥ śaṅkhacakrādyakhilajanaparitrāṇadakṣāyudhānāṃ
bibhrāṇā vṛndamambā viśadayatu matiṃ māmakīnāṃ maheśī || 12||
kartrī lokasya līlāvilasitavidhinā kārayitrī kriyāṇāṃ
bhartrī svānupraveśādviyadanilamukhaiḥ pañcabhūtaiḥ svasṛṣṭaiḥ |
hartrī svenaiva dhāmnā punarapi vilaye kālarūpaṃ dadhānā
hanyādāmūlamasmatkaluṣabharamumā bhuktimuktipradātrī || 13||
lakṣyā yā puṇyajālairguruvaracaraṇāmbhojasevāviśeṣād-
dṛśyā svānte sudhībhirdaradalitamahāpadmakośena tulye |
lakṣaṃ jasvāpi yasyā manuvaramaṇimāsiddhimanto mahāntaḥ
sā nityaṃ māmakīne hṛdayasarasije vāsamaṅgīkarotu || 14||
hrīṃśrīrmaiṃmantrarūpā hariharavinutā'gastyapatnīpradiṣṭā
hādiḥ kādyarṇatattvā surapativaradā kāmarājapradiṣṭā |
duṣṭānāṃ dānavānāṃ madabharaharaṇā duḥkhahantrī budhānāṃ
sāmrājñī cakrarājñī pradiśatu kuśalaṃ mahyamoṅkārarūpā || 15||
śrīṃmantrārthasvarūpā śritajanaduritadhvāntahantrī śaraṇyā
śrautasmārtakriyāṇāmavikalaphaladā bhālanetrasya dārāḥ |
śrīcakrāntarniṣaṇṇā guhavarajananī duṣṭahantrī vareṇyā
śrīmatsiṃhāsaneśī pradiśatu vipulāṃ kīrtimānandarūpā || 16||
śrīcakravarasāmrājñī śrīmattripurasundarī |
śrīguhānvayasauvarṇadīpikā diśatu śriyam || 17||
|| iti śrīmattripurasundarīvedasārastavaḥ sampūrṇaḥ ||

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