Goddess Lalita

śrī tripurasundarī vedapāda stavaḥ

(Tripurasundari Veda Pada Stava in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

Also known as vedapadastavam vaksye devyah priyacikirsaya

A hundred and eleven verses in which the fourth quarter of every verse is a line quoted from the Veda, and the first three are written to arrive at it. The play begins immediately: the opening verse ends on the Gayatri's own last words with one syllable changed, so that it is the tusked one who impels our thought, and the verse after it hands the same line to the six-faced one. Later the borrowed quarters do heavier work — one verse ends by asking her to strike down the haters of brahman with these arrows, another by asking her to settle prosperity in his family. The last verse leaves the device behind: wherever my mind goes, there is your form; wherever my head is, there are your two feet.

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|| śrī tripurasundarī vedapāda stavaḥ ||
vedapādastavaṃ vakṣye devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā |
yathāmati matiṃ devastanno dantiḥ pracodayāt || 1 ||
akiñcitkarakarmabhyaḥ pratyāhṛtya kṛpāvaśāt |
subrahmaṇyaḥ stutāvasyāṃ tannaḥ ṣaṇmukhaḥ pracodayāt || 2 ||
akārādikṣakārāntavarṇāvayavaśālinī |
vīṇāpustakahastāvyātpraṇo devī sarasvatī || 3 ||
yā varṇapadavākyārthagadyapadyasvarūpiṇī |
vāci nartayatu kṣipraṃ medhāṃ devī sarasvatī || 4 ||
upāsyamānā viprendraiḥ sandhyāsu ca tisṛṣvapi |
sadyaḥ prasīda me mātaḥ sandhyāvidye sarasvatī || 5 ||
mandā nindālolupāhaṃ svabhāvā-
-detatstotraṃ pūryate kiṃ mayeti |
mā te bhītirhe mate tvādṛśānā-
-meṣā netrī rādhasā sūnṛtānām || 6 ||
taraṅgabhrukuṭīkoṭibhaṅgyā tarjayate jarām |
sudhāmayāya śubhrāya sindhūnāṃ pataye namaḥ || 7 ||
tasya madhye maṇidvīpaḥ kalpakārāmabhūṣitaḥ |
astu me lalitāvāsaḥ svastidā abhayaṅkaraḥ || 8 ||
kadambamañjarīniryadvāruṇīpāraṇonmadaiḥ |
dvirephairvarṇanīyāya vanānāṃ pataye namaḥ || 9 ||
tatra vaprāvalī līlā gaganollaṅghigopuram |
mātaḥ kautūhalaṃ dadyātsagṃhāryaṃ nagaraṃ tava || 10 ||
makarandajharīmajjanmilindakulasaṅkulām |
mahāpadmāṭavīṃ vande yaśasā samparīvṛtām || 11 ||
tatraiva cintāmaṇidhoraṇārcibhi-
-rvinirmitaṃ ropitaratnaśṛṅgam |
bhaje bhavānībhavanāvataṃsa-
-mādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt || 12 ||
munibhiḥ svātmalābhāya yaccakraṃ hṛdi sevyate |
tatra paśyāmi buddhyā tadakṣare parame vyoman || 13 ||
pañcabrahmamayo mañcastatra yo bindumadhyagaḥ |
tava kāmeśi vāso'yamāyuṣmantaṃ karotu mām || 14 ||
nānāratnagulucchālīkāntikimmīlitodaram |
vimṛśāmi vitānaṃ te'tiślakṣṇamatilomaśam || 15 ||
paryaṅkatalpopari darśanīyaṃ
sabāṇacāpāṅkuśapāśapāṇim |
aśeṣabhūṣāramaṇīyamīḍe
trilocanaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ praśāntam || 16 ||
jaṭāruṇaṃ candrakalālalāmaṃ
udvelalāvaṇyakalābhirāmam |
kāmeśvaraṃ kāmaśarāsanāṅkaṃ
samastasākṣiṃ tamasaḥ parastāt || 17 ||
tatra kāmeśavāmāṅke khelantīmalikuntalām |
saccidānandalaharīṃ mahālakṣmīmupāsmahe || 18 ||
cārugorocanāpaṅkajambālitaghanastanīm |
namāmi tvāmahaṃ lokamātaraṃ padmamālinīm || 19 ||
śive namannirjarakuñjarāsura-
-pratolikāmaulimarīcivīcibhiḥ |
idaṃ tava kṣālanajātasaubhagaṃ
caraṇaṃ no loke sudhitāṃ dadhātu || 20 ||
kalpasyādau kāraṇeśānapi trī-
-nsraṣṭuṃ devi trīnguṇānādadhānām |
seve nityaṃ śreyase bhūyase tvā-
-majāmekāṃ lohitaśuklakṛṣṇām || 21 ||
keśodbhūtairadbhutāmodapūrai-
-rāśābṛndaṃ sāndramāpūrayantīm |
tvāmānamya tvatprasādātsvayambhū-
-rasmānmāyī sṛjate viśvametat || 22 ||
ardhonmīladyauvanoddāmadarpāṃ
divyākalpairarpayantīṃ mayūkhān |
devi dhyātvā tvāṃ purā kaiṭabhāri-
-rviśvaṃ bibharti bhuvanasya nābhiḥ || 23 ||
kalhāraśrīmañjarīpuñjarītiṃ
dhikkurvantīmamba te pāṭalimnā |
mūrtiṃ dhyātvā śāśvatīṃ bhūtimāya-
-nnindro rājā jagato ya īśe || 24 ||
devatāntaramantraughajapaśrīphalabhūtayā |
jāpakastava devyante vidyayā vindate'mṛtam || 25 ||
puṃskokilakalakvāṇakomalālāpaśālini |
bhadrāṇi kuru me mātarduritāni parāsuva || 26 ||
antevāsinnasti cette mumukṣā
vakṣye yuktiṃ muktasarvaiṣaṇaḥ san |
sadbhyaḥ sākṣātsundarīṃ jñaptirūpāṃ
śraddhābhaktidhyānayogādavehi || 27 ||
ṣoḍhānyāsādidevaiśca sevitā cakramadhyagā |
kāmeśamahiṣī bhūyaḥ ṣoḍaśī śarma yacchatu || 28 ||
śānto dānto deśikendraṃ praṇamya
tasyādeśāttārakaṃ mantratattvam |
jānīte cedamba dhanyaḥ samānaṃ
nātaḥ paraṃ veditavyaṃ hi kiñcit || 29 ||
tvameva kāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ kriyā jñānaṃ tvameva ca |
tvāmamba na vinā kiñcittvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam || 30 ||
parāgamadrīndrasute tavāṅghri-
-sarojayoramba dadhāmi mūrdhnā |
alaṅkṛtaṃ vedavadhūśirobhi-
-ryato jāto bhuvanāni viśvā || 31 ||
duṣṭāndaityānhantukāmāṃ maharṣīn
śiṣṭānanyānpātukāmāṃ karābjaiḥ |
aṣṭābhistvāṃ sāyudhairbhāsamānāṃ
durgāṃ devīgṃ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye || 32 ||
devi sarvānavadyāṅgi tvāmanādṛtya ye kriyāḥ |
kurvanti niṣphalāsteṣāmadugdhā iva dhenavaḥ || 33 ||
nāhaṃ manye daivataṃ mānyamanya-
-ttvatpādābjādambike kumbhajādyāḥ |
ye dhyātāro bhaktisaṃśuddhacittāḥ
parāmṛtātparimucyanti sarve || 34 ||
kurvāṇo'pi durārambhāṃstava nāmāni śāmbhavi |
prajapanneti māyāntamati mṛtyuṃ tarāmyaham || 35 ||
kalyāṇi tvaṃ kundahāsaprakāśai-
-rantardhvāntaṃ nāśayantī kṣaṇena |
hantāsmākaṃ dhyāyatāṃ tvatpadābja-
-muccatiṣṭha mahate saubhagāya || 36 ||
titīrṣayā bhavāmbhodherhayagrīvādayaḥ purā |
apramattā bhavatpūjāṃ suvidvāṃso vitenire || 37 ||
madvaśyā ye durācārā ye ca sanmārgagāminaḥ |
bhavatyāḥ kṛpayā sarve suvaryantu yajamānāḥ || 38 ||
śrīcakrasthāṃ śāśvataiśvaryadātrīṃ
pauṇḍraṃ cāpaṃ puṣpabāṇāndadhānām |
bandhūkābhāṃ bhāvayāmi trinetrāṃ
tāmagnivarṇāṃ tapasā jvalantīm || 39 ||
bhavāni tava pādābjanirṇejanapavitratāḥ |
bhavāmayapraśāntyai tvāmapo yācāmi bheṣajam || 40 ||
cidānandasudhāmbhodhestavānandalavo'sti yaḥ |
kāraṇeśaistribhiḥ sākaṃ tadviśvamupajīvati || 41 ||
no vā yāgairnaiva pūrtādikṛtyai-
-rno vā japyairno mahadbhistapobhiḥ |
no vā yogaiḥ kleśakṛdbhiḥ sumedhā
nicāyyemāṃ śāntimatyantameti || 42 ||
prātaḥ pāhi mahāvidye madhyāhne tu mṛḍapriye |
sāyaṃ pāhi jagadvandye punarnaḥ pāhi viśvataḥ || 43 ||
bandhūkābhairbhānubhirbhāsayantī
viśvaṃ śaśvattuṅgapīnastanārdhā |
lāvaṇyābdheḥ sundari tvaṃ prasādā-
-dāyuḥ prajāgṃ rayimasmāsu dhehi || 44 ||
karṇākarṇaya me tattvaṃ yā cicchaktiritīryate |
trirvadāmi mumukṣūṇāṃ sā kāṣṭhā sā parā gatiḥ || 45 ||
vāgdevīti tvāṃ vadantyamba keci-
-llakṣmīrgaurītyevamanye'pyuśanti |
śaśvanmātaḥ pratyagadvaitarūpāṃ
śaṃsanti kecinnivido janāḥ || 46 ||
laliteti sudhāpūramādhurīcoramambike |
tava nāmāsti yattena jihvā me madhumattamā || 47 ||
ye sampannāḥ sādhanaistaiścatturbhiḥ
śuśrūṣābhirdeśikaṃ prīṇayanti |
samyagvidvān śuddhasattvāntarāṇāṃ
teṣāmevaitāṃ brahmavidyāṃ vadeta || 48 ||
abhicārādibhiḥ kṛtyāṃ yaḥ prerayati mayyume |
tava huṅkārasantrastā pratyakkartāramṛcchatu || 49 ||
jagatpavitri māmikāmapāharāśu durjarām |
prasīda me dayādhune praśastimamba naḥ skṛdhi || 50 ||
kadambāruṇamambāyā rūpaṃ cintaya citta me |
muñca pāpīyasīṃ niṣṭhāṃ mā gṛdhaḥ kasya sviddhanam || 51 ||
bhaṇḍabhaṇḍanalīlāyāṃ raktacandanapaṅkilaḥ |
aṅkuśastava taṃ hanyādyaśca no dviṣate janaḥ || 52 ||
re re citta tvaṃ vṛdhā śokasindhau
majjasyantarvacmyupāyaṃ vimuktyai |
devyāḥ pādau pūjayaikākṣareṇa
tatte padaṃ saṅgraheṇa bravīmyom || 53 ||
cañcadbālātapajyotsnākalāmaṇḍalaśāline |
aikṣavāya namo mātarbāhubhyāṃ tava dhanvane || 54 ||
tāmevādyāṃ brahmavidyāmupāse
mūrtairvedaiḥ stūyamānāṃ bhavānīm |
hanta svātmatvena yāṃ muktikāmo
matvā dhīro harṣaśokau jahāti || 55 ||
śaraṇaṃ karavāṇyamba caraṇaṃ tava sundari |
śape tvatpādukābhyāṃ me nānyaḥ panthā ayanāya || 56 ||
ratnacchatraiścāmarairdarpaṇādyai-
-ścakreśānīṃ sarvadopācarantyaḥ |
yoginyo'nyāḥ śaktayaścāṇimādyā
yūyaṃ pātaḥ svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ || 57 ||
daridraṃ māṃ vijānīhi sarvajñāsi yataḥ śive |
dūrīkṛtyāśu duritamathā no vardhayā rayim || 58 ||
maheśvari mahāmantrakūṭatrayakalebare |
kādividyākṣaraśreṇimuśantastvā havāmahe || 59 ||
mūlādhārādūrdhvamantaścarantīṃ
bhittvā granthīnmūrdhni niryatsudhārdrām |
paśyantastvāṃ ye ca tṛptiṃ labhante
teṣāṃ śāntiḥ śāśvatī netareṣām || 60 ||
mahyaṃ druhyanti ye mātastvaddhyānāsaktacetase |
tānamba sāyakairebhirava brahmadviṣo jahi || 61 ||
tvadbhaktānāmamba śāntaiṣaṇānāṃ
brahmiṣṭhānāṃ dṛṣṭipātena pūtaḥ |
pāpīyānapyāvṛtaḥ svarvadhūbhiḥ
śokātigo modate svargaloke || 62 ||
santu vidyā jagatyasminsaṃsārabhramahetavaḥ |
bhaje'haṃ tvāṃ yayā vidvānvidyayāmṛtamaśnute || 63 ||
vidvanmukhyairvidrumābhaṃ viśāla-
-śroṇīśiñjanmekhalākiṅkiṇīkam |
candrottaṃsaṃ cinmayaṃ vastu kiñci-
-dviddhi tvametannihitaṃ guhāyām || 64 ||
na vismarāmi cinmūrtimikṣukodaṇḍaśālinīm |
munayaḥ sanakapreṣṭhāstāmāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim || 65 ||
cakṣuḥpreṅkhatpremakāruṇyadhārāṃ
haṃsajyotsnāpūrahṛṣyaccakorām |
yāmāśliṣyanmodate devadevaḥ
sā no devī suhavā śarma yacchatu || 66 ||
muñca vañcakatāṃ citta pāmaraṃ cāpi daivatam |
gṛhāṇa padamambāyā etadālambanaṃ param || 67 ||
kā me bhītiḥ kā kṣatiḥ kiṃ durāpaṃ
kāmeśāṅkottuṅgaparyaṅkasaṃsthām |
tattvātītāmacyutānandadātrīṃ
devīmahaṃ nirṛtiṃ vandamānaḥ || 68 ||
cintāmaṇimayottaṃsakāntikañcukitānane |
lalite tvāṃ sakṛnnatvā na bibheti kutaścana || 69 ||
tāruṇyottuṅgitakuce lāvaṇyollāsitekṣaṇe |
tavājñayaiva kāmādyā māsmānprāpannarātayaḥ || 70 ||
ākarṇākṛṣṭakāmāsastrasañjātaṃ tāpamamba me |
ācāmatu kaṭākṣaste parjanyo vṛṣṭimāniva || 71 ||
kurve garveṇāpacārānapārā-
-nadyapyamba tvatpadābjaṃ tathāpi |
manye dhanye devi vidyāvalambaṃ
māteva putraṃ bibhṛtāsvenam || 72 ||
yathopāstikṣatirna syāttava cakrasya sundari |
kṛpayā kuru kalyāṇi tathā me svastirāyuṣi || 73 ||
cakraṃ seve tārakaṃ sarvasidhyai
śrīmanmātaḥ siddhayaścāṇimādyāḥ |
nityā mudrā śaktayaścāṅgadevyo
yasmindevā adhi viśve niṣeduḥ || 74 ||
sukumāre sukhākāre sunetre sūkṣmamadhyame |
suprasannā bhava śive sumṛḍīkā sarasvatī || 75 ||
vidyudvallīkandalīṃ kalpayantīṃ
mūrtiṃ sphūrtyā paṅkajaṃ dhārayantīm |
dhyāyanhi tvāṃ jāyate sārvabhaumo
viśvā āśāḥ pṛtanāḥ sañjayañjayan || 76 ||
avijñāya parāṃ śaktimātmabhūtāṃ maheśvarīm |
aho patanti nirayeṣveke cātmahano janāḥ || 77 ||
sindūrābhaiḥ sundarairaṃśubṛndai-
-rlākṣālakṣmyāṃ majjayantīṃ jaganti |
herambāmba tvāṃ hṛdā lambate ya-
-stasmai viśaḥ svayamevānamante || 78 ||
tava tattvaṃ vimṛśatāṃ pratyagadvaitalakṣaṇam |
cidānandaghanādanyanneha nānāsti kiñcana || 79 ||
kaṇṭhātkuṇḍalinīṃ nītvā sahasrāraṃ śive tava |
na punarjāyate garbhe sumedhā amṛtokṣitaḥ || 80 ||
tvatpādukānusandhānaprāptasarvātmatādṛśi |
pūrṇāhaṅkṛtimatyasminna karma lipyate nare || 81 ||
tavānugrahanirbhinnahṛdayagranthiradrije |
svātmatvena jaganmatvā tato na vijugupsate || 82 ||
kadā vasudalopete trikoṇanavakānvite |
āvāhayāmi cakre tvāṃ sūryābhāṃ śriyamaiśvarīm || 83 ||
hrīmityekaṃ tāvakaṃ vācakārṇaṃ
yajjihvāgre devi jāgarti kiñcit |
ko vāyaṃ syātkāmakāmastrilokyāṃ
sarve'smai devāḥ balimāvahanti || 84 ||
nākastrīṇāṃ kinnarīṇāṃ nṛpāṇā-
-mapyākarṣī cetasā cintanīyam |
tvatpāṇisthaṃ kuṅkumābhaṃ śive yaṃ
dviṣmastasminprati muñcāmi pāśam || 85 ||
nūnaṃ siṃhāsaneśvaryāstavājñāṃ śirasā vahan |
bhayena pavamāno'yaṃ sarvā diśo'nuvidhāvati || 86 ||
trikalāḍhyāṃ trihṛllekhāṃ dvihaṃsasvarabhūṣitām |
yo japatyamba te vidyāṃ so'kṣaraḥ paramaḥ svarāṭ || 87 ||
dāridryābdhau devi magno'pi śaśva-
-dvācā yāce nāhamamba tvadanyam |
tasmādasmadvāñchitaṃ pūrayaita-
-duṣā sā naktā sudugheva dhenuḥ || 88 ||
yo vā yadyatkāmanākṛṣṭacittaḥ
stutvopāste devi te cakravidyām |
kalyāṇānāmālayaḥ kālayogā-
-ttaṃ taṃ lokaṃ jayate tāṃśca kāmān || 89 ||
sādhakaḥ satataṃ kuryādaikyaṃ śrīcakradehayoḥ |
tathā devyātmanoraikyametāvadanuśāsanam || 90 ||
hastāmbhojaprollasaccāmarābhyāṃ
śrīvāṇībhyāṃ pārśvayorvījyamānām |
śrīsaṃmrājñi tvāṃ sadālokayeyaṃ
sadā sadbhiḥ sevyamānāṃ nigūḍhām || 91 ||
iṣṭāniṣṭaprāptivicchittihetuḥ
stotuṃ vācāṃ kluptirityeva manye |
tvadrūpaṃ hi svānubhūtyaikavedyaṃ
na cakṣuṣā gṛhyate nāpi vācā || 92 ||
harasvaraiścaturvargapradaṃ mantraṃ sabindukam |
devyā japata viprendrā anyā vāco vimuñcatha || 93 ||
yaste rākācandrabimbāsanasthāṃ
pīyūṣābdhiṃ kalpayantīṃ mayūkhaiḥ |
mūrtiṃ bhaktyā dhyāyate hṛtsaroje
na tasya rogo na jarā na mṛtyuḥ || 94 ||
tubhyaṃ mātaryo'ñjaliṃ mūrdhni dhatte
mauliśreṇyā bhūbhujastaṃ namanti |
yaḥ stauti tvāmamba cidvallivācā
taṃ dhīrāsaḥ kavaya unnayanti || 95 ||
vairiñcoghairviṣṇurudrendrabṛndai-
-rdurgākālībhairavīśaktisaṅghaiḥ |
yantreśi tvaṃ vartase stūyamānā
na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakam || 96 ||
bhūtyai bhavāni tvāṃ vande surāḥ śatamakhādayaḥ |
tvāmānamya samṛddhāḥ syurāyo dhāmāni divyāni || 97 ||
puṣpavatpullatāṭaṅkāṃ prātarādityapāṭalām |
yastvāmantaḥ smaratyamba tasya devā asanvaśe || 98 ||
vaśye vidrumasaṅkāśāṃ vidyāyāṃ viśadaprabhām |
tvāmamba bhāvayedbhūtyai suvarṇāṃ hemamālinīm || 99 ||
vāmāṅkasthāmīśiturdīpyamānāṃ
bhūṣābṛndairindurekhāvataṃsām |
yastvāṃ paśyan santataṃ naiva tṛptaḥ
tasmai ca devi vaṣaḍastu tubhyam || 100 ||
navanīpavanīvāsalālasottaramānase |
śṛṅgāradevate mātaḥ śriyaṃ vāsaya me kule || 101 ||
bhaktyābhaktyā vāpi padyāvasāna-
-śrutyā stutyā caitayā stauti yastvām |
tasya kṣipraṃ tvatprasādena mātaḥ
satyāḥ santu yajamānasya kāmāḥ || 102 ||
bāliśena mayā proktamapi vātsalyaśālinoḥ |
ānandamādidampatyorimā vardhantu vāṅgiraḥ || 103 ||
mādhurīsaurabhāvāsacāpasāyakadhāriṇīm |
devīṃ dhyāyan paṭhedetatsarvakāmārthasiddhaye || 104 ||
stotrametatprajapatastava tripurasundari |
anudvīkṣya bhayāddūraṃ mṛtyurdhāvati pañcamaḥ || 105 ||
yaḥ paṭhati stutimetāṃ
vidyāvantaṃ tamamba dhanavantam |
kuru devi yaśasvantaṃ
varcasvantaṃ manuṣyeṣu || 106 ||
ye śṛṇvanti stutimimāṃ tava devyanasūyakāḥ |
tebhyo dehi śriyaṃ vidyāmudvarca uttanūbalam || 107 ||
tvāmevāhaṃ staumi nityaṃ praṇaumi
śrīvidyeśāṃ vacmi sañcintayāmi |
adhyāste yā viśvamātā virājo
hṛtpuṇḍarīkaṃ virajaṃ viśuddham || 108 ||
śaṅkareṇa racitaṃ stavottamaṃ
yaḥ paṭhejjagati bhaktimānnaraḥ |
tasya siddhiratulā bhaveddhruvā
sundarī ca satataṃ prasīdati || 109 ||
yatraiva yatraiva mano madīyaṃ
tatraiva tatraiva tava svarūpam |
yatraiva yatraiva śiro madīyaṃ
tatraiva tatraiva padadvayaṃ te || 110 ||
|| iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau tripurasundarī vedapāda stavaḥ ||

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