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StotramLalita Tripurasundari JiPan-India / South India

Lalita Sahasranama

verse 1

ॐ श्रीमाता श्रीमहाराज्ञी श्रीमत्-सिंहासनेश्वरी ।

Oṃ śrīmātā śrīmahārājñī śrīmat-siṃhāsaneśvarī |

चिदग्नि-कुण्ड-सम्भूता देवकार्य-समुद्यता

Cidagni-kuṇḍa-sambhūtā devakārya-samudyatā

Meaning

Om. Shrimata, the auspicious Mother; Shrimaharajni, the great Queen; Shrimat-Simhasaneshvari, mistress of the glorious lion-throne.

Born from the fire-pit of consciousness; risen up to accomplish the work of the gods.

verse 2

उद्यद्भानु-सहस्राभा चतुर्बाहु-समन्विता ।

Udyadbhānu-sahasrābhā caturbāhu-samanvitā |

रागस्वरूप-पाशाढ्या क्रोधाकाराङ्कुशोज्ज्वला

Rāgasvarūpa-pāśāḍhyā krodhākārāṅkuśojjvalā

Meaning

Whose radiance is that of a thousand rising suns; endowed with four arms.

Rich with the noose that is desire itself; blazing with the goad whose form is anger.

verse 3

मनोरूपेक्षु-कोदण्डा पञ्चतन्मात्र-सायका ।

Manorūpekṣu-kodaṇḍā pañcatanmātra-sāyakā |

निजारुण-प्रभापूर-मज्जद्ब्रह्माण्ड-मण्डला

Nijāruṇa-prabhāpūra-majjadbrahmāṇḍa-maṇḍalā

Meaning

Whose sugarcane bow is the mind; whose five arrows are the five subtle elements.

In the flood of whose own red radiance the whole circle of world-eggs lies bathed.

verse 4

चम्पकाशोक-पुन्नाग-सौगन्धिक-लसत्कचा ।

Campakāśoka-punnāga-saugandhika-lasatkacā |

कुरुविन्दमणि-श्रेणी-कनत्कोटीर-मण्डिता

Kuruvindamaṇi-śreṇī-kanatkoṭīra-maṇḍitā

Meaning

Whose hair shines with champaka, ashoka, punnaga and saugandhika blossoms.

Adorned with a crown gleaming with rows of ruby gems.

verse 5

अष्टमीचन्द्र-विभ्राज-दलिकस्थल-शोभिता ।

Aṣṭamīcandra-vibhrāja-dalikasthala-śobhitā |

मुखचन्द्र-कलङ्काभ-मृगनाभि-विशेषका

Mukhacandra-kalaṅkābha-mṛganābhi-viśeṣakā

Meaning

Whose brow shines like the moon of the eighth night.

The musk mark on whose moon-like face is as the moon's own dark spot.

verse 6

वदनस्मर-माङ्गल्य-गृहतोरण-चिल्लिका ।

Vadanasmara-māṅgalya-gṛhatoraṇa-cillikā |

वक्त्रलक्ष्मी-परीवाह-चलन्मीनाभ-लोचना

Vaktralakṣmī-parīvāha-calanmīnābha-locanā

Meaning

Whose eyebrows are the festal arch over the auspicious house of love that is her face.

Whose eyes stir like fish in the flowing stream of her face's beauty.

verse 7

नवचम्पक-पुष्पाभ-नासादण्ड-विराजिता ।

Navacampaka-puṣpābha-nāsādaṇḍa-virājitā |

ताराकान्ति-तिरस्कारि-नासाभरण-भासुरा

Tārākānti-tiraskāri-nāsābharaṇa-bhāsurā

Meaning

Whose nose-line is lovely as a fresh champaka bud.

Resplendent with a nose-jewel that puts the brightness of the stars to shame.

verse 8

कदम्बमञ्जरी-कॢप्त-कर्णपूर-मनोहरा ।

Kadambamañjarī-kḷpta-karṇapūra-manoharā |

ताटङ्क-युगली-भूत-तपनोडुप-मण्डला

Tāṭaṅka-yugalī-bhūta-tapanoḍupa-maṇḍalā

Meaning

Enchanting with ear-flowers fashioned from clusters of kadamba blossom.

Whose pair of ear-pendants are the discs of the sun and the moon.

verse 9

पद्मराग-शिलादर्श-परिभावि-कपोलभूः ।

Padmarāga-śilādarśa-paribhāvi-kapolabhūḥ |

नवविद्रुम-बिम्बश्री-न्यक्कारि-रदनच्छदा

Navavidruma-bimbaśrī-nyakkāri-radanacchadā

Meaning

Whose cheeks outdo mirrors cut from ruby stone.

Whose lips shame the beauty of fresh coral and the bimba fruit.

verse 10

शुद्ध-विद्याङ्कुराकार-द्विजपङ्क्ति-द्वयोज्ज्वला ।

Śuddha-vidyāṅkurākāra-dvijapaṅkti-dvayojjvalā |

कर्पूर-वीटिकामोद-समाकर्षि-दिगन्तरा

Karpūra-vīṭikāmoda-samākarṣi-digantarā

Meaning

Whose two rows of teeth gleam like sprouting shoots of the pure vidya.

The fragrance of whose camphor-scented betel draws in every quarter of space.

verse 11

निज-सल्लाप-माधुर्य-विनिर्भर्त्सित-कच्छपी ।

Nija-sallāpa-mādhurya-vinirbhartsita-kacchapī |

मन्दस्मित-प्रभापूर-मज्जत्कामेश-मानसा

Mandasmita-prabhāpūra-majjatkāmeśa-mānasā

Meaning

The sweetness of whose speech puts the vina Kachchhapi to shame.

In the flood of whose faint smile the mind of Kamesha lies drowned.

verse 12

अनाकलित-सादृश्य-चिबुकश्री-विराजिता ।

Anākalita-sādṛśya-cibukaśrī-virājitā |

कामेश-बद्ध-माङ्गल्य-सूत्र-शोभित-कन्धरा

Kāmeśa-baddha-māṅgalya-sūtra-śobhita-kandharā

Meaning

Radiant with a chin whose beauty finds nothing to be compared with.

Whose neck is graced by the marriage-thread that Kamesha tied.

verse 13

कनकाङ्गद-केयूर-कमनीय-भुजान्विता ।

Kanakāṅgada-keyūra-kamanīya-bhujānvitā |

रत्नग्रैवेय-चिन्ताक-लोल-मुक्ता-फलान्विता

Ratnagraiveya-cintāka-lola-muktā-phalānvitā

Meaning

Whose lovely arms are clasped with golden armlets and bracelets.

Wearing a jewelled neck-ornament with its pendant and swaying pearls.

verse 14

कामेश्वर-प्रेमरत्न-मणि-प्रतिपण-स्तनी ।

Kāmeśvara-premaratna-maṇi-pratipaṇa-stanī |

नाभ्यालवाल-रोमालि-लता-फल-कुचद्वयी

Nābhyālavāla-romāli-latā-phala-kucadvayī

Meaning

Whose breasts are the price rendered back for the jewel of Kameshvara's love.

Whose two breasts are the fruit borne by the creeper of hair rising from the basin of her navel.

verse 15

लक्ष्यरोम-लताधारता-समुन्नेय-मध्यमा ।

Lakṣyaroma-latādhāratā-samunneya-madhyamā |

स्तनभार-दलन्मध्य-पट्टबन्ध-वलित्रया

Stanabhāra-dalanmadhya-paṭṭabandha-valitrayā

Meaning

Whose waist can only be inferred, as that which must be bearing the visible creeper of hair.

Whose three belly-folds are as a bandage binding a waist breaking under the weight of her breasts.

verse 16

अरुणारुण-कौसुम्भ-वस्त्र-भास्वत्-कटीतटी ।

Aruṇāruṇa-kausumbha-vastra-bhāsvat-kaṭītaṭī |

रत्न-किङ्किणिका-रम्य-रशना-दाम-भूषिता

Ratna-kiṅkiṇikā-ramya-raśanā-dāma-bhūṣitā

Meaning

Whose hips shine with a garment of deep safflower red.

Adorned with a girdle-string lovely with its little jewelled bells.

verse 17

कामेश-ज्ञात-सौभाग्य-मार्दवोरु-द्वयान्विता ।

Kāmeśa-jñāta-saubhāgya-mārdavoru-dvayānvitā |

माणिक्य-मुकुटाकार-जानुद्वय-विराजिता

Māṇikya-mukuṭākāra-jānudvaya-virājitā

Meaning

Whose two soft thighs, and the beauty of them, Kamesha alone knows.

Radiant with two knees shaped like crowns of ruby.

verse 18

इन्द्रगोप-परिक्षिप्त-स्मरतूणाभ-जङ्घिका ।

Indragopa-parikṣipta-smaratūṇābha-jaṅghikā |

गूढगुल्फा कूर्मपृष्ठ-जयिष्णु-प्रपदान्विता

Gūḍhagulphā kūrmapṛṣṭha-jayiṣṇu-prapadānvitā

Meaning

Whose calves are like Kama's quivers strewn over with scarlet indragopa insects.

Whose ankles are hidden from sight; whose insteps outdo the arch of a tortoise's back.

verse 19

नख-दीधिति-संछन्न-नमज्जन-तमोगुणा ।

Nakha-dīdhiti-saṃchanna-namajjana-tamoguṇā |

पदद्वय-प्रभाजाल-पराकृत-सरोरुहा

Padadvaya-prabhājāla-parākṛta-saroruhā

Meaning

The radiance of whose toenails drives out the darkness in those who bow to her.

The net of light from whose two feet puts the lotus out of countenance.

verse 20

सिञ्जान-मणिमञ्जीर-मण्डित-श्री-पदाम्बुजा ।

Siñjāna-maṇimañjīra-maṇḍita-śrī-padāmbujā |

मराली-मन्दगमना महालावण्य-शेवधिः

Marālī-mandagamanā mahālāvaṇya-śevadhiḥ

Meaning

Whose lotus feet are graced with jewelled anklets that chime as she moves.

Whose gait is the slow grace of a swan; the treasure-hoard of great loveliness.

verse 21

सर्वारुणाऽनवद्याङ्गी सर्वाभरण-भूषिता ।

Sarvāruṇā'navadyāṅgī sarvābharaṇa-bhūṣitā |

शिव-कामेश्वराङ्कस्था शिवा स्वाधीन-वल्लभा

Śiva-kāmeśvarāṅkasthā śivā svādhīna-vallabhā

Meaning

Red from head to foot; flawless of limb; adorned with every ornament.

Seated on the lap of Shiva-Kameshvara; Shiva's own; she whose beloved is under her sway.

verse 22

सुमेरु-मध्य-शृङ्गस्था श्रीमन्नगर-नायिका ।

Sumeru-madhya-śṛṅgasthā śrīmannagara-nāyikā |

चिन्तामणि-गृहान्तस्था पञ्च-ब्रह्मासन-स्थिता

Cintāmaṇi-gṛhāntasthā pañca-brahmāsana-sthitā

Meaning

Seated on the middle peak of Sumeru; mistress of the glorious City.

Dwelling within the house of the wish-granting gem; seated on the throne of the five Brahmas.

verse 23

महापद्माटवी-संस्था कदम्बवन-वासिनी ।

Mahāpadmāṭavī-saṃsthā kadambavana-vāsinī |

सुधासागर-मध्यस्था कामाक्षी कामदायिनी

Sudhāsāgara-madhyasthā kāmākṣī kāmadāyinī

Meaning

Abiding in the forest of great lotuses; dwelling in the kadamba grove.

Abiding in the midst of the ocean of nectar; Kamakshi, whose eyes hold desire; giver of what is desired.

verse 24

देवर्षि-गण-संघात-स्तूयमानात्म-वैभवा ।

Devarṣi-gaṇa-saṃghāta-stūyamānātma-vaibhavā |

भण्डासुर-वधोद्युक्त-शक्तिसेना-समन्विता

Bhaṇḍāsura-vadhodyukta-śaktisenā-samanvitā

Meaning

Whose own greatness is praised by the assembled hosts of gods and seers.

Attended by her army of Shaktis, roused to the slaying of the asura Bhanda.

verse 25

सम्पत्करी-समारूढ-सिन्धुर-व्रज-सेविता ।

Sampatkarī-samārūḍha-sindhura-vraja-sevitā |

अश्वारूढाधिष्ठिताश्व-कोटि-कोटिभिरावृता

Aśvārūḍhādhiṣṭhitāśva-koṭi-koṭibhirāvṛtā

Meaning

Attended by the elephant host led by Sampatkari mounted at their head.

Surrounded by ten million upon ten million horses under Ashvarudha's command.

verse 26

चक्रराज-रथारूढ-सर्वायुध-परिष्कृता ।

Cakrarāja-rathārūḍha-sarvāyudha-pariṣkṛtā |

गेयचक्र-रथारूढ-मन्त्रिणी-परिसेविता

Geyacakra-rathārūḍha-mantriṇī-parisevitā

Meaning

Mounted on the Chakraraja chariot, furnished with every weapon.

Waited upon by Mantrini mounted on the Geyachakra chariot.

verse 27

किरिचक्र-रथारूढ-दण्डनाथा-पुरस्कृता ।

Kiricakra-rathārūḍha-daṇḍanāthā-puraskṛtā |

ज्वाला-मालिनिकाक्षिप्त-वह्निप्राकार-मध्यगा

Jvālā-mālinikākṣipta-vahniprākāra-madhyagā

Meaning

Preceded by Dandanatha mounted on the Kirichakra chariot.

Moving within the rampart of fire that Jvalamalini cast about her.

verse 28

भण्डसैन्य-वधोद्युक्त-शक्ति-विक्रम-हर्षिता ।

Bhaṇḍasainya-vadhodyukta-śakti-vikrama-harṣitā |

नित्या-पराक्रमाटोप-निरीक्षण-समुत्सुका

Nityā-parākramāṭopa-nirīkṣaṇa-samutsukā

Meaning

Gladdened by the valour of the Shaktis roused to destroy Bhanda's army.

Eager to watch the swelling prowess of the Nitya goddesses.

verse 29

भण्डपुत्र-वधोद्युक्त-बाला-विक्रम-नन्दिता ।

Bhaṇḍaputra-vadhodyukta-bālā-vikrama-nanditā |

मन्त्रिण्यम्बा-विरचित-विषङ्ग-वध-तोषिता

Mantriṇyambā-viracita-viṣaṅga-vadha-toṣitā

Meaning

Delighted by the valour of Bala, roused to slay Bhanda's sons.

Pleased by the slaying of Vishanga, contrived by Mother Mantrini.

verse 30

विशुक्र-प्राणहरण-वाराही-वीर्य-नन्दिता ।

Viśukra-prāṇaharaṇa-vārāhī-vīrya-nanditā |

कामेश्वर-मुखालोक-कल्पित-श्रीगणेश्वरा

Kāmeśvara-mukhāloka-kalpita-śrīgaṇeśvarā

Meaning

Rejoicing in Varahi's might, that took the life of Vishukra.

Who created Shri Ganeshvara by a glance at Kameshvara's face.

verse 31

महागणेश-निर्भिन्न-विघ्नयन्त्र-प्रहर्षिता ।

Mahāgaṇeśa-nirbhinna-vighnayantra-praharṣitā |

भण्डासुरेन्द्र-निर्मुक्त-शस्त्र-प्रत्यस्त्र-वर्षिणी

Bhaṇḍāsurendra-nirmukta-śastra-pratyastra-varṣiṇī

Meaning

Greatly gladdened when Mahaganesha broke the obstacle-machine apart.

Who rained counter-weapons against every missile the asura lord Bhanda loosed.

verse 32

कराङ्गुलि-नखोत्पन्न-नारायण-दशाकृतिः ।

Karāṅguli-nakhotpanna-nārāyaṇa-daśākṛtiḥ |

महा-पाशुपतास्त्राग्नि-निर्दग्धासुर-सैनिका

Mahā-pāśupatāstrāgni-nirdagdhāsura-sainikā

Meaning

From the nails of whose fingers sprang the ten forms of Narayana.

By whose great Pashupata missile's fire the asura soldiery was burnt away.

verse 33

कामेश्वरास्त्र-निर्दग्ध-सभण्डासुर-शून्यका ।

Kāmeśvarāstra-nirdagdha-sabhaṇḍāsura-śūnyakā |

ब्रह्मोपेन्द्र-महेन्द्रादि-देव-संस्तुत-वैभवा

Brahmopendra-mahendrādi-deva-saṃstuta-vaibhavā

Meaning

Who by the Kameshvara missile burnt Bhandasura away and left the place empty of him.

Whose greatness Brahma, Upendra, Mahendra and the rest of the gods together praise.

verse 34

हर-नेत्राग्नि-संदग्ध-काम-सञ्जीवनौषधिः ।

Hara-netrāgni-saṃdagdha-kāma-sañjīvanauṣadhiḥ |

श्रीमद्वाग्भव-कूटैक-स्वरूप-मुख-पङ्कजा

Śrīmadvāgbhava-kūṭaika-svarūpa-mukha-paṅkajā

Meaning

The herb that brought Kama back to life after Hara's eye-fire had burnt him.

Whose lotus face is the single form of the glorious Vagbhava syllable-cluster.

verse 35

कण्ठाधः-कटि-पर्यन्त-मध्यकूट-स्वरूपिणी ।

Kaṇṭhādhaḥ-kaṭi-paryanta-madhyakūṭa-svarūpiṇī |

शक्ति-कूटैकतापन्न-कट्यधोभाग-धारिणी

Śakti-kūṭaikatāpanna-kaṭyadhobhāga-dhāriṇī

Meaning

Whose form from below the throat to the waist is the middle syllable-cluster.

Who bears in the part below her waist the single Shakti syllable-cluster.

verse 36

मूल-मन्त्रात्मिका मूलकूटत्रय-कलेवरा ।

Mūla-mantrātmikā mūlakūṭatraya-kalevarā |

कुलामृतैक-रसिका कुलसंकेत-पालिनी

Kulāmṛtaika-rasikā kulasaṃketa-pālinī

Meaning

Whose very self is the root mantra; whose body is the three root clusters.

Who savours the nectar of the Kula alone; keeper of the Kula covenant.

verse 37

कुलाङ्गना कुलान्तस्था कौलिनी कुलयोगिनी ।

Kulāṅganā kulāntasthā kaulinī kulayoginī |

अकुला समयान्तस्था समयाचार-तत्परा

Akulā samayāntasthā samayācāra-tatparā

Meaning

The woman of the Kula; who dwells within the Kula; the Kaulini; the yogini of the Kula.

The Akula, beyond the Kula; who abides within Samaya; devoted to the Samaya observance.

verse 38

मूलाधारैक-निलया ब्रह्मग्रन्थि-विभेदिनी ।

Mūlādhāraika-nilayā brahmagranthi-vibhedinī |

मणि-पूरान्तरुदिता विष्णुग्रन्थि-विभेदिनी

Maṇi-pūrāntaruditā viṣṇugranthi-vibhedinī

Meaning

Whose one dwelling is the Muladhara; who splits the knot of Brahma.

Who rises within the Manipura; who splits the knot of Vishnu.

verse 39

आज्ञा-चक्रान्तरालस्था रुद्रग्रन्थि-विभेदिनी ।

Ājñā-cakrāntarālasthā rudragranthi-vibhedinī |

सहस्राराम्बुजारूढा सुधा-साराभिवर्षिणी

Sahasrārāmbujārūḍhā sudhā-sārābhivarṣiṇī

Meaning

Who abides within the Ajna wheel; who splits the knot of Rudra.

Who mounts the thousand-petalled lotus; who rains down the essence of nectar.

verse 40

तडिल्लता-समरुचिः षट्चक्रोपरि-संस्थिता ।

Taḍillatā-samaruciḥ ṣaṭcakropari-saṃsthitā |

महासक्तिः कुण्डलिनी बिसतन्तु-तनीयसी

Mahāsaktiḥ kuṇḍalinī bisatantu-tanīyasī

Meaning

Whose lustre is that of a streak of lightning; established above the six wheels.

Of great attachment; Kundalini; finer than the fibre in a lotus stalk.

verse 41

भवानी भावनागम्या भवारण्य-कुठारिका ।

Bhavānī bhāvanāgamyā bhavāraṇya-kuṭhārikā |

भद्रप्रिया भद्रमूर्तिर्भक्त-सौभाग्यदायिनी

Bhadrapriyā bhadramūrtirbhakta-saubhāgyadāyinī

Meaning

Bhavani; reached by contemplation alone; the axe that fells the forest of worldly becoming.

To whom the auspicious is dear; whose very form is the auspicious; who grants good fortune to those who love her.

verse 42

भक्तिप्रिया भक्तिगम्या भक्तिवश्या भयापहा ।

Bhaktipriyā bhaktigamyā bhaktivaśyā bhayāpahā |

शाम्भवी शारदाराध्या शर्वाणी शर्मदायिनी

Śāmbhavī śāradārādhyā śarvāṇī śarmadāyinī

Meaning

To whom devotion is dear; reached by devotion; won over by devotion; who takes fear away.

Shambhavi, Shambhu's own; worshipped by Sharada; Sharvani, Sharva's own; giver of ease.

verse 43

शाङ्करी श्रीकरी साध्वी शरच्चन्द्र-निभानना ।

Śāṅkarī śrīkarī sādhvī śaraccandra-nibhānanā |

शातोदरी शान्तिमती निराधारा निरञ्जना

Śātodarī śāntimatī nirādhārā nirañjanā

Meaning

Shankari, Shankara's own; who brings prosperity about; the true and chaste; whose face is the autumn moon.

Of slender waist; full of peace; who rests on no support; the unstained.

verse 44

निर्लेपा निर्मला नित्या निराकारा निराकुला ।

Nirlepā nirmalā nityā nirākārā nirākulā |

निर्गुणा निष्कला शान्ता निष्कामा निरुपप्लवा

Nirguṇā niṣkalā śāntā niṣkāmā nirupaplavā

Meaning

Untouched by anything; without stain; eternal; without form; never agitated.

Without qualities; without parts; wholly at rest; without desire; whom no calamity touches.

verse 45

नित्यमुक्ता निर्विकारा निष्प्रपञ्चा निराश्रया ।

Nityamuktā nirvikārā niṣprapañcā nirāśrayā |

नित्यशुद्धा नित्यबुद्धा निरवद्या निरन्तरा

Nityaśuddhā nityabuddhā niravadyā nirantarā

Meaning

Free for ever; without change; beyond the spread of the world; needing nothing to lean on.

Pure for ever; awake for ever; without fault; without break or interval.

verse 46

निष्कारणा निष्कलङ्का निरुपाधिर्निरीश्वरा ।

Niṣkāraṇā niṣkalaṅkā nirupādhirnirīśvarā |

नीरागा रागमथनी निर्मदा मदनाशिनी

Nīrāgā rāgamathanī nirmadā madanāśinī

Meaning

Without cause; without blemish; bound by no limiting condition; having no lord above her.

Without passion, and the churner of passion; without pride, and the destroyer of pride.

verse 47

निश्चिन्ता निरहंकारा निर्मोहा मोहनाशिनी ।

Niścintā nirahaṃkārā nirmohā mohanāśinī |

निर्ममा ममताहन्त्री निष्पापा पापनाशिनी

Nirmamā mamatāhantrī niṣpāpā pāpanāśinī

Meaning

Without anxiety, and the ender of anxiety; without ego; without delusion, and the destroyer of delusion.

Without mine-ness, and the slayer of possessiveness; without sin, and the destroyer of sin.

verse 48

निष्क्रोधा क्रोधशमनी निर्लोभा लोभनाशिनी ।

Niṣkrodhā krodhaśamanī nirlobhā lobhanāśinī |

निःसंशया संशयघ्नी निर्भवा भवनाशिनी

Niḥsaṃśayā saṃśayaghnī nirbhavā bhavanāśinī

Meaning

Without anger, and the queller of anger; without greed, and the destroyer of greed.

Without doubt, and the slayer of doubt; without becoming, and the destroyer of worldly becoming.

verse 49

निर्विकल्पा निराबाधा निर्भेदा भेदनाशिनी ।

Nirvikalpā nirābādhā nirbhedā bhedanāśinī |

निर्नाशा मृत्युमथनी निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहा

Nirnāśā mṛtyumathanī niṣkriyā niṣparigrahā

Meaning

Beyond all alternatives; unobstructed; without division, and the destroyer of division.

Who never perishes; the churner of death; who performs no action; who takes nothing to herself.

verse 50

निस्तुला नीलचिकुरा निरपाया निरत्यया ।

Nistulā nīlacikurā nirapāyā niratyayā |

दुर्लभा दुर्गमा दुर्गा दुःखहन्त्री सुखप्रदा

Durlabhā durgamā durgā duḥkhahantrī sukhapradā

Meaning

Beyond compare; of dark blue hair; from whom no harm comes; who knows no passing away.

Hard to obtain; hard to approach; Durga; the slayer of sorrow; the giver of ease.

verse 51

दुष्टदूरा दुराचार-शमनी दोषवर्जिता ।

Duṣṭadūrā durācāra-śamanī doṣavarjitā |

सर्वज्ञा सान्द्रकरुणा समानाधिक-वर्जिता

Sarvajñā sāndrakaruṇā samānādhika-varjitā

Meaning

Far from the wicked; who quiets ill conduct; in whom no fault is found.

Who knows all; whose compassion is dense and unbroken; who has neither equal nor superior.

verse 52

सर्वशक्तिमयी सर्व-मङ्गला सद्गतिप्रदा ।

Sarvaśaktimayī sarva-maṅgalā sadgatipradā |

सर्वेश्वरी सर्वमयी सर्वमन्त्र-स्वरूपिणी

Sarveśvarī sarvamayī sarvamantra-svarūpiṇī

Meaning

Made of every power; auspicious in every way; who grants the true goal.

Sovereign of all; made of all; whose very form is every mantra.

verse 53

सर्व-यन्त्रात्मिका सर्व-तन्त्ररूपा मनोन्मनी ।

Sarva-yantrātmikā sarva-tantrarūpā manonmanī |

माहेश्वरी महादेवी महालक्ष्मीर्मृडप्रिया

Māheśvarī mahādevī mahālakṣmīrmṛḍapriyā

Meaning

Whose self is every yantra; whose form is every tantra; Manonmani, the mind risen beyond mind.

Maheshvari; the great goddess; Mahalakshmi; dear to Mrida.

verse 54

महारूपा महापूज्या महापातक-नाशिनी ।

Mahārūpā mahāpūjyā mahāpātaka-nāśinī |

महामाया महासत्त्वा महाशक्तिर्महारतिः

Mahāmāyā mahāsattvā mahāśaktirmahāratiḥ

Meaning

Of great form; greatly to be worshipped; who destroys the great sins.

The great Maya; of great being; the great Shakti; the great delight.

verse 55

महाभोगा महैश्वर्या महावीर्या महाबला ।

Mahābhogā mahaiśvaryā mahāvīryā mahābalā |

महाबुद्धिर्महासिद्धिर्महायोगेश्वरेश्वरी

Mahābuddhirmahāsiddhirmahāyogeśvareśvarī

Meaning

Of great enjoyment; of great sovereignty; of great valour; of great strength.

Of great understanding; of great attainment; sovereign over the lords of the great yoga.

verse 56

महातन्त्रा महामन्त्रा महायन्त्रा महासना ।

Mahātantrā mahāmantrā mahāyantrā mahāsanā |

महायाग-क्रमाराध्या महाभैरव-पूजिता

Mahāyāga-kramārādhyā mahābhairava-pūjitā

Meaning

The great tantra; the great mantra; the great yantra; the great seat.

Worshipped by the order of the great sacrifice; adored by Mahabhairava.

verse 57

महेश्वर-महाकल्प-महाताण्डव-साक्षिणी ।

Maheśvara-mahākalpa-mahātāṇḍava-sākṣiṇī |

महाकामेश-महिषी महात्रिपुर-सुन्दरी

Mahākāmeśa-mahiṣī mahātripura-sundarī

Meaning

The witness of Maheshvara's great dance at the great dissolution.

The queen consort of the great Kamesha; the great Tripurasundari.

verse 58

चतुःषष्ट्युपचाराढ्या चतुःषष्टिकलामयी ।

Catuḥṣaṣṭyupacārāḍhyā catuḥṣaṣṭikalāmayī |

महाचतुः-षष्टिकोटि-योगिनी-गणसेविता

Mahācatuḥ-ṣaṣṭikoṭi-yoginī-gaṇasevitā

Meaning

Rich in the sixty-four rites of service; made of the sixty-four arts.

Served by the host of the great sixty-four crores of yoginis.

verse 59

मनुविद्या चन्द्रविद्या चन्द्रमण्डल-मध्यगा ।

Manuvidyā candravidyā candramaṇḍala-madhyagā |

चारुरूपा चारुहासा चारुचन्द्र-कलाधरा

Cārurūpā cāruhāsā cārucandra-kalādharā

Meaning

The Manu vidya; the Chandra vidya; who abides at the centre of the moon's disc.

Of lovely form; of lovely smile; who wears the lovely crescent moon.

verse 60

चराचर-जगन्नाथा चक्रराज-निकेतना ।

Carācara-jagannāthā cakrarāja-niketanā |

पार्वती पद्मनयना पद्मराग-समप्रभा

Pārvatī padmanayanā padmarāga-samaprabhā

Meaning

Mistress of the world of things that move and things that do not; whose dwelling is the Chakraraja.

Parvati; lotus-eyed; whose radiance is that of the ruby.

verse 61

पञ्च-प्रेतासनासीना पञ्चब्रह्म-स्वरूपिणी ।

Pañca-pretāsanāsīnā pañcabrahma-svarūpiṇī |

चिन्मयी परमानन्दा विज्ञान-घनरूपिणी

Cinmayī paramānandā vijñāna-ghanarūpiṇī

Meaning

Seated on the couch borne by the five corpses; whose form is the five Brahmas.

Made of pure consciousness; the highest bliss; whose form is knowledge massed and undivided.

verse 62

ध्यान-ध्यातृ-ध्येयरूपा धर्माधर्म-विवर्जिता ।

Dhyāna-dhyātṛ-dhyeyarūpā dharmādharma-vivarjitā |

विश्वरूपा जागरिणी स्वपन्ती तैजसात्मिका

Viśvarūpā jāgariṇī svapantī taijasātmikā

Meaning

Whose form is the meditation, the meditator and the thing meditated on; free of both merit and demerit.

Whose form is the universe; the waking one; the dreaming one; whose self is Taijasa.

verse 63

सुप्ता प्राज्ञात्मिका तुर्या सर्वावस्था-विवर्जिता ।

Suptā prājñātmikā turyā sarvāvasthā-vivarjitā |

सृष्टिकर्त्री ब्रह्मरूपा गोप्त्री गोविन्दरूपिणी

Sṛṣṭikartrī brahmarūpā goptrī govindarūpiṇī

Meaning

The sleeping one; whose self is Prajna; the fourth; and free of all these states alike.

Maker of creation, in the form of Brahma; protector, in the form of Govinda.

verse 64

संहारिणी रुद्ररूपा तिरोधान-करीश्वरी ।

Saṃhāriṇī rudrarūpā tirodhāna-karīśvarī |

सदाशिवाऽनुग्रहदा पञ्चकृत्य-परायणा

Sadāśivā'nugrahadā pañcakṛtya-parāyaṇā

Meaning

Destroyer, in the form of Rudra; the sovereign who works the withdrawal of all.

Sadashiva; the giver of grace; wholly given to the five acts.

verse 65

भानुमण्डल-मध्यस्था भैरवी भगमालिनी ।

Bhānumaṇḍala-madhyasthā bhairavī bhagamālinī |

पद्मासना भगवती पद्मनाभ-सहोदरी

Padmāsanā bhagavatī padmanābha-sahodarī

Meaning

Who abides at the centre of the sun's disc; Bhairavi; Bhagamalini.

Seated on the lotus; Bhagavati; born of the same womb as Padmanabha.

verse 66

उन्मेष-निमिषोत्पन्न-विपन्न-भुवनावली ।

Unmeṣa-nimiṣotpanna-vipanna-bhuvanāvalī |

सहस्र-शीर्षवदना सहस्राक्षी सहस्रपात्

Sahasra-śīrṣavadanā sahasrākṣī sahasrapāt

Meaning

In whose opening and closing of the eyes the ranks of worlds arise and pass away.

Of a thousand heads and faces; of a thousand eyes; of a thousand feet.

verse 67

आब्रह्म-कीट-जननी वर्णाश्रम-विधायिनी ।

Ābrahma-kīṭa-jananī varṇāśrama-vidhāyinī |

निजाज्ञारूप-निगमा पुण्यापुण्य-फलप्रदा

Nijājñārūpa-nigamā puṇyāpuṇya-phalapradā

Meaning

Mother of all from Brahma down to the worm; who ordains the order of varna and ashrama.

Whose own command takes the form of the Vedas; who gives the fruit of merit and of demerit alike.

verse 68

श्रुति-सीमन्त-सिन्दूरी-कृत-पादाब्ज-धूलिका ।

Śruti-sīmanta-sindūrī-kṛta-pādābja-dhūlikā |

सकलागम-सन्दोह-शुक्ति-सम्पुट-मौक्तिका

Sakalāgama-sandoha-śukti-sampuṭa-mauktikā

Meaning

The dust of whose lotus feet reddens the parting in the hair of the Shrutis.

The pearl within the shell-casket that is the whole mass of the Agamas.

verse 69

पुरुषार्थप्रदा पूर्णा भोगिनी भुवनेश्वरी ।

Puruṣārthapradā pūrṇā bhoginī bhuvaneśvarī |

अम्बिकाऽनादि-निधना हरिब्रह्मेन्द्र-सेविता

Ambikā'nādi-nidhanā haribrahmendra-sevitā

Meaning

Who grants the ends of human life; the full; the enjoyer; Bhuvaneshvari, sovereign of the worlds.

Ambika, the mother; without beginning or end; served by Hari, Brahma and Indra.

verse 70

नारायणी नादरूपा नामरूप-विवर्जिता ।

Nārāyaṇī nādarūpā nāmarūpa-vivarjitā |

ह्रींकारी ह्रीमती हृद्या हेयोपादेय-वर्जिता

Hrīṃkārī hrīmatī hṛdyā heyopādeya-varjitā

Meaning

Narayani; whose form is sound itself; free of name and form alike.

She of the syllable Hrim; possessed of modesty; dear to the heart; beyond what is to be shunned and what is to be taken up.

verse 71

राजराजार्चिता राज्ञी रम्या राजीवलोचना ।

Rājarājārcitā rājñī ramyā rājīvalocanā |

रञ्जनी रमणी रस्या रणत्किङ्किणि-मेखला

Rañjanī ramaṇī rasyā raṇatkiṅkiṇi-mekhalā

Meaning

Worshipped by the king of kings; the queen; the delightful; lotus-eyed.

Who colours and delights; the lovely woman; full of savour; whose girdle-bells ring as she moves.

verse 72

रमा राकेन्दुवदना रतिरूपा रतिप्रिया ।

Ramā rākenduvadanā ratirūpā ratipriyā |

रक्षाकरी राक्षसघ्नी रामा रमणलम्पटा

Rakṣākarī rākṣasaghnī rāmā ramaṇalampaṭā

Meaning

Rama; whose face is the moon of the full-moon night; whose form is delight; to whom delight is dear.

Who gives protection; the slayer of rakshasas; the gracious woman; who longs for her beloved.

verse 73

काम्या कामकलारूपा कदम्ब-कुसुम-प्रिया ।

Kāmyā kāmakalārūpā kadamba-kusuma-priyā |

कल्याणी जगतीकन्दा करुणा-रस-सागरा

Kalyāṇī jagatīkandā karuṇā-rasa-sāgarā

Meaning

The desirable; whose form is the Kamakala; to whom the kadamba blossom is dear.

The auspicious; the tuber from which the world grows; an ocean of the essence of compassion.

verse 74

कलावती कलालापा कान्ता कादम्बरीप्रिया ।

Kalāvatī kalālāpā kāntā kādambarīpriyā |

वरदा वामनयना वारुणी-मद-विह्वला

Varadā vāmanayanā vāruṇī-mada-vihvalā

Meaning

Skilled in the arts; whose speech is itself an art; the beloved; to whom kadambari is dear.

Giver of boons; of lovely eyes; swept away by the joy of the Varuni draught.

verse 75

विश्वाधिका वेदवेद्या विन्ध्याचल-निवासिनी ।

Viśvādhikā vedavedyā vindhyācala-nivāsinī |

विधात्री वेदजननी विष्णुमाया विलासिनी

Vidhātrī vedajananī viṣṇumāyā vilāsinī

Meaning

Greater than the universe; to be known through the Veda; who dwells on the Vindhya range.

The ordainer; mother of the Vedas; the Maya of Vishnu; she who plays.

verse 76

क्षेत्रस्वरूपा क्षेत्रेशी क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञ-पालिनी ।

Kṣetrasvarūpā kṣetreśī kṣetra-kṣetrajña-pālinī |

क्षयवृद्धि-विनिर्मुक्ता क्षेत्रपाल-समर्चिता

Kṣayavṛddhi-vinirmuktā kṣetrapāla-samarcitā

Meaning

Whose form is the field; mistress of the field; who protects both the field and the knower of the field.

Free of waning and waxing alike; worshipped by the guardians of the field.

verse 77

विजया विमला वन्द्या वन्दारु-जन-वत्सला ।

Vijayā vimalā vandyā vandāru-jana-vatsalā |

वाग्वादिनी वामकेशी वह्निमण्डल-वासिनी

Vāgvādinī vāmakeśī vahnimaṇḍala-vāsinī

Meaning

The victorious; the spotless; to be saluted; tender towards those who bow to her.

Who speaks in speech itself; of beautiful hair; who dwells within the circle of fire.

verse 78

भक्तिमत्-कल्पलतिका पशुपाश-विमोचिनी ।

Bhaktimat-kalpalatikā paśupāśa-vimocinī |

संहृताशेष-पाषण्डा सदाचार-प्रवर्तिका

Saṃhṛtāśeṣa-pāṣaṇḍā sadācāra-pravartikā

Meaning

The wish-granting creeper for those who love her; who unties the bonds that hold the beast.

By whom every heresy is drawn back and undone; who sets right conduct going.

verse 79

तापत्रयाग्नि-सन्तप्त-समाह्लादन-चन्द्रिका ।

Tāpatrayāgni-santapta-samāhlādana-candrikā |

तरुणी तापसाराध्या तनुमध्या तमोऽपहा

Taruṇī tāpasārādhyā tanumadhyā tamo'pahā

Meaning

The moonlight that cools those scorched by the fire of the three afflictions.

The young woman; worshipped by ascetics; of slender waist; who takes darkness away.

verse 80

चितिस्तत्पद-लक्ष्यार्था चिदेकरस-रूपिणी ।

Citistatpada-lakṣyārthā cidekarasa-rūpiṇī |

स्वात्मानन्द-लवीभूत-ब्रह्माद्यानन्द-सन्ततिः

Svātmānanda-lavībhūta-brahmādyānanda-santatiḥ

Meaning

Consciousness itself; the meaning aimed at by the word That; whose form is the one taste of awareness.

Beside whose own bliss the whole succession of joys from Brahma downward is a single drop.

verse 81

परा प्रत्यक्चितीरूपा पश्यन्ती परदेवता ।

Parā pratyakcitīrūpā paśyantī paradevatā |

मध्यमा वैखरीरूपा भक्त-मानस-हंसिका

Madhyamā vaikharīrūpā bhakta-mānasa-haṃsikā

Meaning

Para, the highest speech; consciousness turned inward; Pashyanti, the seeing speech; the supreme deity.

Madhyama, the middle speech; whose form is Vaikhari, the uttered; the swan on the lake of her devotees' minds.

verse 82

कामेश्वर-प्राणनाडी कृतज्ञा कामपूजिता ।

Kāmeśvara-prāṇanāḍī kṛtajñā kāmapūjitā |

शृङ्गार-रस-सम्पूर्णा जया जालन्धर-स्थिता

Śṛṅgāra-rasa-sampūrṇā jayā jālandhara-sthitā

Meaning

The very life-vein of Kameshvara; who remembers what is done for her; worshipped by Kama.

Filled to the brim with the mood of love; the victorious; who abides at Jalandhara.

verse 83

ओड्याणपीठ-निलया बिन्दु-मण्डलवासिनी ।

Oḍyāṇapīṭha-nilayā bindu-maṇḍalavāsinī |

रहोयाग-क्रमाराध्या रहस्तर्पण-तर्पिता

Rahoyāga-kramārādhyā rahastarpaṇa-tarpitā

Meaning

Whose dwelling is the Odyana seat; who abides in the circle of the bindu.

Worshipped by the order of the secret rite; satisfied by the secret offering.

verse 84

सद्यःप्रसादिनी विश्व-साक्षिणी साक्षिवर्जिता ।

Sadyaḥprasādinī viśva-sākṣiṇī sākṣivarjitā |

षडङ्गदेवता-युक्ता षाड्गुण्य-परिपूरिता

Ṣaḍaṅgadevatā-yuktā ṣāḍguṇya-paripūritā

Meaning

Who is pleased at once; witness of the universe; who has no witness above her.

Attended by the deities of the six limbs; filled full with the six perfections.

verse 85

नित्यक्लिन्ना निरुपमा निर्वाण-सुख-दायिनी ।

Nityaklinnā nirupamā nirvāṇa-sukha-dāyinī |

नित्या-षोडशिका-रूपा श्रीकण्ठार्ध-शरीरिणी

Nityā-ṣoḍaśikā-rūpā śrīkaṇṭhārdha-śarīriṇī

Meaning

Ever moist with compassion; beyond compare; giver of the joy of nirvana.

Whose form is the sixteen Nitya goddesses; who is half the body of Shrikantha.

verse 86

प्रभावती प्रभारूपा प्रसिद्धा परमेश्वरी ।

Prabhāvatī prabhārūpā prasiddhā parameśvarī |

मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता व्यक्ताव्यक्त-स्वरूपिणी

Mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā vyaktāvyakta-svarūpiṇī

Meaning

Full of radiance; whose form is radiance; the renowned; the supreme sovereign.

The root nature; the unmanifest; whose form is both the manifest and the unmanifest.

verse 87

व्यापिनी विविधाकारा विद्याविद्या-स्वरूपिणी ।

Vyāpinī vividhākārā vidyāvidyā-svarūpiṇī |

महाकामेश-नयन-कुमुदाह्लाद-कौमुदी

Mahākāmeśa-nayana-kumudāhlāda-kaumudī

Meaning

The all-pervading; of many shapes; whose form is knowledge and ignorance alike.

The moonlight that opens the night-lotuses which are the eyes of the great Kamesha.

verse 88

भक्त-हार्द-तमोभेद-भानुमद्भानु-सन्ततिः ।

Bhakta-hārda-tamobheda-bhānumadbhānu-santatiḥ |

शिवदूती शिवाराध्या शिवमूर्तिः शिवङ्करी

Śivadūtī śivārādhyā śivamūrtiḥ śivaṅkarī

Meaning

The unbroken sunlight that breaks the darkness in the hearts of those who love her.

Shivaduti, whose messenger is Shiva; worshipped by Shiva; whose form is Shiva; who works good.

verse 89

शिवप्रिया शिवपरा शिष्टेष्टा शिष्टपूजिता ।

Śivapriyā śivaparā śiṣṭeṣṭā śiṣṭapūjitā |

अप्रमेया स्वप्रकाशा मनोवाचामगोचरा

Aprameyā svaprakāśā manovācāmagocarā

Meaning

Dear to Shiva; devoted to Shiva; dear to the good; worshipped by the good.

Beyond measure; self-luminous; beyond the reach of mind and speech.

verse 90

चिच्छक्तिश् चेतनारूपा जडशक्तिर्जडात्मिका ।

Cicchaktiś cetanārūpā jaḍaśaktirjaḍātmikā |

गायत्री व्याहृतिः सन्ध्या द्विजवृन्द-निषेविता

Gāyatrī vyāhṛtiḥ sandhyā dvijavṛnda-niṣevitā

Meaning

The power of consciousness; whose form is awareness; the power in inert things; whose self is the inert.

Gayatri; the vyahriti utterances; the twilight worship; served by the assembly of the twice-born.

verse 91

तत्त्वासना तत्त्वमयी पञ्च-कोशान्तर-स्थिता ।

Tattvāsanā tattvamayī pañca-kośāntara-sthitā |

निःसीम-महिमा नित्य-यौवना मदशालिनी

Niḥsīma-mahimā nitya-yauvanā madaśālinī

Meaning

Whose seat is the tattvas; made of the tattvas; who abides within the five sheaths.

Whose greatness has no boundary; forever young; radiant with the joy of wine.

verse 92

मदघूर्णित-रक्ताक्षी मदपाटल-गण्डभूः ।

Madaghūrṇita-raktākṣī madapāṭala-gaṇḍabhūḥ |

चन्दन-द्रव-दिग्धाङ्गी चाम्पेय-कुसुम-प्रिया

Candana-drava-digdhāṅgī cāmpeya-kusuma-priyā

Meaning

Whose reddened eyes swim with that joy; whose cheeks are flushed pale-red with it.

Whose limbs are smeared with sandal paste; to whom the champaka blossom is dear.

verse 93

कुशला कोमलाकारा कुरुकुल्ला कुलेश्वरी ।

Kuśalā komalākārā kurukullā kuleśvarī |

कुलकुण्डालया कौल-मार्ग-तत्पर-सेविता

Kulakuṇḍālayā kaula-mārga-tatpara-sevitā

Meaning

Skilled in all things; of tender shape; Kurukulla; sovereign of the Kula.

Whose dwelling is the Kula pit; served by those devoted to the Kaula path.

verse 94

कुमार-गणनाथाम्बा तुष्टिः पुष्टिर्मतिर्धृतिः ।

Kumāra-gaṇanāthāmbā tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirmatirdhṛtiḥ |

शान्तिः स्वस्तिमती कान्तिर्नन्दिनी विघ्ननाशिनी

Śāntiḥ svastimatī kāntirnandinī vighnanāśinī

Meaning

Mother of Kumara and of the lord of the ganas; contentment; nourishment; understanding; steadiness.

Peace; full of well-being; radiance; the gladdener; who destroys obstacles.

verse 95

तेजोवती त्रिनयना लोलाक्षी-कामरूपिणी ।

Tejovatī trinayanā lolākṣī-kāmarūpiṇī |

मालिनी हंसिनी माता मलयाचल-वासिनी

Mālinī haṃsinī mātā malayācala-vāsinī

Meaning

Full of splendour; three-eyed; whose darting eyes take on the shape of desire.

Garlanded; the swan; the mother; who dwells on the Malaya range.

verse 96

सुमुखी नलिनी सुभ्रूः शोभना सुरनायिका ।

Sumukhī nalinī subhrūḥ śobhanā suranāyikā |

कालकण्ठी कान्तिमती क्षोभिणी सूक्ष्मरूपिणी

Kālakaṇṭhī kāntimatī kṣobhiṇī sūkṣmarūpiṇī

Meaning

Of fair face; the lotus; of beautiful brows; the lovely; leader of the gods.

Consort of the dark-throated one; full of lustre; who stirs all things; of subtle form.

verse 97

वज्रेश्वरी वामदेवी वयोऽवस्था-विवर्जिता ।

Vajreśvarī vāmadevī vayo'vasthā-vivarjitā |

सिद्धेश्वरी सिद्धविद्या सिद्धमाता यशस्विनी

Siddheśvarī siddhavidyā siddhamātā yaśasvinī

Meaning

Vajreshvari; Vamadevi; free of the stages of age.

Sovereign of the siddhas; the Siddha vidya; mother of the siddhas; full of renown.

verse 98

विशुद्धिचक्र-निलयाऽऽरक्तवर्णा त्रिलोचना ।

Viśuddhicakra-nilayā''raktavarṇā trilocanā |

खट्वाङ्गादि-प्रहरणा वदनैक-समन्विता

Khaṭvāṅgādi-praharaṇā vadanaika-samanvitā

Meaning

Whose dwelling is the Vishuddhi wheel; of reddish hue; three-eyed.

Armed with the skull-staff and the rest; possessed of a single face.

verse 99

पायसान्नप्रिया त्वक्स्था पशुलोक-भयङ्करी ।

Pāyasānnapriyā tvaksthā paśuloka-bhayaṅkarī |

अमृतादि-महाशक्ति-संवृता डाकिनीश्वरी

Amṛtādi-mahāśakti-saṃvṛtā ḍākinīśvarī

Meaning

To whom milk-rice is dear; who abides in the skin; a terror to the world of bound beings.

Surrounded by the great Shaktis beginning with Amrita; Dakinishvari, sovereign of the Dakini.

verse 100

अनाहताब्ज-निलया श्यामाभा वदनद्वया ।

Anāhatābja-nilayā śyāmābhā vadanadvayā |

दंष्ट्रोज्ज्वलाऽक्ष-मालादि-धरा रुधिरसंस्थिता

Daṃṣṭrojjvalā'kṣa-mālādi-dharā rudhirasaṃsthitā

Meaning

Whose dwelling is the Anahata lotus; dark of hue; of two faces.

Bright with tusks; bearing the rosary and the rest; who abides in the blood.

verse 101

कालरात्र्यादि-शक्त्यौघ-वृता स्निग्धौदनप्रिया ।

Kālarātryādi-śaktyaugha-vṛtā snigdhaudanapriyā |

महावीरेन्द्र-वरदा राकिण्यम्बा-स्वरूपिणी

Mahāvīrendra-varadā rākiṇyambā-svarūpiṇī

Meaning

Encircled by the host of Shaktis beginning with Kalaratri; to whom rich cooked rice is dear.

Giver of boons to the great heroes; whose own form is Mother Rakini.

verse 102

मणिपूराब्ज-निलया वदनत्रय-संयुता ।

Maṇipūrābja-nilayā vadanatraya-saṃyutā |

वज्रादिकायुधोपेता डामर्यादिभिरावृता

Vajrādikāyudhopetā ḍāmaryādibhirāvṛtā

Meaning

Whose dwelling is the Manipura lotus; possessed of three faces.

Furnished with the thunderbolt and other weapons; surrounded by Damari and the rest.

verse 103

रक्तवर्णा मांसनिष्ठा गुडान्न-प्रीत-मानसा ।

Raktavarṇā māṃsaniṣṭhā guḍānna-prīta-mānasā |

समस्तभक्त-सुखदा लाकिन्यम्बा-स्वरूपिणी

Samastabhakta-sukhadā lākinyambā-svarūpiṇī

Meaning

Of red hue; who abides in the flesh; whose mind delights in rice cooked with jaggery.

Who gives ease to every devotee; whose own form is Mother Lakini.

verse 104

स्वाधिष्ठानाम्बुज-गता चतुर्वक्त्र-मनोहरा ।

Svādhiṣṭhānāmbuja-gatā caturvaktra-manoharā |

शूलाद्यायुध-सम्पन्ना पीतवर्णाऽतिगर्विता

Śūlādyāyudha-sampannā pītavarṇā'tigarvitā

Meaning

Who has gone to the Svadhishthana lotus; enchanting with four faces.

Provided with the trident and other weapons; of yellow hue; exceedingly proud.

verse 105

मेदोनिष्ठा मधुप्रीता बन्धिन्यादि-समन्विता ।

Medoniṣṭhā madhuprītā bandhinyādi-samanvitā |

दध्यन्नासक्त-हृदया काकिनी-रूप-धारिणी

Dadhyannāsakta-hṛdayā kākinī-rūpa-dhāriṇī

Meaning

Who abides in the marrow-fat; delighted by honey; attended by Bandhini and the rest.

Whose heart is set on rice with curd; who bears the form of Kakini.

verse 106

मूलाधाराम्बुजारूढा पञ्च-वक्त्राऽस्थि-संस्थिता ।

Mūlādhārāmbujārūḍhā pañca-vaktrā'sthi-saṃsthitā |

अङ्कुशादि-प्रहरणा वरदादि-निषेविता

Aṅkuśādi-praharaṇā varadādi-niṣevitā

Meaning

Who has mounted the Muladhara lotus; of five faces; who abides in the bone.

Armed with the goad and the rest; waited upon by Varada and the others.

verse 107

मुद्गौदनासक्त-चित्ता साकिन्यम्बा-स्वरूपिणी ।

Mudgaudanāsakta-cittā sākinyambā-svarūpiṇī |

आज्ञा-चक्राब्ज-निलया शुक्लवर्णा षडानना

Ājñā-cakrābja-nilayā śuklavarṇā ṣaḍānanā

Meaning

Whose mind is set on rice cooked with mung; whose own form is Mother Sakini.

Whose dwelling is the Ajna lotus; of white hue; of six faces.

verse 108

मज्जासंस्था हंसवती-मुख्य-शक्ति-समन्विता ।

Majjāsaṃsthā haṃsavatī-mukhya-śakti-samanvitā |

हरिद्रान्नैक-रसिका हाकिनी-रूप-धारिणी

Haridrānnaika-rasikā hākinī-rūpa-dhāriṇī

Meaning

Who abides in the marrow; attended by Hamsavati and the other chief Shaktis.

Who savours turmeric rice above all; who bears the form of Hakini.

verse 109

सहस्रदल-पद्मस्था सर्व-वर्णोप-शोभिता ।

Sahasradala-padmasthā sarva-varṇopa-śobhitā |

सर्वायुधधरा शुक्ल-संस्थिता सर्वतोमुखी

Sarvāyudhadharā śukla-saṃsthitā sarvatomukhī

Meaning

Who abides in the thousand-petalled lotus; adorned with every letter of the alphabet.

Bearing every weapon; established in the seminal fluid; whose faces turn every way.

verse 110

सर्वौदन-प्रीतचित्ता याकिन्यम्बा-स्वरूपिणी ।

Sarvaudana-prītacittā yākinyambā-svarūpiṇī |

स्वाहा स्वधाऽमतिर्मेधा श्रुतिः स्मृतिरनुत्तमा

Svāhā svadhā'matirmedhā śrutiḥ smṛtiranuttamā

Meaning

Whose mind is pleased by every kind of cooked food; whose own form is Mother Yakini.

Svaha; Svadha; who lies beyond the intellect; understanding; the heard scripture; the remembered; the unsurpassed.

verse 111

पुण्यकीर्तिः पुण्यलभ्या पुण्यश्रवण-कीर्तना ।

Puṇyakīrtiḥ puṇyalabhyā puṇyaśravaṇa-kīrtanā |

पुलोमजार्चिता बन्ध-मोचनी बन्धुरालका

Pulomajārcitā bandha-mocanī bandhurālakā

Meaning

Of holy renown; won only by merit; whose hearing and whose telling are themselves holy.

Worshipped by Puloma's daughter; who looses every bond; of lovely curling hair.

verse 112

विमर्शरूपिणी विद्या वियदादि-जगत्प्रसूः ।

Vimarśarūpiṇī vidyā viyadādi-jagatprasūḥ |

सर्वव्याधि-प्रशमनी सर्वमृत्यु-निवारिणी

Sarvavyādhi-praśamanī sarvamṛtyu-nivāriṇī

Meaning

Whose form is Vimarsha; knowledge itself; mother of the world that begins with ether.

Who quiets every disease; who wards off every death.

verse 113

अग्रगण्याऽचिन्त्यरूपा कलिकल्मष-नाशिनी ।

Agragaṇyā'cintyarūpā kalikalmaṣa-nāśinī |

कात्यायनी कालहन्त्री कमलाक्ष-निषेविता

Kātyāyanī kālahantrī kamalākṣa-niṣevitā

Meaning

First to be counted; of form beyond thought; who destroys the stain of the Kali age.

Katyayani; slayer of Time; served by the lotus-eyed one.

verse 114

ताम्बूल-पूरित-मुखी दाडिमी-कुसुम-प्रभा ।

Tāmbūla-pūrita-mukhī dāḍimī-kusuma-prabhā |

मृगाक्षी मोहिनी मुख्या मृडानी मित्ररूपिणी

Mṛgākṣī mohinī mukhyā mṛḍānī mitrarūpiṇī

Meaning

Whose mouth is filled with betel; of the radiance of the pomegranate flower.

Doe-eyed; the enchantress; the foremost; Mridani; whose form is the friend.

verse 115

नित्यतृप्ता भक्तनिधिर्नियन्त्री निखिलेश्वरी ।

Nityatṛptā bhaktanidhirniyantrī nikhileśvarī |

मैत्र्यादि-वासनालभ्या महाप्रलय-साक्षिणी

Maitryādi-vāsanālabhyā mahāpralaya-sākṣiṇī

Meaning

Ever content; the treasure of those who love her; the ruler; sovereign of all that is.

Won by cultivating friendliness and the rest; the witness of the great dissolution.

verse 116

परा शक्तिः परा निष्ठा प्रज्ञानघन-रूपिणी ।

Parā śaktiḥ parā niṣṭhā prajñānaghana-rūpiṇī |

माध्वीपानालसा मत्ता मातृका-वर्ण-रूपिणी

Mādhvīpānālasā mattā mātṛkā-varṇa-rūpiṇī

Meaning

The supreme power; the supreme ground; whose form is consciousness massed whole.

Languid with the honey-wine she has drunk; intoxicated; whose form is the letters of the alphabet.

verse 117

महाकैलास-निलया मृणाल-मृदु-दोर्लता ।

Mahākailāsa-nilayā mṛṇāla-mṛdu-dorlatā |

महनीया दयामूर्तिर्महासाम्राज्य-शालिनी

Mahanīyā dayāmūrtirmahāsāmrājya-śālinī

Meaning

Dwelling on the great Kailasa; whose creeper-arms are soft as the lotus fibre.

Worthy of all honour; compassion given a body; possessed of a great empire.

verse 118

आत्मविद्या महाविद्या श्रीविद्या कामसेविता ।

Ātmavidyā mahāvidyā śrīvidyā kāmasevitā |

श्री-षोडशाक्षरी-विद्या त्रिकूटा कामकोटिका

Śrī-ṣoḍaśākṣarī-vidyā trikūṭā kāmakoṭikā

Meaning

The knowledge of the Self; the great vidya; the Shri Vidya; served by Kama.

The Shri vidya of sixteen syllables; of the three clusters; Kamakotika.

verse 119

कटाक्ष-किङ्करी-भूत-कमला-कोटि-सेविता ।

Kaṭākṣa-kiṅkarī-bhūta-kamalā-koṭi-sevitā |

शिरःस्थिता चन्द्रनिभा भालस्थेन्द्र-धनुःप्रभा

Śiraḥsthitā candranibhā bhālasthendra-dhanuḥprabhā

Meaning

Served by ten million Lakshmis who became her handmaids at a glance from her.

Who abides in the head, like the moon; on the brow, with the rainbow's radiance.

verse 120

हृदयस्था रविप्रख्या त्रिकोणान्तर-दीपिका ।

Hṛdayasthā raviprakhyā trikoṇāntara-dīpikā |

दाक्षायणी दैत्यहन्त्री दक्षयज्ञ-विनाशिनी

Dākṣāyaṇī daityahantrī dakṣayajña-vināśinī

Meaning

Who abides in the heart, like the sun; the lamp within the triangle.

Daksha's daughter; slayer of the daityas; who wrecked Daksha's sacrifice.

verse 121

दरान्दोलित-दीर्घाक्षी दर-हासोज्ज्वलन्-मुखी ।

Darāndolita-dīrghākṣī dara-hāsojjvalan-mukhī |

गुरुमूर्तिर्गुणनिधिर्गोमाता गुहजन्मभूः

Gurumūrtirguṇanidhirgomātā guhajanmabhūḥ

Meaning

Whose long eyes move with a slight tremor; whose face is bright with a faint smile.

The teacher embodied; a treasury of virtues; mother of cattle; the womb from which Guha was born.

verse 122

देवेशी दण्डनीतिस्था दहराकाश-रूपिणी ।

Deveśī daṇḍanītisthā daharākāśa-rūpiṇī |

प्रतिपन्मुख्य-राकान्त-तिथि-मण्डल-पूजिता

Pratipanmukhya-rākānta-tithi-maṇḍala-pūjitā

Meaning

Sovereign of the gods; who stands within the rule of justice; whose form is the small space within the heart.

Worshipped in the whole circle of lunar days, from the first to the full moon.

verse 123

कलात्मिका कलानाथा काव्यालाप-विनोदिनी ।

Kalātmikā kalānāthā kāvyālāpa-vinodinī |

सचामर-रमा-वाणी-सव्य-दक्षिण-सेविता

Sacāmara-ramā-vāṇī-savya-dakṣiṇa-sevitā

Meaning

Whose self is the digits of the moon; mistress of those digits; who delights in the speaking of poetry.

Attended on left and right by Rama and Vani, who wave the yak-tail fans.

verse 124

आदिशक्तिरमेयाऽऽत्मा परमा पावनाकृतिः ।

Ādiśaktirameyā''tmā paramā pāvanākṛtiḥ |

अनेककोटि-ब्रह्माण्ड-जननी दिव्यविग्रहा

Anekakoṭi-brahmāṇḍa-jananī divyavigrahā

Meaning

The primal power; the immeasurable Self; the supreme; whose very shape purifies.

Mother of many tens of millions of world-eggs; of divine body.

verse 125

क्लींकारी केवला गुह्या कैवल्य-पददायिनी ।

Klīṃkārī kevalā guhyā kaivalya-padadāyinī |

त्रिपुरा त्रिजगद्वन्द्या त्रिमूर्तिस्त्रिदशेश्वरी

Tripurā trijagadvandyā trimūrtistridaśeśvarī

Meaning

She of the syllable Klim; the sole one; the secret; who gives the state of absolute aloneness.

Tripura; saluted by the three worlds; the threefold form; sovereign of the gods.

verse 126

त्र्यक्षरी दिव्य-गन्धाढ्या सिन्दूर-तिलकाञ्चिता ।

Tryakṣarī divya-gandhāḍhyā sindūra-tilakāñcitā |

उमा शैलेन्द्रतनया गौरी गन्धर्व-सेविता

Umā śailendratanayā gaurī gandharva-sevitā

Meaning

Of three syllables; rich with divine fragrance; marked with the sindura mark.

Uma; daughter of the lord of mountains; Gauri; served by the gandharvas.

verse 127

विश्वगर्भा स्वर्णगर्भाऽवरदा वागधीश्वरी ।

Viśvagarbhā svarṇagarbhā'varadā vāgadhīśvarī |

ध्यानगम्याऽपरिच्छेद्या ज्ञानदा ज्ञानविग्रहा

Dhyānagamyā'paricchedyā jñānadā jñānavigrahā

Meaning

In whose womb is the universe; whose womb is gold; giver of boons; sovereign over speech.

Reached by meditation; who cannot be marked off; giver of knowledge; knowledge given a body.

verse 128

सर्ववेदान्त-संवेद्या सत्यानन्द-स्वरूपिणी ।

Sarvavedānta-saṃvedyā satyānanda-svarūpiṇī |

लोपामुद्रार्चिता लीला-कॢप्त-ब्रह्माण्ड-मण्डला

Lopāmudrārcitā līlā-kḷpta-brahmāṇḍa-maṇḍalā

Meaning

To be known through the whole of Vedanta; whose form is truth and bliss.

Worshipped by Lopamudra; who fashioned the whole circle of world-eggs in play.

verse 129

अदृश्या दृश्यरहिता विज्ञात्री वेद्यवर्जिता ।

Adṛśyā dṛśyarahitā vijñātrī vedyavarjitā |

योगिनी योगदा योग्या योगानन्दा युगन्धरा

Yoginī yogadā yogyā yogānandā yugandharā

Meaning

Unseen; who has nothing outside her to see; the knower; who has no object left to know.

The yogini; giver of yoga; fit for yoga; the bliss of yoga; who bears the ages.

verse 130

इच्छाशक्ति-ज्ञानशक्ति-क्रियाशक्ति-स्वरूपिणी ।

Icchāśakti-jñānaśakti-kriyāśakti-svarūpiṇī |

सर्वाधारा सुप्रतिष्ठा सदसद्रूप-धारिणी

Sarvādhārā supratiṣṭhā sadasadrūpa-dhāriṇī

Meaning

Whose form is the power of will, the power of knowing and the power of doing.

The support of all; firmly established; who bears the form of both being and non-being.

verse 131

अष्टमूर्तिरजाजैत्री लोकयात्रा-विधायिनी ।

Aṣṭamūrtirajājaitrī lokayātrā-vidhāyinī |

एकाकिनी भूमरूपा निर्द्वैता द्वैतवर्जिता

Ekākinī bhūmarūpā nirdvaitā dvaitavarjitā

Meaning

Of eight forms; who conquers the unborn; who sets the traffic of the worlds in order.

The solitary one; whose form is the plenum; without a second; free of all duality.

verse 132

अन्नदा वसुदा वृद्धा ब्रह्मात्मैक्य-स्वरूपिणी ।

Annadā vasudā vṛddhā brahmātmaikya-svarūpiṇī |

बृहती ब्राह्मणी ब्राह्मी ब्रह्मानन्दा बलिप्रिया

Bṛhatī brāhmaṇī brāhmī brahmānandā balipriyā

Meaning

Giver of food; giver of wealth; the ancient; whose form is the oneness of Brahman and the Self.

The vast; the brahmani; Brahmi; the bliss of Brahman; to whom the offering is dear.

verse 133

भाषारूपा बृहत्सेना भावाभाव-विवर्जिता ।

Bhāṣārūpā bṛhatsenā bhāvābhāva-vivarjitā |

सुखाराध्या शुभकरी शोभना सुलभा गतिः

Sukhārādhyā śubhakarī śobhanā sulabhā gatiḥ

Meaning

Whose form is language; of a vast army; free of both being and its absence.

Worshipped with ease; who works good; the lovely; the goal easily reached.

verse 134

राज-राजेश्वरी राज्य-दायिनी राज्य-वल्लभा ।

Rāja-rājeśvarī rājya-dāyinī rājya-vallabhā |

राजत्कृपा राजपीठ-निवेशित-निजाश्रिता

Rājatkṛpā rājapīṭha-niveśita-nijāśritā

Meaning

Rajarajeshvari; giver of kingdoms; to whom the kingdom is dear.

Whose grace shines out; who seats those who take refuge in her on the royal throne.

verse 135

राज्यलक्ष्मीः कोशनाथा चतुरङ्ग-बलेश्वरी ।

Rājyalakṣmīḥ kośanāthā caturaṅga-baleśvarī |

साम्राज्य-दायिनी सत्यसन्धा सागरमेखला

Sāmrājya-dāyinī satyasandhā sāgaramekhalā

Meaning

The fortune of kingdoms; mistress of the treasury; sovereign over the fourfold army.

Giver of empire; whose word is bound to truth; girdled by the ocean.

verse 136

दीक्षिता दैत्यशमनी सर्वलोक-वशङ्करी ।

Dīkṣitā daityaśamanī sarvaloka-vaśaṅkarī |

सर्वार्थदात्री सावित्री सच्चिदानन्द-रूपिणी

Sarvārthadātrī sāvitrī saccidānanda-rūpiṇī

Meaning

The initiated; who subdues the daityas; who brings every world under her sway.

Giver of every good thing sought; Savitri; whose form is being, consciousness and bliss.

verse 137

देश-कालापरिच्छिन्ना सर्वगा सर्वमोहिनी ।

Deśa-kālāparicchinnā sarvagā sarvamohinī |

सरस्वती शास्त्रमयी गुहाम्बा गुह्यरूपिणी

Sarasvatī śāstramayī guhāmbā guhyarūpiṇī

Meaning

Not bounded by place or by time; who goes everywhere; who bewitches all.

Sarasvati; made of the shastras; mother of Guha; whose form is the secret.

verse 138

सर्वोपाधि-विनिर्मुक्ता सदाशिव-पतिव्रता ।

Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktā sadāśiva-pativratā |

सम्प्रदायेश्वरी साध्वी गुरुमण्डल-रूपिणी

Sampradāyeśvarī sādhvī gurumaṇḍala-rūpiṇī

Meaning

Wholly free of every limiting condition; faithful wife of Sadashiva.

Sovereign of the tradition; the good and true; whose form is the whole circle of teachers.

verse 139

कुलोत्तीर्णा भगाराध्या माया मधुमती मही ।

Kulottīrṇā bhagārādhyā māyā madhumatī mahī |

गणाम्बा गुह्यकाराध्या कोमलाङ्गी गुरुप्रिया

Gaṇāmbā guhyakārādhyā komalāṅgī gurupriyā

Meaning

Who has passed beyond the Kula; worshipped through the bhaga; Maya; full of honey; the earth.

Mother of the hosts; worshipped by the guhyakas; of tender limbs; to whom the teacher is dear.

verse 140

स्वतन्त्रा सर्वतन्त्रेशी दक्षिणामूर्ति-रूपिणी ।

Svatantrā sarvatantreśī dakṣiṇāmūrti-rūpiṇī |

सनकादि-समाराध्या शिवज्ञान-प्रदायिनी

Sanakādi-samārādhyā śivajñāna-pradāyinī

Meaning

Owning herself; sovereign of every tantra; whose form is Dakshinamurti.

Worshipped by Sanaka and the rest; who bestows the knowledge of Shiva.

verse 141

चित्कलाऽऽनन्द-कलिका प्रेमरूपा प्रियङ्करी ।

Citkalā''nanda-kalikā premarūpā priyaṅkarī |

नामपारायण-प्रीता नन्दिविद्या नटेश्वरी

Nāmapārāyaṇa-prītā nandividyā naṭeśvarī

Meaning

A digit of consciousness; the bud of bliss; whose form is love; who works what is dear.

Pleased by the recitation of her names; the Nandi vidya; sovereign of the dancer.

verse 142

मिथ्या-जगदधिष्ठाना मुक्तिदा मुक्तिरूपिणी ।

Mithyā-jagadadhiṣṭhānā muktidā muktirūpiṇī |

लास्यप्रिया लयकरी लज्जा रम्भादिवन्दिता

Lāsyapriyā layakarī lajjā rambhādivanditā

Meaning

The ground on which the false world rests; giver of release; release itself given form.

To whom the gentle dance is dear; who works the dissolution; modesty itself; saluted by Rambha and the other nymphs.

verse 143

भवदाव-सुधावृष्टिः पापारण्य-दवानला ।

Bhavadāva-sudhāvṛṣṭiḥ pāpāraṇya-davānalā |

दौर्भाग्य-तूलवातूला जराध्वान्त-रविप्रभा

Daurbhāgya-tūlavātūlā jarādhvānta-raviprabhā

Meaning

A rain of nectar on the forest fire of worldly life; the wildfire that burns the forest of sin.

The gale that scatters the cotton-fluff of misfortune; the sun's brightness on the dark of old age.

verse 144

भाग्याब्धि-चन्द्रिका भक्त-चित्तकेकि-घनाघना ।

Bhāgyābdhi-candrikā bhakta-cittakeki-ghanāghanā |

रोगपर्वत-दम्भोलिर्मृत्युदारु-कुठारिका

Rogaparvata-dambholirmṛtyudāru-kuṭhārikā

Meaning

Moonlight on the sea of good fortune; the rain-cloud for the peacock that is her devotee's heart.

The thunderbolt against the mountain of disease; the axe that fells the tree of death.

verse 145

महेश्वरी महाकाली महाग्रासा महाशना ।

Maheśvarī mahākālī mahāgrāsā mahāśanā |

अपर्णा चण्डिका चण्डमुण्डासुर-निषूदिनी

Aparṇā caṇḍikā caṇḍamuṇḍāsura-niṣūdinī

Meaning

Maheshvari; Mahakali; the great devourer; the great eater.

Aparna, who took not even a leaf; Chandika; slayer of the asuras Chanda and Munda.

verse 146

क्षराक्षरात्मिका सर्व-लोकेशी विश्वधारिणी ।

Kṣarākṣarātmikā sarva-lokeśī viśvadhāriṇī |

त्रिवर्गदात्री सुभगा त्र्यम्बका त्रिगुणात्मिका

Trivargadātrī subhagā tryambakā triguṇātmikā

Meaning

Whose self is the perishable and the imperishable; sovereign of every world; who upholds the universe.

Giver of the three human ends; the fortunate; three-eyed; whose self is the three strands.

verse 147

स्वर्गापवर्गदा शुद्धा जपापुष्प-निभाकृतिः ।

Svargāpavargadā śuddhā japāpuṣpa-nibhākṛtiḥ |

ओजोवती द्युतिधरा यज्ञरूपा प्रियव्रता

Ojovatī dyutidharā yajñarūpā priyavratā

Meaning

Giver of heaven and of release alike; the pure; whose form is like the hibiscus flower.

Full of vigour; bearer of light; whose form is the sacrifice; to whom vows are dear.

verse 148

दुराराध्या दुराधर्षा पाटली-कुसुम-प्रिया ।

Durārādhyā durādharṣā pāṭalī-kusuma-priyā |

महती मेरुनिलया मन्दार-कुसुम-प्रिया

Mahatī merunilayā mandāra-kusuma-priyā

Meaning

Hard to worship; hard to assail; to whom the trumpet-flower is dear.

The great; whose dwelling is Meru; to whom the mandara blossom is dear.

verse 149

वीराराध्या विराड्रूपा विरजा विश्वतोमुखी ।

Vīrārādhyā virāḍrūpā virajā viśvatomukhī |

प्रत्यग्रूपा पराकाशा प्राणदा प्राणरूपिणी

Pratyagrūpā parākāśā prāṇadā prāṇarūpiṇī

Meaning

Worshipped by the heroes; whose form is the cosmic Person; free of passion; whose faces turn every way.

Whose form is turned inward; the supreme space; giver of the life-breath; the life-breath itself.

verse 150

मार्ताण्ड-भैरवाराध्या मन्त्रिणीन्यस्त-राज्यधूः ।

Mārtāṇḍa-bhairavārādhyā mantriṇīnyasta-rājyadhūḥ |

त्रिपुरेशी जयत्सेना निस्त्रैगुण्या परापरा

Tripureśī jayatsenā nistraiguṇyā parāparā

Meaning

Worshipped by Martanda Bhairava; who laid the burden of the kingdom on Mantrini.

Sovereign of Tripura; whose army conquers; beyond the three strands; both far and near.

verse 151

सत्य-ज्ञानानन्द-रूपा सामरस्य-परायणा ।

Satya-jñānānanda-rūpā sāmarasya-parāyaṇā |

कपर्दिनी कलामाला कामधुक् कामरूपिणी

Kapardinī kalāmālā kāmadhuk kāmarūpiṇī

Meaning

Whose form is truth, knowledge and bliss; wholly given to the balance of opposites.

Of matted hair; a garland of the moon's digits; the wish-yielding cow; who takes what form she wishes.

verse 152

कलानिधिः काव्यकला रसज्ञा रसशेवधिः ।

Kalānidhiḥ kāvyakalā rasajñā rasaśevadhiḥ |

पुष्टा पुरातना पूज्या पुष्करा पुष्करेक्षणा

Puṣṭā purātanā pūjyā puṣkarā puṣkarekṣaṇā

Meaning

A treasury of the arts; the art of poetry; who knows savour; the hoard of savour itself.

The well-nourished; the ancient; worthy of worship; the lotus; lotus-eyed.

verse 153

परंज्योतिः परंधाम परमाणुः परात्परा ।

Paraṃjyotiḥ paraṃdhāma paramāṇuḥ parātparā |

पाशहस्ता पाशहन्त्री परमन्त्र-विभेदिनी

Pāśahastā pāśahantrī paramantra-vibhedinī

Meaning

The highest light; the highest abode; the ultimate atom; higher than the highest.

With the noose in her hand; who cuts the noose away; who breaks the mantras of another.

verse 154

मूर्ताऽमूर्ताऽनित्यतृप्ता मुनिमानस-हंसिका ।

Mūrtā'mūrtā'nityatṛptā munimānasa-haṃsikā |

सत्यव्रता सत्यरूपा सर्वान्तर्यामिनी सती

Satyavratā satyarūpā sarvāntaryāminī satī

Meaning

With form and without; ever content; the swan on the lake of the sages' minds.

Whose vow is truth; whose form is truth; the inner ruler of all; Sati.

verse 155

ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मजननी बहुरूपा बुधार्चिता ।

Brahmāṇī brahmajananī bahurūpā budhārcitā |

प्रसवित्री प्रचण्डाऽऽज्ञा प्रतिष्ठा प्रकटाकृतिः

Prasavitrī pracaṇḍā''jñā pratiṣṭhā prakaṭākṛtiḥ

Meaning

Brahmani; mother of Brahma; of many forms; worshipped by the wise.

The bringer forth; whose command is fierce; the firm ground; of manifest shape.

verse 156

प्राणेश्वरी प्राणदात्री पञ्चाशत्पीठ-रूपिणी ।

Prāṇeśvarī prāṇadātrī pañcāśatpīṭha-rūpiṇī |

विशृङ्खला विविक्तस्था वीरमाता वियत्प्रसूः

Viśṛṅkhalā viviktasthā vīramātā viyatprasūḥ

Meaning

Sovereign of the life-breath; giver of the life-breath; whose form is the fifty seats.

Free of every chain; who dwells apart; mother of heroes; who brought forth the sky.

verse 157

मुकुन्दा मुक्तिनिलया मूलविग्रह-रूपिणी ।

Mukundā muktinilayā mūlavigraha-rūpiṇī |

भावज्ञा भवरोगघ्नी भवचक्र-प्रवर्तिनी

Bhāvajñā bhavarogaghnī bhavacakra-pravartinī

Meaning

Mukunda; whose dwelling is release; whose form is the root image.

Who knows what is felt; who cures the sickness of worldly life; who sets the wheel of becoming turning.

verse 158

छन्दःसारा शास्त्रसारा मन्त्रसारा तलोदरी ।

Chandaḥsārā śāstrasārā mantrasārā talodarī |

उदारकीर्तिरुद्दामवैभवा वर्णरूपिणी

Udārakīrtiruddāmavaibhavā varṇarūpiṇī

Meaning

The essence of the metres; the essence of the shastras; the essence of the mantras; of slender belly.

Of noble renown; of unbounded splendour; whose form is the letters.

verse 159

जन्ममृत्यु-जरातप्त-जनविश्रान्ति-दायिनी ।

Janmamṛtyu-jarātapta-janaviśrānti-dāyinī |

सर्वोपनिष-दुद्-घुष्टा शान्त्यतीत-कलात्मिका

Sarvopaniṣa-dud-ghuṣṭā śāntyatīta-kalātmikā

Meaning

Who gives rest to people scorched by birth, death and old age.

Proclaimed aloud by all the Upanishads; whose self is the digit beyond even peace.

verse 160

गम्भीरा गगनान्तस्था गर्विता गानलोलुपा ।

Gambhīrā gaganāntasthā garvitā gānalolupā |

कल्पना-रहिता काष्ठाऽकान्ता कान्तार्ध-विग्रहा

Kalpanā-rahitā kāṣṭhā'kāntā kāntārdha-vigrahā

Meaning

The deep; who abides within the sky; the proud; eager for song.

Free of all imagining; the farthest point; the beloved; who is half her lover's body.

verse 161

कार्यकारण-निर्मुक्ता कामकेलि-तरङ्गिता ।

Kāryakāraṇa-nirmuktā kāmakeli-taraṅgitā |

कनत्कनकता-टङ्का लीला-विग्रह-धारिणी

Kanatkanakatā-ṭaṅkā līlā-vigraha-dhāriṇī

Meaning

Loosed from cause and effect alike; rippling with the play of love.

Whose ear-rings are of gleaming gold; who wears a body assumed in play.

verse 162

अजा क्षयविनिर्मुक्ता मुग्धा क्षिप्र-प्रसादिनी ।

Ajā kṣayavinirmuktā mugdhā kṣipra-prasādinī |

अन्तर्मुख-समाराध्या बहिर्मुख-सुदुर्लभा

Antarmukha-samārādhyā bahirmukha-sudurlabhā

Meaning

The unborn; wholly free of decay; the guileless; who is pleased in an instant.

Worshipped well by those who turn inward; very hard for the outward-turned to reach.

verse 163

त्रयी त्रिवर्गनिलया त्रिस्था त्रिपुरमालिनी ।

Trayī trivarganilayā tristhā tripuramālinī |

निरामया निरालम्बा स्वात्मारामा सुधासृतिः

Nirāmayā nirālambā svātmārāmā sudhāsṛtiḥ

Meaning

The threefold Veda; whose dwelling is the three ends; who stands in three; garlanded with the three cities.

Free of sickness; leaning on nothing; who takes her delight in her own Self; a stream of nectar.

verse 164

संसारपङ्क-निर्मग्न-समुद्धरण-पण्डिता ।

Saṃsārapaṅka-nirmagna-samuddharaṇa-paṇḍitā |

यज्ञप्रिया यज्ञकर्त्री यजमान-स्वरूपिणी

Yajñapriyā yajñakartrī yajamāna-svarūpiṇī

Meaning

Skilled in lifting out those sunk in the mire of worldly life.

To whom the sacrifice is dear; who performs the sacrifice; whose form is the sacrificer himself.

verse 165

धर्माधारा धनाध्यक्षा धनधान्य-विवर्धिनी ।

Dharmādhārā dhanādhyakṣā dhanadhānya-vivardhinī |

विप्रप्रिया विप्ररूपा विश्वभ्रमण-कारिणी

Viprapriyā viprarūpā viśvabhramaṇa-kāriṇī

Meaning

The ground of dharma; overseer of wealth; who makes wealth and grain increase.

To whom the brahmana is dear; whose form is the brahmana; who sets the universe wheeling.

verse 166

विश्वग्रासा विद्रुमाभा वैष्णवी विष्णुरूपिणी ।

Viśvagrāsā vidrumābhā vaiṣṇavī viṣṇurūpiṇī |

अयोनिर्योनिनिलया कूटस्था कुलरूपिणी

Ayoniryoninilayā kūṭasthā kularūpiṇī

Meaning

Who devours the universe; of coral radiance; Vaishnavi; whose form is Vishnu.

Born of no womb; whose dwelling is the womb; who stands unchanging at the summit; whose form is the Kula.

verse 167

वीरगोष्ठीप्रिया वीरा नैष्कर्म्या नादरूपिणी ।

Vīragoṣṭhīpriyā vīrā naiṣkarmyā nādarūpiṇī |

विज्ञानकलना कल्या विदग्धा बैन्दवासना

Vijñānakalanā kalyā vidagdhā baindavāsanā

Meaning

To whom the company of heroes is dear; the heroine; free of all action; whose form is sound.

The stirring of knowledge; the auspicious; the accomplished; whose seat is the bindu.

verse 168

तत्त्वाधिका तत्त्वमयी तत्त्वमर्थ-स्वरूपिणी ।

Tattvādhikā tattvamayī tattvamartha-svarūpiṇī |

सामगानप्रिया सौम्या सदाशिव-कुटुम्बिनी

Sāmagānapriyā saumyā sadāśiva-kuṭumbinī

Meaning

Higher than the tattvas; made of the tattvas; whose form is the meaning of the words That and Thou.

To whom the singing of the Saman is dear; the gentle; the household consort of Sadashiva.

verse 169

सव्यापसव्य-मार्गस्था सर्वापद्विनिवारिणी ।

Savyāpasavya-mārgasthā sarvāpadvinivāriṇī |

स्वस्था स्वभावमधुरा धीरा धीरसमर्चिता

Svasthā svabhāvamadhurā dhīrā dhīrasamarcitā

Meaning

Who stands on both the left-hand and the right-hand paths; who wards off every calamity.

Settled in herself; sweet by her very nature; the steadfast; worshipped by the steadfast.

verse 170

चैतन्यार्घ्य-समाराध्या चैतन्य-कुसुमप्रिया ।

Caitanyārghya-samārādhyā caitanya-kusumapriyā |

सदोदिता सदातुष्टा तरुणादित्य-पाटला

Sadoditā sadātuṣṭā taruṇāditya-pāṭalā

Meaning

Worshipped with consciousness itself as the offering; to whom consciousness is the flower.

Ever risen; ever content; of the pale red of the young sun.

verse 171

दक्षिणा-दक्षिणाराध्या दरस्मेर-मुखाम्बुजा ।

Dakṣiṇā-dakṣiṇārādhyā darasmera-mukhāmbujā |

कौलिनी-केवलाऽनर्घ्य-कैवल्य-पददायिनी

Kaulinī-kevalā'narghya-kaivalya-padadāyinī

Meaning

Dakshina; worshipped by Dakshina; whose lotus face carries a faint smile.

The Kaulini; the sole one; beyond all price; who gives the state of absolute aloneness.

verse 172

स्तोत्रप्रिया स्तुतिमती श्रुति-संस्तुत-वैभवा ।

Stotrapriyā stutimatī śruti-saṃstuta-vaibhavā |

मनस्विनी मानवती महेशी मङ्गलाकृतिः

Manasvinī mānavatī maheśī maṅgalākṛtiḥ

Meaning

To whom praise is dear; full of praise; whose greatness the Shrutis themselves extol.

Of a strong mind; worthy of honour; Maheshi; whose very shape is auspicious.

verse 173

विश्वमाता जगद्धात्री विशालाक्षी विरागिणी ।

Viśvamātā jagaddhātrī viśālākṣī virāgiṇī |

प्रगल्भा परमोदारा परामोदा मनोमयी

Pragalbhā paramodārā parāmodā manomayī

Meaning

Mother of the universe; nurse of the world; wide-eyed; free of all passion.

The bold; supremely generous; of supreme delight; made of mind.

verse 174

व्योमकेशी विमानस्था वज्रिणी वामकेश्वरी ।

Vyomakeśī vimānasthā vajriṇī vāmakeśvarī |

पञ्चयज्ञ-प्रिया पञ्च-प्रेत-मञ्चाधिशायिनी

Pañcayajña-priyā pañca-preta-mañcādhiśāyinī

Meaning

Whose hair is the sky; seated in the celestial car; bearing the thunderbolt; sovereign of the Vamakeshvara.

To whom the five sacrifices are dear; who reclines on the couch borne by the five corpses.

verse 175

पञ्चमी पञ्चभूतेशी पञ्च-संख्योपचारिणी ।

Pañcamī pañcabhūteśī pañca-saṃkhyopacāriṇī |

शाश्वती शाश्वतैश्वर्या शर्मदा शम्भुमोहिनी

Śāśvatī śāśvataiśvaryā śarmadā śambhumohinī

Meaning

The fifth; mistress of the five elements; worshipped with the five-fold service.

The everlasting; of everlasting sovereignty; giver of ease; who enchants Shambhu.

verse 176

धराधरसुता धन्या धर्मिणी धर्मवर्धिनी ।

Dharādharasutā dhanyā dharmiṇī dharmavardhinī |

लोकातीता गुणातीता सर्वातीता शमात्मिका

Lokātītā guṇātītā sarvātītā śamātmikā

Meaning

Daughter of the mountain that bears the earth; the blessed; possessed of dharma; who makes dharma grow.

Beyond the worlds; beyond the three strands; beyond everything; whose self is stillness.

verse 177

बन्धूक-कुसुमप्रख्या बाला लीलाविनोदिनी ।

Bandhūka-kusumaprakhyā bālā līlāvinodinī |

सुमङ्गली सुखकरी सुवेषाढ्या सुवासिनी

Sumaṅgalī sukhakarī suveṣāḍhyā suvāsinī

Meaning

Like the bandhuka blossom; Bala, the girl; who takes her pleasure in play.

The auspicious wife; who brings ease; richly attired; the married woman.

verse 178

सुवासिन्यर्चन-प्रीताऽऽशोभना शुद्धमानसा ।

Suvāsinyarcana-prītā''śobhanā śuddhamānasā |

बिन्दु-तर्पण-सन्तुष्टा पूर्वजा त्रिपुराम्बिका

Bindu-tarpaṇa-santuṣṭā pūrvajā tripurāmbikā

Meaning

Pleased when married women are honoured; the radiant; of pure mind.

Contented by the offering made at the bindu; born before all; Tripurambika.

verse 179

दशमुद्रा-समाराध्या त्रिपुराश्री-वशङ्करी ।

Daśamudrā-samārādhyā tripurāśrī-vaśaṅkarī |

ज्ञानमुद्रा ज्ञानगम्या ज्ञानज्ञेय-स्वरूपिणी

Jñānamudrā jñānagamyā jñānajñeya-svarūpiṇī

Meaning

Worshipped with the ten seals; who brings the glory of Tripura under her sway.

The seal of knowledge; reached by knowledge; whose form is both the knowing and the known.

verse 180

योनिमुद्रा त्रिखण्डेशी त्रिगुणाम्बा त्रिकोणगा ।

Yonimudrā trikhaṇḍeśī triguṇāmbā trikoṇagā |

अनघाऽद्भुत-चारित्रा वाञ्छितार्थ-प्रदायिनी

Anaghā'dbhuta-cāritrā vāñchitārtha-pradāyinī

Meaning

The yoni seal; mistress of the three sections; mother of the three strands; who moves within the triangle.

Without fault; whose deeds are wonderful; who gives whatever is wished for.

verse 181

अभ्यासातिशय-ज्ञाता षडध्वातीत-रूपिणी ।

Abhyāsātiśaya-jñātā ṣaḍadhvātīta-rūpiṇī |

अव्याज-करुणा-मूर्तिरज्ञान-ध्वान्त-दीपिका

Avyāja-karuṇā-mūrtirajñāna-dhvānta-dīpikā

Meaning

Known through practice carried to its utmost; whose form is beyond the six paths.

Compassion without pretext, given a body; the lamp in the darkness of ignorance.

verse 182

आबाल-गोप-विदिता सर्वानुल्लङ्घ्य-शासना ।

Ābāla-gopa-viditā sarvānullaṅghya-śāsanā |

श्रीचक्रराज-निलया श्रीमत्-त्रिपुरसुन्दरी

Śrīcakrarāja-nilayā śrīmat-tripurasundarī

Meaning

Known even to children and cowherds; whose command none can overstep.

Whose dwelling is the royal Shri Chakra; the glorious Tripurasundari.

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श्रीशिवा शिव-शक्त्यैक्य-रूपिणी ललिताम्बिका ।

Śrīśivā śiva-śaktyaikya-rūpiṇī lalitāmbikā |

एवं श्रीललिता देव्या नाम्नां साहस्रकं जगुः ॥

Evaṃ śrīlalitā devyā nāmnāṃ sāhasrakaṃ jaguḥ ||

Meaning

Shri Shiva; whose form is the oneness of Shiva and Shakti; Lalitambika, the gracious Mother.

Thus have they sung the thousand names of the goddess Shri Lalita.

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