Gauri Dashakam — Complete Lyrics

1. I adore Gauri, the lotus-eyed Mother, who in mere play creates, sustains and withdraws all the worlds, whom world-transcending yogis long seek within, a mass of light like a row of rising suns.

2. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, who is the very summit of bliss in the hearts of those steeped in pratyahara, meditation and samadhi — she who is of the nature of Truth, Knowledge and Bliss, and yet wears a gracious form.

3. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, whose face is brightened by a gentle smile and crowned with the moon, whose mass of dark curls is adorned by the crescent, and whose lotus feet are worshipped by Indra, Vishnu and the foremost gods.

4. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, who shines as the embodiment of all letters from 'a' to 'ksha', who in every element is the mother that brings forth the multitude of beings, who is the bliss of the Sound-Absolute, radiant as lightning.

5. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, whose form rises from the root-chakra, manifesting pure radiance in the space of the central (Sushumna/moon) channel, bearing in her hands the mudra, the rosary of beads and the book.

6. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, the consort of Shiva — that eternal, pure, partless, one Lord of the universe who is but the witness in her acts of creation and dissolution — she who delights in the playful protection of the worlds.

7. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, in whose womb the undivided cosmic egg lies merged and from whom, again and again, it issues forth anew — she who dwells with her Lord upon the silver mountain (Kailasa).

8. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, in whom all that moves and moves not is woven through and through, like gems strung upon a single thread — the all-knowing, all-pervading One, whose form is Truth itself.

9. I adore the lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, who, alone and one, pervades all the worlds with her hosts of diverse powers and sports at will — the auspicious Kalyani, a wish-fulfilling creeper to those who bow before her.

10. I adore the lovely lotus-eyed Mother Gauri, who destroys the snare and torment of desire for those devoted to meditating on her lotus feet — she, the sovereign Goddess, who claims half the body of the Lord.

11. To the one who, with a heart made pure, recites this Gauri Dashakam daily at dawn with devotion and concentration, the Mother (together with the Lord) swiftly grants mastery of speech, foremost prosperity and devotion to Shiva.