Lakshmi Lajje Mahavidye — Complete Lyrics
लक्ष्मि लज्जे महाविद्ये
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
दंष्ट्राकरालवदने शिरोमालाविभूषणे ।
चामुण्डे मुण्डमथने नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
daṃṣṭrākarālavadane śiromālāvibhūṣaṇe
cāmuṇḍe muṇḍamathane nārāyaṇi namo'stu te
O You whose face is fearsome with tusks, adorned with a garland of heads, O Chamunda, slayer of Munda — O Narayani, salutation be unto You.
Verse 2
लक्ष्मि लज्जे महाविद्ये श्रद्धे पुष्टि स्वधे ध्रुवे ।
महारात्रि महामाये नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
lakṣmi lajje mahāvidye śraddhe puṣṭi svadhe dhruve
mahārātri mahāmāye nārāyaṇi namo'stu te
O Lakshmi, O Modesty, O great Knowledge (Mahavidya), O Faith, O Nourishment, O Svadha, O Steadfast One, O great Night (Maharatri), O great Illusion (Mahamaya) — O Narayani, salutation be unto You.
Verse 3
मेधे सरस्वति वरे भूति बाभ्रवि तामसि ।
नियते त्वं प्रसीदेशे नारायणि नमोऽस्तुते ॥
medhe sarasvati vare bhūti bābhravi tāmasi
niyate tvaṃ prasīdeśe nārāyaṇi namo'stute
O Intellect (Medha), O Sarasvati, O Excellent One, O Prosperity, O Babhravi, O Tamasi (the dark), O constant One — be gracious, O Sovereign; O Narayani, salutation be unto You.
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