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ललिता पञ्चरत्नम्
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prātaḥ smarāmi lalitāvadanāravindaṃ
प्रातः स्मरामि ललितावदनारविन्दं बिम्बाधरं पृथुलमौक्तिकशोभिनासम् । आकर्णदीर्घनयनं मणिकुण्डलाढ्यं मन्दस्मितं मृगमदोज्ज्वलभालदेशम् ॥ १॥
prātaḥ smarāmi lalitāvadanāravindaṃ bimbādharaṃ pṛthulamauktikaśobhināsam | ākarṇadīrghanayanaṃ maṇikuṇḍalāḍhyaṃ mandasmitaṃ mṛgamadojjvalabhāladeśam || 1||
Meaning1. At dawn I meditate on the lotus face of Goddess Lalita — her lips red as the bimba fruit, her nose graced with a large pearl, her eyes long as if to touch her ears, adorned with jewelled earrings, wearing a gentle smile, her forehead bright with a mark of musk.
prātarbhajāmi lalitābhujakalpavallīṃ
प्रातर्भजामि ललिताभुजकल्पवल्लीं रत्नाङ्गुलीयलसदङ्गुलिपल्लवाढ्याम् । माणिक्यहेमवलयाङ्गदशोभमानां पुण्ड्रेक्षुचापकुसुमेषुसृणीन्दधानाम् ॥ २॥
prātarbhajāmi lalitābhujakalpavallīṃ ratnāṅgulīyalasadaṅgulipallavāḍhyām | māṇikyahemavalayāṅgadaśobhamānāṃ puṇḍrekṣucāpakusumeṣusṛṇīndadhānām || 2||
Meaning2. At dawn I worship the wish-granting creeper-like arms of Lalita, her fingers like tender shoots glowing with gem-set rings, beautiful with bracelets and armlets of ruby and gold, bearing the sugarcane bow, the flower-arrows, the noose and the goad.
prātarnamāmi lalitācaraṇāravindaṃ
प्रातर्नमामि ललिताचरणारविन्दं भक्तेष्टदाननिरतं भवसिन्धुपोतम् । पद्माङ्कुशध्वजसुदर्शनलाञ्छनाढ्यं पद्मासनादिसुरनायकपूजनीयम् ॥ ३॥
prātarnamāmi lalitācaraṇāravindaṃ bhakteṣṭadānaniratiṃ bhavasindhupotam | padmāṅkuśadhvajasudarśanalāñchanāḍhyaṃ padmāsanādisuranāyakapūjanīyam || 3||
Meaning3. At dawn I bow to the lotus feet of Lalita, ever intent on granting devotees' wishes, the very boat across the ocean of worldly existence, marked with the auspicious lotus, goad, banner and discus, and worthy of worship by Brahma (seated on the lotus) and the foremost of the gods.
prātaḥ stuve paraśivāṃ lalitāṃ bhavānīṃ
प्रातः स्तुवे परशिवां ललितां भवानीं त्रय्यन्तवेद्यविभवां करुणानवद्याम् । विश्वस्य सृष्टिविलयस्थितिहेतुभूतां विश्वेश्वरीं निगमवाङ्मनसातिदूराम् ॥ ४॥
prātaḥ stuve paraśivāṃ lalitāṃ bhavānīṃ trayyantavedyavibhavāṃ karuṇānavadyām | viśvasya sṛṣṭivilayasthitihetubhūtāṃ viśveśvarīṃ nigamavāṅmanasātidūrām || 4||
Meaning4. At dawn I praise Lalita Bhavani, the supreme Shiva (Para-Shakti), whose glory is known through the end-portions of the Vedas (Vedanta), flawless in compassion, the cause of the universe's creation, dissolution and sustenance, the Mistress of the cosmos, far beyond the reach of scripture, speech and mind.
prātarvadāmi lalite tava puṇyanāma
प्रातर्वदामि ललिते तव पुण्यनाम कामेश्वरीति कमलेति महेश्वरीति । श्रीशाम्भवीति जगतां जननी परेति वाग्देवतेति वचसा त्रिपुरेश्वरीति ॥ ५॥
prātarvadāmi lalite tava puṇyanāma kāmeśvarīti kamaleti maheśvarīti | śrīśāmbhavīti jagatāṃ jananī pareti vāgdevateti vacasā tripureśvarīti || 5||
Meaning5. At dawn I utter your holy names, O Lalita — Kameshwari, Kamala, Maheshwari, Shri-Shambhavi, Mother of the worlds, the Supreme One, the Goddess of speech, and Tripureshwari.
yaḥ ślokapañcakamidaṃ lalitāmbikāyāḥ
यः श्लोकपञ्चकमिदं ललिताम्बिकायाः सौभाग्यदं सुललितं पठति प्रभाते । तस्मै ददाति ललिता झटिति प्रसन्ना विद्यां श्रियं विमलसौख्यमनन्तकीर्तिम् ॥ ६॥
yaḥ ślokapañcakamidaṃ lalitāmbikāyāḥ saubhāgyadaṃ sulalitaṃ paṭhati prabhāte | tasmai dadāti lalitā jhaṭiti prasannā vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vimalasaukhyamanantakīrtim || 6||
Meaning6. Whoever reads at dawn these five sweet, fortune-bestowing verses of Mother Lalita — to him the ever-gracious Lalita swiftly grants knowledge, prosperity, pure happiness and everlasting fame.
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Origin & History
Source: Devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (Sri Vidya / Shakta tradition)
Author: Adi Shankaracharya
Period: c. 8th century CE (traditional attribution)
Adi Shankaracharya, alongside his Advaita philosophy, composed many hymns to the Divine Mother, regarding Shakti as inseparable from Brahman. The Lalita Pancharatnam belongs to his Sri Vidya devotional corpus, praising Lalita Tripurasundari — the same Goddess celebrated in the Lalita Sahasranama and Soundarya Lahari. Cast as a five-fold dawn meditation, it distils the worship of the supreme Goddess into a form any devotee can recite each morning.
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