ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರ್ಯಷ್ಟಕಮ್
Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam in Kannada · ಕನ್ನಡ
ನಿಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆ/ಲಿಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಿ
ಮೂಲ & ಕಥೆ
Stotra attributed to Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · c. 8th century CE (traditional attribution)
Adi Shankaracharya, the founder of Advaita Vedanta, was also a supreme devotee of the Divine Mother and composed numerous Shakta hymns. In the Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam he addresses the Goddess as the highest sovereignty (Rajarajeshwari) and as pure Consciousness (chidrupi), weaving together her countless names and forms — Saguna in description yet Nirguna in essence. The hymn reflects his vision that the Mother of the universe and the formless Brahman are one.
✦ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ
Devotees of Sri Rajarajeshwari hold that sincere daily recitation of this Ambashtakam draws the Mother's kataksha — her single glance of grace that the hymn says 'beautifies' the reciter — bringing about sudden turns of fortune, the lifting of long-standing want, and at the last, as the phalashruti promises, the gift of liberation.
ಅರ್ಥದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಪಾಠ
ಯಾವುದೇ ಸಾಲನ್ನು ಅಥವಾ ▶ ಬಟನ್ ಒತ್ತಿ ಕೇಳಿ
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ಶಾಮ್ಭವಿ ಚನ್ದ್ರಮೌಲಿರಬಲಾ ಅಪರ್ಣಾ ಉಮಾ ಪಾರ್ವತೀ ಕಾಲೀ ಹೈಮವತೀ ಶಿವಾ ತ್ರಿನಯನೀ ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನೀ ಭೈರವೀ। ಸಾವಿತ್ರೀ ನವಯೌವನಾ ಶುಭಕರೀ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಪ್ರದಾ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೧॥
amba shambhavi chandramaulir-abala aparna uma parvati kali haimavati shiva trinayani katyayani bhairavi | savitri navayauvana shubhakari samrajya-lakshmi-prada chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||1||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, you are Shambhavi who bears the crescent moon, the slender one, Aparna, Uma, Parvati; you are Kali, daughter of Himavan, the auspicious, three-eyed Katyayani and Bhairavi; you are Savitri, ever-youthful, the doer of good, the bestower of imperial fortune — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess Bhagavati, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ಮೋಹಿನಿ ದೇವತಾ ತ್ರಿಭುವನೀ ಆನನ್ದಸನ್ಧಾಯಿನೀ ವಾಣೀ ಪಲ್ಲವಪಾಣಿ ವೇಣುಮುರಲೀ ಗಾನಪ್ರಿಯಾ ಲೋಲಿನೀ। ಕಲ್ಯಾಣೀ ಉಡುರಾಜಬಿಮ್ಬವದನಾ ಧೂಮ್ರಾಕ್ಷಸಂಹಾರಿಣೀ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೨॥
amba mohini devata tribhuvani ananda-sandhayini vani pallava-pani venu-murali gana-priya lolini | kalyani uduraja-bimba-vadana dhumraksha-samharini chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||2||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, you are the enchanting deity of the three worlds, the giver of bliss; you are Vani (Saraswati) with tender hands, delighting in the music of flute and pipe; you are Kalyani, moon-faced, the slayer of Dhumraksha — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ನೂಪುರರತ್ನಕಙ್ಕಣಧರೀ ಕೇಯೂರಹಾರಾವಲೀ ಜಾತೀಚಮ್ಪಕವೈಜಯನ್ತಿಲಹರೀ ಗ್ರೈವೇಯಕೈರಾಜಿತಾ। ವೀಣಾವೇಣುವಿನೋದಮಣ್ಡಿತಕರಾ ವೀರಾಸನೇ ಸಂಸ್ಥಿತಾ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೩॥
amba nupura-ratna-kankana-dhari keyura-haravali jati-champaka-vaijayanti-lahari graiveyakair-ajita | vina-venu-vinoda-mandita-kara virasane samsthita chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||3||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, adorned with jewelled anklets and bangles, with armlets and rows of necklaces, shining with garlands of jasmine and champaka and neck-ornaments, your hands graced with the play of vina and flute, seated in the heroic posture — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ರೌದ್ರಿಣಿ ಭದ್ರಕಾಲೀ ಬಗಲಾ ಜ್ವಾಲಾಮುಖೀ ವೈಷ್ಣವೀ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಣೀ ತ್ರಿಪುರಾನ್ತಕೀ ಸುರನುತಾ ದೇದೀಪ್ಯಮಾನೋಜ್ಜ್ವಲಾ। ಚಾಮುಣ್ಡಾಶ್ರಿತರಕ್ಷಪೋಷಜನನೀ ದಾಕ್ಷಾಯಣೀ ಪಲ್ಲವೀ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೪॥
amba raudrini bhadrakali bagala jvalamukhi vaishnavi brahmani tripurantaki suranuta dedipyamanojjvala | chamundashrita-raksha-posha-janani dakshayani pallavi chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||4||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, you are the fierce Bhadrakali, Bagala, Jvalamukhi, Vaishnavi, Brahmani, destroyer of Tripura, praised by the gods, blazing with splendour; the nourishing mother who protects those who take refuge in Chamunda, Dakshayani, the tender one — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ಶೂಲಧನುಃಕುಶಾಙ್ಕುಶಧರೀ ಅರ್ಧೇನ್ದುಬಿಮ್ಬಾಧರೀ ವಾರಾಹೀ ಮಧುಕೈಟಭಪ್ರಶಮನೀ ವಾಣೀ ರಮಾಸೇವಿತಾ। ಮಲ್ಲಾದ್ಯಾಸುರಮೂಕದೈತ್ಯದಮನೀ ಮಾಹೇಶ್ವರೀ ಅಮ್ಬಿಕಾ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೫॥
amba shula-dhanuh-kushankusha-dhari ardhendu-bimbadhari varahi madhu-kaitabha-prashamani vani rama-sevita | malladyasura-muka-daitya-damani maheshwari ambika chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||5||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, bearer of trident, bow, noose and goad, with lips like the crescent moon, you are Varahi, queller of Madhu and Kaitabha, served by Vani and Rama (Saraswati and Lakshmi); subduer of the demons Malla and the rest and of the mute Daitya, the great Maheshwari, Ambika — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿವಿನಾಶಪಾಲನಕರೀ ಆರ್ಯಾ ವಿಸಂಶೋಭಿತಾ ಗಾಯತ್ರೀ ಪ್ರಣವಾಕ್ಷರಾಮೃತರಸಃ ಪೂರ್ಣಾನುಸನ್ಧೀಕೃತಾ। ಓಙ್ಕಾರೀ ವಿನುತಾ ಸುರಾರ್ಚಿತಪದಾ ಉದ್ದಣ್ಡದೈತ್ಯಾಪಹಾ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೬॥
amba srishti-vinasha-palana-kari arya visamshobhita gayatri pranavakshara-amrita-rasah purnanusandhi-krita | omkari vinuta surarchita-pada uddanda-daityapaha chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||6||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, you carry out creation, destruction and preservation, the noble one resplendent; you are Gayatri, the nectar-essence of the syllable Om, attained through complete contemplation; the embodiment of Om, praised and worshipped by the gods, destroyer of arrogant demons — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ಶಾಶ್ವತ ಆಗಮಾದಿವಿನುತಾ ಆರ್ಯಾ ಮಹಾದೇವತಾ ಯಾ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾದಿಪಿಪೀಲಿಕಾನ್ತಜನನೀ ಯಾ ವೈ ಜಗನ್ಮೋಹಿನೀ। ಯಾ ಪಞ್ಚಪ್ರಣವಾದಿರೇಫಜನನೀ ಯಾ ಚಿತ್ಕಲಾ ಮಾಲಿನೀ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೭॥
amba shashvata agamadi-vinuta arya mahadevata ya brahmadi-pipilikanta-janani ya vai jagan-mohini | ya pancha-pranavadi-repha-janani ya chit-kala malini chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||7||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, eternally praised by the Vedas and Agamas, the noble Supreme Deity, mother of all from Brahma to the ant, the very enchantress of the universe, source of the sacred syllables and the garland of conscious energies — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಅಮ್ಬಾ ಪಾಲಿತಭಕ್ತರಾಜಿರನಿಶಂ ಅಮ್ಬಾಷ್ಟಕಂ ಯಃ ಪಠೇತ್ ಅಮ್ಬಾಲೋಕಕಟಾಕ್ಷವೀಕ್ಷಲಲಿತಾ ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಮವ್ಯಾಹತಮ್। ಅಮ್ಬಾ ಪಾವನಮನ್ತ್ರರಾಜಪಠನಾದನ್ತೇ ಚ ಮೋಕ್ಷಪ್ರದಾ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪೀ ಪರದೇವತಾ ಭಗವತೀ ಶ್ರೀರಾಜರಾಜೇಶ್ವರೀ॥೮॥
amba palita-bhakta-rajir-anisham ambashtakam yah pathet amba-loka-kataksha-viksha-lalita aishwaryam-avyahatam | amba pavana-mantra-raja-pathanad-ante cha moksha-prada chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||8||
ಅರ್ಥ:O Mother, who ever protects the multitude of your devotees — whoever recites this Ambashtakam, beautified by your gracious sidelong glance, gains unbroken prosperity, and through the recitation of your purifying king-of-mantras attains liberation in the end — O Consciousness-formed Supreme Goddess, Sri Rajarajeshwari!
ಪದ-ಪದ ಅರ್ಥ
ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ ಕೇಳಲು ಯಾವುದೇ ಪದವನ್ನು ಕ್ಲಿಕ್ ಮಾಡಿ
Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam ಪಾರಾಯಣದ ಪ್ರಯೋಜನಗಳು
Invokes Sri Rajarajeshwari (Lalita Tripurasundari) as the supreme sovereign Goddess
Promises 'samrajya-lakshmi' — imperial fortune, prosperity and abundance
The phalashruti assures unbroken aishwarya (prosperity) and ultimately moksha (liberation)
Gathers the Devi's many forms — Parvati, Kali, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Varahi — into one worship
Bestows the Mother's gracious kataksha (sidelong glance) of blessing
Especially auspicious during Navaratri and on Fridays for the Devi's grace
Cultivates one-pointed devotion and the bliss (ananda) the hymn celebrates
Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam ಪಾರಾಯಣ ವಿಧಿ
Bathe and sit before an image or Sri Chakra of the Goddess. Light a lamp and offer kumkum and flowers. Recite the eight verses with attention to the recurring refrain 'Chidrupi Paradevata Bhagavati Sri Rajarajeshwari', letting the mind rest on the Goddess as pure Consciousness (chit). Nine or eleven recitations on Fridays and through the nine nights of Navaratri are especially recommended for her grace and prosperity.
ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಕೇಳುವ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳು
ಇವನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ
ॐ
ಪೂರ್ಣ Rajarajeshwari Ashtakamವನ್ನು ಶ್ಲೋಕ-ಶ್ಲೋಕ ಅರ್ಥದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಓದಿ, ಅಥವಾ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಪವಿತ್ರ ಪಾಠಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ