rajarajeshwarilalitatripura-sundaridevi

ශ්රී රාජරාජේශ්වර්යෂ්ටකම්

Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 9× repetitions·🕐 Fridays, during Navaratri, and at dawn or dusk before the Devi·📜 Stotra attributed to Adi Shankaracharya

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Origin & Story

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.

✦ As told in scripture

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.

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Verse 1

අම්බා ශාම්භවි චන්ද්රමෞලිරබලා අපර්ණා උමා පාර්වතී කාලී හෛමවතී ශිවා ත්රිනයනී කාත්යායනී භෛරවී. සාවිත්රී නවයෞවනා ශුභකරී සාම්රාජ්යලක්ෂ්මීප්රදා චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..1..

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||

Meaning: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!

Verse 2

අම්බා මෝහිනි දේවතා ත්රිභුවනී ආනන්දසන්ධායිනී වාණී පල්ලවපාණි වේණුමුරලී ගානප්රියා ලෝලිනී. කල්යාණී උඩුරාජබිම්බවදනා ධූම්රාක්ෂසංහාරිණී චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..2..

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||

Meaning: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!

Verse 3

අම්බා නූපුරරත්නකඞ්කණධරී කේයූරහාරාවලී ජාතීචම්පකවෛජයන්තිලහරී ග්රෛවේයකෛරාජිතා. වීණාවේණුවිනෝදමණ්ඩිතකරා වීරාසනේ සංස්ථිතා චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..3..

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||

Meaning: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!

Verse 4

අම්බා රෞද්රිණි භද්රකාලී බගලා ජ්වාලාමුඛී වෛෂ්ණවී බ්රහ්මාණී ත්රිපුරාන්තකී සුරනුතා දේදීප්යමානෝජ්ජ්වලා. චාමුණ්ඩාශ්රිතරක්ෂපෝෂජනනී දාක්ෂායණී පල්ලවී චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..4..

amba raudrini bhadrakali bagala jvalamukhi vaishnavi brahmani tripurantaki suranuta dedipyamanojjvala | chamundashrita-raksha-posha-janani dakshayani pallavi chidrupi paradevata bhagavati shri-rajarajeshwari ||4||

Meaning: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!

Verse 5

අම්බා ශූලධනුඃකුශාඞ්කුශධරී අර්ධේන්දුබිම්බාධරී වාරාහී මධුකෛටභප්රශමනී වාණී රමාසේවිතා. මල්ලාද්යාසුරමූකදෛත්යදමනී මාහේශ්වරී අම්බිකා චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..5..

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||

Meaning: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!

Verse 6

අම්බා සෘෂ්ටිවිනාශපාලනකරී ආර්යා විසංශෝභිතා ගායත්රී ප්රණවාක්ෂරාමෘතරසඃ පූර්ණානුසන්ධීකෘතා. ඕඞ්කාරී විනුතා සුරාර්චිතපදා උද්දණ්ඩදෛත්යාපහා චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..6..

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||

Meaning: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!

Verse 7

අම්බා ශාශ්වත ආගමාදිවිනුතා ආර්යා මහාදේවතා යා බ්රහ්මාදිපිපීලිකාන්තජනනී යා වෛ ජගන්මෝහිනී. යා පඤ්චප්රණවාදිරේඵජනනී යා චිත්කලා මාලිනී චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..7..

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||

Meaning: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!

Verse 8

අම්බා පාලිතභක්තරාජිරනිශං අම්බාෂ්ටකං යඃ පඨේත් අම්බාලෝකකටාක්ෂවීක්ෂලලිතා ඓශ්වර්යමව්යාහතම්. අම්බා පාවනමන්ත්රරාජපඨනාදන්තේ ච මෝක්ෂප්රදා චිද්රූපී පරදේවතා භගවතී ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී..8..

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||

Meaning: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!

Word-by-Word Meaning

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අම්බා🔊ambaO Mother

ශාම්භවි🔊shambhaviConsort of Shambhu (Shiva)

චන්ද්රමෞලිඃ🔊chandramaulihOne who (with Shiva) bears the moon on her crest

අපර්ණා උමා පාර්වතී🔊aparna uma parvatiAparna, Uma, Parvati — names of the Daughter of the Mountain

ත්රිනයනී🔊trinayaniThe three-eyed Goddess

කාත්යායනී භෛරවී🔊katyayani bhairaviKatyayani and Bhairavi — fierce forms of the Devi

සාම්රාජ්යලක්ෂ්මීප්රදා🔊samrajya-lakshmi-pradaBestower of imperial fortune and sovereign prosperity

චිද්රූපී🔊chidrupiOne whose nature is pure Consciousness

පරදේවතා🔊paradevataThe Supreme Deity, the highest divinity

භගවතී🔊bhagavatiThe Divine Goddess endowed with all majesty

ශ්රීරාජරාජේශ්වරී🔊shri-rajarajeshwariThe Empress of emperors, sovereign Goddess (the refrain ending every verse)

මෝහිනි🔊mohiniThe enchantress who bewitches the three worlds

ආනන්දසන්ධායිනී🔊ananda-sandhayiniBestower of bliss

වේණුමුරලී ගානප්රියා🔊venu-murali gana-priyaFond of the music of flute and pipe

උඩුරාජබිම්බවදනා🔊uduraja-bimba-vadanaWhose face is like the orb of the moon (king of stars)

වීරාසනේ සංස්ථිතා🔊virasane samsthitaSeated firmly in the heroic posture (virasana)

ජ්වාලාමුඛී වෛෂ්ණවී බ්රහ්මාණී🔊jvalamukhi vaishnavi brahmaniShe is Jvalamukhi, Vaishnavi and Brahmani (the Matrika powers)

මධුකෛටභප්රශමනී🔊madhu-kaitabha-prashamaniSlayer of the demons Madhu and Kaitabha

ගායත්රී ප්රණවාක්ෂර🔊gayatri pranavaksharaShe is the Gayatri and the syllable Om (pranava)

බ්රහ්මාදිපිපීලිකාන්තජනනී🔊brahmadi-pipilikanta-jananiMother of all beings, from Brahma down to the tiniest ant

මෝක්ෂප්රදා🔊moksha-pradaGranter of liberation to those who recite her hymn

Benefits of Chanting Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam

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Invokes Sri Rajarajeshwari (Lalita Tripurasundari) as the supreme sovereign Goddess

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Promises 'samrajya-lakshmi' — imperial fortune, prosperity and abundance

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The phalashruti assures unbroken aishwarya (prosperity) and ultimately moksha (liberation)

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Gathers the Devi's many forms — Parvati, Kali, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Varahi — into one worship

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Bestows the Mother's gracious kataksha (sidelong glance) of blessing

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Especially auspicious during Navaratri and on Fridays for the Devi's grace

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Cultivates one-pointed devotion and the bliss (ananda) the hymn celebrates

How to Chant Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam

Repetitions9times

Best TimeFridays, during Navaratri, and at dawn or dusk before the Devi

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

Rajarajeshwari means 'the Empress of even kings of kings'. She is the supreme form of the Divine Mother, identical with Lalita Tripurasundari, worshipped as the sovereign of the universe and the deity at the centre of the Sri Chakra.

It is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, the great 8th-century teacher and devotee of the Divine Mother, who composed many Devi hymns including the Soundarya Lahari.

Every verse begins with the word 'Amba' (O Mother), so the hymn is also known as the Ambashtakam — the 'eight verses to the Mother'. The final verse itself uses the word 'ambashtakam'.

'Chidrupi Paradevata Bhagavati Sri Rajarajeshwari' means 'the Consciousness-formed Supreme Deity, the Divine Goddess Sri Rajarajeshwari'. It affirms that the Mother of all forms is in essence pure Consciousness (chit).