Saraswati Sahasranama Stotram Meaning — Line by Line

सरस्वती सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्

Every verse and every word explained in English & Hindi

← Full Page Complete Lyrics Benefits & How to Chant

Meaning — Line by Line

Every verse of Saraswati Sahasranama Stotram with its English meaning. Tap any word to hear it, or ▶ to recite the verse.

Jump to a verse ▾

Verse 1. Dhyanam |
Verse 2. Anena samstuta nityam patni tava bhavamyaham |
Verse 3. [ Aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ]
Verse 4. Girijna jnanavidya cha girirupa girishvari |
Verse 5. Shari shirishapushpabha shamanishtha shamatmika |
Verse 6. Sarvapriyankari sarvashubhada sarvamangala |
Verse 7. Mahamuktirmahanitya mahasiddhipradayini |
Verse 8. Mahakarunyasampurna manonamanavandita |
Verse 9. Bhaktartishamani bhagya bhogadanakritodyama |
Verse 10. Bijarupa bijamata brahmanya brahmakarini |
Verse 11. Ambujanavarakhandambujasanamahapriya |
Verse 12. Jagajjyeshtha jaganmaya jivanatranakarini |
Verse 13. Jalajabha jalamayi jalajasanavallabha |
Verse 14. Kalika kalmashaghni cha kamaniyajatanvita |
Verse 15. Turya trailokyasamstutya triguna triguneshvari |
Verse 16. Yajneshi yajnaphalada yogayoniryajusstuta |
Verse 17. Yakshavandya yakshapujya yaksharajasupujita |
Verse 18. Phalashrutih

Verse 1#

ध्यानम् । श्रीमच्चन्दनचर्चितोज्ज्वलवपुः शुक्लाम्बरा मल्लिका- मालालालित कुन्तला प्रविलसन्मुक्तावलीशोभना । सर्वज्ञाननिधानपुस्तकधरा रुद्राक्षमालाङ्किता वाग्देवी वदनाम्बुजे वसतु मे त्रैलोक्यमाता शुभा ॥ श्री नारद उवाच – भगवन्परमेशान सर्वलोकैकनायक । कथं सरस्वती साक्षात्प्रसन्ना परमेष्ठिनः ॥ 2 ॥ कथं देव्या महावाण्यास्सतत्प्राप सुदुर्लभम् । एतन्मे वद तत्त्वेन महायोगीश्वर प्रभो ॥ 3 ॥ श्री सनत्कुमार उवाच – साधु पृष्टं त्वया ब्रह्मन् गुह्याद्गुह्यमनुत्तमम् । मयानुगोपितं यत्नादिदानीं सत्प्रकाश्यते ॥ 4 ॥ पुरा पितामहं दृष्ट्वा जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । निर्विकारं निराभासं स्तम्भीभूतमचेतसम् ॥ 5 ॥ सृष्ट्वा त्रैलोक्यमखिलं वागभावात्तथाविधम् । आधिक्याभावतः स्वस्य परमेष्ठी जगद्गुरुः ॥ 6 ॥ दिव्यवर्षायुतं तेन तपो दुष्करमुत्तमम् । ततः कदाचित्सञ्जाता वाणी सर्वार्थशोभिता ॥ 7 ॥ अहमस्मि महाविद्या सर्ववाचामधीश्वरी । मम नाम्नां सहस्रं तु उपदेक्ष्याम्यनुत्तमम् ॥ 8 ॥

Dhyanam | Shrimachchandanacharchitojjvalavapuh shuklambara mallika- Malalalita kuntala pravilasanmuktavalishobhana | Sarvajnananidhanapustakadhara rudrakshamalankita Vagdevi vadanambuje vasatu me trailokyamata shubha || Shri narada uvacha – Bhagavanparameshana sarvalokaikanayaka | Katham sarasvati sakshatprasanna parameshthinah || 2 || Katham devya mahavanyassatatprapa sudurlabham | Etanme vada tattvena mahayogishvara prabho || 3 || Shri sanatkumara uvacha – Sadhu prishtam tvaya brahman guhyadguhyamanuttamam | Mayanugopitam yatnadidanim satprakashyate || 4 || Pura pitamaham drishtva jagatsthavarajangamam | Nirvikaram nirabhasam stambhibhutamachetasam || 5 || Srishtva trailokyamakhilam vagabhavattathavidham | Adhikyabhavatah svasya parameshthi jagadguruh || 6 || Divyavarshayutam tena tapo dushkaramuttamam | Tatah kadachitsanjata vani sarvarthashobhita || 7 || Ahamasmi mahavidya sarvavachamadhishvari | Mama namnam sahasram tu upadekshyamyanuttamam || 8 ||

MeaningThe hymn opens with the dhyana: may the auspicious Goddess of Speech, mother of the three worlds, dwell in the lotus of my mouth — her radiant body anointed with sandal, clothed in white, her curls caressed by jasmine garlands, shining with strings of pearls, holding the book that is the treasury of all knowledge and marked with the rudraksha rosary. Narada then asks Sanatkumara how Sarasvati became directly gracious to Brahma and how he obtained that rarest of attainments. Sanatkumara replies that this is the secret of secrets, long guarded, now to be revealed: of old, Brahma, having created the three worlds, beheld the universe standing inert, unmanifest and unconscious for want of speech. Feeling his own creation incomplete, the world-teacher performed the most arduous tapas for ten thousand divine years, until at last Vani appeared, resplendent with all meaning, and declared: 'I am the Great Vidya, sovereign of all speech, and I shall teach you my unsurpassed thousand names.'

Verse 2#

अनेन संस्तुता नित्यं पत्नी तव भवाम्यहम् । त्वया सृष्टं जगत्सर्वं वाणीयुक्तं भविष्यति ॥ 9 ॥ इदं रहस्यं परमं मम नामसहस्रकम् । सर्वपापौघशमनं महासारस्वतप्रदम् ॥ 10 ॥ महाकवित्वदं लोके वागीशत्वप्रदायकम् । त्वं वा परः पुमान्यस्तु स्तवेनाऽनेन तोषयेत् ॥ 11 ॥ तस्याहं किङ्करी साक्षाद्भविष्यामि न संशयः । इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे वाणी तदारभ्य पितामहः ॥ 12 ॥ स्तुत्वा स्तोत्रेण दिव्येन तत्पतित्वमवाप्तवान् । वाणीयुक्तं जगत्सर्वं तदारभ्याऽभवन्मुने ॥ 13 ॥ तत्तेहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु यत्नेन नारद । सावधानमना भूत्वा क्षणं शुद्धो मुनीश्वरः ॥ 14 ॥

Anena samstuta nityam patni tava bhavamyaham | Tvaya srishtam jagatsarvam vaniyuktam bhavishyati || 9 || Idam rahasyam paramam mama namasahasrakam | Sarvapapaughashamanam mahasarasvatapradam || 10 || Mahakavitvadam loke vagishatvapradayakam | Tvam va parah pumanyastu stavenanena toshayet || 11 || Tasyaham kinkari sakshadbhavishyami na samshayah | Ityuktvantardadhe vani tadarabhya pitamahah || 12 || Stutva stotrena divyena tatpatitvamavaptavan | Vaniyuktam jagatsarvam tadarabhyabhavanmune || 13 || Tatteham sampravakshyami shrinu yatnena narada | Savadhanamana bhutva kshanam shuddho munishvarah || 14 ||

MeaningThe Goddess continues her promise: 'Praised constantly by this hymn, I shall become your consort, and the whole world you have created shall be filled with speech. This supreme secret, my thousand names, quells floods of every sin and bestows the great gift of eloquence — it grants great poethood and lordship over speech. Whoever pleases me with this praise — you or any other — I shall verily become his handmaiden, of this there is no doubt.' So saying, Vani vanished. Brahma praised her with the divine hymn and won her as his consort, and from that time the whole world became joined with speech. 'That very hymn I shall now declare to you,' says Sanatkumara. 'Listen with effort, O Narada — attentive in mind and purified for this moment, O best of sages.'

Verse 3#

[ ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] वाग्वाणी वरदा वन्द्या वरारोहा वरप्रदा । वृत्तिर्वागीश्वरी वार्ता वरा वागीशवल्लभा ॥ 1 ॥ विश्वेश्वरी विश्ववन्द्या विश्वेशप्रियकारिणी । वाग्वादिनी च वाग्देवी वृद्धिदा वृद्धिकारिणी ॥ 2 ॥ वृद्धिर्वृद्धा विषघ्नी च वृष्टिर्वृष्टिप्रदायिनी । विश्वाराध्या विश्वमाता विश्वधात्री विनायका ॥ 3 ॥ विश्वशक्तिर्विश्वसारा विश्वा विश्वविभावरी । वेदान्तवेदिनी वेद्या वित्ता वेदत्रयात्मिका ॥ 4 ॥ वेदज्ञा वेदजननी विश्वा विश्वविभावरी । वरेण्या वाङ्मयी वृद्धा विशिष्टप्रियकारिणी ॥ 5 ॥ विश्वतोवदना व्याप्ता व्यापिनी व्यापकात्मिका । व्यालघ्नी व्यालभूषाङ्गी विरजा वेदनायिका ॥ 6 ॥ वेदवेदान्तसंवेद्या वेदान्तज्ञानरूपिणी । विभावरी च विक्रान्ता विश्वामित्रा विधिप्रिया ॥ 7 ॥ वरिष्ठा विप्रकृष्टा च विप्रवर्यप्रपूजिता । वेदरूपा वेदमयी वेदमूर्तिश्च वल्लभा ॥ 8 ॥ [ ॐ ह्रीं गुरुरूपे मां गृह्ण गृह्ण ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] गौरी गुणवती गोप्या गन्धर्वनगरप्रिया । गुणमाता गुणान्तस्था गुरुरूपा गुरुप्रिया ॥ 9 ॥ [ गुहान्तस्था ] गुरुविद्या गानतुष्टा गायकप्रियकारिणी । [ गिरिविद्या ] गायत्री गिरीशाराध्या गीर्गिरीशप्रियङ्करी ॥ 10 ॥

[ Aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Vagvani varada vandya vararoha varaprada | Vrittirvagishvari varta vara vagishavallabha || 1 || Vishveshvari vishvavandya vishveshapriyakarini | Vagvadini cha vagdevi vriddhida vriddhikarini || 2 || Vriddhirvriddha vishaghni cha vrishtirvrishtipradayini | Vishvaradhya vishvamata vishvadhatri vinayaka || 3 || Vishvashaktirvishvasara vishva vishvavibhavari | Vedantavedini vedya vitta vedatrayatmika || 4 || Vedajna vedajanani vishva vishvavibhavari | Varenya vanmayi vriddha vishishtapriyakarini || 5 || Vishvatovadana vyapta vyapini vyapakatmika | Vyalaghni vyalabhushangi viraja vedanayika || 6 || Vedavedantasamvedya vedantajnanarupini | Vibhavari cha vikranta vishvamitra vidhipriya || 7 || Varishtha viprakrishta cha vipravaryaprapujita | Vedarupa vedamayi vedamurtishcha vallabha || 8 || [ Om hrim gururupe mam grihna grihna aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Gauri gunavati gopya gandharvanagarapriya | Gunamata gunantastha gururupa gurupriya || 9 || [ guhantastha ] Guruvidya ganatushta gayakapriyakarini | [ girividya ] Gayatri girisharadhya girgirishapriyankari || 10 ||

MeaningWith the seed-mantra 'Aim vada vada Vagvadini svaha' the thousand names begin, flowing first through the letter va: she is Vak and Vani, speech itself; the giver of boons, the adorable, the bestower; Vagishvari the queen of speech and the beloved of its lord; Vishveshvari the sovereign of the universe, adored by all, mother, supporter and shakti of the world, its essence and its light. She knows Vedanta and is to be known; she is the self of the three Vedas, their knower and their mother; her faces are on every side, she pervades and interpenetrates all; she destroys serpents and poison yet wears serpents as ornaments; she is stainless, the leader of the Vedas, the very form and substance of the Veda. Then with the guru seed-mantra the ga-names begin: Gauri, full of virtues, the hidden one, dear to the gandharva city, mother of the gunas and dwelling within them, the form of the guru and dear to the guru, the guru's own vidya, delighted by song and kind to singers — Gayatri, worshipped by the Lord of the mountain and doing what delights him.

Verse 4#

गिरिज्ञा ज्ञानविद्या च गिरिरूपा गिरीश्वरी । गीर्माता गणसंस्तुत्या गणनीयगुणान्विता ॥ 11 ॥ गूढरूपा गुहा गोप्या गोरूपा गौर्गुणात्मिका । गुर्वी गुर्वम्बिका गुह्या गेयजा गृहनाशिनी ॥ 12 ॥ गृहिणी गृहदोषघ्नी गवघ्नी गुरुवत्सला । गृहात्मिका गृहाराध्या गृहबाधाविनाशिनी ॥ 13 ॥ गङ्गा गिरिसुता गम्या गजयाना गुहस्तुता । गरुडासनसंसेव्या गोमती गुणशालिनी ॥ 14 ॥ [ ॐ ऐं नमः शारदे श्रीं शुद्धे नमः शारदे वं ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] शारदा शाश्वती शैवी शाङ्करी शङ्करात्मिका । श्रीश्शर्वाणी शतघ्नी च शरच्चन्द्रनिभानना ॥ 15 ॥ शर्मिष्ठा शमनघ्नी च शतसाहस्ररूपिणी । शिवा शम्भुप्रिया श्रद्धा श्रुतिरूपा श्रुतिप्रिया ॥ 16 ॥ शुचिष्मती शर्मकरी शुद्धिदा शुद्धिरूपिणी । शिवा शिवङ्करी शुद्धा शिवाराध्या शिवात्मिका ॥ 17 ॥ श्रीमती श्रीमयी श्राव्या श्रुतिः श्रवणगोचरा । शान्तिश्शान्तिकरी शान्ता शान्ताचारप्रियङ्करी ॥ 18 ॥ शीललभ्या शीलवती श्रीमाता शुभकारिणी । शुभवाणी शुद्धविद्या शुद्धचित्तप्रपूजिता ॥ 19 ॥ श्रीकरी श्रुतपापघ्नी शुभाक्षी शुचिवल्लभा । शिवेतरघ्नी शबरी श्रवणीयगुणान्विता ॥ 20 ॥ [शर्वरी]

Girijna jnanavidya cha girirupa girishvari | Girmata ganasamstutya gananiyagunanvita || 11 || Gudharupa guha gopya gorupa gaurgunatmika | Gurvi gurvambika guhya geyaja grihanashini || 12 || Grihini grihadoshaghni gavaghni guruvatsala | Grihatmika griharadhya grihabadhavinashini || 13 || Ganga girisuta gamya gajayana guhastuta | Garudasanasamsevya gomati gunashalini || 14 || [ Om aim namah sharade shrim shuddhe namah sharade vam aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Sharada shashvati shaivi shankari shankaratmika | Shrishsharvani shataghni cha sharachchandranibhanana || 15 || Sharmishtha shamanaghni cha shatasahasrarupini | Shiva shambhupriya shraddha shrutirupa shrutipriya || 16 || Shuchishmati sharmakari shuddhida shuddhirupini | Shiva shivankari shuddha shivaradhya shivatmika || 17 || Shrimati shrimayi shravya shrutih shravanagochara | Shantishshantikari shanta shantacharapriyankari || 18 || Shilalabhya shilavati shrimata shubhakarini | Shubhavani shuddhavidya shuddhachittaprapujita || 19 || Shrikari shrutapapaghni shubhakshi shuchivallabha | Shivetaraghni shabari shravaniyagunanvita || 20 || [sharvari]

MeaningThe ga-names continue: knower of speech, the vidya of knowledge, the mountain's form and its queen, mother of words, praised by the ganas; of hidden form, the cave-dweller, the secret one; she removes the faults and afflictions of the household, is the mistress of the home and adored in it; she is Ganga, the mountain's daughter, riding the elephant, praised by Guha, served by the one on the Garuda seat — Gomati, rich in virtues. Then with the Sharada seed-mantra the sha-names begin: Sharada, the eternal, Shaivi and Shankari, the self of Shankara; Shri, Sharvani, her face like the autumn moon; slayer of death's power, of a hundred thousand forms; Shiva the auspicious, beloved of Shambhu; Shraddha (faith), the form of the shruti and its lover; pure and purifying, giver and form of purity; auspicious and maker of auspiciousness, worshipped by the pure of heart; peace and the maker of peace, delighting in tranquil conduct; attained through virtue, mother of Shri, of auspicious speech and pure vidya, destroying the sins of all who hear of her.

Verse 5#

शारी शिरीषपुष्पाभा शमनिष्ठा शमात्मिका । शमान्विता शमाराध्या शितिकण्ठप्रपूजिता ॥ 21 ॥ शुद्धिः शुद्धिकरी श्रेष्ठा श्रुतानन्ता शुभावहा । सरस्वती च सर्वज्ञा सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिनी ॥ 22 ॥ [ ॐ ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] सरस्वती च सावित्री सन्ध्या सर्वेप्सितप्रदा । सर्वार्तिघ्नी सर्वमयी सर्वविद्याप्रदायिनी ॥ 23 ॥ सर्वेश्वरी सर्वपुण्या सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारिणी । सर्वाराध्या सर्वमाता सर्वदेवनिषेविता ॥ 24 ॥ सर्वैश्वर्यप्रदा सत्या सती सत्वगुणाश्रया । सर्वक्रमपदाकारा सर्वदोषनिषूदिनी ॥ 25 ॥ [ स्वरक्रमपदाकारा ] सहस्राक्षी सहस्रास्या सहस्रपदसंयुता । सहस्रहस्ता साहस्रगुणालङ्कृतविग्रहा ॥ 26 ॥ सहस्रशीर्षा सद्रूपा स्वधा स्वाहा सुधामयी । षड्ग्रन्थिभेदिनी सेव्या सर्वलोकैकपूजिता ॥ 27 ॥ स्तुत्या स्तुतिमयी साध्या सवितृप्रियकारिणी । संशयच्छेदिनी साङ्ख्यवेद्या सङ्ख्या सदीश्वरी ॥ 28 ॥ सिद्धिदा सिद्धसम्पूज्या सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिनी । सर्वज्ञा सर्वशक्तिश्च सर्वसम्पत्प्रदायिनी ॥ 29 ॥ सर्वाऽशुभघ्नी सुखदा सुखसंवित्स्वरूपिणी । सर्वसम्भाषणी सर्वजगत्सम्मोहिनी तथा ॥ 30 ॥ [ सर्वसम्भीषणी ]

Shari shirishapushpabha shamanishtha shamatmika | Shamanvita shamaradhya shitikanthaprapujita || 21 || Shuddhih shuddhikari shreshtha shrutananta shubhavaha | Sarasvati cha sarvajna sarvasiddhipradayini || 22 || [ Om aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Sarasvati cha savitri sandhya sarvepsitaprada | Sarvartighni sarvamayi sarvavidyapradayini || 23 || Sarveshvari sarvapunya sargasthityantakarini | Sarvaradhya sarvamata sarvadevanishevita || 24 || Sarvaishvaryaprada satya sati satvagunashraya | Sarvakramapadakara sarvadoshanishudini || 25 || [ svarakramapadakara ] Sahasrakshi sahasrasya sahasrapadasamyuta | Sahasrahasta sahasragunalankritavigraha || 26 || Sahasrashirsha sadrupa svadha svaha sudhamayi | Shadgranthibhedini sevya sarvalokaikapujita || 27 || Stutya stutimayi sadhya savitripriyakarini | Samshayachchhedini sankhyavedya sankhya sadishvari || 28 || Siddhida siddhasampujya sarvasiddhipradayini | Sarvajna sarvashaktishcha sarvasampatpradayini || 29 || Sarvashubhaghni sukhada sukhasamvitsvarupini | Sarvasambhashani sarvajagatsammohini tatha || 30 || [ sarvasambhishani ]

MeaningShe shines like the shirisha blossom, is grounded in tranquillity and reached by tranquillity, worshipped by the white-throated Shiva; purity itself and its maker, the highest, of famed endlessness, bringer of good. Then, with her own seed-mantra, comes the great name Sarasvati — the all-knowing giver of every siddhi: she is Savitri and Sandhya, granter of all that is wished; destroyer of every distress, made of all things, bestower of all vidyas; sovereign of all, all merit, the cause of creation, preservation and dissolution; adored by all, mother of all, served by all the gods, giver of all lordship — Satya the true, Sati, resting in sattva. She is thousand-eyed, thousand-faced, thousand-footed, thousand-handed, thousand-headed — the cosmic Person in feminine form; svadha and svaha, filled with nectar; the piercer of the six knots (granthis) of the subtle body; praised and made of praise, the cutter of doubts, known through Sankhya, number itself; giver of siddhis worshipped by siddhas, all-knowing, all-powerful, giver of all wealth; destroyer of all inauspiciousness, giver of joy, whose very form is the awareness of bliss, who converses with all and enchants all the worlds.

Verse 6#

सर्वप्रियङ्करी सर्वशुभदा सर्वमङ्गला । सर्वमन्त्रमयी सर्वतीर्थपुण्यफलप्रदा ॥ 31 ॥ सर्वपुण्यमयी सर्वव्याधिघ्नी सर्वकामदा । सर्वविघ्नहरी सर्ववन्दिता सर्वमङ्गला ॥ 32 ॥ सर्वमन्त्रकरी सर्वलक्ष्मीः सर्वगुणान्विता । सर्वानन्दमयी सर्वज्ञानदा सत्यनायिका ॥ 33 ॥ सर्वज्ञानमयी सर्वराज्यदा सर्वमुक्तिदा । सुप्रभा सर्वदा सर्वा सर्वलोकवशङ्करी ॥ 34 ॥ सुभगा सुन्दरी सिद्धा सिद्धाम्बा सिद्धमातृका । सिद्धमाता सिद्धविद्या सिद्धेशी सिद्धरूपिणी ॥ 35 ॥ सुरूपिणी सुखमयी सेवकप्रियकारिणी । स्वामिनी सर्वदा सेव्या स्थूलसूक्ष्मापराम्बिका ॥ 36 ॥ साररूपा सरोरूपा सत्यभूता समाश्रया । सिताऽसिता सरोजाक्षी सरोजासनवल्लभा ॥ 37 ॥ सरोरुहाभा सर्वाङ्गी सुरेन्द्रादिप्रपूजिता । [ ॐ ह्रीं ऐं महासरस्वति सारस्वतप्रदे ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] महादेवी महेशानी महासारस्वतप्रदा ॥ 38 ॥ महासरस्वती मुक्ता मुक्तिदा मोहनाशिनी । [ मलनाशिनी ] महेश्वरी महानन्दा महामन्त्रमयी मही ॥ 39 ॥ महालक्ष्मीर्महाविद्या माता मन्दरवासिनी । मन्त्रगम्या मन्त्रमाता महामन्त्रफलप्रदा ॥ 40 ॥

Sarvapriyankari sarvashubhada sarvamangala | Sarvamantramayi sarvatirthapunyaphalaprada || 31 || Sarvapunyamayi sarvavyadhighni sarvakamada | Sarvavighnahari sarvavandita sarvamangala || 32 || Sarvamantrakari sarvalakshmih sarvagunanvita | Sarvanandamayi sarvajnanada satyanayika || 33 || Sarvajnanamayi sarvarajyada sarvamuktida | Suprabha sarvada sarva sarvalokavashankari || 34 || Subhaga sundari siddha siddhamba siddhamatrika | Siddhamata siddhavidya siddheshi siddharupini || 35 || Surupini sukhamayi sevakapriyakarini | Svamini sarvada sevya sthulasukshmaparambika || 36 || Sararupa sarorupa satyabhuta samashraya | Sitasita sarojakshi sarojasanavallabha || 37 || Saroruhabha sarvangi surendradiprapujita | [ Om hrim aim mahasarasvati sarasvataprade aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Mahadevi maheshani mahasarasvataprada || 38 || Mahasarasvati mukta muktida mohanashini | [ malanashini ] Maheshvari mahananda mahamantramayi mahi || 39 || Mahalakshmirmahavidya mata mandaravasini | Mantragamya mantramata mahamantraphalaprada || 40 ||

MeaningThe sarva-names cascade on: doing what is dear to all, giving every good, all-auspicious, made of all mantras, granting the merit of all holy waters; all-meritorious, destroying every disease, granting every desire, removing every obstacle; saluted by all, the Lakshmi of all, possessed of every virtue, made of all bliss, giver of all knowledge, the true leader; giver of every kingdom and of complete liberation, radiant, the all, bringing all worlds under benign sway. She is Subhaga the fortunate, Sundari the beautiful, the accomplished one — mother of siddhas, siddha-vidya, queen and form of the perfected; lovely, made of happiness, kind to those who serve her; the mistress ever to be served, the supreme Mother both gross and subtle; the form of essence, the form of the lake (saras), truly existent, the common refuge; white and dark, lotus-eyed, beloved of the lotus-seated Brahma, lustrous as the lotus, perfect in every limb, worshipped by Indra and the gods. Then with the Mahasarasvati seed-mantra the ma-names begin: Mahadevi, Maheshani, bestower of the great gift of eloquence; Mahasarasvati, herself free and giver of freedom, destroyer of delusion; Maheshvari, great bliss, made of the great mantras, the Earth; Mahalakshmi and Mahavidya, the Mother dwelling on Mandara; reached through mantra, mother of mantras, giver of the fruit of the great mantras.

Verse 7#

महामुक्तिर्महानित्या महासिद्धिप्रदायिनी । महासिद्धा महामाता महदाकारसंयुता ॥ 41 ॥ मही महेश्वरी मूर्तिर्मोक्षदा मणिभूषणा । मेनका मानिनी मान्या मृत्युघ्नी मेरुरूपिणी ॥ 42 ॥ मदिराक्षी मदावासा मखरूपा मखेश्वरी । [ महेश्वरी ] महामोहा महामाया मातॄणां मूर्ध्निसंस्थिता ॥ 43 ॥ महापुण्या मुदावासा महासम्पत्प्रदायिनी । मणिपूरैकनिलया मधुरूपा मदोत्कटा ॥ 44 ॥ [ महोत्कटा ] महासूक्ष्मा महाशान्ता महाशान्तिप्रदायिनी । मुनिस्तुता मोहहन्त्री माधवी माधवप्रिया ॥ 45 ॥ मा महादेवसंस्तुत्या महिषीगणपूजिता । मृष्टान्नदा च माहेन्द्री महेन्द्रपददायिनी ॥ 46 ॥ मतिर्मतिप्रदा मेधा मर्त्यलोकनिवासिनी । मुख्या महानिवासा च महाभाग्यजनाश्रिता ॥ 47 ॥ महिला महिमा मृत्युहारी मेधाप्रदायिनी । मेध्या महावेगवती महामोक्षफलप्रदा ॥ 48 ॥ महाप्रभाभा महती महादेवप्रियङ्करी । महापोषा महर्थिश्च मुक्ताहारविभूषणा ॥ 49 ॥ [ महर्द्धिश्च ] माणिक्यभूषणा मन्त्रा मुख्यचन्द्रार्धशेखरा । मनोरूपा मनश्शुद्धिः मनश्शुद्धिप्रदायिनी ॥ 50 ॥

Mahamuktirmahanitya mahasiddhipradayini | Mahasiddha mahamata mahadakarasamyuta || 41 || Mahi maheshvari murtirmokshada manibhushana | Menaka manini manya mrityughni merurupini || 42 || Madirakshi madavasa makharupa makheshvari | [ maheshvari ] Mahamoha mahamaya matrinam murdhnisamsthita || 43 || Mahapunya mudavasa mahasampatpradayini | Manipuraikanilaya madhurupa madotkata || 44 || [ mahotkata ] Mahasukshma mahashanta mahashantipradayini | Munistuta mohahantri madhavi madhavapriya || 45 || Ma mahadevasamstutya mahishiganapujita | Mrishtannada cha mahendri mahendrapadadayini || 46 || Matirmatiprada medha martyalokanivasini | Mukhya mahanivasa cha mahabhagyajanashrita || 47 || Mahila mahima mrityuhari medhapradayini | Medhya mahavegavati mahamokshaphalaprada || 48 || Mahaprabhabha mahati mahadevapriyankari | Mahaposha maharthishcha muktaharavibhushana || 49 || [ maharddhishcha ] Manikyabhushana mantra mukhyachandrardhashekhara | Manorupa manashshuddhih manashshuddhipradayini || 50 ||

MeaningShe is the great liberation and the great eternity, bestower of the great siddhis, the great accomplished one, the great Mother joined to the vastness of the Great (mahat); the Earth, Maheshvari, form itself, giver of moksha, jewel-adorned; Menaka, the honoured and proud one, destroyer of death, of Meru's form. Her eyes are intoxicating, joy is her dwelling; she is the form and queen of the sacrifice; the great bewilderment and the great Maya, standing at the head of the Mothers; of great merit, abode of gladness, giver of great riches; dwelling in the Manipura lotus, honey-sweet, mighty in rapture; the most subtle, the greatly peaceful, giver of great peace; praised by the munis, slayer of delusion, Madhavi dear to Madhava. She is Ma (Lakshmi), praised by Mahadeva, worshipped by queens; giver of delicious food, Mahendri who bestows Indra's throne; intellect and its giver, wisdom (medha), dwelling among mortals; the foremost, of great abode, refuge of the greatly fortunate; woman and greatness, remover of death, bestower of intelligence, pure, swift beyond measure, giver of the great fruit of liberation; of great radiance, the vast one, delighting Mahadeva; the great nourisher, great prosperity, adorned with pearl necklaces and ruby ornaments — mantra itself, crowned with the crescent moon; the form of mind, the purity of mind and the giver of that purity.

Verse 8#

महाकारुण्यसम्पूर्णा मनोनमनवन्दिता । महापातकजालघ्नी मुक्तिदा मुक्तभूषणा ॥ 51 ॥ मनोन्मनी महास्थूला महाक्रतुफलप्रदा । महापुण्यफलप्राप्या मायात्रिपुरनाशिनी ॥ 52 ॥ महानसा महामेधा महामोदा महेश्वरी । मालाधरी महोपाया महातीर्थफलप्रदा ॥ 53 ॥ महामङ्गलसम्पूर्णा महादारिद्र्यनाशिनी । महामखा महामेघा महाकाली महाप्रिया ॥ 54 ॥ महाभूषा महादेहा महाराज्ञी मुदालया । [ ॐ ह्रीं ऐं नमो भगवति ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] भूरिदा भाग्यदा भोग्या भोग्यदा भोगदायिनी ॥ 55 ॥ भवानी भूतिदा भूतिः भूमिर्भूमिसुनायिका । भूतधात्री भयहरी भक्तसारस्वतप्रदा ॥ 56 ॥ भुक्तिर्भुक्तिप्रदा भोक्त्री भक्तिर्भक्तिप्रदायिनी । [भेकी] भक्तसायुज्यदा भक्तस्वर्गदा भक्तराज्यदा ॥ 57 ॥ भागीरथी भवाराध्या भाग्यासज्जनपूजिता । भवस्तुत्या भानुमती भवसागरतारिणी ॥ 58 ॥ भूतिर्भूषा च भूतेशी भाललोचनपूजिता । [ फाललोचनपूजिता ] भूता भव्या भविष्या च भवविद्या भवात्मिका ॥ 59 ॥ बाधापहारिणी बन्धुरूपा भुवनपूजिता । भवघ्नी भक्तिलभ्या च भक्तरक्षणतत्परा ॥ 60 ॥

Mahakarunyasampurna manonamanavandita | Mahapatakajalaghni muktida muktabhushana || 51 || Manonmani mahasthula mahakratuphalaprada | Mahapunyaphalaprapya mayatripuranashini || 52 || Mahanasa mahamedha mahamoda maheshvari | Maladhari mahopaya mahatirthaphalaprada || 53 || Mahamangalasampurna mahadaridryanashini | Mahamakha mahamegha mahakali mahapriya || 54 || Mahabhusha mahadeha maharajni mudalaya | [ Om hrim aim namo bhagavati aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Bhurida bhagyada bhogya bhogyada bhogadayini || 55 || Bhavani bhutida bhutih bhumirbhumisunayika | Bhutadhatri bhayahari bhaktasarasvataprada || 56 || Bhuktirbhuktiprada bhoktri bhaktirbhaktipradayini | [bheki] Bhaktasayujyada bhaktasvargada bhaktarajyada || 57 || Bhagirathi bhavaradhya bhagyasajjanapujita | Bhavastutya bhanumati bhavasagaratarini || 58 || Bhutirbhusha cha bhuteshi bhalalochanapujita | [ phalalochanapujita ] Bhuta bhavya bhavishya cha bhavavidya bhavatmika || 59 || Badhapaharini bandhurupa bhuvanapujita | Bhavaghni bhaktilabhya cha bhaktarakshanatatpara || 60 ||

MeaningShe is filled with great compassion, saluted by the bowing of minds, destroyer of the webs of great sins, giver of liberation and the ornament of the liberated; Manonmani (the mind beyond mind), the great gross form, giver of the fruit of the great sacrifices, attained through great merit, destroyer of Maya's three cities; the great abundance, great intelligence and great gladness, Maheshvari; garland-wearing, the great means, giver of the fruit of the great pilgrimages; complete in great auspiciousness, destroyer of great poverty; the great sacrifice, the great cloud, Mahakali, the greatly beloved; of great adornments and great body, the great Queen, the abode of delight. Then with the Bhagavati seed-mantra the bha-names begin: giver of plenty and of fortune, herself the enjoyable and the giver of every enjoyment; Bhavani, giver of well-being, prosperity itself, the Earth and its noble lady; nourisher of beings, remover of fear, bestower of eloquence upon her devotees; enjoyment and its giver, the enjoyer, devotion and the giver of devotion; granting her devotees union with God, heaven and dominion; Bhagirathi (Ganga), worshipped by Bhava, adored by the fortunate and the good, praised by Shiva, luminous, the ferry across the ocean of worldly existence; prosperity and ornament, queen of beings, worshipped by the one with the eye in his forehead; the past, the present and the future, the knowledge of becoming and its very self; remover of afflictions, kin to all, worshipped by the worlds, destroyer of rebirth, attainable through devotion, intent on protecting her devotees.

Verse 9#

भक्तार्तिशमनी भाग्या भोगदानकृतोद्यमा । भुजङ्गभूषणा भीमा भीमाक्षी भीमरूपिणी ॥ 61 ॥ भाविनी भ्रातृरूपा च भारती भवनायिका । भाषा भाषावती भीष्मा भैरवी भैरवप्रिया ॥ 62 ॥ भूतिर्भासितसर्वाङ्गी भूतिदा भूतिनायिका । भास्वती भगमाला च भिक्षादानकृतोद्यमा ॥ 63 ॥ भिक्षुरूपा भक्तिकरी भक्तलक्ष्मीप्रदायिनी । भ्रान्तिघ्ना भ्रान्तिरूपा च भूतिदा भूतिकारिणी ॥ 64 ॥ भिक्षणीया भिक्षुमाता भाग्यवद्दृष्टिगोचरा । भोगवती भोगरूपा भोगमोक्षफलप्रदा ॥ 65 ॥ भोगश्रान्ता भाग्यवती भक्ताघौघविनाशिनी । [ ॐ ऐं क्लीं सौः बाले ब्राह्मी ब्रह्मपत्नी ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] ब्राह्मी ब्रह्मस्वरूपा च बृहती ब्रह्मवल्लभा ॥ 66 ॥ ब्रह्मदा ब्रह्ममाता च ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मदायिनी । ब्रह्मेशी ब्रह्मसंस्तुत्या ब्रह्मवेद्या बुधप्रिया ॥ 67 ॥ बालेन्दुशेखरा बाला बलिपूजाकरप्रिया । बलदा बिन्दुरूपा च बालसूर्यसमप्रभा ॥ 68 ॥ ब्रह्मरूपा ब्रह्ममयी ब्रध्नमण्डलमध्यगा । ब्रह्माणी बुद्धिदा बुद्धिर्बुद्धिरूपा बुधेश्वरी ॥ 69 ॥ बन्धक्षयकरी बाधानाशिनी बन्धुरूपिणी । बिन्द्वालया बिन्दुभूषा बिन्दुनादसमन्विता ॥ 70 ॥

Bhaktartishamani bhagya bhogadanakritodyama | Bhujangabhushana bhima bhimakshi bhimarupini || 61 || Bhavini bhratrirupa cha bharati bhavanayika | Bhasha bhashavati bhishma bhairavi bhairavapriya || 62 || Bhutirbhasitasarvangi bhutida bhutinayika | Bhasvati bhagamala cha bhikshadanakritodyama || 63 || Bhikshurupa bhaktikari bhaktalakshmipradayini | Bhrantighna bhrantirupa cha bhutida bhutikarini || 64 || Bhikshaniya bhikshumata bhagyavaddrishtigochara | Bhogavati bhogarupa bhogamokshaphalaprada || 65 || Bhogashranta bhagyavati bhaktaghaughavinashini | [ Om aim klim sauh bale brahmi brahmapatni aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Brahmi brahmasvarupa cha brihati brahmavallabha || 66 || Brahmada brahmamata cha brahmani brahmadayini | Brahmeshi brahmasamstutya brahmavedya budhapriya || 67 || Balendushekhara bala balipujakarapriya | Balada bindurupa cha balasuryasamaprabha || 68 || Brahmarupa brahmamayi bradhnamandalamadhyaga | Brahmani buddhida buddhirbuddhirupa budheshvari || 69 || Bandhakshayakari badhanashini bandhurupini | Bindvalaya bindubhusha bindunadasamanvita || 70 ||

MeaningShe stills the anguish of her devotees, is fortune itself, ever diligent in granting enjoyment; serpent-adorned, Bhima the formidable, fierce-eyed, of terrifying form — yet Bhavini the radiant, sisterly kin, Bharati, the mansion's mistress; language itself and rich in language; Bhishma the awesome, Bhairavi, beloved of Bhairava; her whole body luminous, giver of prosperity, its queen; Bhasvati the shining, garlanded with light, diligent in the giving of alms; the mendicant's form, maker of devotion, bestower of Lakshmi upon her devotees; destroyer of delusion though wearing its form; worthy of alms, mother of monks, visible only to the eyes of the fortunate; full of enjoyment, its very form, giver of the fruits of both enjoyment and liberation; resting beyond pleasure, possessed of fortune, destroyer of the heaped sins of her devotees. Then with the Brahmi seed-mantra the b-names begin: Brahmi, of the very form of Brahman, Brihati the vast, beloved of Brahma; giver of Brahman-knowledge, mother of Brahma, Brahmani; queen of Brahman, praised by Brahma, known through Brahman, dear to the wise; Bala the maiden crowned with the young moon, pleased by offerings; giver of strength, the form of the bindu, radiant as the rising sun; the form and substance of Brahman, moving in the centre of the solar orb; Brahmani, giver of intellect, intellect itself, its form, the queen of the wise; destroyer of bonds and afflictions, kind as a kinswoman; dwelling in the bindu, adorned by the bindu, united with bindu and nada.

Verse 10#

बीजरूपा बीजमाता ब्रह्मण्या ब्रह्मकारिणी । बहुरूपा बलवती ब्रह्मज्ञा ब्रह्मचारिणी ॥ 71 ॥ [ब्रह्मजा] ब्रह्मस्तुत्या ब्रह्मविद्या ब्रह्माण्डाधिपवल्लभा । ब्रह्मेशविष्णुरूपा च ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशसंस्थिता ॥ 72 ॥ बुद्धिरूपा बुधेशानी बन्धी बन्धविमोचनी । [ ॐ ह्रीं ऐं अं आं इं ईं उं ऊं ऋं ॠं ~लुं ~लूं एं ऐं ॐ औं कं खं गं घं ङं चं छं जं झं ञं टं ठं डं ढं णं तं थं दं धं नं पं फं बं भं मं यं रं लं वं शं षं सं हं लं क्षं अक्षमाले अक्षरमालिका समलङ्कृते वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] अक्षमालाऽक्षराकाराऽक्षराऽक्षरफलप्रदा ॥ 73 ॥ अनन्ताऽनन्दसुखदाऽनन्तचन्द्रनिभानना । अनन्तमहिमाऽघोरानन्तगम्भीरसम्मिता ॥ 74 ॥ अदृष्टाऽदृष्टदाऽनन्तादृष्टभाग्यफलप्रदा । [ दृष्टिदा ] अरुन्धत्यव्ययीनाथाऽनेकसद्गुणसंयुता ॥ 75 ॥ अनेकभूषणाऽदृश्याऽनेकलेखनिषेविता । अनन्ताऽनन्तसुखदाऽघोराऽघोरस्वरूपिणी ॥ 76 ॥ अशेषदेवतारूपाऽमृतरूपाऽमृतेश्वरी । अनवद्याऽनेकहस्ताऽनेकमाणिक्यभूषणा ॥ 77 ॥ अनेकविघ्नसंहर्त्री त्वनेकाभरणान्विता । अविद्याज्ञानसंहर्त्री ह्यविद्याजालनाशिनी ॥ 78 ॥ अभिरूपानवद्याङ्गी ह्यप्रतर्क्यगतिप्रदा । अकलङ्करूपिणी च ह्यनुग्रहपरायणा ॥ 79 ॥ अम्बरस्थाऽम्बरमयाऽम्बरमालाऽम्बुजेक्षणा । अम्बिकाऽब्जकराऽब्जस्थाऽंशुमत्यऽंशुशतान्विता ॥ 80 ॥

Bijarupa bijamata brahmanya brahmakarini | Bahurupa balavati brahmajna brahmacharini || 71 || [brahmaja] Brahmastutya brahmavidya brahmandadhipavallabha | Brahmeshavishnurupa cha brahmavishnvishasamsthita || 72 || Buddhirupa budheshani bandhi bandhavimochani | [ Om hrim aim am am im im um um rim rim ~lum ~lum em aim Om aum kam kham gam gham nam cham chham jam jham nam tam tham dam dham nam tam tham dam dham nam pam pham bam bham mam yam ram lam vam sham sham sam ham lam ksham akshamale aksharamalika samalankrite vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Akshamalaksharakaraksharaksharaphalaprada || 73 || Anantanandasukhadanantachandranibhanana | Anantamahimaghoranantagambhirasammita || 74 || Adrishtadrishtadanantadrishtabhagyaphalaprada | [ drishtida ] Arundhatyavyayinathanekasadgunasamyuta || 75 || Anekabhushanadrishyanekalekhanishevita | Anantanantasukhadaghoraghorasvarupini || 76 || Asheshadevatarupamritarupamriteshvari | Anavadyanekahastanekamanikyabhushana || 77 || Anekavighnasamhartri tvanekabharananvita | Avidyajnanasamhartri hyavidyajalanashini || 78 || Abhirupanavadyangi hyapratarkyagatiprada | Akalankarupini cha hyanugrahaparayana || 79 || Ambarasthambaramayambaramalambujekshana | Ambikabjakarabjasthamshumatyamshushatanvita || 80 ||

MeaningShe is the seed-form and the mother of seeds, devoted to Brahman and the maker of Brahman; many-formed and mighty, the knower of Brahman, the celibate seeker; praised by Brahma, Brahmavidya itself, the beloved of the universe's lord; the form of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, abiding in all three; the form of intelligence, queen of the wise, both binder and releaser from bondage. Then comes the great matrika seed-mantra, in which every letter of the Sanskrit alphabet from 'am' to 'ksham' is recited — invoking her as Aksharamalika, 'she who is garlanded with the letters themselves'. The a-names follow: the rosary of syllables, the shape of the letters, the Imperishable (akshara) and the giver of its fruit; Ananta the endless, giver of endless bliss, her face like countless moons, of infinite greatness, deep beyond all measure; the unseen and the giver of unseen destiny's fruit; Arundhati; possessed of countless virtues and countless ornaments, invisible, served by countless scriptures; endless giver of endless joy, both formidable and gentle; the form of all the deities, the form of nectar and its sovereign; faultless, many-handed, adorned with many gems; destroyer of many obstacles, decked with many ornaments, the slayer of ignorance and the cutter of avidya's nets; beautiful and flawless of limb, granting the state beyond all reasoning; of unstained form, wholly devoted to grace; dwelling in the sky and made of sky, sky-garlanded, lotus-eyed; Ambika the Mother, lotus in hand, seated on the lotus, radiant with a hundred rays.

Verse 11#

अम्बुजाऽनवराऽखण्डाऽम्बुजासनमहाप्रिया । अजराऽमरसंसेव्याऽजरसेवितपद्युगा ॥ 81 ॥ अतुलार्थप्रदाऽर्थैक्याऽत्युदारात्वभयान्विता । अनाथवत्सलाऽनन्तप्रियाऽनन्तेप्सितप्रदा ॥ 82 ॥ अम्बुजाक्ष्यम्बुरूपाऽम्बुजातोद्भवमहाप्रिया । अखण्डा त्वमरस्तुत्याऽमरनायकपूजिता ॥ 83 ॥ अजेया त्वजसङ्काशाऽज्ञाननाशिन्यभीष्टदा । अक्ताघनेन चाऽस्त्रेशी ह्यलक्ष्मीनाशिनी तथा ॥ 84 ॥ अनन्तसाराऽनन्तश्रीरनन्तविधिपूजिता । अभीष्टामर्त्यसम्पूज्या ह्यस्तोदयविवर्जिता ॥ 85 ॥ आस्तिकस्वान्तनिलयाऽस्त्ररूपाऽस्त्रवती तथा । अस्खलत्यस्खलद्रूपाऽस्खलद्विद्याप्रदायिनी ॥ 86 ॥ अस्खलत्सिद्धिदाऽऽनन्दाऽम्बुजाताऽऽमरनायिका । अमेयाऽशेषपापघ्न्यक्षयसारस्वतप्रदा ॥ 87 ॥ [ ॐ ज्यां ह्रीं जय जय जगन्मातः ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] जया जयन्ती जयदा जन्मकर्मविवर्जिता । जगत्प्रिया जगन्माता जगदीश्वरवल्लभा ॥ 88 ॥ जातिर्जया जितामित्रा जप्या जपनकारिणी । जीवनी जीवनिलया जीवाख्या जीवधारिणी ॥ 89 ॥ जाह्नवी ज्या जपवती जातिरूपा जयप्रदा । जनार्दनप्रियकरी जोषनीया जगत्स्थिता ॥ 90 ॥

Ambujanavarakhandambujasanamahapriya | Ajaramarasamsevyajarasevitapadyuga || 81 || Atularthapradarthaikyatyudaratvabhayanvita | Anathavatsalanantapriyanantepsitaprada || 82 || Ambujakshyamburupambujatodbhavamahapriya | Akhanda tvamarastutyamaranayakapujita || 83 || Ajeya tvajasankashajnananashinyabhishtada | Aktaghanena chastreshi hyalakshminashini tatha || 84 || Anantasaranantashriranantavidhipujita | Abhishtamartyasampujya hyastodayavivarjita || 85 || Astikasvantanilayastrarupastravati tatha | Askhalatyaskhaladrupaskhaladvidyapradayini || 86 || Askhalatsiddhidanandambujatamaranayika | Ameyasheshapapaghnyakshayasarasvataprada || 87 || [ Om jyam hrim jaya jaya jaganmatah aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Jaya jayanti jayada janmakarmavivarjita | Jagatpriya jaganmata jagadishvaravallabha || 88 || Jatirjaya jitamitra japya japanakarini | Jivani jivanilaya jivakhya jivadharini || 89 || Jahnavi jya japavati jatirupa jayaprada | Janardanapriyakari joshaniya jagatsthita || 90 ||

MeaningLotus-born, most excellent, indivisible, greatly dear to the lotus-throned; unaging, served by the immortals, her feet attended by the ageless; giver of incomparable wealth, the unity of all meaning, boundlessly generous, joined with fearlessness; tender to the orphaned, dear to Ananta, granting endless desires; lotus-eyed and water-formed, greatly dear to the lotus-born; whole and unbroken, praised by the immortals, worshipped by their chief; unconquerable, like the Unborn, destroyer of ignorance, granter of wishes; lady of weapons, destroyer of misfortune (alakshmi); of endless essence and endless splendour, worshipped with endless rites; adored by the immortals, free from rising and setting; dwelling in the hearts of the faithful, the form of the astra and its wielder; the unfailing one, of unfailing form, giver of unfailing knowledge and unfailing siddhi; bliss itself, lotus-born, queen of the immortals; immeasurable, destroyer of all sins, bestower of imperishable eloquence. Then with the Jaya seed-mantra — 'victory, victory, O Mother of the world' — the ja-names begin: Jaya and Jayanti, giver of victory, free from birth and karma; dear to the world, mother of the world, beloved of the world's Lord; lineage and conquest, with enemies conquered; fit for japa and inspiring japa; the giver of life, the abode of life, called life itself, the supporter of the living; Jahnavi (Ganga), the bowstring, rich in japa, the form of all births, giver of victory; doing what delights Janardana, worthy of devotion, established in the world.

Verse 12#

जगज्ज्येष्ठा जगन्माया जीवनत्राणकारिणी । जीवातुलतिका जीवजन्मी जन्मनिबर्हणी ॥ 91 ॥ जाड्यविध्वंसनकरी जगद्योनिर्जयात्मिका । जगदानन्दजननी जम्बूश्च जलजेक्षणा ॥ 92 ॥ जयन्ती जङ्गपूगघ्नी जनितज्ञानविग्रहा । जटा जटावती जप्या जपकर्तृप्रियङ्करी ॥ 93 ॥ जपकृत्पापसंहर्त्री जपकृत्फलदायिनी । जपापुष्पसमप्रख्या जपाकुसुमधारिणी ॥ 94 ॥ जननी जन्मरहिता ज्योतिर्वृत्यभिदायिनी । जटाजूटनचन्द्रार्धा जगत्सृष्टिकरी तथा ॥ 95 ॥ जगत्त्राणकरी जाड्यध्वंसकर्त्री जयेश्वरी । जगद्बीजा जयावासा जन्मभूर्जन्मनाशिनी ॥ 96 ॥ जन्मान्त्यरहिता जैत्री जगद्योनिर्जपात्मिका । जयलक्षणसम्पूर्णा जयदानकृतोद्यमा ॥ 97 ॥ जम्भराद्यादिसंस्तुत्या जम्भारिफलदायिनी । जगत्त्रयहिता ज्येष्ठा जगत्त्रयवशङ्करी ॥ 98 ॥ जगत्त्रयाम्बा जगती ज्वाला ज्वालितलोचना । ज्वालिनी ज्वलनाभासा ज्वलन्ती ज्वलनात्मिका ॥ 99 ॥ जितारातिसुरस्तुत्या जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रिया । जरामरणशून्या च जनित्री जन्मनाशिनी ॥ 100 ॥

Jagajjyeshtha jaganmaya jivanatranakarini | Jivatulatika jivajanmi janmanibarhani || 91 || Jadyavidhvamsanakari jagadyonirjayatmika | Jagadanandajanani jambushcha jalajekshana || 92 || Jayanti jangapugaghni janitajnanavigraha | Jata jatavati japya japakartripriyankari || 93 || Japakritpapasamhartri japakritphaladayini | Japapushpasamaprakhya japakusumadharini || 94 || Janani janmarahita jyotirvrityabhidayini | Jatajutanachandrardha jagatsrishtikari tatha || 95 || Jagattranakari jadyadhvamsakartri jayeshvari | Jagadbija jayavasa janmabhurjanmanashini || 96 || Janmantyarahita jaitri jagadyonirjapatmika | Jayalakshanasampurna jayadanakritodyama || 97 || Jambharadyadisamstutya jambhariphaladayini | Jagattrayahita jyeshtha jagattrayavashankari || 98 || Jagattrayamba jagati jvala jvalitalochana | Jvalini jvalanabhasa jvalanti jvalanatmika || 99 || Jitaratisurastutya jitakrodha jitendriya | Jaramaranashunya cha janitri janmanashini || 100 ||

MeaningShe is the eldest of the world and the world's Maya, the rescuer of life; the creeper of healing, the life of the living, the destroyer of rebirth; the smasher of dullness (jadya), the womb of the world, the soul of victory; mother of the world's joy, the rose-apple tree, lotus-eyed; Jayanti, destroyer of hostile hordes, embodiment of awakened knowledge; wearing matted locks, fit for japa, delighting those who perform japa; destroying the sins of reciters and granting the fruit of their japa; bright as the japa (hibiscus) flower and wearing hibiscus blossoms; the mother who is herself unborn, the bestower of the ways of light; the half-moon in the matted crest, the maker of the world's creation and its protector, the destroyer of inertia, the queen of victory; the seed of the world, the abode of triumph, the birthplace of all and the ender of birth; free from birth and death, the conqueror, the world's womb, the soul of japa; complete with every mark of victory, ever diligent in granting it; praised by Indra and the first gods, granting the fruit that Indra seeks; benefactress of the three worlds, the eldest, subduer of the three worlds, mother of the three worlds, the universe itself; flame and flame-eyed, Jvalini blazing like fire, burning, the very self of fire; praised by the gods who conquered their foes, having conquered anger and mastered the senses; free from old age and death, the mother of all, the destroyer of birth.

Verse 13#

जलजाभा जलमयी जलजासनवल्लभा । जलजस्था जपाराध्या जनमङ्गलकारिणी ॥ 101 ॥ [ ऐं क्लीं सौः कल्याणी कामधारिणी वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] कामिनी कामरूपा च काम्या काम्यप्रदायिनी । [ कामप्रदायिनी ] कमौली कामदा कर्त्री क्रतुकर्मफलप्रदा ॥ 102 ॥ कृतघ्नघ्नी क्रियारूपा कार्यकारणरूपिणी । कञ्जाक्षी करुणारूपा केवलामरसेविता ॥ 103 ॥ कल्याणकारिणी कान्ता कान्तिदा कान्तिरूपिणी । कमला कमलावासा कमलोत्पलमालिनी ॥ 104 ॥ कुमुद्वती च कल्याणी कान्तिः कामेशवल्लभा । [ कान्ता ] कामेश्वरी कमलिनी कामदा कामबन्धिनी ॥ 105 ॥ कामधेनुः काञ्चनाक्षी काञ्चनाभा कलानिधिः । क्रिया कीर्तिकरी कीर्तिः क्रतुश्रेष्ठा कृतेश्वरी ॥ 106 ॥ क्रतुसर्वक्रियास्तुत्या क्रतुकृत्प्रियकारिणी । क्लेशनाशकरी कर्त्री कर्मदा कर्मबन्धिनी ॥ 107 ॥ कर्मबन्धहरी कृष्टा क्लमघ्नी कञ्जलोचना । कन्दर्पजननी कान्ता करुणा करुणावती ॥ 108 ॥ क्लीङ्कारिणी कृपाकारा कृपासिन्धुः कृपावती । करुणार्द्रा कीर्तिकरी कल्मषघ्नी क्रियाकरी ॥ 109 ॥ क्रियाशक्तिः कामरूपा कमलोत्पलगन्धिनी । कला कलावती कूर्मी कूटस्था कञ्जसंस्थिता ॥ 110 ॥

Jalajabha jalamayi jalajasanavallabha | Jalajastha japaradhya janamangalakarini || 101 || [ Aim klim sauh kalyani kamadharini vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Kamini kamarupa cha kamya kamyapradayini | [ kamapradayini ] Kamauli kamada kartri kratukarmaphalaprada || 102 || Kritaghnaghni kriyarupa karyakaranarupini | Kanjakshi karunarupa kevalamarasevita || 103 || Kalyanakarini kanta kantida kantirupini | Kamala kamalavasa kamalotpalamalini || 104 || Kumudvati cha kalyani kantih kameshavallabha | [ kanta ] Kameshvari kamalini kamada kamabandhini || 105 || Kamadhenuh kanchanakshi kanchanabha kalanidhih | Kriya kirtikari kirtih kratushreshtha kriteshvari || 106 || Kratusarvakriyastutya kratukritpriyakarini | Kleshanashakari kartri karmada karmabandhini || 107 || Karmabandhahari krishta klamaghni kanjalochana | Kandarpajanani kanta karuna karunavati || 108 || Klinkarini kripakara kripasindhuh kripavati | Karunardra kirtikari kalmashaghni kriyakari || 109 || Kriyashaktih kamarupa kamalotpalagandhini | Kala kalavati kurmi kutastha kanjasamsthita || 110 ||

MeaningRadiant as the lotus, made of the waters, beloved of the lotus-seated one, standing upon the lotus, worshipped through japa, bringer of blessing to all people. Then with the Kalyani seed-mantra the ka-names begin: Kamini the loving, of desirable form, the desirable one who grants all desires; giver of what is wished, the doer, bestower of the fruit of rite and action; slayer of the ungrateful, the form of action and of cause and effect together; lotus-eyed, the very shape of compassion, served by the immortals alone; worker of welfare, the beloved, giver and form of beauty; Kamala, the dwelling of Kamala, garlanded with lotus and water-lily; Kumudvati, Kalyani the beneficent, radiance itself, beloved of Kamesha; Kameshvari, Kamalini, giver of desires and also their binder; Kamadhenu the wish-granting cow, golden-eyed, golden-glowing, the treasury of arts (kalanidhi); action and the maker of fame, fame itself, the best of sacrifices, queen of all that is done; praised in every sacrificial rite, delighting the performers of sacrifice; destroyer of afflictions, the doer, giver of karma and binder of karma — and the remover of karma's bonds; the tilled furrow, destroyer of weariness, lotus-eyed; the mother of Kandarpa (love), beloved, compassion itself and full of compassion; maker of the syllable klim, the shape of grace, the ocean of mercy, rich in kindness; melting with compassion, maker of fame, destroyer of stain, the performer of action; the power of action (kriya-shakti), of desirable form, fragrant with lotus and lily; kala the digit, mistress of the digits, the tortoise-goddess, the immovable ground (kutastha), seated upon the lotus.

Verse 14#

कालिका कल्मषघ्नी च कमनीयजटान्विता । करपद्मा कराभीष्टप्रदा क्रतुफलप्रदा ॥ 111 ॥ कौशिकी कोशदा काव्या कर्त्री कोशेश्वरी कृशा । [ कन्या ] कूर्मयाना कल्पलता कालकूटविनाशिनी ॥ 112 ॥ कल्पोद्यानवती कल्पवनस्था कल्पकारिणी । कदम्बकुसुमाभासा कदम्बकुसुमप्रिया ॥ 113 ॥ कदम्बोद्यानमध्यस्था कीर्तिदा कीर्तिभूषणा । कुलमाता कुलावासा कुलाचारप्रियङ्करी ॥ 114 ॥ कुलनाथा कामकला कलानाथा कलेश्वरी । कुन्दमन्दारपुष्पाभा कपर्दस्थितचन्द्रिका ॥ 115 ॥ कवित्वदा काम्यमाता कविमाता कलाप्रदा । [काव्यमाता] [ ॐ सौः क्लीं ऐं ततो वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] तरुणी तरुणीताता ताराधिपसमानना ॥ 116 ॥ तृप्तिस्तृप्तिप्रदा तर्क्या तपनी तापिनी तथा । तर्पणी तीर्थरूपा च त्रिपदा त्रिदशेश्वरी ॥ 117 ॥ [ त्रिदशा ] त्रिदिवेशी त्रिजननी त्रिमाता त्र्यम्बकेश्वरी । त्रिपुरा त्रिपुरेशानी त्र्यम्बका त्रिपुराम्बिका ॥ 118 ॥ त्रिपुरश्रीस्त्रयीरूपा त्रयीवेद्या त्रयीश्वरी । त्रय्यन्तवेदिनी ताम्रा तापत्रितयहारिणी ॥ 119 ॥ तमालसदृशी त्राता तरुणादित्यसन्निभा । त्रैलोक्यव्यापिनी तृप्ता तृप्तिकृत्तत्त्वरूपिणी ॥ 120 ॥

Kalika kalmashaghni cha kamaniyajatanvita | Karapadma karabhishtaprada kratuphalaprada || 111 || Kaushiki koshada kavya kartri kosheshvari krisha | [ kanya ] Kurmayana kalpalata kalakutavinashini || 112 || Kalpodyanavati kalpavanastha kalpakarini | Kadambakusumabhasa kadambakusumapriya || 113 || Kadambodyanamadhyastha kirtida kirtibhushana | Kulamata kulavasa kulacharapriyankari || 114 || Kulanatha kamakala kalanatha kaleshvari | Kundamandarapushpabha kapardasthitachandrika || 115 || Kavitvada kamyamata kavimata kalaprada | [kavyamata] [ Om sauh klim aim tato vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Taruni tarunitata taradhipasamanana || 116 || Triptistriptiprada tarkya tapani tapini tatha | Tarpani tirtharupa cha tripada tridasheshvari || 117 || [ tridasha ] Tridiveshi trijanani trimata tryambakeshvari | Tripura tripureshani tryambaka tripurambika || 118 || Tripurashristrayirupa trayivedya trayishvari | Trayyantavedini tamra tapatritayaharini || 119 || Tamalasadrishi trata tarunadityasannibha | Trailokyavyapini tripta triptikrittattvarupini || 120 ||

MeaningShe is Kalika, the destroyer of sin, with beautiful matted locks; lotus-handed, granting with her own hands all that is asked, giver of the sacrifice's fruit; Kaushiki, the giver of treasure, the poetic one, the doer, queen of treasuries, the slender; riding the tortoise, the wish-fulfilling creeper, the destroyer of the kalakuta poison; owner of the kalpa gardens, dwelling in the kalpa groves, the maker of the aeons; radiant as kadamba blossoms and loving them, throned amid the kadamba garden; giver of fame and adorned by fame; mother of the kula, its dwelling, delighting in the kula's ways; mistress of the kula, the kama-kala, queen of the arts and their lady; bright as kunda and mandara flowers, the moonbeam resting in Shiva's matted crest; giver of poetic genius, mother of all that is desirable, mother of poets, bestower of the arts. Then with its seed-mantra the ta-names begin: Taruni the ever-young, protectress of the young, her face like the moon; contentment and its giver, reachable by right reasoning; the burning and the scorching, the offerer of libations, the form of the holy fords; the three-strided, queen of the thirty gods and of heaven, mother of the three, Tryambakeshvari; Tripura and the sovereign of Tripura, the three-eyed, mother of the three cities; the splendour of Tripura, the form of the triple Veda, known through it and ruling it, the knower of Vedanta; copper-bright, the remover of the three-fold afflictions; dark as the tamala tree, the saviouress, glowing like the morning sun; pervading the three worlds, contented and granting contentment, the very form of tattva.

Verse 15#

तुर्या त्रैलोक्यसंस्तुत्या त्रिगुणा त्रिगुणेश्वरी । त्रिपुरघ्नी त्रिमाता च त्र्यम्बका त्रिगुणान्विता ॥ 121 ॥ तृष्णाच्छेदकरी तृप्ता तीक्ष्णा तीक्ष्णस्वरूपिणी । तुला तुलादिरहिता तत्तद्ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणी ॥ 122 ॥ त्राणकर्त्री त्रिपापघ्नी त्रिदशा त्रिदशान्विता । तथ्या त्रिशक्तिस्त्रिपदा तुर्या त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी ॥ 123 ॥ तेजस्करी त्रिमूर्त्याद्या तेजोरूपा त्रिधामता । त्रिचक्रकर्त्री त्रिभगा तुर्यातीतफलप्रदा ॥ 124 ॥ तेजस्विनी तापहारी तापोपप्लवनाशिनी । तेजोगर्भा तपस्सारा त्रिपुरारिप्रियङ्करी ॥ 125 ॥ तन्वी तापससन्तुष्टा तपनाङ्गजभीतिनुत् । त्रिलोचना त्रिमार्गा च तृतीया त्रिदशस्तुता ॥ 126 ॥ त्रिसुन्दरी त्रिपथगा तुरीयपददायिनी । [ ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं ऐं नमश्शुद्धफलदे ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] शुभा शुभावती शान्ता शान्तिदा शुभदायिनी ॥ 127 ॥ शीतला शूलिनी शीता श्रीमती च शुभान्विता । [ ॐ ऐं यां यीं यूं यैं यौं यः ऐं वद वद वाग्वादिनी स्वाहा ] योगसिद्धिप्रदा योग्या यज्ञेनपरिपूरिता ॥ 128 ॥ यज्ञा यज्ञमयी यक्षी यक्षिणी यक्षिवल्लभा । यज्ञप्रिया यज्ञपूज्या यज्ञतुष्टा यमस्तुता ॥ 129 ॥ यामिनीयप्रभा याम्या यजनीया यशस्करी । यज्ञकर्त्री यज्ञरूपा यशोदा यज्ञसंस्तुता ॥ 130 ॥

Turya trailokyasamstutya triguna triguneshvari | Tripuraghni trimata cha tryambaka trigunanvita || 121 || Trishnachchhedakari tripta tikshna tikshnasvarupini | Tula tuladirahita tattadbrahmasvarupini || 122 || Tranakartri tripapaghni tridasha tridashanvita | Tathya trishaktistripada turya trailokyasundari || 123 || Tejaskari trimurtyadya tejorupa tridhamata | Trichakrakartri tribhaga turyatitaphalaprada || 124 || Tejasvini tapahari tapopaplavanashini | Tejogarbha tapassara tripuraripriyankari || 125 || Tanvi tapasasantushta tapanangajabhitinut | Trilochana trimarga cha tritiya tridashastuta || 126 || Trisundari tripathaga turiyapadadayini | [ Om hrim shrim klim aim namashshuddhaphalade aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Shubha shubhavati shanta shantida shubhadayini || 127 || Shitala shulini shita shrimati cha shubhanvita | [ Om aim yam yim yum yaim yaum yah aim vada vada vagvadini svaha ] Yogasiddhiprada yogya yajnenaparipurita || 128 || Yajna yajnamayi yakshi yakshini yakshivallabha | Yajnapriya yajnapujya yajnatushta yamastuta || 129 || Yaminiyaprabha yamya yajaniya yashaskari | Yajnakartri yajnarupa yashoda yajnasamstuta || 130 ||

MeaningShe is Turya, the fourth state beyond waking, dream and sleep, praised by the three worlds; the three gunas and their sovereign; destroyer of Tripura, the triple mother, three-eyed, endowed with the three qualities; the cutter of craving, the satisfied, the sharp one of piercing form; the balance and yet beyond all measure, the very form of each and every Brahman; the rescuer, destroyer of the three sins, the thirty gods and joined with them; the truth, the three shaktis, the three-strided; Turya again, the beauty of the three worlds; the maker of light, the first of the trinity, the form of splendour, of the three abodes; maker of the three chakras, threefold in fortune, giver of the fruit beyond even the fourth state; the brilliant, the remover of burning, the destroyer of affliction and calamity; light-wombed, the essence of tapas, delighting the Enemy of Tripura; slender, pleased by ascetics, dispelling the fear of Yama; three-eyed, the three paths, the third, praised by the thirty; thrice-beautiful, flowing in three streams, the giver of the turiya state. Then with the Shuddha seed-mantra the shubha-names sound: the auspicious and blessed, the peaceful, giver of peace and of good; Shitala the cooling, the trident-bearer, the cool, the glorious, joined with all that is good. And with the Yam seed-mantra the ya-names begin: giver of the attainments of yoga, the worthy, fulfilled through yajna; the sacrifice itself and made of sacrifice, Yakshi, beloved of the yakshas; dear to the yajna, worshipped and delighted in it, praised by Yama; the radiance of night, the southern one, worthy of worship, the maker of renown; performer and form of the sacrifice, Yashoda the giver of fame, hymned in the yajna.

Verse 16#

यज्ञेशी यज्ञफलदा योगयोनिर्यजुस्स्तुता । यमिसेव्या यमाराध्या यमिपूज्या यमीश्वरी ॥ 131 ॥ योगिनी योगरूपा च योगकर्तृप्रियङ्करी । योगयुक्ता योगमयी योगयोगीश्वराम्बिका ॥ 132 ॥ योगज्ञानमयी योनिर्यमाद्यष्टाङ्गयोगता । यन्त्रिताघौघसंहारा यमलोकनिवारिणी ॥ 133 ॥ यष्टिव्यष्टीशसंस्तुत्या यमाद्यष्टाङ्गयोगयुक् । योगीश्वरी योगमाता योगसिद्धा च योगदा ॥ 134 ॥ योगारूढा योगमयी योगरूपा यवीयसी । यन्त्ररूपा च यन्त्रस्था यन्त्रपूज्या च यन्त्रिका ॥ 135 ॥ [ यन्त्रिता ] युगकर्त्री युगमयी युगधर्मविवर्जिता । यमुना यामिनी याम्या यमुनाजलमध्यगा ॥ 136 ॥ [ यमिनी ] यातायातप्रशमनी यातनानान्निकृन्तनी । योगावासा योगिवन्द्या यत्तच्छब्दस्वरूपिणी ॥ 137 ॥ योगक्षेममयी यन्त्रा यावदक्षरमातृका । यावत्पदमयी यावच्छब्दरूपा यथेश्वरी ॥ 138 ॥ यत्तदीया यक्षवन्द्या यद्विद्या यतिसंस्तुता । यावद्विद्यामयी यावद्विद्याबृन्दसुवन्दिता ॥ 139 ॥ योगिहृत्पद्मनिलया योगिवर्यप्रियङ्करी । योगिवन्द्या योगिमाता योगीशफलदायिनी ॥ 140 ॥

Yajneshi yajnaphalada yogayoniryajusstuta | Yamisevya yamaradhya yamipujya yamishvari || 131 || Yogini yogarupa cha yogakartripriyankari | Yogayukta yogamayi yogayogishvarambika || 132 || Yogajnanamayi yoniryamadyashtangayogata | Yantritaghaughasamhara yamalokanivarini || 133 || Yashtivyashtishasamstutya yamadyashtangayogayuk | Yogishvari yogamata yogasiddha cha yogada || 134 || Yogarudha yogamayi yogarupa yaviyasi | Yantrarupa cha yantrastha yantrapujya cha yantrika || 135 || [ yantrita ] Yugakartri yugamayi yugadharmavivarjita | Yamuna yamini yamya yamunajalamadhyaga || 136 || [ yamini ] Yatayataprashamani yatananannikrintani | Yogavasa yogivandya yattachchhabdasvarupini || 137 || Yogakshemamayi yantra yavadaksharamatrika | Yavatpadamayi yavachchhabdarupa yatheshvari || 138 || Yattadiya yakshavandya yadvidya yatisamstuta | Yavadvidyamayi yavadvidyabrindasuvandita || 139 || Yogihritpadmanilaya yogivaryapriyankari | Yogivandya yogimata yogishaphaladayini || 140 ||

MeaningQueen of the sacrifice and giver of its fruit, the womb of yoga, praised by the Yajur Veda; served by the self-restrained, worshipped by Yama, adored by the disciplined, the sovereign of restraint; Yogini, the form of yoga, delighting those who practise it; joined in yoga, made of yoga, the Mother of yoga and of the lords of yoga; made of yoga-knowledge, the womb, the eightfold yoga beginning with yama; destroying the flood of sins it restrains, warding off the world of Yama; praised by the lords of whole and part, endowed with the eight limbs of yoga; Yogeshvari, the mother of yoga, perfected in yoga and its giver; mounted upon yoga, made of yoga, the form of yoga, the ever-youthful; the form of the yantra, dwelling within the yantra, worshipped in the yantra, the mistress of the yantra; the maker of the yugas and their substance, yet untouched by the dharmas of the ages; Yamuna and the night, the southern quarter, standing in the midst of Yamuna's waters; the calmer of the comings and goings of rebirth, the cutter of all torments; the abode of yoga, saluted by yogis, the very form of the words 'yat' and 'tat'; made of welfare and security (yoga-kshema), the yantra itself, the matrix of all letters that exist; made of all words, the form of all sound, sovereign over all that is; whatever is 'that' or 'this' is hers; saluted by yakshas, she is whatever vidya there is, praised by the ascetics; made of all knowledge whatsoever, saluted by the assemblies of all the vidyas; dwelling in the lotus of the yogis' hearts, delighting the best of yogis; saluted by yogis, the Mother of yogis, giver of the fruit to the lords of yoga.

Verse 17#

यक्षवन्द्या यक्षपूज्या यक्षराजसुपूजिता । यज्ञरूपा यज्ञतुष्टा यायजूकस्वरूपिणी ॥ 141 ॥ यन्त्राराध्या यन्त्रमध्या यन्त्रकर्तृप्रियङ्करी । यन्त्रारूढा यन्त्रपूज्या योगिध्यानपरायणा ॥ 142 ॥ यजनीया यमस्तुत्या योगयुक्ता यशस्करी । योगबद्धा यतिस्तुत्या योगज्ञा योगनायकी ॥ 143 ॥ योगिज्ञानप्रदा यक्षी यमबाधाविनाशिनी । योगिकाम्यप्रदात्री च योगिमोक्षप्रदायिनी ॥ 144 ॥

Yakshavandya yakshapujya yaksharajasupujita | Yajnarupa yajnatushta yayajukasvarupini || 141 || Yantraradhya yantramadhya yantrakartripriyankari | Yantrarudha yantrapujya yogidhyanaparayana || 142 || Yajaniya yamastutya yogayukta yashaskari | Yogabaddha yatistutya yogajna yoganayaki || 143 || Yogijnanaprada yakshi yamabadhavinashini | Yogikamyapradatri cha yogimokshapradayini || 144 ||

MeaningThe final names complete the garland: saluted by the yakshas, worshipped by them and honoured by their king; the form of the yajna, delighted by the yajna, the very embodiment of the constant sacrificer; worshipped through the yantra, dwelling at the yantra's centre, delighting those who fashion the yantra; mounted upon the yantra, worshipped in the yantra, absorbed in the meditation of the yogis; worthy of all worship, praised by Yama, joined in yoga, the maker of fame; bound in yoga, praised by the renunciants, the knower of yoga and its leader; the giver of knowledge to yogis, Yakshi, the destroyer of Yama's torments; the bestower of all that yogis desire — and the giver, at the last, of the yogis' liberation.

Verse 18#

फलश्रुतिः इति नाम्नां सरस्वत्याः सहस्रं समुदीरितम् । मन्त्रात्मकं महागोप्यं महासारस्वतप्रदम् ॥ 1 ॥ यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्यात्त्रिकालं साधकः पुमान् । सर्वविद्यानिधिः साक्षात् स एव भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ 2 ॥ लभते सम्पदः सर्वाः पुत्रपौत्रादिसंयुताः । मूकोऽपि सर्वविद्यासु चतुर्मुख इवापरः ॥ 3 ॥ भूत्वा प्राप्नोति सान्निध्यं अन्ते धातुर्मुनीश्वर । सर्वमन्त्रमयं सर्वविद्यामानफलप्रदम् ॥ 4 ॥ महाकवित्वदं पुंसां महासिद्धिप्रदायकम् । कस्मै चिन्न प्रदातव्यं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि ॥ 5 ॥ महारहस्यं सततं वाणीनामसहस्रकम् । सुसिद्धमस्मदादीनां स्तोत्रं ते समुदीरितम् ॥ 6 ॥ इति श्रीस्कान्दपुराणान्तर्गत श्रीसनत्कुमार संहितायां नारद सनत्कुमार संवादे श्री सरस्वती सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

Phalashrutih Iti namnam sarasvatyah sahasram samudiritam | Mantratmakam mahagopyam mahasarasvatapradam || 1 || Yah pathechchhrinuyadbhaktyattrikalam sadhakah puman | Sarvavidyanidhih sakshat sa eva bhavati dhruvam || 2 || Labhate sampadah sarvah putrapautradisamyutah | Mukopi sarvavidyasu chaturmukha ivaparah || 3 || Bhutva prapnoti sannidhyam ante dhaturmunishvara | Sarvamantramayam sarvavidyamanaphalapradam || 4 || Mahakavitvadam pumsam mahasiddhipradayakam | Kasmai chinna pradatavyam pranaih kanthagatairapi || 5 || Maharahasyam satatam vaninamasahasrakam | Susiddhamasmadadinam stotram te samudiritam || 6 || Iti shriskandapuranantargata shrisanatkumara samhitayam narada sanatkumara samvade shri sarasvati sahasranama stotram sampurnam ||

MeaningThe phalashruti declares the fruit: 'Thus have the thousand names of Sarasvati been uttered — mantra-embodied, greatly secret, bestowing the great gift of eloquence. The seeker who reads or hears them with devotion at the three junctions of the day verily becomes the very treasury of all knowledge. He obtains all riches, together with sons and grandsons; even one born mute becomes, in every branch of learning, like a second four-faced Brahma, and at the end attains the presence of the Creator himself, O best of sages. Made of all mantras, granting the full measure of every vidya, giver of great poethood and of the great siddhis — this hymn must not be given to just anyone, even were one's life-breath caught in the throat. This great secret, the thousand names of Vani, fully potent for us and for our line, has now been declared to you.' Thus ends the Sri Sarasvati Sahasranama Stotram, from the Sanatkumara Samhita of the Skanda Purana, in the dialogue of Narada and Sanatkumara.

Word-by-Word Breakdown

सरस्वती

Sarasvati

The flowing one — goddess of speech, learning and wisdom

वाग्देवी

Vagdevi

The goddess of speech

वाग्वादिनी

Vagvadini

She who makes speech flow — invoked in the hymn's seed-mantra

वरदा

Varada

Giver of boons

वागीश्वरी

Vagishvari

Sovereign queen of speech

शारदा

Sharada

The autumnal one — Saraswati as bestower of ripened wisdom

गायत्री

Gayatri

The saving song, mother of the Vedas

महाविद्या

Mahavidya

The great knowledge

ब्राह्मी

Brahmi

The shakti of Brahma, of the very nature of Brahman

भारती

Bharati

Goddess of eloquence and of the land of Bharata

वेदजननी

Vedajanani

Mother of the Vedas

अक्षरमालिका

Aksharamalika

She who is garlanded with the letters of the alphabet

बुद्धिदा

Buddhida

Giver of intelligence

महाकवित्वदम्

Mahakavitvadam

(This hymn is) the bestower of great poetic genius

Origin & History

Source: Skanda Purana, Sanatkumara Samhita (Narada-Sanatkumara samvada)

Author: Revealed by the goddess Saraswati to Brahma; narrated by Sanatkumara to Narada

Period: c. 600-1200 CE (Puranic period)

When Brahma had created the three worlds, he found his creation standing frozen and unconscious — for there was as yet no speech. The world-teacher performed austere tapas for ten thousand divine years, until Vani arose, radiant with all meaning, declaring herself Mahavidya, the sovereign of all speech. She taught Brahma her thousand names, promising that whoever pleased her with them would find her his servant; Brahma praised her, won her as his consort, and from that moment the universe was filled with language. Sanatkumara, who had guarded this secret, revealed it to Narada — a hymn whose names run in long alliterative garlands through the letters va, ga, sha, sa, ma, bha, ba, a, ja, ka, ta and ya, punctuated by the goddess's own seed-mantras.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Saraswati Sahasranama Stotram?▼

It is a hymn of one thousand names of Saraswati, the goddess of speech, learning and wisdom, found in the Sanatkumara Samhita of the Skanda Purana as a dialogue between the sages Narada and Sanatkumara. Its names flow in long alphabetical garlands — va, ga, sha, sa, ma, bha, ba, a, ja, ka, ta and ya — interwoven with seed-mantras of the goddess.

What is the story behind this hymn?▼

The hymn relates that after Brahma created the three worlds, the universe stood inert and unconscious because speech did not yet exist. Brahma performed tapas for ten thousand divine years until Vani (Saraswati) appeared, taught him her thousand names, and — pleased by his praise — became his consort, whereupon the whole creation was filled with speech.

What benefits does the text itself promise?▼

Its phalashruti says the devoted reciter becomes a treasury of all knowledge, gains wealth and family happiness, and that even a mute person becomes eloquent in all learning like a second Brahma. It especially promises maha-kavitva — great poetic genius — and lordship of speech.

Who should chant it and when?▼

It is ideal for students, teachers, writers, musicians and anyone seeking clarity of speech and mind. Traditional times are early morning before study, the three sandhyas, Thursdays, Navaratri, and above all Vasant Panchami, Saraswati's festival.

What are the bracketed mantras inside the text?▼

They are bija-mantras (seed syllables) of Saraswati, such as 'Aim vada vada Vagvadini svaha', placed at the head of each alphabetical section — including one that strings together the entire Sanskrit alphabet, invoking her as Aksharamalika, 'garlanded with the letters'. Reciters traditionally include them as given.

Ready to start chanting?

See Benefits & How to Chant →