Yo Mam Jayati Sangrame (The Devi's Battle Vow) — Complete Lyrics
यो मां जयति सङ्ग्रामे (देवी की प्रतिज्ञा)
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
देव्युवाच
सत्यमुक्तं त्वया नात्र मिथ्या किञ्चित्त्वयोदितम् ।
त्रैलोक्याधिपतिः शुम्भो निशुम्भश्चापि तादृशः ॥
devyuvāca
satyamuktaṃ tvayā nātra mithyā kiñcittvayoditam
trailokyādhipatiḥ śumbho niśumbhaścāpi tādṛśaḥ
The Devi said: You have spoken the truth; nothing untrue have you said. Shumbha is indeed the lord of the three worlds, and so likewise is Nishumbha. But how can what has been vowed in this matter be made false? Hear the vow which, out of little wisdom, I made long ago: 'He who conquers me in battle, who removes my pride, who is my match in strength in the world — he alone shall be my husband.' So let Shumbha come here, or the mighty Nishumbha; conquering me, let him take my hand at once — why delay?
Verse 2
किं त्वत्र यत्प्रतिज्ञातं मिथ्या तत्क्रियते कथम् ।
श्रूयतामल्पबुद्धित्वात्प्रतिज्ञा या कृता पुरा ॥
kiṃ tvatra yatpratijñātaṃ mithyā tatkriyate katham
śrūyatāmalpabuddhitvātpratijñā yā kṛtā purā
Verse 3
यो मां जयति सङ्ग्रामे यो मे दर्पं व्यपोहति ।
यो मे प्रतिबलो लोके स मे भर्ता भविष्यति ॥
yo māṃ jayati saṅgrāme yo me darpaṃ vyapohati
yo me pratibalo loke sa me bhartā bhaviṣyati
Verse 4
तदागच्छतु शुम्भोऽत्र निशुम्भो वा महाबलः ।
मां जित्वा किं चिरेणात्र पाणिं गृह्णातु मे लघु ॥
tadāgacchatu śumbho'tra niśumbho vā mahābalaḥ
māṃ jitvā kiṃ cireṇātra pāṇiṃ gṛhṇātu me laghu
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