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🕉️ hindu·📿 17× repetitions·🕐 Fridays, during Navratri, on Purnima, or daily after a bath in the morning·📜 Devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (Sri Vidya / Shakta tradition)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (Sri Vidya / Shakta tradition) · Adi Shankaracharya · c. 8th century CE (traditional attribution)

The Bhavani Bhujangam belongs to Adi Shankaracharya's celebrated 'Bhujangam' hymns, composed in the serpentine Bhujanga-prayata metre. Like the Soundarya Lahari, it fuses tender devotion with the esoteric science of Sri Vidya and Kundalini yoga: the poet traces the Goddess's presence from the root chakra up the Sushumna to the crown, praising her at once as the beautiful Mother and as the Para-Shakti beyond mind and speech. It closes with one of the most moving surrenders in Shakta literature.

✦ As told in scripture

The hymn itself declares its fruit: one who recites it daily with a settled, devoted mind 'conquers death, attains wisdom and prosperity, and in another body wins liberation.' Devotees cherish the seventeenth verse as a lifeline — calling Bhavani the only boat across the ocean of existence — and recount finding refuge and rescue in her grace through its constant repetition.

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Verse 1

ෂඩාධාරපඞ්කේරුහාන්තර්විරාජත් සුෂුම්නාන්තරාලේ(අ)තිතේජෝල්ලසන්තීම් . සුධාමණ්ඩලං ද්රාවයන්තීං පිබන්තීං සුධාමූර්තිමීඩේ චිදානන්දරූපාම් .. 1..

ṣaḍādhārapaṅkeruhāntarvirājat suṣumnāntarāle'titejollasantīm | sudhāmaṇḍalaṃ drāvayantīṃ pibantīṃ sudhāmūrtimīḍe cidānandarūpām || 1||

Meaning:1. मैं उस नेक्टार-स्वरूपा, चिदानन्द-रूपा देवी की स्तुति करता हूँ — जो षट्चक्रों के कमलों के भीतर विराजती हैं, सुषुम्ना के मध्य में अति तेज से देदीप्यमान हैं, और जो अमृत-मण्डल को द्रवित करके पान करती हैं।

Verse 2

ජ්වලත්කෝටිබාලාර්කභාසාරුණාඞ්ගීං සුලාවණ්යශෘඞ්ගාරශෝභාභිරාමාම් . මහාපද්මකිඤ්ජල්කමධ්යේ විරාජත්- ත්රිකෝණේ නිෂණ්ණාං භජේ ශ්රීභවානීම් .. 2..

jvalatkoṭibālārkabhāsāruṇāṅgīṃ sulāvaṇyaśṛṅgāraśobhābhirāmām | mahāpadmakiñjalkamadhye virājat- trikoṇe niṣaṇṇāṃ bhaje śrībhavānīm || 2||

Meaning:2. मैं श्रीभवानी की उपासना करता हूँ, जिनके अंग करोड़ों उदित बालसूर्यों की आभा-से अरुण हैं, जो सुलावण्य एवं शृंगार की शोभा से अभिराम हैं, और जो महापद्म के किंजल्क के मध्य विराजमान त्रिकोण पर आसीन हैं।

Verse 3

ක්වණත්කිඞ්කිණීනූපුරෝද්භාසිරත්න- ප්රභාලීඪලාක්ෂාර්ද්රපාදාබ්ජයුග්මාම් . අජේශාච්යුතාද්යෛඃ සුරෛඃ සේව්යමානාං මහාත්රිපුරාං ශ්රීශිවාං භාවයාමි .. 3..

kvaṇatkiṅkiṇīnūpurodbhāsiratna- prabhālīḍhalākṣārdrapādābjayugmām | ajeśācyutādyaiḥ suraiḥ sevyamānāṃ mahātripurāṃ śrīśivāṃ bhāvayāmi || 3||

Meaning:3. मैं महात्रिपुरा, श्रीशिवा (शक्ति) का ध्यान करता हूँ, जिनके चरण-कमल — रत्नजटित क्वणित किंकिणी-नूपुरों की प्रभा से दीप्त और लाक्षारस से आर्द्र — ब्रह्मा, शिव, विष्णु आदि देवों से सेवित हैं।

Verse 4

සුශෝණාම්බරාබද්ධනීවීවිරාජන්- මහාරත්නකාඤ්චීකලාපං නිතම්බම් . ස්ඵුරද්දක්ෂිණාවර්තනාභිං ච තස්යා භජේ වල්ලරීවද්විශාලං ත්රිවල්ලීම් .. 4..

suśoṇāmbarābaddhanīvīvirājan- mahāratnakāñcīkalāpaṃ nitambam | sphuraddakṣiṇāvartanābhiṃ ca tasyā bhaje vallarīvadviśālaṃ trivallīm || 4||

Meaning:4. मैं उनके नितम्ब की उपासना करता हूँ, जो सुशोण वस्त्र की नीवी और महारत्न-काञ्ची से सुशोभित है, जिनकी नाभि दक्षिणावर्त है, तथा जिनकी त्रिवली लता-सी विशाल एवं मनोहर है।

Verse 5

ලසද්වෘත්තගම්භීරනාභීසරෝජං නිජාඞ්ගෝද්භවස්ථූලරෝමාවලීභිඃ . භ්රමද්භ්රමරාඩම්බරං සුන්දරාඛ්යං භජේ තත්තටිත්කෝටිකාන්තං භවාන්යාඃ .. 5..

lasadvṛttagambhīranābhīsarojaṃ nijāṅgodbhavasthūlaromāvalībhiḥ | bhramadbhramarāḍambaraṃ sundarākhyaṃ bhaje tattaṭitkoṭikāntaṃ bhavānyāḥ || 5||

Meaning:5. मैं भवानी के उस नाभि-कमल की उपासना करता हूँ — गोल, गम्भीर और सुन्दर — जो शरीर से उत्पन्न रोमावली से भ्रमरसमूह-सा घिरा है, और जो करोड़ों विद्युत्-सा कान्तिमान है।

Verse 6

කුචෞ කුඞ්කුමාගාරගර්භප්රවාලෞ පරාභීතිමුද්රාකරස්යෝපකණ්ඨෞ . රමාමන්දිරෞ චාමරාරාතිකුම්භෞ භජේ චන්දනාලිප්තකෞ භව්යරූපෞ .. 6..

kucau kuṅkumāgāragarbhapravālau parābhītimudrākarasyopakaṇṭhau | ramāmandirau cāmarārātikumbhau bhaje candanāliptakau bhavyarūpau || 6||

Meaning:6. मैं उनके दोनों कुचों की उपासना करता हूँ, जो कुंकुम-भण्डार-से प्रवाल-वर्ण हैं, अभय एवं वर-मुद्रा वाले हाथ के समीप हैं, जो रमा (लक्ष्मी) के मन्दिर एवं गजकुम्भ-से हैं, चन्दन से लिप्त और भव्यरूप हैं।

Verse 7

ලලාටශ්රියං වල්ලභෛකානුභාවාං භුජාමූලවින්යස්තචූතාග්රකෝටිම් . කලඞ්කාධිවාසං හසච්චන්ද්රබිම්බං ශ්රියේ නෞමි කස්තූරිකාතිප්රසන්නම් .. 7..

lalāṭaśriyaṃ vallabhaikānubhāvāṃ bhujāmūlavinyastacūtāgrakoṭim | kalaṅkādhivāsaṃ hasaccandrabimbaṃ śriye naumi kastūrikātiprasannam || 7||

Meaning:7. श्री (समृद्धि) के लिए मैं उनके ललाट की शोभा को प्रणाम करता हूँ — जो वल्लभ (शिव) के लिए अनुपम है, भुजमूल पर रखे आम्र-पल्लव-अग्र से युक्त है, जो कलंक (चन्द्रकला) का निवास हसते चन्द्रबिम्ब-सा है, और कस्तूरी से अति प्रसन्न है।

Verse 8

භජේ වක්ත්රමබ්ජප්රභාජාලලෝලං ලසද්වාරිජාක්ෂීයුගං විභ්රමාක්ෂම් . ලලාටාන්තරාලම්බිමාණික්යභූෂං වහන්තීං චලත්කුණ්ඩලෝද්යෝතගණ්ඩම් .. 8..

bhaje vaktramabjaprabhājālalolaṃ lasadvārijākṣīyugaṃ vibhramākṣam | lalāṭāntarālambimāṇikyabhūṣaṃ vahantīṃ calatkuṇḍalodyotagaṇḍam || 8||

Meaning:8. मैं उनके मुख की उपासना करता हूँ, जो कमल-प्रभा के जाल से चंचल है, जो दीप्त कमलनयन एवं विभ्रमयुक्त नेत्रों को धारण करता है, ललाट पर लटकते माणिक्य से भूषित है, और चलते कुण्डलों की द्युति से जिनके कपोल प्रकाशित हैं।

Verse 9

සුඵුල්ලාරවින්දායතාක්ෂීං සුවක්ෂෝ- රුහාං චාරුහාසාං සුකර්ණාවතංසාම් . සුමධ්යාං සුවෘත්තස්තනීං සුස්මිතාස්යාං භජේ ශ්රීමහේශීං භවානීං භවානීම් .. 9..

suphullāravindāyatākṣīṃ suvakṣo- ruhāṃ cāruhāsāṃ sukarṇāvataṃsām | sumadhyāṃ suvṛttastanīṃ susmitāsyāṃ bhaje śrīmaheśīṃ bhavānīṃ bhavānīm || 9||

Meaning:9. मैं श्रीमहेशी, भवानी, भवानी की उपासना करता हूँ — सुविकसित कमल-से दीर्घ नेत्रों वाली, सुन्दर वक्ष वाली, मनोहर हास वाली, सुकर्ण-आभूषणों वाली, सुमध्या, सुवृत्त-स्तनी और सुस्मित-मुखी।

Verse 10

සුනාසාපුටං සුන්දරභ්රූලලාටං තරඞ්ගායතාක්ෂං සුධාධෞතගණ්ඩම් . සුබිම්බාධරං කුන්දදන්තප්රභාඪ්යං භජේ චන්ද්රචූඩාලසත්කේශපාශම් .. 10..

sunāsāpuṭaṃ sundarabhrūlalāṭaṃ taraṅgāyatākṣaṃ sudhādhautagaṇḍam | subimbādharaṃ kundadantaprabhāḍhyaṃ bhaje candracūḍālasatkeśapāśam || 10||

Meaning:10. मैं उनकी उपासना करता हूँ — सुन्दर नासापुट, मनोहर भ्रू एवं ललाट, तरंग-से दीर्घ नेत्र, अमृत-धौत कपोल, बिम्बफल-से अधर, कुन्द-दन्त-प्रभा से युक्त, और चन्द्रचूड से सुशोभित केशपाश वाली।

Verse 11

පරාශක්තිරාජ්ඤීසමාක්රාන්තවිශ්වාං පරාං භෝගමෝක්ෂප්රදාං ශාම්භවීං තාම් . පරාකාරකාමේශ්වරීං කාමකෝටිං භජේ චිත්ස්වරූපාං ජගන්මාතරං ශ්රීම් .. 11..

parāśaktirājñīsamākrāntaviśvāṃ parāṃ bhogamokṣapradāṃ śāmbhavīṃ tām | parākārakāmeśvarīṃ kāmakoṭiṃ bhaje citsvarūpāṃ jaganmātaraṃ śrīm || 11||

Meaning:11. मैं श्री, जगन्माता, चिद्रूपा की उपासना करता हूँ — परा-शक्ति, समस्त विश्व पर अधिष्ठित राज्ञी, भोग एवं मोक्ष दोनों देने वाली शाम्भवी, परा कामेश्वरी एवं कामकोटि।

Verse 12

ශ්රුතීනාං මුහුර්භූෂණං තර්කගම්යං මනෝවාක්පථාතීතමත්යන්තදූරම් . නිජානන්දබීජං සදා බුද්ධිනිෂ්ඨං නිරාකාරමෝඞ්කාරගම්යං භජේ(අ)හම් .. 12..

śrutīnāṃ muhurbhūṣaṇaṃ tarkagamyaṃ manovākpathātītamatyantadūram | nijānandabījaṃ sadā buddhiniṣṭhaṃ nirākāramoṅkāragamyaṃ bhaje'ham || 12||

Meaning:12. मैं उसकी उपासना करता हूँ, जो वेदों का सदा भूषण है, तर्क से ग्राह्य किन्तु मन-वाणी के पथ से अतीत एवं अत्यन्त दूर है, निज-आनन्द का बीज है, सदा बुद्धि में निष्ठित है, निराकार है और ओंकार द्वारा गम्य है।

Verse 13

මහායෝගපීඨේ පරිභ්රාජමානේ නිෂණ්ණං ශිවේනාපි සාම්යං වහන්තීම් . සහස්රාරපද්මේ සදා භාවයාමි ප්රබුද්ධාං පරාං චිච්ඡරීරාං භවානීම් .. 13..

mahāyogapīṭhe paribhrājamāne niṣaṇṇaṃ śivenāpi sāmyaṃ vahantīm | sahasrārapadme sadā bhāvayāmi prabuddhāṃ parāṃ cicchharīrāṃ bhavānīm || 13||

Meaning:13. मैं देदीप्यमान महायोगपीठ में, सहस्रार-कमल में, सदा भवानी का ध्यान करता हूँ — जो प्रबुद्ध, परा, चित्-शरीरा हैं और जो वहाँ शिव के साथ साम्य धारण किए विराजती हैं।

Verse 14

ඉදං යස්තු නිත්යං සමාධාය චිත්තං පඨේද්භක්තියුක්තෝ භවානීභුජඞ්ගම් . ස මෘත්යුං විජිත්යාපි මේධාං ශ්රියං ච සමාසාද්ය දේහාන්තරේ මුක්තිමේති .. 14..

idaṃ yastu nityaṃ samādhāya cittaṃ paṭhedbhaktiyukto bhavānībhujaṅgam | sa mṛtyuṃ vijityāpi medhāṃ śriyaṃ ca samāsādya dehāntare muktimeti || 14||

Meaning:14. जो भक्तियुक्त होकर चित्त को एकाग्र कर नित्य इस भवानीभुजंग का पाठ करता है, वह मृत्यु को भी जीतकर मेधा एवं श्री प्राप्त करता है और देहान्त के पश्चात् मुक्ति को प्राप्त होता है।

Verse 15

කවිත්වං ච වාග්මිත්වමේධාදිකං ච ප්රසන්නා භවානී දදාත්යේව තස්මෛ . ඉදං ස්තෝත්රරාජං පඨන්ති ප්රකාමං නරා යේ නිතාන්තං ප්රසීදේන්මහේශී .. 15..

kavitvaṃ ca vāgmitvamedhādikaṃ ca prasannā bhavānī dadātyeva tasmai | idaṃ stotrarājaṃ paṭhanti prakāmaṃ narā ye nitāntaṃ prasīdenmaheśī || 15||

Meaning:15. प्रसन्न भवानी उसे कवित्व, वाग्मिता, मेधा आदि अवश्य प्रदान करती हैं। जो मनुष्य इस स्तोत्रराज का इच्छानुसार पाठ करते हैं, उन पर महेशी नितान्त प्रसन्न हों।

Verse 16

භවානි ත්වදීයාඞ්ඝ්රිසේවානුරක්තාන් ජනාන්පාහි කාරුණ්යපූර්ණෛඃ කටාක්ෂෛඃ . ජගන්මාතරස්මාදෘශාං පාමරාණාං ගතිස්ත්වං විනා නෛව ලෝකේ මදම්බ .. 16..

bhavāni tvadīyāṅghrisevānuraktān janānpāhi kāruṇyapūrṇaiḥ kaṭākṣaiḥ | jaganmātarasmādṛśāṃ pāmarāṇāṃ gatistvaṃ vinā naiva loke madamba || 16||

Meaning:16. हे भवानि! अपने चरणों की सेवा में अनुरक्त जनों की करुणापूर्ण कटाक्षों से रक्षा कीजिए। हे जगन्माता! हम-जैसे पामरों के लिए संसार में आपके बिना कोई गति नहीं है, हे मेरी अम्बा।

Verse 17

භවානි ත්වදීයං පදාම්භෝජපෝතං ප්රපන්නාය යාච්ඡම්භවේ දේහි මාතඃ . භවාම්භෝධිමග්නං සමුද්ධර්තුමීශේ භවානි ත්වමේකා ගතිර්මේ භවානි .. 17..

bhavāni tvadīyaṃ padāmbhojapotaṃ prapannāya yācchambhave dehi mātaḥ | bhavāmbhodhimagnaṃ samuddhartumīśe bhavāni tvamekā gatirme bhavāni || 17||

Meaning:17. हे भवानि! शरणागत मुझे शिव तक पहुँचाने वाली अपने पादाम्भोज की नौका प्रदान कीजिए, हे माता। आप संसार-सागर में डूबते को उद्धार करने में समर्थ हैं। हे भवानि! आप ही मेरी एकमात्र गति हैं, हे भवानि।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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ෂඩාධාරපඞ්කේරුහාන්තර්විරාජත්🔊ṣaḍ-ādhāra-paṅkeruha-antar-virājatshining within the lotuses of the six support-centres (the six chakras)

සුෂුම්නාන්තරාලේ🔊suṣumnā-antarālein the interior of the Sushumna (central channel)

සුධාමණ්ඩලං ද්රාවයන්තීං පිබන්තීම්🔊sudhā-maṇḍalaṃ drāvayantīṃ pibantīmshe who melts and drinks the orb of nectar (the moon/amrita)

සුධාමූර්තිම් ඊඩේ චිදානන්දරූපාම්🔊sudhā-mūrtim īḍe cidānanda-rūpāmI praise her, the embodiment of nectar, whose form is Consciousness-Bliss

ජ්වලත්කෝටිබාලාර්කභාසාරුණාඞ්ගීම්🔊jvalat-koṭi-bālārka-bhāsā-aruṇa-aṅgīmwhose body glows red like the splendour of a crore of rising young suns

ත්රිකෝණේ නිෂණ්ණාං භජේ ශ්රීභවානීම්🔊trikoṇe niṣaṇṇāṃ bhaje śrī-bhavānīmI worship Sri Bhavani, seated in the triangle (at the heart of the great lotus)

ක්වණත්කිඞ්කිණීනූපුර🔊kvaṇat-kiṅkiṇī-nūpurawith tinkling anklets set with little bells

අජේශාච්යුතාද්යෛඃ සුරෛඃ සේව්යමානාම්🔊aja-īśa-acyuta-ādyaiḥ suraiḥ sevyamānāmserved by Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu and the other gods

මහාත්රිපුරාං ශ්රීශිවාං භාවයාමි🔊mahā-tripurāṃ śrī-śivāṃ bhāvayāmiI meditate on Maha Tripura, the auspicious Shiva (Shakti)

මහාරත්නකාඤ්චීකලාපං නිතම්බම්🔊mahā-ratna-kāñcī-kalāpaṃ nitambamher hips girded with a girdle (kanchi) of great gems

කුචෞ කුඞ්කුමාගාරගර්භප්රවාලෞ🔊kucau kuṅkuma-āgāra-garbha-pravālauher bosom, red as coral, like a treasury filled with saffron

රමාමන්දිරෞ🔊ramā-mandirauthe very abode of Lakshmi (prosperity)

හසච්චන්ද්රබිම්බම්🔊hasat-candra-bimbam(her forehead) like the smiling orb of the moon

කස්තූරිකාතිප්රසන්නම්🔊kastūrikā-ati-prasannamvery pleasing with a mark of musk (kasturi tilaka)

සුඵුල්ලාරවින්දායතාක්ෂීම්🔊suphulla-aravinda-āyata-akṣīmwith long eyes like fully-blossomed lotuses

භජේ ශ්රීමහේශීං භවානීං භවානීම්🔊bhaje śrī-maheśīṃ bhavānīṃ bhavānīmI worship Bhavani, Bhavani, the great sovereign Goddess Maheshi

චන්ද්රචූඩාලසත්කේශපාශම්🔊candra-cūḍā-lasat-keśa-pāśamwhose mass of hair shines with the crescent moon as its crest

පරාං භෝගමෝක්ෂප්රදාං ශාම්භවීම්🔊parāṃ bhoga-mokṣa-pradāṃ śāmbhavīmthe supreme Shambhavi, granter of both enjoyment (bhoga) and liberation (moksha)

මනෝවාක්පථාතීතම් අත්යන්තදූරම්🔊mano-vāk-patha-atītam atyanta-dūrambeyond the path of mind and speech, utterly far (transcendent)

සහස්රාරපද්මේ සදා භාවයාමි🔊sahasrāra-padme sadā bhāvayāmiI ever meditate upon her in the thousand-petalled lotus (Sahasrara)

භවානි ත්වමේකා ගතිර්මේ භවානි🔊bhavāni tvam-ekā gatir-me bhavāniO Bhavani, you alone are my refuge, O Bhavani

Benefits of Chanting भवानीभुजङ्गम्

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Promises victory over the fear of death and the attainment of liberation (verse 14)

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Bestows poetic genius (kavitva), eloquence (vagmitva) and sharp intellect (medha) (verse 15)

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Grants both worldly enjoyment (bhoga) and final liberation (moksha), as Bhavani is Bhoga-Moksha-prada

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A complete head-to-foot (or foot-to-head) meditation on the Goddess, ideal for visualisation

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Aids the inner ascent of awareness from the Muladhara through the chakras to the Sahasrara

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Cultivates deep devotion and the spirit of total surrender (sharanagati) to the Divine Mother

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Brings prosperity (Shri) and the protective grace of the Goddess's compassionate side-glances

How to Chant भवानीभुजङ्गम्

Repetitions17times

Best TimeFridays, during Navratri, on Purnima, or daily after a bath in the morning

Sit before an image or Sri Chakra of the Goddess after bathing. Recite the seventeen verses slowly with a composed, devoted mind (the hymn itself says it should be read 'samadhaya chittam' — with a settled mind). Follow the description from her feet upward through the chakras, visualising each form, and end in the spirit of surrender of the closing verses. It is traditionally recited daily; concluding with the final 'Bhavani tvam eka gatir me Bhavani' as a heartfelt prayer.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete भवानीभुजङ्गम् 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.

'Bhujanga' means serpent, and 'Bhujanga-prayata' ('the gliding of a serpent') is the name of the Sanskrit metre in which the hymn is composed — a flowing four-foot metre. So 'Bhavani Bhujangam' means the hymn to Bhavani set in the Bhujanga-prayata metre, the same metre used in Shankaracharya's Subramanya Bhujangam.

It is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, who composed several 'Bhujangam' hymns. It praises Goddess Bhavani (Parvati) with intricate Sri Vidya and Kundalini imagery, describing her presence in the chakras.

The Bhavani Bhujangam follows the rise of the Goddess as Kundalini-Shakti — beginning in the six chakras and the Sushumna and culminating in the thousand-petalled Sahasrara lotus, where she is one with Shiva. It blends a head-to-foot devotional description with deep yogic and Sri Vidya symbolism.

The last verse ends with 'Bhavani tvam eka gatir me Bhavani' — 'O Bhavani, you alone are my refuge, O Bhavani' — one of the best-loved expressions of total surrender to the Divine Mother.