bhramarambabhramarambikasrisailamshakti-peetha

භ්රමරාම්බාෂ්ටකම්

भ्रमराम्बाष्टकम् in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 8× repetitions·🕐 During Navaratri, on Fridays and Pournami, and as part of Devi worship; ideal when visiting Srisailam·📜 Devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (associated with the Srisailam Shakti Peetha)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (associated with the Srisailam Shakti Peetha) · Adi Shankaracharya · c. 8th century CE (traditional attribution)

Srisailam, on the banks of the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh, is unique as both a Jyotirlinga (Mallikarjuna) and a Maha Shakti Peetha (Bhramaramba). The Goddess is celebrated as Bhramari, who took the form of a swarm of bees to slay the demon Arunasura. Adi Shankaracharya, on his pilgrimage to this great kshetra, is traditionally said to have composed the Bhramaramba Ashtakam in her praise, weaving together her beauty, her presence in the Sri Vidya tradition, and her identity with the cosmic Mother.

✦ As told in scripture

According to the Devi Mahatmya and local tradition, when the demon Arunasura — invincible against all two- and four-legged creatures — terrorised the worlds, the Goddess assumed the form of countless bees (bhramara) and destroyed him, thus becoming Bhramaramba. Devotees hold that meditating on her through this Ashtakam at Srisailam dissolves the six inner enemies and grants the Mother's swift protection.

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Verse 1

චාඤ්චල්යාරුණලෝචනාඤ්චිතකෘපාචන්ද්රාර්කපට්ටෝදරාං චාරුස්මේරමුඛීං චරාචරජගත්සංරක්ෂණීං තත්පරාම් . නිත්යං චින්මයකෞස්තුභප්රභෘතිභිර්භූෂාමණීභූෂිතාං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 1..

cāñcalyāruṇalocanāñcitakṛpācandrārkapaṭṭodarāṃ cārusmeramukhīṃ carācarajagatsaṃrakṣaṇīṃ tatparām | nityaṃ cinmayakaustubhaprabhṛtibhirbhūṣāmaṇībhūṣitāṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 1||

Meaning:1. मैं श्रीशैल में निवास करने वाली भगवती श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जिनके चंचल अरुण नेत्र कृपा से युक्त हैं, जिनका उदर चन्द्र-सूर्य के पट्ट-सा है, जिनका मुख सुन्दर एवं स्मित है, जो चराचर जगत् की रक्षा में तत्पर हैं, और जो चिन्मय कौस्तुभ आदि भूषामणियों से अलंकृत हैं।

Verse 2

කස්තූරීතිලකාඤ්චිතේන්දුවිලසත්ප්රෝද්භාසිඵාලස්ථලීං කර්පූරද්රවමිශ්රචූර්ණඛදිරාමෝදෝල්ලසද්වීටිකාම් . ලෝලාපාඞ්ගතරඞ්ගිතෛරධිකෘපාසාරෛර්නතානන්දිනීං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 2..

kastūrītilakāñcitenduvilasatprodbhāsiphālasthalīṃ karpūradravamiśracūrṇakhadirāmodollasadvīṭikām | lolāpāṅgataraṅgitairadhikṛpāsārairnatānandinīṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 2||

Meaning:2. मैं श्रीशैलवासिनी श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जिनका ललाट कस्तूरी-तिलक से चन्द्र-सा देदीप्यमान है, जो कर्पूर-मिश्रित खदिर-सुगन्धित ताम्बूल का आस्वादन करती हैं, और जो अपने चंचल नेत्रान्तों से प्रवाहित अधिक कृपा-धारा से नतजनों को आनन्दित करती हैं।

Verse 3

රාජන්මත්තමරාලමන්දගමනාං රාජීවපත්රේක්ෂණාං රාජීවප්රභවාදිදේවමකුටෛරාරාධිතාංඝ්රිද්වයාම් . රාජීවායතමන්දහාසවදනාං රාකේන්දුබිම්බානනාං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 3..

rājanmattamarālamandagamanāṃ rājīvapatrekṣaṇāṃ rājīvaprabhavādidevamakuṭairārādhitāṃghridvayām | rājīvāyatamandahāsavadanāṃ rākendubimbānanāṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 3||

Meaning:3. मैं श्रीशैलवासिनी श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जिनकी मन्द गति राजहंस-सी है, जिनके नेत्र कमलदल-से हैं, जिनके दोनों चरण ब्रह्मादि देवों के मुकुटों से अर्चित हैं, जिनका मुख कमल-सा मन्दहास-युक्त है और पूर्णचन्द्रबिम्ब-सा है।

Verse 4

ෂට්තාරඞ්ගණදීපිකාං ශිවසතීං ෂඩ්වෛරිවර්ගාපහාං ෂට්චක්රාන්තරසංස්ථිතාං වරසුධාං ෂඩ්යෝගිනීවේෂ්ටිතාම් . ෂට්කෝණාන්තරවර්තිනීං සුරනුතාං ෂඩ්භාවගාං ෂණ්මුඛීං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 4..

ṣaṭtāraṅgaṇadīpikāṃ śivasatīṃ ṣaḍvairivargāpahāṃ ṣaṭcakrāntarasaṃsthitāṃ varasudhāṃ ṣaḍyoginīveṣṭitām | ṣaṭkoṇāntaravartinīṃ suranutāṃ ṣaḍbhāvagāṃ ṣaṇmukhīṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 4||

Meaning:4. मैं श्रीशैलवासिनी श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जो षट्-तारकगण की दीपिका हैं, शिव की सती हैं, षड्वैरिवर्ग (काम-क्रोधादि) की नाशिनी हैं, षट्चक्रों में स्थित श्रेष्ठ सुधा हैं, षड्योगिनियों से वेष्टित हैं, षट्कोण-यन्त्र के मध्य विराजती हैं, देवों से नुत हैं, षड्भावगा एवं षण्मुखी हैं।

Verse 5

ශ්රීනාථාදෘතපාලිතත්රිභුවනාං ශ්රීචක්රසඤ්චාරිණීං ජ්ඤානාසක්තමනෝජයෝගමහිතාං ශ්රීබින්දුනාදප්රියාම් . මාතංගීං මධුපානලෝලමනසං මාහේශ්වරීං ශ්රීප්රදාං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 5..

śrīnāthādṛtapālitatribhuvanāṃ śrīcakrasañcāriṇīṃ jñānāsaktamanojayogamahitāṃ śrībindunādapriyām | mātaṅgīṃ madhupānalolamanasaṃ māheśvarīṃ śrīpradāṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 5||

Meaning:5. मैं श्रीशैलवासिनी श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जो श्रीनाथ से आदृत होकर त्रिभुवन का पालन करती हैं, श्रीचक्र में संचार करती हैं, ज्ञानासक्त मनोजय-योग से महित हैं, श्रीबिन्दु-नाद की प्रिया हैं, जो मातंगी हैं, मधुपान में लोलमना हैं, माहेश्वरी एवं श्रीप्रदा हैं।

Verse 6

ලාවණ්යාධිකභූෂිතාඞ්ගලතිකාං ලාක්ෂාරසාරඤ්ජිතාං සේවායාතසමස්තදේවවනිතාං සීමාතිගාස්ථාං ශිවාම් . වාණීවල්ලභවාසවප්රභෘතිභිඃ සංසේවිතාඞ්ඝ්රිද්වයාං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 6..

lāvaṇyādhikabhūṣitāṅgalatikāṃ lākṣārasārañjitāṃ sevāyātasamastadevavanitāṃ sīmātigāsthāṃ śivām | vāṇīvallabhavāsavaprabhṛtibhiḥ saṃsevitāṅghridvayāṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 6||

Meaning:6. मैं श्रीशैलवासिनी श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जिनकी अंगलतिका लावण्य से अधिक अलंकृत है, जो लाक्षारस से रंजित हैं, जिनकी सेवा में समस्त देवांगनाएँ आती हैं, जो सीमा से परे स्थित शिवा हैं, और जिनके दोनों चरण ब्रह्मा (वाणीवल्लभ), इन्द्र (वासव) आदि से सेवित हैं।

Verse 7

ධන්යාං සෝමවිභාවනීයචරිතාං ධාත්රාදිසම්පූජිතාං වේදාන්තප්රතිපාදිතාං භගවතීං ශ්රීශම්භුසම්මානිතාම් . නිත්යං බ්රහ්මමුඛප්රකීර්තිතයශාං ශ්රීනාරදාද්යෛඃ ස්තුතාං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 7..

dhanyāṃ somavibhāvanīyacaritāṃ dhātrādisampūjitāṃ vedāntapratipāditāṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīśambhusammānitām | nityaṃ brahmamukhaprakīrtitayaśāṃ śrīnāradādyaiḥ stutāṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 7||

Meaning:7. मैं श्रीशैलवासिनी श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जो धन्या हैं, जिनका चरित चन्द्र-सा विभावनीय है, जो ब्रह्मादि से सम्पूजित हैं, वेदान्त द्वारा प्रतिपादित भगवती हैं, श्रीशम्भु से सम्मानित हैं, जिनका यश ब्रह्मा के मुख से नित्य कीर्तित है, और जो नारदादि से स्तुत हैं।

Verse 8

ගායත්රීං ගරුඩධ්වජාං ගගනගාං ගාන්ධර්වගානප්රියාං ගම්භීරාං ගජගාමිනීං ගිරිසුතාං ගන්ධාක්ෂතාලඞ්කෘතාම් . ගඞ්ගාගෞතමගර්ගසන්නුතපදාං ගාං ගෞතමීං ගෝමතීං ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීං භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ .. 8..

gāyatrīṃ garuḍadhvajāṃ gaganagāṃ gāndharvagānapriyāṃ gambhīrāṃ gajagāminīṃ girisutāṃ gandhākṣatālaṅkṛtām | gaṅgāgautamagargasannutapadāṃ gāṃ gautamīṃ gomatīṃ śrīśailasthalavāsinīṃ bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvaye || 8||

Meaning:8. मैं श्रीशैलवासिनी श्रीमाता का ध्यान करता हूँ — जो गायत्री हैं, गरुडध्वजा हैं, गगनगा हैं, गान्धर्व-गान की प्रिया हैं, गम्भीरा हैं, गजगामिनी हैं, गिरिसुता हैं, गन्ध-अक्षत से अलंकृता हैं, जिनके पद गंगा-गौतम-गर्ग से सन्नुत हैं, और जो गौ (पृथ्वी), गौतमी (गोदावरी) एवं गोमती हैं।

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චාඤ්චල්යාරුණලෝචනාම්🔊cāñcalya-aruṇa-locanāṃwith restless, reddish (compassionate) eyes

අඤ්චිතකෘපාම්🔊añcita-kṛpāṃfull of (curved with) grace

චාරුස්මේරමුඛීම්🔊cāru-smera-mukhīṃwith a lovely, smiling face

චරාචරජගත්සංරක්ෂණීම්🔊carācara-jagat-saṃrakṣaṇīṃthe protectress of the whole world of moving and unmoving beings

ශ්රීශෛලස්ථලවාසිනීම්🔊śrīśaila-sthala-vāsinīṃshe who dwells in the holy place of Srisailam

භගවතීං ශ්රීමාතරං භාවයේ🔊bhagavatīṃ śrīmātaraṃ bhāvayeI meditate on the Goddess, the divine Mother

කස්තූරීතිලකාඤ්චිතේන්දු🔊kastūrī-tilaka-añcita-induher brow graced with a musk tilaka, shining like the moon

නතානන්දිනීම්🔊nata-ānandinīṃshe who delights those who bow to her

රාජන්මත්තමරාලමන්දගමනාම්🔊rājan-matta-marāla-manda-gamanāṃwith a gait gentle as a regal, exultant swan

රාකේන්දුබිම්බානනාම්🔊rāka-indu-bimba-ānanāṃwith a face like the orb of the full moon

ෂට්චක්රාන්තරසංස්ථිතාම්🔊ṣaṭ-cakra-antara-saṃsthitāṃestablished within the six chakras

ෂඩ්යෝගිනීවේෂ්ටිතාම්🔊ṣaḍ-yoginī-veṣṭitāṃsurrounded by the six yoginis

ශ්රීචක්රසඤ්චාරිණීම්🔊śrī-cakra-sañcāriṇīṃshe who moves within the Sri Chakra

ශ්රීබින්දුනාදප්රියාම්🔊śrī-bindu-nāda-priyāṃbeloved of the Bindu and Nada (the subtle point and sound)

මාතංගීම්🔊mātaṅgīṃMatangi (the Goddess as the daughter of sage Matanga)

මාහේශ්වරීං ශ්රීප්රදාම්🔊māheśvarīṃ śrī-pradāṃthe great sovereign Goddess, bestower of prosperity

ලාවණ්යාධිකභූෂිතාඞ්ගලතිකාම්🔊lāvaṇya-adhika-bhūṣita-aṅga-latikāṃwhose creeper-like body is adorned with surpassing loveliness

වාණීවල්ලභවාසව🔊vāṇī-vallabha-vāsavaby Brahma (beloved of Vani/Saraswati), Indra (Vasava) and others

වේදාන්තප්රතිපාදිතාම්🔊vedānta-pratipāditāṃshe who is expounded by Vedanta

ගායත්රීං ගරුඩධ්වජාම්🔊gāyatrīṃ garuḍa-dhvajāṃwho is Gayatri, who bears Garuda on her banner

ගජගාමිනීං ගිරිසුතාම්🔊gaja-gāminīṃ giri-sutāṃwith the gait of an elephant, the daughter of the mountain (Parvati)

ගඞ්ගාගෞතමගර්ගසන්නුතපදාම්🔊gaṅgā-gautama-garga-sannuta-padāṃwhose feet are praised by Ganga and by sages Gautama and Garga

Benefits of Chanting भ्रमराम्बाष्टकम्

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Invokes Bhramaramba of Srisailam, one of the 18 Maha Shakti Peethas, in a concise eight-verse form

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The fourth verse prays to the Goddess as the remover of the six inner foes (lust, anger, greed, delusion, pride, envy)

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Cultivates devotion and meditative visualisation of the Divine Mother (each verse is a 'bhavaye' — 'I meditate')

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Aids inner ascent, describing the Goddess as present in the six chakras and the Sri Chakra

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Believed to bestow protection, prosperity (Shri-prada) and the Mother's all-encompassing grace

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Especially powerful for pilgrims and devotees of the Srisailam Mallikarjuna-Bhramaramba kshetra

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Its rich Sanskrit and alliteration (the 'ga' and 'sha' verses) make it a beloved hymn for chanting

How to Chant भ्रमराम्बाष्टकम्

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Best TimeDuring Navaratri, on Fridays and Pournami, and as part of Devi worship; ideal when visiting Srisailam

Recite the eight verses seated before an image of Bhramaramba or the Devi, ideally after a bath and lighting a lamp, offering kumkum and flowers. Each verse is a meditation ('bhavaye') — visualise the Mother as described, dwelling at Srisailam, present in the chakras and the Sri Chakra. The hymn may be recited once or 3, 9 or 11 times. It is especially auspicious during a pilgrimage to the Srisailam Shakti Peetha.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete भ्रमराम्बाष्टकम् 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.

Bhramaramba (Bhramarambika) is the Goddess enshrined at Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh as the consort (Shakti) of Lord Mallikarjuna, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Srisailam is also one of the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas. 'Bhramaramba' means 'the Mother of bees', recalling the legend in which the Goddess took the form of bees to destroy a demon.

It is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, said to have been composed during his pilgrimage to Srisailam. He composed several hymns to the Divine Mother at the holy sites he visited.

Every verse ends with 'Sri-shaila-sthala-vasinim Bhagavatim Sri-mataram bhavaye' — 'I meditate on the Goddess, the divine Mother who dwells at Srisailam.' The repeated 'bhavaye' makes the whole hymn a sustained meditation.

The eighth verse is a beautiful alliterative garland in which nearly every epithet of the Goddess begins with the syllable 'ga' — Gayatri, Garuda-dhwaja, Giri-suta (Parvati), Gautami (Godavari), Gomati and more — a poetic flourish typical of Shankaracharya.