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गर्भ स्तुति in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Janmashtami, during pregnancy, or in daily Srimad Bhagavata worship of Lord Krishna·📜 Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 2, verses 26–41 (Garbha-stuti / prayers of the demigods)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 2, verses 26–41 (Garbha-stuti / prayers of the demigods) · Sage Veda-Vyasa (as spoken by Brahma, Shiva and the demigods) · Classical Puranic era

Oppressed by the demoniac kings led by Kamsa, the goddess Earth, in the form of a cow, approached Lord Brahma for relief. Brahma, together with Lord Shiva and the host of demigods, went to the shore of the Milk Ocean and prayed to Lord Vishnu. The Lord assured them He would soon descend to remove the earth's burden. When the Supreme Lord then took His place within the womb of Devaki in Mathura, the demigods came and offered these sixteen verses of glorification — recognizing Him as the embodiment of Truth and the shelter of all worlds, and consoling Devaki that her son would be the saviour of the Yadu dynasty.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that as the demigods sang these prayers, the prison of Mathura was filled with an extraordinary light and Devaki herself shone with the splendour of the Lord she carried, so radiant that even the cruel Kamsa was struck with wonder and dread. Tradition holds that an expectant mother who hears the Garbha Stuti with faith draws upon her the same protective grace of Vishnu and all the gods that surrounded the divine child within Devaki.

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Verse 1

සත්යව්රතං සත්යපරං ත්රිසත්යං සත්යස්ය යෝනිං නිහිතං ච සත්යේ . සත්යස්ය සත්යමෘතසත්යනේත්රං සත්යාත්මකං ත්වාං ශරණං ප්රපන්නාඃ .. 26 ..

satya-vrataṃ satya-paraṃ tri-satyaṃ satyasya yoniṃ nihitaṃ ca satye | satyasya satyam ṛta-satya-netraṃ satyātmakaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ || 26 ||

Meaning:हम आपकी शरण में हैं, जिनका स्वरूप ही सत्य है — सत्यव्रत, परम सत्य, तीनों कालों में सत्य, सत्य के उद्गम, सत्य में निहित, सत्यों के भी सत्य, जिनके नेत्र (दृष्टि) अमोघ सत्य हैं, सत्यात्मक आप को हम शरण में प्राप्त हैं।

Verse 2

ඒකායනෝ(අ)සෞ ද්විඵලස්ත්රිමූල- ශ්චතූරසඃ පඤ්චවිධඃ ෂඩාත්මා . සප්තත්වගෂ්ටවිටපෝ නවාක්ෂෝ දශච්ඡදී ද්විඛගෝ හ්යාදිවෘක්ෂඃ .. 27 ..

ekāyano 'sau dvi-phalas tri-mūlaś catū-rasaḥ pañca-vidhaḥ ṣaḍ-ātmā | sapta-tvag aṣṭa-viṭapo navākṣo daśa-cchadī dvi-khago hy ādi-vṛkṣaḥ || 27 ||

Meaning:यह आदिवृक्ष (यह जगत्/यह शरीर) एक आश्रय वाला, दो फलों वाला, तीन मूलों वाला, चार रसों वाला, पाँच प्रकार के ज्ञान वाला, छह स्वभावों वाला, सात छालों वाला, आठ शाखाओं वाला, नौ कोटरों वाला, दस पत्तों वाला और दो पक्षियों वाला है।

Verse 3

ත්වමේක ඒවාස්ය සතඃ ප්රසූති- ස්ත්වං සන්නිධානං ත්වමනුග්රහශ්ච . ත්වන්මායයා සංවෘතචේතසස්ත්වාං පශ්යන්ති නානා න විපශ්චිතෝ යේ .. 28 ..

tvam eka evāsya sataḥ prasūtis tvaṃ sannidhānaṃ tvam anugrahaś ca | tvan-māyayā saṃvṛta-cetasas tvāṃ paśyanti nānā na vipaścito ye || 28 ||

Meaning:केवल आप ही इस सत् जगत् के उद्गम हैं, आप ही इसका आश्रय (स्थिति) और आप ही इसका संहार (अनुग्रह) हैं। जिनका चित्त आपकी माया से ढका है वे ही नाना भेद देखते हैं, विवेकी जन नहीं।

Verse 4

බිභර්ෂි රූපාණ්යවබෝධ ආත්මා ක්ෂේමාය ලෝකස්ය චරාචරස්ය . සත්ත්වෝපපන්නානි සුඛාවහානි සතාමභද්රාණි මුහුඃ ඛලානාම් .. 29 ..

bibharṣi rūpāṇy avabodha ātmā kṣemāya lokasya carācarasya | sattvopapannāni sukhāvahāni satām abhadrāṇi muhuḥ khalānām || 29 ||

Meaning:हे ज्ञानस्वरूप! आप चराचर जगत् के कल्याण के लिए विविध रूप धारण करते हैं — सत्त्वमय, सुखकारक रूप, जो सन्तों के लिए मंगलकारी और दुष्टों के लिए बारम्बार अमंगलकारी होते हैं।

Verse 5

ත්වය්යම්බුජාක්ෂාඛිලසත්ත්වධාම්නි සමාධිනාවේශිතචේතසෛකේ . ත්වත්පාදපෝතේන මහත්කෘතේන කුර්වන්ති ගෝවත්සපදං භවාබ්ධිම් .. 30 ..

tvayy ambujākṣākhila-sattva-dhāmni samādhināveśita-cetasaike | tvat-pāda-potena mahat-kṛtena kurvanti go-vatsa-padaṃ bhavābdhim || 30 ||

Meaning:हे कमलनयन! समस्त सत्त्व के धाम आप में जिन्होंने समाधि द्वारा चित्त लगाया है, वे महापुरुषों द्वारा सम्मानित आपके चरणकमलरूपी नौका के सहारे इस भवसागर को बछड़े के खुर के गड्ढे के समान (सुगम) बना लेते हैं।

Verse 6

ස්වයං සමුත්තීර්ය සුදුස්තරං ද්යුමන් භවාර්ණවං භීමමදභ්රසෞහෘදාඃ . භවත්පදාම්භෝරුහනාවමත්ර තේ නිධාය යාතාඃ සදනුග්රහෝ භවාන් .. 31 ..

svayaṃ samuttīrya sudustaraṃ dyuman bhavārṇavaṃ bhīmam adabhra-sauhṛdāḥ | bhavat-padāmbhoruha-nāvam atra te nidhāya yātāḥ sad-anugraho bhavān || 31 ||

Meaning:हे स्वयंप्रकाश! वे अपार करुणावान् भक्त इस दुस्तर एवं भयानक भवसागर को स्वयं पार करके, यहाँ दूसरों के लिए आपके चरणकमलरूपी नौका को छोड़ जाते हैं — क्योंकि आप भक्तों पर परम अनुग्रहशील हैं।

Verse 7

යේ(අ)න්යේ(අ)රවින්දාක්ෂ විමුක්තමානින- ස්ත්වය්යස්තභාවාදවිශුද්ධබුද්ධයඃ . ආරුහ්ය කෘච්ඡ්රේණ පරං පදං තතඃ පතන්ත්යධෝ(අ)නාදෘතයුෂ්මදඞ්ඝ්රයඃ .. 32 ..

ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas tvayy asta-bhāvād aviśuddha-buddhayaḥ | āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṃ padaṃ tataḥ patanty adho 'nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ || 32 ||

Meaning:हे कमलनयन! जो अन्य लोग अपने को मुक्त मान बैठते हैं, किन्तु आप में भक्ति न होने से जिनकी बुद्धि अशुद्ध है, वे बड़े कष्ट से परमपद तक चढ़कर भी आपके चरणों की उपेक्षा के कारण पुनः नीचे गिर जाते हैं।

Verse 8

තථා න තේ මාධව තාවකාඃ ක්වචිද් භ්රශ්යන්ති මාර්ගාත්ත්වයි බද්ධසෞහෘදාඃ . ත්වයාභිගුප්තා විචරන්ති නිර්භයා විනායකානීකපමූර්ධසු ප්රභෝ .. 33 ..

tathā na te mādhava tāvakāḥ kvacid bhraśyanti mārgāt tvayi baddha-sauhṛdāḥ | tvayābhiguptā vicaranti nirbhayā vināyakānīkapa-mūrdhasu prabho || 33 ||

Meaning:परन्तु, हे माधव! आप में दृढ़ प्रेम से बँधे आपके भक्त मार्ग से कभी नहीं गिरते; आपसे सुरक्षित होकर वे विघ्नों के सेनापतियों के सिरों पर पैर रखते हुए निर्भय विचरते हैं।

Verse 9

සත්ත්වං විශුද්ධං ශ්රයතේ භවාන් ස්ථිතෞ ශරීරිණාං ශ්රේයඋපායනං වපුඃ . වේදක්රියායෝගතපඃසමාධිභි- ස්තවාර්හණං යේන ජනඃ සමීහතේ .. 34 ..

sattvaṃ viśuddhaṃ śrayate bhavān sthitau śarīriṇāṃ śreya-upāyanaṃ vapuḥ | veda-kriyā-yoga-tapaḥ-samādhibhis tavārhaṇaṃ yena janaḥ samīhate || 34 ||

Meaning:स्थिति (पालन) के समय आप विशुद्ध सत्त्व का आश्रय लेते हैं, जो देहधारियों के लिए परम कल्याणकारी रूप है — जिसकी आराधना वेद, कर्म, योग, तप और समाधि द्वारा मनुष्य अपने श्रेय के लिए करते हैं।

Verse 10

සත්ත්වං න චේද්ධාතරිදං නිජං භවේද් විජ්ඤානමජ්ඤානභිදාපමාර්ජනම් . ගුණප්රකාශෛරනුමීයතේ භවාන් ප්රකාශතේ යස්ය ච යේන වා ගුණඃ .. 35 ..

sattvaṃ na ced dhātar idaṃ nijaṃ bhaved vijñānam ajñāna-bhidāpamārjanam | guṇa-prakāśair anumīyate bhavān prakāśate yasya ca yena vā guṇaḥ || 35 ||

Meaning:हे विधाता! यदि आपका यह विशुद्ध सत्त्वमय रूप — जो अज्ञान का नाश करने वाला विज्ञान है — प्रकट न होता, तो आपका अस्तित्व केवल गुणों के कार्यों से अनुमित होता; क्योंकि जिस गुण से सब प्रकाशित होता है, उसी से आप जाने जाते हैं।

Verse 11

න නාමරූපේ ගුණජන්මකර්මභි- ර්නිරූපිතව්යේ තව තස්ය සාක්ෂිණඃ . මනෝවචෝභ්යාමනුමේයවර්ත්මනෝ දේව ක්රියායාං ප්රතියන්ත්යථාපි හි .. 36 ..

na nāma-rūpe guṇa-janma-karmabhir nirūpitavye tava tasya sākṣiṇaḥ | mano-vacobhyām anumeya-vartmano deva kriyāyāṃ pratiyanty athāpi hi || 36 ||

Meaning:गुण, जन्म और कर्म से जिनके नाम-रूप निरूपित नहीं किए जा सकते — आप उन सबके साक्षी हैं, आपका मार्ग मन और वाणी से ही (भक्तिपूर्वक) अनुमेय है; फिर भी आपकी लीला-क्रियाओं द्वारा लोग आपको पहचान लेते हैं।

Verse 12

ශෘණ්වන්ගෘණන්සංස්මරයංශ්ච චින්තයන් නාමානි රූපාණි ච මඞ්ගලානි තේ . ක්රියාසු යස්ත්වච්චරණාරවින්දයෝ- රාවිෂ්ටචේතා න භවාය කල්පතේ .. 37 ..

śṛṇvan gṛṇan saṃsmarayaṃś ca cintayan nāmāni rūpāṇi ca maṅgalāni te | kriyāsu yas tvac-caraṇāravindayor āviṣṭa-cetā na bhavāya kalpate || 37 ||

Meaning:जो मनुष्य किसी भी कार्य को करते हुए आपके मंगलमय नामों और रूपों का श्रवण, कीर्तन, स्मरण और चिन्तन करते हुए आपके चरणकमलों में चित्त लगा देता है, वह पुनः जन्म के योग्य नहीं रहता।

Verse 13

දිෂ්ට්යා හරේ(අ)ස්යා භවතඃ පදෝ භුවෝ භාරෝ(අ)පනීතස්තව ජන්මනේශිතුඃ . දිෂ්ට්යාඞ්කිතාං ත්වත්පදකෛඃ සුශෝභනෛ- ර්ද්රක්ෂ්යාම ගාං ද්යාං ච තවානුකම්පිතාම් .. 38 ..

diṣṭyā hare 'syā bhavataḥ pado bhuvo bhāro 'panītas tava janmaneśituḥ | diṣṭyāṅkitāṃ tvat-padakaiḥ suśobhanair drakṣyāma gāṃ dyāṃ ca tavānukampitām || 38 ||

Meaning:हे हरि! सौभाग्य से, ईश्वर रूप आपके जन्म से इस पृथ्वी का भार उतर गया; और सौभाग्य से हम आपके चरणों के सुन्दर चिह्नों से अंकित, आपकी अनुकम्पा से सुशोभित इस पृथ्वी तथा स्वर्ग को भी देखेंगे।

Verse 14

න තේ(අ)භවස්යේශ භවස්ය කාරණං විනා විනෝදං බත තර්කයාමහේ . භවෝ නිරෝධඃ ස්ථිතිරප්යවිද්යයා කෘතා යතස්ත්වය්යභයාශ්රයාත්මනි .. 39 ..

na te 'bhavasyeśa bhavasya kāraṇaṃ vinā vinodaṃ bata tarkayāmahe | bhavo nirodhaḥ sthitir apy avidyayā kṛtā yatas tvayy abhayāśrayātmani || 39 ||

Meaning:हे ईश! आप जन्मरहित हैं — आपके अवतार का आपकी लीला के अतिरिक्त हम कोई कारण नहीं सोच पाते; क्योंकि यद्यपि सृष्टि, संहार और स्थिति अविद्या से होती हैं, फिर भी वे अभय आश्रय रूप आप में ही टिकी हैं।

Verse 15

මත්ස්යාශ්වකච්ඡපනෘසිංහවරාහහංස- රාජන්යවිප්රවිබුධේෂු කෘතාවතාරඃ . ත්වං පාසි නස්ත්රිභුවනං ච යථාධුනේශ භාරං භුවෝ හර යදූත්තම වන්දනං තේ .. 40 ..

matsyāśva-kacchapa-nṛsiṃha-varāha-haṃsa- rājanya-vipra-vibudheṣu kṛtāvatāraḥ | tvaṃ pāsi nas tri-bhuvanaṃ ca yathādhuneśa bhāraṃ bhuvo hara yadūttama vandanaṃ te || 40 ||

Meaning:मत्स्य, अश्व, कच्छप, नृसिंह, वराह, हंस तथा क्षत्रियों, ब्राह्मणों और देवताओं में अवतार लेने वाले हे प्रभो! जैसे आप इस समय हमारी और त्रिभुवन की रक्षा कर रहे हैं, वैसे ही, हे यदुश्रेष्ठ! पृथ्वी का भार हरिए। आपको हमारा नमस्कार है।

Verse 16

දිෂ්ට්යාම්බ තේ කුක්ෂිගතඃ පරඃ පුමා- නංශේන සාක්ෂාද්භගවාන් භවාය නඃ . මාභූද්භයං භෝජපතේර්මුමූර්ෂෝ- ර්ගෝප්තා යදූනාං භවිතා තවාත්මජඃ .. 41 ..

diṣṭyāmba te kukṣi-gataḥ paraḥ pumān aṃśena sākṣād bhagavān bhavāya naḥ | mābhūd bhayaṃ bhoja-pater mumūrṣor goptā yadūnāṃ bhavitā tavātmajaḥ || 41 ||

Meaning:हे माता देवकी! सौभाग्य से साक्षात् परमपुरुष भगवान् अपने अंश सहित हमारे कल्याण के लिए आपके गर्भ में आए हैं। मरणासन्न भोजराज (कंस) से तनिक भी भयभीत न हों — आपका पुत्र यदुवंश का रक्षक होगा।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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සත්යව්රතම්🔊satya-vratamwhose vow is truth, ever truthful

සත්යපරං ත්රිසත්යම්🔊satya-paraṃ tri-satyamthe Supreme Truth, the truth in all three phases of time (past, present, future)

සත්යස්ය යෝනිම්🔊satyasya yonimthe source / origin of truth

සත්යස්ය සත්යම්🔊satyasya satyamthe truth of all truths

සත්යාත්මකං ත්වාං ශරණං ප්රපන්නාඃ🔊satyātmakaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥwe surrender unto You, whose very self is Truth

ආදිවෘක්ෂඃ🔊ādi-vṛkṣaḥthe original tree (a metaphor for the cosmos / the body)

ත්වමේක ඒවාස්ය සතඃ ප්රසූතිඃ🔊tvam eka evāsya sataḥ prasūtiḥYou alone are the source of this manifest existence

ත්වං සන්නිධානං ත්වමනුග්රහශ්ච🔊tvaṃ sannidhānaṃ tvam anugrahaś caYou are its maintenance (resting place) and its dissolution / grace

ත්වන්මායයා සංවෘතචේතසඃ🔊tvan-māyayā saṃvṛta-cetasaḥthose whose minds are covered by Your Maya

බිභර්ෂි රූපාණි🔊bibharṣi rūpāṇiYou assume (various) forms

ක්ෂේමාය ලෝකස්ය චරාචරස්ය🔊kṣemāya lokasya carācarasyafor the welfare of the world of moving and non-moving beings

අම්බුජාක්ෂ🔊ambujākṣaO lotus-eyed Lord

ත්වත්පාදපෝතේන🔊tvat-pāda-potenaby the boat of Your lotus feet

ගෝවත්සපදං භවාබ්ධිම්🔊go-vatsa-padaṃ bhavābdhim(make) the ocean of material existence (small) like the hoof-print of a calf

අදභ්රසෞහෘදාඃ🔊adabhra-sauhṛdāḥ(devotees) of boundless compassion / friendship

විමුක්තමානිනඃ🔊vimukta-māninaḥthose who falsely consider themselves liberated

පතන්ත්යධඃ🔊patanty adhaḥthey fall down again

බද්ධසෞහෘදාඃ🔊baddha-sauhṛdāḥthose bound to You in firm friendship/love

සත්ත්වං විශුද්ධං ශ්රයතේ🔊sattvaṃ viśuddhaṃ śrayateYou assume the mode of pure goodness (śuddha-sattva)

ශෘණ්වන්ගෘණන්සංස්මරයන්🔊śṛṇvan gṛṇan saṃsmarayanhearing, chanting and remembering

මඞ්ගලානි තේ🔊maṅgalāni teYour all-auspicious (names and forms)

දිෂ්ට්යා හරේ🔊diṣṭyā hareby great good fortune, O Hari

භාරෝ(අ)පනීතඃ🔊bhāro 'panītaḥthe burden (of the earth) is removed

කෘතාවතාරඃ🔊kṛtāvatāraḥ(You who) have made descents (as avatars)

ගෝප්තා යදූනාං භවිතා තවාත්මජඃ🔊goptā yadūnāṃ bhavitā tavātmajaḥYour son shall become the protector of the Yadus

Benefits of Chanting गर्भ स्तुति

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Opens with the celebrated 'satya-vratam' verse glorifying the Lord as the very embodiment of eternal Truth.

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A powerful prayer of protection, recited to invoke the Lord's shelter for an unborn child and expectant mother.

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Especially chanted on Janmashtami and during pregnancy as a blessing for the well-being of mother and baby.

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Teaches that devotion (bhakti) — not mere knowledge or austerity — is the sure boat across the ocean of birth and death (verses 30–32).

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Assures the devotee that those bound to the Lord in love never fall from the spiritual path (verse 33).

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Held to bestow fearlessness, faith, and the protective grace of the Supreme Lord and all the demigods.

How to Chant गर्भ स्तुति

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Best TimeJanmashtami, during pregnancy, or in daily Srimad Bhagavata worship of Lord Krishna

Recite the sixteen verses with devotion before an image of Lord Krishna or Vishnu, reflecting on the demigods' realization that the Supreme Truth Himself had descended into Devaki's womb. The stuti is traditionally chanted during pregnancy and on Janmashtami, invoking divine protection for mother and child. Begin with the 'satya-vratam' verse and proceed slowly, meditating on the Lord as the source and shelter of all, with a heart of surrender and gratitude.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete गर्भ स्तुति 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.

The Garbha Stuti is the prayer offered by Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva and all the demigods to Lord Krishna while He was present within the womb of Devaki, on the eve of His appearance. It is found in the Srimad Bhagavata Purana (Canto 10, Chapter 2, verses 26 to 41) and is also called the 'Prayers of the Demigods for Lord Krishna in the Womb.'

Because it was first spoken to glorify and protect the divine child within Devaki's womb, devotees recite it during pregnancy as a prayer for the safety, health and auspicious character of the unborn child and the well-being of the mother, invoking the protection of Krishna and all the gods.

It glorifies the Lord as the very essence of Truth (satya) in every sense — ever-truthful, the Supreme Truth, the truth of the three times, the origin of truth and the truth of all truths. The demigods take shelter of Him as the one unchanging Reality behind the whole creation.

It is chanted on Sri Krishna Janmashtami, during the study of the Srimad Bhagavata, and as a special prayer during pregnancy for the protection of mother and child. Its verses on the boat of the Lord's lotus feet are also cherished as teachings on pure devotion.