bagalamukhipitambaramahavidyadasha-mahavidya

බගලාමුඛී ස්තෝත්රම් (ශ්රීබ්රහ්මාස්ත්රමහාවිද්යාබගලාමුඛීස්තෝත්රම්)

ಬಗಳಾಮುಖೀ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ (ಶ್ರೀಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಬಗಳಾಮುಖೀಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ) in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 9× repetitions·🕐 Tuesdays, Bagalamukhi Jayanti, and at dawn and midday (the hymn itself recommends morning and midday); a yellow-themed worship is favoured·📜 Rudrayamala Tantra, Uttara Khanda (Shri Brahmastra Mahavidya Bagalamukhi Stotram)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Rudrayamala Tantra, Uttara Khanda (Shri Brahmastra Mahavidya Bagalamukhi Stotram) · Traditional (anonymous); attributed in the viniyoga to the sage Narada as the seer (rishi) · Medieval Tantric period

Bagalamukhi, the eighth Mahavidya, is said to have arisen to still a great storm threatening creation, manifesting from the golden waters of the 'Haridra' (turmeric) lake to paralyse the demonic forces of chaos. As the goddess of stambhana she stuns and silences all that is hostile. This Brahmastra hymn, preserved in the Rudrayamala Tantra and opening with the renowned 'Madhye sudhabdhi' dhyana, is the most widely recited stotra in her worship, prized for victory, protection and the subduing of enemies.

✦ As told in scripture

It is traditionally held that a sincere devotee of Bagalamukhi, reciting this Brahmastra stotra, becomes invulnerable to enemies and false accusation — for, as the hymn declares, by her power the arguing opponent is struck dumb, the proud humbled and the wicked turned good, so that hostile plans against the devotee simply fail.

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Verse 1

අථ ධ්යානම් — සෞවර්ණාසනසංස්ථිතාං ත්රිනයනාං පීතාංශුකෝල්ලාසිනීං හේමාභාඞ්ගරුචිං ශශාඞ්කමුකුටාං සච්චම්පකස්රග්යුතාම්. හස්තෛර්මුද්ගරපාශවජ්රරසනාඃ සම්බිභ්රතීං භූෂණෛඃ ව්යාප්තාඞ්ගීං බගලාමුඛීං ත්රිජගතාං සංස්තම්භිනීං චින්තයේත්..

Atha dhyānam — Sauvarṇāsanasaṁsthitāṁ trinayanāṁ pītāṁśukollāsinīṁ hemābhāṅgaruciṁ śaśāṅkamukuṭāṁ saccampakasragyutām। hastair mudgarapāśavajrarasanāḥ sambibhratīṁ bhūṣaṇaiḥ vyāptāṅgīṁ bagalāmukhīṁ trijagatāṁ saṁstambhinīṁ cintayet॥

Meaning:ಧ್ಯಾನ: ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಆಸನದ ಮೇಲೆ ವಿರಾಜಮಾನ, ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರ, ಪೀತ ವಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶೋಭಿಸುವ, ಸ್ವರ್ಣ ಕಾಂತಿಯ ಅಂಗಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಚಂದ್ರ ಮುಕುಟಧಾರಿಣಿ, ಚಂಪಕ ಮಾಲೆಯಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ, ಕೈಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮುದ್ಗರ, ಪಾಶ, ವಜ್ರ, ಶತ್ರುವಿನ ನಾಲಿಗೆ ಧರಿಸಿ, ಆಭರಣಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕೃತ — ತ್ರಿಜಗತ್ತನ್ನು ಸ್ತಂಭಿಸುವ ಬಗಳಾಮುಖಿಯನ್ನು ಧ್ಯಾನಿಸಬೇಕು.

Verse 2

අථ ස්තෝත්රම් — මධ්යේසුධාබ්ධි මණිමණ්ඩපරත්නවේද්යාං සිංහාසනෝපරිගතාං පරිපීතවර්ණාම්. පීතාම්බරාභරණමාල්යවිභූෂිතාඞ්ගීං දේවීං නමාමි ධෘතමුද්ගරවෛරිජිහ්වාම්..1..

Atha stotram — Madhyesudhābdhi maṇimaṇḍaparatnavedyāṁ siṁhāsanoparigatāṁ paripītavarṇām। pītāmbarābharaṇamālyavibhūṣitāṅgīṁ devīṁ namāmi dhṛtamudgaravairijihvām॥1॥

Meaning:ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ: ಅಮೃತ ಸಾಗರದ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ಮಣಿ ಮಂಡಪದ ರತ್ನ ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ, ಸಿಂಹಾಸನದ ಮೇಲೆ ವಿರಾಜಮಾನ, ಪೂರ್ಣ ಪೀತವರ್ಣ, ಪೀತ ವಸ್ತ್ರ-ಆಭರಣ-ಮಾಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕೃತ, ಮುದ್ಗರ, ಶತ್ರುವಿನ ನಾಲಿಗೆ ಧರಿಸುವ ದೇವಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಪ್ರಣಮಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Verse 3

ජිහ්වාග්රමාදාය කරේණ දේවීං වාමේන ශත්රූන් පරිපීඩයන්තීම්. ගදාභිඝාතේන ච දක්ෂිණේන පීතාම්බරාඪ්යාං ද්විභුජාං නමාමි..2..

Jihvāgram ādāya kareṇa devīṁ vāmena śatrūn paripīḍayantīm। gadābhighātena ca dakṣiṇena pītāmbarāḍhyāṁ dvibhujāṁ namāmi॥2॥

Meaning:ಎಡಗೈಯಿಂದ ಶತ್ರುವಿನ ನಾಲಿಗೆಯ ತುದಿಯನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ಶತ್ರುಗಳನ್ನು ಪೀಡಿಸಿ, ಬಲಗೈಯಿಂದ ಗದೆಯಿಂದ ಹೊಡೆಯುವ — ಆ ಪೀತಾಂಬರಧಾರಿಣಿ ದ್ವಿಭುಜ ದೇವಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಪ್ರಣಮಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Verse 4

ආනන්දකාරිණී දේවී රිපුස්තම්භනකාරිණී. මදනෝන්මාදිනී චෛව ප්රීතිස්තම්භනකාරිණී..3..

Ānandakāriṇī devī ripustambhanakāriṇī। madanonmādinī caiva prītistambhanakāriṇī॥3॥

Meaning:ಈ ದೇವಿ ಆನಂದ ನೀಡುವವಳು, ಶತ್ರು ಸ್ತಂಭನ ಮಾಡುವವಳು; ಮದೋನ್ಮಾದಿನಿ, ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಸ್ತಂಭನ ಮಾಡುವವಳು. ಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾ, ಮಹಾಮಾಯಾ, ಸಾಧಕನಿಗೆ ಫಲ ನೀಡುವವಳು, ಯಾರ ಸ್ಮರಣಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯ ಸ್ತಂಭಿಸುತ್ತದೆಯೋ.

Verse 5

මහාවිද්යා මහාමායා සාධකස්ය ඵලප්රදා. යස්යාඃ ස්මරණමාත්රේණ ත්රෛලෝක්යං ස්තම්භයේත්ක්ෂණාත්..4..

Mahāvidyā mahāmāyā sādhakasya phalapradā। yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa trailokyaṁ stambhayet kṣaṇāt॥4॥

Meaning:ಓ ತಾಯಿ! ನನ್ನ ವಿಪಕ್ಷಿಯ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಭಂಗಿಸಿ ನಾಲಿಗೆಯನ್ನು ಕೀಲಿಸು; ಅವನ ವಾಕ್ಕನ್ನು, ಉಗ್ರ ಗತಿಯನ್ನು ಮುದ್ರೆಯಿಂದ ಬೇಗ ಸ್ತಂಭಿಸು; ಓ ಗೌರಾಂಗೀ, ಪೀತಾಂಬರೇ! ನಿನ್ನ ಗದೆಯಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ಶತ್ರುಗಳನ್ನು ಬೇಗ ಚೂರ್ಣ ಮಾಡು; ಓ ಬಗಳೇ! ಪ್ರಣಮಿಸುವವರ ವಿಘ್ನ ಸಮೂಹವನ್ನು ಹರಿಸು, ಓ ಕರುಣಾಪೂರ್ಣ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಉಳ್ಳವಳೇ.

Verse 6

මාතර්භඤ්ජය මද්විපක්ෂවදනං ජිහ්වාං ච සඞ්කීලය බ්රාහ්මීං යන්ත්රය මුද්රයාශු ධිෂණාමුග්රාං ගතිං ස්තම්භය. ශත්රූංශ්චූර්ණය චූර්ණයාශු ගදයා ගෞරාඞ්ගි පීතාම්බරේ විඝ්නෞඝං බගලේ හර ප්රණමතාං කාරුණ්යපූර්ණේක්ෂණේ..5..

Mātar bhañjaya madvipakṣavadanaṁ jihvāṁ ca saṅkīlaya brāhmīṁ yantraya mudrayāśu dhiṣaṇām ugrāṁ gatiṁ stambhaya। śatrūṁś cūrṇaya cūrṇayāśu gadayā gaurāṅgi pītāmbare vighnaughaṁ bagale hara praṇamatāṁ kāruṇyapūrṇekṣaṇe॥5॥

Meaning:ಓ ತಾಯಿ ಭೈರವೀ, ಭದ್ರಕಾಳೀ, ವಿಜಯಾ, ವಾರಾಹೀ, ವಿಶ್ವಾಶ್ರಯಾ! ಓ ಶ್ರೀವಿದ್ಯಾ, ಸಮಯಾ, ಮಹೇಶೀ, ಬಗಳಾ, ಕಾಮೇಶೀ, ವಾಮಾ, ರಮಾ, ಮಾತಂಗೀ, ತ್ರಿಪುರಾ, ಪರಾತ್ಪರತರಾ, ಸ್ವರ್ಗ, ಮೋಕ್ಷ ನೀಡುವವಳೇ! ನಾನು ದಾಸ, ಶರಣಾಗತ; ಓ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರೀ! ಕೃಪೆಯಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸು.

Verse 7

මාතර්භෛරවි භද්රකාලි විජයේ වාරාහි විශ්වාශ්රයේ ශ්රීවිද්යේ සමයේ මහේශි බගලේ කාමේශි වාමේ රමේ. මාතඞ්ගි ත්රිපුරේ පරාත්පරතරේ ස්වර්ගාපවර්ගප්රදේ දාසෝ(අ)හං ශරණාගතෝ(අ)ස්මි කෘපයා විශ්වේශ්වරි ත්රාහි මාම්..6..

Mātar bhairavi bhadrakāli vijaye vārāhi viśvāśraye śrīvidye samaye maheśi bagale kāmeśi vāme rame। mātaṅgi tripure parātparatare svargāpavargaprade dāso'haṁ śaraṇāgato'smi kṛpayā viśveśvari trāhi mām॥6॥

Meaning:ನಿನ್ನ ಅನುಶಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂಧಿತನಾಗಿ ವಾದಿಸುವವನು ಮೂಗನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ರಾಜ ಭಿಕ್ಷುಕನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಬೆಂಕಿ ತಣ್ಣಗಾಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಕೋಪಿಷ್ಠ ಶಾಂತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ದುರ್ಜನ ಸಜ್ಜನನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ವೇಗಿ ಕುಂಟನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಗರ್ವಿಷ್ಠ ಚಿಕ್ಕವನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞನೂ ಜಡನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ — ಓ ಶ್ರೀನಿತ್ಯಾ, ಕಲ್ಯಾಣೀ ಬಗಳಾಮುಖೀ! ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 8

වාදී මූකති රඞ්කති ක්ෂිතිපතිර්වෛශ්වානරඃ ශීතති ක්රෝධී ශාම්යති දුර්ජනඃ සුජනති ක්ෂිප්රානුගඃ ඛඤ්ජති. ගර්වී ඛර්බති සර්වවිච්ච ජඩති ත්වද්යන්ත්රණායන්ත්රිතඃ ශ්රීනිත්යේ බගලාමුඛි ප්රතිදිනං කල්යාණි තුභ්යං නමඃ..7..

Vādī mūkati raṅkati kṣitipatir vaiśvānaraḥ śītati krodhī śāmyati durjanaḥ sujanati kṣiprānugaḥ khañjati। garvī kharbati sarvavic ca jaḍati tvadyantraṇāyantritaḥ śrīnitye bagalāmukhi pratidinaṁ kalyāṇi tubhyaṁ namaḥ॥7॥

Meaning:ನೀನು ಪರಮ ವಿದ್ಯಾ, ತ್ರಿಲೋಕ ಜನನಿ, ವಿಘ್ನ ಸಮೂಹ ವಿಧ್ವಂಸಿನಿ, ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆ ಮಾಡುವವಳು, ತ್ರಿಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಆನಂದವನ್ನು ವರ್ಧಿಸುವವಳು, ದುಷ್ಟರನ್ನು ಉಚ್ಚಾಟನೆ ಮಾಡುವವಳು, ಪಶುತುಲ್ಯ ಜನರ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಸಮ್ಮೋಹಿಸುವವಳು — ಓ ಜಿಹ್ವಾ-ಕೀಲನ ಮಾಡುವ ಭೈರವೀ! ನೀನು ವಿಜಯಿನಿ, ಪರಮ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರ-ವಿದ್ಯಾ. ಈ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಮೂರು ಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಖ್ಯಾತ, ದುರ್ಲಭ; ಇದನ್ನು ಕೇವಲ ಗುರುಭಕ್ತನಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ನೀಡಬೇಕು, ಯಾವ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯನಿಗೂ ಅಲ್ಲ.

Verse 9

ත්වං විද්යා පරමා ත්රිලෝකජනනී විඝ්නෞඝවිධ්වංසිනී යෝෂාකර්ෂණකාරිණී ත්රිජගතාමානන්දසංවර්ධිනී. දුෂ්ටෝච්චාටනකාරිණී පශුමනඃසම්මෝහසන්දායිනී ජිහ්වාකීලනභෛරවී විජයසේ බ්රහ්මාස්ත්රවිද්යා පරා..8..

Tvaṁ vidyā paramā trilokajananī vighnaughavidhvaṁsinī yoṣākarṣaṇakāriṇī trijagatām ānandasaṁvardhinī। duṣṭoccāṭanakāriṇī paśumanaḥsammohasandāyinī jihvākīlanabhairavī vijayase brahmāstravidyā parā॥8॥

Verse 10

බ්රහ්මාස්ත්රමේතද්විඛ්යාතං ත්රිෂු ලෝකේෂු දුර්ලභම්. ගුරුභක්තාය දාතව්යං න දේයං යස්ය කස්යචිත්..9..

Brahmāstram etad vikhyātaṁ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham। gurubhaktāya dātavyaṁ na deyaṁ yasya kasyacit॥9॥

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සෞවර්ණාසනසංස්ථිතාම්🔊sauvarṇāsanasaṁsthitāmSeated upon a golden throne/seat

ත්රිනයනාම්🔊trinayanāmThree-eyed one

පීතාංශුකෝල්ලාසිනීම්🔊pītāṁśukollāsinīmResplendent in yellow garments

මුද්ගර-පාශ-වජ්ර-රසනාඃ🔊mudgara-pāśa-vajra-rasanāḥHolding the mace, noose, thunderbolt and the tongue (of the enemy)

ත්රිජගතාං සංස්තම්භිනීම්🔊trijagatāṁ saṁstambhinīmThe paralyser/stunner of the three worlds

මධ්යේසුධාබ්ධි🔊madhye-sudhābdhiIn the midst of the ocean of nectar

මණිමණ්ඩපරත්නවේද්යාම්🔊maṇimaṇḍaparatnavedyāmOn a jewelled altar within a gem pavilion

පරිපීතවර්ණාම්🔊paripītavarṇāmWholly golden-yellow in complexion

ධෘතමුද්ගරවෛරිජිහ්වාම්🔊dhṛtamudgaravairijihvāmHolding the mace and the tongue of her enemy

ජිහ්වාග්රම් ආදාය🔊jihvāgram ādāyaSeizing the tip of the (enemy's) tongue

වාමේන ශත්රූන් පරිපීඩයන්තීම්🔊vāmena śatrūn paripīḍayantīmTormenting the enemies with her left hand

ද්විභුජාං නමාමි🔊dvibhujāṁ namāmiI bow to the two-armed (Goddess)

රිපුස්තම්භනකාරිණී🔊ripustambhanakāriṇīShe who paralyses/stuns the enemy (stambhana)

මහාවිද්යා මහාමායා🔊mahāvidyā mahāmāyāThe great wisdom-goddess, the great Maya

ත්රෛලෝක්යං ස්තම්භයේත් ක්ෂණාත්🔊trailokyaṁ stambhayet kṣaṇātCan paralyse the three worlds in an instant

ජිහ්වාං ච සඞ්කීලය🔊jihvāṁ ca saṅkīlayaAnd pin down / nail the tongue (of my adversary)

වාදී මූකති🔊vādī mūkatiThe (arguing) opponent becomes mute

ගර්වී ඛර්බති🔊garvī kharbatiThe proud one is humbled/made small

විඝ්නෞඝවිධ්වංසිනී🔊vighnaughavidhvaṁsinīDestroyer of the host of obstacles

බ්රහ්මාස්ත්රවිද්යා පරා🔊brahmāstravidyā parāThe supreme knowledge that is the Brahmastra (irresistible divine weapon)

ගුරුභක්තාය දාතව්යම්🔊gurubhaktāya dātavyamTo be given (only) to one devoted to the guru

Benefits of Chanting ಬಗಳಾಮುಖೀ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ (ಶ್ರೀಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಬಗಳಾಮುಖೀಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ)

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Invokes Bagalamukhi's power of stambhana — stunning, silencing and immobilising enemies, opponents and hostile forces

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Grants victory in disputes, litigation, debates, competition and conflict, as the famous 'vadi mukati' verse declares

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Protects the devotee from enemies, slander, black magic and malevolent intentions

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Pacifies anger and quells negativity — turning the wicked good and the proud humble

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Removes obstacles and bestows courage, confidence and steadiness in the face of adversity

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Regarded as the supreme Brahmastra-vidya, granting the seeker mastery, and ultimately heaven and liberation

How to Chant ಬಗಳಾಮುಖೀ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ (ಶ್ರೀಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಸ್ತ್ರಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಬಗಳಾಮುಖೀಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ)

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Best TimeTuesdays, Bagalamukhi Jayanti, and at dawn and midday (the hymn itself recommends morning and midday); a yellow-themed worship is favoured

Bagalamukhi is associated with the colour yellow: devotees traditionally wear yellow, use a yellow seat and yellow flowers (such as turmeric or champaka), and may use a turmeric (haldi) mala. Bathe, sit facing east or north, light a lamp, and recite the dhyana followed by the stotra with steady concentration, holding the intention of protection and the stilling of hostility (never to harm the innocent). Her formal mantra-sadhana is powerful and is undertaken under the guidance of a qualified guru; the stotram may be recited devotionally for protection, victory and removal of obstacles. The text notes this Brahmastra hymn should be received with reverence for the guru.

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Bagalamukhi, also called Pitambara Devi, is the eighth of the ten Mahavidyas. Golden in complexion and dressed in yellow, she is the goddess of stambhana — the power to paralyse, silence and arrest. She is depicted seizing the tongue of a demon with one hand and raising a mace with the other, symbolising the stilling of harmful speech, thought and action, and is invoked especially for victory over enemies and protection from hostile forces.

This particular hymn, from the Uttara Khanda of the Rudrayamala Tantra, is titled the 'Brahmastra Mahavidya Bagalamukhi Stotram'. The Brahmastra is the irresistible divine weapon of the gods; the hymn praises Bagalamukhi's mantra-knowledge as that supreme, unfailing power, capable of stunning the three worlds in an instant.

Bagalamukhi is golden-yellow (pita) and is also known as Pitambara, 'the one clad in yellow'. The dhyana describes her in yellow silk on a golden throne. Devotees therefore use yellow garments, yellow flowers and turmeric in her worship, and turmeric (haridra) malas are traditional for her japa.

That verse (verse 7 here) lists Bagalamukhi's stambhana powers in vivid terms: bound by her discipline, 'the arguer becomes mute, the king becomes a beggar, fire turns cold, the angry grow calm, the wicked become good, the swift are lamed, the proud are humbled, and even the all-knowing becomes dull.' It expresses her unique ability to neutralise any hostile or harmful force.