ಭವಾನ್ಯಷ್ಟಕಂ
भवान्यष्टकम्
Also known as: na tato na mata na bandhurna data na putro · bhavani ashtakam lyrics
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Origin & Story
Composed by Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · 8th century CE
The Bhavani Ashtakam is Adi Shankaracharya's hymn of utter surrender to the Mother Goddess Bhavani. In eight verses he sets down every prop a person might lean on — father, mother, wealth, knowledge, ritual, merit, even the other gods — and declares that he has none of them and knows none of them; the Mother alone is his refuge. It is among the most loved Devi stotras for those who come to the Mother with empty hands and a surrendered heart.
✦ As told in scripture
It is said that this hymn was born of Shankaracharya's own surrender, and that whoever recites it in genuine helplessness — having no other refuge — finds the Mother's protection precisely there; the seventh verse, naming every danger from fire and flood to enemies and the wilderness, is recited as a shield in any peril.
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न तातो न माता न बन्धुर्न दाता न पुत्रो न पुत्री न भृत्यो न भर्ता । न जाया न विद्या न वृत्तिर्ममैव गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Na tato na mata na bandhurna data na putro na putri na bhrityo na bharta Na jaya na vidya na vrittirmamaiva gatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ತಂದೆಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ತಾಯಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಬಂಧುವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ದಾತೃವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ; ಮಗನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಮಗಳೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಸೇವಕನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಪತಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ; ಪತ್ನಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ವಿದ್ಯೆಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಜೀವನೋಪಾಯವೂ ನನ್ನದಲ್ಲ — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಗತಿ, ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಗತಿ, ನೀನೊಬ್ಬಳೇ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
भवाब्धावपारे महादुःखभीरु पपात प्रकामी प्रलोभी प्रमत्तः । कुसंसारपाशप्रबद्धः सदाहं गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Bhavabdhavapare mahaduhkhabhiru papata prakami pralobhi pramattah Kusamsarapashaprabaddhah sadaham gatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ಅಪಾರವಾದ ಸಂಸಾರ ಸಾಗರದಲ್ಲಿ, ಅದರ ಮಹಾ ದುಃಖಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆದರಿ, ನಾನು ಬಿದ್ದಿದ್ದೇನೆ, ಕಾಮನೆಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿ, ಲೋಭದಿಂದ, ಮೋಹದಿಂದ, ಸದಾ ಈ ದುಷ್ಟ ಸಂಸಾರ ಪಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂಧಿತನಾಗಿ — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಏಕೈಕ ಗತಿ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
न जानामि दानं न च ध्यानयोगं न जानामि तन्त्रं न च स्तोत्रमन्त्रम् । न जानामि पूजां न च न्यासयोगं गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Na janami danam na cha dhyanayogam na janami tantram na cha stotramantram Na janami pujam na cha nyasayogam gatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ನನಗೆ ದಾನ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ, ಧ್ಯಾನಯೋಗ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ; ನನಗೆ ತಂತ್ರ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ, ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ, ಮಂತ್ರ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ; ನನಗೆ ಪೂಜೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ, ನ್ಯಾಸಯೋಗ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಏಕೈಕ ಗತಿ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
न जानामि पुण्यं न जानामि तीर्थं न जानामि मुक्तिं लयं वा कदाचित् । न जानामि भक्तिं व्रतं वापि मातर्गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Na janami punyam na janami tirtham na janami muktim layam va kadachit Na janami bhaktim vratam vapi matargatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ನನಗೆ ಪುಣ್ಯ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ, ತೀರ್ಥ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ; ನನಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ, ಎಂದೂ ಆತ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಲಯ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ; ನನಗೆ ಭಕ್ತಿ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ, ಯಾವ ವ್ರತವೂ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ, ಓ ತಾಯೇ — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಏಕೈಕ ಗತಿ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
कुकर्मी कुसङ्गी कुबुद्धिः कुदासः कुलाचारहीनः कदाचारलीनः । कुदृष्टिः कुवाक्यप्रबन्धः सदाहं गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Kukarmi kusangi kubuddhih kudasah kulacharahinah kadacharalinah Kudrishtih kuvakyaprabandhah sadaham gatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ದುಷ್ಕರ್ಮಿ, ದುಸ್ಸಂಗಿ, ದುರ್ಬುದ್ಧಿ, ದುಷ್ಟ ದಾಸ; ಸದಾಚಾರವಿಲ್ಲದವನು, ದುರಾಚಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿದವನು; ಕೆಟ್ಟ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯವನು, ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಮಾತುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿದವನು ಸದಾ ನಾನು — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಏಕೈಕ ಗತಿ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
प्रजेशं रमेशं महेशं सुरेशं दिनेशं निशीथेश्वरं वा कदाचित् । न जानामि चान्यत् सदाहं शरण्ये गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Prajesham ramesham mahesham suresham dinesham nishitheshvaram va kadachit Na janami chanyat sadaham sharanye gatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ, ವಿಷ್ಣು, ಶಿವ, ಇಂದ್ರ, ಸೂರ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ರಾತ್ರಿಯ ಒಡೆಯ (ಚಂದ್ರ) — ಬೇರೆ ಯಾರನ್ನೂ ನಾನು ಎಂದೂ ಅರಿಯೆ, ಓ ಶರಣ ನೀಡುವವಳೇ — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಏಕೈಕ ಗತಿ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
विवादे विषादे प्रमादे प्रवासे जले चानले पर्वते शत्रुमध्ये । अरण्ये शरण्ये सदा मां प्रपाहि गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Vivade vishade pramade pravase jale chanale parvate shatrumadhye Aranye sharanye sada mam prapahi gatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ವಿವಾದದಲ್ಲಿ, ವಿಷಾದದಲ್ಲಿ, ಪ್ರಮಾದದಲ್ಲಿ, ಪರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ; ನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಗ್ನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಪರ್ವತದ ಮೇಲೆ, ಶತ್ರುಗಳ ನಡುವೆ; ನಿರ್ಜನ ಅರಣ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ — ಓ ಶರಣ್ಯಳೇ, ಸದಾ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸು — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಏಕೈಕ ಗತಿ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
अनाथो दरिद्रो जरारोगयुक्तो महाक्षीणदीनः सदा जाड्यवक्त्रः । विपत्तौ प्रविष्टः प्रनष्टः सदाहं गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥
Anatho daridro jararogayukto mahakshinadinah sada jadyavaktrah Vipattau pravishtah pranashtah sadaham gatistvam gatistvam tvameka bhavani
Meaning:ಅನಾಥ, ದರಿದ್ರ, ಮುಪ್ಪು ಮತ್ತು ರೋಗದಿಂದ ಪೀಡಿತ, ಬಹಳ ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸಿ ದೀನ, ಸದಾ ಜಡಮುಖ; ವಿಪತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ನಾಶಗೊಂಡವನು ನಾನು — ನೀನೇ ನನ್ನ ಏಕೈಕ ಗತಿ, ಓ ಭವಾನೀ.
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Benefits of Chanting ಭವಾನ್ಯಷ್ಟಕಂ
Composed by Adi Shankaracharya, the Bhavani Ashtakam is a supreme prayer of total surrender (sharanagati) to the Mother Goddess Bhavani.
In eight verses the devotee confesses that he has no other support and no spiritual merit of his own, and casts himself entirely upon the Mother — 'you alone are my refuge'.
Recited for protection in every danger and difficulty (the seventh verse lists dispute, fire, water, enemies and the wilderness), and for inner peace through surrender.
Believed to remove fear, helplessness and the sense of being alone, and to draw the Mother's grace upon the utterly dependent devotee.
Chanted with the Durga Chalisa, Mahishasura Mardini Stotram and Durga Kavach in the worship of the Devi.
How to Chant ಭವಾನ್ಯಷ್ಟಕಂ
Sit before an image of the Mother (Bhavani / Durga), light a lamp, and recite the eight verses slowly with a feeling of complete surrender, letting the refrain 'Gatis-tvam Gatis-tvam Tvam Eka Bhavani' carry the heart to the Mother. It is especially recited in distress, when one feels there is no other refuge.
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