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Bhavanyashtakam

भवान्यष्टकम्

8 lines · Adi Shankaracharya; Stotra Ratnavali, Gita Press

Durga Maa

Durga Maa

The Devi of Navratri

1

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॥

No father, no mother, no kinsman, no giver; no son, no daughter, no servant, no master; no wife, no learning, no livelihood is mine. You are my way, you are my way, you alone, Bhavani.

2

भवाब्धावपारे महादुःखभीरुः पपात प्रकामी प्रलोभी प्रमत्तः।
कुसंसारपाशप्रबद्धः सदाहं गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि॥

Fallen in the shoreless sea of the world, afraid of its great sorrows; full of desire, of greed, of heedlessness; always bound in the cords of a wretched round — you are my way.

3

न जानामि दानं न च ध्यानयोगं न जानामि तन्त्रं न च स्तोत्रमन्त्रम्।
न जानामि पूजां न च न्यासयोगम् गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि॥

I know nothing of giving, nothing of the way of dhyan; nothing of tantra, nor of stotra and mantra; I know neither puja nor nyasa. You are my way.

4

न जानामि पुण्यं न जानामि तीर्थं न जानामि मुक्तिं लयं वा कदाचित्।
न जानामि भक्तिं व्रतं वापि मातर् गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि॥

I know no merit, I know no tirtha; I have never known release or absorption; I know neither love nor the vrat, Mother. You are my way.

5

कुकर्मी कुसङ्गी कुबुद्धिः कुदासः कुलाचारहीनः कदाचारलीनः।
कुदृष्टिः कुवाक्यप्रबन्धः सदाहम् गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि॥

Of bad deeds, bad company, bad understanding, a bad servant; without the good conduct of my line, sunk in wrong doing; of bad sight and a habit of bad words, always. You are my way.

6

प्रजेशं रमेशं महेशं सुरेशं दिनेशं निशीथेश्वरं वा कदाचित्।
न जानामि चान्यत् सदाहं शरण्ये गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि॥

Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, Indra, the Sun, the lord of night — nor any other have I ever known, you who are the refuge. You are my way.

7

विवादे विषादे प्रमादे प्रवासे जले चानले पर्वते शत्रुमध्ये।
अरण्ये शरण्ये सदा मां प्रपाहि गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि॥

In quarrel, in despair, in heedlessness, in a far country; in water, in fire, on the mountain, among enemies; in the forest — refuge, always keep me. You are my way.

8

अनाथो दरिद्रो जरारोगयुक्तो महाक्षीणदीनः सदा जाड्यवक्त्रः।
विपत्तौ प्रविष्टः प्रणष्टः सदाहं गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि॥

Orphaned, poor, worn with age and illness; utterly weakened and low, my mouth always dull; fallen into calamity and undone, always. You are my way.