ऋषिरुवाच ॥
१ ॥
The rishi said:
देव्या हते तत्र महासुरेन्द्रे सेन्द्राः सुरा वह्निपुरोगमास्ताम् ।
कात्यायनीं तुष्टुवुरिष्टलाभाद्विकाशिवक्त्राब्जविकाशिताशाः ॥
२ ॥
When the Devi had slain the great king of the asuras there, Indra and the devas, with Agni at their head, praised Katyayani. Their wish fulfilled, their faces bloomed like lotuses and lit up every quarter.
देवि प्रपन्नार्तिहरे प्रसीद प्रसीद मातर्जगतोऽखिलस्य ।
प्रसीद विश्वेश्वरि पाहि विश्वं त्वमीश्वरी देवि चराचरस्य ॥
३ ॥
O Devi, You who take away the suffering of those who come to You, be gracious. Be gracious, O Mother of the whole world. Be gracious, O Queen of the universe, and protect the universe. O Devi, You rule all that moves and all that does not.
आधारभूता जगतस्त्वमेका महीस्वरूपेण यतः स्थितासि ।
अपां स्वरूपस्थितया त्वयैतदाप्यायते कृत्स्नमलङ्घ्यवीर्ये ॥
४ ॥
You alone are the ground the world stands on, for You abide as the earth. And abiding as the waters, O Devi of strength none can pass, it is You who nourish all of this.
त्वं वैष्णवी शक्तिरनन्तवीर्या विश्वस्य बीजं परमासि माया ।
सम्मोहितं देवि समस्तमेतत् त्वं वै प्रसन्ना भुवि मुक्तिहेतुः ॥
५ ॥
You are the power of Vishnu, of endless strength; You are the supreme maya, the seed of the universe. O Devi, it is You who have cast all this into delusion; and You, when You are gracious, are the cause of liberation on earth.
विद्याः समस्तास्तव देवि भेदाः स्त्रियः समस्ताः सकला जगत्सु ।
त्वयैकया पूरितमम्बयैतत् का ते स्तुतिः स्तव्यपरा परोक्तिः ॥
६ ॥
O Devi, all knowledge is Your many forms, and so is every woman in every world. By You alone, the Mother, is all this filled. What praise can there be for You, who are beyond all that is praised, the highest word itself?
सर्वभूता यदा देवी स्वर्गमुक्तिप्रदायिनी ।
त्वं स्तुता स्तुतये का वा भवन्तु परमोक्तयः ॥
७ ॥
When You, O Devi, who are all beings and grant heaven and liberation, have been praised as that, what finer words could there be to praise You?
सर्वस्य बुद्धिरूपेण जनस्य हृदि संस्थिते ।
स्वर्गापवर्गदे देवि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
८ ॥
O Devi, who dwell as understanding in the heart of every being and grant heaven and liberation: O Narayani, we bow to You.
कलाकाष्ठादिरूपेण परिणामप्रदायिनि ।
विश्वस्योपरतौ शक्ते नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
९ ॥
You who, as the kalas, the kashthas and every measure of time, bring all things to change, and who have the power to end the universe: O Narayani, we bow to You.
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके ।
शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१० ॥
O blessing within every blessing, O kind One who bring every aim to fulfilment, O refuge of all, O three-eyed Gauri: O Narayani, we bow to You.
सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां शक्तिभूते सनातनि ।
गुणाश्रये गुणमये नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
११ ॥
You who are the power behind creation, sustaining and dissolution, the Eternal One, the refuge of the three gunas and made of them: O Narayani, we bow to You.
शरणागतदीनार्तपरित्राणपरायणे ।
सर्वस्यार्तिहरे देवि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१२ ॥
You who are ever intent on saving the helpless and the suffering who come to You, O Devi who take away the pain of all: O Narayani, we bow to You.
हंसयुक्तविमानस्थे ब्रह्माणीरूपधारिणि ।
कौशाम्भःक्षरिके देवि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१३ ॥
You who ride in the chariot drawn by swans in the form of Brahmani, O Devi who sprinkle water with kusha grass: O Narayani, we bow to You.
त्रिशूलचन्द्राहिधरे महावृषभवाहिनि ।
माहेश्वरीस्वरूपेण नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१४ ॥
You who hold the trishul, the Moon and the serpent and ride the great bull, in the form of Maheshwari: O Narayani, we bow to You.
मयूरकुक्कुटवृते महाशक्तिधरेऽनघे ।
कौमारीरूपसंस्थाने नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१५ ॥
You who are attended by the peacock and the cock and bear the great spear, O sinless One, in the form of Kaumari: O Narayani, we bow to You.
शङ्खचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गगृहीतपरमायुधे ।
प्रसीद वैष्णवीरूपे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१६ ॥
You who hold the great weapons, the conch, the discus, the mace and the bow Sharnga, in the form of Vaishnavi, be gracious: O Narayani, we bow to You.
गृहीतोग्रमहाचक्रे दंष्ट्रोद्धृतवसुन्धरे ।
वराहरूपिणि शिवे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१७ ॥
You who grasp the fearsome great discus and raised the earth on Your tusk, O kind One, in the form of the Boar: O Narayani, we bow to You.
नृसिंहरूपेणोग्रेण हन्तुं दैत्यान् कृतोद्यमे ।
त्रैलोक्यत्राणसहिते नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१८ ॥
You who, in the fierce form of Narasimha, set out to slay the daityas, and who save the three worlds: O Narayani, we bow to You.
किरीटिनि महावज्रे सहस्रनयनोज्ज्वले ।
वृत्रप्राणहरे चैन्द्रि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
१९ ॥
You who wear the crown and bear the great thunderbolt, blazing with a thousand eyes, who took the life of Vritra, O Aindri: O Narayani, we bow to You.
शिवदूतीस्वरूपेण हतदैत्यमहाबले ।
घोररूपे महारावे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
२० ॥
You who, as Shivaduti, slew the mighty host of the daityas, O You of fearsome form and thundering roar: O Narayani, we bow to You.
दंष्ट्राकरालवदने शिरोमालाविभूषणे ।
चामुण्डे मुण्डमथने नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
२१ ॥
You whose face is fearsome with tusks, who are adorned with a garland of heads, O Chamunda, who crushed Munda: O Narayani, we bow to You.
लक्ष्मि लज्जे महाविद्ये श्रद्धे पुष्टि स्वधे ध्रुवे ।
महारात्रि महामाये नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
२२ ॥
O Lakshmi, O modesty, O great knowledge, O faith, O nourishment, O Swadha, O steadfast One, O great night, O great maya: O Narayani, we bow to You.
मेधे सरस्वति वरे भूति बाभ्रवि तामसि ।
नियते त्वं प्रसीदेशे नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
२३ ॥
O wisdom, O Saraswati, O best of all, O prosperity, O Babhravi, the tawny One, O Tamasi, the dark One, O Niyata, the self-restrained, O Ruler of all, be gracious: O Narayani, we bow to You.
सर्वस्वरूपे सर्वेशे सर्वशक्तिसमन्विते ।
भयेभ्यस्त्राहि नो देवि दुर्गे देवि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
२४ ॥
O You who are the form of all, the Ruler of all, endowed with every power, save us from fear, O Devi. O Devi Durga, we bow to You.
एतत्ते वदनं सौम्यं लोचनत्रयभूषितम् ।
पातु नः सर्वभीतिभ्यः कात्यायनि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
२५ ॥
May this gentle face of Yours, adorned with three eyes, protect us from every fear. O Katyayani, we bow to You.
ज्वालाकरालमत्युग्रमशेषासुरसूदनम् ।
त्रिशूलं पातु नो भीतेर्भद्रकालि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
२६ ॥
Fearsome with flames, most fierce, the slayer of all the asuras: may Your trishul guard us from fear. O Bhadrakali, we bow to You.
हिनस्ति दैत्यतेजांसि स्वनेनापूर्य या जगत् ।
सा घण्टा पातु नो देवि पापेभ्यो नः सुतानिव ॥
२७ ॥
O Devi, may Your bell, which fills the world with its sound and destroys the might of the daityas, guard us from wrongdoing, as a mother guards her children.
असुरासृग्वसापङ्कचर्चितस्ते करोज्ज्वलः ।
शुभाय खड्गो भवतु चण्डिके त्वां नता वयम् ॥
२८ ॥
May Your sword, gleaming in Your hand and smeared with the blood and fat of asuras, be for our good. O Chandika, we bow to You.
रोगानशेषानपहंसि तुष्टा रुष्टा तु कामान् सकलानभीष्टान् ।
त्वामाश्रितानां न विपन्नराणां त्वामाश्रिता ह्याश्रयतां प्रयान्ति ॥
२९ ॥
Pleased, You destroy every illness; displeased, You take away every wish that was longed for. No calamity comes to those who have taken refuge in You, and those who take refuge in You become a refuge for others.
एतत्कृतं यत्कदनं त्वयाद्य धर्मद्विषां देवि महासुराणाम् ।
रूपैरनेकैर्बहुधाऽऽत्ममूर्ति कृत्वाम्बिके तत्प्रकरोति कान्या ॥
३० ॥
O Devi, O Ambika, this slaughter You have wrought today of the great asuras who hated dharma, making Your own form many and manifold: who else could have done it?
विद्यासु शास्त्रेषु विवेकदीपेष्वाद्येषु वाक्येषु च का त्वदन्या ।
ममत्वगर्तेऽतिमहान्धकारे विभ्रामयत्येतदतीव विश्वम् ॥
३१ ॥
In all learning, in the shastras that light the diya of discernment, and in the first words, the Vedas, who is spoken of but You? And who but You keeps this world wandering in the pit of 'mine', in its deep darkness?
रक्षांसि यत्रोग्रविषाश्च नागा यत्रारयो दस्युबलानि यत्र ।
दावानलो यत्र तथाब्धिमध्ये तत्र स्थिता त्वं परिपासि विश्वम् ॥
३२ ॥
Where there are rakshasas, where there are serpents of deadly venom, where there are foes and bands of robbers, where the forest is on fire, and in the middle of the sea: there You stand, and protect the world.
विश्वेश्वरि त्वं परिपासि विश्वं विश्वात्मिका धारयसीति विश्वम् ।
विश्वेशवन्द्या भवती भवन्ति विश्वाश्रया ये त्वयि भक्तिनम्राः ॥
३३ ॥
O Queen of the universe, You protect the universe; being its very self, You uphold it. Even Vishwanath bows to You; and those who bow to You in bhakti become a refuge for the whole universe.
देवि प्रसीद परिपालय नोऽरिभीतेर्नित्यं यथासुरवधादधुनैव सद्यः ।
पापानि सर्वजगतां प्रशमं नयाशु उत्पातपाकजनितांश्च महोपसर्गान् ॥
३४ ॥
O Devi, be gracious. Protect us always from the fear of enemies, as You have just now by slaying the asuras. Swiftly bring to rest the sins of all the worlds, and the great calamities that evil omens bring when they come to fruit.
प्रणतानां प्रसीद त्वं देवि विश्वार्तिहारिणि ।
त्रैलोक्यवासिनामीड्ये लोकानां वरदा भव ॥
३५ ॥
O Devi, who take away the suffering of the universe, be gracious to us who bow before You. O You whom the dwellers of the three worlds revere, grant boons to the worlds.
देव्युवाच ॥
३६ ॥
The Devi said:
वरदाहं सुरगणा वरं यन्मनसेच्छथ ।
तं वृणुध्वं प्रयच्छामि जगतामुपकारकम् ॥
३७ ॥
‘O hosts of devas, I am the giver of boons. Choose the boon your hearts wish for, one that will do good to the world, and I shall grant it.’
देवा ऊचुः ॥
३८ ॥
The devas said:
सर्वाबाधाप्रशमनं त्रैलोक्यस्याखिलेश्वरि ।
एवमेव त्वया कार्यमस्मद्वैरिविनाशनम् ॥
३९ ॥
‘O Queen of all, quell every affliction of the three worlds, and destroy our enemies, just as You have now.’
देव्युवाच ॥
४० ॥
The Devi said:
वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे प्राप्ते अष्टाविंशतिमे युगे ।
शुम्भो निशुम्भश्चैवान्यावुत्पत्स्येते महासुरौ ॥
४१ ॥
‘When the age of Vaivasvata Manu has come, in its twenty-eighth yuga, two other great asuras, Shumbha and Nishumbha, will be born.’
नन्दगोपगृहे जाता यशोदागर्भसम्भवा ।
ततस्तौ नाशयिष्यामि विन्ध्याचलनिवासिनी ॥
४२ ॥
‘Then, born in the home of Nanda the cowherd, from the womb of Yashoda, and dwelling on the Vindhya mountains, I shall destroy them both.’
पुनरप्यतिरौद्रेण रूपेण पृथिवीतले ।
अवतीर्य हनिष्यामि वैप्रचित्तांस्तु दानवान् ॥
४३ ॥
‘And again, coming down to earth in a most terrible form, I shall slay the danavas descended from Viprachitti.’
भक्षयन्त्याश्च तानुग्रान् वैप्रचित्तान् महासुरान् ।
रक्ता दन्ता भविष्यन्ति दाडिमीकुसुमोपमाः ॥
४४ ॥
‘As I devour those fierce great asuras of Viprachitti's line, My teeth will turn red like pomegranate flowers.’
ततो मां देवताः स्वर्गे मर्त्यलोके च मानवाः ।
स्तुवन्तो व्याहरिष्यन्ति सततं रक्तदन्तिकाम् ॥
४५ ॥
‘Then the devas in heaven and people in the world of mortals, praising Me, will always call Me Raktadantika, the red-toothed One.’
भूयश्च शतवार्षिक्यामनावृष्ट्यामनम्भसि ।
मुनिभिः संस्तुता भूमौ सम्भविष्याम्ययोनिजा ॥
४६ ॥
‘And again, when rain has failed for a hundred years and the earth is without water, I shall appear on earth, praised by the munis, born of no womb.’
ततः शतेन नेत्राणां निरीक्षिष्यामि यन्मुनीन् ।
कीर्तयिष्यन्ति मनुजाः शताक्षीमिति मां ततः ॥
४७ ॥
‘Since I shall look upon the munis with a hundred eyes, people will sing My praise by the name Shatakshi, the hundred-eyed.’
ततोऽहमखिलं लोकमात्मदेहसमुद्भवैः ।
भरिष्यामि सुराः शाकैरावृष्टेः प्राणधारकैः ॥
४८ ॥
‘Then, O devas, until the rains come, I shall sustain the whole world with life-giving plants that grow from My own body.’
शाकम्भरीति विख्यातिं तदा यास्याम्यहं भुवि ।
तत्रैव च वधिष्यामि दुर्गमाख्यं महासुरम् ॥
४९ ॥
‘Then I shall be known on earth as Shakambhari; and in that very time I shall slay the great asura named Durgama.’
दुर्गादेवीति विख्यातं तन्मे नाम भविष्यति ।
पुनश्चाहं यदा भीमं रूपं कृत्वा हिमाचले ॥
५० ॥
‘Because of this, My name will be renowned as Durga Devi. And again, when I take a terrible form on the Himalaya…’
रक्षांसि भक्षयिष्यामि मुनीनां त्राणकारणात् ।
तदा मां मुनयः सर्वे स्तोष्यन्त्यानम्रमूर्तयः ॥
५१ ॥
‘…and devour the rakshasas to save the munis, then all the munis will praise Me, bowing low.’
भीमादेवीति विख्यातं तन्मे नाम भविष्यति ।
यदारुणाख्यस्त्रैलोक्ये महाबाधां करिष्यति ॥
५२ ॥
‘Then My name will be renowned as Bhima Devi. When the asura called Aruna brings great affliction on the three worlds…’
तदाहं भ्रामरं रूपं कृत्वासङ्ख्येयषट्पदम् ।
त्रैलोक्यस्य हितार्थाय वधिष्यामि महासुरम् ॥
५३ ॥
‘…then, taking the form of a swarm of countless bees, I shall slay that great asura for the good of the three worlds.’
भ्रामरीति च मां लोकास्तदा स्तोष्यन्ति सर्वतः ।
इत्थं यदा यदा बाधा दानवोत्था भविष्यति ॥
५४ ॥
‘Then people everywhere will praise Me as Bhramari. So, whenever trouble arises from the danavas…’
तदा तदावतीर्याहं करिष्याम्यरिसङ्क्षयम् ॥
५५ ॥
‘…then, each time, I shall come down and destroy the foes.’