Bhagavati Shri Lalitaashtakam

Lyrics in Devanāgari Script

भगवति श्री ललिताष्टकम्

नमोस्तुते सरस्वति त्रिशूल चक्रधारिणि सितांबरावृते शुभे मृगेंद्र पीठ संस्थिते सुवर्ण बंधुराधरे सझल्लरी शिरोरुहे सुवर्ण पद्मभूषिते नमोस्तुते महेश्वरी || पितामहादिभिर्नुते स्वकांति लुप्त चंद्रभे सुरत्न मालयावृते भवाब्दि कष्ट हारिणि तमाल हस्तमंडिते तमाल फालशोभिते गिरा मगोचरे इलेनमोस्तुते महेश्वरी || स्वभक्ति वत्सले नघे सदापवर्ग भोगदे दरिद्र दुःखहारिणि त्रिलोक शंकरीश्वरी भवानि भीम अंबिके प्रचंड तेजुज्ज्वले भुजा कलाप मंडिते नमोस्तुते महेश्वरी || प्रसन्नभीति नासिके प्रसून माल्य कंधरे धियस्तमो निवारिके विशुद्ध बुद्दि कारिके सुरार्चि तांघ्रि पंकजे प्रचंड विक्रमे क्षरे विशाल पद्मलोचने नमोस्तुते महेश्वरी || हतस्त्वया सदैत्य धूम्रलोचनो यदारणे तदा प्रहास वृष्टय स्त्रिविष्ट पैस्स्ङुरैः कृताः निरीक्ष्यतत्रते प्रभामलज्जत प्रभाकर स्त्वये दयाकरे ध्रुवे नमोस्तुते महेश्वरी || ननादकेसरी यदा चचाल मेदिनी तदा जगामदैत्य नायकस्ससेनया द्रुतं भिया सकोप कंपद च्चदे सचंड मुंडघातिके मृगेंद्र नाद नादिते नमोस्तुते महेश्वरी || सुचंदनार्चतालके सितोष्ण वारणाधरे सशर्करानने वरे निशुंभ शुंभ मर्धिनि प्रसीद चंडिके अजेसमस्त दोष घातिके शुभामति प्रदे चले नमोस्तुते महेश्वरी || त्वमेव विश्वधारिणी त्वमेव विश्वकारिणी दिनौकसां हितेरताकरोतिदैत्य नाशनं शताक्षिरक्तदंतिके नमोस्तुते महेश्वरि || पठंतिये समाहिता इमंस्तवं सदानर अनन्यभक्ति संयुता अहर्मुखे सुवासरम् भवंतु तेतु पंडितास्सुपुत्र धान्यसंयुतिः कलत्र भूति संयुता प्रजंति चामृतं सुखम्॥ Lyrics in English Script (transliteration)

bhagavati śrī lalitāṣṭakam namostute sarasvati triśūla cakradhāriṇi sitāṁbarāvṛte śubhe mṛgeṁdra pīṭha saṁsthite suvarṇa baṁdhurādhare sajhallarī śiroruhe suvarṇa padmabhūṣite namostute maheśvarī || pitāmahādibhirnute svakāṁti lupta caṁdrabhe suratna mālayāvṛte bhavābdi kaṣṭa hāriṇi tamāla hastamaṁḍite tamāla phālaśobhite girā magocare ilenamostute maheśvarī || svabhakti vatsale naghe sadāpavarga bhogade daridra duḥkhahāriṇi triloka śaṁkarīśvarī bhavāni bhīma aṁbike pracaṁḍa tejujjvale bhujā kalāpa maṁḍite namostute maheśvarī || prasannabhīti nāsike prasūna mālya kaṁdhare dhiyastamo nivārike viśuddha buddi kārike surārci tāṁghri paṁkaje pracaṁḍa vikrame kṣare viśāla padmalocane namostute maheśvarī || hatastvayā sadaitya dhūmralocano yadāraṇe tadā prahāsa vṛṣṭaya striviṣṭa paissṅuraiḥ kṛtāḥ nirīkṣyatatrate prabhāmalajjata prabhākara stvaye dayākare dhruve namostute maheśvarī || nanādakesarī yadā cacāla medinī tadā jagāmadaitya nāyakassasenayā drutaṁ bhiyā sakopa kaṁpada ccade sacaṁḍa muṁḍaghātike mṛgeṁdra nāda nādite namostute maheśvarī || sucaṁdanārcatālake sitoṣṇa vāraṇādhare saśarkarānane vare niśuṁbha śuṁbha mardhini prasīda caṁḍike ajesamasta doṣa ghātike śubhāmati prade cale namostute maheśvarī || tvameva viśvadhāriṇī tvameva viśvakāriṇī dinaukasāṁ hiteratākarotidaitya nāśanaṁ śatākṣiraktadaṁtike namostute maheśvari|| paṭhaṁtiye samāhitā imaṁstavaṁ sadānara ananyabhakti saṁyutā aharmukhe suvāsaram bhavaṁtu tetu paṁḍitāssuputra dhānyasaṁyutiḥ kalatra bhūti saṁyutā prajaṁti cāmṛtaṁ sukham ||

Gauranga ardhanga song

Gauranga ardhanga song Lyrics and Meaning:

Lyrics in Devanagari and English script

गौराङ्ग अर्धाङ्ग गङ्गा तरङ्गे।
योगि महायोग का रूप राजे॥

gaurāṅga ardhāṅga gaṅgā taraṅge |
yogi mahāyoga kā rūpa rāje ||

बाघ छाला मुण्ड माल शशि फाल करताल।
कालेक ढिमि ढिमिक ढिमि ढमरू बाजे॥
ताडेक ढिमि ढिमिक ढिमि ढमरू बाजे॥ (alternative)

bāgha chālā muṇḍa māla śaśi phāla karatāla |
kāleka ḍhimi ḍhimika ḍhimi ḍhamarū bāje ||
tāḍeka ḍhimi ḍhimika ḍhimi ḍhamarū bāje॥ (alternative)

अम्बराम्ब गान्धार दिगम्बर जटा जूट।
फणिधार भुजङ्गेश अङ्ग विभूति छाजे॥

ambarāmba gāndhāra digambara jaṭā jūṭa |
phaṇidhāra bhujaṅgeśa aṅga vibhūti chāje ||

वाणी विलासतूय दाता विधाता।
जाता सकल दुःख सदाशिव विराजे॥

vāṇī vilāsatūya dātā vidhātā |
jātā sakala duḥkha sadāśiva virāje ||



Lyrics in Telugu script

గౌరాంగ అర్ధాంగ గంగా తరంగే
యోగి మహా యోగ కా రూప రాజే

బాఘ ఛాలా ముండ మాలా శశి ఫాల కరతాల
కాలేక ఢిమి ఢిమిక ఢిమి ఢమరు బాజే
తాడేక ఢిమి ఢిమిక ఢిమి ఢమరూ బాజే (alternative)

అంబరాంబ గాంధార దిగంబర జటా జూట
ఫణిధార భుజంగేశ అంగ విభూతి ఛాజే

వాణి విలాస తూయ దాతా విధాతా
జాతా సకల దుఃఖ సదాశివ విరాజే

Meaning

गौराङ्ग अर्थाङ्ग गङ्गा तरङ्गे।
योगि महायोग का रूप राजे॥

Oh Shiva! Thou hast made Gauri, Thy Consort as Thine half body part along with the current (wave)
of Ganga |
Thou art the form of King Yogi among the great Yogis||

Deeper Spiritual Meaning:
Shiva is considered to be ardhanarishvara meaning the one who has half of his body as male and the other half as female. In Vedanata, the male aspect of the Cosmos is considered to be the Unmanifested Cosmos (the eternal Nothingness) and the female aspect is considered to be the Manifested Cosmos. Among the great Yogis, the Yogi who realizes this aspect of the Manifested and the Unmanifested Cosmos and who is in constant awareness of the Unmanifest or anchored in the Unmanifest at the same time being also present in the Manifest is a King among the great Yogis.

बाघ छाला मुण्ड माल शशि फाल करताल।
कालेक (काल + एक = कालेक) ढिमि ढिमिक ढिमि ढमरू बाजे॥
ताडेक (ताल + एक with slang it has become taadeka; another meaning of taal ताल is time) ढिमि ढिमिक ढिमि ढमरू बाजे॥ (alternative)

Thou art clad in tiger skin, wearing garland made of skulls, having moon on your forehead and beat time by clap of Thy hands|
Thou art playest the Dhamaru making the sounds of Dhim Dhim Dhim ||

Deeper Spiritual Meaning:
Shiva is seen as clad in tiger skin, wearing a garland made of skulls, has moon near the forehead, plays the Dhamaru that makes the sounds Dhim Dhim Dhim and stills the time just by clapping hands. The tiger is considered to be vasanas or the sense tendencies. One should be involved in it but not attached to it. The skin depicts the detached attachment that Shiva has towards sense tendencies. Shiva wears garland made of skulls. These skulls are considered to be the skulls of many Brahmas (Creators). The deeper spiritual aspect is the Yogi who can be in the state or awareness of Unmanifest and the Manifest at the same time knows the past, present and future of every manifested particle of the Cosmos and is so much aware of similar to that of any individual who wears a garland. Skull is depicted to be the recorder of all the thoughts of any individual. Moon is depicted for coolness or stillness, thus a Yogi is always anchored in stillness. Dhamru is depicted for creation and dissolution. With each sound of dhim, dhim, dhim the creation or manifestation is happening and the pause in between each sound the dissolution of the manifested Cosmos into the Unmanifested is happening. Thus a Yogi is in constant awareness of the Unamnifested and the Manifested Cosmos. Such a Yogi can still the time just by clapping the hands, which means the Yogi stills the time in a flash of a second goes beyond time concept and remains in stillness all the time.

अम्बराम्ब गान्धार दिगम्बर जटा जूट।
फणिधार भुजङ्गेश अङ्ग विभूति छाजे॥

Thou art the Omnipresent celestial being with matted locks of hair |
Thou art the lord of snakes and wear snake on your neck and smear the sacred ash all over your body||

Deeper Spiritual Meaning:
Shiva is seen with matted locks of hair, with snake around neck and body smeared with sacred ash. Snake is depicted to have no ears but can listen to all the vibrations through its body. Ash is only thing that is left after everything is burnt and is devoid of all properties. Shiva is also called as digambara (दिक् + अम्बर = दिगम्बर ) - meaning the one who has all the directions as clothes, which mean the one who is Omnipresent. A Yogi who is in constant awareness of Nothingness can perceive everything that is being manifested as that Yogi is Omnipresent and at the same time not attached to any properties of the manifested Cosmos.

वाणी विलासतूय दाता विधाता।
जाता सकल दुःख सदाशिव विराजे॥

While the Creator sitting with his Consort Vani writes everyone's fate |
Thou art the One who can erase every sadness (separation from the One) in the one who becomes aware of Thy presence within themselves||

Deeper Spiritual Meaning:
Vani is Brahma's Concert. Brahma is the Creator who writes. Every manifested being or particle writes their fate by their thought process and the attachment that is created towards that thought process and is the creation for all entanglements and sadness. All those individuals who want to burn their fate or the conditional thinking (karma), they have to meditate and enter into the stillness born out of the meditation and anchor themselves in that eternal Nothingness. As Shiva is none other than that eternal Nothingness any individual who anchors themselves in that eternal Nothingess, Shiva is seated in them.

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