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महामायाष्टकगीतम् Mahamaya Ashtaka Gitam

mahāmāyāṣṭakagītam

Mahamaya Ashtaka Gitam (महामायाष्टकगीतम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Devī, by Krishnadas. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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  • Aṣṭakam
  • Devī
  • Ashtaka

महामायाष्टकगीतम्

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Verse 1

भद्रकाली विश्वमाता जगत्स्रोतकारिणीशिवपत्नी पापहर्त्री सर्वभूततारिणीस्कन्दमाता शिवा शिवा सर्वसृष्टिधारिणीनमः नमः महामाया ! हिमालयनन्दिनी ॥ १॥

bhadrakālī viśvamātā jagatsrotakāriṇīśivapatnī pāpahartrī sarvabhūtatāriṇīskandamātā śivā śivā sarvasṛṣṭidhāriṇīnamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! himālayanandinī || 1||

Verse 2

नारीणां च शङ्खिन्यापि हस्तिनी वा चित्रिणीपद्मगन्धा पुष्परूपा सम्मोहिनी पद्मिनीमातृ पुत्री भग्नि भार्या सर्वरूपा भवानीनमः नमः महामाया ! भवभयखण्डिनी ॥ २॥

nārīṇāṃ ca śaṅkhinyāpi hastinī vā citriṇīpadmagandhā puṣparūpā sammohinī padminīmātṛ putrī bhagni bhāryā sarvarūpā bhavānīnamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! bhavabhayakhaṇḍinī || 2||

Verse 3

पाप ताप भव भय भूतेश्वरी कामिनीतवकृपा सर्वक्षय सर्वजना अन्दिनीप्रेम प्रीति लज्ज न्याय नारीणां च मोहिनीनमः नमः महामाया ! ॠण्डमाला धारिणी ॥ ३॥

pāpa tāpa bhava bhaya bhūteśvarī kāminītavakṛpā sarvakṣaya sarvajanā andinīprema prīti lajja nyāya nārīṇāṃ ca mohinīnamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! ṝṇḍamālā dhāriṇī || 3||

Verse 4

खड्ग चक्र हस्तेधारी शङ्खिनी सुनादिनीसम्मोहना रूपा नारी हृदयविदारिणीअहङ्कार कामरूपा भुवनविलासिनीनमः नमः महामाया ! जगतप्रकाशिनी ॥ ४॥

khaḍga cakra hastedhārī śaṅkhinī sunādinīsammohanā rūpā nārī hṛdayavidāriṇīahaṅkāra kāmarūpā bhuvanavilāsinīnamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! jagataprakāśinī || 4||

Verse 5

लह्व लह्व तव जिह्वा पापासुरमर्दिनीखण्ड गण्ड मुण्ड स्पृहा शोभाकान्तिवर्धिनीअङ्ग भङ्ग रङ्ग काया मायाछन्दछन्दिनीनमः नमः महामाया ! दुःखशोकनाशिनी ॥ ५॥

lahva lahva tava jihvā pāpāsuramardinīkhaṇḍa gaṇḍa muṇḍa spṛhā śobhākāntivardhinīaṅga bhaṅga raṅga kāyā māyāchandachandinīnamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! duḥkhaśokanāśinī || 5||

Verse 6

धन जन तन मान रूपेण त्वं संस्थिताकाम क्रोध लोभ मोह मद वापि मूढतानिद्राहार काम भय पशुतुल्य जीवनात्नमः नमः महामाया ! कुरु मुक्त बन्धनात् ॥ ६॥

dhana jana tana māna rūpeṇa tvaṃ saṃsthitākāma krodha lobha moha mada vāpi mūḍhatānidrāhāra kāma bhaya paśutulya jīvanātnamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! kuru mukta bandhanāt || 6||

Verse 7

मैत्री दया लक्ष्मी वृत्ति अन्ते जीव लक्षणालज्जाछायातृष्णाक्षुधाबन्धनस्यकारणातुष्टिबुद्धिश्रद्धाभक्तिसदामुक्तिदायिकाशान्तिभ्रान्तिक्लान्तिक्षान्ति तव रूपा अनेकाप्रीतिस्मृतिजातिशक्तिरूपा माया अभेद्यानमः नमः महामाया ! नमस्त्वं महाविद्या ॥ ७॥

maitrī dayā lakṣmī vṛtti ante jīva lakṣaṇālajjāchāyātṛṣṇākṣudhābandhanasyakāraṇātuṣṭibuddhiśraddhābhaktisadāmuktidāyikāśāntibhrāntiklāntikṣānti tava rūpā anekāprītismṛtijātiśaktirūpā māyā abhedyānamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! namastvaṃ mahāvidyā || 7||

Verse 8

नवदुर्गा महाकाली सर्वाङ्गभूषावृत्तांभुवनेश्वरी मातङ्गी हन्तु मधुकैटभंविमला तारा षोड़शी हस्ते खड्गधारिणीधुमावति मा बगला महिषासुरमर्दिनीबालात्रिपुरसुन्दरी त्रिभुवनमोहिनीनमः नमः महामाया ! सर्वदुःखहारिणी ॥ ८॥

navadurgā mahākālī sarvāṅgabhūṣāvṛttāṃbhuvaneśvarī mātaṅgī hantu madhukaiṭabhaṃvimalā tārā ṣoड़śī haste khaḍgadhāriṇīdhumāvati mā bagalā mahiṣāsuramardinībālātripurasundarī tribhuvanamohinīnamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā ! sarvaduḥkhahāriṇī || 8||

Verse 9

मम माता लोके मर्त्त्य कृष्णदासः तव भृत्त्ययदा तदा यथा तथा माया छिन्न मोक्षकथासदा सदा तव भिक्षा कृपा दीने भव रक्षानमः नमः महामाया कृष्णदासे तव दया ॥ ९॥

mama mātā loke marttya kṛṣṇadāsaḥ tava bhṛttyayadā tadā yathā tathā māyā chinna mokṣakathāsadā sadā tava bhikṣā kṛpā dīne bhava rakṣānamaḥ namaḥ mahāmāyā kṛṣṇadāse tava dayā || 9||

Verse 10

यः पठति सः भवसागर निस्तरति ॥॥ इति श्रीकृष्णदासविरचिता महामायाष्टकगीतं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

yaḥ paṭhati saḥ bhavasāgara nistarati |||| iti śrīkṛṣṇadāsaviracitā mahāmāyāṣṭakagītaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति महामायाष्टकगीतम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Mahamaya Ashtaka Gitam is a stotra addressed to Devī, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: महामायाष्टकगीतम् (mahāmāyāṣṭakagītam)). Krishnadas. Source: Ashtaka.

Mahamaya Ashtaka Gitam (महामायाष्टकगीतम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Devī, by Krishnadas. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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