भवान्यष्टकम् Bhavani Ashtakam
bhavānyaṣṭakam
"You are my only refuge, Bhavānī": eight verses of complete surrender to the Divine Mother, attributed to Śaṅkara.
भवान्यष्टकम्
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न तातो न माता न बन्धुर्न दातान पुत्रो न पुत्री न भृत्यो न भर्ता ।न जाया न विद्या न वृत्तिर्ममैवगतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥१॥
na tāto na mātā na bandhurna dātāna putro na putrī na bhṛtyo na bhartā |na jāyā na vidyā na vṛttirmamaivagatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||1||
Not father, not mother, not kinsman, not benefactor, not son, not daughter, not servant, not master, not wife, not learning, not livelihood is truly mine. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
भवाब्धावपारे महादुःखभीरुपपात प्रकामी प्रलोभी प्रमत्तः ।कुसंसारपाशप्रबद्धः सदाहंगतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥२॥
bhavābdhāvapāre mahāduḥkhabhīrupapāta prakāmī pralobhī pramattaḥ |kusaṃsārapāśaprabaddhaḥ sadāhaṃgatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||2||
Terrified of great sorrow, I have fallen into the shoreless ocean of worldly life, full of desire, greed and heedlessness, always bound by the noose of this wretched existence. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
न जानामि दानं न च ध्यानयोगंन जानामि तन्त्रं न च स्तोत्रमन्त्रम् ।न जानामि पूजां न च न्यासयोगंगतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥३॥
na jānāmi dānaṃ na ca dhyānayogaṃna jānāmi tantraṃ na ca stotramantram |na jānāmi pūjāṃ na ca nyāsayogaṃgatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||3||
I know no charity and no discipline of meditation; I know no tantra, no hymn or mantra; I know no worship and no practice of nyāsa. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
न जानामि पुण्यं न जानामि तीर्थंन जानामि मुक्तिं लयं वा कदाचित् ।न जानामि भक्तिं व्रतं वापि मातर्गतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥४॥
na jānāmi puṇyaṃ na jānāmi tīrthaṃna jānāmi muktiṃ layaṃ vā kadācit |na jānāmi bhaktiṃ vrataṃ vāpi mātargatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||4||
I know no merit, I know no pilgrimage, I have never known liberation or absorption; I know neither devotion nor vows, Mother. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
कुकर्मी कुसङ्गी कुबुद्धिः कुदासःकुलाचारहीनः कदाचारलीनः ।कुदृष्टिः कुवाक्यप्रबन्धः सदाहंगतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥५॥
kukarmī kusaṅgī kubuddhiḥ kudāsaḥkulācārahīnaḥ kadācāralīnaḥ |kudṛṣṭiḥ kuvākyaprabandhaḥ sadāhaṃgatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||5||
I do wrong, keep bad company, think wrongly and serve badly; I have left the ways of my family and sunk into bad conduct; my eyes see wrongly and my words are always harsh. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
प्रजेशं रमेशं महेशं सुरेशंदिनेशं निशीथेश्वरं वा कदाचित् ।न जानामि चान्यत् सदाहं शरण्येगतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥६॥
prajeśaṃ rameśaṃ maheśaṃ sureśaṃdineśaṃ niśītheśvaraṃ vā kadācit |na jānāmi cānyat sadāhaṃ śaraṇyegatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||6||
I have never known the Lord of creatures (Brahmā), the Lord of Ramā (Viṣṇu), the great Lord (Śiva), the Lord of the gods (Indra), the Lord of day (the Sun) or the Lord of night (the Moon), nor anyone else, O giver of refuge. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
विवादे विषादे प्रमादे प्रवासेजले चानले पर्वते शत्रुमध्ये ।अरण्ये शरण्ये सदा मां प्रपाहिगतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥७॥
vivāde viṣāde pramāde pravāsejale cānale parvate śatrumadhye |araṇye śaraṇye sadā māṃ prapāhigatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||7||
In quarrels, in despair, in error, far from home, in water and in fire, on mountains and among enemies, in the forest, O giver of refuge, always protect me. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
अनाथो दरिद्रो जरारोगयुक्तोमहाक्षीणदीनः सदा जाड्यवक्त्रः ।विपत्तौ प्रविष्टः प्रणष्टः सदाहंगतिस्त्वं गतिस्त्वं त्वमेका भवानि ॥८॥
anātho daridro jarārogayuktomahākṣīṇadīnaḥ sadā jāḍyavaktraḥ |vipattau praviṣṭaḥ praṇaṣṭaḥ sadāhaṃgatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni ||8||
Without protector, poor, worn by age and illness, utterly weak and wretched, always dull of speech, fallen into misfortune and lost: such am I. You are my refuge, my refuge, you alone, Bhavānī.
॥ इति भवान्यष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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