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Vindhyeshvari Chalisa

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Devotional text

vindhyeśvarīcālīsā
dohā-
namo namo vindhyeśvarī, namo namo jagadamba |
santa janoṃ ke kāja ko, karatī nahīṃ vilamba |
jaya jaya jaya vindhyācala rānī |
ādi-śakti jaga vidita bhavānī ||
siṃhavāhinī jai jagamātā |
jai jai jai tribhuvana sukhadātā ||
kaṣṭa nivārini jai jagadevī |
jai jai santa asura surasevī ||
mahimā amita apāra tumhārī |
śeṣa sahasa mukha varṇata hārī ||
dīnana ko dukha harata bhavānī |
nahiṃ dekhyo tuma sama koi dānī ||
saba kara manasā puravata mātā |
mahimā amita bhakta vikhyātā ||
jo nara dhyāna tumhāro lāvai |
so turatahiṃ vāñchita phala pāvai ||
tuhī vaiṣṇavī tuhī rudrānī |
tuhī śāradā aru brahmānī ||
ramā rādhikā śyāmā kālī |
tuhī mātu santana pratipālī ||
umā mādhavī caṇḍī jvālā |
vegi mohiṃ para hohu dayālā ||
tūhī hiṅga lāja maharānī |
tuhī śītalā aru vidyānī ||
durgā durga vināśini mātā |
tuhī lakṣmī jaga sukhadātā ||
tūhī jāhnavī aru utrānī |
hemāvatī amba nirvānī ||
aṣṭabhujī bārāhini devī |
karata viṣṇu śiva jākara sevī |
causaṭṭhī devī kalyānī |
maṅgalā gaurī saba guṇakhānī ||
pāṭana mumbā dantakumārī |
bhadrakāli sunu vinaya hamārī ||
vajradhāriṇī śoka-nāśinī |
āyurakṣiṇī vindhyavāsinī ||
jayā aura vijayā baitālī |
mātu saṅkaṭā aru vikarālī ||
nāma ananta tumhāra bhavānī |
baranai kimi mānuṣa ajñānī ||
jāpara kṛpā mātu tava hoī |
to vaha karai cahai mana soī ||
kṛpā karahu mopara maharānī |
siddha kariya aba yaha mama bānī ||
jo nara dharai mātukara dhyānā |
tākara sadā hoya kalyānā ||
bipati tāhi sapanehu~ nahiṃ āve |
jo devī kara jāpa karāve ||
jo nara kaha~ ṛṇa hoya apārā |
so nara pāṭha kare śatabārā ||
niścaya ṛṇamocana hoi jāī |
jo nara pāṭha kare mana lāī ||
astuti jo nara par̤hae par̤hāve |
yā jaga meṃ so bahu sukha pāve ||
jāko vyādhi satāve bhāī |
jāpa karata saba dūri parāī ||
jo nara ati bandī maha~ hoī |
bāra hajāra pāṭha kara soī ||
niścaya bandī se chuṭi jāī |
satya vacana mama mānahu bhāī ||
jāpara jo kachu saṅkaṭa hoī |
niścaya devihiṃ sumirai soī ||
jā kaha~ putra hoya nahiṃ bhāī |
so nara yā vidhi karai upāī ||
pā~ca varṣa so pāṭha karāvai |
naurātara maha~ vipra jimāvai ||
niścaya hoya prasanna bhavānī |
putra dehi tākaha~ guṇakhānī ||
dhvajā nāriyala āni car̤hāvai |
vidhi sameta pūjana karavāvai ||
nita prati pāṭha karai manalāī |
prema - sahita nahiṃ āna upāī ||
yaha śrīvindhyācala cālīsā |
raṅka par̤hata hovai avanīsā ||
yaha jani acaraja mānahu bhāī |
kṛpā-dṛṣṭi jāpara hoi jāī ||
jai jai jai jaga mātu bhavānī |
kṛpā karahu mohiṃ para jana jānī ||
iti śrīvindhyeśvarī-cālīsā samāptā |

About this chalisa — Durga

A Chalisa is a devotional hymn of forty verses (from the Hindi word "chalis", meaning forty) written in praise of a deity. Chalisas are composed in simple, melodious Awadhi or Hindi so that every devotee can memorise and sing them. Reciting a Chalisa regularly is believed to remove obstacles, grant courage, and invoke the deity’s protection over the household.

How to chant

Chalisas are traditionally recited in the morning after a bath, or in the evening at the family altar. Tuesday and Saturday are considered especially auspicious for Hanuman Chalisa, while other Chalisas are sung on the deity’s special day. Recite with a steady rhythm; many families conclude with an aarti and distribution of prasad.

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