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Devotional text

aparādhakṣamāpaṇastotramm
aparādhakṣamāpaṇastotramm
oṃaparādhaśataṃkṛtvājagadambeti
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yāṃgatiṃṃsamavāpnoti
natāṃbrahmādayaḥādayaḥsurāḥ||1||
sāparādho'smi
śaraṇaṃprāptastvāṃāṃjagadambike
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idānīmanukampyo'haṃ
o'haṃyathecchasi
tathākuru
||2||
ajñānādvismṛterbhrāntyāyannyūnamadhikaṃkaṃkṛtam|
tatsarvaṃkṣamyatāṃtāṃdevi
prasīdasīdaparameśvari
||3||
kāmeśvari
jaganmātaḥātaḥsaccidānandavigrahehe|
gṛhāṇārcāmimāṃ
māṃprītyāprasīdasīdaparameśvari
||4||
sarvarūpamayīpamayīdevīsarvaṃdevīmayaṃjagat|
ato'haṃviśvarūpāṃpāṃtvāṃāṃnamāmi
parameśvarīmrīm||5||
yadakṣaraṃraṃparibhraṣṭaṃmātrāhīnañcayadbhavetvet|
pūrṇaṃbhavatutatsarvaṃtvatprasādānmaheśvari||6||
yadatrapāṭhejagadambike
kemayā
visargabindvakṣarahīnamīritamtam|
tadastuusampūrṇatamaṃtamaṃprasādataḥsādataḥ
saṅkalpasiddhiśvasadaivajāyatām||7||
yanmātrābindubindudvitayapadapadadvandvavarṇādihīnaṃhīnaṃ
bhaktyābhaktyānupūrvaṃprasabhakṛtivaśātvaśātvyakttamavyakttamamba|
mohādajñānatoānatovāpaṭhitamapaṭhitaṃtaṃsāmprataṃtaṃtestave'sminn
tatsarvaṃsāṅgamāstāṃāṃbhagavati
varadetvatprasādātsādātprasīdasīda||8||
prasīdasīdabhagavatyambaprasīdasīdabhaktavatsalele|
prasādaṃsādaṃkuru
medevi
durgedevi
namo'stu
ute||9||
aparādhakṣamāpaṇastotramm
||iti
aparādhakṣamāpaṇastotraṃsamāptam||m||

About this stotram — Krishna

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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