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ChaNDi Navakshari Trishati
ChaNDi Navakshari Trishati
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śrīcaṇḍīrahasyamm śrīcaṇḍīrahasyamm yacchaktileśasakṛdarpaṇapātrabhāvabhāva- mātrādapidruhiṇaśaurimaheśvarāṇāmrāṇām| prāptoyadiśrutiśataiḥśataiḥparamātmabhāva bhāva- stāmambadevi bhavatīkimitistuvantuu||1|| kṛtvāmukhaṃpaśupatirbhavatī vatīkilaikāṃlaikāṃ nirmātipālayati hantijagantidevaḥ| tajjāmitāviparivṛttikṛtekṛtetameva śambhuṃuṃmukhaṃkṛtavatībhavatīti manye||2|| viśvaṃniyacchativiśaṛṅkhalaceṣṭitotoyaḥ so'pi tvayāyāniyamanīyamanīyaiti sphuṭaṃuṭaṃnaḥ| vaivasvataṃ taṃcikurabhāvajuṣaṃkurabhāvajuṣaṃyadamba badhnāsiveṇikabarīgrathanādibhedaiḥbhedaiḥ||3|| bhrūkiṅkarāṇibhuvanāni tavabhruvauuvauca sandhyātmikekeiti gṛṇanti yato'taeva| karmāṇimātaritarāṇi karotumāvā sandhyāṃāṃpunarbhajatajataevasamastalokaḥlokaḥ||4|| jātādṛśośojanani pāvakatejasaiva tisrastavetyapikimāgamabodhyametatmetat| pāpānyapāṅgavalanaiḥvalanaiḥparimārjatīnāṃtīnāṃ tāsāṃcapāvakapadevicikitsatetekaḥ||5|| mūlyaṃnayasyabhuvanāni caturdaśāpi muktāphalaṃāphalaṃvahati tattavanāsiketi | citrīyateīyatekimapicetasi menamātaḥ kiṃṃrājarājapadavīṃbhajatāmalabhyam m||6|| śrīcaṇḍīrahasyamm nāsādhikāramiha hagandhavahātmakatvaṃ devi śrutīutīsvayamapāharatāṃyamapāharatāṃbhavatyāḥāḥ| sarvāḥśrutīrapitusāsvavaśevaśecakāra kiṃṃdurlabhaṃbhaṃtriṣuṣujagatsuudhaneśvarāṇāmrāṇām||7|| prāñcojagajjananiyepatayaḥprajānāṃjānāṃ tedevi saṃvavṛtireredaśanātmanā nāte| nocettadantikatalekatalerasanāgrabhāgebhāge kiṃṃbhāratīvasati kiṅkaratāṃratāṃgateva||8|| svenātmanānāmuraripurdanujairvigṛhya vārānkatīhanababhāraparāṅmukhatvamm| ojāyituṃ tuṃsanirapāyamupāyavedīrapāyamupāyavedī bāhyātmanānāpariṇatoṇatoniyataṃyataṃbhavatyāḥāḥ||9|| varṣannkaromahiṣamardanitevasūni prastūyatāṃūyatāṃkavijanairnamamādbhutaṃutaṃtat| āsāditātāvasubhiraṅgulitātāyadīyā kastasyaśaṃsavasuvarṣavidhaudhauprayāsaḥyāsaḥ||10|| some'mṛtaṃkaticidevadevapurālabhante tallabhyamastuujagatāmiti tarkayantyā| nītaḥpayodharadaśāṃsaśivevetvayāyāya- dasmādṛśāmayamatarkitabhāgyayogaḥyayogaḥ||11|| brahmarṣiśāpabhavayāśāpabhavayātrapayāpayāmahatyā prāgāstayaḥkvacanacanadevi sarasyadṛśyaḥyaḥ| nūnaṃsaeṣavibudhādhipatirbhavatyāḥāḥ prāptovalagnapadavīmadhunāpyadṛśyaḥyaḥ||12|| pādaubabhūvatavapadmabhavastataḥtaḥkiṃṃ bāhyātmanānāpariṇanāmaṇanāmaharistataḥtaḥkimm| siddhānitambavidhayādhayāvasudhāyadāte siddhastadādāpuraharasya manoratho'yam||13|| yadvāruṇaṃṇaṃkathitamūruyugaṃyugaṃsajaṅgha- śrīcaṇḍīrahasyamm mindīvaracchadasakāntinavāruṇaṃṇaṃtat| prācetasaṃācetasaṃtadihahavarṇayituṃtuṃkṣametameta prācetasaṃācetasaṃkavikulaprathamaṃthamaṃvinānākaḥ||14|| vaktrairakṛtrimavacāṃsivahanviṣaṇṇoṇo vedhāściraṃ raṃvipariṇamyapadātmanā nāte| sandhāryate'dyaśirasārasāsakalairamībhiḥ ḥ kliṣṭaścirātrātkimupayātumupayātunajātuharṣamm||15|| bāhyaṃtamoharati yastapanaḥpanaḥkathañci- tpādauādautavāṅgulitayāmbabhajansaeva| antastamāṃsicaharatyatidurharāṇi kiṃṃsenyasevanavidhirnakaroti puṃsām||16|| deveṣuvāsavamukheṣunijāṃjāṃnidhāyadhāya śaktiṃṃyadambasamayepunaragrahīstvamm| karpūrabhājananayādadhunāpitete kīrtiṃvahantikiyatīmapitāvataiva||17|| tejāṃsi capraharaṇānicayāni yāni deveṣudevi nihitānipurābhavatyā| tānyevevaniṣphalatarāṇitadāśritāni tvatsvīkṛtāniphalavanti babhūvurittham m||18|| śattyāyayādivicarācarāatiśerate'smānān sācatvamityavagataḥvagataḥsakalaiśca tantraiḥaiḥ| kiṃṃtvaṃvicārakuśalairasisevanīyā kiṃṃdevatāstava vaṛjīṣadaśāṃprapannāḥāḥ||19|| indraṃyajantuutavagarbhamupāsatemupāsatete vahniṃyajantuunayanetavatarpayanti| bhānuṃnamantuuvinamantipadāmbujaṃ ujaṃte sarvaṃjagannanunusamarcati sarvathāthātvāmām||20|| kecit tpratīkamitaretaretusamagrarūpa- mārādhayanti tavayepunarāstikāḥ kāḥsyuḥuḥ| nāstikyavādaniratāratānarakepatanto- śrīcaṇḍīrahasyamm 'pyambastuvanticikurātmakamantakenakena||21|| śauriṃṃvibodhyasamarāyatamudyamayya vyāmohyadānavavaraukṛtasaṃvidhānādhānā| mātastvamevamevamadhukaiṭabhayornihantrī ī śārṅgīkṛtebhavati śastrapadābhiṣiktaḥ||22|| daityauvaraṃvitaratotaratonijanāśarūpaṃpaṃ daityārayeārayetrijagatāṃjagatāṃvaradovarārthī| itthaṃpracoditadhiyāṃyāṃkṣamamīśvaratvaṃ vṛtteṣueṣukiṃṃnasacivo'pinṛpaṃniyuṅkte||23|| nyastaṃyadāśirasipādatalaṃbhavatyā labdhaṃtadaivamahiṣeṇaṣeṇaparaṃpadaṃte| hantuṃuṃpunaryadidamādadiṣeṣetriśūlaṃśūlaṃ tattejagajjananisaṅgarasambhrameṇameṇa||24|| kastvāṃāṃraṇejayatukastavahantuudarpaṃ kovāstuutepratibhaṭobhaṭobhavitātāpatiḥḥkaḥ| daityaṃpratārayitumevatumevakṛto'bhyupāyo upāyo devaṃnavismṛtavatīṛtavatībhavatīmaheśam||25|| caṇḍidviṣastavanipeturapetakṛtyā- ścaṇḍāṭṭahāsaninadairitinādbhutaṃutaṃnaḥ| dṛṣṭakriyastriṣuṣupureṣutavāprasiddho mandasmitārdhamahimāmānahimādṛśānāmśānām||26|| karmāṇiyāni daśatejanabhīṣaṇāni kalyāṇadānibhajatāmabhijānatāṃ jānatāṃvā| tairevaviśvamakhilaṃlaṃparivṛttibhedaibhedai- rbadhnāsimuñcasicakuñcikayevakayevayantramm||27|| anvāsitaṃtaṃhariharadruhiṇaiḥṇaiḥsadārai- rjāmātṛbhistanubhavairduhituḥtuḥsutaiśca | agropaveśitajagajjananīsamājananīsamāja- mārādhayejanani rūpamanuttaraṃraṃte||28|| śrīcaṇḍīrahasyamm sarvānukampanaparaṃnaparaṃsvakṛtopadeśaiḥkṛtopadeśaiḥ sārvajñagarvaśamanaṃśamanaṃtaruṇendumauleḥmauleḥ| sattvaikasāramakṛtoktipathānusāraṃpathānusāraṃ sārasvataṃ taṃvapuridaṃdaṃtavacintayāmaḥyāmaḥ||29|| nandātmajetinanuvarṣasihemarāśiṃ ṃ śākambharīti śamayasyudaropasargānn| yogīśvarīti parihṛtyabhayāni bhaktānān mātevapāyayasi kāmadughaughaustanaunaute||30|| icchātmikākāpuraharasya cidātmikākāca śaktistrilokaviditetenahitatraśaṅkā| tecārcitetejanayataḥkila yatprasādaṃsādaṃ tāmāśrayeyebhagavataḥkṛtiśaktimāmbāmām||31|| tvaṃcetanāsi hṛdayaṃdayaṃtvamasiprajānāṃjānāṃ tvaṃvṛttayoyodhṛtimatipramukhāstadīyāḥdīyāḥ| kaiḥsādhanairabhimukhīkaraṇaṃ mukhīkaraṇaṃtavasyātāt svenaivenaivadevi dayaseyaditaddayethāḥyethāḥ||32|| tvatpūjanaṃūjanaṃyadihahajānadajānadarhaṃ mātaścakarthamahatīkila cāturīyam| jānadbhirevarevabhavatīyadipūjanīyā lupyetetapūjanakathaivajagattrayeyete||33|| yāvatparatvamakhilāgamabodhitaṃtaṃte tāvattataḥtaḥśataguṇaṃcasukhāśrayāsi | vedāstvadarcanavidhānaparādhānaparāhinoce- dambasyurabdhitaraṇoktivadapramāṇammāṇam||34|| prājñānabhijñasulabhāṃsulabhāṃparipūrṇaśakti- mavyājabhūtakaruṇāpariṇāmarūpāmpām| ambāṃāṃmanāgapi manasyavalambamānāmānā dhīrānabibhyatikathañcidito'mutoto'mutovā||35|| abhyarthanīyamakhilaṃlaṃbhavadāśritānā tānā- mabhyarthitaṃtaṃprathamamevathamamevahidevasaṅghaiḥaiḥ| śrīcaṇḍīrahasyamm ambasmaransaphalayāmyavaśiṣṭamāyumāyu- raṅgānitebhuvanamaṅgalamaṅgalāni ||36|| iti śrīnīlakaṇṭhadīkṣitaviracitaṃtaṃcaṇḍīrahasyaṃsampūrṇamm||
About this stotram — Durga
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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