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Chandikastuti

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Devotional text

śrīcaṇḍikāstutiḥ
śrīcaṇḍikāstutiḥ
viviktataratara-gomatī-jaṭhara-madhya-siddhāśramāṃmāṃ
purogata-sarovara-sphuradagādhuradagādha-pāthaśchaṭāmchaṭām|
viśālaśāla-talatuṅga-bhūlulitata-nimbamūlālayāṃmūlālayāṃ
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||1||
nalakṣya-ghaṭanāśrayāṃyāṃnacaviśeṣaśeṣa-veśmāvahāṃmāvahāṃ
ghaṭānukṛti
-gomatī-vahana-bhāvyamānāspadāmdām|
namajjana-manorathāracana-cāru-cintāmaṇiṃ
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||2||
nirantara-samullasatkamalamala-kīrṇa-pāthojinī
nī-
pratānatāna-ghanasampadā
dākamapi
sammadaṃdaṃtanvatīmtīm|
trikoṇakoṇa-sarasīmayīṃ, pariṇatiṃṃpurobibhratīṃ,
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||3||
anugrahaha-rasacchaṭāmivasaraḥśriyaṃyaṃyāntikeke
vikāsayati, padminīdalanīdala-sahasrasandānitāmtām|
pratikṣaṇa-samunmiṣatpramadamada-medurāṃrāṃtāmahaṃ,
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||4||
pracaṇḍayativikramaṃmaṃ, jhaṭiti
khaṇḍayatyāpadaḥāpadaḥ
sumaṇḍayati
vākkalāṃlāṃ, sadasi
daṇḍayatyuddhatāntān|
karaṇḍayati
rodasī, guṇa-samṛddhibhiryāhitāṃ
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||5||
śrutā'bhilaṣitātā, matā, sukalitā
tā, samabhyarcitātā
sudhā-pṛṣata-varṣibhirnavanavairvacobhiḥstutāutā|
jayāyakhalukalpatetebahuvidhādṛtātā, tāmahaṃ
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||6||
śrīcaṇḍikāstutiḥ
itastata
uditvara-vratatinaddha-vṛkṣāvalīāvalī-
luladvihagahaga-maṇḍalīḍalī-madhurarāva-saṃsevitāmtām|
skhalatkusumusuma-saurabha-prasarasara-pūryamāṇāśramāṃmāṃ
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||7||
dviṣatkulula-kṛpāṇikāṃ
kāṃ, kuṭilakāla
lakāla-vidhvaṃsikāṃkāṃ,
vipadvana-kuṭhārikāṃkāṃ, trividha-duḥkhaḥkha-nirvāsikāmkām|
kṛpākusuma-vāṭikāṃkāṃ, praṇataṇata-bhāratī-bhāsikāṃ
kāṃ,
bhajāmi
bhayakhaṇḍikāṃ
kāṃsapadi
caṇḍikāmambikāmkām||8||
brahmāṇḍādhika-dehāpi
gomatī-tīra-caṅkramāmā|
jayāyabhajatāṃbhūyāccaṇḍikākācaṇḍa-vikramāmā||9||
iti
durgāprasādvivedīviracitātācaṇḍikāstutiḥsamāptāā|

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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