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Durga Chandrakala Stuti

Durga Chandrakala Stuti

Text in Roman script

Devotional text

dugacakalātutī
{|| dugacakalātutī ||}
vedhoharīvaratuyāṃ ivaha ivayabhūdhare |
haraāṇevara vade ha ivabudhiviṣā || 1 ||
ayathanena sarasīhasabhavaya
yatavoidatā bhagavadiipadhānalīlā |
ivavevarī ivapadapāgamane puratā
mātā mamātu madhukaiṭabhayonahaī || 2 ||
āinajareṣu inahatainajaśataleśaiḥ
ekobhaviidatāikhalalokaguyai |
sapanaśainakarā ca tadāyudhayaiḥ
mātā mamātu mihaṣātakarī puratā || 3 ||
āleyaśailatanayā tanukāitasapa-
kośoidatā kuvalayachivacādehā |
nārāyaṇī namadabhīsatakapavalī
suīitamāvahatu śubinaśubhahaī || 4 ||
ivavevarīita mihaṣātakarīita yayāḥ
nārāyaṇīyipa ca nāmibharikatāina |
sūtāina pakajabhuvā ca suraṣibhaca
ṭāina pāvakamukhaica iśavāṃ bhaje tā || 5 ||
upidaiyahananatavanāmakāina
saṃrakāyikhalabhūtihatāya yayāḥ |
sūtāyaśeṣinagamātivadaḥ paṭhita
tāṃ ivavamātaramajamibhaṭavīima || 6 ||
ye vaiicapunasuthataśubhamuyaiḥ
dubhaghorasamayena ca kāiratāsu |
āivakṛtāijagadātaṣu pabhedāḥ
tairabakā samibharatu māṃ ivapayaḥ || 7 ||
sūtaṃ yadīyamarivadabhavāida ṭaṃ
āvaya deyanupadaṃ surathaḥ samāidhaḥ |
āvayavāpaturabhīṭamanayalayaṃ
tāmāidadevataṇa ṇamāima devī || 8 ||
māihamatītanubhavaṃ ca ṃ ca hatuṃ
āivakṛtainajarasādavatārabhedaiḥ |
aṭādaśāhatanavāhatakoiṭasaṃyaiḥ
abā sadā samibharatu māṃ ivapayaḥ || 9 ||
etaciramikhalaṃ ilikhataṃ iha yayāḥ
sapūijataṃ sadana eva inaveiśataṃ vā |
duga ca tārayita dutaramayaśeṣaṃ
eyaḥ yachita ca savamumāṃ bhajetā || 10 ||
yapūjanatuitanamakṛtibhabhavita
ītāḥ ipatāmaha rameśaharāyo'ipa |
teṣāmipa vakaguṇadadatī vapūṃiṣa
tāmīvaraya taṇa śaraṇaṃ pae || 11 ||
kātāramayaḍhalanatayā'vasanā
manācavāiridhajale irapuibhaca āḥ |
yayāḥ pa caraṇau ivapadatarita
sā me sadā'tu ida savajagasivaī || 12 ||
badhe vadhe mahita mṛyubhaye sate
ivaye ca ivivadhe ya mahopatāpe |
yapādapūjanimaha itakāramāhuḥ
sā me samatajananī śaraṇaṃ bhavānī || 13 ||
bāṇāsuraihatapanagabadhamoḥ
taāhudapadalanāduṣayā ca yogaḥ |
āunanā utamalayata yasādā
sā me iśavā sakalamayaśubhaṃ iṇotu || 14 ||
pāpaḥ pulayatanayaḥ punathato māṃ
aāipa hatumayamāgata iyudīta |
yasevanena bhayimidarayā'vadhūtaṃ
tāmāidadevataṇa śaraṇaṃ gato'ma || 15 ||
yayānajaṃ sukhamavāyamanatapuyaiḥ
sāāmayuta pirahamāva vāpuḥ
gopāṃganāḥ ikala yadacana puyamāā
sā me sadā bhagavatī bhavatu sanā || 16 ||
rā pa iita maivadaḥ panā
uoya mṛyuvidha mayaphalaiḥ loya |
buvā ca timukhatāṃ tanaṃ nayata
ākāśamāidajanana jagatāṃ bhaje tā || 17 ||
deśakāleṣu duṭeṣu dugacakalātuitaḥ |
sayayoranusadheyā savapiinavṛye || 18 ||
īmadapayadīitivaricatā dugacakalātuitaḥ |

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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